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afraid we should forget our friends in India, until I recollected that we should soon leave this place, and go to Queenstreet chapel, where we shall have the pleasure of seeing and hearing our dear brother Mr. Ward, who will revive our feelings in behalf of the Hindoos. Great as the ignorance of many of our country. men is, their ignorance is not like that of the heathen world. Let both be attended to: let both be combined. There cannot be a better union. Whilst we do the one, let not the other be left undone.The assembly are but little aware what persecution our home missionaries have to contend with. It requires very great zeal to support home missions. A very considerable spirit of persecution exists in the neighbourhood of my own city. There are villagers where, if I were to attempt to preach, it would be said to me, "What, you are come to swell the eriminal list, and to fill our prisons with robbers and murderers!" These aspersions, however, and these persecutions, though the latter are sometimes very violent, I comparatively disregard. There are other things which affect me more. A bishop lately said to me,

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Mr. Hinton, you are a man of candour. Keep within your own boundaries, and do not come into ours. Do not try to make proselytes." Such gentle expostulations as these move me. But even here it becomes me to please God, rather than men. It is not true that I wish to make proselytes to my own mode of religion, but to religion itself. I do not wish to go amongst pious churchmen, in order to make them either Dissenters or Baptists; but amongst ignorant and unconverted men, most of whom probably go to no place of worship at all. If we can but make them Christians, it matters little whether they become Churchmen, or Independents, or Baptists.

Rev. Joseph Ivimey. His speech was received with great applause. He related various anecdotes. One was of a woman, who said to an itinerating preacher," Sir, I hope you are not going to leave our village. If you do, our ducks and fowls will be stolen, as they used to be before you came amongst us." Another was, of a countryman and his wife, who gave some ground on which to build a meeting-house; eleven Pounds (all they could raise) towards building it; and their own dwelling-house after their death for the residence of the minister. Thus they gave their all. He adverted to a Bill now going through the House of Commons, in which there is a clause

compelling persons who receive relief from the parish, to send their children between the ages of five and twelve to the workhouse, that, under the superintendence of the overseer and a select vestry, they may be forced to learn the Church Catechism, and to be confirmed. Thus a religion is to be forced upon them which their parents disapprove. If this Bill passes, they will not attend our Sunday-schools. Even a justice will not be able to order relief, unless the parents comply with this unjust and intolerant condition. "I love my country," said Mr. Ivimey, "I love the house of Brunswick. It was the accession of that family which, in 1714, put a stop to the Schism Bill. But if this second edition of the Schism Bill should pass, I shall be ashamed to live in England. I do not so much mind about the children of our own people; for the poor-lists are not much swelled by them; but I feel for the loss of instruction which will be sustained by those children, whose parents go no where, and who used to be instructed in our schools."

Rev. Geo. Jones gave a very affecting account of persecutions in Wales; of a house broke open; of furniture broken and torn to pieces; and of an infant wrested from its mother and thrown with its head on the pavement. He also read extracts from an address of a clergyman to his parishioners against itinerant preachers; censuring them, and extolling himself. It was one of the greatest curiosities we ever heard, being an almost unparalleled specimen of egotism. I, and I, and I, came over so often, that the assembly appeared to be astonished at the writer's self-sufficiency. This ignorant composition was calculated to produce mirth rather than contempt; it was beneath contempt. Mr. Jones appears to be doing great good. His very enemies acknowledge him to be a good man. They say to him, "We know you are a good man, but you are a heretic, and have no authority to preach."

Rev. Moses Fisher, Liverpool: "The benefits of home missions are incalculable. Between them and foreign missions there are an action and a re-action. There is also an intimate connexion between them and tract societies, and Sundayschools. My friends, let me entreat you to pray for us. When we speak to men, we do not always succeed; but when we speak to God, our suit will not be rejected."

Dr. Newman showed the importance of the object. He recommended to country friends, that they would bring

He Rev. Mr. Edwards frequently spoke;
but chiefly in his official capacity.
(To be continued.)

Reports to assist the Secretary. mentioned a very pleasing anecdote of a little girl, who made a straw castle, on which was inscribed, "For the support of Itinerant Preaching in Our beloved country;" and by means of which she gained seventeen shillings for the Society.

Mr. Pritt read the state of the account, and nominated a new Treasurer, as he is about to leave London. He gave a pleasing account of a school forfeit-box, near Unicorn-yard, by which twenty-two shillings were collected for the Society. Thus the ingenuity of children is exerted in doing good.

Thomas Thompson, Esq. seconded the nomination. He related many pleasing anecdotes of the zeal of children and others. In recommending home missions, he said, "Our Lord went to the villages round about Jerusalem. We are not half evangelized. Why do we not exert ourselves more? Why do we not sacrifice, more for the evangelization of our countrymen? Foreign missionaries must be supplied from our own countrymen, and from our Sunday-schools. What employment can be more honourable? God had but one Son, and he made him an itinerant. Our own country has the strongest claim upon us. Let it not be said, "Thine own vineyard thou hast not kept."

Rev. David Jones, Herefordshire, gave some instances of the ignorance which subsists in that dark county. A man said to his neighbour, as he was dying, "Do people know one another in heaven?" "I cannot tell," replied he. "If they do," said the former, "ask such a person (mentioning his name) "where his account with me is to be found." "I should be very glad," answered the other, "to oblige you, but heaven is a large place, and I am lame,and shall not be able to walk much about in it, and it is ten to one if he ever calls to see me; so that very likely it will not be in my power to do what you desire!" Another person, when dying, had a board laid upon his breast, that he might knock upon it for admittance into heaven. How great is human ignorance where the gospel is not preached! In proof of the moral tendency of the doctrines of grace, he related the answer of a farmer to a dignitary of the church of England, who entreated him to dismiss those persons from his service who went to hear itinerant preachers. "I must not do that,' answered the farmer, " for they do their work better; they do it in less than half the time; and they do not drink half the ale they did."

VOL. XI.

SERMON

BY THE REV. MR. WARD,
OF SERAMPORE,

Zion Chapel, June 23, Evening,

Acts xxvi.-From the power of Satan unto God.

GooD angels are ministering spirits. It is probable that wicked angels are tempters; and it is also probable that every individual sinner is attended by a separate tempter. It is farther probable, that the term Satan denotes not an individual, but an unnumbered multitude. He is characterised as an artful enemy -we are not ignorant of his devices; as an angel of light; as a roaring lion, walking about, and seeking whom he may devour; as going to and fro in the eartli, and walking up and down in it; as a powerful enemy, uniting to his own power that of indwelling sin, and that of the unconverted world; as a destructive enemy, and therefore termed Apollyon, destroying first the body, and afterwards the immortal spirit.

In a Christian land, his operations are carried on, not in the way of terror, but of allurement. He diverts the mind from religion, by occupying it with other objects. He adapts his temptations to the various dispositions of men. He has one kind of temptation for the ambitious; another for the licentious; another for the covetous; and another for the thoughtless; in order that he may more successfully maintain his dominion over the human mind. But if he find it impossible to effect his purpose by these methods, he then becomes an angel of light; he permits his subjects to put on the form of religion; he makes them found their hopes upon the excellence of the sect to which they belong; or upon the excellence of their moral conduct. He is not contented with destroying single individuals; nothing will satisfy his rapacity short of the destruction of millions of souls. One of the modes in which he effects this design is, by the corrupting of Christianity; and especially by the setting up of its principal engine, the inquisition, whereby he hushes all inquiry and opposition. It is to be hoped, that amongst Catholics there are some true Christians; but it is evident

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1. That bathing in a river washes away sin. Thus one part of their creed contradicts another for the second article of their philosophical creed implies, that sin is a nonentity. In conformity, however, with this article, millions of people repair to the Ganges every morning and evening, to wash away their sins.

2. That all sin is consumed und taken away by the repetition of the name of God. This delusion embraces the whole popu

3. That their created gods are to be worshipped. One of these is an infamous character. He is renowned for licen tiousness, and his festivals are abomi nable.

country. 1. The deniers of the divinity
of Christ. If this doctrine be denied,
the design of Satan is effected. 2. Anti-
nomians. These persons deny one half
of the work of Christ. They deny that
it is the work of the Holy Spirit to sancti-
fy the soul, and to render it meet for hea-
ven. 3. Those who deny endless punish-lation.
ment. If the terrors of the Lord are
insufficient to deter from the commission
of sin, the denial of endless punishment
cannot be supposed to proceed from any
other being than from him. But the
most fatal of all the delusions into which
Satan draws the professors of Christianity
is, 4. A denial of the existence of Satan
himself. By means of this delusion he
betrays the sinner into a state of false
security; for he can neither watch nor
pray against him in whose existence he
does not believe. In one or other of
these ways nominal Christians are lulled
to sleep in his infernal arms.

But the most fearful power of Satan is exhibited in heathen countries. It is apparent in their religion.-In India, it is universally maintained,

1. That the one God is an insulated being that he is separate from all created intelligences; that he has nothing to do with creatures, in which class the Creator, the Preserver, and the Destroyer, are placed. Thus the connexion is destroyed between God and his creatures. To the one God not a single prayer is offered; no tribute of praise ascends.

2. That man is not an accountable creature. Believing man to be entirely material, and attributing all action to spirit, they assert that he is the chariot, and God the charioteer; thus exonerating themselves from all accountability.

4. Another part of the popular religion is the worship of the image of a monkey. To him offerings are made, and prayers are presented, by Brahmans appointed for that purpose.-It has been objected that primitive Hindooism was more pure, and that it deified only the five elements of Air, Earth, Water, Fire, and Space. But is there not as great stupidity in this, as in the other? Can a stone be a God?

5. Another branch of their religion consists in obscenity, and in abominations so detestable as not to be stated to a Christian audience, and at which a European can scarcely look. It is a religious rite to bring these things with shouts of applause into their temples. There are the most abominable paintings upon the image of one of their goddesses, which is publicly exhibited for a whole month. I have been obliged to close my window-shutters; and to seek for my children that I might remove them to a distant apartment. As lust and cruelty constituted the religion of the ancient Greeks and Romans, so is it in India, The cruelty of the Gentoo religion ap pears in suspension upon two hooks; in the piercing of the tongue by a sharp instrument, and drawing a snake through it; in the devotees throwing themselves 3. That the present state is not a state from elevated places upon knives; in of perfection. When we believe, that pilgrims perishing in the hot mouths by the upon the present hour a whole eterni- road side; and in their throwing themty of happiness or misery depends, fer-selves, in order to insure future happivency at the throne of grace is excited; ness, under the wheels of the chariot of a desire of attending the house of God; Juggernaut. and a zeal to work out our own salvation. If man be not a responsible being, the wicked cannot be exhorted to forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Accordingly the Gentoo, in accordance with this sentiment, gives himself up to the commission of iniquity. These three articles form what may be called their philosophical creed.

That which may be denominated their popular creed, maintains,→→

6. To this add, that human sacrifices formed a part of the ancient religion of the Hindoos; and that even now mothers drown their children as an act of religion. They lead the child into the water, and encourage it to go forward till it perishes.

7. The burning of widows. Our God is the husband of the widow, and the father of the fatherless. By way of trial, she first burns her finger to a cinder; she

then bathes in the Ganges, walks round the pile, and throws herself by the side of her husband. She is then tied to him; the son kindles the pile; and loud vociferations drown her cries.

8. The burying of widows alive. The widow sits in a large grave; the husband is laid on her knee; and those who are present trample in the earth.

every believer in it, is able to rescue these idolaters from the power of Satan.

3. You cannot go yourselves, but you can encourage those who do go; and you, as well as they, can be workers together with God.

Permit me now to ask you,

1. Have you reflected how much the glory of God, and the honour of the Redeemer, are concerned in this undertaking? Certainly he cannot have formed a proper estimate upon this subject, who contributes only five shillings when he should have given five pounds,

If we go to China, the god of that country is an ancient Indian deity. This religion embraces also the Burman empire, and Ceylon. If to these we add Makomet, no less than 400 millions are included. And of these one generation after another, unless they are rescued through the instrumentality of Divine Revelation from the power of Satan, inevitably perish. My dear friends, it is only to excite your gratitude for your present privileges, that I say, Your own idolatrous ancestors equalled the Hindoosingly. in cruelty. Numbers of infants were by them burnt to death.

How ought these proofs of the power of Satan to excite your gratitude? Your religion is a religion of benevolence. Your Saviour became poor, that you might be made rich. What ye would that men should do to you, do ye to them. Would you not, if you were in their circumstances, wish messengers to come to you? Then go to them. Christ came to seek and to save them that were lost. He did not wait for any remarkable occasion, before he caine to us.

Farther; remember that your Saviour

is the Saviour of the ends of the earth. Do ye wish him to be crowned Lord of all; and can you rest whilst your fellow-passengers are sinking into destruc

tion ?

2. Have you considered what each soul is worth? At the close of the late war, you made a generous subscription for the suffering Germans; but in the present instance, 60 millions of your fellow-subjects are perishing everlast

3. Have you considered what each soul cost our Lord Jesus Christ?

Conclusion. Ought you not then to feel the greatest gratitude to God for the unspeakable blessings which he has con ferred upon you, whilst he has left so many millions to perish, having no hope, and without God in the world? The Anniversaries to be concluded in our next

REV. ANDREW FULLER.

WE have received a letter from "The Editor of the New Evangelical Magazine to the Editor of the Baptist Maga zine," which has been forwarded to Mr. J. G. Fuller. The contemptible charge revived in the New Evangelical Magazine against our late excellent friend is so ri

willingness to comply with the wishes of his son, we should have treated it with that neglect with which it was treated by Dr. Ryland in his Memoir, who appears to have thought, very properly, that no person who knew Mr. Fuller could give it the least credit. What? Mr. Fuller either attempt or wish to persecute men for their religious sentiments? As well might Mil

I offered you this morning, at Queen-diculous, that, if it had not been for our street chapel, some encouragements; hamely, the numerous translations, converts, schools, and societies, in India. But our principal hope is in God himself. If you exalt man, God may permit you to see how little man can ect. Use every means which he has appointed; but rely upon Him, and he will cause the walls of Jericho to fall down. What an act of folly would it have been for the Jewish priests to have disputed, which of the rams' horns contributed most to the taking of that city!

Improvement. 1. Pity 60 millions of your fellow-subjects, who are under the power of Satan.

2. Pray for them, that God would pour out his spirit. Salvation is " not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord.". Their prejudices are indeed great; but the same power which introduced Christianity into this country, and which has regenerated

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or Locke be charged with having been heard to argue in defence of Tyranny, or Collier or Law in defence of the Stage. This great man needs no additional honour: otherwise what greater honour could his memory receive, than that the only charge which the tongue or pen of calumny has ever aimed at him, should be one which, as the body of the viper is said to contain an antidote against its poison, carries within itselt-nay, as we are prepared to show, in the very confessions of the calumniators-its own refutation?

Review.

but one baptism. The reason is;~ it is a duty depending entirely on his will who has enjoined it upon Christians. To be without concern to know the Divine Will in relation to this Christian ordinance is, there

Moral and Ritual Precepts compared; in a Pastoral Letter to the Baptist Church at Bow, Middlesex ; including some Remarks on the Rev. Robert Hall's Terms of Communion." By W. Newman, D.D. To us it has been frequent mat-fore, a wrong state of mind; and

ter of surprise, to hear persons of some knowledge and discernment represent the subject of controversy on which this pamphlet is written, as not of great importance.

In the possession of a sound understanding, we do not perceive how any one can be of this mind, without having neglected to think on the subject, or without being dis posed to neglect the Divine Legislation, and to be enslaved by the traditions of men. Among Protestants, all profess to regard Jesus Christ as their Lord: we wish they were properly concerned to know, and punctually to obey, the things he has said. Is not Christian baptism a positive rite? Is it not a duty imposed by Divine authority; and does not the only obligation to obedience flow from the command

of God, plainly expressed in the New Testament? Certainly, then, it is of importance that this rite should be obeyed, unless it is meant to be said, that the Deity has enjoined a useless ceremony. If obe

dience to the Divine command should never be neglected; and if this precept depends entirely, as far as we know, on the will of Jesus Christ; ought not the obedience to be exact in every particular? It is manifest that there is a great variety of ways in which moral precepts may be properly observed. Who can say how any one may be, at some future time, plainly required by events to show his love to God, or his affection toward man? But, as the scripture declares, there can be

controversy conducted with a right spirit, and employed to elicit truth, on this subject, when, as in the present instance, the public attention is excited, merits commendation.

Neither do we regard the subject ofterms of communion at the Lord's and the supper have no such contable as unimportant. If baptism nexion as that the latter ought not to be administered where the former has been neglected, we should be acquainted with it, lest we should offend God in refusing his children admittance to his table. Mr. Hall

contends, that no such connexion exists; and that the two rites of Christianity are ordinances which all true believers in Christ should ob▾ serve, but between which there is no

relation of priority and posteriority, Dr. Newman is of another mind, and, with Mr. Booth and Mr. Kingmersion of believers on a profession horn, firmly contends, that the imof their faith in the Redeemer, is a term of communion at the Lord'stized as not duly qualified to come supper. He considers the unbap

to the other ordinance.

tist brethren, and are disposed to be Both parties love theirædobapliberal and candid. The difference between them is to be attributed to their respective views of the law of God. To charge either of them with a wicked state of heart, or to minal course of conduct, is very represent them as adopting a criunjust. It is a question, not of

LIBERALITY, but of CONSCIENCE. (To be concluded in our next.)

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