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Individual; and the attendance and liberality manifested at its opening, encourage us to hope that it has not been erected in vain.

The Wilts Association intend to hold their next Meeting at Warminster, on Thursday, the 18th of October. Mr.W. Priestley to preach in the morning, on Christian Conversation; Mr. C. Sloper in the af. ternoon; and Mr. Elliott in the evening.

Value of the Bible in a Prison. An Englishman, who was confined in the prison at Malacca for piracy, began to reflect on his state,

and was very desirous of procuring a Bible; for which purpose he sold his shirt, jacket, &c.; but great was his mortification when he found that no Bible could be procured there; nor did he obtain one till he was re

moved to Calcutta, where he has obtained his desire; and there is reason to hope that he is now a changed man. He had been sentenced to die for his crime, but his life has been spared, and he will be sent to New South Wales.- The Missionary who relates this, suggests the propriety of furnishing all the prisons in the British possessions abroad with Bibles.

MISSIONARY COLLECTIONS, &c.

Rev. W. Moorhouse and Congregation, Huddersfield
Rev. Mr. Harrison and Congregation, Bury, Lancashire
B. by Mr. W. Clapham, Leeds

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A Mite, from Weymouth

A Friend, by the Rev. Francis Perrott

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From a few Servants

Further Collections after Sermons preached by the Rev. Mr. BOGUE.

Addition to the Collections in Lancashire.

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Of the 124 14s. 7d. collected at Manchester, as inserted in our

last, & 65 12s. was received from the Congregation of the Rev. Mr. Bradley, and £ 59 21. 7d. from that of the Rev. Mr. Jack.

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36 8 6

17 15 6

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530 10.7

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Lines on the Death of Mr. JAMES HAY, aged 28 Years.

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FAIN would the Muse her humble tribute pay
To thee, thou Son of Science, plous Ray;
O'er thy cold tomb would shed the pitying tear,
And mourning say, A genius lieth here!"
His youthful mind, imbu'd with classic lore,
With ease could sean the ancient writers o'er;
Appreciate Homer's beauties, or admire
The softer music of the Roman lyre.

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While Science thus adorn'd his early days,
Religion o'er him shed her heav'alý rays;
Taught him, while young, in Wisdom's paths to stray,
* Allur'd to brighter worlds, and shew'd the way.'
She cheer'd him, when by sickness long confin'd,
And when by grief oppress'd, she sooth'd his mind:
She taught him still a gracious God to own;
And smiling say, 'Father, thy will be done * !"
As sinks the sun, at close of summer's day,
Behind the western hills, and fades away,
Then rises beauteous at the morning's dawn,
Regilding with his beams the verdant lawn:-
So did he sink, - so may he glorious rise,
Crown'd with immortal life and heav'nly joys!
While his triumphant spirit wings her way
To the bright realms of everlasting day!

TYPOGRAPHUS.

* These were his last words. He died with the Greek Testament in his hand.

AFRICAN DISTRESS.

BY THEODORE DWIGHT,
Student of Law, Connecticut.

[From the American Museum.]

An Attempt to represent the Anguish
of a Mother, whose Son and Daughter
were taken from her by a Ship's Crew.
HELP, oh help, thop God of Christians!

Save a mother from despair;
Cruel white man steal my children:
God of Christians hear my prayer!
From my arms by force they're rended,
Sailors drag them to the seas
Yonder ship at anchor riding,
Swift will carry them away.
There my son lies pale and bleeding,-
Fast with thongs his hands are bound;
See the tyrants, how they scourge him!
See his sides a reeking wound!

See his little sister by him,

Quaking, trembling, how she lies!
Drops of blood her face besprinkle, -
Tears of anguish All her eyes!

Now they tear her brother from her,
Down below the deck he's thrown;
Tho' agoniz'd with pain, --still silent
Save a single death-like groan!

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All my life I'll toi! with joy! 'Christians, who's the God ye worship?

Is he cruel, fierce, or good?
Does he take delight in mercy?
• Or in spitting human blood?
Ah! my poor distracted mother!
• Hear her scream upon the shore !"
Down the savage captain struck her,
Lifeless, on the vessel's floor.

Up his sails he quickly hoisted,
To the ocean bent his way.
Headlong plung'd the raving mother,
From a high rock, in the sea!

G. AULD, Printer, Greville Street, London.

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EVANGELICAL MAGAZINE.

NOVEMBER, 1810.

ΜΕΜΟΙIR

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THE LATE REV. JOSEPH MILNER.

THE Rev. Joseph Milner was born in the neighbourhood of Leeds, in 1744. The circumstances of his father were so injured in the rebellion of the following year, that he had little to spare, from the demands of his family, for the education of his children. Joseph's constitution had been impaired by the measles, and his bodily infirmities are said to have prevented him from mixing with his schoolfellows in their diversions. While they were acquiring strength by exercise, he was am using himself in the closet with a book, and preparing for the lessons of his schoolmaster, the Rev. Mr. Moore, then usher, and afterwards master, of the grammar-school at Leeds. Milner soon discovered talents; and Moore cultivated them with success, in Greek and Latin. He now began to step out of obscurity, and became the favourite and boast of his master. It seems, that when he was about 15 years of age, he was very seriously impressed with the importance of practical religion. He studied the Scriptures, meditated on their essential doctrines, and experienced much conflict of mind. His excellent mother at the same period was become very earnest in religious concerns; and was herself intelligent in the practical parts of religion. Mr. Milner, always ascribed his first religious emotions, under the direction of Providence, to the example, exhortation, and admonition of his maternal parent. His father disapproved this. On the contrary, he was disposed to ridicule enthusiastic and over-religious persons, as he called them; and his great object at that time was to divert the attention of his son Joseph from subjects which he conceived might give a gloomy cast to his mind, and injure his rising fame as a scholar. He had no great difficulty in carrying his point: Joseph's extreme seriousness was not of long duration. He continued sound and orthodox in the faith: he

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