In order to induce, if possible, a considerable addition to the number of Annual Subscriptions, they have resolved to reduce the sum to Two Guineas only (without any deposit of Five Guineas on commencement, which has been heretofore customary); and also to admit a part of the children by ballot of the Governors at large, until the present Governors have each nominated; when it is proposed, That all admissions shall be by the same mode. In thus lowering the subscription to a sum which, it is hoped, will not be an object of consideration to the well-disposed and benevolent, and by pursuing a plan which has been very successful in other charities, they trust they shall excite an interest in the minds of those who wish to serve the destitute poor. The applications for admission are almost innumerable; if the patronage of this house should by these means happily be extended, it may be hoped relief will be afforded to many parents who are anxiously looking at their families, doubtful of a supply of daily bread, much more of moral and religious instruction. Subscriptions and Benefactions to this charity are received by Ebenezer Mailland, Esq. the Treasurer, King's Arms Yard; and the following bankers, Messrs. Fuller and Co.; Fuller, Chatteris, and Co.; Rogers, Olding, and Co.; Langston, Towgood, and Co.; and Mr. Harrison, the Collector, 20, Goswell Place, City Road. . JUVENILE DEPARTMENT. Sarah Moore Callaway, of Bristol, - WAS a child of keen feelings; but in her temper, all through her life, very reserved. It had been reinarked of her, for some years past, that she was not fond of playing, as other children of her age; for when at home, though she had many sisters and a brother, and when at school, while the other scholars were playing at meal-times, she was either to be found working or reading. It pleased God to send a slow decline upon her, which lasted three years, or more; but her reserved temper kept her friends from hearing any thing remarkable from her for a long while, her parents constantly addressing a throne of grace on her behalf, and endeavouring to instruct her in the knowledge of the salvation of Jesus; but a few days before her death, the reservedness of Ler temper seemed to be taken away. When her mother, speaking of a person that had been talking to her, said, My dear, why did you not speak to Mr. Waters? the Lord's people speak often one to another; and David says," Come unto me all ye that fear God, and I will tell you what he has done for my soul;' she replied, "I do think that people ought to keep it to themselves, as, I am afraid, when they say so much, it is not all true." A female friend, who slept with her one night, asked her if she was afraid to die 9 she answered, 'Yes; because I am a sinner against God.' Being told of the love of Jesus to poor sinners, she could take no encouragement till within a short time of her death. The Sabbath before her departure, talking about Death and Heaven, she was much affected; and some time after, said, 'I should not mind dying to-night, if I was sure God would take me to Hea ven; and some time after she added,' I think he will.' She was often ask. ing her parents to read to her. Being asked what she would have read, she said, The Bible; for that is the best book.' Monday, being in very great pain, she said, The Lord is a long while coming!" Being told to for patience, for the Lord's time is best, she answered, it is; but the sooner the better for me!' The same day, talking to a friend, she said, If I was to live, I would not wish to get well; if I was, I am afraid I should grow wicked again.' All night and the next day her pain was very violent. At night, as she used to be very fond of reading the Pilgrim's Progress, her father asked her if she recollected who helped Chris pray · tian and Hopeful thro' the river of Death ;-she answered, Shining ones, the angels.' Her father said, " My dear, little children are God's lambs: he takes them into his bos m; I hope you will pray him to take you into his dear bosom.' She answered, "I have, father, I have!" Being told what a mercy it was that Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners, - she replied, "Why, when he came, he had none but sinners to save !" In the night, her father giving her something to take, and thinking she did not recollect him, said, 'It is your father, my dear. You love your father, don't you?' She answered, "I do; but I love Jesus Christ a great deal better!" 1 On Wednesday. She still continued in great pain; and being quiet, her mother drew near her bed, when her eyes were fixed towards Heaven, and her hands on her breasts as though very earnest in prayer, the sight so affected her, that she wept. When she looked, and saw her mother, she said, ' You must not weep; if you do, you will make me worse.' Wednesday night she became very restless, and in very great soul-wrestling for the Saviour to come, and take her to himself, saying,' Jesus, come and take me to glory, to Heaven!' About twelve o'clock she said, ' Glory be to God and the Lamb for ever! Amen.' After which she began to sing, which she could not do for many weeks past, part of a hymn, which she used to be fond of, which concludes, "Amen, they cry, to him alone, Who deigns to fill his Father's throne: ་ look on a poor sinAt four o'clock on She continued very restiess the remainder of the night; and when her strength would permit, was crying, Precious Jesus! ner! Precious Jesus, take me into your bosom !' Thursday morning, when her hands were dead, and her pulse ceased to beat, she was most remarkably earnest, with a loud voice, saying, Precious Jesus, faithful Jesus, come and take me into your bosom!' Then, as if correcting herself, she said, 'Patient Jesus, give me patience! Lord Jesus, into thy hands I commit my spirit!'. A little time after she prayed, saying, Precious Jesus, now answer my request, and take me into your bosom!' and so continued crying till her breath was almost exhausted. When her eyes failed her, a little before her death, her aunt asked her if she could see the person who gave her something to moisten her mouth,— she calmly said, 'No;' and then, with a loud voice, Precious Jesus, take me into your bosom, that I may see thee and thy dear little children.'. She seemed to make an effort to have proceeded, but her breath and voice failed her; and God answered her request, and took her to himself, about half past five in the morning, Dec. 17, 1807, aged eleven years and eight W. C. months. HYMN FOR A CHILD. 6 REV. THOMAS ALLEN, Obituary. PITTSFIELD, NORTH AMERICA. [An Extract of a Letter from his Son to a Gentleman in Lordon.] IN receiving a letter from a son of the Rev. Thomas Allen, of Pittsfield, you will probably anticipate the reason of the substitution of another's pen for that of your aged friend: you will naturally conclude that he is no longer able to address ΤΟΥ. It is my melancholy duty to inform you of this fact. My dear father is not now among the Eving upon the earth. After a gradual de cine for two or three he ex years, pired at Pittsfield, on the 11th of February last, in the peace, hope, and triumph of the Christian, knowing in whom he had believe. He was confined to his house but five days; and during that period, was fully convinced of the near approach of death: but the king of terrors did not alario him. That blessed Saviour, whom he had diligently served in the gospel, gave him support and comfort as he descended into the grave. He rehed, with enwavering assurance, on the merits of the Reacemers blood. His disorder, which was attended with excessive difficulty of breathing, did not permit him to say much; but the ardent express on, Come, Lord Jesus, come quickly!' would frequently burst from his lips. He was chiefly anxious iest be should be impatient, and should not exhibit a suitable acquiescence in the will of God. As eternity was in his view rapidly approaching, he felt more powerfully than ever the importance and efficacy of prayer. While no doubts hung upon his mind, he would yet frequently request those who were about his dy ing bed to pray for him. At length, when his faith was tried according to the will of God, he gently breathed his last he fell asleep in Jesus, and eutered into his.est on the morning of the Christian Sabbath. On this. event, and on similar occasions, the pious soul will be ready to exclaim, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord; yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours, and their works do follow them!' H's It pleased the wise and righteous Disposer of events to deprive me (being on a visit to New York) of the inexpressible privilege of soothing the last sufferings, of receiving the last blessing, and of witnessing the triumphant fatth of a dying Christian parent; but I was allowed to enter his tomb, and to gaze on the white hairs and unchanged countenance, pleasant even among the dead, of him who begat me. spirit, I trust, now mingles with the spirit of my deceased sister, whose lingering hours of sickness cheered by the kind, offices, and whose gentle flight to Heaven was aided by the fervent prayers of a truly Christian friend. It can hardly be necessary to inform that friend, that my dear father remembered him with the highest affection and respect; and to assure him, that the surviving members of the family feel towards him sentiments of the warmest gratitude. It is their prayer, that the rich favour and covenanted mercy of God may attend him in life and for evermore ! RECENT DEATHS. were May 17, aged 74, died Mr. Thos. Rankin, who had been a preacher in the connexion of the late Rev. J. Wesley about 50 years. His zeal for the glory of God and his love to souls suffered no abatement; hut he continued to preach till near the close of his life as often as he was able; and his last ministrations were more than usually acceptable. His funeral was attended by many of the preachers and many hundreds of the Society. Mr. Benson preached his funeral sermon at the City Road Chapel, from 1 Pet. i. 3, 4. Aug. 23d, died Mrs. Matthews, relict of the late Mr. Matthews of the Strand, in the 67th year of her age. REVIEW OF RELIGIOUS PUBLICATIONS. Four Sermons, preached in London, at the 16th General Meeting of the Missionary Society, May 9, 10, 11, 1810, also the Report of the Directors, and a List of Subscribers. 8vo, Price 38. LITTLE did the friends of Missions, anticipate, either the variety of topics that the great subject would bring forward, or the variety of talent which would be employed in their discussion: a variety which every year shews more and more to be inexhaustible. Though this is the sixteenth year in which discourses of this kind have been regularly delivered, those of the present year (especially including that of Dr. Buchanan for another Society) will yield to few or none of the preceding in eloquence, argument, or unction. Of these sermons we gave some account ia our sketch of the Missionary Proceedings, with analyses, which were rendered very defective by their brevity; we must, there fore, to do them tolerable justice, retrace our steps; and we begin with the admirable discourse of Dr. Collyer. The subject of this sermon is the Light of the Gentiles ;' and the text on which it is founded Luke ii. 32. The exordium states an important question, Whether Missions can be justified on principles of reason and revelation? which the discourse is an able and complete answer; in order to which the preacher, 1st, Explains the terms, in which it is not necessary for us to follow him; and, 2dly, Applies its testimony to Missionary exertions. Let us examine,' says the Doctor, first, the principles on which they are founded. These are of the highest order; and from them the greatest effects may be, anticipated. They are founded in nature,' 6 to i. e. in natural affection ;-' in rea son, that reason which connects the means with the end, and em ploys means apportioned to it; on the purest principles of patriot, ism, humanity, and religion; and on these later topics the preacher rises to sublimity, and charms, as well as edifies us He next considers the various sources of encouragement to Missions in the present day. These are, The Prophecies of Revelation, Past Experience,-and the existing Circumstances of the Society and the World; and here we shall beg leave to transcribe the closing page, which, while it displays the splendid talents of the preacher, is admirably calculated to awaken a Missionary spirit *, Such are the encouragements to Missionary exertions; nor ought we to be disheartened at the narrow ness of our means, when contrasted with the immensity of our design, From a source which the traveller might dry up with his foot, the mightiest rivers have arisen; and while their spring might lie in the hollow of the hand, swollen by ten thousand tributary streams, they have rolled a flood, which fertilized and enriched with commerce a mighty empire. The celebrated river which was to Egypt in the place of rain and of dew, buries her seven tides in three obscure foun tains, which the man, who had traversed inhospitable deserts, and carried his life in his hand to unveil her source, overstepped with ease. Who that had seen Rome a mean and paltry village, scarcely contain ing a thousand huts, tenanted by savage and brutal inhabitants, could have conceived that he beheld there the future seat of learning, and the germ of an empire co-extended with the world! Who that had seen Je, sus, followed by twelve men of the * We beg leave to apologize to the friends of Dr. Collyer (to him it is unnecessary) for the delay which has taken place in reviewing his popular Lectures on the Facts and Prophecies, which will now speedily be brought before our readers; but indeed merited a much earlier notice than we have been able to give them. XVIH. 3 H lowest order, could have divined, from such a commencement, such a progress as Christianity has already made, and such a consummation as that to which it hastens! It was a corn of wheat failing into the ground to die, that it might bring forth much fruit.' At this advanced period of your time, we will not pass again over all the principles and encouragements of Missionary exertions, in order to stir up your cordial concurrence with the views of this Society, and your liberal support of its measures. It is enough that you contrast the state of the world as it has been re presented, and as it really is, with your own happy situation, in order to move all your humane and Christian sympathies. Let the disciple of the tender and compassionate Jesus, in this assembly, calmly behold the progress of moral evil, the parent of Calamity, without making one effort to arrest it in its furious and malignaut course, if he can. Let hir exult in his personal advantages, and see others perishing for want of them, unmoved, let him say, with benevolent John, We know that we are born of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness," but not in his compassionate tone, and with his bowels of tenderness,if he can. Let him with selfish appetite sit down to a board covered with religious plenty, to the elements, the pledges of his Master's death, without sending one morsel to the poor Heathen, or affording them the crumbs which fall from this table, if he can. Let him contemplate the spirit and the purpose of his Master, and withhold his hand from the work, if he can; and then will we, at the second appearance of our Lord, tell, before Heaven and Earth, that we pleaded a cause for which Jesus shed the last drop of his heart's blood, and pleaded in vain!' --- The second sermon was delivered by Mr. Kelly, of Dublin, a gentleman of family, and some time since a minister in the Establishment; which situation he relinquished from conscientious principles. His subject is The Excellency of genuine Zeal;' and is founded on Gal. iv. 18. This we believe has not before been discussed on any of these occasions. The leading object of the discourse is to mark those characteristics which distinguish true zeal from false. False zeal is noisy and estentatious; true zeal modest and unassuming. False zeal is grati fied with the contemplation of its own imaginary excellence; genuine zeal is always accompanied by humility. False zeal is easily discouraged by difficulties; true zeal steady and persevering. False zeal has often an ambiguous object disguised under the sacred name of Religion; true zeal aims only at the diffusion of the gospel in its saving efficacy.- Lastly, False zeal stands unsupported by those other graces that constitute the character of a Christian;' true zeal necessarily requires uniform consistency of character.' The preacher next proceeds to consider the different motives from which true and false zeal originate. The latter may spring from natural activity of mind, the love of distinction, connection with party, philanthropy of disposition, self-righteousness, or human sym pathy, instead of that holy principle peculiar to the subjects of divine grace. In the next place, Mr. K. proceeds to justify the character here given of the gospel, as that good thing which peculiarly merits all our evergies, particularly in the cause of Missions; this leads him to enumerate a variety of objections, which the want of zeal has raised against such exertions, and which he repels with a forceful brevity; nad concludes with urging our Missionary Zal by an ingenious application of a passage in the book of Esther to this purpose. With respect to the Heathen, such an occasion seems now evi dently before us; so much so, that I would be disposed to apply to the people of God in these countries, what was once said by Mordecai to Esther: If thou altogether hold thy peace at this time, then shall their enlargement and deliverance arise from some other place.' If the means of sending the gospel be with us, and we do not avail ourselves of them, the work of God will not be |