The next lecture was “The mission of the Church,” by the Rev Mr Cairns, of Christ church. Mr Cairns explained that bis lecture would not bear so much upon the mission of a church, as on the duties of the constituent members of that body. It was absolutely necessary, in tbe first place, that the mind of Ohridt should be within the members of a Church. There must be a love to tbe Master; a love for everything pare and good ; all these characteristics of a Christian must grow and ■ develop, and spread and bring forth fruit. If the officers and members of the Church had made use of tbe opportunities available, the Church to-day would occupy a far better position. It was a very easy thing for a person in prosperous circumstances to con tribate to the funds of tbe cause ; but it was a very different thing to profess and defend Christianity in the face of opposition. He felt that the Christian religion bad not flourished as it should have done, for in almost. any settlement church accommodation would not be found for one-half tbs inhabitants, and the churches in many places were not, on an average, more than half full. If they wanted to make their church a success, each and all bad means to contribute to its advancement. Let them do everything with all their might; diligence in business, and fervency of spirit, always went together, and with these aids the Church of God would grow and flourish. Professor Salmond, who was received with applause, said it had occurred to him that, acting upon the old maxim, “ If you want to know yourself, listen to what your enemies say about yon,” it would, perhaps, be bene ficial, as well as instructing, to weigh in tbe balance said about Presbyterianism

by those who disliked it. The principal arguments against Presbyterianism were that they were cold, that their prayers were long and dreary, and their manners isolatory. These charges were generally brought by Methodist?, whom the speaker characterised as people of a warm gush of imagination and consequently diametrically opposed to Presby terianism. Let them remember that warmth should proceed from spiritual sources. It was argued also that they were warm and inelastic. 