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MISSIONARY  HERALD. 


Vql.  LXIL  — AUGUST,  1866.  — No.  VIH. 

REV.  DAVID  GREENE. 

[The  death  of  Mr.  Greene  was  mentioned  in  May  last ; but  the  Herald 
should  present  a fuller  notice  of  one  who  was  so  long  connected  with  it,  and 
with  all  the  labors  at  the  Missionary  House.  The  excellent  engraved  likeness 
opposite,  will  bring  the  man  before  those  who  knew  him  some  years  ago,  and 
the  following  tribute  to  his  memory  has  been  prepared  by  one  who  was  asso- 
ciated with  him  during  his  whole  term  of  service  as  a Secretary  of  the  Board.] 

David  Greene  was  born  in  Stoneham,  Massachusetts,  on  the  15th  of  No- 
vember, 1797.  His  father  was  a farmer  and  mechanic,  much  respected  for 
his  industry  and  integrity,  though  not  a professor  of  religion.  The  mother  was 
amiable  amt  judicious,  with  more  than  common  energy  of  character.  Her  cast 
of  mind  is  said  to  have  been  somewhat  pensive,  and  her  religious  experience 
remarkable.  She  died  in  1813. 

David  was  among  the  younger  of  nine  children.  He  was  affectionate  as  a 
boy,  and  in  school  stood  generally  at  the  head  of  his  class.  After  reaching  the 
age  of  twelve  years,  he  was  largely  entrusted  with  the  care  of  the  farm,  the 
father’s  engagements  calling  him  often  from  home.  Samuel,  an  older  brother, 
— still  remembered  in  Boston  with  much  affection  as  pastor  of  the  church  in 
Essex  Street,  — was  graduated  at  Cambridge  College,  and  it  was  owing  to  his 
influence  that  David  entered  upon  a course  of  liberal  education.  His  studies 
were  commenced  at  Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  in  1815,  and  were  continued, 
with  some  interruptions,  through  the  eleven  subsequent  years. 

The  Rev.  George  E.  Adams,  D.  D.,  his  classmate  in  the  academy,  and  in 
the  college  and  seminary,  and  for  a large  part  of  the  time  his  room-mate,  says 
of  him  at  the  academy : “ He  was  there  reckoned  a Christian,  — a halting, 
doubting  one,  — taking  his  turn,  with  some  hesitation,  in  religious  exercises, 
but  was  not  a church-member.”  In  September,  1817,  the  two  friends  entered 
Yale  College.  We  have  strong  concurring  testimony,  from  a number  of  his 
classmates,  as  to  the  thoroughness  of  Mr.  Greene’s  scholarship,  and  the  excel- 
lence of  his  character  while  in  that  institution.  Dr.  Adams  gives  a faithfully 
interesting  account  of  his  religious  experience.  He  says : “ Mr.  Greene,  after 
a while,  declined  engaging  in  religious  exercises  at  meetings,  from  conscien- 

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tious  scruples,  and  would  do  nothing  to  claim  the  character  of  a Christian  j 
showing  his  propensity  towards  thorough  and  stem  self-dealing.  Still,  he  was 
moving  on  toward  the  ministry,  and  became,  I am  quite  confident,  a beneficiary 
of  the  American  Education  Society.  Through  the  greater  part  of  his  college 
course  he  stood  in  this  position,  — not  of  the  world,  not  claiming  the  place  of  a 
Christian,  though  more  correct  in  conduct  than  most  Christians.  In  our  last 
year  he  was  profoundly  exercised  in  mind.  It  was  distressing  to  see  him.  Day 
after  day,  for  weeks,  the  order  of  the  day  with  him  was : college  exercises,  punc- 
tually, about  one  hour  upon  entering  the  room  for  the  lesson ; then  sitting  in 
mute  despair,  Bible  in  one  hand,  the  other  hand  closed,  pressing  upon  his 
cheek  or  mouth.  ‘ George,  George,  what  a terrible  thing  sin  is  ! ’ That  is  the 
only  expression  I remember,  and  I suspect  that  tells  the  whole  story. 

“ The  influence  of  this  mental  suffering  on  his  bodily  frame  and  appearance 
was  very  great.  He  became  pale  and  emaciated.  No  one  could  see  him  with- 
out reading  in  his  countenance  the  agony  of  his  soul.  So  far  as  I remember, 
he  never  experienced  any  sudden  deliverance.  The  anguish  wore  itself  out. 
Even  when  we  graduated,  he  had  not  gained  a clear  confidence  of  his  good 
estate,  and  talked  somewhat  despairingly  of  the  future. 

“ One  noticeable  thing  in  his  college  life,”  adds  Dr.  Adams,  “ should  be  men- 
tioned. He  was  uever  absent  from  any  college  exercise  during  his  first  three 
years,  nor  tardy,  though  he  sometimes  went  from  his  bed  and  returned  immedi- 
ately to  it.  Professor  Fisher  once  called  him  to  his  room  to  speak  of  this,  as  a 
very  remarkable  thing.” 

Mr.  Greene  completed  his  college  course  in  1821,  and  had  one  of  the  highest 
appointments  in  his  class’.  The  year  following  he  spent  in  teaching  a private 
school  of  young  ladies,  in  Boston,  where  he  gave  satisfaction  both  to  parents 
and  scholars.  In  the  fall  of  1822  he  entered  the  Theological  Seminary  at 
Andover,  but  sometime  in  the  following  year  he  was  induced  to  take  charge  of 
the  academy  at  Amherst,  as  principal ; an  institution  which  then  furnished  a 
large  proportion  of  the  students  for  the  college,  struggling  for  the  prosperous 
existence  it  has  since  attained.  His  services  there  were  very  acceptable,  and 
about  this  time  he  was  strongly  urged  to  accept  the  office  of  tutor  in  Yale  Col- 
lege, but  declined. 

Mr.  Greene  returned  to  Andover  in  1824,  and  his  own  statement  is,  that  he 
joined  the  church  there  in  1825.  He  was  now  once  more  a classmate  and  room- 
mate of  his  college  chum.  “ He  was  studious,  of  course,”  writes  his  old  friend, 
“ always  thinking,  but  looking  on  the  dark  side  in  regard  to  himself,  — a promi- 
nent man  in  the  class,  highly  respected  by  the  professors,  made  great  account 
by  such  men  as  Eli  Smith,  Daniel  Crosby,  and  others.  On  account  of  his 
s^nness,  and  perhaps  severity  in  judging  others,  (as  well  as  himself',)  he  may 
haye,  had  less  of  popularity  than  some.” 

-,jppri  George  W.  Blagden,  who  was  with  him  in  college,  and  a classmate  at 
4,bdpY®r>  has  given  the  following  valuable  testimony : “ Both  at  Andover,  and 
at;  {^Je-j College,  where  he  was  two  years  my  senior,  there  was  an  influence 
cqqqggtediiwith  his  whole  course  of  conduct  and  conversation,  which  produced  a 
CQi^YjijQtjfih  in  all  who  knew  him,  or  only  noticed  him,  deeper  than  is  produced 
^EfllP^f^tV^kether  young  or  old,  that  he  was  a person  of  sincere  and  strong 
re^iom^i'M^iples. 


1806.] 


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Rev.  David  Greetie. 

“ His  religious  and  moral  character  greatly  influenced  his  naturally  quick 
and  vigorous  intellectual  qualities.  He  was  a good  scholar,  and  a clear  and 
comprehensive  thinker;  receiving  the  second  honor  in  his  class  at  college;  and 
maintaining  throughout  his  course  in  the.Theological  Seminary,  a position  among 
the  first  students,  both  in  the  Hebrew  and  Greek  languages,  and  in  the  science 
of  theology.  If  his  facility  and  gracefulness  in  speaking  had  equalled  his  in- 
tellectual power  and  attainments,  and  the  sincerity  and  depth  of  his  piety,  he 
would  have  been  one  of  the  most  eloquent,  as  he  certainly  was  one  of  the  most 
honest  and  well-informed  of  men.  The  writer  of  this  distinctly  recollects  an 
oration  at  the  close  of  his  seminary  course,  which  was  very  remarkable  in  re- 
spect both  to  thought  and  style.” 

Mr.  Greene  became  connected  with  the  correspondence  of  the  American 
Board  near  the  close  of  1826  ; and  was  one  of  two  Assistant  Secretaries, — Jere- 
miah Evarts  being  the  Corresponding  Secretary,  — until  the  death  of  that  emi- 
nent man,  in  1831.  During  this  period,  his  special  department  of  labor  was 
editing  the  Missionary  Herald,  and  correspondence  with  the  missions  among  the 
Indians,  which  were  then  conducted  on  an  extended  scale.  In  the  year  1828 
he  made  a tour,  extended  through  eight  months,  and  over  nearly  six  thousand 
miles ; visiting  the  missions  to  the  Indian  tribes,  both  east  and  west  of  the  Mis- 
sissippi River,  in  northwest  Ohio,  and  in  New  York.  On  this  tour  he  visited  not 
less  than  thirty  mission  stations,  and  reached  Boston,  on  his  return,  in  July. 

These  personal  inquiries  into  the  Indian  missions  were  of  great  advantage  to 
the  young  Secretary,  in  his  relations  both  to  the  Prudential  Committee  and  the 
several  missions.  And  there  was  need,  then,  of  all  the  practical  wisdom  that 
could  be  obtained.  The  difficulties  in  the  way  of  bringing  the  poor  Indians  un- 
der the  civilizing  and  saving  influences  of  the  gospel  were  fast  accumulating. 
In  the  Southwest,  the  greed  of  the  white  man  for  the  lands  of  the  Cherokees  — 
blinding  and  ruthless,  like  that  of  Ahab  for  Naboth’s  vineyard,  rising  above 
all  considerations  of  mercy  and  justice  — was  soon  to  chain  and  incarcerate  the 
missionaries,  Worcester  and  Butler,  and  to  send  their  defenceless  people  far 
away  from  the  graves  of  their  forefathers,  to  die  by  thousands  under  the  hard- 
ships of  their  migrations.  Not  the  logic  and  eloquence  of  Evarts,  in  his  appeals 
to  the  nation,  through  the  letters  of  “ William  Penn,”  nor  of  some  of  the  ablest 
statesmen  in  the  halls  of  Congress,  could  stay  the  calamity.  Mr.  Evarts  is  well 
known  to  have  anticipated  the  righteous  judgments  of  Heaven,  at  some  future 
time,  to  follow  those  high-handed  deeds  of  violence.  And  when  the  shock  of 
arms  was  heard  in  bloody  conflict,  not  long  since,  at  Chattanooga  and  along  the 
Missionary  Ridge,  what  reflecting  mind  did  not  think  of  an  avenging  Provi- 
dence ? Elsewhere,  similar  unfriendly  causes  were  in  operation ; and  to  these 
were  added  the  influence  of  unprincipled  traders  in  ardent  spirits,  and  the  not 
less  unscrupulous  partisans  of  slavery. 

In  November,  1829,  Mr.  Greene  was  married  to  Mary,  the  eldest  daughter 
of  Mr.  Evarts,  who  was  spared  to  him  almost  twenty-one  years ; in  which  time 
God  was  pleased  to  give  them  twelve  children,  all  but  two  of  whom  are  still 
living.  Four  of  his  sons  served  in  the  Union  army  during  the  late  war,  three 
of  them  as  captains ; and  one  of  these  three  fell  in  a battle  preceding  the  taking 
of  Vicksburg.  The  domestic  life  of  our  brother  was  most  happy.  He  bore  his 
full  share  of  the  responsibilities  and  cares  of  the  family,  and  was  kind,  though 


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decided,  in  his  parental  government.  The  household,  with  him,  was  a religious 
institution,  with  morning  and  evening  worship.  His  children  were  all  dedicated 
to  God  in  baptism,  and  instructed  in  the  principles  and  duties  of  religion,  and 
he  had  the  pleasure  of  seeing  nearly  all  of  them  become  members  of  the  visible 
church. 

At  the  solicitation  of  Mr.  Lowell  Mason,  Mr.  Greene  consented,  not  long 
after  his  marriage,  to  aid  in  compiling  the  Hymn  Book  for  the  service  of  the 
sanctuary,  called  “ Church  Psalmody.”  Of  this  book,  more  than  a hundred  and 
fifty  thousand  copies  are  believed  to  have  gone  into  use.  The  service  was  per- 
formed as  an  extra  labor,  and  was  not  altogether  without  injurious  consequences, 
for  a time,  to  his  health. 

The  death  of  Mr.  Evarts  led  to  the  appointment,  in  1832,  of  three  Corre- 
sponding Secretaries,  instead  of  one ; and  Mr.  Greene  was  one  of  the  three,  but 
with  no  material  change  in  his  department  of  labor.  In  1836  he  removed  with 
his  family  from  Boston  to  Roxbury,  three  miles  from  the  Missionary  House,  a 
distance  which  he  found  equal  pleasure  and  profit  in  usually  traversing  twice  a 
day  on  foot. 

Of  Mr.  Greene’s  official  life  during  the  ten  years  following  his  removal  to 
that  rural  city,  there  is  not  much  calling  for  special  notice.  His  daily  duties 
demanded  all  his  powers.  There  was  no  more  of  routine  and  sameness  in  them 
than  there  is  in  the  most  laborious  pastoral  life.  While  his  time  and  thoughts 
were  specially  devoted  to  one  or  two  departments,  — such  as  the  Indian  mis- 
sions, the  home  correspondence,  etc.,  — he  was  in  actual  contact,  more  or  less, 
with  the  working  of  the  entire  system.  Problems  of  difficult  solution  not  un- 
frequently  arise,  demanding  the  united  wisdom  of  all,  though  often  not  of  a 
nature  to  be  advantageously  discussed  and  resolved  in  the  large  annual  meet- 
ings of  the  Board.  There  are,  however,  numerous  subjects  of  great  practical 
importance,  that  have  been  brought  forward  with  great  advantage  in  those 
meetings.  In  the  year  1838,  the  practice  was  commenced  of  presenting  to  the 
Board  some  one  or  more  of  these  subjects  by  the  secretaries,  in  a written  form, 
under  direction  from  the  Prudential  Committee ; and  more  than  seventy  of 
these  “ Special  Reports  ” (as  they  were  called)  have  received  attention  from  the 
Board. at  its  annual  and  special  meetings.  Twelve  such  “ Reports”  were  writ- 
ten and  presented  by  Mr.  Greene,  and  several  of  these  have  a permanent  value. 

During  all  this  time,  Mr.  Greene  shared  the  responsibility  with  his  brethren 
in  drawing  up  the  Annual  Reports  of  the  Prudential  Committee ; and  after 
the  removal  of  Dr.  Armstrong  to  New  York  city,  in  the  year  1838,  he  had 
charge  of  that  part  of  the  domestic  correspondence  which  had  to  be  conducted 
at  Boston.  The  editing  of  the  Missionary  Herald,  after  1843,  devolved  on  Mr. 
Treat. 

In  1847  the  Prudential  Committee  proposed  that  Mr.  Greene  make  a second 
tour  among  the  Indian  missions,  westward  of  the  Mississippi  River.  This  he  was 
incapacitated  for  doing  by  a collision  on  a railroad,  and  the  service  was  per- 
formed by  Mr.  Treat.  The  injury  from  the  collision  seemed  at  first  slight, 
but  it  was  aggravated  by  exposure,  and  resulted  in  a paralysis,  which,  though 
partial  and  temporary,  was  attended  with  such  weakness  of  the  nervous  system 
as  made  it  expedient,  in  the  opinion  of  medical  advisers,  for  him  to  exchange  a 
sedentary  life  for  such  an  one  as  he  could  find  only  on  a farm.  Accordingly,  in 


I860.] 


Rev.  David  Greene. 


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1848,  he  declined  a reelection  as  Secretary,  greatly  to  the  regret  of  his  associ- 
ates and  the  friends  of  missions.  An  extract  from  the  letter  he  then  addressed 
to  the  Board  affords  an  insight  into  the  state  of  his  mind  in  that  trying  period 
of  his  life. 

“ In  retiring,”  he  says,  “ which  I do  most  reluctantly,  from  the  station  with 
which  the  Board  has  so  long  honored  me,  and  in  which  I have  found  my  labor 
and  happiness  most  pleasantly  combined,  and  in  performing  the  delightful, 
though  arduous  duties  of  which  I had,  till  recently,  hoped  to  spend  whatever  of 
life  and  strength  might  remain  to  me,  I feel  constrained  to  declare  my  ever  ris- 
ing estimate  of  the  excellence  and  honorableness  of  the  foreign  missionary  work, 
and  my  ever  strengthening  confidence  that  it  is  a work  which  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  regards  with  peculiar  apprpbation,  and  which  he,  by  his  truth  and  his 
Spirit,  amidst  and  despite  of  all  the  delays,  embarrassments,  and  opposition 
which  it  encounters,  is  steadily  and  surely  carrying  forward  to  its  consumma- 
tion. His  power  and  grace  and  promise  exclude  all  doubt  as  to  its  ultimate  and 
complete  accomplishment.  Our  faith,  our  prayers,  our  labors  and  sacrifices  may 
hasten  the  day.” 

Mr.  Greene  removed,  with  his  family,  to  Westboro,  Massachusetts,  in  1849 ; 
and  the  next  year  God  was  pleased  to  take  from  him  his  beloved  wife.  His 
house  having  been,  not  long  after,  consumed  by  fire,  he  removed  to  Windsor, 
Vermont.  In  1860  he  returned  again  to  Westboro,  where,  with  great  satisfac- 
tion to  himself,  he  spent  the  residue  of  his  days. 

The  circumstances  of  his  death  were  affecting.  Men  were  blasting  a rock 
near  his  house,  and  a descending  fragment  struck  him  on  the  head,  inflicting  a 
mortal  injury.  This  was  on  Tuesday,  April  3,  1866,  and  he  lay  perfectly  un- 
conscious till  Saturday,  the  7th,  when  he  died.  His  funeral  was  attended  on 
the  11th,  the  Congregational  church  being  well  filled  by  people  of  all  denomina- 
tions in  the  town,  where  he  was  universally  respected.  A considerable  number 
of  gentlemen,  and  some  ladies,  were  present  from  Boston,  and  clergymen  came 
in  from  the  surrounding  region.  Prayers  were  offered  by  Dr.  Blagden,  of 
Boston,  and  Mr.  Sheldon,  of  Westboro,  and  addresses  were  made  by  his  for- 
mer associate,  Dr.  Anderson,  by  Dr.  Thompson,  pastor  of  the  church  to  which 
he  belonged  when  residing  in  Roxbury,  and  by  Mr.  Sheldon,  pastor  of  the 
church  of  which  he  was  last  a member.  His  remains, sleep  in  W'estboro,  near 
those  of  his  wife,  in  a beautiful  rural  cemetery. 

The  muscular  development  of  Mr.  Greene  was  nearly  perfect,  and  almost  as 
much  may  be  said  as  to  the  development  of  his  menial  powers.  Hence  his  du- 
ties were  performed  with  but  little  consciousness  of  fatigue.  He  was  unam- 
bitious, unpretentious,  and  guileless ; always  intent  upon  the  grand  purpose  of 
his  life,  and  happy  in  the  good  name  and  usefulness  of  all  around  him.  He 
seemed  governed  by  Christian  principle,  almost  as  if  it  were  a part  of  his  na- 
ture, and  moved  forward  without  show  or  noise,  or  appearing  to  desire  popular 
attention.  There  was,  perhaps,  some  excess  of  this  virtue.  It  would  have  in- 
creased his  usefulness  to  have  been  somewhat  more  regardful  of  the  opinion  of 
others.  His  mind  was  of  a high  order.  He  had  uncommon  power  of  fixing 
the  attention  and  analyzing  subjects,  and  great  mental  resources.  His  thoughts 
in  prayer  were  apposite  and  copious,  and  only  required  a more  distinct  and  less 


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rapid  enunciation  to  nave  enlisted  the  feelings  of  all  reflective  and  serious  minds. 
He  ranked  among  the  best  theologians.  His  mind  was  intent  upon  the  truth, 
and  nothing  but  the  truth,  and  was  open  to  evidence ; and  having  a memory 
which  seldom  forgot  what  he  wished  to  retain,  he  was,  in  the  best  sense,  a well- 
informed  man.  His  knowledge  was  more  accurate,  more  copious,  more  really 
valuable,  than  that  of  most  men. 

Dr.  Thompson,  in  his  address  at  the  funeral,  spoke  of  him  as  follows : — 

“Every  acquaintance  will  pronounce  his  eye  single,  and  hence  his  whole 
body  was  full  of  light.  He  was  seldom  mystified  ; with  sophistry  he  never  could 
have  patience.  There  were  no  stained  windows  to  his  mind ; he  saw  almost 
everything  in  a white  light ; having  rare  insight  into  character,  and  into  the 
practical  bearing  of  things  ; never  beguiled  by  forms  ; fastening  at  once  upon  the 
kernel,  discriminating  promptly  between  essentials  and  accessories,  between  the 
certain  and  the  probable.  Vigorous  common  sense  was  the  staple  of  his  mind. 
His  mental  constitution  was  compact ; he  could  readily  concentrate  his  faculties ; 
he  would  never  trifle  with  a subject,  nor  with  an  individual.  There  was  too 
much  on  hand,  and  life,  in  his  estimation,  was  too  momentous  to  allow  of  one’s 
spending  time  in  lamentations  over  the  past.  . . . What  acquaintance  would 
not  exclaim,  4 Behold  an  Israelite  indeed,  in  whom  is  no  guile  !’  A noble  sim- 
plicity characterized  him.  A more  unpretending  man,  a man  freer  from  ego- 
tism, from  all  that  is  factitious,  from  all  sentimentalism,  from  assumed  humility, 
and  unreal  sanctity  in  every  form,  is  seldom  to  be  met  with.  How  ingenuous 
was  he  ! He  was  not  afraid  to  be  lively,  though  too  earnest  a man  to  fall  into 
levity.  He  was  modest,  — not  ashamed  to  blush,  though  not  afraid  of  any  one. 
He  would,  if  there  were  occasion,  beg  pardon  of  a day  laborer  as  soon  as  of  the 
Governor,  and,  in  either  case,  simply  because  of  its  being  right  and  proper. 

“ He  was  a manly  man,  a man  of  robust  honesty,  who  in  thinking  and  in  deal- 
ings moved  straight  forward,  his  path  being  the  shortest  distance  between  two 
given  points.  Who  ever  suspected  David  Greene  of  aiming  at  popularity,  of 
struggling  after  greatness  ? How  little  of  self,  how  little  that  was  petty  or  per- 
sonal entered  into  the  springs  of  action  with  him  ! . . . He  was  always  in  his 
place ; Sabbath  vagrancy  he  held  in  low  esteem.  How  fervent  were  the  sup- 
plications poured  from  those  lips  now  closed  in  silence  ! How  earnest  his  hor- 
tatory appeals  ! How  deep  his  interest  in  the  Sabbath  School ! He  believed 
in  the  Abrahamic  covenant,  in  its  obligations  and  privileges,  sealed  to  the  chil- 
dren of  believing  parents.  The  first  time  that  I administered  baptism  was  to 
one  of  this  group,  then  an  infant  in  those  strong  hands,  now  crossed  and  motion- 
less till  the  resurrection. 

“It  can  easily  be  gathered  why  it  seems  to  us,  at  Roxbury,  as  if  he  had 
never  been  dismissed  from  the  church  there.  His  influence  for  good  lingers 
still.  For  the  same  reason,  he  continued  to  the  last,  in  some  sense,  a public 
man.  Such  men  are,  by  the  force  of  character,  always  in  office.  Though  not 
one  to  fascinate,  he  was  one  to  inspire  deep  confidence ; and  excellence  like  his 
is  of  itself  inevitably  a power.  He  could  not  retire  from  the  Christian,  nor  from 
the  missionary  world.” 


I860.] 


Micronesia  Mission:  — Letter  from  Mr.  Doane. 


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LETTERS  FROM  THE  MISSIONS. 


i^lfcronesta  ^Htsston. 
PONAPE,  OK  ASCENSION  ISLAND. 

Letter  from  Mr.  Doane,  October  16,  1865. 

It  will  be  remembered  that  Mr.  Doane, 
on  returning  from  his  visit  to  the  United 
States,  instead  of  remaining  at  his  former 
station,  on  Ebon,  joined  Mr.  Stur^es,  on 
Ponape,  in  September  last.  This  letter 
from  him  is  but  little  later  in  date  than  a 
portion  of  the  intelligence  from  that  island 
published  in  April  and  May ; but  it  gives 
his  impressions  of  the  field,  and  will  be 
read  with  much  interest. 

Tour  of  the  Island  — Progress.  “ Af- 
ter my  last  date,  Mr.  Sturges,  Mr.  Emer- 
son, and  myself  made  a tour  of  the  island. 
I was  happy  to  do  so  at  so  early  a period 
of  our  renewed  residence  here.  We  saw 
what  had  really  been  done,  and  I am  not 
a little  surprised  at  what  I may  say  is  a 
work  so  large  in  its  results.  When  I re- 
member what  was  the  state  of  things  on 
this  island  no  longer  back  than  eight  years 
since,  what  is  the  advance  now  ! 

“Yet,  while  I speak  thus  warmly  of  what 
has  been  done,  there  is  another  shade  to 
the  picture,  and  that  a dark  one.  Ponape 
is  still  a heathen  land  ! You  are  impressed 
with  it  wherever  you  go;  and  there  are 
positions  which  you  can  take  on  the  island 
and  feel  that  nothing  has  been  done.  So 
overshadowed  is  the  work  accomplished, 
that  we  hear  the  old  story  here,  — the 
story  so  often  repeated  at  the  Hawaiian 
Island  at  an  early  day,  — ‘ You  never  can 
convert  this  people  ! ’ I am  feeling  that 
the  Ponapeians  are  a little  more  difficult 
to  reach  than  even  the  Hawaiians ; yet  I 
do  believe  the  grace  of  God  can  do  this. 
Indeed,  no  Christian  can  long  doubt  of 
this,  when  he  sees  what  divine  grace  has 
wrought  out  here.  There  are  those  who 
were  blind,  that  now  see;  those  that  were 
lame,  now  walk ; those  that  were  defiled, 
are  now  washed  and  clothed,  and  sitting 
at  the  feet  of  Jesus. 

“ Our  good  Hezekiah,  a chief  of  the  very 
highest  rank  save  one,  in  his  tribe,  is  one 


example ; Jacob,  a lesser  chief,  is  another ; 
Jomatau,  is  another.  And  so  I could  go 
on,  among  men  and  women,  among  the 
high  and  the  low,  the  old  and  the  young, 
and  point  out  such  cases.  And  thus  we 
cheer  our  hearts  with  the  hope  that  the 
grace  of  God  can  and  will  now,  as  in 
apostolic  times,  be  the  power  that  shall 
save  the  people. 

“ On  our  tour,  we  were  impressed  with 
the  number  who  were  desirous  to  be 
known  as  Christians ; either  manifesting 
this  desire  by  taking  part  in  our  meetings, 
or  making  it  known  in  some  other  way. 
It  was  interesting  to  see  how  widely  what 
we  call  our  ‘ Maine  Law,’  had  spread.  I 
refer  to  the  disuse  and  dis-planting  of  the 
Ava.  There  are  portions  of  the  island 
where  the  root  is  completely  destroyed. 
We  were  pleased,  also,  to  notice  the  very 
kind  attentions  paid  to  the  missionary  by 
those  who,  (i.  e.  chiefs,)  but  a few  years 
since,  would  have  hardly  lifted  their  little 
finger  to  help  him.  We  saw,  also,  two 
very  good  native  churches  erected, — 
bright  spots  in  the  dark  wastes,  — and 
met  quite  a number  of  persons  who  may 
be  regarded  as  good  readers.  This,  it 
strikes  me,  points  to  a very  important 
help  for  this  people,  — schools.  The  lone 
missionary  has  had  all  he  could  do  to 
preach  the  gospel ; but  now  that  help  has 
come,  to  organize  and  develope  what  has 
been  done, — that  is,  to  give  it  more  symme- 
try, and  to  make  the  people  more  efficient 
in  helping  themselves,  — they  need  to  be 
trained  to  think,  as  schools  only  can  train 
them.  A people  like  this  more  resemble 
an  infant  than  any  other  portion  of  the 
human  family.  They  must  be  taught  to 
read  their  own  language,  and  to  think  in 
it  correctly,  and  be  helped  on  in  their  ed- 
ucation precisely  as  children  are.  They 
must  go  to  school , and  that  for  a long  time, 
before  they  can  walk  alone.  But  while 
this  is  so,  we  are  happy  to  notice  what 
fine  intellects  God  has  placed  here  to  be 
instructed.  What  rich  mines  we  shall  find, 
as  we  come  thoroughly  to  explore  our  field, 
we  cannot  now  say ; but  we  have  reason  to 
feel  that  we  shall  not  be  ashamed  of  our 


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North  China  Mission:  — 

work  when  it  is  finished.  We  are  now 
needing  teachers  better  educated  than 
those  we  have  had,  and  something  like 
a native  ministry  must  be  raised  up.  We 
shall  aim  at  this. 

“We  shall  await  the  return  of  the 
Morning  Star  with  much  interest.  It 
takes  some  little  time  to  sever  one’s  self  so 
thoroughly  from  the  world  as  not  to  long 
much  to  hear  from  it,  and  feel  the  throb- 
bing of  its  great  heart. 

“ We  have  thought  of  you  much  at  the 
Chicago  Meeting  of  the  Board.  Prayers 
were  offered  for  you  by  Christians  here, 
so  recently  benighted.  We  trust  the 
financial  crisis  was  met  with  no  disaster.” 


North  <£t)ma  ^fsston. 

PEKING. 

Letter  from  Mr.  Blodget,  December  5, 1865. 

* Most  of  this  communication  from  Mr. 
Blodget  was  written  at  an  earlier  date,  at 
Kalgan,  or  Chang-kia-keu,  the  station  oc- 
cupied by  Mr.  Gulick ; but  after  returning 
to  Peking  he  added  the  following  state- 
ments respecting  efforts  for  the  evangeli- 
zation of  the  Chinese. 

English  Effort  for  China.  “ At  our 
monthly  concert  last  evening  a letter  was 
read  from  Mr.  Taylor,  formerly  a mission- 
ary in  Shanghai  and  Ningpo,  but  at  pres- 
ent, and  for  some  years  past,  resident  in 
England.  He  is  striving  to  obtain  twenty- 
four  laborers,  to  go  two  by  two,  with  Chi- 
nese Christians  to  assist  them,  into  the 
twelve  provinces  of  China  not  yet  occu- 
pied by  Protestant  missionaries.  He 
speaks  with  truth  and  with  much  earnest- 
ness of  this  glorious  harvest  field,  spread 
out  before  the  church,  — all  China,  Man- 
churia, and  Mongolia  open  to  the  messen- 
gers of  the  gospel,  and  waiting  to  hear 
the  joyful  sound.  He  is  setting  before  the 
churches  in  England  and  Scotland  the 
claims  of  these  unevangelized  lands.  He 
is  appealing  to  young  men  who  have  not 
received  a regular  course  of  public  in- 
struction in  the  schools,  to  offer  them- 
selves for  this  service.  Already  the  re- 


Letter  from  Mr.  Blodget.  [August, 

quired  number  is  fast  filling  up.  Some  of 
them  are  married,  as  he  is  himself;  others 
unmarried.  He  proposes  to  come  with 
them,  and  in  connection  with  others,  as 
he  may  be  able,  to  find  for  them  suitable 
locations.  He  hopes  to  be  in  the  field  in 
1866. 

“ In  regard  to  the  introduction  of  such 
a body  of  laborers  to  assist  in  carrying 
forward  the  missionary  work  in  China,  it 
may  be  said,  — 

“ 1st.  The  translation  of  the  Scriptures 
is  completed,  and  ready  for  their  use. 
Christian  books,  also,  are  rapidly  multi- 
plying. They  need  not  engage  in  such 
work. 

“ 2d.  Native  agency  could  be  obtained 
at  several  of  the  older  mission  stations  to 
assist  them  in  their  work. 

“ 3d.  The  present  treaties  provide  for 
their  residence  in  the  interior.  The  Chi- 
nese Government  so  understands  this.  It 
might  be  necessary  for  the  Foreign  Min- 
ister to  apply,  from  time  to  time,  what 
is  in  the  treaty  to  particular  cases ; but 
he  would  have  little  difficulty  in  obtain- 
ing for  Protestant  missionaries  what  is 
everywhere  conceded  to  Roman  Cath- 
olics. 

“4th.  Already  Protestant  missionaries 
are  living  in  the  interior  without  moles- 
tation. A missionary  of  the  American 
Board,  and  his  wife,  are  residing  in  Kal- 
gan, one  hundred  and  fifty  miles  from 
Tientsin.  Rev.  G.  E.  Moule  and  family, 
of  the  Church  Missionary  Society,  are  re- 
siding in  Hangchau,  several  days  journey 
from  Ningpo ; a missionary  of  the  Scotch 
Presbyterian  Church  is  residing  in  the  in- 
terior from  Swatow ; German  missionaries 
have  for  many  years  lived  in  the  interior, 
in  the  province  of  Kwantung ; and  at  pres- 
ent, an  American  Baptist  missionary  is 
also  living  in  the  interior,  in  that  prov- 
ince. Thus  we  see  that  the  thing  is  prac- 
ticable. There  needs  only  sufficient  self- 
denial  and  zeal  on  the  part  of  the  agents. 

“I  rejoice  to  see  any  effort  to  supply 
the  destitution  of  China.  If  this  is  not 
the  right  method,  may  it  provoke  others 
to  act  in  the  right  method.  The  angels 
now  stand  on  the  borders  of  China,  ‘hold- 
ing the  four  winds  of  the  earth,  that  the 
wind  should  not  blow  on  the  earth,  nor 


K 


i860.]  Ceylon  Mission:  — Letter  from  Mr.  Howland.  233 


on  the  sea,  nor  on  any  tree ; ’ but  where 
are  the  other  angels  to  ‘ seal  the  servants 
of  our  Lord  in  their  foreheads  ? * 

“ We  wait  with  interest  to  hear  what 
the  Board  will  determine  in  regard  to  a 
mission  at  Kiukiang.  No  time  should  be 
lost.” 


(Region  J$tssum. 

ANNUAL  REPORT. 

The  report  of  the  Ceylon  mission  for 
the  year  1865  has  been  received,  as  also 
station  reports,  but  there  appears  to  have 
been  little  to  vary  the  ordinary  tenor  of 
missionary  life  and  labor  in  the  field,  and 
therefore  little  to  report  which  would 
specially  interest  the  reader,  beyond  what 
has  already  appeared  in  the  pages  of  the 
Herald.  The  additions  by  profession  to 
the  ten  churches  during  the  year  were  only 
18,  while  9 were  removed  by  death  and  3 by 
excommunication.  The  present  number 
of  church  members  is  483.  The  aggregate 
number  reported  as  attending  the  Sab- 
bath morning  services  at  9 of  the  10  sta- 
tions (from  one  there  are  no  returns)  is 
1323.  In  48  village  schools  there  are,  as 
pupils,  1,087  boys  and  349  girls.  There 
were  31  pupils  in  the  theological  and 
training  school,  and  50  in  the  girls’  board- 
ing school.  To  the  latter,  no  new  class 
was  received  during  the  year.  “ The 
religious  state  of  this  school  is  encourag- 
ing.” Dr.  Green  has  a class  of  eleven 
medical  students,  four  of  whom  are  mem- 
bers of  the  church.  The  number  of  patients 
registered  at  the  medical  dispensary  dur- 
ing the  year  was  1,092,  and  “the  number 
in  town,”  for  the  same  period  was  6,617. 
The  books  issued  from  the  depository, 
within  the  year,  amounted  to  6,946  copies ; 
675  copies  of  the  semi-monthly  vernacular 
newspaper  were  issued,  and  with  this, 
each  month,  an  extra,  containing  mis- 
sionary intelligence.  This  publication  is 
thought  to  be,  in  proportion  to  its  ex- 
pense, one  of  the  most  efficient  agencies 
for  good.  The  wants  of  the  Ceylon  field, 
and  its  hopefulness,  if  it  could  be  properly 
cared  for,  are  presented  in  the  following 
letter  from  Mr.  Howland. 


BATTICOTTA. 

Letter  from  Mr.  Howland,  April  3,  1866. 

This  letter,  which  will  well  repay  peru- 
sal, is  but  a sample  of  many,  which  reach 
the  Missionary  House  from  different  fields, 
setting  forth  the  urgent  need  of  more  la- 
borers, and  presenting  calls  to  the  churches 
and  the  young  men  of  America,  which 
should  not  be  disregarded.  The  need  of  re- 
enforcement in  Ceylon  has  recently  been 
set  before  the  Prudential  Committee  very 
forcibly,  by  one  who  has  been  constrained, 
by  ill  health,  to  leave  that  field;  and  in 
other  fields,  the  need  is  at  least  equally 
great.  When  will  the  response  from  the 
churches  at  home  be  what  it  ought  to 
be? 

Sadness  — Want  of  Help.  “ It  is  with  a 
feeling  of  sadness,  amounting  at  times 
almost  to  discouragement,  that  I speak  of 
my  work  here.  It  is  not  that  there  is  not 
enough  to  do,  and  work  which  I should 
choose  above  all  other  ; nor  is  it  that 
there  is  any  want  of  encouragement  in 
the  work  it§elf,  — the  success  is  even 
greater  than  we  could  expect,  when  we 
consider  the  nature  of  the  field  and  the 
means  used  ; but  it  is  that  there  is  so 
much  to  be  done  which  must  be  left  un- 
done, and  we  see  no  immediate  prospect 
of  help. 

The  Calls  at  Home.  “ It  is  not  strange 
that  many  young  men  are  turning  their 
thoughts  to  the  wide  openings  for  labor 
at  the  West  and  the  South,  in  our  own 
country.  As  I was  reading,  a few  days 
since,  some  statistics  of  the  rushing  tide  of 
population  filling  those  immense  territories 
at  the  West  so  rapidly,  I thought  to  myself, 

‘ Oh,  that  I had  the  power  to  turn  a portion 
of  that  great  wealth,  which  so  many  are 
seeking,  to  the  supply  of  men  and  means 
to  secure  those  territories  to  Christ.’ 
What  a privilege  for  a Christian,  at  such  a 
time,  to  consecrate  self,  children,  and  all, 
to  the  great  work  of  the  salvation  of  his 
country  and  of  the  world.  Would  that 
all  Christians  there  might  be  really  awake 
to  the  responsibility  of  the  hour,  and  meet 
it  as  the  servants  of  Christ. 


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[August, 


Ceylon  Mission : — Letter  from  Mr.  Howland. 


America  not  “ All  the  World  .”  “ No, 

we  lose  none  of  our  interest  in  our  native 
land.  But  we  still  feel  that  America  is 
not  ‘ all  the  world/  and  that  ‘ every  crea- 
ture * is  not  gathered,  or  to  be  gathered 
there.  We  also  feel  that  those  are  not 
the  only  fields  where  the  call  is  urgent 
and  the  necessity  immediate.  The  call 
here  is  not  perhaps  as  pressing  as  in  some 
fields,  though  we,  of  course,  realize  it 
more.  I should  like  to  have  some  of  the 
young  men  in  our  theological  seminaries 
set  down  here  for  a few  days,  that  they 
might  see  and  realize  what  there  is  to  be 
done. 

Work  at  Batticotta  — The  English 
School.  “ There,  for  instance,  is  that 
large  English  school,  across  the  way,  with 
150  pupils.  There  we  find  the  sons  of 
Christian  parents,  and  with  them  many  of 
the  most  promising  boys  and  young  men 
from  my  field,  and  some  from  other  fields. 
They  are  the  children  of  the  more  enter- 
prising and  influential  of  the  people. 
They,  and  their  parents  for  them,  are  look- 
ing up  to  something  higher  than  is  within 
the  reach  of  the  uneducated.  They  pay 
a high  price  for  tuition  alone,  and  prob- 
ably as  much  more  for  books,  for  six  or 
eight  successive  years,  to  gain  their  object.. 
And  taken  as  a whole,  they  are  des- 
tined to  exert  an  influence  for  good  or 
evil  upon  the  people  of  the  land,  which 
one  cannot  but  tremble  with  anxiety  to 
think  of.  That  school,  though  entirely 
independent  of  the  mission,  is  open  to 
missionary  influence.  If  I could  go  daily 
and  give  religious  instruction  in  their  own 
native  language,  I think  I should  be  al- 
ways welcome.  I can  also  call  any  pupil 
for  private  religious  conversation.  The 
teachers  themselves  are  all  native  Chris- 
tians, and  seek  the  salvation  of  their 
pupils  ; but  there  is  also  need  of  just  such 
an  influence  as  only  a missionary  can 
exert,  and  the  necessity  is  urgent.” 

Training-School.  Mention  is  next  made 
of  the  mission  training-school,  in  which 
about  thirty  boys  and  young  men  are 
being  educated  in  the  vernacular,  specially 
for  mission  service ; and  which  requires  the 
more  attention  because  of  the  general 


desire  for  English,  and  the  want  of  ap- 
preciation, by  the  people,  of  thorough  cul- 
ture, in  their  own  language  only.  Mr. 
Howland  writes  : — “ This  work  of  in- 
augurating, and  carrying  on  successfully, 
a course  of  thorough  vernacular  education 
for  mission  work,  is  indeed  beset  with 
difficulties.  Text  books  have  to  be  trans- 
lated and  adapted,  — some  as  we  go  along, 
— the  teacher  in  advance  of  the  class,  and 
the  pupils  copying  out  each  lesson  before 
learning  it.  The  work  of  translation  can- 
not be  carried  on  by  natives  independent 
of  missionary  supervision.  The  pupils 
themselves  are  apt  to  be  discouraged,  and 
suddenly  leave  if  an  opportunity  occurs 
for  them  to  study  English.  Yet  this 
enterprise,  connected  as  it  is  with  the  for- 
mation of  a vernacular  Christian  literature 
for  ten  millions  of  people,  is  one  than 
which  I can  think  of  none  more  impor- 
tant. There  is  none,  I think,  to  which  I 
would  more  gladly  devote  my  life,  if  I 
were  a young  man  and  fitted  for  it.  It 
can  be  understood  in  this  connection,  why 
this  school  demands  the  whole  time  of  one 
strong  man.  And  it  is  now  or  never.  It  is 
a work  that  must  be  vigorously  prosecuted 
at  once.  A failure  now  would  discourage 
any  attempt  hereafter. 

Preaching.  “ I might  also  speak  of  our 
Sabbath  congregation  and  Sabbath  school, 
comprising,  together  with  the  growing 
Christian  families  and  others,  the  teachers 
and  pupils  of  the  two  schools.  I have  said 
that  I have  rarely  seen  a congregation, 
in  any  land,  where  the  word,  preached 
touched  so  many,  so  varied,  and  so  far 
reaching  lines  of  influence.  A young  man 
could  hardly  find  a field  of  greater  useful- 
ness than  that  of  preaching  to  such  a con- 
gregation. And  here,  as  in  the  schools, 
and  more  so,  it  is  emphatically  now. 
These  minds  are  rapidly  forming.  They 
are  fast  passing  out  to  form  others  by  their 
influence  ; and  while  they  go  the  balance 
wavers,  and  may  soon  turn.  The  influ- 
ence of  the  land  may  fail  to  be  secured 
for  Christ,  or  the  victory  be  long  deferred. 

Labors  for  the  Heathen.  “ After  all, 
it  is  the  responsibility  of  these  thousands 
of  heathen  around  that,  if  possible,  still 


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more  weighs  upon  me.  Forty  thousand 
heathen  in  my  field  ! Almost  all  of  them 
know  enough  of  Christianity  to  be  without 
excuse.  Even  those  who  know  the  least, 
most  of  them  understand  that  it  is  a good 
religion ; but  they  believe  that  they  can 
be  saved  by  their  own,  which  is  the  re- 
ligion of  their  fathers,  connected  with  all 
the  pleasanter  associations  of  their  Ijves, 
and  far  more  acceptable  to  the  natural 
heart.  There  is  no  yearning  for  some- 
thing purer  and  holier;  no  consciousness 
of  guilt,  such  as  longs  for  a sense  of  pardon 
and  peace  with  God.  They  flock  to  their 
temples  by  thousands,  as  they  always  have 
done,  and  great  multitudes  with  appar- 
ently as  much  faith  in  their  idols  as  here- 
tofore. Other  multitudes  have  their  faith 
just  so  far  shaken  as  to  make  their  situation 
critical,  having  enough  conviction  of  the 
truth  to  be  in  danger  of  hardening  them- 
selves against  it ; while  with  all,  this  truth 
is  becoming  more  and  more  an  old  story, 
and  is  consequently  likely  to  excite  less 
and  less  attention.  If  I could  spend  all 
my  time  in  going  from  village  to  village, 
from  island  to  island,  and  from  house  to 
house,  I should  almost  everywhere  be  well 
received  and  find  attentive  listeners,  and 
I might  have  congregations  of  from  twenty 
to  fifty  heathen,  every  moonlight  evening 
through  more  than  half  the  year. 

“ Is  not  this  work,  too,  a pressing  ne- 
cessity ? Every  year,  in  one  sense,  ren- 
ders the  mass  of  the  people  less  susceptible 
to  the  power  of  the  truth.  And  if  I could 
leave  my  other  work,  and  thus  go  out,  how 
long  it  would  take  to  make  even  one  cir- 
cuit of  my  field  ! 

Other  Interests.  “T  can  barely  allude 
to  other  interests.  There  are  the  ten 
village  schools  professedly  under  my  care, 
but  which  are  in  danger  of  failing  to  ac- 
complish  the  object  for  which  they  were 
established,  for  want  of  that  attention  which 
I am  not  able  to  give.  I might  also  refer 
to  the  increasing  number  of  Christian 
families,  upon  whose  character  and  training 
depends  the  character  of  many  genera- 
tions, and  who  need  so  much  instruction 
and  care.  But  I need  not  go  on  thus.  It 
is  not  to  give  an  impression  of  what  I do, 
but  of  what  needs  to  he  done  that  I have 


written  what  I have.  And  after  all,  I do 
not  consider  my  field  the  most  important 
one,  even  here.  But  is  it  strange,  that 
notwithstanding  all  my  interest  in  my  own 
country,  I feel  that  there  are  loud  calls  for 
laborers  elsewhere,  where  the  American 
churches  have  assumed  responsibility  re- 
specting such  multitudes  of  perishing  souls, 
and  cannot  throw  it  off. 

Importance  of  American  Principles.  “ I 
might  also  add,  that  I believe  those  prin- 
ciples which  we,  as  Americans,  have  re- 
ceived from  Puritan  ancestors,  are  a sacred 
trust  committed  to  us  for  the  whole  world, 
and  not  alone  for  the  American  continent. 
They  have  not  been  thus  instilled  into  the 
hearts  of  any  other  people  from  very 
childhood.  To  us  they  are  a precious 
inheritance,  to  be  preserved  in  their  purity, 
and  diffused  as  widely  as  the  Gospel  of 
which  we  believe  them  to  be  the  legitimate 
fruit.  I need  not  attempt  to  explain  my 
meaning  to  one  so  extensively  acquainted 
with  Christians  of  other  nations  as  you 
are ; yet  you  cannot  realize  it  so  vividly 
as  those  who  have  been  brought  more  in 
contact  with  such  persons  during  our  late 
national  struggle. 

No  Loss  to  the  Home  Field  when  Men 
go  Abroad.  “More  than  twenty  years 
ago,  when  my  own  thoughts  were  turned 
to  the  destitute  portions  of  our  country,  I 
was  led  to  the  conclusion,  that  for  every 
one  who  consecrated  himself  to  the  foreign 
work,  there  would  be  at  least  one  more 
stirred  up  to  go  to  the  destitute  at  home ; 
so  that  no  one  who  decides  to  go  out,  needs 
to  feel  that  his  country  will  lose  anything 
by  his  leaving  it.  I believe  this  to  be  as 
true  now,  when  the  call  in  our  country  is 
so  great,  as  it  was  then.  It  is  the  simple 
principle  of  the  blessedness  of  giving,  so 
forcibly  illustrated  by  the  prophet’s  vision 
of  the  river  of  salvation,  (Ezek.  xlvii.,)  be- 
ginning at  Jerusalem,  it  is  true,  but  grow- 
ing wider  and  deeper,  and  more  and  more 
life-giving,  the  farther  it  flowed.  I some- 
times wonder  how  many  of  our  young  men 
act  upon  this  principle  in  deciding  upon 
their  fields  of  labor. 

“ I have  filled  my  letter  with  a report  of 
what  I have  not  done.  As  to  what  I have 


236  Nestorian  Mission,  Persia : — Letter  from  Mr.  Coan.  [August, 


done,  it  is  about  as  difficult  to  report  as  for 
a mother  to  give  an  account  of  her  daily- 
recurring  family  cares  and  duties.  The 
school  goes  on  as  well  as  we  could  expect. 
Three  members  have  been  received  to  the 
church  since  I last  wrote,  and  two  or  three 
others  are  candidates.  There  was  some 
interest  among  Christians  at  the  com- 
mencement of  the  year,  and  I think  there 
is  more  still  than  there  was  before.” 


Nestorian  fHtsston  — Persia. 

OROOMIAH  (Near  Lake  Oroomiah). 

Letter  from  Mr.  Coan,  May  7, 1866. 

Much  of  the  intelligence  in  this  letter 
is,  for  one  reason  or  another,  of  consider- 
able interest.  Mr.  Coan  had  “recently 
returned  from  a tour  to  Sooldooz  and 
Savoujbolak,”  where  he  found  the  signs 
encouraging.  “ The  congregations  have 
been  large ; the  nightly  gatherings,  nearly 
the  whole  winter,  could  hardly  be  crowded 
into  the  room  for  prayer;  the  schools  have 
been  well  attended;  and  several  persons 
indulge  the  hope  that  they  have  passed 
from  death  to  life.”  At  Oroomiah,  a very 
satisfactory  examination  of  the  two  semi- 
naries had  recently  taken  place,  “ reflect- 
ing credit  upon  teachers  and  pupils.”  In 
the  female  seminary  “the  religious  interest 
has  been  of  a deep  yet  quiet  character.” 
In  the  other  school,  also,  there  has  been 
some  religious  interest.  The  following 
statements  respecting  the  discipline  in  a 
school  at  Geogtapa,  taught  by  a Nestorian 
female,  will  appear  truly  remarkable  to 
those  who  have  in  mind  statements  of  the 
missionaries  respecting  family  discipline 
among  the  people,  and  the  untrained  char- 
acter of  pupils  in  their  schools  a few  years 
since : — 

Village  Schools.  “ Examinations  have 
been  held  in  several  of  the  village  schools. 
Those  in  Gulpashan  and  Geogtapa  de- 
serve more  than  a passing  notice.  The 
progress  and  thoroughness  in  study  have 
been  remarkable.  The  school  in  Geog- 
tapa numbered  nearly  a hundred  scholars, 
of  both  sexes,  and  was  under  the  superin- 


tendence of  Khoshebo,  a former  pupil  in 
the  female  seminary,  and  since  the  widow 
of  Priest  Meerza.  The  discipline  of  this 
school  was  most  admirable.  Ten  rules 
were  imposed  upon  the  scholars,  among 
which  were  these,  — that  there  should  be 
no  communication  of  any  kind  in  school 
hours  without  permission ; no  loud  study ; 
no  touching  of  the  stove  or  paper  win- 
dows ; no  chewing  of  gum  or  eating  of 
raisins,  &c.  The  children,  as  well  as 
grown  people,  here,  wear  their  hats  in  the 
house,  but  take  off  their  shoes.  Another 
rule  was,  that  the  shoes  should  be  arranged 
in  perfect  order,  and  always  in  place. 
The  pupils  were  required  also  not  to  touch 
anything  not  belonging  to  them  without 
the  permission  of  the  owner.  They  re- 
ported regularly,  every  Saturday,  in  the 
presence  of  the  visiting  committee,  which 
consisted  of  the  parents  invited  to  take 
turns  in  being  present.  At  the  examina- 
tion, several  appeared  not  to  have  once 
transgressed  a single  rule  in  the  three 
months,  and  the  great  majority  but  very 
few  times.  Such  discipline  is  of  incalcu- 
lable value  to  the  children  of  this  people, 
who  have  very  little  discipline  at  home ; 
and  such  a school  is  worth  more  than  can 
be  estimated  in  money.” 

Another  Pillar  Fallen.  Readers  of  the 
Herald  will  remember  that  within  a little 
more  than  two  years  there  have  been  no- 
tices of  several  able  and  excellent  Nesto- 
rians,  helpers  in  the  mission  work,  who 
have  been  removed  by  death.  Another 
is  now  added  to  the  list.  Mr.  Coan 
writes : — 

“ On  the  19th  ultimo,  another  of  our 
strong  pillars  was  removed.  Priest  Eshoo, 
connected  with  our  mission  almost  from 
the  first,  has  gone  up  higher.  His  loss 
seems  irreparable.  He  took  a violent 
cold,  which  settled  on  his  lungs,  and  did 
its  work  in  a week’s  time. 

“ Thirty-one  years  ago  the  Koords  plun- 
dered his  native  village,  in  Gawar,  and  he, 
then  a deacon,  came  to  Oroomiah,  and 
made  his  home  in  Degala,  near  the  city. 
He  was  then  about  thirty  years  old,  a very 
sedate,  dignified,  upright  man ; and  withal, 
very  righteous  in  his  own  eyes.  His  repu- 
tation as  a scholar  soon  procured  for  him 


i860.]  Nestor ian  Mission , Persia: 

a place  in  the  then  young  male  seminary. 
He  was  modest,  unassuming,  and  gentle, 
yet  commanded  the  respect  of  all.  He 
was  Mrs.  Grant’s  first  teacher,  and  has 
taught  nearly  all  the  missionaries  since, 
more  or  less.  For  many  years  he  was  the 
first  teacher  in  our  male  seminary,  and 
has  taught  ever  since,  to  some  extent,  in 
one  or  both  of  the  seminaries.  And  it 
was  as  a member  of  the  committee  of 
natives  appointed  to  attend  the  exami- 
nation of  the  seminary  at  Seir,  and 
while  in  the  discharge  of  his  duty,  that 
he  sickened. 

His  Conversion.  “Not  until  1846  did 
he  hopefully  meet  with  a saving  change. 
His  daughter  Sarah  was  one  of  the  first 
converts,  and  died  six  months  after  her 
conversion,  a wonderful  Christian.  The 
then  deacon  found  peace  not  long  after  his 
daughter,  and  went  forth,  impelled  no  less 
by  his  own  strong  desire  to  win  others  to 
Christ,  than  by  the  daughter’s  importuni- 
ties. It  was  while  he  was  absent,  preach- 
ing in  Tergawar,  whither  she,  although 
then  sick,  had  urged  him  to  go,  that  death 
removed  his  precious  and  much-loved 
lamb  to  the  fold  above,  and  he  came  home 
to  find  her  buried  out  of  his  sight.  The 
priest’s  convictions  for  sin  were  so  pun- 
gent, that  his  strong  frame  shook  so  that 
the  floor  beneath  him  trembled,  and  the 
peace  which  he  obtained  was  like  a river. 
He  ever,  and  most  emphatically  to  me,  on 
his  death-bed,  spoke  of  himself  as  a vile 
sinner,  — ‘ the  vilest  of  sinners,’  — but  his 
assurance  was  perfect ; and  in  view  of 
death,  whose  hand  was  then  upon  him,  he 
had  no  fear  lest  his  Lord  should  prove  un- 
faithful to  that  which  he  had  committed  to 
him. 

Characteristics.  “ While  he  was  re- 
markable for  his  humility,  he  was  firm  as 
a rock  in  defence  of  the  truth.  In  the 
days  of  persecution  instigated  by  Mar 
Shimon,  several  years  ago,  he  stood  for  a 
time  almost  alone,  and  that,  too,  when 
his  dead  child  was  refused  burial  in  the 
churchyard,  and  he  was  obliged  to  flee  to 
Seir  to  bury  his  dead  out  of  sight.  His 
defence  of  the  great  doctrines  of  the 
Cross  was  always  manly  and  unflinching, 


— Letter  from  Mr.  Coan.  237 

though  his  discussions  were  characterized 
by  meekness.  His  judgment  was  excel- 
lent, cool,  and  discriminating.  He  was 
conservative  and  safe  as  a counsellor,  and 
we  had  come  to  rely  very  much  upon 
his  wisdom.  He  was  eminently  versed  in 
the  Scriptures,  — a walking  Concordance. 
His  labors  in  connection  with  our  press, 
with  almost  every  issue  of  which  he  has 
been  connected,  were  invaluable. 

“ He  was  a good  preacher,  and  all  his 
sermons,  several  volumes  of  which  remain, 
neatly  written  by  his  own  hand,  were  care- 
fully studied.  His  partial  acquaintance 
with  English  enabled  him  to  use  commen- 
taries and  other  helps,  but  he  loved  to 
think  independently.  His  thoughts  were 
clear  and  his  doctrine  sound,  and  his  heart 
was  full  of  love  and  mercy.  He  was  a good 
man,  and  we  all  mourn,  deeply  mourn  his 
loss. 

“ Thus  we  shout  the  sheaves  home,  with 
our  eyes  brimming  with  tears  of  grief  at 
our  loss,  and  of  joy  at  their  gain.  The 
providence  of  God  has  been  remarkable 
during  the  past  two  years,  in  removing 
so  many  very  useful  men  from  this  field. 
Priest  Eshoo’s  death  has  made  a deep  im- 
pression upon  our  community,  and  upon 
none  more  than  Mar  Yohannan,  who 
again  seems  like  the  Mar  Yohannan  of 
former  years. 

Movement  towards  the  English  Church. 
“Wednesday  morning,  May  9th.  Since 
writing  the  foregoing,  we  have  ascertained 
some  facts  in  relation  to  a movement 
among  our  mountain  helpers,  which  may, 
and  may  hot,  prove  serious.  It  is  nothing 
less  than  an  attempt  to  bring  in  the  High 
Church  of  England  to  take  our  work  out 
of  our  hands.  . . . Great  efforts  are  made 
to  keep  the  thing  a secret  from  us  for  the 
present,  but  some  things  have  leaked  out. 
It  is  sad  to  see  our  helpers  so  misguided 
and  infatuated.  They  know  not  what 
they  do.  From  some  things  that  we  have 
heard,  I infer  that  Mar  Shimcfci  is  some- 
what inclined  to  throw  himself  into  the 
arms  of  the  English  Church;  and  judg- 
ing from  past  efforts  and  intrigues,  it  is 
fair  to  suppose  that  that  Church  would 
gladly  welcome  the  Nestorians  to  its  em- 
brace.”. 


238  Syria  Mission : — Letters  from  Messrs.  Jessup  and  Bird.  [August, 


Sgtta  fission. 

BEIRUT. 

i 

Letter  from  Mr.  H.  H.  Jessup,  May  12, 
1866. 

The  Death  of  Mr.  Ford.  An  obituary 
notice  of  Mr.  Ford,  who  died  in  the 
United  States,  appeared  in  the  Herald 
for  June  last.  When  the  intelligence 
reached  the  mission,  Mr.  Jessup  wrote  as 
follows : — 

“ The  news  of  the  death  of  Mr.  Ford 
has  plunged  us  all  into  deep  affliction. 
We  mourn  as  individuals,  we  mourn  as  a 
mission.  We  have  lost  a brother,  a per- 
sonal friend,  a cherished  companion,  and 
an  able,  accomplished,  and  devoted  mis- 
sionary. 

“As  a linguist,  Mr.  Ford  had  few  supe- 
riors. He  spoke  and  wrote  the  Arabic, 
Turkish,  and  French  well.  His  knowl- 
edge of  the  Arabic  was  exact  and  com- 
prehensive. Dr.  EH  Smith  remarked, 
that  he  had  at  command  a larger  vocab- 
ulary of  Arabic  words  than  almost  any 
other  missionary.  His  knowledge  was 
also  critical,  and  his  judgment  of  great 
value  in  the  editing  ol  Arabic  books  lor 
the  press. 

“As  a preacher,  he  was  always  ready, 
and  his  sermons  were  forcible  and  im- 
pressive. They  bore  the  marks  of  deep 
thought  and  earnest  prayer.  He  was  emi- 
nently a man  of  prayer.  None  could  be 
in  his  society,  or  communicate  with  him 
in  any  way,  without  being  impressed  with 
this  fact. 

“ He  was  a wise  counsellor.  His  judg- 
ment was  sober,  calm,  and  clear,  and  his 
opinions,  though  modestly  expressed,  were 
well  weighed  and  of  great  value. 

“In  missionary  labor  he  was  indefati- 
gable. Of  an  iron  frame,  and  with  great 
physical  vigor,  he  endured  what  few  mis- 
sionaries could.  He  seemed  capable  of 
doing  anything  without  fatigue,  and  was 
thought  to  be  the  strongest  man  in  the 
Syrian  mission. 

_“I  have  not  time  to  add  more.  We 
have  met  with  a great  loss.  Who  will 
step  forward  to  fill  his  place?  Where 
are  the  young  men  of  our  theological 


seminaries,  many  of  whom  have  so  re- 
cently heard  his  voice  ? Oh,  for  a revival 
of  the  missionary  spirit  in  the  colleges  and 
the  schools  of  the  prophets  ! Pray  for  us, 
that  the  Lord  may  strengthen  among  us 
the  things  that  remain,  that  seem  almost 
ready  to  perish  for  want  of  laborers.  Do 
our  pious  young  men  at  home  suppose 
that  the  heathen  nations  are  to  hear  with- 
out a preacher  ? ” 


Letter  from  Mr.  Bird,  May  12,  1866. 

A Church  Formed  — Ordination.  Mr. 
Bird  writes  respecting  an  occasion  of 
much  interest,-  as  follows : — 

“You  cannot  fail  to  rejoice  with  us, 
that  a church  has  been  organized  in  Ain 
Zehalta,  and  a native  pastor  ordained 
over  it.  On  Friday,  April  27th,  the  pas- 
tors and  delegates  of  the  Beirut  and  Abeih 
churches  arrived  in  the  village.  The  or- 
ganization of  the  church  was  on  the  28th, 
and  the  examination  of  the  candidate  the 
same  evening.  On  the  Sabbath,  (29  th,) 
we  had  the  ordination  exercises  in  the 
morning ; baptisms,  the  communion,  and 
the  setting  apart  of  the  deacon,  in  the 
afternoon ; and  conference  meeting  in  the 
evening. 

“ To  outward  appearance  there  was 
nothing  grand  or  imposing  in  the  exer- 
cises. The  scene  was  laid  in  one  of  the 
smaller  and  more  secluded  mountain  vil- 
lages ; the  candidate,  a man  in  middle 
life,  the  head  of  a large  family,  had  en- 
joyed very  limited  literary  privileges ; and 
the  people  are  poor  peasants,  living  by 
the  sweat  of  their  brow.  The  church  is 
small,  numbering  only  nine  members,  all 
residing  in  the  village,  seven  of  whom  had 
previously  been  connected  with  Abeih. 
The  candidate  was  one  of  their  own  num- 
ber, and  had  been  laboring  in  the  place 
as  a native  preacher  for  years,  — an  ear- 
nest, faithful,  sound,  practical  man.  He 
passed  a creditable  examination,  his  an- 
swers exhibiting,  if  ndt  extensive  acquire- 
ments, at  least  a good  knowledge  of  the 
Word  of  God,  the  doctrines  contained 
therein,  and  the  way  of  salvation.  Though 
deficient  in  education,  he  seemed  the  man 
for  the  place,  such  a one  as  the  apostles, 


i860.]  Proceedings  of 

if  in  our  circumstances,  would  have  been 
willing  to  set  apart  as  an  ‘ elder.’ 

“It  was  not  the  least  interesting  fea- 
ture of  the  occasion,  that  this  was  the  first 
ordination  of  an  evangelical  pastor  over  a 
Mount  Lebanon  church  which  had  occurred 
since  the  early  centuries.  The  exercises 
were  held  in  the  chapel,  built  mainly  by 
donations  from  liberal  friends  in  America. 
Mr.  H.  H.  Jessup  preached  the  sermon, 
Mr.  Calhoun  gave  the  charge  to  the  pas- 
tor and  people,  and  I had  the  privilege  of 
offering  the  ordaining  prayer  and  giving 
the  right  hand  of  fellowship.  May  the 
Lord  of  the  vineyard  grant  that  this  vine, 
thus  newly  planted,  may  produce  a boun- 
tiful vintage.” 


Central  Curltcg  J&tsstou. 

GENERAL  LETTER. 

The  Central  Turkey  mission  held  its 
annual  meeting  at  Marash,  in  April.  In 
a mission  letter,  the  brethren  state  that  it 
was  decided  to  station  Mr.  Adams  at  Ain- 
tab,  and  Mr.  Powers  at  Marash,  and  write 
as  follows  with  reference  to  the  urgent 
need  of  re-enforcement:  — 

Wants  of  the  Mission.  “ Never  was  the 
low  estate  of  our  mission  so  apparent  as 
in  this  gathering  at  Marash,  where  only 
four  active  members  have  assembled,  (Mr. 
Nutting  being  absent,)  so  that  without  for- 
malities and  without  standing  committees, 
the  business  falling  to  us  has  been  trans- 
acted. 

“ One,  whose  presence,  voice,  and  ac- 
tive participation  in  all  business,  have 
been  a principal  element  in  every  annual 
meeting  but  one  since  the  mission  was 
formed,  has  gone  to  his  rest,  never  more 
to  join  us  in  these  joys  and  labors.  We 
miss  brother  Morgan  in  station  and  mis- 


other  Societies. 


239 


sion  and  treasury  work,  ancL  shall  long 
wait  for  one  to  fill  his  place.  He  has 
gone  to  his  heavenly  home ; and  our  be- 
reaved sister  and  her  little  ones,  with  our 
blessing  and  sympathy  and  prayers,  are 
in  her  native  land.  . . . 

“Antioch  and  Adana  are  left  vacant, 
to  be  managed  only  from  great  distances 
and  at  greater  disadvantage.  Their  wants 
are  not  less  than  in  previous  years  ; in- 
deed, the  call  from  both  is  even  louder 
than  ever.  The  Antioch  field  has  not  yet 
a pastor  for  Kessab,  and  the  church  at 
Antioch  will  now  be  vacant,  while  unoc- 
cupied villages  in  its  neighborhood  need 
the  gospel  more  than  ever  before,  and  are 
also  more  ready  to  receive  it. 


Earnest  Appeal.  “ The  field  of  Adana 
is  now,  for  the  first  time,  fully  open. 
Hadjin,  and  all  the  villages  of  Gjaour 
Dagh,  are  ready  for  the  gospel,  but  no 
one  comes  to  give  it  to  them.  We  need 
two  men  for  Adana,  and  two  for  Antioch, 
immediately.  Every  year,  every  month  of 
delay,  is  so  much  of  positive  harm  to  our 
work.  If  there  were  anything  we  had  not 
said,  any  loud  call  we  had  not  uttered, 
any  arguments  we  had  not  used,  we  would 
use  them  now.  We  would  cry  aloud, 
would  beg  and  beseech  young  men  in  the 
senior  classes  of  the  seminaries  at  home  to 
come,  and  come  now , to  our  help.  Our 
meeting  has  only  four  members,  but  we 
have  six  stations  in  our  charge,  and  it 
takes  seven  hundred  and  fifty  miles  of 
travel  to  make  the  circuit  of  these  sta- 
tions. By  no  miracle  that  we  know  of 
can  we  four  be  multiplied  to  twelve,  for 
the  care  of  these  six  places.  We  can 
only  call  upon  young  men,  who  are 
strong,  to  come  and  aid  us,  and  pray  the 
Lord  of  the  harvest;  and  then,  the  love 
of  Christ  constraining  them,  they  must 
‘come  over  and  help  us!”’ 


PROCEEDINGS  OF  OTHER  SOCIETIES.. 


t PRESBYTERIAN  BOARD. 

The  Home  and  Foreign  Record , for 
June,  presents  the  following  brief  sum- 


mary of  the  operations  of  the  Presbyte- 
rian Board  of  Foreign  Missions  for  the 
year  ending  with  April  last : — 


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[August, 


Proceedings  of  other  Societies . 


“ The  number  of  missionaries  and  as- 
sistant-missionaries sent  out  was  nineteen, 
of  whom  seven  were  ministers,  and  one 
soon  to  be  licensed.  Two  ordained  mis- 
sionaries, Messrs.  Fullerton  and  Pauli, 
were  stricken  down  at  their  posts  by 
death,  — the  one  a long-tried  and  faithful 
worker  in  India,  the  other  suddenly  re- 
moved, almost  at  the  outset  of  his  mis- 
sionary career,  and  in  the  midst  of  grow- 
ing successes  in  Africa.  Mrs.  Happer,  of 
Canton,  was  also  called  from  her  earthly 
and  useful  toils.  Besides  these  losses  of 
direct  personal  labor  for  the  heathen, 
others  have  had  to  leave  the  field  for  a 
time,  to  recruit  their  wasted  energies,  and 
gather  new  strength  for  their  much-loved 
service. 

“ Three  native  brethren  have  been  or- 
dained to  the  gospel  ministry  in  India, 
and  one  in  China;  another  has  been  li- 
censed, and  several  are  soon  to  be. 

“ Whilst  no  new  fields  have  been  occu- 
pied, none  haVe  been  given  up,  and  some 
have  been  strengthened.  The  different 
agencies  in  operation  for  bringing  back 
this  revolted  world  to  the  dominion  of 
Christ  have  all  been  sustained.  These 
have  been  amongst  the  Jews  and  the 
Indian  tribes  of  this  country;  the  Chi- 
nese in  California ; the  Romanists  in 
Brazil  and  the  United  States  of  Co- 
lombia ; in  China,  Japan,  Siam,  and 
India;  in  Liberia  and  Corisco  in  Africa; 
in  Italy,  France,  and  Belgium.  Leaving 
out  Europe,  where  money  only  is  sent 
to  sustain  the  laborers  employed,  there 
are  in  connection  with  the  Board  seventy- 
five  ministers,  seven  licentiates,  four  phy- 
sicians, and  two  hundred  and  thirty-two 
teachers,  colporteurs,  catechists,  etc.,  in- 
cluding the  wives  of  the  missionaries,  — 
or,  in  all,  a force  of  three  hundred  and 
eighteen.  There  are  thirty-seven  organ- 
ized churches,  with  a membership  of  about 
1,200,  and,  with  scarcely  an  exception, 
there  have  been  important  accessions  to 
them.  The  press,  as  in  former  years,  has 
poured  out  its  treasures  of  saving  health, 
and  more  than  25,000,000  pages  of  tracts 
and  of  the  Word  of  God  have  been  printed 
and  largely  scattered.  The  schools  have 
been  maintained  with  increasing  efficien- 
cy, and  in  them  have  been  gathered  7,000 


youths,  who  have,  in  one  form  or  another, 
been  made  acquainted  with  the  doctrines 
of  the  gospel.  This  is  a larger  number 
than  has  ever  before  been  reported,  and 
embraces  boarding  and  day  scholars, — 
boys  and  girls,  from  the  primary  depart- 
ment to  the  college. 

“ The  receipts  of  the  Board  from  all 
sources  have  been  $207,526.65 ; the  ex- 
penditures $210,376.38 ; leaving  a balance 
against  the  treasury  of  $2,849.73.  This  is 
a serious  falling  off  when  compared  with 
the  preceding  year,  but  its  receipts  were 
then  enlarged  by  the  response  of  the 
Church  to  the  special  appeal  of  the  Ex- 
ecutive Committee  for  the  unusually  high 
rates  of  exchange.  These  rates,  if  lower, 
have  yet  absorbed  $40,000,  which  are  em- 
braced in  the  expenditures  of  the  current 
year,  — an  amount  not  sufficiently  taken 
into  consideration  by  the  friends  of  the 
cause.  Retrenchment  on  the  part  of  the 
Board,  or  an  enlarged  liberality  on  the 
part  of  the  Church,  must  take  place  the 
coming  year. 

“ The  missions  are  in  a healthy  state. 
God’s  smiles  are  resting  upon  them ; a door 
wide  and  widening  is  before  them ; never 
were  they  more  capable  of  making  ad- 
vances into  the  kingdom  of  darkness,  or 
better  prepared  for  decided  action.  Calls 
multiply  for  men  and  means.  God  has 
given  ability  to  the  Church  to  meet  all 
such  demands.  Her  wealth  has  increased, 
and  to  her  cries,  ‘Awake,  awake,  O arm 
of  the  Lord,’  the  Most  High  is  saying, 
‘Awake,  awake,  put  on  thy  strength,  O 
Jerusalem.’ 

“ If,  then,  the  past  year  is  closed  with 
thankfulness,  the  new  year  is  entered 
upon  in  faith  and  hope,  and  in  the  antici- 
pation of  greater  triumphs  for  the  Lord.” 


(ENGLISH)  BAPTIST  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY. 

The  Baptist  Foreign  Missionary  So- 
ciety held  its  anniversary  in  Exeter 
Hall,  London,  in  April  last.  The  fol- 
lowing summary  statement  in  regard  to 
ffs  finances  and  operations  is  taken  from 
the  British  Standard:  — 

“ The  treasurer  began  the  year  with  a 
balance  in  hand  of  only  Si.  11s.  5 d.y  which 


I860.] 


241 


Proceedings  of  other  Societies. 


seemed  to  threaten  a deficit  at  the  end  of 
the  twelvemonth  of  at  least  2,000/.  To 
prevent  this,  the  most  earnest  efforts  were 
made.  The  total  receipts  for  the  year 
amounted  to  27,716/.  12s.  6c/.,  and  the  ex- 
penditure to  30,133/.  12s.  6eZ.,  leaving  a 
balance  against  the  society  of  2,408/.  8s.  7 d. 
But,  happily,  this  balance  was  more  appa- 
rent than  real,  3,000/.  having  been  placed 
in  the  Bank  of  Bengal  for  the  use  of  the 
mission  press,  so  that  the  money  was  in 
Calcutta  instead  of  the  hands  of  the  treas- 
urer. It  was  further  stated,  that  the  in- 
come derived  from  various  sources  had,  in 
almost  every  instance,  increased.  . . . The 
financial  position  of  the  society  was,  there- 
fore, encouraging,  and  no  solid  ground 
for  apprehension  existed  in  regard  to  the 
future.  As  to  the  expenditure,  no  new 
fields  have  been  entered,  nor  has  there 
been  any  increase  in  the  number  of  Euro- 
pean missionaries.  Death  has  thinned  the 
ranks,  but  only  one  candidate  had  been 
accepted  for  mission  service.  The  present 
staff*  can  scarcely  be  sustained  by  the  pres- 
ent income.  All  over  India,  and  in  most 
of  the  colonies,  the  cost  of  living  has  of 
late  vastly  increased.  The  missions  car- 
ried on  under  the  Society’s  auspices  are 
found  in  India,  China,  Ceylon,  the  West 
Coast  of  Africa,  the  West  Indies,  Brit- 
tany, and  Norway.  The  number  of  mis- 
sionaries and  assistant- missionaries  em- 
ployed is  62;  of  native  converts,  as  pas- 
tors and  preachers,  213.  The  number  of 
stations  and  sub-stations  is  289,  in  which 
are  erected  162  chapels  and  51  school- 
houses.  The  number  of  members  in  full 
communion  is  6,334,  and  the  candidates 
for  fellowship  are  returned  at  659.  The 
number  of  persons  connected  with  the 
various  stations  as  nominal  Christians  is 
estimated  at  17,177.  The  day-schools  are 
72  in  number,  with  109  teachers  and  2,734 
scholars.  There  are  70  Sunday  schools, 
337  teachers,  and  2,706  scholars.  These 
figures  do  not  include  Jamaica,  nor'  do 
they  take  count  of  the  multitudes  that,  as 
in  India,  hear  the  preaching  of  the  gospel. 
Apart  from  these,  it  was  estimated  that 
there  are  from  23,000  to  25,000  persons 
who  have  been  rescued  from  idolatry  and 
ungodliness,  and  provided  with  the  means 
of  grace,  by  384  brethren,  European  and 
VOL.  lxii.  16 


native.  In  Jamaica  there  were  from  50,- 
000  to  60,000  persons  looking  to  the  mis- 
sionaries of  this  Society  for  spiritual  in- 
struction. The  portion  of  the  report  re- 
lating to  Jamaica  was  heard  with  special 
interest.  It  stated  that  the  appeal  made 
to  the  churches  of  England  for  7,000/.  to 
alleviate  the  distress  amongst  the  people, 
had  resulted  in  contributions  of  2,250/. ; 
and  going  on  to  speak  of  the  ‘ savage 
deeds’  of  the  Governor  and  his  subordi- 
nate^, in  the  putting  down  of  the  insur- 
rection, the  accusation  that  the  disturb- 
ances were  to  be  attributed  to  the  teaching 
of  the  missionaries  was  warmly  repelled, 
amidst  the  loud  applause  of  the  audience.” 


LONDON  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY. 

The  seventy-second  General  Meeting 
of  this  Society  was  held  in  London  in 
May  last,  and  the  Missionary  Magazine 
and  Chronicle , for  June,  presents  a full 
abstract  of  the  Annual  Report.  The  So- 
ciety had  sent  out,  during  the  year,  an 
unusually  large  number  of  new  mission- 
aries ; viz.,  five  to  China,  five  to  the  South 
Seas,  four  to  India,  two  to  South  Africa, 
one  to  the  West  Indies,  and  one  to  Mada- 
gascar. Five,  also,  after  a visit  to  Eng- 
land for  the  recovery  of  health,  had  re- 
turned to  their  fields.  Two  missionaries 
had  died,  one  had  been  recalled,  and  four 
or  five  had  returned  to  England,  includ- 
ing Dr.  Mullens,  from  Calcutta,  who  had 
been  invited  home  by  the  Directors,  to 
assist  Dr.  Tidman  in  the  office  of  the  For- 
eign Secretaryship. 

Missions  and  Missionaries.  “At  the 
present  time,  the  number  of  missionaries 
connected  with  the  Society  is  185.  Of 
these,  27  are  connected  with  the  mission 
in  Polynesia;  23  are  stationed  in  the  West 
Indies,  41  in  South  Africa,  20  in  China, 
62  in  India,  and  12  in  Madagascar.” 

Grateful  mention  is  made  of  the  fact 
that  there  is  a steady  increase  in  the  num- 
ber of  native  agents  in  the  work,  while 
they  are  also  becoming  more  and  more 
intelligent  and  efficient.  Four  ordained 
native  pastors  were  added  to  the  list  dur- 
ing the  year,  and  the  whole  number  of 
native  laborers  is  now  not  less  than  750. 


242  Proceedings  of 

Financial  Statement.  The  statement  of 
income  and  expenditure  for  the  year  is  as 
follows : — 

INCOME. 

FOE  ORDINARY  PURPOSES. 


Subscriptions,  Donations,  and  Col- 


lections £44.864 

40 

Legacies 

Fund  for  Widows  and  Orphans, 

7,924 

5 4 

and  Superannuated  Missionaries 

3,193 

3 5 

Australia  and  Foreign  Auxiliaries 

1,996  10  9 

Dividends 

528  15  1 

£58,506  18  7 

FOR  SPECIAL  OBJECTS. 

For  the  Extension  of  Missions  in 

India 

£578  14  4 

For  the  Extension  of  Missions  in 

China 

1,029 

2 8 

For  the  Madagascar  Mission  . 

813 

9 6 

For  the  Memorial  Churches  . 

For  the  Education  of  Missionaries’ 

1,556 

1 0 

Children  in  Australia 

1,000 

0 0 

For  the  New  Ship  .... 

3,082  11  6 

Contributions  at  Missionary  Sta- 
tions   16,574  10  0 

£83,141  7 7 

EXPENDITURE. 

Payments  by  the  Treasurer  . £90,601  5 1 

Raised  and  appropriated  at  the 
Mission  Stations  . . . 16,187  10 10 

£106,788  15  11 

A few  extracts  will  be  presented  from 
statements  respecting  the  different  mis- 
sions of  the  Society. 

Polynesia.  “ In  no  part  of  the  world 
have  the  triumphs  of  Christianity  been 
more  marked  than  in  the  Islands  of  Poly- 
nesia. It  would  be  difficult,  probably  im- 
possible, to  find  any  chapter  in  the  history 
of  the  Church  describing  an  overthrow  of 
idolatry  so  rapid  and  so  complete  as  that 
which  has  tak&n  place  in  the  South  Sea 
Islands.  Sixty  years  ago  there  was  not  a 
a solitary  native  Christian  in  Polynesia; 
now,  it  would  be  difficult  to  find  a pro- 
fessed idolater  in  those  islands  of  Eastern 
or  Central  Polynesia  where  Christian  mis- 
sionaries have  been  established.  The  hid- 
eous rites  of  their  forefathers  have  ceased 
to  be  practised.  Their  heathen  legends 
and  war-songs  are  forgotten.  Their  cruel 
and  desolating  tribal  wars,  which  were 
rapidly  destroying  the  population,  appear 
to  be  at  an  end.  They  are  gathered  to- 


other  Societies.  [August, 

gether  in  peaceful  village  communities. 
They  live  under  recognized  codes  of  law. 
They  are  constructing  roads,  cultivating 
their  fertile  lands,  and  engaging  in  com- 
merce. On  the  return  of  the  Sabbath,  a 
very  large  proportion  of  the  population 
attend  the  worship  of  God,  and  in  some 
instances  more  than  half  the  adult  popula- 
tion are  recognized  members  of  Christian 
churches.  They  educate  their  children, 
endeavoring  to  train  them  for  usefulness 
in  after  life.  They  sustain  their  native 
ministers,  and  send  their  noblest  sons  as 
missionaries  to  the  heathen  lands  which 
lie  farther  west.  There  may  not  be  the 
culture,  the  wealth,  the  refinement  of  the 
older  lands  of  Christendom.  These  things 
are  the  slow  growth  of  ages.  But  these 
lands  must  no  longer  be  regarded  as  a 
part  of  heathendom.  In  God’s  faithful- 
ness and  mercy,  they  have  been  won  from 
the  domains  of  heathendom,  and  have 
been  added  to  the  domains  of  Christen- 
dom. 

“ Nor  are  these  successes  things  of  the 
past  only.  Not  a year  closes  without  the 
name  of  some  island  being  mentioned  for 
the  first  time,  which  sounds  as  strangely 
in  our  ears  as  did  that  of  Rarotonga  or 
Mangaia  in  the  ears  of  our  fathers.  The 
blessing  which  has  rested  so  bountifully 
upon  the  older  settlements,  enables  our 
brethren  to  train  up  a large  body  of  na- 
tive ministers  for  the  village  churches 
around  them,  and  native  missionaries  for 
the  dark  lands  of  Western  Polynesia.” 

The  West  Indies.  “ The  churches  in 
Jamaica  and  British  Guiana  have  not  yet 
recovered  from  the  depression  and  pov- 
erty occasioned  by  successive  years  of 
drought.  Out  of  their  very  scanty  means, 
they  subscribe  with  great  generosity  to- 
wards the  cost  of  sustaining  our  mission- 
ary settlements,  but  they  yet  require  con- 
siderable pecuniary  assistance. 

“ Wherever  these  poor  and  oppressed 
people  have  been  brought  under  the  di- 
rect teaching  and  influence  of  the  Euro- 
pean missionary,  they  have  grown  rapidly 
in  intelligence  and  piety;  but,  beyond  the 
pale  of  this  healthful  influence,  there  are 
great  numbers  who,  while  they  possess  a 
nominal  Christianity,  are  fearfully  debased 


I860.] 


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Proceedings  of  other  Societies . 


and  superstitious.  Not  a shadow  of  an 
imputation  rests  upon  our  churches  re- 
specting the  late  painful  outbreak  in  Ja- 
maica. Though  they  had  their  grievances 
in  common  with  others,  they  did  not  resort 
to  riotous  proceedings,  but  rested  upon 
constitutional  means  to  obtain  redress. 
The  contrast  between  the  conduct  of  these 
Christians  and  the  negro  population  gen- 
erally supplies  a powerful  argument  for 
the  continued  support  of  these  centres  of 
missionary  influence. 

“ There  can  be  no  doubt  that  our  ex- 
pectations have  been  too  lofty.  We  have 
hoped  that  this  first  generation  of  Chris- 
tians would  stand  out  in  all  the  beauty 
and  stateliness  of  Christian  character,  as 
found  among  ourselves ; .while  we  now 
discover  that  they  resemble  the  first 
churches  gathered  out  of  a heathen  com- 
munity in  every  country  and  in  every  age. 
They  have  great  excellences,  and  they 
have  great  defects.  The  missionary  has 
often  to  make  many  allowances  for  them, 
and  to  regard  them  tenderly,  as  the 
babes  of  the  Church ; but  there  are  some 
who  need  no  such  apologies,  and  whose 
piety  would  adorn  any  community  of 
believers.” 

South  Africa.  “ The  missionary  sta- 
tions in  South  Africa,  both  within  and 
beyond  the  boundaries  of  the  Colony,  are 
passing  through  a period  of  severe  suf- 
fering. Successive  years  of  partial  or 
complete  drought  have  impoverished  the 
people.  Pluero-pneumonia,  or  the  lung 
disease,  has  made  sad  ravages  amongst 
their  herds  of  cattle,  which,  in  some  dis- 
tricts, constitute  their  only  wealth ; and 
now,  prevailing  sickness,  which  ever 
treads  upon  the  heels  of  famine,  chiefly 
in  the  form  of  dysentery,  arising  from 
the  great  heat  and  acting  upon  constitu- 
tions already  enfeebled  by  want  of  food, 
is  carrying  off'  great  numbers,  especially 
amongst  the  young.  Such  a succession  of 
calamities  would  bring  wide-spread  suffer- 
ing in  any  country ; but  in  lands  where 
there  is  little  accumulated  wealth,  and 
where  the  people  are  only  emerging  from 
barbarism,  the  depression  and  suffering 
must  be  intense.” 


China.  “At  no  period  have  the  So- 
ciety’s missions  in  China  presented  an 
aspect  so  full  of  encouragement.  The 
churches  steadily  increase  in  number  and 
intelligence,  and  God  is  raising  up  from 
the  ranks  of  the  churches  eloquent  and 
devout  men  as  preachers  to  their  fellow- 
countrymen.  While  everything,  socially 
and  politically,  appears  to  be  in  a condi- 
tion of  hopeless  disintegration  and  decay, 
it  is  evident  that  Christianity  has  taken 
root  in  that  great  empire,  and  is  giving 
unmistakable  indications  of  consolidation 
and  extension.  The  stations  occupied  by 
the  Society  are  Hongkong,  Canton,  Amoy, 
Shanghae,  Hankow,  Tien-tsin,  and  Peking. 
...  In  estimating  the  results  of  modern 
missions  in  China,  we  should  fall  into 
serious  error  were  we  to  take  note  only 
of  the  number  of  professed  converts. 
Even  the  tangible  and  manifest  results  are 
sufficient  to  call  forth  our  adoring  grati- 
tude; but  there  are  other,  and  probably 
higher  results,  which  are  as  yet  unseen, 
and  cannot  yet  be  estimated.  ...  It  is  im- 
possible for  us  rightly  to  estimate  the  value 
of  that  literary  toil  which  has  given  the 
Word  of  God,  and  the  germs  of  a Chris- 
tian and  scientific  literature,  to  the  millions 
of  the  far  East.  That  Word  is  already 
found  a word  of  power  and  of  life  in  that 
hitherto  stagnant  mass  of  humanity.  The 
preaching  of  the  Cross  is  evidently  doing 
in  China  what  it  has  done  in  other  lands ; 
and,  though  the  preparation  may  be  long, 
and  the  work  arduous,  the  result  will  be 
there  what  it  ever  has  been  elsewhere; 
the  phantoms  of  error  will  fade  awa}r  be- 
fore the  advancing  light  of  God’s  truth, 
and  in  after  ages  the  names  of  these  lowly 
and  devoted  men  will  be  known  as  saints 
and  martyrs, — men  who  carried  the  truth 
of  God  to  a dark  land,  and  who,  amid 
much  depression,  discouragement,  and  ob- 
loquy, founded  a church  which  will  ulti- 
mately triumph  over  every  opponent,  and 
fill  the  land  with  its  glory.” 

India.  “India  has  many  and  special 
claims  upon  our  prayful  consideration  and 
Christian  generosity.  Those  vast  territo- 
ries included  under  this  name,  inhabited 
by  no  less  than  ten  distinct  nations,  with 
different  types  of  civilization,  different  lan- 


244  Proceedings  of 

guages,  and  different  forms  of  native  gov- 
ernment, have  been  brought  under  our  own 
rule,  and  are  the  subjects  or  dependants 
of  the  British  Crown.  . . . After  seventy 
years  of  effort,  and  so  large  an  expendi- 
ture of  wealth  and  life,  it  is  natural  that 
Christians  in  this  country  should  inquire 
with  some  earnestness  as  to  the  results 
which  have  followed  these  efforts.  And 
the  fuller  the  investigation,  the  more  satis- 
factory will  be  the  evidence  that  the  bless- 
ing of  God  has  crowned  our  labors. 

“ The  direct  results  of  Christian  missions 
in  India  will  bear  comparison  with  the  di- 
rect results  arising  from  Christian  efforts 
of  a similar  kind  in  other  lands  and  other 
ages ; but  to  the  more  thoughtful  the  in- 
direct results  will  appear  even  more  re- 
markable. It  was  long  argued  that  so 
small  a body  of  men,  with  but  scanty  re- 
sources, and  without  the  shadow  of  politi- 
cal power,  though  they  might  probably 
influence  a few  individuals,  brought  di- 
rectly under  their  training,  could  never 
make  any  appreciable  impression  upon  so 
vast  a population.  We  must  admit  that 
other  and  powerful  influences  have  been 
at  work ; but,  whether  we  Eire  disposed 
to  attach  a greater  or  lesser  degree  of  im- 
portance to  these,  the  fact  is  now  indis- 
putable that  Christian  ideas  are  forcing 
themselves  upon  the  attention  of  Hindoo 
society;  and  amongst  the  educated  por- 
tion of  the  people,  especially  in  the  Presi- 
dential cities,  Hindooism  appears  to  be  on 
its  trial,  and  its  defence  is  abandoned.” 

Madagascar.  “In  Madagascar,  Chris- 
tianity appears  to  have  made  more  encour- 
aging  progress  among  the  people,  during 
the  past  year,  than  during  any  other  equal 
period  since  the  resumption  of  the  mission. 

. . . There  are  at  the  capital,  in  a popula- 
tion of  at  least  30,000  souls,  eight  congre- 
gations and  churches,  seven  of  them  un- 
der the  care  of  the  missionaries.  In  the 
churches,  when  the  last  returns  were  sent 
away,  there  were  about  1,800  communi- 
cants, with  nearly  300  waiting  for  admis- 


otiier  Societies . [August, 

sion  to  one  of  these  churches.  Sixteen 
churches  have  been  gathered  in  the  vil- 
lages, connected  with  two  of  the  churches 
of  the  capital.  These  village  churches, 
together  with  those  in  Fianarantosoa,  con- 
tained 822  communicants.  Had  returns 
been  received  from  Vonezongo  and  the 
villages  to  the  west,  as  well  as  from  those 
in  the  northeast,  the  total  would  have 
exceeded  3,000  communicants  and  15,000 
converts.  Besides  the  villages  and  con- 
gregations to  which  the  influence  of  the 
churches  in  the  capital  have  been  already 
more  or  less  extended,  our  brethren  con- 
tinue to  receive  tidings  from  remote  places, 
and  in  almost  every  direction,  of  bands  of 
Christians  with  whose  existence  they  were 
before  unacquainted,  and  who  apply  for 
books  and  teachers.  The  missionaries  find 
their  strength  taxed  to  the  utmost,  and 
deeply  feel  the  urgent  need  of  two  addi- 
tional missionaries  to  enter  the  wide,  im- 
portant, and  inviting  field,  white  indeed  to 
the  harvest,  which  the  Betsileo  province 
presents.  In  the  chief  town  there  are 
already  two  congregations  and  about  100 
communicants,  while  the  gospel  has  spread, 
and  small  companies  of  Christians  exist  in 
places  to  the  west  and  south  of  Fianaranto- 
soa. The  whole  province  is  open,  and  the 
appeals  have  long  been  both  frequent  and 
urgent  for  teachers.  Two  faithful  and 
industrious  European  missionaries  in  the 
province  might,  with  the  assistance  of  na- 
tive evangelists,  soon  spread  the  gospel 
over  the  whole  of  this  important  and  pop- 
ulous country. 

“ In  no  single  year  since  the  Society 
commenced  its  operations  in  Madagascar, 
has  a more  abundant  measure  of  success 
been  granted  to  its  labors  than  during 
that  now  closed.  The  accessions  to  the 
churches  in  the  capital,  nearly  500  in 
number,  include  individuals  of  high  rank 
and  just  entering  upon  their  early  man- 
hood. The  instances  among  the  churches 
in  which  the  exercise  of  discipline  have 
been  requisite  are  but  few.” 


1866.] 


Miscellanies . 


245 


MISCELLANIES. 


LOVE  FOR  THE  MISSION  WORK. 

Mrs.  Lloyd,  of  the  Zulu  mission,  South 
Africa,  went  from  the  cultivated,  refined 
circles  of  New  York  city,  a few  years  since, 
and  was  soon  left  a widow  among  a rude 
people.  Deeply  interested  in  her  work 
for  their  good,  she  remains  in  the  field,  en- 
gaged in  teaching,  and  in  February  last, 
one  year  after  her  husband’s  death,  she 
wrote  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Board,  ex- 
pressing her  Christian  resignation  to  the 
will  of  God;  her  sense  of  loneliness  in- 
deed, but  also  of  God’s  nearness  and  care ; 
and  then,  as  follows,  of  her  work,  and  her 
interest  in  it,  and  of  the  people : — 

“ There  has  been  a very  good  state  of 
feeling  lately  among  the  heathen,  and 
their  children  are  allowed  to  be  taught, 
and  to  be  under  Christian  influence  as 
much  as  we  could  desire.  Two  important 
men,  or  chiefs,  have  asked  for  schools. 
With  one  I have  about  forty  scholars,  and 
as  soon  as  the  building  is  finished,  I hope 
to  have  as  many  more  near  the  kraal  of 
the  other.  There  are  many  interesting 
circumstances  connected  with  these  little 
schools,  and  much  to  encourage  one. 

“ I am  grateful,  daily,  for  the  privilege  of 
being  here.  Not  that  all  the  refinements 
and  privileges  of  America  are  not  pleas- 
ant,— and  they  seem  doubly  so  at  this 
distance  from  them,  — but  to  me,  besides 
the  joy  of  seeing  the  people  learn  of  Christ 
and  seek  to  find  salvation,  there  is  very 
much  that  I admire  in  the  people  them- 
selves. The  more  I become  acquainted 
with  the  station  and  heathen  people,  the 
more  I see  that  is  noble  and  interesting  in 
the  Zulu  mind  and  character.  If  the  sins 
and  evil  customs  could  be  done  away, — 
and  God’s  light  has  that  power,  — they 
would  shine  brightly  in  this  world.  That 
many  of  them  will  shine  brightly  in  heaven, 

I do  not  doubt. 

“ I wish  our  good  friends  in  America 
could  see  the  heathen  with  their  own  eyes. 

I think  they  would  soon  cease  making  the 
remarks  which  used  to  come  from  many 
lips,  — that  anybody  could  be  a mission- 
ary, and  refined,  highly  educated  people, 


should  not  go  abroad.  I do  not  know 
other  countries  so  well,  but  were  I to  find 
a model  missionary  for  the  Zulus,  I should 
be  sure  to  give  him  all  the  education  and 
cultivation  America  can  afford ; and  not 
one  iota  of  it  would  be  wasted  here.  If 
people  in  America  think  the  heathen, 
even  in  Africa,  lack  shrewdness  or  dis- 
cernment, a few  weeks  of  residence  among 
them  would  certainly  dispel  such  darkness 
from  their  minds.  I think  we  would  all 
be  glad  to  be  wiser  than  we  are  ! 

“ One  of  the  people  told  me  the  other 
day,  that  Bishop  Colenso  said  the  plan 
of  salvation  was  so  difficult  he  never 
tried  to  explain  it  to  the  Zulus.  I pity 
him  if  he  has  not  seen  the  joy  with  which 
they  listen  and  comprehend  that  precious 
plan.  It  would  seem  to  be  made  for  their 
comprehension.” 


POVERTY  AND  LIBERALITY  AT  DIARBEKIR. 

In  a note  from  Mr.  Walker,  published 
in  the  Herald,  for  July,  at  the  close  of  the 
Diarbekir  Station  report,  mention  was 
made  of  the  division  of  the  congregation  at 
that  place,  and  the  hiring  of  a place  of  wor- 
ship, and  then  the  purchase  and  fitting  up 
of  a larger  place,  for  the  new  assembly.  It  is 
fitting  that  some  record  should  be  made  of 
the  self-sacrificing  effort  put  forth  by  poor 
Christians  there,  to  accomplish  this  end. 
Mrs.  Walker,  writing  to  a friend  in  this 
country,  on  the  29th  of  March  last,  referred 
to  this  subject  as  follows : — 

“ Next  Sabbath  the  new  congregation 
enters  the  building  which  they  have  pur- 
chased, and  enlarged  sufficiently  to  seat 
450  persons.  Both  the  old  and  the  new 
are  laboring  with  hearts  and  hands,  and 
many  with  self-denying  effort,  to  carry 
this  new  burden.  I do  wish  my  friends  at 
home  — all  in  that  good  land  who  contri- 
bute to  and  pray  for  the  interests  of 
Christ’s  kingdom  abroad  — could  go  into 
the  houses  of  the  many  here  who  have  felt 
it  a privilege  to  give  something  for  this 
chapel,  and  see  how  they  live.  The  tears 
blind  my  eyes  as  I write,  while  I recall  the 


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Miscellanies. 


[August, 


scenes  I have  witnessed  in  many  of  the 
homes  of  our  virtuous,  industrious,  poor 
Christian  people  ; their  best  garments  such 
a collection  of  patches  that  you  cannot  tell 
which  was  the  original ; meat  a luxury 
they  seldom  enjoy — fresh  meat  never,  in 
the  winter,  — their  living  being  mostly  on 
very  coarse,  almost  black  bread. 

“ Many  of  these  families  are  helped  from 
week  to  week  from  the  ‘ poor  fund  ’ con- 
tributed by  those  more  favored,  else  they 
could  not  live  ; and  this  poverty  is  not  the 
result  of  improvidence,  but  of  stagnation 
in  all  the  common  branches  of  business 
and  trade,  because  of  the  locusts  having 
so  devastated  the  land.  The  following 
statements  may  serve  as  a telling  illustra- 
tion of  this.  Six  years  ago,  these  same 
poor  people  were  living  from  hand  to 
mouth,  and  finding  it  difficult  to  feed  and 
clothe  themselves  with  their  scanty  earn- 
ings. But  then  a man  got  for  weaving  a 
piece  of  cloth,  ten  piasters,  and  wheat 
was  sixty  piasters  the  kale.  Now,  for 
weaving  the  same  piece  of  cloth,  a man 
receives  four  piasters,  and  wheat  is  two 
hundred  and  sixty  piasters  the  kale  ! Gov- 
ernment taxes  are  exceedingly  heavy; 
and  yet  our  people  support  their  preacher 
and  their  schools,  contribute  every  month 
to  the  American  Board  about  S3  (gold), 
and  have  subscribed  9,000  piasters,  — $360 
in  gold,  for  the  new  chapel. 

“ I wish  to  give  you  one  more  illustration 
of  conscientious,  and  self-denying  benev- 
olence. At  the  time  of  the  purchase  of 
our  other  chapel,  six  years  ago,  there  was 
among  the  subscribers  a poor  carpenter,  a 
church  member,  who  had  a wife  and  five 
children.  He  pledged  himself  for  200 
piasters  — $8.  He  was  a feeble  man,  and 
with  difficulty  fed  and  clothed  his  family, 
the  children  often  not  going  to  school  in 
the  winter,  because  they  had  no  shoes  to 
wear.  While  we  were  in  America,  he 
died,  after  many  months  of  suffering.  He 
owned  the  very  poor  house  in  which  he 
lived ; and  just  before  he  died,  he  called  in 
some  of  the  church  members  and  told  them 
that  his  debts  were  so  and  so.  Forty 
piasters  of  the  sum  pledged  for  the  chapel 
he  had  paid,  160  remained  due.  He  re- 
quested them  to  sell  his  house  and  pay  these 
debts,  especially  the  one  to  the  chapel; 


and  with  his  dying  breath  he  told  his  wife 
to  be  sure  and  see  that  that  was  paid.  The 
poor  widow  told  me  of  this  the  other  day, 
and  said  they  had  tried  to  sell  the  house, 
but  so  little  was  offered  for  it  that  it  was 
still  on  their  hands.  But,  said  she,  ‘ this 
summer  we  must  sell  it,  for  I cannot  live 
with  that  duty  unfulfilled.’  The  house  is 
not  worth  more  than  $200,  and  when  sold, 
all  will  go  to  pay  the  debts. 

“ Through  the  winter,  this  poor  widow 
has  every  week  shown  her  cheerful  though 
careworn  face  at  the  female  prayer  meet- 
ing, her  ragged,  worn  out  dress — the  only 
one  she  had  — covered  up  under  a clean 
white  sheet  which  I gave  her  to  wear. 
Her  children  have  worn  no  stockings  to 
school,  although  snow  covered  the  ground 
for  weeks.  For  the  new  chapel  she  had 
no  money  to  give ; but  she  sent  her  car- 
penter boy  to  work  upon  it  two  or  three 
days,  as  her  portion  of  the  burden.  We 
never  say  to  any  one,  ‘ you  are  too  poor 
to  give,  it  is  not  your  duty ; ’ but  strive  to 
encourage  the  poorest  to  feel  that  giving 
to  the  Lord  is  a duty  and  a privilege,  and 
that  He  will  bless  them  according  to  their 
faith  and  love. 

“We  do  pray  God  to  grant  rain  from 
heaven,  and  an  abundant  harvest,  else 
starvation  must  take  away  a great  many 
of  the  people  of  this  city.” 

As  another  illustration  of  the  spirit  of 
the  Protestants  at  Diarbekir,  Mrs.  Walker 
has  sent  the  following  to  the  editor  of  the 
Herald : — 

“Among  the  contributions  for  the  new 
chapel,  there  was  one  of  about  fifty  cents 
given  with  a cheerful,  grateful  expression, 
by  a woman  whose  husband  was  slowly  re- 
covering from  a severe  illness.  The  eldest 
of  their  three  children,  a boy  of  about  fif- 
teen years,  was  greatly  disappointed  that 
he  could  give  nothing.  He  had  intended 
to  work  for  the  chapel,  carrying  dirt  for 
its  mud  roof,  but  his  father’s  sickness  ne- 
cessitated his  sitting  in  his  place  in  the 
shop,  to  sell  pottery. 

“ When  Tomah,  the  father,  became  a 
Protestant,  he  was  a tanner,  and  gave  up 
this  trade,  because,  with  his  partners, 
he  was  obliged  to  work  on  the  Sabbath* 
He  learned  to  weave,  but  found  it  difficult 
to  support  his  family  thus,  because,  not  hav- 


1806.]  Monthly 

ing  learned  the  trade  while  young,  he  could 
not  work  fast  at  it ; and  at  length  he  was 
obliged  to  give  that  up  also.  He  and  his 
family  have  suffered  much  from  poverty, 
and  he  from  sickness ; and  now  he  is  soon 
to  die,  and  leave  them  with  no  money, 
even  to  buy  their  daily  bread.  As  the 
missionary  stood  over  him,  praying  with 


Summary . 247 

him  and  telling  him  of  Jesus,  Tomah 
grasped  his  hand  in  both  of  his,  saying : 
4 Everything  we  are  we  owe  to  you.  ' You 
came  and  taught  us  the  love  of  Christ, 
and  now  all  my  strength  and  my  salvation 
is  in  him.  I am  not  afraid  to  die.  For  me 
to  die  is  gain  ! ’ ” 


MONTHLY 

HOME  PROCEEDINGS. 

The  receipts  of  the  Treasurer,  for  the 
general  purposes  of  the  Board,  during  the 
month  of  June,  were,  it  will  be  noticed, 
only  $30,683.  This  is  more  then  $10,000 
less  than  for  the  same  month  in  1865,  and 
makes  the  total  amount  for  the  first  ten 
months  of  the  financial  year  only  $312,940, 
— largely  below  the  due  proportion  of  the 
sum  desired  for  the  year,  and  more  than 
$18,000  less  than  was  received  in  the 
same  period  last  year. 

Meantime  the  premium  on  gold,  and 
so  the  cost  of  exchange,  which  had  been 
more  favorable  than  was  expected  at  the 
commencement  of  the  year,  have  con- 
siderably advanced  again,  largely  increas- 
ing the  expense  of  all  foreign  operations. 
Only  two  months  of  the  year  remain  to 
be  reported,  and  but  one  month  will  re- 
main for  action  when  this  number  of  the 
Herald  shall  have  reached  most  of  its 
readers.  The  attention  of  such  churches 
and  individuals  as  have  not  yet  forwarded 
their  contributions  is  specially  invited  to 
this  statement  of  facts,  in  the  hope  that 
none  will  fail  to  act  before  the  close  of 
August,  and  that  the  prompt  remittance 
of  all  that  has  been  or  may  yet  be  set 
apart  for  the  support  of  this  year’s  oper- 
ations in  the  Lord’s  work  abroad,  will  be 
sufficient  to  prevent  any  serious  deficiency 
when  the  accounts  for  the  year  are  .closed. 


MISSIONS  OF  THE  BOARD. 

Sandwich  Islands.  Mr.  Pond  wrote 
from  Kohala,  in  May,  that  there  had  been 
of  late  a manifest  improvement  in  the 
moral  and  religious  condition  of  the  church 
at  his  station,  — “a  partial  awakening  from 


SUMMARY. 

a long -continued  stupor;”  “fuller  meet- 
ings, larger  contributions,  and  greater 
willingness  to  labor  for  God ; ” not  amount- 
ing, however,  to  what  can  properly  be 
spoken  of  as  a revival.  Respecting  the 
public  schools,  under  the  management  of 
the  new  Board  of  Education,  he  does  not 
speak  cheerfully. 

Mr.  Paris,  of  Kona,  Hawaii,  reports 
“ progress  in  the  newly  organized  native 
churches.”  Since  the  organization  of  a 
church,  with  its  native  pastor  at  Kahalu, 
North  Kona,  the  pastor  has  been  active 
and  useful;  “there  has  been  a gradual 
and  steady  increase  of  religious  interest ; ” 
the  people  have  taken  hold  in  earnest  of 
the  building  of  a church,  which  was  com- 
menced some  years  ago,  and  at  an  expense 
of  more  than  $2,000,  all  “ paid  with  a 
willing  mind,”  they  have  completed  “ a 
beautiful  stone  structure,  65  feet  long,  of 
good  proportions,  with  a tower  and  spire  ; 
the  whole  complete  without  and  within  ; 
the  pulpit  and  aisles  carpeted ; and  fur- 
nished with  a neat  sofa,  chairs,  table,  &c.” 
This  house  was  dedicated  May  6th,  and 
was  filled,  on  the  occasion,  to  overflowing, 
“ the  aisles,  doors,  and  windows  all  crowd- 
ed, and  many  standing  outside  ; ” and  Mr. 
Paris  says : “ Never  have  I seen  a more 
attentive  and  apparently  deeply  interested 
audience  in  any  land.” 

Ceylon.  A letter  from  Mr.  Hastings 
mentions  a quarterly  meeting  of  the  mis- 
sionaries and  native  pastors,  at  Oodooville, 
April  20,  at  which  three  natives,  after  a 
very  satisfactory  examination,  were  licen- 
sed to  preach  the  gospel.  Two  of  them 
had  been  catechists  in  the  service  of  the 
mission,  and  the  other,  a teacher  in  the 
theological  and  training  school. 


[August, 


248  Monthly  Summary. 


Attention  is  invited  to  the  letter  from 
Mr.  Howland,  (page  233,)  as  presenting, 
in  an  impressive  manner,  the  need  of  more 
laborers  in  Ceylon,  and  the  wide  field  of 
usefulness  which  is  open  there. 

Zulu  Mission.  The  annual  “ Tabular 
View  ” of  this  mission,  recently  received, 
shows  the  addition  of  79  members,  by 
profession,  to  the  11  churches,  during  the 
year  1865.  The  present  number  of 
church  members  is  365.  There  are  505 
pupils  in  11  day  schools,  and  743  in  the 
Sabbath  schools.  Letters  from  the  mis- 
sionaries mention  great  financial  distress 
in  the  Natal  Colony,  while  a prolonged 
drought  has  made  food  for  the  native 
population  very  scarce,  and  great  suffering 
from  famine  is  apprehended. 

Neslorians.  A letter  from  Mr.  Coan 
(page  236)  contains  a remarkable,  and, 
in  its  various  bearings,  most  encouraging 
statement  respecting  the  discipline  and 
good  order  maintained  in  a school  taught 
by  a native  female.  There  is  a notice  also 
of  another  “pillar”  among  the  Nestorian 
helpers  in  the  mission  work,  removed  by 
death,  and  of  a movement  among  some  of 
the  mountain  helpers  toward  the  Church 
of  England. 

Syria.  Mr.  Samuel  Jessup  wrote  from 
Tripoli,  May  22.  Referring  to  a recent 
visit  to  Hamath , he  corrects  some  state- 
ments which  he  made  a year  ago  respect- 
ing the  population  of  that  place,  which  he 
says,  is  “now  given  as  18,000  taxable 
persons,  of  whom  about  1,500  are  nominal 
Christians,  chiefly  Greeks,  not  Jacobite 
Syrians.”  A mission  colporter  recently 
spent  some  days  there,  but  was  then 
obliged  to  leave,  fearing  a mob ; the  Greek 
bishop  having  become  much  enraged,  and 
threatening  excommunication  against  any 
who  should  harbor  him  or  rent  him  a 
room.  Mr.  Jessup  says,  however,  “ In 
spite  of  the  efforts  of  the  bishop  to  the 
contrary,  we  shall  succeed  in  hiring  a 
room,  which  will  be  known  as  our  head- 
quarters, and  where  we  intend  to  keep 
books  for  sale.”  He  feels  encouraged  as 
to  the  state  of  things  there,  and  thinks 
there  may  ere  long  be  a Protestant  com- 


munity in  the  place,  like  that  at  Hums. 
At  Mahardee , the  man  who  gave  his 
sword  for  a Bible,  and  a few  others,  are 
struggling  to  secure  recognition  from  the 
Government  as  Protestants,  and  are 
“ more  determined  than  ever,”  and  “ not 
intimidated,”  though  suffering  persecution 
daily.  “ The  poor,  down-trodden  Safee- 
tians,”  were  newly  oppressed  by  the  Greek 
bishop  of  Akkar,  who  tried  to  break  up 
the  mission-schools  there  and  at  Bano,  and 
drive  out  the  teachers,  and  was  “ exceed- 
ingly enraged  at  his  want  of  success.”  At 
Safeeta , the  boys’  and  the  girls’  schools  have 
each  over  25  pupils,  and  at  Bano , the 
faithful  teacher  holds  on,  though  teaching 
but  five  Protestant  boys.  Mr.  Jessup 
states  : “ Just  before  the  bishop  left  Bano, 
he  gathered  the  people,  and  told  them 
that  they  had  neglected  an  important  duty 
in  not  immediately  killing  the  first  Prot- 
estants in  their  district;  and  now  the  in- 
creased number  had  only  increased  their 
responsibility.  He  told  them  to  go  to  the 
work  and  clean  out  the  accursed  name, 
and  God  would  bless  them.  They  asked 
him  to  give  them  a written  order  for  the 
killing  of  the  Protestants,  which  he  de- 
clined to  furnish,  saying  that  they  should 
do  it  en  masse , and  then  it  would  be  a 
small  matter  for  each  one  to  pay  his  part 
of  the  price  of  blood.  The  people,  not 
feeling  so  blood-thirsty  as  their  spiritual 
guide,  declined  to  undertake  the  business.” 

A letter  from  Mr.  H.  H.  Jessup  (page 
238)  gives  further  evidence  of  the  severity 
of  the  affliction  which  has  come  upon  the 
mission  in  the  death  of  Mr.  Ford.  Mr. 
Bird  (page  238)  notices  an  interesting 
occasion  at  Ain  Zehalta  — the  formation 
of  a church  and  the  ordination  of  a native 
pastor. 

Central  Turkey.  Mr.  Schneider,  of 
Aintab,  is  now  at  Constantinople,  where 
he  expects  to  remain  for  some  months, 
superintending  the  work  of  printing  cer- 
tain books  for  his  own  mission,  and  at  the 
same  time  preaching  on  the  Sabbath,  and 
in  other  ways  aiding  the  Western  Turkey 
mission.  The  low  estate  of  the  Central 
Mission  is  affectingly  depicted  in  a general 
letter,  (page  239,)  and  another  strong 
appeal  is  made  for  reinforcement.  Mr. 


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Adams  writes  from  Aintab,  June  7,  that 
no  firman  for  the  building  of  a second 
church  is  yet  obtained,  and  that  the  diffi- 
culties in  the  case  have  become  “ ex- 
tremely discouraging  to  the  brethren.” 
He  thinks  “ Protestantism  is  becoming 
daily  more  and  more  a power”  in  that 
region,  and  that  this  is  the  real  cause  of 
the  opposition  experienced.  Mr.  Adams 
also  reports  the  ordination,  on  the  20th  of 
May,  of  a native  pastor  at  Adiaman. 

Eastern  Turkey.  A few  interesting 
items  respecting  the  “ revival  ” at  Bitlis 
have  been  received.  Mr.  Burbank  wrote 
March  22 : “ The  Week  of  Prayer  has  be- 
come a permanent,  daily,  daylight,  morn- 
ing prayer-meeting,  attended  by  nearly  all 
the  males  of  the  congregation.  Many  are 
under  deep  conviction  of  sin.  Our  Tues- 
day evening  inquiry -meeting  (there  is  also 
an  inquiry-meeting  Friday  evening  of  each 
week)  was  attended  this  week  by  fifty  per- 
sons, and  there  was  much  weeping,  as  has 
been  the  case  in  all  our  meetings  for  two 
weeks  or  more.  Some  of  these  seem  to 
be  convicted  after  the  Bible  model,  see 
their  sins  as  against  a Saviour’s  love,  and 
cry,  ‘ God  be  merciful  to  me  a sinner.’ 
Some  express  hope  that  they  are  forgiven. 
The  prayer-meetings  in  the  private  houses, 
in  different  parts  of  the  city,  are  crowded, 
Armenians  often  attending,  and  friends 
from  Protestant  families.” 

Mr.  Knapp  wrote,  April  4 : “ The  revi- 
val here  is  in  a most  promising  advance. 
For  thirteen  weeks  we  have  had  seventeen 
meetings  (and  sometimes  more)  weekly, 
eleven  of  which  I attend.  Forty  males 
usually  attend  the  sunrise  prayer-meeting. 
Forty-five  non-church-members  were  at 
our  inquiry-meeting  yesterday,  including 
fourteen  females.  Nearly  all  these  are 
under  conviction  of  sin,  and  many  of  them 
were  in  tears.  Several  have  found  hope.” 

Dakotas.  A letter  from  Mr.  J.  P.  Wil- 
liamson announces  his  arrival,  with  his 
wife,  at  Niobrarah,  Nebraska  Territory, 
the  new  location  of  the  Dakota  Indians, 
on  the  13th  of  June.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pond 
were  there  also,  and  the  two  families  were 
for  the  time  occupying  rooms  on  the 
second  floor  of  “ a large  old  building.” 


Of  the  new  location,  and  the  condition 
and  prospects  of  the  Indians  and  the  mis- 
sion there,  he  says,  briefly  : “ I had  hoped 
to  find  this  such  a place  that  the  Indians 
might  permanently  locate ; but  on  ar- 
riving here,  I am  surprised  to  find  the 
whole  reserve  almost  barren  of  wood. 
The  soil  seems  to  be  good,  there  are  fine 
looking  grass  lands,  and  with  sufficient 
timber  this  might  be  a very  suitable  loca- 
tion. But  the  agent  and  others,  I find, 
are  not  satisfied,  and  it  seems  to  be  quite 
doubtful  about  the  people  remaining  here 
long. 

“ The  religious  growth  among  the  In- 
dians seems  to  be  still  progressing.  On 
my  arrival  I found  they  were  having 
prayer-meetings  every  day,  under  a large 
shade  they  had  erected,  attended  by  a 
large  portion  of  their  number ; and  there 
have  been  many  tears  of  joy  shed,  and 
heartfelt  thanks  given  to  God  for  the  re- 
union of  so  many  families.  One  who  can 
mingle  with  them  and  hear  them  talk 
now,  will  have  little  fear  that  they  can 
again  be  drawn,  generally,  into  such  a 
bloody  passion  for  massacre  as  that  which 
swallowed  up  their  tribe  four  years  ago. 

“We  have  no  house  where  we  can  have 
a school,  and  at  present  I do  not  think  it 
advisable  to  build.  I am  not  sure  yet 
that  we  cannot  get  some  place  in  which  to 
teach  at  least  the  more  advanced  pupils, 
who,  we  hope,  will  become  teachers  and 
preachers.  I shall  be  very  sorry  if  we  can 
have  no  school  this  summer.” 


OTHER  MISSIONS. 

Siam.  The  Record , of  the  Presbyterian 
Board,  for  July,  has  the  following  state- 
ment : “ A great  gathering  of  the  Laos  in 
and  around  Petchaburi  had  taken  place, 
in  preparation  for  the  royal  visit  to  that 
region.  Desirous  of  turning  such  an 
event  to  the  good  of  the  people,  the  mis- 
sionaries on  the  ground  determined  to 
hold  a series  of  night  meetings  for  them, 
and  which  they  could  attend  after  the 
labors  of  the  day.  This  experiment  was 
successful.  Night  after  night  the  place  of 
meeting  was  crowded,  and  as  long  as  they 
remained  in  that  region,  they  listened  in 


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numbers  to  the  preaching  of  the  word. 
Many  seemed  interested  in  the  new  doc- 
trines. It  is  the  wish  of  the  missionaries 
to  follow  up  such  efforts,  and  as  the  people 
return  to  their  own  homes  and  country,  to 
carry  to  them  the  bread  of  life.  The 
brethren  long  for  additional  laborers  to 
establish  among  them  a permanent  mis- 
sion.” 

India.  The  Foreign  Missionary , of  the 
Presbyterian  Board,  for  July,  states : “ Mr. 
Forman  speaks  of  an  interesting  religious 
movement  at  Labor,  under  the  lead  of 
several  well-educated  and  influential  Mus- 
sulmans, who  are  advocating,  by  the  press 
and  oral  discussions,  the  claims  of  Chris- 
tianity. The  school  at  Lahor  has  assumed 
such  dimensions  and  importance  that  a 
new  building  is  required.  A liberal  friend 
of  our  work  has  offered  to  give  2,500 
rupees,  on  condition  that  the  Mission 
obtains  2,500  more  for  this  object,  so  as  to 
get  the  Government  to  double  the  whole 
with  a grant-in-aid.  Well  does  Mr.  F. 
say,  ‘ Such  an  example  of  liberality,  shown 
by  a member  of  the  Church  of  England  to 
an  American  Presbyterian  mission,  should 
stimulate  American  Presbyterian  Chris- 
tians to  do  more  for  their  missions. 
We  want  greatly  increased  means.  Our 
Church  could  and  should  increase  her 
contributions  in  men  and  money  a hun- 
dredfold.’ Messrs.  Woodside,  Caldwell, 
and  Calderwood  had  been  visiting  and 
preaching  at  the  Hurdwar  mela.  A 
smaller  number  of  pilgrims  was  present 
than  ever  known  before.  The  Presbytery 
of  Saharunpur,  at  its  last  meeting,  licensed 
three  young  men  to  preach  the  gospel. 
Mr.  Woodside  writes  : ‘ Last  month  I bap- 
tized a native  of  the  hills  and  his  son, 
who  live  near  the  source  of  the  Ganges. 
The  father  is  a very  interesting  convert, 
and  I hope  he  may  be  the  means  of  doing 
much  for  the  hill  people.  Yesterday  I 
sent  off  a Scripture-reader  to  his  village, 
who  will  spend  the  next  six  months  in 
laboring  among  a people  living  close  to 
the  line  of  perpetual  snow.’  ” 

The  Record  says : “ An  exceedingly 
interesting  movement  is  going  on  at 
Lahor.  Two  well  educated  and  influential 
Mussulmen,  one  a Deputy  Inspector  of 


Schools,  and  the  other  a teacher  in  the 
Government  Normal  School,  have  not 
only  written  a book  on  the  claims  of 
Christianity  and  Mohammedanism,  but 
have  publicly  announced  their  belief  in 
Christianity  and  their  intention  to  be  bap- 
tized. They  have  been  called  upon  again 
and  again,  in  oral  discussions,  to  defend 
their  views.  Others  are  associated  with 
them,  and  Mr.  Forman  says  it  is  difficult 
to  over-estimate  the  importance  of  such  a 
movement,  and  we  should  earnestly  pray 
God  to  direct  it.  Friends  are  rallying 
around  our  institutions  at  Lahor,  and  a 
call  is  made  for  greater  liberality  on  the 
part  of  the  Church  to  sustain  them  in  pro- 
portion to  their  growing  importance.” 

South  Africa.  The  French  Protestant 
Mission  has  met  with  a serious  loss  in  the 
death  of  Rev.  Mr.  Fredoux,  son-in-law  of 
Rev.  Mr.  Moffat,  who  was  killed  by  a 
trader,  in  the  far  interior.  The  trader, 
Mr.  Nelson,  was  a fugitive  from  justice, 
having  committed  a crime,  and  Mr.  Fre- 
doux had  sbeen  instructed  to  secure . his 
arrest.  But  when  summoned  to  surrender, 
and  when  Mr.  Fredoux  had  approached 
his  wagon  to  remonstrate  with  him,  Nel- 
son, intoxicated,  and  in  a fit  of  hopeless 
madness,  set  fire  to  a large  quantity  of 
powder  in  the  wagon,  killing  himself,  the 
missionary,  and  four  other  persons.  Mrs. 
Fredoux,  left  a widow  with  seven  children, 
is  spoken  of  as  “ broken-hearted,  but  not 
murmuring  or  rebellious ; seeking  comfort 
where  alone  it  should  be  sought.” 

Moravian  Missions.  The  last  number 
received  of  the  Periodical  Accounts  pre- 
sents intelligence  from  the  missions  of  the 
United  Brethren,  much  of  which  is  of  a 
character  calling  for  the  exercise  of  faith 
and  patience,  as  well  as  for  earnest  prayer, 
and  calculated  to  awaken  sympathy  among 
all  the  followers  of  Christ.  Introducing 
intelligence  from  Greenland , the  editor . 
remarks  : “ Though  the  present  circum- 
stances of,  our  Arctic  missions,  in  common 
with  those  of  nearly  all  the  spheres  of  la- 
bor occupied  by  the  agents  of  the  Breth- 
ren’s Church,  present  some  features  calcu- 
lated to  excite  apprehension,  probably  all 
who  read  these  accounts  will  share  the 


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Monthly  Summary. 


conviction  expressed  by  Brother  Herbrich, 
that  ‘ if  it  be  our  Lord’s  gracious  purpose 
to  maintain  a congregation  of  believers  to 
his  praise  in  this  land,  He  will  not  lack 
ways  and  means  to  do  so.’  ” 

Respecting  South  Africa  it  is  said  : 
“ Seldom  has  it  fallen  to  our  lot  to  com- 
municate intelligence  from  this  field  of 
missionary  labor  such  as  the  following 
pages  present*  Much  distress  has  for  some 
time  past  been  experienced  in  many  dis- 
tricts, owing  to  long-continued  drought. 
To  this  was  added,  last  year,  the  preva- 
lence of  a malignant  fever  in  the  populous 
settlement  of  Genadendal,  which  carried 
off  many  victims,  and  among  them  a faith- 
ful missionary.  . . . The  letter  from  Br. 
Baur,  of  Baziya,  gives  an  account  of  a 
providential  visitation  such  as  has  hitherto 
been  looked  on  as  peculiar  to  the  region 
of  hurricanes.”  In  the  letter  thus  referred 
to,  Mr.  Baur  wrote  (October,  1865)  : “ Our 
dwelling-house,  church,  and  out-buildings 
are  levelled  with  the  ground.  Of  the  wall 
of  our  house,  one  brick  thick,  there  re- 
mains one  portion  about  four  feet  long  by 
three  high.  All  the  rest  is  down,  so  that 
one  may  say  there  is  scarcely  one  stone 
left  upon  another.” 

Of  the  mission  on  the  Mosquito  Coast 
the  editor  states  : “ Owing  to  the  destruc- 
tive hurricane  with  which  this  region  was 
visited  in  the  night,  between  the  18th  and 
19th  of  October,  1865,  when  serious  dam- 
age, amounting  in  some  cases  to  complete 
ruin,  was  inflicted  on  our  mission  stations, 
the  larger  portion  of  the  intelligence  at 
our  disposal  has  already  appeared  before 
our  friends  in  a circular.  . . . The  most 
recent  advices  from  this  mission  are  very 
brief,  though  by  no  means  without  inter- 
est. It  appears  that  much  sickness  pre- 
vailed among  the  people,  probably  from 
lack  of  proper  shelter  and  nourishment. 
In  this  several  of  the  missionaries  have 
been  called  to  share,  though  not  to  an 
alarming  extent.  At  Corn  Island,  the  suf- 
fering from  lack  of  provisions  was  very 
great.” 

From  Central  Asia , where  twelve  years 
of  labor,  with  very  little  apparent  fruit, 
have  tried  the  faith  of  the  missionaries  and 
their  supporters,  one  of  the  brethren  now 
reports  a journey  on  which  he  “ found 


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unmistakable  proofs  that  the  seed  of  the 
word  had  not  been  sown  in  vain.  . . . But 
this  was  not  all.  Very  shortly  afterwards, 
two  men,  father  and  son,  who  had  for  some 
time  been  acquainted  with  the  missiona- 
ries, and  the  latter  of  whom  had,  through 
their  efforts,  been  released  from  an  unjust 
detention  by  the  governor  of  Le,  expressed 
their  desire  to  be  baptized,  with  such  sat- 
isfactory professions  of  their  faith  in  the 
Lord  Jesus  Christ,  that  the  missionaries 
felt  justified  in  acceding  to  their  request. 
Some  others  also  became  candidates  for 
the  same  rite.  Thus  a beginning  has  been 
made  of  what  we  humbly  trust  will  prove, 
by  the  blessing  of  God,  a great  in-gather- 
ing of  souls.” 


MISCELLANEOUS. 

Missionary  Professorships.  The  For- 
eign Missionary  states  : “ A year  ago  the 
matter  of  a professor  of  Evangelistic  The- 
ology was  introduced  into  the  [Scotch] 
Fr.ee  Church  General  Assembly.  A com- 
mittee was  appointed,  who  reported  to  the 
late  assembly  recommending  a missionary 
professorship,  which  was  unanimously 
agreed  to  by  that  body.  This  is  an  im- 
portant movement.  Too  little  attention 
has  been  given  to  this  subject  in  our 
theological  seminaries,  and  in  some  of 
them  this  great  theme  is  scarcely  ever 
alluded  to.  We  hope  the  time  is  not  dis- 
tant when  a course  of  lectures  will  be 
regularly  delivered,  covering  the  whole 
ground  of  the  world’s  evangelization.” 

Bibles  and  Tracts  in  India.  The  Bom- 
bay Auxiliary  Bible  Society  held  its 
annual  meeting  February  14.  It  is  stated 
that  “ the  circulation  of  the  Scriptures 
had  been  greater  during  1865  than  during 
any  previous  year  since  1 855.  The  num- 
ber of  copies  issued  during  the  year  ex- 
ceeded that  of  the  previous  year  by  more 
than  a half.  There  had  been  sold  in 
Bombay  4,920  copies  and  ‘ portions.’  The 
total  issues  by  the  Society  for  the  year 
had  been  13,203;  in  English  3,569;  Ma- 
rathi, 5,405  ; Gujerathi,  973  ; other  lan- 
guages, 3,256. 

“ The  most  interesting  feature  in  the 


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work  of  the  Society  is,  that  it  is  gradually 
extending  its  agency.  Bible  colporters 
and  readers  have  been  sent  to  Arabia, 
Malwa,  Goa,  and  the  valleys  of  the  Tapti 
and  Nerbudda.  The  missions  to  Arabia 
and  Malwa  have  been  of  great  interest, 
and  have  been  most  encouragingly  suc- 
cessful. 

“ One  cannot  help  remarking  the  won- 
derful demand  for  the  Holy  Scriptures  in 
Malwa  — a district  hitherto  untrodden  by 
the  Gospel  evangelist.  From  Agra  to 
Ahmedabad,  and  from  Malligaum  to  Aj- 
meer,  there  is  not  a single  missionary.  Is 
it  not  encouraging  to  think  that,  even  in 
this  benighted  district,  772  copies  of  God’s 
Word  were  put  in  circulation,  for  the  most 
part  bought  by  the  people?  Can  God’s 
Word  return  to  Him  void  ? 

“ On  the  20th  February  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  Bombay  Book  and  Tract 
Society  was  held.  This  Society  still  con- 
tinues to  be  the  means  of  circulating  very 
many  useful  publications : 96,000  vernac- 
ular publications  have  been  issued  during 
1865,  and  38,700  imported  tracts,  chipfly 
English,  but  some  in  French,  German, 
Spanish,  Swedish,  and  Italian.  The  ave- 
rage [annual]  issue,  since  1861,  has  been 
100,687 ; for  twelve  years  before  1861  it 
was  56,962  ; so  there  is  a growing  useful- 
ness. This  Society  employs  18  Christian 
colporters  under  missionary  superinten- 
dence.” 


EMBARKATION. 

Rev.  Sanford  Richardson  and  wife, 
heretofore  of  the  Eastern  Turkey  mis- 
sion, sailed  from  Boston,  July  4th,  for 
Liverpool,  on  the  way  to  join,  now,  the 
mission  to  Western  Turkey,  and  to  be 
stationed  at  Angora. 


DEATH. 

At  Northampton,  Massachusetts,  June 
24th,  Samuel  Adams  Danforth,  who  will 
be  remembered  by  most  of  the  mission- 
aries of  the  Board  as,  for  many  years,  a 
clerk  in  the  Treasurer’s  department  at 
the  Missionary  House.  Mr.  Danforth  was 
born  in  Pittsfield,  Massachusetts,  May  5, 


1804.  At  the  early  age  of  sixteen  he 
united  with  the  Congregational  Church  in 
his  native  town,  and  such  was  the  impres- 
sion made  by  his  Christian  character,  that 
at  the  age  of  twenty-five  he  was  elected 
a deacon  of  the  church.  In  1837.  he  re- 
moved to  Boston,  to  enter  upon  the  clerk- 
ship already  mentioned,  in  which  he  spent 
the  remaining  years  of  his  active  life,  ever 
a faithful  steward.  In  tbte  several  com- 
munities and  churches  with  which,  during 
these  years,  he  became  connected,  in  Bos- 
ton, Roxbury,  and  Newton,  he  was  known 
as  a warm-hearted  and  earnest,  but  judi- 
cious Christian,  deeply  interested  in  the 
spiritual  welfare  of  those  about  him,  labor- 
ing for  the  salvation  of  souls,  greatly  de- 
siring and  rejoicing  in  pure  revivals. 

Serious  disease  of  the  brain,  which  it 
was  expected  would  soon  prove  fatal,  laid 
him  aside  from  labor  for  some  months  in 
1861.  He  partially  recovered,  however, 
and  for  a time  also  partially  resumed  his 
labors ; but  was  ere  long  again  entirely 
disabled,  and  for  the  remaining  years  of 
his  life  had  but  partial  use  either  of  bodily 
or  of  mental  powers.  He  now  longed  to  de- 
part ; yet  with  all  the  patience  which  a dis- 
eased and  suffering  body  and  a mind  sadly 
affected  by  diseased  bodily  organs  would 
permit,  he  was  still  ready  to  say,  “ All  the 
days  of  my  appointed  time  will  I wait  till 
my  change  come.”  Though,  lifting  his 
hands  and  his  eyes,  he  would  express  his 
strong  desire  to  go,  he  would  yet  struggle 
to  command  a fuller  power  of  utterance 
than  he  now  possessed,  that  he  might 
more  fully  express  his  abiding  and  deep 
sense  of  God’s  goodness.  “ He  is  so  good , 
so  kind”  he  would  exclaim,  when  the 
tongue  refused  to  utter  more.  Trusting 
only,  but  trusting  fully  in  Christ,  he  re- 
quested his  eldest  son,  when  he  should  die, 
to  write  out  and  pin  upon  his  breast  the 
cheering  declaration,  “ The  blood  of  Jesus 
Christ  his  Son  cleanseth  us  from  all  sin.” 
To  him,  thus  ready  and  waiting,  death 
came  at  last,  a most  welcome  messenger, 
to  introduce  him  to  that  rest  which  re- 
maineth  for  the  people  of  God.  His  re- 
mains were  removed  to  Auburndale,  his 
last  place  of  residence,  and  thence,  after 
funeral  services,  to  Mount  Auburn. 


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253 


DONATIONS  RECEIVED  IN  JUNE. 


MAINE. 

Aroostook  county. 

Patten,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  8 00 

Cumberland  co.  Aux.  Soc.  H.  Packard,  Tr. 

New  Gloucester,  Cong.  ch.  and  so. 
to  cons.  Rev.  W.  R.  Cross,  New 
Gloucester,  Me.,  and  Rev.  J.  F. 

Morgan,  Lawrence,  Kansas,  H.  M.  110  00 
Portland,  2d  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  For. 

Miss.  Circle  20  00 

Scarboro,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  10  86 

Yarmouth,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  (Gents, 

81.50,  less  c’ft,  2.25 ; Ladies,  35.62 ; 
m.  c.  42.31;)  with  other  dona,  to 
cons.  A.  L.  Lorixg  and  T.  G. 

Cleaves,  H.  M.  157  18 — 298  04 

Franklin  co.  Aux.  Soc.  Rev.  I.  Rogers,  Tr. 

Industry,  H.  P.  Allen,  deceased,  20  00 
Weld,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  11 10 — 31  10 

Hancock  county. 

Castine,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  Gents,  76 ; 

Ladies,  49.75 ; 125  75 

Orland,  Cong.  ch.  and  so  25  00 — 150  75 

Kennebeck  Conf.  of  churches. 

Waterville,  Mrs.  A.  Haviland,  5 00 

Lincoln  county. 

New  Castle,  2d  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  14  00 
Phipsburg,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  26.30, 
less  c’ft,  50c. ; 25  80 

Wiscasset,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  m.  c.  15  09 — 54  89 

Penobscot  co.  Aux.  Soc.  E.  F.  Duren,  Tr. 

Bangor,  Hammond  st.  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  125  07 
Piscataquis  county. 

Garland,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  5 00 

Union  county. 

Brownfield.  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  6 75 

Waldo  county. 

Searsport,  1st  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  m.  c.  4 00 

York  Conf.  of  churches.  Rev.  G.  W.  Cressey,  Tr. 
Kennebunkport,  1st  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  5 00 
Wells,  1st  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  m.  c.  32  00 — 37  00 


725  60  ] 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE. 

Cheshire  co.  Aux.  Soc.  Geo.  Kingsbury,  Tr. 

Gilsum,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  13  25 

Marlboro,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  m.  c.  12  00 
New  Alstead,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  m.  c.  15  50 
Swanzey,  Cong  ch.  and  so.  14  00 — 54  75  [ 

Grafton  county. 

Bristol,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  8 00 

Hanover.  Dartmouth  Coll.  ch.  and  so.  120  00 
West  Lebanon,  Cong,  ch.  and  so., 

50 ; Mrs.  Lydia  G.  Wood,  (de- 
ceased,) to  cons.  Sarah  A.  Thur- 
ber,  Walpole,  Mass.,  H.  M.  100 ; 150  00—278  00 
Hillsboro’  co.  Aux.  Soc.  Geo.  Swain,  Tr. 


Amherst,  1st  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  25  73 
Lyndeboro,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  32  04 

Manchester,  Franklin  st.  Cong.  ch. 
and  so.  to  cons.  P.  Adams  and  J. 
Ordwat,  H.  M.  273  15 

Mason,  1st  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  3 50 

Nashua.  Pearl  st.  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  122  84 


457  26 

Less  exchange,  50 — 456  76  j 

Merrimack  co.  Aux.  Soc.  Geo.  Hutchins,  Tr. 

Concord,  South  Cong.  ch.  aud  so.  66  42 
Pembroke,  Cong  ch.  and  so.  7 50 


73  92 

Less  express,  25 — 73  67  i 

Rockingham  Conf.  of  churches. 

Deerfield,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  15  00 

Hampstead,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  m.  c.  12  00 
North  Hampton,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  39  45 

Stratham.  Cong.  ch.  and  so  18  00 84  45  J 

Strafford  Conf.  of  churches.  E.  J.  Lane,  Tr. 

Laconia,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  81  00 

North  Wolfboro,  a few  friends.  3 50 

Ossipee,  Rev.  H.  Wood  and  wife,  5 00 — 89  50  ] 


Sullivan  co.  Aux.  Soc.  N.  W.  Goddard,  Tr. 
Claremont,  D.  M.  Ide,  with  prev.  dona,  to 
cons,  himself  H.  M.  10  00 


1,047  13 

A friend,  10  00 


1,057  13 

Legacies.  — Keene,  Mrs.  Eunice  Clark, 

by  Charles  Sturtevant,  Ex‘r,  500  00 
Warner,  Frederic  Eaton,  by  H.  H. 

Harriman,  333.33,  less  tax  313  33—813  33 

1,870  46 

VERMONT. 

Addison  co.  Aux.  Soc.  Amos  Wilcox,  Tr. 

Orwell,  Lovisa  Root,  2 00 

Ripton,  Sarah  E.  Everett,  10  00 

Shoreham,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  and  s.  s.  70  50 — 82  50 
Caledonia  co.  Conf.  of  churches. 

Lyndon,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  m.  c.  10  71 
St.  Johnsbury,  Rev.  H.  C.  Haydn, 

10.95,  less  disc.  10  60 — 21  31 

Franklin  co.  Aux.  Soc.  C.  B.  Swift,  Tr. 

St.  Albans,  G.  Merrill  and  wile,  to 
cons.  Mrs.  S.  Nichols,  Danvers, 

Mass.,  H.  M.  100  00 

Orange  county. 

Chelsea,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  66.32,  m. 
c.  11.40 ; 77  72 

Orleans  co.  Aux.  Soc.  Rev.  A.  R.  Gray,  Tr. 
Brownington,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  9 79 
Derby,  E.  H.  Blake,  10  00 

Greensboro,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  21  38 

West  Charleston,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  60  00 — 101  17 
Windham  co.  Aux.  Soc.  C.  F.  Thompson,  Tr. 
Brattleboro,  Cong,  ch.  and  so.  196.19, 
m.  c.  131.05;  327  24 

Fayetteville,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  15  00—342  24 
Windsor  co.  Aux.  Soc.  Rev.  C.  B.  Drake  and 
J.  Steele,  Trs. 

Queechy,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  m.  c.  2 25 
White  River,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  m.  c.  20  00 
Woodstock,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  m.  c.  12  00 — 34  25 

759  19 

Bennington  Centre,  1st  Cong.  ch.  and 
so.  m.  c.  36  46 


Peru,  Cong,  ch,  and  so.  28  20 — 64  66 

Legacies. — Craftsbury,  Rev.  J.  N.  Loomis, 
(add’l)  by  Rev.  C.  Si  Smith,  Ex’r,  l,277j 

823  85 

t 

less  expense, 

' 1,275  75 

MASSACHUSETTS. 

2,099  60 

Barnstable  co.  Aux.  Soc. 

Centreville,  South  Cong.  ch.  and  so. 

26  17 

Berkshire  co.  Aux.  Soc.  J.  Sedgwick,  Tr. 
Hinsdale,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  m.  c. 

6 months,  63  00 

New  Marlboro,  1st  Cong.  ch.  and  so. 

m.  c.  10.18,  less  c’ft,  9 68 

Peru,  1st  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  m.  c.  23  50 — 96  18 
Boston,  of  which  from  a friend,  50;  do.  do. 

12 ; J.  L.  15 ; M.  M.  B.  10 ; “ W,”  for  a de- 
ceased lady  friend,  2;  Rev.  J.  A.  Vinton, 

10;  151  72 

Essex  county. 

Ballardvale,  Union  ch.  and  so.  32  00 

North  Andover,  Trin.  Cong.  ch.  and 
so.  286.91,  less  c’ft,  286  41 

Salem,  Crombie  st.  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  217  72 
Topsfield,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  173  80 — 709  93 

Essex  North  Aux.  Soc.  Wm.  Thurston,  Tr. 

Ipswich,  Linebrook  Parish  Cong.  ch. 

and  so.  28  00 

Newbury,  1st  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  55  38 

Newburyport,  North  Cong.  ch.  and 
so.  66.37 ; Belleville,  Cong.  ch.  and 
so.  5 ; 71  37 — 154  75 


254 


Donations . 


[August, 


Essex  co.  South  Aux.  Soc.  C.  M.  Richardson,  Tr. 
Gloucester,  Evan.  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  321  47 
Lynn,  1st  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  m.  c.  16  00 
Middleton,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  m.  c.  20  00 
Rockport,  a friend,  2 00 — 359  47 

Hampshire  co.  Aux.  Soc.  S.  E.  Bridgman,  Tr. 
Belcher  town,  Caroline  Ayres,  3 00 

Chesterfield,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  38  47 

Granby,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  Ladies  Soc.  1 25 
Hadley,  1st  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  15.30 ; 

2d  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  30 ; 45  30 

Hatfield,  Cong*,  ch.  and  so.  76.73,  less 
express,  76  38 

Northampton.  1st  Cong.  ch.  and  so. 
m.  c.  241.26 ; Edward’s  Cong.  ch. 
and  so.  m.  c.  22.16 ; 263  42 

South  Amherst,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  14  00 
South  Hadley,  Mount  Holyoke  Fern. 

Sem.  Teachers  and  Pupils,  — to 
cons.  Helen  M.  French,  Julia  E. 

Ward,  and  Harriet  E.  Sessions, 

H.  M.  353  07 

Williamsburgh,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  151  98 — 946  87 

Middlesex  county. 

Cambridge,  Shepard  Cong.  ch.  afad 
so.  900  00 

Cambridgeport,  Stearns  Chapel,  m.  c.  9 57 
Drac'ut,  1st  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  4 00 

Lowell,  1st  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  to  cons. 

H.  W.  Brickett,  H.  M.  130  00 

North  Chelmsford,  a friend,  5 00-1.048  57 

Middlesex  Union. 

Fitchburg,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  m.  c.  28  64 
Groton,  Union  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  m.  c.  63  64 
Leominster,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  Chari- 
table Soc.  33  00 

Townsend,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  14  06 — 139  34 

Norfolk  county. 

Brookline,  Harvard  Cong.  ch.  and  so. 

add’i,  10  00 

Canton,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  m.  c.  15  05 

Dorchester,  2d  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  La- 
dies, 525  50 

Foxboro,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  28  75 

Medway  Village,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.,  — 
with  other  dona’s,  to  cons.  H.  P. 

Sanford,  H.  M.  88  25 

Roxbury,  Vine  st.  Cong.  ch.  and  so. 
m.  c.  30;  Eliot  Cong.  ch.  and  so. 
m.  c.  19.88  49  88 

Walpole,  Rev.  E.  G.  Thurber,  to  cons. 

Rev.  D.  H.  Taylor,  Saginaw  City, 

Mich.,  H.  M.  50  00 

West  Roxbury,  South  Evan.  ch.  and 
so.  m.  c.  37  05—804  48 

Old  Colony. 

Mattapoisett,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  20  26 
New  Bedford,  Trin.  Cong.  ch.  and  so. 
to  cons.  E.  B.  Chase,  H.  M.  176  00—196  26 
Palestine  Miss.  Soc.  E.  Alden,  Tr. 

East  Abington,  Cong.  ch.  and  so. 

Gent,  and  Ladies,  125,  m.  c.  20 ; 145  00 
Hanover,  2d  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  24  00 
North  Bridgewater,  Porter  Cong.  ch. 
and  so.  252.88 ; Campello  Cong.  ch. 
and  so.  81 ; 333  88 

Randolph,  Winthrop  Cong.  ch.  and 
so.  (of  wh.  from  Gents,  62.90,  La- 
dies, 48.10,  m.  c.  116.60;)  227.60; 

1st  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  — Gents, 
add’i,  2.75 ; 230  35 

South  Abington,  Cong.  ch.  and  so. 
to  cons.  E.  M.  Noyes  and  Mrs.  E. 

C.  Stetson, H.  M.  232  00 

Weymouth,  1st  Cong.  ch.  and  so. 

126.31 ; Pilgrim  Cong.  ch.  and  so. 

28;  Union  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  21; 

2d  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  bal.  14.36 ; 189  67 
Weymouth  and  Braintree,  Union 
Cong.  ch.  and  so.  136  04-1,290  94 

Plymouth  county. 

Marshfield,  2d  Trin.  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  6 04 

Taunton  and  vicinity. 

Tall  River,  Central  Cong.  ch.  and  so. 

(of  which  from  Nathan  Durfee,  to 
cons.  Nancy  S.  Earl,  Susan  A. 

Earl,  Newton  R.  Earl,  Henry 
H.  Earl,  Adriana  W.  Earl,  H.  M. 

500 ; Hale  Remington,  to  cons. 


Mrs.  D.  K.  Remington,  Mrs.  C.  V. 

S.  Remington,  Mrs.  Henry  H. 

Remington,  Catharine  H.  Rem- 
ington. Sarah  W.  Remington, 

H.  M.  500)  2,252  62 

Worcester  Central  Aux.  Ass.  E.  H.  San- 
ford, Tr. 

Shrewsbury,  a friend,  5 00 

Worcester,  Union  Cong.  ch.  and  so. 
m.  c.  221 17—226  17 

Worcester  co.  South.  W.  C.  Capron,  Tr. 

Milford,  1st  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  38.05, 
less  exp.  and  c’ft,  37  30 

Northbridge,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  m.  c.  40  00 
Upton,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  m.  c.  6 80 — 84  10 

8,493  61 

Chelsea,  Winn.  Cong.  ch.  and  so,  m.  c. 

46.26,  less  c’ft  50c. ; Broadway  Cong. 

ch.  and  so.  m.  c.  2 months,  67-54 ; 113  30 

8,606  91 

Legacies.  — Beverly,  Susan  Griffin, 

add’i  by  James  Hill,  Ex’r,  500  18 
Boston,  Mrs.  Sarah  A.  Brewer,  by 
J.  A.  Newell,  Ex’r.  940  00—1,440  18 

10,047  09 

RHODE  ISLAND. 

Central  Falls,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  80  71 

Kingston,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  6 00 — 86  71 

CONNECTICUT. 

Fairfield  co.  East,  Aux.  Soc. 

Stratford,  G.  Loomis,  5 00 

Fairfield  co.  West  Aux.  Soc.  Charles  Marvin,  Tr. 

Southport,  Cong,  ch  and  so.  m.  c.  10  00 

Hartford  co.  Aux.  Soc.  E.  W.  Parsons,  Tr. 

Bristol,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  m.  c.  12  82 
East  Windsor,  Cong.  ch.  and  so. 

104.25  ; Misses  S.  & L.  Wells,  10  ; 114  25 
West  Hartland,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  20  00 
Windsor  Locks,  B.  R.  Allen,  1 00 — 148  07 

Hartford  co.  South  Conso.  H.  S.  Ward,  Tr. 
Middletown,  1st  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  Gents 
and  Ladies’  Asso.  add’i,  41  71 

Middlesex  Association.  John  Marvin,  Tr. 

Millington,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  13  00 

New  Haven  City.  F.  T.  Jarman,  Agent. 

Centre  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  (of  which  from  a 
friend,  to  cons.  Mrs.  J.  H.  Robinson, 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  H.  M.  110  ; Eli  Whitney, 

100;)  215;  3d  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  m.  c.  2 
m’ths,  64.03;  Davenport,  Cong.  ch.  and 
so.  m.  c.  7.51 ; United  m.  c.  5.85 ; 292  39 

New  London  and  vie.  and  Norwich  and  vie. 

C.  Butler  and  L.  A.  Hyde,  Trs. 

East  Lyme,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  20  00 

New  London,  two  ladies  of  2d  Cong, 
ch.  and  so.  100;  Mrs.  C.  L.  Ames, 

50 ; 150  00—170  00 

Windham  co.  Aux.  Soc.  Rev.  S.  G.  Willard,  Tr. 
Windham,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  m.  c.  57  50 


737  67 

Vernon,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  m.  c.  18  00 

755  67 

Legacies.  — North  Woodstock,  Abigail 
G.  Child,  to  cons.  Mrs.  P.  C.  Child, 

North  Woodstock,  Conn,  and  Geo. 

W.  Kent,  New  York  City,  H.  M.  200  00 
Windsor,  Archippus  McCall,  927  31-1,127  31 

1,882  98 

NEW  YORK. 

Auburn  and  vicinity.  I.  F.  Terrill,  Agent. 

Auburn  Theological  Seminary  20  00 

Northville,  1st  Pres.  ch.  m.  c.  10  00 — 30  00 

Buffalo  and  vicinity.  II.  Stillman,  Agent. 

Buffalo,  1st  Pres.  ch.  to  cons.  Mrs.  F. 

Gridley,  H.  M.  107  07 

Geneva  and  vicinity.  W.  H.  Smith,  Agent. 

Geneva,  T.  C.  Maxwell  & Brothers,  500  ; 

W.  H.  S.  10 ; less  exchange,  508  72 

New  York  and  Brooklyn  Aux.  Soc.  — 

Of  wh.  from  Clinton  Av.  Cong.  ch.  and  so. 


I860.] 


Donations, 


255 


(Brooklyn,)  in  part,  (of  wh.  from  J.  Da- 
venport, to  cons.  J.  B.  Davenport,  H.  M. 

100;  J.  S.  Case,  to  cons,  himself  H.  M. 

100 ; Geo.  S.  Coe,  100 : C.  C.  Woolworth, 

50;  C.  N.  Kinney,  25;)  950  ; South  Cong, 
ch.  and  so.  (Brooklyn,)  (of  wh.  from  C. 

H.  Parsons,  50 ;)  to  cons.  E.  A.  Lawrence, 

J.  S.  Bailey,  and  Mrs.  S.  B.  Turner,  H. 

M.  361.86;  Church  of  the  Covenant,  (of 
wh.  from  G.  F.  Betts,  100 ; R.  H.  McCur- 
dy, to  cons.  T.  F.  McCurdy,  Norwich, 

Conn.  H.  M.  100;  B.  F.  Butler,  100;) 

300;  Madison  Sq.  Pres.  ch.  John  Slade, 

200 ; Brick  Pres.  ch.  J.  C.  Holden,  to 
cons.  Mrs.  Aug.  Walker,  Diarbekir, 

H.  M.  100;  Mercer  st.  Pres.  ch.  (of  wh. 
from  Mrs.  A.  M.  Mason,  25 ; m.  c.  57.90 ;) 

82.90;  West  Pres.  ch.  m.  c.  24.62;  E.  J. 

Woolsey,  500;  E.  C.  Bridgman,  to  cons. 

Rev.  D.  R.  Frazer,  H.  M.  50 ; 2,608  08 

ODeida  co.  Aux.  Soc.  J.  E.  Warner,  Tr. 

Utica,  1st  Pres,  ch.,  in  part,  with  other 
dona,  to  cons.  E.  H.  Roberts,  Utica, 

Rev.  A.  J.  Upson,  Clinton,  N.  Y.,  Rev. 

G.  P.  Hamilton,  Vernon,  N.  Y.,  H.  M.  192  00 


3,445  87 


Albany,  2d  Pres.  ch.  917.18  ; 4th  Pres, 
ch.  For.  Miss.  Soc..  (in  part,)  200; 

State  st.  Pres.  ch.  88,63 ; 1,205  81 

Aurora,  Pres.  ch.  to  cons.  Mrs.  R. 

Mandell,  H.  M.  100  00 

Brasher  Falls,  Pres.  ch.  m.  c.  3 68 

Brewster  Station,  Mrs.  G.  Borden,  for 
support  of  a native  teacher  in  Mah- 
ratta,  20  00 

Chestertown,  Pres.  ch.  5 70 

Clinton,  a friend,  5 00 

Coventry,  1st  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  14  75 

Dry  den,  Pres.  ch.  15  40 

Durham,  1st  Pres.  ch.  m.  c.  2 m’ths, 

20;  H.  W.  Snyder,  to  cons.  Mrs.  M. 

M.  Elting,  South  Cairo,  H.  M.  100 ; 120  00 
Essex,  Pres.  ch.  m.  c.'  16  30 

Flushing,  1st  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  84  00 

Greenville,  F.  H.  Wakeley,  10  00 

Havana,  Pres.  ch.  22  00 

Meridian,  Pres.  ch.  30  15 

Milford,  Pres.  ch.  20  00 

Mooers,  Pres.  ch.  and  so.  30  00 

New  Lebanon,  an  aged  lady,  5 00 

North  Bergen,  Pres.  ch.  21  50 

Oakfield,  Pres.  ch.  15 ; Miss  M.  E.  Hol- 
brook, 20 ; 35  00 

Palmyra,  Mrs.  E.  E.  Burbank,  10  00 

Parishville,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  m.  c.  10  66 
Peekskill,  2d  Pres.  ch.  28  50 

Rochester,  1st  Pres.  ch.  42  58 

Rome,  1st  Pres.  ch.  (of  wh.  from  I.  T. 


Miner,  10 ; Mrs.  R.  M.  Foot,  10 ;)  200  00 

Sherburne,  1st  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  (of  wh. 


from  William  Newton,  to  cons.  Mrs. 

A.  J.  Newton,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  H.  M. 

100 ;)  to  cons.  S.  Foote,  H.  M.  212  69 
Stone  Church.  Pres.  ch.  20  00 

Spuyten  Duyvil,  D.  H.  Kellogg,  100  00 
Tompkins,  2d  Pres,  ch.,  in  part,  5.00-2,393  72 


5,839  59 

Legacies.  — Albany,  Nathaniel  Wright, 

by  A.  McClure,  150  00 

Romulus,  Miss  Sayre,  by  W.  H. 

Smith,  Agent,  300,  less  exchange,  299  25 — 449  25 

6.288  84 

NEW  JERSEY. 

Hoboken,  1st  Pres.  ch.  50  00 

Meudham,  1st  Pres.  ch.  61  00 

Newark,  1st  Pres.  ch.  Ladies’  Miss.  Asso. 

190 ; South  Park  Pres.  ch.  m.  c.  88.45 ; 
a missionary  widow’s  thank-offering, 

20 ; 298  45-409  45 


PENNSYLVANIA. 

By  S.  Work,  Agent. 

Philadelphia,  Walnut  st.  Pres.  ch. 
394.37 ; Kensington,  1st  Pres.  ch. 


100.18 ; Mantua,  Pres.  ch.  56.87 ; 

Southwark  Pres.  ch.  25 ; Pine  st. 

Pres.  ch.  m.  c.  13.05 ; 589  47 

Delaware  Water  Gap,  Mountain  Pres. 

ch.  m.  c.  13  00 — 602  47 

Danville,  Mrs.  Magill,  5 00 

Great  Bend,  Pres.  ch.  m.  c.  14.81,  less 
exchange,  14  66 

Lock  Haven,  G.  B.  Perkins,  2 75 

Philadelphia,  H.  B.  Lincoln,  500 ; J. 

D.  L.  52 ; 552  00 

Titusville,  a thank-offering,  50  00—624  41 

1,226  88 

Legacies.  — West  Chester,  James  Atwood,  by 
John  M.  Atwood,  Ex’r,  445  00 

1,671  88 

MARYLAND. 

Baltimore,  Mrs.  D.  W.  Hall,  20  00 


DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA. 

Georgetown,  I.  Darby,  15  00 

Washington,  1st  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  m.  c. 
with  prev.  dona,  to  cons.  Charles  H. 

Bliss,  H.  M.  36  00 — 51  00 


OHIO. 

By  William  Scott,  Agent. 

Cincinnati,  2d  Pres.  ch.  m.  c.  15,85  ; 
3d  Pres.  ch.  m.  c.  15.34;  Peter 


Vandenersen,  10  ; 41 19 

Cumminsville,  a friend,  10  00 

Middleport,  Pres.  ch.  50  00 

Ripley,  Vres.  ch.  in.  c.  14  00 

Walnut  Hills,  Lane  Sem.  ch.  m.  c.  9 67—124  86 
Chatham  Centre,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  43  00 


Cincinnati,  1st  Ortho.  Cong.  ch.  and 
so.  (coll.  371.98,  m.c.  128.02;)  500; 
to  cons.  C.  Hitchcock,  Mrs.  S. 
Shaffer,  Mrs.  M.  P.  White,  Sirs. 
M.  H.  Sibley,  and  Mrs.  L.  E.  Fay, 


H.  M. 

500  00 

Cleveland,  D.  A.  Shepard,  to 

cons. 

Mrs.  L.  M«.  Shepard,  H.  M. 

100  00 

Defiance,  1st  Pres.  ch.  m.  c. 

7 50 

Elyria,  1st  Pres.  ch.  36.48 ; E.  De- 

Witt,  10 ; 

Huntington,  Cong.  ch.  and  sc 

46  48 

>.  23; 

Rev.  A.  R.  Clark  and  wife, 

with 

prev.  dona,  to  cons.  Jos.  T. 

Has- 

kell,  H.  M.  50  ; 

73  00 

Lowell,  Cong.  ch.  and  so. 

10  00 

Rome,  Pres.  ch. 

10  00 

Sunbury,  Rev.  John  Martin, 

100 

Tallmadge,  David  Preston, 

5 00- 

INDIANA. 
Wabash, 1st  Pres.  ch. 


920  84 
15  00 


ILLINOIS. 

Augusta,  Pres.  ch.  m.  c. 

Bradford,  a friend 
Cairo,  1st  Pres.  ch. 

Chicago,  Union  Park  Cong.  ch.  and  so. 
Mrs.  A.  A.  Fisk,  with  prev.  dona,  to 
cons.  Rev.  F.  W.  Fisk,  D.  D.,  H.  M. 
20-00;  Plymouth,  Cong.  ch.  and  so. 
27.90,  less  exc.  25c. ; 8th  Pres.  ch. 


17.06 ; 

64  71 

Galesburg,  E.  Jenney, 

15  00 

Jacksonville,  1st.  Pres.  ch. 

155  00 

Knoxville,  Rev.  S.  S.  Miles, 

100 

Lake  Forest,  Pres.  ch.  355  70,  m. 

c. 

16.38  ; to  cons.  H.  M.  Thompson  and 

D.  J.  Lake,  H.  M. 

372  08 

Monticello,  The  Church  of  Christ, 

13100 

Morrison,  Rev.  E.  G.  Smith, 

500 

Oak  Park,  Church  collections, 

27  14 

Ontario,  Cong.  ch.  and  so. 

100 

Pontiac,  Pres.  ch. 

16  60 

Prairie  City,  Cong.  ch.  and  so. 

2 25 

Shelbyville,  Pres.  ch.  (of  wh.  from  E. 

Cheney  for  Rev.  H.  Bingham,  10  ;) 

i 24  50 

Waukegan,  Pres.  ch. 

10  10-  882  38 

12  00 
10  00 
35  00 


256 


Donations. 


[August. 


MICHIGAN. 


Detroit,  2d  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  44  ; D. 

G.  10: 

54  00 

Kalamazoo,  P.  L.  H. 

4 00 — 58  00 

MINNESOTA. 

Cottage  Grove,  1st  Cong.  ch.  and  so. 
Faribault,  Plymouth  Cong.  ch.  and  so. 

8 00 

to  cons.  Rev.  J.  W.  Strong,  H.  M. 
Minneapolis,  Plymouth  Cong.  ch.  and 

50  00 

so. 

38  85 

Red  Wing,  J.  W.  Hancock, 

3 43 

St.  Paul,  House  of  Hope  Pres.  ch.  m.  c. 

10  00—110  28 

IOWA. 

Bristol,  Rev.  O.  Littlefield, 

10  00 

Grinnell,  Cong.  ch.  and  so. 

20  00 

Hillsboro,  JoHn  W.  Hammond, 
McGregor,  Cong.  ch.  and  so. 

5 50 

40  08 

Muscatine,  a friend, 

50  00—125  58 

WISCONSIN. 

Burlington,  Mrs.  M.  Montgomery, 

10  00 

Fort  Atkinson,  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  m.  c. 

8 75 

Lancaster,  Cong.  ch.  and  so. 

13  10 

Neeuah,  Mrs.  D.  Blakely, 

Quincy,  S.  P.  and  C.  C.  Berry,  for  their 

150 

deceased  son,  S.  C.  Berry, 

5 00 

Racine,  Cong.  ch.  and  so. 
Tomah,  F.  O.  C.  Chester, 

25  50 

2 00 

Wauwatosa,  Cong.  ch.  and  so. 

41  85-107  70 

MISSOURI. 

Legacies.  — St.  Louis,  John  Shack- 
ford  (add'l.)  by  W.  M.  Shackford, 

Ex’r,  161  25 

KANSAS. 

Grasshopper  Falls,  Mrs.  Roseborough, 

1 ; Rev.  E.  A.  Harlow,  50c. ; 1 50 

Leavenworth,  Rev.  S.  R.  Woodruff,  1 00 — 2 50 

CALIFORNIA. 

Oakland,  1st  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  m.  c. 

21.80,  coin,  32  91 

San  Francisco,  1st  Cong.  ch.  and  so. 
m.  c.  35,  coin,  52  85 — 85  76 

OREGON. 

Forest  Grove,  Cong.  ch.  aud  so.  m.  c.  10  00 

Portland,  1st  Cong.  ch.  and  so.  in.  c.  6 00 — 16  00 

FOREIGN  LANDS  AND  MISSIONARY  STATIONS. 

Peking,  China,  a friend,  266  67 

Sandwich  Islands,  Hawaii,  South  Kona, 

Rev.  J.  D.  Paris,  to  cons.  Mrs.  Mary 

Paris,  H.  M.  100  00—366  67 


MISSION  SCHOOL  ENTERPRISE. 

Maine.  — Bethel  2d.  Cong.  s.  s.  43  ; Brown- 
field, Cong.  s.  s.  3.84  ; Hallowell,  Cong.  s.  s. 
for  schs.  of  Rev.  G.  Pollard,  50  ; Minot, 

(Cong.  s.  s.  10.57  ; a family  offering,  25c. ;) 

10.82 ; Richmoud,  (of  which  from  Cong, 
s.  s.  26.28;  Ann  Judsou’s  class,  2.90; 

Young  Gleaners,  1.80 ; ) 30.98 ; Waterville, 

Nellie,  deceased,  1 ; Weld,  Cong.  s.  s. 

2.32 ; Westbrook,  Cong.  s.  s.  7 ; West  Fal- 
mouth, Cong.  s.  s.  21.65 ; West  Minot, 

Cong.  s.s.  5 ; Yarmouth,  Cong.  s.s.  53.51 ; 229  12 

New  Hampshire. — Bristol,  Cong.  s.  s.  8 ; 
Concord,  Myrtle  Mission  s.  s.  16.85;  Marl- 
boro', Cong.  s.  s.  13.35  ; Milford,  Cong.  s.  s. 

55  ; Nashua,  Pearl  st.  Cong.  s.  s.  add'l,  for 
supt.  of  a theol.  student  20 ; Peterboro’, 

Cong.  s.  s.  11.43 ; Wolfboro’,  Cong.  s.  s. 

7.40 ; 132  03 

Vermont.  — Barre,  Cong.  s.  s.  20 ; Berlin, 

Cong.  s.  s.  for  Rev.  A.  Hazen’s  schs.  10  ; 
Brownington,  Cong.  s.  s.  9 ; Dorset,  Cong, 
s.  s.  30 ; Franklin,  Cong.  s.  s.  18  ; Greens- 
boro', Cong.  s.  s.  22.39;  Hardwick,  Cong, 
s.  s.  32;  Holland,  Cong.  a.  s.  3.10;  West- 
minster, East  CoDg.  s.  s.  1.10 ; West 


Townshend,  Cong.  s.  s.  25  ; Windham, 

Cong.  s.  s.  11.50;  182  09 

Massachusetts.  — Ballardvale,  Union  s.  s. 

3;  Bedford,  Trin.  Cong.  s.  s.  a class  of 
young  ladies,  1 ; East  Bridgewater,  Union 
s.  s.  10 ; Hadley,  Russell  Cong.  s.  s.  22 ; 
Hanover,  2d  Cong.  s.s.  10;  Haydenville, 

Cong.  s.  s.  for  schs.  in  Persia,  50  ; Holy- 
oke, 2d  Cong.  s.  s.  for  Rev.  W.  C.  Capron’s 
schs.,  Madura,  15  ; Lawrence,  Elliot  Cong, 
s.  s.  for  Miss  H.  S.  Clark,  Seneca  Mission, 

150 ; Lenox,  Cong.  s.  s.  for  Rev.  G.  T.  Wash- 
burn’s schs.,  Madura,  9;  Mittineague, 

Cong.  s.  s.  10.10 ; Palmer,  2d  Cong.  s.  s. 

8.35  ; Randolph,  Winthrop  Cong.  s.  s.  30 ; 

Shirley  Village,  Ortho.  Cong.  s.  s.  5 ; Way- 
land,  Cong.  s.  s.  1.44  ; West  Boxford,  Cong, 
s.  s.  14.25 ; Westfield,  1st  Cong.  s.  s.  for 
sch.  of  Mrs.  Hazen,  Mahratta,  23 ; Wil- 
liamsburgh,  Cong.  s.  s.  14.03;  376  17 

Connecticut.  — Abington,  Cong.  s.  s.  1.66; 
Coventry  Depot,  Cong.  s.  s.  25  ; Cromwell, 

Cong.  s.s.  35.55 ; Ellington,  Cong.  s.s.  13.37  ; 
Newington,  Cong.  s.  s.  12.62 ; Stamford, 

Cong.  s.  s.  58.45 ; Watertown,  Cong.  s.  s. 

91c. ; Wauregan,  Cong.  s.  s.  2; 

New  York.  — Brasher  Falls,  Pres.  s.  s.  14.57 ; 
Brooklyn,  Boerum  st.  s.  s.  for  sch.  in  Ga- 
boon, 21.30  ; Franklinville,  Pres.  s.  s.  17  ; 

Huron,  Pres.  s.  s.  10.70  ; Ithaca,  Pres.  s.  s. 

25  ; Lakeville,  1st  Pres.  s.  s.  of  Geneseo, 

12 ; Sherburne,  1st  Cong.  s.  s.  to  cons. 

J.  S.  Blackman,  Pitcher,  N.  Y.,  H.  M. 

122; 

Pennsylvania.  — Athens,  Refd.  Dutch  s.  s. 
for  a sch.  in  Turkey,  30.96  ; Philadelphia, 

(of  which  from  Walnut  st.  Pres.  s.  s.  30 ; 

Mantua,  Pres.  s.  s.  25 ; ) 55  ; West  Chester, 

1st  Pres.  ch.  Juv.  Miss.  Soc.  151.43 ; 237  39 

Ohio.  — Ashtabula,  Pres.  s.  s.  for  sch.  of  Rev. 

H.  J.  Bruce,  Mahratta,  25  ; Athens,  Pres, 
s.  s.  for  Rev.  J.  K.  Greene’s  sch.  Turkey, 

25  ; Canton,  Pres.  s.  s.  14  ; Huntington, 

Cong.  s.  s.  for  sch.  of  Rev.  H.  C.  Haskell, 

Turkey,  19;  Middleport,  Pres.  s.  s.  7.80  ; 
Monroeville,  Pres.  s.  s.  for  a scholar  at 
Ahmednuggur,  3 ; 

Illinois.  — Chicago,  1st  Cong.  s.  s.  50  ; Wood- 
burn,  Cong.  s.  s.  4.50  ; 

Michigan.  — Fenton,  Pres.  s.  s.  for  sch.  of 


Rev.  A.  Walker.  Diarbekir,  15  ; Plainfield, 

Union  s.  s.  1.40  ; Wayne,  Cong.  s.  s.  3;  19  40 

Minnesota.  — Excelsior,  Cong.  s.  s.  6.25 ; 
Northfield,  Cong.  s.  s.  6.72  ; Minneapolis, 

1st.  Pres.  Morning  Star  Miss.  Asso.  for  sch. 
in  Nestoria,  5 ; 17  97 

Iowa.  — Bowen’s  Prairie,  Cong.  s.s.  2 50 

Wisconsin.  — Wauwatosa,  Cong.  s.  s.  5 60 

Foreign  Lands  and  Miss.  Stations.  — North 
China  Mission,  friends,  for  boys’  school, 


144.08,  do.  for  girls’  school,  193.66;  Oroo- 
miah,  Persia, — A little  Nestorian  boy’s 
dying  gift, — a hatchet,  — 2.47  ; Point  st., 

Charles,  Canada  East,  Juv.  Miss,  sewing 
class,  for  sch.  in  East  Turkey,  15 ; 355  21 

2^077  91 


Donations  received  in  June,  24,371  41 

Legacies,  5,712  07 


30,083  48 


05^  TOTAL  from  Sept.  1st., 

1865,  to  June  30th,  1866,  312,941  17 

DONATIONS  FOR  THE  NEW  MISSIONARY 
PACKET,  “ MORNING  STAR.” 

Received  to  June  30th,  — particulars  here- 
after, - 8,929  09 


93  80 
54  50 


149  56 


222  57 


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