Produced by Bryan Ness, Sam W. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND MAGAZINE. UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENCE OF CLERGYMEN [Illustration] OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND. "HER FOUNDATIONS ARE UPON THE HOLY HILLS." Vol. X. No. 263. JANUARY 9, 1841. Price 11/2_d._ CONTENTS. THE CHRISTIAN'S OBLIGATION TO SEEK THE SPIRITUAL BENEFIT OF OTHERS 17 SACRED PHILOSOPHY.--CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NATURAL THEOLOGY OF THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM 19 THE SECURITY OF GOD'S PEOPLE: A SERMON 25 THE GLORY OF THE SAVIOUR'S TRANSFIGURATION 29 THE CABINET 31 POETRY.--LAYS OF PALESTINE 32 MISCELLANEOUS 32 THE CHRISTIAN'S OBLIGATION TO SEEK THE SPIRITUAL BENEFIT OF OTHERS. By the Rev. Thomas Bissland, M.A., _Rector of Hartley Maudytt, Hants._ There are some hearts little, if at all, impressed by the solemn requirements of the Almighty; so dead, in fact, to everything which relates not to the objects of time and sense, that they are unaffected by the scenes of vice and of the misery which is its consequence, every where presented to their notice. It is not until the mind is under the gracious influence of the Spirit of God, that men feel any anxiety to stop the torrent of evil, and endeavour to become the humble instruments of converting the sinner and saving his soul. Many, in fact, who feel deeply interested in their neighbours' temporal comforts and prosperity, feel little anxious to supply their spiritual wants; and to this may be traced the opposition which is not unfrequently made, even by professing Christians, to institutions which have a direct tendency to improve the moral and spiritual condition of the human race.