cious arrangements of Mr. Campbell, will, with the divine blessing, be productive of the most beneficial effects.-(To be continued.)

RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE.

Extract of a letter from a clergyman in New-Hampshire to the Editor of the Panoplist, dated the 28th Sept.

"DEAR SIR-Our annual meetings of the New Hampshire General Association, Bible Society and Missionary Society, were held last week at Plymouth. It was an interesting season. The meetings were well attended. Not only the people in Plymouth, but. also numbers from the adjacent towns, appeared to feel a deep interest in the several meetings, and in the business, which was transacted. There was manifested a strong desire to hear the word preached, and to learn the state of religion at home and abroad.— The Bible Society and the Missionary Society receive increasing patronage. A spirit of liberality is fast increasing among us. The avails of the Cent Institution will be $700, or upwards, the past year. If missionaries can be obtained, much more missionary service will be performed for our Society the ensuing year, than in any preceding year. Several local missionaries are to be maintained in the northern parts of the state.

"The Bible Society is extending its operations. An appropriation of $500 has been voted to aid in translating and printing the word of God in some other language, as soon as our funds shall admit. It is hoped, that a larger appropriation may be made ere long for the same benevolent purpose.'

"How interesting is the period in which we live! Do we not behold the dawn of the Millennium? How animating is the thought suggested by Dr. Buchanan, that our nation may have a large share in evangelizing the world! Let the pages of the Panoplist be more and more directed to this grand object. Let us make more vigorous efforts to promote the great and good work of the Lord."

ORDINATION.

ORDAINED on July 7th, over the first church of Christ, in Marcellus and Skaneateles Religious Society, the Rev. BENJAMIN RICE: Sermon by the Rev. HEZEKIEL WOODRUFF, from 2 Cor. v, 20.

THE LOVE OF GOD TO MAN.

"Could we with ink the ocean fill,
Were the whole earth of parchment made,
Were every single stick a quill,

And every man a scribe by trade ;
To write the love of God to Man,

Would drain the ocean dry,

Nor could the earth contain the scroll,
Tho' stretch'd from sky to sky."

JANUARY 1, 1809.-I am yet a spared monument of divine mercy, and have been permitted to assemble this day with God's children in his house of prayer. O how pleasant are his courts of praise. O most merciful Father in Christ, I confess that in the year past I have violated the covenant which I made with thee, and have not at all times practically said I was aiming entirely at thy glory. The world has been trying for an entrance into my heart, which is very deceitful. Lord thrust it thence. Help me to bar its entrance, and do thou keep me unspotted from the world. Pardon my sin. Unto thee, O Lord, I look and pray that thou in the commencement of this year wilt enable me to rise and live to thee in newness of life. Keep thou me from every false and evil way. If thou shouldst call me from time to eternity before the close of this year, prepare me for the enjoyment of thyself efter death.

APRIL. Gracious God, art thou no nearer to be approached? Or do I seek thee amiss? Hast thou forgotten to be gracious? Wilt thou be merciful no more? O Lord, I am convinced that thy hand is not shortened that it cannot save, neither is thine ear heavy that it cannot hear, but mine iniquities have separated between thee and my soul." My sins have hid thy face from me. O how have I abused thy indulgencies, and been ungrateful for thy mercies!

DECEMBER 31,-Another year is wafted on the wings of time. Its hours have fled never to return. The transactions of the year are past, and cannot be retraced. My works, words and thoughts are registered in God's book, to stand till the judgment of the great day. O my soul how hast thou improved? God's goodness has run parallel with thy moHas it led thee to repentance? Or dost thou now hear the judge, thy saviour say, "I have somewhat agains

ments.

thee, because thou hast left thy first love? Remember, therefore, from whence thou art fallen, and repent and do thy first works."

Although she sometimes complained of coldness and stupidity, she was certainly favored beyond most christians with the light of God's countenance. After she united with the church, her zeal for the honor of her Lord did not abate. His service was her delight, and she often expresssed a strong desire that others might participate in the holy pleasures of religion. She seemed to rise above the sordid motives of living merely for herself, or seeking her own salvation to the neglect of the interests of Zion, and the eternal felicity of others. The divine government was an unfailing source of joy to her soul. She loved those doctrines, which place God upon the throne, and abase creatures in the dust. Salvation by grace, was to her a delightful theme of contemplation. She appeared to grow rapidly in knowledge and in grace. If she had seasons of declension, in which the pulse of spiritual life beat low, it was not so apparent as in most professing christians. She seemed to be sensible of her own weakness, and her constant need of divine support. This led her to the throne of grace, to seek for direction in duty, and strength to enable her to perform it. Early in the winter of 1810, she contemplated spending some time at a boarding school, and attending to some of the higher and more ornamental branches of education. Before she had fully determined to go, she writes thus :

Holy Father, if I go away into a strange place, for the sake of improving in literature, may my progress be great; but while the tree of science flourishes, suffer not the tree of life to decay. Use me as an instrument in thy service, and thine shall be the glory forever.

She finally determined to attend school, and accordingly went. During her continuance there, her improvement was great in those branches of literature to which her attention was directed. After her return she again engaged in teaching. She had formerly read a portion of the scriptures and a prayer, morning and evening, in her school, but she now deemed it her duty to pray with her scholars, and implore the divine blessing upon them. This she continued to do as long as she made teaching her employment. Her deportment was such as was calculated to recommend the religion of her Lord and Master to others. She always appeared to rejoice greatly at the enlargement of the Redeemer's kingdom. After an addition to the church in Cairo, she writes in the following manner:

God hath done great things for us whereof we are glad.We ought to be thankful for the day of small things. I have the most reason to be grateful of any one. When I united with this church, there was but one young person who professed religion, and now there are ten. O how thankful ought I to be, for so many youthful companions, who, I hope, are truly pious. O my soul, do thou record the goodness of the Lord to thee, who caused a ray of divine light to shine into my dark and benighted understanding, while attending to the sacred supper. O that I might henceforth bear in my body the marks of the dying of the Lord Jesus; and aim supremely at his glory. Divine Redeemer, help me to honor thee by walking circumspectly, and may I glorify thee in soul and body, which are thine.

DECEMBER 31.-Praise the Lord, O my soul, not only for his goodness to thee, but for the wonders he hath wrought the past year. Praise his name for his unfathomable goodness to this nation. Adore his name for his goodness to his church in this town, and bless his name forever for his goodness to thee. Why was I so distinguishingly marked out as a trophy of mercy! Some part of the year past I attended school where but little was said for the honor and glory of my dear Lord yet I was not suffered wholly to forget the rock of my salvation. Through the summer, my school has been pleasant, and I have reason to bless God, that some of my pupils give evidence of piety. Yes, I trust a work has been begun in their hearts, which will be carried on till the day of the Lord Jesus.

JANUARY 1, 1811.-This evening the young people held a conference here, in compliance with my request. The religious duties were performed with much more fervency than usual. The sermon which was read, was adapted to the occasion. These were the words of the text, " This year thou shalt die." O my soul, contemplate death and see if thou art waiting in readiness for thy exit. Art thou not making calculations for days to come? With shame and confusion I look upon much of my past life, and would form resolutions of amendment and of living more to the glory of God than I have ever yet done if my credulity had not so often deceived me. O that I could trust him in confidence, to enable me to perform my vows. And can I bear the thought of distrusting him? Heaven forbid. Propitious Saviour, Enable me to make

help me to cast myself upon thy care. an unreserved surrender of myself to thee, and live to thee and none else. May I aim at thy glory in every action.Make me an instrument of doing some good while I am in

the world. My own strength is perfect weakness, but I apply to thee for strength. Dear Lord, I would not attempt to take one step alone, but leaning on thee, would follow where thou leadest, trusting that thou wilt supply my need. I am not my own. I am bought with a price, a great price. O may my time be spent for thee, and thy glory ever more be my highest wish.

In the summer of 1811, she was employed in teaching.In the month of September, she was seized with a pain in her side attended with a cough. She returned home and tarried a few weeks, but was not materially better. Soon after, her former tutoress invited her to assist in the management of her school, which had become too large for her to superintend. She accepted the invitation, but her health continuing to decline, her physicians advised her soon after to abandon her undertaking and return home.

She hoped soon to regain her health and again engage in the school. But her hopes, and the hopes of her friends concerning her, were disappointed. Her symptoms became more alarming. Consumption encircled her brow with sickly wreath. The rose of health forsook her cheek, and was succeeded by a death-like paleness. These sad omens of approaching dissolution, alarmed her friends, and induced them to believe she had not long to remain with them. The pains which she endured the former part of her illness were extreme. She bore them with great fortitude, and exemplary patience. God verified his gracious promise, as thy day is, so shall thy strength be." To her, he gave suffering grace in suffering moments, and dying grace in dying moments.She manifested a graet degree of submission to the divine disposal and often expressing a willingness that God's will should be done. Her sister, who lived at some distance came to visit her. When she took her leave, she said, "Hannah, I never expect to see you again." She replied, "if it be the Lord's will that you should not, I am resigned." During the whole of her sickness, she appeared cheerful, and often received her friends with a smile. After her arrival at home, she wrote but little. The following are extracts from her papers, with the dates affixed to them.

DECEMBER 25, 1811.-According to our chronology, this is the anniversary of that day in which Jesus was born. A day, probably celebrated in heaven, in memory of the Father's love, and the Saviour's condescension. Ŏ unparalleled condescension! that the only begotten Son of God, should leave his Father's bosom, and take upon him our nature to save mankind! Had he not, we must all have perished; for