MRS. BUCKLEY'S JOURNAL. Next week (D.V.) brother Bailey and myself are going to Cuttack to attend our annual Conference, which is to be held before brother and sister Stubbins' departure for England. Soon after our return we hope to commence our cold season 37 tours; and pray that the Lord may give JOURNAL BY MRS. BUCKLEY. No. 1. MY DEAR BROTHER GOADBY,-If you think the following notes, taken during a missionary tour, will interest the friends of the mission, I have much pleasure in transcribing them : On the 8th of January, soon after day dawn, I left home in company with my husband. It was a trial to say good bye to dear Miss Butler and our interesting charge. But so sleepless had my nights become, I felt that I greatly needed a change of air. A ride of four hours in the cool, clear, bracing air, brought us to our camping ground with a keen appetite for breakfast. We were greatly disappointed to find neither tent nor provisions had arrived, tho' they were packed, and the order given to leave Cuttack the day before at noon. The market people had begun to assemble: some were unpacking their wares, others erecting stalls. Mr. Buckley made up his mind to go and preach at once, whilst he had a little strength left; but just as he had mentioned his resolve, we were cheered with the sight of one of the carts containing our tent, furniture, and provisions. With the aid of the men who carried my palkee, breakfast was soon ready. Our little table was placed under a mangoe tree, on whose branches had been seen cunning black-faced monkeys, and pretty green parrots. On the white table cloth were arranged in due order various odd and cracked vessels of crockery. In a short time the dishes were ornamented with smoking-hot boiled rice, part of a pig's fry, and a pork-pie kindly sent to me by Sister Lacey. A few yards from us were a host of natives, gazing with intense curiosity depicted in their countenances. What a sight it was to them for a woman to sit by the side of her husband, and partake of the same dishes in his presence. I was amused with our public breakfast, and speculated on the impressions made on the spectators. Over our meal I received the thanks of my husband for expediting business, and was told if I had not been with him, he should have had to wait patiently until three o'clock for breakfast. Whilst Mr. Buckley was preaching in the market, the tent came In the Cuttack, July 29th, 1858. "O may our feet pursue the way While love and holy zeal obey 9TH.-The market being at a distance from our tents, to accommodate the brethren, we had an early breakfast. After family worship, and the brethren had left for their preaching labours, I was visited by the sons and daughters of affliction, whose sorrows I endeavoured to alleviate to the best of my ability. In the afternoon, taking some tracts in my bag, I went into the village of Paga, and was immediately recognised as the lady who had visited them six years ago. The family who had shewn such a friendly spirit on my former visit, appeared equally pleased to see me this time, and invited me into the house, and not once did they refer to caste. The house was full of women and children,-the mother and the wives of her five grown-up sons. The men were all employed as carpenters, the business of their deceased father. Their yard was well stocked with wood, and there were many signs of temporal pros perity. I could not help' admiring the old lady, her hair was white with age, but she was clean and nicely dressed, and was as cheerful and as active as any of her daughters: she entered into conversation with ease. Kindly enquired where I had been the past six years, what had become of my niece (meaning Eliza Brooks, who was with me on a former visit). She told me about the death of her husband, whose memory she seemed fondly to cherish. She invited me to look at her grand-child, who was heavily afflicted. This gave me an opportunity of speaking to them of sin, as the cause of all our sorrows, and the grand remedy provided for perishing mortals. The mothers were quite proud to have their boys read to me, even their fathers left their work to hear them, and all listened quietly to the reading, and my remarks on what was read. When I left them, they gave me their salutations. I found another old widow living, whom I had met with on my former visit, and on my entering her little yard, she came smilingly up to me, and touched my chin with her four fingers, and then kissed them. This is the most affectionate way of giving salutations. A number of women and children came into the yard, with whom I remained until it was time to return to the tent. 10TH-LORD'S-DAY.-Had no service to-day in the tent, which I much regretted. But the brethren felt it important to preach at a market, and in the village of Paga, and were engaged in their great work from morning to "dewy eve." In the fore part of the day, I had many patients. Some with sore eyes, others with fever, spleen, &c. A native gentleman visited me on behalf of his sick child. He was anxious to obtain a New Testament. I had a serious conversation with him about Christianity, and tried to shew its blessed effects on the life of those who heartily embrace it, as well as the glorious future it revealed to them. Among my patients were two old women, palsied with age. They seemed full of hope that my "famous" eye water would restore their dimmed vision. Poor old creatures, I felt my own soul drawn out in earnest desires to communicate some rays of heavenly light to their dark souls. After I had talked to them for a time, one of them shook her head and said, "I don't understand you." Hurree, my Christian servant, was standing near me and listening. I said to him, "Do tell them, in the simplest words, what I have been saying." He immediately began (giving some of his own ideas as well as mine), "Oh mothers! listen the lady has been saying that the Great Spirit who gave you life, and who has kept you alive, until the hairs on your head are all turned white, and nearly all your teeth have fallen out of your mouth (nods of assent), who provided you with sweet warm milk in your mothers' breast, when you had only tender gums; and when your teeth grew, he sent rice, and curry, and fruits to eat, and water to drink, and raiment to wear (nods). The lady' says He is not the sun, shining so brightly there, He made that sun. He is not a tree, or a river, He made the trees and rivers. He is not that image under that tree;-a man shaped that ugly stone. Nor is He the block of wood at Pooree: carpenters formed that. The Great Spirit cannot be seen with these mortal eyes; but He sees us. We have sinned against Him by worshipping idols, by telling lies, by speaking improper words; and these sins, unforgiven, will send our souls, when our bodies die, to a dreadful place, where all is darkness and weeping, and no joy. The great and good Spirit saw what a dreadful state sin had brought us unto, our bodies diseased and dying, and our souls miserable for ever. Out of love and pity to us, He sent His Son to help us. He clothed Himself in mortal flesh, and was born a little babe, and lived thirty-three years in this world to show us how we should live, and then He gave His pure, mortal life to procure the pardon of our sins. Now, mothers, no longer call upon your gods, but call upon the Lord Jesus Christ, tell Him all your sorrows, ask Him to pardon your sins. He will hear you in His holy place in Heaven, where He now lives, and He will give to you His Holy spirit, which will teach you what is right." All this and much more was said in simple, colloquial language. The old women, and all present, seemed interested. One of the women said, "I will come tomorrow, and hear these words again." But there were many other places to be visited, and early the next morning our tents were taken down, and we were on our way to Salapore. Yours in Christian bonds, LETTER FROM THE REV. G. TAYLOR, TO REV. H. HUNTER. effort was not in vain. We likewise had a prayer meeting and public service in Oreah for the benefit of our domestics. At length we were joined by the native preachers, and at once commenced our labours in the city. You will not be surprised, perhaps, when I tell you our first visit to the bazaar was attended by much fear and trembling. Yet confident that our work was not "of man," and having implored the blessing, and committed ourselves to the keeping of "Him that dwelt in the bush," we went forth. Piplee, Cuttack. [We have already inserted notes relative to the festivals alluded to in this letter. But as it contains some particulars not previously given, we think its insertion, though late, not out of place.-ED.] MY DEAR MR. HUNTER,-I have long had it in my mind to address a few lines to you, but owing to a multiplicity of engagements on the one hand, and to an inherent aversion to writing on the other, I have hitherto failed to carry out my purpose. This morning, however, I resolved to delay no longer; and as I doubt not you will be interested in hearing something about our labours in this extensive and important field, I will give you a few particulars of our recent visit to the City of the Great Idol, whom all Orissa and Hindoostan worship. You are perhaps aware that it is usual for the Piplee Missionaries to spend six weeks or more at Pooree during the hot season, when they visit the Bazaar every evening (sabbath excepted), and publish to thousands of "restless wanderers after rest" the glad tidings of Redeeming love. As Pooree is situated on the sea coast, the change is often very beneficial to the health of the Missionaries, and enables them better to endure the melting heat of this enervating season of the year. About this time, moreover, several important festivals occur, particularly the large "Bathing" and "Car" festivals, On another occasion, as brother Goadby when opportunities are afforded for and I were going to the town, I was preaching and giving tracts and scrip- much affected by the following circumtures to hundreds and thousands of im-stance :-On our way, we had to mortal beings from almost every part of this large and populous empire. We were not able to begin our bazaar preaching for sometime after we arrived, for in the first place, I was very unwell when we left home, and on the way to Pooree took a fresh cold, which laid me aside for nearly a fortnight. The principal reason, however, was that our native forces had not reached the field of conflict; and I considered it neither wise nor expedient to engage single handed those giants in iniquitythe Pundas and Brahmins of the temple; -especially as the temper of the people here, relative to our efforts, had not been tested since the commencement of the meeting. In the mean time, as the chaplain had not arrived, we had an English service every Sabbath, when several of the residents and visitors at tended the meetings, and, I trust, the The Cuttack Chaplain pays a visit of six weeks in the year, and preaches to the European population of Pooree, which is the only opportunity they have of hearing the gospel. We began, as is our custom, by singing a hymn, and were soon surrounded by a goodly number of persons, but no sooner had we "opened fire" on their favourite idol, than they began to roar and bellow like enraged bulls, and rendered our position not unlike that of Paul when "after the manner of men, he fought with beasts at Ephesus." A substitute for the cry, "Great is Diana of the Ephesians," was "Victory to Juggernath," followed by shouts of "Hurri bol" (hurrah), which seemed almost to rend the air, so that it was with difficulty we obtained a hearing even for a few minutes. pass by a native house, on the verandah of which sat a number of native gentlemen, who, on our coming in sight evidently made us the subject of conversation, and just as we passed one said to the rest "there are Jesu Christa's people," &c. Never, methinks, did that precious name-that "name that is above every name"-sound more sweetly in my ears, and never did I feel it a greater honour to be identified with that name than on this occasion. "Jesus! transporting sound! The joy of earth and heaven." We proceeded to the place of preaching and were not long in obtaining a large congregation; but alas! there was even less disposition to hear than on the previous evening. Many of the auditory seemed to have no other aim in view than hearing, and giving as much annoyance that of preventing the well-disposed from as possible to the speakers. course of the evening Paul overheard a conversation between a few persons preIsent, from which it would appear that In the they had expected never to see us again; they had heard we had all fled, and hoped they had happily got rid of us. One said to another "From whence have these people come? We thought they had gone altogether. Ah, it is no use trying to drive them away; they will in the end assuredly prevail." The following evening our congregation was again large, but more restless and rude than ever; some of the people tried their very utmost to prevent our being heard, even for one consecutive minute. You can have no idea, my dear brother, how difficult it is to address such a turbulent audience; one has to shout and strain one's voice to the utmost, and then be but partially heard, and sometimes not at all. In addition to the general tumult some ten or a dozen fellows will propose as many questions on an equal number of different subjects; and each interrogator will demand the first reply; while, at the same time, not one of the whole batch of questions has the remotest connexion with the subject in hand. On the occasion referred to, while Kombhoo was remonstrating with the people as to their disrespectful behaviour, one man called out "We cry out and shout because you cut us!" "Ah, brother," replied Kombhoo, "to cure an abscess you know it is needful to cut and probe it, and the operation is a very painful one; but it is the salvation of the patient." Still the people would neither hear entreaties nor remonstrances; but shouting at the top of their voices, some contended, some scoffed, and others blasphemed in a most distressing manner. I think I never met, even in Pooree before, with such a noisy, ignorant rabble. Surely that spirit, whose name is "Legion," had taken possession of them. Moreover, on our starting to the Bungalow, they regularly hooted us from the place, and their yells and shouts and screams were almost deafening. So I stood still, and made an attempt to speak, seeing which they gave audience for a few seconds, when I reminded them that their scorn and reproach did not, could not, hurt us; we could easily bear it all; but begged and entreated of them not to destroy their precious souls; when their shouts and yells again rent the air as if in defiance of both God and man! while the gaze of all-not only of our late congregation, but the tradespeople and passers-by-were fixed upon us, and reminded me forcibly of the language of the Apostle-"We are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels and to men." For two other evenings after this, there was a decided improvement in the demeanour of our assembly; I fancy the enemies of the truth thought to drive us away by their noise and insults, but finding they could not prevail, they let us alone for a while. One night they made an attempt to raise a shout, but it proved quite a failure! Still they continued to give us great annoyance and much abuse, so long as we continued to visit the bazaar. The majority of this people seem proof against every appeal, and impregnable to every argument-yea, literally "past feeling." Such are the inhabitants of Pooree. Nevertheless, we are not without hope that good was done, as once and again our hearts were cheered by the sight of a few attentive hearers, whose earnest countenances indicated some degree of interest in the speakers message: yea, I would fain hope that in one or two instances, the thick darkness of the understanding was so far removed, as to afford a glimpse of Calvary's tragic scene, and of the unbounded love of Jehovah, as there exhibited to a perishing world! I am sure I need not say, pray that our labour may not be in vain; for I doubt not, that both you and your dear flock are, in this behalf, increasing in your suppli cations at the throne of the Eternal; and this assurance greatly strengthens our faith, and encourages our hearts amid all our trials and toils. Kindly give my Christian love, and that of my beloved wife, to those of your dear flock who know us; and tell them we hope they will ever keep fast hold of the ROPES, or we shall faint and fall. They will remember, that so long as Aaron and Hur held up the hand of Moses, "Israel prevailed;" and may "God-our own God, give us His blessing!" It was not my privilege often to visit "Stoney-street" before leaving the land of my fathers, but I have a vivid recollection of the few visits I did pay; especially do I recollect the Saturday evening, and Sabbath morning prayer-meetings. And now, when my soul seems as if "in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is ;" and the fire of Divine love appears to be smouldering on the altar of my cold heart, I often wish I could step into that "upper room," and spend with you that sacred hour of praise and prayer! Hoping Mrs. Hunter and yourself are well, and with Christian love from my dear wife. &c. Ever yours, affectionately, July 31st, 1858. MEMOIR OF THE REV. H. SMITH, LATE OF TARPORLEY, CHESHIRE. "Long do they live, nor die too soon; ONE of the most consoling doctrines of scripture is the sovereignty of God. "He doeth what he will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay His hand, or say unto Him, what doest thou." We see, in the light of this doctrine, that our "times are in His hand;" and we are well satisfied that, whatever he may appoint, or permit, "the ways of the Lord are all mercy and truth unto them that fear Him." They are never afflicted wantonly, or capriciously. Their God and Father has always reasons for what he does; and there are instances, like the one before us, in which there is so much mercy in His doings, that they are compelled to acknowledge it, even while they are pierced through with many sorrows. The most natural expectation in the case of our friend and brother, was a lengthened period of affliction and trial. But God ordered it otherwise. The evil days were shortened; and attended by so many eircumstances of a reconciling character, that no one, not excepting his nearest relations, could desire his life, or wish it to close otherwise than it did. 66 He was born at Quorndon, Leicestershire, November 16th, 1813, and shortly afterwards, his parents, who were pious people, removed to Leicester. "I was accustomed," he says, from my infancy, to attend the ministrations of the late Rev. J. Deacon, and can scarcely remember the time when I did not feel myself a sinner. The pious instructions, and fervent prayers, of my parents, were also employed by the Spirit in enlightening my youthful mind; and many were the purposes which I formed, at a very early period, of devoting myself to the service of God. "When about seven years of age, I was admitted into the Sabbath school; and about the same time, I was called to the sick chamber of my mother, to listen to her dying counsel, and bid adieu to the most affectionate of parents. Her last request was that, I and my brother, who has long since joined her in a better world, would give our youthful |