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eternity. Some, who yet live, have, have been long neglected, the church

deliberately taken those courses of * iniquity, which they will hereafter contemplate as having fixed them in the broad road of endless destruction.

At the close of the year we may profitably reflect on the dealings of divine Providence with us in reference to our friends. All human ties result from the divine appointment; God knows their strength, and that theygovern all the tender movements of the heart. In the mercies and afflictions which he sends upon our near connexions, he is directing our minds to himself, he is calling upon us to contemplate his character, to consider the design of his dealings, and to be instructed by his voice.The events of Providence are peculiarly calculated to illustrate the divine character, and they faithfully corroborate the testimonies of holy scripture concerning God. The same is our God, in whom we live, to whom we are to account for all moral conduct, by whose pleasure our future being is to be appointed. In those events of his providence, in which he comes near to us, he shows us the greatness of his mercy, his displeasure at iniquity, the terribleness of his justice, and the certainty of its execution. By all the persuasives of his mercy he invites us to renounce sin and follow him; by all the terrors of his justice he warns us of the fatal dangers of iniquity.

As members of the whole human family, all of whom are ever under the guidance of heaven, we cannot be indifferent to the events of divine Providence, with which they are deeply affected. We have seen the present year calling all Christian nations, the whole of what is usually denominated the civilized world, to the conflict of war. No independent nation has been permitted to stand aloof from the scene. The conflict rages in all quarters of the globe, with an energy of strength never before witnessed, and with a ferocity apparently insatiable War in all its forms, is God's sore judgment. Verily, the present is a day of the divine vengeance The name of God has long been forgot ten, Christ Jesus and his holy gospel

has been hated and opposed, Zion has been despised. Israel's God is awaking to the execution of his threatenings. The voice of those that were slain for the word of God, that have long cried under the altar, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? seems at length to have been heard. Have we not reason to fear the performance of the divine answer to the trembling prophet? Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate.

These gloomy apprehensions are soothed by the recollection that the Church yet lives, and that Zion's God is still on the throne. While, in the present year, we have seen infatuated millions rushing on to the gulph opened by the sword of slaughter, we have also seen divine grace enlarging the church's borders, the Holy Spirit accompanying the truths of the gospel with a divine energy, and, by the efficacy of sovereign mercy, many immortal souls commencing the eternal song. We have seen Christians deeply impressed with the necessity of conveying the blessings of the gospel to the destitute, and of laboring and praying for their success. We have witnessed the extent of this impression, and the unanimity of these exertions, to a degree that compels us to ascribe the effect to the interposing grace of God. Before the efforts of obedience and faith, the obstacles which timidity has long beheld to the dissemination of divine truth, surprisingly fall. Every effort affords new encouragement to labor for God, and for the fulfilment of his promises. These events are cheering indications that the day of the church's travail is near its close. We discover the dawn of its rest and prosperity. The mighty struggles of wickedness are the struggles of despair; for shortly it shall be trodden under the foot of its holy Conqueror, who died to redeem bis people, who rose to protect and rule them for ever in glory. N.

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Edification, Christian,
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Editorial Remarks, 38, 39, 67, 142,
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Edwards, Col. John S. death of, 120

Sir Matthew, on the Bible, 317
Hall, Rev. Gordon, letters from, 110,
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Harcourt, Gov. death of, 200
Harris, Rev. Timothy, mission of, 32

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death of, 440

Fells, Rev. Ozias,

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Election, doctrine of,

Hart, Rev. Lucas, do.

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Elliott, Rev. John, death of, 119

Encouragement to pious mothers, 256
England, view of,

Hartford Foreign Miss. Society, 100

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Erskine, Gen. Sir W. death of, 200

120, 240

Heart, depravity of the, 248,327,364
Hebrew Manuscripts,

422

of,

Erving, Dr. Shirley,

do. 319

Esquimaux Indians, mission to, 197

Higginbotham, Rev. Ralph, death
History of New England, 11, 41, 81,

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121, 161

Europe, view of,

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Foxcellency of the bible,

317

Holbrook, Daniel, Esq. death of, 200

Experiences of a young lady,

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Homer, revival of religion in,

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Fessenden, Rev. Tho. death of,

240

Field, Rev. John, mission of,

29

Humphreys, George, Esq. do. 360
Huntington, Rev. Asahel, do. 200
Hurd, Rev. Isaac, ordination of, 438

Fisher. Rev. Nathaniel, death of, 40

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Kelly, Rev. William, death of, 240 Missionary letters, 68, 110, 192, 195,

Kentuckey Bible Society,

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religion of,

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Moravian Missions,
197, 357
Mothers, encouragement to pious,

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Rev. Orange, mission of, 33

Nelson, Hon. William, death of, 160 Practice different from knowl-

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revival of re-

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Newel, Rev. Abel, death of, 160

Rev. Samuel, letters from,

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110, 193, 351

Mrs. do.

235, 278, 356

Printing office, mission, burnt, 38
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593

death of,

320, 351

Progress of Redemption, 210

New England, history of, 11, 41, 81,

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Promises of God will be fulfilled, 291
Prudden, Rev. Nehemiah, ser-

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Ordination of Rev. Eber L. Clark, 79
Rev. Harvey Coe, 239
Rev. Elisha Cush-

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Rev. HenryDwight, 119

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Ramsay, Dr. John W. do.
Randolph, Edmund, Esq. do.
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state of,

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265,299

Religious Intelligence, 36, 67, 100,

154, 265, 314, 345, 373, 467

Kepentance precedes faith, 331
Report of the Trustees of Miss,
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Rev. J. H. Fowler, 437
Rev. Johu Frost,
Rev. Isaac Hurd, 439
Rev. Amasa Loom-

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Rev. Hip. Rowe,

319

Orleans Bible Society,

272

Revealed purposes of God,
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territory, religion of,

272

259

Resolutions of Rev. J. C. Lavater, 318

Osgood, Rev. Thaddeus, letter
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Otaheite, mission to,

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Palmer, George, do.
Parker, Rev. James, mission of,

357

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Parsons, George memoris of, 109
Percival, Hon. Spencer, anecdote
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Perrine, Rev. H. M. ordination

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Rice, Rev. Luther, letters from, 100,

112, 192, 195, 350

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Robbins, Rev. Ammi R. memoirs

of,

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Rowe, Rev. Hip. ordination of, 319
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Sagas, Pellet de, death of,
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Philadelphia Bible Society,

279

Poland, view of,

Scofield, Dr. Samuel, death of, 320
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Poniatowski, death of,

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Hon. John, death of,

320

Portugal view of,

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