1822.] Home Missions. been made in the places referred to, for the propagation of the saving truths of the Gospel among all orders are the of men; how numerous Churches, and increasing in num. ber, in which those truths are preached, by men duly appointed, and every way competent to their holy function; what pains are taken that the Churches should be opened, and religious service performed, at various hours, for the accommodation and convenience of the different classes; what facility of access to the knowledge of the Gospel, which is of such universal importance, is afforded by every means to all; and how freely the sources of religious education are now laid open to the children of the poor. In addition to that ample provision which is made in our established Church that the poor may have the Gospel constantly preached to them, and the care that is taken "in London and its vicinity" particularly, that by the cheapness of education they may be enabled to understand it, it is well known, that various societies are formed there, and especially the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, whose benevolent object it is, to offer books of the soundest religious instruction, at the cheapest rate, to the poor. When such means of religious information are known to abound, and long have been, and now are, in full efficiency, so that no man in this country need be ignorant of what the Gospel requires him to believe and to do in order to obtain everlasting salvation, it must appear strange that any society should, at this day, regard, and propose to treat even the poorest of its inhabitants as unconverted, and in a state of heathenism. For such must be the light in which they are regarded by those, who propose to evangelise the poor inhabitants of London and its vicinity." It is, indeed, greatly to be lamented that they, or any who enjoy that full light of the Gospel, which shines upon this highly fa 695 youred laud, should not be duly sensible of these their inestimable privileges, and uniformly "walk as children of the light:" that the conduct of men, in any station in this Christian country, should suggest the necessity of their being considered as a people to whom the saving truths of the Gospel arc absolutely unknown, and as standing in need of yet being evangelised. Devoutly is it to be wished, that all who name the name of Christ, would depart from iniquity, and by the purity of their lives would so adorn their Christian calling, that the sincerity of it might never be called in question: but if the persons alluded to should be induced, by the suspicions thrown out by this society, to look upon themselves as altogether unregenerate and unconverted, and absolutely in the condition of heathens, and to suppose that their regular pastors withhold from them the truths of the Gospel; what would the natural consequences be, but an increasing alienation, on their parts, from such unfaithful and incompetent teachers, the prevalence of schism and religious dissention, and the danger of the extinction of that evangelical light, which, by the divine mercy, does with full splendour shine upon our country! The intrusion of selfappointed teachers into the labours of the regular Clergy, or of those who are sent by such Missionary Societies as have no other authority to send labourers into the Lord's vineyard than such as they themselves assume, must have the effect, so far as it prevails, of unhinging our whole ecclesiastical polity, of diminishing the usefulness of lawful pastors, and detaching the people from their ministry. How ineffectual their best endeavours are often rendered, and how lightly that authority which they derive in regu. lar succession from the Apostles is esteemed, is evident from the numbers who, almost in every place, are tempted to withdraw from their 4 G 2 To the Editor of the Remembrancer. SIR, You may render a service to the community by giving publicity to the establishment of a Penitentiary Asylum, in the county of Warwick, for Juvenile Offenders. A striking instance of reformed conduct (one of those alluded to in the Report) shews the value of this truly Christian asylum. A youth, after the expiration of his imprisonment in gaol, came under its instruction and discipline, and, after a time, was hired as a servant with an aged relation, possessed of property, who afterwards, by large pecuniary offers, endeavoured to persuade him to engage in an act of felony. He strenuously resisted the temptation, pointed out to his relation the enormity of his guilt, ran away from his service, and came to the asylum. The truth of the youth's statement being established he was received into the house of a respectable tradesman in the neighbourhood, and his integrity is amply rewarded. Your readers may be certified of this fact by application to the Master. I am your's, PHILON ESIMUS. August 15, 1822. (Published in the provincial Papers of the County.) COUNTY OF WARWICK ASYLUM FOR JUVENILE OFFENders. -In consequence of the report made to the Committee for the management of the affairs of the County Asylum, at a meeting, held at the Judges' House, in Warwick, on the 2nd of May, 1822, it was resolved: 1. That the Asylum at Stretton be enlarged. 2. That boys, not exceeding the number of 100, be admitted as soon as the funds will allow of such admission. 3. That boys be admitted who may be taken before a Magistrate on a charge of Felony, at the discretion and recommendation of such Magistrate. 4. That every boy, before he be admitted, do set himself as a ser vant in husbandry, to the Master of the Asylum, for fifty-one weeks. 5. That boys sentenced to the Gaol or House of Correction at Coventry, be admitted after the expi ration of such sentence, upon the recommendation of the Magistrates of the said city and county. The report which occasioned these resolutions stated, that since the commencement of the establishment in the year 1818, thirty-six boys had been admitted; that thirteen (some of whom had been convicted of capital offences,) had been reformed; placed in respectable si tuations, and were now conducting themselves as useful members of society, which appears by the testimony of their em ployers; that twelve boys are now in the Asylum, all of whom by their industry and orderly deportment, shew that the object for which they were sent is obtained: and that persons of respectability have now made applications to receive them into their families as workmen and servants. Under the conviction, therefore, that great good has been already effected on many of these once unhappy objects, la bouring under ignorance and unrestrained habits of vice, it was determined by the Committee to enlarge the Asylum, and to open its benefits to such other juvenile of fenders as the Magistrates might consider likely to be reformed by its regulations and discipline. The Committee confidently expect that the public will, in due time, derive very great advantage from a liberal encourage, ment of this institution, inasmuch as it is presumed that the present charge on the county rates for prosecutions, may by this means be considerably reduced. But in their appeal to higher motives, they are persuaded that the friends of this truly Christian establishment will be gratified by being instrumental in the prevention of crime, and in the means of recovery from guilt. By order of the Committee, T. R. BROMFIELD. Honorary Secretary, appointed Jan. 1822. Judges' House, Warwick, July 16, 1822. N. B. The Boys are employed in Husbandry Work, in making Clothes and Shoes, in weaving and Rope Spinning. Information respecting the Asylum may be received by ap plication (post paid) to Mr. Cox, the Master, at Stretton, upon Dunsmore, who will also shew the establishment to visitors. SACRED POETRY. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. THE glories of our blood and state Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath, The garlands wither on your brow; Upon death's purple altar now See where the victor victim bleeds: All heads must come To the cold tomb; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in the dust. JAMES SHIRLEY,-Died 1666. THE CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE. How happy is he born, or taught, That serveth not another's will: Who hath his life from rumours freed; Who envies none, whom chance doth raise, How deepest wounds are given with praise; Who God doth late and early pray. This man is freed from servile bands SIR HENRY WOTTON,-Died 1639. CONTENT. PEACE, mutt'ring thoughts, and do not grudge to keep Can on another's hardly rest. Gad not abroad at every quest and call To court each place or fortune, that doth fall, Then cease discoursing soul-till thine own ground. He, that by seeking hath himself once found, HERBERT. IN PRAISE OF LESSIUS' RULE OF HEALTH. Go now, and with some daring drug That which makes us have no need Wilt see a man all his own wealth, A soul sheath'd in a crystal shrine, A thin aerial veil, is drawn O'er beauty's face, seeming to hide, A happy soul, that all the way Would'st see a man whose well-warm'd blood A man, whose tuned humours be A set of rarest harmony? Would'st see blithe looks? fresh cheeks beguile Would'st see nests of new roses grow Warm thoughts, free spirits, flattering In sum, would'st see a man, that can Soul and body part like friends; A kiss, a sigh, and so away. This rare-one, Reader, would'st thou see? CRASHAW. Leonardo Lessius, of whose "Rule of Health" so much is here said and so beautifully, was a Jesuit, a distinguished polemical writer in the 16th and 17th centuries, and a great admirer of the temperate principles of Lewis Cornaro, noticed by Addison, in No. 195 of the Spectator. The title of his Book is "Hygiasticon sen vera Ratio Valetudinis bonæ vitæ una cum sensuum, et Judicii, et memoriæ, integritate ad extremam senectutem conservandâ." REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. A Letter to his Grace, the Lord THE character and station of Dr. ter to his Primate professes to unfold, and the ingenuity with which his opinion is defended, are sufficient reasons for introducing our readers to the pamphlet before us. We shall commence by extracting passages which develope the learned doctor's hypothesis, and conclude with stating our opinion of its justice. He proposes to place the propagation of Christianity in a new |
