St. Peter, Cornhill. Prov. xxvii. 1. Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

St. Peter-le-Poor, Broad-street. Rev. W. Parker. Isaiah, lxiv. 6; We all do fade as a leaf.

Philanthropic Society's Chapel. Gen. iii. 19. For dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Portuguese Ambassador's Chapel. A most solemn and magnificent mass.

Prescot-street, Baptist Meeting. Rev. W. Griffin. Job, iv. 14. God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.

Queen-square Chapel, Westminster. Rev. J. Shepherd, A. M. Deut. xxxii. 29. O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end.

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Salter's Hall, Cannon-street. Rev. Henry Lacy, Jer. xv. 9. Her sun is gone down while it was yet day. (Printed.)

Rev. Dr. Collyer. Gen. xxxv. 1620. And they journeyed from Bethel ; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath; and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also. And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died,) that she called his name Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin. And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem. And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave; that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day. (Printed.)

Sardinian Catholic Chapel, in Dukestreet, Lincoln's-inn Fields. A solemn mass performed.

St. Saviour, Southwark. Psalm xxxix. 11. When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth; surely every man is vanity.

St. Stephen, Walbrook. Rev. B. Williams. Prov. xxviii. 1. Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. (Printed,)

St. Stephen, Coleman-street. Psalm xc. 10. The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

Tavistock Chapel. Jeremiah, ix. 23, 24. Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches. But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.

Temple. Rev. Dr. Rennell, Master of the Temple. Job, i. 21. The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.

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St. Vedast, Foster-lane. Reed. Matt. ii. 17, 18. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

Westminster Abbey. The words from Handel's music were as follows:

CHORUS. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, but the word of the Lord shall stand fast for ever.

QUARTETT. When the ear heard her, then it blessed her; and when the eye saw her, it gave witness of her.

CHORUS. The merciful goodness of the Lord endureth for ever on them that fear him, and his righteousness on children's children.

Worship-street, Finsbury-square. Rev. John Evans. Eccles. i. 2. The words of the preacher, the son of David, king of Jerusalem: Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher: vanity of vanities, all is vanity. (Printed.)

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BEDFORDSHIRE.

Blunham. Rev. R. Beachcroft. Gen. xxiii. 5, 6. And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him Hear us, my lord; thou art a mighty prince among us, in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. (Printed.)

Newbury. Gen. xxx. 1. else 1 die.

BERKSHIRE.

Rev. Samuel Slocock. Give me children, or (Printed.)

Windsor. St George's Chapel. Hon. and Rev. Dr. Manham. John, viii. 11. Neither do I condemn thee; go, and sin no more.

Windsor Parish Church. Rev. Isaac Gossett. Rev. vii. 17. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

Aston Sandford. Rev. Thomas Scott. Micah, vi. 9. The Lord's voice crieth unto the city, and the mau of wisdom shall see thy name; hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. (Printed.)

CAMBRIDGESHIRE.

Cambridge. Dr. Kaye. Psalm cxix. 71. It is good for me that I have been afflicted.

Cambridge. Rev. C. C. Goreham. (Printed.)

Over. Independent Chapel. Rev. William Drausfield. 1 Kings, xiv. 12, 13. Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die. And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him; for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the Lord God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam. (Printed.)

St. Neots. Independent Meeting House. Rev. T. Morrell. Jer. ix. 21. For death is entered into our palaces. (Printed.)

Durham. Rev. Robert Gray, Prebendary. (Printed.)

Durham. St. Margaret Crossgate. Rev. Henry Phillpotts. Gen. iii. 19. Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. (Printed.)

Houghton-le-Spring. Rev. Thomas Le Mesurier. Job, xxx. 18, 19, 20. By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat. He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. I cry

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Cheshunt. Rev. William Armstrong. (Printed.)

East India College. Rev. C. Webb Le Bas. 1 Timothy ii. 1, 2, 3. I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour. (Printed.)

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Ashford. Rev. J. Nance, D. D. Mark, v. 39. The damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. (Printed.)

Canterbury Cathedral. The Dean. Heb. ix. 27. It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.

Chatham. Rev. J. Slatterie, (Independent.) Matt. xxv. 6. And at midnight there was a cry made.

Deptford. St. Paul. Rev. J. F. Walker. Rev. xiv. 13. And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

Deptford. St. Nicholas. Jones. Psalm lxxxviii. 47. ber how short my time is.

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Deptford. Bethel Chapel. Isaac Purkis. Jer. ix. 20, 21. Yet hear the word of the Lord, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation. For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young (Printed.) men from the streets.

Gravesend. An appropriate sermon was delivered.

Greenwich. The Vicar. Eccles, vii. 4. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning.

Margate. St. John's. Rev. W. F. Baylay. Isaiah, xxvi. 9. For when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

Margate. Baptist Meeting. Rev. G. Atkinson. Psalm xxxix. 9. I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.

Margate. Zion Chapel. Rev. Jones. Jer. xv. 9. She hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day.

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Sheerness. Bethel Chapel. Rev. Prankard. Prov. xxii. 2. The rich and poor meet together; the Lord is the maker of them all.

Sittingbourn. Rev. Pearce. Mark, v. 39. Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.

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Charlotte Chapel, Pimlico. Weeden Butler. Isaiah, xxvi. 20. Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee; hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. (Printed.) Chelsea. Rev. Rush. Gen. xlvii. 9. Few and evil have the days of the years of my life been.

Chiswick. Rev. T. F, Bowerbank, M. A. Amos, viii. 9, 10. It shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day; and I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loius, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bit ter day.

Enfield.

Baker-street Meeting. Rev. Wm. Brown. Jer. xv. 9. Her sun is gone down while it was yet day. (Printed.)

Hackney, Baptist Meeting. Rev. F. A. Cox. Jer. xv. 9. She hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day.

Hackney. Unitarian Chapel. Rev. Robert Aspland. Isaiah, xl. 6, 7, 8. The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever. (Printed.)

Harrow. Dr. Butler. John, xi. 25. Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life; he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.

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Her sun is gone down while it was yet day. (Printed.)

Harrow on the Hill. Rev. J. W. Cunningham. 2 Samuel, xiv. 14. We must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person; yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him. (Printed.) Hendon. Rev. Williams. Eccles. ix. 11. I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

Islington. St. Mary. Rev. Jerome Alley. Job, xxxiv. 18, 19, 20. Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly? How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they are all the work of his hands. In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away; and the mighty shall be taken away without hand. (Printed.)

Kensington. Rev. T. Rennell. An admired and appropriate sermon.

Kentish-town Chapel. Rev. Johnson Grant. 2 Chron. xxxv. 24. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

Knightsbridge Chapel. Rev. J. G. Foyster, Amos, viii. 10. I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only