THE Annual Meeting of the Missionary Society will be held in London on the 9th, 10th, and 11th Days of May next. The Sermons will be preached by the Rev. W. Thorp, of London; the Rev. J. Bennet, of Romsey; and the Rev. T. Scott, Rector of Aston Sandford, Bucks. Further Particulars in our next. The Missionaries who are intended for Ceylon, &c. were, for several days, unable to reach Harwich, owing to contrary winds; and were put back five successive times in their attempt to leave that place for the Danish coast. During their stay at Harwich, great kindness was shewn to them by the Rev. Mr. Hordle and his Christian friends. - By a Letter from Mr. Vos, dated Husum, March 15, it appears that they had safely reached Denmark; and hoped to be in time for the packet which sails for Tranquebar, as it would probably be detained longer than usual by the ice. Mr. Kicherer and the other Missionaries now in Holland, are waiting to procure a safe conveyance to the Cape. The Hottentots are, in the mean time, diligently employed in learning to spin and weave: arts which may prove of great advantage among their countrymen. Mr. Mathys, one of the German Missionaries who was in Holland, for the purpose of learning the Dutch language, has been for some months indisposed, and thereby prevented from going to Ceylon, o Africa; it has pleased God to remove him by death to the world of rest. He departed March 4. Some account of him will probably ap pear in a future Number. The Directors of the Missionary Society have received information from Holland, that the three brethren, Roesteen, Smith, and Eckhart, who were sent out about eighteen months since, by the Rotterdam Missionary Society, to the Cape, have been captured by the English ship The Princess Amelia; and were carried into Barbadoes on july 23, 1803. MISSIONARY COLLECTION. HOME INTELLIGENCE. New Bible Society. Ara numerous and respectable Meeting of Persons, of different denominations, held at the London Tavern, on Wednesday, March 7, 1804, Granville Sharp, Esq. in the Chair, a Society was formed for the circulation of the Holy Scriptures; and a liberal subscription entered upon. The object of this Society is grand and simple, To promote the Cireulation of the Holy Scriptures in the Principal Living Languages. In such an object, all sincere Christians, of every description, may cordially unite. The Society looks, therefore, with confidence for liberal support, both at home and abroad. Outline of a Plan for a more extensive Circulation of the Holy Scriptures: 1. A Society shall be formed with this designation, The British and Foreign Bible Society;" of which the sole object shall be, to encourage a wider dispersion of the Holy Scriptures. 2. This Society shall add its endeavours to those employed by other Societies, for circulating the The Annual Meeting of the Society shall be held in the month of May; when the Treasurer and Committee shall be chosen, the accounts audited, and the proceedings of the foregoing year reported. The Committee shall consist of thirty-six Members, who shall conduct the business of the Society; and have power to call an extraordinary General Meeting. Twentyfour of the Committee, who shall have most frequently attended, shall be eligible to re-election the ensuing year. The Committee shall recommend at the General Meetings such Noblemen and Genelemen as shall have rendered important services to the Society, to be elected Honorary Members. As the very constitution of this Society will stand aloof from partyviews, it is hoped that Christians of every denomination will cheerfully come forward to encourage an object which they all so decidedly profess to approve. In pursuance of the broad and liberal scale upon which the So. eiety is formed, three Secretaries, of different denominations, have been appointed :-The Rev. Josiah Pratt, Lecturer of the United Parishes of St. Mary Woolnoth and St. Mary Woolchurch; the Rev. Joseph Hughes, Minister of a Dissenting Congregation at Battersea; and the Rev. Charles Frederick Steinkopfft, Minister of the Lutheran Church in the Savoy. - H. Thornton, Esq. M. P. has accepted the appointment of Treasurer to this institution. the Union of Christians at BedTHE Eighth General Meeting of ford, is proposed to be held at the great Meeting-house in that town, Messrs. Hilyard, of Bedford; and on Wednesday the second of May. Morris, of Dunstable, are expected to preach. The Dec. 28. Rev. O. A. Jeary was ordained at Rodborough. Rev. Messrs. Mather, Macdonald, Chamberlain, Young, Bradley, and Bidmead, engaged in the service': Messrs. Barnard, Chamberlain, and Davies in the evening. Jan. 6. A new chapel, erected at the sole expence of Mr. Chr. Garrett, was opened at Marketris, of Pewsey, preached in the Lavington, Wilts; when Mr. Normorning, from Is. Ixiv. 4; Mr. Bagnell, of Chippenham, in the afternoon, from Is. li. 6; and Mr. Mantell, of Westbury, in the evening, from Psalm cxxxi. 15. The place was crowded with a serious and attentive congregatian. Mr. Mantell is removed to the chapel lately erected at Swindon. The Rev. Is. Nicholson,. lately of Cheshunt College, has accepted a call from the Mulberry-Garden chapel, Wellclose Square, London. We have the happiness to announce, that his MAJESTY is again restored to the petitions of his praying people;" and to all the functions of royalty. The bul letin of March 22d (which is the last expected) says, " His Majesty is so much better, that, in our opinion, a little time will perfect his recovery."? No private anguish claims my tears, Our King, our Father, and our Friend; Be thy kind arm around him thrown; Gently sustain his sacred head, And, pitying, hear each rising moan ! And O! while to thy will we bow, We vet must beg some added years; Great God! avert the fatal blow, And spare him to a nation's prayers! Raise him again, in mercy raise, Thy choicest blessings richly strew! Shall bid his spirit soar away,Then may our loss but prove his gain, While seated near thy glorious throne; He shall through endless ages reign, Deck'd with a nobler, brighter crown. And grant that his illustrious race The sceptre of these isles may sway, Till ev'ry earthly honour cease, And Time and Nature both decay! Sandwich. HYMN, E. T. Translated from the Welch of the late Great Redeemer, friend of sinners, Lead me by the morning star! Will not any old companion, In whose love I now confide, Step with me to Death's cold regions And lie calmly by my side? Can a friend shew no more kindness Than to weep and look aghast, When the dust and stones together On my breathless corpse are cast? O! what madness, O! what folly, That my thoughts should go astray After toys and empty pleasures! Pleasures only of a day I This vain world, with all its trifles, Very soon shall be no more: There's no object worth admiring, But the God whom I adore. Glandwr. LINES W G. Addressed to a Person who employed himself every Sunday in reading News-Papers. O throw away that ill-timed page, And not fuch grov'ling news. Thy senfual, worldly mind? Hast thou no work to do for God On this his sacred day? When thou shouldst watch and pray ? That on thy Bible lies! And Oh! regard it as a trust. And as a treasure prize. Behold the law, on Sinai given, And wilt thou trifle more? Now standeth at the door.. Wilt thou be judg'd in this thy state, And by thy practice too? Reason will scon pronounce thy fare, MARQUIS WELLESLEY'S ARMS. (Moreover, one thing is needful.) One thing is needful: why should I So many vain expedients try, My happiness to raise? Surely, if I this one thing gain, Enduring bliss shall I obtain, To bless me all my days. Of harp ness and God; Yet restless they remain! Or lust's tormenting pain! What then is this casential thing To each immortal mind? God's favour shewn thro' Christ the Lord: This can alone true peace afford: Here happiness we find. This one thing needful will I choose, "Be mine this better part!" I 500% must leave my dwelling here, On the Love of Jesus. While thus a sting in all our earthly dreams Sigh at the past, yet tremble to believe. And Jesus' love, our love employs, Sweet'ning a hope for future years. Lord, let my wayward heart divested bo Of ev'ry care, save of eternity; With a sweet sense of thy redeeming love, Drawing my soul from earth to joys above! CHRISTIAN UNITY. C. A MISSIONARY HYMN. Have we not all one Father? Hath not one God created us? Mal. ii. 10. Ye are all one in Christ Jesus. Gal. iii. 28. Love as brethren. 1 Pet. iii. 8. So tender, endearing, and strong, His blood their full ransom has paid, Their hopes and their joys are the same May we all of his Spirit partake, That our int'rest in him we may prove, divides With their separate intests and laws; Printed by G. AULD, Greville Street, London. NIL. |