can and will take them from the present Ritualistic church before many years. Then will there spring up a really Protestant Episcopal Church, to which we shall earnestly wish every prosperity; and unfettered by State patronage and control, it will be a great and lasting blessing to our land. The remark that we paid all the less for our land when we bought it, because of the tithe-charge upon it, is a very childish one. The lowland Scotch farmer paid less for his land when the Gael levied black-mail upon him, but he did not hesitate to resist the robbery. A man may pay less for a farm because it is half swamp, or overrun with thistles, but he does not hesitate to drain the bog and kill the weeds. We never ought to have paid tithes to those who teach a religion we do not believe, and we shall always do our utmost to get rid of the oppressive exaction. If it be said that tithes do not pay the clergy, we ask, how are they paid? Do they work without pay, and receive the tithes for doing nothing? So much the worse is the case. It is said that tithes belong to God, but that no more proves that they belong to the parson than to the Methodist minister, since one may be as much sent of God as the other. It is a piece of robbery and no better. We are pleased to observe that the friends at Langley, Essex, have made Mr. G. Monck a handsome presentation upon his leaving them to become pastor of the church at Thetford. The walls of the house for the New College are rising rapidly. God has graciously sent us large help, and we trust the rest will come as it is required. Having been ill during the most of the past month, our notes have been badly kept, and are but few in number. This we hope will be excused. Baptisms at Metropolitan Tabernacle, by Mr. J. A. Spurgeon:-October 30th, twenty-one. Pastors' College, Metropolitan Tabernacle. Statement of Receipts from October 21st to November 19th, 1873. Stockwell Orphanage. Statement of Receipts from October 21st to November 19th, 1873. The Trustees of the Orphanage beg to acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt from Mr. SPURGEON of the entire amount received by him from the legacy of the late Mrs. ROOKE, of Shrewsbury. This sum has been added to their funded stock. List of Presents for the Orphanage, October and November.-PROVISIONS: 240 eggs, Miss Janet Ward; a sheep, Mr. Peter Cowell; a sack of Scotch oatmeal, Messrs J. and S. Lawman; eight quartern loaves, Mr. Smith; sundry vegetables, Mr. Phillips. CLOTHING: Pair of boy's boots, Mr. Smith; fifty flannel shirts, the Misses Dransfield; forty ditto, per Rev. W. J. Mayers; thirty cotton ditto, and some remnants of cloth, Dorcas Society, Galashiels; four dozen cotton shirts, Mr. R. Dawbarn. SUNDRIES: A load of firewood, Mr. Keen; dial for dining hall, Mr. John Neal; an harmonium, Mr. W. H. Roberts; parcel for sale-room, A Friend; two door sills and some wire gratings, Mr. Higg Ann College Buildings. Statement of Receipts from October 21st to November 19th, 1873. 10 0 0 A Few Sermon Readers Mr. Inderwick Further Contributions Received by H. Rylands Brown towards College Buildings. One hundred "One Thing Needful Almanack" from C. Brewer, Esq., Liverpool. Fifty Huntington's Life," &c., from Mr. E. Hooper, |