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may be influential in diffusing a similar spirit among those who occupy the same rank of life. The spiritual claims of the heathen, the injunctions of our Divine Saviour to supply those who are ready to perish, with "the bread that cometh down from heaven," press equally on the poor and the rich, all being required to give according to their ability. It is of supreme importance that this sentiment should be deeply fixed in the heart of every disciple of Christ at the present time, and that an enlarged exhibition of its influence should speedily be made. To ac complish all that still remains unachieved and unattempted, every hand must be put to the plough; every talent, the least as well as the greatest, brought into requisition and zealously exerted, till in the strength of the Lord victory be obtained. The letter referred to is as follows:

To the Directors of the London Missionary Society.

I wish to inform you, that one of your Missionary Collectors lent me, a short time ago, the Missionary Magazines for June and July, 1839, to read. I read about the General Annual Meeting you had in May, and the Special Meeting you had to receive those six poor Christian refugees who have fled for their lives from Madagascar. I have been a penny a week subscriber for fifteen years or more to the London Missionary Society. I believe God has greatly blessed me for it, but from reading the above-mentioned Magazines, I came to this conclusion, that I would give five pounds to the Missionary Society more than my penny per week. I now send the five pounds to you, with my poor prayers that God would bless all the nations of the earth, and every poor heathen with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

CHESHIRE.

A WORKING MAN.

ORDINATION OF MR. WADDINGTON.

ON Wednesday, the 9th of October, Mr. Joseph Waddington, late student at Airedale College, was ordained to the work of a Missionary in Berbice, at the College Chapel, Bradford, Yorkshire. The following ministers took part in the service; Revs.

J. Stringer, of Idle; W. Eccles, of Hop. ton; T. Taylor, of Bradford; W. Scott, of Airedale College; J. Waddington, of Stock port; J. G. Miall, of Bradford; and W. B. Clulow, classical tutor of Airedale College.

RETURN OF REV. S. DYER FROM MALACCA.

On the 19th of September our brother, the Rev. Samuel Dyer, with Mrs. Dyer and family, accompanied by two Malay children, having left his station at Malacca, 6th of May, arrived in London by the ship John Dugdale, Capt. M'Gowan, from Sin

gapore. Mr. Dyer visits his native land with a view to the employment of means for the renovation of Mrs. Dyer's health, which for some time previous to the departure of our friends from Malacca, had been in a declining and precarious state.

RETURN OF MR. SLATYER FROM JAMAICA.

ON the 14th of October, our brother, the
Rev. William Slatyer, arrived in London
by her Majesty's packet, Peterel, Lieut.
W. Crooke, from Jamaica. Communica-

tions made to him concerning the health of Mrs. Slatyer, (who reached this country in December last,) have chiefly led to his return at the present time.

ARRIVAL OF MRS. WE have the pleasure to state, that Mrs. Lowndes and her daughter arrived in safety at Corfu, on the 9th of September,

LOWNDES AT CORFU.

by the ship Saucy Jack, Capt. Farrant, after an agreeable passage of twenty-eight days from London.

EMBARKATION OF REV. J.

ON the 11th of October, the Rev. James Scott and Mrs. Scott embarked at Gravesend in the Catharine Elizabeth, Captain

SCOTT, FOR DEMERARA.
Merritt, for George Town, Demerara, to
resume his labours on the West Coast in
that Colony.

SOMERSETSHIRE AUXILIARY MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

THE Anniversary of this Auxiliary was held at Wellington, on Tuesday, the 3rd of September; the preceding evening was devoted to prayer. The Rev. Matthew Hodge, of Wiveliscombe, preached in the morning, and the Rev. Edmund Crisp, Missionary from India, in the evening. In the afternoon a public meeting was held, when W. C. Pym, Esq., filled the chair; addresses

were delivered by Thomas Thompson, Esq., of Poundisford-park, and Rev. Messrs. Luke, Davies, Crisp, Taylor, and others. The attendance at all the services was highly encouraging; the collections were good, and it is expected the Parent Institution will this year receive from Wellington, double the amount transmitted last year.

APPLICATION FOR COPIES OF THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1839.

TO THE OFFICERS OF AUXILIARY SOCIETIES AND OTHERS.

In consequence of the greatly increased demand for the Society's Annual Report this year, the supply, though larger than last year, has been found insufficient. The Directors will therefore be obliged by the officers of Auxiliaries, and other individuals, in town or country, forwarding to the Rev. John Arundel, Mission House, Blomfield-street, any copies of the Annual Report, or of the Abstract for 1839, which the parties to whom they have been sent may be able to spare, in order that the wants of other Auxiliaries may be fully met.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

THE thanks of the Directors are respectfully presented to the following, viz.: To the Ladies at Arundel, per Mrs. Dobbin, for materials for work at the native school, Calcutta; to the British School, Dorking, for a parcel of useful articles, and two gross of thimbles, for Rarotonga; to "G.," Whit-haven, for a box of books, magazines, &c.; to Miss Love, Dartmouth, for a box of useful articles for Rev. W. H. Drew, Madras; to the Ladies' Working Society, Sherborne, for a box of useful and fancy articles for the use of the School under the care of Mrs. Cox, Trevandrum; to Anonymous, Hampshire, for a box of useful articles for Penang; to the Female Working Association in connexion with the Kelso Relief church, (Rev. Mr. Jarvie's,) for a box of useful articles, for Mrs. Stronach's school, Singapore, value 21.: to Mr. Joseph Robins, Sevenoaks, for six packets of farinaceous food; to a friend, per Rev. I. Anthony, Hertford, for a pair of shoes for Rev. J. Read, Kat River; to 'Mrs. Alexander and other Ladies in Leith, for a box of useful articles for Mrs. Scott, for West

Coast Chapel, Demerara; to the Ladies of Dr. Wardlaw's Church, Glasgow, for a box of valuable articles for Mrs. Murkland's school, Demerara; to J. J. and to C. D., for numbers of Evangelical and other Magazines.

Mr. Geo. Bennet presents his personal thanks, and the acknowledgments of the Society, to the Rev. Thomas Jackson, of Stockwell, and the Ladies of his congregation, and other friends there, for a large case, and a bale containing a most liberal donation of various useful and valuable articles, and a large quantity of printed cottons, for the Paarl Missionary station; also, similar cordial thanks to Mrs. Charles, Miss Morley and Brothers, Mrs. Smith, of the Ivy-house, and Mrs. Arnold, all of Hackney, for their very handsome donations of valuable and useful articles for the same important station, under the superintendence of the Rev. Wm. Elliott.

All the above were shipped for the Cape two months ago.-Hackney, Oct. 14, 1839.

MISSIONARY CONTRIBUTIONS,

From the 1st to 31st August, 1839, inclusive-(continued.)

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