habitants of those beautiful islands. The Missionaries persevered against scorn and ill-bodings; and before many years were over, their labours were blessed; and they christianized the islands to which they first shaped their course; and their goodly victory was, under God, followed by one of the most rapid advances in civilization, of which we can find an account in the moral records of the present century. If some of the fruits of this holy triumph have fallen short of expectation, and have not been allowed to ripen, that misfortune was not the fault either of the Missionaries or the natives, but was the fault of stronger men who, without a plea of law or justice, invaded and beat down the inhabitants by force of arms, and drove away their Christian teachers. Wisdom is approved of her children; and from this good band of Christian labourers— once so much mocked and scorned by writers of great power and skill-have arisen works we may with truth call philosophical; which have advanced the cause of physical science; cast a good light upon the history of a very interesting section of the human family; and added a goodly chapter to the religious literature of the present day. "Just in the same manner, and, I am sorry to say, unchristian spirit, some of the most popular writers of this time-men who have delighted us by their public works of fiction, and done some service to the cause of humanity and justice, national taste, social freedom, and brotherly love-have thought fit to blight their laurels by frequent and hasty scoffings at honest acts of public zeal for the instruction of the poor natives of heathendom. They write as if every man must be a brain-heated fanatic, who stands up on a public platform to plead for his fellow-creatures in distant lands; and as if every woman who goes to listen to him and desires to help him, must needs be a simple dreamer, a slattern, a sorry housewife, and a bad mother. Such gross caricatures, if they prove nothing else, are a proof of vulgar taste, and may help to do some mischief; but they partly carry with them their own antidote, for they are nauseously false and ridiculously untrue to nature. Who ever doubted that there are, and ever will be, great follies even among good men? There will be found at all times men who talk of goodness, and make a show of it, without loving it for its own sake. Such men are the chaff which the blast of ridicule might, perhaps, winnow from the corn. But our Bible tells us not to be in too great a hurry to divide the good part of the crop from the bad-rather to leave the separation to an unerring hand; and as for ourselves, it tells us to hope all things, and to live in charity with our neighbour. A man who pleads honestly (and wisely too) for a cause in which his heart is warm, but for which his hearers have no sympathy, may perchance appear to them to be acting and talking like a fool, while he is speaking the very words of truth and wisdom. Let us keep down our mockery, and try gravely and honestly to look society in the face; and we shall most certainly see, that among men and women of every grade— from the highest to the lowest-who have felt true love for their fellow-creatures both at home and in heathendom, and have proved it by efforts for their instruction in the lessons of the Gospel, are to be found some of the best patriots, some of the most highminded men and best clergymen, and many of the best daily fire-side models of social duty and domestic love. "The preceding remarks do not apply to the Church of England only, but to every other Christian church, whatsoever may be its name, of which the members believe in the promises of the Gospel as the ground of their hopes, and take its commands as the rule of their life. While such men are doing the good work of Christian love among the heathen, we pray, with all our hearts, that God may speed them well, without stopping to inquire into the Covenants they may have signed, the synodal confessions they may have published, or the outward forms of polity they may have chosen. A man may surely join in such a prayer without forfeit. ing one iota of his loyalty, or abating one particle of his active duties, to his own church and country." DEPARTURE. Rev. Holloway Helmore, Mrs. Helmore, and part of their family, embarked at Southampton, for Cape Town, en route for Central South Africa, July 5th. ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND. Mr. H. J. Hirschberg, Medical Missionary, and Mrs. Hirschberg, from Amoy, China, July 6th. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. The thanks of the Directors are respectfully presented to the following, viz. : For Mrs. E. Porter, Cuddapah. To the Ladies' Working Society, Congregational Church, Blackheath-For a Box of Useful and Ornamental Work. For Mrs. Addis, Coimbatoor. To the Carr's Lane Missionary Working Society, Birmingham-For a Box of Useful Articles. For Mrs. Campbell, Bangalore-For a Box of Cotton Cloth, &c., value £12. For Rev. E. Lewis, Santhapooram. To the Rev. G. D. Cullen, Edinburgh-For a Box of Books. For Mrs. Macartney, Bellary. To Mrs. Wills, Bristol-For a Box of Useful and Ornamental Work. For Rev. W. J. Gardner, Jamaica. To Bunyan Meeting Missionary Working Party, Bedford-For two Boxes of Clothing and Fancy Articles, value £33. For Rev. Duncan Fletcher, Jamaica. To Mrs. Bladon, Uttoxeter-For a Box of Clothing and Stationery. For Mrs. Clarke, Jamaica. To the Young Ladies" For the Ridgmount Institution. To C. Godwin,. For Rev. H. Helmore, South Africa. To Mrs. To For a Bale of Clothing. To Miss Norton, Chelsea-For a Parcel of Pincushions. Rev. R. F. Fisher, Flisk, Cupar, Fife- For a Box of Clothing and Useful Articles. Το the Society for Promoting Female Education in the East-For a Box of Clothing and Useful Articles, value £10. To Friends a Hanover Chapel, Peckham-For a Box of Useful Articles. For Rev. R. B. Taylor. To the Missionary To Rev. R. F. Fisher, Cupar, Fife-For two Cases of Useful and Valuable Articles. The Rev. W. Moody Blake begs to acknowledge, with sincere thanks, the sum of £29 4s. 11d., and a variety of Useful Articles, from Friends in Bristol, Enfield, Wallingford, and elsewhere. Mrs. Addis, of Coimbatoor, begs to acknowledge, with best thanks, the receipt of the following: A Box of Useful and Fancy Articles, value C11 158. 6d., from the Misses Craig, Miss Ames, and Young Friends. A Parcel of Useful and Fancy Articles, value £6, from M. A. F., Holloway. The Rev. J. Jones, of Maré, South Seas, returns his grateful thanks to the following, for their kind Contributions: Friends at Leigh Sinton-For a Box of Clothing and Useful Articles, value £15; Friends at Brighton, per Rev. F. Soden-For a Box of Clothing and Useful Articles; British and Foreign A Friend. Miss Pitcairn 1 0 0 MISSIONARY CONTRIBUTIONS. From 26th April to 14th July, 1858, inclusive. Miss Burge 0 10 6 10 0 0 50 0 0 Albany Chapel, Regent's 200 0 14 0 10 0 0 For New Missions in Central 45 0 0 3 1 0 050 0 ********* Albion Chapel. Bethnal Green. For the Widows' and Orphans' Fund Juvenile Society, for the School at Cuddapah Albany Chapel, Camberwell. ledged Collected by Miss James 31. 108. tures on India, by Juvenile Association. 10 0 0 Messrs. W. L. Winch and E. 100 Mr. A. Nodes, Treasurer. For Extended Operations in Particulars of Amount acknowledged in May, 50 Collected by 33 20 20 0 10 05 500 15 0 0 217. 108. Bishopsgate Chapel. Ladies' Branch, on account Master F. W. All- Master H. O. All- man Mr. T. H. Evans..... Master Fredk. Field Miss Hodges 5157 Master J. S. All- 0 Miss M. A. Allbrook 0 36, 0 0 School Society-For a Box of Slates; the Rev. W. Also for the following, for Messrs. Creagh and 510 5 610 0 $ 10 0 Miss H. Monkton 058 0 911 0 10 1 9 4 1 Miss Biggs Coverdale Chapel. 0 8 9 Miss E. Binnington Ebenezer Chapel, Bermondsey. Collection 9th May 3 10 Falcon Square Chapel. Feller Lane. 0 9 10 0 10 6 Collection 3 17 S Grange Street, 3110 014 5 Horton, Auxiliary, per count 0 15 7 013 2.12 # Hare Court Chapel, Clapham. 030 U Collection 24 17 5 Jas. Spicer, Esq. (A) & 0 Miss Louisa Spicer 2 20 D. Auxiliary, Mrs. Paimer. sq. 37 7 10: 447. 98. Sc.Mr. H. T. Smith, for India...... Holloway. 381. 8s. 10d. Claremont Chapel. Per Mr. Drew......... 5 15 110 ..... Subscriptions rick Morris Livens 30 159 Missionary Boxes. Master Butcher..... 132. 58. 6d. Wisbeach, S., for CHESHIRE. Chester, per Mr. Winchester. Sydenham, Rev. W. Thorn. Mrs. Alexander 0 Particulars of remittances formerly acknowledged, 0 Subscriptions, &c.... 6 5 0 Mr. Alexander.. 0 Miss Cleveland, for Indian Special Fund. Collections... For Widows' Fund. 0 Juvenile Working Society.. 4 26 Mr. Easton 0 Collected by Miss Miss Foster Drew 040A Friend... Miss Warren's Class 0 13 0 A Friend. Young Men's Class. 0 4 0 Mr. George Mr. Grittin. Mr. Hailes.. Missionary Boxes. Rev. John Mully. Mr. Hall Miss Lawson 009 Mr. Harbridge. Missionary Boxes. Miss Little 0 1 Mr. G. Harbridge Mr. W. Drake 088 Master Moody. 0 1 10 Mr. E. Harris James Bugg 0 1 3 Miss Sabine 06 4 Mrs. E. Harris. Collec- Mrs. T. Sapsworth... 0 8 10 Miss Sumerbee 0 2 8 Rev. T. C. Hine Mr. Hitchcock 0 4 0 Miss Sutherland 0 3 11 Mrs. Hine Mrs. M. Sapsworth 0 8 6 Master Tammadge 0 3 1 Miss Hine 330 Miss A. Wiseman 098 Miss Titcomb 0 7 10 Mrs. Holah 3 2 Mr. J. Sapsworth 053 Mr. J. Jones 0 1 6 Mrs. J. Jones 0 0 4 Mrs. Maidlow 0 2 0 Mrs. White 211. 58. 3d. Mr. and Mrs. Mason Mr. Moser tions. Mrs. Dutton........... Miss M. I. Hitchin. Middlewich. Per Mr. W. Hitchin. Subscriptions and 03 2 24 0 10 050 Glossop. Mrs. Slack, for Special Indian Fund lic Meeting 10 10 For Widows Fund. 1 10 Exs.318.5d.; 207.148.6d. 126 100 CUMBERLAND. Sandwith St. Bees. DERBYSHIRE. 57. 158. 3d. Subscriptions. ****** Mrs. Underton Marple Bridge. Rev. J. W. Benson. Subscriptions 810 For Widows' Fund. 1 0 0 97. 18. Shaftesbury. Rev. T. Evans. 300 Mrs. Braintree, Essex DORSETSHIRE. Corfe Castle, Collection Collection In memory of the 5l. 98. Od. Long Ashton. H. B., for Martha C. B., for Caroline 100 Romford. 0 4 4 044 044 0 10 0 016 10 100 GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Adset, Westbury-on-Severn. HAMPSHIRE. Andover, for Wi- 0 7 0 Ringwood, per Rev. HUNTINGDONSHIRE. Miss Winscomb....... 250 250 ISLE OF WIGHT. School Bristol Auxiliary, Esq., on account..250 0 0 On account 516 6 ESSEX. Stockbridge. Auxiliary Society, per T. KENT. Mr. Oliver..... Miss Ovenden 1 Mr. Williamson 8 Anerley Chapel. Blackheath. Per A. Smart, Esq. Eltham. Emma Jackson 4 0 0 M. A. Sykes 13 14 01 20 15 16 18 53 6 1007. Annual Meeting 167. 12s. 6d. Margate. 12 0 0 1 12 SF. W. Cobb, Esq. Teacher, Francis 10 0 0 and and Woolwich, Collection for Spe- 0 6 0 Mr. A. Ward J.... Mr. W. Johnson.. 220 0.10 0 11@ 026 026 050 066 1 1 0 048 0 10 010 076 100 0.10 0 050 050 050 11 @ 0 19 6 100 0 10 0 050 0 10 6 110 0 10 6 100 1 10 11 @ 11@ 110 0.10 0 1 1 0 010 @ 028 0 10 € 0.10 0 0 10 0 2 8 10 076 0.10 0 030 110 Annual Meeting.. LANCASHIRE. 1 6 4 1 10 11 @ 026 0 10 0 S14 10 0.10 0 100 050 076 0 10 8 616 3 10 9 0 560 500 120 619 0 |
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