Deerfield, Ms. First Par. miss. so. by Mr. Pliny

Ames, Tr.

Dennis. Ms. (North par. cong. so.) Young ladies' reading and working so. by Rev. Jos. Haven,

Duxbury, Ms. A lady, by Mr. N. Cushman,
Durham, Ct. Hea. sch. so. for chil. in India; by
dea. T. Stone, 30; mon. con. by Rev. D.
Smith, 13,13,
East Hampton, N. Y. Fem. miss. so. by Rev.
E. Phillips,

Elkton, Ky. Mr. Gilbert, 50 c.; J. M. Cabaniss,

1; W. W. Hadden, 50 c.; Wm. G. Logan, 1; Benjamin Edwards, 5; Rev. W. K. Stuart, 1; by Mr. J. C. Brigham, Fitzwilliam, N. H. Mon. con. by Rev. J. Sabin, Frankfort, Ky. A coll. 13,75; mon. con. for Brainerd miss. 24,50; by Mr. J. C. Brigham, Fryeburg, Me. Mrs. Rebecca Fessenden and Mrs. Nancy Barrows, 5th an. pay. for Huldah Perley, by J. Bradley, Esq. Gloucester, Ms. (Sandy Bay) Indiv. for ed. hea. chil. by Rev. Mr. Jewitt,

Gorham, Me. Mon. con. to constitute Rev. Asa
Rand an Hon. Member of the Board, by
Rev. Thaddeus Pomeroy,
Granby, Ms. Mr. Calvin Moody, a bal. by Mr.
N. Willis,

Groton, N. Y. Mr. Joab Carpenter, 1,50; Esther Carpenter, 1,50; by Mr. S. T. Armstrong,

Groton, Ct. Ladies' reading so. 2,8; children, 75 c.; Mrs. Mary Chester, 50 c. by Rev. A. McEwen, Hagerstown, Md. Miss Anna Maria Ingles, for "Barley Wood,"

12 00

23 60 1 00

43 13

18 00

9.00

21 00

38 25

12 00 7 00

50 00

Nelson, N. H. A contrib. 13,73; char. box, 3,33;
fem. benev. so. for west. miss. 1; by Rev.
G. Newell,
Newington, Ct. Young ladies' benef. so. miss
Martha Brace, Tr. by Rev. Dr. Chapin,
Newburyport, Ms. A ferryman, av. of labor
on the Sab. by Rev. L. F. Dimmick,
Newbury, Vt. Mon. con. for Pal. miss. 5; do. for
west. miss. 4; by Rev. Luther Jewett,
New Haven, Vt. Mrs. Chloe Hoyt, by Rev. J.
Hopkins, 2; m. f. by Mr. John Cowles, 59;
Rev. Josiah Hopkins' char. box by Mr. D.
Wright, 1,79,

North Granville, N. Y. Miss. box in sch. of 1.

Fisk,

50

New Haven, Ct. N. & S. S. Joeelyn, av. of 12 engravings of Owhyhean youths, New London, Ct. Fem. for. miss. so. Charlotte Wolcott, Tr. by Rev. A. McEwen, Newport, R. I. Mon. con. by Rev. Saml. Austin, D. D.

12 00

47 56

8 00

3 00

2.00

50

50 00

6 00

Hallowell, Me. Family miss. box of Mr. Elias Bond, 5,7; dea. Jos. Gow, 2,

Paterson, N. J. Mon. con. 1st Pres. chh. by Rev. Samuel Fisher,

10 00

Hampshire Christian Depository, Northamp ton, Ms. Mite so. 40; Westhampton, A. P. av. of wood, 1,50,

Hardwick, Vt. Elnathan Strong, Esq. Harvard, Ms. A friend, by Rev. George Fisher, Hillsborough, N. C. Three ladies of Rev. J.

Witherspoon's cong. for John Knox Witherspoon, by Mrs. Eliza G. Hassell, Hingham, Ms. Fem. miss. so. by Miss Polly Barnes, Sec. for west. miss. Holden, Ms. Mon. con. by Mr. J. Crosby, Tr. Huntsville, Ala. Indiv. by Miss E. Godwin and

Miss A. Massie, 11,88; indiv. by Mr. J. B. Clemson, for Nancy Petitt, 36; indiv. 1,87; a little girl, 25 c.; Mr. J. B. Clemson, for John Baker Clemson, 30; Mr. J. H. Tilford, for John Washington Tilford, 18,75; for Cher. miss.

12 00

21 40 15 00

Keene, N. H. Mon. con. 12,50; char. box of a
youth, 1; by Rev. Z. S. Barstow,
Kingston, Ms. Mon. con. by Mr. N. Cushman, 3 92
Kingsborough, (Johnstown.) N. Y. Moral and

Benev. so. Mr. A. Ward, Tr. 12; mon. con.
dea. S. Giles, Tr. 13; by Rev. E. Yale,
Knox, N. Y. Mr. Erastus Williams, a bal. 50 c.
Dr. Barber, do. 50 c. by Mr. N. Willis,
Lebanon, Mon. con. first so. for Pal. miss. 2,96;
west. miss. 1,2; chil. in India, 1,93; for.
miss. sch. 2,2; gen. pur. 4,48,
Lewis, N. Y. Essex juv. ed. so. A. L. Arm-
strong, Tr. for Mayhew miss. by D. Sikes,
Esq.
Litchfield Co. Ct. For. miss. so. Hon. B. Tall-
madge, Tr.
Louisville, Ky. A coll. 40,45; Mr. Thomas

Hill, for west. miss. 50; Mrs. S. 1,50; A. F. a little girl, for Brainerd miss. 1; a colored girl for west. miss. 25 c. by Mr. John C. Brigham, Lunenburgh, Vt. Mon. con. by Mr. Hubbard, Marblehead, Ms. Mon. con. 3; so. for ed. hea. chil. 4; by Rev. Samuel Dana, Middlebury, Vt. Dr. William Bass, 8; by Mr. E. Brewster; mon. con. by Rev. Mr. Merrill, 33; Young ladies' benef. so. by Mrs. Elizabeth Page, for Choc. miss. 1,44, Monson, Ms. Mon. con. by Rev. Alfred Ely, Montpelier, Vt. Contrib. at mon. circular prayer meeting, by Rev. C. Wright, Montville, Ct. Ladies' for. miss. so. Elizabeth Raymond, Tr. by Rev. A. McEwen, Mount Pleasant, Ky. John Adams, by Mr. J. C. Brigham,

Portland, Me. A gent. for miss. papers, Princeton, N. J. Hea, youths' so. for Luke Lyons, by Mr. T. B. Woolsey,

Reading, (Sou. par.) Ms. Mr. Ebenezer Nichols, m. f. by Rev. S. Green,

Reading, Vt. Mr. Daniel Bowen, by dea. N. Coolidge,

Rocky Hill, Ct. Coll. last thanksgiving day, (in

addition to 14,57, acknowledged in Jan Herald.) by Rev. Dr. Chapin,

Richford, Vt. An aged fem. friend for Fal. miss. by Rev. L. Case,

Sangersfield, N. Y. Mr. A. Townsley, for Frutilla Townsley, by dea. A. Thomas, Saugus, Ms. Young Ladies' in seminary, for Joseph Emerson, by Rev. J. Emerson, Savannah, Ga. A lady, for Cher. and Choc. miss. by S. C. & I. Schenk, Shelbyville, Ky. Indiv. by Mr. J. C. Bingham, Shoreham, Vt. Av. of butter, by Mrs. Stanley, 5; Mr. Lot Sanford, 5; Miss S. S. Ormsbee, 1; Mrs. C. Birchard, 1; by H. Everest, Esq. 12 00 St. Albans, Vt. Mon. con. by Horace Janes, Esq. 25 00 Stockholm, N. Y. Fem. char. so. Mrs. Esther

Staples, Tr. 20; young gent. agricul. miss. so. by Mr. Sheridan Guiteem, Tr. 16, Sumner, Me. Indiv. for Cher. miss, by S. Barrett, Jun. Esq.

1

Versailles, Ky. Coll. at evening meeting, by

Mr. J. C. Brigham, Wallingford, Ct. Young ladies' benev. asso. for South Amer. miss. by Miss Eunice Noyes, Sec. Ware, Ms. M. f. (50 of the 80, acknowledged in the Her. of last month, constitute Rev. Samuel Ware, an Honorary Member of the Board,) by dea. Eli Snow,

Wells River, Vt. Mon. con. for west. miss. by Rev. L.. Jewett,

West Barnstable, Ms. Chloe Bodfish, a bal. by Mr. N. Willis,

Westborough, N. Y. a friend,

Westburg, Ms. Coll. in sch. of Mr. Dexter Fay, for ed. hea. chil.

Western, Ms. A friend, 7; Mrs. Gaylord, a bal. 20 c. by Rev. M. C. Gaylord,

Westmoreland, N. Y. Mr. Elijah Sedgewick, by dea. A. Thomas,

Whitehall, N. Y. (E. par.) Miss. box of P. M.

Hibard, by Mr. E. Brewster, Wilkesbarre, Pa. W. C. Gildersleeve, Esq. Williamstown, Ms. a friend, 1,25; Mrs. Ware, 1,75,

Wilmington, Ms. Miss R. Manning, for Bombay miss. by Rev. F. Reynolds, Windsor, Vt. Fem. cent so. for hea. chil. Mrs.

Naomi Mills, Tr. 13; Wm. Bush, for for. miss. seh. 50 c.; Josiah Hawley, miss. so. 1,95; by dea. N. Coolidge,

Woburn, Ms. Char. box in sch. of Miss C. W. for ed. hea. chil.

Zanesville, O. H. Youkin, a bal. by Mr. S. T. Armstrong,

May 8, received from an unknown friend,

Amount of donations acknowledged in the preceding list, $2,397 46.

LEGACIES.

Part of the legacy of the late Dr. Solomon Everest, of Canton, Con. (2,750 having been

Clothing fr. J. W. Tilford, Esq. for J. W. Tilford, at Creek Path,

Nelson, N. H. A bundle fr. fem. benev. so. by Rev. Gad Newell, for west. miss. Newbury, Ms. A cask fr. fem. read. so. by Sophia Worthington, for Brainerd, Newburyport, Ms. Mr. C. Whipple, a box of books, pamphlets, &c. and a bundle of books, and maps,

New Braintree, Ms. A box of clothing and bedding fr. fem.

Portland, Me. A box, for Dwight.

Windsor, Vt. Sundry articles of clothing, &c. ⚫ fr. females, by dea. N. Coolidge.

ERRATUM.

120.00

11 20

60 00

115 00

45.00

In the Herald of last month, p. 154, under the head of Boston, Ms. for young ladies' gleaning so. read, Young Ladies' Gleaning Circla

Russia.

LONDON JEWS' SOCIETY.

1 Extract of a Letter from Dr. Pinkerton.

THE nation of the Jews is not to be neglect ed in this time to favor all nations. They have not remained inattentive observers of the signs of the times, nor are the intelligent and thinking part of them unacquainted with the conflicts which Christianity has sustained, and the conquests which she has gained over her numerous and powerful enemies. The extraordinary events which so rapidly succeed each other in our days-the fall of the modern infidelity, in its direful effects upon the good of society-the change which is now working in the moral and religious state of all nations, by means of the translation and universal dissemination of the Old and New Testament, have had a powerful influence on the hopes and fears of many among the Jews, and have brought not a few of them to their wit's end. But there are still more favorable intimations of this people's being in a state of preparation for receiving the seed of the new Covenant doctrine-intimations unknown in the ages

that are past. Numbers of the Jews, in the countries where I have visited them, have fallen off in their rigid attachment to their former superstitions-their prejudices against Christians and their religion are lessenedthe hatred and prejudices of Christians against the Jews are much diminishedthe willingness with which many of them receive copies of the New Testament in the Hebrew language, and read them-the liberty with which they both read and converse on the merits of the grand question between Jews and Christians, whether Jesus of Nazareth be the Messiah-the state of despair in which many of them now are, of their ever beholding a Messiah such as they desire-the fact, that the yoke of Judaism has really become insupportable to many among them, and that not a few are joining the different Christian communions in the towns of Poland almost weekly-are intimations of no ordinary kind relative to the nation of the Jews, and seem clearly to point out that an important crisis in the religious state of that people is not far distant. For "they also, if they abide not in unbelief, shall be grafted into the church.

During my late tour through Poland, I had many opportunities of gaining information

and making observations which tend to illustrate and corroborate these statements. I no where found the Jews unwilling to converse with me on the subject of Christianity. I distributed about seventy copies of the Hebrew Testament among them, which were always well received. I repeatedly entered their synagogues and schools, and with the utmost possible freedom argued the points at issue between them and us; and I never found the smallest interruption, but on the contrary, a great desire in many of the people to hear and to read. At Minks, the Russian Archbishop told me, that since my visit to him in 1816, he had baptized fifteen Jews, and had then several candidates under a course of instruction. The Catholic Canonicus of the same place informed me, that he had lately baptized four Jews. At Wilna, where the number of Jews is upwards of twenty thous and, the senior Lutheran pastor Nichols told me, that on the 15th of May last he had baptized a married Jewess, whose husband was also about to embrace Christianity -on the 16th, a Jewish child-on the 30th of the same month, a Hebrew youth of sixteen-on the 10th of June, a Dr. Bernard with his wife and daughter; and that he had still four candidates for baptism under a course of Christian instruction. He farther informed me, that on the 6th of May, the Catholics had baptized fourteen young men of the Hebrew nation; and the Police master of Wilna told me, that since the publication of the memorable Ukaze, granting permission to the Jews to join whichever Christian communion they chose, he had been present at the baptism of about fifty Jews into the Catholic church. Nor is there a town in Poland almost, where frequent instances of Jews entering Christian communions are not to be met with. But what I have already stated, plainly proves that there is a favorable change of sentiments in many of the Polish Jews towards the religion of Christ, and urgently calls upon those who long for the conversion of the ancient people of God, to use means for furnishing them with correct knowledge of the Gospel of Salvation.

The number of Jews subject to Russia, is reckoned to be greatly above two millions. These reside in the kingdom of Poland and in the Russian provinces of Ekaterinosloff, Cherson, Podolia, Titomir, Tschernigeff, Kief, Mogileff, Witepsk, Minsk, Wilna, Grodna, Bialastoks, the Krimea, and Moldavia.

China,

Letter from Dr. Morrison.

THE letter, from which the following extracts are taken, was written in answer to certain inquiries proposed by the Rev. Wm. Jenks of Boston. The memorial of Ying-ho, mentioned in the first sentence of our extracts, was printed in vol. xvii of the Missionary Herald, p. 197.-The letter is dated Can

ton, Oct. 8, 1822; and, after a suitable introduction, proceeds thus:

To Ying-ho's memorial the Emperor said, "Proceed according to law." At first his Majesty shewed a great disposition to adopt reforms, which were suggested to him by some of his statesmen; but of late he has said, in his official papers, little more than "Proceed according to existing laws. He pardoned a Tartar grandee, the other day, the crime of being a Christian, on his confirming his abjuration by trumpling on a cross. Buddhism, Mahommedanism, Lamaism or Shamunism, and Atheism, are all tolerated; but Christianism (as the French express it,) is mos rigidly interdicted. But we faint not. Not by human might, but by our Redeemer's power, China must one day be made to serve him. Let us use the means, and pray for the spirit of God to make "these dry bones live."

My dear friend, Dr. Milne, died on the 2nd of June last. The loss to the Anglo-Chinese College and the Chinese mission incurred thereby, is very great. A pulmonary consumption was the occasion of his dissolution. He has left in Malacca, four young orphan children He and I were, as the Chinese say, friends who knew each other as intimately as each knew himself. In consequence of his death, I am going down to Malacca if spared till March, 1823, to assist the brethren there in making arrangements for the future. Dr. Milne was in the midst of a revision, for the press, of the last two Books of the Old Testament, which remained unprinted, when he was called hence. Good is the will of the Lord!

We know that the Cochin Chinese and the Loochoo Islanders read Chinese, and that the Japanese also read it, as well as the people of Corea: but with some of these, it is a sort of learned language acquired only by study, and not spoken as the mother tongue.

Japanese books are not to be bought. And from the vigilant enmity of the Chinese against intellectual intercourse with foreigners, no Chinese books of any kind can be here sent on board a foreign ship; and least of all books concerning Jesus. I will, therefore, (if the Lord will,) send you, from Malacca, a complete set of all the Christian books, which have been there printed.

I hope you will use your influence to encourage the study of Chinese in the United States. The merchants of your country here, find the want of a knowledge of the language an evil whenever they wish to petition the government. I translate for them the mandates of the government, but cannot without the express sanction of the government, (which it will not give,) translate petitions and remonstrances addressed to the government.

May the Lord bless you in your person, your labors, your kindred, and your country.

Farewell, ROBERT MORRISON.

In a letter to the Corresponding Secretary, of the same date, Dr. Morrison mentions, with much gratitude, the arrival, at the Sand. wich Islands, of the English Deputation, and

THE following letter from Dr. Price, is copied from the American Baptist Magazine. It certainly suggests one way, in which the Gospel may gain access to the heart of China, and Japan, as well as the Burman empire. The letter is dated Ava, Oct. 1, 1822.

It has pleased the Great Ruler of the skies, to bring us into the immediate presence of the king of Burmah. Just one year from my reaching Bengal, I was introduced into the palace of the great emperor, and informed that I must make his capital my place of residence. This is an event for which we have longed and prayed- -as calculated to give stability to the mission, in a land like this, where all are respected according to the notice bestowed on them by the king. Whether our anxious anticipations will be realized, is known only to Him on whose business we came, and who, we trust, has sent us hither for good. Our reception was very gratifying. We were obliged to submit to no ceremony. As soon as the king was informed of our arrival, a royal order was issued for our immediate introduction. As we entered, with the impatience of a despotic prince, he called to know which was the doctor. We were taken into an open court, and seated on a bamboo floor, about ten feet from the chair of the monarch. "They are from the western continent,'

was

the first remark-after which our great man delivered his account of us. We were then interrogated, as to my skill in curing eyes, cutting out wens, setting broken arms and legs, besides many other things to which my skill did not extend. Our medicines were then called for, and all my stock inspected. The surgical cases were much admired. After looking at mine, the king sent for his own; one case of which being unlike mine, he immediately gave it into my hands to use. This I considered as equivalent to fixing me here for life. After my galvanic pile had amused the king and his courtiers for an hour, we were dismissed, with an order to look out a place we liked, and he would build a house for us. An order was also given to look up all the diseased people, and have my decision on them.

The king is a man of small stature, very straight-steps with a natural air of superiority, but has not the least appearance of it in conversation. On the contrary, he is always pleasant and good humored, so far as I have yet seen him. He wears a red finely striped silk cloth from his waist to his knees, and a blue and white handkerchief on his head. He has apparently the good of his people, as well as the glory of his kingdom, at heart; and is encouraging foreign merchants, and especially

any

Hayti.

MASSACHUSETTS BAPTIST SOCIETY.

Appointment of Mr. Paul.

(From the American Baptist Magazine.)

IT is with pleasure we announce to the Christian public, that the Trustees of the "Baptist Missionary Society of Massachu setts," have appointed a missionary to Hayti. The Rev Thomas Paul, of Boston, has for a long time felt a deep solicitude to visit the place, with a view of making koown to the inhabitants "the unsearchable riches of Christ." Having communicated his views to the Board, and offered himself as their missionary, it was considered as an indication of Providence, that an attempt should be made to introduce the Protestant religion among the Haytians.

It is expected that Mr. Paul will en bark in the first vessel which sails from Boston for Port-au-Prince. Should he find at the expiration of the six months, for which he is appointed to labor, that there are any encouraging prospects of success, it is the determination of the Board that a permanent mission shall be established on the island.

Grateful acknowledgments are due to brethren of other denominations, for the lively interest they have taken in promoting this object. Mr. Paul has been kindly furnished with letters from some of the most respectable merchants in New-York, to men of wealth and authority in Hayti.

We confidently anticipate that he will meet with no opposition from the secular power. For although, by the Constitution of Hayti, "the Catholic, Apostolic, and Roman religion, is declared to be that of the government;" yet the Constitution also says, Art. 49, "all other religious denominations are tolerated in the republic, conforming themselves to the laws." And we are assured from undoubted sources, that President Boyer is a decided friend of religious liberty.

We hope that the friends of Christ will feel a deep concen for the prosperity of this mission. Pray for our brother, that God would open to him a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ; and that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you.

We would also remind Christians that this undertaking cannot be sustained without expense. We therefore, earnestly request them to aid this object, by more liberal contributions to the funds of the Society.

not suffered to continue, by reason of death. And no more arose to fill their places.

At length, the grave closed upon the very last member; and the light, even of a Christian profession, was extinguished. One church, not extinct, had had no communion for 5 years. Two other churches, had had none for 20 years. Is it not plain, that they had not the grand means which God has appointed, for

The Rev. Justin Edwards of Andover, preached before the Society, at this anniversary, from Nehemiah vi, 3. I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down. We shall make one or two extracts from the sermon, which has been printed.

The following passage is from that part of the discourse, which is designed to show the great value of a living ministry.

How is it with those parts of our own country, which once had the light of a living ministry; but in which that light has been extinguished, only for half a century? Is there not a great increase of moral darkness? Is not the sabbath almost universally profaned; the worship, and ordinances of God neglected? Do not idleness, dissipation, and iniquity prevail? And even with the sober part of the community; is not the great inquiry, 'What shall we eat; what shall we drink, and wherewithal shall we be clothed? Who will show us earthly good? And do not the great interests of vital godliness, visibly and rapidly decline?

In one part of our country there were 16 towns, which were all supplied with settled ministers. Churches were gathered in every town, and many of them were in a flourishing condition. In the mysterious providence of God, they have, within half a century, all been left destitute.

They retained the Bible, and the writings of pious men, in every town. But the great interests of vital religion, visibly and rapidly declined. Ten years ago there were not upon an average 9 members of the church, in a town; although the towns contained, upon an average, nearly a thousand people. In 4 towns, the churches had become extinct. In one of those towns, when they had a settled minister, there was a church of 40 members; and in another, there was a church of more than 60 members. But those members were

death, and leading them out of darkness, into the light and liberty of his children? Even the passing traveller, in view of the footsteps of depravity, which he every where witnessed, could not but feel, that the glory had depart. ed: so would it be, without the preaching of the gospel, in every town, in our own country, and throughout the world.

After glancing at the history of Baxter, and Martyn, and Morrison, and Mills, in proof of the fact, that one Minister of the Gospel may be the means of salvation to many thousands of souls; the preacher says:

But you say, These were missionaries. Missionaries? So, I trust, will be many, whom you are raising up; and missionaries, who will explore every dark region under heaven; and spread the light of holiness, "from sea to sea; and from the river to the ends of the earth."

But supposing that not one of them should ever be a missionary; but all should be parish ministers. By the labors of parish ministers, God accomplishes great ends.

Thomas Scott was a parish minister. Still he was hopefully the means of salvation to great numbers. Many ministers, he was instrumental in raising up for the churches at home, and many others he was instrumental in preparing to translate the Bible, and preach the gospel among the heathen. His benevolent labors were instrumental in opening the way for the formation of the Church Missionary Society; and The British and Foreign Bible Society; institutions among the most stupendous which have ever blessed the world; the influence of which will, ere long, be felt from Japan, to California; and from Nova Zembla, to Cape Horn. And though dead, he yet speaks to more than 20, 000 families; and tells them words by which they may be saved. And through the blessing of God, he may, continue to speak to still greater numbers, of generations yet unborn.

But Scott, you say, was a Commentator. And are you sure that there will be no Commentators, among the men whom you are raising up? Are they not as likely to become such, as he was, at their age? But supposing that there should be no Commentators among them; and not one who shall leave any thing in writing, to speak to the world, after he is dead; still God may accomplish by them ends,