grown proud in her own resources, and become less dependent on the Spirit of God? Let her recollect, however, that carnal weapons are utterly inadequate to make deep and saving impressions on a sinful world; and that satan is competent both to repel and defeat all such modes of attack. Let it not be forgotten, that it is in the use of a purely scriptural machinery, recognized and blessed by the Spirit of truth, that her efforts will be crowned with success, in the evangelization of this world to God. The church can never be too deeply sensible of the vast importance of the offices sustained by the Holy Ghost. He is the source of all intellectual and religious endowments, the author of the new birth, and of all the virtues of the Christian life. He is the Comforter, Guide, and Instructor of the church. The bible is full of him. The calling, adoption, sanctification, and perseverance of believers, are all ascribed to him. Is his agency less valuable than the atonement of Christ? Can the gospel ever be successful without him? If it cannot, then, when the unparalleled love of God, and the atonement of Christ, are exhibited in cheering relief to perishing sinners, let not the agency of the Holy Spirit be either forgotten or treated as of minor importance. The church has need of deep humiliation, occasional fasting, and earnest prayer, for the outpouring of the Holy Ghost. Her success must always depend on the degree in which he works; and without him, she can do nothing. Let her go forth in the power of the Spirit, and she will neither labor in vain, nor spend her strength for nought. Nothing which has been said on this momentous subject, is designed in the remotest degree to exonerate the sinner from responsibility, and from the duty of faith and repentance. To neglect these, will most fearfully accumulate his guilt, and inevitably secure his condemnation. Yet it is most certain, that no sinner ever did, or ever will, truly repent of sin, and savingly believe the gospel, on whom the influence of the Holy Ghost has not been directly exerted. It is "not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts." A. HAMILTON, in Prim. Ch. Mag. American Baptist Missionary Union. TABULAR VIEW OF MISSIONS AND MISSIONARIES OF THE UNION. (2) One missionary and one female assistant. (m) Two missionaries and one female assistant. (n) One missionary and one female assistant. Total, fifty-two missionaries and fifty-four female assistants, beside native assistants. INTELLIGENCE FROM THE MISSIONS. GREECE.-Letter of Mr. Buel. It appears from the following communication from Mr. Buel, in connexion with one subjoined, that the evil minded and injurious influences which led to the expulsion of Dr. King from Athens, have been made to bear also upon our missionary friends at the Piræus; and that, although no serious interruption of their labors had "The demarch of Piræus to Mr. R. F. Buel. "The minister of religion and public instruction, who in compliance with your petition of the 23d of March, 1846, granted you permission to teach the English language in the educational establishments of the realm, has learned, to his surprise, that for some time past you have collected boys and girls at your house, and have taught them the scriptures on the Sabbath. It is equally a matter of surprise to us, that you, being of another faith and of another tongue, could presume to make such use of the aforesaid permission, and establish a school in your house, and gather young children for the purpose of teaching them in branches of national instruction, while it is requir"Invitation" of the demarch of Piræused of one who would keep such a been effected at the date of our last ad vices, yet the state of the mission is critical, and commends itself to the fervent intercessions of all who are interested in its usefulness or even in its existence. Buel writes Oct. 9: "The Holy Synod." Mr. Recurring to my last letter of Aug. 20, (p. 372, last vol.) I find it stated that we at the Piræus had not been at all harmed by the storm of religious persecution that had driven Dr. King out of the country only twenty days previously. But we have not escaped without at least a slight sprinkling. My letter had scarcely been mailed when the following document was received. school, that he conform to the law by taking out an express permission and by giving the required pledges that his teaching will be regulated according to the prescribed directions. "In pursuance, therefore, of an order bearing date the 14th inst. and number 6849, we invite you to dismiss as soon as possible the said school in your house, as well as every other assemblage therein convened for the purpose of instruction, inasmuch as has not been granted you. “A. THEOCHARIS, demarch. “Piraus, Aug. 21, 1847." permission | arm of flesh;" neither would I leave the gospel to suffer through any neglect of privileges to which I am legally entitled. Paul did not so at Philippi nor at Cesarea. And the laws that After reading this document, "I now bind the community of civilized spread it before the Lord;" then lock-nations, should afford as sure a proed it up in my desk, and our daily oc- tection as the laws of a Roman emcupations went on as before, without peror. the least change. I knew very well, and the authorities too, that we were acting strictly within the circle of our rights as guaranteed by the letter of the Constitution. You are at liberty to consider this document as an emanation from the Holy Synod of Greece. The methods which that body use, to persecute unoffending people "of another faith," and to suppress religious inquiry, are multifarious. When the truth is preached too loud and too openly, they anathematize and excommunicate even people "of another faith," until such proceedings only excite disgust and contempt, without frightening any body. This means failing, they prosecute before the courts upon the charge of proselytism, until this kind of agitation turns out rather to the advantage of the persecuted and to the furtherance of the gospel. At length they try to stir up the fanaticism of the populace by the publication of foul and hideous calumnies against the religious belief and practice of the missionary, and so coustrain the authorities to advise his removal, in order, forsooth, to prevent the violence of the mob. Finally, suiting their measures to circumstances, they procure an arbitrary mandate from the Minister of Religion, that a man shall hold no assemblage, great or small, of old or young, in his own house, for the purpose of religious in struction. Supremacy of law-Alleged force of public opinion-Trust in God. But it will not be expected in this age of the world, that the innocent will always yield to arbitrary dictation in a country where magistrates and people alike are bound and protected by the laws and the Constitution. If one is proved to be an offender, he is rightly judged and punished. But if the executive powers of a constitutional government proceed to inflict pains and penalties without even the form of law, he has an unquestionable right, if he be a foreigner, to appeal to and demand the interference of his government. I would not "lean upon an One month elapsed after the receipt of the above document, and the demarch made me a friendly call. He asked to see my permission to teach English. Between the wording of this permission and that of the prohibition, I pointed out an essential discrepancy. The one gave me liberty to teach the English language, the other confines me to "the educational establishments of the kingdom." His object in calling seemed to be, to request me "to converse with the Minister of Religion, as he was daily harassed with the importunities of some who wished him to take further measures against us." I freely told him my views respecting my rights as an inhabitant of Greece; that our case was open to examination before the courts, where I refused not to be judged ;-and that I must obey God rather than man, when the latter forbade to preach the gospel. To all this he fully assented; but said that government feels constrained by public opinion to take these measures. I said, government doubtless knows its duty, and I know mine. If our duties clash, God will judge between us, and will defend the right. It becomes magistrates as well as people to take care lest they "be found fighting against God." Thus ended this visit. I shall reflect awhile before I go to the Minister of Education on the demarch's business, only to be admonished, reprimanded and threatened. One week after this, the ex-demarch called. With him we have never been brought into collision. Some time ago he sent a couple of orphan girls to Miss Waldo with a very handsome note. We heard that he was coming to get some information previously to calling on the minister in our behalf. It turned out, however, that he came rather to administer the caution "that we would better conform to circumstances for the present on account of the prejudices of the people against the literal interpretation of the scriptures, &c." I told him I should do only what I had a perfect right to do, and that with all needful prudence; that some of the best inhabitants of Piræus, | of men professing to support what is and among them members of the assem- called the Russian party. bly, would not urge us to teach their children if their prejudices forbade them; and that the Holy Synod should have no controversy with us, but with the parents, who chose to send their children to our house both on the Sabbath and week days. 66 But," said he, "what can we do when it is the government who interfere, and command to do so and so ?" "I appeal to my own government," I replied, "if such commands are arbitrary,-unsupported by legal decisions." No answer to this but a Greek shrug; which is always to be interpreted according to the context and the tenor of the dis course. Ten days have passed since that call, and as yet I have nothing new. We rest in the faithfulness of Him who hath said, "Trust in the Lord and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the Jand." "He shall deliver thee from six troubles, yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee." "Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue, neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh." P. S. Evening. A message from the demarch just now, invited me to call on him. I found him neither at his office nor at his house, and as he cannot expect that I shall call after dark, this letter must be mailed without carrying what further interesting communications the worthy magistrate may have to make to me. It is a time when we are beset, but all will eventuate to the glory of God. It cannot be otherwise. The righteous Lord loveth righteousness, and he can and will vindicate his own cause. I can better now understand than before, the feelings which dictated the numerous imprecatory passages in the sacred writings. And they often recur to my memory as the appropriate language of prayer in our circumstances. See, for example, the 94th Psalm. Mr. Buel at the close of his letter notes briefly some civil and political changes. You have probably learned that the Prime Minister, Mr. Coletti, died on the 12th of September. The rebellion in Euboea was speedily suppressed, as the ringleader was disabled by a wound in the early part of the first engagement. It is still very unquiet in the north and north-western provinces. The ministry is now chiefly composed EXTRACTS FROM A LETTER OF MISS The occasion, or secret history, of the occurrences narrated in the preceding letter, is developed by Miss W. in the following communication of the same date. The expulsion of Dr. King from Athens- The past three months have been more full of interest than any I have spent abroad, and will ever be a memorable epoch in my missionary experience. The violent persecution excited against our dear brother missionary, Dr. King, terminating, as it did, in his unlooked for departure from Greece under the most painful circumstances, could not but be deeply felt by us all. Our cause is one, our enemies the same, and his experience to-day might be ours to-morrow. It was our privilege to mingle our tears and prayers with our afflicted brother, and to soothe the last hours he spent in Greece, with all the alleviations of Christian sympathy. The fanatic who had roused the passions of the Athenian populace to the bitterest enmity towards Dr. King, publicly boasted of his intention to drive every missionary from Greece, specifying Mr. Buel and the Rev. Mr. Hildner, of Syra. A kind providence, however, for a time, diverted the popular feeling from the missionaries, the elections engrossing all the thoughts of the nation. During this brief interval a sad event occurred, which cast a gloom over my little flock, and was afterwards turned to account by our enemies, in their attempts to excite a prejudice against us. This was the death of a little country girl, who had been in our school only about two months, and whom we had hoped to train up for usefulness and for God. She had been commended to our care by her poor grandmother, a flower woman, whose little cottage we had often visited during the long illness of her now deceased husband. On Friday, the 13th of August, poor Marigo left her little companions in full health and in all the lightheartedness of childhood, to return home from school, and in a few moments after, she |