Edwin, or the Motherless Boy; interspersed with Original Poetry. By B. H. Draper. London. 1827. Harvey and Darton.

We have not seen a more unexceptionable and proper book for children than the above. It contains information upon many subjects, and much pious instruction. The engravings are extremely pretty. We do not greatly admire the poetry; but children are not criticks in this matter, and the sentiment is always good.

Interesting Walks of Henry and his Tutor; or Rational Conversations on Natural History, &c. London. 1827. Harvey and Darton. Price 2s.

An instructive book for children.

COPY OF A LETTER FROM A LADY AT TOULOUSE.

MY DEAR FRIEND,

You ask me for some particulars relating to the French Protestants near Amiens, whom I mentioned in my last. I gladly comply with your request: the rather as Mr. Cadoret, their pastor, with whom I have had some correspondence, appears to be a pious and devotional servant of his heavenly Master, and willing to spend and be spent in his service. It is singular that he, as well as Mr. Kerpeydron, was once a Roman Catholic, and this circumstance seems to have furnished an additional stimulus to Mr. Cadoret's zealous and unwearied exertions, since he came to the knowledge of the truth as it is in Jesus, stripped of all the carnal ceremo

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number of Protestants in the neighbourhood of Amiens,
he took the trouble of visiting every individual house,
and was rewarded by discovering a remnant which had
existed in secret ever since the revocation of the edict of
Nantes. Among these Protestants, in number about
1,500, he labours, and meets with great success and en-
couragement, though a few are strongly opposed to him.
His flock are mostly weavers, yet some of their little
hamlets, though poor in this world's goods, seem "rich
in faith," for in one of them, where there are but four
hundred Protestants, there are four religious societies.
To the Bible society alone they send three hundred
francs per annum. They have likewise a tract society, a
missionary society, and a religious book society; for not
being rich enough to purchase books for themselves,
they unite together to form a circulating library, for the
advancement of religious knowledge. Mr. Cadoret writes
that for fifteen hundred Protestants there is only one
small "Temple" in one of the six villages under his
care, which is merely sufficient for the inhabitants of
that village, and that in the others they are compelled to
preach in kitchens and rooms, whereby many are ne-
cessarily debarred from the privileges of attending pub-
lic worship, and it is to be feared that multitudes are in dan-
ger
of perishing for lack of knowledge. As the Protest-
ants become more known to one another, they are in-
creasingly anxious to worship God after the manner of
their forefathers, many of whom shed their blood in de-
fence of their religious privileges. In consequence of
this increasing zeal, Mr. Cadoret is extremely desirous
of building a "Temple" capable of containing at least
two or three hundred persons; and though even this will
be inadequate to the wants of the population, yet it will
be at least a beginning. A subscription has been already
set on foot for this sacred purpose, but weavers and la-
bourers have little to give, and with their utmost exer-
tions they have not been able to raise more than four

hundred francs. From Paris, Switzerland, and London, they have had some assistance, but the building is estimated at seven thousand two hundred francs, and they have only collected four thousand. Mr. Cadoret's piety and zeal convince me that his cause is the cause of religion, and if you could present his case to the public through the medium of any of the periodical publications with which our land abounds, I am persuaded many Christians would find a chord in their hearts respond to his wants, and eagerly stretch out their hands to help these their brethren. I will now subjoin the translation of a letter which Mr. Cadoret inserted in June last in one of the monthly religious publications.

May, 1828.

TO THE EDITORS OF THE CHRISTIAN ARCHIVES.

Vadencourt, April 26, 1827. GENTLEMEN,-I am the pastor of the reformed churches of the Department de la Somme, and I venture to come forward and recommend them to the Christian charity of our brother Protestants in France, beseeching them in the name of the God of love, to come to our aid and assist us to put in execution the plan we propose of building a temple at Contay. These churches, seven in number, five to the east, and two to the west of Amiens, the principal town in the department, are but the scanty remains of a once powerful and distinguished religious body. For many years they were without a spiritual guide, and almost all the instruction they received was from pastors visiting them once, or at most twice in the year, and that only a temporary visit, so that they had fallen into a most deplorable state of spiritual lethargy. About five and twenty years ago, I was called to be their pastor, and to proclaim in their ears the gospel of our Divine Saviour. For a considerable time I had the misfortune not to be

understood, and to behold all around me. sunk in the sleep of death, and the coldness of indifference, but God in his infinite compassion has been pleased to visit with the regenerating and reviving influences of his Spirit these unhappy churches. The word of God is now no longer, generally speaking at least, a weariness. Our solemn assemblies are well attended a great number of persons who rarely or never came, now attend regularly, so that all the places where worship was wont to be made, are now found to be too small. Hitherto we have met together only in rooms and kitchens, which are both small and low roofed. There is but one temple for the whole department, hardly large enough to hold one hundred and fifty persons. All these things combined have made us resolve to do all we can to build a temple, but notwithstanding the great piety and ardent zeal of these churches, their extreme poverty, for all are weav ers, and work for their bread, and the bad state of trade, oblige them to lay their wants before those of their brethren who know by experience the happiness of being the disciples of the Saviour, and who enjoy the delightful privilege of hearing his infinite love proclaimed in temples dedicated to his glory.

L. CADORET, Pasteur.

Any donations in aid of the above, will be received by Mr. Cardale, No. 2, Bedford Row, London.

BAKER AND SON, PRINTERS, SOUTHAMPTON.