2. It is sinful in its fruits. Every person who is a fair and candid observer of these things, and wishes for union, love, peace and regularity, must perceive that the very circumstance of meeting together night after night, is calculated to injure the morals of young people, under the cover of religion. Young people who should be under control are under none; and little children are kept up late at night, and brought into the same unnatural state of excitement, through fright, confusion, and injudicious example.'

'Again,' (page 14,) the very circumstance of pronouncing that people in this revival are converted in a moment; that religion is to be gained in a few struggles, hysterical affections, and cries; and then, in a moment, sins are known to be forgiven by a sudden unaccountable feeling attributed to the divine Spirit, approaches somewhat to blasphemy; and robs genuine religion of that blessed evidence by which real conversion can only be known-namely, by its fruits, which can bear a Scriptural examination.'

We have room but for one quotation more, and that shall be from the parting words of advice to his flock ;

If you wish, my beloved, to have true religion,-if you desire to walk in the path of obedience,-if you would seek to be settled and grounded in true faith,— if you desire to arrive at a sound and practical knowlege of the religion of Jesus, shewn in all the details of domestic and relative duties; if you wish for unity, peace, order, love, and regularity in this parish, amongst your families and neighbours; closely attend your church—the church of your ancestors, which is the mother of you all. Thus saith the Lord," Stand

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ye in the way, and see and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye find rest for your souls," Jer. vi. 16. ried about with every wind of doctrine. appointed guides, and seek instruction from their lips. Be contented to sit as hearers and "be not many masters." Seek for the grace of God, in his appointed means and ordinances of public worship; he will then lead you, who are broken-hearted, to your Saviour, who can alone give you real repentance unto life. Frequent the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. Set up family worship,-catechize your children at home in the winter and Sabbath evenings,--instruct your apprentices,-keep, and be determined, in the strength of the Lord, to keep regular hours in your own houses. Oh! if I can prevail on some of you to act thus, you may be examples to others; and who can tell how many may be constrained to copy your lives, and what a blessing you may confer on the Church of your forefathers amongst you! Then all rash judgment, spiritual pride, ignorant excitement, irregular hours, and consequent immorality, may fade away, and be succeeded by a brighter day. A revival, indeed, of pure, holy, and unadulterated religion, one which will be seen in the bosom of your families, in uniting in the same place of worship in regular and punctual attendance at the ordinances of the Church, this would be a revival indeeed! like a flash of lightning, followed by a peal of thunder, and afterwards a torrent of rain tearing up the ground, and, by its headlong couse, spoiling and making bare the soil prepared for the seed; but rather like the "early and latter rain," and the con

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stant dew descending and fertilizing the earth, making it, by its gradual and softening influence, "give seed to the sower and bread to the eater." Isa. lv. 10.'

We trust we have said enough to induce every one that has it in his power to obtain this Sermon for himself. Would to God that many of those who have been led astray, and are being led astray, might be brought to a better mind, by seriously considering its contents at any rate we may trust that many who are subject to those enticing attempts to proselytism, which would persuade almost every religious enquirer amongst our people that except he leave his Church, and his Minister, to join their sect and their teachers, he cannot get on; may be established in their adherence to the Church only' as their 'common Mother,' and to their Minister as God's own Ambassador; so, and so only, can we look to be preserved from being "carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness," "till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man; unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ."

WHAT IS LIFE?

Oh, what is human life?-A fragile flower,
A leaf that withers in the Autumn blast;-
A few short years-and all its hopes and joys,
Its cares and sorrows are for ever past!

A. E. S.

REV. H. A. SIMCOE, PENHEALE-PRESS.

JOHN HOOPER, student and graduate in the university of Oxford, after the study of the sciences, wherein he had abundantly profited and proceeded, through God's secret vocation was stirred with fervent desire to the love and knowledge of the Scriptures. In the reading and searching whereof, as there lacked in him no diligence joined with earnest prayer, so neither wanted unto him the grace of the Holy Ghost to satisfy his desire, and to open unto him the light of true divinity.

Thus Master Hooper, growing more and more, by God's grace, in ripeness of spiritual understanding,

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and shewing withal some sparkles of his fervent spirit, being then about the beginning of the six articles, in the time of King Henry the Eighth, fell eftsoon into displeasure and hatred of certain Rabbines in Oxford, who by and by began to stir coals against him, whereby, and especially by the procurement of Doctor Smith, he was compelled to avoid the university. Removing from thence, he was retained in the house of Sir Thomas Arundel, and there was his steward; till the time that Sir Thomas Arundel, having intelligence of his opinions and religion, which he in no case did favour, and yet exceedingly favouring the person and conditions of the man, found the means to send him on a message to the Bishop of Winchester; writing his letter privily to the Bishop, by conference of learning to do some good upon him, but in any case requiring him to send home his servant to him again.

Winchester, after long conference with Master Hooper, four or five days together, when he at length perceived that neither he could do that good which he thought to him, nor that he would take any good at his hand; according to Master Arundel's request, he sent home his servant again, right well commending his learning and wit, but yet bearing in his breast a grudging stomach against Master Hooper still.

It followed not long after this, as malice is always working mischief, that intelligence was given to Master Hooper to provide for himself, on account of danger that was working against him. Whereupon Master Hooper, leaving Master Arundel's house, and borrowing a horse of a certain friend (whose life he