t Glasgow. He commenced his pastoral
duties in Dunfermline, but he has travelled south, and at Newport, in
Wales, where he stayed a short while, and latterly at Finsbury Chapel,
where he has now been eight years, he has caught something of the English
regard for Christmas Day, and preaches accordingly. I scarce think
London has a prettier sight to show than that of Finsbury Chapel on a
Christmas morning. It is full in every part. On the ground floor and
the first gallery are ranged the children and their teachers, and up
above there is another gallery full of adult spectators. As they sing
some of the finest of our hymns, such as--

"Brightest and best of the sons of the morning,"

the swell of their young voices is beautiful to hear. Their faces, full
of joy, were equally beautiful to see. To be preached to by a learned
man in a gown in a big chapel is something indeed for a little ragged
urchin to think of. Then what pains must have been taken to master the
tunes and sing them so well. Nor is this all by which the event of the
year--as it must be for some of them--is characterized. At some of the
schools the children, I believe, have a breakfast given them by the
teachers previous to starting. At all of them there is a distribution of
something satisfactory in the shape of buns. The muster is considerable.
The schools represented at the service I attended, in addition to that
belonging to the place, were Mile End, King Edward Street, Wood Street,
Spitalfields, Willow Walk, Ark Street, Paradise Street, the Weigh House,
the New Tabernacle, Bell Alley; Red Lion Street, Clerkenwell; Andrew
Street Ragged-schools, Union Walk, Jewin Street, James Street, City Road,
Ropemakers Street. The service commenced with singing--

"Another year has passed away,
Time swiftly glides along,
We come again to praise and pray,
And sing our festive song;
We come with song to greet you,
We come with song again."

The Rev. W. Tyler then read a part of the fifth chapter of Matthew, and
offered up an appropriate prayer, in which a special reference was made
to the evangelistic work carried on in the City. Another hymn was sung,
and then came the sermon, the subject of which was Christ blessing
children, and the text of which was in Mark x. 14 and 16. Mr. M'Auslane
described how a painter had portrayed the scene; not having the picture
there to show them, he would attempt a description of i