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The favour of the local authorities to all prudent attempts of this nature has turned the atteution of various institutions towards this field of labour. The London and Baptist Missionary Societies have, for several years, maintained missions in the island. The Church Missionary Society has long had Ceylon in its eye, and has been making preparations for the establishment there of a mission on a considerable scale; and is now taking measures which will ultimately lead, it is hoped, to the formation of one of those Christian institutions which it is proposed to establish in the most promising spheres of missionary labour. The Wesleyan Methodists have recently entered on this field, and are making strenuous and successful exertions. The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions is also pressing forward to this scene.

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Shekh Salih, a Mahomedan, born at Delhi, was baptized by the late Rev. David Brown, in the Old Church, Calcutta, on Whit-Sunday, in the year 1811, by the name of Abdool Messeeh, " servant of Christ." In the close of 1812, he left Calcutta, to proceed to Agra, about eight hundred miles NW. of that city, where he sustained the office of reader and catechist under the Church Missionary Society. Some interesting Journals of his proceedings, from the time of his leaving Calcutta to August, 1814, have been drawn up by Mr. Corrie from minutes taken at the time.

The following are extracts from his journal for January 1815, translated and compiled by a friend, from the original minutes of Abdool, written in Hindoostanee.

Jan. 2. In the morning, all the native Christians, men and women, came to prayers in the church, and then went

in their Persian reading. After breakfast, having committed their tasks to memory, they were employed in writing Persian. Abdool retired to his house, to receive any who might wish see him, for the sake of counsel or inquiry. After dinner, occupied in correcting the schoolboys' Persian writing. Nuwazish Messeeh and Inayut Messeeh heard them repeat their lessons. Occupied afterwards in looking over the Koran, to prepare answers to the Mahomedan disputers. At four o'clock, heard the boys their lessons, and dismissed them. Abdool then went to meet the Christian brethren, who had come from Gualior to visit him, aud brought them to his house. After taking refreshment, prayed together, and went to rest. Accidentally rising in the night, had much discussion respecting the Portuguese Church, and the inventions of their priests. At last, having nothing to answer, they were silent.

Jan. 3. Having performed worship and set the children to their tasks as usual, Abdool was preparing to return to his house, when a handsome well-dressed young man, with several attendants, entered the Kuttra, and inquired, "Where is Abdool Messeeh?" On Abdool's being pointed out, he came up to him; and, having saluted him, said: "I have come a long way to see you: I heard of you in Jaypore. I have read several books of the New Testament, and am fallen into great doubts respecting the Hindoo faith; but, on account of my family, I am afraid to embrace the true way, and I have been in great distress a long time." He then repeated several parts of the gospel, and it appeared from his discourse that he had read much of the Scripture, and had im-, bibed great suspicion of the soundness of his creed. He then inquired concerning the first conversion of Abdool. Abdool related to him his whole history; and, till eight o'clock, laboured, with arguments drawn from Scripture, to confirm him. The young man, raising his head after long consideration, observed, "What you say is very just. The godhead of the

Lord and Saviour is clear; but it is quite an impossible thing to leave all one's relations and friends." Abdool observed,

Our Saviour has said in the gospel, that if any one will not leave his friends, for. my sake, he is not worthy of me." He was silent, and asked for a copy of the Epistle to the Romans, which was given him. He then took a friendly leave. At parting, Abdool asked his name: he replied, Ramdyal Brahmin ;" and said that he was going the next day to Muttra, where his elder brother had gone to bathe; and requested Abdool to pray for him, that God would remove his doubts, and teach him the truth. Abdool answered," Amen!""

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Jan. 4. After worship and tasking the children, a servant of the Hukeem Hyder 'oodden came to call Abdool, saying, that the Hukeem's eldest son had come from the Court of Oojim, to see his father; and having heard of Abdool since his arrival, was desirous to see him. Abdool went, and found the sons of Molwee Umjud, and several of the heads of the city, seated there, and the volume of Mahomedan traditions lying before them. On seeing Abdool, they advanced with kindness to meet him; and the Hukeem's son, who has attended on many Mussulmen as a disciple, inquired after his health. Abdool inadvertently replied, that, by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, he was better. All present frowned, and said, "That is an infidel speech. You should not have so said. Jesus Christ is truly a Prophet, but not God; and it is idolatrous to call him so.' Abdool replied, "It would be infidelity in a Christian to call Christ merely a Prophet. If Christ is like other Prophets, what advantage have Christians? A Prophet has no power to forgive sins; but our Saviour Jesus Christ has power to forgive sins. would be stupidity to compare him with mere Prophets." They asked, "By what argument do you prove his power to forgive sins?"Abdool answered, "By the gospel;" and taking a copy from his man, Dubel Messeeh, he read the ninth chapter of St Matthew: they all listened attentively, and shook their heads in silence. At last the Hukeem's son, a very superior man, said, "If that is the ori ginal gospel, and no wise corrupted or interpolated, you are right." Abdool wished, if any of them desired a copy of the gospel to give them one; but they were all ashamed to receive one. "Soon after, the Hukeem Hyder 'ooddeen, fearing such discourses should weaken his influence, and that some disagreement might arise, kindly dismissed Abdool. He had scarcely reached home, when a fever seized him till midnight, and then went off.

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Jan. 5. Molwee Rownie, and Moonshee Meer Ulee, with three of their fol

lowers came in After salutation, they sat down, and said that they had heard of Abdool's apostacy, from Mahomed Kulee Khan, in Moradabad; and, having come to Agra on business, they had determined to ascertain lis uncleanness, była personal inquiry. Abdool answered,

God bless you, who have taken such a shameless fellow as you, upon the face of the earth!" Abdool said, "You say true: I am even worse than you describe." On a sudden, they said, in a milder manner, "How will you answer this to God??' Abdool replied, "It is most true, I know not what I can answer; but I hope in the word, that the Lord Jesus Christ himself has spoken, I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. I firmly trust, that he, and not another, shall answer for me a sinner. His grace is universal, and he casts out no one from his presence; neither, I trust, will the dismiss me in despair." When they heard this, they rose and departed, and said, "God give you nnderstanding!" Abdool answered, " Amen 4"

Jan. 9. In the morning, Abdool was waiting the assembling of the congregation, when a man from Saleh Dhurum Das came, and said that the Saleh's son, who considered himself a prodigy of correctness and religion, was waiting to see him. Abdool promised to go after prayers. Before prayers were over, another man came, and seating himself in a corner, observed what was going on. At last he said," Certainly what the gospel says is true, and what is therein written is indeed godliness." After prayers, Abdool joined the messenger. They went on, conversing, till they came to the Saleh's house. On entering, they found the young man, very well dressed, sitting at his ease on a carpet, reclining on cushions; and several Fakeers of the Jogee Tribe, sitting, like so many oxen, with their naked bodies rubbed over with dirt; and a very fat one among them, singing out, like the braying of an ass, from a book which he held in his hand. Abdool asked who they were. The young man answered they were mortified Fakeers. Abdool replied, that they did not grow so fat on austerities: these seemed well fed, and at their ease. The company laughed, and commenced a disputation, with argu ments founded on reason.

Jan. 10, Two Roman Catholics attend ed service; and, when it was over, began to question concerning the way; and said, **It seems very wrong to us that you pray without the mediation of the Virgin Mary, who is the Mother of God, and without whose intercession no prayer can be acceptable." Abdool set the gospel before them; and said, "If the mediation of the Virgin is to be proved from the holy gospel, be so good as to produce

the passage." They said, "There is a book called "The Mirror of Holiness,' in which it is written that the Virgin also was born without sin." Abdool answered, "This is some fetch of your Padres. I presume The Mirror of Holiness' is written by some of your priests." They assented; aud brought a number of vain unfounded arguments, and said that the Pope had lately composed a prayer, and had circulated it, which whoever should read, the sins of seventy years should be forgiven him by God. On hearing this, all who were present laughed, and said that could never be.

- Jan. 11. This day, Roshun Ulee, an inhabitant of Shumsabad, arrived from Abdool's friends at Lucknow, and inquired for Abdool in the city. The persons whom he asked spoke opprobriously of Abdool and his belief; and said, "What! do you want to go to that Kuttra, and be deceived? For God's sake don't go. You had much better continue your journey." The man replied, "My good friend, I only asked you the way to the Kuttra : I did not ask your advice. You seem strange madmen here." At last, an Armenian pointed out the way; when he came, and related to Abdool what had passed.

Jun. 12. This morning, during service, a man called out at the door of the Kuttra for a light: another called out to him not to take fire there, for it was impure. This afterward afforded much amusement to the Christians.

Jun. 20. Two or three Hindoos, with marks drawn on their foreheads, came and asked after the Padre Sahib,* and said that they had heard reports of him in the army of the Muharaj, and greatly regretted that they had no opportunity of paying their respects to him. They had heard, they said, that he was an incarnation among the Europeans, and that many persons had from his preaching become Christians.

Jan 21. Five or six poor widow women of the city were present at worship. After service, they inquired after the Padre Sahib. Abdool answered, that he had not obtained any relief from his complaint; and that he had heard that he had gone on board ship with his lady, with the intention of proceeding to England. They replied, "We all remain with uplifted hands in prayer, that Almighty God would bring him back in health and safety to this country." Abdool gave them a trifle.

Jan. 23,-Molwee Kumur-'oodden, an

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inhabitant of Murrerut, who was proceeding to Ajmere to visit Maiyun 'ooddeen, seeing Inayut Messeeh standing at the Kuttra door, inquired after Abdool, and came with his companion into the Kuttra: accosting Abdool he said, "I am come from Lucknow, where I met your younger brother, who has called himself Yusuf Messeeh; and I understood from his conversation, that he has also apostatized, like yourself, I therefore suppose, that one by one, your whole family will become apostates." He then inquired the site of the church, and the opinions of men in that quarter. When he heard the state of affairs, and the spread of the gospel, he was greatly astonished; and frowning, and eyeing one by one all the men in the Kuttra, he departed.

Jan. 24.-After the usual service at seven o'clock, and instruction of the children, Abdool was going home to breakfast. Just then a stranger, newly arrived at Agra, came to visit him. He began by saying, that he had come from the Punjab; and having heard Abdool's name exceedingly ill spoken of in the city, the men of which called him Infidel and Apostate, and a Renegade from the faith of Mahomed, he came to ascertain the fact; and if, which God forbid, he should have been correctly informed, to inquire the cause. Abdool replied, "My friend, I was formerly a Mussulman: nay, I was forward in the Mussulman faith; and all my family have been Mussulmen. When I came to read the Holy Book, I found that the Mahomedan faith has not the truth, I, therefore, quitted that way. The visitor said, "This is very strange, You appear to have been well enough as a Mussulman. A dog or a hog would ab hor such conduct as yours; and in my whole life, I never saw one so cursed as you, who so shamelessly declare, I was a Mussulman, and am become a Christian.' Curse on your conduct! And alas! that Mahomedanism is become so degenerate! Were you in my city, the citizens would quickly speed you to hell." Abdool answered, "My good sir, you condescended to inquire after your servants' affairs: your servant simply related them. Do you break into such anger at the first hearing of such facts? Would you remain silent but a moment, your servant would lay a statement of the holy gospel before you. If it be found worthy of approval, well. If there be any evil in it, command what punishment you will on this sinner." The stranger answered, "It is no injury that 1 do you; since the prophet has forbidden our reading and hear ing the gospel, which has been abrogated."? VOL. I.. 3. C