tified "by the offering of the body of Christ once for all;" that we are reconciled to God by his blood; and that the only thing necessary is faith in his name, and that his most precious blood cleanseth from all sin. The concurring testimony of these texts flashed conviction on his mind. He told me, that his own most firm persuasion of the truth of what I alleged convinced him of my sincerity; whereas he considered before, that I acted only from a lucrative motive. I answered, that had I any such sinister views, it was sufficient for me to bear the weight of my own guilt, and not to endeavour to seduce him and others; since, if I considered they followed the straight path to heaven, it would be the greatest aggravation of my guilt, for with the heart we believe unto justice, but with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." If then I acted from such base and worldly pur- | poses, fleeting would be the sunshine of my felicity, and transient as the gleamings of a wintery sun, which only render the succeeding gloom more conspicuous. He expressed his entire conviction of what I said, and affirmed that Christ crucified should be his only refuge and hope of salvation. Nov. 12, I proceeded to Crossmolina. On my way thither, I took refuge in a house from a shower of rain, where I found a few women in conversation about miracles said to be performed at a well lately discovered. One of them said, it was approved of by the clergy as a great place for pilgrimages. My soul really yearned over their spiritual blindness, and I could drop the tear of compassion on account of the darkness and superstition in which I saw them plunged. I endeavoured to show them the futility of implicitly believing such pretended miracles, and that if any such be, they must be performed by the power and agency of the wicked one. I read from the 7th of Matthew the following words: "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? and then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity." I then read from the 14th of John, where Christ says, "I am the way, the truth, and the life" where he promises the Spirit of truth to as many as believe in him ş but unto those of the world the spirit of blindness, "because they knew him not." I besought them not to be blinded longer by the artifice and devices of wicked men, and to imprint this commandment of God on their minds, "And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment." I pointed out to them the sufficiency of the one oblation of Christ, concluding in the words of the pro phet, "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed." The poor women sensibly deplored the horror with which they had been taught to look upon that book, which they now considered as the source from which salvation emanated, and earnestly solicited a visit from me when going that way again. Thus we see the propagation of the word of God, and the advancement of the kingdom of Christ, and his triumph over the powers of sin and death. The current of opposition is almost totally stemmed; and where the dissemination of the gospel is opposed, it is like a fire almost extinguished, which, by means of some sparks, burning with a new brilliancy through the glowing embers, suddenly waxes light, and then moulders away, never to shine again. Thanks to those distinguished characters, the ornaments of their country, whose hearts and purses are open to forward this grand cause. No wonder that the machinations of the infernal fiend, the implacable enemy of man, and his furious emissaries, should come to nought, when we consider that this is the means Christ has appointed to establish his kingdom on earth, "and to make known his name to all kingdoms, and nations, and tongues, and people." P. CAFFREY. Subscriptions and Donations for the Native Irish Schools, and for reading the Irish scriptures, may be paid to the Rev. C. Anderson, or the Rev. W. Innes, Edinburgh; the Rev. A. Perrey, Glasgow; or the Editor of "The Christian Recorder." Missionary Herald. BAPTIST MISSION. | from the various Missionary Stations Home Proceedings. BRISTOL & BATH AUXILIARY SOCIETY, THE public services connected with the third anniversary of this society, commenced on Tuesday evening Nov. 20, when the Rev. Mr. Gray of Chipping Norton preached at the Baptist Meeting-house, Counterslip, from Matt. xiii. 38, "The field is the world." On Wednesday morning, the Rev. John Foster preached at Broadmead, from Rev. xxi. 5, "Behold I make all things new;" on which occasion, after most forcibly depicting the tenacity of the human mind, in retaining every thing old, and more especially in adhering to those systems and superstitions which tend to demoralize the heart, together with the peculiar repugnance of the carnal mind against the doctrines of the exceeding sinfulness of sin, and the necessity of an atonement; he argued in the most convincing manner, the utter impossibility of such a great moral change, except it be effected by the invincible agency of the Divine Spirit; and in conclusion, from the visible signs of the new creation which had been multiplying since the great reformation, and which were still increasing, and would continually increase, especially by means of the translations of the word of life, he urged his audience to a greater degree of activity and zeal in the promotion of the great cause of christian missions. On the evening of the same day, at the same place, the Rev. Samuel Saunders of Frome, delivered an energetic discourse from Eccles. xi. 1, "Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.' On Thursday morning the 22d, at eleven o'clock, the public meeting of the society was held at the Assemblyroom, Princes-street; when William Morven Everett, Esq. of Heytesbury, presided with his usual ability. The Report, containing as usual an interest ing epitome of the intelligence received VOL. XIV. during the past year, was read by the Rev. Thomas Roberts; and the various resolutions connected with the business of the Society were moved and seconded by the Rev. William Gray and Richard Ash, Esq.; the Rev. Thomas Roberts, and the Rev. Wm. Thorp; the Rev. T. S. Crisp and the Rev. Thomas Griffiths, formerly Missionary in Cey. lon; the Rev. Dr. Ryland and the Rev. John Dyer; Rev. Mr. Moore, (Wesleyan Minister) and James Evill, Esq.; C. C. Bompass, Esq. and Rev. John Holloway. By one of these resolutions an alteration has been made in the time of holding the annual meeting, which will in future take place in the beginning of August, and be connected with the Anniversary of the Bristol Education Society. The friends of religion of various denominations in Bristol have such a variety of public meetings of a benevolent nature, that it required considerable deliberation to make this desirable arrangement, so as not to interfere with the interests of similar institutions. The Correspondence which passed on the occasion was read in the course of the proceedings, and afforded a new and very gratifying proof of the mutual good-will prevailing among them all. On Friday Evening, the 23d, the Rev. John Mack, of Clipstone, advocated the cause of the Mission, at Mr. Roberts's Meeting-house, King-street, from Psal. cii. 16, "When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory." And again on the follow ing Sabbath Afternoon, from 1 Cor. ix. 26, "So fight I, not as one that beateth the air." On the Evening of Monday the 26th the public meeting of the Society for the city of Bath was held at the Meeting-house in Somerset-street, Rev. Dr. Ryland in the chair; when the Report and Treasurer's account were again read, and Resolutions similar to those of the Bristol meeting were passed. Sermons were also preached in the same chapel in the course of Tuesday and Wednesday, by the Rev. Messrs. Gray, Foster, and Mack. The collections on the various occasions amounted to upwards of £300, and the receipts of the Auxiliary Society for E the preceding year were Nine Hundred and Eighty-eight Pounds, a sum which, excluding the Contributions for the Serampore College, exceeds the amount raised in 1820. Some very liberal donations, from individuals warmly interested in the prosperity of the Society, are included in this sum; and we feel persuaded that the efforts of this most important Auxiliary will not be suffered to relax. May the period speedily arrive when our christian friends, in every part of the Empire, shall be engaged, with equal determination and success, in the great work of evangelizing the heathen world! CORRESPONDING COMMITTEE. IT has long been considered desirable, in order to extend the influence of the Mission more universally through the kingdom, that an additional number of its friends, in different districts, should be associated with the Committee in active exertions on its behalf. With this view the following brethren have kindly acceded to the request of the Central Committee, to allow themselves to be considered as a Corresponding Committee; and in their efforts, to promote the cause in their respective neighbourhoods, we cheerfully anticipate the ready co-operation of all who desire the salvation of the heathen. Clarke, Rev. Edmund, Truro. Daniel, Rev. Ebenezer, Luton. Davies, Rev. David, Lincoln. Draper, Rev. B. H. Southampton. Edminson, Rev. R. Bratton. Evans, Rev. Christmas, Anglesea. Gray, Rev. William, Chipping Norton. Green, Rev. Samuel, Bluntisham. Harries, Rev. Joseph, Swansea. Hawkins, Rev. W. Weymouth. Hemming, Rev. John, Kimbolton. Hill, Mr. C. Scarborough. Hinton, Rev. J. H. Reading. Kilpin, Rev. Samuel, Exeter. Mack, Rev. John, Clipston. Middleditch, Rev. T. Biggleswade. Millard, Rev. James, Lymington. Murch, Rev. W. H. Frome. Payne, Rev. J. Ipswich. Pengilly, Rev. R. Newcastle-on-Tyne. Russell, Rev. H. Broughton. Singleton, Rev. J. Tiverton. Thompson, Mr.T. Newcastle-under-line Foreign Intelligence. SERAMPORE. dated June 14 last, informs us A LETTER from Mr. Pearce, that death had made a breach in the mission family at this station, by the removal of Mrs. Carey. He announces this mournful event in the following terms: "Amongst our causes of deep sorrow is the death of Mrs. Carey, the wife of our beloved and venerated friend Eustace Carey, and myself, attended Dr. Carey. Brethren Yates, Penney, her funeral at Serampore, and had the happiness to find the good man bear his trouble with holy dignity and submission." Of the admission of Mrs. Carey. (then Miss Roomohr) into the church at Serampore, an interesting account may be found in P. A. vol. ii. p. 272, | 280. This took place on June 13, 1802. The date of her marriage to Dr. Carey does not appear in the Periodical Ac counts. had been much impaired; but the For many years her health eminence of her piety, and the vigour of her understanding, peculiarly qualified her to be the companion of Dr. Carey, and greatly endeared her to his heart. May all needful support be afforded him under this painful be reavement! CALCUTTA. Extracts from the Journal of the Brethren at this Station, for September, 1820. Lord's-day, Sept. 3. Went in the morning to Boronagur with brother Penney and Panchoo: the congregation small, but attentive. Some who on our first preaching the gospel here, opposed us, now hear with quietness and respect; among these, there are in particular two brothers, both of them possessed of great acuteness and considerable information, who despise the popular superstitions and confess the truth of Christianity. Yet how mournful to reflect, that during the eighteen months we have laboured at this place no one has been led to a cordial and decided reception of the gospel! Sure ly we must be placing too much dependence on our own labours, and too little on the influence of God's Spirit, that we are thus by such long and painful experience taught the insignificance of the one, and the all importance of the other! Monday,4. I have this evening had rather a pleasing conversation with one of the brothers referred to above; he says that he sees his need of the salvation of Christ, but is prevented from professing his attachment to the gospel through fear of his friends and relations. "He worships the true God in his heart, and employs a great part of his time in going about from place to place to make known the name of Christ." How feeble, alas! is the authority of bare and naked truth without a divine influence to enforce its dictates! | dual, even if after death admitted into heaven for a time to enjoy the fruits of his good actions, would still be subject to endless births--but that when this was accomplished, the happy man would be absorbed into the Divine Be ing. After conversation for some time, I closed the discussion by directing the attention of the Baboo to the immense difference in the prospects of futurity presented by our respective systems. Were his system true, he must by good works raise himself to the enjoy ment of heavenly felicity, which when attained could not be perfect, because it would be subject to change and termination; or he must, by extraordinary sanctity, procure absorption into the Divine Being, which necessarily implied the loss of separate existence, and this to a rational being could not be an object of desire; whereas the sacred scriptures opened to the view of those who believed in Christ, the prospect of a heaven of sinless and endless joy, never to be diminished or interrupted; a heaven in which they lose not their separate existence, but enjoy all the happiness of which that existence is capable, since they dwell for ever in the presence and full enjoyment of the eternal and ever blessed God. Thursday, 7. Conversing with my pundit this morning as to the highest point of Hindoo happiness, absorption into the divine nature, I was much Wednesday, 6. Attended to-day the examination of the Third Division of Indigenous Schools, at the house of a Hindoo gentleman, a bramhun. The division consists of sixteen schools, and a great proportion of the scholars are the sons of rich natives. During the examination a Sunyasee (or religious devotee) entered the room, and after marking the forehead of the Baboo and his immediate friends with the ashes he held in his hand, took his seat in the midst of the assembly. Hearing he was a great traveller I was anxious to converse a little with him. To this he readily assented; but speak-struck with the following objection to ing only Hindoostanee, the Baboo acted as interpreter. He informed me, that he, had visited every holy place from Thibet in the north to Ceylon in the south; and mentioned that he had visited Ram's Bridge, called by Europeans (with equal propriety) Adam's Bridge, the shallows which separate Ceylon from the main land. A doubt which I suggested as to the supposed holiness of the places he had visited, and the life he was leading, brought on a conversation upon religious subjects-in which the Baboo and myself principally engaged. He adverted to the Vedant system, and asserted that man consists of three parts-the body, the animal life, and the spiritual nature. That the former committed sin by the impulse of the second; but that the third being a part of God himself, was incapable of sin-that the great object of all the pilgrimages, penances, &c. which were practised by asceticks, was to purify the animal nature, so that it might be fitted for union with the spiritual part of their existence. That till this was effected, the indivi it, which he represented as common among the thinking natives-that when a bird eats a caterpillar, the caterpillar has no pleasure, but only the bird: in the same manner, if we are to be absorbed into the divine nature, it cannot afford us pleasure to lose our separate existence, but can be gratifying only to the Divinity who absorbs us. could not help pitying the professors of a system whose highest hopes appear to them only a cause of regret and fearful apprehension. I Thursday, 21. This morning our dear brother Hampson expired after an illness of a few days, the latter part of which time he was insensible. He promised fair to have become a most useful and eminent Missionary. His seriousness and growth in grace had been for some months remarked by his intimate friends, and he appears himself to have had a presentiment that he was shortly to enter into his rest. The last time he called upon us with brother Trawin, about fifteen days before his death, the conversation turned on the resurrection, and has left a sa vour on our minds which we hope long | count of one individual who had to retain. Little did we then think long adorned the gospel by a that in a few days he would be no more. May this solemn providence excite us consistent walk. to greater watchfulness, prayer, and exertion. Saturday, 23. We all of us went this evening to hear the funeral sermon of our dear brother Hampson: it was preached by brother Townley; the text was, 66 Work while it is day; for the night cometh when no man can work." The congregation was very large and solemn. This providence is very affecting, and deeply admonitory to those of us who remain. He was most sincerely beloved by us all: from his zeal and piety promised extensive usefulness, and was entering very actively upon his labours amongst the natives. To look at him every one would have pronounced him more likely to bear up under the effects of the climate than any one of the Missionaries in Calcutta of either denomination. "Be still, and know that I am God." Thursday, 28. Accompanied brother Yates to the place of worship at Mullungah. Having spoken pretty much at large on the evil of sin, a young man confidently demanded what sin was! He assured us that he saw no reason why he should fear sin, unless we could describe to him particularly what it was as to shape, &c. We replied: it was evident sin was very evil in the sight of God, or such consequences would not have followed it, as bodily sickness, sorrow of mind, the fear of death, and the forebodings of future punishment; and as these were things he could not deny, how could he persist in saying he disbelieved there was such a thing as sin? All he said seemed to be advanced out of a wicked bravado. "The heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing." KINGSTON. IN a communication from Mr. Coultart, dated the 14th of August last, he informs us that a very considerable mortality had occurred among the members of his church, so that no less than nine had been removed in the course of one week. Among these he gives the following ac Mrs. Brooks has long been an exemplary character. She was born in Africa; her parents, she used to say, were remarkably fond of her, being their only child: their little hut was no great distance from the sea: she was large enough to stroll some way from home, which she did one day whilst her mother, the only parent at home, was engaged in some domestic duty. A party of British sailors, who had been on the watch for such unoffending victims, laid hold of her and carried her on board their ship. She wept bitterly, she said, for she thought they would soon eat her, as she could not think of any thing else they could possibly do with her. She was so sad she could not eat the food they offered her. The loss of her dear parents, dear though black, and her fears, so wrought upon her mind, that a fever attacked her and nearly relieved her from her more degraded oppressors. After recovering a little she arrived in Kingston, saw some beef in the market she said, and said to herself, "now I see how they cut up we poor tings to sell and eat." The cargo was sent to America, herself excepted; her now disconsolate husband was then in the employ of the person to whom the cargo was consigned, and he entreated his master not to send this young girl away, as she appeared to him rather superior to the others. After a time she became afflicted; God told her mind, she said, that she was a great sinner, she believed it, and felt that poignant distress which some convinced and hopeless sinners feel; went to hear Mr. Liele, and by him was told to go to Jesus Christ, which, after some time, she ventured to do. Her own words are, "Massa, me feel me distress, me heart quite big wi grief, for God no do me no wrong, him do all good for me, me do all bad to him. Ah, massa, me heart too full an too hard, me eye no weep, but someting so gentle come through me heart, den me eye fill, and God make me feel dat him so good to notice poor me, dat me flood." The black man who had obthrow-meself down and weep quite a tained her permission to stop on the island, now purchased her from his employer, married her, and went to a husband was not pious, he persecuted little pen out of town to live: but her her much, used her badly, and threat い |