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A List of Books then follows, including some of the Works of Witsius, Owen, Edwards, Waits, Newton, Romaine, Bunyan, Scott, &c. &c. It is scarcely necessary to add, that the request of the soldiers was readily granted.

EAST INDIES.

We learn that letters have lately arrived from the Baptist Missionaries in bengal, containing encouraging accounts. One dated March 26, 1810) speaks of Mr. Joha Teter as having entered on his work in Orissa with a spirit that appeared truly pleasing, and of the door epening before him more freely and extensively than was expected. it also represents Carapeit, the Jessere Missionary, as very diligent and successful. The church in that district, of which he has been or dained the pastor, consists of four branches, about 30 miles distant from each other; to each of which pays a monthly visit, preaching the word and administering the Lord's Supper; where also, at his request, four Hindoo brethren are sent to reside. If his success continues, it is hoped these four branches may become so many distinct churches. Between Jan. 1 and the date of is letter, 25 had been added to the difierent churches; ten of whom were at Perhampore, and twelve in Jes

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Is the late decree of the CORTES respecting the liberty of the press, the regulations are similar with those which exist in England, except on matters of religion; in which, it seems, no liberty whatever is likely to be allowed, as every paper on the subject must pass under the eye, and obtain the sanction of a papa! ecclesiastic before its publication.

ARTICLE VI. All writings on matters of religion remain subject to the previous censorship of the ecclesiastical ordinaries, according to what is laid down in the Council of Trent."

Letter from a Scuman, on board his

Majesty's Hip Zealous, Lisbon, dated of Villa Franca, Cct. 29,

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My serious brethren are distributed in flat-bottomed boats, or lanches with carronades, or doing garrison-duty. The Lord is very merciful to us. The other day the French struck our launch with some shot, that took off the legs of four men before, behind, and on either side of brother S. and never touched him. The Lord is truly merciful unto us, and preserved him. Our fiat was alongside at the time the men in the launch lost their limbs. Five shots came so close to us in the flat, that the wind of them was like fire across our faces. We are suf fering great hardships: bat the Ford is sufficient for us, and has hitherto preserved us. We have constantly to encounter The French at Villa Franca, with our boats against the town and batteries. The to was up

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ROME. - The Emperor has issued a decree, by which the clergy are forbidden to marry any person, without the sanction of the civil magistrate, under the penalty of deprivation and two years imprisonment for the first offence; five years inprisonment for the second offence; and for the third, banging or imprisonment for life.

Thus are the priests in that country deprived of the power of administering one of their seven sacraments, unless they have the sanction of the civil power. How are the mighty fallen!

VESUVIUS. - A tremendous erup tion of this volcano took place on the 13th and 14th of September last. The village of Resina was nearly overwhelmed by the torrent of lava.. Fresh eruptions were apprehended.

AMERICA.

Charles Town, South Carolina. The Bible Society of Charles Town, South Carolina, adopted their constitution on the 18th of June; and elected their board of managers on the 18th of July, 1810. At this time, viz. Aug. 28th, the number of members is about 300; and the amount of funds obtained, about 2500 dollars. Subscription papers, for procuring an increase of members and funds, are lodged in the hands of all the members of the managers, and other friends of the Institution; and any person subscribing and paying five dollars, becomes a member

of the society, and continues to be a member on paying two dollars annually; or, on paying fifty dollars, becomes a member for life, without any further contribution. Of this latter class of members, there are now about twenty.

It is believed, that twelve or fifteen other Bible Societies have been already established in the United States, in addition to numerous Missionary Societies, which have been in existence, and in successful operation for many years past. Of these Missionary Societies, one, wita funds of about 2500 dollars, is supported chiefly by the Independent, or Congregational Church, in Charles Town, South Carolina. The Bible Society of Philadelphia has ordered from London a set of stereotypeplates, for printing the whole of the Old and New Testaments, by which they will be able to supply all the Bible Societies in the United States with copies of the Scriptures on the most moderate terms, &c.

Bible Society in Nova Scotia. The British and Foreign Eible Seciety lately sent a considerable number of Bibles to Nova Scotia. This has given occasion to an Institution of a smilar kind in that province. The Rev. Hugh Graham, writing to his correspondent in July last, says,

A Bible Society was instituted at Truro: the object similar to that of the parent institution. It comprehends the eastern division of this province. Different denominations

unite as ore association. The Rev. Mr. Waddel preached at the establishment of the Society, from Job xxiii. 12. I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.'

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RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

preach to their respective congregations, on the Second Lord's Day in January, 1811, on The Necessity and Advantages of Secret Devotion.

2. It was resolved, on the motion of some ministers from the country, That the same practice be recommended to their brethren in the country.

These Resolutions were occasioned by the pleasing information given to the company, that much benefit had been derived from the plan adopted in January, 1810, of preaching, on the same day, on family Worship.

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Middlesex Sessions. Eleven persons appeared before the Court, and applied for Licenses to become Preachers of the Gospel. peared that they were in obscure It apstations of life. The Chairman (Mr. Mainwaring) expressed great reluctance in complying with their desire, on account of their unfitness for the

sacred office they were about to enter upon, and a suspicion that their object was to evade the militia laws, and other public duties, from which the claims of some, and rejected ministers are exempt. He admitted sufficient age. others, on account of not being of The Examiner, Dec. 16.

newspaper carrier for vending on a The Lord Mayor lately fined a Sunday, a pretended second edition of one of the Sunday newspapers. The Lord Mayor expressed his determination to take every measure custom of hawking papers about in his power to put an end to the Lordship observed further, that it the streets on the Lord's Day. was evident in this, as in former arrived; and that the publication of cases, that no news whatever had gross fraud upon the public.-Times, the Paper itself was therefore a

Aov. 27, 1810.

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Time.
Jan. 17, Th. The Pithay,
Feb, 13, W. Tabernacle,

Mar. 12, Tu. Bridge-str.

Apr. 16, Tu. Broadmead, May 16, Th. The Pithay, June 13, Th. Castle-green, July 17, W. Tabernacle, Aug. 13, Tu. Broadmead, Scp. 10, Tu. Bridge-str. Oct. 17, Th. The Pithay, Nov. 14, Th. Castle-green, Dec. 11, W. Tabernacle,

The First Promise.
Subjects.
The Establishment of the Jewish
Economy.

The Duty of Professors to the

His

Preachers.

Dr. Ryland.

Mr. Thorp.

Tab. Minis.

Deceitfulness of the Human Heart. Mr. Roberts.
Unconverted.
On Behalf of the Tract Society.
Abrogation ofthe Jewish Economy. Mr. Lowell.
Jesus the True Messiah.
Mr. Page.
Deliverance of Israel from Egypt. Mr. Thorp.
Mr. Roberts.
Influence of Religion on our Se-
The Conversion of the Jews.
1cular Concerns.
Origin and Design of Sacritices.
Last Curse on Mount Ebal.

UNITED MEETING OF PRAYER,

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Tab. Minis.

Mr. Lowell.

Mr. Page.
Dr. Ryland.

for the Success of the Gospel at Home and Abroad,
to be held in Bristol, for the Year 1811.

Time.

January 7,

Place.
Ebenezer.

Time.

Place.

July 1,

Bridge-street.

February 4, Bridge-street.

August 5,

Castle-green.

March 4,

Castle-green.

Sept. 2,

Portland Chapel.

April 1,

Tabernacle.

Oct. 7,

Lady Huntingdon'

May 6,

Broadmead.

Nov. 4,

June 3,

The Pithay.

Dec. 2,

Tabernacle.

Broadmead.

POETRY.

ODE ON THE NEW YEAR.

THE PRESENT.

An! do I see another year,
Who have so many seen?

Doth Mercy yet for me appear

Who have so fruitless been? Still does the lamp of Being burn, Tho' with such feeble glow; How shall I render in return

The debt of love i owe!

I have a distant land to seek,

An ever-bless'd abode ;
I have a beaten path to keep,

And light to shew the road;
Yet how I linger on the way,

Unwilling to be gone,

While swift declines Life's transient day,

And evening shades come on.

Now Time begins a date anew,

Let me new ardour feel;

And may the days to come, tho' few,

Increase with double zeal!
The past demands a grateful song,

The future claims my trust,
For God, who rolls the years along,
Is wise, and good, and just!

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fear;

Pity'd, spar'd, sustain'd, and fed us,
Brought us thro' another Year!
By Thee, orbs of gtory beaming,

Trace their circles thro' the skies;
And the earth with plenty teeming,
Flow'rs, and herbs, and food sup-
plies.

Swiftly in succession pressing,

Lo! the seasons scatter'd round,
Varied beauty, constant blessing,
And the Year with goodness crown'd.
Bow'd beneath thy vengeance present,
Guilty nations feet thee just;
Thrones and mitres, crown and crescent,
Fall and mingle with the dust!
Deeds of death and wild disorder,
Kumar brings to wound the ear;
Yet sweet peace is in our border, -
We are spar'd another Year!

While Destruction round us rages,

Thou dost Zion still defend;
Fix'd upon the Rock of Ages,

she shall stand till Time shall end!
Still the gospel tramp is sounding,
Jesus still is strong to save;
Grace, and Truth, and Love abounding,
One more Year of mercy gave!

THE FUTURE.

Oh! Thou, eternally the same.
Whose wisdom rear'd this wondrous
frame,

And fix'd the date of things!
Subject to change and swift decay,
Created beings haste away,

On Time's incessant wings.
Veil'd in impenetrable night,
To-morrow's doubtful fruits or flight
No auxious heart can tell;
Yet one sufficient truth is known,
Our times are in thine hands alone,
And thou dost all things well!

Prosperity on some may shine,
While some 'midst adverse blasts re-
pine,

And wither'd good deplore.
Some may Ambition's height ascend,-
Some down in degradation bend,

And sink to rise no more;

Some, who have hail'd the new-born
Year,

Or ere its close shall disappear,

While others take their place; And thousands yet unknown on earth, From this New Year shall date their birth,

To life's uncertain race.

What future change awaits me here
I cannot tell, - nor need I fear,
If Thou my way approve;
Nor sickness, poverty, nor death,
Nor foes around, nor fiends beneath,
Shall strip me of thy love!

Soon shall the last great change draw
nigh,

When Time shall end, and Death shall die,

And Earth consume in flame : Then shall the sinner meet his doom, And saints possess their promis'd home, Eternally the same!

ALIQUIS.

HYMN.

[ By the late H. K. Whyte.] AWAKE, Sweet harp of Indah, wake; Return the strings for Jesus' sake: We sing the Saviour of our race, The Lamb, our shield and hiding-place. When God's right arm is bar'd for war, And thunders clothe his cloudy car; Where, where, oh! where shall man retire,

Tescape the horrors of his ire?

"Tis he, the Lamb, to him we fly,
While the dread tempest passes by;
God sees his Well-beloved's face,
And spares us in our hiding-place.
Thus, while we dwell in this low scene,
The Lamb is our unfailing screen;
To him, tho' guilty, still we run,
And God still spares us for his Son!
While yet we sojourn here below,
Pollutions still our hearts o'e low;
Fallen, abject, mean, a sentenc'd race,
We deeply read a hiding-place.
Yet courage; days and years will glide,
And we shall lay these clods avide:
Shall be baptiz'd in Jordan's food,
And wash'd in Jesus' cleansing blood!
Then pure, immortal, sinless, freed,
We, thro' the Lamb, shall be decreed;
Shall meet the Father face to face,
And need no more a hiding-place!

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The mountains bring Peace,
The little hills Grace;

Join angels with sinners in anthems of praise!

Behold, the clouds bend,
The showers descend;

Again swell the chorus that never shall end!

The reign of the Son

With us is begun :

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A NEW YEAR'S THOUGHT. ANOTHER Year, how swiftly ron! Another Year, how soon begun!

And thus our life we spead! Just like a story briefly told, We're born and live, and soon grow eld, And soon our days we end! Ilow vain, alas! the prospect seems, And only fill'd with airy dreams

And Time's fantastic joys;
The same dull round of pleasure now,
Anon, of grief, and pain, and woe:
Thus Time our years employs!
And were this all, we well might say,
We loath it: nor would live alway

Tir'd of the world and siu;
But Patience softly cries, I'll wait
The days of my appointed state:

Soon shall my heav'n begin.'
My fleeting days I would improve
In works of faith and Loly love,
My Jesus glorify!
Soon shall I woe and sin resign,
Soon in my Saviour's image shine,
In yonder world in high!
Westminster.

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S.

Londen Female Penitentiary.

PASSING by night the streets along.
Th' hysteric laugh, the oath, the song
Or harlots wound the ear.
See how the yawning lake they brave,
And sport just o'er th' untimely grave,
With scarce a pitying tear!

Once they were modest, timid, mild,—
Each one her father's much-lov'd chilq;
Her tender mother's joy:
By fair pretensions led astray,
Now wide they roam to seek for prey;
And ruia'd, now destroy!

Yet some there are, with heaving breast,

Who sigh for liberty and rest:
But refuge still is far!

To conquer the nations Messiah rides on. The house of Mercy's too confin'd

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T'admit within each anxious mind,

There led by Bethlehem's Star! Shall not the Lord's elect be brought & And ev'ry soul of God be taught, In his own time and way? Harlots and thieves among them press The heav'nly gate, and loud confess The great Millenial day!

G. AUD, Printer, Greville Street, London,

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