the landlord of her father. This scheme, however, is frustrated by the arrival of a minstral, who, though repulsed at first, carries his purpose at last, and secures the heart of the fair Ila Moore. The courting scenes are described with much liveliness and simplicity. In one of these the lovers are discovered by Albert, to whose rage Mador would have fallen a victim, but is saved by the interference of Ila, and afterwards flies. Ila's innocence is lost, her father is expelled from his home by the vindictive Albert, and the birth of a child crowns the miseries of the unfortunate family. 18. "Poor child of shame! thy fortune to divine Would conjure up the scenes of future pain! No father's house, nor shielding arm is thine! No banquet hails thee, stranger of disdain! A lowly shelter from the wind and rain Hides thy young weetless head, unwelcome guest! • And thy unholly frame must long remain Unhousel'd, and by churchman's tongue unblest! And when proud manhood o'er thy brow shall The memory of my errors shall decay, "But O! when mellow'd lustre gilds thine eye Let this memorial bear thy mind on high The mildew of the soul, the mark of shame! In the fourth canto, Ila leaves her father's house, and in her way she meets a Palmer, whose story seems to be blended with the fairy legends of the age. In the fifth, she meets her father, and together repair to the court to discover the false Mador among the minstrals of the King: he is discovered at last to be no other than the monarch himself, who weds the fair Ila, and the poem concludes Yet peaceful is thy sleep, cradled on guileless with the "Christening." breast!" The story is sufficiently common, but it is told in the most artless and pleasing manner, and cannot fail both to interest and to delight. If this poem be not much read, and much admired, we shall think ill of the taste of the age. CONSTITUTION of the Bible and Common Prayer Book Society, established in the City of New-York, A. D.. 1809. 1. Every person who pays to the funds of this Institution a sum not less than one dollar annually, shall be a Member of the same. The payment of a sum not less than fifteen dollars at one time, shall entitle a person to be a Member for life, without any further contribution. 2. The contributions of Members for life, with such donations as may be received from benevolent individuals, shall be the permanent fund of the Society, and not subject to disburse⚫ment. The interest of the permanent fund, with the annual contributions, shall be appropriated to the purchase and distribution of Bibles and Common Prayer Books, and, when deemed expedient, of religious tracts. 3. The business of the Society shall be conducted by a Board of Managers, consisting of the Clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church resident in the city of New-York; and of ten Laymen, to be chosen annually by ballot, by the Members present, on the first Tuesday after the 24th of February, the festival of St. Matthias. The Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the diocess of NewYork shall be President of the Socio ty and of the Board of Managers, and, in his absence, a Chairman shall be appointed. The Board of Managers shall meet on the day after the annual meeting, to choose from their own number a Secretary and Treasurer; and shall meet afterwards according to their own rules. Seven of the Managers shall constitute a quorum to do business. The Board of Managers shall make all laws necessary for the government of the Society, and shall cause a statement of the receipts and expenditures of money, with such other matters as they may deem proper, to be laid before the Members of the Society at the annual meetings. .4. On the day of the annual meeting of the Society, or on some other day to be fixed by the President or Chairman, the morning or evening prayer shall be celebrated, and a suitable sermon preached; after which a collection shall be made, to be appropriated to the funds of the Society.The Preacher shall be appointed at the first meeting of the Board of Managers subsequent to the annual meeting, by the Bishop, or, in case of his absence, by their Chairman. And the Bishop or Chairman shall also appoint the time and place of service; of both which, as well as of the annual meeting, public notice shall be given by the Secretary. 5. The Constitution of the Society shall be unalterable, except by a vote of two-thirds of the Members of the Board of Managers present at a meeting duly convened, and a concurrent vote of two-thirds of the Members of the Society present at the annual meeting By particular request we insert the forlowing article on the subject of MORAVIAN MISSIONS. Address to all who favour the propagation of Christianity among the Heathen, in behalf of the Missions of the Church of the United Brethren, commonly called Moravians. In the year 1814, it is well known that the accumulated distresses of the Continent affected all classes and descriptions of persons. The same calamities were likewise severely felt in all the settlements of the United Brethren in Germany, Holland, Denmark, and Russia, and considerably diminished the contributions both of the Brethren's congregations, and of friends participating in the welfare and support of their missions among the Heathen. Under these circumstances, an appeal was made to the religious public by some very respectable persons in England, who became acquainted with the embarrassments under which this important concern laboured. That appeal was not undertaken in vain; and the committee, to whom the general management of the Brethren's missions is intrusted by their synods, feel how much they owe to the kindness and liberality of the numerous well-wishers to the spread of Christianity among the Heathen, who very nobly stepped forward on this occasion; and, by their generous donations, contributed in a great measure to remove the existing difficulty. In this work of charity, benefactors of various denominations were united, exhibiting a most encouraging proof of the power of that Christian love which binds together the hearts of the people of God, in supporting the cause of their Redeemer, however distinguished by various names and forms. The present Address is occasioned by the same necessity, and encouraged by a similar call on the Society by friends out of their circle, who are acquainted with the proceedings of their missions, and with the great difficulty of maintaining them. This indeed amounts almost to an impossibility, unless it shall please the Lord to incline the hearts of those to whom he has imparted the power, again to afford their generous assistance. The effects of that dreadful war, by which the continent was wholly impoverished, trade annihilated, and even the common necessaries of life in many instances withdrawn, are still felt by most classes, so as to render them unable, as formerly, to direct their attention to subjects beyond their own personal existence; while the settlements of the Brethren, though by God's mercy spared from total destruction by fire and sword, were so much exhausted, from being contiferent armies, that they were plunged nually made the head-quarters of difinto debt, and their usual sources of income, for some time, nearly dried up. The exertions of individuals, however, and of the congregations collectively, have not been wanting; and though greatly reduced in means, they have done what they could to assist in preventing any relaxation in the prosecution of the work. Yet, with every exertion, it is impossible to meet the great and accumulated expenditure of the past years. The sum of about 4000, which, by the unexpected liberality of our brethren and friends in England, was collected in 1814 and 1815, was indeed a relief for which we cannot sufficiently thank the Lord, who thus disposed the hearts of so many benefactors to favour the Brethren's missions; but as the circumstances which then oc casioned the deficiency remain the same, the committee is again under the necessity of making their case known, and expressing a hope that their petition for help will not pass unregarded. To show how extensively the Church of the United Brethren is employed in attempts to propagate the Gospel in the Heathen world, and how long they have maintained their numerous missions in different countries, the following statement is subjoined: In the three Danish West-India islands, St. Thomas, St. Croix, and amount to about 12,200 souls; in St. Jan, the Brethren's congregations Greenland to 1100; in Antigua to 12,000; in St. Kitts to 2000. The both before and during the first Ame congregations of Christian Indians in North-America suffered much, rican war. Great loss has been sustained by the burning of Fairfield in Upper Canada, the principal settlement among the Indians, which it will cost no small sum to repair. God has been pleased to bless the mission at the Cape of Good-Hope with much success. The forming of a third settlement is in contemplation, when means can be found to support it. About 1600 Hottentots constitute the two congregations at Guadenthal and Gruenekloof; many more attend public worship; and in the interior there is a great desire among the Heathen to receive more teachers. As the rooms used as a chapel in Gruenekloof have for some time been too small to accommodate the congregation and other hearers, and government have kindly granted permission to build, the erection of a new chapel has been undertaken, though at present the state of the finances scarcely warrants the undertaking.* The communication with the three settlements in Labrador, which can only be maintained by a vessel of their own annually sent to the settlements, proves a great expense; but the Lord has hitherto enabled the The Rev. Mr. Latrobe arrived in England in December last year, from a visit to the above settlements at the Cape, from which he has derived peculiar pleasure; and may possibly, after his return from one of the principal settlements of the Brethren in German some interesting particulars before th was estimated, according to the accounts received, terminating December, 1812, at £4000. In the year 1813, there was a further increase of debt, amounting to £1700. And in the years 1814 and 1815, which are the latest accounts at present arrived, there was a still further addition, constituting a total debt of £6000, notwithstanding the liberal donations contributed in consequence of the first appeal. To liquidate so large a debt they feel to be utterly impossible, dependent as they principally are, for the support of their missions, on the voluntary aid and liberality of their congregations and friends on the Continent, who are still suffering from the desolating effects of the late war. Brethren's Society for the furtherance of the Gospel, established in London, to persevere in their exertions, notwithstanding the smallness of their means, and the uncertainty of a return equal to the expense of the outfit. Nor would it be consistent with that gratitude which we feel to God our Saviour, did we not here observe how graciously he has preserved the communication with the Brethren's Missionaries in that inhospitable region; so that since the commencement of the mission, now fiftythree years ago, no interruption has occurred in transmitting the annual supplies. During the last year, how ever, 1816, the vessel was, for the first time, prevented by the ice, and by the fury of repeated storms, from Under these circumstances, they touching at Hopedale, till at length, sincerely trust they will appear justiafter suffering a most violent tempest, fied in again respectfully appealing which she was not expected to surto that British benevolence of which vive, the captain was obliged to aban- they have already experienced so don all hopes of reaching the settle- generous a proof, and which is at all ment, and to return to England, hav- times so conspicuously manifested in ing four Missionaries on board, who every thing connected with the spread were passing from Nain to Hopedale. of the Redeemer's kingdom, that they This event has subjected the Society may still be enabled to make the sav to great additional expense. The ing name of Jesus known to the Heaanxiety which will undoubtedly fill then world. The assistance thus afthe minds of our brethren in Labra- forded will surely not be unrewarded dor, respecting the fate of the ves- by Him to whom the mite of the sel and of their fellow-labourers, must poor but cheerful giver is as acceptabe keenly felt. Yet amidst all trouble as the offerings of the more opuble, the Society has much cause to lent; for "the Lord looketh on the thank the Lord that he heard the heart." prayers of those on board, delivered them from the raging of the sea, and brought them safe to shore. May the above statement and call for help find acceptance and favour with all who consider the greatness and importance of the work, and the comparative weakness of those immediately employed in it, and who, without their aid, are wholly unable at present to support it. Even now many invitations to commence new missions must be declined, from a full conviction that it far exceeds the power of the committee to accept them. At the period when the former appeal was submitted to the public, the debt incurred by the missions, owing to the circumstances already specified, 1 C. I. LATROBE. The above refers to a former appeal, made some years since," by some very respectable persons in England, who became acquainted with the embarrassments under which this important concern laboured;" which was then most kindly and liberally answered by generous contributions from many very respectable societies, congregations, and individuals in Great-Britain, who nobly stepped forward for the relief of our Church at a period of great difficulty as to the pecuniary means for carrying on their missions. The same urgent necessity to apply to our 'fellow Christians of other Churches for their assistance, it ap pears, again exists; and "is encouraged by a similar call on the society, by friends out of their circle, who are acquainted with the proceedings of their missions, and with the great difficulty of maintaining them." Mr. Latrobe, who informs us of this, has been for many years a well known, much respected agent in behalf of the missions of the United Brethren. He subscribes himself "Secretary of the Unitas Fratrum" (United Brethren) "in England," that being his office in our Church, agreeably to the provisions of an act of Parliament, passed in favour of the United Brethren, in the year 1749. His address, from his usual local situation, is made in particular to British benevolence; which," he observes, "is at all times so conspicuously manifested in every thing which is connected with the spread of the Redeemer's kingdom." But it would, I think, be a neglect of duty in me if I did not say that the United Brethren in this country, and especially the agents here for their missions, are very sensible that they owe an equal tribute of gratitude to the religious public here, in as far as they have been called upon, for their displays of Ameriean benevolence in the same cause. I ask leave also, as the stationed minister of our Church in this city, most respectfully to call the attention of Christians of every denomination in this country to Mr. Latrobe's publication, agreeably to its title, as addressed also to them: and I hope that in so doing, I shall not be considered as being presumptuous, acting out of place, or doing that which in any light may be deemed improper. The truth is, all the members of our Church every where, consider it to be their solemn duty to assist in carrying on our missions among the Heathen, to the utmost of their power; to take the concerns of the same faithfully to heart; and to recommend them, as exigences require, also to others."The Society of the United Brethren for propagating the Gospel among the Heathen," which has its seat at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, is, like other societies formed among ourselves in Europe, strictly auxiliary only to the Board or Committee which has the general direction of our missions, all acting, in every respect, in the closest concert and union; and, as to the management of the missions, subject to one common direction or control. When missions in other parts of the world are in distress, the congregations of the United Brethren in this country regard that distress as their own; agreeable to the apostolic principle, (1 Čor. xii. 26.) “ whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it." May this be my apology for thus coming forward publicly A debt incurred for the support of our missions is, according to our Church Constitution, the debt of the whole Society of the United Brethren, commonly called Moravians, be their residence where it may. And all contributions to our missions, whether made in America or Europe, are placed to one account. Let the case now submitted to the public be candidly considered, and it will, it is presumed, speak sufficiently for itself. A union of congregations, consisting altogether of hardly more than 12000 persons, and who are mostly of the poorer sort, have, without ever possessing any funds, but relying solely, from year to year, on the voluntary contributions of the members of their congregations, and of their friends, been for a series of years exerting all the energies of their little strength, in preaching the Gospel of our common salvation among the Heathen. All Christians to whom they are known, unite in praises to God, for the success with which He has, so unexpectedly to themselves, been pleased to favour them; and the utility of their undertaking is generally acknowledged. They now tell the world, that, from the distressing circumstances which have been beyond their control, and which, through Mr. Latrobe, are clearly stated, they are involved in debt to the amount of £6000 sterling, or above $26,000 our currency: and that, without the assistance of other churches, societies, and friends, they cannot go on with, much less extend (as they are |