early pupils now among the most efficient Teachers, others of them in the ministry, and others occupying honourable stations in life, and dispensing around them those grateful and hallowed influences which are the natural fruits of their early instructions. One of the scholars of this school has for several years been connected with Trinity College, Cambridge.

"Mr. Peet has also the consolation, melancholy though it be, of believing that many of the Teachers and pupils whom death has cut down in their usefulness or their promise, have been gathered into the arms of that Saviour whose salvation is in the Sunday-school the theme of every lesson, and the burden of every prayer, giving animation to every song of praise.

"The second Sunday-school was established at the suggestion and by the exertions of our present rector, in order to furnish instruction to many children of the parish, for whom there is not room in the other school. It was commenced in August, 1833. Many difficulties were encountered at the outset, arising chiefly from the want of suitable accommodations; but at length these were amply furnished, and the benefits were immediately apparent. We have about thirty conductors, including the officers of the school. Of the three persons who successively had the superintendence from the commencement up to the close of September last, the first, Mr. Charles Clugdon, continued to hold the station until his removal from the parish, in December, 1841. Mr. C. was succeeded by one of the teachers who had been a scholar in the other school, Mr. J. Carpenter Smith. Mr. S. and his charge were becoming reciprocally attached, when the tie was broken by his entrance into the ministry, and his transfer to another field of duty. He was succeeded by Mr. Chas. Bancroft, nephew of our pastor, who has likewise left us, after receiving holy orders from a Canadian bishop, under whom he is now labouring.

"Recently we had the happiness of seeing both our new-ordained superintendents officiating on the same occasion in our church, and we could not but be thankful that two young men of such excellent spirit and bright promise had been called forth from among us into the service of our Lord and Saviour.

"We have lost but one Teacher since the commencement of our school. She died in October last, in full faith of a blessed hereafter.

"Missionary collections are made in our school every Sunday; and of Mr. Peet's scholars, monthly. The yearly aggregate is a pretty little sum. The other school guarantees 100 dollars a-year to the mission at Athens. The Christmas offerings form a separate item. "In conclusion, I can only say, that if we are doing any good in

our generation, the honour is not ours: for no people have ever had greater privileges than we of St. Ann's. The Lord be with you, "F. G. FISH.

"MR. EDWIN HOUGH, London."

These communications are truly worthy of the words of inspiration, "Good news from a far country." One point which it is particularly desirable to commend for imitation in this country, is the iron of all classes of the community in the operations of the American Sunday-school system. The children of the upper ranks of society need that instruction which is peculiar to a Sundayschool, equally with those of peasants and mechanics. An eminent pastor once said, "A church would be more complete without a vestry than without a Sabbath-school." This is the aspect in which we should view the question. The school is an integral and essential part of the machinery of the Church; without it no congregation can be completely instructed, because every congregation comprises a large proportion of members who are too young to profit by ministrations mainly intended for their parents, and for minds comparatively mature. Viewing it in this light, it is evident that the adventitious circumstances of riches or poverty, dignity or obscurity, can make no possible difference as regards the parties for whose benefit the Sabbath-school is or may be adapted.

There are other points in the example set before the Teachers of England by these transatlantic brethren, which those who read the foregoing letters will not be slow to appreciate, and perhaps to imitate. Above all, no Christian will fail to recognise the illustration they afford to the uniform blessing which crowns a faithful application of the saving truths of the Gospel in every clime, and under every variety of external circumstances.

E. H.

JESUITISM. The province of England contained 140 Jesuits in 1841, and 164 in 1844. The Jesuits have 33 establishments, houses, colleges, residences, or simple houses. They shew themselves more openly than in other countries; and the colleges and houses are generally called by the name of some saint. Thus they have the college of St. Ignatius, St. Michael, St. Stanislaus, St. John the Evangelist, St. Thomas of Canterbury, &c. Their principal establishment is the college of Stonyhurst, in Lancashire. It contains twenty priests, twenty-six novices, and fourteen brothers. province of England has twenty missionaries at Calcutta. English government protects them as much as the Protestant missionaries, and even assists them at the present moment to establish a new college especially devoted to China. The vice-province of Ireland contained sixty-three Jesuits in 1841, and seventy-tree in 1844. They possess in Ireland the colleges of Clongowes, Tullabeg, and Dublin. In Dublin they have recently founded a second college. Church of England Magazine.

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THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY

FOR AIDING CHRISTIAN MISSIONS AT HOME AND ABROAD. THE CLAIMS OF THE SOCIETY CONSIDERED. "And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise."-LUKE Vii. 14. IN introducing to the notice of our readers, and more particularly to that class of them composed of young men, the claims of this society, there seems to be a peculiar appropriateness for our opening address in the words selected above. These words were originally addressed to a young man to a young man who was dead. He who first uttered them was the Saviour of the world; and at their sound the dead arose to life. May the same Saviour condescend to speak through these pages, and may His awakening voice be listened to and obeyed by all!

Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. Do these pages find you sunk in the pleasures of sin, vainly seeking happiness in the false and hollow enjoyments of the world, "foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures"? (Titus iii. 3.) Even to you does this society address its claims. "Come with us, and we will do you good." Some of us have known, by bitter experience, the wretched nature of your present bondage. We would lead you to One whose yoke is easy, and His burden light. Awake, then, at the Saviour's gentle call; cast yourself upon His offered mercy, ere it is too late; and, having secured the safety of your own soul, join yourself with those who, in much feebleness and with many infirmities, have banded themselves together to strive for the salvation of others.

Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. You have heard, we will suppose, the Saviour's voice, and have woke from the death-like trance of sin. Having learned, then, to estimate the worth of your own immortal spirit, you can count the value of the eight hundred millions of souls now tabernacled in this world of sin. And has there been no criminal neglect and apathy on your part toward this appalling multitude, for the most part dwelling in the regions of the shadow of death? Have you not too much acted on the spirit of the first homicide, and said practically, if not in words, "Am I my brother's keeper ?" (Gen. iv. 9.) If recollections of your past indifference arise, you are presented by this society with an opportunity of redeeming your misspent time, and improving your neglected talents.

Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. Have you the blessings of strength, activity, youthful energy, and buoyant hope? Has Providence endowed you with means, education, address, and influence over others? And has a gracious Saviour taught you no

longer to consider these talents as your own, but as so many precious deposits to be used for His glory? In this society, a field presents itself for sober, self-denying exertion; for labours of love and unambitious usefulness. Here may the Christian young man sow the seeds of blessings which will spring up to gladden and cheer an honoured old age.

Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. Look around your own country, and survey the heathenism which still so deeply prevails in it. Count the multitudes who in "Christian" England are living "without God and without hope in the world." Reckon up next the masses of your own countrymen, scattered in foreign lands, no man caring for their souls, and fast falling a prey to ungodliness, superstition, and error. Cast again a pitying look upon the ancient people of God, broken, afflicted, and despised; that people still so dear to God; that people for whom Christ so tenderly wept and prayed. Look at them, once so mighty, now so fallen, and grieve for the affliction of Joseph. Survey, next, the Pagan world; its pollutions, its crimes, its altars stained with blood. Place, for a moment, yourself in the heathen's position, and contrast their spiritual misery with your own overflowing blessings. Surely, at such a picture as we have now drawn from awful reality, your Christian sympathy must rise. In this society there is a channel for that sympathy to flow through its connection with four great evangelical associations for the diffusion of the Gospel-The Church Pastoral Aid Society, the Colonial Church Society, the Church Missionary Society, and the London Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews.

It may be that many young men whom this appeal reaches may be conscious that they have hitherto been in some degree actively alive to the claims of missions. We would intreat young men of this class, however, calmly to consider the peculiar claims of the Church of England Young Men's Society. By appealing to young men as a body, distinct from all other classes of the community, it is fitted to awaken their zeal in the missionary cause, more strongly than could be done by societies of a more general constitution. Juvenile and Ladies' Missionary Associations have been found, of late years, eminently useful: Young Men's Associations, it is reasonably to be hoped, may prove equally so, from the wide and interesting circle which they embrace. What a cheering spectacle it would be to behold a phalanx of young men from all the parishes of England engaged in such a work. What new combinations of usefulness might be expected to spring from such an union! What benefit to the young themselves! What honour to the Saviour's

cause!

The machinery of this society, we may further add, is very simple. Any pious devoted young man may, with the aid of one

or two other similarly disposed companions, establish in his own parish a branch of it in connection with the parent society in London. This, too, might easily be done without trenching upon other Christian engagements, or interfering with the operation of local missionary associations.

If there be labours to undergo in connection with this society, the members of its branches which have already been established can bear witness that there are many pleasures to sweeten the toil. Through means of this association, Christian friendships have been formed which will continue, it is believed, through life, and ripen in eternity. Missionary information has been brought under notice in a manner which gave it an interest before unknown. Much sweet spiritual communion has been enjoyed, and though it be yet, in point of pecuniary resources, the day of small things with the society, yet even in this respect something has been done to aid the funds of the missionary bodies with which it is connected, and to encourage the hope that, in another world, its labours may be owned of the Saviour, as having, in some feeble measure, contributed to the extension of his kingdom upon earth.

THE CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY.

It is at once curious and instructive to mark the leadings of Divine Providence exemplified in the history of modern missions. The spirit which prompts the Church to care for the souls of the heathen and the unconverted, though never entirely dormant, has often languished till it has apparently expired; sad sign of a Laodicean coldness, withering every heavenly grace, and leaving those who bear the hallowed name of Christian bereft of all its privileges and all its hopes. This spirit was abundantly poured out in the ten years preceding the present century, during which the foundations of four of the principal English Societies for sending Missions to the heathen were laid; a result unparallelled since the era of primitive Christianity.

It is remarkable that all this enterprise seemed to overlook the paramount claims of our own population in zeal for the distant heathen; a feature which the worldly have not failed to make use of against missions altogether. It was not long, however, before the wisdom of God was made manifest in this apparent foolishness of his servants. Missions to the heathen abroad, were His means of revival to the Church at home. The confederation of holy men to promote that great object, produced the effects which always result from holy union: it was found to be strength. No longer isolated amid indifference in the Church, and unbelief in the world, they became acquainted with each other; and for them to become acquainted was to become attached. Thus joined together for the best of ends, they found the truth of that word-" He that watereth shall be watered also himself." Being blessed themselves, they were made blessings to others, their numbers increasing and their zeal growing. Every benevolent enterprise received a new impulse, and numerous schemes of usefulness, before unthought of, were devised.