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THE
MISSIONARY HERALD
VOLUME LXXIIL- NUMBER 5
MAY, 1877
CONTENTS
Rev. Selah I3u«r Tkeat.
Sickness. — Death. — Outline of his Life.
— The Funeral — Address by Dr. Clark.
— ^Letter from Dr. Sweetser. — Remarks
of Mr. Worcester. — Closing Services.
— Fuller Statements by Dr. Sweetser 129
Iksthuctions to Dk. Hyde 137
Conscientious Use of Wealth . . . 140
The Suffering in Turkey 141
Salutations and Thanks from an Ori-
ental Father 142
Salutations of an Oriental Deacon,
WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO OCCI-
DENTAL Deacons 143
Items from the Missions.
Japan; North China; Mahratta Mission ;
Eastern Turkey ; Western Turkey ;
Spain; Western Mexico 144
Zulu Mission — Southeastern Africa.
A New Station Begun. — The Regions
Beyond 146
Western Turkey Mission.
The Story of the Talas (Cesarea) Bell.
— Cheering Progress in the Cesarea
Field 148
Eastern Turkey Mission.
Lawless Violence — Uncertainties. — New
Church tn the Mardin Field — A Joy-
ful Sabbath. — The Fire at Van. — The
“Thanksgiving” of the Protestants
— Thanks to American Christians. —
Meeting with Pastors — Special Inter-
est at Heuscnik 151
Mahratta Mission — Western India.
A New Region Visited — The People
eager to hear. — Does it Pay ? . . . 155
Madura Mission — Southern India.
A Year’s Work at Periakulam — Tlie
Famine 157
Japan Mission.
A Pleasant Incident. — Rapid Progress.
— Conversation with a Priest . . . 157
Mission to Austria.
A Note of Joy from Mr. SchaufHer. —
Encouragement at Gratz 158
Missions of other Societies.
Irish Presbyterian Mission. — United
Presbyterian Church (Scotland). —
General Baptist Missionary Society
(English). — London Society for Pro-
moting Christianity among the Jews.
— Wesleyan Methodist Missionary So-
ciety (English).— China Inland Mission 160
Miscellany.
Revival among the Nestorians. — Jewish
Converts to Christianity. — The Fam-
ine in India. — The Men Wanted. —
Gleanings. — Departure. — Death . . 163
Offerings for the Debt 166
Donations received in March ... 166
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GENERAL AGENCIES.^
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the Prudential Committee, with a view to efficiency in the raising of funds.
District Sacretaries.
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legaoxes.
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Missions the sum of , to be applied to the mission purposes set forth in its Act
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THE
MISSIONARY HERALD.
VoL. LXXIIL — MAY, 1877. — No. V.
REV. SELAH BURR TREAT.
Before this number of the Missionary Herald is received by its readers
they will have learned through other publications, that Rev. Selah B. Treat,
the honored and beloved Senior Secretary of the American Board, unexpect-
edly and suddenly, but very gently, “fell asleep” on Wednesday morning,
March 28th, at about half-past four o’clock. It is due, perhaps, to the wide
circle of his friends at home, and especially to the whole company of mission-
aries of the Board abroad, that some detail of the facts connected with his
death, as well as with his life, should be given here.
SICKNESS.
Mr. Treat had not been well for six or seven weeks, suffering from a cold,
as was supposed, with some inflammation of the lungs. He was not able to
be much at the Missionary Rooms for about two weeks previous to the 5th
of March, but was there daily, engaged in his usual labors, during the week
commencing with that day. He finished the editorial work upon the Herald
for April, had his plans, doubtless, with reference to subsequent numbers, and
left his room on Saturday, March 10th, with no thought, probably, that his
work was done. Indeed when another was called upon, only five days before
his death, to commence the preparation of this number of the Herald, in an-
swer to inquiries at his house it was said that he would not probably be able
to do anything upon the publication “for ten days perhaps ; possibly not for a
fortnight.” And up to the very last, the report was substantially the same, —
that he was doing well, and would probably be out very soon.
DEATH.
On Wednesday morning, March 28th, a son who had slept in the room with
him noticed his heavy breathing, went to him, and found the death change
already upon his countenance, and in a very few minutes his spirit passed
away. There was no painful sickness, no protracted decay of old age, when
he could not be an active worker in the service of Christ, — an old age which
he had earnestly desired that he might not experience ; there was no dying
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struggle. He had labored to the last, had mainly finished his work — his
eminently good work — as Secretary of the Board, to which he felt no longer
equal, and had passed it over to his successor, chosen at the Board’s last an-
nual meeting; had returned again to those editorial labors in which he was
engaged for the first twelve or thirteen years of his connection with the Board,
(and which, now, another had resigned in the belief that he would be able to
perform them, and thus pleasantly continue that connection for a few more
years) ; and had written two numbers of a proposed series of articles on “ Prov-
idence in Missions.” He was ready ; his lamp had long been trimmed and
burning ; the Bridegroom came, and he went forth to meet him, and to be
with him forever.
OUTLINE OF HIS LIFE.
Mr. Treat, the son of Selah and Anna Williams Treat, was born at Hart-
land, Conn., February 19, 1804. When he was ten years old the family re-
moved to Hartford, where he fitted for college in the grammar school. He en-
tered Yale at the age of sixteen, and graduated in 1824. He then studied law
with eminent men, — Judge Peters, of Hartford (whose daughter subsequently
became his wife). Judge Gould, of Litchfield, and Governor Ellsworth. Ad-
mitted to the bar in 1826, he commenced practice at East Windsor, Conn., was
married December 25, 1827, and in 1831 removed to Penn Yan, New York,
forming a partnership with Hon. Henry Wells, afterwards a judge of the Su-
preme Court. In the summer of that year, after a severe mental struggle,
ending in a full surrender of himself to Christ, he joined the Presbyterian
Church at Penn Yan. In 1833 he abandoned the legal profession, went to
the Andover Theological Seminary to study for the ministry, and graduated
in 1835. In March, 1836, he was ordained as pastor of the Third Presbyte-
rian Church at Newark, N. J. ; but after four years of active labor in that
position, ill health constrained him to leave, and he became associate edi-
tor with Dr. Absalom Peters, of the “ Biblical Repository and American
Eclectic.”
Early in 1843, he was invited by the Prudential Committee of the Amer-
ican Board to take editorial charge of the ‘‘Missionary Herald” and the
“Youth’s Dayspring;” at the annual meeting of the Board in the autumn of
that year he was chosen Recording Secretary, and in 1847, after the death of
Dr. Armstrong, he was elected one of the Corresponding Secretaries of the
Board, to have charge, especially, of the correspondence with missions among
the North American Indians. In 1859, he was put in charge of the Home
Department also ; and with how much wisdom, discretion, and efficiency he
performed his duties in that department, and how fully he secured the confi-
dence of pastors and of churches, it cannot be needful now to state. His edi-
torial labors were continued till the autumn of 1856, when for the second time
he was obliged to go abroad for his health (be went first, in 1850, visiting
Athens and Constantinople), and after his return, in June, 1857, he thought
it best not to resume this portion of his work. From 1858 to 1865 he was
one of the “ Visitors ” of Andover Theological Seminary.
Such is a brief outline of dates connected with a life of very eminent worth
and usefulness, and perhaps in the space which can be taken here, the out-
line cannot be filled out in a more satisfactory way than by giving some ac-
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count of the funeral, with extracts from remarks there made, and from letters
received from eminent friends,
THE FUNERAE ADDRESS BY DR. CLARK.
The funeral services, — after a prayer at the family residence by Dr. N. G.
Clark, now Senior Secretary of the Board, — were held at the Central Church,
Boston, on Friday afternoon, March 30th, Dr. Alden, Junior Secretary, of-
fered a brief introductory prayer, and read a selection of beautifully fitting
and appropriate passages of Scripture. One of Mr. Treat’s favorite hymns,
“Jesus, lover of my soul,” was then sung, and Hon. Alpheus Hardy, Chair-
man of the Prudential Committee, made a few remarks and read the follow-
ing Minute, that day adopted by the Committee : —
“Whereas it has pleased the Head of the Church to remove our beloved and honored
brother, Rev. Selah B. Treat, the Senior Secretary of the American Board, from a
position in which he has labored long and with eminent ability and success, the Pru-
dential Committee desire to put on record their grateful appreciation of his rare in-
tellectual gifts, his executive ability, and unselfish devotion to the cause of Christ,
during the thirty-four years of his connection with the Board. His practical wisdom,
sound judgment, and well-balanced character, secured him not only the highest
respect and esteem in the more immediate sphere of his labors, but made him the
trusted friend and counselor of many in other walks of life. Modest and unassum-
ing in manner, it was only those who knew him best that most fully appreciated his
wide historical knowledge, his fund of illustrative anecdote, and the soundness and
accuracy of his judgment. His papers presented at the Annual Meetings of the
Board, hardly less admirable for elegance of style than for the wisdom displayed in
the discussion of important topics, constitute a most valuable contribution to mission-
ary literature. While the Committee deeply feel their personal loss, they still more
deeply feel the loss to the cause of foreign missions and to the kingdom of Christ in
the world.
Dr. Clark made the principal address, which was not written, and so cannot
be reported here. His remarks were most appropriately clustered around
this thought, — that as Mr. Treat loved to dwell upon the favoring Providence
of God in connection with the missionary work, and had commenced a series
of articles upon that topic in the Missionary Herald, we could now hardly fail
to recognize a marked instance of that Providence, in raising up such a man
and fitting him so admirably for the work to which he was called. He spoke
of his Puritan ancestry; of his education for the legal profession ; his several
years of very promising practice as a lawyer, — cultivating a sound judgment
and the habit of looking carefully at all sides of questions to be considered,
— and his special attention to questions connected with wills; his study of
theology at Andover at a time of marked missionary interest in that institu-
tion, when such men as Justin Perkins, S. B. Munger, and Benjamin Schnei-
der were about to leave for their several fields abroad, while eight men in the
class above him, among whom were Henry Ballantine, Aldin Grout, and Philan-
der 0. Powers, and five members of his own class, devoted themselves to the
foreign work ; of many men, subsequently eminent in the ministry and in vari-
ous spheres of Christian work, with whom he was associated in college and
in the seminary, and who were his life-long friends ; of his experience as a
pastor, and then as an editor, before he became connected with the American
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Board, — all indications of, and serving to complete, the special preparation
that Providence was giving him for the position which he was to fill.
LETTER FROM DR. SWEETSER.
Dr. Clark also read extracts from a few letters received after the death,
especially one from Dr. Seth Sweetser, of Worcester, Mass., in which he
said : —
“ Mr. Treat was a friend, so true and sincere ; so confiding and worthy of
confidence ; so kind and helpful ; so magnanimous, and withal so pervaded
with the Christian spirit, that one could hardly ask for more ; and I am sure
more is seldom found
I “ Yet the real brightness and glory of his life, the charm which more than
anything else has endeared him, is (he pure and unselfish devotion of his whole
being to the interests of Christ’s Kingdom. God gave him such endowments,
and he had such acquirements and discipline as would have enabled him to
reach eminence in any intellectual pursuit. Had he gone on in the path which
he first chose, distinction was almost a certainty. Elevation, honor, office, per-
haps wealth, were almost within his grasp. But, by the grace of God, he
was led to estimate life by a different standard, and to address himself to ob-
taining a different crown. With all the sorrow which overwhelms us at his
departure, this joy abides, — it rises above and gilds the cloud, — that he was
made such of God ; that by the grace of the Spirit he so lived ; that his pow-
ers, so ample, were so used ; and that we are permitted to recall a life, so
humble, and yet so efficient ; so crowded with effort, and yet so unambitious ;
so untiring, and yet .so wide and beneficent in its aims. He did not live for
himself. I think we should bless God that we have seen such an illustration
of Christian devotion, that we have witnessed such a consecration of extraor-
dinary gifts and faculties to the promotion of the best welfare of the race, to
the far-reaching designs which include the elevation of the degraded, and
the enlightening of the ignorant to the very ends of the earth.”
REMARKS BY MR. WORCESTER.
Rev. I. R. Worcester, having been for thirty years connected with the
home work of the Board, and intimately associated with Mr. Treat, was spe-
cially reqviested by the Prudential Committee to make some remarks at the
funeral. He spoke as follows : — ^
“ Was it not a precious word, when the Master said to his disciples, ‘ Oter
friend Lazarus sleepeth ? ’ And may we not now, reverently, but with assured
confidence, in our thoughts, join that Master with ourselves, as we say. Our
friend — ours and Christ’s, — our tried and trusted friend, our honored, es-
teemed, loved friend sleepeth, — sleepeth to awake again ? As to the bodily
form, that form grown so venerable with advancing years, so much revered
for that of which it was but the embodipjent ; as to wordly cares and labors,
worldly interests and hopes, worldly joys, and — precious thought — worldly
sorrows, also, worldly trials and temptations, Mr. Treat is dead. But surely
the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, is still his God also ; and
he is not the God of the dead but of the living. Here dead, there alive, —
with a richer, fuller, purer, nobler, more joyous, more enduring life. For the
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stricken wife, for the mourning sons, for the sorrowing officers of the Ameri-
can Board, for the wide circle of friends who so often came to him for
counsel, wiser and safer than they will perhaps now know where to look for,
that he should abide still in the flesh, would indeed have seemed to be more
needful ; but for him, surely, to depart and be with Christ, was far better.
And from his loved and loving Saviour he has heard the call, ‘ Friend, come
up higher.’
“ AVe shall see him here no more. No more at his own house and his
own table, where for many years his hospitality was so friendly and so
genial. No more in social gatherings, where his conversation was ever so
ready, easy, instructive, and delightful. No more in the pulpit and on the
platform, where his sermons, his addresses, and above all, perhaps, his special
papers, presented from time to time at meetings of the American Board, were
so full of the richest and purest thought, expressed in language which, for the
combination of correctness, finish, beauty, force, and impressiveness, is sel-
dom equaled. No more in that Committee Room, where his good judgment,
his prudence and discretion, his extended knowledge, his careful investiga-
tions, his thoroughly Christian principle and feeling, and his large measure of
‘ sanctified common sense,’ have for manj years marked him as one of the
wisest of that company of wise men, one of the most prudent of that Pru-
dential Committee ; where all have felt that they must be sure to have good
reasons, if they dissented from his opinion. No more in his own official
room, where not only his associate secretaries, members of the Prudential
Committee, and others in any way employed at the missionary rooms ; but
young persons thinking of or about to enter on the missionary work abroad ;
missionaries returned from their fields of labor ; district secretaries consider-
ing the difficulties and responsibilities of their work ; officers of other socie-
ties having perplexed questions to solve ; pastors burdened with difficulties in
their churches ; church committees wishing to find a pastor ; and private in-
dividuals with doubts and troubles, of any and almost every kind, have been
wont to seek counsel of one in whom they had the greatest confidence, and
have found him ever courteous, patient, ready to hear and to advise ; more
than ready thus to render any assistance he could render which might prom-
ise good to the churches and the cause of Christ. In these varied places and
spheres of usefulness, we shall see him no more.
“ Is it said, now, is it thought by any one, that all this, and other things
which have been said here to-day, constitute extravagant commendation ?
‘We speak that we do know.’ My acquaintance with Mr. Treat commenced
when he was first settled in the ministry at Newark, N. J., where I was priv-
ileged, for something more than a year, not only to sit under his preaching,
but to know him as a pastor, as a friend, and as a counselor, and where I
soon began to realize that he was no ordinary man. Subsequently, for several
years, we met but seldom, but when, thirty years ago, I came into the service
of the American Board, with which he had previously become connected, and
still more, when I was called first to aid him and then to succeed him in edi-
torial labors, our connection became more and more intimate. I knew him
well ; and I am sure that his native abilities, the characteristics of his mind,
— careful, thorough, judicious, judicial ; his education, — collegiate, legal, the-
I
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ological ; his experience for a few years as a lawyer and a few years as a
pastor ; his continued habits of study ; his wide range of reading ; his reten-
tive memory and extensive knowledge ; and, above all, the modest simplicity,
the godly sincerity, and the conscientious earnestness of his Christian char-
acter, fitted him most admirably for the work to which he was called, in con-
nection with the cause of missions. And I certainly do not detract from the
great merit of others, when I say, that among all the wise and good men who
have been connected with the American Board during the last thirty-four
years, there could not be named another, to whose Christian faithfulness, con-
secrated zeal, and preeminent wisdom, that Board and the missionary cause
are more indebted. In all these earthly scenes of social intercourse, of labor,
and of care, neither wife nor children, neither associates nor friends, will see
him more. He will not return to us ; but if we are faithful, as he was faith-
ful, in the service of Christ, we shall go to him.”
CLOSING SERVICES.
Dr. Thompson, the oldest member of the Prudential Committee, made a
most appropriate prayer, another of Mr. Treat’s favorite hymns, “ How blest
the righteous when he dies,” was sung, and the venerable retired Secretary,
Dr. Anderson, pronounced the benediction.
The mortal remains were taken (for interment in the family lot) to Hart-
ford, Connecticut, where the Board met last October, and where Mr. Treat
read one of his very able special papers, and appropriate services were held
before the burial in the Center Church at Hartford, on Saturday.
FULLER STATEMENTS BY DR. SWEETSER.
The preparation of this obituary notice had gone forward to this point when
the following letter was received from Dr. Sweetser, in which, much more
fully than in the note read at the funeral, he presents a view of the character,
work, and worth of his friend. Perhaps no man knew Mr. Treat more thor-
oughly, or is more competent to present his mental and moral portrait; and
readers will not fail to notice how fully he accords with others, in the view
that Providence had specially fitted him for his work as Secretary of the Amer-
ican Board.
“Dear Brother, — I can hardly refuse your request to send you a few
lines in regard to our beloved brother Treat, so suddenly removed from us.
“ The relations which I sustained to him, and the intercourse I had with
him for many years, afforded opportunity to observe and appreciate his char-
acter. What he was in his office ; how he fulfilled the great trust ; how his
whole life and all his work were pervaded by a deep and thoughtful piety, and
marked by a clear and inflexible integrity ; how genuine was his self-denial ;
how large, and yet how unobtrusive, his benevolence ; these, and other kin-
dred qualities, must have been open and obvious to all who watched his
progress.
“Apart from the warmer and brighter scenes of that friendship which it
was a blessing to share, there was a rare power and beneficence in the spirit
of helpfulness which he so freely exercised. He was ever ready and willing
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to aid others. He was a safe adviser, a trustworthy counselor. For this he
was fitted, not only by the discipline of careful study, but by the peculiar en-
dowments of his mind. He was an acute thinker. He penetrated the obscuri-
ties of a subject, not so much by intuitive glances as by persevering scrutiny.
He would patiently listen, diligently investigate, look upon all sides, conscien-
tiously weigh and measure, compare and balance, and so proceed to a conclu-
sion by the steps of a clear intelligence. And when a decision was gained, he
could rest on it calmly, declare it confidently, explain it, defend it, impress it;
for he knew the grounds and reasons of it, and all its scope and bearings. It
wiis thus he had opinions, but was never a partisan. It was thus he could act
energetically and hopefully, without the aid of passion or of artifice. All who
have had occasion to seek counsel from him, and they are many, will recall
his wisdom and his sound judgment. Not with many words, but concisely ;
not with the repulsive tone of authority, but with the power of lucid and rea-
sonable statement, he could solve doubts or remove difficulties. In it all he
was not an oracle, but a friend.
“ This quality of his mind, the disposition to penetrate to the bottom of a
subject and to master it thoroughly, had a great effect upon the character of
his knowledge. It prevented the accumulation of loose ideas and half-formed
opinions. What he knew was well known ; and what he laid up was orderly
arranged, and ready for use. I once asked him a question in relation to one
of the intricate and perplexed problems of European politics. He proceeded
at once to elucidate it historically, to define positions, unfold complications,
and lay open the entire substance of the question, with as much precision and
thoroughness as if he had been reading a lecture.
“ This was the manner of his mind, and from it came very much of the rare
fitness he had for the position to which, in the providence of God, he was
called. How much need there is of such an intellect, so trained and furnished,
for the best discharge of the duties of the station he occupied, it is not likely
most persons consider. But a little thought will convince any one that it is so.
The missionary work is largely experimental. It involves a great diversity of
interests. It spreads out over a vast territory. It rests upon a numerous but
unorganized constituency. It numbers among its agents, in distant lands, men
of various dispositions, capacities, and expectations. It is carried on in the face
of multiplied obstacles, both apparent and subtile, in circumstances as widely
different as the hemispheres in which it is done. Not only is the project itself
immeasurably great and imposing, but the details are as perplexing as they
are countless.
“ God, in his beneficent providence, has furnished to the American Board a
succession of men of rare wisdom, integrity, and fitness. It has been before
us a signal illustration of the manner in which God adapts means to ends.
Without any disparagement of others, it may be safely said, that our departed
brother fell not behind in any of the endowments or acquirements for the suc-
cessful performance of the momentous service. He was following his bent, as
well as training his mind for just such a sphere of action, when, in his prepara-
tion for the legal profession, he spent an entire year upon one topic, profoundly
studying it, not only in its definite principles, but in all its relations and its
connections with collateral subjects. Such absolute mastery of a subject is
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the foundation of an almost incalculable power. And it must be evident to
all who have seen the developments displayed in the course of his career as
Secretary, that such gifts and such discipline have been invaluable. In the
emergencies of business, in the crowd of perplexing cares, in the nice adjust-
ment of delicate claims, his calm and sober mind, his far-seeing discernment,
his rectitude and sound judgment, have, been a tower of strength.
“ His quietness was remarkable. It was not apathy, but self-possession,
resting in the consciousness of the knowledge of what was true and right. His
inward force was hidden in its motions, — for he was not demonstrative, —
seen only in its results, as the forces of vegetable life are only discovered by
the orderly succession of leaves, blossoms, and fruit. ‘ Good thoughts are
little better than good dreams, except they be put in act.’ His powers were
all for use. Never a man was less a dreamer or a visionary. He was ready
and willing, with a patient spirit, to meet the demands which incessantly
thronged upon him. Now it was a friend, who needed advice ; now an insti-
tution of learning, that asked the help of his wisdom in affairs. The collat-
eral religious and benevolent organizations ever found the worth of his judi-
cious and practical views.
“ But chiefly in the sphere of his life-long duties were all the qualities of
his mind and heart arrayed and exerted in doing good. For to him life was
no aspiration and action of selfish desire. His aim was, supremely, the glory of
God and the good of man, — the glory of God first, and that secured by the
service of man. He bowed to no idols. He sought no earthly honors. He
was agitated by no vain ambitions. His benevolence was the broad and com-
prehensive love, which estimated no object by its nearness, but aimed to weigh
all by their worth. Those who enjoyed his friendship, knew full well how sin-
cere and warm were his affections and how priceless his sympathy. The same
truth and strength characterized his benevolent regards for suffering men in
all the earth. His Christian heart w'as stirred wdth tender and irrepressible
compassions for Chinese and Japanese, for Hindoos and Africans, for Turks
and Armenians, for the Indians of our wilderness, and for the blinded Roman-
ists of the old and new world. They were alike, to him, the objects of intense
desire, and he lived for them, I had almost said amongst them, as really as he
lived for and amongst those with whom he was daily associated. He thought,
he planned, he toiled, he prayed, he gave, he denied himself, that the bless-
ings of God’s rich grace. might come even unto the Gentiles. And yet, deep
as were his convictions, settled as were his purposes, he never displayed the
kindlings of enthusiasm, or indulged in the fitful blaze of impassioned zeal.
“ How like to his Master he was, they best know wlro knew him best. He
lived in His eye, loyal to him, to the truth, to the interests of his kingdom.
Few men have pondered more deeply, with a broader view or a clearer dis-
cernment, those interests. Few have reached a more thorough consecration
to the kingdom of Christ, in the practical devotion of might, and mind, and
strength. To human judgment, it was as nearly a complete identification as
can reasonably be looked for in the midst of human infirmity.
“ But his work is done. The assurance which his life gives us that the same
grace which prepared him so eminently for an earthly service has prepared
him for exaltation and glory, is inexpressibly satisfying. Unto God be all the
praise.”
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Instructiom to Dr. Hyde.
An engraved likeness of the deceased Secretary, which could not be pre-
pared in season for this number of the Herald, will probably appear in some
future number.
INSTRUCTIONS TO DR. HYDE.
A FAREWELL meeting of great interest was held in the First Congregational
Church at Chelsea, Mass., on the 21st of March, with a number of mission-
ary laborers who were expecting soon to depart for their several fields abroad.
Among them were Rev. Dr. C. M. Hyde, of Haverhill, Mass., and his wife,
about to enter upon special work at the Sandwich Islands, to whom, in behalf of
the Prudential Committee, Secretary Clark addressed the following remarks : —
Dear Brother, — In view of the important trust committed to you, as the
head of the Pacific Missionary Institute at Honolulu, it may not be improper
to give you some general instructions in reference to your duties.
The main object may be defined to be the raising up of a native ministry in
the Hawaiian Islands, partly for pastors of churches in those islands, and partly
to act as missionaries in the Marquesas Islands and in Micronesia. The neces-
sity of an institution of this kind has long been apparent.
The peculiar circumstances attending the evangelization of the Hawaiian
Islands, for a time prevented any efforts to bring forward a native ministry.
The interest awakened by their special and providential preparation to receive
the gospel, the great encouragement early presented by the results accomplished,
the fact that other fields were not open so as to receive those who were ready
to engage in missionary work, resulted in the accumulation there of a larger
missionary force than was ever brought together elsewhere in so limited a field.
Forty years ago, when the great awakening began, which resulted in the addi-
tion of over ten thousand members to the churches in a single year, and over
twenty thousand within three years, there were present in the Islands not less
than ninety missionary laborers from this country, including twenty-seven or-
dained missionaries ; or nearly one laborer, male or female, to every thousand of
the population. As late as 1863, this number had not been reduced below sev-
enty. The evangelical work, therefore, was in the hands of the missionaries.
There was little need of developing a native ministry. But more recently the
necessity for such a ministry has become apparent, in consequence of the death,
removal, and infirmities of those remaining in charge of the work.
Another result attending this large missionary force was that the native Chris-
tians were kept in a state of pupilage. No responsibilities were laid upon them.
They were watched over and cared for as children. The only direction in which
they manifested any special activity in Christian work was in their large benev-
olence to Christian objects.
In the year 1853, when it was announced to the Board at its Annual Meet-
ing at Cincinnati, that the people of the Hawaiian Islands had become a Chris-
tian nation, one fourth part of the inhabitants were in regular standing as mem-
bers of Protestant Christian churches, — a larger proportion of the population,
by far, than was to be found in the United States or in Great Britain. Schools
had been established of difierent grades, from the common school to the board-
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Instructions to Dr. Hyde.
ing-school and the college, adequate to the wants of the people. A well-ordered
civil governmeut was devoting from $40,000 to $50,000 annually to educational
objects ; and $24,000 were contributed the year before, by the churches, for the
support and propagation of the gospel.
It was not till ten years later that any vigorous measures were adopted look-
ing to the education of a native ministry. The necessity even then was not
felt as strongly as it ought to have been, in view of the inability of such mis-
sionaries as still remained in the field to care for and develop properly the
Christian life and activity of the native population. Some young men studied
for a time, a few months, or a year or more, with missionaries, and were then
placed in charge of churches ; but their preparation was inadequate, and the
results were not such as properly to commend the pastors to the confidence of
the communities whom they served, or of foreign residents in the Islands. There
were some notable exceptions, but the long period of pupilage had discredited
the ability of native Hawaiians to assume such responsibilities. The natives
felt their inability quite as strongly as foreign residents. Yet there were some
men who, by pure force of native talent, and earnest consecration to Christ, did
honor to the Christian name. Especially were such instances found among the
Hawaiian missionaries sent to the Marquesas and to Micronesia. The confi-
dence thus placed in them, and the opportunities as well as the necessity of in-
dependent action on their part, demonstrated the possibilities of the native char-
acter. The foreign missions conducted by the Hawaiian Board, in the islands
just named, have had great influence for good in maintaining the Christian char-
acter of the native churches. In fact they have served in no ordinary degree to
enable them to withstand the depressing influences affecting their Christian life
at home. The work which they have already accomplished is the best promise
of enlarged efforts in the same fields hereafter.
In 1870, when the American Board withdrew its care and supervision of the
work in the Hawaiian Islands, arrangements were made to establish a seminary
that should in some measure supply the necessities of the fields, both home and
foreign, committed to the Hawaiian churches. Some of the older missionaries
who were residing in Honolulu, and without other duties, were detailed to take
charge of the Institution. They have accomplished a good work, and all that
could reasonably have been expected in view of their age and enfeebled health ;
but they were not able to do all that was required, and each succeeding year has
rendered them less and less able to do it. In the mean time, the need of thor-
oughly educated pastors in the Islands has become more and more apparent. If
the churches are to be maintained in their integrity, and saved from drifting off
into indifference and worldliness, or being led away from the simplicity of the
faith once delivered to them, some adequate provision must be made for the thor-
ough training of an evangelical ministry, not only to supply the needs of these
islands, but to carry the work of evangelization into the wide and opening field
stretching westward, toward the shores of Japan and China.
The work to which you are called is, therefore, one of prime importance, not
only for securing the permanent success of Christian institutions in the Hawai-
ian Islands, thus supplementing and completing the work of the fathers, but for
extending the blessings of the gospel amid the thousand islands, with their large
population, in the regions beyond.
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Instructions to Dr. Hyde.
The Prudeutial Committee feel that it is desirable for you to be known and
recognized as the head of the Institution, that you may be free to inaugurate
and carry out your own plans, with such assistance as will be cheerfully ren-
dered you by the older missionaries now resident in the Islands. Your coming
will be gladly welcomed by all, and we feel confident, from your established
character as a Christian scholar, from your past experience in the ministry, and
your devotion to this great enterprise, that your efforts will be attended with
eminent success. You will be welcomed, too, by the native Christians in the
Islands. They will be glad of your counsels and of your suggestions, and it is
hoped that by visiting among them, and becoming personally acquainted with
them in their own homes, you will inspire such love and confidence in all hearts,
that you may be enabled to work together as one Christian brotherhood, devoted
to the success of the common cause.
Perhaps you may find it convenient to visit the missions in Micronesia, that
you may better apprehend their wants by your own observation, and be enabled
to encourage not only the missionaries now in the field, — American and Hawai-
ian, — but such others as you may be permitted to send out from the Institute.
We, therefore, cordially congratulate you and Mrs. Hyde on the prospect of
eminent service in the cause of Christ in the position to which you are called ;
and all the more, that you take with you a Christian household. Society in
Plonolulu has much of the New England type and character, flavored with the
missionary interest and devotion that have come down from a former genera-
tion. 'While you will thus have a home amid pleasant surroundings, in the
midst of congenial Christian society, you will also have access to the Hawaiian
people, not only in Honolulu, but in all the islands of the group. You wdll have
opportunities of making suggestions for their social and moral elevation, as a
means of bringing them up in all that belongs to cultured Christian life. Espe-
cially do we hope that you will be able to induce in them more of the sentiment
of personal independence and self-reliance, and to develop that strength of char-
acter which shall enable them to withstand the unfavorable influences that have
hitherto depressed them, and which still exist, from their contact with so large
a foreign population.
You will advise freely with the Hawaiian Board in reference to the various
plans you may adopt. Their acquaintance with the field, and their hearty sym-
pathy in your efforts, will he of no little assistance to you, and a great moral
support in your labors.
You may rest assured of the cordial sympathy and generous support of the
American Board in the important work now committed to you.
The devotion and sacrifices of missionaries, and the prayers of many in a
former generation, will shed a benign influence over you ; while the warm sym-
pathy and prayers of a large circle of personal acquaintances and friends, and
of the still larger circle of those who love, and wait for the triumph of the king-
dom of Christ, will, we doubt not, secure a large measure of the Divine bless-
ing on your labors.
And so, dear friends, we aflfectionately commend you to God and the word of
his grace, and to the special benediction of Him to whom is given all power in
heaven and in earth, who, in bidding his disciples to go and disciple all nations,
has promised to be with them even unto the end of the world.
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Conscientious Use of Wealth.
[May,
CONSCIENTIOUS USE OF WEALTH.
The injunction of the Psalmist, “ If riches increase set not your heart upon
them,” recognizes a danger, and a fact of too common observation. How few
men of wealth give to objects of Christian benevolence according to their abil-
ity. How few increase the proportion of their giving to correspond with the
growth of their estates. Yet we would believe that this number is on the
increase. The three gifts, of $25,000 each, not long since reported in Great
Britain, to aid in establishing missions in Central Africa, following up the labors
of the devoted Livingstone, find a worthy parallel in a like gift from a single
firm in New York City to the Presbyterian Board, as reported in the April
number of the “ Foreign Missionary.” These generous offerings may not have
cost any more, or even as much self-denial, as the' single dollar given by some
humble, devoted follower of Christ, of whom the world may never hear ; but
they are happy illustrations of the Christian use of wealth on the part of those
of ample means, which are quite too rare.
The practice of giving a fixed proportion of one’s income to Christian objects,
and of increasing this proportion till it shall embrace all save a suitable provis-
ion for one’s current expenses, has been found a source of profound personal en-
joyment and a means of conscious growth in grace. It brings men into such
close relations with the Lord Jesus as are rich in blessing. Such a system ol
giving, deliberately entered upon, helps men to overcome their natural strong
love of keeping for themselves the fruits of their patient industry and honorable
carefulness. They really need some such help.
No man of our acquaintance has illustrated more fully the true use of wealth
than that wise, good man, recently called to his rest. Deacon Porter, of Mon-
son. Simple and frugal in his personal expenses, he gave largely, and with
careful discrimination. He gave so much and so widely during his life that his
bequests were a grateful surprise to many. He seemed, while living, to be his
own executor, and yet prudently reserved a fund for contingencies, to be dis-
tributed after his death.
The frequent diversion of property left by will to other objects than those
contemplated by the testator, may well encourage prudent men to distribute
their benefactions while they can secure the realization of their intentions. Yet,
in view of possible contingencies, many men will prefer to make legacies, and
to enjoy the thought that when they are no longer here, the wealth which God
has given them will be employed to further the kingdom of Christ, and thus
perpetuate their influence.
In these days, while so abundant opportunities for the use of wealth are open
on every hand, to meet the thousand fold wants of our Christian societies, gen-
erous donations and legacies for the promotion of the cause of Christ, and to
secure to other nations and kindreds of men the blessings of our Christian
civilization, may well have a place in the plans of large-hearted Christian phi-
lanthropists. Wliile millions are given to endow educational and religious in-
stitutions at home, there is the greatest need of a few tens of thousands to lay
foundations of such institutions abroad, on which populations awakened by the
gospel of Christ may hereafter build. Indeed, it would be difficult to over-
estimate the influence for good — for the promotion of the best interests of
1877.]
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The Suffering in Turkey.
millions of men — of the adequate endowment, at the present time, of Jaffna
College, in Ceylon ; of Central Turkey College, at Aintab ; of Armenia College,
at Harpoot ; or of two or three Chairs in the scientific department of the train-
ing school in Japan. If it were ever right to envy, we should be tempted to
envy the privilege of men of consecrated wealth, who should now lift the debt
resting on the American Board, bidding it go forward into the opening fields,
and should endow the institutions just referred to, so intimately connected
with the progress of the cause of Christ in the world.
THE SUFFERING IN TURKEY.
The condition of the great body of the people in the Turkish Empire is
rapidly becoming one of the greatest w'retchedness. Actual war could add
but little, save in the loss of life, to the misery now resulting from the pros-
tration of business, the uncertainties of the future, the depreciated currency,
and the crushing taxation on all classes, in this struggle for existence on the
part of the Turkish government. Demoralization and anarchy everywhere
seem imminent.
The suffering brought on the native preachers and teachers connected with
our missionary enterprise, in consequence of the retrenchment forced upon
the Board, leading to the dismissal of some and the diminished salaries of
others, finds sad but truthful expression in the following extract from a letter
recently addressed to the missionaries at Constantinople, by a native^ preacher,
for nearly thirty years in the service of the mission : —
“ I have with joy continued to labor at Zaharia village, with the cordial con-
sent of the brethren, who, although very poor, have yet maintained a separate
congregation unitedly. But the ceasing of your kind assistance astonished
me and grieved the brethren, as their petition sent to you testifies. Never-
theless, I continue my labors, hoping that you, who love the Lord’s work, will
not leave unconsidered both the request of the brethren and my tearful cries.
Oh, my dear brethren, you did esteem me highly, and I also respected you.
Is it so now, that when you see, with joy, this newly opened door in your field,
you wish to abandon it? If you see a fault in me, I beg you to tell me of it
and I will humbly confess it Oh, brethren, you who love Christ, why
do you leave me thus, at such a time as this, when I can get nothing from
any one. Oh, kind brethren, do not leave your poor brother in his old age,
who has been a laborer under the pleasant yoke of Christ from his youth,
who is still in the work, blessed be God. Imagine, once, in what a pitiable
state I am ! Seeing the necessities of my poor children for food and cloth-
ing, wrings my heart with anguish, and for resting my perturbed spirit I often
implore, weeping, my faithful Creator, that he may care for us. Then, oh,
respected brethren, have pity, as the honored instruments of Divine guardian-
ship, and be pleased quickly to quiet our hearts by writing to me the promise
of continuing your kind aid, that the blessed work may be continued for the
love of Christ, and the comfort of the laborer and his family.”
In view of the misery and suffering of these faithful servants of Christ in
this time of need, the Committee have felt constrained to authorize the mis-
142 Salutations and Thanks from an Oriental Father. [May,
sionaries to make some special grants in aid of sudi as have been laboring
with them in the work of evangelization.
The Protestant communities are also suffering in like manner. Families
that a year ago were able to provide for themselves, and aid in the support
of their religious teachers, are now objects of charity. The sympathies of the
missionaries, and their ability to aid from their own scanty means, are taxed
to the utmost. They have applied to friends in England and Scotland for
help, and would gladly receive, and disburse wisely, any sums placed in their
hands as a relief fund, through the Treasurer of the Board.
SALUTATIONS AND THANKS FROM AN ORIENTAL FATHER.
A^ery honorable and beloved Badvelly Wheeler: —
AVhile you have been separated from us, I have for a long time wished to
know the state of your health, and very often your image appears to my mind,
as if you give counsel to the students, or preach in the chapel. AA"e often
speak of you in our home, and especially since the building of the college
building, where my Krikore and Mardiros attend. When they come home from
school, and, according to its rule, begin to study and labor to advance, I am
greatly delighted at seeing their progress, and then I often pray for your life,
and especially these days, since the examination of the schools took place, both
the male and the female. The boys’ examination lasted two days, and I was
present. Though I did not understand the studies, yet from the appearance
of teachers and pupils, and especially from the manifest satisfaction of the
teachers with the answers, I was filled with gratitude, to manifest which I
wished to write a letter to you. AVe are, indeed, grateful to you, the mission-
aries who are here, Badvelly Allen, Badvelly Barnum, and the new-comer,
Badvelly Browne, who earnestly labor both for the churches and the schools ;
and we cannot fail to remember the debt of gratitude we owe to benevolent
men in your land, for their efforts and liberality, by which they wished to
, enlighten our land by Christianity and civilization.
AFhen I think of the enlightenment and the wealth of your country, and
the poverty and darkness of our land and its people, it seems to me a thing
impossible that our land should be enlightened; but when I reflect upon
God’s mercy, I see that to him all things are possible. And especially when
I see the progress made during the past ten years, my faith is strengthened
that such schools are possible, not only in cities, but even in country towns.
There certainly will be a great change, even as in these days we see even
among the Mohammedans, who praise this school, even Turks coming to its
examination, which to us is a great thing. I, then, make known my gratitude
to the American Board, to all its members, and to all the distinguished persons
in it, whose names are unknown to me, whether treasurers, secretaries, or mis-
sionaries, who, as fathers for children, care for us, and desire that we be happy,
both in this world and in that which is to come. My hope is that no one of
them will fail of his reward in the day of Christ’s appearing.
I send my salutations, also, to the beloved brothers and sisters in Christ,
distant indeed in the flesh, but in spirit near. Now we know them not, but
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Salutations of an Oriental Deacon.
in heaven we shall know them. "We are children, you our fathers and teach-
ers, and we shall be glad when we see each other. I beg you, if you deem it
proper, to read this letter to many brethren and sisters.
If you inquire in regard to our village, many new persons come to church,
signs of awakening are seen among the young, and we hope that during the
coming winter the gospel door will be more widely opened. We need your
prayers, and as you aid by your efforts, so we beg you to help by praying.
[Signed] Astreas Kuikorian.
1876, November 9. At Husenik, of Harpoot.
SALUTATIONS OF AN ORIENTAL DEACON,
imu SPECLAL APPLICATION TO OCCIDENTAL DEACONS.
Harpoot, November 25, 1876.
Honor-worthy Badvelly Wheeler: —
Since your departure, we not only desire to see you, but in many things feel
the need of your labor. We never can forget you, and always pray that the
Lord will reward you with his great riches ; for the memorial of your unwea-
ried toil is ever before u.s, namely, your sickness. If you inquire about the
work here (in Central Harpoot), we are in a quiet state. The work is advan-
cing slowly.
In these days there is an awakening among the young to form a society for
the College. The war causes great excitement among the people generally,
and this is a hindrance to the work, for we are afraid that other nations will do
us harm. I have this year the same desire as in days when you were here, to
enter the service of Christ. I would spare neither time nor money, desiring
always to busy myself in Christian work ; but the number of my children is a
hindrance, and such is the state of my business [of tailoring] in the city, that
by laboring all the time, I am only able to support my family. You know that
I have already spent what money I had ; because, so long as anything remained,
I could not neglect Christian work so long as there was anything to be done.
Since, now, I cannot both work as a tailor and a Christian laborer, I wish in
some way to do the last only.
When I wrote the former letter, I remembered that some benevolent Amer-
icans had sent us the light of the gospel, sparing neither their money nor their
children in seeking our salvation. And I thought, I, a deacon, can at least send
salutations and thanks to my fellow-deacons, and I sent them.
Having such a desire to engage in Christian work, since writing the previous
letter I have been constantly asking, “ Can it not be that, by the favor of some
deacons, I busy myself constantly in work for Christ, feeling that Christ has
given it me to do ? ”
So I write this letter, that if you please and deem it proper, you pray to the
Lord about it, and if he make it plain that it is a good plan, he incline some
deacons to aid, so that this my desire may be gratified. If the plan fail, the will
of the Lord be done, — it is blessed, — and I will work on as I have been doing.
Would that without aid from any one I could give all my time to work for
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Christ. The work which I should like to do is, to go by day, and in the even-
ings, from house to house and shop to shop, selling the Bible to those who are
buried in worldly care. I would tell them they are mortal, and that they have
precious souls, and thus try to save them. I would visit the sick, and afflicted,
and poor, trying to comfort them. I would visit divided families, and try, by
the gospel of peace, to reconcile them. I would collect from the rich to feed
the poor, which, indeed, is my present duty and office, and do any other labor
which you should appoint, the Lord helping me. Would that at least some
deacon might write me in regard to this, that when by and by we meet each
other, we may rejoice over the acquaintance thus formed. I shall never forget
the debt of gratitude I owe to those who enlightened us with the gospel light,
and I shall ever pray that the Lord may reward them.
[Signed] Kireose Hinklian.
ITEMS FROM THE MISSIONS.
Mr. Gordon, of Osaka, Japan, notices the addition of fourteen persons to
the church there, January 7th, and the forming of a new church (noticed in the
Herald for April), to which six or seven members of the First Church were dis-
missed, and says : “ The members remaining in our First Church, for the better
prosecution of Christian work, have divided themselves into four bands. Each
band has its special field, and we hope that, with God’s blessing, it will not be
very long before a Christian church is planted in each of these fields. These
bands will make the attempt to pay the expenses of the work which they are
opening. One or two of them have rented houses, and will, we hope, in addi-
tion to this, furnish the necessary funds for running expenses, including copies
of the Gospels, Hymn-books, etc.”
Mr. Learned, of Kioto, reports, February 3d, sixty-seven boarders in the
training-school there, and more just coming. “We have just about all we can
accommodate in our present building.”
Mr. Sprague, of Kalgan, North China, “ with great pleasure ” sends “ good
news,” January 12th. He reports an interesting Sabbath evening Bible-class
in his study, and says : “ My two servants had been reading the Bible by them-
selves for some time. About Thanksgiving time one of them found joy and
peace in believing in Jesus. He was soon baptized, after passing a highly satis»
factory examination, and we have since sent him to the training-school at Tung-
cho. Soon after this our other servant also found the Christian’s joy in trust-
ing all to Christ. And just before Christmas another, a son of Mr. Williams’s
servant and a scholar in our school, told us of bis new-found joy in coming
to Jesus. Don’t you think we all had a merry Christmas? All missionaries
know how deep and thrilling was our joy over these first children of idolatry
whom we have seen come out iuto.the sunshine of God’s dear love. There are
three others who have asked for baptism, and several more for whom we are
earnestly praying. Another encouragement is the ready sale of books here now.
I cannot describe to you my great joy in beginning to feel able to make known
something of the blessed gospel of salvation to these benighted souls ; but per-
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haps you have heard so many other missionaries tell of their joy in first be-
coming able to preach Christ to the heathen, that you will understand my hap-
piness. I thank God and press forward.”
Mr. Bruce, of Satara, Mahratta mission, reported, January 5, that a Mussul-
man lad, whose case he had before mentioned, had been examined and ap-
proved by the church, and was expecting to be baptized the next day. He had
also just received a call from a Mussulman who appeared to be in a very inter-
esting state of mind. After asking whether the Christian Scriptures promised
true worshipers present visions of God, etc., he said that his sacred books
promised him a vision of God, if he would diligently seek liim. That he had
been seeking him for twelve years, and had never had the vision ; and that
he was beginning to think the book that made such a promise was not worth
much. “ He told me of others who were interested, from having heard our bazaar
preaching, — that a few days ago six persons were speaking of it, and wanted
to come and see me, but were detained by the fear that people would talk about
them.” ■
Dr. Tliom, of Mardin, Eastern Turkey, thinks there may be a decidedly erro-
neous impression in regard to the healthfulness, or unhealthfulness, of that place.
He says : “ My experience here has extended over a period of only about two
years, but I have made some observations in that time, and find that the rate
of mortality in this city is very small as compared even with cities of similar
size at home. But I need not take you into a filthy city, where the door-yard
of every house is a quagmire, but around our pleasant missionary premises, with
which any one in the home-land might be pleased. Our location is about one
thousand six hundred feet above the Mesopotamia plain ; so that the air we get
is invigorating, and in the summer, should it become greatly heated from our
close proximity to the plain, we can betake ourselves to ‘ Rocky Rest,’ some
five miles further back from the plain, and on a higher range of mountains,
where there is always a cool breeze through the night.” He notices the deaths
of missionaries there, — two in eighteen years, — and the instances of breaking
down in health, and thinks none of them can be fairly ascribed to the effects of
climate ; says all the members of the mission circle now at Mardin are in excel-
cellent health ; and adds : “ I have visited a number of places throughout the
Turkish empire, and none of them have the attractions, in a hygienic point of
view, that Mardin has. We occupy a situation on a high range of mountains,
outside of the city, with abundance of good water and fresb air, and all the work
one can desire. Could more than this be needed in any land ? ”
In view of reduced appropriations, Mr. Richardson, of Broosa, Western Tur-
key, is constrained to cry out : “We must confess to not a small degree of dis-
appointment in regard to our appropriations. Our estimates had been made
with so much care, and were so vital in every part, each item being a fruit-
bearing branch, that we did think you would spare them. If an enemy, or
some ignorant stranger had done this, — but alas, the cruel blade has been used
by intelligent friends ! That they put forth the hand moved by a high sense of
duty we do not question, but whether they might not have heard a voice say-
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ing, ‘ The Lord will provide,’ we may doubt. With the letter of June 6th be-
fore them, how could they cut away 20 per cent, from native agency, 30 per cent,
from rent, and^60 per cent, from aid to build chapels ! We have not a ray
of hope that anything we might say would avail to change the decision in the
least, but it is some relief to tell you how we feel. The projected female school,
and other work at Angora, must be given up ; the faithful brother at Turkmen,
who has gathered a community of thirty families, and a school of forty, must be
dismissed ; the salary of every helper must be reduced ; the burned out and
houseless brethren at Banderma must continue to worship in a little room of
a crowded khan, when they cannot meet under a tree ; and those at Moohalich
must keep on warning outsiders not to come to their meeting-house, lest, like
the tower of Siloam, it should fall upon them.”
Mr. Gulick, of Santander, Spain, wrote, March 3d : “ Reaching home at mid-
night, last night, I was met by alarming news from Alevia, where there seems
to have suddenly commenced a reign of terror. A new priest and two Jesuit
missionaries have been sent there from Oviedo, and crowds of fanatics have come
in their wake from the surrounding villages. Last week our colporter was set
upon by them and driven out of the village, in the midst of a shower of stones ;
and three days ago my assistant escaped, as he thought for his life, by an unfre-
quented mountain path. Our friends are in great distress, and their position is
one of great difficulty and danger. May the Lord help them ! Pray for them.
I hasten there by to-night’s coach, to inform myself of the exact state of affairs,
and to see if I can do anything for them.”
A long letter from Mr. Edwards, of Guadalajara, Western Mexico, of differ-
ent dates, from January 1st to February 14th, notices the disturbed condition
of the country, and many false reports, as interfering seriously with the prosecu-
tion of the work in the villages, and even in the city. Two of the Protestants,
who returned in October from a missionary tour of two months, brought a re-
port full of encouragement. In a single city they met, in a few days, more than
four hundred persons who seemed anxious to be instructed as to the true way
of life, and to have a missionary sent to them. But some members of the church
had proved unworthy, occasioning much perplexity and necessitating excommu-
nication in several cases, while at Ahualulco, also, the Protestants had been sadly
troubled by the conduct of their preacher. On the first Sabbath in January
twenty-four persons were received to the church at Guadalajara ; the congrega-
tion on that occasion was “ four hundred or more ” ; and at his later dates, IMr.
Edwards was able to speak of the condition of the church, and the prospects of
the work, as very hopeful.”
MISSIONS OF
Jfeulu JWfssfon — SoutScastecn ^frfca.
A NEW STATION BEGUN.
This communication, written from In-
dunduma, November 18, gives an account
THE BOARD.
of missionary work formally commenced
at a considerable distance from any point
which has been hitherto occupied by the
Board. “ I arrived here with my family,”
says Mr. Pinkerton, “November 1. We
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came from Umtwalumi in a light spring-
cart, and made the journey in seven days of
actual traveling, though my large wagon
was more than two weeks on the road.”
He had made a previous journey to the
same place, with a view to such prepar-
atory arrangements as should be found
needful. The following extract, giving
an account of this preliminary visit, can
hardly fail to be interesting : —
“ You may like to know how we begin
a station, more than a hundred miles from
a town or village, and fifty miles from a
country store where Europeans can ob-
tain supplies ! As it was the end of win-
ter, it was cold up here, and the grass
was dry. Coast oxen, therefore, could
not come. So I came on horseback ; and
two natives brought a few tools and a very
few articles of general convenience. I
arranged with an up-country teamster to
bring me some sawn timber and some
supplies. The timber is sawn about
twenty miles from here. I helped him
make road two days and a half, and came
on here with my servant and as much as
we could bring, expecting the teamster
with the load to arrive the following
week. We arrived here September 7,
settled down in a kraal for five days, until
a hut fourteen feet in diameter, for the
erection of which I had previously ar-
ranged, could be completed. Then we
camped in that hut, and worked with our
might to get timber and wattles where-
with to make a larger and better one.
Wood is scarce here, and we gathered
the wattles but slowly. However, we suc-
ceeded, with such aid as could be got, in
building a ‘ Bassutu hut,’ eighteen feet
in diameter, with upright wall five feet
and a half high, plastered, oval roof seven
feet from the ground, covered with grass.
It has a door and window. I left here to
go for my family Oetober 10.
“ To return a little. The teamster did
not arrive with the timber and supplies
as expected. He was ill. My small
stores, which I brought with me, were
not much for a man hard at work. But
I felt there was no time to lose; so I
used a larger proportion of native food,
which was plentiful, and stuck fast to
the work. About the 1st of October,
this load came, and most welcome it was.
There was a late spring snow-storm at
this time, which was a reminder of April
storms in New England. A load of our
goods arrived from Umtwalumi in a few
days. We have had some hardships to
endure since the family arrived, but our
health does not seem to have suffered
from them. Of course, we are pushing
for a small house in addition to our pres-
ent quarters, which we hope to have ready
for use in the course of a month. These
buildings are not expensive or perma-
nent, but will answer until we know just
what is to be our work in this region.
“ We have had a meeting every Sab-
bath, since my first arrival here. From
thirty to forty persons have attended, some
regularly. When we have more room,
I expect to use the eighteen foot hut for a
chapel, school, and study. That will give
room for an increase of congregation.
The smaller hut has been crowded.”
Mr. Pinkerton mentions, incidentally,
another item of intelligence which has a
value that will be generally recognized : —
“ Ira Nembula is twenty or twenty-five
miles from here. He tells me that he is
much wanted there by a raw tribe, for
whom nothing has ever been done. They
attend meeting, and the children are
learning to read. He is about five miles
from a Wesleyan out- station, but he
thinks there is abundant room. He is
aided by our Native Home Missionary
Society.”
THE REGIONS BEYOND.
Our brethren in South Africa have felt
a strong desire to commence missionary
operations further to the north; but the
Committee have been kept from yielding
to their wishes by financial hindrances.
They naturally, however, take a deep in-
terest in all that bears upon this deferred
endeavor ; and Mr. Pinkerton has stated
certain facts in this letter which will un-
doubtedly interest many in the United
States : —
“ I have had two letters from a young
missionary, who was with the French
brethren in Bassutu land, for a time, hav-
ing been sent out by the Free Evangelical
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Church of Canton de Vaucl, Switzerland.
He and a colleague have gone to the north
part of the Transvaal. I will transcribe
a few sentences from his last letter to me.
‘ The day before I received your kind
answer, I was talking on the road with a
band of Amatonga, who were returning
from the diamond fields. “ Who is your
chief,” I asked. “ Umzila,” was the answer.
“ Do you know God ? ” “ We have heard
a little about him, but we do not know
him.” Then I told them that some mis-
sionaries from Natal had gone, or were
going, to teach their nation about God.
They almost shouted for joy, crying,
“ Now we shall live in peace. Our chiefs
will no more eat us up, if they hear this
Word.” They seemed so delighted and
ready to follow any missionary ; you can
imagine my disappointment, when the
post brought me the news that your
Board had, for the present, relinquished
the plan of going to Umzila. It is not
the first time that I have met with Ura-
zila’s people. There are always some
of them on the road to Zoutpansberg.
It is not my place to give advice; but
. . . . should the financial position of your
Board be better next winter, it seems to
me that the best plan would be, if possi-
ble, to go to Inhambane by steamer, with
a small wagon and donkeys. You could
go anywhere in all the country, and
choose a healthy spot. We earnestly
hope that the Lord will enable your mis-
sion to enter into that region.’ ”
JUUeatetn Cutfteg JfWfssfon.
THE STORY OF THE TALAS (CESAREA) BELL.
Readers may refnember a single par-
agraph in the Missionary Herald for Jan-
uary last, in regard to “ a bit of mob vio-
lence” at Talas, the suburb of Cesarea,
where the missionaries dwell, in opposi-
tion to the hanging of a bell upon the Prot-
estant school- house there. A letter re-
cently received from Mr. Bartlett (dated
January 25) gives an account of the whole
affair so pleasantly, that, though some-
what long, most of it should find a place
in the Herald.
“ I promised to give you some account
of the Talas bell affair. This bell, the
gift of William B. Hatch, Esq., of New
York, arrived at Talas in May, 1876, but
no immediate efforts were made to raise
it. Soon after its arrival murmurs of
opposition were heard from the Turks,
clearly indicating that they would not
willingly submit to any such innovation.
Standing as our building does on the bor-
der of the itloslem quarter of the town,
surrounded, in fact, on three sides by
Turkish houses, and within a hundred
yards of the Turkish mosque, opposition
was what might have been expected.
Two or three years before the Moslems
had defeated a similar enterprise under-
taken by the Greeks, in another part of
the town, and hence were more confident
of success in this case. Informed of the
feeling manifested we waited, hoping for
a change, as many of the Turks in that
quarter had always shown us decided
friendship. We said little, as little was
said to us directly, but our friends kept
us informed in regard to the feeling.
Multitudes called to see the bell, all pro-
nounced it a fine affair, and all wanted
a lift at the stranger before leaving. We
always, and everywhere, represented it
as a matter of course that the bell would
be used, since it came for that purpose,
but that we were in no haste, and could
afford to wait, by no means desiring to
break with our neighbors.
“ We did not think it best to askper~
mission of the government, fully believing
that they would avoid responsibility, and
we could learn of no law prohibiting the
ringing of bells. If we should make the
attempt and fail, then we could appeal to
government for protection, in what we
regarded as our right.
“ About the middle of June I sought
an interview with the Imam (priest) and
two other leading men in the district.
They pretended that, personally, they had
no objections to the bell, but assured me
that their neighbors were not pleased
with the movement, and would never
consent to it. I assured them that we
would do nothing contrary to the law ;
and that, by hanging the bell, we hoped
to confer a general benefit upon the town,
by supplying a want arising from the scar-
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city of time-pieces in the community.
Such an argument, however, could make
but little impression, since, in their minds,
the whole enterprise was a blow at the
honor of Islam.
“At length we perceived a change in
public opinion, or at least a division.
Some said, ‘ What harm can the hell do
us ? The other Christian communities
have bells, and why not these as well ? ’
Others said, ‘ Did not these men feed us
and save our lives, during the famine ?
Why should we oppose them in this
thing ? ’ Still the opposition contended
that such an innovation in a Mussulman
quarter was a thing quite impossible, and
so the discussion went on, and through
the summer the new bell was a never-
forgotten topic of conversation.
“ At length, believing that nothing
could be gained by longer delay, at the ad-
vice, also, of the Protestant pastor, himself
a member of the Governor’s council, and
a man of great influence in that position,
on the ] 2th of September we resolved to
make the attempt to raise the bell to
its appointed place. Accordingly, about
noon it was quietly transferred from our
house to the school building. But no
sooner did it make its appearance than,
from the children in the street and the
women upon the roofs of the houses, the
cry was heard in every direction, ‘ The
Bell,’ ‘ The Bell,’ ‘ The Bell I ’ Men rushed
from their houses, their shops, and the
market, and in the space of five minutes
a rabble of from forty to fifty had assem-
bled in front of the street door, and with
loud knocks were demanding admission
to the court. At first we paid no atten-
tion, but the crowd were impatient, and
soon a boy scaled the wall, and before any
one could prevent him, had succeeded in
opening the door from within. Mr. Farns-
worth now hastened to the door, but once
opened it could not be closed, and after a
moment’s parley he was forced back into
the court, receiving at the same time a
blow upon his arm, the effects of which
were visible two weeks afterwards.
“ The mob at once gathered around us
and the bell, with loud and angry words
demanding why we had made this attempt
without their permission. Seeing that all
effort to accomplish our object then would
be vain, we desisted from the undertak-
ing, but refused to carry the bell back to
the house, and drawing it into the audi-
ence-room, where the school was then in
session, we left it to bide its time in si-
lence.
“ An appeal was at once made to the
government, asking that if the hanging
of the bell were contrary to any existing
law they would formally prohibit the un-
dertaking; but if not, that they would
defend ns in the exercise of our rights,
and punish the leaders of the mob. To
this appeal the government declined to
give any formal attention, simply advis-
ing us to live at peace with our neigh-
bors.
“ Upon this, a careful statement of
the facts was made to our Ambassador,
at Constantinople, Mr. Maynard, who,
with characteristic promptness, at once
took measures to secure to us our rights,
and promises that justice shall be done.
He was assured by the Minister of For-
eign Affairs that the hell should be hung,
and that the local Governor should him-
self be present, in token of his approval.
After some delay the Pasha received an
order front Constantinople to punish the
leaders of the mob, and a part of the men
were arrested, but released the same even-
ing, on giving security for subsequent ap-
pearance at court. After further delay
another order came that the bell should
be hung, and we were informed that the
order would certainly be executed ; but
still time passed, and we had only the
promise.
“Finally the Pasha summoned, for con-
sultation, eleven of the leading Turks in
Talas, and, in the absence of our repre-
sentative, a plan was hurriedly concocted
by which the hanging of the bell was post-
poned for a period of twenty-one days.
Patiently we awaited the expiration of
this time, and then again urged the exe-
cution of the order.
“ The Pasha now sent an officer to Ta-
las, with directions to prevent all oppo-
sition, and to see the bell successfully
hung. He came on Sunday, and by
Monday morning a formidable opposition
had again manifested itself, the enemy
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declaring that the bell should not be
hung till another appeal had been made
to government. The officer came to us,
saying that he could not take the respon-
sibility of resisting such a force, and must
report to his superior, but he hoped, still,
to accomplish his object before night.
Several of the rioters were arrested and
taken at once to the city (Cesarea).
“ The opposition sent their priest to
the Pasha to make complaint, but the
latter refused to listen to his plea, and
harshly dismissed him from his pres-
ence. About two hours before sunset the
officer came again, saying he was ready
to execute his orders. Mr. Staver and
myself at once repaired to the school,
called together a few friends to aid us,
and before the sun had reached the hori-
zon the tongue of the prisoner was loosed,
and his cheering voice rang out upon the
air, distinctly heard through every street
and alley of the town ; while thousands of
persons, who had watched with intense
interest the progress of events, at once
breathed more freely for the good news.
“ Thus the long-delayed event was ac-
complished quietly, and in its accomplish-
ment we are constrained to acknowledge
a marked divine interposition. Besides
the officer sent by the Pasha, there were
present several policemen stationed in
Talas, and the affair was witnessed by a
large number of persons from the roofs
and windows of the houses above.
“ This was December 4th. A great
victory had been gained, in view of which
the enemy were decidedly crest-fallen.
They had declared that the bell should
never be hung ; that nothing less than a
firman from the Porte could secure such
a result. It was even declared that the
entire district, of one hundred and eighty
families, had pledged themselves with an
oath, that in case the government should
cause the bell to be hung they would
leave the district in a body 1 This was
of course mere bluster, but it shows the
strength of the opposition.
“ Soon after this, it was understood that
certain parties had telegraphed to high
authorities in Constantinople, complain-
ing in regard to the bell, and a few days
later an order came from the Vati Pasha
at Angora, that a report should be for-
warded to him, giving the location of the
building, the height of the bell, and its
distance from a neighboring mosque. In
obedience to this order, a commission was
sent from Cesarea to make the requisite
measurements and report. This commis-
sion entered the premises on the 12th of
December (the school being in session),
took such measurements as they pleased,
and departed, leaving us as ignorant of
their plans as before.
“ Since that time little or nothing has
been said by the opposition in regard to
the bell, and we continue to ring it daily
for the school, and on the Sabbath for the
congregation, as if no one had ever made
objection. We hope that no new oppo-
sition will manifest itself. AVe believe
the Turks are convinced that we have no
desire to annoy them, but are simply per-
sistent to secure our rights, which they
cannot deny. Some of them expressed
much satisfaction that, during one of their
festivals recently, for three days, we vol-
untarily refrained from ringing the bell,
though, with that exception, we have con-
tinued to ring it freely from the first.”
CnEERINQ PROGRESS IN THE CESAREA FIELD.
Mr. Farnsworth wrote from Cesarea,
February 14th: —
“ I am just home from a most delight-
ful trip of thirty-five days. Spent eight
days in Yozgat, and am very glad to say
that our preacher seems to be getting a
pretty strong hold there The Prot-
estant communities show good evidence
of substantial progress. Especially are
they learning to make a right use of their
liberty, a thing that it has been very hard
for them to learn.
“ To-day I am sending off my report of
the book department for 1876. The ag-
gregate of cash sales for books during the
year was about 23,000 piasters, much more
than in any previous year. This, in view
of the hard times, we think remarkable.
Including books given to the very poor,
more than 26,000 piasters, or about $1,000
worth of books were put into circulation
in this field during the year. Remember
that about one half of these are sacred
Scriptures, and I know you will rejoice
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that so much of this ‘ good seed ’ has been
sown.
“ I am also sending off our annual tab-
ular view, and will give you some of the
most important items. We now have five
churches in our field and four pastors, al-
though only two of the churches have the
care of pastors at present. The Moonja-
soon pastor is doing good service in the
much larger field of Gemerek and vicin-
ity, while his place at M. is filled by an-
other man, who has an admirable wife, a
graduate of Marsovan boarding-school,
and long a valued teacher in Cesarea, to
help him. Pastor Michael, of Sivas, has
come to our help and is doing excellent
service at Chomaklu. Baron Garabet, of
Nigde, a highly valued and efficient fel-
low-laborer, has been released from the
field of toil, and transferred, as we trust,
to the field of triumph. Our licensed
preachers are but three, half as many as
last year. We show a list of 42 teachers
against 31 last year, and 21 other helpers
against 14 last year, but the list includes
several but temporarily employed, and
some assistant-teachers that receive but
very small wages. The whole list of la-
borers is 70 against 54 last year. We
hope that, almost without exception, they
are doing good and efficient service.
“ Nothing in the figures is more encour-
aging than the item of churches. The
number admitted to membership dur-
ing the year was 89. The largest num-
ber ever before admitted was in 1875, —
47. The congregations, too, are exceed-
ingly encouraging. The average attend-
ance upon worship on the Sabbath is
2,785, an advance of 803 on last year.
The pupils in Sabbath-schools are 2,015,
— more by 257 than last year. The
growth of the Protestant community was
354, making a total of 2,664.
“ We are much pleased that the con-
tributions show an aggregate of 25,530
piasters, an advance of 3,500 on last year.
You must remember that here it is war
times, business is worse than at the time
t
of the famine, and there is the greatest
confusion in the currency. There has
been a good growth in the schools. The
aggregate number of pupils is 1,922, more
by 416 than one year ago.”
ISastecn Cutfteg fStfssfon.
LAWLESS TIOLENCE — UNCERTAINTIES.
Several letters from the Eastern Tur-
key field notice the unsettled and threat-
ening condition of affairs, while the “ war
cloud ” IS hanging over the land, and ex-
press grave doubts as to what duty may
require the missionaries to do in case war
should come. But while everything con-
nected with the eastern question con-
tinues so uncertain, it is not needful to
publish much of what is said upon the
subject. Thus far there has been little
serious interruption of missionary labor,
and many of the brethren hope for the
best, even if there should be war, — hope
that they might remain, with their fam-
ilies, even at the interior stations ; or
at least, sending their families to some
place of greater quiet, might themselves
remain with the prospect of much use-
fulness. The following extract on this
subject is from a letter from Mr. Cole,
dated Erzroom, January 24th. He had
recently returned from a tour, by himself
and Mr. Pierce, in the southern portion
of their field, and writes ; —
“We found some things to encourage
in the Khanoos region, and not a few to
discourage. There is no end to oppres-
sion during such times as these. The
soldiers lord it over the poor villagers in
passing to and fro. They devour and
carry off from the villages in the most
profligate manner, and the lawless
Koords, now rendered doubly lawless
from the occupation of the government
in other quarters, pounce down upon
them in a most merciless way. The
Koords also make their appearance with
cattle, horses, etc., and forcibly give them
over to the Christians to be wintered.
Slight resistance is made the ground for
severe beatings. Kidnaping poor, inno-
cent girls has also been a terrible trial in
some cases in those parts. One of our
people was obliged to send his daughter
to a distant city that she might not meet
with a similar fate, for they had learned
of a plot to steal her away from home and
friends.
“ These same Koords are bold to make
their threats in regard to the spring.
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They propose to make general havoc
among Christians then, and divide their
property among themselves. It was said
some of them even go so far as to be-
gin to apportion off the goods now. Two
Koords have an altercation respecting a
Christian’s nice horse. One says ‘ It shall
be mine in the spring,’ while the other
withstands him, and they have at once
a fight over the matter.
“ This gives you a mere glimpse of the
state of things in the region we visited.
To tell the whole would require volumes.
I have letters before me on this subject
from some of our helpers in those re-
gions, the translation of which would
bring tears to your eyes. But why need
I trouble you with the matter, since our
government is too far removed to mix in
this eastern question ? We found many
of the villagers longing for the Russians
to come, or anything for a change, with-
out any thought of the future, comforting
themselves with the feeling that their
condition could not be worse than at
present.
“ Can you wonder, then, that it should
seem hard for us to think of leaving our
little flock, scattered up and down among
the wolves of this fierce land? As the
Protestants are a diminutive sect, no
douht greater trials would come on their
heads. Our presence here would serve
as a rallying point to keep up their cour-
age, as well as be a perpetual voucher to
the power of the religion we profess. I
can well conceive that we might be so
situated as to accomplish more for the
truth, both with Christians and Mussul-
mans, in a short space of time, than for
years under ordinary circumstances. Pray
for us, that we may do aright in all things,
and acquit ourselves as becomes brave
soldiers of the Captain of our salvation.”
Mr. Parmelee, of the same station, had
also made a tour with the Erzroom
preacher, in another direction. He
wrote, February 15 : —
“ I never found the people more ready
to listen to the gospel message, and it is a
painful circumstance that we cannot pru-
dently, in these war times, engage in tour-
ing as freely as heretofore. We met with
no serious adventures. We saw many
soldiers, and my traveling companions
told me that some of them, inferring from
my hat that I was a Russian, gnashed
their teeth on me. They offered, how-
ever, no personal insult, which they might
do under favoring circumstances.
“ This tour was specially pleasant be-
cause of the efficient aid of the preacher
and his deacon, in the line of self-sup-
port. It is very gratifying that the people
of Erzroom are beginning, both by pre-
cept and example, to help forward the
cause of self-support in other places.
With such efficient cooperation it will go
forward as rapidly as the impoverished
condition of the poor people will allow.”
NEW CHURCH IN THE MARDIN FIELD.
A JOYFUL SABBATH.
Mr. Andrus, of Mardin, wrote on the
6th of January : —
“ Sabbath before last was for me one
of the most laborious, and at tbe same
time most delightful occasions that can
occur in a missionary’s experience. On
the Friday previous I left home, in com-
pany with our good sisters Misses Sears
and Pratt, and a delegate from the Mar-
din church, to go to Dariki (an out-station
some twenty-seven miles west of us), in
answer to an invitation from the, commu-
nity there, to assist in forming a church
and ordaining their preacher as pastor.
Saturday was spent in examining candi-
dates for admission to the church, and
this most necessary work was faithfully
done. Of the twelve who presented
themselves, nine were thought to give
satisfactory evidence of a work of grace
in their hearts, of whom two were women.
“ The Sabbath dawned pleasantly, and
within an hour after sunrise the little
chapel began to show signs of an eventful
day among the Protestants. I preached
a short discourse, after which we pro-
ceeded to the formation of a church,
using two languages, the Arabic and the
Armenian, for the intelligent understand-
ing of all parties. The novelty of the
proceedings interested the large audience
of outsiders, who had come to see how the
‘ Protes ’ did things. At noon, a still
larger audience crowded into the little
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chapel to witness the examination of the
preacher, and his ordination. This occu-
pied an hour, and no reason appearing
to warrant a stay of proceedings, the
preacher was duly ordained, and installed
as pastor of the young church, gathered
as the fruits of his labors.
“After an intermission of less than an
hour, for a third time the capacity of the
chapel was well tested, by the multitude
from the other communities who thronged
in to see how nearly the celebration of the
Lord’s Supper conformed to their celebra-
tion of the Mass. After an appropriate
discourse in Armenian, by teacher Yusef,
and the administration of baptism to
those who abjured their baptism in the
old church, and to the children of the
new church members, the first commun-
ion was enjoyed by this little church,
they receiving the bread from the hands
of the missionary, and the cup from their
much beloved preacher and now honored
pastor. The sun was setting in glory as
we left the chapel and closed the delight-
ful labors of that day of gladness. It is
our prayer that this church may prove a
vine of the Lord’s planting, and that it
may bring forth much fruit.
“ The work in this village was begun
in 1863, the present pastor having been
sent by Mr. Williams, to spend the winter
months of recess in the theological school.
In 1865 he was permanently stationed
there, has labored diligently these past
eleven years, amid frequent persecutions,
and under God’s blessing has been per-
mitted to gather a congregation of more
than forty, and now to see a little church
of nine members started from this congre-
gation. More than once he has suffered
imprisonment for the truth’s sake, and
once his life was spared becaJise an old
flint lock, in the hands of a would-be
murderer, missed fire, leading the offender
to conclude that God had not seconded
him in his bloody purpose. Such at least,
upon his becoming a Protestant, was his
manly confession to the preacher himself.
The village is notorious for theft, robbery,
and violence, in which deeds one at least
of the new church members formerly
rioted, but now humbly hopes he has ‘ put
off the old man.’ In striking contrast to
what we were rejoicing over upon that
happy Sabbath day was a bitter riot
which twice occurred at the other end of
the village, during the hour of our wor-
ship, between the two clans which divide
the Moslem portion of the community,
and in which Moslem women, armed with
stones, figured conspicuously.
“ We are all well, and continue unmo-
lested in the prosecution of our work,
except that the unsettled state of the
country renders it prudent to abstain
from extended tours. In the event of
actual war with Russia it is impossible to
predict what may occur. But the Lord
reigns, and ‘ what time we are afraid we
will trust in him.’ ”
THE FIRE AT VAN.
Readers who have seen newspaper
statements in regard to the fire at Van,
in November last, will be glad to see
some account of the case from mission-
aries there. Mr. H. S. Barnum wrote,
December 22d : —
“ During the evening of the 13th ultimo
we saw fire in the direction of the city,
but supposed it was a single house burn-
ing. Next morning we learned that it
was the markets, which, report said, had
all been destroyed ; and on going in our-
selves, we found the report not much ex-
aggerated. It appears that during the
evening fire broke out, at short intervals,
from several centers; that almost imme-
diately the soldiers, and soon after a rab-
ble of the city Turks, filled the markets
and helped spread the fire, breaking open
the shops which it did not reach. The
central and best parts of the markets
were burned, and nine tenths of the
shops, probably, were broken into. A
few rescued their goods, but many when
fleeing with them were stopped, beaten,
and robbed by the Turks. One man thus
beaten has since died, and two bodies —
one that of a Turkish moolah — have
been taken from beneath the ruins.
“ In looking the matter over coolly some
things seem plain. It was evidently a pre-
meditated affair. Some Christians were
warned by Moslem friends to be on the
lookout days before. It is clear, also,
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that the army officers were privy to it.
They could have restrained their soldiers
had they chosen to do so, but they did
not. The only officer higher than a colo-
nel had just been called to Erzroom.
Had he remained here it is probable the
affair would not have happened. It is
well known, too, that the shops were
all broken open by the Turks. After
they had broken in, and were unable to
carry off the goods, Armenian thieves
also joined, to a small extent. The loss,
too, has fallen almost entirely upon the
Christians. Not only was most of the
business in their hands, but those parts
of the market which belonged to Turks,
as a rule, were not burned. How great
the loss was it is difficult to state.
“ What the upshot of the matter will
he is not clear. As yet no steps are
taken to resume business. Those whose
shops remained safe took their goods to
their houses the next day, where they yet
remain. The government has issued an
order to have business resumed, but it
does not resume. There is general trepi-
dation among the Christians, many spend
sleepless nights, the government has a
mounted patrol ride through the streets
at night ; talks of a large Christian emi-
gration to Russia in the spring are com-
mon, and all things bear an unsettled
look. Some of the Turks have thrown
out such remarks as this, for the discom-
fort of Christians : ‘ What are you mak-
ing such a fuss about ? You have your
lives yet; but just wait a few days more
and see what will happen to you.’ For
such threats three men were put in prison.
How much general significance to attach
to the matter I know not.”
THE “THANKSGIVING” OF THE PROTESTANTS.
THANKS TO AMERICAN CHRISTIANS.
Mr. H. N. Barnum wrote from Har-
poot, December 29 th : —
“ Yesterday was the annual Thanks-
giving of the Protestants of Turkey, — a
day which has been regularly observed
in Commemoration of the issuing of the
Firman which granted them religious tol-
eration. Pastor Mardiros preached a very
excellent sermon, in which, after recount-
ing the blessings which they had received
through the Gospel, he spoke very warmly
of their obligations to those who had been
instrumental in giving it to them. After
the services at the church, a committee,
composed of the leading members of the
church and congregation, called upon me
in behalf of the six thousand Protestants
in this field, to request that I would write
to the officers of the Board, thanking
them, and through them its patrons, for
this great boon ; and expressing their in-
creasing sense, from year to year, of its
inexpressible value. There was an un-
usual earnestness in this expression, as
well as in the sermon and the prayer
which followed it, and I am happy to
comply with their request.”
MEETING WITH PASTORS — SPECIAL INTER-
EST AT HEUSENIK.
“ We had, on Tuesday and Wednesday
of the present week, a very pleasant and,
as I believe, profitable meeting with pas-
tors and preachers. There were twenty-
four present, besides a few brethren. The
subjects discussed were of the most prac-
tical nature, relating chiefly to personal
experience, and the best means of pro-
moting the spiritual life of the churches
and congregations. An unusually ear-
nest spirit was manifest, and I think that
some good resolutions were formed.
“ The town of Heusenik, which is only
about a mile from the city, is the scene
of a very active work just now. The
pastor and the members of the church
are wide awake. The interest began in
connection with a Young Men’s Christian
Association in the place. More than one
hundred men and women are taking les-
sons in reading. The pastor has opened
an evening school in which Arithmetic,
floral Philosophy, etc., are taught. He
also has a room near the market, where,
during certain hours of the day, he can
be consulted by persons who wish to ask
questions upon any spiritual theme. The
Sabbath-school has increased in numbers
and interest. The pastor says he counted
over eighty Bibles in the hands of the
people at the school last Sunday. Sev-
eral of the young men go to neighboring
villages every Sunday to labor for other
young men. Quite a number of young
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men’s societies have been organized re-
cently, and this is perhaps the most hope-
ful feature in the present outlook.
“ Our Pasha, whom we regard as a
model Governor, and who has been so
friendly to us and has taken so much in-
terest in our schools, has just been pro-
moted and transferred to Van. There is
great sorrow here among the people, es-
pecially among Christians, and we also
very much regret his leaving ; but as we
cannot keep him we are glad that he goes
to Van, hoping that he may be a help to
our brethren there.”
i«a|)ratta fission — ®3!llestecn KnUfa.
A NEW REGION VISITED— THE PEOPLE EAGER
TO HEAR.
The following account of a preaching
tour in a region never before visited, and
the great readiness of the people to hear
the truths of the gospel, is of special in-
terest. The letter is from Mr. Bruce of
Satara, dated February 12th.
“ I have just returned from an exceed-
ingly interesting tour of fifteen days, in
the Koina valley, on which I was accom-
panied by two native helpers. The
Koina River takes its rise near Mahab-
leshwar, flows southward for about fifty
miles between two ranges of mountains,
then changes its course to the eastward,
and finally joins the Krishna at Kurrar,
thirty miles south of Satara. At the
point where the river turns eastward is
the flourishing village of Helwank, and
twelve miles farther east is the still larger
village of Patun. Both these villages
are situated on the great road from this
part of the Deccan to the Konkan and
the sea-coast, and the amount of traffic
carried on over the road is truly astonish-
ing. At both places there are large
camping grounds, where hundreds of
carts stop daily, for rest and refreshment,
and hundreds of people come in daily,
from all the surrounding country, bring-
ing loads upon their he^ds, of grass,
wood, and other necessaries, for sale to
the transient population.
“ AVe made Patun our starting-point,
going directly from here to that place,
where we remained two days, and had
five good audiences, numbering in the
aggregate about six hundred persons.
AVe all felt that there ought to be a native
preacher stationed there.
“ At Helwank we remained three days,
including the Sabbath. Our audiences
there also were large and interesting.
Sabbath afternoon we went to a neigh-
boring village, where we found about a
hundred people assembled at a temple,
and engaged in festal rites. The sacrifi-
cial lamb was being slain at the time, and
near by the fire was burning on which the
flesh was to be boiled. AVith the excep-
tion of half a dozen persons who were en-
gaged in work, all sat down and listened
quietly for an hour, while we endeavored
to point them to the ‘ Lamb of God, which
taketh away the sins of the world.’ From
Helwank, for forty miles, our way lay
through the jungle, where there were no
roads whatever, save a rough foot-path,
so that our tents, and all our baggage, had
to be carried on men’s heads. Our plan
was to move the camp daily from three to
six miles, to preach at the village near
where we were encamped in the evening,
and again in the morning, and as often
as we had opportunity in passing from one
camp to another.
“Let me give you an outline of one
day’s work. At Meergaw, after pitching
our tents for the night, we went into the
village. The people, not knowing who we
were, and fearing that we were govern-
ment officials come to lay some extra bur-
den upon them, hid themselves from us.
It was some time before they were suffi-
ciently reassured to make their appear-
ance, but after a while we secured a good
number of interested listeners. AVhen
our preaching was ended we appointed
another meeting for the early morning,
and returned to our tents. In the morn-
ing, when I came out of my tent, I found
a man from a village over the river, with
a message from the people there request-
ing us to come over to them. I told them
we had promised to go into the village
near by, and we must do so; and I sent
an invitation to their people to come over
and hear. A few did come while we were
talking. AV^e had a very attentive audi-
ence of thirty-eight persons, and they were
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so eager to listen that we spent more than
our usual time with them. At nine o’clock
we returned to the tents, and I sat down
to read the ‘ Congregationalist ’ while the
breakfast was being brought on ; but five
minutes had scarcely elapsed before a
company of twenty-five came from another
village, to hear the wonderful tidings. Of
course we could not deny them, and it
was ten o’clock before I got my breakfast.
“ The men who came from over the
river in the morning said that our road
would lead directly through their village,
and they exacted a promise from us that
we would stop there on our way and talk
to their people. At one o’clock we started
on our march; coming to the village
referred to, we found the people all ready
for us. They had brought out an old
bedstead, probably the only piece of fur-
niture in the village, and had spread a
blanket on it for us to sit upon. Thirty-
two persons were assembled, and we
talked and prayed with them. As our
party had all gone on, these people gave
us a guide to the next village. Going on
for half a mile, we saw ten men waiting by
the roadside; they said that they had
heard of our coming and were waiting for
us to talk to them. Seated on my horse
I spent a few minutes in telling them of
salvation through Christ, and then passed
on. At the next village we were surprised
to find a company of thirty-six persons
assembled and waiting for us ; and they
would not let us go until we had told them
the story of the cross.
“We then went on to our camping-place
and made ready for the night. At half-
past four we went into the village near
which we were encamped, and had an
audience of forty persons. Thus in one
day we preached six times, to audiences
numbering in all one hundred and eighty-
one people. We had larger audiences
in some other places, but we nowhere saw
so much interest manifested by the people
as along the line of that day’s march. It
made my heart ache to leave them with-
out any means of further instruction, and
I inwardly resolved, that if it should be
possible, I would send them some one who
would teach them of Him who is ‘ the
way, the truth, and the life.’
“ The ignorance of the people in that
valley is quite astonishing. Shut in en-
tirely by high mountains, they have seen
little of the outside world, and as for read-
ing, it is almost an unknown art. In one
company of a hundred or more persons,
I asked if there were any readers among
them, and there was not one. Many of
the villages have to send to a distance
and call a man to keep their village rec-
ords, as required by government. You
may suppose, therefore, that there is a
corresponding degree of superstition. In
more than one place it was said of us,
as of Paul and Barnabas at Lystra, ‘ the
gods are come down to us in the likeness
of men.’ We assured them that we were
men, of like passions with themselves,
and directed them to the ‘living God,
which made heaven, and earth, and the
sea, and all things which are therein,’ as
the only object of their worship. But in
reference to one place, I might add, with
the sacred historian, ‘ with these sayings,
scarce restrained they the people, that
they had not done sacrifice unto them.’
“ I cannot learn that any missionary,
foreign or native, has ever been through
that valley before. The people have been
left in the thick darkness of heathenism
through all the generations past. In the
brief opportunity we had, we endeavored
to present the gospel scheme of salvation
so plainly and simply, that if any one
would, he might make it the starting-
point toward heaven.”
DOES IT PAT?
“ I was aware, before starting, that this
tour would be an unusually expensive one,
and I hesitated, on that account, about
making it in these hard times. The en-
tire absence of roads, and the necessity
of employing men to carry our baggage,
caused extra expense. I paid my car-
riers seven and a half cents a day, each;
and the entire cost of the trip was about
twenty-five dollars. During the thirteen
days of our preaching, our audiences num-
bered in the aggregate about one thou-
sand eight huhdred and seventy-five per-
sons. Hence the cost was equal to one
cent and one third to each individual.
And now I ask. Does it pay ? Is it worth
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one cent and one third for a man to have
the way of salvation plainly set before
him once in a lifetime f I leave it with
the churches in America to answer this
question.”
fClatiura iMfasfon — Soutljetn InUfa.
A TEAR’S WORK AT PERIAKDLAM — THE
FAMINE.
Mr. Noyes, of the Periakulam station,
wrote in December last : —
“ In making out my statistics at the
close of the mission year, I 6nd that the
number under Christian instruction at
Periakulam station has increased from
1786 to 1969. Forty-two have been re-
ceived to the church on profession of
faith, but as the number of deaths and
removals has been unusually large, we
have a gain of only eighteen in our church
membership. The amount contributed
to benevolent purposes exceeds that of
last year by 118 rupees, and this in a
year of famine and pestilence.
“ Four hundred and sixty-eight days
have been spent in itineracies among the
heathen, by the native workers and my-
self. Four hundred and sixty-one vil-
lages have been visited, and the gospel
has been preached in this way to 36,548
persons. This does not include our ordi-
nary daily labor among the people.
“ While the total number of children
in our village schools is 25 less than last
year, we have in them 50 more girls ; cer-
tainly an encouraging mark of progress
in this department.
“ Notwithstanding the depression among
native helpers, and the great distress
among the people, occasioned by the ex-
cessively high prices of grain and the en-
tire failure of crops on which the people
have been accustomed to subsist, the work
has been opening to us for the last two or
three months. On my last tour I received
an accession of twenty-seven heads of fam-
ilies to one congregation, and eight fam-
ilies in two other villages. These aeces-
sions may not be permanent, and are not
included in our statistics the present year,
but a favorable circumstance is that they
are from classes which have not hitherto
been brought under our influence to any
extent, though they have often heard the
gospel preached.
“ How the poor people are going to
survive this famine I do not know ; much
less do I see where the salaries of the
four pastors are to come from the next
year. A large portion of the Kambam
pastor’s salary last year came from the
tithes from grain crops reaped in Janu-
ary ; but this year they have not a kernel
of grain from their lands for their own
subsistence. Fortunately the pastor of
that church had foresight and energy
enough to procure labor for a large num-
ber of his people among the coffee-plant-
ers on the neighboring Travancore hills,
which will keep their families from star-
vation. Relief is also brought to the
Christians in another part of the field
from my having procured, from the agent
of the Travancore government, several
acres of waste land on the Travancore
hills, which is held free of money tax, by
our Christian people ; and these hills not
having suffered as the low lands have
from want of rain, will yield them fair
crops.
“Notwithstanding these reliefs, the ma-
jority of the people are suffering fearfully,
some of them subsisting on wild roots
from the jungle.”
jlapan iHlssfon.
A PLEASANT INCIDENT.
Mr. De Forest wrote from Osaka, Jan-
uary 29th : —
“ A very strange thing has occurred
here. A wealthy doctor, living in the
most abandoned part of the city, has
asked to have the gospel preached to
him and his household, — wife, ser-
vants, students, and friends. He wanted
it every night, but though the gospel is
free, we couldn’t afford to give him quite
so mueh as that, so we shut him off with
twice a week. He seems to thrive under
it, has bought a dozen or two of religious
books, has put up a New Year’s notice
that all sick poor hereafter can receive
treatment and medicine free, and his wife
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is getting to be a regular attendant of
our public services. The doctor also has
promised to leave off the universal cus-
tom of giving sake to friends on New
Year’s. This household audience aver-
ages ten, and the gathering is a free-
talk and inquiry meeting, ending with
prayer.”
RAPID PROGRESS.
In the same letter our brother states : —
“ The work here is spreading so rapidly
that I can’t keep track of it. Every few
days I hear of a new place where sev-
eral services have been held. I went last
night into the heart of this city, between
the two greatest temples in this whole
valley, and met some thirty men and
women, who listened to one of our preach-
ers till nine o’clock. Religious books are
finding their way everywhere, and are
sold openly from the book-stores. Last
month’s sales are five or six times as heavy
as they were a year ago, amounting to
over $60. One of our Christians has
applied for, and received from the gov-
ernment, permission to translate and sell
‘ Williamson’s Natural Theology.’ This
is said to be the first permission given by
Japan to print a work pleading for the
Christian religion.”
CONVERSATION WITH A PRIEST.
“ Life is full of daily surprises. A
priest made me a visit of an hour and a
half the other morning, and without wait-
ing to hear his questions of doubt and dis-
belief, as they generally are, I did the
questioning. ‘ What gods do you wor-
ship?’ He began by telling the old Jap-
anese fable, of a god and goddess meeting
somewhere in the milky-way, and sending
a long shaft down into chaos, and stirring
up the mud which became Japan, etc.,
etc. ‘ But even your own eminent men
all agree that everything prior to Jimmo
Tenno is unreliable ; and if the leading
men of Japan disown your teachings will
they stand ? ’ ‘ What are the principal
points of your teaching ? ’ ‘ Reverence to
the gods and obedience to laws of the
country.’ ‘ But don’t you teach any more
important things ? ’ ‘ The duties, — lie
not, steal not, commit not adultery, -etc.,
[May,
etc.’ ‘ Do you teach these things always ? ’
‘Yes.’ ‘And when you teach the people
not to lie, I suppose they obey you.’ ‘ No,
not a bit.’ ‘ How about adultery ? Do
the people follow your teachings on this ? ’
‘ O, no 1 ’ ‘ Then what is the use of your
teaching and preaching? Does not the
very condition of your country prove that
there is no power in your religion to re-
form the people ? Your commandments
are good, and everybody knows them, but
who follows them ? Now contrast the re-
ligion of Jesus. We have the same laws,
and we preach them constantly, and see
with what result 1 In all Christian coun-
tries lying and prostitution are considered
abominable. In all America and Eng-
land, not one such harlot-street as this
right near can be found, and the reason
is because there’s power behind this re-
ligion. We preach an Almighty God,
and an Almighty Saviour, without which
preaching forever amounts to nothing.’
“ Well, my friend entered into no dis-
pute ; he asked about the other world,
then thankfully took the loan of a gospel
and another book, and went back home.
These and like things that are occurring
daily, keep our life full of employment
and pleasure. The other night, from
sheer tiredness, I declined to go to two
meetings, and refused to meet a person
who sent to ask if he might come to talk
about this way.”
iWfosfon to aiustrfa.
A NOTE OF JOY FROM MR. SCHAUFFLER.
On the 15th of February Mr. Schauf-
fler wrote from Briinn, saying : —
“ You can imagine our joy when, last
Tuesday, an hour or two after my arrival
home from Berlin, whither I had gone to
bring the case to the notice of the Ger-
man Branch of the Evangelical Alliance,
preparatory to communicating with the
other branches, a policeman appeared
bringing the decision of the Vienna Min-
istry, which allows me to hold private
meetings with invited guests, and public
meetings in accordance with the provis-
ions of' the law regulating meetings. A
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restriction is added, forbidding the at-
tendance of children belonging to any
church recognized by Austrian law, as
long as they are ‘ schulpllichbig,’ i. e.,
bound by law to attend school. This will
cause inconvenience to parents who may
wish to bring their children under four-
teen years of age ; but we cannot expect
to obtain all that we should like to have,
and we have every reason to bless the
Lord that a point of vital importance has
been finally settled, and liberty of private
and public religious meetings guaranteed
to those not belonging to any Austrian
church, by this decision of the Ministry,
“Next Sunday I intend, with the Lord’s
help, to commence again the private meet-
ings at my dwelling, which were inter-
rupted just two years ago. In due time
I also propose to hold public meetings.
Quite a number of people in Briinn re-
joice at the prospect of meeting again
around the Word of God. It would have,
done your heart good to see the beaming
face of a man who first heard the Bible
expounded at my lectures last winter,
when I told him, to-day, that I could
again hold meetings, and invited^ him to
attend. ‘ 0,’ said he, ‘ there are a num-
ber of my friends who long to go. Now
I can tell them.’ For some time I have
felt that a work of grace had commenced
in this man’s heart. He has often said,
* O, if I had never heard of your lectures
I might never have found the treasure of
divine truth I new possess.’ Of other
cases of interest I have now no time to
speak.”
Four days later he wrote again : “We
have every reason to take courage and
press forward. At our private meeting
last Sunday twenty-nine persons, besides
our family, were present, eleven of whom
had not attended two years ago. The
genuine joy expressed by many was touch-
ing. It seemed too good to be true that
we could again assemble around the Word
of God without fear of molestation.”
ENCOURAGEMENT AT GRATZ.
Mr. Clark wrote from Gratz, January
31st: —
“ Our Bible services (to which no one
may come without a card of invitation)
are still held in Mr. Bissell’s rooms. The
attendance is not large, — twenty-one last
Sunday. Private meetings must remain
small, otherwise they would be regarded
as public gatherings, and these we are
not allowed to hold. Some of our hear-
ers are very attentive. Their desire to
know the truth is manifested not simply
by their presence at the meetings, but
by visiting us in our homes. Mr. ,
our evangelist, who has been here several
months, is winning his way, and proving
a real blessing to some genuine seekers
after God. He holds private meetings,
which are attended by about fifteen gen-
erally, and the intense eagerness which
some of the hearers manifest in listening
to the truth is very impressive. They are
souls hungering for the truth. The ‘ old,
old story ’ is to them new. Mr. is a
welcome visitor, and a faithful spiritual
teacher, in quite a circle of families.
“ Our effort to establish here a branch
business of our Christian book-store in
Prague has failed. The government re-
plied, ‘AVe do not see the necessity of
any such business in this city.’ Yet a
gentleman whom it was our pleasure a
short time ago to supply with God’s
AVord said, ‘ I have inquired in five book-
stores in this city for such a book and
they could not supply my want.’ He is
reading the Scriptures with delight, and
says, ‘Not a remaining day of my life
shall pass without my reading in this
precious AVord of God.' The remark of
another gentleman illustrates the need of
a store for Bibles and religious books.
He said, ‘ There is no book -business in
Gratz where the mere inquiry for a thor-
oughly evangelical book would not pro-
voke a smile, or ridicule.’
“ The Lord gives us pleasant evidence
that our living here is not in vain. I will
mention two incidents. One man who
formerly spent all his evenings in drink-
ing-houses, now spends them with the
Bible, which he finds his joy and com-
fort. He reads God’s AVord to others
when opportunity presents, and seems
anxious to be useful. His wife says, ‘ He
is kind and thoughtful now, and we are
very happy.’
“ Another man calling upon us some
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time since, said, ‘ I want to talk with you
upon religious matters, for I have confi-
dence in you.’ He stated his doubts and
fears. He was upon the brink of despair
and unbelief. To talk to such a hungry,
needy soul was a great delight. A few
days later he remarked, ‘I have found
peace and am so happy, yes, more than
happy 1 Had I not made your acquaint-
ance I should have been a lost soul.’
Meeting him at another time, he said, ‘ I
have been greatly helped. Yesterday I
had a trial so severe that had it befallen
me when I was in unbelief I should cer-
tainly have shot myself.’ Suicide in Aus-
tria is no uncommon event. The statisti-
cal monthly gives the sad record of 1,213
cases in the first six months of 1876. Many
of these may be charged to the account of
infidelity.”
MISSIONS OF OTHER SOCIETIES.
IRISH PRESBYTERIAN MISSION. many as before in thirty. The character
The Presbyterian Church in Ireland
has a mission in India, of which the last
Report gives the following statistics : —
Principal Stations 6
Branch Stations 6
(including Christian Villages ... 3)
Christian Agency employed.
Ordained European Missionaries . . 10
Of whom at home on furlough or sick
leave 3
European Principal, Mission High School 1
European Head Master 1
Native Catechists 10
“ Colporters 2
“ School Teachers *31
Native Church.
Communicants 230
Baptized, but not Communicants . . 613
Baptized since last Report 134
Total number Baptized 843
Unbaptized Adherents 817
Total Number connected with the Na-
tive Church 1,660
Mission High Schools 2
Scholars (all boys) in average attend-
ance 270
Vernacular Schools 32
Scholars, about 1,300
Total Number of Scholars in average at-
tendance 1,570
Orphanage Buildings 1
Orphans (boys, 30 ; girls, 46) .... 76
* Besides, there are 32 non Christian teachers.
The Report also states : “ When we
turn to the work of the mission itself,
there is in India little shadow, but a
gracious and extending light. The num-
ber of baptisms since the last report has
been 134, and adding these to the num-
bers recorded in 1875 and 1874, we have
405, as many as the total number of bap-
tized persons in 1873, or in three years as
of the Mission Schools never stood so
high. There are now more than 1,700
pupils on the roll
” The ingathering among the Dherds
has been no less remarkable than before.
The following table exhibits the growth
of this movement up till last October : —
1872 1873 1874 1875
Villages with Christians, 4 17 27 54
Christian families ... 40 79 216 324
Baptized persons . . . 109 215 242 310
Candidates for baptism . 54 87 446 514
Professing adherents . 163 302 686 935
“ But in February the number of vil-
lages had been increased to over seventy,
and the other numbers in proportion. It
would be impossible to say how far the
gospel may thus extend. It is not to
be supposed that it sinks as deep as it
spreads wide. Many -are ill instructed,
and, scattered as they are over a wide
district, there is no sufficient body of
teachers competent to reach them all.
The growth of the movement has been
too rapid for that. Some have fallen
away from their wish to be Christians ;
and an active and wide-spread persecu-
tion has set in that is likely to affect the
ignorant and waverers. But there is no
indication that the Word has lost its
power
“ There is the same practical earnest-
ness in the building of churches. The
people are so poor that the average in-
come from their failing trade of weaving
does not exceed two-and-sixpence a week
for a family. Yet about four hundred of
these families have resolved to subscribe
two shillings to every house of worship
1877.]
161
Missions of other Societies.
that is erected in their district; and in
one place, the village of Pundola, they
have, with a little help, already raised
one homely structure, which, though it
only cost £6, and has an earthen floor
and no window, allows a hundred people
to meet in it
“ It was thought last year that some
of the communities that worship in the
Dherd villages would have been already
organized into Christian congregations
with native pastors; but church building,
it was found, had laid hold of the minds
of the people to the exclusion of all else.
and church organization has meanwhile
been postponed. Yet at Shahawadi eld-
ers have been ordained, and the post-
ponement cannot be anywhere for long.”
The income of the year, for the mis-
sion, was £9,396 12s. 2d. (about $46,983).
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH— SCOTLAND .
The last Report of the Foreign Mis-
sion Board of this Church, presents the
following statistical view of the mis-
sions : —
Naue op Mission.
a
a.
o .
= «
7i
•Sl
S X
*5 ^
o
Ordained Native
Missionaries.
European Medical
Missionaries.
European Male
Teachers.
European Female
Teachers. i
u
0
1 5
V X
V fee
^ 5
.t ^
Schoolmasters.
t
Native Female
Teachers.
Other Agents.
Principal Stations.
Out-Stations.
Communicants.
Pupils in Schools.
Total Educated
Agency.
Jamaica ....
15
5
1
1
13
46
9
27
79
5,729
5,156
90
Trinidad ....
1
1
_
-
-
1
_
3
3
208
40
3
Old Calabar . . .
4
1
_
4
4
12
_
2
3
5
22
169
601
30
Caffraria ....
8
_
_
2
1
24
17
4
1
9
27
891
711
57
India
11
_
4
2
3
28
97
2
3
7
_
195
3,759
150
China
3
1
_
_
3
2
2
4
2
7
52
55
15
Spain
2
1
-
_
_
2
-
4
6
3
1
110
501
15
Alfjeria ....
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
-
-
1
Japan
3
-
1
•
1
“
1
“
“
5
Totals (1875) . .
48
8
6
9
10
82
162
24
17
58
140
7,344
10,823
366
Besides supporting these missions, the
Report notices grants by the Foreign Com-
mittee, and contributions by individuals
sent through the Synod’s treasurer, to
various evangelistic efforts in France, Bel-
gium, Bohemia, Italy, Canada, Australia,
New Zealand, etc., amounting in all to
more than $23,000.
— t —
GENERAL BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY
(ENGLISH).
Aside from the support of a single
laborer in Rome, the operations of this
Society are in the Orissa district, India.
Here the last Report gives 7 stations and
6 branch stations. Only three places,
however, are occupied by English mission-
aries. There are 6 missionaries, 8 female
assistant missionaries, 23 native preach-
VOL. LXXIII. 11
ers, 6 churches, with 854 members. The
additions by baptism last year were 67.
The home income of the Society for
the year was £4,463 15s. 3d. To this is to
be added income in India, from donations
and grants for maintenance of orphans^
£3,541 13s. 2d., and from printing-offid
at Cuttack, £l,506 9s. 6<f. ; making a to-
tal of £9,955 9s. Id.; about $49,777.
The Report makes an earnest appeal
for young missionaries. Of the six now
connected with the mission one went out
thirty -one, another thirty -two, and an-
other thirty -five years ago, so that it is
said, “ God, in his great love, has given a
good average of life to your missionaries,
quite as good as that of ministers in this
country.” But such veterans cannot look
for many more years of active service,
and young men are wanted for the posi-
tions they must soon leave.
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Missions of other Societies.
LONDON SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRIS-
TIANITY AMONGST THE JEWS.
The last Report of this Society gives
the income for the year as £41,363
($206,815), — larger than in any previ-
ous year of the Society’s existence. The
aggregate expenditure was £42,881 12s.
ll<f. (about $214,408). The following
table presents a view of the stations oc-
cupied and the laborers employed ; —
Stations.
Ordained Miasionaries.
Unordained Missionariee,
and Superior Lay
Agents.
2 **
•n o «
W oC
I-Ib
©35 «
C
ex
*S'S
00
Totals.
London . • .
6
4
3
4
16
Liverpool . . .
1
1
_
-
2
Manchester . .
-
1
_
_
1
AoisterdHin )
Rotterdam |
"
Konigsberg . .
-
1
-
-
1
Danzig . . .
2
-
1
-
3
Hamburg . . .
1
-
1
-
2
Berlin ....
2
3
_
6
Leipzig . . .
-
1
-
-
1
Boston ....
-
1
1
_
2
Breslau . . .
3
1
-
_
4
Lemberg . . .
1
-
-
1
Cracow . . .
1
2
-
-
3
Kiscbineff . .
1
-
1
-
2
Fiankfurt-on-the-
Maine . . .
1
1
1
_
3
CarUruhe . .
1
1
-
2
Stra-«bourg . .
-
-
1
1
2
Crefeld & Cologne
1
-
-
-
1
Vienna . . .
—
1
-
1
Par«8 ....
1
-
-
-
1
Marseilles . .
-
-
_
-
-
Rome ....
1
-
-
-
1
Tiieste , . .
1
1
1
...
3
Bucharest . .
1
-
4
3
8
Constantinople .
1
-
2
3
6
Smyrna . . .
1
1
1
-
3
Jerusalem . .
3
2
8
8
21
Damhscus . .
1
-
1
-
2
Algiers . • .
1
1
2
7
11
Mogador . . .
Tunis ....
1
-
1
8
10
Alexandria . .
-
-
1
-
1
Abyssinia . .
1
10
2
13
Total employed
during the year
33
20
46
36
135
Reduction by re-
tirement or
otherwise
4
2
-
6
Total on 31at
March, 1876 .
29
18
46
36
129
The Report announces the recent es-
tablishment of a station at Mogador, for
the large Jewish population in the em-
pire of Morocco, and the receipt of a
document from the government of Rus-
sia, setting forth conditions (which will
be at once accepted) on which the agents
of the Society may labor in Poland, and
[May,
holding out encouragement that they will
soon be permitted to labor in all the prov-
inces of Russia where Jews reside. Mis-
sionaries are already appointed for the
city of Warsaw.
WESLEYAN METHODIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY
(ENGLISH).
The total home receipts of this Soci-
ety for the year ending April, 1876, were
£137,000 13s. There were also foreign
receipts amounting to £22,105 11s. 9d.,
making a total of £159,106 5s. 6J. (about
$795,531). The expenditures were £151,-
109 5s. Id. The operations of the Soci-
ety are much more largely in nominally
Christian lands, in British dependencies,
and among English colonists, than among
the heathen.
The following condensed table presents
some of the prominent statistics of vari-
ous conferences and mission fields : —
c
c
*o‘“
C.2
"s
‘C c
a e
Cso
.£■«
Paid Catechists,
Teachers, etc.
Unpaid Local Preachers.
Full Church Members.
Total Number of
Scholars.
Attendants on Public
Worship.
France. Switzerland,
and Corsica . .
37
24
103
1,989
2,639
10,528
Brussels ....
1
-
-
40
130
Germany ....
20
9
83
2,344
2.3fU
9.904
It.ily
31
11
1,149
866
1.96.3
Spain
3
3^4
14
246
1.106
1.190
Ireland
3.5
21
26
3,.566
1,770
11,0 4
Cevlon
M
iW5
90
2.4{»2
10,0.^5
5, .5761
India
37.5
36
8.3t«
2.2.511
China
12
2S
5
2fJ0
m
5.54
Southern Africa .
94
202
9.54
15.&S6
18.26.1
R6..5.55
Western Africa ,
25
Kid
297
10,849
8,091
38,907
West Indies and
Guiana ....
91
203
4G9
43,652
28,456
149,422
Australia and Poly-
nesia
370
3,665
3,174
52,692
63,980
306,078
Totals . .
797
5,170
5,267
136,189
146,510
624,057
1 Returns not full.
CHINA INLAND MISSION.
The missionary effort of English Chris-
tians of different denominations known by
this name has been in operation ten years.
The first company of missionaries sailed
for China May 26, 1866, and special com-
memorative meetings were held last May,
on the tenth anniversary of that occasion.
Statements made on that occasion notice
1877.]
the object of the movement, which was,
by “ forming a mission on a catholic ba-
sis,” “ in which members of various evan-
gelical churches, sound in the faith on
fundamental points, might work together,”
to occupy as soon as possible all the then
unoccupied provinces of China with evan-
gelistic efforts, beginning in the province
of Cheh-kiang. Respecting the progress
of the work it was said ; —
“In the first and preliminary effort,
that of opening stations in unevangelize'd
districts of Cheh-kiang (as also the ad-
joining province of Kiang-su), we have
been prospered. About forty stations
have been opened in these provinces, and
are worked principally by native evan-
gelists, under the superintendence of mis-
sionaries who are, or have been, located
in twelve of them.
“ In one of the previously unoccupied
provinces, Ganhwuy, eight stations have
been opened successfully, and two others
attempted.
“ In another province, Kiang-si, which
was unoccupied when the mission was
organized, but in which the American
Methodist Episcopal Mission commenced
work before us, we have one station and
one out- station.
“ And lastly, a station has been opened
at Wu-chang, in Hu-peh, as a basis for
163
operations in the regions beyond. In these
five provinces, twenty-eight little churches
have been gathered, and in some of the
other out-stations there are converts. The
total number of stations and out-stations
is fifty-two, and the number of native
agents, including Bible- women, exceeds
seventy
“ Our first prayer was for suitable men
and women to go out to the field. The
need was made known in various ways,
and candidates offered themselves from
different parts of the United Kingdom,
from among whom, after suitable train-
ing and probation, missionaries have been
selected from time to time.
“Mr. Meadows, our senior missionary,
went out in 1862. In 1865 five others
were sent; and on the 26th May, 1866,
a party of seventeen sailed in the Lam-
mermuir, making altogether twenty-three
in the field.
“From 1867-70 sixteen others arrived
in China; from 1872-74 eight followed;
and during 1875-76, twenty-two have been
added ; making a total of sixty-nine per-
sons, of whom fifty-two (namely, sixteen
married and twenty single missionaries)
are now in connection with the work.”
The income for the last year was £8,1 19
14s. 2d. (S40,598).
Miscellany.
MISCELLANY.
REVIVAL AMONG THE NKSTORIANS.
Dr. Holmes, of the Presbyterian mis-
sion to Persia, formerly the Nestorian
mission of the American Board, wrote
January 23d (in the “ Foreign Mission-
ary ”) : “ A most interesting series of
meetings has been in progress in Gulpa-
chin for a number of weeks ; the interest
still continuing. Upwards of seventy
persons have asked for admission to the
church, a large proportion of whom will
doubtless be received. In Wassarawa,
the scene of an interesting work last win-
ter, twenty have been accepted. In the
city [Oroomiah], the chapel has been
crowded day and night for two weeks,
and a large num' er of inquirers have
come forward. In the female seminary.
nearly all the girls appear to be under
conviction of sin, and Misses Van Duzee
and Poage express the hope that thir-
teen or more have been converted. A
carpenter in the city, who was awakened
last winter, but who has not yet been
received into the church, upon his own
responsibility undertook tbe visitation of
a village near the city, which had hitherto
been closed to the Gospel. He succeeded
in inducing a number to meet with him
regularly, for spiritual conversation and
prayer, and now they send a request for a
teacher to be sent them, promising to fur-
nish him a room and fuel, and stating that
they want meetings every evening. In
Nazee, Sherabad, Cheragoosha, and other
villages, earnest revivals are in progress.
164
while in others preparations have been
made, by continued prayer and house to
house visitation, for the work of the Holy
Spirit which is anticipated. Mr. and
Mrs. Whipple start to-morrow for Gava-
lan, in response to an earnest call, and a
request for assistance to come from other
quarters. It looks as if the harvest-time,
for Oroomiah at least, was coming, and
that the seed planted and watered through
so many years is now bringing forth abun-
dant fruit for eternity.”
Mr. Whipple wrote earlier, January
8th, in regard to the work at Gulpachin :
“ The special meetings were of such a
character that they went even beyond our
own expectations. Three meetings a day
were held, for one week, with from three
hundred to three hundred and fifty, and
even four hundred souls present, and such
interest and solemnity manifested as I
have never seen here. The meetings,
some of them, would continue two or
three hours without any signs of weari-
ness. One evening thirty-five impenitent
ones arose, confessed their sinfulness and
desire to be Christ’s, and asked the
prayers of God’s people in their behalf.
These included all ages and sexes. The
result of these meetings is not yet evident,
for they are still continued. They hold
two meetings daily, and this Week of
Prayer they will hold three daily meet-
ings. But there are about one hundred
souls who have expressed the wish to fol-
low Christ and be his true disciples.
“ Priest Yonan, the pastor of the city
church, who was there and assisted in the
meetings, in giving an account of them
to his people, remarked that he had never
seen such meetings ; they were wonder-
ful; and expressed a wish that all his
church members could have been there
and witnessed the workings of the Holy
Spirit.”
.JEWISH CONVERTS TO CHRISTIANITY.
The “Record” of the Free Church of
Scotland gives the following statements,
from another publication : “ The number
of Jews existing throughout the world
has been estimated at about seven mill-
ions. We believe this computation to be
excessive, but shall assume its accuracy
[May,
for the present. Though mission work
among them is as yet only in its infancy,
and though the missionary laboring among
them has difficulties to encounter of which
his colleague in the Gentile field knows
nothing, there are at present over twen-
ty thousand converted and baptized Jews
living in the communion of Christian
churches. There is also a large and
increasing number of persons who are
Christians in their hearts, but who, ‘fear-
ing the Jews,’ have not made any public
confession of their change of belief. Of
the twenty thousand who have received
baptism, no fewer than three hundred
and twenty are at this moment occupying
high and influential positions as ministers,
theological professors, and teachers in the
Christian church. In England alone one
hundred and ten of these are ministers of
the Established Church. In the Presby-
terian and Dissenting churches some of
the most eminent divines of our day are
children of the house of Jacob. In the
professional ranks of Germany are num-
bered among the bravest and most de-
voted soldiers of the Cross not a few
Jews, some of whom have won for them-
selves world-wide reputation as commen-
tators and expounders of Scripture. And
it is well worthy of note, in passing, that
some of the brightest centers of evangel-
ical light on the Continent are universi-
ties where Jewish-Christian doctors oc-
cupy chairs.”
THE FAMINE IN INDIA.
Mr. Rend ALL, of the Madura mission,
wrote in January last : “ The year opens
with one of the most fearful famines the
district has ever experienced. Certainly
I have never before seen such a total fail-
ure of crops during my long residence in
India. Thousands of the people have left
for Ceylon and other parts, and thousands
are now in great distress. The Govern-
ment officials are very active in getting
up relief works, and I trust in many cases
the lives of the sufferers will be spared.
It will be a year of trial to us. Our
people, many of them, will be reduced to
starvation.” He adds : —
“ It has occurred to me that there are
Miscellany.
1877.]
friends in America who would be glad, in
this time of great distress, to aid the peo-
ple, suffering so severely ; and if you see
your way clear to take subscriptions for
this purpose, — in no way to interfere
with the funds of the Board, it would be
a great relief, and would be highly appre-
ciated by a suffering people. We shall
feel obliged to spend largely from our
own private means in this way. It makes
one’s heart bleed to see his own people
pining away from actual starvation.”
Yet, “ in view of the distress of the
Board,” while “ thankful for the sugges-
tion,” the missionaries did not feel like
availing themselves of a proposed relief
in the matter of their own too small sal-
aries.
THE MEN WANTED.
Dr. Osgood, of the Foochow mission,
in a recent letter, urges the immediate
sending of another physician to that
field, and says : “ China requires the best
men ; and every Christian physician under
thirty-five years of age, who has a good
paying practice, or a prospect of obtain-
ing one, should ask himself the question.
‘ How can 1 best serve my Saviour ? By
remaining where others would gladly do
the work which I am doing, or by giving
my life, my skill, my all to the missionary
cause ? ’ The man who /ai/s at home,
should remain there.”
GLEANINGS.
The Canada “ Presbyterian Record ”
for March has this very pleasant state-
ment ; “ Perhaps in no department of our
church’s work are there more hopeful and
encouraging signs of progress than in that
under the care of the Board of French
Evangelization. The work is assuming
large proportions, not only in the cities,
but also in the rural districts of the Prov-
ince of Quebec ; the openings at present
far exceeding the ability of the Board,
both as to means and missionaries, to
undertake.”
The “ Jewish Intelligence,” for
March, reports in regard to Abyssinia:
“ Though much political disorder exists
in that country, yet the Lord’s work is
progressing. Since Mr. Flad left there,
no fewer than thirty-six adult Falashas
165
have been baptized at the three mission
stations. Our agents have not been im-
prisoned by King John, but some of the
converts have been tied with strings, in
order to extort money from them. All
of them have been robbed by savage sol-
diers. Nevertheless, the schools at Gen da
and Assosa are well attended, both by
Falasha and Christian boys, and the con-
verts have been able to continue the
Bible classes and prayer meetings and
other services, with only short interrup-
tions, during which they lived in jungles
for fear of the soldiers.”
The same paper says again : “ A
Falasha from Omara came one day to our
agents at Assosa (the distance is about
six days’ journey), and said that fourteen
years ago he had received an Amharic
Bible from Mr. Flad. That Bible he
carried to his native village. He studied
the prophecies relating to the Messiah,
and taught the people the same, and
now he and a great part of the inhabitants
have found Jesus Christ to be the JSIessiah
and their Saviour. He with the others
would be thankful to receive instruction
for baptism, and are ready to make a pub-
lic profession of their faith.”
Dr. Schaff, in a recent letter to the
“ New York Exangelist,” reports the
Protestants in Rome as numbering about
4,000, in a population of 245,000. There
are seven distinct evangelical denomina-
tions at work in Rome, or, including sub-
divisions, as English Methodists, Ameri-
can Methodists, etc., twelve. It would
seem, therefore, that there is no special
need there of Congregationalists.
DEPARTURE.
Rev. Giles F. Montgomery and wife,
of Marash, Central Turkey mission, sailed
from New Y'ork, March 24th, returning to
their field.
DEATH.
Intelligence is received just in sea-
son for this number of the Herald, of the
sudden death of Rev. B. W. Parker, at
Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, on the 23d
of March, aged 73. He sailed to join the
Sandwich Islands Mission in November,
1832, and never revisited the United
States until 1876.
Miscellany.
166
Donations.
[May,
MAINE.
Woolwich, a member of Cong, church,
OFFERINGS FOR THE DEBT.
S2 00
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Suncooh, a friend, 6 00
MASSACHUSETTS. .
Leverett, Mrs. R A. Field, 1 00
South Deerfield, Two Friends, 2 00 3 00
CONNECTICUT.
Jersey City, a friend, 10 00
New Haven, Lyman Osborn, 1 20 — 11 20
INDIANA.
Indianapolis, Widow’s mite,
MICHIGAN
Romeo, H. 0. Smith,
IOWA.
Glenwood, Rev. L. S. Williams,
Received for the “ Debt ” in March,
Previously acknowledged (see April
“Herald”),
DONATIONS RECEIVED IN MARCH.
MAINE.
Cumberland county.
Scarborough, “Tithes,” 150 00
Yarmouth, 1st Cong. ch. and so., to
const Samuel B Soule, H. M. 100 63-
Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties.
Woolwich, a member of Cong, church,
Penobscot county Auz. Soc. £. Du-
reo , Tr.
Brewer, 1st Cong. ch. and so.
Piscataquis county.
Uarlaud, Cong. ch. and so. m. e.
Somerset county.
Skowhegan, Cong. ch. and so.
York county.
Wells, 1st Cong. ch. and so.
-250 63
1 00
4 50
5 00
15 50
6 50
2b3 13
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Cheshire co. Conf. of Oh’s. George
Kingsbury, Tr.
Sullivan, Cong ch. and so. 6 00
Grafton county.
Bristol, Cong. ch. and so. 3 15
Hillsboro co. Conf. of Cb’s. George
Swain, Tr
Goff'town, Cong. ch. and so. 31 56
New Bo-ton, Mrs. Mary S Dodge, de-
cea.-ed, 3U ; ditto for Papal Lands,
30; 60 00
Wilton, 2d Cong ch. and so. 29 39 — 120 95
Merrimac county Aux. Society.
Concord. 1st Cong. ch. and so., to
const. Andrew Buneeb and R. G.
Morrison, 11. M. 210 00
Rockingham county.
Stratham, Mrs. Mart G. Wingate,
to const, herself U. M. 100 00
Strafford county.
Durham, Cong. ch. and so. 47 50
486 60
VERMONT.
Bennington county.
Manche’iter, a friend, for work in
Bulgaria, 5 00
Caledonia co. Conf. of Ch’s. T. M.
Howard, Tr.
Lower Waterford, Cong. ch. and so.
38.47; Rev. M. U. Wells 20; 58 47
St Johoi’^bury, lat Cong. ch. and so.
9.25; Rev. Henry Fairbanks, 600 ; 509 25 — 567 72
Chittenden county.
Burlington, 1st Cong. ch. and so. 122 80
Charlotte, a thank-offering from two
friends, 25 00 — 147 80
Essex county.
Granby and Victory, Cong. ch. and so. 7 35
Lamoille county.
Marshfield, Cong. ch. and so. 16 10
Stowe, 1st Cong. ch. and so. 63 06 — 68 16
Orleans county.
Newport. Cong, ch and so. 13 50
Windham co. Aux. Soc. C. F. Thomp-
son, Tr.
Bpattlehoro,Cen. Cong. ch. and PO.m.c. 71 76
Saxt< n’s Kiver, E. H. Pettingill, 6 00
W’eat NVesttniuater, Gents, 65.35 1 La-
dies, 2426; 79 60—156 36
Windsor oo. Aux. Soo. Rev. C. B.
Drake and J. Steele, Tr’s.
Chester, Cong. oh. and so. 15 00
Norwich, Cong. ch. and so.
Royaltou, Cong. ch. and so.
. H.
S8,692 01
10 00
46 00—70 00
10 00
80
83 70 84 50
13 20
29 73
80 00
4 28 77 21
26 85—403 36
192 67
83 14
1,045 89
Legacies. — Alvan Tenney, balance, by
Dr. S II Griswold, 225 00
St. Johnsbury, Luke Spencer, 6U 00
Thetford, Eunice White, by Samuel
Fletcher, Ex'r, in part, 800 00
WaitJ>field, Lovina Phelps, by U. N.
Bushnell, Ex’r, 1,875 69-2,950 59
3,996 48
MASSACHUSETTS.
Barnstable county.
Hyannis, a friend,
Yarmouth, 1st Cong. ch. and so. 62,
m. c. 21.70 ;
Berkshire county.
Curtisville, Cong. ch. and so.
North Adams, Cong. ch. and so.
Pitt^^fieid, Zenobia,
Sheffield, Cong. ch. and so.
Bristol county.
Fall Kiver, 1st Cong. ch. and so.
310.20; Central ch. and so., for
Ptipal Lands, b6 31 ; 876 51
Seekouk and East Providence, Cong,
ch and so.
Brookfield Asso'n. William Hyde, Tr.
Barre, Cong. ch. and so.
Essex county.
Lawrence, South Cong. ch. and so.
Essex county, North.
Amesbury and Salisbury, Mills Vil-
lage Cong. ch. and so. 10 ; Union
Evan. ch. and so. 7.23;
Byfield, m. c.
Haverhill, Centre Cong. ch. and so.,
to coost. Mrs. S. R. Kellt, H. M.,
124; West Cong. ch. and so. 10;
a friend, 8 ;
Newbury, 1st Cong. ch. and so.
South Byfield, a friend,
Essex co. South Conf. of Ch's. C. M.
Richardson, Tr.
Beverly, Dane St. ch. m. c.
Lynn, 1st Oong. ch. and so.
Nahant, Mr and Mrs. W. II. Johnson, 10 00
Salt'm, Tabernacle ch., Miss Susan
Felt, deceased, 100 ; a deceased
friend, 76; 175 00 — 259 86
Franklin co. Aux. Soo. William F.
Root, Tr.
East Hawley, Thank-offering from a
friend, 2 00
Sunderland, Benevolent Societies, ICO 00
Warwick, Trin. Cong ch. and so. 2 62
Whately. Cong. ch. and so. 5 80—110 82
Hampden county Aux. Soc. Charles
Marsh, Tr.
Chicopee, 2d Cong, ch and so. 63 76
Springfield, 1st <long. ch. and so.
177 27 ; South ch., A. E. T., 10; 187 27
17 23
1 18
142 00
25 68
2 30—188 29
7 26
67 59
West Granville, a friend,
Westfield, M. M. R.
Uamp-thire county Aux. Society.
Eai-thampton, 1st Cong. ch. and so.
Hadley, Ru^^sell ch m. c.
Northampton, 1st Cong. ch. and so.
m. c. 21.91; a friend, 10;
10 00
10 00—261 02
96 16
15 72
81 91
1877.]
Donations,
167
Southampton, a friend, 5 00
South Amherst, Cong- ch. and eo. 10 09
South Hadley, 1st Cong. ch. and so. 61 00
Williamsburgh, Cong. ch. and so. bOOO — 248 78
Middlesex county.
Burlington, Cong. ch. and so. 18 67
Cambridge. North Avenue Cong. ch.
and so. 174.50; Prospect St. ch.,
A. E Hildreth. 100; 272 50
Lowell, Pawtucket Cong. ch. and so. lit 31
Malden, 1st Cong. cb. and so. 76 31
Newton Centre, 1st Cong. ch. and
so. 248 00
Somerville, Franklin St. ch. and so.
m. c. 17 86; Prospect llill ch. and
BO 6.47 ;
South Framingham, South Cong. ch.
and so.
West Somerville, Cong. ch. and so.
Winchester, Cong. ch. and so.
Middlesex Union.
Townsend, Cong. ch. and so.
Norfolk county. ,
South VFeymouth, 2d Cong. ch. and
so., wiib other dona., to const.
Clarence Fearing, 11. M.
Wrentbum, Jemima ilawes,
Plymouth county.
Abingh.n, 1st Cong. ch. and so.
Rockland. Cong. ch. and so.
Scotland, Kev. Isaac Dunham,
Suffolk county.
Boston, Union ch. 649.17 ; Vine St.
ch (of wh. m. 0. 10; Kev. J. 0.
Means, 50 ; F. 0. White, 15 ; F.
Jackson Ward, 15; James Fisher,
lOU; J. S. Ropes, 100; Nilas Pot-
ter, 5U), 420 ; Highland ch. 3' 17 85;
Phillips ch. 266 ; Eliot ch. 224.03 ;
Old South ch., for Papal Lands,
176.66; Cottage St. ch (Dorches-
ter), 63.26; Park St. ch. 6u; Mount
Vernon ch. 60 ; Olivet ch. 36 ; Hol-
land ch. 9 ; Central ch. m. c. 7.73 ;
Shawmut ch. 2; a friend, 5UU;
Rev. U. B. Hooker, 2i; C. F. D.
(Jamaica Plain), 25 ; John P.
Nichols, 12 ; Silas A. Quincy,
10 ; 2,
Chelsea, 1st Cong. ch. and eo. 88.40 ;
Central Cong. ch. and so. 20.79;
Worcester co. Central Asso’n. E. H.
Sanford, Tr.
Auburn, Cong. ch. and so.
Princeton, Simeon Clark,
Southboro, Cong. ch. and so. (of
wh 31 m. c ),
Worcester. Old South ch. and so.
, a Iriend,
23 S3
80 40
3 44
345 06-1,087 02
24 65
60 00
44 00 94 00
12 66
6u 00
6 00 67 66
731 68
109 19-2,840 87
32 00
100
60 72
66 35—160 07
10 00
6,143 41
Legacies. — Boston, Eliza A. Vinton, by
Robert Q. Living, Ex’r, 100 00
6,243 41
RHODE ISLAND.
Little Compton, Mate and Female Mis.
Societies, 20 25
Providence, Union Cong. ch. and so.
1,874 37 ; Pilgrim Cong. ch. and so.
67.44; 1,931 81-1,962 06
CONNECTICUT.
FairOeld county.
Greenwich, 2d Cong. ch. and so. 610 00
Ridgeheld, 1st Cong. ch. and so. 140 00 — 650 00
Hartford county. E. W. Par.-ons, Tr.
Berlin, A member of 2d Cong. ch. 10 00
Collinsville. Cong. ch. and so. 20 00
EiiOeld, North ch. and so. m. c. 10 00
Hartford, Center ch. and so. m. c.
12.24 ; Asylum Hill ch., a friend,
3; a lover of missions, 500; a
friend, 20 ; 635 24—676 24
Litchfield county. 0. C. Woodruff, Tr.
Bridgewater, Cong. ch. and so. 31 60
Lakeville, Village Prayer-meeting, 17 98
Norfolk, Cong. ch. and so. 2 00
Salisbury, Cong. oh. and so. m. c. 10 79
Warren, 1st Eccl. Society,
19
00
West VVinsted, 2d Cong. ch. and so.
61
43
Woodbury, Mrs. 0. F. Churchill,
6
00-
-147
70
Middit'sea co. K. C. Huugerlord, Tr.
CliutoQ, Cong. ch. and so.
65
65
East Haddam, Cong. ch. and so.
9J
05
liadl^uie, Cong. ch. aud eo.
36
bO
Middletown, l.^t Cong. ch. and so.
West brook, Cong. eh. aud so., with
20
60
other dona , tj const. Kev. B. 11.
Atkins, U. M.
10
60-
-211
60
New Haven county. F. T. Jarman,
Agent.
Birmingham , Cong. ch. and so. m. c.
79
62
Meriden, Center Cong. cb. aud so.
3u
00
Middlebury, Cong. ch. and so.
22
17
New Haven, 1st ch. m. c. 17.88 ; Dav-
enport cb. m. c. 16 40; North ch.
m. c. 5 86 ; Mrs. Mary L. Skiuner,
l,0u0; 1,04014
North Haven, Cong. ch. and so., to
const. Mrs. Anna F. C. Hart,
H. M. 115 49
South Meriden, Cong ch. and so. 17 20
Wolcott, Cong. ch. and so. 6 60-1,311 02
New Loudon county. C. Butler and
L. A. Hyde, Trs.
Grassy Hill, Cong. ch. and eo. 24 00
New Loudon, L. Miles, 3 90 27 80
Tolland county. E. C. Chapman, Tr.
Rockville, 1st Cong. ch. and so., to
const. Mrs. J. J. Robinson, Mrs.
Heber Townsend, and Miss Lu-
cinda Bailey, U. M. 300 00
Windham county.
Chaplin, Cong. ch. and so., to const.
John K. Utley, 11. M. 138 10
Woodstock, 1st Cong. ch. and so. 31 26 — 167 86
3,390 81
ifgari'sj.— East Hartford, Rufus Smith,
by J. B. Smith, l,u00 00
Hartford, Rev. Joel Hawes, D. D., by
E. W. Parsons, 42 30
New Haven, Mr.s. Emilia L. Bennett,
by J. W. Bennett, 37 60
North Granby, Mrs. L. A. Bently, by
E. W. Parsons, 395 66
West Hartford, Abigail Talcott, by
E. W. Parsons, 93 64-1,674 09
NEW YORK.
4,964 90
Albany, 1st Cong. ch. and so.
Albion, C. Farwell,
Antwerp, 1st Cong. oh. and eo.
Brockport, a friend,
Bronxville, Mrs. A. R. Prescott,
Brooklyn, Ch. of the Pilgrims, Mrs.
Packer, loO; Miss Smith, 60; J. Q.
A. Butler, 25; A. C. Brownell, lo;
George T. QIark, 10 ;
Cutchogue, S. Whaley,
Fi-hkill, Mrs. M. A. Davies,
Leeds, I. E. S.
Malone, 1st Cong. ch. and so.
New York, Madison Square Presb. ch.
250; W. Williams, o; Mrs. A. L.
Ely, 3.90 ;
Otisco, Cong. ch. and so.
Oxford, Assoc. Presb. ch. m. o.
Pajmyra, G G. Jessup,
Potsdam, Mrs. Abner Clark,
Prattsburgh, C. Waldo,
182 32
6 00
20 73
4i0
4 00
195 00
1 00
66
2 00
60 00
268 90
7 10
2 48
2 00
21 12
1 80—768 10
Legacies. — East Bloomfield, Elisha S.
Tracy, by William C. Tracy, Ex'r,
for 1876, and for education of stu-
dents at Harpoot Seminary, 70 00
New York, Mrs. Azuba F. Barney, by
B. B. Gurnee aud L. L. Baruey,
Exec. 5,000 00
Westport, Aaron B. Mack, by Aaron
Clark, Ex’r, 607 00-6,577 00
NEW JERSEY.
Bricksburg, Presb. church.
Cheater, Cong. ch. and so.
Princeton, A. Guyot,
6,346 10
17 00
20 00
26 00 62 00
168
Donations,
[May, 1877.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Audenried, Cong. ch. and so.
6 35
East Smithfield, Cong. ch. and so.
20 00
West Spring Creek, Dr. Grant,
1 00-
—27 35
OIITO.
Brooklyn, 1st Cong ch. and so.
6 60
Coolville, A friend of missions,
24 70
Delaware, Rev. John U. Jones,
140 00
Elyria, I. S Metcalf,
20 00
Mantua, Cong. ch. and so.
6 00
Marietta, 1st Cong. ch. and so.
40 00
Paddy’s Run, Cong. ch. aud so.
29 25
Pomeroy, Welsh Cong, ch and so.
5 60
Steubenville, Cong. ch. and so.
40 00
Troy, Rev. M. G. Grosvenor,
10 00
West Andover, Mrs. II. W. Palmer,
3 75
Windham, 1st Cong. ch. and so. 23;
i
A. dagger, 6 ;
28 00-
-362 70
INDIANA.
CrawfordsTille, Prof. Caleb Mills,
10 00
WISCONSIN.
Appleton, Ann S. Kimball,
Beloit, 1st OoDg. ch. and so. 182 56;
26 00
Rev. S. R. Riggs, a thank-offering,
10;
192 56
Dartford, Rev. S. B. and J. J. Dema-
rest.
6 40
MeiiHsha, Cong. ch. and so. m. c.
13 37
Milton, Cong. ch. and so.
12 00
Princeton, Cong. ch. and so.
3li0
Ripou, 1st Cong. ch. and so.
142 60
WaupuQ, Cong, ch and so.
25 00
Wauwatosa, Sally Green,
10 00—428 88
NEBRASKA.
Schuyler, Avails of Otter skin, by Rev.
Amos Dresser,
6 00
CALIFORNIA.
Benicia, Cong. ch. and so.
16 75
Dixon, Cong. ch. and so.
6 30
Oakland, 1st Cong. ch. and so.
111 22—133 27
ILLINOIS.
Chicago, New England ch. m. c.
20
43
Crystal Lake, l.>t Coug. ch. and so.
6
20
ElmwooJ, a friend,
5
00
Farmington, Cong. ch. and so.
77
25
Galesburg, A member of 1st Cong. ch.
1
00
Henry, Mrs F. A. Raymond,
1
00
Kewanee, Cong. ch. and so.
200
00
Marysville, Ludden & Morse,
1
00
Morris, Cong. ch. and so.
13
25
Newark, Horace Day,
5
00
OIney, 1st Cong. ch. and so.
27
76
Pittsfield, Mrrf. E. Carter,
10
00
Springfield, 2d Presb. ch., John A.
Mason.
250
00
Sycamore, 1st Cong. ch. and so.
40
04
Toiono, Mrs. L. Haskell,
10
00
Wilton, Mrs. Sophronia Osborn,
5
00 — (
Legacies. — Crystal Lake, S. S. Gates,
in part, by William D. Oat«s,
Kx'r, 600 00
Quincy, Mrs. Mary Ballard, by B.
Burrnugbs, Ex*r, 1,000 00
Spriogdeld, Joseph Thayer, by E.
K. Thayer, Ex’r (present value of
1S5,00U, due iu two years), 4,166 67-5, 66p 67
DAKOTA TERRITORY.
Greenwood, Rev. J. P. Williamaon, 4 00
Kiebland and Riverside, Frieuds of
Foreign Missions, 6 00 9 00
CANADA.
Province of Quebec, —
Montreal, James Court, 26 25
Sherbrooke, Union Woman^s Board of
Missions, 20 95
Southwold, Phineas Barber, 10 40 57 60
NOVA SCOTIA.
Yarmouth, Young -People's Miss. Soc.
of Tabernacle church, 10 48
FOREIGN LANDS AND MISSIONARY STATIONS.
European Turkey, Bansko ch., for Japan, 3 00
Sandwich Islands, a friend, 1,050 00
MISSION WORK FOR WOMEN.
From Woman’s Board op Missions.
Mrs. Benjamin E. Bates, Boston, Treasurer,
For several missions, in part, 4,001 00
MICHIGAN.
Alamo, Cone. ch. and w.
Bensonia, Friends, for Japan,
Cold Water, George II Barber,
Edwardsburg, Julia S. Smith,
Kalamazoo. 1st Cong, ch and so.
Manistee, Cong. ch. and so.
Richmond, Cong. ch. and so.
MISSOURI.
Independence, Harriett V. Pixley,
Jake's Prairie, Kev. J. Denton,
Neosho, 1st Cong. ch. aud so.
5 25
5 00
10 00
19 00
36 00
4815
21 64—145 04
3 00
4 10
16 25—^23 35
MINNESOTA.
Belgrade, Union ch. and so.
315
Brownsdale, a friend,
6 00
Mankato, Rev. D. B. Eells,
5 20
Miimeapolii, Plymouth ch. and
21.04; 2d Cong. ch. and so. 6;
SO.
27 04
Providence, Cong. ch. and so.
1 66
Winona, 1st Cong. ch. and so.
41 66
, Friends of Missions,
3 60-
IOWA.
Belmond, Rev. J. D. Sands, 1 00
Burlington, John G. Foote, 1 ^0
Chapin, Rt'V. W. P. Avery, 2 00
Chester, Cong ch. and so. 32 30
Denmark, II K. Bison, 25 00
Genoa HlulT, Cong ch. and so. 23 06
Green Mountain, Cong. ch. and so. 54 75
Maquoketa. Cong Miss. Soc. 18 16
Sherrill’s Mount, German Cong. ch. 1 00
", a friend, 1 00 — ‘160 06
Legacies. — Independence, Mary C. Pease,
by B. S. Brownell, Ex'r (500 less exchange) 499 25
MISSION SCHOOL ENTERPRISE.
Maine. — Norridgewock, Penny Contribution, 31 00
New Hampshire. — Gilmanton, Cen. Cong. s.
8. 15; Mount Vernon, ass. class at the
Bellevue House, 1.20 ; Newcastle, Mrs. H.
Martin, Mrs. S. A. Neal, aud Miss D. N.
Veunard, 2.25 ; 18 45
Vermont. — Dummerston, Cong. s. s. 10.73;
Monisville, Cong. s. s.,for Mr. Montgom-
ery’s school at Marash, 17 ; 27 73
Massachusetts. — Boston, Old South s. s.,
for student in Bulgaria, 55 ; Lexington,
Mrs. Goodwin’s a. s. class, for support of
Sourpoubie, in Miss Cull's school, Manisa,
Turkey, 40; Springfield, Olivet 8. s. 2.60;
Yarmouth, 1st Cong. s. s. 7 ; 104 60
Connecticut. — New Haven, 3d ohur'h, Mrs.
Nicholson, for Theol. Seminary, Ahmednug-
gur, 10 00
New York. — Brooklyn, Rochester Avenue s.
8., for native scholar in Harpoot, East
Bloomfield, W. C. Tracy, for student in
care of Mr. Alien, Ilarpoot, 67 07; 97 07
Illinois. — Morris, Cong s. s. 10 00
Michig.\n. — Richmond, Cong, s s. 4 36
Wisconsin. — Green Bay, Oak Grove Miss. s.
s., for a child under care of Miss Closson, 40 00
Donations received in M«rch, 21,652 91
for the Debt, in March, 32 65
21,68.5 56
Legacies received in March, 16,367 bO
S38.053 16
Total, from Sept. 1st, 1876, to
March 3ist, 1877. $220,480 76
659 31
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