mercy. O how amiable, how souls to Christ. May he deliver lovely does this make that God of you from all slavish fear of man, love appear to poor sinners, that and give you boldness, as he did can view him as such! How is of old those that were filled with the soul delighted with such a the Holy Ghost and with power! contemplation! They that have Remember, Christ hath promuch forgiven, how much they mised to be with all his faithful love! Ministers to the end of time. The greater dangers and difficulties . "These thoughts have been much on my mind since the death they are exposed to, the more of I trust the Lord will powerful his assistance. Then, pardon me for my neglect. Sir, let us fear none but him. I thought it was my duty to speak hope you will pray much for me, or write to him: you remember a poor sinner, that God will perwhat I said to you respecting it fect his strength in my weakness But I still delayed till a more con- of body and mind. For without venient season. O how I was him I can do nothing. But when struck when I heard the Lord had I can experience the teaching of taken him so suddenly! I was that Holy One, I need no other filled with sorrow and shame for teacher. May the Lord anoint having neglected what I had so you with the same, and give you often resolved to do. But now every grace of his Holy Spirit, the time of speaking for God to that you may be filled with all the him was over. Hence we see fulness of God; that you may that the Lord's time is the best know what is the height and depth, time. Now the night of death the length and breadth, of the love was come upon him; no more of God in Christ Jesus: that you work was to be done. If I had may be in the hand of the Lord, done all that lay in my power to as a keen archer to draw the bow, proclaim reconciliation by Christ while the Lord directs and fastens to his soul, whether he had heard the arrows of conviction in the or no, I should have been clear of hearts of such as are under your his blood. But I cannot recall ministry! the time that is past, nor him from "I sincerely pray that you may the grave. Had I known the be made a blessing to him that has Lord would have called him so taken the place of the deceased. suddenly, how diligent I should I have heard that you are fellowhave been to warn him of his dan- countrymen: I hope you are, ger! But it is enough that God however, both as strangers in this shows us what we are to do, and world, that have no abiding place, not what he is about to do with us but seek a country out of sight. or any of his creatures. Pray, Sir, do all you can for the glory of God. The time will soon pass by, and then we shall enter that glorious rest that he hath prepared for them that love him. I pray God to fill you with that zeal and love which he only can inspire, that you may daily win "Pray excuse all faults from "Your humble servant in the bonds of the Gospel of Christ, "E- W❞ When I perused this and other letters, which were at different times written to me by the Dairyman's daughter, I felt that, in the 120 person of this interesting corres-ther, who wished her son to repondent, were singularly united ceive the same spiritual teacher The words of this the characters of an humoble dis- as herself. ciple and a faithful monitor. I muntra, which indeed Futika newished to acknowledge the good- ver understood, were, Ungu kiness of God in each of these her lingu ungu shwuda ungu suvitru capacities. mundulee. Some time after this I sometimes entertain a hope his mother's gooroo came to their that the last day will unfold the house, and flew into a dreadful value of these epistolary commu- passion because Futika had renications, beyond even any pre-ceived the initiatory muntra from sent estimate of their spiritual another gooroo. The whole faimportance. MEMOIRS OF FUTIKA, mily threw themselves at his feet to appease him, and Futika ran and hid himself. Nothing could pacify the enraged gooroo till Futika came, and threw himself at his feet, and promised to receive Futika A Bengalee Christian, who died at the muntra from him. Serampore, on Lord's Day now took a second guardian deity, morning, the 25th April, 1808. and a second gooroo, or spiritual teacher. After the gooroo was FUTIKA was born at a village thus pacified, he rose and ate with named Mujgooree in the district them. of Jossore, in Bengal. His father These efforts to get disciples died when he was very young. arise from the poverty of the gooHe was a weaver, and a strict roo, whose means of subsistence idolater. He used to pray to the depend upon the number of his gods to give him a son, but before disciples, at each of whose houses the birth of Futika, he had two he stays for a day or two at a daughters. time, taking with him a present, according to the ability of the disciple. After the death of his father, Futika and his mother lived together. At this time, Futika dis- After this, a woman gave Futiregarded the cast in secret, and, ka another muntra to repeat, and under the idea of cultivating uni- he became her disciple; this versal love, used to eat with all muntra consisted of certain words other casts who were of the same addressed to the earth, sun, air, mind. Still, however, he wor- and water. shipped Krishna, under the name Next Futika was drawn among of Huree. His mother received the ghosparowites,* and took what is called an initiatory mun- another muntra, called the solotra* from a brahmun as her goo- anna (or perfect) muntra, for roo, but another brahmun came which he gave 16 annas, or a ruto Futika's house, and constrained pee. The words of the muntra him to take a muntra from him, are, Kurta aooliya muha prubhoo contrary to the advice of his mo- amee tomaru sookhe chulee phi * This incantation is repeated in silence, as a sure means of salvation. + Or spiritual guide. lala. Followers of a man named Ram-doe ree, tilarddhu amee tomaru chara | the religious life of a Hindoo naee a amee tomaru sunge achee; idolater. In this state a gospel dohace muh; prubhoo, viz. O sin- tract, written by a converted naless Lord, O great Lord: at thy tive named Pitambura found Futipleasure I go and return; not a ka. He obtained this tract moment am I without thee. I am through a young man who was af`ever with thee; save, O great Lord. terward baptized. Futika also The person who gave this muntra got another tract written by Broto Futika, told him, that by it he ther Ward. This was the tract would be able to cure the most which Pitambura first obtained, dreadful diseases, &c. and which was the means of bringing him to Serampore. In this way poor Futika was carried away by different deceiv- At the time that Futika obtainers, finding nothing upon which ed these tracts, a friendship had he could rest for salvation, and taken place betwixt him, Dweepgetting daily proofs that all these chundra, Kanaee, and Kanta. He people were only seeking their used to call these persons, and his own profit by teaching lies, and mother and sister, and make them while they pretended to teach sit down to hear these books. others the way to heaven, were Bhanee, his sister, however, did themselves in the high road to hell. not like the thought of leaving her idols, and she used to attend very reluctantly while poor Futika was reading about Yisoo Khreest. Futika says, he has attended meetings of those who worship the female deities, at which meet- At length Futica could wait no ings men and women secretly set longer, but was determined to find up a woman, as an object of wor-out Serampore, where the person ship, before whom a pan of liquor lived who gave away these pais placed, and a number of cere- pers. He and Dweep-Chundra monies performed. At length the left their village at the time the persons present, both male and people were going to a great asfemale, drink off a pot of spirits, sembly of idolaters at Ugrudwipa. each man becoming a Shiva, and each woman a Doorga,* and conclude the meeting by indecencies which delicacy forbids to be mentioned. On arriving at Serampore, nobody would give them the needful information, and they proceeded to Calcutta, having heard that a gentleman there was the person who was giving away gospel tracts in Bengalee. This person's doorkeeper took them by the neck and turned them out of the yard. This was a sad disappointment, as they had expected the persons who had proclaimed the love of Yisoo Khreest would have taken them into their bosoms. Mortified and discouraged, they returnThis forms a faint sketch of ed to their village without a farthing to bear their expenses. He also attended meetings of persons of different casts, followers of the god Krishna, when the worshippers, at the close of the ceremony, eat together, mix in play indiscriminately, the men becoming Krishnas and the women Radhas, (the name of Krishna's principal mistress) and commit every abomination. * The god Shiva and the goddess Doorga. Here they worked for some time to collect a little money to make | for sinners, and after he had found another attempt. After some the missionaries and had sat down, months Dweep-chundra got a si- looking with surprise at the mistuation in another part of the sionaries surrounded with the country. Futika saved a rupee native converts. Futika and his and twelve annas, and Kanaee a two companions staid five days, rupee and four annas; Kanta was and went home promising soon to not able to save any thing. At return. last, however, they left their After some time, Futika returnhome, and came to Serampore, ed with a native convert named when they inquired where the Kanta, and after staying two new shastra was printed. The months was baptized, and returnpeople whom they asked only ed home. abused them; asked them if they He, however, soon returned were come to sell their cast; if again, bringing with him his they were perishing for want, &c. friends Kanaee and Kanta, who A brahmun, whom they asked be- were next baptized. fore the door of the mission-house, Futika's mind was now so tadid all he could to make them ken up with the contents of the afraid and ashamed. Kanaee and books he had with him, that he Kanta were almost persuaded to almost forgot to eat, and his neighreturn back, till Futika reproved bours began to persecute him. them for their cowardice, asking The neighbouring brahmuns and them whether they had not re- others went to the head man of nounced their cast a hundred the village, complaining against times in secret, and whether, in Futika, that he had drawn Dweepfact, they (Futika, Kanaee, and Chundra, Kanaee and Kanta after Kanta) though they now ate to- him, and would at this rate draw gether, were not of different casts! away all the neighbourhood; that While they were disputing with these persons did not mind cast, this brahmun, Krisna-Prisada and besides, there was something happened to be going out of the in the books they read, that unacmission-house, and he asked what countably stole away the mind, they were disputing about? Futi- and unfitted it for every thing. ka told him. With the utmost Futika's mother and sister were joy he took them by the hands, also against him. The head man brought them into the house; of the village hearing this, colfetched them something to eat, lected a mob, who went to Futika's while another brother fetched house on the Lord's day, while Futika a draught of water. he was at prayer, bound his hands, All was new and very wonder-and dragged him into the road, ful to these inquirers, but Futi-while the whole village, men, woka's mind was, (he says) filled men and children, hissed, at him, with love and satisfaction. Indeed and treated him with the greatest it is difficult to give his descrip- rudeness. Futika's mother, sister, tion in the cold language of Eng- and nephews were now in the land, of his state of mind before most dreadful state of distress, he saw the missionaries; while thinking he would be murdered. meditating on his bed upon the His uncle went to soften the mob, love of Christ in giving his soul who, however, hissed at him, and asked him if he was become Yi-|of saving his sister and her childsoo Khreest also. They threw ren, if possible, and rescuing them dirt, dust, &c. on Futika: daubed from a death in idolatry. Hitherhim all over with cow dung, with to Bhanee, his sister, had been which they stopped up his eyes, stout against the gospel, but her ears, &c. They offered him de- mother being at Serampore, Fuliverance, if he would promise to tika and her two sons being about worship the gods like his forefa- to leave her, most likely for ever, thers, and forsake Yisoo Khreest. she was cut to the heart, and folFutika entreated them to forbear lowed Futika, with other relations, asking him such questions. out of the village, crying and wailWhile he was in this state, and ing in the most shocking manner. while his mother and family were Futika turned about, and again in an agony of distress, Futika de-addressed her on this way of salscribes his mind as filled with the vation. She relented, and prolove of Christ, and as being deli-mised to go with him, when Futivered from all shame, fear, &c. ka, full of joy, turned back to the The mob destroyed his Benga- village, where she arranged her lee Testament, and all the tracts affairs, and then came with her in his house, and he was kept tied brother to Serampore. up to the pillar of an idol temple While this sister continued at for several hours. In the even- Serampore, and after her deing when they were tired of pun-parture to Dinagepore, she contiishing him, they promised to libe-nued without any gracious change; rate him if he would give security but after she returned again to that he would worship Christ no Serampore, her mind became aflonger. Not giving this, a man fected with great concern after jokingly said, I am his surety, and liberated him. Kanaee and Kanta fled. The mob declared, if they could find them they would feed them with dung. salvation, and she was baptized. After her baptism she walked consistently, till she was seized with the dysentery, under which disease she lingered three or four Futika next brought Dweep-months. Chundra, and afterward his mo- During her illness, and espether, to Serampore, where they cially in the latter part of her life, were baptized.* she gave to Brother Ward and At length the Serampore breth-others a good deal of satisfaction, ren, wishing to place a native bro-though "She linger'd, shiv'ring on the brink, And fear'd to launch away." ther or two at Dinagepore, made an offer to Futika, who, after some days, consented to go. He went, therefore, to sell his little property However, a few days before at Panjee, and take leave of his her death, she seemed anxious to sister, neighbours, &c. Brother depart, and expressed her firm Ward, before his departure, re-faith in Jesus. She seemed very minded Futika of the importance sensible of her own vileness, and was frequently calling upon the * Dweep-Chundra's mother one day Saviour for forgiveness, and to thanked Futika for rescuing her son from a take her to himself. One day state of the deepest pollution, and, most likely, from a premature and violent death. Ishe took hold of the hands of her |