edgments, and the same subjects of supplication. But this is forgetting what prayer is for, and what is the nature of prayer. That man never prays in the proper meaning of the word, who does not always expect to pray. And as much as he always expects to be dependant, and to receive from the hand of God all that he may possess, just so much does he consider prayer a business of life;-a uniform, constant business; one that cannot be dispensed with, until he is annihilated, and cannot pray; or becomes omnipotent, and has no need of aid.

It is easy to see why individuals do not more frequently obtain an answer to their supplications; they do not think of praying continually. They suppose, if all they ask is not immediately granted, and that as their weak and feeble mind imagines is best, why, prayer is of little use, and they may as well not pray as pray. We have prayed, say they, but our hearts are not changed, nor is God's work revived; what then? can you change your heart, without the assistance of God, or have a revival without the aid of God's Spirit? And if you cannot, what hope, what glimpse or shadow of hope, except in prayer to God. The difficulty is, you expected, when you had asked the favor once or twice, that there was an end of the matter, you had prayed;-but no; you are dependant, and you must pray believing, feeling, yea, constantly and forever feeling that you are dependant; and when you constantly realize it, you will constantly pray; with all perseverance and supplication you will make known your requests unto God. O, the privilege and the blessedness of an untiring spirit of prayer!

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The doctrine of the influence of the Spirit of God is not usually received, with that strength and depth of conviction, which it ought to be. This results, in a great measure, from not considering the identity, the oneness of the fruits of the Spirit with the character of God. It is, that we may be partakers of the divine nature, that we may be perfect, as our Father in heaven is perfect, that these fruits are bestowed

upon us.

The intelligent admission of the idea of God, into the mind, is the admission of unlimited, and of illimitable moral perfection, as united in a Being, and not as an abstraction; and therefore, from his own nature, as the ever-interested source, and the ever watchful guardian of holiness, throughout the universe. For the production and the continuance of this holiness in us, is the Holy Spirit given. For this are we “temples of the Holy Ghost." For this, "the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost." This should be thoughtfully considered. And then it will lead to a deep conviction of joyful dependance on the Spirit, and a most delightful and hopeful recognition of it in prayer and praise. When the soul feels itself thus associated with its Saviour God, in the possession of holiness; thus interpenetrated, by the Spirit of holy love, it is fixed in admiration, and filled with joyful, godlike obedience.

The aid of the Holy Spirit is not thus associated with the very idea of the existence of God, as the fountain of holiness, but is too often regarded, as a matter to be judged of and believed, through the medium of argumentation and deep discussion. Whereas it is the source of daily holiness, the present power by which to overcome the world,-the spiritual strength by which our souls shall rise upward, as on eagles'

wings. Never can our conviction be too strong, nor too deep of the need of this untiring agency;-never can we supplicate with too much earnestness for this, which is the source of all spiritual life ;-never too fervently cry and beseech for its constant assistance. Here is the power of becoming new creatures; here is the power of rising above temptation; here is the power to overcome death; here is the power to rise upward in holy attainment toward the angels; here is the power that shall fill the soul with the foretaste of eternal bliss. O then let us pray for it, as no hungry man ever called for food, as no drowning man ever called for aid, as no poor culprit ever cried for mercy, for in its possession are perfect peace, and the sure foretaste of eternal joys.

Extract of a Letter from the REV. D. PETER, Theological Tutor of the Academy at Carmarthen, to the REV. CALEB MORRIS, one of the Ministers at Fetter Lane, London.

MY DEAR SIR,

Ir affords me the greatest pleasure, that I have it in my power to communicate to you for the information of our religious friends in England, and other parts of the world, a brief account of the progress of the Redeemer's kingdom in the Principality of Wales, and especially of the unusual revivals with which many of the Welsh churches have been favored of late.

Few perhaps beyond the confines of the Principality are aware of the progress which the Gospel has made among all denominations of Christians in this part of Great Britain for the last fifty years. We have experienced an outpouring of the Holy Spirit in some degree at various times, and we must say that the hand of the Lord is still stretched out in the salvation of many amongst us.

The number of ministers and chapels in the Principality is now double what it was half a century back; and the number of professing Christians of all denominations has increased more than three fold during that period. Indeed I could name some churches among the Independents that have increased eight, ten, and twelve-fold in the number of members within the last thirty-five years. For you well know that some years back, it was not an unusual thing for many of our churches to receive ten, twenty, or thirty members to communion at a time, and that for several successive months.

Fourteen years ago, when I was publishing my History of Religion in Wales, I found, from authentic documents, that there were then in the Principality 255 Independent Churches; 126 Baptist Churches; 343 Calvinistic Methodist Societies, and 205 Wesleyan Methodist Societies. The number of churches and societies at present is much greater.

Having given you some account of the state of religion in Wales, I now proceed to give you a particular account of the rise and progress of the great revival with which we have been blessed in South Wales for the last fifteen months. For some months previous to the revival, the greatest attention was paid to Sundayschools throughout the country; religious meetings were more than usually numerous; the style of preaching more pointedly impressive; church discipline better attended to, and a greater degree of brotherly love prevailed in the churches.

To inform you of what I myself have witnessed, will be sufficient to show how the people are generally affected at those religious meetings where the revivals prevail.—I have seen on these occasions some with bended knees, folded hands, and uplifted eyes, engaged in earnest prayer; others prostrated on the ground, agonizing under a sense of guilt; others praising God for the salvation of the Gospel.-Much perhaps of what we see and hear at those religious meetings where the revivals prevail may be the effect of enthusiasın; yet when we consider the moral change that is so visible in the temper and conduct of those who were before notoriously wicked, and the religious awe which pervades all ranks in the towns, villages, and the neighborhoods where the revivals appear, we are compelled to acknowledge that the hand of the Lord is present, and that these revivals in South Wales are the effect of the out-pouring of the Holy Spirit.

The present revival in South Wales commenced among the Calvinistic Methodists at the village of Caio, in the county of Carmarthen, about the latter end of the year 1827, and was for some time confined to that religious hody. Their meetings were blessed with an unusual degree of religious feeling; and on one occasion, a few individuals were so much affected that they cried out for mercy. They were joined by some religious characters who were then convinced that their piety had been at too low an ebb, and thus the feeling became general in the neighborhood. The most remarkable conversion, before the revival became general at that place, was that of a young man of the most abandoned character.-While the minister was speaking of the sufferings of Christ, the perfection of his atonement, and his capability to save the chief of sinners, the