c Of all this secret correspondence, and alleged traduction of the Baptists in Jamaica, "Vindex" literally knows nothing. Upon the supposition that the evils existed which have been complained of, it can be no matter of surprise that missionaries should communicate their impressions to their friends in England. That representations were made by both parties, "Vindex" happens to know; and he has strong reason to believe, that colonial papers were transmitted to this country by Baptist missionaries as well as others. "Vindex" would ask, in the spirit of love, if Messrs. Vine and Wooldridge did not communicate their strong impressions of the evils complained of to Messrs. Tinson, Knibb, and Oughton, long before the newspaper controversy commenced? and did not Mr. Barrett freely express his mind to Mr. Tinson on the same subject, when Mr. Tinson candidly observed, "If I had to begin my missionary work, de novo, I would have nothing to do with leaders?" d" Vindex" supposes that reference is here made to Mr. Blyth, of the Scottish Missionary Society, with whom he has had no communication. e Mr. Barrett declined appearing before the Baptist Committee, because they had, in their printed Circular, damnified his credit, as a witness, by telling the public, that he knows little of the Baptists." f "Vindex" believes that the amount paid on renewing the members' tickets is not uniform. He has seen a letter in which occurs the following sentence. The writer is a minister, not of the London Missionary Society:"I once saw the mode of contribution at Mr. -'s. Two persons, one a woman, the other a man, sat at the table, and opened the hand of the offerer to see the amount, and, if not sufficient, the offering was not received." The following statement rests on the testimony of the Rev. W. Alloway, of the London Missionary Society, and refers to the practice of a Baptist missionary. "One of Mr. -'s members came to me with her husband, who is a member with us, to join the church at Dry Harbour. She had a ticket marked 309. I asked her what she gave for this ticket; and she said, 5s. 10d., (that is, 3s. 6d. sterling.) I inquired, if the others gave the same; and she said, 'Yes,' and added, that she had not the money herself, but some of the class people made it up." g "Vindex" well understands to what Mr. Tinson refers, and is rather disap pointed that Mr. Tinson appears to have forgotten the explanation given by Mr. Vine in one of his published letters. Mr. Tinson assumed that the number of members in connexion with the churches of the London Missionary Society in Jamaica, was one hundred and seventy-two, only nine more than half their actual number; and then, looking at the amount in the Report of the London Missionary Society, for 1840, of monies received in the Island of Jamaica, divided it among the one hundred and seventy-two, and then came to the conclusion, that each member contributed the amount of the quotient. But Mr. Tinson overlooked the fact, that there were between five and six thousand persons in attendance upon the ministry of the Pædobaptist brethren, who, by collections and otherwise, raised the amount stated in the report. h Mr. Tinson is well aware, that when a misunderstanding occurs between a minister and any of his leaders, the leader not only withdraws himself, but takes his class with him, over whom he has acquired a paramount influence. This may be substantiated by many facts, and is in reality but the natural result of the unscriptural system. To compare the power of deacons with that of the leaders in Jamaica, appears strange indeed. i As Mr. Tinson resided at Kingston, how could he possibly tell what might have occurred to Mr. Slatyer or Mr. Barrett, living, one forty, the other sixty miles from Mr. Tinson? But "Vindex" assures Mr. Tinson, on "his knowledge of facts," that both these missionaries have had most frequent applications to receive persons into their churches; and, on one occasion, a man acting as leader for Mr. Gardner, and identifying persons fifty miles from Mr. Gardner's station, as inquirers with him by tickets, came to Mr. Slatyer, and offered to bring all his people, amounting to some hundreds, on condition that Mr. Slatyer would make him a leader. j "Vindex" has no doubt whatever that the spirit of candid inquiry will lead to the result which he, in common with Mr. Tinson so earnestly desires. The Baptist brethren in Jamaica will gradually remove the evils complained of; they will cease to look on Jamaica as their exclusive field of labour; and they will, perbaps, learn to lay less stress on their own peculiar views of the ordinance of baptism. Should such be the case, happier days will await the mission in Jamaica. MISSIONARY MAGAZINE AND Chronicle. 'In its little hand it carried a plantain; I asked, 'What is this for?' They replied, 'It is for sacrifice?'"-(Page 196.) SUMMARY. OUR article on Female Education in India, which supplies the affecting incident represented in the preceding engraving, will, we trust, be read not only with deep interest, but with practical benefit, by every friend of Missions. The scene forcibly reminds us of that described by the prophet Jeremiah, on which a deceased father of our Society founded one of the earliest and most powerful appeals for juvenile exertion :-"The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cake to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger." The zeal of idolaters in the service of their gods is an awful rebuke to the lukewarm professor of the faith of Christ, and an example from which even the ardent and active believer may cherish warmer zeal. Christian Parents! not only bear your little ones to the temple of the Lord, but teach them the duty, and afford them the means, to carry their willing gifts to his holy altar. Christian Children! let your hearts be filled with gratitude to that God who has made your lot to differ so happily and so widely from that of these young idolaters; and while, as you think on their blind and miserable condition, your eyes are filled with tears and your hearts with pity, let their EARLY zeal provoke your own, and let your pity lead to nobler efforts to make known to them the way of life. To impart instruction, and especially Christian instruction to the Female children of India, was formerly pronounced impossible; but the letter of our valued correspondent, in common with those of all her fellow-labourers in that country, proves, that it is not only practicable but easy. No reason can be assigned why the daughters no less than the sons of India should not be enlightened and elevated by the power of the Gospel, and no cause does operate to prevent this but the want of adequate resources. Before this number is put in circulation, thousands of the youth of the metropolis will have been gathered together in Exeter Hall, to hear from the lips of our Missionary brethren the mournful state of those who, with the earliest dawn of reason, are "Taught to pray a useless prayer and we trust that the presence and blessing of God may hallow the interesting service, and inspire the youthful multitude with thankfulness for their own mercies, and with generous compassion for the perishing heathen. We are gratified in being able to present another sketch of the life and labors of a Hindoo Evangelist; because we are deeply convinced that in such an agency, duly qualified by the providence and grace of God, we must look for the strength of the Missionary cause. Our readers cannot fail to be impressed with the expanding as well as the purifying influence of the gospel, on the mind of Isaidas. For many years a poor deluded wanderer seeking in vain from holy streams and holy places, rest for a troubled heart, till at length he is brought by the providence of God to the sacred city, and there from the lips of a countryman, who had "suffered the loss of all things that he might win Christ," he learns the way to peace, holiness, and heaven. May his character continue to adorn his Christian profession, and his Ministry prove life to many who are now dead in trespasses and sins! In estimating the value of Missionary success in India, we should never fail to remember the severe test to which the sincerity of the young convert is eposed. In that land, where Satan's seat is, to become a Christian is no course of ease and self-indulgence: there, if any man love father, or mother, or wife, or children, or houses and lands, more than the Redeemer, he cannot be his disciple. Of this, our article from Travancore affords painful confirmation; but it affords also delightful proof that the faithful follower of Christ, though persecuted, will not find himself forsaken, and, though cast down, that he cannot be destroyed. The communication of our devoted brother labouring in Rarotonga will be read with peculiar interest as another memorial of the seasonable and faithful admonitions of our lamented Williams, and as an evidence that the good seed may sometimes lie long concealed in the heart, and yet produce the wished-for fruits. The letters too of the poor orphans (and we wish our readers could see the neatness and correctness of the originals) cannot fail to afford a rich reward to those generous benefactors, whose bounty they gratefully acknowledge." We were fatherless and motherless," say they to the Christians of Britain, and ye pitied us; we were naked and ye clothed us;' and may we not indulge the hope that He who inspired these feelings in the hearts of his servants, has also said, "inasmuch as ye did it unto one of the least of these, ye did it unto me?" But the multitude of orphans is daily and yearly increasing. May the number of their benefactors be proportionately multiplied, and their Christian kindness be suitably enlarged! Africa has lately supplied to the reader of the Missionary Magazine, fruits every Month; nor will they be disappointed either in the quantity or quality, of those supplied in our present number. That Veteran in the cause of Missions, that faithful Champion both of the civil and religious rights of deeplyinjured Africa,-Dr. Philip, has been spared to witness, to an extent which will amply repay his self-denying labours, the consummation of his fondest hopes. The Hottentots are free, are active, are happy! Could we look upon their peaceful villages, we should be constrained to exclaim,-" Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!" and could we witness their devout observance of the sabbath, their early attendance at the sanctuary, their thirst for instruction, their rivetted attention while the messenger of mercy speaks of the great things of God, their sparkling or their tearful eye, as he unfolds to them the Saviour's love, our hearts would glow with holy pleasure, but while rejoicing over them, must we not sigh for Christian Britain, and devoutly wish that our churches at home would emulate the piety of those which they have been honoured to raise up among the Hottentots of Africa? We close our remarks with the subjoined extract, from the letter of the intelligent fellow-traveller of Dr. Philip, which presents the clearest evidence that the statements of our venerable friend, as to the improvement of the Hottentots, both in social happiness, and Christian piety, are in no degree exaggerated :— "I well remember, when in 1832 I saw Bethelsdorp, the low condition in which it was the sheep-skin kaross was still in use, and those who had European clothes wore what appeared to be little better than rags. Their houses were only poor huts. You can hardly imagine what a change has taken place. Without mentioning the new church and school, and other buildings that have sprung up, there is a long street of very respectable looking houses gabled, and some of them glazed, and all boasting of conveniences within. In other parts houses of a similar construction are in progress. The every-day dress of the people is decent, and their Sunday clothing showed that they could afford to dress as became people of the working class. "Here you have a people, in the course of a few years, raised from the lowest condition of poverty, and want, and barbarism, able not only to support themselves, but to support largely the expense of the Institution." INDIA. NATIVE FEMALE EDUCATION. (From Mrs. Porter, Vizagapatam, Sept. 17, 1841.) OUR Female Native Orphan School was commenced, December, 1835, with little prospect of success, but it has pleased God to give us our heart's desire. When our esteemed sister, Mrs. Gordon, left the station, the girls of her school were united to ours, and the number now in the school is 60. Since its commencement 84 girls have been received, several have been married, some have died, and a few have left the school. The number might be still increased, but our funds are exhausted, and our monthly subscriptions are by no means equal to our monthly expenditure. We have not yet wanted, and though our faith is put to a sharp trial, the motto with which we set out keeps us up, "The Lord has provided, the Lord will provide." We have from the commencement met with many kind friends in India, but some of them have left, and we feel their loss. We have also received very liberal support from kind friends in England, particularly from Newport, Bedford, Exeter, Liverpool, Stepney, Chelsea, Mansfield, Bradford, and the Ladies' Society; but when it is recollected that our monthly expenditure for 60 girls and 17 boys, (a total of 77,) amounts to at least 177., and that our receipts by subscription, upon an average, are not more than 87., it will be unnecessary to state that we need some other resource beside that of subscription. I make no appeal to your Society-the state of your funds forbids it; but I cannot help thinking there are mothers in England who, when they know there are 77 orphans (for all are so but one) taken out of the depth of heathen misery, and put under the means of Christian instruction, they will not refuse their aid to keep them there. In Dr. Leifchild's interesting speech at Exeter Hall, in February last, he proposed a plan, which I could not but at once approve and admire. It was, to form an auxiliary society, in which the names of children, as soon as they could understand, were to be enrolled, and to continue until they arrived at their majority. He said, "I believe there are thousands of little ones, throughout the country, of both sexes, who would be glad to be enrolled for some amount." Now I could not help thinking at the time I read it, that, in this respect, the poor deluded idolaters here afford a striking example, worthy of the imitation of Christians. I scarcely ever remember meeting a procession for idolatrous worship, that there was not a number of children bearing some part in it. On one occasion I met a man and woman, with three children, on their way to Amoor's temple. I asked them where they were going. They said, "To make pooja," or worship. I asked "Why?" They said, "One child had been sick; they did make vow, and were going to pray." I said, "Why, for such a little child?" They smiled and said, “Why not ?" The man carried in one hand a fowl, for sacrifice; and with the other, led a little boy, about six years old, who had in his hand three sweet potatoes. On his shoulder the man carried a little girl, about three years old, who had in her hand a cocoa nut. The woman carried a brass plate, with a little rice, some saffron, a little sugar, and some flowers. She had an infant, about twelve months old; and O, ye Christian mothers, think with compassion on this little one, who also had its sacrifice for the devil. In its little hand it carried a plantain. I asked, "What is this for ?" They replied, “It is for sacrifice." (p. 193.) They looked satisfied with themselves. They thought, by doing this, they should so far secure the favour of the demon, that no evil should befall them. Oh, how I longed to lead them to Him who is the friend, and not the foe, of our little ones who, though the Mighty God, has said, "Suffer the little children to come unto me, : |