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VOL. III, No. 127

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offered with buy tos Hifle chlinings and confidence in tinn.

All the meksian began to amend, and are now shining confutsalle Colma not yet récoratul (in foruj je stength and appears is bee in the dating us and ank, though narrow ny to i Mrs Hall, wife of Ray W Y Bibl of the Assembly' || wobler auer. She so is rapidly raevaring, and the hop), ap. Bourd, suffered an nhusk of paralysis of her left wide about 5

panta jo buva nuide, this adlicnon, both to hersall and husband, a minn of much good to their aula. A similar romark we think might be misia wiil swopert to the other cast of alokinase Above

red. Tuess, Mals, and blessings have begu trusted by

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ness of the feelings of others, that cannot be named. Comunquen

ly crime, paverty, and wiicladased of all learly, Aru cry 19

Grenand artong the people; The puble oppetite, los ep it is very nong, and dus donand for something that will insigate very groot. Honce their distilleries mit intrensed in number and en. larged. Bome 30 or more of these springs of the bottomless t ure now in vigorous operation. The mudris) from which they manufacture their spirit in chiefly the caperplasses, which by the rapid increase of the foreign sugar trade with Siam, has become molasses for tim to aux non of it with their line mortar, and very abundant. ___ Phey know not what the to make of their refuse i

sympathy, in a good degree, to all on tribine band.

the remainder convert jito aliquet death. But with all the facili. The spirit of God appears to have recently anade, a sondes they have for manufacturing it, they do not near supply the what special visitation of his power and gracey upon a law of home consumption. Ilse imported from China, Batavia, Sings, the many to whom we proh the gospel. There would agem pore, and Bufope, in no inconsiderable quantities. Nay all this to be now, a more than usual serip mess on the minds of seve do not suffice. The poorer clasan, make intoxicating drink, ral of the Siamese, who attend the means of grace regularly on fron the juice of the Palmyra and formented rioe. An officer of the Mission promises, Messrs. Johnson and Pest folt much government informed us sio lang pince, that he could not prevoni end urged and strengthened in the Chiness department, by the his sinos from getting drunk, that he had fgged them almost s public confession and baptism or two of their teachers. They oath for it, but so strong was their appetite for the poison, that were received to the church on the 7th inst. If they run well;

they would convert thou daily rica inia, sujtit, and intoxicate them. how much may they aid in promulgning the gospel among selves therewife. The manufacture and traffick jo ardont spirit, their countrymen, er kedapalanil farmod out by government. The whole kingdom je divided been trial, afl cled, and blessed much as ourselves. Mr. J. 13. ders; who pay their linense money into the king's treasury The

Our brethren of the other two missions stationed here, have

into surit distripts. Those are lensodaunally to the highest bid. Chandler and his with from the mission in Burm., joied our Baptist brethren in Nov. His chief business at present, will be

district, including only Banglook and fld suburbs, is taken by ung (to anake all another improvement in the Sanjest type, redu-tollars for the privilege of bonopolizing all the spirit trade within man, who pays govornimant anauady, about 160 010 ticals [90,00)/ eing the size to that which printers denominate English full

uid district. It is this nur's interest, of conran, to do ull,he.canto fire. We have great hopes in bis Inbore, he drops s

increase the consumption of spirit among this people; and this he Now this la but a sample of the principal provinces in the king. ilona not fail to do. What a herd of tigers must His ngenis be dom, of which there are 20 or more. Hare you may have a glini- pse of the floodgates of intempertinch and run that are opanad

AT17C OILAS, E. STEWART.

per Trousurer and Financial Secretary, Government Hojiso, Victoria, Hongkong, 2nd April, 1844, 530 5 qershawatdi

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| Such is a brief sketch of our inercles, for which you will with us bless the Lord, and with us leal stimulated to plead at the Throne of grace in fuller and in re glorions displays of the power of the gosped of Christ among this pople that the frequzey and forvency of your prayers for its may pressupon this people, maa- more and anore, we propose Bow lo duscriba briefly, a few of you shall and them to diet but little from those you have to many obstacles wn find in our way of evangelizing this people. contend with, you will at det see how much we need your nympathy and prayers,

1. Nearly or quite every male subject of this kingdom i strongly addicted to the ase of tobacco, in some one or all its mediate departure, or for

or some other urgent cause ;

forins. They begin to smoke the pulsun before they have been and it must always be sent in charge of a confi-

wennai, from their mother's breast. You may see their life ones now at the brist, anon With a cigar pulling, and then dental person, to whom an error of any kind can chewing a compount end oftente, got lear, line, and then, be duly explained. It is also desirable that the While the females do not obengmake tobanen, they do very applications for Bills should be made on the internetully chow it in the form of this coupon, and its mediate days, in order that they may be ready for

practice they begin about as early as the males do their smoking Phng it is this powertil narcode begins as aneful inducuce upon delivery when soat for me w

this people, at the very dawn of the rational being, and fe Printed forms of application may be had at this

E, PINE COFFIN, C., G.-

goinst Gud, grows with their growth, and strengthens with their strength. They mow of no time when they were fee from its influence. Nearly Strubeicthoughts are stepped in,.. Bad IMTU02261 more or long by 1 L this respect, they are very diflurept from the consumers of tobieca in christian lands. The Tattw, learned to dunk and exerona 1beir raunga faccullion, mangy yuars belöre they allowed this naronijo any influence over them) ** p* || and whatever may be its offert when their after lo, it seldom ***** Billa on rite Government of Indiaphos en tu na to impart a narobe tinge to all that thoughts, und greatly interrupt freedom of intereouse with high inellesubt

Commissarint, Victorin,

́ ́3rd April, 1844. 4

is hereby giv

given that

25, The alarming evit of spidi drinking, is altended by her twin Histof gambling. This work of rlin (60, ie all neegrately farmed treasury. But the system, however mish to quy all the king'■ out by government, hudi za te source of much revenue is the Tayil colors, operates a thous of blood fursty ugers sucking away into vory vitale of the kingdom. The whole country is dividi ad into gambling districts, each of which is taken by the highest bidder, Those humers are generally found to bi princes, noblemen (and officers of governhem. They sílalivide their farma into numeris fom, which day line to the best advantage. Allgeme ing out of the regularly Leceased places, in promptly put down, as it would reduce the profits of the system. Each mustar gambler or undermket, as the privilege of selling himself, the terms of every company and private linense with his loti Slameno subjects liavo, in the courag of every you, some 6 or 6 holidaya, in which they are all alloy ed to gamble free of day, and where they plange. During these days, there is an extraordinary devation to thủa vico, as if every man, woman, and child were determined to make the throat of his linenst, it becom issach farmer's part sonal interest, to do an ho can to increats the gambling busin and for onch undariakur to excito all, he van to yun his bewilch- Ing shopa. Löneo all possible kinds of gambling are invented and put into requisition, from the simplest playing with cowrice, to the immende litery catablufinente. Consquently tha posplo havá become Ahwxiexted by it, and are to a very Alurining exins, ne-

drawn by Her Majesty's Pleme sa mente. But the nude of? The former, have been formed gleeting all other busnous for this The mercantile iquorests of

on the

Right Honorable the Governor General of India, in Council, will be suspended after the expiration of the present month until further notice, a

EDWARD PINE COFFIN, C. G.

Commissariat, Victoria, the 29th April, 1844.

REPORT OF THE BAPTIST MISSION AT SIAM

Bangkok, January 11th, 1844.

DEAR BRETHREN,

wholly under the ensembling influence of tobacco. Consequently, thair thônghis hươ hold fast in is as by a gpalk The males, expecial. ly, would pluusi un sub think of lying without mir, us without eignis. Il ihby aro deprived of their harustle inhalations but for an hour, they become roalless "as tipli out of water." Henco ji is painful to them to attend out mootings, where they camel bå allowqd to supke. It is foured that their minds, while thus employ. ed, ars ullen so occupied, with a degre for It, that tde rendim | little or no place for the word of Gad ↑ and that if the Holy Spirit altem their fears, they will go out quickly to their falso comforten. and smoke themselves quiet and uncon, emed as before. Have we young converts, whom we long to havo hucome fruitful brin- dlies in Christ, We are exceedingly tried, and filled with Ivirs, RI sooing them manitustly the bond slaves of tobacco, In like man- nen urn we tiod, with the lads in our pohgol,, und with the work - men in our employ. Is there any people so universally add strong ly addicted to tobacco as this?

By renson of a peculiar pressitro of business, we have suffered the appointed drão for writing our shrimanti epistle, to pass by a few days. But we trust it is not now too late to obtain good by wriûng you, nor too late for you to be interested in heating Trum LIA. Since our last, we have had the pleasure and profit of perused, a few years since, by the pdio of his Mojogy 135 opistles from some of you, and we still cherish the fond hopa that wo shall soon receive letters from each of the missionsavaith er o send our semi-annuala, Binch we cannot as diy qur bre- thren alshe Shawall Islands, save our frigual Yasmblres, – at

Joll we may inutrchauge thought and experienço, and thus || under God be mutually sanclifted comforted, and stre Frayed

Coding years labor und Trial, wo win to try

2. Tuo cating and smoking of opian, which was greatly check.

God

to resultan much good to

widentel

the kingdom, which a few yourà, since were quite fair, have run §. down großlly ; and it is thought by our foreign resident marchants, that if there be poln speedy reformation from gambling and it assočinio viqps, the country will soon be ruined.

* Now doar brethren, in view of thin sketch of the obstacles ih our way of evangelizing this people, what course would you advis us to pursite 7 We trust you will give us your thoughtful, and prayérful opinian, touching the 5 evilp we have ugnad 1 and thắt you will not regard these, or indeed any other obstacles that might be named, as discouragement, but rather as powerful stimulant, whose tendency should be to make us "grong in the Lord and ja The power of his

light,in ouratives we can midped do nuthing: but with Him

thresh the mountains,” “The Larở of hoate is with me, the God of Javoly in our rofage: O how much encouragement then, have we to pray unto Him. Let us live și his fort, nud prove oumelves to be indeed of the duc isme), who have power with God in prayer,

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all now and forever Amu.

against it, annenre now to be fast raviving train.

|_ P, 8. —A very novel event for Bjam bak just transpired. About law suil makes it a contraband arfield of tradg, and

9 o'clock this morning the English Slowner dirpreas, 1 kpl.? Biowa, con tuttis of it with the tundwation of their pe

camp wilking up the Menam, setting all this ymalle erak na the ninda dentur - yet the fron is not enkargud nah

river intgront cum nalog by her swell, and natiniebing thangands. OF NATIVE APOCHun by dar poart Babykoki hai Hevdy belbre uppoara ti bo a secret willingness on the part of

witnessed sucht u din kaart (Gig of Biain in as much of a that opinn should be saiugled into. extent bullichein is van hy the cruvides of the ma

sonor in his putaso we fear he linx đợt yht hand a slow orino grài nittelt be, voitalved it. dy nudered to its neb, ir

** Wa pot || wander, although Nha went up in font The toyal palace and farfalreason to think, thịt this rover of death; plready brood, will i turned around at the first introduction. continually swoll and where will be the end of the calamities solisors of government, art grently julen

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