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 BRIEF MEMOIR 
 
 OF TUB 
 
 REV. WILLIAM KNIBB, 
 
 LATE 
 
 MISSIONARY IN JAMAICA. 
 
 WITH AN APPENDIX, 
 
 COKTAINING A SKETCH OF THE HI8TOBT OF THH 
 BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY. 
 
 BT 
 
 J. M. CRAMP, A. M. 
 
 MONTREAL : 
 
 PItIN7BD AND SOLD BT ROLLO CAMPBELL, 
 PtACM DABMEB BItl. 
 
 1846. 
 
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M E Ilf I R 
 
 I 
 
 or THE 
 
 REV. WILLIAM KNIBB, 
 
 X.A.TE 
 
 MISSIONARY IN JAMAICA. 
 
 Mr. Knibb wm a native of Kettering, England. He 
 enjoyed the benefits of early religious training, and feared 
 the Lord in his youth. His elder brother Thomas was 
 also converted while young, and determined to devote 
 himself to the service of God in the missionary field. 
 
 Mr. Thomas Knibb was sent to Jamaica by the Baptist 
 Missionary Society in the year 1822, for the purpose of 
 establishing a School in connection with Mr. Coultart's 
 congregation, at Kingston. He entered upon his labours 
 in the early part of the following year, and had the honour 
 of being the first person who opened a school on the 
 British system, for the children of slaves. His effort* 
 were highly appreciated, and his success, both as a school- 
 master and a preacher, encouraged the church to expect 
 rheermg results from his diligence and zeal. But those 
 hopes were disappointed. After an illness of only three 
 days, he departed this life, April 25, 1824. His dying 
 words were, *' Had I a thousand lives, I woulc' gladly 
 spend them all, and sacrifice them all for the good of the 
 perishing negroes in Jamaica." 
 
 No s aner did -intelligence of this mournful event reach 
 England, than God put into the heart of WiUiam Knibb 
 to go and occupy his brother's place. When this deter- 
 mination was announced to his afflicted mother, she cheer- 
 fully acquiesced in it. '« Go," she said, '^my dear son— 
 
MKMOIH OF THE LATK 
 
 cause" ^ ' ''"•*»<«*(?■•»<;« upon tl.o good 
 
 . **'■• '^"''•'' '"ft KnglniMl in Novenibor I804 II» ., 
 
 The 8cl,o„|.ruou. ,vl,i..|, |,„,1 |„,„, ,„.,., i„, . ,1 , _ 
 -Tbt.ng very snuill n,„| i,„,,„v,..,l ' "I [■,,■'' 
 
 I 
 
 . Knibb 
 
 F ^"^ "■•■". I iiiiu iiiroiiveiiierit, a new 
 
 menced teaching:, tlaueVoro al,o.,t eighty so o"as -two 
 years afterward., tl.o n.unber had inc^eJed o wo'j. m 
 dred and e.g hty and it oontinued to incroii^e dunV L" 
 
 ro turn. Jl,s aftoctionato nuu.ner, and ardent desire for 
 their iniprovenient secured their devoted regard 
 
 In addition to his emidoyment in the school Mr Knihh 
 was regularly eng«ge<I In rnlnisterial labrr H s p£ 
 exercises were very aocoptuble, and were greatly bl3 
 He preached most frequently at PortRoytl, near K^*',: 
 
 ty:l71 " ''""■^''' 7T. *'"'''"^'^'' «^'«'- ^'"-l! •'« presided 
 In 1826 he remove.! his residence to that placfc' Tho 
 following passage from one of his letters contaL an in 
 eresting account of the dying experience oJ^T finale" 
 slave, a member of tho cimrch at Kingston tho had 
 derived much benefit from his ministrations:-! 
 
 A day or two before her death, I found her lyinff on 
 a mat, her head supported by a chest xvlW../. i ^ ^ 
 contained her little liil. Asf ente ^J;' Jhe templK 
 raise her enjaciated fra.ne, but was unable X e>^ 
 glistened with delight while she said, 'Oh massa me did 
 to see you. have prayed I might not die before I teli 
 you how good Jesus is ;-him too good-him too good ' 
 I endeavoured to impress upon her mind a sense oTht 
 "nworthmess. She replied.'' Oh, me know „ e lod for 
 
 go to lum. I pn yod with her, and taking her hand as I 
 
 enranr[nt/r;^' l'"^ /■•■""^^' ^•'^^'' ^^ «" «"-<!- 
 entiance into the kingdom of God's dear Son' She 
 
 aniiled, and said. ' Say iiow AW-e aV"wp"^ f r . 
 inJnister (Mr. '^oultart); teil^mnhrri:;:! '^i;^^^: 
 have two cro^vn. when him come to heavea,' I. was told 
 
 . 
 
I 
 
 4 
 
 REV. WILLIAM KNIBB. " 
 
 bv a near neijrhbour, that when she was unable to rise she 
 would be carried to the door, and there in prayer w.th he 
 Terw-servants recommended that Jesus wfio was her 
 
 Having experienced a severe attack f .^f «^' ,»" ^^^ 
 autumn o^- 1828, which left him in a very debdi a ed state 
 MrTnibbwas'constrainedto ^o^-^/" «77^'::,t„^. 
 another station. His attention ^"^/j^^^J^f/^ g^g^ "hc 
 la-Mar to which place he removed m July, 1»^J. "e 
 dij^n"' rem'inthe'relong. It wa^an interesting a^^^^^^^ 
 portant station, re(,uiring the services f/" "^^ field 
 sionarv and would have furnished him an excellent neui 
 TKur fbut the «udden death of Mr Man". |^^^^^^^^^^ 
 ,he church at Falmouth, gave a new f ^cmn to hi« course 
 The church at Falmouth unanimously nvitedM^^^ 
 t.) become their pastor. Having accepted theu: mvitation, 
 he entered on the discharge of l«s duties. 
 
 Falmouth was the first «!«»*•"" "^^'KmL^RowetW 
 Missionary Society in Jamaica. Mr. 1 homas Howe, tneir 
 Tr t mSnary to that island, settled there m 1813. 
 When Mr. Knibb assumed the pastoral cWge of the 
 lurch, it consisted of about 600 members The care ot 
 so large a body, and of a still larger nuuiber of »nq'"rer8 
 TalXr unre'mitting diligence -;? «f ^'f J/ ^.^^^^^ 
 while the peculiar circumstances of the P^«P^« ^V^^*'; 
 tPnfUM-ness and prudence, combined with faithtul tltaiing, 
 rdtrreS.ce to evil. It was a F^tbn invoW^^^^^^ 
 ordinary responsibilities. Great grace ^^, "^^".^f ^^s^ *7. 
 such a post. The servant of the Lord could add his tes 
 rmony'to that of his fellow-servants m every age^,, Of 
 his fulness have all we received, and ^'^^iJ^^'I'^^l^^^,, 
 
 The difficulties attending the exercise ^^ ^« \;3^ 
 ministry in Jamaica at that tinie were ^rulv aPP^»«^g. 
 The brutalising, demoralising u-fl'^ence of s avery was 
 especially manifested in the hostility «V^^« P^^^l^^'^'Xr 
 their repiesentations to the '"«'^««ng«>:^«[*'^f ^- ..,^f Jf^w 
 act was passed bv the Jamaica legislature J.th a view 
 
 to obstruct the labours of the ""^'''""^^'^"f^^X ex 
 the saints of the Most High" among ^^e "^^s^^ ^^^^ 
 
 posing tH-jo -^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 laws, it would have been scurcciy P"'-' ' ; " ^ r , ,. j 
 the attempt to give religious .'"f VV*.'«"; * "^^ The 
 legalised oppression encouraged individual tyranny. 1 ne 
 
 r?i 
 
MIOMOIH OF TIIK I.ATK 
 
 power Kiv..|i lo .nuiKi^rrs of VHtnU-n wan iiio»<t /laRili.ui.Iv 
 
 ahnso, . a.,.l many a poor slave e„d„re<l ile^nuhnff and 
 
 unf..l p„,,,.h„,,,,t f.,r „o other ollenre fl.a.r prayi„K. »o 
 
 ns (uul l»n,fl,^ra,.y uas winked at : piety uas proMrihed. 
 
 Om. ease , nay »e taken as a .neninen, tl arrative of 
 
 wiml, will be given in %U. v-„if,b'.s o« ., words :- 
 
 • V J% lu. Mas a lovHy <'lnistian. and to l.ini was ifivon 
 not only (,, he ,eve ni the name of.lc . us, hut also to suffer 
 pain tor Ins sake ; he w.is a ,dauta.ion slave, and had been 
 promoted for Ins .-ons.stent ecnnlu.t. A few years ago (,ne 
 oMhe slave mend.ershehM.ffin^ru» the Haptist einmh at 
 JVIonfeg,) Hay was banished from his luune, an<l sent t.» 
 the estate where David lived, to be enro<l .►f his praving. 
 y the pions eonversati,»n of this exiled Christian neLMo, 
 Havid was bro.i^rht ,„h1,., ,,.,i,His coneein for his soul, 
 vhieh en.led m Ins eonversi.m to (iod. Aelin^^ up to the 
 
 Unistian negro s motto, * what good fur ( negro, gcMxl 
 
 *or Inn. brother too' |)avi<l spoke to his felhrw shn-.'s 
 Hbont Jesus and Ins love in dying for poor sinners, (iod 
 wl.odesp.selh not the humblest instrnn.ent, blessed the 
 otto.-ts ot tins p«.or i.eg.-o, a.id i.. a sl.(ut ti.ne about thiitv 
 on the estate l»ega.. to pray, and at length built a su.all 
 but, m winch after the labo.s of the <hiy, they u.ight as- 
 stMuble and wors h.p God. Tidings of these things .-ea.hed 
 the ear of the wh.te persons e...ployed o.. the esta.te. and 
 JJav.d was sun.mo..ed before hi^ attorney and asked 
 ^hetl.er he was teaeh.ng the slaves to pray. ' On replying 
 in the afhrmat.ve the hut was de.nolisl.ed' and bur..t,'and 
 I. av.( .vv,vs stretd.ed upon the earth ai.d flogged with the 
 «.iitwh.j) tdl his flesh was covered with his blood. Next 
 J.or<l s day I missed my faithf.il deacon at the house of ( Jod. 
 ills affi.ctcd wife came and t(dd me the sad tale (.f his snf- 
 Jt'nngs, and infi.rmed me that his hands were bound and 
 lis feet made fjist in the stocks. Often did J enquire after 
 ium, and the same a.iswer was returned, ' Afassa him in 
 ine stocks; till one morning as I sat in my pia/'/a he 
 appeared before the window. There he stood_I have his 
 image now before me— he was handcuffed, bare foot, 
 unable to wear Ins clothes from his yet unhealed back; 
 nis wife had fastened some of her garments round his 
 lacerated body. I called him in and said :_ 
 *^J^avid, David, what have you done ?' 
 With a look of resignation, I shall never forget, he re- 
 
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 KKV. Will I AM KNinn. ' 
 
 . 1 X.nt .'ink mr, a.U l.in. ll.al In in^ ."••, "\«;^'^ ' 'I'""''"*? 
 to the lURio wim l.a.l him in «liarK|S I ^»'««. 
 
 4 VI/..1I wliu lias t\\U iHMir nuiii <Hti!«' r 
 Jl^;, nn V " - / -us tl... .-..ply, ' arwl Huckra MMuhng 
 him h Hkhous.. to.. pnnishinK.' I |.hv. Inm so.ne 
 liim t< «i>*' >^"' n J. , ("snilM'd lir had 
 
 :, ' . t: ;.:,: ..f .nu.uy, ,.,o,K.,.iy .I'-k-;.; ;- ;;-;;;;;» 
 
 • ••• lio wii^ rliiiiu'i to a to o\v Slav*' «>> »lu' ih<k 
 
 ;;;;:::;;^;;v^';ri":.;-.'..«: >■■"» u. i,.. ..u... 
 
 ,0 was f(»rl)i(l(li'n t(, f?o au<l m,.«. hrr. , , 
 
 At tluMMul of thmMnoiitlis lu- was hlu'iutecl, aiui rt 
 
 turniiiir to tin' rstatr, was ask«'<l, ^ 
 
 » \mv Sir will vou niay af?aiii r 
 
 » VI V,' sai.l th. lHM.Lut.Ml disriphs ' you know mo .s 
 „ ..Sv^lmt iMrouMo -u. for dis uu. nm.t pray, 
 
 H,.a nu« nu.st tcarl. nir hnMlor to pray too. 
 
 Apli.. he was innnnroa in adnnKoon, and h.s f.ot n.adc 
 
 '1»:;;'lL:S'tiLy .ut^M-od, (-lui.tian ,..^0^ <M not 
 
 a.nv h rL..rd. nor act unworthily of t uMr I'-H's.s.on. 
 
 t I mr written at tho tinur now under review, Mr. 
 
 Knn»h1^^-'' W'^ak the fV-elinf^s of n.y experience and 
 
 n^ 1- wlKM. 1 ay, that 1 do not helieve th< ... ,« a race 
 
 Iln I have <*een them when their hacks have heen a 
 
 i„ effort, by which a-yr''f'^f-^^^^^t:±^^. 
 all missionary enterprise. U w as pianneu vy 
 
8 
 
 MEMOIR OF TIIK imTK 
 
 »'"t wa. withhohl fv . / »^ .^^*'"^' ''^'^^ Parliament, 
 "•«an8 excited « ireLr ^HT '^••«^'r."*»'"'«' «"«' »•/ H.is 
 of obtaining 1 bT, of, vh' "T"' ^t'"* »'"' l>"Wo 
 
 Mipi^ressL tL inlurre ;i.,n t '"J""' ^"'*""''- '" 
 
 <'«».'»andn?groe«rresaS '" '^^ "'•"'"''^ "^' ^^» 
 
 ••"tirely inno.ent ami Inf f '.."'•^ '."""^ *^*' ^'""" ^«'e 
 <'«ongh thev ImdcWr ''^n doserved death, for 
 
 '•i^tory of Jamaica ^' ^' '^ " ^"'•'^ P«8^« "' the 
 
 ^i-^^rrrebi^ttl^*^^^^ 
 
 were em nentlv successfid iv^l ,. ""^ '"s'lrrection 
 ^^trZ;\:^^^ The 
 
 fm'^tion reached me and m v Cth.^^ ^ t 1^^^^^^^ *T '"■ 
 victuns of desDotic mmor "^t""' tn that the unhappy 
 
 goaded by the cCltii T„dV. '". '^^<'i;'y-"'j"red «lar's, 
 M»r., bad^esolved orrf?Linr"h! "' \''"'* ?""^y "PP^- 
 yoke of bondage under 3 hT^^^^^^^^^^^^^ .^ T"! 
 >'ot the smallest idea of the extent to whi h .i ^' ''^'' 
 "•-subordination had been awakened \ ^ ?''"''* "^ 
 cessfully allayed the ex.. f«m * ^^*^'"' ^'''•'"'l? snc 
 
 slavesby whom we were sn^^^^^^^^ '''" ^'''^'^tiaa 
 
 our beloved Zk in The iZe ^f ^ ' ^'^ T'""^^''^ ^'^'' 
 
 -y.>y that comfort wLt 'ri^dr;;; fc VI '"'f " 
 ordmances imoarts. All ^.. i.. "l " « f'/'od m his 
 
 ordinances imparts. All was hu;;v, conf^.ion, and sin 
 
 that I 
 
 without-.witi;[;r;i.s^ „:^,rfi:;t:::;:^T rl ^■" 
 
 alone bestows. In the evc^ninJ nf I • ^ ^ '^'"'''' ''*'''"« 
 Sabbath the small bind «/ n.f • '•' ^''*T '"^morable 
 
 mended each other to God; ie'^wa^^^ "'^"^V ^'"■ 
 the protracted evening devotions 1^0 ? "'"' ""•'*' «"'* 
 the trials which awaited u^ 7) n h ? n PV^^P^^ative for 
 I was arrested, and two of my Jr h/"""^"'^^ Tuesday, 
 vain did we dema«rt1.e rUofft'Jr''""^^^^^^ 
 f«r/.a//„„, had been proclaimed whi.h' P'^''^^''^- 
 that every enormitv niJ«l./T ' • , '*'"'^ *''e signal 
 
 VV^hile wkingT -andlSj in t'llT'^ l"^'' ''"P""'^^ ■ 
 officers came and said 'I «?„ »>arracH one of tie 
 
 of tK^ JJ.™ f" . ^f'"*' ' «'» commanded by the f :ol«„el 
 
 head quarters in half a" C'Vhe ^lU: rT"" "' 
 
 xne request to be per> 
 
HKV. WILLIAM KMIIH. 
 
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 fffro«»a that 
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 irid hy tliis 
 '<* pnrposo 
 I, th(!y hiui 
 ismul. In 
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 lioin woro 
 <lt'ath, for 
 y Iiad not 
 ige ill th« 
 
 ^lisabijse 
 mrrectlon 
 (\ ? The 
 
 •thcrwisc 
 of a mis- 
 faint ill- 
 unhappy 
 I slart's, 
 
 oppres- 
 the iron 
 We iiad 
 spirit of 
 ing- sue- 
 'hristiaii 
 led with 
 3 might 
 I in Win 
 and sin 
 l« Jesus 
 iiorahle 
 y com- 
 Ist, and 
 ive for 
 lesday, 
 ?s. In 
 aeding. 
 
 signal 
 aunity. 
 of tlie 
 
 3ed to 
 a per- 
 
 niitted to tuke leave of our wives and < liihhen iiaviiig heen 
 denied by these Christian shive-driver^, and our porketi 
 having been searehed, niurched between four s<ddiers with 
 their muskets hiadel, we eommenced our mehuuludy 
 
 journey 
 
 On our arrival ut the sea-beach a small boat 
 
 was procured, in which we were placed with our infuriated 
 guards. Exposed to a troi)ical sun, and our feet saturated 
 with water from the leakage of the boat, we were rowed 
 a distance of tw«'uty-tw(t miles. Arriving at Montego 
 Bay, wo were marched and counter-marched from <me 
 place to another, exposed tf» tli<' insults of tltose who 
 thirsted fov our blood. At length we were placed in the 
 jury-box in the Court House, which had been converted 
 into a prison, where the most horrid scene presenti'd itself. 
 The curses of the sluve-drivers were of the most revolting 
 description, and, together with the iidiuman crueltie* 
 practised ii[>on the slaves mIumu they had captured, pro- 
 duced an impression upon my mind whii h will never be 
 effaced. Being overconie by fatigue, I requested per- 
 mission to lie down on the boards, when the sentinel re- 
 plied, ' No, you villain ; if you stir one step I'll stab you 
 to the heart ; you are to be shot in the mm-niug, and I 
 shall be very glad to have a shot at you.' (Jod, however, 
 in his mercy interposed, and in this time of n«H'd raised 
 up a friend, who with much difficulty and personal hazard 
 effected our deliverance. Ar.d thus we were rescued 
 from the hands of those who intended our death, and who 
 loried in the prospect of imbruing tlierr hands in our 
 lood. ' Cursed bo their anger, for it was fierce ; and 
 their wrath, for it was cruel !' 
 
 During the following aix weeks we were held (»n bail, 
 and freqrcntly exposed to imminent peril, while every 
 effort was made by the colonists to effect our <b"* -iction. 
 Every means they used to implicate us in the i <?l)ellion 
 completely failed'; and God in his mercy saved his ser- 
 vants, 'because they trusted in hi.n.' VVhen we were 
 released from restraint, I returned to the people of iiiy 
 charge ; their joy was uiiboundod, and their expressions 
 of affection quite overwhelming ; some clasped my knees, 
 8ome my hands, and others my feet, while with eyes suf- 
 fused with tears they thanked that God who had again 
 restored to them the minister they loved." 
 
 TnAimoiifi n»'"<'no'l'""''! fi'H'»wed. Pprsons callinc thein- 
 selves gentloBKn, some of whom were clergymen and some 
 magistrates, formed associations designated, " Colonial 
 
 fi 
 
10 
 
 MEMOIR OP THE LATE 
 
 Y'th tho Charch of f"XT tT^ 't''' ""connected 
 he.r work with a zeal worthy of a 1^.""^""^ ""^^^^^ i„ 
 funds were supplied ^otit^ ''®"®^' <^a"se. AtodIp 
 «^r a time saZ^'';;Z'^.\^S'^'^ ^ere secured^aS 
 t-'ongregations were scatTered ' r^"" '^'''' «" ^^a-ours 
 «r driven away, and chapeL tilh nr^''"'- ^"^« «"«n«ed 
 "f great valueVere desCed TuZ ^''''°" P»-*>Perty 
 were in deep distre« • :. ^ . ^^^ ^"^nds of reliirion 
 rent triumph "''"''• ''' «"«'"'«'^ rejoiced i„ their a^^a" 
 . Eleven places of worshm i.„i 
 
 'Shed. As it was imposfible „nW .'r°"^^*' ^*^^« <iemo- 
 to resume ministeriaf lat « ? *^'°'^ '^"•'eumstances 
 remam on the island MrKnibh''"", ^""^^'•^"^ ^o 
 England, and seek redrl from. hS"'"?^/^^^^ '« visit 
 He arrived Justin timetoakerrMn .?"''''' ^"^^^""'ent. 
 Annual Meeting of the Baptist ]Jf- ^^"P^«^««dingsof the 
 ^ne 19 1832^ That wafa T'TV ^""'^''y' ''^^^ 
 T^'ose who were then present will ^ to be remembered, 
 s'ons produced on theKnL k "7/'' ^"''^^^ ^''^ impres- 
 address. Though heTim^elf Lh^ ^'' ^"'''^'^ ^hrSling 
 «f the destroyerfhe LdTeei tt^:-'"P.''^ ^'^"^ ^^e fang! 
 fl'cted on his sable brethren hA JT"^',*"^ ^--ongs it 
 ".•furiated persecutors whi- ^1"^ ''®«''*^ the yells of the 
 tian niissioJiaries ; and L I '"''f ^"' '^« »>'ood of Chris! 
 put down the,4enn i«^^-- that their purpose h^^^' 
 
 to the members of the societv t « " ^«s represented 
 
 rative, in which were in fp/ ^^^ ^"^ *"^«'"«t nar- 
 
 "H'aken the deepe.^Tv„,STr'" ^'''^^'' adapted to 
 t'-at memorable'^occS /iT" '''^P^ ^''^^ ^^^^ildren on 
 quence. HeassureSXm .""^ ^"t"'^' «^ indignant elo" 
 rnary stations Sd o W?/' w' ''^'^^ Society's nt- 
 tje entire and i'n;.e2te aboH ion ^'V", •^""^^'^•'^ ^'thout 
 '•ei-efore it ^vas his fixed reso'n" ''^^^">^'" «"^ that 
 agitation with a view fn ♦! f *' *** commence a course of 
 K'-eaUy desired -rret^rn to f-'^^^r'''- resuT He 
 and 2,500 inquirers Xr 1 J •" ''^"••^*» of 980 members 
 fen seen atlhe JiVotwk li^"' ^''"^ "^-^om he S 
 jay morning, but he vldS„T'"r'"^ ""*''« ^^ord's 
 «iavery was destroyed " ^'^'temuned not to return till 
 
 "I tftu man. iiie wni.ii.„ o ; -•.ixnijjjy char- 
 
'» was the en- 
 unconnected 
 
 engaged in 
 ise. Ample 
 Jcured — and 
 endeavours, 
 ere silenced 
 Jn property 
 
 of religion 
 their appa- 
 
 'aptist Mis- 
 ''ere demo- 
 curnstances 
 •gerous to 
 J to visit 
 Jvernment. 
 'ingsofthe 
 ciety, held 
 iiembered. 
 lie impres- 
 i thrilling 
 the fangs 
 Tongs in- 
 Jllsofthe 
 of Chris. 
 e was to 
 presented 
 inct nar- 
 apted to 
 Idren on 
 ant elo- 
 y's mis- 
 without 
 nd that 
 ourse of 
 It. He 
 embers, 
 he had 
 J^ord's 
 «n till 
 
 ■ char- 
 ociety, 
 nds of 
 
 HEV. WILLIAM KKIBB. 
 
 II 
 
 prudence, and pledge the Society to the cause of abolition, 
 thus identifying it with political movements, used some 
 effort to restrain him. " Jt was a solemn moment," Dr. 
 Cox observes, in his • History of the Baptist Mission,' 
 and the man was made for it. He paused — gave a 
 lightning glance at the awfiil atrocities of the past, the 
 glorious possibilities of the future, and the grandeur of 
 his own position, as encompassed with terrible responsi- 
 bilities, standing on the brink of immortal fame or disgrace, 
 — then, concentrating all his energies of thought, and 
 feeling, and voice, he exclaimed, — ' Whatever may be the 
 consequence, I will speak. At the risk of my connexion 
 with the Society and all I hold dear, I will avow this ; 
 and if tho friends of missions will not hear me, I will tu; 
 and tell it to my God ; nor will I rest till that greatest ot 
 crimes, slavery, is removed, and ' Glory to God, in the 
 highest !' inscribed, as it were, upon the British flag.' " 
 
 From that hour the doom of Colonial slavery was sealed. 
 Mr. Knibb, and other returned missionaries, traversed 
 Great Britain, proclaiming everywhere the enormities of 
 the system, and arousing the indignation of their fellow- 
 countrymen. They succeeded. The public voice was 
 raised in favour of the slave. The evidence given by 
 Mr. Knibb, and others before the Committees of Parlia- 
 ment, revealed atrocities no longer to be suffered, and the 
 Act was passed, by which slavery was changed into 
 Apprenticeship. It took effect August 1, 1834. 
 
 Having remained in England till by dint of repeated 
 remonstrance and persevering application a Parliamentary 
 grant was obtained, partially reimbursing the losses in- 
 curred by the destruction of the chapels, (the remaindei, 
 amounting to upwards of £13,000, was supplied by British 
 benevolence,) Mr. Knibb returned to Jamaica, and was 
 received by his friends and the church with enthusiastic 
 jov. He landed, Oct. 25, 1834. On recommencing hig 
 labours, he was for some time allowed the use of two 
 large rooms in the very Court House where he had been 
 detained as a prisoner ; and there he preached the gospel 
 in the hearing of magistrates and others who, during the 
 time of the disturbances, would have willingly imbued their 
 hands in his blood. 
 
 Shortly after his return he was cheered by a large 
 accession to the church. The account is contamed in a 
 letter addressed to tho Secretary of the Society : 
 
12 
 
 MKMOm OF TIIK LATE 
 
 'eieS:iZ^:^tZ r' ' 'rl^^' ^^ ^ho .ere 
 -ay to Zion. Some7^JtT:t:l' V '"'J"'""^ 'he 
 others, myself ; and reaUv r ^*''''®^ examined ; 
 
 deliglUed/ Nearly the whl LdT n^"''!i"^' ^ -« 
 years attendants at the C^ of r i " ^'T ^^^ 'o seven 
 for as we could asrertlr LJ u""^' ""^ ^^^'"' «^es as 
 than half of them d^Jd^AsZl'"''''''''''' ^«^« 
 use u.eir own expressions Mo n"' '"'Pressions, to 
 love they cherish L h m char 1^2' '"S^''* ^^«"" '' *»•« 
 fru.t of his hard toil now appears. ^'"' ^^"«^' ^^e 
 
 ic 8han t deceive our hope. 
 
 •ins, and on her answerC „^1. "« ""^ •» ■«" «>' l-er 
 wl-a. n,ade her Zk,""^. M^,?T''<''. ' "^keO her 
 km too good u, put „e therT^Tml^f' '""■""' 
 On the mornine-s nf h^^^- "^* deserve it. 
 
 erected over the bf^tistrv SnTh "^ "?.'"."^^« *«"* -«« 
 beautiful ; underneaf J^; ?i ,^'"^ ^" ^" one, looked 
 
 candidate;, anSo^nVLTthe ^'^ " "^'^^' ''' '^^ 
 ■ervice was interesflno^ «„ ' i "^^^ spectators. The 
 bad nearly. ?f Tot ^ Vot"l"- ''" ^^^ Sabbath, we 
 Independ^ent)preach\"^^^ B-ther Vine 
 
 r received the 134 into the clZch T; ?".*he afternoon 
 nght hand of fellowship wL„ w«; i ? ^'"^i"^ *^^"» '^^ 
 Lord's Supper. It wS' iust thrT« ""^"^''^'^^l together the 
 taken from them by7h?StlJv ^^' T *^«' ^ -«» 
 not there, but theVhurch w^Wj^L^^^ t^^J T^ 
 added to it such as should be Taved T *^^ ^^"'^ ^^^ 
 come, and while we reCmbZn *i? "^^ *51"'*^ «^e'- 
 together. remembered the past, we wept 
 
 •He did but choM the fittest time 
 
 His mercy to display, 
 And now he rides on clouds sublime 
 
 And brings the promised day ' * 
 
 Arduous labour was now required of him Tl, a • 
 ofthe negroes to learn to reTand ?n r.' • ^^«<^««"-« 
 for their children, toe-ether with tt^ *<>. obtain education 
 nected with the'KnS!^'^''^'^^«»^^ety and toU con- 
 imposed on the missionaries"' a l«!2!f" ^'** school-roomi., 
 «er.,-.„. Theywerrar<L'";:rS:W^t 
 
REV. WILLIAM RNIBB. 
 
 13 
 
 134, wIjo were 
 e inquiring the 
 er examined ; 
 ished, I was 
 n five to seven 
 their lives aa 
 stent. More 
 ipressions, to 
 Mann;' the 
 r fellow, the 
 
 vhether she 
 hell for her 
 I asked her 
 J} ' me sure 
 Jserve it. 
 e tent was 
 >ne, looked 
 ite, sat the 
 tors. The 
 labbath, we 
 »ther Vine 
 e afternoon 
 them the 
 'gether the 
 hat I was 
 hapel was 
 Iiord had 
 uite over- 
 we wept 
 
 he desire 
 education 
 toil con- 
 ►1-roomg, 
 dditional 
 ''ever, in 
 
 the conversion of sinners, and the holy deportment of 
 those who had made profession of religion. 
 
 In a letter written December 3, 1835, Mr. Knibb gives 
 the following account of the plan adopted by him in the 
 reception of members. 
 
 "My plan is this: either myself, or Mrs. Knibb (or 
 some one whom we know to be fully competent) speaks 
 individually to the candidates, Mrs. K. generally taking 
 the females ; to each man I speak myself, and hear their 
 views of divine truth ; and when Mrs. K. has spoken to 
 the females, on receiving her report, I talk with them, 
 either individually or collectively. I do not think that I 
 ever fail speaking to each in some such manner as this : 
 * Now, you have assured me, that you love Jesus Christ, 
 that you feel it in your heart, that you pray to him every 
 day, that you love so to do ; that you are not living in 
 any known sin ; you believe that baptism will not save 
 you, or the Lord's Supper ; yea, nothing but the blood of 
 Christ ; that if you turn again to the world, or live in sin, 
 you will be damned. It is upon such a profession I receive 
 you : if you are living in sin, if you do deceive me, I tell 
 you affectionately, but plainly, you will be sent to hell, but 
 mind, I am clear of your blood ; you voluntarily profess 
 to love Christ, no one forces you : if you do love him, he 
 will bless you ; if not, I beseech you not to put on his 
 name.* I keep an account of each, and when I have heard 
 those who come, I call a church-meeting, at which the ap- 
 proved candidates are present. I then call out every 
 name, to which they answer, and from whence they come. 
 Then I speak to the church, telling them, that if they 
 know anything against any one, and conceal it, on them 
 must rest the guilt, requesting any member to come and 
 tell me, and giving a week for this purpose ; if no charge 
 appears against any of them, I receive them for baptism. 
 They are then, in the presence of the church, received by 
 the right hand of fellowship, and become full members of 
 the church." 
 
 The new chapel erected at Falmouth for the use of Mr. 
 Knibb's congregation was opened in June, 1837. It is a 
 neat, substantial building, eighty feet long and sixty wide, 
 capable of accommodating 2,000 persons. The foUowing 
 
 account nf thn aArvir^a on tho Aav nf nnanin^ .»:n I j 
 
 With interest : — 
 
 '*At nine o'clock the children belonging to Mr K libb's 
 congregation, amounting to at least 2,000, many c i' v/hom, 
 
14 
 
 MEMOIR OP THE LATE 
 
 ^^^'rot^Z^XZt^;^ ^'-Pf.and the r^ 
 ;vere unable to gain acLittancP^ multitude wiihont, 
 
 '•'s deep interest in S " .1!°? "nprensiv^e, as evinced 
 With the hope of ^Wng LtSctiL';'* I'*''"^ ^^^^«'-<^- 
 ""avoidably beyond thf reach nf 1 "" ^^""'^ ^^^'« ^^'^e 
 J^ancastmian School-roorwl t^^^^^^^^ ™«"'« ^«^«e> the 
 dwitely filled with nerVonT wf ^""^ ^'P*'"' «"^ 'mme- 
 Dnxter. ThislK i "" '^'^''^ addressed by Mr 
 
 quite inadequl t^rVoTerr'^^^^^ *^^'"^ "-"^ 
 oiMdied to til „, Jistrate^ 'T^' M'*' ^nibb 
 
 ••"•d his request SghLTjo^^^^^^^^ **«"««» 
 
 this spacious buildin/inXdiwThi^- "'*^'"^^>^«^^«"ted, 
 
 -^« speedily crowd^;J to tfcel; C^ '"^ P^^^^^^^^ 
 yve formed, and resoeotivX IT ^ ,*^ongregation9 
 i>endy, Dexter, and Wa^/l'v: "^^"iVT^ ^^ ^^«"- 
 •commencement if the s^-vici" .nn""^? '"^'. ^"'«y' '" ^he 
 »ew ehapel at 10 o'dock was ^rj'""^ /". ^' ^'^''^ '" ^^e 
 rooted a?rangement:,t; llTu^'j^V!^''' ??' 
 >»criptures and engaged in praver nnH lu ,V^ "^^"^ *''« 
 pendent minister) Dreul.PrjP„t^i' .?'''■• ^'»« ('"de- 
 
 Zeoh. vi. 13. WiSle MfVine "if ^'"^'^"r ^'^''^^^ ^o"^ 
 •Jauel, Mr. Clark preiiuhrsrT*''"^ '" *'^^"«- 
 AbUt under a shed and ten" a M? R t'""™,' ^"'^ ^''•• 
 hundreds who were unable T fi! i ' . * '^r^^^n «» to some 
 «l>ove.mentioned buildings Tl f/ ?'fr "^ "'*^«^ «^the 
 ^•o less than six min st^rf ;erf tl?" '^'^^ '»«"^°t, 
 to the several branches of h1 ^'"^ **'^ ^'^^'^ «f ^^ 
 
 forent parts of tJie town T« 1?-\TS^^'"^^*'«« ^« ^f' 
 auee and decorous beCiour of t r'^"^^*^"*^' the appear- 
 fall ages and colourfwr perfeete 
 the ministers engaged mu^ h'Lvf i!^ astonishing, and to 
 
 m»rn.d to their houses, andH Pm" 'J"™"" SC'^'y 
 
 other mM:,e^t^*J:l*:^r.T."JT'ft »'' -i' »f «■«. 
 
 ""Kliton, in ei,e absence ofwi 'iu,"lX Jf "*• *""• 
 
REV. WILLIAM KXIBB. 
 
 15 
 
 »nd the rin^ 
 'de withont, 
 wed by Mr. 
 e, as evinced 
 nal welfare. 
 3 who were 
 I's voice, the 
 
 and inime- 
 sed by Mr. 
 eing found 
 Mr. Knibb 
 >urt House, 
 Hy granted, 
 d passages, 
 igregations 
 y Messrs. 
 ay, in the 
 eld in the 
 ese unex- 
 _ read the 
 ine (inde- 
 mon from 
 n the new 
 
 and Mr. 
 *, to some 
 »er of the 
 
 moment, 
 id of Jife 
 a in dif- 
 3 appear- 
 f persons 
 :, and to 
 larating. 
 t 'Jaiinot 
 a joyous 
 iral ser- 
 that Aot 
 ble por- 
 
 ^uietly 
 dmance 
 'ughton 
 1 of the 
 '. Mr. 
 JS pre- 
 »Baliis 
 
 rontrol, preached a most animating seiTion at 7, P.M., 
 to a large and respectable audience, from Heb. iv. 1, and 
 thus terminated the services of a day which will be remem- 
 bered by thousands with feelings of gratitude and holy 
 joy to the latest period of their existence. The collections 
 and donations received <1uring the day toward liquidating 
 the debt on the chapel, including several from friends to 
 the cause, unconnected with the congregation, but resident 
 in the town, amounted to £889 currency, and this has 
 since been made up to £900." 
 
 Shortly after this event, Mr. Knibb was called to suffer 
 affliction. His son William died July 25, 1837, at the 
 age of twelve years. Very satisfactory proof of his con- 
 version had been afforded for some time, and his declared 
 resolve to devote himself to missionary labour had glad- 
 dened his father's heart. But God had otherwise deter- 
 mined. 
 
 The immediate occasion of this lamented youth's death 
 was truly affecting. A few members of Mr. Knibb's 
 church held property in their fellow-creatures, who though 
 they had been changed from slaves into apprentices, were 
 of course still under the power of their former owners, till 
 the period of the apprenticeship should cease. Mr. Knibb 
 was deeply anxious that this blot on the character of the 
 church at Falmouth should be removed. At length he 
 succeeded, and the owners of apprentices agreed to relin- 
 quish all claim to their services from and after August I, 
 1837. When his determination was announced, "the 
 heart of William was filled to overflowing, to bursting- 
 He boimded away from his father, and, in the excess of 
 his rapture, hastily sketched a British ship, in full sail, 
 with tlie name of Liberty on her flag — she was chasing 
 two slavers, which were in the act of striking their colours, 
 and ' slavery must fall,' was the motto on the pendant. 
 The exuberance of his joy was inexpressible, and the ex- 
 citement proved too much for his frail and delicate frame. 
 That very night he was seized with fever, his mind still, 
 during all the ramblings of delirium, running upon the 
 tlieme which had so engrossed his thoughts." 
 
 In tlie course of a few days the illness terminated in 
 death. 
 
 " He promisetl fair," his father wrote, •' to become a 
 useful servant of tlie Lord Jesus Christ. He came forth 
 fts a flower. In the opening bud the father's eye discovered 
 
IS 
 
 "BWOJB OP THE MTE 
 
 much to excite hoDc an.l .i 
 
 Proiofae; but, aCf ' "" "'»"'«'■ '"'heW a child of 
 
 erected to id, „e.„o., „,,"- S™^"» ^'^i!;:? >- 
 
 IN MEMOBV OP *^ 
 
 WILLIAM KNIBB 
 
 WHO DIED JULY 25, J 837, ' 
 
 AGED 12. 
 
 Endeared to the sons of Africa, 
 By earJy devotedness to their improvement ; 
 be was 
 A rare example of 
 Youthful philanthropy. 
 Hatred of oppression, and love of liberty. 
 His death was occasioned by 
 Feyer from excess of joy, 
 at the 
 Voluntary manumission of their slaves^ 
 By the members of this church 
 Who thus declared that 
 Slavery is Incompatible with Christianity I 
 
 They erect this Tablet 
 To perpetuate his memory, whom, though 
 " he was but a youth," 
 They loved as 
 A benefector and a friend, 
 and 
 A believer in 
 "The precious blood of Christ." 
 1 lie labours of Mr. KnHiK <.* tu- • , 
 
 and unremitting. /'I l!ave tl ."^ fT^ ""^'^ "'tense 
 oneofhislettet?, " wJlndrj?^^^^^ ^' ^^^^ >" 
 
 thirty deacons, a I of whom p .i^- ''■"'^^*'"^'^- ' ^"»^'^ 
 meetings, and ;xhort ^Zl^^ZS''^ h'"' t""' 
 rfcfcri?- «^ jhomprVX'eU'S^r 
 
RE7. WILLIAM KNrnB. 
 
 a child of 
 
 17 
 
 •hurch love 
 bJet, to be 
 iption ; — 
 
 rjB, 
 
 n tense 
 »y8 in 
 I iiave 
 other 
 three 
 )hafh, 
 Go(t 
 Jung, 
 
 and reading^ a «ermon, or sometimes making a few re- 
 marks ; with about twenty active Sabbath school teacher, 
 who are domg all thev can. Three Sabbath schools, ami 
 three day schools ancf three evening schools, are in con- 
 
 oftir^fimo"' "'"'' '^'"^ ^'"P^^^ '" « ^-«« VopnhZ 
 
 k I . r" persons, are constantly opened. I have had 
 
 to b„dd the school-rooms and chaiils" and have now to 
 
 ma.nta,n the stations. Constant preaching, the supply of 
 
 all my'tfme." ^ '"'*"'"'*' ^^ '^" ""^^'«"' «"&^* 
 
 The 6nal abolition of slavery took place, August 1, 1838 
 
 th.lZ^' ^J"* r**'' ^^'"^f ^''«" ^^^ ^'^'^^ 'nte"ded ; but 
 h! Sr"^^ '• , 'P '^''' "^ dist^teful and impracticable that 
 the island legislators were induced without much difficulty 
 to carry mto effect the full emancipation decreed by the 
 British Parliament. The auspicious event was celebrate<l 
 n Jamaica, wherever tlie influence of missionaries was felt 
 ma truly religious manner. The chapels were opened at 
 .nidnight, and the first moments of entire freedom were 
 spent in joyous exultation, followed by prolonged exercises 
 
 'aid Mfel^ci^'"^"'- :'*^««t'-"lyajoyfulscene," 
 bepZ:. ft *''« ^««<>"»»>rance of which will never 
 be effaced. 1 he excitement was almost too much for me ; 
 my soul was al alive ; and neither the burning heat of the 
 day, nor the chilling cold of the evening land-w nd, a^ 
 all retarded the sacred joy which appe^-ed to aninLite 
 every heart. As the clock struck twelve at „i J I 
 hegged the congregation, more than two thousand in num- 
 i»er, to listen :— as the twelfth peal vibrated, I said The 
 ^nonster^sdead! Yor;AB^MLi: Three 'cheer fir the 
 Queen! Never did I hear such a sound: the winds of 
 treedom appeared let loose-the very window* shook at 
 the strange, yet sacred joy." 
 
 The day was spent in appropriate religious services 
 .ncludmg a sermon by Mi-.^kuL, from Lhem^'^'xH: 
 4A 43, and a public meeting, at which he presided. All 
 me speakers on thatoccasbn weredescendants of Africans 
 who expressed in their own simple and forcible style the' 
 feelings of their hearts. The extracts which fouL are 
 
 « 1/ ™S/ v^^ '^^ "^ **•« proceedmgs of the day :--. 
 
 aT^:i} ""L^]J^ '"^^ ^ '^^"'^ * ''^^ ^^'-^J^' which r 
 
 do with much feeling to my heart r my feelings are «a 
 «iueh I can hardly speak. My dear frinds, wo did not 
 
 b2 
 
16 
 
 MKMom OP TUB LATA 
 
 M-a. light,, ha, kr„j:'t uMT, ^ '«''•."'"' "'"' 
 for the irospel, the frtM.«J„... J 1 1 Y' " '^ ^'^ ""* 
 people of Kngla nV w r Ll r:;' L ""' '"*"*^ «"'"«• 'J^''<> 
 
 poorinimortaf«oui ;; it ; ''tr.'"' ?T^ '*^^ "'"• 
 and then send ns ni isto • t« .. f^'T^' ^*'*""'' ''«"•*> 
 (hear). We thank '?♦• . '"''"' "'" fi^"'*P«'' ^o u» 
 Lters who hLe rea 'l I r* "' '^"'''"'' ""^ *'"•• *'«« '»"- 
 
 then,.an<le able tlK^toJ^^ T.f''"^ ^^"^ ^« «?«••« 
 
 have bec-„n Wol?. 7 H'rongh that work which they 
 
 part wS';iX W".^:t;^"'"" VJ'^ ''''' ^-^ 
 that we and we minlsf m' „ V " .r • 1^*^ ^^'^^ ^"^ 
 
 andtif ^Mv gt:S^^^^ ;;• •""- ^'- ^«-^" solution, 
 show our ffratuK oT^^ ; ^'' "'^ ?'*^'' '"«^«**''^'- h«re, to 
 
 Kiigland did no son?,. I . i""''' '•""" ' ""> P«>P'« "f 
 their heart to It u 'fi. ^"'' T "'' »"'' «"'' «'"• "P 
 
 (hiar) wo win „,r„M *'""«'■"<";• »■''» "»« l>« best efforts. 
 
 U Jhe;lTait;:;.t ;l''i j'rr' •""*"• C""' 
 
 raise np our hearts and Im. 1 I Ti j''?^"' ""'' »« ■»" 
 blessings hegivos „"?••• ' *" ^'""«'"y ^^ «»■ "'« 
 
 An'u-SWv^Lv™;!''' "t,^'' ''"f''"''' *» ""<"'<' tbe 
 ing, held in^^ter S'' • ' "''J^'.' " ""' P"*""" ""^'- 
 
 «ttrJen:.le'r'^~-^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 n,iS:»r1::fr!i:r"f..lnr. «- Knibbres„,„ed 
 Cnoeou^ witf &e e;iWe™e„U .^ "^S .7S 
 
 } * »■ 
 
\ 
 
 } ■»«• 
 
 RKV. WILLIAM KN'Ilin. 
 
 19 
 
 siires adapted to I'levate the ne^ro ctharacter, to train the 
 young in Imbit.s of industry and good order, and to defeat 
 the intentions tif white oppressors. One of them was the 
 purchase, hy the ai<l of friends in Knghind, of a tract (»f 
 ground, with a view of furnishing independent residence 
 and o«;tupation hereafter for tlie peasantry, who might 
 thus fiiul their own subsistence and strengthen the inter- 
 ests of the eoh»ny. This phm was entirely successful ; it 
 has been carried out extensively in several parts of the 
 Island by other Jiaptist missionaries, and promises the 
 most beneficial results to the negro population. Tiie land 
 procured for the purpose is divid<!d Into snuill lots and 
 regularly laid out ; the purchasers buihl their cottages on 
 the ends of their lots nearest the street of the village, having 
 generally a small garden in front, and cultivate the groimd 
 behind for vegetables. Each proprietor is a freeholder, 
 and is entitled to v()te at elections of members of the 
 Jamaica House of Assembly. Thus a race (»f independent 
 freemen is gradually rising up, while at the same time 
 care is taken to prc^pare them, by souml instruction, to 
 exercise the rights an<l discharge the duties of citizenship 
 in a manner honourable to themselves and advantageous 
 to the community. 
 
 During Mr. Knibb's visit to England, ho had urged on 
 the Committee the importance of establishing a mission on 
 the Western coast of Africa. To this object the attention 
 of the Christian negroes was earnestly directed. Many 
 of them had been stolen from the Afiican coast, and sti(l 
 remembered the languages of the districts where they 
 formerly lived. They were accustomed to meet at stated 
 times, in order to converse and hold religious exercises in 
 those languages, hoping that some of them might be per- 
 mitted to return to their own land, and proclaim the 
 gospel to their fellow-countrymen. Missionary contribu- 
 tions were raised among them for the same purpose. 
 Representations of these facts being laid before the Com- 
 mittee, it was resolved to establish an African mission. 
 Dr. Prince and the Rev. John Clarke sailed for Fernando 
 Po in October, 1840. Having succeeded in establishing 
 the mission, they returned to England, and afterwards 
 proceeded to Jamaica, in the C/nimark, a vessel chartered 
 for the occasion. There, a number of negroes, carefully 
 
 selected from t.hn nilinprQUU mntlirintoo fnf nilaoinnoi«ir 
 
 labour, embarked for Africa, and the voyage was resumed 
 amid the congratulations and prayers of thousands, who 
 
20 
 
 MEMOIR OF THK LaTK 
 
 i-e,is„„ t„ ,l„,il,t .li,u th.ZT'^'^ ' "'" '« "■wo "ny 
 
 naturally <Iesiro,,8' of anW L fl k "^"T-^' ""^^ ''^ wL 
 j'jyf'.l time: hut ,l^o^ -^I^^^^^^^^ 
 
 to a temporary aCe fron f ""'""''' ""' '"^^'« ''""««"t«<I 
 not necekity roq, i,^7 Thl K-''^? "^" '"'« ^'«""'-t« '•«< 
 
 ^o ^■"di-te^.i.^XacteT ;:^exn" '"' 1"/'^- -- 
 "'"^sionnry course of act on tf^ '." ""*' ^^^^^^'^ '">» 
 propagated-unkiud ins uitio^^ nVl T •""' ''«'^ "^^^'^ 
 •nnyarrantahlo staten.ent J,a I h ^^*''' '"-'»"^ "^««* 
 «>uld not altogether t ea d in tt t^ '""T' ^'•"' '^ ^^^X 
 
 d'l'ffonce, and oug-ht to haTreArl T**''-. '"'' ^^^^^^^d 
 man as a crime of the oZ^^y^^V'"1^'^r^''' ^"*^^ » 
 prepared to repel the atial^ U Vi a* ''^"'^^'^ ^«« ^'"»"y 
 tl.e xVfisslonarj! SocietT^ » A. V/';« j^nnual M^^^ 
 
 speech, iu which he s,. t'hl 'u '' ^®"*^' ^'^ delivered a 
 
 futed thechargito ll t w^Vr. ""^' triumphantly re? 
 
 explained the^m:tttS^y^^^ 
 
 ^yhnnselfand his brother mrm.." "^fP^''^^ pursued 
 expressive of symDathJ « i ""*^' ^'"'' » resolution 
 
 Steane,wassLS^^rcC^^^^^^^^ by jTrl 
 
 i-ondon, (an eminent P^dotutrtfn^ V"*^ ^''^ Tabernacle, 
 address and carried bytlrttn"'"'^*"-^ '" «" ^'^^-"^ 
 
 othtteKt^^^^^^^^ - Ketterin, and 
 
 effect, Mr. Knibb return Jd to hi fl^ I '^^'T^ ^'•^'» &«•««' 
 them with wonted ass d,^' tfl tt ' ""^ '"^""''^'^ *^«"? 
 ;vhen it was judged ne^Ly h^f h^T/' ^^^^ >'^^> 
 to his native lanS. The churrJ.pf • r^ «8^'"" ^^P^^ 
 resolved, in the year of jSj? '",J«r^/^« '""' nobly 
 the funds of the M s ona V s '^:/"^'"'T^'* "" *-•'«'"'« «'» 
 cause without further aW from hlV v ^ 'YPP^^'^ *»»« 
 they had somewhat miScuh Id fh?" ' ^''^^'''' '^"^ 
 «tate the matter more conectK I «^' »<» 
 
 on the results of persever n^ 2; Z*"^^ ^^^ "*** '•'^'*<»n«d 
 crush them->by u^^SZ::!^:^^^'^ -'PPle -d 
 a.on, extortionate demands, and "vario'uroX^rdel^^f 
 
 
HEV. WILLIAM KMBD. 
 
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 tenchers, 
 
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 (i he was 
 es of tli«t 
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 onsented 
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 if they 
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 >hition, 
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 annoyance. In conserpience it was foun<I in^possiblc to 
 pay the heavy debts still remaining on sou e of their 
 cha,,els, and Mr. Knibb was soli,.ited to proceed to Eng- 
 land, and Jay the whole case before the (Committee of the 
 Missionary hociety. He complied with the rec.ut^t. The 
 result was, that the sum of X0,00() sterling was voted. a« 
 a final grant to the Jamaica churches. 
 
 F:.?!! ^^"^ ?.?' "^;''"'y I"'*' « P''b'i« meeting w,is held in 
 Fmsbury Chapel, London, to take leave of Mr. Knibb 
 once more and as it proved, for the last time. In ad- 
 ilressmg the audience on that occasion, he spoke to the 
 lollowuig eif«'ct : » i *« mc 
 
 " Within a few short days I stan.l among you enterinjr 
 upon the twenty-second year of my missionary w<,rk, and 
 
 what God has performed for Jamaica. Twenty-one 
 years ago, when I landed, there were only four mission- 
 aries connected with the denomination to which I bekuiir. 
 l^urin^ the first seven years every thing appeared dark 
 and gfoomy with respect to freedom ; immeVJed in those 
 
 1 closed them bv beholding one of the deacons of my own 
 churc-h stretcheJ on his back and flogged for praying'in my 
 own house ; and as soon as that scene was transacted, I 
 made the resolve, calmly and deliberately, that 1 would 
 watch every movement, and seize the most favourable 
 opportunity that providence should present, to undo the 
 heavy burdens, and to bid the oppressed go free. In the 
 various meetings I have seen held, not merely in this city, 
 but other parts of England, I know peifectly well that 
 some individuals have said, « Yes, but Mr. Knibb si.eaks 
 too strongly. Ah ! you must see things for v<uirselves. 
 
 tl. Jr/^r'^T ^'""}' '^''^'""' ^"^^*^''' ^''en v<,u behold 
 ^.em stretched on the ground, hear the cracking of the 
 Whip, and see tin; bh.od stream from their bodies, you will 
 speak too. Li.tle did I think how I was to spe.'ik. «u 
 withm one short year of that, after the first seven years 
 wL V !" ""l""*^*;*'"" •^••"ne, with all its untold 
 orrors. Y on have heard of them- we felt them : in the 
 destruction (,f our chapels, and in the various scenes that 
 then were transacted, Cohu.ial slavery met its death, 
 ihen, unknown to yon, and unknown t(. the world, I 
 
 was torced fntni "'i!*^ d"" '^"'u^-t -• ! is !• 
 
 „^ „ !-! s.„ „T .Hiathv, mm a heart bieedinir 
 
 at every pore, just emerged from a felon's dock, and from 
 a gloomy prison, with my congregation scattered, ...any of 
 
MBMOl't 
 
 HK 
 
 VTK 
 
 (ho meinbors of „<y rhnnh m,„<^'1orf'«l, multitiidcs of rho 
 taithful l.wl.e.! «.ui ,,ei.|,.(|, niul ii«^tioyo<l. I vmiw horn. 
 and nev«r 8im(l t forget the tliroo yonrs' slnitfirlo th». in- 
 r«8Nuntaiixji>ty thai|,,r>-sf.«lnj)on "niv nirit as [ passed 
 through tho U'n^h »n(i bwidrli of this .(Hintrv, (htailiiia- 
 tho lu'gro's wroiitf^ h/k/ /js^pvtin^ the nof^ro's rif^hf^.. Just 
 MHtMi y«'ais afr««r that imftn freedom came. We had 
 nlKMit the mid.lle of it, a senw-freed..m, called annrentico-' 
 ship. Ml tho muLst <.f these scenes the wjuk of mercV 
 PXtended, so that during thH seven years which theit 
 closed, III nMinexi(.ii with the lalx.nrs „f ahoiit tweiifv 
 missi.Miaries 2l>,fl00 pcrs.ms were hapti/e-l upon a profes- 
 Moii of their faith in Jesus Christ. Then it was that 
 provuleiMo, by circumstances to which then^ is no nee<l Ui 
 refer now, called me to visit you again. Chapels, onco 
 destroyecl, w<ue re-erected, and since that p<.riod alxnit 
 twenty-five chapels have been reared, and most of them 
 paid for ; and, thmigh the debt hiM pressed heavily upon 
 "J, the Christian church should remember that the whole 
 ot the expenses thus incurred, and incurred in the spa<-o 
 or ; »out t'- elve years, an)ouiitc<l to more than £120,000 
 sterlmg ; i.,e whole of the missionary property at present 
 in Jamaica being £1.50,000 sterling. 
 
 And now, Clliristiaii friends, another seven yejirp \aa 
 rolled by, and I was «lelightod and pleased with the an- 
 ticipation that no future work of agitation would fall to 
 my lot; but so it comes. At present there is a system 
 of wroiig_a system of wickedness in Jamaica, which" must 
 ^e put (h.wn, and wb-Ji Christianity ahme <rau put down. 
 On returning to that land, to meet tliase men whose 
 actions I have exposed— and I would (-xpose them if they 
 were ten thousand times as powerful as iliey are— in 
 meeting those men on< ,• more, I know perfWtly well tho 
 dithculties tJiat may y<.t beset my path. l?ut 1 ani not afraid 
 ot these difficulties ; I have said nothing but what U true 
 nothing but what ought to be said, and if tyraimy wili use 
 to oppress, Christianity must rise to destroy it. 
 
 Farewell ! Farewell, yo meml>ors of the C«miinittee: 
 tarewe I, ye brethren (»f other deiumiinations who have 
 assisted and sustained u. ! farewell, ye who have main- 
 tamed the missionary wcmk " 't is j .yous, it is triumi.liant. 
 I retire from you with tin r.v , v ,m\ I <rive it to you a^ 
 a leadmg st^r : ' Let us work .. • v'h.,.<, o„ emtli,'till wt? 
 rest with Christ in heaven.' Fn Hviiil" 
 
IIEV. WILUAM KNinn. 
 
 sa 
 
 Hw rotiirn was liail«'«l with tiiiniiltUi)iiH joy. A triiim- 
 pliant piocession csiortod iiim iiito Fulinoutli, with haiiiivra 
 fl^'in/< nnl shouts of hearty welcom*'. A^nii,, h(. rr>4unn.d 
 his hc'lovtMl eiigrjgeriu'iit!*, as preatluT, pastor, and pro- 
 toctor of the oppressed ; hut it was the will of the Lord 
 that he should cease to labour, aiul enter into rest. 
 
 The services of his last Lord's day were deeply inter- 
 
 eating. In the morning he Inpu/cd 45 persons. In tho 
 
 evening ho preached frori J Tim. i. Il_<' the glorious 
 
 gospel of the blessed God"— and most affectionately and 
 
 earnestly set before the audience the great truths of 
 
 ^ redenij)tion, urging simic • to be reconciled to the Most 
 
 High. II( return d home in a heavy rain, «aught cold, 
 
 and on the fuli-.vmg Tuesday was attaclv<.'d by yellow 
 
 : fever. Every thing was done that nu-dical skill could 
 
 l ''•'g:gP«t, and many fervent prayers were offered for his 
 
 recovery. Hut all wjis in vain— his davs were numbered. 
 
 After much suffering, during which he was graciously 
 
 Rus'ained and comforted, he expired on Saturday morninir, 
 
 November 15, 1845. ^ 
 
 During his short illness the state of his mind, as far as 
 ••ould be ascertained, was just what might have been ex- 
 pected. He rested on Christ, and enjoyed peace. "On 
 the Friday," writes one of the missionaries, " he was in a 
 happy state of mind, lie had an unshaken confidence in 
 the Redeemer. During the night lie said to Mr. Millard, 
 ' Oh that I might r"acli the port I how blessed and happy 
 I should be !' On Mr. Millard re])eating Oowper's lines, 
 
 • Behind a frowning providence 
 He hides n smiling face,' 
 
 he exclaimed with joy, ' O yes, brother, it is so ; but what 
 bliss it IS to see the cloud dispersed, and the smile of God 
 resting upon me ! Yes, he is my advocate. Oh, the sins 
 ol oni):,8ion and commission ! but nis blood cleanseth from 
 
 ' A guilty, weak, and helplesa worm. 
 On Jesus' arm I fall.'" 
 
 Another friend writes, « When something like delirium 
 seized him, he sung and prayed as no one had ever heard 
 him before. He also give an address, and in solemn 
 tones pronounced the benediction. When the fit of de- 
 lirium somevvhai subsided, he presseu dear Mrs. Knibb's 
 hand, and looking at her affectionately, said, ' Mary, it is 
 all right,' and in a few minutes all was over." 
 
24 
 
 MEMOIR OF THE LATE 
 
 l\ 
 
 The funeral took place the next day. The proceedings 
 on that mournful occasion are thus narrated in the 
 Baptist Herald : — 
 
 ** On Sunday, the following morning, at eleven o'clock, 
 the remains of our beloved brother were carried by six 
 of the deacons from the mission -honso to the chapel, fol- 
 lowed by some members of the family, several missionary 
 brethren and sisters, the deacons and leaders of the neigh- 
 bouring churches, with others, (who had come thirty or 
 forty miles for the occasion,) most of the respectable 
 inhabitants of the town, and an immense and orderly 
 concourse of people. 
 
 As the mournful procession passed along the street, 
 nothing wjis heard but the sounds of suppressed grief ; 
 but when the rx)rpse was carried into the chapel, the vast 
 assembly could no longer control their emotions, they felt 
 tliat their father and their friend was no more, '< they 
 lifted up their voices and wept." In a short time silence 
 was restored, when brother Dendy having engaged in 
 prayer, brother Cornford gave out that appropriate hymn, 
 commencing — 
 
 * Servant of God, well done, 
 
 Rest from thy lov'd employ : 
 The battle fought, the victory won, 
 
 Enter thy Master's joy.' 
 
 Brother iMitton read the 99th Psalm, and brother 
 jSbbott parts of the 4th and 5th chapters of the 1st Epis- 
 tle to the Thessalonians. Brother J. C. Henderson prayed, 
 and brother Pickton then read the hymn, beginning 
 
 ' Lord, we adore the vast design. 
 The obscure abyss of Providence.' 
 
 Brother Burchell gave an excellent address from Reve- 
 lations xxi. and 4th verse, and brethren Hutchins and 
 hewett concluded the mournful service. The body wa» 
 then carried to the grave in the Chapel-yard. Brother 
 Millard gave out Dr. Watts' hymn — 
 
 ' Unveil thy bosom, faithful tomb, 
 
 Take this new treasure to thy trust, 
 And give these sacred relics room 
 
 To seek a slumber in the dust. 
 
 Nor pain, nor grief, nor anxious fear 
 
 Invade thy bounds ; no mortal woea 
 Can reach the lovely sleepers here. 
 
 And angels watch their toft repoie. 
 
 f^i\ 
 
ItEV. WILLIAM KNIBB. 
 
 25 
 
 oceedings 
 [ in tbo 
 
 m o'clock, 
 !(1 by six 
 mpel, fol- 
 lissionary 
 he neigh- 
 thirty or 
 spectablo 
 I orderly 
 
 le street, 
 ed grief; 
 the \'ast 
 they felt 
 e, "they 
 e silenco 
 pfaged in 
 te hymn, 
 
 brother 
 St Epis- 
 1 prayed, 
 rig— 
 
 m Reve- 
 
 ^ins and 
 [>dy wan 
 Brother 
 
 hJ 
 
 So Jesus slept ; God's dying Son 
 
 Passed through the Rrave, and bl«<sed the bed ; 
 
 Rest here, dear saint, till from his throne. 
 The morning break, and pierce the shade. 
 
 Breal< from his throne, illustrious morn I 
 Attend, O Karth ! his sovereign word : 
 
 Restore thy trust, a glorious form ; 
 He must ascend to meet his Lord.' 
 
 The Rev. David Kerr (Wesleyan) delivered a touch- 
 ingly eloquent oration ; the Rev. Walter Thorburn (Free 
 Church) offered up i)rayer ; and the Rev. Jonathan Ed- 
 raondson (Wesleyan) pronounced the benediction, when 
 the sorrowing crowd gradually dispersed." 
 
 A few observations on the character and life of this 
 eminent servant of God may ajjpropriately close the 
 present brief memorial. 
 
 William Knibb was admirably qualified, both mentally 
 and morally, for the great work to which he was calleii. 
 He was distinguished for clear conceptions, comprehensive 
 views, deep feeling, and inilomitable courage. His elo- 
 quence was of a high order. He was formed to struggle 
 with the oppressor, and his name was a terror to evil-doers 
 in Jamaica. The petty tyrants of that island quailed 
 before him. 
 
 « The righteous are bold as a lion," Prov. xxviii 1 
 •♦ We were bold in our God," the Apostle Paul said, when 
 writmg to the Thessalonians, "to preach unto you the 
 gospel of God, Avith much contention," 1 Thess. ii. 1 2 
 All this may be affirmed with truth of William Knibb 
 He was a lion-hearted man. But his was Christian bold- 
 ness : he was " bold in his God." How was this boldoeai 
 manifested ? 
 
 It was manifested in noble enterprises. He took an 
 enlarged view of the condition of the negro race, sought 
 their improvement both as citizens and as Cluistians, wid 
 planned for other countries and distant ages. When he 
 resolved tliat he would not return to Jamaica till slavery 
 was abolished, he engaged in an undertaking which re- 
 quired all the energies of his character, and which would 
 have overwhelmed common minds. In encouraging the 
 toriHution of An lean Missionary Societies among his peo- 
 ple, he indulged expectations of the most delightful luad 
 anticipaUug, as the result of the labours of Negro Mis- 
 
26 
 
 MEMOIR OP THE LATE 
 
 moimnos in tlieir own land, extensive temporal benefits as 
 well as Christian blessings: an,! that was one of the most 
 suhlinu) scenes in his diversified history, when he stood on 
 the (|narfer-de(k of the Chilmark, full of faith and hope, 
 and steered the vessel ont of Falnionth Harhour. Had 
 his life been spared, he vvoidd have undertaken another, 
 and perhaps perilous enterprise : it was his fixed intention 
 to visit the United States, and give his powerful aid to 
 tJu^ cause of Negro Kmancipaticui. 
 
 flis life wjis a com-se of vir/orouft action. He never 
 lost time in cold calculations. While others reasoned and 
 hesitated, he was doing the work. Influenced by love to 
 Christ, and compassion fi)r souls, he could not remain 
 inactive. His zeal was not repressed by the frowns of 
 the prudent, or the checks of the unbc^lieving. He never 
 slept at his post. He disregarded human censure. It 
 conld not be expected that all the proceedings of such 
 a man would command general approbation ; and it may 
 be conceded that on some occasions there was a lack of the 
 " meekness of wisdom" in his deportment. This, however, 
 is only affinuing that he was not perfect. None who knew 
 him will hesitate to assert that his constant aim was to 
 do what he considered to be right ; and that when he had 
 ascertained, to his own satisfaction, the will of God, ho 
 a«lopted a straightforward course, utterly disrcg^u-ding 
 human opinions. His plans might bo disapproved — his 
 motives miisconstrued — his designs mlsuuderstood ; all this 
 troul.ded him not : he could say, with the Apostle, " With 
 nio it is a very small thing that I should be judged of yon, 
 or of man's judgment : he that judgeth me is the Lord," 
 1 Cor. iv. 3, 4. 
 
 TJiat he exemplified self-denying dtvotcdness to the 
 great cause, will be universally admitted. He did not 
 isoek pleasure or aggrandisement. To the negroes, ho 
 could say with truth, " I seek not yours, but you." From 
 tijc time when he visited his brother's grave at Kingston, 
 shortly after his arrival in Jamaica, and there, weeping 
 for the departed one, solemnly consecrated himself to the 
 welfare of the down-trodden sons of Africa, to the last 
 day of his life, he lived for that object. His whole soul 
 was absorbed in it. In carrying out his plans, he had to 
 endure unmerited obloquy, and much suffering, both of 
 body find intriu. But " none of those ihings inoveu him." 
 Ho only desired to promote the well-being of the beloved 
 objects of his benevolence, at whatever risk — at whatever 
 
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KEV. WILLIAM KXIBB. 
 
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 cost. Consideratioiis of personal advanfajfc novor formed 
 part of his plans. When the villaf^e of Kotterinf,^ near 
 Fahnonth, was lai<l out in lots, his cong-rej^alion <lisioverod 
 that he had reserved no portion for himself, and imme- 
 diately apj)ropiia(ed to his use a suitable spot, on which 
 they ereeled an excellent dwellin^-honse. It was iheir 
 gift to their pastor, lint he refused to aece])t it ; on which, 
 with noble considerateness, lliey secured the property to 
 Mrs. Knibb, assurin,"^ him, that "if (Jod should remove'hirn 
 by death, they would not suffer his widow to leave 
 Jamaica, but wcndd take care of her and her children. 
 
 TluM-oof of these excellencies was (Vfi/n/rtical piefi/. 
 Mr. Knibb was a hinnble believer in the' Lord Jesiis 
 Christ. And " IJim, h.nin^^ not seen, he loved' —ten- 
 derly, ardently loved. Jle realised for himself the bless- 
 ings of the redemjtion, and knew what it was to live 
 ♦'not for himself, '.,;. for him that died for bim, and rose 
 again." In a letter addressed to the compiler of this 
 memoir, dated " Kingston, Feb. 12, 182G," the fcdiowing 
 passage occm-s :_'• I do bless the Divine Being that he 
 counted me worthy of so delightful, though ardiums 
 employ. Though surrounded bv death, be bas spared 
 nnd J reserved me, and I feel assured that he will spare 
 me as long ;is he has any work for me in his vineyard ; 
 mid then it is sweet to fall as a poor redeemed sinner into 
 the arms of a lovely Jesus." Nineteen years afterwards 
 we find him expressing tbe same sentiments and feelings, 
 Jn his farewell letter to the Secretary of the BajUist Mis- 
 sionary Society, on leaving I^^ngland f(»r the last time :— 
 " Again I leave the land (»f my fathers, oppressed with 
 the overwhelming kindness I have received. What un- 
 trodden paths are yet before me, and in what new spheres 
 of operation I may be placed, I know not ; but by grace 
 I stand prepared to be any thing or do any thing my 
 Father may coTumand. Farewell, dear Christian friends ; 
 your kindness has often cheered my heart and sustained 
 my spirit. Soon we shall meet above, and oh, what a 
 meeting there ! Onward let us press in the sacred caujc; 
 and in every struggle, and in every conflict, feeling our 
 dependence on .lesus and his precious atonement, may our 
 inmost spirit be baptized in the sentiment 
 
 • Sinful, nnd weak, and liplplpss worms, 
 
 On tSiy kind arms we fiili ; 
 Be thou our strength nnd rii;hteousn«?s9. 
 
 Our Suviuur and our alt.' " 
 
28 
 
 MEMOIR OF IBTE LATfi 
 
 On his ilcatJi-bciJ, he was nf tJ.„ • , 
 
 •impio faith in ChV ? Inl' ^ ''"^?. "^'"^- «»'" it «'a. 
 
 -ohition, he was hea,i to oxdahn!!'^'''^' ^"^^i^^'^'* "^^'- 
 
 "rt'';str;t::::;^':;;!:;s;:^^ 
 
 that, though oxo.^ r ,' ,: ': rr ""^' '^'■"^^"^•^^'^ '""'' «" 
 <'"e.ni.vs .S„hl n It fi d c ti ^^^ n.n,,>tutions, his 
 
 to the cause of his ;,'' •''j'"' ^''""^t h,n> save in regard 
 that he h'ved and Id . i / /^ '' '"'"""^ '" *''^'''- ^'-itoem 
 
 «t' af,ont GOO member. Ah ^f/'"""^''' " '"''"^i-tHl 
 2.'n2, with four d V .^L ] •''^**''' ^^'^ "»•»'»«'• ''vas 
 
 ^»-- «-H^y " 1^ ontlr^'i'^^F f 1 -^-J"-. ar^ 
 
 tJ.oscs there M-ere other S,n 1 ^, '•'''" "''^^ ^^^^'^e* 
 ;»vod their origin to set. T^"^'^.^ ''"*""« ^•'•"•'« 
 lx»'-"cin nnnd that tie .dlue.;; J" ^^l'''"'"''' '' "^'"^^ »>« 
 ?>"ld not hut stin ul e e" e7.f nfr'' ' T^''^ "^'''"^P^^ 
 "il exhortations urge „nVv f '"^ i'^^^'^^" 
 
 »"'"Heif to the service of Zs.l-""^' ^^TT *« ^^'^«te 
 wl«o never knevt h m ^L. ^'*^ '""••-a»<i that numbers 
 
 toil, and suc^sTe to ^ r'T""'^!'^' ^' ^''^' «tory of hi' 
 Lor.I." ' *^ ^.ubscribe w.th tlieir hands to the 
 
 '•- i-cird-it speaii: t " al ^^ j e t:':? "' ' " ^i^^^«^ 
 «ucli an hour aL you think nnf I I "'*" ''^''"'y ' f''^* at 
 
 roadcr-listirto^lho V ;S^Vh^ ''• '" '''"'*• ^^"^''*»I 
 I'irn at hi« last md ^ l. t''«."^'««'onary_uttered by 
 
 --<l' to ri.c:i:;l/^,.::iy- -^^^'^ «"« or two short 
 
 Von, n,y dear yo n«. 1- 1 ?;;''*^' !'"^" '" ««*i'« J''>u«e. 
 
 •inco I Lt trod th.t I fe '' "'^'\ !'V' '""^^ ^^'X"". 
 
 rfo«aibed ; and alll Sh •'''"'' '"'"''' ' '''"^^'^ "«>v 
 
 that the n ligion of /'hH ""P'"''- ^^P"" y"» «« this, 
 
 rhutit,.„,,:^!"""^*''''•'^^^'«"*'"«t^ in every difli.„l. ' 
 
 - -t ^..n .u,>,,... „, every emergency ; and, if thereiiL' 
 
 / 
 
Still it was 
 spect of dis- 
 
 f G(»(l,"ono 
 — " by tho 
 liiniself to 
 t?<J iiini, so 
 Nations, his 
 e in rcg-ard 
 loir estoera 
 iieq-roes. 
 s and falso 
 
 undortook 
 t cons;:.,ttHl 
 inber '^as 
 oliiis, and 
 Besides 
 •lis wliich 
 
 imint be 
 example 
 ii^ power- 
 to devote 
 rninibersj 
 ^lyofhis 
 Is to the 
 
 was su J- 
 Master 
 ; for at 
 •nieth," 
 Mouthful 
 ered by 
 len bid- 
 
 
 / 
 
 REV. WILLIAM KNIBB. gQ 
 
 in some of the most a I w?.!-- .^'''^'! "^'^ '"^ ^o stand 
 could stand I rvpl ?•" ''"''V""' '" ^^''"^h « n.issionarv 
 
 that at^'lJ^n^TtZ:;" '••''" "'^^ "''^^ ' ^'^I'-^«^ 
 bloodvdeath. a„ Jtollv.^ n""'? '">' ^'^'^»^'"^'« ^'V a 
 
 «o happy in my lifb L wl u'n f { "' ^'"'^ '" ^''^^"^ ^"^ 
 and I expe ed in . n I ^•'>'7'^* ^'"^^ "^ »'V breast, 
 
 tJ.at in th J "lil^of tl^ C?f r \' rr '""'^^ '« 
 and which oan^s "tain and ; ?^ ^« V''»'"" * '"^^ ^"»>Port 
 should like to pa Zouth tl n '''^ ^**'" '''-""^''^ *'""* ' 
 in connexion vwXthrSotXr.Tr T"' ''' ' ^'«"^^' 
 blood of God's dear Son vv 7. 1 • "" ''^^''''"'■*^ "P«" ^^^ 
 afford. My I cited v^ .nl • • ? "r"'>^ ""^ ^''^^^ ««" 
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APPENDIX. 
 
 SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OP THE BAPTfSV 
 
 MISSIOXARY SOCIETY. 
 
 The BaptLst Missionary Society originated in prayer. 
 Ill proot of tluK assertion we adduce an extract from'the 
 ( ircular Letter of the Northamptonshire Baptist Asso- 
 ciation, agreed to at the Annual Meeting of that bodv 
 June 2 and 3. 1784: ^' 
 
 "Upon a motion being made to the ministers and 
 messengers of the Associate Baptist Churches, assembled 
 at ^Nottingham, respecting meetings for prayer, to bewail 
 the low estate of religion, and earnestly implore a revival 
 ot our churches, and of the general cause of our Redeemer 
 and for that end to wrestle with God for the effusion of 
 hi» Holy Spirit, which alone can produce the blessed effect 
 It was unanimomh/ resolved, to recommend to all our 
 churches and congregations, the spending of one hour in 
 this important exercise on the Jirst Monday in every 
 calendar month. ^ 
 
 " We hereby solemnly exhort all the churches in our 
 connection, to engage heartily and perseveringly in the 
 prosecution of this plan. And as it may be 'well to 
 endeavour to keep the same hour, as a t(»ken of our unity 
 herein, it is supposed the following scheme may suit many 
 congregations, viz., to meet on the first INfondky eveninlr 
 in Mui/ June,^^u\ Jvh/, from 8 to 9. In August from 7 
 to 8 ; September and OccMr from 6 to 7 ; November 
 IJecember, Januari/, and February from 5 to 6 ; March 
 from 6 to 7 ; and April from 7 to 8. Nevertheless, if this 
 hour, or -ven (he particular evening, should not suit in 
 particular places, we wish our brethren to fix on one more 
 convenient to themselves. 
 
 " We hope, also, that as many of our brethren who live 
 at a distance from our places of worship may not be able 
 
 ' 
 
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BAPTIST MISSIOXARY SOCIETY. 
 
 31 
 
 rrsv 
 
 m prayer. 
 
 from the 
 
 tist Assu- 
 
 hat body, 
 
 iters and 
 assembled 
 to bewail 
 a revival 
 lodeenier, 
 (fusion of 
 Jed effect, 
 o all our 
 ? hour in 
 every 
 
 in 
 
 's in our 
 ly in the 
 
 well to 
 aur unity 
 nit many 
 
 eveninjf 
 ^t from 7 
 'ovember, 
 ; March 
 Ks, if this 
 t suit in 
 >ne more 
 
 who live 
 be able 
 
 > I f 
 
 > J 
 
 to attend tbere, that as many as are conveniently situated 
 
 m a village or neijrhbourliood, will unite in small societies 
 
 at the same tunc. And if at.y single individual should 
 
 be so situated as not to be able to attend to this duty in 
 
 society with others, let him retire at the appointed hour 
 
 to unite the breath of prayer in private with th.^se who are 
 
 thus engaged in a more public; manner. The grand obiect 
 
 m prayer is to be, that the ll(dy Sjiirit may be poured 
 
 down on our mini.sters and churches, that sinners inay be 
 
 W)n verted, the saints edified, and the name of God gh)rified. 
 
 At the same time remember, we trust you will not confine 
 
 yom requests to your own societies, or to .)ur own 
 
 immediate connection : let the whole interest (»f the 
 
 Kedeemer be affectionately remembered, and the spread 
 
 of the gospel to the most distant parts of the habitable 
 
 globe be the object of your most fervent rec.uests. We 
 
 shall rejoice if a7Uj other Christian societies of our' own 
 
 or other denominations will unite with us, and do now 
 
 mwe^eMewj most cordially to join heait and hand in the 
 attempt. 
 
 " Who can tell what the consequence of such an united 
 effort in prayer may be ? Let us plead with God tho 
 many gracious promises of his word, which rehite to the 
 future success of his gospel. Ux^ has said, ' I will yet for 
 this be inquired of by the house of Isiael, to do it for them : 
 I wdl increase thein with men like a flo(k,'_E/ek. xxxvi. 
 67. Purely we have love enough to Zion to set apart 
 owe //owr at a time, twelve times in a year, to seek her 
 welfare. 
 
 • )!^oi''""i^''*'>', ^*''''""'" P''^'^^^'' "f ^''<^ ♦^^'"'rch at Moulton 
 in 1786. J hat church belonged to the Northamptonshirp 
 Association. Mr. Carey's attention had been early directed 
 to missions, and it cannot be doubted that the monthly 
 concert for prayer strengthened his convictions and desires. 
 
 Ills heart appears to have been set upon the conversion 
 of the heathen," (we quote the "Periodical Accounts,") 
 
 before he went to reside at Aloulton. It was there he 
 wrote the work which he afterwards published, entituled. 
 An Inquiry into the Ohligntions of Christians to use 
 Meansjor the Conversion oj the Heathen i" and his con- 
 versations, prayers, and sermons, were mostly accompanied 
 with something relative to iliis subject. He possessed at 
 the same tune a great tbire-t for goographicrd knowledge, 
 and a remarkable aptitude at learning languages, so that 
 his most intimate friends were for several years past 
 
33 
 
 SKETCH OP THK IIISTOUY OP 
 
 ft* 
 
 His desire that a So(i,.ty uup^U 1,,. osfuhlished amongst 
 
 the heathen, and that /w „,i^r|,t have a .hare in th!u 
 important service, continued and increased, till at lenirth 
 
 r/,W ' ""' v'}/ ^"'"^ f " •"••••^'"^ ^'^" "'inisteT at 
 C^/j.9^o/ie ,n AorM«/y/y;^«,,,vA,,.^. Hf,o,. ,„.„ discourses had 
 
 been preac^.ed hy brother Siitcliff,. and ' rother Fuller, on 
 
 Jealousy for the Loh.> or JIosts, and Me ;,.rmc.V,«, 
 
 inffucncc oj delay, ho proposed a (piestion, ' Whether it 
 
 were not j.racticable, and our houn.len duty, to attempt 
 
 Bcunevvhat toward spreading the {gospel in' the heathin 
 
 As the p.ddic service had been attended with more than 
 orduiary sole.nn.ty, so this consideration M'as managed 
 with a good degree (d serious and earnest concern to exert 
 tiurse ves for t^lic enlargement of the kingdom of our Lord. 
 Hu tie chief thing then ngn-ed upon was, to desire 
 
 P bis! them At the next Association of tlie Baptist 
 Churches, a Oakham . une 1«, 1791, it was requested 
 by the ministers who had been prr-seut at Climtone, that 
 brothers Sutcl.ffe and Fuller w<M,ld print theJr Sermons 
 above referred to, with wln.h request they complied, and 
 these were followed some mouths afterwards by brother 
 1 arey s * Enquiry' &c. ^ 
 
 At the next Annual Meeting of the Association, at 
 ^ottlnghaw, May 31, 1792, brother (!arey preached a 
 very animatmg discourse from Jsaiah liv. 2, in which 
 he pressed two things in particular, as expository of 
 
 lengthening our cords and strengthening our stakes." 
 VIZ., (1.) 1 hat we should f,rp,vl great things ; (2.) That 
 we shoula attewpt great things. After public worship 
 was over the s« bject was revived, and a resolution made, 
 
 lirnt a plan be prepared against the next ministers' 
 meeting at hettering, for forming a Society among Te 
 Baptists for juopagating the gosj.el among the heathen ;' 
 and brother (^arey generously proposed to devote what- 
 ever profi s might arise froiu hi» lute publication, to the 
 use of sucli a Society." ' 
 
 The Society was formed at Kettering, October 2, 1792. 
 
 . '* 1 ', r . i--"^'*i 'it iiB iuimation, and tiieir 
 
 umted subscriptions amounted to 4.13 2s. Cd. sterling. 
 
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 BAPTIST MISSIONAnv SOCIKTY. 89 
 
 Mr. Carey was tlie first missionary. AcconipaiiifMl hy 
 Mr. Thomas, who had ahrady hecn to Bonj^al in another 
 rapacity, ho sailed for t'ah-ntta, June 13, 1793. They 
 landed in November following-, and imme<liafely com- 
 menced their arduous unrh-rtaking-. For several years 
 they labonred nnder great dit}i<idjies, disconrap-en)ents,and 
 j)rivations : in fact, seven years elapsed before success 
 began to cheer tliem. Krishnu. the first converted Hindu, 
 was baptized Dec. 28, 1800. The " (hx.r (.f faith" l)cing 
 opened, others entered in, and Christian chnrclies were 
 formed at Serampore and Calcutta, from vvhidi places 
 missionary efforts were directed to other parts of India. 
 
 Reinforcements of missiiniarles were sent from time to 
 time, as funds were provi<l('d. AVe give the names of the 
 first twelve : — 
 
 l793_William Carey died ... 1834 
 
 " — John Thomas " ... 1801 
 
 1796 — .John Fountain « ... 1800 
 
 1799 — William Ward « ... i820 
 
 " — Daniel Brunsdon " ... 1801 
 
 " — AVilliam Grant " ... 1507 
 
 " — John Marshman ,. '< ... 1838 
 
 1802 — John Chamberlain " ... 1822 
 
 1803 — Joshua Howe <« « 
 
 " — William Moore '< ... « 
 
 " — Richard Mardou '< ... 1812 
 
 " —James Biss » ... 18O6 
 
 As soon as IVfr. Carey had acquired a competent Know- 
 ledge of Bengali, he began to translate the New Testament 
 into that langiuige. The first edition was printed in 1801. 
 Other porti()ns of the Scrii)tures followed in succession. 
 The establishment of a College at Fort AVilliam, Calcutta, 
 led to the appointmeni of Mr. (then Dr.) Carey as Professor 
 of Bengali, and subsequently of otlu'r languages. His 
 intercourse with learned natives enabled him to secure 
 valuable assistance in the great enterprise to M'hich he had 
 devoted himself, and to translate the word of God, in 
 whole or in part, into very many of the languages of the 
 East. Dr. Marshman an<l Mr. Chamberlain rendered 
 important aid in this department. The late Dr. Yates was 
 peculiarly eminent as a translator. 
 
 The Soripturos I'.ave been trjje.s:!ated and printed by the 
 Baptist Missionaries, in whole or in part, in the following 
 languages : — Aflfghan — Modern Armenian— Assamese 
 
84 
 
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 thcMi- ...too-rify and u.ofulnoi " ^ "'''^"ou'Iedgnient of 
 
 fe.sedly of l.i..|. importa n^o S ^"'"^ »''e con- 
 
 once o„d>ra.os and outueS . „' ' , " ^"'•^'•' >^''ich at 
 ["s,oa of vital Cinistianirt I k,^o^"7/ "''^•'•" ^''^ ^^^f- 
 liensions wore entorfaincv|^.pec.h iJ- *''f,U''*^^t «PPre. 
 the cessation of slavorv tl . n' '^ '" *'"' t^^ountry, on 
 
 ha^onusand yvhile^Cvn^'T'"'''''' . ^^"^ freedom 
 ti^eir religions toa^hors L^t^t"^ "'^ '^^^" ^^^^^^e™ 
 
 "leefn^ lu,„.es have boon o Lot^^ /'^ "'""'^'''^^ «nd 
 attcM.danco I.a. beoon^. rol I .riV'"'' /"nltiplied-tbe 
 tions Jjave in nianv r'i«n K tlevont, the concToa-a- 
 
 all, ji. co„..rZ^:;::^z rha™"" <'™'''^v»''-" 
 
 has bwn frotuir o„ to -m ovn... *- '?'"'*" t" believe) 
 
 before i)intcd,\he uild 
 
 erness ]n 
 
 poiijt of view. 
 
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 egun to 
 
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 raiisinit- 
 s of the 
 
 s^ion in 
 , in his 
 
 y years 
 of fho 
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 cl, Mr. 
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 BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY. 
 
 B& 
 
 blossom as tho rose. ' Instead of the thorn has como up 
 the hr-reo, and ,nstoa« of the briar has come np tho 
 myr le tree, and it shall be to tli.. I.ord for a name, for an 
 everlastnig sign that shall not be cut off.' " 
 
 The niissioii to Coyh.n was nnnmeiiccd in 181^ -—to 
 iS 1^17'_to Snn.atia in 1818 ;_to llondifra's, in 
 1822 ;— to the Bahama-, in 1833 ;_to Africa, in 1840. 
 
 JMn^e tho formation of the Society, tliere have been 
 *ent oni or accepted 195 missionaries, more than one-half 
 ot whom are permitted still to aid the mission cause in 
 foreign lands.. 
 
 COMPExNDIOUS VIEW OF THE MISSION. 
 
 EUKOPE. 
 
 ^ Franc^._Stations, 3 ; missionaries, 2 ; female mission- 
 
 aries, 2 ; membr s, 10. 
 
 ASIA. 
 
 India — Stations, 4(1 ; Missionaries, 32 ; female mis- 
 sionaries, 14 ; native pr(.achers and teachers, 51 ; members, 
 914 ; day-schools, 39 ; scholars, 1867. 
 
 Asiatic Islands.—Ht at'iom, 24 ; missionaries, 6 ; female 
 missionaries, 3; uative preachers and teachers 20- mem- 
 bers, 530 ; day-schools, 39 ; scholars, 1257. ' 
 
 AFRICA. 
 
 Stations, 9 ; missionaries, 8 ; female missionaries, 15 ; 
 native preachers, 11 ; members, 80 ; day-shools, 4 ; scho- 
 lars, 200 ; Sunday scholars, 500. 
 
 AMERICA.. 
 
 West Ixdies : — 
 
 ./owaeca._Stations, 87; missionaries, 31 ; female mis- 
 sionaries 30 ; native preachers and teachers, 40 ; mem- 
 bers, 34,000 ; day-schools, 50 ; scholars, 5,000 ; Sunday- 
 schools, 50 ; scholars, 9,000. ' 
 
 Bahamas Stations, 29; missionaries, 3; female 
 
 missionaries, 3 ; native preachers and teachers, 31 ; 
 members, 2 453 ; day-schools, 8 ; scholars, 465 ; Sunday- 
 scholars, 1,389. •' 
 
 Ir{nidad.—Staiiom, 5 ; missionaries, 2 ; female mis- 
 sionaries, 2 ; native preachers, 2 ; members, 62 : day- 
 schools, 2 ; scholars, 95 ; Sunday-scholars, 80. 
 
36 
 
 nAPTlST MISSIONARY SOCIRTY. 
 
 "^ario., 3; n..i;o";;.;^f,^^7"»'--.3; female mi.. 
 »chools,.5; scholars, 350. ' ' '"'^^"^'^^'''^ 122; day. 
 
 lego, Afontroll.) ^ ' ^ '"^'^'^'"^ "^t''^' «apti«t cS- 
 
 Stinday-scholars * '^'''"''' scholars; 10,969 
 
 ^Jl^e pareieuh.rs arc taken fi-o. the Annual Report 
 
 ^lareh 31, li^'^Z^^^t:: 1"^%^^^^ 
 rter ,ng-or, $2,240,000. The a, f 7''' "** i:560,0OO 
 ceeds £20,000 steding. ^ '^''''^^^ ^expenditure ex- 
 
 • * 
 
 be transmitted to the k'^v. J 'aV^V^, '='"'';;^«'''"s .nav 
 by »lo« they will be wtJedl^ElJi^l.^ """"^"^ 
 
 BOIXO CAMPBJSIJ., PBXNTBB. 
 
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