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    divinity , &c , $ o as to satisfy the body of theij competency . They are elected by the people ; two-thirds of numbers and stipend being necessary to render the election valid . After

    ordination , no minister can be removed but by authority of synod or presbytery , unless he chooses to resign . The presbytery has a constant inspection over each minister and his flock .

    Ministers receive a stipend from the people , and enjoy , besides , a Regium Donum , or bounty from the crown , granted at their ordination , and not to be withdrawn during their ministry . A particular R . D . is granted for each congregation , the classes being ^ 100 , £ 75 and £ 50 per annum .

    Thus you will perceive that the Presbyterians of Ireland , under the care of the General Synod of Ulster , are a distinct body , having a government , &c , quite different from any other body that bears the form of a church . Of course , as I conceive , they are

    entitled to distinct mention in your valuable work . I am , your obedient servant , A . G . MALCOM , D . D . mm ^^^ mmm ^ m ^^ m

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    Stoke Newington , Sir , November 8 , 1822 . AS the little piece of mine which you have inserted in your last Repository [ p . 636 ] has , it seems , been printed in America , ( how it got

    there I know not , ) 1 have , perhaps , no right to complain that it was introduced without my knowledge ; but , as it was very inaccurately given , I beg the favour of you to insert in your next the copy I now send . A . L . BARBAULD .

    A THOUGHT ON DEATH , Wheu life , as opening buds , is sweet , And golden hopes the spirit greet , Aud youth prepares his joys to meet , Alas ! how hard it is to die !

    When scarce is seizd some valu'd prize , And duties press , and tender ties Forbid the soul from eai'th to rise , How awful then it is tor die ! When , one by one , those ties are torn , And friend from friend is snatched for

    lorn , And man is left alone to mourn , Ah ! then , how easy * tis to die

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    When faith is strong , and conscience clear , And vtfords of peace the spirit cheer , And vlsion'd glories half appear , Tis joy , * tis triumph , then to die ! When trembling limbs refuse their weight , And films , slow gathering , dim the sight , And clouds obscure the mental light , 'Tis nature ' s precious boon to die

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    Mrs . Barbauld on her " Thdught on D&tth , " p . 636 . 679

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    Ijondon , Sir , Nov . 7 , 1822 . HAVE read with pleasure the let-I ter addressed to you in the last number of your valuable Repository , ( p . 614 , ) and very appropriately

    subscribed Coadjutor . The plan which he proposes of establishing associations among those that are denominated Presbyterians in South Britain , has often occurred to my mind ; and I recollect that when meetings of this kind were held on public occasions , with a view to some circumstances

    pertaining to the state of our country , they were well attended and produced many beneficial effects . The renewal of them on a more general plan would unquestionably have a tendency to promote that union amongst us which would serve to strengthen our cause , and to augment the number of those who are zealous for its subsistence

    and prosperity , but who have no peculiar and discriminating mode of testifying their attachment to it . We ought to profit by the example that is set before us by our brethren , for so we will call them , the Independents or Congregationalists and Baptists ;

    and they would , without doubt , afford us some hints , deduced from their long experience , which would aid us in forming and accomplishing a plan similar to that which they , much to their honour and advantage , have long supported . Whilst I am referring to

    their laudable practice , it occurs to me that we ought to imitate them in one respect , and probably in many others , if we were made acquainted with them . The ministers should interest the laity in the establishment and support of

    such a plan ; and whilst the ftwrmer performed the religious services assigned them by every exertion in their power , the latter , by their concurrence , would animate their assiduky and zeal . But how we should be able to

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1822, page 679, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2518/page/23/