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JOSEPH S. BAKER— Editor
VOL. XII.
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For llie Chri.liitu In .ex.
Litters lo Youth.—l.
POSITIONS OF THE YOUNG.
No stage of human existence is so un
guarded, or so liable to contract dangerous
habits and sentiments, as the season id
Youth. Infancy is dctemlcil fro n the
snares which vice and immorality sj read
before the mind by the tender care and vig
ilance of parents, ami the intellect is too
weak to It • emi-cions ol present ills or ap
prehensive of future misfortunes. The tear
of sorrow is forgotten while yet it glistens
upon the cheek, and the smile of happy in
nocence plays upon the lip in the very hour
of danger. In old age the mind posst sscs a
store of experience which is sufficient to i
guard it from the approach of wickedness j
and the vicinity ol the grave is raleriatetl to j
keep down the Burstings al'trr fuvidotts and
vain pursuits. But in Youth there is no
guide ; for parental nurture and protection
generally cease with the days ol infancy,
and the stern Teacher —Experience—has
not vet tho control of the heart, ‘i he im
agination is let loose to rove unhidden over
the broad fields of fancy, and the iniiiil,
linn.mil with hope -and delight,.and dream
ing not of evils to come, drinks in the
draughts which arc presented from the
founts of pleasure with eagerness and joy.
The path of life seems strewed with flow
ejs, continually open ng with freshness anti
fragrance to the view, and the tin weary
Mtinil rushes madly onward to cull the most
beautiful ere they fade away. To such as
are entering upon this enchanted wav—to
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such as have departed from the innocence |
and happy tmeonse ousm ss ol childhood j
ami are approaching the responsibilities and
duties whic.li devolve upon manhood —1 ad
dress the following pages; not with the
vain ambition of writing myself “ author,”
or of filling a space in a weekly publication
of some celebrity, but with the sincere de
sire of benefiting those, to whom I speak.
I do not desire to please the head, or to feed
the imagination with smooth words and
flowing sentences ; but ratlin to address
the heart in the language of Truth, array
ed itt its most uppropiiate and attractive gar
ments—plainness and simplicity.
1 would have you, then, my young
friends, devote a few moments of candid
reflection—of deliberate thought—upon the
position you occupy. 1 would have you
re/1 ct upon the duties you owe to the pa
rents who have watched over you with so
much anxious care through the lielpl ss
days of infancy, and have endeavored to in
stil into your beaus such principles and
sentiments as might protect you from the
advances of those vices and lollies which
you now see around you. Who can tell
with* wind solicitude they have looked for
ward lo the time which should place you
unprotected upon the great stage of am ion
a:.d determine at once the characters yiiu
were to assume in the drama of hie ! Who
can imagine the joy of their hearts as hope
raised the helpless infant from tit ir arms
*nd placed it in toe exalted sphere of use
fulness and honor! Or who can picture
llte anguish with which they contemplated
the probability that the child of their affec
tions might be led captive in the train of
vice 1 And now is the time, inv voting
friends, in which you must verify die pre
dictions of hope, and fill with gladness the
hearts of those who have given you exis
tence,orelse make tlu-m bleed with the con
sciousness that they have reared a plain
■ivliosc fonts must poison the remainder ol
their existence. Can you blight forever
Ilie fond expectations that have increased
as your years advanced, and ate now rest
ing in painful uncertainty ? Can you tie-
part from the side of Virtue where your pa
rents have placed you and join the society
of the vain, the foolish, and the vicious ?
Can you. turn voluntarily from a child of in
nocence to a monster of guilt? Or will
you rather continue in the paths of safety
in which yon have been feared, and be a
source of pride and joy to the hearts of your
THE CHRISTIAN’ INDEX.
parents t \\ ill you not shun tin- examples
of those who have been enticed into tit
ways.of danger, and turn from the deceitful
smiles with which Vice beckons you toiler
train ?. These are the two courses that ate
now set before you ; there is no medium?
you are now to choose which of the two
vou will adopt, and a most solemn duty
you owe to you • parents, for their care to
wards you and their desires for your wel
fare, that you choose wisely. Think,then;
deliberate calmly ; lor on your decision
lum s, in all probability, your happiness or
miseiy, in lime ami in eternity ! Anil il is
of the utmost import nee that\oti decide
spec.lily, for il once you enter upon the
path ol danger, it will be difficult to reduce
your steps.
1 would have you reflect upon your po
sition in die society of which \oti area
member. Its eyes are upon \nti, watching
your every movement with anxiciv, and
trembling lest you pursue a course which
may disgrace it. l'luise who now support
its character are fast falling away, and eta
long you will lie called upon to fill their
places. Their ofl'sping will soon lie left to
tour charge, and must be happy or other
wise aeeor.ling as your examples and prin
ciples lead them into the paths of salt-iv or
ol danger. Habits of industry or of idle
ness v. ill predominate lierea ter in your
community according ns you how choose
industrious or indolent pursuits ; mine or
vice will lie pirevaletit at eorilmga-’ von now
imbibe virtuous nr vicious habits; wisdom
or lolly will mailt your own .offspring and
the ellspiing of others accordingas-voti now
become” wise or loutish. Your positions,
then, in this respect is a very responsible
one. and it becomes your serums duly to
weigh well your manner ol entranee into
the wo,ld. Those with whom you dad,
associate as older men tremble with anxiety,
while you form your conduct lor life as their
children are one day to heat the same rela
tion towards yourselves. Beware, my
young friends how you enter upon the pil
grimage of time—the way is ever toilsome
and dangerous, and doubly so w hen com
incnr.i'd with licit reckless speed which
i-liaraeierizfs the vonuies ol va c and folly.
Y our country, 100, is greatly interested
in the eontse you are about to pursue. Its
noble institutions and unbounded prospeti
ty must be supported by the firm hearts and
virtuous principles of the rising generation,
or they must fail lor want of those great
qualities which have so justly exalted their
ancestors. It will -devolve upon you to
make “the laws of a great Re
public, anil the spirit ol those las must un
questionably correspond with the character
of die sentiments you may now imbibe.—
This is a reflection that should find an abi
ding home in the bosom of every young
mail w ho is called upon to adopt his course
through life, Nome mint! be wise ami good
—all till till it be : and why, let me ask—and
1 nihlress you individually—why should
(till/ be wiser or better than vou ?
1 would have you reflect—eatdt for his
own sake—upon the duties you owe to
yourselves. You have to live, it may be a
short or a long time, in a world dial judges
the man by Ins character, as it does a tree
by its ft iiits. Public opinion at the present
day is every tiling, and thrive- fortunate is
he who has it in liis favor. It is general v
true that a true devotion to virtue's shrine
is the only way to gain it, while its scorn
and derision are burled against the vicious
ami the indolent. You should by all means
be wise to eliooscsueli a course as will con
fer honor in life, happiness in death, and
bliss ill eternity. Such a way is easy and
delightful, unlike the opposite patli, which
is difficult and dangerous to the last ex
treme.
Lastly, and above all else, I would have
your thoughts turn seriously and constant
ly upon the dunes you owe to your Crea
tor ! You have been blessed with kind pa
rents and generous friends ; you have been
I ermitted to live in an age disiingidshcd a
hove till others for wisdom and truth; vou
have been placed in a land of freedom and
unlimited prosperity ; anil health and
strength and the power of enjoving unsul
lied happiness have been given vou ! What
should you tender to the Lord for all his
goodness toward you ! You have been
created for great purposes; the means are
in your power for carry ing out the designs
of your Creator; and wo to von. if vou
voluntarily choose to act differently !
What can he greater, my voting friends,
or more responsible than the position von
now occupy ! Nothing surely c n lie of
more importance to vottr parents, to your
communitv, in your enuntrv. to vourselves.
to your God. than the choice voif are now
called upon to. make of a course through
life ! Tlrnk. then, calmly ; deliberate cau
tiously, constantly and prayerfully.
T. M. Slaughter.
FOR THE BAPTIST CONVENTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
PEN FIELD, GA., MARCH 8, 1844.
Fur the Christian halex.
Brother Baker —l wish to suppose a
case and to slate a query, which I wish you
to ptibli: It accompanied with your decided
v ews on the same. 1 would also requeti
the views of my aged and e.xperience'd bre
iliren.
1 suppose that in the commencement of
my religious career, 1 unite myself wiilMhc
United Baptists, or Whiteiies, as they lire
called—l commence exercising a public gjlt
among them, and in process of time becynne
an ordained minister. I then navel ofl,
some twenty or thirty miles, gather up some
lew Unitarians, and one’excluded Baptist,
limn ;m orderly mis ionary church, and
anti-Baptist Irom an anti-church in good
standing, and constitute them into aClturrli,
asking them but one question, and declare
them to be all orthodox, orderly Baptist
Glitirch. 1 administer the ordinances of
the go.-pel -o tli m, commune with them,
and serve them as a preacher for some time,
in which time 1 would publicly declare that
1 did not believe in a special call to the min
istry, and that l did not believe in those
fundamental doctrines held by the Baptists,
and that particular and Eternal Election
was particular and eternal nonsense, with
similar acts ami savings for sometime.
Query. — Would not my doings and sav
ings disqualify me for meiuheisliig in an
orderly Baptist ( lunch? Would not all
my ministerial acts, in said Church, he a
nudity.-in consequence of my disorders,
built bv faith ami pra-l-icc ? and is there not
a public acknowledgement due to the Bap
tists, and the public in general, and a re
nouncement of my former stniimctits i;e
cessaiy before 1 can” become a member in
good standing among the Baptists ?
A Friend to Order.
. We leave it to our ••aged and experienc
ed brethren.’’ whose views our correspon
dent has requested, to gratify the wishes of
•• A Friend of Order.” We do not like,
ourself, to’cxpress an opinion, which may
affect the standing of a brother, without first
bearing him in his own defence. This
much, however, we will sav :—Wc deem
it highly imptoper for any one to unite
with a church, whose doctrines lie feels
himself Imund m oppose and ridicule. It
does not appear to us to he either discreet
or honorable, it is what we would not do
for half the universe. Whctliei there be a
ease, such as that supposed in the query,
we know not. We hope there is not. Il
our brother refers to a ease actually exist
ing. we hope that he lias been misinformed
in reference to it.
I! eiliren, do not ask us 100 many hard
questions. Those that are really knotty,
like the one above, we hope you will al
ways refer, not to the editor, but to the
wiser portion of bis reatlers,
Mont lily-Huntings, &e.
Wc are pleased that our brother has call
ed the attention of our readers to the evil of
meeting only once in a month, and of aban
doning our towns and villages. lie will
discover fiom our first article on church
discipline, that we cordially concur jvith
him in his views of the once a month svs
tem. As to the prejudice against towns
and villages, we will only add. that it is
most evidently Anti-Apostolic and .anti
scriptural. Our Saviour and his disciples
went through all the towns and v llages
preaching the gospel of the kingdom. The
iowns and villages were made the radiating
points, fiom which the influcuee of the gos
pel was sent abroad throughout the known
world. The disciples were instructed m
begin their labors in the populous city, Je
rusalem. Are we, the servants of God.
wiser than- our Lord ! Shall we, by our
proceedings, condemn the iiistnictioiis and
the (ira ti uof our Saviour ? God foibid.
For the Christ in i Index.
To point out faults is not a pleasing task,
ant! especially so when we are called upon
to do it in reference to those whom we love,
it being disagreeable, however, makes it
no less a duty. Faithful reproof is often
mutm more useful than indiscriminate
praise. Waiving any inttmluctory obser
vations on this topic. I pim-eed at once to
the point 1 wish to reach, viz; that while
there is much to admire in our own denom
ination, there is somewhat to reprehend,
while we. doubtless have built on the broad
basis of gospel truth, our superstructure
wants that symmetry and strength which
we may easily give it. One of the most
obvious blots that marks the Baptists of the
.southern section of out eountrv, is the prac
tce of having preaching Imt mice in a
month. This practice ought to lie attacked
hi a mild, \ et rigorous manner, until it shall
he everthrown. It augurs well for nnr de
nomination, that many in our ranks are tir
ed of this system. Few are so attached to
ancient usages and so hostile to modern int-
pint eluents, as not to -be sensible lbat a
change here is desirable. It is now pretty
well understood that, for the member* of a
church th grow in giace, it is important for
them to hear the gospel preached every
S itrhath, to be instructed in its doctrines,
to be supported by its encouragements, an
imated by its hopes, moused by its warn
ings and thus urged on in the Christian
pathway. It requires a saint, indeed, not
to want some powerful stin.tnis to keep
the spiritual part in a sound and active state.
-Experience lias alrw taught u-, that the
church will not rip nobly to the great
work of evangelizing the world, until-she
enjoys stated pastoral labor. fSlte may put
forth occasional, convulsive efforts, but it
is vain to expect from Iter a steady, system
atic course of ‘benevolent exertion. Bull
have touched nil a subject ol last dimen
sions. To adequately pottrav the evils of
that plan at w Inch I have hinted, to show j
how it operates iu checking spiritual growth
by withdrawing the element of gospel truth,
how it relaxes the bonds of chr.stum fel
lowship, how it introduces looseness of
discipline into the eburcli, how it ( logs her
energies and -ti s her hands in relation to
causes of benevolence, how unfavorable is
its eHi-cuipon the ministry, how disastrous
its influence in till ilirnclions, to do this
might be a beneficial work, but one that
would be aside from my present pm pose.
If the objection Were here stated, that
most church members do, in fact, attend
preaching every Lord’s day, 1 am willing,
for the moment, to giant it. and it could lie
as.ly shown that they do it to little*advan
tage. They wander from church to church,
now listening to a Methodist, now to an
Anti-missionary preacher, just as they are
prompted by an idle curiosity or a vanity
to show their skill in delecting heresy. To
lie benefited by preaehing, we must listen
to those in whose character and doctrines
we have confidence, and we must listen in
mtr own church. But how shall this evil be
remedied ? Shall we stiller tilings to go
on in their present sail condition, without
ally effort lo iiilriiiluee a reform ? Il seems
In me that something could be done and
that speedily if we were disposed to have a
settled ministry in mtr churches. And to
elfecf this important object, we must have
fewer churches. Wherever there is a little
knot of believers gathered together, it seems
now to be considered as a matter of course,
that there a church should be constitued.—
The result is that we have multitudes of
such feeble, sickly b dies, utterly unable
to do anything towards supporting a minis
ter- It should he rememlieted too, as an
argument against multiplying churches,
that we have not ministers to supply them,
and hence the ambition of a large majority
of these little collections of believers, never
rise above securing preaching once a
month. Now, if these small churches
would dissolve and consolidate, if they
would call their separate little forces into
‘company, there would be a body compe
tent to support a minister and do much lor
the cause of Christ. Sparseness of popula
tion and other kindred objections, I am a
tvnre, may lie urged against this view, hut
still I am persuaded that it would lie better
to have but one central, strong church in a
county, than half a dozen feeble ones; espe
cially if that church enjoyed the labors of
a settled pa-tor. A minister of the gospel
could thus he supported, and instead of
sweeping, as lie is now called to do, a ter
ritory fifty or a hundred miles m circumfer
ence, and squandering his efforts over so
wide a field. Ire could collect his energies
and give them undivided to the spiritual ad
vancement of our people.
Another step towards securing preaching
oftencr than once in a mouth, would be ta
ken, if our churches in the country wool l
erect neat, convenient, and comfort ale
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houses of worship. I will not say anything
disrespe •ifii! of the temples of God in which
Ins people now assemble—those ruJe sanc
tuaries have resounded with ardent prais •
and Jesus Christ has condescended often to
enter them. But I must say, that it has
been a matter of astonishment lo me that
Christians could, year after year, lie-con
tent with such primitive edifices for their
houses of worship- For Several months
they are so uncomfortable, that one shivers
in them like an aspen, and their exterior
and interior are ordinarily so repulsive, that
nothing hut a desire to worship God could
make people frequent them. Now let neat,
elegant if you choose, hut certainly com
fortable houses he erected and this will have
no small influence in drawing congregations
together, and thus, in the result, establish
ing a stated ministry. Let some countv
church about to build a house, depart from
t'ip. old style of architecture and set a good
example in this respect, anil perhaps, be
fore many years the passing traveller may
see, what is now s rare spectacle in our
State, white, inviting churches shining forth
from many a rich grove and crowning many
a hill.
To efl'ect this object, it seems to me im
portant, lor members ol our denomination
to concentrate more on the villages. 1
might speak of the advantages ol having
strong .churches in the villages. 1 might
speak too of the peculiar horror with which
many of our brethren regard tow n church
es. Indeed, many being in these little
places to winch I allude, hold tlieii mem
bership in the county, and may he seen of
ten tiding oil no 8-itib.uli n.(lining.-, for miles
from linme, when there is preaehing within
a stone’s throw of their own door, ibis
prejudice against village churches appears
to me very silly. It the Baptists residing
within the immediate nelghlionmud ol our
ullages would ,all centre there, titer.- is
scarcely a county town that could nut be
blesMd with the labor, ot a regular I'nsior,
Much more might be said on Hus important
subject, but initeil more bus aireaov been
s..id titan 1 in first intended. it.
Fur the Christian Index.
Sdf-ficuial.
Man is a creature ut endless desire. His
lagmg passions never rest. Possession but
defeats gratification. Our desires run out
again, in pursuit of new i bjects, so that
sell-denial even in the smallest tiling be
comes quite a trial.
Sell-denial is the basis of Christian per
fection. lie who is able Habitually to deny
himself the gratifications of the eye, rlie
pride ol life, the praises of mortals, and in
short, the vanities of this vain world, has
arrived at a stale of considerable holiness.
i Ihisuaus should daily seek the paths of
self dental. Oilier ways*ure false, ieaiin g
them where they will be pierced th ough
with many thorns. He that would be
Christ's disciple must keep Ins command
ments. If we would have eternal life, wc
inust. halt temporal life. If we would be
exalted lo heaven, we must deny ourselves
on the earth. If we would reign, we must
bear the cross, and suffer for Olirisl, lor the
path of light and glory, is found only by
the servants of the cioss, who, ••through
much tribulation, must enter into the king
dom of God.” Parvus.
Mercer University , 1844.
From the Presby/t rian Advocate.
Sunday Sickness.
Mr Editor. —Sunday sickness is a sin
gular disease, and singularly convenient,—
It generally attacks men who are deeply
engaged m business’ The premonitory
symptoms may be fell for some days pre
vious to tne Sabbath, but it rarely becomes
necessary to lake medicine until Saturday
mghi: and what is still mofe peculiar, the
d.sease lus vanished by Monday morning,
and ‘the patient is well enough to resume
lus business.
A Physician once told me that this inula l
day became Very prevalent aim.ng the lam
dies in the bounds of his practice. He in
variably had more calls on the Sabbath than
any other day. At length lie told his Sab
bath patients that he would double bis fee
for every call that was made on that day,
and strange as it may seem, buts vv calls
were afterwards made. Where it was no
longer a saving-operation to be sick on Sun
day, no physician was employed on tli.it
day.
From this fact, it has occurred to me that
many make it more a matter of conven
ience to be sick and under the influence ol
medicine on Sunday, than lor any other
reason. No time Irom business is lost by
it. And il they ate sick any charitable
man kno.vs that tins is a good and substan
tial reason for being absent from cliuich.
••(food morning Mr, Smith” s id Mr.
Brown to Ins neighbor, both of whom were’
members of the same church; ••! award you
were sick on yesterday. Your little sou
told me at chutclt that you were quite un
well.” ••Yes,” said Mr. Smith, •• 1 was.
licit quite unwell last w ck forseyer.il
(lavs, but l thought 1 would trv and get a
long until Sun ly without medicine. lam
so very busy now, 1 cannot spare the turn
even to be sick if 1 can possibly avoid it.
and 1 thought 1 would try and work it off’
oil Sunday.” ••! heard vmi were sick ves
lerduy, Mr. Smith, said another memberof
the same church,” coining into .Mr. Smell's
slore.at the moment, ••Yes” said Mr. S.
••I was very sick indeed, hut 1 am wt-lle
notigh tube at mv store this morning.”
‘•Have yon beard from Mr. Smith this
morning” said the pastor at an earlv hour
lo ‘oneof his parishioners. ••] am just go
ing to see him. lie was not vv II enough
to he r.t church yesterday.” 1 ■ O J guess it
was the Sunday sickness, sir, Mr. Smith
often has it;” replied the parishioner with
a peculiar emphasis. ‘•Sunday sickness’
What is that? ! have not heard of that
disease” answered the Pastor. ’-Its a trou
blesome complaint sir. and one that gem r
a Iv attacks those vvlionre driving the w •rid
before them. . People who cannot afford to
lose a (lav from business” said the parish
ioner in reply t) his pastor*.- query.
“This is strange, sai I the pastor to him
self in a musing mood, ns he pursued hi
Publisher —BENJ. BRANTLY.
way to Mr. Smith's residenefe. “Good
morning Mrs. Smith” said he. “I hope
your husband is better Madam. Is lie able
to be up ye,; I am sorry to hear that he is
so ill.” ••(), he is quite well this morning,
sir, and went to the store a little alter av
light.” lam t;dil thill be is subject lo the
Sunday sickness- madam; prav bow does it
affect him. “Indeed sir Iran hardly.tell
you” said the confused lady; “but he is
generally quite We.! on Monday morning.”
•.But it is strange Mrs. S. licit be is always
sick on Sunday.” “Yes sir it is strange
that be is always well enough on Monday
to attend to lus store. Yet so it is.”
••Sljitiige Mrs. Sn ith that lie should in con
sequence ol this Sumlav sickness, be so
olteu absent Irom chinch.” “Yes sit it is.”
“Hues Mr. Smith never complain during
the previous week,” asked the pastor.-—t
“Yes sir, but he says lie will wait till Sun
day. and then lie will have leisure to take
medicine.*’ R, 11. S.
Am Fit-nil and Foreign Bible Society.
It is with feelings ol the most profound
reluctance that we are again compelled to
approach the field of coiilroversv,-—a reluc
tance which nothing but the importance of
the interests at stake, and the undeniable
justice and propriety of the cause that we
(Hire vindicated, are sufficient to overcome.
Ihe American and Foreign Bible Society
lias been again assailed, and that under cir
cumstances adapted to excite surprise and
grief in every Christian breast. The inno
cent occasion is ttie application to the Leg
islature of the .State fora charter.
Anonymouseomtmiuientinns, written and
printed, have been sent from this city to
members of the legislature, attributing faults
ol various kinds to the Soeietv, and charg
ing upon its projectors and abettors, pur
poses and conduct entirely foreign to truth
and fact.
Our readers will- recollect a circular is
sued about four years ago bv the American
Bible Society, entitled, •• A Uriel Statement
of the Principles and Practice ol the Amer
ican Bible S.ocietv,” &e., which presented
an entirely erroneous view of the facts and
principles involved in the separation be
tween the Baptists and Pedo-baptistS in the
Bible cauSe. This circular was examined
at great length in continuous numbers of
the Advocate, ami its multiplied errors ex
hibited, its statements of liistoiicnl facts cot
reeted. and its inaccurate reasoning explo
ded. The essays of the Advocate were af
terwards collected and republis'hed in con
nexion with the circular in a book entitled
•• The American Bible Society and the Bap
tists.’.’ Four thousand copies of this book
have been circulated, read, and commented
upon, and no attempt has been made to dis
prove one fact or one argument therein ad
duced. Under such circumstances reason l
able men are hardly prepared for the an
nouncement. that the original Cirrulai has
been reprinted with no Correction of its ex*
posed errors in fact ami argument, and
numerous copies have been sent up to Al
bany and circulated among the members of
the Legislature, to “prevent the American
•m l Foreign Bible Society from obtaining
a ( barter, it is almost as incredible, that
tin agent of the American Bible Society,
whose inline lias been furnished to us, is on
the ground and actively occupied in endea
voring lo effi ct the saincunwi rtliy purpose.
These (acts have been cnmmimirnted, and
copies ol the various publications alluded
to. have been furnished to us by friends who
piocurcd them from members of the Legis
lature.
We are far from charging the Board of
the American Bible Society with romluct
so unbecoming the profession of Christiani
ty. We tire too well acquainted with the
prim iples and character of many who com
pose that honorable body, to entertain a
s is, icimi so unworthy of them. Nor would
it advance the purpose which we now have
in view, to give to the public the names of
those who have been most active on the
present occasion. Our object in alluding
to what is now transpiring, is to furnish a
reason for republishing til this time a few
tacts which have at various periods appear l
ed in the. Advocate. — N. Y. Bap. Adv.
Anodicr Chup'er of Haul's. —The re l
subs of m ssto a v labor in India, under
the direction of the ('l urch Missionarv So
ciety ol (..'real B.iiuin, may be summed up
as follow s :
Li 1814. there were not more than thirty
chap'niiis and ten or twelve ini-sinnn. is in
Lalcutta, Madras, and Bombay, with their
respective neighborhoods, with perhaps
-inl ll or ten churches. Now there are nnu
himtlr il and seven chaplains altogetltei ;
filly three on the establishment of Calcutta,
twenty-nine on that of Madras, and Hveniy
live on that ol Bombay ; and the wltolo
number ol clergy is two hundred ami twen
ty churches. The missions in the south of
India att I Ceylon, as well as those in Bom
bay and Calcutta, ate in steady progress*
Espevia'ly are the i (fissions around Raima
c Utn an I Titierclly in an encouraging state
—’(bo;; 35.00(1 natives me ihere collected,
who are in the different stages is of Chris l
tiaa instruction.
Father Mathew, the distinguished Terh-
P ‘ranee Reformer of Ireland, having been
kindly offered a free passage so this coun
try in any of the splendid London or Liver
pool packets belonging lo Messrs. Grinnell.
Minium & Cos., Inis’ accepted the offer in
U’c same generous spirit in which it wag
ten lere !. and intends comjnf to New York
in .Tun*
NO. 10.