least some states, unsettled. Now Lincoln is elected the primogeniture, roundly lectures the South blusters, threatens secession, at clergy on their ignorance of political repudiates her economy; Layard speaks out in favour debts-stops specie payment-entraps of reform as a newly-elected member free blacks, or makes her cities too hot for Southwark; Lord John Manners to hold them-arms gangs of rowdies- pours forth a dreary flood of conservaand virtually renounces Federal sovetive platitudes at Leicester; Sir John reignty. Perhaps, before March, their Packington discourses on art education blood may cool. at Worcester; Fred. Peel on defence, at Bury; Gilpin on the coming Reform Bill, at Northampton; and the hale, hearty, jaunty, veteran premier, figures once more before the Romsey Association for the encouragement of labourParliament is to meet early in ers. February. Will Alexander of Russia redeem his promise? Will the thousands of serfs go free? Will the same sovereign also stop the yearly tide to Siberia? Will the long, dreary, demoralizing, annual deportation of 9,500 men, exclusive of women and children, cease? Will the exiles already there have any hope of We have again to note the death of return held out to them? men in high places. Norfolk, AberM.P.'s are starring in the prov-deen, and Dalbousie are no more. Norinces. Disraeli raises the tattered and folk, the premier peer of England, and rotten flag of Church-rates, and no well-known supporter of Popery; Abersurrender,' Bright ventures at Leeds deen, a contemporary of Metternich, the questionable statement, that a man of Napoleon Buonaparte, and the real without a vote is little better than a cause of the last Russ an war; and beast of burden, and at Birmingham, Dalhousie, some time Governor Geneafter exposing the evils of the law of ral of India. Marriages and Deaths. MARRIAGES. November 6th, in the Baptist Chapel, DEATHS. August 30th, at Ipswich, Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia, aged 72, Rev. Thomas Deacon, pastor of the Baptist Church of that town, and formerly of Leicester. November 24th, suddenly, Rev. G. Croly, LL.D., a clergyman well-known beyond his Own parishes of St. Stephen's and St. Benet's, by his literary works. October 23rd, at the European HosNovember 17th, at Trinity Chapel, pital, Calcutta, aged 20, Arthur Julius East India-road, Captain W. W. Wil-Trench, son of Dean Trench. liams, commander of the missionary ship John Williams, to Miss Harriett B. Poole, of Canton-street, Poplar. December 11th, in the General Baptist Chapel, Melbourne, by the Rev. T. Gill, Mr. Thomas Bennett, Bailey, near Northampton, to Miss Emma Earp, second daughter of Mr. Edmund Earp, Derby-road, Melbourne. December 16th, at the General Baptist Chapel, Peterborough, Mr. W. Brooks, of Peterborough, to Miss Rachel Thurlow. 57, Rev. Dr. Robertson, Professor of November 25th, at Edinburgh, aged Divinity and Church History. November 26th, at Coningsby, Mrs. Sarab Hall, aged 73, for more than 50 years a valuable member of the General Baptist Church in the above village. December 8th, at Sherwood-rise, Nottingham, Sarah, the beloved wife of Mr. William Mallett. NEW YEAR'S SACRAMENTAL | Churches whose liberality has been solicited. Every year has increased OFFERING, FOR THE ESTABLISH- the number of the contributors, and MENT OF A FUND FOR THE WIDOWS THIS is a new thing among the Gene- augmented the amount of their contributions. The Widows' Fund for the present year, with the addition of interest on stock, amounted to £2818 10s, 2d., being an increase of £332 4s. 6d. on the largest receipts of any former occasion. From these generous offerings the Directors have had the pleasure of affording substantial assistance to TWENTY-FOUR WIDOWS; FORTY-SIX FATHerLESS CHILDREN; AND ELEVEN MISSIONARIES INCAPACITATED FOR LABOUR BY AGE AND INFIRMITY." The subject was first presented to the Committee of our own Society in the course of discussions as to the desirableness of insuring the lives of the Missionaries. Some of the Missionaries had expressed a wish to make "During the last ten years, the Di-provision for their families by Insurrectors have made an Annual Appeal, specially to the Churches affiliated with the Society, in behalf of the several claimants above-named, on their Christian sympathy and affection. They have regarded the communion of the saints around the table of their Saviour, on the first Sabbath of the year, as a most suitable opportunity on which to invite the exercise of such fraternal love. This appeal has never been intended to set aside, even for a single occasion, the duty of every church member to his poor brethren; but they have asked only THAT AT THAT SACRED SEASON, THOSE CHRISTIAN COMMUNICANTS WHO ARE WILLING, MAY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF MAKING SOME AD ance, but felt great difficulty on account of the high rate of premium charged for residents in India. It was ascertained that the Committees of various leading Societies have latterly adopted the practice of sending out no Missionary without first effecting an Insurance on his life for the benefit of his Widow and Children in the event of his decease, and are doing the same thing as far as practicable with regard to Missionaries previously in the field. The payment of these premiums must be a heavy additional charge on the income of any Society, but ultimately will prove a relief to the ordinary funds. The following resolution on the subDITION TO THEIR USUAL CONTRIBUTION,ject was passed at the last Annual AND THAT THE AMOUNT CONTRIBUTED OVER AND ABOVE THE AVERAGE OF THE ORDINARY SACRAMENTAL COLLECTION, MAY BE APPROPRIATED FOR THE RELIEF OF THE WIDOWS AND FATHERLESS CHIL- OF THOSE VENERABLE SERVANTS The Directors have had the most gratifying and abundant evidence that this annual appeal, instead of being met with coldness or reluctance, has afforded peculiar gratification to the Committee Meeting of the Foreign RESOLVED: 'That a Circular be sent to the Churches throughout the Connexion, suggesting that the Members should be invited to augment their usual contribution at one of the Sacramental Collections during the year, and if possible on the first Sabbath of the year: the amount in excess of the collection on ordinary occasions to be appropriated to the formation of a Fund for making provision for the Widows and Orphans of Missionaries, under the direction of the Committee.' Remember Christ in beloved Missionaries, knowing that on that day they will be specially remembered in the prayers and sympathies of the great body of their supporters, will share in the holy joy, and take encouragement as they enter upon the diffi The Committee were unanimous in their opinion as to the importance of the object, but considered that if anything were done, it must be by an extra effort, as the ordinary income of the Society would not admit of these additional payments. They were in-culties and toils of the opening year, formed that for several years past the Baptist Missionary Society has adopted a plan similar to that referred to in the resolution with pleasing success. Ample funds for the Widows and Orphans of Missionaries have been obtained, and with less trouble and expense than any other portion of the Society's income. Many of the contributing churches, while expressing their approval of the step, have requested that it might be repeated, since they themselves had been benefitted thereby. In explanation of the resolution, it should be distinctly stated that it is not desired to interfere in the slightest degree with the claims of your own poor friends. They, it is cheerfully conceded, have the first demand upon your Christian sympathy. The suggestion is, that augmented contributions should be invited, and that only the amount in excess of the ordinary Sacramental Collection should be appropriated for the benefit of brethren and sisters who are labouring as your messengers and representatives among the heathen. The first Sabbath of the year is recommended as the time for making this extra effort, unless local circumstances should render another day decidedly more convenient. It is the season for making presents to friends, not knowing what may befall them or their families ere the year shall end. Should it, however, so happen in any cases that the First Sabbath of the year is an inconvenient time, it is hoped that our friends will kindly embrace the First Sabbath of February for the purpose, so that the effort may be rendered as nearly simultaneous as possible, and that the Committee may know early in the year what amount of support they may calculate upon for this important object. The Committee respectfully request the co-operation of the Ministers of the Connexion, in presenting this Appeal to the Churches under their care, and further ask that the amount contributed by any church for this special object, whether large or small, may be transmitted FORTHWITH to one of us, at the same time specifying that it is in aid of the Widows' and Orphans' Fund. Signed, on behalf of the Committee, ROBT. PEGG, Treasurer, Derby, J. C. PIKE, Secretary, Quorndon, near Loughborough, WILL. and one which ever abounds with spe- REMEMBER CHRIST IN YOUR cial reasons for gratitude to God. It is fitting that the absent ones in a foreign land should be remembered then. The grateful contributions of their more favoured brethren and sisters in England will be refreshing to them as the cup of cold water given to a disciple for the Master's sake, and shall in no wise lose their reward. This particular day is also mentioned not only for its appropriateness, but in order that the effort may be simultaneous. There will be pleasure in feeling that the churches throughout the Connexion are interesting themselves for one object and at one time. Our MAKE your will while you are strong and sane. Your poor suffering body and trembling spirit will have enough to bear in their sickness and death struggles, without cumbering them with secular calculations. Make your will, if possible, while in the enjoyment of health, when your mind can bear the labour, and you can arrange matters clearly to your own liking. Make your will in time, and before you make it, kneel down and ask the Being before whose bar you must give an account TO THE SECRETARY. Cuttack, Oct. 17th, 1860. You will think it strange that I have not written you again ere this, but the fact is I have been waiting, waiting, waiting, for something worth writing about. Events have transpired occasionally which I thought you would be of your stewardship, how much you (LETTER FROM REV. W. HILL shall will to Him. Ask your own conscience whether, after all that your heavenly Father has done for your body and soul, you ought not to have something in your last will and testament for his dear cause. What you do to his church you do to Him. Remember Christ in your will. To say the least, if you have been born again, He is as near a kin to you as a child or a brother-your "elder bro-interested to know, but as they were ther." Then why will you slight Him? He wants money to educate ministers, support missions and feed the poor. His cause is languishing because of the unkindness of his followers who keep all for themselves and children, and give nothing to Him. A few years ago, a generous youth in Virginia found an old man by the wayside, drunk and almost dead with cold. The boy procured a buggy and took the old man to his home, where by nursing and kind treatment he recovered again. Though a drunkard, he carried a generous and grateful heart in his bosom. As he parted from his young deliverer, he remarked that he would remember him. He removed to Texas, invested his funds, and became wealthy. The other week he died, and left his whole estate, worth £20,000, to his young friend who had saved his life. If the natural heart is capable of such a generous gratitude to a benefactor, how much more should the new-born soul, a sinner saved by grace, give tangible tokens of thankfulness to the greatest of all deliverers. Christ found us in our helpless, lost estate, and when sin had brought us to the verge of ruin, He took pity and delivered us at an immense sacrifice. Now it is not only unchristian, but unnatural, to treat the greatest of all benefactors so miserly. In making your will, forget not Him who gave his life to save your soul from hell. But to do this, you must make it in time. In some States, we believe, no bequest for religious purposes is valid unless it be made thirty days before the testator's death. In many of the other States, it must be made six months before the death of the testator.-Ger. Ref Messenger. not penned down at the time, they There You will be pleased to hear that, so far as I am able to judge, matters in the printing office have gone on much as usual. Until recently we have had little except mission work, but a few weeks ago we had orders to print for Government the New Stamp Act and Income Tax Act. As the Acts are already iu force, they are wanted out as soon as possible, consequently I have given the men extra hours. You will agree with me in thinking it right to put forth extra effort for the accommodation of so good a customer to our press as the Government has been. Were they to set up a press of their own, it would militate very much |