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the preached word, that solicitude to praise to Him whose mercy endureth frequent public and private associa- forever. In Princeton and in Kings tions for prayer, together with some in- ton, within the bounds of the Newstances of conviction, and more of so- Brunswick Presbytery, we have also lemnity, which we venture to hail as the privilege to state, that there is au the earnest of better days. increased attention to religion. We In many of our congregations, these are exceedingly happy to hear that days of hope have already issued in God is drawing so near one of our seasons of refreshing and joy. The principal Seminaries of learning; and same Saviour that took away the hard we indulge the hope, that he will again and stony hearts of the Jews in Baby-visit in mercy, this favored Institution. lon, and that shed forth his Holy Spir- We have reason to believe, that vital it on the day of Pentecost, is giving piety is evidently rising in influence in before our eyes, signal exhibitions of some parts of Virginia. In Richmond, his amiable sovereignty, and irresisti-Petersburgh, Fredericksburgh, and parble grace. In many places, the peo- ticularly Norfolk, there have been conple of God have been roused from siderable effusions of the Spirit, though their lethargy; affected with clear no general revivals. New churches views of divine things, and animated have been established; encouraging with ardent desires to promote the in- additions to them have been made ;terest of the Redeemer's kingdom, and and at the present time, the prospect to see it promoted in the world. The is unusually animating. In the counties attention of the thoughtless has been of Albemarle, Culpepper and Madison, powerfully arrested. Multitudes have very considerable attention has been been awakened to a sense of their sin-excited by the labors of Missionaries. fulness, their danger, and their duty; In the congregations of Hawfields and › and many a stout hearted rebel has Crossroads, within the bounds of the been brought to bow before the feet of Presbytery of Orange, there has also a crucified Saviour. The Congrega- been some unusual seriousness. In the tions that have been eminently favor- Presbytery of West Lexington, the ed with these effusions of mercy, are prevalence of malignant disease has in the towns of Pompey and Homer, been followed by deep searchings of within the Presbytery of Onondaga; heart and anxious cries for mercy.in Utica, Whitesborough and Litch- And among the blacks in the Presbytefield, within the Presbytery of Oneida; ry of Harmony, we are rejoiced to and in Hebron, within the Presbytery learn there is much solemnity, and of Columbia. In several congregations great engagedness in divine things.* within the bounds of the Jersey Pres-In some of the aforementioned places, bytery, in addition to the gleanings of the attention to religion seems to be at an earlier harvest, there have been a present on the decline, and in others; number of extensive revivals. New- it is still advancing. The whole scene Providence, Morristown, Bloomfield, is enough to gladden the heart. The Orange, Newark, Elizabeth-town and Connecticut Farms, have been highly favored of God. In Hanover, South Hanover and Springfield particularly, the right hand of the Lord has been truly exalted, within the course of the past winter. While casting our eyes toward this favored district of country, • It was stated by a member of the Aswhere there have been three extensive sembly from this Presbytery, that there revivals in eleven years, we remember were more than 3,000 blacks in the city of with thankfulness, the years of the right|| Charleston, who are professors of religio hand of the Most Hig', and render and that many of them are eminently pi

risen Redeemer still has the work of salvation in his own hands, and turneth the hearts of the children of men, whithersoever he will, as the rivers of water are turned.

The subjects of these revivals have been chiefly from among the youth

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from the children of believing parents; The Assembly feel no small satis

faction, in stating the increase of united and vigorous effort in some portion of country within their limits, for the advancement of morals. A solicitude upon this subject is beginning to be felt. The indispensable necessity of embodying the influence of the land in favor of religion and morality is beginning to be felt deeply; and we cannot but hope that such a combinatiou will be formed; and cannot but believe that it will be greatly successful.

During the year past, Bible Societies have greatly increased in number and utility. Few districts of our country are now without them. Their influence is widely extensive, and incalculably beneficial. Experience has proved that no human exertions are so effectual to harmonize christians, to excite religious zeal, to suppress vice and immorality, and to diffuse light and knowledge, as the gratuitous distribution of the Word of Life.*

and in some places, particularly from the youth who have paid punctual and respectful regard to catechetical instruction. The general character of the work has been such as usually marks the genuine operations of the Holy Spirit. Though not without great power of feeling, the subjects have been free from the appearance of extravagance. The seasons of wor ship have been sacredly still, rather than tumultuously violent. The speechless agony of multitudes who have been brought to see their sinfulness and their danger, has been more the effect of truth bearing down upon the conscience, than that transcient and violent emotion, excited by natural fear, and cherished by animal feeling. They have been deeply impressed with a sense of the infinite majesty and holiness of God, of the spirituality, extent, and obligation of the divine law, -the exceeding sinfulness of sin,-the total depravity of the human heart,The Assembly rejoice, to have it the necessity of regeneration by the in their power to state, that the Great Almighty power of the Holy Spirit-Head of the Church, has vouchsafed of justification, not by works, but freely a signal blessing, on the Missionary by the grace of God, through the re efforts of the past year. Forty Missiondemption that is in Christ Jesus-the aries have been employed the last indispensable necessity of an interest in atoning blood, and of that holiness without which no man shall see the Lord. The General Assembly are gratified to learn that praying societies, established for the special purpose of im* A circumstance of peculiar interest to ploring the effusion of the Holy Spirit the church, occurred lately in one of the upon the Churches; Charitable insti- Western towns of Virginia. "A pious young tutions for the aid of poor and pious man was employed to sell on the day of elecyoung men for the gospel ministry, tion, Bibles for the Bible Socicty; who havand for sending the gospel to the hea-ing disposed of them, sent for an additional quantity. The person who applied for them then-and societies for the religious is a pure descendant of him who "as a prince instruction of the children in the sub-had power with God and with man and preurbs of our cities; have increased in vailed." But he is converted to the docnumber and are widely extending their influence. Nor can they regard with too much gratitude, the heavenly ardor of many pious females, whose weekly associations for prayer, and daily exertions in the distribution of Bibles among the poor, show us what it is to imitate the example of him who went about doing good.

year, whose journals afford the most pleasing testimony of the beneficial result of their labors. Several new churches have been organized, and more have been put into a forming

trine of the cross; has been baptized in the name of our crucified but adored Master; is a member of Messiah's church militant, lives in the faith and hope of “ the truth as it is in Jesus," and adorns the doctrine of God our Saviour. Behold this Israelite, carrying in the presence of a vast assembly of citizens Stereotpye Bibels, and exerting himself to increase the dispersion of the word of life. The Jew laden with that Gospel which his Father, rejected!

state.

Many new Churches are grow- But we leave this pleasing retrosing up in the Western paris of Tennes-pect. We turn with grief from these see; a Missionary Society has lately been formed in that State. The call for Missionary exertion is loud; and the services of our Missionaries have been received with emotions of gratitude and joy.

scenes of verdure and delight, to that extensive vast, where no verdure animates; that barren heath, on which there is no dew nor rain, from the Lord. Between three and four hundred of our Congregations are destitute of the In taking a view of the state of reli- stated ministrations of a preached gosgion within the bounds of the Assem- pel Thousands in this land of vision, bly, an interesting object which arrests are destroyed for lack of knowledge;the attention, is the infant Theological thousands suffering a famine, not a Seminary, lately established at Prince- famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, ton. From this Seminary, it is hoped, but of hearing the words of the Lord.— that many able and faithful laborers And even in the midst of gospel priviwill go forth to reap the whitening har- leges, we behold very many and very vest. The state of this Seminary is at large portions of our Church in a state once promising and critical. It is un- of deplorable stupidity. The same

der the immediate superintendance and rain and sunshine that ripen the wheat instruction of two able Professors, who for the garner of the Great Husbanddevote their whole time, laboriously man, appear to be ripening the tares to the education of the youth commit- for the unquenchable flame. We have ted to their charge. The number of also too much evidence of awful dethese youths has already been as great clension among many of the professed as twenty-four; and if the means of followers of Jesus Christ. In very masupporting the establishment shall be ny of our congregatious, the past year furnished, there is the most flattering has been a season of chilling indifferprospect that it will become a fruitful ence towards divine things. Seasons nursery for the Church. But unless when the people of God were animated these means shall be furnished speedi- with fervent zeal for the promotion of ly and liberally, every prospect will the divine glory, hare given way to be clouded, and the raised expectations seasons, when the pitiable attachment of many of the friends of Zion utterly to earth, the pursuit of lying vanities disappointed. The Directors of that that cannot profit, unhappy and needSeminary have reported a statement less deissensions, have superceded, of the assistance which has been fur- and almost eradicated the once tender nished by benevolent associations of solicitude for the accomplishment of females, to such of the Theological God's gracious designs in favor of his students as need pecuniary aid, which people. O, how shall we speak of that has surprised, gratified, and exceed-criminal indifference toward the cause, ingly rejoiced their fathers and breth-for which, the Babe of Bethlehem, was ren in the church. Let them proceed bathed in tears, the Son of God erimand abound in these works of pious soned with blood! Jerusalem is almost benevolence, so worthy of them, and forgotten. Zion, fair heritage, lies desso ornamental to our holy religion;―olate. The spirit, the maxims, and the and let all of both sexes, who witness policy, of the world, begin in some intheir liberality, resolve to go and do stances, to be intimately interwoven likewise. with the discipline and policy of the

In this review we rejoice. Who is a church. The tenderest and the strongGod like unto our God, that passeth est bands of union, in some churches, by the transgressions of the remnant of begin to be severed. That noxious his heritage, and will not retain his an-weed, the spirit of party, while it emger forever, because he delighteth in bitters the sweetness, and poisons the mercy! life of vital godliness, is unnerving the

vigor of Christian exertion. Connect- to deplore, and some, that are matter ed with these foreboding symptoms, of rejoicing. In those places that are there is a melancholy prevalence of adjacent to the seat of the war there has vice and immorality. Profane swear- been an awful defection from good ing, intemperance, Sabbath breaking,|| morals, and a lamentable increase of and other immoralities, exist in many || bold and daring vices. A few towns places to an alarming degree, threaten- have been favored with special outing to sap the foundation of our reli- pourings of the Divine Spirit, particugious and civil institutions. larly Bridport and Pawlet. Of the.

From our brethren in the New-Eng- members of Middlebury College we land States we have received very in-are happy to learn there are about fifteresting information. From the Gen-ty who have it in view. to devote them- . eral Association of Connecticut, we selves to the work of the ministry. learn, that numerous revivals of reli- On the whole the Assembly cannot gion have taken place in that state the but feel, that the cause of religion and past year; particularly in the city of morality has been signally advanced Hartford, in the congregations of East the past year. Notwithstanding all the Hartford, Orford, Weathersfield, Sims- sin and wretchedness of our world, the bury, North Coventry, Litchfield, Mil- past year has been a year of joy to our ton and South Farms. These revivals churches. The Lord seems to have have, under God, been occasioned, come out of his place to redeem Zion and promoted by the preaching of the with judgments and her converts with great doctrines of the Reformation.-righteousness. While with one hand, In some instances, this work of divine he is pulling down strong holds, and grace, has been slowly progressive;casting down imaginations; with the in others, sudden and powerful; but in other, he is raising Jerusalem from the all, silent, deep, and apparently genu- dust, and clothing her with the garine. The inoral influence of this work ments of strength, and salvation. The of grace has been eminently salutary,|| same voice that is proclaiming the day and signally manifested, in unusual, of vengeance of our God, is also proand general solicitude for the suppression of vice, and the promotion of morality.

claiming the acceptable year of the Lord. The night is far spent, the day is at hand. The darkness is past.From the General Association of Already is the command gone forth to Massachusetts Proper, we learn that the tribes of the wilderness and the islthe cause of truth, in opposition to So- ands of the sea, Arise, shine, O Zion! cinian and Arian errors, is on the for thy light is come, and the glory of whole advancing, though not rapidly. the Lord is risen upon thee, and the genA number of revivals of religion have tiles shall come to thy light, and kings taken place in this state, particularly to the brightness of thy rising. It is too in the towns of Gloucester, Lee, Long-late a period, Christians, to sit down Meadow and Stockbridge. Some fa- and fold your arms in the gloom of vorable appearances, are exhibited at discouragement and inactivity. Yes, Falmouth, and in several places, in the it is too late a period. The mountains western part of the state. The num- of ignorance and idolatry will welcome ber of students in the Theological Se- the feet of them that publish good timinary at Andover, is about sixty.-dings; the Wilderness of this Western The greater part of the present mem-world will blossom as the rose; the albers of William's College, are profes-tars of the East will be overturned; sors of religion. Spirited and perse- the images of Molock will be broken vering efforts are likewise here making for the reformation of morals.

From the General Convention of the slate of Vermont we hear some things

down, and the only question is, whether the work shall be performed, and the reward enjoyed by others, or by you? O brethren, our hearts beat high

with hope. Will the Lord cast off for-subscription to fifty pounds, shall be a ever? Will his anger smoke against the governor for life. sheep of his pasture? Arise, O God! plead thine own cause!

7. Governors shall be entitled to attend and vote at all meetings of the committee.

8. An executor, paying a bequest of

A SUMMARY ACCOUNT OF THE BRITISH fifty pounds, shall be a member for life;

AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. A concise account of the origin and progress of this benevolent and important institution, we doubt not, will be interesting to the readers of this Magazine. The following is extracted from papers, late from London, received by the Oneida Bible So

ciety.

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or of one hundred pounds, a governor for life.

9. A committee shall be appointed to conduct the business of the Society, consisting of thirty-six laymen, six of whom shall be foreigners, resident in London or its vicinity, half the remainder shall be members of the Church of England, and the other half members THE British and Foreign Bible So-of other denominations of Christians. ciety was established at London in the Twenty-seven of the above number, year 1804, by a number of enlightened who shall have most frequently attendand pious individuals, desirous of pro-ed, shall be eligible for re-election for moting the best interests of their fel- the ensuing year.

low-creatures.

The object of this In- The Committee shall appoint all officers, except the treasurer, and call special general meetings, and shall be charged with procuring for the Society suitable patronage, both British and foreign.

stitution is to extend the circulation of the Holy Scriptures throughout the British Empire, and amongst foreign nations, unaccompanied with any human interpretation.

Laws and Regulations of the British and Foreign Bible Society.

1. The designation of this Society shall be The British and Foreign Bible Society, of which the sole object shall be, to encourage a wider circulation of the Holy Scriptures, without note or comment: the only copies in the languages of the United Kingdom to be circulated by the Society, shall be the authorised version.

2. This Society shall add its endeavors to those employed by other Societies for circulating the Scriptures thro' the British dominions; and shall also, according to its ability, extend its influence to other countries, whether Christian, Mahometan, or Pagan.

3. Each subscriber of one guinea annually, shall be a member.

4. Each subscriber of ten guineas at one time, shall be a member for life. 5. Each subscriber of five guineas annually, shall be a governor.

6. Each subscriber of fifty pounds at one time, or who shall, by one additional payment, increase his original D VL II.

10. Each member of the Society shall be entiled, under the direction of the committee, to purchase Bibles and Testaments at the Society's prices, which shall be as low as possible.

11. The annual meeting of the Society shall be held on the first Wednesday in May, when the treasurer and committee shall be chosen, the accounts presented, and the proceedings of the foregoing year reported.

12. The President, Vice-President and Treasurer, shall be considered, ec officio, members of the committee.

14. Every clergyman or dissenting minister who is a member of the Soçiety, shall be entitled to attend and vote at all meetings of the committee.

The secretaries, for the time being, shall be considered as members of the committee; but no person deriving any emolument from the society shall have that privilege.

15. At the general meetings, and meetings of the committee, the president, or in his absence the vice-president first upon the list then present;

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