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lation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?' Nothing could separate us from his love. He felt great anxiety in relation to the important work to which he had been appointed; he felt himself unworthy of it; he was not sufficient for these things; but he looked for help to him who could give it. Hurree, the deacon, and one of the oldest members, said a little. He was once as a lost sheep; he was once in darkness, now he enjoyed the true light. In prayer he found peace. Brumanunda, the school master of the vil. lage, next arose-I may add for your information that this young man has not long made a profession: he comes from the vici. nity of Khunditta; and one of the last times our late estimable brother Bonamallee came to Cuttack, was to bring this interesting young person to relate the exercises of his mind. He seems to possess a good understanding, and to be capable of improvement. I trust he will be steady and consistent to the end. He bore a very pleasing testimony, in a private conversation I had with him, to the good effect which Bonamallee's consistency and affection had exerted on the minds of the sober and thinking portion of the heathen community in the vicinity of Khun. ditta. But to return to the meeting. He told us he had not been long in the way, and therefore was very weak; sometimes the old nature rose up again, occasioned him much trouble, andled him to his falling, but then the Lord rased him up again. Ras- Dowri, a man of sobriety and experience, the first fruits of the Sabara tribe to Christ-the first fruits you know are often the bestnext spoke. He did not say much, but the little he said was to the point. The remark he made will find a response in many a christian bosom. The battle was constant; the struggle between the old and new nature was increasing. It is a good evidence of a state of grace when a man can truly use such language: the ungodly are strangers to the conflict. Gunda, a young member, spoke next. He said how anxious they had all felt on account of the rain being withheld; (a very important matter in an agricultural district certainly) they had met for prayer in reference to this special object, and while praying the Lord had granted what they requested, and the clouds had poured down rain.

He could not but bless his name, But while rejoicing on this account there was cause for grief: a sister was near her end, and the Lord had since taken her away. He thought on this wise, in reference to her removal, she had gone before and he and the rest must follow. A few words suggested

For an account of this tribe see Sterling's description as given in Peggs's History, p, 51, where they are called Sowrs.

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by what the different friends had said, were then addressed to them, and a short prayer closed this pleasing service.

In the afternoon the Lord's death was shown forth. 'The Lord's death' is a phrase with which we are familiar, and therefore it may be feared that it is often repeated without suitable consideration. To the reverent student of the Bible it suggests many important reflections. The Lord died. The Prince of life was killed. Acts iii. 15. The Lord of glory was crucified. 1 Cor. ii. 7, 8. The collection of apposite words is remarkable. Here is mystery, but in this mystery we humbly confide. I endeavoured to show our friends that we should come to the table at which the Lord's death was shown forth, confessing our sin and relying on atoning blood. The chapel was well filled on both occasions.

A sermon was preached in the evening on the instructive history of our Lord healing the woman with an issue of blood. Evening services are never so well attended by the natives as are morning and afternoon opportunities: on this occasion the attendance was pleasing, though not so large as at the other services.

As we remained with our friends till Tuesday morning, I must tell you a little of how Monday was spent. We went out pretty early in the morning to visit them at their houses, and remained amongst them till the fierce rays of the sun rendered exposure undesirable. At noon, Mrs. Buckley held an experience meeting with the sisters, which from the brief report I heard of it, appeared to be a very interesting opportunity. Suppose I tell you the substance of what I heard respecting this service. Hannahma, the wife of the deacon, and the first woman in that neighbourhood who confessed the Lord, told them of days long since past, when her husband and herself stood alone. Great was the persecution which they both had to endure. The bearer, Padhan (the head man of the village) gave her a good beating. When her husband was baptized she was kept from him for several days by force. Afterwards, being turned out of their house, they got a little place to live in; but at that time she had no one to speak to when her husband was at work in the field; none of the women would help her in any thing, they only abused and persecuted her; but the Lord had been gracious and helped them. And when she considered how many of the Lord's people there were now, where formerly there was none, she saw plainly that it was not the work of man; the power of God had affected this change, and she prayed that his church might prosper more and more. Rukoomi, the daughter of the native preacher, referred to her father being stationed last year at Berhampore; she had

received much instruction; but it was while at Berhampore that a sermon preached by Mr. Stubbins, from Quench not the Spirit,' awakened her to seek the Lord. Nullita, one of the rescued Khond victims, now married and settled at Choga, said a little about the goodness of the Lord to her. Like a deer chased in the mountains and ready to die, such was her condition formerly; exposed to death, naturally and spiritually; but by the goodness of the Lord, she had been rescued from temporal death and placed in the school where she had been taught to know the Lord. Mamka said that her mind had been much impressed by the removal of one and another of her sisters by death, more especially by the last event of this kind that had taken place in the midst of them. Darka, whom the Lord had just called, was her companion in the school. Reflecting on these events, she thought on this wise,The church of the Lord was like a garden; and as the gardener first gathered out of his garden the full-blown beautiful flower, so it appeared that those whom the Lord had called were those who were most ripe for heaven. She considered that the Lord de. signed to instruct and admonish them by these events, that they might be prepared for the change, and might set their affections on things above, not on things on the earth.' Prayer was offered with reverential feeling, and with a pleasing adaptation to the service, by Bella and Sume-the former has a very happy gift.

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herself had forgotten it, probably not having
heard it for many years. A married woman
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is never described by her proper name,
is spoken of, if there be children, as the
mother of so and so; if not, as the sister of
so and so, or in some such way. But to
return to my story,-a good account was
given of the candidates, but it was agreed
that the name of one of the females should
remain, on account of her limited acquain-
tance with divine truth, she having but re-
cently come out from heathenism. Reproof
was then administered to one who had walk-
ed disorderly.

USEFULNESS OF MISSIONARIES TO
THEIR OWN COUNTRYMEN.

Mr. Bailey in a recent letter furnishes the following statements:

A few days after my arrival in Calcutta. Mr. Lewis, the pastor of Dum Dum, told me that there was a young man in the 7th. regt. that had recently arrived from England, who wished to see me, and from his description I was sure that it was James Bratby of Quorndon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bratby who were formerly members of the church at Quorndon. Mr. Lewis kindly offered to send word to the young man that I was in Calcutta, and that I should be happy to see him. After a few days he came down; and I shall not soon forget our meeting. For years he had been one of my most intimate friends, and was baptized by the late Adam Smith at Quorndon only a few days before I was baptized at Woodhouse. Little did I think on that day, as I saw him baptized and received into the church, that he would so far fall away as to be compelled to leave home and friends and enlist as a common soldier, and at length find his way to India, and much less did I then think that I should see him there. On the following Sabbath I went to Dum Dum, and found James in his quarters. I took him with me to the chapel, where I preached. He had long been absent from the services of the sanctuary. At the close I entreated him to return to the Lord, assuring him that if he sought the Lord in earnest he would not seek in vain. After a few sabbaths I went again, and spent the whole of the day with him, except during the time of service. I talked with him and prayed with him, and he seemed much affected. Before I left, the regt, was ordered to Calcutta, and I saw him there again and begged him to attend regularly one of the Baptist chapels in that city. I also introduced him to several friends there; and I have since heard to my great

In the evening a church meeting was held, when three candidates were proposed for baptism. One of them, a young man, in relating to me the exercises of his mind, previously to the meeting, referred to an address delivered by brother Lacey on his last visit, as having impressed his mind; but he had been especially aroused by a discourse that Parasua had preached, from 'They that are whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.' While listening to this discourse he felt that he was sick, and needed a physician. He appears in earnest about salvation. The other two were females: one of them far advanced in life; but there is reason to hope that 'at evening time it will be light' with her. Her case, as illustrating a curious usage of the Hindoos, as it respects the names of females, may excite a smile. I mentioned at the church meeting, that the aged relative of Brumanunda wished to be proposed as a candidate, and appealed to one of the friends to give me her name, that I might write it, but he could not tell me; another said, 'I do not know her name;' a third could give no answer; I therefore asked her relative to tell me the name of his mother-in law: 'Indeed I do not know it!' was his reply. A mes-joy that he has been received into the Lall senger was sent to the woman, but as I got Bazar Church (Baptist.)

One Sabbath evening as I was going into the pulpit at Lall Bazar Chapel, one of the Deacons said to me, There is a young man here who is inquiring for a Mr. Peggs, General Baptist Missionary,' I wished the Deacon to tell the young man to wait until the close of the service, and that then I would speak to him in the vestry. Accordingly he came to me, and I turned towards him saying, 'Well friend, what have you to say?' 'I want to know, Sir, whether you know a Mr. Peggs a general Baptist Missionary ?' I replied, More than twenty years ago there was a Mr. James Peggs in Orissa; but he is now at Burton-on-Trent, in Staffordshire.' 'O Sir, I don't mean Mr. James Peggs; I heard him preach a year since last Sunday night, at his chapel in Burton.' I found afterwards that he meant Mr. George Pegg, who is now at Commercial Road, London. He had some idea that he had come to this country as a missionary. He told me that his name was Muggleton; that his father and mother were members of the G. B. Church at Melbourne; that he knew you and was related to Mr. Robert Pegg of Derby, and several others that I knew. After listening to these statements I said, 'Well, and how came you here?' He replied, I was apprenticed to a butcher at Burton-on-Trent, but I disagreed with my master, and like many other foolish young men in England I thought I could do much better in Australia than at Burton; so I left for Sydney; but I soon wished myself at home again. Well, and how came you at Calcutta?' 'O, I thought that if I could get to Calcutta it would be easy for me to get employ on a ship, and by this means get back again to England; so I engaged myself, in connection with another young man, as groom on board the Royal Saxon, which was sailing with a ship load of horses from Sydney to Calcutta ; but my companion died on the road, and I am now left alone.' He regularly attended the means of grace at Lall Bazar; but ere long he came to tell me that his money was all gone and in consequence he could not stay any longer in a boarding house; and where to go or what to do he knew not. I tried all the influence I had to get him a passage in a vessel, but in vain; he was at length therefore compelled to go to the Union House. This intelligence was conveyed to him one evening after the weekly prayer meeting in the Lall Bazar Chapel; I was present at the time, and I think I shall never forget my feelings on the occasion. He stood for a moment or two, and when he could bear it no longer he burst into tears, exclaiming, 'O if my poor mother knew what would she say?' Never, I would venture to say, were his friends so dear in this young man's history, as at that moment. O, I thought, my dear young man what would your mother say could she see your sorrows

and tears. He went to the Union House,' and in a day or two afterwards a clergyman of the Establishment saw him there, and after making some enquiry into his case he went to the river and very shortly obtained a passage for him on board a ship that was bound to the Mauritius, which he hoped would afterwards go to England.

REV. W. JARROM'S RETURN.

[The following extracts from a private note shew that Mr. J. may be soon expected in England.-ED.]

Off Gutzlaff Island, Aug. 23rd., 1850.

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MY DEAR BROTHER.-This island, which is named after Mr. Gutzlaff, is about sixty miles from Shanghae, which all ships make, both on the homeward and outward bound We made it yesterday; it is nearer passage. us this morning. We left Shanghae on We have just Tuesday, the 20th. instant. come to anchor; the tide is so strong, that with a head-wind we are obliged to stop while the tide is running in. We have done so all along. I should think now we have done so for the last time. I am the only passenger; pretty good accommodations. shall be a sad long time on our way: I fear at least five months. I hope to get a good deal of study done, of various kinds. Every thing goes on pretty well at present. It is not unlikely I may place foot on Africa before I see you: I think we shall put in at Cape Town; and I hope to land at St. Helena too. You will see I have expressed a desire to take up my abode with you for a few weeks: but it has occurred to me that if Jane has so many boarders I had better not attempt it. My paper is full. You will get this in NoI am yours, sincerely,

vember.

W. JARROM.

BAPTISMS IN ORISSA.

From a recent letter, we extract the following pleasing intelligence.

Cuttack.-July 7th, 1850, three young persons from the female asylum were baptized by Mr. Buckley.

Choga. Sep. 8th, two converts were baptized by Mr. Lacey.

Berhampore.-In September, three pious Europeans were baptized. It was an interesting time.

Piplee.-In September, Mr. Millar baptized an aged guru, at the Konas, a few miles distant from Piplee. Many were present who had formerly worshipped him as a god. They were much chagrined to hear him confess himself a sinner, whose only hope of mercy was through Jesus Christ. The guru received his first christian light from reading the Gospel of Matthew.

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A GLANCE AT THE PAST HALF CENTURY.*

'Blessed be the name of God, for ever and ever; for wisdom and might are his: and he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding: he revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.'—Dan. ii. 20—22.

THIS evening, (Dec. 31,) we conclude | despotic monarch, he required his the religious exercises, not only of the year 1850, but also of the first half of the 19th century of the christian era. At periodical intervals it has been our custom to review the past, its mercies and its blessings, its errors and its negligences, that we may be thankful to God for his favours, and penitent before him for our faults. There will not be any thing out of keeping with this useful custom, nor unsuitable to the present season, if we extend our review, not to the expiring year simply, but to the half century now past; a period full of great events and important changes; and one in which, through the goodness of God, there has been, on the whole, an advance in many things pertaining to the present and future welfare of the family of man.

In our text, we have the devout praises of the prophet Daniel, uttered on a memorable occasion. The king of Babylon had a dream which troubled him; but what it was escaped his recollection. With the folly of a * Delivered_by_request at the Midland Conference at Derby on Tuesday Evening,

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wise men, or astrologers, and soothsayers, to reveal to him the dream, and also to give him the interpretation. This, of course, was beyond their power; and, in his fury, he commanded that all the wise men should be slain. Daniel and his companions, though neither astrologers nor magicians, were sought for that they might fall with them. This led these pious Hebrews to obtain time, that they might pray to God for his mercies, that he would reveal this secret unto them, that their lives might be spared. God, the God of their fathers, heard their prayers, revealed the secret to Daniel, and used this event as a means of houour. ing himself, and of elevating his servants who were captives in a strange land. The dream, as you are aware, was of a colossal image. The head of gold; the breast of silver; the loins of brass; the legs of iron, and the feet, partly iron and partly clay. These portrayed the four great monarchies. The gold represented the Chaldean; the silver, the Persian; the brass, the Macedonian; and the iron, the Roman state. There was

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also in the dream, a stone cut out without hands, which should break in pieces all other kingdoms, and survive them, and fill the whole earth. This is the spiritual and heavenly kingdom of Christ, which will ultimately triumph over all opposition, diffuse its divine principles and blessings among the nations, and prevail, until all people shall submit to Christ's peaceful and benignant sceptre, and the kingdoms of this world become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ.' Thus God gave to his servants a glimpse of the future, and directed their thoughts to him whose 'kingdom is not of this world.' It was when the secret was revealed unto Daniel, that the prophet uttered the beautiful words of our text. In them he recognizes God as the King of kings, the source of light and blessing; from whom nothing is concealed, whose hand is to be traced in the changes which occur amongst men, and who is worthy of endless praise.

The four great monarchies have passed away, and the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ has appeared amongst the nations, and though its nature has often been misunderstood and misrepresented; its claims disregarded, and its progress opposed, it is still in existence, and in various ways is advancing both in our own and in other lands. The prophet had a glimpse of the future, ours will be a glance at the past, in which we shall have equal occasion to bless the name of the Lord, who is over all, 'for wisdom and might are his.' In our review of the events of the past half century, which must chiefly be confined to our own country, we are forcibly reminded of the language of Saint Paul: The fashion of this world passeth away;' for past events, however much they might engross our attention while they were being effected, leave, like the changing scenes of a panorama, or a series of dissolving views, but feeble

and general traces on our minds.

We have already intimated our conviction that there has been a general advance and improvement of what pertains to the temporal and spiritual interests of mankind, during the period referred to; and we may add, that this in every view is mainly to be attributed to the spreading influence of the christian religion, and the goodness of God. Without Him, and his truth, this world would soon become a region of desolation and woe. Our true interests, all which are involved in our political, social, intellectual, moral, and religious wellbeing, are intimately associated; for, 'righteousness exalteth a nation,' and godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.'

At the commencement of the period over which we shall briefly cast our eyes, England was panting under exhaustion. For several years she had sustained a war with France, whose revolution had filled the world with wonder, destroyed its sovereigns, deluged its cities with the blood of citizens, and raised to a fearful elevation a military despot, Napoleon Buonaparte, who soon laid the nations of Europe prostrate at his feet. sides this, England had experienced a rebellion in Ireland, a mutiny among her seamen, a succession of bad harvests, and crippled commerce, as well as the diffusion of those infidel and anarchical principles which had partly led to the Revolution in France.

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Under these circumstances, the peace of Amiens in 1802, was welcome to many of her people as the only means of national preservation. This, however, was of short duration. For the war was soon renewed, and from 1803 until 1815, with but little intermission, this nation was involved in a costly and ruinous conflict with Napoleon. Every sea was scoured by our fleets, and every kingdom or nearly subsidized by our gold, that

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