several of the villagers had arrived on the spot, and began to listen to the conversation; when these brethren sang a hymn in Bengalee, Eternal salvation by the death of Christ, which drew numbers around them; and at the close of the hymá and of prayer, Dweep-chund got up, and with the Testament in his hand, addressed them in a manner which astonished Kureem and the other native brother, and excited the wonder of the listening strangers. Such words from such a quarter!-A brahmun amongst the crowd, however, interrupted the speaker, and made use of some opprobrious language; and being enraged at the reply, he began beating Dweepchund, who received his blows without resistance. One, however, who was less patient, was provoked to use threatening language; when Dweep-chund restrained him by saying, Brother, we are the disciples of Him who was as a famb led to the slaughter; who, in the midst of his murderers, looked stedfastly towards Heaven, praying that they might be forgiven, when one look of anger on them would have reduced them to ashes.' The Portuguese man at this, was ready to take Dweep-chund into his arms; and all appeared to be much struck with this new thing in the land-men praying for their persecutors! During his last long continued affliction, Dweep-chund unceasingly testified his rejection of every refuge but Jesus; and in his last moments, when visited by brethren Marshman and Ward, he appeared to be eminently supported by his hope in Christ. Many pleasing expressions dropped from his lips during the last days of his life, all tending to shew how much he felt his obligations to a "crucified Saviour." "On the 20th of September, died at Ram-krishna-poora, opposite Calcutta, our beloved brother Krishnadasa, late itinerant in Orissa. "A few months ago, he left Balasore in a state of affliction, and lingered at Serampore till near the time of his death, when he went down to his house at Ram-krishna-poora, and in a short time was removed from this vale of tears." "Krishna appeared constantly to be a genuine Christian: he was certainly a fervent and impressive preacher. His conduct, from the time of his baptism to that of his death, was in general quite consistent with his profession. He had an understanding superior to many of his countrymen occupying the same rank in society as himself. He read and understood the Bengalee Scriptures, and, (though in an inferior degree), the Hindoost'hanee and Ooriya. He had a convincing method in stating and defending the Gospel, and in exposing the 'follies of the different seets of Hindoos, whose ways he abhorred from his soul. During his affliction, brother Ward often witnessed how much a work of grace appeared to be deepened in him: he shewed great tenderness of spirit, and child-like simplicity; much fervour of devotion, and a strong cleaving to the doctrine of Christ, as all his salvation and all his desire. In the midst of sleepless nights, he would spend much time in calling on the Saviour, and 'singing Bengalee hymns'; and he failed not to exhort all around him to cleave unto the Lord with purpose of heart, and to depart from all iniquity. Sebuk-rama was with him in his last hours, and has transmitted to brother Ward the following particulars: On the day of his death he called for me, but his wife told him I was not arrived from the other side of the river. He then began to praise God. At night I went to see him, and asked him how he was: he smiled, and said, "I am well, but am leaving this world and going to my Father's: stay with me; do not leave me." Saying this, he clasped his hands together, and remained for a short time in silent prayer. I then sang two Hymns and prayed, which re seemed to . enjoy, I then gave him a little water, and reminded him, that our Lord Jesus Christ had given him the pure water of life. He said, "Yes, brother, the Lord Jesus Christ is truly the Son of God: this I be lieve." I added, "Blessed, blessed be the Lord Jesus Christ, the Saviour of sinners." He said, "Yes, these are sweet words: he is my salvation," About five the next morning he departed. The last words he said, in reply to a question of mine, were Christ alone is my light and salvation." men by the way. The last time he visited one of the school's about ten miles off, so anxious were the people to hear, that neither he nor his companions were scarcely allowed time to eat or sleep during the greater part of two days that he spent with them." "Whether any thing short of Di vine power will convince the opposers of the conversion of the Hindoos seems to be more than matter of doubt; but I think, could they have seen our aged brother Vrinda-vuna last night, and could their pride and enmity have given way for a moment to the common sentiments of liberality, the scene must have convinced them that Hindoos can at least feel the Gospel, and appreciate its value! The old man accompanied one of the native schoolmasters, who came to read a chapter with me after our family worship. The chapter that came in course was the 26th of Matthew, with the latter part of which the old man was deeply affected. It seemed to rouse all the feelings of a heart truly devoted to God. Sor. row for the sufferings of his Saviour, disgust at the perfidy of Judas, con. trition for his own sins, a lively hope of pardon, gratitude for that hope, and admiration at the amaz "We have now (at Agra) three native schools containing about one hundred children; which schools are becoming very interesting, as they excite the attention of the relatives of the children, and afford them instruction in the first principles of Christianity in an indirect way, even through their own children while they have a place to sit and read or hear the sacred Scriptures read to them. The three school masters that are now employed at this station appear to feel as much interest in reading the sacred Scriptures to inquirers, as though they were real Christians. They do not discover the least regard for their shasters or ceremonies, even be fore their countrymen, though we have our fears relative to any saving love and mercy of God the Fa-? ing change in their minds, and have, therefore, never urged them to an open profession of Christianity. "Our aged brother Vrinda-vuna is most actively and faithfully engaged with inquirers, with very little intermission, from Monday morning to Lord's-day evening. I believe him to be a man of great faith, unaffected humility, with a sincere desire to benefit his countrymen. Cowper's description of the simple, humble Christian, is truly applicable to him: he feels his Bible true." He never needs an exhortation to diligence. Though an aged man, perhaps more than seventy, he has several times walk ed more than twenty miles a day, and addressed many of his country ther and of God the Son, appeared by his conversation afterward to have been alternately in exercise while the chapter was reading, and during which time bis furrowed: cheeks were plentifully bedewed? with tears. Such tender emotions > would not have been so remarkable in a younger man. From V.'s phy... siognomy, one would be ready to conclude he was an utter stranger to the finer feelings of the heart, or if he ever had, or could have pas sessed them, that fifty years famili arity with the tortures and cruelties of Hindooism would have been quite. enough to efface them but true in- ! deed it is, that if any man bein Christ, he is a new creature.ee This has seldom been, more conspicuous 45A „NazcÜ Te#D and the person, of Vrinda- for a subscription was begun at one 119 Pizas cz He aim of our prayer-meetings. We col After morning worship on Sa- lected by way of donation about turday, we left home (Patna), and sixty rupees. The Rev. Mr. Corrie through mercy reached d Hajee-poora has since obtained a subscription at six in the evening About sun- to a considerable amount, which he rise on Lord's-day we commenced, serves out to the it to the poor every morn discoursing, with, the multitudes, ing. the multitudes, ingay bisa H in half an hour, that it became imprudent for both at once to quit them for our breakfast; we continued with them as long as we could, and then perceiving there was no apparent inclination in them to disperse, I persuaded Brother S. to go on board and partake first which, when he and myself had done, we began to give books to such of the anxious multitudes as could either read or had teachers in their neighbourhood; and thus we employed ourselves till two o'clock, preaching to them the glad tidings of the kingdom. Early on Monday we proceeded to another spot, and continued with the people, conversing and giving books, till ten o'clock, when we returned home." ho of badoab viunt a "We have lately been making a monthly subscription for the relief of the poor starving natives hereabouts (at Agra), whose case is indeed very deplorable on account of the great scarcity of grain; many have died for hunger in the streets of Agra. We daily find here and there one starved to death. We were coming home one evening lately through the wheat bazar, and in the midst of the sellers of wheat and other grain lay a poor man who had just breathed his last among the heaps of the grain. He had picked up a few husks of pease and grain, which it appeared he had been at tempting to eat, but was too far gone, Not gas single man in the sbazar, would give this poor creature one, handful of wheat to save his life, This is not the only instance of the hardness of heart of this peoples, they have no more feeling for the poor than if they were dogs. They shew no mercy, no pityd Our plan CHRIST. OBSERY, APP. Emperor to set up a printing-press, which was granted; and he was required to reside at Ava." I wrote you in my last, that Government had applied to us to send men to Amboyna, to superintend the schools there; and that my son Jabez had offered to leave the profession of the law for the ministry of the Gospel. The offer was gladly accepted by us, and last Saturday we wrote in to Government to offer his services. The same day an answer was given, assigning him a passage thither in the Streatham In diaman; the packet for which, we were informed, would be sent on Monday. Jabez was to be married before his departure, in addition to which he had every preparation for the voyage to make in one day. The captain, however, allowed two days more, and he will go off this evening or to-morrow morning. Government pays the passage of them both. I trust that the Lord, who has thus auspiciously opened a way for this Mission, will graciously make it effectual. Jabez was lately baptized, and is decidedly serious. Mr. Thomas, to whom he was articled, generously set him at liberty, and gave a very honourable testimony of his diligence and ability. He will have five or six islands under his care. We have just printed off the first sheet of an edition of the Malay Bible for Amboyna. The resident there was one of my pu pils, and is friendly to attempts to spread the Gospel. "January 26.-Yesterday I begun this letter. Last night Jabez was solemnly set apart for the work to which he is going: he went from the chapel to the boat, in which he set off to Saugur Island, to join the ship, About half an hour before we went to worship, in came Felix from Rangoon, sent after all for vaccine virus, That which I had sent having lost its virtue in the passage. It was a most gratifying event that we should all thus providentially meet; for we can scarcely expect to meet again. I and two of my sons, Felix and William, united with brother Ward in laying hands on Jabez. To me the circumstance was highly gratifying, and will, I trust, be a matter of everlasting praise." A respectful application was lately made to the Court of Direc tors of the Honourable the EastIndia Company, for permission to send out Mr. Yates as a missionary; but, notwithstanding the facilities provided by a late Act of Parliament, they peremptorily refused it: and when the application was re. peated, the refusal was also repeated. On application being made, however, to his Majesty's Government, permission was immediately granted. A letter of thanks was sent to the Right Honourable the Earl of Buckinghamshire, President of the Board of Controul, for the candid and li beral treatment received from his lordship relative to this busi ness. Mr. Yates left England in October, in the Earl Moira, be longing to Captain Kemp, a member of the church at Serampore, and who generously furnishes him with a free passage. LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY. THE following is an abstract of the Report made to this Society by the Directors at its Twentieth Annual Meeting, on the 11th of May last. I. OTAHEITE. The Directors commence their Report with stating the conversion of king Pomarre to the faith of the Gospel. The Missionaries had faithfully persisted for many a long year; and after they were driven from the scene of their labours by civil war, they readily returned at the invita tion of the king, and with pleasure renewed their work. In the course of a few months after their return, their hearts were cheered with the pleasing appearance of the effects of Divine Grace on the heart of the king. On the 18th of July, 1812, Pomarre declared to the Missionaries his full conviction of the truth of the Gospel, as the result of deliberate consideration; his determination to worship Jehovah as the only living and true God, and his desire to make a public profession of his faith by being baptized. The Missionaries greatly rejoiced, but thought it prudent to defer his baptism until, by a careful observation of his conduct, they should be fully satisfied as to the reality of his conversion. In this advice he calmly acquiesced. Subsequent letters afford increasing evidence of Pomarre's sincerity. The Missionaries state, that when at a distance from them, and amidst very important engagements, he regularly observed the Lord's day; that he la. boured to persuade his relations to embrace Christianity; that he has entirely abandoned his idols; that he entertains very clear and consistent views of the principal doctrines of the Gospel; and, above all, that he expresses the most deep contrition on account of his former vicious life, and a most humbling sense of his native depravity. But Pomarre appears not to be the only fruit of the labours of the Missionaries: "there are others," they say, whom we trust the Lord is drawing to himself from among this people." The Missionaries had come to a determination to form a mission on another of the Society Islands; and they had fixed upon Reiatea, as the largest or most central, of the group. They were about to build a vessel of about fifty or sixty tons, as strenuously recommended to them by his Excellency Governor Macquarrie and the Rev. Mr. Marsden, to both of whom the Society is much indebted for their kind attention to the Missionaries. II. AFRICA. Mr. Campbell has visited the various missionary stations in South Africa; has suggested many excellent regu. lations for their improvement; and has fixed upon several new places, in which missionary settlements may probably be established. After a careful examination of official · papers relating to the Missionaries, with which he was indulged, and obtaining passports from the Governor, Sir John Craddock, to the Landrosts of the districts through which he was to pass, he left Cape Town on the 31st of February, 1813, and reached Bethelsdorp on the 20th of March. He was received by Mr. Read and all the Missionaries with the most cordial affection, and by the Hottentots with the liveliest expressions of joy.At Bethelsdorp, he witnessed a greater degree of civilization than he was led to expect, from the reports in circulation, on his arrival in South Africa. He found there many natives exercising the trades of smiths, carpenters, sawyers, basket-makers, turners, &c. He saw cultivated fields extending two miles in length, on Their cattle both sides of a river. had increased from two hundred and eighteen to two thousand two hundred and six: from three hundred to four hundred calves were produced in a year, not more than fifty of which were in that space of time allowed to be slaughtered. blessed effects of religion were displayed in benevolent institutions formed among them: they had a fund for the support of the poor and sick, which amounted to two hundred and fifty rix-dollars; and they proposed to build a house for the reception of part of their poor. They had also a common fund for the purpose of improving the seulement, amounting to one hundred and thirty dollars and about thirty head of cattle; and they contributed, during the last twelve months, seventy rix-dollars. in aid of this Society. Such are the powerful effects of Divine Truth among the most degraded of our species, in their civilization, as well as in the more important concerns of religion. Thus, we see a Christian church; cultivated fields and 5Q2 The |