mon loss. The Committee gratefully record,
that this venerable and highly-esteemed servant of God had a
principal share in the formation of the Baptist Missionary
Society; and devoted himself, at its very commencement, to the
service of the heathen, amidst complicated difficulties and
discouragements, with an ardour and perseverance which nothing
but Christian benevolence could inspire, and which only a
strong and lively faith in God could sustain. Endowed with
extraordinary talents for the acquisition of foreign languages,
he delighted to consecrate them to the noble purpose of
unfolding to the nations of the East the Holy Scriptures in
their own tongue: a department of sacred labour in which it
pleased God to honour him far beyond any predecessor or
contemporary in the Missionary field. Nor was Dr. Carey
less eminent for the holiness of his personal character.
Throughout life he adorned the gospel of God his Saviour by the
spirituality of his mind and the uprightness of his conduct;
and especially, by the deep and unaffected humility which
proved how largely he had imbibed the spirit of his blessed
master.

"In paying this brief and imperfect tribute to the memory of
this great and good man, who was long their associate in
Missionary exertion, and whom they have never ceased to regard
with feelings of the utmost veneration and respect, it is the
anxious desire of the Committee to glorify God in him. May
a review of what divine grace accomplished in and by this
faithful servant of the Redeemer, awaken lively gratitude, and
strengthen the devout expectation that He, with whom is the
residue of the Spirit, will favour his church with renewed
proofs of his love and care by thrusting forth many such
labourers into the harvest!"

It is expected that Mr. Eustace Carey will compile, from the materials
in possession of the Missionary Committee, and from the correspondence
maintained by the Doctor with his relations in this country during the
whole course of his residence in India, a Memoir of his venerable
relative.

BURMAH.

By a letter from Mr. Judson to Dr. Bolles, dated Maulmein, December
31st, 1833, we learn that a Christian church has been formed at Ava; the
capital of the empire, where two converts, one the wife of Kv H'lay, an
old Rangoon disciple, and the other