of education' continue for ever in their hands!' Lamentable will be the state of morals among us, if ever any essential portion of the task of education' is transferred from the clergy of our country. As to the literature of their country,' it is another source of satisfaction to me when I am told, that a great part' of this also is in the hands' of ecclesiastics. In what other 'hands' could it be so eligibly placed? I wish, let me boldly confess it, that even more of our literature was under the superintendance of our clergy. It is pleasing, it is seriously gratifying to me, when, as in the instance of the Rev. Mr. Yates, I perceive clergymen commendably interested in the cultivation of literature, and demonstrating, by the productions of the study, that their mental ardour does not evaporate in the pulpit; but that, familiarizing themselves to intellectual and laudable exertion, they carry with them, into every department of usefulness, those qualifications which, without improperly interfering with their legitimate and higher pursuits, render them beneficial and eligible eharacters in human society. Of this order of excellence then is Richard Yates. Estimable as a preacher, and approved as a scholar, he is also extensively respected as a man; and while he is applauded for his public talents and attainments, he is, if possible, still more valued for those private virtues which most essentially conduce to the sum of general happiness. The Pulpit. Among the great variety of Preachers, some give the pure Gospel wine, unadulterated and undashed. Others give wine and water. Some give mere cold water, without a drop of wine among it. Next to being a true believer, 'tis the hardest thing in the world to be a Faithful Minister. TOPLADY's Observations. WILLIAM BENGO COLLYER, D. D. OF E. De CHURCHMEN appear to form very inadequate conceptions of evangelical ascendancy. preciating the growing influence of their antagonists, and too much affecting contempt for the leaders of them, it is seldom that they properly consider the advantages which these really possess, or the incitements by which they are reasonably and powerfully stimulated to exertion. Evangelism, it will be seen, is no ordi |