asked him why he absented himself so long; and why he came back again without being fetched? "Master," he said, "that School fetch me. Suppose me can go school no more, that make me afraid-me know nothing, if I no go to school and learn." I told him I would have him no more in my school-he might go where he liked if he would go to another town, I would send him there with his fine character. His reply to this was- Master, me can't leave this school. Suppose, Master, you whip me, or put me in black-hole, that right-you do mne good-me run away for nothing: but me can't go away from this school here."Miss. Register. Aug. AMERICAN BOARD OF MISSIONS.-The following anecdotes of liberality and exertion in the cause of Missions, taken from "The Missionary Herald,” published in the United States, will, we trust, have their effect in England. On both sides of the Atlantic we may "provoke each other to love and good works." We copy the paragraph by which they are introduced, as equally applicable to the Missionary Societies of Great Britain, and especially to our own:— It is very manifest, that extraordinary exertions must be made to support the Missions already sent forth from this country, or they must languish, the Missionaries must be disheartened, and the people among whom they labour be disappointed. In order to shew what may be done, where a disposition to make sacrifices exists, the following instances are selected; and they are recommended to the prayerful consideration of every reader. In a village, which is furnished with several of the religious publications of the day, which is frequently called upon to aid the various objects of benevolence, and which, with the community in general, is suffering from the pressure of the times; in this village and its vicinity, a young lady has recently obtained sixty-five subscribers for the Missionary Herald. As she made application from house to house, she reasoned thus: If one of your children should be sick, do you not imagine, that, in the course of the year, you could settle the doctor's bill of a dollar and a half? "O yes." Then surely you can take the Missionary Herald: perhaps it may heal some diseases of the mind. "O yes," was cheerfully responded with the name of one sub scriber after another. The same young lady purposes to collect a thousand dollars for the Board, in the course of a year; and, within a month from the time of forming the design, she remitted the first hundred dollars. She reasons thus: "Were it to redeem my father from the prisons of the inquisition, or my mother from the funeral pile, or my little brother from the waters of the Ganges, could I not collect, in 365 days, by my own industry, by welldevised plans, and by soliciting from my rich friends,-do you not think I could collect a thousand dollars? Try,' said Obookiah; and I will try." She immediately resolved to open an evening school for the instruction of illiterate females; all the avails to be applied to the favourite object. A gentleman lately sold an article of convenience, and remitted the avails to the Board, with the observation, that he could better be without the article, than the heathen could be without the Gospel. A note, inclosing three dollars, was lately received from a lady, as follows: "The inclosed mite is the avails of muslin wrought, in a very short time, by rising a little earlier in the morning, and retiring a little later at night. While farmers are cultivating their Missionary fields, may not ladies do much with their needles? And thus, by united exertions, the means will be afforded of aiding that great cause, for which Christ came into the world, even the salvation of souls." Two country clergymen have lately remitted fifty dollars each as donations to the Board. A clergyman, who lives in the interior, and labours half the time as a Missionary in the new settlements and destitute places of our country, for a moderate stipend, has made eight donations to the Board of fifty dollars each, since Sept. 1, 1813. He labours as a Missionary at home, and applies a large part of his hard-earned wages to the support of Missions abroad. It is not too much to say, that, if all professed Christians in our country, would exert similar self-denial and perseverance, the Gospel would be preached to every human being in fifty years from this day, and every family upon earth would have a Bible. The most remarkable instance of liberality in a church, so far as we have learned, is that of one of the churches in Portland. An application was made to the pastor for a collection in behalf of the American Education Society. There had been three collections for other objects within two months; a large sum had lately been raised to build a conference-room; the church already supported four indigent students preparing for the ministry; and the members pay annually to the Education Societies enough to support four others. Yet the object was good, and the call was urgent. One of the members sent a donation of a hundred dollars; and, after having celebrated the love of Christ at the communion table, the church contributed three hundred dollars. Thus a single church, besides taking an active part in supporting Missions and distributing Bibles, will enable twelve young men to pursue their studies during the present year, with the design of becoming preachers of the Gospel. There are probably fifty richer churches in New England, than the one to which we refer. Let the arithmetician take his pen, and compute what would be the result, if all the churches in this favoured land were to go and do likewise; how many thousands of inligent young men would be educated for the ministry; how many hundreds of the heralds of salvation would be sent annually to the heathen. But when the account is to be taken of souls rescued from perdition, and prepared for heaven, by human instrumentality, the power of numbers is lost, and we can only wonder and adore. To the District and other Treasurers of Methodist Missionary Societies. The TREASURERS of the Auxiliary and Branch Societies, and also the Superintendent Preachers of those Circuits in which Branch Societies do not yet exist, are respectfully requested to remit, as early as possible, whatever monies they may have in hand, on account of the missions; as the General Treasurers are very much in advance, and have large acceptances, which will become due this month. Contributions to the Wesleyan Missionary Society, received by the General Treasurers, since the Account published for September. Monies received at the Mission House. From Charles Grant, Esq (donation) H. Foxall, Esq. George Town, Columbia, America, (ditto) A Friend to Missions Sundry Suins under £5. The Committee present their thanks for the following acceptable Presents to the Society: ToMr.J. Collins, for five vols. of the Methodist Magazine; to Mr. and Misses Dieuaide, Southampton, for sundry Magazines, and four parcels of fish-hooks; to Mr. Dring, Streatham, for a plough-share, for South-Sea Missions; to Mr. J. Morris, and other friends, Merthyr Tydville, for six iron buckets, twenty-three tin cans, and one dozen pencils, for South-Sea Missions; to female friends at Jersey, for sundry rewards for Mission schools, and various articles of wearing apparel, for Missionaries' Wives; to Mr. Weller, of Brightlingsea, for five vols. of the Methodist Magazine, and two vols. of the Evangelical Magazine; to Mr. Candier, Colchester, for a present to the Missions; to Mr. J. Wailer, Luton, for forty worsted tippets, for children of Mission-schools; to Mr. Eynon, and Mr. Graham, Pembroke, for three vols, of the Methodist Magazine; to Mrs. Shore, Whatley, by Rev. J. Smith, Frome, for sixteen vals. of the Methodist Magazine; to Mrs. Read, Deal, for a piece of music, to be sold for the benefit of the Mission-Fund; to Mrs. Columbo, Deal, for presents for the Missionary Schools at Colombo, Ceylon; to several persons in St. Kitts, West Indies, for sundry valuable ar ticles of household furniture, for the use of the Mission there; to several persons in Dominica, West fadies, for sundry valuable articles of household furniture, for the use of the Mission there. Printed by T. Cordeux, 18, City-Road. |