ment. I told him of the sailor's home. Another seaman standing by (a member of the Lutheran church) immediately replied– dont you go there," &c. Can nothing be done to remove these men from such a neighbourhood?—from such an atmosphere ?

We are again told of the extraordinary circumstances and temptations of seamen-that allowances are to be made for them! Allowance for what! Sins that will if unrepented of shut them out of heaven, and consign them to outer darkness. Sins which God abhors and which are an outrage upon all decency and propriety! Let us be careful lest while we are making allowance for their peculiar circumstances and temptations we lose not sight in some measure of the danger to which they are exposed of being driven from the presence of a justly offended God. These our fellow-men need our prayers, our instructions, let us be perservering yea unwearied, in our attempts to improve their temporal condition, and may every subordinate means issue in the return of many to the "shepherd and bishop of their souls."

The resolution was seconded by J. Lowis, Esq. C. S. and further supported by J. Norman, Esq. who, in doing so, spoke to the following effect:

As the secretary had introduced him to the meeting as one conversant with the state of religion in the United States, he had much pleasure in bearing witness to the pleasing state of things amongst sailors there. He had travelled the length and breadth of the States, and had seen large and devout congregations of seamen, in the Bethels and in the mariner's churches, and many instances of the most delightful nature ́had been brought to his notice. Temperance had been introduced on board American vessels to a very great extent. The underwriters in America insured vessels conducted on temperance principles on a much lower premium than others. He had come to the meeting hoping to see many sturdy seamen, instead of which he saw chiefly bright eyes and fair faces-this he hoped was however an omen for good.

He had sailed over the ocean with seamen, and he must say that while they had harsh exteriors and were very culpable, yet that a sailor was a generous and open-hearted man, and could and would minister to the distresses of others when he had the means and opportunity. He had been on the Bethel in Calcutta and could testify to its usefulness, and exhorted all to support it.

The CHAIRMAN in putting this resolution observed that it had been stated at a previous anniversary of this society, that there were about 7000 devout men connected with the marine service of Britain, and however small that number might appear we should remember there was a time in Israel when there were not more than 7000 faithful people, who loved, served and feared the Lord, and yet that 7000 was the hope and strength of the church-the salt of the church and world.

Monthly Chronicle.

THAMES OPERATIONS.

Report of the Rev. C. J. Hyatt, Superintendent of the Thames Agency.

Since the publication of our last report, some important arrangements have been adopted in the agency of our society, captain Prynn and Mr. Fieldwick have entered on their united labors, the latter having been recently appointed to the office of junior missionary. Our agents Messrs. Muscutt, Gannell, Abbott, and Palmer, have entered into new engagements with the committee, and will henceforth devote additional time to the service of the society in conducting Bethel meetings on the river. In consequence of these arrangements, seventeen such meetings will be held weekly on ship-board with occasionally extra services to meet any special call which may be made upon our missionaries. Our operations at Bell Wharf will be carried on as usual. The day schools have. recommenced after the recess with an encouraging attendance, whilst the Sabbath schools have been placed under the direction of Mr. Fieldwick, who from his former connection with similar institutions is eminently qualified for the work. The reports received from the agents during the past month, are highly satisfactory :-fifty-two meetings have been held with an attendance exceeding 800,-twenty services have been conducted at the sailors chapel attended by about 600 sailors,-2000 tracts have been distributed during the same period. The committee have to acknowledge with gratitude a liberal grant of bibles and testaments amounting to 500, from the Naval and Military Bible Society. The destitution of the scriptures amongst our seamen is of course not so great as it formerly was. The efforts of the above society in connection with that of the Merchant Seamen's Bible Society have been eminently useful in supplying our sailors with the word of God. At the same time great need still exists for the utmost exertions of these and similar institutions, and it affords no small gratification to the committee to have so liberal a supply placed at their command for distribution amongst our sailors.

But Fancy tells of lovelier lands,
That rise on deeper seas,

And Hope and Folly answer, "Yes,"

Far lovelier lands than these.

On, on, thou gallant mariner,

Nor heed the ocean's roar,

And thou shalt tread on brighter strands

Than feet ere trod before.

He holds his course, although the storm

Is rising fierce aud fast

And high the salt and angry spray

Is canted o'er the mast;

And many a surge is tossing there,

With cap as white as snow,

Which tells that sharp and pointed rocks Are lying just below.

Who now may warn that mariner ?
Whose voice may he now hear?
When Fancy, Hope, and Folly too
Are wispering in his ear.
He will not see, he will not heed
The dangers all around,

Still less believe, he seeks a spot
That never can be found.

There is a land, but 'tis not found
In Folly's chart of bliss,
And hope itself ne'er looked for it
In such a world as this.
"Tis lovelier than the loveliest
That Fancy ever drew,
And holier than the holiest

That mortal ever knew.

Then haul your wind and shift your course, That land may yet be won;

But Hope and Fancy shouted still,
"Bold mariner," hold on.

And on he rushed upon the rocks;
Gave one shriek of despair ;-

And then was nothing to be seen

But wild waves rolling there.

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'Jack Hodges!' will one exclaim; why, this is that wicked, drunken old negro, who, many years ago, was concerned in a murder that was committed in Orange county, in this state. I was young then but so strong was the impression which the circumstances made upon me at the time of their occurrence, that I remember them as though it were yesterday. Three white men were Jack's accomplices. It appeared in the investigation, that they had made him their tool. They brutalized him with rum, and tempted him with promises of reward, until, in an evil hour, he consented to shoot their victim; and his promise was fearfully kept. All the four were found guilty, and condemned to be executed; two suffered, and Jack, with the other, under a commutation of the sentence, was sent to the State Prison for twentyone years.'

Black Jacob!' another will say; why, this must be that pious old coloured man at Canandaigua, of whom I have heard so often; said to be a wonderful christian, and one of the brightest ornaments of the church in that village.'

Perhaps the name will meet the eye of Jacob Abbott. I know not what he will say; but I am greatly deceived if his heart will not throb with unusual excitement when he reads it. He cannot have forgotten Jack, or lost any of the interest which he once felt in his history. If the reader of this article has at hand Abbott's Young Christian,' I would request him, before looking further, to turn to the seventh chapter of that book, and read what the author calls the Second Convict's Story.' The person whose conversion is there described was Black Jacob, or Jacob Hodges, the subject of this sketch.

Jacob died in this place, (Canandaigua, N. Y.), on Wednesday, the 16th of February, 1842. He is supposed to have been about eighty years of age.

When he was very young, Jacob was indentured to a sea-captain, and was employed on shipboard in such services as he was then able to perform. After several years passed as a cabin-boy, he became at length an ordinary sailor, and in that capacity followed the sea under various masters for more than half his life. In describing himself, during this part of his career, he has told me that he was distinguished for his wickedness, and for the excess to which he indulged in all the bad habits of the class to which he belonged. He was terribly profane at all