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knowledge of the minister and his church.

"We number," says Mr. D. "about sixty hopeful converts. Fifty-eight have been received to our communion. Thus the Lord has more than doubled our number in a few months. It is his work, and to him be all the glory."

It is added that religious publications are read with increasing interest, and that the people are anxious to throw in their mite to promote the great work of evangelizing the world.

Pittsburgh, Pa.

Mr. William Goodell, who is accepted as a missionary to be sent hereafter to Western Asia, is at present discharging an agency, for the Board, in Ohio, having passed through the states of New-York and Pennsylvania. In the early part of December he spent some time at Pittsburgh; and, under the date of the 10th, gives the following account of a deep seriousness, which had just commenced.

"From Tuesday to Saturday, I attended twelve or fourteen public meetings, which were generally much

crowded, and the whole assembly often more than melted into tears. After public worship, one evening in the Rev. Mr. Swift's church, professors of religion and the awakened were requested to tarry to converse, a few moments, on the state of religion in their own hearts; and those, who did not wish to be conversed with on the state of their souls, were requested to retire from the house; and in the mean time, the people of God were requested to pray for those, who might thus retire. In a moment, the heads of the professors of godliness were dropped, as in the attitude of prayer. All was silent and

solemn as the recess of the tomb; and to our overwhelming astonishment, not an individual left his seat. The whole congregation tarried; and, as we went from aisle to aisle, and from pew to pew, we found hardly one, who was not anxious to know what he should do to be saved. Christians are wide awake; and begin to hope, that the skies are about to pour down righteousness upon all this thirsty land, as rain upon the tender herb, and as showers upon the mown grass."

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY,

DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, 1821.

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Remittances for Bibles, &c. from Auxi liary Bible Societies.

Cumberland county B. S. N. J. Shrewsbury F. B. Aux. N. J. Worcester co. B. S. Mass. Kennebec B. S. Maine, Newburgh B. Society, N. Y. Somerset co. B. Society, Md. Rahway F. B. Society, N. J. Annapolis F. B. Society, Md. Scioto Bible Society, Ohio, Belfast Marine B. Soc. Me. Pleasant Valley B. Soc. N. Y. New-Haven F. B. Soc. Conn. Middlesex co. B. Soc. Mass. Poughkeepsie F. B. Soc. N. Y.

25 00

7.20

250 00

51 50

40 00

100 00

4 49 60 00 308 68

50 00

Donations from Auxiliary Bible Societies.
New-Haven F. B. S. Con.
Worcester Co. B. S. Mass.
Fishkill Bible Society, N. Y.
Rahway F. B. Society, N. J.
Shrewsbury F. B. Aux. N. J.
Kennebec B. Society, Me.
Bedford co. F. B. S. Va.

20 64

57 87 250 00 50 00

66 13

154 55

84.00

9 01

Fishkill Bib. Soc. N. Y.

10.95

7 80

Delaware (State) B. Soc.

144 00

49 50

Suffolk co. Bib. Soc. N. Y.

30 00

80 00

Young Men's Western Bib. So

Madison co. B. S. Alabama,

70.00

ciety, Pittsburg, Penn.

42 88

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DURING THE MONTH

Collection at the monthly Concert of Prayer in the Presbyterian Church in Cedar-Street, X. Y. by B. Strong, Esq. Treas. 22 50 From the Aux. Miss. Soc. in Shawangunk, Ulster Co. N. Y. enclosed by the Rev. A. D. Wilson,

A New-Year's Gift, in aid of the next Mission which shall be sent out. By the Rev Dr. Green, of Princeton, Do. Do. By Ashbell Green, Jun. Do. Do. By S. McCulloch, Jun. An aged Clergyman in Connecticut,

Rev. J. Marsh, Haddam, Conn.

Alexander Fridge, Esq. of Baltimore, to constitute himself a life Member of the Society. By the Rev. John Knox,

9.00

13.00

1 50 1 50 10.00 11 00

30.00

Wm. Morris of do. for do. by do. 30 00
A. McDonald of do. for do. by do. 30 00
J. Cushing of do. for do. by do. 30 00
Alexander Henry of Philadel-
phia, for do. by do.

30 00
Gen. J. Steel, of do. for do by do. 30 00
Silas E. Weir of do. for do. by do. 30 00
John Stille, of do. for do. by do. 30 00
J. P. Engles of do. for do. by do. 30 00
N. M. Chafee, of Baltimore, by do. 10 00
Archibald George, of do. by do. 10 00
Keyar and Schaefer, of do. by do. 10 00
John Ferguson, of do. by do.
William Henry, of do. by do.
J. Montgomery, of do. by do.
J. A. Heron, of do. by do.
John Purvience, of do. by do.
Thomas Parker, of do. by. do.
R. H. Douglass, of do. by do.
Daniel Kiger, of do. by do.
Robert Beveridge, of do. by do.
W. and T. Swan, of do. by do.
Rev. J. M. Duncan, of do. by, do,

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Total, 5295-val. $3258 72 Addition to Biblical Library.

By Rev. Daniel H. Barnes, of N. Y.— The five Books of Moses, with the Commentary of Solomon Jarchi; with the Books of Canticles, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes and Esther, and the Haphtoroth, or sections from the Prophets, with marginal masoritic notes.-Quarto, Venice, A. M. 5367, A. D. 1607.

FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY, OF JANUARY, 1822.

Rev. Mr. Nevins, of do. by do.
Samuel Jones, of do. by do.
John Barr of do. by do.
James Jewet, of do. by do.
James Cox. of do, by do.
W. W. Taylor, of do. by do.
W. Tailor, Junr. of Phila. by do.
Peter Mayer, of do. by do.
W. Shufflebottom, of do. by do.
Thomas Whitacar, of do. by do.
J. Lilsle. of do. by do.
David Lapsley, of do, by do.
Otis Amadon, of do. by do.
John S. Henry, of do. by do.
T. and J. Fasset, of do. by do.
Wm. Nassau, of do. by do.
Cash, 5, 3, and 2, of do. by do.
John McAlpin, of do. by do.
W. M. Engles, of do. by do.
Thomas Wilson, of do. by do.
Mrs. Carswell, of do. by do.
Edward Thomson, of do. by do.
D. Jaudon, of do. by do.
Robert Patterson, of do. by do.
Collection in the Presbyterian
Church in Arch Street, Philadel-
phia, on 20th, Jan. by do.

Collection in the Pres. Church
in New Castle, Delaware-by
Rev. J. E. Latta,
Mrs. Smith, Baltimore,

Rev. John Knox, New-York, to constitute himself a Member for life,

10.00

5.00

10.00

5.00

10.00

10.00

5 00

10.00

10 00

5.00

5.00

5 00

10.00

10 00

5 00

5 00

10 00

10 00

10.00

10.00

5 00

10 00 10 00

10 00

117 98

15 10 2.00

30 00

Aux. Miss. Soc. of Wantage, N. J.-by John Stiles, Treas. 23 75 Juvenile Female Aux. Miss. Soc. of Fishkill, N. Y. by Miss Helena White, Sec.

10 00 10.00

5.00

5. 00

10.00

10.00

10.00

5.00

5.00

tlesey. Treas.

5.00 10 00

Young Men's Aux. Miss. Soc. of Danbury, Conn. by T. T. Whit

12.00

16 00

$865 33

Missionary Register.

VOL. II.]

MARCH, 1822.

Keports of Societies.

[No. 9.

TWENTY-FIRST REPORT OF THE CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, HELD AT FREE-MASONS-HALL,
LONDON, MAY 1, 1821.

The Rev. JOSIAH PRATT, B. D. F. A. S. Secretary--JOHN
THORNTON, Esq. Treasurer.

As no copy of this voluminous Report has yet reached us, we can present to our readers only the following very brief abstract, as given in the Church Missionary Register, for the month of November.

State of the Funds. Underthis first head, the Committee detail the exertions of the Society's friends in various parts of the kingdom, the formation and contributions of Associations, the collections by individuals, and the Legacies of the year.

The Committee urge the increase of Associations, as the most sure and practicable means of increasing the Society's funds; and state, that "of the towns in England which contain 1000 inhabitants, not one-third have any Association formed in support of the Society."

Presents of Standard Books, the Committee suggest, would aid the Society, without any sensible inconvenience to the Benefactor. "Good copies," it is stated, "of standard works March, 1822. 43

on the following subjects would be thankfully received" :

The Scriptures, in all LanguagesCommentaries on the Scriptures-Biblical Literature and Criticism-Divinity-Ecclesiastical and Civil HistoryBiography-Geography, and Voyages and Travels-Natural History-Natural Philosophy-Greek and Latin Classics, Standard Dictionaries, Lexicons, and Encyclopædias-all Works connected with the Languages of Asia.

The Committee congratulate the Society on the manifest increase of enlightened zeal in support of Missions, arising, in a great measure, from the continued circulation of Missionary intelligence; and particularly notice the aid rendered therein, by the Reports of the various Associations, and the ability and eloquence of the Local Advocates of the Society

In reference to the union of all ranks in support of Missionary objects, we quote the following passage:

It is highly encouraging to your Committee to observe, that, while a large portion of the Society's income is collected by its kind and active friends, of whom a very great proportion are Ladies, from those who can give but their monthly or weekly contribution, yet a liberal spirit is manifestly on the increase among those who are intrusted with larger portions of the good things of this world: and this liberality is frequently shown in that spirit of retiring charity which will not let the left hand know what the right hand doeth. One benefactor, for example, has, at different times, and under various designations for the purpose of concealment, given no less a sum than 2000 guineas to the Society: while, with a spirit equally generous and noble, the Blind Basket Girl-who declined the epithet of "poor" because she had saved the thirty shillings during the winter, by her want of eyes, which her fellow-labourers had expended in candles-laid this thirty shillings as an offering to her Saviour on the altar of this Society.

The net income of the Society, for the year, was 31,0767. 15s. 11d.; and its expenditure, 31,9917. 5s. 10d.

Missionaries and Students.

After detailing the arrival of Missionaries at their respective stations, the departure of others from home, and the weakening of different stations by death or sickness; the Committee state, in reference to the Students, that eleven have been accepted, during the year, but a greater number declined.

Missions.

The foreign proceedings of the Society are reported. at

large, under the head of its eight Missions. The details occupy nearly 160 pages.

The following Summary is given:

The number of Labourers now employed is upwards of 200-more than 10,000 Children are under instruction -Printing-presses are established in various places-Churches have been erected-many thousands hear the Word of God—and many hundred deyout Communicants attest that the God of all grace has blessed the labours of his servants.

Conclusion of the Report.

In conclusion, the Committee cannot but advert, with peculiar pleasure, to the steady progress which the cause of truth and righteousness is making in the earth. Amidst the shaking of the nations, the days of peace and holiness and truth are manifestly coming on. This Institution is carried forward by that heavenly influence, which has given birth to so many kindred institutions, and which carries them also forward, according to their means and opportunities, with like success.

In all the Protestant World, there were, a few years since, but four or five Societies for the Conversion of the Heathen; of which our own Church furnish

ed two, and another was the exemplary Society of the United Brethren. Now, our own Society is added to those of the United Church-the Church of Scotland has her Societies-every principal Denomination of Christians, not

of the Established Churches, has form

ed its own Institution-the Protestants of the Continent are uniting in a Missionary Society, which is awakening an interest, from Bâsle, the seat of its deliberations, in all the countries

around; and the fire is kindled in the American Churches--the Congregational-the Presbyterian-the Baptist -the Methodist Churches of the United States are all acting with zeal in this Cause-and the whole Episcopal

Church, with its Nine Bishops, has recently formed a Society for sending the Gospel to the Heathen of the American Continent and throughout the World.

We witness, also, the rise of Institutions around us, which take up all the various departments of labour by which the earth is to be ultimately rendered the temple of the Lord. Missionary Societies break up the ground, and prepare the Seed-Bible Societies multiply that Seed, and scatter it, by the hands of the Missionary and of other Labourers all over the world-Jews' Societies are training the most irrefragable Witnesses, and probably the most successful Preachers, of the Divine WordEducation Societies are giving a powerful impulse to that Universal Instruction, which is to prepare readers of the Word-Tract Societies are calling the attention of men to that Word-and the primitive and apostolic Liturgy of our Church is teaching multitudes in what manner to worship Jehovah.

The World opens a wide field for all these exertions. There is no room for Hostility. There is no room for Jea. lousy. If Hostility or Jealousy should be indulged, such individuals or bodies will but rob themselves of the pleasure and honour of that work, which will perhaps be transferred to other hands.

It is a very observable Sign of these times in which we live, that the Great Enemy of God and man is alarmed for his usurped dominion. While the Holy Scriptures are making their way into every language of the earth, and diffusing light over its hitherto dreary re

gions, an opposition to their authority of a character and design beyond all precedent, has been raised and is still vigorously maintained. The falsehoods, sophisms, and sneers, directed against the divine word, which too frequently undermine its authority among the more learned or elevated classes of society, have been, of late years, addressed, in bold and malignant appeals, to the ignorance and the passions of the great mass of the people. The faculty of reading, and the power of the press -engines which Christians have been assiduously labouring to improve to the most beneficial influence on the great body of the community-have been perverted to a wider corruption of principle and degradation of mind, than this empire has ever before known. The torrent of blasphemy has poured its pestiferous streams over the land; and the vigilance, the energy, and the prayers of every one who loves his country and his God are loudly demanded by the dangers of these latter days.

What remains, then, but that, girding ourselves afresh to conflict and to toil -we invoke, without ceasing, the especial grace of that Divine Spirit, who alone can make our conflict victorious, and our toil successful! Let us look and pray for large measures of His influence -larger than the Church has ever yet witnessed! And let us be assured that the Spirit shall, in answer to the prayer of faith, be poured out from on high, and that the wilderness of the world shall become a fruitful field, and the whole earth see and rejoice in the Salvation of God.

TWENTY-THIRD REPORT OF THE MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF
CONNECTICUT.

PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AT HARTFORD,
JANUARY 9, 1822.

The Rev. ABEL FLINT, D. D. Secretary.

The Missionary Society of Connecticut, is composed of the General Association of Clergymen, in that State. Its operations are conducted by twelve Trustees-six Civilians, and six Ministers of the Gospel. The Society was formed in the year 1798,

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