mission in India has been supported by the "Society for promoting Christian Knowledge" with eminent success; for it was under its patronage that the apostolic SwARTZ preached the Gospel to men of different tongues, kindreds, and nations.” 3.1.1

But it is evident that, at the present time, missions are conducted to a greater extent by other societies than by our own. When the Gospel was first preached to the heathen, our Saviour gave the commission to INDIVIDUALS; that is, they were not associated by any power of temporal empire. And it would appear as if it were to be promulgated to the Gentiles a second time, by the same means. But this is a subject which will occupy the serious attention of our Church."

The Church of Rome certainly considered it to be HER duty, as the Church of Christ, to teach all nations." Now it has been so ordered that the Church of England should possess at this time a greater facility of access to the remotest nations, than Rome ever had in the plenitude of her power. While therefore we contemplate with a benignant eye the laudable exertions of the subordinate societies, it would well accord with the dignity and character of the Church of England, to RESUME the lead in this work; and, standing as she does like a Pharos among the nations, to be

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Let this nation understand the voice of that Providence which hath exalted her to such a height in the view of mankind. It saith in the words of the text," LET THERE BE "LIGHT"But when we speak of the nation, we mean the CHURCH; and the Voice of the Church is to be heard at the UNIVERSITIES Is not this the University that gives the light of SCIENCE to the world? Let it also give the light of Religion. We are proud to acknowledge that this Seat of Learning hath already begun to diffuse the truth of Revelation in the heathen world, Some of its members have already gone forth to the East. Men of your own body, who had acIquired the very highest honours in science, are now in that country engaged in translating the Scriptures into the Oriental Languages. And it would give new ardour to their undertaking, to know that it meets with your coun tenance and approbation,

mai But it will be proper to give some account of the DARKNESS which exists in heathen lands, that our nation may feel it her duty to send forth the Light. For it has been asserted by

* Yershine as Lights of the world, HOLDING FORTH the word of Life." Phil. ii. 16.

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some that there is no darkness at least among the idolaters of India; and passages are quoti ed from their ancient poetry to prove that their morals are sublime and pure. It would however appear from passages in the Holy Script tures, that the nations addicted to Idolatry are not only involved in darkness and and retrof but live in the commission of turpitude crime. In the Old Testament it is stated, that the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty;" and that even **their sons and their daughters they burn in

the fire to MOLOCH," and it marks the prevailing characters of Idolatry to be these two, Cruelty and Impurity. In the New Testament the same characters are assigned to it; and are exemplified in the state both of the Greeks and Romans; of the Greeks in the fourth chapter to the Ephesians, and of the Romans in the first chapter of the Epistle which is addressed to themy and this too in the period of their learning and civilization," dontof ndi oi quibusserq'an w odw 1981 Fire 810 291 9307191 480 quo azad lo * Psalm 1xxiv. 20. + Deut, xii. 31.

St. Paul writes to the Greeks at Ephesus in these Words: I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as OTHER Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, having the understanding darkened: "who being FAST FEELING, have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness." Eph. iv. 19. ju: det

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gulf then turpitude and crime, marked the idolatrys of the enlightened states of GREEC and Rome, how much more may we expect te find them, among the ignorant and idolatrous nations of the present day? resided many years in the heathen world, and was satisfied, by casual observation, that the character of their uiolatry corresponded with that which is given in the Scriptures, I resolved, however, to visit the chief seat of the Hindoo religion, in order to examine the nature of that Superstition which held so many millions in

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On our entering the province of Orissa, we were joined by many thousands of pilgrims, who were proceeding to the Festival. Some of these come from remote regions, with their wives and children, travelling slowly in the shottest season of the year, and are sometimes upwards of two months om their journey. Many of the pilgrims die by the way; and their bodies generally remain remain unburied" that the road to Juggernaut may be known

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On the great day of the Festival, the Idol was brought out amidst the acclamations of hundreds of thousands of his worshippers. He was seated on a lofty throne, and surrounded by his Priests. After a short interval of si lence, we heard a murmur at a distance among the multitude; and behold a body of men, having green branches and palms in their hands, advanced with great speed. The people made way for them, and when they had come up to the throne, they fell down before the Idol that sat thereon and worshipped; and the multitude again, sent forth an acclamation "like the voice of a great thunder,"

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Thus the worship of the Idol began. But on this subject, we cannot recite particulars. Suffice it to say, that this worship had the two characters before mentioned. Men and wo, men devoted themselves to death before Mo, loch. I myself beheld the libations of human blood. And I merely give you this short re cord, because I witnessed the fact

I feel it my duty to state to you that these idolaters are, in general, our own subjects; and that every man, who can afford it, is ob liged to pay a tribute to the English Government for leave to worship the Idol. This is called the Revenue of the Temple; and a