whereas I had thought, that, we must have an Englishman to be their schoolmaster, I now hope that God will raise up some of themselves, and enable them unto that work. With my care to teach them well the sounds of letters and spelling, I trust we shall have sundry of them who shall write every man for himself so much of the Bible as God shall enable me to translate. I have no hope to see the Bible translated, much less printed, in my days. My chief care, therefore, is to communicate as much of the Scriptures as I can by writing: and my scope is, se to train up both men and youths, that they, may be sent forth to other parts of the country to train up and instruct others. The most effectual and general way of spreading the Gospel will be by themselves. As for my preaching, though those whose hearts God hath bowed to attend can pick up some knowledge by my broken expressions; yet I see that it is not so taking and effectual to strangers as their expressions be who naturally speak to them in their own tongue. To the end, therefore, that they may be the better able to teach others, I train them up and exercise them therein; appointing two to this exercise each Sabbath when they have finished, then I proceed. And, assuredly, I find a good measure of ability in them, not only in prayer, wherein they exceed my expectation, but in the rehearsing of such Scriptures as I have expounded, and in expounding and applying them as they have heard me do. His Success in the Instruction of the Indians. Mr. Eliot's care of the new converts was not confined to his own personal instruction: he took Monequessun, an ingenious Indian, into his house ;; and, having taught him to read and write, made him. Schoolmaster at Natick. He translated into the Indian Language, Primers, Catechisms, the Practice of Piety, Baxter's Call to the Unconverted, several of Mr. Shepard's pieces, and at length the. Bible itself. Some of the more promising Indians were admitted into the College, and had a liberal educa tion bestowed upon them. The Native Congrega tions were quickly furnished, in this way, with Ministers of their own. In the mean time, Mr. Eliot visited them as often as he could on the week days, and encouraged the most judicious among them to accustom themselves to exhort their brethren on the Lord's Day. A day of Fasting and Prayer, on account of excessive rains, being held November 15, 1658, various Exhortations were addressed by them to their countrymen. Two of these Exhortations here follow. They bear no feeble testimony to the success of their teacher. The Exhortation of Waban, an Indian, When Jesus heard that, he said, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy and not sacrifice; for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. I am a poor weak man, and know but little, and, therefore, I shall say but little. These words are a similitude: that, as some be sick and some well; and we see in experience, that when we be sick we need a physician, and go to him, and make use of his physic; but they that be well need not do so, they need it not and care not for it: so it is with soul sickness. And we are all sick of that sickness in our souls, but we know it not. We have many, at this time, sick in body; for which cause we do fast and pray this day, and cry to God: but more are sick in their souls, as idleness, neglect of the Sabbath, passion, &c. Therefore, what should we do this day, but go to Christ, the Physician of Souls? He healed men's bodies; but he can heal souls also. He is a great Physician: therefore, let all sinners go to him: therefore, this day know what need we have of Christ, and let us go to Christ to heal us of our sins, and he can heal us both soul and body. Again, what is that lesson which Christ would have us learn, that he came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance? What! doth not -God love them that be righteous? Doth he not call them to him? Doth not God love righteousness? Is not God righteous? Answ. The righteous here are not meant those that are truly righteous, but those that are hypocrites; that seem righteous, and are not; that think themselves righteous, but are not so indeed: such God calleth not, neither doth he care for them. But such as see their sins, and are sick of sin, them Christ calleth to repentance, and to believe in Christ: therefore, let us see our need of Christ to heal all our diseases of soul and body. The Exhortation of Nishokou, And Noak built an altar to Jehovah; and he took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And the Lord smelt a sweet savour, and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground, &c. A little I shall say according to that little I know. In that Noah sacrificed, he shewed himself thankful: in that Noah worshipped, he shewed himself godly: in that he offered clean beasts, he shewed that God is a holy God, and that all that come to God must be pure and clean. Know, that we must by repentance purge ourselves, which is the work we are to do this day. Noah sacrificed, and so worshipped. This was the manner of old time. But what sacrifices have we now to offer? I shall answer by that in Psalm iv. 5: Offer to God the sacrifice of righteousness, and put your trust in the Lord. These are the true spiritual sacrifices which God requires at our hands, the sacrifices of righteousness; that is, we must look to our hearts and ways that they be righteous, and then we shall be acceptable to God when we worship him; but if we be unrighteous, unholy, ungodly, we shall not be accepted, our sacrifices will be stark naught. Again: we are to put our trust in the Lord. Who else is there for us to trust in? We must believe in the word of God: if we doubt of God, or doubt of his word, our sacrifices are little worth; but if we trust steadfastly in God, our sacrifices will be good. Once more: what sacrifices must we offer? My answer. 1 is, We must offer such as Abraham offered: and what a sacrifice that was we are told, Gen. xxii. 12.? Now I know that thou fearest me, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thy only son from me. It seems he had but one dearly be loved son, and offered that son to God, and so God said, I know thou fearest me. Behold a sacrifice in deed and truth! Such an one must we offer: only God requires not us to offer our sons, but our sins, our dearest sins. God calls us this day to part with all our sins, though never so beloved; and we must not withhold any of them from him: if we will not part with all, the sacrifice is not right. Let us part with such sins as we love best, and it will be a good sacrifice. God smelt a sweet savour in Noah's sacrifice, and so will God receive our sacrifices, when we worship him aright. But how did God manifest his acceptance of Noah's offering? It was by promising to drown the world no more; but to give us fruitful seasons. God has chastised us of late, as if he would utterly drown us; and he . has drowned, and spoiled, and ruined a great deal of our hay, and threatens to kill our cattle. It is for this that we fast and pray this day. Let us, then, offer a clean and pure sacrifice, as Noah did; so God will smell a savour of rest, and he will withhold the rain, and bless us with such fruitful seasons as we are desiring of him. (To be continued.) CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY. The Second Anniversary of the Bristol Association WAS held the first week in April. The Sermons and Collections were as follows: St. James: by Rev. Josiah Pratt, B, D. from Isaiah xl. 3—8. St. Werburgh: by Rev. Daniel Wilson, M.A. from Isaiah liii, 11. £. 68, 16 139/17 0 St. Mary Port: by Rev. W. Jowett, M. A. from John x. 16. St. Philip: by Rev. Edward Burn, M. A. from Rom. xv. 29. St. Mary Redcliffe by Rev. T. S. Grimshaw, M. A. from Isaiah liv, 2, 3. St. Thomas: by Rev. T. C. Cowan, M. A. St. Paul: by Rev. Hugh Pearson, M. A. St. Peter: by Rev. T. T. Biddulph, M. A. Clifton: by Rev. T. S. Grimshaw, M. A. On Thursday, April 6th, the Annual Meeting was held at the Guildhall. In the unavoidable absence of the Mayor, Mr. Sheriff George was called to the Chair. A Report was read of the Proceedings of the Association; and a communication was made to the Meeting, by the Secretary of the Parent Society, of its augmenting funds and its increasing exertions and success. About fifty Clergymen were present, 'many of whom attended from surrounding parishes. The Meeting was very large and respectable, and was deeply impressed by the interesting details and fervid appeals of the Gentlemen who took a part in its proceedings. Including 157. for the support, for three years, of an African Boy, to be named Thomas Conolly Cowan, the sum of 677. 14s. Gid. was collected in the Hall; which makes the whole amount of receipts at this Anniversary 8177. 15s. 8d. Bristol Branch Association. The Second Annual Meeting was held on the |