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NO.  365. — NEW  SEEIES,  NO.  82.] 


[October  1,  1866. 


THE 

Ain) 

CHEONICLE. 


INDIA. 

MADEAS. 

OEDINATION  OF  NATIVE  MISSTONAEIES. 

Few  things  are  more  gratifying  in  the  progress  of  Mission  work  than  the 
extension  of  the  native  ministry.  The  more  completely  that  an  increase  is 
secured  in  the  number  of  faithful  ministers,  the  more  sure  is  the  hope  that 
the  native  Church  will  not  only  remain  steadfast,  but  will  extend  itself. 
Progress  in  this  direction  has  been  slow  hitherto ;  but  the  time  has  come 
when  a  large  increase  may  be  looked  for,  especially  in  the  Missions  in  India  and 
in  China.  A  goodly  number  of  young  men,  well  educated  both  in  the  English 
and  native  languages,  have  in  India  been  preparing  for  this  advanced  posi- 
tion among  the  agents  of  the  Society,  and  are  anxious  to  offer  themselves  for 
it  to  the  missionary  brethren.  In  Calcutta,  five  years  ago,  three  native  evan- 
gelists of  this  rank,  all  well-tried  men,  were  ordained  as  pastors  of  native 
Churches  or  as  missionaries  to  the  heathen.  Two  others,  trained  almost 
entirely  in  the  native  languages,  have  since  been  ordained  pastors  of  the 
Churches  in  Benares  and  Mirzapore.  In  February  last,  four  were  ordained 
*  in  Travancore. 

The  missionaries  of  the  Madras  District  Committee  have  recently  forwarded 
to  the  Directors,  with  their  own  full  approval,  the  application  of  two  of  their 
evangelists,  Mr.  Kotelingum  and  Mr.  Pahathasailathy,  also  to  be  ordained 
to  the  ministry,  and  accompanied  the  application  with  the  answers  which 
the  two  brethren  have  given  to  various  questions  put  to  them  by  the  Com- 
mittee. These  answers  are  wholly  the  work  of  the  brethren  themselves,  and 
are  written  in  excellent  English,  which  they  both  well  understand.  After 
reading  these  papers,  and  considering  the  high  testimonials  given  to  their 
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religions  character,  the  Directors,  with  thankfulness  and  pleasure,  have 
given  a  hearty  sanction  to  their  ordination.  Selections  from  these  answers 
are  now  laid  before  our  readers,  who  cannot  fail  to  be  equally  interested  in  a 
measure  calculated  to  prove  a  great  blessing  to  the  Churches  of  Madi^as. 

QUESTIONS  PROPOSED  TO  MR.  COTELINGTJM  AND  MR.  PARTHASARATHY, 
NATIVE  CANDIDATES  FOR  ORDINATION,  WITH  SELECTIONS  FROM 
THE  WRITTEN  REPLIES  OF  THE  CANDIDATES. 

THE  FOLLOWING  APPLY  TO  MR.  COTELINGUM  : — 

Q.  "What  are  the  distinguishing  doctrines  of  the  Bible,  and  what  ai-e  your 
views  upon  them  ? 

A.  There  is  but  one  God.  He  has  revealed  himself  in  His  Word  as  three  in 
one  and  one  in  three.  This  is  incomprehensible,  but  true. 

The  first  man  was  created  holy  and  upright,  but  soon  fell  into  sin,  and  thus 
became  a  subject  of  its  wages,  which  is  death.  In  this  state  he  or  his  pos- 
terity could  never  for  a  moment  be  exempted  from  the  consequences  of  sin  ; 
bat  Jesus  Christ,  according  to  the  covenant  of  redemption,  made  and  agreed 
upon  between  Himself  and  God  in  the  counsels  of  the  Trinity  before  the 
foundation  of  the  world,  became  God  and  man  (Emanuel),  assuming  both 
human  and  Divine  natures  in  Himself.  He,  as  surety  for  sinners,  fulfilled  the 
demands  of  the  law  by  giving  perfect  obedience  to  it ;  and  thus  the  justice  of 
God,  by  the  sufi*erings  and  death  of  Chiist  on  the  accursed  tree,  was  satisfied. 
He  therefore  saves  fi'om  sin  and  death  all  those  who  firmly  believe  in  Him. 
Moreover,  He  makes  them  that  believe  in  Him  righteous  in  the  sight  of  God 
and  heirs  of  eternal  life,  which  is  promised  to  man  only  in  connection  with 
faith  in  Him.  Christ  is  invested  with  the  thi-eefold  of&ce  of  prophet,  priest, 
and  king.  As  a  prophet,  He  revealed  the  will  of  God  for  our  salvation ;  as  a 
priest.  He  offered  Himself  a  sacrifice  once  for  all,  and  now  intercedes  with  the 
Father  for  our  redemption ;  as  a  king.  He  miles  over  the  Church,  and  defends 
His  people  fi-om  their  and  His  enemies. 

This  plan  consists  of  the  doctiines  of  justification,  adoption,  and  sanctifica- 
tion. 

Justification,  or  deliverance  from  the  condemning  sentence  of  the  law. 
Adoption,  or  the  ti-anslation  of  sinners  from  a  state  of  enmity  into  the 
family  of  God. 

Sanctification,  or  deliverance  from  the  power  of  sin.  These  benefits  cannot 
and  will  not  be  separated.  Though,  on  account  of  our  narrow  and  limited 
capacities,  we  are  under  the  necessity  of  considering  them  separately,  yet  we 
must  remember  that  essentially  and  really  they  become  the  behever 'sat  once;  for 
when  he  is  called  he  is  justified.  Believers  are  made  pariakers  of  these 
benefits  in  this  life,  which  is  evident  fi'om  Rom.  viii.  30.  Believers  also 
partake  of  those  blessings  which  flow  from  these  benefits :  such  as  peace  with 
God — Rom.  vi. ;  fi-eedom  of  access  to  God  the  Father  at  all  times  as  children ; 
fatherly  coiTection — Heb.  xii.  6  and  7 ;  a  title  to  immortality ;  a  happy  death — 
Psalms  xxiii.  4. 

The  outward  means  and  ordinances  appointed  for  converiing  and  saving 
perishing  sinners  are  the  Word  of  God,  the  Sacraments,  and  prayer. 


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The  Word  of  God.— This  is  the  riile  of  faith  and  life.  This  makes  the  full 
discovery  of  the  only  way  of  man  being  saved,  and  hence  the  preaching  of  it 
is  the  most  important  means,  ^vith  the  aid  of  the  Spii'it  of  God,  to  convince, 
convert,  and  save  perishing  sinners. 

The  Sacraments. — There  are  only  two  ordained  by  Christ  in  the  Gospel — 
i.e.,  Baptism  and  the  Lord's  Supper. 

Baptism  is  a  religious  ceremony  by  which  one  if  received  into  the  visible 
Church  by  sprinkling  of  water  in  the  name  of  the  Trinity.  The  Lord's 
Supper  was  instituted  by  our  Lord  in  commemoration  of  His  sufferings  and 
death  on  the  cross.  Bread  and  wine  are  the  aliments  used  in  this  ordinance. 
This  is  a  token  of  His  love.  It  is  a  pledge  of  the  believer's  communion  with 
Christ.     It  is  designed  for  their  spu-itual  nourishment  and  growth  in  grace. 

"  Prayer  is  an  offering  up  of  our  desii-es  unto  God  for  things  agreeable  to 
His  will  in  the  name  of  Christ,  with  confession  of  our  sins  and  thankful 
acknowledgment  of  His  mercies." 

It  must  be  asked  agi'eeably  to  God's  wiU — 1  John  v.  14. 

It  must  be  offered  up  in  the  name  of  Christ — John  xxi.  23. 

It  must  be  offered  up  with  confession  of  our'sins — Daniel  ix.  4. 

It  must  be  offered  up  with  thanksgi\dng — Phil.  ix.  6. 

^  Q.  What  do  you  apprehend  as  the  proper  duties  of  a  Christian  minister 
and  missionary,  and  what  do  you  conceive  to  be  the  peculiar  temptations  to 
which  he  is  exposed  ? 

A.  The  duties  of  a  pastor  and  missionaiy  are  the  following  : — 

To  preach  the  Word  of  God  faithfully  and  diligently,  in  season  and  out  of 
season,  and  to  give  his  whole  heart  to  the  work. 

To  labour  for  the  conversion  of  the  unconverted,  and  to  give  advice  to 
inquirers  after  truth. 

To  build  the  church  under  his  charge,  and  try  to  plant  new  churches,  scat- 
tering the  seed  in  all  directions,  as  far  as  it  lies  in  his  power. 

To  administer  the  Sacraments,  to  visit  the  Christian  families,  and  to  visit 
and  pray  with  the  sick. 

Faithfully  to  exercise  Chui'ch  discipline  according  to  the  precepts  of  the 
Gospel.  Offenders  should  be  censui'ed,  admonished,  and  excommunicated  if 
need  be. 

To  cultivate  Chiistian  gimces,  such  as  faith,  humility,  love,  patience,  serious  - 
ness,  zeal,  reverence,  &c. 

To  work  under  a  deep  sense  of  his  own  utter  insufficiency,  and  of  his  entire 
dependence  on  God,  looking  up  to  Him  alone  for  success. 

To  work  for  his  own  salvation  and  that  of  his  Church. 

The  peculiar  temptations  to  which  a  pastor  and  a  missionary  is  exposed  are 
the  following : — 

•  Pride. — Thinking  too  highly  of  himself,  his  knowledge,  his  talents,  his 
labours,  or  his  dignity. 

Neglect  of  studies;  dull  and  drowsy  sort  of  preaching;  not  helping  the 
destitute  of  the  congi'egation ;  seeking  more  of  creature  comforts  than  the 
glory  of  Jesus  Christ. 

Barrenness  in  works  of  charity,  and  neglecting  Church  discipline. 

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Q.  You  having  for  some  time  past  been  engaged  in  the  work  of  an  evan- 
gelist, what  has  led  you  to  wish  to  take  upon  you  the  more  responsible  duties 
of  an  ordained  missionary  ? 

A.  For  the  following  reasons : — 

I  can  do  the  work  of  an  evangelist  just  as  any  ordained  missionary."  The 
work  of  an  evangelist  is  to  preach  the  Gospel.  The  fii'st  duty  of  an  ordained 
missionary  is  likewise  to  preach  the  Gospel. 

There  are  duties  to  be  performed  by  a  missionary  which  I,  according  to 
our  views  of  God's  Word,  am  not  eligible  to  perform;  such  as  the  administra- 
tion of  the  ordinances  of  the  Gospel.  These  have  been  instituted  by  Christ, 
and  therefore  I  wish  to  be  able  to  attend  to  His  command  in  this  respect. 

I  wish  to  devote  my  whole  life,  with  the  help  of  God,  to  His  service,  doing 
the  duties  of  a  servant  of  Christ  among  my  own  fellow-countrymen,  for  their 
conversion,  edification,  &c. 

I  can,  as  an  ordained  missionary,  have  the  sympathy  of  the  native  ordained 
missionaries  already  in  the  thick  battle-field,  fighting  the  battles  of  the 
Lord,  and,  to  some  extent,  pulling  down,  by  God's  help,  the  strongholds  of 
Satan  in  my  dear  fatherland. 

I  think  I  can  be  better  appreciated  and  accepted  as  an  ordained  missionary 
than  as  an  evangelist  by  my  own  countrymen,  both  Chnstian  and  heathen. 
When  they  see  that  I  am  set  apart  for  the  work  of  Christ  and  the  building 
up  of  His  Church,  by  the  ceremony  of  ordination,  they  will  then,  I  think,  be 
better  prepared  to  listen  to  my  counsels  and  ad\T.ce. 

I  have  always  observed  that  those  who  come  to  this  country  fi'om  Europe 
to  preach  the  Gospel  are  ordained  as  ministers.  This,  I  think,  gives  them 
an  advantage  in  their  work,  and,  moreover,  it  is,  I  think,  in  accordance  with 
the  Word  of  God. 

I  believe  the  native  Church  of  this  country  will  have  ordained  pastors 
after  there  is  no  need  for  European  agency,  and,  believing  both  that  this  is 
expedient  and  Scriptural,  I  desire  to  be  specially  set  apart  for  this  work  by 
the  laying  on  of  hands  as  commanded  in  God's  Word. 

(Signed)  M.  Cotelingum. 

THE  FOLLOWING  APPLY  TO  ME.  PAETHASAEATHY. 

Q.  What  grounds  have  you  for  your  belief  that  you  are  a  Christian  ? 

A.  When  I  look  back  upon  my  past  history,  I  feel  very  thankftil  to  God  for 
His  mercy  in  bringing  me  out  of  heathenism.  I  was  born  a  heathen,  and  lived 
with  my  heathen  friends  till  I  was  eighteen  years  of  age.  I  received  for 
several  years  a  good  education  in  our  IMission  school.  After  long  and 
close  attention  to  the  Bible,  I  was  very  much  struck  with  the  truths  that  are 
contained  in  it.  Then  I  began  to  see  the  difference  between  idols  made  by 
men's  hands,  and  the  only  true  God,  who  is  the  Creator  of  the  universe.  I 
found  that  idols  are  nothing  in  the  world,  and  that  there  is  but  one  living 
and  true  God,  who  so  loved  the  world  as  to  give  His  only  begotten  Son  to  die 
for  sinners.  I  then  forsook  my  parents,  friends,  property,  and  broke  my  caste 
for  the  excellency  of  the  knowledge  of  Christ  Jesus.  Tarn  not  sorry  now  for 
wh-Bt  I  then  lost ;  I  feel  that  I  have  found  the  pearl  of  great  price.  Christianity 


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not  only  shows  the  possibility,  but  the  mode  of  our  restoration,  and  describes 
the  happy  condition  of  the  restored,  even  in  this  world,  by  declaring  that  to 
be  "spiritually-minded  is  life  and.' peace."  The  religion  which  I  professed 
before  did  not  give  me  any  solid  happiness  and  comfort;  but  the  religion 
which  I  now  profess  gives  me  true  comfort  and  happiness,  which  I  canno 
adequately  express  by  words.  It  is  a  glorious  thing  to  be  a  Christian.  I  feel 
in  my  heart  that  I  have  been  brought  out  of  darkness  into  light,  and  therefore 
I  believe  that  I  am  a  Christian. 

Q.  What  are  the  motives  which  urge  you  to  the  work  of  the  ministry  ? 

A.  The  motives  which  urge  me  to  the  work  of  the  ministry  are  the  follow- 
ing : — I  believe  my  chief  motive  is  a  desire  to  save  souls.  I  voluntarily  take 
upon  me  this  honourable  office ;  an  office  which  it  is  right  for  a  man  to  desire. 
This  desire  or  motive  which  exists  in  me  has  no  tendency  to  a  worldly  kind  of 
honour ;  a  motive  not  aiming  at  an  extra  allowance  of  money.  Pui-e  motive 
is  that,  by  being  ordained,  I  will  be  more  useful  in  the  great  work  of  the 
evangelization  of  India.  It  will  give  me  more  power  or  authority  over  those 
who  are  under  my  charge  or  control  than  I  have  now ;  or,  in  other  words,  it  will 
give  me  a  high,  noble,  and  peculiar  position  in  the  Church  of  Christ.  As  a 
minister,  though  I  may  not  magnify  myself,  yet  I  may  magnify  my  office. 
Though  I  esteem  myself  as  less  than  the  least  of  all  saints,  and  unworthy  to 
be  called  a  servant  of  God,  yet  I  feel  that  I  am  an  ambassador  of  Christ, 
intrusted  with  a  message  of  salvation,  entitled  to  the  respect  due  to  an  ambas- 
sador, and  to  the  honour  which  is  appropriate  to  a  messenger  of  God.  To 
unite  these  two  things  constitutes  the  dignity  of  the  Christian  ministry. 

Q.  "What,  in  your  judgment,  are  the  qualifications  necessary  to  form  a  good 
pastor  and  missionary  ? 

A.  The  qualifications  that  are  necessary  to  form  a  good  pastor  and  mis- 
sionary are  the  following : — 1st.  He  should  have  good  general  health.  2nd. 
He  should  have  a  cleai*  and  distinct  utterance.  3rd.  He  should  have  self- 
possession.  4th.  He  should  possess  the  ability  of  acquiring  and  retaining 
knowledge.  5th.  He  should  have  good  sense,  and  be  a  man  of  good  private 
chai'acter,  independency  of  thought  and  judgment,  possessing  and  illustrating 
the  Christian  virtues  by  an  upright  life.  6th.  He  should^be  distinguished  by 
profound  knowledge  of  his  own  heart,  and  of  Christian  experience  generally  : 
a  man  who  rules  his  own  house  well,  and  who  thus  shows  that  he  is  qualified 
to  preside  as  the  first  officer  in  the  Church  of  God.  7th.  He  should  possess 
appropriate  sensibility,  marked  by  a  disposition  for  retirement  and  study, 
characterized  by  an  enlarged  and  experimental  acquaintance  with  the  Scrip- 
tures ;  should  be  marked  by  facility  in  preaching ;  apt  to  teach ;  should  be 
distinguished  by  readiness  and  fervency  in  prayer,  and  should  be  familiar 
with  the  people  in  general.  8th.  He  should  be  characterized  by  unfeigned 
humility  and  by  ardent  love  to  the  Saviour,  and  especially  marked  by  habitual 
communion  with  God,  for  he  must  be  a  man  of  prayer  and  guided  by  the 
Spirit  of  God,  without  which  no  qualification  will  avail.  9th.  He  should 
cherish  a  continual  sense  of  dependence  on  the  Lord  Jesus,  and  an  eamest 
desire  to  be  useful.  10th.  He  must  be  a  man  of  suitable  age  and  experience, 
one  who  would  not  be  likely  to  fall  into  the  temptations  that  are  laid  for  the 


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young.  Lastly,  he  must  liave  a  fail*  reputation  among  those  who !  are  not 
Christians,  as  it  is  intended  that  the  influence  of  his  ministry  shallj'reach 
them,  and  as  it  is  impossible  to  do  them  good  unless  he  is  believed  to  be  a 
man  of  integi-ity. 

Q.  What  do  you  apprehend  are  the  proper  duties  of  the  Chi-istian  minister 
and  missionaiy ;  and  what  do  you  conceiTe  to  be  the  peculiar  temptations  to 
which  he  is  exposed  ? 

A.  A  minister's  duties,  with  regard  to  the  Chi-istian  chui'ch  which  is 
inti-usted  to  his  charge,  are  various  in  their  natui*e.  His  studies  and  labours, 
in  kind  and  in  amount,  should  correspond  to  the  state  of  the  people,  with  a 
view  to  his  being  in  the  highest  degree  useful  to  them.  The  relation  between 
a  minister  and  people  is  a  relation  of  reciprocal  affection  and  obligation. 

With  regai'd  to  the  heathen.  It  appeai-s  to  my  mind  that  no  duty  in  the  world 
is  so  important,  so  pressing,  and  so  imperative  as  that  of  making  known  the  sav- 
ing tmths  of  the  Gospel  to  those  who  know  them  not.  Christianity  is  not  a 
selfish  religion;  it  is  a  religion  of  love.  A  Christian  minister,  therefore,  cannot 
rest  contented  with  secuiing  his  own  salvation  only;  "plucked  out  as  a  brand 
from  the  fii'e,"  he  cannot  remain  indifferent  to  the  eternal  interests  of  multitudes 
around  him  of  his  own  countrymen,  who  ai'e  rushing  headlong  into  the  gulf  of 
ruin.  Sensible  of  his  immutable  obligations  to  the  Lord,  who  has  pui'chased 
him  with  his  own  precious  blood,  he  cannot  enjoy  "  the  peace  of  the  Spirit " 
without  doing  all  he  can  to  make  His  name  "  known  upon  earth,"  It  has 
been  my  heai't's  desii'e  to  do  so.  When  I  see  my  countrymen  laboui-ing 
under  the  yoke  of  Brahminism ;  when  I  see  them  following  the  tyi-annical 
system  of  caste;  when  I  see  them  worshipping  three  hundi*ed  and  thii-ty 
millions  of  gods  who  have  vile  characters  attributed  to  them;  when  I  see 
them  dei^ending  for  salvation  on  the  blood  of  goats  and  sheep,  instead  of  the 
Messiah;  when  I  see  them  left  to  the  dominion  and  ruin  of  theii'  sins,  I  can- 
not but  feel  within  myself  that,  as  a  Christian  minister,  I  am  in  duty  botmd 
to  preach  to  them  that  hlessed  Gospel  which  has  brought  me  out  fi'om 
Hindu  error,  and  given  me  the  hope  of  eternal  life.  I  must  be  instant  in 
season  and  out  of  season,  to  save  them  from  eternal  misery. 

There  ai-e,  I  perceive,  some  temptations  that  ai*e  laid  in  the  way  of  the 
minister — ^viz.,  pride,  a  desii-e  to  study  for  the  sake  of  respectability,  ambition, 
an  expectation  of  passing  an  easier  life  after  becoming  a  minister,  falling  off 
from  the  first  zeal  and  warm  affection  to  his  Saviour  and  his  work,  becoming 
worldly  in  habits  and  feeHngs,  and  tiying  to  be  a  lord  over  the  flock  of  Christ. 
Another  temptation  in  this  country  is,  I  think,  to  become  ashamed  of  Christ 
before  the  high  caste  heathen,  and  saying  nothing  about  Him  to  those  who 
hate  both  Chiist  and  aU  those  who  have  broken  caste.  To  retain  something 
of  caste  feeling  and  prejudice  is  also  a  temptation. 

Q.  Ton  having  some  time  past  been  engaged  in  the  work  of  an  evangelist ; 
what  has  led  you  to  wish  to  take  upon  you  the  more  responsible  duties  of  an 
ordained  missionary  ? 

A.  I  had  been  cherishing  this  thought  of  being  ordained  as  a  missionaiy 
from  the  time  of  my  conversion.  I  remember  fuU  well  what  I  said  to  Mr. 
HaU  soon  after  my  conversion.  He  asked  me  (when  he  and  I  were  walking 
on  the  top  of  the  Mission  House  one  evening  eleven  yeai'S  ago)  what  work  I 


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"wonld  like  to  do  in  future  ;  I  told  him  that  I  would  prefer  this  great  tcorlc  of 
the  evangelization  of  India  better  than  any  tcorh  of  a  worldly  hind.  As  I  was  a 
novice  to  Christianity,  I  had  not  clear  views  about  it  then.  Though  it  was 
perhaps  a  mere  wish  then,  yet  God  the  Almighty  began  to  open  my  eyes  fi*om 
day  to  day  to  behold  my  way  clearly.  The  mere  wish  became  the  real  and 
substantial  desii-e  in  com'se  of  time.  Then  I  felt  that  I  was  really  called  of 
the  Lord  for  His  work.  With  this  intention  I  joined  the  theological  class  in 
connection  with  our  central  institution.  My  father  in  Christ,  Mr.  Hall, 
trained  me  for  six  or  seven  years,  in  order  that  I  might  be  fitted  for  the  work 
of  Christ.  God,  through  the  instmmentality  of  my  father,  appointed  me  as 
an  evangelist,  and  sent  me  as  such  to  Tripatoor,  wherein  I  now  labour.  I  am 
usefally  engaged  here  as  an  evangelist,  but,  by  being  ordained  as  a  missionary, 
I  shall  be  more  useful  and  more  active  in  the  work  of  the  Lord  than  T  am  now. 
It  will  give  me  a  peculiar  position  among  the  people  among  whom  I  labour. 
When  our  Lord  was  on  earth,  He  first  of  all  called  the  Twelve  as  disciples  and 
afterwards  apostles.  Why  was  this  ?  It  was  to  distinguish  them  fi-om  those 
that  were  afterwards  called  disciples,  and  that  each  one  should  do  his  re- 
spective duties.  Just  so  in  oui*  Churches  there  are  different  orders,  such  as 
pastors  or  ministers,  deacons  or  elders,  and  Church  members,  &c.  The 
pastoral  position  is  the  highest  in  the  Church  of  Christ.  It  is  His  will  that 
there  should  be  pastors.  I  believe  ordination  will  make  me  more  useful  in 
edifying  Christ's  people,  as  well  as  in  bringing  the  heathen  to  Him. 

Then  in  our  Churches  the  honour  of  celebrating  the  Sacrament  of  the  New 
Testament  is  connected  with  ordination,  and,  as  one  of  Christ's  ministers,  I 
think  I  ought  to  obej  this  command.  Though  the  duties  of  an  ordained 
minister  are  more  responsible  than  those  of  an  evangelist,  which  I  now  hold, 
I  think  it  wi-ong  to  shrink  from  respoiisibility  in  Christ's  work.  Under  these 
cii'cumstances,  I  wish  to  take  upon  me,  before  God  and  men,  those  responsible 
duties  which  an  ordained  missionary  should  perform. 

(Signed)  C.  Parthasaeathy. 


LEPER  ASYLIBI  AT  ALMORAH. 

The  accompanying  appeal  has  been  forwarded  to  us  by  the  Eev.  J.  H. 
BuDDEN,  of  Almorah,  with  a  view  to  circulation  among  the  friends  and 
supporters  of  Christian  Missions,  and  we  feel  much  pleasure  in  commending 
it  to  their  notice,  and  bespeaking  for  it  their  generous  sympathy  and  aid. 
The  efforts  recently  made  to  bring  the  aMcted  inmates  of  the  Leper  Asylum 
at  this  station  under  the  influence  of  the  Gospel  have  been,  on  several  occa- 
sions, described  at  length  in  our  pages.  The  visits  of  Mr.  Hewlett  and  the 
repeated  instructions  of  the  native  catechists  have  commended  the  Divine 
message  to  the  notice  of  saddened  hearts,  already  prepared  by  the  Christian 
kindness  of  the  English  residents  to  understand  the  source  whence  such 
kindness  springs.  Systematic  efforts  to  comfort  and  enlighten  them  have 
been  crowned  with  great  success ;  and  it  is  in  consequence  of  this  success 
that  the  present  demand  for  additional  aid  has  arisen. 


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"  The  Almorali  Leper  Asylum  was  commenced  in  tlie  yeai'  1843,  to  provide 
accommodation,  food,  and  clothing  for  the  victims  of  this  malady,  who  were  in 
the  habit  of  seeking  a  precai-ious  subsistence  by  begging.  From  the  first  it 
has  been  sustained  by  the  voluntary  contributions  of  the  European  com- 
munity. 

"  In  the  year  1851  it  was  connected  with  the  Kumaon  Mission,  then 
recently  established  in  Almorah.  At  that  time  there  were  thii*ty- one  inmates, 
and  there  was  a  debt  on  the  funds  of  about  100  rs. 

"  In  1854,  owing  to  the  increase  in  the  number  of  the  inmates,  it  became 
necessaiy  to  enlarge  the  accommodation  ;  and,  as  the  site  of  the  old  buildings 
would  not  allow  of  this,  a  new  site  was  selected,  and  a  new  asylum  of  better 
construction  erected.  There  were  then  forty  inmates,  and  accommodation 
was  provided  for  fifty. 

"  On  two  subsequent  occasions  it  has  been  necessaiy  to  enlarge  the  asylum. 
In  1856  five  houses  to  accommodate  ten  lepers  were  added ;  and  in  1863  a  new 
row  of  fifteen  houses  was  built,  providing  altogether'convenient  accommodation 
for  ninety  persons.  This  is  now  more  than  sufficiently  occupied  by  ninety- 
seven  men,  women,  and  children. 

"  A  proper  supply  of  wholesome  food  is  furnished  to  all  these  persons  daily, 
and  clothing  is  given  to  them  according  to  the  season. 

"  Until  the  year  1864,  the  whole  of  the  expenses  of  this  institution  were 
defrayed  by  voluntary  contributions,  furnished  chiefly  by  Christian  friends 
residing  in  the  province,  or  others  residing  elsewhere,  to  whom  they  personally 
applied  for  assistance,  or  annual  visitors  to  the  neighbouring  sanitarium, 
Nynee  Tal.  Beyond  this,  an  appeal  has  not  been  made  to  the  Christian  public. 
On  occasions  of  deficiency,  assistance  has  been  rendered  from  the  funds  of  the 
Kumaon  Mission. 

"  In  1864  some  property  was  given  to  the  institution,  which  has  since  been 
funded.  It  has  already  supplied  valuable  assistance,  and  it  is  hoped  may 
eventually  produce  a  monthly  income  of  about  200  rs. 

"  Since  the  asylum  has  been  connected  with  the  Kumaon  Mission,  effoi'ts 
have  been  made  to  teach  the  lepers  to  read  and  to  give  them  religious  instruc- 
tion. And  since  1862  a  native  Christian  has  been  employed  expressly  for 
this  purpose,  at  the  sole  expense  of  one  of  the  supporters  of  the  institution. 
These  efi'orts  have  been  so  far  successful,  that  a  few  of  the  inmates  can  read 
Hindee  very  well,  and  several  others  are  learning  satisfactorily.  A  still  larger 
number  of  them  have  manifested  deep  interest  in  the  religious  instniction 
given  to  them,  and  at  their  own  request  ninety- seven  men,  women,  and  chil- 
dren have,  on  different  occasions,  received  Christian  baptism.  Some  of  these 
have  since  died,  but  only  a  few  of  the  present  inmates  are  tmbaptized. 

To  meet  the  necessities  arising  out  of  these  new  and  interesting  circum- 
stances, a  commodious  and  substantial  building  has  been  erected  on  the 
asylum  premises  for  the  pui'pose  of  Christian  worship.  It  is  used  for  this 
purpose  daily,  by  a  native  Christian  or  a  missionary,  in  company  with  the 
lepers,  and  on  Sunday  two  regular  seiwices  are  held,  generally  by  a  mis- 
sionary. 

"  But  other  responsibilities  are  now  connected  with  the  Chiistian  character 
of  the  institution,  to  meet  which  it  is  necessaiy  to  make  this  appeal  to  the 


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Christian  public.  In  so  large  a  community  of  botli  sexes,  promiscuously 
gathered  together,  chiefly  from  the  lowest  classes  of  heathens,  and  separated 
from  each  other  by  caste  distinctions,  there  was  no  choice  but  to  tolerate  many 
evils  of  personal  and  social  habit,  which  it  has  now  become  a  paramount  duty,  in 
the  exercise  of  Christian  wisdom  and  patience,  to  rectify.  In  general  the 
converted  lepers  show  every  disposition  to  conform  to  such  new  regulations 
as  are  proposed  to  them,  and  have  already  done  so  to  some  extent ;  but,  in 
order  to  carry  them  out  effectually,  it  is  necessary  to  erect  some  additional 
buildings,  the  character  of  which  will  show  the  kind  of  improvement 
needed : — 

"  1.  A  washing  and  bathing  house,  &c.  These  are  absolutely  necessary  on 
sanitary  grounds  and  for  cleanliness,  as  the  crippled  condition  of  the  majority 
of  the  lepers  disables  them  from  reaching  the  nearest  water. 

"  2.  A  cooking  and  eating  house.  Hitherto  rations  of  uncooked  food  have 
been  supplied  to  the  inmates,  which  they  have  prepared  and  eaten  by  them- 
selves. By  a  system  of  messing  together,  economy,  cleanliness  in  the  houses, 
and  many  other  advantages  will  be  secured. 

"  3.  A  store  room  where  supplies  of  such  food  as  is  not  required  to  be 
obtained  fresh  daily  may  be  kept,  and  arrangements  made  for  the  preparation, 
storing,  and  distribution  of  clothing. 

*'  4.  An  infii-mary,  where  such  lepers  as  are  utterly  helpless  and  approach- 
ing their  end  may  be  properly  cared  for  and  attended  to. 

"  5.  A  school  room,  where  daily  classes  may  be  held,  and  the  native  Chris- 
tian saperintendent  may  keep  his  accounts,  registers,  books,  &c. 

"  In  i^addition  to  these,  it  is  very  desirable  that  a  suitable  dwelling-hoase 
should  be  built  near  the  asylum,  for  the  native  Ckristian  superintendent  and 
his  family.  To  carry  out  all  these  proposals  efficiently  would  probably  cost 
about  5000  rs.  (£500  sterhng). 

"  To  an  undertaking  like  this,  however,  the  funds  of  the  institution  are  at 
present  quite  inadequate.  Owing  to  the  general  rise  of  prices,  the  monthjy 
expenditure  has  for  some  time  exceeded  the  income,  and  will  continue  to  do 
so,  even  when  the  anticipated  addition  spoken  of  above  is  fully  realized.  The 
excess  of  expenditure  has  been  met  from  a  balance  in  hand  from  extraneous 
sources,  which  has  now  been  exhausted.  Meanwhile  no  considerable  reduc- 
tion of  the  monthly  expenditure  can  be  effected  without  ipjury  to  the  inmates, 
until  some,  at  least,  of  the  proposed  buildings  are  obtained. 

"  The  affairs  of  the  institution  are  under  the  control  of  the  Committee  of  the 
Kumaon  Mission,  consisting  of  the  following  gentlemen : — 

Lieutenant- General  Parsons,  C.B,,  Almorah. 

Colonel  H.  Eamsay,  C.B.,  Commissioner  of  Kumaon,  and  founder  of  the 
Asylum, 

F.  Pearson,  Esq.,  M.D.,  Almorah. 
J.  O.  B.  Beckett,  Esq.,  Almorah. 
Captain  J.  Fisher,  Almorah. 

The  Agents  of  the  London  Missionai-y  Society,  Almorah. 

"  Subscriptions  and  donations  in  India  will  be  thankfully  received  by  either 
of  the  above  gentlemen,  and  in  England  may  be  forwarded  as  follows : — 

o  3 


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Rev.  Dr.  Mullens,  London  Mission  House,  Blomfield  Street,  Finsbury. 
Rev.  J.  Binney,  Upper  Clapton. 
Rev.  J.  Stoughton,  Kensington. 
ReVv  Dr.  Ealeigh,  Canonbury. 

W.  M.  Newton,  Esq.,  Park  Wood  Lodge,  Greenhithe. 

J.  L.  Budden,  Esq.,  Canonbui-y. 

W.  H.  Budden,  Esq.,  Newcastle- on-Tyne. 

James  Center,  Esq.,  Upper  Homerton. 

Rev.  J oseph  Beazley,  Blackheatb. 

Eev.  Wm.  Pulsford,  Glasgow. 

Rev.  J.  S.  Rogers,  Clapbam. 

"  '  Inasmucb  as  ye  have  done  it  unto  one  of  the  least  of  these  thy  hrethren, 
ye  have  done  it  unto  me.' 

"  Jas.  Parsons,  Lieut.-General, 
"  Secretary." 


CHINA. 

The  following  interesting  communication  has  been  received  from  the  Revs. 
A.  and  J.  Stronach  and  J.  Macgowan,  comprising  the  Semi-Annual  Report  of 
the  Mission  at  Amoy :— - 

"  Amoy,  July  5th,  1866. 
"  We  are  happy  in  having  to  inform  you  that  our  dear  brother  Mr.  Macgowan, 
with  his  son,  arrived  here  on  the  second  of  last  month,  in  the  enjoyment  of 
good  health. 

"  Since  the  beginning  of  January,  when  our  last  letter  was  written, 
eleven  new  members  have  been  added  to  the  Church.  Three  of  these,  two 
young  women  and  one  young  man,  were  baptized  by  us  in  theii*  infancy. 
We  trust  they  are  now  truly  '  the  children  of  God  by  faith  in  Chi-ist  Jesus.' 

"  The  case  of  one  of  the  converts,  whom  we  baptized  lately,  should  be 
specially  mentioned.  His  name  is  Tin-to,  and  he  is  about  thii-ty-three  years 
of  age.  He  is  an  earnest  reader  of  the  Bible,  and  has  become  well  acquainted 
with  Divine  truth.  In  his  youth,  from  a  sort  of  religious  feeling,  he  restricted 
himself  to  a  pm-ely  vegetable  diet.  Afterwards  he  became  a  Roman  Catholic, 
and  eagerly  studied  all  that  the  priests  taught  him.  He  then  fancied  that  he 
had  gi'own  very  religious ;  but,  being  tnily  in  earnest  in  seeking  salvation,  he 
has  not  been  left  under  the  power  of  such  *  strong  delusion  that  he  should 
believe  a  lie.'  He  was  led  to  heai'  the  Gospel  preached  by  Protestant  mis- 
sionaries, and  to  read  the  Holy  Scriptures  for  himself.  By  degrees  he  saw 
more  and  more  clearly  that  there  was  no  foundation  in  Scripture  for  what  the 
Romish  priests  teach  in  regard  to  purgatory,  the  advantage  of  masses  for 
the  dead,  of  prayers  to  the  Yirgin  and  to  the  saints,  &c. ;  so  he  decided  on 
rejecting  Popery  altogether.  He  informs  us  that  the  Popish  priests,  at  least 
in  this  pai-t  of  China,  find  it  expedient  not  to  force  upon  their  followers  all 
the  rules  prescribed  by  their  Church  in  Europe.  For  instance,  they  do  not 
order  women  to  ome  to  their  ccnfe?eioEs]»,  but  make  their  husbands,  or  their 


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nearest  relatives,  confess  for  them.  We  know  that  they  once  tried  at  Amoy 
to  get  women  to  come  to  them  x^rivately,  but  that  raised  such  a  commotion 
that  they  dared  not  attempt  it  again.  He  says  also  that  the  priests  here- 
abouts do  not  demand  money  for  saying  masses  for  the  dead ;  nor  do  they 
burn  incense  upon  theii'  altars. 

"  Since  Januai-y  last,  five  of  our  Chui'ch  members  have  been  called  from  our 
midst  to  join,  we  trust,  the  lai'ge  and  blessed  host  of  '  the  spiiits  of  the  just 
made  perfect,'  who  together  enjoy  the  presence  of  the  Lord  in  heaven. 

*'  One  of  these,  Chan-se-siong,  '  fell  asleep '  on  the  16th  day  of  March.  He 
was  then  seventy-five  years  of  age.  It  was  on  the  5th  of  March,  1854,  that  he 
was  received  into  the  Church  by  baptism.  Constant  in  his  attendance  at  all 
GUI'  meetings  for  worship,  he  grew  rapidly  in  knowledge  and  in  gi'ace,  and 
was  fervent  in  spirit  in  commending  the  Savioui*  to  all  to  whom  he  found 
access.  During  several  years  he  diligently  laboured  as  a  colpoi'teur  of  the 
British  and  Foreign  Bible  Society,  and  his  whole  life  '  manifestly '  showed 
that  he  was  '  an  epistle  of  Christ,  known  and  read  of  aU  men.'  Influenced 
greatly  by  his  example,  his  wife  and  her  servant  soon  sought  and  found  ad- 
mission into  the  Chui'ch,  and  they  still  continue  'walking  in  the  truth.' 
Dui'ing  his  last  illness  his  heai-t  seemed  full  of  love  and  thankftdness,  and  he 
was  enabled  to  beai-  a  clear  :testimony  to  the  power  and  the  gi*ace  of  the 
Lord  Jesus,  whose  presence  gave  him  a  blissful  foretaste  of  the  joys  of 
heaven. 

"  We  are  sorry  to  say  that  we  have  been  obliged  to  expel  from  the  Chm'ch 
ten  persons,  six  men  and  four  women,  who  formerly  seemed  to  be  sincere 
believers.  Some  were  excommunicated  for  their  long-continued  neglect  of 
attendance  on  public  worship,  and  some  for  conduct  altogether  unbecoming 
their  Christian  profession. 

"  Several  of  our  members  who  were  suspended  from  Church  fellowship  have 
been,  after  repentance  and  confession  of  their  sins,  restored  to  full  communion. 
Among  these  is  the  teacher  Tan-sin-eng.  He  has  repeatedly  professed  deep 
contrition  on  account  of  his  very  inconsistent  conduct  at  his  mother's  funeral. 
He  confesses  that  he  was  guilty  of  great  sin  in  so  far  yielding  to  the  pressure  put 
upon  him  by  his  relatives  as  to  bow  before  the  coffin  and  to  worship  the  spiiit 
of  his  mother.  So,  after  sufficient  time  given  him  to  show  the  sincerity  of  his 
repentance,  the  Church  has  again  received  him  into  full  fellowship,  but  he  has 
not  yet  been  re-established  in  the  deacon's  office. 

*'  The  convert  Sia-ki-sui  continues  to  be  faithful  to  his  Chi-istian  profession, 
although  he  has  suffered  much  persecution  from  his  father  and  his  uncle 
since  his  return  to  Chwan-chin. 

"  Our  various  services  at  our  chapels,  and  at  the  different  meetings  for 
females,  continue  to  be  encouragingly  attended. 

*'  Dr.  Carnegie  has  resumed  his  work  in  connection  with  the  Chinese  Hos- 
pital, and  the  congregations  of  men  and  women  who  listen  to  our  preaching 
in  the  hospital  hall  every  Wednesday  morning  ai-e  always  large  and  at- 
tentive. 

"  Mr.  John  Stronach,  having  visited  the  staticais  at  Kwan-k'au,  An-bin,  and 
^     Hai-ch'ung,  reports  as  follows : — 


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and  An-bin.  The  audiences  continue  pretty  mucli  as  tliey  were  in  point  of 
numbers,  with,  perhaps^  a  few  additions  from  villages  hitherto  indifferent  to 
the  Gospel.  There  has  also  been  an  increased  attendance  of  women,  and 
they  manifest,  at  the  examination  of  inquirers,  held  after  the  regular  services 
are  over,  an  encouraging  amount  of  intelligence  and  Christian  feeling.  At 
Kwan-k'au  five  men  and  one  woman  have  been  received  into  the  Church  by 
baptism ;  but  at  An-bin  one  man  and  three  women  have  been  expelled  for 
non-attendance  on  the  Sabbath,  A  school  for  the  education  of  the  children 
of  the  converts  has  been  established  at  Kwan-k'au,  and  the  number  of  pupils 
is  at  present  twelve.  In  the  instruction  of  these  the  preachers  assist  the 
heathen  teacher,  who  has  been  hired ;  the  parents  contribute  a  poi-tion  of 
the  latter' s  salary. 

"  The  number  of  converts  at  all  the  country  stations  is  sixty-four.  Eleven 
adult  members  have  been  added  to  our  Churches  in  Amoy  since  the  7th  of 
January  last ;  but  duiing  the  same  time  five  have  been  removed  from  us  by 
death,  and  ten  have  been  excommunicated ;  so  at  Amoy  our  numbers  ai*e  263, 
making  at  present  a  total  of  327.'* 


HAl^KOW. 

Notices  of  native  Evangelists  employed  in  connection  with  this  Mission 
(continued  from  page  230). 

"  Hankow,  8th  January,  1866. 

"  In  this  letter,"  observes  Mr.  John,  "  I  wish  to  continue  my  notices  of  the 
native  assistants  employed  by  the  Society  in  and  around  Hankow.  I  have 
already  introduced  to  your  notice  SJien  Tsing  and  Lo  Siang-yung.  I  must 
now  try  and  make  you  acquainted  with  Yu  Ki-fang  and  Pan  Ting  Chang,  both 
excellent  and  valuable  men. 

"  YuKi-fang  is  employed  at  Hankow.  The  following  is  a  brief  account  of 
his  past  career,  which  he  has  just  handed  over  to  me.  It  contains  two  or 
three  facts  of  much  interest.  It  reads  thus :  *  My  name  is  Y'u  Ki-fang.  I  am 
a  native  of  the  district  of  Kwang-shan,  in  the  province  of  Kwang-si,  and  my 
age  is  fifty-eight,  having  been  born  in  the  year  a.d.  1808.'  (He  goes  on,  a  la 
Chinois,  to  give  the  month,  day,  and  hour  of  his  birth.)  *  When  fourteen  or 
fifteen  years  old,  I  got  to  be  fond  of  gambling,  and  my  conduct  became  very 
immoral.  Soon  after  this  my  father  gave  me  a  wife,  and  divided  the  inherit- 
ance between  my  brothers  and  myself.  My  wife  did  not  wish  to  have  female 
children,  and  vowed  that,  should  it  be  her  misfortune  to  have  one,  she  would 
not  allow  it  to  live.  Unfortunately,  our  first-bom  was  a  daughter,  and  the 
mother  insisted  upon  its  being  put  to  death  at  once.  I  remonstrated ;  but 
she,  pointing  out  the  difficulties  connected  with  the  bringing  up  of  a  daughter, 
and  the  uselessness  of  a  female  child,  threatened  to  put  an  end  to  herself  if  I 
should  prevent  the  death  of  the  child.  She  prevailed,  and,  within  two  hours 
of  its  birth,  the  child  was  smothered  by  holding  its  head  under  water.  My 
next  child  was  a  son ;  but  he  died  when  only  nine  years  of  age.  Three  or 
four  years  after  •  the  death  of  my  son,  my  wife  also  died.    From  my  fifteenth 


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year,  for  more  than  thirty  years,  my  life  was  exceedingly  bad,  and  my  wicked 
deeds  were  many.  I  fell  in  with  the  Tai-ping  rebels  twelve  times,  but  did  not 
lead  the  life  of  a  long-haired  rebel  for  a  day.  I  could  always  manage  to  get 
off  by  paying  a  small  sum  of  money.  About  four  years  ago  I  came  to  Hankow, 
and  heard  the  Gospel  for  the  first  time.  What  I  heard  made  me  feel  that  1 
was  altogether  sinful.  At  fii'st  I  only  heard  the  daily  preaching ;  but  La 
Siang-yung,  finding  that  I  believed,  exhorted  me  to  attend  the  Sunday  ser- 
vices. I  did  so,  and  in  due  time  was  admitted  into  Church  fellowship.  Since 
I  have  been  a  member  I  have  often  proved  myself  unworthy  of  the  love  and 
grace  of  my  Saviour.  Let  me  beg  the  pastor's  prayers  in  my  behalf.  Pray 
that  I  may  be  enabled,  whether  I  remain  here  or  return  to  my  native  province, 
to  hold  fast  the  doctiine  of  Christ  and  propagate  it  among  my  fellow-country- 
men.   Pray  for  the  salvation  of  my  soul.' 

"  Such  is  Tw  Ki-fang's  account  of  himself.  When  he  first  appeared  among 
us,  we  were  all  struck  with  the  earnestness  of  his  manner,  the  genuineness  of 
his  religious  convictions,  and  the  simplicity  of  his  faith.  A  Chinaman's 
faith  in  a  Chinaman  seems  to  be  weaker  than  that  of  a  foreigner  in  him.  They 
know  that  they  are  as  a  people  lying  and  untrustworthy,  and  consequently 
they  put  but  little  confidence  in  each  other.  None  of  the  Church  members, 
however,  seemed  to  have  the  slightest  doubt  respecting  Yii  Ki-fang.  On 
the  contrary,  all  expressed  entire  confidence  in  his  sincerity.  He  has  main- 
tained this  character  ever  since.  He  stands  higher  now  in  the  estimation  of 
the  Church  than  he  ever  did,  and  his  influence  over  the  Chui'ch  members  is- 
daily  increasing.  At  the  beginning  the  Gospel  seemed  to  take  hold  of  his 
very  soul,  and  he  appeared  to  yield  his  whole  being  to  its  blessed  sway. 
Having  a  little  money  of  his  own,  he  was  able  to  give  much  time  to  the  read- 
ing of  the  Bible  and  the  various  means  of  gi-ace  enjoyed  by  the  converts  here. 
Almost  every  day  was  Yii  to  be  seen  in  the  chapel,  listening  with  deep  and 
unfeigned  interest  to  the  glad  tidings  of  salvation.  Often  has  the  old  man's 
delighted  face  cheered  my  heai-t  and  strengthened  my  voice  when  attempting, 
apparently  in  vain,  to  convey  to  the  stolid,  earthly,  and  sensual  minds  of  my 
hearers  some  idea  of  the  tenderness,  spirituality,  and  beauty  of  our  divine 
religion.  Whilst  looking  at  my  unimpressionable  audience,  Satan  would  seem 
to  whisper  in  my  ears  that  my  work  was  in  vain,  and  that  I  was  attempting 
an  impossibility ;  but  no  sooner  would  my  eye  light  upon  Yii  than  another 
and  truer  voice  would  bid  me  gaze  and  believe  that  the  Gospel  is  now, 
and  in  China,  what  it  was  in  ^apostolic  days — *  the  power  of  God  unto  salva- 
tion.' 

"  Yii  did  not  merely  receive  passively  the  trath ;  the  Gospel  in  him  became 
at  once  an  energizing  power,  manifesting  itself  in  deeds  of  love  and  piety.  He 
strove  to  bring  men  under  the  influence  of  the  truth ;  and  he  himself  v/as  often 
seen  speaking  to  men  of  his  Saviour,  and  entreating  them  to  flee  to  Him 
from  the  wrath  to  come.  His  small  income,  too,  he  fairly  shared  with  the 
needy. 

"  The  other  converts  have  been  in  the  habit  of  regarding  Yii  as  a  perfect  man, 
and  they  sometimes  tell  him  how  well  pleased  they  are  with  him.  He,  how- 
ever, never  fails  to  repudiate  all  such  claims,  and  to  tell  them  that  they  do  not 
know  him  as  well  as  he  knows  himself,  and  that,  if  they  did,  they  would  not  think 


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SO  much  of  Ms  goodness.  When,  some  time  ago,  Shen  Ts-sing,  my  piTncipal 
assistant,  expressed  his  satisfaction  with  him,  Yii  stopped  him,  and  requested 
permission  to  relate  the  history  of  his  past  life.  '  No  one  in  Hankow  knows 
it  but  myself,'  said  he ;  '  and  when  you  hear  it,  you  will  not  need  be  told  that 
I  am  not  naturally  the  good  man  you  suppose  me  to  be.'  Among  the  many 
wicked  deeds  of  his  life  he  mentioned  that  of  infanticide,  alluded  to  in  his 
letter. 

"  This  crime  of  infanticide  is  fearfully  common  in  China,  and  is  looked  upon 
with  the  greatest  indifference  by  the  people  at  large.  Though  illegal,  it  is 
quite  customai-y,  and  the  authorities  hardly  ever  inquii*e  into  the  matta*  or 
pay  the  slightest  attention  to  it  when  cases  are  brought  before  their  notice. 
I  have  never  witnessed  a  case  of  infanticide ;  but  I  am  surrounded  by  trust- 
worthy natives  fi'om  several  provinces,  and  they  bear  a  decided  testimony  to 
the  fact  that  no  vice  is  more  common  among  the  poor  (and  they  are  numerous 
enough  in  China)  than  the  smothering  of  female  children,  and  that  there  is 
no  crime  more  venial  in  the  sight  of  the  nation  as  a  nation.  A  native  of  this 
province  tells  me  that  in  his  village  seven  new-born  infants  were  smothered 
in  one  family,  and  jthat  nothing  was  thought  of  it.  A  native  of  Nanking 
tells  me  that  his  very  next-door  neighbour  despatched  three,  and  that  it  was 
his  brother  who  saved  the  fourth  daughter.  Female  children  are  generally 
the  victims  of  this  unnatural  and  monstrous  crime,  and  the  binding  of  the 
feet  has  a  great  deal  to  do  with  its  prevalency.  Whilst  the  son  is  regarded 
as  a  perpetual  member  of  the  family,  the  daughter  is  looked  upon  as  the 
property  of  the  family  of  her  futui*e  husband,  and  simply  a  sojourner  under 
the  parental  roof ;  and,  being  almost  useless  on  account  of  her  little  feet, 
which  the  perverted  taste  of  her  country  demands,  she  is  regai'ded  as  a 
woiiihless  and  expensive  intruder.  I  am  told  that  in  the  provinces  of  Canton, 
Kwangsi,  Tiin-nan,  Kwei-chow,  and  Hu-nan,  where  the  large  foot  is  more  in 
vogue  and,  consequently,  the  women  more  useful  members  of  the  family, 
infanticide  is  far  less  common. 

But  I  must  return  to  Yu.  He  says  that,  though  he  knew  that  to  kill  the 
child  was  not  a  proper  thing  to  do,  yet  he  had  never  felt  it  to  be  a  sin,  either 
against  God  or  man,  till  he  became  acquainted  with  the  truth  as  it  is  taught 
in  God's  Word.  In  fact,  he  thought  at  the  time  that  there  was  more  virtue 
than  vice  in  the  deed,  and  that  his  wife  was  right  in  the  circumstances.  But 
since  his  conversion  he  has  been  brought  to  look  on  the  offence  in  a  very 
different  light;  and  now  he  sees  that  he  has  perpetrated  one  of  the  most 
heinous  crimes. 

"  You  will  observe  that  in  his  case,  as  well  as  in  each  of  the  othei'S,  that 
conviction  of  sin  is  spoken  of  as  following  the  hearing  of  the  truth.  One  of 
the  most  difficult  things  is  to  get  a  Chinaman  to  feel  that  he  is  a  sinner  in 
the  proper  acceptation  of  the  term.  Of  sin,  as  sin,  he  seems  to  know  nothing. 
It  is  the  Holy  Spii-it  alone  that  can  convince  the  world  of  sin. 

"About  six  months  ago  one  of  my  native  assistants  had  to  leave  for 
Shanghai,  family  matters  demanding  his  presence  there.  Yii  seemed  to  be 
the  man  to  take  his  place.  At  first  the  old  man  positively  refused  to  receive 
any  remuneration  for  his  time  and  labours.  Knowing,  however,  that  a  small 
sum  to  supplement  his  little  income  would  be  serviceable  to  him,  I  have 


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insisted  on  his  accepting  ten  or  twelve  shillings  per  month.  A  large  portion 
of  this  he  consecrates  to  the  cause  in  various  ways ;  the  other  portion  I  have 
to  pay  him  in  clothing  (which  he  greatly  needed),  because,  if  paid  ia  cash,  he 
would  have  given  it  all  away  to  the  poor  and  needy. 

"I  might  give  you  some  interesting  specimens  of  his  earnestness  and 
devotedness,  but  have  not  the  time  just  now,  and  this  notice  is  already  long 
enough.  He  spends  his  whole  time  in  the  chapel,  and  is  ever  speaking  to 
men  about  their  highest  and  eternal  interests.  He  preaches  very  little  else 
than  Christ.  Christ's  birth,  teachings,  sufferings,  mii-acles,  death,  &c.,  &c., 
are  his  themes,  on  which  he  delights  to  dwell  eveiy  day.  In  abstract  specu- 
lations on  the  being  and  attributes  of  God,  he  seldom  indulges.  It  is  the  God 
incarnate — God  as  He  appears  in  the  face  of  Chi'ist — it  is  this  God  that  has 
won  his  heart,  and  whom  he  deKghts  to  make  known.  In  this  respect  the 
influence  of  his  preaching  on  his  feUow-labourers  is  very  salutary.  Should 
we,  in  any  of  our  discoui-ses,  forget  to  make  Jesus  prominent,  Yu  will  never 
fail  to  remind  us  of  oui*  derelictions  of  duty  by  getting  up  and  delivering  a 
discourse  full  of  Christ.  I  love  this  venerable  old  man,  and  hope  to  spend 
a  happy  eternity  with  him  when  oui*  labours  are  ended. 

"  JPan  Ting  Chang  is  our  agent  at  Wu  Chang,  and  I  have  a  gi-eat  deal  of 
what  is  good  and  interesting  to  tell  you  about  him  and  his  work,  but  must 
defer  doing  so  to  another  opportunity.  Hu  Teh-meu,  our  agent  at  Kin-Jcow, 
must  also  be  left  to  a  future  occasion.  *  Kin-kow  is  a  market  town  of  some 
importance  on  the  Yang-isi,  and  about  twenty  miles  above  Hanhow.  The 
work  there  was  commenced  only  three  or  four  months  ago.  So  far  everything 
has  been  going  on  well  at  this  new  station.  The  teacher  has  been  received 
kindly  by  the  people.  At  the  tea  shops  and  other  places  of  public  resort,  he 
is  respectfully  listened  io,  and  our  sheet  tracts  are  posted  up  on  the  walls  in 
every  part  of  the  town.  This  station  and  Tmi-iieu  are  both  important  in 
reference  to  the  regions  beyond.  We  have  now  taken  possession  of  both 
streams,  and  it  is  our  duty  never  to  rest  tiU  we  have  reached  their  sources. 
I  trust  that  the  day  is  not  very  far  distant  when  the  banks  of  the  Yang-tsi 
and  the  Han  shall  be  lined  with  temples  reared  to  the  Lord  of  Hosts.  The 
difficulties  are  many  and  formidable.  I  see  them  and  feel  them.  They  some- 
times rise  up  before  me  like  huge  mountains,  whose  summits  are  lost  in  im- 
penetrable clouds :  they  seem  to  defy  our  puny  efforts  to  remove  them  or  even 
to  scale  them.  Still  I  believe  that  these  obstacles  shall  be  removed,  and  that 
righteousness  and  peace  shall  flow  through  these  regions  like  a  river  some 
day. 

"  During  the  past  year  eleven  have  been  admitted  into  Church  fellowship. 
In  addition  to  these,  there  are  several  who  have  been  candidates  for  baptism 
for  some  time,  among  whom  there  are  a  few  that  wiU  soon  be  enrolled  among 
our  number.  There  have  been  baptized  in  all,  in  connection  with  oui-  Mission, 
forty-six.  Of  these,  two  have  been  excommunicated,  and  two  are  deceased ; 
so  that  our  present  number  is  forty-two.  Many  of  the  members  do  not 
reside  at  Hankow,  and  a  few  have  left  for  distant  pai-ts  of  the  country.  From 
my  notices  of  Lo  Siang-yung  and  Yu  Ki-fang,  you  will  be  able  to  fonn  some 
idea  of  the  moral  and  spiritual  status  of  this  infant  Church.  All  the  converts 
are  not  equal  to  these  two  excellent  men;  but  there  are  some  who  would 


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compare  well  with  them,  and  there  are  not  a  few  who  are  trying  to  imitate 
their  good  example.  The  chai-acter  of  the  Chm-ch  is,  on  the  whole,  very 
satisfactory. 

(Signed)  "Griffith  John." 


SOUTH  SEAS. 

AEEIYAL  OE  THE     JOKE  WILLIAMS"  AT  MELBOUENE  AND 

GEELOXG. 

In  our  I^umber  for  August  we  published  letters  from  Capt.  "Williaims  and 
the  Rev.  J.  P.  Sundeelai^d,  announcing  the  safe  arrival  of  the  new  Mission- 
ary Ship  in  Australia,  and  detailing  the  incidents  that  took  place  on  the 
occasion  of  her  visit  to  Adelaide. 

We  have  now  the  pleasure  of  giving  insertion  to  a  second  letter  from 
Mr.  Sunderland,  in  which  he  resumes  the  thread  of  his  narrative  by  recording 
the  proceedings  which  occurred  when  the  ship,  in  the  further  prosecution  of 
the  objects  of  her  voyage,  touched  successively  at  two  others  of  the  Australian 
colonies — Melbourne  and  Geelong. 

"  Hobart  Town,  June  25,  1866. 
^*To  THE  Juvenile  Friends  op  the  Missionary  Society. 
"  Dear  Young  Friends, — The  new  missionary  ship  is  the  object  of 
talk  and  interest  to  thousands  in  Australia,  as  well  as  to  tens  of  thousands 
in  England.  She  has  proved  herself  to  be  a  good  storm-bii-d ;  for,  after  we  left 
Adelaide,  with  a  fine  fail'  wind,  and  carried  it  with  us  for  a  day  or  two,  then  the 
winds  began  to  blow,  and  all  on  boai'd  were  very  much  discomfited  by  the 
heavy  gale  which  we  encountered  between  Adelaide  and  Melbourne.  The 
*  Messenger  of  Peace '  was  tossed  about  by  fierce  winds,  but  she  struggled  on 
her  way ;  and  when  the  winds  moderated,  with  all  sail  set,  we  soon  came  in 
sight  of  the  welcome  light  at  Cape  Otway.  When  we  saw  that  light  on 
Satm'day  morning,  we  knew  we  should  soon  get  to  Melbourne  Heads.  The 
missionaries  were  all  delighted  when  there  was  a  prospect  of  reaching 
Melboiu-ne  on  Saturday  afternoon.  May  19,  1866.  The  pilot  dii-ected  our 
vessel,  and  with  a  fair  ^vind  and  all  sail  set,  we  drove  swiftly  up  Hobson's  Bay. 
A  good  minister,  the  Rev.  J.  C.  M'Michael,  was  waiting  to  give  us  welcome. 
The  electric  telegi-aph  had  made  known  our  coming,  and  friends  were  pre- 
pared to  receive  us.  Many  eyes  were  dii'ected  to  our  ship,  and  the  captain  and 
sailors  said,  'What  a  beautifid  barque  !'  We  had  om*  work  marked  out,  and  on 
Sunday  the  missionaries  preached  in  the  various  churches  in  Melbourne  and 
its  suburbs.  On  Tuesday  there  was  a  large  public  meeting  in  Melbom-ne. 
The  Christian  friends  in  Yictoria  feel  a  great  interest  in  the  South  Sea 
Missions,  and  they  were  delighted  to  see  so  many  young  sei'vants  of  Christ 
going  as  Christ's  messengers  to  the  help  of  God's  servants  in  the  Mission  field. 
The  ship  had  to  anchor  at  Sandridge,  about  thi'ee  miles  fi'om  Melbourne ;  so 
that  we  had  to  ask  the  railway  managers  if  they  would  take  down  the  Sunday 


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scholars  to  see  tlie  sliip  for  a  small  sum.  They  consented,  and  the  children 
were  delighted  with  the  prospect  of  a  railway  ti-ip  and  a  visit  to  the  ship, 
towards  whose  outfit  many  of  them  had  subscribed. 

"The  Queen's  Birthday,  May  24,  was  fijsed  upon  for  visiting  the  'John 
Williams.'  Many  young  hearts  beat  high  with  expectation,  and  eaiiy  in  the 
morning  many  were  preparing  for  the  train.  From  ten  o'clock  in  the  morning 
until  five  in  the  afternoon,  the  decks  of  the  vessel  were  crowded.  Upwards  of 
5000  persons  visited  the  ship,  and  the  great  proportion  was  from  the  Sunday 
Schools.  The  children  behaved  very  well;  they  looked  so  happy.  They 
examined  everything  of  interest  in  the  ship  and  about  her.  They  thronged 
the  saloon  from  morn  to  night;  they  cheerfully  put  their  money  into  the 
Mission  boxes  on  the  table,  and  more  than  ten  pounds  were  collected.  Many 
friends  of  the  Mission  visited  the  ship  on  the  days  she  was  open  for  inspec- 
tion ;  and  there  was  only  one  opinion,  '  Well,  the  "  John  Williams  "  is  a  good 
vessel.' 

**  We  are  glad  we  have  so  nice  a  ship,  and  we  hope  the  children  will  feel  a 
deep  interest  in  all  her  movements.  She  is  devoted  to  a  great  work,  and  we 
hope  the  children  of  England  and  Australia  will  pray  that  she  may  be  kept 
from  all  dangers  by  the  way. 

"  After  the  Melbourne  people  had  seen  the  ship,  she  sailed  for  Geelong  on 
Wednesday,  May  30th.  Geelong  is  about  forty  miles  from  Melbourne.  We 
expected  to  reach  that  place  in  a  few  houi-s ;  but  strong  winds  began  to  blow 
and  rain  to  fall,  and  we  let  go  our  anchor  in  Hobson's  Bay.  The  children  of 
the  Sunday  Schools  at  Geelong  were  to  visit  the  ship  the  next  day,  but  they 
were  all  disajDpointed ;  the  bad  weather  prevented  us  reaching  Geelong 
until  Friday  morning.  Some  little  boys  were  so  anxious  that  the  ship  should 
come  in  on  Thursday,  they  were  seen  on  the  Geelong  wharf  looking  for  the 
vessel.  The  pilot  said' to  them,  'What  are  you  looking  for?'  They  replied, 
'  Oh,  sir,  we  are  so  anxious  to  see  the  new  missionary  ship,  that  we  have  come 
to  see  where  she  is,  that  we  may  go  on  board  in  the  morning.'  The  pilot  said, 
'  She  is  not  in  ;  the  wind  is  against  her.'  But  the  little  boys  said,  '  Oh,  but  she 
must  be  in  to-moiTow,  for  we  ai-e  all  going  on  board.'  The  ship  did  get  in, 
but  not  on  Thursday ;  so  it  was  arranged  that  on  the  following  "Sunday  we 
should  have  a  gathering  of  childi'en,  and  on  Monday  they  should  see  the 
ship. 

"  It  was  a  delightful  sight  to  see  the  bands  of  Sunday  scholars  walking  to 
the  Mechanics'  Hall,  a  large  room  that  would  hold  1800  children.  The  hall  was 
filled,  and  about  500  more  childi'en  outside.  They  were  asked  to  assemble  in 
an  adjoining  church.  The  missionaiies  had  to  speak  at  both  these  places,  and 
the  way  it  was  done  was  this.  Mi*.  Saville  and  Mr.  Davies  spoke  at  one  place, 
whilst  Mr.  Simderland  and  Mr.  Chalmers  spoke  in  the  other.  Then  they 
changed  places.    The  day  will  be  long  remembered. 

"  On  Monday  the  ship  was  thrown  open,  and  all  day  long  the  decks  of  the 
'John  Williams'  were  crowded,  as  at  Melbom*ne.  On  June  5th  sail  was 
made ;  we  had  a  fair  wind  and  we  directed  our  course  to  Hobart  Town.  I  will 
speak  of  this  in  my  next. 

"  Your  fi-iend, 

"J.  P.  Sunderland." 


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MEMOIR  OF  THE  EEV.  JOHN  McLEOD. 

Some  few  particulars  of  the  last  illness  and  death  of  this  gifted  and  promising 
young  missionary  were  published  in  our  !N^umber  for  July.  Erom  a  natui'al 
desire  that  Mr.  McLeod's  high  Christian  character  and  singular  zeal  and 
dcTotedness  to  the  cause  of  the  Saviour  should  become  known  and  appreciated 
beyond  the  circle  of  his  immediate  family  and  friends,  his  bereaved  widow 
has  favoured  us  with  a  narrative  of  her  excellent  husband's  brief  missionaiy 
career,  to  which  we  feel  much  pleasure  in  giving  insertion : — 

Mr.  McLeod's  health  broke  down  about  a  month  before  his  ordination,  and 
after  medical  examination  he  was  pronounced  to  be  in  a  very  delicate  state  of 
health,  and  physically  quite  unfit  for  Mission  work  in  India.  His  hopes  had 
centred  upon  India,  his  earnest  spirit  longed  with  the  greatest  intensity  to  go 
to  Benai'es  and  preach  Christ  to  those  multitudes  who  serve  gods  of  theii'  own 
handmaking,  who  fall  down  and  worship  gods  having  eyes,  but  seeing  not, 
having  ears,  but  hearing  not;  but  God  had  ordered  it  otherwise.  Mr.  McLeod's 
short  missionary  life  was  to  be  spent  in  Africa ;  and  when  told  by  the  physi- 
cians that  his  lungs  were  very  much  diseased,  and  that  his  only  chance  of 
recovery  was  in  going  to  the  more  salubrious  climate  of  South  Afiica,  it  cost 
him  one  half  home's  hard  struggle.  For  about  a  year  he  had  studied 
incessantly  to  gain  some  knowledge  of  the  Hindustani  language,  and  of  the 
customs  and  philosophy  of  India.  This  hard  study  had  cost  him  his  health, 
perhaps  his  life ;  and  now  it  is  all  useless  :  he  has  another  language  to  learn, 
another  life  to  live.  The  half-hour's  stmggle  past,  some  bitter  tears  of  disap- 
pointment shed,  and  then  he  said,  with  fii-mness  and  cheerfulness, "  I  delight  to  do 
Thy  will,  O  God."  It  never  cost  him  another  sigh  or  regret,  except  once.  About 
a  year  afterwards  he  forthwith  set  about  making  preparations  for  the  voyage. 
We  embarked  for  South  Afi'ica,  October  11,  1864.  The  voyage  was  long,  and 
of  necessity  wearisome ;  being  a  small  sailing  vessel,  we  were  eleven  weeks 
ere  we  reached  the  Cape ;  the  winds,  I  believe,  unusually  foul,  causing  the 
motion  of  the  vessel  to  be  exceedingly  unpleasant.  Mr.  McLeod's  health 
improved  a  little  the  fii-st  six  weeks  of  the  voyage,  then  he  grew  weaker ;  the 
cough  increased,  occasionally  he  expectorated  blood.  All  this  was  very 
painful  and  trying  to  himself  and  wife,  but  he  never  complained  ,•  his  spirit 
was  naturally  gentle  and  trasting.  He  knew  he  was  in  the  hands  of  a  loving 
Almighty  Father,  and  that  the  winds  and  waves  were  at  His  command.  The 
vessel  remained  at  anchorage  two  weeks  at  Simon's  Bay,  near  Cape  Town : 
then  we  went  on  board  again.  At  last  a  fail-  wind  came,  and  in  thi-ee  days  we 
were  so  near  to  Algoa  Bay  that,  had  the  wind  continued  fail-,  a  few  houi's  would 
have  finished  the  monotony  of  our  long  voyage ;  but  a  foul  wind  sprung  up,  we 
were  driven  far  to  the  south,  and  for  about  eighteen  days  we  beat  about  trying 
to  get  into  harbour,  which  we  did,  after  having  had  five  weeks  of  board-ship 
life  fi'om  Simon's  Bay  to  Algoa  Bay,  making  our  passage  in  all  sixteen 
weeks. 

With  gi'ateful  hearts  we  awoke  the  next  day,  being  the  Sabbath,  in  the 
land  of  om'  adoption ;  we  were  awakened  by  singing ;  it  was  Mi\  Hobson's 


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coloured  congregation  holding  tlieir  early  morning  prayer  meeting.  At  nine 
o'clock  we  went  to  Mr.  Robson's  cliapel ;  it  was  the  fii'st  coloured  congi*egation 
we  had  ever  seen ;  the  sei-vice  was  conducted  in  the  Dutch  language.  The 
interest  a  missionaiy  feels  at  the  fii'st  native  service  he  attends  in  a  foreign 
land  I  believe  is  ever  aftei'wards  fi-esh  in  his  memory.  He  contrasts  it  with 
the  ever  sacred,  but  now  more  sacred  and  precious  spot  at  home,  where  he  was 
wont  to  worship  God  surrounded  by  white  faces,  nearly  all  known  to  him,  and 
some  very  dear  to  his  heai-t.  In  Poi-t  EHzabeth  we  were  the  guests  of  the 
Rev.  G.  Rency,  the  minister  of  the  Presbyterian  denomination  in  Port 
EHzabeth,  who,  together  with  the  missionaiies,  Messrs.  Robson  and  Edwai'ds, 
showed  us  great  kindness. 

Mr.  McLeod  proceeded,  after  a  few  days,  to  Hankey.  "Whilst  there  he 
acquired  (through  the  Rev.  T.  D.  Philip)  some  knowledge  of  the  Dutch  lan- 
guage ;  but,  being  very  anxious  to  commence  his  labom*s  among  his  own 
people,  he  left  Hankey  for  Kruis-Fontein,  after  being  at  the  former  place 
about  three  months.  His  fi-iends  feai-ed  he  was  too  weak  to  begin  his 
labours  ;  but  he  was  not  to  be  hindered.  In  about  three  weeks  after  reaching 
Kimis-Fontein  he  preached  his  fii'st  sermon  in  the  Dutch  language.  The 
people  were  deHghted,  Mi-.  McLeod  much  more  so ;  his  soul  was  filled  with 
adoration  and  gi-atitude  to  God  for  biinging  him  thus  far ;  and  from  that  time 
he  continued  to  preach  once  on  the  Sabbath,  besides  administering  monthly 
the  ordinance  of  the  Lord's  Supper;  he  also  held  a  Bible-class  every 
Sabbath  evening. 

There  were  some  fifteen  inquirers  when  he  commenced  his  laboui's ;  these 
had  increased  to  seventy  when  his  laboui's  closed,  besides  some  whom  he  had 
admitted  into  the  church.  These  inquu-ers  he  saw  twice  a-week,  devoting 
two  evenings  every  week  to  that  pui-pose.  When  the  mornings  were  cool,  he 
would  ride  round  on  horseback  to  see  his  people  in  theii'  own  huts  and  cabins, 
asking  them  about  the  welfare  of  themselves  and  families,  wishing  all  the 
members  of  the  family  to  come  out  to  him  that  he  might  see  them  all,  as  he 
was  too  weak  to  alight  from  and  remount  his  horse.  He  would  inquire  about 
the  prosperity  and  management  of  their  lands ;  then,  before  leaving,  would 
ask,  with  an  earnestness  never  to  be  forgotten,  "  Well,  now,  my  friend,  it  is 
well  with  you  in  temporal  things,  how  is  it  with  you  in  spiritual  things  ?  " 
Pointing  to  the  lands,  he  would  add,  "  These  will  all  perish,  your  houses  wiU 
perish,  yea,  youi*  bodies  will  peiish,  but  your  soul  will  live  for  ever."  Before 
Mr.  McLeod  died,  he  said  to  his  wife,  "  I  have  warned  eveiy  man  on  the 
station."  He  took  only  two  itinerating  tours;  one  a  short  jom-ney  to  the 
F  ugees,  where  no  white  man  had  ever  preached  Christ  before ;  the  other 
o  ccupied  about  seven  days,  travelling  and  sleeping  in  an  ox-waggon.  These 
labours  were  pei-fonned  under  the  gi'eatest  possible  bodily  weakness.  In  the 
long  itinerating  tour,  on  the  Sabbath,  when  opening  the  ser\ice  with  prayer, 
h  e  nearly  fainted  when  he  had  got  half  through  the  prayer,  fi'om  weakness  and 
pain ;  but  his  perfect  knowledge  that  it  was  the  fii'st  and  last  time  he  should 
visit  this  portion  of  his  flock  away  on  the  distant  mountains,  that  months 
had  passed  since  they  had  heai-d  of  Jesus,  and  that  many  more  would  pass 
before  they  could  heai*  that  precious  name  again,  so  affected  him  that  he 
preached  long  and  eai-nestly.  Many  were  the  tears  shed  by  minister  and  people 


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on  that  day,  and  many  were  tlie  earnest  prayers  offered  for  Mi'.  McLeod's 
restoration  to  liealth.  We  left  the  following  day ;  the  people  crowded  round 
ns,  men  and  women  weeping  aloud  and  saying,  "When  shall  we  hear  a 
shepherd's  voice  again?  We  live  here  in  the  mountains;  no  man  careth  for 
our  souls.  So  come  again  soon ;  we  will  get  so  hungry  and  thii'sty  for  the 
bread  and  water  of  eternal  life." 

For  a  long  time  Mr.  McLeod  had  entertained  hopes  that  his  life  would  be 
spared,  at  least  for  some  years ;  he  did  not  believe  himself  to  be  as  ill  as 
others  thought  him  to  be;  he  would  often  say  :  "I  do  not  think  my  life  will 
be  a  long  one,  and  I  am  almost  certain  I  shall  never  be  a  strong  man  again  ; 
but  I  think  God  will  spare  my  life  for  a  few  years,  and  His  strength  will  be 
perfected  in  my  weakness."  He  would  add,  "  I  have  one  great  ambition  and 
desire ;  it  is  to  obtain  money  to  build  a  new  church,  to  live  to  see  it  built, 
and  to' preach  in  it  once ;  but,  nevertheless,  not  my  will,  but  Thy  will  be  done." 
Fro  m  the  commencement  of  his  illness  to  his  death,  all  who  knew  him  were 
gi'eatly  astonished  and  benefited  by  witnessing  his  entii-e  submission  to  God's 
will,  and  his  cheerful,  almost  triumphant  acquiescence  in  all  God's  dealings 
with  him.  His  active  labours  continued  till  within  about  thi-ee  months  of 
his  death,  though  in  great  weakness,  often  leaving  his  bed  for  the  pulpit,  and 
returning  to  it  immediately  after  the  service  was  ended,  so  exhausted  that 
he  was  not  able  to  speak  or  to  see  any  one  during  the  remainder  of  the  day. 
When  his  wife  would  urge  him  to  give  up  the  pulpit  services,  saying  to 
him,  "  God  does  not  requii-e  it  of  you  in  your  present  weak  state  of  health, 
and  the  people  cannot  expect  you  to  preach,"  he  would  turn  and  say, 
"  My  dear,  let  me  alone  in  this  matter :  the  night  is  nigh,  my  little  day 
is  nearly  ended,  'tis  evening  time  with  me  now,  and  my  preaching  does  not 
hasten  on  the  night."  On  another  occasion  he  said  to  his  wife,  "  Were  it 
God's  will,  I  would  so  much  like  to  die  in  harness,  to  leave  the  work  for  the 
reward."  "  I  shall  soon  be  with  the  disciple  John,  leaning  this  weary  aching 
head  on  the  loving  Saviour's  bosom;"  then,  looking  down  with  much  affection 
into  the  peering  eyes  of  that  wondeiing  coloui-ed  assembly,  he  would  say  to 
them,  Some  of  you  perhaps  have  a  long  piece  of  the  pilgrimage  yet  to  tread 
through,  trial  and  suffering,  but  be  thou  faithful  until  death,  and  God  will 
give  thee  a  Crown  of  Glory." 

tz.  For  a  month  before  his  death  he  was  perfectly  helpless,  the  throat  and 
mouth  so  ulcerated  that  he  could  scarcely  swallow,  yet  never  complaining, 
never  weary,  yet  never  getting  any  rest.  Once,  when  his  face  was  distorted 
with  pain,  his  wife  said,  "  You  are  suffeiing  a  great  deal  of  pain,  dear;"  he 
said,  "Ko,  not  so  much;  God  makes  all  my  bed  in  my  sickness.  He  giveth  His 
beloved  sleep."  His  nights  were  very  bad,  yet  in  the  morning  he  would  say  to 
his  wife,  "  Tou  must  praise  God  for  His  goodness  to  me  through  another 
night."  His  faith  and  confidence  was  always  strong  and  simple;  it  never 
failed  him;  he  had  had  great  disappointments  and  sufferings.  No  young  man 
ever  rejoiced  more  in  his  youth  and  strength  than  Mr.  McLeod  ;  almost,  as 
it  were,  in  a  day  he  was  robbed  of  it,  and  for  nearly  two  years  cai-ried  about 
a  body  so  weakened  by  disease  that  to  walk  even  a  very  short  distance 
wearied  him  beyond  measure ;  his  voice  quite  failed  him  from  the  time  he 
reached  Africa,  yet  he  never  repined,  and  never  would  allow  that  God  dealt 


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hardly  with  him.  Once,  when  asked  if  he  did  not  feel  it  hard,  having  just 
obtained  that  for  which  he  had  studied  so  hard  and  given  so  much  time,  to 
be  called  just  as  that  work  had  commenced,  to  leave  it  and  die.  "  No,"  he 
said ;  "  God's  will  is  my  will :  He  knoweth  how  dear  the  Mission  work  is  to  my 
heart,  and  has  always  been  ;  but  if  He  calls  me  to  leave  it,  for  me  to  die  is  gain ; 
and,  since  the  Master  is  satisfied,  there  is  no  reason  why  the  servant  should 
not  be.  God  can  be  glorified  in  my  death  as  much  as  in  my  life."  And  those 
who  were  privileged  to  witness  that  long  triumphant  death-bed  can  testify 
that  God  was  glorified  by  his  continued  cheerful  resignation,  his  loving  and 
unshaken  confidence  in  a  Saviour's  love,  his  earnest  entreaties  to  Christians 
to  live  up  to  their  privileges,  and  his  solemn  waiTiings  to  those  who  rejects 
Christ.  The  last  hours  of  his  Hfe  were  hours  of  excruciating  pain ;  the 
disease  was  so  much  in  the  throat  that  breathing  was  very  difficult;  for 
nearly  twelve  hours  he  endured  the  agonies  of  suffocation,  but  he  gave  no 
sign  of  impatience,  no  word  of  repining.  A  lady  friend  who  was  there,  said 
to  him,  "These  pains  will  soon  be  for  ever  ended:  you  will  soon  be  in  the 
bosom  of  your  Lord."  He  said,  "  Yes,  yes,"  clasped  her  hands,  and  looked  up 
with  a  sweet  trusting  smile. 

About  ten  minutes  before  he  died  the  pain  ceased,  and  he  breathed  easily ; 
we  thought  he  had  gone  to  sleep.  When  he  opened  his  eyes,  he  looked  up 
with  a  bright  smile,  shut  his  eyes,  and  was  not,  for  he  had  risen  to  dwell  for 
ever  with  Jesus.  No  sigh,  no  struggle,  no  movement  whatever  took  place  to 
tell  the  moment  of  his  translation.  He  entered  into  his  rest  on  a  Thursday 
morning,  April  26th,  1866,  aged  twenty-seven.  Before  his  death  he  expressed 
a  wish  to  be  buried  at  Kruis-Fontein,  to  be  borne  to  his  grave  by  his  coloured 
deacons,  and  to  be  bui-ied  with  the  natives,  where  no  white  man  had  ever 
yet  been  laid;  so  there  they  buried  him  the  day  after  his  death  (in  hot  climates 
it  is  impossible  to  keep  th'e  body  longer).  The  natives  bury  their  dead  in  some 
waste  piece  of  ground  that  is  unfit  for  cultivation ;  they  do  not  plant  trees  or 
inclose  the  piece  of  ground,  but,  I  believe,  distinguish  their  own  dead  by 
stones  laid  in  some  particular  direction  near  or  on  the  grave ;  but  they  pro- 
mised to  inclose  Mr.  McLeod's  gi-ave  'with  a  stone  wall,  and  to  plant  roses. 
On  either  side  of  the  waU  we  planted  trees ;  and  we  hope  that  it  will  lead  the 
people  to  have  more  respect  to  the  burial  of  their  dead. 

The  last  Sabbath  Mr.  McLeod  spent  on  earth  the  people  were  singing,  and 
a  friend  asked  him  if  he  liked  to  hear  their  singing  (the  chapel  was  close  to 
our  house).  "Yes,"  he  said;  "but  I  shall  now  soon  hear  the  song  of  Moses 
and  the  Lamb."  I  should  have  mentioned  above  that  his  gi'eat  desire  to  be 
buried  with  the  natives  was  because  he  said  he  believed  God  had  given  him 
some  souls  for  his  hii-e,  and  at  the  resuiTection  day  he  would  like  to  arise  with 
the  children  God  had  given  him. 


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DEPARTURE  OP  MISSIONARIES. 

Rev:  W.  J.  Wilkins  and  Mrs.  W.,  and  Rev.  T.  E.  Slater  and  Mrs.  S.,  ap- 
pointed to  Calcutta,  East  Indies,  embarked,  per  "  Clarence,"  August  27th. 

Rev.  James  Smith  and  Mrs.  S.,  appointed  to  Belgaum,  East  Indies,  em- 
barked, per  "  Dilharree,"  September  6th. 

Rev.  Charles  Williams  and  Mrs.  W.,  appointed  to  Kruis-Fontein,  and  Rev. 
Heniy  Kayser,  appointed,  pro  tern.,  to  Hankey,  South  Africa,  embarked,  per 
"  Norseman,"  September  8th. 

Eev.  Henry  de  Yere  Gookey  and  Mrs.  G.,  appointed  to  Yizagapatam,  and 
Rev.  Stephen  Organ  and  Mrs.  O.,  appointed  to  Trevandrum,  East  Indies,  ac- 
companied by  Miss  Dawson,  embarked,  per  "  Lord  Warden,"  September  19th. 

Rev.  John  Naylor,  B.A.,  appointed  to  Calcutta,  embarked,  per  French 
Packet,  September  19th. 

♦ 

ACKNOWIiEDGMENTS. 


The  thanks  of  the  Du*ectors  are  respectfully  pre- 
sented to  the  following ;  viz  : — 
For  Rev.  J.  H.  Budden,  Almorah  : — To  Ladies 
at  Kensington,  per  ^trs.  Holborn,  for  a  case 
of  Clothing  and  Needlework,  value  £80. 
For  Rev.  J.  Kennedy,  Benares :— To  Friends  at 
Paddington  Chapel,  per  IMiss  Wilcox,  for  a 
case  of  Clothing  and  useful  articles,  value 
£16, 

For  Mrs.  Bradbury,  Berhampore  : — To  Miss 
Lings,  Ventnor,  for  a  parcel  of  Embroidery. 

For  Mrs.  Corbold,  Madras  : — To  the  Missionary 
Working  Party,  Pai'k  Chapel,  Camden 
Town,  for  a  case  of  Clothing  and  Needlework, 
value  £53 :  To  the  Ladies'  ilissionarj'  Working 
Society,  North  Street  Chapel,  Brighton,  for 
a  case  of  useful  articles,  value  £29  ;  To  the 
Clapham Ladies'  ^Missionary  Working  Society, 
for  a  case  of  Clothing  and  useful  articles ;  To 
iliss  Hill,  Cottingham,  for  a  parcel  of  useful 
articles ;  To  Ladies  of  Do%vning  Street  Chapel, 
Cambridge,  for  a  box  of  useful  articles. 

For  Rev.  W.  G.  Mawbey,  Cuddapah :— To  Friends 
at  Commercial  Street  Chapel,  Northampton, 
for  a  case  of  useful  and  fancy  articles,  value 
£22 ;  To  the  Juvenile  Missionary  Working 
Society,  Sandwich,  for  a  parcel  of  Jackets. 

For  Rev.  W.  E.  Morris,  Salem :— To  the  Juve- 
nile Missionary  Working  Class,  Brunswick 
Chapel,  Bristol,  for  a  case  of  useful  and 
ornamental  articles. 

For  Mrs.  Haslam,  PuUachy :— To  the  Ladies' 
Working  Society,  Hare  Court  Chapel,  Canon- 
bury,  for  a  case  of  Clothing  and  useful 
articles,  value  £40. 

For  Rev.  E.  Lewis,  Bellary :— To  the  Rev.  F. 
Beckley  and  Friends,  Sherborne,  for  a  case 
of  Clothing  and  useful  articles. 

For  the  Native  Teacher,  J,  G.  Hughes,  Parey- 
chaley  : — To  the  Rev.  J.  G.  Hughes  and 
Frienids,  Maldon,  for  a  box  of  Books. 


For  the  Madagascar  Mission :— To  two  Friends 
of  the  Rev.  R.  Bruce,  Highfield  Chapel, 
Huddersfield,  for  a  box  containing  a  Com- 
munion Service  and  useful  articles ;  To  Mr. 
J.  Banks,  Cockermouth,  for  Coromunion 
Cups,  &c. 

For  Mrs.  Briggs,  Madagascar :— To  Rev.  S. 
Dyson,  and  Friends,  Idle,  near  Leeds,  for  a 
box  of  Clothing  and  useful  articles. 

For  Rev.  R.  Toy,  Madagascar :— To  the  Juvenile 
Missionary  Working  Party,  WycliSe  Chapel, 
Devonport,  for  a  Parcel  of  Clothing. 

For  Rev.  R.  G.  Hartley,  Madagascar :— To  the 
young  people  of  the  Rev.  T.  Gasquoine's 
Church,  Oswestry,  for  a  box  of  Clothing  and 
useful  articles ;  To  Mrs.  J.  W.  Shelly  and 
Mrs.  Henry  Creak,  for  a  box  of  Clothing  and 
other  work. 

For  Mrs.  Pool,  Madagascar ;  To  Mrs.  Pearsall, 
Pimlico,  for  a  parcel  of  Clothing. 

For  Mrs.  Taylor,  Cradock  :— To  the  young 
people  of  Swan  Hill  Chapel,  Shrewsbury, 
for  a  box  of  Clothing  and  useful  articles. 

For  Rev.  J.  L.  Green,  Tahaa :— To  Friends  at 
Sherwell  Chapel,  Plymouth,  per  Miss  Derry, 
for  a  parcel  of  Clothing. 

For  "Isaia,"  Rarotonga:— To  two  Friends,  CheN 
tenham,  for  a  box  of  Sla-tes  ,PencLls,  &c. 

For  Rev.  J.  Milne,  Jamaica : — To  the  Juvenile 
]\Iissionary  Society,  jSIilton  Road,  Canonbmy, 
for  a  box  of  Clothing. 

To  E.  Perkins,  Esq.,  Bromsgrove,  for  two  kegs 
of  Nails  :  To  Rev.  W.  Clarkson,  Bideford, 
for  25  copies  "  Christ  and  ilissions." 

To  Mrs.  Delf,  Beccles ;  To  Miss  Cubitt,  Foulsham  ; 
To  Messrs  Meade  and  Price,  Camberweli, 
and  to  a  Friend,  for  volumes  and  number  - 
of  the  EvangeUcal  and  other  Magazine^, 
&c.,  &c. 


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From  August  I5tk  to  September  17th,  1866. 

ir.B. — THE  COLLECTIONS  AND  DONATIONS  FOB  THE  NEW  MISSIONAET  SHIP  AEE  EEPOETED 
IN  THE  "  JUYENILE  MISSIONARY  MAGAZINE." 


J.  L.  Yardy,  Esq  10  10  0 

E.  Heudehourck         5  0  0 

rirst  Fruits   0  5 


Abney  Chapel. 
Eev.  J.  Jefferson. 

Auxiliary  Society, 
on  account   3  3 

Claremont  Chapel. 

Rev.  W.  Guest. 

Sunday  Schools,  per 
Mr,  Blankley  11  7 

Claylands  Chapel, 
Kev,  J.  B.  Brown,  B.A. 
Collections   18  17 

Marlborough  Cliapel. 
Auxiliary  Society. 


Esq., 

On  account   52  18 


C.  Holllngswortli, 
Treasurer. 


Mile  End  New  Tovm  Con- 
greciational  Church. 

Ee7."W.Tjler. 

Auxiliary  Society, 
on  account    6  18 


Robert  Street,  New  Cut. 
Sabbath  School         0  8  6 


BERKSHIRE. 

Wallingford. 

Rev.  C.  McC.  Davlee. 

Edward  Wells,  Esq.,  Treas. 

Collections    6  6s 

Public  Meeting           7  3  11 

Chas.  Morrell,  Esq,  5  5  0 

Mrs.  M.  Morrell   110 

Thos.  F.WeUs,  Esq.  110 
Mrs.  W.  S.  Clarke...  0  10  0 

A  Friend    0  10  0 

Miss  Saddler's  Mis- 
sionary Box   1  4  4 

Mrs.  Howes'  ditto  0  3  7 
Mrs.  Eggleton's, do.  0  8  8 
Exs.39».;21«.  e?.  4d.  

CHESHIRE. 

East  Cheshire. 

M.  Z,,  for  Madagas- 
car  0  10  0 


DERBYSHIRE. 

Derby. 

The  late  John  Den- 
ston,  Esq.,  per 
Joshua  Denston, 
Esq  100  0  0 


DEVONSHIRE. 

Neichouse,  Ivybridge. 
Miss  G.  Northmore  0  10  0 


Torquay. 
Legacy  under  the 
will  of  the  late 
Thomas  Harris, 
Esq.,  free  of  duty, 
per  Messrs,  C. 
Hill  and  R.  B. 
Kemp,  executors.aoo  0  0 


DURHAM. 

Darlington. 

Mrs.  Barclay,  per 
Rev.  E.  Storrow, 
for  Calcutta 

Schools   


Master  and  Miss 
Wahab  


KENT. 

Ashford. 

CongregationalSab- 
bath  School,  per 
Mr.  J.  Grout   2  8 

Deptford. 

High  Street  Congresational 
Church, 

Eev.  J.  Pulling. 

Mr,  T.  Heath,  jun.,  Treas. 


Mr.  J.  Watson. 
Rev.  J.  PuUins 


1  u 
1  1 


For   Hope   Town  Chapel, 
Berbice, 

Friends,  per  Miss 

May    3  0  0 

James  Wood,  Esq  ..  l  o  ( 


Ongar. 
Anonymous  


0  10  ( 


Stratford. 
Brickfields  Chapel. 
Eev.T.  E.  Stallj-brass,  B.A 
Mr.  S.  Strains,  Secretary. 
Subscriptions  11  2  { 

Witham. 
Mr.  J.  A.  Piggot, 
Beckenham  Hall, 
for    Hope  Town 
Chapel,  Berbice  ...  0  10  C 


GLOUCESTERSHIRE . 
Bristol. 
Auxiliary  Society. 
H,  O.Wills,  Esq.,  Treasurer. 
On  account   445  ll  e 

Cirencester. 

Rev.  J,  Stratford. 

Mr.  John  Stevens...  0  14  0 

Mrs.  Blair   o  lu  0 

Box    0  5  6 

i;.  10«.  

ISLE  OF  WIGHT. 

East  Cowee. 
J.  Wheeler,  Esq.,  Treasurer. 
Collection   8  10  0 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  Slous  0  12 

Mr.  J.  Baker   0  10  0 

Mr.and  Mrs. Staines  0  10  i 

Mr.  T.  Heath,  jun...  0  10  ( 
Collected  in  small 

amounts   2  14  ! 

Collections  in  May  9  14  : 

Ul.  138.  ad.  

Faversham. 

Rev.  W.  H.  Hill. 

Mr.  R.  Darney,  Treasurer. 

Sunday  Schools, per 

Mr.  Smith   .t  11  0 

E.  Baker   0  2  10 

Exs.  6s.  Od.;  bl.TsAd. 


Gravesend. 

Prince's  Street  Chapel. 

Rev.  B.  H.  Kluht, 

J.  H.  Hatten,  Esq.,  Treas. 

Collections,  less  ex- 
penses 6s.  id          26  7  10 


Lewisham  Bridge. 

Sunday  Schools,  per 
Mr.  Dixon   17  6 


LANCASHIRE, 

Halliwell. 

Leeacy  of  the  late 
Gcoi  ge  Leigh, Esq., 
less  duty  and  ex- 
penses   43  4 


Heywood. 

Messrs.  T.  Kodg- 
kiusou  and  Sous  .  15  0 


2Ianchestei\ 

For  Hope  Town  Chapel, 
iJerbice. 

W.  Woodward,  Esq.  3  0 
Mr,  Halsey   1  0 

Collected  by  Young 
Friends  for  tli'e 
NewChapel, Hope- 
dale,  South  Africa  2  11 


Spalding. 

Rev.  p.  Strutt. 

W.  Hobson,  Esq.,  Treas, 

Collections  ..,   7  7  6 

Subscriptions   3  19  2 

11^.  6«.  id.  


MIDDLESEX. 
Mill  HUl  SchooL 
Eev.  Q.  D.  Bartlet,  M.A. 
Collections    4  15  4 

NORTHUMBERLAND. 

Nevccastle-on-  Tyne. 

R.  M.  Allan,  Esq.  ...  5  0  0 
Henry  Angus,  Esq., 

for    Hope  Town 

Chapel,  Berbice...  110 


NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 
Auxiliary  Society. 
John  Cole,  Esq.,  Treastirer. 
On  account   70  0  0 

SOMERSETSHIRE. 
Bridgwater. 
Rev.  E,  Jones. 
Mrs.  Jones,  Secretary. 
Mrs.  J.  Hurman,  Treasurer. 

Collected  by- 
Mrs.  Bounsall   0  5  0 

-Miss  Good   2  3  3 

Mrs.  W.  Hurman  ...  2  2  4 
Mrs.  J.  Hurman  ...  1  1  0 
.Mrs,  J.  SulJy    0  IS  9 

Sermon  &  Meeting  11  2  8 
Collection  afterLec- 

ture  in  Sunday 

School   12  1 

For  Widows'  Fund  3  17  1 

Subscribers. 

Kev.  E.  H.  Jones  ...  0  10  G 

.Mr.  J.  Hurman          0  10  0 

G.B.Sully   10  0 

Dooations. 

A.  Friend   10  0 

V  Friend   0  10  9 

North  Petherton  ...  1  1  8 

Cannington. 
Rev.  B.  Hurman,  for 
Widows'  Fund  ...   0  12  6 

Collections    o  15  0 

fc:xs,7jf. ;  27^.  19s.  ml.  

Highbridge. 
Mr.  W.  Snell   0  10  0 


Weston-super-Mare. 

The  Misses  Bering- 
ton,  forsupport  of 
Native  Girl  In 
Mrs.  Wilkinson's 
School,  Quilon, 
named  Helen  Ber- 
iugtou   S  10  0 


STAFFORDSHIRE. 

Stafford. 
Kev.  T.  S.  Chalmers  110 


292 


MISSIONARY  MAGAZINE  FOR  OCTOBER,  1866. 


SUFFOLK. 

Lowestoft. 

Congregational  Church. 

Mr.  Barnard,  Treasurer, 

Collection'  16  15  11 

Annual  Meeting"  ...  4  10  0 

Sunday  School   10  15 

Missionary  Boxes 
and  Prayer  Meet- 
in?   s  7 

Carlton  CoIviQe 

Chapel   3  1 

Exs.25«.9d,;  37/.  58.  

SURREY. 

Borhing. 
Auxiliary  Society. 
Eev.J.  S.  Bright. 
Mr.  J.  Todman,  Treas. 


Rev.  J,  S.  Bright  ....  8  3 

Mr.  James  Todman  2  0 

Mr.  Jos.  Todman  ...  2  0 

Mrs.  Jas.  Todman...  1  0 

J.  Allen,  Esq   1  0 

W.  Drane,  Esq   1  0 

Mrs.  Brooke   1  1 

Mrs.  Padday   1  0 

Mrs.  Stent   0  10  0 

Miss  Smith    1  5  10 

Ditto,  for  Nagercoil  117  6 

Mrs.  Gooling    0  12  5 

Master  Summers  ...  0  IS  3 

MissBeckett(2yr8.)  1  11  7 

Miss  Brown   0  7  6 

Miss  "Winton   0  18  4 

Friend,  byMrs.  Allen  0  10  0 

For  "Widows'  Fund  4  13  0 
Annual  Collections  11  14  0 
Girls'  Sunday 

School   2  0  9 

Boys'  ditto    0  8 

Miss  Weller.  Box  ...  0  2 


For  Hope  Town  Chapel, 
Berbice. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pale- 

thorpe   1  6 

A  Lady    i  i 

Mrs.  Willans   0  10 

A  Servant   0  1 


WARWICKSHIRE. 
Birmingham. 
Auxiliary  Society. 
J.  Williams,  Esq.,  Treas. 
On  account   708  4  6 


Leamington. 


J.  T.,  for  Mercies 
Past   1 


WarwicTc. 
T.  Snape,  Esq.,  Treasurer 
For  Widows'  Fund  2  13  0 


Dulwich. 
Rev.  J.  W.  Richardson. 
SundaySchoolBoxes  1  0 

Nortcood. 

For  Mrs.  W.  E.  Morris's 
School,  Salem. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wil- 
kinson, sen   5  0  i 

Mrs.Tilley   1  0  i 

The  Misses  Adkins  1  0 
Mr.  James  Adkins  .  1  0 

Rev.  G.  Robins           0  5  i 

Mrs.  White    0  10  ( 

Mrs.  Atkins   0  5  i 

9«.  


Sutton. 


Collected  by 
E,  HUl  


Mrs. 


WORCESTERSHIRE. 


Great  Malvern. 
T.  Daniell,  Esq         16  15  0 


Worcester. 
T.W.W   5  0  0 


YORKSHIRE. 

Leeds. 
Auxiliary  Society. 
S.  Hick,  Esq.,  Treas. 
On  account   4")  0  0 


Tooting. 
Rev.  W.  Anderson. 


r.  H.  Page, 

Treas. 

....  4  7 

2 

Collected  by- 

0 

Miss  Jones 

s 

Miss  Hayler 

2  16 

0 

Sunday  School  , 

.  ,    2  10 

4 

8 

\U.  108 

hd.  

'  '  Hastings. 
Mrs.  N.  Griffin  (D.)  50  01.0 


Whitbi/. 

Mrs.  Wood,  for  Or- 
phan Girl  at  Pa- 
reychaley,  named 
Mary  WiUis  Wood  8  10 


WALES. 
CARDIGANSHIRE. 
Auxiliary  Society. 
Per  Rev.  D.  Davies. 
Balance   1  8 


SCOTLAND. 

Campbeltown. 
United  Presbyterian  Ch. 
Rev.  Dr.  Boyd. 

Congregational  Mis- 
sionary Society  ...  5  0 

For  Native  Teachers  In  the 
South  Sea  Islands. 

Dr.  Boyd's  Young 

Women's  Class  ...  2  10 
Ditto  Young  Men's 

Class   2  10 

Sabbath  School 
Class,  for  New 

Ship    0  6 

101.  68. 3d.  

Edinburgh  Auxiliary 
Society. 

J.  S.  Mack,  Esq.,  Treas. 

A.  C.  Stuart,  Esq., 
Eaglescairnic  10  0 

William  Tait,  Esq., 
Edinburgh   5  0 

Professor  Elliot, 
Laighward,  Dun- 
keld    5  0 

Mrs.  Held,  Crook  of 
Alves    2  0  0 

A.  Aitken,  Esq.,  per 
Augustine  Church 
Missionary  So- 
ciety   5 

irs.Swan,  for  Mrs. 
C.Campbell's  Fe- 
male School,  Ban- 
galore   2 

Mrs.  Smith,  Pow- 
derhall,  for  South 
Seas    1 

Miss  Muir  and 
Friends,  for  Mrs. 
Wilkinson'sSchool, 

Sauthapooram   5 

Dr.  Donaldson's 
Bible  Class  (Au- 
gustine Church), 
for  Madras  Insti- 
tution  1  15 

Davie  Street  Mis- 
sion (Augustine 
Church)  Sabbath 
School,  for  ditto...  2  10 
Children  of  Arthur 
Street  United 
Presbyterian  Ch., 
for  Mr.  Turner's 
Station,  South 
Seas   1  0 


Inverness. 

North  Free  Church 
Sabbath  School  ...  0  10  0 
701. 158.  lOd.  

Rendall,  Orkneys. 
Congregational  Church. 
Rev.  A.  Smith,  M.A. 

Conbributions   3  15  0 

158.- 


Part  of  a  Legacy  ...  s  0  0 


0  0 


0  0 


CARMARTHENSHIRE. 

Llanelly. 

Park  Chapel. 

Sunday  School  Box  0  19  3 

Collection   0   2  8 

For  New  Ship   5  15  4 

Exs.9d.;  a/.ies.  6d.  


FLINTSHIRE. 


R.  P, 


Ehyl. 
Roberts,  Esq. 


Leitli. 

Congregational  Church. 

For  Support  of  Rev.  W. 
Pathi'as,  Benares. 

Mrs.  G.  Swan   10 

Mrs.  H.Swan   10 


IRELAND, 
Anonymous  ...661  17  0 

Carrickfergus. 

Lancasterian  Sab- 
bath School    0  5  0 

AUSTRALIA. 

Melbourne. 
Per  R.  Smith,  Esq. 


6  0 


For  Zenana  Schools,  Cal 
cutta,  per  Dr.  Mullens. 

Mrs.  H.  Swan   5  0  0 


Constitution  Street 
Sabbath  School, 
for  Rev.  W.Muir- 
head,  Shanghai ... 

Dalkeith. 

Congregational  Ch. 
SaDbath  School, 
for  School  Mate- 
rials for  Isaia 
Papehia's  Station 
at  Arorangi  

Easthouses  Sabbath 
School,  for  ditto 


Hon.  W.  Peacock, 
Treasurer,  Ade- 
laide, on  account  50  0  0 
Mr.  Harcus'  Bible 
Class,  Adelaide  ...  0  6  0 

Mr.  Stack   0  5  0 

"  Missionary  Enter- 
prises," sold  on 
board  "  John  Wil- 
liams," Adelaide  3  15  0 
Mission  Ships,  Ade- 
laide  5  4  0 

Balance  in  Mission 

Boxes,  Adelaide  ...  1  18  9 
Mrs.    J.  Russell, 

Melbourne   8  0  0 

Mrs.  J.  Wood,  Mel- 
bourne   10  0 

Richmond  Church 

(D.)  5  0  0 
Yarraberg  Sunday 

School,  Melbourne  5  3  6 
Castlemaine  Con- 
gregational Sun- 
day School   7  11  3 

Collection    4  0  0 

Chewton,  Rev.  F. 

Pitman's    1  10  0 

Mission  Boxes  on 
board  "John  Wil- 
liams," Geelong...  11  9  3 
Books,  "Mission 

Ships,"  Geelong...  4  2  6 
Collection  at  Bap- 
tist Chapel,  Gee- 
long, Rev.  W.  B. 

Landells   3  15  0 

Public  Meeting  at 
0  01   High  Church, 

0  0    Geelong    9  1  5 

Reformed  Presby- 


Kilbarchan. 

United  Presbyterian 
Church  Sabbath 
School,  for  South 
Seas    1 


4  17  6 


terian  Church, 
Geelong,  Rev.  A. 
M.  Moore   

M.    Killop  Street 
Congregational 
School  

Collection  at  Me- 
chanics'Hall  Sun- 
day School  Meet- 
ing, Geelong   9 

li-2l.  19s.  5d.— 


The  late  Mrs.  Mor- 
gan, per  Mr.  R.  C. 
Morgan,  for  the 
Ship  10  10 


CANADA. 

Guelph. 

Collected    by  Mr. 
John  Mifkle   2  0  0 


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