that whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point he is guilty of all, and that cursed is every one who continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them; here he seemed to be greatly alarmed, and said, God help us who then can be saved. I then shewed him the glad tidings of the gospel, how that Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law being made a curse for us. I referred him to the 3d of John and different passages of the word of truth, shewing that Jesus is able and willing to save all that come to him, and that he that cometh He to him he will in no wise cast out. professed to understand and believe what I laid before him. About praying to the vir gin Mary was the only thing we differed in, but he promised to search the Scriptures on that head. bishop, and from the 7th Mark and other parts, that the doctrines and commandments of men are vain, in some instances it seems to have a good effect. May the Lord follow his own word with his blessing, and then our labour will not be in vain. people of this neighbourhood at present, by means of the Jubilee is truly wonderful, and is calculated to excite pity in the observer. The bishop with a great number of priests, have attended in Ballinacarrow and Collooney in the last weeks, where multitudes of poor deluded creatures, flocked together, expecting to receive remission of their sins, and now fifteen days are determined to put an end to their past sins, and by fastings, penances, and performing stations to make reconciliation for their iniquities. When the appointed task is performed, they think themselves as free from sin as they were at the hour of their birth. It is truly surprizing to see with what diligence they attend to these severities. Rising off their beds in the middle of the night, and after long fasting, travelling to their destined place to perform their stations. Reading for some I am often seeking opportunity to read of them at present, reminds of sowing seed on stony ground, as they seem to be at for them, and shewing the difference be this period more hardened in deceitful-tween the gospel jubilee and that of the ness. Of some of them I trust it may be said, that the Lord is opening their hearts to attend to his word. I was greatly pleased with a young lad, formerly a pupil of mine, who happened to be present at a coversation which I had with a very ignorant neighbour; the poor man knew nothing of the way to salvation, and I was endeavouring to persuade him to behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sins of the world, and shewing him from different parts of Scripture that there is no other way of salvation but through the Saviour. When, unexpectedly, the young lad came forward in behalf of the truth, and quoted what he had committed in school, I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no man cometh to the Father but by me," John xiv. 6. this text was so suitable at the time, and conveyed such an idea of the truth, that I thought it very remarkable, and considered it as a sign that the labours of the Society among the rising generation are not in vain. About two miles from this place a man very earnestly entered into a religious conversation with me; but at length told me that he believed that having a good heart, and endeavouring to keep the commandments, is the only way of obtaining eternal life. I then shewed him what the Scriptures say of the heart of man, that it is deceitful and desperately wicked above all things, and that in this way its deceivings are manifest when people think themselves to be something when they are nothing, that out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, &c. that he that knoweth what is in man thus testified of the heart, and that he that trasts his own heart is a fool. I then proceeded to point out to him the strictness of the moral law, that it reaches to the thoughts and desires of the heart, From an Irish Scripture Reader. I COMMENCED the 10th of September in O'Brien's, twice that day, who advised his son to study the Scriptures and renounce popery, which he himself intends to do: 17th, in Arthur M'Cullagh's; 18th, in Healy's, instructing him to read the Irish Testament; 19th, in Daniel McCormack's, who sees all the errors of popery, but is not willing to forsake them, lest he should lose bis customers; 20th, in Arthur M'Cullagh's, teaching himself and Healy to read the Irish Testament; 21st, in Patrick Gormly's; 22d, in James Quinn's, where great heed was given to the Irish Scriptures; 23d, in Hugh M'Gloughlin's, accompanied by Mr. Jackman; 24th, in Collooney, 25th, in Deenod's and in Lundy's school, of Rothgran; 26th, in Sligo, where John Coulan challenged me to an argument, and insisted that I should not go until he should prove that the popish religion was founded on Scripture, tradition, and reason; but we agreed that nothing should be advanced to prove what we had to say, but Scripture. On these conditions we appointed a chairman, and each of us was to speak ten minutes. This discussion lasted about an hour and a half. I proved the one saving faith, in the one object, from the prophets, apostles, and evangelists, He put philosophy instead of Scripture, and was prevented by the chairman. He was puzzled when I asked him, Did he believe the scriptures which I quoted? Why not? said he. Well, said the chairman, if you confess that what he said is right, you acknowledge that what you said is wrong. He could not withstand the force of divine truth; all present gave it against him, and some of them said that they were much edified by what they then heard. The 27th, in John Krolaghan's; 28th, lectured Roger Sweeny, the schoolmaster, on my way from Collooney to Boyle; 29th, in Edward Stenson's; 30th, in Terence O'Brien's; 1st of October, instructing Conaghlon, the schoolmaster, in Gospel principles, who sees all the errors of popery; 2d, read, lectured, and exhorted, in Horan's, of Carrack, where Morris, Moran, Murry, and M.Dermot attended for information; there was not a dissenting voice, but all agreed to the truths I endeavoured to impress on their minds, and we parted on very friendly terms; 3d, in Farrel Moran's, of Drumshanbo; 4th, at the Wooden Bridge, where a young man, whose name is Cambell, who was a leader of the Scapularians, was performing stations and other superstious exercises, has been brought by divine grace, through the instrumentality of the Holy Scriptures, to disavow all the baneful errors of popery, and to embrace the unmixed doctrines of the Bible; 5th, in Michael Morachan's, who has been confined to his bed the last two months; I endeavoured to comfort him with the Gospel; he told me that he did not ex pect to recover, and prayed fervently that he might die in the faith; 6th, in the Police Barrack, in James Elkin's, and in the Sessions-house; 7th, in Terence O'Brien's and in Michael Fanning's; 8th, in Arthur McCullagh's and in John Fanning's, where I met with Mulreanald, the schoolmaster, who nibbled a little at argument; the Fannings told him to quit it, and that I knew both ways, which gave me an advantage over him; I shewed him and all present the Gospel way of salvation, which seldom gives offence. MISSIONARY HERALD. Subscriptions and Donations in aid of this Society will be thankfully received at the Baptist Missionary House, No. 6, Fen Court, Fenchurch Street, London: or by any of the Ministers and Friends whose names are inserted in the Cover of the Annual Report. BAPTIST MISSION. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. CALCUTTA. The following brief extract from a letter written by Mr. W. H. Pearce, under date of March 12th last, affords an encouraging indi 1 usefully promote at home, the cause to which, in the Eastern world, his efforts for the last seven or eight years have been faithfully directed. MONGHYR. From a letter addressed by Mr. cation that the leaven of divine Leslie to some relatives in Engtruth is diffusing itself with in- land, we make the following excreasing rapidity among the native tract: population. Monghyr, April 8th, 1827. "I rejoice to state that appearances bere My cold has so much decreased, that indicate a great and extensive change in I do not feel any way affected by my the religious state of the country. Near preaching this morning. As it regards my Chunar and Burdwan, stations long occupied health otherwise, I am much the same as by the Church Missionary Society, the I have been for months past; never very spirit of serious enquiry is spreading won- well; but never so ill as to be prevented derfully from village to village, and many from my ordinary labours. I never can villages are applying en masse, for schools undertake much, but I am always enabled and missionaries. At Kidderpore, also, to go through every part of the duties of the where our dear Independent friends have station which are indispensable. During long laboured, village after village assem the cold season, I was accustomed to go bles its whole population to bear repeatedly and with apparent interest the word of life." HOWRAH. out for one and two whole days every week among the villages for six, eight, and ten miles around; but since the hot season commenced I have had to give this up. The last one or two days I was out, I got my head so much affected with the heat, that the pain continued for one or two weeks. I now keep going about the town in the mornings and evenings, which are the only periods I can go out with safety. Circumstances of a private nature have constrained Mr. Statham to intimate to the Committee that Little is doing at present in the way of he will be unable to return to Ben-actual conversion; but more in the way of gal. The Committee are satisfied preparation than for a long time past. I do of the propriety of the decision he not know that I have ever heard of so many has formed, and trust that Provi- enquiring into the religion of Jesus as there appear to be at present. One man, a vadence will direct him to some ap-keel, (in English, a barrister), appears very propriate sphere in which he may earnest in seeking after divine truth. Should it please God savingly to affect his mind, there is no calculating the effects which may be produced among the population at large, as the vakeels are a learned and respectable class of men. He said the other day that for Jesus to heal the leper, or to walk upon the sea was not very wonderful, as it was very easy for him, as God, to do such things; but that his blood could cleanse from sin, that he should die and rise from the dead of himself, and that of himself he should ascend to heaven, these were wonderful things indeed. A very old man on Friday last, seeing one of our native Christians, called to him to come to his door and speak with him: the Christian went. The old man began, saying, "I am very poor, and have no money in my house; but I am anxious to ask you some questions, only I cannot pay you." The Christian said, "I wish for no money, please propose your questions." The old man then said, "I have seen with my own eyes, my son's son's son's sons, and they are all dead. Now I wish to know whether I shall see them all again in the other world." The Christian having answered his questions, the old man further said, "Now I wish to know whether they will receive as much punishment for their sins as I shall, I who have lived longer than they all." This question being also auswered, the old man said, "I, from my great age, and from my many sins, perceive that I am carrying to the grave a very heavy burden, and I know not how to be delivered from it." Jesus then being made known to him as the bearer of his burden, he was very much affected, and if 1 mistake not, affected to weeping. I have told the native Christians to be sure that they return to the old man. Who can tell but he may be one of those in whom God will glorify himself by calling him at the eleventh hour? I have had many conversations of late with Mahomedans. They are of all men the hardest to deal with in this country; but they have appeared to me, lately, to have become amazingly softened, compared with what they were some time ago. They are exceedingly averse to allow that Christ is superior to Mahomet; accordingly they hold the native Christians in much contempt. But as they generally respect Europeans, I get them to converse mildly and properly with me. I met a few weeks ago with five or six of the greatest among them in a shop. A little dog who was with me happened to go near one of them, and he began to move out of the way. I asked him why he was afraid of touching the dog (which they esteem unclean), and so they commenced an argument with me about touching clean and unclean animals. I contended that there was no sin in touching any thing. Finding that I could do nothing with them in such an argument, I shifted my ground, and began to tell them that whatever their religion might do in leading them to abstain from this thing or that thing, it certainly did nothing towards cleansing their hearts, as they must be aware, that the most notoriously wicked and abominable things were committed amongst the Mahomedan population generally. The charge they knew it was in vain to deny. They, therefore, became quite astounded, and they ceased to argue by bestowing upon me the epithet "muzboot," i. e. strong; implying that I had a strong mind. From these same Mussulmauns I have received a good deal of respect since. CEYLON. (Continued from p. 92.) "Both boys and girls in all the schools are required to commit to memory the Scripture catechism. But in committing any thing to memory they as yet make very slow progress, compared with your little scholars in Ireland. But to make such a number of the rising race in this benighted island, in some measure acquainted with the great outlines of sacred history, we may reasonably hope will not be all lost labour. Another female school has been commenced in a village very near to us, which is likely to go on well, could the person who has begun it be properly encouraged to go on with it. But the sum at present allotted by the committee for female education will not allow me to go beyond the present expenditure. In short it is impossible to say what might be done in this country by schools for both males and females, had we strength to attempt it, and funds to meet the expence. To give an account of the schools, I broke off, rather abruptly, the account of my last visit to Hanwell. I will now therefore again resume that subject. My preaching at Cadoowelle and another village on my way there on Saturday, has been mentioned. On Sabbath day, at 11 A.M. a congregation of upwards of a bandred adults assembled for worship and attentively beard the word. A proponent or Government native preacher came just at the same time, otherwise the number would have been greater. After public worship I administered the ordinance of the Lord's supper to the members, in doing which, I felt a solemn sacred pleasure, which was increased by the consideration that six of the communicants were persons who had been brought from Roman Catholic superstitions to commemorate, in this simple manner, a Saviour's dying love. In consequence of nearly all the members coming from a great distance, as well as many of the hearers, only one public service can be held at Hanwell on the sabbath, but on WEST INDIES. Monday evening a weekly prayer meeting is held; and, considering what a new thing this is among them, it is gratifying to hear Since our last publication, we how acceptably most of them express them- have received various letters from selves. Early on Tuesday morning I set off for Onggalla. Our friend the Mobandi- our several stations in Jamaica, ram, since my last visit to his village, has from which we hope to insert some erected a neat and substantial school bunga- interesting extracts in our Numlow, in which they collected a congregation ber for January. Their general of between forty and fifty persons, besides the school children. The Mohandiram said tenour, as far as it relates to the many more would have come, but were pre-progress of the Gospel, is very verted by its being seed time; and some- encouraging; but our Friends will times, it seems, a day lost when the land is be prepared to hear, that the Slave in a proper state for throwing in the seed, causes the loss of the season. After preach-Act, passed at the close of 1826, ing, I examined the school and found the has had the effect of augmenting, progress the boys had made in reading and very considerably, the pecuniary writing highly satisfactory. The sun be demands on account of this prosing very hot, I staid till it began to descend below the mountains, before I left the Mo- perous branch of the Mission.handiram's shady dwelling. Much of the This circumstance, combined with time I staid there he employed in reading others of a similar nature, may the Pilgrim's Progress in Singhalese. Of render it necessary for the Comthe greater part he gave a good interpreta-mittee to make a new appeal to tion, but sometimes he evidently needed some one to help him. As to these parts, the liberality of the Christian pubhowever, it was only needful to give him a lic; and it would be wrong to clue to enable him to enter well into the doubt, after the experience they spirit of the author. I believe our edition have already had, whether such an appeal will be successful. 4 Mr. and Mrs. Burton, and Mr. Coultart, have arrived in safety at Kingston, and our Missionary friends were all in usual health, though sickness had been very prevalent around them. of this interesting book will soon be all in circulation. But to return to my narrative. On Wednesday I visited the Hanwell school. We have now a very good school-master in this school. He is one of those who engage in prayer on Monday evenings, and so far as I can judge, possesses not only the gift, but the spirit of prayer. The man who was dismissed last year has done his ut most to ruin the school, and succeeded in We rejoice to add, that we have drawing away a sumber of the boys. This school at present, therefore, is rather be good reason to believe his Mahind the one at Ooggalla. But it is re-jesty's Government have resolved viving. to disallow the Act of the House of Assembly, to which we have alluded in the former part of this article. 1st March. Thus far of this sheet I had written on the 26th of February, intending to finish it on the 27th. But at 2 A.M. of that day was seized with a dizziness in my head, fainting, and violent vomiting, which seemed likely to have terminated in such an attack as that I experienced in 1813, which almost deprived me of reason and in fact of life. By having had immediate recourse to copious bleeding and the use of medicine, I have been mercifully relieved, and though still in a weak state, (which must be my apology for thus hastily closing this letter) hope soon to be restored to my usual health." [We are happy to add, that a letter has since been received from Mr. C. dated the 16th of April, when he was considerably better in health. He intreats most urgently that assistance may be sent him; and the circumstances of his station are such as strongly to enforce his request.] UNITED STATES. Most of our readers are aware, that for several years past there have been, in the United States of America, what are appropriately styled revivals of religion- --seasons of peculiar and gracious impressions of divine truth on the minds of hearers, issuing in their hopeful conversion to God, and visible profession of his name. In the course of a few months past, |