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sionary zeal, and to set us to work again with greater diligence and earnestness, for the promotion of this great cause; for, he apprehended, we should have to bring to it more principle, zeal, liberality, and prayer, than we had hitherto done. Though his audience might congratulate themselves on what had been accomplished, and behold with delight the increasing zeal and rising energies of the church, yet it could not be concealed that, as yet, the harvest was great, and the labourers were few; that the world was yet immersed in darkness, and there were but a few partial streaks, the mere lucifer tokens of approaching light. There were certain points, however, established as matters of fact, to which he would refer his audience for a short time, and which might be, perhaps, somewhat interesting and edifying on the great subject of Mis sionary enterprise.-One fact to which he would refer, as being an established fact, that had been brought out by the past working of Missionary enterprise, was the positive identity, the family identity, of the human race; that, notwithstanding there might be diversity of colour, and of form, and. a vast variety of external phenomena belonging to man, yet, nevertheless, there was a family identity, as well as an identity of nature. There was belonging to man

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guinity under all circumstances; however diversified those circumstances might be, whether he might be here, or at our antipodes, all drew their blood from the same fountain, all were attached to each other by the ties of consanguinity, which no distance of time, or variety of circumstances, or history, could ever dissolve ; and it was thus that the Bible gave noble and tender views of humanity, laying the basis of our benevolence in the consanguinity of our race; while it gave to all injuries committed against man, a peculiar atrocity, it gave to all duties the additional obligation of a debt of consanguinity. It might, indeed, be inquired how this was made out by the operation of Missions? The theology of the Bible was based on the history of the Bible, and the New Testament gave confirmation of the history of the human race, as originating in a single pair; it gave that as an inspired relation of a matter of fact; and then the scheme of redemption was based on that fact; the applica bility of that remedy was to the race of Adam, not simply to man as man, but to the progeny of Adam. These were the points on which the redeeming economy rested the first man was federally related to the whole human race, and so was the second man, the Lord from heaven,

taking up the interest of that race, and repairing the breach; so that if it could be proved they were distinct races, that they had no common origin, that men were separate as regarded caste and family, there might be cases in which Mission ary labour would be unavailing, in which the parties were not in the covenant, and the attempts to Christianize them would be abortive. But what had been the fact, as elicited by Missionary operation, both with reference to ancient and modern times? Why, the Gospel, which bringeth salvation to all men, had appeared; they had samples of Christian and converted men belonging to all nations and tribes; there had been no exception, so far as he knew: and though the demonstration might not yet be perfect, because there might be men unvisited, and, therefore, unevangelised; yet it had proceeded so far as to satisfy us of the accuracy of our principles, and that the race, under ten thousand various species, was essentially one. The polished inhabitants of Europe linked with the Caffres of Africa, and these with the New Zealanders, and with the Fejee cannibals. Notwithstanding tradition had perished, or was retained only in fabled narratives like that of Deucalion and Pyrrha; notwithstanding the darkness of remote antiquity had settled around the habitations of men; and, notwithstanding that philology which could not unravel the mysteries of language, and ten thousand, babbling tongues seemed to proclaim the diver sity of man; and though physiognomy itself might assume the mask, and attempt to conceal part from the eye of philosophy, and the student of external nature, and did conceal it; yet the Proteus of our nature had, in fact, been bound by the giant of Missionary enterprise, and forced to confess the mysteri ous truth. It might be left to men of taste, and genius, and research, to explain the fact, or harmonize the phenomena. He contented himself with a sim ple statement of the fact, as one that was undeniably ascertained. This demonstrated the truth of the Bible theology, as well as the divinity of its history. -Another fact which he might refer to as clearly made out by Missionary enter prise, was the fact of universal exigency and moral need. As there was a family identity of oneness, so there was light thrown on the doctrine of human depravity, and the fall of man; that there had been a transition from moral perfection to a state of depravity and wretchedness. This was a fact of the first consequence to evangelization. There was no such

thing as human virtue, there was nothing naturally good in man. He rested his argument on the assumed fact of general depravity. A great deal had been heard of the natural innocency of man, and the inutility of attempting to Christianize savages, as tending rather to deteriorate, than ameliorate, their condition. Certainly, infidels had been fond of this slang, in their assaults against our common Christianity; and there had been nominal Christians, Christians by profession, who had been sadly wishful to underrate the importance and glory of Gospel truth.

Their statements had had some degree of plausibility in them; still, he could never believe that the Gospel stated anything false in point of matter of fact. It was necessary there should be some kind of demonstration; they could not argue with an infidel upon principles taken from a book which he professed to disregard. Demonstration was wanting; research, Missionary enterprise, these had brought out the fact that there was universal depravity. Amidst all the phases of Paganism there was moral destitution; wherever man was, the fall was; wherever idolatry existed, there was no virtue; where there were no piety, no moral principle, where God was unknown, there was no happiness; the heart was full of anti-social and anti-rational feelings; and men viewed existence as a mere bubble float ing upon the edge of the wave.-Another fact which he would advert to, as established by Missionary enterprise, was the sovereign efficacy of the Gospel. What ever of truth there had been in false religions, had been borrowed truth, precisely of the same kind as Joseph Smith's Bible, said to have been recently found in America. All that was true in Mahometanism had resulted from the light of the Bible, or from the light of tradition. How was our Reformation brought about? By an appeal to the oracles of God. But in Pagan lands there was nothing but darkness; no Seers were raised up, no Prophets had been inspired; these nations had been suffered judicially to walk in their own ways. But the Gospel had never been tried without some fruits. Wherever it appeared, the glories of Christianity had revived. It assailed the various forms of Paganism, and was every where triumphant. Previous to the era of Missions, the glory of Christianity was a sort of matter of history, and was rather referred to by persons who wished to have an apology for faith, than to find arguments for its zealous propagation,-it was an affair of education or national profession. Chris

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tianity seemed to dwindle into something partial, little, and sectarian, and to lose her grand character of Catholicity. Since Missionary labours commenced, Christianity had become aggressive; she had gone forth mighty to save, and nations have been visited and evangelized with all the rapidity of apostolic times. fresh revelation had taken place; but the Missionary had gone forth with the Bible in his hand, trusting in the fidelity of Christ, who said, "Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the world;' and the success had been evangelical success; the success purely of the Bible; success that had indicated the operational agency of God; success which might always be appealed to with confidence. -Another fact established by Missionary enterprise, was the elucidation of the truth, that all providential endowments, every thing God gave to nations, had a general and ultimate object, that wherever he bestowed gifts by which mankind could be benefited, they never answered its purpose till they went forth universal as the light. If they took, for instance, the rationale of the Reformation, it did not appear in its immediate effects, in its struggle with Popery, although many thousand converts were raised up; they should connect it with the revival of religion in the last century, which we now enjoyed; and with the spread of truth, the outpouring of the Spirit, to make it an agent in the hands of God for evangelizing the world. Let them refer to our national history, our success in war, the preservation of peace, our commercial greatness, every thing that gave elevation and grandeur to the British isles; all these must be connected with the great enterprise of saving the world. gift of our colonies, especially the East Indies, was the purpose of God, that we might convey truth, religion, and salvation to one hundred millions of immortal men. This was the elevation of Britain, her distinction, the apex of her glory, that for which she had been raised to greatness. Another fact was, that the civilization of the world was to be carried on and perfected through this medium. If they looked to any portion of the earth, they would see how Christianity raised men, how it dignified men. Christianity conveyed all the elements of civilization without any of its evils, extracting the poison. He might also advert to the fact, that God, in blessing the world, and accomplishing the purposes of his grace, followed uniformly the track of his general providence. They were not to look to any disturbance of existing arrangements or existing moral laws. God had

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given the church certain truths, and expected the church to use them. He had linked his agency with man's free instrumentality, of which the incarnation itself was a beautiful and expressive type. When the church was called "the body of Christ," what did that signify but that it was the instrumental medium; that as the soul did not act without the body, so the church was the connecting link between the Mediator and the world, the Church was to be the depositary of his fulness, as Christ was in fact the "fulness of him that filleth all in all." They were to use all the resources God had given them, and to look for the evangelization of the world, and the consummation of their plans and hopes, by treading in the path which God had marked out for them. Let others talk of their miracles, or outbreakings of the power of the Deity; the Missionaries had their miracles in the conversion of the savage to the faith of Christ; where all conceivable difficulties were to be grappled with, they saw that the Gospel was able to accomplish the renovation of man, and to bring about the salvation of the world. After some further remarks, he observed, that the motion referred especially to the augmentation of the resources of the Society. He certainly had heard that the expenditure had exceeded the income by several thousand pounds, and that they could go no further in Missionary operations without an increased income. If they would gather fruit from the fields already tilled, they must have more labourers, who must be sent out to all the most prosperous fields, in order that the glorious work might be continued to future generations. In conclusion, he alluded to that part of the Resolution which referred to the necessity of the effusion of the Holy Spirit upon our Missionary Stations, and called upon them to plead while they gave, for when the church was a praying church God would come to its help.

The REV. THOMAS WAUGH, said,-Up to this time the church had done a great deal, but these doings were only in their commencement; and if their cause was viewed as it ought to be, things more liberal would be accomplished than our hearts had yet devised. Not long ago, a disastrous circumstance occurred within a few miles of the place where he was at the moment-he alluded to the wreck of the Killarney steamera vessel on board which were many of his neighbours, who had attempted to reach this country, but were driven back by a dreadful tempest. Failing of making the harbour, they were driven on a most

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inhospitable coast; and, in attempting to run the vessel on shore, the captain could only succeed in bringing her into contact with a rock, surrounded with the boiling waves, and at a short distance from cliffs almost precipitous. A number of the crew were, almost in a moment, swept into eternity; and one remarkable circumstance was connected with it,-a woman, who had the spirit of a Missionary, was engaged to the last in pointing those despairing about her to Jesus. It was Christianity that prepared for a course of conduct more exalted than mankind ever could have known, had it not been for that glorious revelation. number of these poor creatures reached the rock, where there was scarcely clinging room. There they remained, in cir. cumstances dreadfully perilous, while the strongest sensation was produced throughout the country. Numbers came to the cliffs, who could speak to, but could not reach them; food could not be conveyed to them; and from Saturday night until the afternoon of Monday thus they continued. Every effort was made to relieve them, a rope at last was conveyed from one cliff to another, by which means provisions were sent, and one after another was drawn up. Would it have been possible to look on the circumstances of these individuals without a strong feeling of sympathy? Could they be men who would not be prepared to sacrifice a large portion of their property in order to snatch them from ruin? Was there a man who would not almost have risked his life to bring them relief? Surely, the man who could have looked on coldly, and made no effort to rescue them,-who could have withheld that which was necessary to purchase apparatus to save them from ruin,-would have been looked on as worse than a savage. There were none such in that country. Savage as were some of its districts, and rude as were their inhabitants, on such an emergency their hearts were filled with anxiety, and there was no sacrifice withheld to snatch their fellow-creatures from a watery grave. But were the circumstances of these persons, so wretched, so dreadful, as is the condition of those who are without Christ, without hope, without God in the world? If they would have charged the blood of those who perished from the wreck, on those who might have extended relief and would not, what could be said of those who turned a deaf ear to the appeals made this evening, and said they were not inclined or able to do what was required, in order that souls might be saved from hell,-in order that their fellowcreatures might be rescued from an eter

nity of ruin? If they felt the value of those for whom Christ died, when they saw the possibility of reaching them, they should not ask how little they could do to quiet conscience, but, in the overflowings of Christian benevolence, what was the utmost limit to which they might go, in order that God might be glorified and souls saved from death? The feelings of the present congregation were now about to be tested. He knew there was much Christianity in the world at this moment; and he hoped the continued interest which these Meetings called forth would prove that the former excitement nad not been skin deep only, but was founded on principle. Such meetings gave strong evidence that there was a revival and spread of truth through the land; and the result of these meetings would act upon themselves; and in proportion as they acted, God's blessing would rest upon them. To do their

duty, and reach those who required to be rescued, the church must make sacrifices which they had not yet made; and what were those sacrifices. He knew an instance in the case of a friend of his own, who sat down and deliberately examined

the subject, and asked herself, "What preparation ought I to make against the coming Anniversary?" He should be

sorry to say, that there were not hundreds present whose income was larger than that possessed by this lady. She commenced a system of curtailment, denied herself many things, and took care to regulate her family expenses by the strictest economy. From her savings alone, she was prepared, when the Anniversary came round, to prove how deeply she felt for the misery of man. There were three collections, and he had reason to know that her ten pounds were on the plate at each collection. This happened in a country where it was said the people were warm-hearted, but did not follow up their feelings. He could answer for the gratification which his friend experienced at the part which she had taken; and she was as well off at this moment as if she had not entered on that system, or not contributed to the cause of the Lord of Hosts. Mr. Waugh conclded by a powerful appeal to the liberality of the Society on behalf of the Missions gene rally, and of the Irish Mission in par ticular.

COLLECTIONS AND DONATIONS,

RECEIVED IN CONNEXION WITH THE LATE ANNIVERSARY.

THE following statement of the Collections and Donations, received in connexion with the various religious services and meetings, during the late Anniversary, shows the noble and heart-cheering amount of £6933. 19s. Od. The Committee make this announcement with unfeigned gratitude to God and to their generous friends; and take these results as a further earnest of that still more abundant support which the extensive and increasing Missions under their care so imperatively require.

The particulars are as follows:

Great Queen-Street Public Meeting, April 25th,.
Collections after the Three Annual Sermons, April 26th,
and 27th....

Collections on Sunday, April 29th

Collection at Exeter-Hall Meeting, April 30.....

Various Donations and New Subscriptions announced at
Exeter-Hall, April 30th, or received soon after the Meeting,
(see Cover).....

Donations on Annuity,

An Aged Friend, by Rev. Dr. Bunting..

Francis Riggall, Esq., Alford..

From Ledbury Circuit...

Rev. Thomas Harrison..

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Subscriptions and Donations in aid of this Society will be thankfully received at the Baptist Mission House, No. 6, Fen Court, Fenchurch Street, London; or by any of the Ministers or Friends whose names are inserted in the Cover of the Annual Report.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

EAST INDIES.

OUR readers are aware that the Missionary stations and agents which, for several years past, have been directed and supported by the Serampore Union, are now transferred to the care of the Society, and have become dependent on its funds. Of these stations we subjoin a brief account, principally taken from the tenth number of the "Friend of India."

CALCUTTA.

Missionary-Mr. W. ROBINSON. Assistant Missionary-Mr. W. THOMAS. Native Preachers—GUNGANARAYUN, RAMHUREE, RAM-SOONDUR, RAM-JEE.

At Calcutta, Mr. Robinson is chiefly occupied with the care of the church meeting in the Lall-Bazar Chapel, which consists of two equally important parts, requiring the ministration of the gospel both in English and Bengalee. In the latter he is assisted by Mr. Thomas and the native preachers; who are, however, more generally employed amongst the native converts, who have been brought into the fellowship of the church from a number of villages lying to the south of Calcutta, at the distance of a few miles, and have now the gospel, with all its ordinances, dispensed amongst them at their own homes. The last report mentions that the number of members in these villages was nearly fifty; and that about one hundred and thirty persons were connected with the station altogether as members and inquirers.

DUM DUM.

Missionary Mr. W. B. SYMES.

Native Preacher-SOOBHROO. Dum-Dum is a military station about seven miles north-east of Calcutta, and the head-quarters of the Hon. Company's Artillery, both European and native. It is surrounded with a dense native population;

and so both within and without the cantonments it furnishes an extensive and interesting field of evangelical labour. The church consists both of European and native members, and therefore requires both an English and native ministry. The total number at present in communion is fortytwo.

JESSORE.

Missionary-Mr. J. PARRY. Native Preachers-NEELMUNEE, SHURUN, BUNGSHEE, and RAMDHUN.

The district of Jessore lies in the very centre of Bengal, and is of great extent and agricultural wealth. It is one of those portions of the country in which there are no other missionaries besides the above, although its population amounts at least to a million and a quarter of souls.

Mr. Parry, always assisted by one of the native preachers, resides with the principal part of the church, all the members of which are natives, at the chief town of the district, the seat of the functionaries of government, and of their courts of law and revenue, which is called indifferently Jessore, Sahebgunge, Kusba, and Moorley. Badpookereeya, one of the subordinate stations, lies about forty miles to the northward, and Bhursapore, the other, about fifty-six miles to the southward of the central station; and the former is occupied by one native preacher, and the latter by two, one of whom also teaches a school for the education of the youth, both Christian and heathen, of the station.

The following is part of Mr. Parry's report for 1836: "With regard to the conversion of the heathen, I am happy to add -thanks be to God for his rich mercy and grace that six poor blind sinners have this year been turned from the error of their ways. One gave up caste, a Hindoo, and has been residing with our brethren at Bhursapore for some months past. He has made some progress in Christian knowledge. He has begun to learn to read. When I saw him last he knew his letters, and I dare say by this time he is able to

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