Three Friends at Enfield, by D. G... Sunday-School at Newton Burgaland, by Rev. W. Ludford. A few Friends in a Village, by Rev. J. Jerard, Coventry £3 14 by do Rev. Mr. Green and Friends, Uppingham.. 1 13 3 13 2 6 1 1 0. Darwen, from the Fund for aiding Missions,' by Rev. J. Fletcher... Subscriptions, Annual Do. Collections Weekly A few Friends at Twyford, by Rev. Mr. Waters.. Rev. G. Ashton and a few Friends, Newhaven, Sussex. Miss Webb's School, Paddington.... Cowes, Isle of Wight, Penny Society, by Mr. Donaldson 7 15 1 0 0 1 1 0 45 0 0 10 0 0. Subscriptions, Annual, St. Neots Do. do. St. Ives 5 5 8 12 5. Children and Teachers, Silver Str. Sunday Schools £45 13 1 4000 167 15 34 Collective Force of Benevolence. - IT is said, that in the city of Edinburgh alone, the money fraised for benevolent objects, by Penny Societies, amount to nearly £1000 per annum. How amply may all the Missionary and Bible Institutions be supported, if such contributions were universal throughout the United Kingdom! This is done by the poor, what should the rich do? If so much may be effected by the pence of the poor, what might not be done by the pounds of the wealthy! 248 Poetry. LINES, On hearing the Rev. Mr. Fletcher, at the LET Jewish prejudice no more The gospel spread from shore to shore, Fly, glorious gospel, fly abroad,' Till all mankind shall know the Lord, In distant lands, where shades of night Till Peace shall like a river flow, E. D. On the Author's Recovery from FATHER of mercies! to thy name When on the bed of sickness laid, And groaning under pain, Before the Lord my griefs I spread, Nor did I plead in vain. My God (I cried) thy servaut save, Nor yield me up to death; 'Not for my sake alone I crave Thou wouldst prolong my breath: 'Behold, the partner of my blood, Stanzas from a Poem by Mr. Roscoe, altered and recited by Mr. Allen, at the close of a Speech delivered by him at a Meeting held in the Parish-Church of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, in January, 1814, for forming a Bible Association. SEE the Bible Society over the lands, Like a day-star, auspiciously rise, Through clouds of detraction, behold it advance, And pursue its new course in the skies. An effulgence so mild, with a lustre so bright, All Europe with wonder surveys; And from deserts of darkness, and dungeons of night, Contends for a share of the blaze. Let bigots, like bats, from its splendor retire, A splendor too strong for their eyes; While many their flimsy effusions admire, Entrapp'd in the cobweb like flies. In the regions of time a new era unfolds; O, catch its high import, ye winds, as ye blow! O, bear it, ye waves, as ye roll! From regions that feel the sun's vertical glow, To the farthest extremes of the pole. All glory to God in the Highest! below, Peace and friendship its dictates im EVANGELICAL MAGAZINE AND MISSIONARY CHRONICLE. JULY, 1816. MEMOIR OF THE LATE REV. JOHN LELAND, D. D. OF DUBLIN. His father was full of zeal for God; assiduous in the exercises of devotion in his closet and family, as well as in the church; and his whole conversation was uniform and exemplary. His circumstances were such for several years, that, though not opulent, he lived in good credit, and was active in doing good according to his ability. At length, by several disappointments, and especially by his becoming security for some friends, he was obliged to give up all his effects into the hands of his creditors, and came over into Ireland, leaving his wife and children in his father's house, where she continued two years, till his death. Mr. Leland having then a prospect of support, she joined him in Dublin, with three sons, of whom the sub XXIV. ject of this Memoir was the second. His life was a constant course of honest industry, great temperance, meekness, delight in God, and cheerful resignation to his will. His end was suitable to such a life. The setting of his sun was serene, and without a cloud. Mrs. Leland was also a person of great piety, of good natural abilities; excellent in the economy of her family, and diligent in all the duties of a faithful wife and affectionate mother, She died some years before her husband, and received a peaceful dismission from the burden of mortality. In the sixth year of his age, Dr. Leland was seized with the smallpox, which proved of so malignant a kind, that his life was despaired of; and when, contrary to all expectation, he recovered, he was found deprived of his understanding and memory, the use of which, it was feared, would never have been restored. This state of stupidity continued nearly twelve months. His former ideas seemed all expunged; and though before the distemper he had learned to read, all was entirely forgotten; and K k |