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PR. W. R. BARON VAN HOEVELL. 
But in the midst of all this devotion to science the Cause of reli¬ 
gion was not neglected by him. The decided improvement in the 
moral and religious condition of the community entrusted to his 
particular care, his recent “ Netherlands and Bali,” in which he forci¬ 
bly depicts the condition of the natives of that island and calls upon 
the mother country to save them from the ignorance and irreligion 
under which they have so long lain degraded, his “ Journal for the 
promotion of Christian knowledge in Netherlands India,” the Para- 
pattan Orphan Asylum which is indebted principally to his exertions 
for the prosperous condition which it now enjoys, all bear evidence 
of his zeal and industry in the cause of religion and humanity. 
From this short and hasty sketch it will be perceived how much 
Ills withdrawal from Java must be regretted by the lovers of science, 
and by all who take an interest in the moral welfare of that island. 
On the causes which have led to Dr* Hoe veil’s departure from 
Java we need not dwell. We trust he will succeed in the object 
which lie carries with him to the mother country, and that he may 
soon return to continue his enlightened and zealous labours in the 
cause of religion and science. 
