considering the correctness of his own sentiments, and the heterodoxy of theirs, may be well regarded as somewhat surprising. While performing quarantine at Venice, Mr. H. received the distressing intelligence of his son's insanity. This young man had been brought up with the most scrupulous care; but through the baseness of an unprincipled servant, was introduced to scenes of vice and licentiousness. Anxious to conceal the shameful result of his crimes, he had recourse to violent medicines; to the effect of which his derangement is, in the volume before us, attributed. The real cause, indeed, of this malady was never suspected by Mr. H. but his letters and private papers most clearly evince how deeply he was affected with the dispensation. After the distressing intelligence of the state of his son, Mr. H. returned to England, and published the result of his observation on Lazarettos, &c. In the course of his inquiries, he had been led to form some ideas with respect to the nature of the plague, and to conjecture, that by careful observation some means might be devised for its more effectual prevention. To this undertaking he therefore devoted himself, and left England in July 1789 for the purpose of revisiting Russia and Turkey, and extending his tour in the East. But his labours were now approaching to their close. Having visited a lady ill of a fever in the neighbourhood of Cherson, he was attacked with a similar complaint, and after a few days illness closed his career, Jan. 29, 1790. This solemn event he had obviously anticipated before his depafture; and the following extracts show in what an appropriate spirit he prepared for his latter end. The last time he was at Shrewsbury, he took his leave of Mr. Lucas, on whose ministry he always attended when in that town, nearly in these words, evidently used in allusion to a favourite saying of JAN. 1824. Philip Henry: "I hope, if we meet again on earth, we shall be nearer heaven; but, if we never see each other more below, I trust we shall meet in heaven." "I am going," said he to another, "a very arduous journey; probably, my friend, we shall never meet any more in this world; but it is the path of duty; and, with respect to myself, I am quite resigned to the will of God."--P. 555. And he closed his will with this remarkable sentence : "My immortal spirit I cast on the sovereign mercy of God, through Jesus Christ, who is the Lord my strength and my song, and, I trust, is become my salvation; and I desire that a plain slip of marble may be placed under that of my late wife, containing an inscription of my name, and the year that I died, with this motto, Spes mea Christus."-P. 557. And in one of his memorandum books he writes, "I am a stranger and a pilgrim here; but I trust, through grace, going to a land peopled with my fathers and my kindred, and the friends of my youth. And I trust my spirit will mingle with those pious dead, and be for ever with the Lord.". P. 584. "Oh! that the Son of God may not die for me in vain." "I think I never look into myself but I find some corruption and sin in my heart; oh, God, do thou sanctify and cleanse the thoughts of my depraved heart."-P. 587. And the last sentence he appears to have written, is, "Oh that Christ may be magnified in me either by life or death."-Ib. We cannot take our leave of this volume without recommending it to the attention of our readers, and expressing our obligations to its author. On some occasions, indeed, he has attached too much importance to the calumnies with which Mr. H. has been assailed; especially, as the facts he has recorded show their utter fallacy. The terms, also, in which he has spoken of Dissenters, as proscribed, &c. when contrasted with their actual privileges, are calculated to produce a rather ludicrous impression on the minds of all really acquainted with the subject; but the general excellence and interest of the work abundantly compensate for these minor defects. F RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. AMERICAN EPISCOPAL CHURCH. WE have noticed with great pleasure the progress which episcopacy has recently made in the American empire, and have gladly availed ourselves of the various articles of intelligence on this subject, with which we have been favoured by the kindness of our friends. In our number for October, 1821, we mentioned the removal of the General Theological Seminary from New Haven to New York; and we have since bad an opportunity of perusing various documents which point out the course of instruction there pursued, and its beneficial results. When, however, we consider the immense extent of the American territory, and the widely varying peculiarities of its different inhabitants, it is perfectly obvious, that no one general seminary can either supply an adequate number of ministers, or can be so situated as to enable the inhabitants of the remoter parts of the country to avail themselves of its advantages. We find, for instance, that even in our own country the two ancient and valuable universities have been practically found inadequate. Immense numbers of the clergy in the northern parts of England have been unable to obtain an university education for themselves or their children; and so strongly has this been felt, that a college is now erecting at Llampeter; and an institution for preparing young men for the church, has been some time in full operation at St. Bees; yet the extent of Englandis trifling in comparison of America, and the consequence is, that multitudes of the settlers in the new-formed States are almost entirely destitute of religious instruction. It is, therefore, with great pleasure, that we have read the following Address to the Episcopal Churches in the Atlantic States, and feel deeply interested in the result: thousands of our own countrymen have emigrated, and are settled in the regions to which it refers; those regions approach our own North American territories; and we can, therefore, not have a moment's hesitation in asserting, that as patriots, as episcopalians, and, above all, as Christians, we are bound to assist in every possible way in the promotion of plans similar to those which are here suggested. An Address to the Episcopal Churches in the Atlantic States, on the Subject of extending the Church into the new and rising States in the West; by the Rev. Amos Baldwin, late Agent of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church, established by the General Convention. BRETHREN, You will not deem it presumption in a clergyman who has traversed some parts of the western States, in the character of agent of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society established by the general convention, to address you on the interesting and momentous subject of extending the kingdom of our Lord into those States, which are fast increasing in population, and rapidly rising into high importance in our grand confederacy. He who addresses you, having, in an eight months tour, passed through parts of Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, and Ohio, returns with feelings of the deepest interest on this subject; and thinks, on the maturest deliberation, that he must not neglect making the effort to awaken the same feelings in the breasts of those who are sitting under the full enjoyment of the blessings of the Gospel, and to incite them to put forth the proper efforts for the communicating of those blessings which they so richly enjoy to their brethren in the west-men who are your brethren, both by blood (having gone out from among you into those new lands), and by embracing a common faith. He hopes to influence you by the force of truth, and the magnitude and importance of the subject which he is presenting to your consideration. No episcopalian who shall read this paper, needs to be informed, that churchmen have removed from all the Atlantic States into most parts of the new States. These are sighing in their new habitations for the pleasant things of Zion which they left, and mourning over the saddening prospects of their rising families; or have lost all sensibility on the one subject most important to them as accountable and immortal creatures, and need to be awakened from their spiritual lethargy. Can Christians in the old States be indifferent to the condition and wants of these persons and families? There are there, others, also, who, on becoming acquainted with the country, will prefer our communion to every other body of professing Christians. The soundness and moderation of our system of doctrine, and the spirituality and fulness of our scriptural Liturgy, will conciliate many who shall be brought within the influence of our ministrations. this fact I can bear my unhesitating testimony. Το There is, then, a wide field in the west, which is rapidly extending on every side, inviting culture from our hands, and promising a rich harvest to the planters and natives, and abounding glory to Him whose blessing giveth the increase. There may be, there must be, toils and sacrifices in the preparing and culture of these new fields; but those who enter into them shall reap no little satisfaction here in witnessing the success of their labours, and glory hereafter in the presentation of the fruits of their toils before the presence of God in heaven. These high considerations are presented to the minds of the ministers of Christ, who may be willing to enter into those extensive fields which are opening to us in the west, and some of which are already ripe for the harvest. Surely there must be men in the ministry of our church, possessed of an apostolic zeal, whose circumstances in life will allow of their leaving their natal land and the companions of their earlier years, and going forth into those spiritual western wilds, that there may be a fulfilling, through them, of the animating prediction-" The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them, and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose." But the inducing of a few clergymen to remove into the western States, is not the only, nor the principal object of this address. The planting of the church in any country must be by foreign ministers; but the watering of a church therein-its preservation and increase, must be by the labours of domestic ministers, men who have been brought up and educated in the country where the church exists. To this observation the most serious attention of the reader is solicited. Cast your eye over the history, or the present state, of the church, and you will see sufficient proofs of its truth. Make the attempt to induce a certain number of clergymen to remove into the western States, and you will perceive the necessity of there being provision made for the education of young men, resident in those States, for effecting the objects in contemplation, the extensive founding and lasting preservation of the church there. Let it not be imagined that there is a feeling of hostility in the breast of the writer toward the rising theological establishments in the Atlantic states. There is no more ground for such an imagination, than for the supposition of hostility existing in the minds of projectors of literary institutions in the west, toward similar eastern institutions; and the interests of the church in those States as much require the founding of a theological school there, as the interests of literature demand the founding of seminaries of learning. And it could with as much truth be said, that the youth in the western States designed for the other learned professions can go to the eastern colleges, as that the youth designed for the ministry can go to the eastern theological schools. Were there no seminaries of general literature in the western States, a few gentlemen's sons would be sent to the eastern colleges; but how, in that case, would literature languish in the west! and how few young men of those States will be prepared for the sacred ministry, if по theological seminaries shall be formed there! I am fully aware of the magnitude of the contemplated object, which I am free to avow has its origin in my own mind, and of the probable difficulties of attaining it. But neither appal my mind; and I shall venture on some suggestions, in the devout hope, that this great object will attract the attention and move the hearts of a few affluent men (perhaps of a single individual) to consecrate a portion of their substance for the establishing of a WESTERN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. These suggestions will not, of course, be considered as laying the foundations of an unalterable system. PLAN. FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS are requisite for the attainment of this object. APPROPRIATIONS. 1. For the purchase of land, the erecting of buildings, and the procuring of a library. 2. For the support of teachers. 3. For the maintenance of beneficiaries. 4. For the sending out of Missionaries. Ten thousand dollars would probably be sufficient for the expenditures under the first article. In this plan there is contemplated the purchasing of a sufficient quantity of land in an eligible situation, on which the requisite buildings would be erected, and the grounds cultivated by the members of the institution, under the direction of a steward. The pupils being taken from the bosom of industrious families, daily bodily exercise would be necessary for the preservation of their health and the vigorous exercise of their mental powers Two or three hours daily labour in the garden, or a field, on a systematical plan, would be conducive to their health and the vigour of their minds, accelerating their attainments; and would furnish the tables of the whole establishment, procure the requisite foreign articles, and meet every charge in the Steward's department. A young man in the Institution would maintain himself, excepting the expense of clothing and books, and without the least check to his studies. The tables of the teachers being supplied from this source, would lesson their requisite salaries. A principal and a single assistant would be adequate to the carrying of this plan into full effect, in which is contemplated the instruction of the lower by the higher classes. A system of mutual instruction is a distinguishing feature in this plan; which would be beneficial to the higher classes themselves, as nothing more effectually fixes knowledge in the mind, than imparting it. The young men, on coming into the seminary, would cheerfully consecrate themselves wholly to the service of the Lord, and to the advancement of the interests of his holy kingdom, and would willingly begin and continue in the doing whatever might be requisite thereto. It is thought that the age for admission should be from seventeen to twenty-six years. The pre-requisites for admissionadequate natural talents; decisive proofs of piety; good reading and penmanship; vulgar arithmetic; English grammar and geography. These qualifications and attainments would be a sufficient test of their meetness to enter on a course of study preparatory for the sacred ministry. The term of study four years; the first half in introductory studies, the second in theology. The students would read no more of the dead languages, during the regular term, than the Greek Testament. I am not prepared to state what would be the specific course of study during either half of the term; nor do I conceive this to be at all requisite in order to incite attention to the general plan. During the last half of the term, the students would be weekly engaged in those exercises requisite to prepare them for the able discharge of those high and holy duties to which they would be eagerly looking forward. And I feel no hesitation in saying, that youth, so prepared for entering into the sacred ministry, would be workmen having no cause to be ashamed, being able rightly to divide the word of truth to every class of hearers. Wisdom adapts her means, for the attainment of an object, to existing facts and circumstances. The condition and character of the people in the western States will admit of a different preparation for the Christian ministry, than might, perhaps, be expedient in the eastern and northern States. Less attainment in the dead languages may be permitted; but a more glowing eloquence is demanded in those warmer climates, to attain which would be a leading design during the whole preparatory term for the ministry. On the plan here suggested, almost any number of youth may be educated, without much increase of expense to the institution, as their clothing will be plain; and many a family will be able, to be at the small annual expense, and will cheerfully make the sacrifice to enjoy the satisfaction and the honour of putting a beloved son into the sacred ministry. How many a pious mother, how many an affectionate sister, will be found cheerfully toiling to make the garments for the brightest hope of a pious family? Thus, will a numerous succession of well educated pious youth be continually going forth from the sacred institution, prepared to plant and water the vineyard of the Lord, and to adorn, with their talents and virtues, the churches of Christ throughout the extensive regions of the west. Their well regulated industry, during the whole term of their studies, will not only preserve their health, and facilitate the acquisition of knowledge, but induce a habit that will be highly beneficial to them during their lives. The western States must ever be mainly agricultural, and should the churches own glebes, or the clergy themselves farm, they would derive from them a considerable part of their support. Either will be highly important; and the contemplated industry, during the preparatory time for the ministry, will tend to the attainment of one or the other object. Let there be now estimated the wants of the western States, and the wants of the rapidly increasing population in succeeding ages, considering those people as religious beings, needing the instructions and the consolations of the Gospel, and you will have some conception of the value of the institution, to the establishment of which your attention is respectfully invited, and the requisite funds humbly solicited. The institution will receive youth from all those States and territories; and, after preparing them for the work of the ministry at the least possible expense, will return them as the richest blessings and ornaments in the gift of God. And this source of blessing will be sufficient for the supply of the spiritual wants of the people that may prefer episcopal ministrations, and as lasting as the States themselves. The institution will be a perennial spring; sending out its pure, fertilizing waters into every part of these lands, and making glad the cities of our God. And over how large and interesting a section of the American empire will the waters of that healing fountain flow! Look on the map of America, and compare the western States (Transalpine America) with the rest of our rising empire. Observe the facilities of intercourse in the mighty rivers that wash the western parts of Pennsylvania, Virginia, the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Suppose a theological seminary established near Cincinnati; how great the facilities of visiting it from every part of the western States, and some of the southern. How many and great would be the blessings flowing from it, to the numerous people living in those extensive and fertile regions! From Pittsburgh to the mouth of the Ohio is eight hundred miles; and the Mississippi is navigated by steam boats from its mouth to the falls of St. Anthony, a distance of two thousand miles. When at St. Louis last June, I saw a steam boat lying there which had made a safe trip to those fails, eight hundred miles above that city. The same boat has since made a second successful trip to the same place. From the Missouri also, the Arkansaw, and other large rivers, on which our brethren are fixing their habitations and extending the American empire, behold the numerous people that will in every succeeding age receive inestimable benefits from the founding of a theological seminary in the west, and you see that such an institution there will be above all price. Churchmen in the elder States-To you is the appeal made, in the behalf of your destitute brethren in the recently settled parts of the American empire; it is made in behalf of thousands who are destitute of your spiritual blessings; in behalf of myriads that shall rise up through a long succession of ages, and call the founders of an institution for the education of their religious teachers, blessed. Are there not a few in these States, favoured with the fulness of the blessings of the Gospel of Christ, on whom a kind Providence has bestowed abounding riches, that will cheerfully consecrate a liberal portion thereof for the attainment of this so great and beneficial an object? Are there not ten Christian gentlemen, a few Christian ladies, who will make the sacrifices from which there shall be such resulting benefits to so many of their fellow creatures, through such a long succession of ages; sacrifices which shall be had in everlasting remembrance by Him whose "blessing maketh rich?" What return shall such benefactors of mankind receive! What approval from their own mind? What praise of men? What reward from God! "Behold, most excellent Sir, (our object being obtained) the institution which God in his providence has enabled and disposed you to found in the west ! See its goodly buildings-its fine gardens-its rich fields -its extensive libraries-its able teachers -its studious, industrious youth. Observe the young ministers of Christ, well furnished for the work whereunto they are called, going forth from the sacred seminary into the cities, and villages, and country, and gathering unto God many holy churches, the glory of those lands. There is a feeling of the sublime rising in my mind, when contemplating this great and holy subject; and viewing, in prospect, a flourishing seminary planted on the rich and pleasant banks of the Ohio-youth engaged, under able professors, in preparations for the work of the sacred ministry, and going forth perennially into those extensive regions, borne onward by the constraining motives of the Gospel, with the words of salvation on their tongues; every where gathering unto God holy people, who offer to him without ceasing the sacrifices of praise and thanksgiving, and adorn the Gospel by the display of its every grace and virtue. I have done. May He in whose hand are the hearts of all men, and whose are the riches of the earth, cause that the object for which I plead may be obtained. May he invite his people, to whom he has given riches, to return to him some part of that which is his own, that there may be provided in the west a seminary for the education of youth for the sacred ministry; that churches may be gathered and flourish perpetually in those extensive and widening regions of the American empire; that the kingdom of our Lord may be co-extensive with our national domain; and that, in every part of our beloved country, the same spiritual sacrifices may be continually offering on many altars, and the sweet savour thereof be perpetually mingling in its ascent before the throne of God and of the Lamb. Is there not a Philips, a Bartlett, a Sherred, in the American episcopal church, who will found a WESTERN THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL? What an honour to become the founder of such an institution! What satisfaction in having spent a life of industry, in accumulating wealth for so valuable, extensive, and lasting uses! What treasures laid up in heaven for eternal ages! How VISIT TO THIS COUNTRY OF THE RIGHT REV. THE BISHOP OF OHIO. Two prelates of the episcopal church of the United States have visited this country. Bishop Hobart, of New York, has left his diocese for the recovery of his health; and Bishop Chase, of Ohio, has arrived here on the truly apostolic mission of awakening that sympathy and interest among liberal Charlton, Saratoga, Co. N. Y. Sept. 9, 1823. AMOS BALDWIN, persons in this country, in the peculiar wants and difficultics of the infant church under his episcopal charge, which may rescue it from its present imminent danger of being stifled in its birth, and may assist it with the means of raising a body of clergy within its own bosom adequate to the urgent wants of |