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.-SL-.' gg L'-g^yjL - .JMJ-.'-l- , jf . .. liKLIvilOLS.- s|)i t ' ? jjli' " Jlii: BIBLE. >' 1^' " More.to bo desired are they than gold ?n ' ?yea than much tine gold?sweeter also w< than honey, and the honey-comb." . U< Such is the opinion expressed by a Ju/fg, hj . concerning th6 word of <JIod ; and--with nc this opinion coincides the experience of all y<, those "-who have tasted and known that \\ 4 . the Lord is gracious. * be -* For gold men will toil and dig, ill. the Cy . . " sweat of their brow, brave, the dangers and ^ j|?? solitude and exposure of the wilderness ; j Vt . " ride on the mountain wave, and mock tin: j ye y ' tempest as it sweeps over the ocean.'bearing "j },t V * ' death oil the wings of the wijid : for-this j gi will they peril hie in clinics "where the pes- yi y . jtilericc waiketh in darkness and destruction "V ?- wasted) at noonday." For gold, will men * " forego the comfor;s of home, the endear- in : meiusof the domestic ciivl '.the snile of con- hi * V jugal a licet ion. and the thrilling delight of i tiro infant prattler lisping the namcnbow an iu >: ' most dear. Yea for gold, wilf men jeopard sj| that winch is dearer than home, or wife or gv v child, qr father or mother, yea dearer than pi k < life itself reputation?"a* good name F which is better than prec ous ointment." w ; * "False weights, false 'measures,- filse bal- ;n , . a , ui ' 'ances. . ' al And yet the truth of God is more to be fv, desired tban gold,-fqr ichich men "will sacri- i ja fice so much. ; # . * # ( . Argumentsfor the truth of the BiJjIc. 1. From the bogiiiningto the end,it abases J ' - the creature and exalts the Creator. God j t.j . is manifested as tiie Sovereign, man as the J j0, ' subject; and this too, in such a manner that j . . every intelligent being must feci that the J j.v claims of God are just. That He his a j u,.' perfect right to reign and do all his pleas- 0j ure; for in wisdom and equity are all things ! u ' made and ordered. . ! b, -God does not give to his creatures an V( , account of liis doings, but it commends it- j 'u self to the conscience of every man in his J., -i - i i u i."..i i' sober senses, uuu jcuu>uu niuu u [n-n^i; , right to do all his pleasure, God com. . jk , mandsthat all tilings whatsoever we do, be jc , done to his gloiy, and our hearts approve j f)L ihe requirement. ^ ?. i <jt Whatsoever God appoints, that heart I Cl must be scared indeed, uhirth doth not bow, j },j, and acknowledge the rectitude of the Di- ! ;t vine government. , ' jK But had the Bible been of human ori- j ^ gin?the device of man, its tendency would i U] * have been to cxa/l human 'nature and to j - foster the pride of the human heart. It ! would not have represented man, "as an"; unclean thing,' "at enmity with God." his j heart "his heart deceitful above all things,' p i and desperately wicked," "a cage of un. i y, clean birds." Man,* as covore* I (morally) with wound s*& bruises, and'ptiirl'ying sores j "from the crown ofthe head, to tbo sole of the foof,ful! of unsoundness; the whole head sick ; / and the whole lieart fatut." Tin*: dignity j of human nature would have been taraght : - - . ! on the scheme of the avou-ed Iti/icM, or ! the mere tendency to sin, on tlx? plan of i)r. - Taj tor of New Haven, and other co ntem- | to porary Theologians of the 1\etr JSchonl pr Theology, such as Burchasd, Beocher, th s, 'Goodrich, Barnes, Pmriey and others. Bad w men would r.ot Imve^ constructed a B tole si< speaking such language; good men co uld lit not. The Bible therefore, is of Divr'ne \ in origin. * * iii 2. Tlx; tendency of the pibto to mak e I fix men better and happier in ccery station i tin and relation in life. proves its Divine autbo- | wr ritv. | I Infidelity makes no claims to making < ai men better, any more than L'niversulism or ha Heathenism. If an Infidel become an adulterer, whoremonger, fraudulent, a thief.< It liar, profane swearer, Sabbath-breaker; if: a J he put at nought nil" the commands of Clod,; lx . and trample undvr foot the dearest social 'at rights of man, 110 one complains of the j tin jeeakness ot his principles, but every one I ity looks upon these things as tlve legitimate ov and expected fruit of his sentiments. But 'alt if one professing to believe jhe Bible to be j or the wohi of God, be guilty of any of these lav things, the voice .of Infidelity trumpets it his from Dan to Beershcba?aha?this is the tut fruit of reiigion, is.it? No sirs, religion , fa makes men better men, and your outcrv is tui 7 * ? - 1 an attestation that the Bible is a holy book, i tyi * designed to make men holy, and that you, en and all the world expect this, fur in countless instances you know that this has been rtn the effect of this blessed Book. * : sto The Bible regulates the conduct of ru- "is lers and ruled?husbands and wives,'parents m< and children, masters and servants, the old ' so and young, rich and poor, the prosperous ; and the afflicted. In every station it points : hu out the duties to be discharged?the sins to 1 as be avoided?the trials which call for sub-1 mi mission and resignation to tiiewiii of (Jod, va our Father in I leaven. * And where can a m< system" of truth so conducive to human j.an happiness as this is, be found. Dfd David tin Hume, the prince of modern Infidelity, ever sa teach arsystem like this ? Did Jetlerson,; pr the author of the Declaration of American ! Indenendence?the pride and boast of the ! tei ancient Dominion, ever pen a Hue to teach \ m holy living. I say nothing of the worthless I yc inebriate Tom Paine, and the base, corrupt M Itosseau, with his crew of Inlidel French- m men. 1in Into every family, every community, evry , it nation, whither tiie Biblecomes.it makes men tli and women better men and better women to Took at England, Scotland, Holland, North es Vmerica, Denmark, Norway, and compare ; ;u their criminal archives with those of Fiance, in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Ireland. South A- at: menca, and say, does not the Bible cast the cv mantle of human happiness over all who i m receive it in the love of its tru'li, and yield hn toils hallowing influences f 1 X * ; |C, From the Southern Watchman. j tj1( MV REDEEMER LIVES, Can you say you know this? You know I ek that Jesus is your Redeemer? Job knew it, cc Paul knew it, oitiers have known?you may know it. If you will surrender yourself to ' yc Christ, h ,iSt in his merits for accep ! of God; allow him to dwell by bis Id sFr! I !,ea:'!s as in his own tempfe.. as whljiu vou fecornc theh: - ?vWv - rmg of new and holy a floe; ions, which i C :iii be shown by a continued coairse of [ cdicnce to all liis commands, then he will i lanifest himself to you as hedoih to the ; m )Fld"und voir can say, "I know that my ! tli jdeenicr iives." To this Jesus will say lil return,-"hut because I live also. 1 will ? t leave you eomfsrtless, 1 will como to ol iu. Let not your hearts bo troubled."'?: L "iiyneed they he* troubled? l! a Roman ti old say, "There is no needof-disponden- 1' while CYcsar is safe,"iioW muds more can C cChrisljan saydillis wejl while Jesuslivcs," j g is all is Well. While he lives lie wili bless ; u: hi, you "shall not want any goodjlsirig: n will strengthen you upon-u bod o' bin- I p lisiring; be will deliver you in six troubles, {it a in seven there shell no evil touch you;iie ! U ill norsulW you to l>e tempted above that I )U arc able, but will .with the temptation J *rx ..ocono flint- vntl 'llinv ! IIIU- U 4vy ^ j | t-able to brafit, for inf that lie Itimsclfhuih : liil'jvJ being tempted lie; is able to succor j cm that arc lcmptei}.'' h you lull* into j n, darkness shuts in upon your m nd, and ! jilt makes you afraid-to call upon God in j " 'ayor, Jesus is your Advocate with the [ 'l ather,and wUusoever you ask in bis name ;'} iil be granted, for be ever liveth to make } I' terccssion, and his-blood clednseth from J a I sin. If you are anxious to labor to ad. j' mce the Saviour's cause, and yet feat your v bouts will avail nothing, tltey are so fee- v e, be assured the humblest eilbrts put forth v regard t<5 the Divine glory "will not pass. a ino'iccd. Your two mltcs will be accept d, and a cup of.eo'd water given to a dis-'; p!c itf the name of your master 'shall not j s se its reward.- j c While your Redeemer Jives you may al- j y all your tears cast, your butden on his j 0 in. rest your soul on the sweet promises j, 'his word, and be at peace. Soon he ; {j ill lake von away from al[your trials here f.( >Iow; from your sorrows, your tears and 1|{ >ur sins. -If I go and prepare a'plaee for u >u I will come again and receive unto my- : Sl !l tliat'whcro 1 am there ve mav be also." j,, > | ci lie Redeemer will scon take your soul to , e suven. Tnere, disencumbered of this bur-1 s :n of mortality, vou can serve God with a J f, ire spirit to tiie full extent of your bean's , |t :sire. Yea, more, your body shall be res* j p led frouuhe grave, and fashioned into the ' ,t tones of the Saviour's own glorious body,: t? shall bc reunitcd to the soul, * when with j 0 >ly and joyful activity 'you.will serve God j j, iv and night without wearines and without i 'j-- . . | ? ' 0 glorious hour! O blest abode! s I shall be near and like my God! j And flesh and sin no more control The sacred pleasures of tiie soul.',' * _.i _n .i i la-oc .AllU u:i mji?s ucvuuawuiy iiuutuiibi u>w. J liS?? * . "He lives?all glory to his name! . He lives?my 3esus still the same: O the sweet joy this sentence gives,? .! f know that my Redeemer lives!'" J" From the Memoir of Walton. i 11 MINISTERIAL LABOR. jr ' On my return from Rommey, I began i tl i feel the effects of my- exertions; having v cached sixteen times, and administered 1 e Lord's supper twice in about ten days; h hen I arrived at home'I found my Children d ck?one had been very ill; I rested very tie; tarried only one day at home?Lav- r g an appointment at Smitlffield for a two o iy's meetihg. Preached twice at Smith- f dd in much weakness on Saturday, and ! a at night was taken with the bilious cholic ' ? as sent to Charlostown the next'day where , t< wae'eo'nfined for a week. Was there were ' rv maxim more, pernicious than that which ! e is been current among the best of people, ! t; I is better to wear out than !o rust out/" s is indeed True, when lightly understood ;' id judiciously applied but unhappily it has j a en perverted to sanction the most rash d id tmjustificnblc expenditure of const it u- s nal vigor and of iiuman iife, til! Human- li and (Jiiristianity have blended their tears a rr the costly sacrifices nir.de on this ! 1 a r. A s if a devoted Christian minister j d missionary was not bound to ob- v the e vs and calls of nature. Jn proportion to j tl ; p.tcty iuh! zeal, is to be run 0:1 his consti- \ ion, till?its powers exhausted?h? sinks i l] Miit.be ruidst oi usefulness into a prema- is x grave, and gains the honors ofa mar- j d r, when he has actually hastened his own 1 ti id. c The .author of the Life of Leigh Rich-1 a and, who was another victim of over, r ainiug eiTbrt, remarks' thuf.such conduct r 5 little better than moral suicide. ' Good ; tl en should submit to the rein for con.. p ience sake. " 1 k Let Swartz and Carey be praised for 1 r standing their inestimable lives, as well 1 |? BrainerJ and Martyn, (blessed be their! s emory,) for wasting thcir's. Let Mcll- ] I: mound i\evins-receive me meeu 01 com- ij entjation for watching over their health, :ti id perpetuating their usefulness, long after j si sir friends Lamed and Summerfield had . n crilied their lives to their enthusiasm for ! d caching the gospel,. |f< Said one of these self-inimolated miirs- w rs once to a Divinity studunt, "A merciful t! an regardeth the life of his boast, and! tl >u must be merciful to your beast, or as j a r. M. would say to your 'animal.' Ive-, C ember that it is your Master's properly, w id he will no moie thank you for driving ci to death, than an earthly master would ri ank a servant for riding a valuable horse b death under pretence of zeal for his interThe truth is, I am afraid Satan has rnped in the saddle, and when lie is there the guise of an angel of light, he whips1 c id spurs at a most unmerciful rate, as i U cry joint in my poor broken winded ani- C' al can testify from woful experience. He, c< is temptations for the conscience as Mr. h ewton avcll observed; and when other I tl inflations fail he makes great use ofi w cm." " The last text of Larned, one of the most1 jqucnt preachers this country everprodu-! u d was tliis: *For me to live is Christ to die j si That same week, the precious >uth with whom the writer passed the days : fc boyhood, died at the age of twenty-four, j si very lcat' of in his well-earned chaplet was ; green *s when it was first wound round s bto'.v. ix iiiust the sum and substance oe the scriptures: \\ e view Christ as tiie soul which an:lates the whole body of our Divinity, as ie centre of the system, diffusing light and ie to every part of it. Takeaway Christ -pray, take away the Deity and atonement f Christ, and the whole 'ceremonial of the Id Testament, .appears to us little more iuii a dead mass of unin'orosiing matter, rophesv looses all that it. is in: -resting ; the lospel is annihilated, or ceases to be .that ood news to Jost sinners which it professes i he. Practical Religion is divested of its lost powerful motives, tiie Evangelical disensntibn of its peculiar glory,, audd leaven self, of its most transporting joys.?/'?/rs Letters... There are two things, that are greatly tc e heeded bv the soul that would believe : st. I Ie must enquire for n promisry to beai ts faith out. and warrant linn to oxpoc 10rev ut (JodV hands. 2d.' When he.liaf Hind a promise, and o"bserv<;d the term.' roll on which it runs, not to stay for anj irtlier encouragement, but upon the nnket roifiise, set hrs faith to work. Faffii is i ilgrim grace ; it travels with ns to Heaven nd wiien :t sees us safe within our father'? oors, it takes leave of lis. ' Remember tin .'ord unto thy servant, saith David, 01 riiicii thyu lias caused ine to* hope. Tik rord of promise was all lie had to shew nd the counts that enough to set his faitl a work. . The Gospel of l/krist is like a seal 01 ignet of such divine engraving, that nc rented power can counterfeit if.* Whei le Spirit of Chad has imp: esse J this Gospe 11 tlie soul, there are certain evidences o s being a I Icavonly operation. .Some ma\ .inL it ?hr>" KmcVivvv nnrl ihifv of ihcdav ft nnporiz-', and by preaching- tiie Gospel r til i more conformable to natural Religion ) bring it down as near as may be, to theii ciieme, tbattliey may gain them to hears pprove, or at least that they-may not of nd. Rut 1 am rather of the opinion, that we houid in such a day, stand up for the dc nice of the Gospel, in the full fr-edom o s.grace ; in the full glory ofh< most im< ortant doctrines. Thai wosh. - prcacl in"Its Divine and Hvanif < f?rni; tlia le cross of Christ, by the promised powei f the Spirit may vanquish the vain reason lg of men, and that this despised, Doc ine, triumphing in the conversion of souls lay confound the wise and the mighty, ant ileneo the ^disputes of this world.?l)r Vails. From tin; New-York Observer..* IXIl'ORTAXT TKSTIXION V. Erie Caiiu't, August, il. 1837. Air. Editor.?I spent the last Sabbat! i Cayuga county.' Sapped at a counfr) syern, where I soon learned that the whole imilv were impenitent; the landlord, hh ?'ife, mother and two children, and a yoinu nan who resided in-the family. 1 felt llie esponsib lify of doing what 1 could to briiu item to Jesus Ciirist. I found that they rcr<5 all, except the land!ordt tender upoi he subject of their eternal interests, ook occassion in various ways, during tin lay, to impress upon them the importance o seeking lirst the kingdom of God and hi: inrhtnniwnocc.-" Thee were vcrv sensibh "r> ?.. ~..-j ^ . >fthe unfavorableness of their situation ound it hard to keep the Sabbath, heard i real deal of profanity, saw a great deal o Sabbath break ins:, &c. but hoped sooi j get rid of tiic public house. In the evening I found them all together xcept the landlord, I then tocfk the liber ^ to converse-with them freely upon th< ubject of personal religion. *' Tiic old lady, who is about 70 years o gc and very intelligent, told mo t ream she had a few nights before. Said he. 44 1 dreamed dial 1 was near my cnc ad but two or three more breaths to drau nd tlien must appear before my Ood ; anc don't know as I should have been inor( istressed, if it had been a reality." I ask d her how she lilt about it ? ,4 0," sait in, 44 1 felt that I was not prepared.' *T n i r t Ml I | * \ ok, saiu i, tins uream win s<?o:i uu u rum; and you see the imponunce of makins urc*work for that hour. She 'brought r ecp sigii, and said," old ago is iiol the mo to prepare for death. * Youth is the illv time. Old age brings with i! cares J ? O nd distresses, which are much as humm iature can grapple with." Said she, " ] Dcoileet a sermon I heard preached souk lirtv or forty year ago, in which tiu " J % readier remarked, Hint lie scarcely evei new a.siiinor cornered, who liad enjoyoc digious pri\;leges while young, after iic assod tiie age of forty-live" and," saic he, it gives me a great lienl of trouble.5 s not ibis utter despair? a sinner of seven r, w iiii no present tiope. and no flattering lough it may be vain, anticipation of yel ecuring the favor of God before the sumions of " come to judgment55 shall be souncd ? I could not but fear that her awful jreboding would soon be realized. 1 thei; arned the young, to beware of postponing tis great work till old 'ago; but rcmombei te testimony of an aged sinner, that, " oh go is no*k the time to prepare lor deaths' )ld age has all that-it can grapple with, ithout contesting the claims of Satan, who iaims to hold the sinner of seventy by ght of possession, \ours, in Christian onds, L. \\. C. LAV BAP i ISM. An American Consul at a South America port, writes under date of May 'JG, 1837. > a Bishop of the" American Episcopal Ihurch,'' inquiring whether lay bap'ism is onsidered valid. Having stated that he ad been called upon by several citizens ol ie United States, residmg in the same place ith their families, to baptize their children, ids " 1 have not thought it proper to do so. ntil I should communicate with you on the jbject, and ask authority tliorefor, or ai ast to ascertain whether such an act perirrjicd hy me would constitute /awful and tJjicieiU baptism." In replying to this communication, the ishopis led to the following extraordinary 'Suit :? "After much .inquiry'and reflecli? ?n, have come to the conclusion above stated that lay baptism ought never to be perform ed, but that when performed it.ts valid. 41 \ ou will perceive, therefore, tny dca . Sir, that 1 cannot give you "authority" I baptize, or encourage you to do"so. \\ Jiil yet, if you choose to perform such acts, ajn bound, by both mv own judgment an that of the Church, to deem them' valid an "sufficient." .* ... .j ' 31 u gutzlaff's letter. 11 On (fit .preparation of Tracts for China. ' ' "MtttfOi illarcfc 20,-.1-937. , 1 '"Rev. XV'. A Haliock, Cor. See. Amei Tract Society, ... ' Dear Sir?Since the generosity of Chris . i.: i.i * j ? ;.,t . ? I HclUS U.IS UllilUlCU US lO jKM iUI III UJ1 IIIU" Ul.i; : of China successive voyages, it is now on *! duty to conce.it with you suoh [Jans as wi t : in future facilitate the publication of Chines i I Trrels.- ' \ > 'llumanly spanking, '.much will dopen ' upon-suitable publications being put into th 1 hands of the Chinese, to .promote thecaus i of the Gospel in tin's country. The can > thercfoiv, bestowed, fur rendering them u ^ i pc'rlect as possible can nevef too. grea ' nor wiil the Labor bo in vain. ) As far as the Subject to be dwelt upon i ; concerned, the choice can soon be uud<\, The pure Gospel of Christ picscnts a wid 1 field, whence, under diyine guidance, proper fliemc may be selected. The wr tc.r of Tracts, however, is not formed in tl ' study*but amongst the people themielves.' Me must learn from their own mouths the ' 1 prejudices, witness their vices, and. hot I i -i " i i'- i . ? i Lie;r oeicuce, in orocr 10 inc-ei n?*;ui <-u=a; 1 | urrl'y; he-ought to behold the detestable rik j of idofa'ry, in order to write about the livin } God; lie must Jetirn to fee! the wrclchc I state of those who are without Christ, in o; ' der to speak or compose a treatise upon t! r unsearciiable love tlie Reodomer with hear felt -sympathy. Thus* subjects wiil neve * j be wanting: but they must be fixed upon i 3 j this manner, or else they will not cngng ' j the attention of the readers. ' I Iu style wo ought to conform entirely ! ' j the Chinese taste; for otherwise, if we reje( 1, this single rule, by displaying a superic II knowledge of the art of writing, we sha ! not benefit our readers by ourjucubrution: " j This point lias been contested, and the at " I vocates for adootiong a foreign idiom i i l O O. j; our books will probably retain their opiuioi 1 until they are taught* by sore cxperionc i that works of this description, how plain s( ever to? the foreign reader, are liitle rea and still less understood. To clo;he 01 ideas in a genuine Chinese style, is I to we ^ 1 cr, t.he sttidy of a whole life; and n6twi:l i; standing the. greatest zeal to expunge . foi 11 eignisms, they cleave to us until the last.j j Gladly should we leave the principal wot i to ins ructed natives, but their thoughts at rconfined, their mind a stranger to logic, an i i their expressions often savor too much < r | paganism; they do not comprehend 0 ; whole Gospel, and are therefore not able 1 ) : write upon the subject. I Our great business in. this department w :! consistin substituting genuine Chinese phr f, ses for new coined expressions. In poi s of orthodoxy you have nothing to fear. j After having perused nearly alLthetreatis* , | of the Protestant missionaries, I do not ri i ; member to have seen one single heterodi - i - 1 . T i' 1 {! sentiment; but i nave tounu many passngi 1 where' the expressions, from want of A knowledge of the language, conveyed c;hi , I ideas than those intended. Those, there .. fore, who are engaged-iu tlic revisic 2 \ ought to be well versed in language; the ! ought to correct and not to reject. If a sii f; gle expression is to be made the criterion < i j the suitableness of:iTrae*; no perforrrme , i how excellent so ever, will stand the test.i i Unsuitable Tracts are not to be prime r | but more objectionable expressions Aug 1 carefully to be corrected, and not the who ; on their account, condemned. Tracts in point of style may be divide 1 into the follow ng classes. ' 1. Scriptural Tracts, which either contu . parallel passages upon the same doctrin r with or without remarks; or the biograpli t of the holy men of God. Of this descrij ? tion are mo^t treatises .now in the coun ? of publication tit Singapore. They are, i ( my opinion, tiie most important hooks, hi ) ing derived from the source of eternal trull 1 ! 2. Tracts in clasical sententious style < ; i the works of Chinese sages. Their excci ?; tion is the most difficult. One ought t | have mastered the language, be well ai 1 : quuined with the rv thin us,and posses a goc I ! n/Mi'lrul ? 1VUU ?? itu Ul WllilV.O^ t< i-l? ] j style is most adapted for conveying sentei ? tious maxims, but entirely unfit for iliscu . 1 sive treatises. Only two Tracts in fn , style have hitherto been published by a la \ Chinese scholaf, and'even these require ni . merous correclions. Hut as Works of th . desciiption are much valued, we ought I I endeavor to excel in this species of writin< i 3. Tracts in common style. In this, mo | of our product ions fire written, and it is tl most easy. After u diligent pcsural of ti: | principal native historical wor^s, the code < ' laws, and other standard books we ought t , choose our model, and* study variety. \\ i | ought to have Tracts of every desoriptioi which present our holy religion in the mo i varied inanner{ in order to make it plain t the darkened heathen mind. This'poii has not yet sufficiently be.-n attended to, an ! requires our earnest c-onsidt ration. j 4. Tracts in the conversational sii/le. I ,; this, the greatest latitude is permitted, th i 1 st.trlanguage becomes more pliant, and w >| can represent the subject under a great man i; forms. Narra'ive is the acceptable sliap i ofa book to the g( nerality of readers. Sue ; j is the greater part of the divine volume, die , j lated by unerring wisdom, and sucii th j greater part of our writings ought to be., j Very little has hitherto been done in thi ; ; department, but both the vennrable Morri : i sou and Mr. Hridgeman consider it themo: | profitable way of conveying divine trull I | fixing the attention of the reader, and mc i king a lasting impression upon the mind. j 5. Miscellaneous works.?Amongst thes ! the dialogue holds the first place, as th 1 most easy mode both to convince and t IJ argue. \^ o have very lew Tracts of this ir. I, description. - of i".1 Poetical effusions.?Few of us will ever b< ; arrive to such a perfect knowledge of tlic fj f i language, as to write good Chinese poetry; 0 ]' nor have we hitjicrtp hud a single tnissiohar j e ; rv endowed with a poetical genius. Those 1 few hymns composed by natives,, and the j d j metrical version of some psalms are very j S( d inferior productions. Yet the Lord will.also jtl Lprovnde iii this important matter. *.. , ! c< Lcltcrs.?Of. these* we have a single i g ; pamphlet composed exactly according to:s( j the Chinese epistolary writings. Tiys ; tl | Tract was well" received. ' . | pi [ j The Varabler?i something in the shape of! e ' | Banyan's Pilgrim's Progress. * Nothing of I a] this nature has been attempted, and that c\- ( ^ ? ! cellent work would scarcely adirtit of a trails j >1 fit inn. * . . I . . ( Q| Ird. We posses two Tracts contaimug-SVmows, M { but they IJ rive; been httl1 rfcad by rlie Chinese, j ai 'e (*and it would 'bo advisable not fa publish i bi more. ' ' a Translations in general are vcrvsiifF, and I' I little undersoil. We posses* t^'o speci- iri y j.mans which have found few reapers. If a n< ^ i work is to bp conveyed into piinesc, the bj >sbest method will be to throw the. ideas in. pr '; to a Chinese, mould,. for otherwise the j i translation will bean Anglo-Chinese jar-; !1,gonr , '* . lo ' No second edition of a" Tract should be , 1" made without a thorough revision. If j>o$. I hj !l | sible, a new supply of Tracts should always j ^ 1 be provided, in order to insure a constant; improvement in our labors; whilst, inferior j ai 7"; works, of which the blocks are. wgrn out are. uj II better consignetl to ob!ivjon. ' ' ' to W m ir i o. -.i . m I nc Holy spirit wul grant us grace to ; ()1 ", perform our duty to th?glory ofour blessed j \\ \ Redeemer. Though we arcit)t-ali called ! tli \,r I 7 | io become authors, yet those vuo possess a ! ll| | talent for writing, and humbtv wait at the j "! foot of the cross, will be tSUght by tijeir j cc ! i i.. i t... . i . f in.i.tvi;uiy x auicri, tiuu uy mi>vcan<tu uj/pu- j,ik cat on be enabled to convc/ tlie divine word 1 th ^ j into this mechanical language. >Q ! As far as it regards the shape ;\nd huFk ! * ' i ofoyf publications,! should never advise to |.w(I publish a work ol'iBore .ban throb vojumns. ; ho ! JSaiall books, in duodecimo shape, for in- f 3o >r | stance, are little esteemed by the Chinese . or jj j because they place them on a par vith their 1 nov(ds.* We want a number of good sheet | j,c j' i Tracts, and also a supply of lunjj.bills i mc n ; which can be easily obtained. " * jsP ! AV'itli tho?assistance ofthe Almighty, we j *y e' J shall endeavor to be unweariedm oar e.\er-*|. j tions and work according to thomctisuro of j vv: j 1 grace'given unto us. Whilst hiving a sin- : ? )r gle eye upon the glorious work, we s^all he j _ endowed with power Aom on high, aid do \ '" the work according to the pleasing o\our i divine Master. r- > \ _ This loiter is already loo long, and I tht*v; .. (j. , fore conclude by recommending myselQo I your prayers, and ramaa, Dear, Sir, ,d| Yours, truly, j I j? *Ch. Gutzlaff./ 9 *Rev Mr. liridgman suggests that this prep-' frc te dice is not universal; but that even pocket-ep- j vc ? j lions are frequently <m demand. ! ^j4j ' . \ \' i'l f The preaching of the Ret*. Joseph \V(j| a|. 3- the indefatigable Missionary to the Je\u j 111 j lately arrived at this city, is producing coij #{, ' ' 1 a ^ -i." i? t _ j siueraoie excuemcm, auc lauusuuus u.um i y, -s to'hear him. lie preachod last evening i I m e" l"the "Bpoadvvay Tabernacle," and even rp ?'1' j avenueof that spacious edifice was crowded j. ns 1 and hand reds left without being uble to g|ti t admittance. We will not attemp;to giveefch w L'r an ou'line of his discourse on the occas&n. {n It is but justice, however, to observe "hat sc )n iie corrected sotne statements which li^ro , appeared in the public papers one of wiith w II was, that he had acknowledged his beef' v< , in i%tico Messiahs"?which he linqualifie !y I c> | denied, another was, that what he had sjj- [ ~ ted as to his preaching in the synagogues ! sl l^|and houses of the Jews, must be a rnistaje. ' ^ 'l|t; He affirmed that it was no mistake, he l?v- j b< 10 j ing in various instances preached to 1kj j Jews both in their synagogues and houss, ;,j ^ as can he attested by the Consuls of diflU ; i,; cnt Protestant governments who have hca-d : i0 III -him. Mr. Wolff is an extraordinary mai. i'jjj e>, and his lectures are well worth hearirK , jf y, both bv Jews and chtisians.? Com. Advei'. iv > ' . * t v ? 1 Ik Pastoral Visitation.?Too often when \v 111 this duty is undertaken in form, the viats j to ** j seem more like calls of cerinony intfri. 11 y ded for social enjoyment and merely tc ' c! 'im win favor, than for ^religious instruction. ^ I The minister should not be precluded fron ore beloved he will be by the christian part his charge; and the more respected will he ? by alh Let 1 lis people see and feel that, le great object of his pastoral visits - is' tliqir * liritual good, "and they will not object -to his taping his conversation with that viofr, proided he does it under-the guidance of good nise and. a common knowledge'of human ha-# irel A minister, well 'known throughout our amitry as one eminently beloved by his conrcgiltion and eminently successful in winning , *. * )uls to Christ, \ye have understood, pursues le-fbllovwing. course:- He names'from the alpit, on the Sabbatli, the families "which he , vpects to visit during the week arfdthe days nd hours'when he may be e\p?cted~by#eacl?. 'he family is of course 'at home and prepared i-meet him at the appointed hour, so-far as ' * thcr engagements allow. When the pis'tor i- - * - x' rrjvcs, religion-is expected lo lie .or course the, jsinessof the meeting.; as much -go as at * *. prayer meeting! Ther$ is no need of sparing the ferailv for-its introduction by re- * iarks about the* weither, the-crops, to tiie- # j 2\vs of'the doy. ISVembarrassnient is felt ... t the minister in introducing, it, to by those esent, when it is introduced. * UNCONVERTED PROFESSORS. 4 I'rosi-ieut Edwards remarks, as the result of M ng and closa observation, that, of 'all sinners, * iconrertcd pwfessers of religion'arc the mojt jpeless. In his account of the great New . nglind revival in Which he laboured very ex- 1 nsively, he states that whilst such hnmense ultltudes, and a Tirgc proportion of e-11 ages id conditions in life, were powerfully wrought, * ion and driven to seek refuge fi oqj the wrath conic, unconverted professcrs alone stood tin. ovetK Header ere you a professor? Have yon en contorted? When? How do you know ii? here do you find your evidence? Are you sure lat you are not deceived? Is it even possible . ut vqujnay bo.one of that class whoim the* s seining spiritually minded Edwards saw, in s day to frb deeeiving^themselvcs, and whose . infiicnce in their safe cstateyvas still such that ) appeals couldrouse them? May not many of em have, long since, appealed to the Saviour. iVe have eaten and drunk in thioc house'" ana * yen answered, "Deport from me I Tcnow you* r rt"?- Are theie no readers of this paragraph . Vvj hose lot will *bp the same? We dare not pe there aro'not. Who is it??You??I? . To * me reader God could'say, thou art the. man,-*the woman. Let us pause?reflect, read the . ripture; and road ourxnvn hdarts in its light.? it us a*k thfe spirit; for if ye being evil, know iw t6 give good gifts to,your children now ?ucn ir.tfshall your Heavenly Father give the Holy ril tothcin?to whom? tothejn that ask. No one t t'arm:5iivt'inponunaxeiy,nuniDiy,persevcringasked the converting power, the sanctifying fluonce, and cheering light Of Gods spirit and is denied. r~: ~ ~< .TllJVS l)EPAKTi\iE VTr > I ".tiers from I he lit v. Joh a Newlontoa hi. . a girl. 1 LETTER 1. . ; Ohtetj Stjj.ember 9, 1779. My dear Child, i WArigiad of your letter, for \vc were st thinking of you, as k seems you were us, that it was a lohg time since we heard >m you. When you want a h*t er from me iu must write; if I send yotL.prip for one, 1 ink it well be pretty well. ' -v- ; R died about a fortnight ago, - J id 1 buried hint and three others within a J eek. All four were rathef young people, at is, about thirty. years of age. Last I jndav evening I preached c funeral ser ou for Richard; the text was Gen. xlix. 19. 1 hat short verse contained his history; and 1 hope it contains yours likewise. The first I irt is suie to you if you live; you will meet | itlk many troops, sins, fcars, cares, an<l oubk s, which wiil fight against you, pnd em at times almost to overcome your yea, rercomc you they .certainly would, if you ere to fight them in your own strength. If. du should not seek and love the Lord Jets, you would be destroyed by them. But cannot bear to entertain such a thought; Hvly you must, you will love him. You jar a great deal of his beau:y and goodness; dieve it, for it is true; and that a great .*al is but a little of what ought to1)e said of ' im. But pray him to show himself and . !o wt\ fr? vnni" Iwnrf* ihon irnn ...ill iO U '? *1 IVI V *V VUI uvw# IliVll JSJIM IT 111 ve him indeed:.all -the world would love in, did they but rightly know him. Well, you love the Lord Jesus, you will certainovercome at last; and then you shall ive the crown of life and all the happiness hich is contained in the promises made i them who overcome, in the second and ird chapter of Revelations. My dear lildf pray to him, and never be content or itisliod till you feel your desire and love ted upon him. Nothing less will content e for you/ If you should behave to me id your mamma with the greatest tender. jss, affection, and attention as you grow ) (as I hope you will, and you yourself are ;nsib!e you ought,) still I should weep over du, if 1 saw you negligent and ungreate1 towards the Lord. We Jove you, and ould do much to show it; but wecoulJ*not, e dare nor, be crucified for you. This as such love as only he could show; judge hat a return Jt calls tor from you. Not to ve the Lord, is a disposition of the height ' wickedness and the depth of misery. Believe me to be yours. WHAT GIRLS OUGHT TO DO. A knowledge of domestic duties is beyond 1 prices to a Woman. Every otic of her ix ought to know how to sew, and" knit, ad mend, and cook, and superintend a nusehold. In every situation of life, high r low, this sort of knowledge is of great adMitage^ There is no necessity that the aining of such information should interfere itli intellectual acquirement, or elegant ac. uirement, or can find time to attend to all. Men a girl is nine or ten years old, she hoqld be accustomed to take some regular hate in household duties, and to feel re. possible for the manner in which her part s performed?such as fcer own mending, *asl ing the cups and pUting them in place, hearing silver, or dusting the parlor. This lloud not be done occasona!!y,and whenvter she feels it convenient?she should ojnsiJer it her department. When older iln twelve, girls should btgin to take turns il superintending the ht^sehold, making tidings, pies, cake, &c. . To learn effeculllv to do these things thinselves, and no* tjuMry and - sec others iL ^hem.?Mr? ' 2.1 social intercourse with his people, iu whici ;in ?d (other subjects than religion are to' form ai 1 , . . IH is i tiie topics of conversation. But when lie vis. ^ l-! its specially as a Pastor?as a spiritual coun. f*, sellor, liis conversation should pertain, chieflf y( ls | at least, to spiritual matters. It is not sufE- (j'u 1 cient that he allude casuallv to the state cf I \y 1* " J the church at home or abroad, nor that this be { w 15' ^ the theme of his conversation however iitfcr. j w 7 esting. and important may be what he has to jw * | sav about it. Conversation on such occasions!i0 I i ">f ,o should be personal?should relate to personal | ic , wants, personal experience aud personal du- ( of; tics. We have heard it alleged in excuse for o the neglect of this duty by ministers that they j e : had not a tact for it. But if a minister has j a' ^ a tact for conversation on other subjects and j ^ s' nnf. on ovnpriniental rehcion, he has no busi- ai ? I 0 0 ; ness iii the ministry, if he has in the church.? " ; lie who has been taught of God, wiio kno.ws . 0 (J y \ Vi ! what christian experience is, whose heart f n j burns with the love of God, can converse upon i ? this subject, if he can upon any other; it will j q e ! be his chief delight. From the abundance ( \ v | the heart the mouth speakcth. j s Much of wliat sometimes falls from the lips ; s h of ministers,' during what are called pastoral sj - visits, is as little in place as would be a lecture ^ ov on gardening or directions for planting corn,from w _ the pulpit. Some ministers seem afraid of giv- j c Is i ing offence, or being deemed singular or obtru- s [ G : sivc, by departing from what has been com- c j | mon usage in their congregations in this res- j ' | pect But we are persuaded that such fears j j are altogether groundless. A minister Is ex- ' ie ; pected to make the religious instruction of Ills ti c ! people the chief object of his life. The more j si o ' faithfully lie flevotes h:mseif v> this oiv-.y' 4