church, Bacup, Lancashire, departed this life in the hope of heaven on Tuesday, June 9, 1846, aged forty-three years. Her death is deeply lamented by surviving relatives, and the church and congregation with which she stood connected. MRS. WESTALL. Died on Friday, June 19, 1846, suddenly of apoplexy, aged thirty-nine years, Anne, the beloved wife of John Westall, Esq., of White Ash, near Accrington, and daughter of the late James Bury, Esq., of the same place. She had been upwards of fourteen years an exemplary and consistent member of the baptist churches of Accrington and Little Moor End, to which latter place she, along with twenty-one other members, were dismissed nearly six years ago to form a church at Little Moor End. By her decease her husband is bereft of an affectionate wife, four young children of a tender mother, and in her the church, sabbath-school, and the neighbourhood, have sustained a heavy loss. MR. J. CARRYER. On the 20th of June, Mr. John Carryer of Leicester, in the sixty-fourth year of his age, for many years a deacon in the church at Harvey Lane, under the care of the late Mr. Hall, and latterly a deacon in connexion with the church at Charles Street, in the same town. Though Mr. Carryer passed the greater part of his life in close application to business, in which divine providence greatly prospered his labours, he yet found leisure for the cultivation of his mind, and was for many years a useful village preacher and occasional supply in neighbouring pulpits. For some years he had been laid aside by a paralytic affection from all engagements of a public kind, both secular and religious; but though naturally of a quick and active tempe rament, he sustained the confinement of a sick chamber and the langour of an enfeebled frame with great composure, and often with cheerfulness. His consistency of character, his unbending integrity, and his benevolence and kindness, both in word and deed, will long be cherished by a wide circle of acquaintance in the midland counties. MISCELLANEA. PROPOSED REMEDY FOR NATIONAL EVILS. That something is wrong in the state of England, and that something ought to be done for its relief, are prevalent sentiments. The opinions entertained respecting the nature. of the malady and the remedies that are needed are, however, various, and some of them are such as simple-minded people might not think of. The most crying want of the country, in the judgment of some legislators, was pointed out on the 19th of June in the House of Lords. The bishop of Exeter said, He thought it was the duty of the legislature to take care that the most crying want-the paucity of bishopricks in this country-be very soon supplied. Lord Brougham said doubt, render necessary a corresponding inthat the increase of the population did, no certainly did not think that the members of crease in the number of bishops, and he that body were overpaid. Earl Fitzwilliam was of opinion that the number of bishops should be increased to forty; but that the existing ecclesiastical revenues were quite sufficient to provide suitable salaries for them all. THE CHURCHES OF ENGLAND AND ROME. The step from Anglicanism to Romanism has been taken recently, as we learn from the Record, by Lady Georgiana Fullerton, sister to Lord Grenville, and authoress of "Ellen Middleton;" by the Rev. E. Horne, who has resigned the rectories of St. Lawrence and St. John, Southampton; and, at the ordination held on the Ember-days at the Roman catholic church of St. Mary, Oscott, sixteen gentlemen were admitted to orders, "of whom ten had previously been clergymen in the establishment." FREE CHURCH PLACES OF WORSHIP. The tenure by which the newly erected places of worship in Scotland to which many of our friends contributed are held, subjects them all, it appears, to the control of the General Assembly. Should one-third of the whole body desire to separate from the majority it has power to do so, if it profess to adhere to the original Free Church system; but no single congregation, or smaller proportion than one-third of the whole, can obtain emancipation from the authority of the Assembly, by which the following resolutions were passed in 1844 : "I. That the property of each place of worship be vested in trustees chosen by the congregation, to be held for the congregation in communion with the Free Church, as attested to be so by the moderator and clerk of the General Assembly, that church to be identified as in the model trust deed; the management of the property to be in the deacon's court. "II. That in the event of a certain proportion of the ministers and elders, members of the church courts, separating from the general body, and claiming still, to be the true bona fide representatives of the original protestors of 1843, and to be carrying out the objects of the protest more faithfully than the majority, then, whatever the courts of law may determine as to which of the contending parties is to be held to be the Free Church, it shall be competent for each congregation, by a majority of its members in full communion, to decide that question for itself, so far as the possession and use of their place of worship and other property are concerned, with or without compensation to the minority, such compensation to be settled by arbitration. It being understood that a disruption of the church in the sense referred to in this extract shall consist only in the simultaneous separation, that is, the separation from the general body at once, or within a period not exceeding three months, of at least one-third of the ordained ministers of the church, having the charge of congregations in Scotland; and that such separation shall take place only on the professed grounds stated in the deliverance of the commission of assembly." The anniversaries of these societies were numerously attended, and from all of them the reports of usefulness and success were highly gratifying. The Irish Evangelical Society had received increasing support during the year, and was out of debt. The Colonial Missionary Society had increased its income, diminished its debt, and actively pursued its work of planting churches in our colonies. The Home Missionary Society had been greatly prospered during the year in most of its stations, while the chief, if not only, matter of regret was to be found in the fact that the income had considerably diminished. Measures were taken at the meeting to recover the finances, and we doubt not but the liberality of our churches will promptly supply the deficiency. The report contained a touching and eloquent allusion to Dr. Matheson, the late secretary of the society.Biblical Review. LARGE BEQUESTS. The late John Scott, Esq., of Broad Street, is reported to have given by h's will the sum of £27,000 to each of three societies, the Church Missionary Society, the Church Pastoral Aid Society, and the Bible Society; and £9000 each to the City Mission, the London Missionary Society, and the Clerical Education Aid Fund. But only about one-third of these sums is immediately payable, the large portion being left in reversion.-Biblical Review. SILENT ECCLESIASTICAL ENCROACHMENTS. We have before us a copy of a bill brought into the House of Commons by Mr. R. Hodgson and Sir H. Elphinstone, and ordered to be printed, entitled "A bill to provide for the erection and repair of churches in consolidated ecclesiastical districts." It enacts that all such districts shall be considered distinct parishes-that churchwardens and other officers shall be appointed for them-that rates for building new churches may be levied in them wherever rate-payers, occupying threefourths of the property, concur in making such rate-that with such concurrence churchwardens may raise money for building new churches by mortgage-that glebe land, to the extent of two acres in each instance, may be taken as sites for the new churches and that funds now applicable to the repair of churches may, in certain cases, be applied for the purposes of this act. Thus noiselessly but effectually does the state-church push its fibres from which resources may be extracted, or in in every direction, leaving no ground untried which power may be exercised. Warned, we suppose, by the failure of more obtrusive efforts, it seeks little by little to extend its dominion, to multiply its clergy, and to increase its hold upon the people of the country. No watchfulness is adequate for the preven tion of its growth. Nipped in one direction it is sure to bud in another. There is but one remedy against its perpetual encroachments senters will, we trust, ere long, concur in -a remedy which both churchmen and disdemanding the entire and permanent separation of the church from the state.-The Nonconformist. ASIA. NEW BAPTIST CHAPEL AT LAKHYANTIPUR. The chapel, a view of which is prefixed to our present number, is a neat brick building, about fifty feet by twenty-two, intended to accommodate three hundred persons. It is situated at the western extremity of the village, and being conspicuous from a considerable distance, presents a pleasing aspect. The expense of building it has been about 2850 rupees. Towards this sum 1500 rupees were granted from the Jubilee Fund, and about 800 rupees contributed by friends in India. It was used as a place of Christian worship for the first time on the eighth of January. A chapel of more perishable materials had previously stood on the same spot, a sketch of which was given in the Herald for May, 1840. That shows the eastern aspect of the place, this the western. The tent to the left of the chapel, on the day of the opening was occupied by native preachers from Calcutta. The building to the left is Mr. Pearce's bungalow. NATIVE PREACHING. Interesting as are the accounts we often publish of the conversations between European missionaries and the idolators whom they have left their own country to instruct, it is yet more gratifying to witness the exertions of native preachers in disseminating the gospel which they have themselves recently received. following account of an itinerating tour by some of our Hindoo brethren, taken from the Calcutta Missionary Herald, will be read with pleasure :— The Oct. 28th. As we set out from Calcutta four persons who were listening to us, and rather late in the afternoon, we were unable felt greatly encouraged. to preach the gospel in any village: this did not, however, prevent us from sowing the seed of the word, for we had a good deal of religious conversation with the boat people. Baidyabati. Ichhápur. At three P.M. we put to near Ichhápur. Jadáb Chandra Bishwas went into the village, and took his stand in a bazar. A shopkeeper walked up to him and asked 29th. At seven A.M. We entered a vil-him where he came from, and whither he was lage near Baidyabati, but not obtaining going. Bishwás replied, I am come from any hearers, we proceeded to one of the Calcutta to preach the religion of Christ in principal ghats on the bank of the river, the villages. The shopkeeper asked, What and began to read aloud from a book. Very sort of a religion is it? Bishwas answered, soon a crowd gathered around us, and we By disregarding the laws of God all men began to preach. The substance of our ad- have deserved hell, but God has appointed dresses was that by transgressing the law of Christ to be their Saviour, and to believe in God all men had become sinners, and that Christ and obey him is what we call the no one would be saved by works such as religion of Christ. Upon hearing him speak those which the Hindus perform under the in this strain the man called several other name of religious works, but that whoever shopkeepers, saying, come and hear the words believed in Jesus Christ would be saved, and of instruction. He then respectfully offered a no one else. The villagers heard us with seat to Bishwas, and many shopkeepers and marked attention; and one woman in par- brahmans gathered around him. One of the ticular, after listening eagerly to all we said, brahmans asked him, What have you gained exclaimed at the close: This is a happy day by becoming a Christian? Bishwas perfor me, for to-day I have heard of God. Then, ceiving that his estimate of religion was turning to the people present, she said, These erroneous, said, Tell me first what is the fruit men tell us good words. We counted eighty-of a truly religious conduct? I will then tell man; and they themselves told him, "If you do not choose to hear, walk off; these people do not compel any one to hear them against his will." Upon this the man became silent, and after a little while walked off. After this we preached a little longer, and then began to distribute books. Seeing this, some young bráhmans said, "We have read the Psalms of David, the Destroyer of Darkness, and the Mine of Salvation, give us something else. Of all your books the Psalms of David are the best." We entered a little into conversation with them, and gave them some other books. Chágda. you what I have gained by embracing Christianity. The brahman replied, By religion a man obtains happiness, greatness, and honour in this life, and emancipation (absorption into the Deity) in the next. Bishwás replied, I believe that a pious man will obtain supreme happiness in the world to come, but I cannot join in what you have said respecting the fruits of piety in this life; for we see that those who observe the worship and festivals of Durga, or who bathe in the Ganges, or do similar works, in many instances are or become distressed; many of them are not esteemed, for they are extortioners, fornicators, whoremongers, adulterers; can you call such men religious characters? The brahman answered, "No, such I do not call religious." Then Bishwas said, "In that case the fruit of religion is not wealth and prosperity, but to forsake sin, to lead a holy life, and in the world to come to obtain felicity. Holiness of conduct can only spring from believing in Jesus Christ." Here Bishwás expatiated upon the subject of Christ: all seemed pleased and requested books, of which a few were given them. Some scholars of Dr. Duff's then accompanying Bishwás to the river side, we began to converse with them about religion. They said, "We too are Christians, for we mind the religion of Christ; the only differ- Nov. 1st. About noon we entered Shanence is, that you have adopted Christianity tipur, and having taken our stand in a openly, whilst we have not done so, from fear certain place we saw an old man passing of our parents." We then told them it was by. We said to him, You are advanced in not right to be afraid of men, and that there was in reality not much cause of fear. They took a Testament and some tracts. We saw that their behaviour was good, and acknowleiged the effects of Christian instruction in schools. Tribeni. 30th. At seven A. 31. we entered Tribeni and began to read aloud. Some fifty or sixty persons, many of them bráhmans, came and showed a disposition to hear attentively. Then Jádab Chandra Bishwás began to tell them: "Man was created to serve God; but instead of doing this, the great part of mankind calls that religion which is no religion, and is given up to vice and wickedness. There is not a trace of righteousness in them, and their wickedness is increasing continually. The fruits of sin are death and hell, so that mankind is involved in the greatest calamity, and there is only one way of obtaining deliverance from that calamity, which is to take refuge in Christ." When Bishwas bad finished his discourse, Kailás Chandra Mitra addressed the word of life to them, from the passage: "There is no other name, except that of Christ, given unto men, by which we can be saved." Whilst he was speaking, a brahman began to talk much, and to raise many objections; but some young brahmans among the crowd gave Mitra to understand that it was useless to talk to that 31st. At seven A.M. we went into the bazar at Chágda; and both there and near the kacheri we spent much time in preaching and religious conversation. The substance of our addresses was that men are sinners, and that Christ is the only Saviour. The Kálí pújá having just taken place, the people who had spent the night in listening to songs, sacred and profane, were weary and sleepy; nevertheless about 250 people listened to our discourses on Christianity. Shantipur. age, and will not remain much longer in this world; are you making any provision for your welfare in the next? The old man said, "Yes, such as our religion points out." We then asked him, "Have you thereby obtained a hope of salvation? If a sick man takes proper medicine, he feels relief." He said, "True; please now to preach to us here the religion you have embraced, and we will listen." He then told another man to bring us seats. Upon this a pandit came up to us, with whom we entered into conversation, showing to him the absurdities of the Hindu shástras. Upon this another person asked us, "What good have you obtained by becoming Christians?" We told him what the Lord in his mercy had done and would do for us, and then proceeded to say that all men having transgressed the law of God, were involved in guilt and misery, and to relate at length how the Lord Jesus Christ had come into this world, and made an atonement for man. Our audience consisted of seventy or eighty persons, among the rest there were some women, who from an elevated spot were listening to us. Meanwhile, some fellows of the baser sort came from the market, evidently intending to create a disturbance. We therefore began to distribute books, when one of those wicked people snatched some books out of the hands of one of our number, and ran off with them. Being grieved at this, we said to the bystanders, "Åre such ill-behaved |