MAZE-POND.Particular Baptist.

ABRAHAM WEST.-After the death of Mr. Wallin, the church invited Mr. Sayer Rudd to preach as a probationer, which he did for a considerable time, and was on the point of being chosen pastor; but suspicions arising relative to his religious opinions, a church meeting was called to take the matter into consideration. Mr. Rudd very frankly discovered to them his sentiments in a discourse from 1 Tim. ii. 5. “There is one God;" in which he was observed to express different sentiments respecting the doctrine of the Trinity, to those which he had hitherto maintained. The church being now convinced that he was in the Unitarian scheme, set him aside from their communion, and he withdrew with a few followers to a new place built for him in Snow's-fields. The church at Maze-Pond next invited Mr. Abraham West, who was ordained there in 1736, and made it a condition of his accepting the pastoral office, that singing should be introduced into public worship. He was a promising young minister, but cut off in the prime of life after a short service of three years, on the 27th of March, 173), aged but twenty-seven years. He was interred in the ground behind his meeting-house, where, upon a flat stone, is the following short inscription:

BENJAMIN WALLIN. Mr. West was succeeded after? a short interval by Mr. Benjamin Wallin, a son of the former pastor. This gentleman was born in London, in the year 17.11. An accident that befel him whilst at nurse, and which was improperly concealed through fear, left him under an mcurable lameness. When he was fourteen years of age, his case attracted the notice of Mr. Jonas Thorowgood, a

manner.

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Baptist minister in Hertfordshire, who in the course of a few months treated his complaint with so much skill, that he was enabled ever afterwards to walk in a more comfortable * He received the early part of his education under the Rev. John Needham, of Hitchin; and was under considerable obligation to Dr. Rudd, and Dr. Joseph Stennett, for the assistance they afforded him in the acquisition of useful knowledge, previous to his engaging in the work of the ministry. In the year 1740, he took upon him the pastoral office, after an interval of about seven years from his father's death. It was with no small reluctance, the effect of selfdiffidence, and a deep sense of the importance of the work, that he entered upon the charge ;--a modesty of temper, the concomitant of true worth. Mr. Wallin maintained his station with great respectability for upwards of forty years, during which time he was rarely interrupted by ill health: His last illness was not protracted to a very great length. Under the benign influence of those truths which he had been accustomed to preach, he patiently bore the acutest pains, and was calm, composed, and cheerful in the near prospect of dissolution. It was his mercy to have many comforts mingled with his pains. He was surrounded with friends who tenderly felt with him; but above all, he enjoyed the pleasing satisfaction that he had built on the right foundation. The faithfulness of God, in particular, he frequently spoke of as a source whence he drew substantial consolation. reason was continued to him very nearly till the close of life, which he finished on the 19th of February, 1782, at the age of seventy-one years. Dr. Stennett preached his funeral sermon from Matt. xxv. 23. "Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord."

His

From his first setting out in the ministry, Mr. Wallin pursued the great objects of it with faithfulness, diligence, and He preserved an habitual reverence for God,

success.

* Funeral Sermon for Mr. Thorowgood, p. 47, note.

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which was particularly discoverable in his prayers, and he was an attentive observer of the conduct of Providence in the various incidents of his life. He adhered stedfastly to the gospel of Christ, as a scheme adapted to magnify the grace of God, and to restore man to his likeness as well as to his favour. In explaining the doctrines, and recommending the institutions of primitive Christianity, he paid a very particular regard to the scriptures, observing how much it was the duty of ministers, like the apostles, to reason out of the word of God. His preaching was methodical, scriptural and practical. He was happy in accommodating his subjects to public occasions, having the great object of doing good ever in view. He laboured to get at the consciences of his hearers, to rouse the impenitent, to direct the inquiring, to comfort the distressed, to animate the slothful, and to edify the faithful. And it pleased God to succeed his labours in not a few instances, to the great joy of his heart. Nor were his labours for the glory of God, and the good of men, confined to his own church and denomination, but freely embraced all good men wherever he found them; and he gave a proof of his cordial regards to the interests of religious liberty, by using his endeavours in concert with his brethren, to promote and enlarge it.* He was one of the ministers, who, in 1772, petitioned the legislature for relief in the matter of subscription. As an author, the aggregate quantity of his publications is very considerable; and some of them are not destitute of merit. They consist chiefly of sermons, most of which are upon public occasions. He was also the author of a volume of hymns, and of several treatises, written with a view to promote practical religion. (K) In the burial

* Dr. Stennett's Sermon on the Death of Mr. Wallin, p. 35-39. (K) WORKS.-1. The Compassion of the dying Saviour; a Sermon on Luke xxiii. 34. 1746.-2. A Sermon on the Death of Mr. Edward Tom kins. 1753.-3. A Sermon on the Death of the Rev. Jonas Thurrowgood. 1753.-4. A Sermon on the Death of Mr. Thomas Wildman. 1754.-5.

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ground behind his meeting-house may be seen the following inscription to his memory.

Sacred to the Memory

Of the

Rev. BENJAMIN WALLIN, A. M.

A Man

(Human frailty abated)

Exempt from all the faults,

And endowed with all the virtues

Of a Christian minister.

By the unanimous desire of a few people
He succeeded his father

EDWARD WALLIN,

As pastor of this Church,
And

By a diligent discharge of his office,

By a constant course of manly and social actions,
By a wise application of means to incidents,
For more than forty years
Rendered a large congregation happy.
In the year 1782,

On February the 19th,

In the seventy-first year of his age,
His tranquil soul departed,

Happy in itself,

At peace with God,

And all mankind.

A Sermon at the Ordination of the Rev. Samuel Burford, Sept. 4, 1755.-6. Exhortations to Prayer and the Lord's-Supper.-7. An humble Address to the Churches of Christ; or, an earnest Exhortation to Christian Professors not to forsake the assembling of themselves toge, ther.-8. Discourses occasioned by the late dreadful Earthquakes, and the Apprehensions of a French War. 1756.-9. The Folly of neglecting Divine Institutions. 1758.-10. A Sermon at the Ordination of Mr. Walter Richards, at Devonshire-square. 1762.-11. A Sermon occasioned by the Death of the Duke of Cumberland 1765.-12. The Chris tian Salutation; a Sermon at Maze-pond, Oct. 12, 1766.-13 A Sermon at the Ordination of Mr. John Reynolds, at Cripplegate. 1766.14. A Sermon on the Death of Mrs. Mary Keene. 1767.-15. A Sermon on the Death of Mr. Thomas Cox. 1769.-16. A Sermon on the Death of Mrs. Rebecca Cox, 1769.-17. Lectures on primitive Christianity.1769.-18. The eternal Existence of Jesus Christ.-19. Gospel Requi sites to acceptable Prayer: a Sermon. 1770.-20. The Importance of Family Religiou: a Sermon, 1770.-21. A Volume of Hymps,—22. An

ST. THOMAS'S, SOUTHWARK.-English Presbyterian.

JAMES DORE, the present minister, studied under the patronage of the Bristol Education Society, and was sent into the ministry by the Baptist church at Cirencester, of which his brother was pastor. He received his first invitation to preach at Maze-Pond, in December, 1782, and in the November of the following year, was elected to the pastoral office by the general suffrage of the church. His public ordination took place March 25, 1784: Mr. Robinson, of Cambridge, delivered the introductory discourse; his brother, Mr William Dore, gave the charge; and Mr. W. Clarke, preached to the people.

ST. THOMAS'S, SOUTHWARK.

ENGLISH PRESBYTERIAN.

THIS

HIS place usually goes by the name of St. Thomas'smeeting, not from its being christened after any particular saint, but because it is situated in a street that goes by that name, on the east side of the Borough of Southwark. It was built in the year 1703, for Mr. John Sheffield, and is a large square structure, with three galleries, substantially built, and capable of seating a numerous congregation. Before this place was erected the congregation met in a large meeting-house, near the Maese. The society was col

Address at the Interment of Dr. Gill, 1771.-23. A Sermon on the Death of Mr. Job Heath. 1773.-24. A Sermon on the Death of the Rev. Sanuel James, preached at Hitchin, Herts, Aug. 27, 1773.-25. The Church an Habitation of God through the Spirit: a Sermon at Maze-pond, Jan. 13, 1774.-26. A Sermon on the Death of the Rev. John Macgowan, preached at Devonshire-square, Nov. 1780.