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another pocket, and took out another handful of silver.â€
Missionary Sketches, No. XCIV.—January, 1842.
.THE NEGRO’S OFFERING.
Tue following pleasing circumstance is related in a letter from the Rev. E.
Davies, of New Amsterdam. It is delightful to witness such proofs of Christian
devotedness among the negroes of the West Indies, whose temporal condition
until lately has been so unfavourable to their spiritual interests : 4
TueEReE has beenaconsiderableincreaseinthe the money another time.’’ ‘‘ Ah, massa,â€
income of the station during the past year. he replied, ‘‘ God’s work must be done, and
That increase has beenchieflyowingtoagreat I may be dead;†and with that he plunged
effort which the people are now making his hand into another pocket and took out
towards a new chapel. In many instances another handful of silver, (p. 1,) and said,
I was obliged to restrain their liberality. ‘‘ That’sformy wife, massa.’’ Then he put
One incident occurred which I shall never his hand into a third pocket, and took out a
forget. In calling over the names, toascer- somewhat smaller parcel, and said, “ That’s
tain how much they could give, I happened for my child, massa;’’ at the same time
to call the name of ‘‘ Fitzgerald Matthew.’â€â€™ giving mea slip of paper, which somebody
‘‘T am here, sir,’’ he instantly replied; and had written for him, to say how much the
at the same time, I saw him hobbling with whole was. It was altogether near £3 ster-
his wooden leg out of the crowd, tocome ling—a large sum for a poor field negro
up to the table-pew, where I was standing. with a wooden leg! But his expression
I wondered what he meant, for the others was to me worth more than all the money in
answered to their names without moving theworld. Ihave heard eloquent preachers
from their places. I was, however, forcibly in England, and felt, and felt deeply, under
struck with his apparent earnestness. On their ministrations, but never have I been
coming up, he put his handinto one pocket so impressed with anything they have said,
and took out a handful of silver wrapped as with the simple expression of this poor
in paper, and said, with a lovely kindof ab- negro. Let me never forget it; let it be —
ruptness, ‘‘ That’s for me, massa.â€â€ ‘‘Oh,’’ engraved on my heart; let it be my motto
I said, ‘‘ keep your money at present, I don’t in all that I take in hand for the cause of
want it now; I only wanted to know how Christ—‘‘ God’s work must be done, and
much you could afford to give: Iwillcomefor I may be dead.â€â€™
Mr. Calderwood, belonging to our Mission in Caffreland, where many tokens
of the Divine favour have, within a recent period, been experienced, has furnished
the following interesting facts :—
is a Saviour.’ From this individual I ex-
Proofs of a work of grace. pect much ; he appears to be making very
The number of Caffre inquirers has decided progress. Another said, ‘‘ Yes! I
greatly increased within the last fivemonths. see it; I am a sinner, greater than other
About 18 or 20 of them may soon, IT hope, men. My sins killed the Son of God. It
be baptized. It is generally difficult fully was not the Jews alone that killed him.
to understand the state of the native mind. My sins which are great, struck the nails
We must depend most upon the general in his hands and side.’’ Another said, ‘‘I
deportment of the individuals, at theirown am a thief, and a murderer; I have seen
kraals among their own countrymen. I my death for my sins; but Jesus, the
shall here give a few of their expres- Son of God, is willing to save sinners;
sions the last day I examined them, as greatsinners.’’ Another said, ‘‘God spoke
to the state of their hearts. One said, ‘‘I to me; he said to my heart, You need a
am a great sinner—I know not my time— garment—you are naked—your old gar-
I think I must soon die I am so great a ment is torn and dirty—Jesus can clothe
sinner.’’ Another said, ‘‘I fear greatly, you.’’ Another said, ‘‘ I can find no place
my sins are so heavy: I fearas I sitinthe to get peace for my sins; but the Son of
fields and think on the word ofthe teacher— God can give me peace. He makes peace
it is a true word.’’ The same person said dwell in the heart.’’ Another said, ‘‘I am
on another occasion, ‘‘Ihaveseenmysins; dead by sin; but the Son of God rose.â€
they kill my soul—they are murderers. But Such statements as these appear to justify
I see—and it is sweet—a Saviour, Jesus the animating conviction that the ‘ dry
| Christ, the Sonof God. Healonecanhelp bones’’ are even now beginning to move by
| me. Hecanhelpmeinmysins. Healone the Spirit of the Lord breathing upon them.
Missionary Sketches, No. XCIV.—January, 1842.
Power of Divine truth. than any one could have expected. Con-
On the first sabbath of June, I had the datas oe ae oo sli aE
very great happiness of baptizing fifteen ee ae ee
ps : aia ee satisfied that this effort has done a great
adult Caffres and six children. We had Q .
ee a ‘ ; i eal of good to the minds of the people.
a special service for the interesting occa- : : i
. ; They get by it new objects of thought ’and
sion of so many Caffres being received at 2 : ;
: conversation, and profitable desires spring
once. The assembly was unusually large. 3 : ‘
, : ea up in their hearts, and it expands and ele- *
I publicly questioned the candidates on all hee Here ested 1 an bonehic e
the fundamental and practical doctrines of as ieee : ea ee . ae
the gospel. The answers were most satis- ze a . Ts f me Gara a se
factory. The impression was deep and so- Ha oh bchayscamee Seaiias Gants ee
lemn in no ordinary degree. We felt as phe acbaats s nee
though the Lord were indeed with us. The Expressions of Christian love.
attention of the most careless was com- One of the Caffres, whom I have just
pletely secured. Hearts the most hard- baptized, made a very beautiful and appro-
ened and full of enmity to the cause of priate speech; amongst other things, he
Christ, and which perhaps never before ex- _ said, ‘‘ our teacher tells us, and it is trae,
perienced one solemn impression, appeared the service of the mouth is nothing; we
for a little to bow before the majesty of the must lift up our hearts to God; we must
_ truth asit isin Jesus. I cannot butbelieve give our hearts to him. Heaven is a place
that the impressions of that day will remain where we do not go with our feet, (mean-
on many a heart. O may the dew of the ing, we cannot now go there and be with
eternal Spirit descend on the precious seed God in our bodies,) we go with our souls,
of the kingdom then sown in much weak- and are in heaven with our hearts. Now
ness, but under a deep conviction that we lay down our money here; the money
the Lord would cause it to grow! Macomo is like a thing that has power, by which
was much affected. I asked him what his God works to send his word to all nations.
heart said when he saw so many of his Now, with our money, we must lay down
re casting in their lot with the people our hearts; we must stoop, and be humble be-
of God. He said, his ‘‘ heart condemned fore God. The word of God has power; it
him—it was his guilty forgetfulness that does great things. There are Bingtahinas §
prevented him standing among them.’’ there are Hottentots; here am I a Caffre,
| Efforts of Christian liberality. ee andl coek ly ee
x .
We have just had our Missionary meet- A Hottentot, one of my elders, uttered
ing; and all present seemed to feel it to be one beautiful and important idea; he said,
arefreshing and encouraging season. We ‘* When children work for their parents
had upwards of 300 children present. Be- they do not lose by it. They Be: for
tween 30 and 40 of them were Hottentot themselves at the same time. They get a
children: all the rest Caffres. Mrs.C.gave share of it. It is the same with us. If we
each of them a piece of bread, and a little try to send the gospel to all men, we work
of what the Dutch very significantly call for a good Father; he does not, he will
tea-water. The young people appeared to never, let us work for nothing.’’ Let all
approve of this plan very much, and the members of all churches feel these truths
schools have been well attended since. We and act upon them, and we shall not require
have collected during the past year, and at = any more extraordinary eiforts to make up
our meeting 21/. This isa far greater sum _ deficiencies in the funds.
Evidences of Divine blessing upon our labours have also appeared in other
parts of the world. From Sincapore, one of our Ultra-Gangetic Stations, Mr.
Keasbury has supplied us with the very gratifying statements which we now
insert, Speaking of an interesting Malay youth, whose heart seems to have
been touched by the power of Divine grace, Mr. Keasbury says :—
On one occasion I noticed him intently with mixed feelings of surprise and plea-
engaged, conversing with another boy. — sure, I asked him what had led him to think
With a view to ascertain what they were of his sins. He said, ‘‘ From hearing the
speaking about, I drew my chair near to parable of the rich man and Lazarus, and
ee andinquired. The lad who had been thinking how Jesus took notice of the poor
ne to him said, ‘‘ Abdulrahman has man, who he said was received into heaven,
een telling me that he feels the sinfulness while the rich man was cast into hell.’â€
of his heart.’? On turning to the latter, ‘‘ But why, was he,’’ I asked, ‘‘ received into
oe.
Missionary Sketches, No. XCIV.—January, 1842.
heaven, and the rich man cast into hell?’’ if I should remain here much longer, per-
‘ Because,’â€â€™ replied he, ‘‘he followed haps God may incline my heart also.’ â€â€™
i hare the a the Hct His filial love and solicitude. 1
of this world ; and when thinking on these en :
things, I felt the greatness of my sins, and ne — We ape ae bres observing
ie es be reek he sincerity and simplicity of his conversa-
wished, like Lazarus, to follow the way o dre sea ag
truth.’’ I then endeavoured to direct his HOD; Aid Ais FEMELRSRE <0 Tough oS Saece
ats the] ? Chistian dein that we religion. I will state one more fact respect-
Ce ee ing his anxiety to do good. One day, on
might live. After having said this, I arose 3
és abtek licht ad been sitar in the return of some of the boys from their
cre has ra ae itis ae alee ken monthly visit to their parents in the country,
: ‘ after they made their usual salam, and pre-
so gegen Se a ae can sented us, according to custom, with some
, EB ar- s an
some of the other boys joined us, seating ot ee oe ae oe
; Abdulrahman, who was among the rest, stood
themselves round the table. I then placed louis datas dadidie « 8 ae Kt
before them one of the picture-cards which et aa a ae ae
me. On perceiving it, I said, ‘‘ What do
represented the parable alluded to, and ex- Sf a aera
: ; you want: He replied, ‘‘ I wish to speak
plained to them more fully the design of it. ' gs a ae :
Whil eaking, I noticed Abdulrahman =o wel what -abouty =
ae ssid oo =. more weeping seemingly ‘* About a conversation I had with my mo-
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much affected. I resolved not to be hasty sg eg cons th d ipa oe . aa
in attributing the excitement they were 3 : ; ne ’
wee ; talking with my little brother, I said to her
under to a real contrition for sin, but never- iC h divmévd ‘ g
theless I was much animated and encou- a 7 oo ae sit down; I wish to
raged. While witnessing these poor ignorant a . 2 + ik 7 nies ae a ee ee
children of the woods, who had never before ‘ine sae buebiacid acesnncd thaw the erie
received the least instruction, but had been Lee : :
left to run wild and almost naked in the 2% ems ere ons eee ee
village, exhibiting so much susceptibility of ee one who had come
feeli : lic cheated toon wor down from heaven, and died to save us from
ae Be. = wants t ait saeotc mich noe sins—Jesus Christ. She said, ‘Ab,
= To ike a on a & mis he is the prophet of the white men—the in-
Se ee é vs fidels. What! have you cast off the reli-
Hus desire to do good. gion of the Malays? if so, do you eat pork ?’
Next morning one of the boys told me I answered, ‘If we eat pork, that does not
that soon after I had left them, Abdulrah- defile us ; but what proceeds from our hearts,
man went into an adjoining room, accom- that defiles us.’ She said, ‘Then you have ~
panied by two others, and closed the door _ joined the religion of the white men ?’ ‘Yes,’
to pray. I called Abdulrahman up-stairs said J. ‘ Ah, the devil,’ replied she, ‘has —
the next evening, to inquire again into the moved yourheart.’ I wept, and stooped to |
state of his feelings, and was happy to find the ground without saying any more. She
him still in the same frame of mind, which said, ‘ What are youcrying for?’ I replied,
continued for several days. At times he ‘Ahmother! you don’t know what you say, —
was seen alone in the school-room in ap- I love you, but I hate your sins.’ She |
parent deep reflection, and at other times laughed, and went intoherroom. My bro- ©
conversing with one or two of his school- ther, who was with me, then wept also.â€
mates, on religion, and even with the ser- It was truly affecting to hear the lad nar- |
vants. OnoneoccasionI noticed himfrom rating the facts, he did it with so much |
my study room, conversing with our Ayah feeling ; and I have ever since been led to |
(a Malay nurse) fornearlyan hour. When ask myself—Can this be all a phantom—
she withdrew, 1 called him and inquired words without meaning? Are they not, in-—
what he had said to her. He replied, ‘‘I deed a striking comment on the words of
asked her whether she would not love the Psalmist—‘‘ The testimony of the Lord
Jesus.’’ ‘‘ Well, what did she say?’’ ‘‘She is sure, making wise the simple ?â€â€™ I might
said, ‘I will not.’’’ ‘‘ What more?’’ ‘‘I add more, were it necessary; but suffice it
then told her how the Lord moved my heart, _to say, that the lad continues from time to |
and led me to feel my sins ;—truly Jesus __ time to give fresh proof of a change having
alone is able to bear my sins!’’ ‘‘What been wrought in him, which it is our daily
did she reply ?â€â€™ ‘‘Shesaid ‘Thatisgood; prayer may continue unto the end.
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