The Christian register, 15 mars 1823, samedi 15 mars 1823

[" | THE CHRISTIAN REGISTER.- \u201cON RARTH PEACE, GOOD-WILL TOWARD wen.VoL.I MONTREAL, SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1828.\"Nord \" FOREIGN NEWS, In No's.,4 and 6, we gave Mr.Hough's report of the Missions in Truvancore ; a report, which contains considerable information concerning ihe Syrian Churches in Malabar : we now lay before our reiisers extracts from a leiler wrillen by the Metropolitan of that ancient ouselold of the Fuilk, addressed to the Pr.sident and Menbers of the Church Missionary - Socie-' : lrunslated from fhe Syriac, by Bo fron.Lec.\u2014 : LETTER OF me me \u2014 TAN To THE noctery.May this letter come in, peace.\"and.safely to Lord Gambier, \"fend: of the Society which is in thie Church of- Engloud, frog, tho School of.Coym-t T JAH.In the Nami: of the: Æternal and Necessary Existence, the Alniighiy, Mar Dionysius, Metropolitan of the Jacobite-Bynans in Malabur, subject to the authority of our Father, Mar Ignatius, Patriarch, who presides in the Apostolic See of Antioch \u2018of Sy beloved of the Messiuh; Love ffom Christ, -and from the.\u2018people of all\u201d the: churches, to Lord Gambier; the: illbs- | trious, honourable, and rénowaéd President ; and to our Brother Mar Henry, the: honoured Bishiop of the city of Gloucester; and to the Priests and Deacons, and true Christians -~great and.small, in the Church of England, who || \u2018are devoted to these things and are mindful of them, who both assist.and provide that we should teach and pr the Precept of our Lord Tia Bi { - | I= Love from God, and Grace from.His only.begoiton Son, and protection from the Holy Ghost, be with you ail over.more ! Amen.\u2018Beloved, kind, end bonoured Be thren in Christ, we would make known! to you, in a\u2018few words, what has hep.pened to us from thd depth of opr pos verity.: We, who aro called.Syrian: Jacos bites, and residéin the land of Malabar, even from the times.of Mar Thomas,\u201d - the holy Apostle, until the wall of Oda chin was taken, in the eign of King: Purgis, kept the True Fait according: © ta the manner of thie Syrian.Jacobites,: |} of real glory, without division or:comst - fusion, But, by the power .of \u2018the Franks, our Jacobite-Syriän fathers and - \u2018léaders were prohibited from comingfrom Antioch : and, because we had'no Jon \u201c|| der and head, we were like sheep Wwithé outa Shepherd ; or, like orphans ad widows, oppressed in spirit, \u2018without support or help.By ihe power and - 4 dominion of the Franks, mbreover, and : dy the abundance of their wealth, and the:Gxertions of thoir leaders, all our .\u2018Syrian Chyrches in\u2019 Malabar were sub-; \u201c|| dued, and- turned to-.the fi Pope.of Rome, - +44 hoof fo an \u201cIn\u2019the year \u2018of our Librd Joss our Spiritual Fäiher, Méÿ Tghauli; Patriarch, from Antioch to May : but, when the Franks knew this, brought the Holy Mas'to\u2019the mh \\ Cochin, impriepned | \u2018him i ina = and ve po small money 0.the- Xin goof - hay\u2019 then brought out bi, god on a be drdwrried: hi thy.: sea, and so put him to\" des Bit we wa kn\u2019 this, a ge \u201cJac dogs = - 78 Syrians in Malabar assembled in the Church of Mathancherry, which is in Cochin, and we swore a great path, by the Father, Son; and Holy Gliost, that henceforth we'would not adhere to the Franks, nor accept the faith of the .Pope of Rome : we accordingly separated from them.A short time after this, some of our people ugain joined them, and received the faith of the Pope Again, in the yéar of our Lord 1753, came to us some holy Jacobite-Syrian Fathers, from Antioch, who turned us to our true ancient faith, and set up a High Priest for us, \u2018 - We now have fifty-five Jacobite-Sy- + tian Churches in Malabar : and, as the Franks are more powerful and rich than we are, they are hourly laying the trap of the Pope for us, and endeavouring to take us in it: and, from the power : of a kingdom filled with idols, the heathen have subdued us Jncobite-Sy- rians, just as Pharaoh, King of Egypt, subdued the Children of Israel, and had no pr : nd, as the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, and delivered the Children of Israel from the house of bonduge of Pharaoh, King of Egypt, so the Lord beheld our sorrows and afllictions ; and there have been sent to us an illustrious | leader named Macaulay, and Mar Buchanan the illustrious Priest: and when they came to us, end saw our subjugation, and sorrow, and poverty, they brought us forth from the house of bondoge, and consoled us with kind words, and assisted us with money, \u2018After this, another illustrious leader \u2018as sent.to-ug, named Monro : and as || .Joshua, the son of Nun, brought Israal to the Lapd of Promise, and put ther in possession of Canaan, so did - this illustrious, discerning, and prudent leader, bring hack and save us poor ple from the hand of violence : and ot ES ail a School and one Church for \u2018us, in the place called Cotym ; which he did with great trouble, labour; and \" enpensiy io order that our eyes, mide | - dim by.the depth of our poverty, tay be opened by the knowledge of the.de~ clarations of the Holy and Divine Books.All the Deacons, moreover, and children who are taught in the Schoo! of our place, are cherished by the assistance of this illustrious leader.Again, the Priest Benjamin,* the Priest Joseph,t+ and the Priest Henry,f | our spiritual and temporal friends, brothers, and assistants, whom you have sent to us, that they may root out the thorns and tares from among the chil dren of God, ure anxiously secking all the requisites for the redemption of our souls, us well as constantly teaching all = the Deacons and children of our place, the English language.The Books of the New Testament which ye sent us, we divided, and gave to the Churches in Malabar ; and, with great joy, does every man present his prayer unto God for you : and .we trust in our Lord Jesus Christ, who is merciful to those.who show mercy, that He will give you a good reward in the day of Judgment, even thirty, sixty, and a hundred-fold, for your work and labour for us, and that He will make us rejoice with you, But we are une- ble to recompense yon by any earthly riches : the more, however, shall we supplicate God doily that your dominion may be increused, and that he would subdue those that bate you under your feet : and daily may your preaching in Christ Jesus be increased ; and may God raise up among you leaders who fear God, and who are kind to the poor, endued also with knowledge and prudence ! .We lave heard, too, that the people.of your land are besceching God for us, that he would supply and complete that which is defective and imperfect, both in our bodies and souls.- Respecting Samuel the Priest,|| who is held in horiour by us, we received the letter which he sent by the hand \u2018of ; Mr, Bakerff,\" a i \u201cMr, Balley, Mr, Feno, Rev.Professor Lee, \\ : 49 \u201cJoseph the Prieit; and we read and nuderstood what was written in it : and - very much did we rejoice, with exceed: ing great joy, on account of your friendship for us.And-may the Lord, who both hears prayer and graiits petitions, lengthen your lives and increase your peace ! : But wo call to mind the adage, ©\u201c A glance is enough for the intelligent,\u201d and avoid prolixity.Besides, James, * the honoured Priest, will make known to you all that is going on amongst us, And I, the Metropolitan, Mar Dionysius, your friend, very cordially salute you: also Abraham the Priest, our obedient servant, and all the Deacons, and children that are in the School.\u2014 All the Priests, moreover, and Deacons, and the whole congregation of Cliristians who are in alt the Churches in Malabar, salute you.May grace be with you all ; even to, Amen! > Our Father which artin Heaven, &é.Remain firm in the power of Jesus! In the year of our Lord 1821.On the third of the Month\u2019 Ranun the first, Friday, * =» cl From the Sclicol of Cotym, .(Signed).Mar Dionysius, Metropolitan of Malabar, - \u201cRev, Jumes Hough, ° \u2014e=0 439002 PS The following vers interesting intelligence we obtaio, through whe Boston Recorder, fromthe London Missionary Chronicle sor December, 1822, ; .CHINSURAH, = __(A Dutch Settlement, 23 Miles north of, + \u201cCalcutta,~This is a station of the London | Missionary Society\u2014It was made \u2018Mission ground iu 1818\u2014The Suciety have thiee © Missionaries hore\u2014Dessrs.Townley, J.D.Pearsvn and G.Mundy, 0 Extract of a letter from Rev.George Mundy, dated Chinsurah, 5th April, 1822, na 8 Since I last wrote, we hâve taken under our care four Native Schools, containing about 200 children, : \u201cThe.Catechism and Scriptures sre learnt and Rl read by them daily.Ox Sabbath morning they are all assembled in our large Bengalee chapel, (where we every evening exhibit a crucified Saviour to the people) when we catechise and expound :: to them.This commenced about ten.weeks ago, and has hitherto \u2018gone on.with great success: we areindeed constrained to say, \u2018what hath God wrought! Five years ago, on B.Pearson's arrivaly; the name of Christ scarcely dared to be: mentioned to a boy, or a printed book put into his hand, though its contents: were nothing but a few fables, \u2018so great.\u2018 were their prejudices ; but now what: a door is opening for communication of: that knowledge, which shall cause them - - utterly to'forsake the dumb idolsof their.forefathers, ! 6 gt One evening lately, Mr, Townley - took a catechism with hjm into the street, to read aloud, in order todraw a congress\u2019 gation-for.preaching ; lie had no sooner\u201d read the firat question, Who créâted you ?\u201d than a little boy among the péosy \u2026 ple, immediatelytof his.own accord;>.\u2026 gave the answer, * God created ; me)\u201d \u201d Mr.Ÿ.weit on with the questions, and | \u2018the child with the answers thro\u201d-out.the * book, to the great astonishment of: the.people., hor We are still endeavouring, as fur as; our feeble strength will possibly allow, to fulfil our Saviour\u2019s junction, \u201cPreach .the Gospel to every creature ; during the late cold season, we have preached a great deal in the open air.Mr.Town.| \u2018lay, in company with Mr.Harle, spent\u2019 a month in preaching and distributing.Tracts at all the towns and villages up\".' \u2018the river, to the distance of 200 miles.Since their return, Mr.T, ahd-f have © + \u2018generally been companions in-läbour, vis siting, while the cold continued; -all:the: + villages for many miles around\u2019 us, and\u2019 preaching frequently, the greater part'of- the day, Ione of these excursions, we were accompanied-By a native convert from Calcutta, Mr.T.and-T have 1 ing preached at:two different villages, - on our arrival at the third, our: Native\u2019 - Biother ascended the stéps ofA.bole a 4%, e 7 80 ; temple, and addressed a large congregation of his countrymen on the love of Christ, till the tears streamed from his eyes, It was.a most affecting and delightful.sight ! The people stood in amazement, wondering at the strange and surprising change which must have taken place, to catise a once hardened , .Hindoo to weep, This same native\u2019s preaching has been lately blessed to a young man 22 yeurs of age, formerly a Brahmin and Gorao, (a religious teach- et) his disciples (of whom he had many) \u201call forsook him on his becoming a disciple of Christ, He is at present with us, and we have every reason to be much pleased with him ; his piety appears real, and his talents, particularly as a preacher, above the ordinary kind, He is go- Âng through a regular course of instrue- tion under Mr.Townley, that he may _ be betr@ qualified lor theimportant work; for this purpose, Brother T, is translating Dr: Bogu\u2019s Lectures into Bengalee, and:I dm attempting a\u2019 select translation ofKeach's Seripture' Metaphorsage «> a UE ' ; wn A Sullee\u2019 Disoyibed, Fhe horsid.- practice of.burning widows:is still carried on without any abatement, in those places under our : -government, The Dutch will not allow .it mn their districts, During last year, in the «small district of Hooghly alone, 195 poor unhappy females have been \"savrifived ! I | A few days ago, hearing _ of one about to take place, and our bre- -tbren, Trawin sod Bankhead being with - us, we all resolved to go, that we might iÉ possible, be able by argument to pre- \u201c vént'it, + On arriving at the place, we.found.the, woman sitting by.the body of - - the deceasad ; we did all we could to.+ gndeayour to persuade her not to burn ; but all we could get from her were ins, treaties to leave her ; we then-appealed.to the feelings of her daughter, whose \"office it was to éet fire to the pile, but ,, could make no impression on her, after or Xehich, , ge Brahmins were addressed © xepecting the injustice, cruelty, and sin Oauck\u201d 3: act; bu finding all, fruie + - less, silence being obtained, Mr.Tow ley, in the presence of the people, offered up a fervent prayer, that God would graciously show mercy, and soften their hard hearts\u2014all, however failed of the desired effect; and we were obliged to be silent spectutors of the awful scene.The poor creature, after being bathed in, the Guanes, was corried, almost senseless\u2019 with inloxicaling drugs, to the pile, tied to tbe dead body, large pieces of wood laid on her, and the whole bound down that she might not possibly escape.Thepile was then set on fire amid the shouts and yells of the people, To us,indeed it appeared bell in miniature, Our feelings were deeply impressed, and I trust we were constrained to cry with more fervent spirit, have respect unto the covenant, O God, for the dark places of theearth-are full of the habitations of cruelty.\u201d =D OIC PENANG.TRE STUPIDITY, AND CRUELTY OF INOLATORS, Exemplified in \u2018the conduct of the.Chinese ; extracted from the Journal of nang, ao Jan.Tih, 1821.\u2014Walking .out, I called at the house of a man whe was engraving an idol ; ana, on looking the works of his own hands, I could not help feeling a holy indignation - at such affronts on the Divine Majesty, to stone, graven by art and man\u2019s device, JT spoke to him on the folly of trusting to the works of his own \u2018hands, but I theidola he was making.* They.that make them are like unto them.\u201d He was gnable to give any consistent excuse for \u2018his folly, acknowleged- that he was ing the idols for lus own guin.\u201cOb my return, I visited a temple in ruins\u2014the altar neglected and the Godremoved, I longed for the time when the shrines of, idolatry shall .meet a sim~ ilar fate.When, L'inquired, why the 4 Mr.Medhurst, when be resided in Pee, round, I perceived his house to be full of suppose him to be like unto wood.and § found him to be nearly os ignorant as ;a mere imitator of others, and was mak.} pw Le WA epi 8) .temple was deserted, I was told very eagerly that the god bad selected another spot for his residence in preference to this, I doubted how it was possible for a log of wood \u2018to be capable of ehoice, or to &xpress his desire to others ; they suid there was no difficulty in either ; for when they were carrying the god round the \u2018village, in bis chair of state, (borne generally by four men only,) on its arrival at the particular spot which the god preferred, the chair suddenly became heavy, and twenty men aould not move it thence.My informant said he was not an eyeswitness of this circumstance, but he firmly believed it.\u201d What a pity it is that they do not trouble themselves to inquire into the truth or falsehood of such things, before they give an implicit credence to them, Murder of Female Infants by the Chinese.Jaw, 18.\u2014A man came for medicine to-day, with whom I conversed a while privately.I asked him how long he had left China, and whether he ever.thought upon his family there, He said he frequently thought on them, and intended next year to return and visit them, for he had three sons, and one .daughter, who was married, \u201c1 had another daughter,\u201d he added, \u201cbut I did not bring her up,\u201d * Not bring her up, (said L) what did-you then do witti her 7\u201d \u201cJ smothered her (said he): this year also I heard by, letter, that another daughter was born\u2019; 1 sent word to have that smothered also, but the mother'has preserved it alive.\u201d I was shocked at this speech, and- still more at the horrid indifference with which\" he.uttered it,\u201c What, (said I,) murder your own children ?* Do you not shud- crimes are perpetrated in China, with impunity, which must be the case, when they are reluted without fear of.detection, as the common occurrences of life, I felt 1 had a murderer by my side, who must, without repentance, 1neviige bly perislu - E-told him plainly that he that he was in'danger of eternal wrath.\u2018Phough 1 said this with the greutest seriousness and earnestness, at first he only laughed, and it was some time before he would acknowledge that he had done wrong ¢ however, afterwards he does this present of the « Celestial Em» pire,\u201d loaded with crime, deluged with blood, .and ripe for destrugtion 1 \u2014\u2014 LETC AR tne are favoured with the loan of MtssronAny Noricys, for Nov, 1822, containing much interesting foformation.The following et, tract of the Superstitions of Africa, should lend the means.with which providerce lias lihernlly blessed (hem, to remove the~veil of \u2018 midnight darkness\u201d which hay, over sprend'sn considerable à portiun of the earth, AFRICAN SUPERSTITIONS, .says Mr.Erskaim Bacon, or cluslers of cottages ; in cach of ivhich wives, If a native have but one wife, it is because he is very poor, The Headfond : and men tradé, and.had committed a most dreadful sin, and\u201d seemed to foel a little concerned, .and I hope affected.What an awful view - ros Through the kindness of u Subscriber; we, \u2018 serve to stuulate those, who are blonsed with *.the light und revelation of the Gospelgcto \"At Grand Bassa, in Western Africa, \u201cThe people all live in little\" villages, isa Headman, wlio has a plurality\u2019 of ~ man owns all the peoplein his town,.The inhabitants of each\u201d town cultivate - in common.The men seldom läboür, except fishing a little, and\" hunting ::the - females and small boys cultivate: thie - \u2018direct those Ki ve der at such an act.\u201d \u201cOh! no, (said he,) it is a very common thing in Cbina : we put the female children out of the way, to save the trouble of bring: ing them up ; some people have smothered five or six daugliters, My horror, Was increased by Lis continued- indifférence, and\u201ctho lightness with which such: who are under them, * , | i EAR.82 tound-abouts, with military or naval buttons: they wore noshirts: many of them had belts of beads, which contained one or more pounds each.These people are very kind, but are ina dreadful state of Heathenish dark- .vess, depending upon, their: Greegrees and Dovil-worahip.A town is not complete which has nota palaver house and a Devil house.The Devil house has a small post standing near it, six or eight feet high, witha strip of white muslin, about three.fourths of a yard in length, and two or three inches wide, tied round the top.There they daily offer sacrifice, and dedicate a part of their food to the Devil.They profess to believe that there is a good and merciful Deity, who can and will do them good and not evil ; but that the Devil is all powerful, ond that it is necessary toappease his wrath.Every town has its peculiar Devil, In one of the towns, while W.Davis read the twenticth chapter of Exodus, and spoke to the people on the state of their souls, they were very attentive; their reply to him, after he had ceased wpeaking, was, \u2014 Very well, We hear you.All very good what you say, We think \u2019bout it.We no sabby White Man fash, \u2014 we sabby greogree.\u201d All the people wear greegrees, or charms, \u201cSome of these are brass rings, which they wear round their ancles and Wrists, One is a feather, tied with a string-raund the neck, What théy con- \u201csider most valuable, is the horn of a goat or a sheep, which the Dibbleman,\u201d as they call him, prepures by filling it with.a kind of glutinous substance, inter- d;- \"Some wesr a little ball of clay, } mixed with pulverized charcoal or black |.Ned nphi\u2018a piece of white muslin, 2\".The body of Kiva Jou, who has - \u201ciDeen dead four moons, js not yet buried, \u201cHe is laid in state ina palnver house, \u201cdressed in à fine robe, with a pair of \u201cnew Euglish boots on the fect : a brisk \u201cfre, i.Kept burning in the room.\u201cHis ug itis about eight feet square forthe purpose of admitting the body - and the form on which it lies\u2019; together with bullovks, goats, sheep, tobacco, and pipes, as sacrifices! O Lonrb, when shall these superstitions caso ! ; ATVI VE NEW ZEALAND, (Two large Islands east of News Holland\u2014the northern, about 600 miles by an average breadth of 150 ; and the southern, nearly as large.) This is important ground for Missionary exertion ; and\u2019 as such it has been looked upon for a length of time, by the Church Missionary Society, \u2014 Perhaps there is no nation in existence, that exhibits such soul-revolting customs, or more impious idolatry, Here is aly most the only spot upon the faca of-the Globe, where Cannibalism is openly practiced.In 1814, the Revd, Samuel Mursden, who is emphatically styled the \u201c unwearied and undaunted friend of Missions in the South Seas,\u201d accompanied the first settlers to New Zealand, | where he effucted their establishment, ~\u2014 He made a purchase of 13,000 acres of land, of the natives, for the benefit of poor settlers, who might go out under the auspices of the Society.\u201d \u2018A number | of large and navigable streams were discovered, whose borders exhibit great in= ducements to the enterprising settler\u2014 one has been named Gansier, after the President of the Society, \u2014another is called the Tames, which has beun entered.by one of Ilic Majesty's store\u201d ships, and freighted with timber, cut from its banks, © The only settlement which bas yet been made, is called GLovces- TER, The London Missionary Register for February, 1822, states the number of Missionaries to be two, with six Tenchers and Settlers, The Wesleyan Missionary Society had it in contempla- tio to send Missiondries to these.and the friendly Islands ; and we doubt not, hut they are already arrived, and in active co-operation with those \u2018of the Church Missionary Society.+ The ine - troduction of agriculture among the rs . 7 83 : tives, has given them a most: favorable impression of their new comers; the Chiefs from every quarter, are extremely solicitous to bave the Missionaries\u2019 with them : the most favourable interpretation, however, which con be given of this great anxiety, on the part of \u2018the Rulers of the Island, for the presence of the Missionaries, is, that they may be the means of improving their temporal concerns, \u2018The: natives are likewise particularly.anxious, that their children should be instructed, although numbers which were sent to the School, established by Mr: Marsden, at New South Wales, for their education, have died.\u201c Twenty-four young New-Zenlanders have been under his (Mr.M\u2019s.) care, for different periods of time, from August 1817 to March 1819.\u201d By late accounts we are informed, that ground has, béeri marked out for a Church and a School at GrovcesTER\u2014 The warlike spirit of the natives has proved a serious obstacle to the efforts of the Missionaties, Their present mode of living, subject them, at times, to great distress\u2014 famine has swept away, its -numbers from among them ; and it is confidently enticipated, that when they \u2018come to realize the importance of agriculture, their instruments of warfare will, in a measure, be laid aside for those of husbandry.This will be the favourable moment for the Missionaries to employ, | in enforcing upon tho natives, the, great and leading \u2018truths of the Gospel, In the report of the Church Missionary Society for 1819 and 1820, it.was stated, that no converts had then been made to christianity ~nnmbers of these\u2019 Islanders have visited England; have beun taught to read, and to know the only true and living Gdd, and have ex- * hibited some signs of a change ; but \u2018a return to their countrymen hus proved, in most instances, -a return to their former habits and modes of living, À regular \u201cintercourse is kept up between - New-Zealand and New South Wales, and every possible facility afforded to Missionaries, \u2018in-accomplishing ibe ob: { ject of their Mission, -' The reports of: the Rev.Mr.Marsden are full of inter-.\u201c- est, and convey to us the most impor-;* tant information relative to the charac\u2019.ter, habits, and customs of the natives.\u2018They are said to be \u2018an\u2019 * athletic and, noble race of men, of very lively dis- -\"., positions, quick in perception, and pos.>\" \u2018 sessed of great natural powers of un- \u2018 derstanding ; and, generally speaking, + they are a kind and affectionate people.\u201d | A Grammar and Vocabulary of the New Zealund language hus been come\" piled, and the Bible is in the hands of a translator, We have good: reason: to\u201d.believe, when a general system of in\" + struction is introduced among them, and 2 their minds become in a mesure freed from the thraldom of their horrid super.stition and idolatry, the knowledge of: - Christ will be introduced among them\u2019; - with some effect, The education of the\", * children of the Chiefs, under the same roof, will have a powerful tendency \u2018to: \u2018 unite the various and conflicting .inter- , ests of the\u2019 Rulers of the Jslaud, and; put a stop to those sanguinary contests, \u2018 which have been the greatest scourge,; \u2026 to the natives,\u2014'I'he following extract .: of Mr.Marsden's Journal, (Mr.M, had travelled extensively over New.! Zealand) shows the effects of their con: 7; © tinued warfare :\u2014* L huve met with-no family, but some brunches of it have been killed in battle, apd eaten by the .\u2018enemy.\u201d The custom of eating their.\u2018enemies is general\u2019; and * custom is; the.only authority they plead in its be.- half, They have no idea of a.God; of mercy ; but are constantly under, the\u2019.\u201chost painful fears of an invisible being, ; \u201d - \u2018wlio, according to their belief, is af all Cn times ready to kill and devour, them,i; ©.and\u2019 who will kill them, if they neglect : the smallest iota in any of their superstitious ceremonies.\u201d The following, ;.:.account of the deification of a- dead\u201d, = | Chief, is likewise from the Journal, of i: | Me Marsdeti Ltd (pti jet We now iook ourléave ofShunghee'a,.\u201d family, and went to ses tho Abus, the; .awnentaiions still\u201d coptinuings + On \u2018our\u2019 + \u201cia, a \u2018 i + more they wound their bodies, the more - Thames, some months ago, {if di\"they would do so too, 'Tlieir loud [it Yentations, ight.aid dy, forthe losy 3 \u201884 arrival, we found a dead Chief seated in great state, His hair was dreseed according to their custom, and ornamented with feathers, ond a garland.of green leaves, His countenance was bright and eleqr, having been recently anointed with oil ; and retained its natural colour, \u2018Whether there was a body or not, we could not tell 5 for tho mats covered the wholo up to the chin, He had the appearance of a living mun, sitting upright in his chair,, I had scen one, some time before, whose hdad was dressed ina similar way ; and the body lad *,.been preserved and dried as the head.This Chief was a young man when - he died, apparently about thirty years old.His mother, wife, and children, were scated before him ; and the sculls and bones of his family and ancestors were placed in a row on his left band.- I en- \u201d quired where ho died, and was told that he was killed:in battle beyond tho river This Ohief way called the \u2018Atuh, of {'* whom we heard so much the preceding - day.\u2019 \"The New: Zealanders\u2019 apprar to entertain an idea that the Deity resides\u2019 inthe head of a Chief ; as-they always y tho mast sacreil voneration to tbe fed, If- they worship any idol, it is,- * the head of their Chief, go fiir as I am + able'to form an opinion of their worship, \u2018Onthe present mournful occasion,\u2019 a- \"number of persons had assembled together from a great distance, to comfort the miourders, nid to pay\u2019 their respects tothe remains of the\u2019 dopurted Chief.} His relatives cnt thémeelvpe according to, theié custorh,ill'the blood streaïned from their \u2018faces, arts,\u201d and breasts, The] they believe that they show thoir love Fortheir departed friends, When Ÿ told thém that \u2018the Europeans: did not cut themselves, in such -a manner \u2018for .their dead, but only wept, they: 7e- \u201cplied that the.Europeans did not love heir friends as the New Zealanders did .- of a relative, show what a state of darkness und ignorance they are in.They sorrow as those without hope, Reason can find no suflicient remedy to relieve the\u201d buman mind in theday of trouble; it wants n more solid consolation than - reason cun give; itisa Divine Revelation which must enablo the survivin Lhusband, wife, or father, \u201cto say.wit David, \u201cI shall go to him, but ho shall not return to me.\u201d Sanguinary superstitiqns of the News .\u2018 Beu'anders, From the London Missionary Register, The account which Mr: Marsden gives of the sanguihary supersti- Lions of this peuple, is painfully interesting : * In time of war.great honour is paid to the head of a warrior, when killed in battle, if he is properly tattooed.His head is taken to the conqueror, and preserved, as the spoils of war, with respect\u2014as a standard, when taken from a regiment, is respected by the victor, 1t is gratifying to the vanquish-, ed, to know that the-heads of their chiefs are preserved by the enne- Lay ; for, when the conqueror wish.\u2019 esto make peace, he takes the heads | of the chiefs.along with him, and exhibitsthem to theirtribe.If the tribe are desirous of putting an end to-the contest, they cry aloud at the sight of the heads of their chiefs and all hostilities terminate : this \u2019 is the signal that the congue- .ror will grant themany terms which - they may require.But if the tribe.are determined to renew the contest and.risk the issue of another battle, they do not ory.: ~ Thus the head of a chicf may.be: considered as'tlie standard of \u201ctho\u201d tribe to which he belongs, and the signal of peace of war., 1 | +1f the.\u2018congueror _iiever intends to make peace; Hie.will\" dispose of 85 the heads of those chiefs whom he kills in battle, to ships, or to any persons who will buy them.Sometimes they are purchased by the friends of the vanquished, and returned to their surviving relations who hold them in the highest veneration, and indulge their natural feelings, by reviewing them, and weeping over them.When a chief is killed in a regular battle, the victors cry aloud, as soon as he falls, Throw us the man,\u201d if he falls within the lines of bis own parly.Ifthe party, whose chief is dead, are intimidated, they immediately comply with the command.As soon as the victim is received, his head is immediately cutoff, and a proclamation issued for all the chiefs to attend, who belong to the victorious party, to assist in performing the accustomed religious ceremony, in order to -ascerlain, by augury, whether their god will prosper them in the present battle, Îr the priest, after the performance of the ceremony, says that their god is propitious, they are inspired with fresh - courage to attack the enemy.; but if the priest returns answer, that their god will not be propitious, (hey quit the field of battle in sullen silence.The bead already in possession is preserved for the chief on whose || account tlie war-was undertaken, as a satisfaction for the injury which he, or some one of bis tribe, had received from the enemy.When the war isover; the bead, properly cured, is sent round to all the chiefs\u2019 friends, as a gratification to them, and to show them that justice had been obiained from the offending party.With respect to the body of the chic£it is cut up in small portions, ; and dressed for fliosp who Were \u2018in the battle, under the imnedinte die rection of the chicf who.retains the head, and ifhe wishes togratifyapy of his friends who are not present small portionsare reserved for them on the reccipt of which, they give thanks to their god, for the victory obtained over the enemy.Ifthe flesh should be so putrid, from the .length of time before it is recejved, that it cannot be eaten, a substitute is eatén instead, CL They not only eat the flesh of the chiefs, but are wont to take their bones, and distribute them among their friends, wlio make whistles of some of them, aud fishhooks of others.These they value and preserve with cate, as memorials of the death of their enemies.|, | : It is also customary with thes for-a man, when he kills- anoiher in battle, to taste the blood of the slain, He imagines that he.shall \u201cthen be safe from the wrath of the god of him that is fallen ; believing, that, from the moment -he tastes the blood of the man whom he has killed, the dead man becomes a part of himself, and places him under the protection of the Atua, or god, of the departed .spirit.« Mr.Kendall informed me, on one occasion, Shunghee ate the left eye of a great chicf, whoin he killed in battle at Shukeangha, The New:Zealanders believe, that the left cye, some time afler death,\u2019 ascends to the Heavens, and.becomes a star in the firmament.Shunghce ate the chief's left from present revenge ; and undes™ the idea of incraasin bis va fie : ture glory and brightness, when his oon left eye should bpcome 8.I -Wliea a chief of: the \u2018enemyly : 86 party is killed, his body is immediately demanded by the assail- anis, and, as before stated, if the party attacked are intimidated, is directly delivered up.If the chief was a married man, his wife is then called for; and she is also delivered into the hands of the enemy.She is taken away with the body of her husband, and is killed.If she loved her husband, she voluntary resigns herself and her children ; and desires the victors to do to her and her children as they had done to her husband.\u2018IF the party réfuse to give up the chiet\u2019s wife, they are immediatel attacked by the enemy ; who will not give up the contest, till they obtain her, or are overpowered.When they have got possession of a chief and his wife, after the woman is killed, their, bodies are laced in order before the chiefs.Ric Arcekee, or high priest, then calls out to the chicfs to dress the body of the man for his god ; and the priestess, who is also an Areekee, gives the command to the - wives of the chiefs to dress the \u2018woman for her god: The bodics - are then placed on the fires, and roasted by the chiefs and their wives; none of the common people being allowed to touch them, as they are tabooed.When the bodies are dressed, the Areckecs take each a piece of flesh in a small basket, which they _ hang on two sticks stuck into the ground, as food for their gods, (to whom they are going to offer up their prayers, and whom they are about to consult relative to the \u2018present contest,) in order that their gods may partake first of the sa- -.crifices, \u201c While these services are perfor- .-ming, all the chicfs sit, in pro- found silence, in a circle, round the bodies, with their faces cover= ed with their bands or mats, as they are not permitted to look on these mysteries ; while the Arcekees are praying, and pickin small picces of the flesh from their sacrifices, which they eatfat the\u2019 same time.These consecrated bodies are only to be eaten by the Areckees.When'all the sacred services ave completed, the Areekecs return the answer of their gods to their prayers and offerings.If their pray- ors and offerings are accepted, the battle is immediately renewed, (as before mentioned,) and all in common feed upon the after-slain.\u2014 They eat the slain, not so\u2019 much\u2019 for food, as for mental gralifica- tion; and todisplay publicly, to the enemy, their bitter revenge.In the village of Tippoonah, I observed the heads of eleven chiefs stuck up on poles, as trophics of victory.\u2018I learned that they were part of those whom Shunghee brought with him from his last expedition to the southward.Hehad cured them all.\u2018Their countenances were very natural, excep- tin bad alla ghastly grin, as if they bad all been fixed by the last agonies of death.How painful must these exibi- tions be to the wives, children and subjects of these departed chiefs, who are prisoners of war, and labouring on the very spot, with these heads in full view! My mind was filled with horror and disgust at the sight of this, Golgotha\u2019: at the same time, I anticipated, with pleasing sensations, that .lorious period, when, through the influence of the Gospel, the voice .\u2018of joy \u2018and melody would be heard their lips and teeth, which i 87 in these habitations of darkness.and cruelty, where nothing now reigns but savage joy on one hand, and weeping and mourning on the other.Alledged origin of eating human flesh.Conversing with the chiefs of || Tiami on this subject, Mr.Marsden says\u2014 They first alledged, that it originated from the largest fishes of the sea eating other fishes, and of some even cating their own kind\u2014 that large fishes.eat small ones\u2014 small fishes eat insects\u2014dogs will eat men, and men will eat dogs, and dogs will devouroueanother\u2014 the birds of the air, also, will devour onc another\u2014and one god will devour another god.I should not have understood bow the gods could eat one another, if Shunghee had not before informed me, that, when he was to the southward, and had killed a number of the people, he was afraid that their god would kill him in retaliation, esteeming himself a god ; but he caught their god, being a reptile, - and eat part of it, and reserved the other part for his friends, as it was sacred food ; and, by this means, he vested satisfied that they were all secure from his resentment.Rev.S.Leigh writes :\u2014 \u201c Afler myarrival in New Zealand, I learned that Shunghee and his party slew one thousand men, three hundred of whom they roast- ted and eat, before they left the field of battle! Shunghee killed a chief ; after which he cut off his head, poured the blood into his bands, and drank it! This account 1 had from Shunghee and whyka- to, who related it with the greatest mtisfaction, °° | AS \u201c Shunghee and his party have: killed more than twenty slaves since their return from war; most ' of whom they lave roasted and - eaten.\u201d 7 14 iswlth pecullar plensure we notice the great and fucreming exertions made for the religious improvement of Seamen.Theywera for o great period of time looked upon as beyond the scope of benevolent exestion\u2014 thas left to their owa guidance fn spiritual things, they eshibited a career of profligacy.ond vice, al once repulsive and alarming\u2014 whan ashore upon the Lord's day, they kept up a continued scens of carousal and de- bauchery\u2014This was the general case of thisclass of people every where 3 but thanks toGon that bis redeeming spirit is finally shedding its iofluence around che Mariner.The benerolont Sacieties which are establishs ed for the ciroulation of tbe Bible and Tracts are most active in their exertions to supply Vessels tlt the rich treasores of their Depoe sitories.The faitutul servants of Christ are following up these spirited measures, by holst- ig.the BETHEL FLAG\u2014BETHEL- UNIONS are forming wherever an oppor thity offers lo convey raliglous instruction to Senmen- but where is the BETHRL- FLAG of Canada bolsted ?Is it necessary to do more than ask the question, to aroute - a corresponding spirit of exertion, with the Mother Country ?Are not the Seamen who arrive at our ports, as'moch_ fo peed of our - prayers sod of religions lustruotion,.as our Innd-men, who enjoy the important privilege | of Ssbatical worship ?We hope ere long, to be blesied with a aight of this Flag waving inour own ports upon the Sabbath~\u2014to see the bardy Mariners cougregating coder so proud a banyer, streaming in the beavens, as it were, to supplicass for te redesming spirit to be poured upon them\u2014Thefollowing exe tractof the New York Betbel Union Report, will give our readers come idea of what: fs now doing for this too long neglected peoples - \u201c During the past year mew societies have been formed in the following ports : The English coast east of London: \u2014 Colchester, Wivenhoé, Harwich, Ipewich, and a Bethel Flag ordered for Lowestoft, North of Lendon :\u2014 Lynn, Boston,\" tough, Whiteby, Stockton on Téés, Suge esborough, Bridlington, Béarbo- , | derland, Newcastle, South and Notth Std, Bite.TS Loe + PES et 0 Ye Cy -~ a ft ~ 88 On the Cumberland coust : \u2014Mary Port, Workington, and\u2019 White Haven, The Brittish Channel :\u2014Watchil and Bridge Water.: West of London :\u2014Dartmouth, Brixham, and a Betliel Flog hoisted at Poole.: \u2018 - South of London :\u2014Isle of Wight, where the duchess of Beaufort has formed a sailor's library, Lymington, Southampton, and New-Haven, also at Deal, Greenwich, and Deptford\u2014making between 30 and 40 new societies in England.\u2019 Feland :\u2014Socicties are formed in Dublin, Cork, and Waterford, Wales :\u2014Newport, Swansea, Milford, Carnavon and Bangor, Scotland :\u2014Aberdeen, Glasgow, Greenock, and a foundation laid for one at Leeth.\u2014 With Greenock we have had an interesting correspondence, Nor are accounts less gratifying from other parts of the world.\u201cAt St.John's, New Brunswick, meetings have been supported for three years.Berbice, on the eust coast of South America, hos a Bethel Flog established in its harbour, ; Rio de Janeiero :-=In this important station is established the Bethel flag ; a pious merchant bas it boisted every sabbath, on board some ship, where he yeads sermons, gives.exhortations, and holds prayer meetings.\u201c Asia lus had a Bethel Flag occasion ally hoisted in some of hier pors\u2014a , missionary 18 just going out from Eng- Jand, who promises to raise it on the Ganges, and invite sailors to the kingdom of Christ, - - Europe every where presents a most interesting field (or the efforts of the society, and every opportunity will be embraced of cultivating it, - A very gratifying letter has lately heen received from a missionary at Leghorn: He bad preached to Italian sailors \u2018on board & vessel called the.Sacred: Family.co \"At Gibraltar a new and efficient so- eiety for seamen and soldiers has been formed, Tle Bethel flag has beco hoisted on board a Buenos Ayres fii- gate, and the Lord has sigoally blessed the labours and zeal of the officers and gentlemen of this garrison, In Oporlo some pious captains have hoisted the Bethel flag, and beld religious meetings on board different ships, to the great advantage of many seamen, Cronstadt :\u2014 À Bethel flag was presented to the Revd.Mr.Knill, when he went out as a missionary to Russia ; and some captains buve since hoised flags of their own at Cronstadt, Hunoreds have Rocked on board.Thé greatest interest is excited.Dr.Henderson goes from St.Petersburgh to preach to sailors at Croustadt.An application will be made by tho Russians to the Emperor Alexander, that a man of war may be granted as a floating chapel for that place.The Bourd might continue for hours in the detail of the most interesting oc- currenves ; they will, however, only add that, in the course of Divine Providence, a sea missionary has Been raised up and thrust into this now field of chrie- tian enterprise.: On the 1st May, 1822, Captain Angas, of New-Usstle, a fine young man in the prime of life\u2014a man of property\u2014 who had retired from the sea, studied for the ministry, resided in Gennany, Holland, and France to acquire the language fluently, was set apart ag a missionary lo seamen.His whole soul is devoted to the work.He is admirably fitted for it, and his cire cumstances allow him to surrender hime aelf up to this office, and to travel by - land and by sea to perform its various duties without expense'to the society, .This is certainly a most wonderful proaf'of the divine.care\u2019 and concern for eeamen, His travels through various paris of England have been very successful in bringing forward ministers of all denominations to form one grand bond of union, and bas left them in the amiable spirit of peace, love and barmo- ny, He is now on the continent of Eus _ | + numbers of the most respectable friends .Which, among others, the following re- our hearts objects of.deep solicitude, 80 rope, and we wait with the most pleas sing hopes to hear of his labours in foreign seaports.\u201d ~ % The London Philanthropic Gazetto, in reporting the proceedings of the third anniversary of the British and Foreign Seaman's Friend Society and Bethel Union, remarks, that the deep interest the institution possesses in the minds of many valuable persons is still manifest, by the circumstances connected with the third anniversary, \"The religious ervices begau on Monday evening, 30th September, when a sermon was preached to a most numerous and respectable auditory at Zion «chapel, by the Rev.G.C.Smith of Penzance.On Tuesday, a sermon was preached by the Rev.T.Mortimer in the Strand - and \u2018in the evening, the third sermon was preaclied at the Poultry chapel, by the Rav, Alexander Fletcher, \u2018who Kindly undertook to \u2018supply the place of the Rev, Dr, Spring, of New-York, who was prevented by ill health, On Wednesday evening, the general meeting was held at the cy of London tavern, when the right hon, admiral Lord Gambier, G.C.B, president of the society, took the chair, The great room was crowded to excess, and were compelled 10 retire, The noble admiral opened the.business of the meeting with many lively, serious and appropriate remarks, after solution wasunanimously adopted, \u201c That this meeting bails with real satisfaction; the noble order and efficient co-operation of christian brethren, on the shores of the.United States, and is happy to perceive that while the vast Atlantic rolls between us, England and America.are one in-zeul for the Redeemer\u2019s kingdom, and are now once more united under the same flag, as a signal for British and American Seamen to serve God,\u201d .; In return, we can assure our.English brethren, that British sailors are'dear to A and wo trust, of fervent prayer, We most cordially reciprocate these feelings of christian fellowship, and hail with delight this happy period, which witnesses .Amenca and Britain united under the same banner ; and indulge the hope of progressing harmoniously in this pleasing work, until He shall reign, whose \u2018right it is, from the rivers to the ends of the earth.The Board feel poculiar satisfaction in being able to state, that the Rev.Messrs, Goodell and Bird, missionaries to Palestine, who lately embarked from this port, expressed a deep interest for seamen, They have assured the friends of the seamen\u2019s cause here, that they this institution, as far as they shall be able, consistently with their other impore tant duties, .We hope soon to see tho Bethel flag - hoisted along the extensiveshores of the Mediterranean ; and, ere long, on the borders of the Red, the ¥uxine, and the- Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting made them fishers \u2018of men ; and have- we not abundant cause to.indulge the over again in the same places, consaeras ted by the Saviour\u2019s footsteps and, crugis fixion, : ceed Cares = \u2014\u2014 \u2026, _ mily Visitor.\u2014They.are extracted .Jrom the Lire of thelate Dr.Tho- - taior on the- Bible.: MES LEE - «In the former part of my Life.Thadbeen exceedingly found of cards.Indeed which many bad consequences had foreboded : but ill success où oue occas - sion, long before I attended to religion, had rescued me - from this 3 and,; at the time.of which I am- now .writing, I had will endeavour to promote the objects of - Cuspian sons.It was by the sea of Galilee the hlessed Redeemer saw Simon * 1 i\" ~ - their nets into the sea, atid he straightway = hope, that similar scenes will be acted The following \u201c lessons of Christian Ch - Prudence\u201d we copy from the Fasas Scolt, thewell known Commiens.I shewed a propensity to gaimng, from - lost all my.relish for the diversion of cards, and every other of a similar nature, #1,\" NL = ax EL 0 DD \"90 = \"however; occasionally joined in a game, from an idea that too great preciseness - Might prejudice my neighbours: and I was then of opinion, that there was no harm in the practice, though it scemed a frivolous way of spending time 1 felt it also a very awkward transition to re- - move the card table, and introduce the \"Bible and family worship ; though I - never omitted this service athome, and commonly proposed it in my visits.My .fetters were, however, broken effectually, und at once, about January 1778, in the following manner.Being on a visit to \u2018one of my parishioners at Ravenstone, I walked out alter dinner, as was my common practice on such occasions, to visit some of my poor people ; when one of them (the first person, as far as I know, to whom my ministry had been _ made'decidedly uselul,) said to me, ¢ I have something which I wish to say to you, but I am afraid you may be offended\u2019 1 answered, that I could not - promise, but I'hoped I'should not, She then said, \u201cyou know A.B.; he has lately appeared attentiva to religion, and has spoken to\u2018me concerning the Sacrament ; but last night, he, with C.D.\u2018and some others, rçet to keep Chrietmas\u2019; and they played at cards, drank too much, and in the end quarrelled, and raised a sort of riot, And when I re- - monstrated with him on his conduct, ns \u201c inconsistent with his professed attention , lo religion, his answer was, there is no harm in cards: Mr.Scott plays at cards!\u2014T'his smote me to the heart, I saw that, if I played at cards, however soberly and.quietly, the people would be encouräged by my example to go further ; and, if St.Poul would eat no + flesh while the world stood, rather than - couse his weak byothér to offend, 1t would bo inexcusable in \u2018me to throw sucha stumbling-block in the way of my \"parishioners, ina matter certainly neither - Deedful mor \u2018expedient.So far from - .beingofferided at the hint thus givenme, \u201c1 felt very thankful to my faithful mioni- \"tor,\" and promised ber that'she should * \u2018move have occasion; to\u2019 repeat the adino- nition, \u2018That very évdning T refated the whole matter to the company, and declared my fixed resolution uever to play ot cards again.I expected that Lshould be harassed with solicitations; butl wae never asked to play afterwards.Let me therefore from my own experience, cs well as from the reuson of the case, urge persons from their first entrance upon a religious course, when asked lo dv any thing which they disapprove, fairly ty state their disapprobulion as a point of conscience, For not only is this most becoming those in whom there is no guile, but it is also by far the most prudent proceeding.If they assign reasons drawn only from local und temporary circumslances, when those circumstances, are changed, they will be pressed again and aguin wilh redoubled earnestness ; whereas, if they once fairly declare their refusal lo be the result of deliberate onsideration; and the dictate of conscience, the hope of prevuiling upon.them will be given up, trouble and danger.« Let mealso observe, that the mii nister, who would not have his people giveinto such wordly conformity as he disapproves, must keep at a considerable | distance from it him self.Ifhe walk near the brink, others will fall down the precipice.\u2014 When I first attended seriously to religion, I used sometimes, when [ bad a journey to perform on the next day, to ride a stage in the evening, after the services of the Sabbath ; and I trust my time on horseback was not spent unprofitably.But I soon found that this furnished an excuse to some of my arishioners, for employing a considera- le part of the Lord's day, in journies of business or convenience, I need ecar- cely add, that I immediately abandoned the practice, on the same ground on which I resolved never more to play at cards, even before I thought so unfavourably of them as-I now do.\u201d THE TABLES TURNED.\u2019 The following singular facts were and they will save themselves great - 91 > Hated at a meeting of a public society in Sheflicld, England :\u2014Gib-.bon, who in his celebrated History .ofthe Decline and fall of the Ro man Empire, has left an imperisia- ble memorial of his enmity to the gospel, resided many years in Switzerland, where, with the profits of.his works, he purchased a considerable estate, This property has descended to a gentleman who, out of its vents, expends a large sum annually in the promulgation of that very gospel which his predecessor insidiously cndeavoured to undermine.Voltaire boasted that with one hand he would overthrow that cdifice of Christianity, which .required the hands of twelve Apostles to buildup, At this day, the press which heemployed at Ferney to print his blasphemics is actually employedat Geneva in printing the Holy Scriptures.Itis a remarkable circumstance, also, that the Ist, provisional mecting for the formation of an Auxiliary Bible Society at Edinburgh, was held in the very room in which Hume died, N.Y.Amer.Comme Ge ER MONTREAL, MARCH 15.ORDINATION: On the 4th inst.the Revd, Edward Black, a licentiate of the Presbytery of igton, was set a part to the Ministry, as pastor of the Scotch Presbyterian Church in this City: the Revd.Dr.Harkuess, of Quebec, presided, and sus- \u201c tained the whole Service, \u2018The Sermon (from Heb, XIII, chap.and 17th verse,) commenced by stating that, on the Lord\u2019s day preceding, the duties of Ministers towards their hearers, and of bearers towards their pastors, had been explained to the congregation, in a discourse on- the above mentioned portion of scripture; it then proceeded to shew that the in- Junctions of obedience to those who reigneth in the Heavens, that poureth watch for our souls, are -binding 65 Christians of the present time, as strictly as on those of the Apostolic age, and exhorted us to obedience, from the awful considerations of Judgment to come, and of a future state of rewards and punish ments, What is implied in watching for our souls, was then delineated ;\u20141, from the consideration of the value of the soul ;\u20142, from the dangers to which it , is exposed by the uttacksofsin ;\u20143, from.the possibility of its salvation ;\u2014 and last ly, from the consideration that the salvation of souls ought to.be the chiefcon- cern of Christian Miuisters.In the se, cond place, the reasons why we should submitourselves to our -spiritual.guides, in matters of religion, were deduced ;\u20141, from the authority derived from Christ to his Ministers; \u20142, from the gratitude due to our pastors for their watchfulness over our souls :\u20143, from the respon-, sibility of Ministers to their divine Master, \u201c as they that must give an account ;\u201d r\u2014and lastly, from the \u2018interest which * Christians must feel in this responsibility .of their Ministers, Co We were highly satisfied with- this discourse ; and the profound attention with which, it was received by a crowded audience, affords a strong presumption [| that our feelings were in unison with those of every person present: (he style was perspicuous and clégant, the rene soning clear and concise; and it \u2018was delivered with elegance and precision.\u2014 The ordination prayer was as solemn an adduess to the Throne, of Grace, as - we bave ever heard offefed in public; in this part of the service all seemed to participate with silent dovotion, pote | breath, not a movement, to disturb the solemnity of the nioment ; the statuge e Still audience seemed to have forgotten.all things terrestrial, and to have lified \u201d their bearts with one accord to Him that .out bis spirit without: measure, and.sendeth labourers into his vineyard \u2018to gather his fruit unto life eternal, \u2018The\u2019 same degree of graceful diction\u2019 and ** powerful eloquence which distingyished™ ve. _.9 the sermon, was displayed in the charge « to the new pastor, and: lis flock, and the attentive hearing givén to it by both parties, warrants.the hope, that it will make a lasting impression on their future conduct, Cod * \u2018Afier the service liad been concluded the members of the congrégation crowded round their new minister, to welcome him to the care of their spiritual \u201ceoncerns : this, though \u2018not the most , solemn, was certainly an ibteresting ce-\u2019 remony ; \u2018all ages and ranks extended ~.him the hand of congratulation, \u201caid it must have been.no small enhancement: .of these \u2018heart-felt greetings, for Mr.Black to perceive, with what solicitudéthé fair hands of the Ladies remained ex: \"tended in anxious expectation of the moment when they should be.favoured with his salutation,