king contrast to the hostility
manifested to the new church but three years before, when they were
warned out of the town, and suggests the probable fact that animosities
had been conquered by good will, and that sober judgment had taken the
place of passionate bigotry.

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CHURCH SERVICES IN PURITAN TIMES.

_The Elders' Advice in Matrimonial Matters._

From the Baptist Church records copied from the Welsh, which were
brought from Swansea, Wales, by the Reverend John Myles, we quote, as
follows:--

"The Sabbath meeting shall begin at 8 A.M., and on the fourth day of the
weeke begins at nine of the Clock."...

"That one brother extemporize in Welsh for an hour, and after the said
Welsh brother there shall be a publick sermon to the world, after this
breaking bread."...

"That such brethren or sisters as shall any way hereafter intend to
change their calling or condition of life by marriage or otherwise, do
propose their cases to the elders or ablest brethren of the church, to
have council from before they make any engagements, and in all difficult
cases, and before all marriages, the churches council be taken therein."

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THE RENT VEIL.

By Henry B. Carrington.

"And the veil of the temple was rent in twain."

I.

The Great I AM,--that Presence, Infinite,
Which wrought creation by the breath
Of Sovereign Will,--and in His Image bright,
Brought man to life, to dwell in Paradise,--
Took gracious pity on his lost estate,
When sin had marred that perfect image,
And Earth could pay no ransom for the soul.

II.

Jehovah,--God, effulgence bright,--august,--
In majesty supreme, from Heaven stooped down,
And through His wondrous love, ineffable,
Enshrined Himself within that sacred place,
Which, once in each revolving year,
The type of the Redeemer, promised,
Might dare approach, with awe, with offerings
For the sins of Israel's children.

III.

As but a day, four thousand years, when told,
With Him, who was, and is to be,--
Eternal--Three in One,--Omnipotent:--
Such was the span of ripening promise,
Until the hour matured, and Saving Grace,
The full Redemption offered,--by gift
Of Spotless purity,--His Only Son.

IV.

Within the "Holy Place," the High Priest bowed,
While dread Shekinah lingered,--(ne'er again
To yield to Jewish rite or sacrif