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198 a "Histoire Sommaire de la Nouvelle Eglise." He is from the country of Coligny, the great Protestant victim of the dreadful massacre of the day of St. Bartholomew, in 1672; and, like Coligny, he desires to spread his native land pure truth from heaven. May his exertions be blessed with a thousand-fold success.

And then there are M. and Madame Humann, who, besides sustaining the worship of the New Church, have erected a pretty church in the Rue Thouin, near the Pantheon, where everything invites to edification and devotion. These and the generous aids to the church in Great Britain and elsewhere from a distinguished friend in Paris, through myself, show how Charity and Wisdom glow in the breasts of our dear brethren in France, and indicate that the day will come, and we pray it may come soon, when godly hearts and eloquent tongues will lead the flocks now so small to become a goodly kingdom, a great nation under Him who is King of kings and Lord of lords. A little flock ! 'Tis well, 'tis well ;
 * Such be her lot and name,

Through ages past it has been so,
 * And now 'tis still the same.

Her promised glory comes at length,
 * Her feeble days are o'er ;

No more a handful in the earth--
 * A little flock no more.