FOREIGN MISSION.

Mr. Cone urged upon the young their obliga

tions to come up to the help of the Lord against On Wednesday morning, at 9 o'clock, Rev. Sol- the mighty, and showed most impressively their omon Peck delivered, at the Federal street Bap- ability for activity and enterprise over the aged; tist meeting house, a Sermon on Foreign Missions, as therefore much might reasonably be expected from Nehemiah iv. 6, in which he pleasingly il- of them, he hoped they would do much. lustrated the powerful influence of love to Christ, Messrs. Kincaid and M’Aboy had each of in promoting the spread of the gospel, and secur- them been missionaries for several years; they ing the performance of every Christian duty. therefore spake from their own observation and

experience, and with peculiar feeling of the

wants of the people in the thinly settled portions SABBATH SCHOOL UNION.

ol vur country On Thursday afternoon the Massachusetts Sabbath School Union celebrated its anniversary at

AMERICAN SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION. the Baptist meeting house in Federal street. Rev. From a deep conviction of the great blessings Mr. Malcom offered the introductory prayer; Dr. resulting from Sabbath Schools, it gives us pleasFay presided, and the Report was read by Rev. ure to leanı, that the American Sunday School Ariemas Bullard. Rev. Messrs. Wilder, Bab- Union is greatly extending the sphere of its opercock, Humphrey, and Going, presented address- ations, particularly in the Valley of the Missisippi, es, urging an increased effort in behalf of these where these institutions are imperiously called important institutions.

for. With the general religious instruction inparted, Sahbath Schools will most happily con

tribute to give a tone to the due observance of the THE PRISON DISCIPLINE SOCIETY Christian Sabbath, with which all our blessings Met at Park-Street Meeting-house, on Friday,

are intimately connected. The Union has resolythe 28th of May. The Report was listened to

ed to promote, by all the means in its power, the with the highest interest.

formation of such schools in every town, within This Association is

two years. prosecuting the benevolent object of Howard, and its efforts have been attended with happy results.

The Columbian Star of the twelsh of June, An improvement in the construction of prisons,

presents the details of a most deeply interesting and the application of Christian principles in the

meeting on this subject, at Philadelphia, on the measures adopted for the reformation of offenders, zeal and charity, from which we copy ihe follow

third of June, which exhibits a noble specimen of are already producing the most beneficial effects. That radical defects have hitherto existed in the

ing particulars :

* Twenty or thirty Presbyterian ministers, then management of convicts, is apparent from the ill success which has every where been manifest.

present, pledged, some one hundred and some two We hail the efforts now made with a cheerful

hundred' dollars each, for themselves and their

churches. Solomon Allen rose, and in behalf of welcome, and recommend the Society to the favor and patronage of the community.

the Presbyterian church of which he is a member, pledged the sum of 5000 dollars. The same amount

was pledged for Ambrose White, merchant of this THE BAPTIST YOUTH's ASSISTANT

city, also a Preshyterian. Alexander Henry rose,

and after a few observations guarantied for the MISSIONARY SOCIETY IN NEW- church of which he is a member, also PresbyteYORK.

rian, 2000 dollars. The same amount, 2000 dol

lars,was pledged for the First Presbyterian church. This Society held its twenty-fourth anniversary An individual in the church corner of 12th and on the evening of the seventeenth of May, at

Walnut-engaged to give 500 dollars. Dr.Skinner the Baptist Meeting-House in Mulberry-Street, did not feel prepared io make a specific pledge for New-York. Mr. C. L. Roberts presided. The his church, but was almost confident that 5000 dols. meeting was opened with prayer by Rev. A. would be obtained among the people of his charge. Maclay, after which, an interesting Keport was

Ten ladies present sent to the Secretary their read by the Secretary. This Society consists of

names for 5 dollars each, making 50 dollars. A 225 members, and during the last year the subcriptions amounted to two hundred and fifty suitable directions for the payment of the money.

Yankee sent up a promise of 50 dollars-with dollars. On the acceptance of the Report, and

A person signing himself A Poor Sinner, promisthe support of a resolution expressive of the importance of increased efforts, several addresses

ed to call and pay 10 dollars. A communication

was read from the Rev. Mr. Bedel, of the Episwere delivered by brethren Cone, of New-York,

copal church, with a donation of 200 dollars from Kincaid, of Pennsylvania, Sharp, of Boston, and the ladies of his church. Two Baptist brethren M'Aboy, from the valley of the Mississippi.

Dr. Sharp remarked, that he had the happiness pledged cach 50 dollars in one of them expressed of assisting in the organization of the Society, in

å hope that the splendid donations which had

been pledged by the wealthy, would not discour1806, and had looked around him to see if he could

age the humble advocates of the good measure. recognize any one there besides himself, who was

It was announced at the same time, that a gentlepresent at the first meeting, but he had looked

man in New York would give 4000 dollars. The in vain. This he said was to him an affecting entire amount of pledges obtained at this meetconsideration ; he felt most forcibly the mutability ing and at those which preceded it, cannot be far and uncertainty of human life; and he could

short of 26,000 dollars.' wish to use it as an argument why they should labor with greater diligence in promoting the objects of the Society. "Death might soon ter

The following interesting note was handed the minate their efforts , or by divine Providence they Massachusetts, by the hand of Rev. Elisha s.

Treasurer of the Baptist Missionary Society of might be separated from each other, and ctually need the aid which they were now affording to

Williains. the destitute. He therefore exhorted them to Sir, I send you the enclosed 3 dollars, for the work while the day lasts, for the night cometh in use of the Missionary Society, it being saved the which no man can work'; and to be steadfast and past year, by the entire abstinence from the use of unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the ardent spirits in my family; and I think duty reLord, forasmuch as they know that their labur quires that it be cast into the treasury of the would not be in vain in the Lord.

Lord, Yours, with respect,

The Treasurer of the Middlesex and

CONTRA,

Cr. Norfolk Baptist Missionary Socie. To cash paid W. Leverett, in part his travelty hereby acknowledges the receipt ling espeuses to the Conveution, 15,00 of the following sums since May Do. B. Jacobs, do. do.

15,00 1st, 1829.

Do. C. Train, do. do.

16,73 Cash paid H. Lincoln, Esq Treas. of For. eign Board,

475,00 By balance on hand,

84,53 From Male Bap. Pri. Miss. and Bible Soc.

521,73 of Charlestown, for Burman Bible, 37,00

Cash on hand,

55,24 First Bap. Ch. aud Soc. Charlestown, for Foreign missions,

18,00 Cash of Mr. Blood, of New-Hampton, N. H. 1,00

$576,97 W. Cambridge Ch. and Soc. for for. iniss. 20,00

JAMES FOSDICK, Treas. Malden Bap. Fem. Miss. Soc. for Indian

Charlestown, June 7, 1830. Stations, by A. Briggs,

14,59 Juvenile Soc. West Cambridge, to educate heathen children,

2,85 First Bap. Ch. and congregation, Cambridge, for Burman Bible,

80,25 Account of Moneys received by the Primary Society of Newton,

20,17 Baptist Church, Weston,

10,00 Treasurer of the Newton TheologCash of James Whittemore, Framivgham, 2,00 Mrs. C. Bigelow,

do.

ical Institution.

1,00 Primary Society, Cambridge,

120,50 Bap. Fem. Mite Soc. Framingham, toward Of Rev. Warren Bird, by the Rev. Howard

the education of Chas. Train in Buriah, 15,43 First Baptist Ch. and Soc. Framingham, for

White, Scituate,

6,00 Burman mission,

19,66
Rev. A. Parker, Southbridge,

3,00 From three little girls

, Framingham, ,30 Laban Bracket, do. Fem. Pri. Soc, Roxbury, for Bur. miss.

1,00 29,92 Male Pri. Soc. Roxbury, do,

Stephen Bracket, do. 31,00

,50 Cash from a female friend, for do.

5,00
James Jennison,
do.

,50 Collected at monthly concert, at Roxbury, John Chase, Brookfield, for Burman mission,

5,00 19,27 For home do.

Seth Davis, Newton, 2,00

25,00 Male Pri. Soc. Charlestown, for Bur. Bible, 42,50

LEVI FARWELL, Treasurer. $576,97 Cambridge, June 21, 1830.

Account of Moneys received by the Treasurer of the General Convention of

the Baptist Denomination in the United States, for Foreign Missions, from March 20, to June 24, 1830.

TO CHRISTIANS OF A LIBERAL EDUCATION ENGAGED IN THE

STUDY OR PURSUIT OF SECULAR PROFESSIONS,

Dear Brethren,

There are those who, actively engaged in the noble work of preaching that gospel of grace which, doubtless, you love, look back from the field of their warfare, sometimes almost fainting in unequal contest, and court with wistful eyes, the succors of brave men, who, from time to time, dare to come up to the help of the Lord against the mighty; and amongst this band they perceive recruits from the counting house, the shop, the farm, early devoted to Zion; and who have ventured, in youthful vigor and zeal, to encounter all the labor and weariness of a long term of preparation. These are hailed with acclamations of joy by the combatants in whose fatigues and dangers they now claim a share, and by the "inhabitants of Zion,” who anxiously watch the events of the campaign. But an inquiry arises on every side, and is often pressed both by the warriors in the field, and by “the dwellers at home,” to which it is not easy to find an answer. It is for you, dear brethren, to furnish it, as well to the church as to your own consciences. The question urged, is, whether the many brethren who have been introduced into a participation of the blessings of the kingdom of Christ, after they have commenced a secular profession, or who, having at that period enjoyed the advantages of a liberal education, are engaged in studies preparatory to such profession, can justify ihis preference of worldly, over sacred labor.

Where, cry the warriors of the cross, as they urge the necessity of fresh supplies to meet the ever increasing ranks of their opponents, where are the men whose early advantages would so greatly shorten their period of preparation for this warfare? why have we thus to wait, ten and twelve years, before the aid which Zion promises arrives to our succor.

Brethren, is not this a momentous inquiry, deserving the most serious attention ? Perhaps your duty in this matter would appear very different, if you should take a nearer and more deliberate AUGUST, 1830.

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view of the subject. We often fail to hear the calls of duty, through inconsideration; by neglecting a wakeful attention to her voice. Thus, did the churches slumber for centuries after the reformation before they arose to any adequate sense of their obligations to bear the gospel to the benighted heathen; thus do many slumber at this moment, and remain deaf to the piercing notes of that precept of their Master, as direct and unambiguous as any of his promises on which they hang their dearest hopes—"Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature ;” and thus, brethren, may not you be slumbering in ignorance of what your Master would have you to do, because you have never given to the subject a degree of attention and solemn inquiry adequate to its importance ? May not the sounds of that sweet but powerful voice which drew you out of the ranks of the opposers of Zion, have been to you, not only a promise of eternal life, but also the mandate of Heava en's King, requiring your direct and active service in his armies !

I believe the spirit imbibed by all Christians in the morning of their spiritual birth, is of a Missionary character: And I do not now use the word in the limited sense which restrains it alone to the herald of peace who bears his message to the heathen ; but in a more general sense, as characterizing that spirit of love breathed into the mind of a Christian, when first translated from darkness to light, and filling his heart with ardent longings to impart to his fellow men, the precious gift so dear to his own soul. His desire is, to address every one he sees, on the momentous interests of eternity; and to sound in their ears the note of alarm. He is almost ready to run into the streets, and literally to act the watchman in Zion, crying—" Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters.” No sufficient reason can be given, why this spirit should not continue to animate the Christian, in the progress of his race—why it should not be the light in which all his inquiries as to his future life should be conducted—the foundation on which all his arguments relating to this subject should be based. Proceeding on this as a first principle, with what disinterested eagerness would every young man, when setting out in the morning of life, and laying his plans for future usefulness, pursie the solemn inquiry-"Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? in what way shall I most glorify thy name, and bring the greatest number of redeemed souls to swell the ranks of those who shall praise thee for ever?" How consonant to the spirit of which we speak, would be the prospect of being directly engaged in promulgating the word of life to dying men! Has Providence opened the way to such a holy and glorious employment-and do any hésitate to enter? We advert not here to those who are occupied in the various useful stations in the church, as instructers or agents, which are no less, are perhaps more important, than that of direct labor ; but our attention is now solely directed to those who make a deliberate choice of a secular occupation, when the entrance to the sacred ministry is equally open.

Sometimes it is objected to the mind of the inquirer, that a secret divine call is necessary, and it would be audacious to engage