perate. War is constantly raging in that group, and is thinning the population. There is but one remedy for the evil, and that is the Gospel of peace. Then send it to them. Freely ye have received; as freely give. Send it to a people who, as far as vice and misery can prepare them, are surely prepared for its reception. Their circumstances cry, as did the man of Macedonia to Paul, "Come over and help us." Such is the strangled widow's last cry; and it is uttered in the groans of every individual murdered for cannibal purposes. O let not Fegee have it yet to say, "No man careth for my soul." The horror excited by their unnatural practices ought to constrain the attempt to remove them. Come then, ye Christians, in the persons of your enterprizing and compassionate Missionaries, and teach the poor, idolatrous, warloving, man-devouring Fegeeans better things. We spare you the details of a cannibal feast, the previous murders,the mode of cooking human beings,-the assembled crowd of all ranks, of all ages, of both sexes, Chiefs and people, men, women, and children, anticipating the feast with horrid glee, the actual feast, -the attendants bringing into the circle baked human beings, not one, nor two, nor ten, but twenty, thirty, forty, fifty at a feast! We have heard, on credible authority, of two hundred human beings having been thus devoured on one occasion! The writer of this appeal bas conversed with persons who have seen forty and fifty eaten at a single sitting,-eaten without any thing like disgust,—eaten with a high relish! To gratify this unnatural propensity, they make war, assassinate, kidnap, and absolutely rob the grave of its inhabitants. I have myself known Fegeeans in the Friendly Islands to be guilty of the latter abomination; and such is the indomitable appetite of the Fegeeans for human flesh, that individuals have been known thus to act towards their own deceased children! They appear to have the appetite of the wolf, which prefers the shepherd to the sheep. But cannibalism is not the only cruel abomination to which they are addicted. In some cases they bury alive their sick and aged; and the ten thousand other evils of Paganism are afflicting them. And what is the antidote for all these evils? The Gospel, and that only! Then send them the Gospel! You are put in trust to send it to all mankind; and Fegee is included in the original intention. "Introduce commerce among them," say some, "and that will remove or prevent the evils complained of." They True; Alas! brethren, that plan has been tried for years; and are they morally better for it? Nay, verily! for whenever they can, they kill and eat their commercial visiters. "But introduce," say others, "the arts of life; teach them to sow, and plant, and build; to read and write; to clothe themselves, instead of going naked; to live at peace, instead of making war; in a word, civilize them, and then the evils you deplore will be removed." But where are the apostles of mere civilization, who will venture on this experiment? Who, that has not a Missionary soul, will be willing to brave the danger of the enterprise? Who, for problematical success, would make the necessary sacrifices? Not one can be found! But the Missionary of the Cross, with higher motives and heavenly support, will do all this, and more. He will Christianize them; and civilization will follow by consequence. Send them Missionaries then! are already there," is the reply. there are two on the threshold of Fegce, and a third is to be sent as soon as possible. But what are they among so many people? It is stated that one island contains forty thousand inhabitants. What are they among so many islands? It is said there are three hundred inhabited islands: and were they equally divided among the three Missionaries, would one Missionary be competent to the care of one hundred islands, some of them at a great distance from each other? But some may think that the Fegeeans are not yet ready for the Gospel. Brethren, they will never be ready for it, in your sense of the expression, unless it be sent to them. But the door is absolutely open our brethren already there have at least five stations, which might be advantageously occupied; for the very presence of a Missionary has a great influence, though he should not speak a single word. On each of these five stations there ought at least to be two Missionaries. But where are the men, and where the funds? In England, is the writer's answer; in benevolent, but distant England: and it is an awful consideration that before help can be afforded, many a Fegee widow will have been strangled, many a Fegee warrior will have gone into eternity, many a cannibal feast will have taken place, and hundreds of immortal spirits will have terminated their probatien. Without hope and without God in the world, they are living and dying. O hasten to their shores, that, before they go hence to be no more seen, they may learn something about the only true and living God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent. O that pity for Fegee may Tead all who read this paper to do all they ean for the augmentation of the Missionary fund! The Committee are anxious to do all they can for this and other cases; but unless their pecuniary resources be greatly increased, they cannot do all that is required. We call upon all for help. Ye rich men, we call upon you to give more largely, out of the funds with which God has entrusted you. "It is required in a steward that a man be found faithful." Give of what God has given you, and he will reward you. Ye tradesmen, give articles suitable to the establishment of a Fegee Mission on a large scale; for a Mission on a large scale is necessary. Polynesia presents no finer field for Missionary enterprise than is Fegee. Ye young men of talent and piety, who are putting on the harness in order to engage in the work of Missions, offer yourselves for Fegee, and come out with burning zeal for the Lord of Hosts, and ardent love to the souls of men. Christian parents, see that you do not withhold your sons and daughters from the work at your peril, do not! Ye Collectors, male and female, adult and juvenile, redouble your exertions. We give you another motive to increased effort; another motto,-" Fegee, cannibal Fegee! Pity, O pity, cannibal Fegee!" Surely the set time to favour Ye Fegee is come. Let the Gospel enter this open door, and the scene shall be changed. Peace shall be substituted for war; love and amity, for hatred and variance; the moral desert shall become the garden of the Lord; Fegee shall praise the name of our God, and pray for blessings upon the people who sent them the Gospel. Come then, ye Christians, to the help of the Lord. Think yourselves, as you really are, honoured by the in-vitation. The call is solemnly made to you. O listen to it, supported as it is by the wailings of widows, and the cries of murdered human beings,-murdered to furnish the murderers a feast; and comply with its prayer, by contributing more largely to the Mission Fund; and the blessing of the Highest, as well as the blessing of them that are ready to perish, shall come upon you. Add to your contributions, your prayers that the blessed state of things predicted by the Prophet Isaiah (ii. 2-5) may soon be realized in. reference to Fegee, and throughout the whole world. The Lord incline thy heart, reader, to pity the poor Fegeeans, and to help, according to thy ability. Give, if thou art able, largely; and if thou canst not give, pray. O pray for poor cannibal Fegee, that God would pour out his Spirit upon that wilderness,. so that it also may be glad, and blossom. as the rose ! Amen. CONTRIBUTIONS. THE amount of Contributions received by the General Treasurers of the Wesleyan-Methodist Missionary Society, since the 16th of December last, is £10,068. 17s. 2d. CHRISTIAN RETROSPECT. SINCE the publication of our last Number, ample details have been received in this country respecting the rebellion which the Papists of Lower Canada have raised against the Queen's Government, for the purpose of rendering that province independent of the parent state. It is acknowledged by nearly all sober and thinking people, that this outbreak of disaffection is utterly unjustifiable, and scarcely admits of any palliation; the party with whom the war originated having, according to their own confession, been treated with great kindness and lenity, and received the most substantial benefits from their connexion with Great Britain. The ringleaders in this atrocious revolt have for some time been in correspondence with a knot of democratic politicians in the House of Commons, by whom they have been encouraged in a course of flagrant insubordination, and in their revolutionary movements. The Canadians, however, have mistaken the power of their English abettors, and are now left without any adequate support. The few Members of Parliament who patronise these American insurgents have recently held a public meeting in London, for the iniquitous purpose of enlisting the people of England in the cause of rebellion, but happily without effect. When the men who have acted this unworthy part shall again appear before their constituents, soliciting their suffrages, it may be hoped that they will receive an effectual rebuke for this inexcusable and scandalous delinquency. The rebellion in question appears for the present to be subdued, by the wisdom and decision of the local authorities; and the Parliament has pledged itself to support Her Majesty's Government in the measures which may be deemed further requisite to restore permanent tranquillity. As the spring advances, the army in Canada will be reinforced; the Earl of Durham will proceed thither, invested with authority to adjust the differences which may exist; and there can be no doubt, that, by the blessing of Providence, the projected dismemberment of the empire will be prevented. In the mean time, much individual suffering will unavoidably ensue, especially from the interruption of business. The Wesleyan Missionaries in Canada, and the societies under their pastoral care, are justly entitled to the prayers and affectionate sympathy of their brethren and friends at home. Many of them, in all probability, are exposed to the bitter hostility of "wicked and unreasonable men;" for the spiritual children of Mr. Wesley, whatever may be the consequences of their Christian loyalty, must stand aloof from the plots and machinations of traitors and rebels. The settlers in Upper Canada are mostly English, and have no common feeling with the insurgents of the lower province, who are of French extraction. During the last month, nothing more has been done in Parliament with reference to the scheme of National Education. As a subject of legislation the question is surrounded with difficulties, of which the mere statesman has no just apprehension. It is doubtful whether any general plan can be devised which will meet the spiritual and moral wants of the rising generation, and which the different classes of the community, divided as they are in religious opinion, will unite to carry into practical effect. The duty of the various bodies of sincere Christians, however, is perfectly clear. It is their imperative duty, in connexion with their respective places of divine worship, to supply the means of a sound Christian education, upon such terms as will enable the children of even the poorest classes to avail themselves of that inestimable boon. It is gratifying to find that, in several large towns, the Wesleyan societies are manifesting a just sense of their responsibility with regard to this department of usefulness. They not only support an extensive system of Sundayschool instruction, but also supply the means of a truly Christian education by well-conducted infant and day schools. A Report of the liberal and honourable exertions of the Methodists in Liverpool will be found in this Magazine under the head of Religious Intelligence. Never will the Methodists generally fulfil their high vocation, till they establish similar institutions in the neighbourhood of all their principal chapels throughout the kingdom. Within the last few weeks some fearful and horrible disclosures have been made in Glasgow, at the trial of some cottonspinners, who belonged to a Trades Union, and were charged with the crime of murder. They were not convicted of the capital offence; but it was proved in evidence, that plans of murder and outrage of the most daring character were arranged by the members of that association, who hired their agents to destroy property and shed blood as a matter of regular business. It is a just ground of shame and humiliation, that in a country professedly Christian, associations should exist, characterized by wickedness so thoroughly hardened and diabolical. infidel democracy. With what earnestness ought the Ministers of Christ to warn the young and inexperienced among their pastoral charge to shun all such godless connexions! and with what zeal and assiduity ought all the friends of God and man to labour to spread the influence of Christianity among the working classes of society! Infidelity and democracy convert human beings into fiends. Such are the fruits of In this Magazine will be found a document published by the Directors of the London Missionary Society, containing an account of the persecution which is now carried on in the island of Madagascar against Christianity, and of the martyrdom which one of the followers of Christ has there been enabled to endure. In this part of the Mission field the deadly spirit of ancient Heathenism has shown itself, and Christian blood has been spilt. As the efforts of the church to evangelize the world become more extended and decisive, it is not at all unlikely that the same spirit will appear in other places. Hence it becomes more and more the obvious duty of Christians at home to commend to God's protection and blessing all Christian Missionaries, the work in which they are engaged, and the churches which they have been a means of planting. Happy will it be if the events which have occurred in Madagascar should serve more deeply to impress the minds of God's people with the necessity of prayer, in connexion with their other efforts to bring all nations to the obedience of faith. In answer to the joint supplications of his servants, the Almighty will not only extend his work, but preserve it. He will support his servants under trials the most severe; he will restrain the malice of the Heathen, and convert even the blood-stained persecutor into a zealous and successful Preacher of his truth. The power which cheered and sustained Stephen, and con verted into a flaming Apostle the "young man who held the clothes" of that martyr's murderers, is undiminished, and in answer to prayer will be put forth as in the primitive times. It is well known that a plan for colonizing the island of New-Zealand has lately been proposed, and will probably soon be brought before Parliament. This notable scheme, it is conceived, should it be sanctioned by the Legislature, and carried into effect, will inflict a lasting injury upon the natives. Mr. Coates, of the Church Missionary Society, has published a pamphlet on this subject, in which he deprecates the adoption of this unchristian project. We are glad also that Mr. Beecham, one of the General Secretaries of the Wesleyan Missionary Society, has published an exposure of this attempt to deprive the New-Zealanders of their property, under the pretext of civilizing them. We recommend Mr. Beecham's publication to the notice of our readers, in the earnest hope that the unrighteous plan of colonization which it so ably opposes will meet with general resistance. The most effectual way of benefiting the savage tribes of New-Zealand is, to give them Christianity, which will effect their civilization, and leave them in the undisturbed enjoyment of their rights, as the original possessors of the soil. January 24th, 1838. RECENT DEATHS. MARCH 1st, 1837.-At Durham, in the fortyninth year of her age, Agnes, the beloved wife of Mr. William Davison. In the year 1810 she was deeply convinced of sin under the ministry of the late Rev. John Storry; but through unwatchfulness lost her gracious impressions, and for sixteen years rested in a form of godliness. During this long and unhappy period of her life, the advantages of an early religious education were strikingly apparent in her preservation from youthful follies, and her attendance upon the means of grace. She made herself useful as a Sunday-school Teacher, and Distributer of tracts, a Collector for the Wesleyan Missions, and for the British and Foreign Bible Society, &c. In the year 1826 it pleased God again to visit her with conviction of sin. She immediately joined the society, and was enabled, while engaged in secret prayer, to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ with her heart unto righteousness. The remainder of her life was marked by decision of character, and a cordial attachment to the people of God. About two years before her death, her health declined; and after a long and painful affliction, endured with Christian meekness and submission, she died in peace. She was mindful of the poor; a liberal supporter of the cause of God; and a sincere well-wisher to the prosperity of Zion, both at home and in foreign lands. F. N. June 5th.-At Cordeman, in the Douglas Circuit, Isle of Man, Mr. William Gick, aged seventy-six. He was converted to God in early life, and his heart was so filled with love to God and to the souls of men, that he immediately began to call sinners to repentance. He became a member of the Methodist society; and for nearly half a century he continued to preach the Gospel of Christ in his native language with great acceptance and considerable success Mr. Gick was a man of sterling piety, and was much respected by all who knew him. His last affliction was lingering, but he endured it with much patience. His end was peace. J. P. August 7th-At Tebworth in the Luton Circuit, Phebe Tearle, in the twenty-fourth year of her age. She joined the Methodist society about four years ago, under a deep conviction of her guilt and danger, when she earnestly sought and speedily found, peace with God through the atonement; and from that time till her death she walked in the light of God's countenance. She was useful to others, constantly grew in grace, and was found prepared for the summons of the Master. Her affliction was short, but severe; yet through the whole she was engaged in adoring the goodness of God, and in singing his praises. After singing the stanza, "What are these array'd in white, Brighter than the noon-day sun, Nearest the eternal throne?" she bade her friends farewell, solemnly charged them to meet her in heaven, and fell asleep in Jesus. T. W. Nov. 12th-At Ludlow, Miss Eliza Hotchkiss, in the twenty-second year of her age. For some years her mind had been seriously impressed, and she regularly attended the house of God; but in December, 1836, she saw the necessity of giving her heart to God. This she did, and obtained a clear sense of her acceptance in the Beloved. At this time she joined the Methodist society, and her conduct was most exemplary. The afflictions which terminated in her death were painful and protracted; but she was enabled to bear them with patience and resignation, and died in the full triumph of faith. T. P. Nov. 16th.-At Clapton, in the London North Circuit, in the thirty-third year of her age, Elizabeth, the beloved wife of Thomas Cooke. She was in early life a subject of Sunday-school instruction, and at the age of fifteen became a Teacher in the Methodist Sunday-school of St. George's in the East, at which time she became concerned for the salvation of her soul. She was married at an early age, and became the mother of seven children. About the 16th of October last, the whole of the family, except the infant, were seized with scarlet fever, when her two eldest daughters were taken away in the short space of seven days. This she bore with Christian resignation. She recovered from the fever, but was seized with inflammation of the lungs ; and on finding a very great and sudden change in herself, with uplifted eyes and heart she said, "Let me die in peace." She survived this only three days. During the whole of the affliction she was not known to murmur in the slightest degree, but expressed her confidence that all would be well. Eight days after her death the third child followed her. T. C. Nov. 19th.-At Wilsden, in the Bingley Cir cuit, Sherman Ackroyd, aged about seventy-nine years. He was converted to God more than fifty-five years ago; and from that time he has shown the reality of the change wrought on his soul by his Christian practice. So great was his aversion to evil-speaking, that he would never suffer the faults of an absent person to be related in his presence. He was a constant and industrious Teacher in the Sunday-school. He meditated much on the 19th chapter of St. John's Gospel during his affliction; he preserved his soul in patience; was favoured with peace of mind; and left this world of sorrow in hope of a joyous immortality. P. P. Nov. 21st.-At Sidlesham, in the Chichester Circuit, Mary Stevens, in the twenty-seventh year of her age. In early life, under the ministry of the Rev. John Piggott, she was very deeply convinced of sin. Shortly after, through faith in the atonement of Christ, she found peace with God. Her circumstances in life affording her much leisure, she diligently attended to the cultivation of her mind, by which she became a truly pious and intelligent companion. The duties of wife and step-mother devolved upon her; and she discharged these in a manner honourable to her piety and wisdom. During the last twelve mouths she had been gradually sinking into the grave; yet peace reigned in her soul, and she was undismayed by the approach of death. She has left a full assurance in the minds of her husband and friends, that she died in the Lord, and has entered into the heavenly paradise. H. T. Nov. 21st.-At Benriworth, in the Louth Circuit, after a short illness, Mr. Joseph Croft, aged eighty-one. For many years he kindly entertained the Preachers at his house, and was found watching when his Lord came. H. P. Nov. 24th.-At Lanhargy, in the Launceston Circuit, in the seventy-eighth year of his age, Mr. Robert Davey. When young he heard the Gospel preached by the Rev. John Wesley, and the early Methodist Preachers, and found it to be the power of God unto salvation; and was admitted into the Methodist society, of which he continued a member to the close of life. He was a man of unimpeachable integrity, and great devotedness to God. Truly may it be said of him, that he adorned the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things. Mr. Davey was eminently a man of prayer, devoting a portion of his time daily to communion with God. He highly prized all the means of grace. During the fifty-three years in which he was a member of the Methodist society he was not known to be once absent at the quarterly visitation by the Preacher for renewing the tickets. Being anxious to promote the spiritual interests of all around him, he set apart one of the best rooms in his house, and fitted it up for preaching; where, for many years, his neighbours assembled to |