responded to, save that that built and bought the ship at first. We take it, dear young friends, as an earnest of what you will do when grown up to manhood, and as a proof of what you can do, even now. This month many young people in London have had the pleasure of going down to the ship to look at her, and walk about her. And a fine vessel she is; and Ir will be no small gratification to all of was so readily met and so heartily you to know that the MONEY FOR THE REPAIRS AND OUTFIT of the JOHN WILLIAMS is RAISED all raised-and that the young people of Great Britain have again done the great and good thing. Above L.3,200 had been raised at the Mission House, from juvenile friends to the Ship, at the publication of the last statement of how the the work was guiag oh. This, you may be sure, we view as a great and de-now that she is trimmed up, a smart and lightful triumph for which we cannot be too thankful to God. Let it never be forgotten that He has given the triumph. From Him came the willingness and zeal to engage in the effort, and from Him the gold and the silver, and the heart to give, of those who have rendered their help. We record his goodness, and to Him we rear the praise. "Of thine own have we given thee," must be our language. "Not unto us-not unto us, but unto thy name be all the glory and all the praise." To the young people, however, who have so promptly and earnestly come forward, no little praise is due for the way in which they have acted. Surely no call dashing vessel too. Her mission, however, is her glory. She is "a Gospel Ship," and that gives her the interest in our eyes. This is her business to bear the glad tidings of salvation round the world. God speed the vessel, and when she sails, give her a safe voyage to her destination, and make her an honoured instrument in setting up his kingdom in the earth. The day is coming, young reader, when to have helped in sending out such a ship so freighted with the gospel, will be deemed a higher honour than to have conquered nations by the sword. May that high honour be shared in by you! Price 6d. doz. or 3s. 6d. q 100. Published by GALL & INGLIS, 38 North Bridge, Edinburgh, G. GALLIE, Glasgow. HOULSTON & STONEMAN, London. G. PHILIP, Liverpool, G. PHILIP, Hull. J. ROBERTSON, Dublin. W. M'COMB, Belfast THE CHILDREN'S MISSIONARY NEWSPAPER VOL. VIII.-No. 6.] THY KINGDOM COME.' [PRICE ONE HALFPENNY. THE KAFFIR WAR. is a district running along the east coast, from the Cape Colony on the south to the River Bashie, about 200 miles to the north, and bounded on the west by the country of the Bechuanas and Bosjeman. TAKE a map of Africa, young reader, generally marked out by the name, and and look out for Caffraria. You will find it stretching away from Negroland and Abyssinia on the north, down to the Cape Colony on the south, having only a narrow belt of country, consisting of Congo and other western divisions on the west, and then running east as far as the Indian Ocean. This is Kaffir-land in its largest extent, but a very small portion of this is June, 1851. Over this country the Kaffirs have been used to range for ages. A beautiful country it is, possessing all the charms and setting forth all the beauties of some of the and stormy, and the roads are muddy, ing so numerous, after a time they rose and people are holding up their umbrellas, against their masters, slaying multitudes of with large handkerchiefs over their mouths, them, and committing dreadful cruelties. and heavy cloaks upon their shoulders, The masters struggled mightily to regain making all haste home to their firesides. their power, but the slaves achieved their But, alas for me! there is not a fire- freedom. They then formed themselves place in the house nor a pane of glass into a republic, and appointed a president, in the town! The breeze is sweeping with ministers of state, two houses of through every room, and we sit in the parliament, and a large army; they formed draughts, getting our hot brows cooled, and laws very much like those of France, only looking out upon the trees. These, unlike they enacted that " no white man, whatever yours, are coverd with more beautiful foli- be his nation, shall ever set his foot upon age than you ever saw. There are the the territory of Hayti under the title of shady tamarind trees, with their small green master or proprietor." They changed the leaf, and their nice fruit; yonder the cocoa name of the island to Hayti, which, in the tree, with such bunches of nuts; and old Indian language means mountainous. close beside it the large tender green-leaved You cannot wonder at their making this plantain, loaded with fruits which the law, when you consider how much they had people boil for their dinner. Further on suffered from the white men. It was well are the orange trees, some with yellow they did not pay them back completely, by oranges, which look tempting, but which I throwing them and their families into know to be sour: others, with sober col- slavery. But another law says: "There oured green ones, which I know to be cannot exist slaves on the territory of the sweet, for I have knocked down several. republic; slavery there is for ever When the people take the trouble to gather abolished." them and bring them to your door, then The saddest thing about the people is, they give you three hundred for a shilling. that they have no true knowledge of Christ But where is this land? you are inquiring. and of his religion. Without that it is imIf Henry the map-maker has made a chart possible that they should ever be great or of my voyage, you will see it at once in the good. They followed the ceremonies of form of a large island to the eastward of their masters, which were those of the Jamaica. It was one of the first and larg-Roman Catholic church. But they are est islands which Columbus discovered in little better than idolatrous. Indeed, the new world. He called it Hispaniola, the old superstitions of their fore-fathers or Little Spain. It was afterwards called have more influence over them. Some of St Domingo, from the name of its principal the richer people keep priests for themtown, As I have been travelling at sun-selves, such as are now found among the rise through its tranquil valleys, I have savages in Africa; and, among the lower often thought of the long centuries of peace class, the heathen dances are quite common. which must have reigned there before men I saw one of these one night after it was from Europe defiled it with their crimes; dark. There was a number of people sitbut soon after it became known, the ting in a circle. One man had a rude French and Spaniards, greedy of gain, stole drum which was laid on the ground, while men from Africa, and brought them hither he rode astride upon it, and beat it vioas wretched slaves. These slaves were at lently with sticks. It is exactly like the one time half a million in number; they one you have, which was brought from were poor, ignorant, and degraded, but be-Fernando Po. To this the men and women Ir will be no small gratification to all of was so readily met and so heartily you to know that the MONEY FOR THE RE-responded to, save that that built and PAIRS AND OUTFIT of the JOHN WILLIAMS is bought the ship at first. We take it, dear RAISED-all raised-and that the young young friends, as an earnest of what you people of Great Britain have again done will do when grown up to manhood, and as the great and good thing. Above L.3,200 a proof of what you can do, even now. had been raised at the Mission House, from juvenile friends to the Ship, at the publication of the last statement of how the the work was going on. This, you may be sure, we view as a great and delightful triumph for which we cannot be too thankful to God. Let it never be forgotten that He has given the triumph. From Him came the willingness and zeal to engage in the effort, and from Him the gold and the silver, and the heart to give, of those who have rendered their help. We record his goodness, and to Him we rear the praise. "Of thine own have we given thee," must be our language. "Not unto us not unto us, but unto thy name be all the glory and all the praise." To the young people, however, who have so promptly and earnestly come forward, no little praise is due for the way in which they have acted. Surely no call This month many young people in London have had the pleasure of going down to the ship to look at her, and walk about her. And a fine vessel she is; and now that she is trimmed up, a smart and dashing vessel too. Her mission, however, is her glory. She is "a Gospel Ship," and that gives her the interest in our eyes. This is her business - to bear the glad tidings of salvation round the world. God speed the vessel, and when she sails, give her a safe voyage to her destination, and make her an honoured instrument in setting up his kingdom in the earth. The day is coming, young reader, when to have helped in sending out such a ship so freighted with the gospel, will be deemed a higher honour than to have conquered nations by the sword. May that high honour be shared in by you! Price 6d. doz. or 3s. 6d. 100. Published by GALL & INGLIS, 38 North Bridge, Edinburgh. G. GALLIE, Glasgow. HOULSTON & STONEMAN, London. G. PHILIP, Liverpool. G. PHILIP, Hull. J. ROBERTSON, Dublin. W. M'COMB, Belfast. A MISSIONARY THOUGHT FOR CHILDREN. danced with hideous gesticulations. Some MAN-Jesus, thou Son of God! 47 Could you have helped joining in these petitions? O that the poor people had known the full meaning of their words! But perhaps Jesus saw some true desires among them. I afterwards learned that the man who read these prayers had sent to a missionary for a Bible, and that he often read passages in public. He obtained, also, a copy of Wesley's Sermons in French, of which he read some parts also. They are very polite, and willing to hear anything you wish to say to them, even although it be against their superstitions, in which they have little confidence after all. After knowing how much the people need instruction, you would be delighted to see a nice little school kept by Miss Harris. The children are very neatly and tastefully dressed when in school, but as soon as they get home, so hot is this country, they are glad to get all their clothes off save a little shirt. I was much amused the first time I saw the little boys running about in that style almost they moment after the had escaped from the school. I gave them a parting address yesterday, and they promised to write to me and sign all their names, which are very grand, such as Diogenes, Voltaire, and Semiramis. You see my paper is quite done. How glad I shall be to see you again; meanwhile, dear boys, farewell. Your affectionate Father, C. M. BIRRELL. Children's Poetry. A MISSIONARY THOUGHT FOR CHILDREN. I saw a little child at play, Beside a glassy pool, Where soft the dancing sunbeams lay Upon the waters cool I saw him cast a little stone Into that peaceful tide, And watch the wavelets, one by one, |