Though I have always been of Br.
R.'s opinion, I have felt it to be invidious, and, for several reasons, disagreeable, to call a meeting of "the children of the church,"-- making a distinction between them and the other children of my pastoral charge.
Am I correct in such views and feelings?
"Come, Mr.Chairman," said Mr.A., "we have not paid you sufficient deference, I fear; for we have hardly kept order, in addressing one another, and not through you.

Now, please to speak for us, and tell us what you think of Br.

T.'s difficulty." _Mr.C._ I have sinned with you, as to keeping order, if there has been any transgression; but I have been so much interested and instructed, that I forgot my preeminence over you.

But to Br.

T., I would say, There is a church; and it means something, and something of infinite importance.