most familiar manner, and with great delight, of death and the glory that was to follow. When Dr. Burke one day told her, those were gloomy thoughts, she had better get rid of them, she replied, that on the rootrary they were to her cheering and joyful beyond what she could express When I attempted to persuade her that she would reover (woich I fondly hoped,) it seemed to strike her like a disappointment. She would say, "You ought rather to pray that I may part, that I may be perfectly free from sin, and be where God is. de "Her mind was from day to day filled with the most comforting and delightful views of the character of God and Christ. She often reques ested me to talk to her on these interesting subjects. She told me that her thoughts were so much confused, and her mind so much weakened, by the distress of body she had suffered, that she found it difficult steadily to persue a train of thought on divine things, but that she continually ooked to God and passively rested on him. She often spoke of meeting he. friends in heaven. "Perhaps," said she, "my dear mother has gone before me to heaven, and as soon as I leave this body I shall find myself with her " At another time she said, "We often taik of meeting our friends in heaven; but what would heaven be with all our friends, if God were not there." "Sne longed exceedingly for the brethren to arrive from India, that we might form ourselves into a church and celebrate the dying love of Jesus once more before she died. Her desires to enjoy the benefit of this ordinance were so strong and our situation so peculiar, that Į thought a deviation from the usages of our churches in this instance would be justifiable, and accordingly on the last Sabbath of November, the day before she died, I gave her the symbols of the body and blood of our Lord; and I trust it was a comfortable season to us both. "A few days before she died, after one of those distressing turns of coughing and raising phlegm which so rapidly wasted her strength, she called me to come and sit on the bed beside her, and receive her dying message to her friends. She observed that her strength was quite exhausted, and she could say only a few words; but feared she should not have another opportunity. Tell my dear mother," said she," how much Harriet loved her. Tell her to look to God and keep near to Him, and He will support and comfort her in all her trials.— I shall meet her in heaven, for surely she is one of the dear children of God." She then turned to her brothers and sisters. "Tell them" said she, "from the lips of their dying sister, that there is nothing but religion worth living for. Oh, exhort them to attend immediately to the care of their precious immortal souls. Tell them not to delay repentance The eldest of them will be anxious to know how I now feel with respect to missions. Tell them, and also my dear mother, that I have never regretted leaving my native land for the cause of Christ. Let my dear brothers and sisters know, that I love them to the last. I hope to meet them in heaven; but Oh, if I should not."—Here the tears burst from her eyes, and her sobs of grief at the thouget of an eternal separation expressed the feelings that were too big for utterance. After she had recovered a little from the shock, which these strong emotions had given to her whole frame, she attempted to speak of several other friends, but was obliged to sum up all she had to say in "Love and an affectionate farewell to them all." Within a day or two of her death, such conversation as the following passed between us. "Should you not be willing to recover, and live a while longer here?” "On some accounts it would be desirable. I wish to do something for God before I die. But the experience I have had of the deceitfulness of my heart, leads me to expect, that if I should recover, my future life would be much the same as my past has been, and I long to be perfectly free from sin. God has called me away before we have entered on the work of the mission; but the case of David affords me comfort; I have had it in my heart to do what I can for the heathen, and I hope God will accept me" "But what shall I do when you are gone? How can I bear the separation?" "Jesus will be your best friend, and our separation will be short. We shall soon, very soon, meet in a better world; if I thought we should not, it would be painful indeed to part with you." "How does your past life appear to you now?" "Bad enough; but that only makes the grace of Christ appear more glorious. "Jesus, thy blood and righteousness "When I told her she could not live through the next day, she replied, "On, joyful news; I long to depart." Some time after, I asked her, "How does death appear to you now?" She replied; "Glorious, truly welcome." During Sabbath night she seemed to be a little wandering; but the next morning she had her recollection perfectly. As I stood by her, I asked her if she knew me. At first she made no answer. I said to her again; " My dear Harriet, do you know who I "My dear Mr. Newell, my husband" was her reply; but in broken accents and a voice faltering in death." am." "The last words which I remember, and which I think, were the last she uttered relative to her departure, were these" The pains, the groans, the dying strife." "How long, O Lord, how long?" But must stop; for I have already exceeded the bounds of a letter, though I have come far short of doing justice to the dying deportment of this dear friend. Oh, may my last end be like hers. I would now proceed to discharge the duty, which Harriet's dying request imposed on me, of administering consolation to you, and of beseeching the dear children to make a right improvement of this afflicting dispensation; but I hope the God of all consolation will himself wipe away your tears, and fill your heart with comfort, and that Harriet's dying entreaties, and tears, and sighs, may be carried by the Spirit of truth to the hearts of the children, and of her other young friends, and may fasten conviction on their minds, and engage them to follow her, so far as she followed Christ. With these hopes I must at pres ent bid them all an affectionate farewell. LETTER FROM MR. OSGOOD. The following extracts are taken from a letter written to the editor of the Panoplist, by the Rev. THADDEUS O GOOD, dated London, May 22, 1813. THOUGH in great haste, I cannot seal this letter without giving you some account of what the Lord is doing here. Last week I devoted the whole of the time to the meetings of the Missionary Society and other religious and benevolent institutions. And I must say as the queen of Sheba said to Solomon, notwithstanding all the great things which we have heard in America, yet when we see and hear ourselves we are constrained to say, "the one half was not told us.' "I have heard two of the Royal Dukes advocating, with the greatest eloquence and force of argument, the dissemination of the Sacred Scriptures, and the universal diffusion of knowledge among all ranks of society. It is no uncommon thing to see several thousands of perSONS COLvened at one of these meetings of the Bible Society, consisting of all ranks from the Bishops, Lords, and Peers of the realm to the lowest servants. And the attention to the Missionary Societies is not much inferior. At several of the public meetings last week I presume I saw three or four, some say five or six, thousands of people assembled, and all appearing to be of one heart and of one soul, as it was with the first followers of the Redeemer. Last week I was invited to assist in administering the ordinance of the Lord's supper to a very large assembly. I believe there were three or four thousand communing at once in this metropolis, at two different places, for no one house in the city could contain them. I thought this was a foretaste of heaven. "I close with expressing a sincere desire that we all may feel disposed to exert ourselves in advancing the glorious work which God is now performing in our world." SOCIETY FOR THE CONVERSION OF THE JEWS. THIS Society has lately circulated a paper containing some interesting information respecting the state of the Jews in foreign countries, to which they have subjoined an account of the conversion of two Jews. We will lay the first of these before our readers, as tending to strengthen the view we have been disposed to take of the obligation we are under as Christians to put the Christian Scriptures into the hands of the Jews in the Hebrew language. "A poor student, who studied divinity in the University of Leipsic, having occasion to undertake a journey to his distant friends, was in want of the necessary money for that purpose. He therefore was in duced to go to a learned Jew to pawn his Hebrew Bible and Greek Testament. The latter contained the Greek and German text in opposite columns. The learned Jew, little as he valued this book, was, however, prevailed upon to take it, and to give the student half a rix dollar for it. During the absence of the student he undertook to read it through, with a view to confirm his mind in enmity against Jesus; to ridicule his person in the synagogue, and to be better prepared to testify his zeal for the Jewish faith. His wife and children were not permitted to see the book: he was determined to read it alone, as a sworn enemy of Jesus, and to discover the falsehood of the Christian religion in all its parts. As the student was absent for about seven weeks, the Jew had sufficient leisure to perform his task. But as he proceeded to read, his surprize increased, and a sacred awe pervaded him. In reading some impressive passages, he could scarcely refrain from exclaiming, Ah, that Jesus were my Saviour! Having completed the reading, he was astonished at himself, and exceedingly perplexed, that in spite of his earnest desire to find fuel in the New Testament for the increase of his burning enmity against Jesus, he had discovered nothing of hatred, but on the contrary much that is great, sublim, heavenly, and divine. At length he charged himself with silly simplicity and blind folly, and resolved to open the book no more. In this resolution he persisted some days. But the consolatory and heavenly instruction which he had read, and which left an indelible impression upon his mind, and the glorious prospect of life eternal which had opened before him, did not suffer him to rest either day or night. Now he resolved to read the New Testament a second time, fully determined to be more careful in ascertaining that Jesus and his Apostles had justly deserved the hatred of all Jews in all ages But again he was unable to discover any thing that is ansurd, or that bears the stamp of falsehood; but much wisdom, inexpressible comforts for an afflicted mind, and a hope of immortality, which seemed to rescue hin from that dreadful anxiety with which the thoughts of fururity had often filled him. Still he could not divest himself of his prejudices, but read the New Testament a third time, with the following resolution: If I discover nothing the third time way Jesus and bis apostles and their doctrine should be hated by the Jews, I will become a Christian; but if my wish in first opening the book is now gratified, I will for ever detest the Christian Religion. During the third reading of the history of Jesus, his doctrines and promises, he often could not refrain from tears; his soul was affected in a manner which no pen can describe. Now he was quite overcome; the love of the most holy and the most lovely of the children of men filled his very soul.Being fully determined to become a Christian, he went without delay, and made his desire known to a Christian minister. Now the student returned from his journey, and brought the borrowed money with interest, to redeem his two books. The Jew asked him if he would sell the New Testament. The student was unwilling to part with it, but after some persuasion yielded. What do you demand for it? asked the Jew. A rix dollar will satisfy me, was the reply. The Jew opened a chest, and laid down one hundred Louis-d'ors. Take that, said he: gladly will I pay more if you desire it and if at any time I can be of use to you, only apply to me and I will be your friend to the utmost of my power. The student was surprised, and supposed that the Jew made sport of him. But the latter related to him, what change of mind had been wrought in him by reading the New Testament, upbraided him with setting so little value on that precious book, and said, never will I part with this book, and you will oblige me by accepting the money. From that time he became a sincere Christian." [Christian Observer. BRITISH NAVY CHAPLAINS. EVERY ship in his majesty's service, from a first to a fifth rate inclusive is now allowed a chaplain. Every chaplain, after eight years (or if in a guard ship, ten years) actual service, during which period he shall not have been absent from his duty six weeks at any one time except by special leave of the Admiralty Board, and who shall produce certificates of good conduct from the captains he may have served under, shall be entitled to half-pay of 5s a day. To this half-pay, however, he shall not be entitled, if he accept preferment with cure of souls during the specified period of service. In the event of peace, a rate of half-pay, proportioned to the period of service, provided it be not less than three years, will be allowed. Every year he serves more than the specified period, will entitle him, when placed on the halfpay list, to 6d. per day additional, until the whole shall amount to 10s. per day. Naval chaplains alone shall be eligible to chaplaincies of naval establishments, according to their length of service and meritorious conduct; and when such preferment amounts to 4001, a year, the half pay shall cease, as is also the case in the divided living of Simonbourn. The pay of a chaplain, when on actual service, shall be as follows, viz. One hundred and fifty pounds per annum, and the established compensation of 117 8s. a year for a servant, in each rate, and to have a cabin allotted for him, in the ward-room or gun-room, where he is to mess with the lieutenants, and to be rated for victuals; and when the chaplain shall be willing to act as school-master, he shall be entitled to a bounty of 201 a year, provided he shall pass an examination; and he shall be further entitled to five pounds per annum, to be paid to him by every young midshipman and volunteer of the first class, as a remuneration for his education, the same to be stopped out of the young gentleman's pay. Chaplains now serving, shall be allowed the time they may have served as part of that required.—The Rev. Archdeacon Owen is appointed Chaplain General to the fleet, to whom all letters are to be addressed under cover to the Secretary of the Admiralty All applications for appointments shall be made, or will be referred to him, and no warrant will be granted by the Board of Admiralty to any candidate, "unless recommended by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, and the Bishop of London, through the Chaplain-General, as in Ch. Ob. every way properly qualified." QUERE-Is there equal provision made for religious instruction for the Army and Navy of the United States? MISSION TO TARTARY. A letter has lately been received from a gentleman at Petersburgh, dated Jan. 17th, 1812, of which the following is an extract: "Two of my friends, who are returned from the waters of Caucasus, tell me that they passed a fortnight very agreeably with the Scotch Missionaries in that neighborhood. The principals are the Rev. Mr. Brunton and Mr. Patterson. During the seven years |