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* ^ r ?' > KBLrGIO0S. A SIE&ICAJf TRACT SOCIETYI'or the S. 0. Ilcr^ld. CIRCULAR. In view of the present pecuniary enibar masmcms if) the: country, tho Executive Coinmktee of the Ame?icau Tract Societ; t??Y0 been led seriously to inquire wliii course they ought to pursue. Shall thei <*1 for:s be relaxed, and the bread of life b withheld from perishing, millions? Th iutguuga of God is, 'Go forward; Christ ha died, and a ruined world is pleading." #s* . . % THE FOZEiOX PIEI P. In heathen catitftics, great facilities no1 exist f<?r propagating the Gospel by th press.' There are supported by our foreig missionsy societies, oxclnsiv*of Moravia Brethren, sice hundred and eighty three mi.' sioarics ami assistants, feve hundred an fourteen of whom have been sent out froi the U. States, seventeen, being printers: tl: r^n render are native teachers, <$* printer) Ixhuteen printing establishments,four sten fypefbumlr&Sy aad forty presses arc coi nocted with these missions. Four kundre and forty-six Tracts and thi'ty-fece vo/nmt are issued in common with tlie America XracrCJocicty, or^aro approved by the put fishing committee. Tna society and tri various iitf itutions aided, publish Tracts i st.c ditferenf languages embracing very large part ofthe earth's population. TV yaluns wait for God's Law. la a letter front Madras, dated. Oct. 2( 1836, Rev. Messrs. Wia^ow and ScuJdc say: ' * *# MOno of the grand reasons why a mis si ana it station has been commenced i Madras, is that the American Bible an Tract Societies may have the opportunit tiftfistributing tlvcir productions to the m i iioiis to viiotn it opens the jrny of access.-^ Tliia, it appears, is the only hope legitimate Jy to bo emer.uinod of vast numbers tha they oanrescticd from the wrath to come To preach the Gospel (wi h the living rojee oven to those speaking the Tamil language a thousand men are needed. But wher 1 - e ? ..n ? ; arc f!\C7 10 tW louuic >? V nuuiu i^iuh i k. peat, that, to a great extent, the o/tiy hope human!j speaking, which can bo entertain ed ofthc swtvatioa of the present generation is m what American Bible <fe Tract So cietits may do for them. "Car wants arc the wants of as large i pom.lntion as that of the Uwited States o America; 8,090,000 speaking the Tamul and 8,000,000 speaking the Tcloogoo Inn gttigcs, to nil of whom we may have access The first grant ^ y?a, is a sun Sufficient to sj]>pty us with from 50,000 t< 100,000 copies of The Blind Way* whic! is a very popular Tract. We hare henr? hut of one instance of its being torn up.? i*osti:fiienUahnan icho ever joined th cftntch to Ceylon, declared that this Trar ipas the great means of shaking h's fath ii Wo think that 100,000 copie of the Blind IFay, neatly bound in papo covers, eoold not cost less thar. 5,000 Span ish dollars. Perhaps you think 100,00(1 copies is a large edition. But when vv< consider that half this number might profit a blj be dis!ribu?ed in Madras und its vicin when wo recollect tliat one of ui distubuted 80,000 Tracts in thecours< #f si; weeks, ia a smalt but distant portioi IhboeoSolrj, we think tliat the demands o the people warrant us 10 go thus far." From Ceylon, tho claims nro erjuallj prusslhg. A letter from the Mission, bear" trrg date, Sept. 34, 1836, says: "Tho cat for {ho Scriptures had incroasscd tho pas " ycarj and wilt continue to increase every sue Q^pding year. Tweive months ago it wa: Vquestion whether tbc presses at Manepj would* not supply the demand for 9ucf x books; hut the tail hecaete louder in pro portion to cur means for answering it.? Lajgo numbers oFTracts have been printed; but they have been scattered througl tTie land almost as fust as they issued fron the press. " Ajl.that rcuSatb on hand migh bo easily and usefully disposed of in a shor time. There is not in the mission any thing like a present supply of the Word of lite, oi of parts of it; nor is there Irke to to a supply for some time to come. Meny of the rea. ders in the schools are asking lor tho Goa pels, and ask in vain. There is roomfor ttu .,7 "? ? ^ Ca.iuil.. jmm A?rur\can mcie artu i rttCC 0*/vHtu a rv car./ their benevofence." From Burmah the intelligence is truh gladdening* The solicitude fur hooka de acybed by Mr Jpdson, six years ago, i< undimioiahed. One individual offered 2C rupees \> the mau who : should bring hirr tht bfcok which teoglit the christian religion, f" After visiting Rangoon in vain, in the hope lo obtaiu one, lie providentially met vv 1th a Missionary who furnished him with so mo o - *ho Tracts On receiving them he fell or his knees with the greatest revoronce ant gratitude. He had for ye&rs been burdcncc with sin; his mind seemed prepared for instruction. He now received tho truths disclosed to him, and pro/nissed to \isit the teachers in Ragoon at an early period.? Bands of distributers arc mill travelling through the country scattering the gooe seed of the kingdom. Recent communications from Russia *i?t? that the harvest there among 6,000, GOO of souls is ripe to be gathered. The people receive the books with unfeigned satisfaction. Ail the stations aided in former years "still lock to the American churches through this Society, for help, and several application* aro before tho Committeo which Could not bo met from the $35,00C impropriated the last year. From China? from Singapore and the Indian Archipelago ?from Siarn,?from the Shaos,?Iron Burmah,?from the Northern India,?fron Orissa.?from Telingas,?from, Ceylon, d the millions of the Tumal population on t continent,?from the Alabnitta*,r?from tto Sandwich Islands,?from Syria,?from Per sia,?from Smyrna,?from Greece,?fron The Blind Way (of Idolatry,) a Tain:: Tract, in three parts, approved by the Ameri can Tract Society Ml. - . ... . _ ,-jj | Constantinople,?from Russia,?from Swe j don,?from Germany,?from Franee,? from South ^frica, and from the Aborigines of America there comes a cry, deep and ! piercing?Forget us not; impart to us the ' i knowledge which a/one can make us wise for e ! eternity?the knowledge of your God & your y j Saviour. it | In view of these and similar facts, the r i Committee cannot but cordially approve c j the resolution adopted by the American v ; Board of Commissioners tor Foreign -fttis- i :s sions at their late aniversary, in the spirit of which all our Foreign Societies concur, I tuat "there can he no reasonoble doubt thai the press was providentially given to manx ! kind in these latter days with special refer. j e j ence to the employ merit of its great powers* n ; in assisting to propagate the knowledge of \ n the trospel. j VOLUME CIRCULATION. ^ | Through this Socioty a cliannel is open. r d by which the best christian writers of IC present and past ages are made to concern ' trate their moral and intellectual energies '* in proclaiming the Gospel by the press, not only in the form of the small Tract, but " also in the standard volume and \\\qfamily 's library. T.hcse books are received without n j the prejudice which often resists the smaller j Tract or the living preacher. They may c j be read again and again without becoming n illegible; they may be handed down from a generation to generation, hallowed by the ! most sacred associations, and sanctified in being used by tho Haly Ghost in the' ton, ' version of the souls of parents and children '' j and made as dear to the sumivors as the r ( mc mory of the departed. Two hun. ' dred and tliirtv thousand volumes were circulated the h3t yeqr among the learned and the unlearned?read by all?the deaf and the blind?by land and by sea?in the > j litjht of theduy and the darkness of mid'; night. In this department of the Society's " j operations, will not the christian community * j exert their strength, until every family in | j evrey section & neighborhood in this vvide' | spread and wide spreading nation,?until ' every steam-boaf, and canal-boat, and ship on pur waters is supplied? "Warned by ind numerable ruins on the field of history shall we not seek by the circulation of these '' works, to shun the fule of those countries where conscience is extinguished? Shall ' i not pairiotisn and christianitv move onward ' I arm in arm in this labor? x j 2I0EAJ. FOWB& OF TS^CT VISITATION, f j Much has been said and written upon this ; subject, yet there is reason to fear its im.1 portnnce is little appreciated. What is !#' Tract Visitation ? It is the humble, pray, j j erful, systematic efforts of the disciples. of 3 j Christ to aid-the ministci of the Gospel in j, his arduous labors for the salvation of sinj ncrs, and for the promotion of morality and _ evangelical piety ; an instrumentality for e diffusing the Gospel leavnn through a com. t i mnnitv ; the light of religion manifested in i; the lives of its professors; tlio children of 5 i GoJ becoming lite salt of the earth ;?an r I organization necessary, in its essential lea. . tures, to the prosperity of any church. I Look at tho history of Tract Visitation for ; one year in a single city; 958 visiters, pray. . erfully, pursuing their humble and selkde. . nying labors, presented nearly hatf a million } of True s among the accessible families, ac. 9 corapanied, as providence seemed to open . : fn* tvnv. with nl! su^h moan? n* could he (i properly employed for the salvation of in. j div.duals. In connection with this labor ef r i love, the visiters were the honored instru. . i ineuis of distributing to tho destitute 1,159 1 Bibles and 5,315 Testaments; 2,948 chilt dren were brought into Sabbath-schools? . 127 induced to join Bible classes', 1^ 5 11G persons were persuaded to attend f church ; and 1,77D sign<5d the temperance i pledge* No less than 1,708 prayermeet. ings,in which were gathered muiitudes who - neglect the stated means of space, were held . held, with a special view to their spiritual i benefit, and to implore the outpouring of i God's Spirit U{>on the Tract districts and t upon tho world ; and t> crown alf, three t hundred and thirty.six souls were roportod j as hopefully converted God. In what r church of Christ is not a land of. laborers r needed to accomplish such works as these ? . Where :s the soil so well cultivated as not to . rcquiic hem? Are not Tract visiters the ? AaroDs and the H irsr ?r? sustain the hands f . _ 4. ./I jl.I ?.L!^ A. r : 1 11 oi inetr pasiors f a,oum aussysiem prevail through a!i our churches, Zton would soon appear in new beautv. Tracts calculated . to resell the conscience & the heart aro al? ; ready prepared. Why wilh uot christians t disperse them, accompanied with a kind i warning, to families where t?e Lord Jesus , Christ is unhonored or unknown ? IF the ? clturch sleep, by whom shall the world be i awakened ? f * Such is the mighty efficiency for good i involved in the prosperity of the American 1 Tract Society. Brethren, shall we shrink I from the responsibility ? or shall we sustain . die canre with our prayers, our personal 1a. bors, and our benefactions ? How much * wo are called individually to contribute, each one, in the sight of God, must judge. Tbo I Committee believe that less than Thirty? I five thousand dollaks wilf be inadequate to meet the demand the current year from i foreign 'auds; and that not far from an , equal amount is necesrsary to promote i Tract and Volume circulation, and answer 1 other claims upon the Society in our- own j country. ; WiH'not 200individuals who are'able ? and willing, constitute themselves Life Di. rectors of the Society by a donation of $50 i oach ? Will not 500 individuals become > Life Members by p do uitien of $20 each ? Will not churches co04iiute their pastors , or others Life Directors or Members ? Will i not ladies exert themselves as in frrmcr i years ? Will not pastors of churches pre: sent the cause at an early day and takeebl. d lections 1 Will not friends of the caus> ii individually contribute what they cant how ever small tho sum ? Will iKit.jHLjiliaiy fi Societies return to their first love, artdextend i a helping hand ??In short, will not the ,j people of God throughout the land unite I. j with one heart in aiding the Society to I spread the Grspel over all the earth1 Lk... . . . . In behalf of ihe Executive Committee of sj the American Timet Society, a JAMES M1LNOR, Chairman, p William A. Halloc*, Cor. Sec. ? O. Eastman, Vis. fy Fin. Sec. u iYeir- York, October 5, 1837. "v a From tho Sailors Magazine. t' the christian sailor's DEATH. 0 The following letter has bdfen very oblig- o ingly furnished for publication by the Rev. t Henry Chase, of the Mariners, Church, in f New-York, so whom it was addressed by ? the Rev. Mr. Dodd, ? f East-Haven, Con. t It is a valuable document, exhibiting, as it ii doe?, an example of the power of religious l principle. ' East- Heaven, July 5, 1837. t Rev. and Dear Sir, v p You have some remembrance ofCapt. James Farren, master of the schooner Del- I aware, of the port of New-Haven. There p is a sketch of soma of his voyages, and of s some peculiar acts of Divine Providence re- c pecting him in the Sailor's Magazine for a Dec. 1836, page 105, under the title of |] " The Temperate and Sabbath-keeping Ship- c masteri Or, his death-bed Capt. Farren requested p mc to inform you of his sickness and death; s that, if you thought proper, you might com- I municate the intelligence to serious sailors ij whom he frequently met at your chapel. I i give you this short sketch of his life, and I then some extracts from a sermon which I delivered tlie next Lord's day after his death. x c Capt. Farren was born in this town on I the east side of Now-Haven harbour. He c was the oldest often chilJren?two of which < died young?and of the remaining eight, s all, except one, were prnfessors of religion \ before the death of their mother, who dedi- t i cated them, with herself, to tho Lord in A I baptism, when .she entered covenant with b the church ; and in the midst of great diffi. a r?iilh*.c nn/l /?rtnntprnrtinr* circumstances, h v"",wv' """ ? . ' she endeavored to bring them up in the ii nurture and admonition of the Lord. n In the former part of his life Capt. Parren g was a careless profane sinner, and was sink- p iog, with others, as he often told me, in si the pit of intemperance ; at which he finally ii became alarmed, changed his course, and v ardently engaged in the temperance re/or- it mation. Soon after that cnange, being u winter-bound in New-York, with sOmceth a ers, frum our ports they attended the minis- p tration of the gospel at your chapel, and ? three from this town returned apparently new creatures, and were received to the a communion of our church. This was in h thn vfi?r IS31. about the tin c of the beflrin- h ning of the revival in our congregational, d n which the wife of Capt. Barren and ?:h- k er relaiivos were partakers. h The first interview I had with him, after fl this event, I saw evidence of the fact that he p wa9 a new creature ; and evidence of this L soon appeared to the satisfaction of others, a un the 28th of Aug. 1831, himsslf and b wife, and other persons, in number 41, were received to the communion of the church, fi And, I think, that none of that number ti have given more satisfactory evidence d of the sincerity of their profession. This a evidence also beennos brighter and stronger ft during his long sickness, to th j judgment tl nf nil nersons who heard his conversation. 1 His sinfulness was a great trial to him. li fie often said to me?* Oh ! I shall fail of p heaven at last. I can't go there ! Why ? si On ! I, am so vile, so wicked, and unclean a ?and God is so noiy, and heaven so pure* n that such a vile creature as I am will not u be admitted there. Well, there is but one tr other place to go to, and what will you do c if you go there ? In agony he promptly re. b plied, with groans and crying, Oh ! I can't pi go to hell, my God is not there. 1 love my w God, and want to be where he is. Oh f 1 is can't eudure the thought of being separated m from my God?the ever blessed God? a whom my soul loves. I love his word? at his holy day?his oidmances?his people S ?Oh ! I want to bo in their company for w ever." And jhe main thing he wauted me in (o urge in prayer for him was, thafhe might ei be holy, aud-teiike God. 441 want to be, sa d he,44 and to do whatever he requires of m me." * w Sometimes, said he, I am distressed for c< my. children ; but i give them all up, and ki commit them, with their mother, into the h hands of Christ. This was the general A frame of his mind during bis long sickness, w It was also with him a matter of great sat. ei inaction, that he had done something, T thought at considerable hazard, irl the cause th of temperance ; and in which tltf* X?ord had & manifestly supported aad succeeded him. ~ . w ! now sdd some extracts from the ser- te mon mentioned above, rteapcctin? hti convfirsinn nnrl tho limits of nhnroCter that aD- th peared to advantage after bis conversion* 01 This departed friend had spent the C morning of life, ami. the first period of ma. m ture age^in alienation from God, and was in hi danger of being carriod into hell by those ? two fashionable and heaven-dunng sins th profane swearing and excessive spirit drink- ai ing, which habit and danger were botli in- iy creased by association with company of like to principles and manners, that were employ- o] ed in the same business. But the Lord war hi loog-sutf>'rrng,nnd preserved hire csa vessel ra of sovereign mercy. In the piean while si he occasionally heard the preached gospel hi aud he bad the inexpressible advantage of oj a pious rnodier. Praying mothers have b< poured out many fervent prayers for their be children, and these have bbeo the means of 2a recovering and saving a multitude of them* fa Through all these scenes of his alienation di of heart from God, and the divine forbear- th ance, the eye of the Lord followed'him. ei And at length the day of his redemption ar- tg rived. For wIbc'i purpose the Lord led T him into the S.iiloPe Cliapeh There grace T appeared, and the Holy Spirit opened His er heart to receive tlie words of eternal life? w and the horrible sinner returned rejoicieg in di the great salvation. Returning heme ho A came to tell mc what the Lord had done fx for his sou!. And it seemed, indeed, the w era! seturn of a lost sailor to God. I could at not but discern some marks of grace, some j hi evidence that he was now a man born of th: j th pirit. And this evidence has been ipcrea* ed and strengthened by his conduct i%the cculit r circumstances of trial in whicn he ras placed by his employmonu In com. non concerns his deportment generally saored of the gospel. But in his business, j a sailor, ho had aa opportunity to exhibit he reality of grace in a very forcible n?s-j ter. His constttutionai temperament was laterally ardent, vehement, inflexible?and < he Lord turned it into a right channel.' * ? p it 1e appeared to dc a man 01 prayer, ma amily was cootrauaily carried before tbe hrone of grace. Other objects had a place a bis benevolent supplications. I desire iot to undertake the exhibition of any faultess character, but I may mention^pnfe raits Which he exhibited from {lie ti)?e of lis bemg made the subject offrace?^? I. Humility?Ift ail the oagortuflitie* T iod to judge, in health and sickness, he ap. reared to possess a.spirit of humility and elf-abasemeh beore- God, as having been ?nce a wretched ruined sinner, and as still ;o unclean that he sometimes hardly dare lope in mercy. said her I sh>U fail >f beaten at last! wfe, how can such an inclean, guiiity creature as I am, enter that >ure and holy place ?' And yet it distres ed his soul to hearof such a tailurc. M un: love my God, and I-want to be where he 3!" And he always found relief and hope n the atoning blood & righteousness of tne j .jord Jesus Christ,.to whom he committed' lis soul. * *- -> 2. He appeared to have an tmusunf sense j if dependence on the Lbrd for success fu lis daily employment. Whether at liomo >r abroad, and in all bis voyaeges, exposed o tfie dangers of the sea? or trading on hore, he cherished nn abiding sense of the alue of the Loid's directions. Commit hy way unto the Lord and he shall direct hy steps. Trust in the Lord and he shall ring it to pass. Feeling that he was ooly s a child, helpless and ignorant, he must Ave God to take care of him and guide him n all his concerns. And the Lord iu a lost gracious, and ready, and effectual way ;ranted the desifss Of his servant, so that the rofane and ungodly aronnd him were contrained to confess," truly the Lord is with ll/li 09% re mm " a mnn na^nra lit* sif a I r/HiiM liuiug a man uoiui utijr v? a ery adventurous spirit, nod unmeasurable ibours, there seemed to be a more partic. lar occasion for God's carv and directions s a substitute for his deficiency in natural! rudence. And thus the Lord guided and ustained him.. * 3. Decision was another trait In his cbarctcr. I now speak of it as belonging to is religious character. From the time of is conversion he manifested great tendcremcss of conscience. He desired to now his duty in all cases?and when he ad satisfied himseli'about that he was inoxible. No man could change bis purose. The practice of sailing on the lord's day, and of trading in the bodies nd souls of the poor ignorant cystermen, y dealing Out to them distilled poison, 'ere a great grief to him. And he stood rm and bore testimony against tfiese prac ces, even when censured by partners, rticuled by others wlto had no conscience bout the Lord's.day, or of destroying their dlow-men w th distilled poison, and even te misplaced remonstrances of relatives, 'his decision, especially concerning his re. gion, was clear and strong. In all com. any and places he confessod the Lord Jc~ us Christ bis Saviour. He was never shamed of Christ. On this subject .ho had o $ delicacy, no reserve. Ho was not Bhamed to have it known that he put his ust in God for protection guidance, and very thing in till his pursuits voyages, la. oars, and danger ; and that he constantly rayed to God for what he needed; thathe as afraid of breaking God's taw or triflig with sin ; and thui, with nit* his weakess and imperfections, lie laboured to have conscience void of offence towards God ad man. He was a plain sincere man, o every body understood him to be. He as an honest decided Christian, endeaVou* g to walk in the commaudmenls ordinanf of the Lord blameless, T 4; He .excelled as a practicaftempcrancc lan. Tba temperance causefco enabled ith alibis soul, kbd this was in. close >nnection with it for his conversion. It is well town that no vessel ooukl sail from our arbours without the fashionable poison* nd the poor oystertnen of the Chesape^k ere filled with this infernal fire, sent thttk 'en by the members of our churches, he wholeoyster trade was drenched in is iniquity. Nd man cdteHf for Ihef bodies souls of these poor men,who served them |th oysters; and this awful fact existed, afr we had become alarmed at ihe soul-dcroyingevil it home. - James Fhrren w as e first man to ratso the temperance flog \ the oyster ground, in the waters of the hesapeak, amUgtnailed that flag to tiie last. Sink or sroi:?death or victory was s motto. He arnfcd himself with-tracts -no circulates wrcm?sou roou iiusrn 10 e iese vffyo cpuld not read. He eshorted^T id reasoned, and warned, And he utter- V infused to bribe the poor ignorant men i drink damnation that he might get 4ieir fstewu He would pot carry thejflgnk in a vessel. Hem the conflict beg$k and tged. He ptft all et stake. He stpod ngle in the conflict. His partners Warned im?his relatives blamed htm. All the jester men that sailed out of' yonder fiar>ur?owners?masters?foremastmeji, soir and drunken, were againsf him. Some ughed or sneered at h$ Tolly. Tlie prone and red-faced cursed him. They prected every thing bad. They drew awayte oyster boats from him, wb$a on the -oand. Setting sail for home themselves, ey left hlrn without a prdspect of a cargo, 'hey reported him helpless and ruined, ey drove hun to sea ; wrecked and found- od him, till they wore out their s ones, and e ceassd to regard them. But #hore, iring these disasters, was Capt. Farron ? t one time arrived before bis rum neigh >ur, (who left him in the Cheasapeak, ithout a cargo on board) with a superior id more profitable cargo. At another he -ought the richest cargo that t v~*r tn.ered =s market, though the other vessels hadj ail the advantages of dealing out rum. The opposition and difficulties which he had to eocounier were such, that he sometimes desponded. He frequently opened his aind to me on the subject, and remarked M if the Lbrd will not help and sustain me, 1 must sink." But as 1 was convinced that tho^harid of God and his honour were concerned in this business* I encouraged him to proceed* with the assurance, than in this conflict the Lord would give him the victory. And fehat was the result ? He convinced many pf the qystermen of the Chesapenk that all this drinking of the fashionable poison was a ruinous practice, and tbey abandoned it. At home.opposers ytttded, and they -were cons trai pod to aaknowledg^-that the Lord wasjjitf hiw serveht, esplciatty in that *>w aterolofcon wa* wrought among them in this poisoo. be*, ness. They all knew that it rsoet necos* sary in that trade ; and f ani aasuied that. ffiftave all relinquisaed the practise of carrying wiiink^ta the poor oystehnen ; and they are brought to dre confessid?, that taeir busings is conducted in a far more profitable manner without spirits than with them. Oh j what a victory! Our dear friend risked all) aud committed afl to'God. and then embarked in the ctun * of temperance and righteousness. Jehovah sastainbis dear servant, and brought bim through triumphant. In aH the business that has ever been condqcted in this harbour there is no record of so distinguished a conflict of a moral nature, and a victory so kxtpor? t an t, as God lias achieved by the zeal, en terprize, firmness, example, mad faith, ot this one man. He has done what no other ' man in New-Haven ceuntiy has done. And j now, after so much is accomplished, tne Lord has seen (it to remove him. His laboors are brought to a dose ; their fruits remain. We have lost a valuable > men. The particular place he occupied will not,! in all respects; be soon filled again. - Yet it becomes us to follow after those who, s through faith an<Jpatience, inherit the promt- . scs. Wherefore, seeing that we also are * compassed about with so great a cloud qf . witnesses, lot us lay aside ev?rv weight, and the sin that doth so easily beset us, and let usnln with pattetfee the face that is set bebore us," Yours, in-the bonds of Christian friendship, &nu>afcr Dooiy > - ' v. -x* ld humphrey oh the hl'l sorrow. It often occurs that CHd bumphrey's first ejaculatory, prayer, oa opening his eyes after a nigni's slumber, is, * Prepare and strengthen me for this day's 'serrowP' Perh&pe it ought not to bo so, and perhaps we ought alwajs to be more ready to thftnk God for mercies received, than to supplicate for more; but the truth is the truth, aod we are continually leaving undone what we \ ought to do, and doing what wc ought . oot to do. Do ) ou know what it is, when you awake, to feci the heart burdened! to know that there is a something to contend with, even before you are sufficiently yourself to The aware of what it is? I dare say you do, fix few people are altogether ignorant of h. But do you know what it is, after a few} moments pause, for the full knowledge of the trouble to come over you, like the shud-^ ^ o w of a cloud on a sunshiny day? No doubt you do; aod if so, there is but little danger]' of my being misunderstood when ! speak of J 4,the day's sorrow." There are some subjects that more tmmcdiatr ly concern God's people, and some that rela$b more particularly lo (he people of the world. The day's sorrow, how$vor will apply equally to the friends ancf enemies of the Redeemer; for "whom the Lord loveth he ehasteneth," "there is no peace unte the wicked." v Shall 1 beat about the bush, and talk of trouble and sorrow in general? or shall 1 come te the poiut at once, and ask you wtwt is your day's sorrow? -W-. - _ This latter course seems the best, and also the best adapted to my disposition.? Come, then leftfe inqire *hat is the sorrow of tke day? Have you hod a loss, or do you frar that wu Bhall have one? Looses are trying Wings. Have you met wilh au unexpected Afcppoiotment in money matters? Disappointments sometimes sadly perplex and distress us. Now, if your "dayVsoirow" proceeds from all or any of these sources, you have quite enough to becloud your spirit: 'out J you are one of Gods people, take courage; for though perplexed, yod shell-rrcrt be destroyed. Vbu may be weary and heavy laden, Out comfort is at hand. Be industrious, be prudent, be strictly honest, #ed be patient, keeping your mind at oaso, for the time being, by casting your burdens on Him who has promised to sustain them, and all wilLyst be well. But perhaps you have some aickness^omc bodily pain, some infirmity conoe upon you, J& consequences of which a re unknown to fcu and alarm you. How many a dreary aky and weary night are causaThy such a i day's sorrow as thai- But cooside* jroo < are in the hands pf a merciful and com^s- J donate God, a^iijfal Creator aod Redeem* \ er, who kno*#$our frame, and considers j that you are but dust. . Ma can speak the ri word aod his servdht wiirbfc heated; or he < caq so sanctify the affitefion as'to make it I it the choicest of his ble&iog*. .?hoer op, 4 fainting spirit? think not thyself undone; \ e?en now tby* Father ccwsiforteth, thee: I, i wilfflever leave thee, nor fprake thee:*'? 4 thy chastisements may bea'medns of bring-. 1 mg forth the ' peaceable fruits of righteous*. 4 neas. If may be that you are*otTowla^fof sin, j or mourning for tho loss ofthe tightwf God's j countenance; hanging down your need as j the bulrush, and watering yaur couch with 1 your tears. If this be your day's sorrow, < you peed nothing in atftRtfonrio itr Twjive in fear of temporal trouble is to wear a sad 1 millstone round the neck, but the appnebed- I sion of God's fearful judgements is almost more than humanity can endure. < Perhaps you mistake your case. Ifyou i are sorrowing for the punishment of sin only, < it will be a mercy if that befeflowed by sor- 1 3 ?S?7f- u- ? . 4 ^ppfr * row for sin itself, and then them wHtMrifc fort enough for you in God's word, 4 iNfr sorrow for sin is uuspcakably bettfer ttttlA ill ungodly rejoicing in sin; Uwmfore> if yuit#i enduring that day's sorrow, again ( cheer upl So sure nit 700 approachLife cross of Christ, like Buoyant pagrio, m sure will the load faH from your hack* tnd the burden from your heart. day's sorrow has to do with rou>tttitiwif body,or your possessioas,! wWdj/Togjlt turn your mourning ioto joy^b^Mljratt I cannot do this, I QUsteocMfiljp^H m. Otenlimea ha?o J been' while pondering on the asunder, with hie sword.a aol aould lintift. Nk? mtamt hf often done the sametbing it has (tOoe Mmtwiw tmmfVjmmtl >y staid it not dp 9?J you must receive con?)tation41f^^^S2$ reviving text,44Our liglit a9^ctSod?.raJp-S but for a moment worketh for tit hwjMfb_t * exceeding and eternal weight'of so ^ proeome no", and desire dissolved, and to ba wiijb even in den:h, there is life. when death conaeih *o<A Uto^birf itt the oigHt, fort and his gtoy; j bring^me^now and yoO * * cliaraclerize ihe coot*Jvecsittl if^dwiw! tained ia our exchange ' fttanty )U^ Southern Churrhman. ..