printing the Apocrypha with the Word of God. Moreover these "sturdy spirits," have exposed an inexcusable waste of public monies, on luxurious furniture, and clerks, and agents-which monies should have gone to distribute the Holy Bible among the destitute. This exposure will do good. From the dreary coasts of GREENLAND, where it would seem, nothing short of Moravian benevolence and zeal could live and labour, we have heard of the triumphs of the Gospel. Delightful sight! to behold human nature so wrought upon by grace, that it can empty itself, in humble imitation of the Lord Jesus, and fly from the lights of science, and from the comforts and consolations of civilized and Christian life, to Polar snows, and frost, and barbarism, that it may bring to the knowledge of the truth, and to the bliss of heaven, a race of men overlooked by all the world beside! And these benevolent men have not laboured in vain. They have founded a Christian church in Greenland; and with sweet transport they now listen to the high praises of God, as they ascend from those icy cliffs to heaven. What an example do the Moravian Brethren set to us, by their zeal and indefatigable perseverance in the holy cause! From the young, but growing republics of SPANISH AMERICA, a messenger of the churches has, during the past year, returned with good tidings;-not, indeed, that a wide door and effectual, is opened to the ministers of a pure religion; not that numerous souls in those extended regions are rejoicing beneath the effusions of the Holy Spirit;-but that a vast amount of mind has broken from the shackles of ages; that intelligence is springing into life and activity; and that public opinion, all over that land, has felt the pulsations of liberty, has heard the command to go forward, and has commenced its resistless march. From the advancement of society, we expect that degree of religious toleration, both in the laws and in the general feeling, which will give scope and efficacy to the operations of Protestant benevolence. Far beyond the ridges of the Andes, in the bosom of a vast ocean, unknown to the world until lately, and when known, known only to be pitied and despised, lie the little cluster of the Harvey and Raivavai Islands. Of these, the last year has held before our eyes a picture, made lovely and attractive by its moral beauty.-Polygamy, infanticide, war, cannibalism, no longer offend the sight. In vain do we look for the wildness and ferocity of the savage. In vain do we listen for the yell of the warrior, or the shriek of the victim. Every where there is peace, and order, and neatness, and industry. The white-washed cottage adorns the landscape, and the church gives grace and dignity to the whole. And by what agency has this change been effected?"Not by might, nor by power." A few natives of the Society Islands, who, through the instrumentality of missionaries, had felt the love of Jesus shed abroad in their souls, voluntarily of fered themselves as the heralds of the cross to these islands, and were sent thither at the hazard of their lives. There, alone, unsustained, except by the Lord of missions, they prayed and taught, with unceasing diligence, till idolatry fell before them, and barbarism fled away, and the Gospel, as the corrector and the rule of life, became gloriously triumphant. THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. From the SANDWICH ISLANDS, another cluster in the Pacific, we have had the most cheering intelligence. Nine leading chiefs publicly profess their faith in Christ. Among the many churches reared, is one which contains 4000 hearers. The number of pupils instructed by native teachers, is 25,000. Those who can read the word of God amount to 12,000. The Holy Spirit has been poured out on Lahaina and Honorura. And the blessed fruits are, that 2000 islanders, lately cruel idolaters, now have morning and evening worship in their families. The regent of the islands and Queen Kaahamanu, are distinguished converts. The late news from the Pacific islands, brings the fullest confirmation of the success and triumphs of the word of God. I mean not so much the statements of the missionaries themselves; as the assurances conveyed to us, by the hostility and bitterness of the foes of Christ Jesus, and of his missionaries. Every sentence written by the Quarterly Reviewer, and by those whom he reviews; every sentence that has been penned by the satellites of infidelity on this side of the water, against the Missionaries in the Pacific islands, proclaims their regrets, and shows that the gospel of the Messiah, and civilized life flourishes among these simple islanders. Had our faithful brother Bingham, and the rest, not succeeded by the grace of God, in civilizing the natives, by leading them to the foot of the cross of Christ, to take on them his yoke and discipline; had he not led the females to learn the value of the inestimable graces of modesty and chastity; had he and the Christian chiefs not put an end to the vices practised by the crews, who visited these islands, we never would have heard a word of reproach against American Missionaries by that thing of "fat contented ignorance"-called the Chaplain of the late British ship-whose Journal the Quarterly has reviewed, it would seem, merely to get a hit at Americans, and civilized life; we never would have heard of the whinings and cantings of Lockhart's lucubrations; nor of the sage, and very humble, and right pious, and conscientious rabbin Noah of the New-York Inquirer ;-who sat down to relieve a fit of spleen against Christianity and the American Missionaries-while he adopted his text, not out of Moses, or out of the prophets; or out of the Talmud -but from Shakespeare "I hate him, for he is a Christian." Mr. Stewart, the missionary, late of these Islands, a gentleman of cultivated taste and piety, has in a series of letters, fully and triumphantly replied to the London Quarterly. We invite the attention of our men of taste, as well as the friends of Missions to these able Letters. Never was a victory more complete over infidel canting, and hostility to missions. Meantime our indefatigable Christian brethren, the Missionaries, hold on their prosperous way. And these cruel vituperations, and this slander will affect them no more than will the croakings of the bull-frog from a neighbouring fen. And they will no more turn the holy gospel out of the course of its splendid, and triumphant march, than the swaggerings of a fool can arrest the lightning's flash, or stop short the roaring storm, while sweeping through our American forest.Messiah rides on the whirlwind and directs the storm. The Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Therefore the Church, with her servants and missionaries will rejoice-and not fear, "though the waters should roar, and be troubled; though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof." At all the Missionary stations among our Indians, the Christian religion is slowly and effectually maintaining its march of power, to a general ascendency. Its most striking displays of power are seen among the Cherokees. That nation has organized a regular form of civil government. Agriculture and commerce begin to flourish. Printing presses, and a national Academy are being established. SENECA INDIANS. The Rev. T. S. Harris, missionary to the Senecas, in a letter which has appeared in the Western Recorder, gives the following pleasing information respecting their religious state. "We are not without very encouraging hopes that God has come near to the poor Senecas, by the operations of his almighty Spirit. We cannot but think that God is in the midst of us, causing sinners to tremble in view of their wretched, wretched condition. It would have done your soul good to have been here last sabbath. Never have I witnessed such a scene on mission ground before. In one corner you might have seen, after the usual exercise of singing, prayer, and an address by the minister--you might have seen an aged chief, who had been for many years addicted to the most vicious and degrading habits of debauchery and intemperance, rising up before his people, confessing with solemn countenance his follies and sins, and asking Christians to pray God to give him repentance. After him, you might have seen a vicious young man, attempting to say something to his people; his voice faltering while a flood of tears ran down his face, and every look and intonation of voice manifesting that his soul was wrung with anguish. In another part of the assembly, you might have seen the wife of the celebrated pagan chief RedJacket, now repudiated by her husband, because of her determination, avowed to him, of seeking the salvation of her soul-you might have seen even her, rising up before an audience of 200 or more, and with sobs and tears asking Christians to remember her poor soul-stating that she felt she must repent, or her soul would be lost in an eternal hell!! After her, you might have seen a young man, who seems by the grace of God, to have been brought through his troubles in a great measure, and possessing a hope of forgiveness by the blood of Jesus, exhorting his brethren, a number of whom are very anxious, to seek the Lord while yet he was to be found. the close of this meeting, too, you might have seen 18 or 20 souls rising up, expressing their desire that Christians would pray for them. At This scene was witnessed on the last Sabbath; and my soul did rejoice in the hope that the Lord Jesus, would yet see of the travail of his soul from among this poor people. The native members of the Church are much stirred up in prayer, often addressing their unconverted brethren with tears. Our meetings within a few weeks, are nearly doubled as to numbers, and poor pagans are pressing into the kingdom of God with strong crying. "Our mission school was visited by the operations of the Holy Spirit about the first of February. Several of the larger children were seen to be under deep conviction of sin. Our dear brother Clark (the teacher of the school) was previously roused to unusual earnestness and faithfulness with their souls. The whole school exhibited the most complete order and solemnity for several days. The Holy Spirit, after regenerating, as we hope, the souls of two or three precious immortals, retired with his more special influences from the school; but he appears to be knocking loudly at the hearts of dark and stupid souls around us. Oh, my brother, pray for us, that God might come down and work gloriously, in humbling his children and convincing and converting sinners." Finally at home, from the various sections of the Churches of Christ, we hear intelligence, which gladdens every Christian's heart. Immense numbers are being added to the Churches. We have national prosperity; we enjoy peace, and plenty, and liberty! "Oh! that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!" THE MORAVIAN OR UNITED BRE- We rejoice greatly in the success of this interesting, primitive, and apostolical class of our brethren. We wish that the whole world had their Christian enterprize and zeal in the great Missionary cause. It appears from the last Annual Circular by the Mission Committee of the United Brethren, dated Herrnhut, (Saxony,) October 31, 1826, that the past year has been " one of unu. sual activity in the missionary work." Since the beginning of 1826, the number of stations had increased from 36 to 37; and the number of Missionaries from 178 to 185. The receipts for the year 1825 amounted to 10, 2001. 11s. 3d. [$45,290 50] of which 15681. 12s. 3d. were derived from Settlements of the Brethren, 2,0561. 12s. 3d. from friends on the Continent, and 55051. 16s. 10d. from friends in Great Britain. "We can confidently and thankfully declare," say the Committee, "in regard to the labours of our brethren among the heathen, that the blessing which has rested upon them, has far exceeeded what our weak faith and anxiety led us to expect." At New Herrnhut, in the island of St. Thomas, the 94th anniversary of the establishment of the mission there, was celebrated on the 21st of August last: the mission aries had occupied their present dwel- lages, for the purpose of cultivating ling-house 50 years. Moravian Mission in Labrador.The following intelligence shows that the labours of the brethren are not in vain in the Lord, among the Esquimaux. "During the year past several persons advanced in the privileges of the church; two girls and eight children were baptized; four persons baptized as children, were received into the congregation; seven became candidates for the Holy Communion; six partook of it for the first time; a youth was added to the class of candidates for baptism. One child departed this life. The Esquimaux congregation at Hopedale consist of sixty-five communicants, thirty-five baptized adults, eighty-three baptized children and youths, seven candidates for baptism, and two children yet unbaptized. In all, one hundred and ninety-two persons." A CHRISTIAN CHURCH AMONG THE ARABS, TURKS, AND PERSIANS. The last Lutheran Intelligencer has the following paragraph from the Monthly Magazine, published at Sleswig. On the shores of the river Tigris, there exists a Christian Church, the members of which call themselves Chaldeans, and trace their origin to the time of the Apostles. It is supposed that they number 500,000 souls, all of whom are trained to arms, and whether at home or abroad, engaged in temporal matters or worshipping in church, they are never without arms, being constantly exposed to attacks from the Turks. Their Patriarch is the first civil officer of the republic. The metropolis is called Iolemark, and is situate in the mountain, bounded by the river Zabat, which empties into the Tigris. During the winter season, about 12,000 persons reside in the city; but in the spring, the number is much diminished, by the removal of many to the adjacent vil their fields. The city is enclosed by a strong rampart well mounted with cannon. But little is known of those people. The Papists attempted to make an impression upon them some years ago, but failed, and that because of the Bible, of which they had many manuscript copies. Since it has been discovered, that these Bible Christians have no printing establishments among them, and no books, the British and Foreign Bible Society, is making arrangements, to provide them with printed copies of the Bible. Serampore Translations.We learn from a statement of Dr. Marshman at one of the late anniversaries in London, that the Old Testament has been printed in six of the languages of India, and that versions of the New Testament in about twenty-five languages or dialects, are all finished and in the press. The missionaries con template no new translations, but intend to devote the remainder of their lives to new and more correct editions of the translations already made.-Observer. Supplies for Liberia.-The brig Tamworth, which is expected to touch at Monrovia,, took out a box of books containing more than 600 volumes, presented by the students of Dartmouth College; also several smaller boxes and packages of school books and stationary, contributed by a few friends of the Colony in Boston. They were sent to the care of the Rev. Calvin Holton, missionary and are carried gratuitously.—B. bly be serviceable to his biographer, | will confer an obligation on the Christian public, by transmitting such letters, either to Mr. Bond himself, or to the Corresponding Secretary of the Board, at the Missionary Rooms. Miss Her. Spirit of inquiry at Constantinople. A letter from London published in the Philadelphia Recorder, says, "It is a remarkable fact that the distribution of Testaments at Constantinople, the past year, was nearly double that of the preceeding, being about 700 copies. Amongst the Jews in that city, there was a remarkable spirit of inquiry, of late, and a number have avowed, openly, their conviction that Jesus of Nazareth was the true Messiah, and that they are to look for no other. The son of a Chief Rabbi has taken the lead, in the face of every sacrifice; the whole of the number, about sixty, are cast out from the society, and their brethren are cut off from all intercourse with them. It is stated that they continue to meet together, to read and examine the Scriptures, and encourage each other in a steadfast adherence to the truth. From Zion's Herald. Closing extract from a farewell address to a Sabbath School in Boston, dated August 24th, 1826, and written by a Chinese youth on the point of embarking for his own country. He had been in this country about five years, and, we believe, has enjoyed the benefits of the Cornwall school. "I have more to say but the time is short. I only write these few lines so that you might search the Scripture and be faithful in the Lord: read and study the 37th Psalm and 51st also; may often the Lord bless you all, and guide you by his counsel, may the Spirit of God strengthen you all, may you go to throne of grace, that you all may find the happiness, and peace to rest in your souls to enjoy here and hereafter in his glorious kingdom.— Now I expect to be going to my na tive home, I shall remember you all Those deeps without a shore! "There I shall swim in heavenly bliss, WILLIAM BOTELLO, A Chinese Youth." Protestantism in Ireland.-The Dublin Christian Examiner for Aug. says, that "within the last few years, from the exertions making to promote education, a vast number of persons have left the Church of Rome in Ireland; some of whom had been educa ted for the priesthood." The same publication states, that "although there are 2400 parishes in Ireland, there are not more than about 1200 benefices, and at most perhaps 1800 clergymen :" and adds, "surely so small a body, even if they were all efficient, cannot possibly supply the spiritual wants of those millions of accountable beings who are committed to their care, hundreds of thousands of whom, including many Protestant families, are completely destitute of scriptural instruction, and unfurnished with that volume which is able to make them wise unto salvation." The writer urges the establishment of a Church missionary society for Ireland to supply, in some measure, these great wants. Several new Protestant churches have recently been erected in Ireland, and others are now erecting. Three have been lately consecrated in the diocese of Derry. A chapel was lately consecrated in Cullen's wood, near Dublin, capable of containing upwards of seven hundred persons, which, with a parsonage house, a male and female school house, and a residence for the schoolmaster and mistress, were built at the sole expense of George Sanford, Esq. who subsequently endowed the chaplaincy with 1000l. Amounting altogether to 50001. sterling.-Church. Reg. Literary. RUTGERS COLLEGE On Wednesday July 18th ult. the first Annual commencement of Rutgers College, since its re-organization, took place at New Brunswick. A procession was formed on the campus in front of the College, and moved forward, with a full band of musick, to the Reformed Dutch Church. The students were followed by the Rev. President, Dr. Milledoler and the other members of the Literary Falculty; then followed, Dr. Hosack the President of the Medical Faculty, with his learned and very eminent associates. The Trustees, Clergy and distinguished citizens closed the line of Procession. The exercises of the day were commenced, by prayer, by the President, the Rev. Dr. Milledoler. Mr Christopher Hunt, of New-York, began the exercises of the students, by pronouncing in a handsome style, a chaste and classical oration in Latin.He was followed by Messrs. R. Adrain, Mann, Hamill, and Ransford Wells, who acquitted themselves in a very superior manner. The pieces, all of them original compositions, were distinguished by sound sense, and neat and elegant language. And the style of speaking was manly, chaste, and dignified-equally removed, throughout from the frigid, on one hand; and from rant and bombast on the other. The degree of BACHELOR OF ARTS was then conferred on the five young gentlemen, who spoke; And that of MASTER OF ARTS on fourteen. The degree of Doctor in Medicine was conferred, in course, on twenty-seven students who had finished their studies under the care of the medical faculty: And at the same time the honorary degree of Doctor in Medicine was conferred on nine physicians. The concluding address of the worthy and learned President of the College was much admired. He gave an interesting outline of the history of this Institution from its origin; and of the difficulties with which it had to struggle until lately. And the close of his address, directed to the youth under his paternal care, and particularly to those who had just been graduated, was very appropriate and truly touching. The friends of the Institution have requested of him a copy for publication. The patrons and friends of Rutgers College have been highly gratified by all that they have witnessed and heard throughout this interesting year, of their wishes and labours, in behalf of this rising Institution. And this commencement, at which they have just been assisting, has afforded them a good earnest of the future prospects of their College. They have had every reason, not merely to be satisfied with the moral deportment, and literary attainments of the students, in general, but even to applaud them. And they are now more fully convinced than ever that no system of accommodating literary students at College, is at all equal to that of distributing them in private lodgings, in genteel christian families. Of the high talents and literary attainments of every member of the faculty, they have every reason to be proud. They respectfully invite the attention of Parents, and of the public to examine for themselves; and to join with them in patronising this truly distinguished seat of letters, morality and piety. A large and expensive addition has been made lately to the philosophical apparatus. On Tuesday evening, July 17, we ought to have mentioned, the two rival societies, the PHILOCLEAN and PEITHESSOPHIAN, sent out, each of them, five of their best speakers. For ourselves we can say, that we have witnessed much fine oratory in youthful speakers in Europe, and in the Colleges of our Country; and, we think, this specimen of these two rival societies has not been surpassed by any we have heard or seen. On Monday evening the Rev. Dr. Brownlee of New-York, pronounced his Oration, before these two literary Societies at their anniversary.The subject of the Oration was "The loftiest and most important of all Sciences." It has been published; and now lies before the christian and literary world. Poetry. For the Magazine of the Reformed THE DYING SAINT'S INQUIRY. Art thou near me, Jehovah! long-suffering and To still the rude tempest, and hush the wild wind; thy power, And say to my soul "I'm thy strength, and strong tower?" Art thou near me, Jehovah! my shepherd, my rock, To lead to the pastures, where feed thy loved flock; To support with thy staff, my frail steps lest they slide, And supply all my wants from the scrip, at thy side? Art thou near me, Jehovah! blessed Spirit, to cheer With thy whispers of peace in this dark hour of fear, To cheer me-while death's icy hands press my heart As this body and soul are preparing to part? Art thou near me, Jehovah! thou Father, and And Spirit united-three PERSONS in ONE? wave The shadowy vale-nor the dark, noisome ELLEN. |