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BAPTIST MISSIONARY MAGAZINE.

VOL. XXV. J U L Y , 1 8 4 5 . NO. 7.

American 35aptist iJoarTr of iFomun iHtssi'ous.

THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING.

Providence, Wednesday, Jlpril 30, 1845.
A preliminary meeting for devotional services was held in the
Lecture Room of tl>e First Baptist Church in Providence, R. I., at
9 o'clock, A. M. Prayers were offered by the Rev. Messrs. Elisha
Tucker of New York, S. J. Drake of New Jersey, I. E. Bill of
Nova Scotia, and Rollin H. Neale of Boston.

At 10 o'clock the Board assembled, agreeably to appointment, in
the meeting-house of the First Baptist Church. In the absence of
the President, the Rev. Daniel Sharp, D. D., the chair vvas taken
by the first Vice President, the Rev. Spencer H. Cone, D. D.

The following members were present : —

Rev. FRAJV'CIS WAYLAND, D.D., Pres. of the Con.)

" JAMES B. TAYLOR, Sfc. 0/ rtc Con. ^ExOfficiis.

" ROLLIN H. NEALE, Asuist. Sec. of do. )
Rev. SPENCER H. CONE, D, D., •>

" GREENLEAF S. WEBB, ( Vice Presidents

JAMES M. LINNARD, Esq., f ^'"^^ l residents.

Rev. BARTHOLOMEW T. WELCH, D. D., )

Rev. SOLOMON PECK, ; „ dx-^^x-n. .

" ROBERT E. PATTISON, D. D. ] secretaries.

" BARON STOW, Recording Secretary.

Hon. HEMAN LINCpLN, Treasurer.

Managers.

Rev. JOEL S. BACON, Rev. JEREMIAH B. JETER,

ALEXANDER M. BEEBEE, Esq., " WILLIAM LEVERETT,

Rev. ALFRED BENNETT, " JOHN PECK,

" IRAH CHASE, D.D., « JOHN M. PECK,

GARDiVER COLBY, Esq., " BARNAS SEARS, D. D.,

WILLIAM COLGATE, Esq., " ADIEL SHERWOOD, D. D.,

WILLIAM CRANE, Esq., " ELI B. SMITH,

Rev. ROBERT W. CUSHMAN, " SAMUEL B. SWATM,

ALBEBT DAY, Esq., « EBENEZER THRESHER,

Hon. JAMES H. DUNCAN, " ELISHA TUCKER,

Rev. JAMES N. GRANGER, " ROBERT TURNBULL,

" WILLIAM HAGUE, " NATHANIEL W. WILLIAMS,

" GEORGE B. IDE, « WILLIAM R. WILLIAMS, D. D,

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146

Thirly-first Annual Meeting of Ihe Board.

[Jolt,

The throne of grace was addressed by the Rev. Alfred Bennett,
of Homer, N. Y.

A communication was read from the First Baptist Cliurch in
Providence, assuring the Board of a cordial welcome to their hospi-
talities, and the same was referred to the Acting Board to be pub-
lished with the Annual Report.

To the President of ihe American Baptist Board of Foreign Mission! : —

BuETHREN, — The First Baptist Church in Providence are happy to welcome
the members of the American Baptist Board of Foreign Missions to this, the earliest
seal of the Baptist denoiuination in America. As disciples of the Savior onrselves,
we welcome you, brethren, ;is those who are charged by us and by our sister
churches of this land, with the olficial execution of the Savior's parting conimnnd to
his apostles. The missionary enterprise is one which we have long regarded as the
foremost among the philanthropic undertakings in wiiich the Christian church is en-
gaged ; and for its aid it has been our privilege and our delight, disregarding all minor
questions, and looking only to the sublime end at which it aims, to contribute ac-
cording to the means which God has placed in our hands. Our aspiration has been
to become, at least in some imperfect sense, a missionary church, and to do what
might be in our power to advance on the earth that holy religion which the Great
Head of the church came to teach. In this spirit, we have looked forward to this
meeting of the missionary council, to whom the Baptists of the United States have
entrusted their missions with the heathen, with the earnest hope that we may de-
rive great good from your coming together, — that our own views may be enlarged,
our faith increased, and our zeal for propagating the gospel stimulated and made
stronger by witnessing the deliberations, and learning the plans, and breathing the
spirit of the men to whom is entrusted the superintendence of this most noble work.
We wish that the influence of your meeting may remain with us long after its ses-
sions shall have closed, and that the wants and claims of the heathen may be made
more constantly present to our minds by the views which you may inculcate and
the deliberations in which you may engage. We are not unaware of the embar-
rassments which attend the present meeting of the F5oard, and the important ques-
tions which may be brought before them. We sympathize in these en)barrassments,
and we regret the occasion which has produced them; and we need not say, it will
be especially painful to us, should they give rise to any discussions not marked by
Christian forbearance and Christian love.

While we would by no means presume to offer an opinion as to the course
which ought to be pursued, we yet, brethren, may be permitted to express our
heartfelt hope that the advancement of the cause of missions, — the cause to which,
before all others, we feel as a church, most strongly pledged, and for which, alone,
your Board h is its existence, — may now be the single object and aim of all your
doings and endeavors. And we offer our fervent prayers that your deliberations
and doings may be so guided by the Spirit of all truth, that your meeting among us
may be a lasting blessing to this church and to this community, and may largely
contribute to the advancement of Christ's kingdom among men.

James N. Granger, Pastor.

L. II. Elliott, Church Clerk.
Providence, April, 24, 1845.

Voted, That the Rules of Order of the General Convention be
adopted as the Rules of Order for the present meeting of the Board.

The Treasurer, Hon. Heman Lincoln, read an abstract of his
annual report, showing an expenditure, during the year ending the
1st instant, of ^^94,785 28, witli a balance against the Treasury of
$40,188 40.

The report of the Auditing Committes was read {xom the ehair.

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On motion by William Colgate, Esq., of New York, seconded by
the Rev. Dr. Sherwood of Illinois,

Resolved, That the report of the Treasurer, an abstract of which
has now been read, be accepted and published under the direction
of the Acting Board.

The Rev. Dr. I'attison, Secretary of the Home Department, read
portions of the Thirty-First Annual Report of the Acting Board.
After mentioning the decease, during the year, of certain officers
and missionaries of the Board, prayer was offered by the Rev. Dr.
Williams of New York.

Remaining portions of the report were read by the Rev. Mr.
Peck, Secretary of the Foreign Department.

•The following Committees were then nominated by the President,
and appointed by the Board.

On ihe Commumcalion from the Alabama Baptist Slate Convention,
and the Reply of ihe Jlcting Board : — Messrs. Y. Wayland, G. S.
Webb, A. Slierwodd, J. B. Taylor, E. Tucker, B. Sears, E. B.
Smith.

On the State of the Treasury : — Messrs. J. M. Linnard, W. Col-
gate, E. Thresher.

On Ihe Asiatic. Missions : — Messrs. W. R. Williams, J. N. Gran-
ger, J. H. iJuncan.

On the European and African Missions : — Messrs. J. B. Jeter, W.
Crane, W. Hague.

On Ihe Indian Missions : — Messrs. A. Bennett, N. W. Williams,
R. Turnbull.

The Rev. William Dean, a member of the China Mission, re-
cently returned for the improvement of his health, and A-bak, a
Chinese convert, were introduced to the Board.

The Committee appointed at the last meeting of the Convention
to examine the expenses of the Acting Board, reported, and the re-
port was accepted, as follows : —

The Committee appointed at the last meeting of the Baptist General Convention
for Foreign Missions, " to visit the city of Boston and examine the expenditures of
the Acting Board," have endeavored to discharge the responsible trust comiiiiltpd to
them. They regret that indispensable engagements deprived thf iii of the aid of
their chairman in the investigations pursued at the Missionary Rooms, but take
pleasure in acknowledging the facilities afforded by the officers of the Board, who
spread before them their books and papers, and tendered full explanations on every
subject of inquiry.

'And as a general result of their investigations, your Committee are convinced,
that the pecuniary affairs and general transactions of the Board are managed with
fidelity, economy, and devotion to the cause of missions. Your Committee exam-
ined the appropriations and payments on account of the different missions, and were
satisfied that these were limited by the wants of the missions, — that purchases of
supplies were made with a due regard to economy, — and that the best modes of re-
mittance were employed. Their attention was especially directed to those expendi-
tures found in the annual reports of the Treasurer under the heads of " Agencies,
Salaries, and General Purposes," and they carefully examined these different items
of expense for the last two years.

And, 1st, Agencies. — The employment of agents to visit the churches and pre-
sent the claims of the cause of missions, is enjoined by the General Convention,
who have declared that the appointment of " active and devoted men to this ser-
vice is indispensable to the suCcces of the enterprise." It is mude indispensable by

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the imperfect views of duty in relation to efforts for the extension of the Redeem-
er's kingdom, which are slill held hy loo many of his professed followers and
churches. The Ooard have not been able to secure, the services of so many mis-
sionary agents as was recommended by the Convention. We are assured that the
men employed have been well qualified for their work, — laborious, fiithful, devo-
ted. And the compensation allowed them has been moderate and well-deserved.

2. Officers of the Board. — 'J'he number of the executive officers of the
Board is fixed by the General Convention, and in the opinion of your Committee ia
not too large, for the efficient performance of the many and various labors devolving
upon them. In the Treasurer's department a large nunjber of accounts must be
kept and examined ; and as he is often absent from the Roonis on the business of
the Convention, he requires the constant aid of a clerk competent to discharge the
duties of the oflice. An examination of the numerous books, carefully kept, con-
vinced your Committee that the duties of the 'J'reasurer were arduous in a liigh de-
gree. The Secretaries, in conducting the Foreign and Home correspondence, — in
selecting missionary laborers and agents, — in watching for and over our mission
stations, — in appeals, both public and private, to the friends of njissions, — in visiting
and addressing Conventions and other public n)eptings of the denomination, and in
editing the publications of the Board, find employment enough to demand all their
time, and task all their energies, mental and physical. And the inadequacy of the
means placed at the disposal of the Board, to accomplisii the great and glorious
work in which they are engaged, compels its officers, under the weight of pressing
solicitude, continually to devise and execute measures to replenish an ever-ex-
hausted Treasury. This is by no means the least painful and exhausting labor of
the executive officers of the Board.

3. Salaries. — The Board are well aware how long and how devotedly their
Treasurer has labored in their service ; — ^journeying on their business at liis own
charge, — actuated solely by love to the holy cause of missions, desiring and ex-
pecting no other compensation but that highest of all rewards, the plaudit from the
lips of his Master and Judge, " Well done, good and faithful servant !"

Your Secretaries must, necessarily, reside in or near Boston, and are subjected
to the increased expenses of such a residence. Their salaries are no more than an
adequate support, — less than the salaries of most of the ministers of our denotnina-
tion in the city, and in the judgment of your Committee not larger than would be
necessary to fill their places with men possessing the requisite qualifications.

The minor expenses of room rent, &c., 'charged under the head of " General
Purposes," the Committee have examined and judge reasonable and proper.

So numerous and various are the supplies to be purchased and forwarded to the
different mission stations, that the services of a devoted friend of missions, peculiar-
ly qualified for this duty, have been obtained at a moderate compensation, who
also renders other aid in the Missionary Rooms. The journeys charged as compen-
sated, under this head, were performed at the instance of the Board, and were
deemed necessary to protect and promote the interests of the Convention.

Having thus briefly noticed the several different objects of expenditure, your
Committee remark, that if by contrasting the amount of the executive expenses of
the Acting Board with the sum total of receipts, the per centage of these expenses
should seem large ; the answer is, that nearly the same organization and same ex-
pense is required to collect, receive and disburse the present limited amount of con-
tributions as would be required were that amount increased five fold. If the more
than six hundred thousand Baptist communicants in our country, instead of an
average contribution of about ten cents each, would each bring five or even ten
times that sum to the mission treasury, the expenses of management would be but
little augmented. The services of missionary agents might then be dispensed with,
and the officers of the Board be relieved of the most oppressive portion of their
labors. It is, therefore, in the power of the churches, by a liberality in contribu-
ting, by no means excessive, to make the expenses of management a small per
centage on the receipts of the Board. When the churches shall be every where
pervaded with the missionary spirit, — when each professing Baptist shall be con-
strained by love to souls and to the Savior to do " what he can " for the promotion
of His cause, — to do it from principle, rejoicing in the priv ilege of being a co-w orker

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with his ascended Lord in fulfilling His last injunction to his disciples, — then tiie
pecuniary enibarrassnienls which have liilherto fettered the operations of the Board
will have been removed, — the cries for help which come fioni so njany mission
stations in heathen lands will be answered, and the extensive fields opening to mis-
sionary efforts will be occupied. That day will surely come ! and " thouf^h the
vision tarry," we wait for it, in undoubting confidence in the unchanging promises
of God. May the good Lord hasten it in its coming !

James If. Duncan,
Gardner Colby,

The report of the Acting Board on the inifsion of the Rev. Dr.
Malcoin to the East, wa.s read, and referred to the Committee on
the Asiatic Missions. The report is as follows : —

The Committee " appointed to take into consideration and report on the mission of
Mr. Malcom to South Eastern Asia," respectfully submit the following state-
ment : —

Mr. Malcom received the appointment alluded to, in August, 1835 ; and its ob-
ject was to ascertain more fully than could be by epistolary correspondence, the
.state and circumstances of the missions in Asia, vvitli a view to their more efl'ective
prosecution. The deputation was expected to visit the several missions and sta-
tions, to confer with missionaries and others on things pertaining thereto, to note,
from personal observation, occurrences and facts intimately aft'ecting the same, and
to report thereon to the Board. And such, essentially, appear to have been the
duties performed. 'J"he stations were visited as generally as they seemed to re-
quire ; and extended reports were forwarded to tlie Board, from time to lime,
throughout the period of Mr. Malcom's absence. At the expiration of his term of
service in April, 1838, after an absence of two and a lialf years, a final report was
subinitted, accompanied with supplementary oral remarks and the tender of his re-
signation.

The Board, in accepting the same, adopted the following resolution : —

" Resolved, That the Board with great pleasure and gratitude to God, welcome
their beloved brother, Rev. Howard Malcom, on his return from his recent visit, as
an agent of the Board, to their missionary stations in the East ; that they ure deep-
ly sensible of the benefils which the Savior's cause has already receivpd, and will
hereafter receive, from liis diligent and faithful labors ; and that in accepting liis
resignation they unanimously nlTer him their cordial thanks."

Of the benefits which have .since accrued to the mis.sions in consequence of Mr.
Malcom's agency, the Co'nmiltee are imperfectly prepared to speak. Whatever
the influences emanating from it, they are too intimately blended with the general
progress of missions, to admit of ready and minute analysis. It may, it is believed,
be referred more properly to His reviewal, who knoweth the end from the begin-
ning, and whose prerog itive it is to render to his servants their meet reward.

The aggregate expenditures of the agency were $5012 20 ; of which, $2512 20
were for passages to anil from Asia and travelling expenses in visiting the missions ;
and the remainder in compensation of services.

In regard to the book published by Mr. Malcom on his return, it is due to him to
state that it was the proposition of the Board that he should publish it on his own
responsibility and at his own charges.

'I'he author voluntarily stipulated, however, that a .certain per ceniage should be
paid by the publishers into the treasury of the Board for every copy printed ; and
the amouQt tiins received is $221. Of the total profits resulting from the publica-
tion, the Committee have no definite information.

Respectfully Bubmitted by the Committee,

H. Lincoln, Chairman.

Committee.

Messrs. J. H. Duncan, W. Colgate, and W. Crane, were ap-
pointed a C'oiiiinittee to inquire why the proceeds of lands on

ioO Thirly-Jirsl Annual Meeting of the Board. [Jult,

Grand River, in Michigan, have not been received into the treasu-
ry of the Board.

Adjourned till Thursday, at 10 A. M. Prayer was offered by
Rev. John Peck, of Cazenovia, N. Y.

The annual sermon w as preached in the evening, agreeably to
appointment, by the Rev. George B. Ide of Philadelphia. Text, Isa.
xl. 9. Prayers were offered by the Rev. Pharcellus Church, of
Rochester, ]V. Y., and the Rev. William Dean, of Hongkong,
China.

Thursday, May 1, 10 ^. M.

The Board met agreeably to adjournment. Prayer was offered
by the Rev. Joel S. Bacon of the District of Columbia.

The journal of yesterday w as read and approved.

On motion by the Foreign Secretary, seconded by the Rev. Dr.
Welch,

Voltd, That ministering brethren present, in good standing in
their respective churches, be invited to sit with the Board, and par-
ticipate in its deliberations.

The Rev. Mr. Jeter, at his own request, was excused from serv-
ing on the Committee on European and African Missions, and the
Rev. Dr. Chase w as appointed to fill the vacancy.

The following additional Committees w ere nominated by the Pres-
ident, and appointed by the Board.

On Publications : — Messrs. George B. Ide, A. M. Beebee, R. W.
Cusliman.

On ^igencies : — Messrs. John Peck, John M. Peck, Albert Day.

The Committee on the Alabama Inquiries and the P^eply of the
Acting Board, reported, and the report was taken into considera-
tion. Pending the discussion, the Board adjourned till 4 P. M.
Prayer w as offered by the Rev. Dr. Welch, of Albany, N. Y.

Thursday, 4 P. M.

The Board met agreeably to adjournment. Praver was offered
by the Rev. G. S. Webb, of Philadelphia.

The report which w as under consideration at the close of the
morning session w as further discussed, and adopted, as follow s : —

The Committee to whom was referred the correspondence between the Alabama
State Convention and the Acting Board, have attended to the doty confided to
them, and ask leave to present the following statements, as embracing, sabslan-
tially, their views on the subject to which the correspondence refers. They are
happy also to add, that ia these views the members of the Acting Board present,
in general, coincide.

1. The spirit of the Constitntion of the General Convention, as well as the
history of its proceedings from the besinnins, renders it apparent, that all the mem-
bers of the Baptist denomination in good standing, whether at the North or the South,
are constitutionally eligible to all appointments emanating either from the Conven-
tion or the Board.

2. While this is the case, it is possible that contingencies may arise, in which
the carrvinn; oat of this principle might create the necessity of making appointments
by which the brethren of the North wonid, either in fact, or in the opinion of the

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Christian community, become responsible for institutions which they could not, with

a good conscience, sanction.

3. Were such a case to occur, we could not desire our brethren to violate their
convictions of duty by niaUing such appoiiitiDenIs, but should consider it incumbent
ou them to refer the case to the Convention for its decision.

All which is respectfully submitted, in behalf of the Committee,

F. Wayi.and, Chairman.

On motion by the Rev. Dr. Welch, seconded by the Rev. N. W.
Williams,

Resolved, That we sincerely and deeply sympathize with our
brethren of the Acting Board, charged with the interests of the
missions during the recess of the Convention, in the responsibilities
they sustain, and the difficulties with which they are surrounded,
and we now pledge to them our cordial cooperation and liberal
support.

Adjourned till half past 7, for religious services. Prayer was
offered by the Rev. Jolm M. Peck of Illinois.

At half past 7 the Board met, with a large congregation, for re-
ligious services. Prayers were ofi'ercd by the Rev. Dr. Williams
of New York, and the Rev. Joseph Kcnnard of Philadelphia. Ad-
dresses were made by the Rev. William Dean and the Rev. Eu-
genio Kincaid. A-bak, also, made a few remarks, which were in-
terpreted by Mr. Dean.
. Adjourned till Friday, at ,8 A. M.

Friday, May 2, 8 Jl. M.

The Board met agreeably to adjournment. Prayer was offered
by the Rev. N. W. Williams, of Augusta, Me.

The journal of yesterday was read and approved.

Messrs. B. T. Welch, S. Peck, andW. Leverett, were appointed
a Committee to propose the time and place for the next Annual
Meeting of the Board, and to nominate a person to preach the an-
nual discourse.

The Committee on Indian Missions reported, and the report was
adopted, as follows : —

The Committee on Indian Missions have examined that part of the report of the
Acting Board relating to this subject, and find nothing to which it is particularly
important to call the attention of the Board. These missions have been conducted,
during the past year, with wisdom, economy, and success. God is evidently
smiling upon them. Christianity and civilization are advancing, hand in hand, par-
ticularly among the Cherokees and (/lioctaws. Some of the tribes have recently
suffered much from inundations, and it has been found necessary to rebuild some of
the mission premises. The Rev. Mr. Potts, of the Choctaw 3Iission, has been
transferred, by an amicable arrangement, to the Indian Mission Association. Did
their means admit of it, it would be gratifying to the Board to extend their missions
among our brethren of the forest, and, doubtless, such etforts would enjoy the di-
vine blessing. But this is forbidden by the present state of our funds. It is hoped,
however, lhat the [ndian Mission Association will be enabled to occupy those parts
of the field into which we cannot enter. Perhaps the day tT|ay not be distant, when
our southern and south-western brethren will prosecute these missions with renew-
ed energy and extended success.

All which ia respectfully submitted,

A. Bennett, Chairman.

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The following resolution, offered by the Rev. J. N. Granger, and
seconded by the Rev. A. Bennett, was adopted : —

Resolved, That this Board receive with gratitude to God and their
brethren, the long-continued and valuable as.sistance to the missions
of this Board, which the American Tract Society has afforded by its
yearly grants in aid of the preparation and publication of religious
tracts among the heathen nations for whom our missionaries labor;
and that this Board tender to that catholic and national Institution,
the assurance of their fraternal regards, and the expression of their
trust that it may, through long years, hold on its course, increasing
in strength and resources, in influence and usefulness.

The Committee on the State of the Treasury reported, and the
report was adopted, as follows : —

The Committee on the State of the Treasury have considered the suhject submitted
to them, in so far as their limited opportunities have allowed, and offer the fol-
lowing report : —

The treasury department of the Board of Foreign Missions, the Committee re-
gard as being merely a disbursing agent, whose duty it is prudently to expend all
funds placed at its disposal, for such objects as are embraced in the design of the
donors ; and, as a general principle, the amount of expenditure should be limited
by the amount of receipts. From the nature of the business, however, it is not to
be e.\pected that this balance can always be preserved with perfect accuracy. At
one time there will be a balance at the close of the year, it may be supposed,
against the treasury, of some thousands of dollars, and at another tiine an equal
balance in favor of the treasury. But balances, in the opioion of the Committee,
should not be allowed to proceed, for a succession of years, accumulating either in
favor of, or against the treasury.

The Committee learn, with profound regret, that the balance against the treasury
in the report of the present year, is, in round nuaibers, $40,000; and that this bal-
ance has been accumulating for the last four years. In 1842, it was $3000 ; in
'43, §12,000 ; in '44, $27,000 ; in '45, $40,000.

The Committee have made such inquiries into the causes of this increasing
amount of indebtedness, and have examined such facts as their limited opportunities
would allow ; and have become satisfied that the principle which has been laid
down as one which ought to govern this body, in the disbursement of its funds,
is one which the Acting Board have endeavored to follow, but which, nevertheless,
owing to the complicated nature of the business and the remoteness of the missions,
they have not been able to reach. The expenditures of the Board have all been
made, so far as the Committee have been able to learn, with due economy. The
missionary stations are, in general, judiciously selected ; our missionaries, all of whom
we love and esteem, are as few at each of the stations, and, in some cases, even
fewer than is required to perform the requisite labor ; and their operations requiring
an expenditure of funds are as limited as a just regard to the usefulness of each will
allow. In these circumstances, there is an almost irresistible tendency to an in-
crease of expenditure. The missionaries at each station ask imploringly for an in-
crease of fellow-laborers, and their plea is sustained by the wants of perishing mil-
lions and a certain prospect of success. Such on the one hand is the pressure, not
only for a continuance of the same ratio of expenditure, but even for an increase of
expenditure : and on the other, the appalling fact stares us in the face, that there
will directly come to maturity obligations for more than forty thousand dollars ;
which must be promptly paid, or the credit of the Board sacrificed, and, conse-
quently, its means of future usefulness essentially impaired.

The Coiniiiittee are decidedly and unanimously of the opinion, that this balance
against the treasury must not be allowed to remain ; that the Acting Board, unless
they have a rational prospect of means for liquidating this debt, ought immediately
to proceed to diminish their missionary stations, and to refrain from sending out
additional missionaries until this end is attained.

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The Committee, moreover, had they an opportunity, would submit it to every
member in our churches, wliether they are not sacredly bound by the solemn vow3
of their profession, to feel the pressure of this responsibility. Notiiing is more ob-
vious than the fact that if eacli member would contribute according to his ability,
the whole difficulty would be at once relieved. Every mission station and every
missionary would be abundantly sustained, and the success and the usefulness of
each would be greatly increased.

All which is respectfully sabmitted,

J. M. LiNNARD, J

Wm. Colgate, \ Committee.
E. Thresher, )

The Committee on Publications reported, and the report was
adopted, as follows : —

The Committee on the Publications of the Board, report : —

That they find two publications of the Board in circulation, — the American Bap-
tist Magazine and the Macedonian. Both of these are ably conducted, replete with
the purest principles, and with missionary intelligence of the most interesting char-
acter. Your Committee are gratified to learn that these publications are well sus-
tained,— are extensively circulated throughout our churches, — and are accomplish-
ing much good. Your Committee would earnestly hope that they may be still
more widely dispersed among the thousands of our Israel, diffusing a knowledge of
what God is doing among the heathen, and awakening the friends of Christ to a
livelier zeal in sending the word of life to the nations.

All which is respectfully submitted,

George B. Ide,
A. M. Beebee,

On motion by the Rev. Dr. Wayland, seconded by the Rev. Dr.
Welch,

Resolved, That the Acting Board be instructed, if in their judg-
ment the circumstances should require, to call a special meeting of
the General Board, at such time and place as they may judge ex-
pedient.

The Committee on the Asiatic Missions reported, and the report
was adopted, as follows : —

The Committee, to whom was referred that portion of the report of the Board
which relates to their missions in Asia, respectfully submit the following
report : —

Our mission stations in the ancient and populous East, as they were among the
earliest, have continued to be also the most endeared, of all the labors and fruits,
under God, of our enterprise ; " our first-born, and the beginning of our strength."
Over them our prayers have for many years hovered ; and there have been buried
some of our most honored dead, taking possession by their bodies, as it were, of
those regions for Christ and his church.

Toward that portion of our world swarming with hum^n life, but all overspread
by moral death. Providence is calling each day more distinctly and earnestly the re-
gards of western Christians. The prediction uttered centuries ago, beside the
stranded ark, and while the earth was yet moist from the baptism of the deluge,
that God would ^ enlarge Japheth," and that he should "■dwell in the tents of
Shem," has been forgotten or unknown of man ; but never lost sight of during the
long interval, by the God of providence. For centuries, the tide of colonization,
conquest, civilization and evangelization, rolled from the East westward. We now
see the refluent tide setting back from the West to the ancient East. It is one sign
of the last times. Ourselves the westernmost colonists from the territories of Ja-
pbeth, we inherit the religious privileges of the old tabernacles of Shem. Others of
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European race rule, or have colonies upon, the territories of Shem. We are now,
with our brethren in Europe, united in carrying back to the long-deserted East the
word and church of the living God. We return to the. ancestral seats of the race in
the name of the God their first fathers served, to denounce their oldest idolatries as
connparative innovations, and with the salutation of the old prophecy on our lips, —
" Bles?ed be the Lord God of Skern." God has made a thousand discordant, un-
witting or unfriendly influences, work together for his purposes. Travel, com-
merce, war, freedom, and art, all have prepared the missionaries' way of the West,
returning with the message of salvation to the East. The victories of a Clive and a
Wellesley, and the far-reaching and all-gnisping spirit of commercial enterprise and
cupidity, have been all unconsciously obeying prophets and smoothing the path of
evangelists. The ambition of Warren Hastings was, in God's plans, making the
way for the missionary zeal of William" Carey.

In Burmah, to which the first sympathies of American Baptists were given, al-
though the entire bible has been translated into their tongue, the work of conversion
has been of late years ereatly impeded. The despotic power of the government
has clung to the system of Boodhism as its national inheritance ; and bidden off the
Christian missionary as an alien intruder. But a numerous and tributary people
under their sway have been resigned, contemptuously as it were, to our missionary
zeal. God seems to have prepared in the Karens, in Burmah and elsewhere, a
people for himself. The year 184-1 witnessed the baptism of no less than 2000 of
this race on the borders of Arracan. The work, from the success God has given it,
is rapidly outgrowing the strength and resources of American missionaries. Our
main reliance here, as in every highly successful mission, must be upon the native
evangelists and pastors God shall raise op and endow. For them a theological
seminary has been established. The people look to us for a literature as well as a
religion. All their books and all their schools they expect and crave at our hands.
To chastise any incipient vain-glory, and to guard our sense of dependence od
Heaven, our Father has in the Karen field, that has been most successful during the
last year, inSicted repeated and heavy bereavements. Mr. Comstock and his wife
have fallen, and recent intelligence gave us to fear that Mr. Abbott was sinking ;
whilst another beloved brother, Kincaid, has, from impaired health in himself
and his wife, been detained amongst us. Our weakness has needed these checks ;
it will be our wisdom to profit by them.

In Siam, the same Boodhism that is defended with sullen tenacity in Burmah,
meets us, but held in a more careless spirit. At Bangkok our mission has been
weakened by the withdrawal of one of its sections to China ; and in the other section,
our diligent and devoted br. Jones has been long needing a reinforcement. One
has been appointed to go to his aid, and is waiting but an increase of our funds to
be sent ; another is waiting to receive an appointment, which the Board, from the
same want of funds, is yet unprepared to make.

Circumstances have drawn, more largely and rapidly than the original plans of
the Board had contemplated, the sympathies and efl^orts of our churches towards
the great empire of China, recently, at least along its sea-coast, opened by singular
influences to the sons of Japheth. It must be felt as an era and a crisis in the his-
tory of missions, when Protestant Christendom is thus brought to look in the face
the largest heathen nation of our world. But without a great increase in our con-
tributions, and a greater increase in our faith and our prayers, how can we, as
American Baptists, respond to the summons of God, that we, with our brethren of
other evangelical communions, go up and possess for the Redeemer this great land ?
There, as elsewhere, we meet the energy and policy of the Romish church putting
into requisition all the resources that her reviving ardor and hope place at her com-
mand, in order to surpass, thwart, and crush, the missions of the Protestant churches.
She has been in late years multiplying and strengthening her outposts in every
quarter of the world, and over a wide field the gospel according to Christ must tri-
umph over, or succumb before the gospel according to Antichrist. To our denomina-
tion in their infantile state as a Chinese mission, God has given great encouragement.
The mission has sustained also heavy bereavements. They are but pruning us, as
we trust, for greater fruitfulness.

In China, Burmah, Assam, and elsewhere, our missions have received coante-

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nance and aid from the commercial and political establisliments of Britain. Our
missionaries have kept, and we trust will continue to keep themselves free from
any dependence upon the political powers of the times. Marking, as our falhers
sternly did, the broad and impassable gulf that separated the dues of Csesar from the
dues of Christ, it is our denominational policy to shun all political entanglements,
to conciliate all parlies and races, that we may benefit all; but to become, in the
strict sense of that term, the stipendiaries of none. There is, however, cause of
thankfulness in the fact, that Britain is thrown, as she is in so many quarters of the
earth by her commerce, her navy and colonies, into the attitude of the patron and
friend of Protestant missions ; whilst France seems each day more decidedly and
offensively assuming the guardianship of Romanism. With neither nation does our
missionary enterprise court entangling alliances, but it is not without significance,
that, in the arrangements of Providence, we are in the East under the eyes of a gov-
ernment which has on its own island known so long our denomination, — their peace-
fulness as citizens, their principles as Christians, and their usefulness as missiona-
ries ; and that we had the same origin, language and literature, with the European
people who are the chief colonists or conquerors of Eastern countries. These are
coincidences which an unerring and far-seeing wisdom in our Heavenly Father pro-
vided, and which we do well to observe and employ. The Baptists of America
and England, too, thug strengthen their fraternal bonds, not only by direct inter-
course between the churches at home, but by the neighborhood and intercourse of
their missions abroad.

To sustain our translations and perfect them, to supply the people who, like the
Karens, are cast in their spiritual orphanage upon our care exclusively, to occupy
the wide fields into which in China God seems thrusting us, without design or expec-
tation on our own part, the churches in this country need, — not resolutions, speeches
and hopes, but funds, deeds and realities, — not fluent sympathies, but honest sacri-
fices, all springing from love to Christ, and sustained, and yet day after day aug-
mented, by simple faith in Christ. The want of faith and love, this is the poverty
and the only poverty under which we can justly groan. All else really needed
God will give, if we but in faith ask and in love are prepared to employ them. Are
our churches aware fully of what God summons them in His Providence to dare
and to do for the extension of His kingdom ? Every thing portends a conflict and
crisis in the history of the world. Large masses of mind, and with augmented
force, are coming into collision. Out of the impending strife of opinions and inter-
ests, comes assuredly the final triumph of Christ's truth ; but shall we, as a de-
nomination and individuals, lend or withhold, yield or forego our share in that wide
and final struggle, and that extended and enduring victory
All which is respectfully submitted,

William R. Williams, ^

James N. Granger, \ Committee.

James H. Duncan, )

To this Committee it was also referred to report upon the share of the Board in
the publication of the travels of our esteemed br. Malcom, when, as agent of the
Board, he visited the East. The report of another Committee, already submitted,
gives the facts in this case. Of the interest and graphic power of the work, we
need not speak. A hasty observer might not in his brief visit see all things in the
light in which they are regarded by a resident. It is impossible that he should.
It is most instructive, however, to the friends and conductors of missions to receive
and compare the descriptions of various classes of observers.

The full influence of such visits from agents of the Society at home to the sta-
tions abroad, can only be developed in a long course of years, such as has not yet
intervened. To the slow teachings of time, your Committee think must be sub-
mitted the question, as yet in process of inquiry and experiment, what is the best
mode of maintaining, by the Missionary Boards of the age, a close, just and effect-
ive, a fraternal yet efficient supervision of the missions these Boards are called by
the providence of God and the favor of their brethren to manage and review. May
God's Spirit enable the brethren at home and abroad so to believe, give, toil and
lire, that the ages to come, which may have the leisure and meant that we have

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not to write a just and full history of missions, may say of us and our influ-
ence, " They did what they could." More is not asked. All yet done is much
less than this. Which is respectfully submitted-,

William R. Williams, J

James N. Granger, s Committee.

James H. Dctncan, j

On motion by the Rev. Alfred Bennett, seconded by the Rev. Dr,
Way land,

Voted, That the thanks of the Board be presented to the Rev.
George B. Ide for his discourse delivered on Wednesday evening,
and that he be requested to furnish a copy for publication.

The Committee on Agencies reported, and the report was adopt-
ed, as follows : —

The Committee on Agencies report : —

That while they recommend to the Board to use due caution and economy, as
they have heretofore done, in the employment of collecting agents, they see no
prospect of replenishing the funds of the treasury to the extent that is indispensable
in sustaining the missionaries already in the field, or of increasing the number, with-
out this mode of operation. Certainly, it would be very desirable and pleasant if
every church and every disciple of Christ in the United States possessed full know-
ledge of all the facts of the missionary enterprise, and that high spirit of Christiao
liberality that was evinced by the churches in Macedonia, which, in a "great trial
of affliction," and " in deep poverty," became " willing of themselves," and made
entreaty to the almoners of the bounty of the churches to "receive iheir gift."
But this state of things does not exist. At least, such is not generally the habit of
our churches. So large a proportion are destitute of pastors, and so frequent and
pressing are the calls for their liberality, that agents are an indispensable part of our
moral machinery. As a religious service, agency-labor calls for much self-denial,
constant absence from home, sometimes exposure to unkind surmises, and admits
of less compensation than that of the regular pastor. But it is a work to wjiich the
apostles submitted.* It is a work that must now be performed, or the mission
cause will take a retrograde course.

The Committee suppose it will be necessary, in the Southern States, to adjust
their agencies to the prospective state of affairs. But it is exceedingly desirable
that at least in the South-western States an agency tour should be made by our
beloved missionary, Mr. Kincaid, during the summer and autumn. He h,is been
invited, and is expected in Kentucky and Tennessee, and your Committee believe
he will meet with the cordial greetings of the brethren there.

In other parts of the country your Committee see no cause for reduction of agen-
cies, but rather for increased efforts.

All which is respectfully submitted.

John Peck,
J. M. Peck,

Committee.

A communication was read from the Rev. Jonathan Aldrich, in-
viting the Board to hold its next annual meeting with the High St.
Baptist church, in Baltimore, and the same was referred to the
Committee on the time and place of the annual meeting.

The Committee on the Claim of the Board to certain Real Estate
in Michigan, stated that they should not be able to report at the
present session, and they were allowed farther time.

The Committee on the European and African Missions reported,
and the report, after some discussion, was recommitted.

Adjourned till half past 2, P. M. Prayer was offered by the Rev.
Dr. Sherwood, of Illinois.

* See 2 Cor. chap. viii.

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Friday, half past 2, P. M.

The Board met agreeably to adjournment. Prayer was offered
by Rev. S. Peck of Boston.

The Recording Secretary being absent, the Rev. N. W. WilHams
was appointed in his place pro tern.

The Committee on the time and place of the next annual meet-
ing, reported, recommending, —

1. That the Board hold its next annual meeting with the Pierre-
pont St. Baptist Church, in Brooklyn, N. Y.

2. That the Acting Board designate the time.

3. Tliat the annual discourse be delivered by the Rev. George
W. Eaton, D. D., of Hamilton, N. Y., and that the Rev. William
Hague, of Boston, be his alternate.

The report was accepted, and the recommendations were adopted.

The Committee to whom was recommitted the report on the Eu-
ropean and African, Missions, reported the same without alterations,
and the report was referred to the Acting Board.

The Committee on European and African Missions beg leave to report : —

That the attention which they have given to the history, condition, and prospects
of our missions in Europe, has led them cordially to unite in the sentiments of hope
and encouragement in regard to them, which were expressed to the General Con-
vention last year in a report which was presented hy Dr. Johnson, which was after-
wards published, and which ought to be read and considered by every friend of onr
enterprise. The Committee have heard of nothing which has transpired during the
last year which should induce the Board to vary essentially from the line of policy
which they have hitherto adopted, except the restriction of funds. While, on the
one hand, it would be inexpedient to attempt a great enlargement of our operations
in Europe, on the other, the signs of the times, and great moral and political changes
now in progress, are replete with arguments to urge us to strengthen the stations
which we occupy, and to stand ready, when God shall open " an effectual door," to
enter upon a wider sphere of influence. We seek to plant amidst the corruptions of
Christendom, the germs of primitive Christianity ; and the revolutions of time, we
doubt not, will show that no seed of truth is utterly lost, and that the corn sowed
upon the waters, though now hidden, shall arise after many days. Within the
past year, a spirit of inquiry has revived on the continent with a vigor and intensity
unprecedented at any period since the age of the Reformation. This must create
a moral susceptibility which will prepare the way of our missionaries ; a state of
the public mind which will better qualify it to appreciate the peculiar principles of
their teaching. Perhaps there has never been a time when we were impelled by
stronger motives to maintain the positions we have taken in Germany, and France,
and Denmark, which were not sought out by us so much as placed in our posses-
sion by the special providence of God.

Concerning the African Mission, it is obvious from the annual report, that, while
we have ground for encouragement, we have also impressive occasion for renewed
efforts, and for unceasing fervent prayer. After more than twenty years, we linve
only one or two preachers for a whole continent. One of these is obliged to divide
his time between preaching and translating ; and the other, a colored brother, occu-
pied cheifly in teaching a school, is in a very feeble and precarious state of health.
.'\ll which is respectfully submitted,

Irak Chase, i

Wm. Hague, \ Committee.

Wm. Crane, j

Resolved, That the Acting Board be authorized to discontinue the
French and Greek Missions at as early a period as may seem to
them expedient.

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Resolved, That the thanks of this Board be presented to the
American and Foreign Bible Society for the sum of six thousand
dollars received during the past year to aid in' the translation, print-
ing, and distribution of the sacred scriptures in foreign languages.

William Colgate, Esq., of New York, was elected a Vice-Presi-
dent of the Board, in the place of the Rev. Dr. Going, deceased.

John B. Jones, Esq., of Roxbnry, Mass., was elected a member
of the Board in the place of Mr. Colgate, elected a Vice-President.

Gardner Colby, Esq., having resigned his place in the Acting
Board, John B. Jones, Esq., was elected to fill the vacancy.

The Treasurer read an account of moneys received during the
present session, amounting to ^6,252 13.

Adjourned. Prayer was offered by Mr. Colgate of New York.

Baron Stow, Recording Secretary.

ACTING BOARD FOR 1845-6.

Daniel vSiiarp, President.
Richard Fletcher, Vice-President.
Solomon Peck, )

T> T-i T) * i Correspondins; Secretaries,

Robert E. Pattison,* ) i b

Baron Stow, Recording Secretary.

Heman Lincoln, Treasurer.

Barnas Sears,
William Leverett,
Irah Chase, »
William Hague,
Ebenezer Thresher,*

Managers.

RoLLiN H. Neale,
Robert W. Cushman,
Robert Turnbull,
John B. Jones. "f

thirty-second annual meeting.

The Thirty-Second Annual Meeting of the Board of Managers will be
held in the meeting-house T)f the Pierrepont St. Baptist church, in Brook-
lyn, N. Y. ; Rev. George W. Eaton, D. D., of Hamilton, N. Y., is appointed
to preach the annual sermon ; alternate, Rev. William Hague, of Boston.

* Resigned.

t Declined.

THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT.

Presented at Providence, R. I., April 30, 1815.

Mr. President,

In scarcely any thing is the sovereignty of God more con-
spicuous than in the history of missions. A comprehensive
survey of this department of the cliurch's efforts greatly tends,
no doubt, to confirm our faith in the Savior's last promise,
" Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world."
But so numerous and so painful are the particular disappoint-
ments, and the instances of unexpected success, when experi-
enced, are effected in a way and at a time so foreign to our
expectations, that we are ever reminded of the divine declara-
tion ; " My ways are not your Avays, neither are my thoughts
your thoughts." In filling the earth with the knowledge of
himself, God has no counsellors. And in the disappointment,
sickness, and bereavement, so frequent in the missionary work,
the lesson of Christ is ever inculcated on his disciples, " My
peace I give unto you ; not as the world giveth, give I unto
you." Had not the people of God been previously admonished
of these trials of their faith, universal discouragement must
often have prevailed.

Amid great general prosperity in the operations of the Board
during the past year, an inscrutable Providence has seen fit to
call from the field of their toil and great usefulness several of
our most valuable fellow-laborers, both in this and in foreign
countries. Of the Board of Managers, we have to announce the
removal by death of one of the Vice-Presidents, the Rev. Jona-
than Going, D. D., late President of Granville College, Ohio;
and the Hon. Levi Farwell, of Massachusetts, the Assistant
Treasurer of the Convention. Of the missionaries, the Rev.
William G. Crocker, of the Bassa Mission ; Rev. Grover S.
Comstock, of the Mission to Arracan ; Mrs. Willard, of the
French Mission ; Mrs. Shuck, of the China Mission ; and the
Rev. Jesse Bushyhead, native preacher among the Cherokees,
have also died. Of our surviving fellow-laborers, many have
been visited with protracted sickness, in their own persons or in
their families; and others with bitter bereavement; thus filling
up, in their varied experience, what remaineth of Christ's afflic-
tions:— who, also, shall be partakers of his glory.

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HOME DEPARTMENT.

The receipts of the treasury for the financial year ending
April 1, 1845, have been as follows : — From legacies and dona- ,
tions by individuals, churches, and auxiliarjwsocieties, §71,876
20 ; from other societies and the general government, $10,400 ;
and from the Baptist Missionary Magazine, $26 75.

The expenditures during the same period have been $94,785
28 ; excess of expenditures above receipts, .$12,482 33.

The debt at the close of the year ending April 1, 1844, was
$27,706 16. Debt April 1, 1815, $40,188 40.

AGENCIES.

The collecting agents of the Board have been

In New England, Rev. J. B. Brown seven months, ending
Nov. 1, and Rev. Joseph Wilson the last nine months.

In Neiv York, Rev. Silas Bailey eight months, closing Dec.
1, and Rev. Alfred Bennett throughout the year : — Mr. Ben-
nett also fulfilled an agency in Vermont, and Mr. Bailey a
special agency in Philadelphia.

In Virginia, Rev. Thomas W. Sydnor, throughout the year.

In Ohio and States adjoining, Rev. J. Stevens.

In Illinois, and other States west and south-west, Rev. B. F.
Brabrook.

The aggregate of their services has been equal to the unin-
terrupted labor of six men.

Rev. E. Kincaid has also continued his labors in behalf of
the Board in this country with his usual zeal and success.

PUBLICATIONS.

Of the Missionary Magazine 6000 copies are circulated ; and
of the Macedonian 18,000 copies; beside an edition of the
Macedonian at Cincinnati, of from 5000 to 6000 copies.

COOPERATION OF OTHER INSTITUTIONS.

Of the $10,400 received from other Institutions, the Ameri-
can Tract Society contributed .$2500 ; the American and For-
eign Bible Society, $3500 ; and the United States Government,
$4400.

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FOREIGx^ DEPARTMENT.

MISSIONS IN NORTH AMERICA.

MISSION TO THE OJIBWAS.

Sault de Stk. Marie. — A. Bingham, J. D. Cameron, preachers} Mrs. Bing-
ham; Miss Maria Bi.vgham, school-teacher.

TiKKAMlNO (out-station). — Shegtid, native assistant.

MiCHIPlCOTON, "

1 station and 2 out-stations; 2 missionaries and 2 female assistants; 1 native as-
sistant.

The mission has lost a valuable helper the last year in the
removal of Miss H. H. Morse, on account of sickness ; resulting
from the severe cold of winter in so northern latitude. She
left St. Mary's in August. The school, now in charge of Miss
Bingham, continues prosperous, and has had on its list of
pupils an average of nearly fifty, including eleven boarding
scholars.

But little change has been made in the ordinary religious ex-
ercises of the station. The Sabbath school is continued, and
the bible class, which had been suspended, is resumed. About
one fourth of Mr. Bingham's time has been occupied in visiting
and preaching at different Indian locations. At Tikramina,
where the native assistant resides, three Indians have been
baptized. The whole number received by baptism is five, and
by letter, one. Number of members reported by Mr. Bingham,
twenty-seven. The church at Michipicoton has lost three mem-
bers by death, leaving twenty-seven. Mr. Cameron announces
the completion of the translation of the gospels by Luke and
Mark.

OTTAWAS IN MICHIGAN.

Richland. — L. Slater, preacher and teacher; Mrs. Slater.
1 station ; 1 preacher and 1 female assistant.

The school at this station contains about thirty pupils, in-
cluding nearly equal numbers of Indian and white children ; it
has been regularly maintained, except in the season of hunting
and making sugar. The church, which numbers twenty-five
adult members, has not been enlarged ; but a good state of re-
ligious feeling has existed. " The whole community (of 130
members) have renounced heathen superstitions, unite in visit-
ing the house of God on his day of rest; and listen with appa-
rent interest to the solemn truths of the gospel."

Considerable advancement has been made in the general in-
terests of the colony. For the better encouragement of the In-
dians in husbandry, the constant aid of a practical farmer has
been secured. The missionary has ofl'ered the Indians as much
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land, his private property, as they will cultivate, and has gen-
eroiisly cancelled a debt of .$30(3 for lands previously sold to
them. A building has been erected for tlie separate instruction
of females, both in letters and domestic duties, including spin-
ning, weaving, needlework, &-c. Ilitlierto their employments
have been hoeing in the fields, dressing skins taken in hunting,
making moccasins, mats, and the like. A disposition to adopt
civilized habits and good morals, is extending also beyond the
colony. At the last payment of government annuities, when
from 500 to 600 Indians were assembled, conferences were held
in regard to advancement in morals and civilization ; and it was
resolved to "conform to the customs of the Avhite people in
dress, deportment, agriculture, and domestic economy."

TONAWANDAS AND TUSCARORAS IN NEW YORK.

ToNAWANDA. — A. VVarren, pre.icher and superintendent J Mrs. Warren, and two
other female assistants.

1 station ; 1 preaclier anJ teacher ; 3 female assistants.

" The blessing of the Lord,'' says the superintendent, "has
been clearly manifest in Tonawanda the present year. The
Holy Spirit has been poured out on the red men, shewing the
insufficiency of the blood of the ' white dog' to cleanse the con-
science from dead works, and leading them to Christ as the
way, the truth, and the life." Eleven Indians have been added
to the church by baptism ; and in a neighboring white settle-
ment, where the missionary has usually preached Lord's-day
evening, sixteen have been baptized. Two of the native mem-
bers have died : present number in the native church, thirty.

The boarding-school has averaged about forty Indian chil-
dren, who make good progress in study. The boys are also
taught practical agriculture, and the girls housewifery. Among
the people generally, there is an increase of industry and tem-
perance. They continue averse to the project of removal, and
hope, thongh with little reason, that the treaty will be set aside.

SHAWANOE 1^^SSI0N.

Shawanoe. — F. Barker, preacher and teacher; Mrs. Barker; one native as-
sistant.

Stockbridge — J. G. Pratt, preacher and printer ; Mrs. Pratt; Miss J. Kelly,
teacher.

Delaware. — I. D. Blanchard, preacher and teacher; Mrs. Blanchard ; Miss S.
Case, teacher. Charles Johnnycake. native assistant.

Ottawa. — J. Meeker, preacher and teacher; Mrs. Meeker ; one native assistant.

4 stations ; 3 preachers and teachers, 1 preacher and printer, 6 female assistants ; 3 na-
tive assistants.

Mrs. Barker has returned to Shawanoe with improved health.
The Shawanoe boarding-school is increasingly prosperous, and
contains ten boys and four girls, from five to fourteen years of
age : all Shawanoes, except two Mohegans and one Osage.

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Four have attended school three years. Two are church
members.

The spiritual interests of the station are encouraging. A
church has been constituted of the resident members of the Ot-
tawa and Shawanoe church. Six have been added by baptism,
and one received, who had been baptized ; one has been ex-
cluded; present number of native members, twenty-two.

The prospect for the future is cheering. More harmony pre-
vails among the Indians. " The way is rapidly opening for
the triumph of Christian principle. This is destined to be soon
the leading influence of the Nation. Caste is giving way."

In regard to the Stockbridges, the restrictions alluded to in
our last report, have been rescinded, chiefly through the inter-
vention of the U. S. Superintendent of Indian Aflairs ; and Mr.
Pratt and his associates have accordingly removed to that sta-
tion. The mission buildings were commenced last autumn.
The Stockbridges are faithful to their engagements, except so
far as prevented by sickness ; and every encouragement is given
that the arrangement will be permanent and prosperous.

The school was opened by Miss Kelly in August. The en-
suing autumn it was suspended on account of sickness, but was
re-opened in January. The improvement of the pupils, thus
far, is abundantly satisfactory. Religious services are held
both at Stockbridge and a Delaware settlement. The Stock-
bridge branch of the Delaware church, at the last dates, was
about to be organized into a separate church.*

The operations of the Delaware station have been partially
interrupted, in consequence of the unprecedented overflow of
the Kansas river. The entire Indian village connected with
the station was swept away ; leaving unharmed only the mis-
sion premises, which occupied a higher position. Most of the
inhabitants have since settled on the high prairie, distant nearly
six miles. This may lead to a new location of the mission.

The school has been kept together with difliculty. Yet, in
consequence of the growing interest, the number of boarding-
scholars in January, was nineteen ; and ten or twelve applicants
had been refused.

Of the spiritual state of this branch of the mission Mr. Blan-
chard writes, "The fruits of deep-rooted piety are more and
more manifest among the native church members; and some
who were lately among the most degraded, appear to be anx-
iously inquiring after the truth." Stated meetings are held in
two neighborhoods, and are deeply interesting. Number of
church members reported last year, twenty-eight.

The Ottawa station, in common with the Delaware, has
suflfered from the rise of the Osage river. Previous],to its over-
flow, the native brethren had commenced preparations to build
a meeting-house, and their religious meetings were assuming a

Since organized.

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very interesting character. Some of the most influential men
had joined the mission church. Opposition from Indians and
Romish priests was giving way. " In the midst of this appa-
rent prosperity," says Mr. Meeker, " God has seen fit to try
their faith, permitting the floods to break in upon them and
sweep away their houses, and growing crops, and nearly
every thing they possessed." Calamity succeeded to calamity,
and many of the Indians were scattered abroad to obtain a
present subsistence. Relieved by the generous benefactions of
their white brethren, and the liberal appropriations of the U. S.
government, they have, at length, resumed their accustomed
employments ; the usual religious services are maintained, and,
of late, with increasing interest; and several have '-found
peace in believing in the Lord Jesus." The number of Ottawa
church members is thirty. Seven have been added by baptism
since February, 1844, and one restored : two have been ex-
cluded, and one has died.

MISSION' TO THE CHEROKEES.

Cherokee, (three miles from the middle of the east line of the Cherokee territory). —
E. Jones, preacher; T. Frye, Miss S. H. Hibbard, teachers ; H. Upham, printer j
Mrs. Jones ; Mrs. Upham.

Flint, (thirteen miles south-west of Cherokee). — Lewis Downing, native preacher.

Out-stations, Bread-town, Skin Bayou, (thirty miles south, near Arkansas river;)
Ping, (fifteen miles south of Cherokee.)

Taquohee, (twenty-five miles north of Cherokee). — W. P. Upham, preacher and
teacher; Mrs. Upham. TVinenoJc, native preacher.

DsiTOHEE, (thirty miles from CJjerokee, and six north-east of Taquohee). — Dsulas-
kee, native preacher.

Delaware, (forty miles north of Cherokee, fifteen from Dsiyobee). — Miss E. S.
Morse, teacher. Johii M'ickliffe. Oganaya, native preachers.
Out-stations, Honey Creek, Wliite Water.

5 stations and 5 out-stations ; 1 preacher, 1 preacher and teacher, I teacher, 1 printer,
2 female teachers, and 3 other female assistants ; 5 native preachers.

The death of the Rev. Jesse Bushyhead, late a valued mem-
ber of the native ministry and pastor of Flint church, oc-
curred July 17. On the 4th of August Lewis Downing was
installed pastor in his stead. Oganaya was ordained associate
pastor of the church at Delaware, Sept. 22, on account of the
increased infirmities of Mr. Wicklifie, and the great extent of
territory over which the church is spread. 3Ir. "Willard P.
Upham was set apart to the ministry of the gospel Oct. 13.

The accounts from the mission, generally, are of the same
cheering character as those reported at our last anniversary.
The churches are gradually enlarged, and new churches con-
stituted. Sixty-one were baptized previous to Sept. 27. Of
these the Cherokee church received twenty. Flint ten, Taquo-
hee nine, Dsiyohee one, Delaware ten. and White Water eleven.
The annual report of the mission has not been received.

The schools are increasingly prosperous. The national
school, at Cherokee, in charge of Mr. Frye, has been well at-

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tended, especially by the older class of pupils. ]\Iore fvll Che-
rokees attend than formerly. To the studies before pursued,
history, geography, and English grammar have been added.
Some of the pupils are pious. Tiie school is in high repute
with the Cherokees, and is distinguished for accuracy and
thoroughness of instruction.

Miss Hibbard"s school has been continued with its wonted
success throughout the year, except a few weeks A acation in
summer. Several new branches of study have been introduced,
but the general course of instruction is essentially as last year.
The " native class" is doing well. They read the gospel in
course, both in English and Cherokee; and are deeply inter-
ested.

The Sabbath school connected with the station, under the
superintendence of Mr. H. Upham. has been regularly attended
by a large number of pupils, and with great interest. A female
prayer meeting is connected with it, sustained specially by mo-
thers. There is also a monthly prayer meeting, at which con-
tributions are regularly made, held by a female Missionary
Society.

The school at Delaware labors under some embarrassment
from the want of suitable school-books in the native language.
All the pupils, on entering the school, understand Cherokee
only. Oral instruction is given by Miss Morse in arithmetic, ge-
ography, scripture history, 6cc. The pupils are also taught the
English language, and about fifteen are able to read and write
Cherokee. 3Iiss JM. expresses a lively interest in the school,
and gratification with the proficiency of the pupils.

Mr. Upham devotes his time specially to the national school,
at Taquohee, but has also in charge the Taquohee and Dsiyo-
hee churches. His location in that neighborhood is peculiarly
opportune. The territory occupied by the Baptist portion of
the Cherokees, extends north and south 100 miles, and east and
west four or five : and is so intersected by the river Illinois,
that during several months of the year, while the river is swol-
len with rains, all commiuiication between the north and south
divisions is necessarily cut ofl:'. Mr. .Tones resides on the south
side of the river, and the northern district is committed to the
immediate care of Mr. Upham. The progress of religion in
this neighborhood has been gratifying. About thirty have been
baptized since Mr. Upham's settlement at Taquohee, some of
M'hom are in the " dew of their youth," and members of Mr.
U.'s school.

The printing department is conducted by Mr. H. Upham
with ability, and gives great promise of usefulness. A monthly
periodical, the " Cherokee Messenger," has been in course of
publication since July, in an edition of 1000 copies, Svo. The
work contains translations of portions of Genesis, Psalms, Pil-
grim's Progress, 6cc. The book of Genesis entire, was trans-

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lated by Mr. Bushyhead. Several tracts have been translated
since, or are in progress.

Much sickness has prevailed in the Cherokee country the
past year, adding greatly to the trials and labors of the mission-
aries ; but at the last accounts the missionaries were m their
usual health.

MISSION TO THE CREEKS.

Ebenezer. —

Canadian River. — Two stations.

The late esteemed missionary to the Creeks, Rev. E. Tucker,
has retired from the service of the Board on account of the pro-
tracted sickness of Mrs. T. His connexion with the mission,
which continued a year and three months, was productive of
much good. Two churches have been organized; the first con-
taining about 100 members, and the second 220. Twenty have
been baptized by him the past year in the Nation, and an equal
number in the adjoining State. It is much to be lamented that
the state of our funds does not allow of an immediate reinforce-
ment of the mission. The prospects of usefulness are inviting.
The school funds of the Nation amount to |)4000 per year ;
there is also a fund of ^80,000 from the sale of lands ; gradual-
ly increased to ^100,000 ; the income of which it is proposed
by the Nation to apply to the same object, under the immediate
direction of one or more missionary societies, who shall consent,
on certain stipulated conditions, to take the business in charge.

MISSION TO THE CHOCTAWS.

The Rev. R. D. Potts, for many years a faithful missionary
in connexion with this Board, has, with mutual consent, trans-
ferred his relations, since our last report, to the American Indian
Mission Association. The Choctaws had submitted a proposi-
tion requiring on the part of the Board an increased annual ex-
penditure of .f 1000. The condition of the treasury did not ad-
mit of such an enlargement, and, as a necessary consequence,
though with great regret, the mission has been relinquished.

MISSIONS IN EUROPE.
MISSION TO FRANCE'

Diipartement du Nord.

DOUAY. —

Lannoy and Baisiecx. — J. Thieffry, native preacher.
Orchies and Rume. — F. Dujardin, " "

Bertry. (Five out-stations.) — J. B. Prdvots, I. Foulon, native preachers.

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D^artement d' Aisne.

Athies. (Seven out-stations.) — J. B. Cre'tin, L. Lefevre, natiye preachers ; J. N.
Fromeni, colporteur.

Chaunt. (Eleven out-stations.) — V. Lepoix, native preacher ; L. Choquet, colpor-
teur.

L.*. Croix St. Ouen. (Seven out-stations.) — L. J. Foulboeuf, native preacher;
P. J. Lacquemont, colporteur.

In this country, E. Willard, preacher.

7 stations and 30 out-stations ; 1 preacher and II native preachers and assistants.

The death of Mrs. Willard occurred Oct. 4, from pulmonary
consumption. Mr. Willard, with his children, arrived in this
country Dec. 6. The question of his return to France, he has
submitted to the Board ; there are weighty considerations for
his not deferring it later than next autumn.

Prior to his leaving France, suitable arrangements were made
for the continued employment of the native laborers, with some
slight change in the order of their duties. One of the assistants
has been dismissed.

The general aspect of the mission is not much varied from
that presented last year. Governmental restrictions continue in
force, and are applied, from time to time, as suits the enmity of
the Romish, or the national priesthood, or the caprice of local
authorities. The reports from the different stations are of a
mixed character. One of the preachers writes, —

"I am obliged to say, the work languislies. The cause ? — it is wholly
this, — aside from the |)urpose of God, — that we are confined to speaking al-
ways to the same persons. We cannot be hindered from speaking, tliere-
fore they leave to us what is gained ; but they hinder our progress, if we
W'ish to enlarge our little circle. They prevent us from disengaging our-
selves ; from opening any door to go forth, — they confine us. We are sent
to preach tlie gospel to every creature, and we can only see twenty — thirty
— fifty — but no more ; for at once the authoi-ities threaten and prejiare to
prosecute."

Another says, —

" We have arrived at that epoch when the prayers of Christians should be
more than ever that of St. John, ' Come, Lord Jesus.' For it seems that all
the powers of darkness are bestirring themselves to give the decisive blow.
On the other hand, it would appear, also, that every where the whitened har-
vest invites more than ever tlie reaper's sickle. It is, then, the time to la-
bor ; lest the ears be weighed down and buried, being choked by thorns and
thistles."

A third holds the following language : — " All goes well ; God
be praised for it. We continue to be abundantly blessed. My

last Wednesday meeting, at C , was composed of at least

150 persons, attentive and serious." And says another, —
" When I went to visit this brother, his house could not contain
all the people who repaired thither. He needs an assistant,
lie is unable to respond to all the calls to hold meetings in C.
and icUho7il."

The colporteurs are indefatigable. Among the tracts for cir-
culation, is a translation of notices of Ko Thah-byu and Bleh
Poh.

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MISSION TO GERMANY AND DENMARK.

Hamkurg. — J. G. Oncken, J. Kcebnf.r, J. C. F. Lange. preacliers ; Messrs.
Schauffler, Kruger, J. Brown, &c., assistants. Out-stations, Altona, Elmshom, Pinne-
burg, &c. (Hoistein).

Oldenburg (Grand Ducliy of O.)

Jever, " " " A. F. Remmers, preacher; J. L. Hinrichs, &c.,

assistants.

Othfreesen (Hanover). — J. H. Sander, preacher.

ElMBECK, " C. StEINHOFF, "

Landeck (Silesia). — J. Straube, "

Berlin (Prussia). — G. W. Lehmann, " Out-station, Seegajield.

BiTTERFiELD (Prussia). — C. F. Werner, "

MeMEL, " DOERCKSEN, "

Copenhagen (Denmark). — P. C. Mcenster, "
Langeland, " A. Madsen, "

AaLBORG, " FOLTVED, "

12 stations and 4 out-stations; 17 preachers and assistants.

The reformation which has been so auspiciously begun in
Germany", appears to be rapidly extending, and gives promise
of eventually overspreading the land. Every year opens new
channels and new encouragements for the propagation of the gos-
pel. The number of laborers, self-supported, or in some cases
receiving little more than a nominal support, is increasing, and
the opposition to their evangelical efforts is apparently dying
away. At some poinis persecution has ceased, and at others it
is greatly ameliorated. The churches in almost every instance
are receiving new adherents. The Berlin church alone has had
a net increase of fifty; and an equal number is reported in con-
nexion with others. " The Hamburg church," says Mr. Onck-
en, " is constantly on the increase* receiving, among other con-
verts, Romanists from Austria, Bavaria, Hungaria, and other
parts." The churches at Oldenburg and Jever have, of late,
enjoyed a season of rest, and the good seed of the word is sown
far and wide. Persecution continues in some parts of Hanover,
but additions are still made to the churches in that kingdom ;
and at Bitterfield, in Prussia, after a conflict of four years, the
rights of conscience have been successfully vindicated. Nu-
merous and extensive missionary tours have been made ; — into
Hoistein, Mecklenburg, Pomerania, Lithuania, and other parts
of Germany ; and with great encouragement. About 300,000
tracts have been distributed : 1-5,000 in one excursion : also
portions of scriptures.

In Denmark, the pastor of the church at Copenhagen has un-
dergone n. jifik imprisonment; but abides faithful. The church
is steadfast ; and has lately received seventeen members by
baptism. Two new churches have been constituted in Seat-
land ; one of thirty-five members, and the other of sixteen.
Measures are in progress for the institution of a church in Hol-
land. " The Lord is opening a wide field of usefulness for us

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in that direction," says Mr. Oncken, " and the question is, now,
if our American brethren will go aud occupy it."

Mr. Oncken proposes to employ four additional laborers.
This would require an increase of appropriation, which, in the
present state of our funds, would be impracticable ; but the diffi-
culty has been obviated by the liberality of a brother, who has
supplied the necessary amount, ^500, — in addition to his ordi-
nary annual subscription.

Since the above was written, we have received Mr. Oncken's
annual report of the mission, prefaced with the following ani-
mating contrast.

" When I glance at the past, and compare it with the present, — when I
look on the seven disciples who, eleven years ago, on the evening of the
22d of April, were led down into the Elbe by our esteemed br. Sears, and
when I tliiok on tiie strong fears and faint hopes which at that time alter-
nately prevailed, at least in niy heart ; and then view the present state of the
mission, with its twenty-six churches and nearly 1500 precious souls who
have been converted by the truth and power of God, — and when I see that
the place of our tent is constantly enlarging, our cords lengthened and our
stakes strengthened, and that, too, in the midst of a host of enemies ; my
soul is lost in wonder, love, and praise; and I cannot but exclaim, " What
has God wrought!" You, my dear brother, the Board, and all our trans-
atlantic brethren who love Zion's prosperity above every thing pertaining
to this world, will participate in our joys and join us in ascribing all the
glory ' to Him that sitteth on the throne and to the Lamb forever.' "

MISSION TO GREECE.

Corfu. — A. N. Arnold, preacher; Mrs. Arnold ; Mrs. H. E. Dickson, Miss S. E.
Waldo, teacliers.
PiR.«:us. — R. F. BuEL, preacher; Mrs. Buel.
In this country, H. T. Love, preacher; Mrs. Love.
2 stations ; 3 preachers and 5 female assistants.

Mr. Love continues in connexion with the Board, but with
its consent has accepted, temporarily, the pastoral charge of the
church at Fruit Hill, R. I. ; from whom also he derives his
present support. The engagement of Apostolos, as an assistant,
was closed in May.

Mr. Buel removed to Piraeus in the early part of 1844. His
principal employment during the first six months, was the
final revision for the press, of Wayland's Elements of Moral
Science, designed for schools. An edition of 2000 copies was to
be printed, and to be ready for sale by the middle of January.
Much care has been taken to make it a " good and acceptable
translation." Mr. Buel speaks in confident terms of the valu-
able influence of the work on the moral and religious sentiments
of the classes who will be instructed in it ; an influence " far
more decided and apparent than can well be appreciated in our
country, where the true light shineth with noon-day effulgence."
Other publications have been in progress, or completed. A
constant religious influence has been exerted by private inter-

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course and in select classes, which, it is believed, cannot fail of

valuable fruit at no remote day.

At Corfu, the chief attention of Mr. Arnold and his associates
has been given to the acquisition of the Greek language, but
not to the neglect of preseiit opportunities of usefulness, both
among English and other foreign residents and the native popu-
lation. Preaching in English has been regularly maintained,
with other weekly and daily religious exercises ; a bible class
has been organized and attended with interest ; and frequent
opportunities improved in private intercourse with Greek fami-
lies and visitors. In the English department five have been
baptized, and there are other cases of great promise, if not of
conversion. The average attendance at worship has been about
thirty. In the school department, since July, the principal
charge has been devolved on Miss Waldo, in consequence of Mrs.
Dickson's absence on a visit for health to Scotland. A part of
the time she was assisted by Mrs. Arnold, and a few weeks by
Mrs. Buel from Piraeus. The number of pupils had risen to
nearly sixty, including twenty-four Jewesses, but owing to va-
rious external causes, was afterward reduced. A religious in-
fluence appears to pervade and control the operations of the
school, and though cases of known conversion have not yet oc-
curred, the prospect is encouraging.

We regret to add, that the health of ]Mrs. Arnold has been so
impaired as to make it necessary for her and her husband to be
absent for a time on a visit to Piraeus. The health of ]Mrs.
Dickson was much improved on her late voyage: but from a
letter just received we learn that she has been again danger-
ously sick, and that there is but little hope of her being able to
resume her duties the ensuing season.*

MISSION IN WEST AFRICA.

MISSION TO THE EASSAS.

Edt5A. — I. Clarkt, preacher; Mrs Clarke, Mrs. Crocker; J. H..Cheesemas,
teacher. Ou t-st ition, iJuaioi's toion. Joseph Winder, /Con^ iifofta, native assistants .
Bexley — John Dav, preacher.

2 stations and 1 out-station ; 2 preachers and 2 female assistants; 1 other and 2 native
assistants.

Mr. Crocker died at Monrovia, Feb. 26, a few days after his
arrival on the coast. Mrs. Crocker proceeded to Edina in
March, and has continued in connexion with the mission. With
occasional intervals, the health of the mission has been good,
with the exception of Mr. Day. The operations of the mis-
sion have been conducted as heretofore. It is proposed, how-

* Later arrivals bring the gratifying intelligence that Mrs. .Arnold's health is reestab-
lished, and Mrs. Dickson nearly recovered from her late sickness. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold
returned to Corfu in Marcli.

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ever, to transfer the principal station from Edina to Bexley,
on account of the superior sakibrity of the latter, and its closer
proximity to native villages. Bexley lies within a few rods
of a large native town ; and within a mile of six or seven na-
tive villages. A school will be continued at Edina, in charge
of an assistant. The school at Bexley contains fourteen native
youth beside colonists, and is doing well. The influence of the
mission is gradually increasing among the natives, sometimes
averting violence and the shedding of blood ; to express their
cordiality toward the missionaries, the villagers are accustomed
to say, " This town is yours." Some progress has been made
in the publication of the New Testament in Bassa. Matthew,
John, and Acts have been printed, and the Epistles to the Ro-
mans and Corinthians are in course of preparation. The church
contained twenty-four members when last reported. The whole
number of pupils in the schools has not been stated. Two of
the Edina scholars have given evidence of conversion ; and one,
the first instance since the school was established, has died.

MISSIONS IN ASIA.

BURMAN AND KAREN MISSIONS.

(L) Maulmain Mission,

Maulmain [Burman department) — A. JudsoN; prearher; T. Simons, H. Howard,
E. A. Stevkns, preachers and teachers; S. M. Osgood, preacher and printer ; Mrs.
JuusoN, Mrs. Howard, Mrs. Stevens, Mrs. Osgood.

[Karen department.) — J. H. Vinton, preacher; J. B. Binnfy, preacher and teacher;
E. B. BuLLARD, preacher, (Pgho Karen;) — Mrs. Vinton, Mrs. Binnet, Mrs. BuL-
LAKD, Miss M. Vinton.

10 native preachers and 6 other native assistants ; Karen and Burman.

Amherst (Peguan department). — J. M. Haswell, preacher ; Mrs. Haswell.
3 native preachers and 3 other native assistants.

Chetthingsville {Karen). — 1 native preacher and several native assistants.
Newville, " 1 " " " " " "

BOOTAH, " 1 " " " " " "

Dong Van (PgAo Aarcn).— 1 " « " " " "
Also eight out-stations, including Rangoon in Burmah Proper.

6 stations and 8 out-stations ; 9 preachers, of whom 4 are teachers and 1 a printer ; 9
female assistants ; 38 native preachers and assistants.

Messrs. Binney and Bullard arrived at Maulmain April 6.
Mr. and Mrs. Stevens, in consequence of the ill health of the
latter, have been at Mergui a few months, but returned in
health about the 1st of June.

Preaching, baptisms, (^'c. — The preaching of the gospel has
been regularly maintained at Maulmain, in the Burman chapel
by Dr. Judson, — average attendance 200 ; — in the English
chapel by Mr. Simons, assisted by Mr. Binney, — average num-

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ber of attendants 150 ; and in the rainy season, in the Karen
chapel by Mr. Vinton. — attendance about 150 : — also at several
zayats in the city by native preachers. At Amherst Mr. Has-
well preaches in Burman ; and at the other stations and oiit-
slations meetings are statedly held by native preachers and as-
sistants. There is also much occasional preaching in zayats,
and conversation from house to house. A protracted meeting
was held at Newville in the early part of the year by Mr. Vin-
ton, assisted by Mr. Mason, of Tavoy Mission. Religious in-
struction is given in Sabbath and common schools.

The additions to the mission by baptism prior to July 1, were
171. Of this number, thirty-three were added to the English
church, principally of the military force at Maulmain, and tea
to the Burman church ; the remaining 128, including twelve at
Rangoon, were united with Karen churches.

The following is a

Table of Baptisms, ^c.

a,

a

ca

Maulmain (Burman), 33

(English), 10
Amherst (Burman),

Chetthingsville (Karen), 36

Newville, " 40

Bootah, " 23

Dong Van (Pgho Karen), 17

Rangoon (Karen), 12

O
2
10

K
6
5
1

50
150

32
160
123

95

52
T

171

12 12

662

Schools. — Soon after the return of Mr. Stevens from Mergui,
the Burmese school for preachers was re-opened with six stu-
dents ; three of whom had already been occasionally employed
as assistants, and gave good promise of usefulness. Some of
the exercises were also attended by three Karens ; and Mr.
Vinton had a Karen theological class, during the rainy season,
of twenty-six Karens.

Of the other Maulmain schools,

The Karen boarding-school, in charge of Mr. Vinton, had 83 pupils, including 40 girls.
" Pgho Karen " " " Mr. BuUard " 25 " "5 "

" Burmese boarding " " " Mr. Howard " 75* " " 25 "

" Eurasian '■' " " Mr. Simons " 25 board, pupils 6 "

There was also a day school by Mrs. Osgood of 35 " including 15 "

making a total of about 250 scholars.

The Amherst school num.bered from fifty to sixty pupils ;
and there was a Karen school at Chetthingsville of twenty-five
pupils, one at Newville of thirty-four, and one of eleven
pupils at Bootah. All the native school-teachers are members

• The number afterwards increased to 100, including thirty girls.

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of churches; and of the pupils, fifty-nine Karens, three Bur-
mans and one Eurasian, have professed the Christian faith.

Translations, printing, ^'c. — Mr. Haswell has completed the
revision of the epistles in Peguan, and is now engaged in re-
vising the gospels. The Religious Herald is regularly published
in Burman by Mr. Stevens. Other important works are in pro-
gress or waiting for the press. The printing in 1843 was lim-
ited to

The Mother's Book, 1st ed. ISmo. ICOO copies of 84 pp. 84,000 pp.
Tracton the Atonement," Svo. !2C00 " <• 16 " 32,000 "
Treatise on Surveying, " " 1200 " " 2o " 30,000

Total, 4200

146,000

The amount of issues for the same year was 11,516 copies,
making 798,744 pages.* The amount of distrihuion for the
year ending July 1, was 22,640 copies, of which 17,844 were
distributed in Maulmain city.

For the year ending Dec. 31, 1844, the number of books and
tracts printed, was 5000, including 330,100 pages; and the
number issifed, was 27,.506 copies, or 1,663,596 pages. Of
those printed, 2000 copies, or 49,500 pages, were of school-
books; and 3100 copies, or 280,600 pages, were of a religious
character ; as will appear from the following table.

* About one half the issues from the depository were to Maulmain, and the remainder
to Amherst, Tavoy, Mergui, and the three stations in Arracan. The following table will
shew the classes of books issued.

cops.

Scriptures, 4to., 16

Old Testament, 1st vol., 20

" " 2d '' 20

" " 3d " 20

New " 265

Psalms, 50

Luke and John, 25

pp.

3b,400
10,640
10,000
14,400
172,780
7.800
3,700

Total of scriptures, 416 257,720

Extracts of scriptures.

Life of Christ, 258

Digest, 1st Part, 62

1st and 2d do. 157

History of Creation, 300

" ofJoseph, 200

Kpitome of Old Testament, 300

On Idolatry, 925

Commandments, &.C., 20

51,696
2,-180

21,352
2,400
5.600

13,200

11,100
80

Total extracts of scriptures, 2222 110,908

School-books.

Spelling book, 145 4,640

Elementary Arithmetic, 30 4,200
Catechism of Astronomy and

Geography, 300 4,800

do. of Scripture History, 372 81,840

Child's Book on Soul, I'st Pt., 12 1 ,104

" " " " 2d " 46 5,704

Little Philosopher, 12 1,728

Questions on Life of Christ,
Geometry,

cops.
56
170

pp.

12,544
31 ,280

Total school-books, 1163 147,840

Books and tracts, miscellaneous.

Bound tracts, 8vo., 326 97,800

" " 18mo., 20 5,320

Pilgrim's Progress, 43 6.880

Septenary, or Seven Manuals, 25 1,800

Hymns, 75 7,800

Mother's Book. 213 17,892

Catechism and View, 550 11,000

Golden Balance, 1200 19,200

Awakener, 700 11,200

Investigator, 600 9.600

Ship of Grace, . 1000 16,000

A Father's Advice, 700 11,200

Way to Heaven, 300 4.800

Two Natures, 200 3.200

The Atonement, 1525 24,400

The Examiner, 50 800

Heaven and Hell, 18 504

Total miscellaneous, 7545 249,396

Books in Peguan.

Epistles from Galat. to Titus, 60 8,400

Life of Christ, 60 20,880

Epitome of Old Testament, 30 3,600

Total books in Peguan, 170 32,880

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Worlis printed at Maidmain in 1844.

Hymns (Burmese), 4th ed.,
Coiiimnndments (English.) 1st ed.,
Seventh Annual Report of Maulmain Miss. S
Scripture Catechism (Pgho Karen), 1st. ed.,
Hymns, '• "

School-books.
Treatise on Surveying (Burmese), 2d ed.,
Primer (Pgho Karen), 1st ed.,

cops.

pp.

Total pp.

1000

114

14i,LKX)

300

4

1,200

1000

40

40,000

300

88

2G,R)0

500

138

69,000

3100

280,600

1500

25

37.500

500

24

12,ij00

2000

49,500

3100

330,100

Total,

The lohole number of pages printed at the station prior to
July 1, 1844, was (3U,890,9UU.

Maulmain Missionary Society. — The contributions of this
Society liave amounted the past year to more than 3000 rupees
to the Maulmain Mission, and, including remittances to Tavoy
Mission, to about 4000 rupees, or nearly $2000. The members
of the Society are mostly connected with the Maulmain English
church, and the liberality which they have exhibited is, in part,
illustrative of the rich spiritual blessings bestowed on the church
during the same period.*

Rangoon. — This station, in Burmah Proper, was visited
some lime since by Mr. Vinton, and twelve Karens were bap-
tized. More recently he has been accompanied, on a second
visit, by Messrs. Stevens and Ingalis, to ascertain the practica-
bility of occupying Rangoon permanently, Mr. Ingalis having
signified his readiness to remove there, if found to be expedient.

(2.) Tavoy Mission.

Tavoy. — J. Wade, preacher; Y. Mason, C. Bennett, preachers and teachers ; T. S.
Ranney, printer; their wives ; and Miss J. A. LathroP.
7 out-stations ; with several native assistants.

Mergui. — L. Ingalls, D. L. Brayton, preachers; and their wives.
6 out-stations; 10 native assistants.

On their way to the mission, Edmund B. Cross, preacher; Mrs. Cross.

Mr. and Mrs. Ranney and Miss Lathrop reached Tavoy from
Maulmain May 7. Mr. Ranney has since devoted himself to
the study of Burman ; his connexion with the printing depart-
ment, where Burmans are chiefly employed as assistants, re-
quiring the use of the Burman language. Mrs. R. and Miss
Lathrop have commenced the study of the Karen language, the
latterf residing with the family of Mr. Wade. The health of

* See Appendix A.

t Since the above was written, intelligence has been received that the health of Miss
Lathrop has failed, and that, with tlie advice of the attending physician and the mission,
she is about to return. She left Tavoy for Maulmain Oct. I , and was to leave the latter
place for England and the United States in March. Mr. Bennett has also been ill for
several months, but in November was nearly or quite restored.

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175

Mrs. Wade continues low, and it was expected at the date of
our last advices that she would accompany her husband to
Mergui, with a view to its restoration.

Mr. and Mrs. Cross sailed from Boston for Maulmain Oc-
tober 30.*

Preachings baptisms, 6)'c. — Interesting portions of the history
of this department for the last year are in connexion with a
series of meetings held at Pyeekhya in January, and another at
Mergui, alluded to in our last annual report. The former were
conducted by Mr. Mason, assisted by Mr. Vinton of Maulmain
Mission, and continued about three weeks. Near the close of
the meeting forty-three Karens were baptized. Forty of the
number had entertained " the hope of having passed from death
unto life before the meetings commenced, but many of them did
not purpose making a public profession until the work of grace
was deepened on their hearts." At Mergui, the work was also
chiefly among the Karens, but extended to the English con-
gregation, and many were added to the church by baptism.
Another very remarkable work of grace appears to have been
wrought among the Salongs, on the islands between Tavoy
and Penang. They were repeatedly visited by Mr. Brayton,
and the gospel was preached with great effect. A church was
soon constituted of thirteen m.embers, and at a subsequent visit,
in which Mr. Brayton was accompanied by Mr. Stevens, sixteen
were added by baptism. They have since enjoyed the labors
of a Pgho Karen assistant, Kon-blom-pau, who is both preacher
and school-teacher. Their language has been reduced to a
written form by Mr. Stevens, and a collection of Salong words
and phrases commenced. The character selected is the Pgho
Karen.

Table of Chvrches, Sfc.

Tavoy (Burman),
Mat a (Karen),
Tounffbyouk, do.
Wathau, ) do.
Yaville, ) do.
Patsnuoo,
Pveekhya,
P'alau,
Mergui,
Kabin,

Thing-boung,

Alazau,

Kata,

V\hh (Pgho),
Salongs,

V

"o

14

?

18

1

5

343

7

1

1

1

7

43

7

7

11

2

13

12

2

13

97

2

1

1

14

2

4

19

2

2

14

1

1

21

29

29

121

1

6

2

24

* They arrived at Maulmain Feb. 24.

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At each of the Mergui out-stations, preaching has been regu-
larly maintained, and at Mergui in two places, with an aggre-
gate attendance of about 3UU. A part of the dry season was
spent by Mr. Ingalls at Kabin, where twelve were baptized.
Mr. Brayton spends much of his time at Ulah and along the
banks of Tenasserim river. One or two hundred families of
Siamese Karens have recently entered the province, and others
are expected ; some of whom, it is thought, will join the settle-
ment at Ulah.

Schools. — The theological school, in charge of Mr. Mason,
contains ten or twelve pupils, but chiefly new members. Four
or five of the last class are now laboring at out-stations. Mr.
Mason had also ten scholars from Mr. Bennett's and five from
IVIrs. Wade's school, an hour each day, in the study of the
scriptures. Mr. Cross is expected to take charge of the school
at the earliest practicable period. Mr. Bennett's school num-
bered about seventy-five pupils, having also the attentions of
Mrs. B. and a native teacher. Mrs. Wade's school contained
from twenty-five to thirty scholars, till discontinued on account
of ill health. Day schools have been taught at Yaville, Mata,
Kwathah, &c. The boarding-school at Mergui contained about
eighteen scholars, and the one at Ulah twenty. There were
day schools at Mergui and four of the out-stations; among
these last, a Salong school with eight or ten pupils.

Printing department. — Mr. Bennett remarked in January of
last year, " The demand for Karen books has never been
greater than it now is, and the cry for schools is still louder.
The demand increases every year, with the number who are
added to the readers. The edition of the New Testament will,
probably, all be expended in less than two years, and another
called for ; orders are now on hand for 1700 copies." The fol-
lowing table gives the amount of printing for 1843, the office
being open for nine months only.

Tablt of printing at Tavoy in 1843.

Morning Star, twelve No.'s, 4to.,
Manual, by Mr. Abbott, 1st ed., ISmo.,
New Testament (oontipleted). 1st ed,, 12mo.,
Karen Dictionary* (continued), " 4to.,
Catechism, by Mr. Abbott, " 32mo.,

" of .Scripture Hist., by Mrs. Wade, com
menced 2d ed., 32mo.,
" House I live In" (Burmese), 1st ed., 12mo.,
Ko Thah-byu (English), 2d " "

cops.

pp.

3600

18,000

1000

16.000

2000

920,000

280

32,480

1000

96,000

-

2000

320.000

500

111.000

288

50,616

10,6G8

1,564,096

Odssues, there were 10,139 copies, containing 1.607,858 pages.
3297 volumes were bound, exclusive of books stitched, <fcc.

* This work, by Mr. Wade, is on an enlarsred scale, and will, probably, require seve-
ral years for its completion. The first letter fills more than 250 pajes.

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177

Missio7iarij contributions. — Very liberal- donations have been
made, both by European residents and the native Christians, to
the objects of the mission. The Tavoy Missionary Society*
contributed about 600 rupees, besides a generous donation of
700 rupees from Maulmain ; and an equal amount has been re-
ceived at Mergui. The Missionary Society, at Mergui, has
raised seventeen or eighteen rupees monthly, and the Ulah
church the same. 1000 rupees have been given by the Com-
missioner for the benefit of the Salon gs.f

(3.) Mission to Airacan.

Ramree. — Moung Net, Moung Nah Bouk, native assistants.
Out-station. — Cheduba. Ko Thah-oo, Ko Thoo-pau-oung, native assistants.
Akyab. — L. Stilson, preachers Mrs. Stilson. Moung Kywet, Ko Koung Oung.
Out-stations. — Cruda, Sun Kween's ville (Kemees).

SsNDowAV. — E. L. Abbott, preacher; Mrs. Abbott4 Myat Kyau, Tway Poh,
and fourteen others, (twelve of them in Burmah,) native assistants.
Out-stations. — Magezzin, Baumee Chapel, Ong Kyoung, Great Plains, Buffalo.
In this country, E. Kincaid, preacher; Mrs. Kincaid.

3 stations and 8 out-stations ; 3 preachers and 3 female assistants ; 22 native assistants.

In our last annual report we recorded the death of Mrs. Com-
stock, of Ramree, and two of her children. To these must now
be added the husband and father, the Rev. Grover S. Com-
stock ; who died at Akyab on the 25th of April, of cholera, in
the fulness of his strength, aged thirty-five ; after a missionary
service of about ten years. " The last sentence he ever penned,
spoke of the fewness of laborers in the missionary field. And
how mysterious is that Providence which has still diminished
that number, by removing one so well qualified for labors
among the heathen." Though allowed to gather but few ripe
fruits, there is abundant evidence that his labor was not in vain,
and that the way is prepared for one of like character to enter
in and reap unto eternal life.

The mission is also greatly afHicted in the sickness of Mr.
Abbott. At the date of our last accounts, he had been com-
pelled to desist from public preaching ; and it was feared might
be called from his most interesting sphere of labor before the
close of another year.

* The following specimen is given in one of the journals, of the universality and readi-
ness with which these contributions are made by the native churches. The account is
of the church at Mata, who, in this respect, may be regarded as a model for churches
nearer home.

" The disciples commenced assembling together for the devotions of the Sabbath early
in the morning of that sacred day ; each one came bringing his mite to cast into the trea-
sury of the Lord; and not only the church members themselves, but their offspring with
them. The trembling hand of age, and the yet feeble hand of infancy, (yes, even that of
the child at the breast ) were stretched forth to aid the truly Christian work of carrying
the glad tidings of the gospel to a lost world. The contribution amounted to .above fifty
rupees ; I have seen a much smaller contribution taken for the same object, in a much
wealthier congregation of Christians at home."

t Appendix B. t Deceased.

VOL. XXV. 22 /

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The labors of Mr. Stilson have been divided between Akyab
and Ramree. He has also visited the Kemees on the Koladan
twice, giving special attention to the preparation of the Keioee
written language ; and has made two journeys to Cruda and
one to Arracan city. Two members have been added to the
Akyab church by baptism, and three by letter, from the Ram-
ree church ; one has died ; — present number thirty-one. The
Ramree church has six members, and the church at Cruda
twelve. An interesting tour was made by Mr. Comstock, a
few months before his death, the early part of 1S44, to JEng,
Kyouk Phyoo, Zanay, 6oc., where missionaries could be sta-
tioned with decided promise of usefulness.*

The return of Mr. Kincaid to Arracan is delayed by Mrs.
K.'s continued ill health.

Our reports from the Karen branch of the mission, apart from
the prevalence of sickness, continue to be most cheering, and
call for our liveliest gratitude. We have before announced
the large accession to the Karen churches in Burmah Proper,
visited by Myat Kyau. Myat Kyau was specially commission-
ed to this service, in answer to the earnest request of Chiistians
of many villages, and particularly of Pantanau district, where
Mr. Abbott labored a few weeks in 1837, (five days N. W. of
Rangoon). Of his quahfications for tlie work Mr. Abbott had
already written : —

"I have confidence in his discretion and judgment. He has received
the best instruction lam capable of giving liin), reiterated and enforced;
has seen my manner of ()rocedin'e for years ; and, althou<rh he may be more
liable to err than I, he will be less liable to be deceived. For he is a Ka-
ren, can go from house to house, and can ascertain the character of individ-
uals to better advantage than any foreign^missionary can."

The following is extracted from a letter of Myat Kyau re-
ceived by Mr. Abbott in April : —

" Great is the grace of the Eternal God. Thus, by the great love of our
Lord Jesus Christ, more than 15.50 have joined themselves to the Father,
Son, and Holy Ghost. I, Myat Kyau, and Oug Sah, we two, we went forth,
and God opened our way, and we went in peace and joy."

This triumphal tour, for so it may be called, occupied four
months. No molestation was offered by the Burman authori-
ties, and no persecution has followed. The candidates for the

* Mr. Comstock wrote in his journal of the tour above mentioned, " The assistants
asked me last evening, as they have often done before, if I had not yet heard that other
missionaries were coming to Arracan. I told them of the debt against the Board at the
last annual meeting, and added that I did not know whether new missionaries would be
sent out, or some of the old ones recalled for want of funds. On hearing that. Moung
Ket replied, ' It would be a cause of great sorrow, if missionaries should be called away
from here now, just as the Christian religion is ready to be established.' He then began
to talk over the matter with Nah Bouk, and said, ' It is as if a man should make a garden,
and after having planted it, just as the seed is beginning; to sprout and some trees are
putting forth their leaves, his money should fail, so that he could not properly fence it
and take care of it. All would be lost.' "

1845.] Tkirty-Jlrst Annual Report : — Asiatic Missions. 17^

ordinance had, in most cases, been confessed disciples of the
Lord Jesus one, two, and three years.

Large additions have also been made to the Karen churches
in Arracan. Ninety-seven were baptized the past year by Mr.
Abbott, eleven by Myat Kyau, and 381 by Tway Poh ; making,
with those baptized in Burmah, 2039 Karens brought into con-
nexion with the Arracan Mission during the year 1844.

Table of churches, baptisms, S)-c.

j: r) .2 ^

u ca ca a Q >

Burman department. — Ramree, 1 3 6

Akyab, 12 3 1 31

Cruda, 1 12

3 2 3 3 I 49

Ch. Bap. Exclu. Died. Whole No.

Karen department. — Baumee, 1 48 12 151

Magezzin, 1 97 2 133

Ong Kyoung, 1 115 43 1G5

Great Plains, 1 107 2 2 194

Buffalo, 1 30 301
JS'ot designateii,

or from Burmah, 92

5 489 2 59 678

Schools. — There have been three day schools in operation the
past season, one at Great Plains, one at Ong Kyoung, and one
at Magezzin, taught by natives; beside several small village
schools.

The boarding-school at Sandoway, under the immediate
charge of Mr. Abbott, is designed for preachers and school-
teachers. The number in attendance the rainy season, includ-
ing the two pastors, fourteen native preachers, and several
school teachers, was fifty. " Each of these assistants," says
Mr. A., "has under his care a large congregation of Christians,
and is indeed a pastor unordained." Their support is derived
only in part from the mission. Some are supported by their
own people; who, notwithstanding their poverty and oppressed
condition, contribute annually several hundred rupees.

MISSION TO SUM.

Bangkok {Siamese department). — J. T. Jones, preacher; R. D. Davenport, preach-
er and printer; J. H. CHA^DLER, punch cutter; and their wives.

{Chinese department ) — J. GonoARD, preacher; Mrs. Goddard. Kiok Cheng, Gne
Seng, Chek Chin, Chinese assistants.

Out-station . — Leng-kia-chu,

1 station, 1 out-station ; 2 preachers, 1 preacher and printer; 1 punch cutter; 4 female
assistants ; 3 native assistants.

Agreeably to an intimation in our last annual report, Mr.
Goddard has been authorized with the consent of the mission

180 Thirty-first Annual Report: — Asiatic Missions. [July,

to remove to Hongkong, for the purpose of cooperating more
advantageously in the revision of the Chinese versions of the
scriptures, now in progress. Some delay necessarily intervenes ;
but it is probable the arrangement will be efiected in time to
secure the important object which it contemplates. Mr. Chan-
dler, it is feared, will be under the necessity of retiring to some
other mission, the climate of Siam being unfavorable to his
health. The health of the other missionaries has been ordinarily
good, though disease and death have prevailed on every side.

The ordinary mission labors have been continued through-
out the year, and with a gratifying measure of success. The
annual report is drawn up, as heretofore, with distinctness and
fulness ; — we make the following extracts.

" Stated Public Worship. — The gospel has been statedly preached every
Sabbath morning to a congregation of Siamese. This has, of late, number-
ed rising of forty, though tlie usual attendance during the year has fallen
much below that number. The daily morning worship has also been at-
tended by from fifteen to twenty-five persons, including the children of the
school, laborers in the ])rinting office, hired men, &-c. These services have
been conducted by bretliren Jones and Davenport in turn.

" The number of Cliinese who have assembled to listen to the gospel on
the Sabbath, have averaged about thirty-five in the morning and twenty-five
in the afternoon ; and from twelve to fifteen have attended the daily morn-
ing and evening worship. A regular meeting has also been held every
Wednesday at Sam-wang-sia, attended by from six to ten Chinese. Public
Sabbath worship and also daily evening worship have been regularly main-
tained at the mission house at Leng-kia-chu. The service in our chapel on
Sabbath morning, and the daily morning worship, have been conducted by
br. Goddard, — the other services have been conducted chiefly by native as-
sistants; of whom Kiok Cheng, though not ordained, is a very acceptable
and useful preacher. The tnonthly concert is also attended on the morning
of the first Monday of each month by a good proportion of the native
brethren. The contributions during the year have amounted to .*11,50.

" Dislributio7i of Tracts, &;c. — Siatnese tracts, accom|)anied with conversa-
tion, have been given to persons calling at our houses, in greater or less
numbers daily. Besides this, br. Davenport has made occasional excur-
sions in and about Bangkok to distribute tracts, and in December last, made
a northern and eastern tour of twenty days for the same purpose. In this
way there have been distributed during the year, including portions of
scripture, 18,107 tracts.

" Among the Chinese very few call at our houses for tracts. But the
three native helpers, Kiok Cheng, Gne Seng, and Chin, have been daily en-
gaged in visiting from house to house, to converse and distribute tracts.
They have labored in Bangkok and vicinity, — have visited many junks from
China and boats from different parts of this country, — and one has been
constantly employed at Leng-kia-chu and Bang-chang. Tlie former of these
two places is regarded as a regular out-station, where four have already
been gathered into the church. The latter has been visited several times,
and we hope to continue our labors there hereafter more regularly. Br.
Goddai'd has accompanied the native helpers in their labors, or gone out
alone in a similar way, as often as his health and other duties would permit.
He has visited Leng-kia-chu three times and Bang-chang once during the
year. In this way 5744 tracts, containing 370,'228 pages, have been cir-
culated.

" Translation of the Scriptures. — Br. Jones has finished the translation
and publication of the New Testament in Siamese. Many copies have

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181

been bound up, in either one or two volumes, and the rest lias been stitched
in small portions in the lorin of" tracts. It will be det^irnble to ])iiblisli a new
edition in the coiwse of the coming year. Br. Goddard lias been engaged
for some time past in revising that portion of the Chinese translation which
was assigned to this mission, viz., the writings ol" John and Jiide. The
whole Chinese Testament has been divided into five jioitions and coniniit-
ted to the missionarie.s of five diflerent stations for revision ; the revision of
each station to be reexamined by each other station, and then the final re-
vision to be made by a commilice from all the stations. It will be some
time before the work will lie finished ; but it is hoped that a better transla-
tion than any of the jireceding, will be prepared.

"Publication of Tracts. — Br. Davenport has prepared and published a
tract on the ' Evils of Gambling,' being a translation li om an English tract,
witli such alterations and additions as seemed necessary to render it most
uselid here. Br. Jones has also been engaged for some time |>ast on a tract,
which has recently gone to j)ress, entitled ' Sketch of Old Testament Biog-
raphy,' intended to exhibit a general view of the Hebrew Conimonwealiii.
Mr. Goddard has prepared a Chinese tract, giving an account ol"the creation
and history of the world until the confusion of tongues at Babel. It is made
up of a translation of select portions of Genesis. A tract has also been
prefiared by Kiok Cheng, under the supervision of br. Goddard, entitled
^ False Fards,' jjointing out several [jopular errors ; and flesigiied to remove
several ohjections wiiich are constantly made by the Chinese here aj;ainst
Christianity. We have also published the ' Lile of Christ' in Chinese, a
large tract prepared some time since, and the blocks ol' which are now just
finished. Besides these new tracts, we have republished an edition of the
'Sea Captain' in Siamese, and the 'Chinese Temperance Tract,' 'Inquirer's
Guide,' and ' On Opium.'

" The Ibllovving table will exhibit definitely the printing operations dur-
ing the year.

Table of printing for year ending July 1, 1844.

1 Timothy to Philemon,
Hebrews,
James to Jude,
Revelation,

pp.
36
42
62
64

cops.
1000
1000
1000
1000

Total pp.

36,000
42.000
62,000
64,000

Total portions of scripture,

40U0

204,000

Evils of Gambling,
Sea Captain,

34

38

1500
2000

51.000
76,000

Total Siamese tracts,

3310

127,000

Temperance Tract,
History of the Creation,
On Opium.
Life of Christ.
Inquirer's Guide,
False Fards,

pp.
22
24
12
182
18
28

cops.

600
2000
500
300
500
15C0

Total pp.
1 1 ,000
48.000

6.000
34,600

9,000
42,000

Total Chinese tracts,

3300

170,600

" Foundrji and Printing- Office. — A new fount of Siamese type of reduced
size, for which the matrices were procured from the inission of the Ameri.
can Board of jCommis.sioners for Foreign Missions, has been cast in our
foundry. A fount from our large matrices is now nearly finished for the
Mauluiain Mission. These matrices were in so imperfect a condition, that
al)out seventy punches have been recut and matrices struck. The ibundry has
been under the care of br. Jones. The printing-oflice and bindery were
also under his care the first part of the year, but have since been superin-
tended by br. Davenport.

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«

" In the latter part of November, br. and sister Chandler airived from
Mauhnaiii. They have suffered considerably (i om sickness since their ar-
rival ; but, when health has permitted, hr. Chandler has assisted in the
foundry and other departments of the mission, and has made a small begin-
ninjr on tlie new fount of Siamese type on English body. He has also been
frequently called to assist the prince, T. Monifanoi, who is engaged in a
great variety of mechanical works, — such as the construction of a small
steam engine, &c. It is hoped that his labors in this department may give
an impulse to the long sragnant mind of the Siamese.

" Education. — The boarding-scliool under the care of Mr. and Mrs. Jones
contains at present thirteen scholars, which, however, is considerably above
the average for the year. They are all taught to read Siamese. Six also
learn Chinese, and three, English. Six have been instructed in geography
in the Siamese language, six in the history of the United States, and three in
the elements of astronomy. Those studying Chinese are Siamo-Chinese, and
all except one, children of the native brethren. Apait from the various
other means used for the religions instruction of the children, they are form-
ed into a Sabbath scliool, and kept as much under religious influence as
circumstances will allow. The theological class in Chinese, formerly under
the care of br. Goddard, has been necessarily sus])ended most of the year,
owing to j)ressure ol' other duties.

" T lie Church. — The church has enjoyed an encouraging degree of pros-
pei'ity. Seven Chinese have been added by ba[)tism. One has been dis-
missed to the clnu'ch in Hongkong and one excluded; and three liave died
with cheering hopes of a glorious immortality; leaving tiie present number
of Chinese members twenty. These, with few exceptions, have exhibited
as consistent Christian conduct as could be expected. There are now a
few encouraging inquirers, and meetings have been much better attended of
late than usual. Truth is evidently spreading and producing to some extent
its natural results among idl classes of the people.

'■'■Relations to other Missionaries. — During the past year we have continued
to enjoy friendly intercourse with our brethren of tlie A. B. C. F. M. mis-
sion, and also of the Presbyterian Board. With them we have enjoyed the
privileges of regular English worship oti the Sabbath evening, and also a
weekly i)rayer meeting, and have often taken sweet counsel together. Two
Ciiinese have been received to the fellowship of the church of the A. B. C.
mission during the past year.

"The Roman Caiholics are putting forth very considerable efforts to
propagate their doctrines. They have made a large number of nominal
converts among the Chinese. They have recently ])ublished a book, giving
an account of various heretical sects, among whom we have our share of
abuse.

" Miscellaneous JVotices. — During the past year there has been consider-
able disturbance between the Siamese and English, hut we have suffered no
a[)parent ill from it. Indeed, we think the effect has been to lead the Siam-
ese, especially those in authority, to observe more carefully the difference
between us as missionaries, and those engaged in mercantile pursuits, and
to give them greater confidence in our integrity. We have been annoyed
by government officers much less than usual. Many of high rank have
taken pains to secure a set of our books, and we have had opportunity of
learning, in various ways, that they read and understand them. Sickness
has prevailed to a great extent among the natives. Fever and ague were
very prevalent from September to April. Recently dysentery has prevailed,
owing, doubtless, to the improper kinds of food used in consequence of the
high price of rice. If, in this time of their affliction, they are led to turn
unto God their almighty deliverer, happy will it be for them.

" We solicit a continued interest in your prayers, and in your most vigo-
rous efforts to secure additional laborers lor this station."

1845.]

Thirty-first Annual Report: — Asiatic Missions.

18S

MISSION TO CHINA,

Victoria (Hongkong). — J. L. Shuck, I. J. Roberts, preachers; Thos. T. Devan,
M. D., preacher ; Mrs. UtvAN.

Three Tiechiu and three other Chinese assistants.
Out-stations. — Kowloon, Chang-chow, Peng-chow.
NiNGPo. — D. J. Maccowan, M. D.; Mrs. Macgowan.
In this country, W. Dean, preacher.

2 stations and 3 out stations ; 4 preachers, 1 of whom is a physician, 1 other physician,
and 2 I'emale assistants; 6 native assistants.

Dr. and Mrs. Devau arrived at Hongkong Oct. 22. On the
27th of the following month the mission was suddenly bereaved
of Mrs. Shnck, after an illness of a few hours. She had been a
valuable and beloved member of the missionary circle about
eight years, having left this country in 1835, at the early age of
eighteen. Mr. Dean has returned temporarily for the improve-
ment of his health. He arrived in March.

With the exception of the lamented death of Mrs. Shnck, the
mission has been highly prosperous the last year. For several
months there was a marked religious interest in the Chinese
congregations. Mr. Shuck, writing in July, holds the following
language : " With feelings which I cannot express, I am en-
abled to communicate to the Board that there is a reUgiovs re-
vival going on at this time in my Chinese congregations. There
is no stir, bustle, or excitement; but the still movements of the
Spirit of God are evidently upon the hearts of between twenty
and thirty individuals." In the following month Mr. S. bap-
tized nine Chinese ; and three were added to the Tiechiu church
under the care of Mr. Dean. The whole number of baptisms
reported in 1844, is nineteen, including two baptized by Mr.
Roberts. Mr. Roberts has spent about six months at Canton,
and proposes to occupy that city as a permanent station. His
chief employment has been bible and tract distribution, with
private conversation, in which he has been assisted by native
converts. He has procured a residence at a convenient dis-
tance from the "foreign factories," and has every desirable fa-
cility for his work without the city proper, " no man forbidding."

There have been two schools at Hongkong a part of the year;
one, a boarding-school of from fifteen to twenty pupils, which
was opened in March, and is supported chiefly by foreign resi-
dents; the other a girls' school, which, at the time of Mrs.
Shuck's death, had thirty pupils, and had been under her im-
mediate superintendence.

A theological class was temporarily formed near the close of
the year, in connexion with the Tiechiu branch of the mission.

Some portions of the New Testament in Chinese have been
printed, including Romans and Ephesians, the latter in an
edition of 3000 copies; also a tract, called "Truth and Error,"
approved by the American Tract Society. A second edition of

184 Thirly-first Annwd Report: — Asiatic Missions. [Jdlt,

"Prayers and Hymns" has been revised, and "Daily Manna,"
by Stow, translated.

Frequent visits are made to the out-stations, especially by
native assistants. Kowloon, on the main land, adopted as a
dispensary station, has been visted weekly by Dr. Devan, ac-
companied by Mr. Shuck and some of the native converts.
The dispensary has been crowded on these occasions, and dur-
ing the time consumed in prescribing, the native assistants are
engaged in the distribution of tracts and the exposition of Chris-
tian doctrines therein contained.

Dr. Macgowan returned from Ningpo in January. The
" Ningpo Medical Hospital" was established soon after his ar-
rival (Nov 1). Although in operation less than three months, it
" afforded aid to nearly 700 persons during this first visit, making
upwards of 1500 in all." Each patient was provided with a
card containing a brief epitome of divine truths, such as, —
' Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved.'
' The Lord Jesus says. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with
all thy heart, with all thy mind, and thy neighbor as thyself
'God so loved the world as to give his only begotten Son that
whosoever believeth on him should not perish but have ever-
lasting life.' 'He that believeth not shall be damned.' "Beneath
this, are the name and nation of the surgeon, and the register
number of the patient and the disease. The patients who could
read, were desired to commit the passages of scripture to mem-
ory." A large number of copies of the Ten Commandments
was also printed and widely distributed. " There are few in
the city," says Dr. M., " who have not read or heard the mes-
sage from Sinai." Ningpo has been adopted by the Board as a
permanent station. At the last advices Dr. M. and Mrs. M.*
were waiting at Victoria for a passage to that city. While on
a recent visit to Calcutta, a very liberal subscription was ob-
tained by him for the Ningpo hospital, and since his return to
Hongkong he has formed a connection with the Medical Mis-
sionary Society, retaining, however, his relations to the Board.f

MISSION TO ASSAM.

SiBSAGAR. — N. Brown, preacher; O. T. Cdtter, printer ; and their wives. Nidhi
Levi, native assistant.

■ NowGONG. — M. Bronson, preacher ; Mrs. Bronson. P«<er Sartiar, native assistant.
GowAHATTi. — C. Barker, preacher; Mrs. Barker. Caleb, native assistant.
3 stations; 3 preachers and 1 printer; 4 female assistants; 3 native assistants.

The principal employment of Mr. Brown the past year has
been the translation of the Assamese New Testament. Ro-
mans was completed near the close of October, 1S43. A part
of the last summer was spent in the preparation of a course of

* Dr. Macjowan was united in marriage April 30, at Calcutta, to Miss Mary Ann Os-
borne, daujhter of J. F. Osborne, Esq., of London,
t Appendix C.

1845.] Thirty-Jirst Annual Report : — Asiatic Missions. 185

lectures against Hinduism, to be delivered the ensuing cold sea-
son in the larger villages. Considerable time has been devoted
to preaching in the villages ; in company with Mr. Cutter and
the convert Nidhi.

Mr. Cutter, in addition to his ordinary duties, has labored
zealously in the establishment of schools. Six very flourishing
village schools were in operation in less than three months alter
his removal to Sibsagar.

At Nowgong Mr. Bronson baptized, in presence of a large
concourse of people, three native converts in the waters of the
Kallung in November. One of these had for three years been
convinced of the folly of Hinduism, having received her first
impressions of the truth of Clu'istianity while resident at Jaipur.
Another was the wife of the native assistant and daughter of a
native preacher of Calcutta. " The truth," says Mr. B., "ap-
pears to be slowly and surely working its way into this mass
of corruption and error. The people are always eager for our
books at this station, and are attentive listeners when I go out
to preach to them. The calls for books at my house have
greatly increased. And a number of interesting young men do
not hesitate to denounce Hinduism as false, and the scriptures
as true. Our schools are increasing, although everybody knows
that the scriptures are prominently taught. In the mission
school and its branches, there are more than 100 scholars in
■daily attendance." The " Orphan school " has fourteen chil-
dren, and the nnmber is increasing. More than 1700 rupees
have been pledged towards its support by European residents.

At Gowahatti Mr. Barker has been disabled by sickness a
part of the year, but has succeeded in establishing several
schools, which are supported mainly by monthly subscriptions
at that place. One was commenced in March with thirty, and
another with seventy pupils, at villages not far distant from
Gowahatti ; and the number might be increased indefinitely,
were there a proportionate supply of means. A chapel and
school-house were about to be erected, by private subscription,
for the mission.*

MISSION TO THE TELOOGOOS.

Nellore. — S. S. D&x, S. ViN Husen, preachers; and their wives. Elisha, native
aBsistant.

One of the most interesting events connected with the mis-
sion the past year, was the organization of a mission church of
eight members, in October. No important change appears to
have been made in the ordinary course of operations. Mr. Van
Husen continues in feeble health, and has been authorized, if
judged advisable by the mission, to return to this country.

VOL. XXV.

* Appendix D.
23

186 Thirty-firgt Annual Report : — AppoirUmenis and Removals. [Jdlt,

APPOINTMENTS AND REMOVALS.

It appears from the preceding outline of missionary opera-
tions, that during the year now closed two preachers and three
female assistants have joined the missions, exclusive of native
preac-hers and assistants.

Rev. Thomas T. Devan, M. D., and Mrs. Devan have joined
the China Mission.

Rev. E. B. Cross and Mrs. Cross have united with the Tavoy
Mission.

Miss M. Bingham has joined the Mission to the Ojibwas.
The removals during the same period with the hke excep-
tion, by death or other cause, have been as follows : —

Bi/ death.

Rev. W. G. Crocker, of the Bassa Mission.

Rev. G. S. Comstock, " '•' Arracan "

Mrs. Shuck. " " China,

Mrs. Willard, " French "

By other causes.
Miss H. H. Morse, of the Ojibwa Mission.
Rev. E. Tucker " " Creek

Rev. R. D. Potts and

Mrs. Potts, " " Choctaw

Making four preachers and four female assistants.
Net decrease^ exclusive of native laborers, two preachers and
one female assistant.

There are one preacher and one female assistant, Norman
Harris and jMrs. Harris, under appointment, detained in this
country for want of funds ; and eight or ten candidates, male
and female, who would be appointed if the funds of the Board
were adequate.

RECAPITULATION.

The number of Indian missions under the direction of the
Board is 6, embracing 14 stations and 7 out-stations ; 29 mis-
sionaries and assistants, of Avhom 10 are preachers and 2 prin-
ters ; 9 native assistants ; 15 churches with 15-59 members, —
110 baptized the past year ; and 10 schools with 300 pupils.

In Europe the number of missions is 3, with 21 stations and
34 out-stations ; 4 preachers and 5 female assistants ; 28 native
preachers and assistants : 28 churches; 123 baptisms reported;
whole number of church members about 900; 1 school of 50
pupils.

1845.] Thirty-first Jlnnual Report: — Recapitulation. 187

There is 1 mission in Africa, with 2 stations and 1 ont-sta-
tion ; 2 preachers, 1 assistant and 2 female assistants; 2 native
assistants ; 1 church with 24 members ; and 2 schools.

In Asia the number of missions is 7 ; of stations and out-
stations, 51; missionaries and assistants, 66; native assistants,
84 ; churches, 34 ; baptisms, 2360 ; members, 22.57, — not in-
cluding churches near Rangoon, and exclusive of 1550 baptized
in Burmah Proper, and not known to be organized into churches ;
schools, 42; scholars, about 1000.

The total number of missions is, 17
" " " " stations and out-stations, 130
" " " " missionaries and assistant mis-
sionaries, 109
(of whom 42 are preachers,)
" " " native preachers and assistants, 123

" " " " churches, 79
" " " " baptisms reported, 2593
" " " " church members, more than *5000
" " " " schools, 56
" " " " scholars, about 1350

Two preachers and 3 female assistants have joined the mis-
sions during the year ; and 4 preachers and 4 female assistants
have been removed by death, or other cause ; exclusive of na-
tive preachers and assistants.

* Whole number baptized, and yet living, not far from 8000.

188

Report of the Treasurer.

[JCLT,

REPORT OF THE TREASURER.

Expenditures* of the Board during the year ending April 1, 1845.
MISSIONS IN ASIA.

MAULMAIN MISSION.

Remittances, 16,487 77

Printing and binding materials, 429 50
Payment of drafts and sundry parchases, for missionaries

and mission stations, 1,884 89

18,802 16

TAVOT MISSION.

Remittances, 4,8?8 89

Passage of Mr. and Mrs. Cross to Manlmain, 550 00

Outfit of do., 500 00

Printing and binding materials, 122 36

Payment of sundry drafts and purchases, 1,056 24

ARRACAN MISSION.

Remittances, 2,500 00

Sundry payments and parchases, 2,974 75

ASSAM Mission.

Remittances, 4,888 89

Binding materials, " 61 60

Sundry purchases, 699 28

SIAM MISSION.

Remittances, 6,355 55

Printing and binding materials, 232 17

Sundry purchases, 504 39

CHINA MISSION.

Remittances, 6,866 67

Passage of Doct. and Mrs. Devan to Hongisong, 500 00

Outfit of do., • 399 00

Sundry purchases and payments, 1,570 68

TEI.00GO0 MISSION.

Remittances, 2,933 34

Payment, 2 00

7,117 49

5,474 75

5,649,77

7,092 11

8,336 35

2,935 31

* Including Bible, Tract, and Government ^propriatioDs

1845.]

Report of the Treasurer.

189

MISSION IN WEST AFRICA.

BASSA MISSION.

Payment of drafts, 3,874 10

Printing materials, 7 39

Sundry purchases, 764 78

4,646 27

MISSIONS IN EUROPE.

GREEK MISSION.

Remittances, 3,566 66

Sundry payments and parchases, 903 62

GERMAN MISSION.

Remittances, 4,600 00

Payments, 50 50

MISSION TO FRANCE.

Remittances, 3,000 00

Sundry payments, 792 13

4,470 28

4,650 50

8,792 13

INDIAN MISSIONS IN NORTH AMERICA.

8HAWAN0E MISSION.

[Including Shawanoes, Stockbridges, Delawares, and Ottawas.]

Outfit of Mrs. Barker, 120 00

Printing materials, 7 30

Payment of drafts, 2,707 72

Sundry other payments and purchases, 326 19

3,161 21

CHOCTAWS AND CREEKS.

Payment of drafts, &c., 403 33

CHEROKEES

Printing and binding materials, 49 54

Payment of drafts, 3,100 25

Sundry purchases, 365 91

3,515 70

OJIBWAS.

Payment of drafts, &c., 1,802 27

OTTAWAS IN MICHIGAN.

Sundry drafts and other payments, 307 06

TONAWANDAS, &C.

Remittances, 400 00

190

Report of the Treasurer.

[July,

AGENCIES, SALARIES, &c.

Services of Rev. J. B. Brown three months, ending April 1,

1844, at $500 per annum, 125 00

Travelling expenses of do., 40 93
do. seven months, ending Nov. 1, 1844, at $540

per annunn, 315 00

Travelling expenses of do., 94 33
«' " Rev. John Stevens eighteen months, ending

April 1, 1845, at $800 per annum, 1,200 00

Travelling expenses of do., 202 82

" Rev. J. M. Graves, 8 30
" " Rev. B. F. Brabrook eleven months, ending

Dec. 20, 1844, at $500 per annum, 458 33

Travelling expenses of do., 107 76
" " Rev. Thomas VV. Sydnor five months, ending

June 1, 1844, at $600 per annum, 250 00

Travelling expenses of do., 42 79
" " Rev. Silas Bailey nine months, ending Dec. 1,

1844, at $600 per annum, 450 00
" " do. three weeks in Philadelphia, 45 00

Travelling expenses, 124 46
" " Rev. Alfred Bennett one year, ending Feb. 1,

1845, 600 00
Travelling expenses, 78 17

«« «' Rev. Joseph Wilson seven months, ending March

1, 1845, at $600 per annum, 350 00

Expenses of do., 7 75

" " Rev. S. Peck twelve months, 1,200 00

" Rev. R. E. Pattison, 1,200 00

" " Clerks for treasurer and secretaries, 1,154 00

" " Messenger and porter, 150 00
Travelling expenses of the secretaries and other members of
the Board, in attending Stale Conventions, Associations,

and various other meetings, 235 87

Sundry incidentals, ' 18 64

8,459 15

GENERAL P l) R P O S E S .

Rent of rooms,

365

00

Postage,

307

50

Freight,
Wharfage,

335

09

7

29

Insurance,

33

58

Stationery, books, periodicals, boxes, wood, coal, gas light.

. cartage, &c.,

332

64

Expenses attending the collection of Richard Carney's legacy.

123

28

Services and expenditures of agent in London,

172

03

do. of purchaser, packer, and forwarding agent for the mis-

sionary stations.

500

00

Hannah Harpham's annuity for one year,

50

00

2,226 41

PUBLICATIONS.

Printing Report of the proceedings of the Triennial Conven-
tion, and of the Annual Meeting of the Board, at Phila-
delphia, 380 50

1845.]

Report of the Treasurer.

m

Extra paper and work on the Magazine, 99 50

Printing 1000 copies of Charter, &c., 14 00

do. contribution cards, hand bills, &c., 44 45

do. Appendix to Annual Report, &c., at Cincinnati, O., 20 GO
Gratuitous distribution of Baptist Missionary Magazine, 1164

copies, at 50 cts. per copy, 582,00

1,140 45

PREMIUM AIND DISCOUNT.

Payment to IMark A. Cooper, executor of the estate of
Thomas Cooper, 5 per cent, commission on his legacy of
$2000, 100 00

Discount on uncurrent money, commission for collecting

drafts, &c., 185 76

285 76

Balance of interest,* 116 79

94,785 28

Balance for which the Convention was in debt April 1, 1844, 27,706 16

$122,491 44

Receipts of the Board during tJie year ending April 1, 1845.

Donations designated for Burman mission,

974

41

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CC

" schools,

276

30

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( c

c c

" tracts.

72

83

tt

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c c

" bible.

62

75

if

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CC

" native preachers,

400

00

«c

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Karen mission.

393

21

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CC

" schools,

591

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CC

'« tracts,

10

64

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" bible,

4

21

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" native preachers.

1,100

56

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China mission.

757

29

Ki

CC

CC

Siam "

65

95

«i

CC

CC

" native assistant,

25

00

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CC

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Arracan mission,

733

20

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Assam "

18

80

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" schools,

87

18

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African mission,

305

86

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" schools.

182

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Greek mission.

107

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" schools.

12

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German mission.

602

83

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support of American missionaries.

5,800

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CC

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Indian missions,

378

53

CC

CC

CC

general purposes.

52,901

30

Legacies, as follows : —

Native Burman preachers, 80 00

General purposes, 5,932 74

6,012 74

71,876 20

Received profits on Missionary Magazine, 26 75

* After deducting the interest received on the permanent fund of §20,000.

192

Report of the Treasurer.

[July,

Received from the American and Foreign Bible Society, as

follows : —

For publisliing the scrip

ures in China, 1,000 00

" Assam, 500 00

at Tavoy, 500 00

for Teloogoos, 250 00

• in Siam, 500 00

" Germany, 600 00

" Africa, 150 00

Received from the American Tract Society, as follows : —

For tracts in China, 300 00

" " " Siain, « 600 00

" " " Curmah, 400 00

" " " Greece, 300 00

" " " Hamburg, 600 00

" " " France, 300 00

Received from the U. S. Government, as follows —

For the Oltawas, 700 00

" " Ojibviras, 1,700 00

" " education of Indians, 2,000 00

3,500 00

2,500 00

4,400 00

Balance for which the Convention is in debt April 1, 1845,

E. E.

82,302 95
40,183 49

$122,491 44

Boston, April 1, 1845.

H. LINCOLN, Treasurer.

Auditinp; Committee.

The undersigned, a Committee to audit the Treasurer's account, of which the
foregoing is an abstract, have with great care attended to the duty assigned them,
by the particular examination of nearly eight^hundred vouchers, and have found the
same properly entered and correctly cast, showing a balance against the Treasury
April 1, 1845, of forty thousand one hundred and eighty-eight dollars and forty-
nine cents.

Baron Stow, )

WlLLIA-M LeVERETT, ^ '

The undersigned have also examined the securities upon which the permanent
fund of the Convention, of twenty thousand dollars, for the support of its Corres-
ponding Secretaries, is invested, and they have found them to be entirely satis-
factory.

Baron Stow, ) . ...

■„r T > Auditing Committee.

William Leverett,^

Boston, April 23, 1845.

APPENDIX

A.

Extracts from the Seventh Annual Report of the Maubnain Missionary
Society for 1844.

The Society has employed during the past year twenty-five native assistants ; —
two among the Peguans, three among the Burmese, two among the Pgho Karens,
and eighteen among the Sgau Karens. These assistants have been under the im-
mediate supervision of missionaries, who have furnished reports of their labors.

REPORTS OF NATIVE ASSISTANTS.

Peguans. — " Ko Tau JW J^gay has been faithful in the discharfje of his
duty in preaching in Amherst, and other villages, though no very encoura-
ging success has attended his efforts. He accompanied br. Vinton to Tavoy
last dry season, and spent his time while there in preaching. He says, he
desires to preach the gospel as long as he lives, to all whom he may meet,
of whatever nation."

Burmese. — "Ao JFoon has been during the past year in almost daily at-
tendance at the b.izaar preaching station, where, in company with other as-
sistants, he has labored to inculcate a knowledge of the Christian religion
among his fellow-countrymen. The sjjace formerly occupied in the bazaar
having become too limited for tlic large concourse of people wliich fre-
quently assembled to listen and to engage in religious conversation, a com-
modious and i)ermanent !)uilding has, with the permission of the local au-
thorities, been erected, wliich combines the advantages of the former location
witii the additional consideration of being a little removed from the noise
and bustle of the market. The daily attendance is now so great, that the
new building is well filled with individuals from the town and country, and
traders h'om more distant jjlaces, who listen with attention to the truths of
our holy religion. Many of them, we may hope, will become interested in
the plan of salvation there made known, and, in consequence, be heirs
of eternal lii'e. A large number of books and tracts, in difi'erent lan-
guages, iiave been distributed, many of which have been taken by individu-
als from distant places, where the living teacher has not, and ])robably will
not for years to come, be heard. May they prove as good seed sown on
good ground, which shall s|)ring up and bear fruit to the glory of God.
Two interesting individuals, who are now in this town, endeavoring to bring
their countrymen to the knowledge and acknowledgment of the truth, may
be viewed as the fi uits of the labors of the assistants at the bazaar station
during the past year."

Pgho Karens. — ".Ba/imee and Ao Chung Paw, the two assistants labor-
ing among the Pgho Karens, supported by this Society, have occupied the
same field of effort as in the last year. As Dong Yan is the place of their
residence, that village and its vicinity have engaged the jirincipal part of
their attention. But the Pgho villages, on the river Gying, have also shared
their labors, and in both of these sections of the field, the Lord has been
pleased greatly to encourage their hearts and to strengthen their hands.
VOL. XXV. 24

194 Extracls/rom the Seventh An. R^ri of Muvdmain Miss. Soe. [Jult,

" In the village ofKayin, two have been added to the number of disciples,
both heads of families, and three more are waiting an opportunity to be bap-
tized. At Krung Puiig, Jialf a day's distance from Kayin, on another stream,
tlie foundation of a new cliurch has been laid. Until within the past year,
not an individual from that vilhi<;e, or from the adjacent country, had "been
baptized. Now there are ten who bear tlie jiame of Christ, and who, we
trust, are 'holding forth the word of life,' as a 'light shining in a dark
place.' "

Mawkoo, sDppoi'ted by Wm. Anderson, Esq., gives the following accoaot of
his labors : —

Sgau Kare>s. — "During the last rains I was employed in teaching
school in Maulmain. After the rains 1 went to Kyaik M'raw, where some
listened and others reviled. 1 think, however, that some there will soon
worshi]) God. After this I visited the Karens near Amherst, and ujion the
island of Beloo. How long these people will neglect the worsliij) of God, I
do not know. They seem almost persuaded to be Christians, and I think
they will soon turn to the Lord. I also attended the protracted nieetin;; at
Newville, where we all marie our prayer to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
three persons, one God, w ith united hearts and many tears. Many of those
W'ho were hard-hearted, and who used to revile and persecute us, were con-
verted, and have become the disciples Of Christ. Fifty-three were baptized.
Great is the mercy of God. We could do nothing, but God, in answer to
our prayer, mercifully sent the Holy Sjjirit, and turned the hearts of the
people. This we have seen, and do greath' rejoice, and we still expect to
have greater reason for rejoicing in the Lord."

Tahbawko, Ko Bodo, Ko Telaw, and Piahhai, have been supported by Capt.
Nicholson, H. M. 84ih Regiment.

Tahbawko gives the follovv iDg account of his labors : —

" 'While I was at Bootah, I preached the gospel of God to all who came.
Some listened with great pleasiu'e and profit. Othei s turned away without
benefit. Still I think God can do every thing, and will multiply the nimiber
of his children. During the dry season, I visited the Karens living on the
Thoungyin river, and Ibnnd many who had already made up their minds to
become Christians, and were anxious that the teacher should come up and
baptize them. A nuiriber came buck with n;e, and have settled at Bootah ;
seven of whom have been baptized. Alter my return, tlie teacher came and
assisted us in building a larj^e teak zajat. During his stay, God displayed
his power in the conversion of sinners, so that more than twenty were
baptized.' "

" Tahbawko is now assistant teacher of the boarding-school in progress at
this place. The school numbers about 120 scholars. It includes a class of
more than twenty young men, a majority of whom may be considered as
promising candidates for the ministr}'. It also includes a class of six, who
spend the afternoon of each day in studying surveying; and two classes,
one of (bur and the other of six, who are studying English."

" Ko Tdaw was stationed last rains at Chetthingsville. During the drj"
season he itinerated somewhat exteusiveh". He attended our jjrotracted
meeting at Newville, and was instrumental in the hopeful conversion of a
number of individuals. He is now stationed at Krai, a new, but very im-
portant post, it being a location fixed upon by Ko Chetthing, one of the Ka-
^•en Goung Gyouks, [a head man of a district] for bis head quarters. As
there are many Pgho Karens in the vicinity, his knowledge of Pgho and
Sgau admirably fits him for the post. Eight persons belonging to this vil-
lage have been baptized the past year."

" Tahoo spent tlie last rains at Mawko, and met with considerable en-
coui'agement. Only one, however, the past season, has been baptized from
that place, though there are said to be many interesting inquirers. Tahoo

1845.] Extracts from the Seventh Jin. Report of Maulmain Miss. Soc.

195

spent the greatest part of the dry season in Bootah and vicinity, visiting the
villages in company W illi Taliltawko ; nor were their labors in vain in the
Lord. Alter his return ii-oni the meeting at Newville, he seemed more im-
pressed with a sense oC his responsibility as a minister ofjesns Christ, tliaa
I ever before know him to be. The thonght seemed ever present to his
mind, how shall 1 so discharge the duties I owe to my fellow-creatures, that
I can say wilii Paul, '1 am pure from the blood of all men ?' Twenty-three
have, the p;ist year, been baptized at Bootah, and Talioo reports a larger
number of^ inquirers than has ever been known in that region in any pre-
vious j'ear."

Panlah has remained during the past year at his old station, Newville, excepting
about two months which he spent in attending a protracted meeting at Pyeekhya.

Ko Chetlhing, formerly employed as an assistant under the direction of this So-
ciety, having received a situation under government, has made a donation to the
Society of one hundred rupees, for the support of Tobaw, whom he wishes the So-
ciety to employ as his substitute in preaching the gospel to his countrymen.

Tobaw has furnished the following account of his labors : —

" During tlie dry season I made a number of preaching excursions. One
to the west, (Burmah Proper,) another to Lerj)lai, and another to Taldcrai.
During these exciu'sions I met with a great luunber of difierent individuals,
many of whom listened with great interest, and said to us. What you say,
we believe to be true, and v.e are resolved to consider seriously this subject
in the future. Others, who were arrack drinkers, reviled us, because we
would not drink with them. At the great meeting at Newville, teacher
Mason and teacher Vinton were ]iresent, and God poured out his Holy
Spirit, and through them wrought wonders, so that very many believed and
were baptized. Since the commencement of the rains, I fiave spent most
of my time on Beloo island. There the Karens, but for their wealth, would
soon become Christians. They are, however, so occupied with their world-
ly business, that tliey think but little about their souls ; so that in thenr is
fulfilled the words of Christ, 'A rich m;iu shall hardly enter into the king-
dom of God.' Still we know that God can do all things, and that if he
pours out his Holy Spirit and turns them to himself, they will be turned."

Pahboolo has prepared an account of his labors, a free translation of which is as
follows : —

" We make known the eternal God, and those who see his wonderful
works, believe, and are saved through the merits of his Son Jesus Christ.
The teacher then baptizes them. Dm ing the ))ast year teacher Mason came
up and attended a j)rotracted meeting with us. God poured out his Holy
Spirit upon us, and people from a great distance came to attend the meet-
ing; so that the zayat was filled till there was not a jdace for the people to
sit down, and the teachers were obliged to order the disci[)les to clear a
place luider the shade of jack trees, where we assembled fi om day to day.
Here the power of God was revealed, and he inclined the hearts of many to
repent of their sins, and be Christians. We felt very anxious for the impen-
itent, and many of us wept very freely while we asked of God to have mercy
upon them."

" Haiperpah spent the dry season in itinerating, and repeatedly visited the
Karens at Th'meekee and Kahleekee. Three from these villages have,
the past year, been baptized. He is now stationed at Mawko."

Kahpaw gives the following account of his labors : —

" I visited the Karen villages on the Thoungyin, and preached to the peo-
ple the word of God. Some listened and others reviled. A few seemed
anxious to learn to read and become Christians. One has since come dowa

196 Extracts from the Seventh Aru Report of Maulmain Miss. Sac. [July,

to Maulmain, and is now in school, and has asked for baptism. After this I
went to Yiuvpoo and remained two weeiis jireaciiing to the peo[)le. Tlie
head man there is a great drunkard, and reviled exceedingly. On my re-
turn, my brother and family, including his mother-in-law, canje l)ack with
me, and settled at Newville. They have all since been baptized, but my
parents still remain unconverted. A relation of mine, wliose parents live at
Pghukce, desired ine to accom])any him, and, if possible, persuade them to
come and settle with them at Newville, where they might hear the gospel
and be converted. We went, and God went with us, and prevented us
from iTiany dangers. The head man said to us, 1 cannot give them any
permission to leave, because you know government do not allow of emigra-
tion. They, however, returned with us, and we reached here without any
accident." During the protracted meeting both his parents were baptized.

" Taunah, who is the oldest of our assistants, and was the first Karen
converted in this region, being bajjtizcd Sept. 30, 18-30, is stationed at Kah-
leekee. Ten have been baptized from this village the past year, and there
are still many interesting inquirers. A number of the Christians trom this
village attended the protracted meeting at Newville, and were greatly bless-
ed. I am told that they spend more time than form.erly in prayer, and are
more afraid to commit what they used to call little sins."

Kijahbyupah, Chaunahloo, Kyahpah, Mauya, and .Aupaw, have been sup-
ported by Capt. Russell, H. M. 84th Regiment.

" Kyahhyupah and Chaunahloo have spent most of their time the past year
itinerating. In a recent communication they say, 'Though we have suffer-
ed much opposition from our neighbors, we are not discouraged, because
God is with us, and is continually adding to the number of those who be-
lieve. Tliis encourages us to exert ourselves in preaching the gospel to all
we meet. There are now at Beloo a large number who are waiting for an
opportunity to be baptized, and many others listen well, and are almost
persuaded to become Christians.' Seven persons from this village have
been baptized the past year.

^- Kyahpah, Mauya, &r\& Aupaw, have a large and extensive district, em-
bracing a large number of Christian villages in the region of T'koo. During
my visit last year, I was unable to go to their villages, so that otdy twelve of
the many hundreds reported as desiring Jhe ordinance of baptism received
it. The Christians there have met with much opposition and persecution
from their neighbors, besides all they have to encounter from the most de-
termined efforts to convert them to another gospel; but the assistants have,
thus far, maintained their ground, and the work of conversion is still going
on among the heathen. This glorious woi^k has, under God, been accotji-
plished simply through the instrumentality of native assistants, and if it is
carried forward at all, it must still be done through native agencj'. These
assistants are deeply anxious to avail themselves of tlie benefits of a course
of theological studies, that they may become ' workmen that need not to
be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.'"

There are six native churches within the limits of the Society's operations ; of
which four are Karen, one Burmese, and one Pcguan. They contain 612 mem-
bers, of whom 126 have been baptized during the present year. There are also a
number of hopeful inquirers.

The spirit manifested by the assistants in the work to which they are devoted,
evinces that they are imbued, in no small degree, with the spirit of Jesus. They
seek not their own, but the things that are Christ's.

By the Report of the Treasurer, it will be seen that the funds of the Society
have been more than doubled during the present year ; on account of which we
have been enabled to increase the number of native assistants two fold.

1845.]

Tavoy Mission : — Reports of JJssistants.

197

B.

In the ennmeration of out-stations and assistants of Tavoy mission some uncer-
tainty exists, in consequence of the migratory liabils of tlie Karens.

" Every ihing," says Mr. Mason, " is in siicl) a transition state among the
Karens, that permanency, either in stations, or assistants, or congiegations,
is out ol" the question. Sometimes we liave more assistants and sometiiiies
less; sometimes n.ore out-stations and sometimes less; and sometimes the
assistants are employed the whole ol" the year, and sometimes only a part of
it. We are constrained to change our mode of operation with the change
of circumstances. Tempora midanlur el nos muiarnvr in illis. Nor does the
comparative numbers indicate with truth the comjiarative state of the mis-
sion in different years. We can report this year five out-stations and five
native assistants in one section of the country where we lornierly reported
two only ; and yet things were, in every respect, in a niore prosperous state
with the two then, than they now are with the five.

" As to the mimber of assistants in our employ the present year ; br. Ben-
nett had two Burman assistants during a jiart of the year, and two Karens,
one a Pglio, to assist him in his school. 1 have had one to aid me in proof
reading and cop}ing for the press. Br. Wade had two to assist him in the
dictionary ; and sister Wade, while her school continued, had two teachers
for that. Thus there have been employed in town, lor more or less of the
year, nine native assistants. In the jungles there have been assistants at Ya-
ville. Bone Creek, Quathah, Mata, Lun<;hmg, Hser-hser-koo, Palouk, Pyee-
khya, Tamenmasa, head waters of Palau, and at Ka-wote, eleven more ;
making in all, twenty."

Of the condition of the out-stations and character of the native assistants an esti-
mate may be made from the following extracts of the

Reports of Assistants.

Pyeekh/a. Report of Sau Qua-la. — " When we came down to Hser-hser-
koo, near Palouk, we met with some of those who have recently believed.
We saw at once that it was really the Lord's work. Formerly, these people,
though they lived near the Christians, would never listen ; but Jiow they
liate their old hearts. O God, thou canst do all things ! establish Thou
their hearts. Teacher, pray for them. I believe God will pour out his
Spirit throughout the whole of this country. We have seen that he is
able. He has given us many exam])les in the Holy Scriptures, but now we
have seen with our own eyes.

" Throug-h God's guidance and grace, we arrived here in health and hap-
piness. We found the Christians, too, all in good health, and, what is
more, we found vvery one of them behaving well, and observing the word
of God most excellently, and the hearts of all are very strong towards God.
This is God's helping the people in truth."

Ka-wote. — Sau Lee-loo writes, " When I think of my state before I wag
converted, and consider whither I should have gone had I died then, I feel
afraid. ]My heart trembles at the thought of djing and going to hell. It
was through the grace of the Lord Jesus, that 1 heard and understood. My
heart is strong to do good, but I have no confidence in myself My confi-
dence is that the Lord wilj help me. I will praise the Lord Jesus Christ as
long as I live ; and my desire is tliat he would pour out the Holy S])irit, and
that all men may believe. My desires are only for them, and my desire is
that the w orld may believe now, without delay. If they do not believe soon,
I am apprehensive that their oj)portunities will pass away, and they will die
,and go to hell. I feel anxious, therefore, on their account, and I pray and
beseech God continually, that he would excite their minds to repent and
believe.

198

Extracts from tJie Circular of tka China Mission.

[Jolt,

" Since I have been clown here to Ka-wote, I have, so far as able, been
diligently j)reachinj^ and teacliing the word of God. 1 have also urged the
irni)ortauce of learning to rend, and I now have a sciiool of thirteen."

Patsauoo. — "On the road," says the assistant Sau Doo, " when we came
down, the worldly peo|)!e listened well. 1 consider it all the power of God.
On reaching Palouk, tlie people listened there as we had heard and expect-
ed, and tlie Christians rejoiced greatly in God. They said to ns, ' No year
has been like this year. Jn no former year rlid enough people come to fill
our zayat ; but this year, through the favor of God, our zayat is filled.' We
replied, 'God has manil(;stod iiis glory, and the more we do tlie vvill of God,
the more will he |)onr out the Holy Spirit. Our faith must increase in
strength, and then it will not be the worldly here alone, but in other places
also [tliey will believe.] Satan's power that he formerly had [in this world]
has fallen.'

"Through the grace of God, since I arrived here, I have not heard of any
quarrelling among the Christians, or animosities, or foolish talking, or jest-
ing, or any of Satan's temptations tliat destroy men, and excite them to sin
suddenly ; — as swearing, obscene language, deception, anger, and family
quarrels. Since my fir.-^t arrival, I have heard of no evil of any of the dis-
ciples, and all are living in harmony. This is of the grace of God."

At a later period Sau Doo again writes, —

" God has blessed the peojjle here greatly this year, and their knowledge
of the grace of God has increased. I have exhorted them to the extent of
my ability, and they have given good attention. I rejoice till I can rejoice
no more. This much of God's help have I seen ; and more still. The
worldly peo[)]e, both BiU'mans and Kartuis, Pghos and Sgaus, no longer op-
pose as they ibrmerly did. On the contrary, they assent, and some wish to
liear. I think to myself, 'why, fbrnierly these peo})le, both Burmans and
Karens, when we jireached to them, used to fiercely oppose. But it is not so
now.' Tlien I see that it is the work of God, and 1 rejoice the more. Here
are now two liouseholds of Burmans, who say thej' wish to become Chris-
tians. They have ceased to blaspheme and talk evil as formerly. It is so
too with the Karens. The Burmans urge me to preach to them very much
indeed. They say, 'Preach to us till we understand. When we under-
stand, we will become Christians.' This seems to me really the work of
God. It is so manifestly His work, that surely we ought to be devoted to
Him. Pray for these people."

c.

Extracts from the Circular of the China Mission, January, 1845.

" While in Calcutta, Dr. Macgowan recei\-ed upwards of 2000 rupees from
the liberal Englisii community in the ])residency of Bengal, for procuring
anatomical models, engravings, &c., from Paris, to aid in instructing Chinese
practitioners and students in the first principles of the healing art in connex-
ion with the hospital. The subscription was further increased at Singapore."

JVative Preachers.

" We have thirteen native preachers daily at work at Hongkong and the
neighboring towns and villages on this and other islands, and also on the
mainland, preaching the gospel, and scattering far and near, tens of thou-
sands of Christian books and tracts. The truths of the gospel are evidently
spreading and taking hold of the minds of multitudes all aroimd us. One
of our most active native preachers came to the [)astor a few days ago and
said, ' Teacher, during the year upon which we have entered, great num-
bers of the Chinese are going to turn to the Lord.' Our Chinese Sabbath

1845.] Extracts from the Circular of the China Mission. 199

congregations, at tlie chapels, arc remarkably attentive, and sometimes
crowded to excess. We are now about to ajipeal once more to the foreign
community lor jjccuniary aid, to enable us to enlarge and improve the
Queen's Road Cliapel, so as more comfortably to accommodate the in-
creasing congregations, and also to keep ))ace with tlie improvements of the
town. The new bazaar cha|)el is just comj)leted, and is every way a larger,
better, and more convenient building than the old one. It is located just in
the midst of the new bazaar, is I'orty-three i'eel square, built of brick, two
stories high, and was erected through the liberality ol' the foreign commu-
nity. The auditory and vestry are on the upper floor ; while tlie dispensary,
book de|)ository, and seven rootns lor native preachers, are on the lower
floor. It is designed to hold divine service there, entirely in Chinese, three
times on the Sabbath, and every evening during tiie week. Two substan-
tial school-houses have been erected during the year, — one for boys, filty-
five feet by twenty-five, two stories high ; the other for girls, thirty-five feet
by twenty-five, one story, — chiefly through contributions from kind and dis-
interested friends in China."

Kowloon and Viciniljj.
"For some time previous to the arrival of Dr. Devan and lady, Kowloon
and its vicinity, which are said to contain some 10,000 inhabitants, had been
one of the mainland out-stations of this ujission. The insufficiency of for-
eign missionaries had, however, comj)elled the mission to entrust the work
of preaching the gospel at that jjlace, chiefly to the labors of the native as-
sistants. But as some attention to the subject of true religion had been
manifested on the part of a ninnber of the inhabitants, and as it had been
determined that Dr. Devan and lady sliould de\ote themselves to the Can-
ton dialect of the language, it was thought, on the arrival of those mission-
aries, that the time had arrived for a more systematic and zealous cultiva-
tion of that field, more es])ecially, as by opening a dis])ensary for gratuitous
medical aid to the sick, it was tliouglit a more general attention would be
given to the laborers and their doctrines. Hence, early in November, IMessrs.
Shuck and Devan proceeded to the mainland, and waited on the mandarins
of Kowloon, to [)rocure their assent to the undertaking. These rulers im-
mediately granted the missionaries tlie undisturbed use of either of the two
temples of idolatry in the town, for a dispensary, rent free, and at the same
time, granted fidl privilege to preach the gospel and distribute tracts, to
their heart's desire, provided they would not inidertake to pass the night
■within the precincts they governed. To this the missionaries agreed. From
that day to the ])rcsent, these brethren have made a weekly visit to this
place, accom|ianicd by four or five native assistants. Before leaving their
own houses, the brethren, together with the assistants, invariably engage in
united prayer to the Master of the vineyard, that he will smile on their
efforts ol'tlie day. On arriving at the temple selected for dispensary 0])era-
tions, and which is about eight or ten miles from Hongkong, a few prefatory
remarks arc made to the crowd of jteople who congregate about the mis-
sionaries, and prayer is offered to the true God for a blessing upon the
work. They then prescribe for the sick, giving to each patient a card con-
taining two or more ajjpropriate passages of scripture : to these his jitiention
is particularly directed, while, at the same tin1e, a Christian tract is given,
and he is exhorted by a native assistant to turn from worshipping idols to
the true Jehovah. The crowd, whom curiosity has brought aromid the dis-
pensary table, hear the remarks made, and, at the same time, a tract is given
to each one. If sufficient time yet remains after closing the dispensary, the
assistants disperse throughout tlie town, distributing tracts and scriptures,
accompanied by exhortations to all they meet. This em])loynieut absorbs
one whole day of every week. At this moment, arrangements arc being-
made to open two disj)ensaries, to be conducted at different jjlaces on the
island of Ifongkong. Even now, before any preparations are made, jnitients
are applying every day, at the house, for medical aid, and none become the

200

Letter of the Commissioner of Assam.

[Jolt,

recipients of that aid without Christian exliortations, either printed or spo-
ken, acconjpanying it. The diseases for whicti help is sought are those of
the eye, ulcers, rheumatism, and injuries ; and the readiness with which the
foreign medicines are taken, and the patieuce with which the people suhmit
to surgical operations, are strong indications of the confidence felt by them
towards tlie missionaries. Some of the Chinese are already giving evidence
that they see an inseparable connection between the Christian exhortation
and the physical remedy. Insomuch, indeed, that those ljo.stiie to the re-
ligion of Christ are unwilling to apply for medical aid, lest they should, by
some means, imbibe correct views of eternity. It has been, and ever will
be, the single aim of the brethren to render all their medical efforts com-
pletely subservient to the one great object for which they came to this idol-
atrous land, which was to preach Jesus to the perishing heathen.

D.

Gowahatti is in Kamrup, a district esliaiated by the Commissioner of Assam,
Major Francis Jenkins, to contain nearly half a million of souls. Its comparative
claims to missionary labor are ably advocated by the Commissioner, in reply to cer-
tain inquiries made by Mr. Barker. In the same connexion, he also enforces, in
general, the policy of vigorously sustaining the missions, especially in the earlier
periods of their existence.

" In establishing a mission in any part of India, it is most essentially neces-
sary, in the first instance, to make a provision, as far as it is in our power,
that the institution and superintendence of the mission be rendered per-
petual ; or, in other words, that the efforts at each missionary station should
not be liable to interruption. It is evident that there can be no certainty of
this continuance of oversight where one missionary is stationed alone ; and
any one who has seen any thing of the working of missions must be well
aware that it takes years of supervision before native converts or catechists
can be trusted to themselves, and that a very brief s)jace of intermission of
watchfulness suflices to imdo all the painful progress that has been gained.

" There is, no doubt, a vast field bet'ore you. You are aware that all the
large villages are desirous of having your schools established amongst them,
and that good to an iiidefiiiite extent might through iliis medium be effected
amongst the people. But you must feel how uncertain must be the realiza-
tion of any substantial benefit, where every thing depends upon the health
and strength of one individual ; at least in the present stage ol'your proceed-
ings, when little or nothing can be expected from the natives themselves.
At a more advanced period of your missions, much might be left to native
instructors and catechists, at least for a time ; but, now, there must be the
personal sujierintendence of a missionary, and this necessity of supervision
must continue for four or five years to come. If your impression on this
head coincides \\\lh my own, little urging will be necessary on my part to
solicit your strong representations to your Board of the urgent necessity for
more workmen ; not only to extend the field of your cultivation, but to main-
tain in order the ground 3 0U have commenced reclaiming."

1845.]

Donations.

23onatfons,
From Mat 1 to June 1, 1845.

Maine.

Leeds, ch. and soc, per Rev.
Samuel S. Leighton, as fol-
lows :

Alon. con., gentlemen 1,86
do. do., ladies 2,48
Pastor's ortering, for Ka-
ren Mission, 1,50

Dexter, Le\'^ Morrill, per Rev.
J. M. Mace,

Mount \'ernon, a stranger, per
C. Hopkins,

Lubec, 2d ch., J. P. Wheeler
tr., per Gould, Kendall &.
Lincoln,

Waterville, Sab. school con-
nected with the 1st ch., for
support of a Burman boy , per
J. VV. Capen, superinten-
dent,

Baring, ladies of ch. and cong.,
per Rev. J. Johnson, 30,t)0

do., do. do., {a part of
which was contributed
by the ladies,) per Gil-
m.m D. King, 5,84

Calais, ch. and soc, per The-
ophilus Wilder,

5,84
11,00
7,00

4,40

7,00

35.84

11,40

82,48

Nno Hampshire.
Hampton Falls, Sab. school
class, per Mrs. Pamelia Val-
entine,

New London, per Mrs. Kl. .\.
Colby, as follows :
Mrs. K. A. Colby 5,00
A friend 5.00

,27

10.00

11,27

Vermont.
Thetford. Silas Follet, per

M. J. Walker, 200,00
Woodstock Association, Ry-
land Fletcher tr., as fol-
lows :

North Springfield 23,05
Cavendish 13,00
Londonderry 8,00

44.05

• 244,05

Massadimetts.

A female friend to missions,
per Rev. J. Allen, 20,00

Rev. J. Allen and Mrs.
S. Allen 5,00
per Rev. E. Kincaid, 25,00

Middlefield. John Newton, for
Burman Mission, per Solo-
mon Root, 10,00

Worcester, Boardman Miss.
Soc. of High School, per
Charles Ayer,

VOL. X.XV.

4,00
2a

do., Pleasant St. ch.and cong.,
as follows :
Extra collection after an ad-
dress by Rev. William
Dean, 51,50
Mon. con. 48,50

per Rev. John Jennings,

do., 1st ch. and cong., as fol-
lows :

Extra collection after an ad-
dress by Rev. William
Dean, 83,80
Isaac Davis, for support

of Rev. Wr. Binney, 400,00
per Rev. S. B. Swaim, —
do., united collection of the
two churches alter an ad-
dress by Rev. Mr. Dean, per
Rev. Mr. Swaim,
Danvers, Benjamin Kent
Kingston, ch. and cong., per
Rev. Thomas E. Keely, as
follows :
Mon. con. 16,00
Fern. Miss. Soc. 34,00

Holden, ch. and CQng., per
Rev. W. H. Watson,

Springfield, 1st ch.and cong.,
per Rev. H. Richards,

Sudbury, Levi Goodnough, for
Burman Mission, per Joseph
C. Howe,

Chelmsford, Rev. John Park-
hurst

Lowell, a friend to foreign
missions, per Rev. Ira Per-
son,

Old Colony Association, Levi
Peirce tr., as follows :
for foreign missions 22,00
" Shawanoe Mission 1,00

Fall River. 1st Bap. Miss. Soc,

Wm. B. French tr., per

Jefferson Borden,
Middleboro', lth ch. and cong.,

per Rev. Ebenezer Briggs,
Southboro', members of ch. and

soc, per Rev. Mason Ball,

pastor,

North .Vttleboro', ch. and soc,
as follows :
Annual collection 43,50
Rev. Reuben Morey 25,00

Barnstable, 3d ch. and soc,
per Rev. R. M. Ely, pastor.
West Boylston, ch. and soc,
per Rev. Leonard Tracy,
as follows :
Mon. con. 13,17
Quarterly collection 28,21
From two little girls,
to purchase testa-
ments for Karen chil-
dren, 1,04

Boston, Helen H. Virginia
do., 1st ch. and cong., as fol-
lows :

.\ friend to missions 40,00

100,00

488,80

25,15
5,00

50,00
22,00
15,46

10,00
1,00

5,00

23,00

600,00
20,.W

3,22

68,50
20,00

42,42
5,00

202

A female member, per
Rev. R. H. Neale, 2,00

. ^ 42,00

do., Federal St. ch., a female

friend to missions, 50 00

do., Harvard St. ch. and soc, '
as follows :
Mon. con. for May, per J.

Putnam, SG^QO
Mifcs Eunice B. Wells,
ibr the Kemmees,per
Rev. R. Turnbull, 17,00

, „ 33,00

do., Bowdoin Square Board of
Benevolent Operations, S.
G. Bowdlear tr., as fol-
lows :

for general purposes, 55,00
from L. VV. Nichols,
for support of a hea-
then child named Su-
sannah Nichols, 25,00

80,00

do., do. do. united meeting
held on the evening of 2yth
of May, per Thomas Shaw, 143,57
Taunton, Green St. ch. and
soc, per Calvin Woodward,
Jr-. 50,00
Kewburyport, 1st Bap. Fem.
For. Miss. Soc., Mrs. R.
B. Medbury sec, for the
Greek Mission, per Rev.
N. Medbury, 35^00
Roxbury. ch. and cong., per
Rev. T. F. Caldicott, as-ibl-
lows :

Fem. For. Miss. Soc, for the
support of A-bak, a Chi-
nese assistant, 100,00
Annual collection and
mon. con. 234,83

354,83

Cambridge, 1st ch. and cong.,
Rev. J. W. Parker ;iastnr,
per George Cummings, as
follows :
George Cummings, for sup-
port of .0. T. Cutter, of
Assam, 400,00
Sundry contributions
for the support of
Mrs. O. T. Cutter,
as follows ;
Mon. con. ■ 51,97
Annual col. 68.63
Jos'ph A.Holmes 20^00
J. W. Cook 10,00
W. W. Munroe 10,00
Wm. B. Hovey 10,00
Josiah Hovey 10,00
Mrs. Joseph Hov-
ey 2,00
Rev.J.W. Parker 10,00
Rufus Fiske 5,00
A. H. Newhali 3,50
Mrs.Chamberlain 2,00
J. C. Robinson 1,00
Mrs. Bailey 1,G0
A friend 2,90
Miss E. Cham-
berlain 2,00

200,00

Donations.

[JCLY,

Juv. Miss. Soc. of Sab.
school, for support
of an African boy
named Levi Farwell, 25,00

625,00

do., 2d ch. and cong., per Rev.
W. Leverett, as follows :
Mon. con. Zb,5Z
Fem. Miss. Soc, Miss
Helen M. Reed tr., 14,00
, A friend to missions, to
be appropriated as
follows :
for Indian Miss., 7,00
•' general pur-
poses, 7,00

14,00

63,53

New Bedford, Grant St. fe-
male Sab. school, Lydia B.
Greene superintendent, for
the instruction of a native
female teacher in Burmah,
(,"2; 14,00 of which was con-
tributed by Miss Greene,)
per Wm. Colgate, 5U,00
do. do., Charles Stevens,
per Rev. E. Kincaid, 5,00

55,00

3097,93

Rhode Island.
Rhode Island Baptist State
Convention, V. J. Bates
tr., as follows :
Newport, 2d ch. and cong.,
Gideon Lawton tr., as fol-
lows :
Col. and contribu-
tions 40,00
Mrs. Betsey Ste-
vens 5,00
Mrs. William

Brounell 2,30
A sister 3,00
per Rev. J. B.

Brown, 50,50

Tiverton, Mrs.

Patience Estes ,30
do., Mrs. Jemima

Church ,15
per Rev. J. B.

Brown, ,65

Providence, 1 st ch. and

soc, as follows :
Mon. concert for
May 87,64
Mrs. F. R. Ar-
nold 50,00
A lady, per Mrs.
Emily Eddy, 100,00

do.. Pine St. ch. and
soc, mon. concert,
Samuel Hunt tr..

Fruit Hill, do. do.,
mon. con. for May,

• 237,64

25,00
8,75

Pawtucket, a youth, "for the
missionary," per Rev. H. T.
Love,

322,54

,50

• 323.04

1845.]

Donations.

203

Connecticut.
Chester, Rev. Alfred Gates,
per Rev. E. Kincaid,

New york.

Broome and Tioga Associa-
tion, per H. D. Pinney, as
follows :
Spencer, 2d ch. and soc. 7,62
Union Village, ch. and

soc. 10,00
Oswego, do. do. i5M
Caroline, 1st do. do. 2,00
Mercy Patch ,50
N. Patch 1,00
A. Stedman ,37
Betsey Leach ,25
V. Barrett 1,00
Collection 8,00
Sundries 1,98

78,13

New Vork city, 11th St. ch.
and soc, per Rev. E. Kin-
caiJ, 18,00
do. do. do., For. Miss. Soc. of
the 1st ch. and cong., per
Rev. Dr. Cone, (§720 of
which sum being the inter-
est on the " Munn fund,")
to be appropriated as fol-
lows :

for support of Dr. and Mrs.

Devan, 500,00
" general purposes, 600,00

1000,00

do. do. do.. Cannon St. Juv.
Miss. Soc, James S. For-
ester tr., for China Mis-
sion, 30,00
, do. do. do., Lawren's St.
ch. and soc, George
Hovey tr., 14,50
do. do. do.. Tabernacle
ch. and soc, as fol-
lows :
Young Men's For. and
Domestic Miss. So-
ciety 221,2-1
Fem. Miss. So-
ciety, 17,50
of which is for
the support
of a Burman
teacher,) 103,13
Sab. school, for
the support of
Mrs. Wade's
school, 40,85

365,24

do. do. do., T. M. Mil-
ler, towards the sup-
port of a missionary
in China, per Rev. C.
G. Sommers, 100,00
Meredith, David Fen-

tc,n, per Wm. Stilson, 30,00
Catskill, F. W. Wilson 10,00

per Wm. Colgate, 549,74

Lockport, ch. and soc. Rev.
S. B. Webster pastor, as
follows :
Men, con. for 2 months 14,55

5,00

Young people's week-
ly contribution 2,20

New Jersey.

Bordentown, ch. and soc, col-
lection, per Rev. E. Kin-
caid, 10,00

East Jersey, Miss. Soc,
Jonathan Osborn tr., 171,42

Pennsylvania.
Jersey Shore, ch. and soc,
collection, 9,42
Alleghany city, San-
dusky St. Juv. Miss.
Soc. 6,00
do. do., mon. con. 5,33

11,33

Peters Creek, ch. and

soc. 4,55
Washington, do. do. 17.56
Brownsville, do. do. 3,35
Henry M. Ritenow ,11
George's Creek, ch. and

soc. 17,40
Uniontown, do. do. 9,07
Lewisburg, do. do. 8,00

per Rev. E. Kincaid,

Philadelphia, for Dr. Macgow-
an, of the China Mission,
per Wilson Jewell, as fol-
lows :

16,75

-1662,62

181,42

80,79

Wilson Jewell

7,00

J. C. Davis

5,00

Thomas Wattson

5,00

W. B. Taylor

5,00

J. E. James's family

0,00

Adam Johnson

3,00

D. Weckerly

2,00

M. Miles

2,00

B. R. Lesley

2,00

F. Lee

2,00

George Lee

2,00

Joseph Batton

1,00

T. O. Lincoln

1,00

Henry Harrison

1,00

U. Matthews

1,00

A stranger

,50

E. W. Miller

6,00

W. Sarkerson

5,00

R. Shoemaker

6,00

Rowand

5,00

H. H. Kelly

5,00

Jayne

5,00

Tarr, Powers &, Co.

18,75

Bowers

3,60

J. W. Simes

2,50

Graves

,75

J. Smart

2,00

J. T. Rowand

8,00

111,00

South Carolina.
Savannah River Association,
George Rhoades tr., for
Burman Mission,

Kentucky.
Maysville, ch. and soc, as
follows :

191,79

202,34

204

Donations.

Sundry col. 32,40
Charles D. Kirk 1,00
Elizabeth P. Kirk ,12
Ladies, towards

the support of

Moung Net,

a Burman

preacher, 25,00

58,52
5,00

Washington, ch. and soc

per Rev. E. Kincaid, C3,52

Richmond, Miss Eliza Green-

halgh, per Rev. Wm. Heath, 1,00

Ohio.

Cincinnati, colored ch. and
soc. 12,10
Marietta, ch. and soc. 42,33
Lower Newport, do. do. 5,00
per Rev. E. Kincaid,

Indiana.
Madison, ch. and soc. 30,00
do., Theodore A. Owen ,10
Franklin, ch. and soc. 25,00
do., Mrs. Chandler 5,00
Lawrenceburg, ch. and
soc, as follows :
Collection 15,00
Rev. E. P. Bond 5,00
E. Morgan C,00
Silas Wicks 2,00
Martha Wicks 3,00
per Rev. E. Fer-
ris, 31,00

Aurora, ch. and soc. 5,20
Ebenezer, William Dills 2,00
Wilmington, church and
soc. C,25
per Rev. E. Kincaid,

Michigan.
Allegan, ch. and soc, per Rev.
H. Munger,

64,52

59,43

104,55

6,001

WiscoTisin.
Geneva, per Rev. 1. Conrad,
Burlington, per letter signed
" A Friend," as follows :
for Chinese schools, 1,50
" Chinese scriptures, 1,50

Legacy.

Middleborough, Mass., estate
of Andrew Cole, per Rev.
E. Briggs, executor,

The Treasurer also acknow-
ledges the receipt of the
following from the Amer-
ican and Foreign Bible
Society :
To aid in printing and
circulating the sa-
cred scriptures in
Assam 500,00
Karen 500,00
Teloogoo 250,00
Si am 500,00

1,14

3,00

Germany
Africa

000,00
150,00
2500,00

To aid in translating,

firinting, and circu-
iting the sacred
scriptures in Chi-
na, 2000,00
Premium on
Mexican dol-

lars, insu-
rance, &c.,

4,14

56,45

2056,45

150,00
gG393,63

^4556,45
H. Lincoln, Treaturer.

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