THE

BAPTIST MAGAZINE,

FOR

1847.

PROFITS ARISING FROM THE SALE OF THIS WORK ARE GIVEN TO THE WIDOWS

OF BAPTIST MINISTERS, AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CONTRIBUTORS.

LONDON:

J. HADDON, PRINTER, CASTLE STREET, FINSBURY.

PREFACE.

TEN years have now elapsed since this Magazine was placed under the superintendence of the present editor. In laying before its supporters this tenth volume of the series, it will not be thought improper, he hopes, if he acknowledges the providential goodness which has so long exempted him from any malady that would have required the relinquishment or suspension of his labours; not a single sheet having ever gone before the public without his revision.

He deems it incumbent on him also to advert to the divine kindness which, during these ten years, has inclined many of the most able writers among English baptists to favour him with their co-operation. During the last year or two especially, he has received their assistance in a greater degree than in the earlier portion of the term. It is right that the readers of the later volumes should be aware that they have been indebted to the following, among many other respected brethren :-

ALDIS, REV. JOHN.
ANGUS, REV. JOSEPH, M.A.
BIRT, REV. C. E., M.A.

BROCK, REV. WILLIAM.

BROWN, REV. J. J.

CLOWES, REV. FRANCIS.
COOMBS, REV. BENJAMIN.
Cox, REV. F. A., D.D., LL.D.
CRAMP, REV. J. M., M.A.

DAVIES, REV. BENJAMIN, PH.D.
DAVIES, REV. J. J.

DAVIES, REV. SAMUEL.
DAVIS, REV. G. II.

EAST, REV. D. J.

EVANS, REV. BENJAMIN.
FISHBOURNE, REV. G. W.
FLANDERS, REV. M. W.

GODWIN, REV. BENJAMIN, D.D.

GOTCH, REV. F. W., M.A.
GREEN, REV. SAMUEL.
GURNEY, W. B., Esq.
HARE, J. M., Esq.

HOBY, REV. JAMES, D.D.
JOHNSTON, REV. FRANCIS.
JONES, REV. JOHN.

JONES, REV. WILLIAM.
KATTERNS. REV. DANIEL.
LESLIE, REV. Andrew.
MIALL, REV. WILLIAM.

MORGAN, REV. THOMAS.

MURCH, REV. W. H.,

D.D.

PARSONS, REV. JOHN.
POTTENGER, REV. THOMAS.

ROFF, REV. ROBERT.
SAFFERY, REV. Philip J.
SOULE, REV. I. M.

STEANE, REV. EDWARD, D.D.

TRITTON, JOSEPH, ESQ.
UNDERHILL, E. B., Esq.
UPTON, REV. WILLIAM.

May these and other advocates of the principles they maintain continue long to work together in the Redeemer's service; and may the Baptist Magazine, by whomsoever conducted, be increasingly effective in subserving the purposes for which it was originally established!

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WILLIAM GROSER.