lemnly rejoice in a full and frce, and finished falvation-he replied "Yes, I can-I do.". To another friend, on the fame day, who enquired respecting the ftate of his foul, he faid," Bleffed be God, all is well for time and eternity," and then began to attempt finging the following verfe of Dr. WATTS, "Corruption, earth, and worms "Till my triumphant Spirit comes, "To another friend, on Saturday, converfing about the great things of God, he faid, in the language of ftrong affurance, "As fure as God is in Heaven, fo fure am I of going there!" and then added, "Jefus is my refuge; and underneath me are the everlafting arms."-All this confolation he feemed to derive from the certainty of the promise, and the faithfulnefs of Jehovah. Having preached, about a month before his illness, from that paffage in 2 Sam. xxii. 47. "The Lord liveth," it was frequently in his mouth ever after, efpecially on his death bed: often remarking from it, that creatures die, comforts die, friends die, cnemies die,--but "the Lord liveth" for ever. This he repeated frequently on Saturday.-When afked by his friends, during his illnefs, how he did, and how he then felt his foul, he generally replied, "All is well above, for time and eternity," and when the attorney was about making his Will, he faid to thofe round him," Well, now I am going to fign for time and eternity !"--A little before his death he folemnly intimated his cordial helief of, and full fatisfaction in, the doctrines he had profeffed, and endeavoured to preach to his fellow finners during life; and his happy enjoyments refulting from them in a dying hour. He was a practical and truly evangelical chriftian and preacher; equally a ftranger to legal pharifaifm, and licentious antinomianifm. On Saturday evening, to a young friend coming to fee him for the last time, lifting up his dying hands, he faid, *" O friend, there is a material difference between preaching and living." This friend faid, "I hope, Sir, you well know where your ftrength is," then lifting up his hand again, he replied, with his little remaining ftrength, "Bleffed be God, I do." After this he was much afflicted with pain, and could fpeak but little; but was never heard to murmur. Almoft the laft words he fpoke diftinctly were, My refuge is above!" and about one o'clock on the SabVOL. VI. bath 3 Q A bath morning, he refigned his precious foul to the hands of his faithful Creator and Redeemer. Mr. Carter's remains were very refpectfully interred in the chapel where he preached, by Mr. LAMBERT, of Hull, who alfo preached his funeral Sermon. Thefe mournful ceremonies were attended by very crowded auditories, who teftified their efteem and regret on the lofs of an excellent man and a valuable minifter, cut off in the prime of life and in the midst of usefulness; being but about 40 years of age. But he is entered into his reft and his works have followed him. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE. LETTER I. From the Rev. PETER MORTIMER, of Hernhuth, to the Rev. Mr. LA TROBE, London. I MY DEAR BROTHER, AM indebted to you for feveral Letters which you have had the kindnefs to write me, and fhould have anfwered them fooner, if the bad ftate of my health had not rendered me exceedingly unfit for any bufinefs. I have lately been using the hot waters at Carlefbad, for the fecond time, and been, as far as I can judge, much benefited by them. At laft I find my fpirits fo well returned that I am refolved to publish a fecond volume of my miffionary work, as applications are daily making from all quarters for the continuation of the fame. As I do not doubt but the Miffionary Society will be difpofed to furnifh me with every thing neceffary, I defire you to prefent my compliments to the Secretary, or the leading men of your acquaintance, and beg of them to favour me with the following particulars: 1. The proceedings of the 3d General Meeting, in May, 1797. 2. The proceedings of the 4th General Meeting, in May, 1798. 3. The Miffionary Journal, as foon as published. 4. Letters from the Scotch Societies, if there are any printed. 5. Any other publications that may be deemed ufeful. There may be many which I know nothing of, and it certainly will be better for my purpose, that I get rather too much than too little matter. 6. The 6. The proceedings relative to Mr. Greatheed's Union, if any continuation has been printed. His firft Publication will be duly attended to.. My intention is to make this fecond volume a true Mifcellany. Two or three fermons may be good ingredients; but I should like alio to have a good deal of historical narrative, and to throw all together, fo as to make the book both edifying and entertaining. I have yet another thought which I will fubmit to your judgment. The late exertions of evangelical preachers in England have been hitherto little known in Germany; but have excited, in general, much attention. I fhould be extremely welcome in giving fome fuller account of them (which may be done either in my introduction, or by way of appendix) and I believe the Evangelical Magazine would be the best fource of information. As the whole of this in-stitution is devoted to charitable purpofes, it would perhaps be no indiscretion, if I requested the Trustees to favour me with the whole fet, as the ufe I intend to make of it, would greatly tend to promote the end they themfelves have in view. This thought I entirely leave to your confideration, to act as you think proper; what I now requeft of you is, that you will be fo good as to fend me fuch of the abovementioned as can be had directly (without waiting for those that require more time, and which may be fent afterwards) in a parcel directed for me at Hernhuth, to be forwarded as foon as poffible by the ordinary poft, with the infcription Libre, for which fome allowance is here made as to the postage. I must here fubjoin a circumftance which will give you and your friends fome pleafure. A company of aged fingle fifters, who live together in fome apartments in the Sifters' Houfe, commonly called the Matron's Rooms, had procured a copy of my book, and flocking together with their fpinning wheels, had got a young fifter to read it to them, from the beginning to the end. Lately one of them feeing me, told me with tears in her eyes, that she had long defired to thank me for the book, and that whenever I wrote to those excellent men of the Miffionary Society, I fhould mention to them that they had certainly the moft ardent prayers of the old fifters in Hernhuth. In general it has been extenfively read, and people are quite aftonished at its contents. I fhould like to know if the Brethren in England are fatisfied with my preface; in these parts it has been well received, but it may be liable to objections 3Q2 jections from fuch as are nearer the fountain head. I muft likewife mention that at Carlefbad, I got acquainted with the Bishop of Badwin, a Roman Catholic, who had just been reading my book, and expreffed great fatisfaction at the exertions of the Society for propagating the gospel. He is no bigot, but a very worthy exemplary man, who would fhame many a bishop in every church. In his diocese there are more than a hundred churches, and in every one of them he has preached more than once. He vifits the poor in the meaneft huts whenever he is called (which is frequently the cafe) thought it were at midnight. This character of him I heard from others, and his converfation, which is purely fpiritual and exceedingly meek, confirmed me in the opinion that he is indeed a very extraordinary man. I could not help remarking to him that if in Luther's time, all Bishops had been like himfelf, the Reformation would fcarcely have taken place, which for aught I know would, however, have been a great pity. He did not find it proper to enter into this point: but only faid that all events of thofe times. were juft as God had ordained them. He fpoke very favourably of John Hufs, but not fo of Jerome of Prague, though for my part I do not find much difference between them. In short, nothing is fo myfterious as the character of a fincere Roman Catholic, who is at the fame time a truly pious man. I had another opportunity of making my remarks on the fingular character of the Roman Catholics. I was one afternoon converfing with the family where I lodged, a fet of very good natured honeft people. On a fudden the bell tolled, and they all fell on their knees, and prayed about two minutes with much apparent devotion. I was a little out of countenance for making fuch an invidious exception; and the more fo as I afterwards learned, upon afking the meaning of this, that it was Friday at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the hour in which our Lord Jefus expired, which was celebrated in this manner throughout the whole Catholic Church. I began to regret that our Reformers had abolished a custom fo innocent and edifying in itself, but foon found that they might have very good reafons. My fellow traveller had been in the street at the fame time, and had overheard two old women exerting themselves against one another in the true Billingfgate ftyle; upon hearing the bells toll, they both fell devoutly to their prayers, upon their knees; but, when this fervice was done, they acquitted themfelves with great fpirit of the remaining part of their first performance. Your moft affectionate Servant, PETER MORTIMER. I LETTER II. Extract from a letter of the Rev. Mr. HUBERT, of Amfterdam. Amfterdam, 17th of Sept. 1798. CANNOT forbear to inform you, that I of late have received feveral letters from the Cape [of Good Hope] chiefly containing, among other things, information that Religion there greatly increafes and flourishes; that the churches, especially in the more remote diftricts, are too fmall to contain the numbers of hearers,-that well inftructed, and pious members occupy themfelves in catechifing, and teaching others lefs inftructed in the doctrine of the gospel-that even for the flaves of different nations, catechifing meetings are opened, in order to acquaint them with christianity,-that the minifters of the gospel, even the emeriti, as well as thofe that are actually in fervice, are paid regularly and at the appointed time, and are treated with refpect, and diftin&tion,--that Divine worship, in the capital, is performed by the Dutch, in the morning and evening, and in the intermediate hours, by the English, according to their rites, that the Governor having obferved, that in places, where churches are established, people are more tractable, and moral, than where churches are wanting, hath ordered one to be erected in Zwellingdam. (Signed) HERM. HUBERT. Some further Account of the firft Settlers in Maffachusetts, America. (See our Magazine for Auguft.-Page 314.) MR. EDITOR, cean, and their compara ve HE late favourable reception of our miffionaries in the ly comfortable circumitances there, receive no fmall illuftration from being contrafted with the firft Settlers in America, after their tedious paffage; as related in the number above referred to. The record of this event affords the following information refpecting them after their arrival. 66 "Ŏ how horrid and difmal, do thefe new-found regions appear! On the rivers and fhores, nothing but fights of wretched, naked, and barbarous favages, adorers of devils -the earth covered with hideous thickets, which will require infinite toil to fubdue-a cold winter for a third part of the year-no friends to welcome them-no inns to en tertain |