voured to ascertain the state of his mind. He once asked him, from the words of our Lord: "O, brother Sukharee, what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" (Mark viii. 36, 37.) Sukharee answered: "The world is nothing; all things are fruitless: it is all dark when the eyes are closed, and this world is an enemy's country, full of lying, deceit, &c. I do not wish to live here: I hope to go unto the Lord, and enjoy eternal felicity." Paunchoo inquired: “Have you any merit or holiness by means of which you shall enjoy eternal happiness in the kingdom of the Lord?" Sukharee replied: "I am without merit or holiness, and worthy of the deepest hell; but the Lord Jesus Christ is my Lord and friend, both here and hereafter: he has borne the weight of my sins, and died for my sake: by believing in his death, I shall enjoy eternal felicity in his kingdom." Another day it was inquired: "Brother Sukharee, how will you cross the ocean of the world?" when he said, "I shall cross that ocean by making Christ's death a vessel for my transport." Such was his faith and confidence; and he discovered much spirituality in his prayers and confessions. Towards the latter part of his life, the mind of Sukharee was disordered for a short period, through the power of his diseases. He did not, however, continue long in this deplorable state of insanity; he recovered the exercise of his reason, as he ap proached to the close of his life. Like the setting sun, that emerges from the clouds which obscured his resplendence, and then displaying his glories for a moment, disappears beneath the horizon, so did Sukharee depart in triumph. On the night in which he died, (Sept. 25, 1824.) calling for Paunchoo, he told him that he desired to eat something; which being brought, he ate with great pleasure. Paunchoo then looked at him, and perceiving from the manner in which he spoke, and the cold which had settled in his breast, that he would leave this world in a few minutes, asked Sukharee: "In what manner can your salvation be effected?" He replied, "Through the death of Christ." He asked him again: "Is Christ your Saviour?" Sukharee answered, "Yes." Paunchoo inquired further: "Do you love Christ?" "Whom shall I love," said Sukharee, "if I do not love Christ? Whom have I besides? and to whom else shall I go? He is my Lord and my God." Observing such pleasing testimonies of his faith, Paunchoo called together the brethren and sisters, and sung this hymn: "Salvation thro' the death of Christ." When the singing of the hymn was concluded, Sukharee became speechless: he made signs, therefore, with his hands, pointing upward, that he was going to the Lord; and imitating the manner in which a book is read, signified that the scriptures should be read to him. Paunchoo read the 14th chapter of John, which Sukharee heard with great attention. Paunchoo prayed after reading; and just as the prayer was ended, the soul of Sukharee departed from its tabernacle of flesh in peace. The next morning Mr. Penney went to Chitpore, and made arrangements for his decent burial. Prior to the corpse being conveyed to the grave, they sang the hymn commencing with "He who yielded once his breath, The fifteenth chapter of the First Epistle to the Corinthians was also read, and a prayer offered. The people, both Mussulmans and Hindoos, who had assembled to witness the funeral, were much surprised at this, and said, "If any one of us die, we do not have singing and prayer in this manner: the Christians' ways are better than ours." The corpse was then conveyed to the place of interment, and committed to the earth, with singing and prayer again, there to lie till the dawning of the resurrection morn, when we hope Christ will raise it a glorious body, like unto his own. CHAPTER XIX. "O, pity that this world, a noble ruin, Its goodliness departed ;—that fall'n man LAWSON. BROJOMOHON DEBOSHYO-HIS ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE WORSHIP OF IMAGES-STRIKING ADDRESS TO HIS FELLOW COUNTRYMEN. few In the month of May, 1820, a valuable tract against the prevailing system of Hindoo idolatry, was published by a respectable Hindoo, named Brojomohon Deboshyo, who lived but a very months after its publication. Rajah Rammohun Roy, the celebrated, learned, and respectable Brahmin, now in this country, has given the following particulars to the translator of the tract concerning its author. 66 Brojomohon's father was a person of respectability, and was once employed as dewan by Mr. Middleton, one of the late residents at the court of Lucknow. Brojomohon was a good Bengalee scholar, and had some knowledge of Sanscrit. He had made considerable progress in the study of the English language, and was also well versed in astronomy; and at the time of his death, was engaged in translating Ferguson's Astronomy into Bengalee, for the School-Book Society. He was a follower of the Vedant doctrine, in so far as to believe God to be a pure spirit; but he denied that the human soul was an emanation from God: and he admired very much the morality of the New Testament. Being suddenly taken ill of a bilious fever, on the 6th of April last, he begged his friend Rammohun Roy to procure him the aid of a European physician, which request was immediately complied with; but it was too late: the medicine administered did not produce the desired effect, and he died the very same night, aged thirty-seven years." While all who are engaged in promoting the true welfare of India, must deplore the apparently premature death of this valuable labourer in the same cause, we cannot but be thankful to Divine Providence that he was spared until he had completed this work, which is so admirably calculated to subserve the interests of truth. The following extracts from the work will shew the cogency the author's reasoning, and the keenness of his of |