Missionary.-But there is nothing of Jesus Christ in all this; and the Word of God says that he is the only Saviour?

Romanist.-I confess my sins to the Priest, and he forgives them. I need nothing more.

Missionary. But do you think the Priest can answer for you at the judgment? You are putting a man in the place of Christ, who is the only Mediator spoken of in the Scriptures. I could not take a Priest for my Saviour.

Romanist (going away in a rage). -May the Holy Virgin give you her blessing!

SOUTHWARK ELECTION. SUBSTANCE OF THE SPEECH OF JAMES LORD, ESQ., ON THE DUTIES OF PROTESTANT ELECTORS.

SHORTLY after the anti-Maynooth agitation, last year, was over, a vacancy occurred in the representation of Southwark. It was deemed important to bring forward a Protestant candidate, in opposition to others, who were in favour of Popery.

Mr. Pilcher, who avowed himself friendly to the Protestant interests, was desirous of securing the votes of the members of the Protestant Association.

A Meeting of the Southwark Association therefore took place on the 2d of September, at which Mr. Pilcher was present. Having been asked several questions, which he answered to the satisfaction of the Meeting, Mr. Lord, who had been invited to take a part in the proceedings, was called on to address the Meeting. He spoke as follows. We insert his observations, though after some lapse of time, because they seem to embody the principles on which Protestants ought to act at the forthcoming election:

Mr. Chairman and Protestant Friends,-We have met here to deliberate this evening as to the exercise of a power and privilege which forms the peculiar glory of a free and enlightened country. To the exercise of this power, as to the exercise of every other talent, responsibility at

taches; and it is in order to acquit yourselves rightly in the discharge of that responsibility, that you have assembled. In a free country, like our own, the people, to a very great extent, make their own laws; for they make the law-makers. They have, therefore, themselves to blame for the existence and continuance of bad and wicked laws. Have we none such upon our statute-book? Yes, yes, too many. How came they there? How came those laws which patronize the idolatry against which you protest, to be registered where they are? How! but by your own connivance and neglect. Why do they continue there? Why! only because you do not resolve on removing them. Romish agitation placed them there, -Protestant agitation must remove them. I speak but the solemn, deliberate conviction of my own mind, when I say it, that if the majesty of the British Constitution continues to bow before Popery, it will bow to rise no more. The questions at issue are those which most deeply concern the best and dearest interests of our country, the spread and purity of our faith, the existence of our liberties, the glory of our nation, and the safety of our souls. Man, rightly contemplated, must be regarded not only as a citizen of this world, but as a candidate for citizenship in a better country, even a heavenly one. How shall we get there? The Almighty himself has made this clear. Christ is the way, the truth, and the life. Where shall we gain the needful knowledge? Search the Scripture, is the precept of inspiration, and the blessedness of true religion is, that it best qualifies and prepares men for this world and that which is to come. Now Popery is the reverse of this. Popery is a false religion. Popery would stop up the only way by which sinful man can have access to a throne of grace-puts in so many saints, relics, and mediators, that the Saviour can hardly be got at through them; and then, having thus purposely misled, she puts out the light, takes away or obscures the Bible, lest her errors should be detected, and leaves man in darkness, to grope his way to ruin. On these grounds, and upon these

grounds alone, would I impeach Popery and her advocates. What

alliance have Christians with Antichrist? what, the lovers of light with the agents of darkness? Bear with The sys

me for one moment more.

tem which is erroneous towards God can never be for the best interests of man. True religion elevates man towards the God who made him, and leads him upwards to his native skies. False religion would degrade Deity to the corruptions of humanity, and lead its votaries down to wretchedness and destruction. Hence, wherever Popery is established, irreligion, immorality, ignorance, superstition, tyranny, and degradation exercise their baneful sway. Time would fail me to point out, and your patience to listen to me doing so, the various ways in which the poisonous effects of Popery operate throughout the length and breadth of society. Let me point you to some facts. Let me enumerate the most Popish, and I shall at the same time enumerate some of the most wretched and degraded portions of civilized Europe. France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Italy, Austria, and Ireland-you are my witnesses to prove the truth of my assertion. You know it. Why is not England amongst the number? Thanks, devout thanks be given to the Almighty, that she is not. Thanks, that by his blessing upon the wondrous exertions of our ancestors, the light of Divine Truth has shone upon our island, dissipating the darkness, and melting, with its heavenly radiance, the chains which once held them captives of Rome. Are you not inspirited by the recollection of what they have done? Do not your hearts glow with generous sympathy for those who, in Popish countries, have hazarded their livelihood and their lives for the truth's sake? Whether like a Nangle or a Gayer in Ireland, a Dr. Kalley* at Madeira, a Fiorini at Malta, a Ciocci at Rome, or a Ronge, or Czerski,† in

* See recent proceedings at Madeira. †The German movement had not then taken the character which it has since assumed. With regard to Czerski, we must still observe that he has vindicated himself from many of the aspersions cast upon him.-ED. P. M.

Germany? Yes, their cause and your own are one. They are rising up against the giant Popery, that has long been crushing them, and is now preparing to hurl the thunders of the Vatican against you. Yes, indeed your hearts kindle at the mention of them. Then imitate as you can the examples you admire. As their conduct influences you, let yours also influence others, that thus you may obey the apostolic injunction-provoke to love and to good works. Protestant electors of the Borough of Southwark! the eyes of the whole country are upon you! Stand forward in the hour of trial, and stand firm to the cause of Protestantism, and the victory is yours. Other constituencies will follow your example. Supreme above, all merely local and party considerations place the Protestantism of your country; and whatever differences may exist in minor matters, let the sound, constitutional religion-Protestantism-of your candidate, be the sun, that shall melt before it all the clouds that would obscure its lustre. And you, Sir, when you shall be returned, as we trust you ere long will be, to represent this enlightened constituency in Parliament, I implore you, I intreat you, that you will never betray-as I feel persuaded you will not-the interests confided to you, nor suffer the icy hand of expediency to chill down the Protestantism-the life-giving principle of our constitution.

MISCELLANEOUS.

A

THE POPE AND PURGATORY. miner at Schneeberg, meeting a seller of indulgences, inquired, "Must we then believe what you have often said of the power of indulgences, and of the authority of the Pope, and think that we can redeem a soul from Purgatory by casting a penny into the chest?" The dealer in indulgences affirmed that it was so. 66 “Ah,” replied the miner, “What a cruel man the Pope must be, to leave a poor soul to suffer so long in the flames, for a wretched penny! If he has no nasty money, let him collect a few hundred thousand crowns, and de

liver all their souls by one act. Even we poor folks would willingly pay him the principal and interest.'

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THE WHIG REPEAL COMPACT.The attention of the gentlemen, young and old, composing or lately composing the war party in the Repeal Association, is respectfully solicited to the annexed paragraph from the "Mail," of this evening. "His Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant, representative of our Most Gracious Sovereign has made a special party of kindred spirits to do honour to the man whom Lord John Russell and the Ministers honour, Daniel O'Connell, the Agitator. A grand banquet is to be given to the Demagogue by Lord Besborough on Thursday next, in commemoration of his abandonment of Repeal; and Mr. George Roe, and other Anti-Repeal Whigs have been invited to meet the Liberator (!) on the auspicious occasion. The Premier and the Viceroy are playing their game well. Dan, too, is looking cautiously to the main chance; but Heaven help the poor dupes and gulls throughout the country who still permit themselves to be cheated into the belief that Repeal is not cast to the winds by their treacherous leader."-From the Times, Wednesday, September 9, 1846.

THE RATIONAL PART OF THE MIND BROUGHT INTO UNISON WITH THE GLORIES OF NATURE.-Let us

not confound the love and perception of the beautiful with the love of God; yet at the same time, we would seek to awaken in the youthful mind, while it is yet tender to receive impressions, the spirit of natural religion. It will make spiritual religion both more lovely, and more freely apprehended. A greater than we have said, that man may

"Find tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,

Sermons in stones, and good in every thing."

And we believe that he is right. Who that hath sat down in the cool of a summer's evening, hath not felt better and wiser in gazing upon the fantastic clouds that form themselves into purple islands around the setting sun? Afar off may be heard the tinkle of the sheep-bell, or the low of

or

the browsing kine on the sloping carolling; and gazing forth into the meadow; above are the blithe birds depth of the vast, boundless ocean, you look intensely into the blue expanse, fancying that the eye may pierce its filmy substance, and see crystal cities afar off in space. Turning again to earth, you note the sleeping shadows, that unperceived are lengthening into darkness your look falls upon the flowers that fascinate you (who but a God could have created such lovely things?) -there they are, bright, beautiful, but frail, teaching us a deep lesson on the brevity of life. While we are admiring their gorgeousness, who does not feel their poetry touch him? If stars be the poetry of heaven, they are the poetry of earth, being likest to the stars. The bee is finding a rest for the evening amidst the honey and the sweet odours; breaking the dreary silence and the reverie into which you have been plunged, are the jocund voices of happy children. Who, we ask, gazing upon such a scene as this, would not give himself up to the intense delight that fills his heart? Man, at such moments, is naturally religious; he is elevated by his noble thoughts of the many bright things around him: he dreams of God, of eternity; he forgets the heartless bustle of the world, the ring of gold, and the selfish strife of hearts-and

he forgets the toils of life, and the sacrifices of mammon.

Such mo

ments are not of often occurrence. Let man, when they do come, think there is a deep philosophy to be gathered from such musings, and that they are essentially a natural religion. And that which is here but indicated to him, Revelation makes certain; that which natural religion gives him now and then in scanty measure for a few moments, spiritual religion gives him constantly-boundlessly, for ever!

CABINET.

BEWARE of adorning thy house more than thy soul, and above all give thy care to the spiritual edifice.

The martyr Jerome, of Prague,

when the paper cap was brought, on which were painted demons in flames, took it in his hands and placed it on his head, exclaiming in the words of John Huss, "Jesus Christ who died for me a sinner, wore a crown of thorns, I will willingly wear this for him."

Protestants have distinctions, but they have not different religions.

The final conflict between Christ's true Church, and Antichrist, and their respective chiefs and supporters, both visible and invisible, is set forth in prophecy as most severe. As a nation, as a Church, and as individuals, how may we best prepare to meet it?-Elliott's Hora Apocalyp

tica.

THE WARNING.

"Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues."-Rev. xvii. 4.

"COME out of her," the mystic city seated

In pomp and splendour on the seven hills, Whose sorceries have so long the nations cheated,

Whose cup the intoxicating wine yet fills.

"Come out of her," who o'er the many waters

Her blood-impurpled skirt has spread abroad;

Her lies, her crimes, her blasphemies, and slaughters,

About to be remember'd are- -with
God.

"Come out of her," the sentence has been spoken,

And he who judgeth her, the Lord,

is strong;

O, yes. No fading sunset-splendours, brightening

Her proud decline, the gazer shall deplore;

But suddenly-as struck by wrathful lightning

Great Babylon shall fall, to rise no

more.

From the Lake, and other Poems, reviewed below.

SOLUTION OF THE PROTESTANT CHARADE WHICH APPEARED IN OUR LAST.

THE fancied site on which is rear'd

The Pontiff's pomp and prideNam'd as your second-is, I ween, A rock 'tis soon descried. But this proud boasting idle proves, When scanned by Scripture light, "Tis but your first- a sham, as vague As phantoms of the night.

Your whole the shamrock, fair device

Of Erin's verdant isle,
Beneath a purer, holier ray

With brighter bloom would smile.
CYMMRO.

NOTICES OF BOOKS.

The Lake, and other Poems. London: Seeley, Burnside, and Seeley, Fleet-street. 1846.

THIS is an unpretending little volume. flowers, has much that is sweet, lovely, But, like many unpretending little and beautiful.

It is pervaded with a Christian spirit, and the Protestant feelings of the author are displayed in many of the poems. We have given above,

"The Warning," and in the following, the Author points to the Gospel as the lever to raise the Roman Catholics from the state of slavery into which a false religion has plunged them :

ERIN MAVOURNEEN. O Erin Mavourneen, while viewing each

scene

Of thy beautiful land in her garment of green;

I could grieve to reflect, while thy face is so fair,

What a curse overshadows the mind that is there.

WITHOUT agreeing in all the views and principles of these eminent opposers of Jesuitism, in France, we are yet very highly gratified with the work in general, and are rejoiced to see so cheap and popular an edition as that now under notice.

How singular it must appear, that whilst, in France, the Jesuits are thus unpopular, our Government should be taking them by the hand in England, and making fresh concessions in their favour!

We shall refer more fully to the contents of this work in our next, Meantime we have no hesitation in saying that it will prove useful, not only to the public in general, but a very valuable addition to the libraries of Mechanics' Institutes, and those of our Operative fellow Pro

testants.

The Extent, and Moral Statistics of the British Empire: A Lecture delivered before the Young Men's Christian Association. By the Rev. WILLIAM ARTHUR. London: Ay

lott and Jones; Mason. 12mo. pp. 76.

sessed Mr. Arthur's information and WE wish all of our countrymen posmissionary spirit. Nor do we see why they should not possess a far greater amount of intelligence, as to the power and responsibility of their country, than many at present have. Surely, to the Christian mind, the contemplation and history of the peaceful triumphs of the Gospel are far more gratifying than the conquests of Alexander, or the victories tion, the other, happiness, and peace. of Cæsar. The one spreads desola

Amidst all the acquisition of Pagan poetry, history, and mythology, we fear that even the plainest rudiments of Christian knowledge have been almost overlooked in the educational process. And many a one, to whom the names and pedigree, attributes and characters, of Heathen gods and goddesses, are as familiar almost as household words, know little of the history, and doctrines of Christianity, have bestowed only a short time to the perusal of the Scriptures,- -are almost entirely ignorant of the peculiar nature of Popery and Protestantism, and are thus prepared as fit tools to the hand of the Jesuits.

We rejoice to see Juvenile Missionary Societies, and the Young Men's Christian Association formed, and cordially wish prosperity to their exertions.

Having taken a rapid survey of the extent, and moral statistics of the British empire, the author thus proceeds at page 72:

"Gentlemen, permit me one word more. The greatness of England is essentially a Protestant greatness. The dawn of our national glory was the rising of the Bible upon our land. Our greatest acquisitions were made under our most decidedly Protestant Sovereigns. England has grown mighty in proud defiance of the 'Man of Sin." While other nations have bowed before him, some prostrate in the dust, others gently kneeling, she has sat on high with her foot on his authority, and her smile at his rage. In that elevation, the sunshine of heaven has been