sations, and some disputes; he also went to Augerdeep fair, where he had opportunities of speaking about Christ to many souls; he found them pretty attentive to what was advanced.

March, 1824. Soroop has been out to several places, and has had attentive hearers; at some places they disputed, but at last generally acknowledged their error. He has also been to the Barony fair, where great numbers of people had assembled: many heard the word, and received tracts. He also has had some affliction in his family.

Kangalee's Journal for April, 1824.

3d. Went to the chapel at the riverside, where numbers of boat people and strangers attended.

5th. Went to Dewangunge, where a person said to me, Why do you constant ly come here? you have told us all these things; now leave it to God. I told him that he did not like to hear these things, because it was against his pride and exaltation; some of those present began to ridicule what was said; hearing which, an old woman said, You are wrong in ridiculing what these people say, for it is the word of God, and I can give you a proof of it. I used to abuse them some time back for preaching, but three months had not passed over my guilty head before God afflicted me with the leprosy ; after this declaration all present heard

with much attention.

After this, Kangalee went to Bireganchee, and stayed there two or three days, had much talk with people thereabouts, who heard with attention; from thence he went to Chappra, where a good number of all casts have collected together, and have thrown off their cast; some time back they invited Kangalee to visit them, and on his arrival they heard what he had to say, and expressed their doubts and fears; they begged Kangalee to stop some time with them; but he told them, that if they were to eat with him, and hear the word, they would all disperse, because they were only bound together by worldly motives; that is, eating and drinking, and therefore as soon as the word of God

shewed them their evil ways, and that they must forsake sin, they would all disperse. After having much talk with them for two days, they told Kangalee that he had better return; and that they would, in the mean time, collect their people, and consult about these matters, and send the result to Cutwa. Kangalee has been to other places in the course of last month, from whence he brings pleasing news of

the attention of the people. In April, Porose has been out to several places, but has been much engaged in making a house for himself.

May. Kangalee has been well engaged as long as he was able, in conversing about the way of life, but has been laid up for nearly twenty days.

May. Porose has had conversations with some persons through the month; but has not been able to go out on account of the heat.

May. Soroop has been engaged as usual.

June. Kangalee has been ill all through the month, but has had some conversation with a few who called at his house occasionally.

June. Porose has been well employed all through the last month in visiting markets, and fairs, and villages; his account of these exertions are very pleasing: he generally found the people attentive.

June. Soroop has been to different places, and has had attentive hearers; some disputed, but others were attentive to what was said.

American (Congregational) Missionary Society."

CEYLON.

AT the various stations in this island, occupied by the Missionaries patronized by this Society, there has been a very remarkable and pleasing display of the power of divine grace, and the triumphs of the gospel. The account is given at length in a letter from Mr. Winslow, one of the Missionaries, to his friends in Boston; but not having seen this, and concluding that its length would render it unsuitable for admission into our pages, we avail ourselves of an abstract of its contents, for which we are indebted to the New York Observer, of Jan. 15, 1825.

Tillipally. On the 18th of January,

The Editor is aware that he has not given the exact designation of this Society, but he trusts this will be excused, as while preparing this article for the press, he is from home, and at a distance from the means of procuring more precise information.

1824, near the close of the morning service at Tillipally, Mr. Woodward observed some of the boys to be peculiarly affected by what was said. Thus encouraged, he appointed another meeting for them in the afternoon, and another in the evening. The next day, being unwell, he sent for Mr. Winslow, who repaired to Tillipally in the afternoon, and found seven or eight of the boys manifesting much anxious concern for their spiritual welfare, and others more or less serious. Most of them belonged to the boarding-school. They were assembled together for religious services when he arrived, and the Spirit of God seemed evidently present.

The disposition to serious and anxious inquiry continued to increase, till all the members of the school, (about 40 in number,) the domestics of the family, and two or three schoolmasters, were among the inquirers. The result was, that most of the older boys, and two girls, gave pleasing evidence of a change of character. On the 24th of March, when Mr. Winslow wrote, the revival in that place still continued to prevail.

Oodooville.-Mr. Winslow returned to Oodooville impressed with the importance of looking for a similar blessing on his own station, And a similar blessing was granted. In dispensing the word of life on the next Sabbath, he was, himself, favoured with a remarkable tenderness and fervency of spirit. The effect of his preaching upon his hearers he thus describes ; "Some were much affected, and tears began to flow from those unused to weep. The impression continued through the other meetings of the day; and at evening, I found that a number of the girls in the Female Central School here, were convinced of their sinfulness and need of salvation by Jesus Christ. Meetings for inquiry into the state of individuals followed, and the Lord graciously caused the work to proceed, until no one in the school remained wholly unaffected." Batticotta-The monthly prayer meeting was held at this place on the 2nd of February, at which most of the Missionaries of Jaffna district, together with J. N. Mooyart, Esq. and some others were present. Mr. W. observes:

"It was a day ever to be remembered. The promising appearances around us gave new feeling and hope to all. The forenoon was occupied in relating, as usual, whatever of particular interest had occurred at our different stations; but a new spirit prevailed: and we had scarcely assembled in the afternoon, and sung a hymn, when the Holy Spirit seemed to fill all the place where we were together. The brother who was leading in prayer

was so much overwhelmed with a sense of the Divine presence, that he could scarcely proceed. The same influence was felt by all; and the afternoon was spent in prayer, interrupted only by a few passages read from the scriptures, and by singing and weeping. The next morning, also, was set apart for special prayer, and it was a precious season."

Manepy. The next Sabbath was a new day at Manepy. The Holy Supper was celebrated, and an adult man baptized and admitted to the church. The serious lads from Tillipally, and the girls from Oodooville, were there; also Mr. and Mrs. Winslow. Mr. W. adds:

During the sermon and ordinances, the Spirit of God was evidently present; and when, in the afternoon, the children and youth of the boarding schools of that and the other stations came together, an affecting scene was exhibited. Many were in tears. More than thirty expressed a desire to forsake all for Christ. The Lord has since carried on the work, till, in a school consisting of about forty-five boys, many of whom are young, nearly half profess themselves to be the Lord's.

Panditeripo. But a more remarkable visitation was yet to be experienced. This was at Panditeripo. There had been some previous attention at that station. But, on the 12th of February, while Dr. and Mrs. Scudder were absent, and after the boys had gone to their room, and were about to lie down to sleep, Whelpley (a native member of the church) was induced to exhort them most earnestly to flee from the wrath to come. They were roused, and could not sleep. By little companies they went out into the garden to pray, and the voice of supplication was soon heard in every quarter. It waxed louder and louder, each one, or each company praying and weeping, as though all were alone. More than thirty were thus engaged in a small garden. The cry was, "What shall I do to be saved;" and, "Lord, send thy Spirit." In about an hour Dr. Scudder returned, and, after waiting a while, rang the bell for the boys to come in. They came, and, with weeping, proposed to him the inquiry, "What shall we do to be saved?" next day I saw them. They seemed to be earnestly seeking for the salvation of their souls. More than twenty at that place now indulge the hope that they have obtained the forgiveness of their sins. And the Lord is still there.

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Central School at Batticotta.-There had yet been, however, no attention in the Central School at Batticotta, in which our feelings were much interested. Prayer was made, and had

been made, almost without ceasing, for that school; and, in two or three instances, some little meetings held for this purpose, experienced very sensible tokens of the divine influence, and continued in supplication through a great part of the night.

At length several of the serious lads at Tillipally, where the revival of religion commenced, visited this seminary, and conversed with the youths there with good effect. The Sabbath following, a serious influence on the minds of the scholars was manifest. The next Tuesday, most of the Missionaries were there with their wives. A meeting, held on the evening of that day, was deeply interesting. About ten of the youths expressed a determination to forsake all for Christ; and scarcely one in the school was altogether unmoved. The good work in this school continued at the time Mr. W. wrote. He remarks:

"The next Thursday was our quarterly meeting and communion, and was such a day as we have never had before. The sermon was from the text, Bring ye all the tithes into my storehouse, &c.

Jaffna.-"Since then, an awakening has commenced in Jaffna, where we have all been, and attended meetings more or less; and the prospects there are still very encouraging.

"Last week we had a most reviving season of prayer there, in the house of J. N. Mooyart, Esq, who had called together all his Christian friends to take leave of them; he being about to remove to the southern part of the island."

Mr. Winslow states, that the number at the different stations who have hopefully experienced a change of heart, is about eighty; but that, as many of them are young, hope should be indulged with trembling.

EUROPE.

SOME of our readers are already familiar with the name of Gossner, a pious ecclesiastic, whom God has recently raised up in Germany, and whose zeal and fidelity have already exposed him to persecution for the cause of Christ. At the moment of

sending this sheet to press, we are favoured with a perusal of a letter from a foreign friend at Leipsig, from which we extract the following paragraph respecting him.

"I no not know whether you have already heard of that truly evangelical preacher, the Rev. John Gossner, a native of Bavaria, and member of the Catholic church, though a decided enemy of Rome and its impostures.

"This highly-gifted man, by whose preaching hundreds have been snatched from the world, and converted to Christ, after having suffered persecution and imprisonment in his own country, was called to St. Petersburgh, by the special wish of the Emperor. This is now about five years ago. In St. Petersburgh his preaching was uncommonly blessed, and a large congregation gathered, who assembled in a hall hired for the purpose.

"The enemies of the gospel were not a little disappointed by his success, and used all the means they could to destroy his work, and at length they also suc ceeded so far, that last summer Mr. Gossner was suddenly sent out of the country, by command of the Emperor. His ene mies, among whom were many of the Greek and Roman clergy, had insinuated that, in a work which he had written,—a kind of commentary on the New Testa ment-he had spoken against the Virgin Mary, and the Saints, and preached re bellion against the emperor. The falsehood and wickedness of these assertions, especially of the last-is known to every one who has read the book, which tends only to practical godliness; and has done already much good in Germany. After Mr. Gossner's return to Germany, he first went to Altona, and for the last four months he has been in Leipsig. I had been already connected with him when in Petersburgh, and carried on a corres

pondence with him; and I enjoy now the great privilege of being almost daily in his company-to share in his prayers, and to hear the word expounded by him. He is very far from any thing Roman CathoProtestant church, if he did not see it so lic, and would long ago have joined the full of unbelief, and estranged from the truth of the gospel."