,transcriber's note3    ,due to the     
number of tables1 this file reads better
 in a monospaced  font4                 
,,the                                   
,,baptist ,,magazine4                   
,,may1 #ahce4                           
,,memoir ,,of ,,the ,,late ,,rev4 ,r4   
,,morrison1 ,d4,d41 c4                  
,missionary to the ,chinese ,empire4    
,,by ,,an ,,intimate ,,friend ,,of ,,the
 ,,deceased4,a      ,footnote ,a3 ,a    
,sermon has just been published1        
entitled1 ,a ,voice from  ,china2 a     
,discourse1 delivered at ,new ,windsor  
,chapel1 ,salford1 on ,sunday1          
,february #aa1 #ahce1 to improve the    
lamented death of the ,rev4 ,robert     
,morrison1 ,d4,d41 ,f4,r4,s41 c41 c42   
with a ,sketch of his ,character and    
,labours1 principally compiled from his 
own correspondence4 ,by ,john  ,clunie1 
,,ll4,d4 ,of this discourse we are happy
 to avail ourselves1 for  the purpose of
 presenting our readers with a brief    
memorial of this  distinguished servant 

of ,christ2 still referring them to the 
,sermon  itself for some interesting    
extracts1 and appropriate reflections1  
which  we are unable to transfer to our 
pages4--,,ed4    ,the ,rev4 ,dr4        
,morrison was born at ,morpeth1 ,jan4   
#e1 #aghb1 but was  early removed to    
,newcastle-upon-tyne4 ,his parents1     
though in humble  circumstances1 were   
industrious and pious members of the    
,scottish  church2 and they educated    
their family in the fear of the ,lord4  
,when a  boy1 he was1 with other young  
persons of the congregation1 frequently 
catechised by the ,minister2 and this   
has inadvertently led to an  erroneous  
report1 that he was originally a ,sunday
 ,school scholar4 ,he  was afterwards   
taught a mechanical trade1 which he     
diligently followed  till he left home4 
,i believe he feared the ,lord from his 
youth2 and  that the pious instructions 
of his father's house1 and the faithful 
ministrations of his pastor1 were so    
blessed to him1 that at the age of      

sixteen he solemnly devoted himself to  
,god4 ,when engaged in his secular      
calling1 his mind1 thirsting for        
knowledge1 sought its own improvement1  
first by general reading1 and1 after a  
few years1 by diligently  acquiring the 
rudiments of ,latin4 ,he used to steal  
hours from rest1 and  often to work with
 his book raised before him1 so that his
 eye could  cast a rapid glance on its  
pages1 while his hands were actively    
employed  at his daily labour4 ,thus he 
at once prepared his lesson for the     
,minister who kindly instructed him1 and
 discovered the first indications  of   
that diligence and talent for the       
acquisition of a foreign language1      
which laid the basis of his future fame4
    ,at this time1 in consequence of his
 manifest love of study1 and his  ardent
 desire for usefulness1 his mother      
entertained many fears1 that  she should
 soon be deprived of the object of her  
affections1 by his  removal from her3   
but her fears1 so far as she herself was

 concerned1  were groundless2 for she   
was called to her rest1 the year before 
he left  home for the ,academy4 ,thus   
she neither felt the pain of his        
anticipated  absence1 nor rejoiced in   
the participation of his subsequent     
honours4    ,on entering ,hoxton        
,academy1 ,january1 #ahjc1 ,i found that
 ,mr4 ,morrison had  arrived a few days 
before me2 and as we both regularly     
attended1 with  our friends1 the        
ministry of that eminent servant of     
,god1 the ,rev4 ,a4  7afterwards ,dr47  
,waugh1 we were very soon intimately    
acquainted with  each other3 the result 
was an indissoluble friendship of nearly
  thirty-two years1 during the whole of 
which period1 we frequently             
interchanged our joys and our sorrows1  
and reciprocated our  congratulations   
and our sympathies2 while fidelity and  
affection  mutually tendered1 when      
necessary1 admonition and reproof4 ,his 
character  was even then distinguished  
by those qualities which subsequently   

rendered him so illustrious--the most   
ardent piety1 indefatigable  diligence1 
and devoted zeal4 ,his natural          
disposition was grave and  thoughtful2  
so that1 as his mind was often the      
subject of anxious and  desponding      
views1 especially of himself and his    
attainments1 he  probably occasionally  
appeared to some as gloomy and          
melancholy4 ,but  those who knew him    
best were fully convinced1 that most of 
his anxieties  arose from his deep sense
 of the importance of the work for which
 he was  preparing1 of his own utter    
incompetency for its faithful discharge1
 and  of the consequent obligation under
 which he was laid1 to exert himself  to
 the utmost1 to secure the full benefit 
of every advantage placed  within his   
reach4 ,hence he was a most exemplary   
student1 and always  aimed at           
distinction1 even in some branches of   
study for which he  appeared very little
 adapted4 ,but his chief reliance to    
secure success1  was not on any effort  

of his own1 however diligently and      
constantly  exerted--but on the divine  
blessing4 ,hence few ever entered more  
fully  into the great ,luther's         
favourite axiom1 to pray well is to     
study  well2 for of him it may be very  
justly said1 that prayer was the        
element in which his soul delighted to  
breathe4    ,his mind had long mourned  
over the deplorable state of the heathen
  world1 to which he wished to publish  
the unsearchable riches of  ,christ2    
though he then knew not how it could    
possibly be  accomplished4 ,but after   
having attended two ,missionary         
,anniversaries in  ,london1 he saw the  
door effectually opened before him1 and 
instantly  resolved to enter on the     
arduous task4 ,the appeals of ,thorpe1  
,bennet1  ,dickson1 and ,scott1 the     
commentator1 at the last of these       
anniversaries1  were to him             
irresistible2 and he immediately        
conferred not with flesh  and blood1 but
 consecrated himself to the work of the 

,lord among the  heathen1 saying1 ,here 
am ,i1 send me4 ,no sooner1 however1 had
 he  signified his intention1 than every
 objection was made1 and every          
difficulty thrown in his way2 and when  
these failed1 he was tempted by  favour 
and honour1 to remain at home2 but all  
proved equally in vain4  ,this          
opposition doubtless arose from a       
mistaken estimate of the superior       
claims of home2 as it was manifested by 
some of the excellent of the  earth1 who
 afterwards most cordially rejoiced in  
his success abroad4  ,thus1 while       
faithfully following his own convictions
 of duty1 he not  only exhibited that   
decision of character which he ever     
displayed1 but  eventually found the    
truth of that sacred declaration1 ,them 
that  honour me ,i will honour2 and they
 that despise me shall be lightly       
esteemed4    ,after the usual           
examination1 he was most cheerfully     
accepted by the  ,missionary ,society2  
and1 having been affectionately         

commended to the  special grace of ,god1
 by his fellow-students1 he left the    
,academy at  ,hoxton for that at        
,gosport1 to enjoy the missionary       
training of the  venerable ,mr4         
7afterwards ,dr47 ,bogue4 ,few students 
ever left the house  more irreproachable
 in their conduct1 or more generally    
respected1 by  all1 for their real      
worth1 and unfeigned piety2 or more     
beloved by those  who enjoyed the       
felicity of their faithful friendship4  
,though it was  little apprehended that 
he would so soon be called to fill one  
of the  most arduous and important      
spheres which could be conceived2 or1   
that he  would ultimately rise to such  
an eminence in it1 as to command the    
admiration of all classes of the        
christian church1 and of the community  
in general2 yet1 it is impossible to    
reflect on his diligent and devoted     
course at ,hoxton1 without clearly      
recognizing the incipient elements  of  
all his future success4 ,others1 indeed1

 possessed more brilliant  talents1--a  
richer imagination1 a more attractive   
delivery1 or more  graceful             
manners1--but1 ,i trust ,i may be       
permitted to say1 that there  was no one
 who more happily concentrated in       
himself the three elements  of moral    
greatness already enumerated--the most  
ardent piety1  indefatigable diligence1 
and devoted zeal in the best of all     
causes4    ,thus devoted to the glory of
 ,god and the salvation of the heathen1 
he  reached ,gosport4 ,to show his      
feelings and sentiments at that         
important  crisis1 ,i shall quote his   
own words1 from the first letter ,i ever
  received from him1 dated ,gosport1    
,june #i1 #ahjd3         ,dear ----1 ,i 
expect that my brother would inform you 
of my safe       arrival at ,gosport1 on
 the evening of the day ,i left you4    
,through       the good hand of ,god    
upon me1 in answer to the prayers of my 
relatives and ,christian friends1 ,i am 
yet in comfortable       circumstances1 

and enjoy something of the presence of  
,god1 and of       the hope of glory4   
,my dear brother1 ,i hope the           
conversation we had when we travelled   
together to ,leatherhead1 will not soon 
be forgotten by you or me4       ,let   
the sentiment dwell upon our hearts1    
that it is the great       business of  
our lives1 to testify the gospel of the 
grace of ,god4       ,whether or not you
 and ,i have the happiness to labour    
together1 as       it respects place1 we
 shall1 ,i trust1 have the happiness of 
pursuing the same end1 seeking to       
promote the glory of ,god1 the          
,father1 ,son1 and ,holy ,spirit1 in the
 salvation of men4 ,o that this         
may be in truth our constant pursuit2 so
 shall we have the       happiness of   
,god's approbation through life--at the 
hour of       death--in the day of      
judgment--and be perfectly happy in his 
immediate presence through eternity4    
,and again1 ,july #cast1 he thus writes3
         ,my situation at ,gosport is   

agreeable1 and the persons with whom ,i 
am connected are kind to me4 ,the ,lord1
 who gives me favour in their           
eyes1 continues me in health4 ,my mind  
is comfortable1 and resigned       to   
the ,lord's pleasure concerning me4 ,i1 
as formerly1 have to       'fight with  
sins1 and doubts1 and fears4' ,such1 ,i 
expect1 will be       my experience     
while ,i continue in this world4        
,my future destination is altogether    
unknown to me4 ,it is in       agitation
 to send a ,mission to ,china4 ,mr4     
,bogue seems quite fond of       it4 ,i 
have had some thoughts about going into 
the interior of       ,africa1 to       
,tombuctoo4 ,i give up my concerns to   
the ,lord4 ,i hope he       will open a 
door of useful missionary labour1 in    
some part of the       world1 and give  
me souls for my hire4    ,with such     
feelings1 he said he would have gone to 
any quarter of the  globe1 where the    
people were as yet without a ,divine    
,revelation4 ,but  ,china1 most happily1

 was the sphere allotted to him by the  
,directors of  the ,missionary ,society4
 ,to that immense empire their attention
 had been  directed by their first      
devoted ,treasurer1 ,mr4 ,hardcastle1   
who judged it  highly important to      
attempt the acquisition of its difficult
 language1  and the translation of the  
,scriptures by some competent           
,missionary4  ,this1 be it remarked1 was
 at a time when it was quite uncertain1 
whether  any ,briton would be allowed to
 go thither from ,england1 or permitted 
to  reside even on the borders of       
,china1 if he should be able to reach   
its  shores4 ,so strong then were the   
prejudices1 in certain quarters1 against
  attempting to evangelize the ,east1   
that the ,directors for a time avoided  
the use of the term ,chinese ,mission2  
and actually were obliged to send  ,dr4 
,morrison and others round by way of    
,america4 ,for this station1  ,china1 he
 was eminently adapted3 as it was well  
remarked by the lamented  ,dr4 ,milne1  

that talents rather of the solid than   
the showy kind1  rather ,i adapted to   
accomplish important objects by a course
 of  persevering labour1 than to        
astonish by any sudden burst of genius1 
were  the most proper for the first     
,missionary to ,china3 and such exactly 
were  the talents which the ,giver of   
every good and perfect gift had         
conferred  on him4 ,but it was thought  
highly desirable that he should have a  
fellow-labourer1 though subsequent      
events proved that this would then  have
 been quite impracticable in ,china4    
,but every effort was made1  especially 
by himself1 to prevail on some kindred  
soul to accompany him4  ,and here ,i    
must be excused slightly touching on one
 who was more than  half-disposed to    
respond to the call2 but who was        
ultimately prevented1  by what appeared 
to him imperative duty at home4 ,but he 
trusts his  heart was ever with him3 and
 whatever sympathy and encouragement    
might  be1 at any time1 in his power to 

command1 were most cheerfully rendered1 
and the act considered as his highest   
honour4    ,what views ,dr4 ,m4         
entertained both of the missionary and  
ministerial  character1 will best appear
 from what he desired for himself and   
his  friend4 ,in a letter dated ,march  
#bd1 #ahje1 he thus writes3--         ,i
 pray ,god that he may pour into my     
soul1 in rich abundance1 the       daily
 washing of regeneration and the        
renewing of the ,holy ,ghost4       ,the
 gifts of the ,holy ,spirit1 my brother1
 are radical       qualifications in a  
minister1 and in a missionary4 ,oh that 
you and       ,i may be blessed with    
large measures of them6 ,let us keep in 
sight1       my brother1 our obligations
 to ,god our ,saviour1 who has redeemed 
us       from the lowest hell2 the short
 term of service2 and the ineffably     
glorious reward of grace1 in the kingdom
 of heaven2 and1 animated       by the  
prospect1 let us 'spend and be spent'   
for the sake of our       ,lord ,jesus4 

,beloved1 ,i wish that thou mayest      
prosper and be in       health1 even as 
thy soul prospereth4 ,pray ,god to make 
me a good man       and a good          
missionary4    ,and again1 ,may #cj3--  
,attend1 my dear brother1 very          
particularly1 to the state of your      
own soul4 ,instead of saying1 pray much1
 as ,i was just about to       say1 be  
very careful that your prayers be       
spiritual--from the       heart3 live by
 faith on ,jesus ,christ4 ,i would add1 
,i mean examine       yourself much on  
this point2 for there is much danger of 
our--those       of us whose concern it 
is constantly to attend to religious    
matters--,i say there is much danger of 
our doing things1 praying1       and    
exhorting1 and reading1 c41 as matters  
of course1 without       entering into  
them spiritually and seriously4 ,allow  
me to say--not       because ,i am your 
master1 but because ,i love you--study  
gravity1       humility1 and benevolence
 of deportment4 ,consider we profess to 

be       the messengers of ,jesus       
,christ to the children of ,god1 and to 
sinful1 guilty man3 let us always be    
grave and serious4 ,you and ,i       are
 young1 and know but little2 let us be  
humble1 considering       others better 
than ourselves4 ,we are the followers of
 ,christ1 and       therefore should    
wish well to all1 ever pleasing them for
 their       good to edification4       
,after spending about fifteen months at 
,gosport1 he came to ,london1  to obtain
 some knowledge of medicine1 and to     
study the elements of  astronomy at the 
,observatory1 ,greenwich2 from a        
misapprehension that  these1 especially 
the last1 would be essential to his     
success in ,china4  ,but however much   
they tended to expand his own mind1 they
 were  subsequently found almost        
superfluous in practice3 nevertheless1  
another  object was obtained by his     
residence for nearly eighteen months in 
the  metropolis4 ,an amiable ,chinese   
was found willing to reside with him1 to

  assist him a little in the acquisition
 of the language1 and in  transcribing a
 ,chinese ,harmony of the ,gospels in   
the ,british ,museum1 and  a            
,latino-,chinese ,dictionary1 borrowed  
from the ,royal ,society1 both  composed
 by some unknown ,roman ,catholic       
missionaries4 ,it was with  reference to
 him1 while employed on the former1 that
 an eminent  individual afterwards      
remarked1 that he then little thought1  
as he  passed through the ,museum1 that 
that stripling sitting at the table     
transcribing an unknown tongue1 would   
one day translate the ,scriptures  into 
,chinese6 ,well may we exclaim1 ,who    
hath despised the day of small          
things8--,man looketh on the outward    
appearance1 but the ,lord looketh  on   
the heart4    ,when the time of his     
departure from his native shores drew   
nigh1 as ,i  was then at the ,university
 of ,glasgow1 he thus took his          
affectionate  leave of me by letter1    
,january1 #ahjg--         ,the period1  

my dear brother1 has new arrived when ,i
 must bid an       affectionate1 and    
perhaps a last farewell4 ,on ,thursday  
evening ,i       was solemnly ordained  
to the ministry of the gospel of the    
,lord       ,jesus ,christ among the    
heathen4 ,the service was at ,swallow   
,street4       ,rev4 ,john ,townsend    
opened by prayer and reading the        
,scriptures4       ,rev4 ,g4 ,burder    
asked the questions4 ,mr4 ,waugh offered
 up the       ordination prayer4 ,mr4   
,nicol gave a charge1 and ,mr4 ,buck    
closed the       service by prayer4 ,it 
was a very solemn and impressive        
opportunity4       ,messrs4 ,gordon and 
,lee were ordained with me4 ,we proceed 
on the       #bdth inst4 in the         
,remittance1 ,captain ,law1 to ,new     
,york2 from thence       they take a    
ship to ,india1 in all probability to   
,madras2 whilst ,i       alone1 in      
another vessel1 sail for ,canton4 ,if   
permitted1 ,i intend       to reside    
there2 if not1 ,i shall probably return 

to ,malacca4 ,such1       at present1 my
 dear ----1 are my external             
circumstances and       prospects4 ,with
 regard to success1 ,i am not sanguine1 
nor am ,i       depressed4 ,i hope--,i  
believe ,i may safely take the comfort  
of our       ,lord's words1 ',lo1 ,i am 
with you always1 even to the end of the 
world2' and1 with this persuasion1 what 
have ,i to fear8 ,if ,christ       be   
with me1 who can be against me8 ,let me1
 my brother1 have       occasionally an 
interest in your fervent prayers4 ,pray 
that ,i may       not think it hard1 if 
,i fare as well as my ,master6          
,farewell1 my       dear young brother2 
the ,god of peace be with you6 ,my love 
to my       dear brother ,hooper4       
,thus inspired1 he departed for ,china1 
instructed by the ,directors to  learn  
its difficult language1 and1 if         
possible1 compose a dictionary of  it1  
and1 above all1 to translate the        
,scriptures into a language  understood 
by a third part of the human race2 and  

counselled by a  beautiful letter1      
officially signed1 but evidently        
composed by my  venerable father1 ,dr4  
,waugh4 ,at ,new ,york he was very      
kindly received1  and obtained a letter 
of introduction from ,mr4 ,maddison1    
then secretary  of state1 to the        
,american consul at ,canton1 which      
proved highly  beneficial to him there4 
,he reached ,china1 ,sept4 #d1 #ahjg1   
after a speedy but rough passage and1   
being a perfect stranger1 he landed at  
,macao1 with the mate of the  ship1 who 
left him next day4 ,he was soon known to
 be a missionary1 and  became the object
 of suspicion to the ,roman ,catholic   
clergy there4  ,during that season at   
,canton1 he lived in a cellar1 in the   
most retired  manner1 and laboured      
incessantly at the language1 with very  
little  success1 compared with what his 
subsequent efforts attained2 for he then
  had only an ignoramus for his tutor4  
,but hear himself from ,canton1  ,sept4 
#adth1 addressed to my own beloved      

mother3--         ,i daily converse with
 ,chinese1 but dare not so much as hint 
that       ,i desire to stay here1 or   
what my intention for coming is4 ,little
       merchants and tradesmen daily    
come to me1 to know what ,i have got    
to sell1 or what ,i wish to buy4 ,i come
 to vend the pearl of great       value1
 yet without asking money or price2 but 
dare not tell my       errand4 ,i know  
that you will descend to the grave1     
praying for the       success of your   
son in the faith of ,jesus4    ,he      
subsequently resided in the factory of  
some ,american agents at  ,canton1 who  
showed him great kindness1 and promoted 
his views to the  utmost of their       
ability4 ,at first he conformed to the  
,chinese manners1  both as to eating and
 dress1 from an erroneous idea that this
 would  recommend him to their kind     
notice2 but when he discovered his      
error1  he resumed the manners of a     
,european4 ,but so anxious was he to    
learn  ,chinese1 that he prayed even in 

secret in it1 when he was but very      
imperfectly acquainted with its idioms4 
,he quite secluded himself from  society
 for months1 till his health began to   
suffer2 and the first time  he ventured 
out into the fields was in a moonlight  
night1 under the  escort of two         
,chinese4    ,in the beginning of #ahji1
 he married ,miss ,morton1 the eldest   
daughter of  a medical gentleman there2 
and1 accepted an appointment in the     
,company's  factory1 as ,chinese        
translator1 which unquestionably        
facilitated his  perfect acquisition of 
the language1 and added much to his     
domestic  comfort4 ,such diligence and  
perseverance could not fail of success4 
,from  ,macao1 ,december #bh1 #ahaj1 he 
thus writes3--         ,i believe ,i was
 in ,canton when ,i last wrote to you1  
via41 the       beginning of this year4 
,i continued there till ,march1 carrying
 on a       discussion with the ,chinese
 government respecting the alleged      
murder of a ,chinaman4 ,i obtained great

 eclt1 by the public       examination  
of witnesses4 ,every body was           
astonished1 that in two       years ,i  
should be able to write the language1   
and converse in the       ,mandarin and 
vulgar dialects4 ,in consequence of     
that1 three of the       ,company's     
servants determined to begin the study  
of ,chinese2 and ,i       have during   
the summer been a regular ,chinese      
tutor4 ,i pray that       the ,lord may 
soon grant to me some from among the    
heathen1 who will       faithfully join 
in the promulgation of divine truth4 ,i 
wish you had       come with me to      
,china3 ,i want some humble1 persevering
       fellow-labourer4    ,he regularly
 spent six months alternately at ,macao 
and ,canton1 in  compliance with the    
requisition of the ,chinese policy1     
whose jealousy  permits few foreigners  
to reside in the celestial empire1 as   
they  proudly denominate it2 but which1 
in consideration of an annual revenue1  
tolerates the ,portuguese settlement on 

the insignificant island of  ,macao4    
,in a letter dated ,december #bi1 #ahaa1
 he states3--         ,sir ,george      
,staunton1 who is very friendly to me1  
leaves the       ,company's service this
 year2 and ,i am appointed to his place1
 as       ,chinese ,secretary4 ,this    
will confine me in ,canton six months of
 the       year4 ,the ,missionary       
,society judge it proper that ,i should 
be in       this employment4 ,it is far 
from being congenial with my taste or   
wishes1 considered in itself4 ,i greatly
 prefer entire devotedness       to my  
missionary labours1 and the perfecting1 
for future       missionaries1 a        
dictionary of the language4    ,this    
appointment1 however1 greatly increased 
his comforts and influence1  and enabled
 him to perform some of those noble acts
 of ,christian  benevolence to be       
hereafter noticed4    ,about this time1 
though he had before been turned out of 
a miserable  house1 because its owner   
said he had converted it into a chapel1 

he  commenced his exercises on the      
,lord's-day1 by reading the ,harmony of 
the ,gospels2 and afterwards continued  
it1 by exhorting a few ,chinese  who    
attended1 principally from his own      
household4 ,these humble efforts  were  
rendered1 under the ,divine blessing1   
the means of enlightening and           
converting several who are now actively 
engaged in the dissemination of         
,christian knowledge among their pagan  
countrymen4 ,in #ahaj1 he tried the     
practicability of printing the          
,scriptures1 by revising and publishing 
the ,acts of the ,apostles1 which he had
 brought out with him2 for  printing    
which he had paid the large sum of a    
dollar per copy--the price  at which the
 whole ,new ,testament has since been   
published--on account of  the personal  
risk which those who engaged in it were 
supposed to run4  ,yet he was           
encouraged2 and next year he finished   
his ,grammar1 and sent  it to the press 
at ,serampore1 where the ,east ,india   

,company afterwards  honourably defrayed
 the expense of its publication4 ,about 
the same time  he published his own     
translation of ,luke's ,gospel1 and a   
tract which the  ,missionary ,society   
had requested him to write1 on ,the     
,redemption of the  ,world1 and a       
catechism for the use of the ,chinese4  
,thus he proceeded1  step by step1 till1
 in #ahac1 he finished his translation  
of the ,new  ,testament1 having thus    
successfully toiled six years alone at  
the most  difficult language on earth1  
and done what was quite enough to       
immortalize his name4 ,the whole expense
 of the mission and translation  had    
hitherto been borne by the ,missionary  
,society2 but about this time1  on the  
presentation of a copy1 first of one of 
the ,epistles1 and then of  ,luke's     
,gospel1 translated into ,chinese1 the  
,british and ,foreign ,bible  ,society  
twice voted #ejj4 ,and soon after1 on   
the presentation of the  whole ,new     
,testament1 they voted the noble sum of 

#ajjj2 and this was  subsequently       
munificently repeated1 at different     
times1 till1 on the  completion of the  
whole ,bible1 it amounted to the        
princely sum of #ejjj1  without which1  
the work of translating the entire      
,scriptures would1  probably1 not have  
been accomplished4    ,just before this1
 ,mr4 ,milne rejoiced his heart and     
strengthened his  hands by coming out   
from ,england and joining the mission2  
and having  commenced under very        
different circumstances1 he soon        
acquired the  language1 and greatly     
assisted ,dr4 ,m4 in his subsequent     
translations and  labours4 ,but the     
jealousy of the ,portuguese very soon   
drove ,mr4 ,milne  from his embrace1 and
 obliged him to retire1 first to        
,canton1 and then  to ,malacca4 ,this1  
however1 eventually turned out for the  
furtherance of  the gospel1 by the      
establishment of the ,malayan mission1  
and thus  preparing the way for the     
establishment of the ,anglo-,chinese    

,college  there1 for the instruction of 
,chinese youths in the principles of    
,christianity and the cultivation of    
,chinese literature in general1  which1 
by the numerous publications that have  
issued from its press1  has proved of   
incalculable value to the populous      
nations around4  ,from ,canton1         
,december #ai1 #ahab1 he thus writes3-- 
,the ,chinese receive with much         
readiness the books which ,i            
distribute among them4 ,i can give but  
few with my own hands1 as ,i       am   
not admitted to the interior2 nor could 
,i give them openly in       the        
streets4 ,the method which ,i take is1  
to give them to the       booksellers1  
who will not destroy them1 but be       
induced to put them       into the hands
 of persons1 for the sake of what they  
can make by       them4    ,in #ahad1 he
 happily completed the first part of his
 ,chinese dictionary2  and the whole    
work was generously published at the    
expense of the ,east  ,india ,company1  

in three thick quarto volumes4 ,it was  
the first ever  published in the        
,english language2 and it must remain a 
lasting memorial  of his astonishing    
diligence4    ,in #ahaf1 he went as     
interpreter with our ambassador1 ,lord  
,amherst1 to  the imperial court of     
,pekin2 and subsequently published an   
account of  that unsuccessful embassy4  
,he founded the ,anglo-,chinese         
,college1 already  mentioned1 in #ahah1 
and liberally presented #ajjj for its   
establishment1  and #ajj per annum1 for 
five years from its actual commencement4
 ,in  #ahai1 he completed the           
translation of the whole ,bible1 having 
been  assisted in several parts of the  
,old ,testament by his late excellent   
colleague1 ,dr4 ,milne4 ,with great     
propriety he once observed in           
conversation1 ,i could have died1 when  
,i had finished the ,bible4--,on  that  
memorable day he wrote a long memoir1 in
 which he described the  principles     
which he had adopted1 and the plan which

 he had pursued1 in  its execution2 and 
concluded thus3         ,to have ,moses1
 ,david1 and the prophets--,jesus       
,christ and his                         
apostles--declaring to the inhabitants  
of ,china1 in their own       language1 
the wonderful works of ,god1 indicates1 
,i hope1 the speedy       introduction  
of a happier era1 in these parts of the 
world2 and ,i       trust that the      
gloomy darkness of pagan scepticism will
 be       dispelled by the day-spring   
from on high2 and the gilded idols of   
,budh1 and the numberless images which  
fill this land1 will one day            
assuredly fall to the ground1 before the
 force of ,god's word1 as       the idol
 ,dagon fell before the ark4    ,it is  
painful to observe here1 that during a  
considerable portion of his  unwearied  
labours1 he was visited by the heaviest 
afflictions4 ,his own  health suffered  
exceedingly at different periods1 under 
a most painful  disorder2 his beloved   
wife also was1 for several years1 still 

more  grievously afflicted2 and just    
before he had the happiness of finishing
  his ,bible1 the wife of his colleague 
was early taken away1 leaving four      
fatherless children to mourn their      
unspeakable loss4    ,as ,mrs4          
,morrison's complaint appeared to baffle
 the medical skill there1  and as it was
 quite impossible for ,dr4 ,morrison to 
leave the sphere of  his important      
labours1 she was obliged1 in #ahae1 to  
visit ,england1  accompanied only by her
 two children4 ,having sojourned amongst
 us  several years1 and finding herself 
greatly improved in health and  spirits1
 she returned with the same charge to   
,china in #ahbj1 to his  unspeakable    
delight4 ,but the following year1 she   
was suddenly removed1  after an illness 
of a few hours1 and he was once more1   
and for ever  here1 separated from the  
wife of his youth4 ,he had formerly lost
 his  first-born1 on the very day it saw
 the light2 and the ,portuguese had     
cruelly refused permission to inter the 

child of a heretic in their  consecrated
 ground4 ,he was therefore obliged1     
under the shades of night1  to carry his
 own babe under his arm1 attended only  
by a servant2 and to  fee some of the   
,chinese1 to let him pass the brow of a 
hill which was  behind his house2 where 
he dug a grave1 and buried his dead1    
purposing  in future an occasional visit
 to the interesting spot4 ,and now he   
wished  to lay his beloved wife by the  
side of her babe2 but the ,chinese      
threatened to oppose force1 if he       
attempted it2 and the ,roman ,catholics 
were as inveterate as ever4 ,but that   
kind ,providence which had in so  many  
instances appeared for him1 roused the  
indignation of the gentlemen  of the    
factory at ,macao2 and they subscribed  
and purchased a plot of  ground1 just   
outside the walls1 and devoted it as a  
perpetual ,protestant  burial-ground4   
,there he honourably buried her4        
,next year1 #ahbb1 he was deprived of   
his able and beloved colleague1 ,dr4    

,milne1 who1 on the #bnd of ,june1 fell 
a sacrifice to his close and  unwearied 
application1 and left the               
,anglo-,chinese ,college1 of which he   
was the ,principal1 the mission in      
general1 and ,dr4 ,morrison in          
particular1 to mourn his almost         
irreparable loss4    ,having visited the
 ,college1 and made every possible      
arrangement for its  present            
emergencies2 and having some time before
 fully accomplished the  three great    
duties assigned him--either of which was
 almost enough for  any ordinary man--to
 learn the language1 to translate the   
,bible1 and to  compose a ,dictionary1  
,dr4 ,m4 felt himself now at perfect    
liberty to  visit his native country1   
which he reached in the spring of #ahbd4
    ,as ,dr4 ,morrison had been so much 
and so deservedly anticipated by his    
fame1 an intense anxiety was every where
 manifested to see and hear him4  ,hence
 he was expected to appear at every     
public meeting of the  ,missionary and  

,bible ,societies3 and to preach on     
almost every occasion4  ,from the long  
prevalence of retired and studious      
habits1 and ,i may add  of ,asiatic     
manners1 this was no easy or pleasant   
task for him2 and it is  not wonderful1 
if1 on some occasions1 he disappointed  
the expectations  excited4 ,but you1 my 
,christian friends1 can testify the     
powerful appeals  which he made here1   
and how much his soul was evidently     
inspired with  zeal for ,china2 wherever
 he was1 this was his ruling passion4   
,hence he  wished all to love ,china1   
and to seek her evangelization by every 
means in their power2 and not to mind   
silver or gold1 friends or  comforts1   
except as they might become the honoured
 means of promoting  the ,redeemer's    
kingdom4 ,and it is highly gratifying to
 state1 that his  visit was productive  
of considerable zeal and exertion on    
behalf of the  same4 ,the greatest      
attention and kindness were every where 
shown him1 by  all ranks of the         

community4 ,he was honoured by being    
introduced at  court1 where he presented
 to his ,sovereign a copy of his        
,chinese ,bible1  which was most        
graciously received1 as was also a large
 ,map of ,china1  which he subsequently 
transmitted4 ,he was elected a ,fellow  
of the ,royal  ,society1 and of several 
other literary institutions1 both at    
home and  abroad2 and he had1 some years
 before1 in the most handsome manner1   
been  created ,doctor in ,divinity by   
the ,university of ,glasgow1 for his    
distinguished labours4 ,he prolonged his
 stay in ,england a second year1  in    
order to instruct some missionaries and 
others in ,chinese2 and to  promote the 
interests of ,oriental literature1 in   
connexion with  missionary efforts4     
,about this time1 he again entered into 
the marriage state1 by leading to  the  
altar ,miss ,armstrong1 of ,liverpool1  
well known to many of you3 in  whose    
recent and unspeakable sorrows1 ,i am   
fully convinced1 you will  most deeply  

sympathize4    ,having sent to the press
 his ,parting ,memorial1 he left1 for   
the last  time1 his native shores1 with 
,mrs4 ,morrison1 now his disconsolate   
widow1  and an infant1 and his two elder
 children1 in ,january1 #ahbf1 to return
  to ,china1 the land of his adoption1  
as he called it2 with the  intention of 
preparing a short ,commentary on certain
 portions of the  ,scriptures1 and such 
other elementary ,christian ,essays as  
appeared  desirable for the right       
understanding of the word of ,god1 now  
in  extensive circulation there4 ,these 
works he was enabled1 to a very         
considerable extent1 to accomplish      
before his decease4    ,but ,i must read
 you an extract from his last letter to 
myself1 which ,i  received only eight   
days before his death1 dated ,macao1    
,february #bd1  #ahcd3--           ,,my 
,,dear ,,friend1         ,two days ago1 
your welcome letter1 accompanied by a   
report of your       kind ,association  
for our poor college1 arrived and       

afforded me much       joy2 for ,i had  
several months been wondering at your   
silence4 ,the       death of ,milne and 
,collie1 and the removal of ,kidd and   
,tomlin1 were       impediments to the  
prosperity of the institution4 ,but ,i  
am happy to       say that1 judging from
 ,mr4 ,evans's letters from the         
,college1 he       will soon restore it 
to all that piety1 learning1 and zeal   
can do       for it4 ,i have been       
depressed about it of late1 but my hopes
 now       revive4--,the ,american      
missionaries in ,canton are persevering 
in the       good work1 without any     
immediately great results4 ,they are    
more       zealously supported from     
,america1 than we are from              
,england4--,the       church of ,christ 
on earth1 and also in heaven1 is from   
all nations1       and kindreds1 and    
peoples1 and tongues4 ,it should know   
nothing of       earthly nationalities4 
,the kingdom under the whole heaven     
belongs       to ,christ1 our blessed   

,saviour1 of which ,i hope1 my dear--we 
are       citizens4 ,i love the land of 
my descent1 ',canny ,scotland2' the land
       of my birth1 ',old ,england2' and
 the land of my sojourn--my             
adoption1 although not recognized by    
it--,china4 ,i would not set up         
one against the other4 ,o that in point 
of fact 7as in point of       right they
 are7 all the kingdoms of this world may
 soon become the       kingdoms of our  
,god and of his ,christ6 ,at present ,i 
am engaged on       ,notes on the       
,gospels1 with marginal references in   
,chinese4 ,my       progress is but     
slow4 ,my strength for labour has much  
diminished2       and ,i have many calls
 on my time from various quarters4      
,adieu4         ,my dear brother and    
faithful friend1 ever yours             
affectionately1                         
,,robert ,,morrison4    ,this was his   
last salutation3 and the spirit of the  
whole is so truly  worthy of him1 that  
to offer any comment would only be to   

weaken that  impression which ,i am     
convinced it has made so powerfully1 as 
not soon  to be forgotten by many--for  
he1 being dead1 yet speaketh4    ,the   
particulars of ,dr4 ,m4's lamented      
decease1 were announced in the  ,canton 
,gazette1 and in an excellent letter    
from his son1,a who long  worshipped    
with us here1 to the ,directors4        
,footnote ,a3 ,an extract from this     
letter--supplying the melancholy part   
of this memorial--will be found in our  
number for ,march1 p4 #ajg4--;,ed4      
,he expired at his residence in the     
,danish ,hong1 on the #ast of ,august1  
#ahcd4 ,his remains were followed from  
thence to the river side by ,lord       
,napier1,b and all the ,europeans1      
,americans1 and ,asiatic ,british       
subjects in ,canton4 ,the corpse was    
forwarded to ,macao1 and attended to    
the grave by about forty ,european      
gentlemen1 on ,tuesday evening1 ,august 
#eth1 and interred in the private       
,protestant burial ground in that       

settlement4 ,the service of the church  
of ,england was read by the ,rev4  ,mr4 
,stevens1 seaman's chaplain in the port 
of ,canton1 who was present at  his     
decease1 and affectionately ministered  
to his comfort in that trying  hour4    
,footnote ,b3 ,how singular1 that he    
should so soon follow him to the  house 
appointed for all living1 and earnestly 
request to be buried near  him6    ,hear
 then the voice from the tomb3 ,be ye   
also ready6 ,his work of  faith and     
labour of love were ended4 ,the day of  
,jubilee to ,africa1 was  the day of    
mourning to ,china6 ,then its first     
,protestant ,missionary--its  first     
translator of the sacred volume--its    
devoted apostle--not to say1  he who    
unlocked the treasures of its literature
 to the western world1  was summoned to 
his glorious rest--his eternal reward6  
,then he was  hailed by the voice of his
 ,saviour3 ,well done1 good and faithful
  servant3 enter thou into the joy of   
thy ,lord3 while he joined the  chorus  

of the redeemed2 ,not unto us1 ,o ,lord1
 not unto us1 but unto thy  name give   
glory1 for thy mercy and thy truth's    
sake4 ,only a month  before1 the        
venerable ,carey1 the apostle of ,india1
 ascended to his  glory2 and with what  
rapture must they have embraced each    
other1 in the  presence of their common 
,lord6--,but1 if no talents1 no zeal1 no
 labours1  no usefulness1 can elude the 
sentence of death--should not we then   
prepare to meet our ,god8               
,,the ,,christian ,,armour4             
,to the ,editor of the ,baptist         
,magazine4    ,how admirable is the     
candour and frankness of ,christianity6 
,in other  systems and pursuits it is   
usual to conceal difficulties and       
dangers1  and to exhibit nothing1       
openly1 but prospects of advantage4 ,not
 so the  ,captain of our salvation1 and 
those who had learned of him4 ,they call
  for self-denial1 engage in a life of  
conflict1 and glory in having the  cross
 to bear4 ,like an experienced general1 

the apostle1 having rallied  his        
fellow-soldiers to the onset1 reminds   
them that they had to contend  against  
no ordinary competitors3 not against    
flesh and blood1 7q4 d47  not against   
them only1 or chiefly1 but against      
beings who were  originally of a higher 
order1 and even now1 in their fallen    
state1 are  powerful1 crafty1 and       
malignant4 ,whether we consider their   
nature1 their  number1 or employments1  
they are formidable adversaries to man4 
,their nature4 ,they are wicked spirits1
 who once were in the presence  and in  
the service of ,god2 but they kept not  
their first estate2  having fallen by   
rebellion1 and being reserved for the   
judgment of the  great day1 they1 like  
their prince1 are going about seeking   
whom they  may devour4 ,still they are  
angels that excel in strength1 whose    
wisdom  is corrupted into cunning and   
craftiness1 whereby they lie in wait to 
deceive4 ,being spirits1 they are       
invisible1 and tempt without being      

tired4 ,were they seen1 they might be   
shunned3 were they flesh and blood1     
they might become weary in their work2  
but these rulers of darkness  have      
continued the work of wickedness ever   
since they were cast down  from the     
heavenly places4    ,their number also  
renders them a terror to the children of
 men2 and  although under restraint1    
they are permitted to unite their       
counsels and  force against us4 ,if1 in 
the days of our ,lord1 seven had cutered
 the  person of one unhappy sufferer1   
and legions into another1 we may        
conclude the gross number greatly       
exceeds that of the human race4    ,the 
devil and his angels are represented as 
a king and his subjects2  whence we may 
infer that they act in concert1 and     
that1 whilst they sow  discord among    
men1 there is an awful concentration of 
power and of  policy amongst themselves4
    ,their usurped dominion1 and        
constant employment1 are often referred 
to in the holy ,scriptures2 and not an  

instance of extraordinary  degradation  
of character1 of disaster of condition1 
but is traced to  the influence of the  
wicked one1 who is emphatically called  
the ruler  of the dark ages of this     
world4 ,he blinds the mind--hardens the 
heart--leads captive at his             
will--resists the prayers of the        
saints--stifles the cry of the          
sinner--and 7as in the case of ,job7    
puts  forth a dreadful power by the     
destructive elements of nature3 and were
  it not for the restraints of divine   
,providence1 and the operations of      
grace1 the history of man would be a    
record of continual crime1 and          
consequent misery4    ,we are here      
particularly admonished to stand against
 the wiles of the  devil4 ,open violence
 might excite alarm1 especially were it 
understood  from whence it proceeded2   
but secret stratagem has proved more    
successful1 both in drawing men into    
sin1 and preventing their return  to    
,god4    ,in presenting temptation1 he  

diligently studies human character1 and1
  observing the weakest side1 and       
waiting the unguarded moment1 obtains   
advantage over us without awakening     
suspicion4    ,thus1 in the case of     
,eve1 the only thing she could desire in
 ,paradise  was more knowledge2 of      
,judas1 more money2 and of ,ananias1    
more honour2  and for these objects1    
,satan1 by his wily representation1     
induced the  first to eat the forbidden 
fruit2 the second1 to betray the ,lord  
of  glory2 and the third1 to lie unto   
the ,holy ,ghost4    ,hence the proud1  
the passionate1 the polluted1 the timid1
 and the  melancholy1 are easily        
approached through the medium of some   
common  failing1 or constitutional      
infirmity2 and no one suspects that a   
devil  is near them1 till the iniquity  
is committed3 and the deed once done1   
the tempter laughs at their calamity1   
and becomes their tormentor4 ,the  same 
policy may be observed in the seasons   
selected by him to ensnare  and         

overthrow the unwary4 ,as a cunning     
adversary considers when the  troops are
 fatigued1 scattered1 asleep1 or        
intoxicated2 so the devil  assaulted the
 ,saviour when alone1 after fasting     
forty days1 and just  before his        
crucifixion4 ,as the pirate and the     
robber pass by and spare  the empty     
vessels1 and the poor1 but watch for    
those that return laden  with treasure2 
so this malignant foe resisted ,joshua  
at the throne of  grace1 sifted ,peter  
as he descended from the mount1 and sent
 his  messenger to buffet ,paul when he 
had been caught up into the third       
heavens4 ,his wiles may be also seen in 
the instruments employed3 they  are such
 as have authority1 influence1 or       
reputation2 so that a man's  deceiver   
shall be among his friends1 and his foes
 those of his own  house4    ,the       
artifice of this great adversary is not 
less manifest in the  means employed to 
prevent our return to ,god4 ,like a     
strong man armed1  he keeps his palace1 

and his goods are in peace2 and to      
secure the  captive1 he more frequently 
has recourse to fraud than to force1 and
  succeeds rather by stratagem than by  
strength4    ,to prevent alarm1 he will 
suggest every mitigating circumstance   
respecting their guilt2 represent that  
it is an easy matter to repent  and     
obtain mercy at the last moment of life2
 or1 if he cannot compose  the alarmed  
conscience with such opiates1 he will   
change his course1 and  represent their 
sins as peculiarly aggravated2 their    
case as singular  and desperate2 their  
day of grace as past2 and that1 having  
committed  the sin against the ,holy    
,ghost1 it is in vain for them to       
repent1 or  expect forgiveness6 ,thus1  
from the pinnacle of presumption1 he    
will  precipitate them into the gulf of 
despondency4 ,were it in his power to   
prevent it1 there would be no more joy  
in heaven at the repentance of a        
sinner1 and the light of hope1 on earth1
 would be extinguished for ever4    ,nor

 does he rest with having misrepresented
 the character and condition  of the    
sinner to himself2 he will distort and  
conceal the true character  of ,god3 at 
one time representing him as too        
merciful to punish any one  eternally   
for such faults as theirs2 at another1  
that the insulted  ,majesty of heaven   
meditates vengeance1 and his holiness   
and justice  would be dishonoured if    
their multiplied and heinous offences   
were  forgiven2 diverting their         
attention from the peculiar discoveries 
of the  gospel1 he will1 as in the      
conflict of our blessed ,lord1 bring the
  ,scriptures themselves to confirm his 
wicked suggestions1 and1 by a false     
application of difficult and detached   
passages1 hide from us the divine       
perfections1 as harmonizing and         
glorified in our redemption by ,jesus   
,christ4    ,one other stratagem may be 
mentioned1 which1 for the subtlety of   
its  nature1 and the frequency of its   
use1 requires especial notice4 ,satan   

will often transform himself into an    
angel of light1 and by means of  some   
popular minister1 or talkative          
professor1 promise a speedy growth  in  
divine life1 but1 in reality1 will      
divert from all proper thoughts  of     
,god1 and of themselves4 ,he will draw  
the young convert into some  matter of  
doubtful disputation1 either of doctrine
 or discipline in the  church4 ,he will 
either explode some important truth1 or 
carry it into an  improper extreme1     
turning spirituality into mysticism1 or 
liberty into  licentiousness4 ,having   
thus entangled the inexperienced in some
  labyrinth of error1 ,satan cares not1 
if1 under a profession of religion  he  
can but lead away from the simplicity   
that is in ,christ2 and  substitute for 
the spirit of the gospel a spirit of    
pride1 and of  discord1 in which all the
 angry passions find their element1 and 
the  souls of men are lost for ever1    
amidst furious contentions about        
religion4 ,where-fore1 take unto you the

 whole armour of ,god4 ,seeing  you are 
placed in circumstances that will       
require the faithful use of  every part 
of it1 see that nothing be wanting to   
your steadfastness4    ,the armour is   
chiefly of the defensive kind1 by which 
we may maintain  our standing in the    
,christian warfare4    ,there is an     
helmet for the head1 a breastplate for  
the heart1  shoes 7or greaves7 for the  
feet1 a girdle for the loins1 a shield  
that may be moved for the defence of    
every part that may require it1 and  a  
sword by which deadly wounds may be     
inflicted on the enemy4 ,of these  we   
cannot now speak particularly1 but shall
 hereafter1 if ,god permit4    ,we close
 with three observations3--#a4 ,there is
 no preparation for the  back3 hence we 
are to understand that we are to face   
the foe2 and should  any think to flee  
for safety1 they expose the unprotected 
part to the  enemy1 and become an easy  
prey4 #b4 ,no direction is given for    
those who  shall use this armour aright1

 and yet be vanquished3 from which we   
infer  that such a case cannot occur4   
,this is an armour of proof1 which never
  has failed1 and1 if used in the       
strength of the ,lord1 is sure to be    
effectual4 ,let the ,christian army know
 that ,satan1 with all his power  and   
subtlety1 shall never finally prevail   
against them4 ,thus armed1  their head  
shall be preserved from error1 their    
heart from iniquity1  and their feet    
from falling4 #c4 ,this is expressly    
,,god's armour1 and we  can receive it  
at the hands of no one but the ,captain 
of our salvation4  ,as1 when ,god       
decreed the destruction of ,babylon1 we 
are told that the  ,lord opened his     
armoury1 and brought forth the weapons  
of his  indignation2 so1 when           
,christians are called to fight the good
 fight1 to  resist ,satan1 and overcome 
the world1 a suitable armour is         
provided1 and  we are directed to put it
 on1 that we may war a good warfare1--  
,till1 crowned with victory1 at his feet

     ,we lay our laurels down4          
,clapham4                               
,j4 ,e4                                 
,,the ,,rev4 ,j4 ,,berridge4            
,to the ,editor of the ,baptist         
,magazine4    ,in your last month's     
magazine ,i was not a little pleased to 
meet once  more the signature of my late
 excellent friend1 ,john ,sutcliff1 of  
,olney4  ,the story1 also1 related by   
him concerning the pious ,mr4 ,berridge1
  delighted me much2 to see such zeal   
and firmness in his great ,master's     
cause1 persevered in1 even to the end2  
and to perceive how wonderfully  the    
,lord protected and delivered him1      
amidst the most inveterate  enemies4 ,is
 not here a striking display of a good  
,master1 and a faithful  servant8    ,on
 reading this pleasing and interesting  
anecdote1 it immediately  occurred to my
 mind1 that a long time since ,i paid a 
visit to this  excellent man1 of a most 
pleasant kind2 it was in the summer of  
#aggg1  when on a journey from          

,yorkshire to ,london1 through ,st4     
,neot's1 where ,i  stopped to supply the
 congregation of ,independents two      
,sabbaths4 ,everton  being but a short  
distance from thence1 ,i felt a strong  
inclination to  take that opportunity of
 paying a visit to this good old man1   
who ,i had  several times heard preach  
at the ,tabernacle in ,london1 and for  
whom ,i  felt no small degree of        
respect4 ,consequently ,i rode over to  
,everton1  and was kindly invited by the
 old gentleman to dine with him2 on this
  occasion1 ,i well remember requesting 
him to inform me of his adventures  as  
an itinerant preacher1 for ,i knew he   
was employed in such services4  ,the    
following case ,mr4 ,berridge narrated  
to me3 ,i had been preaching in  a      
village near ,cambridge1 at a time when 
there was a strong opposition  in that  
neighbourhood to preaching out of doors4
 ,having fixed upon the  place1 and     
being furnished with a little table for 
my pulpit1 while ,i  was engaged1 ,i    

thought ,i felt something moving under  
me1 but was not so  much incommoded as  
to interrupt or hinder me in my work4   
,having  concluded the service1 ,i      
retired1 safely1 from the crowd1 into   
the  cottage of a poor woman4 ,i had not
 been there long1 before some person    
came to the door1 who wished to see me2 
but the poor woman was so  alarmed1 that
 she dared not at first open the door1  
for fear ,i should be  ill-treated4 ,i  
desired her immediately to open the     
door1 and not be  afraid4 ,soon after a 
man came in1 trembling1 and most        
earnestly and  humbly begged my pardon1 
for he fully intended to throw me down1 
but  felt himself powerfully restrained 
from doing so4 ,mr4 ,berridge was not  a
 little affected by his confession1 and 
said to me1 ,i had him under my  table  
as my prisoner1 for he dared not stir to
 hurt me3 and he hoped  this might be   
followed by happy results to this       
convicted culprit4    ,as he rode upon a
 high horse1 which he showed me1 he was 

often  discovered at a considerable     
distance3 and the rude people commonly  
cried out1 ,here comes the old devil of 
,everton6    ,on the top of ,mr4 ,b4's  
clock1 this remarkable motto was        
written1 ,pay  me short visits4 ,this1  
,i think1 was no bad caution to his     
numerous  visitants4    ,to conclude my 
story3 ,soon1 soon all these oppositions
 to the invaluable  gospel will cease1  
and the faithful labourer will enter    
upon his  everlasting rest1 when the    
truly wise shall shine as the brightness
 of  the firmament1 and they that have  
turned many to righteousness 7which1  ,i
 doubt not1 was the happy case of this  
faithful servant of ,god7 shall  shine  
as the stars for ever and ever4      ,k4
                                        
,r4 ,h4              ,,on ,,the ,,use   
,,of ,,instrumental ,,music ,,in        
,,dissenting ,,chapels4                 
,to the ,editor of the ,baptist         
,magazine4    ,two pieces have lately   
appeared in your excellent periodical on

 this  subject4 ,though the former      
considered the use of ,instrumental     
,music1 in  ,dissenting ,chapels1       
inconsistent with the simplicity of our 
worship1 the  ground is fairly open1 ,i 
conceive1 for further investigation4    
,believing  that truth is promoted by   
free discussion1 and that your magazine 
is  friendly to both1 ,i also rely upon 
your candour1 for the admission of  the 
following observations on the           
impropriety of ,instrumental ,music in  
the worship of ,god4    ,it is1 in my   
opinion1 opposed to the spirituality of 
the ,new ,testament  worship4 ,when the 
,christian dispensation took the place  
of the ,jewish1  it swept away the load 
of carnal rites and ceremonies with     
which that  nation was burdened4 ,of    
these carnal ordinances it is           
universally agreed  that ,instrumental  
,music was a part3 with them1 therefore1
 it is finally  abolished2 nor do ,i see
 how we can reinstate it in the worship 
of ,god1  without violating his kingly  

prerogative1 and impairing the          
spirituality  of his worship1 by the    
introduction of grosser materials1 which
 he has1  by direct appointment1        
excluded4    ,instrumental music appears
 to me to be a departure from the       
practice  of the primitive church1 as   
well as a soil upon the spirituality of 
the  ,new ,testament worship4 ,it has1  
from time immemorial1 been the custom   
of innovators upon divine worship to    
construe the silence of the  scriptures1
 concerning their innovations1 into     
consent4 ,every one who  understands the
 principles of ,protestant ,dissenters  
knows that their  silence in such a case
 is a loud condemnation4 ,no better     
reason1 ,i  believe1 can be assigned for
 banishing any thing from the worship of
 the  sanctuary1 than the fact1 that it 
is not sanctioned by the command of  the
 apostles1 nor by the example of the    
early ,christians4 ,where1 allow  me to 
ask1 is ,instrumental ,music sanctioned 
in the worship of the  ,christian       

dispensation8 ,the apostle ,paul exhorts
 us to teach and  admonish one another  
in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs4
 ,the same  apostle1 when in jail with  
,silas at ,phillippi1 prayed and sang   
praises  unto ,god4 ,pliny1 in his      
celebrated letter to ,trajan1 ,a4 ,d4   
#ajf1 or #ajg1  says of the ,christians 
in his time1 that they were accustomed1 
on a  stated day1 to assemble before    
sunrise1 and to join together in singing
  hymns to ,christ1 as to a deity4      
,but where have the apostles sanctioned 
,instrumental ,music1 by precept or     
example8 ,when and where did the        
primitive ,christians employ it in the  
worship of ,god8 ,the truth is1 as all  
who are acquainted with  ecclesiastical 
records know1 ,instrumental ,music is a 
piece of popish  tinsel and show2 and   
moreover a comparatively recent         
invention of popery  itself4 ,that      
musical ,instruments were not used1 says
 the author of the  ,biblical           
,cyclopdia1 even in the ,popish ,church1

 in ,thomas ,aquinas's  time1 about the 
year #abej1 appears from the passage in 
his questions3  ,in the old law1 ,god   
was praised both with musical           
instruments and human  voices2 but the  
,christian church does not use          
instruments to praise him1  lest she    
should seem to judaize4    ,if1 ,mr4    
,editor1 there is any justness in these 
observations2 if  instrumental music is 
an inroad upon the spirituality of the  
,new  ,testament worship1 and a         
departure from the example of the       
primitive  church2 then it is not its   
tendency to create a unison of voices1  
which  must tend so materially to       
produce a unity of feeling2 nay1 it is  
nothing less than the direct command of 
,god that can authorize its             
introduction into his worship4    ,some 
may think this paper attaches too much  
importance to ,instrumental  ,music1    
especially when discreetly and soberly  
used1 in divine worship4  ,but the use  
of it at all1 involves a dangerous      

principle2 and if the  church of ,christ
 allows one erroneous form to encrust   
itself upon her1  that will soon attract
 to itself other evils of the same kind1
 until  the whole is degenerated into   
one common mass of corruption4          
,,anti ,,musicus4                       
,,poetry4                               
,,stanzas4      ,while1 through the     
regions of the skies1    ,unceasing     
,alleluias rise1    ,why are the songs  
on earth so few8    ,and why not here   
unceasing too8    ,o ,thou1 whom there  
they praise1 once slain1    ,but1       
living1 and shall ever reign1    ,in    
copious streams thy ,spirit pour1       
,and waken man from shore to shore2     
,then universal joy shall rise1         
,and earth shall emulate the skies4     
,oh6 the glad morning6 when the song    
,of heavenly praise shall flow along1   
,from beauteous field1 and hill1 and    
dale6    ,when cedar mount1 and olive   
vale1    ,shall burst in glorious       
singing forth2    ,when east and west1  

and south and north1    ,have but one   
theme1 ,the ,lamb who died6    ,the     
,conqueror1 though crucified6      ,then
 rays from heaven on earth shall shine1 
,and make these regions too--divine6    
,homerton4                              
,,james ,,edmeston4                     
,,reviews4           ,memoir of the     
,late ,rev4 ,joseph ,hughes1 ,a4,m41 one
 of the       ,secretaries of the       
,british and ,foreign ,bible ,society4  
,by ,,john       ,,leifchild4 pp4       
#dih4--,ward4    ,we are not aware that 
we can commence our notice of this      
instructing  volume better than by      
citing the words with which it          
concludes3 ,the  memory of the just is  
blessed4 ,but then memory must be       
enriched and  refreshed by the knowledge
 of facts which illustrate the          
principles and  character of the just2  
and if1 with such assistance1 it becomes
  strengthened and sanctified to enlarge
 and perpetuate the exercise of         
practical piety1 it must be blessed     

indeed4    ,that the perusal1 even of   
the most eminently pious biography1 may 
have  its disadvantages1 we are prepared
 to admit2 yet1 judicious reflection1   
accompanied with progressive experience1
 will effect much towards  preserving   
the considerate and devout reader from  
concluding that human  excellence in the
 present state1 however elevated1 can be
 entirely  detached from some qualifying
 alloy1 or that the less distinguished  
may  not be raised to the possession of 
the best gifts1 by that sovereign       
benevolence to which every creature1    
whether in earth or in heaven1 is       
indebted1 for whatever measure of       
natural superiority or moral greatness  
he may obtain4    ,it remains1          
therefore1 our unshaken conviction1     
that1 upon the whole1  the amount of    
benefit arising from a suitable regard  
to such works as  this now before us1   
vastly preponderates over the influence 
of certain  objections which1 were they 
allowed to operate beyond suggesting a  

salutary caution to the reader1 might   
deprive us of some of the most  powerful
 stimuli to noble enterprise1 and some  
of the richest sources  of sacred       
enjoyment4    ,mr4 ,hughes was born1 we 
learn from his own account contained in 
this  memoir1 in ,london1 ,jan4 #a1     
#agfi4 ,his father was a native of      
,wales2 his  mother1 of ,lancaster4 ,a  
few months after his birth1 he was put1 
for the  benefit of country air1 to     
,mrs4 ,edwards1 a nurse residing at     
,cuffley1 on  ,enfield ,chase1 with whom
 he remained several years4 ,afterwards 
his  parents placed him under the       
instruction of an ancient matron1 of the
  name of ,hudson4 ,at a very early     
period he assumed a manner and          
appearance far above his years4 ,joseph1
 one said to him1 do you love  play8 to 
which the grotesque little urchin1 as he
 calls himself1  demurely replied1 ,i   
did1 formerly6    ,in his tenth year he 
was received as a pupil and boarder in  
the family  of ,mr4 ,smalley1 minister  

of a ,presbyterian congregation at      
,darwen1 near  ,blackburn1 in           
,lancashire4 ,here he continued for a   
few of the most  important years of his 
life4 ,from ,darwen he was removed to a 
free school  at ,rivington in the same  
county4 ,he was baptized by the late    
,dr4  ,stennett1 and a few months       
afterwards was placed upon ,dr4 ,ward's 
trust  as a theological student in the  
,academy at ,broadmead1 ,bristol4 ,dr4  
,caleb  ,evans was ,president2 ,mr4     
,james ,newton1 ,a4,m41 ,classical      
,tutor4 ,here he  continued the usual   
term1 with a view of completing his     
course in  ,scotland4 ,mr4 ,hughes thus 
speaks for himself3--         ,before   
quitting ,bristol for ,scotland1 ,i     
enjoyed the advantage of       hearing1 
as the assistant of ,dr4 ,evans1 ,robert
 ,hall1 who also took       part in the 
tuition of the students4 ,the genius and
 attainments of       the last          
individual would be ill pourtrayed by   
me4 ,they command       admiration      

wherever he is known2 and if his pen had
 been as busy       as his mind is      
capacious1 ardent1 and sublime1 they    
would have       commanded the          
admiration of distant ages4 ,no one1    
before ,i had       listened to him1 had
 translated the classics in my hearing1 
with       equal grace and spirit2 no   
one had given me such an impression of  
intellectual nature3 but he seems never 
to have formed the same       lofty     
estimate of himself as he must have     
known that all his       acquaintance   
held most tenaciously4 ,the paucity of  
his publications       must be ascribed 
to this4 ',on what subject1' he has     
substantially       said1 'can you      
recommend me to write1 on which better  
things have       not already appeared  
than it is in my power to produce8'     
,hence we       may account for his     
diffidence1 amounting to anxiety1 when  
he has       espied among his public    
auditors1 a ,parr1 or a ,mackintosh4    
,having       been asked what he thought

 of the famed ,john ,henderson1 he said1
      ',i felt myself to be a mere child
 in his presence4' p4 #cg4    ,in       
,october1 #aghg1 ,mr4 ,hughes set out   
for ,aberdeen1 with his  fellow-student1
 ,mr4 7afterwards ,dr47 ,john ,evans4   
,here his literary  acquisitions were   
enriched1 and his religious character   
much improved4  ,some attachments and   
friendships were formed1 which1 in      
following years1  were ripened to       
maturity4 ,having taken his degree1 he  
spent one session  at ,edinburgh1 where 
he was most affectionately received by  
the venerable  ,dr4 ,erskine4    ,in    
#agia1 he was solemnly called to the    
ministry1 by the church at ,wild        
,street1 and invited to fill the        
situation of ,classical ,tutor at the   
,bristol ,academy4 ,dr4 ,evans dying in 
,august this year1 ,mr4 ,h4 continued   
to preach at ,broadmead during the      
remainder of that and nearly the whole  
of the following year4 ,about this time 
he renewed an attachment formed  while a

 student at ,bristol1 between himself   
and ,miss ,esther ,rolph1  youngest     
daughter of ,george ,rolph1 ,esq41 a    
respectable solicitor at  ,thornbury3   
who afterwards became his wife1 and who 
lives to lament her  loss4    ,in       
,december1 #agib1 ,mr4 ,hughes accepted 
the office of assistant minister  at    
,broadmead2 ,mr4 7afterwards ,dr47      
,ryland1 having become the ,pastor and  
,president of the ,academy4 ,in this    
connexion1 however1 after a time1 ,mr4  
,h4 encountered difficulties and        
discouragements which at length         
terminated in his removal to ,battersea 
in ,july1 #agif4 ,in the following      
year1 he was ordained3 the service was  
attended to in the ,independent  chapel1
 at ,clapham4 ,mr4 ,josiah ,thompson1   
his early patron1 delivered the  charge1
 and ,mr4 ,dore preached to the people4 
,other parts were taken on  the         
interesting occasion by ,mr4 ,liddon1 of
 ,hemel ,hempstead1 and ,dr4  ,rippon1  
who has survived them all4    ,the      

,religious ,tract ,society was          
instituted in #agii1 of which ,mr4      
,hughes was appointed ,secretary1 and   
which office he retained to the  period 
of his death4 ,but it was as the        
,secretary of the ,british and  ,foreign
 ,bible ,society that he was universally
 known and admired4 ,this  noble        
institution1 which he seems1 in         
conversation with the ,rev4 ,t4         
,waters1 of ,worcester1 to have admitted
 originated in a suggestion from        
himself1 was publicly formed ,march     
#gth1 #ahjd1 at the ,london ,tavern1    
,cheapside2 ,granville ,sharp1 ,esq41 in
 the chair4 ,to the discharge of the    
delightful but onerous duties of this   
honourable office1 he consecrated  his  
distinguished talents and eminent piety1
 during nearly the last  thirty years of
 his life4    ,towards the close of his 
life1 in consequence of some trying     
occurrences  at ,battersea1 certain     
efforts were made to remove him into the
  metropolis4 ,this movement1 however1  

called forth renewed feelings and       
expressions of mutual attachment between
 himself and the persons who had  so    
long enjoyed his ministration2 and he   
respectfully declined the  overture     
which had been made to him from ,london4
    ,for a considerable time before his 
death1 ,mr4 ,hughes had been afflicted  
with a pain in one part of his foot4    
,this did not at first occasion any     
alarm2 but early in ,july #ahcc1 having 
set out on a long journey to  ,wales1   
and other places1 on behalf of the      
,bible ,society1 the affection  in his  
foot so increased1 and1 by the necessary
 exertion in prosecuting  the object of 
his journey1 became so aggravated1 that 
he was obliged to  retire to the house  
of a friend in the vale of ,abbey       
,tintern1 and give  up what remained of 
his projected tour4 ,this sickness was  
to be unto  death2 rest and retirement  
did not mitigate the symptoms of his    
complaint4 ,amidst great suffering he   
was removed to ,bath2 and when it  was  

found that little hope remained of a    
cure being obtained1 he was  conveyed in
 an invalid carriage from ,bath to the  
house of his son1  where1 after         
continuing a few days1 he was taken to  
his own residence4  ,throughout his     
affliction1 though his sufferings appear
 often to have  been exceedingly acute1 
he discovered the most exemplary        
patience and  resignation2 the frame of 
his mind seems to have been uniformly   
devout  and serene1 and his confidence  
in the person and work of the divine    
,redeemer1 strong and unwavering4 ,at   
length1 the time of his departure       
arrived4 ,on the evening of ,october the
 #crd1 #ahcc1 in the sixty-fifth  year  
of his age1 he peacefully left these    
mortal shores4    ,the character of his 
mind1 of his studies1 of his            
conversation1 of his  oratory on the    
platform1 and of his sermons from the   
pulpit1 ,mr4  ,leifchild has delineated 
with the hand of a master1 having       
possessed all  the advantages of        

personal and confiding friendship4 ,the 
mental and  moral excellences of ,mr4   
,hughes were unquestionably very        
exalted2 but  his communications often  
appeared to suffer from what1 perhaps1  
might  not improperly be denominated1 a 
constitutional coldness of manner1      
which seemed to impose a sort of        
reluctant constraint on his own         
feelings4 ,we remember a gentleman of   
the ,tract ,committee remarking1 ,i     
admire ,mr4 ,hughes--,i hear him1--,i   
see him--,i want to feel him4 ,it was   
evident that1 in himself1 he felt       
intensely here2 and1 doubtless1 he now  
burns with all the holy ardour of a     
seraph in the celestial world4    ,were 
it practicable1 we should have peculiar 
satisfaction in gratifying  our readers1
 and enriching our columns1 with        
lengthened extracts from  this          
interesting volume2 but we must confine 
ourselves to two1 which1 we  are sure1  
both on account of what they contain1   
and the high respect in  which the      

writers of them have been long and      
deservedly held1 will be  most          
acceptable to our readers4 ,the first is
 from the pen of ,mr4 ,jay4         ,mr4
 ,hughes was often and much at ,bath1   
formerly1 supplying several       years 
at ,argyle ,chapel1 for six weeks       
together1 while ,i was in       town4 ,i
 have been intimately acquainted with   
him for upwards of       forty-three    
years1 and have exchanged more mind with
 him than with       any man ,i ever    
knew1 except my friend and tutor1       
,cornelius ,winter4       ,with regard  
to religious things1 we only differed as
 to baptism2       and if we did not    
love each other the more for this       
difference1 ,i       am sure we did not 
love each other the less4 ,we disagreed1
 too1 a       little with regard to     
composition and preaching3 he too       
squeamish1       and ,i too careless2 he
 labouring for correctness1 and ,i for  
impression 7in grasping which ,i        
sometimes erred72 he too satisfied      

if he could abide criticism1 and ,i too 
careless of critical       judgement1 if
 ,i could secure effect4 ,yet1 though he
 was often       kindly finding fault   
with me when we were alone1 he was      
always       seeking opportunities to   
hear me2 and ,i cannot be ignorant how  
much       ,i shared his commendation1  
as an author and a preacher4 ,i am      
thankful for my intimacy with him4 ,my  
esteem of him always grew       with my 
intercourse4 ,i never knew a more       
consistent1 correct1 and                
unblemished character4 ,he was not only 
sincere1 but without       offence1 and 
adorned the doctrine of ,god our        
,saviour in all things4         ,his    
mind was full of information2 his       
conversation1 singularly                
instructive1 and very edifying2 and     
while others talked of       candour and
 moderation1 he exemplified them4 ,in   
his theological       sentiments he was 
firm1 yet sober and liberal1 and not too
 orthodox       7as ,i have often known 

this17 to be evangelical4 ,but why do ,i
 write       this8 you know it as well  
as ,i1 and will describe it better4     
p4 #adc4    ,thus ,mr4 ,jay1 concerning 
the lamented ,mr4 ,hughes4 ,but now we  
introduce  ,mr4 ,foster's letter1       
addressed to him while languishing into 
death4 ,the  letter referred to1 says   
,mr4 ,leifchild1 as forwarded to him by 
his  friend1 ,mr4 ,foster1 the editor is
 happy in being permitted to            
subjoin2--a letter which leaves it hard 
to determine1 whether the  feelings of  
the writer1 or of the receiver1 were    
most to be envied4                      
,stapleton1 ,september #ah1 #ahcc4      
,in conveying a few sentences for the   
last time to my dear old       friend1  
,i wish to be allowed to say why such a 
token of sympathy       and affection is
 so late4         ,returning from a long
 excursion in ,north ,wales1 very near  
the time       of your removal to       
,london1 ,i was surprised and grieved at
 the       report of your seyerely      

afflicted situation at ,bath4 ,my       
impulse to       go thither was         
repressed by the information that no one
 was       admitted to see you4 ,after  
hearing successive accounts1 ,i wrote a 
few lines of inquiry to ,mr4 ,evill2 and
 was answered that you had       just   
been removed to ,london1--with a promise
 of sending me the       information    
they should receive2 which has been     
done4 ,during the       subsequent time1
 ,i have withheld from writing to you1  
partly by       information that your   
great weakness rendered every unusual   
intervention painful to you1 and partly 
by a report confidently       affirming 
that you had left this world4 ,but at   
last1 and previously       to receiving 
yesterday a message from you through the
 hands of ,mr4       ,r4 ,cottle1 ,i had
 determined to write to ,mr4 ,george1   
and put it at       his discretion      
whether to show you the letter4         
,the thought of my dear and ever        
faithful friend as now standing at      

the very verge of life1 has repeatedly  
carried me back in memory to       the  
period of our youth1 when1 more than    
forty years since1 we were       brought
 into habitual society1 and the cordial 
esteem and       attachment which have  
survived1 undiminished1 through so long 
a       lapse of time1 and so much      
separation4 ,then we sometimes          
conjectured--but in vain--what might be 
the course appointed us to       run2   
and how long2 and which might first come
 to the termination4       ,now the far 
greater part of that appointment has    
been unfolded       and accomplished4   
,to me a little stage further remains   
under the       darkness2 you1 my dear  
friend1 have a clear sight almost to the
       concluding point4 ,and while ,i  
feel the deepest pensiveness in         
beholding where you stand1 with but a   
step between you and death1 ,i          
cannot but emphatically congratulate    
you4 ,i have often felt great           
complacency in your behalf1 in thinking 

of the course through which             
,providence has led you1--complacency in
 regard to the great purpose       of   
life1 its improvement1 its usefulness1  
and its discipline and       preparation
 for a better world4 ,you are1 ,i am    
sure1 grateful to the       ,sovereign  
,disposer in the review of it4 ,you have
 had the happiness       of faithfully  
and zealously performing a great and    
good service1       and can rejoice to  
think that your work is accomplished1   
with a       humble confidence that the 
,master will say1 ,well done1 good and  
faithful servant1 while you will        
gratefully exult in ascribing all       
to his own sovereign mercy in ,jesus    
,christ4         ,but1 oh1 my dear      
friend1 whither is it that you are      
going8 ,where       is it that you will 
be a few short weeks or days hence8 ,i  
have       affecting cause to think and 
to wonder concerning that unseen        
world2 to desire1 were it permitted to  
mortals1 one glimpse of that            

mysterious economy2 to ask innumerable  
questions to which there is       no    
answer3 ,what is the manner of          
existence--of employment--of            
society--of remembrance--of             
anticipation--of all the surrounding    
revelations to our departed friends4    
,how striking to think that       she,a 
so long and so recently with me here1 so
 beloved1 but now       so totally      
withdrawn and absent--that she          
experimentally knows       all that ,i  
am in vain inquiring6         ,footnote 
,a3 ,mrs4 ,foster4         ,and a little
 while hence1 you1 my friend1 will be an
 object of the       same solemn        
meditations and wondering inquiries4 ,it
 is most       striking to consider--to 
realize the idea--that you1 to whom ,i  
am       writing these lines1 who       
continue yet among mortals1 who are on  
this side of the awful and mysterious   
veil--that you will be in the           
midst of these grand realities1         
beholding the marvellous                

manifestation1 amazed and transported at
 your new and happy       condition of  
existence1 while your friends are       
feeling the       pensiveness of your   
absolute and final absence1 and thinking
 how1       but just now as it were1 you
 were with them4         ,but we must   
ourselves follow you to see what it is  
that the       emancipated spirits1 who 
have obtained their triumph over death  
and       all evil through the blood of 
the ,lamb1 find awaiting them in that   
nobler and happier realm of the ,great  
,master's empire2 and ,i hope       that
 your removal will be1 to your other    
friends and to me2 a       strong       
additional excitement1 under the        
influence of the ,divine       ,spirit1 
to apply ourselves with more earnest    
zeal to the grand       business of our 
high calling4         ,it is a          
delightful thing to be assured on the   
authority of       revelation1 of the   
perfect consciousness1 the intensely    
awakened       faculties1 and all the   

capacities and causes of felicity of the
       faithful in that mysterious      
separate state and on the same          
evidence1 together with every other     
rational probability1 to be             
confident of the re-union of those who  
have loved one another and       their  
,lord on earth4 ,how gloomy1 beyond all 
expression1 were a       contrary       
anticipation6         ,my friend feels1 
in this concluding day of his sojourn on
 earth1       the infinite value of that
 blessed faith which confides alone     
in the great ,sacrifice for all the sole
 medium of pardon and                   
reconcilement1 and the ground of        
immortal hope4 ,this has always         
been to you the very vitality of the    
,christian religion3 and it       is    
so--it is emphatically so--to me also4  
,i trust you will be mercifully         
supported1--the heart serene1 and1      
if it may be1 the bodily pain mitigated1
 during the remaining       hours1 and  
the still sinking weakness of the mortal

 frame2 and ,i       would wish for you 
also1 and in compassion to the feelings 
of your       attendant relatives1 that 
you may be favoured so far as to have a 
gentle dismission2 but as to this1 you  
will humbly say1 ',thy will       be    
done4'         ,i know that ,i shall    
partake of your kindest wishes and      
remembrance       in your prayers--the  
few more prayers you have yet to offer  
before       you go4 ,when ,i may follow
 you1 and1 ,i earnestly hope1 rejoin you
 in       a far better world1 must be   
left to a decision that cannot at the   
most be very remote2 for yesterday      
completed my sixty-third year4 ,i       
deplore before ,god my not having lived 
more devotedly to the grand             
purpose2 and do fervently desire the aid
 of the good ,spirit1 to       make     
whatever of my life may remain much more
 effectually true to       that purpose 
than all the preceding4         ,but    
you1 my friend1 have accomplished your  
business--your ,lord's                  

business--on earth4 ,go1 then1 willing  
and delighted1 at his call4             
,here ,i conclude1 with an affecting and
 solemn consciousness that ,i       am  
speaking to you for the last time in    
this world4 ,adieu1 then1 my       ever 
dear and faithful friend4 ,adieu--for a 
while6 ,may ,i meet you1       ere long1
 where we shall never more say1         
farewell6                               
,j4 ,,foster4        ,a ,beacon to the  
,society of ,friends4 ,by ,,isaac       
,,crewdson4--,hamilton1      ,adams1 and
 ,co4 pp4 #aee4 #abmo4        ,a        
,defence of the ,doctrines of ,immediate
 ,revelation1 and ,universal      and   
,saving ,light3 in ,reply to some       
,remarks contained in a work1           
entitled ,a ,beacon to the ,society of  
,friends4 ,by ,,thomas ,,hancock1       
,m4 ,d4 pp4 #ib4 #abmo4    ,the ,beacon 
ought to be read with serious attention1
 and with an honest  desire to know what
 is truth1 by every member of the       
society1 to whom  it is addressed4      

,members of that society cannot need to 
be informed  by us of the absurd and    
impious vagaries1 advocated with an air 
of  solemnity1 as shocking as it is     
ridiculous1 by certain members of their 
body in ,america1 the leader of whom was
 ,elias ,hicks1 a man of  considerable  
acuteness and energy1 but who evinced a 
degree of mental  perversity truly      
appalling4 ,members of other societies  
cannot be  expected to feel any great   
interest in the sentiments1--if         
sentiments  they can be called1--avowed 
with so much complacency by that        
fanatic1 or  even in the rapid progress 
which they made in ,america4 ,it were   
wholly  unnecessary1 therefore1 even if 
our limits allowed it1 to furnish our   
readers with any account of the         
ultra-mystic theology of ,hicks4 ,it    
will  suffice to say1 that there is     
scarcely a doctrine of revelation which 
it  does not discard or explain away4   
,the peculiar tenets of this sect were  
publicly denounced by the ,english      

,quakers at their yearly meeting1 held  
in ,london1 ,may1 #ahcb2 but we hesitate
 not to affirm--what we can easily      
prove--that the tracts of ,elias ,hicks 
are clearly deduced from the            
fundamental principles of ,quakerism2   
that many of his statements bear a  very
 close resemblance to those of the early
 ,friends2 and that1 however  they may  
be opposed to those writings which      
possess divine authority1  they are     
fully borne out by others1 which are of 
almost equal  authority in the          
estimation of some members of the       
,society of ,friends1  and which1       
although that sect acknowledges no      
creed1 are generally  regarded amongst  
them as standards of religious doctrine4
    ,let us illustrate this3 ,elias     
,hicks speaks with great apparent       
devoutness1 as well as energy1 of a way 
of salvation1 which ,christians  in     
general would imagine peculiarly his    
own1 of which the most assiduous  and   
prayerful student of the ,scriptures    

would have no conception1 and  which1 as
 far as we can learn1 never entered the 
minds of ,paul1 and  ,peter1 and ,john4 
,he says1 ,it is only by gathering to   
this light 7the  light within7 that we  
can gain a place in his favour2 and by  
endeavouring that all our actions should
 proceed from the movings of  this life 
in the immortal soul2 and as this comes 
to be our case1 we  gain reconciliation 
with the ,father4 ,this short sentence  
will appear  to our readers to contain a
 sufficient quantity of mysticism for   
any  purpose1 and what is worse1 a      
capital error on a point of vital       
importance4 ,the ,scriptures represent1 
not the light within1 but  ,,christ1 who
 was delivered for our offences1 and    
rose again for our  justification2 as   
our peace1 who hath made both 7,jews and
 ,gentiles7  one1 and hath reconciled   
both unto ,god in one body by the cross4
 ,when  the apostles were asked1 by an  
awakened sinner1 ,what shall ,i do to be
  saved8 they1 without any hesitation1  

replied1 ,believe on the ,lord  ,jesus  
,christ1 and thou shalt be saved4 ,they 
always directed men to  ,jesus ,christ  
for salvation1 for pardon1 and for      
purity1 for light and  for life2 they   
believed that ,christians are complete  
in him2 but that1  separated from him1  
they can do nothing4 ,they affirmed that
 there is  salvation in none other2     
neither is there any other name under   
heaven  given among men1 whereby we must
 be saved4 ,but1 if ,elias ,hicks were  
asked by a poor sinner1 conscious of his
 pollution and guilt1 but  ignorant of  
the hope set before us in the gospel1   
,what shall ,i do to be  saved8 he would
 reply1 ,it is only by gathering to the 
light--this  saving light that is within
 us all1 that we gain a place in his    
favour4  ,he never thought of directing 
sinners to ,jesus ,christ for salvation2
 his  directions uniformly pointed      
another way3 ,oh1 then1 let us be       
individually endeavouring to gather to  
the light1 and wait on the ,lord1  that 

we may see his counsel4 ,but this       
anti-christian statement1 this          
opposition to the word of the truth of  
the gospel1 is in perfect  accordance   
with the avowed and acknowledged        
principles of ,quakerism4    ,one of the
 fundamental principles of the system   
is1 that there is an  evangelical and   
saving light and grace in all1 and that 
this light  enlighteneth the hearts of  
all in a day1 in order to salvation1 if 
not  resisted2 nor is it less universal 
than the seed of sin1 being the         
purchase of his death1 who tasted death 
for every man2 for as in ,adam  all die1
 even so in ,christ shall all be made   
alive4 ,this is the  language of ,robert
 ,barclay1 the able apologist of        
,quakerism2 and1  perhaps1 some of the  
,friends may tell us1 how many degrees  
below the  authority of ,paul and ,jesus
 they hold the ,apologist4 ,it must be  
evident  to every one1 at all conversant
 with the past history and the present  
state of the society1 that the ,friends 

have ever been1 and are still1 in  many 
instances 7by far too many71 accustomed 
to direct men1 not to ,jesus  ,christ1  
who is able to save unto the uttermost  
all that come to ,god by  him3 but to   
the principle of light and life within1 
which enlighteneth  the hearts of all in
 a day1 in order to salvation1 if not   
resisted4    ,closely connected with the
 doctrine of inward light1 is that of   
immediate revelation4 ,but the          
veneration of men for the authority of  
,scripture decreases in exact proportion
 to their zeal for immediate            
revelation4 ,elias ,hicks received      
revelations quite as important in their 
nature1 as abundant in their measure1   
and as immediate in their mode of       
communication1 as any with which the    
apostle ,paul was favoured4 ,he is      
therefore entitled to disregard the     
authority of ,scripture6 ,he has in     
himself a higher authority6 and he is   
commissioned to direct men to a  better1
 in every respect a better1 guide1 than 

that sure word of  prophecy to which the
 first ,christians were exhorted to take
 heed1 as to  a light shining in a dark 
place6 ,this is his language3 ,it is    
through  this comforter that all our    
knowledge of ,god must come2 and all    
that  ever was among rational beings    
under heaven1 came through this medium1 
and none other4 ,but1 by our believing  
that we can help ourselves to  heaven by
 the aid of the ,scriptures1 a mere     
written book1 at the same  time that we 
understand it so diversely1 sets us to  
warring and  quarrelling4 ,has not this 
been long enough the case1 for every    
rational  being to be instructed and to 
see1 that instead of its being a        
sufficient rule of faith1 and practice1 
it is the reverse1 for while it  is     
depended on as such1 it hinders from    
coming to the truth4 ,the  ,scriptures  
never told us that they were a          
sufficient rule1 but they  recommend us 
to that from which they themselves bad  
their origin--the  ,spirit of truth4 ,if

 this be not infidelity1 we really know 
not what is4  ,hicks does not even speak
 of the sacred ,scriptures with that    
decent  respect which one would consider
 due to the writings of a brother       
prophet3 ,the ,scriptures a mere written
 word1 which1 instead of being a        
sufficient rule of faith and practice1  
is the reverse1 and hinders from  coming
 to the truth6 ,such language must draw 
a sigh from every  ,christian breast4   
,but is such language utterly strange in
 the annals of  ,quakerism8 ,is it      
unusual in that society to speak of the 
,scriptures in  terms of disparagement1 
compared with the teaching of the       
,spirit1 and  immediate revelation8     
,barclay affirms1 that the ,scriptures1 
'being  outwardly written1' are the law 
which brings condemnation1 and  kills2  
but that the gospel is the inward       
spiritual law which  gives life4 ,he    
affirms1 that inward1 immediate1        
objective revelation  is the only sure1 
certain1 and immovable foundation of all

 ,christian  faith2 and that the        
principal rule of ,christians under the 
gospel is  not an outward letter1 but an
 inward spiritual law2 therefore the    
letter  of ,scripture is not1 nor can   
be1 the chief or principal rule of      
,christians3 and our good friend1 ,dr4  
,hancock1 represents those in the       
society1 who are turning the eye of the 
mind outward instead of  inward2 that is
 to say1 who are looking to the         
,scriptures1 instead of  to the light   
within2 as after beginning in the       
,spirit going back to the  letter1 and  
thus leaving the fountain of life       
itself1 and 'hewing out  to themselves  
broken cisterns1 that can hold no       
water8' ,are these the  words which are 
able to save our souls1 to make us wise 
unto salvation  through faith in ,christ
 ,jesus8 or are these the terms which a 
,christian  feels himself authorized to 
apply to those words8    ,much might be 
said1 and most justly1 of the evil      
tendencies1 and the  pernicious fruits1 

of this capital error1 respecting       
immediate  revelation1 and the          
consequent disparagement of the living  
oracles of  ,god2 but we can now simply 
advert to that grand axiom1 which is in 
the  mouth of all orthodox ,friends1 and
 which1 they fancy1 renders their       
notion of the ,scriptures as stable as  
the pillars of the creation1 and  as    
clear as the light of heaven4 ,the      
axiom1 in simple terms1 is this3  ,the  
author is greater than his work2 the    
,spirit which gave the  ,scriptures is  
greater than the ,scriptures which he   
gave2 therefore the  ,spirit1 and not   
the ,scriptures1 is the first and chief 
foundation of  truth1 ground of faith1  
and rule of conduct4 ,this would seem   
all very  plain2 but it is very         
fallacious4 ,the author is greater than 
his work3  very true2 but when you 7if  
we may for a moment address ourselves to
  ,friends71 when you plead for         
immediate revelation1 as the surest     
foundation of all ,christian faith1 and 

the principal rule of ,christian        
conduct1 you are not placing the author 
above his work1 but one work  of the    
author above another of the works of the
 same author2 you are  not placing the  
,spirit above the ,scriptures1 but you  
are placing the  private and personal   
revelations of the ,spirit to you1 above
 those  revelations of the same ,spirit 
which he gave to apostles and prophets1 
for the instruction and salvation of the
 human race4 ,it is generally  admitted 
by you1 that the ,scriptures were given 
by inspiration of ,god2  that they are a
 revelation from ,god to man2 that they 
are words which  holy men of ,god spake 
and penned as they were moved by the    
,holy  ,spirit4 ,though we were to      
admit1 therefore1 that you have in      
reality--we believe no such             
thing--revelations from the ,spirit of  
truth1  it would be absurd to say1 that 
because the author is greater than his  
work1 these private revelations are a   
firmer foundation of faith1 and a  more 

certain rule of conduct1 than the       
revelations contained in the  inspired  
volume3 it is not the ,spirit which you 
have1 but1 at best1 a  revelation from  
the ,spirit2 and this revelation you    
place above the  ,scriptures1 which you 
acknowledge to be divine--which you     
admit to be a  revelation from ,god to  
man4    ,it may be vain in us1 but we   
think this remark worthy the attention  
of  ,friends3 if we are mistaken in our 
view of this subject1 we should be      
happy to be put right2 but if we are    
correct1 the main pillar of  ,quakerism 
is overthrown1 and the edifice must1 as 
in that case it would  deserve to1 fall4
    ,of ,dr4 ,hancock's work1 it may1   
perhaps1 be enough to say1 that it      
affords a poor defence of notions which 
many of our readers will believe  do not
 merit a better4 ,like some other       
defenders of the faith1 the  ,doctor    
makes up for a lack of argument1 not    
indeed by an exhibition of  the sword1  
or the stake1 but by positive           

assertions1 by dogmatism1 and  by a     
condemnatory spirit4 ,the unfortunate   
author of ,the ,beacon  appears1 in ,dr4
 ,h4's opinion1 to have committed an    
almost unpardonable  offence against the
 society1 and1 in this opinion1 we are  
sorry to find  the ,doctor is by no     
means singular4 ,it is melancholy to    
witness the  bitter spirit of           
intolerance and persecution1 which the  
well-intended  effort of ,mr4 ,crewdson 
has raised in the ,society of           
,friends--the  peaceable1 the           
nonresisting ,friends4 ,it is           
questionable1 even now1  whether the    
publication of his little volume may not
 lead--in violation  of one of the      
fundamental principles of the ,society1 
as stated and  advocated by ,william    
,penn1 in his address to ,protestants1  
and in  contempt of the spirit of       
religion1 and1 happily1 of the age in   
which  we live1--to the exclusion of    
,mr4 ,crewdson from the ,society of     
,friends4  ,alas for poor human nature6 

whatever else may change1 this is always
  the same--the same1 whether under a   
bishop's mitre1 or a ,quaker's          
broad-brim4 ,the ,defence may certainly 
appear a powerful thing to those  who   
entirely agree with the author3 those   
who differ from him will  probably be of
 another mind4 ,a few short extracts    
will suffice to show  the clearness and 
consistency of the author's statements4 
,in page  #ag1 he says1 ,i consider     
every opinion which has not their 7the  
,scriptures'7 support must fall to the  
ground2 but in page #h he says1  ,if    
nothing of divine influence1 in the days
 of ,fox and ,penn--nothing1 ,i  say1   
but the light and knowledge of          
,scripture1 had operated on the minds   
of men1 then1 ,i believe1 our religious 
,society would never have had           
existence1 for they were taught         
immediately by ,christ1 and they        
directed all to ,christ4 ,every opinion 
not supported by ,scripture must  fall  
to the ground3 then ,quakerism must     

necessarily sink2 for1 according  to the
 ,doctor's own showing1 that system owes
 its very existence1 not to  the        
,scriptures1 but to something else--to  
immediate revelation4 ,in page  #bb1 he 
says1 ,neither the opinion of ,robert   
,barclay1 nor that of any  other man1   
would weigh with me1 if ,i did not      
consider that it was  founded on a      
correct and enlarged view of ,scripture 
doctrine3 very  good2 but then1 in the  
very next sentence1 he adds1 ,i quote   
the ,apology  of ,robert ,barclay1      
concluding1 that one who is now a       
minister 7,mr4  ,crewdson71 in outward  
fellowship in the same society with     
myself1 can  hardly be supposed ,,to    
,,have ,,thrown ,,off ,,the ,,authority 
,,of ,a ,,work so  justly esteemed as it
 is amongst us2 for this would imply1   
that his  departure from the ground of  
our testimonies was greater than ,i am  
yet  willing to believe it to be4 ,the  
opinion of ,barclay has no weight3 yet  
no man in the ,society of ,friends can  

be supposed to have thrown off the      
authority of ,barclay's ,apology6 ,we   
cordially congratulate the ,society of  
,friends on the appearance of the       
,beacon2 and sincerely pray1 that a     
spirit of inquiry may be universally    
excited1 and that the divine  authority 
of the ,scriptures1 as the sole and     
sufficient rule of faith  and practice1 
may eventually1 and even speedily1 be   
established in the  mind of every       
individual amongst them4 ,of ,dr4       
,hancock we know nothing2  and of that  
gentleman1 personally1 we cannot1 and   
will not1 say anything  bordering on    
disrespect2 but we heartily wish the    
,mystics and ,quietists  all the joy1 to
 which they are fairly entitled from his
 ,defence4                              
,,obituary                              
,,rev4 ,r4 ,,compton4    ,the ,rev4     
,robert ,compton1 late minister of the  
,general ,baptist church and            
congregation1 at ,isleham1              
,cambridgeshire1 was born at            

,withybrook1 near  ,monk's ,kirby1 in   
,warwickshire1 on the #bast of          
,february1 #aghj4 ,he had the           
unspeakable privilege of being the son  
of parents decidedly pious4 ,his  father
 died more than thirty years ago2 but   
his mother1 whom he visited  for the    
last time in ,august1 #ahcc1 survived   
until some time early in the  spring of 
the last year2 when1 in a good old age1 
she slept in ,jesus1  and entered into  
her rest1 preceding her son to glory    
only a few months4    ,mrs4 ,compton1   
lik ,eunice1 possessing unfeigned faith1
 discovered great  concern for the      
spiritual welfare of her children1 not  
only praying for  them1 but conversing  
with them on the most important and     
deeply  interesting subject that can    
engage the thoughts of young            
persons1--the  way in which mercy is    
extended to sinners4 ,her anxiety that  
her children  might walk in the paths of
 peace led her1 in conversation with    
,christian  friends1 freely to express  

her views in reference to their         
religion4  ,when about seventeen years  
of age1 our late friend overheard his   
mother  telling a person that she had   
some hopes of the piety of her son      
,george1  but had none respecting her   
son ,robert4 ,this1 connected with the  
circumstance of his brother ,john1 about
 the same time1 becoming decided  for   
the ,lord1 very powerfully wrought upon 
his mind1 and he could not  dislodge the
 thought--,if my brothers should go to  
heaven1 and ,i should  perish6 ,from    
this time he began to seek the ,lord by 
prayer1 and reading  the holy           
,scriptures with a new and peculiar     
delight4 ,before he was  eighteen years 
old1 he made a public profession of his 
repentance and  faith1 being baptized in
 company with his brother ,john1 and    
several  other persons2 and became a    
member of the ,general ,baptist church  
at  ,hinckley1 in ,leicestershire4      
,having now found a ,saviour suited to  
his own circumstances as a guilty       

ruined sinner1 he was anxious to direct 
other guilty and ruined sinners  to the 
same refuge2 and being encouraged by his
 friends1 he began to  preach the gospel
 in the neighbouring villages4    ,a few
 years after ,mr4 ,compton began to     
explain the ,scriptures in the  vicinity
 of his native place1 he removed into   
,cambridgeshire1 residing  first at     
,harston1 then at ,sawston2 and         
preaching frequently to the             
congregations at ,ashwell1 in           
,hertfordshire1 and at the latter       
mentioned  place of his residence4 ,from
 ,sawston1 he came to reside at         
,isleham1 in  the year #ahaf1 and was   
ordained pastor over the ,general       
,baptist church  and congregation here1 
,october the #bith1 #ahag1 where1 with  
fidelity and  great affection1 he       
continued to labour almost to the time  
of his death4    ,soon after ,mr4       
,compton came to ,isleham1 he was called
 to mourn under a  sudden and most      
painful stroke1 in the death of his kind

 and endeared  companion1 who left      
behind her five children1 at an age when
 they were  almost unconscious of their 
loss4 ,a kind ,providence1 however1 soon
  repaired his loss1 by leading him to  
contract a second marriage with the     
highly esteemed lady who survives him4  
,mr4 ,compton was1 a few years ago1 a   
strong man2 formed as if for  vigorous1 
persevering1 and unwearied effort4 ,a   
little more than three  years since1    
evident symptoms of consumption         
appeared2 and in each  succeeding spring
 they increased1 and threatened to put  
an end to his  faithful and successful  
labours4 ,during the spring and summer  
of #ahcd1  he appeared fast hastening to
 the grave4 ,his emaciated countenance1 
his  feeble and almost inaudible voice1 
and his increasing debility1 clearly    
indicated the near approach of death4   
,not only did his weakened frame  show  
the nearness of the last enemy1 but the 
detachment of his mind from  the        
world--the calm and serene composure of 

soul which he enjoyed--the  strength and
 firmness of his hope and confidence in 
the righteousness of  ,jesus ,christ1   
gave satisfying evidence that he was    
ripening for glory4    ,he did not      
attempt to preach for some weeks before 
he died1 but was not  prevented2 the    
whole of any ,lord's-day during his     
affliction1 from going  to the          
meeting-house4 ,only two days previous  
to his death1 he  administered the      
solemn and interesting1 but too much    
neglected1  ordinance of the ,lord's    
,supper to his beloved people4 ,oh6 it  
was a time  not to be forgotten1 when he
 took his affectionate farewell of all  
the  members of the of the church who   
were present6 ,the writer of this       
memorial well remembers seeing several  
of ,mr4 ,c4's friends returning  home   
from the meeting-house on this occasion1
 whose countenances  evidenced a strong 
persuasion that they should never see   
the face or  hear the voice of their    
beloved pastor again in this world4 ,the

 pleasing  and delightful state of his  
mind1 in the last days of his life1 will
 be  discovered in the following        
communication to the writer of this     
sketch  from the pen of a near relative4
    ,during the whole of his illness he 
maintained the greatest calmness and    
composure2 the enemy was not once       
permitted to disturb his peace1 or to   
shake his confidence in ,god4 ,on one   
occasion1 a short time before his       
departure1 he said to a friend1 ',the   
,lord is very kind to me2 for while  he 
afflicts me with one hand1 he supports  
me with the other2 yes1 he  always has  
been good to me1 he never has forsaken  
me2' and with his  characteristic energy
 added1 ',and nobody shall make me      
believe that he  will ever forsake me   
now4' ,when conversing with another     
friend on the  bright and glorious      
prospect he had of future bliss1 he     
said1 ',i am very  ambitious1 for ,i am 
striving for a crown2 and it is one     
which will never  fade away4' ,his      

family did not perceive him to be       
materially worse1  until the ,saturday  
previous to his death2 but from the     
evident change  which then took place1  
they urged his staying at home on the   
sabbath-day2 to this he replied1 ',i    
have a great wish to go1 perhaps1  for  
the last time4' ,his wish was complied  
with1 and1 propped up with  pillows in  
an easy chair1 he1 for the last time1   
distributed to his  weeping church the  
memorials of the ,saviour's death2 and1 
with wonderful  composure1 although with
 feeble steps1 he walked round the      
aisles of the  chapel1 and took leave of
 all the persons present4 ,on the       
,monday he  appeared fast sinking into  
the arms of death2 and1 on a friend     
saying to  him1 ',the conflict will soon
 be over1' he replied1 ',do you think   
so8--,i'm afraid not4' ,the restlessness
 of death was evidently now upon  him1  
and on being assisted up stairs1 a      
distressing fit of coughing came  on1   
accompanied by difficulty of            

respiration1 and the loss of all power  
to expectorate3 this continued with but 
little cessation during the  night4 ,a  
highly esteemed friend visiting him     
early in the morning of  ,tuesday 7the  
day on which he died71 he said1 ',well1 
,madam1 we have often  talked together  
about heaven1 ,i hope ,i shall soon be  
there1' adding1  'but1 perhaps1 you will
 pray with me once more on earth8' ,this
 was most  kindly complied with4 ,my    
mother asked what passage of ,scripture 
she  should read2 he promptly replied1  
',the #aafth ,psalm2' many parts of     
which  were strikingly and beautifully  
adapted to his own circumstances at that
  moment4 ,after prayer1 he said to the 
same friend1 ',if ,i get safe to        
heaven1 and should hear that you are    
coming 7and am permitted7 ,i will       
welcome you there4' ,on being asked if  
,christ was precious to him1 he  said1  
',more than any thing else2 the world is
 nothing to me now2 death  has lost its 
sting1 and the grave has no terrors4'   

,repeatedly1 during  the day1 he said1  
',oh6 how gladly could ,i lie down and  
die6--,o that ,i  had wings like a      
dove6' c4 ,to his highly esteemed       
brother1 ,mr4  ,reynolds1 he said1      
',well1 ,sir1 when ,i am gone1 ,i shall 
want you to bury  me2--do not say much  
about me1 preach to the people1 and tell
 them to be  stedfast1' c4 ,on one of   
his family coming to his bedside1 he    
said3  ',love not the world1 nor the    
things that are in it2 set your         
affections  on things that are above1   
and trust in the ,lord at all times4'   
,to  another1 ',live near to ,god1 put  
your trust in him1 and he will carry you
  through4' ,to his youngest daughter he
 affectionately said1 ',remember  your  
,creator1 my dear ,betsy1 in the days of
 your youth1 perhaps you may  not live  
to be old4'--,his end was peace3 he was 
not the subject of  ecstasies2 but he   
possessed a stable confidence1 of which 
the approach  of the last enemy could   
not deprive him4    ,at the             

comparatively early age of fifty-four   
years1 this devoted servant  of ,christ 
left this transitory world1 about five  
o'clock in the  afternoon of ,tuesday1  
the #eth day of ,august1 #ahcd2 calmly  
and serenely  falling asleep in ,jesus4 
,on ,monday1 the #aath1 his mortal      
remains were conveyed to the            
burying-ground belonging to the         
meeting-house1 and there interred and   
left to moulder into dust1 until the    
voice of the archangel and the  trump of
 ,god shall raise them4    ,agreeably to
 the request of our departed brother1   
,mr4 ,saunders1 of  ,barton-,mills1     
delivered an address at the grave2 and  
the people then  assembled in the       
meeting-house to hear the funeral       
sermon1 which1 at the  request of his   
beloved brother1 was preached by the    
,particular ,baptist  minister residing 
in the same village1 from #a ,cor4 xv4  
#eh3 ,therefore1  my beloved brethren1  
be ye stedfast2 c4 ,prayer was offered  
at the  grave by the ,rev4 ,j4 ,jarrom1 

of ,wisbeach2 and the brethren ,mays1 of
  ,fordham1 and ,buckpitt1 of ,burwell1 
prayed in the meeting-house4 ,as an     
evidence of the high esteem in which    
,mr4 ,compton was deservedly held1      
these services were numerously attended 
from the neighbouring  congregations1   
although it was in the midst of harvest1
 when every hour  is of great           
importance4    ,there was in ,mr4       
,compton1 a combination of excellences2 
a happy  temperament of mind1 a         
cheerfulness of disposition1 and a great
 flow of  animal spirits2 these being   
under the influence and regulation of   
divine  grace1 he was calm and unmoved  
by events that would have overwhelmed   
many other men4    ,as a neighbour1     
benignity and kindness emanated from his
 heart1 dwelt  upon his countenance1 and
 were expressed in his words and        
actions4    ,as a ,christian1 integrity 
and uprightness1 consistency of         
character1  deep humility1 fervent      
devotion1 liberality of feeling and     

conduct  towards those who differed from
 him on some points of doctrine1 an     
ardent love to ,jesus ,christ1 to his   
word1 and to his people1 were  features 
by which he was eminently distinguished4
    ,zeal for his ,master's cause1 love 
to the souls of men1 active1            
persevering1 and laborious efforts to   
make known the word of life to his      
perishing fellow-creatures1             
characterized the public ministry of our
  departed friend4    ,as a pastor1 he  
was diligent1 faithful1 and             
affectionate4 ,as a husband  and a      
father1 his worth was known and         
appreciated by his bereaved widow  and  
children4    ,mr4 ,compton had the      
unusual pleasure and satisfaction to    
know1 before he  left this world1 that  
all his children were walking in the    
fear of the  ,lord4 ,six of his own1 and
 five others1 for whose spiritual and   
eternal  well-being he most deeply felt 
and most fervently prayed1 were all     
devoted to the ,lord6 ,o ye ,christian  

parents6 let this encourage you to  pray
 earnestly and constantly for your      
children4    ,the above is1 much of it1 
extracted from the funeral sermon1 the  
preacher of which did not know1 when he 
referred to six of ,mr4 ,c4's  children 
as walking in the fear of the ,lord1    
that his eldest daughter  had entered   
into heaven more than three weeks before
 her father1 and was  then with his     
glorified spirit in the presence of     
,jesus1 where hope and  fear had issued 
in never ending fruition4    ,mrs4 ,mary
 ,ann ,goadby1 eldest daughter of our   
departed brother1 and wife  of the ,rev4
 ,j4 ,goadby1 ,general ,baptist         
,missionary at ,cuttack1 in ,orissa1    
left ,england1 with her husband1 in     
,july1 #ahcc1 and landed in ,india some 
time in the month of ,december4         
,during the months of ,may and ,june    
last year1 she experienced great        
languor and debility from the influence 
of the climate1 and on the #acth  of    
,july her deathless spirit took its     

flight into the presence of ,jesus1     
there in triumph to welcome the arrival 
of her father's on the #eth of  ,august4
                                        
,j4 ,r4                                 
,,religious ,,intelligence4             
,,anti-,,slavery ,,deputation1 ,,from   
,,the ,,united ,,states ,,to ,,europe4  
,we have great pleasure in informing our
 readers1 that the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,cox1     
,professor of ,theology at ,auburn      
seminary1 in the state of ,new ,york1   
has  been deputed by the ,executive     
,committee of the ,american             
,anti-slavery  ,society to visit        
,europe1 in conjunction with the ,rev4  
,joshua ,leavitt1  the talented editor  
of the ,new ,york ,evangelist1 for the  
purpose of  effecting a union of the    
abolitionists of the two ,continents1 in
 efforts  to extinguish slavery and the 
slave trade throughout the world4 ,dr4  
,cox  is already well known to the      
,christian public of this country by his
  previous visit4 ,his distinguished    

companion enjoys the reputation among   
,christians of all denominations in the 
,united ,states4 ,the paper he so  ably 
conducts stands first among the         
religious journals of his country4      
,these gentlemen are expected in ,london
 the beginning of this month2 and  we   
are informed that1 as soon after their  
arrival as possible1 the  ,committee of 
the #a will convene a public meeting to 
receive  them1 of which due notice will 
be given4    ,to the ,christian         
philanthropist it will afford the       
greatest satisfaction  to learn1 that   
the glorious cause of emancipation is   
rapidly advancing  to its consummation  
in the ,united ,states4 ,the people are 
rousing--the  pulpits are opening--the  
cities are shaking--the press is        
speaking--the  ,congress is acting2 and1
 soon1 the topic of slavery will be the 
text of  the clergyman--the theme of the
 patriot--and the subject of prayer and 
exertion of the philanthropist and the  
,christian4 ,thus writes a              

distinguished individual from ,america1 
whose labours have been eminently       
blessed in this field of ,christian     
benevolence4 ,may the ,lord hasten the  
time when every yoke shall be broken1   
and the oppressed in every land  shall  
go free6           99       99       99 
99       99            ,,premium        
,,offered ,,for ,a ,,prize ,,essay ,,on 
,,the ,,love ,,of ,,money4    ,it is the
 opinion of many of the wisest and best 
of men1 that the  besetting sin of      
professors of christianity is the love  
of money2 and  yet1 there is no subject 
on which so little has been written     
well4 ,the  late ,andrew ,fuller says1  
,it will1 in all probability1 prove the 
eternal  overthrow of more characters   
among professing people1 than any other 
sin2 because it is almost the only crime
 which can be indulged1 and a           
profession of religion at the same time 
supported4    ,one ,hundred ,guineas1   
besides the profits of its publication1 
will be  presented to the author of the 

best essay on this subject4 ,preference 
will be given to the most spiritual1    
poignant1 and affectionate appeal  to   
the judgment and consciences of those   
who professedly recognize the  authority
 of revelation1 on avaricious hoarding1 
and unchristian-like  expenditure1 to   
gratify the lust of the eye1 and pride  
of life1 whilst  they avow their        
obligations to redeeming mercy1 and     
profess that  themselves1 and all they  
have1 is not their own1 but belongs1 and
 must  be accounted for1 to ,him who has
 said1 ,occupy till ,i come1 and then   
,give an account of thy stewardship1 for
 thou mayest be no longer  steward4 ,the
 work wanted1 is one that will bear upon
 selfishness1 as it  leads to live to   
ourselves1 and not for ,god and our     
fellow-men4    ,it is requested that    
reference may be made to the different  
estimates of  man who blesseth1 and of  
,god1 who abhorreth1 the covetous 7,ps4 
x4 #c72  and to the tremendous          
consequences of this sin1 which is      

associated with  the vilest of crimes   
which exclude from the kingdom of       
heaven4 7,eph4 v4  #e47 ,the manuscript 
is to be sent to ,dr4 ,conquest1 #ac1   
,finsbury ,square1  on or before the    
#ast of ,november1 #ahce2 with a sealed 
letter1 containing  the address of the  
writer4 ,the ,hon4 and ,rev4 ,baptist   
,noel and the ,rev4  ,dr4 ,pye ,smith   
have kindly engaged to be the           
arbitrators4 ,the reward will  be       
adjudged on the #ast of ,may1 #ahcf4    
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,,brief ,,history ,,of ,,the ,,baptist  
,,church1 ,,keighley1 ,,yorkshire4      
,the ,baptists were first introduced    
into ,keighley by a ,mr4 ,john ,town1   
who  was a member of the ,baptist church
 at ,haworth1 under the care of the     
venerable and ,rev4 ,miles ,oddy4       
,keighley was at that time beginning to 
be  a large and populous place4 ,the    
clergyman in the establishment was an   
irreligious character1 and the          
,independent church and congregation    

were  nearly extinct4    ,at first the  
ministers were permitted to preach in   
the ,independent  meeting-house2 but    
after some time a ,mrs4 ,sunderland     
offered her house1  until ,mr4 ,town    
could fit up a room for constant        
worship4 ,the ministers  who kindly     
assisted in the formation of the infant 
cause were1 ,messrs4  ,steadman1 ,d4    
,d41 ,shuttleworth1 ,trickett1 and      
,shaw4    ,in the year #ahji1 or #ahaj1 
four persons were baptized by ,mr4      
,shuttleworth1 pastor of the church at  
,cowlinghill3 and on the third of       
,june1 #ahaj1 a large upper room in the 
house of ,mr4 ,town was opened for      
worship by ,mr4 ,shepherd1 from         
,bradford1 who preached on this occasion
  from ,solomon's ,song1 vi4 #aj4 ,the  
congregation increased2 others were     
baptized2 and in the year #ahab the     
church was formed4 ,in #ahac it was     
deemed necessary to erect a chapel4 ,a  
piece of ground was provided by  ,mr4   
,town2 and on ,easter ,monday1 #ahac1   

the first stone was laid2 but the       
chapel was not opened until the #bith of
 ,march1 #ahae2 when ,mr4 ,lister1 of   
,liverpool1 ,mr4 ,stephens1 of          
,rochdale1 and the venerable ,dr4       
,steadman1 of  ,bradford1 were engaged4 
,at this period the church consisted of 
eighteen  members4 ,the chapel cost     
something more than #iij2 and will seat 
about  #fae persons4    ,the first      
pastor of the church was ,mr4 ,joseph   
,shaw1 who came to ,keighley  in #ahad4 
,during the years #ahaf1 #ahag1 and     
#ahah1 little is said3 but in  #ahai the
 members amounted to #cc2 and some      
uneasiness originating with a  part of  
the church and the minister1 a          
separation took place1 and a new  chapel
 was erected by the party attached to   
,mr4 ,shaw1 at ,slacklane1 from  two to 
three miles from ,keighley4 ,this       
circumstance left the church at         
,keighley very small1 and greatly       
diminished the congregation4    ,in     
#ahbj ,mr4 ,thomas ,blundell took the   

oversight of the people in the  ,lord4  
,the members again numbered #cb4 ,in    
#ahbd a large portion of the debt  was  
removed2 soon after which1 the pastor   
was taken ill1 and on ,july  #ast1      
#ahbd1 resigned his spirit into the     
hands of ,him who gave it4 ,during  this
 year four members were also removed to 
the world of spirits2 among  whom were  
,mr4 ,town and his wife1 who died within
 ten days of each other2  and whose     
remains were deposited in the           
burial-ground adjoining the  chapel2 and
 to whose memory a handsome tombstone   
has been erected by the  family4        
,these strokes of mortality appear to   
have been sanctified--a spirit of       
prayer has been excited--and a morning  
prayer-meeting established to  seek     
divine direction in the choice of a     
pastor4 ,and on ,sunday1 ,aug4  #aeth1  
#ahbd1 the present pastor1 ,mr4 ,abraham
 ,nichols1 then under the care  of ,dr4 
,steadman1 and a member of the church at
 ,rawden1 under the care of  ,mr4       

,hughes1 preached his first sermons at  
,keighley1 and baptized two  persons at 
,turkeymill4 ,from this time his visits 
to ,keighley became  frequent2 and on   
the first of ,november1 he received an  
invitation to  become pastor4 ,on the   
#cjth of ,january1 #ahbe1 he accepted   
the invitation1  and preached from ,rom4
 xv4 #cj1 to the end4    ,things now    
began to wear rather an animating       
appearance4 ,some gentlemen  were at the
 expense of fitting up a baptistry2 and 
,mr4 ,jos4 ,town1  youngest son of the  
above-mentioned ,mr4 ,town1 presented   
the minister  with a ,bible and hymn    
book for the pulpit4 ,this gentleman is 
a deacon of  the ,baptist church at     
,leeds1 under the care of the ,rev4 ,j4 
,acworth1 ,a4,m4    ,a subscription was 
also entered into for the liquidation of
 the debt  upon the chapel2 and on the  
#beth of ,december1 #ahbe1 the friends1 
at the  close of two sermons by ,mr4    
,stephens of ,rochdale1 realized the sum
 of  #aff #js4 #f;d41 including #cj each

 from the two ,mr4 ,towns1 #ae from a   
sister1 and #aj from a brother-in-law2  
with many other equally noble  sums1    
according to the ability of the parties4
    ,on the #aeth of ,august1 #ahbf1    
,mr4 ,nichols was ordained1 when ,mr4   
,mann1  late of ,mazepond1 ,london1     
stated the nature of a gospel church2   
,mr4  ,hughes offered the ordination    
prayer2 ,dr4 ,steadman delivered the    
charge1  from #b ,sam4 x4 #ab2 and ,mr4 
,godwin addressed the church1 from #a   
,thess4 v4  #ab1 #ac4    ,in #ahbi the  
singing gallery was altered1 and the    
bottom of the chapel  pewed2 also1 a    
very substantial and convenient house   
was built for the  minister1 which cost 
about #bfj1 towards the expense of which
 there was  #ahh 7duty off7 left as an  
endowment by ,j4 ,holmes1 ,esq41 of     
,stanbury1  near ,haworth1 and which    
could be appropriated to no purpose but 
for the  advantage of the minister4     
,in #ahcj1 the burial-ground having been
 enlarged on each side1 a portion  of   

the debt was removed4    ,in #ahcd and  
#ahce1 the ground was again enlarged1 by
 the addition of #cab  yards2 and a new 
school-room erected1 towards which1     
including a grant  through the ,british 
and ,foreign ,school ,society1 the      
subscriptions and  collections1 c41 have
 amounted to about #bbj4    ,the        
,sabbath-school contains near #ajj      
children2 the congregation1  including  
#ia families or parts of families1 will 
average from #cjj to  #djj2 the number  
of members1 near #gj4    ,the following 
persons have been deacons of the church1
 viz43    ,john ,beadley1 who died ,july
 #bjth1 #ahbg2 funeral sermon from #a   
,cor4 vii4  #bi1 #cj4 ,jonas ,rhodes1   
who died ,oct4 #aath1 #ahcb4 ,samuel    
,clapham1 who died  ,march #bdth1 #ahcc4
 7,there is a short account of each of  
the two latter in  the ,baptist ,tract  
,magazine1 for #ahcc47 ,joseph ,milner1 
who died ,april1  #ahcd2 and who had    
been deacon from the formation of the   
church4    ,the present deacons         

are1--,mr4 ,john ,town1 ,turkey-,mills2 
,mr4 ,joseph  ,laycock1 ,knowl2 and ,mr4
 ,joseph ,hall1 ,north-street4          
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,,state ,,of ,,the ,,baptist ,,interest 
,,at ,,lynn4    ,from our personal      
knowledge of ,mr4 ,poile1 and of the    
circumstances of  the following case1 we
 respectfully recommend the perusal of  
it to all  who feel the necessity1 and  
who are in any measure enabled to assist
 in  the support of a sound evangelical 
exhibition of the unsearchable riches   
of ,christ4                             
,w4 ,h4 ,,murch1 ,stepney ,college4     
,w4 ,,brock1 ,st4 ,mary's1 ,norwich4    
,it is extensively known that the       
,baptist interest at ,lynn ,regis has   
been  for many years in a depressed     
condition--a fact which has been much   
deplored by the friends of the          
denomination on the spot1 and by those  
who have been acquainted with the       
circumstances of the case4 ,in          
presenting it to the notice of the      

friends of the ,redeemer1 with the  hope
 of securing their ,christian sympathies
 and assistance1 a brief  outline of the
 case will not be deemed unnecessary4   
,the ,baptist church at ,lynn appears to
 have been formed about the year  #agfj1
 by ,mr4 ,chesterton1 who was succeeded 
in the pastoral office by the  ,rev4 ,w4
 ,richards1 ,m4,a41 and afterwards by   
,mr4 ,durrant1 who gratuitously         
laboured among the people for several   
years4 ,the place of worship1  occupied 
until nearly the close of ,mr4          
,durrant's ministry1 was a small  hired 
chapel in ,broad-street1 which was      
afterwards purchased4 ,about this  time 
it was deemed advisable by the friends  
to erect a new  meeting-house2 and for  
this purpose a piece of land was bought 
adjoining  the old place4 ,the purchase 
of the ground and the erection of the   
building1 capable of seating #cjj       
persons1 amounted to #abfi #hs42 to the 
reduction of which1 ,messrs4 ,durrant   
and ,brindley gave #bjj each2 #dg  #afs4

 were collected in ,lynn2 leaving a debt
 on the place of #hba #abs4  ,the pulpit
 having been occupied for a short period
 by different  ministers1 the church was
 induced to invite one of respectable   
talents  to become their pastor1 whose  
connexion with them1 in consequence of  
his  adoption of doctrinal errors1      
extended to no longer a period than     
twelve  months4 ,during that period a   
large and respectable congregation was  
attracted2 the greater part of whom1    
however1 having imbibed the errors      
which have been referred to1 left the   
place with the minister1 and  erected a 
,socinian chapel2 thus giving occasion  
for regret1 not only  that error was    
propagated1 but by those to whom the    
,baptist cause was  looking for support4
 ,from that period to the present many  
efforts have  been made to revive the   
cause2 and the debt1 in #ahab1 by means 
of an  appeal to the friends at ,lynn1  
,dereham1 ,yarmouth1 and ,norwich1 was  
reduced to #gjb #is4 ,a great variety of

 ministers have laboured1 with  more or 
less success1 some of whom are now      
occupying important stations  in        
different parts of the country4    ,a   
combination of causes occasioned the    
removal of many1 apparently well  suited
 to raise the interest2 but that which  
seems more than any thing  else to have 
deprived the church and town of the     
labours of devoted  servants of ,christ1
 was the legal and pecuniary            
embarrassments of  the place4 ,it will  
easily be conceived that1 amidst events 
thus adverse1  the church was frequently
 threatened with extinction1 and the    
cause  nearly given up for lost by those
 who hoped even against hope4    ,in    
,september1 #ahcb1 the writer of this   
article acceded to the request of  the  
church to pay them a visit1 by the      
advice of his tutors1 and  received1 at 
the expiration of a month1 an unanimous 
invitation to spend  a longer period1   
with a view to a settlement4 ,an        
assurance that the  legal difficulties  

would speedily be settled1 and the hope 
that his  labours might be blessed1     
induced him to comply4 ,various efforts 
were  made to hasten this1 without      
avail1 until ,july1 #ahcc1 when it was  
thought by the friends generally1 that  
it would be much to the advantage  of   
the cause if a new place could be       
erected in a more eligible part of  the 
town2 and it was determined1 by the     
advice of the ,rev4 ,w4 ,h4 ,murch1     
president of ,stepney ,college1 to      
ascertain its practicability4 ,the      
smallness1 however1 of the resources at 
home1 and the promises from  abroad1    
rendered such an attempt unjustifiable2 
so that nothing could be  done1 but     
either to use every effort to secure the
 old place1 or to give  up the cause    
entirely4 ,the former step was finally  
decided on2 and the  writer consented to
 struggle1 with the church1 until a     
faithful ,god  should answer the prayers
 of his people4 ,after much trouble and 
anxiety1  the legal business was settled

 on ,february #aith1 #ahce1 and #ajj was
  paid1 which had been collected in the 
town4 ,lord's-day1 #bast1 was held  as a
 day of thanksgiving1 and the season    
improved by sermons from ,ps4  cxv4 #a1 
and ,ps4 cxviii4 #be4 ,it was a day that
 will long be remembered by  many       
present4    ,the number in the church in
 #ahcb was #cj2 since that time #bg have
 been  baptized1 to whom several others 
expect shortly to be added1 who are     
affording proofs that they have given   
themselves to the ,lord4 ,the           
congregation is now good1 and harmony   
prevails in the church4 ,there is a     
,sunday school of #bej children1 an     
adult class1 two ,bible classes1 and an 
ecclesiastical history class4 ,on       
,friday1 ,march #f1 the foundation-stone
  of a ,sunday school-room1 #dd ft4 by  
#cd ft4 7to be used also as a           
day-school71 was laid by ,mr4 ,wilson1  
missionary of the ,sunday ,school       
,union4 ,the cost of the building will  
be #agj1 of which #fj have been         

collected1 principally in ,lynn2 and it 
is earnestly hoped that the  friends of 
scriptural education will give their    
generous aid towards so  desirable an   
object amidst #ae1jjj inhabitants4 ,the 
necessity of  repairing and cleaning the
 chapel1 to make it tenantable1 will be 
obvious when it is stated1 that scarcely
 any thing has been done to it  since it
 was built1 #bf years ago4 ,to do this1 
and render it commodious1  will require 
upwards of #bjj4 ,the debt which the    
friends will be obliged  to remove as   
speedily as possible1 so as to be able  
to carry on the  cause1 is #ejj1 leaving
 a mortgage on the place of #fjj1 at #d 
per cent41  the interest of which the   
rents of property will nearly meet4     
,as nothing now appears needful to      
render the ,baptist cause at ,lynn1     
under the ,divine blessing1 a useful and
 respectable interest1 but the  united  
aid of the friends of the ,redeemer1 it 
is earnestly hoped that a  faithful     
statement of facts will not only meet   

the eye of those who have  it in their  
power to assist1 but that the evil so   
much and so  greatly to be deprecated--a
 minister leaving his people to travel  
for  money1 may in this case be         
dispensed with2 and that1 instead of the
  cause at ,lynn being a matter of deep 
regret to the ,christian church1 it  may
 become a praise in the earth4          
,w4 ,f4 ,,poile4                        
,,associations4                  ,,the  
,,half-,,yearly ,,west ,,hants4         
,,ministers' ,,meeting    ,was held at  
,bewley1 ,april #hth1 #ahce4 ,the       
afternoon was spent by the  brethren in 
conference and prayer4    ,the public   
service took place in the evening4      
,brother ,burt1 the pastor1  began by   
solemn prayer4 ,brother ,turquand read  
the ,scriptures1 prayed1  and spoke on  
,perseverance in doing ,good4 ,brother  
,burnett followed him  in prayer1 and   
mentioned some of ,the principal        
,sources of ,encouragement  and         
,consolation4 ,brother ,yarnold         

succeeded him in prayer1 and            
illustrated ,the ,practical ,influence  
of the ,gospel4 ,brother ,ford          
addressed the ,divine ,majesty1 and made
 some remarks ,on the ,importance  of   
,growing in ,grace4 ,brother ,adams1    
also1 offered supplication1 and  showed 
the intimate connexion between doctrinal
 and practical godliness4  ,and brother 
,draper closed the protracted but       
interesting services of the  evening1 by
 prayer1 and a brief address ,on the    
,blessings entreated for  the ,ephesians
 by the ,apostle1--that they might 'know
 the love of ,christ1  which passeth    
knowledge2 and be filled with all the   
fulness of ,god4'    ,the next meeting  
to be held1 by the ,divine blessing1 at 
,romsey1  ,wednesday1 ,sept4 #ith1      
#ahce4           99       99       99   
99       99                             
,,london ,,baptist ,,association4       
,the ,annual ,meeting of this           
,association was held on ,wednesday1    
,april #bb1  at the ,rev4 ,mr4          

,overbury's chapel1 in ,eagle-street1   
,red ,lion ,square4  ,letters from the  
associated churches were read by their  
respective  pastors1 detailing their    
circumstances during the past year2     
after which  a circular letter1 drawn up
 by the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,steane1 was read1   
approved1  and ordered to be printed for
 the use of the churches4 ,the ,rev4 ,j4
 ,e4  ,giles was chosen ,secretary1 and 
,t4 ,pewtress1 ,esq41 ,treasurer1 for   
the  year ensuing4    ,in the evening1 a
 public service was held in the same    
place2 when the  ,rev4 ,mr4 ,price      
delivered a serious and practical       
sermon1 ,on the ,duties  of ,church     
,members towards the ,young4    ,the    
next ,quarterly ,meeting to be held at  
,camberwell1 ,july #bcrd4 ,mr4  ,davies1
 of ,tottenham1 to preach4              
,,notices4    ,the ,southern            
,association of ,hants4 will take place 
this year in ,meeting  ,house ,alley1   
,portsea1 ,june the #ith and #ajth4 ,on 
,tuesday evening the  letters from the  

churches will be read2 and brother      
,hancock1 of  ,yarmouth1 will preach4   
,wednesday morning1 brother ,millard is 
expected  to preach2 and some other     
brother in the evening4                 
,t4 ,,tilly1 ,secretary4    ,portsea1   
,april #ae1 #ahce4           99       99
       99       99       99    ,the     
,annual ,meeting of the ,bedfordshire   
,association of ,baptist churches  will 
be held at the ,old ,baptist ,meeting1  
,rushden1 in ,northamptonshire1  on     
,tuesday1 ,may #aith2 on which occasion 
the ,rev4 ,messrs4 ,s4 ,fordham1 of     
,hale ,weston1 ,j4 ,upton1 of ,london1  
and ,j4 ,jenkinson1 of ,kettering1 are  
engaged to preach4    ,the ministers and
 messengers of the churches are         
requested to meet at  half-past nine    
o'clock4           99       99       99 
99       99    ,the ,association of     
,baptist ,congregational ,churches1 in  
,oxfordshire and  adjacent counties1    
will hold their next annual meeting at  
,cirencester1  instead of ,fairford1 on 

,tuesday and ,wednesday in the ,whitsun 
week1 ,june  #ith and #ajth4 ,the       
letters from the churches will be read  
on the ,tuesday  evening1 at half-past  
#e o'clock4           99       99       
99       99       99    ,the next       
meeting of the ,northamptonshire        
,association will be held at            
,kettering1 on the ,tuesday and         
,wednesday in ,whitsun week4 ,the       
services  will be conducted as usual1   
commencing at #f o'clock on the ,tuesday
  evening1 when the letters from the    
churches will be read4 ,mr4 ,gray1 of   
,northampton1 and ,mr4 ,craps1 of       
,lincoln1 have engaged to preach4 ,put  
up  at the ,white ,hart 7not the ,white 
,horse1 as misprinted in the last       
year's ,circular ,letter74           99 
99       99       99       99    ,the   
churches connected with the ,bristol    
,association are respectfully  informed1
 their next meeting will be held at     
,counterslip1 ,bristol1 on  the ,tuesday
 and ,wednesday in ,whitsun week1 ,june 

#ith and #ajth1 #ahce  7instead of      
,wednesday and ,thursday71 in           
consequence of the annual  meeting of   
the ,bristol ,education ,society1 on    
,thursday1 #aath of ,june4  ,brother    
,jones1 of ,frome1 to preach the        
,association sermon4 ,brethren          
,saffery1 of ,salisbury1 and ,newman1 of
 ,shortwood1 to be the other  preachers4
 ,brother ,summers to write the         
,circular ,letter2 the subject1  ,the   
,second ,coming of ,christ4           99
       99       99       99       99    
,the fifty-sixth ,anniversary of the    
,kent and ,sussex ,association of       
,baptist ,churches will be held         
7,providence permitting71 at ,lewes1    
,sussex1  on ,tuesday and ,wednesday1   
,june #bnd and #crd4 ,the brethren      
,rogers and  ,matthews to preach4 ,the  
,annual ,meeting of the ,kent ,auxiliary
 ,baptist  ,missionary ,society will be 
held on ,wednesday evening4 ,put up at  
the  ,crown ,inn1 ,market ,street4      
99       99       99       99       99  

,the ,anniversary of the ,baptist chapel
 at ,staines1 ,middlesex1 will be  held 
7,d4,v47 on ,wednesday1 the #bjth of    
,may4 ,the ,rev4 ,t4 ,binney stands     
engaged to preach in the morning2 the   
,rev4 ,edw4 ,steane in the afternoon2   
and the ,rev4 ,j4 ,smith in the evening4
           99       99       99       99
       99    ,the next ,anniversary     
meeting of the ,bedfordshire ,union of  
,christians  will be held at ,bedford1  
on ,wednesday1 ,may #bgth2 when the     
,rev4 ,j4 ,j4  ,davies1 of ,tottenham1  
is expected to preach in the morning2   
and the ,rev4  ,g4 ,b4 ,phillips1 of    
,harrold1 in the evening4           99  
99       99       99       99    ,the   
annual meeting of ,the ,protestant      
,society for the ,protection of         
,religious ,liberty will be held at the 
,city of ,london ,tavern1 on  ,saturday1
 ,may #afth1 at #aa o'clock precisely4  
,some distinguished ,peer is  expected  
to preside4           99       99       
99       99       99    ,on ,wednesday1 

the #bjth of ,may1 the ,rev4 ,c4 ,b4    
,woodman will be set apart  to the      
pastoral office over the church         
assembling in ,artillery-street  chapel1
 ,bishopsgate1 ,london4 ,the ,rev4      
,messrs4 ,isaiah ,birt1 ,thomas ,price1 
of ,devonshire ,square1 ,j4 ,e4 ,giles1 
of ,salter's ,hall1 with other          
ministers1 have engaged to officiate on 
the occasion4 ,service to  commence at  
#f o'clock in the evening4              
,,recent ,,death4                       
,,rev4 ,j4 ,,wheeler4    ,died1 on      
,friday1 the #bgth of ,march1 aged #fb1 
the ,rev4 ,j4 ,wheeler1 pastor  of the  
,baptist church1 ,bugbrook1             
,northamptonshire4 ,his funeral took    
place on ,wednesday1 the #ast of ,april4
 ,the ,rev4 ,t4 ,wake1 of ,thislingbury1
  read a suitable portion of the        
,scriptures1 and prayed2 the ,rev4 ,w4  
,gray1  of ,northampton1 delivered the  
address1 and on the following ,sabbath1 
to  a crowded congregation1 preached the
 funeral sermon1 from ,jude #ba3        

,looking for the mercy of our ,lord     
,jesus ,christ unto eternal life4 ,a    
text expressly chosen by the deceased4  
,mr4 ,wheeler had been settled with his 
people for nearly #cb years2 and it  is 
pleasing to notice1 that some of the    
last years of his ministry were  the    
most successful4 ,twelve months he was  
laid aside from his public  labours2 and
 in the sick room1 and on the bed of    
pain1 illustrated and  magnified those  
principles which1 for successive years1 
he had preached  to others4             
,,new ,,publications4                   
,just ,published4    ,memoir of the     
,life and ,writings of the ,rev4 ,joseph
 ,ivimey1 late pastor  of the church in 
,eagle-street1 ,london1 and twenty years
 ,gratuitous  ,secretary to the ,baptist
 ,irish ,society4 ,by ,rev4 ,george     
,pritchard4    ,parts ,i4 to ,,vi4 of   
the ,biographical ,sketch of the ,rev4  
,edward ,irving4  ,edited by ,william   
,jones1 ,m4,a4 ,to which is added1      
,thirty ,sermons1  preached by ,mr4     

,irving1 during the first three years of
 his residence in  ,london4    ,in      
#cbmo4 ,a ,memoir of ,j4 ,howard        
,hinton1 who died at ,reading1 ,jan4    
#aj1  #ahce1 aged thirteen years and    
seven months4 ,by his ,father4          
,in the ,press4    ,reminiscences       
relating to the ,rev4 ,john ,ryland1    
,a4,m41 of ,northampton1  the father of 
the late ,rev4 ,dr4 ,ryland1 of         
,bristol4 ,by ,william ,newman1  ,d4,d4 
,preparing for ,publication4    ,the    
,history of ,protestant ,nonconformity  
in ,england1 from the  ,reformation1    
under ,henry ,,viii41 to the ,accession 
of the ,house of  ,hanover4 ,in two     
volumes1 #hvo4 ,by ,,thomas ,,price4    
,the ,work will be founded  on an       
extensive and careful investigation of  
,original ,authorities1 and  will be    
designed to exhibit the ,progress of    
,opinion as well as the  ,course of     
,events4           99       99       99 
99       99    ,erratum3 ,p4 #ada1 l4   
#f1 for a final read an efficient4      

,,irish ,,chronicle4                    
,,may1 #ahce4      ,at the particular   
request of the ,rev4 ,j4 ,allen1 and for
 the satisfaction  of those friends who 
have kindly and liberally assisted      
towards  defraying the debt incurred by 
the erection of the ,chapel at ,ballina1
  the statement of the entire account1  
and the several sums contributed1       
appear in this number of the ,chronicle4
 ,as the funds of the ,society are  not 
at all applicable to the building of    
places of worship1 but as their         
erection has1 in more instances than    
one1 become indispensable1 and such     
necessity1 it is hoped1 may recur again 
and again2 it is certainly due  to those
 liberal persons1 who thus aid the cause
 of the ,redeemer1  distinctly and      
gratefully to acknowledge their         
,christian benevolence4                 
,to the ,,secretary4                    
,ballina1 ,march #ai1 #ahce4    ,my dear
 ,brother1    ,in this packet1 ,i beg to
 acknowledge the receipt of your kind   

favour of  the #ajth instant1 and       
herewith forward to you the ,journal of 
the ,readers  for the past month1 as    
also the account of schools1 c41 for the
 present  quarter4 ,i have also to      
acknowledge the receipt of several sums 
of  money1 towards the liquidation of   
the debt upon the ,meeting-house in     
this town1 which you will find upon     
another part of this sheet4 ,the sum    
actually expended is now #cbh #ajs41 and
 the contract for finishing1 #ia  #ajs41
 making in all #dbj4 ,of this ,i have   
received1 clear of expenses1  #bcb1 for 
which1 as well as for the acts of       
personal kindness shown to  me when in  
,england1 ,i beg1 through the medium of 
the ,chronicle1 to  present my warmest  
thanks4 ,i had hoped to have heard1 ere 
this1 what sum  the ,building ,fund1 on 
which this case has been admitted1 was  
likely to  produce4 ,my best thanks are 
due to ,mrs4 ,holland1 of ,bristol1     
especially1  who kindly1 and without any
 solicitation1 forwarded us #e4 ,if some

 of  our wealthy friends in ,england1   
bearing in mind how injurious it must be
  for an individual to be absent for any
 length of time from a missionary       
station1 and an infant cause1 would     
imitate her example1 it would not  only 
confer a personal favour1 but           
essentially serve the interests of  the 
,redeemer's kingdom in this place4 ,the 
trust deed1 by which the  property has  
been made over to the ,baptist          
denomination1 has been  examined by the 
respectable solicitor of the ,london    
,building ,fund1 and  is approved4      
,it is in your recollection1 probably1  
that the late ,government ordered1  some
 time before they left office1 a new    
census of the population of  ,ireland2  
in which was to be shown the relative   
numbers of ,protestants1  ,roman        
,catholics1 and ,dissenters2 as also the
 number and kind of schools  in each    
union or parish4 ,one of the            
,commissioners was here on ,tuesday     
last1 and1 as a proof of the awful      

extent to which superstition  prevails1 
it appeared1 soon after an amended      
census had been produced  and sworn to1 
by the ,protestant clergyman1 that not  
more than one out of  thirty1 in this   
large union1 can be considered even as  
nominal  ,protestants4 ,and1 in a       
conversation with the priest1 on the    
following  day1 as a confirmation of    
what ,i have frequently stated1 ,i am   
perfectly  sure1 said he1 that if you go
 round any day to all your schools1 and 
ours1 and the minister's1 you will not  
find in the whole of them #ajj  poor    
,protestant children4 ,in the           
examination of our schools1 before the  
commissioners1 though we have invariably
 insisted upon the introduction  of the 
,scriptures1 yet they were scarcely     
inferior to any1 and1 in the  general1  
superior to most1 both in numbers and   
regular attendance4 ,let  it not be said
 in future1 then that the ,roman        
,catholics1 the children of  whom       
compose the bulk of our scholars1 would 

not1 unless violently  opposed by the   
priesthood1 be anxious to possess and   
study the word of  ,god4 ,and let our   
friends1 whilst they have it upon the   
testimony of the  priest himself1 that  
it is his flock we are educating in our 
schools1  be more earnest and zealous in
 this good cause2 hoping and praying    
thatthrough the instrumentality of these
 schools1 the present race of  children 
may be delivered from the superstition  
of their fathers4    ,i have1 since my  
return1 preached at ,easky1 ,mullifarry1
 and ,crossmolina2  at the two former   
places to large and attentive audiences4
 ,the people on  all sides are          
exceedingly desirous to hear4 ,on       
,sunday last1 ,i again  administered the
 ordinance of ,baptism in ,ballina4 ,the
 ,lord1 ,i trust1 is  preparing others  
to submit to the dictates of his blessed
 word4 ,oh that  he would make us1 who  
are engaged in this blessed work1 more  
humble1  circumspect1 watchful1 and     
zealous6 and then we might hope for     

larger  and more extensive success4     
,pray for us1 that the word of the ,lord
 may  have free course and be glorified4
    ,i am1 dear ,sir1 affectionately    
your's1                                 
,,james ,,allen4           99       99  
99       99       99                 ,to
 the ,,secretary ,,of ,,the ,,baptist   
,,irish ,,society4                      
,limerick1 ,march #bjth1 #ahce4    ,my  
dear ,sir1    ,i just returned from     
,croagh1 about sixteen miles from here1 
in the  county of ,limerick1 to inspect 
the ,koppel-street school2 the poor     
children were delighted to see me1 and  
,i was greatly pleased to see them  go  
through their school discipline with    
such precision and order4 ,they  spelled
 remarkably well in three different     
ways4 ,i am not aware that you  are     
acquainted with the plan of spelling and
 reading1 particularly  spelling1 which 
,i have devised long since1 which       
arrests the undeviating  attention of   
the children1 and almost wonderfully    

facilitates their  progress4 ,a fine    
testament class of #cf got up and read1 
in general1 very  well1 and repeated    
#bbd chapters1 which they committed to  
memory since  the last quarterly        
inspection4 ,there are #adh on the list1
 #ih spelling1  #ej reading the         
scriptures1 #h protestants and #d       
reformed1 who are the  master's         
children1 of whose attention to his     
school1 and good conduct1  ,i cannot say
 too much2 ,he is also a sabbath reader1
 and1 ,i believe1 very  useful4 ,a      
number of the girls got before me to the
 door1 and requested a  female school2  
they showed me some very nice work1     
taught them by the  master's daughter4  
,i said ,i would lay their request      
before their friends  in ,england4 ,the 
progress some of them made in writing   
and figures rather  surprised me3 the   
little premiums ,i gave them the last   
time had a great  effect upon them1 in  
removing prejudice1 and convincing them 
who their  real friends are1 and in     

winning their affections to the love of 
the  truth1 in spite of priestly        
influence4 ,the countenances of the     
children1  in all the schools1 brighten 
up1 and smile1 when they see me4 ,i     
lectured  in the evening1 at ,finchley1 
the seat of their worthy and pious      
patrons1  ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,finch1 who pay
 for a good school-house for them1 and  
subscribe to the society4 ,the society  
has done inconceivable good4 ,how  much 
more if it had sufficient means6    ,i  
was going to say1 the ,bristol school1  
at ,balleycar1 county of ,clare1        
sixteen miles north west from ,limerick1
 is a tremendous one4 ,i went  there    
immediately after my last communication2
 gave several lectures to  ,roman       
,catholics and ,protestants1 in the     
house of our afflicted friend1  ,major  
,colpoys2 ,i tried to comfort and       
encourage his mind in the prospect  of  
eternity--he is looking unto ,jesus4    
,the school is in a very  flourishing   
state2 #bbd on the list1 #adf present1  

#abj spelling1 #ajd  reading the        
,scriptures2 about #cj committed to     
memory1 and repeated #aec  chapters this
 quarter3 they made great progress also 
in writing and  figures1 which they are 
very fond of learning4 ,there are only  
two or  three ,protestant children in   
this school4 ,it often excites the      
warmest  gratitude in my heart to ,god1 
that has put it into the hearts of his  
people1 to afford such great and        
important blessings to those who would  
perish in ignorance and superstition4   
,oh what a mercy to see so many         
children rise to read the word of life1 
and to commit it to memory1 and  read it
 in the hearing of their poor benighted 
parents6 ,at the close of  the          
examinations ,i give a little lecture on
 the advantages of a  ,scripture        
education1 on the love of ,god1 on the  
sufferings of the  ,saviour1 and on the 
influence of the ,holy ,spirit1 to bless
 all to their  present benefit1 and     
eternal salvation4 ,i find ,i can say a 

great deal1  and go a great length1     
without endangering the schools1 which  
,i know1  and am informed1 would not be 
borne with from others4 ,i try1 also1 to
  impress their minds with gratitude to 
their kind friends in ,england1 and     
they appear very grateful and pray for  
them4    ,the ,seven ,oaks school1 at   
,bushy ,park1 county of ,tipperary1     
about  thirty-five ,english miles north 
east from ,limerick is in a prosperous  
state3 the number of chapters the       
children repeat from memory frequently  
surprises me3 the children of a poor    
,baptist brother there1 near ,burris    
,o' ,kane1 are mighty in the            
,scriptures4 ,the school discipline gave
 me  great satisfaction1 and the        
spelling1 reading1 writing1 and figures1
  very pleasing3 #gd on the list1 #ff   
present2 #fb spelling1 #ab reading the  
,testament1 and repeated #fc chapters   
from memory4 ,the master is a very      
inoffensive and attentive man2 ,i trust1
 truly pious4    ,in the ,mary's        

,philanthropic school1 ,mount ,shannon1 
county of ,galway1  about thirty-five   
,english miles from ,limerick1 north    
north east1 there  are #ih on the list2 
#fj present1 #ci spelling1 #ba reading  
the ,testament1  and repeated from      
memory this quarter #aej chapters3      
always a good  school1 having more very 
poor ,protestants in that village and   
neighbourhood than many others1 and not 
so subject to vary from priestly        
attacks as some others4    ,in the      
,norwich school1 at ,birr1 fifty        
,english miles east from ,limerick1  #ef
 gross2 #cd spelling1 #bb reading the   
,testament2 they repeated #dg  chapters 
from memory4 ,it was not so numerous    
this quarter as usual1 from  the extreme
 severity of the weather1 and the       
nakedness and want of the  children1    
still it is a good school1 and taught by
 a worthy1 pious1 poor  woman1 with a   
large family4    ,the ,cardigan school1 
at ,kilbaron1 is doing as well as could 
be expected1  from the unceasing        

exertions of the priest there1 more than
 usually  excited in consequence of     
obtaining a complete victory over his   
champion  in controversy1 in presence of
 a number of people4 ,the master was a  
very  intelligent1 clever man4    ,my   
dear ,sir1 your time and mine would not 
admit of my writing an account  of each 
school under my superintendence4 ,i send
 the quarterly statement1  in which you 
see them with one view4 ,the above ,i   
send for the  satisfaction of those kind
 friends who support or contribute to   
the  congregational schools4 ,i also    
want time1 and1 indeed1 inclination1 to 
give any statement of my own humble     
labours4 ,though the weather has been   
extremely severe1 since the #ast of     
,february1 ,i have been out the greater 
part of the time1 and preached in very  
distant places1 and in various          
counties1 and sometimes under very      
trying circumstances4 ,i preached at    
,benagher1 ,king's county1 sixty miles  
from ,limerick1 twice to the house      

full1 at ,walshpark1 after travelling   
fifty miles1 and preaching  and         
administering the ordinance at          
,cloughjordan2 gave a lecture at        
,ormandview1 county of ,galway2 preached
 at ,o',brien's ,bridge1 and several    
times at ,castle ,connell4              
,ever yours1 most affectionately1       
,,william ,,thomas4           99        
99       99       99       99           
,to the ,,secretary4                    
,ballina1 ,march #bjth1 #ahce4    ,my   
dear ,sir1    ,i shall feel obliged to  
you1 at your earliest convenience1 to   
acknowledge the receipt of the following
 articles1 kindly sent for the  schools 
in this district4    ,a box of articles 
collected by ,mrs4 ,thomas ,allen1      
,birmingham1 containing  two packets of 
books from ,mr4 ,groom2 some tracts1    
workbags1 c4 from  ,mrs4 ,glover and    
,miss ,mansfield1 ,spring ,hill2 books1 
rug-worsted1 and  patterns1 from ,mrs4  
,s4 ,cocks1 ,camp ,hill2 a small round  
stand1 from ,ann  ,husband2             

pin-cushions1 from ,mrs4 ,rogers1       
,bull-street2 canvass1 from ,mrs4       
,johnson1 ,deritend2 cotton-balls1 from 
,mrs4 ,warner2 patchwork1 from ,mrs4    
,white2 a blue bag1 from ,miss ,r4      
,simmons2 a number of small books1 from 
a  ,well-wishing ,friend to ,ireland2   
and numerous little rewards1 from ,mr4  
,thomas ,allen and family2 and from     
,rev4 ,j4 ,smith and ,sons1 ,astwood1   
#ajjj  needles4 ,since the above        
articles were kindly forwarded to me1   
,mr4 ,allen  has received a parcel from 
,mr4 ,west1 containing some useful      
books1 from  ,dorcas1 for the ,library  
at ,ballina2 a parcel of books from     
,mrs4  ,hawkins1 ,stroud2 and a number  
of pin-cushions1 balls of rug-worsted1  
and  a few workbags1 and boxes of little
 fancy articles4    ,n4 ,b4 ,i regret to
 say1 that in the last acknowledgment of
 articles from  ,birmingham1 ,i omitted 
to mention some poetical cards1 kindly  
sent by ,mr4  ,f4 ,deakin4 ,the pair of 
six-inch globes1 kindly offered by ,mr4 

,mogridge1  and the patchwork by ,mrs4  
,white1 will be very acceptable2 and if 
sent to  ,rev4 ,j4 ,west1 #bf1 ,little  
,james's street1 ,dublin1 will be       
forwarded by  him to ,ballina as soon as
 he has an opportunity of sending them4 
,wishing you every blessing1 both of a  
spiritual and temporal nature1          
,i remain1 my dear ,sir1                
,yours very respectfully1               
,a4 ,,cave4                             
,,contributions4      ,by ,rev4 ,j4     
,dyer3                                  
s4 d4    ,haworth1 first ,church1 by    
,rev4 ,jas4 ,flood                 #c   
#j  #j    ,friend in ,somersetshire     
#a  #j  #j    ,by the ,secretary3       
,a ,friend to ,missions1 by the ,general
 ,post               #e  #j  #j    ,a   
small per centage1 upon last year's     
profits1 do4      #e  #j  #j    ,by the 
,treasurer3      ,e4 ,d41 by ,w4        
,cozens1 ,esq4                          
#aj  #j  #j    ,for the ,rye ,school1 by
 ,mrs4 ,crosskey1 ,treasurer            

#e  #j  #j    ,collected by the ,rev4   
,s4 ,davis1 for the ,society3      ,at  
,devizes                                
#aa  #e  #j       ,downton              
#f  #i  #j       ,romsey                
#c #ab  #b       ,stockbridge           
#b  #j  #j       ,andover               
#d  #i  #f       ,whitchurch            
#d  #i  #f       ,newbury               
#ae  #b  #j       ,abingdon             
#c  #j  #j       ,farringdon            
#b #aj  #j       ,fairford              
#j #aj  #j       ,circencester          
#h  #e  #f       ,tewkesbury            
#ac #ag #aa       ,cheltenham           
#ac #ad  #f            99       99      
99       99       99                    
,,ballina ,,baptist ,,chapel4        ,an
 account of ,money collected for this   
purpose1 by ,mr4 ,allen1      in #ahcc1 
#ahcd1 and #ahce4                       
s4 d4    ,ballina                       
#de #aj  #j    ,sligo                   
#ab #ah  #f    ,dublin                  
#bf  #c  #j    ,birmingham              

#ad  #f  #j    ,st4 ,albans             
#d  #j  #j    ,london                   
#g  #e  #j    ,arnsby                   
#b  #j  #j    ,oadby                    
#a #ac  #j    ,guilsborough             
#a  #j  #j    ,naseby                   
#j #af  #j    ,clipstone                
#a #ad  #f    ,theddinworth             
#a  #j  #j    ,bugbrook                 
#c  #f  #j    ,kettering                
#f #aa  #f    ,cambridge                
#c  #j  #j    ,market ,harborough       
#a  #j  #j    ,st4 ,ives                
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#b #ai  #f    ,leicester                
#ac #ah  #j    ,coventry                
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#j  #e  #j    ,stratford-on-,avon       
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#b  #g  #f    ,worcester1 with friends  
from ,bourton                      #f   
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#d #aj  #j    ,hamsterley1 ,rev4 ,mr4   
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#ai  #h  #f    ,saladine ,nook          
#ab  #j  #j    ,liverpool               
#af  #h  #f    ,bristol1 ,mrs4 ,holland1
 per ,rev4 ,s4 ,davis                   
#e  #j  #j    ,subscriptions received by
 ,s4 ,marshall1 ,esq41 #aha1 ,high      
,holborn2 ,mr4  ,p4 ,millard1           
,bishopsgate ,street2 ,messrs4 ,burks1  
#ef ,lothbury2 ,rev4 ,g4  ,pritchard1 #d
 ,york ,place1 ,pentonville1 gratuitous 
,secretary2 by ,messrs4  ,ladbrokes and 
,co41 ,bankers1 ,bank ,buildings2 by    
,mr4 ,h4 ,d4 ,dickie1 #ac ,bank         
,street1 and ,rev4 ,mr4 ,innes1         

,frederick ,street1 ,edinburgh2 and ,p4 
,brown1  ,esq41 ,cardigan4              
,,london3 ,j4 ,,haddon1 ,,printer1      
,,castle-,,street1 ,,finsbury4          
,,missionary ,,herald4                  
,,cxcvii4 ,,may1 #ahce4      ,the       
,treasurers of ,auxiliary ,societies1   
and other ,friends who may have  ,monies
 in hand on account of the ,society1 are
 respectfully reminded that  the        
,treasurer's account for the year will  
close on the #cast instant1  which      
renders it necessary that all payments  
intended to appear in the  ,appendix to 
the next ,report1 should be made in the 
course of the present  month4 ,it is    
requested1 therefore1 that the          
respective accounts may be  sent1       
properly balanced1 to the ,secretary1   
,no4 #f1 ,fen ,court1 ,fenchurch        
,street1 accompanied by the list of     
,subscribers1 c41 in alphabetical       
order4    ,particular attention is      
solicited to this notice2 for as all the
  ,society's accounts for the year are  

examined and audited1 by the  gentlemen 
appointed for that purpose1 in the first
 week in ,june1 and the  ,report will1  
it is expected1 leave the press in a few
 days after the  ,annual ,meeting1 it is
 clearly impossible that payments can be
 included1  or lists of particulars     
inserted1 which come to hand after the  
time  specified4    ,the ,committee have
 pleasure in stating that their esteemed
 brethren1  the ,rev4 ,,samuel          
,,summers1 of ,bristol1 and the ,rev4   
,,benjamin ,,godwin1 of  ,bradford1 have
 engaged to preach the ,sermons at our  
next ,annual ,meeting4  ,full           
particulars1 as usual1 may be expected  
in our next ,number4                    
,,foreign ,,intelligence4               
,,cutwa4    ,from ,mr4 ,william ,carey  
to the ,secretary1 dated ,cutwa1        
,october #bf1 #ahcd4         ,i am sorry
 to find that it is a long time1 and    
much longer than it       ought to have 
been1 since ,i wrote to you last4 ,the  
only reason is1       that ,i have had  

to go through much affliction4 ,mrs4    
,carey has been       very ill at times1
 and ,i have not been well4 ,our beloved
 father has       also been removed to a
 better state1 and one or two others    
connected with the family4 ,in such     
things1 and at different times1         
has the ,lord seen fit to afflict us2   
but the ,lord is good1 and his          
strokes are lighter than we have        
deserved2 yea1 all his ways are         
mercy4         ,i am happy to say that  
since ,i wrote last the work of the     
,lord has       been going on as usual4 
,i think ,i have baptized eleven        
persons1       some belonging to the    
,christian families1 and some from the  
heathen4 ,the ,mella's have also been   
visited1 and the surrounding            
villages as usual2 great numbers of     
tracts and books have been              
distributed2 people upon the whole have 
been very attentive4 ,the       native  
preachers are out almost every day1 and 
are well received4 ,i       have now two

 inquirers2 an ,hindoo woman and a      
,mussulman man2 how       they may turn 
out ,i cannot say4                      
,,soory4    ,from ,mr4 ,williamson to   
,mr4 ,dyer1 dated ,soory1 ,october #ad1 
#ahcd4         ,you will be gratified to
 hear that we have been meeting with    
some       little more encouragement of 
late4 ,a short time ago ,i had the      
pleasure of baptizing seven persons2    
three young men1 and four       young   
women4 ,they are all of ,christian      
parentage4 ,one young woman       7a    
,miss ,w47 is the daughter of the head  
,english writer at this       station4  
,after finishing her education in       
,calcutta1 she returned       with us to
 ,beerbhoom1 about three years ago2 and 
was then a very       thoughtless girl1 
but for some time past she seems to have
       undergone a decided change of    
mind4 ,she has been in the habit of     
attending our ,english worship on       
,lord's day and ,thursday evenings2     
and occasionally at other times4 ,these 

opportunities1 together with            
reading of religious books and tracts1  
and occasional converse with       us1  
appear to have been blessed to her4 ,i  
trust she has made a       sincere      
profession of faith in the ,lord ,jesus 
,christ1 and that she       will        
continue to walk in him4 ,all the others
 belong to our native       ,christians1
 and have given us reason to hope well  
concerning them4       ,two of the young
 men having received a superior         
education1 may       therefore be       
expected to be of more eminent service  
in this land of       darkness4         
,you will also be happy to learn that   
one of the highest or monitor           
class girls of the ,central ,school1    
from conviction of the ,christian       
being the only true religion1 has given 
up her caste as a thing in       her    
estimation of no value1 and cast in her 
lot with the followers       of ,christ4
 ,a short time ago1 when she first made 
known her       intention1 ,mrs4 ,w4    

examined her respecting her motives2 she
 said       that our shasters were good1
 and our people were good2 and that she 
could not live among her relations1 who 
were idolaters and       drunkards1 c4  
,when ,mrs4 ,w4 again asked her whether 
she thought she       would be better   
off by becoming a ,christian1 the girl  
replied that       she was already      
sufficiently well provided for1 and that
 her sole       intention in becoming a 
,christian was to obtain salvation4 ,the
       first time she came with the     
intention of giving up her caste        
7which was just as the noise of the     
doorga pooja commenced71 her            
parents dragged her away1 and watched   
her narrowly for a few days1            
during which period she had no          
opportunity of making her escape2       
but as soon as their vigilance relaxed a
 little1 she improved the       first   
opportunity granted her of regaining her
 liberty4 ,her father       threw away  
all her books and tracts1 and is highly 

displeased with       me for having     
betrayed the trust he had reposed in me4
 ,the girl is       about sixteen years 
of age1 and is pretty well versed in the
       gospels and scripture history4   
,she has been latterly under a          
,christian teacher1 and was employed as 
a monitor1 which accounts1       in     
part1 for her having remained so long in
 the school4 ,another       girl1       
belonging to the same class has a good  
mind1 we hear1 to       follow her      
example1 but has not as yet been able to
 muster       sufficient resolution4    
,may the ,lord draw her and many others 
to       himself1 with the cords of his 
divine love6         ,our three schools 
7,bengalee boys'1 ,bengalee girls'1 and 
,english       school7 were all lately  
examined by the ladies and gentlemen of 
the       station1 who1 ,i am happy to  
inform you1 expressed themselves highly 
gratified with the progress the children
 and youth had made during       the    
year2 particularly with that of the     

higher classes of the       ,english    
school3 one class1 in the course of six 
months only1 having       made          
themselves perfectly masters of the     
principles of ,english       ,grammar4  
,i am inclined to hope much from the    
,english school4 ,as for       the two  
,bengalee schools1 on account of what   
has lately taken       place1 ,i am     
afraid they will be much diminished for 
some time1       especially the girls'  
school4         ,to aid me in the great 
work of preaching the gospel among the  
heathen1 ,i have now four native        
assistants1 for whom ,i draw #be ,rs4   
in addition to my salary of #aej ,rs4   
per month4 ,they are out daily1         
morning and evening1 in the neighbouring
 villages1 preaching and                
distributing tracts4 ,they tell me that 
prejudice is fast declining1       and  
that they have had repeated proofs of   
the tracts they give away       having  
been read4 ,i always take one of them   
with me1 in my daily       visits to the

 bazar of this place1 when we have      
generally a pretty       good           
congregation of attentive hearers4 ,the 
season for our more       distant       
excursions is now approaching1 and will 
allow us to extend       on all sides   
our hitherto confined labours4 ,may the 
,lord assist us       faithfully and    
fully to make known his glorious gospel 
among those       who are perishing for 
lack of knowledge1 and make us the      
savour of       life unto life1 unto    
many precious souls6 ,the harvest truly 
is       great1 but the labourers are   
few4                                    
,,java4    ,in the following extract of 
a letter from ,mr4 ,bruckner1 dated     
,samarang1  ,november #ab1 #ahcd1 our   
readers will observe an affecting       
allusion to the  massacre of two        
missionaries from the ,american board1  
who lately fell  victims to the revenge 
or the suspicions of the ,battas1 in the
 northern  parts of ,sumatra4 ,when our 
late friend1 ,mr4 ,burton1 resided1 for 

many  months1 among the same people1 he 
felt quite secure1 and made long        
journeys into the interior of the       
country4 ,but the power is now wielded  
by other than ,british hands2 and we    
greatly fear the change will operate  as
 a very serious obstruction to the cause
 of the gospel in these  beautiful      
islands for many years to come4 ,but we 
rejoice in the  assurance that every    
obstacle must in the end be surmounted2 
and in the  belief that events1 in      
different parts of the world1 are       
concurring to  hasten onward that       
blessed event4         ,since ,i wrote  
you last1 ,i have drawn up another tract
 in ,javanese1       under the title1   
,the ,son of ,god in the ,world4 #aejj  
copies have       been printed of it1 as
 we had no more paper for a larger      
edition4 ,a       translation of this   
tract has been sent to the committee of 
the       ,tract ,society4 ,it is true  
the prohibitions1 as to a free          
circulation of tracts among the native  

inhabitants of this island1       have  
not yet fully been removed1 although    
several applications have       been    
made on this subject to the men in      
power4 ,and this is rather a            
disappointment and an impediment to a   
more extensive communication       of   
the principles of the gospel at large2  
yet a goodly number of       tracts have
 found their way1 notwithstanding1 among
 the people4 ,the       power of        
darkness in this country appears so     
great1 that it would       quite        
dishearten me1 were it not for ,him who 
is with and in us1 who       is more    
powerful than he that is in the world4  
,when ,i shall have       the pleasure  
to see that this general darkness of    
ignorance as to       divine things1 and
 of superstition and sinful lusts1 shall
 give way       to the light of truth   
and godliness1 is not for me to say2    
under       present circumstances1 this 
period seems to be still afar off4 ,it  
would seem1 however1 as if the truth of 

the gospel was gaining       ground3 now
 and then instances appear of this4     
,last ,sunday1 when ,i       went out   
among the natives1 to take a ,new       
,testament to one who had       asked me
 for it1--and when ,i had preached the  
gospel to two small       companies of  
people1 and was still walking about for 
some more1--,i       came to a house in 
which ,i saw several persons sitting    
together4 ,i       entered1 and began a 
conversation on religion4 ,one of them  
expressed soon his ,mussulman           
sentiments1 on the power and glory of   
,mahomed2 that he was the person to whom
 we had to look1 as he bore       all   
things4 ,i asked him1 in return1 if     
,mahomed were so powerful1       how it 
came that he1 even at this moment1 was  
still lying in the       dust8 from     
which it was evident1 added ,i1 that he 
was no more than       any common man4  
,a young man who was present1 and who   
had read some       of the tracts1 then 
took up the subject with him1 and told  

him that       ,jesus was the           
,all-powerful1 which was evident from   
his having left       the grave1 and    
ascended to heaven1 and would come again
 at the last       day to raise all the 
dead from their graves4 ,i wanted to    
apply the       subject further to the  
consciences of the hearers1 particularly
 to       that of the first man1 by     
proving that all men are in a most      
lamentable condition on account of their
 sins1 and needed therefore       an    
,almighty ,saviour to save them4 ,but   
this man had so much to tell1       like
 one of old1 of his own goodness1 that  
all further reasoning       with him on 
the subject seemed to be in vain4       
,with all the weakening effects of the  
climate on my constitution1       and   
which ,i have particularly felt already 
for some time on my       lungs1 ,god   
has enabled me to go out four or five   
times every week       into the native  
villages2 and although my endeavours do 
not produce       the desired effects1  

yet ,i cannot persuade my mind that all 
the       precious seed sown in this way
 will be lost4         ,you will perhaps
 have heard of the dreadful event1      
before this1       which has happened to
 two ,american missionaries1 ,messrs4   
,manson and       ,lyman1 in ,sumatra1  
among the ,battas1 now about two months 
ago4       ,these good men went thither 
to explore the country4 ,they fell in   
with a troop of wild ,battas1 on one of 
their excursions1 who fired       at    
them1 and over-powered them4 ,mr4 ,lyman
 was wounded by a shot4       ,they then
 began to cut off his arms and his legs1
 and ate him up4       ,while they were 
doing this1 he petitioned the cannibals 
to spare       his brother ,manson      
alive2 but the following day he was cut 
to       pieces and eaten1 as also the  
interpreter whom they had brought       
with them4 ,their wives were still at   
,batavia when the news of their         
husbands arrived4         ,sumatra is   
still in a state of war2 yet ,padang1   

where ,mr4 ,ward       lives1 seems to  
have been always safe4 ,i have not had  
any letters       from ,mr4 ,ward for a 
considerable time3 as far as ,i can     
hear1 he is       still well4           
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,,jamaica4    ,mr4 ,tinson1 having met  
the other brethren at ,falmouth early in
 ,february1  writes as follows on his   
return to ,kingston4 ,we are persuaded  
our  readers will be gratified by the   
deliberate and candid opinions          
expressed by this experienced           
missionary4 ,his letter is dated ,feb4  
#beth1  #ahce4         ,since ,i last   
addressed you ,i have seen more of our  
mission field       than ,i had ever    
before an opportunity of visiting4 ,we  
found it not       only gratifying1 but 
profitable1 thus to visit our brethren1 
who       all appear to be faithfully   
labouring in the vineyard of ,christ4   
,from them we received much kindness1   
and returned home1 after an             
absence of six weeks1 with improved     

health and increased desire to          
labour for ,god1 from witnessing what he
 is doing by his servants4       ,such  
intercourse1 occasionally enjoyed1 could
 hardly fail to       promote brotherly 
love1 stimulate to exertion1 and        
strengthen our       confidence in ,god1
 as we behold the triumphs of his truth4
         ,in my last ,i mentioned the   
desire manifested by many in ,mr4       
,knibb's       congregation to obtain   
the ,scriptures1 and the large          
attendance on       religious worship4  
,the same may be said of ,montego ,bay1 
and1 in       proportion1 of other      
stations ,i had the privilege of        
visiting4 ,i       spent one sabbath at 
,lucea1 and intended going to ,savannah 
la ,mar1       but was prevented by the 
rain4 ,of the interesting services at   
,montego ,bay and ,falmouth1 which took 
place on the #gth and #adth of          
this month1 on laying the corner-stones 
of the new chapels1 ,i need       not   
write1 as our brethren at those stations

 will send you all the                  
particulars4 ,on our way home we passed 
through ,stewart ,town1       ,brown's  
,town1 and called at ,jericho1 brother  
,clarke's residence and       principal 
station4 ,i should have mentioned that  
we spent a night       with brother     
,coultart2 and in every place we were   
refreshed in       seeing or hearing of 
the grace of ,god4 ,i have more than    
once       expressed my conviction that 
,god is about to do some great work in  
this land4 ,in this opinion ,i am       
confirmed by what he is doing4 ,we      
know that ,he does nothing in vain2     
therefore to any person at all          
observant of ,divine ,providence1 it    
must manifestly appear1 that            
,god's thoughts are thoughts of good and
 not of evil concerning the             
inhabitants of this country4 ,look at   
the noble gift of his word       which  
he has recently sent to the people6     
,upwards of #dj1jjj copies       of the 
,new ,testament and ,psalms1 now        

circulating1 like so many               
streamlets of the water of life1 through
 the whole length and       breadth of  
the land6 ,then there is the desire to  
read1 and to       possess the word of  
,god2 the spirit of hearing1 which      
prevails in       almost every part of  
the island2 the great accession of      
spiritual       strength in the arrival 
of new missionaries--,episcopal1        
,methodists1       ,baptists1 and       
,independents2 and the preservation and 
increase of       good men on the       
island4 ,mr4 ,s41 the rector of ,lucea1 
mentioned a       fact worth recording3 
that1 during his residence in the colony
 of       sixteen years1 he had not     
lost1 by death1 one of his evangelical  
friends1 which was the same as saying   
that not one had died2 for he       is a
 truly pious man himself1 and           
consequently is acquainted with         
all the good men in the church          
throughout the island4 ,he further      
stated1 that several clergymen1 who had 

never before manifested any             
concern for the spiritual welfare of the
 people1 were now coming       out as   
active and laborious helpers in the good
 cause4 ,surely1 my       dear ,sir1    
these are signs of the times not to be  
overlooked4           99       99       
99       99       99                    
,,south ,,africa4    ,we adverted1 in   
our last number1 to the unexpected      
calamity which had  befallen the        
,british possessions to the north-east  
of the ,cape1 towards  the end of last  
year1 by a violent irruption of the     
,caffres4 ,the  measures promptly taken 
by the governor have1 we trust1 proved  
effectual  to the preservation of       
,graham's ,town2 but the loss of life   
and property  in the surrounding        
district has been very serious4 ,we have
 been favoured  with a communication1   
sent from a lady at ,graaff ,reinet to  
her mother in  this country1 under date 
of #bjth ,january last1 which conveys a 
striking  picture of the scene2 and as  

many of our readers are interested in   
that  colony1 we avail ourselves of the 
permission to insert it for their       
information4                            
,graaff ,reinet1 ,january #bj1 #ahce4   
,my dear ,mother1         ,as ,i cannot 
help thinking1 that when news from this 
colony arrives       in ,england1 you   
will feel some anxiety about our state1 
,i must tell       you that we are      
plunged into the greatest distress and  
trouble by       internal war4 ,the     
,caffres have made an attack on the     
whole line of       frontier1 burning   
and destroying every thing before them1 
and       murdering1 in the most        
barbarous manner1 the unhappy residents4
       ,they have done incalculable     
mischief2 and should they not soon be   
stopped1 the destruction of the colony  
is inevitable4         ,on the #bdth of 
,december1 #ahcd1 we were made uneasy by
 a commando       being called out to   
assist against the ,caffres4 ,but this  
was soon       followed by the most     

distressing accounts ,i ever read4 ,they
 first       proceeded to murder all the
 men 7and in some cases whole families71
       to plunder all the cattle1 and   
burn the dwellings4         ,on the     
#bfth1 news arrived from my dear        
children in ,graham's ,town1       viz4 
,a----1 my eldest son1 and ,g----1 who1 
with her husband       7,mr4 ,d4        
,mahoney71 were in the utmost anguish1  
his father and       brother-in-law     
having been murdered under the following
 melancholy       circumstances3--,mr4  
,mahoney1 sen41 had a fine farm near    
,graham's       ,town4 ,his son-in-law1 
,mr4 ,henderson 7a truly respectable    
young       ,scotchman1 married to ,mr4 
,m4's only daughter71 had gone out with 
his wife and sweet family to spend the  
,christmas at the farm1 and       were  
to have been joined by my dear children 
and ,mr4 ,d4 ,mahoney4 ,on       the    
,monday preceding ,christmas-day1 ,major
 ,o',reilly advised ,mr4 ,m4       sen41
 rather to bring his family into        

,graham's ,town1 as some cattle         
had been stolen1 and the ,caffres       
appeared in a disturbed state4 ,he      
determined to follow this advice1 and on
 ,wednesday morning started       for   
,graham's ,town with his wife1 their two
 grandchildren1 ,mr4       ,henderson1  
and a slave servant1 ,mr4 ,m4 sen4      
following the waggon       himself on   
horseback4 ,they had not gone more than 
a mile1 when they       were attacked by
 about twenty ,caffres1 who began       
stabbing poor       ,henderson3 he had  
fifty assagais in his body6 and the poor
 father       shared the same fate4 ,the
 old lady escaped with one child1 and   
the       slave woman with the other2   
and after wandering about1 separately1  
thirty-one hours on foot1 without food  
or water1 having lost their       way1  
they at length met at ,graham's ,town4  
,this was only the beginning of sorrows2
 for every day's tidings are       more 
dreadful4 ,graham's ,town is totally    
surrounded1 and every farm       either 

destroyed or deserted4 ,the most        
barbarous murders are       continually 
committed4         ,january #bnd4 ,our  
tidings are truly appalling4 ,my poor   
children       cannot come out to us4   
,e---- is now near her confinement4 ,her
 dear       little babe1 with my son    
----1 are obliged to sleep in the       
church1       or in flat-roofed houses  
near it1 as they all concentrate1 in    
order       to be the better protected4 
,all the men are under arms4 ,this      
village has been stripped also4 ,the few
 who remain are formed into             
patrols4         ,the ,caffres have     
extended themselves over the whole line 
of       frontier from ,uitenhage to the
 ,winter ,field4 ,somerset has been also
       in the same state of danger4     
,fort ,beaufort1 ,wiltshire1 ,caffer's  
,drift1 ,gualana1 ,bathurst1 and ,salem1
 have been left to their mercy1         
having remained as long as resistance   
was of any avail4 ,those who       are  
spared have escaped only with life3 in  

short1 ,i can give you no       adequate
 description of our present distress4   
,the outcry for       provisions is     
grievous3 no supplies can be sent in by 
the farmers2       they have it not1 nor
 could they send it in if they had4 ,we 
have       had no market here since     
,december #bb4 ,the ,bay1 ,i believe1   
has as       yet escaped4 ,we hear that 
the governor and troops are on their way
       to the frontier4 ,may ,god grant 
them success6 ,on ,sunday1 ,jan4 #d1 all
       the places of worship were closed
 till #i o'clock at night4 ,in ,st4     
,george's church1 the galleries being   
filled with women and       children1   
and the body with the men 7under arms71 
the minister read       the             
thirty-seventh of ,isaiah1 and commented
 upon the most striking       passages4 
,i assure you my spirits sink within me 
when ,i reflect on       the probable   
consequences4 ,oh1 how much you have to 
be thankful for       in happy ,england6
 ,pray for us1 that1 amidst all the     

wreck of time       and fortune1 our    
minds may be stayed upon ,god4 ,believe 
me1 without       the consolations of   
religion ,i should be totally cast down2
 but       although clouds and darkness 
are round about us1 yet it is the ,lord 
that reigneth4 ,true1 indeed1 these     
dispensations of his providence         
are dark and mysterious4 ,why so many   
valuable lives are cut off1       and   
such a dreadful blow is given to our    
poor countrymen1 after       fifteen    
years' hard labour1 we know not4 ,many  
of the missionaries       have been in  
the greatest danger4 ,we have not heard 
of the murder       of any of them2 but 
all the ,english who lately traded with 
the       ,caffres have been murdered   
but one1 who came out1 and told the fate
       of the rest4 ,he states that one 
who was sitting at breakfast with a     
missionary was dragged out and killed   
before his eyes4 ,they have       told  
the missionaries they may go if they    
will3 they do not appear       to intend

 to destroy them4         ,the cattle   
they have already captured is beyond all
 belief4 ,i wish       we could get away
 as far as ,cape ,town3 ,i shall never  
feel at peace       on the frontiers    
again4 ,my school had been very good1   
and ,i fondly       hoped to be a little
 more comfortable2 but we are again     
reminded       that this is not our     
rest4 ,the reflection on my last        
birthday was1       ,hitherto the ,lord 
hath helped me4 ,on the retrospect ,i   
have much       to be thankful for1 and 
much cause to be humbled under his      
mighty       hand4 ,as to ourselves1 we 
have not much reason to wish many days  
to be added to our lives2 but we have   
still a large family       dependant on 
our exertions1 having yet seven to      
provide for4 ,at all       events1 ,i   
trust ,i shall be resigned to the       
,lord's will4         ,since writing the
 above1 another post has arrived4 ,we   
have received       news of the arrival 
of ,colonel ,smith4 ,the ,governor and  

troops have       embarked for ,algea   
,bay4 ,he has placed us under martial   
law4 ,are you       aware what that     
entails8 ,no lights after #h o'clock4   
,if any       disregard be paid to      
orders1 or disaffection evinced1 you    
must be       tried by                  
court-martial--flogged--or even shot6   
,our little village       is as yet     
unattacked4 ,our streets are regularly  
patrolled4 ,no shops       are open but 
butchers' and bakers'--provisions are   
dreadfully       dear--no money to be   
obtained--no courts of law open--no     
licenses       have been granted this   
year1 so neither beer1 nor wine1 nor    
spirits       can be sold--and in the   
midst of all this distress my dear      
husband's health is visibly wasting4    
,if1 in addition to all my       other  
troubles1 he is to be removed1 ,i know  
not how ,i shall be able       to bear  
up1 as ,i shall be totally destitute4   
,oh1 that ,i was near       enough to   
hear one word of consolation from your  

lips6 ,i do now       feel bitterly     
where ,i am--truly banished4            
,farewell1 my dearest mother1 pray for  
your afflicted daughter4                
,,list ,,of ,,foreign ,,letters ,,lately
 ,,received4      ,,east ,,indies  ,rev4
 ,w4 ,h4 ,pearce  ,calcutta             
,oct4 #bb4                 ,a4 ,leslie  
,monghyr           ,oct4 #ac4           
,j4 ,williamson      ,soory             
,oct4 #ad4                 ,w4 ,carey   
,cutwa             ,oct4 #bf4           
,john ,lawrence      ,digah             
,nov4 #bb4                 ,g4 ,bruckner
        ,samarang          ,nov4 #ab4   
,,west ,,indies  ,h4 ,c4 ,taylor        
,spanish ,town      ,feb4 #aa4          
,j4 ,clarke          ,jericho           
,feb4 #bf4                 ,t4 ,f4      
,abbott       ,lucea             ,feb4  
#ag4                 ,john ,kingdon     
,manchioneal       ,feb4 #ba4           
,w4 ,knibb           ,falmouth          
,feb4 #bd4                 ,t4 ,burchell
        ,montego ,bay       ,feb4 #bd4  

,walter ,dendy       ,salter's ,hill    
,feb4 #af4                 ,joshua      
,tinson      ,kingston          ,feb4   
#be1  ,march #f4                 ,f4    
,gardner           ditto           ,feb4
 #bf1  ,march #f4                       
,joseph ,burton      ,nassau1 ,n4 ,p4   
,march #f4                 ,joseph      
,bourn       ,belize            ,feb4   
#h4                                     
,,home ,,proceedings4    ,in consequence
 of the lamented decease of our         
,missionary brother1 ,mr4  ,pearson1 the
 ,committee have determined to send ,mr4
 ,ebenezer ,quant to  the ,bahamas1     
instead of ,jamaica1 as previously      
designed4 ,mr4 ,quant1 who  is a native 
of ,bury ,st4 ,edmunds1 and has for some
 time been engaged in  ministerial      
labour in connexion with the church     
under the pastoral care  of the ,rev4   
,cornelius ,elven1 was designated to    
foreign service at the  chapel in that  
town on ,tuesday1 ,march #bdth4 ,this   
commodious place of  worship1 which will

 seat more than a thousand persons1 was 
crowded in  every part1 and the service 
of the evening proved deeply            
interesting4  ,rev4 ,w4 ,reynolds1 of   
,sudbury1 began with reading the        
,scriptures and  prayer4 ,mr4 ,quant    
then gave an account of his own         
religious experience1  and a brief      
statement of his doctrinal views2 at the
 close of which  his respected pastor   
gave him the right hand of fellowship1  
and  congratulated him on his entrance  
into the office of a ,christian         
,missionary4 ,mr4 ,ellington1 of ,west  
,row1 offered up the designation        
prayer2 the charge was delivered by ,mr4
 ,elven1 from #b ,tim4 iv4 #e2 and  the 
service of the evening was closed in    
prayer by ,mr4 ,fuller1 of  ,harston1   
nephew of the revered ,andrew ,fuller1  
of ,kettering1 and himself  uncle to our
 young ,missionary brother4 ,a passage  
to ,nassau has been  engaged for ,mr4   
and ,mrs4 ,quant1 by the ,little        
,catherine1 ,captain ,kopp1  and they   

are expected to sail in a few days4     
,mr4 ,william ,shotton1 late of         
,darlington1 is also about to sail to   
,kingston1 with a view to take charge of
 the ,school at ,spanish ,town1  under  
the direction of ,mr4 ,phillippo1 and   
,mr4 ,john ,clark1 a member of  the     
church at ,devonshire ,square1 has been 
accepted as an assistant  ,missionary   
for the same colony1 and will probably  
be engaged in  connexion with ,mr4      
,coultart1 in the parish of ,st4 ,ann's4
    ,these new efforts1 as well as all  
preceding operations of the ,society1   
are earnestly commended to the          
supplications of all our ,christian     
friends4           99       99       99 
99       99        ,contributions       
received on account of the ,baptist     
,missionary      ,society1 from ,march  
#bj1 #ahce1 to ,april #bj1 #ahce1 not   
including      individual subscriptions4
      ,mitcham1 collected by ,mrs4      
,pratt                              #b  
#b  #j      ,princes ,risborough1       

,missionary ,association1 by ,mr4       
,hughes    #ac #af #aj      ,perth1 for 
,female ,education1 by ,rev4 ,r4        
,thompson              #h  #j  #j       
,harpole1 collected at ,prayer-meeting1 
by ,rev4 ,w4 ,gray         #b  #j  #j   
,cambridge1 ,ladies1 by ,mrs4 ,foster1  
,female ,education          #aj  #j  #j 
,gosley1 ,rev4 ,b4 ,hall and ,friends   
#b  #j  #j      ,leeds1 ,ladies1 by     
,rev4 ,j4 ,acworth1 for ,female         
,education       #f #ad  #j      ,wilts4
 and ,east ,somerset ,auxiliary1 by ,mr4
 ,anstie3--      ,bratton               
#aa #ad  #c      ,devizes               
#ca #af  #g      ,do4 by ,miss          
,blackwell                            #b
  #c  #f      ,bradford                 
#ad  #i  #b      ,westbury              
#a  #a  #j      ,warminster1 by ,miss   
,jutson                       #j #ah  #f
      ,frome                            
#ej  #i  #j      ,beckington            
#a  #e  #j      ,laverton               
#g  #f  #a      ,corsham                

#c #aj  #j      ,crockerton             
#b  #d  #h      ,melksham               
#aj  #c  #g      ,chippenham            
#e  #j  #j                              
---------- #adb  #a  #d      ,hunts4    
,auxiliary1 by ,mr4 ,t4 ,d4 ,paul3--    
,st4 ,neot's                            
#a #ac  #c      ,huntingdon             
#g #ad  #h      ,st4 ,ives              
#fb #ab  #f      ,bluntisham            
#ch  #f  #j      ,somersham             
#af  #f  #j      ,ramsey                
#i  #e  #h      ,swavesey               
#b  #f  #e                              
----------                              
#acg #ah  #g    ,previously remitted1 c4
                         #ajc #ai #aa   
----------  #cc #ah  #h      ,hull and  
,east ,riding ,auxiliary1 by      ,j4   
,thornton1 ,esq43--      ,hull          
#ih #aj #c      ,beverley               
#g #ab #j      ,bishop ,barton          
#g  #g #g      ,hedon                   
#a #aa #j      ,burlington              
#bj  #i #g      ,cottingham             

#d  #j #j      ,skidby                  
#a  #j #j      ,driffield               
#b #ac #a                               
---------- #adc  #c  #f      ,beaulieu1 
,rev4 ,j4 ,b4 ,burt and friends1 by     
,rev4 ,b4 ,h4 ,draper   #e  #j  #j      
,leighton ,buzzard1 ,friends1 by ,mr4   
,t4 ,matthews                 #d #aa  #c
      ,bath1 ,collection at             
,york-street1 by ,rev4 ,e4 ,carey       
#g  #b  #f      ,north of ,england      
,auxiliary1 by ,rev4 ,r4 ,pengilly3--   
,berwick and ,tweedmouth                
#d  #c  #j      ,workington             
#d  #g  #j      ,sunderland             
#f  #e  #j      ,hetton                 
#e  #j  #j      ,newcastle1 sundries    
#b  #d  #f                              
----------  #ba #ai  #f                 
,manchester1 ,york-street ,sabbath      
,school1                                
for ,west ,indies     #b  #b  #j        
,schools         #b  #b  #j             
,yorkshire1 collected on a ,journey1 by 
,rev4 ,james ,flood3--                  

,stanningley                            
#c  #j  #j      ,rawden                 
#d #aj  #j      ,horsforth              
#e  #d  #j      ,bramley                
#g  #d  #e      ,bradford               
#bb  #j  #i      ,gildersome            
#e #ag  #c      ,salendine ,nook        
#f  #j  #j      ,bingley                
#a #ag  #f      ,keighley               
#b  #e  #j      ,haworth1 #ast ,church  
#aj  #j  #j        ,do4 #bnd do4        
#ag  #i  #a      ,batley1 ,j4 ,burnley1 
,esq4                         #b  #j  #j
                                        
----------  #hg  #e  #j                 
,,donations4      ,rev4 ,r4 ,w4         
,sibthorp1 ,ryde1 for ,mrs4 ,coultart's 
,school       #b  #b  #j    ----        
,jaques1 ,esq4       do4        for     
do4             #b  #b  #j    ,miss     
,rust and ,friends1 ,greenwich1      for
 ,mr4 ,phillippo's ,school              
#h  #h  #j    ,friend at ,leicester1 by 
,mr4 ,collier                         #e
  #j  #j    ,s4 ,p4                     

#a  #j  #j                       ,on    
,account of ,jamaica ,chapels4          
,farnham1 ,friends1 by ,mr4 ,bird       
#j  #g  #d                              
,,to ,,correspondents4    ,the thanks of
 the ,committee are presented to ,mr4   
,winks1 of ,leicester1  ,editor of the  
,baptist ,tract ,magazine1 for a        
valuable packet of  elementary books for
 ,jamaica3 as also to ,mr4 ,carpenter1  
of ,greenwich1  and ,mr4 ,morris1 of    
,morton ,pinkney1 for magazines1 and    
other books4 ,the  work-bags1 c41 kindly
 forwarded by ,esther ,w----1 have been 
sent to  their destination1 and will no 
doubt prove acceptable4                 
,j4 ,,haddon1 ,,printer1 ,,castle       
,,street1 ,,finsbury4                   
,transcriber's ,notes3    ,typesetting  
on this book was poor1 especially with  
respect to  punctuation4 ,all           
inconsistencies are as in the original4