MORAVIAN MISSION. THE importance of the MISSION OF THE UNITED BRETHREN at the CAPE OF member such a rainy season as has been experienced this year. It is like the rainy monsoon of the East Indies. GOOD HOPE, has engaged us to lay be--I am convinced you will lend every fore the public its present state, in consequence of the late dreadful hurricane and floods, and likewise of famine occasioned by successive failures of the crops. "GROENEKLOOF, July 22, 1822.The external distress is here, as every where throughout the colony, very great, yet not so overwhelming as at Gnadenthal and its neighbourhood. The heavy rains which have fallen in these days, have done much damage to our buildings and gardens. Never did I see the Hottentots' gardens in such good order, as when I arrived here the day before yesterday, but this morning great part of them is turned into a waste, being either imbedded in sand, or entirely carried away by the torrents.""July 25. My letter of the 22d gives you some account of the damage by the rains and floods. Little did I think, when I was writing that letter, that, before I could send it away, I should have to tell so melancholy a tale, as I now must do. Alas! my dear friend, not only the gardens are almost totally ruined, our large pond filled and turned into a sand hillock, several Hottentot cottages thrown down and their gardens swept away, but the north-west gable-end of our beautiful church is changed into a heap of ruins. It was in the night between the 23d and 24th, that this dreadful misfortune took place, without any one of us perceiving it till yesterday morning, when we made the fatal discovery. The wind had not been remarkably high. Our consternation and distress you may more easily imagine than I can describe. Indeed, we are so overwhelmed with trouble on all sides, that as yet we have not been able to think deliberately on the measures to be adopted in this great emergency. Many thousand dollars will be required to repair the loss, and no time must be lost, that we may save the other walls and the roof. But provisions can hardly be had for money, and the expense and trouble of providing for a number of labourers will be very great. God only knows, how we shall find our way through the surrounding darkness. But after all, there is only one way open, which is, not to cast away our confidence, but to keep close to Him, who alone is able to heal the wounds His hand inflicts. None of the inhabitants re assistance in your power. Among the Hottentots, who are now busy in clearing away the rubbish, no other word is heard but the repeated ejaculation"Alas! our church, our beautiful church!' -like them, my mind is harasssed by Farewell for the present; you shall the scene of desolation before my eyes. hear from me again, as soon as I arrive at Gnadenthal.' The Rev. C. I. Latrobe adds--"The damage done to the church is so great, that the expense, added to that of restoring the gardens and the reservoir, which must be immediately done, will bring on us a burden not to be supported, but by the kind assistance of our brethren and 'friends, to whose liberality we recommend this case of distress." The accounts from Gnadenthal are still more distressing, but our limits prevent us from inserting them. The Christian Public are aware that the General Fund of the Missions labours under a debt of between 3 and 4000 pounds, and is subject to a heavy annual deficiency. Contributions to the General Fund, or to the Separate Fund, on account of the calamities which,) are received by J.G. Lockett, which have been related, (specifying Esq. Treasurer, 1, Upper Conway-St. Fitzroy-Square; Mr. H. C. Christian, 10, Strand; Messrs. Hatchard and Son, 187, Piccadilly; Messrs. Morland and Co. Pall Mall; Sir P. Pole and Co. Bartholomew-Lane, London. Messrs. Ricketts and Co. Bristol; Sparkes and Co. Exeter; Glencross and Co. Plymouth; Jones and Co. Manchester; Atwood and Co. Birmingham; and Mansfield and Co. Leicester. SUDDEN DEATH. A letter from the Rev. Mr. Peacock. On the Lord's-day, evening, Dec. 22, 1822, Mr. Hargreaves of Wild-street, officiated at Spencer-place, the Minister being indisposed. The subject was "Christ the consolation of Israel." About the middle of his discourse, a man named Adam Ammorine, aged about 53, who, with his wife and a little niece, attended there that evening, sunk down in his seat, and, on being carried to the door, breathed twice and expired. He was taken to the house of a surgeon close by, when all symptoms 1 ampton, for which crime they subjected ed themselves to the penalties of £40, the judgment of the Court, at the request of the prosecutors, was waived, upon the offenders agreeing to make a public apology, which they have ac of life had completely disappeared. May we ever bear in mind, that in the midst of life we are in death. May all who read this account feel the necessity of being constantly able to say, O death, where is thy sting? Come, Lord Jesus, come quickly." 66 CROUCH-END. From the Rev. J. B. Shenston to the The following Sums were voted to the Widows of Baptist Ministers, out of the Profits of this Magazine, on the 17th December, 1822, for the second Half year in 1822. M. S. M. D. M. T. A. P.. A. P. 5 | M.S. M. G. £115 NOTICES. THE annual sermon for the relief of "Having accepted the invitation of a newly formed church on the open communion plan, at Crouch-End, Hornsey, I was publicly recognized as their pastor on Thursday, October 3, 1822. Mr. John Thomas, Independent minister of Highgate, commenced by prayer and reading portions of scripture; Mr. Peacock of Goswellstreet offered the general prayer; Mr. the necessitous widows and children of F. A. Cox of Hackney delivered the Protestant Dissenting Ministers, will introductory discourse, proposed the be preached on Wednesday the 2nd of questions to the church and minister, April next, at the Old Jewry Chapel, and received the confession of faith; (removed to Jewin-street, in AldersMr. W. Shenston of Alie-street pray-Thomas of Oxford. Service to begin gate-street,) by the Rev. Jenkin ed the ordination prayer; Mr. Timothy Thomas of Devonshire-square gave the at twelve o'clock at noon precisely. charge to the minister from Ps. lxxi. The subscribers and friends to the So16, I will go in the strength of the ciety will afterwards dine together at Lord God; Mr. Ivimey preached to the London Tavern in Bishopsgatethe people from Col. iii. Î1—15; and street. Mr. Edward Lewis of Highgate concluded with prayer." Oct. 23, 1822. Whose sins in Jesus' blood are wash'd away; And who can stand on that important Sav'd as a monument of sov'reign day, Before the Judge of all the quick and grace. SYDNAS. dead, Calendar. 183. Total Eclipse from IV. 224 to VI.04. End of the Eclipse VI. 58 Aft. 31. VIII. Evening. Auriga will be in the zenith of London; Capella 5 deg. s. of the zenith; Castor and Pollux E.S.E. at the elevation of 55 and 60 deg. Orion on the meridian; Canis major s.s.E. Canis minor s.E. Leo due E. Hydra E.S.E. Pegasus w. by N. his head being below the horizon; Bootes rising N.E. by N. Ursa major N.E. and Leo minor E. by N. [We have omitted Herschell, (called also Georgium Sidus, and Uranus,) discovered in 1781 by the late Dr. Herschell, because, owing to its great distance from the Sun, its apparent magnitude is so small, that it can seldom be seen by the naked eye. |