Communion to which we belong, we shall be found aiming at a pure standard: sceptical fancies will give way before a hearty resolution to work: and He, who has afforded the encouragement, will vouchsafe also the fulfilment, of His promises; granting to the Visible Church an extensive revival of piety, and adding to its numbers, from every country, such as shall be saved. Why then do we look one on another, when the cause is that of the Gospel?-when we are called to fulfil the ministry of reconciliation, between God our Father and a world that yet lieth in wickedness? If the Apostolic Age be to return, let each individual aim at the character of that age. Yet, not with a mounting spirit of vain-glory or self-confidence, let any man hear this Appeal. He, who goes forth in the spirit of an Apostle, will go forth meek and contrite-tender and lowly in heart-desiring more and more to put on Christ, and to crucify the flesh with the affections and lusts. Such men, Christ alone can raise up; but, in answer to unceasing prayer for His Holy Spirit, He can and will send forth such Missionaries. We have not to fear, as though the streams of His mercy were exhaustible: we have only to fear, lest our desires should be straitened, our hope soon spent, and our faith fall short of the promises. That King of Israel, who, at the command of the Prophet Elisha to smite upon the ground, smote thrice and stayed, is too true an emblem of our limited zeal. We pause to doubt, when we should press on to conquer.May such reflections as these, with much study of the Word of God and fervent prayer, strengthen the hearts of all Christians-shame them for their past supineness and secularity-inspire them with new and enlarged views-and lead many, especially the younger Ministers of the Church of Christ, to come forth and fulfil the Word of God, proclaiming the glory of the mystery of the Gospel among the Gentiles ! Appendix. JOURNAL OF A VISIT TO SOME PARTS OF TUNIS, BY Mr. JOSEPH GREAVES. VOYAGE TO TUNIS. Friday, Oct. 22, 1824-I left Malta for Tunis, in the brig Diligente, Captain Antonio Cappiello; having received from the Bible Society 547 Copies of the Holy Scriptures or portions thereof, principally in Arabic, Italian, Greek, and Hebrew, and from the Rev. Mr. Temple 600 Tracts in Greek and Italian. The sale and gratuitous distribution of these will occupy a considerable part of my time. I propose, in addition, to make a beginning in the preparation of Arabic School-Books; and to endeavour to obtain such general information relative to the state of the people, as may, in some degree, serve as a guide to future endeavours on behalf of the numerous and long-neglected tribes of North Africa. It is a sphere of labour, which seems naturally to claim from Malta a large share of what may be furnished by her Bible, Education, and Missionary Institutions. Saturday, Oct. 23-We found ourselves, this morning, about 20 miles distant from Gozo; and made but little progress during a great part of the day. Sunday, Oct. 24-A fresh breeze springing up yesterday evening, we were, this morning, in sight of Pantelaria: the land is high, and may be seen at a considerable distance. There is a small town at the north-west end of |