years ago, and a common sort of farm-house built in its place. It is now little better than a stone cottage. The door opens directly into a kitchen, flagged with four large flags. What remains of the old Hall is, if CLAPHAM WOOD HALL WITH MILL AS IT WAS. anything, meaner than the dwelling itself. At this Hall Robert and Elizabeth Faraday lived, and had ten children, whose names and birthdays, and callings in after life, so far as they are known, were these: Richard, born June 16, 1757, was an innholder, slater, grocer. Robert, born February 3, 1763, was a packer in a flax mill. William, born April 20, 1767, died in July 1791. Jane, born April 27, 1769. Hannah, born August 16, 1771. Thomas, born November 6, 1773, kept a shop. Barnabas, whose birthday is not known, was a shoemaker. The first insight into this large family comes in the year when Faraday was born, through William, who died when he was twenty-four years old, at Clapham Wood Hall. Faraday's grandmother then wrote a letter to Anne Fordyce, to whom her son William was engaged to be married. This letter shows the nature and strength of the religious feeling in the family for two generations previous to the birth of Faraday. 'Clapham Wood Hall, July 4, 1791. 'Dear Nancy,-With a troubled mind I write this to you. My dear son is dead. He died on the Sabbath in the evening at seven o'clock. Now, my dear love, I beg you would hear me what I have to say, and be sober. It hath been a great concern on William's mind about you: he was afraid you would feel to an extreme, and it troubled him very much: from this consideration he strove to make all things look as well as he could, and he had some hope within a little of his death that he happen might mend, which is very natural for all people. 'When William began to be worse, he began to be concerned about his everlasting welfare. He sent for Mr. Gorrel and confessed the faith in Christ, and gave Mr. Gorrel and the rest of the brethren great satisfaction. 'William was exceedingly comfortable, and rejoiced exceedingly. He then sent for his clothes, and he thought he would go to Wenning Bank, and join the brethren in public; but both we and the brethren saw there was no chance, but they came to visit him very frequently. I cannot, in a little compass, tell you all that William said, but he rejoiced exceedingly. 'Now, my dear love, I hope you will consider that Providence knows better than we, and I hope this account will serve in some measure to reconcile you, and I shall be very glad to hear from you. My children all give their kind love to you. From your affectionate, well-wishing ELIZABETH FARADAY.' The brethren were members of a Sandemanian congregation. The Glasites are said once to have had a chapel at Clapham, with a burial ground attached to it. At present the chapel is converted into a barn, and the windows are walled up. The unconsecrated burial ground is thrown open to the fields, but one or two headstones still remain against the wall of the building. Several of these congregations were formed in different parts of England by the writings and preaching of Robert Sandeman, the son-in-law of the Reverend John Glas, a Presbyterian clergyman in Scotland. Thus the Church in London was formed in 1760. In 1763 the congregation at Kirkby Stephen numbered between twenty and thirty persons. Sandeman ultimately went to America to make his views known, and he died there in 1771.. In 1728 Glas was deposed by the Presbyterian Church Courts, because he taught that the Church should be subject to no league nor covenant, but be governed only by the doctrines of Christ and His Apostles. He held that Christianity never was, nor could be, the established religion of any nation without becoming the reverse of what it was when first instituted; that Christ did not come to establish any worldly power, but to give a hope of eternal life beyond the grave to His people whom He should choose of His own sovereign will; that the Bible, and that alone, with nothing added to it nor taken away from it by man, was the sole and sufficient guide for each individual, at all times and in all circumstances; that faith in the divinity and work of Christ is the gift of God, and that the evidence of this faith is obedience to the commandments of Christ. There are two points of practice in the Church which, in relationship to the Life of Faraday, must be mentioned. One of these is the admission into the Church, the other is the election of elders. Members are received into the Church on the confession of sin, and the profession of faith in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This profession must an extreme, and it troubled him very much: from sesleration he strove to make all things look as was he could, and he had some hope within a little és hath that he happen might mend, which is very totural for all people. When Wam ban to be worse, he began to be med alt is everlasting welfare. He sent for Min. di molan do ufessed the faith in Christ, and gave Xin e rrallat i the rest of the brethren great satisfac • W. was exceedingly comfortable, and rejoiced go to Wenning Bank, and join the Me; but both we and the brethren saw ve, but they came to visit him very I cant in a little compass, tell all Hat W... m s. A but he rejoiced exceedingly. you •N ¤, my daar love, I hope you will consider that ve in some measure to reconcile you, be very glad to hear from you. alive their kind love to you. From rates well-wishing ELIZABETH FARADAY.' 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