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Remarkable Conversion.

IN Palatine, N. Y. a revival has been happily progressing several months, and 60 or 70 have lately become subjects of renewing grace. A female in this place, who had experienced pardoning mercy, was much opposed by her husband. On one occasion, when absent to attend a prayer meeting, her husband pursued her in a great rage. A friend advised him to be calm, reminding him of the destruction of Pharaoh whilst madly pursuing the Israelites on their departure from Egypt. Your wife, said he, is going to worship the same God, who can deal with you in the same awful manner. He attentively listened to this counsel; and on being invited to attend the prayer meeting, and judge for himself, he consented. Here he was arrested as a sinner, and struck with the awful solemnity of eternal things. He returned home anxious to obtain forgiveness, and salvation, and is now hopefully relieved through a believing apprehension of the glory of Christ Jesus as his Saviour.

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It was expected at the last annual meeting, that arrangements would be completed by this time, for a Philosophi cal Apparatus: but on account of an unexpected failure, your committee have made no contract for procuring it. It is presumed the importance of the object will not be overlooked, but the measures already adopted, will eventuate in its accomplishment.

The uninterrupted progress of this Institution, from its commencement, bearing down with a gentle influence, the fears and prejudices of many pious minds, furnishes increasing evidence of its being approved of God, and designed under the guidance of his providence, to reflect the light of the gospel with increasing brightness.

They take the liberty to recommend the continuance of an active and efficient agency, to augment the funds, and strengthen the union throughout the several sections of our country, on which it is dependant, under God, for support.

THE DOMESTICK MISSIONARY
SOCIETY OF CONNECTICUT,

ESTABLISHED about ten years since, has
a highly salutary influence upon the moral
character of that State. The Report of
the present year states, that in conse-
quence of aid from this Society, thirteen
ministers have been ordained over church-
maintain a pastor. The probable num-
es in Connecticut, that were unable to
ber, who in consequence have made a
mated at 500.
credible profession of religion, is esti-

At the commencement of the year, there were thirty one members of the school, twenty-seven of whom were beneficiaries, and nineteen have been added since. Although the debts against the Society had been liquidated, there remained no available funds in the treasury; and but little obtained during the first quarter of the year, except a donation from Messrs. Cobb, and Jones, of Boston, THE LONDON RELIGIOUS TRACT of two hundred dollars: which was regarded, not only as an expression of their benevolence, but as a continuation of that peculiar providence of God, which has been manifest, in the rise and progress of this institution.

SOCIETY,

HELD its 26th anniversary meeting at the city of London Tavern, May 13th. Upwards of 1200 persons were present, and it is said hundreds were turned from The permanent aid offered from the the door for want of room. Education Society of the city of Newers were-Rev. Dr. Morrison, Rev. T. The speakYork, and from individuals, who have Mortimer, Rev. S. E. Dwight, of Boston, endowed scholarships, has given much Rev. Mr. Reeve, from Bellary, and Rev. enlargement and stability to this E. Bickersteth, Secretary of the Church institution. Missionary Society. In the past year. the Society has circulated 10,500,000 Tracts and Books, making the total is

Connecticut and

Vermont remain promising fields for students and for funds; and they continue sending forth streams to water this plantation of the Lord. No pains have been spared to facilitate the progress of the students, in their literary and theological attainments, which, on the whole, are not deemed inferior to former example.

Although there have been some valuable acquisitions made to the library during the year, yet these have been much less than the necessities of the school demanded.

sues since its establishment more than
70 millions.
circulated in different parts of China; in
These Tracts are liberally
Hindoostan, at Calcutta, Madras, Nagre-
coil, Bellary, and Bombay; in Ceylon;
in Australasia; in the South Seas; in
Indies; in British America; in Europe,
Africa; in South America; in the West
at Russia, Poland, Prussia, Darmstadt,
Hamburg, France, Spain, Malta, and
Greece; in Scotland, in Ireland, and in
England.

ORDINATIONS.

Rev. Henry Stanwood was solemnly set apart by ordination to the gospel ministry, on the 22d of June last, in the meeting house of the Second Baptist Church in Lyme, (Con.) The services were introduced by a select portion of scripture, read by Elder Pierpont Brocket. Introductory Prayer and Sermon, by Rev. Asa Wilcox. Text, 1 Tim. iv. 16. Consecrating Prayer, by Elder Simon Shailer. Charge, by Elder Oliver Wilson. Right Hand of Fellowship, by Elder Brocket. The Concluding Prayer, by Elder Nathan Wildman.

Rev. Pharcellus Church was ordained to the work of the gospel ministry, over the Baptist Church and Society in Poult ney, (Vt.) on the 23d of June last. Prayer and Sermon, by Rev. Dr. Kendrick, of Hamilton Literary and Theological Seminary. Consecrating Prayer, by Rev. Mr. Cornell. Charge, by Rev. Mr. Haynes. Fellowship of the Churches, by Rev. Mr. Dillaway. Address to the People, by Rev. Mr. Witherell. Concluding Prayer, by Rev. Mr. Sawyer,

Mr. Thomas M. Washington was ordained to the work of an evangelist, on Lord's-day, the 26th of June last, at NomRev. Elbridge Gale was ordained to ini, in Westmoreland county, (Vir.) The the pastoral care of the Baptist Church in Sermon on the occasion was delivered by Wickford, (R. 1.) on the 29th of June last. the Rev. Fielding Bell, from Rev. xiv. 6. Introductory Prayer, by Rev. Mr. Brown, The Examination of the candidate, the Assitant to Dr. Gano. Sermon, by Rev. Ordination-Prayer and Charge, by Rev. Mr Gammell, of Newport, from Exodus George Patterson. After the Ordination, xxxiii. 15. Ordaining Prayer, by Rev. Mr. Patterson baptized twenty-five perMr. Benedict. Charge, by Rev. Mr. sons, among whom were the male and feGano. Right Hand of Fellowship, by male heads of three families. The conRev. Mr. Ludlow. Address to the Church, gregation, on both occasions, was very by Rev. Mr. Shurtleff. Concluding Pray-large; and the services were solemn and er, by Rev. Mr. West. affecting.

OBITUARY.

It is with unfeigned regret, that we announce to our friends, the death of the venerable JOHN RYLAND, D. D., Theological Tutor of the Baptist Education Society at 'Bristol; an Institution over which he had presided more than thirty years, with distinguished honour to himself, and advantage to the Baptist denomination. By his death, the Mission to India has lost one of its most firm, efficient, and zealous sup-' porters; and the Seminary, an upright, able, and indefatigable tutor. His decease. which we understand was remarkably serene and peaceful, took place about eleven o'clock on the morning of Wednesday, May 24th. [New Eng. Bap. Mag.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

We are obliged to the Pastor of the First Baptist Church in Haverhill, for informing us of an error which unintentionally found its way into our last Magazine. The money which Mr. Carey received at Haverhill for the education of Hindoo females, was not from the Baptist Society alone; but "was raised among the Ladies of the first Baptist and the first Congregational Societies in Haverhill."

We have received a Memoir of the late Rev. John Williams of New York, which we shall with pleasure publish. It would gratify us to meet the wishes of the writer by inserting the whole of it in one Magazine. But although it is a very interesting article, in doing this we should encroach too much on the pages assigned to other subjects in this work.

Several accounts of revivals are necessarily postponed.

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SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF THE REV. 'JOHN WILLIAMS.

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THE month of May last witness- unpretending modesty; and such ed the sudden departure of the was the reserve which he always Rev. JOHN WILLIAMS, senior pas-maintained on the subject of his tor of the Baptist Church in Oli- own feelings and history, that ver-Street, New-York. He was with much difficulty were gathera man of whose character and his-ed the materials for the scanty tory it might well be said, in the notice of his life which follows. brief and beautiful simplicity of John Williams was born in inspiration-He was a good man, Carnarvonshire, Wales, on the and full of the Holy Ghost and of 8th day of March, (old style) faith; and much people was added 1767. The name of his father unto the Lord.” Meek, patient, was William Roberts, from which, and zealous, he laboured long and according to the ancient custom successfully, and, when unex-still retained in some parts of the pectedly removed from the sor- Principality, of deriving the sur rows and warfare of the church name of the children from the militant on earth, into the light||christian name of the father, he and gladness of the church trium-took the name of Williams. The phant above, he left behind him a farm Plasllecheiddior on which he loved and a lamented name; and was born, had for many generagood men of all denominations tions been the homestead of the mourned at his death as for a fa-family, a race of hardy and rether and leader in Israel. Distin-spectable farmers. At an early guished for quiet usefulness, he age, Mr. W. was removed to the was no less remarkable for his house of his maternal grandfather, SEPT. 1825.

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