respected sister, Mrs. Judson, were called to go on board the ship. They were accompanied by a large concourse of Christian friends to the wharf, where fervent prayer, by Rev. Dr. Baldwin, was offered up to Him, who “holds the winds in his fist, and rules the boisterous deep." The parting scene was peculiarly tender and affecting to many. As the boat moved from the shore towards the ship, at the particular request of Mrs. Wade, the company united in singing our favourite hymn, From whence doth this union arise, &c." The missionary friends manifested much composure, as they receded from the land of their nativity, probably never more to return. When in the cabin, a hope was expressed to Mrs. Wade, that they might have a safe and prosperous passage.-She replied, if Jesus is with us, we shall have nothing to fear. "With Christ in the vessel, A little after 7 o'clock, the ship weighed anchor, and all her sails were set to a fine and favourable breeze. In the evening, a missionary dis course was delivered by Rev. Daniel Sharp, at the second Baptist meeting house in Boston, and a collection made of $82,05. Religious Intelligence. REVIVAL OF RELIGION. EXTRACT OF A LETTER TO ONE OF THE EDITORS, DATED Colerain, April 14, 1893. Hev. and dear Sir, THE following particulars were communicated to me a short time since, and as they have never been published, should you deem them worthy of a place in your Magazine, they are at your service. Elder Benjamin Andrews commenced preaching to the Baptist church in Groton, N. H. in 1816. Owing to the great indifference manifested by the people to religion, he concluded that it could not be his duty to continue his labours with them. Accordingly, on the first of January, 1822, he preached a farewell sermon. He spent the following Lord's day in a neighbouring town, but his heart remained in Groton. He returned, after he had completed the labours of the sabbath, to his former people, visited a school, and preached a lecture with them; in which exercises, he experienced great enlargement. He appointed to preach to them the next Lord's day, at which time, the church agreed to meet on the following Saturday, for prayer. In a letter dated at the above time and place, a deacon of the church observes, in allusion to that prayer-meeting, "We met to number the camp of Israel." It was a special time. From his period, the church began to arise. January 26th, we had a confer ence, at the close of which, Mr. came forward and owned himself con cerned for his soul. The next week we had several meetings, when the attention became general. Several who had lived without a hope, were deeply impressed. Backsliders returned." On the first of March, they observe, "Brother a licensed preacher. visited us, and continued for several weeks, labouring with Elder Andrews, His coming was like the coming of Titus. The Spirit of the Lord accompanied his labours." Another letter states, that on the evening of the first Lord's day in March, some, in the bitterness of their souls, expressed their fears, lest hell should be their portion. They earnestly entreated Christians to pray for them. At a prayer meeting on the Monday evening following, many anxious persons were present; it was a solemn season. The next evening, however, was the most powerful which we ever witnessed, There was a continual weeping through. out the house. On the third Lord's day in the month, after preaching in the forenoon, Elder A requested those who were willing to own themselves concerned for their souls, to seat themselves in the body pews. Between sixty and seventy presented themselves in the body of the house. This separation brought forcibly to the minds of the assembly, the final separation to be made by the Judge at the last day; and greatly deepened the impressions which had previously been made. The remaining part of the day was spent in conversation, exhortation, and prayer. The writer of the letter observes, under date of May 3d, "Since the above, the work has been so general and powerful, that I cannot fully describe it." It appears, that from the last Lord's day in March, to the second in July, a space including sixteen Lord's days, but one had elapsed on which the ordinance of baptism had not been administered. One hundred and four have been baptized, and the church has increased from 93 to 204. There is also a Presbyterian church in the town, which has received an addition of about twenty. The pastor, and several of the members, have evidently been much engaged in the work. Yours with affection and esteem, EVANGELICAL TRACT SOCIETY. ON Tuesday, May 27, the Evangel. cal Tract Society held its annual meeting at the house of Ensign Lincoln, the Secretary, in Boston. The Committee for the past year, presented the following REPORT. pleasure to learn, that numerous Auxiliary Societies have been organized in our churches, and that others are constantly forming, through whose multiplied channels the water of life may How, to refresh and fertilize the vineyard of the Lord. In several communications, the eagerness with which Tricts are receiv ed, has been stated in an animated manner, and great satisfaction has been expressed, both by the distributors and receivers. The Committee of the Evangelical Tract Society have been much encour aged during the last year, while endeavouring to carry into effect the great objects of the Society, as contemplated by the revised Constitution of the last annual meeting. From a con viction, that the religious Tracts circulated by this and other Societies, for several years past,have exerted a powerful and beneficial influence on society, in checking error and vice, and in diffusing a knowledge of the great truths and duties of the Christian religion; the Committee have been lesirous of exerting an increased activity in this good work. Efforts have been made during the past year, to obtain new and interesting Tracts for publica. tion, and a number have been selected. Twenty-one numbers have been printed, of six thousand copies of each, mak ing in the whole, 126,000. Of these, a considerable number have been sold for distribution. Several other Tracts are selected to be printed, and it is expected, that shortly there will be in the depository, at Boston, an assortment sufficiently diversified, for the various objects contemplated by charitable distributions. It affords the Committee much In general, the annual and life subscribers have omitted aking the amount of Tracts to which they were entitled, with a view of ding the Society, which will be very desirable, till the funds shail have increased It is earnestly recommended to ministers and fri nds, to use their efforts in organizing new Auxili.ry Societies, that each church may supply its own neighbourhood with these vehicles of truth, and that sabbath schools may be furnished with an ample supply. That the efforts of Christians, in their various departments may be crowned with success, your Commit tee would affectionately urge all the members of the Society to more fervent and persevering prayer, that revivals of religion may be multiplied; till the Lord Jesus shall reign king of nations, as he is king of saints. E. LINCOLN, Sec'ry. are furnished at ten per cent, discount, from one mill a page, or one thousand pages for 90 cents. It is also very desirable, that the Society in Boston should be enlarged by additional members. The annual subscription of a member, is one dollar, and ten dollars paid at one time, constitutes a person member for life. It would greatly aid this benevolent and useful object, if all the churches would present their pastors a sum sufficient to constitute them life members, and this would give their minister the privilege in all future purchases, to obtain a discount of 10 per cent. It may be a pleasing object to some churches, Societies, or charitable individuals, to present donations to the Society, for the purpose of printing some particular Tracts, for which they may have a partiality, as the sales will enable the Society always in future to keep those particular Tracts in circulation, and by means of such donations, multitudes in future generations may learn the way of salvation. The sum of 20 dollars will print an edition of a Tract of four pages; 60 dollars, a Tract of twelve pages, and in the same propor tion for other sizes. The recent exertions in favour of the circulation of Tracts among the Baptist churches, is a ground of encouragement; and to such as have not yet made efforts in this good cause, it may with propriety be said, Go thou and do likewise. AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY. Seventh Anniversary. ON Thursday, May 8, was held, at the City Hotel, New-York, the seventh anniversary of the American Bible Society. The Hon. JOHN JAY, President of the Society, by reason of his advanced age and infirmity, not being able to be present, the Chair was taken by Gen. MATTHEW CLARKSON, Senior Vice President, who was supported by the Hon. DE WITT CLINTON, and RICHARD VARRICK, Esq. Vice Presidents. Among the persons convened, the Society had the satisfaction of seeing the Judges of the Supreme Court of the State of New-York, a large number of clergymen of different denominations, and other gentlemen of distinction, from various parts of the Union. The meeting was opened, by reading the 624 chapter of Isaiah, by the Rev. Mr. SOUTHERLAND, of NewHampshire. The expenditures for the Year, $47,360 26 Parts of the annual Report were then read, by the Rev. Dr. S. S. Woonpondence, from which it appeared, HULL, Secretary for Domestic Corresthat the issues of Bibles and Testaments within the year, (though the removal from the old to the new Depositery, and the prevalence of epidemic fever in New-York, caused a suspension of business for more than two months of the past year,) were 28,448 Bibles, and 26,537 Testaments, making, with those issued in former years, 248,623 copies of the Scriptures. Resolutions were then made and sec onded, by the Rev. Dr. John Woodhull, Church, and the Rev. William Ross, of of New-Jersey, of the Presbyterian New-York, of the Methodist Episcopal Church-the Rev. Dr. Philip Milledoler, of New-York, of the Dutch Reformed Church, and the Hon. Chauncey Langdon, of Vermont-Hon. De Wit Clinton, late Govenor of the State of New-York, and Thomas Eddy, of the Society of Friends, moving the thanks of the Society to the President, for his address; to which a reply was made by Peter A. Jay, Esq, son of the President.-Wm. W. Woolsey, Esq. Treasurer of the Society, and Samuel Boyd, Esq of New-York-the Rev. John P. K. Henshaw, of Baltimore, Maryland, of the Episcopal Church, and Joseph C. Hornblower, Esq. of NewJersey, tendering thanks to the Secrevaries and Treasurer, to which, the Rev. Dr. Milnor replied-the Rev. John Finley, of Baltimore, of the Baptist Church, and Mr. John Griscom, of the Society of Friends-the Rev. Benjamin Mortimer, of the Moravian Church, and the Rev. Dr. Alexander McLeod, of New-York, of the Reformed Presbyterian Church-Theodore Dwight, Esq. of New-York, and the Rev. Mr. Johnson, of Long-Island, of the Episcopal Church, respecting the circulation of the Scriptures in South America; after which, Dr. Milnor introduced Senor Vicente Rocafuerte, a natiye of Peru, who made an address. Obituary. MRS HANNAH LADD. MRS. HANNAH LADD, the subject of the following memoir, was the daughter of Mr. Nathaniel, and Mrs. Sally Ball, of Hebron, N. H. She was born January 21, 1787. She was naturally kind and amiable, and ever obedient to her parents. It is not known that her mind was seriously impressed with religious subjects, till she was about 15 years of age. At that time, she was awakened to see her lost and undone condition by nature, She was not long, however, under the distress of legal terrors. Her soul was soon set at liberty, and she was enabled to put her trust in the Rock of ages. Not long after this, she went forward and made a public profession of her faith in Christ, and became a member of the congregational church in Hebron, then under the pastoral care of the Rev. Thomas Page. Here she continued a member till the reformation, in 1810, when she experienced a change in her views respecting baptism, and the order of the gospel church. On receiving baptism by immersion, she be came a member of the Baptist church of Christ in Hebron, in which she continued a member until her death. On the 8th of June, 1802, she was married to Mr. Jonathan Ladd, by whom she had five children, the second of whom they were called to part with, in the 16th year of her age. This afflictive dispensation she bore with remarkable Christian fortitude and resignation; so that she appeared really to adopt the language of Job, and could say, "the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord." Mrs. Ladd was enabled eminently to adorn the Christian character in all the social relations of life, in the church of God, and in the world. As a wife, she was kind and affectionate, and as a parent, faithful, and tenderly solicitous of the welfare of her children. She was not in the habit of making idle and impertinent visits; but if she visited, she was sure not to have the time pass as too many do, without conversation upon religious subjects; neither could any be long in her company, without being sensible, from her deportment and conversation, that the interests of religion, and the welfare of immortal souls, lay near her heart, Though her enjoyment in God and divine things, for many years, appeared considerably greater than what usually falls to the share of common Christians; yet for several months previous to the commencement of her last sickness, she evidently enjoyed a considerable increase of spiritual and holy delight; so that she appeared truly to live above the world, and seeined like one ripening fast for the joys of heaven. In conversation with her mother at a certain time, she observed, that the dead were her company rather than the living, meaning that she had greater satisfaction in contemplating the state and condition of the dead, who were fallen asleep in Jesus, and in anticipating their happy society, than she took with the living. So that as she observed, she "praised the dead that were already dead." At another time, she remarked, that it was as certain and evident to her, that she loved God, as it was that the sun shone. She really appeared to have the faith of assurance, which banished all doubts from her mind; yet she was far from boasting in her own attainments, and far from any thing light and enthusiastic. The constant sereniity of her countenance, bespoke her inward sense of eternal things. She was industrious and prudent in superintending her family concerns; but what she did, appeared to proceed not from worldly attachment, but merely from a sense of duty. If in any thing she was censurable, it was in her not bestowing that attention upon her bodily health, which seemed needful, and of this she was herself in some degree, sensible. About the middle of November, 1821, she was confined to her room with the disorder that finally terminated her life. Her complaint was the consumption. In her sickness, which was long and painful, she enjoyed a great degree of spiritual consolation, and seemed greatly to rejoice at the prospect of approaching dissolution. Much of her time was spent in prayer, which was a delightful service to her, and that she might enjoy the unspeakable privilege, she would arise when very feeble, and kneel by her bedside till her strength was almost exhausted. At other times, she would break forth in the most ap dent ascriptions of praise, and thanksgiving, to God her portion, and her Redeemer. In the morning, (on the day of her decease) her afflicted husband inquired if she felt herself nearer the eternal world than she had done. To this question, she did not give a direct reply, but exclaimed, "O my dear, if death should come to-day, it would be an unexpected, welcome guest.-But O for patience to wait God's time." A little after this a sensible alteration was discovered, and she was asked if she did not think she was dying: sensible that this was the opinion of her friends, she replied, "I am afraid you are deceived-1 am afraid the time is not yet;" and then in a short ejaculation, she said, "Come, O come, Lord Jesus, and break the brittle thread, and take me home." When her children came weeping round her dying bed, she entreated them to seek the Lord while they were young, and exhorted her husband to follow on to serve the Lord. She then exclaimed, "O, can this be death! easy death, unexpectedly so.-O, do you not hear the rumbling of his chariot wheels!" and then fell into an extacy of praise, ascribing glory to God, which she continued to do while she had any breath, and then died as one falling gently asleep, March 15, 1822. **Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord." Mr. JOHN JACOBY. MR. JOHN JACOBY, the subject of the following memoir, was born in Virginia, on September 24, 1781. When a small child, the flood of emigration carried his parents to the wilds of Kentucky, where they settled in Bourbon county. At a tender age, he lost his father, after which he was bound to a trade. Having served the period of his apprenticeship, which he did with honour to himself, and fidelity to his master, he became settled in the world, by uniting in marriage with Miss Jane Starks in 1806. Though exemplary and moral in his deportment, he remained a stranger to the power and consolations of the gospel, till 1810. Various are the means employed by the God of grace, to bring the wanderers to his fold. The preaching of the gospel, reading the scriptures, the admonitions of a friend, the warning voice of sickness, the death of a near relative, or a beloved child, may awaken the conscience to the still small voice of divine truth. It was the latter that appears to have been efficacious with our friend. Called to bury his two oldest children within fifteen days of each other, the monition of Providence was regarled. At first, he was impressed with the conviction, that he had something to do, and, as is common in the first stages of conviction, endeavoured to find relief under the works of the law. Soon, however, the thunderings, flames, and tempests of Sinai drove him from this refuge, and he was fully convinced of his entirely sinful, guilty, and helpless state. Under a sermon of that zealous and successful servant of the cross, Rev. Mr. Vardeman, of Kentucky, he was taught and enabled to rely alone upon Christ for pardon, which was speedily followed by the joyful exercise of hope. His feelings at first were lively, his views of the atonement as the only foundation and medium of mercy, were clear, and his hopes bright. This was in October, 1811. The next April, himself and companion were baptized by the venerable Ambrose Dudley and united with the little Huston church. During his connection with this church, his life and conversation were an honour to his profession, and the cause he espoused. After the late war, with a view to improve his circumstances for the advantage of a young and increasing family, he emigrated to St. Louis in the fall of 1816, where he commenced business under flattering prospects. His character for industry, sobriety, and unwavering integrity in business. soon gained the esteem and confidence of the citizens. St. Louis then contained but few professors of Protestant Christianity, and but one of his own denomination; but amidst the superstition of the Catholics, the dissipated habits of many of the Americans, the lax regard paid to the holy sabbath, and the spirit of the world that prevailed around; he was enabled ' to keep his garments unspotted from the flesh. It were no wonder, if, amidst the worldly spirit that appeared to sway almost every mind, and the temptations to which the child of God was hourly exposed, religion should lose ground in the soul, and important duties remain neglected. It is pleasing, however, to state, that during this period, the subject of these memoirs still enjoyed intercourse with his God. Religion was an abiding principle with him. Liberality of feeling, and Christiau regard to the people of God, who may differ from us in minor particulars, is not only dictated by the genius of our holy religion, but exemplifies and adorns the Christian character. This amiable trait was habitually manifest in our de |