that her great change haftened faft; when the faid, "Happy fpirits are now waiting around me; among them is my dear delight (probably her husband) and my grandchildren; but, above all, there is Jefus waiting to receive me!" Then looking ftedfaftly upward, the added, "Yes; I think that must be Chrift!" Now laying her hand upon her breast, she faid, "This must be death,-I am going faft,-I fhall foon be there now." Obferving her children gathered around her bed, the faid, "Now I fee all of you that I can fee +, oh! that I may meet you all in that glory to which I truft I am going." Her pillow being raised, the repeated thefe lines :"Jefus can make a dying-bed Feel foft as downy pillows are; And breathe my life out fweetly there." On the evening of her departure, her paftor having visited, converfed with, and, at her particular requeft, prayed for an eafy and speedy diffolution, the requested to be raifed up in bed, which being done, no fooner had the laid down her head than, alfo looking stedfaftly at her children, who were then in the room, fhe ciofed her eyes, and fpoke no more; for the Lord, as he had defired, had finifhed the work, and cut it fhort in righteoufnefs. She died in the faith of Chrift, and in fellowship with the church in Hull, under the paftoral care of the Rev G. Lambert, who on the following Sabbath preached from the words the had fo often repeated, Rom. ix. z8. The following was found amongst her papers, probably written by her, but a fhort time before her death: "I know that I muft die; but what preparation have I made for it O, my foul, what evidences haft thou for Heaven? I muft die; but am I now dead to fin? I must appear before God in judgment; but what account can I give of my life? Thofe who are pardoned through faith in Chrift, and fanctified by the Holy Ghoft, will be eternally happy; but is this my cafe? Am I pardoned? Have I repented? Have I forfaken fin, and do I delight in God, and in his fervice? Lord, have merey upon me! Make me holy, and fit me for thy prefence!" L. Alluding to her youngcft fon, Captain Popplewell, now in the Weft Indics. RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. MISSIONARY SOCIETY. Colle Rions, &c. received by the Treafurer from the 25th of Sept. to the 25th of Oct. 1801. Henllan'amgood, Caermarthenshire, Rev. R. Morgan Trefgarn, Pembrokeshire, Rev. T. Skeel Trelech and Chapel Evan, Caermarthenshire, Rev. M. Jones HISTORY OF A TRACT. Extract of a Letter from a Millionary at the Cape. 6.8 6 9 2 I 6 16 I fhail now mention fome things, which I with, by the bleffing of God, may excite that laudable institution, The Religious Tract Society, to caft their bread upon the waters, far beyond the limits of the British feas. Being detained here fo long, and grieved that I could do nothing for the glory of God, I endeavoured to raife a meeting at the room of a pious woman, with whom I became acquainted, wife to a Serjeant of the Light Dragoons, Dragoons, one of the best tempered men I ever faw. By this mean I became acquainted with a young man of the Royal Artillery, a native of Ireland, John Irwin by name. The first time I faw him at the above-mentioned room, took him home with me; fince which we have often bowed our knees together before the Lord. He gave me the following account of himself, as near as I can remember:- "I was a profligate man, as almoft all foldiers are: I thought I could' not live without wine, &c. When we were in camp at Rondebask, the commanding officer's fervant, as if by accident, gave me a fmall tract, entitled The Soldier's Monitor. I read, and I refolved I would reform.There was a man in the tent with me; and I faw he could live without wine whenever he thought proper. I thought, by the help of God, I will do fo too, I wrote out a form of prayer for myfelf, and went often in a day to prayer in a hole of a rock. I endeavoured hard, but, alas ! in times of temptation, I often fell, and had all my work to begin again, Soon after this, Providence put Allen's Alarm into my hands: I read that again and again; and it was made very ufeful to me, though I was very miferable; but ftill I was not able to ftand when strong temptations came in the way. I wrote out a covenant, and went up to the rock, and prayed folemnly over it, and figned it; but, after all, I found I could not keep it." Then, faid I, was you not tempted to give all up, and not trouble yourself any more about religion? "No," replied he, "I thought there was fomething in religion which I did not know, and I was determined not to give up till I found it out "A noble glorious resolution! which I told him was from God" We were returned to the garrifon,” continued the foldier, "fome time, when I found out four or five men of the other regiments, who met together, and were called Methodists; we hired the ufe of a very finall room in town for two hours in a week, to hold a prayer-meeting: there we read, fung, and prayed, and at length, said he, "I got faith."We must always make fome allowance for the expreffions of young converts, according to the language of the family of Chriftians, in which Chrift, in his wifdom, has been pleafed firft to inftruct them. He further informed me, that they kept up the meeting till four of their chief men went with their regiment to the Eaft Indies; and feveral of their unconverted converts (if I may be allowed the expreffion) fell away from their profeflion. My poor friend was then left alone, as to man; but fometimes he vifited Mrs. M-, where I found him. He had fuch confufed views of the method of falvation, as oftentimes keep pious people in mifery the greatest part of their lives: but in two months the Holy Ghost, by the word, learned him almost a new language. In place of "I' got," ," he now learned to fay," he gave." In short, he now rejoices in free fovereign grace, and is fully fatisfied that Chrift is the Alpha and Omega of our falvation. He has been enabled ftrongly to refift temptag tions, and he is going on in the ftrength of the Lord from faith to faith; and we are confident of this very thing, that he who hath begun a good work in us, will perform it until the day of Jefus Chrift." Behold, dear Sir, the wonderful way and work of the Almighty! A man in all the vigour of youthful luft, his powers buried in fenfuality furrounded with men of the fame character, his paffions quick and fiery, ready to be blown into a flame upon the least temptation; brought up by parents, careless as to true godlinefs, and who never had any religious impreffions before he left Europe! Behold fuch a man, excluded, to all human appearance, from the means of being brought to a knowledge of hiinfelf as a perithing finner, and Jefus Christ as the only Saviour! Some individual, upon a fpare hour probably, wrote "The Soldier's Monitor," with a "perhaps it may be bleffed." The printer did his work as ufual, the fame as if he had been at work upon a ballad :—perhaps, fome forrowing parent bought a few, and gave away, with a prayer for a bleffing on them;-fome were never read, but lighted pipes, &c.; but one, at least, was well preferved: by divine appointment it went, perhaps, from hand to hand, and travelled over Britain; but there it could not ftay, for it had more than five thousand miles to travel across the ocean to the fouthermoft point of Africa. This humble meffenger had no particular direction; yet, by an unerring hand, it found the man it was defigned for, it did its work; and it is gone, we know not whither. At the awful, but glorious day of judgment, when all things shall be made known, how will he that drew the bow at a venture rejoice with him that received the blessed golden arrow dipt in the blood of Jesus ! AMERICA. (See Evan. Mag. for Sept. p. 371.) Talk to the Senecas, from the Oneida, Muhheconnuk, and Tufcarora Nations. To the Sachems and Chief Warriors of the Seneca Nation. Attend! WE the chiefs of the Oneida, Muhheconnuk, and Tufcarora nations, fent our talk to your ears, in remembrance of our covenant of friendship which was established between our forefathers and yours, which we and you have maintained to this day. Uncle, we now let you know, that while the great white nations are ftriking and killing one another over the great water, we, by the goodnefs of the Good Spirit, till enjoy the clear funfhining day.We wish the fame with you. Uncle, we alfo inform you, that many of the white people who refide on the eastward and fouthward, have, these many days, been greatly ftirred up by the Great Good Spirit to have compaffion towards the Indian tribes: their intentions are truly good; and, in order to manifeft their good wishes, they have fought for a fuitable man, and have found one, whom they have fent to vifit your tribes, with the meffage of the Good Spirit. Uncle, we now request you to take the hand of this our father, whofe name is Elkanah Holmes, and look upon him as your father alfo, and give good attention to him, and ufe him kindly, and take him under protection; for we believe he is fent by permition of the Good Spirit. Uncle, once more liften. You are wife men; we trust you can understand what will be for your best and lasting good; and that you will act a wife part. And you can let this our fpeech be known to all your people or nation; and may the Good Spirit help you! Farewell. Oneida, 28th July, 1800. Ten firings of wampum delivered.* The ten ftrings of wampum delivered, are to be confidered the fame as the fignature of their names. Talk from the Tuscarora Indians to the Directors of the New York Miffionary Society. Fathers and brothers, attend! WE, the Sachems and Chiefs of the Tufcarora nation of Indians, defire to fpeak a few words to your ears. We thank the Great Spirit above, who made heaven, and earth, and all things, that he has put it into the hearts of a number of our white brothers in the city of New York and the adjacent parts, to form a great council of friendship for us, and for the reft of our red brothers. Fathers and brothers, we alfo thank you for the good talk you fent us by the hand of our father Elkanah Holines: it much rejoiced our nation, both old and young: we alfo thank you that you fent our father Holmes to vifit us; we know that he is a true friend to Indians, and we love to hear him open his mouth to fpeak about the Great Spirit above. Fathers and brothers, we fhould be very glad to have our father Holmes to live among us, or fore other good man that you would fend, to teach us the meaning of the beloved fpeech in the good book called the Bible; for we are in darknefs we are very ignorant-we are poor. Now, fathers and brothers, you have much light, you are wife and rich. Only two in our nation can read in the good book the Bible: we with our children to learn to read, that they may be civilized and happy when we are gone, that they may understand the good speech better than we can. We feel much forrow for our children-we ask you, fathers and brothers, will you not pity us and our poor children, and fend a schoolmafter to teach our children to read and write? if you will, we will rejoice-we will love him-we will do all we can to make him happy. We are poor we cannot pay him in money or any thing else. Fathers and brothers, we think that many good people who did not want to cheat Indians, and get their lands for nothing, but do them all the good they could, by teaching them to read the good Book, and fend ing good men among them with the good fpeech on their tongues, to teach them the meaning of the Great Spirit in the good Book, have often been difcouraged and flopped, becaufe many Indians would not open their ears, but would go in the ways of the evil Spirit. We are forry Indians have done fo-we are afraid fome of us fhall do so too; and that the Great Spirit will be angry with us; and you, being discouraged, will stop and fay, let them alone, there is nothing to be done with Indians. Fathers and brothers, hearken; we cry to you from the wilderness our hearts ake while we fpeak to your cars; if fuch wicked things should be done by any of us, we pray you not to be discouraged don't stop→→ think poor Indians muft die as well as white men: we pray you therefore never to give over and leave poor Indians, but follow them in dark times, and let our children always find you to be their fathers and friends when we are dead and no more. Fathers and brothers, once more attend. According to your request in your talk to us, we have opened our ears to the talks of our father Holmes: he makes us glad when he fpeaks, although he has been very unwell most part of the time fince he has been with us. Sometimes he muft lie down on his bed when he speaks about the Great Spirit to us. We have used him as kindly as we are able: we are poor. When he goes to visit our brothers, the Senecas, we will make his path as smooth as we can; fome of us will go with him; we will be children to him. Fathers and brothers, we will fend you talks as often as we can: we are glad that you with always to keep the chain of friendship bright and fhining we with fo too. We and our forefathers have been long under dark clouds; no friends to help us to know the will of the Good Spirit: we will now believe you to be our friends; we will open our ears to any good men you may lend among us: we will ufe them kindly. We let you know that we are pleafed with all you fay; and that we speak one heart to you by delivering eight ftrings of wampum to you, according to the custom of our forefathers, by our father Holmes, who will give them to you, and tell you more about us than we can write. May the Great Spirit help us to remember each other! Farewell. Niagara, Tufcarora, O. 6, 1800. [Signed by Nine Indian Chiefs.] ASSOCIATIONS, The Lincolnshire Affociation was held, Sept. rft and 2d, at Gainf borough and Morton. At Morton, Sept. 1ft, Mr. Bean, of Alford, be gan with prayer; and Meffrs. White, of Mablethorp, and Stumphoufen, of Haxey, preached from Pfa. lxxxiv. 1. and Jer. iii. 23.; Mr. Cowlam, of Mifterton, finished with prayer. Next morning, at Gainsborough, Mr. Richards, of Hull, preached from Rev. vii. 17. After which, Meffr Clark and Rowland affifted at the Lord's table. In the afternoon fervice, at Morton, Mr, Thomfon, of Bilinghay, prayed; and Mr. Smelle, of Great Grimsby, preached from Gen. xxiv. 8.; Mr. Woodward, of l'inchbeck, concluded with prayer. In the evening fervice, at Gainsborough, Mr. Bean prayed; Meffrs. Clark, Woodward, and Thomfon, preached from 1 Cor. ix. 16. Pfa. Ixiii. & and Heb. ii. 3. The next meeting is to be held on the last Wednesday in April, 1802, at Huttuft, in Mr. White's chapel. Meffrs. Thomfon, Woodward, and Rowland are appointed to preach. Sept. 23, a meeting of minifters was held at the Baptift meeting, Winf low, Bucks. In the afternoon the minifters met together, and tranfacted the business of this half yearly Affociation; and in the evening the ufual fermon on the occafion was preached by Mr. Scraggs, of Buckingham, from 1 Cor. i. 3. This newly-revived religious Society is formed into a church, upon the plan of a mixed communion; and the Sabbath evening lectures are carried on by the neigbouring minifters in rotation. Benevolent Society. October ift, a Benevolent Society was formed at Cambridge; the object of which is to raife a fund for the relief of diffenting ministers widows and orphans, within that county. A difcourfe was delivered upon the occafion at the Rev. Robert Hall's meeting-houfe, by the Rev. Samuel Lowell, of Bristol, from 2 Cor. viii. 23, 24.-No public collection was made; but we hear that a number of the friends, who dined together, contributed more than 100 pounds towards the inftitution. The quarterly meeting of the Surrey Million Society will be held at Stockwell, on Wednesday the 4th of November. Service to begin at eleven o'clock. Mr. Harris, of Kingston, is expected to preach. ORDINATION. Sept. 23, was ordained at Honley, a village four miles to the fouth of Huddersfield, Yorkshire, the Rev. Mr. Hampfhaw, late ftudent with Dr. Williams at Rotherham. The fervice was conducted in the following order :-Mr. Clough, of Morley, opened the duties of the day, by reading and prayer. Mr. Hale, of Heckmondike, fpoke on the nature of a Gofpel church, and afked the ufual queftions. After a relation of his religious experience, and a confeffion of faith, Mr. Hampfhaw was recommended to God in prayer, with impofition of hands, by Mr. Toothill of Hopton. Mr. Moorhoufe addreffed the minifter from Rom. xv. 16. j and Mr. Cockin recommended unanimity to the people, from Gen. xlv. 24. The place was very full, and the greateft folemnity and attention were hown through the whole. OPENING OF BAMFORD CHAPEL. Cn Wednesday, Sept. 30th, a fmall neat chapel was opened at Bamford, near Rochdale, Lancashire. Mr. Ely, of Eury, introduced the fervice, by prayer and reading the Scriptures. Mr. Littlewood, of Rochdale, gave thanks unto God for the erection of this houfe for his fervice; and prayed for the fuccefsful difpenfation of the Gofpel therein. Mr. Roby, of Manchefter, preached from Pfa. xxvi. 8.; and Mr. Blackburn, of Delph, from 1 Cor. i. 23. Mr. Coles, of Stand, concluded. The erection of this chapel was occafioned principally by the fuccefsful itinerant labours of Mr. Hackin. The expence is nearly defrayed by the liberal fubfcriptions of a few individuals. It could not contaia the congregation that affembled at the opening.-May it prove an eminent leffing to the neighbourhood I POETRY |