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+*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 40252 ***
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+                                   THE
+                             BAPTIST MAGAZINE.
+                                MAY, 1835.
+
+
+
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+              MEMOIR OF THE LATE REV. R. MORRISON, D.D., &c.
+                    _Missionary to the Chinese Empire._
+                 BY AN INTIMATE FRIEND OF THE DECEASED.[A]
+
+
+[Footnote A: A Sermon has just been published, entitled, "A Voice from
+China; a Discourse, delivered at New Windsor Chapel, Salford, on Sunday,
+February 11, 1835, to improve the lamented death of the Rev. Robert
+Morrison, D.D., F.R.S., &c., &c.; with a Sketch of his Character and
+Labours, principally compiled from his own correspondence. By John
+Clunie, LL.D." Of this discourse we are happy to avail ourselves, for
+the purpose of presenting our readers with a brief memorial of this
+distinguished servant of Christ; still referring them to the Sermon
+itself for some interesting extracts, and appropriate reflections, which
+we are unable to transfer to our pages.--ED.]
+
+The Rev. Dr. Morrison was born at Morpeth, Jan. 5, 1782, but was
+early removed to Newcastle-upon-tyne. His parents, though in humble
+circumstances, were industrious and pious members of the Scottish
+church; and they educated their family in the fear of the Lord. When a
+boy, he was, with other young persons of the congregation, frequently
+catechised by the Minister; and this has inadvertently led to an
+erroneous report, that he was originally a Sunday School scholar. He
+was afterwards taught a mechanical trade, which he diligently followed
+till he left home. I believe he "feared the Lord from his youth;" and
+that the pious instructions of his father's house, and the faithful
+ministrations of his pastor, were so blessed to him, that at the age of
+sixteen he solemnly devoted himself to God. When engaged in his secular
+calling, his mind, thirsting for knowledge, sought its own improvement,
+first by general reading, and, after a few years, by diligently
+acquiring the rudiments of Latin. He used to steal hours from rest, and
+often to work with his book raised before him, so that his eye could
+cast a rapid glance on its pages, while his hands were actively employed
+at his daily labour. Thus he at once prepared his lesson for the
+Minister who kindly instructed him, and discovered the first indications
+of that diligence and talent for the acquisition of a foreign language,
+which laid the basis of his future fame.
+
+At this time, in consequence of his manifest love of study, and his
+ardent desire for usefulness, his mother entertained many fears, that
+she should soon be deprived of the object of her affections, by his
+removal from her: but her fears, so far as she herself was concerned,
+were groundless; for she was called to her rest, the year before he left
+home for the Academy. Thus she neither felt the pain of his anticipated
+absence, nor rejoiced in the participation of his subsequent honours.
+
+On entering Hoxton Academy, January, 1803, I found that Mr. Morrison had
+arrived a few days before me; and as we both regularly attended, with
+our friends, the ministry of that eminent servant of God, the Rev. A.
+(afterwards Dr.) Waugh, we were very soon intimately acquainted with
+each other: the result was an indissoluble friendship of nearly
+thirty-two years, during the whole of which period, we frequently
+interchanged our joys and our sorrows, and reciprocated our
+congratulations and our sympathies; while fidelity and affection
+mutually tendered, when necessary, admonition and reproof. His character
+was even then distinguished by those qualities which subsequently
+rendered him so illustrious--the most ardent piety, indefatigable
+diligence, and devoted zeal. His natural disposition was grave and
+thoughtful; so that, as his mind was often the subject of anxious and
+desponding views, especially of _himself and his attainments_, he
+probably occasionally appeared to some as gloomy and melancholy. But
+those who knew him best were fully convinced, that most of his anxieties
+arose from his deep sense of the importance of the work for which he was
+preparing, of his own utter incompetency for its faithful discharge, and
+of the consequent obligation under which he was laid, to exert himself
+to the utmost, to secure the _full benefit_ of every advantage placed
+within his reach. Hence he was a most exemplary student, and always
+aimed at distinction, even in some branches of study for which he
+appeared very little adapted. But his chief reliance to secure success,
+was not on any effort of his _own_, however diligently and constantly
+exerted--but on the divine blessing. Hence few ever entered more fully
+into the great Luther's favourite axiom, _to pray well is to study
+well_; for of him it may be very justly said, that prayer was the
+element in which his soul delighted to breathe.
+
+His mind had long mourned over the deplorable state of the heathen
+world, to which he wished to publish "the unsearchable riches of
+Christ;" though he then knew not _how_ it could possibly be
+accomplished. But after having attended two Missionary Anniversaries in
+London, he saw the door effectually opened before him, and instantly
+resolved to enter on the arduous task. The appeals of Thorpe, Bennet,
+Dickson, and Scott, the commentator, at the last of these anniversaries,
+were to him irresistible; and he "immediately conferred not with flesh
+and blood," but consecrated himself to the work of the Lord among the
+heathen, saying, _Here am I, send me_. No sooner, however, had he
+signified his intention, than every objection was made, and every
+difficulty thrown in his way; and when these failed, he was tempted by
+favour and honour, to remain at home; but all proved equally in vain.
+This opposition doubtless arose from a mistaken estimate of the superior
+claims of home; as it was manifested by some of the "excellent of the
+earth," who afterwards most cordially rejoiced in his success abroad.
+Thus, while faithfully following his own convictions of duty, he not
+only exhibited that decision of character which he ever displayed, but
+eventually found the truth of that sacred declaration, "Them that
+honour me I will honour; and they that despise me shall be lightly
+esteemed."
+
+After the usual examination, he was most cheerfully accepted by the
+Missionary Society; and, having been affectionately commended to the
+special grace of God, by his fellow-students, he left the Academy at
+Hoxton for that at Gosport, to enjoy the missionary training of the
+venerable Mr. (afterwards Dr.) Bogue. Few students ever left the house
+more irreproachable in their conduct, or more generally respected, by
+all, for their real worth, and unfeigned piety; or more beloved by those
+who enjoyed the felicity of their faithful friendship. Though it was
+little apprehended that he would so soon be called to fill one of the
+most arduous and important spheres which could be conceived; or, that he
+would ultimately rise to such an eminence in it, as to command the
+admiration of all classes of the christian church, and of the community
+in general; yet, it is impossible to reflect on his diligent and devoted
+course at Hoxton, without clearly recognizing the _incipient elements_
+of all his future success. Others, indeed, possessed more brilliant
+talents,--a richer imagination, a more attractive delivery, or more
+graceful manners,--but, I trust I may be permitted to say, that there
+was _no one_ who more happily concentrated in himself the three elements
+of moral greatness already enumerated--the most ardent piety,
+indefatigable diligence, and devoted zeal in the best of all causes.
+
+Thus devoted to the glory of God and the salvation of the heathen, he
+reached Gosport. To show his feelings and sentiments at that important
+crisis, I shall quote his own words, from the first letter I ever
+received from him, dated Gosport, June 9, 1804:
+
+     "Dear ----, I expect that my brother would inform you of my safe
+     arrival at Gosport, on the evening of the day I left you. Through
+     the good hand of God upon me, in answer to the prayers of my
+     relatives and Christian friends, I am yet in comfortable
+     circumstances, and enjoy something of the presence of God, and of
+     the hope of glory."
+
+     "My dear brother, I hope the conversation we had when we travelled
+     together to Leatherhead, will not soon be forgotten by you or me.
+     Let the sentiment dwell upon our hearts, that it is the great
+     business of our lives, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
+     Whether or not you and I have the happiness to labour together, as
+     it respects place, we shall, I trust, have the happiness of
+     pursuing the same end, seeking to promote the glory of God, the
+     Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, in the salvation of men. O that this
+     may be in truth our constant pursuit; so shall we have the
+     happiness of God's approbation through life--at the hour of
+     death--in the day of judgment--and be perfectly happy in his
+     immediate presence through eternity."
+
+And again, July 31st, he thus writes:
+
+     "My situation at Gosport is agreeable, and the persons with whom I
+     am connected are kind to me. The Lord, who gives me favour in their
+     eyes, continues me in health. My mind is comfortable, and resigned
+     to the Lord's pleasure concerning me. I, as formerly, have to
+     'fight with sins, and doubts, and fears.' Such, I expect, will be
+     my experience while I continue in this world."
+
+     "My future destination is altogether unknown to me. It is in
+     agitation to send a Mission to China. Mr. Bogue seems quite fond of
+     it. I have had some thoughts about going into the interior of
+     Africa, to Tombuctoo. I give up my concerns to the Lord. I hope he
+     will open a door of useful missionary labour, in some part of the
+     world, and give me souls for my hire."
+
+With such feelings, he said "he would have gone to _any_ quarter of the
+globe, where the people were as yet without a Divine Revelation." But
+China, most happily, was the sphere allotted to him by the Directors of
+the Missionary Society. To that immense empire their attention had been
+directed by their first devoted Treasurer, Mr. Hardcastle, who judged it
+highly important to attempt the acquisition of its difficult language,
+and the translation of the Scriptures by some competent Missionary.
+This, be it remarked, was at a time when it was quite uncertain, whether
+any Briton would be allowed to go thither from England, or permitted to
+reside even on the borders of China, if he should be able to reach its
+shores. So strong then were the prejudices, in certain quarters, against
+attempting to evangelize the East, that the Directors for a time avoided
+the use of the term _Chinese Mission_; and actually were obliged to send
+Dr. Morrison and others round by way of America. For this station,
+China, he was eminently adapted: as it was well remarked by the lamented
+Dr. Milne, that "talents rather of the _solid_ than the _showy_ kind,
+rather I adapted to accomplish important objects by a course of
+persevering labour, than to astonish by any sudden burst of genius, were
+the most proper for the first Missionary to China: and such exactly were
+the talents which the Giver of every good and perfect gift had conferred
+on him." But it was thought highly desirable that he should have a
+fellow-labourer, though subsequent events proved that this would _then_
+have been quite impracticable in China. But every effort was made,
+especially by himself, to prevail on some kindred soul to accompany him.
+And here I must be excused slightly touching on one who was more than
+half-disposed to respond to the call; but who was ultimately prevented,
+by what appeared to him _imperative duty at home_. But he trusts his
+heart was ever with him: and whatever sympathy and encouragement might
+be, at any time, in his power to command, were most cheerfully rendered,
+and the act considered as his highest honour.
+
+What views Dr. M. entertained both of the missionary and ministerial
+character, will best appear from what he desired for himself and his
+friend. In a letter dated March 24, 1805, he thus writes:--
+
+     "I pray God that he may pour into my soul, in rich abundance, the
+     daily washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Ghost.
+     The gifts of the Holy Spirit, my brother, are radical
+     qualifications in a minister, and in a missionary. Oh that you and
+     I may be blessed with large measures of them! Let us keep in sight,
+     my brother, our obligations to God our Saviour, who has redeemed us
+     from the lowest hell; the short term of service; and the ineffably
+     glorious reward of grace, in the kingdom of heaven; and, animated
+     by the prospect, let us 'spend and be spent' for the sake of our
+     Lord Jesus. Beloved, I wish that thou mayest prosper and be in
+     health, even as thy soul prospereth. Pray God to make me a good man
+     and a good missionary."
+
+And again, May 30:--
+
+     "Attend, my dear brother, very particularly, to the state of your
+     own soul. Instead of saying, _pray much_, as I was just about to
+     say, be very careful that your prayers be spiritual--from the
+     heart: live by faith on Jesus Christ. I would add, I mean examine
+     yourself much on this point; for there is much danger of our--those
+     of us whose concern it is constantly to attend to religious
+     matters--I say there is much danger of our doing things, praying,
+     and exhorting, and reading, &c., as matters of course, without
+     entering into them spiritually and seriously. Allow me to say--not
+     because I am your master, but because I love you--study gravity,
+     humility, and benevolence of deportment. Consider we profess to be
+     the messengers of Jesus Christ to the children of God, and to
+     sinful, guilty man: let us always be grave and serious. You and I
+     are young, and know but little; let us be humble, considering
+     others better than ourselves. We are the followers of Christ, and
+     therefore should wish well to all, ever pleasing them for their
+     good to edification."
+
+After spending about fifteen months at Gosport, he came to London,
+to obtain some knowledge of medicine, and to study the elements of
+astronomy at the Observatory, Greenwich; from a misapprehension that
+these, especially the last, would be essential to his success in China.
+But however much they tended to expand his own mind, they were
+subsequently found almost superfluous in practice: nevertheless, another
+object was obtained by his residence for nearly eighteen months in the
+metropolis. An amiable Chinese was found willing to reside with him, to
+assist him a little in the acquisition of the language, and in
+transcribing a Chinese Harmony of the Gospels in the British Museum, and
+a Latino-Chinese Dictionary, borrowed from the Royal Society, both
+composed by some unknown Roman Catholic missionaries. It was with
+reference to him, while employed on the former, that an eminent
+individual afterwards remarked, that he then little thought, as he
+passed through the Museum, that _that_ stripling sitting at the table
+transcribing an unknown tongue, would one day translate the Scriptures
+into Chinese! Well may we exclaim, "Who hath despised the day of small
+things?"--"Man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh
+on the heart."
+
+When the time of his departure from his native shores drew nigh, as I
+was then at the University of Glasgow, he thus took his affectionate
+leave of me by letter, January, 1807--
+
+     "The period, my dear brother, has new arrived when I must bid an
+     affectionate, and perhaps a last farewell. On Thursday evening I
+     was solemnly ordained to the ministry of the gospel of the Lord
+     Jesus Christ among the heathen. The service was at Swallow Street.
+     Rev. John Townsend opened by prayer and reading the Scriptures.
+     Rev. G. Burder asked the questions. Mr. Waugh offered up the
+     ordination prayer. Mr. Nicol gave a charge, and Mr. Buck closed the
+     service by prayer. It was a very solemn and impressive opportunity.
+     Messrs. Gordon and Lee were ordained with me. We proceed on the
+     24th inst. in the Remittance, Captain Law, to New York; from thence
+     they take a ship to India, in all probability to Madras; whilst I
+     alone, in another vessel, sail for Canton. If permitted, I intend
+     to reside there; if not, I shall probably return to Malacca. Such,
+     at present, my dear ----, are my external circumstances and
+     prospects. With regard to success, I am not sanguine, nor am I
+     depressed. I hope--_I believe_ I may safely take the comfort of our
+     Lord's words, 'Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the
+     world;' and, with this persuasion, what have I to fear? If Christ
+     be with me, who can be against me? Let me, my brother, have
+     occasionally an interest in your fervent prayers. Pray that I may
+     not think it hard, if I fare as well as my Master! Farewell, my
+     dear young brother; the God of peace be with you! My love to my
+     dear brother Hooper."
+
+Thus inspired, he departed for China, _instructed_ by the Directors to
+learn its difficult language, and, if possible, compose a dictionary of
+it, and, above all, to translate the Scriptures into a language
+understood by a third part of the human race; and _counselled_ by a
+beautiful letter, officially signed, but evidently composed by my
+venerable father, Dr. Waugh. At New York he was very kindly received,
+and obtained a letter of introduction from Mr. Maddison, then secretary
+of state, to the American consul at Canton, which proved highly
+beneficial to him there.
+
+He reached China, Sept. 4, 1807, after a speedy but rough passage and,
+being a perfect stranger, he landed at Macao, with the mate of the
+ship, who left him next day. He was soon known to be a missionary, and
+became the object of suspicion to the Roman Catholic clergy there.
+During that season at Canton, he lived in a cellar, in the most retired
+manner, and laboured incessantly at the language, with very little
+success, compared with what his subsequent efforts attained; for he then
+had only an _ignoramus_ for his tutor. But hear himself from Canton,
+Sept. 14th, addressed to my own beloved mother:--
+
+     "I daily converse with Chinese, but dare not so much as hint that
+     I desire to stay here, or what my intention for coming is. Little
+     merchants and tradesmen daily come to me, to know what I have got
+     to sell, or what I wish to buy. I come to vend the pearl of great
+     value, yet without asking money or price; but dare not tell my
+     errand. I know that you will descend to the grave, praying for the
+     success of your son in the faith of Jesus."
+
+He subsequently resided in the factory of some American agents at
+Canton, who showed him great kindness, and promoted his views to the
+utmost of their ability. At first he conformed to the Chinese manners,
+both as to eating and dress, from an erroneous idea that this would
+recommend him to their kind notice; but when he discovered his error,
+he resumed the manners of a European. But so anxious was he to learn
+Chinese, that he prayed even in secret in it, when he was but very
+imperfectly acquainted with its idioms. He quite secluded himself from
+society for months, till his health began to suffer; and the first time
+he ventured out into the fields was in a moonlight night, under the
+escort of two Chinese.
+
+In the beginning of 1809, he married Miss Morton, the eldest daughter of
+a medical gentleman there; and, accepted an appointment in the Company's
+factory, as Chinese translator, which unquestionably facilitated his
+perfect acquisition of the language, and added much to his domestic
+comfort. Such diligence and perseverance could not fail of success. From
+Macao, December 28, 1810, he thus writes:--
+
+     "I believe I was in Canton when I last wrote to you, via., the
+     beginning of this year. I continued there till March, carrying on a
+     discussion with the Chinese government respecting the alleged
+     murder of a Chinaman. I obtained great eclât, by the public
+     examination of witnesses. Every body was astonished, that in two
+     years I should be able to write the language, and converse in the
+     Mandarin and vulgar dialects. In consequence of that, three of the
+     Company's servants determined to begin the study of Chinese; and I
+     have during the summer been a regular Chinese tutor. I pray that
+     the Lord may soon grant to me some from among the heathen, who will
+     faithfully join in the promulgation of divine truth. I wish you had
+     come with me to China: I want some humble, persevering
+     fellow-labourer."
+
+He regularly spent six months alternately at Macao and Canton, in
+compliance with the requisition of the Chinese policy, whose jealousy
+permits few foreigners to reside in the "celestial empire," as they
+proudly denominate it; but which, in consideration of an annual revenue,
+tolerates the Portuguese settlement on the insignificant island of
+Macao.
+
+In a letter dated December 29, 1811, he states:--
+
+     "Sir George Staunton, who is very friendly to me, leaves the
+     Company's service this year; and I am appointed to his place, as
+     Chinese Secretary. This will confine me in Canton six months of the
+     year. The Missionary Society judge it proper that I should be in
+     this employment. It is far from being congenial with my taste or
+     wishes, considered in itself. I greatly prefer entire devotedness
+     to my missionary labours, and the perfecting, for future
+     missionaries, a dictionary of the language."
+
+This appointment, however, greatly increased his comforts and influence,
+and enabled him to perform some of those noble acts of Christian
+benevolence to be hereafter noticed.
+
+About this time, though he had before been turned out of a miserable
+house, because its owner said he had converted it into a chapel, he
+commenced his exercises on the Lord's-day, by reading the "Harmony of
+the Gospels;" and afterwards continued it, by exhorting a few Chinese
+who attended, principally from his own household. These humble efforts
+were rendered, under the Divine blessing, the means of enlightening and
+converting several who are now actively engaged in the dissemination of
+Christian knowledge among their pagan countrymen. In 1810, he tried the
+practicability of printing the Scriptures, by revising and publishing
+the Acts of the Apostles, which he had brought out with him; for
+printing which he had paid the large sum of a dollar per copy--the price
+at which the whole New Testament has since been published--on account of
+the personal risk which those who engaged in it were supposed to run.
+Yet he was encouraged; and next year he finished his Grammar, and sent
+it to the press at Serampore, where the East India Company afterwards
+honourably defrayed the expense of its publication. About the same time
+he published his own translation of Luke's Gospel, and a tract which the
+Missionary Society had requested him to write, on "The Redemption of the
+World," and a catechism for the use of the Chinese. Thus he proceeded,
+step by step, till, in 1813, he finished his translation of the New
+Testament, having thus successfully toiled six years alone at the most
+difficult language on earth, and done what was quite enough to
+immortalize his name. The whole expense of the mission and translation
+had hitherto been borne by the Missionary Society; but about this time,
+on the presentation of a copy, first of one of the Epistles, and then of
+Luke's Gospel, translated into Chinese, the British and Foreign Bible
+Society twice voted £500. And soon after, on the presentation of the
+whole New Testament, they voted the noble sum of £1000; and this was
+subsequently munificently repeated, at different times, till, on the
+completion of the whole Bible, it amounted to the princely sum of £5000,
+without which, the work of translating the entire Scriptures would,
+probably, not have been accomplished.
+
+Just before this, Mr. Milne rejoiced his heart and strengthened his
+hands by coming out from England and joining the mission; and having
+commenced under _very_ different circumstances, he soon acquired the
+language, and greatly assisted Dr. M. in his subsequent translations and
+labours. But the jealousy of the Portuguese very soon drove Mr. Milne
+from his embrace, and obliged him to retire, first to Canton, and then
+to Malacca. This, however, eventually turned out for the furtherance of
+the gospel, by the establishment of the Malayan mission, and thus
+preparing the way for the establishment of the Anglo-Chinese College
+there, for the instruction of Chinese youths in the principles of
+Christianity and the cultivation of Chinese literature in general,
+which, by the numerous publications that have issued from its press,
+has proved of incalculable value to the populous nations around.
+From Canton, December 19, 1812, he thus writes:--
+
+     "The Chinese receive with much readiness the books which I
+     distribute among them. I can give but few with my own hands, as I
+     am not admitted to the interior; nor could I give them openly in
+     the streets. The method which I take is, to give them to the
+     booksellers, who will not destroy them, but be induced to put them
+     into the hands of persons, for the sake of what they can make by
+     them."
+
+In 1814, he happily completed the first part of his Chinese dictionary;
+and the whole work was generously published at the expense of the East
+India Company, in three thick quarto volumes. It was the first ever
+published in the English language; and it must remain a lasting memorial
+of his astonishing diligence.
+
+In 1816, he went as interpreter with our ambassador, Lord Amherst, to
+the imperial court of Pekin; and subsequently published an account of
+that unsuccessful embassy. He founded the Anglo-Chinese College, already
+mentioned, in 1818, and liberally presented £1000 for its establishment,
+and £100 per annum, for five years from its actual commencement. In
+1819, he completed the translation of the whole Bible, having been
+assisted in several parts of the Old Testament by his late excellent
+colleague, Dr. Milne. With great propriety he once observed in
+conversation, "_I could have died_, when I had finished the Bible."--On
+that memorable day he wrote a long memoir, in which he described the
+principles which he had adopted, and the plan which he had pursued, in
+its execution; and concluded thus:
+
+     "To have Moses, David, and the prophets--Jesus Christ and his
+     apostles--declaring to the inhabitants of China, in their own
+     language, the wonderful works of God, indicates, I hope, the speedy
+     introduction of a happier era, in these parts of the world; and I
+     trust that the gloomy darkness of pagan scepticism will be
+     dispelled by the _day-spring from on high_; and the gilded idols of
+     Budh, and the numberless images which fill this land, will one day
+     assuredly fall to the ground, before the force of God's word, as
+     the idol Dagon fell before the ark.
+
+It is painful to observe here, that during a considerable portion of his
+unwearied labours, he was visited by the heaviest afflictions. His own
+health suffered exceedingly at different periods, under a most painful
+disorder; his beloved wife also was, for several years, still more
+grievously afflicted; and just before he had the happiness of finishing
+his Bible, the wife of his colleague was early taken away, leaving four
+fatherless children to mourn their unspeakable loss.
+
+As Mrs. Morrison's complaint appeared to baffle the medical skill there,
+and as it was quite impossible for Dr. Morrison to leave the sphere of
+his important labours, she was obliged, in 1815, to visit England,
+accompanied only by her two children. Having sojourned amongst us
+several years, and finding herself greatly improved in health and
+spirits, she returned with the same charge to China in 1820, to his
+unspeakable delight. But the following year, she was suddenly removed,
+after an illness of a few hours, and he was once more, and for ever
+here, separated from "the wife of his youth." He had formerly lost his
+first-born, on the very day it saw the light; and the Portuguese had
+cruelly refused permission to inter the child of a heretic in their
+consecrated ground. He was therefore obliged, under the shades of night,
+to carry his own babe under his arm, attended only by a servant; and to
+fee some of the Chinese, to let him pass the brow of a hill which was
+behind his house; where he dug a grave, and buried his dead, purposing
+in future an occasional visit to the interesting spot. And now he wished
+to lay his beloved wife by the side of her babe; but the Chinese
+threatened to oppose force, if he attempted it; and the Roman Catholics
+were as inveterate as ever. But that kind Providence which had in so
+many instances appeared for him, roused the indignation of the gentlemen
+of the factory at Macao; and they subscribed and purchased a plot of
+ground, just outside the walls, and devoted it as a perpetual Protestant
+burial-ground. There he honourably buried her.
+
+Next year, 1822, he was deprived of his able and beloved colleague, Dr.
+Milne, who, on the 2nd of June, fell a sacrifice to his close and
+unwearied application, and left the Anglo-Chinese College, of which he
+was the Principal, the mission in general, and Dr. Morrison in
+particular, to mourn his almost irreparable loss.
+
+Having visited the College, and made every possible arrangement for its
+present emergencies; and having some time before fully accomplished the
+three great duties assigned him--either of which was almost enough for
+any ordinary man--to learn the language, to translate the Bible, and to
+compose a Dictionary, Dr. M. felt himself now at perfect liberty to
+visit his native country, which he reached in the spring of 1824.
+
+As Dr. Morrison had been so much and so deservedly anticipated by his
+fame, an intense anxiety was every where manifested to see and hear him.
+Hence he was expected to appear at every public meeting of the
+Missionary and Bible Societies: and to preach on almost every occasion.
+From the long prevalence of retired and studious habits, and I may add
+of Asiatic manners, this was no easy or pleasant task for him; and it is
+not wonderful, if, on some occasions, he disappointed the expectations
+excited. But you, my Christian friends, can testify the powerful appeals
+which he made here, and how much his soul was evidently inspired with
+zeal for China; wherever he was, this was his ruling passion. Hence he
+wished all _to love China_, and to seek her evangelization by every
+means in their power; and not to mind silver or gold, friends or
+comforts, except as they might become the honoured means of promoting
+the Redeemer's kingdom. And it is highly gratifying to state, that his
+visit was productive of considerable zeal and exertion on behalf of the
+same. The greatest attention and kindness were every where shown him, by
+all ranks of the community. He was honoured by being introduced at
+court, where he presented to his Sovereign a copy of his Chinese Bible,
+which was most graciously received, as was also a large Map of China,
+which he subsequently transmitted. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal
+Society, and of several other literary institutions, both at home and
+abroad; and he had, some years before, in the most handsome manner, been
+created Doctor in Divinity by the University of Glasgow, for his
+distinguished labours. He prolonged his stay in England a second year,
+in order to instruct some missionaries and others in Chinese; and to
+promote the interests of Oriental literature, in connexion with
+missionary efforts.
+
+About this time, he again entered into the marriage state, by leading to
+the altar Miss Armstrong, of Liverpool, well known to many of you: in
+whose recent and unspeakable sorrows, I am fully convinced, you will
+most deeply sympathize.
+
+Having sent to the press his "_Parting Memorial_," he left, for the last
+time, his native shores, with Mrs. Morrison, now his disconsolate widow,
+and an infant, and his two elder children, in January, 1826, to return
+to China, "the land of his adoption," as he called it; with the
+intention of preparing a short Commentary on certain portions of the
+Scriptures, and such other elementary Christian Essays as appeared
+desirable for the right understanding of the word of God, now in
+extensive circulation there. These works he was enabled, to a very
+considerable extent, to accomplish before his decease.
+
+But I must read you an extract from his last letter to myself, which I
+received only eight days before his death, dated Macao, February 24,
+1834:--
+
+       "MY DEAR FRIEND,
+
+     "Two days ago, your welcome letter, accompanied by a report of your
+     kind Association for our poor college, arrived and afforded me much
+     joy; for I had several months been wondering at your silence. The
+     death of Milne and Collie, and the removal of Kidd and Tomlin, were
+     impediments to the prosperity of the institution. But I am happy to
+     say that, judging from Mr. Evans's letters from the College, he
+     will soon restore it to all that piety, learning, and zeal can do
+     for it. I have been depressed about it of late, but my hopes now
+     revive.--The American missionaries in Canton are persevering in the
+     good work, without any immediately great results. They are more
+     zealously supported from America, than we are from England.--The
+     church of Christ on earth, and also in heaven, is from all nations,
+     and kindreds, and peoples, and tongues. It should know nothing of
+     earthly nationalities. The kingdom under the whole heaven belongs
+     to Christ, our blessed Saviour, of which I hope, my dear--we are
+     citizens. I love the land of my descent, 'Canny Scotland;' the land
+     of my birth, 'Old England;' and the land of my sojourn--my
+     adoption, although not recognized by it--China. I would not set up
+     one against the other. O that in point of fact (as in point of
+     right they are) all the kingdoms of this world may soon become the
+     kingdoms of our God and of his Christ! At present I am engaged on
+     Notes on the Gospels, with marginal references in Chinese. My
+     progress is but slow. My strength for labour has much diminished;
+     and I have many calls on my time from various quarters. Adieu.
+
+     "My dear brother and faithful friend, ever yours affectionately,
+
+                                                     ROBERT MORRISON."
+
+This was his last salutation: and the spirit of the whole is so truly
+worthy of him, that to offer any comment would only be to weaken that
+impression which I am convinced it has made so powerfully, as not soon
+to be forgotten by many--for _he, being dead, yet speaketh_.
+
+The particulars of Dr. M.'s lamented decease, were announced in the
+Canton Gazette, and in an excellent letter from his son,[A] who long
+worshipped with us here, to the Directors.
+
+[Footnote A: An extract from this letter--supplying the melancholy part
+of this memorial--will be found in our number for March, p. 107.--Ed.]
+
+He expired at his residence in the Danish Hong, on the 1st of August,
+1834. His remains were followed from thence to the river side by Lord
+Napier,[B] and all the Europeans, Americans, and Asiatic British
+subjects in Canton. The corpse was forwarded to Macao, and attended to
+the grave by about forty European gentlemen, on Tuesday evening, August
+5th, and interred in the private Protestant burial ground in that
+settlement. The service of the church of England was read by the Rev.
+Mr. Stevens, seaman's chaplain in the port of Canton, who was present at
+his decease, and affectionately ministered to his comfort in that trying
+hour.
+
+[Footnote B: How singular, that he should so soon follow him to "the
+house appointed for all living," and earnestly request to be buried near
+him!]
+
+Hear then the voice from _the tomb_: _Be ye also ready!_ His work of
+faith and labour of love were ended. The day of Jubilee to Africa, was
+the day of mourning to China! Then its first Protestant Missionary--its
+first translator of the sacred volume--its devoted apostle--not to say,
+he who unlocked the treasures of its literature to the western world,
+was summoned to his glorious rest--his eternal reward! Then he was
+hailed by the voice of his Saviour: "Well done, good and faithful
+servant: enter thou into the joy of thy Lord:" while he joined the
+chorus of the redeemed; "Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy
+name give glory, for thy mercy and thy truth's sake." Only a month
+before, the venerable Carey, the apostle of India, ascended to his
+glory; and with what rapture must they have embraced each other, in the
+presence of their common Lord!--But, if no talents, no zeal, no labours,
+no usefulness, can elude the sentence of death--should not _we_ then
+"prepare to meet our God?
+
+
+                         THE CHRISTIAN ARMOUR.
+                _To the Editor of the Baptist Magazine._
+
+How admirable is the candour and frankness of Christianity! In other
+systems and pursuits it is usual to conceal difficulties and dangers,
+and to exhibit nothing, openly, but prospects of advantage. Not so the
+Captain of our salvation, and those who had learned of him. They call
+for self-denial, engage in a life of conflict, and glory in having the
+cross to bear. Like an experienced general, the apostle, having rallied
+his fellow-soldiers to the onset, reminds them that they had to contend
+against no ordinary competitors: not against flesh and blood, (q. d.)
+not against them _only_, or _chiefly_, but against beings who were
+originally of a higher order, and _even now_, in their fallen state, are
+powerful, crafty, and malignant. Whether we consider their nature, their
+number, or employments, they are formidable adversaries to man.
+
+_Their nature._ They are wicked spirits, who once were in the presence
+and in the service of God; but "they kept not their first estate;"
+having fallen by rebellion, and being reserved for the judgment of the
+great day, they, like their prince, are "going about seeking whom they
+may devour." Still they are angels that excel in strength, whose wisdom
+is corrupted into cunning and craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to
+deceive. Being _spirits_, they are invisible, and tempt without being
+tired. Were they seen, they might be shunned: were they flesh and blood,
+they might become weary in their work; but these "rulers of darkness"
+have continued the work of wickedness ever since they were cast down
+from the heavenly places.
+
+Their _number_ also renders them a terror to the children of men; and
+although under restraint, they are permitted to unite their counsels and
+force against us. If, in the days of our Lord, seven had cutered the
+person of _one_ unhappy sufferer, and _legions_ into _another_, we may
+conclude the gross number greatly exceeds that of the human race.
+
+The devil and his angels are represented as a king and his subjects;
+whence we may infer that they act in concert, and that, whilst they sow
+discord among men, there is an awful concentration of power and of
+policy amongst themselves.
+
+Their usurped _dominion_, and constant _employment_, are often referred
+to in the holy Scriptures; and not an instance of extraordinary
+degradation of character, of disaster of condition, but is traced to
+the influence of the wicked one, who is emphatically called the "ruler
+of the dark ages of this world." He blinds the mind--hardens the
+heart--leads captive at his will--resists the prayers of the
+saints--stifles the cry of the sinner--and (as in the case of Job) puts
+forth a dreadful power by the destructive elements of nature: and were
+it not for the restraints of divine Providence, and the operations of
+grace, the history of man would be a record of continual crime, and
+consequent misery.
+
+We are here particularly admonished to "stand against the wiles of the
+devil." Open violence might excite alarm, especially were it understood
+from whence it proceeded; but secret stratagem has proved more
+successful, both in drawing men into sin, and preventing their return
+to God.
+
+In presenting temptation, he diligently studies human character, and,
+observing the weakest side, and waiting the unguarded moment, obtains
+advantage over us without awakening suspicion.
+
+Thus, in the case of Eve, the only thing she could desire in Paradise
+was more knowledge; of Judas, more money; and of Ananias, more honour;
+and for these objects, Satan, by his wily representation, induced the
+first to eat the forbidden fruit; the second, to betray the Lord of
+glory; and the third, to lie unto the Holy Ghost.
+
+Hence the proud, the passionate, the polluted, the timid, and the
+melancholy, are easily approached through the medium of some common
+failing, or constitutional infirmity; and no one suspects that a devil
+is near them, till the iniquity is committed: and the deed once done,
+the tempter laughs at their calamity, and becomes their tormentor. The
+same policy may be observed in the _seasons_ selected by him to ensnare
+and overthrow the unwary. As a cunning adversary considers when the
+troops are fatigued, scattered, asleep, or intoxicated; so the devil
+assaulted the Saviour when alone, after fasting forty days, and just
+before his crucifixion. As the pirate and the robber pass by and spare
+the empty vessels, and the poor, but watch for those that return laden
+with treasure; so this malignant foe resisted Joshua at the throne of
+grace, sifted Peter as he descended from the mount, and sent his
+messenger to buffet Paul when he had been caught up into the third
+heavens. His wiles may be also seen in the _instruments_ employed: they
+are such as have authority, influence, or reputation; so that a man's
+deceiver shall be among his friends, "and his foes those of his own
+house."
+
+The artifice of this great adversary is not less manifest in _the
+means employed to prevent our return to God_. Like a strong man armed,
+he keeps his palace, and his goods are in peace; and to secure the
+captive, he more frequently has recourse to fraud than to force, and
+succeeds rather by stratagem than by strength.
+
+To prevent alarm, he will suggest every mitigating circumstance
+respecting their guilt; represent that it is an easy matter to repent
+and obtain mercy at the last moment of life; or, if he cannot compose
+the alarmed conscience with such opiates, he will change his course, and
+represent their sins as peculiarly aggravated; their case as singular
+and desperate; their day of grace as past; and that, having committed
+the sin against the Holy Ghost, it is in vain for them to repent, or
+expect forgiveness! Thus, from the pinnacle of presumption, he will
+precipitate them into the gulf of despondency. Were it in his power to
+prevent it, there would be no more joy in heaven at the repentance of a
+sinner, and the light of hope, on earth, would be extinguished for ever.
+
+Nor does he rest with having misrepresented the character and condition
+of the sinner to himself; he will distort and conceal the true character
+of God: at one time representing him as too merciful to punish any one
+eternally for such faults as theirs; at another, that the insulted
+Majesty of heaven meditates vengeance, and his holiness and justice
+would be dishonoured if their multiplied and heinous offences were
+forgiven; diverting their attention from the peculiar discoveries of the
+gospel, he will, as in the conflict of our blessed Lord, bring the
+Scriptures themselves to confirm his wicked suggestions, and, by a false
+application of difficult and detached passages, hide from us the divine
+perfections, as harmonizing and glorified in our redemption by Jesus
+Christ.
+
+One other stratagem may be mentioned, which, for the subtlety of its
+nature, and the frequency of its use, requires especial notice. Satan
+will often transform himself into an angel of light, and by means of
+some popular minister, or talkative professor, promise a speedy growth
+in divine life, but, in reality, will _divert from all proper thoughts
+of God, and of themselves_. He will draw the young convert into some
+matter of doubtful disputation, either of doctrine or discipline in the
+church. He will either explode some important truth, or carry it into an
+improper extreme, turning spirituality into mysticism, or liberty into
+licentiousness. Having thus entangled the inexperienced in some
+labyrinth of error, Satan cares not, if, under a profession of religion
+he can but lead away from the simplicity that is in Christ; and
+substitute for the spirit of the gospel a spirit of pride, and of
+discord, in which all the angry passions find their element, and the
+souls of men are lost for ever, amidst furious contentions about
+religion. "Where-fore, take unto you the whole armour of God." Seeing
+you are placed in circumstances that will require the faithful use of
+every part of it, see that nothing be wanting to your steadfastness.
+
+The armour is chiefly of the defensive kind, by which we may maintain
+our standing in the Christian warfare.
+
+There is an "helmet" for the head, a "breastplate" for the heart,
+"shoes" (or greaves) for the feet, a "girdle" for the loins, a "shield"
+that may be moved for the defence of every part that may require it, and
+a "sword" by which deadly wounds may be inflicted on the enemy. Of these
+we cannot now speak particularly, but shall hereafter, if God permit.
+
+We close with three observations:--1. There is no preparation for the
+back: hence we are to understand that we are to face the foe; and should
+any think to flee for safety, they expose the unprotected part to the
+enemy, and become an easy prey. 2. No direction is given for those who
+shall use this armour aright, and yet be vanquished: from which we infer
+that such a case cannot occur. This is an armour _of proof_, which never
+has failed, and, if used in the strength of the Lord, is sure to be
+effectual. Let the Christian army know that Satan, with all his power
+and subtlety, shall never finally prevail against them. Thus armed,
+_their head shall be preserved from error, their heart from iniquity,
+and their feet from falling_. 3. This is expressly GOD's armour, and we
+can receive it at the hands of no one but the Captain of our salvation.
+As, when God decreed the destruction of Babylon, we are told that "the
+Lord opened his armoury, and brought forth the weapons of his
+indignation;" so, when Christians are called to fight the good fight, to
+resist Satan, and overcome the world, a suitable armour is provided, and
+we are directed to put it on, that we may war a good warfare,--
+
+  "Till, crowned with victory, at his feet
+   We lay our laurels down."
+
+  _Clapham._                                                     J. E.
+
+
+                         THE REV. J. BERRIDGE.
+                 _To the Editor of the Baptist Magazine._
+
+In your last month's magazine I was not a little pleased to meet once
+more the signature of my late excellent friend, John Sutcliff, of Olney.
+The story, also, related by him concerning the pious Mr. Berridge,
+delighted me much; to see such zeal and firmness in his great Master's
+cause, persevered in, even to the end; and to perceive how wonderfully
+the Lord protected and delivered him, amidst the most inveterate
+enemies. Is not here a striking display of a good Master, and a faithful
+servant?
+
+On reading this pleasing and interesting anecdote, it immediately
+occurred to my mind, that a long time since I paid a visit to this
+excellent man, of a most pleasant kind; it was in the summer of 1777,
+when on a journey from Yorkshire to London, through St. Neot's, where I
+stopped to supply the congregation of Independents two Sabbaths. Everton
+being but a short distance from thence, I felt a strong inclination to
+take that opportunity of paying a visit to this good old man, who I had
+several times heard preach at the Tabernacle in London, and for whom I
+felt no small degree of respect. Consequently I rode over to Everton,
+and was kindly invited by the old gentleman to dine with him; on this
+occasion, I well remember requesting him to inform me of his adventures
+as an itinerant preacher, for I knew he was employed in such services.
+The following case Mr. Berridge narrated to me: "I had been preaching in
+a village near Cambridge, at a time when there was a strong opposition
+in that neighbourhood to preaching out of doors. Having fixed upon the
+place, and being furnished with a little table for my pulpit, while I
+was engaged, I thought I felt something moving under me, but was not so
+much incommoded as to interrupt or hinder me in my work. Having
+concluded the service, I retired, safely, from the crowd, into the
+cottage of a poor woman. I had not been there long, before some person
+came to the door, who wished to see me; but the poor woman was so
+alarmed, that she dared not at first open the door, for fear I should be
+ill-treated. I desired her immediately to open the door, and not be
+afraid. Soon after a man came in, trembling, and most earnestly and
+humbly begged my pardon, for he fully intended to throw me down, but
+felt himself powerfully restrained from doing so." Mr. Berridge was not
+a little affected by his confession, and said to me, I had him under my
+table as my prisoner, for he dared not stir to hurt me: and he hoped
+this might be followed by happy results to this convicted culprit.
+
+As he rode upon a high horse, which he showed me, he was often
+discovered at a considerable distance: and the rude people commonly
+cried out, "Here comes the old devil of Everton!"
+
+On the top of Mr. B.'s clock, this remarkable motto was written, "Pay
+me short visits." This, I think, was no bad caution to his numerous
+visitants.
+
+To conclude my story: Soon, soon all these oppositions to the invaluable
+gospel will cease, and the faithful labourer will enter upon his
+everlasting rest, when the truly wise shall shine as the brightness of
+the firmament, and they that have turned many to righteousness (which,
+I doubt not, was the happy case of this faithful servant of God) shall
+shine as the stars for ever and ever.
+
+  _K._                                                           R. H.
+
+
+        ON THE USE OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC IN DISSENTING CHAPELS.
+                _To the Editor of the Baptist Magazine._
+
+Two pieces have lately appeared in your excellent periodical on this
+subject. Though the former considered the use of Instrumental Music, in
+Dissenting Chapels, inconsistent with the simplicity of our worship, the
+ground is fairly open, I conceive, for further investigation. Believing
+that truth is promoted by free discussion, and that your magazine is
+friendly to both, I also rely upon your candour, for the admission of
+the following observations on the impropriety of Instrumental Music in
+the worship of God.
+
+It is, in my opinion, opposed to the spirituality of the New Testament
+worship. When the Christian dispensation took the place of the Jewish,
+it swept away the load of carnal rites and ceremonies with which that
+nation was burdened. Of these carnal ordinances it is universally agreed
+that Instrumental Music was a part: with them, therefore, it is finally
+abolished; nor do I see how we can reinstate it in the worship of God,
+without violating his kingly prerogative, and impairing the spirituality
+of his worship, by the introduction of grosser materials, which he has,
+by direct appointment, excluded.
+
+Instrumental music appears to me to be a departure from the practice
+of the primitive church, as well as a soil upon the spirituality of the
+New Testament worship. It has, from time immemorial, been the custom
+of innovators upon divine worship to construe the silence of the
+scriptures, concerning their innovations, into consent. Every one who
+understands the principles of Protestant Dissenters knows that their
+silence in such a case is a loud condemnation. No better reason, I
+believe, can be assigned for banishing any thing from the worship of the
+sanctuary, than the fact, that it is not sanctioned by the command of
+the apostles, nor by the example of the early Christians. Where, allow
+me to ask, is Instrumental Music sanctioned in the worship of the
+Christian dispensation? The apostle Paul exhorts us to "teach and
+admonish one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs." The same
+apostle, when in jail with Silas at Phillippi, "prayed and sang praises
+unto God." Pliny, in his celebrated letter to Trajan, A. D. 106, or 107,
+says of the Christians in his time, that they were "accustomed, on a
+stated day, to assemble before sunrise, and to join together in singing
+hymns to Christ, as to a deity."
+
+But where have the apostles sanctioned Instrumental Music, by precept or
+example? When and where did the primitive Christians employ it in the
+worship of God? The truth is, as all who are acquainted with
+ecclesiastical records know, Instrumental Music is a piece of popish
+tinsel and show; and moreover a comparatively recent invention of popery
+itself. That musical Instruments were not used, says the author of the
+Biblical Cyclopædia, even in the Popish Church, in Thomas Aquinas's
+time, about the year 1250, appears from the passage in his questions:
+"In the old law, God was praised both with musical instruments and human
+voices; but the Christian church does not use instruments to praise him,
+lest she should seem to judaize."
+
+If, Mr. Editor, there is any justness in these observations; if
+instrumental music is an inroad upon the spirituality of the New
+Testament worship, and a departure from the example of the primitive
+church; then it is not its "tendency to create a unison of voices, which
+must tend so materially to produce a unity of feeling;" nay, it is
+nothing less than the direct command of God that can authorize its
+introduction into his worship.
+
+Some may think this paper attaches too much importance to Instrumental
+Music, especially when discreetly and soberly used, in divine worship.
+But the use of it at all, involves a dangerous principle; and if the
+church of Christ allows one erroneous form to encrust itself upon her,
+that will soon attract to itself other evils of the same kind, until
+the whole is degenerated into one common mass of corruption.
+
+                                                         ANTI MUSICUS.
+
+
+                                POETRY.
+
+                                STANZAS.
+
+  While, through the regions of the skies,
+  Unceasing Alleluias rise,
+  Why are the songs on earth so few?
+  And why not here unceasing too?
+  O Thou, whom there they praise, once slain,
+  But, living, and shall ever reign,
+  In copious streams thy Spirit pour,
+  And waken man from shore to shore;
+    Then universal joy shall rise,
+    And earth shall emulate the skies.
+
+  Oh! the glad morning! when the song
+  Of heavenly praise shall flow along,
+  From beauteous field, and hill, and dale!
+  When cedar mount, and olive vale,
+  Shall burst in glorious singing forth;
+  When east and west, and south and north,
+  Have but one theme, The Lamb who died!
+  The Conqueror, though crucified!
+    Then rays from heaven on earth shall shine,
+    And make these regions too--divine!
+
+  _Homerton._                                          JAMES EDMESTON.
+
+
+                               REVIEWS.
+
+
+     _Memoir of the Late Rev. Joseph Hughes, A.M., one of the
+     Secretaries of the British and Foreign Bible Society._ By JOHN
+     LEIFCHILD. pp. 498.--Ward.
+
+We are not aware that we can commence our notice of this instructing
+volume better than by citing the words with which it concludes: "The
+memory of the just is blessed." But then "memory" must be enriched and
+refreshed by the knowledge of facts which illustrate the principles and
+character of "the just;" and if, with such assistance, it becomes
+strengthened and sanctified to enlarge and perpetuate the exercise of
+practical piety, it must be "blessed" indeed.
+
+That the perusal, even of the most eminently pious biography, may have
+its disadvantages, we are prepared to admit; yet, judicious reflection,
+accompanied with progressive experience, will effect much towards
+preserving the considerate and devout reader from concluding that human
+excellence in the present state, however elevated, can be entirely
+detached from some qualifying alloy, or that the less distinguished may
+not be raised to the possession of "the best gifts," by that sovereign
+benevolence to which every creature, whether in earth or in heaven, is
+indebted, for whatever measure of natural superiority or moral greatness
+he may obtain.
+
+It remains, therefore, our unshaken conviction, that, upon the whole,
+the amount of benefit arising from a suitable regard to such works as
+this now before us, vastly preponderates over the influence of certain
+objections which, were they allowed to operate beyond suggesting a
+salutary caution to the reader, might deprive us of some of the most
+powerful _stimuli_ to noble enterprise, and some of the richest sources
+of sacred enjoyment.
+
+Mr. Hughes was born, we learn from his own account contained in this
+memoir, in London, Jan. 1, 1769. His father was a native of Wales; his
+mother, of Lancaster. A few months after his birth, he was put, for the
+benefit of country air, to Mrs. Edwards, a nurse residing at Cuffley, on
+Enfield Chase, with whom he remained several years. Afterwards his
+parents placed him under the instruction of an ancient matron, of the
+name of Hudson. At a very early period he assumed a manner and
+appearance far above his years. "Joseph," one said to him, "do you love
+play?" to which the grotesque little urchin, as he calls himself,
+demurely replied, "_I did, formerly!_"
+
+In his tenth year he was received as a pupil and boarder in the family
+of Mr. Smalley, minister of a Presbyterian congregation at Darwen, near
+Blackburn, in Lancashire. Here he continued for a few of the most
+important years of his life. From Darwen he was removed to a free school
+at Rivington in the same county. He was baptized by the late Dr.
+Stennett, and a few months afterwards was placed upon Dr. Ward's trust
+as a theological student in the Academy at Broadmead, Bristol. Dr. Caleb
+Evans was President; Mr. James Newton, A.M., Classical Tutor. Here he
+continued the usual term, with a view of completing his course in
+Scotland. Mr. Hughes thus speaks for himself:--
+
+     "Before quitting Bristol for Scotland, I enjoyed the advantage of
+     hearing, as the assistant of Dr. Evans, Robert Hall, who also took
+     part in the tuition of the students. The genius and attainments of
+     the last individual would be ill pourtrayed by me. They command
+     admiration wherever he is known; and if his pen had been as busy
+     as his mind is capacious, ardent, and sublime, they would have
+     commanded the admiration of distant ages. No one, before I had
+     listened to him, had translated the classics in my hearing, with
+     equal grace and spirit; no one had given me such an impression of
+     intellectual nature: but he seems never to have formed the same
+     lofty estimate of himself as he must have known that all his
+     acquaintance held most tenaciously. The paucity of his publications
+     must be ascribed to this. 'On what subject,' he has substantially
+     said, 'can you recommend me to write, on which better things have
+     not already appeared than it is in my power to produce?' Hence we
+     may account for his diffidence, amounting to anxiety, when he has
+     espied among his public auditors, a Parr, or a Mackintosh. Having
+     been asked what he thought of the famed John Henderson, he said,
+    'I felt myself to be a mere child in his presence.'" p. 37.
+
+In October, 1787, Mr. Hughes set out for Aberdeen, with his
+fellow-student, Mr. (afterwards Dr.) John Evans. Here his literary
+acquisitions were enriched, and his religious character much improved.
+Some attachments and friendships were formed, which, in following years,
+were ripened to maturity. Having taken his degree, he spent one session
+at Edinburgh, where he was most affectionately received by the venerable
+Dr. Erskine.
+
+In 1791, he was solemnly called to the ministry, by the church at Wild
+Street, and invited to fill the situation of Classical Tutor at the
+Bristol Academy. Dr. Evans dying in August this year, Mr. H. continued
+to preach at Broadmead during the remainder of that and nearly the whole
+of the following year. About this time he renewed an attachment formed
+while a student at Bristol, between himself and Miss Esther Rolph,
+youngest daughter of George Rolph, Esq., a respectable solicitor at
+Thornbury: who afterwards became his wife, and who lives to lament her
+loss.
+
+In December, 1792, Mr. Hughes accepted the office of assistant minister
+at Broadmead; Mr. (afterwards Dr.) Ryland, having become the Pastor and
+President of the Academy. In this connexion, however, after a time, Mr.
+H. encountered difficulties and discouragements which at length
+terminated in his removal to Battersea in July, 1796. In the following
+year, he was ordained: the service was attended to in the Independent
+chapel, at Clapham. Mr. Josiah Thompson, his early patron, delivered the
+charge, and Mr. Dore preached to the people. Other parts were taken on
+the interesting occasion by Mr. Liddon, of Hemel Hempstead, and Dr.
+Rippon, who has survived them all.
+
+The "Religious Tract Society" was instituted in 1799, of which Mr.
+Hughes was appointed Secretary, and which office he retained to the
+period of his death. But it was as the Secretary of the "British and
+Foreign Bible Society" that he was universally known and admired. This
+noble institution, which he seems, in conversation with the Rev. T.
+Waters, of Worcester, to have admitted originated in a suggestion from
+himself, was publicly formed March 7th, 1804, at the London Tavern,
+Cheapside; Granville Sharp, Esq., in the chair. To the discharge of the
+delightful but onerous duties of this honourable office, he consecrated
+his distinguished talents and eminent piety, during nearly the last
+thirty years of his life.
+
+Towards the close of his life, in consequence of some trying occurrences
+at Battersea, certain efforts were made to remove him into the
+metropolis. This movement, however, called forth renewed feelings and
+expressions of mutual attachment between himself and the persons who had
+so long enjoyed his ministration; and he respectfully declined the
+overture which had been made to him from London.
+
+For a considerable time before his death, Mr. Hughes had been afflicted
+with a pain in one part of his foot. This did not at first occasion any
+alarm; but early in July 1833, having set out on a long journey to
+Wales, and other places, on behalf of the Bible Society, the affection
+in his foot so increased, and, by the necessary exertion in prosecuting
+the object of his journey, became so aggravated, that he was obliged to
+retire to the house of a friend in the vale of Abbey Tintern, and give
+up what remained of his projected tour. This sickness was to be unto
+death; rest and retirement did not mitigate the symptoms of his
+complaint. Amidst great suffering he was removed to Bath; and when it
+was found that little hope remained of a cure being obtained, he was
+conveyed in an invalid carriage from Bath to the house of his son,
+where, after continuing a few days, he was taken to his own residence.
+Throughout his affliction, though his sufferings appear often to have
+been exceedingly acute, he discovered the most exemplary patience and
+resignation; the frame of his mind seems to have been uniformly devout
+and serene, and his confidence in the person and work of the divine
+Redeemer, strong and unwavering. At length, the time of his departure
+arrived. On the evening of October the 3rd, 1833, in the sixty-fifth
+year of his age, he peacefully left these mortal shores.
+
+The character of his mind, of his studies, of his conversation, of his
+oratory on the platform, and of his sermons from the pulpit, Mr.
+Leifchild has delineated with the hand of a master, having possessed all
+the advantages of personal and confiding friendship. The mental and
+moral excellences of Mr. Hughes were unquestionably very exalted; but
+his communications often appeared to suffer from what, perhaps, might
+not improperly be denominated, a constitutional coldness of manner,
+which seemed to impose a sort of reluctant constraint on his own
+feelings. We remember a gentleman of the Tract Committee remarking, "I
+admire Mr. Hughes--I hear him,--I see him--I want to _feel_ him." It was
+evident that, in himself, he felt intensely here; and, doubtless, he now
+burns with all the holy ardour of a seraph in the celestial world.
+
+Were it practicable, we should have peculiar satisfaction in gratifying
+our readers, and enriching our columns, with lengthened extracts from
+this interesting volume; but we must confine ourselves to two, which, we
+are sure, both on account of what they contain, and the high respect in
+which the writers of them have been long and deservedly held, will be
+most acceptable to our readers. The first is from the pen of Mr. Jay.
+
+     "Mr. Hughes was often and much at Bath, formerly, supplying several
+     years at Argyle Chapel, for six weeks together, while I was in
+     town. I have been intimately acquainted with him for upwards of
+     forty-three years, and have exchanged more mind with him than with
+     any man I ever knew, except my friend and tutor, Cornelius Winter.
+     With regard to religious things, we only differed as to baptism;
+     and if we did not love each other the more for this difference, I
+     am sure we did not love each other the less. We disagreed, too, a
+     little with regard to composition and preaching: he too squeamish,
+     and I too careless; he labouring for correctness, and I for
+     impression (in grasping which I sometimes erred); he too satisfied
+     if he could abide criticism, and I too careless of critical
+     judgement, if I could secure effect. Yet, though he was often
+     kindly finding fault with me when we were alone, he was always
+     seeking opportunities to hear me; and I cannot be ignorant how much
+     I shared his commendation, as an author and a preacher. I am
+     thankful for my intimacy with him. My esteem of him always grew
+     with my intercourse. _I never knew a more consistent, correct, and
+     unblemished character._ He was not only sincere, but without
+     offence, and adorned the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
+
+     "His mind was full of information; his conversation, singularly
+     instructive, and very edifying; and while others _talked_ of
+     candour and moderation, he _exemplified_ them. In his theological
+     sentiments he was firm, yet sober and liberal, and not too orthodox
+     (as I have often known this,) to be evangelical. But why do I write
+     this? you know it as well as I, and will describe it better."
+     p. 143.
+
+Thus Mr. Jay, concerning the lamented Mr. Hughes. But now we introduce
+Mr. Foster's letter, addressed to him while languishing into death. "The
+letter referred to," says Mr. Leifchild, "as forwarded to him by his
+friend, Mr. Foster, the editor is happy in being permitted to
+subjoin;--a letter which leaves it hard to determine, whether the
+feelings of the writer, or of the receiver, were most to be envied."
+
+                                     "_Stapleton, September 18, 1833._
+
+     "In conveying a few sentences for the last time to my dear old
+     friend, I wish to be allowed to say why such a token of sympathy
+     and affection is so late.
+
+     "Returning from a long excursion in North Wales, very near the time
+     of your removal to London, I was surprised and grieved at the
+     report of your seyerely afflicted situation at Bath. My impulse to
+     go thither was repressed by the information that no one was
+     admitted to see you. After hearing successive accounts, I wrote a
+     few lines of inquiry to Mr. Evill; and was answered that you had
+     just been removed to London,--with a promise of sending me the
+     information they should receive; which has been done. During the
+     subsequent time, I have withheld from writing to you, partly by
+     information that your great weakness rendered every unusual
+     intervention painful to you, and partly by a report confidently
+     affirming that you had left this world. But at last, and previously
+     to receiving yesterday a message from you through the hands of Mr.
+     R. Cottle, I had determined to write to Mr. George, and put it at
+     his discretion whether to show you the letter.
+
+     "The thought of my dear and ever faithful friend as now standing at
+     the very verge of life, has repeatedly carried me back in memory to
+     the period of our youth, when, more than forty years since, we were
+     brought into habitual society, and the cordial esteem and
+     attachment which have survived, undiminished, through so long a
+     lapse of time, and so much separation. _Then_ we sometimes
+     conjectured--but in vain--what might be the course appointed us to
+     run; and how long; and which might first come to the termination.
+     _Now_ the far greater part of that appointment has been unfolded
+     and accomplished. To me a little stage further remains under the
+     darkness; you, my dear friend, have a clear sight almost to the
+     concluding point. And while I feel the deepest pensiveness in
+     beholding where you stand, with but a step between you and death, I
+     cannot but emphatically congratulate you. I have often felt great
+     complacency in your behalf, in thinking of the course through which
+     Providence has led you,--complacency in regard to the great purpose
+     of life, its improvement, its usefulness, and its discipline and
+     preparation for a better world. You are, I am sure, grateful to the
+     Sovereign Disposer in the review of it. You have had the happiness
+     of faithfully and zealously performing a great and good service,
+     and can rejoice to think that your work is accomplished, with a
+     humble confidence that the Master will say, "Well done, good and
+     faithful servant," while you will gratefully exult in ascribing all
+     to his own sovereign mercy in Jesus Christ.
+
+     "But, oh, my dear friend, whither is it that you are going? Where
+     is it that you will be a few short weeks or days hence? I have
+     affecting cause to think and to wonder concerning that unseen
+     world; to desire, were it permitted to mortals, one glimpse of that
+     mysterious economy; to ask innumerable questions to which there is
+     no answer: What is the manner of existence--of employment--of
+     society--of remembrance--of anticipation--of all the surrounding
+     revelations to our departed friends. How striking to think that
+     _she_[A] so long and so recently with me here, so beloved, but now
+     so _totally_ withdrawn and absent--that she experimentally knows
+     all that I am in vain inquiring!
+
+     [Footnote A: Mrs. Foster.]
+
+     "And a little while hence, you, my friend, will be an object of the
+     same solemn meditations and wondering inquiries. It is most
+     striking to consider--to realize the idea--that _you_, to whom I am
+     writing these lines, who continue yet among mortals, who are on
+     this side of the awful and mysterious veil--that you will be in the
+     midst of these grand realities, beholding the marvellous
+     manifestation, amazed and transported at your new and happy
+     condition of existence, while your friends are feeling the
+     pensiveness of your absolute and final absence, and thinking how,
+     but just now as it were, you were with them.
+
+     "But we must ourselves follow you to see what it is that the
+     emancipated spirits, who have obtained their triumph over death and
+     all evil through the blood of the Lamb, find awaiting them in that
+     nobler and happier realm of the Great Master's empire; and I hope
+     that your removal will be, to your other friends and to me; a
+     strong additional excitement, under the influence of the Divine
+     Spirit, to apply ourselves with more earnest zeal to the grand
+     business of our high calling.
+
+     "It is a delightful thing to be assured on the authority of
+     revelation, of the perfect consciousness, the intensely awakened
+     faculties, and all the capacities and causes of felicity of the
+     faithful in that mysterious separate state and on the same
+     evidence, together with every other rational probability, to be
+     confident of the re-union of those who have loved one another and
+     their Lord on earth. How gloomy, beyond all expression, were a
+     contrary anticipation!
+
+     "My friend feels, in this concluding day of his sojourn on earth,
+     the infinite value of that blessed faith which confides alone
+     in the great Sacrifice for all the sole medium of pardon and
+     reconcilement, and the ground of immortal hope. This has always
+     been to you the very vitality of the Christian religion: and it
+     is so--it is emphatically so--to me also.
+
+     "I trust you will be mercifully supported,--the heart serene, and,
+     if it may be, the bodily pain mitigated, during the remaining
+     hours, and the still sinking weakness of the mortal frame; and I
+     would wish for you also, and in compassion to the feelings of your
+     attendant relatives, that you may be favoured so far as to have a
+     gentle dismission; but as to this, you will humbly say, 'Thy will
+     be done.'
+
+     "I know that I shall partake of your kindest wishes and remembrance
+     in your prayers--the few more prayers you have yet to offer before
+     you go. When I may follow you, and, I earnestly hope, rejoin you in
+     a far better world, must be left to a decision that cannot at the
+     most be very remote; for yesterday completed my sixty-third year. I
+     deplore before God my not having lived more devotedly to the grand
+     purpose; and do fervently desire the aid of the good Spirit, to
+     make whatever of my life may remain much more effectually true to
+     that purpose than all the preceding.
+
+     "But you, my friend, have accomplished your business--your Lord's
+     business--on earth. Go, then, willing and delighted, at his call.
+
+     "Here I conclude, with an affecting and solemn consciousness that I
+     am speaking to you for the last time in this world. Adieu, then, my
+     ever dear and faithful friend. Adieu--for a while! May I meet you,
+     ere long, where we shall never more say, farewell!
+
+                                                          "J. FOSTER."
+
+    _A Beacon to the Society of Friends._ By ISAAC CREWDSON.--Hamilton,
+    Adams, and Co. pp. 155. 12mo.
+
+    _A Defence of the Doctrines of Immediate Revelation, and Universal
+    and Saving Light: in Reply to some Remarks contained in a work,
+    entitled "A Beacon to the Society of Friends."_ By THOMAS HANCOCK,
+    M. D. pp. 92. 12mo.
+
+The Beacon ought to be read with serious attention, and with an honest
+desire to know "what is truth," by every member of the society, to whom
+it is addressed. Members of that society cannot need to be informed
+by us of the absurd and impious vagaries, advocated with an air of
+solemnity, as shocking as it is ridiculous, by certain members of their
+body in America, the leader of whom was Elias Hicks, a man of
+considerable acuteness and energy, but who evinced a degree of mental
+perversity truly appalling. Members of other societies cannot be
+expected to feel any great interest in the sentiments,--if sentiments
+they can be called,--avowed with so much complacency by that fanatic, or
+even in the rapid progress which they made in America. It were wholly
+unnecessary, therefore, even if our limits allowed it, to furnish our
+readers with any account of the ultra-mystic theology of Hicks. It will
+suffice to say, that there is scarcely a doctrine of revelation which it
+does not discard or explain away. The peculiar tenets of this sect were
+publicly denounced by the English Quakers at their yearly meeting, held
+in London, May, 1832; but we hesitate not to affirm--what we can easily
+prove--that the tracts of Elias Hicks are clearly deduced from the
+fundamental principles of Quakerism; that many of his statements bear a
+very close resemblance to those of the early Friends; and that, however
+they may be opposed to those writings which possess divine authority,
+they are fully borne out by others, which are of _almost_ equal
+authority in the estimation of some members of the Society of Friends,
+and which, although that sect acknowledges no creed, are generally
+regarded amongst them as standards of religious doctrine.
+
+Let us illustrate this: Elias Hicks speaks with great apparent
+devoutness, as well as energy, of a way of salvation, which Christians
+in general would imagine peculiarly his own, of which the most assiduous
+and prayerful student of the Scriptures would have no conception, and
+which, as far as we can learn, never entered the minds of Paul, and
+Peter, and John. He says, "It is only by gathering to this light (the
+light within) that we can gain a place in his favour; and by
+endeavouring that all our actions should proceed from the movings of
+this life in the immortal soul; and as this comes to be our case, _we
+gain reconciliation_ with the Father." This short sentence will appear
+to our readers to contain a sufficient quantity of mysticism for any
+purpose, and what is worse, a capital error on a point of vital
+importance. The Scriptures represent, _not the light within_, but
+CHRIST, "who was delivered for our offences, and rose again for our
+justification;" as "our peace, who hath made both (Jews and Gentiles)
+one," and hath "reconciled both unto God in one body by the cross." When
+the apostles were asked, by an awakened sinner, "What shall I do to be
+saved?" they, without any hesitation, replied, "Believe on the Lord
+Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved." They always directed men to
+Jesus Christ for salvation, for pardon, and for purity, for light and
+for life; they believed that Christians are complete in him; but that,
+separated from him, they can do nothing. They affirmed that "there is
+salvation in none other; neither is there any other name under heaven
+given among men, whereby we must be saved." But, if Elias Hicks were
+asked by a poor sinner, conscious of his pollution and guilt, but
+ignorant of the hope set before us in the gospel, "What shall I do to be
+saved?" he would reply, "It is only by gathering to the light--this
+saving light that is within us all, that we gain a place in his favour."
+He never thought of directing sinners to Jesus Christ for salvation; his
+directions uniformly pointed another way: "Oh, then, let us be
+individually endeavouring to gather to the light, and wait on the Lord,
+that we may see his counsel." But this _anti-christian_ statement, this
+opposition to the word of the truth of the gospel, is in perfect
+accordance with the avowed and acknowledged principles of Quakerism.
+
+One of the fundamental principles of the system is, "that there is an
+evangelical and saving light and grace in all," and that "this light
+enlighteneth the hearts of all in a day, in order to salvation, if not
+resisted; nor is it less universal than the seed of sin, being the
+purchase of his death, who _tasted death for every man; for as in Adam
+all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive_." This is the
+language of Robert Barclay, the able apologist of Quakerism; and,
+perhaps, some of the Friends may tell us, how many degrees _below_ the
+authority of Paul and Jesus they hold the Apologist. It must be evident
+to every one, at all conversant with the past history and the present
+state of the society, that the Friends have ever been, and are still, in
+many instances (by far too many), accustomed to direct men, not to Jesus
+Christ, who is able to save unto the uttermost all that come to God by
+him: but to the principle of light and life within, which "enlighteneth
+the hearts of all in a day, in order to salvation, if not resisted."
+
+Closely connected with the doctrine of inward light, is that of
+immediate revelation. But the veneration of men for the authority of
+Scripture decreases in exact proportion to their zeal for immediate
+revelation. Elias Hicks received revelations quite as important in their
+nature, as abundant in their measure, and as immediate in their mode of
+communication, as any with which the apostle Paul was favoured. He is
+therefore entitled to disregard the authority of Scripture! He has in
+himself a higher authority! and he is commissioned to direct men to a
+better, in every respect a better, guide, than that sure word of
+prophecy to which the first Christians were exhorted to take heed, as to
+a light shining in a dark place! This is his language: "It is through
+this comforter that _all our_ knowledge of God must come; and all that
+ever was among rational beings under heaven, came through this medium,
+and none other. But, by our believing that we can help ourselves to
+heaven by the aid of the Scriptures, _a mere written book_, at the same
+time that we understand it so diversely, sets us to warring and
+quarrelling. Has not this been long enough the case, for every rational
+being to be instructed and to see, that _instead of its being a
+sufficient rule of faith, and practice, it is the reverse, for while it
+is depended on as such, it hinders from coming to the truth_. The
+Scriptures never told us that they were a sufficient rule, but they
+recommend us to that from which they themselves bad their origin--the
+Spirit of truth." If this be not infidelity, we really know not what is.
+Hicks does not even speak of the sacred Scriptures with that decent
+respect which one would consider due to the writings of a _brother_
+prophet: "The Scriptures a mere written word, which, instead of being a
+sufficient rule of faith and practice, is the reverse, and hinders from
+coming to the truth!" Such language must draw a sigh from every
+Christian breast. But is such language utterly strange in the annals of
+Quakerism? Is it unusual in that society to speak of the Scriptures in
+terms of disparagement, compared with the teaching of the Spirit, and
+immediate revelation? Barclay affirms, that "the _Scriptures_, '_being
+outwardly written_,' are the law which brings _condemnation_, and
+_kills_; but that the _gospel_ is the _inward_ spiritual law which
+_gives life_." He affirms, that "inward, immediate, objective revelation
+is the only sure, certain, and immovable foundation of all Christian
+faith;" and that "the principal rule of Christians under the gospel is
+not an outward letter, but an inward spiritual law; therefore the letter
+of Scripture is not, nor can be, the chief or principal rule of
+Christians:" and our good friend, Dr. Hancock, represents those in the
+society, who "are turning the eye of the mind outward instead of
+inward;" that is to say, who are looking to the Scriptures, instead of
+to the light within; as "after beginning in the Spirit going back to the
+letter," and thus "leaving the fountain of life itself, and 'hewing out
+to themselves _broken cisterns_, that can hold no water?'" Are these the
+words which are able to save our souls, to make us wise unto salvation
+through faith in Christ Jesus? or are these the terms which a Christian
+feels himself authorized to apply to those words?
+
+Much might be said, and most justly, of the evil tendencies, and the
+pernicious fruits, of this capital error, respecting immediate
+revelation, and the consequent disparagement of the living oracles of
+God; but we can now simply advert to that grand axiom, which is in the
+mouth of all orthodox Friends, and which, they fancy, renders their
+notion of the Scriptures as stable as the pillars of the creation, and
+as clear as the light of heaven. The axiom, in simple terms, is this:
+"The author is greater than his work; the Spirit which gave the
+Scriptures is greater than the Scriptures which he gave; therefore the
+Spirit, and not the Scriptures, is the first and chief foundation of
+truth, ground of faith, and rule of conduct." This would seem all very
+plain; but it is very fallacious. The author is greater than his work:
+very true; but when you (if we may for a moment address ourselves to
+Friends), when you plead for "immediate revelation," as the surest
+foundation of all Christian faith, and "the principal rule" of Christian
+conduct, you are not placing the author above his work, but _one work_
+of the author above _another_ of the works of the same author; you are
+not placing the Spirit above the Scriptures, but you are placing the
+private and personal revelations of the Spirit to you, above those
+revelations of the same Spirit which he gave to apostles and prophets,
+for the instruction and salvation of the human race. It is generally
+admitted by you, that the "Scriptures were given by inspiration of God;"
+that they are a revelation from God to man; that they are words which
+"holy men of God spake and penned as they were moved by the Holy
+Spirit." Though we were to admit, therefore, that you have in
+reality--we believe no such thing--revelations from the Spirit of truth,
+it would be absurd to say, that because the author is greater than his
+work, these private revelations are a firmer foundation of faith, and a
+more certain rule of conduct, than the revelations contained in the
+inspired volume: it is not the Spirit which you have, but, at best, a
+revelation from the Spirit; and this revelation you place above the
+Scriptures, which you acknowledge to be divine--which you admit to be a
+revelation from God to man.
+
+It may be vain in us, but we think this remark worthy the attention of
+Friends: if we are mistaken in our view of this subject, we should be
+happy to be put right; but if we are correct, the main pillar of
+Quakerism is overthrown, and the edifice must, as in that case it would
+deserve to, fall.
+
+Of Dr. Hancock's work, it may, perhaps, be enough to say, that it
+affords a poor defence of notions which many of our readers will believe
+do not merit a better. Like some other "defenders of the faith," the
+Doctor makes up for a lack of argument, not indeed by an exhibition of
+the sword, or the stake, but by positive assertions, by dogmatism, and
+by a condemnatory spirit. The unfortunate author of "The Beacon"
+appears, in Dr. H.'s opinion, to have committed an almost unpardonable
+offence against the society, and, in this opinion, we are sorry to find
+the Doctor is by no means singular. It is melancholy to witness the
+bitter spirit of intolerance and persecution, which the well-intended
+effort of Mr. Crewdson has raised in the Society of Friends--the
+peaceable, the nonresisting Friends. It is questionable, even now,
+whether the publication of his little volume may not lead--in violation
+of one of the fundamental principles of the Society, as stated and
+advocated by William Penn, in his address to Protestants, and in
+contempt of the spirit of religion, and, happily, of the age in which
+we live,--to the exclusion of Mr. Crewdson from the Society of Friends.
+Alas for poor human nature! whatever else may change, this is always
+the same--the same, whether under a bishop's mitre, or a Quaker's
+broad-brim. The "Defence" may certainly appear a powerful thing to those
+who entirely agree with the author: those who differ from him will
+probably be of another mind. A few short extracts will suffice to show
+the _clearness_ and _consistency_ of the author's statements. In page
+17, he says, "I consider every opinion which has not their (the
+Scriptures') support must fall to the ground;" but in page 8 he says,
+"If nothing of divine influence, in the days of Fox and Penn--nothing, I
+say, but the light and knowledge of Scripture, had operated on the minds
+of men, then, I believe, _our religious Society would never have had
+existence_, for they were taught immediately _by_ Christ, and they
+directed all _to_ Christ." Every opinion not supported by Scripture must
+fall to the ground: then Quakerism must necessarily sink; for, according
+to the Doctor's own showing, that system owes its very existence, not to
+the Scriptures, but to something else--to immediate revelation. In page
+22, he says, "_Neither the opinion of Robert Barclay, nor that of any
+other man, would weigh with me_, if I did not consider that it was
+founded on a correct and enlarged view of Scripture doctrine:" very
+good; but then, in the very next sentence, he adds, "I quote the Apology
+of Robert Barclay, concluding, that one who is now _a minister_ (Mr.
+Crewdson), _in outward fellowship in the same society with myself, can
+hardly be supposed_ TO HAVE THROWN OFF THE AUTHORITY OF A WORK _so
+justly esteemed as it is amongst us_; for this would imply, that his
+_departure from the ground of our testimonies_ was greater than I am yet
+willing to believe it to be." The opinion of Barclay has no weight: yet
+no man in the Society of Friends can be supposed to have thrown off the
+authority of Barclay's Apology! We cordially congratulate the Society of
+Friends on the appearance of the "Beacon;" and sincerely pray, that a
+spirit of inquiry may be universally excited, and that the divine
+authority of the Scriptures, as the sole and sufficient rule of faith
+and practice, may eventually, and even speedily, be established in the
+mind of every individual amongst them. Of Dr. Hancock we know nothing;
+and of that gentleman, personally, we cannot, and will not, say anything
+bordering on disrespect; but we heartily wish the Mystics and Quietists
+all the joy, to which they are _fairly entitled_ from his Defence.
+
+
+                               OBITUARY
+
+                           REV. R. COMPTON.
+
+The Rev. Robert Compton, late minister of the General Baptist church and
+congregation, at Isleham, Cambridgeshire, was born at Withybrook, near
+Monk's Kirby, in Warwickshire, on the 21st of February, 1780. He had the
+unspeakable privilege of being the son of parents decidedly pious. His
+father died more than thirty years ago; but his mother, whom he visited
+for the last time in August, 1833, survived until some time early in the
+spring of the last year; when, in a good old age, she slept in Jesus,
+and entered into her rest, preceding her son to glory only a few months.
+
+Mrs. Compton, lik Eunice, possessing "unfeigned faith," discovered great
+concern for the spiritual welfare of her children, not only praying for
+them, but conversing with them on the most important and deeply
+interesting subject that can engage the thoughts of young persons,--the
+way in which mercy is extended to sinners. Her anxiety that her children
+might walk in the paths of peace led her, in conversation with Christian
+friends, freely to express her views in reference to their religion.
+When about seventeen years of age, our late friend overheard his mother
+telling a person that she had some hopes of the piety of her son George,
+but had none respecting her son Robert. This, connected with the
+circumstance of his brother John, about the same time, becoming decided
+for the Lord, very powerfully wrought upon his mind, and he could not
+dislodge the thought--"If my brothers should go to heaven, and I should
+perish!" From this time he began to seek the Lord by prayer, and reading
+the holy Scriptures with a new and peculiar delight. Before he was
+eighteen years old, he made a public profession of his repentance and
+faith, being baptized in company with his brother John, and several
+other persons; and became a member of the General Baptist church at
+Hinckley, in Leicestershire.
+
+Having now found a Saviour suited to his own circumstances as a guilty
+ruined sinner, he was anxious to direct other guilty and ruined sinners
+to the same refuge; and being encouraged by his friends, he began to
+preach the gospel in the neighbouring villages.
+
+A few years after Mr. Compton began to explain the Scriptures in the
+vicinity of his native place, he removed into Cambridgeshire, residing
+first at Harston, then at Sawston; and preaching frequently to the
+congregations at Ashwell, in Hertfordshire, and at the latter mentioned
+place of his residence. From Sawston, he came to reside at Isleham, in
+the year 1816, and was ordained pastor over the General Baptist church
+and congregation here, October the 29th, 1817, where, with fidelity and
+great affection, he continued to labour almost to the time of his death.
+
+Soon after Mr. Compton came to Isleham, he was called to mourn under a
+sudden and most painful stroke, in the death of his kind and endeared
+companion, who left behind her five children, at an age when they were
+almost unconscious of their loss. A kind Providence, however, soon
+repaired his loss, by leading him to contract a second marriage with the
+highly esteemed lady who survives him.
+
+Mr. Compton was, a few years ago, a strong man; formed as if for
+vigorous, persevering, and unwearied effort. A little more than three
+years since, evident symptoms of consumption appeared; and in each
+succeeding spring they increased, and threatened to put an end to his
+faithful and successful labours. During the spring and summer of 1834,
+he appeared fast hastening to the grave. His emaciated countenance, his
+feeble and almost inaudible voice, and his increasing debility, clearly
+indicated the near approach of death. Not only did his weakened frame
+show the nearness of the last enemy, but the detachment of his mind from
+the world--the calm and serene composure of soul which he enjoyed--the
+strength and firmness of his hope and confidence in the righteousness of
+Jesus Christ, gave satisfying evidence that he was ripening for glory.
+
+He did not attempt to preach for some weeks before he died, but was not
+prevented; the whole of any Lord's-day during his affliction, from going
+to the meeting-house. Only two days previous to his death, he
+administered the solemn and interesting, but too much neglected,
+ordinance of the Lord's Supper to his beloved people. Oh! it was a time
+not to be forgotten, when he took his affectionate farewell of all the
+members of the of the church who were present! The writer of this
+memorial well remembers seeing several of Mr. C.'s friends returning
+home from the meeting-house on this occasion, whose countenances
+evidenced a strong persuasion that they should never see the face or
+hear the voice of their beloved pastor again in this world. The pleasing
+and delightful state of his mind, in the last days of his life, will be
+discovered in the following communication to the writer of this sketch
+from the pen of a near relative.
+
+"During the whole of his illness he maintained the greatest calmness and
+composure; the enemy was not once permitted to disturb his peace, or to
+shake his confidence in God. On one occasion, a short time before his
+departure, he said to a friend, 'The Lord is very kind to me; for while
+he afflicts me with one hand, he supports me with the other; yes, he
+_always_ has been good to me, he _never_ has forsaken me;' and with his
+characteristic energy added, 'And nobody shall make me believe that he
+will ever forsake me now.' When conversing with another friend on the
+bright and glorious prospect he had of future bliss, he said, 'I am very
+ambitious, for I am striving for a crown; and it is one which will never
+fade away.' His family did not perceive him to be materially worse,
+until the Saturday previous to his death; but from the evident change
+which then took place, they urged his staying at home on the
+sabbath-day; to this he replied, 'I have a great wish to go, perhaps,
+for the last time.' His wish was complied with, and, propped up with
+pillows in an easy chair, he, for the last time, distributed to his
+weeping church the memorials of the Saviour's death; and, with wonderful
+composure, although with feeble steps, he walked round the aisles of the
+chapel, and took leave of all the persons present. On the Monday he
+appeared fast sinking into the arms of death; and, on a friend saying to
+him, 'The conflict will soon be over,' he replied, 'Do you think
+so?--I'm afraid not.' The restlessness of death was evidently now upon
+him, and on being assisted up stairs, a distressing fit of coughing came
+on, accompanied by difficulty of respiration, and the loss of all power
+to expectorate: this continued with but little cessation during the
+night. A highly esteemed friend visiting him early in the morning of
+Tuesday (the day on which he died), he said, 'Well, Madam, we have often
+talked together about heaven, I hope I shall soon be there,' adding,
+'but, perhaps, you will pray with me once more on earth?' This was most
+kindly complied with. My mother asked what passage of Scripture she
+should read; he promptly replied, 'The 116th Psalm;' many parts of which
+were strikingly and beautifully adapted to his own circumstances at that
+moment. After prayer, he said to the same friend, 'If I get safe to
+heaven, and should hear that you are coming (and am permitted) I will
+welcome you there.' On being asked if Christ was precious to him, he
+said, 'More than any thing else; the world is nothing to me now; death
+has lost its sting, and the grave has no terrors.' Repeatedly, during
+the day, he said, 'Oh! how gladly could I lie down and die!--O that I
+had wings like a dove!' &c. To his highly esteemed brother, Mr.
+Reynolds, he said, 'Well, Sir, when I am gone, I shall want you to bury
+me;--do not say much about me, preach to the people, and tell them to be
+stedfast,' &c. On one of his family coming to his bedside, he said:
+'Love not the world, nor the things that are in it; set your affections
+on things that are above, and trust in the Lord at all times.' To
+another, 'Live near to God, put your trust in him, and he will carry you
+through.' To his youngest daughter he affectionately said, 'Remember
+your Creator, my dear Betsy, in the days of your youth, perhaps you may
+not live to be old.'--His end was peace: he was not the subject of
+ecstasies; but he possessed a stable confidence, of which the approach
+of the last enemy could not deprive him."
+
+At the comparatively early age of fifty-four years, this devoted servant
+of Christ left this transitory world, about five o'clock in the
+afternoon of Tuesday, the 5th day of August, 1834; calmly and serenely
+falling asleep in Jesus.
+
+On Monday, the 11th, his mortal remains were conveyed to the
+burying-ground belonging to the meeting-house, and there interred and
+left to moulder into dust, until the voice of the archangel and the
+trump of God shall raise them.
+
+Agreeably to the request of our departed brother, Mr. Saunders, of
+Barton-Mills, delivered an address at the grave; and the people then
+assembled in the meeting-house to hear the funeral sermon, which, at the
+request of his beloved brother, was preached by the Particular Baptist
+minister residing in the same village, from 1 Cor. xv. 58: "Therefore,
+my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast;" &c. Prayer was offered at the
+grave by the Rev. J. Jarrom, of Wisbeach; and the brethren Mays, of
+Fordham, and Buckpitt, of Burwell, prayed in the meeting-house. As an
+evidence of the high esteem in which Mr. Compton was deservedly held,
+these services were numerously attended from the neighbouring
+congregations, although it was in the midst of harvest, when every hour
+is of great importance.
+
+There was in Mr. Compton, a combination of excellences; a happy
+temperament of mind, a cheerfulness of disposition, and a great flow of
+animal spirits; these being under the influence and regulation of divine
+grace, he was calm and unmoved by events that would have overwhelmed
+many other men.
+
+As a neighbour, benignity and kindness emanated from his heart, dwelt
+upon his countenance, and were expressed in his words and actions.
+
+As a Christian, integrity and uprightness, consistency of character,
+deep humility, fervent devotion, liberality of feeling and conduct
+towards those who differed from him on some points of doctrine, an
+ardent love to Jesus Christ, to his word, and to his people, were
+features by which he was eminently distinguished.
+
+Zeal for his Master's cause, love to the souls of men, active,
+persevering, and laborious efforts to make known the word of life to his
+perishing fellow-creatures, characterized the public ministry of our
+departed friend.
+
+As a pastor, he was diligent, faithful, and affectionate. As a husband
+and a father, his worth was known and appreciated by his bereaved widow
+and children.
+
+Mr. Compton had the unusual pleasure and satisfaction to know, before he
+left this world, that all his children were walking in the fear of the
+Lord. Six of his own, and five others, for whose spiritual and eternal
+well-being he most deeply felt and most fervently prayed, were all
+devoted to the Lord! O ye Christian parents! let this encourage you to
+pray earnestly and constantly for your children.
+
+The above is, much of it, extracted from the funeral sermon, the
+preacher of which did not know, when he referred to six of Mr. C.'s
+children as walking in the fear of the Lord, that his eldest daughter
+had entered into heaven more than three weeks before her father, and was
+then with his glorified spirit in the presence of Jesus, where hope and
+fear had issued in never ending fruition.
+
+Mrs. Mary Ann Goadby, eldest daughter of our departed brother, and wife
+of the Rev. J. Goadby, General Baptist Missionary at Cuttack, in Orissa,
+left England, with her husband, in July, 1833, and landed in India some
+time in the month of December.
+
+During the months of May and June last year, she experienced great
+languor and debility from the influence of the climate, and on the 13th
+of July her deathless spirit took its flight into the presence of Jesus,
+there in triumph to welcome the arrival of her father's on the 5th of
+August.
+
+                                                                 J. R.
+
+
+                       RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
+
+ANTI-SLAVERY DEPUTATION, FROM THE UNITED STATES TO EUROPE.
+
+We have great pleasure in informing our readers, that the Rev. Dr. Cox,
+Professor of Theology at Auburn seminary, in the state of New York, has
+been deputed by the Executive Committee of the American Anti-slavery
+Society to visit Europe, in conjunction with the Rev. Joshua Leavitt,
+the talented editor of the New York Evangelist, _for the purpose of
+effecting a union of the abolitionists of the two Continents, in efforts
+to extinguish slavery and the slave trade throughout the world_. Dr. Cox
+is already well known to the Christian public of this country by his
+previous visit. His distinguished companion enjoys the reputation among
+Christians of all denominations in the United States. The paper he so
+ably conducts stands first among the religious journals of his country.
+These gentlemen are expected in London the beginning of this month; and
+we are informed that, as soon after their arrival as possible, the
+Committee of the $1 will convene a public meeting to receive
+them, of which due notice will be given.
+
+To the Christian philanthropist it will afford the greatest satisfaction
+to learn, that the glorious cause of emancipation is rapidly advancing
+to its consummation in the United States. "The people are rousing--the
+pulpits are opening--the cities are shaking--the press is speaking--the
+Congress is acting; and, soon, the topic of slavery will be the text of
+the clergyman--the theme of the patriot--and the subject of prayer and
+exertion of the philanthropist and the Christian." Thus writes a
+distinguished individual from America, whose labours have been eminently
+blessed in this field of Christian benevolence. May the Lord hasten the
+time when every yoke shall be broken, and the oppressed in every land
+shall go free!
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+        PREMIUM OFFERED FOR A PRIZE ESSAY ON THE LOVE OF MONEY.
+
+It is the opinion of many of the wisest and best of men, that the
+besetting sin of professors of christianity is _the love of money_; and
+yet, there is no subject on which so little has been written well. The
+late Andrew Fuller says, "It will, in all probability, prove the eternal
+overthrow of more characters among professing people, than any other
+sin; because it is almost the only crime which can be indulged, and a
+profession of religion at the same time supported."
+
+_One Hundred Guineas_, besides the profits of its publication, will be
+presented to the author of the best essay on this subject. Preference
+will be given to the most spiritual, poignant, and affectionate appeal
+to the judgment and consciences of those who professedly recognize the
+authority of revelation, on avaricious hoarding, and unchristian-like
+expenditure, to gratify the lust of the eye, and pride of life, whilst
+they avow their obligations to redeeming mercy, and profess that
+themselves, and all they have, is not their own, but belongs, and must
+be accounted for, to Him who has said, "Occupy till I come," and then
+"Give an account of thy stewardship, for thou mayest be no longer
+steward." The work wanted, is one that will bear upon selfishness, as it
+leads to live to ourselves, and not for God and our fellow-men.
+
+It is requested that reference may be made to the different estimates of
+man who blesseth, and of God, who abhorreth, the covetous (Ps. x. 3);
+and to the tremendous consequences of this sin, which is associated with
+the vilest of crimes which exclude from the kingdom of heaven. (Eph. v.
+5.) The manuscript is to be sent to Dr. Conquest, 13, Finsbury Square,
+on or before the 1st of November, 1835; with a sealed letter, containing
+the address of the writer. The Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel and the Rev.
+Dr. Pye Smith have kindly engaged to be the arbitrators. The reward will
+be adjudged on the 1st of May, 1836.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+       BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH, KEIGHLEY, YORKSHIRE.
+
+The Baptists were first introduced into Keighley by a Mr. John Town, who
+was a member of the Baptist church at Haworth, under the care of the
+venerable and Rev. Miles Oddy. Keighley was at that time beginning to be
+a large and populous place. The clergyman in the establishment was an
+irreligious character, and the Independent church and congregation were
+nearly extinct.
+
+At first the ministers were permitted to preach in the Independent
+meeting-house; but after some time a Mrs. Sunderland offered her house,
+until Mr. Town could fit up a room for constant worship. The ministers
+who kindly assisted in the formation of the infant cause were, Messrs.
+Steadman, D. D., Shuttleworth, Trickett, and Shaw.
+
+In the year 1809, or 1810, four persons were baptized by Mr.
+Shuttleworth, pastor of the church at Cowlinghill: and on the third of
+June, 1810, a large upper room in the house of Mr. Town was opened for
+worship by Mr. Shepherd, from Bradford, who preached on this occasion
+from Solomon's Song, vi. 10. The congregation increased; others were
+baptized; and in the year 1812 the church was formed. In 1813 it was
+deemed necessary to erect a chapel. A piece of ground was provided by
+Mr. Town; and on Easter Monday, 1813, the first stone was laid; but the
+chapel was not opened until the 29th of March, 1815; when Mr. Lister, of
+Liverpool, Mr. Stephens, of Rochdale, and the venerable Dr. Steadman, of
+Bradford, were engaged. At this period the church consisted of eighteen
+members. The chapel cost something more than £990; and will seat about
+615 persons.
+
+The first pastor of the church was Mr. Joseph Shaw, who came to Keighley
+in 1814. During the years 1816, 1817, and 1818, little is said: but in
+1819 the members amounted to 33; and some uneasiness originating with a
+part of the church and the minister, a separation took place, and a new
+chapel was erected by the party attached to Mr. Shaw, at Slacklane, from
+two to three miles from Keighley. This circumstance left the church at
+Keighley very small, and greatly diminished the congregation.
+
+In 1820 Mr. Thomas Blundell took the oversight of the people in the
+Lord. The members again numbered 32. In 1824 a large portion of the debt
+was removed; soon after which, the pastor was taken ill, and on July
+1st, 1824, resigned his spirit into the hands of Him who gave it. During
+this year four members were also removed to the world of spirits; among
+whom were Mr. Town and his wife, who died within ten days of each other;
+and whose remains were deposited in the burial-ground adjoining the
+chapel; and to whose memory a handsome tombstone has been erected by the
+family.
+
+These strokes of mortality appear to have been sanctified--a spirit of
+prayer has been excited--and a morning prayer-meeting established to
+seek divine direction in the choice of a pastor. And on Sunday, Aug.
+15th, 1824, the present pastor, Mr. Abraham Nichols, then under the care
+of Dr. Steadman, and a member of the church at Rawden, under the care of
+Mr. Hughes, preached his first sermons at Keighley, and baptized two
+persons at Turkeymill. From this time his visits to Keighley became
+frequent; and on the first of November, he received an invitation to
+become pastor. On the 30th of January, 1825, he accepted the invitation,
+and preached from Rom. xv. 30, to the end.
+
+Things now began to wear rather an animating appearance. Some gentlemen
+were at the expense of fitting up a baptistry; and Mr. Jos. Town,
+youngest son of the above-mentioned Mr. Town, presented the minister
+with a Bible and hymn book for the pulpit. This gentleman is a deacon of
+the Baptist church at Leeds, under the care of the Rev. J. Acworth, A.M.
+
+A subscription was also entered into for the liquidation of the debt
+upon the chapel; and on the 25th of December, 1825, the friends, at the
+close of two sermons by Mr. Stephens of Rochdale, realized the sum of
+£166 0s. 6d., including £30 each from the two Mr. Towns, £15 from a
+sister, and £10 from a brother-in-law; with many other equally noble
+sums, according to the ability of the parties.
+
+On the 15th of August, 1826, Mr. Nichols was ordained, when Mr. Mann,
+late of Mazepond, London, stated the nature of a gospel church; Mr.
+Hughes offered the ordination prayer; Dr. Steadman delivered the charge,
+from 2 Sam. x. 12; and Mr. Godwin addressed the church, from 1 Thess. v.
+12, 13.
+
+In 1829 the singing gallery was altered, and the bottom of the chapel
+pewed; also, a very substantial and convenient house was built for the
+minister, which cost about £260, towards the expense of which there was
+£188 (duty off) left as an endowment by J. Holmes, Esq., of Stanbury,
+near Haworth, and which could be appropriated to no purpose but for the
+advantage of the minister.
+
+In 1830, the burial-ground having been enlarged on each side, a portion
+of the debt was removed.
+
+In 1834 and 1835, the ground was again enlarged, by the addition of 312
+yards; and a new school-room erected, towards which, including a grant
+through the British and Foreign School Society, the subscriptions and
+collections, &c., have amounted to about £220.
+
+The Sabbath-school contains near 100 children; the congregation,
+including 91 families or parts of families, will average from 300 to
+400; the number of members, near 70.
+
+The following persons have been deacons of the church, viz.:
+
+John Beadley, who died July 20th, 1827; funeral sermon from 1 Cor. vii.
+29, 30. Jonas Rhodes, who died Oct. 11th, 1832. Samuel Clapham, who died
+March 24th, 1833. (There is a short account of each of the two latter in
+the Baptist Tract Magazine, for 1833.) Joseph Milner, who died April,
+1834; and who had been deacon from the formation of the church.
+
+The present deacons are,--Mr. John Town, Turkey-Mills; Mr. Joseph
+Laycock, Knowl; and Mr. Joseph Hall, North-street.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+              STATE OF THE BAPTIST INTEREST AT LYNN.
+
+From our personal knowledge of Mr. Poile, and of the circumstances of
+the following case, we respectfully recommend the perusal of it to all
+who feel the necessity, and who are in any measure enabled to assist in
+the support of a sound evangelical exhibition of the unsearchable riches
+of Christ.
+
+                                         W. H. MURCH, Stepney College.
+                                        W. BROCK, St. Mary's, Norwich.
+
+It is extensively known that the Baptist interest at Lynn Regis has been
+for many years in a depressed condition--a fact which has been much
+deplored by the friends of the denomination on the spot, and by those
+who have been acquainted with the circumstances of the case. In
+presenting it to the notice of the friends of the Redeemer, with the
+hope of securing their Christian sympathies and assistance, a brief
+outline of the case will not be deemed unnecessary.
+
+The Baptist church at Lynn appears to have been formed about the year
+1760, by Mr. Chesterton, who was succeeded in the pastoral office by the
+Rev. W. Richards, M.A., and afterwards by Mr. Durrant, who gratuitously
+laboured among the people for several years. The place of worship,
+occupied until nearly the close of Mr. Durrant's ministry, was a small
+hired chapel in Broad-street, which was afterwards purchased. About this
+time it was deemed advisable by the friends to erect a new
+meeting-house; and for this purpose a piece of land was bought adjoining
+the old place. The purchase of the ground and the erection of the
+building, capable of seating 300 persons, amounted to £1269 8s.; to the
+reduction of which, Messrs. Durrant and Brindley gave £200 each; £47
+16s. were collected in Lynn; leaving a debt on the place of £821 12s.
+The pulpit having been occupied for a short period by different
+ministers, the church was induced to invite one of respectable talents
+to become their pastor, whose connexion with them, in consequence of his
+adoption of doctrinal errors, extended to no longer a period than twelve
+months. During that period a large and respectable congregation was
+attracted; the greater part of whom, however, having imbibed the errors
+which have been referred to, left the place with the minister, and
+erected a Socinian chapel; thus giving occasion for regret, not only
+that error was propagated, but by those to whom the Baptist cause was
+looking for support. From that period to the present many efforts have
+been made to revive the cause; and the debt, in 1812, by means of an
+appeal to the friends at Lynn, Dereham, Yarmouth, and Norwich, was
+reduced to £702 9s. A great variety of ministers have laboured, with
+more or less success, some of whom are now occupying important stations
+in different parts of the country.
+
+A combination of causes occasioned the removal of many, apparently well
+suited to raise the interest; but that which seems more than any thing
+else to have deprived the church and town of the labours of devoted
+servants of Christ, was the _legal_ and _pecuniary_ embarrassments of
+the place. It will easily be conceived that, amidst events thus adverse,
+the church was frequently threatened with extinction, and the cause
+nearly given up for lost by those who hoped even against hope.
+
+In September, 1832, the writer of this article acceded to the request of
+the church to pay them a visit, by the advice of his tutors, and
+received, at the expiration of a month, an unanimous invitation to spend
+a longer period, with a view to a settlement. An assurance that the
+legal difficulties would speedily be settled, and the hope that his
+labours might be blessed, induced him to comply. Various efforts were
+made to hasten this, without avail, until July, 1833, when it was
+thought by the friends generally, that it would be much to the advantage
+of the cause if a new place could be erected in a more eligible part of
+the town; and it was determined, by the advice of the Rev. W. H. Murch,
+president of Stepney College, to ascertain its practicability. The
+smallness, however, of the resources at home, and the promises from
+abroad, rendered such an attempt unjustifiable; so that nothing could be
+done, but either to use every effort to secure the old place, or to give
+up the cause entirely. The former step was finally decided on; and the
+writer consented to struggle, with the church, until a faithful God
+should answer the prayers of his people. After much trouble and anxiety,
+the _legal_ business was settled on February 19th, 1835, and £100 was
+paid, which had been collected in the town. Lord's-day, 21st, was held
+as a day of thanksgiving, and the season improved by sermons from Ps.
+cxv. 1, and Ps. cxviii. 25. It was a day that will long be remembered by
+many present.
+
+The number in the church in 1832 was 30; since that time 27 have been
+baptized, to whom several others expect shortly to be added, who are
+affording proofs that they have given themselves to the Lord. The
+congregation is now good, and harmony prevails in the church. There is a
+Sunday school of 250 children, an adult class, two Bible classes, and an
+ecclesiastical history class. On Friday, March 6, the foundation-stone
+of a Sunday school-room, 44 ft. by 34 ft. (to be used also as a
+day-school), was laid by Mr. Wilson, missionary of the Sunday School
+Union. The cost of the building will be £170, of which £60 have been
+collected, principally in Lynn; and it is earnestly hoped that the
+friends of scriptural education will give their generous aid towards so
+desirable an object amidst 15,000 inhabitants. The necessity of
+repairing and cleaning the chapel, to make it _tenantable_, will be
+obvious when it is stated, that scarcely any thing has been done to it
+since it was built, 26 years ago. To do this, and render it commodious,
+will require upwards of £200. The debt which the friends will be obliged
+to remove as speedily as possible, so as to be able to carry on the
+cause, is £500, leaving a mortgage on the place of £600, at 4 per cent.,
+the interest of which the rents of property will nearly meet.
+
+As nothing now appears needful to render the Baptist cause at Lynn,
+under the Divine blessing, a useful and respectable interest, but the
+united aid of the friends of the Redeemer, it is earnestly hoped that a
+faithful statement of facts will not only meet the eye of those who have
+it in their power to assist, but that the evil _so much_ and _so
+greatly_ to be deprecated--a minister leaving his people to travel for
+money, may in this case be dispensed with; and that, instead of the
+cause at Lynn being a matter of deep regret to the Christian church, it
+may become a praise in the earth.
+
+                                                          W. F. POILE.
+
+
+                             ASSOCIATIONS.
+
+              THE HALF-YEARLY WEST HANTS. MINISTERS' MEETING
+
+Was held at Bewley, April 8th, 1835. The afternoon was spent by the
+brethren in conference and prayer.
+
+The public service took place in the evening. Brother Burt, the pastor,
+began by solemn prayer. Brother Turquand read the Scriptures, prayed,
+and spoke on "Perseverance in doing Good." Brother Burnett followed him
+in prayer, and mentioned some of "The principal Sources of Encouragement
+and Consolation." Brother Yarnold succeeded him in prayer, and
+illustrated "The Practical Influence of the Gospel." Brother Ford
+addressed the Divine Majesty, and made some remarks "On the Importance
+of Growing in Grace." Brother Adams, also, offered supplication, and
+showed the intimate connexion between doctrinal and practical godliness.
+And brother Draper closed the protracted but interesting services of the
+evening, by prayer, and a brief address "On the Blessings entreated for
+the Ephesians by the Apostle,--that they might 'know the love of Christ,
+which passeth knowledge; and be filled with all the fulness of God.'"
+
+The next meeting to be held, by the Divine blessing, at Romsey,
+Wednesday, Sept. 9th, 1835.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+                    LONDON BAPTIST ASSOCIATION.
+
+The Annual Meeting of this Association was held on Wednesday, April 22,
+at the Rev. Mr. Overbury's chapel, in Eagle-street, Red Lion Square.
+Letters from the associated churches were read by their respective
+pastors, detailing their circumstances during the past year; after which
+a circular letter, drawn up by the Rev. Mr. Steane, was read, approved,
+and ordered to be printed for the use of the churches. The Rev. J. E.
+Giles was chosen Secretary, and T. Pewtress, Esq., Treasurer, for the
+year ensuing.
+
+In the evening, a public service was held in the same place; when the
+Rev. Mr. Price delivered a serious and practical sermon, "On the Duties
+of Church Members towards the Young."
+
+The next Quarterly Meeting to be held at Camberwell, July 23rd. Mr.
+Davies, of Tottenham, to preach.
+
+
+                           NOTICES.
+
+The Southern Association of Hants. will take place this year in Meeting
+House Alley, Portsea, June the 9th and 10th. On Tuesday evening the
+letters from the churches will be read; and brother Hancock, of
+Yarmouth, will preach. Wednesday morning, brother Millard is expected
+to preach; and some other brother in the evening.
+
+                                                  T. TILLY, Secretary.
+  _Portsea, April 15, 1835._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+The Annual Meeting of the Bedfordshire Association of Baptist churches
+will be held at the Old Baptist Meeting, Rushden, in Northamptonshire,
+on Tuesday, May 19th; on which occasion the Rev. Messrs. S. Fordham, of
+Hale Weston, J. Upton, of London, and J. Jenkinson, of Kettering, are
+engaged to preach.
+
+The ministers and messengers of the churches are requested to meet at
+half-past nine o'clock.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+The Association of Baptist Congregational Churches, in Oxfordshire and
+adjacent counties, will hold their next annual meeting at Cirencester,
+instead of Fairford, on Tuesday and Wednesday in the Whitsun week, June
+9th and 10th. The letters from the churches will be read on the Tuesday
+evening, at half-past 5 o'clock.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+The next meeting of the Northamptonshire Association will be held at
+Kettering, on the Tuesday and Wednesday in Whitsun week. The services
+will be conducted as usual, commencing at 6 o'clock on the Tuesday
+evening, when the letters from the churches will be read. Mr. Gray, of
+Northampton, and Mr. Craps, of Lincoln, have engaged to preach. Put up
+at the White Hart (not the White Horse, as misprinted in the last
+year's Circular Letter).
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+The churches connected with the Bristol Association are respectfully
+informed, their next meeting will be held at Counterslip, Bristol, on
+the Tuesday and Wednesday in Whitsun week, June 9th and 10th, 1835
+(instead of Wednesday and Thursday), in consequence of the annual
+meeting of the Bristol Education Society, on Thursday, 11th of June.
+Brother Jones, of Frome, to preach the Association sermon. Brethren
+Saffery, of Salisbury, and Newman, of Shortwood, to be the other
+preachers. Brother Summers to write the Circular Letter; the subject,
+_The Second Coming of Christ_.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+The fifty-sixth Anniversary of the Kent and Sussex Association of
+Baptist Churches will be held (Providence permitting), at Lewes, Sussex,
+on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 2nd and 3rd. The brethren Rogers and
+Matthews to preach. The Annual Meeting of the Kent Auxiliary Baptist
+Missionary Society will be held on Wednesday evening. Put up at the
+Crown Inn, Market Street.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+The Anniversary of the Baptist chapel at Staines, Middlesex, will be
+held (D.V.) on Wednesday, the 20th of May. The Rev. T. Binney stands
+engaged to preach in the morning; the Rev. Edw. Steane in the afternoon;
+and the Rev. J. Smith in the evening.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+The next Anniversary meeting of the Bedfordshire Union of Christians
+will be held at Bedford, on Wednesday, May 27th; when the Rev. J. J.
+Davies, of Tottenham, is expected to preach in the morning; and the Rev.
+G. B. Phillips, of Harrold, in the evening.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+The annual meeting of "The Protestant Society for the Protection of
+Religious Liberty" will be held at the City of London Tavern, on
+Saturday, May 16th, at 11 o'clock precisely. Some distinguished Peer is
+expected to preside.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+On Wednesday, the 20th of May, the Rev. C. B. Woodman will be set apart
+to the pastoral office over the church assembling in Artillery-street
+chapel, Bishopsgate, London. The Rev. Messrs. Isaiah Birt, Thomas Price,
+of Devonshire Square, J. E. Giles, of Salter's Hall, with other
+ministers, have engaged to officiate on the occasion. Service to
+commence at 6 o'clock in the evening.
+
+
+                             RECENT DEATH.
+
+                           REV. J. WHEELER.
+
+Died, on Friday, the 27th of March, aged 62, the Rev. J. Wheeler, pastor
+of the Baptist church, Bugbrook, Northamptonshire. His funeral took
+place on Wednesday, the 1st of April. The Rev. T. Wake, of Thislingbury,
+read a suitable portion of the Scriptures, and prayed; the Rev. W. Gray,
+of Northampton, delivered the address, and on the following Sabbath, to
+a crowded congregation, preached the funeral sermon, from Jude 21:
+"Looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life." A
+text expressly chosen by the deceased.
+
+Mr. Wheeler had been settled with his people for nearly 32 years; and it
+is pleasing to notice, that some of the last years of his ministry were
+the most successful. Twelve months he was laid aside from his public
+labours; and in the sick room, and on the bed of pain, illustrated and
+magnified those principles which, for successive years, he had preached
+to others.
+
+
+                           NEW PUBLICATIONS.
+
+                           _Just Published._
+
+Memoir of the Life and Writings of the Rev. Joseph Ivimey, late pastor
+of the church in Eagle-street, London, and twenty years Gratuitous
+Secretary to the Baptist Irish Society. By Rev. George Pritchard.
+
+Parts I. to VI. of the Biographical Sketch of the Rev. Edward Irving.
+Edited by William Jones, M.A. To which is added, Thirty Sermons,
+preached by Mr. Irving, during the first three years of his residence in
+London.
+
+In 32mo. A Memoir of J. Howard Hinton, who died at Reading, Jan. 10,
+1835, aged thirteen years and seven months. By his Father.
+
+                            _In the Press._
+
+Reminiscences relating to the Rev. John Ryland, A.M., of Northampton,
+the father of the late Rev. Dr. Ryland, of Bristol. By William Newman,
+D.D.
+
+                      _Preparing for Publication._
+
+The History of Protestant Nonconformity in England, from the
+Reformation, under Henry VIII., to the Accession of the House of
+Hanover. In two volumes, 8vo. By THOMAS PRICE. The Work will be founded
+on an extensive and careful investigation of Original Authorities, and
+will be designed to exhibit the Progress of Opinion as well as the
+Course of Events.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Erratum: P. 141, l. 6, for _a final_ read _an efficient_.
+
+
+
+
+                            IRISH CHRONICLE.
+                               MAY, 1835.
+
+
+At the particular request of the Rev. J. Allen, and for the satisfaction
+of those friends who have kindly and liberally assisted towards
+defraying the debt incurred by the erection of the Chapel at Ballina,
+the statement of the entire account, and the several sums contributed,
+appear in this number of the Chronicle. As the funds of the Society are
+not at all applicable to the building of places of worship, but as their
+erection has, in more instances than one, become indispensable, and such
+necessity, it is hoped, may recur again and again; it is certainly due
+to those liberal persons, who thus aid the cause of the Redeemer,
+distinctly and gratefully to acknowledge their Christian benevolence.
+
+                          _To the_ SECRETARY.
+                                            _Ballina, March 19, 1835._
+
+My dear Brother,
+
+In this packet, I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your kind favour of
+the 10th instant, and herewith forward to you the Journal of the Readers
+for the past month, as also the account of schools, &c., for the present
+quarter. I have also to acknowledge the receipt of several sums of
+money, towards the liquidation of the debt upon the Meeting-house in
+this town, which you will find upon another part of this sheet. The sum
+actually expended is now £328 10s., and the contract for finishing, £91
+10s., making in all £420. Of this I have received, clear of expenses,
+£232, for which, as well as for the acts of personal kindness shown to
+me when in England, I beg, through the medium of the Chronicle, to
+present my warmest thanks. I had hoped to have heard, ere this, what sum
+the Building Fund, on which this case has been admitted, was likely to
+produce. My best thanks are due to Mrs. Holland, of Bristol, especially,
+who kindly, and without any solicitation, forwarded us £5. If some of
+our wealthy friends in England, bearing in mind how injurious it must be
+for an individual to be absent for any length of time from a missionary
+station, and an infant cause, would imitate her example, it would not
+only confer a personal favour, but essentially serve the interests of
+the Redeemer's kingdom in this place. The trust deed, by which the
+property has been made over to the Baptist denomination, has been
+examined by the respectable solicitor of the London Building Fund, and
+is approved.
+
+It is in your recollection, probably, that the late Government ordered,
+some time before they left office, a new census of the population of
+Ireland; in which was to be shown the relative numbers of Protestants,
+Roman Catholics, and Dissenters; as also the number and kind of schools
+in each union or parish. One of the Commissioners was here on Tuesday
+last, and, as a proof of the awful extent to which superstition
+prevails, it appeared, soon after an amended census had been produced
+and sworn to, by the Protestant clergyman, that not more than one out of
+thirty, in this large union, can be considered even as nominal
+Protestants. And, in a conversation with the priest, on the following
+day, as a confirmation of what I have frequently stated, "I am perfectly
+sure," said he, "that if you go round any day to all your schools, and
+ours, and the minister's, you will not find in the whole of them 100
+poor Protestant children." In the examination of our schools, before the
+commissioners, though we have invariably insisted upon the introduction
+of the Scriptures, yet they were scarcely inferior to any, and, in the
+general, superior to most, both in numbers and regular attendance. Let
+it not be said in future, then that the Roman Catholics, the children of
+whom compose the bulk of our scholars, would not, unless violently
+opposed by the priesthood, be anxious to possess and study the word of
+God. And let our friends, whilst they have it upon the testimony of the
+priest himself, that it is his flock we are educating in our schools,
+be more earnest and zealous in this good cause; hoping and praying
+thatthrough the instrumentality of these schools, the present race of
+children may be delivered from the superstition of their fathers.
+
+I have, since my return, preached at Easky, Mullifarry, and Crossmolina;
+at the two former places to large and attentive audiences. The people on
+all sides are exceedingly desirous to hear. On Sunday last, I again
+administered the ordinance of Baptism in Ballina. The Lord, I trust, is
+preparing others to submit to the dictates of his blessed word. Oh that
+he would make us, who are engaged in this blessed work, more humble,
+circumspect, watchful, and zealous! and then we might hope for larger
+and more extensive success. Pray for us, that the word of the Lord may
+have free course and be glorified.
+
+I am, dear Sir, affectionately your's,
+                                                          JAMES ALLEN.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+             _To the_ SECRETARY OF THE BAPTIST IRISH SOCIETY.
+                                         _Limerick, March 20th, 1835._
+
+My dear Sir,
+
+I just returned from Croagh, about sixteen miles from here, in the
+county of Limerick, to inspect the Koppel-street school; the poor
+children were delighted to see me, and I was greatly pleased to see them
+go through their school discipline with such precision and order. They
+spelled remarkably well in three different ways. I am not aware that you
+are acquainted with the plan of spelling and reading, particularly
+spelling, which I have devised long since, which arrests the undeviating
+attention of the children, and almost wonderfully facilitates their
+progress. A fine testament class of 36 got up and read, in general, very
+well, and repeated 224 chapters, which they committed to memory since
+the last quarterly inspection. There are 148 on the list, 98 spelling,
+50 reading the scriptures, 8 protestants and 4 reformed, who are the
+master's children, of whose attention to his school, and good conduct,
+I cannot say too much; He is also a sabbath reader, and, I believe, very
+useful. A number of the girls got before me to the door, and requested a
+female school; they showed me some very nice work, taught them by the
+master's daughter. I said I would lay their request before their friends
+in England. The progress some of them made in writing and figures rather
+surprised me: the little premiums I gave them the last time had a great
+effect upon them, in removing prejudice, and convincing them who their
+real friends are, and in winning their affections to the love of the
+truth, in spite of priestly influence. The countenances of the children,
+in all the schools, brighten up, and smile, when they see me. I lectured
+in the evening, at Finchley, the seat of their worthy and pious patrons,
+Mr. and Mrs. Finch, who pay for a good school-house for them, and
+subscribe to the society. The society has done inconceivable good. How
+much more if it had sufficient means!
+
+I was going to say, the Bristol school, at Balleycar, county of Clare,
+sixteen miles north west from Limerick, is a tremendous one. I went
+there immediately after my last communication; gave several lectures to
+Roman Catholics and Protestants, in the house of our afflicted friend,
+Major Colpoys; I tried to comfort and encourage his mind in the prospect
+of eternity--he is "looking unto Jesus." The school is in a very
+flourishing state; 224 on the list, 146 present, 120 spelling, 104
+reading the Scriptures; about 30 committed to memory, and repeated 153
+chapters this quarter: they made great progress also in writing and
+figures, which they are very fond of learning. There are only two or
+three Protestant children in this school. It often excites the warmest
+gratitude in my heart to God, that has put it into the hearts of his
+people, to afford such great and important blessings to those who would
+perish in ignorance and superstition. Oh what a mercy to see so many
+children rise to read the word of life, and to commit it to memory, and
+read it in the hearing of their poor benighted parents! At the close of
+the examinations I give a little lecture on the advantages of a
+Scripture education, on the love of God, on the sufferings of the
+Saviour, and on the influence of the Holy Spirit, to bless all to their
+present benefit, and eternal salvation. I find I can say a great deal,
+and go a great length, without endangering the schools, which I know,
+and am informed, would not be borne with from others. I try, also, to
+impress their minds with gratitude to their kind friends in England, and
+they appear very grateful and pray for them.
+
+The Seven Oaks school, at Bushy Park, county of Tipperary, about
+thirty-five English miles north east from Limerick is in a prosperous
+state: the number of chapters the children repeat from memory frequently
+surprises me: the children of a poor Baptist brother there, near Burris
+O' Kane, are mighty in the Scriptures. The school discipline gave me
+great satisfaction, and the spelling, reading, writing, and figures,
+very pleasing: 74 on the list, 66 present; 62 spelling, 12 reading the
+Testament, and repeated 63 chapters from memory. The master is a very
+inoffensive and attentive man; I trust, truly pious.
+
+In the Mary's Philanthropic school, Mount Shannon, county of Galway,
+about thirty-five English miles from Limerick, north north east, there
+are 98 on the list; 60 present, 39 spelling, 21 reading the Testament,
+and repeated from memory this quarter 150 chapters: always a good
+school, having more very poor Protestants in that village and
+neighbourhood than many others, and not so subject to vary from priestly
+attacks as some others.
+
+In the Norwich school, at Birr, fifty English miles east from Limerick,
+56 gross; 34 spelling, 22 reading the Testament; they repeated 47
+chapters from memory. It was not so numerous this quarter as usual, from
+the extreme severity of the weather, and the nakedness and want of the
+children, still it is a good school, and taught by a worthy, pious, poor
+woman, with a large family.
+
+The Cardigan school, at Kilbaron, is doing as well as could be expected,
+from the unceasing exertions of the priest there, more than usually
+excited in consequence of obtaining a complete victory over his champion
+in controversy, in presence of a number of people. The master was a very
+intelligent, clever man.
+
+My dear Sir, your time and mine would not admit of my writing an account
+of each school under my superintendence. I send the quarterly statement,
+in which you see them with one view. The above I send for the
+satisfaction of those kind friends who support or contribute to the
+congregational schools. I also want time, and, indeed, inclination, to
+give any statement of my own humble labours. Though the weather has been
+extremely severe, since the 1st of February, I have been out the greater
+part of the time, and preached in very distant places, and in various
+counties, and sometimes under very trying circumstances. I preached at
+Benagher, King's county, sixty miles from Limerick, twice to the house
+full, at Walshpark, after travelling fifty miles, and preaching
+and administering the ordinance at Cloughjordan; gave a lecture at
+Ormandview, county of Galway; preached at O'Brien's Bridge, and several
+times at Castle Connell.
+
+                                   Ever yours, most affectionately,
+                                                       WILLIAM THOMAS.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+                          _To the_ SECRETARY.
+                                          _Ballina, March 20th, 1835._
+
+My dear Sir,
+
+I shall feel obliged to you, at your earliest convenience, to
+acknowledge the receipt of the following articles, kindly sent for the
+schools in this district.
+
+A box of articles collected by Mrs. Thomas Allen, Birmingham, containing
+two packets of books from Mr. Groom; some tracts, workbags, &c. from
+Mrs. Glover and Miss Mansfield, Spring Hill; books, rug-worsted, and
+patterns, from Mrs. S. Cocks, Camp Hill; a small round stand, from Ann
+Husband; pin-cushions, from Mrs. Rogers, Bull-street; canvass, from Mrs.
+Johnson, Deritend; cotton-balls, from Mrs. Warner; patchwork, from Mrs.
+White; a blue bag, from Miss R. Simmons; a number of small books, from a
+"Well-wishing Friend to Ireland;" and numerous little rewards, from Mr.
+Thomas Allen and family; and from Rev. J. Smith and Sons, Astwood, 1000
+needles. Since the above articles were kindly forwarded to me, Mr. Allen
+has received a parcel from Mr. West, containing some useful books, from
+"Dorcas," for the Library at Ballina; a parcel of books from Mrs.
+Hawkins, Stroud; and a number of pin-cushions, balls of rug-worsted, and
+a few workbags, and boxes of little fancy articles.
+
+N. B. I regret to say, that in the last acknowledgment of articles from
+Birmingham, I omitted to mention some poetical cards, kindly sent by Mr.
+F. Deakin. The pair of six-inch globes, kindly offered by Mr. Mogridge,
+and the patchwork by Mrs. White, will be very acceptable; and if sent to
+Rev. J. West, 26, Little James's street, Dublin, will be forwarded by
+him to Ballina as soon as he has an opportunity of sending them.
+
+Wishing you every blessing, both of a spiritual and temporal nature,
+
+                                   I remain, my dear Sir,
+                                         Yours very respectfully,
+                                                              A. CAVE.
+
+
+                            CONTRIBUTIONS.
+
+
+By Rev. J. Dyer:
+                                                            £  s. d.
+  Haworth, first Church, by Rev. Jas. Flood                 3  0  0
+  Friend in Somersetshire                                   1  0  0
+
+By the Secretary:
+
+  "A Friend to Missions," by the General Post               5  0  0
+  "A small per centage, upon last year's profits," do.      5  0  0
+
+By the Treasurer:
+
+  E. D., by W. Cozens, Esq.                                10  0  0
+  For the Rye School, by Mrs. Crosskey, Treasurer           5  0  0
+
+Collected by the Rev. S. Davis, for the Society:
+
+  At Devizes                                               11  5  0
+     Downton                                                6  9  0
+     Romsey                                                 3 12  2
+     Stockbridge                                            2  0  0
+     Andover                                                4  9  6
+     Whitchurch                                             4  9  6
+     Newbury                                               15  2  0
+     Abingdon                                               3  0  0
+     Farringdon                                             2 10  0
+     Fairford                                               0 10  0
+     Circencester                                           8  5  6
+     Tewkesbury                                            13 17 11
+     Cheltenham                                            13 14  6
+
+	       *       *       *       *       *
+
+                        BALLINA BAPTIST CHAPEL.
+
+    _An account of Money collected for this purpose, by Mr. Allen,
+    in 1833, 1834, and 1835._
+
+                                                            £  s. d.
+  Ballina                                                  45 10  0
+  Sligo                                                    12 18  6
+  Dublin                                                   26  3  0
+  Birmingham                                               14  6  0
+  St. Albans                                                4  0  0
+  London                                                    7  5  0
+  Arnsby                                                    2  0  0
+  Oadby                                                     1 13  0
+  Guilsborough                                              1  0  0
+  Naseby                                                    0 16  0
+  Clipstone                                                 1 14  6
+  Theddinworth                                              1  0  0
+  Bugbrook                                                  3  6  0
+  Kettering                                                 6 11  6
+  Cambridge                                                 3  0  0
+  Market Harborough                                         1  0  0
+  St. Ives                                                  2  4  0
+  Thrapstone                                                2 19  6
+  Leicester                                                13 18  0
+  Coventry                                                  7 11  3
+  Leamington                                                0  5  0
+  Stratford-on-Avon                                         3 16  0
+  Alcester                                                  2  9  6
+  Astwood                                                   2  8 10
+  Pershore                                                  2  7  6
+  Worcester, with friends from Bourton                      6  9  0
+  Bilston                                                   3  7  6
+  Coseley                                                   0 16  6
+  Dudley                                                    1  2  6
+  Bradford                                                 18 18  6
+  Leeds                                                     6 15  0
+  Middleton Teesdale                                        4 10  0
+  Hamsterley, Rev. Mr. D.                                   0  5  0
+  Romalkirk                                                 1  0  0
+  Barnard Castle                                            1  0  0
+  Stockton                                                  7  5  0
+  Darlington                                                8 16  0
+  Manchester                                               19  8  6
+  Saladine Nook                                            12  0  0
+  Liverpool                                                16  8  6
+  Bristol, Mrs. Holland, per Rev. S. Davis                  5  0  0
+
+Subscriptions received by S. Marshall, Esq., 181, High Holborn; Mr.
+P. Millard, Bishopsgate Street; Messrs. Burks, 56 Lothbury; Rev. G.
+Pritchard, 4 York Place, Pentonville, gratuitous Secretary; by Messrs.
+Ladbrokes and Co., Bankers, Bank Buildings; by Mr. H. D. Dickie, 13 Bank
+Street, and Rev. Mr. Innes, Frederick Street, Edinburgh; and P. Brown,
+Esq., Cardigan.
+
+         LONDON: J. HADDON, PRINTER, CASTLE-STREET, FINSBURY.
+
+
+
+
+                          MISSIONARY HERALD.
+                          CXCVII. MAY, 1835.
+
+
+The Treasurers of Auxiliary Societies, and other Friends who may have
+Monies in hand on account of the Society, are respectfully reminded that
+the Treasurer's account for the year will close on the 31st instant,
+which renders it necessary that all payments intended to appear in the
+Appendix to the next Report, should be made in the course of the present
+month. It is requested, therefore, that the respective accounts may be
+sent, properly balanced, to the Secretary, No. 6, Fen Court, Fenchurch
+Street, accompanied by the list of Subscribers, &c., in alphabetical
+order.
+
+_Particular attention is solicited to this notice; for as all the
+Society's accounts for the year are examined and audited, by the
+gentlemen appointed for that purpose, in the first week in June, and the
+Report will, it is expected, leave the press in a few days after the
+Annual Meeting, it is clearly impossible that payments can be included,
+or lists of particulars inserted, which come to hand after the time
+specified._
+
+The Committee have pleasure in stating that their esteemed brethren,
+the Rev. SAMUEL SUMMERS, of Bristol, and the Rev. BENJAMIN GODWIN, of
+Bradford, have engaged to preach the Sermons at our next Annual Meeting.
+Full particulars, as usual, may be expected in our next Number.
+
+
+                        FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
+
+
+                                CUTWA.
+
+From Mr. William Carey to the Secretary, dated Cutwa, October 26, 1834.
+
+     I am sorry to find that it is a long time, and much longer than it
+     ought to have been, since I wrote to you last. The only reason is,
+     that I have had to go through much affliction. Mrs. Carey has been
+     very ill at times, and I have not been well. Our beloved father has
+     also been removed to a better state, and one or two others
+     connected with the family. In such things, and at different times,
+     has the Lord seen fit to afflict us; but the Lord is good, and his
+     strokes are lighter than we have deserved; yea, all his ways are
+     mercy.
+
+     I am happy to say that since I wrote last the work of the Lord has
+     been going on as usual. I think I have baptized eleven persons,
+     some belonging to the Christian families, and some from the
+     heathen. The Mella's have also been visited, and the surrounding
+     villages as usual; great numbers of tracts and books have been
+     distributed; people upon the whole have been very attentive. The
+     native preachers are out almost every day, and are well received. I
+     have now two inquirers; an Hindoo woman and a Mussulman man; how
+     they may turn out I cannot say.
+
+
+                                SOORY.
+
+From Mr. Williamson to Mr. Dyer, dated Soory, October 14, 1834.
+
+     You will be gratified to hear that we have been meeting with some
+     little more encouragement of late. A short time ago I had the
+     pleasure of baptizing seven persons; three young men, and four
+     young women. They are all of Christian parentage. One young woman
+     (a Miss W.) is the daughter of the head English writer at this
+     station. After finishing her education in Calcutta, she returned
+     with us to Beerbhoom, about three years ago; and was then a very
+     thoughtless girl, but for some time past she seems to have
+     undergone a decided change of mind. She has been in the habit of
+     attending our English worship on Lord's day and Thursday evenings;
+     and occasionally at other times. These opportunities, together with
+     reading of religious books and tracts, and occasional converse with
+     us, appear to have been blessed to her. I trust she has made a
+     sincere profession of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and that she
+     will continue to walk in him. All the others belong to our native
+     Christians, and have given us reason to hope well concerning them.
+     Two of the young men having received a superior education, may
+     therefore be expected to be of more eminent service in this land of
+     darkness.
+
+     You will also be happy to learn that one of the highest or monitor
+     class girls of the Central School, from conviction of the Christian
+     being the only true religion, has given up her caste as a thing in
+     her estimation of no value, and cast in her lot with the followers
+     of Christ. A short time ago, when she first made known her
+     intention, Mrs. W. examined her respecting her motives; she said
+     that our shasters were good, and our people were good; and that she
+     could not live among her relations, who were idolaters and
+     drunkards, &c. When Mrs. W. again asked her whether she thought she
+     would be better off by becoming a Christian, the girl replied that
+     she was already sufficiently well provided for, and that her sole
+     intention in becoming a Christian was to obtain salvation. The
+     first time she came with the intention of giving up her caste
+     (which was just as the noise of the doorga pooja commenced), her
+     parents dragged her away, and watched her narrowly for a few days,
+     during which period she had no opportunity of making her escape;
+     but as soon as their vigilance relaxed a little, she improved the
+     first opportunity granted her of regaining her liberty. Her father
+     threw away all her books and tracts, and is highly displeased with
+     me for having betrayed the trust he had reposed in me. The girl is
+     about sixteen years of age, and is pretty well versed in the
+     gospels and scripture history. She has been latterly under a
+     Christian teacher, and was employed as a monitor, which accounts,
+     in part, for her having remained so long in the school. Another
+     girl, belonging to the same class has a good mind, we hear, to
+     follow her example, but has not as yet been able to muster
+     sufficient resolution. May the Lord draw her and many others to
+     himself, with the cords of his divine love!
+
+     Our three schools (Bengalee boys', Bengalee girls', and English
+     school) were all lately examined by the ladies and gentlemen of the
+     station, who, I am happy to inform you, expressed themselves highly
+     gratified with the progress the children and youth had made during
+     the year; particularly with that of the higher classes of the
+     English school: one class, in the course of six months only, having
+     made themselves perfectly masters of the principles of English
+     Grammar. I am inclined to hope much from the English school. As for
+     the two Bengalee schools, on account of what has lately taken
+     place, I am afraid they will be much diminished for some time,
+     especially the girls' school.
+
+     To aid me in the great work of preaching the gospel among the
+     heathen, I have now four native assistants, for whom I draw 25 Rs.
+     in addition to my salary of 150 Rs. per month. They are out daily,
+     morning and evening, in the neighbouring villages, preaching and
+     distributing tracts. They tell me that prejudice is fast declining,
+     and that they have had repeated proofs of the tracts they give away
+     having been read. I always take one of them with me, in my daily
+     visits to the bazar of this place, when we have generally a pretty
+     good congregation of attentive hearers. The season for our more
+     distant excursions is now approaching, and will allow us to extend
+     on all sides our hitherto confined labours. May the Lord assist us
+     faithfully and fully to make known his glorious gospel among those
+     who are perishing for lack of knowledge, and make us the savour of
+     life unto life, unto many precious souls! "The harvest truly is
+     great, but the labourers are few."
+
+
+                                JAVA.
+
+In the following extract of a letter from Mr. Bruckner, dated Samarang,
+November 12, 1834, our readers will observe an affecting allusion to the
+massacre of two missionaries from the American board, who lately fell
+victims to the revenge or the suspicions of the Battas, in the northern
+parts of Sumatra. When our late friend, Mr. Burton, resided, for many
+months, among the same people, he felt quite secure, and made long
+journeys into the interior of the country. But the power is now wielded
+by other than British hands; and we greatly fear the change will operate
+as a very serious obstruction to the cause of the gospel in these
+beautiful islands for many years to come. But we rejoice in the
+assurance that every obstacle must in the end be surmounted; and in the
+belief that events, in different parts of the world, are concurring to
+hasten onward that blessed event.
+
+     Since I wrote you last, I have drawn up another tract in Javanese,
+     under the title, "The Son of God in the World." 1500 copies have
+     been printed of it, as we had no more paper for a larger edition. A
+     translation of this tract has been sent to the committee of the
+     Tract Society. It is true the prohibitions, as to a free
+     circulation of tracts among the native inhabitants of this island,
+     have not yet fully been removed, although several applications have
+     been made on this subject to the men in power. And this is rather a
+     disappointment and an impediment to a more extensive communication
+     of the principles of the gospel at large; yet a goodly number of
+     tracts have found their way, notwithstanding, among the people. The
+     power of darkness in this country appears so great, that it would
+     quite dishearten me, were it not for Him who is with and in us, who
+     is more powerful than he that is in the world. When I shall have
+     the pleasure to see that this general darkness of ignorance as to
+     divine things, and of superstition and sinful lusts, shall give way
+     to the light of truth and godliness, is not for me to say; under
+     present circumstances, this period seems to be still afar off. It
+     would seem, however, as if the truth of the gospel was gaining
+     ground: now and then instances appear of this. Last Sunday, when I
+     went out among the natives, to take a New Testament to one who had
+     asked me for it,--and when I had preached the gospel to two small
+     companies of people, and was still walking about for some more,--I
+     came to a house in which I saw several persons sitting together. I
+     entered, and began a conversation on religion. One of them
+     expressed soon his Mussulman sentiments, on the power and glory of
+     Mahomed; that he was the person to whom we had to look, as he bore
+     all things. I asked him, in return, if Mahomed were so powerful,
+     how it came that he, even at this moment, was still lying in the
+     dust? from which it was evident, added I, that he was no more than
+     any common man. A young man who was present, and who had read some
+     of the tracts, then took up the subject with him, and told him that
+     Jesus was the All-powerful, which was evident from his having left
+     the grave, and ascended to heaven, and would come again at the last
+     day to raise all the dead from their graves. I wanted to apply the
+     subject further to the consciences of the hearers, particularly to
+     that of the first man, by proving that all men are in a most
+     lamentable condition on account of their sins, and needed therefore
+     an Almighty Saviour to save them. But this man had so much to tell,
+     like one of old, of his own goodness, that all further reasoning
+     with him on the subject seemed to be in vain.
+
+     With all the weakening effects of the climate on my constitution,
+     and which I have particularly felt already for some time on my
+     lungs, God has enabled me to go out four or five times every week
+     into the native villages; and although my endeavours do not produce
+     the desired effects, yet I cannot persuade my mind that all the
+     precious seed sown in this way will be lost.
+
+     You will perhaps have heard of the dreadful event, before this,
+     which has happened to two American missionaries, Messrs. Manson and
+     Lyman, in Sumatra, among the Battas, now about two months ago.
+     These good men went thither to explore the country. They fell in
+     with a troop of wild Battas, on one of their excursions, who fired
+     at them, and over-powered them. Mr. Lyman was wounded by a shot.
+     They then began to cut off his arms and his legs, and ate him up.
+     While they were doing this, he petitioned the cannibals to spare
+     his brother Manson alive; but the following day he was cut to
+     pieces and eaten, as also the interpreter whom they had brought
+     with them. Their wives were still at Batavia when the news of their
+     husbands arrived.
+
+     Sumatra is still in a state of war; yet Padang, where Mr. Ward
+     lives, seems to have been always safe. I have not had any letters
+     from Mr. Ward for a considerable time: as far as I can hear, he is
+     still well.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+                               JAMAICA.
+
+Mr. Tinson, having met the other brethren at Falmouth early in February,
+writes as follows on his return to Kingston. We are persuaded our
+readers will be gratified by the deliberate and candid opinions
+expressed by this experienced missionary. His letter is dated Feb. 25th,
+1835.
+
+     Since I last addressed you I have seen more of our mission field
+     than I had ever before an opportunity of visiting. We found it not
+     only gratifying, but profitable, thus to visit our brethren, who
+     all appear to be faithfully labouring in the vineyard of Christ.
+     From them we received much kindness, and returned home, after an
+     absence of six weeks, with improved health and increased desire to
+     labour for God, from witnessing what he is doing by his servants.
+     Such intercourse, occasionally enjoyed, could hardly fail to
+     promote brotherly love, stimulate to exertion, and strengthen our
+     confidence in God, as we behold the triumphs of his truth.
+
+     In my last I mentioned the desire manifested by many in Mr. Knibb's
+     congregation to obtain the Scriptures, and the large attendance on
+     religious worship. The same may be said of Montego Bay, and, in
+     proportion, of other stations I had the privilege of visiting. I
+     spent one sabbath at Lucea, and intended going to Savannah la Mar,
+     but was prevented by the rain. Of the interesting services at
+     Montego Bay and Falmouth, which took place on the 7th and 14th of
+     this month, on laying the corner-stones of the new chapels, I need
+     not write, as our brethren at those stations will send you all the
+     particulars. On our way home we passed through Stewart Town,
+     Brown's Town, and called at Jericho, brother Clarke's residence and
+     principal station. I should have mentioned that we spent a night
+     with brother Coultart; and in every place we were refreshed in
+     seeing or hearing of the grace of God. I have more than once
+     expressed my conviction that God is about to do some great work in
+     this land. In this opinion I am confirmed by what he is doing. We
+     know that He does nothing in vain; therefore to any person at all
+     observant of Divine Providence, it must manifestly appear, that
+     God's thoughts are thoughts of good and not of evil concerning the
+     inhabitants of this country. Look at the noble gift of his word
+     which he has recently sent to the people! Upwards of 40,000 copies
+     of the New Testament and Psalms, now circulating, like so many
+     streamlets of the water of life, through the whole length and
+     breadth of the land! Then there is the desire to read, and to
+     possess the word of God; the spirit of hearing, which prevails in
+     almost every part of the island; the great accession of spiritual
+     strength in the arrival of new missionaries--Episcopal, Methodists,
+     Baptists, and Independents; and the preservation and increase of
+     good men on the island. Mr. S., the rector of Lucea, mentioned a
+     fact worth recording: that, during his residence in the colony of
+     sixteen years, he had not lost, by death, one of his evangelical
+     friends, which was the same as saying that not one had died; for he
+     is a truly pious man himself, and consequently is acquainted with
+     all the good men in the church throughout the island. He further
+     stated, that several clergymen, who had never before manifested any
+     concern for the spiritual welfare of the people, were now coming
+     out as active and laborious helpers in the good cause. Surely, my
+     dear Sir, these are signs of the times not to be overlooked.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+                            SOUTH AFRICA.
+
+We adverted, in our last number, to the unexpected calamity which had
+befallen the British possessions to the north-east of the Cape, towards
+the end of last year, by a violent irruption of the Caffres. The
+measures promptly taken by the governor have, we trust, proved effectual
+to the preservation of Graham's Town; but the loss of life and property
+in the surrounding district has been very serious. We have been favoured
+with a communication, sent from a lady at Graaff Reinet to her mother in
+this country, under date of 20th January last, which conveys a striking
+picture of the scene; and as many of our readers are interested in that
+colony, we avail ourselves of the permission to insert it for their
+information.
+
+                                    _Graaff Reinet, January 20, 1835._
+
+       My dear Mother,
+
+     As I cannot help thinking, that when news from this colony arrives
+     in England, you will feel some anxiety about our state, I must tell
+     you that we are plunged into the greatest distress and trouble by
+     internal war. The Caffres have made an attack on the whole line of
+     frontier, burning and destroying every thing before them, and
+     murdering, in the most barbarous manner, the unhappy residents.
+     They have done incalculable mischief; and should they not soon be
+     stopped, the destruction of the colony is inevitable.
+
+     On the 24th of December, 1834, we were made uneasy by a commando
+     being called out to assist against the Caffres. But this was soon
+     followed by the most distressing accounts I ever read. They first
+     proceeded to murder all the men (and in some cases whole families),
+     to plunder all the cattle, and burn the dwellings.
+
+     On the 26th, news arrived from my dear children in Graham's Town,
+     viz. A----, my eldest son, and G----, who, with her husband
+     (Mr. D. Mahoney), were in the utmost anguish, his father and
+     brother-in-law having been murdered under the following melancholy
+     circumstances:--Mr. Mahoney, sen., had a fine farm near Graham's
+     Town. His son-in-law, Mr. Henderson (a truly respectable young
+     Scotchman, married to Mr. M.'s only daughter), had gone out with
+     his wife and sweet family to spend the Christmas at the farm, and
+     were to have been joined by my dear children and Mr. D. Mahoney. On
+     the Monday preceding Christmas-day, Major O'Reilly advised Mr. M.
+     sen., rather to bring his family into Graham's Town, as some cattle
+     had been stolen, and the Caffres appeared in a disturbed state. He
+     determined to follow this advice, and on Wednesday morning started
+     for Graham's Town with his wife, their two grandchildren, Mr.
+     Henderson, and a slave servant, Mr. M. sen. following the waggon
+     himself on horseback. They had not gone more than a mile, when they
+     were attacked by about twenty Caffres, who began stabbing poor
+     Henderson: he had fifty assagais in his body! and the poor father
+     shared the same fate. The old lady escaped with one child, and the
+     slave woman with the other; and after wandering about, separately,
+     thirty-one hours on foot, without food or water, having lost their
+     way, they at length met at Graham's Town.
+
+     This was only the beginning of sorrows; for every day's tidings are
+     more dreadful. Graham's Town is totally surrounded, and every farm
+     either destroyed or deserted. The most barbarous murders are
+     continually committed.
+
+     January 2nd. Our tidings are truly appalling. My poor children
+     cannot come out to us. E---- is now near her confinement. Her dear
+     little babe, with my son ----, are obliged to sleep in the church,
+     or in flat-roofed houses near it, as they all concentrate, in order
+     to be the better protected. All the men are under arms. This
+     village has been stripped also. The few who remain are formed into
+     patrols.
+
+     The Caffres have extended themselves over the whole line of
+     frontier from Uitenhage to the Winter Field. Somerset has been also
+     in the same state of danger. Fort Beaufort, Wiltshire, Caffer's
+     Drift, Gualana, Bathurst, and Salem, have been left to their mercy,
+     having remained as long as resistance was of any avail. Those who
+     are spared have escaped only with life: in short, I can give you no
+     adequate description of our present distress. The outcry for
+     provisions is grievous: no supplies can be sent in by the farmers;
+     they have it not, nor could they send it in if they had. We have
+     had no market here since December 22. The Bay, I believe, has as
+     yet escaped. We hear that the governor and troops are on their way
+     to the frontier. May God grant them success! On Sunday, Jan. 4, all
+     the places of worship were closed till 9 o'clock at night. In St.
+     George's church, the galleries being filled with women and
+     children, and the body with the men (under arms), the minister read
+     the thirty-seventh of Isaiah, and commented upon the most striking
+     passages. I assure you my spirits sink within me when I reflect on
+     the probable consequences. Oh, how much you have to be thankful for
+     in happy England! Pray for us, that, amidst all the wreck of time
+     and fortune, our minds may be stayed upon God. Believe me, without
+     the consolations of religion I should be totally cast down; but
+     although clouds and darkness are round about us, yet it is the Lord
+     that reigneth. True, indeed, these dispensations of his providence
+     are dark and mysterious. Why so many valuable lives are cut off,
+     and such a dreadful blow is given to our poor countrymen, after
+     fifteen years' hard labour, we know not. Many of the missionaries
+     have been in the greatest danger. We have not heard of the murder
+     of any of them; but all the English who lately traded with the
+     Caffres have been murdered but one, who came out, and told the fate
+     of the rest. He states that one who was sitting at breakfast with a
+     missionary was dragged out and killed before his eyes. They have
+     told the missionaries they may go if they will: they do not appear
+     to intend to destroy them.
+
+     The cattle they have already captured is beyond all belief. I wish
+     we could get away as far as Cape Town: I shall never feel at peace
+     on the frontiers again. My school had been very good, and I fondly
+     hoped to be a little more comfortable; but we are again reminded
+     that this is not our rest. The reflection on my last birthday was,
+     "Hitherto the Lord hath helped me." On the retrospect I have much
+     to be thankful for, and much cause to be humbled under his mighty
+     hand. As to _ourselves_, we have not much reason to wish many days
+     to be added to our lives; but we have still a large family
+     dependant on our exertions, having yet seven to provide for. At all
+     events, I trust I shall be resigned to the Lord's will.
+
+     Since writing the above, another post has arrived. We have received
+     news of the arrival of Colonel Smith. The Governor and troops have
+     embarked for Algea Bay. He has placed us under martial law. Are you
+     aware what that entails? No lights after 8 o'clock. If any
+     disregard be paid to orders, or disaffection evinced, you must be
+     tried by court-martial--flogged--or even shot! Our little village
+     is as yet unattacked. Our streets are regularly patrolled. No shops
+     are open but butchers' and bakers'--provisions are dreadfully
+     dear--no money to be obtained--no courts of law open--no licenses
+     have been granted this year, so neither beer, nor wine, nor spirits
+     can be sold--and in the midst of all this distress my dear
+     husband's health is visibly wasting. If, in addition to all my
+     other troubles, he is to be removed, I know not how I shall be able
+     to bear up, as I shall be totally destitute. Oh, that I was near
+     enough to hear one word of consolation from your lips! I do now
+     feel bitterly where I am--truly banished.
+
+     Farewell, my dearest mother, pray for your afflicted daughter.
+
+
+              LIST OF FOREIGN LETTERS LATELY RECEIVED.
+
+  EAST INDIES  Rev. W. H. Pearce  Calcutta          Oct. 22.
+               A. Leslie          Monghyr           Oct. 13.
+               J. Williamson      Soory             Oct. 14.
+               W. Carey           Cutwa             Oct. 26.
+               John Lawrence      Digah             Nov. 22.
+               G. Bruckner        Samarang          Nov. 12.
+  WEST INDIES  H. C. Taylor       Spanish Town      Feb. 11.
+               J. Clarke          Jericho           Feb. 26.
+               T. F. Abbott       Lucea             Feb. 17.
+               John Kingdon       Manchioneal       Feb. 21.
+               W. Knibb           Falmouth          Feb. 24.
+               T. Burchell        Montego Bay       Feb. 24.
+               Walter Dendy       Salter's Hill     Feb. 16.
+               Joshua Tinson      Kingston          Feb. 25, & March 6.
+               F. Gardner           ditto           Feb. 26, & March 6.
+               Joseph Burton      Nassau, N. P.     March 6.
+               Joseph Bourn       Belize            Feb.  8.
+
+
+                           HOME PROCEEDINGS.
+
+In consequence of the lamented decease of our Missionary brother, Mr.
+Pearson, the Committee have determined to send Mr. Ebenezer Quant to
+the Bahamas, instead of Jamaica, as previously designed. Mr. Quant, who
+is a native of Bury St. Edmunds, and has for some time been engaged in
+ministerial labour in connexion with the church under the pastoral care
+of the Rev. Cornelius Elven, was designated to foreign service at the
+chapel in that town on Tuesday, March 24th. This commodious place of
+worship, which will seat more than a thousand persons, was crowded in
+every part, and the service of the evening proved deeply interesting.
+Rev. W. Reynolds, of Sudbury, began with reading the Scriptures and
+prayer. Mr. Quant then gave an account of his own religious experience,
+and a brief statement of his doctrinal views; at the close of which
+his respected pastor gave him the right hand of fellowship, and
+congratulated him on his entrance into the office of a Christian
+Missionary. Mr. Ellington, of West Row, offered up the designation
+prayer; the charge was delivered by Mr. Elven, from 2 Tim. iv. 5; and
+the service of the evening was closed in prayer by Mr. Fuller, of
+Harston, nephew of the revered Andrew Fuller, of Kettering, and himself
+uncle to our young Missionary brother. A passage to Nassau has been
+engaged for Mr. and Mrs. Quant, by the Little Catherine, Captain Kopp,
+and they are expected to sail in a few days.
+
+Mr. William Shotton, late of Darlington, is also about to sail to
+Kingston, with a view to take charge of the School at Spanish Town,
+under the direction of Mr. Phillippo, and Mr. John Clark, a member of
+the church at Devonshire Square, has been accepted as an assistant
+Missionary for the same colony, and will probably be engaged in
+connexion with Mr. Coultart, in the parish of St. Ann's.
+
+These new efforts, as well as all preceding operations of the Society,
+are earnestly commended to the supplications of all our Christian
+friends.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+    _Contributions received on account of the Baptist Missionary
+    Society, from March 20, 1835, to April 20, 1835, not including
+    individual subscriptions._
+
+  Mitcham, collected by Mrs. Pratt                              2  2  0
+
+  Princes Risborough, Missionary Association, by Mr. Hughes    13 16 10
+
+  Perth, for Female Education, by Rev. R. Thompson              8  0  0
+
+  Harpole, collected at Prayer-meeting, by Rev. W. Gray         2  0  0
+
+  Cambridge, Ladies, by Mrs. Foster, Female Education          10  0  0
+
+  Gosley, Rev. B. Hall and Friends                              2  0  0
+
+  Leeds, Ladies, by Rev. J. Acworth, for Female Education       6 14  0
+
+  Wilts. and East Somerset Auxiliary, by Mr. Anstie:--
+    Bratton                                         11 14  3
+    Devizes                                         31 16  7
+    Do. by Miss Blackwell                            2  3  6
+    Bradford                                        14  9  2
+    Westbury                                         1  1  0
+    Warminster, by Miss Jutson                       0 18  6
+    Frome                                           50  9  0
+    Beckington                                       1  5  0
+    Laverton                                         7  6  1
+    Corsham                                          3 10  0
+    Crockerton                                       2  4  8
+    Melksham                                        10  3  7
+    Chippenham                                       5  0  0
+                                                   ---------- 142  1  4
+
+  Hunts. Auxiliary, by Mr. T. D. Paul:--
+    St. Neot's                                       1 13  3
+    Huntingdon                                       7 14  8
+    St. Ives                                        62 12  6
+    Bluntisham                                      38  6  0
+    Somersham                                       16  6  0
+    Ramsey                                           9  5  8
+    Swavesey                                         2  6  5
+                                                   ----------
+                                                   137 18  7
+  Previously remitted, &c.                         103 19 11
+                                                   ----------  33 18  8
+
+  Hull and East Riding Auxiliary, by
+    J. Thornton, Esq.:--
+    Hull                                            98 10 3
+    Beverley                                         7 12 0
+    Bishop Barton                                    7  7 7
+    Hedon                                            1 11 0
+    Burlington                                      20  9 7
+    Cottingham                                       4  0 0
+    Skidby                                           1  0 0
+    Driffield                                        2 13 1
+                                                   ---------- 143  3  6
+
+  Beaulieu, Rev. J. B. Burt and friends, by Rev. B. H. Draper   5  0  0
+
+  Leighton Buzzard, Friends, by Mr. T. Matthews                 4 11  3
+
+  Bath, Collection at York-street, by Rev. E. Carey             7  2  6
+
+  North of England Auxiliary, by Rev. R. Pengilly:--
+    Berwick and Tweedmouth                           4  3  0
+    Workington                                       4  7  0
+    Sunderland                                       6  5  0
+    Hetton                                           5  0  0
+    Newcastle, sundries                              2  4  6
+                                                   ----------  21 19  6
+
+  Manchester, York-street Sabbath School,
+                                          for _West Indies_     2  2  0
+                                              _Schools_         2  2  0
+
+  Yorkshire, collected on a Journey, by Rev. James Flood:--
+
+    Stanningley                                      3  0  0
+    Rawden                                           4 10  0
+    Horsforth                                        5  4  0
+    Bramley                                          7  4  5
+    Bradford                                        22  0  9
+    Gildersome                                       5 17  3
+    Salendine Nook                                   6  0  0
+    Bingley                                          1 17  6
+    Keighley                                         2  5  0
+    Haworth, 1st Church                             10  0  0
+      Do. 2nd do.                                   17  9  1
+    Batley, J. Burnley, Esq.                         2  0  0
+                                                   ----------  87  5  0
+
+
+                              DONATIONS.
+
+  Rev. R. W. Sibthorp, _Ryde_, for Mrs. Coultart's School       2  2  0
+  ---- Jaques, Esq.       do.        for        do.             2  2  0
+  Miss Rust and Friends, _Greenwich_,
+    for Mr. Phillippo's School                                  8  8  0
+  Friend at _Leicester_, by Mr. Collier                         5  0  0
+  S. P.                                                         1  0  0
+
+                   _On Account of Jamaica Chapels._
+
+  Farnham, Friends, by Mr. Bird                                 0  7  4
+
+
+                          TO CORRESPONDENTS.
+
+The thanks of the Committee are presented to Mr. Winks, of Leicester,
+Editor of the Baptist Tract Magazine, for a valuable packet of
+elementary books for Jamaica: as also to Mr. Carpenter, of Greenwich,
+and Mr. Morris, of Morton Pinkney, for magazines, and other books. The
+work-bags, &c., kindly forwarded by Esther W----, have been sent to
+their destination, and will no doubt prove acceptable.
+
+             J. HADDON, PRINTER, CASTLE STREET, FINSBURY.
+
+
+[Transcriber's Notes:
+
+Typesetting on this book was poor, especially with respect to
+punctuation. All inconsistencies are as in the original.]
+
+
+
+
+
+End of Project Gutenberg's The Baptist Magazine, Vol. 27, May 1835, by Various
+
+*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 40252 ***