ner, both unaffected and elegant; every word being selected with taste and judgment; and the connexion closely kept up, with no repetition, or wandering from the main subject of the discourse. On the following Sunday, we heard Dr. S., in the morning, at the College Chapel. His sermon from Matt. xxvii. 42, contained enough of theological argument on the evidence of Christ's divinity to suit an University congregation. He concluded with an earnest and affectionate exhortation to the younger members to examine the Bible for themselves; and above all, to enter on the study of it in the spirit of prayer for the teaching of the Holy Spirit ; and to be zealous and conscientious in the performance of every duty, since Jesus Christ had said, "Whosoever shall do my will, shall know the doctrine, whether it be of God." We attended St. Mary's Church, in the afternoon, to hear Mr. W., another very popular preacher. He was however unable to officiate that day on account of illness; but Mr. B. delivered a delightful sermon on Moses making the bitter waters sweet. His voice and delivery were not good; but his whole heart seemed in the subject; and in the "land of saints," and images, it was refreshing to hear only of Him, who is "exalted to give repentance, and remission of sins." On another occasion we visited the old cathedral of St. Patrick. The anthem was exquisitely sung; and we were not sorry to fall in there with another specimen of faithful preaching from a Mr. S. He took his text from the second Psalm, "Blessed are all they that put their trust in him." 1st. The nature of the believer's trust in God; 2d. the blessedness of those who rightly experience it. His weak, but deeply interesting voice, could scarcely have been heard far off, but we were well repaid for the exertion of very close attention. I believe we visited every Church in Dublin; but these are the only notices of sermons that I find recorded in my journal. May Erin's pastors still be strengthened to follow closely in the footsteps of their Divine Master; their faithfulness, and devotedness, bearing daily evidence to their heavenly mission. Undeterred by reproach and opposition, may they be strengthened to know nothing in the course of their ministry but Jesus Christ, and him crucified; and thus with burning zeal, and unwearied love for immortal souls, do the work of evangelists. May liberal hearts, and willing hands, still be stretched forth from Great Britain to aid them in their self-denying course; so that being supplied with more abundant means, they may be enabled to dispense nourishment for the immortal soul, hand in hand, with food for the perishing body; thus imitating the "Great Shepherd of the Sheep," of whose tender solicitude for His purchased people, the Bible prophetically speaks; "I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock.”—(Zech. xi. 7.) CHAPTER VIII. VISIT TO THE GIANTS' CAUSEWAY. "And say unto those that have left thee forsaken- "Oh! blush as ye wonder, that it ere should be taunted, That strangers have felt what mine own could not feel; That when Britons stood forth in my trial undaunted, My children shrunk back unconcern'd in my weal." ANONYMOUS. As our limited time in Ireland obliged us to make our long journeys to the particular localities that we wished to visit, uninterruptedly, and with moderate expedition, and as I am anxious, in this little volume, to mention with brevity, all those circumstances and details which would fail in interest to the general reader, I will merely mention that we again left Dublin at five o'clock on the morning of the 3d of June. Even at that early hour, kind acquaintances, whom we had little expected to see, had taken the trouble to rise in order to see us off, and bid us farewell with true Irish heartiness; and on our arrival at Drogheda, we found a friend of my brother's waiting at the inn door to greet us in compliance with his wishes; and to give us a few hints respecting our further travels in Scotland. Drogheda possesses a degree of historical interest not surpassed, and scarcely equalled by any in the kingdom; blended as it is with the ancient, ecclesiastical, and military history of Ireland. Here the sovereignty of the kingdom was surrendered to king Richard II. by four Irish kings doing homage and fealty in the church of St. Mary Magdalene, in the year 1395. "These kings," says Sir James Ware, in his Antiquities of Ireland, were after the ceremony committed to the care of Henry Carlile, an Englishman, who, understanding the Irish language, was commanded to instruct them in the English customs, particularly in that of receiving the order of knighthood, who so wrought on them, that he prevailed on them to accept it, |