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POETRY. THE COMPASS! The following beautiful lines ar3 from the Evangelical Magazine, an Engli h p lblication. ?')i3 storm was loud?before the blast Our gallant bark was driven ; Their foaming crests the billows reared, And not one friendly star appeared Through all the vault of heaven. \ct dauntless still tho steersman stood, And gazed, without a sigh. "VN here, poised on needle bright and slim, And lighted by a lantern dim. The compass met his eye. Thenco taught his darksome eoursc tostrer, J He breathed no wish for day; Rut braved tho whirlwind's headlong might Nor onca throughout that dismal night To fear or doubt gave away. And what is oft the Christians life But storm as dark and drear. Through which, wit hout one blithesome ray j Ut worldly njissio cutrcr in? lie must his vessel steer ? j I Yet let him ne'er to sorrow yield, For in the sacred pago A compass shines, divinely true, And self-illumined, greets his view, Amidst the tempest's rage. Then firmly let him grasp the helm. Though loud the billows roar; And soon, his toils and troubles past, i His anchor he shall safely cast On Canaan's happy shore ! TIIE POET COWPER'S CONYER SIOX. WRITTEN BV HIMSELF. I cannot recollect that till the month December, in the thirty .second year of! my iife, I had ever any serious impressions i of a religious kind, or at all bethought] mysplf of the things of my salvation, ; except in two or threo instances. The i first was of so transitory a na'ure, and pas-1 sed when I was young, tiiat, did I not intend j ?hicVirtr nf mv I WIUU IV*| ? ? t heart so far as religion has been its object, j I should hardlv mention it. (Here follows a long account of painfui i exercise and awful temptations, with which j lie was harrassed ; after which lie proceeds I as follows :) At length I remembered my friend, Mar- j tin Madan, and sent for him. I used to 1 think him un enthusiast, but now seemed ! convinced, that if there was any balm in ; Gitead, he must administer it to inc. On ! former occasions, when my spiritual con- i ceras had at any time occurred to mc, 1 j thought likewise on the necessity of re- j pentance. I knew that many persons had ] spoken of shedding tears for sin; but when i I asked myself whether the time would ever come, when I should weep tor mine, it seemed to mc that a stone might sooner do it* Not knowing that Christ was exalted to give repentance, I despaired of ever attain-1 *~ ,? frir?rwl nnmo to mn: we SUt i IIlg IU lit 4*4 jr AMVMW 7 on the bedside together, and he began to de. I ciare to me the gospel. He spoke of origin- j ul sin and the corruption of every man born j into the world, whereby every one is a child j of wrath. I perceived something like hope j dawn in my heart. This doctrine set me more ona level with lhercstofniankind, and made my condition appear less desperate. Next lie insisted on the all atoning efficacy, of the blood of Jesus, and his righteousness lor our justification. While 1 heard this part of his discourse, and the scriptures on which he founded if, mylioart began to burn j within me; my soul was pierced with a sense of my bitter ingratitude to so nierci-! ful a saviour, and those tears which I thought impossible, burst tbrtii freely. I saw clearly that my case required such a Yemedv, and had not the least doubt within me, but that this was the gospel of salvation. Lastly, lie urged the necessity <oT a lively faith in Jesus Christ; not an assent - only of the understanding, but a faith of application, laying hold of it, and embracing it as a salvation wrought out for me personally. Here I failed and deplored iny want of such a faith. Ho told rne it was the gift of God, which lie trusted lie would ! ? ' nnlit vnnlir t>| ; bestow upon cue. i uiuiu uiim 4vT',* ' i wish he would":?a very irreverent peti- j tion, but a very sincere one, and such as the j blessed God, in his due time was pleased to answer. My brother finding that I had received ' consolation from Mr. Madati, was very i anxious, that 1 should take the earliest opporiunity of conversing with him again; and ..y for this purpose pressed me to go to him : immediately. I was for putting it off,* but my brother seemed impatient of delay, and 1 at length prevailed on me to set out. I mention this to to the honour of his candour and humanity, which would suffer no difference of sentiments to interfere. My welfare i was his only object, and all prejudice fled ! before his zeai to procure it. (After marrating a series of tempations and despairing apprehensions, he thus observes respecting the favoured season, when by the power of God divine light broke in upon his soul.^) But the happy period which was to shake i off my fetters, and afford mo a clear opening of the free mercy of God in Christ Jc. sua, was now arrived. I flung myself into a choir near the window, and seeing a bible there, ventured once more to apply to it for comfort and instruction. The first verse I saw, was the 25th of the 3d of Ilornans: "Whom God hatli set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of! sins that are past, through the forbearance I of God." Immediately 1 received strength | to believe; and the full beams oftiic sun of J righteousness shone upou me. I saw the suf-1 ficiency of the atonement he had made, my ! pardon sealed in his blood, and all the fulness and completeness of his justification. In a moment 1 believe 1 and received the gospel. Whatever my friend Madan had said to me, so long, before re/ived in all its clearness, with demonstrat on of the spirit and with power. Unless the Almighty arm had been under | me I think I should have dkd of gratitude and joy. My eyes fii'r-i wit1 tars, and my voice choaked with transport. I could only look up to heaven in silent four, overwhelmed with love and wonder Butth.' work of the [Ioly Spirit is best described in his own words, it is "joy unspeakable and full of glory." Thus was my heavenly Father in Christ Jesus pleased to give me the full nssunancc offaith: and out of a stony unbelieving heart, to "raise up a chi d unto Abraham." I low glad should I now ! have been to have spent every moment in j prayer and thanksgiving! I lost no opportimity of repairing to a tiirone of grace; but j llew to it with an earnestness irresistible j and never to be satisfied. Could I help it? Could 1 do otherwise than love and rejoice in my rcconsiled Father in Christ Jesus I? The lord had enlarged my heart, and 1 ran in the way of liis commandments." For many succeeding weeks, tears were ready to flow, if I did but speak of the gospel, or mention the name of Jesus. To rejoice day and night was all my employment Ton hnnru* to sleco much, I thought ~ ?ri . ? it was but lost time that was spent in slumber. Ob! that the ardour of my first love had continued! But I have known many 1 a lifeless and unhallowed hour since; long l intervals of darkness interrupted by short jeturnsof joy and peace in believing. My physician, ever watchful and apprehensive, tor my welfare, was now alarmed, lest the sudden transition from despair to joy, should terminate in a fatal frenzy. But ; the "Lord was my strength and my song, J and was become my salvation/' I said, "I ! shall not die, but live, and declare the works i ofthe Lord; he lias chastened me sore, but i not given mc over unto death. O give j ii,? T .,,.,1 *V>i? ln'o tnnmv rn'liirnfh I'illUiYS UlilU illU i_/VJ J U lui iiiciuvivi for ever." In a short time, Dr. C. became satisfied and acquiesced in the soundness of my cure and much sweet communion I had with him concerning the things of our salvation. 1 He visited me cvorv morning while I staid with him, which was near twelve months 1 after my recovery, and the gospel was the j delightful theme of our conversation. No ' trial has befallen me since, but what might i ce expected in a state of warfare. ******** i (Afor narrating sundry events during , which he had alternations of religious joy J and sorrow Cowpcr thus speaks of the states of his mind en a Lord's da}', in, me | summer of 176 j, after his restoration from j sickness:) [ I went to church for the first tirno afier j1 my recovery. Throughout the whole service, I had much to do to restrain my ' emotions, so fully did I sec the beauty and i glory of the Lord. My heart was full of love to all the congregation, especially to j them, in whom 1 observed the air of sober . attention. A grave and sober person sat in the pew with me; him I have seen and often conversed with, and have found him a pious man, and a true servant of the bless- J ed Redeemer. While he was singing the psalm, I looked at liirn, and observing him ' intent on his holy employment, I could not ' help saying in my heart with much emotion, ] "Bless you, for praising him whom my soul loveth!" Such was the goodness of the Lord to me that he gave mc "the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;" thougn my voice was snem, being stopped by the intcnseness of what 1 felt, yet my soul sung with in me, and even leaped for joy. And when the gospel of * the day was read, the sound of it was more ' tiinn I could well support. Oh what a word is the word of God when the spirit quickens j us to receive it, and gives the hearing ear, and the understanding heart! The harmony , of heaven is in it, and discovers its author. The parable of the prodigal son was the portion of scripture. [ saw myself in that glass so clearly, and the loving kindness of my slighted and forgotten Lord, that the whole scene was realized to me and acted over in my heart. January 21, 1766. Dear Sir,?Your letters give me the sin. cerest pleasure. Let us believe that we are daily thinking of and praying for each other, and write when opportunity offers without apologies. I praise the Lord that lie lias led you so soon to a settled judg- i ment in the leading truths of the gospel. , For tiie want of this many have been necessitated with their own hands to pull down what, in the first warm emotions of their zeal, they had laboured hard to build. It is a mercy likewise, to be enabled to acknowledge what is excellent in the .vritings and conduct of others, without adopt- ' ing their singularities, or discarding the 1 viiole on account of a few blemishes. ' We should be glad to receive instruction < o I 1 1 . t from ull, and avoiding being lea oy tne | ipse, dixit of any. NuIIius jurare in vcr-', bum is a fit mo.to for those who have one I master, even Christ. We may grow wise j apace in opinions, by books and men, bu: i vital, cxper mental knowledge can only be received from the Iloly Spirit, the great instructor and comforter of his people. And there are two things observcable in his teaching: 1. That he honors means of his own appointment, so that we cannot expect to make any great progress without diligence on our parts. *2. That he does not teach all at once, but by degrees. Ex. perience is his school; and by this I mean the observations and improvement of what passes w thin us and around us in the course of every day. The word of God affords a history in miniature of the heart of man ,i' the devices of satan, the state cf the world, and the method of grace. And the most instructing and affecting commentary on it to an enlightened mind may be gathered from what we see, feel, and hear, Irom day to day. No knowledge in spiritual things but what we acquire in this way is properh our own, or will abide the time of trial. This is not always snfficicntlv considered: we are ready to expect that others should receive upon our word, in half an hour's time, those views of things which have cost us years to attain. But none can be bro't forward faster than the Lord is pleased to communicate inward light. Upon this ; ground, controversies have been mu'tiphed ' among christians to little purpose, foi plants of different standings will be (crctcrii varibvs) in different degrees of forward ness. A young christian is like a greet fruit; it lias perintps a disagreeable austerity which cannot be corrected out of its propel course, it wants time and growth; wait t while, and by the nourishment it receive! from the root, together with the action o the sun, wind, and rain, in succession fron without, it will insensibly acquire that flavo: and maturity, for the want of which at unskilful judge would be ready to reject i as nothing worth. We arc favored will many excellent books in our tongue; but with you agree in assigning one of the firs places, as a teacher, to i)r. Owen. I huvt just finished his discourse on the Holy Spirii, which is an epitome, ifnot the mas icr piece of his writings. Newton's Letters. For the Southern Christian Herald. Lettlr from the Rev. J. Leigiiton Wilson. For a copy of the following letter addressee :o the Society of Inquiry on Missions, in th. Theological Seminary at Columbia, we are ndebted to the Secretary of that Society. Fair Hope, Caj>e Palmas, May 6, 1837. Dear Brethren :?44 That thou doest, d< quickly," is a sentiment that has sunk dee{ nto my heart, since our afflictive bereavement n the removal of our dear friends and fellow aborers* Mr. and Mrs. White. The circura stances connected with this aflictive, and to u: nysterious Providence, have already beei nade known probably, through the public irints, and it is needless, in this letter, to re icat them. One of those solemn obligations .vhich I believe to have been imposed upor ne by this event, is to address you a letter *nrt clmnlr? I this d.iv he summoned to the ba] )f judgment, my conscience would charge m< vith the neglect of a very solemn and impera -ive duty. But I feel that I renew this 6ub ect under disadvantageous circumstances.? The letter which I have received from you, ir eply to a former presentation of the claims o \frica, holds out no expectation that any one )fyour number will consecrate his life ant person to the improvement of this benighte< md miserable people. The death of Mr. ant Mrs. White, will make you doubt still more ind you will hear many say perhaps, that on< Mission is a hopeless and unwarrantable un Jertaking. But notwithstanding all that mai jc said, I am determined my dear brethren :o do my duty. As long as we have the sane ion of the Bible, and the smiles of our Savjour is we have most richly in Africa, we shal egard the hard sayings of our fellow-men lor will any thing under Heaven induce ust< ibandon the work; and should this letter fai ,o fix your attention seriously upon this sub, ect, this, at least, I shall have to comfort mj mart, that I have done what I conceived t( )e my duty, and that when we are all assem jled bofore the Judge of the earth, on thii joint, if no other, I shall be blameless. In your letter you urge the wants of Afric.' it home, and on this subject I wantmyowi iriews and feelings to be thoroughly known [fin my letter to your Societ}*, twelve monthi igo, or any thing that has fallen from my lips, * - * t _ ? It Al )r been communicated Dy my pen, were na< aeen any thing to disparage or lesson those :laims, I liave been most sadly raisun lerstood. In behalf of that portion of the hu nan family my warmest feelings have alvvayi jeen enlisted, and jnany, ?nany times, botf whilst I was a resident of South Carolina an< ?incel have been in Africa, has my mind beei nost intensely exercised on their account And there does not come under my eye on< single paragraph in relation to what is doin^ :or their improvement, that does not prove t< 3e a cause of joy. I rejoice in every effort lhat is made for their conversion, and salva hon, and were it in my power I would impar an impulse, that would carry the Gospel to tlx ioor of every African on the continent o America. I would say to every brother ii the ministry, renew and multiply your efforts and I would say to every one who is abou settling over a charge?beware you do not nog 'ect those Heathen who are around your dwrs But may I not, in strict consistency and com patibility with the principles and leenngs which 1 have professed, urge upon your attention the claims of Africans upon this conti lent? It is said, and justly said, that Af iicans at home, arc much neglected, and bu lartially instructed, but of those on this con tinent, it may be said with equal truth, thai hey are entirely neglected and altogether unin ?tructcd. Those two States which you represent in the Seminary, embrace, 1 believe about half a million of colored people; bu' western Africa embraces twenty millions ! I then, you see great want at home, and a vasi field for christian enterprize?look hither, anc you will see wanU and destitution, and miseri indescribable, and a field for-exertions fort] times as large as that which opens aroun. you. Now, dear brethren, I put the questioi to your consciences, affectionately, but sol tmmlv, were the provisions of salvation mad< for the five hundred thousand of S. Carolin: and Georgia alone, or did they contemplati the twenty millions of west Africa, also ? I for both, what account shall we give in th< jreat dat*, that our attention has been confinei to one fortieth part, to the exclusion of tlx remainder? Does the command of our Sav iour, familiar lo you all, authorize such a dis tribution of labor? Did he command us t< preach the Gospel to our fellow-countrvmei alone, or to the whole world? What languagi do the lives and the conduct of the Apostlei and the primitive Christians utter ? Did the] limit their labours to the boundaries of Judea or did they traverse the known world in al its length and breadth? But I would not urg< these considerations, which have already beei presented to your minds in various ways. There is one consideration that I wouli press with the utmost seriousness. Younj | men brought up in the Southern section of our j country, are better qualified, physically and constitutionally, and are perhaps the only individuals, who can be certainly expected to become efficient laborers in Africa. This remark should be accompanied with one or two c autions. 1st. Southern men should not anticipate entire exemption from the fever of the country on their arrival. A few from the most southj erly section have had the fever very slightly, but in general, it is my opinion, that you must: pass through the fever ordeal, before entering j efficiently upon your labors. 2d. My second caution is, that northern men are not to consider themselves free from ' all obligations to this people; for some from * the extreme northern parts of our country j have lived in Africa, and been bright orna- j inents to the cause of humanity and chris-, tianity. I do not wish to convey more or j less by my remark, than this, that southern j persons more readily adapt themselves to this I 1 climate, and will generally live longer, and j 2 accomplish a greater amount of good, than j 2 men from any other section of the world; and if I am correct in this, dear brethren, your duty towards this people becomes a very serious > and solemn matter, and it becomes you to j make it a matter of heart searching prayer , and inquiry. If God has, in His Providence, . allotted this portion of the Pagan world to the . Southern church, as the sphere of her enter 5 prize and labors, how can we neglect it with! out incurring the deepest guilt ? If her claims j ; and her wants are overlooked by us, whom ; . may we expect to heed them ? 1 pray you, J . rloar hrorhren tn thinlr nf this matter SRrioUS- i ! ly and prayrfully. Think of this people as the purchaced of the Saviour's blood. Conr template them in the light in which they are ? regarded by the inhabitants of Heaven? think of them as you will in the great day of judgment, and determine in view of those . solemn scenes, if they shall go down to their j graves, unenlightened and untaught in the f way of salvation. , But, I would not, dear brethren, conceal from \ you the trials you must necessarily undergo in j becoming missionaries to Afriea; on the other j hand I feel very desirous that you should ful? ly understand them, that you may be the i better prepared to defend them. Among these trials, that will be peculiar in the case . of an African missionary, sickness is one of the most prominent. And in this your patience and fortitude will perhaps be tried more seriously, than they have been in any j previous part of your life; still 1 do not hesitate to say, if you are actuated by a sincere love for souls, and a desire to honor your Master, j you will never regret the determination that j brought you to Africa. I apprehend that no ; , future missionaries to this section of the country. will have to endure such trials and afflic } ?rf, ? tions as have fallen to the lot of my beloved , partner and myself; and yet, I am bold to say, that there has never been a moment ^ during our residence here, in which we indulj ged the regret, that we made this the land of our adoption. And, although we do not now enjoy the_best health, nor are enabled to accomplish so great an amount of labor, as we ^ might in more healthful regions, still, we would i not, with our present views and feelings, exchange our post of labor for any other on the face of the earth. ] s Do you ask, what are our prospects of sucj cess ? I would reply, that if there were noj thing at all encouraging to the human eye, j there is ample ground for cncouiagement in the Bible. Who could ask for a better guar3 antee than that which the word of God offers? , But thanks be to our Heavenly Father, He 3 has not made this entirely a matter of faith, ? but has given sensible tokens of his determination to visit, and we believe soon, this people, I with great mercy. The Sabbath, which a 5 little more than three years ago was scarcely I known, is now respected, and I believe I am 1 strictly within bounds, when I say, that more than one half of the native population ot Cape Palmas, habitually suspend their labors and amusements on that day. For more than a month past, the audience which I have had? in preaching, has amounted to more than five hundred, and to say the least, their attention has been serious and fixed. One youngster whom we have had in our family for some j time past, gives us satisfactory evidence that j t his heart has been changed, and he will be ad- J . niitted to church membership soon. Others, , l we believe, in our schools, are secretly inquir- ' . ing what they shall do to be saved. Our schools, five in number, are well atten, ded, and if teachers could be had, we might t loate twenty of them advantageously, in this f immediate vicinity. The influence of white l men, and every thing they say, has great \ weight. The natives of this country look up^ on him as a superior being, and they receive r every thing that falls from his Jips, with iin] plicit credence. And although this people arc j deeply stained in sin and guilt, and have wandered /or, very far, from the fold of God, and j the path of rectitude, it does seem to me that 1 they will, as soon as the Gospel is understood 3 by them, be raised from their degredation and f reclaimed from their errors. A few Sabbaths 2 ago, 1 was, in preaching, demonstrating the j fact, that all men had depraved hearts, 5 anu I never shall forget the looks of a man, venerable for his great age and hoary head, as he raised his wasted ghastly form and smote 5 upon his heart, saying;?"he has spoken the 2 truth, and we never heard it before." How 2 many others may have felt as he did, I will 3 not pretend to say, but I endulge the hope , -hat the Spirit of God is solemnly moving up, on the hearts of many more, and that ere 1 long we shall see rich fruits of true piety. ; When I arrived in this country, a little more i than two years ago, my prayer to Almighty God then was, that, if it were consistent with i! His will, my life might be spared two years, to ^ 1 lay th<^ foundation of this mission, and thatI ? prayer has been answered. But I do not know, nor do I feel anxious to know, how much longer He will continue my labors here. And it seems now, that it' a solitary regret could disturb my dying repose, it would be the fact, that there was no one here to take my place. I ask then, dear brethren, and pray you to decide the question in view of judgment and eternity, who will take my place Shall this mission, sustained by the signal interposition ot Providence, for more than two years be abandoned or sustained! Verily, I believe this question is to be determined by your decision. The beauty of the church of Christ is to be tarnished or to acquire new lustre by this enterprize. I know not that any of you will be determined to come, but should there be, one or two suggestions would he important. 1st. Do not come to Africa, as if you were going to your grave. At the same time it will be your duty to be entirely submissive to the Divine will?feel and desire that God may be glorified, whether you live long or die soon; and know that your spirits, when disenthralled, will find as easy access to Heaven from Africa as from the most favored spot on the face of the cartli; and here your dust may slumber at quietly as in the tombs of your fathers. 2d. Encumber yourselves with as few cares as possible, when you are about to set sail for Africa. An undue amount of care must by all means be avoided. 3d. It is desirable that one or two young men should come oiit unmarried, to remain single for two or three years. The present state of our mission needs such, but I do not, by any means, lay it down as a general thing. Females arc as much needed and may be as useful here, as in any other portion of the hoathpn u'nrlrt 4th. In the* first place come out with your minds made up to endure all sor's of hardships and trials. You will be subject to trials here, which in your most lively conceptions you never imagined, and your best guarantee will be in previous preparation. That God may direct and bless you, dear brethren, is all I ask. Yours in christian love, J. LEIGHTON WILSON. * Rev. David White, of Pittsfield, Mass. and lady, arrived at Cape Palmas, 25th Dec. last; Mr. W. died Jan. 22, and Mrs. W. soon followed him. WESLEYAN [LONDON] MISSION. ARY SOCIETY. The stations occupied by the Wcsleyan Methodist Missionary Society in different parts of the world, are about 100 ; each station being in general the head of a circuit of towns and villages around, embracing a numerous population brought under missionary instruction. The missionaries, accrediated ministers of the Methodist connexion, are about .1000, more than 80 of whom are employed in the West Indies. They are assisted by catcchists, local preachers, assistants, supcrintcndants of schools; school-masters and mistresses, artisans, &c., of whom about two hundred arc employed at a moderate salary, and 2,600 afford their services gratnitously. The members of society, under the carc of the missionaries, exclusive of those in Ireland, are about sixty-two thousand; (being anIncrease of 7,157 ;) the members of the mission congregations not in soci ctv, may be fairly estimated at a large num. ber. To these may be added the numbci under school-instruction, about 43,000; making a total of more than 150,000 indi. viduals, who are directly receiving spiritua advantages by means of the society's missions. In Ceylon, in Africa,in the friendly Islands, and in New Zeland, the society has printing establishments. Valuable translations of the Scriptures, and of various other works, have been, effected by the missionaries ; by whom, in more than 20 different languages, the gospel is preached. It appears from the cash account that the total income of the past year has been 75,5251. lis. Id. ; namely: Contributions, 64,2471. 17s. lOd.; legacies, 3,7351.; special donations; 1,6631. 3s. 9J.; donations on annuity for life, 8801.; Govern! ment grants 5,000!. The regular ordinary income was taken at 67,9931. 7s. 4d ; a r 7 rifi. I ho ev. IJCll Jlilsl VI Ijvvv.. *v? VM. ? penditure of last year exceeded the ordi. I nary income by 2,4771. Is. 9d., having I amounted to 70,4001. 9s. Id. RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY, LONDON. The Tlurty-eighlh anniversary was held in Exeter Hall, on Friday evening, May 5; the attendance exceedingly numerous. Samuel Hoare, Esq. in the Chair. After prayer, the meeting was addressed by the Chairman, who said, " that in every one of the 16,000,000 publications issued by the Society of the past year, the truths of the Gospel were unfolded, and those into whose hands they came might, by the assistance of the Holy Spirit, learn from them the way of salvation." Mr. Jones, Secretary, then read an ab stractof >?? Annual Report, which, alter alluding to Afr. GultzIafTs Tract for Japan; the thirst for reading among the Chinese ; and giving a brief view of the Society's operations amongst almost all the na. tions of the earth states, that during the year, 90 circula ing libraries have been granted for soldiers, <5cc. and 665 libraries for schoois. New publications issued 196. Circulated, 16,077,265, making in all, 250,000,000, in no less than eighty languages. Receipts, $301,224, of which $254,106, were the proceeds of the sales. The gratuitous issues, during the year, exceeded the total amount of donations and contributions by $7,880. PUBLIC WORSHIP. From Walford, on the manner of Prayer. "On various accounts it is exceedingly requisite to regard the glory and worship of God as the supremely important and primary purpose for which ;he assembling of christians should be maintained and per. peluated. There is frequently manifested a great forgetfulness of this subject by many persons who undervalue every other purpose of Christian worship, in comparison with having their feelings powerfully stimulated, and their passions deeply wrought upon, and they become extremely resiiess, until they can be gratified to the utmost in these respects. They must have the'r favorite ministers, and their fa. vorite topics constantly brought before them, or there seems 10 them to be no sufficient reason ior a regular attendance upon the ministry of the Gospel, and the public appointments of christian worship. That the various parts of public worship should be performed with the utmost uttention, on the part of those who preside over i them, to the edification, instruction and t consolation, of the great body of worship, i pers, is not for a moment to be lost sight of, and vf those ends are not answered, on oc. 1 count of some manifest deficiencies in the talents or qualifications ot the leaders of public worship, it becomes a reasen of great weight for taking due measures to effect an alteration, cither by the removal of those that have hitherto led the service or a vvilh-drawmcnt to some other society, i where those ends may be more efficiently answered. But nothing can be more injurious, either to the welfare of christian societies, or the real edification of indivivual christians, than a restless morbid appetite for cordial stimulants, for favorite, exaggerated aud reiterated statements, which aim at the accomplishment Jof such purposes? It is bard to say which is the most degraded, those who condescend to gratify pro pensities so vicious, or those who can be gratified only by such means." TRUST IN GOD. The Rev. Wm. Jay, in his interesting memoirs of his friend and tutor, relates the following fact: "I remember some years ago, to have hurried a corpse. In the extremity of the audience that surrounded me, I discerned a fen-ale, wrinkled with age, and bending with weakness. One hand held a motherless grand child; the other wiped away her tears with the corner of her woollen apron. 1 pressed towards her when the service was closed, and said, *havo you lost a friend/' She heaved a melancholy sigh, *The Lord bless her memory/ I soon found the deceased had allowed her for sgvcral years, six pence per wock. Is it possible thought I, that the appropriation of a sum so inconsiderable may cause a widows heart to sing for joy, and serve the child of the needy? Who would waste a sixpence? Who would indulge themselves in extravagance? Who would not deny i themselves to be able to secure the bles| sing of them that are ready to perish. I have here at Kettering, says the late Andrew Fuller, two religious characters, who were intimately acquainted in early life. Provi dencc favored one with a tide of prosperity; the other fearing for his friend, | lest his heart should be overcharged with ,1 the cares of this life, and the deccitfulness of riches, one day asked him. whether 1 he did not Hud prosperity a snare to him? | He paused, and answered, *I am not couI scions that I do, for I enjoy God in all | things.' Some years after, his affairs ! took another turn. lie lost, if not the whole, by far the greater part of what he had once gained, and was greatly reduced. His old friend being one day in his company,renewed the question, whether he did not find what had befallen him to he too much for him. Again he paused and answered, 4I am not conscious hat I do, for now I enjoy all things in ' God.' This was truly a life of faith. From the Western Christian Advocate. DRUNKEN FATHER. Some three or four years since, a man . named Thomas, who lived within three , quarters cf a mile of mc, and who was in the habit of drinking ardent spirits to excess, unhappily, by indulgence, &c., had created a taste for the poison in a little son, his first born, at that 4 or 5 years old. One morning, wishing to accompany his mother to c'm o?m4 tiir* lOr *l'o ro rrAmf* 4 vs ill* I imiviv ouv uuu uiv ntuivi ncivi^viill^ IU IWUIN. ! her cows, the father told him if he would !.e j quiet and stay at the house,when hcretumc d ' he would give him u dram. The child did ! as he was required: but dreadful to relate, i when the father and mother returned to the t house, they found their darling child insen ! siblc and stretched upon the floor, and life almost extinct. Alarmed to an extreme | degree, the camphor-bottle was immediately i sought in aclic M(wliere the child had often | seen his father put his whisky bottle;) but i alas, its contents were gone, the bottle unstopped and misplaced, and now the real : cause was disclosed to the distressed paI rents. Means were promptly resorted to. for the relief of the little sufferer, but in vain, He never returned to a conscious state, but ; died the same day. I am sorry to add that i the father, so far as I could observe, con| tinued to take his dram, until his removal i from this country, a few months afler the death of his sen. Since then* I know nothing of his course or conduct. Randolph. PATIENCE WORKS EXPERIENCE. A 1 n. luujiaicr was recovering oi a danger* ous illness, when one of his friends ad* dressed him thus; "Sir, though God seems to be bringing you up from the gates of death, yet it will be a long time before you will sufficiently retrieve your strength, and regain your vigor enough of mind to preach as usud." The gcod man answered; 44 You are mistaken, my friend; for this six weeks illness has taught me more divinity than all my past studies and all my ten years' ministry put together." FOR IsALE. OSTER A COXE'S ORIGINAL SOOTH. ERN TONIC, a Family Medicine, war* ranted a speedy and lasting core for * AGUE AND FEVER, and every symptom of general debility. J. C. WADSTVVORTH. ' x *\ '8,1834.