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down, by hard work in a debilitating | school and especially this infant church,

climate, overjoyed at the sight of expected help. But it was too late for them to enjoy it long. Preparations were at once made for their flight after health.

In less than three months, Mrs. Hill (matron of the boys' school) was gone, in five months br. Bronson and family were gone,-in eighteen months Miss Christie (teacher and matron of the girls' school) was also gone. And thus our labors and responsibilities, which at first seemed too great, have been constantly increasing, and six months since we could say that our labors had reached the very highest point, even so long as our health continued good. There was no relief.

Mrs. Stoddard must do all she possibly could; what she could not do I must undertake, and what I could not accomplish must go undone. It was then the cold season, and we found that we could do much more than we had anticipated, though of course much had to remain undone. But we looked forward to the hot season with feelings of no ordinary anxiety, and our waiting eyes were unto the Lord, for help.

The heat and the rains have now commenced, and the Lord has brought us help from a source we least expected. Br. Däuble is with us, and rendering great assistance in the school. We feel strengthened and encouraged, and will "call upon our soul and all within us to praise and magnify the name of Jehovah."

During the past year, there have been added to our little band of believers,

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Asiatic, African, and European. Praise the Lord for this great accession, (for so we hope it may prove,) in talents, piety, and influence upon the world.

The cause has sustained much loss by the temporary absence of br. and sr. Bronson, but the Lord is able to make up the loss to us, and we believe that he has so employed our dear friends during their absence, that the missionary cause in general will suffer nothing. We look not alone to the loss sustained by the

but at the many channels, through which the truth used to flow to many villages about us, and behold they are dry; at the scores and hundreds who called for the "teacher" to talk of the new religion, and, finding that he had left, have returned to their villages disappointed, perhaps no more to think of the words of God.

I have just been informed by Capt. Butler, that two Roman Catholic missionaries are now on their way from Paris to Gowahatti, and that a third is to be stationed in the upper part of the province or in Thibet. This is no time for the children of the Most High to sleep or slumber. Even missionaries will be swallowed up by anti-Christ, unless up and about their Master's work. May the Lord fit us for the contest, and influence men of piety and godly zeal to come to our aid!

ARRACAN.

LETTER OF MR. C. C. MOORE.

Baptisms-applicants for Baptism-the truth spreading.

Akyab, May 20.-We had the pleasure of baptizing a man of about middle age on the 5th. He was received with hesitation on my part. Since his baptism he has appeared well, and we hope he is chosen of the Head of the church to be "a vessel to honor," to glory, and immortality. We have endeavored to do our duty, and can only ask God to bless what accords with his will, and forgive what does not. I now begin to feel the weight of the responsibility which the missionary meets in his duties.

We have two more applicants for baptism, both men of talents and influence, the one a young man, I think of some promise, the other formerly a pounggyee [priest,] who left his Buddhism about a year ago. He is a man of much learning, and has formerly been a man of rather doubtful character as to mor

purpose.

If you

cannot come, I wish

you to write me about it."

Men in high places are confessing the truth of the Christian religion. It is not long since one of the leading priests called his followers together and told them that their whole system was a vain show, that he was sick of it, and would stand it no longer, but should "bolt the He course," and renounce his vows. says: "I am now old, and must soon try the realities of eternity; I wish something more firm than I now have." What the result of this will be I cannot

a's, but not more so, perhaps, than the majority of his class. His views of the doctrines of salvation by Christ, are as clear and as satisfactory as those of the majority of converts in America, and he says he has a new heart, loves God, and wishes to be a Christian, and to spend his life in teaching the doctrines of Christ to his countrymen. Under these circumstances, I do not know what to do, but commit the case to God with much prayer. I never saw my actions taking such hold upon eternity as at present. Pray that God will superintend❘ all the interests of his cause in this tell. Its immediate result was to shame place.

I send you a translation of a letter received from the poung-gyee of Yontoyoot, a place some distance up the ri er. "Yontoyoot, 1212, third Sunday of the full moon. Thankhoo, now the pounggyee of Yontoyoot, with much affection, sends greeting to the missionary at Akyab.

"I have often consulted with other missionaries upon your religion, and find it true. I think it able to confer future rewards on those who abide in it. Now I wish an opportunity of conversing with you upon this new religion, and hope you will come to my place for that

the people, so that, for some time, they took the by-ways, to avoid the chapel. This occurred about a month since. The number of visitors at the zayat is less for a few days by reason of the heat, but the number of the people at Sabbath worship increases.

May 25.-A fine shower promises relief from the heat which has so much oppressed us a few days past. Night before last we had another examination of the two candidates before the church. Everything appeared very satisfactory, both to the rethren and the native members, a d we propose to baptize to

morrow.

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thorities since their conquest of the island are well known, and they have❘ for some time seemed to presage nothing but evil. Those obstacles have not yet been removed, and have been aggravated by internal dissensions among the people. Yet while it has not pleased God, in his wise providence, to put an end to these outward difficulties, his grace has been the more conspicuously displayed. By the London Missionary Magazine, we learn that during the last year a great revival of religion has taken place, resulting in the addition of not fewer than 400 to the churches. At the latest advices, (Feb. 20,) the work was still in progress. A new chapel was soon to be opened for public worship, and an increase in the number of natives training for the ministry is a favorable token. The missionaries have abundantly proved, that "greater is he that is for them, than they who are against them."

BAPTIST, (ENG.) MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

Trinidad.

Mr. Inniss, a native brother, has commenced a mission among a community of Africans, or descendants of Africans, rescued from slavery. Some of them were professing Christians, but, left to themselves, and unable to read the Scriptures, became sadly degenerated. The habits and ideas they have contracted under these circumstances are hindrances to the gospel, but the morals of the people are superior to those of the inhabitants who are subject to the influence of Romanism. "Our work, however" (says Mr. I.) "is still aggressive. There is much ignorance, superstition, and prejudice to be overcome, so as to sow the seed with advantage, we of this island being perhaps a century behind some of the neighboring colonies in point of civilization."

Another class that present a field for missionary exertion is the immigrant population of East Indians and Africans, introduced upon the island under the apprenticing system, there to remain for a term of years, with liberty to return to their native country after the termination of their service. Of how great val

ue success in this field of religious enterprise must be, it is needless to speak. The Hindoos are bigoted in their heathenism, but the Africans are more accessible and docile. The missionaries are limited both in time and means, but labor could hardly be better bestowed than in tl is field.

Decease of missionaries.

Rev. W. Newbegin, of the mission at Fernando Po, West Africa, died on the 17th of April. He and Mrs. N. were alone at the station, and this event left the mission without any adequate supervision. Help was expected soon to be despatched from England, and meanwhile Rev. Mr. Waddell, of the Presbyterian mission, at Old Calabar, rendered his generous aid in mitigating the calamity to the bereaved mission until the return of Mr. N's. intended associates.

Mrs. Small, wife of Rev. Mr. Small, of the mission at Benares, India, was killed on the night of May 1, by the explosion of a powder magazine. Mr. S. and other members of the mission were injured, but not fatally. The total loss of life was immense, computed to be 1,200.

FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.
Jewish mission in Hungary.

This mission was established in 1841, and has met with marked success. Schools were established, the Scriptures circulated, and the gospel preached. In 1843, a church had been gathered, numbering sixteen converted Israelites, and, in 1844, the number had more than doubled. The wars in 1848-9, compelled the missionaries to leave their station, but on returning, the present year, they found the church steadfast and hopeful. The recent examination of the school at Pesth, made so favorable an impression that over a hundred new pupils were enrolled, and in May last, the number had reached 230. They are instructed in all the common branches of a good education, and in the Old and New Testament Scriptures. There is a large increase in the number of Jewish inquirers, colporteurs find a greater demand for the Scriptures than they can supply,

and the unbelief of the people seems shaken in an unexpected degree. Rev. Mr. Edwards, at Lemburg, has been ordered to leave, but has determined to remain and defend his rights under the constitution, which guarantees religious freedom. There are more Jews in Hun

gary and Gallicia than in almost any other part of the world, and if the intolerance and jealousy of the church of Rome do not interrupt the present exertions, with the continued manifestation of the divine favor, much may be hoped for the dispersed children of Israel.

MISCELLANY.

INTOLERANCE IN SWEDEN.

The public press has widely diffused the fact, that Rev. Frederick O. Nilsson, pastor of a Baptist church in Gothenburg, Sweden, has been arrested and tried under the provisions of an old law against apostasy from the Lutheran

church, and has been sentenced to banishment. Mr. N. has appealed to a higher court, and also laid the case before the king. The London Evangelical Alliance, the Baptist Missionary Society, and other public bodies, have sent petitions to the king for clemency to the pastor and his flock, and it is hoped that this unexpected enforcement of an obsolete statute may lead to some increase of religious liberty in Sweden. It is remarkable that in Norway, which is subject to the Swedish crown, but preserves its ancient privileges, there is entire toleration. The following correspondence, copied from the London Primitive Church Magazine, presents a very clear view of the case, and of the state of things in Sweden.

The following are the chief parts of the sentence passed on Mr. Nilsson by the court of Gotha on the 26th of April last. After receiving it, he went to Stockholm, and appealed to the highest court in Sweden. He has also been favored with a short interview with the king, who, in case the supreme court confirms the sentence, has encouraged him to present a petition to himself.

Sentence: "The Royal Court has taken into consideration what concerns this question, and for that Frederick Olius Nilsson has freely confessed to having embraced the positions, that child-baptism, not being commanded in

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holy Scripture, is only a human institution; that baptism, therefore, ought only to be administered to men arrived at full knowledge of Christian doctrine; and then only with immersion of the whole body in water; and also that the holy communion can be received worthily only by persons of this persuasion : and for that Nilsson, having caused himself to be re-baptized at Hamburg, has, in a society there founded, been received as an elder and teacher of the Baptists here in this realm; and has caused forty-seven or forty-eight persons to receive his doctrines, and form a separate congregation, to the members whereof, he, in the character of teacher, administers baptism and the holy communion; ..... and after having been admonished by the chapter of Gotheborg, has yet persisted in disseminating these, his doctrines; ...... because, therefore, Nilsson has made himself guilty of the misdemeanor referred to in the code of offences, c. 1. m. 4, sec. 1, the Royal Court, in virtue of the said last command, justly condemns Nilsson, for that wherein he has offended, to be banished from the kingdom."

Brother Förster has received the following letter from brother Nilsson, dated Gotheborg, June 20, 1850.

My dear brother Förster: Your encouraging letters of the 15th and 24th of May, this year, from England, together with an epistle from the committee of the Strict Baptist Society in England, dated May 21, have duly come to hand, for which I render you my sincerest thanks; and also, on my own as well as on my brethren's account, I beg you to give to our honored English brethren our most sincere Christian thanks and regards. May the Lord bless those who give spiritual water to our thirsty souls.

I should have answered you before

thing relating to his cause will be done right, and his kingdom will, and shall come, and the will of God, as to all his ransoined, shall be done. Glory be therefore given to God alone. No flesh can glory in his sight, therefore are we, his poor children, happy and secure; none shall be able to pluck his bloodbought property out of his hands. Would to God that all his people rightly understood his glorious gospel; how happy should we not be then? May the Lord also preserve us from carnal security, and from holding the truth in unrighteousness. True, we are now under the

this, but on account of my having been
away to Stockholm, which has taken me
more than a month, it has not been pos-
sible before now. I have only been at
home a few days, and have had several
important letters to answer, besides a
great many other things to do. I hope
that these lines will still reach you in
England; but, besides this, I intend to
answer the letter of the committee, as
soon as I have had the opportunity of
communicating the letter to all my breth-
ren. To-morrow or next day, I expect
to be off to the country, to a place called
Odensala, where I expect to meet the
principal and greater part of my breth-lash
ren from their scattered places. Here
we intend, the Lord willing, to hold a
sort of business meeting to consult togeth-
er about our concerns. I shall then
have the opportunity to gladden their
hearts by the contents of the letters.

But you will want to know something about my visit to Stockholm. I appeared within the time allotted in the highest Court of justice in Sweden, (Högsta Domstolen,) with my complaints written out, as in that court all suits are carried on by writing. I delivered, together with my complaints, also the sentence, and the records from the Hoff Rätten, (King's Bench,) and was told that the case will not be done anything to in the first two months. The time will therefore be prolonged, and in the mean time, the petitions from England and Scotland, will, I hope, come into the king, and we shall see what influence they will exercise upon him, in regard to giving us liberty, and repealing my sentence. I had also a personal interview with the king for about ten minutes. He gave me to understand, that, if the court should confirm the sentence already passed, I should come to him with a petition; thereby intimating that, probably, he himself will grant pardon, and allow liberty for us to serve God according to the dictates of our consciences. Undoubtedly the king is an enlightened and good man. We shall see if he has moral courage enough to stand forth on the side of the highest human right, in the face of the mighty Swedish hierarchy. But we know that God has the hearts of kings in his hands, and turneth them like floods of water whithersoever he pleases. Beside, our Lord Jesus Christ is the King of kings, and unto him are given the kingdoms of the earth, and power and dominion to rule according to his own pleasure, to the furtherance of his own kingdom in the earth. As he has all power in heaven and on earth, so, of course, every

of persecution, which, in one sense, is good for us, as it keeps us, perhaps, closer to the Lord in humility and prayer. But, dear brother, I perceive already shoots of unevangelical seeds among us; leaven from the state-church theology. The brethren seem to have hard work to get somewhat sound views of the gospel. They cling to their own selves in a subtle, and the more pernicious way; besides some, who, through their selfishness, occasion grief. Still, I ought not to grieve you with such things, I know you have more than enough of this sort in Denmark. I only mention it to show that the devil is every where, and if he cannot hinder the truth, he must needs endeavor to prejudice it, and try to pervert it. In this world we shall ever have to watch, pray, weep, and labor.

At Stockholm, I found ten or twelve evangelical Christians, who are very near to embrace the whole truth, and will, I hope, soon come out wholly on the Lord's side. They appeared pretty well convinced that our baptism and church government are the only scriptural ones, and they confessed frankly that only the fear of persecution kept them back; some of them are not able to commune in the state church; I, of course, endeavored to place before them the danger of delaying to obey God, when the duty was clear before them. If they are honest inquirers after truth, as I have reason to believe they are, the Lord will doubtless soon bring them out.

In the north part of Sweden, several hundreds have separated from the church, but hold infant baptism. Still, they are persecuted, and fined severely, because they take the. sacraments in their conventicles, and do not attend church. Doubtless the subject of religious liberty will be brought forward and agitated at the diet which will commence sitting at the close of this year.

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Dear brother, may you never cease praying for your unworthy Swedish

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