concerning gospel ministry, and he was invited to take up a position in the capital. However, he respectfully declined the offer, believing that he was more needed in the country than in and around the great city. Numerous letters from the congregation at Chester urging him to be their pastor as soon as possible convinced him of the rightness of this appointment; and on leaving Gray’s Inn he prepared himself for ordination with the utmost seriousness. He obtained the advice of two men well respected