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“...ii. INTRODUCTION. Since the Annual Meeting however^ dis- patches of importance have been received from Capt. Wilson, and from Mr. Eyre, one of the Missionaries at Otaheite. lrom / the former we give the following pleasing Extracts, which throw new light upon the state of the South Sea Mission, and call for gratitude from all the friends of the Institution. EXTRACTS From Capt. WILSOSTs LETTER* TO JOSEPH HARDCASTLE, ESQ. Dear Sir, “ I EXPECTED when I should reach China, to have had an oppor- tunity of forwarding letters to arrive in London much earlier than myself, but was disappointed in this, as no ship sailed for Europe before the fleet I accompany ; and but some Americans a few days previous to our departure, bv whose circuitous rout I did not think it necessary to write, except a few lines to Mr. Gillett, which I got on board the firfl of them when under sail. If it is received, you will have heard of my arri- val, and know generally that all is well. The Society, Sir, cannot be more...”
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“...joining in concern for their safety and comfort, and evincing a determination to support them, has had the desirable effect of establishing the Mission on the best possible footing : so thar, whoever among the natives may rule as Chief, none will dare to hurt the Brethren, except it happens in the phrenzy of their encounters with each other : and not any of this nature have yet occurred to excite alarm. I believe it is the intention of Gover- nor King to send frequently, (perhaps once a year) to the islands : in which case the Society will have an easy communication with the Breth- ren ; who can also have necessaries from Port Jackson ; and for which, on this prospect, I have made some arrangements, which, I hope, will meet the Society’s approbation. Mr. Shelley, who was returning to England by me, with the hope of renewing the Friendly Island Mission, on finding that at Otahcite so promising, joined it; and will be an useful member to them. While he resided at Port Jackson, he formed an attachment...”
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“...For these purposes, an Address to Foreign Societies and Ministers has been drawn up and extensively circulated. The Directors have judged these proceedings to be both suitable and necessary, in consideration of the designs and state of the Society; and the impression of di vine efficiency has been humbly and fervently solicited on these endeavours. May prayer be heard;* may the Lord give the Word; and may the number of Missionaries, to publish ij to the Heathen, be great and sufficient! The Mission to Otaheite has always been a subject of great Interest. The Directors, after waiting with anxious expectation for Intelligence from that Island, received, about the beginning of April, a Letter from the Rev. Mr. Jefferson in the name of the Missionaries, dated 31 Dec. 1800: and several private letters came to hand by the same conveyance. An interval of twelve months had occurred from the date of the preceding Dispatches, during which time, it is stated, that the Missionaries had been in great...”
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“...the hearts of our dear Brethren, “ will be made glad thereof.” The Missionaries, in reviewing their past and pre- sent situation, conceive, that an experienced person, at the head of a well organised body of Mission- aries, might be of singular service in establishing the Mission at Otaheite; and also other Missions in the surrounding Islands. They think, that the Correspondence which Governor King, at Port Jackson, has commenced with Pomarree, is a particular interference of Providence in their favor; and they hope for its continuance and in- crease, as it may prove the means of strengthening, animating, and enlarging the Mission. The fore- going circumstances form the substance of the letters which the Directors have received, as far as they regard the general business of the Mission ; but one unhappy event they have to mention with sorrow of heart, the fall, and separation from their body, of Mr. Broomhall, who had been before faithful and useful. As our Brethren do not express great anxiety...”
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“...Il THE REPORT OF T1IE DIRECTORS tory account of a Mission, which lies very near the hearts of the Directors and of the Society; hut which appears to be peculiarly dependent for safety and success on the power, the goodness, and the blessing of God. The South African Mission, in connection with the Missionary Society at the Cape of Good Hope, presents Objects and Occurrences so various and important, that a Memoir of no inconsiderable length, and of great interest, might be formed concerning them. It will therefore be necessary for the Directors to compress this part of their Report, and to present a brief sketch, instead of a detailed account of these concerns and trans- actions. When the Directors made their Report to the last General Meeting, their truly admirable and excellent Brother, Dr. Vanderkemp, was in Caffraria. Although his situation was lonely, and his safety precarious, yet, with exemplary devoted- ness and zeal, he tarried there and laboured for several months, endeavouring...”
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“...have already attempted, or may hereafter endeavour to ob- struct his work, and to persecute his servants. It is necessary to remark, that this proposed Settle- ment is not meant to supersede the Mission to Caf- fraria. Dr. Vanderkemp (accompanied by Brother Read) has again been in that country, to wait on King T Geika, at his particular desire, and to che- rish that good understanding which subsists be- tween his subjects and the Missionaries. But at the date of their last letter from Graaf Reinet, they were so constantly employed among the Hotten- tots and English soldiers, that they could not possibly leave that place; and it will only be when a supply of Missionaries is sent to them, and intro- duced into effective labor, that Dr. Vanderkemp and Brother Read can, or mean to resume their Mission in Caffraria. In the Report of last year it was stated, that the Brethren Kicherer and Cramer were about to take a long journey toward the Great River; agreably to an impressive and often repeated...”
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“...TO THE MISSIONARY SOCIETY. 17 invited them thither, and have also commenced that good work for the prosecution of which they undertook this important Mission. In the course of their journey, it appears by a letter from Mr. Kicherer, they tarried some time at Zach River, and preached to the Heathen there, with much, acceptance and success. “ The hunger and thirst “ of the Heathen for the Word of Life (says Mr. “ Kicherer) is very strong; the conflux of peo- “ pie is as considerable as can be wished ; and the “ blessing resting upon our testimony is beyond “ expectation.” These gracious events were well calculated to induce our Brethren to “thank God and to take courage.” The Missionary Air. Tromp has succeeded Air. Vanderlingen at the Wagen-inaker's Valley. He labors with diligence among the Heathen in that district; and his conduct has been so worthy and exemplary, that the South African Society have taken the pecuniary charge of his support entirely on themselves. The three Brethren Messrs...”
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“...steadfastness in the per- formance of every duty connected with his sta- tion, and with his relation to this Society : And the Directors hope that his acknowledged zeal, ability, and disinterestedness, will, under a divine influence, be made productive of much good in the city and vicinity of Quebec. The Report of the Directors to the last Annual Aleeting, as it regarded Air. Alitchell, was rather of an unpropitious nature. His voyage to Montreal, with a view to exercise his Minis- try and his Mission in that city, terminated in discouragement and disappointment; but suc- ceeding events have proved pleasing and fa- vorable. Mr. Alitchell having received an invi- tation from some serious persons at New Carlisle, in the Bay of Chalcur, has accepted it, and has entered on Ministerial Services, which promise to afford much advantage and usefulness. His Con- gregation increases; many French Catholics and native Indians occasionally hear him, and with the latter, he holds frequent and encouraging...”
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“...third year; at the expiration of which, as he wishes for an interview with his friends and rela- tives, he intends to return to this country: Yet he intimates “ that he shall not be against serving “ the Society again, for as long a time, and in “ such a capacity, as the Directors may think it “ proper to employ him.” The Directors have designed, and have been authorised to send ano- ther Missionary, to preach the Gospel, at Togo, Bonavista, in Newfoundland; but a qualified person, for this mission, has not yet been ob- tained....”
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“...Mr. Hassel's character and conduct. It appears that he statedly preaches at several places in the vicinity of Port Jackson, and that he exerts himself very commendably in providing means of instruction for many Children in the Colony. Mr. II. considers himself still to be under the patron- age of this Society, and expresses a readiness to engage in any Mission, in which his services may be required ; but the Directors conceive, that his labors at Port Jackson-are highly useful and expe- dient; and that in the event of increasing inter- course between that Colony and Otaheite, his agency may be of considerable service on behalf of the Mission at that Island. The Directors are fully aware of the Resolutions which have been passed, at preceding General Meetings of this Society, authorising them to pre- pare and send out Missions to various places, both in the Eastern and Western parts of the globe. They are alive to the usefulness and importance D of...”
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“...“the way of God more perfectlyand also receive such other appropriate instructions as may fit him for the singularly interesting and impor- tant work of preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the natural, though unbelieving, descendants of the Patriarch Abraham. As to the other Mission- aries in the Seminary, it having been determined that they should respectively remain two years therein (unless under circumstances, or intended for services that might not require so long a course of preparative instruction) the Directors have not yet been able to avail themselves of any assistance to reinforce or to commence Missions, from that quarter. And had it not been for the seasonable and zealous co-operation of Mission- aries from Berlin and Rotterdam, the interests of the Society in Africa would have languished and suffered very considerably. These intimations, the Directors are persuaded, will at once explain and excuse, that delay of operation, which in other circumstances, would not have succeeded...”
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“...those hopes to which humanity gave existence. Those plans of v hichthe object is the eternal wel- fare of mankind, are as liable to obstruction as those which are designed to promote their temporal hap- piness. This remark is confirmed by the persecution and martyrdom of inspired Prophets, of holy Apos- tles, and the long successive train of venerable Con- fessors whose names adorn the page of history. The magnanimous Apostle of the Gentiles pos- sessed a mind too elevated to imagine, that his mission was to be questioned, either on account of the oppositions by which he was 'assailed, or the partial want of success of which he had to complain. In preaching the things pertaining to the kingdom of Heaven, instead of grateful returns from the world, or any thing like an unin- terrupted miraculous preservation, he had “stripes “ above measure, was in prisons frequent, in “ deaths oft. Of the Jews five times received he “ forty stripes, save one. Thrice was he beaten with rods, once was he stoned...”
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“...full proportion in which it succeeds, the wise, and the good, will pronounce it glorious. I may not live to see all the fruit of these labours which I have fondly anticipated, yet, even in that case, 1 think more satisfaction will he enjoyed upon a dying bed, from the reflection of having encouraged an attempt toward the enlargement of the king- dom of Christ, than can be derived from the re- membrance of having shewn it no countenance. At our first meeting, the principal objections against a mission to the Heathen” were dispassi- onately stated,* and received a reply; — a reply fraught with the strength of sound argument, the affectionate warmth of Christian zeal, and what- ever is calculated to convince, impress and per- suade. Impartial inquirers were convinced, hut in- veterate prejudice will receive no conviction. The prepossessions which before existed, have, doubt-, less, been strengthened by our partial disappoint- ments. The Islands of the South Seas are not found so free from evils...”
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“...Ministers where and to wdiom he pleases, that the designs of his glorious grace may be accomplished agreeably to His holy will. Paul and his Brethren “ were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the “ word in Asia,” though at the same time they were divinely assured by a vision, “ that the Lord had called them to preach the Gospel in Macedonia.” This is, I apprehend, neither the time nor place, for any thing like minute inquiry respecting the particular countries which would afford to a Gos- pel Mission the greatest probability of success. I presume, however, that I shall not be thought to step far out of mv w ay, if 1 remark, that conti- nental parts of the world, united with a state of civilization and commerce, appear more friendly to Missionary undertakings than places destitute of these advantages. Whatever success may attend...”
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“...63 THE GLORY of MESSIAH. Acts ii. 5, 21.) What signs and mighty won- ders attended the Saviour from his birth to his ascension on high, as our Advocate! He was revealed as “ an ensign to the people” in his own work and preaching : and so in the com- mission of his Apostles, to “ go into all the world “ and preach the Gospel to every creature.” It was expressly commanded that “ repentance and “ remission of sins should be preached in his name “ among all nations,” to this important end, that sinners might flee unto him as their refuge, and find his rest glorious. (Mark xvi. 15. Luke xxiv. 27. Isaiah xl. 10.) (2.) By whom they are sent. “ I will send “ those that escape of them,” that is, the Jewish converts, and such were the Apostles, called by Grace and enriched by the Spirit of God with all his holy graces. These shall go forth to proclaim the glorious Gospel of the Blessed God. Having obtained mercy themselves, they shall tell of it to others. (3.) Whither they are sent. “ To Tarshish...”
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“...gospel of the kingdom ! “ How rich the delicacies, and exquisite,” says Lowth. (Isaiah xxv. 6'.) The gospel is our cor- nucopia?, in revealing all the mercies and pro- mises of the covenant of grace: shewing God “ rich in mercy, and plenteous in redemption and that all the supplies we have are from the fulness of the Son of God. The gospel is the Proclamation of Peace. Ministers are sent as am- bassadors (n. Cor. v. 18, 19.) to rebel sinners, to preach the harmony of God’s perfections in the re- mission of sins through the Saviour's life and death. What inexhaustible mines of spiritual wealth do we open to our people ! Alines far beyond Mexico or Peru in value. The treasures of God's love, and the riches of his grace arc boundless as our sins. How did the year of Jubilee exhibit a representation of the everlasting gospel, which displays the grand and blessed liberty which be- lievers find in Jesus their Lord. He says, (Luke iv. 18.) that he came “ to preach deliverance to “ the captives.” Then...”
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“...of this day, is one of the most inte- resting, in which 1 have ever been engaged, dur- ing the whole period of my ministry. When I look round, and behold this numerous congregation, and connect with it in idea, the grand object proposed from the- assembly ; when I call to mind the promises of God, concerning the extension of the Redeemer's Kingdom in the latter ages; and stand convinced from all cor- responding circumstances, that the period is hastening fast upon us: while the gracious com- mission...”
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“...118 THE WORD OF THE HOLY GHOST mission of our departing Lord, given to his disci- ples in the very moment of his return to glory, still vibrates in the ear; and while I see here an as- sembly of the faithful, gathered from every part of the kingdom, as if moved by one and the same prin- ciple, for this very purpose, to follow up their Lord's command, and to send forth his everlasting gospel, from pole to pole, and “from the river even to the “ endsof the earthI feel animated in the delight- ful prospect : I begin to anticipate the dawn of that happy day, “ whose sun shall no more go “down:” and behold already in idea, “Ethiopia “ and Seba, with the multitude of the isles, as “ stretching forth their hands unto God.” And although, in the recollection of the office assigned me upon this occasion, personally consi- dered, no doubt, there are circumstances enough, sufficiently discouraging, to damp the ardor of my mind; yet however conscious of my own incompetency, to advance any thing new...”
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“...how “ shall they preach except they be sent?” In the prosecution of this part of my subject, it will be necessary, for the better apprehension of it, to observe, that what the apostle so strongly re- commends, byway of question, is among the most important points of the gospel. For when he de- mands, “ How can they hear without a preacher? “ And how can they preach except they be sent?” he only adopts a bolder figure of speech, to insist upon the necessity of it. It is as much as to say, every mission of the gospel, in order to ensure success, must be divinely appointed. And, in my poor apprehension, it is, I confess, an object of the first magnitude in the scheme of faith, and never to be lost sight of, that, unless God the Spirit, to whose province, in the dispensation of grace, this peculiarly belongs—unless He sends forth the preacher and blesses the hearer, (to use the ner- vous language of the prophet,) “ the one sows to “the wind, and the other to the whirlwind.” To...”