"Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God, by the foolishness of preaching, to save them that believe. For God hath chosen the foolish things of the world, to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world, to confound the things which are mighty; and base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things, which are not, to bring to nought things that are: that no flesh should glory in his presence."

The removal of Mr. Chamberlain from the Court of the Begum Sumroo appears to have excited something of a spirit, not quite so charitable, as we had been led to believe him possessed of. In a letter to a friend in England, he accuses the government of being "hostile to the progress of Christianity," because they did not allow this Boanerges' of the Missionaries, as Mr. C. was designated by his own brethren, to excite an insurrection by his over-zeal, and intemperance at the Fair of Hurdwar; and Lord Hastings and his Council are "influenced by the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit, which now works in the children of disobedience," because, with a laudable regard to the safety of every Christian in India, and the peace of his Native subjects, he did not permit Mr. Chamberlain, to pour out the vial of his wrath upon the foul abominations of Baal.

Mr. Chamberlain is now drawing near to a close of his Missionary labours, and yet he is found admitting, that he has done nothing, except, indeed, preaching in the Bazars, and distributing tracts. He says "I have not to write of men converted, of churches formed, for my work is that of a pioneer, which is very necessary to an army, although it affords not an article of praise in the warrior's dispatches." Now with all due deference to Mr. Chamberlain, his work, as he conducted himself, was any thing but that of a pioneer. Had he set himself down, to instruct the rising generation of the natives, in useful profane learning; to educate them in the principles of sound morality, and to enlarge their views in literature and science, we should have allowed him, with truth to take the name of a pi

oneer, and should have sounded his praise most sincerely. But all along he went to work, in our opini on, as if the pioneers had been before him; and as if he had only to travel through India, with the sound of the Gospel in his mouth, and a Bible in his hand, to secure the conquests he came to achieve. Since the period, to which we have now conducted, and where we find him saying, "God is working wonderfully in disposing them [the Hindoos] to attend to the things spoken, and to read the tracts and books," nearly ten years have elapsed; and what fruits of Mr. ChamberIain's labours in Hindoostan and Bengal are, at this moment, to be seen? We fear we must say,-none. His laborious exertions-his indefatigable zeal - his disre gard to his own comfort, in itinerating from one place to another his boldness in proclaiming the truths of the Gospel, and attacking the dogmas of Brahma and Mahomet-what have they accomplished? or what can the traveller through the districts, where his name was once known, discover of him or his labours? Again, we fear, we must say-nothing.

But we must accompany our Missionary yet a little longer. At Digah we find him baptizing four na tives, whom he calls a handful of the first fruits in Hindoosthan" "the wheat sheaf of the harvest presented to the Lord." When he reaches Monghyr, and, in his own language "unfurls the banner of the cross" he begins to feel the advance of that disease, which ultimately terminated his life; yet such was his desire for "campaigning" as he called it, that "out he must go" among the neighbouring villages; and indeed he too uniformly measures the merit of his acts, by the miles he can traverse; the numbers of sermons he can preach, and the number of tracts he can distribute. In an excursion from Monghyr to Mirzapore, with a Captain G., he seems to have upbraided himself with inactivity, "I find that in this journey I have only been reconnoitring and skirmishing" but he determines to commence more effectual operations in his next,

and in the mean time assures us, certain,

that it is now

"That religion is on the advance among our own countrymen all ever this country. It is now becoming common to hear of such and such a one's having taken a turn. Verily Jehovah Jesus is on his way, and his work is before him. A few of the Civil Servants, and many of the Military, are 'looking to Jesus.'"

But we are rather more interested in knowing, what Mr. Chamberlain did among the Natives, than among the Military and Civil Servants of the Company, who, we think, are not very handsomely, or justly dealt with by the insinuation, contained in the above extract, against these bodies in general. It may sound a little strange to the ears of those, who so uncharitably as sume, that their creed and discipline, and doctrines are the only true, and infallible paths to salvation, when we say, that what Mr. Chamberlain has noted down, as a proof, that religion is on the advance among our own countrymen, all over this country, appears to us, in nine instances out of ten, to indicate weakness of intellect, rather than more correct ideas of what Christian duties, and obligations are: and we very sincerely rejoice, that our zealous Missionary had so small, and limited a success, as we observe, in turning the heads, not the hearts, of his European brethren. Where he writes to Dr. Ryland, that Mrs. Grant from Agra came all the way, 400 miles, to Digah "to follow the Lord in his appointed way," that is, to be baptized by Mr. Chamberlain, we have no difficulty in understanding him, when he speaks of Military and Civil Servants, 'looking to Jesus; but we have no patience for this narrow bigotry, and uncharitable canting, as if all the rest of the Christian world were in no better a state, as to the salvation of their souls, than he is pleased to represent the Hindoos.

We are afterwards told, that Hingham Misser was a Brahmun of very respectable cast and connections, and we confess we are very much surprized, at the tone and manner, in which Mr. Chamberlain details the consequences of his conversion. We might ex

cuse him exulting, at what he no doubt regarded as the triumph of the spirit over the flesh, when to become a Christian, Hingham left a wife and six children, and his home, although we honestly confess, that had he sought our advice, whether he should continue with his family as hitherto, or forego the external rite of baptism, we should have taken time, to commune with him and ourselves very seriously, before we counselled him to act but undoubtedly when we saw his relations uniting "to support his family" deserted by him, we should not have coolly remarked, like Mr. Chamberlain," I suspect, however, that this will not last long the benevolence of a native is seldom a perennial stream"-and if this union of the convert's friends, to support the wife and six children, is one of the 66 triumphant circumstances" which attended Misser's conversion, according to our Missionary, a moiety of its honours ought, at least, to be awarded to the disciples of the old faith. It is, when perusing such details, as are given of this native's conversion, that we frankly acknowledge, we are staggered--not at the impropriety, or imprudence of the mode often pursued, for of these we have no doubt---but we find it difficult to satisfy ourselves, how far it is not sinfully presumptuous, to encourage the breaking asunder the ties, that bind a man to his family and offspring. True it is, that we are told in Scripture, that the man, who will not, for Christ's sake, leave his father and mother, to follow him, is unworthy of him. But let us keep in mind, by whom these words were spoken, and under what circumstances; and we may feel doubtful at least whether the same doctrine in the mouth of a Missionary is admissible; and if we hesitate in admitting the same duty of forsaking their families. to be equally obligatory on the heathen of the eighteenth century, as on those of the first ages of Christianity and its miracles,-we trust the candid reader will neither impugn our zeal, nor doubt the since rity of our faith.

The account of Hingham Misser's baptism cannot fail to be acceptable to our readers: he was long a very active co-adjuter of Mr. Chamberlain, and is all along represented by him as an excellent worthy man. After Mr. C.'s, death and so late as July 1823, he was still residing at Monghyr, and continuing stedfast in the faith, nothing wavering. The account of his baptism is as follows.

"On the 27th of December, (1817) glory be to God, Hingham Misser, a Native, was baptized in the Ganges, just below our house. His conversion and baptism have made a great stir among the Natives. On the day he was baptised, some said, 'Monghyrka nak kata gye;' i. e. Monghyr's nose is cut off,' by which expressive phrase, great disgrace is intended. Hingham Misser is a Brahmun, of very respectable cast and connections. He had been employed as a reader of the Scriptures for more than twelve months, during which time he had shewn such an attachment to Christianity, as to separate himself from all his connexions. He has been visited by illness for some months, during which time none of his relations cared for him: none called to see him. On his recovering, he was enabled to make a profession of his faith in Christ before many witnesses: to do which, he has left a wife and five or six children, and his home. Two lads, his eldest sons, saw him baptised in the river, as though they saw him burned; and they have not spoken to him since: they may be twelve or fourteen years of age. To one of them the father sent a pair of shoes, which he threw away with contempt. The relations unite with them to preserve the whole from becoming Christians. I suspect however, that this will not last long: the benevolence of a Native is seldom a perennial stream. Of all the professions of Christianity which have been made in this country, few have been attended with such triumphant circumstances as this has been. Hingham Misser is a very meek man, very humble, very diligent, and of a good understanding in the Scriptures; he is daily employed in the instruction of the people here, amongst whom he boldly declares his profession, and meets with more attention than in his circumstances could have been expected."

The health of Mr. Chamberlain at length gave way under his extraordinary exertions, to make known to the heathen the truths of Christianity; and on his voyage to England, he expired on board the Ship Princess Charlotte, about six weeks after he left India. The Memoir of Mr. Yates closes with a delineation of his character, distinguished for the spirited, yet chaste colouring of the picture, which it presents-The private and personal virtues of Mr. Chamberlain are highly, and we doubt not, deservedly extolled his literary attainments are also spoken of, as of a superior