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 own habitations, and never wasted but on His whose "is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty; from whom both riches and honour come, and who reigneth over all ."

And while it belongs to those whom God has made liberal on a large scale, to rival the glories of our ancient churches, even they whose means are more limited will commonly do better in building a humbler fabric either by themselves or with the aid of one or two of their brethren, than in giving to the most deserving society the means of erecting it. Their example will have greater effect on others; and the claims of justice and equity will more certainly be remembered. There are few probably who are not more or less connected, by property, residence, or other circumstances, with some mass of immortal beings, which is now in a great measure neglected; and wherever this is the case, it seems the most obvious duty to provide for them. It is, as has been already suggested, very desirable that a statement should be published in every diocese, enumerating, on the authority of the Bishop, every parish and hamlet which requires a new church. Were this done, every man could readily determine for himself the work to which he is specially invited by the providence of God. Meanwhile, there are some general rules, which