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Sister;&quot; also of &quot;The Closet and the Church,&quot; 1849, and of &quot;Preface and Conclusion to a Chapter on Liturgies, by C. W. Baird,&quot; 1853. He has taken a deep interest in the improvement of public worship. In his own chapel, whither many go to hear the great sermon, the other portions of the service are conducted in a masterly manner. There chanting was introduced before it was practised in other Congregational churches, and without the aid of music. The &quot; Service of Song &quot; is of a high order. Mr. Binney is the author of Service of Song in the House of the Lord,&quot; 1848. Two of the lectures delivered by Mr. Binney to the &quot;Young Men s Christian Association,&quot; at Exeter Hall, have been expanded by him into books the first, on &quot; Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Bart., a Study for Young Men,&quot; delivered in 1849 ; and the other, on &quot;Is it Possible to Make the Best of both Worlds ?&quot; delivered in 1852. Numerous editions of this latter work have been sold. Mr. Binney is also author of discourses on the eleventh chapter of Hebrews, entitled, &quot; The Practical Power of Faith,&quot; 1830. This the author justly regards as one of his principal works. It has reached a third edition. He also edited the &quot; Tower Church Sermons.&quot; They were preached by Monod, Krummacher, and himself, at Belvidere, Erith.

His later works are, &quot; Money: a Popular Exposition in Rough Notes,&quot; 1864 ; &quot; Life of St. Paul,&quot; 1866, and several of his sermons have been published separately. Two sermons, occasioned by the death and funeral of the late Rev. T. Guyer, of Ryde, and entitled &quot; The Spirit admitted to the Heavenly House ; the Body denied a Grave,&quot; published in 1846, excited much interest at the time of their publication.

&quot; Eternal Light ! eternal Light!&quot; No. 261.

This is Mr. Binney s only contribution to the &quot; New Congre gational Hymn Book,&quot; where the correct text is given. The hymn is in an unusual metre, and has in it traces of the sublimity and force of mind which characterize the author s discourses. Mr. Binney has kindly supplied the following information :

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