ancient Egyptian kings received the name of Pharaoh, from the remarkable revenge he took on his foes; from whence in subsequent times this surname belonged to the Egyptian kings.

By the confusion which followed the dispersion of tongues, the tradition of the doctrine of salvation began to be obliterated, and the beginning of idolatry to be brought in, which prevailed to such an extent, that the very progeny of Heber was contaminated by it. But it seems that the first worship of idols, (the author of which is thought by some of the Fathers, and other Eastern writers, to have been Serug) had its rise in Chaldea, and its object was the Sun and Moon.

EXTRACT FROM THE PRIMITIVE CHRISTIAN. BY REV. C. MALAN.

A Dialogue between three persons on the Differences of the Protestant and Romish Church.

"No concord between light and darkness."

In reply to a remark made by a Traveller, with whom he was conversing, the Mathematician said, 'I never heard anything of this kind before. Your narration has deeply interested me, and since you have spoken openly to me, I wish to ask you in what respects your religion, which you call Primitive, differs from mine. I am a Roman Catholic.'

'I wish to ask the same question,' added the Mer

chant, I must confess that I am also interested in what I have heard, although I do not entirely agree with it.'

'I hope, gentlemen,' said the Traveller, that the answer you desire will not wound you, whatever reflection it may throw upon the religion you now pro fess. You see that if my mouth is open, my heart is also, and I feel that the most sincere love for your souls will accompany even the severe words I must speak.

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Say all you think,' replied the Mathematician cordially, we ask for information, and will certainly receive it with the same disposition of mind which animates you. Tell us then, if you please, wherein your faith differs so greatly from ours.'

Trav. (Mildly but with firmness,) Alas, gentlemen, in every thing! from its first principle to its last inference, the religion of the Bible which is mine, is opposed to the religion of the world which is yours. I do not know indeed where to begin in this examination, for there is nothing in common between the truth of heaven and the vain practices, or false wisdom of the world.

Math. But, Sir, do you not believe in Jesus Christ, and do not we, as Roman Catholics, believe in him also?

Trav. Ah, Sir, there are not two Christs; and if him whom I adore be truly so, your's certainly is not the Christ of God.

Merchant. How so? we Roman Catholics adore God, that is Jesus Christ; is he not the true Christ, and the true Saviour?

Trav. Listen to me, I pray you. If, having no

money, I owe one hundred pounds, and the law of the country sentences imprisonment for the debt of a single farthing, you would not save me from the penalty of the law, even if you paid for me ninety-nine pounds nineteen shillings and eleven pence three farthings, since the remaining farthing is enough for my condemnation. You have helped me no doubt, but as I do not possess the single farthing which is wanting to complete the sum, your kindness is of no use to me, and I must be imprisoned. Your generosity, in short, has not been my Saviour.

Math. Nothing is more evident, Sir. We admit your principle.

Trav. Therefore if the Christ of your imagination, gentlemen, by his sacrifice upon the Cross has not paid all-not absolutely all the debt for your soul, it is the surest evidence that this Christ is not a Saviour. For he has not paid all if you have still to pay, or to make satisfaction for your sins. I ask you, then, if your salvation has been accomplished, already finished and completed by Jesus, or rather, if you think that you have also something to do that you may be saved?

Mer. But, Sir, who would dare to say that he was already wholly saved? What man knows himself so little as to imagine that he has nothing more to do to merit the grace of God?

Trav. Since that is your position, and thus the Christ in whom you believe has not yet accomplished your salvation—since (as you say) you must work out, do, or merit something to obtain the pardon of your sins, it is evident that this is not the true Christ.

Mer. (Warmly,) But why, pray? Is he not our God, and has not he died on the cross for us? Can this be a false Christ?

Trav. The true Christ, gentlemen, the Christ of God, saves, and does not content himself with aiding. Since then the Christ in whom you believe has not yet saved you, he is not the Christ of God, but an ideal and imaginary Christ.

Math. Then, Sir, (at least if I understand you,) you believe Jesus Christ has already saved you! Are you then now sure that you are redeemed, saved, yea put out of the possibility of being lost?

Trav. Ah, Sir, should I be a disciple of Christ if I were not assured that all he has done is effective, that all he says is true? Is it not a fact that the Christ of God has offered his soul an oblation for sin, and that his blood has been shed for the remission of sin? Is it not also a fact that by this oblation of himself,' he has for ever accomplished, that is has wholly saved, those for whom this holy victim was sacrificed? Lastly, is it not a fact, a truth, that the Christ of God, after having been "delivered for our offences, was raised again for our justification;" that is, for their full pardon before God? Is not all this written in a thousand places in the Bible with equal force and simplicity? Might not a child understand if he need it?

Math. This is something quite new to me. I had never before made this distinction between a Saviour who wholly saves, and an assistant who merely helps. Yes! all you have just said concerning the sacrifice of Jesus Christ strikes me much, I confess I had never till now seen it in this light.

Mer. But still, if I believe that in order to obtain, to merit all my Saviour has done for me, I must serve and obey him, does he thus cease to be my Saviour?

Math. Ah, my friend, you do not see then that you come to the conclusion before you have done the sum. For, in short, if you would gain your salvation by your works, that is, by the things which you yourself are going to do, it is plain that your salvation has not been yet accomplished. There are then wanting some figures in your Saviour's columns, since when you add them the sum is incomplete, and you must supply the deficiency!

Mer. But how can you mean that my works, my obedience, add to what God has done? It is too little to rely on, the grace of God is always the principal.

Trav. If grace is not all, Sir, it is not grace, still less divine grace. To suppose that the work of God is not infinite, is to deny God himself. To imagine then that Jesus Christ, who is "God manifest in the flesh," has not effected for those whom he saved by his death a perfect salvation, by infinite grace, infinite I say, is to deny that Christ is God, in short, to imagine a false Christ.

MISSIONARY INTELLIGENCE.

Attainments of Native Christians in Scriptural Knowledge.

THE history of New-Zealand Missions, during the last few years, furnishes many pleasing and satisfactory proofs, not only of the avidity with which the