The Christian register, 15 janvier 1823, mercredi 15 janvier 1823

[" THE CHRISTIAN REGISTER.\u201cON BARTI PEACE, GOOD-WiLl TOWARD MEN:\u201d > ER: \u2019 \u2018 tet 4.A EL AE es VOL 1.MONTREAL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1828.4 \u201cNo.i.We have r.0 reason lo doubt, but thal | eur rea\u2019ers will rejoice with us, thal xe | are enabled thus early, lo increuse ihe | pages of the Christian Register.=I) will bi reufler contain sixlesu pages, in- slead of eight.- FOREIGN NEWS, A wember of our Arsncidion ins just received a number of the * Monthly Extracts from the correspondence of the Bririsu and Forrioy Bier Socrzyr,\u201d for September ; from which we daw copiously.It commonces by stating, that - elght new Auxiliarÿ and Branch Soi vlies and Associations have been formed.Among these, we are happy to observe, aro three Ladies Associations.\"l'in certainly speake powertully in behalf of the Inatitution, to which, such general exertion is wade ; and wo sincerely hope, thst this example of the Ladies of England und elsewhere, will not be neglected by our \u2018benevolent ones in the Canadas \u2014 [hen follows a brief -abstract of jae Report of the Hickuxian BipLe Socirry, which we ,caunot in justice que caftail.\u2019 LE, From thé Sixteeath Report of thé Hiber- + nian Bible Spotety.- - Tho totul number of Dibladiétitations\u2019 of avery description now -in° conhexion- with-your Society througliout, the \u2018Kingdom;is, One Henorep anv Fourreey, being on \u2018addition\u2019 of thirty-one since your last Anuivensary., This steady pro gress: towards the - pecupation of the whols coantry hy like bénaficent Institutions, is\u2019 biglily - \u2018encéuragingE Still\u2019 year, £5,679 11s 10d.bing - £ mucle refnafiit «to \u201cbe done?Thre: die ene, 2 tution in conaexion with your Society, and eight more ia which the Bible.esta-! blishments ure \u201cconfined to ouly.one: town, and its immedinie vicinity, 3 \"4% rum received in frow contributions ameunts to £2,616 10s, Gtd.\u201cmaking ; an excess over that of Just.year,: \u2018oft.£1,437 13s.95d.: This sum, however, is considerably.diminished by sales of: the Scriptures to subscribors aml.donors,\u201d at the reduced prices of the Society, +, \"The receipts from the sale of the.Scriptures have been £2,978 145.03d: and from the sales of Monthly, Bxtracls,\u201d?- Ke.#84 Ta, Sil-muking tho: total! 442\"; coipts of your Commitee, for the last\u2019 174557 the receipts of thi .- a 1Ga.5d.moro than preeading year.cu ES.\"Luo issves from the Depository of the * Scciéty have been, during the last year, 8,701 Bibles, andl 11,064 Testaments?making a total of 20,685 copies, These\u2019 numbers, added-to those distributed » in * -\u2018 former years, make a total of 205,695 - copies issued since: the commencement of the Society.Srl Tk In oue district ofthetonnty of Louth,» .whuze-he Irish T'estamént is muchsought-5, after, lbe return made by the- Secretary\u2019 of.thes Society mentions! that \u2018persons: * from ditlbrent \u2018parishes, some\u2018five-orslx; wiles distant, \u201ctame 6 \u2018purchase\u2019 thede:i : Testaments, and that one of them, \u201cafter : waking his purchase, pulling his +Testas * - ment aut of his breast, whern he had> : carafally deposited it, and, looking ont\u201d with?seeming.plessure, sid, © I know voll, thatthe price\u2019 T am cherged for | : itis bio id ot the \u201cprice of the pipersf - retnahn , (Good bleus thèse thag pdid (Hoest for me, YéLaiX sounilée wie\": posés no Tostiolh| Tbe following exissit a .* , .| = froth \"Abo: _ esa\u2019 A : = A = 10 port of the Cookstown.Ladies\u2019 Association, will be heard with interest :\u2014* The reception which the ladies met with in their visits, as collectors, was most encouraging.They wsre almost uniformly received with.gratitude, and in many instances followed to the doors with repeated blessings, The wholo number of names obtained on the firet day was 290, nearly one half of whom were free contributors of one penny per weck, to the funds of the Society, and the remainder, subscribers of small weekly sums, for the purchase of the Scriptures.\u201d The following fact will prove, that poverty is.iho bar to subscribing for the word of God, and should encourage those who engage in the work to visit every habitation, however apparently wretched, \"In canvassing one District in the city of Dublin, a person was applied to, of rather decent appearance, who declined subscribing, alledging that he .could not.afford it, The Collectors ~ nskod him if thero were any lodgers in the house, to which be replied, ¢ There arc several, but they are so miserably poor, that you may save yourselves the trouble of going up to them.They however wentup ; and although they found the report not exaggerated, they obtained three subscribers for Bibles.On \u2018telling the man below of their success, he said, ¢ I am ashamed of myself,\u2019 and put \u201chis uname down as a subscriber,\u201d At the Anniversary of the Dublin Auxiliary Bible Socicty an interesting anccdote of a Reverend Gentleman res- - pecting'a Convict, now at Botany Bay, was not narrated in vain, The incident haying been mentioned among a few femalo, convicts, produced a considorable impression : five of them immediately camo forward with voluetary subscriptions ofa penny nweck out of their small earnings, and sino that time, THREE.more havd added their contributions to circulate that yolume which is.so.pecu-: liarly adapted lo dindiup.the.broken sariedyjio sel the captive; at liberty, nd.ol epost; endo nT Committee are persuaded that the best answer to every objection with which the Society can be assailed, is, to recur to the fundamental principles ofits constitution, It is a voluntary association of private individuals, for the procuring and.disseminating ofthe pure unalloyed word of God ; which lays claim to no authority, which offers: violence to no man\u2019s conscience ; but which, in the spirit of Christian meekness, solicits the assistance ofall who approve of its ohject, and leaves others, without censure or uncharitable judgment, to follow the dictates of their own\u2019 consciences, It socks to combine tho efforts of Christians of every denomination\u2019; becouse any dif- - ference of opinion among the individuals that compose the\u2019 Society, can havo no tendency to alter the books, whicli they, merely purchase and sell again, or- distribute gratuitously.It depends solely on tho liberality of the public, from year to year, as it has no fund laid up for permanent support, nor any other res, source than the gpontancous berevolonce of Christians ; which circumstance, fure nishes the most effectual security for the prudent, conscientious, and economical, employment of the fund entrusted to it, * Your Committee, in resigning the, office entrusted to them, would again solemnly commit the interests of the; Society into His hands, who alone can command prosperity ; and their earnest.and united supplication is, that in\" His, own time, and by.instruments of His: | own selecting, He may cause His ¢ nama, to bo known upon earth, and His saving health among all nations,\u201d ; \u201c_ We next lave the ninth Report of the Frome \u201cAuxiliary, and fbe.first Report of the Ladies Assotiation, in connexion | with the same.Success appears to have; propitiously crowned their: exertions.- The following, is one, among thé many fruits of their labours: 22 9 «A poor voman, who was herself uns lable to read, was, induced.to.subscritie; fdr a Bible for, her/children, \u2018and, \u201cpou being.urged to,attand pnyAdolt Sébaols tuid obtain .iostruchon, prousised.tx Rony .zg as Se sider \u2018the eubject.Tt was not till some months afterwards, that the same lady visited this district ; the first thing that struck \u2018her attention, on entering the house of this person, was an evident increase of comfort in its appearance ; something like cleanliness and order might now be seen, where formerly the greatest want of such recommendations existed.After a little conversation, the woman earnestly requested the loan of a \u2018F'estament, till she should have completed the subscription for her Bible, as, she said, from having attended un Adult School, she was now able to read many ensy chapters, and she aud her husband Avere very\u2019 anxious to become acquainted avith the Holy Scriptures.It is almost unnecessary to add, that her request was ranted with the greatest readiness, The Visitor has bad the satisfaction not only of receiving the most grateful.acknowledgements, but of finding that the husband is now actually learning to read of take advice.\u201d A poor coloured - woman, when engaging to subscribe for a - Bible, said she had never paid any money so freely ; it was hurdly earned, but éould in no other way be so well spent.\u201d On the first call, she paid two shillings, and * - respectfully requested to have a chapter read to her, to which she listened \u2018with eager attention ; if oppressed with, hun ger, she could not apparently have received \u2018necessary food with more avidity: A coloured woman said she was: already supplied with a Bible, but wes very happy to have it in her power to contribute a little towards nlecing 80 good a book inthe hands of the destitute, and was quite sure she could pay one shilling quarterly, and never miseit; © A letter.from Middletown: states, * It was fronr Bibles sent.io this place for distribution from the * New-York Female .Auxiliary, Bible Society, that the- spirit - \" for forming an Association first emi.nated, Those: who 'received them having been fully 'impressed with- the importance of the gift; earnestly: desired | : to impart it to-others according to\u201c their ability, and ontêred -with alacrity into -, the scheme when proposed to them, Pho - «case of a young woman is \u2018mentioned, who was first induced to learn to read by the receipt ofa Bible from one of: tho Abgociations ;and, as she was far from.- any place of worship, : this: Bible, with the Spirit of God attending it, was\u2019 her\u2019 -.only teacher, Three years.it was hér + constant study ; it enabled \u2018hec.to perform lier dutiesin an: exemplary mañriet, bis wife, who but a few months since did not know her letters,\u201d Among their foreign correspondence,, ia given, first, dn abstract of the sixth Report of the American \u2018Bible Society, which strikingly evinces the unwosried' excrtions, which are mado on this side of the stlantic, for the.spread of the Bible; and the cheering results, which live sug ceeded such devotedneas, The sixth Re-' port-of the New-York FEMALE Auxi1- 1ary Bisrk Society, for 1822, we like- \u201cwise have, containing, nipchinteresting: matter, It appears it hud digtribnted the «than 180 members.preceding year 780 Bibles; & 100 \u2018l'esta- ments : this Society, is composed of more \u201cIn one of theic Reports the.Collectors state, \u201c We have found our employment not only gratifying, but edifying.In making these visits, an opportunity is af: and she died praising God for it, Bhortly before her death, she: pluced \"it, in the.- most solemn manncr, in\u2018the hands \u201cofiher husband, * charging.hin: to\" preserve dt> =.carefully as Her best legucy-o'her chiloren, \u2026 - at the same time praying Tor.a\u2019 blessing\u201d -upon those who bad given it to her.\" A forded us of observing the diversity of character, and circumstances.among the poor.Among the humblest, piety the most.elevated lias bes\u2019 discovered: ; and: among the poorest, liberality the greatest; dhe:ignorant Lave appeared eagerto rev) ceive instruction; and the: unifprnied: to.: Following we have the Report ofdbe.\u2018Osnaburg Bible Society, for the! jelly,\" 1821; (Qsnaburg: is situated: in\u2019 one\u20186£, .the principalities of Germany.) Itsdas .hours are confined within the principality.:of., Osnabruck, .coptaining'a\u2019 population; - [of 160,000 soulsalthôügluits operations , .Crm tL =.7 of six years, distributed 6,332 Bibles, \u201canl 627 Testaments, the lutter chiefly Catholic.\u201cThe traffic between this town and the adjacent districts is very considerable.This gives life to our destribution yand instances occur which afford us great satisfaction.Pareuts often bring their children with them a distance of several miles to obtain Bibles, Somerimes a child is then brought to the town for the first time ; and therefore, the few words which \u2018may: be addressed-to him on first receive ing a bible, are calculated to leave u deep and salutary impression, .It is certainly f «interesting to.observe the delight with ||.which a child receives the first of treasures, the Bible, neutly bound.He con- J fides the precious burden to no one,\u2014nor \u201cwill heeven allow his parents to cary it; sho leaves the busy city behind, and joy- _ fully returns to his peaceful hut.Indeed, \u201cour pousantry begin to feel à wariver in- - -lerest.than ever in the cause ; the con- \u2018tributions increuse, legucies are bequeath-' zæd or handsome donations presented ; one for instance, of fifty dollurs (rom a farmer, ~ond twenty dollars from another person.< In'short, the Biblical cause is the work \"of God, and\u2018a.powerful means of opening the way to tbe hearts of men, whether in the cottages of ourown peasantry, or.among the most di-tant nations.\u201d .\u201cNext'succeeds a Report of the Wui- \u2018temburg Bible Society, for 1821, giving a most satisfactory account of its opera., lions, during the preceding year.Within : that limited space, it had put into circu- Jation, upwards of ten thousand Bibles .and Testaments.The King and Queen + \"had exhibited their fivourable opinion 6f the institutio by making very liberal do- - Nations to it, 2 : \u201cA female servant coptributed 10 flo- Fins from her savings ; one lady sent us : 100,-and three others 50 ench}and se- J veral desirous of doing good even after \u2018theif decease, bequeathed on their dying + beds.to this institution various sums,\u201d +i: The number concludes with a com- | + imunicatjon \u2018fromthe Secretary! \u2018ofi the t 12 are not extensive, it has during the period Sumatra Auxiliary Society, dated Fort Marlborough March 1st.1822, (Sumatra is onc of the Islands of the Indian Ocean,) nothing of a.peculiarly flutters ing nature is given.\u2014The Socicty had generously presented to the Baptist Mission, of that place, 800 Rupees to enable it to print the Gospel of St, John, in the Malay tongue.The Gospel of St.Matthew, bad been-previously traus- lated, mauy Copies of which, had becn Put into circulation, * \u2014BDO0EDE + - i IN BRAHMANS, \u2018 4 ?to offer à sacrifice :\u2014a number of; vows - * .- are made, on all which occasions -brah- *- acknowledge their No person may teach the vedu but & brahman ;\u2014a spiritual guide must bea brohmang\u2014every.priest must bea brahman ;\u2014the offerings to the gods must be given to brabmaus;\u2014no ceremony is meritorious without a fee.to the officine ting brahman s\u2014numberless ceremonies have been invented to increase the wealth of thebrahmans : several fees are exacted by them previous to the birth.of every child ; at the birth when the child is a few days old ; again when it issix montbà old ; when two years\u2019 old ; again at eight or nine; andagain at marriage = in sickness, the brahmen is paid for re- pesting forms for the restoration -of the\u2018 patient :\u2014after deuth, his son must, pers form the shraddhu, or funcral feast, the offerings and fees at which aro given to the b-ahmans, twelve timcs during : oo \u201coe the first year, and then annunlly ;=if'4; shoodru mect with a misfortune, Le must\u201d pay a braliman to read incantations 6}: : its removal ;\u2014if his cow die, he must call a brahman to make anatonement ;== if hie Jose a pieco of gold, he must db the same ;\u2014il a vulture have settled on his\".house, he must pay a.brabman to purify his dwelling ; ifhe go intoa new house, - he must - y a brahman to purify * it; \u2014if a shoodru die on an unlucky - day, his son must employ a brziman to remove the evil effects of- this circym- stance ;\u2014if he cut a pool or a well, be must pay a brabiman to consecrate it ;\u2014 if he dedicate to public uses a temple, or trees, ho must do the same ;\u2014at- the, time of an ecli ployed and paid jon certain lunar days, the shoodra must present gifs to brab- .mans ;\u2014during the year, about forty ceremonies ure performed, \u201ccalle vrutus, when the brahmans are feasted, and receive Îecs ;\u2014when a person supposes himself to be under the influence pf an evil planet, he must call four brabmans maps ard employed and paid ;\u2014 at he birth of a child, .the, svorship - of Shushtee is performed » :when brobmays are.feastéd.;\u2014\u2014{-at the Ra : , the brabman js eme \u2026 ÿ î .bundred houses at once, At the house ~ feasted.Instances aremontioned of 100, _ 000 brahmans having been ussembled at one feast.At a abraddhu performed for * vernor Hastings, six hundred thousand .Jutions of the.beuvonly' bodies\u2014the su- © very laws, tend at once to establish the +, eount of the Braliminical System, Chris- .Sa\u2019 friends; becauseit.is, in: fast; he very, .death\u2014-a future state, &c, have all béen .mans ; in short, from the time a shoodfu \".is conceived in.the womb, to his delive- 14 time of the amall-pox, aceremony is performed by the brahmans ;\u2014they aro paid for assisting the peopleto fast ; to remove eutaneous disorders, the brahmans pray to one of the\u2019 goddesses, and receive a fee ;-brahmans are employed daily to offer worship to the family god of the shoodru ;-the farmer ddves not reap his harvest without paying a brahman to perform some ceremony ;-a tradesman capnot begin business, without 2 fee to a bralman ;\u2014a fisherman cannot build a pew boat, nor begin to fish in a spot which he bas formed, without a ceremony and a fee ;-nearly a hundred different festivals are held during the year, at which brahmans are entertained, and, in some villages, feasts are celebrated at a of a Raja, at particular festivals, sometimes \u2018as many ns 20,000 brahmans are his mother, by Guñga-Govindu-Singhu, of Jamookapdee, near Moorshudubad, who was in \u2018the .employ of the late Gobrahians, it Js enid, were assembled, feasted, :and- dismissed with presents.© \"Thus every form and ceremony of ro- ligion\u2014all the \u2018public festivals\u2014all the accidents and concerns of life\u2014the, revo- perstitions fcars of the people \u2014births \u2014 sicknesses \u2014 marriage \u2014 quisfortunes\u2014 seized as sources of revenue.to the brah rance from purgatory by the bralimans at Guya, he is considered us the lawful prey of the \u2018brahmans, whose blessing raises him to heaven, or whose \u2018curse sinks him into torments; \u2014and thus, their popular, stories, their \u2018manners, and their s most complete.system of absolute opprés- sion thät-perbaps éver existed, - \u201cWehave given you this particular a=\" \u2018Some, porhaps, maybe.ready to think te 60 pillar on which the whole fabric.of Hindoo superstition rests,\u2014the strong hold in which the god of this world has entrenched himselfamong them.Surcly it will lead you to pity the millions who are thus futally enslaved, and fill your minds with generous indignation against such mercenary and -unfesling oppression; that it is in vain to expéct that such delusions can be scatlered ; or at least, that this will be effected by the ordinary methods of preaching the gospel.But we have great pleasurein saying.that among several hundreds of natives who have embraced the gospel, some brahmans have been included.The names of three individuals of this caste occur .in alist of the native preachers in India, furnished us by Mr.Ward when in England ; - and one young man of great promiéé has been lately baptized by our junior.bre: thren in Calcutta.Others have been re« moved by death.Respecting two, whe, were well known to Mr.Ward, hé gives the following pleasing testimony s 7\" 8 KrisIIN0o-PRisAD, the.first -brahs man who was baptized in Bengal, died a few years ago.He was most exemplary in his life, sought to bring his wenlthy relations to the faith, and died full of hope, leaving behind him a nanie.embalmed in the memory of all bis brethren.\u201d __ Ran-Monun, a converted brahman of the liighost caste, and.who, wheb a heathen, set fire to the pile in which his living mother was.consumed to shes, bas been the means ofthe conversion of several persons, and he is now such a per suasive preacher of the gospel, that have + seen his congregation drenched in tears\u201d.* FROM THE.BUSTON RECORDER: .\u2019 RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETIES.À pi No method, of doing -good is more succesful, or, imeets more generally: the approbation, of.the friunds.of -God and - man, then- the, circulation of Religious : \u2018Frasts, We: khoyw.they:do'good, ber \\ cé.ee \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014, Wy CPE cause, we know that God blesses his truth, whether itis proclaimed.by, his.servants, or sent forth among the nations, 7 \" =; i .* \\ Ce, < bm et 15 in the volume of the Bible, or in the form of a Tract.Facts too, shew that God has abundantly blessed them, Tidings are continually coming to our ears of good effected by this cheap, easy and inoffensive manner of spreading the glad news of ealvation, ; Tt must be Inghly.interesting to all.friends of religion and Religious Tracts, to know what Societies are now engaged in cireulating them, and'how extensive arc their operalions.The Society in England for promoting Christian Knowledge, hus béen ever since its formation, in 1698, more or Jess actively engaged in publishing and circulating Religous Tracts.In 12 years - previous to 1816, this Society distributed @ millions and a half of Tracts.\u2018 mek, 7 3 3 in Danish, and 1 in Swedish, It has aided in printing Tracts in many other languages, and has bountifully:.aided in establishing new societies in almost every nation of Europe, in India; and elsewhere, It has in England, 124° auxiliaries\u2014and its receipts the last year, were mora than 41,000 dollars, ° Thus this groatest, oldest, \"parent sow ciety is marching onward ; and by cirs culating its millions and millions, is: .: doing good to our world, which we shail- ; never fully estimate, fill we see the \u2018ins numerable multitude of the redeemed in another world, SL The Tract Society, at Stockholm; Sweden, was established: in-1809, In: 1813,ithad circulated 400,000 Tracts.- \u2014in the Swedish, Laponese and Fin- I shall mention no others, of many societies, which were long since engaged in this effectual mode of doing good, as auziliury to their benevolent' designs.At the close of the last century, some.friends of Zion in England, discovered the power of this engine, which infidels had already, with such alarming success, | turned against religion, aid resolved on \u2018establishing a Society for this immediate object, ¥ The London Religious.Tract Society was instituted in 1799.It distributed the first ycar after Îts establishment 200, 000 Tracts\u2014the next year 600,000 ; and.though it was involved nearly D2,000 in .debt, 1t carried on its noble design with vigor.The eyes of Christians were opened lo see its \u2018usefulness and excellence ; it was relieved from its cmbarrassments ; and in 14 years published 17,000,000.The bounty \u201cof \u2018Briish Christians was.poured in upon it, and it has sinte pub- ished, on an average, 8,600,000, annually, muking its whole: number, at the Present time, 45,000,000.of Religious\u2019 Tracts.Theso'it.bgs published in hany; Tag nish languages ; and from the best infor mation we have, has now circulated: 1,600,000.A society which has lately sprung up in Finland, promises \u2018even tor.rival in zealand usefulness the society in Stockholm.In Russia, 500,000; were printed and circulated in 1819,;and;.1820.RES The churcli-of England Tract Society; * '- instituted at Bristol, in 811, has: cirs:, ., culated more than a million and a half cf Tracts ; and the Liverpool Tract Society\u2019, has done as much, or more.© | + In our own country, many Trocta.,, -were printed and cifoulated by.benevos - lent societies and individuals, before any: ~ important \u2018Tract Sociely was formeds.=: ° :But this mode of procedure was seen to.\u2018be far less usefn!, and far more expeusive, than the combined efforts of the churches in.one largo institution ;.which Being: des.voted to the object, surveys the whole.ground, and spreads.itself as-far as.thes.wants of men, unless limited:in fits, opera.ations by the want of means, \u20141.| |\u2026 Three important Religions TraotSay.cities now exist in our country, That: at New-York, was; institited 1r1812,3, 7% guages, and circulated to.thgends of the f \u2014and has printed./1,200,000 Tractaiss.: world.It hns prited in English, 168+ Its.series.in; English \u201ccontains 146 namoi x differont:-numbers; in Welsh 1-;.in Irish, |Ébergs in'Krench,-.15 :=zand in-Spaniehige: , Lao.French, 18=lin;; Dutohp:42:51in- 1, {The Baltimere Raligiovsy Tract, Son +, Bpanish, 4i3.in) Portuguese; As in.Gtr- ciety\u2019 wan ioutituted (if, 38180 eran] Fu M2 - Se ai | | \"lishment of the Society.\u2014Ep.- 0.vrJohi Huss vas b printed the lust year, 40,000 pag.s.\u2019 .The New-England Tract Society was established iñ - 1813.4,000 Dollars were then given for its establishment, \u2014 It is now the largest l'ract Society in the world except the London Religions \"Pract Society.It has printed three mil- *\" Hons of Tracts:\u2014and 143 different numbers, Its general depository is in Andover, Mass.; and it has \u201c80 deposi- toriesin 18 different Stntes, Its plan of .operation is formed with great simplicity and beauty, - Ita general depository is the fountain from which all the others aresupplicd.And each -of the others * haa.around it in every direction rocie- \u201c\u2026 \u201cties an£9édividuals-wvhich are continually , + déawing from\u2019 tthe water of life, - A Tracl Society has arisen the last.season in France, at Paris ; and from the zeul exhibited by the Parisians, in behalf of the Bible Society, we huve every -veüson lo believe il will prosper.%:One has likewise been established in + Montreal during the past year, Auziliary to the London Religious Tract Society.Since the commencement of its operations, À has distributed about 9,000 Tracts, in.the Prisoy, Hospitar, and Sunpar-Scnoors of Montreal, at Quebec, Three Rivérs, inthe Eastern Town.\u2019 ships, on the Grand River, and in various parts of the Upper Province, About -3,000 Tracté, in I'vench- and English, -were pul into circulation, bya few pious and active individuals, priorto the estab- ri \u2019 or: 5 \" ï : JOHN -HUSS,: THE ROHEMIAN roots -MARTYR.5 ++\" De in ast \u2026.ARE AD HLT LC ee 3 ora of poor parents: st.a village, called Hussinez, in 1373.\".Having received somo education at the public school of: a: neighboring: town, dalled Prachatiz,-he became servant w a\u2019 - professoriat Prague, who lent him some oks, aid assisted him intuér\"king to'silencätihiims i \u2018 | \u2018Wenceslas, however, shrew dly answered by repeating the prelate\u2019s own.words\u2014 « Huss, you know, has promised a: his ordination, to speak the truth without respect of persons.\u201d - : - In this manner Huss zealously contended for the truth, defended Wickliffs evangelical principles, and recommended to the students to read the Bible and Wicklif's works, Archbishop Shinek, siiccessor to Wolbrant,a man so very ignorant, that he took his first lessons in reading on his promotion to the see, caused Wickliff\u2019s works to be publicly burnt, in order to render himself more tible to the : i votainbé, \u2018as hetetofore, the love and respect ofall the people, both on account of his pious conversation, and his zeal for the salvation of his hearers, In 1409 he was chosen rector of the University ; and as the Bobemian students had hitherto been oppressed by the Germans, who were wholly devoted to the pope, he procured for them their original privileges, « The opposition raised against Huss, led him into a more close examination of the scriptures ; by which his faith in the truths of the gospel became more firmly established, his growth in the love and knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ more apparent, and his testimony more unequivocal and efficacious : the rage of 4be pope and his followers against him! ofcourse, increasing in proportion.In 1412, pope John XXII roclaimed remission of ins to all, who would assist him in his wars aginst two; anti: fopes and the king ef Naples.John uss most strenuously opposed thisscan- -dalous measure, and published doctrinal theses against it, He was now summoned + to appear before tho pope's tribunal at Rome ; and when, by the persuasion of his friends, he declined it, the pupe not only issued a decree of excommunication | against him but by a dreadful interdict prohibited \u2018all religious worship in the city\u2019 of Prague, Huss met this heavy stroke with firmness, commended-bis cause to Jesus .Christ, the only Head of .the Church, and\u2019 wrote a solemn appeal to\" joy) bie awoke.History afterwards fur./ HIM.\u2018That Le miglit however, put.it stop to the deplorable confusion: which\u2019 took place at Prague, in consequerice of the popish excommunication, he .quitted the cily, and preached with great blessing in towns and villages, and in the open, fields, Thus the knowledge of : th gospel spread more and mure jas the natural and never fuiling consequence.of the banishment of true belisverss\u2014Séa Acts viii, 1,4 Coe ne At length he was-cited, in 1414, to appear and answer for his conduct before the general council at Constance, \"To this erJ, he obtained from the Emperor Sigismund, a letter of safe condues, by which a safe passage to and from Cons tance, was solemnly promised ta'bim.Before lie set: out, he exhorted his friends in Bohemia, steadily to persavere in the truth, to remain immoveuble in the! faith of Christ, and to continue in prayer for him ; for he.immediately expres-ed lis apprehension, that he was going to.meet heavy sufferings, and perhaps, even tu die the death of a.martyr, He set outiod his journey.with cheelulness and courage, but had scarcely arrived at.Constance, when in spite of the empéror's, letter, be was thrown into a filthy dungeon, on pretence that no man was bound tu kee faith with a heretic: but even in.this.dark abode, Jesus, whom he loved and .revered remained his light, his comfort, and strong support ; when awake, he was occupied with (he contemplation-of Christ's lave unto death, and his precious promises.to his churob, and even when asleep, his mind often dwelt upon: the same glorious subject.Of this, a remark= able instance \u2018is recorded ; he dreanit,.that ho was in his church.called Bethle- - hem, and had' drawn a fignre.of ojir: Sas \u2018viour upon the wall, which: hawever, was immediately obliterated hy a- strana ger.Soon.after, he saw some experién-, - ced artists coming in, who restored his.drawing, and.completed itin thé.best manner, insomuch that though: ihe Ro mish bishops and priests did all 10 their: power to eraso it, they could, not suc ceed;; upon which, -in;the midstiof bis 3. \u2018 18 nished tho following interpretation of bis dream :** Huss preached \u2018in the church, called Bethlehem; and uncessingly portrayed» Jesus before the eyes of his heavers, according to the best of his knowledge.After his death, his enemies sce- med to succeed jn obliterating the \u2018impressions made by his teaching, by expunging\u2019 the doctrine of our Saviour ; but there arose from among his true followers, the unity of the brethern, who by the instruction of the Holy, Ghost, obtained still clearer views of the great doctrine of the utonement, and havenot ceased even do the present day to set forth Jesus Christ, both among Christians and heat hens, after the example of the Apostle Paul,.Gal.iii, 1.a3 crycified- among them: And may we not add, that this picture, the doctrine of tho cross of Jesus, has become clearer and more distinctly: exhibited through the power of \u2018God, even by the very opposition of those, who attempted to obliterate \u201cand destroy Gr ee RT +1 Amidst the \u2018Buffering scenes of \u2018his \u201cimprisonment, Huss did not cease.to write to bis friends and adhérents in Bohemin,- and- his numerons edifying letters sufficiently prove his great love \u2018And care for them, his humble opinion of himself, and the comfortable assurance \u2018he felt ofthe favor of his God and Redeemer.He exhorted them, for the sake of Jesus\u2019 passion, to stand firm in confessing the \u2018truth,\u2018and to pray to God, powerfully to strengthen and énable him to\u2019 suffer martyrdom and death for hisisake, .«.'Having been lelft to linger above half -*\u201cyear in confinement, he was at length, Ahrice presented to the council, and: put ~upon: his trial ; he could scarcely utter a \u201cword; \u2018ont:account: of :the -tumult and .@proar made by his adversaries and -judges on his appearance.No sooner \"did he open his mouth, than\u2019 they cried \u2018mm down with insulting and railing ~~ \u2018vocifération : he was accused of many errors, which had never entered his mind, ,* much! Jess his: writings i for\" instarice, \u201cthat he: hud given himself out to be tho ~ , réguirthi person-in- te Godhead; Ho do- AC LIE 2, Pr Tegan oar \u201c se.\\ clared,\u201d that wliat\"he had \u201creally \u2018taughY/ [F he believed from his heart, and begeëd | earnestly, that, if he was wrong, hie might be better instructed out of the: word iof F God, and his errors confuted- by the testimony of \u2018the holy scriptures.\u2019 +The council, however, would not enter with lim upon\u2019 the Bible, but sometimes by \u2018threats, aud at other times, by.friendly admonitions \u2018and\u2019 \u2018promises, sought extort from him a solemn recantation of his doctrines, He\" declared \u2018that hé | would rather submit to be burnt alivé than deny what he knew to be \u2018divine À truth, * His firmness being ascribed \u201cto obstinacy, be was.condemned fo the flames, as ar\u2019 incorigiblé archshiefétio; - John von Chlumi, bis faithful friend and a Bohemian baron, did not forsake him in this\u2018extremity,.After Huss hud \u2018been cast ont:and declared an-hérélio; he gave him, in presence of \u2018the emperor & 4he whole council, the right händ oflfel-; J \u2018lowship, and\" accompanied\u201d bim\u2019anid the | turnkey \u2018tothe door of-the \u201cdungeonjent 8 couraging him in these words :~=*Be_of good cliver ; suffer yourself rather tb be robbed of your life, than of the gospel.\u2019! When on the day of lis:deathi, the sentenco wasread to him in the \u2018Cathedral of Constance, in presence of the emt peror and council, he knelt down, and after the example of our blessed Lord, E and the first martyr Stephen, prayed \u201cEk God to forgive hisenemies.Being asked ° for the last time, whether he persisted in.J: \u2018maintaininghis doctrines, hu\u2018answered ; \u2018 L-now stand-before the face: of God, and I nevei can\u2019 do\u2019 what.yoii.-require, -without a violation\u2019 of Hig- honour apd _E my own conscience.\u201d Before he.was led to the place: of execution, he was solemnly presented to the whole gouncil in his priestly habit, with the chalice in his hand, that \u2018he might-be disgraced with special jofamy.Being stripped of -his habit, amidst dreadful imprecations, asd the chalice snatched from him;.ho, was pronounced an accursed: Judesi-Hové- § plied; + I place my trust: in \u2018my.Lord - § Jesus Christ, and know: that he ior b ver take from wath oup 9 opjrati es CL se Go it À Un 19: 4 , Lfircoly, believe that he will givejt: ard nothin day in his kingdom.\u201d a, \u2026A-ipaper imitre, \u2018upon \u2018which devils were -painted, - being .placed upon his head; be comforted .himself.with the re: flection, that Jesus had: heen, ju mockery, crowned v ith thors.He: was then de-: livered' to the magistrates, willy: these, words ¢* Wo, dgliver- your bpdy,p, the, secular, power, and your soul.to thede-.vil!\u201d apon which he axclaimed::.O Lord Jesus! [.¢ommend my.soul unto this, for thou hast redeeined.it.\u201d \u2018On the road, to the stake he sung psalms and hymns, with such cheerfulness and firmness, that his enemies themselves gonfes- sed, Ahet ba: went to.death as.if he wero going ton .weddingefedst,.Thus this faithful; confessor of the gospel ended his täce in the flames, July.6; 1415, and sealédy:his (estimony.by:imartyrdom, in the-42d : ear of, his.uge.ead i His faithful, Friend, Jerome.af Brag, was \u2018llso condemried by the coungil, qn account Of his, opin avowäliof tbe fruths- dlithe \u2018gospel, and.:on May, 80th; 141.0; burnt alive duithe-very spot: whete:Huss bad:euffered;.; ified inv tin oy TL Dk tae 1 HIM, | Érrom \u201cthe Tonton\" Jewish\\Expotitor: engi Gilad Æxtract.of a Leflsy from Mr, Thelwall, «Miissipnary; aorilen, rohiile at.Amsit) derdun, June, X892.,.; x + I thank Goduthat-his-blessing à mot limited to one particalar ghurchior form of worship; but L can experience: the \u2018ide.fluences.of his Spirit ging lifeond \u2018pd= wer to the\" word of.his truth; \\vherever and unger whatsoever.variety ofoutward dircumstances itis presched.And.find | 4vboth a duty and: dolight: torcharish a @pirit\u2019 ofthe: most enlarged: tolerance, \u2018being inwardly convinced, that.wherever \u201ctoo much'stressislaid-on particular forms 10r doctrines; upon which real Christionsin ll ages & nations have more -or less diff- -red;:we suffér-in reférence to the life and Power of religion in thesoul.\u2018Æ'he-har- one ;measyre; tg, circumgtantials,, musta needs ba taken.from, csuentials, - And his, L çonceive tp, bu especially needful 10, ve= mark, if we would labour to ony goad , purpose among the Jews ; for our, diffor.Tencog qu lesser points are a great slump blinghlock to them.I would, therefarg,, ; endeavour to bring forward ou, pvery, gon, casion the great points on, which: wejut; agreed, and toshow that these fur, surpass) in importance those on which.we differz Anti s0:to inaist mainly, and jn, the fest instance, upon; a.view of Ghristianitywhiçh.L have, been, accusjomed to sum; up, in fque texts of Scripture, Jer.aii, Qa - John ii.3._iii.16, ond; Heb.xii; 14; and- to.maka this.the only texv,of whasik ° preach, and what { hear; ¢ Does it tend, to.humble; the, rinner ; to exalt; JhæSan vjqur, to, promote holiness.And: when: men heartily agree.upon these vigws, quel give.dua importauce 40, themy,.lowekes, ; they; may differ.on athor points,-they-,got inten brotherly spiritand.Christian fem < per upon.the sure foundations ahigh, am gommap to; Shemytbefora;; they discover.- thot, there are any-points upon bic they.differ afall.And I believe, here yigws have bugni.av.grmat.cause, undenGodia blessing, of the brotherly, .regards with + swhich; J.bave been received.by Shir tians ip this.GOUDYY:.yi lal: oilf 0) he = < cena 1 abet OPS 71 ni gn lraggion 5, om inn ordi ors ars O0 yom fhe Tanidoly Helge Mei oa Bpospecrive (TaIuMpns, aFidA IRIEL ir oi! ANKE, OVER, MAHONEDANIE i577 ir IThie' :Mahomedsm | countries.iveutid prehending Soutlt-westérn: Asia and: Nigre=e thern \u2018Africa;! are estimated by MesDowd < - glas to-contain a hundred millions; «0: this calculation sinchides' the Puke 6F Europe, tthe: Matiomedan: Tatars; him .\".the \"Moslom east: of the Tndus> #The,,.\u201cproportion\u201d they \u201cBear:to!ithe momie Christian population.of/the>-worlä; 32: thinksta'bé not more tHari'one \u2018half tobe 0 ever that proportion-is apidlyiditsinisths 7 inget 10250 en pune de ur + +-Thesa coudtried present irelt grees ™r: dificultibs\"iir-the wij ofthe op -mony and dependence of divine- truthsis disturbed, and whatsoever is given in ' 4 du ~ of Chrietinnity than boathuiiocounetR:\" 3at Vy: convert buing\u2018alhôst cetlaih of | dellhjas'soon as his conversio is open-' ; 1y known.\" \u2018Preaching to the Mahom- 1 edians wotld,-in the first instance, bea | Mopelee#\u201d underakiog.But the life uf 1 Benry Martyn shows what an impres- I siol may bé -proauced by conversation: alone!\" His work shows, morcover, that I tymperate and learned\u2019 upologiés * for ii Christionity \u2018will be better\u2019 received by Mussulméné than might.be expected.\u2014 \u201cOf all\u2019 creëds\u201d remarks Mr.Douglas, \u201cthat of Islam has been: found the least i compatible with philosophy.The Ko- \"rin cannot bear inspection, ¢ And here.i the adageof infidelity is true; for the i Moslem; when they begin fo reason will | das ip heliéve,\" This opmion corre:- | pond ivith that expressed by a very in- i telligent writer, who had ample dpportu- 4.nity of personal observation, that * the i conversion: of the Mahomedan world, ' wheii it\u2019 begins; will spread: with asto- * ishing rapidity.\u2019 and that ¢ but 4 \u2018short | #tund'will be mide: for the Korn.\u201d Abdool Messeeli isan illustrious \u2018instance | &F the ttidmplitof-the crass over the cres- ¢ .&ot'by méhns of preaching.- Wi agrie, ; \\ howbvary with the: Author of the: Hints, L tliat\u2019 Hfiktia not the'first or tic best: me- | thod to be adopted ; that's, as address: ed to the Mahomedans themselves.\u2014 But, \u2018in two.thirdg of.these countries, there are aufficient numbers of nominal | | Chiristians, With whose \u2018creed lie\u2019 Mos- E18 dotnbu interfere, who présent a°suË | ficient-aurfée for the-emall efforts which , Qlretinns are at.presat capable of, and mhb.thempelves hÿ- proper training, - may {+7 hecolneithe missionaries of future - years.\u2019 | A fÆbis:1a;a: hint which highly deserves to 1.2* Pon followed out.\u2018The;existence of no- * % Mioah Queiptiaas.in the heart of Mahomi.\u2018edn countries, and.their toleration by 2° pts goremments ce those countries, are d@ircymatances which adroit ofbeing turn- _\" Baltg.expellent account, Hitherto, how- > ævrérithay have had a: decidedly wnfa- | .-vourable effect, because the deteriorated \" seligigni of these.nomingl Christians, \u2018has Ë \u201csalen worsp - than that of the Mahome- | \u201clauhudtome;en:négount of its \u2018nearer of gu: yb Suren talfEY win den 5 | So a finity to idolatry,\" worse intits\u2019 moraf fue fluence, \u201ci ie dh ae \u2018The Mussulman has.had \u2018his prejudices fortified and bis self-importance increased, by a well-founded sense of su-: periority over thie * Christian dogs\u2019 with whoin \u2018he Iris come in contact.It is: impossible Yo - calculate how much this «contributed to\u2019 strengthen the \u2018force of prejudice, and-to retard \u2018the progress: of Christianity: The Mahomedan, wher he began to reason, might, and geticrally did, become an infidel ; but he could never, with such a representation of Christianity before him, become a Chris- \u2018tan, He might throw-away his Koran; but he would in vain havé sought at the © hand of a°\u2019Greek or Romish priest, - the Bible\u2018 ih its stead.- The case is now; blessed be god, greatly \u2018altered, \u2018Fhoit intercourse with Europeans is now daily forcing upon the Moslem, the unwelcome conviction of at least the intellectual superiority of the \u2018Franks, The different treatment which English travellers now meet within many parts: of the Turkish empire, from what they 'did a few years azo, when it was hardly thought safe to venture any where ina European dress, is very striking.Policy is, no doubt, the occasion, of this change.The Englishman!s money has'made his name.respected,\u2019 and\u2019 he maj nol travel safe from insult,* It matterasnot, however, what has wrought {he lange.Commerce has oftén béen;iand.it is he\u201c noblest office; the harbinger of Christianity, An opening:is being made forthe introduction of European silently but eflectually undermine Islamism ; and whole nations: cannot remain | unbelievers, :'DhesBible ia-: finding.its vay ; and asiprejudice.dectenses; cari- osity will increasesand truth must be the gainer by the result.-n Jd.time, the asso- ciniions now connected with the names of Greek and: Frank, will give way in Abe mind of the Mussulman, to respectful and even deferential feelings ; and native converts -will complete the work which foreign.exertions shall \u2018have be.science, which will ©.1 91 .Of«lllie Mahomedari;countries, Persia is by far the mèst interesting, and'perhaps the most important.It js also that in which the dowufal of Islamism \u2018may be expected first to take place, and, in: many respects, it presents the most hope: ful aspect.The Soofies ary a very numerous sect: they have been computed attwo hundred thousand in Persia, Their creed is older than Muliomed, They _ may be divided into fanatics and infidels; and among the latter, Christignity\u2019may hopo at least to-obtain a hearing, et Co ; TRE KORAN, SE Inthe grand Library ot Lyons,in France, - mwritlen in,the Turkish Language, This book:of remote antiquity, and'so venerated \u2018by the major part.of the inha- bitante of - Asia, is in\u2019 Turkish Arabian, every page having an embellished border, , and containing eleven kinds of text.- \"The.Turkish dialect, formed.from the Arabian, has five letters less ; the character.wps fixed by.the Vizier Melech, who \u2018about the year, 983 wrote out Abe Koran in such a\u201d bénitiful and correct style of peninanship, that his\u2018léiters \u2018ere regarded as tÿpes.ar ERA er \"+ 8ale, Garnier, \u2018Roland: Chardin, Prideaux, D\u2019Herbelot, Turnefort,.Matucci, Di-Ryer, aid /I'iirpin, have particularly diecented at large upon this Bible ofithe Mussulmans; Itiis written in verses; the éhain of' which \u2018is frequently broken, so © that :at the first inspection it seems to pre- \u2018sent nothing but a:series of laws, or de-| tached moral pis.- Beside a very.trivial maxim.is found -a -most.sublime image; and .nesr a sterile dogma isa ||.Glowing description of human virtues, The word Koran signifies the Book of.Books as the \u2018term Mishne of the Jews.According \u201cto its believers, it was sent \u201cfrom heaven-during\u2019 the night of the 93d , or 24th of the month of Ramadan; but \u201cthe work was not- given to the world and vested \u2018with \u2018public \u2018authority; until \u2018the :Whirtieth \u2018 year.\u2018of: the\u2019 Hegira under the, \u2018 \u2018Caliph Omari second successor /of Mas, homet, The frst transcripts wore in the Coptic } :but-it.is not \u2018dacertajned whether the, manueckipt now under reyigw is.write ten in'those specific charters; .; 1, The work consists of 114 chaptess, of.which the Mahomedan doctorshave couts ted: the words-and letters ;.;in order that neither ignorance nor malignity should add or retrench a.syllable.\u2026The number of words is 77,639, It ig, written in, & harriopious and flowing thyme ; the,me;\u2019 taphors are luxuriant, but the concisenet o expression frequently rendors the sense.obscure and mysterious, | Ch - Mahomet wrote his work in\u2018tbe Korer istic dialect, which was the purest àf the cast.Some coadjutors;havo been.given to this eastern prophet during his compo sition of the Koran, namely, Hertebe the Arabian, Salman the Persian, Bepsalom the Jew, and Sergius the monk, with whom Mahomet was closely allied when be conducted his \u2018caravans into Syria The Culiph Al-Mamün.pdblisie fn ee dict, which subjected al] mussulm i believe, the\u2019 Koran\u2019 eternal\u2019; which offi _ nhie prosiucéd many.diksonters arid Fattyrs, as it unifornily \u2018happens when forte is resoiied {o in \u2018érises\u2018of tieologital discussions,\u2019 \u2018The devotees for the Koran never touch or open it without previous ablution }iand in order toigive timely.nae tice, to prevent writing::tbese words: Git the first pogo :\u2014 Do not-touéh this book with: polluted { hands ;\", they.\u2019 pre .oyen scrupylous as to; carrying it, under, their girdles, and upon the leaves of this, work their oath is administered.|; ot \u201cMONTREAL, JANUARY.15,~ vi Sop dan 10 4 eV re Ming dniing Médorentes We were! very fortunate in: fine ding an article upon Tract Sdeieties, atready.made up to our:bäñds, which we have taken, the liberty of extracting, from the Boston Ree: corder,.a valuable religious Paper.Documents; are at this.momen waa ing, toénable sto give apaccount/oË , ; \u201cras um ee = - ne Ww *Y hy ' i i 1 ji | the: Society for Promoting Onnris- TIAN\" KNOWLEDGE, one of the oldest and most considerable in pt of funds, now.in.existence.e hope however, to have it in our power to give it-an insertion in our next'nimber.The Missionary Societies are asserting an influence, | + at'oriée; Comnianding\u2018and impots [i 1 di ; À in ! it ! ur H [i ff i i 3 il £31,089 10s, 5d.Ster ing\u201c The tant ; but it Would be next to\u2019 impossible, with the materials now Within our réach, to detail their spread and operationn\u2014We shall, nevertheless, make out something in the shape of a Skeleton cf them, to be filled up in our future num- \u2018bers.Re \u2018The \u201cSoorerv FOR.THE PRO- FAGATON\" OF'THE (GOSPEL,* 18 the oldest \u2018benevolent institution, now.in existance.It was establiski- edi in England i in 1647-Its rece fi fon the yar \"1821, were £15430 Als, fd.Sterling ; andyits expenditures for the same period were actual number of missionaries, now in the service of.the -Socicty,.is eighty-six.\u201d .These ave employed in South Africe, India within the Ga ,and in British.America, :- * The Soc1eTY FOR PROMOTING Canterian \u2018KNOWLEDGE, \u201ccomes next in Chronological order, dof which, we shall treat more full in our next.iv \u2018he \u2018SooreTy Fon PROPOGA-|| \"TING THE GOSPEL AMONG THE : NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS, was ingtitued in, Scotland in 1709.\u2018The DaN1sit Mission Correa: ~was::.established in Denmark inf, is \u2026 i .caf + The Uniten Brervanen \u2018 were vextéemely active in sending labour- on into foreign.parts, at a very, réa ne public niceling is eh them in behalf of their \u201cMissions à batan: annual Sermon is.\u201c now preached;-iniaid of tliei: Assos ciation, formed'in:London, for the support of these- Missions\u2014The following is extracted from a notification; which nppeared on thé cover of the Baptist Magazine, for 99 \u2018 The Chtirch of the United Broth: ; ren (or Moravians) has been recog: nized, by Act of Parliament, *s \u201can Ancient.Prptestant, Episcopal Church.\u201d Their Missions among the.Negroes, Hottento mong Indians sreenlanders, pi Tartars, were commenced: nearly a.Century.ago, {and now consist \u2018of TurnTY-0NE SraTi0xs supplied by nearly.One Hunorep AND Seventi\"Mus- SION ARTES, and contain \u2018mere \u2018than 82,000 Converts.\u2018The Annual Bxpenditure is.above, £9,400, while \u2018the Brethren: \u2018cannot raise £200, which \u201cis \u201cscarcely sufficient\u2019 \u2018maintain the decayed M isioititié \u2018and\u2018lbe Widows and.Or ipl ans ; so t that, notwithstanding, Jiberal aid from-other Sources, a Debt, of above £4,000 haaprisen, aad isstill increasing.ana) Gerd \u2018The ETHODISY Misssonant [SocrEry: was instituted.in En land, in 1786\u2014lts receipts for 1881 amounted to £34,451 6s Ad.- Sterling\u2014It has Stations, - Ist, in -Europe\u2014~In Ireland, Gibraltar and rance\u2014@nd, in Asio-\u2014In Ceylon and Continental India,and upon the Télands in the Soutli_ Sea\u2014Srd, 1h || Africa, in tbe western and\u2018soûtherh nan in América, | in the Westdies, and inthe B ritis Dominions \u2018of f America\u2014Ît em logs between.seventy, and eighty Missionaries \u2014 - The SocIETY EOR.PROPAGA= TING.TRE.(R08PEJ, AMONG THE .NonTH AmericAN INDIANS, was.instituted in the.United Sats: of America in 1787.7° 33 \u201cThe Bérrisr Mustion any.So: etérÿ; was \u201cÎnstituted i in England in 1792.\u201cHs -awnual income as nearas we'can leary, i is about £J4,- (000 Sterling, and'it- employs about thirty Missionarics.\u20141¢ lias a College © \u201cestablished at Serampore (in India,) for the \u2018education of native Missionaries: \u201cThe LioNDON Misudrane So- \u201c CIETY, arose in England i An 1794 \u2014 The nett receipts of the last year ending in May 1822, amounted to £29487 Sterling, being an increase of the - previous year; 6f £3263 Sterling:\u2014Tho expenditures'however, lidd exceeded the income by nearly £11,000 Sterling\u2014It em- oys between eighty and\u2019 \u2018ninety Beiaiontfe.\u201cThe Scores Mission any\u201d Soï - CIETY, was-inslituted in- Scotland, in 1796.\u2014Its annual income, we believe to bie about £4,000 Sterling.The: NernerLANDS Missio- NARY Sociery, was established in Netherlands-in 1796.The Cuurcn MissioNARY So- O1ETY, was establised in England, in 1800.\u2014Its receipts for the year ending i in 1822, were £82,975 19,7 Sterling.\u2014Its expenditures for thé same period \u201cwere P32,890,18,2 Sterling.\u2014It has\u201d \u2018Missionary sta \u201c lions \u2018in the following places.\u2014 West Africa, Mediterranean; Calcutta and North India, Madras and South India, Bombay and Western Fridin, Ceylon, Australasia and the | - West Indies, employing about thirty two y Weston) \u2018his Society has a College is ished in India, .at Calcutta.- The LonnoN Tews Sore, instituted.in -England in 1809,\u2014 Its annual receipts arc about.£12,- 000 Sterling: - +The AMERICAN - \u2018Bop: \u2018FOR evr Ere 8: \\ i.Fortsan- Nisééoié) vas etablné ed in the United States in 1810,\u2014 Its annual receipfs are about £10, 000.\u2014\"T'his Board huveseventy one persons employed among the heas then,\u2014 of whom twenty eight are ordained Ministers of the Gospel, - and seven licensed preachers: Bed \u2018sides these, there arc fifty.four fe}.male helpers, a few of whoni, ite single women, but most\u2019 are Wivey of the Missionaries.\u201d =~ , The Baptist Boar, Fon.Fol REIGN Missions, was institute; in the United States in 1814.\u2014Itg annual income is about £5,000; .The Unirep Foreign Misa.SION SocieTY, instituted - inthe -Umited States-in-1817.\u2014Its.annual.receipts are about .£4,000.» CONVERSION OF\u2019 zano SLAs: : ves Society, established in Edt 5 gland.The Home Missidnany sou ETY, was established \u2018in Englaïd *.in 1819.\u2014Its receipts for thie eit year were £716,6,1.Ë The METHODIST Mission kn | Socierr, in the United States vas.established in 1819.7 The PreresTANT' EviscorAr* \u2018Missionary SociETY, Was ib : tuted in the United States-in' 1820.; The Fore1tn Mrssion:-Socræb TY, of Switzerland was\u2019 \u2018instituted.in 1820.\u201c~The Jews SooreTy; of fom land arose in 1820.om mr iis very probable we: hive not.\u201d enumerated, many\u2019 of other\u2019 \"Socie .ties, now in existence, \u2014 Indeed wé - have extended this.article to such\u2019 - a length, that we can only state.ig ~ closing, that Foreign hors Societies, -have been organised in - the Society Islands, and° West and Soin by cover fm be\u2019 : theism.FY Ek soba, .mised us fm nes Ho i.EA ait Coen PRE oe NEW.CHAPEL.OPENED.- | *(swavtan CASE.) *, CH ti A New Cha I, of all Denominations «f.Orthodox jk was opened at \u2019Heworth-shore, near Néwcastle-upon- Ca on, Sabbath the 24th ult.Mz.urn- ull, Presbyterian ; Mr, Gibbs, Iridepenga and.Mr, Pengilly Baptist, (all.of Ne ewcaitle), preached on the occasion.\"It was Built.chiefly by a conteibution from twélve' chapels, thie.ministers of which are to supply, in rotation, No oite* denomiliation\u201d is \u2018to-bave more right init than another, till all \u201cshall see eye fo'eye\u201d and shall \u201call be of one mind.\u201d Thistidoks like a\u2018Btep toward that pro- union of the whole chnrch of Chriet, \u2018the-prospect of which.is so delightful to {be mind of the humble Christian.Query.Might not: many.populous districts in the.vicinity of Jarge towns, be thus blest with + + places of public ; \u201cworship, where no one denomination \u201cwould undertake.their erection #rand would not ue âhe.ministers sofithose-towns, with equal\u2019 \u201c Teadiness and barmony, engage.in sp= plying them ?Pleasing indeed would it be, 1g Bet see guchis, pla, widely.\u201cA upon Bit est A bea He uy J Aran\u2019 DUELLING.| NE wai \u2019e Qu J: Pwo; friends happening tog quarrel at a \u201cavern;i one'ofthem, à man oflhasty dispo- ition, insisted, that { the other should fight him next morning.ho challenge was coe ted; 0 n condition that.they.sho Ig, be ies together at the, house \u2018of the || ment, hie found every.pre Co to tho field, ben helene, fame sin, the morning, according to.appoint, eparation ; le for breakfast, and his find with bis wi and children féady\"to receive him: thelr, repast being ended, and the family\u2019 With, drawn, without the lent intimatiôn 4 of tlieir purpose having: trafigpired, the oil, lenger asked-the othét Pie \u2018was: réf to attend ?\u201c No.Sir,\u201d said he.nou Pe we'are moré'on a \u2018par: that amiable Woman, and those six lovely children, wlio: just now breakfasted: with us, ' depend,\u201d under.Providence, on my: life forisubs: .sistence ; and, till you.can:êtake;some-\" thing equal-i in my ertimation, 0} the welfare of seven persons dearer 10 ma than the.apple of; my eye, I cannot think we are matched.\u201d Weare mot indepd I * replied the other, giving him bjs- hand, The èse two persons\u2019 bécame fig icmer fle thao or.\u2026 «A \u201ccertaim Missionary, o once \u201cdescribiog the character of :Gud :to a -colléction of .|| American Indians,\u2019 said to them, God § in every where present, around, above.us,\" and sees all our couduct, One, of; the Indians, after listening with great, attens fion, \u2018replied, * \u201cWe no want a God, 50 sharp-sighted, we \u2018choose fo.live, with.freedom\u2019in our woods, , © withiout havin \u2018one over our heads, Watching all our 4 \u2018ad actions.\u201d\u2014Query.Are.there\u201d not : \u2018many in Christian lands, whose wishes\u2019 : (| resémble, those\u2019 expressed by this s heathéiy ; à eR their tgqing + ï ; CRE eue eee _ i All Communications: ior the, Cunorian \u2018REGISTER © be addresse (ils D + paid) io M Ry Wu, T russe SEMI-NONTHLY,\u2019 AT Hawai hiLiGs, FER) ath A > 4 PRINTED ROB.3 HR: PROPRIFTORS BA GRAY; 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