At an adjourned meeting of the society, held in the afternoon at the vestry of Sion chapel, the thanks of the society were voted to the several preachers, and to the ministers and other gentlemen who kindly allowed the use of their places of worship for the meetings of the society.

Sion chapel was filled very early. Some persons took their seats three or four hours before the commencement of the sacramental service. The following is the order which was observed on the occasion: the Rev. W. Kingsbury, who presided, prayed; the introductory address was given by Mr. Hunt, of Titchfield. During the administration exhortations were given by Mr. Jones, of Silver-street; Mr. Jackson, of Stockwell; and Mr. Bogue. Mr. Hill concluded the whole solemnity with prayer.

Thus ended the Sixteenth general meeting of the Missionary Society; which was, we are persuaded, no less interesting and satisfactory than any of the former. The grand Christian principle, "Faith, working by love," seemed to animate ministers and people on this occasion. The confluence of so many persons from distant parts of the country, as well as from the extremities of the wide metropolis, cannot now be imputed to novelty, or to any other than those Christian motives by which believers ought to be impelled, when the glory of their Redeemer is the object proposed. More than a little inconvenience and fatigue is necessarily endured in attending for so many hours in crowded assemblies; but the exercise of love to Christ and perishing men, as well as of a lively hope that He is about to take unto himself his great power, and subdue the nations to the obedience of faith, support and encourage the numerous congregations; while their liberality, notwithstanding the heavy pressures of the times, continues to grow and increase. Those who have attended year after year, still come forward to renew their delightful engagements; while others, who had never attended before, confessed, that, notwithstanding all they had read and heard of these meetings, the half was not told them!' Many a pious Christian retires from these animating scenes, exclaiming, Blessed are my eyes for they see, and my ears for they hear!'-many a minister, an elder, a deacon, or private member of a church in the country, returns to the place of his residence, enlivened with new zeal for Christ and souls, determined on attempting something, more than before, to spread the knowledge of the gospel both at home and abroad! The churches of Christ will thus be stirred up to increasing energy in the Redeemer's cause; and it will become a source

of shame and disgrace if any should refuse to come forward, in this or some other way, to the help of the Lord against the mighty.'

He who bows his ear to the prayers and praises of Zion, will, we firmly believe, graciously answer the petitions which ascended at these meetings from thousands of hearts, since they coincide with the object of the Saviour's own intercession:-"Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance; and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession!"

ORDINATIONS.

ON Wednesday, the 9th of August, Mr. GARDINER SPRING was ordained to the work of the Gospel Ministry, by the Presbytery of New-York, (Presbyterian,) and installed Pastor of the Brick Church, in New-York. The Rev. Dr. Milledoler preached the ordination Sermon. The Rev. Dr. Miller presided, offered up the ordination prayer, and delivered the Charge to the Pastor. The Rev. Dr. Romeyn delivered the Exhortation to the Congregation.

ON Wednesday, the 12th of Sept. Mr. JAMES J. OSTRUM, was ordained to the work of the Gospel Ministry, by the Presbytery of Hudson, and installed Pastor of the United Congregations of Marlborough and New Paltz. The Rev. Mr. Isaac Lewis preached the Ordination Sermon, from Isaiah xl. 1. "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God." The Rev. Mr. Andrew King presided, and offered up the ordination prayer. The Rev. Mr. John Clark gave the Charge to the Pastor. The Rev. Mr. John Johnson delivered the Exhortation to the Congregation.

Within five years past, thirteen ministers have been added to this Presbytery.

BALTIMORE BIBLE SOCIETY.

A Society of the above name has been formed in the city of Baltimore, similar to those of Philadelphia, New-York, and others, of which we have given information in our for

mer numbers. On the 24th of September they organized and chose for their officers

Rev. JOHN HAGERTY, President.

Rev. ALEXANDER MC CAIN, Recording Secretary.
BALTZER SCHAFFER, Esq. Treasurer.

Other Managers.

The Life and Death of the Rev. Mr. Ward, will appear in our next.

LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.

LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.

America; printed on fine paper, and a large type; the best edition ever published in this country. New-York, Williams & Whiting.

Dr. Smith's Sermon, and Address to the Senior Class; delivered the Sunday preceding commencement, in the College of New-Jersey. New. Brunswick, J. Simpson & Co.

An Inquiry concerning the Intellectual and Moral Faculties and Literature of the Negroes; with an account of the life and works of fifteen negroes and mulattoes, distinguished in science, literature, &c. By H. Gregoire, formerly Bishop of Blois, member of the Conservative Senate, &c. Brooklyn, Thomas Kirk.

Cyropedia, or the Institutions of Cyrus, &c.; translated from the Greek of Zenophon, by Ashley. B. B. Hopkins, & Co. Philadelphia; and Williams & Whiting, New-York.

In press, and will be published, in five or six weeks, by Williams & Whiting, of New-York, An Essay on the causes of the variety of complexion and figure in the human species; to which are added, Animadversions on certain Remarks made on the first edition of this Essay, by Mr. Charles White, in a series of Discourses delivered before the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester, in England. Also, Strictures on Lord Kaim's Discourse on the diversity of mankind. By the Rev. Samuel Stanhope Smith, D. D. President of the College of New-Jersey; and member of the American Philosophical Society; a new edition, enlarged and improved.

Prior & Dunning, of New-York, have in the press, Poems on the Abolition of the Slave Trade; written by James Montgomery, James Grahame, and E. Benger.

Melville Horne on Missions.-We understand that a number of the Students of the Divinity College, at Andover, design to devote their lives to Missionary services. With pleasure we learn, that they intend to republish an edition of "Letters on Missions, addressed to the Protestant Ministers

of the British Churches, by Melville Horne, late chaplain of Sierra Leone, in Africa." The glowing and manly eloquence, the warm, disinterested benevolence, and the ardent zeal for the extension of the kingdom of Christ, and the salvation of souls, which are conspicuous in these Letters, will cause them to be perused by Christians of every denomination, with more than common interest. They were not written to promote sectarian views, or party purposes. The grand object at which the author aims, is, "the diffusion of the Christian religion among those who have no hope, and are without God in the world." We anticipate the approach of the day, when the subject, which is so eloquently and ably discussed by the chaplain of Sierra Leone, will attract a more general and earnest attention, in our country. There is no country on earth, on which more just and urgent claims can be made, for assistance in the promotion of Missions. There is abundance of property among us, which might be appropriated to the great object of evangelizing the heathen, without impoverishing us at all. There is wealth enough to spread the Gospel in many places, where the name of Jesus was never heard. When Christians of the present day shall possess the same feelings on this subject, that the primitive Christians did, we shall expect "the day of glory is nigh.”

The price of the little volume, which we have just announced, will be only 25 cents, single; the usual deductions will be made to booksellers and others, who purchase by the quantity. We sincerely hope, that the religious public will seriously consider the great object which these Letters present, and inquire, whether there does not yet remain some important duties to the church and king dom of Christ, which have been wholly neglected, or too partially and imperfectly fulfilled.

Subscriptions received by Williams & Whiting, No. 118, Pearl-street, New-York.

FOR THE CHRISTIAN's MAGAZINE.

Sketch of the Life, Death, and Character of the late Rev. ISRAEL WARD, Pastor of the First Church and Society in Danbury, in the County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut.

IT has seldom happened, that the death of an indivi.

dual has made so deep or solemn an impression upon the minds of those who knew him, as that of the late Rev. ISRAEL WARD. The excellencies of his character, indeed, seem to have been universally acknowledged by persons of all classes and denominations; and his sudden and unexpected end has called forth the expressions of lamentation and regret. On this occasion, it is due to the public sentiment respecting the deceased, as well as to the claims of friendship and affection, to give a brief account of his life, death, and character.

MR. WARD was born on the 24th day of November, A. D. 1779, in the parish since called Bloomfield, in the town of Newark, and State of New-Jersey. In early youth he is said to have possessed a fine constitution of body, and to have enjoyed almost uninterrupted health.