God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou KING OF SAINTS! " Seraphs with elevated strains, And move, and charm the starry plains Hark! how beyond the narrow bounds And now they sink the lofty tune, Oh sacred beauties of the Man! But when to Calvary they turn, Then all at once to living strains N As to Fame after death, can more lasting monuments exist, than the Missionaries have reared? Will not their names be celebrated through succeeding ages, as long as the islands of the South Sea continue inhabited? "Tis true, that when they die, they leave it not for history to record the numbers of their slain; but generations yet unborn, who will owe their preserved lives to their influence, shall perpetuate their renown. Theirs was no ordinary victory, but a most glorious achievement; to deliver nations from a state of society, where lust and murder ruled, and to bring them under a government of purity and mercy. Therefore, in ages to come, helpless infants growing up to maturity, shall chant their praises. Districts, formerly given up to sacrifice, will rejoice in their compassion, as those risen from the dead. The pure flame kindled on the holy altar of domestic piety and love, surrounded by the faithful pair, and their lawful offspring, will burn brighter at the names of the beloved Missionaries of the cross; and in the agonies of death, departing spirits will remember with gratitude the angels of Jehovah's providence, commissioned to lead them to that blessed Redeemer, whose smiles now enkindle the dark valley of death with the light of a glorious immortality. APPENDIX. NO. I. The Family Idols of Pomare, which he relinquished, and presented to the Missionaries, either to be burnt or sent to the Missionary Society. [SEE FRONTISPIECE.] No. 1. TERIIAPOTUURA is said to be the son of the great God ORO, the national protecter of Otaheite, Raiatea, Huaheine, Taha, Borabora, and Marua. No. 2. The Missionaries could not learn the name of this idol. No. 3. TEMEHARO, the principal God of Pomare's family. He is said to be also one of the chief deities of the island of Otaheite. Nos. 4, 5, 6. These are called ORAMATUAS, which represent the spirits of deceased relations. To these, prayers are made as to the Tiis, with this difference, that the Tiis are prayed to for malevolent purposes, but the Oromatuas for recovery of sick persons, &c. No. 7. TIIPA, a god of Otaheite, who is said to preside over the winds. No. 8. A family TII-a small wooden image. No. 9. TAHIVI ANUNAEHAU, the handle of the sacred fan with which the priest drove away the flies, while about his prayers and sacrifices. No. 10. This is an ugly wooden image, and called a TI. The Tiis are said to be powerful beings dwelling in the Po, or night, and to them the sorcerers direct their prayers when they want to injure a person. NO. II. As it will, doubtless, be acceptable to my readers, I insert in this place, a short view of Missionary Societies, which have been established throughout the world. It is copied from the Erangelical Magazine for May, 1818. Lists of the Protestant Missionary Stations and Missionaries throughout the World. Arranged according to the Periods at which the Missions were established. 1.-SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOW LEDGE. This Society was founded in the year 1698. Under its patronage charity schools have been erected, Bibles, Prayerbooks, and religious Tracts dispersed, and foreign Missions, particularly in the East Indies, supported. In 1720 this Society printed the New Testament in Arabic, for the use of the Greek Church; in 1773, the whole Bible in the language of the Isle of Man, and six editions of it in the Welch language, viz. in the years 1718, 1748, 1753, 1770, 1799, and 1809. The Society have recently forwarded to Mr. Barker, British consul at Aleppo, and Mr. Salte, ConsulGeneral in Egypt, copies of the Arabic Bibles originally undertaken by Professor Carlyle, and to which the Society liberally contributed. H. H. Hoare, Esq. Treasurer to the East India Missions; Rev. G. Gaskin, D. D. Secretary; Rev. W. Parker, Assist. Sec.; Mr. R. Gilbert, Accountant; Mr. J. Bird, sen. Clerk. The Missions at present supported by this Society are as follow: Christian Pohlè. The Bishop of Calcutta, in the primary visitation of his diocese, has paid very kind attention to the state of this and the other missions on the coast, under the Society. The want of missionaries and country priests has induced the Society to agree to the ordination of two or three suitable natives. Mr. Holtzberg, also, who had been suspended from his office of Missionary, will be restored, if the Bishop of Calcutta will deem it proper. 11.-SOCIETY for the PROPAGATION of the GOSPEL in Foreign This Society was instituted by Royal Charter on the 16th June, 1701, for the purpose of Parts. providing for the maintenance of Ministers and the public worship of God in the Planta tions, Colonies, and Factories beyond the Seas, belonging to the Kingdom of England. Missionaries, Catechists, and Schoolmasters are employed by this Society in Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Upper and Lower Canada, Cape Breton, the Bahama Islands, the Coast of Africa, New South Wales, and Norfolk Island. The Missionaries are supplied with books for a library, and Bibles, Prayer Books, and small religious Tracts, to distribute among their people.--Chas. Bicknell, Esq. Spring Garden Terrace, Treasurer; Rev. Wm. Morice, III-ROYAL DANISH Founded in 1705, supports a Mission at: Tranquebar, A Danish Settlement on the E. coast or the Indian Peninsula. Agustus Caemmerer, Schreivogel. Savarayen, Country Priest. In November, 1705, Frederiek the 4th, king of Denmark, sent as Missionaries to Tranquebar, Bartholomew Zeigenbalg and Henry Piutscho, from Halle, and three more in 1808. Mr. Z was able to preach in the Malabar language in eight months. In the year 1711 they began to be countenanced, and assisted by the Society in England for Promoting Christian Knowledge. The New Testament in the Malabar language was published in the year 1713. In the year 1750 the celebrated Swartz, with two other Missionaries, D. D. No. 53, Gower-Street, Bedford Square, Secretary. Society's Rooms, No.42,Castle-Street Leicester Square. The present Missions to the Heathen belonging to this Society are in Canada. Kingston. George Okill Stuart, Missionary to the Mohawks. John Green, Schoolmaster to the Mohawks. John Hill, Reader and Catechist to the Mohawks. Niagara. Robert Addison. MISSION COLLEGE. left England for India, where he continued to labour, chiefly at Tanjore and Trichinopoly, with signal credit, for nearly 50 years. About 5 years after Mr. Swartz, also died Mr. Gericke (1803), a Missionary of distinguished excellence, who laboured in the settlement about 38 years. The establishment consists of a large Church, houses for Free and Orphan Schools, Printing Office and Warehouses, and various Dwellinghouses. About a mile from Tran. quebar the Mission has an excellent house, surrounded by a large garden : here the venerable Dr. John died. About a mile further, it has another good Church, and several rice or paddy fields. In In the year 1721, the Greenland Mission was commenced by Mr. Hans Egède, who laboured in it about 15 years, with remarkable zeal. 1722 he was assisted by Mr. Albert Top, and upon Mr. Top's return in 1727, by Messrs Lange, and Milzong. IV.-SOCIETY in SCOTLAND for propagating CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE in the HIGHLANDS and ISLANDS. This Society was incorporated by Royal Charter in the year 1709, and employs Schoolmasters, Catechists, and Missionaries, and distributes the Holy Scriptures and other re ligious books. In 1731 a second patent was obtained for establishing Schools of Industry. The Scriptures have been translated, at the Society's expense, into Gaëlic. The edition |