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sed the last resolution.. to the, e &et that it was a matter of
regret that want of funds prevented new openings from
being occupied. He asked .be meeting to leave it to the
tried jmi‘tnent and direction of the committee of the so.
ciety to preach the goepel in the Pm j ,un at the proper

the prriod to st;ike t

ie blow ought

to be left to the commsthd;r,

He reg.rded the miPsiona-
servan!s of Christ. In the great

h(Moure

day when the of

Stand before the judgment neat hereafter, the great
Cap-
tain of our salvation would say to the tnii.iona.!es,. a, the

great captain of the age, as he was called, the Duke of
Wellington. said to some soldiers in the Penint.ular war:

missions

lic Church. I:

wtie no niisri,,ns

more impo• rant matter of doctrine. A primary principle
of evangelical truth is, that in every real Christian, for-
giveness of sins precedes ( Itri:•tiatt character; that it is
bestowed, not earned ; that it is received I.y faith antece-
dent to any Christian works; and that n.. 1 other principle,

except the f•+ith which appropriates trre forgiveness, can
produce really Christian works. This stands in marked
c intrast with every false religion, arid with every perver-
sion of the true. They all inculcate character first, in
order thereby, and by suffering cor•joined, to procure at
last forgiveness of sins. Christianity in its purity pro-
claims forgiveness of sins first, in order by that enjoyed,
and by communion with God consequent therefrom, to
produce character. [This was illustrated at length, '
ference to the Hindoo superstitions, and

tneir parallelisms
in Popery and Tractarianisn., and the line taken by the
Church Nlisrionary Society again vindicated.] He closed
with an earnest appeal for an enlargement of the funds.
and called on all present to doihle their sub,,criptions.
The doxology was then sung and the meeting separated.

bets as well as to the governors of his Church, and that Dr. Pettigrew's letter states the following facts
an apostle recognising in the members a r:ght and a ca. ht. That the plague, black death, sweat.
parity to compare what he sa,d with what was already and cholera, are neither more nor less than
written by Divine inspiration, said to them, ' I speak as forma of fever.
to wise men, judge ye what 1 s.q." pine or two loci- 2ndly. That fever is owing to impure atmosphere ;
dents in the history of the society were here referred to " therefore all causes tending to vitiate. this breath of
heaven are contaminators or destroyers of life "
3rdly. That man can " prevent or v
ble consrqueuces of fever when br-
a district."
4thly. That bad ventilation, bad drainage, retrapped
- and uncleanly condition of

sspools, &

cout ts,alleys, and small street
. •

ng sip knemr,
ggravated

orate the tern-

,ught by the winds into

certainty

leer to a

sthly. That " never perhaps (Dr. P. states) has 'riven
more imperative on the various authorities to attend to
these matters than at the present moment. There is
every probability that th•s country will shortly be •isited
by that dreadful form of fever, the rht,l,ra."
6thlv. That the dearness of food, the cheapness of ar-
dent spirits, &c., and " the abundant es•

_ _oos
he already too moist earth, will favour it., retention."
7thly. Sta:ements are made from published ckeurnents
as to the extent of fever, and the rate of its wortality as
1 in 10; which di&eaQe (and mortality consugto-ntly) is
prtvenlible by proper attention on the past of authotities.
Bth?y. Dr. P. believes the eleventh hour to have ar rived,
and thereupon appeals to authorities, and tot only to them
but to all of influence, in order to provide for the coming
evil.