contained in this book. Be diligent in them, that the increase coming thereby may be manifest unto all men. Take heed unto thyself, and to thy doctrine; for by so doing thou shalt both save thyself and them that hear thee: Be to the flock of Christ a shepherd, not a wolf; feed them, devour them not. Hold up the weak, heal the sick, bind up the broken, bring again the outcasts, seek the lost. Be so merciful, that you may not be too remiss; so minister discipline, that you forget not mercy; that when the chief Shepherd shall appear, you may receive the never-fading crown of glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Immediately before the Benediction shall be said the following prayers:

Most merciful Father, we beseech

due him with thy Holy Spirit, that he, preaching thy word, may not only be earnest to reprove, beseech, and rebuke with all patience and doctrine, but may also be to such as believe a wholesome example, in word, in conversation, in love, in faith, in chastity, and in purity; that, faithfully fulfilling his course, at the latter day he may receive the crown of righteousness laid up by the Lord, the righteous Judge, who liveth and reigneth, one God with the Father and the Holy Ghost, world Amen. without end.

Prevent us, O Lord, in all our doings with thy most gracious favor, and further us with thy continual help; that in all our works, begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy name, and finally, by thy mercy, oblife through Jesus

The Benediction.

The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord; and the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be among you, and remain with you always. Amen.

ers and Members of the Methodist urch, South, greeting:

ETHREN:-We have been rehe General Conference, now in resent to you, in their behalf, a ress. In compliance with this in discharge of this duty, we the name of our common Lord, words of the great apostle to the Grace to you, and peace from God nd the Lord Jesus Christ." r devout thanks to Almighty God l displays of his grace to us as a ring the past four years, in the I of our coast, in the increase of

in that agreement in the faith, that unity in the Spirit, and in that harmony and tranquillity, which have everywhere pervaded our Zion. Extensive revivals of religion have crowned the labors of our preachers; and the life-giving energy of the gospel, in the conversion of sinners and in the sanctification of believers, has been seldom more apparent amongst us than during that period.

In these facts we have abundant evidence of the continued power and presence of the Holy Ghost in our ministrations, and that the boon of Wesleyan Methodism, as we received it from our fathers, has not been forfeited in our hands. Regarding it as the purest existing type of Christianity, and as a priceless heritage of doctrine and discipline committed to our keeping, we rejoice to believe that we retain it in all its essential features.

In this gratifying review, however, we find nothing to flatter our pride, but much to foster our humility, to awaken sentiments of repentance, and to cherish purposes of amendment. Our piety, our self-sacrifice, our Christian enterprise, have not been equal to