BAPTIST MISSIONARY MAGAZINE.

VOL. XXVI. J U L Y , 1 8 4 6 . NO. 7.

Baptist General Convention for Foreign Missions.

ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE CONVENTION,V

Held in the Pierrepont St, Baptist Church, Brooklyn, JV. Y., May 19, 1846.

T he Convention assembled at 10 o ’clock, A. M ., when the P re ­sident, Rev. F rancis W ayland, D . D ., of R . I., took the chair and called the meeting to order.

A fter singing, prayer was offered by Rev. M r. Dodge of P h ila­delphia.

In the absence of the Secretaries, Rev. Jam es B. Taylor, o fV a ., and Rev. Rollin H . N eale, of Mass. ;—Rev. E . E . L . Taylor, of N. Y ., A ssistant Secretary o f the last adjourned meeting of the Convention, called the roll of the body.

M E M B E R S .

M a in e .Bowdoinham Bap. Miss. Soc.,—

Franklin Merriam.Cumberland Bap. For. Miss. Soc.,—

Adam Wilson, Z. Bradford, L. F.Beecher, Dudley C. Haynes, C.W. Redding, B. Greene.

Penobscot Association,—Jeremiah Chaplin.

Saco River Association,—Ahira Jones.

Portland, Free St. Bap. church,— Lewis Colby.

Hancock Aux. For. Miss. Soc.,— James Gillpatrick, David Nutter.

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Damariscotta Miss. Soc.,—Joseph Wilson.

Lincoln Association,—Enoch Hutchinson.

N e w H a m p s h ir e .Baptist State Convention,—

Dura D. Pratt, Eli B. Smith, Eben- ezer E. Cummings, Edmund Worth, Silas Usley, Joseph Free­man.

V e r m o n t .

Baptist Stale Convention,—Joseph W. Sawyer, Daniel Has-

call, Manoah D. Miller.

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Grafton, Bap. church,—Daniel F. Richardson, Mylone

Merriam.JVbrth Springfield, Bap. church,—

D. M. Crane.Saxton’s River, Bap. church,—

Joseph C. Foster.

M a s s a c h u s e t t s .

Boston, 1 si Bap. church, Young Men's Miss. Soc.,—

Rollin H. Neale, Hiram A. Graves, Ebenezer Carter, Job Brooks, George W. Robinson.

u Baldwin Place Bap. church,—Barou Stow, Elijah Hutchinson,

Thomas Shaw, Jonas Forristall, Jesse Kingsbury.

“ “ “ For. Miss. Soc.,—J. Warren Merrill, Frederick

Gould, Benjamin F. Hatch, Jo­seph C. Hartshorn, S. H. Loring.

*£ Charles St. Bap. church,—Solomon Peck, Irah Chase.

“ Bowdoin Square Bap. church,— Robert W. Cushman, Asa Wilbur,

Ezra Chamberlain, David W. Horton.

“ “ “ Young Men’s Benev. Soc.,— Charles Warren.

“ Federal St. Bap. church,—William Hague, lleman Lincoln,

Win. Crowell, Win. Howe.“ Harvard St. Bap. church,—

Robert Turnbull, Henry S. Wash­burn.

“ South Bap. church,—Duncan Dunbar.

Beverly, 1st Bap. church,—Charles W. Flanders.

Brookline, Bap. church,—Win. II. Shailer, Barnas Sears.

Cambridge, 1st Bap. church,—Joseph W. Parker, Charles Ever­

ett, George Cummings, Josiah Coolidge.

“ 2d Bap. church,—William Leverett.

West Cambridge, Bap. church,— Nathaniel Colver.

Chelsea, Bap. church,—John W. Olmstead, George W.

Bosworth.Jamaica Plain, Bap. church,—

John O. Choules.

Haverhill, 3 si Bap. church,—Arthur S. Train, James H. Dun­can.

Salem, Is/ Bap. church,—Thomas D. Anderson, Israel Ward,

Andrew Ward.Dorchester, Bap. church,—

Bradley Miner, Cephas Pasco.Lowell, 1st Bap. church,—

Joseph Ballard.Charlestown, lsf Bap. church,—

George C. Goodwin.Newburyport, 3 si Bap. church,—

Nicholas JVIedbery.Salisbury andAmesbury, Bap. church,—

Isaac Sawyer.Barnstable Association,—

Andrew Pollard, James]?Barnaby, Z. D. Bassett.

Berkshire Association,—J. Higby.

Worcester Association,—John Jennings, S. S. Cutting, John

F. Burbank.Westfield Association,—

F. Bestor, Jonah G. Warren, A. Day, Jr., C. Willet.

Wachusett Association,—Oren Tracy.

Franklin Association,—William Heath.

Old Colony Association,—Silas Ripley.

Subscription o f Gardner Colby, o f Bos­ton,—

Gardner Colby, James Andem, J. W. Eaton.

do. o f Jefferson Borden, o f Fall River,— Jefferson Borden, Wm. B. French.

do. o f Nathaniel Lamson, o f Fail River,—

Horace Seaver.do. o f Samuel Hill, o f Boston,—

William H. Jameson.

R h o d e I sla n d .,

Baptist State Convention,—Thomas Roger, H. G. Steward.

Providence, 1st Bap. church,—James N. Granger, Francis Wav-

land, Alva Woods, A. M. Gam- mell, Thomas R. Holden, JosephB. Brown, Hugh IL Brown,

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William Douglass, Varnum .1. Bates, William F. Hansell, Par­don Miller, Jonathan Pike, Ira Newell, Horace T. Love, Wil­liam Cogswell.

Providence, ls£ Bap. church, Female For. Miss. Soc.,—

Richard. E. Eddy.il P ine St. Bap. church,—

John Dowling, James Boyce.<i u u a la d ie s ’ J?0Tt Miss. Soc.,—

Thomas Dowling.“ 3 d Bap. church,—

Thorndike C. Jameson, Kazlitt Arvine, John G. Richardson.

“ 4th Bap. church,—Francis Smith.

a u u n For, Miss. Soc.,—Stephen R. Weeden.

Pawtucket, 1st Bap. church,—Shadrach S. Bradford, Stephen

Benedict.Valley Falls, Bap. church,—

Boham P. Byram, Henry Marchant.Warren, Bap. church,—

Josiah P. Tustin.Warwick and Coventry, Bap. church,—

Edward K. Fuller, John II. Baker.L ippilt and Phcenix, Bap. church,—

Jonathan Bray ton.Westerly, Bap. church,—

Edward T. Hiscox.Subscription o f Henry Jackson, o f Fruit

H ill,—Henry Jackson, David Benedict,

James F. Wilcox.

C o n n e c t ic u t .

Baptist State Convention,—I. R. Steward, E. T. Winter, H.

Wooster, D. T. Shailer, II. Mil­ler, Robert R. Raymond, Ed­ward Bolles, Albert Day, Ed­ward Savage, Win. W. Smith, Julius S. Shailer.

N ew London County Miss. Soc.,—E. Dennison, P. C. Turner, Minor

G. Clarke, John Blain, Richard P. Williams.

Sujjkld, 2d Bap. church,■—Dwight Ives, A. M. Torbet.

Fairfeld County Bap. Association,—J. J. Woolsey, R. H. Bellamy, J.

Scott.Stonington, Bap , church,—

A. G. Palmer.

N e w Y o r k .

American and Foreign Bible Soc.,— Spencer H. Cone, Charles G. Som­

mers, Rufus Babcock, David Bellamy, Elisha E. L. Taylor.

Dutchess Association,—Philip Roberts, Jr.

Cayuga Association,— j . S. Backus, 11. J. Eddy.

Buffalo Association,—Dexter P. Smith.

Broome and Tioga Association,— Alanson P. Mason.

Cortland Association,—Zenas Freeman, Marsena Stone,

J. P. Simmons.Genesee Association,—

H. K. Stimson, Joseph W. Spoor.Madison Association,—

Nathaniel Kendrick, Lewis Leon­ard, John Peck, Benj. Putnam.

Monroe Association,—Pharcellus Church, Velona R.

Hotchkiss, Gibbon Williams.Oneida Association,—

Daniel G. Corey, Henry C. Vogel, Alexander M. Beebee.

Onondaga Association,—John Munroe, C. M. Fuller, J. W.

Taggart.Otsego Association,—

Daniel Dye.Saratoga Association,—

Norman Fox, D. S. Parmelee, W.B. Curtiss.

Saratoga Springs, Fern. For. Miss. Soc.,—-

Joshua Fletcher.Union Association,—

Nathan A. Reed.Washington Union Association,—

William Arthur.New York, 1st Bap. church,—

Spencer H. Cone, Henry C, Fish, Cornelius W. Thomas.

“ Oliver St. For. Miss. Soc.,—- Elisha Tucker, John Wesley

Sarles, Alonzo Wheelock, R, Thompson, John R. Ludlow, R. Pegg, J a m e s Sadgebury, JacobH. Brouner, George Child, SilasB. Randall.

“ Oliver St. Fern. Miss. Soc.,— Benjamin M. Hill, Samuel Ray­

nor.

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JVew York, Tabernacle Bap. church,— Edward Lathrop, Archibald Ma-

clay, George Hatt, William Col­gate, Joshua Gilbert, Robert Col­gate, John T. Sealy.

“ Laight St. Bap. church,—William W . Everts.

“ Cannon St. Bap. church,—William T. Anderson.

“ “ “ Juvenile Miss. Soc.,—Henry Davis.

“ Amity St. Bap. church,—William R. Williams, John Dow-

ley, Jackson Smith, James Ap­pleton, W. H. Munn.

Brooklyn, list Bap. church,—James L. Hodge.

Albany, Pearl St. Bap. church,— Bartholomew T. Welch, C. H.

Hosken, George Benedict, Friend Humphrey.

Hamilton, 1st Bap. church,—Beriah N. Leach.

Homer, Bap. church,—Alfred Bennett, Edward Bright, Jr.,

Henry V. Jones.Little Falls, Bap. church,—

William L. Dennis.Troy, Female Miss. Soc.,—

Leland Howard.Buffalo, Washington St. Bap. church,—

Levi Tucker.Utica, Broad St. Bap. church,—

H. N. Loring.Staten Island, 1st Bap. church,—

Samuel White.Subscription o f Jacob Knapp, o f Ham­

ilton,—Gershom B. Day.

do. o f William Cobb, o f Hamilton,— Jirah D. Cole.

do. o f James D. Coolidge, o f Madison,— James Edmunds, Jr.

Ontario Association,—C. G. Carpenter.

Seneca Association,—D. W. Litchfield, James McLallen.

Chenango Association,—E. G. Perry.

Harmony Association,—Orrin Dodge.

N e w J e r s e t .

Baptist State Convention,—C. W. Mulford, E. W. Dickinson,

John C. Harrison, J. G. Collurn, James E. Welch, Peter P. Run­yon.

JVew Brunswick, Youths’ Bap. Miss. Soc.,—

George R. Bliss.East Jersey, For. Miss. Soc.,—

Greenleaf S. Webb, Daniel D. Lewis, Simeon J. Drake.

Cohansey, Bap. church,—E. D. Fendall.

P e n n s y l v a n ia .

American Baptist Publication Soc.,— Daniel Dodge, Thomas O. Lin­

coln, Charles E. Wilson, IsraelE. James.

Philadelphia, 1st Bap. church,—A. H. Taylor, John A. Gendell.

“ 11 a Female Miss. Soc.,— Thomas Watson.

“ “ “ Female Karen Miss. Soc.,— William W. Keen.

| “ Sansom St. Fem. For. Miss. Soc.,— J. Lansing Burrows, William Sha-

drach.“ Spruce St. Bap. church,—

James M. Linnard.“ 10/A Bap. church,—

Joseph Ii. Kennard, J. Sexton James.

“ l i f t St. Bap. church,—Abraham D. Gillette, P. B. Mingle.

Subscription o f Thomas-White,— Eugenio Kincaid.

Vincent, Bap. church,—I. V. Allison.

Lower Dublin, Bap. church,—James M. Challis.

Harrisburg, Bap. church,—Matthew Seinple.

Great Valley, Bap. church,—C. B. Keyes.

D e l a w a r e .

Wilmington, 2d Bap. church,—Morgan J. Rhees.

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M a r y l a n d .

Baltimore, subscription o f William Crane,—

William Crane.

D i s t r i c t o f C o l u m b ia .

Alexandria, lsZ Bap. church,—Edward Kingsford.

K e n t u c k y .

China Miss. Soc.,—Isaac McCoy.

I n d ia n a .

General Association of Baptists,- Buckley C. Morse.

Resolved, T hat R ev. E . E . L . T aylor be appointed A ssistant Secretary .

T he A cting Board presented a report, together with an A ct ob­tained from the L egislature of Pennsylvania, changing the name of the Convention, and also an A ct of Incorporation for the Am erican Baptist M issionary Union, obtained from the Legislature of the Commonwealth of M assachusetts.

At the November meeting of the Convention, the Acting Board wrere “ authorized to procure from the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Penn­sylvania, a Remedial Act, changing the name of the Convention, and making such changes in its Charter as would render it conformable to the Constitu­tion then conditionally adopted.” They were also “ instructed to procure from the Legislature of Massachusetts, an Act of Incorporation for ‘ The American Baptist Missionary Union.’ ”

The Acting Board have duly attended to the service with which they were charged ; and by a Committee, consisting of Hon. Messrs. R. Fletcher,H. Lincoln, J. H. Duncan, and J. M. Linnard, and Gardner Colin , Esq., have procured the necessary enactments ; which are herewith respectfully submitted.

On behalf of the Acting Board,S. P e c k , Cor. Sec.

W hereupon it wasResolved, T hat this Convention do now accept the Act of Incor­

poration granted by the L egislature o f Pennsylvania, M arch 13, 1846, entitled ct An A ct changing the nam e of the association known as ‘ T he G eneral Convention of the B aptist Denomination in the United States for F oreign Missions and other important objects re ­lating to the R edeem er’s kingdom , 5 to tha t of ‘ T he American B ap­tist M issionary Union , 5 and for altering and amending the charter o f the sam e , ’ 5 and that the same be recorded on the records of the Convention.*

Resolved, T h a t this Convention do now accept an Act of the L e ­g islature of the Commonwealth of M assachusetts, passed M arch 25, 1846, entitled “ A n A ct to authorize the G eneral Convention o f the Baptist Denomination in the United States for Foreign M issions and other important objects relating to the R edeem er’s kingdom, to take and use the name of ‘ T he A m erican Baptist M issionary U nion , 5

and to define more clearly the purpose, rights and powers o f the said Corporation , 55 and that the same be recorded on the records of the Convention.'f

Rev. B aron Stow then presented the following pream ble and reso­lution, which were unanimously adopted.

* Appendix A. f Appendix B.

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W h ereas the above said A cts o f the said L egislatures cannot take effect until from and after the 3d T hursday of M ay, 1846, therefore,

Resolved, T hat when this Convention shall adjourn, it be to meet in this place on T hursday next, at 10 o ’clock, A. M ., for the pur­pose o f organizing under the new Constitution, as T he A m erican B aptist M issionary Union.

R ev. J . N . G ranger presented the following resolution :—Resolved, T h a t the Secretaries be authorized to insert in the roll

o f mem bers present at the last m eeting o f the Convention, any nam es which have been omitted in the records of that meeting.

A le tte r was received from R ev. R . H . N eale, stating that sick­ness in his family detained him from his place in the Convention as S ecretary .

T he P resident then introduced to the Convention, E lder B enja­min H arvey , o f H erk im er Co., N. Y ., one hundred and eleven years o f age ; who offered a few pertinent and affecting rem arks, which he closed with a fervent prayer.

T he M inutes were then read and approved.Resolved, T hat the Convention do now adjourn.

Board of Managers,

T H IR T Y -S E C O N D A N N U A L M E E T IN G .

Brooklyn, JST. Y ., M ay 19, 1846. T h e Board of M anagers o f the Baptist G eneral Convention met,

agreeab ly to appointment, in the m eeting-house of the P ierrepont St. Baptist C hurch in this city. T he President, R ev. D aniel Sharp,D . D ., took the chair a t 12 o ’clock, M.

T he following m em bers were present :—Rev. DANIEL SHARP, D. D.? President.

“ SPENCER H. CONE, D. D., -v« G REENLEAF S. W EBB, / y , Presidents“ BARTHOLOM EW T. W ELCH, D. D .. i 10 presidents.

Hon. JAM ES M. LINNARD, JRev. SOLOMON PECK, Corresponding Secretary.

“ BARON STOW , Recording Secretary.RICHARD E. EDDY, Esq., Assisi. Treasurer.

Rev. FRANCIS WAYLAND, D. D., President o f the Con., ex officio.

M a n a g e r s .R e v . - JO EL S. BACON, D. D., Rev. GEORGE B. IDE,

ALEXANDER M. BEEBEE, Esq., Rev. ALFRED BENJNETT,

“ IRAH CHASE, D. D.,GARDNER COLBY, Esq.,J OHN CONANT, Esq., W ILLIAM CRANE, Esq., ALBERT DAY, Esq.,

Hon. JAMES H. DUNCAN,Rev. JAMES N. GRANGER,

“ W ILLIAM HAGUE,

JO H N PECK,AARON PERKIN S,BARNAS SEARS, D. D„ CHARLES G. SOMMERS, SAMUEL B. SWAIM,ELISHA TUCKER,ROBERT TURNBULL, NATHANIEL W . W ILLIAMS, W ILLIA M R. W ILLIAM S, D. D.

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T he throne o f grace was addressed by the President.T he R ev. M essrs. E . E . L . T aylor, Jam es L . H odge, and B aron

Stow, were appointed a Committee to make arrangem ents for pub­lic religious services.

T he A ssistant T reasu re r, R ichard E . Eddy, E sq., read an ab­stract o f the annual account o f the T reasu re r, showing an expendi­tu re during the year ending April 1, 1846, of $94,866 54, and the receipt, during the same period, o f $100,219 94.

T he report o f the Auditing Committee, Rev. Messrs. B. Stow and W . L everett, was read from the chair.

On motion made and seconded, the report was accepted and or­dered to be printed under the direction of the Executive Committee of the A m erican Baptist M issionary Union.

T he Corresponding Secretary, Rev. Solomon Peck, read an ab­strac t o f the Annual R eport of the Acting Board, and, on motion made and seconded, it was voted that the report be accepted and printed under the direction of the Executive Committee as aforesaid.

T he following Committees were appointed :—On Obituary Notices.—M essrs. W . R . W illiam s, H enry J . R ip­

ley, and B. T . W elch.On Transfer o f Indian Missions.—M essrs. S. H . Cone, B. Sears,

and G. S. W ebb.On Agencies and Publications.— Messrs. E . Bright, J r ., M. J .

R hees, and N. W . W illiam s.Adjourned till 3 o ’clock, P . M. P ra y er by Rev. D r. Ripley.

M ay 19, 3 o’clock, P . M .The Board met agreeably to adjournm ent, and devoted the after­

noon to religious services. P ray ers were offered by the Rev. M essrs. A. Bennett, N. W . W illiam s, N. W ildm an, and John Peck. A ddresses were made by the Rev. M essrs. S. H . Cone, D . Sharp, J . B lain and D . Dodge.

Adjourned till to-morrow at 10 o’clock, A. M.

In the evening, public religious services were held in the Pierrepont St. Baptist meeting-house, when prayers were offered by the Rev. M essrs. J . L . Shuck, from China, and J . T . Jones, from Siam, and ad­dresses made by the Rev. M essrs. W . D ean, from China, and J . M eeker, of the O ttaw a Mission ; a lso b y A B a k , a Chinese convert, in terpreted by Mr. D ean, and by Thom as W olf, a converted Ot­tawa chief, interpreted by M r. M eeker.

M ay 20, 10 o'clock, A . M .

T he Board met agreeably to adjournment. Additional m em bers present :—

J o h n P . S k i n n e r , E sq ., Vice President.R ev. R o l l i n H . N e a l e , Assist. Sec. o f the Con., ex officio.

“ J a m e s G i l l p a t r i c k , Manager.P ra y e r was offered by the R ev. Abisha Samson, o f W ashington,

D. C.

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T he journal o f yesterday was read and approved.T he following additional Com m ittees w ere appointed :—On the Burm an and Karen Missions.— M essrs. P . C hurch, A. D ay,

and S. B. Swaim.On the Siam , Assam, China, and Teloogoo M issions.—M essrs. J .

N . G ranger, L . P o rte r, and E . Lathrop.On the European Missions.—M essrs. T . F . C aldicott, A. D . Gil­

lette , S. Ilsley.On the African and Indian M issions.—M essrs. J . S. Bacon, A.

P erk ins, and J . Dowling.T he Committee on A gencies and Publications reported, and the

report was accepted.

The Committee on the Collecting Agencies and Publications of the Board,report :—That the missionary enterprise will not have the place which Christ has

assigned it, in the affections and sacrifices of the disciples, until they have a better knowledge of its nature and necessities. This Board should not cease, therefore, to do all in its power to place one of its periodicals, at least, in every family connected with the denomination which it represents. The whole monthly issue of the Magazine does not exceed 6000, and that of the Macedonian falls short of 20,000. These issues bear no just proportion to the number of our people. There must be many pastors who do not read the Magazine, and a still larger number of families who are strangers to the Macedonian. If the acts of the first missionaries were written by the direc­tion of the Holy Spirit, that they might be read by all Christians to the end of time, there can be little danger of overrating the importance of giving the widest possible circulation to those journals which chronicle the conflicts and triumphs of our own missions. This work belongs especially to pastors. Every one of them should keep himself thoroughly advised of the vicissi­tudes of all our missions and missionaries. In the use of missionary peri­odicals and maps, he should give the same knowledge to every family in Lis congregation.

Your Committee think that no time should be lost in placing four compe­tent agents in the four districts described in the Annual Report. The plan therein discussed, of “ introducing more generally a system of local agen­cies, which shall embody the interest and efficiency of the laity,” demands, also, the serious consideration of pastors and churches. Let laymen be fully instructed by their pastors, and encouraged to take their appropriate place in the direct service of the missionary enterprise. They cannot thus enter into its responsibilities and sacrifices without binding the enterprise itself to their hearts, and giving to pastors more time for the great work of instruction and exhortation. Thus the moral power of the churches will be increased, and a noble advance made towards the day when every disciple shall deem it no less his duty to work for the missionary cause, than to read his bible or to pray.

E d w a r d B r i g h t , Jr., }N. W . W il l ia m s , > Committee.M. J. R h e e s , 3

A communication was read from the H on. C yrus P . Smith, chairm an o f a Com mittee of A rrangem ents for a Sabbath school celebration, to be held in Brooklyn this day, inviting the attendance o f the m em bers of the Convention.

Voted, T hat the thanks o f this body be tendered to the Com m ittee o f A rrangem ents for their invitation, and that they be informed that the business of the Board will render compliance im practicable.

The Committee on the T ransfer o f Indian Missions reported , and the report was accepted.

The Committee on the Transfer of Indian Missions report:—That they have taken the subject into consideration, and have ascertained,

from personal interviews with two of the missionaries present, and by offi­cial communications from others, so far as possible, the facts that relate to the case. The results to which these inquiries have led your Committee are the following:—

1. That the general principle stated in the reports of the Committees of the two last years, is in itself correct, and should be carried out, if there be no serious obstacles in the way.

2. That, in respect to the Cherokee and Shawanoe Missions, there are insuperable obstacles in the way of the transfer proposed; and that the Board cannot be faithful to its obligations and engagements, nor do justice to the feelings of the missionaries, which have been so distinctly expressed to the Committee, unless it give a strong assurance that the transfer in these cases will not be made.

3. That it is inexpedient to increase the number of missions west of the Mississippi; and as the field is very wide, and needs to be occupied, the hope is entertained that our brethren of the Indian Mission Association, and of the Southern Baptist Convention, will move forward in cultivating it.

In behalf of the Committee,B a r n a s S e a r s .

T he P resident made an address, reviewing, in several prominent particulars, the history of the B aptist G eneral Convention. H e was followed, in a few b rief rem arks, by W illiam C rane, E sq ., of Baltimore.

Adjourned till 3 o’clock, P . M. P ra y er by the Rev. D r. W elch.

M ay 20, 3 o'clock, P . M .

T he B oard met agreeably to adjournm ent. P ra y e r was offered by the R ev. D avid Benedict.

T he Com mittee on O bituary Notices reported, and it was voted that the report be accepted, and that the Executive Committee of the A m erican B aptist M issionary Union be requested to cause the same to be printed for general circulation.

The Committee, to whom was referred that portion of the Report of the Acting Board which relates to the deaths of members and missionaries of the General Board, would respectfully present the following report:—In the removal of the Rev. Stephen Chapin, one of the Vice Presidents of

the Board of Managers, and formerly President of Columbian College, (D. C.,) God has taken from us a brother eminently g ra v e , judicious, devout, and consistent. The slow deliberation which chose, and seemed to weigh and poise his words, marked his conduct as well. His was the kindly and healing spirit of the peace-maker. A life of steady usefulness was crowned with a death which, though lingering, was one of peaceful triumph. Among our missionary laborers there have fallen, at home, David Green, a native assistant in the Ottawa Mission; and abroad, Rev. Joseph Foulboeuf, a na­tive preacher of the French Mission. But the chief ravages of death have been among the missionary sisters in the service of the Board. In our E u­ropean Missions, our brethren Oncken, at Hamburg, and Lehmann, at Ber­lin, have been bereaved of their wives; and in the Asiatic Missions, death has gathered during the year Mrs. Sarah B. Judson, Mrs. Ann P. G. Abbott,

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and Mrs. Maria D. Ingalls, of the Burman and Karen Missions, and Mrs. Judith L. Jones, of the Siamese. Many homes have thus been darkened; and many children are left destitute of a mother’s watchful tenderness. The departed have laid them down on heathen shores, occupying lor Christ and his Israel the lands of paganism, long his promised inheritance, as the body of Jacob took possession, by anticipation, of the promised Canaan for Israel, his posterity. Or, buried in distant isles of the sea, or in mid ocean, their voyage of suffering that had sought America, found Heaven ; and they have traced for our churches alongthe path of their voyage, and in the place of their last repose, new lines of sympathy with the far-removed and the des­titute, and new bonds of obligation attaching us to those idolatrous people, for whose sake these heroic women have suffered, pined, and died. These ocean graves have reared pillars along the deep, pointing the way for us, the churches of the West, to the wide and teeming East, and claiming for its idolatrous millions new conscripts and fresh sacrifices for the war in which they fell, the sacred war of invasion Christ is waging on the oldest seats of Satan. Among the many daughters who have done well, it were invidious to draw distinctions; yet all must know that in the list of mission­ary sisters, thus lost to us, were Some of eminent devotedness and useful­ness. Two of those thus taken, died on their homeward way; and the bit­terness of the bereavement was exasperated by the thought, that an earlier voyage to their native shores might, in the judgment of physicians and friends, have lengthened out their days, and restored their waning strength.

No dispensation of our Father’s providence is without motive on his part, or without meaning for us. In the special mortality befalling the female members of our missions at this juncture and crisis in our history, God may have significant lessons. We stand at the point where the Triennial Con­vention, our old organization, joins the American Baptist Missionary Union, our new frame-work for combined action in foreign missions. In the crisis of our passage from the old system, now ready to vanish away, to the new and untried one which is to replace it,—in the very isthmus that unites the old alliance and the new, the known past and the unknown future of our missionary history, God has planted these missionary graves. Besides the calming and healing influence which the intrusion of death should shed over all scenes of excitement and debate, God may be also summoning us to, reconsider some of our views and plans as to missionary labor.

The remarks of }'our Secretary’s report upon the great comparative mor­tality amongst our female missionaries, and upon the bearings of missionary toil on the health and life of that sex, are evidently the fruit of long and careful thought; and those remarks your Committee, without pledging themselves to the recommendation of any specific course upon the subject, would commend to the earnest consideration of the churches. Others of our missionary sisters, who yet survive, may see their hold 011 life daily be­coming more slender and frail; and if, by aught to be done ori their part or on ours, these may be snatched from impending death, the effort should be made. It is but their just due, and we owe it to them as Christians, and as men. If there be aught in our plans of labor abroad, or aught in the expec­tations of the churches at home, that may but seem to have imposed need­less and cruel burdens upon the delicate frame and acute sensibilities of woman, such evil needs to be searched out and remedied. Our whole mis­sionary work has been a mere series of tentative experiments, groping towards the best possible form of employing effort, fuuds, and life, in the work of evangelization. We are not to consider past methods as standards, so much as Experiments.

It is not for a Committee, in the brief period allotted them, and amid the crowding cares of the present meeting, to pronounce, with any degree of confidence, on this question; still less, now, to submit any system of rules with regard to the degree of labor to be expected frdm our missionary sis­ters. This labor, at some of the stations and in its present form, is ex­cessive. Besides her duties to her husband and children, as the presiding

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spirit of the home, the wife, the mother, the housewife, and the nurse, many of our devoted sisters have grafted upon all these cares, the task of two schoolmistresses, overseeing the education of their own children in one lan­guage, and of the children of the heathen in another. With all these, they have had the additional duty of perfecting themselves in the tongue of their adopted country, and have labored, some of them, earnestly and success­fully, as translators and writers in that tongue. Add to these the care of correspondence with friends at home: withhold the aid and sympathy which the Christian woman at home finds in friends and skilful and con­scientious servants, but which she must generally forego abroad ; and then, it must be seen that singular strength is needed to meet claims so various, and that ordinary health can scarce withstand the pressure and corrosion of cares so keen and so constant.

Now if, which we do not assert, there have been an error in the mission estimate of duty, let it be remedied. Let the duties assumed be fewer, or let them be divided among a larger number of laborers, reinforcing with fe­male teachers and other assistants, the missionary families of each consider­able station. If there have been an undue and continuous tension of the mind, and an imprisonment of the body within the precincts of the dwel­ling, and a neglect of that exercise in the open air, which, at some hours of the day, is needful for health in all climates, in the sultry South no less than in the chilling North, then time should be systematically devoted by our missionary sisters to such exercise, with the same conscientious punctuality with which they would prepare the daily meal, or offer the daily sacrifice of prayer and praise. If, again, the body and mind have been allowed 110 re­laxation, it is an error, not only injurious to the laborer herselij but to her household and the churches in whose service she has gone forth, and the disastrous results of that error must soon appear in sinking spirits and blighted health. David Brainerd had forbidden himself all recreation, until it was prescribed, too late, by his physician ; and, then, he found to his surprise, as he records it, that in such hours of recreation he enjoyed pe­culiar communion with his God. The bow must be unstrung at times, or it will soon lose all power. Christ himself, with his disciples, retired into the wilderness when he and they had been long thronged and harassed by the multitude. Missionaries are but men and women; and need study the laws of health as to exercise in the open air, and as to occasional and innocent relaxation. And if, in the judgment of dispassionate and experi­enced friends, a temporary return to their native climate be indispensable to dissipate gathering malady, such return should be prompt whenever it has become necessary.

But that this return in quest of health may be prompt and cheerful, on the part of our missionary sisters, it must be cheerfully welcomed on the part of the churches at home. The feeling has been prevalent, (your Com­mittee themselves do not disclaim their share in it,) that our missionaries, few as they are, and great as is their work, should not, except in rare in­stances, quit the foreign station and intermit their work, to revisit their na­tive land. Yet Mrs. Ann Haseltine Judson and Mrs. Wade, in their visits to this country, not only obtained a recruital of health for themselves, but also contributed greatly to excite and sustain missionary zeal. New friends for the mission were won in the scenes they traversed, and new interest awakened in th e minds of its old and attached friends. In the case of the former, one of her hosts, a British Christian of another denomination, testified that her stay in the bosom of his family had brought to his home an explanation of the full force of the Apostle’s significant charge, “ Be not forgetful to entertain strangers ; for in so doing some have entertained an­gels unawares.” And the new interest thus awakened in many quarters, the prayers and aid thus elicited, may be yet again attained by similar visits; and those who come, as meek sufferers, but in quest of returning health, may leave behind among the strangers they have met, a testimony never to be effaced, for missions and for the God of missions. Let us not shut the door

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in the face of such visitants; yet it would be unsafe to invite periodical mi­grations homewards. This would be to dissipate funds, time, and influ­ence, the zeal of the missionaries perchance also, and certainly the sympa­thies of the churches.

Yet it may be asked, whether our feelings at home on the subject of returning missionaries are, in any degree, traceable to wrong views. We, perhaps, have leaned to the ei'ection of two rather different standards of ob­ligation, for the Christian at home and the Christian missionary abroad. For church members at home, relaxation, and rest, and plenty, are thought, if not indispensable, at least innocent. To the missionary we assign sacri­fice, privation, ceaseless toil, and the total and final surrender of his native land. Believing, as our churches generally, and probably with justice do, that the missionary should enlist for life, does it follow, that necessarj' visits homeward should be forbidden him ? If so, by what right do private Chris­tians or their pastors, at home, take their seasons of respite and repose, sit in their ceiled houses,—and subdivide labor, and enlist in many channels the aid and influence of many helpers, in our Sabbath schools, and in our pastoral charges, and in the walks of daily industry ? Is it not possible that we ask too much from the missionary, or that we allow too much to ourselves ? Yet o n e Christ bought us, and o n e law binds us ; whether we toil at home, or in the far, dark East. We err, perhaps, on both sides, in too much strictness and in too much laxness. We are too strict with the missionary and too lax with ourselves. The feeling thus cherished may be virtually akin to that Pharisaism which binds heavy burdens on other men’s shoulders, but touches them not with a helping finger. It is, substantially, the error as to Christian obligation embodied in the moral code of the Rom­ish church. That community recognizes two grades of Christian virtue, and duty, and sanctity. One is for the man of the cloister, who must sacri­fice every thing. The other is for the man of the world, who may indulge himself in every thing. Such rules of duty, besides their being without the basis of any scriptural warrant, injure the churches at home by the self- pleasing which they foster; and they place also the missionary abroad in a false position. Like the confessors of the early ages of the Christian church, they are invited and bribed even, as it were, by the churches at home to consider themselves a holier class of men ; and it might be expect­ed of them to assume, like those confessors of the early centuries, para­mount authority over other Christians in questions of doctrine and discipline, because of their larger sacrifices and their peculiar share of sufferings. Let us go back to the recognition of one standard for the missionary at our outposts, and for his brother who abides at home by the stuff; inasmuch as Christ left but one law for the entire household.

Yet knowing, as our missionary friends must, how far this feeling pre­vails in the churches at home, and how just also, within certain limits, may be the dislike of frequent returns, they would, of course, if the Board 011 further consultation should invite such voyages homeward, counsel the re­turn of an invalid female missionary, only when it is the judgment of all the members of the mission station that such return is needed. And it might be well to require, also, the certificate of an European physician, in those regions where such physician is accessible, attesting the grave nature of the disease, and recommending the voyage as indispensable to relief or recovery.

A mother’s health may suffer from her apprehension for her children, in danger of soon being left but to the stranger’s care. The very strength of her parental devotedness may be sapping her vital powers. The time may soon be, or some even may think it already come, when it becomes a ques­tion for the churches to ponder, whether they owe no peculiar duties to the children, whose mothers have perished in the missionary work. Carried by parental zeal to lands, where, from their cradles, they have been visited with peculiar sacrifices and beset by peculiar snares, they are brought back

' motherless and strangers, to a land where they have comparatively no

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rights and no kin, because a parent’s Christian zeal renounced country and kindred for herself and her offspring. Such children are aliens, not only to the land where their mother was buried beside some heathen fane, but even to the land where that mother was born, under the shadow, perchance, of some Christian sanctuary. Did not the churches, in accepting the pa­rent’s heroic sacrifice, pledge themselves by just implication, to lessen all that was possible of the sorrows and the evils befalling the children, as the consequence of that sacrifice ? In sending out brethren and sisters to warn the pagan against idols, and against the hideous human sacrifices with which those idols were propitiated, against casting children to Guriga, and against slaughtering them for Kalee, do we require of these brethren and sisters, it may be asked, as a recompense for their fidelity, to send their own children to this country, motherless and perhaps fatherless, to run the gaunt­let of a world’s cold charities and its crowding snares? Is not this almost asking our missionaries to make their children to pass, as did Israel, through the fire unto Moloch ? If these babes are orphans, in consequence of toils which we have asked and accepted, how far can we become parents to them? Our British brethren, of the London Missionary Society, have an Institution at least for the daughters of missionaries, and their education in England. Owe we it not to the times, and to the providential lessons of the times; to the families already bereaved, and to the missionaries now in­curring the risk of the like bereavement, to consult, at least, how far God is calling us, in this the era of a new' organization, to take measures for the education at home of the children of our missionaries dying abroad? If their parents are held to conditions of labor that must, in most cases, leave their children to early orphanage, do we not owe it to the dead and to the living, to become the friends of the fatherless, as the servants of Him who is especially the God and Father of the fatherless ?

It is, we observe in conclusion, the impression made on some minds, that British Christians encourage, more than do the American churches, the oc­casional return of their missionaries. The justice of this supposition we have not the means of ascertaining. If it be so, it seems anomalous in the practice of the American churches, who are accustomed, far more frequent­ly than their English brethren, to allow to their pastors seasons of repose and of recreation, by travel, even beyond the ocean. Nor have the Ameri­can churches been suspected to lose, in the energy and usefulness of their pastors, by allowing them this occasional respite from exhausting toil. If due to these the pastors, should it be denied to our foreign missionaries, whose cares, privations, and perils are all greater ? A volume, which these our missionaries are instructed to translate, print, and distribute among the hea­then, is said to contain the precept; “ Ye shall have ju s t balances and a ju s t ephah,” and to denounce a malediction upon those “ m aking the ephah small and the shekel great.” The paragraphs may be interpreted by some to con­demn us, for making great the shekel of the duties of our missionaries, and small the ephah of our own responsibilities, and sacrifices, and sympathies, and gratitude. Will it be safe, in future editions, to curtail or suppress these texts, thus liable to be construed to our discredit; or will it be the wiser method to reform, through all coming times, our own missionary practice into closer conformity with these inspired lessons ?

Your Committee have thrown out these as suggestions, rather than as settled opinions. Neither the requisite time nor reflection has been allowed us. The deaths in one rank of our missionary laborers have demanded our sympathy. The remarks of the Secretary’s report on this subject deserve the most careful consideration ; and it is mainly that we may commend them to the earnest and devout examination of the churches, that your Committee have made these extended observations.

Far be it from us to counsel a thriftless expenditure of time or of money, either by missionaries, or by the employers of missionaries. All which we would urge is, that life be at least as highly prized as money, and that, to

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shew an undue frugality in the application of the one, we do not use a mur­derous prodigality in our employment of the other.

All which is respectfully submitted,W i l l i a m R. W i l l i a m s , }H e n r y J. R i p l e y , > Committee.B a r t h o l o m e w T. W e l c h , j

T h e Com mittee on the Siam, Assam , C hina, and Teloogoo Mis­sions reported , and the report was accepted.

The Committee to whom was referred so much of the Annual Report asrelates to the Siamese, the Chinese, the Assamese, and the TeloogooMissions, beg leave to report:—That the Committee find themselves entirely unable, in the short time

allowed to them, to do any justice to the important subjects submitted to them. The Board has no more important missions in the world thap those named above. And your Committee feel that it is presumptuous lor them to make any suggestions relative to the condition and prospects of these missions. They are desirous, however, that the report, when printed, should be carefully read by all the members of the Convention.

The Committee would ask for the sympathies and prayers of all the friends of the Board in behalf of the Siamese and Teloogoo Missions. The Siamese Mission, especially, your Committee regard with peculiar interest. They would express the hope that the Chinese department of that mission may not be weakened.

The extracts from the Annual Report of that mission deserve the most respectful consideration of the Board and of its supporters.

Respectfully submitted,J a m e s N . G r a n g e r , Chairman.

T he Com m ittee on the E uropean Missions reported, and the re ­port was accepted.

The Committee on the European Missions report:—Your Committee beg leave to say that they deem this part of the Secre­

tary’s report very important. The intelligence from Greece and France is much more encouraging of late, than formerly; but for this and the former discussions upon the subject, your Committee would have felt compelled to make the continuance of these missions a question. JYoiv, however, they feel called upon to commend them to your increased attention and support.

With respect to the German department of these missions, God has evi­dently set open a wide and effectual door for us there, and distinctly calls upon us to enter it and to occupy this field. Your Committee feel that should God continue to give us success there, and deny it in the other de­partments, it may be our duty, at some future time, to cease from those comparatively unprofitable fields of labor, and give all our energies in Eu­rope to this. You are called upon now to be bountiful in your supplies to this mission, for what may we not expect, under God, from it. Let not Oncken be discouraged for want of means, — tor with more light than Luther, and better principles, may we not expect he will, if well supported, prove a greater reformer.

Respectfully submitted by the Committee,T. F. C a l d i c o t t , Chairman.

T he Com m ittee on the Burm an and K aren Missions reported , and the report was accepted, and the accom panying resolutions amend­ed and adopted.

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The Committee on the Barman and Karen Missions ask leave to make thefollowing report:—Our hearts are deeply affected in view of the crisis to which we have now

arrived in this field of our earliest labors as a missionary organization. To this point the eyes of Furman, Staughton, Gano, Baldwin, and others of their time were chiefly directed as the station of our first missionaries from this country, and the field of our earliest sacrifices. Here died George D. Boardman, Ann H. Judson, G. S. Comstock, and others not a few, whose labors and prayers are consecrated in our recollections, and whose histories now plead so eloquently in behalf of those among whom they toiled and suffered.

We have had our days of hope and prosperity in the Burman and Karen Missions, as well as those of danger and despondency. We number among them about 6000 converts, some of whom are not, because God has taken them to a better world. They have illustrated the strength of their faith by the triumph of their death. Several hundreds have been yearly added to our churches there in time past.

But recently a cloud has come over our prospects. In addition to an un­usual number of losses by death, some six of our missionaries have left the field. They are among ourselves, seeking for the health of which they have been deprived by labor, privation, and exposure, in an inhospitable climate. Consequently, the great field w hich the providence of God has assigned primarily, and hitherto exclusively to our denomination, is now left in a condition of unusual destitution. We can fix our eyes on no point and no station that does not need a great increase of men and means.

In Burmah Proper, little or nothing has been done since br. Kincaid left Ava, several years ago. The edicts of a monarch, tyrannical in his charac­ter and jealous of the national faith, drove our missionaries from the field. “ It is a solemn fact,” says Mr. Ingalls, “ that at the present time there is not one missionary whose time is devoted to the one object of preach­ing the gospel to the millions of Burmah,—no, not one. W hat preaching is done, as a general thing, is most imperfectly done by native assistants.”

And yet, at this moment of destitution, Burmah Proper is again open to our missionaries. The tyrant has fallen, a milder government has ensued, and we shall, probably, be left to the free exercise of our religion. But where are the men to do the work ? Where are the men to preach in Burmese, and to distribute those scriptures which have been trans­lated with so much labor and care ? Do not these facts call for renewed zeal among the friends of missions ? Do they not speak a language to the American churches that cannot be mistaken,—“ Wbat thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might” ? Are they not to us, what the sound of going forth in the mulberry trees was to David and his army,—a call to renew the battle, and take the victory while it is within our reach?

And when we turn from Burmah Proper, to Arracan, we find a subject of most touching interest appealing to our hearts. Here, in the province of Ramree, br. Comstock lived, toiled, and died. Here lie buried by his side, his wife and two children, having all fallen in this honorable war. And he died at the moment of his beginning to reap a harvest for which he had sowed in tears ; and he has left no man to gather in the ripe ears. He had gone from house to house, so telling the story of God’s love, that opposition had melted away before him ; he had established schools, and his wife had died in her zeal to promote them ; he had directed the labors of a native missionary and tract distributer ; he had baptized several con­verts, and, finally, he had gathered around him some thirty inquirers, in an advanced stage of instruction, and on the point of receiving baptism, when death palsied the hand of the only laborer in that field, and its ripe harvest is now left to fall into the earth or to be devoured by wild beasts. Brethren, will we, can w'e, dare we leave Ramree without a missionary.

And w hen we direct our attention to Maul main and Tavoy, we find, in­deed, a more ample provision of laborer's, but few compared with the wants

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of these stations. Your Committee cannot but regard these facts as a loud call for increased contributions of men and money to the Burman and Ka­ren missions. God has enabled us to lay a broad foundation, and is now saying to us, arise and build. Let us, therefore, do more, sacrifice more, pray more, and feel more for the perishing Burmese and Karens. We would, therefore, recommend the following resolutions.

1 . Resolved, That the recent political revolution in the government of the Burman Empire, encourages the hope that Divine Providence may be about opening once more that field for missionary labor.

2. Resolved, That the Executive Committee of the American Baptist Missionary Union, to whom will be confided the management of our mis­sionary operations, be earnestly requested to send out a sufficient number of missionaries to ocçupy stations in several of the principal cities and pro­vinces of Burmah and Arracan, as well as to strengthen all existing stations which are not adequately supplied, as soon as suitable men can be found to engage in the service.

P. C h u r c h , Chairman.

T h e Com m ittee on the A frican and Indian Missions reported , and the report was accepted.

The Committee on the African and Indian Missions, report:—The Committee to whom was referred the consideration of the African

and Indian Missions, would express their conviction that the amount of evangelical labor hitherto bestowed upon the teeming millions who people the vast continent of Africa, though, probably, as large as the missions of the Board, and the claims of other portions of the missionary field would justify, has yet been far below the peculiar claims of that oppressed and in­jured land upon the pity and sympathy of all who are favored with the blessings of civilization, freedom, and the gospel. Your Committee have been deeply affected with the appeal embodied in the annual report of our laborious and self-denying missionary, R ev . I. Clarke, for a reinforce­ment; and they would respectfully inquire,—cannot one man, at least, be found, who will respond immediately to that touching appeal? And cannot the means be furnished at once to send that one to Africa, to proclaim, by the grave of the sainted Crocker, salvation to those for whom that man of God was willing to sacrifice his life? If it is true, in the words of our be­loved missionary, who is bearing almost alone the burden and heat of the day, that “ the claims of the suffering for succor are proportionate to their wretchedness,” then there is no country which calls in more eloquent and impressive tones for help, than oppressed and bleeding Africa.

Your Committee are happy to learn that br. Clarke has prepared, and that the Board are intending immediately to print, a dictionary of the Bassa language. In no country is it more important that the best facilities should be afforded to future missionaries for the speedy acquisition of the language in which they are to preach Christ and him crucified, than in the land where the insalubrity of the climate, perhaps beyond that of any other, forbids the hope of more than a brief period of service. And in no way are the labors of future missionaries more greatly facilitated than by the preparation of dictionaries and other philological helps in those languages where they do not already exist.

The Indian Missions during the past year appear to have been conducted with energy and success. In some of the stations, and particularly among the Ottawas of the Indian territory, judgments appear to have been mingled with merôies. The king of terrors has been permitted to visit that tribe, and to more than decimate the little band of disciples that has been gather­ed from their midst into Christ’s visible fold. Yet it is a fact full of en­couragement and delight, that while this distressing mortality has been thinning their numbers, thirty-seven individuals of this tribe, a number

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more than five fold that of any previous year, have put on Christ by baptism. And while Christian affection may drop a tear over the premature graves of so many of our converted Indian brethren, there is a hallowed pleasure in the assurance that they have died in the faith of Christ; not according to the dreamy imaginings of a pagan superstition, supposing that when once

< ■ « ■ * * * admitted to that equal sky,Their faithful dog shall bear them company

but full of hope, and joy, and triumph, looking for a city which hath foun­dations, whose maker and builder is God.

Your Committee are more than ever convinced, that amidst all the plans devised by human wisdom for the elevation and enlightenment of the In­dian races, the gospel of Christ can alone avail to raise them to their proper level in the scale of social existence. Whether still lingering around the graves of their fathers in their ancient settlements, or roaming over the prairies of the distant West, nothing but the same gospel can make them sober, and temperate, and happy, and useful in this world : and nothing but the same gospel can prepare them for a blissful immortality in the world to come.

Without invading, therefore, the province of another Committee, by ex­pressing an opinion whether it should devolve 011 this Board, or upon any other organization, to give to the red men of the forest that glorious gospel, your Committee close by expressing their earnest hope that a still deeper interest will be felt by every American Baptist in the evangelization of the few surviving remnants of the Indian races of North America.

All which is respectfully submitted,J o h n D o w l i n g , Chairman.

Voted, T hat the journal of the Board for the present session, with the accom panying documents, be printed and published under the direction of the Executive Committee of the A m erican Baptist Mis­sionary Union.

T he journal o f to-day was read and approved.Adjourned. P ra y e r by the R ev. G. S. W ebb.

After the adjournm ent, a crowded audience was addressed by the Rev. J . L . Shuck, recently from C hina, and late a missionary of this Board ; also by Yong Seen Sang, a native Chinese assistant, whose rem arks were interpreted by Mr. Shuck.

In the evening, the annual sermon was delivered, according to appointment, by the R ev. G eorge W . E aton , D. D ., of Ham ilton, N. Y. T ext 1 T im , i. 1 1 — The glorious gospel o f the blessed God.

B a r o n S t o w , Recording Secretary.

Qj T’ The roll of members of Convention printed at page 161, which was called at the meeting, contains the names of those only who were present at the meeting in New York, November 19,1845. Other members of Con­vention were present at Brooklyn, but the only additional name given to the Recording Secretary, was from

M a i n e —Damariscotta Miss. Soc. ; William Day. v o l . xxvi 23

T H I R T Y - S E C O N D A N N U A L REPORT.

Presented at Brooklyn, N. Y ., May 19, 1846.

M r. P r e s i d e n t ,

T h e y e a r ju s t closed, h a s reg iste red , like m ost th a t h a v e p re­ceded it. th e decease o f severa l o f o u r fellow-1 aborers ;— a t hom e, th e R ev. S tep h en C hap in , D . D ., la te P re s id en t o f C o lum ­b ia n College, ’an d a V ice -P residen t o f th e B o a rd o f M a n a g e rs ; w hose la m en ted d e a th w as a n n o u n c ed a t th e C onven tion m ee t­in g in N o v e m b e r :— abroad , th e a s s is ta n t m issionaries M rs. S a ra h B o a rd m an Ju d so n , M rs. A n n P. G a rd n e r A bbott, a n d M rs. M a ria D aw es In g a lls , o f th e B u rm a n a n d K a re n M issions; M rs. J u d ith L e a v itt Jones, o f th e S iam M ission ; th e n a tiv e p reach er, R ev . Jo sep h F o u lboeu f, o f th e F re n c h M iss io n ; an d th e n a tiv e a s s is ta n t in the O tta w a M ission, D a v id G reen . W e h a v e also to record th e d e a th o f the w iv es o f M essrs. O ncken a n d L eh m an n , o f th e G erm a n M ission, an d o f ch ild ren , beloved o f th e ir p a ren ts , in o th e r m ission fam ilies. T h e sacred cause in w h ich w e a re engaged , b rin g s no exem ption from th e u n i­v ersa l la w : on th e co n tra ry , in som e d ep a rtm en ts d e a th seem s to h a s te n to do its office, an d n o t u n fre q u en tly sum m ons the lab o re r from h is w o rk w h ile it is y e t m id -d ay .

T h a t th e m iss io n a ry se rv ice does, in n u m ero u s cases, c u t sh o rt the te rm o f life, is k n o w n to all o f us. A nd this, p erhaps, is its in v a ria b le tendency . F e w m issionaries a t ta in to a good old age. C h an g es o f c lim a te an d o f h ab its , excess o f lab o r an d ex ­posure, so rrow s k n o w n o n ly b y the sufferer, w a n t o f the a llev i­a tio n s a n d he lp s o f a C h ris tian la n d ,— all h a v e th e ir separate , y e t co n sp irin g influences. T h e w o rk , a t best, is a rd u o u s and se lf-sa c rif ic in g ; th e m iss io n a ry goes fo rth to b a ttle : a n d w e w h o ab id e a t hom e, a re b o u n d to ex ten d to h im o u r live liest sy m p a th ie s , to cheer h im on th e field o f m o rta l strife, an d to suc­cor h im in peril a n d in suffering w ith an ever th o u g h tfu l zeal.

B u t th e rem o v a l o f v a lu ed m issionaries b y d ea th , so frequen t, an d in general before com pleting th e a llo ted period o f h u m a n life, c la im s m ore th a n a p assin g notice. W e h a v e been ac c u s­tom ed to a llu d e to i t y e a r b y y ea r , b u t th e a n n u n c ia tio n o f the n am es o f d ep a rted ones h a s sufficed for little else th a n to renew

o u r g rief a n d tem p t despondency . I t m ay h a v e q u ick en ed our sym path ies , b u t h a s led to few v a lu ab le uses. W e could w ish th e sub ject reg a rd ed w ith a m ore deliberate atten tion ; th a t th e ex p en d itu re o f life as w ell as o f m oney in the prosecu tion o f o u r w o rk m ig h t be defin ite ly know n, an d th a t w ay s a n d m ean s m ig h t be devised , so far as p rac ticab le , for the econom ical o u tla y o f one no less th a n o f th e o ther. V iew ed in th e ligh t o f p rac ­tic a l w isdom , a n d a p a r t from a ll considerations o f affection a n d social d u ty , a co rrec t so lu tion o f th e inquiries, W h a t is the ex ­p en d itu re o f life in th e m issio n ary w o rk 7 and H ow m a y i t be d im in ished 7 w o u ld be a m a tte r o f eq u a l in te rest and m om ent. A nd espec ia lly w ou ld it be so, if, as w e are inclined to believe, it w ou ld a t th e sam e tim e ch a s te n the exaggerated v iew s held b y some, o f the necessary m o rta lity a tte n d a n t on m issionary service, a n d th e hopelessness o f c a rry in g fo rw ard our en terp rise w ith o u t a co m p ara tiv e ly la v ish sacrifice o f h u m an victim s.

I t w ill h a rd ly be adm issib le , in th e in troduc to ry p a ra g ra p h s o f th is R eport, to en te r upon a n ex tended notice of the co m p ara ­tiv e m o rta lity o f m issionary laborers. T h e m ost w e can do, is to m en tion cu rso rily a few of th e p rom inen t points, w h ich , on a rev iew o f one o f o u r m issions, th e B u r m a h , h ave m ore p a r tic u ­la r ly a rrested o u r a tten tion .

T h e ea rlies t m issio n ary from th is co u n try to B u rm ah , a rriv ed a t R an g o o n in Ju ly , 1S13. N ea rly th ir ty -th ree y ea rs h av e since passed a w a y ; an d d u rin g th a t period, the C onvention ha“ve sen t to th e B u rm a n E m pire , in c lu d in g D r. Ju d so n , th ir ty - tw o m issionaries a n d th ir ty -n in e fem ale a ssis tan ts , in all seven­ty-one. O f these seventy-one, e ig h t have been transferred to o th e r m issions, a n d n ine , for v a rio u s causes, w ith the ir ow n consent, d ism issed : leav in g in connexion w ith the m ission fifty- four. N ineteen o f these fifty -four h a v e died :— abou t one th ird , d u rin g the en tire period : or, d iv id in g the period into sections o f ten y ea rs each , o f those sen t forth in the first ten y ears an d re­m a in in g in th e m ission, five o u t o f e ig h t h av e d ied ; in th e second decade, s ix o u t o f tw e lv e ;* an d in the th ird decade an d su b seq u en tly , e ig h t o u t o f tw en ty -s ix . T h e aggregate p ropor­tion o f d ea th s m ig h t no t be considered ex trem e, w ere it n o t for th e co m p ara tiv e b rev ity o f m issio n ary life preceding. B u t o f th e n in e teen deceased, one o n ly labo red on hea then g round for th e te rm of tw e n ty y ea rs , th e la te M rs. J u d s o n ; o f the re m a in ­ing eigh teen , th e te rm o f serv ice ran g ed from th irteen or fou r­teen y ears , dow n to th ree or six m onths. So b r ie f has been th e period o f ac tiv e m issio n ary labor.

T h is b re v ity o f m issio n ary life is m ore especially to be no ted , as affecting one class o f labo re rs ,— our fem ale a s s is ta n t m ission ­aries. T h e d isp a rity o f d ea th s o f m en and w om en, p a r tic u la r ly in the la s t tw e n ty y ea rs , is v e ry great. O f th e five w ho h av e

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* In the second decade sis were transferred tp other Eastern Missions, (Siair) and As­sam,) one only of whom has died.

died, be long ing to the firs t period, th ree w ere m en a n d tw o w o­m en ; b u t o f those in th e second period , th e re w a s b u t one m is­s io n a ry to five fem ale a s s is ta n ts ; an d o f th e rem a in in g period, th e re w ere b u t tw o to s i x ; m a k in g th e g enera l av e rag e o f d ea th s o f fem ales m ore th a n tw o to one. O f tw en ty -fiv e m is­sionaries, o n ly s ix h a v e d ie d ; less th a n one fo u rth , le av in g n in e teen in th e m ission : o f tw e n ty -n in e fem ale a ssis tan ts , th ir ­teen h av e d ied , o r n e a r ly one half, le av in g in th e m ission b u t six teen . T h e d isp ropo rtion w ill ap p e a r th e m ore rem ark ab le , i f w e ta k e in to considera tion th e im m ed ia te causes o f dea th . T h e s ix m issionaries w ho h av e d ied , w ere W heelock , C o lm an , P rice , B o a rd m an , H all, a n d C om stock. T w o o f these, i f w e h a v e been r ig h tly in form ed, M essrs. P ric e a n d B o ard m an , w ho d ied o f p u lm o n a ry consum ption , w ere pred isposed to th a t com ­p la in t before th e y left th is c o u n ty . a n d th e c lim a te o f B u rm a h , i t w as th o u g h t, m ig h t conduce to th e ir longev ity . A th ird , Mr. W heelock , w as d ro w n ed a t sea, la b o rin g u n d e r a p a ro x y sm o f d e ra n g em e n t, to w h ich , w e h a v e also been in form ed, h e h a d been c o n s titu tio n a lly inclined . T h re e o n ly d ied o f d iseases pe­c u lia r to th e c lim ate o f In d ia ,— one a t C ox’s B azaar, o f fever, one in acclim ation , a n d th e th ird o f cho lera , a fte r a n u n u s u a lly labo rious serv ice o f som e ten y ea rs , an d u n d e r th e la te ly su p e r­ad d ed so rrow s o f successive bereavem ents.

A s it respects th e g rounds o f th e m o rta lity th a t p rev a ils am ong o u r fem ale m iss io n a ry ass is tan ts , one is to be so u g h t in th e u n av o id ab le h a rd sh ip s o f th e service, an d a co m p ara tiv e in ­ad e q u a c y o f s tren g th to en d u re them . W e m ean b y h a rd sh ip s here , n o t p h y sic a l su ffering m ere ly , a r is in g from ch a n g es o f cli­m a te an d o f dom estic a rran g e m en ts , an d th e b u rd en in g in flu x of m iss io n a ry c a re s ; b u t also, an d especially , sufferings o f the sp irit, cau sed b y sep ara tio n from hom e a n d k in d red an d from th e soo th ing in fluences o f c iv ilized s o c ie ty ; b y the co n s tan t p resence o f h e a th e n ab o m in a tio n s an d h e a th e n w re tc h e d n e s s ; a n d b y the u n ch e q u ered hopelessness o f th e fu tu re , ex cep t as it is v ie w e d b y th e ey e o f fa ith . T o m eet th ese d ep riv a tio n s an d d isco u rag em en ts m o st successfu lly , it is n o t enough to h a v e the c a p a c ity o f s ilen t en d u ra n ce . N or w ou ld i t be w ell to re s t ex ­c lu s iv e ly oh th e su p p o rts o f re lig ious fa ith a n d love. A u x il­ia ries sh o u ld be h a d in th e n a tiv e tem p eram en t, in a h a b it o f cheerfu lness , in a q u ie t s tead fas tn ess o f purpose , an d a self­re g u la tin g p o w er o f ca lm contro l.

A n o th er ca u se o f th e e a r ly d e a th s o f fem ales is, u n q u es tio n ­ab ly , in m a n y cases, u n d u e exertion . P o w e r is o v erta sk ed , or ex p en d ed w ith a n ill-tim ed p ro d ig a lity . P ity , an d zeal, a n d a m is ta k e n sense o f d u ty , im pe l th e m fre q u en tly to to il w h e n the ir s tre n g th w o u ld be to s it still. W e, too, m a y h a v e co n trib u ted to th is w as te o f life. W e ca ll th em a s s is ta n t m issionaries, riot g iv in g th e m d u ly to u n d e rs ta n d th a t th e a ss is ta n ce ex p ec ted of them is less o f p u b lic th a n p r iv a te concern , a n d th a t the am o u n t perform ed is to be re g u la ted b y w h a t th e y have , an d no t by

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w h a t th e y h a v e not. I t is an a b u n d a n t com m endation to a n y w om an , “ S he h a th done w h a t she cou ld .”

A th ird , a n d p erh ap s p rin c ip a l cause o f p rem a tu re d e a th in th is c lass o f o u r m issio n ary helpers, is the neg lect o f reso rtin g seasonably to the m ethods m ost approved for res to rin g a n en ­feebled constitu tion . W e w ou ld speak w ith cau tiousness : su ch is th e delicacy an d d ifficu lty o f th e subject. Still, the th o u g h t w e h a v e to express, h a s been forced u pon u s by a long succes­sion o f these p a in fu l o c c u rre n c e s ; an d th o u g h no t sufficien tly m a tu re d for ac tion , w e hope it w ill se rve as an index to obser­va tio n a n d ad v isem en t in fu tu re years.

T h e m issio n ary en lists for life, an d is expected, w h e th e r soon or la te , to d ie on th e field. T h e n a tu re o f the service seem s to com pel to th is , an d gen era lly th e n ecessity is also choice. B u t life is no t to be squandered , even in a ho ly cause. T h e m ore v a lu ab le th e service, th e m ore sacred th e d u ty to cherish life, th a t th e w ork m a y be th e b e tte r done. A nd th is d u ty is the m ore im p era tiv e , w h en a succession o f laborers is d ifficult to effect, a n d o f little serv ice if effected.

N ow it ca n n o t be questioned , th a t th e labors o f a m issionary th e second ten y ea rs o f service m ust, in o rd in ary cases, be fa r m ore p ro fitab le th a n th e p rev ious ten. T h e language w ill h av e been acqu ired , to g e th er w ith a know ledge o f the ch a rac te r o f th e people, and o f the h ap p ies t m odes o f access to them . T h e m issionary , also, w ill h a v e reach ed th e m a tu re r period o f life, an d w ith h is rip en ed experience, w ill h a v e th e pow er o f in flu ­ence w h ich is secured by y ears , a n d by an estab lished , irre ­p ro ach ab le nam e. T h e reflex in fluence w o u ld be scarce ly less w o rth y o f note. D ea th s often recu rrin g , b rin g ho m ew ard d is­co u rag em en t w ith grief. In e v e ry po in t o f v iew , it is g rea tly des irab le th a t ou r m issionaries a n d a ss is ta n t m issionaries h av e “ le n g th o f d a y s an d th a t th e ir a d v a n c in g y ea rs be h ea lth fu l a n d vigorous, so f a r a s ihe best app liances can avail. T h e th o u g h t w e h a v e h a d in m in d respects th e exped iency o f en ­cou rag ing , m ore exp ressly th a n w e h a v e h ithe rto , the te m ­p o ra ry re tu rn o f enfeebled a ss is ta n t m issionaries. W e h a v e now to la m en t th e p re m a tu re decease o f m ore th an one, w hose lives, in th e o rd in a ry a rran g e m en ts o f P rovidence, w ou ld h av e been p rese rved to th e m ission an d to th e ir fam ilies, h a d they felt a t lib e rty , a t a su itab le period, to av a il them selves o f th is m ost effective m ean s o f res to ra tio n to h e a l th ; cou ld i t h a v e seem ed com patib le w ith h ig h e r considerations, an d in acco rd ­ance w ith th e ir ow n sense o f d u ty , to re tire tem p o rarily from th e ir field o f labo r a n d seek a ren e w a l o f streng th in rev is itin g th e ir n a tiv e lan d . T h e adm ission as a p rincip le in m is s io n a ry operations, th a t p rov ision be m ade for the tem p o rary re tu rn o f m issionaries or ass is tan ts , for th e renew al o f h e a lth a n d vigor, w o u ld u n q u es tio n a b ly be liab le to abuse ; an d m ig h t som etim es, also, be an occasion to th e in troduc tion o f u n su ita b le persons in to the w ork , w ho, o therw ise , on co u n tin g the cost, w ould

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s ta n d aloof. T h e ju s tn e ss an d sa fe ty o f th e p rincip le sh o u ld be th o ro u g h ly ca n v assed a n d sa tisfac to rily se ttled , before i t be ac­c red ited . A t p resen t, how ever, th e d an g e r o f abuse w o u ld be sm all indeed. So fa r as w e m a y re ly on ou r p as t m issio n ary h is to ry , i t w ill b e m ore d ifficu lt to in d u c e th e enfeeb led fem ale to ta k e d u e re s t th a n to to il on ; to re tu rn , th o u g h for a season, th a n to d ie ea rly .

W e proceed to a b rie f rev ision o f th e do ings o f th e y ea r , be­g in n in g w ith the

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H O M E D E P A R T M E N T .

RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.

A t th e close o f th e fin an c ia l y ea r , A pril 1, 1845, th e R epo rt o f th e T re a s u re r sh o w ed a b a lan c e a g a in s t th e C onvention , o f m ore th a n 840 ,000 (@ 40,188 49). T h is a la rm in g defic it h a d been g ra d u a lly in c u rred in the p rog ress o f y ea rs , beg in n in g in 1841-2 , w hen th e rece ip ts in to the tre a su ry , in s tead o f th e ir or­d in a ry increase , began to d im in ish , an d th e ex p en d itu res , w h ich h a d been b ased u p o n a p rospec tive in c rease o f funds, w ere also en la rg in g , an d from th e n a tu re o f th e case could no t be su m ­m a rily red u ced w ith o u t d isaste r. L ia b ilitie s h a d been in cu rred w h ich w ere to be honored , an d the o rd in a ry ex p e n d itu res could n o t be e s sen tia lly lessened. A red u ced scale o f app rop ria tions, ad ju s te d to th e red u ced incom e, w as p ro m p tly ad o p ted ; b u t its op­era tion , ih o u g h sure, w a s n ecessarily slow , an d th e ex igency seem ­ed to d e m an d a speed ier rem edy . T h e rem e d y w as p rov ided :— th a n k s to H im w ho p u t it in to the h e a r ts o f H is se rv a n ts to de­v ise the m eans, an d w ho, b y h is a b u n d a n t favor, h a s g iven so la rg e success ; a n d th a n k s an d co n g ra tu la tio n s to o u r b re th ren a n d friends, w h o m H e h a s m ore espec ia lly honored as th e in ­s tru m e n ts o f H is m unificence. S oon a fte r th e ad jo u rn m en t o f th e B o ard o f M an ag e rs , a C om m ittee w as ap p o in ted b y the A c tin g B o ard from its o w n m em bers, M essrs. S to w a n d Sears, in co n ju n c tio n w ith th e T re a s u re r ; w h o w ere ch a rg ed w ith the specia l d u ty o f co llec ting fu n d s for th e liq u id a tio n o f th e debt, th e serv ice, in co m p lian ce w ith th e ir ow n suggestion , to be g ra ­tu ito u s . T h e re su lts o f th e effort h a v e been co m m u n ica ted by th e C om m ittee, w hose repo rt is h e re w ith su b m itted .* T h e tre a su ry w as, sh o rtly , re lieved from its em b arra ssm e n t, an d the c re d it o f th e C onven tion , w h ich for a co nsiderab le period h ad been su s ta in e d b y th e persona l g u a ra n ty o f in d iv id u a ls , rem a in ­ed u n im p a ired . T h e crisis b e in g overpast, th e A cting B oard feel a t lib e rty to ex p ress m ore esp ec ia lly th e ir sense o f th e sin ­

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g u la r d isin teres tedness a n d se lf-sacrificing zeal of th e T re a s u re r d u rin g th e e x ig e n c y : w ho, for th is one series o f ac ts , su p e r­added to a life o f u n req u ited m issionary labor, is en title d to la s tin g rem em brance.

T h e ra tio o f ex p e n d itu re being reduced , and th e d eb t p ro ­v ided for, th e re w as still a defic it to be apprehended in o u r o r­d in a ry receip ts, in consequence o f th e w ith d raw a l o f a la rge , i f no t th e en tire body o f S o u th ern con tribu to rs . T h e a n n u a l in ­com e from th is source h a d ran g ed from $10,000 to £15,000. T h is defic it h a s also been supplied . T h e people “ h a d a m ind to w ork an d an ad v a n ce in the total con tribu tions to the tre a su ry h a s been rea lized d u rin g th e year, n o tw ith s tan d ­ing th e reduced n u m b e r o f con tribu to rs , o f n ea rly £30,000, a l­m ost fifty per cent, upon th e receip ts o f a n y preceding year. T h e gross receip ts o f th e y e a r en d ing A pril 1, 1846, exc lusive o f ap p ro p ria tio n s from coo rd ina te Societies an d from G overn­m en t, a n d in c lu d in g co n trib u tio n s to w ard s liq u id a tin g th e debt, $>29,203 40 ,— h a v e been $100,219 94.

T h e re h a v e also been received from the

A m erican an d F o re ig n B ible Society , £7000* A m erican T ra c t Society , £10 0 0 fU. S. G overnm ent, $4400

In v ie w o f th is g ra tify in g resu lt, th e B oard and the C onven­tion h a v e assu re d ly cause to be th a n k fu l, -w ith hum ility , and to “ ta k e co u ra g e .”

T h e ex p e n d itu re s h av e been, to A pril 1, 1846, 8 9 4 .S66 54. In th is sum , how ever, is inc luded the en tire am o u n t o f o u ts tan d ­in g liab ilities, so called , eq u a l to £23 .850 , w h ich have not com e to m a tu r i ty ; an d w h ich h a v e u su a lly been charged a t th e tim e o f paym ent.. T h is change in the m ode o f en try m akes no ch a n g e o f fiscal condition , b u t h a s the ad v a n ta g e o f m ore rea d y e x p lan a tio n a n d o f in c reasin g th e secu rity aga in st a re ­n ew a l o f p ec u n ia ry em b arrassm en t. In c lu d in g these liabilities or dependencies, a n d th e b a lan ce o f d eb t unp aid , our to ta l lia ­b ilities on th e 1st o f A pril last, w ere £34,S35 09.

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• COLLECTING AGENCIES, AND PUBLICATIONS.

T h e o rd in a ry agencies for th e collection o f funds h av e been prosecu ted the p a s t y e a r w ith accustom ed fidelity, an d a n in ­creasin g m e asu re o f success. R ev . A lfred B ennett in N ew Y o rk , an d occasionally a t o th e r p o in ts ; R ev. Jo h n S tev en s in Ohio, an d p a r ts a d ja c e n t ; a n d R ev. Joseph W ilson in M aine, h av e been em p loyed th ro u g h o u t the year. R ev . B. F . B ra - brook, now o f D av en p o rt, Io w a , w as com pelled to close h is w este rn an d so u th -w estern ag en cy in N ovem ber, on ac co u n t o f

* Not including- #1100 recently donated. t Not including g!700 recently donated.

ill h ea lth . R ev . A h ira Jones com pleted h is ag en cy in V erm ont A p ril 1. A te m p o ra ry a n d v e ry successfu l ag en cy w as per­form ed in P h ila d e lp h ia b y R ev. E d w a rd B righ t, J r ., in the m o n th o f D ecem ber. Im p o rta n t services h a v e been rendered by th e p resence a n d ac tiv e exertions o f re tu rn e d m issionaries. R ev. M r. D ean , accom pan ied b y th e C h inese co n v e rt A -B ak, h a s m ad e a n ex tensive an d v e ry serv iceab le to u r o f several m o n th s in M ichigan , Illino is, an d o th e r w estern S ta tes. Mr. K in ca id h a s lab o red w ith h is u su a l ac tiv ity in P en n sy lv a n ia , N ew Je rsey , &c. T h e a m o u n t o f agency , s ta te d an d occa­sional, perfo rm ed d u r in g th e y ear, h a s been u n u su a lly large, a n d has , in general, m e t w ith p ecu lia r favo r from th e churches.

E x e rtio n s h av e also been m ad e to tu rn to increased effect the av a ila b le n ess o f th e press, p a r tic u la rly in p rin tin g an d c ircu ­la tin g , a t co m p ara tiv e ly tr iv ia l expense, m ore th a n 120,000 copies o f M r. B ro w n ’s A ddress. T h is ex p e rim en t h a s been h ig h ly sa tisfac to ry , an d encou rages to a fu rth e r a n d system atized u se o f th is species o f tra c t in s tru m e n ta lity . I t is proven th a t th e entire m a ss o f C h ris t’s d isc ip les can be reach ed w ith p roper exertion , a n d th a t those w h o neglect to a v a il them selves o f ou r o rd in a ry ch a n n e ls o f in fo rm ation , th e M agazine an d the M acedon ian , m a y neverthe less be p rec luded from th e excuse of igno rance for in a c tiv ity b y th e express o f a special m essenger. T h e M agaz ine a n d th e M acedon ian h a v e h a d th e ir u su a l c ircu ­la tio n ; b u t th e conviction is deepening , th a t these o rgans o f the C onven tion are too im p o rta n t to be em ployed as m ere incidents, o r a t convenience, an d shou ld com m and th e best tim e and th o u g h ts o f w h o ev e r m a y be ch a rg ed w ith con d u c tin g them . W ith reg a rd to agencies for th e y e a r to com e, the B oard h av e in p resen t em ploy M essrs. B en n ett, S tevens, W ilson , an d H . T . L o v e , th e la tte r , tem p o rarily , in th e so u th e rn S ta te s o f N ew E n g la n d . T h e field o f ag en cy n o w allo ted to th e B oard, m a y be co n v en ien tly d iv ided in to four g en era l d is tric ts ,— th e w estern an d n o rth -w e ste rn , n o w occupied b y M r. S tevens ; N ew Y o rk w estern , c e n tra l a n d n o rth e rn , in c lu d in g also, i f found ad v isa ­ble, V erm ont, assigned to M r. B e n n e tt; so u th e rn N ew Y ork , N ew Je rse y , a n d P en n sy lv a n ia , co n s titu tin g th e th ird d is t r ic t ; a n d N ew E n g la n d , w ith the excep tion o f V erm ont, th e fourth . T h e ex p e d ie n cy o f em p lo y in g agencies, so often d iscussed and sanctioned , needs n ow o n ly to be ac ted upon , be th e ac tio n w ise a n d efficient.

B eside th e g enera l agencies, ex is tin g a n d con tem p lated , there o u g h t to be a sy s tem o f local agencies, liv in g a n d ac tin g a t e v e ry po in t, agencies v o lu n ta ry , g ra tu ito u s, an d self-perpetu­a tin g ; a n ag en cy ana logous to th a t w h ich suppo rts th e p reach ­in g o f th e gospel a t h o m e ; a n ag en cy so an im a ted w ith the sp irit o f C h ris t, th ^ t i t sh a ll a s n a tu ra lly an d as efficiently seek th e good o f a ll a s o f one. I t is co m p ara tiv e ly inconsequen t w h a t fo rm th e ag e n cy assum e, w h e th e r affin itive association ,

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ch u rc h o rgan ization , or in d iv id u a l action. O n ly le t th e agency ex ist, a liv ing agency, an ag en cy n o t in nam e b u t in d e e d ; a n d le t its ac tion for good be n o t h indered . I t ought, in general, w ith in each in d iv id u a l ch u rch , to be an agency o f laym en . M in isters a n d pasto rs m a y p reach th e word, th e y m a y a n d o u g h t to teach , rebuke , and ex h o rt on m issionary d u t ie s ; b u t it is n o t th e ir o rd in ary w o rk to “ serve tab les .” F e w p re a c h ­ers, com para tive ly , h av e tim e to devote to th is s e rv ic e ; a n d th o u g h som e h av e done nobly , an d are en titled to a ll p ra ise , th e w hole d u ty w ill no t be done u n til it be taken up, and c a r ­ried out, by those to w hom it m ore especially appertains. W ere it a question o f ob ligation m erely , w e m ight, w ith alm ost eq u a l p roprie ty , ca ll upon th e m in is try to perform in general th e sec­u la r du ties o f th e c h u rc h e s ; an d instead of restric ting th em ­selves to sp iritu a l th ings, ca re eq u a lly for tem poral.

T h e im portance o f in tro d u c in g m ore generally a system of local agencies w h ich sha ll em body the in terest and efficiency o f th e la ity , c a n n o t v e ry easily be overestim ated . T o m ak e the la ity the ir own a g en ts , is the on ly adequate w ay to b r in g out th e ir in te res t a n d effic iency ; an d u n til m in ister and people a re a like in te rested in th e w o rk an d a t w ork , each in th e ir appro ­p ria te w ay , th e w ork w ill no t be done. T h is principle is a l­rea d y ac ted upon in som e places an d to g rea t effect. W e w ould see i t u n iv e rsa lly adopted .

TRANSFER OF INDIAN MISSIONS.

A greeab ly to th e recom m endation o f th e C onvention in N o­vem ber, th e A cting B oard h a v e g iven ea rly a tten tion to the proposed tran sfe r o f th e ir m issions, in the In d ia n T errito ry , to th e A m erican In d ia n M ission A ssociation. Correspondence h as been held w ith th a t A ssociation, an d w ith som e o f the m ission­aries in terested . T h e re su lt is no t sufficiently m atu red for a final report. So fa r as fac ts h av e been ascertained, th ey ap ­p e a r to be un fav o rab le to a n y ch an g e o f relations. A n oppor­tu n ity being p resen ted a t th e a n n u a l m eeting for a personal in ­te rv iew w ith m issionaries w h o h a v e been long connected w ith the S h aw an o e an d C herokee M issions, it is respectfully suggest­ed th a t a C om m ittee be ra ised to confer w ith these b re th ren , a n d to rep o rt before th e close o f th e session to the G enera l Board.

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Thirty-Second Annual Report:—Asiatic Missions. [J u l y ,

F O R E I G N D E P A R T M E N T

MISSIONS IN ASIA.

BURMAN AND KAREN MISSIONS.

(1.) Maulmain Mission.

M a u l m a i n (Burman department).— R ev . M essrs. H . H o w a r d , E . A . S t e v e n s , and S. M . O s g o o d ; M r. T. S. R a n n e y , p r in t e r ; and th e ir w ives ; R ev . L. I n g a l l s .

In this country, Rev. Messrs. A. J u d s o n and T . S im o n s .(Karen department.)—Rev. Messrs. J. H . V i n t o n , J. B. B in n e y , E . B . B u l l a r d ,

and their wives ; Miss M. V i n t o n .A m h e r s t (Peguan department).— R ev . J. M. H a s w e l l an d M rs . H a s w e l l .

C h e t t h i n g s y i l l e (Karen department).— ]J N e w y i l l e , “ “ I

Totals, 6 stations with 11 out-stations ; 10 preachers, of whom 4 are also teachers, and 1 a printer 3 1 printer ; 9 female assistants ; 36 native preachers and assistants.

M rs. Ju d so n left M a u lm a in for th is co u n try , on acco u n t o f p ro trac ted illness, on the 2 6 th o f A pril, 1845. T h e voyage w as u n a v a ilin g ; a n d on th e 1st o f S ep tem ber she d ied in th e h arb o r o f S t. H elena, a fte r a s in g u la rly u sefu l course of m issio n ary la ­bo rs o f n e a rly tw e n ty y ears . D r. Ju d so n a rr iv e d a t Boston, Oct. 15. M r. S im ons left the m ission, w ith h is o rphan ch ild ren , M ay 2, 1845, an d a rr iv ed in E n g la n d N ov. 2, an d in th is co u n try M ay 14. M r. In g a lls rem oved to M a u lm a in from M ergui in M ay, in consequence o f M rs. In g a lls ’s sickness. T h e ch an g e w as beneficia l a t f i r s t ; b u t su b seq u en tly h e r d iso rder increased in vio lence, and , n o tw ith s ta n d in g every ex p ed ien t reso rted to, p roved fa ta l on the 9 th o f la s t N ovem ber. M rs. In g a lls h ad been a fa ith fu l lab o re r in th e m ission ab o u t te n y ears . H er h u sb a n d con tinues, for th e presen t, a t M au lm ain , w h ere h is serv ices a re g re a tly needed am ong th e B u rm a n population . M r. R a n n e y rem oved from T a v o y to M au lm ain in D ecem ber la s t, to ta k e ch a rg e o f the p r in tin g d ep a rtm en t, on acco u n t o f th e m u ltip lied d u tie s a n d im p a ired h ea lth o f M r. Osgood.

In th e p r in tin g d e p a rtm en t d u r in g th e y e a r en d in g Ju ly 1, 1845, th e re h a v e been p r in te d 2800 vo lum es, in c lu d in g 500 of sc rip tu res, a n d 1000 trac ts , or 54,000 pp. o f scrip tu res, a n d 297,- 100 pp. o f tra c ts= 3 5 1 ,1 0 0 pp .— 40,000 pp. o f w h ic h w ere in E n g ­lish. T h e w hole n u m b er o f pages p rin te d from th e beg inn ing , is 61.224,300. 17,296 books an d tra c ts h av e been d istribu ted .

A b eg in n in g h a s been m ad e in the tra n s la tin g o f th e P gho K a re n N ew T e s ta m e n t. In add itio n to M a tth e w ’s Gospel, tra n s la te d som e tim e since b y M r. B ray ton , M r. B u lla rd h as p rep a re d for th e press th e G ospel by Jo h n an d p a r t o f A cts, an d is expected to p ro secu te the tran s la tio n o f th e N ew T e s ta ­m en t to its com pletion . H e h a s also tra n s la te d several B u r­m an tra c ts in to P gho, w h ich h a v e been p u t to press. O ther

B o o t a h , a each with native preacher and assistants.

D o n g Y a h n (Pgho Karen)

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w orks h av e been p repared , especially for schools, b y Mrs. B u lla rd , an d b y Mr. an d M rs. B ray ton . T h e P e g u a n N ew T estam e n t, it is expected , w ill be p rin ted the cu rren t year.

T h e o ther operations o f th e m ission for the y ea r en d ing J u ly 1, 1845, m a y be seen, in p a rt, in the following

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dismissed by letter.|j 510 of this number are in Karen churches. a. Burmese eight, Karen sixteen.b Sgau Karen, Pgho Karen, and Burmese; the first two only during the rains. c Fifty-five Burmese—the rest Karens. d Burmese, in charge of Mrs. Stevens, e In 1844.

f i n operation three months.g Taught two months and a half, and some pupils boarded.

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In s titu tio n w ill be m ad e av a ila b le for bo th . T h is is th e m ore im p o rta n t in v ie w o f th e c o n san g u in ity o f th e tw o K a re n d ia ­lects, an d th e desirab leness o f red u c in g th em e v e n tu a lly to a com m on form . A ll the m issionaries o f th e K a re n d ep a rtm en t en ter in to th is design, a n d th e c ircu m stan ces in w h ich it is com ­m enced ap p e a r ausp icious. So far as ca n now be judged , the po licy h a d in v iew by the B oard in in v itin g M r. B in n ey to en ­gage in th is d ep a rtm en t o f th e m ission, is fu lly justified , an d ho ld s o u t th e prospec t o f r ich resu lts to th e K aren people. ( F o r Mr. B in n ey ’s rep o rt o f the sem in ary , for th e firs t term , see pp. 75 an d 76 o f the c u rre n t M agaz ine .) T h e te rm w as opened on th e 2 8 th o f M ay an d closed O ctober 1, 1845.

T h e second te rm consisted o f tw e lv e w eeks o f “ the d ry sea­son .” G re a t d ifficu lty h a d been an tic ip a ted in keep ing th e school toge ther, a n d w a s p a r t ly rea lized ; the pup ils freq u en tly p roposing to re tu rn to th e ir hom es, a n d a lleg ing v a rio u s excuses for so doing. T h e ex p e rim en t succeeded n o tw ith s tan d in g , an d m ore im p ro v em en t w a s ap p a re n t th a n d u rin g th e te rm prece­ding. T h e fo llow ing is an e x tra c t o f M r. B in n ey ’s rep o rt o f th e second te rm :—

“ Their course of study has been, in the main, the same as the first term ; in which they have continued through an exegetical course to Acts, chap. 20, with the Epistle to Titus, 1st and 2d of Thessalonians, 1st and 2d of Co­rinthians, and the 1 st to Timothy. In the Sabbath class, they have studied Colossians and the three Epistles of John, with that of Jude. The Sabbath class is less critical, being intended mainly for its practical and experimen­tal benefits, and no notes are taken. In the daily reading class, the same course has been pursued, as in the first term ; except that, as they were reading what had been before explained, I examined them upon every pas­sage which I thought might not be yet understood, or which they might have forgotten ; and also requested them to ask questions upon any point not fully plain to them. This they did very freely :—it consumed time, but it rendered the exercise very interesting and profitable. Their business is to be to teach and to exemplify the gospel; and I am convinced that they cannot do this until they understand the gospel word itself. Their views of doctrine, and their own practice, will be according to their interpretation of the word of God. I have, therefore, given this the first place in all in­struction.

“ They have continued the arithmetic, and given some attention to geog­raphy.”

F ro m the repo rt o f the B urm ese S em in ary , in ch a rg e o f Mr. S tevens, w e g ive th e follow ing e x t r a c t :—

“ The Burmese Theological Seminary opened with the first of May and closed with the month of September, having been in session five months. The studies pursued were the gospels in harmony, as exhibited in the ‘ Life of Christ;’ the Epistle to the Romans once a week ; and sacred geography. Besides these exercises, a weekly exposition in writing, of some passages of scripture which had been studied during the week before, was required of the daily class on Monday afternoon, and a similar exercise was expected of the preaching assistants on Tuesday evenings, at which time, also, the daily students were required to be present. The above exercises were all which I could attend with profit, in addition to the more immediate labors of a

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pastor. At the opening of the school, every morning, the preaching assist­ants were present to relate the labors of the day previous, and to seek the blessing of God upon those which were to be renewed. The usual devo­tional exercises closed the day, generally about 5£ P. M.

“ As it respects the number of attendants, three were present in May, seven in June, eight in July, and eleven in September. Four of them had previously been employed as assistants at this station, and two at other sta­tions. All manifested commendable diligence and interest in their studies, and the deportment of all was unexceptionable. Since the close of the term, two of the pupils, who were formerly employed as assistants in preaching in this town, have returned to that work; and three others, I am happy to say, have been appointed by a Missionary Society recently formed in the Burmese church, to labor in the north and south extremes of the town.”

T h e B urm ese B oard ing School, ta u g h t b y Mr. and Mrs. H o w ­ard , w ith several assistan ts, a n d av e rag in g seventy boarders and tw e n ty d a y scholars, h as been as prosperous as in a n y prev ious year, d eriv in g its support ch iefly from residents in M aulm ain .

R eoccupancy o f B u r m a h P ro p er .— T h e in terest in th is ob­je c t is w ide-sp read , and , in som e m inds, pain fu lly intense. T h e la te revo lu tion , re su ltin g in th e de th ronem ent o f T h a r ra - w ad i, an d th e su b stitu tio n o f a m ilder regency, presents a fa­vo rab le oppo rtun ity , it is supposed b y m an y , for a renew al o f o p e ra tio n s ; an d th e re a re considerations connected w ith the s ta te o f th e n a tiv e churches, an d w ith th e insolence an d cra ft o f R om ish em issaries a t R angoon, th a t cha llenge ea rly atten tion . I t is to be deep ly reg re tted th a t th e m ission is a t p resen t so re­duced in n u m b ers as to be u n ab le to m a k e such an aggressive m ovem en t as th e occasion seem s to require.

(2.) Tavoy Mission.

T a v o y .— R ev. M essrs . J. W a d e , F . M a s o n , C . B e n n e t t , E . B. C r o ss ; and th e ir w ives. 20 na tiv e p reac h e rs and ass is tan ts , ( re p o rte d in 1845,) w ith 11 ou t-s ta tions .

M e r g u i .— R ev . D. L. B r a y t o n , and M rs . B ray ton . Six n ative assistan ts, w ith seven o u t-s ta tio n s .

Totals, 2 stations, with 18 out-stations ; 5 preachers, of whom one is a printer ; and 5 female assistants ; 26 native preachers and assistants.

M r. a n d M rs. C ross a rr iv ed a t T a v o y M arch 25, 1845. Mr. an d M rs. W a d e w ere ab sen t a t M ergui till la te in N ov., in con­sequence o f th e ill h e a lth o f M rs. W ade. T h e labors o f th e o ther m issionaries h av e been in te rru p ted by sickness, espec ia lly o f M rs. B ennett. M iss L a th ro p a rriv ed a t N ew Y o rk N o­vem ber 14.

T h e a n n u a l repo rt o f add itions to the T a v o y ch u rch es h a s n o t com e to h an d . Mr. an d M rs. B ennett v isited M a ta h in J a n u a ry an d F e b ru a ry , 1845, a n d baptized 22 converts, five o f th em recen tly connected w ith th e T a v o y b o ard ing school, a n d seven p rev io u sly m em bers o f the school ta u g h t b y M rs. W ade. A p ro trac ted m eeting w as held abou t the sam e tim e, a t P yee- k h y a , b y M r. M ason, a t w h ich also several w ere ad m itte d to

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bap tism , in c lu d in g five pup ils o f T a v o y school. S ix teen w ere bap tized by M r. In g a lls before h is rem oval to M au lm ain . T h re e b ap tism s are reported b y M r. B ray to n a t M ergui. T h e nu m b er rep o rted in connection w ith six ch u rch es o f M ergui a n d out- sta tions, besides S alongs, is 176; to ta l, 205. A bou t tw ice th a t n u m b e r w ere reported a s m em bers o f th e T a v o y ch u rch es in 1844-5 .

Schools .— In th e T a v o y school d e p a rtm en t in 1845, th e a t­te n d an c e o f pup ils , for reasons a lre a d y m entioned , w a s sm all. A n effort h a s been m ad e to es tab lish a B urm ese d a y school u n d e r th e su p erin ten d en ce o f M r. B ennett, w h ich prom ises to be successful. ' T h e se m in a ry in ch a rg e o f M r. M ason, for n a tiv e p reachers , is em in en tly prosperous. I t w as firs t opened in M ay , 1844, w ith eleven pup ils , an d closed O ctober 22. (See Mr. M aso n ’s R e p o rt p u b lished in Miss. M agazine o f A u g u st, 1845. pp. 212— 217 .) D u rin g 1845 th e a tten d a n ce w as tw elve. T h e fo llow ing is from M r. M ason’s la s t R eport, d a ted N ovem ber 5.

“ My school closed about a month ago. A part of the time I had fourteen pupils, but the state of the families of two, who left their families in the jungles, compelled them to leave and return home, after studying a short period. Of the twelve that studied throughout the season, one was a Pgho, the other eleven Sgaus. The latter studied in the New Testament three of the gospels, Acts, and Revelation, together with all the Epistles from Ro­mans to Philemon inclusive. Select portions of br. Wade’s Epitome of the Old Testament, the whole of Draper’s Bible Stories, an excellent little work translated by Mr. Vinton, and br. Abbott’s Doctrinal Catechism, completed their religious text books. In geography they received an hour’s instruction daily from Mrs. Mason, who besides the contents of the little text book on the subject, communicated much viva voce instruction on the history and natural productions of the countries under consideration, availing herself of the maps and plates in English books in our possession. In this way, her les­sons were, perhaps, more interesting to the pupils than any other; and as special attention was paid to scripture geography, it was thus made an impor­tant auxiliary to biblical instruction. In arithmetic, a part went twice over all the simple rules, while another class, who were in advance of these, went twice through the compound rules ; and all kept neat books in which all the sums were worked out that are proposed in Abbott’s Arithmetic. In land surveying, about half the pupils learned to measure land both readily and accurately with the cross staff, studying the principles in school and going out and taking practical lessons in the field. In trigonometry, a few were able, when the school closed, to solve the most common cases that occur in measuring a piece of land by its sides and angles. There was no declamation, but we had preaching every night except one, when we had a prayer meeting and one of the students preached in turn every alternate evening. In composition an exercise was required every week, and com­mendable improvement was made in the accuracy of their compositions by all.

“ The Pgho student, though only one, cost me as much labor and time as a whole class would have done. I attended to him three lessons a day in his own language, besides his writing and composition. He also took one les­son a day with the Sgau classes, being able to read and understand that dialect about as well as his own. In his own tongue he studied Matthew, Todd’s Truth made Simple, translated from the English by Mrs. Brayton ; Mrs. Wade’s Scripture Catechism, translated from the Sgau; the Teacher’s Manual, translated from the Sgau ; Mental Arithmetic, translated from the Sgau ; and about one hundred and forty hymns, most of which are trans­

lated from the Sgau. Before he returned into the jungles, he commenced reading a series of tracts, that have been translated from the Bunnan, but left before he finished them.

“ A few of the most advanced pupils took practical lessons through the season in the use of medicines. They were taught to prescribe in simple cases themselves; and in more difficult ones, where the prescription of a physician was required, the nature of the medicine and its mode of opera­tion were explained. No one unacquainted with the ignorance of the Karens in medical matters, their sicknesses, and the trouble they give the mission­aries when among them, can at all appreciate the desirableness and the value of my labors in this department.

“ Before the school closed I had an examination, to which all the members of the mission were invited. At the close, a few specimens of the compo­sitions of students were read ; the subjects and authors were as follows:—

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“ Christian Experience, Mee Hai.The aspirations of the Elders for the coming of God, Nga-tau.The Hornbills (Buceros,) Pivai-po.The Fiery Red Bird (Phoeuicornis flamens) and the GreenPigeon (Vinago bicincta,) - Ax-let.A synopsis of Revelation and its Interpretations, Saur-ma-da.”

A school w as ta u g h t four m on ths a t M ergui, by Mr. B ray - ton, assisted by M rs. W ade, w h ich w as a ttended by th ir ty or fo rty pupils.

P r in t in g D ep a rtm e n t .— T h e fo llow ing tab les give the am oun t o f p rin tin g execu ted a t the T a v o y p ress in the y ears 1844 an d 1845, th e firs t y e a r u n d e r th e superin tendence of Mr. B ennett, an d th e la tte r u n d e r th e care o f M r. R an n ey .

Table o f printing at Tavoy in 1844.

T itle of works printed.

Catechism of Scripture History (finished), Mental Arithmetic,Draper’s Bible Stores,Morning Star (ten numbers),Karen Dictionary (continued), Trigonometry, &.c. (commenced),

do. in Burmese, do.Arithmetic, by Mr. Abbott,Land measurement, by do.,

so ° s ’S £

w cL.c- z &Zj o Eh &2d 32mo. 48 2000 96,000« 12mo. 74 2000 148,000

1st a 220 1000 220,0004to 40 300 12,000

1st it 148 288 4-2,724a it 22 288 6,336a u 20 288 5,760a 12mo. 52 500 26,000“ “ 16 500 8,000

Total, 564,820

Issued in 1844, pp. 1,558,368.

T h e n u m b e r o f vo lum es bound, m ostly K aren N ew T e s ta ­m ents, w a s 2350. T h e issues w ere also m ostly T estam e n ts .

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Table of printing at Tavoy in 1845.

Name or T itle.Morning Star, 11 nos. 4 pages each,Karen Grammar (commenced),Index to Karen Dictionary,Trigonometry, &.C., Karen (complete),

do. Burman, do.Tables of Natural Sines for every degree and

minute of the Quadrant,Geography,

Edi

tion.

Size

. 05S3bocdP* N

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f co

pies

.

Tot

al.

1 4to 44 288 12,6721 4to 302 168 50,7361 8vo, 50 288 14,4001 4to 16 288 4,6081 4to 16 288 4,608

2d 4to 20 1000 20,0002d 12mo 180 1000 180,000

Total, 3,320 287,024

T h e sub jo ined tab le show s th e issues from th e deposito ry for th e la s t y ea r , am o u n tin g to 2320 copies, or 312,822 pages.

Table o f issues at Tavoy, 1845.

Name or Title.New Testament, Maulmain 16—Tavoy 37—Mergui 6 ,Epitome of the Old Testament. Tavoy,Them-bong-ghee, or Spelling book, Maulmain 250—Tavoy 6-

Mergui 6,Catechism of Scripture History, Maulmain 158—Tavoy 65-

Mergui 56,Catechism, by Mr. Abbott, Maulmain 133—Tavoy 61—Mergui 6 , Arithmetic, Tavoy 12,Geography, Maulmain 512—Tavoy 12,Trigonometry, &c., in Burman, Maulmain 200,

do. in Karen, Maulmain 112—Tavoy 17,Abbott’s Arithmetic, Maulmain 300—Tavoy 33,Draper's Bible Stories, Maulmain 235—Tavoy 34—Mergui 6,House I Live In, Burmese, Maulmain 20,Index to Dictionary, Maulmain 6—Tavoy 10—Mergui 6,Morning Star, 11 nos.

0BO 0) m —'a; ci

s 0tm"ejOcuH

59 34,2005 2,760

262 10,480

279 48,032200 19,200

12 1,028524 94,320200 7,200129 4,902333 11,988275 ' 60,500

20 4,40022 1,100

12,672

2320 312,322

(3.) Mission to Arracan.

R a m r e e .—Two native assistants. Out-station—Cheduba, two native assistants.A k y a b .—Rev. L. S t il s o n , Mrs. S t il s o n . Two native assistants. Two out-stations.S a n d o w a y .—Twenty native assistants, chiefly in Burmah. Five out-stations in Arracan.In this country, Rev. E. K in c a id and Mrs. K in c a id ; Rev. E. L. A b b o t t .3 stations and 8 out-stations ; 3 preachers, and 3 female assistants 5 26 native assistants.There are also at Akyab Rev R. E. B d r p e ' and Mrs. B u r p e ', missionaries of the Nova

Scotia and New Brunswick Baptist Missionary Society. They arrived at Akyab October 14, and were cordially welcomed by Mr. Stilson and family. They have since devoted themselves to the study of the native languages, partly with a view to evangelize the K hyens; and it may be hoped, will prove valuable helpers in giving the gospel to the numerous population of that province.

T h e m o u rn fu l b ereav em en ts su s ta in e d b y th is m ission h av e left i t w h o lly u n eq u a l to th e d em an d s u pon i t for m issionary labor. M rs. A bbo tt d ied a t S an d o w ay , J a n u a ry 27, 1845. A few m o n th s la te r , th e h e a lth o f M r. A bbo tt co n tin u in g to de­cline, h e w a s com pelled to em b a rk for th is c o u n try , a n d arriv ed a t N ew Y o rk N ovem ber 14. O u r co m m unica tions from Mr.

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S tilson , on w h o m th e en tire ch a rg e of th e m ission w a s th u s d e­volved, h av e -b een in frequen t. O n one occasion he rep o rts th e b ap tism o f th ree in d iv id u a ls , m em bers o f his school a t A k y ab . In an o th er h e speaks o f a projected tour am ong th e K a re n s an d K h y en s , in w h ich h e w as to be accom panied b y M r. B urpe. A p a r t o f h is tim e h a s been devo ted to the p repara tion o f books a n d o ther helps for schools, for w h ich he possesses qualifica tions o f ra re excellence. O ne o f the n a tiv e assistan ts, M a y a t K y a u , reports the bap tism , on a la te tour, o f abou t 150 K aren s .*

MISSION TO SIAM.

B a n g k o k ( Siamese department).—Mr. J. H. C h a n d l e r , and Mrs. C h a n d l e r .In this country, Rev. J. T . Jones.(Chinese Department).—Rev. J. G o d d a r d , Mrs. G o d d a r d ; 2 native assistants.Out-stations.—Leng-kia-chu, Bang-chang.1 station and 2 out-stations ; 2 preachers 5 1 type cutter; 2 female assistants ; 2 native

assistants.

T h e h is to ry o f th is m ission the p as t year is saddened by th e rem o v a l o f M rs. Jones. S he d ied on her passage to th is co u n ­try , th e 21st o f M arch , still d is ta n t m a n y days from h e r n a tiv e land . M r. Jones a rr iv ed a t N ew Y o rk April 12. T h e m ission h a s also been reduced in n u m b ers b y the w ith d raw a l o f M r. a n d M rs. D avenport. T h e y left B an g k o k in F e b ru a ry , a n d a rr iv ed a t N ew Y o rk v ia E n g la n d , in N ovem ber.

T h e m ission being th u s enfeebled, the proposed rem ova l o f M r. G o d d ard to C h in a h a s been necessarily abandoned , a t le as t for an o th er year. A n y fu rth e r reduction of th e m ission in its p resen t sta te , w o u ld be v ir tu a l extinction.

T h e opera tions o f th e m ission for the y ea r end ing J u ly 1, 1845, a re g iven in th e A n n u a l R e p o r t; from w h ich w e e x tra c t the fo llo w in g :—

“ Until the departure of br. Jones to Singapore, on the 1st of April, (when all direct missionary work in the Siamese department was suspended,) both daily and Sabbath worship were regularly conducted in Siamese, attended, however, by few except persons in our employ. Tracts were distributed at the house, and generally called for in a more respectful manner than for­merly. Much of Mr. Jones’s time has been spent in revision, proof-reading, & c.; but religious discussions have not been neglected.

“ The Chinese morning and evening worship, accompanied by explanations of scripture, has been attended by from eight to fifteen Chinese persons in our employ, and their friends. The congregation on the Sabbath, though small compared with congregations in Christian lands, has been larger than for­merly ; it is made up of about thirty-five persons, who attend with consider­able regularity, and various occasional attendants. There have also been two weekly meetings in different neighborhoods, attended by a few of those who live near. The out-station at Leng-kia-chu has been regularly occupied by one of the assistants. Two individuals there (besides the members of the church,) have attended to the word with much assiduity, and we hope

* Communications of more recent date announce the addition by baptism, of more than 600 Karens, not previously reported.

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not in vain, though we do not yet deem it expedient to receive them to the church. A weekly meeting has also been held at Ma-ha-ehai, a small village about a mile this side of Leng-kia-chu, where one Chinaman has for some time manifested a disposition to receive the truth in love ; he goes to L. on the Sabbath. Considerable labor has been performed at Bang-chang, where a few Chinese have seemed disposed to attend seriously to the truth ; one exhibits many characteristics of a sincere convert. The uncertainty of our future prospects has prevented us from prosecuting our labors in this interesting field as we otherwise would have done. We are obliged to think more of confirming, than extending our labors.

“ The assistants have been daily employed in distributing tracts, visiting and conversing, from house to house, and have assisted on the Sabbath,— the second service in the chapel having been generally conducted by them. They have labored in rotation, though not regularly, at the out-stations. The knowledge of the truth has evidently been extended during the past year. More than 4000 tracts have been distributed in different parts of the country. Five have been admitted to the church, and one excluded,—leaving the present number, twenty-four. The individual excluded, had taken another wife while his true wife is still living in China ; he has, however, since put her away, and exhibits signs of penitence, which, we hope, his future life may prove sincere. Beside those already mentioned at the out-stations, there are here in Bangkok five or six inquirers, some of whom appear very encouraging.

“ The. Boarding School was discontinued in December, owing to thé feeble health of those engaged in conducting it. The average number of scholars had previously been eleven ; they received instruction in Siamese, Chinese, and English. To render a school here permanently profitable, requires a greater share of time, attention, and strength, than we, in our present cir­cumstances, can devote to it. Were a missionary family devoted entirely to this department, we have no doubt the results would be most encouraging ; but, otherwise, there is little prospect of real usefulness in this sphere of labor. The experience of the members, both of our mission and also of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, seems to have taught clearly that the female members of the mission cannot expect here to enjoy a sufficient amount of health and strength to enable them, in addition to the care of their families, to give sufficient attention to a school, to make it really profitable.

“The Printing Office and Bindery were under the care of br. Davenport till the 1st of January, when they were committed to the care of br. Jones, and in his absence to br. Chandler. Printing during the year has been as fol­lows :—

Siamese.—Outlines of Old Testam ent Biography,“ Introduction to Natural Philosophy,

Job work for Mr. Davenport,“ Nine signatures of N. Test., new edit.,

Chinese.—Gospel by Mark, (Mr. Dean’s,)“ Catechism,“ Hymns,

“ The Foundry has been under the joint care of brethren Jones and Chan­dler. The fount of Siamese type, ordered last year for the Commissioner at Maulmain, has been completed and forwarded. A fount has also been cast for Chau-fa-yai, on double Small Pica. The fount on English body has progressed but very little ; no native help can be obtained capable of cutting the punches pi’operly, and the whole work must be executed by Mr. Chan­dler’s own hands. To keep the native help in work, a fount on two-line Bourgeois has been commenced and nearly half the punches cut.

“ In our report last year it was stated that br. Chandler had aided prince T. Momfanoi in building various kinds of machinery, and awakened cori-

Copies. pp. Total.3000 136 408,000

140 90 12,6003000 21,600

162 82 13,2841S50 40 74,000500 46 23,000

siderable interest in the work. At the urgent request of the prince, br. Chandler continued to visit his palace for three or four months, during which time a machine shop, commenced a short time before, was finished, and many tools and machines for the use of the shop, made. The shop is ninety feet long by twenty wide. Every thing was made and arranged as much as possible after American fashion. Almost from the commencement of br. C.’s labors, the prince directed his men to cease from labor on the Sabbath ; and though they have often been hurried with work for the king, we are not aware that any work has been done on the Sabbath for more than a year. The shop and tools are cleaned up every Saturday, as regular­ly as in a Christian land.”

T h e R eport concludes w ith a v iew o f the w ants and p ro m ise o f th e S iam M ission, an d o f th e in tim ate rela tions an d m u tu a l dependence o f its tw o departm en ts. I ts ju stness claim s a tte n ­tion. H a v in g expressed th e ir concurrence in the s ta tem en t m ade before the C onven tion in 1844, “ T h a t the S iam M is­sion, in each o f its d epartm en ts , s tan d s preem inen t bo th in its w a n ts a n d its p rom ises,” the M ission proceeds to s a y :—

“ We might indeed have hesitated, ourselves, to use the word ‘ preem­inent,’ as we know that many other stations are languishing for want of help, and are also exceedingly fruitful in promise. But our wants are mani­fest; weakness characterizes all our efforts, and the multiplicity and variety of cares devolving on so few individuals, rapidly exhaust all our energies. Hence the opinion of the Committee of your Convention, that ‘ the Siam Mission must become extinct unless speedily reinforced,’ is, doubtless, cor­rect. And with regard to the promise of this field, it is true, that, especially in the Siamese department, we have long been called to labor under great discouragements; we have, thus far, sowed only in hope, and have not yet, to any great extent, been made partakers o f oar hope. No one can be more sensible of the difficulties and discouragements connected with this mission than we are, having long labored under them ; and if there be any good reason why it should be abandoned, or allowed quietly to become 1 extinct,'1 we have the best means of knowing. But we know no such reason. On the contrary, we see numerous and weighty reasons for continuing our work. In the Siamese department, the New Testament has been translated, and numerous valuable tracts prepared, and the means for printing them have been brought to a very satisfactory degree of perfection. We have thus, at immense labor and expense, attained a position of permanency. Prelimi­nary work is mostly done ; and we have the means of going forward to as great an extent as the Master and his stewards in America see fit. There is here an immense population, and there are great facilities for spreading the knowledge of the truth among them. They can generally read, and they do read; they read our tracts, and they understand them to a considerable extent, and they will listen to conversation when there is any one to go and converse with them. We doubt whether a people is often found, where there are so great facilities for spreading the knoivledge of the truth, as among the Siamese. And this is the great work of the missionary; he is sent to make known the way of life, whether men will hear or whether they will forbear. The truth is a sweet savor unto God as well in those who perish as in those who are saved; and if God should see fit to glorify his name, by sending the gospel to a people who will not receive it,—who are we, that we should refuse to be the bearers ? But we have no evidence that such is the case with the people of Siam. True, the present institutions and government of the country are peculiarly unfavorable to the reception of Christianity ; but is any thing too hard for God P True, also, the gospel has long been proclaimed without any apparent fruit in the conversion of the

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S ia m e s e ; but seed must have its appointed tim e before it spring up. H o w often, even in m any im portant p laces in A m erica, has the cause o f Christ struggled lon g and been repeated ly crushed, to all hum an appearance, be­fore it has b ecom e established . It is n ot for us to fix lim its to the tim es and season s w h ich G od has put in his ow n pow er. O ur tim e o f d iscouragem ent, and w ant o f apparent su ccess, has not yet equalled that o f the first m is­sionaries to the South S ea Islands ; and if, eventually , our su ccess should be as com plete as theirs, w h o w ill say that one effort has been put forth in vain ? or i f our su ccess should not be like theirs, w h o w ill venture to say that G od is not equally glorified, and that our labors are not equally agreea­ble to him ?

“ T h ere is another consideration grow ing out o f the connection o f the tw o departm ents o f th is m ission, and the assistance w hich they m utually confer on each other. Labor in the C hinese departm ent has already been crow ned w ith an encouraging m easure o f s u c c e s s ; and w ith a church o f tw enty-four m em bers, and several inquirers liv ing in different parts o f the land,— tw o valuable assistants, and several other brethren, able and w illin g to assist to som e exten t, the cau se h as attained to a state in w h ich it m akes some progress w ith a com paratively sm all am ount o f m issionary labor. T o abandon it, therefore, w ou ld be to g ive up advantages o f no ordinary character, already secured , for w hat is entirely uncertain. B ut the present op en in gs in China, in connection with the state o f public feelin g in A m erica , render it a lm ost certain that this departm ent w ill, for som e tim e, be but feeb ly su p p o rted ; o f course, it m ust lean on the S iam ese departm ent, and the tw o m ust assist each other. W e have here, in reality, tw o m iss io n s; and by the encouragem ent and assistance w h ich they im part to each other, much more can be accom plished than by tw o m ission s o f equal strength differently situated. Indeed , feebly supported as they have been, they could n ot stand alone ; the C hinese departm ent could by no m eans have survived until n ow , but for the encouragem ent and support w hich it has derived from th e S iam ese . H en ce , to relinquish one departm ent, w ou ld , probably, lead to the abandonm ent o f the o th e r ; it w ould be g iv ing up the advantages w h ich resu lt from the m utual cooperation o f tw o m ission s, as w ell as all the other advantages w hich have been secured by a long and patient endurance o f the trials w h ich have attended our progress thus far. B ut our hope and pfrayer is, that laborers m ay be sen t forth to th is f ie ld ; and our unwaver­ing expectation is, that in due tim e, every effort put forth in the fear o f G od for the salvation o f this peop le, w ill be crow ned with the m ost glorious su c­cess. In the m ean tim e, w e hum bly beseech the friends o f Christ, instead o f adding to the a lm ost overw h elm in g trials w hich have ever clustered around th is m ission , to com e up at on ce to the help o f the Lord against the m ighty. B reak not the bruised reed ,— but let the ‘ Siam Mission be speedily reinforced,’ that it m ay n o t £ become extinct.’ ”

MISSION TO CHINA.

H o n g k o n g .—T hree native assistants.In this country, Rev. W . D e a n ; K o Ab&k, native assistant.Out-stations.—Kowloon, Chang-chow, Chek-chu.C a n t o n .—Rev. T h o s . T . D e v a n , M. D ., Mrs. D e v a n ; seven native assistants.N i n g p o .— D . J. M a c g o w a n , M. D ., Mrs. M a c g o w a n ; two native assistants.3 stations, and 3 out-stations 3 2 preachers, 1 a physician ; 1 other physician j 2 female

assistants ; 13 native assistants.

M essrs. S h u c k a n d D e v a n rem oved from H ong k o n g to C a n ­ton A p ril 1 -3 , o f la s t y ea r. T h e m o v em en t a t th a t ju n c tu re h a d n o t been co n tem p la ted b y th e A ctin g B oard , b u t on being ap ­p rize d o f th e reasons th a t led to i t th e y h a v e g iven it th e ir

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approval, an d h av e adop ted C an ton as one o f th e ir p e rm an en t sta tions. T h e c ircum stances in w hich the C an ton s ta tio n w as opened, ap p ear to h a v e been in various respects encourag ing . M r. S h u ck w ritin g A pril 7, speaks o f the ir com fortab le location , a n d o f in tro d u c in g to th e ir w ork n ine n a tiv e assis tan ts . A n ex ten siv e sy stem o f itin e rac y and tra c t d istribu tion , an d p re a c h ­in g pub lic ly an d from house to house, w as speedily com m enced. A ch u rc h o f tw en ty -fo u r m em bers w as organized A pril 3.

S ince th e d ep a rtu re o f M r. S h u ck for the U n ited S ta tes, Oct. 25 , D r. D ev a n h a s h a d sole ch arg e o f the sta tion . H e h a s n ev e rth e le ss succeeded in m a in ta in in g th ree s ta ted relig ious serv ices, w ith th e aid o f n a tiv e assistan ts. H is house, w h ich is s itu a te d am ong th e n a tiv e population , an d w h ich also fu rn ish es a conven ien t chapel, is opep to visiters, an d v e ry m an y im prove th e o p p o rtu n ity to call. O f these “ none leave th e house w ith ­o u t h e a r in g the w a y o f sa lvation , and every one appears to see th e s tu p id ity an d folly o f id o la try .” T h e H ongkong chu rch w a s left in ch arg e o f n a tiv e assistan ts . S ix w ere added to it b y b ap tism in A pril, m a k in g th e ir n u m b er seventeen.

D r. an d M rs. M acgow an left H ongkong for N ingpo, F eb . 20, a n d a rr iv ed soon afte r the 1st o f A pril. M uch o f the tim e o f the m issionaries since, h a s been g iven to th e acquisition o f the lan g u ag e . A d isp en sary h a s m ean w h ile been opened, an d m ed ica l aid been adm in istered to som e 2000 invalids.*

T h e C h in a M ission, as is k n o w n to m a n y , h a s been reduced d u r in g th e y e a r b y th e w ith d ra w a l o f M essrs. S h u ck and R oberts. T h e connex ion o f Mr. S h u ck w ith the B oard w as h o n o rab ly te rm in a te d on the firs t o f A pril last, he p referring to h o ld re la tions w ith th e S o u th ern B oard . T h e m issionary re la ­tions o f M r. R oberts h av e been irre g u la r an d u nse ttled since1844. W ith in th a t y e a r h a v in g rem oved to C an ton an d taken u p h is residence th e re in v io la tion o f ce rta in ru les com m on to a l l o u r m issions, h e tendered h is resig n a tio n to the B oard con­d itio n a lly , an d conducted h is operations thenc-eafter on h is sole responsib ility . T h e B oard declined to accept h is conditional resig n a tio n , an d co n tin u ed to reg a rd h im as the ir m issionary , a n d to fo rw ard for h is su p p o rt th e o rd in a ry su p p lie s ; w hich he h a s received dow n to D ecem ber 31, 1845. H is connexion w ith u s ceased on th e 1st o f J a n u a ry , 1846. T h e B oard are e x ­p lic it in these s ta tem en ts , in consequence o f m isrep resen ta­tions c ircu la ted ex ten siv e ly in th is coun try , ch a rg in g the B o ard w ith u n k in d n e ss an d in justice to Mr. R oberts. I t h a s since ap p eared th a t for a tim e M r. R oberts w as n o t in re­ce ip t o f h is accustom ed sa la ry , b u t th is w as in consequence o f h is vo lu n ta ry re fu sa l o f i t ; i t w as repeated ly tendered to h im b y th e m ission trea su rer.

*See end of Report.

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MISSION TO ASSAM.

S ib s a g a r .—Rev. N. B r o w n , Mr. O. T . C o t t e r ; and their wives. Nidhi Levi and Batiram, native assistants.

JNo w g o n g .—Rev. M. B r o n s o n , Mrs. B r o n s o n . Peter, native assistant.G o w a h a t t i .—Rev. C. B a r k e r , Mrs. B a r k e r . Caleb, native assistant; and four

school teachers.3 stations ; 3 preachers, 1 printer, 4 female assistants; 8 native assistants.

T h e gen e ra l a sp ec t o f th e m ission is e ssen tia lly th e sam e as g iven in o u r la s t R eport. T h e h e a lth o f M rs. C u tte r, th o u g h o f la te a little im proved , co n tin u es feeble, an d th e resu lt, i t is to be feared , w ill be fa ta l a t an ea r ly period, i f she rem a in in In d ia . T h e d em an d for h e lp in th is m ission is in c reasing ly u rg en t. F e w w ho h a v e read , can h av e forgotten th e “ A ddress o f M r. B ro w n .”

T h e resu lts o f m iss io n ary lab o r h a v e been as sa tisfac to ry a s th e n u m b e r a n d s tren g th o f the labo re rs perm itted . T w o con­v e r ts h av e been b ap tized a t S ib sagar. “ In th e m id s t o f d is­co u ra g em e n ts ,” sa y s M r. B row n , “ w e h a v e m u c h th a t is en ­cou rag ing . W e h a v e a tte n tiv e aud iences ev e ry L o rd ’s d a y in th e b az aa r, a n d th e people a re beg in n in g to be m ore bold in lis ten in g to o u r e x h o rta tio n s .” A b o u t 600 pup ils w ere connect­ed w ith th e m ission schools a ro u n d S ib sagar.

A t G o w a h a tti a m ission c h u rc h w as o rgan ized in F e b ru a ry ,1845, th e G o w a h a tti b ran c h co n ta in in g seven m em bers. M r. B a rk e r h a s also succeeded in th e m a in te n an c e o f sev era l schools, fou r o f w h ich , n u m b e rin g from fo rty to s ix ty pup ils each , a re su p p o rted by the co n trib u tio n s of in d iv id u a ls in th e ir v ic in ity . N u m ero u s ap p lica tio n s a re m ade for th e es tab lish m en t o f o the r schools.

T h e repo rts from N ow gong, for the p a s t y ea r, h av e n o t a r ­rived . T w e lv e schools w ere ab o u t to be es tab lished in th a t neighbo rhood a t th e la s t dates, to be co n tin u ed s ix m onths, or th ro u g h o u t th e cold season. T h e O rp h an In s titu tio n h ad e ig h teen in m a te s in S ep tem ber.

In th e p rin tin g d ep a rtm en t, M r. B ro w n h as p rosecu ted the tra n s la tio n o f th e N ew T e s ta m e n t, a n d severa l o f the E p istles w ere n e a r ly re a d y for the p ress la s t A u g u st. A n A ssam ese h y m n book h a d been p rin ted , p repared , in p a r t, b y N id h i a n d B a ti­ra m ; a lso a n a r ith m e tic for schools b y M rs B ro w n .*

MISSION TO THE TELOOGOOS.

.Ne l l o r e .— 'Three native assistants.In this country, or on their way, Messrs. S. S. D a y and S. V a n H u s e n y and their

wives.

A g reeab ly to th e in tim a tio n g iven in our la s t R eport, Mr. V an H u sen a n d fam ily h a v e re tu rn e d to th is co u n try in conse­

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quence o f h is ill h ea lth . T h e y arrived via C a lc u tta on the 1st o f O ctober. M r. Y an H u se n ’s h ea lth , w e reg re t to s ta te , is so im paired , as to p rec lude a ll p rospect o f h is resu m in g m issionary labor.

Soon afte r th e re tu rn o f M r. Y an H usen, in te lligence w as re ­ceived o f the a la rm in g illness o f Mr. D ay. H e had left N ellore for M adras for th e purpose o f adm in istering bap tism to severa l in d iv id u als , b u t on reach in g th a t place he w as com pelled to re ­lin q u ish th e object, an d for a tim e, a t least, to suspend a ll m is­s io n a ry eiforts. H e w as su b seq u en tly advised to em b ark for th is co u n try , an d acco rd ing ly set sail, w ith h is fam ily , v ia E n g ­lan d , Dec. 3. H e a rr iv ed a t London, A pril 11. L e tte rs since received, an n o u n ce som e im provem ent o f hea lth , and h is a rr iv a l is n o w expected d a ily .*

T h e m ission w as left in ch a rg e o f the n a tiv e assistan ts, u n d e r th e im m ed ia te superin tendence o f an E ng lish resident. P rio r to M r. D a y ’s d ep a rtu re , h is h e a lth for several m onths h a d a l­low ed h im to do b u t little m issionary w ork. <£ B u t the n a tiv e ass is tan ts h a d labored s te a d i ly ; an d p reach ing in the chapel, a t th e school-house, an d in th e streets, h a d been con tinued as u su a l.” T h e d is trib u tio n o f sc rip tu res a n d trac ts h ad becom e m ore enco u rag in g th a n for a y e a r p a s t ; num bers com ing to get books, w h ich w ere g iven m ostly a t th e chapel. T h e school d ep a rtm en t h a d suffered m ore s e v e re ly ; several schools h a d been closed, p a r t for w a n t of teachers, an d o thers from the p re ­valence o f cholera.

M ISSIO N IN W E S T A F R IC A .

MISSION TO THE BASSAS.

B e x l e y .—Rev. I . C l a r k e , Mrs. C l a r k e , Mrs. C r o c k e r . ----- Von Brun, nativeassistant.

E d i n a .—Rev. J. H. C h e e s e m a n , teacher.Out-stations, Little Bassa, Lewis Kong Crocker (Kong Koba). Duawi’s town,

Z u zo , SfC.2 stations and 2 out-stations ; 2 preachcrs, 2 female assistants ; 2 native assistants.

T h e p rinc ipa l s ta tio n o f th is m ission w as rem oved from E d in a to B ex ley e a rly in 1845. A school, how ever, w as m a in ­ta in ed a t E d in a d u rin g th e year, u n d e r the care o f M r. C heese­m an , for th e benefit ch iefly „of the colonists. T h e m ission prem ises h a v e since been sold, and the b u ild ing rem o v ed to B exley .

A t B exley , besides p rea ch in g there an d a t n e ig h b o rin g v il­lages, a school h as been ta u g h t by the n a tiv e ass is tan t. M rs. C rocker h a s also ta u g h t a prom ising g irls’ school o f tw e n ty p u ­pils. T h e school a t L itt le B assa con tains th ir te en pupils , an d

* Arrived at New York June 2.

an o th e r h a s been es tab lish ed a t Z uzo , to b e su p erin ten d ed by M r. C heesem an . T h e school teach ers a re also p reachers, an d devo te m u ch tim e to th e m in is tra tio n o f th e gospel am ong th e v illages.

T h e m ission propose to p r in t th is y ear, a D ic tio n ary o f the B a ssa lan g u ag e , p rep a red b y M r. C la rk e ; also R o m an s an d C o rin th ian s, n o w n e a rly rea d y for th e press, toge ther w ith a second, an d en la rg ed ed ition , o f th e B a ssa Spelling-book.

T h e h e a lth o f M r. D a y h a v in g u n fitte d h im for ac tiv e d u ­ties. he h a s req u e sted leav e to w ith d ra w from th e m ission on th e firs t o f n e x t Ju ly , an d the B o a rd h a v e so d irected .

T h e m ission co n tin u es to p le ad for re in fo rcem ent. ' S ay s M r. C lark e , in F e b ru a ry last, “ W e are n o t ab le to m eet the d em an d s o f th e people. O n m y occasional v isits , th e y tell m e th e y h e a r th e gospel so se ldom th a t th e y forget w h a t th e y h a d h e a rd before. W e need a good m an , a good p reacher, w h o w ill n o t co u n t h is life d ea r u n to h im self, b u t w ill trav e l from to w n to tow n , a n d from house to house , to p rea ch th e gospel. I h a v e no d o u b t th e people w o u ld soon ren o u n ce th e ir g rig ris, h a d th e y d u e in stru c tio n . T h e m ore o u r in fluence is ex ten d ­ed, th e m ore it is in c reased a t a n y an d a ll o f th e s ta tions. W e k n o w th a t y o u r fields in A sia a re en cou rag ing , a n d need a ll th a t you c a n do for them . B u t a re n o t th e c la im s o f the suffering for succor, p ropo rtiona te to th e ir w re tch ed n ess 7”

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M IS S IO N S IN E U R O P E .

MISSION TO FRANCE.

D o b a y .—Rev. E. W i l l a r d , M rs . W i l l a r d .*L a n n o y and B a i s i e o x .—Rev. J. T h i e f f r y .O r c h i e s and RAme.— Rev. F. D u j a r d i n .B e r t r y . (Five out-stations.f)—Rev. J. B. P r u v o t s

A t h i e s . (Six “ )—Rev. Messrs. J . B. C r e 't i n , N. F r o m e n t .C h a d n y . (T h irteen“ )—Rev. V. L e p o ix ; L . Choquet, colporteur.L a C r o ix S t . O d e n . (M e d x , and six other out-stations.)—Rev. L . L e f e v r e j I.

F o u l o n , evangelist; J. P . Lacquemont, colporteur.7 stations and 33 out-stations; 1 preacher and 1 female assistant; 10 native preachers

and assistants.

T h e ac tion o f th e C onven tion , in N ovem ber, h a v in g a u th o r ­ized th e co n tin u an c e o f th e F re n c h M ission, M r. W illa rd , w ho h a s b een res id in g th e p a s t y e a r in th is co u n try , w a s in v ited to re tu rn to D o u a y a n d resu m e h is m iss io n a ry du ties. H e em ­b a rk e d for th is purpose, w ith h is fam ily , th e 16 th inst.

D u rin g th e period o f h is absence, th e m ission h a s b een con­d u c ted b y th e n a tiv e laborers , u n d e r th e gen e ra l su p e rin ten d ­

* Mr. W illard was married to Miss Caroline Morse, of Machias, Maine, May 1. t Or preaching places.

ence o f M r. T h ie ffry , w ho w as requested to fo rw ard to the B o ard th e ir m o n th ly reports. T h is service h a s been fa ith fu lly rendered , a n d th e repo rts ob ta ined h av e given m u ch sa tisfac­tion. T h o u g h deeply feeling the w a n t o f M r. W illa rd ’s p re­sence an d counsel, the n a tiv e b re th ren have labored w ith assi­d u ity , and , so fa r as h a s appeared , w ith u n u su a lly good success. A lm ost ev e ry s ta tio n h a s h a d m ore or less en co u rag e­m ent, in the aw a k e n in g o f a sp irit o f in q u ir y ; and som e h a v e been cheered w ith the conversion o f one or m ore in d iv iduals . S ix h a v e been bap tized a t A th ie s and ou t-sta tions, and e igh t in the s ta tio n s connected w ith C hauny . In the la s t m entioned are also eigh teen can d id a tes for baptism . Collections h av e been ta k e n for foreign m issions, am o u n tin g to 431 francs, a n d 30 cen tim es,— a liberal con tribu tion , con trasted w ith the po v erty o f the people.

T h e d ea th o f M r. F o u lb o eu f occurred on th e 30th o f Ju ly .

MISSION TO GERMANY, DENMARK, & C .

H a m b u r g .—Rev. Messrs. J. G. O n c k e n , J. K o e b n e r , C. F. L a n g e , J. H . K r u ­g e r , & c . Out-stations, Altona.— (Holstein). Elmshorn, and Pinneburg.

E im b e c k (Hanover).—R ev . C . S t e i n h o f f .O t h f r f . e s e n , “ R e v . J. H . S a n d e r .J e v e r (Grand Duchy of Oldenburg).—Rev. Messrs. A. F. R e m m e r s , J . L . H i n r i c h s . B e r l i n (Prussia).—Rev. G. W. L e h m a n n . Six or seven out-stations.E l b in g (W est Prussia).— Rev. Mr. M ü l le r .T h o m s d o r f , “ — R ev. M r. E h l e r t .M e m e l (near E. Prussia).—Rev. J. D ö r k s e n .B i t t e r f e l d t (near Leipsic).—Rev. F. C. W e r n e r .L a n d e c k (south part of Silesia).—Rev. J. S t r a u b e .C o p e n h a g e n (Denmark).—Rev. P. C . M o n s t e r .L a n g e l a n d , “ Rev. A. M a d s e n .A a l b o r g , “ R e v . -------F o l t v e d .G a s s e l t e n (Holland).—Rev. J. E. F e i s s e r .14 stations, with numerous out-stations ; and 18 preachers and assistants, exclusive of

some not formally connected with the Board.

T h e M ission in G erm a n y an d D en m a rk h a s a tta in ed to such . en largem ent, th a t w e can give in th is rev iew only a v e ry b rief su m m a ry o f its operations. ( I ts exceed ing ly in te resting deta ils are to be found in the M issionary M agazine.) T h e w ork is ad v an c in g w ith a pow er an d g lory increasing from y e a r to year. “ O ur prospects o f ex tensive usefu lness,” sa y s M r. O ncken in M arch . “ w ere never so g rea t before ; an d espec ia lly since th e com m encem ent o f th e year, w e h av e received the m ost ch eerin g in te lligence from v arious q u a rte rs .” M r. O. re ­po rts an add ition o f fifty m em bers, b y baptism , to th e ch u rc h in H am b u rg , n a tiv es of ev e ry p a r t o f G erm any , an d som e o f them from D en m ark , S w eden , a n d H olland . S ix w ere C atholics, from A u str ia an d H u n g ary . T w en ty -f iv e an d u p w a rd s h av e been ad d ed to the ch u rch es in H an o v e r an d B ru n sw ick , an d tw e n ty to th e c h u rc h a t M arburg , in H essia . S ix ty -e ig h t h av e

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been ad d ed to th e B erlin ch u rc h , tw en ty -sev en b ap tized a t S te ttin , tw e lv e or fou rteen a t E lb in g , th ree a t T hom sdorf, a n d n in e or ten a t B itte rfe ld t, also seven a t B re m e n ; an d o thers in th e ch u rc h es o f O ldenburg . N ew ch u rc h es h a v e been form ed in S te ttin , B rem en, a n d B aden , an d o thers a re ab o u t to be or­gan ized in H an o v er, M eck lenburg , H essia , a n d on th e b o rders o f P o land . L ab o re rs a re w a n te d in th e ex trem es o f P o m eran ia a n d W u rte m b u rg . T h e refo rm ation h a s ex ten d ed to H o lland . C h u rch e s h a v e been o rgan ized a t G asselten , Z u tp h e n , an d H a ­rén , an d ab o u t th ir ty h a v e been bap tized . A fou n d atio n h a s been la id for a c h u rc h in A m ste rdam . T h e ch u rc h es in D en­m a rk a re g en e ra lly in c reasin g in n u m b e rs a n d efficiency.

T h e field o f b ib le an d tra c t d is trib u tio n h a s been c o n s tan tly ex tend ing . T h e issues o f bib les an d testam en ts , in G erm an , D an ish , S w ed ish , E n g lish , an d F re n c h , am o u n ted d u rin g th e y e a r to m ore th a n 7000 (7 0 1 7 ); a n d o f trac ts , to 246,293. A considerab le n u m b e r o f o th e r w orks, such as M em oir o f M rs. Ju d so n , a n d G erm an w o rk s o f the A m erican T ra c t Society , h a v e also been c ircu la ted , an d 1000 copies o f a m o n th ly M is­s io n a ry H era ld .

T h e H a m b u rg “ Y o u n g M en’s U n io n .” u n d e r th e su p e rin ­tendence o f M r. C. Schauffier, is g row ing in im portance . M ore th a n fo rty b re th ren h a v e been sen t o u t from it in to ev e ry p a r t o f G erm an y , an d th e d em and for ad d itio n a l laborers from all q u a rte rs , is c o n s ta n tly increasing . C om pared w ith th e ex ten t o f labors perform ed in G erm an y , the a id afforded from th e fu n d s o f th e B oard is exceed ing ly sm all. I t is w o rth y o f ea rly con­sid e ra tio n w h e th e r it o u g h t to be increased , in a field y ie ld in g so la rg e re tu rn s , a n d w h ere so m a n y trac ts o f p ecu lia r prom ise a re y e t w a itin g to be cu ltiv a ted . I t shou ld be added , to the honor o f th e caus/3 o f re lig ious freedom , an d its advocates in G erm a n y , th a t oppression a n d persecu tion for conscience sake, in th a t c o u n try , h av e g re a tly aba ted . In H a m b u rg no opposi­tio n is m ad e b y th e au th o rities , th o u g h c e rta in o f th e “ baser s o r t ” h av e , a t tim es, c rea ted d isorder. In H an o v e r and B ru n sw ick , also, “ the ch u rch es h a v e en joyed a season o f re s t.” N o u n k in d in terference is ap p reh en d ed from th e P ru ss ia n a u ­th o ritie s , b u t, on th e c o n tra ry , p rotection . T h e persecu tion in th e G ra n d D u c h y o f O ldenberg , th o u g h co n tinued , is less v io ­le n t th a n form erly . In E a s tfr ie s lan d it h as been lim ited m ostly to a rre s ts a n d th rea ten in g . In H ess ia i t is m ore ac tive , w ith “ fines, an d im prisonm en ts , a n d c ru e l m ock ings.”

MISSION TO GREECE.

C o r f u .— R ev . A. JS. A r n o l d , M rs . A r n o l d ; M rs. H . E . D ic k s o n , M iss S. E. W a l d o , te a c h e rs ,

P i r /e u s .— R ev . R. F . B u e l , M rs . B u e l .2 s ta tio n s ; 2 p re a c h e rs ; 4 fem ale ass is tan ts .

T h e connection o f M r. L ove w ith th e m ission ceased, a t h is request, in F e b r u a r y ; a re tu rn to G reece w ould induce an ea rly

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ren ew a l o f th e sickness to w hich he w as sub ject in th a t coun try .

T h e operations o f th e m ission h av e been essen tia lly as a t the d a te o f ou r la s t R eport. A t Corfu, opportun ities for relig ious effort am ong th e G reeks h a v e been m ore circum scribed , o f late, th a n som e e igh teen m on th s befo re; an d the question con tinues to be ag ita ted , w h e th e r a sta tion m ay be h a d g iv ing g rea te r prom ise o f usefu lness. T h e E ng lish service, m eanw hile , is in ­creasin g ly in te resting , w ith an a ttendance o f s ix ty or e ig h ty hearers. T h e m ission school is prosperous, and n um bers n e a r­ly se v en ty pupils, chiefly o f the n a tiv e population . A bible class, o f G reek girls, is also u n d er d a ily in struc tion by M iss W aldo .

A t P iraeus the w ork is g a th erin g fresh in terest. “ A bou t s ix ty ,” sa id M r. B uel, in D ecem ber, “ are on our lis t o f d e lig h t­ed and eager s tu d en ts o f G od’s w ord, and th is n u m b er w ill, doubtless, be m u ch increased, so soon as our accom m odations for these S ab b a th exercises h av e been enlarged. ( I t w as a f­te rw a rd s inc reased to 100— av erag e a tten d an ce fifty .) T h e ir ages v a ry from ten to tw en ty -fiv e years, an d th e y a re from th e m ost in te llig en t an d w e a lth y fam ilies. T h e y are exceed ing ly suscep tib le to relig ious tru th , an d are ‘ ab le to receive it.5 ” H e adds, “ T h e re is no m ore d ifficulty in p resen ting the whole tru th here, th a n th e re is in A m erican S ab b a th schools a n d bible classes. A nd it is an ad m itted princip le w ith th e G reek C h u rch o f th e k ingdom o f G reece, th a t th e b ib le is the d iv in e ru le of fa ith , a n d the h ig h es t tr ib u n a l to w h ich th ey can ap p ea l.”

T h is k in d o f effort could not, how ever, be long continued , u n ­opposed. A ppea l w as m ad e to th e au th o ritie s by ce rta in ind i­v id u a ls , an d th e c lass an d school w ere tem p o rarily dism issed, till th e bearin g s o f the ecclesiastical law , touch ing sc rip tu ra l in ­struction , sh o u ld be asce rta in ed m ore d efin ite ly ; b u t no such la w w as produced . A n E n g lish class, o f tw en ty or th ir ty G reeks, co n tin u in g to com e together, a n app lica tion w as m ade on its b e h a lf for a te ac h e r’s license. M r. B uel proceeds to re ­m a rk :—

“ W e have not fallen, how ever, into the snare o f petitioning for leave to teach the scriptures and to preach the gospel. I f it is duty to ask this o f the civ il authorities, it is lik ew ise duty to abide by their decision . A nd this m ight bring our duty to G od and duty to the ‘ pow ers that be,’ into con ­flict at once. T h e A p ostles acknow ledged no right in hum an governm ents to restrain, or repress, or even to enjoin the preaching o f the gosp el. W e never read o f the first preachers carrying petitions to princes and rulers for license to preach. T h is is a right, inalienable as the right to think. T h ey , both alike, lie at the basis o f all freedom that is w orth p o sse ss in g ; and w herever spiritual tyranny holds dom inion, there it su p p resses one as w ell as the other. W e purpose to stop no bible class, and d ism iss no Sabbath school scholar, w ho m ay lik e to com e for instruction. 1 see no reason n ow for a tem porary suspension o f our w ork, that w ould not equally require its entire suspension .”

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M ISS IO N S IN N O R T H A M E R IC A .

MISSION TO THE OJIBWAS.

Sa u l t d e St e . M a r i e .— R ev . A . B in g h a m , M rs . B in g h a m ; M iss S u sa n W a r ­r e n , s ch o o l te a c h e r .

T i k c a m in o .— R ev . J . D . C a m e r o n . Shigud, n a tiv e ass is tan t.M ic h ip ic o t o n .—1 s ta tio n and 2 o u t-s ta tio n s ; 2 p re a c h e rs and 2 fem ale a s s is ta n ts ; 1 n a tiv e ass is tan t.

M iss B in g h am re lin q u ish ed th e ch a rg e o f the school a t St. M a ry ’s in O ctober, on acco u n t o f ill h ea lth . T h e condition o f th e school u n d e r th e ca re o f M iss W a rre n , is, in general, p ros­perous, th o u g h a t one tim e reduced in n u m b ers b y sickness. A verage a tten d a n ce th irty -fiv e , in c lu d in g eleven b o ard in g p u ­pils. T h e c h u rc h h a s received one m em ber b y bap tism , arid h a s ex c lu d ed one, le av in g tw en ty -seven .

M r. C am eron h a s resided a t T ik v a m in a th e p as t w in te r. S ev era l lodges h a v e been erected for th e In d ia n s a t th a t place, a n d the se ttlem en t g ives prom ise o f p erm an en cy . H e h a s reg u ­la r ly m a in ta in e d re lig ious services, an d ta u g h t a sm all school. R ep o rts from M ichip ico ton a re favorab le . M r. C am eron is ex ­pec ted to v is it th e ch u rc h a t th a t s ta tio n the en su in g sum m er.

OTTAWAS IN MICHIGAN.

R ic h l a n d .— R ev . L. S l a t e r ; Mrs. S l a t e r .

S ince o u r la s t A n n u a l R epo rt, th e cond ition o f th is body o f O tta w a s h a s de terio ra ted . N e a rly h a l f o f th e In d ia n p o p u la ­tion h a v e g iven loose to in tem perance , to w h ic h th e y w ere en ­ticed b y a w h ite se ttle r in th e v ic in ity . D ish e arten e d b y these, a n d lik e influences, th e su p e rin ten d e n t is desirous o f rem ov ing to som e location w estw a rd , w here th e In d ia n s m a y be secure “ from th e v ices o f th e w h ite m a n ,” a n d w here , p rec lu d ed from th e chase , th e y m a y be m ore effec tually tra in ed to the p u rsu its o f h u sb a n d ry . T h e sub jec t h a s n o t been proposed to th e In ­d ians, b u t w ill receive e a r ly a tten tion .

TONAWANDAS AND TUSCARORAS IN NEW YORK.

T o n a w a n d a .— R ev . A , W a r r e n , M rs . W a r r e n ; and tw o o th e r fem ale ass is tan ts .1 s ta tio n ; 1 p r e a c h e r ; 3 fem ale ass is tan ts .

T h e tim e d es ig n a ted for th e rem o v a l o f th e In d ia n s from T o n a w a n d a , w as th e firs t o f A pril. A n a tte m p t h a s been m ade b y th e n a tiv es to d e la y th e execu tion o f th e tre a ty , an d a d ep u ta tio n sen t to W a sh in g to n to la y th e ir g rievances before

th e g o v ern m en t; w ith w h a t success, w e h av e no t learned . T h e school w as d iscon tinued Oct. 1. T h e m em bers o f the ch u rch , g enerally , rem a in steadfast.

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SHAWANOE MISSION.

S h a w a n o e .— R ev. F . B a r k e r , M rs . B a r k e r .S t o c k b r id g e .— Rev. J. G. P r a t t , Mrs. P r a t t ; Miss Sa r a h W a l l a c e , school

teacher.D e l a w a r e .— Rev. I. D . B l a n c h a r d , Mrs. B l a n c h a r d ; Miss S. C a s e , school

teacher. Charles Johnnycake, native assistant.O t t a w a .— R ev . J . M e e k e r , M rs . M e e ic e r . Shawbundy, n ative assistan t,Putavoatomie, o u t-s ta tio n .—J . T. J o n e s , n a tive a s s is ta n t ; M rs. J o n e s .4 s ta tio n s and 1 ou t-s ta tio n ; 4 p re a c h e rs , one a p r in te r ; 7 fem ale ass is tan ts ; 3 na tive

ass is tan ts .

T h e m ission h a s been v e ry severely afflicted th e p as t y ea r w ith s ickness a t a ll th e sta tions. T h ir ty o f th e O tta w a s have died. T h e O tta w a a ssis tan t, D a v id G reen , a fa ith fu l an d valuab le helper, w as d row ned Ju n e 26. T h e D elaw are a ssis tan t con­tin u es sick, and a p p a ren tly n e a r to dea th . T h e sickness hav ing a b a ted d u rin g the cold season, sp ir itu a l in te rests rega ined gen­eral atten tion . In th e O tta w a b ran ch th ey h av e been prosper­ous th ro u g h o u t the y ea r. M eetings h av e been held a t several p reach in g places, a n d v isits ex tensive ly m ade, from house to house, as heretofore. T w e n ty O tta w a s h av e been baptized, an d four r e s to re d ; one h a s been exc luded , an d seven have d ied ; p resen t n u m b er in good stan d in g , forty-five. T h e whole n u m b e r b ap tized since th e es tab lish m en t o f th e s ta tion in 1837, is s ix ty -one , viz. : one in 1838, tw o in ’39, tw o in ’40, six in ’41, four in '42, four in ’43, seven in ’44, an d tw en ty in ’45. O f these, four h a v e been exc luded , one d ism issed b y letter, and eleven h av e died. O f th e p resen t m em bers, tw en ty -five are m en, a n d tw e n ty w om en .*

A t P u ta w a to ra ie , M r. Jones, w ho was* u n ite d in m arriage w ith M iss JKelly Ju n e 2, com m enced h is labors A u g u st 1.

T h e n u m b er bap tized a t S tockb ridge the p as t year, is eight, an d four h a v e been received by le tter. O ne h a s died. P resen t num ber, six teen. R elig ious services h av e , o f la te , been a tten d ­ed w ith g rea t so lem nity , an d the presence o f the H oly S p irit is ap p a ren t, w ith scarce ly a n exception , in ev e ry dw elling. T h e school is o f an in te restin g ch a rac te r , w ith from tw elve to s ix ­teen pupils.

A t D e law are , accord ing to th e la s t reports, m eetings h a d been th in ly a tten d ed , in consequence o f th e prevailing sickness, b u t w ere n o t d es titu te o f in te re s t; an d th e re w ere som e ho p e­fu l in q u ire rs . Som e progress h a d been m ade to w ard s th e erection o f a ho u se o f w orsh ip on a n ew location. N u m b er o f ch u rch m em bers, tw en ty -e ig h t.

* Intelligence has since been received of the baptism of about twenty recent converts.

T h e S h aw an o e ch u rc h h a s received tw o b y bap tism . O ne h a s been dism issed , a n d one ex c lu d ed ; four h a v e died. P re sen t n u m b er, n ine teen . T h e school is “ re g u la r a n d p rom ising .”

T h e G ospel b y Jo h n , in S h aw an o e , h a s been p u t to press.

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MISSION TO THE CHEROKEES.

C h e r o k e e .— R ev . E . J o n e s , M r . H . U p h a m , p r in te r ; an d th e ir w ives . M iss S. H . H i b b a r d , sch o o l te a c h e r .

F l i n t .— Lewis Downing, n a tiv e p reac h e r.O u t-s ta tio n s , Bread town, Skin Bayou, P ing.T a ^ o o h e e .—R ev . W . P. U p h a m , sch o o l t e a c h e r ; M rs . U p h a b i .D s i y o h e e .— Dsulaskee, n a tiv e p reac h e r .D e l a w a r e .— M iss E . S. M o r s e , s c h o o l te a c h e r . John Wickliffe, Oganaya, native

p reac h e rs .O u t-s ta tio n s , Honey Creek, W hite Water.5 s ta tio n s a n d 5 o u t-s ta tio n s ; 2 p re a c h e rs , o n e a t e a c h e r ; 1 p r in t e r ; 5 fem a le ass is t­

a n ts ; 5 n a tiv e p reac h e rs .

M r. F ry e h a v in g re lin q u ish ed h is school a t C herokee, h is connection w ith th e m ission w a s closed in A pril. A rra n g e ­m en ts a re in p rogress for th e re tu rn o f M iss H ib b a rd a n d M iss M orse. T h e C herokees h a v e m ade p rov ision for th e increase o f th e ir n a tio n a l schools to th e n u m b e r o f tw en ty -fo u r. T h e re a re also sev era l p r iv a te schools. T h e y a re g en e ra lly o f a h igh c h a rac te r , a n d a s th e y a re open to pup ils o f both sexes, a n d the p o p u la tio n is n o t su ffic ien tly dense to su p p o rt tw o schools in one neighborhood , th e n ecessity for m iss io n ary fem ale teachers is superseded .

T h e ch u rch es, th o u g h affected in som e m easu re by th e la te n a tio n a l troub les, are , on th e w hole, in a p rosperous sta te . N in e teen h a v e been ad d ed b y b ap tism .* P r in tin g opera tions co n tin u e to be d ilig en tly prosecu ted . S ix n u m b ers o f th e M es­senger, each 1000 copies, 20 pp. 8vo., 120,000 pp., h a v e been prin ted , an d a re so u g h t w ith g re a t av id ity . T h e la s t con ta ins th e conclusion o f G enesis, in C herokee. L u k e ’s G ospel is abou t to be p u t to press. A tr a c t on M a te rn a l D u ty h a s been p rin ted in a n ed itio n o f 5000 copies, or 40.000 pp., 12mo.

R E C A P I T U L A T I O N .

T h e B o ard h a v e u n d e r th e ir d irec tion a t th e p resen t tim e

16 m issions, em b rac in g 56 s ta tio n s an d 87 ou t-s ta tio n s.99 m issionaries a n d ass is ta n ts , o f w hom 42 a re p reachers.

155 n a t iv e p rea ch ers a n d assis tan ts .82 ch u rc h es , w ith m ore th a n 5300 m em bers (m ore th a n 600

b ap tize d th e p a s t y e a r ) .50 schools, w ith ab o u t 2000 pupils.

* Subsequent accounts mention the baptism of twenty others.

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C om pared w ith th e R ep o rt o f 1845, th e nu m b er o f m ission­aries an d ass is ta n ts h as been reduced by ten. T w o m ission­a ries a n d tw o fem ale ass is ta n ts h av e re tired from o u r connec­tion ; tw o m issionaries h a v e tran sfe rred th e ir rela tions to an o th er M issionary B oard ; an d four fem ale a ssis tan ts h av e died.

S evera l m issionaries a re u n d e r appo in tm en t, w ho are expect­ed to en te r u pon th e ir labo rs so soon as th e necessary a rra n g e ­m en ts c a n be effected.

C O N C L U S IO N .

T h e h is to ry o f th e y ea r, in som e respects cheering and a u s­picious, is ad ap ted in o thers to deepen o u r sense o f the a rd u o u s­ness o f the en terp rise w e h a v e u n d e rta k en , to lead us to esti­m a te soberly th e ra te o f fu tu re progress, as reg u la ted by the m e asu re o f ou r efforts, an d to b rin g u s to a m ore determ inate conclusion w h e th e r to p rosecu te o u r w ork neg ligen tly ,— deceit­fu lly ,— or to do it as m en w h o a re in earnest, w ho have counted the cost, a n d w ill abide by it.

T h e w ork, to ad v an ce prosperously , m u s t be w ro u g h t zeal­ously . I ts re la tions a n d dependencies m u st n o t on ly be know n, b u t re g a rd e d ; th e cond itions o f its ad v an cem en t no t recognized m ere ly , b u t fulfilled. W e sh a ll reap as w e sow ; and w hat we sow . T h e m issions in A sia a re la n g u ish in g ; som e o f them a l­m o st ex tin c t. T h e y h a v e looked for succor, b u t there w as n o n e ; w e h a d prom ised, b u t it w as to th e ear. W e now reap th e consequences o f o u r w ithho ld ing .

T h e effects o f irre g u la r an d in a d eq u a te supplies h a v e become exceed ing ly in ju rio u s in som e even o f o u r m ost favored m is­sions. O ur po licy is co n tin u a l en largem en t. T h e w ork groivs, a n d w ith it grow s th e dem and . B u t th e re h a v e been decline a n d d im inu tion . L ook a t th e B u rm a n M ission, in its B urm ese dep a rtm en t. I ts des titu tio n an d w an ts h av e been p o rtrayed b y M r. In g alls . I t is a p o r tra y a l o f f a c ts ; a n d though exceed­in g ly h u m ilia tin g to u s ,— no t to ou r m issionaries,— it m ust no t be w ithho lden . M ay i t no t be p resen ted in vain .

H im se lf o f the B urm ese d ep a rtm en t, M r. In g a lls w rites from M au lm a in , J a n . 7, 1846, in th e fo llow ing w ords :—

“ I t is a solemn fact, t h a t a t th e p r e s e n t t im e th e r e is not one missionary w h o s e t im e is devoted to th e o n e g r e a t o b je c t o f p re a c h in g th e g o s p e l to th e m il l io n s o f B u r m a h ,— no , not one. W h a t p r e a c h in g is d o n e , a s a g e n e r a l th in g , is m o s t im p e r f e c t ly d o n e b y n a t iv e a s s is ta n ts . D o n o t b e s ta r t le d b y th is a n n o u n c e m e n t . L o o k a t th e l i s t o f y o u r m is s io n a r ie s , a n d th e v a r io u s d e p a r tm e n ts o f la b o r to w h ic h th e y a re a s s ig n e d ; a n d see i f th e s t a t e m e n t is n o t t r u e !

“ Y o u h a v e a f e w m is s io n a r ie s w h o u n d e r s ta n d B u rm a n . B r . W a d e is o n e o f th e b e s t s p e a k e r s o f B u r m a n in th e m is s io n ; h e is in t h e K a r e n d e p a r tm e n t . B r . B e n n e t t is a lso c o n n e c te d w i th K a r e n la b o r . W h o is th e r e a t T a v o y d e v o te d to th e th o u s a n d s o f B u rm a n s th e r e ?— G o d o w n to M e r g u i ; b r . B ra y to n is a lo n e , a n d a K a r e n m is s io n a ry . W h e n I r e tu r n , I

308 Thirty-Second Annual Rtport :—Conclusion. [Ju ir,

m u s t a t o n c e , t h o u g h a B u r m a n m is s io n a r y , (a n d m y w h o le s o u l b u r n in g w i th d e s i r e to g o a m o n g th e m ,) c o m m e n c e , so f a r a s I c a n w o rk , a m o n g th e K a r e n s o f m y d e p a r tm e n t th e r e : W h o m h a v e y o u th e n fo r th e p o o r h a r d ­e n e d B u r m a n s o f M e r g u i ?

“ C o m e to M a u h n a in , th e h e a d - q u a r te r s o f y o u r B u r m a n M is s io n ! B r . S te v e n s is in th e th e o lo g ic a l s e m in a r y , a n d p a s to r o f th e n a t iv e c h u r c h , a n d e d i to r o f a n a t iv e p a p e r , a n d p r e s id in g o v e r s o m e e ig h t o r te n n a ­t iv e a s s is ta n t s ; h e , s u re ly , c a n n o t g o o u t to. p r e a c h m u c h to th e th o u s a n d s w h o c r o w d th is p o p u lo u s c ity . B r . H o w a r d is in th e B u r m a n h ig h s c h o o l, a n d p a s to r o f th e E n g l i s h c h u r c h . T h e r e s t o f th e m e m b e r s o f th i s s ta t io n a r e e i t h e r a t h o m e , o r in th e K a r e n d e p a r tm e n t , o r in th e p r in t in g o ffice . W h o m h a v e y o u h e r e ? W h o m h a v e y o u a t R a n g o o n ? a t A v a ? W h o m a m o n g th e p o p u lo u s c i t ie s o n th e I r r a w a d d y , o r in th e in te r io r o f t h i s g re a t e m p i r e P I h a v e n o t a l lu d e d to A r r a c a n . B r . C o m s to c k is in h is g ra v e . B r. S t i l s o n is d o in g a ll h e c a n , b u t m u c h o f h is t im e is d e v o te d to th e p r e p a r a ­t io n o f s c ie n t i f ic w o rk s . N o w , i f th e d o o r in to B u r m a h w e re a s o p e n a s y o u c o u ld w is h , e v e n i f th e k in g o f B u r m a h s h o u ld in v i te y o u to s e n d h im p r e a c h e r s o f r ig h t e o u s n e s s , w h o m h a v e y o u to s e n d ? A n d h o w lo n g w o u ld i t b e b e fo re y o u c o u ld h a v e m e n q u a l i f ie d to g o ? I t r e q u i r e s s o m e s ix , o r e ig h t , o r te n y e a r s to a c q u i r e a k n o w le d g e o f th e la n g u a g e , a n d c u s to m s , a n d r e l ig io n o f th e B u r m e s e , so a s to la b o r to a d v a n ta g e . N o w i f d e a th k e e p s a t h is w o r k a m o n g th e fe w y o u h a v e le f t , I a s k i f th is m is s io n w ill n o t s o o n b e w r i t t e n desolate ? T h e p la in d u ty r e s t in g u p o n th e c h u r c h , is to send out a large reinforcement at once; to have men to occupy destitute posts, and be pre­paring for the great work, o f preaching the gospel in Burmah. B r e th r e n , y o u a r e k i l l in g y o u r m is s io n a r ie s a s fa s t a s y o u c a n , by w i th h o ld in g th e s e n e e d f u l s u c c o r s , w h ic h y o u m ig h t , a n d a s C h r is t ia n s a r e b o u n d , to s e n d . Y o u d o n o t k n o w it, a n d I w o u ld n o t c h a r g e y o u w ith th e c r im e o f m u r d e r ; b y n o m e a n s ; b u t l e t m e s ta te h o w th e p r e s e n t a c t io n o f th e c h u r c h dooms i ts m is s io n a r ie s to a slow, -painful, wretched d e a th .

“ T h e y a r e s e n t to c o m m e n c e s ta t io n s .; th e y g o ; m e e t d if f ic u lt ie s w h ic h n o n e b u t th e y th e m s e lv e s a n d th e i r G o d c a n k n o w ; c h u r c h e s a r e p la n te d , c o n v e r ts w o n ; b u t th e s e c h u r c h e s a r e f i l le d n o t w ith s t r o n g m e n , l ik e y o u r c h u r c h e s a t h o m e , b u t b y c h i ld r e n , w h o lo o k u p to th e m is s io n a r y fo r e v e ry th in g . T h e y c a n n o t w a lk a lo n e , b u t m u s t b e fe d w i th m ilk . T h e m is s io n ­a ry , w h e th e r s ic k o r w e ll , w h e th e r th e c i r c u m s ta n c e s o f h is fa m ily w il l j u s ­t ify o r n o t , ( fo r h e h a s n o s u b s t i t u te to s e n d , y o u d o n o t p e r m i t th is ,) m u s t g o to th e d i s ta n t v i l la g e a n d a t t e n d to th e w a n ts o f th e c h u r c h o r s t r e n g th e n th e n e w in q u ir e r s . H e w a n ts r e p o s e , b u t th e r e is n o n e fo r h im ; h e w a n ts a d v ic e , b u t n o o n e is n e a r to g iv e it. T h e c a r e s o f th e c h u r c h p r e s s d o w n h is s p i r i t s ; h is h e a l th , o r th e h e a l th o f h is fa m ily c o m p le te ly fa ils h im , a n d h e is d i r e c te d b y th e p h y s ic ia n to fly a t o n c e to s o m e d i s ta n t p la c e to r e ­c ru i t . N o w c o m e s th e s tru g g le . H o w c a n h e le a v e h i s p o s t ? I t m a y b e , a d a r l in g c h i ld is ill o f s o m e l in g e r in g s ic k n e s s , w h o m a c h a n g e w o u ld b e n e f it a n d r e s to r e to a m o th e r ’s l o v e ; N o ! th e f o n d p a r e n t s s a y , w e c a n n o t le a v e th e s e s h e e p in th e w i ld e r n e s s ; th e b e a s ts o f p r e y a r e p ro w lin g a r o u n d th e m , ( th e R o m a n s .) T h e y d e c id e to r e m a in a n d a b id e th e c o n s e q u e n c e s . T h e f i r s t - b o rn d i e s ; a n d th e f a th e r m a y h a v e to p r e a c h i ts fu n e ra l s e rm o n . S u c h a f f l ic t io n s te l l u p o n th e h e a l th , o f te n , w h e n s u r r o u n d e d w ith C h r is ­t ia n s y m p a th ie s , a n d th e c o m m in g l in g o f f r ie n d s h ip ’s te a rs . M is s io n a r ie s a r e n o t m a d e o f iron, t h e i r h e a r t s a r e s u s c e p t ib le to fe e lin g , a n d th e i r e y e s k n o w w h a t w e e p in g m e a n s . T h e y b e a r th e s h o c k , a n d g o o n w ith th e i r w o r k t i l l a n o th e r a n d a n o th e r fa lls . A t l e n g th a b e lo v e d c o m p a n io n is p r o s t r a te d . T h e p h y s ic ia n a d v is e s a n e a r ly re m o v a l fo r th e b e n e f it o f a c h a n g e ; b u t , n o ; h o w c a n th e m is s io n a r y le a v e h is p o s t ? H e s ta y s , til l h o p e n o lo n g e r , o r s c a rc e ly , p ro m is e s a b e n e f it f ro m th e c h a n g e : h e , th e n , w ith a r iv e n h e a r t , le a v e s . 'W h a t is t h e r e s u l t ? T h e w o rk , i t m a y b e o f y e a r s , d e c l in e s . A s s is ta n ts b e g in to g ro w w e a r y o f t h e i r w o rk , o r b a c k ­s lid e ; a n d th e c h u r c h c o m e s to a s ta n d . I n q u i r e r s g o b a c k to th e w o r ld , a n d a ll th e in te r e s t s o f Z io n m o u r n . T h e m is s io n a r y m a y , o r m a y n o t , r e ­

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g a in h is h e a l t h ; h is h e a r t is w i th h i s p e o p le , a n d h is s p ir i ts a r e d r a n k u p . G o d c o m e s to h is re l ie f , a n d ta k e s h im to h im s e lf . T h i s p ic tu re is not over­drawn, n o r d o e s i t g iv e th e o u t l in e s o f w h a t m a n y o f y o u r m is s io n a r ie s h a v e , a r e h a v in g , o r w ill h a v e to s u ffe r . H o w m u c h o f th is w o u ld b e a l le v ia te d , i f th e r e w e re a s s o c ia te s to a s s is t a n d r e l ie v e in th e d a y o f tr ia l . H o w m u c h is lo s t fo r w a n t o f m o re h e lp , a n d h o w m u c h o f d e e p , m e n ta l s u f f e r in g in f l ic te d .

“ I a m c o n f id e n t t h a t I c o u ld b e t t e r s u b s e rv e th e in te r e s ts o f th e B u r - m a n M iss io n b y r e m a in in g h e r e fo r th e t im e b e in g , a n d g o in g o v e r to R a n g o o n th e f i r s t g o o d o p p o r t u n i t y ; a n d I a m n o t s u re b u t a r e tu r n to M e rg u i , u n d e r th e p a in fu l c i r c u m s ta n c e s th a t w ill a t te n d m e , w ill s e rv e to s h o r te n m y d a y s . B u t th is m a t te r s lit t le to m e ; o r i f i t s h o u ld be th e m e a n s o f d e p r iv in g m e o f m y o n ly s u rv iv in g b a b e . T h a t m o is t a tm o ­s p h e r e h a s b e e n m o s t d e le te r io u s to th e h e a l th o f m y fa m ily , as fo u r o f t h e i r g ra v e s c a n w itn e s s . S ti l l , i f I g o n o t b a ck , th e c a u s e m u s t su ffe r. T h e c h a p e l , w h e re w e o n c e w o rs h ip p e d , a n d w h e re th e p re s e n c e o f G o d w a s so s w e e t to o u r s o u ls , is c lo s e d , a n d h a s b e e n fo r m o n th s . S o m e o f m y a s ­s is ta n ts , o r o n e , w h o fo r y e a r s w a s m y m a in h e lp , h a s fa lle n , o r b eco m e s o in v o lv e d th a t h e h a s , o r w ill h a v e to b e d is m is s e d . W h e r e a re th e in q u ir ­e r s ? W h e r e a re th e s h e e p a n d th e la m b s ?

“ N o w le t m e a s k ,— Is i t r ig h t , t h a t th e in te r e s ts o f t h i s m is s io n s h o u ld b e le f t in a s ta te s o s u re to s u ffe r , w h e n e v e r s ic k n e s s a n d d e a th c o m e a m o n g u s ; e v e n ts c o m m o n to m is s io n a r ie s a n d m is s i o n s ; a n d is i t right th a t th e m is s io n a r y s h o u ld b e so p la c e d ; so d e s t i tu te , t h a t h is h e a l th is a ffe c te d a n d h is life s h o r t e n e d ; a n d p la c e d th u s b y h is d e a r b r e th r e n ? I d o n o t m e a n to in s in u a te t h a t a n y o f m y b r e th r e n w o u ld , in te n t io n a l ly , d o s u c h a th in g . I k n o w th a t th e y lo v e th is m is s io n , a n d h a v e d o n e m u c h to su s ta in i t . S ti l l , I w o u ld s a y , t h a t th e w a n t o f m o re la b o r e r s h a s s u b je c te d m is ­s io n s , a n d s ta t io n s , a n d m is s io n a r ie s , to a h u n d r e d fo ld m o re th a n I h av e a t­t e m p te d to w r ite . L o o k a t fa c ts . I w ill n o t p o in t y o u to M erg u i. B r . B e n n e t t w ill , I p r e s u m e , in fo r m y o u h o w th e s c e n e o f d e so la tio n s t ru c k h im o n h is r e c e n t v is it. I w o u ld p o in t y o u to S a n d o w a y , a n d r e q u e s t b r . A b b o tt to te l l h is ta le ;—to th e v a c a n t m is s io n a m o n g th e Teloogoos, a n d re q u e s t b r . D a y , i f h e s u rv iv e s to r e a c h y o u , to te l l h i s ;— a n d I w o u ld t h a t b r . C o m ­s to c k ’s f ie ld c o u ld c o m b in e i ts d e s o la t io n s in to h u m a n w o rd s , a n d a d d re s s th e m to th e e a r s o f m y b r e th r e n . L o o k a t R a n g o o n , w h e r e s is te r J u d s o n , a n d m a n y a d e v o te d o n e , h a v e la b o re d . N o m is s io n a ry v o ic e is h e a rd th e r e n o w . T h e t r a c t d is t r ib u te r is n o lo n g e r th e r e . A n d so o f A v a . ‘ H o w h a th th e L o r d c o v e r e d th e d a u g h te r o f Z io n w ith a c lo u d in h is a n g e r , a n d c a s t d o w n f r o m h e a v e n u n to th e e a r th th e b e a u ty o f I s r a e l ! ’

“ L e t m e n o w j u s t a l lu d e to th e s ta te o f C h r is t ia n s in B u rm a h P r o p e r . T h e C a th o lic p r ie s ts , th e Jesuits, a r e a m o n g th e m , a n d ta u n tin g ly a sk th e m , ‘ W h e r e a r e y o u r s h e p h e r d s ? D o e s n o t th e b ib le s a y th a t “ th e h ire l in g f le e th ? ” N o w ju d g e w h ic h a re th e t r u e s h e p h e r d s , th e A m e r ic a n m is s io n ­a r ie s o r w e !’ B r e th r e n , w il l y o u su ffe r s u c h a r e p r o a c h to r e s t u p o n th e r i s in g c h u r c h in B u r m a h ,— th a t h e r s e r v a n ts a r e u n fa ith fu l ? a n d to b e w ie ld e d in s u c h a m a n n e r a g a in s t th e c a u s e ? T h o s e d e a r d is c ip le s m a y , a t t im e s , h a v e fe l t t h a t th e r e w a s t r u t h in th e J e s u i t s ’ r e m a rk s , b u t th e y h a v e h a d f a i th to s ta n d , th o u g h a lo n e . B u t w ill th e s e d is c ip le s s tan d , sh o u ld p e r ­s e c u t io n u n to d e a th c o m m e n c e ? T h e y w o u ld , w ith m is s io n a r ie s to fa c e th e s to r m w i th th e m ; a n d might w i th o u t th e m . P la c e y o u rse lv e s , i f y o u c a n , in th e s ta te o f th e s e n e w d is c ip le s , a n d te ll m e i f you w o u ld l ik e to b e fo rg o tte n , a n d fo r s a k e n , a n d w i th o u t a n u n d e r - s h e p h e r d ?

“ A llo w m e to m a k e o n e a l lu s io n to m is s io n s w h e re th e g ra v e s t in te r e s ts d e p e n d u p o n th e h e a l th o r life o f o n e in d iv id u a l , a n d th a t in d iv id u a l in a s ic k ly l a n d ; a n d a s k ,— I s i t right t h a t h e s h o u ld b e le ft w ith o u t a s u c c e s s o r u n t i l h e is d e a d fo r a lo n g t im e . I s a y a long time, fo r i f s u c c e s s o rs a r e n o t a p p o in te d u n t i l y o u le a r n th e d e a th o f th e m is s io n a ry , th o u g h y o u m ig h t g e t th e in te l l ig e n c e in a fe w m o n th s , b y s te a m e r , c o u ld y o u f in d th e p r o p e r m a n a t o n c e ? A n d h o w lo n g w o u ld i t ta k e t h a t m a n to q u a l-

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“ L e t m e s im p ly s ta te w h a t I a m d e s ir o u s y o u s h o u ld d o , a n d w h ic h I w is h y o u to th in k a n d fe e l a b o u t . I t is s im p ly th a t y o u a p p o in t s u c c e s s o rs fo r y o u r m is s io n a r ie s in season, a n d n o t w a i t u n t i l t h e i r d e a th is a n n o u n c e d . A p p o in t o n e fo r me, a n d s e n d h im a t o n c e . You may require him at Mer- gui, o r in B u r m a h P r o p e r , lo n g b e fo re h e h a s le a r n e d th e la n g u a g e . T h o u g h I s p e a k o n ly m y o w n fe e lin g s , 1 a m s u re I w r i te th e fe e lin g s o f a l l m y b r e th r e n . I f th e r e is o n e t h a t fe e ls o th e r w is e , l e t h im s a y so . N o th in g w o u ld e m b i t t e r th e d y in g h o u r so m u c h to m e , a s th e t h o u g h t th a t a l l I h a d t r i e d to d o in m y M a s te r ’s v in e y a rd , w a s to s u f fe r fo r w a n t o f s o m e o n e to e n t e r u p o n th e w o r k in m y s te a d . I fe e l m o s t d e e p ly o n th i s s u b ­j e c t , a n d h o p e th a t i t m a y n o t b e fo r g o t te n o r n e g le c te d . I h a v e w r i t t e n y o u h e r e to f o r e fo r fe l lo w - la b o r e r s ; I n o w a s k y o u to a p p o in t m y s u c c e s s o r ; a n d s e n d h im b e fo re I d ie . I f m y G o d w ill p e r m i t m e to l iv e so lo n g , I w o u ld l ik e to in t r o d u c e h im to th e p e o p le a m o n g w h o m 1 h a v e l a b o r e d ; a n d I w a n t to see h im , a n d know t h a t h e is in th e fie ld . I f h e s h o u ld n o t b e w a n te d fo r M e r g u i , ' h e s o o n w ill b e fo r B u rm a h . W il l y o u , th e n , a t te n d to m y r e q u e s t , so f a r a s to m a k e k n o w n m y w is h u p o n th e s u b j e c t ; a n d i f a b r o th e r w h o m y o u c o n s id e r q u a lif ie d fo r th e w o r k o f m is s io n s , p r e s e n t h im s e lf , a p p o in t h im ?

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T h e C o m m it te e a p p o in te d to r a is e fu n d s fo r th e e x t in g u is h in g o f th e d e b t o f th e C o n v e n t io n , h a v e a t t e n d e d to th e d u ty a s s ig n e d th e m , a n d a s k le a v e to r e p o r t :—

I m m e d ia te ly a f te r t h e i r a p p o in tm e n t , th e y c o m m e n c e d t h e i r e ffo r ts in B o s to n a n d th e v ic in ity , a n d w e re s u c c e s s fu l in o b ta in in g f ro m s e v e ra l g e n ­e ro u s in d iv id u a ls s u b s c r ip t io n s o f o n e th o u s a n d d o l la r s e a c h . W i th s u c h a b e g in n in g , th e y w e r e e n c o u r a g e d to p r o c e e d , a n d in a f e w w e e k s o n e h a l f o f th e w h o le s u m to b e r a is e d w a s p le d g e d b y r e s p o n s ib le p e r s o n s , c h ie f ly in

th e S ta te s o f M a s s a c h u s e t ts , R h o d e I s la n d , a n d C o n n e c tic u t . S u b s e q u e n t ly , b y th e a id o f b r e th r e n in th e c it ie s o f N e w Y o r k a n d A lb a n y , th e a d d i t io n ­a l s u m o f te n t h o u s a n d d o lla r s w a s s u b s c r ib e d in th e S ta te o f N e w Y o rk . D u r in g th e r e c e n t e x t r a s e s s io n o f th e G e n e r a l C o n v e n t io n , in N e w Y o rk , m o r e th a n o n e h u n d r e d a n d fifty life m e m b e rs h ip s o f th e p ro p o s e d n e w o r ­g a n iz a t io n , o f o n e h u n d r e d d o l la r s e a c h , w e re p u b l ic ly p le d g e d , w ith th e e x p r e s s c o n d i t io n th a t so m u c h o f th e a v a i ls o f s a id p le d g e s a s s h o u ld b e r e q u i r e d fo r th e p u rp o s e , s h o u ld b e a p p l ie d b y th e A c tin g B o a rd to w a r d s th e p a y m e n t o f th e d e b t o f th e C o n v e n tio n .

A lis t o f th e s u b s c r ip t io n s o b ta in e d b y th e C o m m itte e , a n d o th e r s w h o h a v e k in d ly a id e d th e m , is h e r e w i th c o m m u n ic a te d ; a ls o a l is t o f th e life m e m b e r s h ip s p le d g e d to th e A m e r ic a n B a p t is t M is s io n a ry U n io n ; b y w h ic h i t w ill b e s e e n th a t th e e n t i r e s u m a m o u n ts to 0 4 5 ,4 0 6 . In a d d itio n to th is , m o re th a n tw o th o u s a n d s ix h u n d r e d d o lla r s , n o t s u b s c r ib e d , h a v e b e e n fo r ­w a r d e d d i r e c t ly to th e T r e a s u r e r .

T h e C o m m itte e r e c o m m e n d th a t th e T r e a s u r e r a n d A s s is ta n t T r e a s u r e r b e r e q u e s te d to a n n o u n c e to th e p u b l ic th e fa c t th a t th e s u b s c r ip tio n o f $ 4 0 ,0 0 0 h a s b e e n c o m p le te d , a n d to a d o p t s u c h m e a s u r e s a s th e y m a y ju d g e e x p e d ie n t , fo r th e s p e e d y c o l le c t io n o f th e s u m s s u b s c r ib e d .

I n c o n c lu s io n , th e C o m m itte e , w i th o u t g o in g in to a d e ta i le d h is to ry o f t h e i r s e rv ic e s , b e g le a v e to a s s u re th e A c t in g B o a r d o f th e p le a s u re w ith w h ic h th e} ' h a v e p e r f o r m e d th e d u ty a s s ig n e d th e m , a n d o f th e ir p e c u l ia r s a t i s fa c t io n in v ie w o f th e c o m p le te a c c o m p l is h m e n t o f th e i r o b jec t. G ra t i ­tu d e is d u e to th e G o d o f m is s io n s fo r th e fa v o r w h ic h h e h a s sh o w n to th e e n te r p r i s e , a n d to th e m a n y b r e th r e n a n d f r ie n d s w h o h a v e c o m e fo rw a rd so k in d ly a n d p r o m p t ly to o u r re s c u e .

R e s p e c t fu l ly s u b m it te d ,B a r o n S to w , Chairman.

Boston, JYov. 28 , 1845.

1846.] Report o f Dr. Macgowan, o f the Ningpo Missionary Hospital. 211

Report o f D. J. Macgowan, M. D., o f the N ingpo Missionary Hospital, to the Medical Missionary Society o f China.*

T h e N in g p o M is s io n a ry H o s p i ta l w a s o p e n e d in N o v e m b e r , 1843, b u t c o n ­t in u e d in o p e ra t io n fo r th r e e m o n th s o n ly . I t w a s n o t r e o p e n e d u n til A p r il la s t . D u r in g th e s e e ig h t m o n th s , b u t a s m a l l p o r t io n o f th e a lte rn a te d a y s o f th e w e e k w e re d e v o te d to t h e t r e a tm e n t o f th e s ic k , in c o n se q u e n c e o f th e m o re u r g e n t c la im s w h ic h th e s tu d y o f th e la n g u a g e h a s h a d o n th e p h y s ic ia n ’s t im e ; h e n c e , th e c o m p a ra t iv e ly s m a ll n u m b e r re c e iv e d . U n til r e c e n t ly , th e b e n e v o le n c e o f th e M e d ic a l M is s io n a ry S o c ie ty in th is c ity w a s c a r r i e d o n in a d is p e n s a ry , o c c u p y in g a t o n e t im e a p r iv a te d w e ll in g , a n d s u b s e q u e n t ly th e p r in c ip a l te m p le o f th e T a u s e c t , w h ic h r e n d e r e d i t d if f ic u lt to p e r fo r m s u rg ic a l o p e ra t io n s , a n d u n a d v is a b le to u n d e r ta k e th e t r e a tm e n t o f d a n g e r o u s fo r m s o f d is e a s e . A t p r e s e n t , h o w e v e r , th e r e is a s u i ta b le h o s p i ta l c a p a b le o f a c c o m m o d a t in g e ig h te e n o r tw e n ty p a t ie n ts . T h e a p p l ic a n ts fo r a id a r e so n u m e r o u s , t h a t w e r e all th e m e d ic a l o ff ic e rs o f th e S o c ie ty a t th is o n e p o r t , a g r e a t m u l t i tu d e o f su ffe re rs (m a n y o f w h o m c o m e f r o m r e m o te c i t ie s ,) w o u ld b e le f t to th e i r fa te , fo r w a n t o f t im e to p r e s c r ib e fo r th e m .

* The Medical Missionary Society of China is supported by the foreign residents there, and is designed to defray the medical expenses of missionary physicians sent from the Missionary Boards of Europe and America ; disclaiming any control over them. The medical missionaries are ex officio Vice Presidents. There are now five, viz.—Lockhart, of the London Miss. Soc., at Shanghai; Macgowan, Am. Bap., Ningpo ; Hepburn, Am. Presbyt., Amoy; Parker, Am. Board, Canton ; and Hobson, London Miss. Soc., Hong­kong.

T h e r e c ip ie n ts o f th e S o c ie ty ’s b o u n ty in N in g p o , h a v e b e e n m a in ly th e p o o r , w h o , g e n e r a l ly s p e a k in g , a r e th e o n ly p r o p e r s u b je c ts o f i ts c h a r i ty . I t is h o p e d th a t a t n o d i s ta n t d a y , th o s e a m o n g th e C h in e s e w h o h a v e th e a b i l i ty , w ill c o n t r ib u te to w a r d s th e s u p p o r t o f th e I n s t i tu t io n , a s a r e tu r n fo r th e b e n e f its w h ic h w e s te r n m e d ic a l s c ie n c e c o n fe rs o n th e m .

A s th e p a t r o n s o f th e M e d ic a l M is s io n a ry S o c ie ty , a n d th e r e a d e r s o f i ts r e p o r ts , d o n o t g e n e r a l ly fe e l in te r e s te d in th e d e ta i ls o f m e d ic a l s c ie n c e , th e n a m e s o f th e v a r io u s d is e a s e s t r e a te d , ( th o u g h r e g u la r ly r e c o r d e d , a c ­c o r d in g to th e S o c ie ty ’s ru le s ,) m a y b e o m it te d w i th o u t a p o lo g y .

T h e c i ty o f N in g p o is a t th e c o n f lu e n c e o f tw o r iv e r s , n e a r ly in th e c e n t r e o f a la r g e a llu v ia l p la in , v a ry in g f ro m a b o u t te n to f if te e n m ile s in b re a d th , a n d tw e n ty to tw e n ty - f iv e in le n g th , e n c lo s e d on a ll s id e s b y lo f ty h ills . T h e p la in is in te r s e c te d , in e v e r y d i r e c t io n , b y c a n a ls , w h ic h s e r v e fo r d ra in in g , i r r ig a t io n , a n d t ra n s p o r ta t io n . T h e p o p u la t io n o f th e c i ty m a y b e e s t im a te d a t 2 5 0 ,0 0 0 , a n d th a t o f th e p la in , a t a s m u c h m o re . N e i th e r th e fil th y h a b i ts o f th e p e o p le , n o r th e im p e r f e c t in t e r m e n t o f t h e i r d e a d , b o th in to w n a n d c o u n t r y , s e e m s to b e p ro d u c t iv e o f m u c h d is e a s e . T h e c l im a te , b o th a s i t a f f e c ts n a t iv e s a n d f o r e ig n e r s , is s a lu b r io u s , a n d g e n e r a l ly a g re e a b le . T h e e x t r e m e s o f t e m p e r a tu r e r e m a r k e d o n th e e a s te r n s h o re s o f th e c o n t in e n t o f N o r th A m e r ic a , p re v a i l o n th is c o a s t , b u t to a f a r g r e a te r d e g r e e ; a s m u c h m o re a s th e P a c if ic e x c e e d s th e A tla n t ic in b r e a d th . A t N in g p o , o u r w in ­t e r s m a y b e c o m p a r e d to th o s e o f P a r is , f o r th e c o ld ; a n d o u r s u m m e rs , fo r a s h o r t s e a s o n , to th o s e o f C a lc u t ta .

T h e d is e a s e s w h ic h c h ie f ly p re v a i l h e r e , a r e , a m i ld fo rm o f i n te r m i t t e n t fe v e r , d ia r rh o e a , r h e u m a t is m , o p th a lm ia , a n d v a r io u s c u ta n e o u s a f fe c tio n s . F o r e ig n e r s a r e s u b je c t to th e th r e e f i r s t n a m e d a ffe c tio n s , a t c e r ta in s e a ­s o n s ; y e t th e p o r t c a n b e r e c o m m e n d e d to in v a l id s a t th e S o u th w ith c o n f i­d e n c e , a s a f fo rd in g , p e r h a p s , th e b e s t s a n i t a r iu m o n th is s id e o f th e C a p e . N in g p o e n jo y s th e e x e m p t io n f r o m p u lm o n a r y a f fe c tio n s w h ic h is c o m ­m o n to m a r s h y d is t r ic ts g en e ra lly .. N o t a s in g le c a s e o f c o n s u m p t io n h a s y e t c o m e u n d e r m y n o tic e . T h e n u m b e r a f f l ic te d w ith b l in d n e s s is v e ry g r e a t : th is is o c c a s io n e d , in a g r e a t m e a s u re , b y th e v io le n c e o f th e d is e a s e w h ic h o f te n fo llo w s in o c u la t io n . T h e b le s s in g w h ic h th e g e n iu s o f J e n n e r c o n f e r r e d o n m a n k in d , h a s n o t y e t e x te n d e d to th e n o r th o f C h in a . E f fo r ts w il l b e m a d e th is s e a s o n to in t r o d u c e v a c c in a t io n . A n o th e r c a u s e o f b l in d ­n e s s is th e d is e a s e c a l le d entropium, o r a n in v e r s io n o f th e l id s , k e e p in g u p a c o n s ta n t f r ic t io n o f th e e y e - la s h a g a in s t th e v is u a l o rg a n . A v e ry s im p le o p e r a t io n re m o v e s th is d is e a s e . C h in e s e s u r g e o n s h a v e a m e th o d o f o p e r a ­t in g , w h ic h o f te n le a v e s th e p a t i e n t w o rs e th a n b e fo re .

P r u d e n t i a l c o n s id e r a t io n s h a v e in d u c e d m e to d e c l in e p e r fo r m in g , fo r th e p r e s e n t , a n y (w h a t, in a s u r g ic a l p o in t o f v ie w , c a n b e c a l le d ) im p o r ta n t o p ­e r a t io n s . T e n a p p l ic a t io n s w e r e m a d e in b e h a l f o f p e r s o n s w h o h a d a t ­t e m p te d s u ic id e ; in o n ly tw o o f th e c a s e s w e r e th e r e m e d ie s s u c c e s s fu l in a v e r t in g d e a th . F o u r o f th e s e c a s e s w e re fe m a le s , a n d s ix m a l e s ; o n e r e s o r te d to d r o w n in g , th e r e s t to o p iu m . T h e m o tiv e , in a lm o s t e v e ry c a s e , a p p e a r e d to b e a n g e r , o r re v e n g e . P e r h a p s in th e la r g e c i t ie s o f n o c o u n ­tr y , e x c e p t J a p a n , a r e s u ic id e s o f m o re f r e q u e n t o c c u r r e n c e th a n in C h in a . O p iu m s m o k in g h a s m a n y v i c t i m s ; t h e p o o r s u b je c ts o f th is d e s tr u c t iv e v ic e o f te n a p p ly e i t h e r in p e r s o n , o r t h r o u g h re la t iv e s , fo r s o m e r e m e d y to e n a b le th e m to o v e rc o m e th e fa ta l h a b i t . H a p p i ly , t h e h u s b a n d m e n , w h o fo r m th e g r e a t b o d y o f th e p e o p le , h a v e n e i th e r th e m e a n s n o r th e t im e fo r th is in d u lg e n c e . T h e u s e o f th e d r u g is c h ie f ly c o n f in e d to th e r e ta in e r s o f m a g is t r a te s , to b o a tm e n , s h o p m e n , a n d o th e r s , w h o h a v e s o m e le is u re . T h e l i t e r a r y m e n a n d o ff ic ia ls a r e , p e r h a p s , m o re a d d ic te d to i t th a n th e o th e r c la s s e s . I n f a n t i c id e is e x t r e m e ly r a r e in th is c i t y ; n o t so a n a n a lo g o u s c r im e . A t F u n g h w a , o n e o f th e c i t ie s o f th i s F i i , o c c u p ie d c h ie f ly b y p o o r p e o p le , e n g a g e d in th e m a n u f a c tu r e o f m a ts , f e m a le c h i ld r e n a r e p u t to d e a th in g r e a t n u m b e r s , i f th e c o n c u r r e n t t e s t im o n y o f th e n a t iv e s c a n be r e l ie d o n .

T h e p r im a r y o b je c t o f th e h o s p i ta l h a s b e ^ n to d is s e m in a te a m o n g th e

212 Report o f Dr. Macgowan, o f the Ningpo Missionary Hospital. [ J u l y ,

p e o p le a p u r e r fa ith , w h ic h , i f r e c e iv e d , w ill p ro v e a c e r ta in (a s i t is th e o n ly ) r e m e d y fo r th e i r m o ra l , a n d , to n o s m a l l e x te n t , fo r t h e i r p h y s ic a l m a la d ie s . T o th is e n d , e a c h p a t ie n t is e x h o r te d to re n o u n c e a ll id o la try a n d w ic k e d n e s s , a n d to e m b ra c e th e r e l ig io n o f th e w o r ld ’s S a v io r. T h e y a r e a d m i t te d b y te n s in to th e p r e s c r ib in g ro o m , a n d b e fo re b e in g d is m is s e d , a r e a d d r e s s e d , b o th b y th e p h y s ic ia n a n d th e n a t iv e C h r is t ia n a s s is ta n t , o n th e s u b je c t o f r e l ig io n . T r a c t s a r e g iv e n to a l l w h o a r e a b le to re a d . I t m a y b e h e r e r e m a r k e d , th a t th e p r o p o r t io n o f th o s e a b le to r e a d in C h in a , to th e w h o le p o p u la t io n , is v e ry s m a l l ; p r o b a b ly n o t m o r e th a n five p e r c e n t , o f th e a d u l t m a le s . T h e a b il i ty to r e a d a m o n g f e m a le s is e x tre m e ly r a re .

T h e f o r e ig n r e s id e n ts in th is c i ty b e in g so fe w in n u m b e r , n e a r ly a ll th e b e n e f i ts w h ic h th e m e d ic a l s c ie n c e a n d h u m a n i ty o f th e W e s t c an c o n fe r o n th e p e o p le , m u s t c o m e f ro m th e p h i la n th r o p ic o f o th e r p la c e s . T o s u c h i t is h o p e d th e c la im s o f th e S o c ie ty s u p p o r t in g th e N in g p o h o s p ita l w ill n o t b e u n h e e d e d .

T h e b e n e v o le n c e o f th e fo r e ig n c o m m u n i ty o f B e n g a l h a s s u p p lie d th e m e a n s o f f u r n is h in g th e h o s p ita l w ith in s t r u m e n ts , a n a to m ic a l m o d e ls , p la te s , a n d b o o k s , w h ic h h a v e b e e n o r d e r e d in P a r is , th o u g h n o t y e t a r r iv e d a t t h e i r d e s t in a t io n . A q u a n t i ty o f b la n k e ts , f ro m C a p t . B am fie ld , la te th e m il i t a r y m a g is tr a te o f C h u s a n , is g ra te fu l ly a c k n o w le d g e d .

T h o u g h th e p a g e s o f a m e d ic a l jo u r n a l a p p e a r th e m o s t a p p ro p r ia te p la c e fo r a d e ta i le d a c c o u n t o f th e d is e a s e s t r e a te d a t th is h o s p i ta l , y e t th e s u b ­jo in e d s ta t e m e n t m a y n o t b e u n in te r e s t in g .

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Shyan, 1st 500 18 9.000 ISmo.500 18 9,000 ISmo.

Assamese, “ 2,000 112 224,000 12mo.« 3,000 72 216.000 12mo.

u «1 2,000 12 24,000 12mo.a 2d 3,000 8 24,000 12mo.u 1st 1,500 2 3,000 12mo.u 4th 5,000 10 50.000 16mo.u 2d 5,000 30 150,000 ]2mo.ti 1st 2.000 88 170,000 12mo.u ¡c 2,000 36 72,000 12mo.<c 11 500 8 4,000 12mo,a It 2,000 32 64,000 12tno.<; 2d 5,000 1 5,000 12mo.« 1st 2.000 72 144,000 12mo.a <t 2,000 52 104 000 12mo.u 3d 5,000 30 150,000 12mo.

English, 1st 100 2 200 4to.Assamese, 2d 500 8 4.000 12mo.

« 2.000 10 20.000 l6mo.It 5th 4.000 10 40,000 16mo.H 2d 600 1 GOO full sht.a 1st 3.000 50 150.000 12mo.u it 3,000 56 168,000 ISmo.

| English and 1 it 400 20 8,000 12mo.1 Assamese, j

8,800G4,000

12mo.12mo.English,

Assamese,u

2d400

2,0002232

1846.] Report o f the Assistant Treasurer. 215

R E P O R T O F T H E A S S I S T A N T T R E A S U R E R .

Expenditures o f the Board for the year ending March 31, 1846.

M I S S I O N S I N A S I A .

M 4 D L M A I N M I S S I O N .

Remittances, drafts and purchases, $ 16,208 81Passage o f Dr. Judson from the Isle o f France to the

United S tates, 300,00-------------- 16,508 81

TA V O Y M I S S I O N .

Rem ittances, drafts and purchases, 7,427 70

M E R G O I M IS S IO N .

Rem ittances, drafts and purchases, 2,835 13

A R R A C A N M IS S IO N .

Rem ittances, drafts and purchases, 8,064 39Mr. K incaid’s travelling expenses in this country, as agent

of the Board, from May 16, 1844, to Feb. 28 , ’46 , 454 63-------------- 8,519 02

S I A M M I S S I O N .

Rem ittances, drafts and purchases, 9 ,866 05Outfit o f Mr. E. N. Jencks, in part, 200 00

10,066 05

ASSAM M IS S IO N .

Remittances and purchases, 8,136 49

TELOOGOO M I S S I O N .

Rem ittances and purchases, 2,967 98Passage o f Mr. Van Husen and family to the U. S tates, 1,200 00

-------------- 4 ,167 98

C H I N A M I S S I O N .

Rem ittances, drafts and purchases, 10,383 47Passage of Mr. Shuck to the United S tates, 350 00

-------------- 10,733 47

M I S S I O N T O W E S T A F R I C A .

BASSA M I S S I O N .

Drafts and purchases, 1 ,639 02

Carried forward, $ 7 0 ,033 67

216 Report o f the Assistant Treasurer. [ J uly ,

B rought forward, $ 7 0 ,0 3 3 67

E U R O P E A N M I S S I O N S . -

M I S S I O N TO G R E E C E .

R em ittances, drafts and purchases, 4 ,389 82

G E R M A N M IS S IO N .

R em ittances, 1 ,490 17

M IS S I O N TO F R A N C E .

R em ittances and paym ents, 3,521 70

I N D I A N M I S S I O N S I N N O R T H A M E R I C A .

C H E R O K E E M I S S I O N .

D rafts and parchases, 3 ,540 95

6 H A W A N O E M I S S I O N .

D rafts and purchases, 3,501 74Less this am ount received from the U. S. G overnm ent, 2,050 00

-------------- 1,451 74

M I S S I O N TO T H E O J I B W A S .

Drafts and paym ents, 1 ,739 37Less this amount received from the U. S. G overnm ent, 1,700 00

M I S S I O N TO T H E O T T A W A S I N M I C H I G A N .

D rafts and purchases, 428 09Less this am ount received from the U. S. Governm ent, 350 00

600 00125 36

600 0045 60

437 50161 67

56 2599 60

39 37

78 09

M I S S I O N TO T H E C H O C T A W S.

D rafts and paym ents, 277 00

T O N A W A N D A M I S S I O N .

Salary o f one teacher for nine months, $ 3 0 0 , paid by appro­priation o f the U . S. Government.

A G E N C I E S .

Services o f R ev. A . B ennett one year,T ravelling expenses o f do.,

“ “ R ev. J . W ilson, one year and one month,Travelling expenses o f do.,

“ “ R ev. B. F. Brabrook, 10^ months,Travelling expenses o f do.,

“ “ R ev. Isaac W estcott, one month and seven days, 56 25 «« “ R ev. E . Bright, J r . , special agent to Philadelphia, 99 60

-------------- 2,125 98

Carried forward, $ 8 6 ,9 4 8 49

3846.]

Brought forward, $ 8 6 ,9 4 8 49

Report o f the Assistant Treasurer. 217

P U B L I C A T I O N S .

Printing 122,000 copies of Address o f Mr. Brown, o f Assam, 286 73 “ Annual R eport of the Board, 212 25“ Notices of general and special meetings of the

Board, and special meeting of the Convention, 10 75 “ 750 copies of the Constitution o f the American

Baptist Missionary Union, a t New Y ork, in No­vember last, 11 50

“ 1400 copies o f the Missionary Magazine, for gra­tuitous distribution, 700 00

1,221 23

S E C R E T A R I E S ' D E P A R T M E N T .

Salary o f Rev. S. Peck for the year ending March 31,1846, $1200 ,— less $700 received from fund created for this purpose, 500 00

“ “ Dr. Pattison from April 1 to May 15, 1846, 156 00-------------- 650 00

T R E A S U R E R ’ S D E P A R T M E N T .

Salary o f the Assistant T reasurer from Aug. 13, 1845, to March 31, ’46 , $ 6 36 ,12 ,— less $500 received from fund created for this purpose, 136 12

Clerk hire, 527 50-------------- 663 62

M I S C E L L A N E O U S C H A R G E S .

R ent o f rooms, 425 00 Blank books and stationery, 56 21 Furniture, fuel, oil, gas light and periodicals, 84 50 Postage o f letters, papers and pam phlets, 440 53 W rapping-paper, tw ine, boxes, nails, & c., 47 10 Freight, wharfage and cartage, 335 42 General average on goods in bark Sophia W alker, (w recked,) 65 70 Insurance, 43 65 Base coin, discount on bank notes, and drafts, and counter­

feit notes, 297 97 Interest on money borrowed, 1,721 50 Books for library, 29 05 Travelling expenses o f missionary candidates, 63 75

do. do. o f members o f the Board, in attendingannual and special meetings, 129 62

do. do. o f the Committee for obtaining sub­scriptions for discharging the debt o f the Board, 164 00

Commissions o f agent in London, 32 00 Expense o f obtaining Charter of the American Baptist Mis­

sionary Union, a t Harrisburg, P a ., 17 00 Messenger, porter and copyist, 237 12 Services of purchaser, packer and forwarding agent for the

missionary stations, 600 00

v o l . x x v i . 28Carried forward, $89 ,483 34

218 Report o f the Assistant Treasurer. [Ju ly ,

Brought forward, $ 8 9 ,4 8 3 34 Paid H enry Miller, o f Cincinnati, for cash advanced by him

to Daniel Lew is, formerly o f the Creek Mission, per vote o f the General Convention, 1838, 500 00

H annah H arpham ’s annuity, 50 00Sundry incidental expenses, 43 08

5,383 20

T ota l expenditures o f the Board, $94 ,8 6 6 54Balance for which the Board was in debt A pril, 1, 1845, 40 ,188 49

$135 ,055 03

Receipts o f the Board during the year ending March 31, 1846.

Donations acknowledged in the Missionary Magazine, 96 ,474 61 Legacies “ “ “ “ 3 ,675 41Refunded by R ev. A. Edson, o f the Otoe Mission, 50 00Profit o f Missionary Magazine, 19 92

-------------- 100,219 94Balance for which the Board is in debt, carried to new account

April 1 , 1846, 34,835 09

$135 ,055 03

P E R M A N E N T F U N D F O R O F F I C E R S .

T his fand amounts to $20 ,000 00

F U N D F O R O F F I C E R S .

Received within the year for interest on the Perm anent F und , $1 ,220 00Paid balance o f salaries o f the Secretary and A ssistant T reasurer, 1 ,200 00

Balance on hand, $20 00

E. E.

R IC H A R D E. E D D Y , Assistant Treasurer.Boston, March 31, 1846.

T h e undersigned having carefully examined the foregoing account o f the A s­sistant T reasu rer, hereby certify that they have found the same in all particulars correct ; showing a balance against the T reasury , on the first day o f April, 1846, o f thirty-fonr thousand eight hundred thirty-five dollars and nine cents. T he Com­m ittee deem it proper to sta te , that o f this balance, tw enty-three thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars consist o f bills on the Messrs. Barings, o f London, re­mitted to the different missions, but not ye t m atured.

Boston, May 8 , 1846.

B a r o n S t o w , > Committee,W i l l i a m L e v e r e t t , $ °

American Baptist Missionary Union,

ADJOURNED SESSION OF THE CONVENTION.

Thursday M orning, M ay 21, 1846.

T h e Convention, under the name of T he Am erican Baptist Mis­sionary Union, met at 10 o ’clock, A. M. Rev. D r. W ayland in the chair.

T he 51st chapter o f Isaiah was read, and prayer was offered by Rev. G eorge B. Ide, of Philadelphia.

T he minutes o f the meeting held on Tuesday, were read and ap­proved.

T he following resolution was offered by R ev. Jam es E . W elch, of New Je rsey , and adopted :—

Resolved, T hat this Convention relinquish all right, title, and in­te rest which they may have to the rea l estate, or any other proper­ty, belonging to or in the possession of Columbian College, in the D istrict of Columbia ; and that the T reasu re r, H em an Lincoln, or in case o f his absence or inability, the A ssistant T reasu re r, R ichard E . Eddy, be authorized and directed, and they, or either of them, are hereby authorized and directed to execute such legal instru­ment, and to affix the seal o f this Corporation thereto, as may be necessary and proper to convey all such right, title, and interest as is now vested, or may hereafter vest in this Convention, in and to said property, to the said “ Columbian College, in the D istrict of Colum bia.”

T he following pream ble and resolutions were presented to the Convention by Rev. D r. Cone, of N . Y ., and adopted.

W hereas, in pursuance of the recommendation of the Committee on legal questions in their report accepted by the G eneral Conven­tion at its evening session, on T hursday, Nov. 20, 1845, in the city of N ew York, certain resolutions in said report, numbered five and six, were adopted by said Convention ; and whereas such resolu­tions predicate that a certain Constitution at such time conditionally adopted, and a certain organization and election of M anagers then conditionally made, should become unconditional and definitive on the procural o f certain legislative acts ; and, further, said resolu­tions provide for a transfer in such case of all books, records, pro­perty, rights, interests, and duties, from said T riennial Convention to the A m erican Baptist M issionary Union :—And w hereas such le­gislative acts have, by the blessing of Divine Providence, been pro­cured ; therefore,

Resolved, T hat in as far as such transfer may be now necessary, the transfer be and hereby is made, to the full extent recommended in such fifth and sixth resolutions ; that the Constitution adopted conditionally, be and hereby is adopted unconditionally and defini­tively ;* that the election then made conditionally be now regarded as unconditional, and the persons so elected take office from this tim e.j

Resolved, T hat the Union now proceed to elect a P resident, two Vice Presidents, and a Recording Secretary , according to the pro­visions of the fourth Article of the Constitution.

T he A ssistant T reasu re r, R ichard E . Eddy, E sq ., then read a list of the nam es of those individuals who had been made life mem­bers of the A m erican Baptist M issionary Union, by the payment of one hundred dollars each .J

T he following resolution was read by Rev. Baron Stow, and it was adopted.

Resolved, T hat those churches, societies, and individuals, who have contributed to the extinguishment o f the debt o f forty thousand dollars, are entitled to constitute life members of the Union, at the rate o f one for every hundred dollars paid at one time.

T he Union then proceeded to the election, by ballot, o f officers for the ensuing year.

OFFICERS OF T H E UNION.

R e v . D a n i e l S h a r p , D . D . , of Boston, M ass., President.H on. ----------D u n l e v y , of Lebanon, Ohio, 1st Vice President.R e v . B a r t h o l o m e w T . W e l c h , D. D ., o f A lbany, N . Y .,

2d Vice President.R e v . R o l l i n H . N e a l e , of Boston, M ass., Recording Secretary.

A djourned. P ra y e r by Rev. Mr. N eale.

Afternoon Session.The Union met at 3 o ’clock. Rev. D r. Sharp in the chair.

P ra y e r by Rev. N athaniel Colver, o f Boston.Rev. M essrs. John Dowling, o f New Y ork, A. D . G illette, of

Philadelphia, and R obert T urnbull, o f H artford , Conn., were ap­pointed a Com mittee to nominate a brother to preach at the next m eeting of the Union, and also to select and propose to the Union the place for their next annual meeting.

T h e following resolution was offered by R ev. Alfred B ennett, of H om er, N. Y.

Resolved, T h a t any church, or other religious body, choosing to represen t itself in one annual m eeting only, upon the paym ent of one hundred dollars, shall enjoy for the time being all the rights and privileges of a member.

On motion of Rev. B aron Stow, of Boston,—Resolved, T hat the above resolution be referred to the Board o f

M anagers for the ir consideration, to report at the next annual meeting.

220 Meeting o f the American Baptist Missionary Union. [J u l y ,

* See Appendix C. f Appendix D.

1846.] Meeting o f the. Board o f Managers o f the A. B. M. Union. 221

T he Committee to nominate a preacher and select a place for the next annual meeting of the Union, made their report; whereupon,

Resolved, T hat the Union hold its next annual meeting in the meeting-house of the 9th St. Baptist church, Cincinnati, Ohio, on the 3d T hursday of May, at 10 o ’clock, A. M .;—that Rev. W illiam R . W illiam s, D . D ., of N. Y ., preach the annual sermon, and Rev. Jam es N. G ranger, o f Providence, R . I., be his alternate.

Adjourned with prayer by the President,

R . H . N e a l e , Recording Secretary.E . E . L . T a y l o r , Assistant Rcc. Sec’y.

Board of Managers,

Brooklyn, N . Y , Thursday, M ay 21, 1846.

The Board of M anagers of the American Baptist Missionary Union met immediately after the adjournm ent of the Union, and organized by appointing Hon. Jam es M. L innard, of P a., Chair­man pro tern., and M. J . Rhees, of D elaw are, Secretary pro tern.

On motion, it was Resolved, T hat when we adjourn we adjourn to meet this evening, at 7& o ’clock, for the purpose of fully organizing the Board.

Resolved, T hat a Committee be appointed to report a list of officers at the evening meeting.

M essrs. J . N. G ranger, W . R . W illiam s, R . Turnbull, A. D. G illette, G. Colby, and E . W . Dickinson, were appointed the Com­mittee.

Adjourned.

lh o'clock, P M .T he Board met. P ray er by Rev. S. J . D rake, o f N. J . T hirty-

eight members were present.The Committee to nominate a list of officers, made a report,—

when, on motion, the Board resolved to proceed to the election of officers.

M essrs. D rake and G ranger were appointed tellers ; who, after receiving and counting the ballots, reported the following persons elected, [p. 223.]

Resolved, T hat the Board will elect a Correponding S ecretary , and an Assistant Corresponding Secretary, a T reasurer, and an Assistant T reasurer. T he following were the elected, [p. 223.]

Resolved, T h at the salary o f the Corresponding Secretary be twelve hundred dollars per annum, o f the A ssistant Corresponding S ecretary , one thousand dollars per annum, and o f the A ssistant T re asu re r, twelve hundred dollars per annum.

A motion was then made to instruct the E xecutive Committee to assign the editing o f the B aptist M issionary M agazine to the C or­responding S ecretary , the A ssistant Corresponding Secretary , and the A ssistant T re asu re r, without increasing the ir compensation.

During the discussion of this motion, its consideration was post­poned, and on motion it was

Resolved, T h at when we adjourn, we adjourn to m eet in this p lace to-morrow m orning a t 9 o’clock.

Adjourned, with prayer by Rev. R. Turnbull, of Ct.

Friday Morning, 9 o'clock.The Board met, and was opened with prayer by Rev. J. N.

Granger, of R. I.The Secretary being absent, M. J. Rhees, of Del., was appointed

Secretary pro tem.The minutes of the last evening were read and approved.T h e B oard resum ed the consideration o f the motion pending at

the adjournm ent last evening, and after being am ended as follows, was adopted.

Resolved, T h at the Executive Committee be instructed to have the M agazine conducted in future in the best possible m anner, with­out expense to the Board.

Resolved, T h at the E xecutive Committee be instructed to take the en tire control o f the M acedonian, and have it published and edited under their own supervision.

Resolved, T hat the E xecutive Committee be instructed to report, a t the next annual m eeting of the Board, the entire business of the M agazine and the M acedonian.

Resolved, T hat the Executive Committee be instructed to report, at the next annual m eeting, on the expediency o f appropriating the profits o f the M agazine and M acedonian towards the support o f the widows and children of the deceased m issionaries of the Board.

Resolved, T h at the Executive Committee be instructed to issue certificates of life membership, if they deem them expedient.

Resolved, T h a t when we adjourn, we adjourn to meet on the T uesday before the third T hursday in M ay, 1847, in the m eeting­house o f the N inth St. B aptist C hurch , in C incinnati, Ohio.

Resolved, T h at the R ecording Secretary be instructed to procure a suitable book for the R ecords of the B oard of M anagers.

Resolved, T hat the E xecutive Com m ittee be instructed to give due notice, publicly, o f the time and place of the next annual m eet­ing o f the Board and the Union, and also to notify, by circular, each m em ber o f the Board personally, o f the m eeting, and urge his attendance.

The minutes were then read and approved, and the Board ad­journed with prayer by Rev. E. Bright, Jr., o fN . Y.

222 Meeting o f the Board o f Managers o f the A. B . M. Union. [Jui/r,

M. J. R h e e s , Secretary pro tem.

1846.] Officers o f the Board. 223

OFFICERS OF T H E BOARD.

J a m e s M . L i n n a r d , o f P a . , Chairman.P h a r c e l l u s C h u r c h , of N. Y ., Recording Secretary.

S o l o m o n P e c k , of M ass., Corresponding Secretary. E d w a r d B r i g h t , J r . , of N. Y ., Assistant Cor. Sec. H e m a n L i n c o l n , o f M ass., Treasurer.R i c h a r d E . E d d y , “ Assistant Treasurer.

C h a r l e s D. G o u l d , of Mass.

The American Baptist Missionary Union will hold its first annual meet­ing (33d year of Convention,) on the third Thursday of May, 1847, at 10 o’clock, A. M., in the meeting-house of the Ninth Street Baptist Church, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Rev. William R. Williams, D. D., of New York, is appointed to preach the annual sermon ; Rev. James N. Granger, of Providence, R. I., his al­ternate.

EXECUTIVE COM M ITTEE.

Ministers.B a r n a s S e a r s ,

B a r o n S t o w ,

W i l l i a m L e v e r e t t ,

R . W . C u s h m a n .

R ic h a r d F l e t c h e r ,

G a r d n e r C o l b y ,

F r e d e r i c k G o u l d ,

T h o m a s R ic h a r d s o n ,

M ic h a e l S h e p a r d .

Laymen.

J o s h u a L o r i n g ,

ANNUAL MEETINGS OF T H E UNION AND T H E BOARD.

The Board of Managers will meet at the same place on the Tuesday next preceding.

A P P E N D I X .

ACTS OF INCORPORATION.

A.

Act of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

A n A c t changing the name of the Association known as “ The General Convention of the Baptist Denomination in the United States for For­eign Missions and other important objects relating to the Redeemer’s Kingdom” to that of “ The American Baptist Missionary Union,” and for altering and amending the charter of the same.

W h e r e a s a number of individuals, citizens of this Commonwealth, were, on the fifteenth day of June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, created into a body politic and corporate by the name, style and title o f “ The General Convention of the Baptist Denomination in the United States for Foreign Missions and other important objects relating to the Re­deemer’s Kingdom

A nd w h e r e a s th e m e m b e rs o f sa id b o d y p o litic a n d co rp o ra te , fo r va­r io u s good a n d su ffic ien t reaso n s , a re d e s iro u s o f c h a n g in g th e n a m e o f sa id c o rp o ra tio n , a n d o f a lte r in g a n d a m e n d in g th e a rtic le s th e r e o f ;

Therefore,S e c t i o n 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f

the Commonwealth o f Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority o f the same, That from and after the third Thursday of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, the said General Convention of the Baptist Denomination in the United States, as aforesaid, shall exist as a body corporate and politic, and be known by the name, style and title of “ The American Baptist Missionary Union,” and shall retain under said name and title all its existing powers, privileges, rights and property, and be subject to all its present duties, obligations and liabilities, with the qualifications, additions and amendments hereinafter named, to w it;

First. The single object of this Union shall be, to diffuse the knowledge o f the religion of Jesus Christ, by means of missions, throughout the world.

Second. The Union shall meet annually on the third Thursday of May, or at such other time, and at such place, as it may appoint.

Third. At each annual meeting, the said Union shall have power to elect a President, and all such other officers as may be deemed expedient or proper, and define their powers and duties; and to ordain, establish and put in execution all such by-laws, ordinances and regulations, for the gov­ernment of the said Union, and for the regulation and conducting of the business thereof, as m aybe deemed needful and proper: Provided, That said by-laws, ordinances and regulations are not repugnant to the Constitu­tion of the United States, nor to the Constitution and Laws of this Com­monwealth.

Fourth. Any gifts, grants, devises, or bequests, made, or that may here­after be made, to the said General Convention, shall enure to, and be held to be made and belong to, the said “ American Baptist Missionary Union Provided, That the clear yearly value, income, interest, or dividend, from messuages, lands, tenements, hereditaments and stocks, shall not exceed, in the whole, the sum of five thousand dollars.

1846.] Ads o f Incorporation. 225

S e c t io n 2. That sections first and second of the charter of the said General Convention, and all parts and provisions of the same which are in­consistent with the provisions of this amended charter, are hereby declared to be repealed, and made null and void.

F in d l e y P a t t e r s o n ,Speaker of the House of Representatives.

D a n ie l L. S h e r m a n ,Speaker of the Senate.

Approved the 13th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six.FRS. R. SHUNK.

B.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

IN THE YEAR ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX.

A n A c t to authorize “ The General Convention of the Baptist Denomina­tion in the United States for Foreign Missions and other important objects relating to the Redeemer’s Kingdom,” to take and use the name of “ The American Baptist Missionary Union;” and to define more clearly the purpose, rights and powers, of the said corporation.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

S e c t io n 1. The corporation created in Pennsylvania under the name of “ The General Convention of the Baptist Denomination in the United States for Foreign Missions and other important objects relating to the Redeemer’s Kingdom,” may hereafter take and use, and be called and known by the name of “ The American Baptist Missionary Union,” as well as by its said origi­nal name of incorporation, and is hereby continued a body corporate, with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties, liabilities and restrictions, set forth in the forty-fourth chapter of the Revised Statutes, as far as applicable.

S e c t io n 2. The single purpose of the said “ American Baptist Mission­ary Union” shall be, to diffuse the knowledge of the religion of Jesus Christ by means of Missions throughout the world!

S e c t io n 3. The Union shall meet annually on the third Thursday of May, or at such other time, and at such place, as it may appoint.

S e c t io n 4. Nothing herein contained shall render invalid any gifts, grants, devises and legacies, which have been or hereafter may be, made to the said corporation by the name of “ The General Convention of the Bap­tist Denomination in the United States for Foreign Missions and other im­portant objects relating to the Redeemer’s Kingdom,” but the same shall enure to, and be held to be made to, and belong to, the said corporation, notwithstanding the authority hereb}r given it to use the name of “ The American Baptist Missionary Union.” Provided, That no verbal mistake in the name of the said corporation shall invalidate any gift, grant, devise, or legacy, intended for it.

S e c t io n 5. The said corporation may, for the purpose aforesaid, hold real estate not exceeding in amount fifty thousand dollars, and personal es­tate not exceeding in amount one hundred thousand dollars.

House of Representatives, March 24, 1846.Passed to be enacted. S a m u e l H. W a ll ey , Jr., Speaker.

In Senate, March 25, 1846. Passed to be enacted.W. B. C a lh o u n , President.

March 25, 1846. Approved. GEO. N. BRIGGS. v o l . x x v i. 2i>

226 Constitution o f the American Baptist Missionary Union. [Ju ly ,

C.

C O N S T I T U T I O N .

OF THE UNION.

1. This Association shall be styled T h e A m e r ic a n B a p t is t M is s io n ­a r y U n io n .

2. The single object of this Union shall be to diffuse the knowledge of the religion of Jesus Christ, by means of missions, throughout the world.

3. This Union shall be composed of Life Members. All the members of the Baptist General Convention who may be present at the adoption of this Constitution, shall be members for life of the Union. Other persons may be constituted Life Members by the payment, at one time, of not less than one hundred dollars.

4. The Union shall meet annually on the third Thursday of May, or at such other time, and at such place, as it may appoint. At every such an­nual meeting the Union shall elect by ballot a President, two Vice Presi­dents, a Recording Secretary, and one third of a Board of Managers.

At a meeting to be held immediately after the adoption of this Constitu­tion, the Union shall elect an entire Board of Managers, consisting of seven­ty-five persons, at least one third of whom shall not be ministers of the gos­pel. Said Board shall be elected in three equal classes, the first to go out of office at the first annual meeting; and thus, in regular succession, one- third of the Board shall go out of office at each annual meeting, and their places shall be supplied by a new election. In every case, the members whose term of service shall thus expire, shall be re-eligible.

5. The President, or in his absence one of the Vice Presidents, shall preside in all meetings of the Union.

6 . All the officers of the Union and its Board of Managers shall continue to discharge the duties assigned to them respectively, until superseded by a new election.

7. Special meetings of the Union shall be called by the President, or in case of his death or absence from the country, by either of the Vice Presi­dents, upon application from the Board of Managers.

OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS.

8. All members of the Union may attend the meetings of the Board of Managers, and deliberate on all questions, but members of the Board only, shall vote.

9. Immediately after the annual meeting of the Union, the Board of Managers shall meet and elect by ballot a Chairman ; a Recording Secre­tary; an Executive Committee of nine, not more than five of whom shall be ministers of the gospel ; as many Corresponding Secretaries as they may judge to be necessary ; a T reasurer; and an Auditing Committee of two, who shall not be ministers of the gospel. At this meeting the Board shall de­termine the salaries of the Corresponding Secretaries and Treasurer, and give such instructions to the Executive Committee as may be necessary to regulate their plans of action for the ensuing year. The Board shall also have power, whenever they think it necessary, to appoint an Assistant Treasurer, and to specify his duties and fix his compensation.

10. The Board shall meet annually at such place as may have been ap­pointed for the annual meeting of the Union, at least two days previous to such meeting, to hear the reports of the Executive Committee, the Treasu­

rer, and the Auditing Committee, and to review with care the proceedings of the past year, the result of which shall be submitted to the Union.

11. Special meetings of the Board may be called by the Executive Com­mittee, whenever, in their judgment, occasion may require. A printed no­tice of the time, place, and object or objects of such meetings, shall be sent, at least six weeks in anticipation, to every member of the Board.

12. All officers appointed by the Board shall continue to discharge the duties assigned to them respectively, until superseded by a new election. At all meetings of the Board fifteen shall be a quorum for business.

OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

13. The Executive Committee shall hold its meetings at such times and places as they may appoint. A majority of the whole number shall be a quorum for business. The Corresponding Secretaries and Treasurer shall not be members of the Committee, but they shall attend its meetings, and communicate any information in their possession pertaining to their re­spective departments, and aid the Committee in its deliberations. The Committee shall have power to appoint its own Chairman and Recording Secretary, and to fill any vacancy that m;iy occur in their own number.

14. It shall be the duty of the Executive Committee to carry into effect all the orders of the Board of Managers; to designate, by advice of the Board, the places where missions shall be attempted, and to establish and superintend the same ; to appoint, instruct, and direct all the missionaries of the Board, and to fix their compensation; to direct the Corresponding Secretaries and Treasurer in the discharge of their duties; to make all ap­propriations to be paid out of the Treasury; to appoint agents for the col­lection of funds, and to prescribe their duties and arrange their compensa­tion ; and in general to perform all duties necessary to promote the object of the Union, provided the same be not contrary to this Constitution or the instructions of the Board of Managers.

15. The Executive Committee shall present to the Board of Managers, at its annual meeting, a report containing a full account of their doings during the preceding year ; of the condition and prospects of every missionary sta­tion ; of their plans for the enlargement or contraction of their sphere of operations; and in general giving all such information as will enable the Board to decide correctly respecting the various subjects on which it is their duty, as the agents of the Union, to form or express an opinion.

16. The Executive Committee shall have power, by a vote of two thirds of the whole number, to remove, for sufficient cause, any Corresponding Secretary, Treasurer, Auditing Committee, or Missionary, and to appoint others in their places ; being always responsible for such exercise of their power to the Board of Managers.

17. In case of the death or resignation of a Corresponding Secretary, Treasurer, or member of the Auditing Commitee, the Executive Committee shall have power to supply the vacancy until the next meeting of the Board of Managers.

OF THE CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES.

18. The Corresponding Secretaries shall conduct the correspondence of the Board and of the Executive Committee, excepting such as shall relate to the Treasurer’s department, and perform such other duties as the Board or the Executive Committee may from time to time require. They shall preserve copies of all their official correspondence, which shall at all times be accessible to any member of the Board or of the Executive Committee.

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228 Constitution o f the American Baptist Missionary Union. [July,

OF THE TREASURER.

19. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to take charge of all moneys and other property contributed to the Treasury of the Union, and to give receipts therefor; to keep safely all the moneys and funds of the Union, and all their evidences of property; to keep fair and accurate accounts of all moneys re­ceived and expended; to invest and deposite moneys, and make payments and remittances according to the directions of the Executive Committee ; to exhibit his books, accounts, vouchers, and evidences of property, whenever required, to the Board or to the Executive and Auditing Committees; to make out an annual statement of receipts and payments, and of the condi­tion of the permanent funds and other property, for the information of the Board of Managers ; and to perform such other acts as may be necessary to the faithful discharge of the duties of his office.

OF THE AUDITING COMMITTEE.

20. The Auditing Committee shall not be members of the Executive Committee, but shall at any time, when requested, attend its meetings to give information respecting the state of the Treasury. It shall be their duty once a month to examine the books of the Treasurer, particularly and thoroughly, with all the vouchers and evidences of property thereto belong­ing. A certificate of the result of this examination shall be entered upon the books of the Treasurer, and a copy furnished to the Executive Commit­tee, to be entered upon their records. They shall also examine the annual statement of the Treasurer, and give a written certificate of the result to be entered upon the records of the Board of Managers.

MISCELLANEOUS.

21. The President, Vice Presidents, and Recording Secretary of the Union, the members of the Board of Managers, the Executive Committee, the Corresponding Secretaries, the Treasurer, the Auditing Committee, and all missionaries employed by the Executive Committee, shall be members in good standing of regular Baptist churches.

22. All moneys contributed to the Treasury of the Union shall be expend­ed at the discretion of the Executive Committee, except such as may be ap­propriated by the Board of Managers for the salaries of the Corresponding Secretaries and Treasurer ; but moneys or other property given for speci­fied objects shall be appropriated according to the will of the donors, pro­vided such an application shall not be contrary to the provisions of this Constitution, or to the instructions of the Board of Managers, in which case they shall be returned to the donors or their lawful agents.

23. The Union, the Board of Managers, and the Executive Committee, shall each have power to adopt such By-Laws or Rules of Order as may be necessary for the government of their own proceedings, provided always that no such regulations shall contravene any .part or principle of tliis Con­stitution.

24. Alterations may be made in this Constitution only upon recommen­dation by the Board of Managers, and. at an annual meeting of the Union, by a vote of two thirds of the members present.

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D.

Board of Managers of the American Baptist Missionary Union.

C L A S S I . C L A S S I I . C L A S S I I I .

Ministers. Ministers. Ministers.James Gillpatrick, Adam Wilson, D. N. Sheldon,D. D. Pratt, E. E. Cummings, E. Hutchinson,Barnas Sears, I. Chase, E. Nelson,Samuel B. Swaim, J. W. Parker, L. Porter,Francis Wayland, J.'N . Granger, T. C. Jameson,J. P. Tustin, R. Turnbull, D. Ives,

E. Tucker,M. G. Clarke, S. H. Cone, J. L. Hodge,W. R. Williams, B. T. Welch,

N. Kendrick, J. D. Cole, P. Church,C. G. Sommers, J. Stnitzer, E. Bright, Jr.,Levi Tucker, S. J. Drake, E. W. Dickinson,M. J. Rhees, G. B. Ide, J. II. Kenflard,A. D. Gillette, W. Shadrach, G. I. Miles,J. H. Walden, E. Turney, J. Stevens,E. D. Owen, G. C. Chandler, A. Bailey,Thomas Powell. O. C. Comstock. M. Allen.

Laymen.G. N. Briggs, J. H. Duncan, J. Bachelier, A. Day,J. H. Smith,P. Balen,S. B. Munn,J. M. Linnard,H. Marchant.

Laymen.P. W. Dean, R. Fletcher,G. Colby,A. M. Beebee,F. Humphrey, I. Newton,P. P. Runyon, T. Watson,W. W. Keen.

Laymen.I. Davis,J. Borden,M. Shepard, O. Sage,W. Colgate,J. R. Ludlow, S. Smith,V. J. Bates,S . Trevor.

E.

Life Members of the Union.

(By the payment of One Hundred Dollars.)

Anderson George W ., Philadelphia, Pa. Ayres Oliver, Boston, Ms.Arnold Rev A. N., Corfu, Greece.Auner Charles H., Philadelphia, Pa. Anderson Rev T. D., Salem, Ms.Allen Rev L. B , Thomaston, Me.Arnold Mrs Frances R., Providence, R. I. Adams Rev Paul S., South Reading, Ms. Allen Rev Marvin, Adrian, Mich.Allen Rev Ira M., New York city.Abbott Rev E. L., Sandoway, Arracan. Adams George, New York city.Arrison Matthew, Philadelphia, Pa.Arrison Mrs. Matthew, “Burrows Rev J. Lansing, Philadelphia, Pa. Barnhurst Joseph, “Brown Rev Nathan, Sibsagor, Assam. Benedict Stephen G , Pawtucket, R. I. Briggs George N., Pittsfield, Ms.Bruce John M., New York city.Bryant South worth, Chelsea, Ms.Benedict Rev David, Pawtucket, R. I. Bellows Dr Albert J., Charlestown, Ms.

Bleecker Garret N., New York city. Benedict Rev George, do.Bueknall William, Philadelphia, Pa.Blain Mrs Amey Ann, Charlestown, Ms. Brandt Rev Thomas, Westport, N. Y. Barbour Harriet L., Hartford, Ct.Bolles James G., Hartford, Ct.Bolles Orra A., Hartford, Ct.Bennett Rev Alfred, Homer, N. Y.Brown Rev Philip P . , ----- , N. Y.Basset Z. D., Hyannis, Ms.Bruce John M., Jr., New York city, N. Y. Beecher Rev L. P., Portland, Me.Bevan Rev Isaac, Rliinebeek, N. Y.Bates Vamum J., Providence, R. I.Bump Nathaniel, Providence, R. I. Bradford Rev S. S., Pawtucket, R. I. Brooks Kendall, Sen., Roxbury, Ms. Bronson Rev Miles, Nowgong, Assam. Benedict Dea. Stephen, Pawtucket, R. I. Brayton Rev Durlin L., Mergui, Burmah. Brooks Rev Kendall, Jr., Eastport, Me. Babcock Rev Rufus, New Bedford, Ms.

230 Life Members o f the Union. [J uly ,

Baldwin Mrs M. D ., Boston, Ms.Bright Rev Edward, Jr., Homer, N. Y.Booth Mrs Maria, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.Butler James H., Providence, R. I.Booth Rev. John, Clinton, N. Y.Bokee D . A., Brooklyn, N. Y.Balen Peter, New York city.Banvard Rev Joseph, Boston, Ms. .Briton Rev Thomas, Philadelphia, Pa.Brown Lewis J., Philadelphia, Pa.Bliss Rev G. R., New Brunswick, N. J. Barrell David, Fredonia, N. Y.Butcher Washington, Philadelphia, Pa. Barker Rev E. P., “ “Barker Jacob S.. New York city.Bradley Mrs., Philadelphia, Pa.Bacon Rev C. L., “Borden Jefferson, Fall River, Ms.Borden Cook, Fail River, Ms.Beebee Alexander M., Utica j N. Y.Bacon Joel S., D. D., Washington, D. C. Bennett Mrs Alcina, Homer, N. Y.Bradley Rev J. E ., Lewisburg, Pa.Berry Z. E ., Worcester, Ms.Ballard Rev Joseph, Brooklyn, N. Y. Boardman George D., Worcester, N. Y.Cone Spencer H., D. D ., New York city.Cone Sally Wallace, New York city. Cumiuuigs John, Woburn, Ms.Corey Elijah. Brookline, Ms.Child Rev. William C., Charlestown, Ms. Cooper William, New York city,Colgate Mrs Jane, New York city.Caldwell Mrs Elizabeth, New York city. Crane William, Baltimore, Md.Creswell S. J., Philadelphia, Pa.Crozer John P., Marcus Hook, Pa.Church Rev Pharcellus, Rochester, N. Y. Chaffin A. W ., Boston, Ms.Childs Mrs Mary W ., Hartford, Ct.Cowan Jam es,----- , N. Y.Crumb Caleb, ----- , N. Y.Clarke Rev William, Cazenovia, N. Y.Card Rev William H., Essex, Ct.Copeland Mrs Susan D., Dexter, Me.Collett William R., Lebanon, O.Colver Rev Charles K., Watertown, Ms. Courtney Mrs Hannah, Philadelphia, Pa. Copeland Calvin, Dexter, Me.Chissam Rev S., Nobleboro5 Me.Caswell Alexis, D. D., Providence, R. I. Carleton Rev George J., W est Cambridge, Ms. Carleton Mrs Jane, W est Cambridge, Ms. Carleton George R., W est Cambridge, Ms. Caldicott Rev T. F., Roxbnry, Ms.Cummings George, Cambridge, Ms.Chase Irah, D. D., Cambridge, Ms.Cook J. W ., Cambridge, Ms.Cutter O. T., Sibsagor, Assam.Coolidge David, Brookline, Ms.Cummings Rev Ebenezer E ., Concord, N. H. Cookson Rev John, Malden, Ms Clarke Rev Minor G., Norwich, Ct.Childs Rev T. P ., Henna, Green Co., O. Carpenter Rev Mark, New London, N. H. Cotton J. H., Windsor, Vt.Cross Rev E. B ., Tavoy, Burmah.Case-Alonzo,----- .Chollar Thomas D .,----- .Clark Rev Charles,----- .Cole Rev Jirah D ., Whitesboro’, N. Y.Case ftev Isaac,----- , Me.Cassady P. H., Philadelphia, Pa.Comstock Rev O. C., Coldwater, Mich.Coming Ephraim, Brooklyn, N. Y.Collier Rev William R., Boston, Ms.Caldwell E . B ., Philadelphia. Pa.Coffin Ann D ., Philadelphia, Pa.Church Rev LeRoy, Hudson. N. Y.Clapp Benjamin, Fishville, N. Y.Conant John, Brandon, Yt.Clapp Rev William, Albany, N. Y.Collins Rev Andrew,----- , Chester Co., Pa.Challis Rev James M., Marieton, N. J.

Caldwell Ebenezer, New York city.Caldwell William A., New York city. Converse Joseph, Worcester, Ms.Devan Rev Thomas T., Canton, China.Devan Lydia, Canton, China.Durbrow William, New York city.Davis Ezra P., New York city.Deane Peter W., Grafton, Vt.Damrell William S., Boston, Ms.Drew Clement, Boston, Ms.Day Albert, Hartford, Ct.Day Mrs Harriet, Hartford, Ct.Day Albert F., “Day Charles G., “Darby Rev Chauncey,----- , N. Y.Dean Rev E zra ,----- , “Dewees Samuel, Philadelphia, Pa. 'Duncan James H., Haverhill, Ms.Day Daniel, Nobleboro’, Me.Dexter John, Providence, R. I.Durand Henry M., Commissioner, Maulmain,

Burmah.Dexter Rev H. Y., Calais, Me.Daniels Dexter, Providence, R. I.Drake Rev S. J., Plainfield, CtDavis Rev Henry,----- .Dennis Rev William L., Philadelphia, Pa.Day Rev W illiam ,----- .Dean Rev William, Canton, China.Dowling Rev John, New York city.Daniels Thomas E ., Worcester, Ms.Daniels Lucy, “Dawson Dr., Philadelphia, Pa.Davis John C., ‘‘Dunn Drake, Plainfield, N. J.Durant Clark, Albany, N. Y.Davol John, Fall River, Ms.Dagg John, Penfield, Ga.Dowley John, New York city.Durnell James, Philadelphia, Pa.Doyle Hugh, “Drummond James Purser, New York city.Day Gershom B., Sherman, Mi.Dagg J. L., D. D., Penfield, Ga.Davis Isaac, Worcester, Ms.Davis Mrs Isaac, “Eddy Richard E., Boston, Ms.Edwards Robert, New York city.Ellsworth Nathaniel, Portland, Me.Eaton Rev J. Sewall, “Elliot Lemuel H., Providence, R. I.Edwards Rev B. A., Grafton, Ms.Everts Rev W. W., New York city.Ely Rev Richard M., Barnstable, Ms.Eddy John, Fall River, Ms.Earp Mrs R., Philadelphia, Pa. - Eaton Geo. W ., D. D., Hamilton, N. Y.Fox Albert R ., Sand Lake, N. Y.Fox Rev Charles A ..----- , “Frye Robie, Montville, Me.Follet Silas, Thetford, Vt.Flinn Jacob, Dorchester, Ms.Fletcher Richard, Boston, Ms.Follett Miss Miranda, Staten Island, N. J. Fuller Rev C. M., Pike, N. Y.Freeman Rev Timothy G., Southboro1, Ms. Ford John M., Philadelphia, Pa.Fletcher Rev Horace, Townshend, Vt.Freeman Rev Joseph, Newport, N. H. French.Enoch, Fall River, Ms.French Stephen L., “Flannigan John, Philadelphia, Pa.Flannigan James, “Fellowes James, New York city.Ford Isaac, Philadelphia, Pa.Fenner Rest, “Ferner John M., New York city.Gray Rev E. H., Shelburne Falls, Ms.Garrett William E , Philadelphia, Pa.Garrett George H., ‘Gilbert Timothy, Boston, Ms.Greenough Byron, Portland, Me.Gregory Rev Seth ,----- , N. Y.Granger James N., Jr., Providence, R. I.

Granger Rev A. H., Warren, Me.Gould Frederick, Boston, Ms.Gammell Prof. William, Providence, R. I. Granger Mrs Ann B., Providence, R. I.Glover Rev Samuel, Cambridge, Ms.Goddard Rev Josiah, Bangkok, Siam.Grafton Rev Benjamin C., Somerset, Ms. Graves Rev Joseph M., East Boston, Ms. Griggs Samuel, Rutland, Vt.Gardiner Richard, Philadelphia, Pa.Gillpatrick Rev James, Top sham, Me.Greene Thomas L., Albany. N. Y.Grimwood Joseph C.,Green Rev James W ., “Gillette Rev A. D., Philadelphia, Pa.Gillette Mrs, <■Gardiner Wm., M. D., ”Gilbert Joshua, New York city.Giles Alfred E., Somerville, Ms.Hodge Rev Edward, Fairfield, Mi.Hill Rev Benjamin M., New York city.Hunt Wilson G., “Hillman William, “Hill Samuel, Boston, Ms.Hill Mary B., “Holland William A., Boston, Ms.Howe Joseph J., "Hodge Rev J. L., Brooklyn, N. Y.Haskell Rev Abel,----- , N. Y.Harrington Rev Daniel,----- , N. Y.Hartshorn Rev Chancellor,----- , N. Y.Hunt Thomas, New York city.Hillman Mrs Catherine, “Haynes Rev D. C., Portland, Me.Harrison Rev John C., Philadelphia, Pa. Hackett Horalio B., D D., Newton., Ms.Howe Rev William, Boston, Ms.Hovey William B., Cambridge, Ms.Hatt Rev George, New York city.Hammond Andrew, Jr., Haverhill, Ms.Hale James, “Hewins Luther G., New Bedford, Ms.Harris Rev Edward L., Rushfordl N. Y. Haswell Rev J. M., Amherst, Burmah.Harvey Hezekiah, New York city.Higgins Rev George, Philadelphia, Pa. Hanjmett Rev Joseph, “Harris Irah, Albany, N. Y.Humphrey Friend, u Humphrey Mrs F., “Hall Abiatha, Fall River, Ms.Haynes Aaron, Littleton, Ms.Hinman D. B., Philadelphia, Pa.Hanson Samuel A., “Haviland John, New York city.Hurlburt Thomas Purser, Brooklyn, N. Y. Hurlburt Elisha Dennison, “Hassall John P., Philadelphia, Pa.Ide Rev George B., “Ingalls Rev Lovell, Maulmain, Burmah.Inglis Rev James, Detroit, Mi.Judd Orrin B., New Haven, Ct.Jackson Rev Henry, Providence, R. I.Jameson Humphrey, Boston, Ms.Jones William G., Wilmington, Del.Jacobs Rev William B., Claremont, N. H. Jones Washington, Wilmington, Del. -■James Israel E ., Philadelphia, Pa.Jones Rev John T., Bangkok, Siam.Jones Rev Henry V., Newark, N. J.Johnstone Andrew, “Johnson Adam, Reading, Pa.Judson A , D. D., Maulmain, Burmah.James J. Sexton, Philadelphia, Pa.James Charles S., 11Jenkins Francis, Commissioner, Assam.Jones Rev Evan, Cherokee, C. N.Ky-ing, Prime Minister,----- ., China.Ko Thaha,----- , Burmah.Keen William W ., Philadelphia, Pa.Keen Mrs Susan B., “Kincaid Rev. Eugenio, Lewisburg, Pa. Kincaid Mrs E., “Kendrick Rev Nathaniel, Hamilton, N. Y

1846.] lAfe Members

Kingsbury Jesse, Boston, Ms.Kingsbury Rev S. A., Nobleboro’, Me.Kelly Samuel R., New York city.Ko A-Bak, Hong Kong, China.Keely John, Haverhill, Ms.Keely Rev George, “Ketclium Rev Frederick, Philadelphia, Pa. Kennard Rev J. H., Philadelphia, Pa.Kennard Mrs B., Philadelphia, Pa.Knowles Levi, “Kelly William, New York city.Kelly Robert, “Kempton Rev George, Philadelphia, Pa. Kempton Mrs Sarah, “Loring Dea. James, Boston, Ms.Lamson Nathaniel, Shelburne Falls, Ms. Lyman Julia E., Hartford, Ct.Ladd Rev James,----- , N. Y.Lewis Rev Daniel D., Piscataway, N. Y. Levy Rev Edgar M., Philadelphia, Pa.Lawton George, Waltham. Ms Langley Joshua H., Providence, R. I.,Lathrop Rev Edward, New York city..Lincoln Heman, Boston, Ms.Land Rev Charles D., Lodi, N. Y.Lincoln Rev T. O., Mount Holley, N. J. Leonard Rev L. G., New London, Ct.Leach Rev Beriah N., Greenport, Ct.Lewis Rev Richard, Philadelphia, Pa.Loxley Rev B. R., “Lewis Elijah, Brooklyn, N Y.Lamson Ebenezer G., Shelburne Falls, Ms> Lindsay William, Fall River, Ms.Lovell L. O., Albany, N. Y.Levering Andrew, Philadelphia, Pa.Lynn Leonora, St. Louis, Mo.Lyon David, New York city.Ludlow John R., ‘-Larcombi Rev Thomas, Philadelphia, Pa.Munn Stephen B-, New York city.Mann Mrs Sarah P., “Munn William H., “Mitchell Mrs Catherine, “Martin R. W ., “Millbank Jeremiah. “Munroe John, Eibridge, N. Y.Martin Mrs Margaret, “McCoy Rev Isaac, Louisville, Ky.Macomber Ichabod, Jamaica Plain, Ms- Muzzy Rev Lawson, Deep River, Ct.Moore James, Sen , Milton, Pa.Mason J. M. E., Philadelphia, Pa.McIntosh Mrs Mary, “Montague Rev O .,----- .Metcalf Rev Whitman,----- .Miles Rev George I . , ----- .Macdonald Alexander, New York city.Mulford John, Philadelphia, Pa.Murphy John K., “Miller Charles T., “McLeod George, “Mason Rev Francis, Tavoy, Burmah. Macllvaine J. K., Philadelphia, Pa.Mingle P. B., “Macgowan D. J., M. D., Ningpo, China.Martin Rev Charles, Albion, N. Y.Maginnis John S., D. D ., Hamilton, N. Y.Neale Rev Rollin H., Boston. Ms.Nickerson Rev Jam es,----- , N. Y.Nice Rev George P., Philadelphia, Pa.Nelson Rev E., Middleboro,’ Ms.Newton Alice, New York city.Platt Nathan C., u Purser Thomas, “Peabody Francis Bolles, Amherst, N. H.Pettengill Rev Lemuel C .,----- , N. Y.Powers Rev Ingraham,----- , N. Y.Post Rev Reuben, Essex, Ct.Pierce Mrs Emily A., New York city.Platt Mrs Jane D , “Peck Rev Solomon, Boston, Ms.Peck Mrs Elizabeth R. H., “Pillsbury Rev P . , ----- , Me.Parkhurst Rev J. W ., West Dedham, Ms.

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232 Life Members o f the Union. [ J u l y ,

Peck George'B., Providence, R . I.Putnam R ev D aniel, C azenovia, N. Y .Peck R ev John M ., Rock Spring, HI.Parker R ev J. "W., Cambridge, Ms.Parker R ev Henry, Burlington, Vt.Parker Mrs M. A ., Cambridge, Ms.Phillips R ev D. W ., Medfield, Ms.Patch R ev George W ., Sharon, Ms.Parker Caleb, Jr., Roxbury, Ms.Pratt R ev D . D ., Nashua, N . H.Porter R ev Lem uel, L ow ell, Ms.Perkins R ev A ., Poughkeepsie, N- Y. •Park R ev F . S ., Clifton Park, N. Y.Patten R ev Alfred S ., Philadelphia, Pa. Parker Caleb, Roxbury, Ms.P ease R- M ., Albany, N. Y.Paulding Theophilus, Philadelphia, Pa.Purser Mrs Mary, N ew York city.P egg Roger, “Porter Benjamin, D anvers, Ms.Rhees R ev Morgan J ., W ilmington, Del. Raymond Mrs Mary Ann, Hartford, Ct.R ice Mrs Catherine, “Richardson Alfred, Portland, Me.Rhees Mary Ann, Philadelphia, Pa.Rodgers R ev John, Perth Amböy, N. J. Randall R ev S. B ., W oburn, Ms.Read James H ., Providence, R. I.Robinson R ev E zekiel G., Cambridge, Ms. Read George, Deep River, Ct.Ram say Perley A ., Boston, Ms.R ipley Mrs Abagail, “Reynolds Mrs Susan D ., “Robbins Charles, Providence, R. I.R ipley H. J ., D. D ., N ew ton, Ms.Robinson Gurdon, Lebanon, Ct.Richards R ev W m . C., N e w England Vi 11-, Ms Reid R ev W illiam , Bridgeport, Ct.Richards R ev John M., Philadelphia, Pa. R ussell Hubbard, A lbany, N . Y.Reed Jacob, Philadelphia, Pa.Robarts W . S . , ------.R ow an P ., Philadelphia, Pa.Shuck R ev J. L ew is, Canton, China.Sheldon R ev D . N ew ton, W aterville, M e. Smith R ev S. F ., N ew ton, Ms.Stevens R ev E . A ., Maulmain, Burmah.S haw Alpheus, Portland, Me.Skelding Arthur E , N ew York city.Stone Josiah, W atertown, Ms.Smith Mrs Julia L , Hartford, Ct.Simmons R ev J. P . , ------, N . Y.Sheldon R ev Clesson, Hamilton, N . Y .S haw R ev B. F . , ----- , Me.Stockbridge R ev John C , W aterville, Me. Shailer R ev W illiam H ., Brookline, Ms.Sears B am as, D . D ., N ew ton, Ms.Sears R ev Edward G., North Wrentham, Ms. Shailer R ev Nathan E ., Deep River, Ct. Shailer R ev Julius S ., R oxbuiy, Ms.Sharp D aniel, D . D ., Boston, Ms.Smith Benjamin, W ashington, N. H.Sheldon Gaylor, Albany, N . Y.Sheldon Sm ith, “S tow R ev Baron, Boston, Ms.Shepardson R ev D , Cincinnati, O.Shipley Sim on G., Boston, Ms.Stevens R ev John, Cincinnati, O.Sommers R ev Charles G., N ew York city. Stoddard Thomas P ., “Smith R ev W . W ., Jersey City, N . J.Skinner John P ., W indsor, Vt.Shadrach R ev W illiam , Philadelphia, Pa. Sailor John, “Sw aim Thom as, Pemberton, N. J.Shaw Thomas, Boston, Ms.Stow Mrs Elizabeth L ., Boston, Ms.Smith George W , Brainard Bridge, N . Y . Sarles John W esley , N ew York city.Smith Samuel, P iseataw ay, N. Y.Sands E zra , Philadelphia, Pa,

Solomon George,— .Stone D aniel, W orcester, Ms.Stow R ev Phineas, Boston, Ms.Thomas Thomas, N ew York city.Todd W illiam W ., “Todd Mrs Maria C., N ew York city.Turnbull R ev Robert, Hartford. Ct.Taylor Prof. Stephen W ., Hamilton, N. Y. Thomas’ Cornelius W ., N ew York city. Thomas Augustus, “T ingley Mrs Nancy B .. W est Cambridge, Ms. Thresher Mrs Elizabeth F ., Boston, Ms. Tustin R ev Josiah P ., W arren. R . 1.Train R ev Arthur S ., Haverhill, Ms.T ingley R ev Timothy C., Canton, Ms. Tow nsend James H ., N ew York city.Trevor Samuel Cincinnati, O.Taylor R ev .E . E . L ., Brooklyn, N . Y.Tucker R ev L evi, Buffalo. N . Y .Tustin Thomas, Philadelpnia, Pa.Tuxbury Isaac, Amesbury, Ms.Tustin John, Philadelphia, Pa.Tucker R ev Silas, R acine, W . T .Trevor John B ., Philadelpfda, Pa.Teasdale R ev Thomas C., Pittsburg, Pa. Tucker R ev Elisha, N ew York city.Upham Joshua, Salem , Ms.Vogell Rev H. C., Rom e, N . Y.Vinal Albert, Cambridge, Ms.Van Somerin George, Madras Presidency. Van Heusen Theodore, Albany, N. Y. Vanderlip George M., N ew York city.W ilson Francis N ., Cattskill, N. Y. W ithington Elijah, N ew York city.W atson Thomas, Philadelphia, Pa.W atson Mrs Mary, “W ilson R ev Adam, Portland, Me.W alden R ev J. H.. Cleveland, O.W hitman Mrs Em ily, Hartford, Ct.W hiting Samuel M., “W hite D aniel, Charlestown, Ms.W hite Roxanna, “W hite Samuel K., “W hite Daniel F ., “W hite Josiah J., uW illiam s R ev Benjamin S , ----- , N . Y .W ork R ev P er ley ,------, N . Y.W oodin Rev Peter, Oswearo, N. Y.W ood Ephraim, Camden, Me.W ayland Francis, D. D ., Providence, R. I. W ard Andrew, Salem, Ms.Winterton R ev W illiam , N ew York city. W alker Samuel, Roxbury, Ms.W elch R ev James E ., Burlington, N. J.W ard W alter, Philadelphia, Pa.W ooster Rev Henry, Deep Kiver, Ct.W inter R ev Thomas, Roxbury, Pa.W ashburn Henry S ., Boston, Ms.W ard Israel Jr., Salem , Ms.W ildman R ev Nathan, Lebanon, Ct.W ilson R ev W illiam V ., Key Port, N. J.W ade R ev Jonathan, T avoy, Burmah.W alton Joseph, Philadelphia, Pa.W ebb R ev G. S ., “W eaver R ev Charles S ., Vohmtown, Ct.W hite Sam uel, Staten Island, N. Y.W eckerly D aniel, Philadelphia, Pa.W right R ev Lyman, Fayettville, N. Y .W elch B . T ., D. D-, Albany, N . Y.W elch Mary A ., “W ilder J. N ., “W ilder D elia . “W ilkins R ev Stephen, “W illiam s W illiam R ., D- D ., N ew York city. W arne R ev Joseph A., Philadelphia, Pa. W ilson James, N ew York city.W heeler Nelson, W orcester, Ms.Yeomans Henry P ., Providence, R. I.Y oung Edw in, Philadelphia, Pa.Zebley John T ., W ilm ington, Del.

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The following tables exhibit the receipts o f the Convention from its organization to April 1, 1846, and as near as practicable the States, Countries, <J*e. from whence received. The receipts o f the year 1315 are included, as fa r as ascertained, in those o/'1816.

Year. Maine. N. Hamp. Vermont. Mass. R. Island. Conn. New York. N Jersey. Penn. Delaware. Maryland. Dis. Col. Virginia.

1814 1 ftl

8 52 50 63 117 20 119 89loiO1816 200 00 555 49 1,752 72 199 82 434 27 1.694 50 110 00 2,060 27 35 53 302 00 1,150 751817 175 0U 115 20 1,798 07 285 03 4SI 85 1.515 90 105 00 1,004 01 123 04 883 521518 140 00 360 01 676 51 2S 27 316 50 1,6:29 45 246 40 292 35 25 70 31 08 600 00 1,681 501819 277 33 265 00 427 00 1.510 03 69 00 156 34 1,756 ¿50 90 50 240 00 8 00 110 00 200 00 200 001820 22 52 105 00 307 33 1,528 19 36 59 711 59 2.613 97 49 00 797 50 199 67 100 00 1,040 701821 120 46 283 96 1,145 50 6 00 170 06 2,031 29 56 50 400 00 124 75 288 251822 150 00 262 61 490 00 3 72 26 57 1,517 62 50 00 100 001823 88 85 306 74 2,237 00 95 90 669 73 106 25 43 001521 371 20 881 63 104 91 2,990 19 181 00 816 32 60 00 83 00 587 02 1,293 111825 60S 20 77 30 484 58 1,039 56 896 43 78 84 82 34 60 00 402 651826 767 09 211 36 754 75 4.513 68 209 30 903 12 166 00 200 00 7 00 30 00 170 001827 2,196 78 51 50 451 00 1.9.3s 02 22 80 175 00 2.356 87 146 00 868 00 17 50 25 301828 1,801 68 273 20 163 38 2.518 18 602 03 1.215 76 1,951 75 61 00 7 00 6 00 242 501829 1,110 63 188 21 315 00 2.368 85 300 00 250 00 2.357 61 73 "00 361 00 47 51 367 431830 1,101 63 420 80 493 41 3,1)13 07 92 27 10,965 01 264 87 938 25 36 50 144 56 593 251831 775 22 248 14 162 32 4,077 69 318 50 1,274 82 2,780 03 95 01 571 46 5 00 42 00 1,205 071832 1.04.5 27 16 78 963 17 5,367 28 416 00 1,011 37 3,912 02 152 00 500 50 102 00 220 001833 1,161 88 324 31 1,765 41 4,518 58 627 76 579 50 9,312 74 350 97 973 39 332 75 2,228 471834 1,548 15 650 30 507 15 4,163 35 512 57 546 15 4.837 88 ; 326 76 753 56 30 00 814 12183-5 1,522 92 14 75 599 41 5,^54 90 563 00 1,996 03 9.601 67 235 40 1,262 81 2 89 217 5L 1,860 701836 1,592 16 508 50 315 12 3,509 99 1,012 25 63 10 8,989 81 315 00 1,780 10 33 72 184 00 4,252 951&37 2,775 45 407 11 233 50 0.829 63 530 77 200 28 0,206 39 567 50 1,780 67 110 00 5 00 3,301 871838 1,142 89 534 00 186 50 4,890 45 606 25 1.680 46 10,315 24 377 12 1,673 25 486 00 269 00 1,4-50 271839 2.005 61 867 75 514 12 11.685 69 1,972 75 2,458 01 11,453 84 624 34 2,438 57 558 25 370 09 4,729 501810 3,178 53 863 29 1,342 81 9.357 28 929 27 2,363 61 14.681 11 2,627 71 1,815 72 39 53 500 00 106 00 5,723 051S41 1,466 81 869 03 818 26 8,414 78 1,152 67 2,569 83 16,566 02 1,032 72 2,927 46 149 00 1,735 00 875 00 3,254 421842 1,553 43 454 10 5)1 26 10,865 85 2,722 10 3,008 10 13,759 32 1,922 54 3,337 30 37 00 176 21 100 00 3,611 841843 1,303 00 461 18 754 00 10.596 74 2,423 36 3,431 59 11,626 23 1,235 36 1,918 40 15 00 619 02 151 06 3,255 431841 3,420 44 1,108 01 1,068 95 13.977 24 3,446 39 3.684 42 13,239 52 1,561 97 2,976 20 157 35 1.406 57 441 62 4.650 271S45 3.368 27 1,085 66 2,013 80 17,413 26 4,351 84 2,797 15 12,690 68 1,474 62 8,522 21 262 81 1,034 00 940 24 3,758 881816 6,440 14 2,060 88 2,341 84 28,122 00 8,580 10 5,324 11 29,679 38 1,715 74 6,482 07 300^00 295 00 50 00 465 00

42,566 OS 12,653 50 20,169 91 178,318 72 31,988 14 37,255 58 217,594 48 16,405 15 47,824 01 1,128 44 8,089 33 6,096 09 53,340 69

1846.] Annual

Receipts of

the General

Convention.

Year. N. Carolina. S. Carolina. Georgia. Alabama Mississip. Florida. Louisiana. Arkansas. Tennessee Kentucky. Ohio. Indiana. Illinois.

1814 59 28 702 37 181 37181f.1816 21 31 1,632 14 175 95 76 56 1,417 49 406 421817 1.5>2 09 1,117 39 1,564 11 247 12 170 59 35 60 535 85 191 50 26 001818 312 29 891 19 1,595 44 375 00 320 94 262 17 166 65 41 431819 55 00 1,7-15 06 710 00 " 50 00 50 00 30 00 20 00 10 001S20 153 00 523 00 1,092 00 91 50 1,069 50 541 501821 835 00 1,025 81 100 00 100 00 75 00 4 601823 404 00 150 001823 495 00 415 001824 222 60 172 29 600 00 66 00 516 001825 101 00 413 50 209 25 4 001826 50 00 510 00 140 00 33 50 330 00 327 001827 70 00 7 13 12 001828 27 50 1.269 52 270 00 -

1829 22 63 502 07 292 43 30 56 100 00 50 001830 43 00 490 06 716 00 15 001831 15 00 908 19 1,308 45 180 00 10 501832 170 00 687 04 337 50 169 00 20 00 154 22 5 001833 463 12 1,6S6 89 1.347 13 221 42 20 00 21 00 421 42 10 001834 350 00 I.36S 00 3,263 77 129 00 22 IS 308 50 914 48 21'001835 433 69 2.453 10 1,548 29 167 00 206 00 699 81 108 25 317 391836 302 00 4,613 47 8,728 85 471 00 100 00 68 19 285 00 907 37 193 64 259 001837 447 21 3,714 34 8,549 74 2,974 49 498 28 50 00 507 50 1,213 76 475 00 687 521838 45 75 2,398 97 5,017 45 '924 59 121 00 285 70. 1,058 80 427 50 268 751839 331 00 3,399 89 3,478 42 979 75 215 99 661 45 1,310 80 333 95 456 371840 295 86 3,451 93 7,094 38 364 01 5 50 60 00 663 93 607 05 10 00 214 221841 104 00 1,766 69 4.043 19 1,345 79 30 00 21 00 250 21 1,043 65 1,173 45 325 32 359 271S42 300 00 1,275 04 3,492 09 877 07 355 03 94 00 117 50 21 00 258 81 848 65 165 39 405 931843 125 82 1.174 91 2,927 19 941 00 110 49 50 00 30 00 25 175 73 904 50 886 58 . 135 85 184 371844 268 61 2,550 09 3,305 42 250 62 469 27 50 00 2 50 1,327 90 1,308 52 136 S3 536 141845 445 00 654 19 3,691 40 388 27 363 23 4 00 4 40 105 90 723 06 3,436 92 232 95 1,043 431846 754 96 44 00 1,016 75 102 37 10 00 279 69 3,355 -96 326 50 863 51

6,816 76 44,620 29 67,311 70 11,450 32 2,402 29 198 00 986 27 4 65 1,753 62 11,707 76 20,063 36 2,957 21 5,661 90

Year. Missouri. Michigan. Wise. Ter. Iowa Ter. Indian Ter. Canada. N. Scotia. N. Bruns. England. Scotland. States not designated. Total.1814 1,239 26181518161817 11 62 12,236 84181818191820 1821 18221823182418251826

247 8511,986 57 10,240 73

96 75 8,076 5150 69 42 1,253 73

937 9812,296 21 7,758 16

400 75 3,615 27486 82 4,944 29173 36 9,127 63728 50 5,186 20176 70 9,499 501827

1828 50 008 10 897 35

143 509,246 35

10,639 001829 20 00 37 90 21 00 342 68 9,158 60183050 00

30 44 23 16 1,220 72 21,622 001831 25 34 59 00 854 26 15,266 001832 10 00 10 00 44 80 31 50 100 00 1,110 55 16,556 001833 86 00 3 00 508 28 60 85 144 00 401 43 27,600 301834 2 25 023 50 10 00 1,908 53 23,941 20183520 00

7 75 325 00 37 35 711 35 30,747 001836251 00

29 73 225 00 19 62 25 00 1,652 46 40,547 061837 83 88 45 00 60 00 778 54 282 57 45,567 001838 21 06 33 25 100 00 100 00 162 90 34,583 2118391840 7 00

42 63 72 00

1 00

9 00 15 50

115 58 110 46

12 00 67 00

263 05 1,194 19

51,269 30 57,781 001841 147 56 3 00 1 50 47 20 74 25 52,598 681842

58 00160 00 11 67 19 00 50 00 142 47 23 50 50,706 20

45.883 041843 123 817 25

7 50 21 70 213 72 21 251844 105 11 167 25 5 11 17 37 6 00 346 35 62,062 29

71,876 20 100,150 02

1845 327 08 592 23 47. 66 30 49 5 57 27 00 10 001846 174 23 1,202 97 46 14 37 52 53 50 4 66 21 00

1,069 98 2,704 83 102 05 93 79 34 50 293 48 2,265 55 620 90, 783 20 625 19 16,070 08 874,027 92

Annual Receipts

of the

General Convention.

[J u

lt, 1846.]

Annual Receipts

of the

General Convention.

235

236 Missionaries and Assistant Missionaries. [JULÏ,

M i s s i o n a r i e s a n d A s s i s t a n t M i s s i o n a r i e s o f t h e G e n e r a l C o n v e n t i o n ,

From M ay 25, 1S14, to M ay 21, 1846.

T h e following tables give the names of missionaries and assistant missionaries, appointed by the General Convention from its organization in 1S14, to its re-organization as The American Baptist Missionary Union, in 1846; the times and places of their birth, so far as ascertained ; the dates of their appointm ent; the fields in which they last labored, or are now em ployed; and the dates of the dissolution of connection, by death or otherwise, of those who have ceased from missionary labors. W here the time and place of nativity are not given, for want o f authentic information, the place of residence at the time of appoint­m ent is generally substituted. Names of assistant missionaries temporarily employed by missions or missionaries, and not formally re-appointed by the Board, are necessarily omit­ted ; also the names of native preachers and assistants, with one or two exceptions. An asterisk is affixed to the names o f those whose connection with the Convention was closed by death. In several instances, indicated by t , missionaries under appointment did not enter into missionary service.

The tables are constructed, for the most part, from authentic manuscripts, but in some cases the returns are not complete. In a few cases, particularly as connected with the do­mestic department, resort necessarily has been had to secondary sources.

Name. Birth. Appointment. E nd o f Service.

Btjb.i i& E mpire.

Adoniram Judson, Aug. 9,1788, Malden, Ms. May 25, 1814♦Ann Hasseltine J. Dec. 22, 1789, Bradford, Ms. Oct. 24, 1926*Sarah Hall Boardman J. Nov. 4r 1803, Alstead, N. H. Julv 4, 1825 Sept. 1,1845Lutlier Rice, 1783, Northboro’, Mb. May 25,1814 1S26 (0)George H. Hough, Concord, N. H. April 11,1815 Dec. “Pliebe Mann H. Orford, “ (( u it ttMrs. Charlotte H. W hite, Pennsylvania, June 34, “ 1816♦James Colman, Feb. 19,1794, Boston, Ms. May 10,1817 July 4, 1822Elizabeth Hubbard C. u 11* Edward W . W heelock, July 17,1796, Boston, Ms.

April 3, 179S, “ “ N ew Jersey,

U It tt Aug. 20,1819E liza H. Newm an W . “ 1820^Jonathan D. Price, M. D. 1818 Feb. 1828■ Airs. Price, tt May 2,1822Jonathan W ade, Dec. 10,1798, Otsego, N. Y. May, 1823D . B. Lapham W . Jan. 10, 1801, Nelson, N. Y. It ti♦George D . Boardman, Feb. 1,1801, Livermore, Me. it ii Feb. 11,1831Cephas Bennett, March 20, 1804, Homer, N. Y. Nov. 12, 1828Stella Kneeland B. Jan. 13, 180S, Marcellus, N. Y. U tl itFrancis Mason, Yorkshire, Eng. Dec. 7 , 1S29Helen M. Griggs M. Brookline, M3. “ 14, “Eugenio Kincaid, Mt. Zion, Penn. Feb. 1, 1S30♦Almy K. u u u .1 U Ii Dee. 19,1831Barbara McBain K. Madras Presidency, 1833•f Victor S. Blair, Boston, Ms. March 4, 1830Thomas Simons, July 15,1801, W ales,

Oct. 28, 1811, Brookfield, Ms.“ 7, 1S31

♦Caroline J. Harrington S. 1832 May 1, 1843Abner Webb, W atertown, N. Y. July 11,1831 April, 1838Catharine S. W atson W . Charlestown, Ms.

Cambridge, Ms.“ 26, 1832

Royal B. Hancock, ♦Abigail S. Thayer H.

Nov. 7, 1831 Nov. 1, 1841it it il u « July 3, “♦Sarah Cummings, 1794, North Yarmouth, Me. June 11,1832 Aug. a, 1S34Justus H. Vinton, Calista Holman V.

1806, W illington, Conn. Sept. 10, “1809, Union, Ct. it

Hosea Howard, 1802, W est Springfield, Ms. Onondaga Co., N . Y.

u ic itTheresa Patten H. ii♦Grover S. Comstock, March 24, 1829, U lysses, N. Y . tt J7j » April 2 5 ,1S44*Sarah D avis C. Sept. 24, 1812, Brookline, Ms. Feb. 4, 1833 “ 28,1843Sew all M. Osgood, March 2,1807, Henderson, N . Y. March 17, 1834♦Elhira Brown 0 . Verona, N. Y. it it t: Oct. 5,1837S. M. W illsey Thomas 0 . Dec. 6,1814, Fairfield, N. Y. Aug. 22,1836

(a) Died at Edgefield District, S. C., Sept. 25,1838.

1846.] Missionaries and Assistant Missionaries. 237

Name. Birth. Appointment. End of Service.

♦Eleanor Macomber, James M. H asw ell,Jane M. Mason H.Elisha L . Abbott,♦A. P. Gardner A.Lovel Ingalls,♦Maria D aw es I.*Levi Hall,•Catharine B . Morse H. Edward A. Stevens, Elizabeth L. Haven S. Lyman Stilson,Lucretia Brownson S. Durlin L. Brayton,Mary H. Fuller B.*fjesse R. Hampton, tSusan Jenckes W inslow , Miranda Vinton, t*A sa Bennett,Edmund B. Cross,Julia Ann Putnam C. Joseph G. Binney,Juliett Pattison B.Edwin B . Bullard,Ellen Huntley B.Thomas S. Ranney,Mrs. Ranney,Julia A. Lathrop,Norman Harris,O. C. W adsworth H.John S. Beecher,Martha Foote B.Lydia Lillybridge,

S i a m .

John T. Jones,♦E liza Grew J.*J. Leavitt J. tJohn B. Cook, tSusan L. Huntington C. ♦Alanson Reed,Jane G. Everts R.Robert D. Davenport, Frances G. Roper D. Josiah Goddard,E liza Ann Abbott G. ♦Coroden H. Slafter, Maria Maine S.John H. Chandler,Helen Mar Crossman C. Erasmus N. Jencks, Caroline Baldwin J.

C h i n a .

W illiam D ean,♦Matilda Coraan D.*T. A. Barker D.J. L ew is Shuck, ^Henrietta Hall S.Daniel J. M acgowan,M. A. Osborne M. Issachar J. Roberts, "Warnes R. Boise,Thomas T. Devan,Lydia Hale D.Edward C. Lord,John Johnson,

A s s a m .

Oliver T . Cutler,Harriet B. L ow C.Nathan Brown,E liza W . Ballard B.Miles Bronson,Ruth M. Lucas B.♦Jacob Thomas, tSam uel W . Field,

Feb. 22, 1801, Lake Pleasant, N. Y. Feb. 4, 1810, Bennington, Vt.Feb. 28, 1815, Cheshire, Ms.Oct. 23,1809, Cazenovia, N. Y.July, 1S09, Duchess Co., N. Y.Aug. 21, 1808, Worcester, N. Y. Sept. 22,1814, Cummington, Ms. 1SU5, Stafford, Ct.Southbridge, Ms.Jan. 23,1814, Liberty Co., Ga.Nov. 12, 1S16, Boston, Ms.1805, Meredith, N. Y.Franklin, N. Y.Oct. ¿7, 1808, Hubbardton, Vt.Aug. 17, 1S08, Roxbury, Ct.March 20, 1804, Huntington Co., Pa. Marshpee, Ms.April 10,1819, W illington, Ct. Homer, N. Y.June 11,1814, Georgetown, N. Y. April 22, 1819, Bethel, Vt.Dec. 1, 1807, Boston, Ms.Oct. 1, 1808, W esthaven, Vt.Sept. 12, 1S13, Shrewsbury, Vt.Jan. 1 2 ,1S17, Brattleboro’, Vt. Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

Jan. 22,1818, Amenia, N. Y.Feb. 19, 1813, Beckct, Ms.July 6, 1814, “ “Feb. 19, 3820, Hinesburg, Vt.Oct. 14, 3S20, Smyrna, N. Y.May 31, 1S17, Turin, N. Y.

July 16,1802, N ew Ipswich, N. H. March 30, 1803, Providence, R. I. Sept. 24,1815, Meredith V il., N. H.

Hartford, Ct.1807, Chesterfield, Ms.Granville, N. Y.March 25, 3809, W illiamsburg, Va. March 5, 1819, Richmond, Va.Oct. 27,1813, W endell, Ms.Jan. 3, 1817, Holden, Ms.1811, Norwich, Vt.Oxford, N. Y.M archai, 1813, Pomfret, Ct.Aug. 27, 1820, Deerfield, N. Y.Dec. 24, 1821, Springfield, Ms.N ew Milford, Ct.

Jane 21,1807, Morrisville, N. Y . ■u ci

March 29,1819, Thetford, Eng. Sept. 4, 1S12, Alexandria, D. C. Oct. 2 8 ,1S17, Kilmarnock, Va. April 5,1815, Attleboro1, Ms. London, Eng.Feb. 17,1802, Sumner Co., Tenn. Danville, Ms.July 30, 1809, N ew York,May 27,1818, Boston, Ms.Preston Hollow, N. Y .1819, Calais, Me.

March 19,1811. Lexington, Ms. Jan. 4,1811, Milton, Ms.June 22, 1807, N ew Ipswich, N. H. April 12, 1807, Charlemont, Ms. July 20,1812, Norway, N. Y.Aug. 3,1813, Madison, N . Y. Eibridge, N. Y.1S14, North Yarmouth, Me.

Nov. 3,1834 Aug. 3, 1835 " 23, “

3, “ March 17,1834 Aug. 3,1835

June 6,1836

27, “Oct. 5,1837

3, 1830uJune 1 2 ,1S37 Oct. 2, u i\lay 15, “ Dec. 3, 1838 June 7, 1841 Sept. 6, “ Nov. 28, 1S12 Aug. 27, 1843 Feb. 27, “u u uMarch 27, “

Aug. 28, “ Oct. 28, 1844il « ilMarch 30, 1816 April 22, “

1 27, “

Aug. 3, 1829 July 14, 1830 Dec. 7, 1840 June 3,1833 May 6, “ Aug. 3, 1835 iiSept. 8,1845ii it uMarch 5,1838 Sept. 16, “ Aug. 6, “

D ec. 7 ,1840 Jan. 21, 1841 Oct. 13,1845 Feb. 5, 1846

Sept. 17,1832 April, 1834 March 27, 1836 May 4,1835 Sept. 8, “May 4,1841

1845Sept. 6, 1841 July 31, 1843 March 11,1844

I t 11 (I

Feb. 23,1846

April 18,1831

Oct. 30,1831 u n tiApril 29,1836 Sept. 7, “ April 29, “ April 1,1839

April 1 6 ,1S40

Jan. 27, 1845

Nov. 9, 1845 Sept. 12, 1837 July 9, “

A p r il 8 ,1 8 3 8

Dec. 1, 1845

March 28, 1833 “ 21, 1846

April 7; 1S34

Aug. 29, 1837 Dec. 3, 1840 D ec. 1, 1845

April 7,1841 June 10,1844

March 5,3835 29,1843

April 1,1846 Nov. 2 7 ,1S44

Jan. 1,1846

July 7,1837 May 4,1840

238 Missionaries and Assistant Missionaries. [J u l y ,

Name,

Cyrus Barker,Jane W eston B. *Rhoda M. Bronson,

T e l o o g o o s .

Samuel S. D ay, Roennu Clark D. Stephen Van Husen, Joanna Brow n V.

W e s t A f r i c a .

Collin Teage,*Lott Carey,* Colston W . W aring, *Calvin Holton, ♦Benjamin R. Skinner, *JYIrs. Skinner, W illiam Mylne, ’"Elizabeth M. *W illiam G. Crocker, *Rizpalt W arren C.M. B . Chadboum C. Ivory Clarke,Lois G. C.♦Joseph Fielding, ♦Maria P. Madeira F . Alfred A. Constantine, Mary Fales C.

F r a n c e .

►Casimir Rostan,Isaac M. Willmarth, Harriet Willard W .D. N ew ton Sheldon, Rachel H. R ipley S. Erastus W illard, (a) •Sarah Clark W . Caroline Morse W .

G e r m a n y , & c .

John G. Oncken, (6)

G r e e c e .

Horace T . Love,C. G. W aterman L.Cephas Pasco,H. Sullivan P. tW illiam Crowell, Harriet E . Dickson, Rufus F . Buel,Mary J. Raymond B.S. Em ily W aldo,Albert N. Arnold,Sarah Allin A.

H a t t i .

W illiam C. Munroe,

P u t a w at o m i e s .

Isaac McCoy,Mrs. McCoy,Henry George,Samuel Hill,Peter Clyde,Giles Jackson,John Sears,Johnston Lykins,Mrs. McCoy L. Benjamin Sears,

Birth.

March 27, IS07, Portsmouth, R. I. July 12, 1817, Shropshire, Eng. Norway, N . Y.

1803, Leeds Co., U. C.W ashington, N. H.D ec. 5, 1812, Catskill, N . Y .March 10,1811, Mendon(Lima), N .Y .

Richmond, Va.1780, “Petersburg, Va.Beverly, Ms.Killing worth, Ct.U UScotland,Virginia,Feb. 10, 1805, Newburyport, Ms. Boston, Ms.Nov. 5, 1817, Portland, Me.1807, Lebanon, Me.North Berw ick, Me.July 6, 1814, Nottingham, Eng. July 10, 1805, Passvunk, Penn. May 5, 1812, Ashburnham, M s. Sept. 2 1 ,18U7, Spencer, Ms.

A ug. 7 ,1774, France,Oct. 27, 1804, Deerfield, N. Y. March 13, 1807, Rockingham, Vt. 1807, Suffield, Ct.D ec. 1810, Boston, M s.July 4, 1800, Lancaster, Ms. N ov. 12, 1800, Rockingham, Vt. M achias, Me.

Hamburg,

1809, W ashington Co., N . Y. Coventry, R . I,May 4, 1804, Staflord, Ct.Nov. 25,1808, Boston, Ms.Sept. 22, 1806, Middlefield, Ms. Scotland,Nov. 5, 1S12, Plymouth, N. Y .May 19, 1814, N ew Road, N. Y .Nov. 30,1319, Charlestown, Ms.Feb. 12,1814, Cranston, R. I.June 13,1819, W est Greenwich, R . I.

Portland, Me.

Indiana,itOhio,Pennsylvania,

Ohio,N ew York,Ohio,June 16,1800, Indiana, Meredith, N . Y.

Appointment.

July 22, 1839 Aug. 11,1839

Aug. 3, 1835a“ 23,1838

Sept. 4,1839

May 1, 1S19ct u 6,1820

Jan. 24, 1826 Jan. 11, 1S30

D ec. 15,1834 1835 1834

Dec. 3, 1838 Dec. 27, 1843 April 3, 1337

May 11,1840 July 23, “ May 11, “ July 2, “

Oct. 3,1831 Sept. 2, 1833 April S, 1834 July 6,1835

Aug. 3, “ a a aMay 1,1846

April 6 , 1S35

April 4 , 1S30 Oct. “ Aug. 29, “ Oct. “ July 2, 1838

1,1839 Nov. 2, 1840 D ec. 7, “ Jan. 30, 1843 June 26, “

March 13,1335

Sept. 5,1817

June 2, ISIS July 25,1820 Aug. 1, 1821 Jan. 7, 1822

17, “ Sept. 2, “

1828 N ov. 1322

E nd o f Service.

D ee. 8,1840

1822-3 Nov. 10,1823 Aug. 13, 1S34 July 23, 1826 March 1,1831 Jan. 14, “ July 1,1839 Sept. 16, 1S35 Feb. 26, 1844 Aug. 28, 1840

Jan. 16, 1841 3,

Aug. 29, 1312

D ec. 5,1834 " 4, 1KJ7

Nov. 1B39

Oct. 9,1844

Dec. 22,1815»1 C< «

Oct. 14,1839ti u (iAug. 5, 1839

N ov. 0, 1837

1830aSept. 2,1813 June, 1S21 April 15,1822 A ug. “ Feb. 2,1823 April 19,1843

it aN ov. 3, 1S22

(a) 10 native preachers and assistants in 1845 —6.(ft) 17 other native preacherg and assistants in 1845—6.

1846.] Missionaries and Assistant Missionaries. 239

Name. Birth. Appointment. End o f Service.

■(•Peter Thurston, Ohio, March 14,1823W illiam Polke, Indiana, Feb, 9,1824 1S25Robert Sim erwell, Blockley, Pa. April 30, 1825 April 8, 1S14F. Goodrich S. Lexington, Ky. Feb. 9, 1824 i t u itJoseph Bay,Amanda W . Stannard,

Michigan, May 27,1828 Oct. 5, 1629Dorset, Yt. J a n .11, 1830 Feb. 7, 1831

*t George Kalloch, Chester, N. H. May 26, 1531t Rebecca B . K. It 11 it u uD aniel French, Piqua, O. Feb. 6,1832 1834tD . W . Elmore, Sand Lake, N. Y. March 4, 3833

S h a w a n o e s , & c.

Jotham Meeker, Nov. 8,1804, Hamilton Co., O. Aug. 8, 1S27E. D- Richardson M. Jan. 5, 1810, “ “ “ Sept. 2 8 ,1S30Alexander Evans, Indiana, April 16, 3832 March 17,1834Robert Edmonds, Lancaster Co., Va. Nov. 2, 1S35 Feb. 1,1836John G. Pratt, Sept. 19,1814. Hingham, Ms. June 6, 1S36Olivia Evans P. Aug. 6 , 1S14, S. Reading, Ms. March 17, 1337Sylvia Case, Ind. Ter. April 3, 1837Ira D. Blanchard, Sept. 30, 180S, Austinburg, O. tt 11 uMary W alton B. Aug. 19,1807, S. Reading, Ms. tt tc 11Francis Barker, Massachusetts, “ 1 5 ,1S39E . F. Churchill B. Kingston, Ms. « ! uAbigail W ebster, Low ell, Ms. Oct. 5, 1840

April 10, 18431843

Jane Kelly (Jones), Aug. 27, J811, N. Yarmouth, Me.

O t t a w a s , in Michigan.

Leonard Slater, Worcester, Ms. June 1,1826Mary A. Slater, “ “ ii it u

Susan Thompson, A ug. 7, 3628 1831Mary Bond, Sarah D ay,

Boston, Ms. 1835 Nov. 1836Saratoga Springs, N . Y . July 13, »

O j i b w a s .

Abel Bingham, May 9, 1786, Enfield, N. H. July 15, 1S2SHannah Brown B. May 26, 1794, Peru, N. Y . ii t . it

Mary Rice, Boston, Ms. Aug. 9, 3830 July 16,1839Edward Tanner, Michigan, July 2, 3S32 1833J. D. Cameron, Oct. 9, 1806, Canada, D e c . 3, “Cynthia Brown, Michigan, Jan. 7,3833 tt

Mary Leach, N ew York, April 1, 1839 June, 1840H. Hildreth Morse, Oct. 3, 1813, Haverhill, Ms. Aug. 29, 1842 April, 1S45

O t o e s .

♦Moses Merrill, 1S04, Sedgwick, Me. June 1 1 ,1S32 Feb. 6, 1S40Eliza W . M. Albany, N. Y. tt tt a Aug. 24, “Ambler Edson, May 31,1811, Brandon, Vt.

March 13,1809, Hardwick, Ms.Oct. 23, 1840 « 1842

T. P. Bruce E. ii tt ii tt tt

Om ahas.

Chandler Curtiss, Middletown, Ct. Aug. 10,1835 1839M. A. Colburn C. Boston, Ms. 1S34 “

Chekokees.

Humphrey Posey, North Carolina, Oct. 13, 1817 1824Thomas D aw son, England, Jan. 25, 1S20 Feb. 3825Thomas Roberts, Great Valley, Pa. July 24, 1821 April, 1824Elizabeth R. u u 11 K (1 i i n

Isaac Cleaver, ( ( tt <1 <f (t 1S25Rachel C. a tt 11 it tt “

Anne Cleaver, (C (1 (t 11 11 «

Evan Jones, AVales, U i t <(

♦Elizabeth J. Great Valley, Pa. U i i ii Feb. 5, 1S33M rs.------Cunningham J.Elizabeth Jones, 2d,

Kentucky,Great Valley, Pa. « ti <<

John Farrier, tt >i Sept. 5, “ April, 1824*Duncan O’Bryaut, 1S23— 4 1S34Mrs. O’Bryant, 11 1C 1S35Leonard Butterfield, Roxbury, Ms. June 4,1832 N ov. 3, 1834M rs.------------Lamson B. (L Oct. “ i t h i i

Sarah Rayner, ♦Samuel Aldrich,-

Boston, Ms. u it Dec. 26, 1836N ew York, Sept. 8,1834 N ov. 22, 1835

Columbus F. Sturgis, Georgia, D ec. 15, “ Oct. 5, “

Elizabeth S. Morse, Aug. 27,1816, Concord, Vt. Sept. 26, 1842

240 Missionaries and Assistant Missionaries. [July,

Name. Birth. Appointment. End of Service.

Sarah H. Hibbard, Thomas Frye,W illard P. Upham,E . O. N ew hall U. Hervey Upham,R. E . Warren U.

C h e e k s .

Francis Flournoy,L ee Compere,Mrs. Compere,Littleton M eeks,Peter Doty,D avid L ew is,♦Mrs. L ew is,♦David B. Rollin,Mrs. Rollin,Charles R. Kellam, ♦Elizabeth Pearson K. Lucy H. Taylor,James O. Mason,Mrs. Mason,Elizabeth Boynton,Eber Tucker,

C h o c t a w s .

Starke Dupuy,Thomas Henderson, Charles E . W ilson, R am say D . Potts,L. A. Purchase P.Joseph Smedley,*Mrs. SmeUley,

D o m e s t i c M i s s i o n s . James A. Ranaldson, John M . Peek,James E . W elch,Sam uel Eastman,John Kerr,Petpr Chase,Adiel Sherwood,W illiam B . Johnson, John Purify,George Evans,D avid Jones,Jeremiah Burns,E lisha Andrews,J. C. Harrison,Nathan H am ed,Josiah Cradup,

Guilford, N. H.Sept. 13, 1SI3, Vinalhaven, Me. Oct. 15, 1818, Salem, Ms.Jan. 22,1820, Saugus, M s.Dec. 10,1820, Salem, Ms.June 24,1322, Lynnfield, Ms.

Georgia,S. Carolina,

Georgia,Alabama,W ales,

Monroe Co., N. Y .

1809, Irasburgh, Vt. Haverhill, Ms. W aterville, N . Y . 1814, Granville, N. Y . n ttHaverhill, Ms. Canaan., N . Y.

Kentucky,

Philadelphia, Pa. Virginia, M assachusetts, Pennsylvania,

Louisiana,1789, Litchfield, Ct.Feb. 28, 1789, Fayette Co., Ky. N ew York,Virginia,Vermont,Georgia,S. Carolina,W ake Co., N . Carolina,Sept. 26,1784, S. Reading, Ms. N ew Jersey,Alabama,Massachusetts,Virginia,Virginia,W ake Co., N . Carolina,

Oct. 4, 1335II 16 i t

April 10,1S43 June 2, “ April 10j “ June 2, “

May 6, 1820 1322

May 9, 1825 1823

May 14,1832

Sept. 8, 1334a tt ( (

April 29,1836 Sept. “ Oct. “ A ug. 6, 1838tt tt uOct. 1, “ Nov. 1 3 ,1S43

Oct. 21,1819Dec. 5, 1825 May 14,1832

' 3 0 ,JS42 June 1, 1826

1S34

May 16,3817 - 17) tt tt tt

July 10, ISIS March 5, 1821 April 26, “

27, “

May 7, “ June 11, “tt tt aA ug. 1 , 1S21 tt ti ttApril 27,1822

A pril 13,1846

1821 1829

1325 Aug. 29, 1826

1S36 1833

May 12,1839u tt tt

Nov. 14, “ Feb. 2,1833 D ec. 31, “ May 4 , 1S40

tt tt itA ug. 5,1839 April 7 , 1S45

1S19 1826 1S34

D ec. 10, 1844] tt tt

1835 July, “

1818 May 6, 1820

D ec. 6, 1S19 182 L

Jan. 1, 1822 Nov. 1821

1822

T he whole number of missionaries and assistants, appointed by the Convention, according to the preceding tables, is 273. Of these, 257 were appointed to Foreign Missions, and 16 to Domestic. Domestic Missions were discontinued in 1826.

Of the 257 appointed to foreign service, 66 were from Massachusetts, 54 from New York, 19 from Pennsylvania, 14 from Vermont, 13 from Connecticut, 12 from Maine, 11 from New Hampshire, 9 from Virginia, 8 from Ohio, 5 from Rhode Island, 5 from Indiana, 4 from Geor­gia, 4 from Kentucky, 3 from Michigan, 2 from New Jersey, 2 from South Carolina, 1 from North Carolina, 1 from District of Columbia, 1 from Tennessee, 1 from Alabama, 1 from Ind. Ter., 16 from foreign countries, and 5 from parts unknown.

1846.1 Donations.

donationsRECEIVED IN MAY, 1846.

Maine.Sedgwick, Rev. D. Nutter, for a

new missionary to Siam, 25,00 Sidney, ch., G. Pullen ir., 3,00Belfast' ch. 7,38Saco River Assoc., viz.—W ater­

loo, 1st ch., Henry Gile 5,00 ; Archibald Smith 2,00; ffra . Johnson 1,00; Simon Allen1,00 ; Samuel Roberts 50c. 3 do., 2d ch. 6,30, 15,80

Waterville, 2d ch., mon. con., 14,00 Eastport, ch., for Rev. Kendall

Brooks’s life membership, 100,00 East Harrington, ch. 6,25Baring, ch. 25,00 ; Calais, 1st ch.

21,00; Calais Village, ch. 54,00; for Rev. H. V. Dexter’s life membership, 100,00

Bowdoinham Assoc., viz.—Topsham, church and cong. 75,40; do., D.Scribner, for a new mis­sionary to Siam, 25,00; for Rev. J. Gillpatrick’s life membership, 100,40

do., Bowdoinham, ch. and cong., 34,20; Hallowell,1st ch. and cong., for a missionary to Siam,25,00; Leeds, Rev. S.Boothby 2,00; Matta- wamkeag, C. Haynes 1,25, 62,45

Cumberland Assoc., viz.—Brunswick, 1st church,Capt. Stanwood 25,00;Rev. William Johnson 4,00; Chebaque,ch. and cong. 3,00; Harpswell,J. Curtis 3,00, Brew­ster, Mrs. Elder 1,00, 36,00

Hancock Assoc., viz.—Franklin, Rev. J. P Roberts 1,00; D. W est 50c.; S. Bragdon 1,00 ;Blue Hill, Mr. Chase 3,00; S. Johnson 50c., 6,00

Damariscotta Assoc., viz.—New Castle and Al- ney, ch. and cong., for Rev. Wm. Day’s life membership, 100,00 ;Woolwich, church and cong. 13,40; Noble- boro’, 1st ch. 3,00 ; do.,3d do. 2,81; Whitefield,2d ch. and cong. 16,83, 136,04

per Rev. J. Wilson,agent, ---------340,89

Wiscasset, John Sylvester, 3,00• 615,32

New Hampshire. Washington, Benjamin Smith,

100,00 of which is for his life membership, 400,00

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Dover, ch. and cong. 41,00Hinsdale, Mrs. Lydia Packer,

of which 10,00 is for Barman bible, and 2,00 for support of Rev. N. Brown, 12,00

State Convention, ch. in Nashua, for Rev. D. D. Pratt’s life membership, 100,00

New London, ch. and cong., for Rev. Mark Carpenter’s life membership, 100,00

Southampton, ch., For. Miss.Soc., 14,00

• 667,00

Vermont.Fairfax, 1st ch. 9,00; (Mrs. Mary

Howe, a gold ring,) 9,00Windsor, ch., mon. con., 13,75;

do., do., 100,00; for John H. Cotton’s life membership, 113,75

do., John P. Skinner, for his lifemembership, 100,00

Rutland, ch., for Samuel Griggs'slife membership, 100,00

.Massachusetts,East Boston, Bap. Miss.

Soc. 23,52Boston, Baldwin Place ch.,

mon. con., 52,00; do.,Mrs. Abigail Ripley, for her life membership,100,00; do., For. Miss.Soc., for Piev. B. Stow’s life membership, 100,00,252,00

do., Harvard St. ch., mon. con., 31,10; do., Rev.J oseph Banvard, for his life membership, 100,00, 131,10

do., Bowdoin Square ch.,Board of Benevolent Operations, S. G. Bowd- lear tr., 33,00

do., Charles St. ch., for the life memberships of Rev. Dr. Sharp, Rev. D.W. Phillips, and Rev.Wm. B. Jacobs, 20,00 of which is from the Fem. For. Miss. Soc., for support of a child in Africa, 300,50

do., Federal St. ch., ladies of, for Mrs. Susan D.Reynolds’s life member­ship, and for the sup­port of a native Karen preacher, 100,0 0 ; do.,Mrs. M. D. Baldwin, for her life membership,100,00, 200,00

do., Tremont St. ch., Wm.H. Jameson, for his life membership, 100,00

do., 1st ch., for S. G.Shipley’s life member­ship, 100,00

do., a lady, towards sup­port of Rev. Mr, Meek­er, 1,50

------ 1141,62

322,75

2 4 2 Donations. [J u l y ,

Salem, Israel Ward, Jr., for his life membership, 100,00

do., 1st ch., Joshua Up- ham, for his life mem- ship, 100,00

-200,00Framingham, Fem. Mite Soc.,

Selina Nixon sec. and tr., 11,95 Middlefield, Rev. John Newton 10,00 Haverhill, 1st ch., mon. con.,

100,00 ; do , general collec­tion 300,00; for support of Rev. E. L. Abbott, and for the life memberships of Rev. A. S.Train, Rev. George Keely,James Hale, and John Keely.Young Ladies’ Miss. Circle35,00, for the support of a na­tive Karen assistant, 435,00

New Bedford, 1st ch., for LutherG. Hewins’s life membership, 100,00

do., do., Mrs. Susan Tripp, for the support of a heathen child named James Tripp, 24,00

Dorchester, 1st ch., for JacobFlinn’s life membership, 100,00

Taunton Green, ch., for Rev.B. C. Grafton's life member­ship, 100,00

South Reading, ch., for Rev.Paul S. Adains’s life member­ship, 100,00; do., 7,00, 107,00

Newton, Soc. of Miss. In­quiry, S. W. Avery tr., 4,25

do., Upper Falls, ch., the pastor, for Karen Miss., 1,00

----- 5,25W eston, ch. 27,75; do., Sab.

school 14,00, 41,75Grafton, 1st ch., for Rev. B. A.

Edwards’s life membership, 100,00 Lowell, Worthen St. ch., for

Rev. L. Porter’s life member­ship, 100,00

Middleboro’, Central ch., mon. con., 51,00; annual col. 80,00; for Rev. E. Nelson’s life mem­bership, 131,00

New England Village, ch., Rev.W . C. Richards, for his life membership, 100,00

Southbridge, Central ch., for Rev. T. G. Freeman’s life membership, 100,00

Billerica, Rev. Benjamin Put­nam, for his life membership, 100,00

Salisbury and Ame3bury, ch., for Isaac Tuxbury’s life member­ship, and the support of Ko So-a, a native Burmese preacher, 100,00

Shelburne Falls, ch., for E. G. Lamson’s life membership,100,00; do., Infant school class, for Teloogoo Mission,53c., 100,53

Holden, Miss Persis W alker 1,00 Mansfield, ch. 5,84Ashland, Fem. Miss. Soc. 5,50Newburyport, Fem. For. Miss.

Soc., R. B. Medbery sec., 32,00 Andover, Thomas Turnbull, for

China Mission, 7,00

Barnstable, 3d ch. 20,00North Mansfield, ch. 3,00Conway, ch , mon. don., 3,00;

do., Miss Heroine Stow 1,18 ; for the Assam Mission, 4,18

Danvers, Benjamin Porter, for his life membership, 100,00

Scituate, Mrs. J. Collamore, for China Mission,

do., Mrs. Mead, for the support of Dr. Judson,

Rowley, ch., mon con.,Friends in Medfield, for Burman

Mission,Groton, ch. and soc.Lexington, ch.

3.00

3,031.00

15,007.008.00

3323,65

Connecticut.Bristol, ch., Ladies’ Benev. Soc.,

for support of a native Karen preacher under direction of Rev. D. L. Brayton, 50,67

New London County and Vicin­ity For. Miss, and Bible Soc.,A. Wickham tr., 181,81

do., 2d ch., for Rev. L. G.Leonard’s life membership. 100,00

North Stonington, Rev. Levi Meech 25,00; Lydia Meech 1,00; Lydia T . Meech 1,00;Wm. W. Meech 2,00; Stephen T . M eech 1,00; their annual subscriptions, 30,00

Lebanon, Gurdon Robin­son, for his life mem- ship, 100,00

do., ch., for Rev. Nathan Wildman’s life member­ship, 100,00

------- 200,00Cornwall, Alfred Gates 2,00Bridgeport, ch., for Rev. Wm.

Reid’s life membership, and for the support of Rev. E. B.Cross and wife, 100,00

■664,48

Rhode Island.State Convention, V. J. Bates

tr., viz. — Newport, 1st ch., mon. con., 20,00; Exeter, ch.6.00 ; Pawtuxet, ch. 3,15 ; Wickford, ls tch , 15,00; Cum­berland Hill, ch. 5,00; do., Rev. H. G. Steward 5,00; Lime Rock and Albion 9,00; Provi­dence, 3d ch. and soc., mon. con., 22,49; South Kingston 5,00; do., Sarah M. Baker1,00; East Greenwich, W . E. Millard 1,00; W arren, ch., a few ladies, for ,the education of a native preacher at the theological school at Maul- main, 25,00; Providence, Pine St. ch., Ladies’ For. Miss. Soc., for James H. Butler’s life membership, 100,00; do., 1st ch. 100,00, in addition to300.00 paid April 30, for the life memberships of Henry P.

1846.] Donations. 243yeomans, Charles Robbins,Lemuel H. Elliot, and Dexter D aniels; Richmond, 2d ch., mon. cons., 4,25, 321,89

New York.St. Lawrence Miss. Convention,

Joseph C. Lewis 5,00Russel Brown 2,00 ; Levi

Farr 3,00 ; Central Green, ch., mon. con.,1,00; Martha Farr 1,00;Rachel Beckwith 25c.;Solomon Morse 10,00;Dr. Skinner 1,00; Nun- da, ch. 20,00 ; Josiah Andrews 9,70, 47,95

Brockport, ch., for Rev.Whitman M etcalf’s life membership, 100,00

Black River Miss. Soc.,H. G. Potter tr., lor Rev. Charles Clark’s life membership, 100,00

New York city, Cannon St. Juv. Miss. Soc., for Rev. Henry Davis’s life membership, and for the China Mission, 100,00

Bloomingdale, ch., colls.,29,30; Wm. Richard­son 10,00, 39,30

Greenport, ch. 10,74; Len­ox, ch. 25,62; do., Fem.Soc. 9,62; Manlius, ch.9,86 ; Mrs. Nickols 25,00; MorrisvilJe, ch.4,81, 85,65

per Rev.“A. Bennett,agent, ------472,90

Albany, Gaylor Sheldon 100,00;Smith Sheldon 100,00; for their life memberships, 200,00

Somerset, ch., (.Niagara Co.)6,50; do., Fem. For. Miss.Soc. 10,15, 16,65

Staten Island, 1st ch., for Miss Miranda Follett's life mem­bership, 100,00

Rushford, 1st ch. (Alleghany Co.) for Rev. Edward L. Harris’s life membership, 100,00

New York city, John Remsen, for bibles for heathen children, 1,56

do., Wm. H. Munn, for his life membership, 100,00

do., Amity St. ch. 241,03 ; do., JohnDowley 100,00, for his life membership; do., R. S. Fellows, for James Fellows's life membership, 100,00 ; do., Wm. Kelly 100,00, for his life membership ; do.,Robert Kelly 100,00, for his life member­ship ; Mrs. James Ap­pleton 50,00, 691,03

do., 16th ch., for a life membership, 100,00

do., Oliver St. ch., For.Miss. Soc., viz.—Thom­

as Purser 100,00, for James P. Drummond’s life membership ; Isaac Newton 100,00, for Al­ice Newton’s life mem­bership; Ebenezer Cald­well 200,00, for Jacob S.Baker and Rev. Charles Morton’s life member­ships ; John R. Ludlow, for his life membership,100,00; John M. Fer- rier 100,00, for his life membership; David Ly­on 100,00, for his life membership; H. Cald­well, Samuel, Jr., and Jerem ’hMilbank 100,00, for Rev. James W. Chal- lis’s life membership;Mrs. Jane Colgate100,00, for Miss Eliza­beth Colgate’s life mem­bership. By the soci­ety, 549,10; for James Wilson’s, John Havi- land’s, George M. Van- derlip’s, Rev. John S.Maginnis’s and Rev.George W . Eaton’s life memberships. Thomas Purser 250,00 ; for Thomas P. Hurlburt’s and Elisha D. Hurl­burt’s life memberships.Oliver St. Fem. For.Miss. Soc. 268,00, of which 120,00 is for sup­port of a native teacher in China, and 4,00 for the China M iss.; 60,00 by the Burman Bible and School Soc., for the support of schools in Burmah, and for Rev.Ira M. Allen’s, Rev.Silas Tucker’s, and Rev- John W . Sarles’s life memberships, 2027,10

do., Tabernacle church,Young M en's Miss.Soc., 248,66; do., Fem.Miss. Soc. 180,07; for the support of Rev. L.Stilson, in Arracan.Alexander Me Donald,(or his life membership,100,00; Joshua Gilbert, for his life membership,100,00; Mrs. Catharine Jordan, for Rev. Thom­as C. Teasdale’s life membership, 100,00. 728,73

do., South Bap. ch., 100,00 of which is for Rev. C.G. Sommers’s life mem­bership, 151,14

do., Laight St. ch., for meeting-house at Can­ton, 62,22

---------3861,78Preston Hollow, church 8,00Madison Assoc., Wm Coolidge

244 Donations. [J u l y ,

tr.. viz.—Madison, ch. 5,19; Chittenango, ch. 19,00; Stock- bridge, ch. 17,63 ; Georgetown, ch. 1,00; Lebanon, ch. 14,00, 56,82

Hamilton, ch., Sab. school, to support a child in the Assam orphan school under Mr. Bron­son, 20,00

Pougkeepsie, Central ch., Miss Lydia Booth, for Mrs. Maria Booth’s life membership, 100,00

Troy, 1st ch., Young Men’s Miss.Soc., and Fem. Burman Miss.Soc., for Rev. J. M. Haswell’s life membership, and for the support of a native teacher in Burmah, 100,00

Fredonia, David Barrel, for his life membership, 100,00

Fayetteville, ch. and soc. 60,00; do., H. Edwards 40,00 ; for Rev. Lyman W right’s life membership, and for the sup­port of a native Karen preach­er under Mr. Bennett, 100,00

Milton, ch. 32,00; Samptown, ch. 10,00, 42,00

Saratoga Assoc., S. Cole tr., for support of a Burman teacher, 15,00

Renssellaerviile, ch. 12,25 Jamesville, ch. 17,63 Fishville, Benjamin Clapp, for

his life membership, 100,00Brooklyn, 1st ch., a lady,

for Arracan Mission, 3,50 do., South ch., for Joseph

Ballard’s life member­ship, 100,00

-------- 103,50Dutchess Co., Mary Anna Hough­

ton and George W. Houghton, <3.00 each, 6,00

Montgomery, John Martin, 5,00of which for China Mission, 10,00

Piscataway, ch., Miss. Soc.,60.00 ; do., Youth’s Miss. Soc.,40,00; for Samuel W hite’s life membership, 100,00

Gloversville, Ladies’ Karen Miss.Soc., for support of a native preacher in Arracan, 35,00

Sundry churches, to aid the Ka­ren school at Tavoy, viz.—Carmel, ch. 26,47; Poughkeep­sie, 1st ch., Sab. school, 1,19; do., Central ch. 5,13 ; Dover,1st ch. 2,53 ; do., 2d do. 12,25.Collected by Julia A. Lathrop, 47,57

Providence, (Saratoga Co.) Mite Soc. 1,00

------5731,10

New Jersey.Mount Holly, Thomas O. Lin­

coln, for his life membership, 100,00 Plainfield, ch. 100,00, for Rev. J.

Drake’s life membership ; do-, after address by Mr. Kincaid,28,68, 128,68

Keyport, 'Mary Seabrook 5,00;Anna Seabrook 8,00 ; Martha Seabrook 30,00; Win. V. Wil­son 57,00; for Rev. Wm. V.

Wilson’s life membership, 100,00 Pemberton, Thomas Swaim, for

his life membership, 100,00New Brunswick, Youth’s Miss.

Soc. of Bap ch., for Rev. G.R. Bliss’s life membership, and for two others to be named, 380,00

Newark, 1st ch., 159,40, for Andrew Johnston’s life mem­bership ; do., Fem. Miss. Soc.53,00, 212,40

Flemington, Rev. C. Bartolette 4,54 Jersey city and Harsimus, ch,

90,00; do., Sab. School Miss.Soc. 10,00; for Rev. W. W.Smith’s life membership, 100,00

Mrs. Nancy Johnson 5,00; Mrs.Esther Gaskill 10,00; a friend to missions 5,00; per Rev. A.Bennett, agent, 20,00

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Pennsylvania.

Philadelphia, Schuylkill branch of 1st ch. 236,00; Mount Ta­bor, ch. 50,00 ; Lower Dublin, ch., mon. con., 28,00; do.,Fem. Miss. Soc. 37,10; Ber­wick, For. Miss. Soc. 2,00; for Rev. Richard Lewis’s, Rev. B.R. Loxley’s, and P. H. Cassa- dy’s life memberships, 353,10

Philadelphia, 10th ch., for life memberships to be named hereafter, 900,00

do., 10th ch., Sab. school, for Daniel Weckerly’s life membership, 100,00

do., Broad St. ch., for life memberships to be named, 400,00

do., Southwark, 2d ch. and cong., for Rev. Geo.Higgins’s life member­ship, 100,00

do., do., Mrs. Sarah Ash­ton, for Samuel K. Ash­ton’s life membership, 100,00

do., 3d ch. 200,00, for Rev.Joseph Walton’s and J.M. E. Mason’s life memberships ; ditto,Richard Gardner 100,00, for his life membership, 300,00

do., 11th ch., for E. B.Caldwell's life member­ship, 100,00

do., do., W. S. Robarts, for Rev. J. L. Dagg’s . life membership, 100,00

do., do., for James Dur- nell’s, P. Rowan's, P. B.Mingle’s, Ezra Sands’s,Thomas Tustin’s, W. S.Robarts’s, M rs. Brad­ley’s, Mrs. Thomas M.Gillette's, Mrs. R.Earp’s, George Solo­mon’s, John Flanni- gan’s, and James Flanni- gan’s life memberships, 1200,00

1846.] Donations. 245do., 1st ch., John C. Da­

vis 100,00, for his life membership j Wm. S. Hansel, for Wm. F. Hansel’s life member­ship, 100,00 ; Washing­ton Butcher, for his life membership, 100,00 ;John Tustin, for his life membership, 100,00 ;Wm. Coffin 100,00, for Anna D. Coffin’s life membership ; John M.Ford, for his life mem­bership, 100,00; John Mulford, Jr., 100,00, for his life membership 3 Mary Ann Keen, for Rev. E. P. Barker’s life membership, 100,00, 800,00

do., Sansom St. ch., J. H. Mcllvaine 100,00, for his life membership; Isaac Ford 100,00, for his life membership; John Sai­lor 100,00, for his life membership; D. B. Hin- man 100,00, for his life membership; John B. Trevor 100,00, for his life membership ; Wm.H. Richards 100,00, for Rev. John M. Richards’s life membership; Lem­uel Levering 100,00, for. Andrew Levering’s life membership; Ladies of the society 100,00, for Edwin Young’s life membership ; Theophi- lus Paulding’s life mem­bership, by his family,100,00; J. Sexton James100.00, for his life mem­bership ; Charles S.James 100,00, for his life membership; Mrs.Brown 100,00, for Sam­uel A. Harrison’s life membership; Ladies of the society, for John Dagg’s life membership,100.00 ; do., for Leonora Lynn’s life membership,100.00 ; Hugh Doyle100.00, for his life mem­bership ; Misses Evans100.00, for Rev. An­drew Collins’s life mem­bership ; Messrs. Buck and Richards 100,00, for Rev. Wm. Shadrach’s life membership; Ladies of the soc., for John Hassall’s life member­ship, 100,0 0 ; Collec­tions 118,67, for Rev.Evan Jones’s life mem­bership, 1918,67

do., Spruce St. ch., Mrs.Sarah Harris 100,00, for Rev. George Kempton’s life membership; Thos.

, Caldwell 100,00, for his ! life membership; Wm. j Gardiner 100,00, for his j life membership ; Ja- j cob Reed 100,00, for his I life membership ; James ! Moore, Jr., 1U0,00, for

Rev. J. E. Bradley’s life membership, 500,00

do., same ch., Mrs. Thos. Caldwell 20,00; Mrs. Martha Reed 10,00;Mrs. Mary Stokes 10,00;Mrs. James Goodfellow 10,00; Mrs. E. Cole 10,00; Mrs. Eugenia Cheesebrough 10:00 ;Mrs. R estFenner 10,00 3 Mrs.Ellen Spittall 10,00;Mrs. T.S.Ludlam 10,003 for Mrs. Sarah Kemp­ton’s life membership, 100,00

do., same ch., David Jayne 20,00; Henry Caldwell 10,00; Robert Leonard 10,00; Wm. L. Alien5.00 ; Horace Ladd 5,00;Mrs. Susan Shumway10.00 ; Daniel R. Gardi­ner 5,00; Julia Dare 5,00; Mrs. Ann King 5,00; Mrs. Simeon Dil­lingham 5,00 5 Mrs.Susan O. Ellers 5,00;Eliza Russel 5,00; Ra­chel Russel 5,003 J°hn Good 5,00; for Rev. Thomas Larcombe’s life membership, 100,00

do., same ch., Rest Fen­ner 50,00; Mrs. Mary Jayne 10,00; R. Vanars- dalen 5,00 ; Mrs. J. M. Linnard 10,00; Mrs. Margaret Hamilton 5,00;John M. Hamilton 10,00;Mrs. J. U. Sexton 5,00;Mrs. Rebecca JNesmous 5,00; for George Me Leod’s life member­ship, 100,00

do., same ch., J. Davis King 25,00 ; J. J. Read25.00 ; Mrs. Sarah Stokes 5,00; Miss Mary Barnard 5,00; Lydia Armstrong 5,00 ; Han­nah Griffith 5,00 ; A. F. Cheesebrough 10,00 ;Gabriel Harvey 5,00;H. Somersett and A; S. Larcombe 10,00; for Rest Fennerls life mem­bership, 100,00

do., same ch , Mrs. Mar­garet Garrett 10,00 ;Miss .Sarah E. Ed­monds 10,00 ; Mrs.Richard Gardner 10,U0 ; Adelaide JNuceous 5,00;Mary Austin 5 .t0 ; S.S. Barton 10,l>0; Rev.George Kemptou 30,00;

246 Donations. [JULY,

Part of collection”30,(X>; for Rev. David Williams’s life mem­bership, 100,00

do., same ch.,Wm A. Reed 5,00; Mrs. M. A. Jones5,00 ; Anna T. Lar- combe 10,00; Elizabeth Fenner 2,50 ; Sab. sch’l 31,06 ; Balance of col­lection 46,44; for Chas.T . Miller’s life member­ship, 100,00

-------- 7118,67Milesburg, 1st ch., mon. con.,

5,40; Sab. school 3,60, 9,00-------- 7480,77

Delaware.Wilmington, 2d ch., mon. con.,

85,87 ; Sab. school box 12,66 ;Infant school box 11,00; Sub­scriptions 90,47; for John F.Zebley’s and WashingtonJones’s life memberships, 200,00

Ohio.Garrettsville, Eleanor Garrett

6,00; Cornsburg 3,00; South­ington and Farmington 3,50, 12,50

Akron, Lorenzo B. Austin 50,00 ;Miss Abigail P. Austin 50,00; for Rev. T . P. Child’s life membership, 100,00

Cincinnati, 1st ch., annual col­lection 54,46 ; Sab. school 6,41 ; per Rev. J. Stevens, agent, 60,87

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Michigan.State Convention, R. C. Smith

tr., for China Mission, and for Rev. O. C. Comstock’s, Rev.John Booth’s, Rev. James In- glis’s, and Rev. Marvin Allen’s life memberships, 428,00

Kentucky.Louisville, 2d ch., Fem. For.

Miss. Soc., for the support ofMyat Kyau, (Burmah,) 65,00

Cherokee Mission.Cherokee For. Miss. Soc., for

the life membership of John Ross, 100,00

Received by Rev. J. Meeker, the following sums for erecting a meeting-house at the Ottawa station, viz.:—

Cincinnati, O., 1st ch. 13,50;New York, J 1th ch. 24,33; do., Cannon St. ch. 25,35;Charlestown, Mass., Dr. Bel­lows 8,00; Sundry persons in Boston 13,00, 84,18

O 3 Sundry churches, for Rev. Gershom B. Day’s life mem­bership,viz.— Providence, Pine St. ch., Oliver Shaw 1,00; do., 3d ch. 55,00; Cash 2,00; W es­terly, O. M. Stillman 5,00; New Bedford, 1st ch. 25,00; Seekonk, ch. 12,00 100,00

* Carried forward, $21,423,13

The following sums have been received on account of the debt, v iz .:—

Massachusetts.New Bedford, 1st ch., for Rev.

R. Babcock’s life membership, 100,00 W orcester, Isaac Davis, for the

life memberships of himself,Mrs. Isaac Davis, Z. E. Berry, Joseph Converse, Nelson W heeler, Alfred E. Giles, El- bridge Smith, and Daniel Stone; $400 of which is for the support of Rev. Mr. Bin- ney, of Maulmain, 300,00

Connecticut.Bristol, ch., for Rev. D. L. Bray-

ton’s life membership, 100,00New London County and Vicin­

ity For. Miss, and Bible Soc.,A. Wickham tr., for the life memberships of Rev. Minor G. Clark and Rev. Josiah God­dard, 200,00

Fairfield County Assoc., for Rev. Jonathan Wade’s life memb- bership, 100,00 ; do., William Montgomery, for Rev. E. B. Cross’s life membership,100,00, 200,00

900,00

■500,00

Rhode Island.State Convention, V. J. Bates tr.,

W arren, ch., Rev. J. P, Tus-tin, for his life membership, 100,00

New York.Cazenovia, Rev. Lewis

Leonard, for Rev. O.Montague’s life mem­bership, 100,00

Jordan, ch., for the life membership of Alonzo Case, 100,00

Homer, ch., for the life membership of Rev. Ed­ward Bright, Jr., 100,00

do., Thomas D. ChoJlar,for his life membership, 100,00

New York city, Peter B.Amory,for his life mem­bership, 100,00

do., Peter Balen, for his life membership, 100,00

per Rev. A. Bennett, agent, -------- 600,00

1846.] Donations. 247

do., Rev. John Dowling, for his life membership, 100,00

do., J. H. Townsend, for his life membership, 100,00

do., Amity St. ch., GeorgeC. Germond, for Rev. E.L. Abbott’s life mem­bership, 100,00 ; do.,Edward White, for D.J . Macgowan’s life membership, 100,00 ;Rev. Wm. R. Williams, for his life membership,100,00, 300,00

do., Oliver St. ch., Eben- ezer Caldwell 200,00, for his own and the life membership of Wm. A.Caldwell ; Garret N.Bleecker 100,00, for Rev. Elisha Tucker’s life membership ; Roger Pegg 100,00, for his life membership ; George Adams 100,00, for his life membership, 500,00

------- 1000,00do., Laight St. ch., for Rev. W.

W. Everts’s life membership, 100,00 do., Norfolk St. ch., for Rev. Be-

riah N. Leach’s life member­ship, 100,00

Pike, ( Wyoming Co.) Rev. C. M.Fuller, for his life membership, 100,00

Poughkeepsie, Central ch., for Rev. A. Perkins’s life member­ship, 100,00

Whitesboro’, ch., for Rev. JirahD. Cole's life membership, 100,00

Buffalo, Washington St. ch., forRev. Levi Tucker’s life mem­bership, 100,00

Brooklyn, Pierrepont St, ch.,Fem. For. Miss. Soc., Mrs.A. T . Tiebout tr., for Rev. E.E. L. Taylor’s life member­ship, 100,00

-------- 2300,00

New Jersey.Newark, 1st ch., for Henry V.

Jones’s life membership, 100,00

P enn sylvan ia .Philadelphia, Israel E. James,

for his life membership, 100,00do., 2d ch., for George P. N ice’s

life membership, 100,00do., New Market St. ch., for Rev.

Wm. L. Dennis’s life member­ship, 100,00

do., 11th ch., for Rev. A. Jud- son’s, A. D. Gillette’s, and Levi Knowles’s life member­ships, 300,00

Ohio.Mecca,

■ 600,00

5,76

Total for the debt, $4505,76* Brought forward, 21,423,13

$25,928,89

Legacies.Estate of Andrew Cole, of Mid-

dleboro’, Mass, E. N. Briggs executor, 150,00

do. of Urana Grant, of W est Wrentham, Mass., per J. L.Grant, 25,00

■ 175,00Total from the above sources, $26,103,89

Total receipts from April 1 to June 1, 1846, $33,144,20.

U * " T h e donation of Wm. N. Read, per Rev. J. P. Parsons, 1,00,”—credited in the June Magazine to Lancaster, Pa., should be Lancaster, Wisconsin Territory.

R. E. E d d y , Assistant Treasurer.