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to take up their residence at Canterbury, the metropolis of his dominions. Bertha, daughter of Cherebert king of France, and queen of Ethelbert, was a Christian; and to her influence much of king Ethelbert's favourable inclination towards the missionaries may be ascribed. She had stipulated on her marriage for the free exercise of her religion; and she had been accompanied from the continent by some ecclesiastics; one of whom, Luidhard, had a congregation at Canterbury under his pastoral care. There were also two churches, built in the time of the Romans, still standing, and one of these was assigned to the use of the new preachers.

It is not my purpose to describe minutely the proceedings of Augustine; let it suffice to say, that Ethelbert soon professed himself a convert to the Christian faith, and that his example was followed by very many of his subjects. Augustine was consecrated archbishop of the see of Canterbury, which was made metropolitan by the pope, and decreed to be paramount to all churches in the kingdom. This prelate died about the year 604; and from him a long line of bishops have filled his chair to the present day.

WE have pleasure in submitting this day three views | of Canterbury cathedral to our readers. The first represents the great central tower with the south transept; the second and third shew the interior of the chapter house, and of the northern aisle of the nave, looking south-east. We trust they they will find such illustrations, which, from time to time, we may furnish, a valuable addition to our work. We shall of course be expected to supply a brief description of the ecclesiastical structures delineated; and we doubt not that the notices we shall thus give will be considered in full harmony with the general objects of the magazine, and will be prized by those who venerate-as who does not?-the splendid edifices of other days, those monuments of the skill and perseverance of our fathers, which call up a thousand recollections most interesting to every Englishman, especially to every churchman. The cathedral of Canterbury, to which, as the chief metropolitical see, we have assigned the precedence, is closely connected in its history with the re-introduction of Christianity into the greater part of the island, and with the subjection of the English church to a foreign bishop; its annals a retherefore of peculiarim portance. Over the foundation of the cathedral a good deal The gospel, which had very soon after our Lord's of obscurity seems to hang. When, however, acascension and possibly by the apostle Paul-been cording to the more general belief, the church of St. preached in Britain, was, by the Saxon invasion, Martin first assigned to the missionaries was found almost obliterated, especially in the eastern parts of too small, the king gave up his palace for their the country. There remained, to be sure, the ancient public assemblies. Whether this palace was conBritish church, but chiefly in the fastnesses impene-verted into a cathedral, or whether a church was trable to the Saxon conquerors. And thus, where the praises of God had been uttered, there were now performed the rites of Thor and Woden. Pope Gregory the great, pitying the condition of a nation given up to idol worship, resolved to send missionaries hither. He selected for this object, Augustine, or Austin, prior of the convent of St. Andrew in Rome, whom he despatched at the head of about forty monks to Britain. They landed in the year 596, in the isle of Thanet, and on informing Ethelbert, king of Kent, of their arrival and object, that prince received them favourably, and invited them

Britton's "History and Antiquities of the Metropolitical
Churches," with other authorities, have been consulted.
VOL. VIII-NO. CCXXXI.

built on its site, or repaired in its immediate neighbourhood, is uncertain; but some consecrated place, or repaired church, was solemnly dedicated by Augustine, after his consecration, to Christ; and the name of Christ Church is still retained. The first structure was doubtless of humble pretensions, neither was it finished by Augustine. But of subsequent additions we hear nothing for a hundred and thirty or forty years, till Cuthbert, the eleventh archbishop, in 743, erected a chapel at the east end of Christ Church, and dedicated it to St. John the Baptist, appropriating it as the place of sepulture for Church of Canterbury," Winkles' "Illustrations of Cathedral H H

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himself and his successors. The church was after- | wards repaired by Odo, who became primate in 941; and, according to the monkish chronicles, so potent were his prayers, that during three years, the time occupied in the reparation, they preserved Canterbury from tempest or rain. The edifice, when completed, was the most capacious then known. But it did not long continue in its perfect state; for in 1011 a body of Danes destroyed the city and burned the cathedral. Its outer walls were alone left, dilapidated and blackened, till Canute, having ascended the throne of England in 1017, restored Canterbury cathedral.

The cathedral so restored, consisted of a body in the form of a parallelogram, with aisles and a tower on each side near the western end, under which were the north and south porches. Near the east end of the church was an altar, and westward of this another, dedicated to Christ, where divine service was daily celebrated. Farther westward were steps leading down to the choir and nave upon the same level, and at the bottom of these steps was a passage into the undercroft. The choir was between the steps in the undercroft and the nave, and was separated from these parts by a partition. About the middle of the nave on each side, without the walls, were two towers, beneath which were entrances. At the south door was an altar dedicated to St. Gregory; and here a law court was held for hearing secular pleas. Beneath the north tower was the altar of St. Martin, and a passage communicating with the monastery. On the west a flight of steps led to the chapel of the Virgin; and against the west wall was the pontifical chair of the archbishop, which is still preserved.

at an altar in the northern transept, hence called the
martyrdom; and for one year, in consequence, the
church was desecrated, and no service performed in
it. Scarcely had it been re-consecrated when, in
1174, the choir, from the angel steeple to the east
end, was once more destroyed by fire. But its suc-
cessive destructions added to the eventual glory of
the pile; for, phoenix-like, it rose each time more
beautiful from its ashes. The new building, of which
the architects were, first, William of Sens, and, after-
wards, William the Englishman, exceeded in height
and length, and was more sumptuous in every
respect than even "the glorious choir of Conrad;"
the roof was loftier, and, instead of being constructed
of timber, was arched over with stone: At the eastern
end of the choir, the chapel of the holy Trinity, of
great splendour, was erected, and to the east of this
a circular tower called Becket's crown, where some
of that saint's relics were to be deposited.
July 7, 1220, his remains were translated to their
new shrine with great solemnity, in the presence of
the king and many prelates, and, the chapel having
been dedicated to St. Thomas the Martyr, that name
passed in common language, to the whole cathedral.

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About the year 1304, the whole choir was repaired by prior Henry de Estria. The transept north and south of the great tower was almost entirely rebuilt by archbishop Sudbury, who came to the see in 1379. He also took down the old nave, but before he was able to lay a single stone in this part he was murdered by the mob, in Wat Tyler's rebellion. The nave, cloisters, and part of the chapter-house were therefore built by prior Chillenden, under archbishops Courtney and Arundel. The latter prelate erected a leaden spire one hundred feet high on the northern tower of the west front, whence that tower has borne the name of the Arundel steeple. It was Arundel who presided at the trial of Lord Cobham.* The southern tower was afterwards pulled down by archbishop Chicheley who began to rebuild it. He died, however, before it was completed; and it was finished by prior Goldstone. It has hence had the names of the Oxford and Chicheley steeple. The rebuilding of the angel tower, in the centre, was undertaken at the latter end of king Edward IVth's reign, by prior Selling, and was completed by prior Goldstone, the second of the name, under the patronage of cardinal archbishop Morton. This was afterwards, from a bell placed there by king Henry VIII., called Bell Harry steeple.

In 1067 this structure was consumed by fire, so that when Lanfranc, abbot of Caen, was appointed archbishop in 1073, he almost despaired of seeing it and the monastery re-edified. He however set to work with great spirit, and in seven years completed a church more magnificent than had any where in the kingdom been previously seen. A detailed account of it has been preserved. In the middle rose a tower upon massy pillars, and having a gilt cherub on a pinnacle, whence it had the name of the angel steeple. Westward from this tower was the nave, supported on each side by eight pillars, and terminated at the west end by two lofty towers, with gilt pinnacles. There were also transepts, north and south of the centre tower, and a choir with side aisles raised many steps above the rest of the church. There were richly ornamented porticoes and altars; and At the time of the reformation Becket's shrine was the furniture and vestments were of corresponding desecrated; and March 30, 1539, the priory of splendour. Finally, Lanfranc dedicated the cathe-Christ Church was dissolved, and a new foundation dral to the holy Trinity, instead of as before, to the blessed Saviour.

Archbishop Lanfranc was succeeded by Anselm, who rebuilt and adorned the choir in a still more sumptuous manner than before. It was under the superintendence of the prior Conrad that these works were completed in 1114; and such was their magnificence, that the choir was termed "the glorious choir of Conrad." At this time it appears to have been again dedicated to Christ. In 1130 the cathedral was again damaged, though but partially, by fire, and in the same year repaired. A curious drawing still exists of its appearance at that time. It displays the north side of the cathedral, with two towers at the west end, one in the centre, viz., the angel steeple, two near the east end, two cloisters, and various monastic buildings and appendages.

Archbishop Becket was murdered Dec. 28, 1170,

made of a dean and twelve canons, to whom the cathedral church was granted. In the reign of queen Elizabeth the crypt, or undercroft, was allowed to the Flemish protestants, who had fled to England from persecution at home, as a church for the performance of divine service in their own language-a privilege which they have ever since continued to possess.

In 1643 this cathedral was rifled and defaced. A puritan minister named Culmer, but commonly called Blue Dick, headed a band of enthusiasts in the work of demolition. They destroyed much of the splendid painted glass, and rejoiced in, as they called it, rattling down proud Becket's glassy bones." They broke in pieces the font, tore the brasses and other ornaments from the tombs, and converted the nave into a barrack for the soldiery. So extensive was the damage done by these zealots, * See No. xii, of this magazine, p. 180.

that, on the restoration in 1660, many thousand pounds had to be expended before the church was in a decent state for the celebration of divine service. Various alterations and improvements have been made since that time; the chief of which are, that, in the last century, the spire on Arundel steeple, having been injured by a storm, was taken down, and that a few years back the steeple itself was demolished, and the erection of a new one commenced to correspond with Chicheley's on the southern side. When the writer of this notice last passed through Canterbury, a few months ago, this new tower was advancing rapidly towards completion. The dean and chapter were empowered, by act of parliament, to borrow 25,000l. in order to defray the cost of erecting it. Having thus given a brief history of this cathedral, I proceed to describe the present structure. Its general external form is that of a double cross, with a tower of singular beauty at the intersection of the nave and west transept, and two other towers at the west end. The east end is rounded. Some other buildings adjoin. The dimensions are as follow:FT. IN.

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The interior consists of a nave and aisles, a short transept with two chapels, a choir and aisles elevated above the level of the nave; another transept, more easterly, of larger dimensions than the former, with two semicircular recesses on the east side and two square towers to the west; a presbytery east of these, with steps to the altar and aisles continued; two chapels on the north and south sides of the altar, flights of steps behind the altar to the Trinity chapel which has aisles, and a circular building at the east end, called Becket's crown. On the north of these buildings is a cloister and a chapter house, also a smali octangular structure called the baptistry. Between the latter and the cloister is a long passage connecting the cathedral with certain very ancient buildings to the north.

The principal entrance into the cathedral is by the south porch, at the base of the Chicheley steeple. After advancing into the nave the perspective of the whole interior, from the west to almost the eastern extremity, is very fine. The choir, indeed, raised above the level of the nave, is separated from it by a magnificent flight of steps, and a stone screen; still, as the organ does not surmount this screen, but has been, in the course of repairs recently made, judiciously removed and placed on the south side out of sight, the view of the vaulted roof is not interrupted. Canterbury is thus comparatively free from that great fault which divides English cathedrals so generally into different compartments, weakening the im

*We are informed that the tower is now just finished.-ED.

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pression which the whole would produce upon the mind. He who has been accustomed to the continental churches feels this fault more sensibly. Abroad the organ is usually placed above the western entrance, and the screen of the choir is of open work; and thus the whole range of the building, pillar and arch succeeding each other in almost endless row, breaks upon the eye, and a sensation of grandeur is produced which the system of partitioning, if I may so call it, destroys. However beautiful a massive screen may be in itself, it ought never to be interposed betwixt the nave and choir of a church; especially it ought not to be surmounted by an organ. On each side of the nave are nine clustered columns separating it from the aisles; and at the western end is a large painted window containing full length figures of saints, apostles, and sovereigns. In the lanthorn of the great tower are eight lofty windows, and the vaulting of it is adorned with elaborate tracery. The screen, which was erected by prior Henry de Estria at a cost of 8397., consists of an arched door-way, with three niches on each side, having a pedestal, canopy, and statue to every niche. These statues are those of monarchs; but there is some uncertainty as to whom precisely they represent. In the north and south ends of the transept are painted windows. It was before the altar of St. Benedict, in the northern part, hence, as already observed, called the martyrdom, that Becket fell. In the pavement is yet shown the place from which a piece of stone, sprinkled with his brains, was taken out and carried as a relic to Rome; and some larger stones stained with blood were conveyed to Peterborough, and made into an altar by the abbot of that monastery. Here king Edward I. was married to Margaret of France, in 1299. The choir, with its aisles, is dissimilar in style and character to the rest of the cathedral. It is bounded on the north and south by a series of six columus, alternately circular and octagonal, with screens between. The capitals of these columns somewhat resemble those of the Corinthian order; but an exact counterpart of them does not seem to be found elsewhere. East of the choir is the presbytery, corresponding nearly in style of columns and arches with the choir. The wings of the eastern transept display some interesting features, and may be referred-the lower parts at least-to Lanfranc's time. Behind the altar and the choir aisles are three flights of steps leading to the Trinity, or St. Thomas's chapel. This is a most remarkable specimen of architecture. Double columns separate the centre from the aisles, with the foliage of the capitals beautifully sculptured. The windows retain some of the finest specimens of early painted glass in the kingdom. They were probably executed in the reign of Henry III., and are chiefly composed of what is called pot-metal, glass stained in the manufactory, the outlines and shadows being formed by the lead divisions, and the faces only painted. A tessellated pavement remains in this chapel, the only indication of the shrine of St. Thomas à Becket; but history can tell us of the gorgeous splendour which once here surrounded his tomb. Erasmus describes "a coffin of gold, together with inestimable riches, gold being the meanest thing to be seen there; it shone all over, and sparkled and glittered with jewels of the most rare and precious kinds, and of an extraordinary size, some of them being larger than a goose's egg." And Stow, speaking of the shrine at the time of its destruction, says, "it was builded a man's height all of

stone, then upwards, of timber plain; within the which was a chest of yron, containing the bones of Thomas Becket, scull and all, with the wounde of his death, and the peece cut out of his scull layde in the same wounde. These bones (by the commandment of the Lord Cromwell) were then and there brent. The timber work of this shrine, on the outside, was covered with plates of gold, damaskd with gold weir, which grounde of gold was again covered with jewels of golde, as rings ten or twelve cramptd with golde wyre into the sayde grounde of gold, many of those ringes having stones in them, broaches, images, angels, pretious stones, and great orient pearles. The spoile of which shrine in golde and pretious stones filled two greet chests, such as six or seven strong men could doe no more than convey one of them at once out of the church." Such was the superstition of the times. Monarchs and other personages of the highest rank paid their devotions, and made offerings in honour of St. Thomas. Of these I shall only mention Louis VII. of France, in 1179, and our own Henry 11., whose penance is fresh in the memory of every English reader. Of inferior degrees, such multitudes perpetually flocked hither, that even now the paving-stones round the shrine appear hollowed out, worn by the knees of the indefatigable pilgrims. Beyond this chapel to the east is the curious building called Becket's crown, of which the style corresponds, especially in the lower part, to the architecture of Trinity chapel. The supporting columns, however, are here converted into slender clusters. The walls were formerly painted in fresco, part of which may still be seen. The chief other parts of the cathedral are the crypt, the cloisters, and the chapter-house. The crypt is the largest and finest in England. In one part was a chapel of the Virgin, which Erasmus describes as laden, when he saw it, with riches. The cloisters are on the northern side of the cathedral, having an enriched door-way leading from the martyrdom. In the vaulting are sculptured the shields of the benefactors to the church, to the number of 811. The chapter-house is a lofty apartment 92 feet by 37.

ency ought to be supplied. For in learning, in piety, in his eventful history, in his noble death, no one of the long line of primates is more distinguished. or claims a more lasting and affectionate reverence than the first protestant archbishop, Thomas CranS.

mer.

MORGAN MORGAN.*

THE following biographical sketch may serve to show the remarkable manner in which lay-agency has sometimes been blessed in the Christian church:

Morgan Morgan was a native of Wales, whence he emigrated in early life to the province of Pennsylvania. In the year 1726 he removed to what is now the county of Berkeley, in Virginia, and built the first cabin which was reared on the south side of the Potomac, between the Blue Ridge and the North Mountain. He was a man of exemplary piety, devoted to the church; and in the year 1740, associated with Dr. John Briscoe and Mr. Hite, he erected the first episcopal church in the valley of Virginia. This memorial of his zeal, it is believed, is still standing, and now forms that part of the parish of Winchester which is known as Mill Creek church. But he has left behind him other and more valuable records of his quiet and useful life. "He went about doing good," and was most frequently to be found by the bedsides of the sick and the dying. With no mad zeal, assuming to itself infallibility and superior holiness, but with the soberness of a sound mind and the earnestness of a pious heart, he sought to impress upon others the value In this good work he forgot of the gospel of Christ. not his household, but laboured to train up his children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord The fruit of his labour was abundantly visible in the piety of a son who bore his own name; and who, in the destitution of episcopal clergymen in Western Virginia, officiated at the early age of sixteen as a layreader in the church which his father had erected. The father lived on, a pattern of piety, enjoying at times, under the ministrations of an episcopal clergyman, the solemn services and comfortable sacraments of that church which had his heart's best affections, until, at the advanced age of seventy-eight, he died under the roof of that son, whose piety and filial tenderness smoothed his passage to the grave.

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But clergymen were not always to be had; Morgan Morgan had been taught by his father that the public worship of God was not to be neglected on that account. He officiated himself, but never was known to assume the dignity nor exercise the duties which belong peculiarly to the ministry. He confined himself strictly to that which a layman might lawfully do. In the latter years of his life, the wants of the church were greatly increased from the distracted state of the country, and he was consequently often called from home to perform in vacant churches those religious duties which were proper for a layman; and, as his circumstances were easy, he determined, in the urgency of the case, to devote himself exclusively to the work of keeping alive and quickening piety in the church of his fathers; and thus did he exhibit the singular spectacle of a layman, in his appropriate station, and with due regard to all the peculiarities and regulations of the church, seeking to keep up her institutions under circumstances of peculiar discouragement. The history of his success is thus related by the writer, to whom we are indebted for our sketch; and it certainly affords abundant encouragement to the zeal and efforts of the pious laymen who may be en"While the church gaged in building up the church.

I shall only further notice some of the monuments of distinguished personages in this cathedral. In the Trinity chapel is the richly sculptured tomb of King Henry IV. and his second queen Joan of Navarre. Here also is the monument of Edward the Black Prince, over which are suspended the helmet he wore in battle, his sur-coat, gauntlets, and the scabbard of his dagger, the weapon itself having been removed, it is said, by Cromwell. In St. Anselm's chapel, to the south of the presbytery, is the tomb of archbishop Bradwardine, for an account of whom, see No. cxv., p. 53, of this magazine. Eastward of the monument of the Black Prince is a cenotaph for archbishop Courtney. Before him, when bishop of London, Wickliffe was brought to answer for his doctrines. In the aisle of the north-eastern transept, is the sumptuous monument of archbishop Chicheley. It exhibits an emaciated human figure clad in a winding-sheet, just, as it might be imagined, before death. Chicheley was a fierce persecutor of those who began, in his day, to censure the corruptions of the popish church. On the north side of Becket's crown is a plain tomb to commemorate cardinal Pole, the successor of the martyred Cranmer. But among these monuments to so many distinguished prelates, we look in vain for any memorial of the man who gave his body to be burned in the cause of Christ. Surely this defici- History of the United States.

to which he belonged shall have existence in the valley From "Dr. Hawks's Contributions to the Ecclesiastical

of Virginia, his pious labours must and will be remembered with gratitude. In a dark day, when desolation and death seemed brooding over her interests, he commenced a career of active exertion, which was hoping almost against hope; and, by efforts of the most disinterested nature, revived the attachment of her friends, and kept her from descending to the dust. Though encumbered with the weight of years, and though but a layman, thus precluded from some of the most interesting exercises, yet his labours were abundantly blessed by God, and the spirit of piety was kept alive. Through the counties of Jefferson, Berkeley, and part of Frederick, Hampshire, and a small portion of Maryland, he exercised the duties of a lay-reader. He was a welcome visitant everywhere, and was beloved by rich and poor; and, what does not always happen when the services of the church are kept up by a layman, he had large and attentive audiences. The character of the man was his passport to respect and attention, and his love for the church of his fathers stimulated the love of others. It is firmly believed that the fruits of his labours will be long traced in the valley of Virginia.

"His bones are now resting in the churchyard of Mill Creek church; and, though his name on earth was but little known out of the immediate sphere of his usefulness, yet, doubtless, he shall be better known at the resurrection of the just.'"

RECOGNITION OF FRIENDS IN ANOTHER WORLD.*

IF the old testament affords us plain intimations of the truth of this doctrine, the new is still more express and clear. St. Paul, contrasting our present limited knowledge of the heavenly world, with that which we shall hereafter possess, says, "Now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face : now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known" (1 Cor. xiii. 12); which would seem to imply that the blessed in heaven would at least know each other; for how, otherwise, could it

be said that we shall know even as we are known? Not to know our most familiar friends in heaven, is a supposition altogether irreconcileable with this de. claration of the apostle.

At the time of our Saviour's transfiguration on the mount, when he appeared in his matchless glory, Moses and Elias also appeared, as is generally supposed, in their glorified bodies; with such bodies as all the saints in light will hereafter be clothed. If so, then, their being known by those apostles who were with our Lord at the time, is a clear intimation that the saints will know each other in a future state. Moses had been dead fifteen hundred years at the time this event transpired, and Elijah had been translated to heaven nearly a thousand years before and yet they are made known to Peter, James, and John, and we see no reason why they should not be recognized in heaven, by these same apostles-and if by them, by others also-as well as upon earth.

Christ tells his apostles that, as a reward for their fidelity and zeal, they shall receive a superior degree of glory in his heavenly kingdom; which he represents by their sitting" upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel" (Matt. viii. 11); and to the penitent thief he says-"This day shall thou be with me in paradise" (Luke xxiii. 43). As if he had said "Thy body is perishing, but thy soul shall retain its life, its activity, its consciousness; and, being received in the paradise of God, shall see and

know its Redeemer, even as it is seen and known of him." These several expressions intimate, if they do not prove, that the saints will recognize not By Rev. Benjamin Dorr, D.D.

only the Saviour in his glorified human nature, but his twelve apostles also in their exaltation, whatever it may be, and that they will be able to distinguish "Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets;" and if these, then why not all the others of " the general assembly of the church of the first-born whose names are written in heaven," and our immediate friends among the number?"

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There are two passages in St. Paul's epistles, which seem to place this subject beyond all question. They prove, at least, "that St. Paul anticipated, on the last day, a personal knowledge of those, on his part, and a personal re-union with them, with whom he had been connected in this life by the ties of pastoral offices and kind affection." To the Colossians he expresses the anxious desire of being able, in the day of Christ, to present every man perfect in Christ Jesus," (Col. i. 28, 29): and to the Thessalonians he thus writes: "For what is our hope, or our joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, at his coming For ye are our glory and joy" (1 Thess. ii. 19, 20). Here, this great apostle evidently anticipates with delight, the time, when he should meet these persons before the throne, and " present" them to the Lord Jesus, as the seals," to borrow the language of the pious Doddridge, "which God has been pleased to set to his labours, and as amiable friends, in whose converse and love he hoped to be for ever happy." On this latter text, the learned Dr. Macknight thus beautifully remarks:-" The manner in which the apostle speaks of the Thessalonians, shows that he expected to know his converts at the day of judgment. If so, we may hope to know our friends and relations then. And, as there is no reason to think that, in the future life, we shall lose natural and social affections which constitute so great a part of our present enjoyment, may we not expect that the affections purified from every thing animal and terrestial, will be a source of our happiness in that life likewise? It must be remembered, however, that in the other world we shall love one another, not go much on account of the relation and friend

those which are founded on excellence of character.

ship which formerly subsisted between us, as on account of the knowledge and virtue which we possess. For among rational beings, whose affections will all be suited to the high state of moral and intellectual perfection to which they shall be raised, the most endearing relations and warmest friendships will be What a powerful consideration this, to excite us to cultivate in our relations and friends, the noble and lasting qualities of knowledge and virtue, which will prove such a source of happiness to them, and to us, through the endless ages of eternity!" If St. Paul expected to know his converts at the day of judgment, may not every Christian minister indulge this hope? Can there be a higher-holier anticipationalways excepting the hope of enjoying the beatific presence of God and our Saviour, and the holy angels-than that of meeting those whom we may have been instrumental in reclaiming from sin to holiness, and rescuing from the bitter pains of eternal death, to exalt them to glory, honour, and imwill be vouchsafed to those who have "turned many mortality? Nor can we doubt that such knowledge stand "assured." to righteousness," in that "triumph day," when they

And will not the happiness of the saints be greatly increased by such a recognition and re-union? If it be such a pleasure to "take sweet counsel together" here, and to "walk to the house of God in com

pany" (Ps. lv, 14); what must it be to join the same society of pious friends in that temple above, of which Jehovah is the light and glory? If we are to associate at all with redeemed spirits-as we know we shall-if there is to be in heaven the most perfect communion of saints—as we are equally well

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