attend only to the wants of my poorer brethren at home, did I not hear from far the voice of brothers' blood crying unto me from the ground: and I felt conscious, that, if Ï disregarded that voice, brothers' blood would be upon my head.--Yes, my Lord, the voice of blood cries from dis-, tant lands, where Moloch's sanguinary altars reek with cruel sacrifices-where the idol of Juggernaut, borne on its immense car, presses with its wheels the prostrate bodies of self-devoted victims, and marks its progress with their blood-where the funeral pile embraces, in one devouring flame, the living wife and the dead husbandwhere Ganges' waters receive the tributary offerings, of children flung upon its waves by the hands of their own parents, as their unhallowed propitiation -These are the scenes which Asia's wide-extended empire exhibits.

Indeed, my Lord, our purpose is far from enthusiasm. Even if we look only to human means, we have every reasonable hope of favourable results. Look to one of the great features which this Society holds forth to view the establishment of Schools for the education of the youth of Africa. Surely it is as reasonable to hope for success from the establishment of schools abroad, as from similar institutions at home. Man is not physically more depraved in one country than in another, more incapable of moral and religious reformation. Man in that soil is the same with his brother in this, for God has made of one blood all the nations upon earth.

The Earl of Gosford, the Rev. Peter Roe, Blaney Townley Balfour, Esq., the Rev. George White, the Rev. Dr. Austin, the Rev. B. W. Mathias, the Rev. George Hamilton, and other gentlemen, took also a share in the business of the day.

The extracts which our limits have allowed us to give will convince our readers that the Sister Island has entered with her characteristic ardour upon the support of this great cause; and that, from her Bible and Missionary Societies, she is deriving to herself a large increase of religious light and fervour. "May we not," says one of the most eloquent of the speakers," may we not, my Lord, expect the bless

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ing of God upon our attempts to extend the knowledge of his Gospel; and hope, that while we are watering others, we shall be watered ourselves?' We know that the moisture which the sun extracts fromn the earth, returns to it again in refreshing and fertilizing showers."

Hull Branch Juvenile Association.

At the late Anniversary of-the Hull and East Riding Church Missionary Association, it was moved by the Rev. Thomas Dikes, and seconded by the Rev. J. Foster,

That it appears to this Meeting highly desirable to interest the YOUNG PERSONS of this Town and Neighbourhood, in the cause of the Church Missionary Society, by means of a BRANCH JUVENILE ASSOCIATION; and that the Secretaries be requested to draw up Rules for such an Institution, and to adopt suitable means for its establishment.

In pursuance of this Resolution, a Meeting of Young Persons was held on Wednesday, June 7th, when the following Resolutions were proposed by the Secretaries, and adopted :

1. That an Association be now formed, to be called "THE JUVENILE BRANCH ASSOCIATION, in aid of the Hull and East Riding Church Missionary Association."

2. That every Person collecting 1s. or upward per week, or to the amount of 21. 12s. per annum, be a Member of this Association, and entitled to a Copy of the MISSIONARY REGISTER: the Names of Members to be printed with the Report of the General Association.

3. That a Treasurer to the Juvenile Association be appointed by the Committee of the Hull and East Riding Association.

4. That the Members of this Association do pay the sums collected by them into the hands of their Treasurer, either weekly, monthly, quarterly, or annually, as may

suit their own convenience; and that the Treasurer do pay the sums received by him, to the Treasurer of the Hull and East Riding Church Missionary Association every quarter-day.

5. That the Accounts of this Association, be presented by its Treasurer, to the General Meeting of the Huil and East Riding Church Missionary Association..

6. That it be urged upon the Members of this Association to stir up in themselves, and in each other, a spirit of prayer for the Divine Blessing upon the means which are using for the Conversion of the Heathen, and for this end to circulate suitable intelligence, especiallyby the Missionary Register, and to adopt such other methods as may be recommended to them by the Secretaries of the General Association.

We recommend it to young persons in other places, to follow the example of Bristol and of Hull. An outline of the Bristol Branch Association was given in our First Volume, p. 192; and we have since had repeated occasion to applaud its energy: nor have we any doubt but that the Hull Branch Association will become a very efficient 'assistant in promoting the great object of the Society."

Rev. Miles Jackson's Sermon before the Bradford (Yorkshire) Church Missionary Association.

On Monday, March 27th, the Rev. Miles Jackson, of Leeds, preached, from Matt. xxviii. 18, 19, 20, before the Bradford Association, at the Parish Church; and has since, at its request, published the Sermon. It rejoices us to see the zeal of our fellow-churchmen roused by addresses imbued with. such vigour and evangelical savour.

We shall lay the close of this animated Discourse before our readers.

Having spoken of the self-denying exertions of Missionaries, the Preacher adds:

But the part which almost all of you are called to act, though less arduous, is not less necessary or less impor tant. It is you who, under God, must enable these servants of Jesus Christ to execute their high commistion. THEIR commission! Let me not mislead you. It is YOURS. It is a commission to the whole Church of Christ. And these magnanimous and heroic Christiaus are your representatives, your deputies, who, in your place and in your stead, are perforining your duties, and for you bearing the burden and heat of the day.

I know no consideration more calculated to excite your zeal, and stimulate you to exertion. As a Church, as a body of Christian Believers, you are commanded by the great Head of the Church, to go and teach all nations. This is a work which you cannot decline. You must either do it yourselves, or see it done by others. If substitutes are admitted, how thankfully, and how liberally should you provide them, and FOR them! And hence, it is not your Missionaries only, but you also, whose servants they are for Jesus's sake-it is you, that shall turn many to righteousness—it is you, that shall shine as the firmament, and as the stars for ever and ever.

What a glorious prospect do we behold, whether we look at the Heathen World, on which the Sun of Righteousness is now arising with healing under his wings; or behold the Heavenly Jerusalem, which has no need of the light of the sun, because the Lamb is the light thereof, and the glory of God doth lighten it! Yes! if, from love to Christ and his cause, we send the Gospel to the Heathen, they and we shall be each other's joy and crown of rejoicing in the day of the Lord Jesus, when we shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe.

And that the Lord is now arising to have mercy upon Zion, that the time to favour her, yea, the SET time is come, seems more than probable from the bright constellation of heavenly luminaries which now appears in our meridian, to reflect the sacred light of heaven on the dark regions of the earth.

For, in the first place, we have a BIBLE SOCIETY, for the purpose of translating the Scriptures into every language under heaven, and circulating the word of life from pole. to pole; and thus, like the Baptist, to be as

the voice of one crying in the wilderness, PREPARE ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

Then, to meet the wants of those who cannot understand what they read, except some one guide them, we have a MISSIONARY SOCIETY*, which says to its servants, as the Divine Spirit said to Philip, "Join thyself to the chariot of the Ethiopian Convert: preach to him Jesus: baptise him; and send him on his way rejoicing."

And again, to supply the Missionary Society with preachers, qualified, by their knowledge of the languages of the Heathen, to be able ministers of the Gospel of the uncircumcision, we have a SOCIETY, (and I hope similar Societies in other countries will be established,) FOR ATTEMPTING THE CONVERSION OF THE JEWS, who are dispersed over all the nations of the earth, and are already acquainted with every language under heaven, and only want the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, to make them the ablest Missionaries that the whole world affords.

That these Societies should have such a connection, such a harmony, and so reciprocal a dependance; that there, should be such a fitness in each to its own particular end, and so admirable a suitability and power in the whole, by their combined influence, to accomplish the one great object, which each, in its separate capacity, is incompetent to effect; that, without any mutual understanding, or design, or previous arrangement, there should be such a coincidence in their views, their objects, their plans, and their operations, as to admit of their being considered as parts of one perfect whole, rather than so many distinct and independent wholes, is marvellous in our eyes, and seems to discover the powerful influence of an invisible Agent: and, while the song of angels at the nativity of Christ marks the character of their successful and triumphant career, they remind us of the Angel that flies in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting Gospel to preach to every nation, and kindred, and tongue; and encourage the hope, that the great Eternal has hitherto guided the flight of this

The Preacher speaks collectively; comprehending, in one fraternal bond, all those institutions which aim, with simplicity, at the one great end of converting the world. EDITORS.