Extracts from Brother Carey's and so complete, and his means of providing Brother Thomas's Journals, at Sea for himself so entirely destroyed, that and by Land. he must be fed by his instructor. The slightest success in Hindostan would eat up the revenues of the East India Company.

profitable day: our congregation composed give the following account of their

"-16. This day I preached twice at Malda, where Mr. Thomas met me. Had Effects of preaching to an Hindoo Conmuch enjoyment; and though our congregation did not exceed sixteen, yet the pleasure I felt in having my tongue once more set at liberty I can hardly describe. Was enabled to be faithful, and felt a sweet affection for immortal souls."-Ibid. p. 180.

of which I ought to be the last to speak."- conversation with one of the Mussulmans Bapt. Miss. Vol. I. p. 488.

EXTRACTS FROM MR. WARD'S JOUR-
NAL, A NEW ANABAPTIST MISSION-
ARY SENT OUT IN 1799.

Mr. Ward admires the Captain.
"Several of our friends who have been
sick begin to look up. This evening we had
a most precious hour at prayer. Captain
Wickes read from the 12th verse of the 33rd
of Exodus, and then joined in prayer. Our
hearts were all warmed. We shook hands
with our dear captain, and, in design,
clasped him to our bosoms."-Ibid. Vol. II.

Mr. Ward is frightened by a Privateer. "June 11. Held our conference this evening. A vessel is still pursuing us, which the captain believes to be a FrenchIDAN. I feel some alarm: considerable alarm. O Lord, be thou our defender! the vessel seems to gain upon us. (Quarter past eleven at night.) There is no doubt of the vessel being a French privateer: when we changed our tack, she changed hers. We have, since dark, changed into our old course, so that possibly we shall lose her. Brethren G. and B. have engaged in prayer; we have read Luther's psalm, and our minds are pretty well composed. Our guns are all loaded, and the captain seems very low. All hands are at the guns, and the matches are lighted. I go to the end of the ship. I can just see the vessel, though it is very forgy. A ball whizzes over my head, and makes me tremble. I go down, and go to prayer with our friends." - Ibid. pp.

3,4.

Mr. Ward feels a regard for the Sailors. "July 12. I never felt so much for any men as for our sailors; a tenderness which could weep over them! Oh, Jesus! let thy

blood cover some of them! A sweet prayer meeting. Verily God is here."—Ibid. p. 7.

Mr. Ward sees an American Vessel, and longs to preach to the Sailors.

Sept. 27. An American vessel is along side, and the captain is speaking to their captain through his trumpet. How pleasant to talk to a friend! I have been looking at them through the glass; the sailors sit in a group, and are making their observations upon us. I long to go and preach to them.”— Ibid. p. 11.

who asked, upon his denying the divine mission of Mahommed, what was to become of Mussulmans and Hindoos? Brother C. expressed his fears that they would all be lost. The man seemed as if he would have torn him to pieces."— Ibid. p. 51.

"Mar. 30. The people seem quite anxious to get the hymns which we give away, The Brahmans are rather uneasy. The Governor advised his Brahmans to send their children to learn English. They replied, that we seemed to take pains to make the natives Christians; and they were afraid that their children, being of tender age, would make them a more easy conquest."-Ibid. p. 158.

said he had no occasion for a hymn, for
"April 27. Lord's Day. One Brahman
they were all over the country. He could
go into any house and read one."-Ibid,
p. 61.
"May 9.
Brother Fountain was this
evening at Buddabarry. At the close, the
Brahmans having collected a number of
boys, they set up a great shout, and followed
the brethren out of the village with noise
and shoutings."-Ibid.

"May 16. Brother Carey and I were at Buddabarry this evening. No sooner had we begun than a Brahman went round to all the rest that were present, and endeavoured to pull them away."-Ibid. p. 62.

"May 30. This evening at Buddabarry, the man mentioned in my journal of March 14th, insulted Brother Carey. He asked why we came; and said, if we could em. ploy the natives as carpenters, blacksmiths, &c., it would be very well; but that they did not want our holiness. In exact conformity with this sentiment, our Brahman told Brother Thomas, when here,

that he did not want the favour of God.'"

-Ibid. p. 63.

"June 22. Lord's Day. A Brahman has been several times to disturb the children,

and to curse Jesus Christ! Another Brahman complained to Brother Carey that, by our school and printing, we were now teaching the gospel to their children from their infancy.”—Ibid. p. 65.

"June 29. Lord's Day. This evening a Brahman went round amongst the people who were collected to hear Brother Carey, to persuade them not to accept of our papers. Thus darkness struggles with the light.""-Ibid. p. 66.

"It was deemed advisable to print 2000 copies of the New Testament, and also 500 additional copies of Matthew, for immediate distribution; to which are annexed some of the most remarkable prophecies in the Old Testament respecting Christ. These "1800. Feb. 25. Brother C. had some are now distributing, together with copies

Feelings of the Natives upon hearing their Religion attacked.

of several evangelical hymns, and a very earnest and pertinent address to the natives, respecting the gospel. It was written by Ram Boshoo, and contains a hundred lines in Bengalee verse. We hear that these papers are read with much attention, and that apprehensions are rising in the minds of some of the Brahmans whereunto these things may grow."-Ibid. p. 69.

"We have printed several small pieces in Bengalee, which have had a large circulation."-Ibid. p. 77.

Mr. Fountain's gratitude to Hervey. "When I was about eighteen or nineteen years of age Hervey's Meditations fell into my hands. Till then I had read nothing but my Bible and the Prayer-Book. This ushered me, as it were, into a new world! It expanded my mind, and excited a thirst after knowledge: this was not all; I derived spiritual as well as intellectual advantages from it. I shall bless God for this book while I live upon earth, and when I get to heaven, I will thank dear Hervey himself."-Ibid. p. 90.

Hatred of the Natives to the Gospel.

"Jan. 27. The inveterate hatred that the Brahmans everywhere show to the gospel, and the very name of Jesus, in which they are joined by many lewd fellows of the baser sort, requires no common degree of self-possession, caution, and prudence. The seeming failure of some we hoped well of is a source of considerable anxiety and grief." -Ibid. p. 110.

'Aug. 31. Lord's Day. We have the honour of printing the first book that was ever printed in Bengalee; and this is the first piece in which Brahmans have been opposed, perhaps for thousands of years. All their books are filled with accounts to establish Brahmanism, and raise Brahmans to the seat of God. Hence they are believed to be inferior gods. All the waters of salvation in the country are supposed to meet in the foot of a Brahman. It is reckoned they have the keys of heaven and hell, and have power over sickness and health, life and death. O pray that Brahmanism may come down!"-Ibid. p. 111.

"Oct. 3. Brother Marsham having directed the children in the Bengalee school to write out a piece, written by Brother Fountain (a kind of catechism), the schoolmaster reported yesterday that all the boys would leave the school rather than write it; that it was designed to make them lose caste, and make them Feringas; that is, persons who have descended from those who were formerly converted by the papists, and who

are to this day held in the greatest contempt by the Hindoos. From this you may gather how much contempt a converted native would meet with."-Ibid. pp. 113, 114.

"Oct. 26. Lord's Day. Bharratt told Brother Carey to-day what the people talked among themselves-'Formerly,' say they, 'here were no white people amongst us. Now the English have taken the country, and it is getting full of whites. Now also the white man's shaster is publishing. Is it not going to be fulfilled which is written in our shasters, that all shall be of one caste; and will not this caste be the gospel ?""-Ibid. p. 115.

"Nov. 7. He also attempted repeatedly to introduce Christ and him crucified; but they would immediately manifest the utmost dislike of the very name of him. Nay, in their turn, they commended Creeshnoo, and invited Brother C. to believe in him.” -Ibid. p. 118.

"Dec. 23. This forenoon Gokool came to

tell us that Kristno and his whole family It seems the whole neighbourhood, as soon were in confinement! Astonishing news! as it was roised abroad that these people had lost caste, was in an uproar. It is said that 2000 people were assembled pouring their anathemas on these new converts." Ibid. p. 125.

"Jan. 12. The Brahmans and the young people show every degree of contempt; and the name of Christ is become a by-word, like the name methodist in England formerly."-Ibid. p. 130.

"Sept. 15. I then took occasion to tell them that the Brahmans only wanted their money, and cared nothing about their salvation. To this they readily assented.”— Ibid. p. 134.

"Nov. 23. Lord's Day. Went with Brother Carey to the new pagoda at the upper end of the town. About ten Brahmans attended. They behaved in the most scoffing and blasphemous manner, treating the name of Christ with the greatest scorn: nor did they discontinue their ridicule while Brother Carey prayed with them. No name amongst men seems so offensive to them as that of our adorable REDEEMER!"-Ibid. p. 138.

"Dec. 24. The Governor had the goodness to call on us in the course of the day, and desired us to secure the girl, at least within our walls, for a few days, as he was per. suaded the people round the country were so exasperated at Kristno's embracing the gospel, that he could not answer for their safety. A number of the mob might come from twenty miles distant in the night, and murder them all, without the perpetrators being discovered. He believed,

that had they obtained the girl, they would | their astonishment at seeing the converted have murdered her before the morning, and Hindoos sit and cat with Europeans. It is thought they had been doing God ser- what they thought would never come to vice!"-Ibid. pp. 143, 144. pass. The priests are much alarmed for their tottering fabric, and rack their inventions to prop it up. They do not like the institution of the college in Calcutta, and that their sacred shasters should be explored by the unhallowed eyes of Europeans.”—Ibid. p. 233.

"Jan. 30. After speaking about ten minutes, a rude fellow began to be very abusive, and, with the help of a few boys, raised such a clamour that nothing could be heard. At length, seeing no hope of their becoming quiet, I retired to the other part of the town. They followed, hallooing, and crying Hurree boll!' (an exclamation in honour of Veeshno). They at last began to pelt me with stones and dirt. One of the men, who knew the house to which Brother Carey was gone, advised me to secompany him thither, saying, that these people would not hear our words. Going with him, I met Brother C. We were not a little pleased that the devil had begun to bestir himself, inferring from hence that he suspected danger.”—Ibid. pp. 148,149. Feelings of a Hindoo Boy upon the Eve

of Conversion.

"Nov. 18. One of the boys of the school, called Benjamin, is under considerable concern; indeed there is a general stir amongst our children, which affords us great encouragement. The following are some of the expressions used in prayer by poor Benjamin:

Oh Lord, the day of judgment is coming: the sun, and moon, and stars will all fall down. Oh, what shall I do in the day of judgment! Thou wilt break me to pieces [literal]. The Lord Jesus Christ was so good as to die for us poor souls: Lord, keep us all this day! Oh hell! gnashing, and beating, and beating! One hour weeping, another gnashing! We shall stay there for ever! I am going to hell! I am going to hell! Oh Lord, give me a new heart; give me a new heart; and wash away all my sins! Give me a new heart that I may praise Him, that I may obey Him, that I may speak the truth, that I may never do evil things! Oh, I have many times sinned ainst thee, many times broken thy commandments, oh, many times; and what shall I do in the day of judgment!"-Ibid. Pp. 162, 163.

Alarm of the Natives at the Preaching

of the Gospel.

"Indeed, by the distribution of many copies of the Scriptures, and of some thousands of small tracts, a spirit of inquiry has been excited to a degree unknown at any former period.”—Ibid. p. 236.

"As he and Kristno walked through the
street, the natives cried out, "What will
this joiner do? (meaning Kristno.) Will he
destroy the caste of us all? Is this Brahman
going to be a Feringa?'”—)
?'"-Ibid. p. 245.

Account of Success in 1802-Tenth
Year of the Mission.

"Wherever we have gone we have uniformly found, that so long as people did not understand the report of our message, they appeared to listen; but the moment they understood something of it, they either became indifferent, or began to ridicule. This in general has been our reception."Ibid. p. 273.

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Hatred of the Natives.

Sept. 27. This forenoon three of the people arrived from Ponchetalokpool, who seemed very happy to see us. They inform us that the Brahmans had raised a great persecution against them; and when they set out on their journey hither, the mob assembled to hiss them away. After Brother Marsham had left that part of the country, they hung him in effigy, and some of the printed papers which he had distributed amongst them."-Ibid. p. 314.

Difficulty which the Mission experiences from not being able to get Converts shaved.

"Several persons there seemed willing to be baptized; but if they should, the village barber, forsooth, will not shave them! When a native loses caste, or becomes unclean, his barber and his priest will not come near him; and as they are accustomed to shave the head nearly all over, and cannot well perform this business themselves, it becomes a serious inconvenience."-Ibid. P. 372.

"From several parts of Calcutta he hears of people's attention being excited by reading the papers which we have scattered among them. Many begin to wonder that they never heard these things before, since the English have been so long in the "April 24. Lord's Day. Brother Chamcountry."-Ibid. p. 223. berlain preached at home, and Ward at "Many of the natives have expressed | Calcutta; Brother Carey was amongst the

Hatred of the Natives.

way the sins of these his followers would be removed; urging it as a matter of the last importance, as he knew that they were all sinners, and must stand before the righteous bar of God? After much evasion, he replied that he had fire in his belly, which would destroy the sins of all his followers!"-Ibid. p. 401.

A Brahman converted.

brethren, and preached at night. Kristno of contempt. I then asked him in what Prisaud, Ram Roteen, and others, were at Buddabatty, where they met with violent opposition. They were set upon as Feringas, as destroyers of the caste, as having eaten fowls, eggs, &c. As they attempted to return, the mob began to beat them, putting their hands on the back of their necks, and pushing them forward; and one man, even a civil officer, grazed the point of a spear against the body of Kristno Prisaud. When they saw that they could not make our "Dec. 11. Lord's Day. A Brahman came friends angry by such treatment, they said, from Nuddea. After talking to him about You salla; you will not be angry, will you?' the gospel, which he said he was very willing They then insulted them again, threw cow-to embrace, we sent him to Kristno's. He dung mixed in gonga water at them, talked ate with them without hesitation, but disof making them a necklace of old shoes; covered such a thirst for Bengalee rum as beat Neeloo with Ram Roteen's shoe, &c.; gave them a disgust." and declared, that if they ever came again, they would make an end of them."-Ibid. p. 378.

A Plan for procuring an Order from
Government to shave the Converts.
"After concluding with prayer, Bhorud
Ghose, Sookur, and Torribot Bichess, took
me into the field, and told me that their
minds were quite decided; there was no
necessity for exhorting them. There was
only one thing that kept them from being
baptized in the name of Jesus Christ.
Losing caste in a large town like Seram-
pore was a very different thing from losing |
caste in their village. If they declared
themselves Christians, the barber of their
village will no longer shave them; and, with-
out shaving their heads and their beards
they could not live. If an order could be
obtained from the magistrate of the dis-
trict for the barber to shave Christians as
well as others, they would be immediately
baptized."-Ibid. p. 397.

We meet in these proceedings with the account of two Hindoos who had set up as gods, Dulol and Ram Dass. The mis-ionaries, conceiving this schism from the religion of the Hindoos to be a very favourable opening for them. wait upon the two deities.

With Du

lol, who seems to be a very shrewd fellow, they are utterly unsuccessful; and the following is an extract from the account of their conference with Ram Dass:

"After much altercation, I told him he might put the matter out of all doubt as to himself: he had only to come as a poor, repenting, suppliant sinner, and he would be saved, whatever became of others. To this he gave no other answer than a smile

Dec. 13. This morning the Brahman decamped suddenly.”—Ibid. p. 424.

Extent of Printing.

"Sept. 12. We are building an addition to our printing-office, where we employ seventeen printers and five bookbinders.The Brahman from near Bootan gives some hope that he has received the truth in love."-Ibid. p. 483.

"The news of Jesus Christ and of the Church at Serampore, seems to have gone much further than I expected: it appears to be known to a few in most villages."— Ibid. p. 487.

Hatred to the Gospel.

"The caste (says Mr. W.) is the great millstone round the necks of these people. Roteen wants shaving; but the barber here will not do it. He is run away lest he should be compelled. He says he will not shave Yesoo Kreest's people!" — Ibid, p. 493.

Success greater by Importunity in
Prayer.

"With respect to their success, there are several particulars attending it worthy of notice. One is, that it was preceded by a spirit of importunate prayer. brethren had all along committed their cause to God; but in the autumn of 1800

The

they had a special weekly prayer meeting
for a blessing on the work of the mission.
At these assemblies, Mr. Thomas, who was
then present on a visit, seems to have been
more than usually strengthened to wrestle
for a blessing; and, writing to a friend in
America, he speaks of the holy unction
appearing on all the missionaries, espe-
cially of late; and of times of refreshing
from the presence of the Lord, being
solemn, frequent, and lasting.'
necting these things, we cannot but re-

In con