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valuable account of that Mission. From an American publication which has lately reached us, we insert the following letter, addressed by this intelligent disciple to the venerable Dr. Baldwin of Boston. From the date at the close it will be seen, that it was written some months previous to the commence ment of hostilities.

Moung Shwa-ba, an inhabitant of Rangoon, a town of Burmah; one who adheres to the religion of Christ, and has been baptized-who meditates on the immeasurable, incalculable nature of the divine splendour and glory of the Invisible, even the Lord Jesus Christ and God the Father, and takes refuge in the wisdom, and power, and glory of God, affectionately addresses the great teacher, BALDWIN, a superintendant of Missionary affairs, in the city of Boston, of America.

BELOVED ELDER BROTHER.-Though in the present state, the places of our residence are very far apart, and we have never met; yet by means of letters, and of the words of teacher Yoodthan, (Judson) who has told me of you, I love you, and wish to send you this letter. When the time arrives in which we shall wholly put on Christ-Him, in loving whom we cannot tire, and in praising whom we can find no end; and shall be adorned with those ornaments which the Lord will dispense, to us out of the heavenly treasure-house that he has prepared, then we shall love one another more perfectly than we do

now.

Formerly I was in the habit of concealing my sins, that they might not appear; but now I am convinced that I cannot conceal my sins from the Lord, who sees and knows all things: and that I cannot atone for them, nor obtain atonement from my former objects of worship. And accordingly, I count myselfto have lost all, under the elements of the world, and through the grace of the faith of Christ only, to have gained the spiritual graces and rewards pertaining to eternity, which cannot be lost. Therefore, I have no ground for boasting, pride, passion, and self-exaltation. And, without desiring the praise of men, or seeking my own will, I wish to do the will of God the Father. The members of the body, dead in trespasses and sins, displeasing to God, I desire to make instruments of righteousness, not following the will of the flesh. Worldly

desire and heavenly desire being contrary, the one to the other, and the desire of visible things counteracting the desire of invisible things, I am as a dead man. However, He quickens the dead. He awakens those that sleep. He lifts up those that fall. He opens blind eyes. lamp in the great house of darkness. He He lights a He perforates deaf ears.

relieves the wretched. He feeds the hungry. The words of such a benefactor, if we reject, we must die for ever, and come to everlasting destruction. Which circumstance considering, and meditating also on sickness, old age, and death, incident to the present state of mutability, I kneel and prostrate myself, and pray before God, the Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, who has made atonement for our sins, that he may have mercy on me and pardon my sins, and make me holy, and give me a repenting, believing, and loving mind.

Formerly I trusted in my own merits, but now, through the preaching and instruction of teacher Yoodthan, I trust in the merit of the Lord Jesus Christ. The teacher, therefore, is the tree; we are the blossoms and fruit. He has laboured to

partake of the fruit, and now the tree begins to bear. The bread of life he has given, and we eat. The water from the brook which flows from the top of Mount Calvary, for the cleansing of all filth, he has brought, and made us bathe and drink. The bread of which we eat, will yet ferment and rise. The water which we drink and bathe in, is the water of an unfailing spring; and many will yet drink and bathe therein. Then all things will be regenerated and changed. Now we are strangers and pilgrims; and it is my desire, without adhering to the things of this world, but longing for my native abode, to consider and inquire how long I must labour here; to whom I ought to show the light which I have obtained; when I ought to put it up, and when disclose it.

The inhabitants of this country of Burmah, being in the evil practice of forbidden lust, erroneous worship, and false speech, deride the religion of Christ. However, that we may bear patiently derision, and persecution, and death, for the sake of the Lord Jesus Christ, pray for us. I do thus pray. For, elder brother, I have to bear the threatenings of my own brother, and my brother-in-law, who say, "We will beat, and bruise, and pound you; we will bring you into great difficulty; you associate with false people; you keep a false religion; and you speak false words." However, their

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false religion is the religion of death. The doctrine of the cross is the religion of life, of love, of faith. I am a servant of faith. Formerly I was a servant of Satan. Now I am a servant of Christ. And a good servant cannot but follow his master. Moreover, the divine promises must be accomplished.

In this country of Burmah are many strayed sheep. Teacher Yood than pitying them, has come to gather them together, and to feed them in love. Some

will not listen, but run away. Some do listen and adhere to him; and that our numbers may increase, we meet together, and pray to the great Proprietor of the sheep.

Thus I, Moung Shwa-ba, a disciple of teacher Yoodthan, in Rangoon, write, and send this letter to the great teacher Baldwin, who lives in Boston, America. N. B. Translated from the Burman original, Sept. 23, 1823.

Contributions received by the Treasurer of the Baptist Missionary Society, from January 20, to February 20, 1825, not including Individual Subscriptions.

FOR THE MISSION.

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Legacy of William Creighton, Esq. late of Kilwinning, by Rev.
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Legacy of Miss Child, late of Blandford-street, London, by Miss
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Kingsbridge, Collection and Subscriptions, by Rev. John Nicholson
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Of the above Sums, £26 12s. is in aid of the Translations.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

THE thanks of the Committee are returned to Mr. Williamson, of Sharnbrook, and Friends by him, for two Boxes of Books and Pamphlets; and to Mr. Hepburn, Senior, of Long Lane, for a number of Magazines, &c. for the use of the Mission.

The friends who enquire, with so much Christian kindness, after the Missionaries at Ava, are respectfully informed, that no intelligence has reached us of a later date than Mr. Statham's letter, inserted in the present Number.

Mr. Mann's letter from Shipley has been duly received, but it is presumed the local Treasurer's account was made up, previous to the payment mentioned therein. The sum of £2 15s. from Evesham, will be regularly acknowledged with the other contributions from thence and its neighbourhood.

London: Printed by J. BARFIELD, 91, Wardour-street, Soho.

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Engraved by Freeman for the Baptist Magazine.

Published by B.TH.dw. Pauls Church Yard Arr1825

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