Now that meetings have been again begun in London, we hope there will be a continuous succession of them, and that information of the character and beneficial results of our operations will reach many quarters where it has been much wanted. There is reason to believe that thousands of local preachers are still ignorant of the existence of our noble institution, a circumstance which shows the imperative necessity that exists for the friends of the Association to be always on the alert to promote its interests in every possible way, and especially by increasing the circulation of the Magazine, by which a knowledge of the existence and operations of the Institution can be most widely and effectually spread. THE MAGAZINE. WE have very great pleasure in announcing that measures have been adopted by the Committee with regard to the Magazine which will materially enhance its interests and facilitate the transaction of all business connected with it. Mr. Philip Parker, an active and prudent member of the General Committee, has undertaken to farm and superintend the sale of the Magazine for the year 1858, and on the behalf of the Committee will narrowly and minutely watch its interests, and aid its circulation. To this auspicious circumstance we are also able to add that in future the Magazine will be published by Messrs. PARTRIDGE and Co., Paternoster Row, whose well-known house possesses many facilities which we trust will be advantageous to our cause. Let our friends now aid us again with their exertions to increase the sale. We are ambitious to reach seven thousand, because it is our earnest desire to circulate truth as widely as possible, and to make the Magazine fully remunerative in its own sale as well as in the correlative benefits derived from its agency. If each of the present subscribers procured one more, our object would be more than accomplished:—and surely that may easily be done. Perhaps it may inspire the efforts of some of the brethren to know that we shall open the new year with a supply of articles that are sure to please and to edify. Some are promised that will furnish the purest gratification to inquiring and spiritual minds; and others are projected in continuation that will con duce to raise the character of the Magazine to a high standard of excellence. The brethren especially should remember, however, that it must frequently depend upon themselves what character the Magazine assumes and we would say to each, that if any peculiar characteristic of excellence is desired, let him who desires it aim to impart it, and we shall sooner be able to produce such a publication as shall be fully worthy to represent the great body of Methodist Local Preachers-one of the largest and most laborious bodies of Christ's ministers in these islands. THE FUNDS. Ir is our painful duty to notice that the contributions from the branches do not arrive in amounts sufficient to prevent the Committee deeming it requisite to contemplate the sale of another portion of the stock of the society. The balances have been reduced so low, that the Treasurer, as a matter of prudence, has been empowered to take this step: and it is not improbable that we may have to announce in our next, or the subsequent issue, that the step has been actually taken. We are sure this will be deeply regretted by many staunch friends of the Institution; but with us they must see the propriety of the course adopted by the Committee. We trust the Local Officers will continue to be prompt in their remittances, and successful in increasing the subscriptions. The list we are able to publish this month bears a very cheering aspect. We are glad to append a small addition to the lists previously published of special contributions. Messrs. Chipchase, Bowron, Chamberlain, Brown, Durley, Wade, Greenhalgh, Salisbury, Jameson, Parker, and Creswell. After prayer had been offered by Brother Chipchase, the minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. The Secretary reported as follows:Present number of hon. members, 477; benefit members, 2,104; total, 2,581. Members receiving relief: sick, 26; under the new rule, 33; superannuated, 94; total, 153. As it appeared the balance in the hands of the Treasurer amounted to only £8 9s. 11d., he was authorised to sell out stock to the amount of £250. The widow of Brother C. claimed the return of the entrance fee and subscriptions of her late husband, he having died within 12 months from the date of his entry. It was therefore ordered that the money should be repaid according to rule. Brother C., age 70, applies for superannuation allowance. Resolved, that 2s. 6d. per week be granted. Brother H., age 83, a preacher fifty years, applies for superannuation allowance. Resolved, that 3s. per week be granted. A resolution was adopted that Brother Parker should farm the sale of the Magazine for the year 1858, according to a proposition submitted to the Committee; and Messrs. Chamberlain, Wade, Jameson, and Creswell were appointed a Sub-Committee, with the Editor, for the conduct of the publication of the Magazine for the year. Bills to the amount of £35 13s. 6d. were presented and examined; and being found correct, an order was drawn on the Treasurer for the amount. Prayer was offered by Brother Greenhalgh, and the meeting closed at a quarter-past nine o'clock. The next meeting will be held at Bro. Loxdale's, 38, Markham Square, King's Road, Chelsea, on Monday, the 14th of December. JOHN WADE, Hon. Sec. DIED. Oct. 16, 1857.-Josiah Hopkins, of Redbrook, in the Forest of Dean circuit, aged 38. Claim £8. His end was triumphant. He had been on the funds 5 weeks. Oct. 18, 1857.-William Mason, of the Towcester circuit, aged 52. Claim £8. The tendency of blood to the head rendered him insensible up to the period of his death. Oct. 26, 1857.-Joseph Teal, of Leeds, aged 57. Claim £8. He had been on the funds 62 weeks. He had strong consolation in God as his eternal refuge. Nov. 6, 1857.-James Rathbone, of Sandbach, in the Congleton circuit, aged 44. Claim £8. His end was peace. He had been on the funds 12 weeks. Nov. 12, 1857.-Robert Lovett, of Chipstone on Stour, in the Chipping Norton circuit, aged 60. Claim £4. He died happy in God, calmly resting on the atonement. He had been on the funds 173 weeks. Oct. 15, 1857.-Jane Kirby, of Driffield, aged 74. Claim £2. Her end was peace. Oct. 9, 1857.-Ruth Crooks, of Belper, aged 75. Claim £2. Her end was peace. DONATIONS, SUBSCRIPTIONS, ETC., RECEIVED BY THE TREASURER TO Nov. 14, 1857. (hm. Honorary Member; hc. Honorary Contributor.) Kington. A friend, 2s. 6d. Wakefield.-Collections and donations at Oulton £1 15s.; George Harrison, Esq., hm., £1 1s.; Mrs. Harrison, hm., £1 1s.— £3 17s. Birmingham.-Mrs. Page, don. 10s.; Mr. Derrick, don. 5s.-15s. Guernsey.-Mr. Matthew, don. 4s. Holt.-Mr. Farthing, hc., quarterly, 3s. Shepton Mallet.-Mr. Creed, hm., £1; Mr. Simon Hoddin, hm., £1; Proceeds of tea meeting, at Evercreech, £3 8s. 5d.; Public collection at ditto, £1 6s. 11d.; Brother Shore, don. 5s.; Brother Stokes, don. 5s. ; Sundries ditto, 4s. 6d.; Collecting card, by Brother Brabuer, £1 13s. 6d.; Collected by Sister Brown, 7s.-£9 10s. 4d. Mansfield.—Mr. Theodore Candwell, Warsop, hm., £1; Mr. W. Millns, Mansfield, a Leader of Coals, third don. 8s.-£1 8s. Spalding. -Mr. John Hanks, hc., quarterly, 3s.; Mr. Vickeridge, don. 5s.-8s. Cromford -Miss Taylor, Bon Wood, don. 5s. Oxford.-Collected by Miss Banbury, 7s. Louth.-J. B. Sharpley, Esq., hm., £1 1s.; Roger Sharpley, Esq., hm., £1; Samuel Sharpley, Esq., hm., £1 1s.; Joseph Larder, Esq., hm. £1; Joseph John' son, Esq., hm., £1 1s.: James Kirkby, Esq., hm., £1 1s.; Mrs. Kirkby, hc., 10s. 6d. Mr. Henry Boothby, jun., don. 5s.-£6 19s. 6d. Southwark.-Mr. J. K. Hardy, hm., £1 1s.; Mrs. Hardy, hm., £1 1s.; Mr. Abraham Batty, he, quarterly, 2s. 6d.-£2 4s. 6d. Frome.-Mrs. Shore, hc., 10s. Ripon.—Mrs. Stephenson, hc., 10s.; Mr. Sadler, don. 5s.; Mr. Knowles, hc., 10s.; Mr. Demain, don. 2s. 6d.; Mr. Weatherell, don. 2s. 6d.-£1 10s. Monmouth.-Collecting Card, by Brother Pritchard, £1 12s. 6d. Lincoln.—Mr. Thomas Nicholson, hm., £1 1s.; Mr. B. Argyle, hm., £1 1s.; Chapel collections, £3 18s. 3d.—£6 Os. 3d. Bridport. Mr. Eli Fowler, hm., quarterly, 5s. Hungerford.-Mr. Pargister, hm., £1 1s.; Collecting Card, by Brother Jacob Dore, £1 9s.; Collections in the Wesleyan Chapel, Inkpen, £1 5s.-£3 15s. Burton on Trent.-Mr. George Jackson, don. 2s. 6d.; Mr. Edmund Adams, don. 2s. 6d.—5s. Leeds.-Benjamin Hartley, Esq., Mearwood, near Leeds, 10s.: Mrs. Purdon, sub. 6s.-16s. Bristol. -Voted by Local Preacher's Meeting, as balance left from purchase of books, 7s. 6d. Sunderland.-Mr. W. R. Wrightson, hm., £1 1s.; Mr. John Aslin, hm., £1.-£2 1s. Tunbridge Wells.-Mr. W. Underwood, Brighton, hm., £1 ls. York. A Friend, 5s.; a ditto 2s. 6d.-7s. 6d. Hind Street.-Mrs. Edwards, hm., per Brother Prothero, £1 1s.; Mr. Harrison, 5s.-£1 6s. Stamford.Collected from Friends, 4s. 7d. Driffield.-Collected by Brother Kirby, 4s. Derby-Mr. W. Mansfield, don. 5s. Longton. Mr. W. Bateman, hm., £1 ls. Mr. Thomas Hancock, hm., £l ls.- £2 2s. Aylesbury.-Mr. R. Durley, hm., £1 1s.; Mrs. Durley, hm., £1 1s.; Miss Durley, hm., £1 1s.; Mr. W. Seamons, hm., £1 1s.; A Friend, hm., £1 1s.; A Local Preacher, hm., £1; Mr. J. S. Cook, hc., 10s.; Mr. Goodchild, don. 1s.; Collected by Mrs. De Fraine, 5s.-£7 1s. Dover.-Annual Subscription by Mr. George Reynolds Killick, 10s. 6d. Bakewell.-Mr. James Bromley, hm., £1 1s.; Mr. Samuel Heriman, hm., £1; Proceeds of Tea Meeting, at Curbar (less expenses 2s.), 12s. 6d. £2 13s. 6d. Holmfirth.-Subscribed and Collected by Miss Hinchliffe, of Barnside, £2 Os. 1d. Leicester.-Miss Archer, don. 5s. ; Mr. Archer, don. 5s.; Mr. Wale, 5s.; Mr. Broadbent, 5s.; Mr. Brewett, 2s.; Mr. Merryweather, 5s.£1 7s. NOTE. This list is published that the Donations, Honorary Members, Tea Meetings, Chapel Collections, &c., may appear, though they are included in the list of amounts received by the Treasurer from the various Circuits. REMITTANCES RECEIVED BY THE TREASURER TO Nov. 14, 1857. Bath, £2 2s. Stourbridge, £1 18s. 3d. Hinckley, £5 2s. Kington, £1 Os. 6d. Axminster, 3s. Wakefield, £5 13s. Burton, 12s. Birmingham, £5 15s. 6d. Holt, £2 2s. Coventry, £1 5s. Guernsey, 13s. High Wycombe, 6s. Shepton Mallet, £10 17s. 4d. Southwark, £2 19s. 6d. Addingham, £1 13s. Mansfield, £4 7s. Denby Dale, £1 19s. Halifax, £1 16s. North Walsham, £2. Oxford, £2. Ashton-under-Lyne, £1 19s. Southport, £1 4s Preston, £1 10s. St. Helens, £1 10s. Spalding, £3 13s. Cromford, £8 18s. 9d. St. Ives, £1 4s. Tonbridge Wells, £1 Is. Forest of Dean, £2 2s. Isle of Wight, 9s. Towcester, £9 12s. 4d. Tavistock, £2 6s. 6d. Chatteris, £1 13s. 10d. Peterborough, £2 17s. 10d. Sheffield, £11 1s. 6d. Monmouth, £3 2s. 6d. Thetford, £1 10s. Frome, £2 15s. 6d. Ripon, £3 18s. Lynn, £1_10s. Malton, £1 11s. Cheadle, 6s. Bradford, £2 2s. 6d. Thame, £1 4s. Lincoln, £7 17s. 6d. Bridport, £1 15s. Burnley, £1 13s. Whitehaven, £1 10s. 2d. Grantham, £1 2s. Bramley, £1 4s. Northampton, £5. Hungerford, £8 11s. Barnstaple, £2 10s. Penrith, £1 10s. Burton-on-Trent, £2 13s. Wantage, £1 4s. Leeds, £1 14s. Bristol, £4 2s. 6d. Retford, £1 1s. Sunderland, £5 11s. 6d. York, £2 12s. 6d. Liverpool, £3 10s. 6d. Ilkestone, £2 12s. Workington, £2 5s. Hind Street, £3 5s. Stamford, £4 12s. 2d. Garstang, £1 14s. Southampton, 15s. Driffield, £1 5s. Belper, £4 3s. Oundle, 15s. 6d. Derby, £2 10s. 6d. Barnsley, £1 198. Longton, £3 6s. 6d. Aylesbury, £7 7s. Dover, £3 7s. 6d. Bakewell, £5 15s. Salisbury, 8s. Scarborough, £1 16s. Wednesbury, £1 13s. Holmfirth, £3 7s. ld. Swaffham, £1 16s. Leicester, £1 7s. Congleton, £3 3s. Camborne, 6s. Louth, £11 1s. 6d. INDEX TO THE VOLUME. Adams's New Testament Verses, Notice of, 375 A Dream-which was not all a a Dream, 51 Advice to a Preacher, 50 A liberal-minded Professor, 121 An Unvarnished Story, 350 Beacon Lights for British Youth, Notice of, 249 Belper Circuit, 94 Benefit of Mutual-Aid, 127 BIBLICAL NOTES AND QUERIES, 46, 65, 76, 113, 148, 184, 311, 277, 309, 368 BIOGRAPHY, 17, 46, 77, 140, 174, 25, 264, 300, 332, 363 Birbeck, Mr. C., Memoir of, 46 Brother born for Adversity, Notice of, 61 By His stripes we are healed, 15 Caughey, Rev. J., Anticipated Caughey, Rev. J., Letter of, on Cayley, Mr. John, Memoir of, 77 Celestial Mechanism, 35, 69, 100, 132, 164 Childhood and Christianity, a Query, 150, 184 CHILDREN & THEIR TEACHERS, 23, 56, 87, 220, 243, 280, 342, Child's Gratitude, 371 Claims of Sunday Schools on Correspondence, 118, 151, 186, 281, 313 Cutts, John, Esq., the late, Memoir of, 300 Day Dreams, 79 Deaf and Dumb Boy, 349 Deaths, 32, 64, 94, 127, 159, 190, 224, 256, 287, 320, 352, 377 Departed Brethren, 255 Deptford and Woolwich Branch, 125, 189 Dervish and Sceptic, 317 Dominion, The,-the East and the West, 353 Enjoyment of Nature, 349 Fellowship continued in future life, 358 Foster's Counting-house Assis- Gem of Thought, 59 Hart's Hymns, Notice of, 315 Hireson, Thomas, Memoir of, 363 Hirst's Hymns and Dialogues, How do you manage the Young How to Choose a Husband, Notice of, 62 How to Govern, 243 Improving Opportunities, 59 Irving's Catechisms, Notice of, 155 James, John, Memoir of, 332 Jarrold's Tracts, Notice of, 250 Jealousy of right, 374 Jobson's America and American Methodism, Notice of, 289, 321 Justification by Works & Faith, 149 Juvenile Beggars, 361 Keach on the Parables, Notice of, 26 Knapton, Mr. James, Memoir of, 235 Krummacher's Suffering Saviour, Notice of, 90 Last Judgment: A Poem, Notice of, 247 Leighton Buzzard Branch, 93 Leisure Hour, Notice of, 249 Leominster, Kington Branch, 94 LESSONS IN PARABLES, 21, 51, 79, 111, 147, 180, 240, 307, 337 Letter of Francis Pearson, 253 Letter of the Treasurer, 155 Let us all Try, 251 Lines addressed to a Preacher, 374 London Female Preventive and Reformatory Institution, 278 Louth Branch, 23 Man's Dependance, 371 Methodist Discipline, Notice of, 27 Method of Questions, 370 MISCELLANEOUS, 59, 91, 317, 348, 371 Modern Pulpit Illustrations, Monthly Meetings of Committee; 28, 31, 64, 92, 125, 159, 190, 223, 254, 285, 318, 350, 376 Moral Grandeur, 111 MUTUAL-AID ASSOCIATION REPORTER, 28, 62, 92, 124, 155, 188, 206, 222, 250, 284, 318, 356, 375 "My Two Witnesses," 368 Narrative of Striking Providential Events, 83 Narrative of the Lord's Dealings with a seeker of full Salvation, 121 Never Speak of Faults, 358 New Work of Rev. J. Caughey, 316 Ninth Aggregate Meeting, 206 Northampton Branch, 286 NOTES OF THE MONTH, 25, 60, 88, 123, 153, 188, 246, 233, 316, 345, 373 Notes on Romans viii. 29, 30, 241, 277, 309 NOTICES OF Books 26, 61, 91, 154, 247, 282, 315, 341, 375 Observations on Nature, 25, 60, 89, 124, 153, 188, 246, 233, 315, 346, 373 Observations on the Narrative of the Disobedient Prophet, 1 Kings xiii. 65 Old John, 307 Old Prophet of Bethel, Query on, 46 Old Schoolmaster's Story, 23 Oratory, 110 ORIGINAL AND SELECTED ARTICLES, 1, 33, 65, 97, 129, 161, 193, 225, 257, 259, 321, 353 Origin of the Mutual-Aid Association, 251 Ottoman Empire, The, Notice of, 247 "Our Life," No. III., 4 Our One Life (Poetry) 291 Outline of Examination of Candidates for the Ministry, Notice of, 91 Page, Wiliam, an account of, 303 Palmer's (Mrs.) Entire Devotion, Notice of, 123 Palmer's (Mrs.) Useful Disciple, Notice of, 375 Partridge's Upwards and Onwards, Notice of, 151 People's Almanack, Notice of, 316 POETRY, 53, 152, 284, 374 Public Affairs, 153, 346 Pulsford's Jesus revealing the Rambling Preacher. 97 RELIGIOUS INCIDENT AND EX- PERIENCE, 54, 83, 121, 275, 339, Remittances 32, 64, 96, 128, 160, Revival at Gateshead, 151 "Rivulet Controversy," Notice Rochester Branch, 126 Samson, History of, 108, 225, School Jurisprudence, 23 Soul Contagions, 374 Special Donations 158, 180, 223, 255 Special Effort to Increase the Funds 155, 222, 350, 376 183 Strong Drink and Female Degra- Subtlety of Error 230, 260, 295 Taylder's Mormons' Own Book, Tea and Public Meeting, 215 The Holy War (Poetry) 53 The New Rules, 250 The School Boys; a Reflection, 243 The Teacher's Temptations, 56 90 Printed by H. 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