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a beloved flock, to which I am sincerely attached.

2. I shall have to part with a dearly beloved father, mother, and brothers, in all probability for ever in this world.

3. I shall have to forsake relatives and friends, and all their endearments.

4. I shall have to forsake cultivated society, with its many pleasures and advantages.

5. I shall have to forsake home and country, with all their peculiar interests and attachments.

The difficulties with which I shall have to contend.

1. Should I be sent to the East, which I would prefer, I shall, at the very outset, have to encounter the difficulties of acquiring a totally new language.

2. I shall be exposed to the dangers and casualties of a long and dangerous voyage.

3. I shall be sent to a Station where there may be only one or two who can speak with me in the language I know.

4. I shall, in all probability, be a daily spectator of practices and scenes dishonouring to God, degrading and ruinous to man, revolting to human nature, and extremely pernicious to the spiritual welfare of the soul.

5. I shall be exposed to the baneful effects of a new climate, so much hotter, and unhealthier on many other accounts, than that to which I have been accustomed.

6. I shall be called on to undergo all the fatigues and privations of itinerating among a people to whose manners, customs, and mode of living I am altogether a stranger.

7. I shall be called on, in all probability, to endure the grievous trial of being viewed with suspicion and distrust, in my most disinterested labours for the glory of God, and the good of souls.

8. From the little experience I have had in the work of the ministry at home, I feel perfectly assured that I shall be called on to suffer many trials of my faith and patience, from want of success, real or apparent, and that I shall meet with ingratitude, crosses, and disappointments, from sources of which I cannot now form any conception.

9. Nor have I right to expect that I shall be exempt from that insidious, or more open and avowed opposition to the spread of the ever blessed Gospel, to which the Divine Redeemer himself, and all his faithful servants, from the beginning, have been more or less exposed.

10. Should days be spared unto me, and should my health give way, and my constitution break down, I may return to my country a burden to myself, and to my surviving friends. On the other hand, should it please God to take me to himself from a

foreign land, I may be called on to endure all the privations of a sick and dying bed, without one of those many alleviating circumstances and soothing offices of kindness which friends can minister.

This, you will allow, is the dark, I had almost said the darkest, side of the picture. On the other hand, I am comparatively young, perfectly healthy, free from bodily ailment of any description, free from pain, even from headach, (the ordinary companion of a sedentary life,) and strictly temperate in all my habits; for each of which blessings I ascribe praise to God.

These blessings all lay me under high and imperative obligations to devote myself to the glory of God. But the hope that I have been made a partaker of the free and rich grace of God unto eternal life, through Jesus Christ, and the love which is consequent upon that hope, are paramount to all other obligations. By this I am reminded that I am no longer my own. I am "bought with a price," and oh! what a price! "the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot." "There

fore," says the Spirit by another apostle, "glorify God in your body and spirit which are God's." The object which I have in view is a worthy and an important one, to render the accomplishment of which possible," He who was rich, for our sakes became poor;" "He who was in the bosom of the Father made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of man, and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross."

Having taken a full, and calm, and deliberate view of all the difficulties; having taken into consideration the magnitude and value of the work to be accomplished, and the resources, the infinite and ever ready resources, which the Divine Redeemer possesses for the carrying on of his own work, and the promise which he has made to those who go forth in obedience to his command, "Lo, I am with you alway, even to the end;" having, I say, counted the cost, I think I shall be willing, by the grace of God, to make all the sacrifices, great and painful as they may be, and to meet all the difficulties, numerous and formidable as they doubtless are, should it please God to accept my offered services to the heathen.

And now, my dear father and mother, what are your feelings with regard to this subject ? I have laid the whole matter before you, as I viewed it yesterday in the presence of God. I fear it will give you pain, from the very unexpected nature of it. I know that you love me, and oh, think not for a moment that I do not love you, and that I can take such a step without

deeply feeling with you.

I do love you, and my earnest desire, and the hope which I cherished was, that you should have spent the remainder of your days in retirement with me. But you know that there is One to whom we are under infinite obligations, who has said, "He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and he that taketh not his cross and followeth

after me is not worthy of me." You have both often prayed that the heathen might be given to the Redeemer for an inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for a possession. I trust the Lord will enable you not merely to acquiesce, but to be thankful, and to consider it an honour that he has given you any thing to sacrifice, however unworthy, that you might show your love to Him.

EMBARKATION OF REV. DR. PHILIP AND FRIENDS FOR

SOUTH

SINCE the embarkation of the Rev. Charles Mead, and the brethren and sisters by whom he was accompanied on his return to India, as intimated in the Magazine for December, another company of the Missionary brethren who received the parting salutations of the friends of the Society, at Exeter Hall, in October last, have taken their departure from this country. On the 25th of Nov. the Rev. Dr. Philip, Rev. James Read, Rev. G. Schreiner and Mrs. Schreiner, with the Chief Tzatzoe, embarked in the David Scott, Spence, for the Cape of Good

AFRICA.

Hope, followed by the prayers, solicitudes, and affections of many of the friends of the Redeemer in this country. To His unfailing care they have been committed in passing over the great deep; and it is earnestly hoped they will be preserved in safety to that land where the Lord has fixed the bounds of their habitation, and become in his hands the honoured instruments of far more extensive good than has yet been realised on behalf of the numerous tribes of Africa.

ARRIVAL OF THE REV. DAVID JONES, AT MAURITIUS.

LETTERS, dated in August last, have been received from the Rev. David Jones, communicating his arrival, with Mrs. Jones, at Port Louis, Mauritius, on the 3rd of the same month. Their voyage had been attended with many tokens of the Divine favour, and they regard with gratitude to the Giver of all good, the personal comforts they enjoyed while at sea, the kindness of the master of the ship, and the opportunities which our brother had of endeavouring to promote the spiritual welfare of those on board. Mr. Jones was about to commence

preaching in French and English among the inhabitants of the Mauritius, and to unite with Mr. Baker in furthering the interests of education there. The Society's Malagassy Schools in Port Louis were making excellent progress, and it is hoped that the stay of the brethren in this island will, with the Divine blessing, be productive of decided benefit to various classes of people in the mixed community which it embraces. At the date above mentioned, our devoted brother, the Rev. David Johns, was at Tamatave, in Madagascar.

DEATH OF THE REV. SAMUEL WOLFE, OF SINGAPORE.

THE brief but devoted labours of our beloved brother, the Rev. Samuel Wolfe, the Society's only Missionary at the important station of Singapore, have been closed by death. No view which can be taken of this event, unless it be regarded as the merciful deliverance of an afflicted brother, presents it in any other character but that of a deeply trying and solemn dispensation; yet, from the successive tidings respecting Mr. Wolfe's state of health, which have reached us within the last twelve months, it has, though deeply felt, not been wholly unexpected.

These accounts having, at all events, rendered his continuance in the East, if not the prolongation of his life, extremely doubtful, the Messrs. Stronach, who are now on their way to the Ultra Ganges Mission, have been instructed to remain at Singapore, should the state of things on their arrival there require it. A provision has thus been made to meet, at a much earlier period than it could otherwise be accomplished, the present afflictive circumstances of the station, and to carry on those operations, which are of the utmost importance,

not only in relation to Singapore itself, but to the vast Empire of China, with which they hold so close a connexion. It had been the intention of Mr. Wolfe to devote his life to the service of his Redeemer among the Chinese; it was his highest wish to spend and be spent in preaching to them the life and immortality brought to light by the Gospel. His progress in the language justified the hope that he would soon be enabled to enter with efficiency on this great work; but the Most High has otherwise ordained, and our young brother has been called to his rest and his reward. In referring to the lamented fact now added to those of a similar kind which have recently occurred in our Western Missions, Mr. W. Young, jun., of Batavia, by whom it has been communicated, under date of Aug. 10, thus writes:

"The mournful intelligence of Mr. Wolfe's death has been just received. His health

having suffered while at Singapore, he, a few months ago, tried a sea voyage, and visited Penang, but experienced no benefit from the change. Shortly after his return to Singapore he was induced to join a Missionary expedition to Borneo and the neighbouring islands, in the hope of recruiting his health; but this last resort also proved unavailing, and by a letter from Singapore, addressed to one of the American brethren here, we learn that he died at Menado, and was buried there." After representing the great necessity of reinforcing the Missions in this part of the world, Mr. Young adds,-"When we see the breaches death is making in the circle of our Missionaries, we cannot but ardently exclaim, O Lord, revive thy work, and send forth more labourers into thy harvest!'"'

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country, and those residing at the place, warmly advocated the increasing claims of the Society, and by their personal influence and exertion contributed not a little to awaken interest, secure attention, and stimulate to further exertion on behalf of this

holy cause. The Anniversary, which terminated in prayer by the Rev. D. Thomas, was distinguished by a most excellent attendance of the friends and supporters of Missions in this part of the kingdom, and the collections amounted to £50 0s. 1d.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

The thanks of the Directors are respectfully presented to the following:-to Mrs. Couch, for a parcel of fancy articles for Dr. Philip, and a similar parcel for Mr. Williams; to Miss Clay, for a parcel of fancy articles for the Caffre Chief; to the children of Bond-street Sunday Schools, for two parcels of books for Africa; to the Rev. Thomas James, Woolwich, for two churns, two mills, and two carpenter's bench screws for the Caffre Chief, and the Rev, J. Read; to J. D. B., Rotherhithe, for a case of stationery; to Ladies at Saffron Walden, for a box of useful articles for the Rev. J. Williams; to friends at Sheffield, for a " Communion Service, for Hanover Chapel, Berbice;" to Ladies at Montrose, for a box of useful articles for Kat River; to Ladies at Aberdeen, for a box of useful and ornamental articles for the South Sea Mission, per Mr. Leslie; to Mr. Aldridge, Sheerness, for a parcel of haberdashery, for Mr. Howell, Jamaica; and to Mr. King, for 22 years' Evangelical Magazines; to Mr. Tucker, of Sheffield, for 4 doz. table knives and forks; to a friend, for 8 waistcoats; to W. Wills,

Esq., Bristol, for a copy of Robert Hall's works; to a friend, for a bundle of copy-books, quills, and black-lead pencils; to the Misses Ridley, 140, Holborn, for a number of frocks and pinafores; to Mr. Mimpriss, for a number of his valuable charts and other of his publications; to a friend, for a bundle of list tippets; to a friend, for 8 linen shirts and other garments; and to a member of Union Chapel, for 600 slate pencils; for a bundle of sundries, from Sunday school children, signed "Joseph Beatley;' to Miss Ingham, of New Windsor, near Manchester, per Rev. G. Taylor, for a box and parcel containing fancy and useful articles; to friends at Clapham, per Rev. S. A. Dubourg, for a large box of clothing and fancy articles; to E. Davenport, Esq., for two sets of Sacramental Services, for the churches in Jamaica; to the Committee of the British and Foreign School Society, for 6 cases of slate pencils, 3 for the African Mission, and 3 for the South Seas; to friends at Lynn, for a box of useful articles for the South Seas, per Mr. Share.

MISSIONARY CONTRIBUTIONS,

From the 1st to the 30th of November, 1837, inclusive.

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