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text of being converted, in order to become missionaries,) but also of his great talent for languages, he (Dr. Bahnmeyer) gave him every encourage ment; he was sent to the Institution of Basle, and then to the Islington Seminary, whence he was sent to Malta; where he soon entered into a strict friendship with the zealous Mr. Le Mesurier, chaplain of the forces at Malta; and Schlienz is now a clergyman of the Church of England, and he has already undertaken the most gigantic labours, and accomplished them for the promotion of religion and civilization! He neither complains about the cold in winter, nor the heat in summer. With him are joined Matthew Weiss and Peter Brenner, both worthy men." Illustration of "Hamlet left out by particular Desire."- "Sir George Don, late Governor of Gibraltar, kindly invited us to dinner twice. His Excellency was interested about Sheeraz, as he had heard of the fame of the wine of that country, and observed to one of our friends that he thought an account of my journies would be very interesting, if the parts about the Jews and the Bible were left out.'

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Quaker-Lady Preacher.-" "When I was lately in America, I asked a Quaker lady what the Quakers said to St. Paul's words, I suffer not a woman to teach.' She replied that he meant womanish men. I asked her whether she was a masculine woman?"

Magnificent Bribe." Rabbi Shlome informed me that the Jews of Constantinople had written to the Jews of Jerusalem, that the Pope of Rome had paid to me millions of dollars, in order that I might be able to convert the Jews either by bribery or force."

A Mathematician." Finzy continued, You do not know, perhaps, that I am in the service of the Pasha, as Professor of Mathematics, and therefore I demand of you mathematical proofs of the truth of Christianity.' I said, 'Do you ever eat?' Finzy. 'Yes.' Wolff Why do you do so?' Finzy. Hunger compels me.' Wolff.

Can you prove that mathematically?''

Abyssinian Saint." I must give you an account I learnt of some of the Abyssinian priests, respecting their great saint Tekla Haymanot, who lived in the seventh century. He made such an impression on the Devil by his preaching, that he (the Devil) determined to become a monk for forty years. I observed, I dare say that the Devil was frequently converted into monk.'

Turkish officers called on me. I offered to him a copy of the Bible. He replied, 'that he could not, by any means, touch anything which is forbidden by his religion.' Immediately after this, he requested me to give him a glass of brandy. I replied, 'You ought not to touch, by any means, anything forbidden by your religion; for spirits are prohibited in the Koran.""

Optical Illusion.-" Lady Georgiana observed a curious optical deception in the sand about the middle of the day, when the sun was strong; all the foot prints and other marks that are indented in the sand had the appearance of being raised out of it, and at those times there was such a glare that it was unpleasant for the eyes."

Free and Easy Oriental Manners.— "It is impossible to give an idea of the total dissimilarity of manners at Jerusalem and in England. In the East every one talks to you on an equal footing; and the woman who washes for you will come on Sunday to pay you a visit, bring her friends, and sit down regularly like company, and drink coffee; at the same time if they are beaten they say nothing about it.'

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English Dervishes." One of the Arabs desired me to give him a Bible. I gave him the Bible gratis, as I mostly did; and I saw the great use of so doing, for as one of the Bedouin Sheikhs in Yemen observed to me, The Dervish of England displays a better disposition than our Dervishes. Our Dervishes take things, but you give us useful things; and besides this the people are very poor, and I consider it an abomination to ask money of a Muhammedan or Abyssinian, when they are so very needy.'

Stipendiary Religionists.-"Several Bethlehemite Christians, converted by the Roman Catholic friars of Jerusalem, accompanied us, and told us the Latin convent was quite empty, as the friars were all in Jerusalem, because they would not pay tribute to the Pasha. They added that the convent used to pay for them also, but now they refused to do so, and therefore they gave a good flogging to some of the friars, and turned them out of the convent; and they added, with an oath, that if the friars did not pay they would turn Greeks again, for they had turned Roman Catholics only on this condition !"

Contrast with this make-shew proselytism and love-of-money conversion, the case of those faithful servants of Christ who, not for Mohammedan Scruples.--"One of the filthy lucre, but in the prospect of

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the loss of friends, property, liberty, and life itself, have joyfully taken up the cross of their Divine Master, to follow Him wheresoever He leads. Our own age has not been destitute of such champions for the faith, such additions to the noble army of martyrs. Feeble women in Madagascar, and persecuted Jews in Constantinople, have joined that triumphant assembly. The following, from Dr. Wolff's journal, is an affecting illustration; and with it we will close our extracts.

"Now I will relate a remarkable in stance of modern martyrdom. A young Greek, some years ago, whose name was Paniotes, was servant to a Turkish nobleman, called Osman Effendi. He came with his master to Jerusalem; and when Osman Effendi went to worship in the Mosque of Omar, this young Greek accompanied him. Soon after Osman Effendi undertook a journey to Damascus, intending to return to Jerusalem, and left Paniotes to await his return. When the Pasha of Damascus arrived here on his annual visit, Paniotes was accused to him of having profaned the Mosque of Omar, by having entered it; he was summoned to appear before the Pasha, and questioned as to why he did so; he answered that he had followed his master, whom it was his duty to fol-. low. The penalty was death or to turn Muhammedan, which was much pressed upon him. Paniotes exclaimed, Christ is risen, who is the Son of the living God. I fear nothing.'' "Pasha-Say God is God, and Muhammed the prophet of God, and I adopt you as my son.' Paniotes nothing.'

Christ is risen; I fear

They led him out before the castle of David, and drew up the soldiers around him with their swords drawn; but Paniotes exclaimed, I am a Christian! Christ is risen! I fear nothing!' He knelt down, and prayed to Jesus Christ the Son of God, and exclaimed, 'Christ is risen! I fear nothing.' Even

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Christians advised him to turn Muhammedan. He exclaimed, Christ is risen! I fear nothing.' The executioner lifted up his fine hair which he wore, as many Greeks do, flowing down to the shoulders, and struck him several times with the sword, so as to draw blood, in the

hope that he might relent; but Pa

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niotes continued, Jesus is the son of the living God; and, crossing himself, he exclaimed, Christ is risen! I fear nothing!' and his head fell. The Greek convent paid 5,000 piastres for leave to remove his body and bury him." We now close Dr. Wolff's pages. We are glad to find that our reverend brother, after all his vicissitudes, and greatly needing repose, has found a peaceful home in an English pastoral dwelling, and among so affectionate a flock as he describes them to be; for he says, in concluding his book: "The people of Linthwaite are very good-natured and kind-hearted towards us. They divide themselves into Blues, Yellows, and Whites; i.e. Conservatives, Whigs, and Radicals. I like the Blues best!" Whether, in the providence of God, this is to be his final earthly sphere of sacred ministration; or whether he is yet reserved for renewed public labours, we pray that his bow may abide in strength; that he may have much of the presence of the God of his Fathers with him, and with those who are dear to him; and that "the good will of Him who dwelt in the bush," the indwelling of "the angel of the covenant," the grace of a crucified but exalted and again to be manifested Saviour, may rest upon him. And so ends our advent farewell and benediction, for himself and his fellow-pilgrim, and the little Wolfflings.

MEMOIR OF Z. MACAULAY, ESQ.

pose, and that no communication had been held with any member of Mr. Macaulay's family, who therefore are not responsible for the sketch; but it bears upon its front the impress of faithfulness; and we feel no scruple in quoting it as a well-written and very interesting narrative; and we are glad to be able to rescue it from its present fugitive shape, and to introduce it to a large class of readers who would not otherwise see it. The committee say that they have understated rather than adequately depicted Mr. Macaulay's "constant, severe, and disinterested labours in the cause of religion and humanity;" and this we can attest is true; for even in regard to his exertions for the abolition of the slave-trade and slavery, which occupy the larger portion of their succinct narrative, much might be added; while in reference to other parts of his life, particularly his extensive connexion with religious and charitable institutions, and his writings,

A brief Sketch of the Life of the late ZACHARY MACAULAY, Esq. F.R.S. as connected with the subjects of the Abolition of the Slave Trade and Slavery. Extracted from the Appendix to “A Review of the principal Proceedings of the Committee of the London Anti-Slavery Society, subsequent to the passing of the Abolition Act in 1833." London, 1839. Ir was a great disappointment and grief to us that we were not able to present to our readers a full and authentic memoir of that excellent and remarkable man, our much-esteemed and beloved friend, the late Mr. Macaulay; but upon making application to those from whom we hoped to receive an outline of the narrative of his useful and exemplary life, which we intended to inlay with our own recollections, we found that materials for that purpose had not been collected, and that it was doubted whether a copious and accurate memoir could be furnished. We would have attempted ourselves to supply the defect; but that we thought it unjust to his memory to give only an imperfect and meagre sketch in the pages of a work which (in conjunction with friends of kin. dred mind) he projected, and personally edited for fifteen years; and in which, therefore, if any original memorial were presented, we thought it ought to be one that should exhibit his life and character both authentically and adequately. Whether such a memoir will yet be given to the world, we know not;-we trust there will;-but in the meantime a welldelineated sketch has been appended to a summary of the proceedings of the London Anti-slavery Committee, and which (with a few abridgments) we have great satisfaction in transferring to our pages. The compiler (the secretary to the Anti-slavery Committee) states that the letters quoted were not furnished for that pur

chiefly papers in the Christian Observer, during his editorship, upon a great variety of subjects, theological, critical, moral, philanthropical, and political-little could be said in so condensed a space; though that little is written with discrimination, affection, and justice. "Macaulay," Hannah More once said to us, "has a large heart"-which was as superfluous an announcement to those who knew him, as that he had a clear head-a most perspicacious accuracy of judgment. His judicious, and often striking and felicitous,

observations on public events; his powerful advocacy of deeds of piety and charity; his calm and discriminating strictures in matters of theological controversy; and his earnest appeals in the inculcation of practical holiness and fervent devotion of heart and life to the service of our Divine Lord and Master; exhibited him as combining the characteristics of an enlightened statesman, a scriptural philanthropist, an orthodox and accurate divine, and a devout and practical Christian. His religious sentiments,both doctrinal and practical, are upon record (notto allude to other papers) in the Family Sermons in the first fifteen volumes of the Christian Observer, many of which were from his own pen, and all underwent his revision. * We may add, that he was not unskilled in matters of literary taste and criticism; and he cordially promoted useful science; but love to God and to man was his most marked feature; and it shed a radiance over his whole conduct. He had a deeply-feeling heart under a somewhat thought-worn, not to say rugged, brow; which, however, readily lighted up to cheerfulness or softened to tenderness, as the happiness or the afflictions of others

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passed before him. He exhibited the property both of a guileless and a great mind in the frankness with which he yielded his confidence where he thought it deserved; so that when he had once committed any charge to one whom he believed worthy of it, he never harassed himself or others with suspicions or peevish complaints. Few men had a more affectionate circle of personal friends, or better deserved it; for he was not a sunshine flatterer, but a man whose services might be best relied upon whom they were most needed. *

* While looking over some old letters of our friend, we happened to turn to one addressed to us by Mr. Henry Drummond, a few years since, upon his hearing of Mr. Macaulay's being seriously ill. It is so honourable to both parties, that we feel sure we violate no delicacy in copying the following passage to illustrate the remark in the text.

"I was very much concerned at your account of Mr. Macaulay's health, which I received last night, and went up to see him to-day. His son and daughter told me he is in a very precarious state. If he is taken away, I shall look upon it as a sign either that the emancipation of the slaves is not now to take place; or that, being never to take place, the principal witness against the enormity is withdrawn, and the judgment on its perpetrators is to proceed. The latter appears to be more consonant with Scripture; but our duty is still to call upon men to repent and forsake their evil courses. Yet I cannot deny that the return of the Jews, the destruction of Christendom, (whatever its boundaries may be,) and the coming of the Lord, all precede the blessings to be conferred on the heathen. During the thirteen years that I have known Mr. Macaulay intimately, I have ever found him advancing in the knowledge of the Lord. He has been more slandered than any individual of my acquaintance, with less adventitious power of resisting calumny than Mr. Wilberforce; and therefore I ever felt it especially incumbent upon me to stand by him, and throw in my lot with his. Macaulay is a staunch friend, and one of the very very few men I have met with in this false world on whom I

But we must not pursue this theme; our intention being only to extract the substance of the narrative in our hands; though of course not making ourselves answerable for every expression or statement in it. We will take the liberty of appending some notes by way of addition or illustration.

"It is not our intention to furnish a history of Mr. Macaulay's life: even were it in our power to do so, the intended immediate publication of the pamphlet to which it is purposed to append these notes, would not allow time sufficient to collect the requisite materials, nor even to refer to the dates of many interesting and important events connected with it. A good biography of Mr. Macaulay, moreover, would necessarily comprise a far more complete history of the Abolition of the Slave Trade and of Slavery than any which has yet been yet written.*

felt I could depend, if ever I should have been thrown into circumstances to require more than the name. Such a loss is not to be replaced."

The compiler justly states, that though the earlier portion of Mr. Clarkson's history of the Abolition of the Slave Trade is minute in its details; the narrative of the proceedings of the last ten years of the struggle, from his having been precluded from taking an active share in it, in consequence of the shattered state of his health, and the consequent necessity he was under of compiling this part of it from written documents, is by no means so full. Very few formal meetings of the Committee for the Abolition were held during the period alluded to; but those who are personally cognizant of the transactions, know, that this deficiency was more than compensated by the very frequent meetings which were held at Mr. Wilberforce's house, in Old Palace Yard, at which were generally present Mr. Wilberforce, Mr. Stephen, Mr. Henry Thornton, Mr. Macaulay, Mr. William Smith, Mr. (now Lord) Brougham, and others. From these meetings we have known Mr. Macaulay frequently retire at day-break, to carry the result of their deliberations into immediate effect. Mr. Clarkson, writing subsequently to the period when he published his History, says: "He was a man of great ability, undaunted

Indeed, a history of the abolition of the have the advantage of consulting Mr. latter by any individual, who may not Macaulay's papers and correspondence, must necessarily be a failure. It is true, they may write down how many meetings were held in the Freemasons' Hall, and how many in Exeter Halland who made speeches, and moved resolutions and how many times the subject was brought forward in Parliament, and give extracts from the lucid and powerful speeches made by Mr. Fowell Buxton, the great parliamentary leader in this cause, and by others; but if they have not had access to these valuable documents, they will never be able to show how the mighty machinery which effected it was, in the first instance, constructed and set to work, nor scarcely even, how it was kept in action, until abolition became the fashion of the day.

"From the beginning of 1835, when the Anti-Slavery Committee recommenced their labours, they were deprived of Mr. Macaulay's personal assistance, in consequence of the infirm state of his health, which had been much undermined by those incessant labours in the great cause of abolition, which he began at a very early period of his life, carried on in the West Indies,-in Africa,-and in Europe, and which terminated only with his existence. The extent, and the unceasing nature of these labours, were known but to few,-not to their full extent, even to the members of the Anti-Slavery Committee, except perhaps to such men only as Mr. Wilberforce, Mr. Stephen, Mr. Fowell Buxton, &c., who devoted day after day, and night after night, to the same object; and even amongst these, he was the hardest of the hard workers. not only readily but gladly sacrificed time, health, money, domestic enjoyments, hours of recreation, and even

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courage, indefatigable industry, and warm benevolence. I witnessed with admiration his labours in the AntiSlavery Society. He had to endure the fate which such powers and virtues invite. He was the object of bitter persecution and malignant slander by the tools of the planter and colonial party. But he survived them all, and lived, a felicity denied to his friend Mr. Stephen, but alike conferred on me and our common friend Mr. Wilberforce to witness the grant of legal emancipation, though not the enjoyment of actual liberty, by the negroes."

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