important character. What he says and does, is the subject of much remark. His sayings are repeated, and his actions imitated. How Important that he be a pious man! Such men the American Education Society, and other similar institutions, are designed to furnish. Now the 200 beneficiaries of that Society, may instruct 200 schools; and these schools, allowing 50 scholars to each, may contain 10,000 scholars. It is not too much to believe, that the influence of this Society, which has been spreading for seven years, is now felt by almost every rank and condition. And this conviction is confirmed by the facts in the following paragraph. nually increasing; and we have seen that the American Education Society is steadily marching onward. NORTHAMPTON FOREIGN MISSIONARY SO- Annual Report. Dea. EBENEZER S. PHELPS, Treasurer. THE tenth anniversary of the existence and operations of the Foreign Missionary Society of Northampton and Vicinity, auxiliary to the American Board of Foreign Missions, was on the 8th of October last. The annual meeting was holden in Sunderland; at which time a discourse was delivered before the Society; and the Report of the Directors was read, accepted, and ordered to be printed and distributed among the members of the Society. Although the American Education Society is yet in its infancy, thirty-five of its Beneficiaries have already completed their collegiate education. Of this number, one is a Professor in one of the New England colleges; another is a Tutor. Five are settled Ministers; four are Missionaries faithThe receipts for the last year, were fully and successfully engaged in their $645,69; being an advance on the year preMaster's service; and four others have late- || ceding, of $73,51. ly received license to preach, of whom we could mention many interesting circumstances. Six are engaged as teachers of respectable Academies; and fourteen are pursuing their theological studies. To their worth the Directors from personal acquaintance with most of them, are happy to bear public and honorable testimony. We have already prolonged our remarks, and multiplied our extracts, beyond our original intention. We add, therefore, only the following animated passage, which is found near the end of the Report: It is often said, "there are so many such objects, some must be abandoned, or all Janguish." How is the declaration supported by facts? Fifteen years ago, two pious students at Williams College, in their morning walk beneath the shades of the lofty Hoosac, conceived a plan of sending Missionaries to the heathen. Since that time, the American Board of Commissioners, the American Bible Society, and the American Education Society have been formed;--and what do we learn from their history?—that they cannot all exist together?-that if one flourishes, another must languish? if one is pressed forward, another must be abandoned?-that there are so many such objects it is impossible to support them all?-No! we learn other and nobler truths. The receipts of the American Bible Society are annually increasing; the resources of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions are an || From the Report presented on that oceasion, we shall make a few extracts.-The fol lowing paragraph contains a good deal of af. fecting truth. versary, like other years of missionary efThe year which brings us to this annifort, has been overcast with light and shade, and interspersed with success and disappointment. No great object of human enterprise has ever been attained without many intervening obstacles, and embarrassing events.-Even the kingdom of Christ is not to be extended without many occurrences to try the faith and patience of its advocates and friends. A degree of adversity is then to be anticipated, by those who undertake to promote even this kingdom. Every past effort in this work, like the history of the present day, verifies this remark. The annals of missions will tell us of shameful apostasies, of establishments once made, but afterwards abandoned, of losses sustained by fire and at sea, of the martyrdom of many missionaries, of the death of an Elliot, a Brainerd, a Vanderkemp, a Swartz, a Buchanan, a Martyn, and a Worcester. Still the cause has steadily advanced. The work has progressed. This year tells us of the death of a Newell, a Parsons, and Mrs. Poor. Wide is the breach thus made in the missionary family; and great is the loss which the holy cause sustains. They are gone from the toils, and hardships, and labors of the missionary life, and from their conflict with the "god of this world who rules in the hearts of the children" of idolatry, superstition, and sin, to inherit, as we trust, the rewards of the faithful. Gone from this state of personal warfare, and this field of missionary action, their departed spirits now encircle the throne of God, and with kindred spirits look far down on earth, with all the benevolent solicitude which heaven can create, to notice the progress of that cause they so often prayed for, and so dearly loved. The next extract which we make, is from the latter part of the Report. American benevolence has as yet done comparatively little towards the "conversion of the world." By its past exertions, you indeed see a missionary establishment at Bombay and Ceylon, a small band despatched to Palestine, a company of successful laborers at the group of Owbyhean isles, and several stations among our savage tribes; but what are all these missionary achievements compared with what is yet to be accomplished? Survey then, the wide moral waste which spreads itself before you in every direction, and remember that it is to be converted into a fruitful field, by missionary cultivation. It is to be redeemed from the "man of sin," from the false prophet, and from the dominion of idols, and to become the land of Immanuel, filled with Bibles, ornamented with temples for God, blessed with Sabbaths, and inhabited by a people to his praise. It is to be acquired by the prayers, and alms, and efforts of Christians. Already have some important conquests been made. Already do many of the heathen tribes, and of the lost sheep of the house of Israel, stand bending over the wall that separates them from the Christian fold, and beg you to send them that "glorious liberty wherewith Christ hath made you free." Already do they utter the complaint, we sink, we famish, we die, Oh! send us the bread and water of life. Already has the God of nations set his seal to the pro priety and utility of your enterprise. . Will any one-can any one say, let the good work now cease? Will any one-can any one say, that the cause of Foreign Missions shall now be abandoned. What! the work cease, when the talents, and the patronage, and the prayers of the great and good throughout the Christian world are employed in its promotion? What! shall the cause be abandoned, which, at this moment, engages the hosts of heaven, and the King of Zion, in its advancement? Shall the arms of our charity be withered, while "Ethiopia is stretching out her hands unto God?" Shall we repose in slumber while the world is waking? Every Philan thropist, with every Christian will reso lutely say, No! We cannot forbear copying one other passage, because such acknowledgments as it contains, coming from our respected patrons, animate us very much in our mouthly labors. It is an additional encouragement, that the Board have provided means for bringing home to our doors and our fire-sides, by the publication of the Missionary Herald, monthly intelligence concerning the condition of the heathen, and the state and prospects of the mission in all its branches. This information, continually flowing in upon us, places the heathen before us in their depravity, guilt, and wretchedness, and creates in our breasts an interest in their immortal welfare, not to be suppressed. We see what has been done, what is now doing, what remains yet to be done, and we are excited to inquire, what more can we do. DONATIONS TO THE AMERICAN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS. From Nov. 13th to Dec. 12th inclusive. Abington, Ms. Fem. Benv. Soc. first par. for West. Miss. by Miss M. Howe, Tr. 32,31; chi. in sab. sch. 70 c. Abington and Bridgewater, Ms. So. for ed. hea. chi. Mr. J. Hersey, Tr. Amherst, Ms. C. box, by Miss H. Eastman, 2; For. Miss. So. Miss L. Eastman, Tr. for S. I. M. by Rev. Z. S. Moore, D. D. 20 Andover, Ms. A friend, 1,8, C. box, of Miss A. W. Woods, 1,82, 33 01 30 00 Auburn, N. Y. Mon. con. by J. C. Brigham, 15 10 43 00 22.00 89 27 2.00 Ashburnham, Ms. indiv. by Rev. W. Goodell, 2 90 1 00 Barkhampstead, Ct. Northern Star Lodge, by T. Dwight, Esq. 15 00 15 00 Bangor, Me. A few friends for hea. chil. by Rev. J. Peat, 2 00 VOL. XIX. 10 00 For a chi. to be named Hannah Franklin Bradshaw, at Mayhew, from A. Bradshaw, 30 00 C. box of Miss Witham, 5; a friend 5, An indiv. for miss. to South America (prev. rem. 90,71) part profits of "the Retrospect," 10; do. do. of "Barley Wood," 4; a lady in Alabama, by Mrs. A. McMullan, Fairfield, Wil. Del. 5, 19 00 Bradford, Vt. Mon. con. by Rev. S. McKeen, 16 64 Bridgeport, Ct. Coll. in Rev. Mr. Waterman's cong. by Rev. C. S. Stewart, Bridgewater, N. Y. A friend, 1 18 50 dea. A. Thomas, 1 00 Brookfield, Ms. First par. Fem. cent so. P. Howland, Tr. for Sand. Isl. miss. Contrib. (in addi. to 44,30; ack. in Her. of last mo. under West Brookfield,) for do. by Rev. E. Phelps, Brookville, Me. Capt. S. Wasson, Buckland, Vt. Young men's miss. so. for west. m. by J. Jones, Tr. 3,13; av. of quinces, by L. Jones, 2, Buffalo, N. Y. Benev. So. contrib. at mon. con. 9,93; a friend, 4; Mrs. L. West, since dead, 5; by J. C. Brigham, Burton, O. A friend, by P. B. Beals, 5 13 18 93 1 50 Cambridge, Ms. First par. Tract and miss. so. 25 00 A lady, 3; do. 1, for Sand. Isl. miss. another coll. 97,69 (the other half being Fem. Juv. hea. sch. so. of Mrs. Hahnbaum's Charlestown, Ms. For Richard Banter, in Ceylon, by Rev. Mr. Fay, Charlestown, Jeff. co. Va. for William Walton, Chester, Ct. Mon. con. by T. Dwight, Esq. 400 00 4 00 20 00 487 44 Hanover, Ms. Mon. con. by Rev. Mr. Chapin, Hardwick, Vt. Union con. prayer m. by E. Strong, Esq. Hartford, Ct. Young men's miss. so. by B. W. Harvard, Ms. Mon. con. by Rev. G. Fisher, Hudson, O. Sem. an. pay. for George Hooker, fr. A. Kilborn, Huntington, Ct. Fr. pupils, in the fam. of Mr. H. Rudd, Jamaica, L. I. Coll. by Rev. Mr. Weed, Keene, N. H. Mon.con..by Rev. Z. S. Barstow, man, Kingston, N. Y. Fem. mite so. for a chi. in the family of the Rev. Mr. Woodward, to be named David Comfort, Lee, Ms. Av. in part of m. f. from U. Linnell, and L. Robinson, by Rev. Dr. Hyde, Litchfield Co. Ct. For. Miss. So. by Hon. B. Tallmadge, Tr. Longmeadow, Ms. Mon. con. by J. Whiton, Marlborough, Ms. Rev. S. Bucklin, for Pal. m. 1; dea. A. Goodale, for do. 1; an. indiv. for do. 50 c. by Rev. W. Goodell, A friend, Maryland, N. Y. Av. in part of m. f. fr. indiv. by J. Burbank, Middletown, Ct. A fem. by Rev. R. Bascom, Middletown, Upper Houses, Ct. Mrs. M., Ev 10 10 12 00 4.00 80 85 7 63 i 2 50 3 00 2 50 50 arts, 5; R. Savage, 37 c. by Rev. Dr. Chapin, 5 37 Mifflin Co. Pa. Av. of m. card, by Mary M. Long, 25 00 Milton, Pa. W. Moore, 50 00 1 00 12 00 Mt. Vernon So. N. Y. Mon. con. by Mr. J. C. Brigham, 4 67 15 00 18 00 Nantucket, Ms. Young ladies rea. so. for Abner 15 00 an. sub. 50 00 Newburgh, N. Y. Coll. in cong. of Rev. Mr. Johnson, by Rev. C. S. Stewart, Newburyport, Ms. Mon. con. in 1st Pres. chh. 25; a mother's thank-off. for Sand. I. miss. 5; by Rev. S. P. Williams, Fem. Elliot So. 3d an. pay. for Daniel Dana, 30; 2d an. pay. for Samuel Porter Williams, 30; by M. A. Wheelwright, Tr. Coll. at mon. con. in 1822, in Rev. Mr. Dimmick's so. for the foll. pur. Pal. m. 7.50; to consti. the Rev. Luther F. Dimmick an Honorary Member of the Board, 50; for gen. pur. 15,10; by S. Tenney, Esq. New Haven, Ct. Coll. on Monday eve. Nov. 18th, after a sermon by Rev. Mr. Richards, and the Instructions by the Cor. Sec. A friend for Pal. m. 25; do. for do. 5; av. of m. f. culti. by stud. in Yale coll. 6,65; con. of prayer at Y. coll. 13,19; by T. Dwight, Esq. A little girl, 4 years old, 30 00 60 00 72 60 332 25 23 00 49 84 Guilford, Ct. Hea. sch. so. fored. hea. chi. S. Bur 1 00 gis, Tr. by T. Dwight, Esq. 70 00 Halifax, Vt. A fem. 2; chi. in Sab. sch. 2; by T. Wood, Esq. Hamp. Chris. Depy. West Hampton, Ms. ckh. for For. M. 5 00 Mrs. Townsend, Hon. R. M. Sherman, and H. Sanford, 2 each, 6 00 1 1823. Donations to the A. B. C. F. M. chi. of a sch. for Sand. Isl. m. 2; an unknown. person for tracts, for do. 5, Mrs. Spencer and Mrs. Dexter, 1 each, West. asso miss. So. by N. Clark, 2d. Tr. A fem. for Pal. m. by Rev. W. Goodell, Av. of sleigh and harness, by Rev. I. Bird, New Haven and Vicinity,* Ct. From indiv. &c. for Sand. Isl. m. by T. Dwight, Esq. New Haven Co. Ct. West district, Miss. so. N. Clark, Tr. by T. Dwight, Esq. Newington, Ct. Two chil. of M. Kellogg, Jun. by Rev. Dr. Chapin, New Ipswich, N. H. Av. in part of m. f. fr I. Spaulding, by R. Hall, 7 00 2.00 75 00 10 00 15 00 166 36 49 20 2.00 4.00 New York City, Arthur Tappan, Esq. for S.I. m. 100 00 Dr. Hawes of N. C. by P. Hawes, Esq. Monday eve. United mon. con. in the middle Dutch chh. Thursday, Dec. 5, after a sermon, by Rev. Mr. Bird, and the celebration of the Lord's supper, in Rev. Dr. Romeyn's chh. Coll. in cong. of Rev. Mr. Cox, Spring st. by Rev. Mr. Waterman, Norfolk and Plymouth Cos. Pal. miss. so. for the support of Rev. Mr. Temple, by Dr. E. Alden, Tr. North Bridgewater, Ms. Evangel. so. by Rev. D. Huntington, Northampton, Ms. Coll. at weekly prayer meet. by E. Clark. For. Miss. So. of Northampton and neigh. towns, by dea. E. S. Phelps, Tr. Williamsburgh,9,50; Hadley, 46; Sunderland, 30,50; do. at an. meeting, 4,31;+ Northampton, 109,50; Southampton, 10, Belchertown, 12,50; do. a friend, 2,55; Montague, Mr. Root, 2; Westhampton, 24; deacon P, Sikes, 13, Northumberland, N. Y. J. Olmstead, Esq. 1; Mrs. Olmstead, 1,50; H. Hubbard, 1, Orange Co. N. Y. For a chi. at the Sand. Isl. Ovid Village, N. Y. E. Burge, a bal. Paris, N. Y. Martin Porter, av. of potatoes, 3,33; do. of 285 1-2 bushels, raised on one acre of land belong. to H. McNiel, cultiv. by indiv. 47,58, by dea. A. Thomas, Pelham, N. H. United For. Miss. so. in Nottingham West, N. H. 4,81; Fem. cent so. 14,45; a female, for fem. sch. in Ceylon, 1; Mon. con. 8,85; by Rev. J. H. Church, Philadelphia, Pa. Solomon Allen, Esq. Pittsfield, Ms. Ladies' Pittsfield Jews so. to support a Jewish school in India, by F. J. Wright, Sec. Dona. from Mr. J. Ward, for Brainerd miss. 10; for gen. pur. 20; by Rev. H. Humphry, 30 00 Pittsford, Vt. Av. of a num. of fleeces of wool fr. several indiv. by Mr. A. Penfield, Plymouth, Monument Pond, Ms. Fem. asso. fr. Mrs. I. Blackmore, Pownal, Me. Fem, cent so. Sarah Chapman, Princeton, N. J. So. in Theol. Sem. for ed. hea. 20 00 6 50 13 00 3 50 18 QO 6 00 Coll. in cong. of Rev. Mr. Woodhull, by Rev. C. S. Stewart, 37 50 88 56 10 00 Randolph, Ms. First par. Mon. con. by Dr. E. Alden, 18 38 Rindge, N. H. Legacy of the late widow Con 193 36 tent Sherman, received of the heirs, Lt. D. Hale and Mr. W. Barker, 50 00 211 86 Rockbridge Co. Va. Fem. benev. so. of New Providence Cong. Mrs. J. M. Beard, Tr. by W. Clarke, Esq. 12 00 195 25 50 54 Rochester, N. Y. Mon. con. Presb. so. by Mr. J. Gould, 22 00 Rocky Hill, Ct. Thanksgiving-day contrib. by Rev. Dr. Chapin, 14 57 Rome, N. Y. Fem. Sab. sch. for ed. hea. chi. by dea. A. Thomas, 3 37 220 00 17 37 Rowley, Ms. Fem. cent so. by L. Cogswell, Tr. Royalston and Athol, Ms. Miss. so. to ed. a youth at Sand. Isl. by Mr. Wm. K. Talbot, Tr. Salem, Ms. Mon. con at tab. chh. Smyrna, N. Y. Av. of m. f. by T. Dwight, Esq. 32 00 A widow's mite, by Mr. J. Goodrich, Coll. for Sand. Isl. m. after a sermon, by Indiv. for hea. sch. by do. Putnam, by Rev. C. S. Stewart, Stoddard, N. H. Indiv. to, ed. hea. chi. by Rev. I. Robinson, Stratford, Ct. Fem. for. miss. so. Miss M. A. Tomlinson, Tr. by T. Dwight, Esq. Swatara, Pa. United Miss. So. of Dauphin co. Mr. E. Crouch, Tr. by R. Ralston, Esq. Tiverton, R. I. Rev. E. Colman, by Mr. N. Willis, 5 00 65 3 50 30 00 40 00 50 South Reading, Ms. Av. of a veil, fr. a lady, by Rev. Mr. Emerson, 5 00 South Salem, N.Y. Fem. clia. so. by T. Dwight, Esq. 17 50 5 60 Springfield, N. Y. Coll. in cong. of Rev. Mr. 15.00 10 50 Branford, Ct. Av. of m. f. 8 91 Brookfield, Ms. Dorcas so. Canton, Ct. Mon. con. Connecticut, An aged clergyman, Cheshire, Ct. A gent. East Haven, Ct. A lady, Fair Haven, Ct. Miss Rowe's char. box, 2; Mr. Rowe, 10, 12 00 Green's Farms, Ct. Contrib. in Rev. Mr. Hooker's cong. 25 06 New Haven, Ct. Av. of a watch, by dea. Whiting, 4,25; a friend. 1; a lady, 1; trvo chil. 56 c. Wm. Kennedy, 1; a friend, 1; do, 50 c.; a lady, 1; a gent. av. of watch seal.1; av. of two do. by dea. Whiting, 3,75; Mr. Timo. Atwater, 2: several indiv. 8,84; Mr. W. Trumbull, 6; Mr. Silliman, 6; several indiv. 27,19; cha. box, by three ladies, 9, Northford, Ct. Miss Cooke, av. of books, &c. 2,69; indiv. 21 c. Salem, Ct. Mon. con. 10,10; chi. in Miss Spen Townsend, Vt. L. S. Rand, Esq. for Sand. Isl. m. 2.00 dea. A. Thomas, 3 00 Tuscarora Valley, Pa. Coll. fr, indiv. by Miss E. Patterson, 12 00 Miss H. Hall, Tr. by dea. A. Thomas, Waltham, Ms. Second par. Mon. con. 7,60; a fam. thanksg. offg. 10,50; a fem. 50 c. by Rev. S. Harding, Washington, Ct. Fem. cha. so. for Sand. Isl. m. by D. N. Brinsmade, Esq. Wenham, Ms. Av. of a fruit tree, 2; a friend, 1, Westfield, Ms. A few friends, by Mr. Gridley, West Hartford, Ct. Young ladies so. Miss L. S. Whitman, Tr. by T. Dwight, Esq. West Hartland, Ct. Mrs. O. Gaylord, by T. West Springfield, Ms. Young men's benev. so. Wethersfield, Ct. Young ladies rea. benev. so. 20 00 3 00 1 30 14.00 2.00 23 75 Hamden Plains, Ct. Clothing, by T, Dwight, Esq. 6.96 3 00 2.00 Holliston, Ms. A box, fr. indiv. by Mr. W. Rockwood, 30 40 12 00 by do. 15 41 Fem. For miss. so. Miss A. Marsh, Tr. by Rev. Dr. Chapin, 28 99 3d an. pay. for Timothy Dwight, by T. Dwight, Esq. Mon. con. 26,83; cha. boxes, 2,16; by Rev. Mr. Tenney, for S. I. m. Whitesborough, N. Y. Sab. seh. chi. for ed. hea. chi. fr. J. B. Wilson, by dea. A. Thomas, Wilmington, Del. Fem. praying so. and chi. in Sab. sch. for Thomas Witherspoon and Elizabeth Kean, by Mrs. I.. M. Gilbert, Windham, Vt. A friend, 1: two lit. boys, in Sab. sch. 32 e. by Mr. J. L. Burnap, Windsor, N.H. Fem. cent so. for ed. hea. chi. by Rev. I. Robinson, Boston, Ms A bedquilt, fr. Miss C. Lane, Bradford, N. H. Two bush. beans, from Rev. R. Page, and Dr. H. Studley, Buckland, Ms. A box from ladies, for west. miss. by miss. L. Jones. Catskill, N. Y. A box for Elliot, ine. a bundle, valued at 810, fr. Mrs. P. Johnson, Livingston, N. Y. Charleston, S. C. A waggon presented by Mr. T. Fleming, and a large quantity of books, for young men, and for Indian miss. Dedham, Ms. Eight copies Village Psalmody, fr. Mr. J. Warren. Goshen, Ms. Twenty-seven yards cloth, fr. females, for Choctaw miss. Ham. Chr. Dep. Hinsdale, Ms. from ladies of fem. rea. so. by R. Loomis, Worthington, Ms. A box, Harvard, Ms. A box, from ladies' read. so. for 60 38 42 15 Monmouth, N. J. A box, fr. ladies, by Mrs. New Haven, Ct. Sundry arti. of provisions, clo. A box, fr. indiv. 25; books, provision, &c. 32; deducted on purchases, given in to the miss. 20; sundry arti. fr. ladies, given to fem. of the miss. fam. 68,84; a gent. 4,50; books fr. a gent.40; sundry arti. fr. indiv. 7,50; clothing fr. indiv. 30, by T. Dwight, Esq. 227 84 Northford, Ct. books and pamphlets, fr. Miss Cooke, 20,86; a box, 16; by T. Dwight, Esq. 36 86 Portland, Me. Eight window sashes, by Mr. C. Blanchard. Salem, Ct. Two bundles, by T. Dwight, Esq. Wallingford, Ct. Clothing, by T. Dwight, Esq. 17 54 A box fr. indiv. and fr. a Juv. Fr. So. of Fem. Chil. in Winstead So. Winchester, Ct. for the SandIsl. m. and val. at 57,85, was rece'd. by Mr. E. Ely, Hartford, Ct. and forwarded to the place of its destination. A great variety of books, &c. were given for this mission, by individuals, too numerous to be named in this list. The following donations have been committed to the care of Mr. John P. Haven, New-York city. Benson, Vt. A box, fr. Fem. Alms So. Joanna chest, 13; clothing. &c. fr. ladies, 70; sundry books from a gent. 10; do. 10; do. 5, Thetford, Vt. A box, from fem. cha. so. by Miss E. White, Walpole, N. H. A box, from ladies, by Mr. Crehore, for Mayhew, West Hampton, Ms. Twenty-seven yds. flannel, and a bundle, for Ind. miss. West Hartford, Ct. A box from a so. of ladies, Miss L. S. Whitman, Sec. West Newbury, Ms. Fifteen pieces communion plate, fr. 2d chh. by Mr. J. Parker. Winslow, Me. A box, fr. ladies, by Mrs. A. ERRATUM:-The sum of 836,40, acknowledged from Gloucester, Ms. in the last no. of the Herald, was from the Fem. cent So. and not from the Fem. So. for prom. Chr. Knowl. The account was published as it was sent to us. |