London V. Country.

the last election , on tho funds—20 London and 42 country brethren ; and on the female fund 16 London Avidows and as many from the country—some of the London candidates , though having the larger number of votes , not being admitted , the rules not alloAving a greater number of annuitants from London than the country .

Wc have penned these remarks in no spirit of uncharitableucss , but only to evince to our country brethren that those iu London aro not unmindful of tlio general interests ; that if thoy take a more active part in the management of the affairs of the Craft , it is not to exclude the country brethren , but only to prevent an undue pressure upon their

time ; and that being brought more immediately in connection Avith the governing power , they are also more immediately acquainted with tlio distress existing amongst their poorer brethren , and therefore do their utmost to alleviate it . We should be unjust Avere we to close this notice Avithout acknowled ging that it has been written Avith pain , inasmuch

if there be any one brother in the kingdom to Avhom Ave are more deeply indebted than another for his exertions to promote the interests of the Magazine , it is Bro . Sherry ; and had we been as liberally supported throughout the kingdom as we have been by the Winchester brethren—and that through the influence of Bro . Sherry—Ave should be the managers of one of the most prosperous literary organs in the kingdom .

Classical Theology.-V.

CLASSICAL THEOLOGY.-V .

JUPITER AND JULY ( CONTINUED ) . THERE have been , and may be not a few , AVIIO haA'e studied so deeply the spiritual miracles of the holy histories , and have thereon founded such singular theories , as absolutely to dream that the amalgation of sulphur , saltpetre and charcoal into gunpowder was no secret to Mosesand that with it

, or b y its aid lie accomplished one at least of bis most wonderful or apparently supernatural works . The power of those earthl y lightnings , which we now call electricity and gunpowder , was doubtless known to one to whom it was given to comprehend the complex system of the universe ; but to suppose that God required deceptionsor to believe that

, Moses Avould dare to assert or desire to use a deceptive power in the place of the Almighty , who he knew in a feAV moments could blast the Avorld into ashes , is incompatible Avith true knowledge and wisdom . _ Was it with fire Elijah divided Jordan % There was a timewe are toldwhen all Israel Avas gathered unto Mount

, , Carmel ; aud Avith them four hundred and fifty of the pt'ophets of Baal , and of the prophets of the groves four hundred , Avhich " ate at Jezebel ' s table . " A Avondrous and awful scene Avas about to be enacted . Wc , feeble commentators , can add no line to strengthen tho sublimity , the aptitude , or the beauty of the simple narrative : —

" So Aliah sent unto all the children of Israel , and gathered the prophets together unto Alount Carmel . And Elijah came unto all the people , and said , How long halt ye between two opinions V if the Lord be God , follow him ; but if Baal , then follow him . And the people answered him not a word . Then said Elijah unto the people , I , even I only , remain a prophet of the Lord ; but Baal ' s prophets are four hundred and fifty men . Let them

therefore give us two bullocks ; and let them choose one bullock for themselves , and cut it to pieces , and lay it on wood , and put no fire under ; and I will dress the other bullock , and lay it on wood , and put no fire under : And call yc on the name of your gods , and I will call on the name of the Lord aud the God which answereth by fire , let him be God . And all the people answered and said , It is well spoken . And Elijah said

unto the prophets of Baal , Choose yc one bullock for yourselves , and dress it first : for ye arc many ; and call on the name of your gods , but put no fire under . And they took the bullock which was given them , and they dressed it , and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon , saying , O Baal , hear us ! But there was no voice , nor auy that answered . And they leaped upon the altar which was made . And it came to pass at noon , that Elijah mocked them , and said , Cry aloud : for he Js ' 'i god ; either he is talking , or he is pursuing , or he is on a

journey , or peradventure he slecpeth , aud must be awakened . And they cried aloud , and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets , till the blood gushed out upon them . And it came to pass , when midday was past , and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice , that there was neither voice , nor any to answer , nor any that regarded . And Elijah said unto all the people , Conic near unto me . And all

the people came near unto him . And he repaired the altar of the Lord , that was broken down . And Elijah took twelve stones , according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob , unto whom the word of the Lord came , saying , Israel shall be my name : And witli the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord : and he made a trench about the altar , as great as would contain two measures of seed . And he put the Avood in order ,

and cut the bullock in pieces , and laid him on the wood , and said , Fill four barrels with water , and pour it on the burnt sacrifice , and on the wood . And he said , Do it the second time . And they did it the second time . And he said , Do it the third time . And they did it the third time . And the Avater ran round about the altar : and he filled the trench also with water . "And it came to pass , at the time of the offering of the evening

sacrifice , that Elijah the prophet came near , and said , Lord God of Abraham , Isaac , and all Israel , let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel , and that I am thy servant , and that I have done all these things at thy word . Hear me , 0 Lord , hear nic , that this people may know that thou art the Lord God , and that thou hast turned their heart back again . " Then the fire of the Lord felland consumed the burnt

sacri-, fice , and the wood , and the stones , and the dust , and licked up the water that was in the trench . And when all the people saw it they fell on their faces ; and they said , The Lord , he is the God ; the Lord , he is tbe God . " And Elijah said unto them , Take the prophets of Baal ; let not one of them escape . And they took them ; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon , and slew them there . "

Then Elijah the Tishbitc pointed to the sky that his prayers had kept cloudless for the many days of three years , and spake to Ahab that ho might go up to the feast , for there was " a sound of abundance of rain . " So mysterious and impressive , and indeed solemn and anxious , arc the concluding incidents of the holy verso in the page before us , that even young children can lis ]) tho name of Elijahand

, tell of the arising of " a little cloud out of the sea , like unto a man ' s hand . " The priests of the high places , or the sacricolse of Jupiter , as Elijah well knew , could speak or prophecy by the voices from the chest , or in the head , or else by Baalim the genii whom the Greeks called Dcemons ; but they had no descending spirit AVIIO would come at their call ,

or , if they had , it must have been subordinate before the spirit Avhicli answered the cry of Elijah . The diemons were believed to be the ostensible messengers between the human and superhuman races and the celestial gods . Furthermore , as AVO have alluded to the cave of Trophonius , we may as well observe that it Avas in a cave that the word of the Lord

came to Elijah ; but it was not in tho great and strong wind that rent the mountain as the Lord passed hy , neither was it in the earthquake , nor in the fire , but after them , that he heard a still small voice , and there came , there and then , a A-oice unto him . As tbe Avorld advanced by stages of change and knowledge , it is obvious that the schismatic Jews ( so distinct from the

righteous remnant left Avhich had never bowed the knee to Jupiter , as Baal , Sol , and the astral gods , with those of other nations ) had come to worship J ovo as Jehovah . Here Ave discern the leaning and leading of the Holy One ' s merciful care toAvards all his creatures , as Ave will more circumstantially explain in the prophetical words of Hosea : —

" And it shall be in that day , saitb the Lord , thou shalt call me Ishi ; and shall call me no more Baali , for I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth ( Jezrcel ' s ) , and they shall no more be remembered by their name . And it shall come to pass in that day , I will hear , saith the Lord , I will hear the heavens , and tbey shall hear the earth .... and I will say to them which were not my people , Thou art my people : ( the

Gentiles ) and they shall say , Thou art my God . " 'Jfpio ( l > 0 a \ ftoij ( Trioculis ) AVUS also a title given to Jupiter by the Grecians ' , because they represented him Avith three