MADRAS SYSTEM.

It has been for some time a favour ite object with the Society to introduce the Madras System of Education into the North American Colonies; and, during the last summer, independent of many previous efforts, they have been enabled to carry this object into execution with the most favourable prospect of success. At the recommendation of the Committee of the National Society, they have engaged with Mr. West, at a very liberal salary, who had been educated at Baldwyn's Gardens, to embark for Halifax, and superintend the formation of a School upon the Madras Principles. Information has been received, that the establishment has met with a very favourable reception among all classes of the inhabitants. The patronage of his Excellency the Earl of Dalhousie has been obtained, a considerable subscription has been raised, a School-room has been fitted up, and the names of many Scholars have already been entered upon the books. The School opened on the 2d of December; and there is every reason to hope, that under the protection of the Bishop, and the zealous superintendence of Dr. Inglis, the expectations of the Society will not be disappointed; and that the several Schools in the North-American Colonies will be induced to adopt the Madras System of Education, when the great facilities afforded by it are made

manifest.

MOHAWK INDIANS.

The Rev. George Okill Stuart announces, that, at the earnest solicitation of the Mohawks at the Bay of Kenty, he had been induced to appoint John Hill, Reader and Catechist, in conjunction with John Green, School-master. Originally, the offices were united in one person; but the difficulty of procuring a sufficiently discreet person for the functions of the offices, rendered the appointment frequently vacant; and it has been deemed more expedient to separate them, that, in case of sickness or other impediments, the one might supply the place of the other.

A Society has lately been established in of The Missionary Society of the ProtestNorth-Carolina, distinguished by the name ant Episcopal Church of North-Carolina.” It is provided in the Constitution, that persons be appointed in various parts of the State to solicit such aid for the support of Missionaries as the pious and well disposed may be inclined to contribute. Every person subscribing two dollars annually will be considered as a member of the Society, and twenty dollars will entithe to membership for life.

For the present year, the Hon. Duncan Cameron, of Orange county, is President, and John Stanly, Esq. of Newburn, Secretary of this Society.

The following extract from the Society's Address to the public exhibits the design for which it was formed, as well as the declined state of the Episcopal Church in North-Carolina.

"There is no Church whose members are so much distressed. There are no

members who stand more in need of the gospel and ordinances of Christ. What of North-Carolina? Is Christianity gainis now the state of religion in the Church ing or losing ground? Does the Church which the Son of God purchased with his blood still retain her numbers? Or are not her numbers wofully decreased? And is not her spirit bowed down and sunk? The most inattentive observer among the followers of Christ cannot but see and lament over her solitary places; cannot but shed a tear in contemplating her as once flourishing and prosperous.

"With a view to remedy this lamenta

ble state of things, and correct the deplo rable evils that have resulted from it, the present Society has been instituted. Its object, is to send into the destitute parts of this state, pious and devout ministers of the Church, to give comfort and aid, instruction and consolation to the members of her Zion dispersed in almost every section."

BIBLE AND COMMON PRAYER BOOK SOCIETY.

A Bible and Common Prayer Book Society forthe counties of Washington, Essex, and parts adjacent, was established in September, 1817. The following are the officers elected: The Right Rev. Bishop Hobart, ex officio, President; Rev. Mr. Jewett, 1st Vice-President; Dr. Zina Hitchcock, 2d Vice-President; Rev. C. W. Hamilton, 3d Vice-President; WadsWorth Bull, Esq. Treasurer; Martin Lee, C. Martingdale, Corresponding Secretary. Esq. Recording Secretary; Hon. Henry

The following is taken from an English publication of June last.

"A measure proposed by the chancellor of the exchequer is now before the

House of Commons, for facilitating the erection of places of worship in connexion with the Established Church, in those parishes where the existing churches and Episcopal chapels are insufficient for the public accommodation. The details of the measure are not yet completed; but our readers will rejoice with us that something, at least, is to be at length done to a subject of such vital importance both to the interests of the Established Church, and of Christianity at large."

LATE PUBLICATIONS IN ENGLAND.

A Defence of the Divinity of our Blessed Saviour, in answer to some Letters by Mr. T. C. Holland, in which that Doctrine was attacked, with Remarks on the Personality of the Holy Ghost. By Edward Law, A. M. 12mo.

On the Impropriety of conceding the Name of Catholic to the Church of Rome and its Members, as a Title of Distinction: a Sermon preached at St. Mary's, Nov. 5, 1816. By Vaughan Thomas, B. D. 8vo.

Attachment to the Church, the Duty of its Members: a Sermon preached in the Parish Church of St. Julian, Shrewsbury, July 17, 1816. By the Rev. J. B. Blakeway, M. A. F. A. S. 8vo.

A Sermon preached at the Parish Church of Wakefield, July 4, 1816, at the Annual Meeting of the Wakefield District Committee, to the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge. By the Rev. C. Bird, M. A.

Svo.

A Sermon preached at Wakefield, May 30, 1816, at the Visitation of the Rev. Archdeacon Markham, M. A. By the Rev. C. Bird, M. A. 4to.

Dissertations on the Prophecies of the Old Testament, by D. Levy; containing all such Prophecies as are applicable to the Coming of the Messiah. Revised and amended by J. King, Esq. 8vo.

A Series of Discourses on the Festivals and Fasts (and other peculiar Days) of the Church of England, originally delivered in the Parish Church of Great Coggeshall, Esssex. By Brooke Bridges Stevens, M. A. Svo.

A Sermon preached in the Cathe

dral Church of Chester, at a general Ordination, Dec. 22, 1816. 4to.

Reflections on the Influence of Infidelity and Profaneness upon Public Liberty two Discourses preached at Laura Chapel, Bath, March 9, and March 16, 1817. By the Rev. E. W. Greenfield, M. A. Svo.

The Churchman dissuaded from becoming a Member of the Bible Society, and the extent defended to which Education is carried in the Schools of our Church: a Sermon preached at Bridgwater, September 6, 1816. By John Matthew, M. A. 8vo.

Sermons on various Subjects. By the late William Bell, D. D. 2 vols. 8vo.

Fifty-two Lectures on the Catechism of the Church of England. By the Rev. Sir Adam Gordon, Bart, M. A. 3 vols. Svo.

"All the Counsel of God." A Word in Opposition to Fanatical, Calvanistic, and Solifidian Views of Christianity; in a Farewell Sermon, March 23, 1817. By the Rev. Richard Warner. 8vo.

The Claims to Infallibility by the Church of Rome considered. Rev. John Cousins. 8vo..

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Christian Unity, Doctrinally and Historically considered; in eight Sermons preached before the University of Oxford, in the year 1816, at the Lecture founded by the late Rev. John Bampton, M. A. By Johrr Hume Spry, M. A. 8vo.

An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures; by Mr. T. H. Horne.

The Sceptic; an Inquiry concerning the proper objects of Philosophy, and the best mode of conducting Philosophical Researches; Philosophical Researches concerning the lower Animals; and Memoirs of the public and private Life of the Right Hon, George Ponsonby; all by Dr. Roche.

Memoirs and Correspondence of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton;-The Poetical Remains and Memoirs of the late John Leyden, M. D.;-and Letters on English History, by Mr. Bigland. Printed and published by 7. & J. Swords,

No. 160 Pearl-street, New-York; where Subscriptions for this Work will be received at one dollar per annum, or 24 numbers.All Letters relative to this Journal must come free of Postage.

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Extracts from a Discourse on the Death of the Right Rev. THEODORE DEHON, D. D. Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the State of South-Carolina. By the Rev. Dr. GADSDEN, Rector of St. Philip's Church, Charleston.

THEODORE DEHON was born in Boston, on the 8th of December, 1776,* and in early life was remarked for his personal beauty, the index, in his case, of a celestial disposition. Under a good MOTHER he was religiously educated. She regularly, on Sunday evenings, heard her children repeat the Catechism-read to them the Holy Scriptures; and, at the appointod seasons, conducted them to the Church to be catechised by the Minister. In the Latin School of the town he passed seven years, and he has expressed his approbation of the old English system there adopted, and his affection for his preceptor, (the late Mr. HUNT) who, he remarked, "LOVED TO TEACH.' He passed the four succeeding years at Harvard University, and here, as at School, received the first honour of his class. For his alma mater he retained much affection. He loved to look at her stately walls, and to speak of his College friend, and of those families in the village whose hospitality had soothed the labours of the Student.He often declared that his happiest

*He departed this life, August 6, 1817, af ter an illness of six days.

He was among the youngest, if not the very youngest in his class at College, being less than nineteen years of age when he received his first degree in the Arts.

+ Courteous and benevolent to all, Dr. Dehon admitted only a few to his friendship; and, at College he appears to have had only one intiinate companion--the late Mr. Francis Channing, who was his room mate.

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days were at that season, in which, with little experience of the depravity of mankind, he had pursuits, associates, and prospects calculated to awaken all the energies of the mind and heart. While he was pursuing his studies, he engaged in the business of keeping a School, and on the Lord's day officiated as a lay-reader at Cambridge and at Newport. He was, by his own choice, destined from early youth to the sacred office, and was admitted a Deacon and a Priest, by Bishop Bass. He received Confirmation from Bishop SEABURY, the first consecrated of our Bishops. He accepted the charge of Trinity Church in Newport, Rhode-Island; and, by his uncommon prudence, though he was then only twenty-one years of age, settled some dissentions that had long existed in the Church, and produced a harmony among its members which was never afterwards interrupted.|| He had the unbounded affection of this people.

In his first visit to this State, in 1803, his health permitted him to officiate only a few times. He was generally admired; and it was observed by one of our Clergy, that he should be happy to have that young man Bishop of the Diocess. He was soon after invited to be the Assistant Minister of St. Philip's Church. He had many inducements to accept. The climate was more congenial to his constitu

This is stated nearly in the words of a person who was a member of his congregation in Newport.

§ One of the discourses he preached at that time, in our Orphan Assylum, was from the text-"And behold the babe wept." He was remarkable for selecting the most striking pas sages as the texts of his Sermons.

The late Rev. Thomas Frost, Rector of St. Philip's Church.

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tion. The society more diversified. The means of improvement better in this metropolis, and the congregation much larger. He resisted these considerations, and remained at Newport. In the year 1808, as a Member of the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church, at Balti more, he distinguished himself by a temperate but steady opposition to the proposal for setting forth Additional Hymns: a measure which he disapproved as an innovation on the service of the Church.

In the year 1809, the Rectorate of St. Michael's Church, in this city, was tendered to him, and as his ill health very frequently prevented his officiating, and it had become evident, that if he remained at Newport he must die, he determined to visit South-Carolina; and in the course of the winter form his decision as to his future residence. With singular delicacy and candour, he stated to the Vestry that he felt himself under obligations to the Church of St. Philip for their esteem, evinced in their having twice invited him to be their Minister; and that on this account he would prefer that Church should it be vacant, and he should conclude to remove.

or ten hours.

He had for seven years the sole charge of the large congregation of St. Michael's Church. He wished the funds of the Church to accumulate, so that his successor might have an assistant; but he was unwilling that they should be impaired for his accommodation. His labours here were very great. On the Lord's Day he has been engaged in his duties, with little intermission, for nine He has held Morning Service, administered the Communion, and immediately gone to a sick chambercome thence to Afternoon Service, and returning to the sick per son, remained with him until nine o'clock at night. How often was he seen at the altar with a body ready to sink, supported by the vigour of an intonse devotion! In his Sermons he constantly presented to his hearers "Jesus Christ, and him crucified." His first Sermon was from the text, "I am not ashamed of the Gospel of

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Christ," and his last from these words, "We are complete in him." He loved to dwell on the nature of the Ordinan ces, on the characters of the Saints commemorated by the Church, and on the excellence of the Liturgy, so as to induce his people to value PRAYER and the reading of the Scriptures more, and Sermons less. He thought that the best preaching was that of inspired men, and of our Lord himself, contained in the lessons read in the daily service. He considered the Lord's Supper a great means of increasing the faithful, and would have wished to have it administered every Sunday; and when he became Bishop, he advised the Clergy in their visits to the vacant parishes every He time to set up the altar." thought, that in general more good was to be expected from Public Prayer, the administration of the Sacraments, Catechising, and the visits of the Clergy, than from Peaching; and, that too many came to Church to hear, not to pray-to gratify taste and curiosity, rather than to humble themselves before God. * * * * * * * * In his style he preferred the persuasive to the vehement manner; and resembled Bishop HORNE, and St. JOHN, (his favourite Apostle) rather than HORSELEY, or the Apostles PETER and PAUL. His delivery was slow, partly from choice, for he remembered the precept, "Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to ut ter any thing before God." In Prayer he was engaged heart and mind, and succeeded, to a very great degree, in losing sight of the objects around him. In the offices of Baptism and the Lord's Supper, his whole deportment was solemn and affecting. In Catechising the little children he had particular pleasure, and was so interesting that their parents liked to be present. In the chamber of sickness

A discourse of his with this title, was published at the request of the Society for the Advancement of Christianity in Pennsylvania, by

whom it is now circulated as one of the best tracts on that subject. His discourses on Cónfirmation are, probably, the most complete vindication of that Ordinance to be found in any work.

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and affliction he was often seen, and always a most welcome visitor.* ****** With his brethren of the Clergy, he had now attained the influence of a Bishop. If there was any difference of opinion on Ecclesiastical affairs, they were led to serious deliberation, and this usually terminated in a conviction that he was

right and they were wrong. Under his influence "the Protestant Episcopal Society for the Advancement of Christianity in South-Carolina" was organized, and attained unrivaled prosperity; the harmony of our State Convention, too long interrupted, was happily restored, and a general disposition produced in the minds of both the Clergy and the Laity, to adhere strictly to the rulest of our excellent Church, particularly in relation to Baptism, and to the observance of the Festivals. I repeat, these important measures were effected, before he was elected Bishop, by the influence of his kind and sensible expostulations.

In the year 1812, the Convention, by an unanimous vote, elected him our Bishop. Into the views of the pious, in relation to the necessity of this officer, he had heartily entered, but he had sincerely hoped that the choice would not fall on himself. This was probably the most anxious moment of his life. In accepting, said he, there is much responsibility incurred, but there is perhaps as much in declining. He was accustomed to look at both sides of every question. He put out of view every consideration but the Church. ******* He was Consecrated to the EPISCOPATE on the 15th of October, 1812. His life had been rather retired, but he soon become familiar with all the * It had been a custom among the pious in

our community, on the death of a friend, to seclude themselves even from the public services of the Church; but he succeeded to a great extent in recommending the better example of David, who under the loss of his child went to the Temple for consolation.

He was strict in his compliance with the

Rubrics and Canons of the Church, in obedience to his solemn Ordination Vows; and he thought also, that these regulations contained, in general, the collected wisdom of the pious in many ages, and that the unity and peace of the Church were endangered by a deviation from them

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duties of a public station. In the Chair of the State Convention, he exhibited the utmost dignity and impartiality, and greatly facilitated business by the collectedness and discrîmination of his mind. In administering the Episcopal Rites, he had an expression of air and countenance of the most engaging character; and he preserved his interesting manner throughout the services, although they were protracted for many hours, and sometimes interrupted by want of sympathy in those around him. his visitations, he never lost sight of his proper business. In the social circle, the affairs of the Church were made the subject of conversation; introduced by him, and continued as long as there was any prospect of doing good. In the vacant Parishes, the Candidates for the Ordinances were often privately instructed by himself; and he would go many miles out of his way to visit the Christian inquirer the sick and the afflicted, who had no Minister of their own. His duties to his large Congregation would not permit his absence for any length of time; many of the Parishes were remote from his residence, and his Episcopal visits were necessarily made during six months of the year, as in the summer the planters usually leave their home: His journeys, therefore, occasioned much exposure and fatigue. *** *** *** He felt much solicitude for those Members of the Church scattered through the country, and particularly in the Western Districts, who had no opportunity of enjoying her Ordinances, and corresponded with some of them on the subject of the course they should pursue until they became sufficiently numerous to form Congregations. The Candidates for the Ministry, in our Church, having no regu undertook that arduous office. **** lar instructor, our Bishop voluntarily **** He strictly examined their attainments when they applied for

+ His appearance, while in the act of "laying on of hands," and at a Consecration, as he proceeded up the aisle, is recollected by many, as of a character which the best efforts of the pencil could never pourtray.