these two years past, have put it out of the power of many pious persons to contribute as they could have wished, towards the salvation of the Heathen; but now that a kind Providence has restored plenty to our land, it is hoped that those who have tasted that the Lord is gracious, and who know, in their own experience, the value of the gospel, will gladly contribute, according to their ability, to help forward the work of the Lord. So shall the blesssing of many who were ready to perish come upon them; and "our God shall supply all their need, according to his riches in glory, by Christ Jesus."

And above all, brethren, you are most earnestly solicited to aid us by your fervent and persevering prayers. "Ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence; and give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth." And may the happy time soon arrive, when, from the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, the name of Jesus shall be glorious; "when men shall be blessed in him, and all nations shall call him blessed. Amen. Let the whole earth be filled with his glory."

mer, Knox, &c. knows that no man was held in higher estimation by those distinguished characters than John Calvin, and no human compositions were more read and admired by them than his.--Nor was it only by persons of the above description that Calvin's writings were esteemed. The depth and ingenuity of his thoughts, the strength and accuracy of his reasoning, and the purity and elegance of his diction, have led many who had no relish for the gospel to peruse his works.

The celebrated infidel, Lord Bolingbroke, was a remarkable instance of this; and the following anecdote, in proof of it, may be depended on. One day,

man,

a Clergyman of his Lordship's acquaintance (Mr. Ch, who died Vicar of Battersea) happened to call for him, when he was reading in Calvin's Institutes.— "You have found me," said his Lordship, "reading John Calvin. He was indeed a man of great parts, profound sense, and vast learning. He handles the doctrines of grace in a very masterly manner." "Doctrines of grace!" replied the Clergy"the doctrines of grace have set all mankind together by the ears." " I am surprised to hear you say so," answered Lord Bolingbroke, "you who profess to believe and to preach Christianity. Those doctrines are certainly the doctrines of the Bible; and, if I believed the Bible, I must believe them. And let me seriously tell you, that I think the greatest miracle in the world is, the substance of Christianity, and its continued preservation as a religion, when the preaching of it is committed to

OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS MADAME DE GENLIS. ADAME de Genlis, in a late ingenious performance, makes the following just and striking remarks: "Examine impious men closely, and you will invariably find that they have no true knowledge of religion; that they have forsaken it without having studied it; that they oppose it without understanding it; and that they form their judgment of it exclusively on the pitiful sophisms and the superficial and lying productions of its detractors.You will see that the true cause of their disgust with religion, is the severity of its morals, and the convenient pliancy of modern philosophy.

"Examine thoroughly the lives and conduct of the impious; you may find among them some natural virtues; but if they have strong passions, you will never find them moral men; and in the best of them, you will always discover a baseless system of ethics, full of contradictions, inconsistencies,'

and arbitrary principles, incessantly varying, according to time, place and circumstances."

These admirable remarks deserve to be carefully remembered. They exactly accord with what the serious reflecting mind daily observes in the world.

POETRY.

PRAISE TO THE REDEEMER.

JESUS how bright thy beauties are ;
Thy lovely person how divine!
Who with our Lord shall we compare,
What glorious form can equal thine?
With gentle smiles sweet mercy spreads
Her kindest beams in his dear face;
His love our highest thoughts exceeds,
And claims our most exalted praise.
Let men and Angels both unite,
To speak the g ories of our king,
With fear, and love, and vast delight
His lofty praise with rapture sing.
But what is men's or Angel's praise,
To our great King's immortal name ;
The various glories he displays,
Shall better speak his power and fame.
Yet he approves our humble songs,
And bows his gracious ear to hear;
Almighty Lord, our joyful tongues,
Shall sound thy praise with holy fear.
We'll tell the world thy wondrous
grace,

How Jesus dwelt in mortal clay ;
And died to save our sinful race,
And wipe our vile reproach away.

August 13th.

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