Dwight preached in the evening. He read his sermon, and so did the minister in the morning, the Rev. Mr. Porter, who was also an American. The minister of the place, the Rev. John Shedlock was then in England. The services, which were in two different parts of Paris, were held in rooms. The congregations were small, but I found it good to be there. When I was in Paris some years ago I preached for the Wesleyans to a good congregation. By the way, have we not, as a body, a greater number of scholars than we had forty years ago and fewer divines? As for preachers, only God can make a preacher. Of course, everybody knows how to preach much better than those whose office it is to preach. What we want in our churches is spiritual strength.

27th, Monday. We left Paris for Dieppe at 7 o'clock in the morning, where we arrived at 11 45. This is a far more interest

ing line than the one from Boulogne to Paris. The morning was all that heart could wish, and the sun, beautiful as ever, filled heaven and earth with his glory. Can we wonder that Ossian should have asked the question, "Who can be a companion of thy course?"

"Thou sun of this great world both eye and soul, Acknowledge him thy greater, sound his praise In thy eternal course, both when thou climb'st And when high noon hast gain'd, and when thou fall'st." MILTON.

The last time I was in France, the railway only reached to Rouen. The scenery about Rouen, whose ecclesiastical edifices I prefer to those of Paris, is very beautiful. It is one of those places which, if you see it once, you want to see it again. The woods, the hills, the valleys, the river Seine, the streamlets, and innumerable. other objects charm the eye. Few of these objects, however, can be seen from the railway, or seen to advantage.

"Ever charming, ever new,

When will the landscape tire the view!
The fountain's fall, the river's flow,
The woody valleys, warm and low;
The windy summit, wild and high,
Roughly rushing on the sky!

The pleasant seat, the ruined tower,
The naked rock, the shady bower;
The town and village, dome and farm,
Each give each a double charm,
As pearls upon an Ethiop's arm."

DYER'S GRONGER HILL.

On arriving at Dieppe we went, as soon as the government officials would permit us, on board the steamer, and entered Newhaven harbour at 5 in the afternoon. The latter part of the voyage was rough, the consequence of which I need not declare. At 7 we entered Brighton, where I and Mrs H. proceeded to the Old Ship, and our nieces to their father's. Dr. C. remained at Dieppe for the night, and joined us at the hotel on the following day. "Absence makes the heart grow fonder." Such was the effect it had upon me. Never

did I return to England with such feelings of delight and gratitude as on this occasion; for never before had I the same deep convictions of the innumerable and inestimable privileges both temporal and spiritual which as a nation she enjoys. Oh that she might understand her duty, and receive grace from God to discharge it. Her responsibility is infinite. Who would not say with Cowper

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England, with all thy faults, I love thee still-
My country! and, while yet a nook is left,

Where English minds and manners may be found,
Shall be constrain'd to love thee. Tho' thy clime
Be fickle,* and thy year most part deform'd
With dripping rains, or wither'd by a frost,
I would not yet exchange thy sullen skies,
And fields without a flow'r, for warmer France
With all her vines; nor for Ausonia's groves
Of golden fruitage, and her myrtle bow'rs."

The average health of the inhabitants of England is, I believe, greater than that of the continent; and it is not improbable that the frequent atmospheric changes to which we are liable may, in part at least, conduce to this. And but for the intemperance of thousands this average would be still greater. The average of human life is said to be only 33 years.

Having remained at Brighton a few days that we might be present at the marriage of one of our nieces, we returned on Friday to the ancient and pleasant town of High Wycombe, surrounded by beautiful hills, and found our friends in health and our goods in peace.

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And now, dear reader, accept of my thanks for the honour you have done me by the perusal of these pages. May your Sixty of the human family die every minute. a solemn and affecting thought! Hence it is evident that from the beginning of the year unto the end of the year, without a moment's intermission either by day or by night, there are in some portion of the human family, "lamentations, and mourning, and woe for the dead. Of the millions (computed to be upwards of 33) that die every year, how many are cast into the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone? These will be tormented with the devil and his angels for ever and ever.* "For the wages of sin is death;" death temporal, death spiritual, and death eternal; "but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Rom. vi, 23.

* The Greek phrase translated "for ever and ever" is the strongest form of expression of which that language is capable to denote eternity or endless duration. It is used eighteen times in the New Testament. See DWIGHT'S SYSTEM OF THEOLOGY, vol. v. p. 460.