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twice to her in the time of her sickness; at which times her mind appeared to be sweetly drawn out after God; and all present, I believe, felt that God was there. She often spoke of the goodness of God to her soul, and of her blessed prospect of future happiness. She was a little more than 22 years old, when she left a world of sorrow for a world of bliss.

Sept. 21, 1812, died, Edith Moore, a slave. She had also been in society before a preacher was stationed here, and had then, as well as afterwards, suffered much on account of her religion; but no ill treatment that she met with could restrain her from serving God. She was favoured with much of the presence of God in her last sickness, and was enabled to bear a blessed testimony to the power of God to save. She told me, while visiting her, that she had a clear evidence of her acceptance with God, and that she was going to Jesus, adding, "what should I now do, if I had no blessed Master to support me."

twenty appear to be under hopeful impressions. I trust the Lord is carrying on his work among the poor. A year ago year we added to it a school for girls. we opened a free school in Calcutta. This There are now in it about 140 boys, and Leonard, a most valuable and active man, near 40 girls. One of our deacons, Mr. superintends the boys; and a very pious woman, a member of the church, is over considerable encouragement, and is conthe girls. The institution meets with ducted upon Lancaster's plan. We meditate another, for the instruction of Hindoo youths in the Sangskrit language, designing, however, to introduce the study of the Sangskrit Bible into it; indeed it is as good as begun; it will be at Calcutta. By brother and sister Marshman's encouragement, there are two schools in our own premises at Serampore, for the gratuitous instruction of youth of both sexes, supported and managed wholly by the male and female scholars in our own school. These young Died, in 1812, Ann Benders, a free the plan, contribute their money to its persons appear to enter with pleasure into Black woman. I cannot positively say support, and give instruction in turns to how long she had been in the society, the children of these schools. I trust we but her leader informs me that she had shall be able to enlarge this plan, and to evidenced the power of saving grace on spread its influence about the country. her heart, by her deportment in life. She lingered some time in a decline. Our brethren, in the Isles of France and visited her the day before she died, when them are gone to Madagascar, and, as if 1 Bourbon, seem to be doing good; some of she spoke very freely of the comfortable state of her mind. She said that she was to shew that Divine providence watches confident she should not be long here, was wrecked soon after they landed from over them, the ship in which they went and that she was just waiting for her it. A number of our members are now blessed Master to call for her. The next gone to Javah; I trust their going thither day she took her flight to the world of will not be in vain. Brother Chamberspirits. I am, Your's, affectionately, lain is, ere this, arrived at Agra. I received a letter from a person there, who tells me that his parents were members of Mr. Booth's church; brother Chamberlain will, I hope, find him, and this may probably lead to very desirable consequences. A son of one of the Jarman's, of Clipstone, is now in the Fort; I hear a very good account of him; there are many pious persons in his regiment. We preach every week in the Fort, and in the public prison, both in English and BenMr. Marshman to Mr. Fuller, Sep. 1, 1811. galee."

JOHN WILLIS.

THE BAPTIST MISSIONS IN INDIA. Number XXIII. of "PERIODICAL Ac. COUNTS relative to the Baptist Missionary Society," contains much interesting information on the subject of the Bengal, Burman, Bootan, Orissa, and Hindoosthanee Missions. The following extracts from that publication cannot fail to be highly acceptable to such readers as long for the happy period when the Lord's way of saving sinners shall be known upon earth, and his saving health among all nations.

DR. CAREY TO DR. RYLAND.

"Calcutta, May 24, 1811.

My dear brother Ryland, We have every month some additions to the church at Calcutta. I expect to baptize this next Lord's day, and six are proposed for the next month: about

"WE have the most abundant reason for gratitude for the mercy manifested to the church in Calcutta, this year. The number baptized in eight months is fifty. Among the young members, there are and Hindoo characters, that they may five or six who are learning the Bengalee read the word of God to their heathen soldiers in the Fort, the lower ranks of servants and neighbours. Among the

Europeans, the youth born in the country, and the Portuguese Roman Catholics, the gospel makes great progress; and in some degree among Hindoos and Mussulmans. Some of these have been baptized this year.

"Before the monthly prayer-meeting for the spread of the gospel, we hold a meeting of all such as love to disperse the word of God amongst their poor ignorant neighbours, when Testaments in English, Bengalee, Hindee, Orissa, &c. are given them from a store kept in the vestry for the purpose. At the same time, the manner in which those already distributed were received, and the conversations which followed, are reported as an encouragement to future efforts. By this a missionary spirit is kindled and promoted among the young members. Our brethren, Thrishno and Lebuck-ram, are unwearied in these labours. Few weeks pass in which they do not, from house to house, disperse the word of life twelve or fourteen times to little groups assembled from the family and neighbourhood. Brother Fukeer-lehund, who was baptized about four years ago from Jessore, and who is well acquainted with the Scriptures, which he reads incessantly, is the porter of the chapel, and having much leisure, he improves it in communicating Divine knowledge to inquirers. Two or three of the members feel a strong desire to disperse the word, and are becoming highly useful. Among these, our worthy deacon, Leonard, about thirty-eight years of age, deferves the firft place. He is as truly a miffionary as any of us, and as dead to worldly gain as any of us. When brother Cornifh fainted about the miffion to Boutan, on account of the robbery, he offered to take his place. His being fo completely a miffionary, however, among the thousands of Calcutta, made us think him the more useful where he was. He has begun to preach in English at the Fort, among the foldiers, and with much acceptance. There are four more who promise to be useful in different degrees; namely, the brethren Jahans, Caietan, Petrufe, and Thompfon. Jabans was born of Muffulman - parents, and brought up a Roman Catholic; is about thirty-four years of age, and preaches weekly to fome hundreds of people. Caietan was a Portuguefe Roman Catholic; is about thirty-fix years of age, and feems never fo happy as when telling fome Portugnefe or Bengalee neighbour the way of falvation. Petrufe was an Armenian, born in Calcutta ; his father came from Conftantinople; he is about twenty-fix years old, is well acquainted with Bengalee and Hindoofthanee, and has for a long time held a weekly meet

ing with fuch of his neighbours as choose to attend. We think of fending him to labour at Patna. Our brother Thompson is but about twenty-one years old; is a writer in the military department.Within the laft half year he began to apply to the Bengalee characters; now reads the Bengalee Testament, and has conftantly family prayer in that language. He embraces every opportunity of enforcing the truths of the gofpel on the natives around him, and declares the work of God to be more to him than thousands of gold and filver. Such is the ftate of things with the church at Calcutta.

"But there is another machine moving there, which I hope, with the Divine bleffing, will do much hereafter for the cause of God. This is what we call The Benevolent Inftitution for inftructing the children of indigent Chriftians. Of these, it is said, there are in Calcutta 700 families of the Portuguese, besides Armenians, Greeks, &c. On December 25, 1802, I preached a fermon in our chapel, and began a school for their gratuitous inftruction. The number of children now in it is 230, who are taught on the plan fuggefted by Dr. Bell, and improved by Mr. Lancafter. Our brother Leonard, the master, enters into it most heartily. The parents of these children are, many of them, four defcents from European Portuguese, incapable of reading a Portuguese book, or of understanding a fermon; fo that they are all heathen but the name. Hence, as all the fervice in their church is performed either in Portuguese or Latin, they are in darknefs thick as midnight, with regard to the way of falvation. Befides this, they are literally the pour of Calcutta, and poor indeed they are, beyond either Hindoos or Mufful. mans. Yet they are capable of salvation; and I may add, capable of great exertion." (To be continued.)

JAMAICA,

Jn a letter to the Secretary of the Miffion

ary Committee, dated Kingston, April 4, 1813, Mr. J. Wiggins, our Miffionary, obferves as follows:

"In October 1811, when the care of the Society here devolved upon me, the number therein was about 560, which has increased, fince that time, to 1723; and the people's growth in genuine piety and holy zeal, is, I think, in proportion to their increase in number. We have upwards of fifty prayer-meetings, in which we fing as well as pray, notwithstanding we are not yet fuffered to preach in our chapel. However, we feel that God is with us, confequently things muft do well.",

POETRY.

LINES,

Written on the Death of Mr. JOHN BROWN, by Mr. M. MARTINDALE.

Vita summa brevis spem nos vetat inchoare
longam.

What plaintive accents fill my list'ning ear,
From where old Thames slow rolls his

silver wave;

The knell, the heaving sigh, the briny tear,
For Brown, my friend, now slumbers in the
grave.

Daughters of Solyma, approach his urn,
With solemn dirge lament his early doom;
Your great, and sudden loss sincerely mourn,
With lasting honours decorate his tomb.
The lowly bending osiers seem to weep,

The green reeds wail, young zephyrs catch
the sound;

Thro' sedgy beds the brooks more softly creep,
• And melancholy music sighs around.
On the thin air the pale catastrophe floats,
The plumed nations hear the breezes wail;
Soon they forget the joy-inspiring notes,

Pain'd they prolong the sadly-pleasing tale. Remembrance oft shall haunt this sacred place,

Her early blasted hopes with grief deplore; Survey his bright, but, ah! too transient race, And heav'n's unsearchable decree adore. While his lorn widow too with streaming eyes, Will clasp her orphans to her aching breast;

"Yonder, shall say, your worthy father lies, "Too early snatch'd from us to silent rest. "Oh! had he liv'd to sooth your infant toil, "And safely pilot through life's howling deep,

"With him the lonely wilderness would smile, "His voice should bid the angry billow sleep.

"Who now shall heal the widow's bleeding heart,

"Or kindly sway the orphan's tender years, "The balm of love with gentle breath impart ?"

Alas! no more, but in expressive tears! His piety and zeal, his friends shall paint In colours bright, with grief-alluring art, Awful to sinners, useful to the saint:

I too, must vent the feelings of my heart,

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Nor loft the faithful preacher in the friend,
By shining treasure lur'd, or slothful ease.
The Lord, with singleness of heart he serv'd,
The good of all mankind sincerely sought,
Nor from the perfect rule of duty swerv'd,
But simple truths, in simple language
taught.

Such was my friend, mature above his years,
Which rais'd our hopes of future greatness
The Muse laments, with unavailing tears,
high;
His quick removal to his native sky.
Dec. 21, 1811.
M. MARTINDALE.

ON TRUE HAPPINESS, BY COWPER.
Written in 1783.

No longer I follow a sound;

No longer a dream I pursue;
O Happiness! not to be found,

Unattainable treasure, adieu!

I have sought thee in splendour and dress,
In the regions of pleasure and taste:
I have sought thee, and seem'd to possess,
But have prov'd thee a vision at last.
An humble ambition and hope

'Tis sufficient, if peace be the scope,
The voice of true wisdom inspires ;-
And the summit of all our desires.
"Peace may be the lot of the mind,
"That seeks it in meekness and love ;-
"But rapture and bliss are confin'd,
"To the glorified spirits above!"

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