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name shall be continued as long as the sun; and men shall be blessed in Him,' and all nations shall call Him Blessed.

Let us, then, with one heart and soul, conclude with singing, Now blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who alone doth wondrous things. And blessed be His glorious name for ever, and let the whole earth be filled with His glory! Amen and Amen!

[Rev. Dr. Wardlaw-at the London Miss. Ann.

Examples of True Charity. I may, perhaps, be allowed to refer to the formation of a Church Missionary Association, lately, in the place where I at present reside, not a dozen miles from town. It so happens, that we have no less than five Clergymen resident in the place: but they are so possessed with the notion that the Church Missionary Society has a seasoning of dissent in its composition, that we have not been able to obtain their concurrence in our ob. ject; and this has prevented many, who plume themselves upon their Churchmanship, from supporting our unexceptionable Church-Society. In contrast, however, to this confined and jealous principle, and to display the beauty of a truly enlarged and liberal heart, I relate the circumstance.

One of our kind and zealous Ladies, who undertook to canvass the place for subscriptions, called on a pious tradesman in the town, who is NOT a Churchman. On entering, she said, "I wait on you, Sir, from the Church Missionary Society lately established here, because I have undertaken to call at every house in my division; but, as I believe you are not a Churchman, I cannot presume to calculate upon your subscription: and, though we are happy to receive support from any one, I ought not, perhaps, to expect it from you; and, therefore, having fulfilled my engagement by calling, I will now cheerfully take my leave." " Stop, Madam," said he: "I cannot suffer you to go away thus. It is true, we have a Missionary Society of our own; but when I consider how long I have lived in this place, and how little, comparatively, has been done here in a religious point of view until the formation of your Missionary Society, I am truly thankful to God for His goodness; and you shall take the names of my wife and daughter as humble, but cheerful contributors."

While he yet spake, “the springs which were in his head"-as John Bunyan says of his Pilgrim while gazing at the Cross-" the springs which were in his head, did send the waters down his cheeks"; and he thus gave evidence of the reality of that Christian Principle which possessed and enlarged his heart, He was a Wesleyan. I shall not, however, do justice to my story, or to the Church of England, if I do not mention that the Lady referred to, after receiving the good man's subscription, said, "Now, Sir, as you have been so kind and liberal toward our Society, you must allow me to give you a testimony of my good-will toward yours." On which she insisted upon his accepting a present from her own purse for the Wesleyan Missionary Society.

[John Bacon, Esq.-at the Wesleyan Anniversary.

A gratifying Meeting had recently been held at Manchester, at which they raised 5301. for the Missionary Cause. After all was over, a Letter was handed to him, containing a sovereign, a shilling, a sixpence, and a penny. The writer had emptied her pockets at the Meeting; but, on returning home, she asked herself, "Have I done all that I could?" She found that she possessed the sum just specified. This person was unknown to him: he had taken some pains to find out the individual, Lut could not succeed: there was, therefore, no vanity in what she did-nothing to be talked about. He knew not who was the donor; but she was known to the God of Missions, who recorded the fact in His book for a memorial. He was struck with the time of doing this: it was not at the Meeting, after she had been listening to an energetic and powerful address; but, when she had retired from the crowd. They should venerate and respect such an instance of faith in God. She did what she could; and her offering was, no doubt, acceptable to Him, who commended the conduct of her who threw into the treasury two mites, which make a farthing, when He said-Verily, this poor woman did cast in all that she had, even all her living.

[Rev. Robert Newton-at the Wesleyan ann.

Right Improvement of Anniversaries.

I have always felt an apprehension, and have been as liable to fall into the days like these, be carried away by the snare as any one, lest we should, on

temper of triumph which so naturally prevails; and lest, because we have conquered to a certain extent, we should imagine that there is no other battle to fight. I remember a Reverend Relative of my own, in a certain county of this kingdom, drawing, in his zeal for the propagation of truth, a map of the county, with every place coloured black in it, that had not formed a Bible Society: and let this Assembly remember, that if a Map of the World were placed against that wall, with every place coloured black that had not the Gospel preached in it, we should have three-fourths of that map stained with Vice, and Infidelity, and Misery. There are millions, and hundreds of millions of men, who are still unacquainted with the Gospel of peace: I trust, therefore, that I shall be permitted to urge on the persons composing this Assembly, that they would carry home the remembrance of these great black marks on the Map of the World; and would labour, in the strength of the Lord, until the conquest of the world is achieved.

Another caution occurs to me. There is a disposition in the human mind to be carried away with a sort of sweeping generality; and when we hear with what prudence and success our cause is conducted, and that there are persons in every part of the world striving with us. to promote our great end, we are apt to feel as if this were all that is required: but we must bring the matter home to our own hearts, and must ask ourselves, "What are: we doing for this Society ?" It is well known, that, in a cold day, after you have come to a large fire, and then gone from it, there is no moment in which you feel so cold: and I believe it arises from the weakness of our nature, that when warmed at these Meetings by having our sensibilities excited, after the warm fit comes the cold one, and we lie down on our couches and think nothing of the afflictions of Joseph or the people of God. On this point, I would affectionately caution you; and it is my earnest prayer to God, that He would sustain the impression given

to the heart on these occasions.

Like David, at the threshing-floor of Ornan, let each of us say, "God forbid that I should give unto the Lord of that which costs me nothing I will not give to this Cause mere sympathies and sensibilities which are the delight of my own heart, but I will give it direct and laborious

exertions-I will give it thoughts by night, and prayers by day. Mine eyes. shall prevent the night-watches, to discover some way to lead these starving Heathens to the still waters and green pastures of the Gospel; and, feeling the insufficiency of my own powers, I will bow my knees to the God of all Grace, that He would give it success, and that He would be with the Conductors, and the Missionaries, and the Supporters of this Society, and do that for us which is possible to Him, though impossible to ourselves."

An expression of an Indian Youth was mentioned in the Report, which I could not hear without emotion, and for which I hope to be a better man: when asked what was the meaning of that passage→ Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them-his simple and beautiful answer was this-That the Lord Jesus Christ made them feel in their hearts that He was present. I trust that this has been, the feeling of this great assembly to-day.. I speak it with reverence, but I hope that He has been present to the hearts and affections of this great multitude: and I trust that His presence may be continued to every member of this Society-that we may carry it with us to our families-and that we of the Sacred Order may return to our congregations in a spirit of love, of devotion, and of prayer-consecrating_all that we have on the altar of the Lord; and giving ourselves, heart and soul, to do His work in this evil world.

[Rev. J. W. Cunningham-at the Ch, Miss. Ann.

South America.

BIBLE SOCIETIES.

The Bible the greatest Blessing to

South America.

AT the Seventh Anniversary of the Bible Society of the United States, held at New York on the 8th of May, the Meeting was addressed by a Spanish Gentleman, Senor Vicente Rocafurte, a native of Peru. His sentiments, and his manner of conveying them, though a foreigner, deeply impressed the Meeting. We subjoin the chief part of his Address:

Conscious, as I am, of the impossibility of expressing properly my thoughts in the English Language, I would ex

cuse myself from occupying a single moment of the time of this Meeting; but the love of my country, superior to any self-consideration, impels me to break silence, and ask your indulgence.

Born in South America, near the Equator, under the Spanish Yoke and Inquisitorial Fanaticism, how gratifying it is for me to meet here so many good Christians, the glory of America, and consolation of humanity! My joy can be better understood than described. Where can there be an emotion more pure and exalted, than that which I experience at this moment; seeing myself surrounded, for the first time in my life, by so many worthy supporters of religion, who, in spite of the apparent diversity in dress and worship, are all enlightened with the wisdom of the Bible and united by the brotherly love of the Gospel? From this very difference of opinions and sects, results a harmony as admirable in the moral order as it is in the planetary system: and in the same manner as the different stars, at different distances, in submission to the same law of attraction, are revolving without interfering, never altering the calmness of the sky; in the same manner, Christians, subjected to the will of God as revealed in the Bible, meet one another with cheerfulness. Animated by the benevolent spirit of the Gospel, they love their fellow-creatures, give up their passions, seek the road to heaven by a perfect self-denial of their own concerns, and serve the true God of charity, extending by their good actions the sphere of human happiness.

This picture of virtue and religious tolerance is only to be found here, in England, and among the nations which enjoy the benefit of free institutions; manifesting, in the purest light, the perfect concord and union between Christian morality, political liberty, and genuine principles of legislation.

This truth is extremely important for a South American, conscious of the noble struggle in which his coutrymen are engaged, to expel from their fruitful shores the monster of despotism; and to extinguish for ever that monastic superstition, the enemy to every useful reform-that lever which shakes the earth, fixing in heaven its point of support; which, in the name, and in behalf of religion, sacrificed to its avarice the innocent race of Peruvian Yncas, condemned to the stake the unfortunate

Guatimozin, the last of the Mexican Emperors, and established in unhappy America the sanguinary worship of inquisitorial fanaticism. It is not enough to know that there is a perfect union between morality and legislation: its application to the new governments of America is indispensable.

To you, noble promoters of virtue, benefactors of mankind, directors of the institution of the Bible Society, to you belongs the fulfilment of that honourable task. Turn your eyes toward the rising nations of the South, and you will there observe a people worthy of your sympathies and of your protection: they are fighting gloriously for independence and liberty; but, alas! liberty is not to be obtained without virtue, and virtue is not to be found but in the principles of the Bible. Those Sacred Books, without note or comment, are the true elements of social order. To promote virtue through the Gospel, is to fix on a solid basis the political liberty of America: it is to sow, for future generations, the incorruptible seeds of peace and hap piness: it is, in fine, to attain the great object of this Institution, as new as it is admirable.

In the rapture of my patriotic exultation for the morality and liberty of my country, I would wish you might send, as on the wings of cherubims, thou sands and thousands of Bibles and New Testaments to South America-that you could immediately establish, in Lima, an Auxiliary Bible Society. I am convinced that it would prosper: the inha. bitants of those happy climates are of mild dispositions; and sensible enough to comprehend, in a short time, the great utility of this Institution. The Spanish Policy, guided by short-sighted bigotry, has deprived them, till now, of the con solation of perusing those admirable maxims. Very few of the Clergy even, have had an opportunity of reading the Bible throughout; but when they shall know the good effect of the Bible, they will undoubtedly form establishments under the auspices of the Parent. Society. Perhaps a great many Patriots and enlightened Ministers, giving up their prejudices, will recommend these Sacred Books; and, giving the Bible to the people, they will repeat what the Lord said unto Joshua―This Book of the Law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest ob

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VISIT OF A MISSIONARY TO SOME NORTH-WEST AMERICAN INDIANS.

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