that some advantage might result to their cause, by accommodating themselves, as far as possible, to their inclinations. Conformably with this idea, the ordinary pomp and pageantry which attend the Catholic worship, so objectionable to the Protestant communion in general, were not deemed by them striking enough to make a sufficient impression on the gross minds of the Hindoos. They, in consequence, encumbered the Romish worship with an additional superstructure of outward shows, unknown in Europe, which, in many instances, does not differ much from that prevailing among the Hindoos. They have a pooja or sacrifice, (the mass is termed by the Hindoos pooja, literally sacrifice;) they have processions, images, statues, tirtan or holy water, fasts, tittys or feasts, prayers for the dead, and invocation of saints. This Hindoo pageantry is chiefly seen in the festivals celebrated by the native Christians. Their processions in the streets are always performed in the night time, accompanied with hundreds of tom toms, (small drums,) trumpets, and all the discordant noisy music of the country, with numberless torches and fire-works : the statue of the saint placed on a car, which is decked with garlands of flowers, and other gaudy ornaments, according to the taste of the countrythe car slowly dragged by a multitude, shouting along the march-the congregation surrounding the car, all in confusion; several among them dancing, or playing with small sticks, or naked swords; some wrestling, some playing the fool; all shouting or conversing with each other, without any one exhibiting the least sign of respect or devotion. Such is the testimony of a Roman Catholic to his own religion, as it exists in the eastern world.

But ask the judgment of a discerning Hindoo: I have done so, and he observes, "They have changed the strong idols of their fathers made of stone, and come to worship weak idols made of wood. But they say they believe in Jesus Christ, and they shew me the small crucifix made of brass hanging round their necks, and they point out the image of wood to me as a proof of Christianity-they have a great many images in their chapel, besides that which they call Jesus Christ. Before every image they have candles and frankincense burning; they have feasts in honour of these images. During the time of these feasts, and also on the Lord's day, they kneel down to the images to pray to them, and to kiss their feet. They say that the pope teaches them to count thirty-three prayers to Jesus Christ, and fifty-three to the Virgin Mary. They deliver their prayers to be carried unto God, sometimes by angels, sometimes by saints, and sometimes by the Virgin Mary. Have they seen or heard any order from God, to pray to so many persons, or to send prayers to Him by these persons? A man in the Church of Rome, at seventy years of age, is not wiser in the writings of their God, than he may be when seven or eight years old. Counting beads, saying the Lord's prayer, and prayers to the Virgin Mary, and worshipping any piece of wood that is called holy, these things are nearly all that the old man understands." Such is the impression produced upon the minds of the intelligent Hindoos, by the mummery of Rome. Is this Christianity?

Few classes of professional character have been so much the object of reproach and contemptuous derision on the one hand, and the theme of poetic declamation and fervent eulogy on the other, as has been the Missionary to the heathen. For while, from Adam Smith to the modern Slavery advocate, he has been represented as a "stupid and lying missionary," destitute of intelligent eyes, and whose accounts might have been reported by more faithful witnesses: the christian orator in the deep-toned strains of pulpit eloquence, the popular advocate of evangelical associations, and the inventive versifier of elegiac memoirs have, in their flights of imagery and bursts of sentiment, enrolled him with the martyrs, and crowned him among the apostles; so that the expression of popular applause has conveyed into every corner of the land an unearthly portraiture of the self-denying and swiftwinged herald of the Cross. In ignorance, or in fervid zeal, apocryphal inventions may have been added, intended either as improvements on the reality, or to render it more palatable to the particular taste; and these additions have doubtless served as paintings on glass windows to attract the attention of children, and idle persons without, but to obscure the light from those that are within. The

one extreme may have produced the other; but now that we have leisure to discriminate, truth may be more clearly distinguished. It will be denied by few, that a missionary ought to be possessed of no common endowments as a man, as a Christian, and as a public teacher-that more is requisite than a graceful demeanour, a commanding appearance, or a powerful frame with "looks inspired." He goes forth to negociate between God and man; as an ambassador he is sent to the heathen, and is empowered to discuss the grand concerns of judgment and mercy; to summon myriads of rebels from the confusion and guilt of their revolt; to deliberate on divine things, the interests of the kingdom of God which is with men. It is not too much to require that his heart should be fired with a peculiar zeal, that has been fanned into a holier and more steady flame than ever shone upon the path which leads to the throne of empire and of power, or to the shrine of honour and of fame. So imbued, he will indeed, as he should, be able to set at defiance the rage and rigour of the polar sky, or the fervour and oppression of the torrid zone. Thus enkindled was the heart of that prince of apostles, and bright exemplar of the missionary school, who, forsaking the society of friends and kindred, his country and his repose, "crossed cheerfully tempestuous seas," while his mind was filled with sublimer schemes, and his soul matured thoughts within itself, more vast and noble, more benevolent and generous " than ever statesman planned, or warrior wrought." The bounds which his ambition grasped; the glory which lighted his eye, as he pressed forward to reach it; for which he laboured, for which he prayed, for which he was in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by his own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, and in perils among false brethren; for which he suffered the loss of all things, were, that he should be a faithful minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost :therefore, from Jerusalem and round about unto Illyricum, he fully preached the Gospel of Christ. This was his desire, and for the accomplishment of this was he willing to bear suffering and shame; while he was sustained by that faith, "whose boundless glance can see the shadows of time brightening through eternity;" and filled and impelled and constrained by love, God's own love, which is shed abroad by the influence of the Spirit in the heart, and love to man-that love which was taught by Him, who came to seek and to save those who were lost, which wrung his heart with sorrow-these excited his tenderest sympathies, and drew forth the unfeigned tear that burst from his eye. Nor was he less distinguished by a sincerity which was genuine in its principles, and not more forward in profession than in purpose, nor more ardent in words than in