er half prefbyterians, mutually agreed on by the parties.

HAWEIS of Aldwinkle, England; to Rev. Dr. Rodgers of NewYork, dated in May lah.

nual

4th. If any congregation confift partly of those who hold the congregational form of difcipline" and partly of thofe who hold the prefbyterian form; we recommend to both parties, that this be no obftruction, to their uniting in one church and fettling a minifter; and that in this cafe, the church choofe a ftanding committee from

the communicants of faid church,

AM juft going up to London,

to meet our brethren in our anaffembly for Miffionary purpofes, and have the pleasure of informing you, that our work at the Cape of Good Hope is very profperous and promifing. The first fruits to have written to us their grateful acChriftianity, among the Hottentots, it is in Jefus preached unto them, knowledgements, for the truth as and embraced in the love of it by of 229 members, vigorously purthem. A large fociety at the Cape, fue the fame objects with us, and about 2000 heathen are under their

tuition.

"From our affiliated fociety in Friefland, we have received the moft cordial co-operation, and sev

eral German brethren have been

whole business it fhall be, to call to account every member of the church, who fhall conduct himfelf inconfiftently with the laws of chriftianity, and to give judgment on fuch conduct and if the perfoo condemned by their judgment, be a prefbyterian, he fhall have liberty, to appeal to the Prefbytery; if a congregationalift, he fhall have liberty to appeal to the body of the male communicants of the church; in the former cafe the determina tion of the Prefbytery fhall be final, unless the church confent to a further appeal to the Synod or to the General Affembly; and in the latter cafe, if the party condemned fhall with for a trial by a mutual council the caufe fhall be referry. I look more to the Gofpe! red to fuch council. And provided the faid standing committee of any church, thall depute one of themfelves to attend the Prefbytery, he may have the fame right to fit and act in the Prefbytery, as a ruling

elder of the Prefbyterian Church.
Paffed in Affociation,
Atteft

NATHAN PERKINS, Scribe.

QUESTION.
An explanation is defired of
Luke xvi. 8, 9.

Religious Intelligence. Extra& of a Leiter from Rev. Dr.

propofed to us and accepted by us. Three of them are immediately to be added as a reinforcement to the Cape million.

continues to fpread greatly; the "Among ourselves the work theet anchor of hope for our coun

for our deliverance and prefervation from the devouring fcourge, than to our victories in the Baltic, Egypt,

or elsewhere."

4 fort extract from the Journal of a Miffionary in the new fettle

ments.

of an infant. I was then at a lofs | lefs I fhould go, in the month of
about coming to attend the funeral, September, to the Shawney tribe
being 15 miles off when fent to; of Indians. George Bluejactet,
but now I am glad that I attended. fon of the great Shawney chief, is
I believe God fent me here then much engaged that I fhould go
and now too. To-day, after fer- with him to his people; the gen-
vice was over, I difcourfed with tleman with whom he is at fchool,
two women, who, fince the time and the Prefbytery are also urgent
referred to, have obtained a hope that I fhould go. The reafons are,
of an intereft in Christ. They he is to all appearance a fubject of
feem to talk well. I hope the powerful convictions, and from fome
Lord has been doing fomething for views he has about religion, and
them. They were exceeding glad exercifes in it, it is hoped fometimes
of the opportunity of hearing a fer- that he has found the pearl of great
mon. Why may we not fay there price. He wants fome one to go
has been an awakening in this fet with him, and help him to tell his
tlement? Out of four families, people about religion, and fee if
two perfons have received a hope. they will not be willing to have
Let there be as great a proportion fome Mifionaries come among them
in a large fettlement, and we fhould and teach them religion and how
cail it a remarkable work of God.
to live. His object is now only to
This is an encouragement to Mif- make a vifit of about two weeks to
fionaries to notice finall fettlements his people and then return to
and neighborhoods."
his fchool. I fhould be glad to
have the opinion of the Committee
on the fubject by the earliest con-
veyance.

"The profpects of this country are very flattering; refpectable people are flocking in from every quar

ter.

Exirat of a letter from Rev. 7
Jephs Badger, Mifionary to New-
Conneticut, dated No. 1. 6th
Range June 23, 1801.
“I really want a fellow laborer
in this great wilderness, and I think
the caufe of God loudly calls for
one. I have spent my time until
now in about 12 townfhips in the
fouth-caft part of the Referve, ex-friendly difpofition of the Indians
cepting four fabbaths, one of which
I was in Washington, after atten-
ding Prefbytery, one at Mackintosh,
and the other two near the line a-

gainit No. 2 & 5, in the 1ft Range, where there appears to be confiderable ferious awakening. There appears a general difpofition among the people to hear, and in fome inftances real conviction. I expect to beat Hudfon, on the 10th Range next fabbath, and to fpend the reft of my time on the western and northern parts of the Referve until I return to New-England, un

ford the most attering profpects.
The crops at this feafon af-
A remarkable degree of health
prevails through the country. The

banishes all apprehenfions of dan-
ger from them. If the Lord
fhould make this wildernefs as a
watered garden by planting and
would be no place more desirable to
nourishing up his church in it, there

live in.

from the Rev. James M'Grady in
"I have the copy of a letter
Kentucky, giving a particular ac-
of grace carried on there the last
count of an awakening and work
feafon. I have not time to tran-
fcribe it and fend it by this oppor-
tunity."

Evidence of Human Depravity.
ISTORY and obfervation

HISTORY

the truth of the fcripture account of the depravity of human nature. They are an unexceptionable com ment on the facred text. has pleased, in the progrefs oftime, to place men in a great variety of fituations, calculated, in various degrees, to bring out to view their true character; and he will continue to vary thofe fituations, in future, until it is as fully disclosed as the nature of the divine government requires. Thus, not only individuals, for the period oftheir lives, but the whole race as fuch, from the fall to Chrift's fecond

the race of man itself would be would remain for the difpenfation exterminated, and no opportunity

ceffity of great and powerful reof divine mercy. Hence the neftraints on the lufts and paffions of men. God In providing thefe, at different times, and in degrees suited to the courfe of events fixed in the divine counfels, the power, wifwonderfully difplayed. In viewdom and goodness of God are ing the character of man, howevreftraints we are apt to form coner, under the operation of fuch clufions too much in his favor; for by means of them, no doubt, much wickedness is prevented, and a femblance of goodnefs is often their effect by laying a force upon, exhibited; ftill, as they produce and not by changing the inclinato be laid wholly out of the queftions of the heart, they ought tion, in forming an estimate of the human character. In proportion as thefe are withdrawn, the naked der to difcover it to the view of human heart appears. And in orfinite minds, God is pleafed, from time to time, to withdraw thofe reftraints, as far as the ftate of things will admit.

coming, are in a state of probation. During this period the heart of man will be fully proved; and it will appear, from fact and experience, that it is deceitful above all things and defperately wicked. God will be found to be true, but every man a liar.

To attain the ends of this trial and probation of human nature, fully, a long period of time feems fully, a long period of time feems neceffary, and during its progrefs, a certain degree of order among men is requifite; for, without this, VOL. II. Ne. 3.

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