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ERAMANGA. 

MASSACRE  OF  THE  REY.  N.  GORDON  AND  MRS.  GORDON. 

The  friends  of  the  Society,  and  of  the  cause  of  Missions,  will  be  affected  ^ 
with  the  most  profound  sorrow  on  learning  that  another  fearful  tragedy 
has  been  enacted  on  the  Island  of  Eramanga,  and  that,  as  in  the  former 
memorable  iustance,  the  victims  were  the  messengers  of  peace  and  mercy. 
Upwards  of  twenty  years  have  elapsed  since  "Williams  and  Harris  met  their 
deaths  at  the  hands  of  those  whom  they  sought  to  save  and  bless,  and  now 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gordon,  devoted  agents  of  the  Nova  Scotia  Mission,  who 
liad  visited  the  island  on  the  same  benignant  errand,  and  laboured  for 
four  years  with  exemplary  self-denial,  and  amidst  continual  peril  from  the 
degraded  and  cruel  savages,  have  been  added  to  the  list  of  martyrs. 

The  particulars  of  the  sad  event  are  given  in  the  subjoined  letters, 
addressed  to  our  Society's  agent  at  Sydney,  the  Rev.  W.  Cuthbertson,  the 
former  being  written  by  a  gentleman  engaged  in  the  sandal  wood  trade  at 
Eramanga,  and  the  only  Englishman,  besides  Mr.  Gordou,  resident  on  the 
island,  and  the  latter  by  a  devoted  Missionary,  the  Rev.  S.  McEarlane,  of 
the  Island  of  Lifu. 

To  aid  the  recollection  of  our  friends,  we  shall  notice  briefly  some  of  the 
leading  incidents  which  have  transpired  in  connection  with  the  history  of 
Eramanga,  in  the  interval  between  the  death  of  Mr.  "Williams  and  that  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gordon. 

Shortly  after  the  fate  of  Mr.  Williams  became  known  in  this  country, 
the  Rev.  Messrs.  Turner  and  Nisbet  were  appointed  by  the  Directors  to 
Tana,  with  a  more  special  view  to  await  a  favourable  opportunity  for  the 
commencement  of  Missionary  operations  in  the  neighbouring  island  of 
Eramanga.  These  Brethren  reached  Tana  in  1842,  but  after  labouring 
there  for  some  time  amidst  much  discouragement,  and  at  the  imminent 
peril  of  their  lives,  they  were  ultimately  compelled  to  join  the  Mission  at 
Samoa. 

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A  deputation  from  the  Samoan  Mission,  consisting  of  the  Rev.  Messrs. 
Murray  and  Surfderland,  visited  Eramauga  in  the  Missionary  Ship  at  the 
close  of  1853,  but  they  found  the  people  in  a  state  of  war,  and  the  prospect 
was  altogether  dark.  Two  Earotongan  Teachers,  however,  volunteered  to 
go  on  shore,  and  on  the  promise  of  protection  from  a  native  chief,  they 
were  located  at  Dillon's  Bay. 

The  same  deputation  again  visited  the  island  in  1854,  when  it  was 
ascertained  that  some  progress  had  been  made  in  the  work  of  instruction, 
although  the  Teachers  and  their  wives  had  endured  great  privations. 

In  1855  a  Missionary  party  again  visited  Eramanga,  and  had  the  pleasure 
to  learn  that  further  advance  had  been  made  ;  that  the  Teachers  had 
erected  a  chapel  in  front  of  the  bay,  and  also  built  a  good  house  for  their 
own  accommodation.  It  was  on  this  occasion  that  Ivauiau,  the  murderer  of 
Williams,  came  on  board  the  Missionary  Ship,  and  expressed  his  desire  to 
visit  Samoa,  which,  although  not  complied  with,  evinced  his  confidence  in 
the  Missionaries. 

In  June  1856,  another  Missionary  party  visited  Dillon's  Bay  in  the 
"John  AVilliams,'*  when  two  of  their  number,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gordou,  who 
had  been  appointed  to  this  honourable  though  perilous  service,  by  the  Pres- 
byterian Missionary  Society  of  Nova  Scotia,  took  up  their  residence  on 
the  Island,  and  commenced  thaV^course  of  toil  and  privation  which  they 
sustained  with  cheerful  fortitude  until  the  period  of  their  lamented  and 
violent  death,  on  the  20th  May,  ult. 

Our  friend  and  brother  the  Rev.  Dr.  Turner,  of  the  Samoan  Mission,  at 
present  in  this  country,  paid  a  visit  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gordon  in  October 
1859,  and  thus  describes  the  aspect  of  things  at  that  time: — "We  had 
the  pleasure  of  spending  a  Sabbath  at  Eramanga,  and  met  with  about  150 
of  the  people  in  their  little  chapel.  All  were  quiet  and  orderly.  It 
thrilled  our  inmost  soul  to  hear  them,  as  led  by  Mrs.  Gordou,  strike  up 
the  tune  of  *  New  Lydia,'  and  also  the  translation  and  tune  of  *  There  is 
a  happy  land.'  Mr.  Gordon  was  glad  to  see  so  many  at  the  service,  and 
considered  our  visit  providential  and  opportune.  But  there  had  been  a 
re-action.  Reports  were  raised  that  the  Aneiteum  people  were  all  dying, 
and  that  it  was  occasioned  by  the  new  religion.  The  chief  forbade  the 
people  attending  the  Sabbath  services,  and  the  consequence  was  that  the 
chapel,  the  Sabbath  before  our  visit,  was  quite  deserted ;  only  some  five  of 
the  people  ventured  to  attend.  We  hope  that  the  good  effects  of  our  visit 
will  not  soon  pass  away,  but  Mr.  Gordon  finds  it  up-hill  work.  The 
population  is  not  only  widely  scattered,  but  constantly  occupied  with  petty 
inter-tribal  wars." 

It  may  be  proper  to  remark  that,  while  Williams  and  Harris,  and  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Gordon  were  alike  the  victims  of  native  malice  and  revenge,  the 
fatal  results  were  brought  about  by  totally  different  causes.    In  the  former 


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instance,  the  misguided  natives,  ignorant  of  the  character  and  benevolent 
objects  of  their  visitors,  murdered  their  victims  in  revenge  for  outrages 
pre^aously  perpetrated  upon  their  countrymen  by  white  men.  In  the  case 
of  our  lamented  friends,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gordon,  the  natives  appear  to  have 
been  instigated  to  their  deed  of  darkness  by  the  fanatical  belief  that  they 
Lad  been  instrumental  in  bringing  upon  them  the  fatal  sickness  ■which, 
has  recently  desolated  the  island.  Nothing  but  the  Gospel,  with  its 
enlightening  influences,  will  serve  to  remove  from  tbe  minds  of  the  natives 
these  injurious  prejudices,  or  enable  them  to  discriminate  between  the 
foreigners  who  visit  their  shores  for  the  purposes  of  trade,  and  often  of 
oppression,  and  the  Missionaries,  who  go  amongst  them  with  the  sole  view 
of  imparting  to  them  the  blessings  of  the  Gospel,  and  of  ministering  to 
them  relief  and  sympathy  in  seasons  of  sickness  and  sorrow. 

It  is  to  be  borne  in  mind  that  this  barbarous  murder  was  perpetrated, 
not  by  those  of  the  people  who  had  been  under  the  Christian  instruction 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gordon,  but  by  a  party  of  heathen  residing  some  ten 
miles  distant  from  the  Mission  Settlement. 

"We  cannot  close  thsse  introductionary  remarks  in  language  more  appro- 
priate and  forcible  than  that  of  our  brother  Mr.  McFarlane  : — 

"  "W"e  need  not  fear  the  result ;  a  few  lives  may  be  lost,  or  rather  a  few 
martyrs'  crowns  may  be  gained  ;  ultimately  it  must  be  added  to  the  con- 
quests of  Christ.  Error  and  superstition  can  never  stand  before  the  truth 
as  it  is  in  Jesus.  Who  will  come  to  take  the  place  of  the  two  who  bave 
fallen  ?  Oh,  that  a  voice  may  go  forth  from  the  tomb  of  our  friends,  and 
arouse  the  Christian  world  from  its  slumber  and  worldliness  to  energy  and 
devotedness." 

"  Eramaiiga,  7th  June,  1861. 
"  Rev.  Wm.  Cathbertson,  Sydney,  Agent  of  the  London  Missionary  Society. 

"  Eev.  Sir, — It  is  with  feelings  of  deep  melancholy  that  I  now  have  to  communi- 
cate to  you  the  distressing  intelligence  of  the  massacre  by  the  natives  here  of  our 
worthy  missionary  and  his  wife,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gordon. 

'*  This  mournful  event  took  place  on  the  20th  ultimo,  about  one  o'clock  in  the 
afternoon,  and  I  proceed  to  detail  to  you  the  circumstances  connected  with  it. 

"  On  the  afternoon  of  the  20th  I  was  in  the  act  of  writing  a  note  to 
Mr.  Gordon,  when  I  was  startled  by  a  native  (David-uti),  followed  by  others  of  the 
Mission  boys,  rushing  across  the  river  and  shouting  that  the  Bunkhill  natives  had 
killed  the  '  Missi.'  I  immediately  armed  myself,  and  the  few  foreign  natives  which 
I  have,  and  started  in  pursuit  of  the  murderers,  but  unsuccessfully.  I  found  the 
bodies  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gordon  lying  on  the  ground  horribly  mangled,  and  I  saw^at 
a  glance  that  anything  in  the  shape  of  surgical  assistance  was  out  of  the  question, 
as,  from  the  nature  of  the  wounds,  death  must  have  been  instantaneous.  I  went 
and  locked  up  the  mission -house,  and  set  a  guard  of  ten  natives,  well  armed,  to 
defend  the  property.  I  then  went  and  selected  a  spot  for  the  grave  :  it  is  situated 
on  the  right  bank  of  the  river,  near  the  spot  where  Williams  was  killed,  and  over- 
shadowed by  cocoanut  and  banana  trees.    In  the  morning  I  made  two  coffins,  in 

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which  the  bodies  were  placed,  and  at  two  o'clock  we  carried  them  to  the  burying- 
place.  There,  at  my  request,  a  native  named  *  Mana,'  who  had  been  for  some  time 
at  the  Saraoan  Institution,  and  who  acted  as  a  teacher  under  Mr.  Gordon,  conducted 
the  services.  A  hymn  having  been  sung,  he  gave  an  address,  which,  to  judge  from 
the  effects  visibly  produced,  must  have  been  deeply  felt ;  and  a  prayer  having  been 
offered  up  to  Almighty  God,  the  bodies  were  consigned  to  the  earth.  It  was  deeply 
interesting  for  me  to  witness  the  emotion  exhibited  by  a  native  standing  next  to  me, 
who  seemed  to  be  utterly  overcome  by  grief;  yet  this  very  man,  in  1839,  murdered 
another  of  God's  labourers,  John  Williams.  The  tears  and  lamentations  of  all 
present  at  the  interment  it  was  painful  to  witness. 

"  Prom  the  accounts  which  I  have  gathered  from  the  natives  you  may  rely  on  the 
correctness  of  the  following  description  of  the  murderous  attack. 

"  About  noon  of  the  20th,  a  party  of  nine  Bunkhill  natives,  of  whom  the  chief, 
Lova,  was  the  leader,  called  at  the  mission-house,  and  inquired  for  Mr.  Gordon. 
They  were  informed  that  he  was  working  a  little  further  down  the  hill,  at  a  house 
which  he  was  building  as  a  winter  residence.    They  went  towards  the  place,  but  in 
passing  through  a  grove  near  the  house,  eight  of  the  men  concealed  themselves, 
while  the  ninth,  named  Naru-bu-leet,  went  further  down  to  inveigle  Mr.  Gordon  into 
the  trap  thus  laid  for  his  destruction.    Mr.  Gordon  had,  unfortunately,  sent  all  his 
boys  away  to  gather  grass  for  the  roof  of  the  new  house,  and  was  unattended,  when 
Naru-bu-leet  walked  up  to  him,  and  asked  for  ssome  calico  for  himself  and  the  others 
of  the  party  who,  he  said,  were  waiting  at  the  mission-house.    Mr.  Gordon  took  up 
a  piece  of  board,  and  wrote  on  it  with  a  piece  of  charcoal,  *  Give  these  men  a  yard 
of  cotton  each.*    This  he  gave  to  the  savage,  and  told  him  to  take  it  to  Mrs.  Gordon, 
who  would  give  him  what  he  wanted.    This,  however,  would  not  have  suited  the 
intentions  of  Naru-bu-leet.    He  told  the  missionary  that  Lova  wished  particularly 
to  see  him,  and  to  get  some  medicine  for  a  sick  man,  and  that  he  had,  therefore, 
better  go  up  to  his  own  house.    Mr.  Gordon,  pointing  to  a  plate  containing  some 
food  which  Mrs.  Gordon  had  sent  him,  said, '  I  have  not  yet  eaten,  but  never  mind  ! 
I  can  do  so  as  well  at  the  house.*    And  wrapping  up  the  plate  in  his  handkerchief 
he  started  up  the  \\\\\,folloived  by  the  native.    On  arriving  at  the  ambush  Naru- 
bu-leet  buried  his  tomahawk  in  Mr.  Gordon's  spine.    He  immediately  fell,  uttering 
a  loud  cry.    Naru-bu-leet  gave  him  another  stroke  on  the  right  side  of  the  neck, 
which  almost  severed  the  head  from  the  body ;  and  the  others,  rushing  from  their 
concealment,  quickly  cut  their  poor  victim  to  pieces.    While  this  tragedy  was  being 
enacted,  another  native,  whose  name  was  '  Ouben,'  ran  towards  the  mission-house, 
and  Mrs.  Gordon,  who  had  been  alarmed  by  the  fiendish  yells  and  laughter  of  the 
savages,  had  run  out,  and  was  standing  near  an  out-house.    She  asked  Ouben  what 
all  that  noise  was  about  ?    He  laughed  and  said,  *  Nothing :  it's  only  the  boys 
amusing  themselves.'    She  said,  '  Where  are  the  boys  ?'  and  turned  round.  Ouben 
then,  with  the  tomahawk,  which  he  carried  concealed  behind  his  back,  struck  her  a 
blow  below  the  shoulder-blade ;  and,  on  her  falling  on  a  heap  of  grass,  he  nearly  cut 
the  head  off,  and  otherwise  mutilated  her  in  various  parts  of  the  body.    Such  was 
the  fiite  of  two  of  God's  most  zealous  servants.    It  is  now  four  years  since  Mr. 
Gordon  and  his  wife  arrived  here,  viz.,  since  14th  June,  1857,  and  during  this  time 
they  have  laboured  hard  among  the  rude  and  ferocious  Eramangans  with  little 
apparent  success.    Privations  of  the  most  distressing  kind  have  been  cheerfully  and 
unomplainin  gly  borne,  and  the  many  attempts  made  against  their  lives,  although 


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hitherto  unsuccessful,  have  rendered  their  residence  here  continually  full  of  anxiety 
and  alarm. 

"  The  cause  of  the  murder,  I  am  informed,  and  from  my  own  experience  I  am 
certain  to  be  the  case,  is  as  follows  : — Several  months  ago  the  measles,  which  had 
previously  raged  in  Sydney,  made  its  appearance  in  New  Caledonia,  and  there,  not- 
withstanding the  exertions  of  the  Governor  and  the  other  officials,  it  rapidly  made 
progress,  and  a  serious  mortality  was  the  result.  The  infection  was  thence  carried 
by  the  various  trading  vessels  calling  there  to  all  the  surrounding  islands,  and 
fearful  were  the  ravages  of  the  distemper  amongst  the  natives.  At  Lefou,  Mare, 
Aneiteum,  Tana,  Sandwich,  Espirito  Santo,  and  Eramanga,  thousands  and  thousands 
died — in  fact,  some  of  these  places  have  been  nearly  depopulated.  Strange  to  say, 
a  similar  disease  has  never  before  made  its  appearance  among  the  natives,  and  they 
at  once  attributed  it  to  their  connection  with  the  white  men,  and  called  it  'the 
white  man's  curse.'  The  consequence  of  this  idea,  especially  among  the  more 
savage  tribes,  was  naturally  a  bitter  hostility  against  foreigners,  and,  singularly 
enough,  against  the  only  class  who  had  had  nothing  to  do  with  the  introduction  of 
the  disease,  but,  on  the  contrary,  who  had  tried  all  means  in  their  power  to  avert 
the  calamity — I  mean  the  Missionaries.  At  Aneiteum,  where  the  mortality  was 
dreadful,  the  natives  repeatedly  threatened  to  take  the  life  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Geddie, 
and  they  burnt  down  the  two  handsome  churches  there.  At  Tana  matters  were 
equally  bad  :  repeated  attacks  were  made  on  Mr.  Patou  and  his  property ;  and  I 
myself,  on  one  occasion,  heard  Miaki,  the  chief  at  Port  Eesolution,  threaten  to  take 
his  life  if  he  would  not  go  away  in  the  vessel  which  brought  me  there.  He  refused 
to  go,  and  hitherto  his  life  has  been  spared,  but  I  much  fear  that  unless  he  has  left 
before  the  tidings  of  the  Eramangan  massacre  reaches  Tana,  he  will  also  fall  a 
victim.  Here,  however,  the  malady  being  so  virulent  as  to  threaten  the  extermina- 
tion of  the  natives,  and  their  characters  being  so  savagely  ferocious,  the  greatest 
animosity  existed  towards  the  whites ;  and  notwithstanding  that  Mr.  Gordon  went 
daily  from  morning  to  night  amongst  the  people,  administering  medicine,  and 
endeavouring  to  alleviate  as  far  as  lay  in  his  power  their  misery,  he  became  the 
object  of  their  extreme  hatred.  Nuivan,  a  chief,  having  been  prostrated  by  the 
disease,  when  almost  dying,  sent  for  Mr.  Gordon,  who  gave  him  some  medicine. 
Nuivan  died  next  day  ;  the  tribe  said  that  the  Missionary  had  poisoned  him,  and  it 
was  resolved  to  kill  all  the  whites.  A  plan  was  laid,  and  so  ingeniously  artful  was 
the  scheme,  that  had  it  not  been  divulged  by  a  friendly  native,  about  ten  minutes 
before  the  time  appointed  for  its  execution,  we  would  almost  certainly  have  all 
perished.  Of  course,  when  the  party  came  to  carry  their  intentions  into  effect,  we 
were  prepared,  and  they  went  off  disappointed.  To  add  to  their  feelings  of  enmity 
towards  Mr.  Gordon,  there  was  yet  another  reason,  and  to  illustrate  this  I  copy  the 
following  entry  in  his  diary.  Speaking  of  this  singular  disease,  which  is  strange 
and  alarming  to  all,  he  writes  :  '  It  was  preceded  by  nearly  a  universal  opposition 
to  the  Gospel,  and  much  murder  and  idolatry.  I  felt  sure  that  God  would  visit 
them  in  judgment,  and  warned  them  most  solemnly  but  a  few  days  before  they  were 
attacked.  The  chiefs,  who  maintain  that,  to  give  up  their  idols  is  the  cessation  of 
their  rule,  can  hardly  now  persuade  their  people  that  this  is  not  the  finger  of 
Jehovah.'  *  I  warned  them  to  flee  from  the  wrath  to  come,  but  they  took  not 
warning  till  too  late.'  From  the  disease  following  close  on  these  warnings,  the 
natives  believed  that  the  Missionary  had  prayed  to  God  to  send  it  on  them;  and 


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this  belief  readily  accorded  with  the  fixed  ideas  of  witchcraft  which  obtain  univer- 
sally in  this  island.  About  two  months  ago  he  writes  :— '  It  seems  that  I  was 
nearly  shot  two  Sabbaths  ago,  near  Bunkhill,  as  I  was  getting  on  my  horse. 
Some  circumstances  prevented — perhaps  the  torrents  of  rain  which  fell,  while  I  was 
engaged  as  Paul  and  Silas  by  the  Macedonian  river  side.  It  is  almost  impossible 
for  a  Missionary  to  fall  into  greater  perils  among  such  a  people,  for  their  belief  in 
witchcraft  is  universal,  and  they  seem  to  look  upon  me  as  their  destroyer.'  About 
a  fortnight  before  his  death  he  preached  at  Bunkhill,  rebuking  his  hearers  sharply 
for  their  idolatry  and  wickedness.  This  offended  the  tribe ;  they  resolved  on  his 
murder;  and  how  well  they  succeeded  in  their  devilish  designs  the  event  has 
shown. 

*'  Amidst  the  gloom  and  grief  which  the  tidings  of  this  dreadful  event  will  occasion 
to  the  relatives  and  friends  of  these  martyrs,  and  indeed  to  all  Christians  who  are 
interested  in  the  cause  of  Missions,  it  must  be  cheering  to  know  that  in  all  their 
troubles  and  anxieties,  Mr.  Gordon  and  his  wife  stedfastly  rested  their  trust  on  the 
Rock  of  Ages,  and  at  all  times  they  submissively  bent  to  His  will.  The  last  words 
in  Mr.  Gordon's  diary  are  : — '  Thanks  be  to  God  for  the  measure  of  faith  granted  to 
ns  in  these  troublesome  and  perilous  times.*  '  Bless  the  Lord,  oh,  my  soul !  who 
redeemetli  thy  life  from  destruction.'  Unwearingly  they  laboured  in  the  cause  of 
Christ,  and  now  they  have  been  called  upon  to  receive  the  crown  of  martyrdom,  and 
to  enjoy  in  His  presence  the  fullness  of  reward. 

"  We  were  highly  delighted  yesterday  by  a  visit  from  Bishop  Patterson,  of  New 
Zealand.  All  the  Mission  boys  wept  at  the  sight  of  him,  as  they  recalled  his  last 
visit  here  to  their  remembrance.  We  crossed  over  to  the  grave,  which  has  been 
inclosed  by  a  fence  by  the  boys.  The  Bishop  read,  with  much  fervour  and  feeling, 
the  beautiful  service  of  the  English  Church  over  the  tomb,  and  immediately  after- 
wards proceeded  on  his  voyage  to  the  o^orthern  islands. 

He  informed  me  that  the  '  John  Williams  '  might  be  expected  here  daily,  and 
I  shall  put  Mr.  Gordon's  property  on  board  of  her. 

**  I  have  written  you  a  long  letter,  but  I  am  afraid  it  is  rather  unconnected  and 
diffuse,  as  I  have  been  so  often  interrupted,  and  I  have  been  much  hurried  when 
writing  it,  so  please  excuse  faults. 

"  With  sentiments  of  the  deepest  respect, 

"  I  remain,  Eev.  Sir,  your  very  obedient  servant, 


"  Wide  Bay,  Lifu,  June  I7th,  1861. 
"Eev.  axd  deae  Sie,— I  herewith  send  you  a  few  letters,  which  I  beg  you  will 
forward  to  their  respective  destinations.  A  vessel  has  just  called  here,  direct  from 
Eramanga,  on  her  way  to  New  Caledonia,  and  I  hasten  to  send  you  a  note  by  her. 
She  has  confirmed  the  painful  intelligence  brought  here  about  a  week  ago  by  another 
vessel,  viz.,  the  murder  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Gordon  and  his  devoted  wife.  Alas  !  they 
are  fallen  by  the  hands  of  a  cruel,  superstitious  people.  Their  work  is  done :  they 
are  now  receiving  their  reward.  Two  more  names  are  added  to  the  long  noble  list 
of  martyrs.  The  particulars  of  the  case  are  these  : — In  consequence  of  the  measles, 
which  have  been  raging  among  these  islands,  and  followed  by  a  fearful  mortality, 
the  natives  of  Eramanga  determined  to  kill  all  the  white  people  on  that  island, 


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looking-  upon  them  as  the  cause  of  the  disease,  not  drawing  any  distinction  between 
the  trader  who  took  the  sickness  and  the  Missionary  who  was  using  every  effort  to 
subdue  it.  It  appears  that  Mr.  Gordon  was  fully  aware  that  the  natives  intended 
taking  his  life,  but  evidently  thought  that  in  a  little  time  they  would  chaiige  their 
purpose.  He,  like  a  brave,  faithful  soldier,  stuck  to  his  post,  undoubtedly  feeling 
that  there  was  no  place  of  greater  security  than  upon  the  *  Eock  of  Ages,'  and  that 
He  who,  by  a  word  of  His  mouth,  instantly  turned  the  mighty,  raging,  restless  sea 
into  a  perfect  calm,  could  as  easily  quell  the  turbulent  passions  of  a  savage  people. 
But  God's  ways  are  not  as  our  ways.  He  saw  fit  to  take  them  home,  and  now  the 
four  martyrs  of  Eramauga  (Williams,  Harris,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gordon)  have  receiver; 
their  crowns,  and  occupy  their  places  near  the  throne  of  Grod,  in  the  nightless  land 
of 'Beulah.' 

"  It  was  one  morning,  about  three  weeks  ago,  while  Mr.  Gordon  was  busily 
engaged  erecting  a  printing  office — the  few  natives  who  are  nominal  Christians  being 
away  to  get  grass  to  thatch  the  roof — that  a  party  of  heathens  went  to  him  and 
asked  him  to  go  and  see  some  natives  who  were  sick.  Mr.  G.  said  he  was  just 
going  to  have  breakfast,  and  offered  them  medicine ;  they,  however,  urged  him  to 
go  and  see  the  parties,  in  order  to  ascertain  the  real  character  of  the  disease.  He 
at  once  consented,  and  was  going  to  his  house  to  get  some  medicine,  with  one  native 
before  and  another  behind  him.  "When  they  got  near  some  bush,  the  latter  struck 
Mr.  G.  with  his  tomahawk  on  the  back,  upon  which  Mr.  G.  fell.  Then  a  number  of 
natives  rushed  out  from  the  bush,  and  with  their  hatchets  despatched  him.  His  arm 
was  broken  in  three  places  wliile  in  the  act  of  defending  himself,  and  his  head  and 
neck  were  cut  fearfully.  After  Mr.  Gordon  fell,  four  of  the  natives  instantly  ran 
off  to  Mrs.  G.,  who  came  to  the  door  and  asked  v/hat  the  noise  was  she  heard.  The 
men  replied,  '  Oh,  'tis  only  some  natives  laughing.'  She  turned  round  to  go  into 
the  house,  and  was  treated  in  a  similar  way  to  her  husband.  There  happened  to  be 
but  one  Englishman  on  the  island  at  the  time,  who  resided  about  a  mile  and  a  half 
from  Mr.  Gordon's  house.  He,  upon  hearing  what  had  taken  place,  armed  himself, 
and  went  to  the  fatal  spot  and  rescued  the  bodies  of  Mr.  and  ]\Irs.  G.,  and  was  just 
in  time  to  save  their  house,  which  had  been  set  on  fire  by  the  natives.  Our  lamented 
and  much  loved  friends  and  late  fellow-labourers  are  buried  on  the  spot  where  Harris 
fell  and  was  murdered  by  this  cruel  people.  Oh !  that  the  light  of  the  glorious 
gospel  of  love  and  peace  may  shine  on  dark,  dark  Eramanga.  Four  have  fallen 
martyrs  to  the  truth  on  that  island,  and  little  or  no  fruit  as  yet.  'Tis  one  of  Satan's 
strongholds,  nor  will  he  let  it  go  without  a  desperate  struggle.  Shall  we  raise  the 
siege  ?  God  forbid,  even  should  it  cost  fo?'t7/  lives  to  plant  the  gospel  standard  on 
Eramanga.  What  is  that  compared  with  the  good  that  would  follow  ?  Are  there 
not  to  be  found  a  sufficient  number  of  young  men,  witli  a  little  knowledge  in  their 
Leads,  and  their  heavts  full  o(  love  to  Christ  and  perishing  souls,  who  are  willing  to 
give  their  hves  to  Jesus,  in  order  to  rescue  multitudes  from  Satan  ?  Foui'  hundred 
lives  would  not  be  considered  much  in  the  taking  of  a  city  ;  here  is  an  island  under 
the  bondage  of  the  worst  of  tyrants ;  wherever  you  turn  your  eyes  there  is  darkness, 
idolatry,  and  blood,  yet  in  the  siege  we  have,  as  our  leader,  the  *  King  of  kings.' 
We  need  not  fear  the  result — a  few  lives  may  be  lost,  or  rather,  a  few  martyrs' 
crowns  may  be  gained— ultimately  it  must  be  added  to  the  conquests  of  Christ  ; 
error  and  superstition  can  never  stand  before  the  truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus.  Who  will 
come  to  take  the  place  of  the  two  who  have  fallen  ?    Oh  !  that  a  voice  may  go  forth 


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from  tlie  tomb  of  our  friends,  and  arouse  the  Christian  world  from  its  slumber  and 
worldliness  to  energy  and  devotedness.  May  this  sad  news,  when  it  readies  you, 
pass  over  the  Churches  of  the  Christian  world  like  a  blazing-  comet,  that  the  whole 
Church  of  God  may  burst  forth  in  a  mighty  flame  of  love  towards  these  poor, 
degraded,  benighted  heathen,  I  would  say,  to  the  Throne  of  Grace !— all  i'q  who 
profess  to  love  the  Lord  Jesus ;  and,  let  us,  like  Jacob  of  old,  determine  not  to  let 
Jesus  go  until  He  has  blessed  poor  Eramanga. 

**  We  pray  God  that  the  relatives  and  friends  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gordon  may  be 
sustained  under  this  heavy  loss. 

"  I  remain,  my  dear  Sir,  yours  most  affectionately, 

"  Kev.  W.  Cuthbertson."  S.  M'Faklane. 


CHINA. 
AMOT. 

Our  readers  will  be  gratified  to  learn  from  the  following  half-yearly  com- 
munication of  our  Missionaries  labouring  in  this  city,  that  the  work  of 
God  among  the  native  population  continues  to  advance  in  strength  and 
prosperity.  In  the  various  chapels  in  which  thej  statedly  proclaim  the 
word  of  life  they  meet  with  numerous  and  attentive  congregations,  and 
every  successive  report  tells  us  that  accessions  have  been  made  to  the 
Native  Church,  which  now  consists  of  nearly  two  nuNDRED  and  riFTT 
members.  It  will  be  seen  that  while  some  of  the  female  converts  have 
been  subjected  to  severe  persecution  for  Christ's  sake,  they  have  borne 
the  trial  with  equal  firmness  and  meekness,  and  are  willing  to  suffer  the 
loss  of  all  things  rather  than  deny  the  Lord  that  bought  them.  The 
course  of  instruction  given  to  some  of  the  more  promising  of  the  Native 
Converts,  with  a  view  to  qualify  them  for  the  work  of  Evangelists  to  their 
countrymen,  is  diligently  prosecuted,  and  we  may  hope  ere  long  that  they 
will  become  efficient  fellow  labourers  with  our  European  Brethren.  It  is 
most  gratifying  to  find  that  notwithstanding  the  difficulties  encountered 
in  itinerant  labours  in  the  surrounding  country  from  the  influence  of  in- 
testine strife,  our  Brethren  find  many  who  are  willing  to  listen  to  the  good 
news  which  they  proclaim  ;  and  it  may  be  hoped  that  when  the  provisions 
with  our  government  are  better  understood  and  more  efficiently  enforced, 
that  these  and  other  obstacles  may  be  removed,  and  a  free  course  opened 
for  making  known  the  truths  of  the  Gospel  to  the  perishing  myriads  of 
that  province. 

"  Amoy,  July  4th,  1861. 

INCBEASE  OF  THE  CHURCH. 

"  Dear  Brother, — We  are  thankful  in  having  again  to  tell  of  the  Divine  goodness, 
in  vouchsafing  us  continued  blessings  on  our  labours.    The  Church  under  our  care 


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here  continues  steadily  to  increase  in  numbers.  Since  we  wrote  you  on  the  7th  of 
January  last,  eleven  converts  have  been  added,  six  of  whom  are  women  and  five 
men. 

**  We  are  happy  to  state  that  a  Church  has  been  formed  also  at  our  out-station  of 
Hai  ch'ung ;  two  men  and  two  women  having  been  already  baptized  there.  Several 
other  hopeful  inquirers  besides  these  liave  been  for  some  time  under  examination 
and  instruction  there,  as  applicants  for  admission  into  the  Church.  And  here,  at 
Araoy,  we  have  other  six  women  and  eight  men  desirous  to  avow  themselves 
Christians. 

"  We  may  mention  that  two  of  our  newly  received  converts  at  Amoy  are  young 
men  belonging  to  the  large  family  of  Tan  Kang,  who,  with  his  wife  and  their  other 
sons  and  daughters-in-law,  were  not  long  before  received  into  the  Church.  One 
old  woman,  just  now  admitted,  has  been  led  to  the  Saviour  by  her  daughter-in-law, 
who  was  baptized  some  months  ago.  One  young  woman,  baptized  last  Lord's  day, 
belongs  to  the  family  of  our  deaconess,  Tan  bun  sai  so ;  and  another  came  with  her 
husband  to  'join  themselves  unto  the  Lord.'  The  other  woman  just  received  is  the 
mother  of  one  of  our  female  Church  members. 

"  Two  of  our  oldest  female  Church  members  have  lately  been  removed  from  us  by 
death.  One  of  them  was  eighty-two  years  of  age.  She  resided  beyond  the  north 
gate  of  the  city ;  and  an  immense  number  of  people  heard  the  words  of  eternal  life 
when  assembled  at  her  funeral  service. 

"  The  present  number  of  adult  Church  members  at  Amoy  is  239,  of  whom  155 
are  men,  and  84  are  women.  These,  together  with  the  four  Church  members  at 
our  out-station  of  Hai  ch'ung,  make  in  all  243  adults  in  connection  with  your 
Mission  here.       *      *  * 

ENCOURAGING  ATTENDANCE  AT  THE  MISSION  CHAPELS. 

"  Our  principal  Chinese  chapel  is  very  numerously  attended  by  devoutly  listening 
hearers  twice  every  Lord's  day ;  and  during  the  week,  almost  every  day  two  or 
more  services  are  held  there,  our  evangelist,  Tan  tai,  and  other  Chinese  brethren, 
assisting  us  in  making  known  the  Gospel  to  all  who  come  to  hear. 

"  Our  chapel  beyond  the  north  gate  of  the  city  is  always  encouragingly  attended 
—many  of  the  women,  as  well  as  the  men,  of  the  neighbourhood  being  constant  and 
earnest  hearers  there. 

"  Another  chapel  we  have  opened  in  the  populous  or  much  frequented  village  ot 
Tab  ch'u,  being  a  great  thoroughfare  about  three  miles  from  Araoy,  at  which  several 
of  our  Church  members  reside. 

"  The  female  meetings  for  our  Church  members  and  others  are  now  very  nume- 
rously attended,  and  are  regarded  as  peculiarly  encouraging. 

"  Daily  we  go  out  and  preach  in  the  streets — before  the  temples,  or  in  various 
wide  parts  of  the  thronged  thoroughfares.  Wherever  we  go,  far  or  near,  we 
always  see  large  companies  soon  gather  around  us  to  hear  our  preaching.  Some- 
times some  of  those  who  come  attempt  to  gainsay  and  resist  the  truth.  Still,  crowds 
listen  eagerly  when  we  proclaim  salvation  through  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  We 
trust  our  unceasing  prayers  will  be  heard ;  and  that  of  the  many  thousands  of  those 
to  whom  we  have  often  preached  Christ,  we  shall  at  least  meet  not  a  few  around 
His  throne  in  heaven.      *      *  * 

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ITINERANT  LABOUES  IN  THE  COTJNTEY. 

Mr.  Lea  writes : — 

Diiriug-  the  last  half  year  insnrrectionary  movements  in  this  province,  or  rather 
the  proceedings  of  local  banditti  under  the  name  of  rebels,  have  done  much  to  retard 
Missionary  work  in  the  country.  The  district  to  the  west  and  north-west  of  Chiang- 
chau  has  suffered  considerably,  and  the  excitement  has  extended  to  Amoy  itself. 
Whatever  the  ultimate  results  of  the  conflict  in  China  may  be,  here,  at  all  events, 
the  present  disorganized  state  of  the  country  goes  far  to  nullify  the  advantages 
the  Treaty  promised  to  secure  to  us.  Under  these  circumstances — connected  with 
the  fact  that  we  have  far  more  work  than  we  can  overtake  within  a  distance  of  fifty 
or  sixty  miles  from  Amoy — no  Missionary  here  during  the  past  year  has  attempted 
any  lengthened  Missionary  tour. 

*'  I  wrote  somewhat  confidently,  at  the  end  of  lasf^year,  as  to  the  probability  of 
securing  a  preaching-station  at  Kak  bey.  But,  although  the  people  to  all  appear- 
ance are  friendly  enough,  and  we  have  had  good  opportunities  of  preaching  among 
them,  all  efforts  to  rent  a  house  have  hitherto  failed.  A  literary  graduate  is  exerting 
himself  to  the  utmost  against  us,  and  by  his  influence  has  induced  the  people  to 
combine  together  in  a  resolution  not  to  let  a  house  for  the  purpose  of  preaching  a 
foreign  religion.  Thus  the  few  who  may  be  favourable  to  us  dare  not  move  against 
the  many  who  are  against  us.  In  addition  to  this,  the  district  is  the  scene  of  an 
unusually  fierce  and  protracted  clan-fight.  It  is  said  that  even  children  of  opposite 
clans  are  carried  off  and  killed. 

"  A  visit  to  a  hien  city  still  farther  distant  has  been  attended  with  much  encou- 
ragement.   We  shall  see  if  the  way  is  opened  there. 

PEESECrTION  OF  rE:.IALE  CONTEETS. 

"  The  Hai  ch'nng  station  has  been  already  noticed.  It  is  passing  through  the 
usual  period  of  persecution.  The  two  women  recently  baptized  have  especially  been 
called  upon  to  suffer  much  for  Christ.  They  live  in  a  village  about  four  miles  distant 
from  Hai  ch'ung.  Both  have  been  deprived  of  their  yearly  portion  of  grain,  which 
is  distributed  to  all  members  of  the  village  as  the  proceeds  of  the  public  fields.  To 
some  the  grain  thus  distributed  is  their  only  means  of  subsistence.  *  If  you  will 
not  worship  our  ancestors,*  it  is  said  to  them,  '  how  can  you  expect  to  share  in  the 
property  they  have  left  us  ?'  Besides  this,  both  the  women  are  subject  to  constant 
annoyance :  the  one  is  beaten  by  her  husband,  the  other  cursed  by  her  sons.  On 
the  Sabbath  morning  they  leave  their  own  village  amid  reproaches  and  revilings, 
only  to  meet  with  the  same  treatment  as  they  enter  the  streets  of  Hai  ch'ung.  It 
requires  no  common  amount  of  Christian  fortitude  to  withstand  all  this,  and  to  come 
to  the  resolution  they  have  done — rather  to  give  up  their  homes,  and  leave  the 
village,  if  it  be  necessary,  than  forsake  Christ.  I  may  say  that  another  woman  is 
a  fellow  sufferer  with  them.  She  is  old,  sick,  and  now  bed-ridden,  but  not  a  single 
fellow  villager  will  show  her  the  slightest  sympathy.  On  account  of  her  Chris- 
tianity she  is  left  to  starve.  No  opportunity  has  offered,  or  is  likely  to  offer,  for 
her  baptism.  But  if  her  name  is  not  enrolled  in  the  Church  books,  surely  it  is 
written  in  the  Lamb's  book  of  life. 


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PEOGEESS  OF  NATIVE  STUDENTS. 

"  In  the  Training'  Institution  we  have  seven  students,  as  before.  One  man,  who 
comes  from  the  city  of  Ting  Chiu,  on  the  borders  of  the  Kiang  si  province,  has  been 
with  us  from  the  beginning.  He  speaks  the  Amoy  dialect  intelligibly,  but  by  no 
means  fluently.  It  was  hoped  that  soon  he  might  be  employed  at  some  advanced 
station  beyond  the  limits  of  the  Amoy  dialect.  Ting  Chiu,  however,  is  the  very 
centre  of  the  local  insurrection  above  spoken  of,  and  the  way  seems  in  consequence 
more  closed  than  ever. 

"  All  the  students  are  employed  in  preaching  either  at  Hai  ch'ung,  at  T'ah  ch'u 
(a  station  very  much  established  by  themselves),  or  in  itinerating  in  various  parts  of 
the  country.  The  plan  adopted  is  to  endeavour  to  train  them  by  preaeliing,  for  the 
work  of  preaching.  Their  studies  are  carried  on  as  before,  except  that  Mr.  J. 
Stronach  joins  me  regularly  on  the  Saturday,  when,  as  usual,  sketches  of  sermons 
are  read  by  the  students  in  succession,  and  one  or  other  is  called  upon  to  give  an 
extemporaneous  exposition  of  some  portion  of  Scripture.  At  present  we  are 
going  through  the  Epistle  to  the  Koraans.  The  exercises  are  subject  to  general 
criticism. 

MISSION  HOSPITAL. 

"  Dr.  Carnegie,  on  whose  services  in  attending  upon  the  Mission  families,  and 
for  the  benefit  of  the  Chinese,  all  set  a  very  high  value,  has  furnished  us  witli  the 
following  statement: — Hospital  opened  May  1st,  1861.  Dispensing,  three  days  a 
week.  Intermediate  days  for  surgical  operations.  Average  attendance  on  dispensing 
days,  say  55.  Accommodation  for  15  to  20  in-patients.  Worship  is  conducted 
daily  with  the  in-patients  by  a  native  Christian.  On  the  dispensing  days  the  three 
Missions  in  Amoy  take  their  turn  in  addressing  the  assembled  patients  as  follows  : — 
Monday,  American  Mission;  Wednesday,  London  Mission;  and  Friday,  English 
Presbyterian  Mission. 

"  Trusting  we  enjoy  a  constant  interest  in  the  fervent  prayers  of  our  beloved 
Brethren  at  hom.e. 

"  We  remain, 

"  Ever  faithfully  yours, 
(Signed)         "  Alexandee  Steonach, 
"John  Steonach, 
"  Kev.  a.  Tidman,  D.D."  "  Wm.  K.  Lea. 


INDIA. 
TEAYANCOEE. 

CESSATION  OF  THE  SUrPERINGS  OF  THE  ^'ATITE  CHEISTIANS  FEOM 

FAMINE. 

It  is  with  great  pleasure  that  the  Directors  of  the  Society  inform  their 
kind  and  generous  friends  who  contributed  towards  the  relief  of  the 
sufferers  from  famine  in  the  province  of  Travancore,  that  the  severe 
distresses  of  the  people  have,  by  God's  good  providence,  greatly]  subsided, 


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and  that  tliej  are  now  cheered  with  the  prospect  of  returning  plenty. 
Many,  however,  of  the  afflicted  people  were  compelled  to  part  with  their 
few  articles  of  domestic  use,  in  order  to  procure  the  absolute  necessaries  of 
life  J  and  our  Missionaries  are  very  anxious,  in  the  application  of  the 
Christian  bounty  intrusted  to  their  care,  to  enable  these  poor  people  to 
recover  at  least  a  part  of  the  useful  articles  which  they  were  compelled  to 
sacrifice,  to  avoid  the  horrors  of  starvation  ;  and  we  are  glad  to  find  that 
the  amount  of  the  contributions  they  have  received  will  enable  them  to 
carry  out  this  benevolent  object.  The  following  letters,  recently  received 
from  Travancore,  will  be  read  with  interest  and  thankfulness  : — 

From  the  Rev.  J.  Duthie,  Nagercoil,  July  16,  1861. 

"  I  have  now  to  inform  you  that  the  sum  of  £400,  subscribed  by  friends  for  the 
relief  of  sufferers  from  famine,  of  which  you  last  advised  us,  has  been  divided  equally 
.imong  the  several  Mission  districts.  The  pressure  of  the  famine  may  now  be 
considered  to  be  over ;  but  distress  still  prevails,  and  doubtless  will  continue  to  pre- 
vail, among  the  lower  classes  of  the  people  for  months  to  come.  Great  yiumhers 
around  us  of  all  classes  have  been  obliged  to  part  with  everything  belonging  to 
them,  in  order  to  obtain  the  bare  necessities  of  life;  and  it  was  thought  by  the 
Committee  that  in  no  better  way  could  the  sum  in  question  be  appropriated 
than  by  apportioning  it  among  the  Brethren,  so  as  to  enable  them  to  aftbrd  rehef 
on  the  same  scale  as  we  were  enabled  lately  to  commence  by  means  of  the  liberal 
donations  formerly  placed  at  our  disposal.  The  money  now  in  hand  will  relieve 
the  immediate  wants  of  multitudes,  and  may  do  something  towards  enabling 
many  of  our  people  to  recover  the  small  articles  of  property  they  were  obliged  to 
dispose  of  before  the  means  of  relief  were  placed  in  our  hands.  The  sums  forwarded 
are  now  sufficient  to  meet  the  necessities  of  the  case,  and  we  have  requested  the 
Secretary  to  tender  our  united  thanks  to  the  Directors  and  friends  in  England  for 
the  generous  manner  in  wliich  our  appeals  for  help  have  been  responded  to." 

Another  correspondent  writes,  under  July  20,  1861 : — 
We  had  to  suffer  at  first  by  witnessing  the  distress  of  the  people  without  having  the 
adequate  means  to  relieve  them.  But  now  we  are  fully  supplied  with  sufficient  means, 
and  there  need  not  be  any  distress  remaining  unrelieved.  It  is  quite  necessary  to  con- 
tinue the  relief  operations  at  present,  for,  though  we  have  been  blessed  with  good  rains, 
the  fruits  of  the  earth  cannot  yet  be  reahzed.  The  harvest  of  rice  is  about  to  be  begun 
in  some  places,  and  within  a  month  it  will  be  general.  Other  products  will  by 
degrees  come  in.  And  now  the  depression  and  doubt  as  to  the  future,  which  were 
added  to  the  actual  want,  and  which  thus  weakened  the  people,  are  removed ;  and 
both  by  the  relief  afforded,  and  by  the  brighter  prospects  for  the  future,  the  minds 
of  the  people  are  cheered.  The  means  of  relief  must  not  be  withdrawn  from  them 
suddenly  :  many  have  been  so  exhausted  in  their  property  and  condition  by  the 
continued  scarcity,  that  they  will  suffer  after  the  scarcity  itself  is  removed,  and  prices 
will  not  suddenly  become  low.  But  I  am  able  to  assure  you,  and  through  you  all 
friends,  that  the  last  sum  of  £400  in  your  letter  of  May  27th,  in  addition  to  those 
before  received,  has  most  amply  supplied  us  with  the  meansjo  afford  present  relief 
and  to  have  some  means  to  reserve  for  future  emergencies. 


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"  "We  acted  on  your  suggestion,  and  gave  £200  to  the  Relief  Committee.  I  am 
secretary  to  it,  and  I  am  requested  by  this  Committee  to  convey  to  you  their  thanks 
and  best  acknowledgments  of  the  very  liberal  contribution  you  have  made  to  their 
funds,  and  of  this  very  gratifying  proof  of  your  sympathy  with  the  people  of  this 
country,  and  of  your  confidence  in  tlie  Committee.  His  Highness  the  Rajah,  and 
the  Dewan,  to  whom  I  mentioned  this  contribution,  have  expressed  themselves 
peculiarly  gratified.  The  latter  in  a  note  to  me,  says  *  I  am  indeed  highly 
gratified  to  hear  that  you  have  received  from  the  Directors  of  the  Society  in 
London,  advice  of  additional  contributions  to  our  ReHef  Fund.  Nothing  can  be 
a  nobler  spectacle  than  that  of  a  people,  thousands  and  thousands  of  miles  remote 
from  India,  extending  their  warmest  sympathies  so  far,  and  contributing  so  liberally 
to  the  relief  of  suffering  here.  I  have  heard  with  admiration  of  the  munificent 
sums  which  each  successive  mail  has  been  bringing  out  to  India  for  the  sufferers. 
The  spectacle  is  as  instructive  as  it  is  noble.  With  such  sympathies  pervading  the 
world,  what  splendid  results  may  not  be  expected !' 

"  Let  us  re-echo  these  sentiments,  and  thank  God  for  the  effects  which  are  being 
produced  in  the  minds  of  men  here  by  the  efforts  which  are  made  to  help  in 
distress. 

*'  The  money  received  by  your  letters,  with  the  exception  of  the  above  £200  and 
the  special  sums,  has  been  divided  equally  between  the  Mission  districts.  This  plan 
was  preferred  to  that  of  retaining  a  separate  reserve  fund.  Now,  some  who  have 
need  of  immediate  distribution  of  the  money,  can  thus  appropriate  it,  and  others 
who  find  it  better,  can  retain  some  as  a  reserve  fund.  "We  are  so  well  supplied,  that 
we  wish,  in  case  other  sums  are  contributed,  that  the  donors  be  informed  that  the 
wants  of  the  distressed  are  provided  for,  and  that  the  donors  be  consulted  as  to  the 
appropriation  of  these  last  sums." 


CHICACOLE. 

C0NYEESI02T  AND  BAPTISM  OF  A  TELOOGOO  TOTJTH. 

"While  it  is  most  painful  to  contemplate  the  trials  of  feeling  which  a  young 
native  of  India  is  called  to  undergo  in  embracing  Christianity,  we  cannot 
but  admire  the  strength  of  religious  'principle,  which  has  often  sustained 
the  convert  under  such  an  ordeal. 

An  instance  of  this  kind  has  recently'  occurred  at  Chicacole,  and  what 
gives  additional  interest  to  the  following  narrative,  is  the  fact  that  the 
writer  is  himself  a  Hindoo,  and  the  first  Xative  Christian  who  received 
ordination  in  connection  with  the  Society's  Missions  in  the  Teloogoa 
country. 

In  discharging  the  very  delicate  and  painful  duty  of  inducing  the  young 
convert  to  forsake  his  heathen  connections,  and  to  cast  in  his  lot  with  the 
people  of  God,  our  esteemed  friend  and  brother,  Jagannadham  appears  to 
liave  evinced  no  less  discretion  than  firmness ;  while  the  conduct  of  the 
British  authorities  also,  to  whom  an  appeal  had  been  made,  was  marked 
by  exemplary  moderation  and  propriety.    "VVe  trust  that  the  young  convert 


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may  have  grace  and  strength  to  enable  him  to  maintain  his  allegiance  to 
Christ,  and  to  honour  his  profession  of  the  faith  by  a  holy  and  devoted  life. 

"  To  the  Rev.  A.  Tidman,  D.D. 

"  Dear  Sie, — I  am  sure  you  will  be  glad  to  hear  that  lately  I  had  the  privilege 
of  baptizing  the  Hindu  lad  who,  as  I  informed  you  in  my  first  letter,  was  desirous 
of  embracing  Christianity.  I  am  thankful  to  say  that  I  have  every  reason  to  believe 
that  he  is  a  child  of  God  by  faith  in  Christ  Jesus. 

*'  I  subjoin  a  brief  account  of  this  youth,  believing  that  it  will  be  interesting  to 
you  and  the  Directors  of  our  Society. 

Pillala  Venkataswamy  was  a  lad  of  the  Telugu  caste.  He  first  entered  the 
Chicacole  Mission  School  in  1858,  when  Mr.  Yalett  had  the  superintendence  of  it. 
A  few  months  after  his  admission  he  was  convinced  of  the  truth  of  Christianity  and 
disposed  ta  embrace  it ;  but,  being  afraid  of  meeting  with  opposition  from  his 
relatives,  he  made  an  attempt,  with  two  other  lads  in  the  school  who  were  similarly 
disposed,  to  flee  to  another  Mission  Station  for  the  accomplishment  of  his  object. 
His  attempt  having  been  discovered,  he  was  brought  back,  withdrawn  from  school, 
and  kept  at  Kalingapatam,  his  native  place,  for  about  a  year.  During  that  time 
the  favourable  impression  he  had  received  of  Christianity  was  erased  from  his  mind, 
so  that  he  worshipped  idols  like  other  heathen  lads.  Being,  however,  fond  of 
learning  the  English  language,  and  having  no  English  school  in  that  place,  he  often 
requested  his  uncle  to  send  him  back  to  Chicacole  for  his  education ;  and,  although 
he  was  willing  to  accede  to  the  lad's  wish,  he  was  opposed  for  a  long  time  by  the 
female  members  of  his  family,  but  at  last  he  returned  to  Chicacole  Mission  in  June, 
1859.  About  six  months  afterwards  he  was  elected  to  be  a  teacher,  and  has  since 
given  me  satisfaction  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties.  It  appears  that  one  night, 
when  a  storm  was  raging,  he  was  brought  to  think  seriously  of  the  interests  of  his 
immortal  soul.  The  certainty  of  death,  the  fact  of  his  being  a  lost  sinner,  and  the 
necessity  of  his  immediately  giving  himself  up  to  the  Saviour  of  whom  he  frequently 
read  and  heard,  were  brought  home  to  his  heart  with  power.  At  first  he  had 
indeed  a  struggle  between  his  natural  feelings  and  his  new  desire  to  follow  Christ, 
who,  as  I  believe,  helped  him  in  finally  making  up  his  mind  to  forsake  his  all  for 
Him.  He  came  and  opened  his  mind  to  me,  and  expressed  an  earnest  desire  to  be 
baptized ;  but  there  was  a  difficulty  in  the  way.  He  could  not  produce  his  horo- 
scope, to  settle  the  point  of  his  age.  He  certainly  appeared  to  be  younger  than  he 
was ;  so  that,  instead  of  baptizing  him  at  once,  I  communicated  with  Mr.  Hay  on 
the  subject,  who  very  prudently  advised  me  to  tell  the  lad  to  wait  for  some  time. 
I  did  it  accordingly,  exhorting  him  to  continue  to  read  the  Bible,  pray  to  God,  and 
abstain  from  sin.  Discouraged  as  he  was,  he  has  since  been  remarkably  regular  in 
his  attendance  in  the  house  of  prayer.  He  made  it  a  point  of  duty  to  come  to  me  on 
Saturday  afternoons,  when  there  w^as  no  school,  for  instruction  in  the  Word  of  God. 
In  addition  to  his  lesson  in  the  English  Xew  Testament,  he  had  explanations  given 
him  of  those  passages  he  had  previously  marked  in  the  Telugu  New  Testament. 
He  was  in  the  habit  of  reading  a  good  number  of  religious  books.  He  often  told 
me  that  it  was  impossible  for  him  to  serve  Christ  faithfully  in  the  midst  of  his 
heathen  relatives,  and  that  he  longed  for  deliverance  from  the  thraldom  of 
heathenism. 

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he  bad  to  go  to  Kalingapatam  to  spend  his  holidays  ;  but  he  was  afraid  that  when 
he  went  there,  he  would  not  only  lose  the  means  of  grace,  but  be  also  prevented  from 
reading  his  Telugu  New  Testament,  which,  he  said,  he  understood  better]  than  the 
English  Bible.  My  wife  lent  him  Abbot's  *  Young  Christian,'  which  he  gladly  took 
with  him.  As  soon  as  he  returned  from  Kalingapatam,  I  found  him  on  Sunday  morn- 
ing in  his  usual  place  in  the  chapel.  On  Saturday  of  the  same  week,  he  paid  me  a 
visit,  and  told  me  that  he  was  still  desirous  of  publicly  following  Christ.  On  his 
removal  to  a  new  house  in  this  place,  he  came  to  me  and  asked  me  if  I  could  not 
receive  him  yet,  and  when  I  asked  him  if  he  could  not  wait  for  another  year,  he  told 
me  most  positively  that  he  could  not,  because  his  relatives  were  thinking  of  getting 
him  married  soon.  After  I  was  told  by  Mr.  Hooper,  the  Acting  Principal  Assistant 
Collector,  who  saw  him  in  school,  that  he  did  not  judge  him  to  be  a  minor,  I  told 
him  (the  lad)  that  there  would  be  no  difficulty  about  his  age  if  he  was  sure  he  would 
be  firm.  So  having  finally  made  up  his  mind  to  cast  in  his  lot  with  the  people  of 
God,  he  came  to  my  house  on  the  morning  of  the  5th  ulto.  to  stay  with  me. 
As  I  was  sure  that  when  a  message  was  sent  to  his  house  to  acquaint  his  relatives 
with  his  intention,  they  would  come  and  force  him  away  from  me,  I  wrote  to  Mr. 
Hooper  to  inform  him  that  a  Hindu  lad  of  about  eighteen  years  of  age  came  to  me 
of  his  own  accord  for  protection  from  his  relatives,  expressing  an  earnest  desire  to 
become  a  convert  to  Christianity,  and  requested  him  to  make  some  arrangement,  if 
he  thought  it  proper,  to  prevent  violence  on  the  part  of  his  relatives.  That  gentle- 
man in  reply  informed  me  that  he  had  issued  strict  orders  to  the  Acting  Head  of 
police  to  prevent  any  violence  on  the  part  of  the  relatives  of  the  youth ;  that 
he  told  the  police  that  he  would  be  responsible  in  the  matter ;  and  that  the  youth 
was  not  to  be  removed  from  my  protection,  either  by  force  or  artifice,  and  that  the 
relatives,  if  they  wished  to  interfere  in  the  matter,  must  make  application  to  him. 
On  a  message  being  sent  to  the  female  relative  of  Venkataswamy,  with  whom  he 
was  living,  she  came  to  my  house  and  prostrated  herself  in  front  of  my  door,  weeping, 
and  threatened  to  pull  out  her  tongue  if  I  would  not  send  the  boy  away  with  her. 
She  had  an  interview  with  him,  and  when  she  asked  him  to  go  with  her  for  his 
dinner,  he  told  her  that  he  came  to  my  house  to  become  a  Christian. 

"  His  uncle,  Niliah,  who  adopted  him,  came  to  my  house  very  early  next  morning 
in  great  sorrow,  and  as  soon  as  he  met  me,  he  laid  hold  of  my  legs,  weeping  and 
beseeching  me  to  let  the  boy  go  with  him.  I  tried  all  I  could  to  comfort  him,  but 
in  vain.  He  said,  *  Sir,  please  send  him  away  ;  it  is  not  right  to  keep  him.'  I  told 
him  that  the  youth  had  long  been  desirous  of  embracing  Christianity,  and  found  it 
impossible  for  him  to  serve  Christ  while  he  was  with  them,  and  that  if  the  lad  was 
willing,  he  was  at  perfect  liberty  to  go  with  him.  Then  he  wanted  me  to  place  him 
close  to  his  hand  that  he  might  take  him  home,  and  said  that  if  he  returned  to  me 
after  he  took  him,  I  might  keep  him.  Although  a  police  peon  was  present,  I  was 
afraid  to  place  the  lad  within  his  reach,  but  I  allowed  him  to  see  him  and  speak  to 
him  in  the  audience  of  thirty  or  forty  people.  When  he  asked  him  to  go  with  him, 
he  told  him  he  could  not  go  with  him,  because  he  wanted  to  become  a  Christian. 
The  uncle  said  that  if  the  lad  went  with  him,  he  would  allow  him  to  become  a 
Christian  at  home.  The  lad  said  that  even  if  he  were  so  disposed,  his  other  relatives 
would  not  allow  it.  Then  the  uncle  asked  liim  if  that  was  the  way  to  reward  him 
for  having  given  him  English  education.  The  lad  replied  that  as  he  gave  him 
English  education,  he  came  to  know  about  Christianity.    The  firmness  shown  by 


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the  lad  on  the  occasion,  to  follow  Christ,  was  remarkable,  while  he  found  it  very- 
painful  to  tell  his  uncle,  whom  he  loved  very  dearly,  that  he  could  not  obey  him  in 
the  matter.  Next  came  Venkataswamy's  father,  and  besought  him  with  all  the 
tenderness  and  eloquence  of  a  father  to  change  his  mind  and  go  with  him.  When  it 
was  of  no  use,  he  said  that  when  he  disobeyed  his  own  father,  he  could  not  expect  to  go 
to  heaven.  In  reply,  Venkataswamy  said  that  God  was  to  be  first  obeyed.  The 
police  peons,  who  were  listening  to  the  conversation  between  the  father  and  the  son, 
told  the  former  that  as  the  lad  had  quite  made  up  his  mind  to  become  a  Christian 
it  was  useless  for  him  to  ask  him  to  go  with  him,  so  the  man  went  away  and  told  as 
many  as  he  found,  that  I  detained  his  son,  who  was  quite  a  young  boy,  by  force. 
Now,  the  town  was  in  a  state  of  excitement.  In  the  evening,  I  was  told  that  the 
lad's  uncle  was  conspiring  to  come  against  my  house  with  seventy  or  eighty  people. 
Situated  as  I  was  in  the  heart  of  the  town,  surrounded  by  Hindus  and  Mahomrae- 
dans — enemies  to  the  Gospel — I  felt  that  I  was  far  from  being  safe  that  night,  and 
wrote  to  the  police  to  inform  him  of  the  report,  and  requested  him  to  provide  against 
the  possibility  of  a  disturbance  ;  but  he  took  very  little  notice  of  it.  Unfortunately, 
Mr.  Hooper  was  away  from  the  station,  and  there  was  no  European  police  or 
constable  in  the  place  to  look  to  in  case  of  emergency.  Although  Mr.  Knox,  the 
Civil  and  Session  Judge,  had  nothing  to  do  with  preserving  peace  in  the  town,  I  wrote 
to  him  to  let  him  know  of  the  predicament  in  which  I  was  situated,  and  requested 
him  to  help  me  in  the  best  way  he  could.  On  this,  he  very  kindly  wrote  to  the 
police,  so  that  the  latter  was  careful  in  preserving  peace.  On  my  writing  to 
Lieutenant  Aitchison,  the  ofiicer  commanding  the  detachment  stationed  there,  he 
kindly  called  over  at  my  house  and  told  me  that  if  an  attack  should  be  made  on  my 
house,  to  let  him  know  of  it,  and  promised  that  he  would  help  me.  The  Lord  being 
our  shield,  the  night  passed  on  quietly. 

"  On  Saturday,  the  9th  ultimo,  I  received  a  notice  from  Mr.  Hooper,  informing" 
me  that  Pellala  Niliah,  an  inhabitant  of  Kalingapatam,  presented  a  petition  stating 
that  his  son,  named  Pellala  Venkataswamy,  a  minor,  was  detained  on  my  premises, 
without  the  consent  and  against  the  will  of  the  minor's  lawful  guardian,  and  calling 
upon  me  to  produce  Venkataswamy  in  the  court  of  the  principal  assistant  magistrate 
at  Chicacole,  at  twelve  o'clock,  on  Monday,  the  11th  ultimo.  Accordingly,  I  went 
to  the  Cutchery  with  Venkataswamy,  and  as  soon  as  his  relatives  saw  us  at  the 
entrance,  they  began  to  cry,  and  say  in  the  most  pitiable  voice,  '  Venkataswamy, 
Venkataswamy,  is  it  right  ?  is  it  right  ?  Certainly  it  is  not  right.'  As  Mr.  Hooper 
did  not  come  yet  to  the  Cutchery,  I  was  led  to  a  room  downstairs  with  Venkatas- 
wamy, where  I  had  a  long  conversation  with  a  writer,  who  was  formerly  educated 
in  Mr.  Dawson's  school,  on  the  subject  of  religious  liberty,  and  the  man  assented  to 
what  I  said,  while  another  writer,  a  Brahmin,  who  was  my  class-mate  in  Mr.  Hay's 
school  at  Vizagapatam,  was  listening  to  our  conversation  with  a  degree  of  attention. 
I  was  afterwards  told  by  Venkataswamy  that  while  he  was  going  upstairs  to 
Mr.  Hooper,  the  same  Brahmin  encouraged  him  by  saying,  *  Do  not  be  afraid. 
Boldly  answer  the  questions  which  may  be  put  to  you.'  " 

After  referring  to  a  question  that  had  been  raised  by  the  relations  of  the 
convert  as  to  his  age,  but  which  was  overruled  by  the  authorities,  Mr, 
Jagannadham  then  proceeds :  — 


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"  As  the  lad  was  quite  firm  in  his  determination  to  follow  Christ,  and  as  his 
relatives  seemed  to  be  reconciled  to  him  in  a  great  measure,  I  baptized  him  on  the 
morning  of  the  I7th  ultimo,  in  the  chapel,  before  an  unusually  large  congregation. 

*'  You  will  be  glad  to  hear  that  the  lad  has  been  growing  in  grace,  and  in  the 
knowledge  of  our  Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ ;  and  now,  dear  sir,  I  beg  you  will 
kindly  bear  him  in  mind  before  *  the  throne  of  grace.' 
"  With  our  united  best  regards  to  you  and  the  Directors, 
"  I  remain,  dear  Sir, 
'  "  Yours  affectionately  in  iae  Lord, 

"  P.  Jagannadham. 
"Missionary  of  the  L.  M.  S.  at  Chicacole." 


HISTORICAL  SKETCH  OF  WEST  INDIAN  MISSIONS. 

BEEBICE. 

Berbice,  now  one  of  the  principal  divisions  of  British  Guiana,  was  a  separate  colony 
until  1831,  when  it  was  united  to  the  neighbouring  British  possessions,  Demerara 
and  Essequebo. 

The  Key.  John  Weay  was  the  first  Christian  Missionary  to  the  enslaved 
inhabitants  of  Berbice,  having  left  Demerara,  where  he  was  originally  stationed,  in 
the  year  1813. 

On  his  arrival  in  Berbice,  Mr.  Wray  commenced  his  labours  at  Sandvoort,  an 
estate  belonging  to  the  Crown,  a  few  miles  from  New  Amsterdam.  His  efforts  at 
first  were  entirely  confined  to  the  instruction  of  the  crown-slaves,  but  after  a  time,  a 
place  for  preaching  was  opened  in  New  Amsterdam,  the  chief  town  of  the  colony,  to 
which  persons  from  all  parts  of  the  country  resorted  for  religious  instruction. 

NEW  AMSTERDAM. — CHARACTER  OF  ME.  WEAY. 

The  first  Mission  Chapel  erected  in  Berbice  was  opened  at  this  Station  in  1819. 
In  the  prosecution  of  his  useful  labours,  Mr.  Wray  had  to  endure  much  of  the  oppo- 
sition with  which  the  early  efforts  of  Missionaries  were  met  in  every  part  of  the  West 
Indies ;  but  these  labours,  though  opposed  and  hindered  by  man,  were  greatly  blessed 
by  the  God  of  all  grace. 

Mr.  Wray  was  well  qualified  for  commencing  a  Mission  in  a  country  so  peculiarly 
circumstanced  as  Berbice,  in  which  slavery  had  long  been  one  of  the  established  and 
most  cherished  institutions  of  the  land.  He  was  kind  and  conciliatory.  Where  he 
thought  he  could  act  with  advantage  to  the  slave  he  did  so,  and  when  he  knew  he 
could  not,  by  his  friendly  advice  and  sympathy  he  assisted  the  oppressed  bondsman 
to  endure  patiently  what  he  might  deem  to  be  most  unjust,  but  at  the  time,  inevit- 
able. By  his  upright  and  judicious  conduct  MrNWray  soon  gained  the  goodwill  of 
the  well-disposed  among  his  fellow  colonists,  and  to  some  extent  overcame  the 
prejudices  of  those  hostile  to  his  Mission.  Thus,  though  for  many  years  single- 
handed,  he  was  enabled  to  establish  no  fewer  than  eight  Stations  in  different  parts  of 
the  colony. 

APPRENTICESHIP  AND  EMANCIPATION  OF  THE  SLATES. 

It  was  not  to  be  expected  that  the  first  Berbice  Missionary  could  efficiently  super- 
intend all  the  Stations  he  was  instrumental  in  commencing,  and  that,  too,  at  a  time 


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when  native  assistance  was  not  easily  obtainable ;  but  bis  great  object  was  to  prepare 
the  way  for  the  labours  of  others,  when  the  period  of  emancipation,  which  he  judg-ed 
could  not  be  far  distant,  should  arrive.  Accordingly,  when  the  apprenticeship 
(intended  as  a  preparation  for  entire  freedom)  was  commenced,  in  1834,  the  additional 
Missionaries  sent  out  by  the  Society  found,  on  their  arrival,  suitable  places  already 
secured,  where  they  might  at  once  proclaim  to  the  benighted,  half  emancipated  slaves 
the  glorious  Gospel,  and  point  them  to  Him  who  could  make  them  free  indeed. 

When  complete  emancipation  was  granted,  in  1838,  the  Mission  was  strengthened 
by  an  increase  in  the  number  of  Christian  labourers.  The  liberal  efforts  of  the 
Society  were  abundantly  rewarded  in  this  case,  not  only  by  the  exemplary  manner  in 
which  the  negroes,  newly  emancipated,  conducted  themselves  in  their  altered  condi- 
tion, but  also  by  the  fact  that  every  Missionary  sent  forth  was  taxed  almost  beyond 
his  strength  by  the  great  desire  evinced  on  the  part  of  the  people  to  hear  the  Gospel 
of  salvation.  And  there  can  be  no  doubt  that  many  who  heard  that  Gospel  were 
brought  from  darkness  to  light,  from  degrading  bondage  under  sin  and  satan,  to  the 
blessed  service  of  the  living  and  true  God. 

After  the  reinforcement  of  the  Mission,  on  the  abolition  of  slavery,  Mr.  Wray 
confined  his  labours  chiefly  to  New  Amsterdam,  where  he  continued  to  exert  himself 
in  his  Master's  work  with  much  devotedness  and  success,  until  removed  from  the 
scene  of  toil  by  death,  in  1837.  His  loss  was  greatly  deplored  by  the  many  to 
whom,  by  the  grace  of  God,  he  had  been  a  spiritual  father,  and  all  classes  of  the 
community  regarded  his  death  as  a  public  calamity,  and  united  in  testifying  their 
respect  for  his  memory. 

In  1838,  the  Rev.  H.  Seaborn  arrived  in  Berbice  as  Mr.  Wray's  successor  at  New 
Amsterdam.  His  stay  was  short,  as  in  1840  he  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  E.  Davies, 
through  whose  efforts  the  present  large  and  substantial  chapel  was  erected  ;  and  on, 
his  return  to  England,  in  consequence  of  the  failure  of  his  wife's  health,  the  Rev. 
John  Dalgliesh  removed  from  the  Lonsdale  Station,  of  which  he  had  taken  charge  in 
1842,  and  took  up  his  residence  in  New  Amsterdam,  where  for  ten  years  he  laboured 
with  great  acceptance  and  success.  At  the  end  of  1859,  Mr.  Dalgliesh  returned  to 
his  former  Station  at  Lonsdale,  resigning  the  New  Amsterdam  Station  to  the  Rev. 
Robert  Ricards,  who  arrived  in  Berbice  about  that  time,  and  who  continues  to  labour 
with  great  acceptance  and  very  encouraging  success. 

In  connection  with  the  New  Amsterdam  Station,  there  is  a  good  chapel  at  an  Out- 
station  on  an  estate  called  Providence,  and  some  four  or  five  smaller  meeting-houses 
at  as  many  of  the  villages  which  have  sprung  up  since  emancipation  in  the  neigh- 
bourhood of  the  town. 

From  the  time  of  his  settlement  there,  in  1813,  until  1831,  Mr.  Wray  was  the  only 
Missionary  in  Berbice.  During  the  latter  year,  a  failure  of  health  rendering  a  voyage 
to  England  necessary,  the  Rev.  M.  Lewis,  who  had  arrived  in  Demerara  in  1830, 
undertook  the  temporary  superintendence  of  the  New  Amsterdam  Station  during 
Mr.  Wray's  visit  to  his  native  land.  The  brief  but  useful  career  of  Mr.  Lewis, 
however,  was  cut  short  by  death  during  Mr.  Wray's  absence. 

LONSDALE. 

In  January,  1833,  the  Rev.  J.  Mirams  landed  in  Berbice  and  commenced  his 
labours  at  Lonsdale,  about  seven  miles  up  the  Berbice  river.  The  proprietor  of  the 
Lonsdale  estate  (the  late  Wm.  Henry,  Esq.)  was  favourable  to  Missionary  efforts 


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even  in  the  days  of  slavery,  and  hence,  in  1832,  he  granted  to  Mr.  Wray  a  site  for  a 
Chapel  and  Mission  House.  Mr.  Mirams  was  compelled  to  relinquish  his  connection 
with  the  Mission  in  1836,  and  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  G.  Forward,  under  whose 
ministry  large  additions  were  made  to  the  Church.  Mr.  Forward  laboured  here 
until  1840,  when  failure  of  health  caused  his  return  to  England,  where  he  did  not 
long  survive  the  injurious  effects  of  a  tropical  climate. 

The  Rev.  J.  Dalgliesh  succeeded  Mr.  Forward  at  Lonsdale  early  in  1842.  Under 
bis  energetic  ministry,  the  Station,  which  had  suffered  from  the  absence  of  a  resident 
Missionary,  soon  assumed  a  very  encouraging  aspect.  In  addition  to  regular 
services  at  the  principal  Station,  and  at  an  important  Out-station  at  Highbury, 
meeting-houses  were  erected,  and  week-day  meetings  established  on  nearly  all  the 
estates  in  the  district.  These  numerous  engagements  severely  taxed  the  Missionary's 
strength ;  but  he  was  amply  repaid  by  the  great  desire  of  the  people  to  receive 
instruction.  In  1849,  Mr.  Dalgliesh  removed  to  New  Amsterdam,  still  retaining 
charge  of  Lonsdale,  until  1853,  when  the  Rev.  J.  Foreman  was  appointed  to  Lonsdale, 
where  he  continued  to  labour  with  diligence  and  success  until  his  removal  to 
Rodborough,  on  the  West  Coast,  in  1856.  On  Mr.  Foreman's  removal,  Mr.  Dalgliesh 
again  took  charge  of  Lonsdale,  at  which  he  took  up  his  residence  on  relinquishing 
the  New  Amsterdam  Station,  in  1860.  A  new  chapel  was  commenced  in  August 
last,  which  is  now  almost  completed,  and  Lonsdale  Station  presents  a  very  promising 
appearance. 

BRUNSWICK. 

The  station  at  Brunswick,  about  thirty  miles  up  the  Berbice  river,  was  commenced 
by  Mr.  Wray  in  1834,  but  on  account  of  its  distance  from  New  Amsterdam,  it  could 
be  visited  only  occasionally  by  the  Missionary,  who  appointed  a  Native  Teacher  to 
reside  on  the  spot.  The  Rev.  R.  Thompson  was  sent  to  Brunswick  in  1841,  but 
remained  there  not  more  than  a  year  or  two,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev. 
A.  McKellar  in  1843.  Mr.  McKellar  laboured  with  great  zeal  and  success  until,  in 
August  1845,  his  valuable  life  was  cnt  short  by  yellow  fever.  A  substantial  chapel 
was  opened  here  in  1847;  but  from  the  time  of  Mr.  McKellar's  death  there  was  no 
resident  Missionary  at  this  Station  until  the  arrival  of  the  Rev.  H.  B.  Ingram  in 
1853.  Mr.  Ingram  had  charge  of  Brunswick  and  Fearn,  and  was  very  useful  at 
both  Stations  until  obliged  by  failure  of  health  to  return  to  England  in  1857.  The 
Mission  premises  at  Brunswick  have  lately  been  put  into  good  repair  under  the 
superintendence  of  Mr.  Dalgliesh,  who  is  anxious  to  relinquish  the  charge  of  the 
Station  into  the  hands  of  a  resident  Missionary. 

FEAEN. 

In  1834  the  Rev.  J.  Ross  was  appointed  to  Fearn  Station,  about  fifteen  miles  up 
the  Berbice  river,  and  was  succeeded,  in  1840,  by  the  Rev.  J.  Waddington  who  was 
greatly  encouraged  in  his  labours  at  Fearn  and  at  Light  Town,  an  important  Out- 
station.  Mr.  Waddington  returned  to  England  in  1846,  when  he  was  succeeded  by 
the  Rev.  G.  Pettigrew,  who  laboured  in  this  district  with  diligence  and  success 
until  1851,  when,  on  the  death  of  the  Rev.  D.  Kenyon,  he  removed  to  Albion  Chapel, 
on  the  East  Coast.  Fearn  and  Light  Town  are  at  present  under  the  care  of  the 
Rev.  A.  Jansen,  formerly  of  Orange  Chapel,  in  the  Orange  district. 


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KODBOEOUGH,  ETC. 

Rodborough  Chapel  is  situated  on  the  West  Coast  of  Berbice,  about  twelve  miles 
from  New  Amsterdam,  and  was  occasionally  visited  in  the  days  of  slavery  by  Mr. 
Wray.  It  was  afterwards  an  Out-station  in  connection  with  Hanover  Chapel,  a  few 
miles  nearer  town,  to  which  promising  field  of  labour  the  Rev.  J.  Howe  was  appointed 
in  1833.  Mr.  Howe  died  of  yellow  fever  in  1837,  and  was  succeeded  for  a  short 
time  by  the  Rev.  J.  Edwards,  and  more  permanently  by  the  Rev.  J.  Roome  in  1839, 
who  soon  after  his  arrival  commenced  the  erection  of  Rodborough  Chapel.  On  the 
arrival  of  the  Rev.  J.  Bowrey  in  1844,  the  Hanover  district  was  divided,  and 
Roborough  Chapel  became  a  principal  Station  under  his  care. 

Considerable  difficulty  was  experienced  by  Mr.  Bowrey  in  connection  with  Rod- 
borough, on  account  of  some  dispute  among  the  people  about  certain  lands  purchased 
by  them,  on  which  the  large  village  of  Hopetown  now  stands.  Since  Mr.  Foreman 
took  charge  of  Rodborough,  on  the  return  of  Mr.  Bowrey  to  England  in  1855,  the 
land  dispute  Las  been  settled,  and  he  has  laboured  under  more  favourable  circum- 
stances than  did  his  predecessor.  The  Day  School  at  this  Station  has  for  some  years 
been  the  largest  in  the  district,  and  the  attendance  at  the  Sabbath  School  is  also 
numerous.  A  large  portion  of  the  congregation  at  Rodborough  having  settled  at 
Hopetown,  the  village  already  referred  to,  it  has  become  necessary  to  have  a  commo- 
dious chapel  there,  in  addition  to  the  meeting  houses  on  the  neighbouring  estates, 
at  which  services  are  held  during  the  week. 

ITHACA. 

In  1844  Mr.  Roome  removed  to  this  village,  then  newly  formed,  and  by  his 
energetic  and  persevering  labours  a  new  and  commodious  chapel,  with  minister's 
dwelling-house  and  schools,  have  been  erected.  The  congregation  is  large,  and  the 
church  numerous,  and  the  Mission  altogether  presents  the  aspect  of  strength  and 
prosperity. 

ORANGE  CHAPEL — SANDVOOET. 

Orange  Chapel  is  near  Sandvoort,  where  Mr.  Wray  [commenced  his  labours  in 
Berbice,  and  was  built  by  the  Rev.  S.  Haywood,  who  was  appointed  to  this  Station 
in  1834.  For  many  years  this  was  an  interesting  and  important  Station,  but  being 
almost  exclusively  a  coffee  district,  great  changes  took  place  when  that  article  ceased 
to  be  cultivated.  Mr.  Haywood,  who  laboured  here  for  many  years  with  great  accept- 
ance and  success,  was  compelled  to  return  to  England  in  1850,  when  he  was  succeeded 
by  the  Rev.  A,  Jansen,  a  native  of  the  colony.  Under  Mr.  Jansen's  earnest  ministry 
this  Station  enjoyed  considerable  prosperity  for  many  years,  but  more  recently,  from 
a  variety  of  causes,  it  has  not  been  so  flourishing,  neither  has  the  locality  continued 
so  healthy  as  it  formerly  was  when  in  full  cultivation.  It  has  been  deemed  expedient, 
therefore,  to  remove  Mr.  Jansen  to  Fearn,  and  to  connect  Orange  Chapel  as  an  Out- 
station  with  New  Amsterdam. 

ALBION  STATION. 

The  Station  at  Albion  Chapel,  Fyrish,  on  the  East  Coast,  was  commenced  in  1835 
by  the  late  Rev.  D.  Kenyon,  who  laboured  there  until  removed  by  death  in  1851, 
when  Mr.  Pettigrew  left  Fearn  to  take  charge  of  this  part  of  the  Mission.  Under 
his  care,  this  Station  and  its  Out-stations  have  greatly  prospered,  and,  being  situated 
in  the  most  salubrious  district  in  Berbice,  the  Missionary  and  his  family  have  been 
favoured  with  a  remarkable  degree  of  good  health. 


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MISSION  TO  THE  INDIANS. 

The  Indian  Station  at  Maria  Henrietta  is  some  200  miles  up  the  Berbice  river. 
The  district  in  which  it  is  situated  was  visited  by  Messrs.  Waddington  and  Dalgliesh 
in  1812,  and  subsequently  by  Mr.  McKellar.  The  necessitous  spiritual  condition  of 
the  population,  and  especially  the  Indian  or  aboriginal  portion  thereof,  deeply 
affected  these  brethren,  and  through  their  instrumentality  a  teacher  was  located 
there.  On  the  formation  of  the  Berbice  Auxiliary  Missionary  Society,  this  Station 
was  taken  under  its  special  care,  and  continues  so,  aided,  to  some  extent,  by  the 
parent  Society.  The  Kev.  J.  Me  Arthur,  a  native  of  Demerara,  was  appointed  to 
this  interesting  field  of  labour  in  1858.  His  zealous  efforts  have  been  greatly 
blessed,  and  a  commodious  chapel  commenced  by  him  will  soon  be  completed.  The 
Indians  have  exhibited  great  interest  in  the  work  of  God  amongst  them,  and  there 
is  every  prospect  that  this  Station  will  prove  a  blessing  to  them,  and  to  others  in  the 
neighbourhood  engaged  in  woodcutting,  a  branch  of  industry  that  is  becoming  every 
year  of  greater  commercial  importance,  as  the  demand  in  Europe  increases  for  the 
superior  kinds  of  hard  timber  found  in  the  forests  of  British  Guiana. 

The  statistical  table  appended  will  exhibit  the  numbers  at  present  connected  with 
the  Mission  Churches  and  Schools  in  Berbice ;  and  what  has  been  said  on  a  former 
occasion  with  reference  to  the  general  results  of  Missionary  operations  in  Demerara, 
will  apply  with  equal  propriety  to  Berbice.  The  progress  made,  under  the  Divine 
blessing,  in  spite  of  many  opposing  influences,  may  be  hopefully  regarded  as  an 
earnest  of  greater  things  yet  to  come  ;  for  assuredly  the  special  work  of  the  Christian 
Missionary,  though  somewhat  modified  by  a  change  of  circumstances,  is  not  yet 
done  in  British  Guiana.  Much  still  remains  to  be  accomplished  amongst  its  native 
population  of  African  origin,  and  how  to  meet  the  spiritual  [necessities  of  the 
thousands  of  Hindoo  and  Chinese  immigrants  now  annually  introduced  into  Berbice 
and  the  other  districts  of  this  extensive  colony,  has  become  a  question  of  serious 
moment. 

STATISTICS  OF  BERBICE  MISSION.— 1860. 


Name  of  Station. 

Chureli 
Mem- 
bers. 

Candi- 
dates. 

Sabbath 
Scholars 

Sunday 
School 
Teachers 

Day 
Scholars 

Income. 

Dollars. 

]N"ew  Amsterdam     .  . 

313 

77 

570 

40 

155 

2861 

180 

20 

380 

20 

96 

2800 

Brunswick  .... 

100 

10 

300 

18 

86 

1900 

* 

6 

* 

* 

53 

1091 

Orange  Chapel    .    .  . 

84 

* 

* 

39 

892 

Albion  Chapel    .    .  . 

214 

340 

# 

179 

2093 

90 

* 

# 

* 

3945 

Rodborough  .... 

113 

10 

300 

17 

100 

1706 

Maria  Henrietta  .    .  . 

68 

274 

* 

83 

1901 

1072 

219 

2164 

95 

791 

19,189t 

*  No  return.       f  Equal  to  de4000  sterling. 


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OEDINATION  or  MISSIONAEIES. 
MANCHESTER. 

A  public  service  was  held  on  the  evening  of  Tuesdaj^  Sept.  10th,  in  Grosvenor 
Street  Chapel,  Manchester,  for  the  purpose  of  setting  apart  Mr.  Jonathan  Lees  as 
Missionary  to  China.  The  service  commenced  with  reading  the  Scriptures  and 
Prayer  by  the  Rev.  A.  Thomson,  MA.,  of  Rusholme  Road  Chapel ;  after  which  the 
Rev.  Alexander  Williamson,  B.A.,  recently  returned  from  Shanghae,  gave  an  inter- 
esting resume  of  the  peculiar  difficulties  and  necessities  of  China.  The  usual  ques- 
tions were  proposed  by  the  Rev.  Professor  Newth,  of  Lancashire  Independent  Col- 
lege, to  which  i\[r.  Lees  gave  appropriate  replies.  The  Ordination  Prayer,  which 
was  distinguished  by  peculiar  solemnity  and  earnestness,  was  offered  by  the  Rev.  P. 
Thomson,  M.A.,  of  Grosvenor  Street  Chapel.  The  Rev.  Samuel  Martin,  of  West- 
minster, then  delivered  an  affectionate  charge,  selecting  as  his  theme,  Sing  at  your 
work."  His  remarks  were  founded  upon  three  passages  in  Philippiaus  iv.  4  ;  Nehe- 
miah  viii.  10 ;  and  1  Thess.  ii.  19.  The  closing  prayer  was  offered  by  the  Rev.  J.  A. 
Macfadyen,  M.A.,  St.  Helen's.  The  spacious  edifice  ^vas  densely  crowded,  numbers 
being  unable  to  find  admittance,  and  the  proceedings  throughout  were  deeply  inter- 
esting. 

SHEFFIELD. 

On  Thursday,  Sept.  5th,  1861,  Mr.  Thomas  Rain,  of  Rotherham  College,  was 
ordained  Missionary  to  Beebice,  Bbitish  Guiana,  at  the  Micker  Congregational 
Church,  Sheffield.  The  service  was  opened  by  the  Rev.  J.  B.  Paton,  MA.,  minister, 
of  the  chapel,  who  read  2  Tim.  ii,,  and  offered  a  fervent  prayer.  The  Rev.  E.  C. 
Tyte,  Professor  of  Classics  and  Mathematics  at  Rotherham  College,  proposed  the 
usual  questions,  with  suitable  impressive  remarks.  The  Rev.  Alex.  Thomson,  M.A., 
pastor  of  Rusholme  Road  Congregational  Church,  Manchester,  of  which  church 
Mr.  Rain  was  a  member,  briefly  addressed  the  congregation,  and  offered  the  ordina- 
tion prayer,  and  the  Rev.  Dr.  Falding,  principal  of  Rotherham  College,  delivered  a 
brief  but  solemn  and  eloquent  charge.  The  interesting  service  was  attended  by 
several  hundred  persons. 


ARRIVAL  OF  MISSIONARIES. 

Rev.  James  Scott,  Mrs.  S.,  and  child,  from  Demerara,  June  27th. 
Rev.  W.  J.  Gardner,  Mrs.  G.,  and  family,  from  Jamaica,  July  13th. 

DEPARTURE  OF  MISSIONARIES. 

The  Rev.  Edward  Porter  returning  to  Cuddapah ;  and  Rev.  Alexander  Thomson 
appointed  ^ro  tern,  to  the  same  station.  Rev.  Goodeve  Mabbs  and  Mrs.  M., 
appointed  to  Salem;  Rev.  Maurice  Phillips,  appointed  to  Tripatoor;  and  Rev. 
Wm.  Edward  Morris  and  Mrs.  LL,  appointed  to  Tirupoor;  per  "Barham,'* 
Sept.  nth. 


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MISSIONAKY  CONTEIBTJTIONS. 

Frojii  August  VJth  to  Septemler  16M,  1861,  inclusive. 


/^ooldridge,  re- 
duced amoont, 

less  duty  225 

F.  E  10 

A  Cheerful  Girer.for 
the  Widows'  and 
Orphans'  Fund  ...  4  0 
Mr. B.Holt    3  0 

Cambeneea.  A 
Friend,  per  Eev.  J. 
Buruet  50  0 

Craven  HiU  Chapel. 

Sunday  School, 

per  Mr.  Kidgway..  6  IS 
Duke  Street  Bagged 

School   0  4 

HoUovav  A  miliary, 

perU.ilcNieJ.Esq.Sa  6 


CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 
Buxford  District. 
0  0   J.  Patterson,  Esq.,  Treas. 
0  f  Foulmire. 

Rev.  it.  Davey- 

r;  Collection   S  8 

f 'Miss  Wedd    0  10 

.  Master  Vfedd   0  10 

Mr.  Johnson   0  10 


I         Sunday  School.  ' 

Teachers' Box   15  0 

Senior  Girls   0  12  6 

Infant  Class   0  3  0 

Brookfield  School      18  1 
2S7.  Zs.  


WirTcsKorth. 
New  Congregational 
Church. 


Missionary  Boxes. 

Mrs.Ison    0 

Mrs.  G.  Barker    0 

Mrs.  Wright   0 

Mr.  Bacon  _  0 

Mrs.  Creak    0 

Mrs.  Barker   0 

Sunday  School. 
Mrs.  Johnson's 
Class,    for  Mrs. 
Gordon's  School, 
Vizasapatam 


I        Temperance  Hall. 
5  o'  CoUected  by  Miss  Wright 

1  ,  Mr.  Wheatcroft          1  0 

\  I  Mr.  Hunt    0  lo 

!  o  Mr.  T.  W.  Hunt         0  10 

I  n  Mrs.  Xuttall   0  5 

^  "  Mrs.  Adams   0  4 

;Miss  Wright   0  10 

Jlissionary  Box          0  7 

Mr.  W.Tomliuson...  0  2 


Westmitister  Chapel. 

On  account                8  12  6 

Mrs.  Williams           0  5  0 

W.B                        15  0 

51.  2g.  6d.  

BEDFORDSHIRE. 
BuTutalle. 
Her.  S.  E.  Dodge. 
Mr.  T.  Squires,  Treasurer. 

Sunday  Collections.  5  2  1 

Meeting                   2  7  5 

Mr.  Squires  (D.)  0  10  0 

Boxes. 

Mrs.  Osbom              0  17  & 

ilrs.  SQuires              1  0  U 

Miss  D.  Batchelar...  0  15  0 

John  EUiott   0  IS  10  Miss  Higgins    1  6 

Mrs.  Dodge    0  10  0  Miss  A,  Kitchin         2  10 

Miss  WUloughby  ...  0  10  0  Miss  M.  Kitchin         1  0 

Miss  Settle    0  9  9  Miss  C.  Lowden         2  0 

Phoebe  Burt             0  8  O  'Miss.  M.  McGowan.  4  0 

3ti88  Harriss             0  6  6  Miss  M.  F.  Muncas- 

Misa  H.  Hollia           0  0  0,   ter's  Missionary 

Miss  M,  Gravestocii  0  5  4    Box   0  13 


Sunday  School. 

Julia  Hayden    0  2  6  Response  of  Teachers  to 

Exs.  3«.  id.;  SI.  t».  4d.   Rev.  J.  A.  James's  Appeal 

Linton.  I   for  China. 

I  I  ^^  Collected  by  G.  H. 

Fannr^-i^iiig's  '  Wheatcroft    0  IS  6 

Card   0  12  2,       Missionary  Boxes. 

Exs.  1?. ;  Zl.  1S$.  Id.   CoUected  by- 

'""Ai^?^^'.  |Miss  M.D.  Wheat-  , 

ley  per  Eev.  K.       i  Agnes  Flint 5  S  I 

Davis   10  0  O^i'j^rv  Ann  Brookes.  0  2  6 

Sarah  Ann  Walker..  0  19 


CUMBERLAND. 

WMtehaveiu 
Kev.  W.  Place. 
Juvenile  Association. 
CoUected  by- 


Sarah  An  n  M '  Donald  o  1 

.Ann  Houghton           0  1 

William  S.  Wardman  0  7 

John  Horobin   0  4 

!  William  Clay    0  1 

;a  Scholar   0  1 

0  Missionary  Sermon  2  6 

4         Exs.  is.  6rf. ;  m.  

0 

0  Ilkeston.  Eev.  E.  S. 

0    Heron   3  10 

I   

7!  New  Mills. 


Stroud.  3Irs.Wyatt, 

GranviUe  Cottaare, 
Widow  of  the  late 
HenryWyatt.Esq., 
of  Farm  Hill          50  0  0 


HEREFORDSHIRE. 

Bromjjard.  Mrs. 
Payne's  Yonug 
Ladies,  for  Mrs. 
MuUens's  School..  0  6 


HERTFORDSHIRE. 

Bishop's  Stortford. 
W.  Bird,  Esq.,  for 
X;itive  FemaJe 
Teacher,  Rebecca 
Bird  10  0  0 


KENT. 

Blackheatb.  B         40  0  0 


LANCASHIRE. 

Ashton-tinder-Lvne, 
Miss  Buckley,  "for 
theXativeTeacher, 
Abel  Buckley          15  0  0 


Blackburn. 
Pai  k  Eoad  Chapel. 
I  For  Widows'  Fund  .  1  15  2 


For  Board  and  Education 


School   0  6  11 

vZ^v^wn^   n  %  ifl     »  Native  Girl  at  Yizaga-  CoUections   

into  T^it^l"   Ill  Pat-iin,  to  be  caUed  Agnes  Sunday  School  

r  Wardlaw,  collected  by  Miss  Collection  at  Thorn 


Miss  Yamey.. 
3Ir8.  3IuUing8., 
Mrs.  Baldock  .. 


0 
0 

Mrs.  Kent   0  3  I  '^^X^'^^  Muncaster,  IZ. 

Mrs.GUby...„   0  1  6^^'^ ^  "  " 

Miss  Scott   017  CoUection    38  0  0 

3Iis8  Butler   0  1   5 'Sabbath  School          2  19  1 

Eleanor  Donne           0  0  lu  Public  Jleeting          20  3  6 

Fractions    0  0  5  Exs.  l-2«.  6<Z.;  75Z.  lis.  

Els.lOi.Cd.;  Ml.M.td 
Stagsden. 


Independent  Chapel. 

12  6 

Sunday  School   3  14 


£xs.6«.6d.;  17^.8«.- 


Tea 

Meeting,  per  Mrs. 
Whitmee    0  10 


BERKSHIRE. 

Wallingford. 
Eey.  C.  M'C.  Davies. 
Missionary  Sermons  7  17  11 

Public  Electing           7  IS  9 

Benson,  Mission.ary 

Box    0  7  2 

L.  Gregory's  ditto...  0  10  0 
Miss  Agnes  Wells' 

ditto   0  5  0 

Charles MorreU.Esq.  25  0  0 
Mrs.  Mark  ilorrell  .110 
Thomas   F.  WeUs, 

Esq   1  1 

Thomas  Deane,  Esq.  1  1 

Anonymous   2  0 

Mrs.  W.  S.  Clark         0  10 

A  Friend   0  10 

Ditto   e  5 

Exs.  3.5*.  lOd. ; 

46/.  lis.  6d.  


Workington.  Mr. 
J.31ordy   1 


DERBYSHIRE. 


1  0 


DETOXSHIRE. 

Exmouth. 
Glenorchy  Chapel. 
Rev.  2.  Clapaou. 
Contributions,  per 


Bolton. 
Cron. 


3Iisses 
 tA.)  3 


Liverpool. 
Toxteth  Chapel  Schools. 
Mr.  T.  W.  Tate,  Secretary. 
For     Schools  at 
Madras,  under 

^Rev.  G.Hall   5  0  0 

For    the    Mill  at 

Peeltou   10  0  0 

15^.  

Preiton. 
Auxiliary  Society, 
J.  Hamer,  Esq.,  Treasurer. 
Half-yearly  Remittance. 


Mr.  G.  Cole 


Per  Rev.  H.  OUard. 

Bolsover   0  10 

Buggworth   1  17 

Chiidey   5  0 

Berbp. 
London  Road.  Vro- 
ceeds  of  Ladies' 
Working  Society..  22  0 
m.  S«.  


Annual  Collection, 
I   Grirashaw  Street 

10  0  0  j   Chapel  10  0 

Cannon  Street 

Chapel   95  o 

Widows    and  Or- 
phans ofMission- 

4'  Auxiliary  Society,  per  T.   „a£i?Sv^   5  15 

DanieU,  Esq.  Pubhc  Meeting  10  13 

'  Ditto,  for  the  \oung  3  0 

Ditto,  Breakfast         9  15 

Cannon  Street 


ESSEX. 


BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. 
Marlow  Hills.  J. 
Wright,  Esq   1  1 


Glossop.  ; 
Littlemoor  Chapel.  ! 
Eev.  T.  Atkin. 

Collections    16  0  2  ■ 

o|  Boxes.  I 

0  Mrs.  Atkin    2  S  4' 

0  Miss  Higginbottom   111  pi 

0  Miss  H.  Kershaw...  10  0; 

Miss  Lloyd    0  19  1 1 

Miss  Kershaw   0  18  2I 

Miss  Dyas   0 

Mr.  D.  Woffenden...  0 

Mary  Syme    0 

Hannah  Mellor   0 

Mary  Ann  White  ...  0 
Mrs.  Garside   0 

1  .Alfred  Schofield   0 

Sarah  Hadfield    0 


Saffron  Walden,  per 
K.  D.  Thurgood, 

Esq  113  19  10 

Southminster.  Kev. 

C.  Winter    6  0  0 

110/.  19«.  lOd.  


Finchingfield.  A 
Friend  to  Mis- 
sions, for  the  Na- 
tive Teacher, 
ByerleySainsbury  10  0 


GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 

2  Bristol  Auxiliary 
L  °:   Society,  per  W.  D. 

1  ;!    Wills,  Esq  542  17 

4  2- 

3  6  Nailsicorth,  per 

2  7!   Miss  Norton   3  17 


Chapel  Juvenile 
Society,  by  George 
Teale,  Esq.,  Trea- 
surer 15  19 

Quarterly  Subscrip- 
tions,   by  Miss 

Walker    i  r 

Mrs.  James  Robin- 


son, for  the  Edu- 
cation of  a  Native 
Boy  in  Mr.  Rice's 
School, Bangalore, 
named  Jcsh,  Ro- 
binson   3 


0  0 


Elstrick  Branch. 
By  Rev.  Josh.  Armitage. 

12  11 
9 


Public  Meeting   

Collection  after 
Sermon    3  1 


296      Missionary  Magazine  and  Chronicle,  October  1,  1861. 


Collected  by- 
Miss  E.  Thomson  ...  8  U 
!Miss  A.  Blackburn,.  1  5 

Miss  B.  Jackson   1  1 

Miss  M.  Parkinson.  1  T 

Miss  J.  Parkinson...  0  19 

Mr.  G.  Tunstall   4  0 

Missionary  Boxes. 

BibleClass   0  19 

Miss  E.  Thomson  ...  1  12 
Miss  Jane  Walmes- 

ley   0  5 

Mi88  Ruth  Hall           0  5 

Miss  Ann  Kirby         0  8 

Eis.  8«.;  23^,  13«.  id.  


Kirkham  Branch. 
By  J.  Bryning,  Esq.,  Treas. 

Public  Meeting           4  IS  a 

Collected  by— 


3  3  1 

2  12  2 
1  10  0 

3  14 
0  12'9 


0  2 


LINCOLNSHIRE. 

Bri;/g  La(3i^\Vork- 
ing  So*ety,  per 
Mrs.  Bradley,  for 
Nat'i»  Teacher, 
William  Martin, 
half-year   5  0 


MIDDLESEX. 

Edgetcare. 
Rev.  J.  Simpson. 
Contributioua   1  1 


NORTHUMBERLAND. 


Welsh  Independent  Chapel, 
I'ride  Hill. 
Rev.  John  Davles. 
Mr.  Evans,  Treasurer. 

Collection  after 
Sermon,  less  ex- 
penses 5«.  6d   5  5  0 


SOMERSETSHIRE. 


Bath.    J.  Walker. 


Esq.. 


(A.)   5  5 


Masters  John  and 

Roger  Richards  ... 
Master  E.  Bryning. 

Master  J.  Knox  

Miss  M.  Bowdler  ... 
Miss  E.  Bryning  ... 
Sabbath  School 

Class,  by  Messrs. 

Butler  &  Howard  0  12  0!  Auxiliary 
Freewill  Offering  ...  "  "  " 
16^.  12s.  \d. 


For  the  Native  Girl, 
Jane  Amble  Nicol- 
son  


Iptwich. 

J.  Byles,  Esq   2  0  0 

Miss  Goodchild          l  0  0 

U.  


Fleetwood  Branch. 

By  Benjn.  Whitworth,  Esq., 
Treasurer. 

Public  Meeting           2  10  5 

Collection  after 

Sermons    5  2  4 

Ditto,    in  Sunday 

School   10  0 


Collected  by- 
Mrs.  Whitworth  & 
MissGarrington...  8  8  2 

Miss  Stoba   16  4 

Miss  Cox   0  11  10 

Mrs.  Ling's  Young 
Ladies,  for  Mrs. 
Gordon's  School, 

Yizagapatam    3  0  0 

Mrs.  Ling's  Mis- 
sionary Box   1  14  6 

23«.  13«.  Id.  


Leyland  Branch,  by 
Mr.  Isaac  Wil- 
liamson. Public 
Meeting    7  7  3 

Garstanp  Branch, 
by  Dr.  Bell. 
Public  Meeting  ...  6  10  0 

16?  9  0 
Less  Expenses...  14  19  0 


NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 


Society, 
per  J.  Cole,  Esq....  35  0 


Newark. 
Rev.  T.  B.  Attenborough. 

Collections    12  15 

Missionary  Break- 
fast   4  17 

Missionary  Basket .  14  7 

Subscriptions   7  6 

Roys'  BibleClass  ...  0  11 
Mrs.  Jackson's  Box  0  7 
Exs.24s.7rt.:  Vdl.  


SHROPSHIRE. 

Market  Drai/ton. 

Rev.  H.  Sturt. 

Annual  Meeting         1  19 

Sabbath  School,  for 

the  Ship   1  4 

3/.  is.  

Shrewsbury. 
Castle  Gate  Chapel. 
Mr.  Lewin,  Treasurer. 

Donations. 
By  Rev.  E.  Hill. 

A  Thank  Offering  ...  1  0 

A  Friend   0  5 

Ditto   0  2 

1/.  -s.  6d.  


Tooting. 

Eev.W.Anderson,Pre8ident. 
J.  R.  Burton,  Esq.,  Treas. 

Mav  Collections   5  0  8 

B.  Miller,  Esq   5  0  0 

Mr.  Hunt    110 

Mr.  Metcalf   110 

J.  R.  Burton,  Esq....  110 

Sunday  Schools. 

Boys   2  14  0 

Girls   1  18  5 

Collected  by  Miss 

Chapman    0  5  0 

Exs.  8«.6d.;  17i.l2s.7d.  


WARWICKSHIRE. 

Birmhigham, 

Legacy  of  late  T. 
Hickling,  Esq., 
less  duty   45  0  0 


YORKSHIRE. 

Bridlington. 
Zion  Chapel. 
Rev.  J.  Dickinson. 
Contributions  16  0 


Ecclesall  College,  near 
Sheffield. 
Juvenile  Missionary 
Association,  for  a 
Native  Youth  at 
the  Nagercoil  Se- 
minary   4  10 


Leeds  Auxiliary  Society,  per 

S.  Hick,  Esq. 
Special  Fund  for  Missions 

to  China. 
Edwd.  Baines,  Esq., 

M.P   25  0  0 

Fred k.  Baines,  Esq.  20  0  0 
John  Wade,  Esq.  ...25  0  0 
The  late  Mrs.  Jas. 

Wade    40  0  0 

Alex.  Ritchie,  Esq...  5  0  0 
ml.  

SCOTLAND. 
Bvchan. 
Female  Branch. 
Per  Rev.  A.  Lind. 
For  Native  Teacher  10  0  0 
For  Native  Orphan 

at  Benares   3  0  0 

13Z.  

Dumfriesshire.  Vi.Ti.l  0  0 

Edinburgh,  per  Mrs. 
Gibson,  for  the 
Chapel  at  Lons- 
dale, Berbice   15  0  0 

Elgin.  Legacy  of 
]"ate  Miss  Eliza- 
beth Tayler    5  0  0 

nuntly. 
Per  Mr.  J.  Cruickshank. 

Quarterly  Collec- 
tions  3  13  6 

Female  Society    5  0  o 

Juvenile  ditto   5  2  1 

Miss  Hannah  Elms- 
lie's  Scliolars    0  8  8 

Mrs.DeyDuiltonCD.jO  5  0 

Independent  Chapel. 
Rev.  R.  Troup,  M.A. 

Annual  Sermon        38  0  0 

Public  Meeting         3  10  9 

M.  

including  6?.  for  Dr.  Leggc's 
Schools,  Hcng  Kong. 

Laurencekirk. 
Rev.  A.  Noble. 
Collection   4  It  10 


Nairn. 
Per  Mr,  W.  Leslie. 
Collections. 
Congregational 
Church,  including 
Sabbath  School 
Missionary  Boxes  5  0  0 
United  Presbyterian 

Church    3  10  0 

Established  Church  5  0  0 
\\l.  10«.  

CANADA. 

Tororto.  For  the 
Distribution  of  the 
Scriptures  in  China  0  4  2 


Contributions  in  aid  of  the  Society  will  he  thankfully  received  by  Sir  Culling  Eardley  Enrdley,  Bart., 
Treasurer,  and  Rev.  Ebenezer  Prout,  at  the  Mission  House,  Blomfield-street,  Firisbury,  London ;  by 
Mr,  W.  F.  Watson,  52,  Princes-street,  Editiburgh ;  Robert  Goodwin.  Esq.,  235,  George-street,  and 
slicious  Ifistitution  Rooms, 12,  South  Hanover-street,  Glasgow;  ana  oy  Rev.  John  Hands,  Society 

^  ^-uuse,  32,  Lower  Abbey-street,  Dublin.  Post-Office  Orders  should  be  in  favour  of  Rev.  Ebenezer 
Prout,  and  payable  at  the  General  Post  Office, 


WILLIAM  STEVEN'S,  PSINTEK,  37,  BELL  TABD,  TEMPLE  BAS.