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feelings are apparently awakened which seem at first to promise well, but they prove either momentary, or, if indicated for any length of time, are found to be suspicious, discovering certain ulterior and secular ends. The preaching of the word to such may be for the present regarded, perhaps, merely as a 'testimony;" time, however, will discover results. It is not the province of mortals to dive into futurity, theirs is merely to obey a present command; the issue must be left with Him who will command nothing that is truly impossible even when not understood. "Then said Daniel, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?" But God answered and said, "Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end!"

Out-stations.-Walajahpettah.

people, the wide commercial intercourse it holds with many of the largest trading districts in this part of India, thereby opening a channel for Divine truth to such unoccupied fields as Hyderabad, Nellore, Masulipatam, and Mysore, and more especially its central position among other outstations visited by this Mission, affording every means of immediate access to the heathen; among others to Conjeveram, that noted place of annual resort, (Cholinger and Old Arcot, being close in the vicinity,)—these circumstances, as well as its being secluded and free from even foreign association, have all contributed to invite serious attention to Walajahpettah as a most desirable spot at which to form a principal Mission. It also appears that a location there would bring the Missionary to better than one-half the distance nearer to all his other out-stations, and so at once facilitate the general superintendence of the whole.

The vast population of this native town, the respectability and independence of its After mentioning the progress made towards effecting this arrangement, that a convenient spot of ground had been procured through the kindness of the collector, that a plan and estimate for suitable Mission premises had been prepared by a Christian friend of the Engineers, and that a sum of money amounting to 5007. sterling, and sufficient to cover all necessary expenses, had been given by another generous and valued friend of the Society, Mr. Bilderbeck proceeds with his account of the out-station

Arnee.

A spirit of inquiry is gaining ground among the heathen at this place. Halesworth continues most indefatigable in his exertions, and the people every where, with few exceptions, give him and his colleague a favourable reception. Some of them often call to see Halesworth, to converse with him, and to ask for tracts.

Hindus of the Jaina caste.

A few months ago a priest of the Jaina caste visited Halesworth's flock at Arnee, of whom there is a great number; and, having heard of Halesworth, sent messengers repeatedly to his house to beg a conference with him. Halesworth gladly went with his colleague, taking with him a good collection of choice tracts and Scrip

tures.

After conversation on the leading truths of Christianity, the priest asked the teacher for some books which taught these truths, that he might examine them for himself. Halesworth complied, and produced the tracts and Scriptures; but he was directed to place the whole of them on the ground, as the priest was scrupulous about his caste. Halesworth with humble dignity declined, and alleged that the books contained the word of God, and that it would betray a want of respect to place them on the ground merely on the recommendation of a man like himself. Upon this the priest

directed his disciples to place a wooden bench before him, and having wiped and put a cloth upon it, begged that the books might be placed upon it. Halesworth immediately did so, and the priest then took them from the table with apparent veneration, thanked him for the gift, and the next day returned to his own district.

There are many Jainas in and about Arnee, and they are all a very mild, unsuspecting, and plain-thinking class of people, but much disliked by the Brahmins, whom they never acknowledge. The writer is intimate with a few of the most influential among them, and peculiar gratification has often been felt in conversing with them; they frankly concede to almost every doctrine, and the only stumbling-block in their way at present is the practice common among Europeans of killing and dressing animals for food. They are so tenacious about this, that they repeatedly strain water before it is used. Nevertheless, it is a matter of fact, for it is a feeling that has been often heard and expressed, that a strong conviction rests on their minds that Christianity will ultimately become the prevailing religion. Oh blessed period! speed, oh speed your approach! for then religion will consist not in "meats and drinks," which profiteth nothing, but "in righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost!"

may become wise unto salvation. If you say, what should I do, if they persecute me? I must remember what our Lord said, if any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me; and if any man love father or mother, or wife, or children, or land, more than me, he is not worthy of me, he cannot be my disciple. And I have no doubt, wherever the Gospel goes, there will be persecution; but if God permits men to persecute his servants, it is to prove them. When I go back, if the government will not let me teach the Christian religion, they must take me, and punish me; and then I should be brought before the governors. I will follow the apostle Paul's example, and pray to God to help me, that I may speak forth boldly, as he did before Festus. Perhaps in this way God will open the door for the Gospel into China; if not, I will not be afraid; for though they can kill my body, they cannot kill my soul; but rather I will fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell; for God is my heavenly Father, Jesus Christ is my mediator: if I trust in him, he will take care of me, and his Holy Spirit will guide, sanctify, and comfort me. Dear Sir, I hope you will not forget to pray for me, (if I should have the comfort of joining the church,) when you sit down at the Lord's table. I shall often remember that my English Christian friends will pray for me, when I am far away. Wishing every blessing may attend your preaching. Amen, and amen.

I am, my dear Sir,

Your obliged and sincere friend,

CHOO TIH LANG.

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was promised, and in the fulness of time Jesus came. Besides, the Gospel tells me of just such a Saviour as such a sinner as I am needs; and also I find all its commandments are holy. These are the reasons why I believe Christianity to be the true reli gion."

2. What reason have you to believe that you are a Christian ?

"I humbly hope that I am a Christian, because I love Christ, who died for me. I love to pray to Christ. I believe he only can save me from sin and from hell. I love to talk to Christ's people, and I wish to speak of Christ to every body; and when I go back to China, I will try to bring my countrymen to know Jesus Christ.

3. Have you entirely renounced the idolatrous practices of the heathen?

"As I love Christ, I cannot any longer have any thing to do with idolatrous customs. It is true, I once loved them, but now I hate them. Idols are the work of men's hands, and perish; but Jesus Christ is the only true God, and him alone I desire to

serve."

4. Do you resolve, in the strength of Divine grace, to persevere in the profession of Christianity till the end of your days?

"I pray that God, by his Holy Spirit, will enable me to persevere in the faith and practice of the Gospel till I die. It is my

earnest desire to give up my heart to Christ, and to continue faithful to him to the end of my days. I resolve, not in my own strength, for I am very weak, but in the strength of Divine grace, to seek to know Christ more and more, and to love and obey him better and better every day."

After receiving these satisfactory answers, which were given under great emotion, Mr. Medhurst proceeded to baptise Choo Tih Lang, "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost."

The Rev. Henry Townley then offered up earnest prayer to God, that the fulness of the blessings set forth in the ordinance of baptism might richly descend upon him.

Dr. Burder then called upon the church in St. Thomas's-square to express, by holding up their hands, their satisfaction in receiving Choo Tih Lang into their Christian communion, in compliance with his own earnest desire, that he might have the delight of sitting down with them at the Lord's table before his departure, and that he might regard his admission as a pledge, that they will remember him in their prayers, when he will be far distant from them. This being done, Dr. Burder addressed Choo Tih Lang, assuring him of the affectionate cordiality with which he had been received into their fellowship, and offering to him a few counsels and advices

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My great desire is to take the truth, which I have heard, which I have known, and which I have felt, and make it known to my countrymen in China. I wish to exert all my energies of body and mind for the salvation of souls. I wish to take the great light which God has sent into the world, and set it as it were on some great mountain in China, that the 360 millions there may see it and love it.

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'This, then, is my great desire, and to communicate the knowledge of the Gospel as far as I possibly can, and to continue in this great work even to the day of my death."

Addressing himself then to the church and congregation of St. Thomas's-square, he took leave of them in the following terms:

"My dearly beloved friends and brethren in Christ assembled in this chapel,-I am now about to leave you, and I feel two difficulties: the first is, that I am to part with you; and the other, that I am about to enter on such different circumstances when I shall reach China. But I feel very grateful to God who has brought me to this country, that I have heard the Gospel; and I feel very thankful to those kind friends who have taught me the words of eternal truth; for if you had not taught me these good things, and acquainted me with Christianity, my soul, at death, would have descended into the abodes of woe, and therefore it is that I feel grateful to you for the kind interest you have taken in me.

"The reason why I do not like to part with you is, that I wish to know more of the doctrines of the Gospel, and that makes me regret having to part with you.

But as

I have left China nearly three years, I feel a great desire to return. So that now, by

the blessing of God, having some acquaintance with the Gospel, I feel a desire to communicate what I know to my wife, and to all around me, and not to confine it all to myself.

"Now that I am about to return to China, you must not forget me, but remember me in prayer, that God would strengthen me for the great work devolving on me; and when I return to China I will not forget you; and though my body will be in China, yet my heart will be with you; and I will supplicate God, at the throne of grace, to increase your happiness and holi

ness.

"Now I am about to return to my native country, I do not know if ever I shall return to this country again; but if God should preserve my life, prosper my endeavours in my family, and give me grace to be faithful in my profession, I should much like to return here. But if I never return here, and never see your faces again in this world, I shall earnestly pray that I may meet you in a better, far better place.

"I hope that God will give me grace and strength to communicate what I know of the Gospel, and that you with me may not labour to spread the Gospel in vain. I hope that you will all unite with one heart and soul in prayer to God, that God, in his mercy, would change the hearts of the rulers in China, that they may give full liberty for its entrance there. And I think, that if you would all unite in frequent and fervent supplications for this, God would hear your prayers.

"I hope that you will send many missionaries to China, who will be the feathers or wings to communicate this knowledge to all in China. This is all I have to say."

The Rev. John Arundel then expressed his thankfulness to God, and his congratulations to the church and congregation, on the delightful scene they had witnessed, and the heart-affecting declarations they had heard, and concluded the services of the evening in solemn prayer. It is believed that none who were present will ever forget the baptism of Choo Tih Lang!

ARRIVAL OF MISSIONARIES IN JAMAICA.

On the 9th of June, the Rev. Robert Jones and Mrs. Jones, arrived in safety, per the Henry Tanner, Cousins, at Kingston, Jamaica, after a passage of 44 days. Mr. Jones was preparing to proceed to his station at Chapelton, for which place he expected to leave Kingston on the 24th of June.

In the same ship, Mr. and Mrs. Hillyer, schoolmaster and schoolmistress, appointed to Mandeville, in the south of Jamaica; and Mr. John Gibson, schoolmaster, appointed to the Kingston station, also arrived at the latter place.

ARRIVAL OF THE REV. MESSRS. SEABORN AND EDWARDS IN BERBICE.

IT affords us much satisfaction to state, that the Rev. H. S. Seaborn and family, the Rev. J. Edwards and Mrs. Edwards, who embarked on the 9th of May last, in

the Thomas Snook, for New Amsterdam, Berbice, have reached their destination in health and comfort. Our friends landed at New Amsterdam on the 22nd of June, ult.

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ON Thursday, July the 5th, 1838, Mr. George Pratt, Missionary, appointed to the Navigators Islands, was ordained at Southampton; the persons who engaged in the services were, the Rev. Messrs. Stevens, of Totten; Williams (Wesleyan ;) Dr. Draper (Baptist;) Flower, Titchfield; Adkins, Mr. Pratt's pastor; Henry Nott, the venerable Missionary from Tahiti; and the Home Secretary of the Parent Society. Mr. Nott, in describing the field to which our young brother is appointed, stated that on account of his infirm state of health, he should prefer answering any questions that might be addressed to him, to an elaborate consecutive discourse: accordingly, the following questions were answered by him from the pulpit, in the presence of a large, respectable, and greatly interested assembly.

1. What was the state of the inhabitants of the South Sea Islands when you and the brethren arrived?

2. What were the immediate means employed to effect the change which has happily taken place?

3. Were those means long in operation before the change was effected?

4. What was the definite character of the change on the morals, the religion, the social and political character of the people?

5. Has the character of the change been permanent or progressive?

6. Have the native churches evinced any thing Missionary in their character and operations?

MR. JOHN LUMB.

On Thursday, August 2, 1838, Mr. John Lumb, Missionary, appointed to Combaconum, India, was ordained at Stepney Meeting. The Rev. A. Wells introduced the service by reading selected portions of Sacred Scripture, and by engaging in prayer. The Rev. E. Crisp, Missionary from the Station to which our young brother has been appointed, described the character and claims of the locality; the Rev. John Arundel asked the usual questions; the Rev. Dr. J. P. Smith (Mr. Lumb's tutor) offered the ordination prayer, with laying on of hands; the Rev. Dr. Fletcher (Mr. Lumb's pastor) delivered the charge; and the Rev. R. Saunders concluded.

MR. JAMES KENNEDY.

On Wednesday, August 1, 1838, Mr. James Kennedy, A.M., of King's College, Missionary, to Benares, was publicly set apart to his sacred work in Blackfriarsstreet Chapel, Aberdeen. The services of the day were commenced with prayer and reading the Scriptures, by the Rev. H. Angus, of the Secession Church; after which the Rev. Dr. Wardlaw preached from Numbers xiv. 21, asked the usual questions, and offered up the ordination prayer, with the laying on of hands; the Rev. Mr. Kennedy, (the Missionary's father) delivered the charge from Prov. xi. 30; Mr. Kennedy, the Mis sionary's brother, Mr. Scott, from Demerara, and several other ministers of various denominations took part in the important services of the day.

DEPARTURE OF

ON Tuesday Morning, July 31st, 1838, the Rev. W. H. Medhurst, with Mrs. Medhurst and family, together with Mr. William Lockhart, Medical Missionary appointed to China, and Choo Tih Lang, the converted

MISSIONARIES.

Chinese, returning to his family and coun try, sailed in the George the Fourth, Capt. Drayner, from Gravesend, for Batavia and China.

EAST LANCASHIRE AUXILIARY.

THE Seventeenth Anniversary of this auxiliary was held in Manchester, June 17th, and the three following days, and sermons on behalf of the Missionary cause were preached by the Rev. J. Clayton, Rev. J. Blackburn, Rev. J. Sortain, Rev. R. W. Hamilton, Rev. C. M. Birrell, and Rev. R. Knill. The public services on the Sabbath were well attended, and the collections amounted to more than 13007. On Mon

day evening, the Public Meeting was held in Grosvenor-street Chapel, J. H. Heron, Esq., in the chair. The Annual Sermon was preached on Tuesday evening, by the Rev. J. Clayton, in Mosley-street Chapel; and on Wednesday morning, a large company of the members and friends of the Society, exceeding 700 in number, met in the New Corn Exchange, for public break

fast. The subsequent proceedings, (the chair being filled by Samuel Fletcher, Esq.) were interesting and impressive to a degree seldom before experienced. The lamented illness of the Rev. Dr. M'All occasioned a feeling of deep solemnity throughout the Meeting, Special prayer was offered on his behalf, and a resolution, expressive of the deepest sympathy, was unanimously passed. He had made an earnest request that the cause of Missions might not be allowed to suffer from any considerations whatever, and this was spontaneously met. The whole proceeds of the anniversary amounted to about 3000l., and at no former period was the manifestation of a desire to send the Gospel to the heathen more evident and decided.

NOTICE.

THE Anniversary of the Southampton and Romsey Auxiliary Missionary Societies will be held (D. v.) at those places, on Sunday, Sept. 16th, 1838, and two following days. The Rev. Dr. Raffles, of Liverpool, and the Rev. J. J. Freeman, formerly Missionary at Madagascar, are engaged to attend.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

The thanks of the Directors are respectfully presented to the following:-viz., To the ladies of the United Associate Congregation, Biggar, for a box of apparel for the Hottentots on the Fish River Settlement; to Miss Hobson, Welford, for a box of fancy articles for Pinang; to the Missionary Working Society, in the Rev. John Burnet's congregation, for a box of work for the schools in the South Seas, under the care of Mrs. Williams; to the congregation of the Rev. J. Flower, Beccles, for a case of useful articles for Mr. Mather's school Benares; to the ladies of Mosley-street Chapel, Manchester, for a box of useful articles for, Mrs. Beighton's School, Pinang; to Messrs. Mather and Headley, Newcastle, for a box of useful articles for the Rev. A. Robson; to S. B. East Kent, for a box of useful

articles for Mrs. Dyer's Schools, Malacca; to Mr. Hubbard, Bernard-street, for 43 volumes of the Evangelical and other Magazines; to Mrs. Farrar, Heckmondwicke, for a box of linen-drapery, value 51. 5s.; to the children of the Above Bar Sundayschool, Southampton, for a box of apparel for Mrs. Pratt's school, Navigators Islands; to Mrs. Bunnell, Islington, for a parcel of useful articles for Mrs. Beighton, Pinang; to S. F., Clapham, and to the Rev. T. Williams, for Nos. and vols. of the Evangelical and other Magazines, &c. &c. Mr. Lockhart, Medical Missionary, returns his grateful acknowledgments to the ladies at Great George-st. Chapel, Liverpool, for a valuable case of fancy articles to be sold for the medical department of the Chinese Mission.

MISSIONARY CONTRIBUTIONS,
From the 1st to 31st July, 1838, inclusive.

£ s. d. Messrs. Palmer and Hope 5 8 Messrs. Sykes and Co. 30 0 Miss Baker .................. 50 0 Marlborough Chapel Aux.

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Robert-street Aux. Soc.
Surrey Chapel Aux. Soc.
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SPECIAL DONATIONS, in
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creased expenditure of
the Society:
T. Challis, Esq.

0 Mrs. Lockyer, for the Nat.

£ s. d.

Tea. John Lockyer...... 10 0 0
Derbyshire.

£ s. d. 8 E. Gouldsmith, Esq. ....... 20 0 0 J. Foulger, Esq. ............ 20 0 0 0 J. Morley, Esq. 50 0 0 0 J. Morley, Jun. Esq. 10 10 W. W. Morley, Esq. ...... 10 10 0 0 S. Morley, Esq. ............ 10 10 T. A. Hankey, Esq....... 50 0 4 Messrs. J.E.Spicer & Sons 50 0 4 F. W. Cobb, Esq., Margate 10 0 J. W. Smith, Esq. Sheffield 5 0

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Rev. J.Raven and Friends,

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