our part, we know not how to state our strongest objections to the facts and documents, which have given them a new source of pleasure. We could hardly speak before the whole of our own families, respecting the superior decency or indecency of the mode now recommended, to that which we practise. It appears, we must look to a new set of instructors, to decide on the proper mode of baptism. The Roman sculptors, who had been accustomed to represent Jupiter and Priapus, are to represent HIM who really made the world, in the same manner in which they were used to exhibit gods that could not save! We question the lawfulness of exhibiting our Saviour in stone at all; but we are persuaded, that Christianity must have been greatly corrupted, before such representations could be endured! If the editors of the Evangelical Magazine choose to insert a copy of these plates, we shall be careful to keep that number from the inspection of our families. Or, if they could introduce the mode of baptism thus recommended, we should not wonder if the legislature itself were to interfere, and confine it to children: but we are in no danger of following this pattern. Our learned critic says, Immersion is bad Latin, and, therefore, would proscribe the use of that term in the controversy, and confine us to plunging; he is aware that this would excite the idea of sudden violence, and so render our translation of the scriptures ridiculous. This new excuse for an old artifice will have but little weight, even with a schoolboy acquainted with Ainsworth's Dictionary; though Mr. T. might have borrowed some other English words from his translation of immergo and immersus, which time has now rendered as ludicrous as the term plunge. It pains us, for the credit of our common Christianity, that our brethren cannot write on this subject with more appearance of candour, and an impartial concern to follow the truth. But they force us to believe, that their object is not to convince us of a mistake, but to decry our opinion and practice by any means whatever, and to prejudice the minds of their readers against us. If calling us Anabaptists will not do, the men of Munster shall be denominated Baptists. Bogue and Bennett shall be so quoted, as to seem to deny what they themselves had granted. If a term, universally used, would never sound ridiculous if always substituted for Barrio, that shall be decried as derived from the Latin, and one of Saxon origin employed, because more capable of a ludicrous turn. Every new defence of pædobaptism is unanswerable, and those which were answered long ago, are reprinted and extolled, though containing sentiments which the recommenders would be ashamed personally to avow. No misrepresentation, however clearly disproved, shall be retracted.* If the truth be on the side of our brethren, such conduct is not the way to convince us of it. Truth might be very differently defended. It strongly tempts us to think, that the cause must certainly be bad, which good men cannot defend without these artifices. *See Mr. Freestone's Letter in the Baptist Magazine for September, 1812. LITERARY INTELLIGENCE. dicals. The second, Chinese and English, arranged alphabetically; the third, English and Chinese. The whole will be comprised in three or four volumes, royal 4to. The work will contain forty thousand charac will be noticed, and its meaning illustrated by examples.-Specimens of the Chuen-wan, or ancient Seal Character, and of the present Tsaoutsze, or running-hand, will be given. It is hoped, a first Part will be com above work may be seen at Messrs. Black, Parry, and Co.'s, Leadenhall street, where, also, the names of persons desirous of becoming subscribers will be registered. SEVERAL copies have been received of Dr. Marshman's "Clavis Sinica; or, Elements of Chinese Grammar, with a Preliminary Dis-ters. The derivation of the character sertation on the Characters and colloquial Medium of the Chinese, and an Appendix, containing the Tahyoh of Confucius, with a Translation." This is a quarto volume, containing 622 pages, and has been well received, both by the govern-pleted in 1816. A specimen of the ment abroad, and by the court of directors at home. Dr. Marshman | applied to the former, in December last, through the college council, hoping for the encouragement they sometimes grant to works of science and literature, viz. that of taking a Copies have also been received of number of copies, sometimes forty Dr. Carey's Grammars of the Telinor fifty, and, occasionally, a hun-ga language, and of the Punjabee, dred. Had they taken a hundred in or the language of the Shikhs; also this case, they would have amount- of the Rev. Felix Carey's Burman ed to 4,800 rupees. They have, Grammar. however, dealt more liberally, by voting Dr. Marshman 8,000 rupees, or £1000 sterling; and requesting him to send them only fifteen copies, that they might not deprive him of the sale of the work. The court of directors have also kindly accepted a copy, presented to them by the society, and have placed it in their library; they, also, have given orders for forty copies. We feel ourselves bound to rejoice, that more labourers than one are employed in preparing the way for the dissemination of divine truth, in so extensive an empire as China. The Rev. R. Morrison is usefully engaged in a similar work. The following notice presents additional proof, that government, both at home and abroad, aré disposed liberally to encourage the efforts of both these indefatigable labourers. THERE is now printing, under the patronage of the Hon. the East In- | dia Company, and at their sole expense, a Dictionary of the Chinese language, by the Rev. R. Morrison. The work is to consist of three parts. The first, Chinese and English, arranged according to the Chinese ra We recommend to the attention of our readers, the second edition of a pamphlet, by the Rev. J. Cobbin, containing an account of the persecu tior of the Protestants in the South of France, since the restoration of the Bourbons! We lament to find, that among the numbers cruelly butchered at Nismes, as mentioned in the letter from France in our last number, the venerable pastor of the reformed church at that place, (M. Desmond,) upwards of eighty years of age, has fallen a victim to an infuriated unrestrained popish mob. Proposals are issued, by Mr. J. G. Fuller, of Kettering, for publishing a complete edition of the works of the late Mr. Andrew Fuller, to be completed in about ten octavo volumes; not to exceed, to subscribers, five pounds. Names of subscribers will be received by the Rev. Dr. Ryland, of Bristol; the Rev. Mr. Hinton, of Oxford; the Rev. Mr. Ivimey, of London; or by any of the ministers who belong to the committee of the Baptist Missionary Society. Also, by Mr. Burls, Lothbury; and Gardiner and Son, Booksellers, Princes-street, Cavendish-sq, Missionary Retrospect, and Foreign Intelligence. losses. BAPTIST MISSION. LETTERS have been received, from the missionaries in India, which mention the safe arrival of the Rev. Mr. Yeates, and of the welfare of the missionaries in general. Mr. Felix Carey has been treated with uncommon kindness by the Burman government, who have liberally, so far as money would go, repaired his His Burman Dictionary, which, it was supposed, was lost in the ship with his wife and children, has been providentially recovered; and the translation of the New Testament was left with Mr. Judson. The printing press, also, was preserved, though the Burman types were irrecoverably lost. Mr. Carey was at Calcutta, in the service of the Burman government. The society are about to send a missionary to Ceylon, to assist Mr. Chater. Digah, Dec. 15, 1814. WE have seen the Rev. Mr. Corrie in his way to Calcutta, from whence he intends proceeding to England. God has greatly blessed his labours among the natives at Agra; and it is a great trial to him to leave his work, His Majesty's 24th regiment is now on the frontiers of Napaul, and we are anxiously waiting to hear from them. We had many happy seasons with our brethren in the regiment, while at Dinapore. Had they remained a little longer, I have no doubt but the congregation would have increased, and we should have been under the necessity of enlarging the place they built for public worship. Previous to their departure, two or three had been proposed for baptism, but did not join the church, as the time they allow for candidates had not expired. The brethren say, they have no trouble to watch each other for the purpose of seeing whether their outward conduct agrees with the gospel or not; for any thing of this sort flies through the regiment almost like lightning. There are many pious men in this church. The day three weeks after we had buried my Elizabeth, we did the same with our dear brother Gibson, their first pastor. He died triumphantly. All the brethren obtained liberty to attend his funeral. Two of their officers were present. A small monument is to be erected over his grave. On the following Lord's day, I preached a funeral sermon for him in their place of worship. There were upwards of 300 present. After his death they chose brother Colsell for one of their pastors, who was set apart to the work at our place, at Digah. The ministers present, on this occasion, would have presented a singular appearance in your table pew. Brethren Moore, Thompson, and myself in black, brother Worrell, who is drum-masilver lace; brother Brett, who is jor, in a green jacket trimmed with one of the band, in a white jacket, with cord of various colours; and brother Colsell, who is a corporal, with a red jacket, trimmed with white. A sabbath or two before they left, I administered the Lord's supper to them, in their own place of worship. It was the first time they had had it among themselves. There were many spectators present; and, to use our brethren's expression, it caused much talk about their King, in the barracks. We had several meetings for prayer with them previous to their going. Our hearts were united in love, and our parting was affecting or both sides. May the Lord be their shield in the day of battle! Our Digah congregation continues much as usual. We have lately restored our native brother, Brindabund, who, with Rampresad, is very active in proclaiming the glad tidings of salvation. We have a Byragee, and another native, who give us some hope. The former has cut off his beard, and eats with our bre- | Society. Many similar institutions thren. Our native brethren are of exist, says the report, of which no great use to us in superintending particular intelligence can be furthe Hindoostanee schools. Brother Thompson has lately baptized a country-born young man, of the name of Fowles. He lives near Gyah, which is about sixty miles to the southward of us. In connexion with an elder brother he owns fifteen villages. We hope this will be an opening for the preaching of the gospel in the vicinity of Gyah, which is a very populous city. nished. The American Baptists have selected the large, populous, and central empire of Burmah, for the first field of their missionary efforts. On this ground, they will unite with their English brethren, and employ their conjoined exertions to diffuse the knowledge and love of our Redeemer, among a most depraved and degraded part of the human species. Mr. Judson, resident there, has been adopted as their missionary, and Mr. Hough, in AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE. America, has lately been designated pro To the Editors of the Baptist Magazine. A FEW days since I received a letter from the Rev. Thomas Brook, of Baltimore, in Virginia. It contains pleasing information of the gress of God's work throughout the American continent. It was accompanied with the "First Annual Report of the Baptist Board of Foreign Missions for the United States;" some notice of which was given in your last number. Scattered through the report are interesting accounts of Female Societies formed in aid of missions. I cannot believe, that the American ladies are superior to the British in any thing great or lovely, in knowledge, in piety, in humanity, or in zeal. Shall the Americans carry away the palm of victory, without a contest? Through the medium of your magazine let me state to my fair countrywomen, what their transatlantic sisters are doing. I ask them to consider it; and feel and act as they have done hitherto; and much will be effected. At New York is a Baptist Female Society for the Promotion of Foreign Missions. At Cincinnati, in the Ohio, is another. At Fredericksburg is another. At Boston, so far back as October 1800, was formed a Female Society for Missionary Purposes. At Providence, Rhode Island, the Baptist ladies formed the Mite Society, in Nov. 1806, by which 800 dollars, have already been collected. At Charlestown, South Carolina, is the Wadmalan and Edisto Female Mite to be his fellow-labourer in Burmah. It is delightful and profitable to notice the coincidences of providential arrangement, and of divine influence. A very striking evidence is furnished by this report, that, about the same time, and on both sides of the Atlantic, a divine energy was exerted upon the Baptist denomination, to excite a spirit of love, and zeal, and active operation among themselves, as a body, in behalf of Christ's kingdom at large. In May, 1814, was held the first meeting of the Baptist Missionary Convention in America. About the same time, was held the public annual meeting, in London, of the Baptist Union. Our American brethren have caught the flame which has been burning and spreading in our land these 20 years. May they nourish and encrease it, till all their neighbours see its brightness, and feel its warmth. The death of Sutcliff is respectfully mentioned in the report. What will be the impression on the American shores, when the mournful intelligence is spread that Fuller also has been called home by his Master, from his works of faith, and labours of love? At this very time, when we feel most acutely our need of aid, of advice, of comfort, of encouragement, intelligence reaches us, that our American brethren are embarking their strength in the same arduous contest. Let us then be fellowhelpers in the Lord, and combine our every effort to spread the triumphs of the cross from pole to pole. Amen, let the earth be filled with Immanuel's glory. I am yours, &c. Liverpool. J. L. Domestic Religious Intelligence. BAPTIST IRISH SOCIETY. Extract of a Letter from a Schoolmaster in Ireland. SIR, I BEG leave to inform you, that your school, conducted by me in the town of C contains 123 pupils, two-thirds of whom are Catholics. I have adopted Lancaster's plan, except the slates and sandtables. The six monitors, whom I have chosen, are now completely cured of popery. Three of them have clear views of the gospel. They assist in the Sunday school, and are perfect in the Irish language in both Translations in India. characters. They converse with their In aid of the Baptist Missions and neighbours, without dread or fear, on the excellency of the gospel of Christ; that HE came into the world to save sinners; and that salvation is not deserved, nor procured, by us, but freely given to us through Christ Jesus, who died for our sins, and rose again for our justification; that Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth; that he fulfilled the whole law, that his righteousness might be imputed to us; that the work of the Holy Spirit, dwelling in us, is that by which we are brought to love and obey God. AT a meeting, held in the hall of the Black Bull Inn, Glasgow, on the 5th of November, it was unanimously resolved, to form a society with the above designation. The funds of this society are to be applied to the support of the mission in general, including the schools and translations; or of the schools, or translations of the scriptures, in particular, as the subscribers shall direct. The meeting was numerously and respectably attended. John MorThere is another young man at-rison, Esq. of Craigends, being called tends this school, who, a few weeks to the chair;-the Rev. Greville since, thought that Christ could only Ewing, the Rev. Dr. Balfour, the save him in part; and that his moral Rev. Thomas Chalmers, the Rev. virtues, religious performances, and Ralph Wardlaw, and Dr. Ja. Watt, observing the ordinances of the addressed the assembly. All the mochurch of England, would make up tions were carried with the most the deficiency. But now he sees cordial unanimity; while the libethe suitableness of the Saviour, who rality and harmony so eminently he confesses to be the way, the displayed in the addresses, and truth, and the life; and that there is which regulated the whole proceedno other name given among men, ings, evinced how deeply all those whereby we must be saved. who were present felt interested in the success of the society. About £300. has been already subscribed. There is a young man, teaching in the Roman Catholic chapel here, who has made the Bible his study since I came to this country. I have taught him to read Irish; and he seems desirous to get rid of the priest, with all his absurdities, which he has VOL. VII. YORK AND LANCASHIRE SOCIETY. ON Wednesday, the 1st instant, was formed, at York-street Chapel, 4 B |