"My soul, come meditate the day, And think how near it stands, When thou must quit this house of clay,

And fly to unknown lands."

I never before heard voices so solemn! They appeared to enjoy what is my greatest pain. Death and glory! I have never tho't of either. So appropriate and fervent a prayer I never heard before. Who can forget the emphasis with which the petition was uttered, "Most merciful God! we pray for those who are in deep security, and through their impenitence and disbelief of religion, are going down the broad road to death." What can make these people so anxious for others?

son. I am resolved to make the make reason the guide of all my experiment, and for one week to actions. In abusing this excellent faculty I have been very wrong. If I had stopped to reason, I should not have been the unhappy man I now am.

No. 2.

I HAVE been to another of these meetings. It was more solemn to me than the last! It appeared to me I was the only unhappy person in the compa ny. If I could I would break away from them, but with my present apprehensions this is impossible. It is a week since I determined to govern myself by reason, and in this week have been more unreasonable than ever. Fears have been in my way!

stant agitation. Sometimes I contend with myself, and sometimes with him who brought me into being. The sound continually rings in my ears, “and after this the judgment." Reason! Reason on which I began to depend for my amendment is continually condemning me. In no part of my life have I acted rea

I almost trembled when the preacher spoke from the words, "It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgmy passions have been in a con ment." These are not new things. I have always heard of death and judgment, and why do they so affect me at this time? How could I treat these things with such levity as I have in time past? How could I abuse these people in profane companies, as I often have done, when they do no injury, except it be an injury to pray for their neighbours? Isonably, and in none less so than certainly will visit their meeting again, an find whether there is any enchantment in the business, or whether I have always been a profane sinner whom God will condemn. When the judgment was described it seemed to me, for a few moments, as though I must be summoned before another morning. How many actions of my life crowded on my memory which I never before thought to be sinful. Blessed be God that he hath given me rea

the last week. Although I have not committed open crimes, alk is wrong and nothing is satisfying. When I make good resolu tions and think I perform them, there is still a load lies on this fearful pained heart. I am utterly at a loss which way to turn my self, neither can I account for the cause of these feelings. Former ly, when they invaded me, for a few minutes, I could shake them off, but now they abide, and there seems to be a degree of

them. But there is a gleam of hope I may get free from these dark apprehensions. It was an excellent discourse we heard this evening, "Whoso putteth his trust in thee, shall be safe."From this time, while I make reason my guide, I will trust in the Lord, and who knows but I may escape this wretched state of mind!

guilt in endeavouring to expel | loving kindness of the Lord, in the acts of his wonderful mercy? In the hope, that it will be grate ful to the readers of the Magazine, edify the godly, and give occasion for many thanksgivings to God, it is proposed to furnish summary narratives of religious revivals in the county of BERKSHIRE, Massachusetts, as soon as materials for this purpose can be collected. These may be introduced by accounts of

Religious Intelligence.

Revivals of religion in the town of STOCKBRIDGE.-As the religious revivals in this respectable and highly favored

FOR THE CONNECTICUT EVAN-town cannot, probably, be more

GELICAL MAGAZINE.

OF all God's marvellous dispensations, his works of grace are the most wonderful, excellent and glorious. In these he eminently displays his adorable sovereignty, irresistible power and infinite mercy. These should ever be contemplated with holy admiration, delight and praise. More than any other, they are objects of attention and desire, to all those who prefer the prosperity of Jerusalem to their chief joy. They edify and please the pious heart-quicken, animate and confirm saints, exhibit peculiar evidence of the truth, importance and happy effects of the Christian religion, and are adapted to excite the attention of the stupid to their eternal interests. While others record the events of divine Providence in the natural world, the convulsions and revolutions of states and kingdoms, and the rise and fall of empires, is it not peculiarly incumbent on the ministers of religion, and the friends of Zion, to mention the VOL. II. NO. 1.

correctly exhibited, they shall be communicated by an extract from a note of the Rev. Dr. West, the present pastor.

In the year 1773, God was pleased to awaken, in the people, a very great and solemn attention to religion and the 'concerns of their souls. As thing of this kind had appearthis was the first time that any ed here, to any considerable

degree, the solemnity was great and almost universal among hopefully converted and added the people. Numbers were to the church.

In the year 1782, God was graciously pleased again to visit us in a similar manner.• And though the general solemnity hardly equalled that, which appeared at the time of the former refreshing, there was not a less, but, probably, a greater number brought out of darkmess into the light.

pleased to visit us in mercy. condition they are in, by An uncommon attention to re- reason of their sins-a larger ligion appeared in a few per-number than have been under sons-This continued for the special and peculiar awakenspace of two years--not more ing at any one time, for more than seven or eight pro-than twenty years past. There bably being the subjects of spe- seems reason to hope, that sevcial awakening at any one time.eral conversions have lately Within this period many more taken place. were brought publicly to give up their names to be the Lord's, than under any former awakening. In the intervals between these awakenings, there have been, from time to time, some individuals hopefully brought home to Christ.

In the year 1799, if I mistake not, there was more at⚫tention, amongst us, to religion 'than usual. During its continuance, above twenty were ad'ded to the church.'

These things are to be noted, to the glory of the great God and Saviour, and to the praise of his rich and sovereign grace.' Stockbridge, 2

29th Nov. 1808.)

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The Fourth Report of the British and Foreign Bible Society.May 4, 1808.

YOUR committee now submit to the British and Foreign Bible Society, the report of their proceedings during the fourth year of its institution.

In their last report, your committee noticed with much satisfaction the continuance of the

• Since that time we have been again visited in mercy. Di- | 'vine influences seemed to be 'continued for the space of two years, though on the minds of 6 a small number at a time. As a fruit of this gracious visit, however, the church was en-pleasing effects produced on the larged by the addition of about continent by the example and enforty members. For the space couragement of this society, notof a year or two preceding the withstanding the counteraction summer past, greater stupidity occasioned by the war. Shortly and inattention to religion ap- after the date of that report, they ༦ peared, than probably had been were gratified with information, known at any period for the that the German Bible Society last twenty years. A few in- at Basle was laboring with all asstances of special attention siduity; that the printing of the were discoverable, one after New Testament, in the mode another, through the summer. proposed, had been begun; and The blessed work is still con- that the Old Testament would tinued, and apparently, gradual-be very soon committed to the ly on the increase: there be-press. ing between twenty and thirty whose minds are especially, and some of them very deeply • impressed with a sense of the • wretched and very dangerous

They also learnt, at the same time, that a seasonable and considerable contribution to the funds of the Basle Society had been promised by a religious so

selves deeply interested in the proper distribution of it.

ciety at the same place, in connection with the United Brethren. At Berlin, notwithstand- The state of Iceland must ing the prevalence of general render this intelligence particudistress, and the pressure of ex- larly interesting: the sacred treme poverty, most forcibly scriptures are not only highly described in a letter from a cor- esteemed by the common peorespondent of your committee, ple there, but are read by the the fifty-sixth sheet of the Bo-heads of families, whenever a cohemian Bible had been printed. py of them can be obtained, in Your committee are unable to their domestic worship, in preferlay before the society any fur-ence to all other books; while, ther information respecting the on the other hand, copies had beproceedings of the Bible Socie- come so scarce, that they could ties at Basle and Berlin, from not be purchased at any price. the total interruption of all correspondence with their friends on the continent, since the month of May last. They have no doubt, however, that those societies are still engaged in the prosecution of the important works which they have undertaken, although the circumstances in which they are placed may re-pectedly procrastinated, the 500 tard the final completion of copies remained in Copenhagen

them.

The 500 copies of the New Testament, intended for the bishop of that island, were also. ready for dispatch at the same time, but were detained for the arrival of a vessel destined for that part of the island where the bishop resides. The arrival of this vessel having been unex

during the bombardment, but The same causes which have escaped the flames which deinterrupted the correspondence stroyed the greatest part of the of your committee with Germa- building in which they were deny, have occasioned the discon- posited. By this time they have tinuance of their communica-probably been sent to Iceland.--tions with the German protestant Your committee had it also in clergy in Petersburgh, and with contemplation to promote an the Rev. G. Carlboom in Estho-cdition of the entire scriptures nia, by whose assistance they had reason to hope that a bible society would be established in that province.

Your committee have the satisfaction to report, that nearly the whole edition of the Icelandic version of the New Testament, consisting of 5000 copies, of which 2000 were printed at the expense of the British and Foreign Bible Society, was dispatched to Iceland in the spring of last year, and consigned to persons who would feel them

in the Icelandic dialect; arrangements had been made with a view to the accomplishment of this object. It has, however, been suspended by the interven. tion of hostilities between this country and Denmark; and the circumstance strongly impresses your committee with the justness of an observation upon it by their correspondent, who hag been active in making those ar rangements," that it proves the necessity of doing good while st is in our power?"

ther assistance from this society, from time to time, in proportion to their progress in the undertaking.

The last report of your committee stated the instructions given to Dr. Knapp at Halle to send 400 Bibles and 200 Testaments for the use of the German colonies on the Wolga.— Your committee have received information of the safe arrival of these books at Petersburgh; and have further learnt, that the emperor of Russia had gracious

While your committee have to lament this interruption to their proceedings, it is at all events highly gratifying to them, as it must be to the society, to know that their institution, its object, and operations, have the cordial approbation of the Danish Society for promoting the gospel, and of that established at Stockholm pro fide et Christianismo. These sentiments have been communicated to your committee in the names of those societies respectively, and suggest the pleasing hope of bene-ly exempted them from the heaficial co-operation with the ef- vy duty on the importation of forts of this institution, when-bound books. The communicaever peace is restored. tion of this intended supply had

Your committee have receiv-reached the Rev. P. J. Hiemer ed several interesting communi- at Lesnoi Karamish, and had cations relative to the translating been received with the most liveand printing of the scriptures inly demonstrations of joy and the Calmuc dialect, which have gratitude both by ministers and been maturely considered by people. Your committee trust them. From these it appeared, that before this time the Bibles that a small portion of the scrip- and New Testaments have reachtures had actually been trans-ed the place of their destinalated into that dialect by some tion. A contribution has been ministers of the united brethren raised to defray the expense of at Sarepta; that propertypes for their carriage. printing it could be procured at a very moderate charge, at Petersburgh; and that nothing was wanting but the assistance of this society to promote this laudable work.

The 500 copies of the gospel of St. John in the Mohawk language have been received by Mohawks, in general, with grateful acknowledgments; and your committee, upon information Your committee, therefore, that a further supply might be have not hesitated to grant the beneficially distributed among sum required for procuring a them, have directed 500 copies set of Calmuc types, being 600 more to be sent to captain Nor rubles, or about 60%; and have ton, with a recommendation to strongly recommended to the him to proceed in completing ministers to commence the the translation of the New Tes translation of St. Matthew's gos-tament in the Mohawk lanpel, and to proceed in transla- guage. ting such entire books of the New Testament as their circumstances may enable them to execute; with the promise of fur

Your committee have to regret the want of intelligence from Bengal, since their last report, respecting the progress made