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of the past fourteen years, which have contributed to beget and augment affection and esteem: and I can assure you that every interview, and every letter, still tend to consolidate my regard.

Happy should I be, if my ability to serve you at this important crisis of human life, were equal to your wishes or my own. Your situation demands all the aid, which the wisdom and prudence of your friends can afford, that you may be directed not only to the most worthy objects of pursuit, but also to the most effectual means of obtaining them. In your professional character it is impossible for me to give you any assistance. If any general observations I can make should prove at all useful, I shall be richly rewarded for the time I employ in their communication.

by the believers in Revelation. In the application of the first, I would refer to the state of human nature. The deist contends for its purity and powers. Revelation declares its depravity and weakness. I compare these opposite declarations with the facts that fall under constant observation. Do I not see that there is a larger portion of vice in the world, than of virtue: that no man needs solicitation to evil, but every man a guard against it; and that thousands bewail their subjection to lusts, which they have not power to subdue, whilst they live in moral slavery, and cannot burst the chain?Which principle then shall I admit? Will observation countenance the deistical? I am convinced to the contrary, and must say, I cannot be a deist without becoming a fool; and to exalt my reason, I must deny my senses.

"I thank you sincerely for the freedom wherewith you have disclosed the peculiarities of your situa- "I take the second datum, and inquire, which tion, and the views and resolutions wherewith they tends most to general happiness? To secure happihave inspired you. I can recommend nothing bet-ness, three things are necessary:-object, means, and ter, my dear friend, than a determined adherence to motives. The question is-Which points out the the purposes you have already formed, respecting true source of happiness; which directs to the best the intimacies you contract, and the associates you means for attaining it; and which furnishes me choose. In such a place as Edinburgh, it may be with the most powerful motives to induce my pursupposed, no description of persons may be want- suit of it? If I take a deist for my tutor, he tells. ing. Some so notoriously vicious, that their atro- me that fame is the object; universal accommodation city of character will have no small tendency to of manners to interest, the means; and self-love the confirm your morals, from the odious contrast which spring of action. Sordid teacher! From him I their practices present to your view. Against these, turn to Jesus. His better voice informs me, that the therefore, I need not caution you. You will flee source of felicity is the friendship of my God; that them as so many serpents, in whose breath is venom love to my Maker, and love to man, expressed in all and destruction. More danger may be apprehended the noble and amiable effusions of devotion and from those mixed characters, who blend the profes- benevolence, are the means; and that the glory of sion of philosophical refinement with the secret in- God, and the happiness of the universe, must be my dulgence of those sensual gratifications, which at motives. Blessed Instructer, thy dictates approve once exhaust the pocket, destroy the health, and de- themselves to every illuminated conscience, to every base the character. pious heart! Do they not, my dear P―, approve themselves to yours?

"That morality is friendly to individual happiness, and to social order, no man, who respects his own conscience or character, will have the effrontery to deny. Its avenues cannot, therefore, be too sacredly guarded, nor those principles which support a virtuous practice be too seriously maintained. But morality derives, it is true, its best, its only support, from the principles of religion. The fear of the Lord (said the wise man) is to hate evil.'He, therefore, who endeavors to weaken the sanctions of religion, to induce a sceptical habit, to detach my thoughts from an ever present God, and my hopes from a futurity of holy enjoyment, HE is a worse enemy than the man that meets me with a pistol and the dagger. Should my dear friend, then, fall into the company of those, whose friendship cannot be purchased but by the sacrifice of Revelation, I hope he will ever think such a price too great for the good opinion of men who blaspheme piety, and dishonor God. Deism is indeed the fashion of the day; and to be in the mode, you must quit the good old path of devotion, as too antiquated for any but monks and hermits; so as you laugh at religion, that is enough to secure to you the company, and the applause of the sons of politeness. Oh that God may be a buckler and a shield to defend you from their assaults! Let but their private morals be inquired into, and if they may have a hearing, I dare engage they will not bear a favorable testimony to the good tendency of scepticism; and it may be regarded as an indisputable axiom, That what is unfriendly to virtue is unfriendly to man.

"Were I to argue a posteriori in favor of truth, I should contend that those principles must be true, which (first) corresponded with general observation (secondly) tended to general happiness-(thirdly) preserved a uniform connection between cause and effect, evil and remedy, in all situations.

"I would then apply these data to the principles held, on the one side, by the deists; and on the other

"But I will not tire your patience by pursuing these remarks. Little did I think of such amplification when I first took up my pen. Oh that I may have the joy of finding that these (at least well meant) endeavors to establish your piety, have not been ungraciously received, nor wholly unprofitable to your mind! I am encouraged to these effusions of friendship, by that amiable self-distrust, which your letter expresses; a temper not only becoming the earlier stages of life, but graceful in all its advancing periods.

"Unspeakable satisfaction does it afford me to find that you are conscious of the necessity of 'first' seeking assistance from Heaven. Retain, my dear friend, this honorable, this equitable sentiment. 'In all thy ways acknowledge God, and he shall direct thy paths."

"I hope you will still be cautious in your intireacies. You will gain more by a half-hour's intercourse with God, than the friendship of the whole college can impart. Too much acquaintance will be followed with a waste of that precious time, on the present improvement of which, your future usefulness and respectability in your profession depend. Like the bee, you may do best by sipping the sweets of every flower; but remember, the sweetest blossom is not the hive.

"Yours very affectionately,

S. P."

"P. S. So many books have been published on the same subject as the manuscript you helped me to copy, that I have not sent it to the press."*

The compiler believes this was an answer to Mr. Peter Edwards' Candid Reasons, &c. He knows Mr. Pearce did write an answer to that performance. By the effrontery of the writer he has acknowledged he was at first a little stunned; but upon examining his arguments, found it no very difficult undertaking to point out their fallacy.

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"I cannot deny myself the pleasure which this opportunity affords me, of expressing the concern I feel for your happiness, arising from the sincerest friendship; a friendship, which the many amiable qualities you possess, together with the innumerable opportunities I have had of seeing them displayed, have taught me to form and perpetuate.

"It affords me inexpressible pleasure to hear, that you are so happy in your present situation: a situation in which I rejoice to see you placed, because it is not merely calculated to embellish the manners, but to profit the soul. I hope that my dear Ann, amidst the various pursuits of an ornamental or scientific nature, which she may adopt, will not omit that first, that great concern, the dedication of her heart to God. To this, my dear girl, every thing invites you that is worthy of your attention. The dignity of a rational and immortal soul, the condition of human nature, the gracious truths and promises of God, the sweetness and usefulness of religion, the comfort it yields in affliction, the security it affords in temptation, the supports it gives in death, and the prospects it opens of life everlasting; all these considerations, backed with the uncertainty of life, the solemnity of judgment, the terrors of hell, and the calls of conscience and of God, all demand your heart for the blessed Jehovah. This, and nothing short of this, is true religion. You have often heard, and often written on religion: it is time you should feel it now. Oh, what a blessedness will attend your hearty surrender of yourself to the God and Father of men! Methinks I see all the angels of God rejoicing at the sight, all the saints in heaven partaking of their joy; Jesus himself, who died for sinners, gazing on you with delight; your own heart filled with peace and joy in believing; and a thousand streams of goodness flowing from your renovated soul to refresh the aged saint, and to encourage your fellow youth to seek first the kingdom of heaven, and press on to God. But oh, should I be mistaken! Alas, alas, I cannot bear the thought. Oh thou Saviour of sinners, and God of love! take captive the heart of my dear young friend, and make her truly willing to be wholly thine!

"If you can find freedom, do oblige me with a letter on the state of religion in your own soul, and be assured of every sympathy or advice that I am capable of feeling or giving.

"Affectionately yours, No. IV.

S. P."

To a young minister, Mr. C—, of L, on preparation for the pulpit.

"MY DEAR BROTHER-Your first letter gave me much pleasure. I hoped you would learn some useful lesson from the first Sabbath's disappointment. Every thing is good that leads us to depend more simply on the Lord. Could I choose my frames, I would say respecting industry in preparation for public work, as is frequently said respecting Christian obedience; I would apply as close as though I expected no help from the Lord, whilst I would depend on the Lord for assistance, as though I had never made any preparation at all.

"I rejoice much in every thing that affords you ground for solid pleasure. The account of the affection borne you by the people of God, was therefore a matter of joy to my heart, especially as I learnt from the person who brought your letter, that the friendship seemed pretty general.

"Your last has occasioned me some pain on your account, because it informs me that you have been 'exceedingly tried in the pulpit:' but I receive sa

tisfaction again from considering, that the gloom of midnight precedes the rising day, not only in the natural world, but frequently also in the Christian minister's experience. Do not be discouraged, my dear brother: those whose labors God has been pleased most eminently to bless, have generally had their days of prosperity ushered in with clouds and storms. You are in the sieve; but the sieve is in our Saviour's hands; and he will not suffer any thing but the chaff to fall through, let him winnow us as often as he may. No one at times, I think I may say, has been worse tried than myself, in the same manner as you express; though I must be thankful it has not been often.

"You ask direction of me, my dear brother. I am too inexperienced myself to be capable of directing others; yet if the little time I have been employed for God has furnished me with any thing worthy of communication, it will be imparted to no one with more readiness than to you.

"I should advise you, when you have been distressed by hesitation, to reflect whether it arose from an inability to recollect your ideas, or to obtain words suited to convey them. If the former, I think these two directions may be serviceable:First, endeavor to think in a train. Let one idea depend upon another in your discourses, as one link does upon another in a chain. For this end I have found it necessary to arrange my subjects in the order of time. Thus, for instance-If speaking of the promises, I would begin with those which were suited to the earliest inquiries of a convinced soul; as pardon, assistance in prayer, wisdom, &c.; then go to those parts of Christian experience which are usually subsequent to the former; as, promises of support in afflictions, deliverance from temptations, and perseverance in grace; closing with a review of those which speak of support in death, and final glory. Then all the varieties of description respecting the glory of heaven will fol low in natural order; as, the enlargement of the understanding, purification of the affections, intercourse with saints, angels, and Christ himself, which will be eternal; thus beginning with the lowest marks of grace, and ascending, step by step, you at last arrive in the fruition of faith. This mode is most natural, and most pleasing to the hearers, as well as assisting to the preacher: for one idea gives birth to another, and he can hardly help going forward regularly and easily.

'Secondly, labor to render your ideas transparent to yourself. Never offer to introduce a thought, which you cannot see through before you enter the pulpit. You have read in Claude, that the best preparative to preach from a subject, is to understand it: and I think Bishop Burnet says, 'No man properly understands any thing, who cannot at any time represent it to others.'

"If your hesitation proceeds from a want of words, I should advise you-1. To read good and easy authors; Dr. Watts especially.-2 To write a great part of your sermons, and for a while get at least the leading ideas of every head of discourse by heart, enlarging only at the close of every thought. 3. Sometimes, as in the end of sermons, or when you preach in villages, start off in preaching beyond all you have premeditated. Fasten on some leading ideas; as the solemnity of death, the awfulness of judgment, the necessity of a change of heart, the willingness of Christ to save, &c. Never mind how far you ramble from the point, so as you do not lose sight of it; and if your heart be any way warm, you will find some expressions then fall from your lips, which your imagination could not produce in an age of studious application. 4. Divest yourself of all fear. If you should break the rules of grammar, or put in, or leave out

a word, and recollect at the end of the sentence the impropriety; unless it makes nonsense, or bad divinity, never try to mend it, but let it pass. If so, perhaps only a few would notice it; but if you stammer in trying to mend it, you will expose yourself to all the congregation.

"In addition to all I have said, you know where to look, and from whom to seek that wisdom and strength which only God can give. To him I recommend you, my dear brother, assuring you of my real esteem for you, and requesting you will not fail to pray for the least of saints, but yours affectionately,

S. P."

CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS.

The same may be said of Samuel Pearce: whether the doctrine he preached found a place in the hearts of his hearers or not, his spirit and life must have approved itself to their consciences.

Secondly: In him we see how much may be done for God in a little time.—If his death had been foreknown by his friends, some might have hesitated whether it was worth while for him to engage in the work of the ministry for so short a period: yet if we take a view of his labors, perhaps there are few lives productive of a greater portion of good. That life is not always the longest which is spun out to the greatest extent of days. The first of all lives amounted but to thirty-three years; and the most important works pertaining to that were wrought in the last three. There is undoubtedly a THE great ends of Christian Biography are in- way of rendering a short life a long one, and a struction and example. By faithfully describing long life a short one, by filling or not filling it with the lives of men eminent for goodness, we not only proper materials. That time which is squandered embalm their memory, but furnish ourselves with away in sloth, or trifling pursuits, forms a kind of fresh materials and motives for a holy life. It is blank in human life: in looking it over there is noabundantly more impressive to view the religion thing for the mind to rest upon; and a whole life of Jesus as operating in a living character, than to so spent, whatever number of years it may contain, contemplate it abstractedly. For this reason, we must appear upon reflection short and vacant, in may suppose the Lord the Spirit has condescended comparison of one filled up with valuable acquisito exhibit it first and principally in the life of Christ; tions, and holy actions. It is like the space between and after his, that of many of his eminent follow-us and the sun, which, though immensely greater ers. And for this reason, he by his holy influences than that which is traversed in a profitable journey, still furnishes the church with now and then a sin- yet being all empty space, the mind goes over it in gular example of godliness, which it is our duty to much less time, and without any satisfaction. If notice and record. There can be no reasonable "that life be long which answers life's great end," doubt that the life of M.. Pearce ought to be con- Mr. Pearce may assuredly be said to have come to sidered as one of these examples. May that same his grave in a good old age. And might we not all divine Spirit who had manifestly so great a hand do much more than we do, if our hearts were more in forming his character, teach us to derive from it in our work? Where this is wanting, or operates both instruction and edification! but in a small degree, difficulties are magnified into impossibilities; a lion is in the way of extraordinary exertion; or if we be induced to engage in something of this kind, it will be at the expense of a uniform attention to ordinary duties. But some will ask, How are our hearts to be in our work? Mr. Pearce's heart was habitually in his; and that which kept alive the sacred flame in him, appears to have been-The constant habit of conversing with divine truth, and walking with God in private.

First: In him we may see the holy efficacy, and by consequence, the truth of the Christian religion.-It was long since asked, Who is he that overcometh the world, but he who believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? This question contained a challenge to men of all religions, who were then upon the earth. Idolatry had a great diversity of species: every nation worshipping its own gods, and in modes peculiar to themselves: philosophers also were divided into numerous sects, each flattering itself that it had found the truth: even the Jews had their divi- Thirdly: In him we see in clear and strong cosions; their Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes : lors, to what a degree of solid peace and joy, true rebut great as many of them were in deeds of divers ligion will raise us, even in the present world. A kinds, an apostle could look them all in the face, little religion, it has been justly said, will make us and ask, Who is he that overcometh the world? The miserable; but a great deal will make us happy. same question might be safely asked in every suc- The one will do little more than keep the conceeding age. The various kinds of religion that science alive, while our numerous defects and instill prevail, the Pagan, Mahometan, Jewish, Papal, consistencies are perpetually furnishing it with maor Protestant, may form the exteriors of man ac- terials to scourge us; the other keeps the heart cording to their respective models; but where is alive, and leads us to drink deep at the fountain of the man amongst them, save the true believer in joy. Hence it is, in a great degree, that so much Jesus, that overcometh the world? Men may cease of the spirit of bondage, and so little of the spirit from particular evils, and assume a very different of adoption prevails among Christians. Religious character; may lay aside their drunkenness, blas- enjoyments with us are rather occasional, than haphemies, or debaucheries, and take up with a kind bitual; or if in some instances it be otherwise, we of monkish austerity, and yet all amount to nothing are ready to suspect that it is supported in part by more than an exchange of vices. The lusts of the the strange fire of enthusiasm, and not by the pure flesh will on many occasions give place to those of flame of scriptural devotion. But, in Mr. Pearce the mind; but to overcome the world is another we saw a devotion ardent, steady, pure, and persething. By embracing the doctrines of the cross; vering; kindled, as we may say, at the altar of to feel not merely a dread of the consequences of God, like the fire of the temple, it went not out by sin, but a holy abhorrence of its nature; and by night nor by day. He seemed to have learned that conversing with invisible realities, to become re-heavenly art, so conspicuous among the primitive gardless of the best, and fearless of the worst, that this world has to dispense; this is the effect of genuine Christianity, and this is a standing proof of its divine original. Let the most inveterate enemy of revelation have witnessed the disinterested benevolence of a Paul, a Peter, or a John, and whether he would own it or not, his conscience must have borne testimony that this is true religion.

Christians, of converting every thing he met with
into materials for love and joy, and praise. Hence
he "labored," as he expresses it, "to exercise most
love to God when suffering most severely;" and
hence he so affectingly encountered the billows that
overwhelmed his feeble frame, crying,

"Sweet affliction, sweet affliction,
Singing as I wade to heaven."

your sorrows: but he who takes care of sparrows, will care for you and my dear children.”

The constant happiness that he enjoyed in God was apparent in the effects of his sermons upon others. Whatever we feel ourselves we shall ordi- The liberal contributions which have since been narily communicate to our hearers: and it has made, though they do not warrant ministers in gebeen already noticed, that one of the most distin-neral to expect the same, and much less to neglect guishing properties of his discourses was-that providing for their own families on such a presumpthey inspired the serious mind with the liveliest tion; yet they must needs be considered as a singusensations of happiness. They descended upon the lar encouragement, when we are satisfied that we audience, not indeed like a transporting flood, but are in the path of duty, to be inordinately "careful like a shower of dew: gently insinuating itself into for nothing, but in every thing, by prayer and supthe heart, insensibly dissipating its gloom, and gra- plication, with thanksgiving, to let our requests be dually drawing forth the graces of faith, hope, love, made known unto God." and joy; while the countenance was brightened almost into a smile, tears of pleasure would rise and glisten, and fall from the admiring eye.

What a practical confutation did his life afford of the slander so generally cast upon the religion of Jesus, that it fills the mind with gloom and misery! No: leaving futurity out of the question, the whole world of unbelievers might be challenged to produce a character from among them who possessed

half his enjoyments.

Finally: In him we see that the way to true excellence is not to affect eccentricity, nor to aspire after the performance of a few splendid actions; but to fill up our lives with a sober, modest, sincere, affectionate, assiduous, and uniform conduct. Real greatness at taches to character: and character arises from a course of action. Solid reputation as a merchant arises not from a man's having made his fortune by wise economy and honorable industry, which, graa few successful adventures; but from a course of dually accumulating, advances by pence to shilFourthly: From his example we are furnished lings, and by shillings to pounds. The most excelwith the greatest encouragement, while pursuing the lent philosophers are not those who have dealt path of duty, to place mur trust in God. The situa- chiefly in splendid speculations, and looked down tion in which he left his family, we have seen alrea- upon the ordinary concerns of men as things bedy, was not owing to an indifference to their inter-neath their notice, but those who have felt their inest, or an improvident disposition, or the want of terests united with the interests of mankind, and opportunity to have provided for them; but to a bent their principal attention to things of real and steady and determined obedience to do what he ac-public utility. It is much the same in religion. We counted the will of God. He felt deeply for them, and we all felt with him, and longed to be able to assure him before his departure, that they would be amply provided for; but owing to circumstances which have already been mentioned, this was more than we could do. This was a point in which he was called to die in faith; and indeed so he did. He appears to have had no idea of that flood of kindness, which immediately after his decease, flowed from the religious public; but he believed in God, and cheerfully left all with him. "Oh that I could speak, said he to Mrs. Pearce a little before his death, "I would tell a world to trust a faithful God. Sweet affliction; now it worketh glory, glory!" And when she told him the workings of her mind, he answered, "O trust the Lord! If he lift up the light of his countenance upon you, as he has done upon me this day, all your mountains will become mole-hills. I feel your situation: I feel

do not esteem a man for one, or two, or three good deeds, any farther than as these deeds are indications of the real state of his mind. We do not estimate the character of Christ himself so much from his having given sight to the blind, or restored Lazarus from the grave, as from his going about continually doing good.

These single attempts at great things are frequently the efforts of a vain mind, which pants for fame, and has not patience to wait for it, nor dis cernment to know the way in which it is obtained. One pursues the shade, and it flies from him; while another turns his back upon it, and it follows him. The one aims at once to climb the rock, but falls ere he reaches the summit: the other walking round it, in pursuit of another object, gradually and insensibly ascends till he reaches it: seeking the approbation of his God, he finds with it that of his fellow-Christians.

THE END.

MEMOIR OF WILLIAM MILNE.

nisters at the latter town, was appointed to examine into his talents and qualifications for the work. On approval, he went to England, and passed through the regular course of studies at Gosport, where he was subsequently ordained, in the manner usual among dissenters. Mr. Morrison having long solicited a colleague in China, the directors proposed that station to Mr. Milne. In the mean

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Cowie, Esq. of Aberdeen, and they sailed in September, 1812, and arrived safely in Macao in July. A few days afterwards he received an order from the Portuguese governor to leave the island. monstrances were in vain; and he went with some friends in a small boat to Canton, where he was soon after followed by Morrison, under whose instructions he made a rapid progress in the Chinese language. At the expiration of a year, it was judged advisable for him to make a tour through the principal settlements of the Malay archipelago, and circulate the Scriptures and tracts. Morrison, by his individual labors, having finished the Chinese translation of the New Testament, it was resolved to print 2000 copies, 10,000 tracts, and 5000 catechisms, of which the greater part was placed in Mr. Milne's charge, for distribution on his journey. He sailed in a vessel bound to Java, by way of Banca; on board were 450 Chinese emigrants, who hoped to mend their fortunes at the latter place, where numbers of people are employed in the tin mines: among these he distributed a selection of his works, and left many copies in care of the British resident. On his departure on this adventurous voyage, he left behind the following memoranda for his loved wife:

WILLIAM MILNE, a native of Aberdeenshire, received from his widowed mother the best education it was in her power to bestow: she did not train him in the admonition of the Lord, yet his spirit was early and graciously visited. "Sometimes," he observes, "I used to walk home from the school, alone, over the brow of a hill, praying all the way. I was led to search the Scriptures: at this time I began the worship of God in my mother's family." At six-time, he married Miss Cowie, daughter of Charles teen years of age he removed to a place where he had the society of some persons of eminent piety: to the lonely home of one of them, he used to go, at the hour of evening prayer, so faithfully observed by the peasantry of Scotland. In this blessed and beautiful observance, she may be said to excel all lands: her family altars, on the moor, the mountains, or the lake-side, are like so many little temples, where God is humbly and sincerely worshipped, and a vain or false sacrifice is rarely offered up. The father was accustomed to make some remarks on the chapter read for the instruction of his children, and to prepare them for the solemn exercise of prayer: these interested me much, and showed me a beauty in the word of God, which I never saw before. From this time my enjoyments of pleasure in the world were marred, and an excellence was discovered in religion, which led me to choose it as the only object. As the family in which I lived were strangers to, and derided its power, I was very disagreeably situated. The only place I found for retirement was a sheep-cote. Here, surrounded with my fleecy companions, I often bowed the knee, on a piece of turf which I carried in with me for the purpose. Many hours have I spent there, in the winter evenings, with a pleasure to which before I was a stranger." His employments being at this time chiefly of a rural nature, afforded much opportunity through the day for spiritual improvement: books were his constant companions, and one in particular made a powerful impression; it was entitled, "The Cloud of Witnesses," containing an account of the persecution in Scotland, in the reign of Charles II. How many a gifted, as well as devoted spirit, has been nursed to excellence amidst the wilds and glens of this land-where Cameron and Cargill fled for refuge from the sword, and were faithful unto death. "Often have I sat," continues Milne, "on the brow of a hill, reading the lives of these martyrs, admiring their patience and fortitude in suffering, till I longed that God would, some time or other, honor me thus Having an earnest desire to devote myself to him, I was encouraged to do so in In March, 1814, Mr. Milne arrived at Batavia, the way of a personal covenant, judging this plan and procured a lodging at a little distance from the agreeable to the language of the prophet, that town. Having letters of introduction to Governor "One shall say, I am the Lord's, and another shall Raffles, the latter furnished him with the means of call himself by the name of Jacob." I determined travelling through the island at the expense of goto adopt it, and, having retired to a place surround-vernment, and gave him letters to the British offied by hills on every side, I offered up myself to be ruled, sanctified, and saved by him. This was followed by much peace and happiness of mind." About three years after this, he was admitted as a member of the church at Huntley.

to confess his name.

At the age of twenty he resolved to become a missionary, even to the most distant scenes: his mind was naturally ardent and impetuous: he used to say, "When I am convinced a thing is right, I could go through the fire to accomplish it." He consulted with his friends, who advised an application to the London Missionary Society, which was done by the two ministers of Huntley and Aberdeen: and the result was, that a committee of mi

"She is requested to keep a journal of such things as may strike her mind; what her own views what books she reads. To continue to write out and exercises may be as to God, the mission, &c.; her own history, as it will preserve many past events, and may at a future day, be profitably read by our daughter.

order to make the colloquial language of the Chi"2. To learn some of the dialogues by heart, in

nese familiar.

"3. To look after my books. To prepare herself as fully as she can for future usefulness.

trusting all to the care of God—by faith in Christ"4. To endeavor to keep her mind easy, by by the hope of eternal rest.

"WILLIAM MILNE ""

cers, and native princes. He sent round by sea several boxes of books to the chief eastern ports, and took some large packages with him in the carriage in which he travelled. He was, as yet, but twenty-eight years of age: and the scene had changed rapidly and strangely, from the wild hills of Scotland, on whose brow he used to sit and read the "Cloud of Witnesses," and long to be like them, and the sheep-cote, where he prayed alone, to the sultry shores of Malacca and Java; where he wandered, often to the. homes of princes, and distributed the "book of life." The enjoyments of learning were now his own; and he was, ere long, to found a college, whose duration and usefulness

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