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to join the Wesleyans, whom he had all his life been in the habit of opposing, by way of keeping up his only claim to be considered a member of the Church, would be impossible. He therefore for some time not only abstained from going to Church-he had hardly ever gone there before-but strictly forbade all members of his family to attend publick worship either there or at the "New Connexion." At last a method occurred to him, by which he could at once manifest his defection from the Church, provide for a member of his own family, and, if the speculation answered, secure himself from incurring any expense in the promotion of these objects. It happened that a relation of his wife's, who had hitherto been a kind of hanger-on in the family, had acquired considerable reputation in the little market-town of Studham as a lecturer. His first attempt in the profession had been a series of six lectures, on the Doctrine, Discipline, and Emoluments of the Establishment: in which he proved, to those who would believe him, that the Church cost the nation twenty millions a year; that to exact from the enlightened spirit of the present age a subscription to doctrinal articles, was repugnant to every principle of reason and philosophy; that tithes and church rates were in the highest degree tyrannous and antichristian; that the voluntary system was the only one which could possibly promote vital Christianity; with various other assertions of the same kind, made somewhat unscrupulously by gentlemen who depend for their subsistence

on their power of popularity. He next acquitted himself with such credit in a series of anti-corn-law lectures that the -shire Reformer of the following Saturday had this paragraph:

"On Tuesday evening Mr. Jupp delivered his last lecture on the subject of the corn trade, to a crowded auditory in the town hall of Studham. We regret that we have not space to follow the talented lecturer through the elaborate arguments by which he exposed the iniquity of the present system; but there is the less occasion for us to do so, as we understand that Mr. Jupp has been prevailed on, by the importunity of his friends, to give his lectures to the publick."

The latter hint, designed by the writer, who was no other than Mr. Jupp himself, as a feeler, having proved unsuccessful, and no other subject on which he could exert his lecturing powers at present occurring to him, he betook himself to Farmer Harris's, and had spent a fortnight there much more to his own satisfaction than that of his host. It was at this time that the thought of establishing his nephew as a preacher in the Independent connexion occurred to the farmer; and finding, on inquiry, that the young man had no objection to the plan, he proceeded to take steps for carrying it into execution. Mr. Gulliver, the Independent minister, or rather, to adopt the distinction drawn by a gentleman of a Bible Society meeting, on being spoken of as an Independ

ent minister" I beg your pardon, Sir,--the minister of an Independent congregation,"-was taken into council on the occasion, and suggested in the first instance an application to the "Voluntary Evangelical Association," setting forth the want of true Gospel preaching at Monk Teynton, and that a benevolent individual residing there was disposed to make considerable sacrifices, if help were obtained from other quarters. As Mr. Gulliver had considerable influence in that Society, the sum of £70 was voted for the erection of a chapel: an advertisement "To the Truly Benevolent," in the Record, produced £10 more; and the sum was made up to £100 by friends "of the cause," in and about Studham. Stubbing, the principal mason in that town, was then applied to, to give an estimate of the probable expense of a building calculated for the accommodation of 150 on the ground-floor, and to which galleries might be subsequently added, if necessary. Two hundred pounds was the lowest estimate, and Farmer Harris was considerably terrified by the prospect of having to disburse the half of that sum from his own pocket. But he was encouraged by his Studham friend, who observed, that a sermon preached by some popular London minister, would draw a large collection; and that the return on the principal laid out, would be sure and steady. He further offered to instruct Mr. Jupp in a few of the principal arguments by which his new position would

be successfully defended; and the latter, accordingly, was a constant sitter under Mr. Gulliver in Ebenezer chapel, and as constantly (that is, except at mealtime), an inmate in Mr. Gulliver's house. In the meantime, Farmer Harris having contributed a piece of waste land that belonged to him, and for which he could never find any use, the building advanced rapidly. To be sure three of its sides were plain enough, sand-coloured brick, with round-headed staring windows; but the fourth, which fronted the road, was adorned with four Ionic pilasters in stucco, copied from those in the market-house of Studham ; and a door, neatly stained to imitate oak, was inserted between the interior ones. In two months the scaffolding was struck, and in three the building was ready to be opened.

Farmer Harris, on receiving Stubbing's account, amounting to £257. 16s. 7 d., gave vent to certain expressions, which came somewhat oddly from the mouth of the founder of a chapel : and he was hardly pacified with the news that Mr. Gulliver had persuaded a dissenting teacher of considerable eminence in London (and one, whose tomb, if he followed Sir Henry Wotton's example, would be inscribed with the words, "Here lies the author of that sentence, The Church of England has destroyed more souls than she has saved"), to preach the opening sermon. As the appointed Sunday drew near, the fame of the opening, and the rumours afloat on the subject,

were musick to Mr. Harris's ears. "Will

you come and see my chapel opened next Sunday?" was the first question he put to almost all his acquaintance. And when, on the Saturday evening, the London preacher, alighting from the stage which passed through Studham, was met at the Bull and Gridiron by the farmer's taxed cart, and driven into Monk Teynton by his eldest son, then, indeed, the founder of the chapel felt that the proudest day of his life was approaching.

We shall again have recourse to the veracious print which we lately quoted for a description of that day's proceedings.

"On Sunday last, the 24th instant, the new Independent chapel of Monk Teynton was opened for Divine worship. We understand that it is entirely the erection of one munificent individual, John Harris, of Coolshut Farm, Esq. The poor of Teynton will thus at length have access to that Gospel which is preached to them, but from which Mother Church, in the plenitude of her care for her portly prelates and well-fed dignitaries, contrives in great measure to exclude them. The chapel was crowded to excess and we were sorry to observe, that though a neat and capacious building, many were unable to find entrance. The Rev. -. of London, preached. The eloquence of this devoted minister is so well known, that our praise can add nothing to his reputation: it was generally thought by his nu

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