decidedly pious man.-Mr. Scott was at Allahabad by the last advices, but has probably before this time arrived at Futtegurh. The extent of the field in which these missions have been established, its wants, the efforts now in progress, and the sending out of additional missionaries, are thus mentioned in the last Annual Report of the India is encouraging. The earlier missionaries have acquired such a knowledge of the language, that they can preach the Gospel to the natives in their own tongue. The Board notice with thankfulness that four native assistants, pious and qualified men, are engaged at different stations; two of them brought to the knowledge of the truth by the blessing of God the upon labors of our brethren. The demand for the Scriptures, and for religious tracts and school books, is very great; and the presses will do much to supply the neighborhoods around the stations. But to meet the demand for missionary laborers in these large and populous regions, many more must be sent out by the churches. Twelve ministers of the Gospel, one occupation of Futtegurh by Mr. Wil- teacher, and one printer, the number now Board : From Benares to Lodiana, and from the Himalaya mountains to the southern side of the Province of Allahabad, is a territory sufficiently large for at least three separate missions. Two of these have been established, one on the northwest and the other on the east. The son is a commencement of the central mission; although for the present, this station is attached to the eastern mission. The General Assembly have directed all foreign missionaries in connection with them, whenever it is practicable, to form themselves into Presbyteries, and when the central part is occupied as a mission, the way will be open for the formation of a Synod. Three additional missionaries, who before they go out will be ordained ministers of the Gospel, are designated to reinforce the India missions. Two missionaries are greatly needed at Calcutta. This is an important point for missionary labor on account of its own population, its being the political and commercial capital of India, and its general connection with other eastern countries; but it is especially important to consider its claims with reference to the existing missions of the Board, and their extension in the upper provinces of India. The want of mission families there, to receive the brethren on their arrival in India, and to attend to various interests of the Board in that country, is becoming every year more apparent, and cannot, without injury, be longer neglected. The general aspect of the missions in there, are placed among a population of 40,000,000. What are these among so many? Still, a beginning has been made, and much preparatory work has been done, and the door is wide open for four or five times the present number, who are even now required to occupy the prominent places among these perishing millions; to carry to them, as it were, the seed of the word of life; relying on the blessing of God upon their efforts to raise up a supply of laborers from among themselves, to erect the standard of the cross in all their cities and villages, and to carthe Gospel to the nations around them, who are now equally benighted with themselves. ry CALCUTTA. The Executive Committee have decided to establish a mission at Calcutta, as soon as qualified and experienced men can be obtained for that purpose. Calcutta contains a very large population, and is the chief seat of Eastern political power, commercial enterprise, general intelligence, and Protestant influence. There is, therefore, a vast sphere of missionary labor and influence in this great city. Besides, its connection with the missions of the Board in the Upper Provinces, make this mission of high importance to their efficiency and success. Other missions are contemplated by the Board in Assam, in New South Wales, and at Paris. BAPTIST BOARD OF MISSIONS. NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN MISSIONS. OJIE AS: near Lake Superior; number in 1837, between 3000 and 4000. Sault de St. Marie ;--Rev. A. Bingham, Rev. J. D. Cameron; A. J. Bingham, teacher, Mrs. Bingham, Miss Rice, assistants; one native assistant: two Out-stations; church members, 29; scholars in boarding. school from 10 to 12; in day-school, from 35 to 50.-P. 103. The prospects of this mission continue favorable. [Report, 1839. OTTAWAS: in Michigan; see under Presbyterian missions. Richland; 60 miles south east of Grand River Rapids.--Rev. L. Slater and wife; scholars 25.-P. 103. The number of Ottawas connected with the station in July last, was 135who are located on their lots, of 20 acres each, many of them in comfortable log dwellings, and appear cheerful and happy in prosecuting their daily labors. During the last year they constructed several buildings, fences, &c., planted about 50 acres of corn and 15 of potatoes, and were preparing to sow wheat in the fall. [From the Report, 1839. ONEIDAS AND TUSCARORAS: in New York; number in 1837, 4176. Tonawanda; near Niagara-Rev. J. B. Rollin and wife; two female assistants; one native preacher; church member, 25; scholars, part of the time, 45.-P. 103. At the request of the council of the Tuscaroras, a boarding school will soon be established among this tribe. [Report, 1839. SHAWANOES: in the Indian territory; number in 1837, 1272. Shawance, Rev. J. Lykins, Rev. D. B. Rollin; J. G. Pratt preacher and printer; and their wives; Miss E. F. Churchill, assistant; church members 20, of whom 6 are natives; printing at the Shawanoe press,66,400 pages.-P. 104. This mission had suffered greatly dur ing the last year, in the sickness of several of its members, especially of Mr. Rollin. [Report, 1839. DELAWARES: in the Indian Territory number in 1837, 826. Delaware-Rev. I. D. Blanchard, teach er, and wife; Miss Case, teacher; con gregation on the Sabbath, from 10 to 100of whom 20 or 30 are so much impressed as to kneel in prayer; scholars in the En glish school, 12.-P. 104. Of the Harmony, 128 pages were in circulation prior to December last; and 39 or 40 additional were ready for the press. A second form has been added to the Hymns, making in all 44 hymns, of 48 pages, 24mo. [Report, 1839. PUTAWATOMIES: in the Indian Territory Station 50 miles south of Mawanoe-R Simmerwell, teacher and wife.-P. 104. The Church is in a low condition [The last Report mentioned 26 members. [Report, 1839. OTTAWAS: in the Indian Territory. Ollawa-Rev. J. Meeker and wife scholars in an English school, 17-averag attendance, 9 or 10; one young man has bee baptized.-P. 104. The Ottawas live in substantial log cabins, have fields enclosed with rail fen ces, raise wheat, corn, and garden vege tables, and keep cattle and swine. Dur ing the last year they authorized M Meeker to purchase for them a grist-mill for which they furnished him with the re quisite funds, from two to three hundre dollars. [Report, 1839. OTOES: west of the Mississippi. Otoe village-Rev. M. Merrill and wife scholars, from 15 to 20 ; congregation, ofte from 40 to 104. A Temperance Society has been re cently formed among them, consisting of The station is now vacant, Mr. Curtis having found it necessary to remove on account of the turbulence of the Indians. [Report, 1839. CHEROKEES: in the Indian Territory. Rev. E. Jones and wife; Jesse Bushyhead and five other native preachers.-P. 103. WEST AFRICAN MISSION. LIBERIA. Edina; and Madebli, (Sante Will's), 20 miles from Edina-Rev. W. G. Crocker, Rev. I. Clarke and wife, Rev. J. Day, teacher. On a visit to this country; Rev. W. Mylne.-P. 4. The school is increasingly prosperous; three conversions are mentioned, besides seven baptisms in the colony.-The missionaries mention Cettra Kroo, among the Kroo people, on the sea-coast, a few miles south of Edina; a location among the Pessey tribe, 80 or 100 miles from the sea-coast; and Grand Cape Mount, 50 or 60 miles south of Monrovia, among the Veys, as stations that should be occupied at the earliest opportunity. [From the Report, 1839. MISSIONS IN FRANCE. Throughout the deeply afflictive period of the removal of these Indians, the conduct of the native brethren, of whom 500 members of the churches were embodied in two of the detachments, has been in the highest degree exemplary. Humility, patience and forbearance, and a devotional reference of every event to the wise guidance of their heavenly Father's hand, have marked their behavior on every side. The whole number of baptisms during the wife, Rev. D. N. Sheldon, (both at Douay,) present year, as stated by Mr. Bushy-assisted by six native preachers, and two head, was over one hundred and seventy. colporteurs. [Report, 1839. CREEKS: west of the Mississippi. Ebenezer-Rev. J. O. Mason, teacher, and wife.-Canadian River, 32 miles from Ebenezer-Rev. C. R. Kellam and wife; Miss Boynton, assistant; one native preacher-P. 105. The affairs of this mission have been much embarrassed during the year.Meetings at Ebenezer were well attended while Mr. Kellam was there. He has received an appointment as government teacher, to be stationed at Canadian river, but owing to some opposition he is now at Little Rock. [From the Report, 1837. CHOCTAWS: in the Indian Territory; number in 1837, 15,000. Providence, near Fort Towson-Rev. R. D. Potts, teacher, and wife.-Bethel; near the Choctaw agency-A. Bell, M. D., teacher; church members at Providence, 11. -P. 105. Stations at Paris, Douay, Bertry, Lannoy, and Baiseux, Orchies, Villequier, and Manicamp, with three Out-stations; at which are stationed Rev. E. Millard and During the past year there has been a gradual but decided improvement in the affairs of this mission. At Paris, besides the French service, Mr. Sheldon for several months conducted two services in English-one in the English chapel, in the absence of the pastor, Mr. Wilks, and the other in the American chapel, in the rue St. Anne. The latter service was well attended, but Mr. S. was constrained to join Mr. Willard at Douay, by the urgent wants of the latter station.-At Douay, a Church was organized on the 1st of September last, which now contains 12 members.-Eleven cases of conversion are mentioned in connection with different churches, and cases of religious inquiry are said to be numerous. The colporteurs (native assistants) had been very industrious in distributing bibles, testaments, and religious tracts. One of them had visited more than 100 villages, and had distributedin them 417 bibles and testaments.-On account of Mrs. Willard's ill health, Mr. W. will have to return to this country. [From the Report, 1839. MISSIONS IN GERMANY. Stations at Hamburg, Berlin, Oldenburgh, and Jever; at which are employed the Rev. J. G. Oncken, and two other native preachers; and five native assistants. Table of Churches and Baptisms. Hamburg church, 25 baptisms reported, present number, 75; Berlin present no., 6; Oldenburgh, present no., 13; Stuttgart, baptized, 27, present no., 27. [Report, 1839. Later accounts show a small increase in these numbers; and mention that— Upwards of 1000 copies of the bible had left the depot, out of 5000 copies purchased with funds from the Baptist Bible Society of this country, and as many had been distributed for the Edinburgh Bible Society; copies had been distributed among the seamen of several different nations; 13 German and 3 Danish tracts, amounting to 193,000 copies, had been issued, besides 70,000 copies received from other societies-240,000 having been distributed in 1837, 1838; other tracts had been published, and 5000 of them circulated; a considerable number of good books used for the loan-tract system; the memoir of Mrs. Judson translated, and an edition of 5000 copies published. [Bapt. Mag. June, 1839. MISSION IN GREECE. Patras-1838-Rev. C. Pasco, Rev. H. T. Love, and their wives-P. 42. The missionaries bave distributed 2521 copies of the New and Old Testaments, chiefly of the former; and about 60,000 pages of Tracts.-A new station was to be formed on the Island of Zante, to which Mr. Love expected to remove about the end of December. [Report-Bapt. Mag. 1839. MISSIONS IN INDIA BEYOND THE GANGES. CHINA AND SIAM. Bangkok, in SiamSiamese department; Rev. J. T. Jones, Rev. R. D. Davenport, printer, and his wife; Mrs. J. G. E. Reed. On their way to the mission; Rev. C. H. Slafter, and wife. -Chinese department; Rev. W. Dean, Rev. J. L. Shuck, temporarily at Macou, Rev. J. Goddard, temporarily at Singapore, and their wives.-P. 45. The usual attendance at Siamese worship was from 30 to 50, and at Chinese, about 20; members of the Chinese church, 9; scholars 15, taught by Mr. Davenport, all of whom learn English and most of them Siamese; about 500,000 pp. of tracts were distributed in 1837; a Summary of the Christian Religion, Matthew,Parables, Acts, Luke, the Golden Balance, a short treatise on Astronomy, Stories of Joseph and Moses, had been prepared for the press prior to January 1, 1838. [From the Report, 1839. BURMAH. The missionaries to Burmah and the Karens are now arranged under four missions-the Maulmain, Tavoy, Rangoon, and Ava missions. Maulmain including Amherst, with five Karen Out-stations-1827-Burman deRev. Messrs. A. Judson, H. partment; Howard, E. A. Stevens, S. M. Osgood, who is also a printer, and their wives; six native preachers; two native translators; one native teacher, and three other assistants. Temporarily at this station, Rev. Messrs. L. Ingalls, G. S. Comstock, L. Stilson, and their wives.-Karen department; Rev. J. H. Vinton, Rev. D. L. Brayton, and their wives; Miss Macomber, teacher; four native preachers; several other native assistants.-Peguan department; Rev. J. M. Haswell, and wife; one native preacher.P. 65. Church members, exclusive of English church, 333-of whom 205 are Karens ; the number of inquirers at the Out-stations had been greater than ever before, though the labors of the native assistants had been embarrassed by the state of the country; the seminary for native preach removed from Ava, with the exception of Tavoy, including Mergui-1828-Rev. preacher and printer, and their wives; temporarily at Mergui, Rev. E. Kincaid, R. B, Hancock, preacher and printer, and their wives; 14 native preachers; 4 native preachers and teachers; 20 native teachers. 65. ers has been transferred from Tavoy to [From the Report, 1839. Rangoon, including Bassein, with two Out-stations--1828-Karen department; Rev. E. L. Abbott and wife; two native preachers, and other native assistants.Burman department; Rev. T. Simons and wife, temporarily resident at Rangoon, -P. 65. In the year previous to June, 1838, connection with 12 native churches; there had been baptized 113 persons in whole number of church members, 490; schools, 29; printed, from April 17, 1837, to Dec. 31, 35,000 copies, or 3,276,000 pages; issued during the same period, 12,530-chiefly sent to Maulmain and Rangoon. [Report, 1839. ARRAKAN. The mission at Kyouk Phyoo in this province has been relinquished on account of its unhealthiness, and Mr. Comstock has since been laboring in Maulmain.-It is proposed to occupy a position at Bassein, from which Arrakan could be visited, and to employ native assistants at Akyab, where there is a church of 30 or 40 members, recently under the care of the Serampore mission, and at Ramree, and Sandoway in this province.-P. 66. Number baptized from Nov. 1837 to Sept. 10, 1838, 117; several schools have been taught in the jungles, and one for native teachers at Rangoon, at one time containing 25 pupils. As this station is in Burmah proper, the missionaries have been obliged to use great circumspection in their labors, the Burman authorities being very unfriendly to any efforts for the conversion of the people.-Persecu-Jaipur, on the river Buri Dihing, three days' journey S. E. from Sadiya-1838Rev. M. Bronson and wife.-P. 66. tion had been waged to some extent against the native christians, especially the Karens, of whom several had been fined and imprisoned.-Mr. Abbott had made several visits to the Out-stations, baptizing on one tour 43 persons, and on another, 67-some of whom had been brought to a knowledge of the Saviour by religious tracts. [Report, 1839. Ava-1822-Missionary labors at this ancient capital of Burmah have been suspended, probably in consequence of the un friendliness of the rulers and the unsettled state of the country.-P. 65. ASSAM. Sadiya-1835-Rev. N. Brown; O. T. Cutter, printer; and their wives: From the commencement of the mis sion to June 20, 1838, there have been printed 4,850 copies of religious and educational works, or 135,850 pages, exclusive of the first 13 chapters of Matthew. Preaching and tract distribution have been regularily continued.-Five schools are mentioned, in two of which there are 90 scholars.-Additional missionaries are greatly wanted. [From the Report 1839. MISSION IN INDIA WITHIN THE GANGES: The members of the native church have wife; in 3 schools, about 70 scholars.-P.98; VOL. VIII. 2 |