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other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.'

"I am in the hand of God, without whose will not a sparrow falleth to the ground, and without whose will not a hair of my head can perish. I know that I am entering upon an arduous warfare, but I shall fight in the strength of the Lord, and in the power of his might. I despise threats and calumnies; and, in spite of anathemas and excommunication, I will continue zealous for the pure, genuine doctrines of Christ, according to my inmost conviction.

"Henceforth I will be no longer a vassal of the Pope and his corrupt doctrines, but I will be the servant of Almighty God alone, and of his holy law. I trust in God, the justness of my cause, and my country.

Therefore hearken, O Pope! hearken, my clerical brethren! and ye, my countrymen! I repeat it: Christ says: Neither be ye called masters, for one is your master, even Christ.'

"Hearken, O Pope-thou HOLY FATHER! no one shall be called father on the earth; for one is our Father, which is in heaven.

"Hearken, O Pope! and brethren in the ministry! The greatest among you shall be as a servant, and whosoever shall exalt himself shall be

abased."',

"Hearken, O Pope! and ye, my brethren! we are to preach the Word of God, and not wretched, miserable, human doctrines; we are to be vigilant, sober, given to hospitality, apt to teach-not brawlers -not covetous.

"Hearken, O Pope! and give ear, ye Roman Catholic priests! ye blind guides! I forsake the banner of your unchristian hierarchy; and will henceforth teach the pure Gospel, as Christ proclaimed it to mankind.

"Now launch your anathemas against me-kindle your holy fires-forge your chains; here I also standI cannot act otherwise. So help me God. Amen! "And you, my former colleagues!-you, who are still in the pay of Rome! consider what you are, and what you should be; whom you serve, and whom you ought to serve. You are the servants of a foreign hierarchical despot; you serve one who causes himself to receive homage, and to be adored as the ruler of the world in the place of Jehovah; whereas you ought to be the free servants of our Lord God, who is the sole Ruler of heaven and earth; and Him only must you serve. You are preachers of a false, corrupted Gospel-the abettors of the tyrant who deprives the people of the Book of books.

"Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of

me. John v. 39.

"You serve one who causes himself to be borne about in magnificence and splendour, as the god of this world; whereas you should serve Him who had not where to lay his head' (Matt. viii. 20), and who said to all: If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.'-Matt. xvi. 24.

"The Master whom you ought to serve, whose Word you ought to preach, is a God of love. He ordered the sword to be put up; for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.' Christ converted souls with the sword of faith and of love; but with what weapons do your Popes strive to convert them?-With chains, dungeons, anathemas, torture, and the stake. Are the flames in which John Huss and Jerome of Prague perished, with thousands more in England, France, Spain, and Italy, who appealed to the free unmerited grace in Christare the dreadful scenes in America, where the Gospel was enforced by fanatical executioners-is the horrid massacre of St Bartholomew, which was extolled by

the Pope as a work of God-are these a labour love or instruction in the faith? "Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers; for there is no power but of God.' Render unto Cæsar the things that are Cæsar's, and unto God the things that are God's.' 'No man that warreth, entangleth himself with the affairs of this life. Say, were the proceedings of Pope Alexander III. against the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa in 1167, of Gre gory VII. against Henry IV. at Canossa, of Celestine III. towards Henry VI., in the spirit of those commands of our Lord?

"Tell me, are the anathemas uttered by Clement II., in his bull of excommunication against the Emperor Louis of Bavaria, the language of a Chris tian priest who has received the divine command: 'Love your enemies, bless them that persecute you," &c.? May God visit him with rage and madness! may heaven strike him with all its lightnings! may the anger of God, the anger of St Peter and St Paul, fall upon him in this world and in the world to come! may the whole world rise up against him! may the earth open her mouth and swallow him up alive!) may his name perish in the first generation, and his memory be blotted out! may all the elements be against him! may his children fall into the hands of his enemies, and be dashed to pieces before his eyes!' (Rinaldi, Anal.) Is this the language of a successer of Christ, or of an incarnate fiend? The kingdom of this world is not the kingdom of Christ, but the kingdom of him who pretends to be the successor of Christ.

"Is the history of past centuries a fiction? Hear what Christ says of the Scribes and Pharisees: The Scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: they bir heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they mak broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, and love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.'

"O ye my former colleagues, turn away from a power which, instead of diffusing the light of the Gospel, endeavours to propagate the darkness of deceit and lies. See that ye aid not this work of human falsehood. Refuse profane and old wives' fables. Take heed that ye do not serve God in vain, by teaching the doctrines and commandments of men. Take heed that ye do not lay aside the commandments of God, by holding the traditions of men. Suffer not yourselves to be deluded and ensnared by artful and ambitious men; but search the Scriptures for yourselves, and compare them with the doctrines of the Romish priesthood. Depart from Rome; for it will be destroyed like Jerusalem, and not one stone will be left upon another. Depart, that ye may not be partakers of its crimes.

"The representatives of Rome will persecute you; they will bring false witnesses against you, and sit in judgment upon you with a sanctimonious air; but fear not, be of good courage, for great is your reward in heaven.'

"And you, ye people of God, for whom Christ suffered, do not blindly follow your guides, who, deluded by covetousness, ambition, or a love of power, &c., do, often contrary to their own better conviction, preach to you a Gospel different from the Gospel of God; follow them not, even though they should appear like angels of light. Search the Scriptures yourselves; for they are written for us all without exception-for the lowest as for the highest. From the Bible alone you can derive instruction in doubt, comfort in adversity, peace in discord, courage in

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danger, patience and perseverance in trouble, strength in weakness, and the light of truth in darkness. In the Bible alone you can find the truth as Jesus gave it to us. Do not trust those who would depreciate this most holy Book. They are not honest in their intentions; they are wolves in sheep's clothing. Try the doctrines of your priests by the touchstone of the Gospel, as we learn it from the Bible. Then only will you be secure against deceit and falsehood; then only will you know what you can and ought to believe. Far from its being a sin to read the Bible, it is a sin to depreciate this sacred Book, and to forbid the people to study it.

"This one thing hold fast-the doctrine of Christ our Redeemer is a doctrine of love-a doctrine of truth. Never follow those who preach hatred of your fellow-creatures; for hatred is of the devil. Though you possess all the treasures of the earth, and have not love, you are nothing. Be not afraid to follow your better conviction; for you are in God's hand, which protects you with almighty power. The eye of your Father which is in heaven sees you wherever you may be; his grace will help and strengthen you in the hour of your greatest need, if you abide in his faith and love. Fear not anathemas and dungeons; for there is no prison for the Christian's spirit. Christ has purchased for us true freedom to all eternity. Amen."

The congregation at Schneidemühl, of which Czerski is pastor, have issued a statement of "Fundamental Grounds for the Secession," which is singularly scriptural in its leading statements and views. After a detailed statement of the errors of the Church of Rome, it says:

"We thank God our Heavenly Father, that he has been pleased to send us his Holy Spirit, and caused us to see and acknowledge the truth as it is revealed by his Son Jesus Christ and his blessed Gospel. We, therefore, separate ourselves from the Roman paternity, because its doctrine is not of God, but human and carnal. She prohibits her children from feeding upon the heavenly manna which Jesus Christ has made known to them; she prohibits her children from drinking of the waters of everlasting life; she locks up the gates of the kingdom of heaven, which can be found only in the blessed doctrine of a crucified Redeemer to all that believe in

his name.

"We renounce the Church of Rome, because she withholds from her children the most important article of our faith-the blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, which he shed for the remission of our sins. "We do not separate ourselves from our Christian Catholic brethren; nor do we separate from the real, true Church instituted by Christ; we separate only from the Roman hierarchy and the Roman Papacy, and from the human inventions which they have introduced into the Christian Church, and which are repugnant to the Gospel of our Lord. We are, and will continue, Catholic (general, i. e., not Roman, but Apostolical Catholic) Christians; we seek communion with all the saints who acknowledge the true body and true bread-our Lord Jesus Christ-through faith, as the only means whereby we shall be saved and raised again at the last day, and who confess the Gospel preached by Jesus Christ and his apostles to be the alone and true Christian doctrine."

We intend shortly to lay before our readers a detailed account of the progress of this important movement; and would, meanwhile, call upon them to remember the German Reformers at a throne of grace to call upon the name of the Lord for them

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that, his Spirit being given, they may be led into all truth, and delivered not only from the bondage of Rome, but from the even worse bondage of Satan and sin.

me.

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I HAD Occasion one morning to visit a district of the parish at some distance from my residence. A poor member of the congregation was lying at the point of death, and earnestly desired the presence of the minister. As I ascended the hill, on my way to the sick man's dwelling, I had to pass the cottage of a small farmer belonging to my flock; and, as I paused for a moment near the door, to look out for my best and nearest path, a female came out and approached I immediately recognised the wife of the cottager, but observed with concern that she was bathed in tears. I was of course prompted to ask her why she wept, and soon discovered that she was not agitated by the pressure of any particular calamity. She was merely under the influence of deep emotion; and she was thus giving vent to a flood of feeling. She told me that our meeting gave her much pleasure; for that a wonderful change had recently taken place in her state of mind, and that she gladly embraced the present opportunity of entering into conversation with me. She then narrated, with great simplicity, the history of her religious experience; and, as her case supplies a remarkable example of a work of grace, it is worthy of especial record. It may be thus described:

held, as tenant at will, a few acres of indifferent land. He was, however, in much more comfortable circumstances than many of his neighbours; for he was careful, provident, and industrious. His wife, the subject of this notice, was a thrifty housekeeper; and her excellent management had contributed greatly to his prosperity. But the thoughts of both were entirely engrossed with their own little concerns; and they were so intent upon the business of accumulation, that they were rather noted throughout their neighbourhood for their excessive worldliness. The Gospel often falls powerless upon such characters, and yet here it was destined to achieve a most signal victory. This couple had six fine children; and a boy about thirteen years of age, who was the eldest of the family, was particularly promising. He had been a diligent attendant upon the Sabbath schoolhe had enjoyed the tuition of a faithful teacher-the good seed of the Word had been watered by heavenly influences; and he had thus been led to feel the power, as well as to see the importance, of religion. Through the medium of the same agency, a sister, who was somewhat younger, had also been seriously impressed. But it so happened that small-pox, in a very virulent form, made its appearance in the district, and in a few weeks five of the children of this cottager fell a prey to its ravages. On one occasion two coffins left the house together. The youngest son, an infant in the cradle, alone escaped.

It is scarcely necessary to state, that so melancholy a providence produced a considerable sensation. Nearly a whole family had been swept away at once; and, as the tidings circulated from house to house

progress of religion, which she had never hitherto experienced.

Time demonstrated that the piety of this matron did not proceed from mere excitement. She has ever since continued, by an exemplary life, to adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour. I can never forget her appearance in the house of prayer; for, after the loss of her children, she might have been distinguished from the rest of the worshippers, during the delivery of the sermon, by the fixed attention with which she hung upon the lips of the minister. The eyes of her understanding had been opened-a new scene was presented to her view, and she was filled with wonder as the preacher proceeded to unfold the

How mysterious are the ways of Providence! The Lord made breach upon breach in this family, and yet he had a blessing in store for the mourning. mother! Her son has long since been removed to glory; but she still survives, a precious trophy of reigning and abounding grace. Truly God's way is in the sea, his path is in the great waters, and his footsteps are not known.

throughout the parish, they touched the most tender chords of many a mother's heart. The remains of the elder children were accompanied to their last resting-place by the boys and girls of the Sabbath school, who testified their respect and sympathy by walking before them to the church-yard in solemn procession. The scholars had requested permission to sing a few verses at the grave; and, as they united in the melancholy dirge, the melting tones of their youthful voices might have moved the most callous auditor. Who can tell the influence of their simple melody? and who can say whether the funeral scene may not have been, to some thoughtless bystander, the crisis of a spiritual resurrection? "No chastening," saith the apostle, "for the pre-treasures of the sure and the well ordered covenant. sent seemeth to be joyous, but grievous; nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby." Eventually, the wife of the cottager was fully prepared to attest the truth of this declaration. She had always been an affectionate mother; and when suddenly stripped of almost all her offspring, she mourned in the bitterness of her soul. But judgment had been mingled with mercy; for the children had given evidence that they had not attended the Sabbath school in vain; and the deportment of her eldest son, upon his death-bed, had been most edifying and impressive. When suffering severely from disease, he had frequently invited one of the family to read to him portions of the New Testament; and it was obvious to all around him that he was sustained and refreshed by the manna of the Gospel. He had also taken occasion to speak very seriously to his parents-he had pointed out to them the danger of neglecting the one thing needful; and he had reminded them of a variety of instances in which he had witnessed their undue anxiety, in reference to their temporal interests. His words carried conviction to his mother, and led to a complete change in her spirit and character.

Many weeks had elapsed since small-pox had appeared in the family of the cottager; and though I had meanwhile repeatedly visited the dwelling, I had not discovered until now that the affliction had issued in a result so gratifying. For a time the bereaved mother had struggled to suppress her feelings; but now, as she observed me passing by her door, she hastened to inform me how she had been translated out of darkness into marvellous light. She described her case with much artlessness; and, though her heart was full when she referred to the removal of her children, she was evidently comforted withal. She had before attended public worship with tolerable regularity; but she now confessed that she had taken very little interest in the services. When sitting under the ministry of the Word, her thoughts had been occupied with her temporal affairs with her milk and her butter, her house and her cattle; but she now knew what it was to wait upon God without distraction, and to be glad when it was said unto her: "Let us go into the house of the Lord." The Gospel was now the food of her soul, and she now rejoiced in the Sabbath-day as "the best of all the seven." She discovered an enlightened interest in the spiritual wellbeing of her relatives, and felt a concern for the

This narrative supplies one of ten thousand instances which might be readily adduced of the good fruits of Sabbath school instruction; for to this agency we must here trace the conversion both of the parent and the children. We here see a few plain statements, delivered by a peasant boy, reaching the heart of his mother, and winning her over to the Saviour. How rarely can ministers produce cases in which their preaching has made such a marked impression! We are taught by the incidents here recorded, that every one may do something for Christ. A single word, uttered by a child, may tell throughout all eternity. Blessed, then, are they who sow beside all waters. It is written: "In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand; for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good."

OBLOQUY.

I FEAR'D the world and I were too acquainted;
I hope my fears are like her joys-but painted:
Had I not been a stranger, as I pass'd
Her bawling curs had never bark'd so fast.
QUARLES.

THE JEW. TRAVELLING lately through the western part of Virginia, I was much interested in hearing an old and highly respectable clergyman give a short account of a Jew, with whom he had lately become acquainted. ence, when his attention was arrested by seeing a He was preaching to a large and attentive audiman enter having every mark of a Jew on the linesments of his face. He was well dressed, and his countenance was noble, though it was evident that his heart had lately been the habitation of sorrow. He took his seat, and was all attention, while an unAfter service, the clergyman fixed his eye steadily conscious tear was often seen to wet his manly cheek. upon him, and the stranger reciprocated the stare. The good minister goes up to him:

THE GOSPEL IN HOLLAND.

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"Sir, am I correct; am I not addressing one of the children of Abraham?" 66 You are." "But how is it that I meet a Jew in a Christian assembly?" The following narrative was the substance of his reply:

He was a very respectable man, of a superior education, who had lately come from London; and with his books, his riches, and a lovely daughter of seventeen, had found a charming retreat on the fertile banks of the Ohio. He had buried the companion of his youth before he left Europe, and he now knew no pleasure but the company of his endeared child. She was, indeed, worthy of a parent's love. She was surrounded by beauty as a mantle; but her cultivated mind, and her amiable disposition, threw around her a charm superior to any of the tinsilled decorations of the body. No pains had been spared on her education. She could read and speak with fluency several different languages, and her manners charmed every beholder. No wonder, then, that a doating father, whose head was now sprinkled with grey, should place his whole affection on this only child of his love, especially as he knew no source of happiness beyond this world. Being a strict Jew, he educated her in the strictest principles of his religion, and he thought he had presented it with an or

nament.

Not long ago this daughter was taken sick. The rose faded from her cheek, her eye lost its fire, her strength decayed, and it was soon apparent that the worm of disease was rioting in the core of her vitals. The father hung over the bed of his daughter with a heart ready to burst with anguish. He often attempted to converse with her; yet he seldom spoke but in the language of tears. He spared no trouble or expense in procuring medical assistance; but no human skill could extract the arrow of Death now fixed in her heart.

The father was walking in a small grove near his house, wetting his steps with his tears, when he was sent for by the dying daughter. With a heavy heart he entered the door of the chamber, which he feared would soon be the entrance of Death. He was now to take a last farewell of his child, and his religion gave but a feeble hope of meeting her hereafter.

She extended to her parent her wasted hand"My father, do you love me?" "My child, you know that I love you that you are more dear to me than all the world beside." "But, father, do you love me?" "Why, my child, will you give me pain so exquisite? have I never given you any proofs of my love?" "But, my dearest father, do you love me?" The father could not answer; she added: "I know, my dear father, that you have ever loved me-that you have been the kindest of parents, and I tenderly love you. Will you grant me one request?-oh, my father, it is the dying request of your daughter-will you grant it?" My dearest child, ask what you will-though it take all of my property, whatever it may be, it shall be granted. I will grant it." "My dear father, I beg you never again to speak against JESUS OF NAZARETH!"

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The father was dumb with astonishment. "I know," continued the dying girl, “I know but little about this Jesus; for I was never taught. But know that he is a Saviour; for he has manifested himself to me since I have been sick, even for the salvation of my soul. I believe he will save me, although I have never before loved him; I feel that I am going to him that I shall ever be with him. And now, my dear father, do not deny me. I beg that you will never again speak against this Jesus of Nazareth! I entreat you to obtain a Testament that tells of him; and I pray that you may know him; and when I am no more, you may bestow on him the love that was formerly mine."

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The exertion overcame the weakness of her feeble body. She ceased; and the father's heart was too full even for tears. He left the room in great horror of mind, and ere he could summon sufficient fortitude to return, the spirit of his accomplished daughter had taken its flight, as I trust, to that Saviour whom she loved and honoured, without seeing or knowing. The first thing the parent did after committing to the earth his last earthly joy, was to procure a New Testament. This he read; and, taught by the Spirit from above, is now numbered among the meek and humble followers of the Lamb! Todd's Simple Sketches.

THE GOSPEL IN HOLLAND. THE Church of Holland shared in the general religious depression which crept over Europe about a century ago, and is only slowly reviving from its torpor. So far had it degenerated, that, as among ourselves, its orthodox Confession would at one time have been modified, or even abolished, had it been only principle that stood in the way; and there, as in other degenerate lands, Popery is now struggling hard for the mastery, and fast making progress. The Dutch clergy are laboriously trained; but their training is another proof that gifts and literature, precious as they are, are not graces. Erastianism reigns through all its borders; for their Church is avowedly managed by a Minister of State appointed for the purpose. We are accordingly told that Socinianism, in forms more or less disguised, is prevalent among the religious teachers; and "Holy Holland," one has said, the invincible rampart of the truth of God, will soon be what Israel was when the Lord exclaimed: Woe unto you, teachers of the law! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye

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We thus perceive that in that favoured country, Popery and Rationalism are achieving their wonted triumphs over the souls of men. An eye-witness has told us that Holland, so bold and resolute for the truth when first it was reformed-so faithful to the Word of God in the doctrines which it professes-so highly signalized among the Churches of the Reformation so resolutely set against yielding to the persecutor's rage-has consented to obscure the truth for which it once nobly suffered, and to substitute the fancies of men for the revelations of Jehovah. Error has penetrated-has taken root-is established in many places. The world, with its riches and allurements, has supplanted the religion of God; and now Rationalism has largely taken the place of the Saviour the form of godliness has superseded the spirit and the power among the masses of the nation. Popery and Neology contend for the mastery of mind; and as the former is ever active and vigilant, while the latter is inert and inefficient, who that has read the history of the past can doubt the issue of the struggle? In reference to spiritual things, darkness will cover the land, and gross darkness the people.

But hear the voice of one from that once privileged land. The words convey a loud appeal across the German Ocean: "Great anarchy of principle reigns in our Churches: Socinians, Arians, Pelagians, Remonstrants, all under the name of Reformed pastors, preach in full liberty their perverse doctrines."

"The Synod, composed in a great part of unfaithful pastors, does nothing to stop this fatal flood.""In our cities and in our villages, in catechetical lessons and in other books, Arian and Socinian doctrines are everywhere preached, and pastors are never summoned to account. The training of the

young is so conducted as not to offend the Roman Catholics; and though the State has adopted this treacherous measure against the truth, the Church has not offered a single reclamation-not a single word in defence of scriptural education."

Further; in Holland there are three universities, and "in two of them men teach an Infidel sciencea modified Rationalism a system of doctrine in which vital truths, such as the Trinity, the divinity of our Saviour, the inspiration of the Scriptures, the expiation and death of Christ to satisfy divine justice, the personality of the Holy Spirit, all that forms the foundation of our religion, is denied in the most insidious manner; and it is under such teaching that young ministers are prepared for the preaching of the Gospel."

Nevertheless, there are men in that land who now sigh and cry unto God over the reigning abominations; and he has given token that he has heard, and will answer. Strangers remark the strict observance of the Sabbath rest in some of the cities. The hour has come when the children of God, in that privileged land, begin to awake from their torpor. A goodly number of ministers are now proclaiming all the counsel of God. There are among them men who can "inflame the heart with holy ardour, or refresh it with the oil of peace." From house to house, religious societies and meetings for prayer are held. It is not now their question what will please or displease men; but what will convert, what will save, what will sanctify their souls. Men who would rather bring sinners to enjoy the unction of the Holy One, than infect them with a crude and diluted theology, proclaim the way of salvation by the free grace of God. They are not satisfied with merely preaching the truth in formality-they seek for its fruits they pray for its increase they fortify themselves with the Word of their God-they reclaim against the reigning corruptions- they speak in faith to the spiritually dead; and though they may still be few who do so, God has ever chosen, and he is now choosing, in Holland, weak things to confound the mighty, and things that are not, to bring to nought things that are.

In consequence of these movements, headed by such men as the poet Bilderdyk, and the lawyer Da Costa, the ancient spirit of Holland begins to be stirred.

Religious men who visit Holland, and who are thoroughly qualified to judge of her condition, cherish sanguine hopes of her thus rising from her deep degradation. They liken the kingdom to a garden whose odours are still felt, nay, felt the more, although the sun has set; and, remembering that the Sun of Righteousness is still, as of old, powerful to reanimate and quicken, godly men anticipate the time, and that not distant, when, at the name of Jesus, many in that land shall bow in spirit and in truth. Symptoms of that consummation already thickly appear. The Word of God is producing the promised effects. Now, as of old, the pitchers with their lights are seen-the trumpets and the trumpeters are heard. The sword of the Lord and of Gideon is

drawn, and, in spite of persecution, its bloodless victories will be achieved. Let British Christians above all, let Scottish Christians, labour and pray for that result, fraught, as we hope it will prove, with blessings to the nations. A bulwark for the truth will thus be erected, and Christ will see of the travail of his soul among a people of whom even a bigoted Romanist was compelled to confess, that "they are intellectual by means of their good sense, their industry amounts to genius, their phlegmatic temperament makes them virtuous, and with them passion is reason.” -Lectures on Foreign Churches.

"LADIES' BAZAARS" FOR THE HELP OF

MISSIONS.

(From Dr Wardlaw's Memoir of Rev. J. Reid of Bellary) AMONGST the modes of contributing from this country to the support of missions in India, one has been the making and sending out of articles of ladies' handicraft for sale, for what are denominated "Ladies' Bazaars." It is sometimes, however, apt to be forgotten what descriptions of articles are suitable for the climate and the customs of that fardistant land. We have heard of skates forming part of a mercantile consignment to a country where it was unknown. We cannot, therefore, be greatly surprised that our fair countrywomen should occa sionally, through inadvertency, overlook the difference between Britain and India. The following short paragraph may contribute a little to their direction in this work of Christian charity; which we are far from intending to discourage, but would render it the more productive, by insuring its appropriate application. Mr Reid refers to a box of articles sent out for sale:

"The whole was admirably packed; and the pstience and skill of the packer, or packers, astonished us not a little. Not a feather nor a bead was out of its place-not even the lady's reticule was disturbed from its position-not a crease was to be dis covered-all was in apple-pie order, just as it was despatched. Next, of the various contributions there are a few which are unsaleable in this country, and others for which there is a great call. The firescreens, though very pretty, and admired very much, are, when taken into the hand, immediately laid aside as being too heavy for fanning, and not wanted to screen the face from fires; the last one which we saw being on board of ship in the channel. Purses are never used in this country, as no persons carry money about them. Pin-cushions are not much used. As little, thread or silk cases. Of these, therefore, a few would suffice. Miss F -'s beautiful worsted mats are not saleable articles-they look too warm; and ratan or cane mats are much preferred. In conse quence, these are still on hand. The pretty caps, frocks, and worked articles, went the first day; and ten times as many would have been eagerly taken. Many ladies also asked for worked bodies of frocks. The reticules also sell well. Every lady must have one to carry her keys in. Emery cushions are also asked for. Bands for ladies' waists would sell. Also, any toys for children, not cumbersome or fragile. Portfolios, large and small, would get a speedy sale. The pictures sold; but I would not have you to send many such things; most people are unable to spare money for such articles. The useful, combined with the ornamental, is more acceptable. However, we can always find sale for a few. All articles of dress are in demand. But this is to be borne in mind, that it is a hot climate, and worsted garters and thick frocks are not used."

In making certain special acknowledgments, he thus exhorts and encourages the young ladies who had bestowed their labour on this good work:

"Please to give them my kindest thanks, and tell them that I hope they will be as diligent in praying for the poor children as they have been in working for them. I hope some of those children love Jesus and find pleasure in hearing and reading about him. They are examples of obedience and diligence, and are rapidly preparing to be useful to their country- || men. One, I now sometimes take with me to exa mine the children in the heathen schools. Another, I sometimes employ to read the Bible in the chapel, when I preach. Four take it by turn to conduct

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