OLLOS, I will answer for it, would very cheer. fully have filled up half his platform, and would have joined, con amore, in all his motions and resolutions for disseminating the everlasting Gospel, wheresoever and by whomsoever it might have been preached. And I say, Sir, let a salutary shame and confusion of face cover that professing Christian who cannot rejoice in the spread of the REDEEMER'S kingdom, unless it be effected by means of what he may consider to be his own religious denomination. -Not so with our common Lord and Master:-no sectarian spirit contracted the benevolence that glowed within his sacred breast: He came, indeed, to his own; but, as his own received him not, what would have been our condition at the present moment, if he had said, From henceforth, as the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans, neither will I concern my self with the spiritual wants and calamities of the Gentile world?' Does any one complain to us who are Episcopalians in this assembly, and say, in language similar to that addressed to MOSES,These Wesleyan Christians are appointing Missionaries, and prophesying in the camp: let us forbid them, for they follow not in all respects with us?' I can answer for myself and my brethren of the Church here present, that we should one and all spontaneously exclaim as Moses did, Enviest thou for our sakes? would to GoD that all the LORD's people were prophets, and that he would put his SPIRIT upon them.' ly enlarged and liberal heart, I relate the circumstance, that 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 falfilled 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,' he added, '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 forma tion 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. You recollect that our SAVIOR, after relating an interesting anecdote respecting a certain benevolent and noble-minded character, added, and he was a Samaritan.' In like manner, Ladies and Gentlemen, allow me to say,-Thus and thus, as I have related, did this nobleminded Christian, just referred to,— and 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 towards our Society, you must allow me to give you a testimony of my good will towards yours.' On which she insisted upon his accepting a present from her own purse for the Wesleyan Missionary These feelings, on our part, are due to our Christian Brethren, of other denominations, as their liberality in these matters towards the Church has ever been conspicuous. I frankly confess that I have known certain Churchmen who have had their hesitations respecting Dissenting Societies; but I never met with a Dissenter who did not wish well to every Christian Society connected with the Church. In fairness, however, I should add, that the Churchmen I have referred to, have generally objected to all Christian Socie. ties (one, perhaps, alone excepted) belonging to as well as distinct from the Church. But of those who are in my estimation Churchmen in deed and in truth,—that is, Church-Society. men paying deference, not merely to the formalities, but to the vital injunctions of their Prayer-Books, I do not know one who would not say, So that CHRIST be preached,—by whomsoever,—therein I do rejoice, yea, and I will rejoice.' Having touched on these points, 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 absurd notion that the Church Missionary Society has a seasoning of dissent in its com position, that we have not been able to obtain their concurrence in our object; 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 truVOL. XX. It is remarkable that an accusation brought against us by one of the five Clergymen L have referred to, was, that by instituting our Missionary Society, we have raised a bad spirit' in the place. Now, if what I have related as having occurred between this Lady and the worthy tradesman be an example of the bad spirit referred to, it must be one of so peculiar a kind, that I am bad enough myself to wish that the said evil spirit would go and take to himself seven other spirits, by the same rule as bad, and as much worse than himself as he pleases, and return to dwell amongst us: and I heartily wish that, by the same inverse principle of calculation, our last state may be a great deal worse than the first. Having thus been engaged in Missionary exertions where we have had to encounter a measure of opposition and dislike, you will easily give credit to my declaration of the peculiar pleasure I have felt at the idea of attending the present meeting. There, I said, 3 I shall join an assembly of my fellow-Christians, where we shall all be of one heart and of one mind.-There the stream, or rather the broad and deep river, of Christian philanthropy will flow with majestic freedom and rapidity into the fathomless ocean of unrestricted liberality and good-will towards all mankind. And while thus contemplating the pleasure of being in the society of friends who entertain the same views and feelings with myself, I could not but be elated with the thought,-What a goodly company of Pa. triarchs, Prophets, and Apostles, we Missionary enthusiasts may fairly contend we belong to; and who, it would not be difficult to prove, were, in reality, enthusiasts of the very same description with ourselves! Time would fail to refer to a tenth of them; but to instance only an example or two:-Was it not because the heart of ABRAHAM Overflowed with zeal for the conversion of all mankind, that the ALMIGHTY condescended to cheer him with the animating assurance, 'In thee, and in thy Sced shall all the families of the earth be blessed?" And what was the chief support of the venerable JACOB while sinking in the arms of death? Was it not the prophetic foresight with which he was favored of that transcendently important event, that, in the royal line of Judah, the heavenly Sai. LOH should make his appearance; respecting whom, with joyful, though distant anticipation, he exclaims,-Unto Him shall the gathering of the people be?' And as for King DAVID, if the assertion of our friends be true, that Missionary zeal doth make us mad,' know not what lunatic asylum they would have considered secure for the confinement of that enthusiastic Prince; seeing that nothing less would satisfy him than that the light of divine truth should be diffused throughout the universe, and that every region of the earth should behold the REDEEMER'S glory. Peace, then, be to the remains, and thanks to the prayers, of those holy saints of old: the whole world stands indebted to them at the present moment; and surely, of all the nations thereof, Great Britain not the least.What gratitude does it become us to feel, as Christians, as Protestants, and as British subjects, on occasion of that sacred festival,that feast of weeks,' if I may so call it,with which the religious part of the community are annually favored in our Metropolis at this interesting period. It has doubtless been impossible for us to look forward to the season, without feelings of the most pleasing anticipation, and a measure, probably, of trium phant joy. But may I express a hope, that although our hearts cannot do otherwise than burn within us while we are thus encouraged and refreshed by the way, yet that our feeling may be a chastised and sacred feeling;not merely the risings of animal effervescence, but a feeling which, while we rejoice and triumph, constrains us to glorify Gon for his kindness towards us, and for the wonderful works which, by our instrumentality, he is now performing among the children of men. During the past week, I have felt, as though the Almighty JEHOVAH, the Gon of the true Israel in this land, were saying to us, as he did to Israel of old,-Now go and sanc tify yourselves, for in the next week is a holy convocation before the LORD.'-And when we do hold these convocations in a right spirit, are they not privileged seasons indeed?enjoyments which, when we have felt and tasted, we justly say, that not the half was toid us. Nay, shail I go too far if i appeal to many christian friends in this assembly, and ask whether their feelings have not on these occasions frequently resembled those which we take for granted glowed in the breasts of MOSES, AARON, NABAD. ABIHU, and the seventy elders of Israel, when, by the divine permission, they left the busy camp in the valley beneath, and ascended the mount of communion, where it is said that, while they ate and drank, they 'beheld the God of Israel, under whose feet was a paved work resembling the sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in its clearness? Have you not frequently experienced upon these 'delectable mountains' a fulfilment of the poeti cal declaration, Eternal wisdom hath prepar'd A soul-reviving feast; and found it, indeed, a 'feast of fat things, and of wines on the lees well refined? And while thus regaling yourselves with sacred enjoyments, have you not sometimes had reason to trust you were sensible of Jehovah's presence? And contemplating that wonderful transformation which has taken place in the moral image of man in various parts of the world in this day of Gospel fight and Missionary activity, may we not behold, indisputably, as the body of heaven in its clearness, the image of the otherwise invisible Gon portrayed upon the bosom of the earth, as certainly as it was repeated in the lucid mirror which blazed beneath his foot, and reflected forth his glory? Blessed be Gon that these are not merely figurative allusions, with which we may please the fancy, but substantial, indisputable blessings, realized in the happy experience of millions whose faces we shall never see in the flesh but whose lips are daily blessing GoD for having put it into the hearts of British Christians, Churchmen, Independents, Moravians, Baptists, Wesleyans, and others, to convey to them the knowledge of the Gospel; and whose triumphant shouts of praise to redeeming grace we trust, through the same Redemption, will salute our ears, when all the spiritual worshippers of Gon throughout the habitable glove, and from the beginning to the end of time shall have joined the general assembly and church of the first-born whose names are written in heaven. It may not be amiss to add, that, both in England and Scotland, the efforts to supply the world with Christian instruction, have been the means of augmenting very much, the harmony of different denominations of Christians. 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Griswold, Ct a box for Mayhew, Hebron, N. Y. a cask fr. fem. char. so. for wes. 68 76 65 13 48 00 37 00 61 69 16 12 Committed to the care of Dea. A. Thomas. Utica, N. Y. Unionville, N. Y. a box fr. Dorcas so. 20 00 18 00 43 73 ERRATUM:-The sum of 810 acknowledged in the Herald for June, from Westborough, N. Y. was received from Peterborough, N. Y. EXTRACT FROM CORRESPONDENCE. THE following suggestions, which came from one laboriously devoted to the cause of benevolence, are worthy of serious attention. The complaint is often made, that the funds of the American Board are not sufficient for the important missionary operations, in which it has engaged; much less so for these enlarged operations, which the state of the world is loudly calling for; and the question is often asked, What can be done? This statement and appeal have occasionally called forth a few liberal donations, but have failed to secure any general or permanent support to the cause. The Christian public, at large, would, no doubt, be disposed to come forth to the work with sufficient strength, provided some wise plau could be proposed, and so recommended and enforced as to awaken a due attention to the subject. In revolving this subject in my mind, my thoughts have been directed strongly to the CONCERT OF PRAYER. The monthly assemblies, for this purpose, are becoming more and more numerous throughout the Christian world, and it is becoming more common to make these occasions seasons of contribution, as well as of prayer. Now, how easy would it be, to raise all the required funds for missionary purposes, at these seasons. Let there be a greater attention excited to the Monthly Concert, by ministers, and Christians so as greatly to increase the number of the attendants on those occasions: Let it be proposed, that every person who attends have a plan, with respect to the magnitude of his contribution, and let it not be a mere pittance, but such a sum as the great objects prayed for, demand: Let it be recommended to those who are detained from these solemn and interesting assemblies, by bad weather, ill health, or any other cause, to spend the consecrated hour as much as possible, in prayer, with their families, or in their retirements; and at the close of it, to lay aside their contribution for the month, the same as though they resorted to the place of social supplication:-Let every circle of Christians, united for this holy purpose, have a Treasurer, and let him, if it should be thought proper, report, at every meeting, what sum was collected at the last meeting, and what sum is in the treasury: And as often as shall be convenient, let the Treasurer be directed to forward what shall be in his hands to the Treasurer of the American Board. Many Christians, who were in this course of aiding the funds of the Board, would doubtless be disposed also to do it by direct contributions, annually, and to give a helping hand to other charitable institutions and objects, as they should be able; while the rich in this world would occasionally send their more munificent charities to the treasury of the Lord. The above is a hint which I hope may be improved. C. Our readers must have noticed, that the average collections at the United Monthly Concert in Park-street Church, Boston, are more than fifty dollars. It is presumed, no similar meeting produces any thing equal to this Now we know, that what procures this respectable collection, is not the wealth of those who are present; for few rich men attend. It is not the great number of contributors; for the principal part of the amount comes from a very few individuals. It is not because these few contribute, at this meeting, all that they give to foreign missions; for their contributions, on this occasion, are a very small portion, only, of their donations to the Board,-saying nothing of their other charities. The secret of the whole is this;-They give systematically. A number of persons have engaged to contribute a dollar at every Concert, and fulfil their engage. ment. |