it had been to her the being driven out of paradise.


ASSISTANT CURACY.--A Priest of Catholic opinions is needed at a town
parish. Resident Rector and three Curates. Daily Prayers. Choral
Service on Sundays and Holy-days. Weekly Communion.--Apply to
P. C. B., St. Oswald's Rectory, Bexley.


Every one knows the sort of advertisement which had brought Mr.
Underwood to Bexley, as a place which would accord with the doctrines
and practices dear to him. Indeed, apart from the advertisement,
Bexley had a fame. A great rubrical war had there been fought out by
the Rector of St. Oswald's, and when he had become a colonial Bishop,
his successor was reported to have carried on his work; and the
beauty of the restored church, and the exquisite services, were so
generally talked of, that Mr. Underwood thought himself fortunate in
obtaining the appointment. Mr. Bevan too, the Rector, was an
exceedingly courteous, kindly-mannered man, talking in a soft low
voice in the most affectionate and considerate manner, and with good
taste and judgment that exceedingly struck and pleased the new
curate. It was the more surprise to him to find the congregations
thin, and a general languor and indifference about the people who
attended the church. There was also a good deal of opposition in the
parish, some old sullen seceders who went to a neighbouring
proprietary chapel, many more of erratic tastes haunted the places of
worship of the numerous sects, who swarmed in the town, and many more
were living in a state of town heathenism.

It was not long before the perception of the cause began to grow upon