"The duties of the Missionary, I conceive, in all important particulars, to be the same as those of the Apostles, when divested of their miraculous character; we are believers in the Gospel, we desire to make known its sacred contents to those who are as yet ignorant of it; we are supported by our brethren, and are their representatives in foreign lands; we wish to convert souls from Paganism and Mahometanism, to form them into voluntary societies, and make them observe the institutions of Jesus Christ.

The preaching of the Gospel by the living voice, as the great means instituted by God, and blessed by him in all ages, is the first duty of a Christian Missionary. Ignorance every where prevails in the sphere he is to occupy; he must therefore communicate knowledge, a knowledge of God, and of the soul, the moral law, the demerit of sin; the incarnation and miracles, the death and resurrection of Jesus; the day of judgment, and the heaven and hell which are to follow. The voice of conscience must be appealed to, to bear testimony to the existence of one Supreme Being, and the works of his hands must be shewn to have inscribed on them the proofs of his eternal power and Godhead. The charge of ingratitude must be brought against them, as not having venerated the bounteous Author of Nature, been grateful for his benefits, or made due inquiries after Him. The evidences of Christianity, in varied proportion and character, must be brought before the minds of intelligent heathen, to convince them that the Bible is of divine origin. But whilst no means sanctioned by Scripture shall be neglected, and whilst time and circumstances must dictate the path to be pursued,-to shew men their sin, and call upon them to repentance,-to make known a Saviour, and the promises of God in Him,—in other words, to state the great facts and doctrines of the inspired volume, in their application to the condition of my hearers, shall be my habitual employ. It is not so much by argument and reasoning we expect Christianity to flourish over other systems, and finally to fill the whole earth; it is by the preaching of Christ and Him crucified,' -by a simple and yet faithful exhibition of the truth as it is in Jesus,' -and by the effectual operation of the Spirit which accompanies it from on high. The circulation of the written Scriptures, to the utmost of my ability, shall go hand in hand with its proclamation by the living voice. Tracts also, containing summaries of the Christian faith, and an exposure of the evils of idolatry, shall be dispersed every where. Visiting the sick, superintending schools, and conversation with all classes of the community, ought to fill up the hours of every passing day. Whilst diligently using the means now referred to, I hope never to forget that success must proceed from God, and every case of conversion is a trophy of Almighty grace. To be much in prayer, therefore, to commit my way unto the Lord, to exercise faith in the promises, and look for the plenteous effusion of the Holy Spirit, are the states of mind in which I wish habitually to be found.

"The undertaking, I acknowledge, is vast and difficult, and on merely human principles there is abundant room for despair. But what has been done, may be done; and the grace that transformed the inhabitants of Athens and Rome, and made them the devoted followers of the Cross, shall yet prevail, to put down other superstitions, to abolish other idol temples; and make the religion of Jesus the only religion upon earth.

"We trust not in an arm of flesh, it is not in well-concerted schemes, or wise directors, or in the multitude or ability of the agents; it is on the promise of God, the clear declaration of prophecy, and the presence of our Divine Master, which is to remain with us to the end of time, that we ground our confidence. The Bible comes from heaven; the Bible therefore shall prevail, and no power on earth or hell can stop its progress.

In the strength of God, therefore, do I go forward. Earnestly do I implore the prayers of my fellow Christians; the cause in which we are engaged is worth all sacrifices; we are assured in this world we shall receive a hundred-fold, and in the world to come, life everlasting.' May Christ therefore be magnified in our body, whether it be by life or by death;' and may I be willing, in the spirit of an Apostle, to endure all things for the elect's sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.'

We must copy the short description of his parting moments, because it calls up those feelings in our mind which we ever wish to cherish, and which, we doubt not, it will call up in the breasts of others, a fond recollection of those we love, and a lingering attachment to that home, in which we passed the delightful day of childhood, and the hey-day of youth.

"My beloved mother was very much affected in taking leave. I wondered at myself, though I felt yet so inadequately. My father was calm, most were in tears. Am persuaded there is much that is physical in the expression of feelings-mourned over the want of correspondence between the judgment and the affections, which I have had so much occasion to lament this month past, especially at the ordination, though relieved in answer to prayer. The passage, Asa cried unto the Lord in the battle,' was blessed to me. My mother's parting passage was from Isaiah,' As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you in Jerusalem.'"

Having severed the tender ties which bind us to home, he embarked for this land; and after the tedium of an Indian voyage, during which he obtained the esteem of his fellow passengers and crew, he landed on those shores where he was to sleep till the trumpet of the resurrection should call him to his final and complete reward. This was in Sept. 1828.

For the space of two years, Mr A. pursued his studies with unremitting zeal and great success. He had just commenced addressing the natives in their own tongue, on the wonderful works of God, when he was mysteriously called to his reward. This melancholy event was announced to his sorrowing connections by several individuals: as they each exhibit his character in a different light, we will transcribe several of them, and then offer our remarks.

From the Rev. A. F. Lacroix.

"Since my last, we have sustained a severe loss by the death of dear Adam, on the 21st of April. Eight days previous to his demise, he open ed the anniversary meeting of our Auxiliary Society with prayer. The following day he and myself went to the villages to the south of Calcutta, and in less than a week after, he was no more! I was with him almost all the time of his illness, day and night, and so were our other brethren. We all loved and esteemed Ådam so much, that as soon as we could leave our most necessary avocations, we repaired to his bed, and were often all there together. The principal theme of his unconnected talk, in his delirium, was the Missionary work, to which he would constantly refer. Dear Adam! he is gone-but gone to his reward. A more faithful, zealous, self-denying Missionary there has never been in Bengal; and though

his Missionary career was short, the good example he has left to his brethren of all denominations, in indefatigable activity, will, I doubt not, long prove beneficial to the cause of missions in this country."

From the Rev. G. Christie to Mr. Adam.

"During the last four months of your lamented son's short but brilli ant career, we lived together. During a daily intercourse of even that period, when there was seldom any society but that of each other, I must have known a good deal of his views, plans, and labours. Many of our conversations concerning the things of God and his kingdom in general, and his work among the heathen in particular, I am not likely soon to forget. I also witnessed a good deal of his active exertions for the best interests of this awfully benighted people. In the work of the Mission, I was unable to do any thing, through ignorance of the language; but I wished to be a looker on as much as possible for my own profit. As I had the language to acquire, I could not often attend Mr. Adam in his morning excursions among the people; but when he went out in the afternoon or evening to preach, or distribute tracts, or examine schools, I frequently accompanied him. I felt happy and grateful that I was to spend at least my first year in India in connexion with him; and I sighed over his death as a personal loss of great magnitude. During the first three days of his last illness, I was the only person who was constantly with or near him. During that period, I observed, that except sometimes in the night, when the fever was more severe, and rendered him restless or absent, his mind was generally tranquil and happy. He was much engaged in reciting passages of Scripture, or in repeating or singing verses of hymns. I occasionally read to him, and several times prayed with him, as did also some of the other Missionary brethren. Into all this he entered with much enjoyment."

From the Rev. J. Hill to the Rev. H. Townley.

"But, ah! my dear friend! what can we say of the wonderful ways of God, as it regards the church in this country, in the death of our dear brother Adam. We feel confounded; the iron has gone into my soul;' I know I must not repine, nor charge the Lord foolishly, but my heart bleeds. I send you a few copies of the sermon I preached on the occasion; it has been widely diffused in this country, and with God's blessing will, I hope, be useful, in exhibiting a specimen of the Christian character of rare occurrence. His whole career in India was a very remarkable one, something like Milton's March of Angels- High above the ground.' I consider it one of the great blessings conferred upon me by a gracious God, that I should have been permitted to know him intimately, and to enjoy his confidence. What a life of strong faith, ardent zeal, and undying piety his was! The combination which it presented of devo tional ardour, mental application, and active exertion, was truly astonishing. Take it in any of these points, and it would bear a comparison with any life I have ever seen; the combination therefore made it truly wonderful. Oh, that the mantle of our dear departed brother might fall upon many young men of piety and talent, and that they might go forth to the Gentiles.'

It would appear from these extracts that Mr. Adam was a man of peculiar amiability, zeal, and decision, with talents above mediocrity—a mind well cultivated and disciplined to rigorous

study; his energy and decision were remarkable, and his judg ment mature beyond his years. There was not in him any similarity with the rushing and impetuous cataract; he rather resembled the deep and still river. He was not impelled by his passions, but guided by his judgment; he had in his character all the elements of a true Missionary, yet he inherited many of those infirmities" which flesh is heir to," and especially the infirmities of youthful and zealous Missionaries, which tended in some measure to bear him to the grave. Decision often resolves itself into obstinacy, and zeal into rashness; when this is the case, it invariably injures the cause it was intended to

serve.

That our beloved friend merged the nobler qualities of Christian character into these less tractable features, we are not fully prepared to say; but it is painful to reflect on the fact, that such a life might have been continued to the church with more attention to the advice of elders, and less of that daring which is sure to meet with its affecting reward. In this country, with the sun, no man can tamper, nor can Europeans long withstand the influence of a tainted atmosphere, even with the greatest caution, much less with improvident exposure; yet though we must lament over the death of such a man, and more over its subordinate causes, we cannot but admire the spirit which could induce one nursed in the lap of comfort, and accustomed from early infancy to the supply of almost anticipated wants, to sit with a poor degraded Bengálí, in his miserable hut, to partake with him of his poor fare from his plaintain leaf, and traverse the scorching plains of India, in the hottest season; and all for the purpose of inuring himself to the climate, and to impress on the minds of the natives the genuineness of Christian benevolence, and the excellency of Christian principle. However we may differ as to its propriety, we admire it; we admire it in tears, as the fond mother admires the conduct of her child, who has fallen in the field of conflict, covered with scars, and cannot help exclaiming, Had one who fought so manfully, and died so bravely, lived, what achievements might he not have made!

We close our remarks by cordially recommending the volume to our readers.

Missionary aud Religious Entelligence.

1.-CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

The Thirty-fifth Anniversary of this Institution was held in the Great Room, Exeter Hall, on the 5th May, the Right Hon. the Earl of CHICHESTER, President, in the chair. It was the largest Meeting of this Society ever held, many persons being obliged to go away who could not get in. There were present, besides a very large assemblage of the Clergy from all parts of the kingdom, the Marquis of Cholmondeley, the Earl of Galloway, Lord Mountsandford, the Right Reverends the Bishops of Lichfield and Coventry and Chester, Archdeacon Corrie, (Bishop elect of Madras,) the Right Rev. Dr. McIlvaine, Bishop of Ohio, United States, Dr. Tholuck, Theological Professor at the University of Halle, T. F. Buxton, Esq. M. P., Sir A. Agnew, Bart., M. P., John Hardy, Esq., M. P., Robert Williams, jun., Esq., M. P., Captain Alsager, M. P., and W. Feilden, Esq., M. P. The Report stated, that the Right Hon. the Earl of Chichester had been appointed President of the Society. It was also stated, that the entire income of the year amounted to 69.5821. 4s. 8d. This sum includes 11,7661. 11s. 9d., the legacy of the late Horatio Cock, Esq. of Colchester. The receipts through associations were 6,8971. 6s. 5d. more than those of last year. The expenditure of the year was 55,6381. 168. 5d. An enlargement of the Society's operations in the West Indies and China is contemplated. The Institution at Islington was reported to be in a sound and thriving state, and to contain twenty-five students. Thirty-one new associa tions have been formed during the past year. The number of Missionaries sent out in the year was four in holy orders, and five catechists and artisans. In the West African Mission, there are 474 communicants, and 3,100 attendants on public worship. In the year, 30,081 copies of different publications have been issued from the Malta press. The school labours of the Rev. F. Mildner, of Syra, were proceeding satisfactorily. At Smyrna, there are upwards of 500 children in the schools. In Egypt, the Missionaries were prosecuting their labours with diligence in the midst of many difficulties. The Rev. J. Gobat and his fellow-labourers reached Massorah in Abyssinia on the 20th of December. In the several Missions of the Society in India and Ceylon, a steady progress was reported.

The speakers on this occasion were the Bishop of CHESTER, the Bishop of Ouro, the Bishop of LICHFIELD and COVENTRY, T. F. BUXTON, M. P., the Earl of GALLOWAY, Archdeacon CORRIE, the Marquis of CHOLMONDELEY, Rev W. Yate, Missionary from New Zealand, Capt. ALSAGER, M. P., and the Rev. H. HOWELL. Our limits will not allow us to give more than the following excellent speech of Mr. T. F. BUXTON, M. P., who seconded a resolution respecting the success of the great national measure for the abolition of Slavery, and the cheering prospect now opened of imparting to the emancipated population the more glorious liberty of the Gospel.

He observed, that he had been called upon to second the Motion made by the Right Rev. Prelate, and he did not feel that he ought to refuse the call. Last year he had declined a similar honour, for he could not but recollect that while the Moravian, the Wesleyan, the Baptist, and other societies sent out their tens, their twenties, and, in one instance, a hundred missionaries, for the instruction of the West India negro population, this Society had only one solitary missionary sent forward for that purpose. If he had come forward as the mover of the resolution last year, he could not have avoided taking some notice, and dwelling upon the fact of the very small share which that Society had taken in the instruction of West India slaves. Now, however, the difficulties which had heretofore existed to prevent the Society from taking that active part which many of its members were disposed to do, in forwarding that important object, were removed, and the Society might send as many missionaries as they pleased, or as were at their disposal. A wide field had been opened for the exertions, which, he regretted to say, had been too long allowed to remain in lean barrenness. He would not on this occasion dwell on the wild persecutions which had been carried on in the West Indies against missionary labours. These were now happily at an end. Persecution had done its worst, but it had called forth a powerful effort on the part of the friends of freedom-on the part of the friends of Christianity. The voice was raised that Christianity and slavery were incompatible, and on that, the friends of the West