Do a mother's arms infold thee?
Do they clasp thee to her heart?
Let not fond affection hold thee;
Louder duty calls, Depart.

Duty calls thee,

Herald of the Cross, depart.

Dost thou fear the withering power
Of the tropic's sickening ray?
Dost thou dread the midnight hour,
Deserts lone, and beasts of prey?
Trembling stranger!

Trust: not lonely is thy way.

Israel's cloudy vale will shade thee
From the noonday's dazzling light;
Israel's burning pillar lead thee
Through the desert's darkest night.
Trust the promise ;
God, thy God, will be thy light.

Go in faith, thou silent weeper!
Sow the precious Gospel-seed;
Thou shalt come a joyful reaper;
Souls thy harvest, Heaven thy meed.
Faithful laborer,

Go, and sow the Gospel-seed.

ANON.

THE life of the Missionary is a life of labor, of toil, and of suffering. He, above all men, must be prepared to endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ t; and the American missionary band were not long in discovering, from sad experience, that, like that Master whom they served, they must be " acquainted with grief."

After a voyage of only four months, we find them enjoying the hospitalities of the venerable and beloved pioneer English Missionaries, Carey, Marshman, and Ward, at the Mission. establishment at Serampore, a few miles from Calcutta; at which city they landed on the 18th of June, 1812. The few weeks passed in the hospitable abode of the beloved mission family of Serampore, afforded a sweet and welcome repose from the weariness of a long voyage; and

presented an opportunity for consultation and advice, with respect to the field of their future missionary labors, from those veterans in the same glorious work, who were best qualified to give it; and in future years of toil and of anguish, this brief period of sweet repose, and of social intercourse, and Christian fellowship with the wise and the good, was looked back upon, as a smiling oasis amid the rough and stormy desert of missionary life.

"The Friday after our arrival," says Harriet Newell, we took a boat and came to Serampore, 15 miles from Calcutta. This is a delightful spot, situated on the river Ganges. It is inhabited chiefly by Danes. This retired spot is best calculated to prepare us for our future trials, and our arduous work. We were

affectionately received by the good Dr. Carey; and treated with the greatest hospitality. Imagine a small bald-headed man of sixty; such is the one whose name will be remembered to the latest generation. He is now advanced to a state of honor, with six thousand dollars a year."

*As Professor of Sanscrit, Bengali, and the Mahratta languages, in the College of Fort William; to which honorable post, Dr. Carey was appointed by Marquis Wellesley, Governor-General of India, in the year 1800.

At this happy dwelling of the friends of Immanuel, peace and plenty dwell; and we almost forget that we are in a land of Pagan darkness."

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In describing the first public religious service in India, the same lovely and devoted woman remarks:-"Yes, my friend, there is in heathen Asia a favored spot, where the darkness of heathenism is scattered, and the benign influences of the Holy Spirit are felt. Jesus has a people formed for his praise, redeemed by his precious blood from eternal woe, and made heirs of bliss everlasting. 'Bless the Lord, O our souls, and all that is within us, bless and praise his holy name.' Last Sabbath afternoon, I shall ever remember with peculiar emotions. Mr. Ward, a missionary blessed and beloved of our God, preached in Bengalee to a large collection of Hindoos and Mahometans. The dear converted natives appeared to enjoy the precious season greatly. To hear them join in singing one of Zion's songs; to see them kneel before the throne of Almighty grace, and listen with eagerness to the Word of Life, was sufficient to draw tears of joy from eyes which never wept before. After service, each dear Christian Hindoo, of both sexes, came to us with looks expressive of their joy to see new missionaries;

and, offering us their hands, they seemed to bid us a hearty welcome. I said to myself, such a sight as this would eternally silence the scruples, and the criminal opposition to missions, of every real believer."

But this season of tranquillity and happiness was not long to continue. The British East India Company, from the fear of shaking the stability of their government over the native population, were at that time strongly opposed to the introduction of Christianity in India; and more especially to the labors of Christian missionaries. In consequence of this feeling, before two weeks had elapsed from their landing, Messrs. Judson and Newell received an order of the government, requiring them at once to leave India, and to return to the United States. At the time of the reception of this order, they were prayerfully considering the question, in what field they should commence their missionary labors. Burmah, to which their attention had been specially called by the Society that sent them forth, had been already given up as impracticable, partly on account of the despotic character of the government, partly from the failure of previous attempts to introduce the gospel there, and partly on account of the reported savage and barbarous character of the