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avowedly separated from the mummery of Rome, and avow-
edly separated from Tractarianism. (Loud cheers.) He
looked at these things indeed as the resnit of success; he
looked upon Tractarianism and things of that kind as marks
of God being with us ; Cod was upon our side, and the devil
was raging, and opposing in every way the progress of the
triumph of divine truth. Thst marked the progress of the
kingdom of God, for a state of peace with evil was the worst
of all states. He thought it very needful—and therefore he
had spoken so plain—that we should show, and distinctly
show, we were separate and distinct from this modified sys-
tem of popery. (Hear, hear.) He could not but feel it was
a Christian duty to do so ; it was needful, in order to show
our dissenting brethren this, for they were, or had been, in
danger of identifying the whole Church of England with thir
modified system of Popery ; it was needful to show the go-
vernment,too, that the Church of England was not carried
away with the spirit of Popery. (Cheers.) Then rally
round the standard of Protestant faith, the word of God in
its simplicity without the traditions of man, the 39 articles
in their plain, literal, obvious, grammatical sense, without
any jesuitical interpretation,—(cheers)—and the more we
were opposed in this the more simply and plainly let us con-
fess the truth, as it was in Jesus Christ. (Cheers.) His
friends probably were not so well aware as be wss of the op-
position which the society had to endure in its eOrlier days.
In the year 1817 there was an opposition to it something like
the present, headed by Archdeacon Thomas, of Bath. That
opposition was very much in the same strain of spirit as
that it was now meeting with; and it was a curious fact, that
for want of other armour, he held in his hand, in the trac-
tarian newspaper, The British Churchman, a reprint of " the
protest" of Archdeacon Thomas. Now they should
take care what they were doing, for when the protest
came out, one friend sent the society £5O, because the pro-
test was so bad; and as soon as Mr. Wilson's defence of the
society came out, he sent the society £5O more because the
defence was so good. (Cheers and laughter.) Taking the
badness and the goodness together, the society thus obtained
from one individual £lOO. (Hear.) But what was more,
the income of the society was then £20,000, whilst shortly
afterwards it amounted to £30,000, and it had gradually been
advancing ever since. (Cheers.) He trusted, then, that all
the opposition to the society would, by the blessing of God,
but help forward the mighty work, and we should at length
have the joy of seeing the whole of our beloved country en-
gaged in this effort of Christian wisdom and love, the very
best token for our land, not that he expected by any present
exertions, or contributions, to convert the heathen world—
(hear)—but we might gather an election from the heathen
world who should be jewels in the crown of the Redeemer,
who should be our joy and crown of rejoicing in the day of
Christ. This, indeed, would be a joyful recompense to all
who in faith and love had engaged in this work of love and
mercy ! (Loud cheers.) The resolution was then carried.
The Rev. A. W. HANSON moved the next resolution,
which set forth, that whilst desiring to acknowledge with
thinkfulness to Almighty God the large pecuniary means
placed at the disposal of the committee during the past
year, they would earnestly press upon "the members of the
association the necessity of continued liberality, in order to
preach the Gospel lo the heathen, especially in the empire of
China. He felt that he was almost out of place, for he be-
longed, when at home, and he yet belonged, though away
from home, to a doomed race. Christianity was to be pro-
claimed to all the nations of the earth ; by the prediction
of God himself we were taught that in every nation,
whoever heard Him, and believed in his son Jesus
Christ should be saved ; but whilst this resolution called upon
them to acknowledge with thankfulness to Almighty God
the blessing which it had pleased him to bestow upon the
society during the past year, he dared not, as a representa-
tive of Ethiopia stretch out his hand in thanfulness unto him.
(Hear.) What then should lie do? Better to lay the reso-
lution upon the table and propose it without offering a single
remrrk in its support that it might be adopted by those who
dared adopt it. He did not however desire to be understood,
that now or at any future time, he did, or ever would do
anything than express what he felt before God to be his de-
signs with refererence to the heathen world. (Hear.) For
For the whole race of fallen man the gospel of Jesus Christ
was to be proclaimed ; for the healing of the nations that life
that life-giving tree had been given ; for the pro-
pitiation of human guilt whether that guilt was
the pollution of an African, an American, a European,
or an Asiatic was the blood of Jesus Christ shed ;
and so long as the command of God was to go into all the
world proclaiming the life-giving truth of his gospel, giving
unto them the bread of eternal life, which came in the per-
son of the Lord Jesus Christ,—so long it was our ditty, with-
out distinction, without reserva4ion, and under all possible
circumstances to give obedience to that command. (Loud
cheers.) Believing this to be their duty, and the duty of the
Christian church, he would forego every consideration, and
make the one remark which he had to offer. It was not new
to the good citizens of Liverpool that the people of Africa
were an inferior race. The inferiors, however, might pre-
sume to follow behind those who were so far above them.
(Hear, hear.) Adverting to the resolution he remarked that
at least eight-tenths of the whole members of the Church
Missionary Society were members of the church of England ;
therefore, there wasreason for thankfulness that they had done
so much, and he trusted they would be enabled to do even
more, considering that whilst the wants of the missions now
established were increasing, new ones, especially in China,
were required. We had been told that the heart of Africa,
a point proposed to be reached by the Niger expedition, bad
been laid open to the enterprise and benevolence of Chris-
tians, and this from a point once little thought of, but one to
which many eyes were now turned. The meeting had been
told that Mr Thomson, an agent of the. Church Missionary
Society at Sierra Leone, had been able to reach Timbo in
Central Africa ; he (Mr. Hanson) believed it might have
been stated with perfect truth that Mr. Thomson had gone a
stage forward, having reached Sago, which point Sago was
the next before he would arrive at Timbuctoo. Upon the whole
line which he had been enabled to traverse, he ,-ad invariably
found a friendly disposition upon the part of the native
chiefs. He had every where received welcome. (Hear, hear.)
Everywhere the chiefs had expressed their willingness to re-
ceive teachers; thus a communication had been opened be-
tween the colony and these several points, and the people
were waiting with anxiety for the teachers, which Mr. Thom-
son had promised should be sent. He contended that
the Niger expedition could not be pronounced a failed expe-
dition, although the disastrous results had prostrated all
hope of penetrating into the interior by that channel, because
it had shewn that the gospel must be spread, in that country,
by native agency. The necessity of for native agency was,
indeed, no longer a disputed point ; and on this discovery
he addressed an animated appeal to the meeting, to aid in
educating native missionaries. For this purpose, be added,
the society had instituted a school at Sierra Leone, which
they had been pleased to call " the Christian Institution "
Messrs. , were at the head of it, and there were 27
youths receiving instruction in it, but the building in which
they had hitherto assembled from day to day had become so
dilapidated as not to be fit for use. It would, perhaps, be
unsafe for them to congregate within its walls, lest, at some
unexpected moment, it should fall down and crush them.
The estimate which the society had made, for enabling them to
carry on the purpose with reference to that school was some-
thing like £2000; and, whether wisely or unwisely, he did not
say it had been thought expedient to set aside a fund for that
purpose. Having so created a new treasury, and received the
contributions of christians willing to give towards this spe-
object, the society bad been under the necessity of making
a special appeal to the public to enable them to carry on
these operations. Towards this £2OOO, unless be were mis-
taken only £3OO had yet been received : and he stood before
the inhabitants of Liverpool, an unworthy representative
of the Church Missionary Society, because he was the only
representative of her country Ito plead before them, and to
beg of them, in remembrance of their former connection
with the sons of Africa, to come forward and give as much
as they might be willing towards this object. He would re-
mind them that God loveth a cheerful giver : let them,
therefore, give as in their hearts they might be disposed.
After some observations on general duty, Mr. Henson con-
cluded thus :—I think it will not be denied that my country-
men are a people who have always suffered grievous wrong :
and as the representative of them, I may say they are all
disposed to forgive the injuries we have received at your
hands. (Cheers.) I look not to the past; but I offer these
remarks because I believe it to be the cause which my coun-
try, although inferior to yours, has yet pursued, and so set
you an example. (Loud cheers.)
The Rev. HUGH STOWELL seconded the resolution in a
most eloquent address, which he commenced by a deserved
eulogy upon the talents and the character of Mr. Hanson,
whose appearance, he remarked, was full of bright promise
for the future destinies of Africa. The second part of the
rev. gentleman's address was an ample and powerful vindica-
tion of the aims and principles of the Church Missionary
Society, as well as of its protestant basis. The resolution
was then carried.
A collection was made at this period of the meeting, during
which the hymn commencing " All hail the power of Jesus
name" was sung, the whole meeting lifting up their voices in
it

The Rev. Hunts M'NEILE, amidst loud chsers, said he
had been requested to move, " that the divine blessing which
had, of late, been so manifestly bestowed upon the labours of
our missionaries abroad, called for our grateful thanks to
God ; and we desire to commend to the special prayers of all
the members of this association the several missions of the
society, that in each of them the Gospel may continue to be
the power of God unto the salvation of many souls." (Hear.)
Before he offered any observations upon what might be called
the peculiar matter brought before the meeting in this resolu-
tion, he wished to make a few upon another subject. Some
of the opening remarks of his Christian brother from Africa
invited him to a kind and friendly explanation. He was
sorry, and the Christian in common wish all others must be
grieved, at the appearance of embarrassment with which an
important feature of this great subject was broached by Mr.
Hanson, and the apparent feeling of pain with which
he retrained from what might otherwise have been the tenor
of some of his observations, especially when that short sen-
tence dropped from him that the Africans are a doomed
race. Upon this he (Mr. M'Neile) thought it important to
offer a kind, a friendly, and an affectionate explanation.
(Hear, hear.) He must cordially agree in the sentiments of
all his dear Christian brethren, that the Gospel was to be
preached to every kindred, tribe, people, and nation, without
exception and without reserve, without exception as regards
them, and without reserve asregarded the manner of ap-
proaching theM. The rev. gentleman then proceeded to con-
tend, with great power, that although this was the case,
and although from one class of prophecies encourage-
ment was to be drawn in this work, there was another class
referring not to the spread of the gospel for the conversion
of sinners, but to the fore-ordain( d dealings of the Almighty
God with the nations of the earth as nations. It was with
regard to this divine view of the nations, as such,
that we were to take up the solemn language of God con-
cerning Canaan. Mr. M'Neile then justified the prophecy
at great length ; after which he supported the resolution in
most able speech, which, from the want of space, we are
nnable to report, in the course of which he exposed the dan-
gers to which our Christian missions are liable from Tracts-
rianism and Popery, and called upon the meeting to stand
fast by the everlasting Word.
Dr. TATTERSHALL seconded the motion, and it was
adopted unanimously.
The Venerable CHAIRMAN said the business of the day
was now over, and the meeting must adjourn, so that it only
remained for him, at parting, to invite their co-operation in
returning thanks to Almighty God for the blessing which he
had vouchsafed upon the proceedings. Let them, under
such circumstances, cordially unite in thanksgiving to Him.
(Hear.) Though thei general character of the meeting had
been satisfactory, there was one person who might have been
touched, in a tender place, by what happened to have been
said, both there and in another places, in allusion to the cir-
cumstances of his country. The meeting would anticipate
the respected and beloved individual to whom he alluded,
(Mr. Hanson) hut might he (the Chairman) be permitted to
offer his testimony to his respected and beloved brother, that
even the circumstances, and awful circumstances, which be-
longed to his own race and nation, and which had been dwelt
upon with such thrilling power by his friend (Mr.
M`Neile)—even that most awful denunciation of the
divine vengeance, upon the family of Barn might expe-
perience in the blessed remedial system of the gos-
pel a reverse similar to that under which the whole of man-
kind? (Hear.) We know it was the curse pronounced upon
man that in the sweat of his brow should he eat bread ; and
we could not deny that the stern necessity under which man
now endured life, had formed the occasion of many an aching
bosom, many a wearing hour, had been the means of much
suffering and much affliction. But at the same time let him
(the chairman) remind all, that, under the remedial system
which was connected with the Gospel labour had ceased to
be the curse of man for employment became joy, (blear.)
Whatever then had been the character of labour ass divine
imprecation upon the first father of mankind, we knew now
that a life of christian labour and of christian employment,
was in fast allied to the greatest happiness and erijoyme„,,
that ewald fall to the lot of matt, ( Hear) I-membered
chi atriltius posagil 111 Atehtleoluti koloy "lathe; dud nz

doubt those around him did likewise, where he aaid—" I am
not," said he, " much disposed to envy any man ; but if
there is one individual more than another who is the object of
my envy, it is a young man going forth to labour for his
wife and children." (Applause.) There we might see the
curse pronounced upon man—the necessity to labour in
order to eat his bread—reversed, and that which seemed at
first to make the wretchedness of man turned to con-
stitute his happiness. (Applause.) Thus lie could not but
think that the original curse pronounced upon the family of
Ham shall, under the divine blessing, through the medium
of the Gospel, be made the means of blessedness to that very
family. (Cheers.) He could believe that that which origi.
nelly seemed to be their judgment shall, in the gracious pro-
vidence of God, become their blessing—(hear. he,:r)—and
that the very circumstance which connected the children of
}lam with the children of Japheth shall lead them to the
Father and God of Shem and Japheth, and make them free
with the liberty which Christ alone can give, and make
their very bondage itself the means of their spiritual eman-
cipation. (Loud applause.) Many and many a child of
Ham, he trusted, would hereafter come before us, to whom
we could only address the language of the Apostle to Phile-
mon when he commended Onesimus to him, begging him to
receive, not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother
beloved." (Loud cheers.) He (the Chairman) trusted
that even these few words might convey to his dear brother
some testimony of the deep sympathy that we had with the
wrongs to which his race had been exposed, of the earnest
desire we had in every way to mitigate the sufferings to which
Africa was exposed, to repay the debt which we felt we owed
to the inhabitants of that continent, and of the joy with
which we hailed every opportunity by which the means
might be increased of reversing the original sentence, and
becoming the instruments of God's mercy, instead of the
agents of his justice. (Hear, hear, and great applause.)
" Praise God, from whom all blessings flow," was then
sung, and the meeting adjourned till this evening (Tuesday).

The sum of £64 16s. 6a. was collected at the meeting, and
on Sunday at the churches upwards of £7OO.

SCRIPTURAL EDUCATION OF NEGRO CHILDREN

IN THE WEST INDIES

A public meeting of the members and friends of the
Ladies' Society for the promotion of Scriptural education
among the children of the emancipated negroes in our West
Indian colonies was held in the Music Hall, at twelve o'clock
on Friday last. The meeting was numerously attended by
the clergy and the inhabitants in general. Among the gen-
tlemen on the platform was the Rev. Augustus Hanson, an
African, and an ordained minister of the Church of England,
who attended as a deputation from the Parent Society, and
whose somewhat novel appearance_ attracted considerable
attention. The Rev. HENRY RAIKES, Chancellor of the
Diocese, took the chair.

The Rev. C. W. LAWRENCE having supplicated the divine
blessing upon the proceedings and objects of the society,
The Venerable CHAIRMAN said he wished, before pro-
ceeding to the business of the day, to discharge a debt of gra-
titude which he owed to the individuals who bad invited his
attendance on this occasion, for it was no small favour con-
ferred upon him individually to have invited his, to share in
a measure so eminently wise and benevolent as this society.
(Hear, hear.) In using the words " wise and bmevolent,"
he trusted he used them advisedly, because this society, in
an eminent degree, possessed the character of being, at the
same time, wise and benevolent ; not did he think it easy, in

general, to find any case where wisdom and benevolence were
disjoined. (Hear, hear.) He admitted it was possible to
have a kind of benevolence without wisdom, but le firmly
believed there was no true wisdom disjoined from `Jenevo-
k ice, for if we considered the end and object of wisdom—
namely, that it endeavoured to lead men into the right direc-

tion, how was it possible they should so be led, except by
motives of obedience, or how was it possible for them to be
guided into the right way, unless benevolence was the guiding
principle of the person leading? (Hear, hear.) As he said

I before, he believed this society was both wise and benevolent,
because if we considered the state of the coloured population,
the circumstances under which they stand at present, the new
immunities into which they are introduced, it seemed abso-
lutely necessary that something should be done, speedily and
effectually, for the purpose of enabling them to receive
aright, and profit by as they ought, the boon of liberty be-
stowed upon them. (Hear.) The circumstances under
which that boon was given, or rather he might say, the
manner in which that boon was received, had raised our
coloured population to no ordinary degree of eminence
among the children of Adam. He did not think, in-
deed, there was a single case on record where such a
boon as the liberty bestowed upon the coloured po-
pulation of the West India islands was given under
such circumstances, received in such a manner, and improved
in such a degree. (Hear, hear.) If we consider what their
state had been before the change effected in that state by the
resolution of the House of Commons—the circumstances of
their being at once transferred from the condition of bondrnen
to that of freemen, that liberty was bestowed upon them
with so little preparation, given so suddenly and completely,
and where there had been so little moral preparation to re-
ceive it—he contended that the manner in which they had
received the boon of emancipation proved them to be pos-
sessed, in no ordinary degree, of all those qualities that
stamped upon the character of this people a quality and a
character which he trusted would endure always. But still
the fact remains, that, however wonderful the circumstances
were under which the boon of liberty was improved, and how
wonderful the manner in which it was received, we must be
aware that the iron, literally, had entered into their souls.
(Hear.) The way in which they had received the boon of
liberty, the manner in which they had received the Gospel of
God, the total absence of all irregularity and violence, of all
outbreak and riot, was a perfect miracle in the history of man
but at the same time, we must be prepared to think that a
people treated as they had been, ground down as they had
boen, neglected as they had been, were not, generally speak-
ing, in a state fit to profit by the boon of liberty, or to im-
prove, to its full extent, the privileges which they now pos-
sessed. Therefore, he contended, it was the bounden duty
of the British public, not merely to improve the gift of
liberty to the coloured population of the West Indies, but it
was likewise as much their bounden duty to add to the gift of
liberty the sanctifying influence of that knowledge which
alone maketh free, and which alone influences men to use the
gift of liberty without abusing it. (Hear.) Let the meeting
be assured that the gift of liberty, if there was no moral re-
straint acting upon the mind of mass, at the same time, was
a most questionable good ; to give a man liberty before he
was prepared to use it aright, was to turn him loose with all
his passions and propensities unsubdued ; it was literally
nothing less than like opening the doors to a collection of
wild beasts, and turning them loose upon the community
around. (Hear.) It was in vain to give liberty to man un-
less the gift was accompanied by the gift of that knowledge
which taught man to use freedom properly, and saved him
from the danger to which he was so prone, of abusing the
gift to his own destruction. (Hear, hear.) The question
immediately occurred, how was it possible so to teach the
coloured population of the West Indies? The venerable
chairman then elaborately pointed out to the audience that
the important objects herein aimed at were to be accomplished
by spreading religious education among the young, for which
he remarked their mental temperament was eminently fitted ;
and he concluded by eulogising the present society, which
had been formed with this special design.
The Rev. W. W. EWBANK then read the annual report
of the Ladies' Association, from which it appeared that God
was blessing the object with increasing success in all, or
nearly all, of the British dependencies in the West Indies.
The total amount of subscriptions raised in Liverpool was
£lO7 10s., which had been remitted to the parent society.—
The. rev. gentleman then moved the adoption of the report,
and, in the course of his address, he read a variety of extracts
from the report of the parent society, chewing that the con-
dition of the coloured population really required the amelio-
rating exertions of such an institution. He next adverted
to the prospect now opened of evangelising Africa, by edu-
cating the children of the natives in the West Indian colo-
nies as missionaries, and sending them forth to preach the
everlasting Gospel upon the shores of their fathers, to men
of their own kindred and complexion. It would be impossi-
ble to spread the Gospel in Africa by European agency ; its
evangelisation must be accomplished by native missionaries.
The rev. gentleman then urged, with much effect, that the
greatest difficulty experienced with regard to the translation
of the Scriptures had been the difficulty of so entering into
the minutiae as to be able to convey to the minds of the na-
tives the exact sense of the 'Word of God. One or two il-
lustrations of this difficulty were given, clearly proving that
the greatest hopes of permanent success rested in the edu-
cation of the natives as missionaries. Therefore, with regard
to the translation of the Scriptures, and the preaching of the
Gospel to the natives, he soon hoped to see a glorious array
of priests. and also of bishops, going out to Africa to preach
the Gospel ; and he also trusted to see his friend now upon
the platform (Mr. Hanson), at no very distant period, Bishop
of Cape Coast Castle. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Ewbank con-
cluded by enlarging upon the effects of the religious educa-
tion of negro children, observing that it was one of the high-
est commendations of this society, that it sought to train up
those children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Mr. ADAM HODGSON seconded the resolution in an inte-
resting speech, in the course of which he referred to a variety
of speculations as to the future condition of Africa and its
natives, indulged in by many learned and devout men,
founded upon the prophecy that " Ethiopia shall soon
stretch forth her arm unto the Lord." He expressed his
cordial belief that the civilisation and evangelisation could
be accomplished in no other way than by educating her
children as missionaries to spread the Gospel there ; and,
after going through a variety of motives for supporting this
society, he sat down amidst great cheering.—The resolution
was carried.
The Rev. Dr. TATTERSHALL moved the next resolution,
which set forth that the meeting, being deeply conscious of
the wrongs which in past times had been inflicted upon the
sons of Africa, was anxiously desirous as far as possible to
repair them, and was of opinion that the best mode of doing
so was to promote the religious education of the negro chil-
dren in our West Indian Colonies. In speaking of the
wrongs of Africa, the reverend doctor exhibited a picture of
what is known by the Middle Passage, as published by
parliament, on the motion of the late Mr. Wilberforce ; and
he said he must anticipate a full concurrence of the meeting
in a desire to repair those wrongs. The best mode was by
promoting religious education among the rising generation,
for those who had been the worst sufferers were now past
restitution on our parts.
The Rev. R. P. BUDDICOME, Principal of St. Bee's Col-
lege, seconded the resolution in an able address. The motion
was then carried.
The Rev. AUGUSTUS HANsosr, a gentleman of colour,
and recently appointed chaplain on the Gold Coast, then
came forward to move the next resolution. We were sur-
prised to hear the correctness with which the rev. gentleman
spoke the English idiom, and at the fluency of his language.
He moved that this meeting remembering how closely Li-
verpool was connected with the West Indies, and how much
wealth had been derived from the connexion, could not but
feel that this society, for the scriptural education of negro
children had great claims upon the inhabitants of this great
commercial town. He enlarged upon the responsibility of
Liverpool with relation to the education of the liberated
Africans is the 'West Indies. and be narrated two instances
which promised to promote the diffusion of the Gospel on
the continent of Africa. The Niger expedition, he contended,
had not beets a failure, because it had shewn this truth to
us, that if Africa was to be evangelised, it must be through
the instrumentality of her own people. It was a great point
to have ascertained this, and it was an opinion which he him-
self firmly held. Mr. Hanson, in a very eloquent manner,
then dwelt upon the future destinies of Africa, urging that
they were full of promise, and that the Lord, who was now
beginning to make Ethiopia stretch forth her hands, accord-
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