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Scriptures , viz . the Sanscrit , Marhatta , Hindoos tan ee , &c . He finds it not so easy to learn these languages as some of his constituents seem to have imagined . He is constantly calling for fellow-labourers . In Ceylon , missionary affairs are singu * lariy unprosperous . Mr . Vos , minister
afc CUumboy was removed by order of the governor , first from his people at that place > and lastly from the island ; at the instigation , say the iMrectors , without bijlngiag forward any proof , of some of the D , utc ; h Consistoryj ^ vhohi he had offended by Jus fidelity and zeal ; and Mr .
Ehrha ^ fjjt , jfrbo l > ad come to Cotumbo to acquire more speedily trie Cingalese language , was ordered by the sprite authority to return to Jfylatura , and when there , received a second order not to interfeace with any of the ^ Dutch ,, but confine his mission and instructions to the
Cingalese . ^ r , , ^ Morrison is at Canton r in China , perfecting himself in * the Chinese language in order to the translation of the scriptures into that tongue . \
At home , the Society has been supporting a Mission to the JeWs , but with little effect . Mr . ^ rey , the" convert , preaches in Artillery I ^ arie , in the meetinghouse ,, late Dr . Brichah ' s , where , besides worship on the Lord ' s Day , there
^ re " Jew ish prayer meetings * on Tuesday evenings , and lectures to the Jews on
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JExtract from an Account * of a Parish JLi-Irary , at Hunmanhyy Yorkshire . My the Rcit * Francis WranghAm , 1 have lately founded a Small parish library , which I keep tri my * vcstry / , consisting' of the twelve volumes of the . Christian ' s Society ' s Tracts , the Cheap Repository Tracts , the Cottage Library ,
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Friday evenings . * The Jewish school hsrs not obtained its tirished-for enlargement owing to the prohibitory paper issued by the presiding rabbi . Essays addressed to the Jewish people are preparing . A Jewish convert " of considerable mental endowments and literary qualifications *' lately arrived in this country from Denmark , with a view of obtaining
information from the Directors to qualify him for introducing the gospel among his brethren in Poland / and the adjacent parts of Germany . A tour for the purpose of diffusing zeal for the conversion of the Jews , and for the other objects
of the Society , was undertaken last autumn , m the eastern and northern parts of the kingdomj by Mr . Frey , accompanied by Messrs . Campbell and Collisor i r who brought home considerable collections from various congregations . The'Bii ^ ctors recommend to their
brethren to encourage Jews of both sexes to attend on a , Christian ministry by finding them employment . The M ^ ssioSjary Semikary at Opsport , under JWtr . Bogue , is thelasttopic in the Report . Pious and promising
young men are here admitted after a strict examination by some of the ministers connected -with the society ^ and supported for tw © years , or till they are appointed to some missionary station . There are twelve persons now on the institution .
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452 Intelligence—Account of a Parish Library
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J" We extract the following accounts © f a Pa * hh Library and of the Bishop of Dromores Stutday Schools , from the Report of the Society for bettering the condition of the Poor , just published . ]
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ACCOUNT OF A FAiHISJI : I , IBRAIt V *
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two volumes , the Pilgrim ' s Progress * Gilpin ' s Lives o £ Truman and Atkins , Doddrige ' a Gardiner , Susan Gray , Lucy Fraiiklin , &c . &c . under an idea that the lower classes delight more in < rtmeretcvthzLix in abstracts ; or ( in-other words ) that sermons are less read than tales * . It would he important to
ascer-* It is not an improper question , whether at these prayer meetings , ' called Jeta * ish 9 the same God is worshipped , ( un ^ notvn to both the Old Testament and the : JNew ) that tine Directors invoke at the end of their report , viz . Jehovah-Jesus ? If evca . Qidvin called the word Trinity barbarous , what must a conscientious Tew thr&fc of this blasphemous jargon ? An Otahefitan wfto should read but one of the four gospels would smile , if he did not feetindignant , at the ignorant prerutnptioa of these directors of missions of proselytism . throughout all the world .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1808, page 452, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2395/page/52/
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