joyed the most entire oneness of mind, never having a single circumstance which either of them wished to conceal from the other. Her solicitude for her husband's health and comfort was unceasing. They prayed and conversed together on those things which form the life of personal religion, without the least reserve; and enjoyed a degree of conjugal happiness while thus continued to each other, which can only arise from a union of mind grounded on real religion. On the whole, her lot in India was altogether a scene of mercy. Here she was found of the Saviour, gradually ripened for glory, and after having her life prolonged beyond the expectation of herself and all who knew her, she was released from this mortal state almost without the consciousness of pain, and as we most assuredly believe, had an abundant entrance ministered unto her into the kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

BENEFICIAL EFFECT OF SABBATH SCHOOLS.*

THE first serious impressions on my mind, were occasioned by a reproof from my little sont for profanity. I sent him to the Sabbath school, not because it was a religious institution, but because it was a source of instruction to him. When he returned I questioned him, and answered his questions, as 1 did not attend public worship. In the course of the conversation, I told him that such as were guilty of wickedness would go to hell; among other vices that subjected persons to punishment, I mentioned profanity. About one hour af terwards I observed that something seemed to dwell on his mind. He said, father, did you not say that folks who swore must go to hell? Yes, was my answer. He replied; father, I have heard you swear. This troubled me much, and I resolved that he never should hear me swear again. I however had no idea of renouncing the practice except in his presence, and so closely did I guard my tongue that it was nearly two months before he heard me use any profane language. I then broke out as usual, and uttered some profane expressions. I saw him, but it was too late. He said nothing, but his mind seemed to labour. This was a little past twelve o'clock.-Early in the evening, I asked John if it was not time for him to go to bed. He did not go. At length I told him to come to me and be undressed. He came, and soon began to weep. I asked him the reason, and bade him tell me. Father, he replied, you said that folks who swore must go to hell, and I do not want you to go there. Judge then of my feelings. It was enough to make the stones cry out. Still I was that hardened wretch, (although at the time I was obliged to retire, and give vent to my feelings,) that I tried to drive every thing like conviction far from me; and when the Spirit of God was striving with me, I actually called in the aid of spirituous liquor to calm my

* Extract of a letter from one brother to another, both residing in the Western District of the state of New-York, in answer to a request that he would communicate the occasion of his first serious impressions.-Published in the Utica Christian Repository.

+ About seven years of age.

troubled mind. But I have now some reason to hope that God, according to the riches of his grace, has had mercy on my soul. My constant prayer is that I may be faithful unto death.

LOTTERIES.-DUELS.

THE following extracts from a charge lately delivered to the Grand Jury of West-Chester, by the Hon. WILLIAM JAY, first Judge of that County, will be read with interest.

It is made my duty by statute, to call your attention particularly to offences against the act prohibiting private lotteries, and the act for the suppression of duelling. Gambling of every kind, has an unfavourable influence on the moral character. It excites a spirit of avarice too eager to be satisfied with the slow avails of patient industry; and ffers temptations to fraud, too numerous and too powerful to be often successfully resisted. Lotteries are a species of gambling the more dangerous from the facilities they afford to almost every individual in the community, of hazarding small sums in the expectation of receiving enormous returns. The evils resulting from private lotteries, are undoubtedly to be apprehended in nearly an equal degree, from those established by law; and we have reason to rejoice, that the power of granting lotteries is by the late amended constitution, taken from the legislature.

Gentlemen, when we seriously reflect on the declaration made by the Almighty, at that awful moment when the retiring waters of the deluge proclaimed him an holy and avenging God, "at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man ;" and when we call to mind the assurance of the Gospel, that the murderer shall not inherit eternal life, we cannot but shudder at the temerity of the duellist, and at the fate which awaits him. I will not now comment on the absurdity of seeking reparation for trifling or imaginary evils, at hazard of even life itself. The folly of the duellist is lost in the contemplation of his enormous guilt. But suffer me to remark, that to denominate an act honourable, which originates in the most malignant passions; which equally outrages the precepts of our religion and the laws of our country, and which is generally perpetrated by men of dissolute character; is an abuse of language that can be tolerated only by those whose moral sense is as depraved as that of the duellist himself. The more we reflect on the nature and tendency of this crime, and on the necessary and indeed avowed disregard of moral obligation on the part of those by whom it is committed, the more persuaded shall we be of the prudence of the law in excluding from all offices of honour, trust, or profit, and from all participation in the election of public officers, every man who, by being in any way accessary to a duel, evinces a want of that moral principle without which he cannot safely be intrusted with the rights of citizenship.

LABOURS OF FEMALES IN CIRCULATING THE BIBLE. THE influence of the Bible in elevating the Female character shows forth itself in every relation of life; but it is exhibited in no attitude more engaging

than in their wise and zealous exertions to extend the blessings of the Bible to the poor and destitute around them. They thus become co-workers in the most exalted charity, and it well becomes us to afford them every assistance, and every encouragement in our power, in the prosecution of their work; and to this end we recommend to the perusal of all, the following extracts from an address delivered before the Female Bible Society of Newark, N. J., by Joseph C. Hornblower, Esq.

AMONG all the efforts that are making to meliorate the condition of man and improve his heart,-among all the charities of the present day so eminently calculated to assuage the sufferings of humanityto wipe the tear of sorrow from the " grief-worn cheek," and win back to earth, those consolations which sin has banished,-the work in which you are this day engaged, stands pre-eminent.

Give what you will to those objects of wretchedness who excite your compassion, if you give them not the BIBLE, nor impart to their aching bosoms the consolations it affords, you leave them poor and wretched still. Your bounty may indeed relieve the pressing wants of nature for a moment, and light up a temporary smile upon the countenance of wo-but you leave them destitute of that bread which alone can nourish and sustain their fainting souls,--and withhold from them that treasure, which would enrich them for eternity. The BIBLE is an humble gift,-a silent messenger of peace and blessedness; it makes no noise, nor show, but wafted on the soft and gentle breath of prayer, it finds its way over seas and continents, to distant climes and heathen lands ;-it enters the abodes of ignorance and vice, and sheds its heavenly influence on all around ;-the cheapest, yet the noblest gift,-and warms and blesses him who gives, and him to whom it is given.

Go forward then, sisters, in every work and labour of love in which you have so generously engaged ;-go feed the hungry-clothe the naked--administer to the sick-instruct the ignorant-be mothers to the orphans, and the widow's friends; but never go without the Bible in your hands, and its precepts in your hearts-feel as if you do nothing in the cause of your blessed Redeemer, while you are so little under the influence of his Gospel, that you have no soul to give this precious book to the poor and the destitute.

We would not discourage other charities. We do rejoice to see our beloved Marys breaking the precious ointment of heaven-born benevolence over the weak and fainting head of a poor disciple, and diffusing all around them its refreshing odours; but we trace back the streams to the fountain from whence they flow, and we find them issuing from the mercy seat of God, and conveyed to earth in rich abundance through the channel of the BIBLE.

It is worthy of remark, that works of charity and the influence of active benevolence, have increased with the increase of the BIBLE. The same spirit that promotes the circulation of the one, prompts to the exercise of the other. When did the chamber of sickness receive such kind attentions,—the fainting heart such cordials,—the little orphan such maternal pity,-the lonely widow such supports.the troubled, trembling soul such consolations, as we have witnessed

since the establishment of BIBLE SOCIETIES in our world?-When did the angel of Mercy spread so wide his balmy wings, and shed so many blessings down, as since the angel of the everlasting Gospel has been flying through the heavens, and scattering this precious volume among the nations of the earth?

Yes, it is this sacred Book which, with Heaven's blessing, has lighted up in your souls the flame of immortality, and warmed your bosoms with a Saviour's love. It is this Book that has taught you the felicity of doing good to others, and conveyed the streams of your benevolence to haunts of wretchedness, the habitations of poverty, disease, and death. Go look for charity in yonder wilds, where Gospel light never shone, and see if you can find her there. Ah, no! -nor yet those thousand nameless, but endearing, courtesies of life, that sweeten your enjoyments, alleviate your sorrows, and bind your souls together in friendship, harmony, and love. Go ask that hapless victim, hastening to the funeral pile,—that aged mother, abandoned in her weakness, by her who grew and strengthened at her breast,-go ask them if they have seen a Bible and have felt its influence on their hearts. They will tell you-no. Go to those dark benighted corners of our world where females, instead of receiving the kind attentions of the hardier sex, are kept in ignorance, and made the servile drudges, not the companions of their husbands—and tell me whence your different, whence your happier lot. It is the religion of the BIBLE that has elevated you to your proper place in society, and made you at once the source and partners of our joys, and the objects of our tenderest care. The BIBLE then, is emphatically the charter of your rights, and you are peculiarly bound to assert its authority and extend its influence.

Relax not then your efforts in this cause, till every destitute family within your reach, shall be supplied with a copy of the word of life, and pour the overflowing streams of your benevolence into the treasury of the American Bible Society, which like a mighty reservoir is receiving its supplies from a thousand sources, and sending forth the waters of life, in deeper channels, widening and spreading as they go, enriching and fertilizing the world. Impress upon the minds of your infant daughters the blessings they owe to this Book of books--unfold to them its sacred pages-teach them to lisp its joyful sounds— tell them what it has done for you-then they will rise up and call you blessed-and when you are gone to the mansions of eternal rest and glory, they will occupy your places here, and perpetuate your noble charity.

You are not alone in this generous work--the Christian daughters of our own country, and the benevolent females of Europe, are every where engaged in the work of evangelizing the world. Let it be your pride, if not to march ahead, at least to go side by side with those who are carrying the standard of the Cross to heathen lands. Females of Newark, you are under peculiar obligations to the beneficent author of the Bible. He has done much for you. In temporal things he has greatly blessed aud enriched you; in spiritual privileges he has highly exalted you-and will you not rejoice in the VOL. IX.

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opportunity of giving the Holy Scriptures to your poor benighted sisters throughout the world?

We know there are those in society who would confine your labours in the field of charity, to narrower limits-they would deny to you the high privilege you this day enjoy, and point you to the domestic circle, or the chamber of sickness as the only legitimate objects of your benevolence and care. But we are not of that number-we invite you to the field of more extensive labours; we hail you as coworkers with us in the Missionary and Bible cause,—and we joyfully divide with you the honours and the blessedness of this noble em→ ployment; nay, more,-we solicit your aid; we ask your influence in society, and your prayers to Heaven for a blessing on our feeble efforts in the service of our common Lord.

We come not to flatter you for services rendered, nor yet to chide you for past neglects, in the professed object of this institution; but in the same spirit that dictated our written communication to your Board of Managers,-in the spirit of Christian charity, under a deep sense of the obligations we owe to him who gave us the Bible, with its attendant blessings we come to bid you God speed in this blessed work. Be not content that you give your portion, and › meet here once a year to manifest your membership of this Society, but give your influence and your example to its interests-invite your female friends from house to house to come and cast in their lot with you, and cease not your exertions till all of your sex who enjoy the blessings of the Gospel, shall do something for the advancement of the Redeemer's kingdom;-oh! cease not your exertions till you have gathered into the bosom of your Society that gay and cheerful throng of female youth, who grace our public walks, and inspire us with hopes of future usefulness.

It will be an honour to their names and age, to be enrolled upon your journals as contributors to the Bible cause.

Can they want motives to this generous work, while all around them smiles, and nature adds her charms to make them blessed-can they rejoice in all the fond delights that strew their path, and pick the choicest flowers that grow on Gospel ground, yet be content that millions, young and beautiful as they, and just as capable of all that charms, shall roam the forest with untutored minds, strangers alike to all that grace their sex, and fits them for eternity! Oh, no, my dear young friends, you only need this subject fairly brought to view, and then that gay attire in which you are clad, at least some idol trinket, glittering in your dress, will soon be changed for BIBLES, and on the wings of charity be borne to heathen lands, there to shed their light and heat around.

Can you want motives? think oh! my friends, what the Bible has done for you; 'tis not your better judgment, not your better taste, that makes you what you are-'tis Bible influence sweetly shed upon your hearts instilled with earliest lessons on your infant minds, which, though a stranger to its saving power, gives you that polishmakes you amiable and kind.

Christian mothers! can you want motives to excite your zeal?