last public meeting he attended in this city, but four days before the fatal attack which terminated his valuable existence. Many there are no doubt present who had then the privilege of hearing him for the last time, and the subject of his appeal was one which may now be considered as a sacred legacy, namely, the Norwich District Visiting Society, for the deserving and distressed poor of the city. Their funds were exhausted; he appeared as their advocate; he spoke of the poor and needy, and those who had none to help them. He was there then as he had ever been-their friend in the hour of their need. My brethren, this blessed cause of charity he has bequeathed to us. Let your support of this, the last object for which he pleaded at the close of his Christian life, be liberally supported as the best and most acceptable proof of your esteem, your respect, your veneration for your fellow-townsman.-Go and do ye likewise; and in thus following in his steps, may God and your Saviour speed you on your course! T FOR the second time since I came amongst you we meet on one of the most solemn and interesting occasions which can call a Christian community together. We are here assembled to witness the members of the rising generation of our Established Church in your neighbourhood dedicating themselves to God, and beginning as travellers on their own account their journey of life. I shall avail myself of this opportunity, first, to remind you, my Reverend Brethren, how much their future hopes or fears, their prospects here and hereafter, may depend on the exertions you have bestowed in imparting that wholesome information which the case of each may require, and how far you have-not coldly, not formally, but in spirit and earnestness, knowing that it concerned immortal souls, for whose welfare you are bound to labour -endeavoured to explain and enforce the great truths which can make them wise unto salvation. I would hope that, awakened as our Church now is to the necessity of a general education, comprising all those elements that can improve the heart and form the character, you have not been behindhand in opening their minds and impressing upon their hearts those fundamental |