tern to the strong, a luminary to the learned, an ornament to the Church.

"A treasury is closed, in which the Lord of all the treasures of grace had laid up wondrous wealth of knowledge and wisdom. A teacher, mighty in the Scriptures, is no more. Sigh, children; your fathers fall asleep."

Return, O Lord, and let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children!

May we who are still alive, and remain unto this day, seek the footsteps of our blessed predecessors, and be followers of them who now inherit the promises !

And let the rising youth of the Church set before them the great example of these men of God. Let them study their writings, enter into their views, aspire to the attainment of the end for which they lived, from motives noble as their own, and pray to be baptized with a double portion of their spirit. The work the world needs is not yet done; it demands a host of men strong, resolute, and faithful as Adam Clarke. We are verging upon times which will task the loftiest energies of martyrs, and heroes, and apostles. Both Providence and prophecy are alike sounding their trumpet call to the candidates for this great career of toil and triumph. Immeasurable rewards open to the view of the faithful, and the crown of glory shines in the hand of the Judge; but the victory can only be won by the brave, and the race run by the swift.

SUPPLEMENT

OF ILLUSTRATIVE PASSAGES FROM DR. CLARKE'S CORRESPONDENCE.

THE passages, seven in number, marked with the asterisk, have been already printed; the rest, I believe, are now for the first time given to the light.

DATE OF DR. CLARKE'S BIRTH. FAMILY DESCENT.

Dublin, 1825.—I am at Mr. Adam Boyd's. . . . His brother John was my godfather. I have got from Adam the following information: 'My brother John was sent from Dublin to Castle-Dawson to do some important work. He returned the next year, 1761. In the interim he stood godfather for you. You were, therefore, born in 1760 or 1761." This is certainly bringing the question into a narrow compass. Tell John that he proves positively that his aunt, my grandmother Clarke, was an immediate descendant of the earls of Kilmaronock, whose family name was Boyd. His own grandfather was always called Kilmaronock, as standing close to the earldom.

RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE.

Letter to Mr. Wesley, from Norwich, 1784.-Since I was justified I have expected and prayed for the inestimable blessing of a heart in all things devoted to God; which, soon after I received pardon, I found to be indispensably necessary. But, meeting with little encouragement, I obtained it not, and so spent that time in offering a maimed sacrifice. I continued in this state, or at most advancing slowly, till I

came to this kingdom, when you ordered me into the Bradford circuit. Here the good Lord was pleased to give me a sight of the unspeakable depravity of my heart, and in such a measure that the distress I felt was as painful in sustaining as it would be difficult in describing. I suppose, at that time, had there not been a sea between me and my native country, and a want of money to carry me thither, it is probable I should have made a speedy departure from the work in which I was engaged. I regarded nothing, not even life itself, in comparison with having my heart cleansed from all sin; and began to seek it with full purpose of soul. Thus I continued till December, 1782, when I opened my mind to a local preacher, who, I have heard, was a partaker of this precious privilege. From him I received some encouragement and direction; and I set out afresh, endeavoring to believe in the willingness of my God to accomplish this great work. Soon after, while wrestling in prayer, and endeavoring, self-desperately, to believe, I found a change wrought in my soul which I endeavored through grace to maintain, amid grievous temptations and accusations of the subtle foe, who seemed now determined either to spoil me of my confidence, or to render me as miserable, through reiterated temptations, as I was before when mourning the inbeing of his infernal offspring. But my indulgent Saviour continued to support and encourage me, and enabled me with all my power to preach the glad tidings to others; so that I soon saw more of the effects of the travail of my Redeemer's soul than I had seen before. . . . But to this day I am in doubt respecting the work in my own soul, not being able with propriety either to affirm that it is (fully) done, or to deny it as undone. I am in a strait betwixt two; a fear of denying, lest thereby I should forfeit what I have received, or grieve the blessed Spirit; and again, a fear of affirming that it is done, lest I should deceive myself. When you consider this, dear sir, you can easily perceive how much I stand in need of your advice and direction.

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THE ORDINATION AND SACRAMENT QUESTION, ETC. At ten o'clock the London and Bristol trustees were admitted. Mr. Pine was spokesman. He read an address and resolutions. They were: 1. That there be no ordination, no ecclesiastical titles among the preachers; that Baptism and the Lord's Supper never be administered by any who are not episcopally ordained; and that there be no preaching in church hours in any place, except where the people without a dissenting voice are for it. 2. That the spiritual and temporal concerns of the Societies be so separated that the preachers shall manage the former, the trustees and stewards the latter."

Here I cannot help remarking their wonderful consistency. They agree that the spiritual concerns of the Societies be left to the preachers; yet they pretend to interfere with the Lord's ordinances, times of preaching, etc. Are not these the spiritual concerns of the Society? And does not their first proposition contradict this latter? Lastly, they make a proposal “that all the preachers who are of their mind do unite with them, (unless the Conference grant their request,) and pledge themselves to give them all countenance and support." Here you see they fully intend to divide us, they may rule the roast. But know all men by these presents, that Adam Clarke will never be a trustee preacher. They would abolish ordinations and titles, merely that, being kept in a lower character, they might with the more propriety lord it over us. If ordination and the sacraments be given up, some preachers will undoubtedly withdraw, among whom Adam Clarke will be found.-Letter from the Bristol Conference, 1794.

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The Conference has opened with reading the Minutes of the several Districts. The London folks recommend traveling bishops.-Letter from the Manchester Conference, 1799.

The regular Conference business is not yet entered into. Not one character yet examined. Yet we have been doing important business; you will see all by and by. I told

you J. Dutton was here. He is exactly the same thing he was. There are, it seems, objections against his preaching; and Mr. P., who has had them all detailed from Mr. E., says he thinks he will not be received into full connection. He told me the objections. They appear to me to be supremely ridiculous. Judge from a specimen: J. Dutton has a text for every day in the week, which he takes from the calendar; J. Dutton made an electrifying machine at Howden; J. Dutton uses hard words in his preaching, which the people cannot understand; such as exhibit, exaggerate, manifest, etc. Ha! ha! ha! *—Ibid.

The characters were next gone into. Not one charge of moral evil against a soul. Three or four have left us, whom we would have expelled had they remained among us. What a mercy it is that God has permitted me to travel seventeen years, and there never was the smallest objection brought against me at any Conference, directly or indirectly! May he continue to preserve me.-Ibid, 1799.

THE ESSAY ON TOBACCO.

I can tell you a piece of strange news. The Methodists of Congleton were remarkable for their immoderate attachment to tobacco, etc. When my pamphlet got to the place it was read by several. Mr. and Mrs. Shadford, who had used this pernicious weed for forty years, gave it up at a stroke; the rest of the Society followed the example. They then began to mourn and pray for forgiveness. God poured out his Spirit upon them, and such a revival has taken place as hath seldom been heard of. The Society is more than doubled; and Mr. Reece, who is the assistant, and Mr. Shadford, both declared in Conference to-day that the whole of the revival was, under God, owing to the pamphlet. Mr. Shadford added, that both himself and his wife had great reason to magnify God for it, as they were now better in their health, in their souls, and in their circumstances. Mr.

*Mr. Dutton was received.