for God will help me to bear what is His will to appoint.

"O, this dear flock! (they will not, I trust, be dispersed :) to-day, I have had much pleasure in teaching, and have been preserved in more ascendency over disappointing and difficult circumstances than has sometimes been the case, and my peace has been less interrupted, which I feel to be cause of humble thankfulness to Him who can convince of sin, of righteousness, and of that judgment which is even now begun. I am so sensibly reminded of the uncertainty of life that I must soon try to acquit myself of what I think a debt of duty, in writing to James Montgomery, on the subject of cruelty to animals, which I have seen partially brought forward in an infant-school hymn.

6th. The more I feel interested in my charge, the more I regret that the Church Missionary Society should have relinquished the children. They plead the difficulty they might be put to, in having their first pupils withdrawn without their consent. But is not every school-teacher subjected to the same disadvantage when his monitors and chief scholars are withdrawn by their friends? They considered themselves aggrieved by the conditions of the former Governor not having been adhered to; but it is to be lamented that their own cause, and the cause of the dear children should be permitted to suffer on that account, and it is to be feared that both do suffer. The charge is great, but it is one of the most interesting that can be presented to a missionary heart, and it is not overpowering, with help and arrangements. The voices of more than seventy children, unless very much repressed, may sometimes be more than weak nerves like to en

counter, but every day there are seasons of quiet even here, and when the flock is in school, which is five hours every day, the instruction of them is not much more difficult than that of a smaller number.

"I think we may do much towards preventing excess of anxiety, by devoting certain times for attention to the different branches under our care, and not allow the mind continually to dwell under the whole weight of every thing, as though all parts of duty could be attended to, or discharged at the same moment. Certainly planning for the future is one part of our duty, and it would be want of foresight to neglect it, yet all should be conducted under a feeling of divestment of anxious care and in the peace of God which passeth all understanding. O, that some who dwell in the favoured region of Britain, might feel it their duty to come out to this port. I sometimes think I cannot return to England until this dear flock shall be placed under permanent care, or at least a chosen portion of it, and until the whole concern respecting the disposal of the liberated African children shall be on some firm foundation. It is true, I have claims of duty in England, but He who ordereth all things, can give any work in that land or in this, to other hands, and I have nothing more to do than to wait the appointments of His providence, and follow whithersoever He shall be pleased to lead me. I know not that I have had greater peace of mind at any time than at present, and what are heats and colds, and sickly and healthy seasons in comparison of peace with Him, who is our refuge, our hope, and our all in all.

"8th. We want instructors among the people

who will not think the whole of their business is to tell others that they do wrong, but to show them by example and precept what it is to do right in all the engagements and relations of life. One of the first lessons that young people should learn who are designed for spheres of usefulness must be not to despise any useful employment, and never to regard with contempt any human being.

“I think it right to make memoranda of thoughts that arise on the Sabbath-days, therefore I wish particularly at this time to minute that thus far this day has been a sweet and quiet Sabbath. May heavenly mercy preserve my soul in peace till the evening. Yesterday was a time of close trial in several respects, and I do not feel that I have attained to entire dominion over the effects of an anxiety that seems plausible in itself, as wishing to see all conducted in good order, but impels to too prompt expressions against the want of it. O, that I could separate between things and persons, and seek, while keenly sensible of what is wrong, to recover the offenders by timely counsels given in Christian gentleness and forbearance! Why is forbearance enjoined, but to be exercised in circumstances in which there are trials of the temper and mind to bear? We ought ever to remember that our Redeemer's will is to be our guide, and that He bore the contradiction' of sinners against Himself. How little, then, have we to bear!

"12th. May my soul be led daily to the source of strength and peace for all needful help, to be an instrument in a cause dearer to my heart, far dearer, than all earthly projects and pleasures. But why

should I make any comparisons of that kind? All is but dross compared with heavenly treasure.

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How awful is the news from England, and how very affecting the accounts from the distant city of Bagdad! It appears truly as though the whole. world was shaking. Will not men hear, fear, and turn to the Lord? Mournful is the state of things in this colony, but some sorrows are but beginning to be known. Still those who love the Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity will, I trust, be drawn and driven into nearer unity with each other in Him.

"20th. It has sometimes been consistent with the orderings of Infinite Wisdom and love that a season of physical weakness and depression of health has yet been one in which unfoldings of future good, both to ourselves and to others, have been made consolingly manifest. It was so in my first leadings toward the formation of a society for improving the state of the poor in my native town; also in the first views of forming elementary translations in new or unwritten languages. O, that the prospect which has more fully opened on my mind the early part of this morning, when indisposition rendered it prudent to remain a longer time than usual without entering on my wonted cares, may eventually be seen to confirm this experience of mercy reigning and ruling even in days of outward depression, from the variety of causes to which we are subject in this wilderness state.

"The information from my friends that there is not any existing fund which is available for the continuance of this school; and the very peculiar circumstances in which it is placed, being now the only one for girls under missionary care, have led me earnestly to desire to see what is the Divine

Will as to its continuance or not, and having felt only darkness and confusion in the thought of its being given up, I have hoped that God will order a way for its being carried forward. The view of this, and of an African school in England being established by the help of an extensive subscription in small sums seemed to open before me when in Free Town. I have just written to England on the subject, and unavoidable circumstances connected with that letter, and other pressing cares, have borne down my strength, so that this is the second day of my being absent from the schoolroom. However, I have had the satisfaction of hearing all read this week, and now hope that after a little rest, I may recruit so far as to continue my work. How great is the mercy I have experienced in repeated restorations of health after great exhaustion!

"I have been led to hope that the continuance of this school, and the establishment of an African school in England may be one concern, and provided for by one fund raised by subscriptions of one shilling per quarter. Outfits of both establishments, and contingent expenses to be provided for by donations. Twelve girls to be received as boarders in England, and if possible they should be from the five following districts, Aku, Kosso, Bullum, Timmanee, and Sussu. At any rate the four first, and others might come in afterwards. For each of these £25 to be paid for board and clothing annually, or if the general expenses of the family were provided for in one sum, there should be a separate provision for the conductors of the school.

"I have been rather disappointed with two of