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POETRY.
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fchren , is such as could have been given by no other . He betrays no confidence ; but lie removes much of that false glare which is thrown around the missionary services of orthodoxy , by shewing- us the plain fact ; and were we of that party , we should thank him for his unvarnished tale .
Jt will be our object in the next number , to give some of the varied information to be derived from this Correspondence , which may enable our English Unitarians to judge what course they should pursue , and will , we think , induce them to co-operate with our American brethren in
following the call of Providence , and ( without forgetting the worthy labourer at Madras , William Roberts ) saying to Rammohun Roy and his able co-adjutor , What we can , we will do , with full purpose of heart .
To shew , however , how little has hitherto been done , we will extract two passages from the Correspondence at the close of the answers to the first inquiry ; the first by Rammohun Roy ; the second , more detailed , by Mr . Adam : " The Baptist Missionaries of
Serampore have repeatedly given the public to understand , that their converts were not only numerous , but also respectable in their conduct ; while the young Baptist Missionaries in Calcutta , though not inferior to any Missionaries in India
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in abilities and acquirements , forth 2 S *| ropean and Asiatic , nor in Christian zeal and exertions , are sincere enough to confess openly , that the number of " their converts , after tjie hard labour of six years ,
does not excee&four ; and in . Uke manner , the Independent Missionaries of this ci $ y whose resources are much greater than those of Baptists , candidly acknowledge , that their missionary exertions for seven years have been productive pnly of one convert . "—Corresp . p * . 126 .
u The result ( says Mr . Acjam ) of my own observations , of my examination of the different missionary accounts to which I have had access , and of my inquiries from thQse who , in some cases , have Jia < $
better means of knowing or of J ) eing informed than myself , is , that the number of native converts , properly so called , now living , an < d in full communion witfy one or other of the Protestant Missionary Churches , does not exceed three hundred .
It will give me pleasure to see 1 $ proved that there are nearly a thousand baptized natives ; but it will not surprise trie if ai 4 accurate investigation should shew that the number of such persons is even } es $ than that which I have stated . Whatever be the number of real cony . er . ts , however , many of them have relations ^
children , friends an 4 acquaintances , who ^ although not converts , may be considered as belonging to the native Christian population , on account of their being brpught ^ in a greater or less degree , within tfyp sphere -of Christian instruction . The number of these it would be still more unsatisfactory to compute . " —P . 42 ,
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1 ( B Poetry . —Happy Hours .
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HAPPY HOURS . Happy hour in which I rise From the mists of selfish cares , From this vale of vanities , From this scene of woes and tears ^ Seeking a sublimer goal , For a heaven-aspiring souL
s Happy hour in which I hold , Sweet communion with my Cod ; When the book of life uiiroll'd , Shews the upward * onward road , Which conducts to heav ' n , whore rest Peace and joy , await the blest . Happy hour in which I taste Some sweet promise of the ( lay , Which the present and the past Light with hope ' s serenes ^ i * ay ; Throwing o ' er a future t ) li $$ , All the brightest beams of this .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1825, page 108, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2533/page/44/
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