con An additional argument for increased effort | Missionary on the northern coast of Africa. may be derived from the untiring zeal of the In answer to prayer, the bitter enmity maniemissaries of Popery. By grants of money fested by his family on his having avowed from the local or Imperial Government, and himself a believer in Jesus, has been subby large sums from the Propaganda priests of dued—a father's and a mother's blessing las Rome, the “man of sin ” has acquired a succeeded to the malediction once uttered. power with which it is difficult to contend. But there was no evidence in any of them of In the year 1822 there were but two Popish 2 change of heart. At length a younger priests in the whole of Australasia. There brother has been won to Christ. The are now two hundred, with eight bishops and parents were induced to commit him to the an archbishop! They are indefatigable in care and tutelage of our missionary, and it their efforts, striving to insinuate themselves, has been his joy to behold the once bigoted and to diffuse the poison of their dogmas rabbinist sitting at the feet of Jesus, and through all the ramifications of society. joining with the little band of disciples at Against this flood of error, the Protestant Gibraltar to commemorate His dying love. Episcopal Church forms but a feeble barrier, The missionary, on departing for a tour on being, in many respects, too much assimilated, the coast of Africa, left him under the care in her ceremonial observances and precise | Mr. Lowitz, another of our missionaries, and rituals, to her rival hierarchy. The only also under the instruction of the Wesleyan hope, therefore, of preserving the “ simplicity ministers, the Rev. Messrs. Alton and that is in Christ," and of promoting the cause Cheeseborough. He has preached the gospel of " pure and undefiled religion," is found in which once he despised, fully and freely to the evangelical efforts of those who are Papists and to Jews, and walks holily and tending earnestly for the faith once delivered unblameably before the church and the to the saints." Amongst the foremost of these world. One of the above ministers thus are to be found the agents of the Colonial writes of him : “ To me it has been & Missionary Society. To increase their num spiritual treat to listen to his religious exber, until all the Colonies of the British perience from week to week, and to trace the crown are furnished with an able, zealous, gradual clearing of his views and deepening and successful ministry, is the object to ac of his feelings on religious subjects. He is complish which the Society exists and la- thoroughly in earnest, but, from his natural bours. Will not the British churches with diffidence, he rejoices with' trembling; yet I their pastors aid the Committee in their think you would be surprised to hear the efforts to effect this? Let every one who humble but strong confidence with which he reads these statements, ask himself, have I expresses himself when speaking of the done all that I could, all that I ought, to peace and joy he feels through believing in help onward a cause that so commends itself Christ, whom he has embraced, and now to my principles, my conscience, my heart? magnifies as his Messiah, his Saviour, and Can I not encourage the Committee in their his all. His general deportment is truly arduous, anxious work, by my sympathies, admirable. His talents are good, and he is my prayers, and my contributions? To very meditative." The other respected these inquiries it may be answered, “What minister says: “I believe that the Lord is soever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy preparing him for an ambassador of the might, for there is neither work nor know cross, and should this be the case, it will be ledge nor device in the grave whither thou very desirable that an effort should be made hastenest." to place him in some college, for a year or two, in England." THE JEWS. The record of this instance will, it is hoped, BRITISH SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION awaken prayer for our young brother, and OF THE GOSPEL AMONG THE JEWS. call forth some aid for the Society, whose reThe friends of this Society have been fre sources are far below the demands made upon quently reminded of the devoted and useful them. services of Mr. BEN OLIEL, their Jewish . . . • 393 . . . . MEMOIRS. Page Reflections on Census of 1851 . . 261 · 150 Reflections at the Close of 1851 • 759 712 . 693 The Pope's new Cathedral in London 471 The Slanderer 258 633 Twelve Reasons for the Removal of 71 Urgent Duties of Protestants, with 753 Thoughts on the Pope's Bull. 469 61 What are our Friends doing for the 573 Circulation of the Evangelical 697 POETRY. 88 716 87 “And I will give him the Morning Star" 80 Asleep in Germany 653 Death of Rev. J. Pye Smith, D.D. · 138 32 Dying Girl's Address to her Mother . 594 Echo from Ashes of Reformation . 530 397 Emigrant's Hymn on new Habitation 334 523 Entry and Reception of new Cardinal 265 68 “ From this Day will I bless you" 80 Hindu's Song 771 590 Missionary Response ib. Hymn of the 12th Century 19 457 Jesus the Saviour: by Indian Native 466 408 251 472 . 402 408 Revelations xiv, 1-5 334 The Child and Flowers 472 . 593 202 EXTRACTS FROM EMINENT AUTHORS. Arnold's Views of Tractarianism 258 404 Tractarians of Oxford . 17 332 Cheever's Island World, the Heathen's Reply to the Jesuit 730 707 Christian Treasury, Blind Boy and his Bible. 729 129 How to do Good ib. . 527 The Sabbath a Friend 610 324 Art and Religion 769 , Complaining Chris- tians 768 Hamilton's Dead Flies 462 135 Hill on Effects of Drunkenness. 78 330 Unreserved Surrender to God 589 584 ib. 79 Preston's Memorials of Simeon 587 133 651 453 Prospects of the Papacy • 699 on . . 337 . . 598, 654 . . 594 87, 141 REVIEWS, ETC. Page 212 26 Palaces of Nineveh and 533 213 Lectures Systematic 717 ib. Fletcher's Lectures on the Roman Ca- tholic Religion 26 539 604 the Faithful Servant's Reward 213 Freeman's Tour in South Africa 474 413 274 Gauntlett's “We wo'nt give up the 87 81 724 Hall's (J.P.and T.) Practical and Easy Method of Learning French . 664 478 Halley's Sacraments. Part II. . 662 Hamilton's Royal Preacher 473 773 Hanna's Memoir of Dr. Chalmers . 539 Henderson's Jeremiah and Lamenta- 212 tions 409 its connected Sciences. 26 James's Olive Branch and the Cross . 83 . 213 Papal Aggression and Popery ib. Practical Sermons to Young - Protestant Nonconformity Young Man's Friend and Guide through Life to Immortality 774 478 414 of the Bible . 664 Kennedy's The Bible the Greatest 25 Wonder in the Exhibition 661 Daily Bible Illustrations Journal of Sacred Literature. 209 Latrobe's Sacred Lays and Lyrics 540 Legg's Historical Memorials of Broad- street Chapel, Reading. 273 Legge's(Dr.) Argument for Shang-Te 721 the proper rendering of Elohim and 415 Theos in the Chinese Language Literary Notices 415 Maclagan's Ragged School Rhymes . 415 Mark's Danger and Duty 85 Martin's Useful Arts 772 Memoir of Rev. T. P. Callender 534 . . . . . · 515 . • 774 . REVIEWS, ETC. Page Waite and Gauntlett's Hallelujah 213 723 Wells of Baca; or, Solace of Christian 478 536 (Daniel) Revival of Spiritual Religion 540 266 271 . 662 28, 416, 479 Young's The Apocalypse Unveiled 663 145 IN THE Press. 724 Dobbin's Day-spring, or Diurnal of Youth 776 ib. 412 Aris, Mrs. Elizabeth, Croydon . 340 24 Bartlett, Thomis Morison, Chelsea 665 Bexley, Lord, London 151 215 269 Cobbin, Rev. I., M.A., Camberwell 222 219 Fletcher, Mr. Isaac, Southampton 31 ib. Freeman, Rev. J. J., Mission-house, London 605 273 Gannell, Mr. W., Deacon of Robert 606 Haldane, Rev. J. A., Elinburgh 153 Houston, S., Esq., Fifty Years a 212 Deacon at the Poultry Chapel 725 145 416 152 27 Parker, Miss Emily, Brompton 480 Prust, Stephen, Esq., Bristol 275 274 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. 785 727 British and Foreign Bible Society and 93 Reviewer's Reply 94 . 335 611 211 Difficulties of the Evangelical Clergy 136 321, 430 145, 206 Memoir of Rev. J. Pye Smith, D.D. . 541 770 Motto for the Year 1851. 75 27 Northern Congregational School 158 280 484, 593 395, 483, 611 253 73 604 Thirty six Brief Thoughts on Profit- 211 • 765 355 351 . . . Page . • 667 . • 280 349 . • 343 . . LONDON ANNIVERSARIES. Page 352 348 421 348 School Society 356 351 350 354 ib. ib. Union of England and 347 422 352 353 352 · 349 422 356 421 422 355 423 354 422 356 355 424 91 609 343 611 154 425 668 540 540 April 224 154 ing Society. . HOME CHRONICLE. of Rev. A. Brandram, M.A. . 149 Opening 609 . 781 223 . 780 stow Mission School on Death of 668 Grosvenor- 783 669 544 342 • 781 611 344 484 783 428 671 430 93 155 345 429 610 281 485 155 282 543 34 543 |
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