resort of owls and bats, and the supposed residence of evil spirits. The natives around feared to come near the ruins, and the stranger quickened his step, and cast a hasty glance at them, in passing by. Let then the friends of missions, and especially the contributors to this mission, consider the change which their charity has effected. Let them look at the stones revived out of the heaps of rubbish; at the ruins rebuilt; the place, like the other stations of the mission, resurted to by multitudes to be benefitted in a variety of ways; the sick for healing; the poor for charity; the ignorant, sometimes, for instruction; and many for various other purposes, which bring them, for a short time at least, within the sound of the gospel.

MEMOIR, &c.

CHARLES LATHROP WINSLOW was the son of the Rev. Miron Winslow, American missionary to Ceylon, and was born at that island, January 12th, 1821. His father was the son of Mr. Nathaniel Winslow, of Salisbury, Conn.; his mother, Mrs. Harriet Winslow, was the daughter of Charles Lathrop, Esq., of Norwich, Conn.

In the appendix, the reader will find brief notices of both of these grandfathers of young Winslow; through whom he could trace his descent in an unbroken line of pious ancestry, extending back to the time, when the pilgrim fathers of New England first landed at Ply

mouth. In his history, therefore, we shall discover one more proof of the faithfulness of God to his promises. "For his mercy is from everlasting to everlasting unto those who fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children; unto such as keep his covenant, and remember his commandments to do them."

His father is already well known to American Christians, as an able and faithful missionary, whose labors at Oodooville in Ceylon, have been peculiarly blessed, and for whose continued life and usefulness, the prayers of the churches are daily offered. A few notices of his early history and labors will be found in the appendix. There also will be found a brief record of Mrs. Winslow, who, about eight months after the decease of this her only son, followed him into eternity.

By these parents, he was given to God in baptism, three weeks after his birth. Their prayers attended his infancy, and their instructions guided his first inquiries after knowledge and duty. To such parental faithfulness, special blessings are promised by God. To those

who now enjoy, or have enjoyed the privileges of such a birth-right, and such early instruction in the school of Christ, and such prayers. for their conversion, we would address the words of the excellent Doddridge.

"You are the seed of God's servants; you were early devoted to God in baptism; you have a large stock of prayers laid up in the presence of God for you. I do really apprehend, even the covenant of God with believing parents bears a favorable aspect upon their children and though I dare not say, nor think, that it secures their salvation, for I fear fact lies strongly against such a presumption, as we are sure it did even in the children of Abraham; yet there is some peculiar encouragement for such to seek the God of their fathers. I believe the Spirit strives peculiarly with them; and that when they seek it, it is more immediately and more fully communicated to them than generally to others. And sure I am, that those early instructions they have received, have often a blessed resurrection in their hearts, even after they have been long forgotten; and the seed, which seemed to

have perished, often brings forth fruit in abundance. And, therefore, thank God and take courage. In his name and strength, set out in your heavenly pilgrimage, with the word of God in your hand and heart, and with your eyes to the Spirit of God, as your guide and strength and be assured, there are many who will bid you good speed in the name of the Lord, and will rejoice to assist you in your course."

As with the exception of his voyage to America, and the few days spent here, the whole life of Charles Winslow was spent at Ceylon, our knowledge of his character and conduct, is chiefly derived from the letters of his parents, written without any view to publi cation, and containing the little details which they knew would interest their American relatives. We shall, therefore, transcribe for the reader these various notices, as they from time time to occur, without any attempt to alter the affectionate simplicity of the language, or togive any more formal arrangement to details so miscellaneous in their character.