affair was great indeed. might have remained at home; but having reason to believe that, could I get between the parties, I should be successful in preventing a battle, I could not sit still and allow my fellow-creatures to destroy each other; and the result is such as calls for gratitude.

These quarrels among the various tribes occasion much trouble to the Missionary at Morley. Sometimes I feel as though I would not interfere, but content myself with preaching the word of God to them; but, when something occurs to render it necessary, I cannot sit still. I profess to be the servant of God, and in my covenant with him offered to be a hewer of wood, or a drawer of water; I therefore cannot complain even of these things, but would rather say that my desire is, that through all these difficulties I may be enabled to

"Labour on at his command,

And offer all my works to him." If God has given me any kind of influence among this people, I hope to use it prudently, with a single eye to the glory of God, and thus to occupy my talent, though it be a different one from that which is generally committed to the care of Christian Ministers. By becoming their common friend in difficulties, we get their confidence, and have a greater claim upon them to hear from us the news of salvation by the remission of sins. O for wisdom from above, to guide me in all these affairs !

Sunday, 11th.-In consequence of re

ceiving a few more copies of St. Luke's Gospel in the Caffre language, I was enabled to present two of our adults with a copy each. These two men as well as their wives are members of society, and, until lately, have not turned their attention to learning; but since there has been a better supply of books from our press in Graham's Town, they have been diligent; and it afforded me no small degree of comfort to be enabled to put into their hands a portion of God's word which they may read every time they approach the family altar.

We have many on this station that can read, but they are children and young persons; so that the above individuals are the first masters of families that have been enabled to read for themselves the word of the Most High. Family prayer is observed by all our people; but hitherto they could not sing and read, as well as pray: however, thank God, the time is arrived for the commencement of this excellent plan; and as the other young persons marry and become heads of families, I hope to see it become general, and that on this distant station many, instead of sleeping away their time by day, and plundering by night, as their forefathers, will be enabled to say,

"When quiet in my house I sit,

Thy book be my companion still." I cannot but hope that arrangements have been made ere this, by the British and Foreign Bible Society, for enabling us to print other portions of God's holy word that are now translated.

Extract of a Letter from the Rev. Gideon

HAVING, after being absent since last July, just ninety-four days, returned home, on the 25th instant, and rested a few days, I now sit down to send the Commitice an account of my labours during this last excursion. But before I do so, I must beg to mention briefly, in connexion

Ouseley, dated Dublin, October 31st, 1834.

with it, the course taken before it, on which I was one hundred and six days employed before my return. This was from October, 1833, to February, 1834. In that time I laboured in the counties of Westmeath and Longford some weeks; Rosconimon, Galway, and Mayo, some

weeks; and in Sligo and Queen's County. In all this time I took scarce a single day's rest, preaching out and in doors at the rate of from fourteen to eighteen or twenty times a week, generally; and I hope to the profit of many, through grace: so in that time I preached about two hundred and fifty times. You may judge, then, what multitudes heard the word. Nor was I a whit the worse for all this labour, but came home safe, happy, and well, thank God; only that a painful malady in my right leg, which increased after my return, detained me at home more than three months. However, I was not altogether idle. A champion of Popery, the noted Priest Maguire, came to town to preach a course of Lent sermons against Protestantism. Having obtained information of his subjects, I combated them in the public prints, and challenged him, his Bishop, (Dr. Murray, of Dublin,) or any one else, to reply. He was much vexed, and scolded before his hearers, as I was told, but durst not give me any thing written, any thing tangible. Probably it was in the order of Providence, that I was then detained at home; for our God doeth all things well. When my leg was healed, in May, I set out again through the county of Tipperary, Queen's County, King's County, and Kildare, for upwards of a month. Great numbers flocked to hear the word both in the houses, and also in the streets, of whom many were Romanists. I preached from eighteen to twenty times a week.

I must not here omit making mention of a letter I received from Upper Canada, from one of the Preachers, John Flanagan, who had been a rigid Romanist, and had heard me in Ireland once, and only once, which he never forgot. This shows the mercy of God, and the good of streetpreaching.

In this my last tour I bent my course chiefly westward. I visited Blessington, Dunlavin, Donard, Ballytone, Athy, Abbeylein, Durrow, Radowney, Donoughmore, Templemore, Roscrea, Shinrone, Cloughjordan, Birr, Burrisakane, Nenagh, and Killaloe, in the counties of Wicklow, Kildare, Queen's County, King's County, and Tipperary, preaching in every street, and in their houses or chapels, generally Thence I proceeded to Adare, Pallas, Tarbert, Ballingraan, Racale, Courtmatrix, Killaheen, Graig, Adair, and Limerick; all, save Tarbert, in the county of Limerick. In eight days, through divine aid, I preached here thirty-five times, out doors and in, and travelled at least one hundred Eng

lish miles; nor was I any thing the worse, thank God, nor even weary. Some souls were converted. To God be the sole glory, who enabled me at the age of nearly seventy-three to go through such labours, and that without any inconvenience! The congregations flocked in great numbers, almost every where, to hear the word of the Lord.

Thence I went, September 15th, into the county of Tipperary, and laboured two days in Killaloe and its vicinity; and the 17th proceeded onward to MountShannon, county of Galway, where I spent some days in preaching, getting subscribers to fit up the unroofed walls of a chapel, &c.; and then visited Tulla, in the county of Clare. The Priest here was mightily incensed, because, when I had passed a short time before, I had preached in the streets. He, with a great mob, came outside the windows where I was preaching in the house of a friend, and raised a tremendous uproar. The police, who were hearing, ran out at length to put a stop to it. A child fell, but was nothing hurt; and the Priest vociferated, "Go home now; the police have committed themselves;" and he made a pretext of this to memorialize the Lord Lieutenant to institute an investigation, which was quickly granted. But when the Magistrates who were deputed to examine came, he (the Priest) could produce no fact against the police, and requested a postponement to another time. On the morrow, when, after preaching, I was setting out for Ennis, the mob assembled again in great numbers, (it being the Sabbath, they were flocking to Mass,) and set up an uproarious yelling. However, the police were present; and therefore I sustained no injury, thank God.

From Ennis, after preaching, there, in doors and out, some days, and visiting Kilrush, Kilkee, and other parts of that county, and preaching to crowded congregations, I set off for Galway; where, having several matters to attend to, I stopped more than a fortnight, and preached every night, save one or two, to crowded congregations, many of whom were Romanists, who heard with uncommon attention, and came early, however dark and wet the night. I put some articles in the Advertiser here, a favourable print, in defence of the Gospel, and subversive of false dogmas; and sent the Priests and their Bishops some printed pieces I had by me. The entrance to our preachingplace, large and commodious room, being very bad, I got a new entrance

at the closing of the accounts for the year, three members of the Direction shall go out by lot; but these may, in the immediate filling up of the vacancies by the remaining Directors, be re-elected.

III. The money, which the Society by yearly subscriptions, collections, or donations, may obtain, shall be employed by the Direction: 1st. For the issuing of such publications as may make the Mission cause known and beloved in the land. 2d. For the support of such Missionary Institutions in other countries as appear most to need, and best to deserve, contributions. 3d. For the support of any young man, zealous for the extension of the kingdom of God, who is considered by the Direction as possessed of the qualifications requisite in a Missionary. The Direction shall take charge of such an one's preparatory school-education, should he lack this, and fit him out, to be received into some one of the Missionary Seminaries in Germany, Switzerland, or England. 4th. In case a Swedish youth, duly prepared in some such seminary, and ready to take any place that may be offered in the heathen world, is required, and by the proper authorities can be received, as a Missionary or Catechist in Lapland or other place, the Direction shall, according to circumstances, support him in his enterprise.

IV. The Direction is empowered to

receive greater or smaller gifts and contributions for other Institutions engaged in promoting the Missionary cause, and shall appropriate them as desired by the donors.

V.-Agreeably to the practice of similar Societies, a Missionary prayer-meeting shall be held on the first Monday of every month, in such place, and at such time, as the Direction appoint; when Missionary intelligence carefully selected shall be read.

VI. The Society shall yearly hold a public meeting, when a Missionary sermon shall be preached in a church, or other public place of devotion, and a Report of the proceedings of the Direction for the past year, as also a statement of the moneys received, be read; which Report shall be subsequently printed, and a copy sent to each member of the Society.

VII.-The Direction shall endeavour to establish similar Associations in other parts of the kingdom, which shall maintain intercourse with this Society, and send hither the moneys collected by them for the Mission cause.

All which shall serve to direct those concerned.

(Signed) CARL JOHAN. Given,at Stockholm Palace, Feb. 27, 1835. AUG. VON HARTMANSDOrff.

DIED, Feb. 19th, 1833, at Castleton, Derbyshire, Mr. John Armstrong, aged fifty-nine years. He was born at Brampton, in the county of Cumberland. Of the time and place of his conversion to God, no certain account has been obtained; but it appears that, when he was a young man, under instruction for the excise, he was convinced of the necessity of renewing grace, and of the remission of all his sins. His deliverance, however, from the guilt of sin, and happy assurance of his adoption into the family of God, did not take place till he became a regular excise officer, and united himself to the Methodist society. The genuineness of this change in him was manifest from the whole of his subsequent life; as he manifested a uniform consistency of character in whatever he was engaged, for upwards of thirty years. Mr. Milne, an in

timate friend of Mr. Armstrong, observes, in a letter, that "his religion was regular and systematic, like the path of the just, which shineth more and more unto the perfect day.' In the year 1804, Mr. Armstrong became a resident in Salford, as a servant to Messrs. Barge. In this situation he was indefatigable in business, and upright in all his proceedings. It was not long before he was appointed a Class-Leader; which office he held for twenty-eight years. He was very useful to the members of his class, over whose spiritual progress he watched with affectionate solicitude. He was particularly careful to observe that rule which directs that a Leader shall see every member of his class once a week, at least. In the year 1831 he came to live at Castleton, where the cause of Wesleyan Methodism was in a low state, and the society was dis