all her consolation from faith alone in the atonement of Christ. Her loss will be deeply deplored by a large circle of Christian friends. She also leaves a family of ten children to mourn the loss of a kind and fond mother. The remains of the deceased were interred by the Rev. T. Wallace, on the following Friday, in the burialground, at the chapel where she and her family worshipped for many years.

MRS. HARVEY,

Pengreep, Cornwall.

Many years since, she experienced the power of Divine truth upon her heart. The change effected in her whole character and conduct, to those who had previously known her, was astonishing. The impression it produced was deep and permanent. Her piety was without ostentation, deeply affecting her heart, and producing that which is of the utmost importance in a profession of religion, consistency.

She loved the truth, and manifested it by her attendance at the house of God. There she was an attentive hearer. Her subsequent observations upon the discourses she had heard proved that she was desirous that the word of life might prove profitable to the advancement of religion in her mind. Her kindness to her friends, her courteous demeanour, her unreserved respect and affection for them, tended so much to endear her, that she became, in return, an object of their cordial respect and affection.

As a wife, she faithfully discharged the important duties of the station, which Providence had assigned to her; carefully attending to the moral and religious instruction of those whom the superintended, and

pursuing the things that tended to maintain peace and unity.

To the poor, she was kind and attentive, imparting her bounty judiciously to those that really needed relief; nor was she less attentive to the wants of the various societies established for the distribution of the Holy Scriptures and the preaching of the gospel among the heathen.

It pleased God to afflict her, in May, 1841, with an affection from which she never recovered, a malady which baffled all the skill of medicine, and eventually deprived her beloved partner and friends of her valued society. Under the power of this illness, she continued to linger till the second of October following, when she was summoned, at the age of seventy-four, by the Saviour she loved, and whose grace she had experienced, to enjoy, in a cloudless region, and in the company of blessed saints and angels, the uninterrupted presence of God, and the rest which he has prepared for all his people! During her illness, she expressed her firm reliance on the blood of Jesus, as her only ground of pardon and acceptance with God, and, on one occasion, observed, "I shall soon be gone; Christ is my only refuge." By her immediate connexions, her removal was severely felt; and to the congregation with which she worshipped, it was a subject of unfeigned regret. Her unaffected piety, her kind de meanour, her prompt and generous contributions, her regular attendance, will long be recollected by those who could not but recognise in her a consistent follower of Jesus Christ.

Her funeral sermon was preached by her minister, Dr. Cope, on Lord's-day, October 24, 1841, from 1 Thess. iv. 13, 14.

NOTICE TO TRUSTEES.

We take this opportunity of apprising those of the Trustees of the Evangelical Magazine, who reside in the country, that the next Half-yearly Meeting, for the Distribution of Profits to the Widows of Pious Ministers, will take place on Tuesday, the 10th of January, at Baker's Coffee House, Change Alley, Cornhill, at eleven o'clock precisely.

PATRIOT NEWSPAPER.

Without in any way making ourselves responsible for all the opinions, political or religious, that may be advocated in the

pages of a newspaper, we take this opportunity of thanking the editor of the "Patriot" for the publicity which he gave, on a recent occasion, to our annual address, which we trust will prove beneficial to the widows receiving assistance from the "Magazine Fund." This is not the only ground of obligation felt by us to the Editor of that valuable newspaper. Its decisive tone, on all subjects connected with civil and religious liberty, entitles it to the gratitude of enlightened men of all denominations, and especially of Protestant Dissenters, whose rights, as men, as citizens, and as Christians, it so ably defends.

We are thankful, too, for the bold and

determined front it has opposed to the souldestroying errors of Tractarianism; the watchful eye which it has kept on the movements of this Popish faction in disguise, is highly creditable to the Protestant and Christian feeling of the conductors of the paper. A better service they cannot render to mankind, than by endeavouring to lower the credit of a party which seeks to tyrannize over the consciences and the liberties of Englishmen.

We are much pleased, also, to find, that the "Patriot" has not lent itself to certain extreme and impracticable political views, now advocated by persons of whom better things might have been expected. It would be nothing short of a calamity to Protestant Dissent, if its influence were exerted on the side of mere Chartist agitation.

The "Patriot" deserves specially well of the public, for its able exposure of Mr. Mackinnon's most insidious and unjust bill, upon the subject of a Burial-ground monopoly, -a bill which, under the fair pretence of improving the health of great cities, tramples upon all the rights of property, and proposes to invest the clergy with pecuniary interests in the dead, which delicacy, not to say integrity, might prevent them from desiring to establish. This obnoxious bill must be arrested in its progress.

In referring to the " Patriot, we notice, . also, with gratitude, its Reports of the May Meetings. They are, in our humble opinion, the best published,―ample, correct, and impartial.

From all these considerations, and many others that we could name, we rejoice to learn, that the sale of the paper is such as to justify the proprietors in considerably enlarging its dimensions. The number for Monday, January 2nd, will contain an additional column on each page, by which the size of the entire paper will be increased ONE-FIFTH, without any additional charge.

VAST INCREASE OF THE TRANSLATIONS AND COPIES OF THE SCRIPTURES.

By the Rev. E. E. M. Phillips, Rector of Hathern, Leicestershire.

FROM the year 1449, when printing was invented, to 1800, a period of three centuries and a half, and comprising the time of the revival of learning, and of the agitation produced by the Reformation from Popery, the number of languages and dialects in which translations of the Scriptures, or of any portion of them, had been printed, was only sixty-seven; and of these, ten had become obsolete. The number of available translations, therefore, did not at that time amount to sixty.

The British and Foreign Bible Society was

established in 1804; and, since that time, has re-printed forty-three of these translations, and the Danish Bible Society one other (Kreolean). But the former of these societies has printed the Scriptures, in whole or in part, in ninety-three languages or dia lects, in none of which had any part of the word of God previously appeared; while the Danish Bible Society has printed them in one other language; and the American Bible Society in three, yet additional. So that the entire number of languages in which translations of the Scriptures have appeared for the first time since 1804 (a period only of thirty-six years) is ninety-seven; while the whole Christian world had, during a period of 350 years previous, produced only sixty-seven.

Further, the translation made of the Scriptures previous to 1804 might, by the multiplication of copies, have rendered them accessible, perhaps, to 250 millions of mankind: while the translations since printed will, if sufficiently circulated, render the Scriptures accessible to 500 millions in addition to the above. According to the common computation, the Scriptures may now be offered to three-fourths of the family of man.

Again, we would remark, that the various Bible Societies throughout the world have been enabled to put into circulation, since 1804, above twenty millions of copies of the Scriptures, or of portions of them and the whole number of copies issued (comprising those of the Christian Knowledge Society and other institutions circulating the Scriptures) cannot be less than twenty-five millions-a number five times greater than the whole amount of copies existing in the world in 1804; and probably far more than double the number of copies which had ever been previously given to it. This circulation, however, great and marvellous as it is, has in no respect satisfied the cravings of men, with respect to the possession of the word of God: it has only served to discover their destitution, and excite the desire of obtaining it.

We ask, then, Could such a combination of men in the pursuit of one work, and such a work-a combination extending itself, more or less, over the world, and comprising persons of every class and profession-could this have been effected, or could such a vast increase of translations have been obtained -translations which may give the word of God to one-half of mankind-or could such a multitude of copies have been issued, so far exceeding all previous issues--or could so strong a desire for the possession of the copies have been so extensively felt, if the Lord had not interposed to effect these things, and if it were not his will that his inspired word should be freely given to all mankind?

AN EXTRAORDINARY CASE.

To the Editor of the Evangelical Magazine.

IT is hoped that your columns will be open to a brief statement of an extraordinary case of thirty years' imprisonment, &c., in the person of Mr. John Dufrene, a respectable merchant of Leeds, and a member of the church under the pastoral care of the late Rev. Edward Parsons. Independent of personal examinations bestowed on this case, the following statement is supported by a report of the last hearing thereof in Chancery, contained in "The Times" newspaper of September 5th, 1833, which shows, that Mr. D.'s petition prayed, that a commission of bankruptcy, which was issued against him in the year 1812,might be superseded for want of a good petitioning creditor's debt-that the case had been heard several times before Lord Eldon, without any final decision -that when Mr. D. surrendered himself before the commissioners, he protested against the validity of the commission; but he submitted to be examined, and the money he admitted to be in his possession was taken from him, which left him entirely dependent upon his friends-that language would utterly fail in the description of what he had suffered, deprived as he was of all power over what he might possess, and confined upwards of twenty years in a prison, where he could have no gratuitous allowance to sustain life. That on this hearing, evidence was adduced in support of Mr. D.'s claim for a supersedeas-that no defence was made on the opposite side; and that the Lord Chancellor deferred judgment on the merits of the case.

As his lordship afterwards resigned the seals of office, Mr. D. intends to make a further application for redress, in order to bring his now nearly closed case to a successful termination, encouraged by some kind friends, whom Providence has raised up on his behalf, feeling no doubt that they and such as may co-operate with them in this work of mercy and justice, will be recompensed at the resurrection of the just by Him who, as recorded, will say on the great day of accounts, "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.'

Further particulars appear in an advertisement in the Magazine for the present month. WILLIAM NEWLAND.

19, West-square, Southwark,

Dec. 6, 1842.

J. PYE SMITH; the object being to obtain, not merely liberation, but equitable redress.

GENERAL HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

We consider it a duty we owe to our readers and to the public at large, to direct

their special attention to the notice which follows these remarks, from our respected brethren, the Congregational and Baptist ministers of Bristol. They have done well to caution the public against men who, under the pretence of zeal for God, are mainly engaged in extracting money from benevolent persons, in the most offensive forms and under the most suspicious circumstances. The leading agents have organised a thorough system of mendicancy, and have a number of men and women engaged in travelling through England and Scotland, going from town to town and from house to house, and at night meeting to report their success. Documents have been sent to us, written by the most respectable individuals, describing their proceedings in different parts of the country. From a glance at these, we have no hesitation in expressing our conviction, that to give money to these parties is to encourage one of the most extraordinary attempts that has yet been made upon the credulity of the religious public. Our readers will perceive that these men have, for a certain purpose, adopted a name which common honesty would have kept them from using, lest an old and efficient institution, the Home Missionary Society, established in London in 1819, should have been injured in its character, if not in its resources, by their system.

We cannot too strongly warn our readers against these unworthy attempts to obtain money, by persons who come with no credentials but those of their own manufactory; and who are utterly unknown to ministers and churches of every denomination, except by their attempts to extract money :

"The undersigned ministers of the city of Bristol, having received sundry inquiries touching a society calling itself the General Home Missionary Society,' and whose head quarters are said to be in Bristol, unhesitatingly declare their conviction, that such society is altogether unworthy the confidence of the religious public. The society, as far as they can judge, is simply a machinery for begging, nor, beyond this point, are its officers or operations known to them. (Signed) "THOMAS CRISP.

WILLIAM LUCY.
CALEB BIRT.

THOMAS HAYNES.

WILLIAM FULLER.

HENRY ISAAC ROPER.

GEORGE DAVIS.

EVAN PROBERT."

ON FEMALE OCCUPATIONS.

To the Editor of the Evangelical Magazinę. MY DEAR SIR,-I have read with feelings of the deepest emotion, your able review of Dr. Wardlaw's Lectures on Female Prostitu

tion, and join most cordially with you in thanking that gentleman for having called the attention of the Christian church to the subject. Your own affectionate heart must have been deeply lacerated as you read the too faithful portrait of the poor miserable outcasts, given with such eloquent pathos in these lectures.

But suffer me to say that the effect of such a work must not evaporate in mere feeling. Something must be done to "stay the plague." Its desolations have been permitted too long to afflict the land. Young people of both sexes have continued to plunge into this deadly sin, without exciting the activities of Christian benevolence (to the extent which the case demands). Their prospects for both worlds have been blasted, their bodies have been diseased, and their souls ruined, while little, very little has been done to awaken them from their delusion.

I frankly confess that it is beyond my power to propose an infallible remedy for the dreadful evil; but thinking that it becomes every Christian mind to suggest any proceeding which, in conjunction with other efforts, might have a tendency to produce a result so desirable, I venture with all deference to address you on the subject. It is an old maxim, and from its truthfulness has become a standing motto amongst us, "That idleness is the parent of all vice." I do not say,-far indeed be it from me to say,—that the female part of our population is willingly the most idle; but I do say, (and those who have thought much on the subject will agree with me,) that employments in which women used formerly to be engaged, and for which they are the most fitted, have been most shamefully curtailed, whilst that kind of employment in which they ought never to have been engaged has been greatly increased, such as in mines, &c.

You and I recollect the time when behind the counters of our linendraper's and haberdasher's shops, none were to be seen but women; men being only employed in lifting those goods which were too heavy for females. But go into these shops now, and there is scarcely a woman to be seen in them from the west to the east. Is this right?

I know a good man in a large manufacturing town, who (as a grocer) employs none behind his counter but females, and his business is a very extensive one. I mention it to his honour, and most heartily wish his example were followed. There are many other trades in which female labour could be employed with great advantage to both the employed and their employers; but I cannot enumerate them. All I wish is, to call attention to the subject, because I believe it will be found that the majority of prostitutes have been driven to their degraded course of life, in the first instance, to procure for them

selves subsistence. Many a virtuous young woman has been starved into prostitution. A friend of mine, who is well acquainted with the abodes of poverty, once told me of a widow (formerly accustomed to the luxuries of life) being left destitute by the failure of her husband just before his death, and having six daughters, employed herself, as long as she was able, in the precarious labour of needlework to support them, till she nearly sunk under it. As one of her daughters after another grew up, they pursued the same work from six o'clock every morning till after twelve o'clock at night, and the remuneration, after all, was so little as to be by no means equal to supply them with the common necessaries of life. Seeing their mother drooping, and their own health fast going, one of them, in a fit of desperation, threw herself on the town; and, "There, sir," said the mother, in a tone of agony, throwing some silver on the floor, "is the produce of my dearly beloved daughter's ruin !!!"'

But now, my dear sir, just for a moment look at the only employments left for our female population. They may be servants in our families. Here, too, the number is greatly lessened from what it formerly was by the introduction into our wealthy houses of footmen, and among the aristocracy this system has become so general as almost to exclude the attendance of females.

Then they may learn the business of dressmaking and millinery. What that is, let the pallid countenances of the poor apprentices and the ravages of consumption among them tell. Oh, if our fashionable ladies did but know the labour and hours of the workroom, surely, from pure benevolence, they would not be so peremptory in giving their orders, or so fastidious in the execution of them.

Then women may be and are employed in making shirts, and other under garments; but think of the remuneration-for a shirt, they get 14d.; and this is all!!! The case of the Misses Reynolds, lately brought before Mr. Norton, one of the police magistrates, is a sad commentary upon this mode of life; and here I cannot but condemn what appears to me a morbid kind of charity, which has of late sprung up amongst us. I allude to bazaars of ladies' work, where the articles are all made by ladies, aud sold for some benevolent object. I should not object to such bazaars if the articles were made by the poor and needy, who should be paid for their labour; in that case, they would confer the double blessing of real mercy. Again, the practice of our charity children taking in needlework at low prices appears also to me a very questionable mode of proceeding; as it not only takes work from the poor, but by its competition forces down the price of that

which they have in hand. But I had no intention of writing such a long letter when I began it. The subject, however, grows upon me, and hereafter, with your permission, I may resume it.

Permit me, in conclusion, to suggest that, although we have so many benevolent societies in existence, it would, in my opinion, be desirable to set on foot another, to be called, "The Society for the Encouragement of Industrious and Virtuous Females," or some such name; to the committee of which (properly constituted) every case of need should be referred, and by whom it should rigidly be examined. I feel persuaded funds to a large amount would be raised for its support. Magistrates would subscribe to christians of all denominations would support it; fathers and mothers would uphold it; and the blessing of those who are ready to perish would fall upon it.

it;

I remain, my dear Sir,

Yours truly,

PROVINCIAL.

R. C.

HOW TO CIRCULATE THE EVANGELICAL

MAGAZINE.

To the Editor of the Evangelical Magazine. DEAR SIR,--Having been for a considerable period a reader of your valuable miscellany, not, I trust, without both pleasure and profit, I am anxious that others should enjoy the same advantages. With this view I have embraced every opportunity which has occurred to me of recommending those who could afford, in a small country congregation, about two miles from my own residence, with which I have been connected about ten years, to purchase the Magazine for themselves; an occasional perusal of my own copy, which I had been in the habit of lending to some young persons in the Sabbath school, being all that was enjoyed in the neighbourhood. For some time I failed to accomplish the object I had at heart, the principal objection, the difficulty of procuring the Magazines with regularity from the nearest town, which is about five miles from the village. At length, at the annual social meeting of our Sabbath-school at Christmas last, I informed such of the friends present as were disposed to take either your Magazine or any other, that I would undertake to procure them, and distribute them to the subscribers on the first Sabbath in every month, or at the missionary prayer meeting, on the Monday evening. result has been exceedingly gratifying to my own mind; I have had four subscribers for the Evangelical, seven for the Sunday-school

The

Magazine, and one for the Revivalist; and I hope to have some addition to my numbers for the ensuing year. The contents of the different magazines deeply interest the parties who take them, and I assure you, sir, that magazine day is now looked forward to with growing pleasure.

Now, sir, what I wish to recommend is, that any person, residing in a rural district, or periodically visiting it, and whose communication with a market town is sufficiently frequent to enable him to obtain the magazines regularly, should seek in like manner to recommend them, and, if need be, to procure them. The plan may entail a little trouble, probably sometimes a little loss; but, surely, no individual will be deterred from attempting it on this account; I am sure he will not if he enjoys, as I do, the rich treasures which these valuable publications contain, and believes that the perusal of them cannot fail to be succeeded by the most pleasing results. Trusting that many will be induced to make the effort with the commencement of the new year, I am, dear sir, Yours very truly, EDWARD MORRIS.

Ruabon, Nov. 12, 1842.

SURREY MISSION.

The autumnal meeting of this society was held on Wednesday, October 19, at the Rev. J. T. Warraker's Chapel, Tooting. An excellent and appropriate sermon was preached in the morning by the Rev. Joseph Sortain, A.B., of Brighton. In the evening of the same day a public meeting was held, at which Thomas Kingsbury, Esq., of Putney, presided. Addresses were delivered by the Rev. Messrs. T. Jackson, J. E. Richards, J. Mirams, W. Jackson, J. M. Soule, R. Ashton, and T. Kennerly; Messrs. Foster and Baker. The devotional services were conducted by the Rev. Messrs. Connebee, Churchill, and Haynes.

Some interesting statements were made by one of the secretaries, which showed the encouraging results of missionary labour in the county, and that the blessing of God had eminently attended the preaching of the gospel, by the agents of the society; but it was announced that its engagements to Lady Day next, would leave a debt of 1007, due to the treasurer.

BRECON COLLEGE.

The committee of Brecon College present their best thanks to an "Old Friend," for a copy of Webster's English Dictionary, handsomely bound.