And now, Christian friends, another seven years has rolled by, and I was delighted and pleased with the anticipation that no future work of agitation would fall to my lot; but so it comes. At present there is a system of wrong-a system of wickedness in Jamaica, which must be put down, and which Christianity alone can put down. On returning to that land, to meet those men whose actions I have exposed-and I would expose them if they were ten thousand times as powerful as they are-in meeting those men once more, I know perfectly well the difficulties that may yet beset my path. But I am not afraid of these difficulties; I have said nothing but what is true, nothing but what ought to be said, and if tyranny will rise to oppress, Christianity must rise to destroy it.

been called into action, and which, I am per- whole of the missionary property at present in fectly convinced, must be maintained in all Jamaica being £150,000 sterling. their purity and all their fulness if the work of mercy is to be fully achieved in the islands of the west. Within a few short days stand among you entering upon the twenty-second year of my missionary work, and for a few short minutes I will refer to the past, and to what God has performed for Jamaica. Twentyone years ago, when I landed, there were only four missionaries connected with the denomination to which I belong. During the first seven years every thing appeared dark and gloomy with respect to freedom; immersed in those scenes of cruelty which often filled my heart with anguish, I closed them by beholding one of the deacons of my own church stretched on his back and flogged for praying in my own house; and as soon as that scene was transacted, I made the resolve, calmly and deliberately, that I would watch every movement, Farewell, then, Christian friends. I anticipate and seize the most favourable opportunity that with pleasure and with joy once more meeting providence should present, to undo the heavy the beloved people of my charge. I will tell, burdens, and to bid the oppressed go free. In and tell in tones of tenderness, what has been the various meetings I have seen held, not done by you, and I do most sincerely trust that merely in this city, but other parts of England, that which has been so kindly said, will, in the I know perfectly well that some individuals spirit of Christ, be received, and that it will have said, "Yes, but Mr. Knibb speaks too induce the churches in Jamaica to strive yet strongly.' Ah! you must see things for your-more vigorously for the maintenance of that selves. When you see your deacons flogged, truth on which all their civil, their social, and when you behold them stretched on the ground, eternal happiness depend. hear the cracking of the whip, and see the blood stream from their bodies, you will speak too. Little did I think how I was to speak. But within one short year of that, after the first seven years were closed, the insurrection came, with all its untold horrors. You have heard of them-we felt them: in the destruction of our chapels, and in the various scenes that then were transacted, colonial slavery met its death.

Then, unknown to you, and unknown to the world, I was forced from that den of infamy, with a heart bleeding at every pore, just emerged from a felon's dock, and from a gloomy prison, with my congregation scattered, many of the members of my church murdered, multitudes of the faithful lashed, and peeled, and destroyed, I came home, and never shall I forget the three years' struggle, the incessant anxiety that pressed upon my spirit as I passed through the length and breadth of this country, detailing the negro's wrongs and asserting the negro's rights. Just seven years after that perfect freedom came. We had, about the middle of it, a semi-freedom, called apprenticeship. In the midst of these scenes the work of mercy extended, so that during the seven years which then closed, in connexion with the labours of about twenty missionaries, 22,000 persons were baptized upon a profession of their faith in Jesus Christ. Then it was that providence, by circumstances to which there is no need to refer now, called me to visit you again. Chapels, once destroyed, were re-erected, and since that period about twenty-five chapels have been reared, and most of them paid for; and, though the debt has pressed heavily upon us, the Christian church should remember that the whole of the expenses thus incurred, and incurred in the space of about twelve years, amounted to more than £120,000 sterling; the

And now, ere I go, let me address one or two short words to the beloved young friends now in God's house. You, my dear young friends have risen up, most of you, since I first trod through the scenes which I have now described; and all I wish to impress upon you is this, that the religion of Christ can sustain in every difficulty, that it can support in every emergency; and, if there has been one wish more constant in my heart than another, during my brief sojourn in the land of my fathers, while I have gazed upon the lovely forms of the youth in my native land, it is, that each one of them may be a child of God; that now, even now, they may seek after an interest in him whose favour is life. It has been my lot—I say it not for boasting, God knows-it has been my lot to stand in some of the most adverse positions in which a missionary could stand. I have stood more than once when I expected that a few brief hours would close my existence by a bloody death; and I tell you, to the honour of that Saviour whom I wish you to love, that I never felt so calm and so happy in my life as when the bayonet was at my breast, and I expected in a moment to be gone. There is that in the religion of the Son of God which can support and which can sustain, and I have often thought that I should like to pass through those scenes again, if I could, in connexion with them, enjoy that calm reliance upon the blood of God's dear Son which his mercy and grace can afford. My beloved young friends, I commend this Saviour to you, commend his cause to you. We and our fathers will soon retire from the work; we expect you to take it up, and we know you never can take it up effectually until your hearts are right in the sight of God.

Farewell! Farewell, ye members of the Committee! farewell, ye brethren of other de

nominations who have assisted and sustained | to you as a leading star: "Let us work for us! farewell, ye who have maintained the mis- Christ on earth, till we rest with Christ in sionary work! it is joyous, it is triumphant. heaven.' Farewell! I retire from you with the motto, and I give it

MR. KNIBB'S FAREWELL LETTER.

TRINIDAD ......PORT OF SPAIN............. Cowen, G..........May 20, June 4.

Received on account of the Baptist Missionary Society, during the month

Subscriptions and Donations in aid of the Baptist Missionary Society will be thankfully received by W. B. Gurney, Esq., Treasurer, or the Rev. Joseph Angus, M.A., Secretary, at the Mission House, Moorgate Street, LONDON: in EDINBURGH, by the Rev. Christopher Anderson, the Rev. Jonathan Watson, and John Macandrew, Esq.; in GLASGOW, by Robert Kettle, Esq.; in DUBLIN, by John Parkes, Esq., Richmond Street; in CALCUTTA, by the Rev. James Thomas, Baptist Mission Press; and at NEW YORK, United States, by W Colgate, Esq.

IRISH CHRONICLE.

AUGUST, 1845.

NOT LABOURING IN VAIN.

THOUGH it is freely admitted, that success is not a rule of duty, yet no one can deny that it is a difficult thing to persevere in a good cause, if there be no signs whatever of usefulness. The signs may differ in different scenes of labour. In some they are very striking; in others they exist, but are not so easily seen. The latter require some examination, and the result may then be equally satisfactory. Success in Ireland is not so obvious, nor does it present the same decided form, as in some other parts of the missionary field; but it is quite as real. In the islands of the West and South you see it in numerous conversions, the downfall of slavery, the progress of those once degraded to the feelings and dignity of free men, and the vast improvement in their social and moral condition. In India you see it in the slow and gradual undermining of subtle superstitions, and the certain spread of knowledge through the diffusion of the truth. We might all wish for the more rapid and striking success of the former instances; but the success in both cases is real, and appropriate to the peculiar character of the field of labour. So in Ireland. You see it there in the rise and progress of a spirit of inquiry-a growing distrust of priestly authority-a deepening sense of personal responsibility in relation to divine truth-and a stronger determination to exercise the right of private judgment, with not a few instances of saving conversions to God." The present Chronicle fully sustains and confirms these remarks. May its perusal encourage our friends to greater liberality and prayer!

As the readers' journals more fully illustrate the previous remarks, we shall make free use of them this month. JOHN NASH observes in a recent communication.

I wish to make it known, that many people heard with great attention, the blessed word from me the past month. One day I went into a house. Many were working in a garden near. I began to read, and the woman called them in. They all collected in the house, and they heard with deep attention. They never heard so fine a book ;" and said another, "The priest ought to encourage you to read so good a book to us.' I went on, and as I passed some people break-i ing stones in the road, they called out to me, "Have you your Irish book." I said I had. "Come," said one of them, "let us go into the house to hear some of the book, for the priest was talking against it the other day." They seemed well pleased, and expressed their surprise that the priest or any other person could speak ill of such a book. "I wish," said

one, "I could read it for myself, I would not ask the priest's leave."

In another house I read, and the man to whom it belonged was much affected, as I read about Jesus Christ the Saviour of sinners.

He threw himself on his knees, and lifted up his hands praising the Lord, and exclaimed," Blessed Saviour, put thy love in my heart, and have mercy on my soul !"

JOHN MONAGHAN'S statements are to

to the same purpose; and though different in character, present a variety in the evidence both striking and valuable.

Within the past fortnight I had applications from four Romanists for the scriptures. Two of them were from R, ten miles off. One of these said, "Since I heard them read there last, I have felt an earnest desire to hear more of that book, and now I thank God my desire is accomplished." About B-, which I frequently visit, I find the Romanists