"If a man will converse with divine persons, light will break in upon him as flame from a sparkling fire."-REV. STEPHEN CHAR NOCK. "I think I may pronounce it with some confidence, that the families of God's children are, generally speaking, the nurseries of his church."-REV. DR. DODDRIDGE. Happy is that family where the worship of God is constantly and conscientiously maintained. Such houses are temples in which the Lord dwells, and castles garrisoned by a Divine power."-Rev. JOHN NEWTON. THE HENRY FAMILY MEMORIALIZED. BY SIR JOHN BICKERTON WILLIAMS, KNT., LL.D., F.S.A., AND A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. Koninklijke LONDON: THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY; Instituted 1799. DEPOSITORY, 56, PATERNOSTER ROW, AND 65, ST PAUL'S PREFACE. THE following memorials are intended to promote acquaintance with a family long celebrated for its piety and cleverness; and were suggested by the continued acceptance given to the published lives of some of its members —the venerable Philip Henry and Matthew Henry, and Mrs. Savage. For, notwithstanding the other dwellers at Broad Oak are less known than their kindred just named, and the materials for their biography are neither so full nor entertaining, they were all useful Christians, and distinguished alike by their abilities and attainments. They were eminently of |