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From heart to heart, and lights the sacred

flame; [Brill, Breathes heav'nly eloquence from Zion's And draws the plaudits from the num'rous throng,

And with uniting love the sails unfurl, To waft salvation to the Caspian shores. Jesus, my God! me from this horrid pit, Shield underneath thy all-paternal wing; Oh let me hide in thy dear hosom, safe From hell's black terrors gath'ring round my head;

Assure my trembling spirit of thy love,. And comfort with thy promises divine. Break down the pride which drives de struttiva on,

To the high rock of all-sufficient self; Dark error's precipice (whence thousands fall)

[pit, Hanging tremendous o'er the burning A beaten way tho' angels interfere, To turn the numʼrous souls toZion's gate. Subdue the headstrong passions of my mind, [flood,

Which like the roaring ocean's boundless O'erwhelm the barge enrich'd with heav'nly stores,

And low'r the topsails of celestlal joy. Oh! thou adorable, all perfect good! Whate'er thy dealings are on this side hell, [heav'n,

Let me be sailing with the breeze of And reach the harbour safe from ev'ry

storm.

SERENA.

REVELATIONS XIV. 6, 7.

"And I saw another angel flying in the "midst of heaven, having the ever"lasting Gospel to preach unto them "that dwell on the earth, and to every "nation and kindred, and tongue and people."

TUNE-"C'er the gloomy bills of darkness." EE the mighty angel flying

In the midst of op'ning skies! Loud as thunder hear him crying,' Sons of men lift up your eyes! * Jesu's kingdom"Soon shall stretch from pole to pole.

He, the light to Gentiles given, "Wide and wider spreads his rays, Till the extended earth and heaven "Brighten with meridian blaze: "Then all nations

Shall his great salvation see,

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"I will look unto the Lord, I will wait "for the God of my salvation; my "God will hear me." Micab, vii. 7. HEN clouds and darkness veil my sky,

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And Jesus hides his face;
To mercy's door I'll still draw nigh,
And seek supporting grace.

What tho' my joys and comforts die,
My God is still the same;
Jehovah Jesus will not lie,

He knows my worthless name. By fears alarm'd, and guilt oppress'd, From mis'ry's depths I cry, And hasten to my Sav'our's breast, He wipes the weeping eye. I'll look and wait before the Lord, In humble faith and pray'r; My soul shall lean upon his word. Nor yield again to fear.

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REV. WILLIAM WINKWORTH,

Chaplain of SSaviours, Southwark..

Lecturer of S. Paul's, Shadwell.

Published by Iman Fleet Street f

THE

Evangelical Magazine,

FOR AUGUST, 1796.

[The following papers are of a nature so peculiarly pleasing and interesting, especially at the present juncture, when so many persons, in different parts of the world, seem to be uctuated by the same spirit, that we give them the most conspicuous place in our Magazine, persuaded that they will be more acceptable to our readers than any Biography with which we could present them.]

MR. EDITOR,

THE following Letter and Address from a German nobleman, Ranger of the Electoral Parks, dated Dobrilugk, in Saxony, reached me this week. It shews how wonderfully God is stirring up the hearts of his servants, as by a holy sympathy, to feel for the poor heathen, and labour for their conversion. May this increasing zeal spread farther and wider, till it embrace the heathen world in the arms of Christian philan thropy ! Yours,

T. HAWEIS.

P. S. I think it right to advertise you, that as the Baron writes me in English, I have been obliged to make some alteration in the mode of expression (which is German in many places), though none in the sense. I shall leave the originals with you, if any person is curious to see them.

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REV. SIR,

THE LETTER.

T is a considerable time, Reverend Sir, since I began to make provision for the things I judged necessary for a mission to the heathen. I need not tell you the difficulties which I have met in the pursuit of this great object, to lead the heathen to the knowledge of the truth as it is in Jesus. Suffice it to say, that notwithstanding much grief and disappointment, which hath hitherto let and hindered me, I have preserved the same longing desire to communicate the faith VOL. IV.

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of Christ to the poor heathen. In the mean time, employed in these preparations, I could not but feel grieved and surprised that Christians, professing to be redeemed by Christ's blood, chosen as his peculiar people, sought out and saved by his sufferings and death, can live so careless and unmindful of the multitudes of poor heathens, buried in oblivion, and lying in darkness, and the depths of spiritual misery.

Occupied with these reflections, one brought me the Hambro' Gazette, wherein was contained the remarkable and delightful intelligence, that more than two hundred preachers of the Gospel in England, deputed from their several congregations, have established a Society for sending the word of God, and therewith the light and salvation which Jesus Christ hath brought into the world, to the heathen, especially to the East Indies, Africa, and the vast countries in the South Seas.

It is not in my power to express the delight I felt when I first heard these pleasing tidings. I could not but imagine myself present in your noble assembly, and was filled with joy at the sight of such a number of faithful labourers, filled with zeal for the glory of Christ, and feeling for the great misery of the heathen. To complete my transport, I perceived you had directed your intended mission to the same regions and people to whom I had planned an attempt similar to yours.

My friends advised me, therefore, to seek an union with you in the work; but I am disposed to think that it may be ineligible for many reasons.

Admitting no other difficulties occurred than might be removed, I am rather inclined to suppose, that many missions to different places, though the commencements might be small, would probably more conduce to the desired effect, than if the whole were concentred in one great work and attempt. How many regions are in darkness! what a multitude of our fellowcreatures in ignorance and misery! living without God, and utterly unacquainted with the redemption which is in Christ Jesus! How wide is the field in which we must pursue these unhappy mortals! This, however, at least, is our duty, that, as brethren, acknowledging one God, one faith, one baptism, one Lord Jesus Christ, the Saviour, we assist each other, and unite to aid, and counsel, so as to obtain most effectually the object we have in view.

It is in order hereunto I take the liberty of intreating you, Sir, to communicate the plan you are pursuing, which would be of the greatest service to me. I wish also to know when your first missionaries hope to sail on their voyage; also if

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