material from the ,google ,print project47 ,,the ,,baptist ,,magazine ,,for #ahce4 ,,the ,,profits ,,arising ,,from ,,the ,,sale ,,of ,,this ,,work ,,are ,,given ,,to ,,the ,,widows ,,of ,,baptist ,,ministers1 ,,at ,,the ,,recommendation ,,of ,,the ,,contributors4 ,,vol4 ,,xxvii4 7,,vol4 ,x4 ,,third ,,series47 ,,speaking ,,the ,,truth ,,in ,,love4--,eph4 iv4 #ae4 ,,london3 ,,published ,,by ,,george ,,wightman1 #bd1 ,,paternoster ,,row4 #ahce4 ,,london3 ,j4 ,,haddon1 ,,printer1 ,,castle ,,street1 ,,finsbury4 ,,preface4 ,conducted by ,divine ,providence to the close of another annual period of their anxious labours1 the ,editors of the ,,baptist ,,magazine would devoutly embrace the favourable opportunity thus afforded1 for the purpose of brief retrospect1 and the exercise of sincere thankfulness4 ,during the months of the past year1 they have been earnestly desirous that the pages of each succeeding number of their work should supply such a portion of religious instruction and denominational information as1 from its design and extent1 their most considerate readers would be led to expect2 and1 though fully sensible that they have not attained the standard of their own wishes1 yet they deem it incumbent to acknowledge1 that they have been strengthened in their progress by perceiving that their efforts have been candidly appreciated1 and in many instances kindly commended4 ,in prefacing the ,,twenty-,,seventh ,,volume of this publication1 it is gratifying to be able to announce that1 notwithstanding the frequent introduction of new and attractive periodicals1 the ,baptist ,magazine continues to obtain an encouraging share of public patronage2 and were it to derive from literary contributions1 and an extended circulation1 such support as the denomination to whose service it is principally devoted might easily afford1 the satisfaction of this announcement would be greatly augmented4 ,if1 in addition to the many excellent communications now received1 others were occasionally forwarded by writers to whom preparing such an article might prove an agreeable relaxation from the pursuit of severer studies1 both the value of the work1 and the interest of the writer in its prosperity1 would be considerably increased4 ,before concluding these remarks1 the ,editors have much pleasure in distinctly and gratefully adverting to the assistance with which they have been favoured in bringing this volume through the press2 in connexion with which the usual exercise of benevolence to the ,widows of many of our departed brethren has been continued2 and to perpetuate1 and1 if possible1 increase which1 the conductors of the ,baptist ,magazine have been invariably1 and still remain1 solicitous4 ,,the ,,baptist ,,magazine4 ,,january1 #ahce4 ,,memoir ,,of ,,the ,,late ,,mrs4 ,,peggy ,,waugh4 ,recollections of departed excellence are always pleasant1 often deeply interesting1 and sometimes productive of the happiest effects4 ,the delight we feel in tracing the successive stages of that pilgrimage by which the saints of the ,most ,high have passed into the skies1 is neither a faint nor fruitless emotion1 but a healthful exercise of the moral sympathies4 ,it purifies1 while it elicits2 the affections of the heart4 ,as we trace the formation of their character1 we are insensibly forming our own2 and the observation by which we mark the development of their ,christian virtues1 is among the most efficient means by which we are provoked to their imitation4 ,hence the inspired volume is not more a book of doctrines than a record of the piety of ancient believers4 ,that ,holy ,spirit1 under whose inspiration it was written1 knew how to touch the springs of human conduct1 and therefore incites us to the highest attainments of character by the influence of example4 ,the names of the righteous are enrolled in its imperishable leaves1 and their memory1 after the lapse of ages1 is still fragrant as the breath of the morning4 ,after the example of the sacred writers1 every age of the church has preserved memorials of the wisdom and holiness of its own times4 ,in some instances a service has thus been performed of inestimable value4 ,patterns of faith1 of patience1 of zeal1 have been rescued from oblivion to be a stimulus to ,christians in all succeeding periods of time4 ,and in other instances benefits1 though not equally extensive1 yet substantial1 have resulted from recording1 in a brief memoir1 the characters and actions of those who1 not called to occupy prominent stations1 have shed a sweet influence of piety upon the more retired walks of ordinary life4 ,the following pages are intended to preserve some short account of a ,christian lady1 who from youth to old age walked in the truth2 and having become at length alike venerable in years and in piety1 departed this present life with the glorious hope of a better4 ,mrs4 ,peggy ,waugh was born at ,wallingford1 ,a4 ,d4 #agdg4 ,at an early period of life her mind was brought under a divine influence2 not1 however1 by the ordinary means of grace1 nor by any solemn providence1 but in a manner illustrating the force of scripture1 and the sovereignty of that gracious ,spirit by whom it was originally inspired1 and is still savingly applied4 ,being present at a party where the evening was spent in festivity and worldly mirth1 she was invited to join in the dance4 ,this she had often done1 for she was of a lively disposition1 and her parents were gratified by her mixing in the gaieties of life2 but in the present instance she felt herself unable to maintain the hilarity of her spirits4 ,the cause of her dejection none imagined1 and she was perhaps ashamed to acknowledge4 ,while all was merriment around her1 she became suddenly pensive4 ,a passage of the word of ,god1 pointedly in contrast with the spirit of the scene1 had come with irresistible power to her recollection4 ,it fastened upon her conscience3--it reached her heart4 ,the music and dancing lost their charms2 she sat in solitariness1 though surrounded with company2 the world's fascinations appeared in a light in which she had never before seen them1 and the salutary impressions of that evening remained unerased from her mind through all her subsequent life4 ,while she was yet young1 her parents removed to ,reading4 ,shortly after they had fixed their residence in that town1 she was taken by a friend to the ,baptist ,meeting1 where she heard the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,davis4 ,she was much interested in his discourse1 and sought for opportunities to attend frequently on his ministry4 ,under the able instructions of that excellent man1 her religious views became clearer and more definite1 her principles more firm and decided1 and it was evident that the spiritual change which had already commenced in her soul1 was rapidly advancing to its completion4 ,it was now that her trials began4 ,the determinate and consistent form which her renewed character had assumed1 was far from exciting any complacent feelings in the minds of her parents2 and it became the more obnoxious to them from the preference she manifested for the preaching of ,mr4 ,davis4 ,they had brought up their family to the established church1 and it distressed them exceedingly to see their daughter becoming a dissenter4 ,but she had counted the cost1 and was prepared to make any sacrifice1 and to endure any hardship1 rather than forego the privileges she now enjoyed in the house of ,god4 ,hardships she had indeed to endure3 such was the severity with which she was treated1 that it was no uncommon thing1 when she returned from the sanctuary1 to find her father's door locked against her2 and often has she walked in the fields without food during the intervals of public worship1 rather than incur the displeasure that awaited her at home4 ,this was a season of trial1 and she came forth from it like refined gold4 ,her filial attentions were not less respectful or affectionate than formerly2 on the contrary1 she watched both her temper and her conduct with more than wonted carefulness1 and endeavoured to show them that she could bear with meekness the wrongs she suffered in so good a cause4 ,nor did she wholly withdraw herself from the established church4 ,reading was at that time favoured with the ministry of the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,talbot1 the ,hon4 and ,rev4 ,mr4 ,cadogan1 and the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,eyre1 his curate at ,st4 ,giles's4 ,the preaching of these faithful servants of the ,lord was distinguished by its truly evangelical character1 and she found much benefit in occasionally hearing them4 ,at their ,thursday evening lecture she was a constant attendant1 both at this period and after she had joined the ,baptist church4 ,her new principles had not contracted1 but on the contrary enlarged1 her mind4 ,her views with regard to the ordinance of baptism1 and on some other subjects connected with those parts of divine truth on which a difference of sentiment prevails1 were conscientiously embraced2 but they were held in the spirit of ,christian charity4 ,as much as she could1 without a sacrifice of conscience1 she endeavoured to conciliate the prejudices of her parents2 and at length her efforts were blessed beyond her most sanguine hope4 ,it will a little anticipate the order of the narrative1 but it may properly be added here1 that she had the satisfaction1 at a subsequent period1 to know that her pious conversation and deportment had1 under ,god1 been the principal means of producing a saving change in her father1 in her mother1 and in two of her brothers4 ,her parents1 at an advanced age1 departed in the faith1 leaving no doubt on the minds of surviving friends that they had fallen asleep in ,jesus4 ,it was the happiness of ,mrs4 ,waugh to be united in marriage with a person of decided piety1 whose sentiments on religious subjects were similar to her own4 ,shortly after their marriage1 they were both baptized1 and thus commenced together that public and good profession which they ever afterwards maintained by the integrity1 and adorned with the graces1 of the ,christian life4 ,on the morning of her baptism1 a passage from the prophecies of ,isaiah1 evidently suggested by the difficulties which had environed her early religious course1 forcibly impressed her mind1 and afforded her much encouragement3 ,i will go before thee1 and make the crooked places straight2 ,i will break in pieces the gates of brass1 and cut in sunder the bars of iron4 ,these words1 she writes1 came sweetly to me1 and my soul was on the wing for heaven and heavenly things4 ,the duties of domestic life began now to demand her attention4 ,in the relations of a wife1 a mother1 and a mistress1 the excellence of those principles on which her character was formed1 was habitually exemplified4 ,for her children1 she was supremely anxious to bring them in early life under the influence of divine truth1 and to lead them into the love of ,god4 ,it is in their recollection still1 with what maternal affection she would take them into her chamber1 and converse with them on those subjects1 and then present them1 in the exercise of faith and devotion1 to the care of that tender ,shepherd who gathers the lambs in his arms1 and carries them in his bosom4 ,indeed her deep interest in all young persons obliged her to press upon such as came within her reach a care for their everlasting happiness2 with several1 the result was most satisfactory1 and they retain an affectionate remembrance of her solicitude on their behalf4 ,with her servants also she would seize opportunities to speak of the value of their souls1 and the improvement of their religious advantages2 and sometimes she used to pray in secret with them4 ,the afflictions which are inseparable from the lot of humanity1 and those which parents only know1 she endured with a meek and confiding resignation4 ,her cup had its bitter infusions1 and some of her trials were more than commonly severe2 but under every mysterious and painful dispensation1 she stayed herself upon her ,god1 and in patience possessed her soul4 ,by those who enjoyed her friendship1 her pious conversation and correspondence were highly valued4 ,she was no stranger in the habitation of the widow and the fatherless1 or beside the dying bed4 ,her sympathy in such scenes was a mitigation of sorrow1 and her offices of ,christian love endeared her in the hour of distress4 ,she gratified the benevolence of her heart by relieving the distresses of many2 and some of her poor neighbours were pensioners on her bounty as long as they lived4 ,her attendance on public ordinances1 it need scarcely be said1 was regular and devout2 and by her consistent and blameless life1 combined with her affectionate and peaceful walk among her fellow-members1 she was a comfort to her pastor1 and an honour to the church4 ,thus for many years she moved in her orbit1 as the celestial luminaries move in theirs2 with a regular1 uniform1 and constant progression2 deriving all their radiance from the sun1 and reflecting his beams without noise or ostentation4 ,but a severe trial awaited her4 ,the conjugal relation was at length broken4 ,by the death of ,mr4 ,waugh she was deprived of the staff of her age1 and left to travel alone through the last stages of her pilgrimage4 ,she had however the unspeakable satisfaction of reflecting that he had walked with her in the ways of righteousness1 and that although he had outstripped her in the course1 and arrived first at the sepulchre1 she should follow him into the world of reunion and eternal love4 ,his decease was also eminently happy4 ,he was favoured during his illness with much spirituality and elevation of mind1 and departed in the full assurance of hope4 ,on being asked by one of his daughters1 whether1 if it were the will of ,god1 he would like to return again into the world8 ,what1 he exclaimed1 when ,christ bids me 'come up hither6' ,it was the privilege of his faithful wife 7for such she deemed it7 to be with him through all his illness1 and to witness the final scene4 ,she would not delegate to other hands the discharge of any duty which she could perform herself2 but the conflict being over1 she retired from the chamber of death1 and was found some time after1 by her children1 who had missed her1 in her closet1 and on her knees4 ,the throne of grace was her refuge4 ,to that hiding-place she was accustomed to flee1 in every cloudy and dark day2 and sweetly was the promise fulfilled in her experience1 ,thou wilt keep him in perfect peace1 whose mind is stayed on thee4 ,she felt deeply the stroke which had made her a widow2 but1 possessing an uncommon degree of self-command1 it was a comfort to her children to observe her great calmness of spirit1 and to hear the expressions of her confidence in ,god4 ,her natural fortitude was sustained by divine grace1 and her whole carriage under this bereavement afforded an edifying instance of the manner in which a ,christian both bends before the storm1 and rises above it4 ,about two years after this event1 she left the neighbourhood of ,reading1 to reside in the family of one of her daughters at ,tottenham4 ,by this circumstance she was necessarily brought into new scenes both of domestic and social life2 and they served still further to elicit the graces of her matured and now venerable character4 ,for to the visitors1 of all ranks1 she recommended the religion of the ,bible2 but with such propriety1 that she never gave offence2 and most tenderly and intimately did she participate in the diversified feelings of her grandchildren1 evincing her affection for them1 by her earnest and ardently expressed longing that ,christ might be formed in their hearts1 the hope of glory4 ,it was about this time1 that the writer of this brief tribute to her memory had the happiness to form her acquaintance2 and he well remembers the impression of respectful admiration which that first interview produced on his mind4 ,she was now well stricken in years4 ,time had mellowed the naturally sweet expression of her countenance1 without much impairing its vivacity4 ,her silvery locks shaded a brow imprinted with the wrinkles of age1 but intelligent and serene4 ,her eyes were yet bright1 and glanced upon her friends with benevolent complacency4 ,her form was unbending and about the middle stature2 her manners dignified1 yet free2 her conversation cheerful1 affectionate1 and eminently spiritual2 her memory richly replenished with the word of ,god1 and with hymns1 which she recited with much emphasis and appropriate application2 and her whole appearance and deportment that of a venerable ,christian lady4 ,some time before this period she had become very deaf2 but though she felt it to be a great trial1 it made scarcely any perceptible abatement of her cheerfulness2 nor did she allow it to prevent her attendance upon the house of ,god4 ,in proportion as she was shut out from the pleasures of conversation1 she seemed to find an increasing delight in secret devotion4 ,let us call those our golden hours1 she says in a letter to a friend1 that are spent with ,god4 ,may we be found much in that excellent duty of self-examination4 ,and at a subsequent date she writes in her diary1 ,my hearing is in some measure restored2 of which ,i can give no account from natural causes or medicinal art4 ,o ,lord1 my healer1 thou canst do every thing4 ,o the riches of immortal grace6 ,if ,i outlive my senses1 ,i cannot outlive my graces4 ,o how beautiful1 how honourable1 how durable6 ,i earnestly plead with ,god for his church and ministers1 in faith and hope1 for what ,i am not likely to live to see4 ,dear ,lord1 let me depart and join the holy society above4 ,amen6 ,it is often observed1 that as ,christians draw near to heaven1 their desire increases to enter upon its holy joys4 ,they present a delightful contrast1 in this respect1 to those unhappy persons whose old age is chilled with the infirmities of decaying nature1 and never warmed into the glow of celestial aspirations by the presages of a blessed immortality4 ,the natural desire of life is felt by both1 and the uneradicated remains of our ancient and inveterate depravity will sometimes1 even in aged ,christians1 repress the risings of the soul towards her native skies4 ,but the prevailing tendency of the desires will be upwards4 ,to live is indeed ,christ2 but to die is gain4 ,hence their conversation will take its complexion and character1 rather from the things which are eternal1 than from the transactions or interests of this present world4 ,such was eminently the case with the subject of this memoir4 ,she seemed to live much1 in the secret exercises of her mind1 upon the invisible glories of that region of blessedness towards which she was fast approaching4 ,never was her countenance lighted up with a more cheerful beam of piety1 than when1 after she had been occupied awhile in silent musings1 she would break forth in the joyful exclamation of the patriarch ,job1 ,i know that my ,redeemer liveth1 and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth3 and though1 after my skin1 worms destroy this body1 yet in my flesh shall ,i see ,god2 whom ,i shall see for myself1 and my eyes behold1 and not another2 though my reins be consumed within me4 ,this was indeed a very favourite passage with her1 and was selected by herself for her funeral text4 ,but the word of ,christ dwelt in her richly2 and it was sometimes equally astonishing and delightful to hear with what copiousness1 accuracy1 and animated expression1 at more than #hj years of age1 she would pour forth1 like a sparkling stream1 a long series of beautiful quotations1 her feelings at the same time kindling into celestial rapture1 and the whole perhaps finished with that ecstatic verse of ,dr4 ,watts4 ,haste1 my beloved1 fetch my soul ,up to thy bless'd abode2 ,fly1 for my spirit longs to see ,my ,saviour and my ,god4 ,she had outlived nearly all her contemporaries4 ,most of her friends had preceded her to their rest1 and sometimes she would chide herself for still lingering in her upward flight1 among the chilling clouds of these lower regions1 when she thought her wings should have borne her more rapidly onward to join the company of the blessed4 ,thus she expresses herself in one of her memorandums3 ,o ,lord1 when ,i look around me1 and feel ,i am bereaved of human joys1 and behold the ravages which thou hast made among my dear1 beloved friends and kindred in the flesh1 ,i am astonished at the strength of that depravity1 which leads me still to cling to this dying world4 ,why1 oh1 why do ,i not rest my weary soul on the unchangeable realities of heaven8 ,there shall ,i meet those very dear ones who sleep in ,jesus4 ,animating hope6 ,oh1 then1 let me march boldly on1 nor faint in the day of rebuke2 but may ,i be enabled to yield up all my earthly comforts when ,jesus calls and demands1 that ,i may find my all in him4 ,it was her privilege often to climb to the summit of ,pisgah2 and when she descended again into the plain1 how delightfully would she talk1 and as in the very dialect of the country1 of that land of fair and beauteous prospect which lies beyond the ,jordan4 ,there were seasons when no other subject seemed welcome to her thoughts4 ,she would sit at such times watching the countenances of her friends1 and at a break in the conversation1 which she could not hear1 drop a short sentence full of the love and joy of heaven4 ,she seemed to have an inward and divine light which shone through her soul1 and made it a region of pure and celestial thoughts2 no doubts were permitted to disturb the composure of her mind1 no temptation to trouble and overcast the serenity of her cloudless sky4 ,her days moved on in tranquil succession1 each renewing and passing forward to the next1 the sunshine of its predecessor4 ,only1 indeed1 as her orb descended to the horizon1 the light seemed more to concentrate and to soften2 just as the evening sun gathers back into himself the radiance with which he had illuminated the world1 and sets amidst the chastened splendours of his own accumulated glory4 ,her tabernacle1 which had been often shaken1 was at length taken down4 ,no fierce disease was commissioned to inflict the final stroke4 ,till the last week she was permitted to continue in the society of her children4 ,two of them reside at ,camberwell2 and they reflect1 with grateful pleasure1 that some of her last days were spent with them4 ,she left them on the ,monday1 after having passed the whole of the preceding month in their company4 ,it was not then apprehended that her end was so near1 but her conversation was sweetly tinctured by a vein of ardent and elevated devotion4 ,her mind was eminently spiritual2 she seemed to be living in an element of prayer and love4 ,it was the happiness of the writer to spend a short time with her during the last week2 and in her pocket-book she has noted the comfort she derived from the devotional exercises in which they then engaged4 ,the ,sabbath day was a season of great delight4 ,she did not know that on the following her translation was to take place2 but had she foreseen it1 scarcely could she have passed the day in communications more fitted to her near approximation to eternal joy4 ,the next day she returned to ,tottenham1 not so well as she had been1 yet there seemed no cause for immediate alarm2 but in her last words1 as she was taking leave of her daughters1 there was something almost prophetic of the event which was soon to take place4 ,clasping the hand of one of them1 as she was about to step into the carriage1 she turned to her1 and said1 ,i shall soon mount on eagles' wings2 ,i shall run and not be weary1 ,i shall walk and not faint4 ,on ,wednesday1 her indisposition considerably increased1 and her strength began rapidly to decline4 ,it soon became impossible to hold any conversation with her beyond a few short and detached sentences at intervals4 ,in reply to inquiries1 she still expressed her faith in the ,lamb of ,god1 and spoke of his preciousness to her soul4 ,but the power of articulation failed1 and this circumstance1 joined with her deafness1 precluded the further interchange of sentiment with the departing saint4 ,she continued to lodge on the banks of the ,jordan a day or two longer1 till about noon on ,lord's day1 ,june #cj1 #ahcc2 when she passed through the river with a gentle and quiet motion1 and was lost to the sight of surrounding attendants1 amidst the distant groves of ,eden1 on the opposite shore4 ,no pain she suffered1 nor expired with noise2 ,her soul was whispered out with ,god's still voice3 ,so softly death succeeded life in her1 ,she did but dream of heaven1 and she was there4 ,camberwell4 ,e4 ,,steane ,,slavery ,,in ,,america4 ,a ,,letter ,,from ,,the ,,baptist ,,board ,,of ,,foreign ,,missions ,,in ,,america1 ,,in ,,answer ,,to ,,one ,,from ,,the ,,board ,,of ,,baptist ,,ministers ,,in ,,and ,,near ,,london1 ,,dated ,,december #ca1 #ahcc4 7,see our last ,number1 p4 #ecd47 ,baptist ,missionary ,rooms1 ,boston1 ,sept4 #a1 #ahcd4 ,,dear ,,brethren1 ,your communication1 dated ,london1 ,december #ca1 #ahcc1 was received some time since1 by one of the officers of the ,baptist ,general ,convention2 but as the ,convention1 to which it was chiefly addressed1 will not convene till ,april1 #ahce1 the communication was1 after some delay1 presented to the ,baptist ,board of ,foreign ,missions1 as the executive organ of the ,convention4 ,the board referred it to a ,committee1 and we now communicate to you a copy of their ,report1 and of the ,resolutions adopted by the board4,a ,we commend them to your candour1 with a confident belief that you will do justice to the views and feelings of the board1 encompassed as they are by difficulties which cannot be fully understood by persons in other countries4 ,a ,the ,committee1 to whom was referred a communication from the ,members of the ,board of ,baptist ,ministers in and near ,london1 directed to ,the ,rev4 ,spencer ,h4 ,cone1 ,president2 the ,board of ,managers2 and the ,delegates of the ,baptist ,triennial ,convention1 ,united ,states1 ,north ,america2 and addressed to ,the ,pastors and ,ministers of the ,baptist denomination throughout the ,united ,states of ,america2 the principal object of which communication is1 to express the views of the writers respecting the character of negro slavery1 and as to the course enjoined by religious principle on the household of faith2 present the following report3-- ,that they have examined the communication with much care1 and have been gratified by the spirit of ,christian affection1 respect1 and candour1 which it breathes4 ,they receive it as a pleasing omen of a more intimate correspondence and a more endeared fellowship with our ,baptist brethren in ,great ,britain4 ,the ,committee1 however1 are unanimously of opinion that as a ,board1 and as members of the ,general ,convention1 associated for the exclusive purpose of sending the gospel to the heathen1 and to other benighted men not belonging to our own country1 we are precluded by our constitution from taking any part in the discussion of the subject proposed in the said communication4 ,they1 therefore1 recommend the adoption of the following resolutions3-- ,resolved4 ,that the ,board reciprocate1 with great pleasure1 the assurances of respect and affection which our brethren1 the members of the ,board of ,baptist ,ministers1 in and near ,london1 have uttered in their communication4 ,resolved4 ,that the ,board earnestly desire a closer intimacy with their ,baptist brethren in ,england1 believing that the cause of truth in both countries1 and throughout the world1 would be promoted1 by a more cordial union and co-operation of the two great branches of the ,baptist family4 ,resolved4 ,that the ,board have viewed1 with grief and anxiety1 the calamities which have befallen the ,baptist ,mission in ,jamaica2 and they rejoice that the ,mission has been resumed1 with cheering prospects of success4 ,resolved4 ,that while1 as they trust1 their love of freedom1 and their desire for the happiness of all men1 are not less strong and sincere than those of their ,british brethren1 they cannot1 as a ,board1 interfere with a subject that is not among the objects for which the ,convention and the ,board were formed4 ,resolved4 ,that the preceding ,resolutions be communicated to the ,board of ,baptist ,ministers1 in and near ,london1 together with the subjoined letter1 to be signed by the acting ,president1 and the corresponding ,secretary of the ,board4 7,signed7 ,,daniel ,,sharp1 ,first ,vice-,president of the ,baptist ,board of ,foreign ,missions in the ,united ,states4 ,,lucius ,,bolles1 ,cor4 ,sec4 ,it may assist you to form a more correct opinion of the whole subject1 if we allude to a few of the circumstances which make slavery1 in this country1 a matter of peculiar difficulty1 and which1 consequently1 require those who would promote the real welfare of the coloured race1 to act with great caution4 ,in the first place1 the political organization of the ,united ,states is widely different from that of ,england2 and this difference makes it impossible to adopt here a course similar to that which the ,british ,parliament have adopted in reference to slavery in the ,west ,indies4 ,this country is not one ,state1 with an unrestricted ,legislature1 but a confederacy of ,states1 united by a ,constitution1 in which certain powers are granted to the ,national ,government2 and all other powers are reserved by the ,states4 ,among these reserved powers is the regulation of slavery4 ,congress have no power to interfere with the slaves in the respective ,states2 and an ,act of ,congress to emancipate the slaves in those ,states would be as wholly null and void1 as an ,act of the ,british ,parliament for the same purpose4 ,the ,legislatures of the respective ,states cannot interfere with the legislation of each other4 ,in some of the ,states1 where laws forbidding emancipation exist1 the minority cannot1 if disposed1 give freedom to their slaves4 ,you perceive1 then1 that the ,national ,government1 and the people of the ,northern ,states1 have no power1 nor right1 to adopt any direct measures1 in reference to the emancipation of the slaves in the ,southern ,states4 ,the slave-holders themselves are the only men who can act definitively on this subject2 and the only proper and useful influence which the friends of emancipation in other ,states can use1 consists in argument and entreaty4 ,the existence of our union1 and its manifold blessings1 depends on a faithful adherence to the principles and spirit of our constitution1 on this and on all other points4 ,this view of the case exonerates the nation1 as such1 and the ,states in which no slaves are found1 from the charge of upholding slavery4 ,it is due1 moreover1 to the republic1 to remember1 that slavery was introduced into this country long before the colonies became independent ,states4 ,the slave trade was encouraged by the ,government of ,great ,britain1 and slaves were brought into the colonies against the wishes of the colonists1 and the repeated ,acts of some of the ,colonial ,legislatures4 ,these ,acts were negatived by the ,king of ,england2 and in the ,declaration of ,independence1 as originally drawn by ,mr4 ,jefferson1 it was stated1 among the grievances which produced the ,revolution1 that the ,king of ,england had steadily resisted the efforts of the colonists to prevent the introduction of slaves4 ,soon after the ,revolution1 several of the ,states took measures to free themselves from slavery4 ,in #aghg1 ,congress adopted an ,act1 by which it was provided1 that slavery should never be permitted in any of the ,states to be formed in the immense territory north-west of the ,ohio2 in which territory1 the great ,states of ,ohio1 ,indiana1 and ,illinois1 have since been formed4 ,there are now thirteen out of the twenty-four ,states1 in which slavery may be said to be extinct4 ,maryland is taking measures to free herself from slavery4 ,kentucky and ,virginia will1 it is believed1 follow the example4 ,we state these facts to show1 that the republic did not originate slavery here2 and that she has done much to remove it altogether from her bosom4 ,she took measures earlier than any other country for the suppression of the slave trade1 and she is now zealously labouring to accomplish the entire extinction of that abominable traffic4 ,since then1 from the character of our political institutions1 the emancipation of the slaves is impossible1 except with the free consent of the masters2 it is necessary to approach them with calm and affectionate argument4 ,they claim to be better acquainted with the real condition and the true interests of the negro1 than other persons can be4 ,multitudes among them freely acknowledge and lament the evils of slavery1 and earnestly desire their removal1 in some way consistent with the welfare of the slave himself1 and with the safety of the whites4 ,some persons among them1 it is true1 are not convinced that slavery is wrong in principle2 just as many good men in ,england1 half a century since1 believed the slave-trade to be just and right4 ,such individuals must be convinced1 before they will act4 ,in the next place1 the number and character of the slaves form an appalling difficulty4 ,it is not believed by many of the sincere friends of the slaves1 that their immediate emancipation would be conducive to their own real welfare1 or consistent with the safety of the whites4 ,to let them loose1 without any provision for the young1 the feeble1 and the aged1 would be inhuman cruelty4 ,slaves1 who have regarded labour as an irksome task1 can have little idea of liberty1 except as an exemption from toil4 ,to liberate them1 without some arrangement for their subsistence1 would produce starvation1 or impel them to acts of lawless violence4 ,emancipation must1 therefore1 as those friends of the slaves contend1 be gradual and prospective4 ,the ,british ,parliament have not decreed an immediate emancipation1 in the ,west ,indies2 thus recognizing the principle1 that the slaves must be prepared for freedom by moral and intellectual culture4 ,but this preparation must be commenced and conducted by the masters2 and they must1 of course1 become the willing and zealous friends of emancipation1 before it can be accomplished4 ,we have thus shown1 that the slaves in this country cannot be emancipated1 except by the free consent of the masters2 and that they cannot be prepared for freedom1 without the voluntary and energetic co-operation of the masters4 ,for both these reasons1 it is necessary to adopt a kind and conciliating course of conduct towards the slave-holders4 ,the ,british ,parliament might assume a peremptory tone towards the slave-holders in the ,west ,indies2 because the power of ,parliament is not restricted like that of the ,american ,congress2 and because the situation of the slaves in the ,west ,indies renders the preliminary preparation less necessary to the safety of the white population4 ,in the ,british ,west ,indies1 the slaves are dispersed among eighteen or twenty islands1 where the military and naval power of the mother country might be easily applied to quell insurrections4 ,in the ,united ,states1 there are above two millions of slaves1 spread over a part only of the surface of the ,union1 with no large military force to overawe them1 and no obstacle to a rapid combination of insurgents4 ,we presume1 that the people in ,england would feel somewhat differently on the subject of emancipation1 if the slaves were among themselves1 and the perils of this moral volcano were constantly impending over their own heads4 ,besides these general considerations1 there is one which affects the duty of the ,baptist ,general ,convention4 ,there is now a pleasing degree of union among the multiplying thousands of ,baptists throughout the land4 ,brethren1 from all parts of the country1 unite in our ,general ,convention1 and co-operate in sending the gospel to the heathen4 ,our southern brethren are liberal and zealous in the promotion of every holy enterprise for the extension of the gospel4 ,they are1 generally1 both minister and people1 slave-holders2 not because they all think slavery right1 but because it was firmly rooted long before they were born1 and because they believe that slavery cannot be instantly abolished4 ,we are confident1 that a great portion of our brethren at the south would rejoice to see any practicable scheme devised for relieving the country from slavery4 ,we have the best evidence1 that our slave-holding brethren are ,christians1 sincere followers of the ,lord ,jesus4 ,in every other part of their conduct1 they adorn the doctrine of ,god our ,saviour4 ,we cannot1 therefore1 feel that it is right to use language or adopt measures which might tend to break the ties that unite them to us in our ,general ,convention1 and in numerous other benevolent societies2 and to array brother against brother1 church against church1 and association against association1 in a contest about slavery4 ,we have presented these considerations1 dear brethren1 as among the reasons which compel us to believe1 that it is not the duty of the ,baptist ,general ,convention1 or of the ,board of ,missions1 to interfere with the subject of slavery4 ,it ought1 indeed1 to be discussed at all proper times1 and in all suitable modes4 ,we believe1 that the progress of public opinion in reference to slavery1 is very rapid2 and we are quite sure1 that it cannot be accelerated by any interference1 which our southern brethren would regard as an invasion of their political rights1 or as an impeachment of their ,christian character4 ,most earnestly praying that the ,father of ,lights will illuminate our path1 and guide us all to the adoption of such measures as shall advance ,his glory1 and secure the temporal and eternal happiness of all men1 we are1 dear brethren1 your affectionate fellow-servants4 ,,lucius ,,bolles1 ,cor4 ,sec4 ,,legislative ,,enactments ,,concerning ,,the ,,sabbath4 ,to the ,editor of the ,baptist ,magazine4 ,it is some time since the ,christian public has heard of any measure intended to be proposed to the ,legislature in reference to the violation of the ,sabbath1 and it is time1 as it appears to me1 that those who have such a measure at heart should be awake1 and setting about their great work in earnest4 ,whether the measure of which ,sir ,andrew ,agnew gave notice in the last session1 be the same as his last bill or not1 is at present unknown2 but ,i trust1 if it be not the same1 it will be founded on the same principle1 and equally comprehensive in its provisions4 ,it is true1 that upon this subject1 the opinions1 even of good men1 are much divided2 and there are not a few individuals1 of undoubted piety1 who think that a legislative remedy should extend to a part only of the acknowledged mischiefs at first2 whilst others prefer making the different provisions of the whole measure the subject of several bills1 to be simultaneously brought forward4 ,the advocates of the former plan insist1 that there is no chance of carrying the whole measure at once1 while the attempt to do so is calculated to produce hostility2 improvements in this1 as well as in other matters1 requiring to be gradual3--that the sense of the majority of the population is against the measure as a whole1 to which popular sense1 deference must be paid3--and1 that ,sir ,andrew's former bills were lost entirely from their being too sweeping and comprehensive4 ,to the first objection1 which is nearly identical with the third1 it may be answered3 ,supposing it to be true1 that there is no chance of carrying the whole measure at once1 this is no reason why the whole should not be proposed at once4 ,if of the whole measure so proposed only a part should be carried1 the carrying of that part would be a subject of thankfulness and rejoicing1 just as much as if that part only had been proposed4 ,those members of the ,legislature who would exhibit hostility to the bill to the extent of rejecting it altogether1 would doubtless exhibit hostility to any portion of its provisions if brought forward as a distinct bill2 because hostility to the whole of a measure acknowledged in some part to be good and necessary1 must arise from an evil principle4 ,there is much difference between hostility to the whole of the bill1 and opposition to some1 nay1 even the majority1 of its provisions4 ,those who would be hostile to the whole of the bill1 must necessarily be so to any detached part2 whereas many might oppose even the larger part of its provisions1 who would approve the rest2 and it is conceived such would vote for the bill going into ,committee1 where they might distinguish between the provisions they approved and those they condemned4 ,that this would be the case appears from the experience of the last session1 when members who were not prepared to support any clause of the bill1 nevertheless voted for its second reading4 ,it is true1 that many who voted against it alleged its comprehensiveness as the ground of their opposition2 but when actually limited measures were brought forward1 they were either crushed at once by the very same persons1 or first reduced to nothing--and1 indeed made worse than nothing1 by repealing the provisions of existing statutes for protection of the ,sabbath1 substituting nothing for them--and then ignominiously rejected4 ,this answer may also be given to the allegation1 that ,sir ,andrew's bills were lost from their comprehensiveness4 ,as to the second allegation1 that the sense of the majority of the population is against the measure brought forward by ,sir ,andrew's ,bill as a whole1 it may be replied3 ,in the first place1 that this is an assertion which is incapable of proof4 ,in the second place1 it is not merely a numerical majority of the whole population of the country to which the advocates of the measure ought to defer2 but it is to a majority of that class of persons who are well informed upon1 and have wisely considered1 the whole subject1 in connexion with all its consequences and results4 ,in the third place1 it is apprehended1 that if the sense of the majority of such class were taken upon the several provisions of the bill1 although it may be within the limits of possibility that the majority might be against the bill as a whole1 yet there is scarcely a provision in it which the majority of such class would be found to reject2 for in point of fact there is not one single clause in the bill which has not been the subject of petitions numerously signed in its favour4 ,but even attaching some degree of weight to the above objections1 which are1 ,i believe1 the whole that have been brought forward by those whose opinions are worth regarding1 it is to be considered1 whether there may not be set against these objections considerations which will operate so as greatly to turn the scale in favour of bringing in the whole measure at once1 such as the following3-- #a4 ,it recognizes one simple principle1 on which every measure proposed to ,government for the remedy of existing abuses1 in reference to the observance of the ,lord's day1 must be based2 and therefore1 judging from the way in which the provisions of the bill have been already met1 in and out of parliament1 it is clear1 that if one part only out of the system of measures were brought forward at first1 the objection would be1 that the propounder of the measure1 to be consistent with himself1 should have extended it to other matters within its principle1 and directed it against other evils requiring to be remedied by it4 ,for instance1 were a bill brought forward to restrain what is usually called trade in the necessaries of life1 it might be urged that it would be inconsistent1 while that which is equally a trade1 the supplying of post horses1 should be permitted3 just as it has been insisted1 in a determined spirit of hostility to the bill1 that it was unfair to restrain labour in the field and permit it in the house2 to prohibit the day-labourer from prosecuting his calling1 and to allow the domestic servant to pursue hers4 ,now an argument1 which imputes inconsistency and unfairness to the propounder of a prohibitory measure1 is one which it would be exceedingly difficult1 and perhaps impossible1 satisfactorily to answer4 #b4 ,the whole of the grievances1 pertaining to every part of the subject1 were fully entered into1 in that comprehensive inquiry which took place in the ,select ,committee of the ,house of ,commons1 previously to the introduction of ,sir ,andrew ,agnew's first bill1 which elicited so much and such important and valuable information2 and it follows as a consequence1 that every mischief which was within the scope of the inquiry1 should be within the scope of the enactment to be grounded upon the result of such inquiry4 #c4 ,it is difficult to guard against the inference to be drawn from the prohibition of one evil1 and the leaving another unprohibited1 that such latter evil is intended to be tolerated and sanctioned4 #d4 ,it is extremely probable1 that if1 under existing circumstances1 the advocates of the proposed measure were to bring forward one of limited extent1 it would be considered that they had no ulterior object1 and that the limited measure1 if conceded1 should be taken in full of every thing to be expected from the ,legislature4 ,this would be disingenuous4 ,it is the most fair and honest mode of dealing1 on the part of those who are of opinion that the exigency of the case calls for a comprehensive measure1 to declare at once what is the utmost extent of the objects they have in view1 and what is the exact amount of the measure with which they would be satisfied2 and it is considered that such a course is the most likely to attract the approbation and good opinion of right-thinking individuals1 and1 which is an infinitely higher consideration1 to draw down the blessing of ,almighty ,god4 #e4 ,the different provisions of the measure are so connected1 that it is very difficult to separate them4 ,for instance1 how could the provisions against trade be separated from the provisions against travelling1 when travelling necessarily supposes the exercise of a species of trade8 #f4 ,with respect to the suggestion1 that the whole measure should be the subject of several and distinct bills1 the simple answer is1 that every such bill must1 in passing through the necessary stages1 be exposed to a distinct ordeal1 and that the difficulty of working the bill 7to use a technical expression7 would be at least multiplied to the extent of the number of bills proposed to be substituted for one simple and comprehensive enactment4 ,,theosibes4 ,london1 ,dec4 #ajth1 #ahcd4 ,,liquidation ,,of ,,debts ,,on ,,chapels4 ,to the ,editor of the ,baptist ,magazine4 ,having seen an article some months since in your ,magazine on the above subject1 signed ,murus1 and thinking the following plan an improvement upon ,murus's1 ,i shall feel much obliged by your giving it insertion in your valuable and extensively circulated periodical4 ,and ,i hope ,i shall not be too presuming in stating that1 if it is put into operation in every county1 in a very few years it will entirely liquidate all the debts now existing on chapels1 without any increased exertions on the part of the friends4 ,the plan1 if entered into1 which ,i humbly trust it will be1 will do away entirely with begging cases1 will not require the minister to leave his church1 will lessen the calls on his people1 will enable them to raise their ministers' incomes1 and eventually confer much happiness on the churches1 and relieve them from pressing difficulties2 whereas the systems now adopted are very inefficient1 and will take three times as long to get rid of the existing burdens4 ,i would also suggest1 for the prevention of debts being again accumulated1 that no chapel be allowed to be erected without advancing half the money required for building it1 nor be allowed to partake of the privileges arising from this plan until the whole of the present churches are out of debt4 ,i would also recommend the churches who adopt this plan1 to give no countenance to any church begging1 as the same system can be adopted in every county with certain success4 ,there is a difficulty in ,murus's plan in that of increased exertions1 whereas in this1 none are required4 ,prop4 #a4 ,that all the churches make an annual collection1 which shall be brought to the ,association1 and that the total amount shall be applied to the liquidation of the debt on one chapel1 as shall be then and there agreed4 ,prop4 #b4 ,that the chapel whose debt is so paid off shall contribute the interest of its debt every year1 till it amounts to half the sum paid off1 when it shall not be required to pay its interest money1 for so ,i will call it4 ,prop4 #c4 ,that1 in addition to the interest money of the chapel so paid off1 it shall not contribute less than ten shillings for every #ajj4 of debt1 till the whole of the debts are paid off the chapels in the county2 by which means the deficiency of ten shillings in the pound will be made up without distressing the churches4 ,prop4 #d4 ,that any church whose lot it may fall to1 at the ,association1 to have its debt paid1 who shall the next year pay the half of its debt1 shall be considered to have fulfilled its agreement1 and shall be liable only to its small contribution at the rate of ten shillings for every #ajj debt so redeemed4 ,prop4 #e4 ,that every church whose debt shall be paid off1 shall bring forward sufficient and satisfactory security for the fulfilment of its contract1 which may be done by four or five persons joining together for that purpose4 ,,explanation4 ,suppose the debt of a chapel which is paid off to be #fjj2 the responsible agents above referred to shall contribute annually1 till it arrives to #cjj1 half the debt1 when they will have fulfilled their agreement4 ,but they must1 from the first payment of interest till all the chapels are out of debt1 contribute ten shillings for every #ajj of debt1 which sum1 with the united exertions of the churches1 will liquidate the other ten shillings in the pound4 ,for instance3 ,suppose the churches in one county to be thirty1 an annual contribution of three pounds from each will produce #ij2 this1 added to the interest of the chapel so cleared1 will make #abj1 to pay off the debt of another chapel1 which shall also contribute to its interests1 and small annual contribution2 and so on1 till all the churches are out of debt4 ,this plan is similar to lending money without interest1 as the interest paid clears the principal1 and the principal they will only have to pay at ten shillings in the pound1 the small annual contributions making up the deficiency4 ,a list of the churches and their debts should be placed every year in the ,magazines1 with an account of the debts so reduced4 ,a ,,baptist4 ,nov4 #ab1 #ahcd4 ,p4,s4 ,since writing the above1 ,i have seen an article in the ,magazine for this month1 which only confirms my opinion that something must be done1 and that speedily1 to effect this great and desirable object4 ,,remarks ,,on ,a ,,paper1 ,,entitled ,,on ,,the ,,use ,,and ,,abuse ,,of ,,the ,,term ,,moral4 ,to the ,editor of the ,baptist ,magazine4 ,the paper of ,w4 ,n4 in your ,november number1 whilst it contains some very valuable remarks on the abuse of the term moral1 appears to aim at overthrowing one particular instance of a very general abuse1 and to strike at the branch1 whilst it leaves the root to flourish with the same vigour as before4 ,the expression moral approbation and disapprobation cannot be deemed an unnecessary application of the term moral1 because approbation and disapprobation are frequently excited in the mind by physical agents2 and although ,dr4 ,wardlaw1 in the passage quoted above by ,w4 ,n41 refers the approbation and disapprobation to moral agents1 yet the phrase in question precedes that application1 and therefore the term moral renders the sentence more clear than it would be1 were it needful for the reader to employ the conclusion of the sentence to explain the commencement4 ,the instance quoted from the ,quarterly ,review is so gross an abuse of language1 that little apprehension need be entertained of its repetition4 ,the passage stands like the topmast of a ship-wrecked vessel1 to warn others of the shoal on which she was stranded4 ,all the other instances used as illustrations in ,w4 ,n4's paper are examples of the evil attendant upon a departure from one principle1 viz43 ,that a simile should never be explained4 ,of course1 this principle presupposes another3 ,that a simile should never require explanation4 ,in the two first instances adduced--,the ,lord ,god is a sun and shield1 and ,jesus said1 ,i am the door--the beauty of the similes would be entirely destroyed by the use of the adjective moral1 and the only reason why the fourth instance1 ,a moral blight1 is not so glaring an abuse of language as the two former is1 that the term blight is so frequently used in a figurative sense1 that1 when it is so used1 we are liable to forget that the expression is figurative4 ,but for this circumstance1 the ridiculous character of the phrase would be quite as obvious as the absurdity of speaking of a moral apple1 or moral plum4 ,another instance of the inelegance of explaining a simile is met with in the prayers of those who quote from the ,liturgy the passage ,we have done that which we ought not to have done1 and have left undone that which we ought to have done1 and there is no health in us2 but distort the original to there is no spiritual health in us2 thus destroying at once the strength and harmony of one of the finest specimens of forcible and beautiful composition which decorates ,english literature4 ,in this case also1 as in that of moral blight1 health is so often used in a figurative sense1 that we are apt to forget that the expression is a simile2 or the phrase spiritual health would sound as disagreeably as the commencement of the same portion of the ,liturgy1 were it altered to ,we have erred and strayed from thy spiritual ways1 like lost spiritual sheep4 ,all these inaccuracies in composition proceed from attempts to explain similes1 an attempt which ought to be cautiously avoided2 because a simile is an endeavour to explain or illustrate a subject by means of some analogy subsisting between it and another subject2 and it is evident1 that an explanation or illustration which requires a further explanation to make it intelligible1 is much better omitted2 and that an explanation of that which is already clear1 is a glaring instance of tautology1 and1 therefore1 a gross defect in style4 ,a4 ,november #bjth1 #ahcd ,,the ,,departure ,,of ,,another ,,year4 ,to the ,editor of the ,baptist ,magazine4 ,another year is gone6 ,how solemn the reflection6 ,how replete with instruction6 ,times and seasons are passing away in rapid succession2 and amid the cares and avocations of the present1 we seem in a great measure insensible of our near approach to an eternal world4 ,but we are assured that ,the day of the ,lord will come4 ,the purpose for which the world was created1 and made the theatre of such mysterious and benevolent transactions1 will be accomplished2 the reign of grace1 in the salvation of men1 will terminate2 the influences of the ,holy ,spirit in their regeneration will be no longer necessary2 the preaching of the gospel1 as the ordained means of conversion1 shall for ever cease4 ,then all mankind1 that have lived from the beginning of the world1 will enter on a state of endless and unchangeable existence3 some1 in the presence of ,god1 will enjoy the most exquisite pleasures1 and obtain an eternal weight of glory2 while others will have their abode among unbelievers1 and suffer the vengeance of eternal fire4 ,seeing1 then1 that all these things shall be dissolved1 what manner of persons ought we to be in all holy conversation and godliness6 ,reader6 the close of another year has brought you so much nearer the end of your probation on earth4 ,in the space of a few months how many have perished under the stroke of death6 ,young and old1 rich and poor1 small and great1 have gone down to the grave1 where they rest together1 and the servant is free from his master4 ,before the close of #ahce1 what multitudes1 now in the prime of life1 in the pursuit of pleasure1 in the possession of riches1 in the road to preferment1 or having secured the object of worldly ambition1 will have passed into the unseen state1 and rendered their account to ,god4 ,the flight of time calls upon the careless and undecided to consider their ways1 and turn unto the ,lord4 ,the ,christian1 too1 should testify his gratitude to ,god for his continued goodness1 and lift up his head1 for his redemption draweth nigh4 ,with what seriousness and devotion should we attend to the duties of religion1 so that whether we live1 we may live to the ,lord2 or whether we die1 we may die to the ,lord2 that whether we live1 or die1 we may be the ,lord's6 ,let not this day come upon us unawares1 and find us in a state of carnal security2 but may our loins be girded1 our lamps burning1 and ourselves like servants waiting for their ,lord's return1--looking for that blessed hope1 and the glorious appearing of the great ,god and our ,saviour1 ,jesus ,christ4 ,wherefore1 beloved1 be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace1 without spot1 and blameless4 ,t4 ,p4 ,,poetry4 ,,new ,,year',s ,,day4 ,time1 the mundane sphere revolving1 ,brings another ,new ,year's ,day2 ,orb of light1 'mid lengthened shadows1 ,glance one soft and lingering ray1 ,as we muse on ,days receding fast away4 ,pledge of joys that may await us ,in our future pilgrimage1 ,or of heavenly consolation ,that may coming griefs assuage1 ,to believers ,promised in the sacred page4 ,many trials now are ended2 ,many painful conflicts o'er2 ,chequered scenes withdrawn for ever ,that can please nor vex us more2 ,memory only ,can the faded past restore4 ,many dearest forms are sleeping ,in the lone forsaken grave2 ,how we wept when them consigning ,to the hand outstretched to save1 ,as they struggled ,through death's dark and gelid wave6 ,many days of grace are ended1 ,how improved has been the past8 ,time's rich grains are softly falling1 ,soon may drop for us the last4 ,changing seasons ,warn us that we change as fast4 ,o for happy preparation ,for the joys that never fade6 ,for the everlasting mansion ,death and sin can ne'er invade6 ,in the likeness ,of our ,lord we would be made4 ,as each new successive period ,hastes that last mysterious one1 ,do we shudder1 so much dreading ,things invisible1 unknown8 ,faith reposes ,on the ,saviour's cross alone4 ,sweet to meet our friends in glory1 ,tears for ever wiped away ,by the guardian hand that leads us ,up the steep and narrow way1 ,time's short circles ,lost in one eternal day6 ,,sarissa4 ,,the ,,summons4 ,and ,i heard a voice from heaven4--,,rev4 xiv4 #ac4 ,a voice was heard2 a voice was heard2 ,it sounded from heaven's high throne2 ,and the murmuring air breathed along the swift word ,till on earth its dark import was known4 ,though it thrill'd not the ears that were list'ning around1 ,nor was heard by the spirits bereaved1 ,it conducted the soul from the region of death1 ,to receive1 through the ,saviour1 the conqueror's wreath1 ,from its sin-woven fetters relieved4 ,a voice was heard2 a voice was heard2 ,the spirit its summons obeyed2 ,and to sorrowing ,friendship still echoes the word ,while she weeps o'er the mouldering dead4 ,not a tear can e'er start from those eyelids again2 ,not a sigh can e'er heave from that breast3-- ,but reposing awhile on a pillow of clay1 ,it will waken renew'd1 and then1 bounding away1 ,will ascend to the realms of the blest4 ,a voice was heard2 a voice was heard2 ,a whisper1--a whisper from ,god2 ,and the soul caught with rapture the welcoming word ,as it enter'd its blissful abode4 ,that voice that awoke from the death-sleep of sin1 ,and whisper'd1 ,thou too art forgiven1 ,stole again on the ear in the accents of love1 ,reassur'd of a home with its ,father above1 ,and then wafted the spirit to heaven4 ,greek3 ,thmas ,,reviews4 ,russia3 or ,miscellaneous ,observations on the ,past and ,present ,state of that ,country and its ,inhabitants4 ,compiled from ,notes made on the ,spot1 during ,travels at different times in the ,service of the ,bible ,society1 and a ,residence of many ,years in that ,country4 ,by ,,robert ,,pinkerton1 ,d4,d41 ,author of ,the ,present ,state of the ,greek ,church in ,russia1 and ,foreign ,agent to the ,british and ,foreign ,bible ,society4--,seeley and ,sons2 ,hatchard and ,son4 ,a traveller1 like a witness in court1 should be competent and unexceptionable4 ,both these qualifications are indispensable to secure the confidence of his reader1 and the success of his work4 ,dr4 ,pinkerton has very strong claims on the attention of the ,british public4 ,he resided in ,russia many years4 ,he lived in ,moscow the greater part of the years #ahaj and #ahaa1 and left that city only forty-eight hours before the ,french entered it in #ahab4 ,he is the author of ,the ,present ,state of the ,greek ,church in ,russia4 ,his travels in the service of the ,british and ,foreign ,bible ,society have been extensive at different times4 ,his being ,foreign ,agent to that ,society1 has given him facilities of intercourse with the higher as well as the lower orders of the inhabitants4 ,he is personally well known to many of the clergy and of the nobility1 and his intimate acquaintance with the language has enabled him to converse with people of all ranks4 ,the work before us has been compiled from notes made on the spot4 ,of his competency1 therefore1 no one can entertain a doubt2 and his high ,christian character renders him an unexceptionable witness4 ,we anticipate for this volume a cordial welcome1 especially among the friends of the ,bible ,society4 ,the information ,dr4 ,p4 has given is clear1 copious1 and important4 ,we shall transcribe a few extracts which cannot fail to gratify our readers4 ,the territory of this vast empire has increased within the last #cfd years nearly twenty-fold4 ,according to the last statistical accounts1 the population is upwards of fifty-four millions1 of whom about thirty-six millions are native ,russians1 speaking the same language1 and belonging to the national or oriental church4 ,the military forces have also increased nearly ten-fold within the last hundred years2 and at the present time are estimated at about #ijj1jjj4 ,the spiritual academies and seminaries contain upwards of #cj1jjj young men preparing for the sacred profession4 ,dr4 ,p4 says3-- ,it is much to be regretted that those young men have so little time and opportunity1 after finishing their academical course1 for making further progress in studies suited to their profession4 ,the cares of a family 7for marriage must indispensably precede ordination in the ,russian church71 their labours among their flocks1 the scanty support which most of them receive1 together with their isolated situation in country villages1 where few traces of education and civilized life have yet entered1 render this almost impracticable4 ,the ,jesuits were finally expelled from the empire in #ahbj4 ,at that time their number amounted to #fgd4 ,on their reaching the frontiers of the empire1 the emperor ,alexander ordered them to be supplied with from thirty to forty ducats each1 to bear their expenses to some other place of residence4 ,but though this mighty force of papal agency was removed from the ,russian territories by one stroke of the autocratic pen1 yet the influence which they had acquired was not so easily to be annihilated2 and there is no doubt1 that in the succeeding intrigues which were played off so successfully against the ,russian ,bible ,society1 their powerful friends in the capital took a part4 p4 #fb4 ,drunkenness4 ,on this painful topic1 the author has given most melancholy information3-- ,instead of restraining the use of brandy1 the government1 even of the present day1 affords every facility to the people to obtain it1 in order to enhance the gain derived from this iniquitous source2 which amounts to nearly one-fourth of the whole revenue of the empire4 ,from his calculation1 it appears that there is the enormous quantity of eighty-one millions of gallons of brandy alone drunk every year by the peasantry of this empire4 pp4 #ge-gg4 ,baptism4 ,dr4 ,p4 says3-- ,the cathedral church at ,odessa is a noble building1 in the ,grecian style1 with domes and crosses4 ,one day ,i entered it1 when the protopope1 or dean1 was baptizing an infant4 ,the day was excessively cold1 there being upwards of ten degrees of frost1 and the water in the font almost freezing4 ,after the ceremony was over1 ,i expressed to the priest my surprise that they did not use tepid water1 seeing the infant had to be three times immersed over head and ears in the icy bath4 ,he smiled at my compassion1 and exclaimed--',ah1 there is no danger3 the child is a ,russian4' ,indeed1 such are the superstitious opinions of the people1 that were the chill taken off the water1 they would probably doubt the validity of the ordinance4 p4 #aec4 ,in ,great ,russia1 the child is baptized usually in the church1 or in a private house2 and the prayers1 exorcisms1 and ceremonies attending this ordinance1 are long and complicated4 ,the ,greeks and ,russians always use the trine immersion2 the first1 in the name of the ,father--the second1 in that of the ,son--and the third in that of the ,holy ,ghost4 ,when a priest cannot be obtained1 they permit lay-baptism2 and they never rebaptize on any account whatever4 ,the ,duchobortzi sect has excited great attention3-- ,they make the sacraments consist only in a spiritual reception of them1 and therefore reject infant-baptism4 ,their origin is to be sought for among the ,anabaptists1 or ,quakers4 ,it appears1 however1 that ,in the ,ukraine1 or ,little ,russia1 it is customary also to baptize by sprinkling or pouring water upon the body4 ,this change the ,little ,russians1 many of whom are ,uniats1 adopted from the ,roman ,catholics1 when they were under the power of the ,polish government4 ,however1 in cases of necessity1 even in ,great ,russia1 baptism by sprinkling or pouring water on the body is practised1 and held to be valid4 ,in a note1 ,dr4 ,p4 tells us he witnessed the baptism of an adult1 in the case of the ,mongolian chief1 ,badma1 who died in #ahbb4 ,he was lying in bed1 in a very weak state4 ,prince ,galitzin was godfather4 ,instead of immersion1 water was poured on his head three times4 ,immediately after baptism1 he received the other sacrament3 bread and wine1 soaked together in a cup1 and given with a spoon4 ,the pious prince evidently felt much2 and when the dying man partook of the holy communion1 he shed many tears4 ,he died on the third day after his baptism4--p4 #aeg4 ,proverbs4 ,we can select only a few for the entertainment and instruction of the reader4 ,sin requires no teaching4 ,thieves are not abroad every night2 yet every night make fast4 ,praise not thyself1 nor dispraise4 ,thou wilt not see all the world by looking out at thy own window4 ,a fool can cast a stone where seven wise men cannot find it4 ,two hares at once1 and you catch neither4 ,his wealth is not on the barn-floor2 it is in his brains4 ,at home1 as ,i like it2 in company1 as others will have it4 ,they gave a naked man a shirt1 and he says1 ',how coarse it is6' ,hast thou a pie8 ,thou wilt soon have a friend at table4 ,the largest ass will not make an elephant4 ',freedom1' says the bird1 'though the cage be a golden one4' ,every soldier would be general--every sailor1 admiral4 ,in travelling1 and at their sports1 men show what they are4 ,a ,greek speaks truth once in the year4 ,the cow has a long tongue1 but she is not allowed to speak4 ,a golden bed will not relieve the sick4 ,russian ,bible ,society4 ,dr4 ,p4 speaks in the highest terms of the ,princess ,sophia ,mestchersky1 who was among the first to encourage him to attempt1 in #ahaa1 the formation of a ,bible ,society in ,moscow2 which in two years was realized4 ,from this commencement in #ahac till my leaving ,russia1 the princess had published ninety-three different pieces1 amounting to upwards of #djj1jjj copies1 on religious and moral subjects1 which together form eight volumes1 #hvo41 and which were gratuitously distributed1 or sold at low prices4 ,among these are the principal publications of the ,london ,religious ,tract ,society4 ,a very favourable account of the religious character of the late emperor ,alexander is given1 chiefly from the communications of the illustrious princess above mentioned1 and written by her at the time of his death4 ,the ,russian ,bible ,society was founded in ,st4 ,petersburg1 on the #bcrd of ,january1 #ahac1 and continued in full activity about twelve years under the patronage of ,alexander4 ,during the last three years of his reign1 he was powerfully counteracted by a strong party formed among the principal nobility and clergy4 ,there were1 too1 conspirators forming diabolical plans against the peace of the empire1 who misrepresented to the government the character and labours of the friends of religion and of ,bible ,institutions1 to turn away attention from themselves1 and their own wicked revolutionary designs4 ,but the mind of ,alexander was not changed4 ,when ,nicholas his brother came to the throne1 the plots of the party above referred to were happily overthrown4 ,but unhappily ,seraphim1 the metropolitan1 with several other prelates1 and one or two fanatical monks1 had for some years entertained unfriendly feelings towards the ,institution4 ,the new emperor's ,ukaz was published in #ahbf4 ,it is gratifying1 however1 to find that on the #adth of ,march1 #ahca1 a new ,bible ,society1 exclusively for the ,protestants in the ,russian empire1 was formed at ,st4 ,petersburg1 with the sanction of the present emperor2 and that the president is ,prince ,lieven1 the minister for public instruction1 ,a protestant nobleman of true piety1 who laboured in the cause with indefatigable zeal1 during the whole period of the existence of the national institution4 ,we have been surprised and delighted to observe ,dr4 ,p4 speaking of the present emperor as ,wise1 energetic1 and humane1 who has begun a reform in the courts of justice2 a man of penetration1 energy1 and benevolence2 who has already given many pleasing proofs of his sincere desire to advance the spiritual interests of the ,russian people2 the determined courage and wise management of the young emperor1 c4--pp4 #cdh1 #chi1 #cib4 ,surely1 then1 we may hope the national ,bible ,society will yet be restored4 ,the appendix contains seven sermons1 as specimens of the style of preaching among the ,russian clergy2 and the plates1 illustrative of the dress and amusements of the people1 are from a collection of lithographic costumes which the author brought with him from ,russia4 #a4 ,an ,examination of the ,practice of ,infant ,baptism1 designed to prove that it is inconsistent with the ,principles of the ,new ,testament3 respectfully proposed for the consideration of all those who are desirous of a ,scriptural ,reformation of the ,church2 and who are prepared to follow ,truth wherever it may lead4 ,by a ,,member ,,of ,,the ,,church ,,of ,,england4 pp4 #abc4--;,hatchard4 #b4 ,a ,sermon on the ,nature and ,subjects of ,christian ,baptism4 ,by ,,adoniram ,,judson1 ,d4,d41 ,burmah1 p4 #hd4--,wightman4 ,before assent is yielded to the result of any examination1 it is important1 besides cautiously considering the nature and amount of evidence which has been adduced in its favour1 to reflect on the relative position which1 as it respects the particular subject of investigation1 the examiner has occupied in pursuing the object of his inquiry1 and in relation to which he has now arrived to a conclusion he is anxious--on account 7as he believes7 of its accordance with divine truth--should influence the conduct of others4 ,if it be undoubted that his education1 his tastes1 his connexions1 and even his prejudices1 were all on the side of that conviction which he professes to have derived from patient and persevering research1 it seems not unreasonable to require a copiousness and strength of argument1 in its support1 which1 were all the circumstances affecting his relation to it decidedly unfavourable1 would1 perhaps1 scarcely be deemed necessary4 ,when1 however1 we witness the comparatively rare occurrence of an individual1 surrounded with almost every description of temptation to stifle conviction1 and1 by his silence at least1 to perpetuate a corruption in the ,christian church1 which for ages has been protected by legislative authority1 popular favour1 and implicit faith1 not only nobly triumphing over every inducement to compromise the interests of truth by refusing to surrender himself to its acknowledged claims1 but venturing forth1 and assailing error in its most splendid fastness1 and pursuing it to its final retreat2 and that to1 by the employment of arguments whose overwhelming force is partly derived from the peculiar suavity with which they are urged1 we are unable to resist such an occasion for exclaiming1 ,this is the ,lord's doing1 and it is marvellous in our eyes4 ,the publications which have occasioned these reflections1 whose titles are placed at the head of this article1 appear to us to present more than ordinary claims to public consideration4 ,the perspicuity of their style1 the force of their arguments1 and especially the thoroughly ,christian temper which pervades them throughout1 cannot fail1 if they be read1 to secure commendation1 even where they fail to convince4 ,we can easily suppose it possible to find persons who may affect to despise what is thus1 with every circumstance adapted to excite respect1 urged upon their attention2 but that any well-constituted mind1 whatever be its ultimate conclusion on the subject1 can treat these pamphlets with indifference1 as though that to which they relate were unimportant1 or that they were defective in truth and candour1 is what we are extremely unwilling to believe4 ,at the same time1 we most frankly acknowledge that1 owing to certain inconveniences1 and1 perhaps1 even consequences1 which we conceive might arise1 in some instances at least1 from a thorough and an impartial investigation of the evidence adduced by these respective and respectable writers in support of their principles1 we are not altogether without apprehension1 that by something approaching to a profound silence in certain quarters1 or it may be by something even more beneath the dignity of ,christian criticism1 the powerful1 though eminently temperate1 appeals of these luminous pages may obtain a perusal far less extensive than is consistent either with the interests of truth1 or the merits of its advocates4 ,deprecating such a result of these distinguished efforts1 we enter upon a more particular notice of the first of these publications4 ,the author designates himself a member of the ,church of ,england2 and his design is to prove that it is inconsistent with the principles of the ,new ,testament to baptize unconscious infants4 ,the work is divided into ten sections1 prefaced by a most respectful but spirit-stirring letter to the ,editor of the ,christian ,observer4 ,from this admirable appeal we extract as follows3-- ,this work is the result of many reflections1 excited at different times1 through a long series of years1 by the reading of many articles and discussions in the ,christian ,observer4 ,the practice of admitting infants to the sacrament of baptism1 ,i apprehend1 must appear to almost all reflecting persons1 at some times1 to be of a very dubious character2 and if it shall appear that the fair tendency of those parts of your work which ,i refer to1 is to render it still more so1 then ,i am persuaded that you will allow that the publication is1 without impropriety1 thus offered to your notice4 ,he adds3-- ,the question respecting the propriety of admitting infants to the sacrament of baptism must1 ,i conceive1 before long1 become a subject of grave discussion within the church4 ,then the real importance of the question will become manifest1 and it will be found necessary that it should be more comprehensively considered in all its bearings1 than it has hitherto been4 ,with regard to the question1 as it stands between the church and the ,antipdobaptist party1 excepting the question--whether it is the duty of ,christian governors to promote ,christianity--this1 respecting infant baptism1 is of more real importance than all others in dispute between the church and orthodox dissenters4 ,the reading of the papers in an early volume of your work1 on ,dr4 ,taylor's ,key to the ,apostolical ,writings1 first excited the reflections which led to my determination to offer1 for the consideration of the ,christian public1 some thoughts on the subject of infant baptism4 ,again1 in this introductory letter1 we read3-- ,never before1 in any way1 were so large a number of persons1 so competent to the task1 brought together for its consideration4 ,in your volumes1 men of the deepest piety1 of fine talents1 and with minds every way prepared for the consideration of the subject1 have laboured to produce the scriptural elucidation of the baptismal grace4 ,i am persuaded that ,i should not exaggerate1 if ,i were to say that if all the divines in ,christendom had been assembled at the commencement of the present century1 and had held as many sessions as the council of ,trent1 for the purpose of settling this question1 the controversy would not have been so happily conducted as it has been in your pages1 nor pursued to a more satisfactory result4 ,but what is the result8 ,notwithstanding that nothing is so manifest as the effects of the operation of divine grace1 for wheresoever it does operate the effects are 'known and read of all men1' yet in answer to the inquiry1 ',what are the nature and consequences of the grace communicated by the ,holy ,spirit in baptism8' the ,christian ,observer1 with all its voices united1 declares1 ',we cannot tell4' ,this issue of the matter is virtually avowed by yourself incidentally in a short sentence in the number for ,october1 #ahcc1 where you say1 ',the ,church of ,england certainly assumes far more than the nudum signum1 though it does not go to the length of the opus operatum4' ,within these boundaries1 then1 it is admitted that the proper place of rest is not yet discovered4 ,and yet once more3 ,i now1 ,sir1 with great humility1 beg to submit that the church has made its utmost efforts in this inquiry--that every thing respecting it has been concentrated in your volumes2 that the best ,christian talents have been bestowed upon it in vain1 up to the conclusion of the first third part of the nineteenth century1 and to the commencement of the fourth century of the ,reformation1 and that1 therefore1 it is a fair conclusion that further inquiry is quite hopeless1 the imagined baptismal grace for unconscious infants being manifestly an undiscoverable1 non-existent thing4 ,i wish here to add1 that a reference to obvious facts leads inevitably to the same conclusion4 ,in the all-wise providence of the great ,head of the church1 the matter has been brought to the test of experiment1 which has been going on upon a sufficiently large scale for more than two centuries in this country4 ,two ,christian parties have conscientiously refrained from having their children baptized2 so that1 if the baptizing of infants were accompanied with any measure of the ,holy ,spirit's influence1 the effects would have been rendered quite evident by the contrast4 ,but what do facts declare6 ,what spiritual advantages do baptized children discover themselves to be possessed of which unbaptized children do not possess1 in cases where all other things are equal6 ,surely all fair ,christian observers of the dispensations of the ,king of grace in his church1 must be constrained to allow that the advantages are undiscernible1 and therefore can have no existence4 ,there is still another passage in this sensible and truly ,christian letter1 which we must be allowed to present to our readers4 ,it may be assumed that ,i have come to a wrong conclusion2 but1 ,i presume1 it will be admitted to be desirable that the question ,i have considered should be more satisfactorily settled than it is at present1 and if1 as ,i trust it will appear1 that ,i have examined it under no influence but the love of truth1 it may be allowed that the work may be useful in assisting others to come to a right conclusion4 ,every man who treats a subject honestly1 does something to put it in a right point of view4 ,i confess1 ,i cannot now hope that1 if ,i am wrong1 ,i shall live to be convinced of it2 but truly ,i feel no interest in error1 and ,i take no pleasure in differing from ministers and brethren in ,christ2 so that1 if ,i were convinced of being wrong1 ,i could renounce my present opinions with more ease than ,i can now divest myself of a garment4 ,whether the able writer to whom these respectful and impressive appeals are made1 will so far resist their influence as to make no reply1 and attempt no vindication from the charge of a destructive error1 so distinctly brought against the church of which he is a member1 remains to be seen2 yet1 after reading the powerful pages to which the preceding extracts are prefixed1 if it be expected that the ,scriptures exclusively are to be admitted as evidence in repelling the accusation1 we must confess ourselves utterly at a loss to conceive how it is possible that any satisfactory answer should be given4 ,but if our author cannot be answered1 let him at least be heard4 ,he says3-- ,in the present day1 no intelligent evangelical writer would think of advancing such things as ,hooker and some other eminent and good men have said on the subject of baptism4 ,men of reflection and genuine ,christian character now perceive themselves here to be but in cloudy regions1 where mighty minds have strangely bewildered themselves1 and refrain from venturing distinct speculations and positive assertions4 ,they do not come forward with anything like the confidence of their predecessors4 ,they speak strongly against the opus operatum of ,papists1 and papistical ,protestants2 and though they would not be thought to deny that grace is1 in some way1 connected with baptism in the case of infants1 yet they frequently make it evident that they would rather escape from close discussion4 ,there is a remarkable instance of this in the ,bampton ,lectures of the late ,dr4 ,heber1 ,bishop of ,calcutta4 ,he says3 ',both grace and comfort1 if they are not necessarily inherent in the washing of regeneration1 and the eucharistic bread and wine1 may at least be attained by a proper use of those means4' ,surely this obscure and doubtful passage1 on a subject simple and apprehensible enough in ,holy ,scripture1 is something different to what ought to be expected from a profoundly learned ruler of the church4 ,what ,christian ever thought of denying that grace and comfort might be attained by a proper use of these ordinances8 ,on the other hand1 are we to be driven to the mortification of supposing that1 in the present day1 others beside ,papists can be induced to suppose that grace and comfort can be necessarily inherent in any thing material8 ,upon the whole1 ,i think it is evident to an observer1 that there is some hesitation and want of confidence among thinking members of the church with regard to this view of baptism3 yet the idea of a mysterious connexion between the materiel 7if ,i may use the word7 of the ordinances and divine grace1 has by no means lost its hold of the mind2 which is in a great measure owing to the magic influence of imaginary sacred words4 ,such terms as 'elements1' 'holy mysteries1' have a strange effect in causing men to feel as though it would be sacrilegious and presumptuous to open their eyes1 and view those divine institutions in the light of ,scripture4 ,but the imagination1 that the application of the ordinance of baptism to unconscious infants is a divinely appointed medium of grace to them1 is so incompatible with real facts1 that a philanthropic ,christian1 who looks around1 and has his heart affected by the real state of society1 even in this country1 if he could at that moment be brought closely to reconsider this opinion1 which1 at other moments1 when facts are forgotten1 raise delightful feelings in his mind1 could not but have his eyes open to the fallacy3--the illusion would vanish at once4 ,if baptism were a divinely appointed medium of spiritual good to the minds of infants1 then its beneficial tendency must appear in the development of children in ,christian countries4 ,if this manifestly appeared to be the case1 all controversy would be at an end4 ,but do the instructors of youth discover it8 ,has the warmest advocate for the practice of baptizing children ever ventured such an assertion8 ,and if infants grow up1 believe1 and are baptized1 is it conceivable that their heavenly lot will be at all worse than that of those who were baptized in their infancy2 or that1 if they die unbaptized1 without any fault of their own1 they will in any wise suffer for the omission8 ,now if all these questions be answered in the negative1 as undoubtedly they must1 what becomes of the imaginary paradise of blessings and privileges to which baptism is to introduce the millions of our infants8 ,why should the holy ,lord ,god1 our ,saviour1 be represented as mocking his church by promises of mysterious1 pompous nothings8 pp4 #fe-fi4 ,thus it is that this author remonstrates with the members of his own communion4 ,but does he neglect to extend the application of the argument to other ,pdobaptists8 ,the reader shall be put in possession of the means of judging4 ,but if the ,church of ,england rests this practice on such insufficient grounds1 how do the ,pdobaptist ,congregationalists support the practice8 ,they appear to me to have scarcely any ground at all which they can acknowledge1 consistently with their fundamental principles as ,congregationalists4 ,they are supported in the practice wholly by clinging to custom1 and by borrowing the arguments of the advocates of national churches just for an occasion4 ,it is quite inconsistent with their principles to acknowledge such a visible church as infants are professedly introduced to by baptism4 ,they recognise no such church1 except on the occasion of baptizing their children4 ,they admit of no officers1 and allow no government1 for such a church4 ,they consider all apparently unconnected persons as belonging only to the world1 and admit their own children to become members of their churches exactly in the same way as they would a stranger coming from a country not professing ,christianity2 except that1 in their case1 they are saved the ceremony of baptizing1 which is the divinely appointed way of admission into a visible church4 ,national ecclesiastical establishments1 which yet unavoidably resulted from the practice of infant baptism1 they hold to be altogether anti-scriptural1 and founded upon an anti-christian union of church and state4 ,they have1 therefore1 no reasonable pretence for arguing for the practice from the appointment of circumcision1 which can with consistency be used only by those who think that ,christianity was designed to have a secular1 external character4 ,some of them1 indeed1 seem ashamed of this obvious inconsistency1 and have recourse to an imaginary distinction between the covenant of redemption and the covenant of grace2 and instead of professing that by baptism they make their children members of the visible church1 they assert that by doing so they place them visibly within the one covenant1 though not within the other4 ,but a serious refutation of such a notion can hardly be necessary2 it may be classed with other unintelligible and unauthorized imaginations4 ,the members of the church1 retaining their veneration for the notions respecting the sacraments established as catholic in the primitive ages1 have some specious ground of hope that the administration of the ordinance to their infants will be accompanied with a communication of grace1 in consequence of the imagined occult connexion between the 'elements' and the grace of the ordinance1 they have1 with something like a pretence of reason1 expected that their children might thereby be made members of ,christ1 children of ,god1 and heirs of the kingdom of heaven4 ,they are persuaded that it is consistent with truth to speak of baptism for infants as 'the washing of regeneration1' the laver of regeneration--the well-spring of divine life1 c41 c41 and that in this matter they rightly exercise ,christian submission in following 'the sacramental host of ,god's elect4' ,but the ,independents have no pretence of the kind for this application of a holy ordinance to infants4 ,they expect their children to derive no benefit from it1 other than what they would derive through their prayers1 and from the blessing of ,god in bringing them up in the nurture and admonition of the ,lord4 ,they renounce all deference to catholic authority in matters of religion and conscience1 and profess to believe that all the light which the case requires is to be found in the ,scriptures1 and that it is dangerous to follow any other4 ,they have also no more right to use the argument drawn from the baptism of households1 than they have that drawn from circumcision3 they are both founded on the same principle--an assumption that the doors of the ,christian visible church have been opened by our ,lord himself to the unconscious and unconverted1 in diametrical opposition to the principles on which they found their opposition to the established church4 ,surely it cannot be1 that wise master-builders should much longer employ themselves in daubing this papal wall with untempered mortar4 p4 #ci-ib4 ,we are decidedly of opinion that whoever may take upon himself to reply seriously to these statements1 will find the undertaking to be neither quite easy nor very agreeable4 ,it may not be improper to state that this is a new and somewhat enlarged edition of a work1 published several years ago1 by the same author4 ,dr4 ,judson's sermon1 which is also a reprint1 is perspicuous1 elaborate1 and irrefragable4 #a4 ,the ,management of ,bees1 with a ,description of the ,ladies' ,safety ,hive3 with ,forty ,illustrative ,engravings4 ,by ,,samuel ,,bagster1 ,,jun41 pp4 #bdd4 ,bagster4 #b4 ,spiritual ,honey from ,natural ,hives2 or ,meditations and ,observations on the ,natural ,history and ,habits of ,bees3 first introduced to public notice in #afeg4 ,by ,,samuel ,,purchase1 ,m4,a4 pp4 #agf4--;,bagster4 ,the worthy editor of these volumes has1 we think1 exercised a sound discretion in publishing them separately4 ,to the initiated in apiarian research1 ,the ,management of ,bees cannot fail to be highly interesting4 ,for our own part1 we must confess that1 if certain minute descriptions which may possibly offend a refined moral sensibility1 could have been omitted1 we should have considered the work more valuable on that account4 ,perhaps our hint may prove available for a future edition4 ,with this exception1 we would most cordially recommend this production to the perusal of our readers generally2 and to those who are engaged in the study of that part of natural history to which it refers1 especially4 ,the engravings are exceedingly creditable to the talent of the artist4 ,as to the ,meditations contained in the other volume1 they are altogether above our praise4 ,they are eminently instructive and pious1 admirably calculated to secure the attention even of the thoughtless1 and to promote1 in a very high degree1 the pleasure and the profit of the considerate4 ,in confirmation1 we present our readers with the following specimen3 ,if the bee lights upon a flower where there is no honey 7being wasted or gathered before71 she quickly gets off1 and flies away to another that will furnish her4 ,let us not lose ourselves and forget our errand3 our father1 ,adam1 lost our happiness1 and we are sent to seek it2 seek it where it is1 and go handsomely to work2 say1 ,i am not for riches1 they are made for me2 ,i am not for creatures1 they are made for me1 and ,i am their master2 therefore these cannot make me happy3 ,i am made for eternity1 for everlasting life and happiness2 therefore1 let me study that2 mind that end beyond inferior ends4 ,why do men seek wealth1 but to be happy8 ,why pleasures1 why honours1 but because they would be happy8 ,if these things cannot bless and enhappy me1 why should ,i burn daylight8 why should ,i not off them1 as the bee gets off the plants that yield her no honey1 and once1 at last1 see where my happiness lies1 in pursuing happiness1 and where my happiness lies1 in ,god's ways2 the first step whereof is poverty of spirit8 p4 #bb4 ,we hope these valuable reflections will be often reprinted4 ,poems on ,sacred ,subjects4 ,by ,,maria ,,grace ,,saffery4 ,hamilton and ,co42 ,darton and ,harvey4 ,these poems are from the pen of the widow of the late ,rev4 ,john ,saffery1 of ,salisbury1 whose name is still fragrant there1 and in many other places2 whose zealous labours of love in our ,bengal ,mission1 and in the propagation of the gospel in ,ireland1 will long be remembered4 ,rich in ,scripture knowledge and in ,christian experience1 with a lively imagination and a great command of language1 the writer has poured out her melodious strains from the fulness of her heart4 ,most of the subjects are taken from the ,old ,testament or the ,new1 and the versification embraces a great variety of metres1 with the ease and sweetness almost peculiar to female writers4 ,the whole book of ,jonah is finely illustrated in a series of poems which cannot fail to please4 ,this little volume is introduced by a modest preface1 and a ,sonnet inscribed to the memory of the ,rev4 ,j4 ,saffery1 which is worth transcribing3-- ,thou hadst a soul for melody to greet1 ,when thou wert here1 among the weary-hearted2 ,and thoughts of thee are like sweet sounds departed1 ,that visit time with echoes1--and repeat ,strains that were breath'd beside my pilgrim feet2 ,as if ,i heard the voice of my past years1 ,and thou wert singing in this vale of tears4 ,but 'tis not in the desert we shall meet-- ,and who would wish thee where the world is weeping8 ,thou hast a blessed minstrelsy on high4 ,the lyre of praise1 o'er which thy song is sweeping1 ,hath not a pause like mine--a pause to sigh4 ,harps strung for holiest themes to both are given2 ,but mine is tun'd on earth--and thine1 in heaven4 ,many others are exquisitely sweet4 ,we have been particularly pleased with one on ,jonathan's friendship1 which concludes thus3-- ,o chieftain6 in thy life was seen ,that friendship in immortal mould1 ,to which ambition's hope is mean1 ,and woman's kindest thought is cold4 ,gilboa6 let thy mountain-heath ,like ,jesse's gentle harp complain2 ,there ,israel's beauty bow'd in death1 ,there ,jonathan1 the friend1 was slain6 ,the work is very neatly got up1 and we are glad to observe that the subscribers' names are numerous1 and highly respectable4 ,,religious ,,intelligence4 ,,an ,,appeal ,,to ,,christian ,,ladies1 ,,in ,,behalf ,,of ,,female ,,education ,,in ,,china1 ,,india1 ,,and ,,the ,,east4 ,from the last census taken by the ,chinese government in #ahac1 it appears that the population of that empire was then #cfb1ddg1ahc2 a population more than twenty times as great as that of ,greenland1 ,labrador1 the ,canadas1 the ,west ,indies1 the ,south ,sea ,islands1 the ,cape1 ,madagascar1 ,greece1 ,egypt1 ,abyssinia1 and ,ceylon1--i4e41 more than twenty times as large as nearly the whole field of ,christian missions1 ,india and the ,east being excepted4 ,in #ahba1 the missionary1 ,dr4 ,milne1 calculated the population of ,cochin ,china1 ,corea1 ,loo-choo1 ,japan1 and other districts tributary to ,china1 to be about #fj1jjj1jjj4 ,if there should be in those countries1 with ,burmah and ,siam1 only #bj1jjj1jjj instead of #fj1jjj1jjj1 they form an important field of missionary labour4 ,the ,british subjects of continental and ultra-,gangetic ,india1 are #gg1gdc1agh2 the population more or less under ,british influence in ,india1 is #cc1iid1jjj2 making a total under ,british influence in ,india1 of #aaa1gcf1agh4 ,of the #cfb millions of the ,chinese empire1 probably #aej millions are females2 and among the #aaa millions of ,india there are about #ej millions more2 so that1 in these two countries1 there are #bjj millions of heathen females demanding our commiseration and ,christian care4 ,the condition of the ,chinese women is thus described by the missionary ,gutzlaff3--,such a general degradation in religion makes it almost impossible that females should have their proper rank in society4 ,they are the slaves and concubines of their masters1 live and die in ignorance1 and every effort to raise themselves above the rank assigned them1 is regarded as impious arrogance4 ,as long as mothers are not the instructors of their children1 and wives are not the companions of their husbands1 the regeneration of this great empire will proceed very slowly4 ,as might be expected1 suicide is a refuge to which thousands of these ignorant idolaters fly4 ,the unnatural crime of infanticide is so common among them1 that it is perpetrated without any feeling1 and even in a laughing mood4 ,there is also carried on a regular traffic in females4 ,the condition of the ,hindoo women is1 if possible1 worse4 ,they are treated as slaves1 may not eat with their husbands1 and are expressly permitted by law to be beaten4 ,degraded and despised1 they naturally sink towards the level assigned them by public opinion4 ,they have no mental employment whatever2 and being very much excluded by the extreme jealousy of which they are the objects1 from missionary instruction1 it appears that their miserable condition must be perpetuated1 till ,hindoo society undergoes a radical change1 unless they be improved by ,christian schools4 ,to meet these necessities1 a society has been formed of ladies of various denominations1 united together by ,christian piety1 for the wretched female population whom they wish to elevate and bless4 ,some of the objects to which the ,committee will direct their attention1 are the following3 #a4 ,to collect and to diffuse information on the subject4 #b4 ,to prepare and send out pious and intelligent women1 as trainers and superintendents of the native female teachers4 #c4 ,to assist those who may be anxious to form female schools in accordance with the rules of this society1 by grants of money1 books1 and superintendence4 ,what ,christian lady1 to whom this appeal may come1 will refuse her co-operation in so good a work6 ,to aid the beneficent legislation of a paternal government in the improvement of so large a population committed to our care2 to rescue the weak from oppression1 and to comfort the miserable in their sorrow2 to give to the infant population of ,india1 and of ,china1 the blessings of maternal wisdom and piety2 to teach the men of those nations1 that those who are now their degraded slaves1 may be their companions1 counsellors1 and friends2 to disgrace1 by a knowledge of the rudiments of ,european science1 those fabulous and polluted legends of their sacred books1 which are at variance with geographical and astronomical facts2 to make them acquainted with the ,bible1 which now they cannot read2 to place them under the instruction of the missionary1 from whom they are at present excluded2 to bring them to the knowledge of ,christ1 and to prove that his grace can do more in a few years to bless them1 than centuries of heathenism could do to degrade them2--these are the great objects which carried ,mrs4 ,wilson to the children of ,hindostan1 and ,miss ,wallace to those of ,china3 but1 while the harvest truly is plenteous1 the labourers are few4 ,other women of equal capacity1 and who can show the same perseverance springing from compassion and faith1 must follow the good example4 ,and if they offer themselves to this work of the ,lord1 will not the ,christian women of this country1 by sending them forth1 and supporting them in their work1 show to the continent and the world1 that gratitude to ,god and to ,christ for the blessings of providence and grace1 can kindle in their hearts an earnest and self-denying pity for those who1 though they speak in other tongues1 and are separated from us by half the earth's circumference1 are yet as capable of joy and sorrow as ourselves1 and are among those to whom our ,redeemer has commanded that the gospel should be preached8 ,wives1 who are happy in the affection and esteem of your husbands2 mothers1 who enjoy your children's reverence and gratitude2 children1 who have been blessed by a mother's example1 and a mother's care2 sisters1 who have found in brothers your warmest friends2 ,christian women1 who feel that you can lend to society its charm1 and receive from it a loyal courtesy in return2 protected1 honoured1 and loved--impart your blessings to those who are miserable because they are without them4 ,if your minds are intelligent and cultivated--if your lives are useful and happy--and if you can look for a blessed immortality beyond the grave1 do not1 for the love of ,christ1 whose sufferings have been the source of all your blessings1 and of all your hopes1 do not refuse to make ,him known1 that the degraded millions of the ,east may1 like you1 be blessed in ,him1 and1 like you1 may call him blessed4 ,those readers who desire further information may obtain it from ,mr4 ,suter1 #ai1 ,cheapside2 by whom contributions will be thankfully received4 ,,extract ,,from ,,the ,,forty-,,fifth ,,quarterly ,,register ,,of ,,the ,,baptist ,,home ,,mission4 ,the ,committee of this ,society desire1 humbly and thankfully1 to acknowledge the goodness of ,god for the many favourable openings which appear for the spread of the gospel at home4 ,whilst they deeply regret that1 for want of means1 they cannot employ more labourers1 they gratefully record some unexpected supplies to their exhausted funds2 they indulge the hope that many of their fellow ,christians will follow the example of their friend1 ,mr4 ,nice1 and others1 who have nobly come to the help of the ,lord in time of need4 ,the following extract from the ,report of the ,auxiliary ,society for ,exeter and ,north ,devon will1 it is hoped1 be acceptable as a specimen of that work which all true ,christians pray may prosper4 ,at ,torrington1 our brother ,,pulsford still continues to carry on the work of the ,lord with the true spirit of a laborious minister of the word1 ever zealous in the work1 and watching for the salvation of souls2 and the great ,head of the church has again honoured him with the reward of his labours4 ,possessed with heartfelt love for souls1 he appears to have continually before him1 as his motto1 ',work while it is day2 for the night cometh in which no man can work2' he is instant in season and out of season4 ,from his letter of the #aeth inst41 we make the following extract3--',i have great pleasure in stating that the ,lord in his great mercy continues to bless our feeble instrumentality1 thirty-two have been brought to the knowledge of the truth1 and added to the church by baptism since ,october last2 and we continue to carry the word of life into thirteen villages1 in many of which the power and glory of ,god are seen and felt4 ,glory be to his name4 ,at ,langtree1 we have long mourned the lack of room1 but ,i am happy to state that a chapel which will contain about #aej is nearly finished4 ,at ,langtree ,wick we want to do the same1 and trust that the great ,head of the church will prepare the way for our doing so before long4 ,at ,st4 ,giles1 we have added another room to the one we occupied2 and at ,hatherleigh we have baptized ten1 and as many more appear to be converted to ,god1 and will follow the ,lord in that delightful ordinance soon4 ,our new place of worship at ,hatherleigh is covered in1 and things wear a very pleasing aspect4 ,o for the downpouring of the ,holy ,spirit1 that the sacred fire may spread from village to village1 and from town to town1 till the whole world shall be full of the glory of ,god6 ,nothing is wanting to obtain this1 but the hearty co-operation of all our churches in the great work--the entering into religion with all the heart1 and all the soul1 each one laying himself or herself out for ,god1 and the eternal welfare of their fellow-creatures4 ,we have four ,sunday-schools1 in which #bhj children are taught the word and way of ,god1 and we trust will yield a future harvest to the church4' ,,the ,,bishop ,,of ,,london ,,and ,,the ,,dissenters4 7,from the ,times47 ,a second edition of a ,remonstrance addressed to the ,lord ,bishop of ,london1 on the ,sanction given1 in his late ,charge to the ,clergy of that ,diocese1 to the ,calumnies against the ,dissenters contained in certain ,letters signed ,l4 ,s4 ,e41 has recently appeared1 with the respectable name of ,mr4 ,charles ,lushington4 ,the letters referred to1 which are addressed to a ,dissenting minister of the ,congregational denomination1 and written1 it appears1 by a clergyman of the church of ,england1 might well be mistaken for a subtle and refined ruse of a bitter enemy of that church4 ,at a moment when the feelings of the ,dissenters are wrought up to intense excitement by a sense of wrong from grievances unredressed1 an individual of that class who teach from the pulpit that a man who lacketh charity lacketh every thing1 has had the daring effrontery to vomit forth a mass of rancorous scurrility against the whole ,dissenting body1 especially its teachers1 applying to them epithets proscribed in almost every species of polemical warfare1 except that carried on by ,carlile and his party1 detailing disgusting anecdotes thinly veiled in the decency of a ,latin translation1 excluding them from the pale of ,christianity1 and proclaiming that the curse of ,god rests heavily upon them6 ,it is to be regretted that there are a few individuals of the letter-writer's class1 men who have exchanged the sword for the gown1 or who desire to transform the pen into the sword2 but these intolerant zealots1 so long as their acts are not countenanced by their superiors1 do but little mischief4 ,the letters in question1 however1 have been specifically recommended in a note appended to the late charge of the ,bishop of ,london1 as containing a great deal of useful information and sound reasoning1 set forth with a little too much warmth of invective against the ,dissenters4 ,mr4 ,lushington1 who avows himself a member of the church of ,england1 has had the candour and manliness to step forward and publicly vindicate the ,dissenters from the effects of such a recommendation of such a work1 suggesting1 at the same time1 some political and ,christian considerations1 which should operate to secure for those calumniated persons a little more conciliatoriness from their opponents1 and a far greater measure of justice from their judges4 ,he shows what the ,dissenters have done1 and are doing1 to supply the deficiencies of the established church2 he disproves the accusation that the ,dissenters1 as a body1 seek to destroy that church1 which would be repugnant to the system to which they owe their distinction as a religious body2 and he suggests that1 if the religious wants of the community are to be adequately supplied1 it must be by one of three plans--either by the establishment and other sects1 as at present2 or by the establishment alone1 all other sects being merged1 comprehended1 or put down2 or by the episcopal church and other denominations1 without an establishment4 ,he assumes that the second is impracticable1 inasmuch as the establishment could not be extended1 on the basis of taxation1 so as to meet the wants of the population1 and the sects could not be merged or put down4 ,the choice is1 therefore1 between the first1 which renders the ,dissenters necessary as auxiliaries1 and therefore to be conciliated2 and the third1 which would reduce the church of ,england to the dimensions of an episcopal1 but non-established1 church4 ,such frenzied partisans as ,l4 ,s4 ,e4 would be more likely to bring about the third alternative than the second4 ,,extract ,,from ,a ,,correspondent',s ,,letter1 ,,addressed ,,to ,,the ,,right ,,rev4 ,,the ,,lord ,,bishop ,,of ,,london4 ,my ,lord1 ,in the notes appended to your ,lordship's ,charge1 delivered at the last visitation1 reference is made to a work1 entitled1 ,letters to a ,dissenting ,minister1 c41 by ,l4 ,s4 ,e4 ,it is most prudently admitted1 that the work contains too much sharpness of invective against the dissenters2 your ,lordship has1 however1 added1 ,i recommend the publication as containing a great deal of useful information and sound reasoning4 ,it was prudent in ,l4 ,s4 ,e4 not to attach his name to a work that would give him a notoriety for impudence and slander which no future penitence could by any possibility remove4 ,how far it was wise to sanction with the authority of your ,lordship's name1 the work of an author who had not the rashness to reveal his own1 remains for the effects it will produce upon society to determine4 ,l4 ,s4 ,e4 has stated in page #cfj1 that the late ,mr4 ,abraham ,booth1,b an eminent dissenting teacher in ,london1 would never pray for the ,king 7,george the ,third7 at all4 ,allow me1 therefore1 to inform your ,lordship and the nameless individual who enjoys your patronage1 that the assertion is entirely false4 ,during the thirty-seven years in which he administered the ordinances and truth of ,jesus ,christ in ,prescot-street1 he not only never refused1 but made it his uniform practice1 to pray for our rightful ,sovereign the ,king1 his ,royal ,consort the ,queen1 and every branch of the ,royal ,family2 of this many living witnesses may be brought1 who still remain the fruits of his exertions4 ,much sympathy is due to your ,lordship on account of the present intensity of professional excitement2 but the injunction laid by inspiration upon a ,bishop must not be forgotten1 ,lay hands suddenly on no man1 neither be thou partaker in other men's sins3 keep thyself pure4 ,with sincere respect1 ,i am1 my ,lord1 your ,lordship's humble servant1 ,hackney1 ,dec4 #d1 #ahcd4 ,,isaac ,,booth4 ,b ,my revered parent entered into his rest in #ahjf4 ,,duties ,,arising ,,out ,,of ,,the ,,present ,,aspect ,,of ,,political ,,affairs4 ,at a ,meeting of the ,deputies from the several ,congregations of ,protestant ,dissenters of the ,three ,denominations in and within twelve miles of ,london1 appointed to protect their ,civil ,rights1 held at the ,king's ,head ,tavern in the ,poultry1 on ,friday1 the #aith day of ,december1 #ahcd4 ,,henry ,,waymouth1 ,esq41 in the ,chair4 ,resolved1 ,that this ,deputation cordially approves of the following ,resolutions of the ,united ,committee of ,protestant ,dissenters in ,london1 passed on the #ahth ult42 viz4-- ,that1 while this ,committee bows to the exercise of the ,royal ,prerogative1 they have learned1 with feelings of unfeigned and profound regret1 the sudden dismissal from ,his ,majesty's ,councils of his late confidential advisers2 entertaining1 as they do1 a cordial approbation of the general measures of their ,administration1 and confiding in their principles as the sincere friends of civil and religious freedom4 ,that1 while the ,committee cannot but express their disappointment and sorrow that the just claims of ,protestant ,dissenters have hitherto been postponed1 they are convinced that such delay on the part of ,his ,majesty's late ,government arose chiefly from the obstructions to which they were subject1 both from ecclesiastical and political opponents4 ,the regret which this ,committee feels at the dismissal of the late ,administration is also greatly aggravated by the assurance that it has occurred at a moment when its members were preparing means of redress for the chief practical grievances of which ,dissenters complain4 ,that1 in the probable event of a ,general ,election1 this ,committee confidently anticipates1 from the ,protestant ,dissenters throughout the empire1 the most decided and uncompromising opposition to that political party who have avowed themselves the unflinching opponents of their interests1 and whose speeches and votes on the ,bill for the admission of ,dissenters to the ,universities1 ought never to be forgotten2 and1 in the event of such election1 this ,committee relies also on all classes of ,dissenters for the immediate adoption of measures best calculated to ensure the return1 as ,representatives to ,parliament1 of men liberal and enlightened in their views1 the tried friends of ,religious ,liberty1 ,national ,improvement1 and ,universal ,freedom4 ,that this ,committee pledges itself to persevere in seeking the full and immediate relief of the practical ,grievances of ,protestant ,dissenters upon the principles it has repeatedly avowed4 ,that this ,deputation strongly urges upon its ,constituents the importance of promptly and vigorously acting upon the recommendations contained in the foregoing resolutions as to the choice of ,representatives in the ensuing ,parliament4 ,that the declaration of the line of policy intended to be pursued by the ,administration of ,sir ,robert ,peel1 as contained in his address to the ,electors of ,tamworth1 is most unsatisfactory to ,dissenters1 and affords no prospect of the adoption of liberal measures on the part of the ,cabinet of which he is the head4 ,that this deputation cannot but record its total want of reliance on the granting of any effectual relief to ,dissenters by a political party which have ever been opposed to the affording to that numerous and important body their just and equal rights as subjects of the ,realm4 ,that the foregoing ,resolutions be inserted in the ,morning ,chronicle1 ,morning ,post1 ,morning ,advertiser1 ,globe1 ,standard1 and ,patriot newspapers4 ,,resolutions ,,occasioned ,,by ,,the ,,letter ,,from ,,the ,,american ,,board ,,of ,,foreign ,,missions,c ,,to ,,the ,,board ,,of ,,baptist ,,ministers ,,in ,,and ,,near ,,london4 ,c ,see page #h of the present ,number4 ,at a meeting of the ,board of ,baptist ,ministers1 specially convened at ,fen ,court1 ,nov4 #beth1 #ahcd1 the ,rev4 ,f4 ,a4 ,cox1 ,,ll4,d4 in the ,chair1 the above communication having been read1 the following resolution was adopted3-- ,resolved unanimously1 ,that we receive with much pleasure the expressions of esteem and attachment1 and fully participate in the affectionate sentiments1 contained in the letter of the ,american ,board of ,foreign ,missions1 dated ,boston1 ,sept4 #a1 #ahcd2 and while we deeply regret that1 in the judgment of the said ,board1 it would violate the ,constitution of the ,triennial ,convention to entertain our communication of the #cast ,dec4 #ahcc1 we hope that such of our ,american brethren as concur in the opinions of that communication1 will adopt every means consistent with ,christian principles1 to diffuse their sentiments1 and thus secure the immediate and entire extinction of their slave system4 ,that the ,secretary be requested to transmit the above ,resolution to the ,vice ,president of the ,baptist ,board for ,foreign ,missions in the ,united ,states4 ,it having been reported to the ,board1 that our brethren who have been requested by the ,baptist ,union to go as a deputation to our ,baptist brethren in ,america1 having consulted their respective churches1 have acceded to the wishes of the ,union2 ,resolved unanimously1 ,that this ,board1 feeling the importance of the deputation to ,america appointed by the ,baptist ,union1 earnestly recommends1 that the churches in ,london and its vicinity collect1 in what way they may severally think proper1 towards the expenses of such an object4 ,j4 ,b4 ,,shenston1 ,secretary4 ,,british ,,voluntary ,,church ,,society4 ,resolution passed by the ,board of ,baptist ,ministers at a meeting specially convened at ,fen ,court1 ,dec4 #af1 #ahcd1 the ,rev4 ,w4 ,newman1 ,d4,d4 in the ,chair4 ,that1 approving the principles and objects of the ,british ,voluntary ,church ,society1 this ,board strongly recommends the churches of our denomination to promote its operations by every means in their power2 either by obtaining subscriptions1 by lending their places of worship for the delivering of lectures1 or by any other means which their judgment may suggest4 ,that the ,secretary be requested to transmit the above ,resolution to the ,secretaries of the ,british ,voluntary ,church ,society1 and to send a copy for insertion in the ,baptist ,magazine4 ,j4 ,b4 ,,shenston1 ,secretary4 ,n4,b4 ,persons subscribing not less than #bs4 #f;d4 per annum1 are members of this ,society4--,,ed4 ,,unicorn-,,yard ,,chapel1 ,,tooley-,,street1 ,,southwark1 ,,erected1 #agbj4 ,from the decayed state of this place of worship1 and for the safety of those persons who assemble therein1 at the recommendation of several architects1 a new wall has been erected1 and the building generally having undergone a thorough repair1 with #bjj additional sittings1 and baptistry1 c4 was re-opened for the worship of ,god1 on ,thursday1 ,november #bg1 #ahcd1 when three sermons were preached2 that in the morning by the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,andrews1 of ,walworth1 from ,heb4 ix4 #ab2 that in the afternoon1 by the ,rev4 ,thomas ,shirley1 of ,seven ,oaks2 and that in the evening1 by the ,rev4 ,j4 ,h4 ,evans1 ,a4,m41 of ,john-street chapel1 ,bedford-row1 when upwards of thirty pounds were collected4 ,the church now encouraged by considerable additions1 and the regular attendance of an increasing congregation1 take this opportunity of gratefully acknowledging the services of those good men who helped them in their low estate1 and also to record the loving-kindness of the ,lord who has so graciously appeared in reviving us under the ministry of our present pastor1 the ,rev4 ,d4 ,denham 7late of ,margate71 who was publicly recognized as our pastor1 with three of our brethren as deacons1 on ,monday1 ,dec4 #ae1 #ahcd4 ,the ,rev4 ,g4 ,comb1 of ,oxford-st41 delivered the introductory discourse1 and asked the church and minister the usual questions4 ,the ,rev4 ,m4 ,dovey1 of ,rotherhithe1 offered up the ordination prayer2 and the ,rev4 ,thomas ,shirley1 of ,seven ,oaks1 gave an affectionate charge to the pastor from #a ,cor4 iv4 #a1 #b4 ,the ,rev4 ,j4 ,smith1 of ,shoreditch1 explained the deacon's office1 showing the qualification and grace required to fill it1 and then in a most scriptural manner addressed the church from ,heb4 xiii4 #bb4 ,messrs4 ,benson1 ,bridgeman1 ,moial1 ,boddington1 and ,hewlett1 engaged in the other parts of the services4 ,n4,b4 ,the expenses of general repairs and enlargement of the chapel 7which will now seat about #gjj persons1 including a number of free sittings7 will rather exceed #djj pounds2 and as nearly half that sum has been realized by the exertions of a few individuals1 we trust our appeal will not be in vain to those ,christian friends to whom ,god has given the means of assisting us1 and whose delight is to promote the cause of ,christ upon earth4 ,donations1 however small1 will be thankfully received if forwarded to our ,treasurer1 ,mr4 ,richard ,edwards1 #f1 ,chester-place1 ,old ,kent-road4 ,,notice4 ,the next ,quarterly ,meeting of the ,london ,baptist ,association1 will be held at ,devonshire-sq4 chapel1 on ,wednesday evening1 ,january #ba1 #ahce1 when a sermon will be preached by the ,rev4 ,j4 ,e4 ,giles1 on the ,duties of ,church ,members towards the ,unconverted4 ,service to commence at seven o'clock4 ,,recent ,,deaths4 ,,rev4 ,,dr4 ,,carey4 ,in the ,philanthropist the event is thus noticed3 ,the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,carey died at ,serampore1 after a protracted illness of nine months1 on ,monday morning last1 the #ith instant 7,june7 in the #gcrd year of his age4 ,the same paper contains the following account1 copied from another paper1 ,the ,sumachar ,derpun published at ,serampore4 ,we have to communicate intelligence to-day1 which will be received with general lamentation1 not only throughout ,india1 but throughout the world4 ,dr4 ,carey has finished his pilgrimage on earth1 having gently expired early last ,monday morning1 the #ith of ,june4 ,for several years past his health has been very infirm1 and his strength has gradually sunk1 until the weary wheels of nature stood still1 from mere debility1 and not from disease4 ,the peculiarly hot weather and rainy season of #ahcc reduced him to such extreme weakness1 that in ,september last he experienced a stroke of apoplexy1 and for some time after his death was expected daily4 ,it pleased ,god1 however1 to revive him a little4 ,during the cold season he could again take a morning and evening ride in his palanquin carriage1 and spend much of the day reclining in an easy chair with a book in his hand1 or conversing cheerfully with any friend that called4 ,as1 however1 the hot weather advanced1 he sunk daily into still greater debility than before1 and could take no nourishment4 ,he lay helpless and speechless on his bed until his skin was worn off his body1 and death was a merciful relief4 ,his dearest friends could not but rejoice1 that his sufferings were ended1 although they mourn his loss to themselves and to mankind4 ,for further particulars of this distinguished man1 we refer our readers to the ,missionary ,herald4 ,j4 ,f4 ,,beard4 ,at ,scarborough1 ,yorkshire1 ,november the #ith1 after a short illness1 ,james ,freeman ,beard1 in the #gdth year of his age4 ,he was formerly1 for many years1 the respected pastor of the church of ,christ at ,worstead1 ,norfolk1 where his ardent labours in the surrounding villages will long be remembered4 ,,distribution ,,of ,,profits4 ,the following sums1 from the profits of this work1 were voted to the widows whose initials follow1 at the meeting of proprietors1 on ,friday1 the #aith ult4 ,,name ,,recommended ,,by ,e #c ,s4 ,price4 ,b #d ,j4 ,edwards4 ,f #c ,e4 ,evans4 ,i #d ,j4 ,williamson4 ,h #d ,t4 ,howard4 ,c #d ,j4 ,puntis4 ,p #d ,w4 ,yates4 ,i #c ,b4 ,price4 ,a #d ,s4 ,green4 ,w #d ,f4 ,a4 ,cox4 ,d #c ,t4 ,thomas4 ,b #d ,j4 ,carver4 ,w #d ,h4 ,w4 ,holmes4 ,t #c ,b4 ,thomas4 ,c #d ,w4 ,copley4 ,p #c ,m4 ,thomas4 ,d #c ,j4 ,james4 ,b #d ,w4 ,l4 ,smith4 999999 ,the ,widows will please to observe they cannot receive twice in the same year4 ,,irish ,,chronicle4 ,,january1 #ahce4 ,the ,rev4 ,s4 ,davis1 of ,clonmel1 will come from ,ireland this month1 for the purpose of collecting on behalf of the ,society in the ,west of ,england4 ,our friends1 that he may visit1 especially our ministering brethren1 are respectfully and earnestly requested to encourage his application to the utmost of their power2 as1 on the success of such efforts the continued operations of the ,society greatly depends4 ,in the ,rev4 ,wm4 ,thomas's letter will be found a grateful reference to the ,committee of the ,tract ,society1 and to a parcel which he has received from ,england1 containing many useful articles for the children of the schools4 ,and the ,secretary begs to acknowledge the receipt of a number of ,magazines for ,ireland1 from a female friend at ,hammersmith4 ,extract of a letter from ,rev4 ,s4 ,,davis to the ,,secretary4 ,clonmel1 ,nov4 #ba1 #ahcd4 ,we are in the ,lord's hands1 and he will finally accomplish the purposes of his own glory1 and ,i am persuaded we cannot do better than steadily to pursue the purpose in which we are engaged1 to make the people acquainted1 as far as it is in our power1 with the ,holy ,scriptures1 which will undermine the power of ,antichrist1 and promote happiness in proportion as they obtain an access to the heart4 ,my son1 at ,ardee1 recently assisted in the public examination of #djj adults in their knowledge of the ,irish ,scriptures1 and he has given a very interesting account of the meeting in the last ,quarterly ,papers of the ,irish ,society4 ,he was astonished and delighted to think1 as ,i do also1 that the teaching of the people in the ,irish ,scriptures1 is one of the most important benefits that can be conferred upon the country4 ,our ,society has had the honour to take the lead in this respect2 and1 however we may be looked down upon1 and whatever may become of the institution1 ,i have no doubt it has been a greater benefit to the country than words can express2 it is a pity1 therefore1 that it should not be in more prosperous circumstances1 and that your hands should not be held up more by those who have it in their power to afford us assistance2 but when we have done what we could do we cannot reproach ourselves1 and we must leave the event with ,him who will appreciate our good intentions1 and forgive all our infirmities4 ,s4 ,,davis4 ,rev4 ,w4 ,,thomas to the ,,secretary4 ,limerick1 ,nov4 #ba1 #ahcd4 ,my dear ,sir1 ,you will have the kindness to excuse the brevity of these few lines1 as ,i have only this moment arrived after a journey of preaching and inspecting some of the schools1 and it is necessary that the readers' journals should go off by this day's mail1 which will proceed immediately4 ,i have1 ,i trust1 some interesting things to communicate1 which1 please providence1 ,i shall shortly do2 and also1 offer my grateful thanks to the ,committee of the ,tract ,society1 for a precious parcel of tracts1 forwarded with a kind letter from their worthy ,secretary2 and also my very grateful acknowledgments to an excellent lady1 for a very acceptable parcel for the female children in the schools2 this good lady says1 they are from one who wishes well to the cause of instructing the rising generation4 ,the thimbles1 bodkins1 thread-cases1 needle-books1 work-bags1 scissors1 and five shillings1 inclosed in the old purse1 shall be judiciously distributed3 the five shillings we will apply to clothing some naked creatures4 ,may the ,lord of glory clothe the dear lady's soul with the beautiful and glorious1 the spotless and eternal1 robes of the ,redeemer's righteousness1 which will never wax old6 ,with the kindest wishes for you1 my dear ,sir1 and all the dear friends of the ,society1 ever most affectionately yours1 ,,wm4 ,,thomas4 ,rev4 ,j4 ,,bates to the ,,secretary4 ,sligo1 ,nov4 #ca1 #ahcd4 ,dear ,sir1 ,through mercy ,i am spared to give you an outline of my imperfect labours during the month that is now past1 and gone into eternity4 ,when ,i think of the rapid flight of time1 and view the condition of my fellow-sinners around me with regard to their religious circumstances and eternal prospects1 ,i feel that my situation is such as should lead me to ,jesus1 to seek more of his mind and more of his spirit1 that whatever my hand findeth to do1 ,i may do it with my might4 ,since my last letter1 ,i have visited several villages in the country where ,i never went before4 ,castledargin1 ,corringuncor1 ,drimnagooli1 and ,ballindrist4 ,there are a few brethren in the neighbourhood of ,corringuncor1 and they feel rejoiced when any one pays them a visit4 ,the congregation at that place was large and very encouraging4 ,mr4 ,berry is going on a missionary tour amongst them this next week4 ,may the ,lord bless his own word to their everlasting welfare1 and his own glory6 ,ballindrist is an interesting little station1 and1 by the blessing of ,god1 ,i trust good will result from the proclamation of his word2 but at ,drimnagooli1 there exists the greatest spirit of inquiry4 ,i have only been in that neighbourhood three times1 and ,i am happy to say that1 each time1 the congregation increased4 ,they are continually saying1 ,visit us as often as you can4 ,the clergyman in that neighbourhood has preached against baptism2 but ,i have lately observed1 where there is the most opposition1 there is the greatest spirit of inquiry1 and the largest congregations4 ,since ,i have been in this superstitious island 7and surely this is the place where ,satan's seat is71 ,i have sometimes thought of what my affectionate pastor told me when he was living1 just before ,i left ,england4 ,calling me by my name1 he said1 ,whatever others do1 let it be your determination to preach ,jesus2 wherever you take your stand1 there let the cross be erected4 ,dagon fell when the ark of ,god was set up in his presence2 they set him up the second time1 but behold1 ,dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground and broken to pieces2 so if you set up ,christ1 with a single eye to his glory1 ,antichrist must fall2 'my word shall not return unto me void4' ,during the next month1 if all is well1 as ,i shall have a long journey inspecting the schools1 ,i hope to have many opportunities of proclaiming the gospel to those that are now sitting in darkness4 ,i pray that the ,lord may command a blessing1 even life for evermore4 ,j4 ,,bates4 ,to ,,mr4 ,,thomas4 ,ballycar1 ,nov4 #ac1 #ahcd4 ,october #bi4 ,being asked by a ,roman ,catholic why ,i would not pray to the ,saints1 and implore their intercession2 ,i replied1 ,because ,i have no authority in ,scripture for it4 ,but on the contrary1 ,st4 ,paul says1 ,there is one ,god1 and one mediator between ,god and men1 the ,man ,christ ,jesus2 and the ,saviour himself says1 in ,john xiv4 #f1 ,i am the way1 the truth1 and the life2 no man cometh unto the ,father but by me2 and he also says1 ,whatsoever ye shall ask the ,father in my name1 ,i will do it4 ,now since all we ask the ,father1 in the name of the ,son1 is granted unto us1 why should we address ourselves to other mediators8 ,we also read in #a ,john ii4 #a3 ,if any man sin1 we have an advocate with the ,father1 ,jesus ,christ the righteous4 ,nov4 #b4 ,in ,quin1 entering into a conversation with two persons1 on the necessity of reading the ,scriptures1 one of them replied1 that their clergy would not permit them to read them4 ,i asked him1 which should he obey1 his priest or ,god8 ,he replied1 ,god4 ,therefore you should read1 and not only read but search1 the ,scriptures2 for ,christ himself says1 ',search the ,scriptures2' and again he says1 ',blessed are they that hear the word of ,god1 and keep it3' and the apostle ,paul strongly commends the people of ,berea for reading the ,scriptures2 he expressly says in ,acts xvii4 #aa3 ',these were more noble than those in ,thessalonica1 in that they received the word with all readiness of mind1 and searched the ,scriptures daily1 whether these things were so4' ,now if these people doubted the words of that eminent apostle1 how much more should we search the ,scriptures in the present day1 and see if the doctrine taught us be consistent with the ,scriptures or not6 ,after reading different passages of ,scripture1 and reasoning for some time on this subject with these people1 they replied that it appeared consistent with truth1 that men should read the ,scriptures4 ,nov4 #g4 ,entering into conversation with one person1 on the immediate state of happiness of those who die in the ,lord2 he replied1 that no person can enter heaven1 without being purged from their sins in purgatory4 ,i asked him1 ,did he not think that the blood of the ,lord ,jesus ,christ was sufficient to cleanse him8 ,he replied1 ,he was confident it was1 but we must also suffer for some time in this place4 ,i read to him different passages of ,scripture1 to prove to him that the blood of the ,lord ,jesus cleanseth us from all sin1 such as ,isaiah i4 #ah1 #a ,john i4 #g1 ,prov4 vii4 #ac1 #ad1 #ae1 ,heb4 i4 #c1 c44 ,after reading this passage1 the man took the book out of my hand1 to see if the words were expressly the same as ,i read them2 after seeing they were1 from his conversation after1 he seemed very much to doubt this doctrine4 ,i read at intervals to the ,major's workmen1 himself being in a delicate state of health1 which renders him at different times unable to do it4 ,he had been very ill this day or two past1 but is now getting better4 ,sir1 ,i remain yours1 ,,samuel ,,cross4 ,to ,rev4 ,j4 ,,bates4 ,temple ,house1 ,nov4 #ad1 #ahcd4 ,rev4 ,sir4--,i feel happy to state to you that since my last ,i have been permitted to read the word of life for vast numbers of ,roman ,catholics and others who were ignorant of those precious truths which are revealed in it2 and indeed many of them have heard the word with remarkable attention1 and seemed to receive instruction4 ,oct4 #bj4 ,in the house of widow ,sweeny1 where there were assembled about fifty ,roman ,catholics1 the man of the house having got a sudden death2 whilst ,i sat amongst them one of them said1 ,let us pray for the soul of the departed4 ,then they all took off their hats and prayed2 this they did every half hour1 and in the interval talked of consecrated ground1 c41 and of the benefits of being interred in consecrated ground4 ,i was indeed much grieved on seeing and hearing such ignorance and superstition2 and1 addressing myself to one of the most respectable and well informed among them1 ,i asked1 ,what reason have we to believe that either consecrated burial-ground or prayers for the dead1 or any other office1 can help the state of the departed soul8 ,two of them answered and spoke alternately4 ,one said that no devil or evil spirit could come near consecrated ground2 the other told me that they believed in the doctrine of purgatory1 and that the prayers of the faithful are necessary for the relief of the souls in purgatory4 ,i told them that it is written in the word of ,god1 that blessed are the dead which die in the ,lord1 for they rest from their labours2 that those who believe in ,jesus ,christ1 his blood cleanseth them from all sin1 and that consequently they need no other purgatory4 ,i referred to the words of the ,saviour in the #crd of ,john1 ,he that believeth on the ,son bath everlasting life1 but he that believeth not the ,son shall not see life1 but the wrath of ,god abideth on him4 ,one of the men above mentioned said1 that he read in the ,scriptures that we are purged by fire4 ,i showed1 from #a ,peter iv41 the fiery trial spoken of means persecutions and sufferings for ,christ's sake to be endured in this life4 ,i also showed1 from ,acts viii4 that on the death of ,stephen there was not a word about consecrated burial-ground or prayer for the dead4 ,all this time the people heard with most eager attention4 ,i showed them from many parts of ,scripture that ,jesus is an all-sufficient ,saviour1 and that all who believe in him are justified from all things1 c4 ,on the #bfth1 went to the house of ,j4 ,foley1 where many were assembled visiting a sick person4 ,while they talked of the uncertainty of life1 and the necessity of being prepared for eternity1 ,i endeavoured to show the need we have of a ,saviour1 and the blessings of being interested in him4 ,i proposed to read for the sick person1 and was permitted2 ,i read very many of the most suitable parts of ,scripture1 showing that the ,saviour is a sure foundation to build our hopes on for salvation1 and that there is no other4 ,the people present were nearly all ,roman ,catholics2 and seeing them so attentive1 ,i continued nearly an hour reading4 ,the sick person seemed to receive comfort from the ,word1 and the people of the family were extremely thankful4 ,on the following ,sabbath ,i again visited the same house4 ,they told me they were rejoiced to see me enter their door4 ,i read ,acts iii4 #d1 showing that ,peter1 to whom they are in the habit of praying1 directed the people to the ,saviour1 telling them that there is not salvation in any other1 and that there is no other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved4 ,,robert ,,beaty4 ,to ,rev4 ,j4 ,,allen4 ,ardnaree1 ,nov4 #aa1 #ahcd4 ,rev4 ,sir1 ,i am happy to inform you that many instances present themselves in this part of the country1 of persons forsaking their former wicked course of living1 and giving themselves to the study of the ,scriptures1 and that through the instrumentality of the ,baptist ,institution2 persons who1 if left to themselves1 in all probability1 would have lived and died ignorant of a saving knowledge of ,christ ,jesus4 ,on the #bcrd1 ult41 ,i went to the neighbourhood of ,castlebar1 among our schools4 ,in that part ,i read and talked to many of the inhabitants regarding the one thing needful2 left the persons with whom ,i thus read and conversed1 religious tracts as usual4 ,m4 ,m',kelvey1 with whom ,i had several conversations regarding the ordinance of baptism1 intends to offer himself as a candidate to the ,ballina ,baptist church soon4 ,we have great cause for thankfulness that the ,lord is pleased to grant us so many favourable opportunities of reading and explaining his holy word to our countrymen and fellow-sinners1 being aware that if they knew the truth the truth would make them free4 ,in the neighbourhood of ,foxford1 ,i have strove to be useful1 particularly in ,shrakum1 had a seasonable opportunity of reading applicable portions of the ,scriptures in the hearing of many persons1 young and old1 who answered their various questions respecting religion2 we also joined in prayer4 ,the people then present seemed to be satisfied with my answers to the questions which they asked on several occasions4 ,there are three new places in which ,i frequently read the ,scriptures in this neighbourhood1 namely1 ,rakep1 ,caltrough1 and ,bunzee2 in all those places ,i read portions both of the ,english and ,irish ,testament1 diligently endeavouring to draw the serious attention of my various hearers1 as usual1 to the redemption that is in ,christ ,jesus4 ,there is a man of the name ,o',donell in ,hill-street1 ,ballina1 to whom ,i have given a ,testament some time ago2 he comes to your preaching1 and does not care for either priest or pope1 for so doing4 ,on the #gth instant1 went among our schools in the ,tyrarough district2 remained in ,easkey two days2 met and had conversation with many of our ,christian friends there4 ,may they daily receive all needful grace and strength out of the fulness that is in ,christ ,jesus6 ,there is a man and his wife that lately came to live in this town2 she is a nominal protestant1 but he is a papist1 they frequently come to my house for the purpose of getting religious instruction4 ,they were with me on ,saturday last1 at which time ,i read several applicable portions of the ,scriptures to them1 and also answered their questions respecting religion1 from the criterion of truth4 ,they both can read4 ,i have given them several useful tracts1 and a book entitled1 ,the ,errors of ,popery4 ,i intend to visit them often1 and they promised to attend your preaching4 ,i hope these visits to my home1 with the blessing of ,god1 will be the means of directing them to the ,saviour1 who alone is able and willing to save to the uttermost all that put their trust in him4 ,,roger ,,mullarky4 ,,contributions4 ,received by the ,treasurer3-- ,mr4 ,baker's ,legacy1 per ,j4 ,ivimey1 ,esq4 #ajj #j #j ,a ,friend at ,c41 by ,mr4 ,goddard #aj #j #j ,collection at the ,rev4 ,e4 ,steane's1 ,camberwell1 per ,w4 ,b4 ,gurney1 ,esq4 #bg #aj #j ,collected in ,surry1 ,essex1 and ,suffolk1 by the ,rev4 ,john ,franks #acb #ae #e ,a small ,new ,year's ,gift1 intended as a thank-offering to the ,lord1 to promote the furtherance of his gospel1 from ,s4 ,webb1 ,langley #a #j #j ,omitted last month3--,a ,friend #a #j #j ,erratum3--,in the ,list of ,contributions last month for ,dover1 read ,down4 ,subscriptions received by ,s4 ,marshall1 ,esq41 #aha1 ,high ,holborn2 ,mr4 ,p4 ,millard1 ,bishopsgate ,street2 ,messrs4 ,burls1 #ef1 ,lothbury2 ,rev4 ,g4 ,pritchard1 #d1 ,york ,place1 ,pentonville1 gratuitous ,secretary2 by ,messrs4 ,ladbrokes and ,co41 ,bankers1 ,bank ,buildings2 by ,mr4 ,h4 ,d4 ,dickie1 #ac1 ,bank ,street1 and ,rev4 ,mr4 ,innes1 ,frederick ,street1 ,edinburgh2 and ,p4 ,brown1 ,esq41 ,cardigan4 ,,london3 ,j4 ,,haddon1 ,,printer1 ,,castle-,,street1 ,,finsbury4 ,,missionary ,,herald1 ,,containing ,,intelligence ,,at ,,large ,,of ,,the ,proceedings and ,operations ,,of ,,the ,,baptist ,,missionary ,,society4 ,,cxciii4 ,,january1 #ahce4 ,subscriptions and ,donations in aid of this ,society will be thankfully received at the ,baptist ,mission ,house1 ,no4 #f1 ,fen ,court1 ,fenchurch ,street1 ,london3 or by any of the ,ministers and ,friends whose names are inserted in the ,cover of the ,annual ,report4 ,death of ,dr4 ,carey4 ,since the publication of the last number1 the ,secretary has received a communication from ,mr4 ,jonathan ,carey1 announcing the fact of his venerable father's decease1 in the following terms3-- ,calcutta1 ,june #adth1 #ahcd4 ,the ,lord has been pleased to afflict us very severely1 in removing from us1 by death1 my much esteemed and venerable father4 ,this lamented event took place on the #ith instant1 at five in the morning1 and his remains were interred in the cold grave early on the following morning1 in the presence of a crowded assembly of mourning friends4 ,much as ,i feel this heavy stroke1 ,i trust ,i do not sorrow as those who have no hope4 ,his was a life spent in the service of his ,redeemer1 and the ,lord was pleased to make him an instrument of much usefulness2 but notwithstanding all that he was enabled to do1 he never ceased to exclaim that he was an unprofitable servant4 ,in much humility and meekness of spirit he was zealous in the work of the ,lord of ,hosts1 and the constant objects of his pursuits were the glory of ,god and the salvation of the heathen4 ,his devotedness to the work to which he was called was evident in all his conduct4 ,nothing would give him more pleasure than to hear of the prosperity of ,zion1 and the downfall of idolatry4 ,his heart was always much affected when speaking of the love of his dying ,redeemer4 ,of the evil of idolatry he spoke with great warmth4 ,he was active and faithful in the discharge of his duties as a minister and a translator2 and was in his element in the study of botany and other scientific pursuits1 but always humble in his views regarding his own abilities and acquirements4 ,although constantly employed for the last forty-one years1 he possessed a vigorous constitution1 excellent health1 and a good flow of spirits2 but the last two or three years he suffered from debility1 and latterly wasted away1 and at length sunk from exhaustion of strength1 and his spirit took its flight to the regions of eternal bliss to enjoy the rest provided for the people of ,god1 and the reward promised to those who endure to the end4 ,thus has my father finished his course1 and has been removed from this scene of toil and labour4 ,many will have reason to bless ,god for what he was enabled1 by his grace1 to perform for the welfare of the poor heathen4 ,the following has appeared in several of the public papers as a transcript of the ,doctor's will4 ,although no copy of this document has reached us direct from ,india1 yet1 as it carries internal evidence of its authenticity1 and has been very widely circulated already1 we do not hesitate to insert it in our pages4 ,our readers will especially mark1 in the direction given as to his epitaph1 that deep humility which was so prominent a feature in the character of this great and good man4 ,i1 ,william ,carey1 ,doctor of ,divinity1 residing at ,serampore1 in the province of ,bengal1 being in good health1 and of sound mind1 do make this my last will and testament in manner and form following3-- ,first--,i utterly disclaim all or any right or title to the premises at ,serampore1 called the ,mission ,premises1 and every part and parcel thereof1 and do hereby declare that ,i never had1 or supposed myself to have1 any such right or title4 ,secondly--,i disclaim all right and title to the property belonging to my present wife1 ,grace ,carey1 amounting to #be1jjj rupees1 more or less1 which was settled upon her by a particular deed1 executed previously to my marriage with her4 ,thirdly--,i give and bequeath to the ,college of ,serampore1 the whole of my museum1 consisting of minerals1 shells1 corals1 insects1 and other natural curiosities1 and a ,hortus ,siccus4 ,also the folio edition of ,hortus ,woburnensis1 which was presented to me by ,lord ,hastings2 ,taylor's ,hebrew ,concordance1 my collection of ,bibles in foreign languages1 and all my books in the ,italian and ,german languages4 ,fourthly--,i desire that my wife1 ,grace ,carey1 will collect from my library whatever books in the ,english language she wishes for1 and keep them for her own use4 ,fifthly--,from the failure of funds to carry my former intentions into effect1 ,i direct that my library1 with the exceptions above made1 be sold by public auction1 unless it1 or any part of it1 can be advantageously disposed of by private sale1 and that from the proceeds #a1ejj rupees be paid as a legacy to my son ,jabez ,carey1 a like sum having heretofore been paid to my sons ,felix and ,william4 ,sixthly--,it was my intention to have bequeathed a similar sum to my son ,jonathan ,carey1 but ,,god has so prospered him that he is in no immediate want of it4 ,i direct that1 if any thing remains1 it be given to my wife1 ,grace ,carey1 to whom ,i also bequeath all my household furniture1 wearing apparel1 and whatever other effects ,i may possess1 for her proper use and behoof4 ,seventhly--,i direct that1 before every other thing1 all my lawful debts may be paid2 that my funeral be as plain as possible2 that ,i may be buried by the side of my second wife1 ,charlotte ,emilia ,carey2 and that the following inscription1 and nothing more1 may be cut on the stone which commemorates her1 either above or below1 as there may be room2 viz4 ,william ,carey1 born ,august #agth1 #agfa1 died---- ,a wretched1 poor1 and helpless worm1 ,on thy kind arms ,i fall4 ,eighthly--,i hereby constitute and appoint my dear friends1 the ,rev4 ,william ,robinson1 of ,calcutta1 and the ,rev4 ,john ,mack1 of ,serampore1 executors to this my last will and testament1 and request them to perform all therein desired and ordered by me1 to the utmost of their power4 ,ninthly--,i hereby declare this to be my last will and testament1 and revoke all other wills and testaments of a date prior to this4 7,signed7 ,,william ,,carey4 7,signed7 ,w4 ,h4 ,,jones1 ,s4 ,m',,intosh4 ,the following minute1 in reference to this removal of ,dr4 ,carey1 has been entered on the records of the ,baptist ,missionary ,society4 ,the ,secretary having reported that intelligence had arrived of the death of ,dr4 ,carey1 at ,serampore1 on ,monday1 the #ith of ,june last1 it was ,resolved1 ,that this ,committee cordially sympathize1 on this mournful occasion1 with the immediate connexions of ,dr4 ,carey1 by whose death1 not merely the ,missionary circle with which he was most intimately associated1 but the ,christian world at large1 has sustained no common loss4 ,the ,committee gratefully record1 that this venerable and highly-esteemed servant of ,god had a principal share in the formation of the ,baptist ,missionary ,society2 and devoted himself1 at its very commencement1 to the service of the heathen1 amidst complicated difficulties and discouragements1 with an ardour and perseverance which nothing but ,christian benevolence could inspire1 and which only a strong and lively faith in ,god could sustain4 ,endowed with extraordinary talents for the acquisition of foreign languages1 he delighted to consecrate them to the noble purpose of unfolding to the nations of the ,east the ,holy ,scriptures in their own tongue3 a department of sacred labour in which it pleased ,god to honour him far beyond any predecessor or contemporary in the ,missionary field4 ,nor was ,dr4 ,carey less eminent for the holiness of his personal character4 ,throughout life he adorned the gospel of ,god his ,saviour by the spirituality of his mind and the uprightness of his conduct2 and especially1 by the deep and unaffected humility which proved how largely he had imbibed the spirit of his blessed master4 ,in paying this brief and imperfect tribute to the memory of this great and good man1 who was long their associate in ,missionary exertion1 and whom they have never ceased to regard with feelings of the utmost veneration and respect1 it is the anxious desire of the ,committee to glorify ,god in him4 ,may a review of what divine grace accomplished in and by this faithful servant of the ,redeemer1 awaken lively gratitude1 and strengthen the devout expectation that ,he1 with whom is the residue of the ,spirit1 will favour his church with renewed proofs of his love and care by thrusting forth many such labourers into the harvest6 ,it is expected that ,mr4 ,eustace ,carey will compile1 from the materials in possession of the ,missionary ,committee1 and from the correspondence maintained by the ,doctor with his relations in this country during the whole course of his residence in ,india1 a ,memoir of his venerable relative4 ,,burmah4 ,by a letter from ,mr4 ,judson to ,dr4 ,bolles1 dated ,maulmein1 ,december #cast1 #ahcc1 we learn that a ,christian church has been formed at ,ava2 the capital of the empire1 where two converts1 one the wife of ,kv ,h'lay1 an old ,rangoon disciple1 and the other a respectable inhabitant of the city1 were baptized in the preceding month4 ,this prosperous ,mission now comprises five churches1 at ,maulmein1 ,tavoy1 ,mergui1 ,rangoon1 and ,ava2 and the whole number who have received baptism at these several stations1 is five hundred and ninety-seven4 ,a month afterwards1 ,mr4 ,judson was favoured to complete his translation of the whole ,scriptures into the ,burman language4 ,our readers will sympathize with the feelings which dictated the following entry made on this occasion in the journal of this devoted ,missionary4 ,we are happy to add that1 although ,mr4 ,judson has felt it his duty to construct his version on the principle adopted by our ,calcutta brethren1 this circumstance will not impede its circulation1 the ,american ,bible ,society having rendered prompt and liberal assistance towards the printing4 ,january #cast1 #ahcd4 ,thanks be to ,god6 ,i can now say1 ,i have attained4 ,i have knelt down before him1 with the last leaf in my hand1 and1 imploring his forgiveness for all the sins which have polluted my labours in this department1 and his aid in future efforts1 to remove the errors and imperfections which necessarily cleave to the work1 ,i have commended it to his mercy and grace3 ,i have dedicated it to his glory4 ,may he make his own inspired word1 now complete in the ,burman tongue1 the grand instrument of filling all ,burmah with songs of praises to our ,great ,god and ,saviour ,jesus ,christ6 ,amen4 ,,south ,,africa4 ,the following account of the second ,annual ,meeting of the ,auxiliary ,baptist ,missionary ,society1 conducted by the ,rev4 ,w4 ,davies and his friends at ,graham's ,town1 is extracted from the local ,newspaper1 of the #bhth of ,august last3 ,on ,monday last the second ,annual ,meeting of the above ,society was held in the ,wesleyan chapel1 and we are glad to say that it passed off in the most lively and satisfactory manner4 ,it is ever a pleasing task to trace the progress of such associations--to view their first feeble efforts--to see them gradually acquiring strength and importance1 until at length we behold them spreading themselves out to the farthest extremities of the habitable globe--like a perennial stream refreshing the parched desert1 and dispensing the purest blessings on every hand4 ,a very pleasing circumstance attending these meetings is1 the concord and brotherly feeling which are produced amongst the different denominations of professing ,christians4 ,here all minor differences are merged in one united effort to promote a common cause--and that the holiest and most beneficial that can employ intelligent beings4 ,we regret that our limited space will not permit us to give the several addresses which were made on this occasion1 more especially as some of them were of a high order1 and would have been perused with much interest by many of our readers4 ,the principal speakers were1 the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,heaviside1 clergyman of the ,episcopal church2 ,rev4 ,messrs4 ,monro and ,robson 7,independents72 ,rev4 ,messrs4 ,shrewsbury1 ,young1 and ,haddy 7,wesleyans72 ,dr4 ,minto1 on the military staff1 who has recently returned from ,india1 and the ,rev4 ,w4 ,davies and ,mr4 ,t4 ,nelson 7,baptists74 ,the report gives a general view of the state of the missions connected with this particular section of the ,christian church2 and we are glad to find that the prospect1 by the emancipation of the negroes1 and other causes1 is particularly cheering4 ,it was also satisfactory to find that the amount collected by this infant society--only established rather more than a year ago at ,graham's ,town--has received in contributions during the past year no less a sum than nearly #adf4 ,nothing can be more creditable than this fact to the inhabitants of this frontier1 and nothing can show more distinctly that they are not entirely undeserving of that prosperity with which ,providence has of late years favoured their efforts4 ,we may add1 as one symptom of the temporal prosperity thus adverted to1 of this rising colony1 that a great demand exists for industrious mechanics1 especially of those classes employed in building4 ,pious individuals1 especially1 we are assured1 would be welcomed in the district1 and labour1 adequately recompensed1 immediately provided for them4 ,,jamaica4 ,we had fully expected1 by this time1 to hear of the arrival of our friend ,mr4 ,knibb1 at ,falmouth2 but the mail1 which has been due several days1 is yet detained4 ,we must therefore give a general summary of the recent intelligence from our various stations1 and hope that1 before this ,herald leaves the press1 we may be able to add a postscript1 announcing intelligence which many1 we know1 are anxious to hear4 ,from ,kingston1 under the date of ,september #bbnd1 ,mr4 ,tinson writes3 ,our congregation in town is better by far than it has been1 though not overflowing2 for being composed chiefly of domestics and mechanics who reside in town1 it is of course less affected by country people than some others4 ,i spent yesterday at ,yallahs1 received five candidates1 on examination1 for baptism1 preached in the morning1 and administered the ,lord's supper to about a hundred members in the afternoon4 ,the congregation was such as to make the heat almost insupportable4 ,there were nearly as many outside the house as within1 and many more would come1 but they cannot hear without exposure to the sun all the time4 ,this however will1 ,i hope1 be remedied in a few months1 as we have now commenced the chapel1 and paid the builder #ajj towards it4 ,i am begging from our people in ,hanover-street1 and the city generally2 but they plead poverty1 and ,i know many of them are poor indeed4 ,mr4 ,gardner thankfully acknowledges that he has been repaid for all his exertions in visiting ,port ,royal1 by the success with which it has pleased ,god to crown his labours there4 ,last ,sabbath week1 says he1 on the #bcrd of ,september1 at daybreak1 at that place1 ,i baptized fifteen in the sea1 on a profession of their faith in ,christ1 and repentance towards ,god4 ,many hundreds were present1 who collected soon after four in the morning4 ,after the administration of that ordinance we repaired to the chapel1 which was well attended1 and had a regular service4 ,then ,i left for ,kingston1 as there was no brother unemployed that could assist me4 ,last ,lord's day ,i visited those friends again1 and administered the ordinance of the ,lord's ,supper1 when those who had been baptized were received into the church4 ,it was an unusually solemn and gratifying season2 many were greatly affected1 and wept nearly all the time4 ,this was to us a time of refreshing from the presence of the ,lord4 ,may he often grant us such seasons6 ,mr4 ,phillippo is busily engaged in building the new school-rooms at ,spanish ,town1 towards which he obtained some pecuniary aid while in this country4 ,there are to be two schools2 one for boys1 the other for girls4 ,they are to hold three hundred scholars4 ,the situation is on a range with our premises1 and is in every respect eligible2 between the rooms there is to be a ,committee-room1 so that the building will present a front of seventy-two feet in length4 ,several gentlemen in the town and neighbourhood have declared themselves friendly towards the object1 and have promised to assist in its support4 ,as an instance1 ,his ,honour the ,custos1 ,member of ,assembly and ,island ,secretary1 and ,price ,watkis1 ,esq41 the uncompromising advocate of negro emancipation in our ,colonial ,parliament1 are to lay the foundation-stones on ,thursday next4 ,the ,custos has moreover sent fourteen young women to the school to be educated as schoolmistresses1 and to be completely under the charge of the resident schoolmistress1 his intention being to employ them in the different estates for which he is attorney4 ,this example ,i have reason to hope will be extensively followed4 ,we have still between three and four hundred children in attendance at our ,sabbath-school1 and the library ,i brought out with me is in extensive circulation4 ,every thing in connexion with our work appears prospering to an unexampled degree4 ,god is indeed doing great things for us1 whereof we are glad4 ,what a change has been effected1 also1 on the moral aspect of society6 ,sunday markets abolished1 and all the etceteras of evil that followed in their train6 ,top ,hill1 near the junction of the two parishes of ,st4 ,ann's and ,st4 ,thomas-in-the-,vale1 has been the scene of one of those cruel outrages on the helpless and unoffending1 which have too often stained the page of ,colonial history4 ,we give the account in the words of our ,missionary brother1 ,mr4 ,clarke4 ,on the evening of ,lord's-day1 ,september #adth1 as nine of my people were returning to their homes from worshipping ,god1 they were stopped and turned back by a young coloured man1 who has by the death of his father come to an estate before he knows how to act for his own interest1 and is fast spending it in riotous living4 ,these friends had no sooner quietly taken their way back to go home by a more distant road1 than this man set his dog upon them1 and with ,dr4 ,b41 a companion of his1 pursued them about a half a mile4 ,dr4 ,b4 threw off his coat to enable him to run with the greater speed2 an aged female who is highly respected by all around1 fell3 and ,dr4 ,b4 immediately fixed the dog upon her1 which tore her leg severely in many places4 ,her husband ran to lift her up1 and to drive off the dog1 when ,dr4 ,b41 seized him and attempted to throw him over a fearful precipice into a deep chasm1 where he must have been dashed to pieces2 but ,god enabled his servant to escape from the grasp of the persecutor1 and all the party came back to the house where we had so recently joined together in the worship of ,god4 ,i had travelled a considerable distance during the day1 had got wet1 preached twice1 and performed various other duties2 being fatigued1 and having to journey home on the morrow1 ,i had retired to rest4 ,as soon as ,i heard what had taken place ,i arose1 had the wounds of the poor female attended to1 and bound up4 ,i then conversed with the people1 read to them the first twelve verses of the fifth of ,matthew1 and again from the forty-third verse to the end2 spoke to them on the duty of forgiveness1 love to enemies1 and patient suffering for ,christ's sake2 prayed with them1 first for the persecutors1 next for themselves and for the church of ,god4 ,they left me between nine and ten o'clock1 rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer for righteousness' sake2 before they left1 they besought me not to carry the matter to a magistrate1 but to leave it with ,god2 promising that they would always afterward go and return by a road that did not lead them near the house of this man4 ,i really admired their forgiving spirit1 and their patient endurance of evil1 especially that of the chief sufferer1 and of her husband1 who had suffered with her1 and had narrowly escaped death in rescuing her4 ,two of the nine have long been free1 the others were apprentices4 ,had the native feelings of the human heart been indulged1 how easily could these people have resisted the assaults of their persecutors1 and1 as they were pursued about half a mile on the road that has been a common by-path for years1 they might have turned upon their adversaries1 and afterwards have argued that they had a right to pass without molestation1 and when molested to act on the defensive1 in forcing their way to their homes2 but1 except a few words at first1 of calm entreaty1 these quiet people did nothing1 and gave no impertinent language1 but turned to go back in peace1 and were in the act of returning when they were thus assaulted4 ,we mentioned1 in our last number1 that ,mr4 ,coultart had encountered much annoyance in the neighbouring parish of ,st4 ,ann's1 the birth-place of the ,colonial ,church ,union1 and disgracefully conspicuous for the blind and furious determination shown by several of its leading men1 to prevent the spread of religious instruction among the negroes4 ,humanly speaking1 nothing but the wise1 humane1 and dignified conduct of the ,custos1 the ,hon4 ,s4 ,m4 ,barrett1 saved this parish from the horrors of martial law4 ,he applied to ,mr4 ,coultart1 requesting him to use all his influence with the negroes to quell the spirit of insubordination which had begun to show itself among them2 and in addition to this1 met them in person at ,ocho ,rios1 gave them an excellent and animated address1 explaining to them the nature of the new law1 and expostulating with them1 in the warmest and kindest manner4 ,all present were much pleased with his kindness1 and promised to do all they could to allay the existing evil4 ,mrs4 ,coultart1 in a subsequent letter1 adverting to the same subject1 remarks1 ,the poor things were puzzled4 ,they were told they were free on the first of ,august1 had a general holiday1 and rejoiced at the event2 and then they were called to work again as before4 ',free1 no free at all2 work like before-time4' ,many said1 they would not work without a proper understanding1 or some pay4 ,i was present when a poor woman in the ,methodist ,society made a speech to the following effect3 ',from the creation down to now we work1 work1 work4 ,now1 ,lord ,mulgrave and the ,king give we free1 we take free1 we happy2 then master come1 tell we work like before-time4 ,no1 me say1 better take shot at one than make we fool so4' ,the minister's wife talked to her1 and explained that this work for six years was to help pay the owner what the ,king could not afford to do1 of the money that purchased her2 and she seemed quite content1 and said she would go to her work4 ,if it were possible to speak to each thus1 in the tone of a friend1 they would believe2 but their confidence in their owners is shaken--and who can wonder8 ,adverting to the necessity of additional aid to give instruction to the negroes and their children1 ,mrs4 ,c4 remarks to her female correspondent1 ,i wish you could just come some ,saturday evening before the preaching ,sabbath at this bay1 and see the numbers who come to our house1 two miles farther1 after having walked twenty and twenty-five miles already1 just to read their letters1 or to hear a few verses out of the ,bible1 or ,watts's ,first ,catechism1 or something that will shed a ray of light over their benighted minds4 ,i have about thirty-five little ragged black children who meet me in the place hired for worship on the bay at four o'clock every evening4 ,these ,i try to teach for two hours1 and the only member of the church who can read sometimes meets me to assist4 ,we are going soon1 ,i believe1 to remove from this house2 it is considered unhealthy1 there being marshes near1 and then ,i shall be too far off to attend to the children daily4 ,on the sabbath1 only every third1 is too unfrequent for progress to be made4 ,could ,i see the means of support1 ,i would1 without loss of time1 place a person at the bay to teach regularly1 and then ,i trust some good would be done4 ,the eagerness manifested for ,first ,spelling ,books with large alphabets is amusing and pleasing4 ,i have purchased all ,i could get in ,kingston1 and sold them again at the same price1 which is three times as dear as if ,i had them from ,england4 ,mr4 ,c4 has written to several ,english friends1 to beg them to send us some1 either to give away or sell4 ,i hope they will1 without loss of time1 for it is distressing to be obliged to refuse such earnest requests4 ',me want to learn1 me good massa1 that me may read out of the ,bible for meself4' ,this is just what we want for them1 that they may not be led astray by every designing person1 who may set himself up to instruct them4 ,at ,port ,maria ,mr4 ,baylis had the pleasure of receiving fifty-nine persons by baptism on the #bjth of ,july last4 ,he labours with great diligence1 and is cheered1 at each of his stations1 by proofs of a divine blessing resting on his exertions4 ,mr4 ,whitehorne reports1 from ,mount ,charles1 that the same increase of congregation1 and earnest desire to learn to read1 exists in the several places where he maintains public worship1 as at other stations2 while from ,montego ,bay1 and ,falmouth1 our brethren ,abbott1 ,dexter1 and ,dendy1 renew their earnest solicitations for further aid4 ,we rejoice to learn that ,mr4 ,burchell arrived in safety at ,kingston from ,new ,york1 on the #bgth of ,october2 and we trust not only to be permitted to make the same announcement1 in a few days1 respecting ,mr4 ,knibb1 but to witness further accession1 shortly1 to the number of faithful and devoted labourers in this interesting portion of the missionary field4 ,mr4 ,harjette and his family have embarked for ,calcutta in the ,david ,clarke1 ,capt4 ,rayne1 and sailed from ,portsmouth4 ,a letter has been received from ,mr4 ,george ,pearce1 dated at sea1 ,sept4 #fth1 in ,n4 lat4 #d1 ,w4 long4 #bc4 ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,p4 were quite well1 and had received much kind attention from the ,captain and their fellow-passengers4 ,,list ,,of ,,foreign ,,letters ,,lately ,,received4 ,,east ,,indies ,rev4 ,henry ,beddy ,patna ,april #g4 -- ,w4 ,h4 ,pearce ,calcutta #ad4 -- ,john ,lawrence ,digah ,june #ac4 ,jonathan ,carey1 ,esq4 ,calcutta #ad4 ,rev4 ,wm4 ,yates ditto ,july #bf4 -- ,george ,pearce ,madeira ,aug4 #ai4 ,,west ,,indies -- ,t4 ,f4 ,abbott ,montego ,bay ,aug4 #ab4 ,ditto ditto ,sept4 #ai4 -- ,j4 ,coultart ,st4 ,ann's ,bay ,aug4 #ab4 ,ditto ditto ,sept4 #c1 #ag4 -- ,w4 ,dendy ,falmouth ,aug4 #ab4 ,ditto ditto ,sept4 #ae4 -- ,j4 ,m4 ,phillippo ,spanish ,town ,aug4 #ah4 ,ditto ditto ,sept4 #bc4 -- ,joshua ,tinson ,kingston ,aug4 #ah4 ,ditto ditto ,sept4 #bb4 -- ,h4 ,c4 ,taylor ,spanish ,town ,aug4 #ah4 ,ditto ditto ,sept4 #c4 -- ,f4 ,gardner ,kingston ,aug4 #ah4 ,ditto ditto ,sept4 #bc4 -- ,j4 ,clarke ,kenmuir ,aug4 #ai4 ,ditto ditto ,sept4 #ag4 -- ,kilner ,pearson ,nassau #ad4 -- ,edward ,baylis ,port ,maria #af4 ,messrs4 ,a4 ,j4 ,deleon1 ,savanna-la-,mar #ai4 ,rev4 ,w4 ,whitehorne ,mount ,charles #bb4 -- ,j4 ,kingdon ,manchioneal ,oct4 #ac4 -- ,josiah ,barlow ,anotta ,bay #af4 -- ,walter ,dendy ,falmouth #ba4 -- ,joshua ,taylor ,kingston #bh4 ,,south ,,america4 -- ,joseph ,bourn ,belize ,july #ab4 ,,south ,,africa4 -- ,w4 ,davies ,graham's ,town #ba4 ,contributions received on account of the ,baptist ,missionary ,society1 from ,nov4 #bj1 to ,dec4 #bj1 #ahcd1 not including individual subscriptions4 ,naunton1 by ,rev4 ,j4 ,acock #aj #c #d ,newbury1 ,collections and ,subscriptions1 by ,rev4 ,t4 ,welsh #db #b #i ,norwich and ,norfolk ,auxiliary1 by ,mr4 ,j4 ,culley1 ,treasurer #if #c #f ,south ,devon ,auxiliary1 on account1 by ,mr4 ,nicholson #de #j #j ,lincolnshire and ,suffolk1 by ,rev4 ,eustace ,carey3-- ,louth1 ,rev4 ,mr4 ,cameron's #ab #e #j ,horncastle #a #ac #f ,eye #g #af #a ,bury #aa #h #b ,diss #f #i #j ,stowmarket #aa #ab #a ,ipswich #gc #a #j -------- #abd #d #aj ,chelsea1 ,collections and ,sunday ,school1 by ,mr4 ,skerritt #ac #a #j ,sutton on ,trent1 by ,mr4 ,mozley #g #b #f ,newark1 by ,mr4 ,lomax #e #d #j ,broseley1 ,auxiliary ,society1 by ,mr4 ,weare1 ,jun4 #bd #j #j ,huntingdonshire1 ,society in aid of ,missions1 on account1 by ,mr4 ,paul #ej #j #j ,derbyshire1 by ,rev4 ,w4 ,hawkins3-- ,derby #ch #i #c ,burton on ,trent #ac #a #aa ,loscoe #a #h #j -------- #eb #ai #b ,reading1 ,negro's ,friend ,society1 by ,mrs4 ,letchworth1 7,for ,spanish ,town7 #e #j #j ,northamptonshire1 ,independent ,association1 by ,rev4 ,mr4 ,robertson3-- ,kettering1 ,rev4 ,t4 ,toller #b #j #j ,harborough1 ,rev4 ,w4 ,wild #e #j #j -------- #g #j #j ,downton1 ,collection1 c4 by ,rev4 ,john ,clare #ab #b #f ,haddenham 7,cambridgeshire71 by ,mr4 ,rose #ac #g #j ,bath1 ,collected by ,miss ,oliver #j #f #f ,,legacy4 ,mr4 ,william ,baker1 late of ,george ,street1 ,hampstead ,road1 7,executors1 ,messrs4 ,henry ,welton and ,joseph ,ivimey7 #bjj #j #j ,the following ,contributions have been received1 on account of the ,jamaica ,chapels and ,school ,rooms1 since the ,list was printed off4 ,sidney ,gurney1 ,esq4 #b #b #j ,banff1 ,mrs4 ,nichols and ,friends #a #j #j ,members of the ,society of ,friends4 ,william ,allen 7,s7 #c #j #j ,john ,sanderson #c #j #j ,john ,kitching #b #b #j ,james ,foster #b #b #j ,cornelius ,hanbury #b #b #j ,thomas ,norton #a #j #j ,jacob ,hagen1 ,jun4 #a #j #j ,margaret ,wilson4 #a #j #j ,scarborough1 7additional73-- ,collection1 ,aug4 #a #d #aj #j ,surplus of ,tea ,party #f #a #i ,christopher ,hill1 ,esq4 #e #j #j ,w4 ,d4 ,thornton1 ,esq4 #a #j #j ,w4 ,dyson1 ,esq4 #a #j #j ,friend #a #j #j ,w4 ,smith1 ,esq4 #j #aj #j ,mrs4 ,fox #j #aj #j ,,to ,,correspondents4 ,the thanks of the ,committee are returned to the ,rev4 ,john ,cox1 of ,woolwich1 for a parcel of books and tracts for ,jamaica2 and also to ,mrs4 ,letchworth1 and the ,committee of the ,reading ,ladies' ,negroes' ,friend ,society1 for a box containing books and other useful articles for ,jamaica4 ,our valuable ,correspondent at ,newbury is informed1 that the friend about whom he inquires had made previous arrangements for his journey westward1 which prevented his complying with the request sent him from ,n4 ,in the ,list of ,contributions for rebuilding the ,jamaica ,chapels1 there occurs a line1 under the head of ,prescot-street1 ,rev4 ,charles ,stovel1 ,friends #aj #b #f ,for which1 read1 ,cards1 by ,miss ,amelia ,bradshaw3-- ,t4 ,teape1 ,esq4 #a #a #j ,w4 ,cooke1 ,esq4 #a #j #j ,a4 ,jackson1 ,esq4 #a #j #j ,small sums #b #f #f ------- #e #g #f ,by ,miss ,martha ,bradshaw #d #ae #j ,under the head of ,lyme1 ,dorset1 there should have been entered1 a donation of ,five ,pounds1 from ,james ,edwards1 ,esq42--and at ,caine1 ,wilts1 the account should stand thus3-- ,collection1 by ,rev4 ,w4 ,lush #b #g #j ,mr4 ,w4 ,gundry1 for ,schools #a #j #j ,j4 ,f4 ,gundry1 ,do #a #j #j ------- #d #g #j ,j4 ,,haddon1 ,,printer1 ,,castle ,,street1 ,,finsbury4