MISS ELLEN BULCOCK. For DIED in the Clitheroe circuit, Miss Ellen Bulcock, January 7, 1848. about three years of the latter part of her life, she was a steady and consistent member of our Society at Clitheroe. She was naturally timid and fearful, which considerably interrupted her religious enjoyment. During her long affliction, she suffered much from weakness and violent cough: but her confidence in the Saviour evidently increased as her disease advanced. She sometimes complained of not feeling so much joy as others had experienced in similar circumstances, but would add, "I have peace and a good hope." She had a sister who died exceedingly happy in God a few years since of the same complaint. In this resigned and peaceful frame of mind she suffered the Divine Will for more than six months, when she fell asleep in Jesus, aged twenty-six years. W. J. MARGARET WORTLEY. MARGARET WORTLEY was born in the Scotch Quarter, Carrickfergus, December 2nd, 1822. At an early period of her life, she discovered symptoms of a serious and unreserved disposition. She attended the Presbyterian Meeting-house, until about nine years ago; when she was invited to hear the Rev. Joseph Thompson preach. She went, and afterwards attended his preaching occasionally. She was repeatedly invited by a neighbour and companion to a class-meeting, then held by Mr. Hay. At length she joined the Society, and was a member till the day of her death; and during the period of her Christian career, she adorned her profession with seriousness and fidelity. During the sickness of her brother William, (who died a fortnight before her), she attended him, and a few days before his death took the same disease, dysentery. She had it violently. At first, there were some hopes entertained of her recovery; but instead of this, she grew worse. In the first few days of her sickness she possessed implicit confidence in God through Christ, by which she rested in peace, and calmly waited the end. The nearer she approached the time of her departure, the more solid and overflowing were her joys. A few days before her death, while I was sitting by her bed-side, she whispered in my ear, "O Mr. H- I am on the rock; I am going through the wilderness, leaning on the arm of my beloved-leaning on the arm of my beloved. O, I have often thought of the terrors of death, but I never thought that I should be supported in this way." I then remarked that it was not God would give us dying grace while we are in health, but proportion our grace to our circumstances. She replied, "It is wonderful-is it not wonderful?" The same evening she called all the family together, and gave them each her dying charge; not expecting to see the light of another day. However, she did; and the next day, when I arrived at the house, an intimate friend was there, who had frequently expressed her fear of death during their intercourse. She said, "Don't fear death, you will be supported if you trust in the Saviour." While I was praying that the affliction might be perfectly sanctified to all the family-while praying for them all by name, to each petition she added a deep, long, and emphatic Amen. In this dying state she continued for two or three days, uttering as long as she could speak, various sentiments expressive of her confidence in God, the sweetness of religion, and her prospect of glory. Her death was improved, Feb. 13th, from 2 Tim. iv. 7, 8, to a numerous and deeply attentive congregation. W. HARDCASTLE. MRS. MARY WALTERS. DIED at Morice-town, May 15th, 1848, Mrs. Mary Walters, in the fortyseventh year of her age. The example and instructions of her pious parents made an early impression on her mind in favour of religion. When about twenty-two years of age she began to think more seriously of eternity and the necessity of having personal interest in the Lord Jesus Christ. In consequence of not having clear conceptions of her character, and the plan of salvation, she was for a considerable time without the blessing she so much needed. That fearful epidemic, the cholera, which awoke so many from their slumber in sin, had a powerful influence on the mind of our dear departed sister. She ardently sought pardon through the atoning blood of the Lamb, which she soon received. Having given herself to the Lord she immediately gave herself to the church. From this time her conduct became exemplary. As a daughter she conscientiously practised the fifth command; as a sister she was kind, attentive, and loving; as a wife she was characterised by her affection, devotedness, prudence, and economical habits; as a mother she was tender, mild, but firm; as a neighbour she was always ready to lend any assistance in her power. The Sunday-school found in her an efficient teacher, the missionary committee a willing supporter and collector, and the Tract Society an active and regular labourer. On her heart was written the law of kindness, which was daily experienced by the poor and distressed. On the day before her death she was in an improved state of health, was twice at the public services of religion, and once with her class in the school. Her conversation in the evening was unusually animated. In giving us her experience she quoted the following lines:— "Peace! doubting heart; my God's I am! His blood for me did once atone, And still he loves and guards his own." The last text she heard preached was from the seventeenth chapter of John and the first verse; she read to us in family worship the chapter, and made a recapitulation of the ideas given on the words, "The hour is come." The next morning, about half-past six, she was seized with apoplexy, which prostrated all her powers of body and mind in a moment, and within eight hours death closed her holy and devoted life, and opened to her the full glories of the world of light and joy. "I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth. Yea, saith the spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them." T. S. RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE-BRITISH ORGANIZATION. THE following account has been abridged from the Bristol Journal. The Second Annual Conference of the British Organization of the Evangelical Alliance was held at the Victoria Rooms, Bristol. The meetings connected with the Conference commenced on Tuesday the 6th of June, and terminated on the following Friday. The associates and friends of the Institution met daily for devotional exercises, and to hear addresses from the leading members. The im portant aspect which this Institution has assumed induces us to give a report of the meetings. On TUESDAY, the 6th of June, at six o'clock in the evening, the Rev. Dr. Bates, of Glasgow, was called upon to preside. The Rev. Dr. Blackwood, of Ventnor, announced a hymn, and read the 17th chapter of St. John. The President addressed the meeting. It was, he said, usual on such occasions to open the business with prayer, and to ask a blessing upon their labours ;-and as regarded this Association, such a procedure was not only a usual preliminary, but a most essential part of the business itself. It was one of the great meansperhaps the most important and effectual, for the accomplishment of the ends they had in view; and it had become an axiom, that the spirit of devotion was the very strength of the Alliance. There was no situation where Christians were less disposed to magnify their minor differences than when they stood together to express in concert their prayers and wants in the presence of their Creator; in a large fellowship, preferring the same desires to one God the Father, and one Mediator, and imploring the agency of one Holy Spirit. Though in other places it was found that a controversial spirit was apt to magnify some doctrines and diminish others, here all things took their due and relative proportions; for nowhere did Christians find less difficulty in overlooking unkindness and minor dissensions, than when they met in common to confess their sins before God. The speaker then proceeded to treat of the progress of the Institution, and to inquire whether the reasonable expectations excited at its establishment had been realised. Some, he observed, on the occasion of the unprecedented meeting at Liverpool, three years back, might bave entertained extravagant anticipations,-they might have imagined sudden results, and have expected that all churches would, by its agency, speedily merge into one-and that all controversy would be at an end. If it had been so, he thought he should have had grounds for believing that there was something unsound in the constitution of the Alliance; for it would be absurd and unreasonable to expect that the animosities of centuries could be healed in a day. Such meetings as the present, however, were proofs that the enterprize had been no failure —that it had awakened a powerful attention and a large share of the sympathies of all Christian communities. The large meeting in London, two years ago, was unprecedented in the annals of any religious society,-and the great fact that a confederation of Christians of so many evangelical denominations, had organised itself and displayed the banner of Christian union, was in itself a triumph of the cause. It was in itself a great fact-the establishment of an express association for the manifestation of brotherly love and Christian union; to cultivate, cherish, and diffuse the spirit of brotherly kindness; to smooth the way for the disciples of Christ to join in strength in one common and holy purpose, instead of being divided in discord and weakness; and to be more and more prepared to unite in the great enterprise for the interests of true religion. Dr. Bates concluded by impressing upon his hearers his conviction that there never was a crisis when Christians were more called upon to sink unessential differences and combine together for the maintenance of the common faith The Rev. H. W. Plumptre, rector of Eastwood, Nottingham, then offered prayer. The Rev. J. Hill of Stafford, gave out the second hymn. The Rev. Dr. Cox, of London, next addressed the meeting, in a speech which took a powerful hold upon the attention of his hearers, taking for his thesis the resolutions passed at the first meeting of the Alliance, and forming indeed the exposition of its principles. Having touched upon the benign influence of the hallowed spirit of Christian love and unity, he proceeded to allude to what had been already effected by the Association. It had been complained that "little good had been done;" but he thought it was a great thing if a great principle had been ascertained and grasped. He was happy in the anticipation, that what had already been done, would be "little" when compared with what would be effected for the future. After repudiating the imputation that the members of this Alliance had substituted compromise for controversy, the speaker concluded with a most eloquent peroration, based upon the analogy of the natural law of gravitation which regulates the physical constitution of the universe, to the spirit of Christianity. The Rev. Dr. Urwick offered prayer and pronounced the benediction. The members of the Conference, to the number of about 150, then adjourned to an adjoining room. Sir Culling E. Eardley, having taken the chair, said, he was glad to see so many of his friends round him. He should not detain them with any remarks of his own, but would at once proceed to the business of the evening. The Rev. W. Bevan, Secretary to the British Organisation, then proceeded to read the first annual report of the Executive Council. The document was very voluminous, and occupied a considerable time in reading. The Earl of Cavan then briefly moved the adoption of the report; which was seconded by C. Cowan, Esq., M.P. Several hints were thrown out as to the preparation of lists of subscribers, with the view of facilitating the collection of subscriptions. Some discussion ensued, which terminated in the report being adopted. The Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel suggested that at the termination of the Conference it would be desirable for the members present to hold a converzatione, similar to the one they had in London; and, as a preliminary step, be moved that a list should be printed containing the names of the members who were in attendance. The Rev. Dr. Bunting seconded the motion, and it was carried unanimously. Aga Habib Risk Allah, and Signor Baccelli, each made a short address, in which they asked for the support of their English brethren in furthering the knowledge of God in their respective countries; and prayer having been offered up, and a benediction pronounced, the Conference adjourned. On WEDNESDAY morning the Rev. T. R. Brooke, Rector of Avening, Gloucestershire, took the chair. The Rev. J. C. Gallaway announced the hymn. The Rev. Hon. Baptist Noel offered extemporary prayer. The President alluded to the difficulties in the way of the Association. In all undertakings, especially Christian ones, there were always difficulties to encounter, and these difficulties were useful in their effects. There were internal and external difficulties; the latter were the practical difficulties of bringing the views of the Association to bear upon the Church and the world at large. It was not true that the Association had changed any of its fundamental principles. Difficulties were necessary trials, and must be expected. Their wishes would doubtless be accomplished in God's own way, and by ways they had little idea of. The present convulsions in Europe necessarily produced a state of mind which led to self-concen tration, and interfered with the objects of the Association. Many dear brethren had been thus prevented from joining them. These revolutions had produced great reverses of fortune, and many of their friends, a few short months since in luxury and affluence, were now suffering from distress. The internal difficulties were next to be considered. The present was well called a busy age; so much was crowded into a short life, that there was necessarily a want of the full perception of Christian doctrine that had once prevailed amongst British Christians. The mind was so fully occupied, that time was scarcely given for a proper preparation for eternity and Christ's kingdom. Their constant difficulty, too, was the attack of their spiritual enemies. Another difficulty was, with one class, there was a fear that they would set up a shibboleth of their own, only of the outward form, for getting that Christ's kingdom was composed of all denominations. The last difficulty was to carry Christian love into every-day life; this was a great portion of Christian duty. They must remember that they were ever watched by their brethren, and more zealously still by the world. Mr. Brooke then made some interesting remarks on Christian charity, which he said the excellent Nonconformist writer, John Howe, quoted from the Roman writer, Cassander. The rev. gent. concluded a short speech by saying that, as the sun first gilded the hill tops, and was then partially dimmed by the thick mist rising from the valley, which is eventually dissipated, so by God's help would the mists of difficulty be dispelled from before the Association. The Rev. R. Newstead, of Manchester, then announced a hymn, a clergyman present delivered an extemporary prayer, and the meeting separated. After the devotional exercises were over, the members of the Conference adjourned to the ante-room. Sir Culling Eardley presided. The minutes of the former meeting having been read, The Rev. J. Jordan moved, and F. F. Goe, Esq., seconded a resolution, to the effect that members of Subdivisional committees were at liberty to attend and vote at meetings of the Conferences. Some discussion arose on the resolution, but it was ultimately carried. A resolution of gratitude to God for the past success of the Alliance, moved by the Rev. E. Bickersteth, and seconded by Dr. Robson, was carried. The Rev. J. A. James moved a resolution, bearing on the importance of devotional meetings for carrying on the Alliance cause, which was seconded by W. T. Blair, Esq., and carried. The Rev. J. Latrobe, of Bath, moved a resolution, referring to the importance of obtaining meetings periodically in the different subdivisions, and of procuring accessions to the members of the Alliance. Mr. Hanson, of London, seconded the résolution, and several gentlemen having spoken on the subject, it was carried nem. con. Dr. Steane then proposed a series of resolutions, with a view of dividing the Conference into sections, to consider the following subjects :-Infidelity, popery, Lord's-day desecration, state of religion in foreign countries where the French and Italian languages are spoken, and the state of religion among foreigners in England. After more than an hour's discussion the resolutions were carried, and the nuclei of the different Sections appointed; the Sections to report to the Conference. On THURSDAY, the Rev. Robert Eckett, of London, presided; and the Revs. Dr. Robson, of Glasgow; Alex. Monro, of Manchester; C. M. Wimberley, Rector of Donnington; and Edw. Bickersteth, Rector of Watton, engaged in the devotional exercises. The Rev. R. Eckett stated that he should not trouble them with many observations. From the commencement of the proceedings of that Alliance he had the pleasure of taking a part in them, and he hesitated not to say that it had the effect of improving him in his feelings towards his Christian brethren. He was sure it was impossible for any man or woman to attend the meetings in connection with the Alliance without obtaining an increase of Christian love. He rejoiced in being able to state that in becoming members of the Alliance no compromise of individual opinion with respect to any truth was required from any person. They did not seek the suppression of truth, but the suppression only of feelings of envy and strife, and of everything that was adverse to the mind and spirit of our adorable Redeemer. It had been remarked that before they became united with the Alliance the members themselves had partaken of the spirit of Christian union; and in fact no one could become a member of the Alliance unless he first gave evidence, that he was united to our Lord Jesus Christ. The great design of the Evangelical Alliance was to manifest Christian union, and promote an increase of Christian love. It had long been matter of deep regret to many Christians, that the members of different denominations kept aloof from those who differed from them in their views of church government and other minor points. Now it appeared to him that it was highly desirable that unkind feelings should be removed from professing Christians, as they would be more likely to make an impression upon the world at large when they exhibited to the world that members of Christ's mystical body loved each other. (Hear.) They all agreed that salvation depended upon faith in Him who was delivered for our offences, and rose again for our justification; and it became them to testify their love for Christ, by loving each other. It therefore was highly necessary for all Christians to acknowledge each other as brethren, in our Lord Jesus Christ, and when they felt constrained to contend for any particular truth, let them do so in the spirit of Christian love. There was no doubt that already considerable benefit had resulted from the labours of the Evangelical Alliance; and in fact there were many present on that occasion who could bear pleasing testimony to the benefits which had been experienced, and that a union had been promoted not in name only, but in deed and truth, there had not only been a desire manifested to unite in Christian brotherhood, but considerable advance had been made in the glorious work. There was a time, and that too not very far back, when those then present on the platform could not have been induced to meet each other in the way and manner they were now accustomed to meet and interchange tokens of brotherly affection. He believed that the good emanating from the operations of the Alliance would abound yet more and more. They all expected to meet in the new Jerusalem; yet there were still many who objected to fraternise here with those whom they expected to meet there. The progress of the Evangelical Alliance had not been so great as the most sanguine of their friends had prognosticated, but he believed that its progress |