ence of the body and mind, will it | Letter to the Truflees of the Mifion be deemed inconfiftent with the nature of things, to fuppofe, that the paffions of the mind may be fo ary Society of Connecticut. GENTLEMEN, SINCERELY rejoice in the powerfully excited, as to occafioneftablishment and reputation of all thofe appearances which diftinguish and characterise the fuppofed work of religion in Kentucky? May not God, in perfect confiftency with his word and fovereign pleafure, overcome the bodies of men, by the clear and fudden manifeftation of truth to their minds? A hardened Felix trembled, and a perfecuting Paul fell and cried out, by the application of divine truth and a fadden view of eternal realities and may not fimilar caufes produce fimilar effects at the prefent day? Who hath been the counfellor of God? Who can fet bounds to the operations of his holy fpirit? And fay hitherto fhalt thou come and no farther! Connecticut Miffionary Society: I fully believe it has been inftrumental of promoting that kingdom which is not of this world. The members receiving no compenfa tion for their fervices manifefts a fpirit truly difinterefted, and gives great confiftency to the charitable eftablishment. Being highly pleafed with the miffionary object, and with what I hear in relation to the fuccefs of thofe who have been, and are engaged in the benevolent business; and withing to do fomething to enincreafe of exertion for the spiritu courage the continuance and the al good of my fellow men, I tranfmit to you, by the bearer of this, one hundred dollars, which Į beg you to receive as a facrifice to the Lord-Upon the ground that exifting emergency can be fufficiI am pleased with the idea of funding property the intereft of which only to be appropriated for the propagation of the gofpel; but being apprehenfive that the prefent call for mithchoice that what I fend you be fervice is very great, it is my onary But, notwithstanding what has been obferved, it is, doubtlefs, unwife haftily to decide, either in faver or against the awakening, at Kentucky, merely from the pecu-ently attended to. liarities of it. Other attendant circumstances, which indicate the genuineness of the work, are lefs fallible criterions of decifion. And the fubfequent fruits, which may in future appear in the life and converfation of the fubjects, we humbly hope, will give abundant occafion to rejoice in the victory of di-put to immediate ufe, and Í entertain no doubt but you will gratify my withes. vine grace. To conclude: Let the enemies The well authenticated informa ation of happy revivals of religion is, gentlemen, truly animating.— in many parts of the new countries, of this remarkable work, wait and be cautious. And, inftead of venting their oppofition, by calling it the work of Satan, or the Ken"This is the Lord's doing-it is tucky enthufiafim, be exhorted to marvellous in our eyes." May God take the advice of Gamaliel : refrain; for if this work be of men, gainft infidelity and irreligion, may continue to lift up his ftandard ait will come to naught; but if it he infpire all his friends with enbe of God, ye cannot overthrow it; creafing ardor in his glorious cause, left haply, you be found to fight ey he give unto thofe who are ven against God! called to difpenfe the unfearchable riches of Chrift, a double portion of his fpirit; and may he from time to time raise up benefactors through whofe liberality the intereft of Zion in our infant fettle charge. The Rev. Walter Lyon gave the right hand of fellowship. And the Rev. John Sherman made the concluding prayer, meats, and among the heathen may A verfification of the 18th chapter of the be greatly promoted.-I am gen elemen refpectfully yours, CHENANIAH. May 9th, 1802. QUESTIONS. MESS'RS. EDItors, firft book of Kings. And thus his meffage to Elijah spoke : The prophet went, nor fear'd the A CONSTANT Magazine, He met the walking near the city wishes that fome friend to miffions The gate. king had left the famifh'd courtly And the broad rivers their deep beds difclofe : Famine and peftilence attendant ftand, And wave deftruction round the guilty land: Once fruitful Ifrael, now a barren heath, Is fill'd throughout with monuments of death. When Ahab faw the prophet's rev erend head, "Art thou the troubler of our land ?" he faid. The feer replied, "thy land I trouble not, On the 5th day of May laft, the Rev. Afa King was ordained paftor of the firft Church of Chrift, in Pomfret in the room of the Rev. Aaron Putnam, difmiffed. The public exercifes commenced at half after 11 o'clock A. M. and were performed as follows. The Rev. Eliphalet Lyman made the introductory prayer. The Rev. Mofes C. Welch preached from Acs, vill. 5 made the confecrating prayer. The" And with the people at the Mount Rev. Jofiah Whitney gave the The Rev. Elifba Atkins "But thy own crimes thefe mighty "And at Mount Carmel gather Ifra "Let the whole race of idol prophets hear, appear." And there repaired the altar of the Lord. He took twelve ftones, the number of the tribes, As antient rites and Mofes' law prefcribes ; The bullock for the offering then he flays, The wood prepares, the flesh in order lays, Then round the altar digs a trench pro found, The offering wets, and fills the trench around. The Prophet then to Heaven addrefs'd his prayer, With faith not doubting, yet with contrite air; "God of our fathers, let it now be known "The other bullock for the offering" That thou the Lord our God art God "The wood prepare, the fiefh in order "That I thy prophet, who before thee The wood, the ftones, and dry the He feven times went, at last he fees arife A floating cloud, like a man's hand in fize; It blackens and expands throughout the night, The moon and all the stars are hid from fight; The vault of heaven is spread with fable clouds, Unufual darknefs all the concave fhrouds, Then on the Earth descends a mighty rain, The fpreading inundation flows the plain. The storm fubfides, the fkies from One univerfal voice of joy is heard, The murmuring ftreams again are heard to roar, And the big rivers dafh against the shore. Health and returning picnty cheer the land, Such were the wonders of Jehovah's hand. Donations to the Mifionary Society of Connecticut, in the Month of May. CONCLUSION. A SECOND volume of this Magazine is now com pleted. The work was originally undertaken with a view of promoting two important objects; to diffeminate religious knowledge, and to raise money for the support of missions to the new settlements and among the Indian tribes. The num ber of fubfcribers to this work has far exceeded the most fanguine expectation of the Editors; and confequently the profits to the Miffionary Society have been more than was anticipated. How far the other object, namely, the diffemination of religious knowledge, has been promoted, the Editors will not prefume to determine. They will however venture to fay, that from information they have received from many places, they have reason to hope that God has blessed this work, and made it inftrumental of promoting the caufe of the Redeemer. From the encouragement which they have received the two last years, the Editors think it their duty to continue the Magazine. They return their fincere thanks to those who have communicated to them pieces for publication, and earnestly folicit their affistance for another volume. To their original plan they will continue to adhere; and they hope their brethren in the ministry, and others who are friendly to the work, will give them fuch affistance as to enable them to furnish their readers with inftructive effays and useful information. The account of fales of the fecond volume, and of the profits arifing therefrom, will be publifhed as foon as it can be afcertained; and an accurate statement will be made from time to time, that the generous patrons of this work may fee that the profits are faithfully applied according to the original proposals. |