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Ireland herself; by the removal of that prejudice, ignorance, and bigotry, which kept a great part of the country in total darkness as to the real value of Gospel Truth.

A relaxation of zeal had been witnessed in some quarters, with pain; and the Society had sustained consequent injury: while other Institutions in Ireland, urged on by the warm feelings and active exertions of their friends, were rapidly increasing in prosperity. The Ladies had, indeed, proved themselves firm and zealous friends of the Society; but he solicited earnestly the continued and increased exertions of all present.

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Synodal Committee at Hernnhut,
we extract the following particulars
in reference to the year 1821 :-

Receipts of the Year 1821.
Collections from Congrega-
tions and Friends

Benefactions, chiefly from
Great Britain

Legacies

By Course of Exchange..
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Payments of the Year 1821.

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South America

Barbadoes

St. Kitt's....
Antigua
Jamaica
Labrador

North-American Indians.
South Africa...
Calmucs..

To 16 Married Brethren
and 7 Unmarried....
To 29 Widows of Mis-
sionaries.....

To 67 Children of Mis-
sionaries, in Sunday
Schools and at Trades.
Sundry Expenses

After reading, from our recent Numbers, such extracts thought best calculated to impress the Meeting, Mr. Roe referred, with exultation, to the great inter- Pensions est taken in the Missionary Cause by the newly-appointed Bishop of Calcutta. He then enlarged on the arduous nature of the Missionary Service-the sacrifice of domestic ties, the privations and dangers, the difficulties and conflicts of the sincere Missionary; and feelingly referred to the late losses in the West-African Mission. He bore testimony to the character and qualifications of some of his countrymen, about to enter on the Society's service; and, after speaking upward of an hour, concluded with an affecting appeal, likely to make an abiding impression on all who

heard him.

We have given the outlines of this Address, because we wish to stimulate other Clergymen to adopt the same course, as we know no measure better calculated to foster and extend true zeal in behalf of Missions; and heartily unite, therefore, in the wish of the friend who sent us these particulars :

Oh that such delightful Meetings, commencing with solemn prayer, were general throughout Ireland!-THEN, a large blessing from the God of Missions might be expected, and not till then.

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848 16 3 701 6 61 Total.... .....£.8752 52 Remarks of the Synodal Committee on the State of the Funds.

The external support of our Missions among the Heathen amounted, in the year 1821, to 6797. 12s. 9d. less than in the preceding year. The receipts toward defraying these expenses leave an arrear of 14197. 12s. 8d. The expense attending the Mission in St. Kitt's has, in the year 1821, been the greatest of all, chiefly owing to the building of the

New Settlement at Bethesda.

To our worthy and respected friends in Germany and Switzerland, Holland, Sweden, Denmark, and North America, we are highly indebted for their liberal contributions; and more especially to the Associations formed in England and Scotland for the support of the Brethren's Missions, whose generous attention to our wants and bountiful assistance

have excited within our breasts the most

grateful sensations, and afforded us the greatest encouragement to trust to the Lord in every time of need. He Himself has wrought in the hearts of those worthy and generous friends, as well as in the Brethren and Sisters belonging to our Congregations and Societies, that, From the Annual Circular of the willingness to exert themselves in

UNITED BRETHREN.

endeavouring to promote the extension and welfare of His kingdom on earth; and we pray Him to reward them abundantly, granting them His blessing in all that they do in His name and for His glory.

The excess of the Expenditure in 1821 above the Receipts, added to a preceding debt, leaves at the end of 1821 a total deficiency of 37531. 75. 11d.

State and Prospects of the Missions. Amidst many trials and dangers, to which our Missionaries have been exposed in the course of last year, both by land and sea, our Almighty Saviour has held His protecting hand over them, and brought them all in safety to their destined places.

Some have departed this life, and are now with the Lord, resting from their labour: others, being worn out in the service, have returned home to spend the remainder of their days in our Congregations: but we give thanks to the Lord of the Harvest, that we have been enabled to supply their places by Brethren and Sisters prepared by His Spirit to enter into His harvest.

In all our Missionary Settlements, being upward of 30 in number, and in which 168 Brethren and Sisters are employed, the preaching of the Gospel has produced more or less fruit; and the efficacy of its divine power has been made incontestably manifest, in the deliverance of sinners from the yoke of sin and Satan, and the sanctification of soul and body.

In the island of Antigua, several Proprietors of Plantations, as well as the Colonial Government, have most generously assisted in defraying the expenses of two new Missionary Settlements, Cedarhall and Mountjoy. In Jamaica, the Negroes have shewn more hunger after the Word of Life: May it please God to raise up active and willing promoters of the salvation of the Negroes in that island; by whose aid we might be enabled to form a new establishment in the Mayday Mountains, where the Lord has opened a door for the messengers of peace to enter in, and prepared the heart of the people to receive the Gospel!

The Mission among the Negroes at Paramaribo, in Surinam, is, by the blessing of God upon it, in a flourishing state; but we regret, that we have been

under the necessity of relinquishing the attempt made to bring the Gospel to the Negroes on the river Neukeer.

The New Mission at Enon, in South Africa, becomes more and more firmly established; and the assistants, lately arrived, find employment sufficient in caring for the Congregation of Hottentots collected in that Settlement.

The Mission among the Delaware Indians, in North America, has caused us much trouble and distress; though we cannot say that our Brethren have laboured altogether in vain. On the other hand, the success attending the Mission among the Cherokees affords a cheering prospect of future prosperity.

The various hindrances and difficulties which, for many years, have impeded the zealous exertions of our Brethren to bring the Gospel to the Calmucs, were certainly very discouraging. Present appearances, however, justify, more than ever, a well-grounded hope of the genuine conversion of many of those Heathens, who, in their natural state, are in bondage to the most absurd superstitions.

The Jubilee of the establishment of the Mission among the Esquimaux in Labrador, fifty years ago, was celebrated on the ninth of August in all the three Settlements, Nain, Okkak, and Hopedale, with much blessing, and with the most enlivening anticipation of continuing and increasing prosperity. The venerable British and Foreign Bible Society have most generously printed the Gospels, Acts, and Epistles of the Apostles in the Esquimaux Language, for the benefit of this Mission; and were pleased to accept the humble free will offering, sent by the converted Esquimaux, in token of their gratitude.

This Society has likewise printed the New Testament in the Greenland Language, for the use of the Christian Greenlanders, in our three Settlements on that coast. The journey undertaken by Br. Kleinschmidt, from Lichtenau to the vicinity of Statenhook, and the joyful reception which the visitors met with from the inhabitants in the most southern districts, occasioned an application to be made to His Majesty the King of Denmark, for leave to establish a Fourth Missionary Station in that inhospitable region, which has been graciously granted.

Let us, Dear Brethren, unite anew to entreat our Lord, the Saviour of the

World, to accompany the testimony of our Missionaries concerning His atonement with power; and, through demonstration of His Spirit, to vouchsafe a new visitation of His grace among those Heathen Nations, that yet lie buried in darkness to grant success to His servants of every Christian Denomination, that all may assist in gathering in the reward for the travail of His soul-and to send more faithful labourers into His harvest, endowed with grace and power from on high to do His work. And may He likewise grant a succession of benevolent souls, whom He renders able and willing cheerfully to contribute toward the support of the Missions, inspiring them with renewed zeal in the glorious cause in which they are engaged with us!

We trust that He will preserve unto the Church of the Brethren, both in the Old and New World, that disposition

of mind, to persevere in faith in these blessed exertions; that the number of those who believe on Him and do His will may increase among all Heathen Nations, to whom we are sent.

For ourselves, we most earnestly entreat you not to be weary in assisting us by your prayers and intercession; that we may be strengthened to fulfil the important charge committed to us, to be instrumental in promoting the welfare of the Missions of the United Brethren, according to the mind and will of our Lord and Saviour, whom we desire to serve in all that we do.

In true union of spirit with you all, grounded on the only foundation of true happiness in time and eternity, even Jesus Christ our Saviour, we, together with all the Members of the Elders' Conference of the Unity, salute you as your faithful and affectionate Brethren.

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SCOTTISH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

Anniversary.

The Annual Sermons were preached, at Edinburgh, on Friday the 18th of April-in the morning, at St. George's Church, by the Rev. Robert Gordon; and, in the evening, at Bristo-Street Chapel, by the Rev. H. Heugh.

The Meeting was held on Friday, the 23d of May, in the Assembly Rooms, in George-Street; George Ross, Esq., President, in the Chair.

Movers and Seconders.

Robert Paul, Esq.; and Robert Wardlaw Ramsay, of Tillicoultry, Esq.-Rev. John Brown, of Edinburgh; and Robert Hepburne, of Clerkington, Esq.- Rev. John Short, of Dublin; and Rev. W. Ritchie, of Athelstoneford-Rev. James Thomson, of Dundee; and Rev. Walter Tait, of Edinburgh-Rev. Henry Grey; and Lieutenant Colonel Hutchinson- and Captain Wau chope, R. N.; and Alexander Murray of Ayton, Esq.

REPORT FOR 1822-23.

We shall extract from the Report a statement of the Home Proceedings, reserving the Foreign Operations for the next Survey.

Mission to India.

In the last Report, the Directors mentioned their intention of undertaking a New Mission to India; and they have now the pleasure of stating that they have, in the course of the year, carried that important measure into effect. In the month of July, the Rev. Donald Mitchell, the Son of a Clergyman of the Established Church, and who had been several years an Officer in the service of the East-India Company, after having completed his Theological Studies and been ordained by the Presbytery of Nairn, left Edinburgh for London; and, shortly after, he, Mrs. Mitchell, and child, sailed in the ship Sarah for Bombay, where they arrived in safety on the 2d of January last.

In the month of November, the Rev. John Cooper, James Mitchell, and Alexander Crawford, who had all in like manner been lately ordained to the Ministry, left Edinburgh for London; and, after being detained in the Metropolis much longer than was anticipated, they, with their Wives, embarked on board the Euphrates, and are probably by this time considerably advanced on their way to India.

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In reference to the Funds, the Directors remark

Had not the Funds of the Society materially increased of late years, the Directors could not have embarked in so expensive an undertaking as a Mission to India; and, now that they have engaged in it, an augmentation of their income is absolutely necessary. There is a marked distinction between a Missionary Society, and a Bible or a Tract Society. As soon as an edition of the Scriptures or of a Tract is completed, the expenditure is completed also. With a Missionary Society the case is widely different. What with other Institutions, in respect of amount, is the close, is, with it, only the commencement of its expenditure. Though the equipment of a New Mission necessarily involves a Society in extraordinary expenses, it is to be recollected that its continued support must occasion, in future, a regular and permanent expenditure.

Hitherto the receipts of the Scottish

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