Dr. Chapin, and the Rev. Mr. Merwin, be a committee of arrangements for that meeting.

Resolved, That the thanks of the Board be presented to those friends of the missionary cause, who have, in the most Christian manner, at their monthly concerts, united their alms with their prayers.

Resolved, That the thanks of the Board be presented to all societies, churches, and individuals, who have contributed to the funds of this institution, for their donations to carry into effect the grand designs of Christian benevolence.

Resolved, That the Board gratefully acknowledge the liberal and seasonable patronage continued during the year past, by which the pressure on the funds has been greatly relieved, and an assurance given, that the interests of the American churches in efforts to evangelize the heathen world, is still increasing.

For the Christian Herald.

SOUTH CAROLINA. THE JEWS.

Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Charleston, S. C. to the Rev.

REV. AND DEAR SIR:

Mr. Frey.

Charleston, S. C. Sept. 26, 1821.

AN opportunity now offers of renewing that acquaintance by correspondence which I once enjoyed personally. The cause of the Jews, which you have, since your conversion, so zealously espoused, has engaged at different periods, much of my thoughts, and had I been placed in other circumstances in life, I should have considered it my privilege to have engaged in some active duties here, connected with those plans which are considered necessary preparatory measures to their restoration to the covenant of promise. My situation is my excuse; but humble as it is, it appears to me the time has arrived, when such an individual may aid in drawing the attention of those who have it in their power, to this important subject.

Having, as 1 humbly trust, an ardent desire to consecrate the remainder of the few days which I may be permitted to live in this world, to the glory of my Heavenly Father, I have had much of my thoughts occupied in surveying the present state of the nations of the world, and in noticing the "signs of the times," as regards the Jews; and after reading the accounts of the great operations which are successfully going forward on the Continent, I have often been astonished that nothing was done in conformity with the "signs of the times" in this country.

My heart has often burned, on surveying the present interesting state of the Christian world, and I thought I felt, in some measure, the value of the immortal soul; and that I would give worlds, were they at my command, for conversion of the heathen world. I have occasionally endeavoured to influence others to feel for the house of Israel.

[The writer here transcribes an article from the Evangelical Intelligencer, which gives a sketch of the labours of the Jews' Society on the Continent, which we have already noticed.]

The situation of the sons of Abraham, is in some respects interesting, and indicates results favourable to Christian effort. The following is an

extract of a letter from a clergyman, dated Wateree Circuit, S. C. August, 8, 1820 :

There are two families of Jews in this Circuit whom I have visited several times. Since I last visited them, two of their daughters have been converted to the christian religion.

The following circumstances are worthy of notice. The mother sent them one day to the spring house for milk; a servant happening to be there at the time, the girls gave her the milk to carry to the house, and then retired to the woods to pray. They were not long at prayer before they began to cry aloud for mercy, so that they were heard at the house. The mother of the girls and one of the sisters, hearing the noise, came to the place where the children were at prayer. The Lord seemed to touch their hearts also, for they did not oppose them. The father of one of the girls, also hearing the noise, came to the place, and heard the child praying that Christ would have mercy on her and on her unbelieving father. This enraged him; as he could not brook the idea that his child should believe Jesus to be the Christ. He picked up a stick to beat her, but as he approached the child, he became so entangled in a grape vine, that it was some time before he extricated himself. The mother of the girls took them to the house, and locked them up in a room, to shelter them from the rage of the father. They were threatened by him, that if they persisted in praying to Christ, he would put them to death. The children replied, "We will pray if you do kill us!" They have since united themselves to the church, and we expect two more to do so the next time of preaching there.

The following encouraging instances have come within my own knowledge, and that of my immediate acquaintances:

During my connexion with a Sabbath school in this city, two female children of Jewish parentage, attended it with the approbation of their mother, and with great delight recited lessons from the Old Testament, and heard explanations from their teachers, which directed their attention to the New. Their attendance was continued for a length of time.

On a more recent occasion, three Jewish children have attended two different day schools, in which exercises on religious subjects formed a part of their plan of instruction; and these, though opposed in the first instance by the parents, were permitted to continue to recite exercises on religious subjects through their own solicitation.

At the present time a pious lady of my particular acquaintance has two Jewish children under her care, who are required to recite lessons from the Bible. She tells me that these two children are very attentive when other scholars recite from the New-Testament, and particularly so to the explanations given by the teachers.

A more encouraging instance is the hopeful conversion of a Jewish female to the Christian faith. Her attention was first called up by sickness. In her anxiety about her eternal welfare, she made many inquiries of a mulatto woman, who was in communion with a christian church, and through her means others were introduced to her, better able to point out the way of restoration through the merits of a crucified Redeemer. A clergyman who had conversed with her, informed me some time since, that hers was a case of undoubted conversion; that she was much persecuted by her Jewish acquaintances, but that she remained unmoved. Another of the same family is in a tender state of mind.

Now, Rev. Sir, is there not reason to rejoice, that there is one instance of special mercy manifested towards the children of Abraham; and should you not consider this alone, as a loud call, to endeavour to adopt some measures which shall tend to remove the veil from their darkened understandings? If I express any ardour on this subject, it is because I feel a desire that you should direct some share of your labour in behalf of your kinsmen, according to the flesh, in this place. There are many Jews here, how many I have not the means of ascertaining. To you it seems to belong to form plans for meliorating their condition; and if I can be instrumental in aiding you, surely I shall not withhold my humble services.

Any papers or information on this subject will be thankfully received, and such parts selected as will be most likely to excite an interest in favour of the cause of the Jews.

I am, Rev. and Dear Sir, Your ob't serv't.

CIVIL RETROSPECT,
For November, 1821.

FOREIGN.

Turkey. No particular information has been received since our last, to vary the aspect of affairs between Russia and Turkey. The probability of war seems diminished, and a general impression prevails, that the Turks will so far comply with the demands of Russia as to prevent a bloody war, and that the menace of the Emperor of Russia will accomplish the only objects of the war-redress for the past and security for the future. Toleration to Christians will in some shape, we think, grow out of the present crisis, and an opening be made for the entrance of Christianity.

Spain. Very interesting information has, within two or three months, been received from Spain, although the accounts are in some degree contradictory. There is, however, great reason to believe that country to be in an alarming state of dissention, approaching to anarchy; -robbers in large bands infest various parts of the country, assassinations occur in various places, and with considerable frequency; Madrid is subject to most alarming disorders, and every thing seems to indicate great weakness in the government, and a want of subordination in the mass of the people. The state of the country seems to be not at all settled, and the probability appears to us very considerable, that Spain will not be quieted until after convulsions more serious than it has yet experienced. The late revolution in that country, so complete as to change almost the whole face of their institutions, and so quiet as to excite general astonishment, seems, however to have generated or unchained a spirit not wholly unlike that with which France was scourged. And we cannot omit here to notice the difference between a revolution founded in the habits, feelings, and principles of a nation, and one arising from merely political plans. The revolution in this country was of the former kind; that of Spain of the latter: the consequence of the former may be seen in our happy condition; that of the latter in the state of Spain and her revolted colonies. In these countries, the Inquisition has so entirely kept down all religious information and dis. cussions, and upheld the machinery of the Catholic system with so fearful a vengeance, that no religious principle seems left to leaven the mass of society, or to secure either correct views and moderate measures with the reformers, or obedience in the body of the people. And, as is too generally the case in Catholic countries, where a long denied liberty of discussion is prematurely established in advance of the moral and religious improvement of the nation, religion, known only through the restraints of Popery, and government, seen only in the crimes of despotism, are alike misunderstood; and it is an easy task, not often neglected by the ill-designing, to make the former despised and the latter hated. Such, we fear, is the operation of the late revolution upon Spain: and if this be true, we have reason to fear that the evils experienced by that country will be progressive. Besides, as Christian politicians, we cannot forget our belief that national sins will meet with national chastisement; and when, with this truth in view, we think of the cruel tyranny over the consciences of men, which has been exercised by means of the inquisition; the atrocious and cruel murders so long continued and so frequently practised to suppress the truth, miscalled heresy; the extent to which that country has carried on and sanctioned the slave-trade, and the cruelty of her conduct in the conquest and government ofher American dominions, we cannot but expect to see her visited with national calamities; and, whether the instruments of punishment be the plague, or foreign wars, or domestic distentions, we must recognise the hand of him who says, "vengeance is mine, I will repay."

The Crops. All the excitement or alarm, concerning the failure of the harvest in Europe, is subsided, and the prospect of their usual state of plenty seems certain.

DOMESTIC.

New Constitution. -The Convention of the people of this state, appointed to revise their constitution of government has risen, and the result of their labours is in every one's hands. Many alterations have been made, about which various opinions are entertained; about some no difference can well exist. It is provided in the amended constitution that lotteries shall be abolished, and that the common school fund shall be placed on a permanent footing above all attacks. The amended constitution contains a provision whereby amendments may hereafter be made, if found necessary. This important provision seems to us to make all the alterations, except one or two, of little importance, but gives these an importance which can hardly be realized. These are, the extension of the right of voting to a very large class of our population, and the additional power and control over the whole government of the state given to the Legislature. It is easy to see that the whole merit of the new constitution depends upon our views, as to the excellence or inferiority of these cardinal provisions. For by them, the whole of what is considered valuable in the new constitution may be destroyed, or all that is injurious speedily done away. It lies not within our province to discuss the merits of these things, but we cannot omit pressing it upon the conscience of every one who can vote on this subject, that he do not do it hastily, but that, after the most serious, patient, and prayerful consideration, he make up his mind, and do his duty accordingly, remembering that no more important interests were ever confided to the decision of the votes of the people than are now to be pronounced on. We would particularly deprecate a notion which some good men have, as to the impropriety of their interference in political matters. If it were of no consequence to religion what the government is, or if the temporal welfare of men were not a proper object of religious regard, we might acquiesce in the proposition that religious men were not called to take part in political affairs; but considering as we do, the corruption of human nature, and the active subtlety of wickedness, we do not know a worse principle in our merely moral conduct than the one in question. Nor do we know of any more important duties which fall upon us as respects our relations with men, than those which devolve upon us as members of society in the various capacities in which we may, to a greater or less extent, influence the government of the country.

Piracies. Since our last, our cruizers in the West India Seas have captured several of the pirates which have so long annoyed our commerce, and we hope that a check has been given to this alarming and extensive evil. Atrocities have been lately committed on the highway of the world, which have jeopardized the lives of those whose business lay upon the great waters, and threatened the great interests of commerce with the most disastrous consequences. We therefore unite in the general hope, that the sword of justice will light upon the guilty, that wrongdoers may be deterred from a repetition of their misdeeds. But when we think of the temptation presented by the great wealth constantly on the ocean, the want of religious principle, which, to so great an extent, has characterized the maritime world, and of the hope of concealment for crimes committed in the solitude of the vast waste of waters, we fear that the sword of justice alone will not be able to reach the source of the evil; moral measures must be generally adopted through the civilized world, by which the citizens of the great empire of waters may all be imbued with religious principles; no remedy short of this will wholly prevent the evil; and therefore do we see the consistency and propriety of conduct of those, who, with a view to temporal interests merely, are employing themselves in procuring for seamen the benefits of religious instruction, and spreading among them the words of eternal life; and those who, through a miserable economy, or a more pitiable avarice, are doing nothing on these subjects but counting the cost, will perhaps be convinced that had they spent the thousands which shall be plundered by pirates, at the expense, perhaps of lives, in the support of religious institutions for the benefit of seamen, they would have been much richer as well as wiser.

Nor. 30, 1821.

The Seaman's Magazine.

They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; these see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep. - They cry unte the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.-Psalms.

For the Seaman's Magazine.

A DAY'S WORK AT SEA MORALIZED.*

Written by a Minister for the Improvement of Capt. P. S., on his Voyage to the East-Indies, with a Request to the Captain not to open the Paper until he had been three Weeks at Sea.

Now, my dear Sir, you may be far from the immediate embraces of your friends, but the arms of your omnipotent Immanuel surround you. The liquid horizon attracts your eye, and gives you the most striking emblem of the IMMENSE SUPREME! When you trod his hallowed courts, his glory shone upon your soul; and here the watery worlds proclaim the grandeur of your Lord. Safe in his hand, and happy in his breast, may you remain, and plough the briny deep. Soon may you return, and speak the praise of HIM who, through calms and tempests, brings his people to their desired haven. Psa. cvii. 23-31.

You're sad, my friend; come, take a chair, and let's converse. Who so happy as the man that, while sailing o'er life's tempestuous ocean, hath God to be his guide? Retirement is an aid to true devotion; it drops a kind of curtain, and in a measure hides the busy scenes of time, while we converse with God. Certainly you have an advantage on the seas, unfelt, if not unknown, to us on land; you are immediately, and more sensibly dependent on him whom winds and seas obey. Ever uncertain, you cast your anchor in your Father's breast. The winds, you learn, are a part of his treasure, and in awful majesty he rideth upon their wings. Raging storms and bellowing tempests are but the voice of God. Now he speaks with terrible majesty, and casts the foaming deep to mountains' height-anon, his milder voice is heard; the gentle gale springs up, and fills the pendant sheets, and peace sits smiling on the humble wave. This, how charming! how welcome to the mind, which, from the storm without, felt greater storms within! But this God is yours, your Father and your Friend. Though storm and tempest rage, and all the sea be foam, may you be perfect calm, and leave yourself, your friends, your all with him.

Captain, let's take a walk on deck, 'tis near sunrise. How serene the morning! the filthy fog hath retired to give us leave to see the sun; -see, his beams appear and gladden every wave. He seems to tinge the sea with golden hue, and pour his rays through all the sky. What earthly monarch ever rose so bright? Yet Sol is but a faint resemblance of Israel's King; that King, whose wide domain shall reach to yonder eastern clime. Soon may he send his heralds there to sound his precious