calls for our subscription before presented with a copy. This ved in January; and the next will be in April. We dont like late with our news. Of news, this report is very barren; but the remarks are not without Our readers are, we presume, at this is a Baptist Society. progress made by christianity in India since our first missionaries t there, little more than sixty years been such as to awaken devout ɔn and gratitude in the church of nd to fill all observers, and even the hemselves, with astonishment. It ggeration to say that true converts th may be reckoned by thousands en educated in the knowledge of truth by tens of thousands-and itudes more remotely feeling the of the gospel, and deriving advann it in their social relations by But it may still be questioned christianity has become so rooted il that, were European missionaries Eh to be withdrawn, it would retain ent position in the country. And may be entertained whether it can › have taken permanent possession untry until that country is enriched e inestimable treasure of God's word competently translated into its acular tongue. This, however, is evement, not of one generation; it that the learning and the diligence successive labourers should be on it. The best of the modern translations, as, we suppose, it e on all hands conceded, is that Bengali language by our own two ries, commenced by Carey, and its present point of improvement and Wenger. Yet this version is ergoing continuous revision, and Orth amended in each successive Similar attention is simultaneously our translators to versions into gues; nor must we lose patience, that the work but tardily advances, of style, should be the standard of th guage. Nor do we despair but the day vet come when this attainment shall been reached by the versions of India. The missionaries speak of the eage with which the sacred scriptures are rec by the heathen; and the result of in and observation leads them to believe they are in the majority of instances gently read, and in not a few with spi benefit. The Committee venture to r an occurrence in illustration of this statement. A missionary was address crowd of persons who had gathered r him in one of his journeys, when, pau for a moment in his discourse, a Bral seized the opportunity to say to the pe My friends, listen to the things which man is saying: they are true, and you sh understand them. They will lead yo the right way.' He had scarcely ut these words when he received from a stander a violent blow on the mouth. stead of resenting the insult he simply plied, 'We must bear all things for the of Christ,' and disappeared in the cr Where had this man learned this chris meekness? He was unknown to the sionary. Can it be doubted that they of God had fallen into his hands, and he had read it under the enlightening g of the Holy Spirit? The Committee mention with much p sure that the version into the Arme by Mr. Carapeit, Aratoon, the expens which was defrayed by this Society, found a circulation among people of country in Turkey. Five hundred co were sent to the Rev. J. S. Everett, American missionary in Constantino and, in a letter written by him in Novem last, he says, 'There remain about Testaments of the 500 sent. These bo have been of great benefit to the inqui after truth, as it was for a long time only reference Testament, and was sou for by many, even by those who did understand the Armenian language in region of Aintab. It has done a good wo It was principally distributed in the time persecution, when many wished it who co ns of India and you sho ON THE PREVAILING NEGLECT OF WEEK- To the Editor of the Baptist Reporter. DEAR SIR,-Looking over an old a much pl e Armeni expense Society, bu ople of t dred copies Everett,& stantinople November about 200 hese books e inquirers g time the vas sought o did not age in the good work he time of who could Happy should I be if there were less cause for complaints of this nature, and that evangelical m instead of having and seats of the general part of th fore them, desiring eternal life, feedi sacred delight, say our taste, sweeter honey-comb; mor sands of gold and frequently neglect their privilege in leave to submit a consideration. Fi your pastor or tea posed is of your feel in his own places frequently diligently searchin cords for your ad his own case and in fervent secret p the house of God unto you some spi ve. may be establ whose good he p studies, his praye are all lost; he ret plaining to his Go his soul, ‘I have 1 spent my strength think how discou who do attend, to missness in many c along with this, p that only some 1 have hindered yo has your neglect a these only; but a are under any se religion; to such yo proves a stumblin quire, I pray you, if frequent, has n rage the dearts of your retren pilgrimage, and to keep up the thy wings. They shall be abunda power, and joy, of religion in satisfied with the fatness of thy ho n souls, as well as to contribute and thou shalt make them drink of romotion of religion in the world, river of thy pleasures.' Psal. xxxvi. Four places in the house of God. That the above may become the appear that your views corre-perience of every reader's heart is with those of David, when he prayer of A WELL-WISHER TO ZI salm lxxxiv. 1-4, 'How ami men put their trust under the snado Christian Activity. RITUAL LABOURS OF LAYMEN THE | in the jungles, hitherto resonant on EAT WANT OF THE WORLD. r. Beecher, writing from Bassein, ■, under date of July 11, commuthe intelligence, that a new church n organized at some distance east esidence, where several families onverted through the efforts of a In that neighbourhood eighty verts were subsequently baptized cognized as a church of the Lord Christ. may imagine the emotions and of that disciple of Jesus, as he ted this holy work. No authority en given to him by man, no Preshad laid hands upon his head, no had given him a license to preach spel. He had been rescued by ce of God from the darkness and e of idolatry, had heard, by faith, irit's whisperings of forgiving and g love, and with a heart full of nd zeal, had gone to his countryhom no minister of the gospel had and told them of the love of and of the way of salvation Him. They listened, many of elieved, were converted, and soon gs of Zion chanted by a united an Church, awakened new echoes the howlings of heathen worshipper "nats." And this good work was c menced, not by authority, not by t in commission, or in the ministerial cession, not by any perfunctory serv but by the voluntary love and labo of an unordained, unlicensed layman If we were requested to prepare essay on the question, what is of h est practical importance to the efficie and progress of the churches of Ch at the present day? we should take theme suggested by this incident. W the Church needs, what the world ne is the voluntary, personal, and severing labours of laymen in promo spiritual Christianity. This work is too widely deemed official duty of the ministry. While pastor preaches the truth faithfully f the pulpit, many seem to think tha is done that can properly or effecti be done for the sanctification of Christ and for the conversion of the impenit That it is as much the duty of the official disciple, as it is of the ordai minister, to strive to promote the gro in grace and the usefulness of Christia and to win unregenerate souls to Chr is not the practical sentiment among em drink of Psal. xxxvi become the r's heart is SHER TO Z sonant on worshippers Fork was c , not by the inisterial Ctory servis and labor ed layman o prepare at is of hi the efficie es of Chris uld take t ent. Wh world nee and p promoti deemed th While the fully from nk that effectively Christians mpenitent of the unordained e growth hristians, o Christ, mong be THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION. ON Sunday, Jan. 7, was read in the "Nicholas, by the Divine mercy of The cardinal first enters into the external circumstances under which the dogma has been established. He describes the meeting at Rome of bishops from all parts of the earth, and representing fourteen different languages, and then speaks of the interior deliberations. "All was now ready, and the great day approached-a day for ever memorable in the Church's annals, the day in which the great prerogative of holiness ever conferred on creatures exemption from the stain of original sin was to be dogmat had been firmly bel purest of beings a and fitted her to b cardinal, anticipati ful, and says that it any new discover was convened by Christ." "It was as su whose ashes and whose chair he st decree of unfailing immunity of the Mother of God, the nate and the spotl doctrine revealed and if hitherto onl faith, henceforth, by to be believed by that is, as a distinc no longer involved of what the church A remarkable po pastoral is taken scription of the s ceremonial when clared by the So procession (he sa the noblest ecclesi witnessed, even oduced into the invocation of Ghost." After describing some nt ceremonies, the Cardinal rethe doctrine, and exclaims:ice, then, dearly beloved, again rejoice. Rejoice in the Lord, so graciously bestowed on his Osigual a blessing, whereby the her children has been wonderited, and their love for their in heaven greatly increased. hat to her fresh glory has been ad a new crown, the brightest can wear, that we may hope for -urs and more abundant graces affectionate and powerful interRejoice, that through this event, the unity of the church, e and love that reigns among rs, their docility to their head, chment to the see of Peter, and and learning of so many of ve been most consolingly exAnd though absent in body, rit present with you, we rejoice , and pray to God that from ual joy he will raise more solid ruits of the blessing which the her, through our hands, sends n us. 1) N. CARDINAL WISEMAN." er from Naples, of Dec. 22, it the Immaculate Conception celebrated there with a fortiritual exercises, that is, prochurch-going, &c., during which he theatres were closed; and as days' service before Christmas nediately after, the Neapolitans 1 twenty-four days without of public amusement. The ve been placed under the improtection of the Immaculate n. Their colours are to receive nediction under the auspices of culate Conception, the image is to be appended to them. S surprise the many batteries comman the entrance, they were arrested by b from the shore requesting them to s with the alternative verbally hinte being blown out of the water. sequently, however, permission to g was given. Here they remained m days; Japanese officials going on bo frequently, but the British not permi to land. At length, on the 4th Octo the Admiral went ashore, accompar by five boats and the band; and enter the inner harbour, with much ceremo they rowed up to the landing-pla admiring the pretty scenery on eit side. At the landing-place a gu received them; guards lined the road the Governor's house, and ushered strangers into the presence of the Gov nor and the Inspector of the provin "Their appearance and manners w dignified; the court dresses were v curious, and the silk portion of r quality. The style and degree of poli ness practised among themselves is extreme that it disgusted us considerab The persons communicating between Governor and our interpreter were their knees, and frequently kissing t ground, and speaking in a low tone voice. After the interview, we We taken to two rooms; ours had the nu ber of arm-chairs required for office not of the admiral's set, who were another room. Tea was brought small stands; no sugar, no milk use In a short time, trays with pipe tobacco, lighted charcoal, and a pot f ashes; pipe of brass, small; stem, ban boo. After some time, a box of cal and sweetmeats, with chopsticks, wa placed before each officer, and was after wards sent on board to us, as we wro our names on the lid by order. Agai our wants were attended to; octagona deal boxes were placed before each of us the contents, a block of sponge cake, tw |