He was anxious for the salvation of sinners. "Previously to the time appointed for the admission of Obookiah into the Church, he requested Mr. Mills to give him an opportunity, if he thought it proper, at the time of his admission, to speak a few words to the people.' Mr. Mills readily consented-but from some particular circumstances, he did not recollect, at the proper time, Henry's request, and it was neglected. After the public services were closed and Mr. Mills had retired to his study, Henry went to him with a broken heart, and said, 'You no let me speak, sir -I sorry. Mr. Mills was much affected, but there was no remedy. But, said he, What did you wish to say, Henry?' He replied, I want to ask the people-what they all waiting for? they live in Gospel land-hear all about salvation-God ready -Christ ready-all ready-Why they don't come to follow Christ?"-pp. 43, 44. The conversion of sinners afforded him unspeakable joy. "I cannot help weeping. My tears are running down for joy to hear and see sin.ners flocking to the Almighty Jehovah. O that all sinners may come to Christ!"-p. 70. It is not our intention to specify all the traits of the christian character which Henry possessed, and which are in a very interesting manner displayed in the Memoirs. It should be observed, however, that his piety was in nothing more satisfactorily manifested, than in his constant anxiety for the conversion of his heathen brethren in this land, and his ardent desire to return to Owhyhee as preacher of the gospel. This was so habitually the subject of his conversation, and the burden of his prayers, that it is sufficient to state, without quoting any thing from the Memoirs as proof, that his whole heart was set upon the object. a The following brief extracts will be sufficient to shew that while he walked through the valley of the shadow of death, he feared no evil. "To one of his countrymen, as he en tered the room in the morning, after he had passed a night of suffering, he said, 'I almost died last night. It is a good thing to be sick, S we must all die-and 'tis no matter where we are.' Being asked by another, Are you afraid to die?' he answered, 'No, I am not.' A friend said to him, 'I am sorry to find you so very sick' he replied, 'Let God do as he pleases.' p. 102. "He enquired, 'Does the doctor say I shall get well? It was answered, 'He thinks it is uncertain. To which he replied, 'God will do what is right-God will take care of me.' He observed to Mrs. S-, 'It is a fine pleasant morning.' She said to him, You are glad to see the light of the morning, after a dark, distressing night.' He replied, Oh! some light in the night-some light of God." After a season of distress for two hours, he appeared perfectly happy-he looked out of the window-his eyes appeared fixed on some delightful object. I enquired of him, 'Of what are you thinking, Henry? Oh! I can't tell you all,' said he, ' of Jesus Christ."-p. 103. "As death seemed to approach, Mrs. S. said to him, Henry, do you think you are dying? He answered, Yes, ma'am-and then said, Mrs. S. I thank you for your kindness." She said, 'I wish we might meet hereafter.' He replied, I hope we shall' and taking her hand, affectionately bid her farewell. Another friend taking his hand, told him that he must die soon.' He heard him without emotion, and with a heavenly smile bade him his last adieu. He shook hands with all his companions present, and with perfect composure adhis native language, Alloah o'e.'-My love dressed to them the parting salutation" of be with you. If any further proof of his piety were needed, we would lead our readers to the bed from which, at the age But a few minutes before he breathed of 26, the soul of this uncommon his last, his Physician said to him, 'How youth, took its flight, we trust, to a do you feel now Henry?' He answered, Very well-I am not sick—I have no pain better world. About the commence--I feel well.' The expression of his counment of the year 1818, he was seized with a violent fever, under which he continued to linger till the 17th of February, when he calmly expired. tenance was that of perfect peace. He now seemed a little revived, and lay in a comMost of those who were present, not ap; posed and quiet state for several minutes. prehending an immediate change, had seated themselves by the fire. No alarm was given, until one of his Countrymen who was standing by his bed-side, exclaimed, Obookiah's gone. All sprang to the bed. The spirit had departed-but a smile, such as none present had ever beheld-an expression of the final triumph of his soul, remained upon his countenance."-pp. 108, 109. It will be seen that most of the extracts which we have presented, are from the writings of Henry himself. Our object was, to give our readers, in this way, the most direct means of forming their judgment concerning his natural capacity, the improvement of his mind, and the ardour of his piety. Of the manner in which the compiler of the Memoirs has executed his task, we can cheerfully say, that in our opinion, he has done it well.While on the one hand his own remarks and comments are not unnecessarily multiplied, on the other, his language is perspicuous, and the or der of the narrative distinct. The christian public will doubtless feel obliged to him for incorporating into the work so great a portion of the history, diary, and letters of Qbookiah; and for not so altering the language, as to expunge every incorrectness of grammar and idiom. In many instances there is a charm in the diction of Henry, which the compiler would have impaired, had he given to it absolute correctness. To the memoirs are added two sermons, and an address. The first sermon, delivered by the Rev. Lyman Beecher, at the funeral of Obookiah, is from Psalms, xcvii. 1, 2, "The Lord reigneth; let the earth rejoice," &c. The second, from Psalms xx, 5, "And in the name of ur God we will set up our banners;" was preached by the Rev. Joseph Harvey, at the inauguration of the Rev. Herman Daggett, as principal of the school. account of these sermons, and to point We intended to give a particular out one or two minor defects, and many first rate excellencies, (which we think they contain,) but the length of our article will allow us only to observe, that they are strikingly appropriate to the occasions on which they were respectively delivered; that they are worthy of the hearts and pens of their authors; and that, while the one consoles the minds of those who mourn the death of Henry, the other is equally well calculated to make and secure friends to an institution, from which, at no distant day, we trust, some of his pious countrymen are to be sent back, as missionaries to the benighted island from which he came. The address was delivered by the principal, immediately after his inauguration. Of this performance, it is sufficient to remark, that the theme is happily chosen, and the language unadorned and chaste. Should any imagine that the avails of this interesting volume are to be shared by the two gentlemen, to whom the copy-right is secured, we should regret that the title page does not repeat the following assurance, contained in the proposals:-"The profits of the work will be applied to the benefit of the FOREIGN MISSION SCHOOL." The omission, we have no doubt, was merely an oversight. On the whole, we cordially recommend this little volume to the public, believing, that if it is extensively read, it will be extensively beneficial to the cause of Missions. Literary and Philosophical Intelligence. Under this head, we shall present our readers with an abstract of the most interesting literary and scientific intelligence of the day; with the results of well conducted experiments in agriculture and the arts; and tables illustrative of the resources, population, progress, &c. &c. of our own, and other countries. It is our intention to make this department a Record, to which our readers may refer for those more important statements, which are too often suffered to perish with the intelligence of merely temporary interest in our newspapers. The system of divinity, in a series of sermons, by the late President Dwight, and which is not entirely published even in this country, was, so long ago as last June, in the English press, and the early volumes have, probably, before this time, been exposed for sale in the shops of London. Siera Leone Newspaper.-A weekly paper, entitled the "Royal Gazette and Siera Leone Advertiser," is published in that colony. The first number appeared on August 2d, 1817, In England have been published fif teen editions of " Calebs in search of a wife." The work has been translated into the French language, and published at Paris; and also into the German, and published at Vienna. Reviews of the work have been published in the European continental journals, and a critique has appeared from the pen of Madame de Stael. These reviewers speak of the work in terms of appro bation, TABLE, Shewing the whole number of Alumni, and the whole number of Ministers, at the principal Colleges in the U.S. and the number of Alumni living, and the number of Ministers living, according to the latest information. The above is an extract from the Appendix to the third report of the American Society for educating pious youth for the ministry of the Gospel. In proportion to the value of such a table, we regret its incorrectness. The number The number of gradof the Alumni of Yale College, living, in 1817, was 1986. uates the last year was 66, so that the Alumni of Yale College, living, exceed those of any seminary in this country by more than three hundred. Mass. The Corporation of Yale College have decided on the immediate erection of a new edifice, which is to contain a Refectory for the students; with apartments for the noble Cabinet of Col. Gibbs, and a collection of minerals, illustrative of American Geology and Mineralogy, which is constantly increasing under the care of Professor Silliman. The Trustees of Williams' College, have resolved on the removal of that Institution, into the old county of Hampshire, Mass. provided sufficient funds can be obtained to justify the measure. The sum spoken of as requisite for this purpose, is one hundred thousand dollars. The Hon. Chancellor Kent of New-York, Judge Smith of Connecticut, and the Rev. Dr. Payson of New-Hampshire, are appointed by the Trustees, a Committee to designate the location, in the event of a removal. The Safety Lamp of Sir Humphrey Davy, is now used in most of the coal mines in England. Of an invention so important to the lives of thousands, our readers may be gratified to learn the nature. An inflammable air is constantly generated in coal mines, which when accumulated in considerable quantities, explodes like gunpowder on the approach of a candle, and G scatters desolation all around. As the work is carried on in these mines solely by the light of lamps or candles, such accidents have been constantly occurring. Scarcely a year has passed, without the destruction of fifty or a hundred miners by such explosions; nor could any effectual remedy be discovered till, about three years since, Sir Humphrey Davy, was induced by motives of humanity to direct his attention to this subject. After a series of very ingenious experiments, he discovered, that when this inflammable air is very minutely divided by being passed through fine gauze, it may be burnt up by the contact of a candle, without the least explosion. This led him to the invention of the safety lamp; which is nothing more than a common lanthorn made of a very fine gauze of iron wire. A candle or lamp being placed within the lanthorn, and the door carefully secured, when the lanthorn is borne into the midst of the in flammable air, instead of causing an MR. BELZONI, a Roman traveller, has succeeded in making several interesting discoveries in Egypt.-For the amusement of our readers, we notice the following: While making researches among the ruins of Thebes, he was led, by certain indications, to the discovery of six tombs, in a place known by a name, denoting the "Tombs of the Kings." These are excavations in the moun tains; and from their perfect state, owiing to the total exclusion of intruders, and probably, of the external air, they are said to convey a more correct idea, than any discovery hitherto made, of Egyptian magnificence and posthu mous splendour. The passage from the front entrance, to the innermost chamber, in one of them, measured three hundred and nine feet; the whole extent of which is cut out of the living rock: the chambers are numerous; the sides of the rock every where white as snow, and covered with paintings of well shaped figures, and with hyeroglyphics, quite perfect. The colours of the paintings are as fresh as if they had been laid on the day before the opening was made. In one of the chambers of this tomb, Mr. Belzoni discovered an exquisitely beautiful sarcophagus of alabaster, nine feet five inches long, by three feet nine inches wide, and two feet and one inch high, covered within and without with hyeroglyphics, and figures, in intaglio, nearly in a perfect state, sounding like a bell, and as transparent as glass. From the extraordinary magnificence of this tomb, Mr. Belzoni conceives that it must be the depository of the remains of Apis, in which idea he is the more confirmed by discovering the carcass of a bull embalmed with a phaltum in the innermost room. It is expected that the sarcophagus will be lodged in the British Museum. Mr. Belzoni also succeeded in an attempt to open the second pyramid of Ghiza, known by the name of Cephrenes. The base of this pyramid is 684 feet, and the perpendicular 456. Herodotus was informed that this pyramid had no subterranean chambers, and his information being found in latter ages to be generally correct, may be supposed to have operated in preyenting that curiosity which prompted the opening of the great pyramid of Cheops. Mr. Belzoni was however induced to make an attempt to open that which had been considered impracticable. Having with some difficulty obtained permission from the Kaiya Bey, to work at the pyramid, in search of antiquities, he, with the assistance of sixty men, began to cut through the mass of stones and cement which had fallen from the upper part of the pyramid; but it was so hard joined together, that the men spoiled several of their hatchets in the opera. tion; the stones which had fallen down along with the cement, having formed themselves into one solid, and almost impenetrable mass. These operations were commenced on the north side of the pyramid, in a vertical section, at right angles to that side of the base. He succeeded in making an opening of fifteen feet wide, and continued working downwards, in uncovering the face of the pyramid. On the seventh day an Arab workman called out that he had found the true passage. It proved, however, to be a forced one, which, in all probability, had been made by the Saracens. This passage led inwards, and towards the south. It divides at some distance from the entrance, into two distinct passages; both of which terminate at about the distance of 100 feet from the entrance. With great regret Mr. Belzoni retired from this part of the pyramid, and on the following day re-commenced his researches to the eastward of the false entrance. The stones, incrusted, and bound together with cement, were hard as the former, and there were many large stones to remove. On the 18th day from the commencement of his labours at the pyramid, a block of granite was discovered in an inclined direction, towards the centre of the pyramid; and on the third day after, were observed three large blocks of stone, one upon the other, all inclined towards the centre.These were, with difficulty, removed, and the true entrance discovered. It is a passage of four feet high, and of three and a half wide, formed by four blocks of granite. It runs with an inclination of 26 degrees, to the length of 104 feet. At this place is a door of granite, 1 foot, 3 inches thick. The raising of this, sufficiently to afford an entrance, was a labour of more than one day. Here the granite work ends. Then commences à passage, gradually ascending towards the centre, 22 feet, 7 inches. Here, on each side, were forced passages, terminating at short distances. The true passage continued from this place in a horizontal direction; and from about this point, also, was a true passage, proceeding with an inclination of 26 degrees, to the north. Leaving this latter passage, to be explored on his return, he proceeded in the horizontal one, towards the centre of the pyramid. This passage was 5 feet, 11 inches high. It led him to a great chamber, which was 46 feet, 3 inches long, 16 feet, 3 inches wide, and 28 feet, 6 inches high, for the most part cut out of the rock on which the pyramid was built. In the midst was a sarcophagus of granite, partly buried in the ground, surrounded by large blocks of granite, being placed apparently to guard it from being taken away, which could not be effected without great labour. |