er--an incongruity, however,
proclaiming that, reason as you will, man is a religious animal after
all; that he has the faculty of worship, and must worship; that, take
from him his sacred books--his Shaster, his Koran, or Bible--still the
heart is true to its old instincts, and believes, and adores, and loves.
True is it, that man, wherever he may be, whatever his creed or colour,
still

'Bound to the earth, he lifts his eye to heaven.'

THE IRVINGITES.

Are the days of Pentecost gone never to return? Have miracles ceased
from amongst men? Cannot signs and wonders still be wrought by men
filled with the Holy Ghost? The larger part of the Christian Church
answers this question in the negative. It teaches that the miracles are
dumb, that the need of them has past away, that in the fulness of time
the Divine will was made known, and that the Church needs not now the
signs and wonders by which that revelation was attested and declared.

A large body, however, has lately sprung up amongst us, holding opposite
views. Enter their churches, and, according to them, the gift of tongues
still exists--signs and wonders are still manifest--miracles are still
wrought. Still, as much as in apostolic times, does the Divine afflatus
dwell in man, and the man so endued becomes a prophet, and declares the
will of God in known or unknown tongues.

For some time past, a magnificent Gothic Cathedral has been in process of
being built in Gordon Square. It stands near where once stood Coward
College, and where still stands University Hall, a Unitarian College, and
not far from the University College, which a certain Ex-Lord-Chancellor
took under his especial care. On Christmas Day it was thrown open for
the performance of the worship of 'The Holy Catholic Apostolic Church,' a
body better, perhaps, known to the community at large as Irvingites, or
followers of Edward Irving. Originally, I believe, the sect sprang up in
Scotland, and Edward Irving merely joined it, and the form of worship
which now prevails was not fully established till after his death. After
Irving left the Scotch Church, the body took refuge in Newman Street,
where they have remained till the present magnificent place was opened.
There are to be seven cathedrals in London; each cathedral is to have
four places of worship attached to it; and to each service in a cathedral
appertain an evangelist, an apostle, a prophet, and an angel. The angel
is the