one who is given to be "a light to lighten the Gentiles, and be the glory of his people Israel." The sweet, the hallowed influence of His name will be spread here, and this deep, deep darkness will flee away.

FROM THE REV. J. WARREN: JAN. 22, 1843.

The two last Additions to our Native Church.

affliction-the gospel was explained to him-he joined in family worship-he understood, in his mother tongue, that which the Englishman, with whom he had lived two years, had failed to teach him-he felt it, and I trust that a work of the Spirit was then commenced, which shall have its completion in his introduction to the world of bliss. He came to

me, after spending a month with his friend. I engaged him as an assistant, and gave him a seat in my library, at the end of my writing table, and put him to reading the gospel of John in English and Hindustani, to studying the Shorter Catechism, and afterward the Confession of Faith. I spent many hours in explaining the gospel to him. My narrow, dark, and crowded study has witnessed scenes that I trust will be remembered with holy joy, when the interests of time shall be no more thought of. A few months ago I men. tioned the subject of the Lord's Supper to him, and found him anxious to be admitted to it, but fearful that he was not ready. Mr. Wilson and I together examined him, and were surprised and delighted with his answers. He had been baptised in infancy, and was now introduced to full communion. We have good hope of him. He has more energy than a full native, and we hope he will be very useful. He is now absent on a preaching tour with Mr. Freeman, who writes to me that he gives him great assistance and much satis. faction.

About eight months ago, a young man, dressed as a native, and but slightly lighter in complexion, came to me in search of employment. He spoke English very imperfectly, so that he had much difficulty in carrying on a conversation; and I, quite inadvertently asked him a question in Hindustani, which he answered, in the same language, with such fluency, and chasteness and elegance of style, that I was struck with immediate admiration. His history was briefly told. He is the son of an English merchant and a Hindustani woman-his mother is still alive, and still a Musalman, as also is his wife. He had been educated in Hindustani and Persian by a native private tutor, and had spent two years as a boarder in the house of an Englishman, who probably found him wild and idle, and did not so well attend to him as he ought, so that his English education is almost nothing. His father did not die rich, and there was no one left who knew, how to manage what he did leave, so that it is now all lost in unfortunate speculations, With this young man came another, a except some unsaleable and unproductive relation of his wife. He had been brought landed property. His mother lives in his up by an uncle in the strictest practice of father's old, large, and very grand house, the Musalman faith-had been taught to in another province, and gains a scanty repeat a great part of the Koran in the living from some land belonging to her, Arabic, and also of a commentary-and, and five rupees a month allowed her by a to use the expression by which he was friend. The young man had wandered first described to me, "he had his loins long in search of employment, and had well girt to follow the instructions he had sought unsuccessfully. A short time be- thus received." Such was Mohammed fore reaching me he had visited a young Hussan, about nineteen years of age, of man, of mixed parentage like his own, good figure, and fine countenance. He who had been brought up a Musalman came with his friend, and he sought Chrisby his mother, but who had been convert- tian instruction from me. His faith had ed by the instrumentality of a missionary. been shaken, and his prejudices against The visit was spiritually salutary to the Christianity weakened, by the conversawanderer. He was taught the design of tions he had held with the converted Mus

alman above mentioned.

He attended I have not done. The wife of the young man first mentioned (Hanúk has no wife) is anxious to be baptized, and profess Christ before the world. I am not yet satisfied of her real conversion, but I hope that the gospel will be the power of God to her salvation. She believes it, I think; we must pray that the Spirit will produce in her heart true faith.

my family worship, which in the morning is in Hindustani-my Sunday preaching, and before a great while he began to profess an ardent attachment to the Saviour, and a hearty dislike to the religion of his fathers. He applied to be admitted to the church by baptism, and his examination was highly satisfactory. He was admitted at the same time with his friend, and was named Hanúk (Enoch) by Mrs. Warren, who gave him a name at his request, as he said he would not carry long er the names of the great imposter and his grandson. His walk is highly satisfactory. I heard once of his being seen in company of which I could not approve, and spoke to him about it, pointing out to him its impropriety and danger. The shame and pain he felt convinced me that he would not soon offend again. He is learning to cast type, but I have great hope that he will so walk, and prove so talented, that we shall make much more of him than a mechanic-that he will yet spend his life as a preacher of the gospel. Hanúk, when he came to me, could not read-his education was only what I have stated above, to repeat the Koran and religious precepts by rote-but now he can read the Hindustani in the Persian and also in the Roman character. I have never seen a young man better improve his leisure hours.

Let us pause for a moment before leaving this pleasant story, to remark how the providence of God works. Had I not been able to receive these young men, they must have returned to their native place, where they would have enjoyed none of the means of grace, and seen nothing of Christianity. Had they not first conversed with their converted friend, I might have found the first of them in such a state of mind that I could not employ him.

Here again we see the secondary fruit of missionary labours. A young, learned, and talented Musalman is brought to the knowledge of the truth by the instrumentality of a missionary, and he sows the seed from which we have already reaped what appears to be a rich harvest, and which we hope will prove the seed of yet more and more fruit, in unceasing succession, till the end of time.

Will you not all pray for these buds of promise ?

For the Missionary Chronicle.

TO THE SIXTY THOUSAND COMMUNICANTS OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WHO GAVE NOTHING DURING LAST YEAR TO THE CAUSE OF FOREIGN MISSIONS.

Dearly Beloved in the Lord,-Allow || proaching the Lord's table? Is there not me, with great plainness, but with all possible kindness, to address you in relation to this matter. If you are what you profess to be, the children of God, there is no object so dear to you as the interests of the Redeemer's kingdom; why then have you withheld your contributions from this cause? How can you reconcile this apparent indifference to the interest you profess to feel in this enterprise, and which is implied in the very act of ap

in this something contradictory-something calculated to throw discredit upon your profession? You have professedly devoted yourselves and your all to the service of Christ. And when you have thus consecrated to Him every possession, it is but a small return you make for what he has done for you. Why then for a whole year have you given nothing to this cause? What apology can you offer that will satisfy your own con

science? You will not plead exemption || than to give the bread of life to these from the duty of giving to support the famishing millions? Is any duty more

cause of missions. The duty of giving the Gospel to the heathen is too clearly revealed, to admit even the shadow of a doubt. And if obligatory at all, it is a duty that belongs to the whole Church. No one has a right to excuse himself. No one can absolve himself from the duty of aiding in this matter to the extent of his ability. It is a great work, and demands the united energy of the whole Church. And God will not only hold the Church as a whole responsible for its accomplishment, but each individual mem- || ber, for his or her share. And if any soul perishes for want of that effort which the Church might have made, at whose hands will its blood be required? Surely at the hands of those who had the ability to do something for its salvation; but did it not. This, my friends, is a subject of fearful interest. It is a well-known fact that by far the largest part of our globe is still enveloped in the deepest moral darkness. Countless millions have gone to a heathen grave, cheered by no ray of Gospel light. And every moment of our existence, multitudes, in all their degradation, are passing into eternity, there to await the decision of their and your impartial Judge. O, if their blood be found in your skirts! Should it then appear that some perished merely through your neglect, what anguish would pierce your heart! Pause then, I entreat you, and consider whether you have delivered your soul from blood-guiltiness. Can you, in view of the fact, that you have given nothing to the cause of missions during the past year, say with a good conscience, "I am free from the blood of all men ?"

clearly revealed, or more solemnly enjoined? Is any enterprize more interesting in all its aspects? Does any involve the temporal and eternal happiness of so many souls? Will faithfulness in other duties exempt from this? What says the voice of inspiration? "He that keepeth the whole law, but offendeth in one point, is guilty of all." Will not then your neglect on this point, to some extent at least, vitiate the offerings made to other objects? Other duties may be revealed, none can be more plain than this. Nor can any degree of activity in other duties atone for the total neglect of this.

But perhaps you will say, the amount that I can give is very small; it does not therefore matter much to what it is applied, provided it goes into the Lord's treasury. You would not thus reason on other subjects. If you owe trifling debts to some six or eight persons, you would not say the whole amount is so small, I need not divide it-I will give it all to one. This would be unjust. But some may perhaps say the cause is one-the field is the world; and if we contribute to the general cause of benevolence, it matters little to what particular department of it. Paul did not thus reason; he felt himself debtor to all, both Jews and Gentiles, to the extent of his ability to do them good. I would not insist that every Christian is bound to divide his contribution among all legitimate objects of Christian benevolence. There are manifestly degrees in the claims which they respectively present. And it will often happen that one cause seems to demand our assistance rather than another. In this But perhaps you are willing to excuse case it may be a duty to restrict our donayourselves by saying, we have given to tions to those objects which most require other objects. There are so many calls them. But this cannot be pleaded as an for money, we cannot give to all. The excuse for any one in neglecting the cause sincerity of this excuse I will not stop to of Foreign Missions. No object can preexamine. But I would ask whether you sent a stronger claim for liberal and conhave a right to give all that God has en- stant support. Our devoted brethren, abled you to give to other objects, while who have gone to dwell among the heamore than three-fourths of the human then, have no means upon which they family are perishing without the gospel. can depend, except what the Church is Can there be any object more important" pleased to furnish. If then the friends at VOL. XI.-35

of detaining these devoted men from their appointed fields by withholding what you could so easily spare? O, if Meroz was cursed for not coming up to the help of the Lord in the destruction of his enemies, what will be the penalty of those

not up to the help of God in the salvation of the heathen! But do not suppose that the small sum named is the measure of

home are unsteady in their support, their, ble to sustain the missions commenced, situation becomes painfully precarious. and to send out one or two small reinThe very existence of all our mission-forcements already appointed. Will you aries is endangered. Suppose then that supply that sum? It would only amount all the patrons of this cause had acted, to one-third of a dollar each, if supplied during the past year, as you have acted, by those who gave nothing last year. what would have become of our missions? Will you, can you then refuse this pitEvery missionary would have been plung-tance? Will you incur the responsibility ed into the deepest distress-their presses must have ceased to publish the word of life their schools would all have been disbanded-their native helpers discharged, and compelled to seek other employment. And what right have you more than others to withdraw from sup-churches and church-members who come porting this work? Does not the same degree of responsibility rest upon you as upon others, in proportion to your means? But suppose again, that the nine hun-your obligation. This point you must dedred and fifty churches in our connection, embracing more that 60,000 members, who gave nothing, had all come up heartily to the work, what would have been the result? Suppose you had given on an average only fifty cents each, (and surely this much could have been given without the least inconvenience,) this would have swelled the receipts of the Board $30,000! an addition of one half to the amount actually received. Had you then given but this small sum, how changed would have been the aspect of our cause! How many more missionaries might now have been on their way to the heathen! How much more efficient it would make our presses and schools! How it would have multi-ing for lack of labourers? One missionplied copies of Scripture and tracts to be circulated among the benighted! In short, how much might the operations of our missions abroad and the agencies at home have been extended in almost every department! See then how much good you have prevented! how much evil must result from your negligence in this matter! Does not conscience tell you that you have been remiss? Is it not a sub-tremes of our present missions in Northject of deep and painful regret, that you have withheld even your mite? The opportunity, however, to make amends for the past is still afforded. Have you read the appeal of our Executive Committee? They tell us that $20,000, in addition to the sum realized last year, is indispensa- the unoccupied contiguous districts, is

cide with your own conscience. I only mentioned this sum to show how easily the whole amount might be given, and no one feel a whit the poorer. Some, however, may literally have nothing; others who have abundance, have no heart to give. If then the whole sum is contributed, some must give more. Nor is this a tithe of what is really needed. The Committee have mentioned this as the smallest additional sum that they can get along with, without very great detriment to the cause. But suppose they are enabled to send out all the men appointed, what proportion do they bear to the wants of the great harvest every where perish

ary has just gone to India, and it is not proposed to send another this year! Why? Because more are not needed? No. If a hundred were this day on the ground, they would have no difficulty in finding fields of labour just as important and interesting as those now occupied. I could name some forty or fifty places within the bounds embraced by the ex

ern India, embracing a population of from ten thousand to one hundred thousand each, in every respect as inviting as those already occupied. The population of the whole field there embraced by existing missionaries in our connection, and

equal, perhaps, to that of the whole United || pel to every creature."

But seeing it is

so difficult to sustain the few missions already established, how is the Gospel to be sent to the great mass yet unprovided for? The answer is plain and simple. There must be a more united, energetic effort on the part of the Church. God's people must consecrate themselves and their all more heartily to this work. The Church at large must be made to feel, in a sense that they have not yet felt, that the

States. Nor is this more than the share which in equity belongs to our Church to provide for. Is there not then a call to increased exertion? It is almost certain that a very large part of this great field will be left to us. Other Societies have already bounds marked out for themselves greater than they can efficiently occupy. To us then belongs the privilege; upon us rests the responsibility of giving the Gospel to these perishing mil-enterprize belongs to them, and that they lions. If they are saved, humanly speaking, it must be through the instrumentality of our Board and our Church. If they remain unsaved and unblest, of you, my Christian friends, in common with the Church at large, will their blood be required. Do not understand me, however, as limiting the Almighty. If we refuse the honour and privilege proffered to us, of being the instrument in the salvation of these people, his purposes will still be accomplished. He can easily raise up other agencies. He is in no sense dependent upon his Church, or any portion of it. He has all power and law, and can save by whom he will. His covenant therefore with the Redeemer shall stand. He will give him "the heathen for his inheritance, and the uttermost ends of the earth for his possessions." The Saviour shall "see of the travail of his soul and be satisfied," while at the same time it is certain, that those who can, but refuse to co-operate with him in this great and glorious work, shall receive their appropriate reward. Enlargement and deliverance shall come from another place, but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed."

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alone are responsible to God for carrying it forward; that whatever of sacrifice and self-denial it involves, must be shared among all her members, and shared cheerfully. Many Christians seem to think that it belongs only to the missionary, to endure the hardships and toil, and selfdenial incident to this enterprize. This is a mistake, a practical heresy, and until it is corrected, the chariot wheels of the Gospel must drag heavily. Missionaries must, it is true, endure a large share of the self-denial and sacrifice connected with missionary operations. But it is not true, that God requires more of them than of other members of his Church. And if ever the world is converted to God, the members of the Church at large must consent to share in all the sacrifice that is requisite to be made. Is it not unreasonable, that a few should endure all the burden, that the many may be released? Is there any principle in the Word of God to sanction such injustice? Every one can readily understand why the missionary should deny himself; why, in every variety of climate, he should live in the most economical way possible, foregoing all superfluities of dress, all appearance of style, and luxury in his house, and mode of life. The least appearance of self-indulgence on his part, would stamp his name with lasting reproach. One such instance would fill every mouth with clamour and lamentation for the injury done to the cause! And what right has any one to lay upon another person a burden which he is unwilling to take upon himself? Does love to Christ and the souls

But this is not all-other portions of the heathen world have claims upon us, equally pressing. China, with her untold multitudes, stands waiting to receive the Gospel from us. Ethiopia, bending under the load of her accumulated wrongs and miseries, stretcheth forth her bleeding hands to receive the same boon. The Isles wait for the Divine Law, and the multitudes of the sea are ready to be converted. In view of all this, the Divine injunction still sounds in our ears, "Go of men bind the missionary to deny himye into all the world, and preach the Gos- "self and endure hardship, that he may be