Mr. V. had taken Mr. P. and Mr. J. P. to

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see some exiles amongst whom he was going to distribute Testaments, and they both returned much delighted. May the light of God's Spirit penetrate the dark abodes to which these wretched exiles are going, and reveal to them in their dark habitations the Sun of Righteousness with healing in his wings, that they may, by finding an inheritance that cannot be taken from them, rejoice even in banishment. Mr. V. also brought for us two very neat pocket-books, which were made by the pri

soners.

Friday, July 10.-I went with Mr. K. to see if I could get some Bibles and Testaments from the depository here; but found them inaccessible, as the man is so ill paid who takes care of them, that he cares little about them; and besides this, the Synod of the Greek Church, which has them, would rather not have them circulated; but when they are sold, the money is deposited in their chest, so that one principle of nature the love of money, contends with another principle of nature the unwillingness to have the word of God circulated. There is also a Protestant Bible Society, separate from the one now under the sole controul of the Greek Church.

Mr. K. was relating to us the other day an interesting anecdote, connected with the circulation of Bibles. A poor Fin came to his door

with something to sell, and he asked her if she could read. She replied, "Yes," in her own language. He then asked her, if she would like a Bible: she said, "Yes; but that she had no money to buy one." He then asked

how much she could give. She said, a rouble -about ten pence English; and he told her he would let her have one for that. She took it, and then went to the Hay-market, and holding it up, attracted the attention of the people by her expressions of delight; and told them, that they also might have Testaments on the same terms if they would. A man, who was her cousin, giving her something more for it, took hers, telling her to go and get another for herself, which she did and in the course of three weeks 700 copies were disposed of nearly the whole edition. After this a Russian came, and asked for a copy, a request which, in consequence of the feeling manifested by the Greek Church, Mr. K. felt some difficulty in complying with: but however, he did: first going to purchase himself two copies from the Depository, now in the hands of the Synod. Afterwards he went, and got a basket-full; and so went on increasing his purchases till he has circulated 300 copies of the Russian Testament; and the sale is still going on. He is enabled to do this through the liberality of some dear Christian friends here. He had the pleasure of

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seeing some of the poor Fins tie up the treasure at their backs, and carry it away 200 versts into their inhospitable winter retreats.

Mr. D. also mentioned the case of a gentleman of the name of M., who about three years since became interested in the things of God, and gave up a valuable situation in the office of a merchant here, and went and joined the German Colonists at the Nine Versts, where he has about 400 roubles a-year for teaching a school, and on the Lord's day reading Luther's sermons. He has been the means of blessing many; yet he has also been obnoxious to many; so much so, that a young Lutheran student, named Sylvander, was denied ordination by the Lutheran Bishop, for going down to visit him. Sylvander then married the daughter of a skilful Swedish physician, and went down to the Island of Hogland, where there are about 500 poor Fins, who live chiefly on fish. He preached to them, and so affected them by his disinterested kindness, that they thought he must be some angel sent to bless them, as their own priest (of the Greek Church) only came once a year to receive the dues, and to baptize and marry. They pressed him to stay with them, and promised to give him fish and flour, which last article they obtain in exchange for fish from the opposite coast. Some kind friends at St. Petersburgh encouraged him to undertake it, and engaged to supply such other little

things as he might want besides. In consequence he went; but the priest soon exerted himself, and got him expelled from the Island, and he is now residing at Revel, keeping a school.

Saturday, July 11.-Waited, with my kind Christian friend Mr. V., on his Excellency General Papoff, whom I found to be a simple affectionate Christian.. He dwelt very strongly on the importance of being indifferent to what men think, and on the importance of what Christ thinks; also on the expediency of not pouring out faster than we take in; in these words, if we would do much for Christ, we must live much upon him. He made some sweet remarks on the sovereignty of the Spirit's operations. The object of our call on him was to obtain a post-order from Prince Alexander Galitzen, that we might not meet with obstructions on the We found it was ne

way. cessary for us to have our billets of residence before we could obtain our passports, which cost ten shillings for each male, and five for each female. Dear L., from the day we were at Mr. V.'s, has continued very unwell, so much so as to make it appear very probable, that the journey would be too much for her. Her spirits too, are exceedingly depressed. For the sake of quiet, she is gone out to stay with our dear Christian friend S. K., whose kindness to us is beyond conception. On my

return home, I found that Mr. K. had asked me to preach for him to-morrow, which please God I shall do.

Sunday, July 12.—Mr. K. preached in the morning, to encourage the surrender of the heart to Christ. I preached in the evening, from "Let not every man look to his own things, but also to the things of others," &c. I thought it a weak sermon; but the Lord seemed to own it. On my return home with Mr. K., I heard that some dear Christian had ordered our landlord not to send in any bill when we leave the inn. My heart is really overwhelmed when I think of all the Lord's kindness towards us, in supplying our needs so abundantly; I trust this will make us doubly careful to spend all for his glory, and as little as possible for ourselves. May our love be shewn in the entire dedication of ourselves, and all we have, to his service, and in the patient endurance of one another's infirmities. There seems little prospect of dear L. going with us; but the Lord knows what is best.

Monday, July 13.-We found that our passports could not go through the due forms till Wednesday; and that, therefore, unless we applied to the English Ambassador, we could not go before that day. This, on dear L.'s account, I am not sorry for. On account of holidays, also, Mrs. T.'s carriage would not be ready before that time. This has led us to fix