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While at sea, Mr. Ward was || This was, at the time, a severe diligently employed in those exer- disappointment, and it caused concises which tended to prepare him siderable pecuniary loss to the Sofor the great work to which he had ciety; but circumstances have dedicated himself. Among other since proved that the arrangement employments of this nature, he pe- was guided by Infinite Wisdom, resed the Missionary Accounts of and that the great ends of the the Moravian brethren with much Mission have been far more effecsatisfaction. His own remarks on tually answered at Serampore, than this subject are characteristic they could have been in any other "I have read Crantz's History of spot in Bengal. Greenland, I trust with much profit. I feel towards the first Greenland Missionaries a kind of enthusiastic reverence. To say they were Howards or Thorntons would be a poor compliment, however it might embellish their names, or embalm their memories. Their testimony in favour of the blood of Immanuel will, I trust, be mine; to that I would cleave that I trust will be the centre to which I shall be drawn, and from thence dedace every important truth. . . I can scarce ever go to a throne of grace now, but I carry thither the congregations of Greenlanders, Esquimaux, Negroes, South Sea Islunders, and Hottentots. Thank you, Moravians! ye have done me good. If I am ever a Missionary with a straw, I shall owe it to Fu, under our Saviour."

For a long time previous to the arrival of these welcome fellowlabourers, Mr. Carey had been diligently employed in translating the New Testament into the Bengalee; and soon after Mr. Ward had established his press at Serampore, he had the pleasure of printing the first edition of that important work, in a thick octavo volume of 800 pages. In the same year (1800), Kristnoo and several members of his family embraced the Gospel; and by eating with the Missionaries, publicly and deliberately renounced caste-an event which all who know the force of this ancient and formidable institution had deemed absolutely hopeless. "All our servants," say the Missionaries, in relating this memorable occurrence, "were astonished; so many had said that nobody would ever mind Christ, or lose caste. Brother Thomas had wait

After a favourable voyage of twenty weeks, Mr. Ward and his companions arrived at Calcutta, Oc-ed fifteen years, and had thrown tober 11th, but as at that time no away much on deceitful characters. legal provision had been made for Brother Carey has waited till hope the residence of Missionaries on of his own success had almost exthe British territory, they were pired; and after all, God has done under the necessity of proceeding it with perfect ease! Thus the Serampore, a small Danish Town door of faith is opened to the Genabout fifteen miles above Calcutta, tiles; who shall shut it? The the banks of the Ganges. At chain of the caste is broken, who that time Mr. Carey resided at shall mend it ?" Madnabatty, a village considerably In May, 1802, Mr. Ward entered higher up the country, and he was into the marriage relation with Mrs. very solicitous that the newly ar- Fountain, widow of Mr. John Founved Missionaries might be per- tain, a Missionary, who survives mitted to join him there. But all to mourn his loss. Two daughters his efforts to procure this accom- were the fruit of this union, who dation proved unavailing; and are both living, and the elder of therefore the whole party were whom has lately been united to trained to fix at Serampore. the church at Serampore.

For a number of interesting the middle size. His countenance facts, connected with Mr. Ward's || bore evident marks of a long resiresidence and labours in India, we dence in an Eastern climate, and must refer to the Periodical Ac- was further distinguished by a concounts, which contain copious ex-spicuous mark over the right eye, tracts from his journals.

occasioned by an injury sustained in childhood. In conversation he was not forward; and occasionally it appeared difficult to obtain from him that information respecting India, which he was so well qualified to impart ; but this was far more than compensated by the edifying strain of his remarks, and the solicitude which he seemed habitually to feel for the spiritual in

Declining health rendered it necessary for Mr. Ward to revisit his native country; he arrived at Liverpool in June, 1819, and attended the public meetings in London on the 23d of that month. His address on the morning of that day at Great Queen Street Chapel, and his Sermon in the evening at Zion Chapel, in which he forcibly depicted the abominable idola-terests of those around him. Withtries" of India, made a very deep impression on the numerous auditories. His health being mercifully and speedily restored, he visited many parts of the United Kingdom, and afterwards proceed ed to Holland and to America. His principal object was to collect pecuniary aid for the education of pious native youth for the ministry in the College lately founded at Serampore, towards which object he obtained in all about £6000.

out obtruding the subject in an unnecessary or offensive way, he would generally introduce something, be the conversation or the note ever so short, which bore upon the great concerns of eternity; and instances have occurred in which his private intercourse has proved the means of converting a sinner from the error of his way. It was evident that his whole soul was in the work-that he naturally cared for the souls of men-especially of the heathen-and that every thing in which he engaged was made subservient to this ob

Mr. Ward was thus occupied about two years, and set sail with renovated health and cheerful spirits for India, in the Abberton,ject. Capt. Gilpin, on May 28, 1821. He arrived in Calcutta, after an agrecable and expeditious voyage, early in October, and immediately resumed his labours in the Printingoffice, and among the native converts, with all the ardour that Christian zeal and affection could inspire. Younger than either of his excellent colleagues, and having had so long the advantages of his native air, it seemed reasonable to anticipate that he might be the last who should be called to leave his work and enter into rest. But in the event which we are now called on to lament, we have a fresh proof that The Lord's ways are not our ways, nor his thoughts our thoughts.

In person, Mr. Ward was about

In the year

Mr. Ward is advantageously known as an author. 1811, he published at Serampore, in 4 vols. 4to. his "Account of the Writings, Religion, and Manners of the Hindoos," containing a mass of valuable and authentic information, which he had been occupied in collecting for several years. This work was reprinted in 1815; and a third edition has since been published in this country, in 4 vols. 8vo. He also published a small volume, containing Biographical Accounts of four Converted Hindoos,-a Funeral Sermon for the Lady of N. Wallach, Esq. of Serampore, and a Sketch of the character of his revered friend, the late Rev. Andrew Fuller. While in England he printed a

Sermon on 2 Cor. v. 20, which || on earth, must continually furnish;

ry.

Thus did this holy man of God work while it was day. Blessed is that servant, whom the Lord when he cometh, shall find so doing!

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may be considered as affording a our brother was not a man who tolerably correct idea of the spirit confined his regard for the cause and style of his pulpit addresses. of God to one denomination. He In compliance with the suggestion loved all who loved the Redeemer, of some of his friends, he compiled, and sought to promote his cause. also, on his voyage from America, a Hence his death is a public loss to volume of "Farewell Letters," in religion; and those particularly which he has, under respective whose spiritual good he laboured heads, digested the substance of to promote, and whose hands he the information he was accustomed laboured to strengthen by his to communicate in his speeches preaching, his prayers, and his and sermons. Since his return to extensive correspondence, whether India, there have appeared from they be in India, Europe, or Amerhis pen, a Brief Memoir of Krish-ica, cannot but feel this bereavenapul (or Kristnoo) the first Hin doo convert, and a work in 2 vols. "But while we thus mourn the duodecimo, containing Short Med-loss of our beloved brother, and itations on various passages of cherish the most tender affection Scripture, arranged for each day for his memory, it becomes us to in the year, in a manner resem- beware of sinning against God unbling "Bogatzky's Golden Treasu-der this dispensation. It becomes us to recollect that every thing which rendered him so dear to us, and such a blessing to the cause of God, arose wholly from the grace God so richly manifested in him. This grace still remains an inexhaustible fountain. While we mourn his loss in the deepest manner, therefore, to suffer our hearts to sink in despondency as though the Great Redeemer did not still live to carry on his own work, who is the Sovereign Head of his "In reviewing this sudden and Church, and from whom come not afflictive providence, various re- only every gift intended for the flections crowd on the mind. The use of his cause, and all that dilifirst are, those of almost indescrib-gence and love which may enable able distress at the loss sustained, a man possessing such, to labour not only by the denomination to which our brother belonged, but by the church and the cause of God at large, particularly as far as relates to India. For although his family and his immediate colleagues in the work of God feel the sense of their loss increased by all that recollection of his worth as a man, a Christian, a husband, a father, a colleague, and brother, which the space of nearly twenty-four years, spent in perhaps the greatest degree of social happiness capable of being enjoyed JAN. 1825.

As we have already given a statement of the last illness of Mr. WARD, (vide p.

231, vol. iv.) we shall dismiss this Memoir by introducing a few reflections from the

funeral Sermon, delivered by Rev. Dr.

MARSHMAN, at Calcutta.

even more abundantly than others, but the blessing which must render these gifts and this labour effectual, and without which even a Paul might plant, and an Apollos water wholly in vain,-would be to sin against God, and to act contrary to the examples left us on Divine record. When Saul, and above all Jonathan, was removed, by whom the Lord had done such great things for Israel, David in the midst of grief perhaps never exceeded, bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the

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his life, and so justly esteemed one of the "pillars" of the infant apostolic church, was prematurely cut off by the sword, Peter also being seized and put in prison, we do not find that this had any other effect on the minds of the other brethren, than that of causing them to make prayer to God with

bow," to prepare them for future action, and exhorted the men of Jabesh Gilead, who had already distinguished themselves by their activity and energy, to strengthen their hands, and be valiant, because of the affliction which had then overwhelmed Israel.-When Hur, and Aaron, and even Moses were called to rest from their la-out ceasing for Peter, and no bours, the command of God him- doubt for the cause of God in genself to Israel was, to go forward in eral, that it might not suffer by their way, to be strong and very these afflictions. And by far the courageous" amidst the overwhelm- greatest extension of the Gospel ing grief which must have filled was granted after this period. Untheir minds at being thus deprived worthy as we are, we are still enof all those who had gone in and gaged in the same cause, and eveout before them for so many years; ry degree of blessing must flow -and his promise was that in thus from the same source; and seeing doing he would be with them, we serve him who is "Jesus Christ, cause them to overcome their ene- the same yesterday, to-day, and mies, and possess the promised for ever," we ought to renew our land. trust in his mercy and his almighty power, and to abound more and more in prayer and in the work of the Lord, knowing that he will never fail nor forsake those who trust in him.

"In the beginning of the Gospel, also, when Stephen was prematurely removed in the midst of his high career of usefulness; a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost," who so preached the Gos- The brethren at Serampore, pel that his fiercest adversaries indeed, have been thus called to were not able to resist the wis-renew their trust in God while dom and the Spirit by which he wading through the depths of afspake;" how deeply must the loss fliction, even from the beginning of such a man have been felt by of their course. We do not here all who loved the cause of God, allude merely to the fire at Seramthen so much in its infancy. We pore, eleven years ago, in which do not find, however, that while our dear brother now deceased was they so feelingly made great himself almost miraculously prelamentation over him," the disci- served, and which threatened to ples and brethren had the least overwhelm us, but which, through idea of lying down in desponden- the Divine mercy, was succeeded cy. On the contrary, they took by the Divine blessing to a greater courage, and "went every where extent than had ever been experipreaching the Gospel ;" and re-enced at Serampore before. specting some of them it is expressly recorded, no doubt for our encouragement, that the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.”* And when a year or two after this, James, one of the three disciples, so eminently distinguished by our Lord during

See Acts xi, 21.

We rather allude to the repeated affictions we were called to sustain twenty-two years ago, when so many of our Missionary brethren were in succession carried to the grave in the very infancy of the cause here. Within eighteen days after our landing at Serampore, Mr. Grant was carried off in a fever; the four brethren and sisters having arrived on the 13th of

into the joy of their Lord, leaving to others, whom Divine grace may raise up, that work which is suited to their capacity, and intended for them to fulfil. Therefore, while we so heavily mourn those remov

October, 1799, and he being re-sink in despondency, and to exmoved on the 31st The succeed-claim, Such and such an emiing July, Mr. Fountain was remov-nent servant of God is taken away, ed by a bowel complaint, within and how can the loss be repaired ? four years after his arrival in the-how can the cause of God now country, and just as he had be- go forward ?” We forget that come ready in the language. The these servants of God, thus peculnext July beheld Mr. Brunsdon iarly gifted, were raised up to do carried off by a liver complaint; a certain work; and that if they scarcely twenty-six years of age, are now called to rest, the precise and the most forward in the lan- work no more remains to be done guage, as well as the ablest Eng- for which Divine Wisdom thus lish preacher among all the four raised them up, and endued them brethren who came out together. with peculiar talents. Thus DiAnd to complete the measure of vine Wisdom has suffered no disaffliction, the next October Mr. appointment; for these have fulfillThomas himself, who had laid the ed the work they were intended to foundation of the Mission in Ben-accomplish, and have now entered gal, and had come out with brother Carey seven years before,was taken away, at an age two years below that of our now deceased brother. At that critical period, that four of the only seven Missionaries then in this part of India should be re-ed, who are necessarily dear to us moved, and among them both the for their work's sake, we should youngest and the oldest, the ablest || consider that Divine Wisdom has and the most active, was indeed removed them, only because their overwhelming, had we looked mere- peculiar work in the church milily to human aid. Yet nearly all tant below was fully accomplished; that has been done in this part of for had it not, their Saviour, who India has been the fruit of the Di- has the keys of death and of the vine blessing since, experienced on unseen world, and who shutteth humble and persevering effort, ac- and no man openeth," would surecompanied with constant prayer.ly have detained them longer beSurely, then, in every affliction low. and bereavement, we ought to look directly and wholly to Him with whom is the residue of the Spirit -who cannot be unmindful of his cause or of his promise-and who has declared that all nations shall be blessed in the Redeemer-and that He, Jehovah, will accomplish this glorious work in his own time. "The human mind, however, which is continually prone to run to the extremes either of presumption or despondency, is ever apt to misinterpret the dealings of God with his church. Thus when any of the servants of God are taken away peculiarly fitted for some particular work in their day and generation, we are ready to

"Thus, respecting our beloved brother, while he was so endeared to us in every capacity, that, had our feelings been consulted, we should never have suffered him to enter into rest but with ourselves; the work for which God pre-eminently raised him up, was evidently that of printing the Scriptures in India; and we believe that to him was shewn herein grace and favour granted before to very few men in that particular line. To the language of the apostle, which the brother who came out with him well recollects seeing in his diary in the course of his voyage, thus applied with reference to his own circumstances, "Unto me, who am

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