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FOREIGN MISSIONARY CHRONICLE:

CONTAINING

A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS

OF THE

Presbyterian Church;

AND A GENERAL VIEW OF THE TRANSACTIONS

Of Other Similar Institutions.

VOLUME VIII.

PUBLISHED MONTHLY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

NEW-YORK:

PUBLISHED BY ROBERT CARTER,

No. 58 CANAL STREET.

1840.

TO THE READERS OF THE MISSIONARY CHRONICLE.

We cannot too strongly bring before our readers the object for which this Magazine is published. It is not for any purposes of gain, nor of distinction among our fellow-men, but solely to promote the cause of Christian Missions. We regard the Missionary Chronicle, primarily, as an Agent of the Board-little expensive, when compared either with most other Magazines, or with other kinds of agency; regular in its visits, calling at stated times alike on the rich and the poor, going to the most remote and feeble churches not less than to our larger and more favored congregations; giving a large amount of varied and valuable information, making known the wants of the heathen world and the progress of Christian effort to supply them, setting forth particularly the proceedings of the Missionaries of our own church, and endeavoring to awaken and encourage larger desires of usefulness among the people of God. Such is the design of this work, and in so far as the spirit of missions is advanced by it among our churches our labor is not in vain.

The circulation of the Chronicle continues to increase; nearly 5000 copies are now distributed every month. For this we are thankful, and not less for the cordial recommendations which it has received from many, whose good opinion is no small praise. It is probable, however, that this work is not taken by more than one family in every thirty connected with our denomination, so that there is room for a large increase of patronage; a wide field for its usefulness is still unoccupied.

Periodicals abound on every hand, many of them valuable, and having strong claims on the public support. And amongst so many claimants for favor, it is no easy matter to extend the circulation of any Magazine. Our work, however, is a rival to no other. It occupies a sphere of its own. It is the property of the church. It has its being only that it may serve the best interests of the missionary cause amongst the members of our communion. We cannot but regard it as a most useful servant, but we are content that it should receive favor or be treated with neglect, according to the estimate set on the value of its services. And we close the labors of another year, as connected with this Magazine, by commending them to the blessing of God. May He grant indulgence to what has been imperfect in these labors, pardon to what may have been wrong, and a gracious acceptance to whatever has been adapted to give light and encouragement to his people, in sending the bread of life to the famishing heathen!

New-York, December, 1840.

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Engravings:-Temple of Siva at Nassuck, 30-native Hindu school, 94Hindu mission school house, 159pagoda and temple at Gya, 220Avatars of Vishnu, 286-Hindu triad, Episcopal missions, 38-at Cape Palmas,

Egypt:-mission stations in, 42-history of the English Episcopal mission in,

Executive Committee, Mr. W. Steele elected a member,

Feejee Islands, mission stations in the,

Firozpur-description of, 87,-recommended as a mission station, 88, France: Baptist mission in, 7-circulation of the Scriptures in, 19-grants for public worship by the government, 31-state of the Jews in, 46—

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