"The highly respectable and dignified characters who have honoured the Society with their names and support, sanction this appeal to the liberality and Christian zeal of the public at large. But the grand argument, which it is presumed will plead with most powerful influence, is that this Institution combines the united objects of all others. In its aim to promote the knowledge of Divine Truth, to convince the Jews that the Lord Jesus Christ is the true Messiah, and thus to guide the ignorant and wandering transgressor into the fold of the good Shepherd, it solicits aid as a Missionary Society.

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"In its exertions to provide for the afflicted, the necessitous, and such as, by embracing Christianity, may be reduced to distress for want of employment, it asks support in the capacity of a House of Industry and a Refuge for the Destitute. its parental protection, education, and support of children of Jewish extraction, it claims the aid of the benevolent, to rescue from vice, to impress the infant mind with religious principles, to relieve the affliction of the widow, and to become the father of the fatherless.

"Moreover, the Directors of the London Society cannot but be persuaded, that compassionate and zealous exertions, to collect the dispersed of Israel and Judah, will be acceptable to the God of Abraham; and may prove a means of bringing the blessing of that eminent Patriarch more largely on the Gentiles. For if the casting away of the Jews be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead' For blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles shall come in' This argument establishes the duty, the Christian policy, the holy obligation, of endeavouring to promote Christianity amongst the Jews; in the hope that we may be the honoured instruments of accelerating the day when both to Jews and Gentiles the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together as the mouth of the Lord hath spoken.'

"The following means have already been adopted by the London Society, for the furtherance of this great and desirable object :

"The establishment of Lectures addressed to the Jews, and the erection of a large Episcopalian Chapel, for their use.

Basket Manufactory, for of such Jews as are deprive amongst their brethren, fested a desire to inquire Christianity.

"Nearly the whole of t ment has been translated i The Gospel of St. Matt been published; dedicated to the Right Reverend the ham, Salisbury, Norwich Cloyne, and Meath: and t Mark is in the press, and

"Various appropriate tr Hebrew, and German, ha and circulated, at home, o of Europe, in the Mediterra East Indies.

"Auxiliary Societies have in various parts of the U and many benevolent pers with the obligations of Ch the conversion of the Jews and are now forming, Asso mote a subscription, in wh disciple of Christ may take tributing one penny per wee month.

"It mus be evident to a tution embracing such a va cannot be carried on witho ble annual income, which hoped the charity of the Br continue to supply.

"The success which has ed the efforts of this Society cient to encourage persev labour of love, and to inspi that under the Divine bless due time reap if we faint no

"The children of Isra many days without a kin a prince, and without a without an image, and with and without teraphim.' I forget that God hath also wards they shall return, Lord their God, and Dav and shall fear the Lord ness in the latter days!' that we have the distingu of being called to be inst hand of Providence to ha proach of the glorious per promise of the Lord shall I will surely assemble,

Vice-Patron and President, Lord Viscount Lorton;- Vice-Patrons, Earls of Westmeath, Desart, and Gosford; and Viscounts De Vesci, Lifford, Northland, and Valentia ;-Vice-Presidents, The Lord Mayor of Dublin for the time being; Mr. Justice Daly; Right Hon. David La Touche; Gen. Sir George Hewitt; Hon. James Hewitt; William Brownlow, Esq. M. P.; Blaney Townley Balfour, Esq.; Major-Gen White; Major-Gen. Trotter; Peter La Touche, Esq.; Alexander Hamil ton Esq.; and Robert Perceval, Esq. M. D ;-Treasurer, Right Hon David La Touche ;-Secretaries, Rev. R H Nixon, and Francis Corbet, Esq.;-AssistantSecretary and Collector, Mr. William Heney.

To this we have thought it right to add, the eloquent speech of a gentleman not unknown nor unremembered on this side

the water.

Rev. James Dunn, M. A. Rector of Delgany."I will not say much, my Lord, in seconding the resolution put into my hands, lest I should weaken the impression made on your minds by the proceedings of this day; for, judging by myself, I con clude that every understanding has been convinced, and every heart animated by what we have heard. But I may be allowed to pray that these truths may be engrafted in our hearts, and these feelings perpetuated in the constant tenor of our religious progress.-I see no objection to this Society. It seems most worthy of our holy church to take an active part in this work It seems most worthy of our holy religion, that, if we find it big with blessings for time and eternity, it should fill us with zeal to communicate those blessings to the heathen lands. It seems most worthy of the Great Author of our faith, who, from pure love to man, left the mansions of heaven, and embarked on the waves of this troublous world, that he might turn men from darkness unto light, and from the power of Satan unto God. The Son of God himself was the first Missionary, if I may be allowed the expression; and, therefore, none, who bear his name, can be indifferent in a cause which attempts the conversion of millions of our fellow-creatures.

that the cause of the heathen is hopeless, "It has been objected to such attempts, and that we have not the means nor the

power to produce great effects. But I would ask, if such cold calculations had formerly obtained, what would have been

the state of our own country at the present day? Still would druidical darkness have rested on our land, and the sacrificial knife been raised over our innocent offspring; and still should we have been taught to expect a heaven, where we should drink from the skulls of our conquered enemies! But the church then felt the spirit of her Master, and did not give up our case as hopeless; but, in the face of danger and of death, came over to us with the message of truth, seized the reluctant hand of our ancestors to lead them to the temple of Jehovah, and poured on their minds the glorious light of the Gospel. And yet the druidical superstition was far preferable to the base religions of the East, where the wretched Hindoo pays his homage to the impure and bloody idol of Juggernaut.

"I feel, therefore, happy, my Lord, to see my countrymen assembled on this occasion. We have many objects of charity at home, but they will not be sufferers by our contribution to this Society. For this effort will serve to cherish the life of religion in the soul, and thus swell the true source from which charity must spring. There is, indeed, a spurious benevolence, whose objects must not be multiplied; but true charity never faileth:' it will rather grow upon every exertion, and still bear abundant fruit. Like the golden branch of the poet, when one is plucked away, another will spring forth.

-Uno avulso, non deficit alter.'

"It is true that he that provideth not for his own house is worse than an infidel;' but will any one say, that a man is not to extend his care beyond his family? Why then does public praise rest, as it does, on the name of Wilberforce-a name, not so much that of an individual, as of every generous purpose and high resolve-a name, connected with humanity and religion; and the memory of which will be embalmed with the blessings of his fellowcreatures? Why? because his heart swel led beyond the narrow circle of personal regard; and felt, with tender sympathy the sufferings of his brethren in every quarter of the world: because he could not suffer one fellow-man to remain in ignorance or slavery, while he could raise his voice to break his bonds, or remove and dissipate his errors. Let his final triumph animate us to the same perseverance, Our charity should have no bounds, but

those of our power. Wherever there is a creature capable of receiving happiness, charity should be active in bestowing it. It will first, indeed, fill with its warmest beams, the centre at home; but, in proportion as it kindles with Heaven's pure fire, it will spread till it warms and enlightens the whole human race. I con. sider this meeting as an evidence of the enlargement of our minds, of a progress in the Christian life, a rise in the scale of being.

"The times, moreover, my Lord, call us to new exertions. But this is too large a field. I will only, therefore, recal to your memories those prophecies which predict the rapid spread of the Gospel in the latter days. I will only point out to you my country, which stands on such an eminence, that she will be answerable to that Providence which has given her peace for the right use of the blessing. I would call on her to unite the cause of religion with the fame of her deeds. I would bid her inscribe on the temple of British glory, the name of her God. I would exhort her to give a new permanence to her wealth and authority, by making them the bandmaids to religion. In the darkest times I always thought, my Lord, that my country would be reserved as a blessing to the world. I have been accustomed to regard her, preserved amidst the convulsions of Christendom, when the flood-gates of anarchy had been opened, and were covering the earth, as borne, like the ark on the waters, and containing within its narrow limits, all that was most dear and valuable to man. Now we see the waters beginning to subside. Now we have sent forth the gentle messenger of peace, and hail his return, bearing the friendly olive-branch; and we shall now behold those favourites of Heaven, social order, public freedom, and pure religion, descending from this Ark to replenish and adorn the earth. I trust, my Lord, we shall rise to the dignity of the station to which we are called, and rejoice in being allowed to co-operate with God in the great design of covering the earth with 'the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.'"

It must be a matter of the most lively satisfaction to every Christian, to observe, that Ireland is beginning to co-operate in the plans of piety and benevolence. Such efforts will be the most formidable foes to Popery, by exalting the character of the Protestant Church in Ireland.

RUSSIAN TARTARY.

The Edinburgh Missionary Society have six Missionaries in Russian Tartary, of whose proceedings we subjoin the following brief statements.

For several years, owing to the situation of the country, with the plague, and the perpetual irruptions of the hostile Tartars, the Missionaries were almost constantly obliged to confine themselves within the walls, or rather, palisadoes, of the settlement; and even then, were scarcely free from danger, though protected by a guard of Russian Cossacks. They had repeatedly to take refuge in Constantinsgorski (a Russian fort in the neighbourhood) or in Georghievsk, a fortified town about thirty miles distant from Karass; to which last place, most of them with their families removed in 1813, and continued there till the end of last spring.

The printing of the New Testament,how. ever, having been providentially finished before they were forced to flee from Karass, they went on with the binding of it at Georghievsk; and, though greatly retarded for want of proper intruments and materials, they succeeded in finishing a very considerable number during the winter months. At Georghievsk, besides, they enjoyed much more favourable opportunies both of conversing with the natives, and of distributing copies of tracts and of the New Testament than at Karass; and these they diligently and earnestly embraced.

As soon as the weather permitted, Messrs. Dickson and Galloway were sent from Georghievsk on an itinerating excur sion to Astrachan, for the purpose of circulating the New Testament and tracts among the Mahometans residing in that city, and those of the same religion who are accustomed to visit it, and of endeavouring to excite their attention to the Gospel of our Lord and Saviour. Having remained there about two months, diligently labouring in the field allotted them, and not, it may be hoped, without some effect; though the visible fruits of the seed of Divine Truth which they were engaged in scattering, have not yet appeared in any very remarkable degree; they returned in the month of June to Karass, whither their brethren had by that time removed from Georghievsk.

Scarcely had they got home, when, in consequence of the urgent request of the Minister of the Interior, at the express desire of the Emperor, who has uniformly,

and particularly of late, shewn the most cordial interest in their welfare and success, they determined to send other two of their number toward Orenberg, on the lines of Siberia, with the view of looking out for a more eligible missionary station; where they may enjoy greater personal security from the wandering Tartar tribes, and at the same time, turn their knowledge of the Tartar language to the best account among the Mahometan population, whether stationary or erratic, in the surrounding country.

Messrs. Mitchell and Fraser were fixed Karass at the end of June. They reached on for this expedition, and set out from Orenberg in safety about the beginning of August, and were received with the greatest kindness by the Lieutenant General of the province, who had been directed to shew them every attention, and give them every encouragement and assistance in his power, by letters from the Imperial Court, transmitted immediately to himself. Under his direction, they at last fixed on a piece of ground very near the city, of which a free grant will be given to the Mission, by Government, if the Directors shall, after receiving the journal of these two Missionaries, judge it expedient, in the present circumstances of the Mission, to establish a permanent station or settlement in that part of the Russian empire.

From the preceding statement it will be perceived, that, by the last accounts, Messrs. Fraser and Mitchell were at Orenberg. The other Missionaries are resident at Karass.

INDIA.

In the Journals of Abdool Messee already given, our readers have seen the rapid growth of Christianity in Agra, and its diffusion round that city. Copies of the Scriptures have been sent to many places; and inquirers after truth have visited Agra from various and distant quarters. Talib Messee, Fazil Messee, and other native teachers of great promise, have been raised up to support and extend the efforts of Abdool Messee. At Lucknow, at Delhi, and at other places of importance, there are many inquiries into Christianity, and opportunities are opening for the establish. ment of missionary stations English residents at Meerut, at Muttra, and else where, are diligent in the support of schools, and in the diffusion of Christian truth.

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