Saviour of all who believe in him. He is the only Mediator between God and man. But Antichrist tells the people to pray to the dead, to the Virgin, and to all the saints.

C. You cannot prove that the pope is not a very humble man to Christ; he is the true leader of the Christian established church. But who is Antichrist?

S. The pope is the enemy of Christ, and has ever been destroying the church of Christ, therefore, he must be Antichrist. A Papist is an Antichristian,therefore, he must become a disciple of Christ before he is baptized, not having known before what Christ said, or did, or wished him to do. Without having Christ

in the heart, a man does not belong to the church of Christ; he is like those men of old who, in the city of Ephesus, attempted to cast out devils, and to whom the devils replied, Paul we know, Christ we know; but who are you?

C. But Antichristians, as you call them, also baptize in the name of Christ.

S. Very true. Satan knew very well that the Saviour, at his temptation, was the Son of God; but he wished him to fall down and worship at his feet. So does the pope wish to make the name of Christ promote his designs, and make him even fall down to worship him. I will give you a parable:A Company's note of 200 or 300 pagodas has certain marks by which it is known. If that note be altered in any way, it is destroyed, and thrown away. A Spanish dollar, also, has got a superscription on it. That is always received as silver; but if one was to be formed of lead, and was passing for silver, as soon as it was discovered to be lead, this superscription would not be regarded, and the base coin would immediately be thrown away. So with the name of Christ in your baptism. The Saviour ordered his apostles to baptize those who believed; but Antichrist asks first, do you believe in the pope? Do you believe in the church of Rome? Do you believe in the Virgin Mary? Christ ordered them to baptize with water; but Antichrist uses salt, and spittle, and oil, and with such a mixture, and without his authority, makes a cross on the forehead, and tongue, and back. Christ said, baptize them in the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost;" but Antichrist says, "I build thee on the rock Peter," and then adds the words of Christ. Is this Christian baptism?

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S. Is the worship of the church of Rome, such as worshipping images, saints, &c. the same as that of the church of Christ?

C. God himself has commanded the worship of images, both in the Old and New Testaments. The command given to make the cherubim, and place them over the mercy-seat, was quite express.

S. Those images were not made to be worshipped. You know that God gave the second commandment, which forbids the dreadful sin of image-worship. The cherubim were made, not to be seen, but to be kept in the holy of holies. The making of the serpent, and placing it on a pole, was done at the command of God, and is nearer your idea than the making of the cherubim. The people went after this serpent, and worshipped it; but Hezekiah, that good prince, commanded it to be broken in pieces, because of the people's sin and folly. The 4th verse of the 18th chapter of 2 Kings was here read.

C. If God has not forbidden the making of the cherubim, we have a right to continue the making of images, and to place them in our churches.

S. If you take your authority for acting in this manner from the cherubim, then you should make your images of the same shape; and you should keep Aaron's rod, the pot of manna, &c. and sprinkle the blood before the altar. And thus, doing all these things, you would prove yourselves to be of the Jewish, rather than the Christian church. Idolatry was proved from many passages to be not merely a foolish, but a wicked and abominable thing.

Here the argument was shifted.

C. We make the image only to look at, not to worship it.

S. That is not correct, according to the belief of your church.

C. This is the opinion of our church, and agrees with the sacred Scriptures. Solomon made images for the temple, but not for worship.

S. Will you put in writing, and sign your name to it, that the church of Rome makes images only to look at, not to worship?

C. No. I will not give my name in writing about that.

Here the heathens present showed themselves much disposed to laugh at the expense of the Catholics.

C. The Protestants make images to look at, and not to worship, as well as the Catholics. In your Bibles you have pictures of Jesus Christ, &c. and we have the same in our chapels.

S. Very well; we shall bring these pictures and throw them, before you, into the fire, and say, in reference to religious veneration, "we reject them." If you will do the same with your images, this argument is at an end, and we shall consider another subject.

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The Catholics who were present on this rose up, and said, "If this man say we will do so, we will lay hold of him by the neck, and push him out of the house." heathens now interfered, and said, "You keep too long hesitating, and cannot depend on yourself on this part; we wish to hear

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something more on the other questions, and therefore you had better give up this."

C. It is impossible to give up this, for without seeing the image of God, not one can go to the kingdom.

Heathens to Samuel. Is this true?

S. No. The image which the Catholics worship is that of Jesus Christ. But before Jesus Christ came into the world, many went to heaven, as Enoch, Noah, and Abraham, and a thousand others.

C. I did not mean the Old Testament, but the New. All the apostles saw the body of Christ. When Christ ascended up to heaven, the apostles were sent to preach, and carried the image of Christ in their hands. They could not preach without the image.

Heathens to Samuel. Is it true that the apostles took little images in their pockets when they set out to preach in different places?

S. Allow me to make some observations before I speak of this. The villages around belong to the Roman Catholics. The people are ignorant and simple. The rajah sends his order for the rents, and these orders are sealed; the people see this, and obey. But if any one were to go to the people, and give orders in the name of the rajah, and holding out a picture, say, this is the image of the rajah, and therefore you must obey, no one would regard him. In like manner, Christ sent his apostles to preach the Gospel, and to warn the people of their danger; and this message was accompanied by the sealing of the Spirit, which made the people obey; but no account says they carried an image of Christ, and demanded obedience when they showed it. Now, (addressing the heathens) compare the message of Christ, and his language in John iii. 5. to Nicodemus, with the language of this man about images in the hand of the apostles. (The 9th of the Acts of the Apostles was then read.) Luke (said Samuel) here makes no mention of seeing any image in the hands of the apostles. Without such an image, St. Paul was himself converted. The Ethiopian eunuch was reading Isaiah, and Philip preached to him Jesus, but did not show him any image, yet the man was converted. Stephen was not supported by seeing any image before he was stoned, but he saw Christ himself in heaven.

The 1st chap. of Romans from the 20th, was now read. The heathens took up the Bible themselves, and read the passage over, and commented on it, and said, "No further proof is necessary, for Christ's human body is only a creature." The heathens and Catholics spoke very warmly for nearly two hours, whilst Samuel remained silent as a hearer. Samuel closed by referring to Rom. i. 17. and compared it with what Christ said to Thomas, John xx. 29; and Acts xvii, 29; with 1 John v. 21,

The above may be said to be an imperfect translation, as Samuel speaks his own language not only very correctly, but often with elegance and eloquence. The other questions remain to be discussed.

Whilst such sensations have been created in Bangalore, the villages around have manifested no less concern to hear and receive the Gospel. Many of them have been visited; a great number have listened with deep anxiety to the good news of salvation: and not a few have received it with pleasure, and have treated its messengers with marked esteem and kindness. On these itinerating and interesting occasions, Samuel Flavel is accompanied by the native teachers, David, Jacob, Joseph, and some others, all of whom express their great concern about the souls and eternal welfare of their countrymen. They enter a town, or a large village. In this street there is one, in that there is another, and in different parts they all take up their stations to arrest the attention of the people, to declare what God has done for their own souls, to expose the folly and guilt of worshipping idols, and to invite them to Christ as the only medium through which sinners can approach, and can be reconciled to the living God. The attention of the people being thus excited, they retire to the Choultry, where they spend the whole of the day in discussions with the Brahmins, and all who come to inquire-reasoning with the people on the dreadful danger of their idolatry-and the excellence of the religion of Christ, in distributing tracts and portions of the Scriptures, and in proclaiming aloud the grace and compassion of God to sinners. After thus visiting five, or ten, or fifteen villages, they return, much refreshed by their exertions, and more disposed than ever to study and to labour for the glory of God.

Native Church and Congregation.

The native church and congregation continues to prosper. Since our last report, the number of hearers has varied from sixty to seventy; seventeen have received the ordinance of baptism, six of whom were heathens, six Roman Catholics, and five children; nine have been admitted to full communion; so that the number of members now amounts to thirty-five, all of whom, as far as we can judge, walk in the fear of the Lord, and adorn the worthy name by which they are called. Beside this service in the chapel, there are eight places where the gospel is regularly preached, either on the Lord's-day or during the week. The attendance, though at most is not very numerous, is such as to encourage the hope, that in this way the truth will be more extensively spread, and that the word, through the power of the Spirit, may reach the consciences of those

who would neither take the trouble nor spend the time to go any distance to hear it. Schools.

On account of the limited means which we possess, and the folly of the parents in taking away their children when they begin to afford us encouragement, the girls' school is greatly reduced. Amongst the few, however, who are under instruction, some have made considerable progress in their own language; but till greater exertions are made on behalf of this degraded part of our population, till the pious mothers and sisters of our highly-favoured country put forth, in a special manner, their energies to extricate the wretched daughters of India from their cruel vassalage, few, we are afraid, will be the number of those who, in this country, will rise to be mothers in Israel, and transmit to their posterity the knowledge of peace and salvation.

The boys' school engages our expectations. In their own language, the progress of many shows that they attend to the instructions which they receive. Many of them have learned portions of the sacred volume; others have committed to memory a part of Watts's catechism, translated into Tamil; and all of them give us ground to hope that, from this institution many will rise to call the Redeemer blessed; many will yet come forth to cry aloud, as watchmen on the towers of Zion, and not only defend her territories, and carry the war into the enemy's camp, but erect, on the bulwarks of the prince of darkness, the victorious banners of the Prince of Peace.

Native Seminary.

But the seminary is the great object of our attention the great foundation of our hopes, and, so far as relates to this mission, the great subject of our prayers. Eight in number, the students have a stimulus to zeal in the best of causes, and to emulation in the noblest pursuits. As disciples of Christ, some of them have committed to memory large portions of the Bible, and are daily acquiring those treasures which, we trust, will, in their estimation, be better than thousands of gold or silver. As the acquirers of science, their attention has been four times a week directed, in the study of astronomy and geography, to those great principles which regulate the system of the universe, and which are so well calculated to banish their former prejudices, to expand their minds, and to prepare them for the pursuit of moral and intellectual truth. As students of theology, their minds have been engaged with those great and important truths which are able to make them wise unto salvation, and which, we trust, will be rendered powerful by the Spirit of God, in qualifying them to be "able and faithful

ministers of the New Testament, and eminent instruments in hastening the glory of the latter day. Aware of the deceitfulness of the human heart, and of the professions which may be made without any real spiritual religion, we would not be too sanguine with regard to ultimate success in every instance. But as the conduct must be the grand criterion of our judgment, we would look beyond the range of disappointment, and commit, in the path of duty, the work and every result to the disposal of God. Their character is consistent with the professions which they have made; while all of them cultivate that devotedness of spirit, and those holy dispositions of mind, which ought to be conspicuous in the servants of Christ; some of them have given the most decided evidence of their attachment to him who redeemed them, and their determination to live to his glory. Diligent as they are in business, fervent in spirit, and serving the Lord; the time, we hope, is not far distant when we shall have the pleasure of informing you, that one here, and another there, are performing, in a faithful and zealous manner, all the duties of devoted preachers to their countrymen.

Public Religious Services.

Our English services on Wednesday and Sabbath evenings are still well attended. Our Lord's day morning service increases, and gives us encouragement to persevere. Nothing can be more cheering to the mind in this distant land, than, amidst our numerous engagements which regard the heathen, to preach alternately to an attentive and respectable congregation of Europeans. A few, we trust, are inquiring the way to Zion with their faces thitherward. It is not surely too much to say, that peace reigns within our walls, and prosperity within our palaces;-that real and spiritual religion flourishes at Bangalore. Yes. Here there is much of that concern about eternal realities, much of that devotedness to God, much of that spirituality of mind, much of that interest in each others' spiritual welfare, much of that thirsting after God, and the extension of his kingdom, which ought to characterize the people of God, and which have always, in the days that are past, been a presage of the appearance of God in his glory, and the out-pourings of the Spirit to cause the desert to be glad, and the wilderness to rejoice and blossom like the rose. May the Lord our God, in this and in every land, speedily appear in his glory, and cause the name of Jesus to be great from the rising to the setting sun.

Itinerancies to the Villages.

On the 17th November, Samuel went to Nundedroog. On the road he called at the house of Zechariah, a Catholic, who was

baptized some time ago. Not finding him at home, he conversed with the people on the road, in the village, and afterwards in a pagoda, where 50 or 60 heathens attended. There they listened with attention to his discussions, and received with promptitude the tracts and portions of the Bible which he distributed. Next morning he met with Zechariah. This man had endured much persecution for the cause of Christ. He told Samuel how the Catholics had flogged him— had fined him in 12 rupees,-how they had sentenced him to be whipped before the image, to be baptized again, and his goods to be confiscated on account of being baptized by the Protestants. The priest going from Bangalore, Zechariah was called before him, to give an account of his conduct-was again bastinadoed, and sent away. Then they thought of driving him away from his house, and prevented all intercourse with him. This conversation was carried on between him and Samuel before the people. These men, said he, wished me to say, I was not baptized; they wished me to tell a lie. That would have done for a Catholic; but now that I have joined the true church, I dare not tell a lie. Samuel preached before them. Should any thing further occur, he will let Samuel know. Returned to the pagoda, preached there to the people, about 40 or 50 of whom attended, and distributed many tracts. After this, he went to Nundedroog. There he met with an old European, who seemed much impressed about his state. Had service on the Lord's-day at two different places. On returning, he spoke at many villages. At one time, more than 100 people were going and coming to him. Many Brahmins coming to hear, seriously inquired, and appeared to receive the message of salvation with pleasure. On the 27th December, another journey was undertaken. They passed through 26 villages. On the 28th, they came to Wullymurgulum, a village containing about thirty houses. David here read the Gospel of John, Jacob visited the houses to collect the people, and Samuel reasoned with about thirty of them, who came to hear the good news of salvation. 29th. They went to Jigene, where there are more than 200 houses. Entering a school where twenty boys are taught, they preached to them out of the Scriptures. The schoolmaster listened to them with attention and inquiry. Some Brahmins coming in, the schoolmaster asked what they thought now of their religion; for this man had told other news, so that what had been formerly taught appeared as nonsense. Here were distributed tracts and portions of the Scriptures. That night they went through several villages distributing tracts and speaking to the people. On the 30th, they arrived at Cumalobrum. While sitting in the Cutwpals Choultry many people came running, and saying, "is not this the man

who gave us the books?" and spake of the truths which they contained. Some Brahmins came and cavilled at what was said. They argued, that they did not try to convert us-why should we try to convert them? Samuel said, "You have been worshipping your gods. What have you been doing? Killing sheep and buffaloes, and presenting them to your gods. Yes, and your gods accept of them. The low cast people eat these things, but you do not, and yet you offer them to your gods. Your gods, then, must be like the low cast people." One Brahmin was so interested that he came and sat for a long time, hearing Samuel gladly, and wished for tracts to distribute amongst his people. The people seemed glad to hear what he had to say, and went away saying, that Vishnu, and Seeva, and all their gods were bad characters, and could do nothing for them. Here many tracts, &c. were distributed. On the 31st, they came to Amuele, where are 5000 houses. In the Pettah they spake to many women. Seeing the tracts in their hands, they asked them what they were, and recognised Samuel "as the man of wisdom." David speaking to the people in one street, and Jacob in another; brought them all to Samuel to hear the gospel explained more plainly and fully. From 4 till 10 o'clock, about 200 Brahmins and others attended, and conversed freely in Canarese, Malabar, and Hindoostanee. Some of the people offered them tobacco in exchange for tracts. Here Jacob's uncle, who about two years ago came threatening him with a sword, now [came, and inquired after the truth, and invited him and his companions to dinner, and heard the word gladly with all his house.

On the 25th of January, Samuel and David set out on a tour to Ailyruncum, and arrived there on the evening preceding their great feast. About 5 o Clock in the morning the heathens began their noise, and their devotions to their gods. About three hundred had come from various villages to the feast. Following the crowd, Samuel and David spoke to the people. The car, on which the idol was drawn, was stopped. One man who fanned the idol came down to hear, and called out to the people not to receive their tracts, for they would make them mad. David often went through the crowd, exclaiming, "O, ignorance! O, ignorance! This is the madness which I once did. O, ignorance!" One old woman ran amongst the crowd when making a noise, crying out, "Silence, silence, let the man speak. I wish to hear." Pointing to the idol she said, "there is no use in worshipping this idol. This man tells us the truth, and according to his way, we must worship God." Here the idol, in its way, was stopped two hours, while the teachers reasoned with the people, and dwelt on the folly of honouring such gods. As the procession approached the

fort one Brahmin called out to them to come along, why did they stay so long there? The image entered; many of the people staid behind, and followed Samuel to the Choultry where he put up. Here about

ninety people assembled, a boy having been sent round to their houses to give them notice. One Brahmin, who is accounted a very holy man, came to reason. "Since you have condemned our gods, and say they ought not to be worshipped; what kind of God is it that you are speaking about?" "God is a spirit, and they who worship him must in spirit and in truth," was the reply, and after some reasoning on the subject, he expressed great satisfaction. Here about the number of people above mentioned, chiefly Brah mins, after they had raised objections and received answers, listened with silence and apparent pleasure to the sound of the gospel for three hours. In the evening, another idol of the same description as that which was exhibited in the procession of the morning, was brought out, but there were not above twenty people who followed it, whereas the number who followed the other idol in the morning, exceeded three hundred. This circumstance is mentioned, as it happened, without our saying that it did, or did not arise from what had taken place. Tracts to the number of 150 were distributed. Next morning, between fifteen and twenty people attended. One man, who came from a village about ten miles distant, was exceedingly anxious to obtain a Teloogoo New Testament, that he might read it to his people. Visited some more of the villages: but the people were all busily engaged at their work. In the month of February, another journey was undertaken. The teacher went through 56 villages. At Luch-Melnum, Jacob went into a house and saluted it. expend all your fortunes," said he," you could not procure the good which we are come to tell you about. It is the gospel, the word of God." "Tell me, sir, what is that ?" exclaimed a woman. "Come here, and I will tell you." This was done that he might get more people to assemble. "Jesus Christ came into the world to have mercy upon sinners. If Christ had not come, there had been no mercy to sinners. See what mercy Christ has upon men. Are there any among your gods, that show such mercy as this? There is not one of them who would have such mercy. They are all thieves and robbers, and filthy characters. If persons are not able to manage their own characters, how can they save us? One stealing another man's wife, another lying; another fighting; another taking away the daughters of men; can such wicked gods do any thing for you and me? Come, my friends, believe in Christ. Put not off your time. You may die to-night. To-morrow judgment may come." In this manner he continued for four hours, conver

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sing with them on the character of their gods, and telling them of the kind and merciful Saviour which he had met with. At Nagaevely, many people had come on business from the villages around. There Samuel stopt and conversed with them. Some very pleasing conversations took place; after which they were directed to the word of God which contained an account of all the things they had heard, and portions of the Scriptures were given to them, and many tracts.

We have thus concluded, dear sir, our account of this mission. Long we do for the influence of the Spirit, to give success to our exertions, and bring the heathen to God. It gives us pleasure in a foreign land to think that we are not forgotten by our friends at home, and espe cially remembered by those who are the Directors of the Society. May they continue to pray for us, and by their supplications may they bring down showers of blessings on our heads, that our hearts may rejoice in the progress of the gospel, and that their hearts may be gladdened by the intelligence, of wretched Heathens being brought into the kingdom of Christ. In humble expectation of this great blessing,

We are, &c.

MEDITERRANEAN.

Extract of a Letter from the Rev. J. Lowndes, dated at Corfu, giving an account of his tours among some of the Villages of that Island; accompanied, on the first tour, by the Rev. J. Hartley.

Visit to Spagos and Velonades. "WE slept, on the night of the 22nd of April, at a village called Spagos. I informed some of the people that I wished to preach to them the Gospel of Christ. I had intended to do it in the house in which we had to lodge, or in the open air; but the priest, who officiates in the church, came and asked me to preach in it; such a request was not to be refused, and when I told him I would do so, he went and set the bells to ring, in order to give the people notice. In about half an hour I repaired to the Church, and found a number of people assembled, perhaps 70 or 80. There was no pulpit, but I stood upon a stool. I viewed my congregation with considerable interest, all professed Christians, but many of them had never heard the Gospel in their lives. I addressed them from Matt. xi. 28. "Come unto me," &c. After the sermon, I gave notice that I had tracts to distribute, gratis, and large books to dispose of at low prices. On the same night, and the following morning we distributed tracts and sold some other books.

On the 23d we went early in the morning