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substance of the right lung, with a rapid, feeble pulse. Leeches were applied to the chest, and the milder Italian method by antimony, of curing such inflammation, was promptly adopted. On the 21st, inflammation had extended to the substance of both lungs-similar measures were prescribed and continued. The great danger of his condition was stated; and I am satisfied that his attendant, did every thing possible to aid medical treatment and to alleviate his sufferings.

"On Oct. 24, 25, 26, (fifth to seventh days,) there was a gradual and encouraging improvement in the functions of the lungs, as proved by examination of the chest, and a correspondent diminution of fever.His countenance, skin, pulse, tongue, and general strength, as well as the respiration, were improved. On Thursday (eighth day) morning, however, great difficulty of breathing suddenly occurred; and, on my visit this day, his condition was so alarming, indicating a sudden oppression of the lungs, that I requested, through Mr. Arundel, Dr. Conquest's aid. But, just before our conjoint visit in the evening, Leota died.

"POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION. - The whole person remarkably well formed, but spare. Height, six feet three inches. Right lung: The upper and anterior parts nearly healthy; posterior part much loaded with blood and serum, which had evidently exuded suddenly, and thus the action of the organ had been completely and very rapidly destroyed. Small seed-like consumptive tubercles were numerously scattered through a space the size of an ordinary egg, at the summit of this lung. Certain contractions and depressions in the substance of this part, also showed the former existence of tubercles; in fact, of old and limited consumptive disease. Left lung more generally diseased by the extensive diffusion of millet-seed tubercles, so that recovery from any severe inflammatory attack would have been absolutely impossible. At its posterior summit were two small empty tuberculous cavities or ulcers of some months' standing. The lower edges of this lobe were distended and infiltrated with interstitial pus. The lining membrane of the bronchi or air-tubes was throughout each lung deeply and universally inflamed; yet with that kind of inflammation which indicates very low vital and constitutional power to sustain disease. The masses of tubercles at the roots of the lungs probably pressed on the large vessels, and so caused the

exudation of blood, the sudden difficulty of breathing, and the speedy death of the patient. From the foregoing, I conclude that Leota had for many months been the subject of latent consumption, which yet had become so confirmed that even in his own climate he could have lived but a short period, and which would have utterly prevented his recovery from an inflammatory attack of even moderate severity. All other organs, so far as examined, were healthy.-EBENEZER SMITH."

It now only remains for me to add, that though we deeply feel this distressing event, yet it has also its bright and cheering aspect. Here lie before us the remains of a convert -a believer in Christ-one who has been led to the Lamb of God as all his trustand whose spirit, we trust, is now before the throne. This is our consolation regarding him; and it constitutes an additional motive and encouragement to persevere in the great work, and to seek the conversion of every heathen land to Christ. The Gospel is still the "power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth." With such proofs before us, we are sure that Missions are not in vain. Yet, before I close, I must solicit your sympathies on behalf of our beloved friend, Aperaamo, the native teacher, now bereaved of his companion. He feels the visitation; he must feel solitary. he has consolation in the knowledge and love of the Saviour. We will pray that he may be spared, and taken back safely to his own land, and live for greater usefulness than ever. And we will pray that our brother Heath may be comforted and spared too, that the objects of his visit to England may be happily accomplished, and his days many and happy in the service of Christ among the islands of the Southern Ocean. And to all of us may the grace be given-in the solemn hour of death-to be able to say with this departed Samoan, "I have no fear, I believe in Jesus!" Farewell, Leota -we drop our tear over thy mortal remains -farewell till the "trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be raised."

Yet

At the close of Mr. Freeman's address, the Rev. Dr. Burder offered solemn and appropriate prayer.

The service having then terminated at the chapel, the body was conveyed to Abney Park Cemetery, where the Rev. John Arundel delivered a brief but impressive address at the grave, and closed the whole service with prayer.

DEATH OF REV. JOHN SMITH.

SINCE the publication of our last number, the anticipated official communications have been received; but, we lament to state, they contain no additional intelligence with reference to our beloved friend and brother, Mr. Smith. We are, therefore, compelled to ex

press our melancholy conviction that this devoted servant of God is no longer to be numbered with the living, but the dead. When it is considered that he embarked at Vizagapatam on the 15th of May, upon a voyage ordinarily accomplished in about a fortnight; that shortly after his departure a violent storm arose, in which several ships were known to have been lost; and that nothing was heard respecting him at Madras so late as the 23rd of September-the date of our latest communication-the mournful conclusion, with which hope and affection have long contended, must force itself on every mind. So strong was the persuasion of his death among our Missionary brethren in the Madras Presidency, that a day had been appointed for preaching his funeral sermon, and a subscription was opened on behalf of Mrs. Smith and her family of seven children, for whom we are grieved to state no provision is made. But we are gratified in being able to state, that the benevolent measure commenced in India will be promptly followed up by similar efforts among the friends of the Redeemer in this country, nor can we doubt that such an appeal will prove successful.

On receiving their last communications from India, the Directors, under a deep sense of the futility of the lingering hopes which had been cherished, expressed their sentiments on the mournful occasion in the appended Resolutions :

I.

Resolved, That the Directors, in reluctantly adopting the solemn and painful conclusion of the death of their late devoted Missionary, the Rev. John Smith, of Madras, by shipwreck, in the month of May last,-while yielding with devout submission to this mysterious dispensation of an all-wise Providence, indulge a mournful gratification in recording their affection and respect for the character of their deceased Friend, and their high sense of his diligence and fidelity as an agent of the Society, and of his disinterested and self-denying devotedness to the cause of Christian Missions. II.

That the Directors present to the bereaved widow of their late friend, the assurances of their tenderest sympathy and sincere affection; praying that beneath this peculiarly solemn and agonising dispensation, she may be sustained by the presence and grace of that Saviour to whose glory the life of her departed husband was so cheerfully consecrated, and commending her and her numerous infant family to the care and protection of His gracious providence.

In aid of the Subscription, which has been opened by the friends of our departed Missionary in this country, the Directors have felt a mournful and hallowed pleasure in contributing the sum of 1001. from the general funds of the Society.

DEATH OF REV. R. DE RODT.

IN connexion with our Indian Missions, the divine dispensations have recently been peculiarly solemn, painful, and mysterious. With the same communications which have terminated our hopes respecting the Rev. John Smith, intelligence was brought of the death of another truly excellent and valuable Missionary, the Rev. Rodolphe de Rodt, at Calcutta, who departed to his rest on the morning of the 29th of August, after an illness of only four days. His complaint was what is termed in India, junglefever; and on the evening of the same day on which he died, it was necessary to consign his remains to the grave. The last moments and expressions of our departed friend harmonized with his previously well-approved character as a servant and disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ-they were calm and serene, and delightfully expressive of the stedfastness and assurance of his faith and hope in the divine Redeemer.

Mr. De Rodt was a native of Berne, in Switzerland, the descendant of a noble and ancient family in that country. He studied for the ministry at Geneva, under the excellent Merle D'Aubigne, and in 1835 accepted an invitation to proceed as a Missionary to India. Early in the following year, he arrived at Calcutta ; and in January, 1838, entered into the service of the London Missionary Society. Since his connexion with this Institution, his brethren have borne united testimony to his fidelity and zeal, his talents and usefulness, as a Missionary of the Cross. His acquaintance with the Bengalee language was very considerable, and he spoke it with great ease and fluency. His sun went down at noon, for, at the period of his death, he had only reached the age of thirty.

The solemn dispensation, which has now been recorded, will prove a severe trial to our esteemed brother Lacroix, who embarked on his return to Calcutta in September last. We pray that his mind may be prepared, and his faith fortified, to sustain the sad intelligence which waits his arrival on those shores whither he is proceeding to devote the remainder of his life to the work of the Lord among the heathen.

FOR DECEMBER, 1843.

APPEAL TO THE YOUNG FOR A NEW MISSIONARY SHIP.

To the Ministers of Congregations; the Presidents and Officers of Juvenile Missionary Societies; the Superintendents of Sunday Schools; the Conductors of Boarding and Day Schools; and Heads of Families in general; in connexion with the London Missionary Society.

DEAR FRIENDS,Will you permit us to commend to your earliest and kindest notice, the following appeal to the Juvenile Friends of the London Missionary Society. We feel persuaded you sympathise with the Directors of the Society in their desire to interest the minds of the young in this great object, and they trust you will cheerfully aid them in its accomplishment. The well-being of our Missionaries, and the defence and progress of the Missions in the South Seas, at this critical juncture, are mainly dependent, under God, on our Society having a Ship of its own, and one that is suitable for the numerous and important objects contemplated. These objects have been explained in our Circular Appeal to the Friends of the London Missionary Society on behalf of the purchase of a new vessel.

But at the present moment we are solicitous that the object should be specially aided by the efforts of the young, so that the Juvenile Friends of the Society may feel that they have in this circumstance a link of intimate connexion with the cause of Missions; and may be interested in the future progress of Christianity in the South Seas, by the simple and interesting fact of their having been the principal means of procuring the Missionary Ship.

ARTHUR TIDMAN,
J. J. FREEMAN,
JOHN ARUNDEL,

Secretaries.

Mission-House, Blomfield-street,

December 1, 1843.

P. S. Cards for Collectors, and a Tract for Children, entitled the "Missionary We shall be happy to forward, to all parts Ship," are ready for distribution.

of the kingdom, as many as may be required, on application by letter to our address. Remittances or announcements of collections are requested to be made by the 8th of January.

It has been suggested that Juvenile Meetings, in aid of this object, be held during the Christmas Holidays. This proposition we respectfully and earnestly recommend for general adoption.

TO THE JUVENILE FRIENDS OF THE LONDON MISSIONARY
SOCIETY.

BELOVED YOUNG FRIENDS,-A delightful opportunity presents itself at the present season for the expression of your affectionate interest in the cause of We feel assured that, if we can only succeed in placing Christian Missions. the object clearly before you, it will at once command your approbation and your vigorous exertions.

You are familiar with the name of "John Williams," the intrepid and successful Missionary, whose heart glowed with compassion for the numerous islanders of the Southern Ocean, and who went forth in the Camden, to convey to them He fell by the hands of barbarians, at the the glad tidings of the Saviour's love.

island of Erromanga, in the prosecution of his noble enterprise. But the ship which he had been the principal means of procuring by his heart-stirring appeals to British benevolence-the ship continued, under appropriate direction, to accomplish the great objects for which it had been obtained. The Camden has rendered eminent service as a Missionary ship; but the time has now arrived, when another ship, instead of the Camden, must be obtained. A much larger ship is wanted—and one that is better adapted to the new state of things. And we are solicitous that you, beloved young Christian friends,—that you, who have frequently expressed your interest in the cause of Missions, should have the special honour of providing this new ship by your exertions.

The reason why a larger ship is required, is, that the present vessel is found much too small to carry out all the goods from England and Sydney, to the Missionaries and their families in the South Sea islands; which we have to forward to them as supplies every year. The number of Missionary families in those islands, is now double what it was when the Camden went out; and, as that ship was scarcely large enough even then, of course it cannot be adequate to all that is required now. Our friends there cannot do without supplies being sent to them. There are no markets nor shops on those islands, where they could go at any time and purchase what they need-such as clothing, provisions of flour and biscuit, medicines, books, &c. And if ships happen to call with them on sale, the prices are very exorbitant; and besides, there is too much uncertainty and irregularity in all this, to permit them to depend on such resources. And farther, on many of the islands, especially those not yet civilized, the people do not understand money, and will only dispose of their produce and their labour in barter; and hence if a Missionary wants a cottage built, or a canoe hired, or a few yams purchased, he must pay for them with clothing or ironmongery, or fish-hooks, or goods of that kind, and all these we have to send out to them from England. And then, farther, if our Missionaries want to introduce the Gospel to new islands, where the people have never heard the name of Jesus-or wish to send Native Teachers,-they can only do this by means of a Missionary ship. It would cost an amazing sum of money to hire merchantships to do all this; and even if they did, it would sometimes be very injurious to their object, because many of the seamen employed in those ships are far from religious men; and, instead of helping the Missionary and the Gospel, might help to create a prejudice against both in the minds of the untutored islanders. Thus we have briefly explained to you why it is that a Missionary ship is wanted at all, and also why a larger ship than the Camden is now required. Such a ship as we need will cost 4,000l. by the time she is ready to commence her voyage. This is a large sum certainly, and yet, if all the young friends of the Missionary Society will only exert themselves, it can be raised—and raised without any serious difficulty. Should they succeed in this, as we trust they will, what a gratification will it be to them, for years to come, to reflect, that wherever the ship goes to visit the Missionary families, to carry native Teachers, or to introduce the Gospel to new islands,-to teach the people peace and love, that they assisted to accomplish all this-that they were the parties by whose united efforts that very ship was purchased. This feeling of gratification is not a feeling of vanity, but of gratitude, and compassion, and love. There is a real blessedness in doing good. It is more blessed to give than to receive. It is a luxury to help in making others holy and happy. It is pleasing to God to aid in making his Gospel known throughout the world. We wish you to share in that usefulness, and honour, and blessedness.

Beloved friends, if your parents were Missionaries on those islands, we are sure you would wish that there might be a ship to visit them, and to carry them their supplies, and boxes of presents from their friends, and their letters,

every year.

Now, try then to do exactly as you would wish should be done, if that were the case. You ask, perhaps, who are expected to help on this great occasion? How can the object be accomplished? How much must be contributed by young people? We reply,

1st, The Directors of the London Missionary Society will open a Subscription, and call it the " Juvenile Fund to purchase the Missionary Ship :" they will contribute to that fund through the juvenile branches of their own families, so as to set an example and make a good beginning.

2nd, The Camden will be sold and put to the same account.

3rd, They solicit all the Presidents, Treasurers, and Secretaries of Juvenile Missionary Associations; all the Conductors of Boarding and Day Schools-of British and Sunday Schools-at all connected with the Society; with their respective Ministers, and heads of families, to encourage the young to make a New Year's gift, and to assist them to do so very liberally, for the express object of buying the new ship. In this appeal, the Directors look also to the younger members of genteel and wealthy families to collect among their friends, and contribute in the same way towards this great purpose.

Many happy families will meet to commemorate this season. Might not the idea of the Missionary ship find a welcome in the varied and enlivened conversation of the social circle? and might not the pleasures of the domestic scene be sanctified and heightened by a generous contribution towards its purchase? At the birth of the Redeemer, the wise men from the East brought their offerings of "gold, frankincense, and myrrh." If we may be permitted to express the desire that our friends may share more bliss than all the fragrant spices of the East could procure; perhaps, we may solicit from them in return, some portion of the gold of Ophir, for the honour of Him whose advent we celebrate, and whose kingdom we would extend to the very boundaries of the earth.

If all, who are now adverted to, would kindly and promptly respond, as far as they are able, on New Year's-day, 1844, the ship might be bought forthwith, and no one be inconvenienced by the effort. To show that this could be done, we would say, the Directors think they have 200 young friends who could collect and give, say 51. each, thereby making

500 more, who could get a 17. each

1,000 more, who could get 10s. each

Then from the whole body of young people in schools

£1,000

500

500

1,000

£3,000,

and the rest would be made up by the sale of the Camden and the sums raised by Mr. Heath the Missionary, who is now visiting many parts of England for that purpose.

Thus you perceive it could be done. There is no impossibility in the case. Only the generous friends of the Society, who wish to inspire the young with a love of doing good, must cheerfully encourage them in the object, and every Christian parent will be forward to do this. We are, dear Young Friends, with affectionate solicitude for your own welfare,

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