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'Woof the Foreign Board.
Comrr\\, (rations relating lo the general, busi¬
ness of the Foieign Mission Board, may be ad¬
dressed, post paid, to
James B. TaYLoh, Cor. See. ,.
' .Richmond, Vd.,
, Communications enclosing donations, or, relat¬
ing to the' financial department, may be address,
ed tdi' Archibald Thomas; Trees'
■‘A* Riihmond, Vd.
;Thc Last Command;
died for all, that they which live should' not
henceforth live 'unto themselves, but unto him
who died for them'and rose again. He is eager,
to Jabot for Christ, and to’ 'suffer
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ao;fir
as he is ycrm/Hc/ thus to labq’r and suffer. His
habitual fecling'of heart is,’ '* lioid, vthaf wilt
tbou'haVe me to dof .Spcair,Lofd) fdi thy ser¬
vant1 heateth. 1 am, thine, boiight with a price
— (tfiy'blood.” :j
On'Sin^a.#ilIiy . |
Does net 'yoitr preseni parsimony towaids the
vii I rn
, Just before our Lord Jesus Christ was repeiyed
up into heaven, he said to his disciples, “ Go ye
into all the world, and preach the gospel (a every
creature.” He had finished the work; on earih
that was given him to do. It, only .remained
that the work he had wrought should be. .made
npiversally kno'vn, ihat;men might believeand
be saved. This parting address of our Saviour
Jc. his. disciples, was not a mere suggestion j it
wasnot an earnest request.. It was a. most grave
injunction,— an express and absolute command.
.The apostles so regarded it: " they- went forth
and preached every where,” This command U
binding on all the 'disriple^ofout Lord ta tho
present dav, It has jiever- been, 'annulled: it
Rtill waits for its fulfilment.; It presses on 'every
individual -Christian ivith a. directness and force
not to be eyaded.o; repelled., It .must be mi,
apd sustained, and obeyed, at whatever, skciti-
,FICE. To cany it out; to its; full accomplish4
Tnent, ie.tlic great work assigned to the church’
on eartli, to. which all other interests are second:
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ary, and all. other duties subordinate. To thii,'
all thought, 411 feeling, all; efiorti-Tiirilre church
universal, and in its individual members, must be
subservient. Failure to achieve this enterprise,
or delay not unavoidable.to bear.it. onward to; its
.completion, is chargeable on every Christian who
does not put- forth for its advancement his .most
vigorous and untiring efforts. To cast away
from himself all participation in the guilt of neg-
led and unfaithfulnesels. impossible. Here is a
definite object to bo effected: the means are put
Into our hands; he who has rightful and exclu¬
sive control of. us, and to whom we have delibe¬
rately and unreservedly consecrated ourselves,
calls-.on us lo achieve the work,— but it lingers.
Arc .we. guiltless! The only possible ground of
excuse
от
palliation would be the denial .that
Christ has -entire and rightful control of us, or
that wo had consecrated ouiaclves to him as; the
purchase of his blood. But did we not conse¬
crate out selves. to Christ in the very act of be¬
coming his disciples! On that day, when, ac¬
cording to his meicy, we wete saved, by the
washing of regeneration and renewing of- the
Holy Ghosl, shed on us. abundantly through
Jesus !Chrisi our Saviour, on that day, did we
r.ot gire.ouTselves to him in an everlasting cove¬
nant! Did we not pledge ourselves then tr., do
his will! And as the grand object fot which he
left the throne of his glory in heaven, and came
and dwelt among men, was to open the way and
provide tho means by which the kingdom of
Satan in this world may be overthrown, and on
its ruins a new one be established of righteous¬
ness, did we not then lind ourselves, by thal
voluntary consecration, to bo co-worUre with
himl ■ Did we not severally promise,- as. we
called ourselves Christians, to enter on the'wwk
assigned to his followers, and to prosecuta .it
with a singleness of purpose, and a cqncenira-
tion of- effort such as marked ihe whole course of
the work committed to him, till he.sried, “ It is
finished! ”
But- 'why insist oh the impt'rilivendss of
Christ’s last command ! Why appeal to the inn-
lcservedness and solemnity of baptismal enga£e-
mestif1 lie who is Indeed 'a -disciple of .the
Lord 3ms‘f delights io'.do his wfll." The' love of
- Chrisi'cohstraiheth -himf- Hd judges tliai'if one
died for all, then were all dead; and that he
objects of Christian benevolence,- justify the fear
that the amount which you have'rfcurVt? for such
purposes is most1 disproportionately small ! And
yet', small as if isj'it is youi^will. In discharg¬
ing yiur'tesfantentary1 duties, youjnaturally .re¬
member those persons and bbjecta which' hold
the dearest place in your 'affections; your su¬
preme friend is Christ, and^yeftliat’he should be
put oif with’ that insulting pittance is your %hl.
You' make your" tesfameniary "arrangements, in
the prospect of leaving what' jou'properly 1 desig¬
nate a world of misery; much more of your
property might be left to the alleviation of that
misery, but’ihaf If shall’ not be so appropriated
is your will. You’ make those arrangements
in the' 'prospect of being received into perfect
blessedness ; you entertain the hope that while
survivors are inspecting for the first time the dis-
tribuilo,. which
у
oujhaye .mad.! of your property^
your emant'pated spirit will be enjoying (he
happiness of tfiS'hist made pe"rfecl; but that next'
to hone nf that
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shall anse. from the
right eniploymen cf'iha't', 'property— is •your,
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This robbery 'of the Christian cause, remem¬
ber, is your io'illj riot's mere passing thought}
not a precTpitdte, unebnsidered act, but an act
which you fomrallypijface .with saying that you
perform it ” being in sound mind;” in a word,
it ie the deliberate act of that .sovereign part; bf
your nature, your.wiu. After having defraud¬
ed the cause of Christ of 'your property during
life, ypu.iake the most effective measures to pre-
petuate the fraud .after, death; and you do this
with the full consenl.of all - the powers of your
mind— you impress it with tho .sovereign, seal of
joui.will. Yes; this is your, tci# which.you
are content to have; for a dying pillow, .and, on
which you propose ,to rest your dying head!
Your will— and . therefore a part of yoqr prepa¬
ration for death! _ Your will— avowedly pre¬
paid (monstrous inconsistency I) that the subject
voiihj hayri hit it’c "He said’.jiL-I^am ,i3|te:imjiqd
a have something to dojwith e^qf^tiact ,^Strib(
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preached, tvety school esiab-
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will, give ,a ,,»y-
ereign for each of the missionaries.^,
chock for_£j23Jrj order to do Mmething all oVer
the World i’ .Tlrat tjs what X'caDj an. enlarged
dea. •Jn'iho’KdanfuneJboweveri- another report
came out, »nd,-thaf ttated;that thirteen new mis^
Bionaries-..had beeii isqnt-'fqitht W^isaid
amdetermifcedlw.keep •iti’iip ; ”b end |be
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: <-A man told meraome' timesago^ in connect on
with the duly of paying car row* fo the Lord,'
that he had ex^eriem» pn .this subject. “ Qne
year,” said he, "Ti'wis prospered, pretty well,’
and gave’ fifty dollars- for -foreign missions.! J
thought if
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should bb prospered is much i the
pext year; Lwould give fivehtiudred dollars--! I
was '.prospered just aouUt ’as muebj -and thcji j
gave' fifty dollars. : The Jrear; following! lost ill,
l think it ii.hesf.lo pay, out
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Dr, Yale.
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many .parts of the pagan world are now,:aocessj-
bie.' 'The. almost1 innu&erable jtnbes
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Yporn tLe Foreign Mis¬
sionary, It cannot butaffect!the heart of every
reader;
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^ie|inaiythu3.des4ii(3, the .closing feene;, ^
.Never was the, gospel more friumphant,vios
us power ,
Логе,
manifest, than in tbo case of
fftrir‘?A'^KC“^>,'Jpst!S Ch-rist is'ii.b’&’rMr? Yais tj
of 'your property nuty hat • disturb you m -death!
that, you may.be.able.to think of it, with peace!
Your in'.’.'— made partly as a preparation for the
awful moment,.when it shall he said to you,
“ Giro ,au account of. thy stewardship ; ” madq on
the way to tfiat iudgment-seat, where one of the
first inquiries will relate to the; use which you
have made pfjoxis various talents! Christian
professor, bo entreated, IVhat your death-bed
would have been had your 'attention never- ibeen
called to .this subject, .it is not for a man to sur¬
mise; but should l you; al]ow. your will to remain
unaltered, now-Miat your conscience
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been
admonished, , -'do not wonder if you lind your
dying pillow to be filled with thorns. Iteirieve
at 6n.ee your guilty error, by augmenting your
bequests to the cahsa of mercy; or, belter still,
become your own executor, and enjoy at once
tho luxury of doing good ; or, last ef all, del both
—if the nature of your property permit, do loth.
• • Dr. Harris.
' Something New,
Wkf it I used to travel for the London MiasiCri-
aiy Society, ! went lo Peterboroagh. A farmer
'had reSd the 'report of the Society, and he found
lliat we had onehuiiilfed'and twenty-three mis¬
sionaries.- He sent' fo Mr; Arundel to say "I
have
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gicat'desire to hit 'ohf'sometfiing?new!«
I question whether any member of Parliament
ahe. said, ‘j and ,1 ,sm Jesus. Qhrist’s, I know
him now; I know nim now; he is come here,,’!—
fixing.her.harid upon her heart — " and-hewiH not
go away agaih-any more.” I asked her if she
wished to return to the world, and be.restored to
health; *• What!” washer-reply, “ and Jesus
Christ sometimes with .me, and. sometimes not;
and I sometimes thinking .evilj and sometimes
thinking, good! No, no, .no [Mrs. -Kemp will be
a.better mother to my,
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than I shall be. I
will, go.”— A growing .insensibility to every
eartiily, object -marked tho. progress of bet, dis¬
ease t and not less surely .did her. composure mark
her advances in grace and holiness, and submission
tq the Divine will. It was a sacred pleasure, to
spend a few moments by the tide of her death¬
bed— so' much we saw of what the love. of Christ
can impart; such earnest solicitude for the .wel¬
fare of .others ; such render affection beaming1 to
(he very last in her countenance. Just before
that total insensibility- took place which preceded
her. death, she called for her children ; and, com¬
mitting them to God her Saviour.-she wqpt over
them, and delivered them up to her husband.
Shq said. much about her husband, and Saviour,
and friend in heaven: her last .words were
“James, I am.going. 1 am full of pain: lam
going above, away from pain ;” and some .such
expression's might be. not unaptly rendered by
the opening words of that beautiful hymn —
“Wneo languor end dlnue .Invade.
Thie. trembling bon^ of cl»j?
’Til iweet to look bejo’nd my cage
An^ long lo flyaway!»!
SKe became at length Insensible ; all around her
w'ere aware that she was dying.- Her -head
rested on' the knees of Mary’Tau, who hid ever
been her companion and friend. At her. feet sat
her disconsolate husband} ' nursing her babes,
weeping over 'therri. anil refusing to be comfort¬
ed:' by' her side 'was seen her father, 'shortly to
becorde childlbs ; and iri various- places "within
ar.d around the' house' were many natives of the
settlement,' mingling their1' teats, and iecompa4
nying'with ’sighs, to heaven the spirit of their
friend. The scene was tdo mueh for me; I
could Veai it nd-lSnger'f but retired Wnijl room ;
and there indulged' the.ieelingS wlJch -1 had be¬
fore such difficulty to restrain.
gospel of-the blessed God
и
in.. out' hands, ■‘ one
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proclaim it
esponsib
the moral condition of rthe-
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&tt'of‘tife''^atb^o'iKke-8^dMp^mteRal 'hfe
mrans.jbotli of men. and |iioney, 'which 'wa^ay
ardently hope, thejr will' lie read^ td expend. *
Tims fat , in various respects, we
Ьауе'Ьёеа’йтбт-
edbf'God. AV’e have feasiA to thank him^and
lake coflr4|e! Our opfexatibns have; bcen’extlnd-
ed as raf'dl'y as'poSld have been^xpectediand -
perhaps. as far as udder’ tlle'fcireumstancesrivi*'.
desirable. But we are hM tSIjSfcills^d Vitb’otir-
\V’e hiiisl advance.1 God^ 'piovidenies'j^lus ^
word, his love, all urge us forward. Nor should.,
we stay in' our progress', iW. the kmgdoms'of the4
World shall become the kingdoms of dor'LciA
■ .'-A'VjUi
and 'his Christ.
CLinese Etiquelte.
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The Chinese are so punctilious" ihaCtfc'eir c’ode-
of etiquette outvies the.most ceremonious court»,
in Europe- Assobii asagnest;aUghtsfrt>m hie.
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chair, be is met by his host, vho bows hi*-
head, bends his body and knees, joins bothhands
in front, and with them - knocks ;hb::cheit.
When he, wishes to be very polile, he i takes! Lis-
guest’s hand within his, and knocks it ufoa: hi».
chest: This is their mode of. shaking, bahd*.
Now follows aipolite contest as to precedence^
whieff, after various kncckings, bowmgs, land-
genuflections, tenmnatea by' lire host and) guest,
entering the house together. In the Bitting;
apartment another ccrcmany takea j.jice, equally
protracted and liksbme.^'i'he'^oint iqfbe deter¬
mined is whetn each shall sityand whoiitial! bto
seated; first.. Etiquette (extends even'toi'a-, deri¬
sion on the size of a' chair; byrtvhich, invariably,
the rank'd; importance bf a guest is determined.
Thehosl now mbtioffstoa large chair, and at¬
tempts to take a smaller! one, himself; SGootl
breeding compos the gueirt,
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turn, to ’te-
fuso the compliment; aud after1 a. weary :»onteac,
of politeness, the porpt isvamlcablyradjosted to-.
the silisfactmn of; the -belligerents^ teitlies bj,’
both parties sitting down ; simultaneously . qa fte.
same bench, or npon.lwo chairs of equabdimen-
sions, -aThe 'fatigue of..this.,cbuble3y; may be
easily conceived, as the same routine ii .perform¬
ed on the arrival of each guest. As soon a? the-
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