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MISSIONARY HERALD.

VOL. LVir. OCTOBER, 1861. No. 10.

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Annual Meeting.

The Zulu mission held its annual meeting,
by the invitation of friends, at Pietermaritz-
burg, in May. Most of the members, with
their families, were present, and Mr. Abra-
ham writes :

We have had a most interesting gath-
ering. We found many friends in the
city, who sympathize with us and feel a
deep interest in our work. Ministers
and members of the different denomina-
tions took part in our public meetings.
The Hon. Mr. Shepstone, Secretary for
Native ASairs, made a few remarks one
evening, expressing his interest in our
work. He stated that he had just re-
turned from his first visit to the Zulu
country, and said it was surprising to
see the difference between the natives
of tills colony and those beyond the bor-
der. He could not have believed that
the natives here, w^ho w'ere so recently
one with the Zulus, could have made so
much progress in so short a time. This
progress he attributed very much to the
labors of the missionaries. We have
been most hospitably entertained by
friends in the city, and in addition to
this, they have contributed to the funds
of the Board, £21 7s. dd. This was a

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voluntary effort on their part, origina*
ting in kind feelings.

General Letter.

In their general letter, the brethren speak
encouragingly of the state and prospects of
their work. They say :

Though at many of our stations new
converts have been added to the church-
es, we are unable to report a large in-
crease in the number of church mem-
bers. While some have come in, we
regret that we are also obliged to add,
that some have gone out from us. Still
we are not disheartened; far from it.
We believe there has been actual pro-
gress at every one of our stations. The
good seed has been sown in the house
and by the way, from kraal to kraal ;
what the harvest will be, is knowm only
to Him who knoweth all things. With
him all things are possible.

Religious Interest.

For some months past we have had
special indications of the presence of
the Holy Spirit. The week of. prayer,
in January, was observed at all our sta-
tions, and at several it was an occasion
of great interest ; so much so that morn-
ing and evening prayer meetings were
continued daily during succeeding weeks

290

Zulu Mission t — General Letter.

Oct.

with an increase of religious feeling.
In February, the mission united in set-
ting apart another week for special
prayer. At two stations inquiry meet-
ings were held from time to time, and
at one — Umvoti — more than forty have
professed a desire to become the disci-
ples of Jesus. Most of these appear
well, and it is hoped that they have
passed from death unto life. At many
of our stations there are some who have
expressed a desire to unite with the
people of God, and, for the most part,
there is a good state of feeling among
the church members. We hope, and
trust, that the time is not far distant
when we shall receive large accessions
to our churches.

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Prospects,

At no former period in the history of
the mission, have our prospects been
brighter than at the present time. Most
of our number have been here for years;
we have learned the language, so that
we may publish the news of salvation to
the people in their own tongue ; eind we
have a stronger hold on the affections of
tlie people than we ever had before.
They now feel that we are their true
friends ; that we have not come here to
amass wealth, as other white men have
done. Though here, as every where,
the natural heart is enmity against God,
yet there is very little open opposition
to the preaching of the gospeL As we
go from kraal to kraal, we are every
where most cordially received, and the
message of salvation is listened to with
attention. What we now want is the
influence of the Holy Spirit to accom-
pany the truth, and make it effectuaL

Influence of Converts.

Our churches are exerting a salutary
influence on the heathen about us. At
first it was to them a very great mys-
tery, how a man could possibly become
willing to renounce the customs of his
fathers, and especially how he could be
content to live with only one wife ; for

it is the height of a man’s ambition
among this people to obtain a large
number of wives, — the greater the num-
ber the greater the man. But they are
now beginning to see that it is gain, in
the present life, to become follow'ers of
Christ ; that they who have forsaken all
for his sake do receive manifold more in
this present time. In temporal things,
the Christian natives are far more pros-
perous than the heathen ; and this the
latter are obliged to acknowledge. It is
also seen that when a person renounces
heathenism, he does not renounce his
friends. He has the same affection for
them as before, though he can no longer
unite with them in their evil customs.
It is pleasing, in the eyes of the heathen,
to see a son supporting his aged parents,
and caring for his brothers and sisters.
These things are acting upon the people
in removing their prejudices, and open-
ing the way for us to reach their hearts.

Schools.

We have strong evidence of the pro-
gress of our work in the schools. The
native Christians are very desirous to
have their children instructed, and at
our annual meeting a year ago, in order
to relieve the Board as much as possible,
it was resolved that we would appeal to
the parents to support the schools, in-
stead of drawing funds for this purpose
from the treasury of the Board, as had
been done before. In this we have met
with partial success. At two of the
older stations, day schools have been
taught by native teachers, supported by
the people themselves. At one, the
number of scholars has been forty, and
the teacher has received three pounds
per month. We regard it as of the very
first importance that these schools should
be sustained, and that natives who are
qualified should be encouraged to teach ;
and where the parents are indisposed or
unable to educate their children, we
should be exceedingly sorry to see them
growing up in ignorance for lack of
funds. We now^ feel our want of well-

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Sandwich Islands : — General Letter*

291

educated Christian men, to assist us in
our missionary work. Family schools,
taught by the missionaries, have been
continued as in former years, at most of
our stations.

Native J\Essionary Efforts — New Church
— Books.

Soon after our last annual meeting, a
promising man offered himself as a mis-
sionary, and we have accepted his ser-
vices, He was for some years at Ita-
famasi, with our lamented brother Marsh,
by whom he was baptized. It is ex-
pected that he will be supported by the
natives, who have already manifested
a readiness to contribute for this pur-
pose. We have assigned him a station
not far from Mapumulo, where he has
been preaching for some months ; and
he is now making arrangements to build
and reside among the people, with his
family. He has had good congrega-
tions, and the people are very desirous
of having him live with them.

Mr. Robins has commenced a new
station on the Umzumbi river, about
fifteen miles beyond UmtwalumL A
new church, composed of three mem-
bers, has been formed at Ahmahlongwa,
and others at that station profess an
interest in religion. The demand for
books is rapidly increasing. Many of
the natives are so desirous for them that
they are willing to purchase, paying all
they cost. We have had some diffi-
culty in getting our printing done, and
consequently are at present very much
in want of books.

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Ge]seral Letter.

Extracts from some of the station reports,
presented at the recent meeting of the Hawa-
iian Evangelical Association, were published
in August. Other reports, and the general
letter from the mission, have now been re-
ceived, containing some further statements
which should find a place in the Herald.

The general letter refers to the death of
Mr. Armstrong as a great loss to the mission,

and especially to the cause of education at
the Islands. It is stated, however, that there
appears to be no diminution of interest, or of
prosperity in the schools, but rather progress.
“The report of the Lahainaluna seminary is
encouraging. There have been connected
with it during the year, 101 pupils, a greater
number than in any one year before.” “ Ochu
College, under the supervision of President
Mills and lady, is in a prosperous condition.”

The Revived.

Having referred to the solicitude they feel
in view of existing circumstances in the
United States, and expressed their gratitude
that they are permitted to dwell in peace, in
a land of civil freedom and domestic quiet,
the brethren say :

Above all would we magnify the grace
of God, for the great spiritual blessings
with which he has crowned the past
year. Never, within the last twenty
years, has there been so much evidence
of the Spirit’s presence in our churches,
as during the year just closed. From
nearly all our stations, the voice of re-
joicing has come up for spiritual mercies.
Most of the reports of pastors have been
cheering. The churches have been re-
vived, backsliders reclaimed, the fallen
raised, the week strengthened, the timid
made brave for truth, and hardened sin-
ners converted to God. Such is our
belief, such our joy.

In 1860 we came together mourning
over the desolations of our Zion. In
Honolulu, and many other places, the
cause of Christ languished and sin
abounded. But even then the Lord had
begun to revive his work in some por-
tions of the vineyard, and all the indica-
tions were that he was waiting to be
gracious. Our hopes revived ; our hearts
were strengthened. Many went forth to
their work “ weeping, bearing precious
seed ; ” and such have already returned
“ with rejoicing, bringing their sheaves
with them.” About 1,500 converts have
been gathered into the churches during
the year, and there are still many candi-
dates who may be received hereafter.

In supporting the preaching of the gos-
pel ; in erecting and repairing churches ;

292

Oct.

Sandwich Islands : — Station Reports.

in sending the word of life to the
heathen ; and in many other acts of
Christian enterprise, our churches have
done well. All the reported contribu-
tions amount to more than twenty thou-
sand dollars, besides much that has been
done in a more private and quiet way.

On the subject of popery at the Islands
we need say but little. Some join the
papal ranks and others leave them, and
we are not sure whether they gain or
lose ground on the whole.

Social Clerical Organizations.

We have long felt that the best inter-
ests of tbe Hawaiian churches, and the
greater improvement of Hawaiian pastors,
require other clerical organizations than
the general Evangelical Association ;
and we are glad to inform you that an
Association or Presbytery has now been
formed on each of the four large islands,
that of Maui including in it tlie church
on Molokai. Those united in these
organizations meet annually, semi-annu-
ally, or quarterly, as may be most con-
venient. Our ordained native pastors,
licentiates, candidates for the ministry,
and some lay brethren are invited. It is
a part of the work of these bodies to
look after and supply destitute fields. At
the meetings, written exercises, consist-
ing of essays, exegesis and sermons, or
skeletons of sermons, given out at a pre-
vious meeting, are read and freely criti-
cised, and matters relating to the inter-
ests of the churches of Christ in these
islands are made the subject of fraternal
conference. We hope for great good
from these organizations, especially to
our Hawaiian pastors and candidates for
the ministry.

Station Reports.

Honolulu First Church.

Mr. Clark, in his report of the First
Church at Honolulu, speaks of the lamented
death of Mr. Armstrong, and of some cases
of defection — “less than in former years” —
and then says :

But our trials have been light com-

pared with the mercies God has show-
ered upon us. The Lord has indeed
turned again our captivity, and caused
our hearts to sing for joy. Just after
our last annual meeting, and even be-
fore, we began to hear a little sound as
in ‘ the tops of the mulberry trees,’ which
proved to be an indication that God was
about to appear for our help. The good
work which commenced at Kaneohe,
more than a year ago, has since extended
itself all over this Island.

For a few years past, we have been
called to mourn tlie hidings of God’s
face, and the revival of some* evils which
we hoped were extinguished forever.
The influence and example of some high
in office has been adverse to the preva-
lence of vital godliness. By this means
a sifting process has been going on;
the line has been drawn between those
who were for Christ and those who were
against him.

The very prevalence of sin has helped
to show its deformity, although the enemy
meant it not so. The Holy Spirit took
occasion to fasten conviction upon the
minds of some even of the more wicked,
and to show the only way of escape.
More cases of strong conviction of sin
and of sudden change of life have
occurred, than we were accustomed to
witness in former years, when the peo-
ple had sinned against less light.

In Honolulu, tlie work commenced
early in the summer. Marked indica-
tions of the presence of the Spirit have
encouraged and cheered our hearts.
The different parts of the city have been
visited by the pastor and by lunas, and
prayer meetings have been held in dif-
ferent places. Some cases of marked
change have been witnessed in those
who have long resisted the light. One
person, long distinguished as a leader of
the hula, has forsaken his drum and his
sing-song, and established a prayer meet-
ing in his own house. Many others
have forsaken the Mormons, the Papists,
and even worse abominations, and are
sitting at the feet of Jesus. Many for-

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mer church members, d^relling here from
other Islands, wanderers from the fold,
have been aroused anew to the interests
of the soul, and now profess a new
conversion.

We have had the most satisfactory
evidence that the Spirit of God has been
at work in the hearts of the people, and
that many have been brought to the
knowledge of the truth. As the fruits
of this work, some hundreds have pro-
fessed their faith in Christ for the first
time, and many backsliders have been
restored to the fellowship of the church.
But among a people so easily moved by
external circumstances, where sympathy
and imitation are so strong national char-
acteristics, we must expect there will be
much chaif with the wheat

In July, 30 were added to the church
by profession ; in October, 16 ; in Janu-
ary, 111 ; in April, 166; — making in all
by profession, 323, About 60 more are
now candidates. Restored to fellow-
ship, 161. Some of these have for years
gone out of the way, and more than
half are from other churches, long resi-
dent here. The whole number of addi-
tions to the church during the year, by
profession, by letter, and by restoration,
has been 514. Most of these have been
examined individually, from two to three
times, by the pastor. The dismissions,
deaths and exclusions, have been 117 ;
making the net increase of the church
397.

With reference to efforts to supply a native
ministry, this report states that one native
has been ordained on the island within the
year, two have been licensed to preach, and a
few others are pursuing a course of theologi-
cal study. It is also said :

We have had for many years on this
island a Clerical Association, which has
been helpful as a means of mutual im-
provement, consultation, &c. With this,
all our pastors, both of the foreign and
native churches, are connected, and the
essays and discussions are mainly in the
English language. We have it in con-
templation, in addition to this, to form a

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Church Conference, the business to be
conducted in the Hawaiian tongue, for
the purpose of guiding and aiding our
native pastors and churches in building
up the kingdom of Christ.

Kaneohe, Oahu.

Mr. Parker, of this station, refers to a tour
of the island, with Mr. Coan, as his first
work after the former meeting of the Asso-
ciation,— “ a tour interesting, and profitable
to the churches and congregations of the
island,” “ the harbinger of a precious work
of God’s Spirit,” and says;

In this connection I may speak of the
religious interest in my own district.
In last year’s station report, it was men-
tioned that there had been, for some
months, more tlian usual interest among
our people. It began as long ago as
October, 1859, in an unexpected way,
and among a class of persons appar-
ently the least likely to be awakened
to the subject of the soul’s salvation.
Some seemed to have been convicted of
sin and truly converted to God. On
my return from the last general meet-
ing, I found a portion of the church
members, and many others, still in a
wakeful and interesting state. Meet-
ings were well attended, and the con-
gregations usually very attentive to the
truth. The church members visited
considerably from house to house, and
prayer and conference meetings, in dif-
ferent neighborhoods, were held fre-
quently. This interest has continued,
to considerable extent, for tiie greater
part of the year, though for the last few
months there has been some falling off.

Among the results, I may mention an
addition to the church, by profession, of
58 persons, while 59 suspended or ex-
communicated members have been re-
stored to fellowship. Others profess to
have taken their stand on. the Lord’s
side, and ore under instruction as candi-
dates for church membership. Among
professing Christians there has been an
increase of religious interest, and in
some a growth in grace and in the

Sandwich Islands : — Station Reports.

294

Oct.

Sandicich Islands : — Station Reports.

knowledge of God. A majority of those
received to the church have as yet held
on their way, and give evidence that
they are truly converted. But some
have most sadly disappointed our hopes
by falling again into sin, very soon after
professing to be reformed.

The contributions of this church, to differ-
ent objects, amounted during the year to
$821. The report says : “ Contributions must
continue to be small, owing to the extensive
poverty of the people.''

Some members of the church have mani-
fested considerable interest in missionary
operations at the Marquesas Islands and in
Micronesia, raising the inquiry whether they
ought not to engage personally in the work.
A census of the district, taken in December
last, showed a population of 2,300; “just
about one half of what it was when the sta-
tion was first taken, and 400 less than it was
at the close of the year 1853.''

Lahaina, Mani.

Considerable religious interest was mani-
fested at this station, at times during the
year, and there have been interesting cases
of hopeful conversion ; “30 or 40 bid fair to
be suitable candidates for church member-
ship.’’ A greater number than usual have
been “ set aside,'' but this is regarded as
indicating a better rather than a worse state
of things in the church — more piety and
intelligence in the sounder part. “ A sifting
process is going on,’’ and “ there are many
reasons for knowing that the standard of
piety in the church is improving.’’ Yet “lax
morals are running rampant,’’ it is said,
“ throughout the island ; the natural result
of setting those to guard the public morals
who have no morals themselves.’’ The church
is commended for its zealous efforts to pay
off the debt upon its house of worship, and
other debts, while “ trade with whaleships,
almost the only resource of Lahaina, is fail-
ing.’’ Under the heading.

State of Religion and Signs of Successy
the missionary uses the following language :

Were I to describe the state of reli-
g-ion here, I would say that, for many
years, as light has been increasing, and
the obligations of Christianity have been
pressed more and more, the line has
been drawing more and more clearly
between the righteous and the wicked.

At such a time as this, when the laws
of the land do not help, as much as they
ought, to make iniquity hide its head
in shame, but the foulest sins often go
unrebuked, we may expect a much
greater number, both of the church and
others, to fall over to the side of the
wicked than would have gone in better
days, jor in times of more external re-
straint. Of about one half the Lahaina
church, I have thought we might have a
comfortable hope that they are true fol-
lowers of Christ, and will find a place
prepared for them in the kingdom of
heaven. They seem to love the ordi-
nances of the gospel, are generally in
the house of God, and are evidently
increasing in religious knowledge, from
year to year. They are ready to deny
themselves for Christ’s sake, and to con-
tribute, as they are able, for the promo-
tion of his kingdom. They are anxious
for the education of their children, as if
they believed they had immortal souls,
and they take more or less interest in
good tidings from other lands. Most of
this class are pretty regular at our
prayer meetings, and ready to co-oper-
ate in every good work. Prayer is the
grand characteristic of true piety, and
we cannot hope there is true religion
where men do not love this duty.

Of the other half of our church it is
more difficult to give an accurate gen-
eral description; partly because we do
not know them as we do the better part.
We do not meet their faces so often in
our different religious exercises, or see
them at our houses. When we do meet
them, our conversation is not of that free
and confidential character which we often
hold with some others. There may be
many reasons, besides want of piety,
why some of this class are in the back
ground. It is the nature of some people
to be unknown, and some of them may
be meek and humble, but true disciples,
who will finally prove jewels in the
Savior’s crown. Of others we cannot
indulge any such pleasing anticipations.
They show too many signs that they

1861.

Shanghai Mission : — Letters from Mr. Elodget.

have no part or lot in this matter. They
have the spirit of men of the world ;
their affections are set on things below ;
they are not growing in the knowledge
cff divine things. If they are often seen
in the house of God, they go to save
aj^arances, or because they are under
the influence of others, rather than from
any love for the sanctuary.

There is a still worse class of church
members, probably, in all our churches,
who, we have reason to fear, indulge in
all the sins of a wicked world, and with
a more shameless system of lying and
hypocrisy than others, because their
names are enrolled with the church.
Some of these may very likely prove, in
the end, the bitterest enemies to the
truth which will ever be found among
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fission.

TIENTSIN.

Letters from Mr. Blodget, April G,
AND Mat 18, 1861.

Pjpbyious letters from Mr. Blodget, pub-
lished in June and August, have given his
reasons for being at Tientsin, and some ao-
oount of the city and the region around it,
as a field for Christian effort. He now writes,
in the first of the two letters received, more
especially in regard to his efforts as a preacher
of the gospel there. The incidents men-
tioned in this connection, as well as other
portions of these letters, are of more interest
because the field is comparatively new. Soon
after his arrival, he began to address the
people in various parts of the city, as he
could gather hearers, and explain to them the
nature of his message.

Incidents — A French Soldier.

On one of those occasions, as I was
preaching on the side of the river occu-
pied by the French, several soldiers
gathered around, and after I left, one of
them followed me and inquired if I was
a Protestant missionary, and to what
nation I belonged. He then drew out
of his pocket a letter from Pastor Monod,
which he kept in a well-worn copy of
the New Testament, and declared him-

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self, with much warmth, a Protestant
Christian. On another occasion, he
called on me, and told me the history of
his conversion, and of his cherished pur-
pose to become a preacher of the word,
so soon as his period of service, then
drawing to a close, had expired. He
was very fervent, and full of zeal to do
what was in his power to spread the
gospel among his fellow-soldiers. He
has now gone to Saigon, in Cochin
China, where multitudes of French sol-
diers have found their graves.

A Chinese.

One man of the many who heard me
during the first month or two after my
arrival, still cleaves to me. His name is
Liok. His parents fell away during a
time of persecution which befell the
Roman Catholic church, many years
ago. He devotes much of his time to
religious things, comes to prayers every
morning, distributes Bibles and tracts,
reads the Scriptures in tlie hospital,
exhorts and prays, and in all things
appears more zealous than any Chinese
I have seen. He receives nothing from
me whatsoever in the way of money,
and yet I am not satisfied that he is on
the right foundation. I fear there is a
root of vanity in his heart, and that he
has not yet seen himself a lost sinner,
saved by the Lord Jesus.

A Congregation of the Poor.

Soon after my arrival, I received lib-
eral contributions for the poor from sev-
eral officers, which have been from time
to time increased by the contributions of
the soldiers, and of merchants. Using
these sums, I organized a “ Congregation
of the Poor,” composed of fifty persons —
widows, the aged, and the infirm. Each
individual received a ticket of admit-
tance, which was retained from Sabbath
to Sabbath. The place of meeting was
an old temple, (of the Chinese Mars,)
which stands outside the south-east cor-
ner of the city. Each Lord’s day they
assembled to hear the word and receive

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Shanghai Mission : — Letters from Mr. Blodget.

alms. In place of singing, a hymn was
read, and repeated by the congregation,
standing ; then followed a catechetical
exercise ; after this, reading the Scrip-
tures and an address ; and the exercises
were closed by prayer. The company
was dismissed, each with a ticket for
two catties of flour.

Wednesdays, at noon, a meeting was
appointed, at which any who desired
could hear more particularly, and make
inquiries. On this occasion, no alms
have been given. A smaller company,
of from ten to twenty-five, has usually
been present. Both on the Sabbath and
on other days, a few who received no
alms, but desired to hear, were also in
attendance. At present we have re-
moved into the city, the heat of the sun
having become intolerable in the open
court of the temple. The meetings are
held in tlie room which I have rented for
a chapel, on the main street of the city.
The greater part of this company, hav-
ing attended regularly for so many
weeks, have become familiar with the
Gospel history, and have learned many
facts from the Old Testament There
are several among them who seem much
in earnest to hear, and to gain knowl-
edge.

Interest of a Blind Hearer.

Of one I have hope that his heart has
been touched by the Spirit of God. He
is a blind man, whose surname is Chang.
From the first, he drew my attention by
his direct and earnest manner. After a
time he was received into the hospital,
for an operation upon his eyes, and while
there he was taught the hymn —

Alas, and did my Savior blood,”

which, by the blessing of God, seems to
have brought life to his soul. In repeat-
ing it he became much agitated, and on
one occasion sunk down upon his knees,
when he came to the fourth verse.
When he had finished I bade him rise,
and questioned him about the exercises
of his mind. So far as I could discover,
it was the sentiment of the hymn which

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overcame him. Weeks after he referred
to it of his own accord, and said he did
not like to repeat that hymn before
others, it affected him so much. When
he came to the fourth verse, he felt like
kneeling down and commencing to pray.
Yesterday, in distributing the tickets for
flour, I gave him one, as usual. No,”
said he, “ I am in the hospital, and Dr.
Lamprey gives me my food now, I do
not want it.” He was, however, very
ivilling to allow a little boy to lead him
across the room to a poor paralytic, who
had come in without any claim for a
ticket.

The Field— An Excursion.

Mr. Blodget mentions that in April, an
English missionary, Mr. Innocent, of a
branch of the Methodist church, arrived at
Tientsin, who was to be joined by his wife,
and also by a colleague. An English Baptist
missionary had been there for a few days, on
his way to Pekin; and at T’ung-chow and
Chifoo, there were representatives of six mis-
sionary societies. With reference to the
facilities offered for missionary operations at
Tientsin, and a recent excursion, oar brother
writes :

In its facilities for intercourse with
the capital and the remote parts of the
empire, this city has very great advan-
tages. I have distributed books to men
from Shansi, and from remote parts of
this province. A few days since I re-
turned from a short trip into the interior,
north-west of Tientsin. In that direc-
tion we found an immense marsh, or
shallow lake, covered with reeds and
rushes, intersected by streams of water,
along which numerous boats were going
to and fro, to various parts of the prov-
ince. Towns are constructed on raised
land, in the midst of these marshes, some
of them containing as many as twenty or
thirty thousand inhabitants. The limit
of our journey was the town of Shunfang,
— ‘ Surpassing Beauty ’ — so named from
the beauty of the lotus flower, which
blooms on the waters on every side, and
makes it, in summer, like an island in a
sea of flowers. The root of the lotus
plant is used for food, and is esteemed

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very wholesome. Laborers were stand-
ing in deep water, clothed in skins, gath-
ering these roots for the market. Fish-
ing boats were every where to be seen,
and every sort of device is used by the
ingenious Chinese to entrap the fish.
Weirs are common. The reeds and
rushes to which I have alluded, are very
important articles for fuel and for mats.
They are taken to the cities for market
in boats. These, with the stalks of the
Barbadoes millet, are the principal de-
pendence of the people for fuel. Numer-
ous flocks of ducks, both wild and tame,
wild geese, cranes and other wild birds,
inhabit these marshes. The tame ducks
are kept both for their own value, and as
decoy ducks, the sportsman following
with his gun at a little distance, in a
punt. Lime and coal are brought across
these waters to Tientsin, and the pro-
ducts of southern China and Annam are
carried to the interior. Pan-ting-foo, the
capital of the province, is situated on
the plain beyond the marshes, about 120
miles from Tientsin, in this direction.

The people were every where civil,
and attentive to what was said. Curious
to see Europeans they must of course
be, and to be the object of curiosity and
eager examination to crowds has become
a common thing ; we always expect it

Multitudes, multitudes, in the valley of
decision.”

English Forces — Their Good ConducL

The English forces are to remain here
indefinitely. In this the people are quite
agreed, for two reasons. First, because,
by their good behavior, their regard for
law, justice and fair dealing, by their
kindness and generosity, they have over-
come prejudices, and caused themselves
to be regarded as friends rather than as
enemies. They have raised large sums
of money for the poor, in addition to their
individual charities. They have opened
a hospital, the fame of which has spread
far and wide, and with much labor, have
relieved multitudes of patients gratui-
tously. The soldiers have been guarded

from spirituous drinks by rigid laws. No
“ Maine law ” ever approached, in strict-
ness and promptness of execution, the
temperance law of the British garrison
in Tientsin. Grog-shops in ashes, and
the smarting backs of liquor-dealers, bear
witness to the fidelity of the Provost
Marshal. The dress of the soldiers is
cleanly and of the best quality, their
manners are respectful, and their bearing
manly and generous. Considering what
war is, and what are the evils attending
it, the least that can be said is, that a
nation may well be proud of such a force
as the officers and soldiers of this gar-
rison.

Second. The rebellion, which has been
in progress for years, is spreading north-
ward. A large horde of robbers and
thieves, holding some loose connection
with the court at Nankin, are ravaging
the province of Shantung, and menacing
the province of Chihli. Tientsin would
form one of their first objects of attack,
were it not protected by a foreign force.
Under these circumstances the people
look to the army of the allies for protec-
tion, and would be very sorry to have
them leave.

The Emperor will not return to Pekin.
Mr. Bruce is there, and the French Am-
bassador also. The Prussian Ambassa-
dor is here, on his way to the capital to
negotiate a treaty.

Journey to Pekin.

In the second of these letters, dated May
18, Mr. Blodget speaks of a journey to
kin, from which he had just returned. The
company, he says, “ consisted of four indi-
viduals; two Americans, one Hollander,— a
missionary of the English Baptist Society^
and the chaplain of a Prussian frigate which
is now at Takoa.” The distance was seventy-
five miles, which they traveled in carts, in
two days. He gives the names of forty towns
and villages passed on the way.

T'ung Chow — Is the Country Open to
Protestant Missionaries ?

Respecting one of these towns, and on the
question as to toleration secured by treaties

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to Protestant missionaries, he writes as fol-
lows:

T’ung Chow, pronounced T-hoong
Chow, is a large city, containing per-
haps 400,000 inhabitants, distant from
Pekin twelve miles. We left it on our
right, as we passed through the village
of Kan Ts’uun. Here the navigation of
the Peiho by boats ceases, and goods are
transported by land from this place to
Pekin. This is an important city for
missionary labor. If Pekin is not now
oj)en to Protestant missionaries, — as both
Chinese and European authorities seem
to understand, — then T’ung Chow should
be occupied at once, as the nearest avail-
able place to the capital.

I may remark, in passing, that while
the French have an explicit agreement
that the Roman Catholic religion shall
be everywhere tolerated ; that property
formerly owned by Roman Catholics,
but taken from them in times of persecu-
tion, shall be restored ; and that French
missionaries may buy land in all the
provinces, erect churches, and hold pub-
lic worship ; there is an indefiniteness
in the English and American treaties,
which makes it a debatable question
whetlier their missionaries have any legal
right to reside in any other places than
the open ports. If they have, it is a right
derived from the French treaty, in virtue
of tlie “ favored nation ” clause. It was
not understood, previous to the last year’s
conventions, that they had the right, and
nothing new in reference to this point
was added at that time to the English and
American treaties. The whole matter
seems to rest just here : the American
Ambassador, influenced by his secretary,
proposed the desired clause, allowing
missionaries to locate anywhere in the
empire, but it was rejected, and he had
no power to enforce it. The English
Ambassador cared little about it, and did
not propose it. Perhaps this is the best
course,— that explicit provision should
not be made for missionaries. All they
have noAv is the edict of toleration for
the Chinese, and the liberty of the pass-

port system provided for all English cit-
izens. If they will rent a house, reside
in a place, buy land to erect either a
church or a house, they must do it, either
without express permission by the law,
or in virtue of a claim to the same priv-
ileges which ore accorded to French
missionaries.

I will only add, that the Prussian Am-
bassador is now in Tientsin, endeavor-
ing to negotiate a treaty ; and that he ia
a Protestant, and will do what he can, so
it is judged, to place Protestant mission-
aries on the same footing as Romanists.
I wish we could hope that half the op-
portunities now enjoyed would be im-
proved by our churches. There are
open ports in the east, which have for
years been unoccupied, and no move-
ment is made to occupy them.

Pekin.

Respecting Pekin, after making some gen-
eral statements, and saying that the
scription of the city in 'Williams’s “ Middle
Kingdom,” Is very full and exact, he le-
marks :

Here, in this great city of Pekin, sit-
uated in the northern extreme of the
great plain of North-Eastern Asia, wall-
ed in by mountains on the north, which
separate it from Mongolia and Manchuria,
is the seat of that heathen power which
has so long controlled the destinies of
the three hundred and fifty millions of
Chinese, and exercised so great influ-
ence, not only on the surrounding na-
tions, but also upon the Avhole world.
Here, one may think, is one of the heads
of that beast, with seven heads and ten
horns, which derives its power from the
dragon, and which hates and persecutes
the church of Christ Here is civil gov-
ernment, a good creature of God, in
league with the devil. Here is the
“Dragon Throne,” and the “Yellow-
Tiled Palace.” Here is the altar to
heaven on the east, and the altar to
earth on the w'est ; altars to the sun, to
the moon, and to the stars. Here are
temples to the gods of the winds, of

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mountains and hills, of seas, rivers and
streams of water; to the gods of the
soil ; to ancestors ; to deceased sages,
warriors and emperors. Here are wor-
shiped gods indigenous to China, and
gods imported from India and Tartary.
I have a kind of horror in thinking of
the place. Lies stare at you on every
side ; darkness surrounds you on every
hand. These are men indeed, made in
the image of God, but they have made a
covenant with death, and are in league
with hell.

How certain it is, to every one who
believes the Scriptures, that this throne
must be demolished, and its power van-
ish from off the face of the earth ! By
the signs of the times, the day is near.
Already the insurgents are entering the
province of Chihli. Three powerful na-
tions have their ambassadors in the cap-
ital, and are watching the issue with
eager interest. Either these rulers will
fall, at no distant day, into the hands of
the insurgents, or into the hands of Eu-
ropean powers, or— which is the only
alternative — they must repent, and sub-
mit to Christ. Light is their great ne-
cessity ; but they hate the light A
young mandarin stamped his foot angrily
at the drivers, as we rode along the
street in the “inner city,” in a way
which indicated plainly his feelings ; and
not his only, but tlie feelings of all those
in authority.

We spent four days in Pekin. Our
place of residence was an inn, in the
“ outer city,” near the wall which divides
it from the “ inner city.” No difficulty
was experienced in entering, or in mov-
ing about the streets. The people seem-
ed either indifferent, or, at least not
hostile.

We returned to Tientsin on the 15th
instant, having been absent one week.
We distributed tracts and some copies
of the New Testament on the way, and
in Pekin. I addressed the people in
several places, and twice in Pekin a
company assembled at the inn, in a
vacant room, to hear the Word ; once on

Sabbath morning, and once on Monda}’’
morning. They listened attentively.

Should a missionary now go to Pekin
to reside, he would be obliged to go
without a passport, and against the
wishes of the English and French au-
thorities established there. He should
go openly ; quietly attend to his own
business ; and leave when sent away by
the Chinese authorities, which would be
vtiy soon. However, I see no reason to
believe that T’ung Chow may not be oc-
cupied at once.

Pabtira glissicit. — |nbia.

Letteb from Mr. Tracy, Mat 27,
1861.

Pasumalie Seminary.

Another term in the seminary under Mr-
Tracy’s care had recently closed when be
wrote, and a class of “ catechists ” and a class
of “preparandi,” had left; the former to re-
turn to their stations, and the latter to entei
for the first time upon missionary work.
Respecting this class of catechists he writes,
that all had been interested in their studies,
striving to improve, and a few had encour-
aged him in every way, while others had
often sorely tried his patience by unbecoming
conduct- Yet his efforts to do them good
seemed to be not without effect. Of their
wives, too, he felt obliged to speak in much
the same way; the conduct of some being
“ a constant source of pleasure,” and that of
others, often very trying. “ The preparandi
class,” he remarks, “were young men of
merely ordinary ability, but I think they ar-e
earnestly desirous of doing good.” In regard
to the school at large he says : “lam able to
report good attention to study throughout the
year, and that the improvement has been
satisfactory.”

Religious Interest.

Near the close of the term there were re-
markable exhibitions of religious feeling ;
indicating, in connection with some of the
workings of human sympathy and* human
imperfection, the presence and the mighty
power of the Holy Spirit. Mr. Tracy writes :

A few of the students, with the teach-
ers, have earnestly desired, and often
prayed for an outpouring of the Holy

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Spirit upon the seminary ; but as the
year wore away, I felt more and more
inclined to give up in despair. It seem-
ed that the Lord had, for some cause,
rejected our prayers, and that we were
to be left as the heath in the desert, I
felt greatly disheartened ; as if the Lord’s
hand were shortened that it could not
save, or his ear heavy that it could not
hear. But, blessed be his holy name,
he did not leave us without a witness
that he was more willing to bless than
we were to ask. The few last days of
tlie term were a season which will not
soon be forgotten by any one then in the
seminary.

On the Sabbath preceding the close
of the term, the Lord’s supper was ad-
ministered, three of the students were
admitted to the church, and several in-
fants were baptized. The season was
one of deep interest, but not more so
than we had enjoyed at other times. In
the evening, while we were engaged in
family worship, I heard some one come
on the verandah, sobbing bitterly. I
supposed that one of the seminary boys
had been stung by a scorpion, which is
not an uncommon occurrence. When
we rose from our knees, several of the
larger boys came forward, supporting a
smaller one who was trembling violently,
and crying as if in great agony. I now
felt sure that my first supposition was
correct ; but on asking the lad the cause
of his distress, he replied, “ My sins ; oh,
my sins are piercing me through ; I can-
not, cannot bear it.” I took him to my
room, prayed with him, and endeavored
to direct his thoughts to the Savior, but
he could not be comforted. I then sent
him back to the seminary and requested
Barnes, our oldest teacher, to go to him
and see if he could say any thing to quiet
his mind, and to lead him where alone
he could find true peace. At this time
the seminary students, with one or more
of the teachers, were holding their usual
Sabbath evening meeting. Shortly after-
wards, the sound of loud crying and
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Oct.

and in a few moments Barnes returned,
apparently awe-struck, asking me to come
quickly, for he knew not what to do.
On reaching the school, I found the first
class room filled, almost to suffocation,
with the students and catechists. Some
were on their knees, with outstretched
arms ; others prostrate on their faces ;
some beating on their breasts ; and oth-
ers still, in their agony, striking their
heads against the floor ; all, with loud
cries and tears, confessing their sins
and praying for pardon. The scene was
awe-inspiring.

Fearing the effects of such intense
excitement, I had some removed quietly
to their rooms ; and this I repeated once
or twice, striving, with the aid of the
teachers and some others, to direct their
minds to the blessed Savior. At last I
had them all brought together, and spent
an hour in prayer and singing; but it
was well towards midnight before I could
venture to return to my house, leaving
them in the care of the teachers. There
were few of us that slept much that
night. Towards morning, the wife of
one of the catechists, who had been
anything but a praying woman, was
deeply affected with a sense of her sins ;
and her cries for mercy were heard, in
the stillness of the night, to a great dis-
tance.

On Monday an attempt was made at
study, but it could not be accomplished,
and the day was spent in prayer and in
conversation with those in distress. At
this time, probably not more than six or
eight among all the seminary students
were unaffected. Many continued in
deep distress, but during the day some
found peace in a sense of pardoned sin.
In the evening Mr. Capron came to
render his assistance, and we com-
menced a prayer-meeting ; but the ex-
citement soon became uncontrollable,
and we were obliged to suspend tlie
exercises, and address ourselves to in-
viduals who needed advice and comfort,

Tuesday wels spent much like the
preceding day. In the morning I cau-

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tioned all, with good effect, against
yielding to mere excitement, and urged
tliem to repress, as far as possible, the
violent expression of their feelings. The
effort to do this was made, but some,
unable to restrain themselves, quietly
left the room, or were removed, that
they might not disturb others. The
attempt to go on with the usual exer-
cises of the seminary was also more suc-
cessful than on the preceding day. Mr.
Chester was with us in the evening, and
our meeting was one of deep feeling,
but of less excitement than before. A
considerable number were rejoicing in
hope.

On Wednesday, the seminary com-
mittee met for the usual examination, at
the close of the term ; but it was found
impracticable to go on with it. The
day was spent principally in religious
exercises, and the students were dis-
missed to their homes, with earnest
prayer that the divine blessing might
accompany them, and make them the
means of good wherever they might go.

I have felt some anxiety lest this visit
to their homes should dissipate their
serious feelings ; but the reports of their
conduct, which I have heard from vari-
ous quarters, have Ijeen uniformly favor-
able, and I rejoice in the hope that a
truly divine work has been wrought in
the hearts of many. It is perhaps wor-
thy of remark, that the pungent distress,
rising in some cases to intense agony,
did not in any instance appear to pro-
ceed from an apprehension of danger
from the wrath of God, but from a deep
sense of the evil of sin committed
against a holy, but gracious and merci-
ful God and Savior.

fission lo (Eagtcnt

Anxual Meeting.

This mission held its annual meeting at
Kharpoot, commencing June 5. Eight breth-
ren of the mission, “ all the male members
now in the field,” were present, and also Mr.
Dwight, of the mission to Western, and Mr.

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Schneider of that to Central Turkey. It
was resolved, urgently to request three addi-
tional missionaries ; two for Erzroom and one
for Diarbekir. The tabular view shows, as
connected with the mission, 7 stations and
36 out-stations ; 10 churches, with 271 mem-
bers, of whom 44 were received during the
year 1860 ; 48 schools, with 869 male and 272
female pupils ; 3 native pastors, and 17 other
native preachers. The mission letter says :

The religious exercises in connection
with the meeting have been speciaUy
interesting. The daily sessions have
been preceded, uniformly, by devotional
exercises of more than half an hour in
length, and the seventh day of our meet-
ing was wholly given up to religious
services — the forenoon to prayer for our
native land, in this hour of her darkness,
and the afternpon to the celebration of
the Lord’s supper — in both of which
services, we had previously, by telegraph,
invited our brethren of the W estern mis-
sion, then holding their annual meeting
in Constantinople, to join us at the same
hour. Many and fervent have been the
prayers for our country, since we came
together. We have felt that the Savior
has been with us, and have found it
delightful to sit together in these heav-
enly places, — a foretaste of the commu-
nion of saints in the kingdom of bliss.

The following extracts from this letter will
serve, in some measure, to indicate the feel-
ings of the brethren in view of the financial
prospects of the Board. -

You will rejoice with us at the grati-
fying proofs of progress contained in
the reports of the different stations,
some of which are now forwarded, others
having been sent at the beginning of
the year. The growth has been chiefly
by way of development within our for-
mer limits, rather than in the enlarge-
ment of our borders. There are now
several large and important openings
where the truth has gained a foothold,
where the calls for instruction are very
importunate, and where, if we could be
assured of the funds, a very small out-
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helpers. But in view of the anticipated
embarrassments of the Board, we have
voted to close our ears to all these
Macedonian cries, and not to attempt to
enter any of these inviting fields. The
same necessity explains a vote to reduce
tlie native agency at MosuL The ne-
cessity of supplying Erzroora with two
good missionaries, and of securing an
additional missionary for Diarbekir,
received the earnest attention of the
meeting.

With regard to estimates, we may say
that, for our whole field, considering the
work growing on our hands and opening
before us, they were never made with
so much care and upon so low a basis.
We have commenced retrenchment,
and, as Ave believe, have carried it
as far as can be done Avithout posi-
tive disaster to our work. Perceiving
that “ this voyage is to be with hurt
and much damage,” we have ** taken in
sail but we pray that the storm may
be weathered without compelling us to
cut away masts and rigging, and to
throw overboard a valuable carga

Station Reports.

Kharpoot.

The report of this station is as follows :

Besides this city, Ave have occupied,
during the whole or a part of the year
past, fifteen cities and villages os out-
stations, having schools in all these, and
in thirteen, regular Sabbath worship.
In tAvo newly occupied villages, the
opposition has been so great os to pre-
vent securing a regular Sabbath audi-
ence, and the gospel has been preached
by the wayside and in houses, as oppor-
tunity could be obtained. In Kasabak,
in the newly occupied province of Geghi,
the opposition has been much less than
was expected, and usually from 80 to
100 persons visit the chapel on the Sab-
bath. Bedros, the helper there, has
visited other towns of the province, and
found much to encourage him. Much

Etaiion Reports. Oc%.

missionary labor has also been performed
in other parts of our field, by colporters
and by visits of missionaries.

Theological Students and Helpers.

Of our fifteen out-stations, twelve are
within twenty miles of this city, and,
during the session of the theological
school, are supplied, upon the Sabbath,
by its pupils. Members of the school
have also visited and spent one or more
nights in other villages, not out-stations.
We at present labor under a disadvan-
tage, since of the twenty-three helpers
in our employ during the year, seventeen
are members of this school, and have
but four months for uninterrupted labor.
We hope, however, to be richly repaid
when, after completing their remaining
three years of study, these young men
go out to labor with greatly increased
efiBciency ; several of them os pastors of
churches then to be formed.

Church — Schools.

At present there is but one central
church, of 44 members, 8 of whom were
received during the past year. Eight
new members are to be received at our
next communion. In our schools there
have been four hundred and fifty-seven
pupils, 40 of them girls, in a school in
this city ; but probably not less than 1,000
children have been more or less instruct-
ed, through our influence, since in almost
every place where we open a school,
the ecclesiastics open another, to keep
the children away from us ; and these
schools are generally larger than our
own. We are sorry to say, however,
that the teachers are usually very igno-
rant, and that the schools close with
ours.

Some hundreds of adults, of both
sexes, have also been instructed, chiefly
by children who go from house to house.
The more advanced adults in this city
have been taught in the same way, by
members of the theological school, who
receive a small sum for these services.
About 6,500 such lessons, of twenty

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minutes each, were given in the city
during the year, besides a large num-
ber at the out-stations, where the “ little
teachers ” receive no compensation.

Seven or eight hundred persons in all,
are commonly present at our chapels
on the Sabbath. In this city, the usual
audience varies from 1 00 to 175, though,
at times, it is considerably larger. We
feel very much the need of a chapel of
sufficient size, one effect of securing
which would be, without doubt, a con-
siderable increase in the congregation.
Our present places of worship are at
times so uncomfortably crowded, as to
deter many from coming.

We are happy to see that the effect of
ordaining a pastor over the church has
been good. The people have cheerfully
and promptly paid him in advance the
sum which they at first pledged; 279
piasters per month, or $140 per annum.
As above intimated, a portion of the
theological students go regularly to
neighboring villages to hold Sabbath
services, and are thus not only greatly
benefited themselves, but able to do
much good while engaged in study.
The four months of vacation, taken
during the winter, which is the most
favorable time for missionary labor, are
spent by all the students either in teach-
ing or preaching.

Progress.

Such is a very brief view of our
work, in which we see abundant and
constantly increasing signs of progress.
This is true, whether we look at the
general diffusion of Christian knowledge
among the people at large, and their
gradual emancipation from the bondage
of ignorance and superstition ; or at the
increasing numbers brought under our
influence ; or, again, at the growth of
the Protestant community in stability
and intelligence. The general increase
of desire for knowledge is seen in the
sales of books, which, in 1858, amounted
to 772 volumes ; in 1859, to 1,710 ; and
1860, to 2,082. Most of the people who

-Station Reports.

buy these books have learned to read
under missionary influence, during the
past five years.

Improvement among Females.

We are particularly encouraged by
signs of promise among the females,
who, in every oriental community, are
most ignorant, degraded and difficult of
access, and most bigotedly attached to
their superstitions. This progress is
seen not only in the city, where the
influence of the missionary ladies is
constantly felt, and where from twenty
to thirty women regularly attend the
weekly prayer meeting, but also in tlie
agricultural villages, where the sex is
much more degraded.

In at least eleven of our out-stations,
a larger or smaller number of women
have begun to learn to read. In Hula-
kegh, where two years since not a
female knew a letter of the alphabet,
and not one visited our chapel, thirty-
one women and fourteen girls are regu-
lar attendants on Sabbath services, all
of whom either can read or are learning
to do so. In this city there are not less
than one hundred female readers, all of
whom have learned within the last five
years; and the feeling is coming to be
quite common, that it is a disgrace for an
adult of either sex to be unable to read.
Such is the desire of some to learn, that
many do so secretly, without the knowl-
edge of their friends. A woman in
Hulakegh, having one Primer taken from
her, bought another, and at once tore
off the covers, that it might not be recog-
nized as a Protestant book. But, poor
woman ! this too was taken aw'ay, and
she now asks, “ What shall I do.”

We have not been left without evi-
dences of the Spirit’s presence. The
week of prayer in January was a spe-
cially interesting and solemn season.
The two daily prayer-meetings were
fully attended and were deeply interest-
ing, though, during a part of the time,
the weather was very stormy. Several
hope that they have passed from death

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unto life, and deeper than usual relig-
ious feeling was, for some time, gene-
rally apparent among the people.

Arabkir.

The brethren of this station report, that
“ to the steady progress and healthy devel-
opment of all the departments of the blessed
work, there has been interposed no outward
let or hinderance ; ” but the desired “ bap-
tism of the Spirit” has not been granted. In
Arabkir, two preaching services have been
maintained, in the two chapels. The aver-
age attendance at the East chapel has been
about 140, and at the West, about 33. At
the Sabbath school for the united congrega-
tions, the average attendance has been 155.

Seven new members have been received to
the church since the first of January last,
making the present number in regular stand-
ing 54. The effect of past discipline, in ex-
cluding three members, “has been most
salutary, in promoting the peace and purity
of the church.” “The spirit of piety, and
of willingness to give according to their
means, to various objects of benevolence,
has been increasing.”

Progress has been made in the four schools
at Arabkir, in “securing a more perfect or-
ganization, raising their literary character,
and making them more strictly parochial
and evangelical.” They contain 75 male and
45 female pupils, and there are several per-
sons connected with them, under training
with special reference to their becoming
teachers and preachers. These schools have
exerted a most happy reflex influence on the
Armenian schools, increasing both their num-
ber and their value.

The demand for Protestant books has been
steadily increasing, the cash sales in 1860
amounting to 4,843 piasters.

The church at the out- station Mashkir,
now numbers 19 ; the average congregation
being still, as heretofore, about 40. The Ke-
ban Maden church also has 19 members, and
here too there has been no increase of late in
the congregation. The fourth church formed
in this field, at Shapik, has 16 members, of
whom two were recently received. This
church, in a little village of 40 houses, the
report says, is “ one of much interest, an
oasis in the moral desert,” “ rapidly evan-
gelizing the whole village, and exerting a
positive influence for good throughout our
entire field.” The school in that village
numbers 35. A fifth church, for the two vil-
lages of Agn and Vank, organized in 1860,
now has 11 members. The whole number.

-Station Reports. Oct.

in all the churches under the care of the sta-
tion, is 119. There is regular and systematic
visitation of the out-station churches by the
missionaries ; and by means of two traveling
helpers, each is supplied with preaching once
in two weeks, there being no resident helper
at either of the villages where there are
churches, excepting Shapik. These native
brethren go from place to place, generally on
foot, and spend the time between the Sab-
baths in visiting from house to house, “ and
preaching the gospel by the way, in the fields,
and from village to village.”

Efforts are still made, as opportunity is
given, to introduce a Protestant religious in-
fluence at Egin, but it is not occupied as an
out-station. A student was sent to Remakh
in the winter, but he did not meet with much
encouragement. Malatia is occupied as a
permanent out-station, with considerable
promise. A school there, during the year,
has numbered from 49 to 80 pupils. “ The
teacher preaches the w'ord on the Sabbath
and at other times, to all who call upon him,
as well as from house to house,” and “the
work of enlightenment and amelioration has
gone steadily forward.” But “ the presence
of a pious and well-educated native preacher,
or, much better, a missionary, is greatly
needed at Malatia.”

Erzroom.

Mr. Trowbridge, who has now left this sta-
tion, to engage in other work at Constanti-
nople, reports :

In the city of Erzroom, preaching has
been sustained twice each Sabbath
during the year. One service has been
in Turkish and the otlier in Armenian,
The Sabbath audiences have averaged
from thirty to forty, often, however,
being much larger. In the fall of 1860,
a Sabbath school was formed, the prin-
cipal feature of which is a large class
for the adult males. It is believed that
this school has been the means of much
good. The day-school, though not large,
is prosperous. The teacher is a young
man of special promise. In October, a
class of young men was formed, con-
sisting of seven who are over seventeen
years of age, and three who are from
twelve to sixteen. This class was regu-
larly instructed, from the time of its for-
mation until the 7th of March, 1861.
The young men became deeply inter-

1861.

Eastern Turkey: — Letter from Mr. Dwight.

ested in their studies and have made
good progress. Six of the seven older
ones have studied with the express pur-
pose of preparing themselves to labor
as native helpers in this part of Turkey.

A church of five members was formed in
January; and in March, four others were re-
ceived, making the number of members nine.

Out-Stations,

Baron Simon removed from Kkanoos to
Moosh in the spring of 1860, leaving the for-
mer place without a preacher until the 1st of
September, when Baron Hampartsoon was
sent there. The brethren have experienced
much persecution, of which some account
was published in the Missionary Herald for
January last. The missionary is constrained
to feel that there is great want of real inter-
est in the truth among the professed Protest-
ants‘of that place.

Of Trebizond it is said: “ Our work there
has made good progress during the year.
The bookstore has been closed, and the book-
seller dismissed from the service of the mis-
sion. The day-school is one of the best in
Turkey. The Turkish Government has pre-
sented a lot of ground to the Protestants, on
which to build a chapel and school-room.
Pastor Hagop is highly esteemed.”

Importance of the Station.

Some extracts from what the missionary
says, in his report, respecting the importance
of the permanent occupancy of Erzroom as
a missionary station, should perhaps find a
place here. He writes :

“With the exception of Judea, the
central point of interest in the world’s
history, no region is more important, in
the records of mankind, than that which
lies between the Caspian and Black
Seas, south of the Caucasian Mountains,
and extending to the country around
Mount Ararat.”

Such is the remark of a celebrated
traveler of modern times, whose exten-
sive research and personal acquaintance
with the region mentioned, enables him
to speak with authority. This remark
may not be perfectly true, but there is a
great deal of truth in it. The history
of our race, after the flood, undoubtedly
began in this region ; nor can we sup-
pose that this was chosen as the radia-
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ting point for all nations, without special
reasons.

This, too, has been the point at which
Russia has pushed forward into South-
ern Asia. Should another war occur
between Russia and Turkey, there can
scarcely be a doubt that the entire Pa-
shalic of Erzroom will pass into the
hands of Russia. We should remember,
also, that the great body of the Armenian
nation is found in the district described.
Whether we look at the past or to the
future, we cannot but feel a deep inter-
est in this part of the Turkish empire
and the neighboring provinces in Russia.
The past of all these regions is full of
historic interest ; in the future this may
be the battle-field on which shall be de-
cided the question of religious liberty
in Russia. The question of the estab-
lishment of Protestantism at Erzroom is,
therefore, a vital one. It is so regarded
by the Armenians, and they make cor-
responding efforts to prevent such a
result

Reverting to the same subject again at the
close of his report, he says :

In conclusion, I only wish to repeat
my sense of the importance of the occu-
pation of Erzroom as a missionary sta-
tion. The opposition of the Armenians
is strong and often violent; but this
opposition is rapidly giving way, while
the people are studying the word of God
as never before, and are beginning to
treat the Protestants with respect. The
firm establishment of Protestantism there
will be an event greatly to be rejoiced
over by the friends of missions, and will
greatly forward the reformation of the
Armenian nation.

DIARBEKIR.

Letter from Mr. Dwight, of Con-
stantinople, Mat 22, 1861.

The letters from Mr. Dwight, (several of
•which have already appeared in the Mission-
ary Herald and the Journal of Missions,) in
regard to different portions of the field in
Western Asia, which he is now visiting, are

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rendered more interesting by the fact that,
thirty-one years ago, accompanied by Rev.
Eli Smith, he traversed portions of that re-
gion on an exploring tour, preparatory to that
missionary work which has since been per-
formed, and so much of the fruit of which he
is now permitted to see. To him, what he
now sees is of course more full of significant
interest and promise because of the contrast
■which it presents to what he then saw ; and
the reader, by bearing these facts in mind,
will be enabled to enter more readily and
fully into his feelings and his joy. The two
letters now given, from two promising sta-
tions in the mission to Eastern Turkey, will
be read with much pleasure, and will call
forth grateful praise to Him who has done so
much for and by his missionary servants.

Change since 1839.

How different is the condition of things
at Diarbekir now, from what it was in
the year 1839, when Dr. Grant and Mr.
Homes were here! Then, every thing
was governed by the wildest fanaticism,
and Protestantism was wholly unknown.
Our brethren were in imminent danger
for their lives, and very timely indeed
was their escape from the city. Now,
when approaching the place from Oorfa,
■with Mr. Schneider and Dr.Nutting, while
we were yet eighteen or twenty miles
distant, we were met and welcomed by
a deputation on horseback, of eight or
ten Protestant brethren ; a few miles
further on, another detachment, with our
dear brother Walker and Baron Tomas,
the preacher, at their head, met us ; and
as we approached nearer to Diarbekir, a
considerable number more, on foot, joined
our cavalcade, and thus we made a sort
of triumphal entry into the city ! And
during the whole of my stay here, up to
the present moment, when I am about
leaving, I have seen nothing and heard
nothing that made me feel any more
insecure than in Constantinople, and
everything shows that Protestantism has
taken a deep hold of many minds.

Feeling of Mohammedans.

As to the state of feeling on the part
of the Mussulman population towards
the Christians, I, a stranger and a trav-

eler, cannot of course speak with much
confidence. The Mussulmans of Diar-
bekir have often been likened to those of
Damascus, and it is supposed that, to
this day, there is a slumbering spirit of
fanaticism, which only awaits an occa-
sion to arouse itself to fierce and bloody
action against the Christians. But it is
evident, even to a superficial observer,
that by some means or other, a strong
check has been put upon this spirit ; and
it must be hoped that its very dormancy,
for a course of years, will take away its
life, and its capability of being resus-
citated. In Diarbekir, as in Damascus,
only a few years ago, I am told no Chris-
tian was allowed to enter the city on
horseback. Now, there is no distinction
made in this respect between the Mus-
sulmans and the Christians ; and as for
ourselves, we were not only permitted to
go in and out every day on horseback,
but the Turkish sentinels at the gates
pretty uniformly presented arms to us as
we passed I

Diminution of the Turkish Race.

I shall have some interesting and
deeply instructive statistics to present
in my report, if I live to complete this
tour, respecting the gradual diminution
of the Turkish race, in the country gen-
erally— the drying up of the Euphrates
— but here I will speak only of Diar-
bekir in this respect. Several entire
quarters of the city, that were formerly
Turkish, have now passed into Christian
hands, and the process is continually
going on. Christians — that is Armeni-
ans, Jacobites and Protestants— are con-
tinually buying Turkish houses, but
never does it happen that a Turk buys
a Christian house. Around the outskirts
of the city there are extensive Turkish
quarters, all in ruins. The houses decay
and tumble down, and nobody ever thinks
of repairing them. It has also been re-
marked, that formerly the streets were
almost exclusively occupied by Turkish
boys, engaged in their rude and boister-
ous plays, while now, almost all the boys

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Eastern Tarlcey : — Letter from Mr. Dwight.

found in the streets are either Armenians
or Syrians. All the life and enterprise
of the place are among the Christians,
and the Mussulmans seem to be waiting,
in sluggish indifference and mental and
bodily torpor, for their end to come.
The causes of this are very evident, but
I will not enter upon them in this letter.

A Hearty Welcome.

Nearly the whole of the day after my
arrival was spent in receiving calls from
the native brethren and sisters, all of
whom gave me a most hearty welcome.

I need not speak of the warm greeting I
received in brother Walker’s family,
nor of my own keen enjoyment of the
social and Christian intercourse I here
find ; so strikingly in contrast with the
rough inhospitalities of the road over
which I have just passed.

Soon after my arrival, I paid my re-
spects to Mr. Taylor, the present British
Consul, who gave me a very cordial re-
ception. He is a son of Mr. Taylor
who was British Resident at Bagdad
thirty years ago, when Mr. Smith and 1
were in Persia. He has not been long
in Diarbekir, but appears well fitted for
his place, and on very friendly terms
with the missionaries and the Protest-
ants.

Public Meeting.

Two days after we arrived, we were
invited to attend a meeting in the
church, designed to afford the native
brethren an opportunity of welcoming
us publicly, in the name of the Lord, to
Diarbekir. You know that Mr. Schnei-
der was one of the first of our mission-
aries who visited Diarbekir, to labor
for the establishment of the truth ; and
he may be called the founder of the
church at this place. More than one
hundred individuals were present. The
meeting was opened by Baron Tomas,
the preacher, who, in the name of him-
self and his people, expressed their great
obligation to us for our labors in behalf
of the Annenian race. He addressed
me in Armenian, and Mr. Schneider in

Turkish, and the warm and tender feel-
ings of interest and gratitude to which
he gave utterance deeply moved my
heart. After he sat down, one of the
oldest church members arose, and on
behalf of the church spoke very much
to the same effect. A most fervent
prayer was then offered for us by another
church member, and we gave our re-
sponses. After this, another prayer was
offered by a church member, and another
address delivered, when I closed the
meeting with prayer and the apostolic
benediction. Nearly or quite all present
came up to the desk and shook hands
with us, after the meeting.

The Sabbath — Contrasts.

Last Sabbath we held three public
services, two of them for preaching, and
the third for narrating to the people
what we had seen and heard of the work
of God in this land. The average Sab-
bath congregation here is now 200, but
on this occasion there were 320 at the
first meeting and 400 at each of the oth-
ers. It was a deeply interesting day to
us all, and I trust that God was present,
by his Spirit. What a privilege to see
the work of God in these places, and to
take any, even the most humble part in
it ; but especially, to preach to a people
such as these, who are hungering for the
bread of life, and to preach in their own
native tongue ! When I first entered
upon my missionary work, 1 had no ex-
pectation of being permitted to live to see
such congregations gathered through-
out the interior of Turkey. I bless God
that he has given me the privilege of
making this tour in my old age, and thus
of witnessing, with my own eyes, the
wonders he has wrought. I can almost
say with Simeon, “Now lettest thou thy
servant depart in peace.”

The Work in Diarbekir — Graduates from
Mission Seminaries.

The work in Diarbekir is truly encour-
aging. The truth has evidently taken
deep hold of the people, and its influ-

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ence is felt far beyond the bounds of
the Protestant community. The church
needs a pastor, and the people are united
in the desire of having Baron Tomas
settle among them. A deputation called
upon me to request that I would inter-
cede for them with him, which I cheer-
fully undertook to do. He does not
seem to be quite ready, as yet, to as-
sume this responsibility, but we trust he
may be persuaded. He is a man of good
abilities, a graduate of the Bebek sem-
inary, and is well adapted to the work in
Diarbekir. I was pleased to find that
there are at least seven of the graduates
from Bebek usefully employed within the
bounds of the Eastern Mission, — all but
one as preachers of the gospel, the one
who forms the exception being a very
successful teacher.

There are also five or six females who
have been educated at our female board-
ing school in Hasskeuy, most of them,
I believe, in stations of usefulness. One
is the wife of the pastor in Kharpoot ;
another, the wife of the preacher in Di-
arbekir ; and a third, the wife of the pas-
tor in Moosh. There are one or two in
Trebizond, of whom I do not know in
particular. In Diarbekir I find another,
Eva by name, who has a very interesting
girls’ school of about forty scholars, ten
of whom are Protestants, and the rest
Armenians and Catholics. She is very
successful as a teacher, and is also active
among the females of the town as a
Christian, attending meetings with them,
reading and explaining to them the
Scriptures, praying with them, &c. &c.

I have visited Cutturbul, the nearest
out-station, crossing the Tigris on a raft
of inflated skins. Saw several of the
brethren there, and visited the chapel —
a very poor and mean building. The
head-man — who is a warm-hearted Chris-
tian and a very interesting character— is
ready to give the brethren a lot for a
place of worship, provided the money
can be raised for erecting the building.
The work there is in a very forward
state, but the people are poor.

ARABKIR.

Letter erom Mr. Dwight, of Con-
stantinople, June 3, 1861.

From Kharpoot to Arahkir.

I REACHED this placo, in company
with Mr. Schneider and Mr. Mardiros,
pastor of the church in Kharpoot, May
29. We passed through Keban Maden,
one of the out-stations of Arabkir, where
we spent the night in the house of a
Protestant. They provided for us very
hospitably, and when we offered them
the usual present in the morning, they
utterly declined receiving anything, say-
ing, “We, and all we have, belong to
Christ.” At Maden, we crossed the
Euphrates, here a deep and rapid stream,
winding its narrow way between per-
pendicular or very precipitous rocks, ris-
ing to the height of mountains, on either
side. The scenery is grand, and at the
same time highly picturesque. Here a
silver mine has been worked for many
years, but is now deserted, and the place
is fast going to decay. At a fountain,
situated about two-thirds of the way to
Arabkir, where we stopped to lunch, we
met some very rough looking Armenian
muleteers, to whom we preached the
gospel. Some of them listened very at-
tentively, and one, in particular, seemed
much interested, and said : “ If you have
with you a copy of the New Testament,
I should like to have you read to me
from it.” Unfortunately, I had left all
my baggage at Kharpoot, and my Arme-
nian New Testament with it; but I en-
deavored to communicate to his mind
some passages of Scripture, quoted from
memory, which I knew contained truth
enough for his salvation, if blessed by
the Holy Spirit.

Arabkir — Its Beauties.

The first appearance of Arabkir is
beautiful beyond description. I have
seen no town like it in Turkey. It is
spread over a large surface, the face of
the country being broken by hills and
valleys, and covered with trees and

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shrubbery. Each house has its own sep-
arate garden, and in some instances, I
might almost say, its farm; with pure
water running through all the streets.
In short, it is a large town in the country,
with its gardens and orchards, its lawns
and its groves. The whole appearance
of the people, as well as the situation of
the place, indicates that the climate is
highly salubrious. We met with a warm
reception from our good brethren Rich-
ardson and Pollard and their wives, as
well as from Dr. West, whom we provi-
dentially found here.

The ^E$sion Schools — A Female Teacher.

Great attention has been paid to com-
mon schools and the Sabbath school, in
this place. The boys’ day school num-
bers about forty or fifty pupils, and it
seems to be in a most prosperous condi-
tion. The teacher is a very interesting
person, educated in Tocat. He gives
instruction in Grammar, Geography,
Arithmetic and Astronomy, besides
Reading and Writing.

The teacher of the girls’ school is a
native of the out-station Shapik, a per-
son of rare qualities and very success-
ful in her work. She was the first to
be enlightened in a family of twenty-
five, counting parents, children and
grand-children ; and bitterly was she
persecuted for the truth’s sake. Her
simple and humble piety, her earnest
zeal, and above all, her fervent prayers,
at length, however, won over all their
hearts, and all but one are now members
of the Protestant community. She is
slightly deformed in person, but has a
most interesting face, beaming with in-
telligence and piety ; and her school is
kept in the most perfect order.

Ordination at Shapik.

It has been my privilege to attend
here the ordination of a pastor over the
church of Shapik. This out-station is
very near, and the services were held in
Arabkir, for want of chapel room in Sha-
pik. The pastor was formerly priest of

the church in that village, but has been
for many years a Protestant, and a faith-
ful worker for Christ. The other former
priest in the place has fled, so that the
Armenians have no one now to perform
their ceremonies for them. It is to be
hoped that the whole village will, before
long, become connected with the Pro-
testant congregation.

The newly ordained pastor appeared
very well on his examination, and I have
great confidence that he will make a use-
ful man. Six years ago there was only
one Protestant in Shapik ; now there are
seventy^ and the work is going on. There
were more than 400 present at the or-
dination services, great attention was
given throughout, and a good impression
was made.

Sabbath Services.

Yesterday (Sabbath) Mr. Schneider
preached in Turkish in the morning, to
about two hundred and fifty people, and
at noon we attended the Sabbath school
together. There were about two hun-
dred and seventy-eight present in all,
and it was very pleasant to hear the little
boys and girls sing, so correctly, transla-
tions of “ The Shining Shore ; ” “ There
is a Happy Land;” “The Good Shep-
herd ; ” “ Little Drops of Water,” &c. &c.
Mr. Schneider, Mr. Walker and myself
made addresses to the school. At the
afternoon service about three hundred
persons were present. Mr. S. and I,
occupied the time in giving an account
of the work of God in Turkey. The
people listened with the deepest atten-
tion, and I hope in this way to “ confirm
the churches,” and to stir up the zeal of
these dear brethren, that they may be
more bold in their assaults upon the
kingdom of Satan, and in their efibrts for
the spread of the Gospel of Christ.

When returning to Mr. Richardson’s,
from the church, I overtook a boy, of
course unknown to me, having a copy of
the New Testament under his arm. I
took it in my hands and said to him. Do
you love this book? Yes, said he, very

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Oct.

much indeed. I then said, Suppose there
was no copy of this book in all Arabkir
besides this one which you have got,
what would you sell it to me for ? He
looked at me with some surprise, and
answered, very emphatically, / would not
sell it at all.

An Anxious Inquirer.

I observed a young man, seventeen or
eighteen years of age, following me
through the streets, and as I drew near
Mr. R.’s house he came up to me, with
the sweat rolling down his pale face and
an expression of the deepest anxiety on
his countenance, and begged that I
would pray for his salvation. I found
that he had just come from the preach-
ing, and that he was deeply moved and
agitated in view of his sins. In answer
to my questions, he acknowledged that
he had no hope that he was a true Chris-
tian, and that he had no peace of mind.
He expressed the most earnest desire
and longing for the Holy Spirit to renew
his heart ; and again and again begged
me to pray for him, and to interest others
also in doing so. I gave him such advice
as seemed suited to his case, and left
him, feeling that I had met a man under
deep conviction for sin. I have since
found that he has been, for some time
past, a serious attendant upon the preach-
ing of the word.

The work in Arabkir is prosperous.
They have a very nice, large and airy
place of worship in the centre of the
town, and another small one in the out-
skirts.

Several of the native brethren and sis-
ters called this morning to bid us fare-
well. They seemed full of affection and
sympathy, wishing every blessing upon
our heads ; tliat God would protect us on
our way, bless our preaching, &c. &c.
Many boys and girls also came, and very
affectionately shook hands with us on
parting. I exhorted them to love the
Savior, and be prepared to enter his ser-
vice on the earth, and, hereafter, into
his glory.

lilissioit to Central Curlug.

MAR ASH.

Letter from Dr. Goodale, July 9,
1861.

Visit to Alhistan.

Dr. Goodale had just returned from a
visit to Alhistan, and mentions deeply inter-
esting facts respecting that place, as well as
others. In regard to the journey, the climate, *
&c., he writes :

You have doubtless received a full
description of the mountain path w^hich
we traverse in the summer, in going to
Alhistan. We found the climate de-
lightful up among the mountains, passed
over some snow banks, and gathered
early spring flowers just coming out
from under the ice and snow. The
change from the heat of Marash was
marked, and we received much physical
benefit. Alhistan lies on the most beau-
tiful and fertile plain I have yet seen in
Turkey. The soil resembles that of the
Genesee valley, in Western New York,
is equally well adapted to wheat growing,
and is well cultivated. I saw thousands
of acres of most beautiful wheat, all
ready for the harvest.

Fruit from One Testament.

About five and a half years ago a Prot-
estant from Aintab was on his way to
Sivas, and remained over the Sabbath at
Alhistan. A young man asked him for
a little book which he had, not knowing
what it was, but wishing for it as a curi-
osity. That book was an Armenian Tes-
tament. Soon, another young man be-
came the possessor of it, and began to
read. He communicated his interest in
the book to one of his friends, and they,
fearing to read it openly, were in the
habit of going to a cave in the mountain
near by, every Sabbath, to peruse it
They became convinced of its truth, and
wrote to a friend of theirs in Marash,
whom they knew to be a Protestant,
and obtained a preacher. Thus the
work of the Lord commenced at Albis-

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Gaboon Mission: — Letter from Mr. Bushnell.

tan, and now the Protestant community
numbers about one hundred and fifty
souls, and the work is in a most interest-
ing state. Almost every week some
come forward and declare themselves
Protestants.

Change in a Village — Mussulman and
Other Inquirers.

About six months since the work com-
menced in a village of thirty houses,
about a mile from Albistan, and now
there are about sixty Protestants there.
They have a fine school, and a good
prospect that the entire village will be
Protestant before another six months
passes away. One of the two Armenian
priests who has charge of the village is
a Protestant in sentiment, and not far
from the kingdom of heaven. He be-
sought me to send them a teacher, who
could also preach to them.

The Protestant influence is rapidly
gaining ground, not only among the
Armenians, but also among the Mussul-
mans. While there I found hardly a
moment’s rest, my room being filled
nearly all the time by inquirers after the
truth — mostly Mussulmans. They are
not spiritually enlightened, but seem to
be dissatisfied with their own religion,
and are longing for something better.
One is an avowed Protestant, and many
more do not hesitate to acknowledge
that we are in the right and they in the
wrong. I heard not one word of opposi-
tion from any of them, but many express-
ed a strong desire that a missionary
might remain among them, ofiering to
build a house for me. This movement
is not so much among the lower classes
as among the very highest and most
wealthy.

Must there be Retrenchment ?

How can we retrench ? The Lord of
Hosts is saying to us, “Go forward.”
Every feature of the work demands that
we go forward. We have good reason
to hope, that in a little while, the work
will be self-supporting in that region.

but one step backward now would greatly
impede its progress. This is the time
for the greatest efibrt. Public feeling
is awake, and the people are halting, not
knowing whether to go on in their old
ways, or come out on the Lord’s side.
One strong effort on our part now, by
the help of God, will decide the case.
Must we hold back ?

Yarpuz.

We also visited Yarpuz, and found
that a new life was beginning to appear
among that poor, oppressed people.
Still they suffer much persecution. Not
long since an Armenian school-teacher
became a Protestant, and persecution
immediately commenced. One evening
the little company of Protestants were
gathered together for prayer, wdien two
guns were discharged down the chimney.
Thus, night and day, they have been
followed. But I think I see signs of
brighter days. The work of the Lord
goes forward notwithstanding all this.
What would Christians in America do if
they were thus called to attest their faith?
I have a strong desire to write you a
long letter, speaking of many things of
historic interest which centre there ; but
I must forbear.

The work in Marash, and the sur-
rounding country, is going forward with
uninterrupted rapidity ; never has it
been so prosperous as at this moment.

W e sorrow for our native land ; but
the Lord reigneth, and we say. Let the
blows fall ; and hope they will leave
none of the “ groves ” standing. The
Lord will take care of his own work ;
we try to keep our minds at rest.

glission. — gifrita.

Letter from Mr. Bushxellj June
21, 1861.

T7ie People Wasting Away.

The course of things referred to by Mr.
Bushnell in this letter, is one which has long
been in progress at the Gaboon. Successive

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Gahoon 3Ession : — Letter from 3Tr. Bushnell. Oct.

tribes, or waves of population from the inte-
rior, approach the coast ; but instead of in-
creasing and becoming established there,
gradually waste away and disappear, suc-
ceeded by new comers. So, probably, it will
still be, until, under the influence of accepted
Christianity, the causes which produce this
decay shall be, in part at least, removed.
The facts, in this respect, as they now exist,
are among the discouragements which the
missionaries meet, calling for more sympa-
thy and prayer in their behalf, and for the
people among whom they labor.

The state of things here remains
much the same as when I last wrote,
and the health of the different mem-
bers of the mission has not materially
changed. There are some indications
of an increased interest in spiritual
things among the people. Last Sabbath
our congregations were unusually large
and attentive, and the attendance at the
Bible-class was encouraging. Recently
I have visited most of the Mpongwe
towms on the river, for the purpose
of preaching to those who do not regu-
larly enjoy the means of grace ; and
also to become better acquainted with
the number, present condition and pros-
pects of the scattered remnant of this
once populous tribe. The number of
towns remains nearly the same as it
was fifteen years ago, but the population
has decreased very much ; that of the
real Mpongwes, perhaps from one-third
to one-half, and in some towns in a
larger proportion. But by the purchase
of slaves, and the adoption of many
young men who come from Cape Lopez,
Cama, and other places, seeking employ-
ment, the towns maintain a feeble ex-
istence.

Nearly all the aged men have passed
away within a few years, and a new
generation, many of whom were pupils
in tlie schools in the early periods of
the mission, are coming upon the active
stage of life. Most of these have some
education; some can read and write
pretty well, and keep their trade ac-
counts ; and all are much more enlight-
ened than their fathers were, who had

arrived at adult age before the mission
was established. It is a source of grief
to us that so few of this number have
abandoned polygamy and other heathen
abominations, giving evidence of having
renewed hearts as well as enlightened
minds. A few, we trust, are new crea-
tures in Christ Jesus; others are inquir-
ing, with apparent sincerity, for the way
of life ; others still respect religion and
attend upon the means of grace, but are
halting between two opinions ; yet the
large majority cling to their supersti-
tions and vices, as indifferent about their
souls as the brutes that perish.

The rapid decrease of the Mpongwes
is in consequence of their vices, original
and imported. It may be said of them,
“ O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself.”
Their fetich systems, polygamy, slav-
ery, and intemperance, are destroying
scourges, yet they retain them with de-
termined obstinacy, complaining of God,
whom they accuse of destroying them,
and at the same time refusing his prof-
fered help and salvation. But notwith-
standing the decrease of the population
on our river, those who remain are more
hopeful than was the generation which
is fast passing away. If they are not
swallowed up in the vortex of intemper-
ance, which is yawning for them on
every side, we may hope that many will
yet become Christians, and that their
children, now entering our schools, may
be trained up under still more favorable
influences. The Shekani and Bakelfi
tribes, which once occupied the banks
of the upper Gaboon and its tributaries,
are disappearing quite a.s rapidly as
their more civilized neighbors near the
sea ; and the more numerous and pow-
erful Pangwes are taking their places.
The remnants of these three tribes,
with the cannibal Pangwes, and the
tribes to the south-east of the Gaboon,
who speak Mpongwe, furnish an impor-
tant field for missionary labors ; and in
the providence of God, still wider and
more hopeful fields may ere long open
up in the interior.

1861.

Recent

■Western Turkey. — Writing from Eski
Zagra, July 15, Mr. Byington refers to state-
ments made in the report of that station
respecting the Bulgarians and says :

It is well that the true state of the case
should be known by our brethren, both here
and at home; and therefore, in presenting
our report this year, we felt constrained to
make some statements with reference to the
Bulgarians not so favorable as we could de-
sire. The opinions thus expressed have not
been hastily formed. A residence of only a
few months sufficed to convince me that a
very different state of mind existed among
the Bulgarians from what, by many, had
been supposed; and now, after a residence of
three years, during the last two of which I
have enjoyed favorable opportunities for be-
coming acquainted with the character of the
people, I am convinced that our work among
them will be difficult to prosecute and slow to
develope. Let us therefore gird ourselves for
this work, and in patience possess our souls.
For, though the work be difficult, we are
deeply impressed with the importance of its
being prosecuted vigorously. When we con-
sider the number of the Bulgarians, the
intellectual activity now developing among
them, and the relations which they sustain
to the Turks and to the different Sclavic na-
tionalities, the importance of Christian efforts
for their good cannot easily be overestimated.
"We must strive, and strive now, and strive
with all our might, to gain, what we have not
yet gained, a foothold among them. We
must make use of those means which seem
most likely to be attended with success ; and if
one plan does not work, we must try another.

W e were obliged to discontinue our preach-
ing service last fall, because no one attended
it. I then tried a Bible class, which I still
keep up, but the attendance is small and
irregular. "When we visit among the people,
very little disposition is manifested by them
to converse on religious topics ; and when we
go to the surrounding towns, the same spirit
of indifference is met with, which seems an
insurmountable barrier to the progress of the
truth. At times we are ready to cry out in
despair. What can we do ?

Mr. Morse wrote from Adrianople, July 31 :

The efforts of the Papists to win over the
Bulgarians to a union with Rome, recently
received a severe check in Constantinople.
All the Bulgarian priests who had been in-
duced to join the movement, including their
recently appointed head, who had been taken
with much parade to Rome, to be consecrated
by the Pope, went back in a body to their
former church, and published letters exposing
deceptive practices of the Jesuits. Hav-
ing failed in a measure at Constantinople,
they are concentrating their efforts upon
Adrianople, where, by reason of the weaker
national feeling and a strong hatred of the
Greeks, they are making considerable pro-
gress. To-day they consecrated their new
church. About 300 were present. The ele-
ments that exist here are most favorable to
Rome and least favorable to Protestantism.
Yet we are able to sow a little seed, and hope

nteUigence. 313

it may prove effectual to the enlightenment
of some.

Mr. Parsons, of Nicomedia, mentions (July
27) a tour on which he was accompanied by
Mrs. Parsons. Of their visit at Koordbeleng
he writes :

At Koordbeleng, which is ten hours south
of Adabazar, we spent nearly a week very
uncomfortably, but with much encouragement
as it regards the work. The only place which
we have been able to rent for the residence of
the native helpers, and for meetings, is in a
quarter hitherto left in unhonored and undis-
turbed obscurity. The house itself is narrow
and dark, the locality of a loathsome though
not contagious disease. But since it has
been in our possession the head men of the
town have built a coffee shop in a position
completely to guard its entrance, and have
made it, particularly on the Sabbath, the
centre of business, the place for auctions and
public sales, with the sole purpose of prevent-
ing the people from attending the formal and
stated preaching of the word. Yet on the
Sabbath which we spent there, I had the hap-
piness of seeing nearly as many in the place
of preaching and prayer, at different times
during the day, as united in driving me away
from the place five years ago. Mrs. P. found
much to interest her in visiting from house to
house. The knowledge of the Scriptures and
the ability to read them, which she found
among the females, equally surprised and
delighted her.

Stria. — Mr. Thomson wrote from Beirut,
July 22. After speaking, not encouragingly,
of the political state and prospects of the
country, he says :

Throughout our field there is now an open
door for all kinds of missionary operations.
"We have as yet full liberty, and can go where
we please. Many are willing to hear the
gospel, to receive our books, and to send
their children to our schools. But the utter
uncertainty which hangs over the country,
the perpetual discussion of the gloomy pros-
pects, the thirst for revenge, which glows
like Nebuchadnezzar’s furnace and can only
be extinguished in blood — these and such like
causes and influences, greatly harden the
heart and impede the progress of the gospel
in this region. In some way, not yet very
easily understood, all these things will be
made to co-operate with others in the great
and blessed work of redemption. Syria must
be converted to God, but the day of her re-
demption may be distant ; and again it may
be far nearer than we imagine. Duty is ours,
events we must leave with God.

Madura. — Messrs. 'Webb and Scudder,
with their wives, who sailed from Boston on
the 11th of March, arrived at Madras, all in
good health, June 26.

A committee of the Madura mission has
reported decidedly in favor of a plan for more
systematic and continuous itinerating work
by the missionaries, accompanied, as they go
through destitute regions, by some of the
native Christians.

314 Recent

Mahkattas.— Mr. Ballantine, of Ahmed-
nuggur, reports another instance of the great
liberality of Mr. Tytler, their “ excellent
collector ; ” who offers funds for building
cheap houses of worship in several villages
where the missionaries feel that they are
needed. Other friends in India have also
manifested a readiness to assist the mission,
even more than heretofore, if circumstances
should require it. Five persons were admit-
ted, by profession, to the first church in Ah-
mednuggur, and two to the second church,
June 23. Of these, four belonged to the vil-
lage of Shendee, six miles from the city,
where “ there is now quite a company of
Christians, and a church is much needed.”
There are other inquirers, asking for admis-
sion to the church, of different castes and
classes ; and considerable interest among
persons residing near the second chapel,
where “ several persons of high caste regu-
larly attend religious services.”

Mr. Bissell reports the reception of one
female to the church at Kolgav, and of three
persons to the church at Seroor.

Zulus. — The house of one of the mission-
aries has been destroyed by fire. Mr. Wilder
wrote from Pietermaritzburg, May 27 :

This morning news has come of the de-
struction by fire, of Mr. Stone’s house at
Ifafa. He heard the news on his way home
from our meeting. Mrs. Stone, who was con-
fined about three weeks ago, was scarcely
able to walk. All books, clothing and furni-
ture, with trifling exceptions, are destroyed.
We deeply sympathize with our brother in
his calamity. Mr. Fen, of this place, in fif-
teen minutes after the news came, was out
with a subscription paper to aid Mr. S., and
when I met him, half an hour ago, had raised
already £50. He hopes to raise it to £75.
In D’urban, also, Mr. Jeffries writes me, they
are doing something.

Dakotas. — Rev, J. P. Williamson wrote,
August 2 ;

Since I last wrote you, all the Government
officials among these Indians have been
changed — the Agent, Superintendent of
Schools, Superintendent of Farming, Black-
smith, etc. These employees of Government
have a vast influence for good or for evil.
We cannot tell yet what the change will
effect, but we hope for considerable improve-
ment. The new Agent, Hon. Thomas Gal-
breath, appears honest and upright, and
friendly to the mission. He made the an-
nual payment immediately after his arrival
here, which he conducted with energy and
accuracy.

As the financial condition of the Board
would not allow of your making any appro-

riation towards putting up mission buildings

ere at present, I determined, on consulta-
tion with the rest of the mission, to put up a
meeting-house independent of aid from the
Board. The few Indian members here said
they would do what they could, those at
Yellow Medicine said they would help, and

Intelligence. Oct.

most of the whites about promised to do
something. By passing a subscription paper
around, I found I could probably raise nearly
^400. I concluded to build a frame 20 by 30
feet. Most of the materials have been col-
lected, but we have not commenced work on
it yet. We hope to have it finished before
cold weather, but will finish it no farther than
we have the means to pay. It is a small
building, yet it will be large enough to accom-
modate all who will attend at present, and
we stand in great need of it.

I cannot now report much advance in
spiritual things. This, however, is not all
owing to the want of a house of worship.
Much is owing to the general excitement of
the country, and the local changes going on
here, which draw the mind away from reli^
ion ; much to the strong native opposition in
the heathen heart to the God of truth ; and
very much to the weakness and unfaithful-
ness of your missionary, which I feel more
and more every day.

New Publication.

Memorial Volume of the First Fifty Years

of the American Board of Commissioners

for Foreign Missions.

A VOLUME of 460 octavo pages, with the
above title, was issued in September. It has
been prepared mainly by the Senior Secretary,
and is the property of the Board, but the
printing and sale of the work will be through
Mr. N. Broughton, Jr., Depositary of the
American Tract Society, Boston, No. 28 Corn-
hill, where it may be obtained. The volume
contains an account of the Jubilee Meeting;
Dr. Hopkins’s Historical Discourse ; Remi-
niscences by Rev. John Keep — a member of
the General Association of Massachusetts
when the Board was organized ; Rev. Samuel
Nott — one of the first missionaries; De.
Porter — at whose house, in Farmington, Con-
necticut, the first meeting of the Board was
held; and Dr. Worcester — son of the first
Secretary ; notices of deceased Secretaries,
and also (by Dr. Sprague of Albany) of the
founders of the institution ; chapters on the
origin of the Board, difficulties in obtaining
its charter, its constitution, membership,
ecclesiastical relations, meetings, Prudential
Committee, correspondence, finances, agen-
cies, and relations to Governments ; chapters
under the general head of the Missions, on
their constitution and origin, their develop-
ment, the progress of the work, the mission-
aries, churches, schools, preaching and the
press, and deputations ; on the literature of
the Board and its missions ; and on the field
and the work at the close of the half century.
There is also an Appendix containing, among
other useful matters for reference, a list of
the missionaries and assistant missionaries
sent out by the Board from the beginning.

1861.

Donations.

315

and a general view of the publications in
connection with the enterprise, at home and
abroad ; and an index which will greatly en-
hance the value of the book, as one of refer-
ence.

It will thus be seen that the work embraces
an extensive range of topics, and brings
together a large amount of information con-
nected with the missionary cause, but spec-
ially with the history of the Board and its
operations. It embodies results of much
observation and experience in connection with
these operations ; has been prepared with
much labor ; and it is hoped that it will be
acceptable to many in the churches, and will
serve to increase not only missionary intelli-
gence, but interest and zeal in the prosecution
of those Christian enterprises by which the
world is to be brought to know and receive a
Savior. The price has been fixed at one
dollar, that a larger circulation, and thus
more extended usefulness, may be secured.

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Lynn, 1st do. and so. m. o. 23 OO

Topsfield, Cong. ch. extra, 27 00

Wenham, do m. c. 2 25

West Boxford, Individuals, 10 00 — 229 50

Essex CO. North Aux. So. J. CaldweU, Tr.
Bradford, Cong. ch. and so. 215,84 ;

Mr. and Mrs. Warren Ordway,
to cons. Mary Emery Ordway
anH. M. 100; 315 00

Groveland, Cong. ch. and so. 9 32

Newbury port, A friend, 50 ; White-
field ch. and so. to cons. Mrs.

Elizabeth A. Coffin an H.

M. 160; 210 00—535 18

Essex CO. South Aux. So. C. M. Richardson, Tr.

A friend, 1 00

Beverly, 4th cong. ch. 9 10 — 10 10

Franklin co. Aux. So. L. Merriam, Tr.

Ashfield, 1st cong. ch. 18,46; gent.

asso. 8,13 ; la. do. 7,41 ; 34 CO

Charlemont, Cong. ch. wh. with

prev. dona. cons. Rev. David
Beals, Jr., an H. M. 6 00

Conway, Cong. ch. m. c. 34 00

Deerfield, Cong. ch. and so. 6 20

Greenfield, 1st do. wh. with prev.
dona. cons. Frank Mather an
H. M. 35 11

Leverett, “ Pastor and two breth-
ren,” 10 00

Whateley, 100 86—226 17

Hampden co. Aux. So. J. C. Bridgman, Tr.
Agawam, Cong. ch. 50,65 ; m. c. 2 ; 52 65
Chester, do. m. c. 21 08

Chicopee, 2d do. (Falls) (of wh.
fr. T. W. Carter to cons, him-
self an H. M. 100;) to cons. A.

Hubbard an H. M. 200; m. c.

56,30 ; 3d ch. coll, and m. c. to
cons. George Ames and Joseph
P. Buckingham H. M. 2u0; 456 30

East Longmeadow', Cong. ch. to
cons. William O. Tining an
H. M. 103 ; less 50c. counterfeit, 102 50
Feeding Hills, Cong. ch. 23 86

Holvoke, 2d do. to cons. Joseph
Butler an H. M. 104,17; 1st
ch. 30 ; 134 17

Huntington, 2d cong. ch. 11,50;

m. c. 19,52 ; 31 02

Longmeadow, Cong. ch. la. asso.
to cons. Rev. Sanford Law-
ton an H. M. 94,58; gent. asso.
wh. with other dona. cons. Sam-
uel Kilbon and William E.

Boise H. M. 190,85; m. c.

31,33: 316 76

Mittineague, Cong. ch. m. c. 3,50 ;
cong. ch. a friend to cons. Luke
Bliss an H. M. 100; 1C3 50

Monson, Cong. ch. 122,01 ; m. c.

35,99; A. W. Porter, 500; R.

Homer, 10; 668 00

North Wilbraham, Cong. ch. m. c. 30 00
Palmer, 2d cong. ch. 23,66 ; m. c.

40 ; officers of State almshouse,

9; 72 66

South Wilbraham, Cong. ch. 12;

m. c. 18; 30 00

Springfield, 1st cong. ch. 76,75;
m. c. 136,35 ; south ch. 424,41 ;
young people’s asso. 143,83 ; a
friend, 3 ; North ch. 139,52 ; m.
c. 103,13 ; Olivet ch. m. c. 13 ;

Miss M. Calhoun, 7 ; 1,046 99

Westfield, 1st cong. ch. 115 ; m. c.

141 ; extra effort, 108 ; 364 00

West Springfield, Cong. ch. (of
wh. fr. E. Southworth, 100;)

265,67 ; m. c. 8,03 ; 273 70

Wilbraham, Cong. ch. 13 65-3,740 S4

Hampshire co. Aux. So. S. E. Bridgman, Tr.
Amherst, College ch. m. c. 13 ; L.

H.2; 15 00

Belchertown, Benev. asso. 90 00

Easthampton, 1st cong. ch. 72,45 ;

m. c. 44,72 ; 117 17

Enfield, J. C. 2 00

Northampton, 1st ch. 364,75; m. c.

35,92; Edwards ch. 45,60; m. c.

10,92; Mrs. B. C. 2; T. C. 5; a
friend for Jewish females in
Constantinople, 25 ; 489 19

South Hadley, 1st cong. ch. m. c.

12,33 ; teachers and pupils of
Mt. Holyoke sem. 200; L. G.

3; 215 33

Wiliiamsburgh, Nathan Sears, 25 00

953 69

Ded. ex. 75 — 952 94

Middlesex co.

Boxford,

80

25

Burlington, Cong. ch. and so.

ch.

5

00

Cambridgeport, 1st evan. cong.

106

and so. 90 ; m. c. 16,70 ;

70

East Cambridge, Evan. cong.

ch.

89

m. c. 12,89; W. W. P. 5;
Fitchburg, Calv. cong. ch. m.

17

, c.

37

00

32; T. E. 5;

1861

Donations.

317

Groton, Union ortho, cong. ch.

and so. 110,91 ; m. c. 21 ; 131 91

Lancaster, A friend, 10 00

Lincoln, Cong. ch. and so. 35 00

Malden, Trin. cong. ch. and so. 14 25

Natick, 1st cong. ch. and so. coll.

and m. c. 39 00

Newton Corner, Eliot ch. 30 j a
lady, 1 ; 31 00

Old Cambridge, S. D. H 5 00

Shirley, Cong ch. m. c. 3 CO

Tewksbury, Cong. ch. bal. 3 00

Townsend, Ortho, cong. ch. and so. 38 09

■Watertown, A friend, 2 00

Wayland, Evan. Trin. ch. and so. 29 00
Wilmington, Cong. ch. S. Carter, 5 00—593 09
Norfolk CO.

Medway, Village ch. and so. wh.
with'prev. dona. cons. Mrs. A.

D. Sanford an H. .M. 94 88

Eoxburv, Eliot ch. and so. gent.

233,55; la. 2; m. c. 58,48; Vine
St. ch. and so. m. c. 26,61 ; 320 64

West Koxbury, South evan. ch.
and so. m. c. 73 40 — 488 42

Old Colony Aux. So.

Fairhaven, Four ladies, 7 00

New Bedford, J. H. Bartlett, Jr. 26 00
South Dartmouth, Rev. M. S.

Howard, 13 00 — 45 00

Palestine Miss. So. E. Alden,Tr.

Braintree, 1st cong. ch. and so.

14,26; La. Palestine miss

. so.

wh. with prev. dona. cons.

Mrs.

Edward Potter an H,

. iM.

66,25 ;

80

51

Bridgewater, Scotland ch. and so.

23

00

North Bridgewater, So. cong.

ch.

17

00

North Weymouth, 1st cong.

ch.

27,50 ; m*. c. 5 ;

32

50

South Weymouth, Rev. Mr.

Ter-

ry’s so.

15

00

Weymouth and Braintree, Union
ch. to cons. John P. Nash and
John W. Loud H. M. 200 00—865 01

Pilgrim Asso.

!^ngston, 2d cong. ch. wh, with prev.
dona. cons. B. F. Ames an H. M.

34,29; a friend, 10 ; 44 29

Taunton and vie.

Norton, Trin. cong. ch. 17 43

Worcester co. Central Asso. W.R. Hooper, Tr.

(Of wh. fr. Berlin, Cong. ch. m. c. 35;

Misses C. and E. Whitcomb, 10;
Worcester, Parley Goddard, 100;) 229 65

Worcester co. North Aux. So. C. Sanderson, Tr.
Athol, W. 3 00

Templeton, Cong. ch. m. c. bal. 5 :
a sister in Dr. Sabin’s ch. 5 ; 10 00

Winchendon, North ch, 37 ; (of
wh. 35 was rec’d in July, and
incorrectly reported as fr. Win-
chester,) 2 00 — 15 00

Worcester co. South Conf. of chs. W. C.

Capron, Tr.

Blackstone, Cong. ch. and so. 63 00

Grafton, Evan. cong. ch. 100 00

Upton, Ruth C. Fisk, 10 00

Westboro’, Evan. ch. land so.

92,55; m. c. 35,06, to cons. B.

Alden Nourse an H. M. 127 61
Whitinsville, Cong. ch. and so.

339,16 ; m. c. 500 ; 839 16-1,139 77

10,292 56

Chelsea, Winnisimmet ch. and so. m.

c. 34,23 ; Broadway do. do. 21,65; 55 88
A friend, 50; do. 15; do. to cons. '

Francis Flint an H. M. 100;

M. 9; 174 00—229 88

10,522 44

Legacies. — Conway, Mrs. Sarah H.

Adams, by Rev. Geo. M. Adams,

Ex’r, 100 00

Salem, Miss Susan Osgood, by John
H. Nichols, Adm’r, 173 26

Whitinsville, Mrs. Eunice Chapin,
by Caleb T. Chapin, Ex’r, 50;

E. W. Fletcher, by P. "Whitin
Dudley, Ex’r, 500 ; 550 00

Woburn^ Mrs. Anna Wright, by

Rev. Sewall Harding, Ex’r, ICO 00
Ruby Pixley, by Sabin Langhear, 8 42—931 68

11,454 12

RHODE ISLAND.

Bristol, Cong. ch. 83,11; la. so. 50 ;

m. c. 9,48; 142 59

Kingston, Cong. ch. 11 00

Providence, Central cong. ch. 90 ; (of
wh. fr. Mrs. E. W. Fletcher, 40 ;)

Richmond st. ch. 20 ; “a pastor’s
savings for missions,” 5 ; 115 00

SlatersviUe, Cong. ch. 20 00—288 59

CONNECTICUT.

Fairfield co. East Aux. So.

Huntington, Cong. ch. juv. miss.

so. 18 58

Newtown, Cong. ch. 9 00 — 27 58

Fairfield co. West Aux. So. C. Marvin, Tr.

Darien, Cong. ch. 22 50

Stamford, Pres. ch. 400 00—422 50

Hartford co. Aux. So. A. G. Hammond, Tr.

Bristol, Cong ch. and so. m. c. 20 fO
Hartford, Centre ch. m. c. 17 93

Kensington, Cong. ch. and so. to
cons. Cyprian Goodrich an H.

M. 100 00

South Windsor, 1st cong. ch. and
so. 61 43

Suftield, 1st cong. ch. and so.ladies,

37,50 ; Miss Murdock, 3 ; a friend,

5 ; 45 50

Unionville, Cong. ch. and so. 6 75

W est Hartford, do. miss. so. 37 28—288 89

Hartford co. South Aux. So. H. S. Ward, Tr.

East Glastenbury, Cong. ch. m. c. 20 00
Middletown, Int. on the legacy of
Hannah Benham, 4,40; a friend,

4.60 ; 9 00 — 29 00

Litchfield co. Aux. So. G. C. Woodruff, Tr.

Bridgewater, Cong. ch. and so. 21 24
Cornwall, Miss M. Pierce, to cons.

John H. P. Chapin, of South
Hadley, Mass., an H. M. 100 00

Kent, Cong. ch. 38 00

Milton, “ Special,” 5 GO

Nerv Hartford, North cong. ch. and
so. (of wh. fr. Mrs. E. S. Brown,
for A. E. Martin., Ceylon, 12 ;)
incorrectly ack. in Sept. Herald
under Hartford Co. 63,62.

Plymouth Hollow, O. N. Tracy, 4 00

Terryville, Cong. ch. m. c. 8 00

Warren, Cong. ch. 21 00

Woodbury, North ch. 50; m. c.

31.60 ; 81 60—278 84

Middlesex Asso. J. Marvin, Tr.

Centre Brook, Cong. ch. m. c. 25 00
Lyme, Grassy Hill ch. and so. 45 ;

Old Lyme, cong. ch. and so. 50 ;
a young lady, 5 ; 100 00

Old Saybrook, Cong. ch. (addi-
tional,) 5 00- 130 00

New Haven City Aux. So. F. T. Jarman, Agent.
New Haven, 3d ch. 70,88 ; North ch. m. c.

8,84 ; Chapel st. ch. m. c. 4,01 ; Centre
ch. m. c. 10,67 ; South ch. m. c. 4,49 ;
Davenport chapel, m. c. 4,35: Mrs. R.

H. 9; a friend, 8 ; Mrs. Fabrique, 40;
a friend, 50 ; 210 24

New Haven co. East Aux. So. F. T. Jarman, Agent.
Fairhaven, Centre ch. m. c. 13,72 ;

2d cong. ch. 30,47 ; 44 19

Madison, 1st cong. ch. (of wh. fr.

H. B. Washburn, 100 ;) 178 00

Meriden Centre, Cong. ch. 20 ; a
friend, 100 ; 120 00—342 19

New Haven co. West Conso. A. Towmsend, Tr.

Waterbury, 1st cong. ch. m. c. 14 47

New London and vie. and Norwich and vie.

Aux. So. F. A. Perkins and C. Butler, Trs.
Montville, Mohegan cong. ch. 9 61

Mystic Bridge, Cong. ch. 62,02 ;

318

Donations,

Oct.

Charles Mallory to cons. Miss
Frances Kogers an H. M. 100 ; 162 02
New London, 1st cong-. ch. and so.

515 ; ni c. 13 ; 528 00

Norwich, Greenville ch. and so.

34 ; Broadw ay ch. and so. m. c.

10,45 ; 2d ch. and so. m. c. 6,53 ; 50 98
Stonington, 2d cong. ch. 50,16 ;
m. c. 20 ; 70 16-820 77

Tolland co. Aux. So. E. B. Preston, Tr.

Ellington, Rev. T. K. Fessenden, 25 00
Mansfield Centre, Cong. ch. and
so. special effort, 51 00

North Coventry, Cong. ch. gent.

20 ; la. 51,37 i (less unc. bill, 1 ;) 70 37
Somers, Cong. ch. m. c. 15 00

Stafford, 1st do. 19 00

Tolland, Cong. ch. m. c. 39 00

Vernon, do. do. 16 67

V.'est Stafford, Cong. ch. 19 36—255 40

"Windham co. Aux. So. G. Danielson, Tr.

Central Village, Cong. ch. 44 00

East Woodstock, Mrs. J. C. 50c.;

W. C. 1 ; Rev. E. H. Pratt, 5;
special donations, 6 50

Killingly, 2d cong. ch. and so. 15 00

Putnani, Village ch. and so. indiv.

40; m. c. (in part) 11 ; 51 00—116 50

2,936 38
1,000 00

A friend, An anticipated legacy,

3,936 38

Xegaci'es.— West Haven, J. Merrill Kim-
ball, by Rev. George A. Bryan Ex’r, 150 00

NE"W YORK.

Buffalo and vie. Aux. So. H. Stillman, Agent.
Buffalo, 1st pres. ch. m. c. 140,45 ;
less ex. 70c. 139,75; friends,

225; a friend, 6 ; 370 75

North Evans, Cong. ch. 5 50 — 376 25

Geneva and vie. Aux. So. A. Merrell, Agent.
Berkshire, Cong. ch. 28 39

Binghamton, Dr. Ford, 5 00

Cortlandville, Pres. ch. 47 17

Elmira, Miss C. Thurston and fam. 70 00

Fulton, Pres. ch. 200 00

Geneva, Fern. miss. so. 11 83

Genoa, 1st cong. ch. 28 76

McG^aw^•ille, Pres. ch. 20 00

Newark Valley, Cong. ch. 40, G4 ;

m.c. 11,69; 5173

Penn Yan, Pres. ch. bal. 14,69;

W. Root, 10 ; C. C. Shepard, to
cons. Rev. J. C. Taylor an H.

M. 50; E. B. Jones, to cons.

Catharine Jones an H. M.

100 ; 174 69

Seneca Castle, Pres. ch. 61 00

Whitney’s Point, do. 14,88; Fem.

miss. so. 10,16; 25 04

Watkins, Pres. ch. 10 00

Youngstown, do. 7 25

740 86

Ded. ex. 3 99—736 87

Monroe co. and vie. Aux. So. E. Ely, Agent.

Holley, Pres. ch. 10 50

North Bergen, do. 11 69

Rochester, Biick do. 46,42; 1st
pres. ch. 40,78 ; 87 20—109 39

By William Ailing, Agent.

Bryan, Pres. ch. 38 00

Honeoye Falls, do. 20 00

Parma Center, Rev. J. H. Phelps, 7 00

Rochester, Central pres. ch. m. c. 95 95

Spencerport, Cong. ch. 11 83—172 78

New York and Brooklyn Aux. So. A. Merwin, Tr.
(Of wh. fr. the 11th pres. ch. 130 ; John

C. Baldwin, 100 ; John Slade, 100 ; S.

B. Chittenden, 250; Benj. F. Butler,
to cons, himself an H. M. 100 : Geo. H.

Snow, 50; W. U. Blakeman, 25; A. A.

Lew is, 20 ; Clinton av, ch. Brooklyn,
bal. 82,59 ; Rev. R. S. Storrs, Jr.,

D. D. 50 ;) 1,019 54

Oneida co. Aux. So, J. E. Warner, Tr.

Madison, Fem. cent so. 17 50

Utica, 1st pres. ch. 12 83 — 30 33

2,445 16

Albany, 4th pres. ch. (of wh. fr.

Samuel H. Freeman to cons,
himself an H. M. 100;) wh. with
prev. dona. cons. Mrs Sarah H.

Freem.an an H. M. 140 00

Albion, 1st pres. ch. (Mrs. E. C. 1 ;) 47 77
Brockport, L. E. O. 5 00

Canaan Centre, Pres. ch. m. c. 35 00
Canisteo. Rev. L. F. Laine, 1 00

Canton, 1st pres. ch. 47 00

Caton, Collection, by Rev. W. A.

Niles, 8 00

Catskill, Pres. ch. m. c. 65 91

Cazenovia, 1st do. 87 00

Clinton, Cong, ch. and so. 70 00

Dansville, Mrs. E. Shepard, 10 00

Deckertown, E. A. Stiles, to cons.

Miss M. C. Stiles an H. M. 100 00
Denton, Pres. ch. 28,58 ; m. c. 4,28 ; 32 86
Downsville, A. E. Crane, 5 00

Durham, Pres. ch. 20 00

East Bloomfield, 1st cong. ch. m. c. 20 OO
East Palmyra, Pres. ch. 18 82

Elmira, Mrs. S. W. Bennet, 10 00

Fayetteville, Pres. ch. 44,19; m. c.

22,87 ; less ex. 34c. ; 66 72

Franklin, 1st con?, ch. to cons. Rev.

Thomas S. Potwin an H. M. 51 50

Galway, R. 1 20

Geneseo, Cong. ch. 100 00

Gloversville, Cong. ch. (of wh. from
U. M. Place, 100; C. Mills, 50; D.

C. Mills, 50 ; A. Judson, 50;) 369 35

Gouverneur, Mrs. C. M. Robertson, 25 00
Homer, Cong. ch. 122 75

Hornellsville, 1st pres. ch. m. c. 4 50

Jamestow n, Cong. ch. 54,46 ; (dig.

28c. ;) 1st pres. ch. 15,06 ; County
anniversaries, 2 ; 71 24

Keeseville, Pres. ch. 35 58

Kiantone, Cong. ch. 5 69

Livonia, Pres. ch. m. c. 21 00

Lowville, Friends, 3 00

Malden, Pres. ch. 7 00

Malone, Cong. ch. 50 00

Manlius, Pres. ch. 11 00

Middletown, Cong. ch. Mrs. A. W.

Safford, 50; pres. ch. Mrs. Simons, 3; 53 00
Milton, A friend, 2 00

Mount Vernon, Pres. ch. extra coll,
to cons. Rev. Henry Hickok an
H. M. 50 00

Newark, Pres. ch. m. c. 21,58 ; A. F.

Cressy and wife, 30 ; J. A. Miller
and fam. 25 ; H. L. Fairchild, 15 ;

O. Blackman, 10 ; others, 48,42 ; 150 00
New York, Rev. J. O. Fisher, 25;

“Missionary Box,” 25; A lady, 10 ; 60 00
North East Centre, Cong. ch. 10 00

Oakfield, Pres. ch. (additional) 10;

Miss M. Holbrook, 10; 20 00

Ogdensburg, 2 00

Oneida Lake, 1st cong. ch. 100 00

Orient, Mrs. T. P. Terry, 4 00

Panama, Pres. ch. m. c. 3 00

Pekin, Abigail Peck, 4 00

Perry Centre, Cong. ch. 17 25

Pitts’ton, Pres. ch. 11 00

Pompey, Cong. ch. 42 00

Rochester, A. Champion, 1,000 00

Rose Hill, James Hurlbut, 10 00

Salem, Pras. ch. 46,06 ; m. c. 34,50; 80 56

Schaghticoke, Pres. ch. and cong. 105 00
Shelter Island, Pres. ch. 22 00

Sidney Plain, do. 14 87

Smyrna, Cong. ch. 19 25

South Canton, Mrs. S. Brooks, 2 00

Southold, Pres. ch. a lady, 5 00

Southport, do. 7 06

Stony Brook, Miss H. M. Arthur, 2 00

Strvkersville, Cong. ch. M. W. 2 ; F.

W. 1 ; 3 00

Summer Hill, Cong. ch. 8 00

Syracuse, Rev. Glen Wood, 10 00

1861

Donations,

819

Upper Jay, M. A. Morse,
Utica, M. G.
■Wampsville, Cong-, ch.
"Waverly, Pres. ch.

2 00
5 00
7 00

25 00-3,524 88

5,970 04

Legacies.— Inltou, J. Darrow, by

J. E. Dutton, 200 00

Monroe Co. Henry Lyon, by Cal-
vin Burr, e-^'r, (in part,) 200 00
New York, Anson G. Phelps, by
Wm. E. Dodge, ex’r, 10,000 00-10,400 00

16,370 04

NEW JERSEY.

Bloomfield, Pres. ch. (of wh. from a
friend, wh. with prev. dona. cons.

Maria C. Daon an H. M. 372,06 ;)
m. c. 50,57 ; 422 63

Caldwell, Pres. ch. 75 j m. c. 25 ; 100 00

Deckertown, Pres. ch. 20 00

Jersey City, M. Lusk, 5 00

Newark, Roseville, Pres. ch. 11 Oo

Orange, 1st pres. ch. 149,22 j 2d pres.

ch. 5S20 ; 369 2-2

Parsippany, 2d pres. ch. 151 35

Perth Amboy, S. E. Woodbridge, 25 00

Wantage, 1st pres. ch. 52 00

Whippany, Pres. ch. 22 00-1,178 20

PENNSYLVANIA.

By Samuel Work, Agent.

Dunmore, Pres. ch. 20

Harrisburgh, 1st do. 134

ilooreheadville, Rev. G. W. Cleve-
land, 1

Philadelphia, A friend, 10

Carbondale, Mrs. Jordan, 2

Condersport, Pres. ch. 11

Hartford, do. 15

Philadelphia, M. R. Mitchell, for the
Armen, miss. 5 ; James Smith, 100 ; 105

OO

16

00

00-165 16
00
00
00

00—133 00

298 16

DELAWARE.

By Samuel Work, Agent.

St. Georges, Pres. ch. 16 00

Wilmington, Hanover st. ch. m. c.

64,42; Central ch. 56,96; 121 38—137 38

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Washington, A friend,

150 00

OHIO.

By Rev. S. G. Clark, Agent.

Bloom, 11

Brooklyn, Rev. N. Cable, 1 ; Rev.

S. G. Clark and fam. wh. with
prev. dona. cons. Franklin Tay-
lor Clark an H. M. 25; 26

Elyria, Rev. F. H. Brown, 10

Hudson, Dorothy Mills, 5

Huntington, Cong. ch. 10 ; Rev. A.

R. Clark, wh. with prev. dona,
cons. Rev. James A. Thome of
Cleveland, an H. M. 4u ; 50

Litchfield, 5

Lyme, 8

Mansfield, (in part) 4

Medina, 6

Melmore, 6

Oberlin, 1st cong. ch. 10,85; H.
Veits, wh. with prev. dona. cons.
Rev. John Keep an H. M. 10;

2d cong. ch. 3,97 ; 24

Peru, m. c. 10

Richfield, Mrs. S. M. Shailer, 5

Ruggles, 20

Strongsville. 12

Tallmadge, Daniel Preston, 5

Tremoct, a balance, 1

Windham, Coll, (in part) 22,60;
Mrs. S. A. Shaw, 10 : J. Angel, ‘

10 ; B. Angel, 20 ; J. Scott, 10 ;
m. c. 10,69 ; 83

York, 3

By T. P. Handy, Agent.

Cleveland, 2d cong. ch. 25

50

00

00

00

00

75

CO

60

20

50

82

00

00

00

68

00

00

29

75—299 09
00

Edinburg, Cong. ch. 33 00

Monroeville, Cong, and pres. chs. 20 00

Twinsburg, Cong. ch. 17 46

95 46

Ded. es. 46 95 00

By G. L. Weed, Tr.

Cincinnati, 3d pres. cb. m. c. 3,61 ;

Mrs. J. Bates, 3 ; 6 61

Christiausburg, Rev. John Mar-
tin, 5 00

College Hill, Pres. ch. 13; Rev.

C. E. Babb, 10 ; 23 00

Homer, 1st pres. ch. 10 00

New Philadelphia, do. m. c. 3 00

Oxford, Teachers and pupils of
Western fern. coll. 81 00

Portsmouth, Pres. ch. 152 39

South Fork, do. T. W. Howe, 10 50

Walnut Hills, Lane sem. ch. m. c.

7,92 ; Miss Overaker, 40 ; 47 93

339 42

Ded. ex. 1 25—338 IT

732 26

Alexandria, Cong. ch. 15 62

Ashtabula, Mrs. H. E. Parsons, 10 ;

Rev. I. M. Gillett, 5 ; 15 00

Belpre, Cong. ch. 19 00

Birmingham, Pres. ch. 10 ; less ex. 8c. ; 9 92
Cleveland, An old man, 1 00

College Hill, Rev. D. M. Wilson, 30 00
Ellsworth, Pres, and cong. ch. 11 00

Florence, Cong. ch. 10; less ex. 7c. ; 9 93

Medina, 1st cong. ch. and so. Mrs.

A. L. King, 10; C. E. Clark, 5;

Miss B. W. 1 ; G. R. M. 1 ; 17 00

Milan, Pres. ch. 32 64

Mount Gilead, 1st pres. ch. 8 00

Painesville, Teachers and scholars of
Lake Erie fern. sem. 76 50

Pomeroy, Ch. 10 00

Ravenna, Cong. ch. 25 36

Rootstown, Gad Case, 20 00

Springfield, 1st cong. ch. 12 46

Willoughby, Cong. ch. 15 00—328 43

1,060 69

Legacies. — Walnut Hills, Mrs. E. K.

Curtis, bal. by G. L. Weed,

102 19
1,162 88

MICHIGAN.
Bv Rev. S. G. Clark, Agent.

Concord, Pres. ch.

12 00

Lansing, do.

1 00

La Salle, do.

5 00

Palmyra and Blissfield, do.

10 54

Ypsilanti, do.

50 56 — 79 10

A friend.

63 50

Adrian, Plvmouth ch. 33,69 ; an Hon.

Mem. and wife, 3 ;

36 69

Holly, Pres. ch.

5 00

Lansing, 1st do.

32 17

Milford, Mrs. Jane Pearson to cons.

Sanford B. Ladd an H. M.

215 00

Niles, John Borden,

50 00—402 36
481 46

INDIANA.
By G. L. Weed, Agent.

Bedford, Mrs. L. H. B.

5 00

Clinton, Pres. ch.

4 10

Mount Pleasant, do. coll.

8 50

Mount Vernon, do.

3 70

Putnamville, do.

6 00

Pisgah, do.

12 30

Southport, do. coll.

Terre Haute, Baldwin pres. ch.

2 75

coll.

28 90

Toronto, Pres. ch.

2 78 — 74 05

Lima, Pres. ch. by W. B. Cory,

59 CO

Madison, 2d do. bal.

28 00

Terre Haute, Rev. W. H. Ballantine

, 15 00-102 00

320

Donations,

ILLINOIS.

By Rev. C. Clark, Agent.

Chicago, Calvary pres. ch. 35,81

less ex. 31c. ;

35 50

Greenwood, Pres. ch. (in part,)

2 54

Joliet, Pres. ch.

6 CO

Lake Forest, do.

8 90

Ridgefield, Pres. ch. (in part) 5,45;
H. P. Downs’s child, 7c. ;

5 52 — 58 46

Bunker Hill, Cong. ch. 27 00

Chicago, New England ch. (of which
from Samuel Bliss to cons. Ethan
Taylor Montgomery an H. M.

100 ; S. S. Bliss to cons. Marshall
Bliss of Grinnell, Iowa, an H. M.

100;) 342,68; m.c. 20,21; Plymouth
ch. a friend, 1 ; W. H. Brown, 100 ; 463 89
Collinsville, Mrs. P. C. Morrison, 10;

less dis. 1 ; 9 00

Dixon, A widow’s mite, 5 00

Dover, Cong. ch. and so. 18 50

Eikhorn Grove, 2 00

Freeport, A friend, 4 00

Galena, A lady, for Syrian miss. 5 ;

a child, 1 ; 6 00

Monroeville, Elihu Baldwin, 20 00

Monticello, Pres. ch. 58 58

Princeton, A friend, 1 00

Rockford, M. H. 10 ; 2d cong. ch.

113,67 ; 123 67

RushviUe, Mrs. C. H. L. Brown, 3 00
Springfield, 2d pres. ch.

Sycamore, 1st cong. ch.

Wenova, E. Y. C.

Woodburn, Cong. ch.

10 00

1 30

2 00

48 00-800 94
859 40

MISSOURI.

St. Louis, 1st cong. ch. and so.

122,60 ; Frederick Stahl, (his en-
tire earnings,) “for the poor In-
dian,” 75c. ; 123 83

Summit, Pres. ch. 8 25 — 131 60

WISCONSIN.

By Rev. C. Clark, Agent.

Allen’s Grove, Cong. ch. friends, 5 00
Delevan, do. 6 00

Milwaukie, Spring st. cong. ch.

43,36; (less ex. 2,16;) 41,20;
pres. ch. 63,08; (less ex. 2,15;)

60,93; 102 13

Watertowm, Cong. ch. 50; (less ex.

2,50 ;) 47 50—159 63

Arlington, Pres. ch. 11 ; less ex. 75c. ; 10 25

Beloit, 1st cong. ch. and so. 120 CO

Berlin, 1st pres. ch. 8 00

F’ond-du-Lac, Cong. ch. m. c. 27,83 ;

(less ex. 1,33 ,) 26 50

Green Bay, Pres. ch. 32 00

Hudson, Rev. L. N. WoodruflT, 5 00

Madison, A friend, 75

Milwaukie, Plymouth ch. 122,99 ;

(less ex. 5,86 ;) 117 13

Oconomowoc, Cong. ch. and so. 13 75

Odanah, Rev. L. H. Wheeler and
fam. 20 ; D. B. Spencer and fam.

30; R. W. Spicer, 10 ; Carrie Seger,

10 ; Abba Spooner, 5 ; 75 00

Reedsbury, Rev. T. Williston, by
Mr. Work, 18 00

Sheboygan, Cong. ch. 13 75

Sparta, J. Avery, 2 00

W'aterloo, S. B. Emery, 10 00

Wawatosa, Mrs. SaUy Green, 10 00

Whitewater, Cong. ch. 22,69 ; (less
ex. 1,36 ;) 21 33-483 46

643 09

IOWA.

Camanche, 1st pres. ch. m. c. 2 00

Flint Creek, Isaac Jones, by Rev. C.

Clark, 1 00

Grinnell, Cong. ch. 61 86

Plymouth, L. S. Parker, 5 00 — 69 86

KANSAS.

White Cloud, Rev. E. Whiting, 10 00
Quindaro, Cong. ch. and so. ra. c. 3 00 — 13 00

MINNESOTA.

Clearwater, Cong. ch. 9 00

Faribault, Mrs. S.J. Wilson, by Rev.

S. G. Clark, 20 00

A friend, 5 00 — 34 00

CALIFORNIA.

Brooklyn, Pres. ch. 6,10 ; Mrs. Pier-
son, a thank offering, 10; Rev. G.

Pierson, 3,90 ; 20 00

Grass Talley, Cong. ch. and so. m. c. 19 00 — 39 00

OREGON.

Forest Grove, m. c.

5 00

FOREIGN LANDS AND MISSIONARY
STATIONS.

Adrianople, Turkey, Mr. and Mrs. M. 9 00

Gaboon Miss, for the South African Miss. 52 00
Hazlewood, Dakota, Rev. S. R. Riggs, 10 ;

m. c. 3,46 ; 13 46

Hilo, Sand. Isl., Dr. Wetmore, 60 00

Honolulu, do. Geo. E. Beckwith, to cons.

Rev. E. G. Beckwith an H. M. 50 00

Lincoln, England, William H. Brooks, 9 60

Madura, Rev. P. S. Royston, and Mrs.
Royston, 35 ; Rev. T. S. Burnell and Rev.

J. Herrick, to cons. Rev. J. E. Chand-
LEK an H. M. 50 ; 85 00

Manchester, England, R. Corkling, 9 60

Montreal, C. E., Am. pres. ch. (of wh. from
Mrs. Bonar’s class, for Rev. J. E. Coffing,

23;) 617,80 ; James Court, 25; D. David-
son, 10; Torrance & Morris, 10; Joseph
Mackay, 10; George Wilkes, 10; Benja-
min Lyman, to cons. Mrs. Delia A. Ly-
man an H. M. ICO ; (less ex. 2,45 ;) P. W.

Wood, 10 ; a friend, 1 ; 791 35

Paris, C. W., Cong. ch. m. c. 11,92; C.
Whitlaw, 10 ; Miss Whitlaw’s miss, box,

1 ; N. Hamilton, 10; D. McC. 1,50 ; Rev.

E. Ebb’s miss, box, 12 ; 46 43

Tocat, Turkey, m. c. 9 00

Tripoli, Syria, A. Yanni, 5; N. H. Yanni,

1 ; children of Rev. J. L. Lyons, 4; 10 00

1,135 43

MISSION SCHOOL ENTERPRISE,

(See details in Journal of Missions.)

Maine,

$144 55

New Hampshire,

46 03

Vermont,

46 93

Massachusetts,

91 28

Connecticut, .

18 11

New York,

171 68

Pennsylvania,

13 00

Delaware,

1 00

Ohio,

51 01

Michigan,

35

Illinois, .

13 00

Wisconsin,

12 00

California,

20 00
628 94

Donations received in August, 32,239 77

Legacies, 19,215 87

$51,455 64

TOTAL from August 1st, 1860,
to August 31st, 1861, $335,714 06

DONATIONS IN CLOTHING, &c,
Wilmington, O. Ladies’ benev. so. clothing
for the Ojibwa mission.

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