Angel of Mercy, and continues to guide, and will guide and guard, and govern, and sustain it, till all the world fear God, and give glory to him, and worship him that made heaven and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of

waters.

If righteousness exalt a nation, it is impossible to contemplate these institutions, even in a political point of view, without unspeakable satisfaction and delight. For my own part, I recognise in these, the radiant Bow of the Everlasting God, spread over the black and awful cloud that again overshadows the earth; and hail it as the token of his Covenant of Peace between him and the nations who support his cause; the sign and the pledge of a future calm, and a serener sky. And should the tempest which has so lately subsided again rage, and the thunderbolts of Heaven once more threaten to fall upon us, and consume us, the sight of that Bow, as in time past, shall never fail to counteract despondency, and to inspire tranquillity, and peace, and hope. Yea, we need not fear though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea. For the Lord of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.

While you contemplate the political and the religious, the present and the everlasting, effects of these Societies, take down your harps from the willows, and make every string speak the praises of Him who is with us alway, even unto the end of the world. Rather than forget Jerusalem, let your right-hand forget her cunning. Rather than not remember Jerusalem, yea, rather than not prefer Jerusalem above your chief joy, let your tongue cleave to the roof of your mouth. Oh! that kings of the earth, and all people, princes, and judges of the earth, young men and maidens, old men and children, may continue to unite in making the way of God known upon earth, his saving health among all nations! Then shall the earth bring forth her increase, and God, even our own God shall bless us-God shall bless us; and all the ends of the world shall fear him.

Letter from the Royal Danish Mission College.. Our readers have been apprised, (see p. 81 of the Number for February,) that the Committee had

[July, addressed the Royal Danish Mission College, on the subject of the School Establishments, at Tranquebar, of the late Dr. John; offering to continue such support to them as the College might wish. The answer of the College has just arrived, in the following Letter from the Right Reverend Dr. Frede-' rick Múnter, Bishop of Copenhagen, to the Rev. Josiah Pratt, dated Royal Danish Mission College, Copenhagen, April 27, 1815.

A short time ago we received that very obliging Letter of February 27th, which the Committee of the "British Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East" has been pleased to address to the Royal Danish Mission College.

We may be permitted to assure you in truth, that we have been entirely penetrated with those feelings of esteem and gratitude with which the British Missionary Society's proceedings ought to inspire us; recollecting that a noble design, viz. the promotion of true Christian Knowledge in the Danish East-Indian Possessions, imposable to our College to pursue during the war, has been happily furthered by the salutary assistance of the. Society, liberally rendered to the schools in and near Tranquebar, erected by our worthy Missionary the lamented Dr. John. Only by such particular generosity, have those establishments been preserved from dissolution, maintained and enlarged. Equally obliged by Christian Sentiments and by reason of our charge, we deem it an important and very agreeable duty to present hereby to the Society our grateful and sincere thanks.

Concerning the propositions of the Society, in respect. to the future direction of those promising School-Establishments, as our College is not yet enabled to maintain an uninterrupted communication with Tranquebar, we gladly and gratefully accept of the Society's benevolent offer, to continue, by the care of its representatives in India, the direction and conduct of those Establishments. If the Lutheran Clergymen, the Rev. Messrs. Schnarré and Rhenius, who have been sent to India by the Church Missionary Society expressly for rendering any aid to the late Dr. John and his Colleagues, should

visit Tranquebar and its neighbourhood, those gentlemen most certainly shall be received as brethren with open arms; and we are fully convinced of the good reception they will meet with, on account both of their persons and of the noble purpose for which they were sent, by the Danish Government in that Colony, at the head of which the worthy Admiral Bille has been placed. The inclosed Letter to the Danish Missionaries at Tranquebar, which contains an account of the Society's generous offer and our acceptance of it, is recommended to your goodness in order to be dispatched to India.

The copies of the Society's Proceedings, of the Missionary Register, and of some other works, mentioned in your Letter, and committed to the care of B. F. Horneman, Esq., will be received by us with particular pleasure and thankfulness.

Wishing, from sincere hearts, that Almighty God may bless your salutary endeavours, we pray also that the "British Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East" may be pleased to accept of our most respectful salutations, presented with that high esteem which true Christian merit and benevolent pursuits so abundantly deserve.

The SPIRIT OF BRITISH MISSIONS: Dedicated to the Church Missionary Society, by a Clergyman, a Member of that Body."

We are happy to announce the publication of a very interesting Tract under the above title. It was prepared by the Author, with a view to its being translated into German, Dutch, and French, and circulated on the Continent; in order to awaken, among Foreign Protestants, a sacred emulation in the diffusion of Christianity.

The Committee have advised its publication in this country, previously to its being sent abroad for translation, as it conveys important information on the subject of Missions, in a manner well adapted to excite attention. It is particularly recommended,

for distribution, to those Friends of Missions, who wish to conciliate to this great cause the regard of opulent or benevolent persons, who may not have hitherto felt interested therein.

This Tract may be had of the Society's Booksellers, Mr. Seeley and Mr. Hatchard, and of all other persons in the trade, price 3s. 6d.

The profits arising from the sale, will be appropriated to the Fund for the West-African Missionary Ship-the "William Wilberforce."

The Tract is divided into the following chapters:

1. Sketch of British Missionary Societies.

2. Brief View of the State of the World, in Proof of the Necessity of Missions.

3. The Duty of supporting Missions, enforced on the Grounds of Zeal for the Glory of God, Love to Mankind, and due Regard to the Honour of the Christian Church.

4. Encouragements to the Discharge of this Duty, from Prophecy, from the Aspect of the Times, from the Success already obtained, and from the State of Preparation among the Heathen.

5. Answers to some Objections.

An Appendix follows, containing a great variety of interesting Missionary Narratives.

BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

THE Anniversary took place on Wednesday, the 21st of June. Mr. Hinton, of Oxford, preached, in the morning, from Rev. iii. 7, 8, at Spafields Chapel; aud, in the evening, Mr. Birt, of Birmingham, at Sion Chapel, from Eph. iv. 13. Till we all come in the unity of the faith. Dr. Ryland, of Bristol,

read, after each Sermon, a Report of the present state of the Society's Missions, under the heads ofMissionary Stations-Native Preachers-SchoolsTranslations of the Scriptures-and Pious Soldiers. The Collections amounted to 3361.

We shall not here enter into a detail of the Report, as we are in the course of giving a full and digested statement of the late and present condition of the Missions of the Society.

Foreign Intelligence.

INDIA.

CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY.

REFERRING our readers to our last account of the state of the Society's Missions (see vol. II. pp. 218-224) we proceed, as we proposed, to report their present condition.

Vepery.

The Rev. Mr. Pæzold, in a letter dated Feb. 28, 1813. mentions, that the ill state of his health, partly occasioned by the sickness and death of his wife, having required an immediate change of air, he had resolved on taking a journey, by the way of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, to Tranquebar, where he had continued full three months; during which period, his health, through God's blessing, had so far improved, that he had been able to assist his brethren, every Sunday, in preaching at the Malabar and Portuguese Chapel, and at the Danish Church, in the German Language. On his return to Vepery, he found the Secretary's Letters, enclosing a bill of exchange for 7281. 2s. being the amount of salaries, gratuities, and collections, sent out by the Society to their Missionaries, for the year 1812. The bill had been