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on the parable of the rich man and Lazarus ; the tendency of virtue to prolong life^

(Prov. ix. 10, 11).

,, Prov. iv. 18, 19 ; the danger of false confidence in religion.

,, Godliness, or true religion the design of Christianity.

,, a future judgement.

,, the goodness of God manifested in our redemption.

,, how Christ fulfilled the Law and the Prophets.

,, Christ's resurrection (2).

,, a good life the best ornament of the Christian profession.

,, the duty of resignation.

,, Eph. iv. 1.

,, eternal salvatipn the end and design of religion.

,, preparation for death and judgement.

,, S. John iii. 17 (23 Dec., 1827, the last date recorded) ; Heb. ii. 3 ; the terror*

of the Lord should deter sinners.

,, thoughts on the shortness and uncertainty of life ; Hosea vi. 4.

,, Christmas Day.

,, Ps. Ixv. 12.

,, the thief on the cross; the coming of Christ; the Sacrament; the choice of

company ; the uncertainty of human happiness ; assiduity (Eccl. ix. 10).

,, S. Matt. i. 21 ; a serious persuasive to a holy life ; Baptism, how far necessary

to salvation.

,, the duty of consideration (Deut. xxxii. 29).

,, Job iii. '17 ; the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (S. Matt. xii. 41).

Ps.xxxix. 5; S. Matt. vii. 21 ; after Easter.

,, the Christian life described ; things temporal and eternal compared.

S. Matt. xix. 17.

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ST. ALBAN'S ABBEY. With regard to the remark (at 11 S. vi. 499, in the review of Mr. Heathcote Statham's ' Short Critical History of Architecture') that "we cannot help feeling somewhat surprised that St. Alban's Cathedral. . . .should receive merely a passing mention," I can, I think, throw some light on the matter.

The Abbey is boycotted by the pro- fession because it was restored by Lord, Grimthorpe, a man who, they consider was an amateur, and had no right to undertake such a work. My very good friend the late H. F. Turle, a former editor of ' N. & Q.,' and an enthusiast about Gothic church architecture, took the greatest interest in the restoration, and many a journey did we take together during the progress of the work. I well recollect on one occasion we saw the south wall of the nave so much out of the perpendicular that it was falling outwards. It was then shored up, and was gradually pushed back to its place. One of the nave columns was also so broken and giving way so badly that it had to be temporarily encircled with bands. If it had rested with the professional architects to find the hundred thousand pounds required for restoration, the Abbey would now be a RALPH THOMAS.

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MODEL TOPOGKAPHY AT THE LONDON MUSEUM. Many readers will be familiar with the large models of Old London that, for one or more seasons, were a side-show at the Shepherd's Bush Exhibitions, subse- quently at the London Exhibition in White- chapel, and are now occupying valuable space in the crowded annexe of the London Museum.

To their original purpose and use we could have no objection, but when, as now r an educational value is claimed for them, they become subject to criticism, and I do not think I am alone in protesting against their preservation amongst exhibits- that do illustrate London and its history. Their faults are many, and we might ask those responsible for their design from what authorities they prepared the majority of the buildings. *

Here are a few errors noted in a rather hurried examination. In " The Entrance to the Fleet River, 1550," a double draw- bridge is shown in a position that does not allow of its being identified as either Bride- well or Fleet Bridge, and it would be safer to assume that a high-pitched stone bridge was the means of crossing the stream. St. Bride's Church and the diverted City wall following the east bank for some distance-