FUND

For the Benefit of the Widows and Orphans of Deceased Missionaries.

In the comencement of the past year, the attention of the Members of the London Missionary Society was invited to the state of the Widows and Orphans of those worthy men, who die in the arduous and hazardous work of evangelizing the Heathen. It was then stated that a separate Fund was established for the aid of those of their Widows and Children, who were left in destitute circumstances. This Fund was commenced by the liberal donation of One Thousand Pounds from the Trustees of the Evangelical Magazine: to which an equal amount was voted by the Directors, on the part of the Society. Since that period a few donations have been received, and for which the Directors return to the Donors their most sincere and grateful thanks. But they are concerned to state that the whole amount of these Donations (the first excepted) is only about £400. The Directors therefore beg leave again to solicit the attention of their friends, whether as Individuals, or as Auxiliary Associations, to this truly benevolent plan; and they would in a special manner respectfully entreat the countenance and support of Ladies, who are favoured by a kind Providence with affluence; a more appropriate obiect, it is humbly conceived can scarcely be submitted to their affectionate notice.

In the Circular, which the Directors transmitted to their friends in February last, they observed that "The honour of the Society -the claims of humanity-the sacred obligations of that Religion which the Missionuries abroad are engaged in disseminating the sacrifices they have made for that purpose, and the desirableness of relieving their minds from anxiety respecting their surviving families, should they be removed from them by death, are considerations of such weight and importance, as cannot fail, we are persuaded, to call forth into exercise the liberality of the religious public in furtherance of this object."

The establishment of this Fund was sanctioned by the Society at large, at their last Annual Meeting, when the following Resolution was supported by the animated addresses of the Rev. Mr. Pope of Dublin, and the Rev. Mr. Thorp, of Bristol, and unanimously adopted. "This Meeting rejoices in the establishment of a Fund for the relief of the Widows of such Missionaries as die in the service of the Society, assured that Christian sympathy will provide abundantly for them, without subtracting any thing from the Contributions made for the direct objects of this Institution."

May it not be hoped, that on the commencement of a New Year, when pious people are saying, "What shall we render to the Lord for all his benefits?" and when they are asking themselves, "Whereby may we glorify God this year?" this noble object of Christian Charity will obtain a

share of their benevolent attention ?

Subscriptions or Donations to this Fund will be thankfully received by the Treasurer, W. A. Hankey, Esq. or the Secretaries, at the Mission House, Austin Friars, London.

FORM OF BEQUEST.

"Item-I do hereby give and bequeath unto the Treasurer for the time being, of a certain voluntary Society, formed in London in the year 1795, entitled THE MISSIONARY SOCIETY, USUALLY CALLED, THE LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY, the sum of pounds of lawful money of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, current in Great Britain, to be paid within months next after my decease, out of such part only of my personal estate as shall not consist of chattels real, upon trust to be applied towards the Fund instituted for the support of the Widows and Orphans of deceased Missionaries, late in the service of the Directors of the said Society, and I do hereby direct and declare that the receipt of the Treasurer for the time being of the said Society, for the said Legacy, shall be a sufficient discharge to my Executors for the same."