whatever does not originate with themselves; and the last to submit to those who are over them in the Lord.

3. He was a man who exerted himself to the utmost to prevent others from complying with the recommendation of those whose authority he had rejected. Not content with the opposition he had offered to the brethren, in" that he received them not," it is said of him that he "forbiddeth them that would:" and thus he endeavoured to restrain the kindness of such men as "the well-beloved Gaius," whose benevolence extended to "the brethren and to strangers," who bore witness of his charity before the church, much, no doubt, to the mortification of Diotrephes, who attempted to stop the supplies, and distress the men who had left all for Christ, "casting them out of the church" who dared to act contrary to his orders. Truly it may be said of such lawless men as Diotrephes, "Ye have reigned as Kings without us." But it is an evil government which tramples on that authority which is exercised for "edification and not for destruction." 4. He was a man who spoke contemptuously of the Ministers of Christ; "prating against them with malicious words;" disparaging the Apostle himself, and questioning his authority. If "the disciple whom Jesus loved" was insulted by the railing accusations of this bad man, need the Ministers of our day wonder if they be charged with tyranny, oppression, or misrule? Men of unsanctified tempers, who "know not whereof they affirm,” indulge themselves in unrestrained liberty of speech, not considering the testimony of an Apostle, who says, "If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this

man's religion is vain." Such was the practice of the man who "prated against the brethren with malicious words;" and against such characters Christians are particularly cautioned. "If any man that is called a brother be a railer," St. Paul says, I would have you "with such an one no not to eat." (1 Cor. v. 11.) A man may be neither a drunkard, nor a swearer, nor a profane person, and yet he may be a most injurious member of the church; exciting not only evil surmisings, and ungodly jealousies, but every temper which is contrary to love.

5. Diotrephes was a man whom the Apostle threatened with an exercise of ecclesiastical discipline. "When I come," says he, "I will remember his deeds." This threatening did not proceed from personal resentment, but from zeal for the interests of religion. Whitby justly remarks on this verse: "Personal offences against ourselves must be forgiven and forgotten; but when the offence is an impediment to the faith, it is to be opposed and publicly reproved." It is false humility in a Christian Minister, to bear without complaint the calumnies which deprive him of the reputation and authority without which he cannot effectually serve the church.

The Apostle, to guard the wellbeloved Gaius against the influence of such a pernicious example, says, "Beloved, follow not that which is evil" in Diotrephes; "but that which is good" in the behaviour of Demetrius, who was also a member of the same church. For "Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, and we bear record, and ye know that our record

is true."

ONE OF THE BROTHERHOOD.

THERE is no vice so permanently infatuating as intemperance, and no ground so fatally enchanting as that upon which the drunkard treads. A soldier in the last war, (says the American Report,) once a sober and re

spectable man, by daily taking a little spirit acquired an appetite for it; that appetite he gratified, and under its influence deserted. He was taken, and condemned to be shot. Just before his execution he said to the

it made its appearance. Upon the whole, the road was very good, and we arrived in Windsor, a distance of forty-five miles, within seven hours and a half after our departure from Halifax. Windsor is one of the most pleasant settlements in Nova-Scotia; and I have seen no place in America that bears so near a resemblance as as it does to a neat English village. The land in the neighbourhood is of the best quality, and its owners find a good market for their produce in Halifax, and St. John, New-Brunswick. The houses are remarkably neat and clean; and the gardens and orchards, within and around it, are well cultivated and fruitful. The view from Prospect-Hill includes a wide extent of rich and variegated scenery. The tout ensemble is truly magnificent. The undulating surface of the country-the rivers Avon and St. Croix, with their serpentine windings-the adjoining townships of Newport and Falmouth-the basin of Minas-and, in the distance, the lofty promontory of Blomiden, at the head of the bay of Fundy, furnish a natural panorama on which the beholder gazes with feelings of unmingled satisfaction. On entering the village, one of the first objects that attracts attention is King's College, a large and inelegant wooden building, situated on a commanding eminence. It belongs to the Church of England, and is governed by the same general statutes as the University of Oxford, to which it is, in fact, an appendage. For several years this was the only college in the country; and as it was of a very exclusive character, it was by no means suited to the circumstances of a population, only a small proportion of which belongs to the established Church. The consequence was, that several of the youth of the province, who wished to qualify themselves for the learned professions, were sent to the United States, or to Scotland, to acquire a liberal education. To remedy this inconvenience, a Literary and Theological Institution was some years since founded at Pictou, a flourishing town in the northern section of Nova Scotia, which, though chiefly under the control of the Presbyte

rians, is thrown open to every denomination of Christians; and I believe that such alterations have been made in the statutes of King's College, as render it much easier of access than it was formerly, without violating the principle on which the Institution is founded. It is furnished with an excellent library, in which there is a folio edition of the " Paradise Lost," adorned with splendid engravings, which cost one hundred guineas; and this college has sent forth a few labourers into the Lord's vineyard, whose piety, talents, and zeal would have rendered them an honour to any church.

I spent a profitable Sabbath in Windsor; and, early on Monday morning, took the stage for Annapolis. We passed through a part of the flourishing townships of Horton and Cornwallis, in which I had often sown the precious seed of the word; and also through Aylesford, Wilmot, and Granville. Winter seemed to have retired slowly and reluctantly, at the approach of a late spring, and vegetation was every where in a very backward state. The marks of agricultural improvement were, however, visible in many places that we passed, especially on the mountainous range which skirts the bay of Fundy, called the North Mountain; on many parts of which the forest has been changed into a fruitful field, by the labour and industry of its occupants. Every part of the route was familiar to me, except Bridge-Town and its immediate vicinity. Here, at the head of the schooner navigation, on the Annapolis river, a town has sprung up with a rapidity unknown, I believe, in any other part of the world, except America. It is now the head of an extensive Circuit. The chapel, as well as the residence of the Missionary, is well finished and delightfully situated. At four P. M. we reached Annapolis, which, if not the oldest, is one of the oldest European settlements in British North America; for when Nova Scotia and New. Brunswick were occupied by the French, under the general name of Acadia, it was regarded as the me

tropolis of the country. When this extensive territory was ceded to Great Britain, the name of the capital was changed to Annapolis, in memory of Queen Anne, who then swayed the British sceptre, which name it still retains. The town itself is in a languishing state, but the view from the fort is very magnificent. The surrounding country is both fertile and romantic. While the valley through which the river flows every where exhibits proofs of great fruitfulness, the highlands with which it is bounded, especially on the southern side of the river, are, in many places, almost overspread with huge masses of stone, which seem to present an insurmountable barrier to the progress of cultivation; and as the eye gazes on the landscape, the mind of one acquainted with the history of the place, reverts to various stirring incidents connected with by-gone days, which invest it with a deeper interest. We have long had a chapel and society in this town; and there is a growing disposition on the part of the inhabitants to contribute towards the support of our cause, which is at present in a flourishing state throughout the Circuit; but here, as elsewhere, there is a great want of more labourers. There are three hundred and twenty members in society; and, as is the case in many other parts of the province, on an average the number of hearers is to that of members as seven to one; and the Sunday services of only two Missionaries, to say nothing of week day appointments, are distributed amongst fifteen places, at a great dis. tance from each other. The Circuit extends eighty miles in one direction only; hence the good impressions made on a congregation at one time, under the word, are too often entirely effaced, before it is practicable for the Preacher to visit that congregation again.

At seven in the morning, on Tuesday, I took passage for St. John, in a steam-packet, which plies regularly between Annapolis and that city. We had not proceeded far on our voyage ere we were enveloped in the densest fog that I ever saw, even in

the bay of Fundy. Very great anxiety was felt by both crew and passengers as we approached the opposite coast; for, though we had every reason to believe that we were very near the land, as the currents in the bay are very strong and capricious, and we could not see farther than the bowsprit of the vessel, it was impossible to ascertain whether we were to the east or to the west of our desired haven. In the midst of our perplexity, we were hailed from a small fishing-boat, and learned that we were a little way to the eastward of St. John, and close upon a dangerous reef of rocks, of which we saw nothing, although it was not many yards a-head of us. We immediately changed our course, and in less than half an hour were in the midst of the fishing-boats within the harbour, before we were aware that we had passed the light-house on Partridge Island, which is situated at its entrance. So dense was the fog, that the city could not be seen from the deck of the boat at a distance of less than a hundred yards. Within an hour after my arrival a large congregation was collected in the old chapel, to whom I preached the glorious Gospel of God our Saviour. The province of New-Brunswick, of which St. John, though not the seat of Government, is the commercial emporium, is about two hundred miles in length, and one hundred and eighty in width, and contains from twenty-six to twenty-eight thousand square miles. Its climate and natural productions are similar to those of Nova-Scotia; but the land is in general more fertile, its rivers and streams are larger and more numerous, and it contains other advantages which render it a more desirable place of residence for emigrants than the adjoining province. Some idea may be formed of the rapid improvement of this portion of his Majesty's dominions from the present state of St. John. Within less than half a century the ground on which it is built was a mere swamp, environed with rocks, and the country around it an unbroken wilderness. It is now a chartered city, and is governed by its own municipal regulations, under the direction of a Mayor, Recorder,

Aldermen, and Common Council. It contains several handsome churches and chapels, and many excellent private buildings of stone, wood, and brick. The population amounts to nearly, if not quite, twelve thousand souls, and its commercial transactions are very extensive. Ten years ago it was no uncommon thing for a hundred sail of square-rigged vessels, chiefly from Great Britain and Ireland, to be in the harbour discharging and taking in cargoes at the same time, in addition to a variety of small craft from different parts of the coast, as well as from the United States of America.

On the 17th of May I left St. John for St. Andrew, in a light waggon, not unlike an English taxcart, accompanied by a friend. We crossed over to Carlton, a small village opposite St. John, in a horseboat, when it was nearly low water, at which time of the tide there is a strong eddy formed by the re-action of the water flowing from the falls at the entrance of the river, which hurried us over with great rapidity. The river St. John is navigable by sloops of

from

eighty to one hundred tons' burden, as far as Fredericton, the seat of Government, a distance of ninety miles from its entrance. Just after leaving Carlton we had a fine view of the falls, which present a more interesting spectacle at this, than at any other season of the year, in consequence of the melting of the snow and ice in the interior, and the heavy rains which usually fall early in the spring. The route that we travelled this day was very dreary; and a great part of the road was, without exception, the worst that I had ever seen. We had great difficulty in obtaining provender for our horse; as, in consequence of the unusual length and severity of the winter, hay and oats were very scarce, even in the older and more flourishing parts of the country. When I looked at the dwellings of the few settlers that we passed, and thought of the privations, social and personal, which they must suffer in such a wilderness, I felt persuaded, that, if many of those

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persons who intend to go from England to the colonies could anticipate the difficulties which emigrants meet with in settling on the barren and secluded spots, on which they are often placed, far from a school, a place of worship, or medical aid, they would rather "bear those ills they have, than fly to others that they know not of." We arrived, very weary, at the village of Maqquadavie, where we found a very good house of entertainment. The ostler was deaf and dumb; which circumstance occasioned a great deal of useless vociferation on our part, before we discovered it, and which had, in consequence of his strange method of performing his work, nearly led to very serious results to our horse and carriage.

We departed early on the following morning, and found the roads and scenery much improved as we proceeded. That part of the bay of Fundy, and of Passamaquoddy bay, near which our route lay, appeared to be studded with islands, the largest of which is called "Deer Island." In consequence of its contiguity to the United States, its insular and sequestered situation, and its great extent, it was the chief resort of the smugglers that visited this neighbourhood during the last American war. The harbour of St. Andrew is formed by an island of the same name, and, with the bay in which it is situated, presents a fine prospect, when viewed from the rising ground in the vicinity. The town of St Andrew, which appears to be in a flourishing state, contains three thousand inhabitants. The principal street is long and wide. It contains an English church, a Presbyterian kirk, and a Roman Catholic chapel. We have had a Missionary stationed here for a short time; and, though the field of labour is limited, the prospect of usefulness is encouraging. A chapel is under erection forty-one by thirty-eight feet, the estimated cost of which is £300, towards which a considerable sum has been subscribed by persons of various denominations in the town and neighbourhood. There are twentyfour members in society. The con1835.

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