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quire. Nothing has so enfeebling a tendency on human exertion for any given object as doubt about the issue of that exertion. If the result be problematical, however desirable in itself; if it be dependent on circumstances; if it be suspended on some unforeseen contingency, the best appointed machinery will work feebly, and the friends of the object will be discouraged by every untoward appearance. "He that observeth

the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap." "There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets," Doubts wither exertion. Fear cramps the limbs of toil. Wishing is not work. It is seldom that a "may-be" is. Having reason to infer from the tone of some prayers and addresses at missionary concerts, that there is a benumbing spirit of latent infidelity at work on this subject, let me contribute a few facts, which, by the blessing of God, may help to dispel it.

First fact. It is the declared purpose of God to convert the world to Christ. It is announced, settled, decreed, determined. Prophecy is neither more nor less, on this subject, than the publication of the Divine purpose. He has made known his intention. It is enough. It shall be so, for God has said that such is his will. It is but a waste of time to reason about the probabilities of the case.

"If the Lord would make windows in heaven, might this thing be," is rank unbelief; for the question admits of no contingency; probabilities are beside the mark; nor is it even our business here to inquire whether he has revealed any system of instrumentality or agency by which it is his will to realize this purpose; we have to do simply now with a question of fact: has God declared that the world shall be converted to Christ? Listen! "I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession." "All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto the Lord; and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee." "He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth." "The abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee." "I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. And there was given him do. minion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed." "The earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea." "I have sworn by myself,

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the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear." "It is a light thing that thou shouldst be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth." "Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people." "This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world." "The Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. And the idols he shall utterly abolish." Let these scriptures suffice; for though only few compared with the number that might be collected, they settle the question by declaring the fact, that it is the purpose of God to bring the inhabitants of our world to Christ. This fact is of the first importance. It lies at the foundation of all others regarding this matter. It forms a sure starting-point for other questions regarding agency, mode, and consequences; but, having ascertained "the decree," to despair of its execution is folly and sin. "The word has gone out of his mouth, and shall not return." It ceases, then, to be a question. It is matter of certainty.

Second fact. God announced this purpose with an absolute knowledge of all the difficulties that stand in the way of its accomplishment. If we may use the metaphor, the moral map of time lay outspread before him, beneath the all-searching light of his own omniscience. The defection of the nations into a thousand forms of idolatry, the rise and dominion of the false prophet, the huge apostacy, the long-continued unbelief of the whole Jewish family, the corruptions and heresies of the professing church, the myriad forms in which human depravity should manifest itself, and the impossibility of genuine conversion in any single instance without the application of supernatural power, were all foreknown with unerring precision, and yet again and again was the resolution declared, that all nations should be blessed in Christ, and call him blessed. Nothing has transpired since the creation of man, and nothing will occur until the blast of the last trumpet, without the knowledge of Him"who declareth the end from the beginning." Now, these facts-perfectly legitimate as the basis of reasoning, although the present state of the world were far more gloomy than it actually is-derive additional force from the recollection that greater difficulties have been overcome already than any that remain to be surmounted. The incarnation, sacrifice, and atonement of the Son of God, on the ground of whose merits the glad news of salvation is commanded to be universally published, are accomplished facts. The momentous question, How can

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God be a just God and a Saviour? waits not for solution. It is gloriously solved already, and the work of the ambassadors of Christ is just to make known the answer in every nation under heaven. The new and living way is opened up, and the Spirit of God has descended to men. Thus, I repeat, the greatest difficulties have been overcome; those that remain are still too great to be removed by unaided human agency, but unaided human agency holds no place whatever in the plan by which it is the will of God to make every knee bow to Christ. We should be justified in reasoning thus, were the number of the disciples as yet confined to "one hundred and twenty;" but missionary encouragement ceases not here; for, through the grace that is in Christ Jesus, we have a

Third fact. There have been converts to Christianity from all lands. Every known nation has sent its representative. Disciples have been won from all ranks and conditions of men. The metaphysical reasoner of Europe has given his affections to the humbling doctrines of the cross. The philosophic Brahmin of India has knelt at the feet of the Redeemer. The stolid Hottentot has been instructed in the way of salvation. The licentious inhabitant of the tropics has been purified by the blood of sprinkling. The degraded African has thrown his disgusting gods to the moles and to the bats. The savage Indian has exchanged the war-whoop for the praises of the Prince of peace. And the untutored Greenlander has felt the beams of the Sun of righteousness. These are specimen-converts, the first-fruits of the nations. showing that the gospel is adapted to all, and that it can flourish in every region under heaven. The seed is scattered on every soil; it may be "the smallest of all seeds," but as it is immortal in its nature, it will yet spring up and cover every land, and wave luxuriantly on every shore. The light has been set on a thousand hills, and though there may be intervening tracts of "horrid darkness," yet, as it is fed by the Sun of righteousness, it will expand in volume and grow in brilliance until it illumine the whole earth. The leaven has been hid, and, however small compared with the mass, its assimilating power is sufficient to "leaven the whole lump.' Let us not give quarter to the unbelief which whispers, "My Lord delayeth his coming," for "a short work will he make upon the earth." Let not the virgins sleep: the night is far spent, the day is at hand, "the bridegroom cometh, go ye out to meet him!"

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Fourth fact. The Holy Spirit, with the gospel, can accomplish the predicted result. The instrumental and efficient agencies act harmoniously. The Spirit of God, with the word of God, his own "sword," can bring about this most glorious change. The

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messengers of the Lord of hosts may go up to the high places of the earth and "cry' with confidence; for the Spirit shall be poured from on high, and "the wilderness shall be a fruitful field," and "righteousness shall remain in it." Then shall the earth yield her increase. To the anxious inquiry, "When we are met by the declaration, "It is not for you to know the times and the seasons which the Father hath put in his own power;" but the precept is, "Go, work in my vineyard;" the encouragement, "Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters;" whilst in the distance we can already hear from the lips of the triumphant Redeemer the glorious "WELL DONE!"

PROPOSAL FOR THE ERECTION OF A
CHRISTIAN COLLEGE IN INDIA.

The present number of the Missionary Chronicle contains a proposal for the erection of a Christian college in Calcutta, in connection with the London Missionary. The project has our most cordial approval, and it will, we sincerely hope, be speedily accomplished. How rejoiced would our predecessors in the mission work have been to have participated in the privilege we are permitted to enjoy in connection with the work of evangelizing the east. This project of a college, how full of hope is it for the future, and how should it call forth the cheerful thanksgivings of God's people! What hath God wrought in India? He hath done great things for his church there, whereof we desire to be glad. He has put it into the hearts of our brethren there to aid liberally in the accomplishment of this good work. They have, moreover, spared their pastor to visit Europe, defrayed the expenses of his passage and sojourn in Britain. The native youth in India are not only willing, but anxious for that success to accompany the labours of their representative amongst us. The door is wide open for us to enter in; shall we not do so? To the church of Christ is committed the responsible office of rightly directing the inquiring youth of the east into the path of life. How blessed the knowledge! How vast the responsibility! One feature of the new college must commend itself to all interested in the welfare of India,—it is to be a nursery for an efficient native ministry. This alone should induce the friends of missions to sustain the plan. India, if ever she be converted to Christ, must be brought to his feet by her own sons; and India spiritually must, and ought to be, independent of foreign aid, both for men and money. Help her now, in her hour of promise, that she may soon be able to send back to the churches of Britain this mes

sage,-We are now strong enough to main-
tain and extend the gospel of Christ in our
own land. The sum required for the col-
lege is upwards of three thousand pounds,
independently of that which has been
already subscribed or promised. Surely
this sum will be speedily obtained, and that
at comparatively little expense. Three thou-
sand subscribers, at one sovereign each,
would compass the object, and enable our
fellow missionary to advise his friends in
India to take immediate steps for the pur-
chase of ground, and otherwise putting the
plan in operation. India is the noblest
colonial domain of Britain.
Oh that it may
soon become the brightest and richest gem
in the Mediator's crown! Come, Christian
tian friends, come to the help of the ser-
vants of Christ in India, that they may be
enabled to lay the foundation of a perma-
nent and influential Christian Institution in
the capital of North India! Subscriptions,
or donations, or gifts of books, &c., can
be forwarded to Mr. Boaz, at the Mission,
Blomfield-street.

AN APPEAL ON BEHALF OF THE INSTI-
TUTION FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE
DAUGHTERS OF MISSIONARIES.

This institution was formed in the year 1838. From the first it was intended to be catholic in its spirit, not confined to one section of the Christian church, but embracing missionaries of all denominations. It was the aim of those who established it, that it should be missionary in its character; while providing an education, liberal and respectable, that it should create and foster among the pupils the missionary spirit, that on their return to their parents they might be qualified to render valuable assistance to their missionary operations. The institution is partly charitable and partly selfsupported, the parents paying a small sum for the board and education of their children, leaving a considerable portion of the expenditure to be provided by the contributions of the friends of missions. It has been the wish of the committee to receive destitute orphans, without the usual payment by relatives; and this will be done, as the contributions placed at their disposal enable them. The necessity for an institution of this kind was long felt by missionaries and their friends who were most intimately acquainted with their circumstances.

Not only is there the debilitating climate, so injurious to the physical and mental developments of the children of Europeans, but there is a moral influence from the unconverted heathen at most missionary stations, from which the missionary can hardly cherish the hope of shielding his

children. Even the indiscreet and exces-
sive kindness of the converted natives is
another source of danger. It seemed, there-
fore, most desirable, under existing circum-
stances, to conduct the education of the
children of missionaries in this country.
The institution for the education of the
daughters has realised the hopes of its best
friends. Forty-seven have left; some of
them are usefully employed in this country.
Others have returned to their parents, to
aid them in their missionary operations;
and a few have become heads of families.
The hope is cherished that they are adorning
the profession of the gospel which they have
made, and recommending, by their useful
and consistent lives, the institution where
they have been trained. The number of
the present pupils is about fifty. For some
time past the premises have been considered
too limited, and several arrangements have
been proposed to obviate the inconvenience.
At last an adjoining house has been leased,
and is connected with the premises by
means of a covered passage.
One advan-

tage secured by the alteration is, that there
will be a room or rooms appropriated to
the sick, separated from the dormitories of
the children. Hitherto great inconvenience
has been experienced, as no means existed
of separating the healthy and the diseased;
the room appropriated to the latter serving
as a passage to one of the dormitories.
Another advantage is, a large and airy
school-room for the younger children. It
is hoped, likewise, that some domestic work,
hitherto done at some distance, will be per-
formed on the premises, at a less expendi-
ture. This alteration has created an outlay
of 2007., and the committee are most anxious
to meet this at once, by the donations of
their friends. The regular income is barely
sufficient for the expenditure. This appeal
is now made to their friends-to the friends
of missions in general. Ten subscribers of
107. each, and twenty of 51. each, would
enable the committee to prosecute their
work free from embarrassment. Donations
towards it will be thankfully received by
any of the committee; J. Foulger, Esq.,
Walthamstow; the Rev. Dr. Morison
Brompton; Rev. J. J. Freeman, Blomfield,
Finsbury; and Rev. J. Angus, Moorgate-

street.

TELOOGO0.

THE TELOOGOO MISSION,

My dear Sir,-It has long been my earnest wish to bring before the Christian public the claims of the Teloogoo people to the missionary efforts of the Christian church, and to awaken in the hearts of God's people a deeper interest for the spi

ritual and eternal welfare of this interesting portion of the human race; but numerous public engagements have hitherto prevented my addressing you on this subject.

Having now a little leisure time, I embrace the opportunity of laying before you, and the friends of the London Missionary Society, the following statements in reference to this part of the heathen world, hoping that they will lead the directors to take some decisive efforts for the strengthening of their missions amongst this populous tribe of Southern India.

I would, first of all, direct the attention of the friends of missions to the extent and population of the Teloogoo country. The Teloogoo country, (called also Tilinguna, and Trilingum, or the country of the three lingums,) stretches from Madras, south, to the town of Gaufaur, in the northern part of Peninsular India, 700 miles in length, and from the sea coast on the east to the ceded districts, and the Nazin's territory on the west, in breadth varying from 50 to 200 miles. The Teloogoo language unites with the Tamul on the south, the Canarese and Mahratta to the west, and the Oruja to the north. It is spoken by ten millions of her Majesty's subjects in Southern India, and is generally termed, for its softness and beauty, the Italian of the East. This extent of country, as large as England and Scotland together, is divided into ten collectorates, or provinces, which are all under the direct control of the British government.

For the evangelization of these nine provinces, we have only twelve missionaries from all our evangelical societies. Besides these collectorates, a large portion of the Nazin's territory in the west is inhabited by the Teloogoos, for whose spiritual welfare scarcely anything has been attempted. Our dear departed brother, John Smith, whose praise is in all the churches, speaking of this interesting people in his work, "An Appeal for Southern India," says: "It may be well here to premise that the Teloogoo people are by no means restricted to the northern provinces. They are to be found in considerable numbers in many of the districts where the Tamul and Canarese languages are spoken. It appears to me, that in intelligence, migratory habits, secular prosperity, and unfrequency of return to their native land, they are in relation to other districts what the Scotch are in relation to England and the world."

The collectorates, or provinces, of the Teloogoo country, are as follow:

1. Gangam-containing 588,079 souls. In this province there is one ordained missionary, connected with the London Missionary Society.

2. Vizagapatam-containing 1,010,414

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6. Nelloon-containing 846,572 souls; occupied by the American Baptist Society: two missionaries.

7. Cuddapah-containing 1,190,467 souls; occupied by the London Missionary Society two missionaries.

8. Bellary, partly Teloogoo-containing 1,112,839 souls; occupied by the London Missionary Society: two missionaries.

9. Kurnoal-population not ascertained; unoccupied by any Society.

The last-mentioned province has lately been brought under the control of the British Government, and presents a very inviting field for missionary labour. Christian brethren and sisters! Students for the rising ministry! This vast population of our fellow-creatures, and our fellow-subjects, sitting in darkness and the valley of the shadow of death, look to you imploringly for help. Will you not come forward, and give a portion of the spiritual food which the God of all grace has scattered among you so abundantly, to those who are perishing for lack of it? Will you not, like the High Priest of old, come forth, and stand between the living and the dead, that the dreadful plague of sin and idolatry may be stayed?

I will now give you a short history of the progress of the work of the Lord at each of the stations occupied by the London Missionary Society, in order that the friends and supporters of the society may see that their missionaries have not laboured in vain, and that the prospects for the future are such as to warrant the immediate strengthening of this important and interesting

mission.

Chicacole, the most northward of the Teloogoo stations, is one of the chief towns in the Gangam province, and was occupied by the society in the year 1839.

Four or five years before this, it was frequently visited by the missionaries at Vizagapatam, and the gospel of Christ was proclaimed by them to its deluded inhabitants. A school also had been established by a pious civilian, and a considerable feeling in favour of Christianity had been awakened by these and other means. In compliance with the earnest request of E. Story, Esq., of the Civil Service, strengthened by the recom

mendation of myself and Mr. Gordon, our brother, Mr. W. Dawson, was sent there in 1839. He was soon encouraged in his labour of love, and in the course of three years the Lord gave testimony to the word of his grace, so that seventeen native adults and children were added to the flock of Christ at this station. In the year 1843, the first Christian church was formed at this station, consisting of ten persons.

Mr. Dawson, writing of this interesting event, says: "This year, I was publicly set apart, and appointed to the full discharge of my office as a minister of Jesus Christ; and, with the assistance of Mr. E. Porter, who kindly came down from Vizagapatam for that purpose, we all formed ourselves into a Christian church, consisting of ten individuals, of whom five were natives, and five East Indians and Europeans." Thus was fulfilled the promise, "In the wilderness shall waters break forth, and streams in the desert.” “ Instead of the thorn, shall spring up the fir-tree; and, instead of the brier, shall come up the myrtle-tree; and it shall be to the Lord for a name, and for an everlasting sign, that shall not be cut off."

One of the converts, named Cornelius, who was baptized in the month of August, this year, was a respectable sepoy of the Sudra Castle. He had served in the army of the East India Company upwards of twenty years, and had retired to Chicacole to spend the remainder of his days. He was first awakened to see the folly of idolatry, and the danger of his state before God, by the perusal of one of the tracts which had been issued from the mission press at Vizagapatam. This tract contained a full exposure of the abominations practised at the worship of Juggernaut, and at the close exhibited a clear and plain statement of the way of salvation through a crucified and risen Redeemer. He perused it just as he was going out on a pilgrimage to that shrine of Moloch. His attention was arrested by its contents. By the light of this messenger of truth, he beheld the deformities of Hindooism, and the beauty and holiness of Divine Christianity. He resolved to give up his pilgrimage, and to inquire after the way of salvation proclaimed by the missionary. The next sabbath, instead of directing his steps to the temple of Vishnu, he found his way to the humble Christian temple, situated in one of the streets of the native town. He heard there the truth as it is in Jesus from the lips of the missionary, and found it suited to the wants of his guilty and awakened soul. He at length made a bold and earnest at. tempt to shake off the fetters of Hindooism. The inward and hitherto secret workings of his heart discovered itself under the preaching of that word which maketh wise unto

salvation, and which, in many cases, is quick and powerful-sharper than a twoedged sword. One sabbath morning his spirit was stirred up within him, by the appeal of the missionary, and seeing it his duty to obey the command of Christ, after Divine service he publicly expressed his wish to be baptized, and received into the Redeemer's fold. But Satan was permitted again to prevail for a time, and, through the threats and solicitations of his heathen relatives, he was kept back from his purpose until August, 1843, when he was publicly baptized in the native mission chapel, with two other converts, in the midst of a large and deeply-interested concourse of natives. After this, many others professed Christ secretly, of whom a few have since taken Christ's yoke upon them; but of the remainder we cannot speak with confidence and joy. At the end of the year 1843, we find the number of professed Christians connected with the mission, including the family of the missionary, was twenty-eight; inquirers, seventeen.

During the year 1844, the Lord again manifested his saving power in connection with the preaching of the truth, and our brother was permitted to add a few more wandering sheep to the fold of the good Shepherd. Fifteen native adults and children were baptized, and nine received into Christian fellowship, besides two women from a neighbouring Christian church. At the commencement of the year a respectable native, of the name of Thunuah, sent a letter to me, at Vizagapatam, to come to Polcandah, and baptize him and his family. This was indeed a joyful letter to my anxious spirit, as I had often thought of, and prayed for, this interesting inquirer, and now the Lord was giving me an answer to my prayers, and permitting me to see another myrtletree in the midst of the heathen desert, and to drink of a fresh spring in a thirsty land. Thunuah may be considered as one of the fruits of missionary labour at Vizagapatam. He received, at various times, religious tracts, and a copy of the New Testament in Teloogoo from the missionaries at that station. He seems for a long time to have been persuaded of the folly of idolatry, and mentioned to Mr. Dawson that, though he used to attend the processions of the idols, and bowed down before them, to avoid singularity, yet he laughed at them in his heart, and his belief was, that there was one God, the Ruler of all things. A sense of his danger as a sinner was the first effect produced on his mind by the Spirit's influence, which was kept alive in his heart by the perusal of the Christian books which he obtained from the missionaries at Vizagapatam. He first examined the means appointed for expiating guilt among his own people, but

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