PAGE.

Africa, (see Bassas,) eligible stations in, 463
American and For. Bible Society,
...... 342
American and For. Christian Union,.... 345
American Baptist Home Miss. Society,. 343
American Baptist Missionary Union,
agencies, 207, 236; annual meeting,
210; of the Board, 193; of the Board
for 1852-3, 227; expenditures for 1852
-3, 219; finances, 207, 230; life mem-
bers, 240, 307; present at annual
meeting, 210; officers and managers,
306; election of, 217, 228; publica-
tions, 196, 235; report of the Board to,
212; thirty-eighth Annual Report, 229;
Treasurer's Report,

...

343

300
American Baptist Publication Society,. 342
American Board of Com. for For. Miss., 436
American Indian Mission Association,. 412
American Missionary Association,..... 61
American Seamen's Friend Society,.. 413
American Tract Society,
An unconscious Christian,
Arnold, A. N., letters from, 53, 181, 369;
quiet labors at Athens,
Arracan, the Kemees of, 407; difficulties
of their language, 408; their country,
409; their vices and superstitions,
411; the Koomees, 410; the Khyens,

...

121

181

410, 411

Mission, 190, 252, 407; annual
report on, 252; first fruit from among
the Khyens, 410; Kemee school,.... 409
Ashmore, W., letters from,....112, 331, 461
Assam, the Dopholas of, 424; Miris,
419, 422 Nagas, 31; Deh Durrung,
114; impediments to the gospel in, 418;
wants of, 420; mission at Tezpore, 417;
rejectors of idols,

:

459

Mission, 10, 129, 170, 206, 270, 337,
350, 417, 455; general meeting of, 114,
129; report on, 206; Annual Report
on, 270; baptisms at Gowahati, 114,
422;-at Nowgong, 171, 350;-at Sib-
sagor, 134, 420; letter of native
Christians, 115; preaching and itine-
racy, 130; appointment of native
assistants, 130; Schools,-Nowgong
Orphan Institution, 132, Sibsagor
girls' sch., 132, Gowahati do., 135,
station and village do., 137;-solicited
by the people, 456; examination of a
village school, 457; printing depart-
ment, 138; churches, 139; new sta-
tions proposed, 139; village preaching,
170; revival in Nowgong Institution,
170; converts at Sibsagor, 337; build-
ings, 420, 422; chapel at Gowahati, 422;
encouraging state of Nowgong church,
420; provision for native Christians, 420

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.... 140

Assam Baptist Association,
Ava, disciples at, 35; rumors from, 41,
349; insurrections in, 143; pacific
despatches from, 146; an avenue to... 409

Mission, (see Rangoon,) 9, 33, 68,
97, 142, 152, 161, 258, 348, 425, 453;
diversities of tongues, 33; cheering
contrast, 34; inquirers, 35, 102; secu-
rity of missionary labor, 37; baptisms,
71, 100, 102, 455; missionary dispen-
sary, 71; distribution of books in-
terdicted, 101; hostilities with the
English-the missionaries retire to
Maulmain, 152; resumption of labors
at Rangoon, 425; religious services
and schools,...

Bahamas,

Ball, E., letter from,.......

Bassas, Mission to, 11, 205, 277, 463;
report on, 205; annual report of,.
Beecher, J. S., letters from, 330, 353;
tour in the jungle, 330; ineffectual at-
tempt to reach Thay Rau, 330; tour
down the coast, 331; second tour, 353;
abrupt return,.

Belgium, Popery in,......

Bennett, Alfred, biographical sketch of,
C., journal of,..

Mrs., departure for America,

67; arrival,....

453

Brayton, D. L., journal of a tour,...... 168
Bread found after many days,..
Bronson, M., letters from, 170, 350, 417;
journal, 455; visit to Gowahati, 350;
to Tezpore, 417; to several villages,
455; attentive and eager hearers, 456,
457; inquirers, 455, 457; interesting
discussion,

Brown, N., letter from,.

Mrs., letter from,..

....

Buel, R. F., letter from, 434; routine of
labors,
Burmah, (see Ava and Rangoon,) British
relations with, 94, 126, 189; religious
festivals, 99; hospitality, 355; decay
of the empire, 143; corrupt adminis-
tration, 146; hostilities with the
English, 152, 164; barbarity of of-
ficers, 382; mode of prosecuting war,
449; blockade of the coast, 189; war
declared, 190; fall of Rangoon and
Martaban, 348; attempt to renew
negotiations, 382; expected annexa-
tion of Pegu to British India, 454;
popularity of British rule,..

Missions in (see Maulmain,
Tavoy, Arracan, Sandoway, Ava,) 9,
215; re-opening of, 213; openings for

420 ⚫

337

434

355

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missionary labor in, 348; China acces-
sible through, 111; Romish missions
in, 169, 321, 430; their artifices,...... 321

California, Sandwich Islanders in,...... 122
Campbell, H. M., obituary of,........
Ceylon,

Cherokees, Mission to, 296, 466; decease
of native preachers, 466; annual meet-
ings-baptisms,
China, (see Hongkong and Ningpo,) Jews
in, 28; report on missions in, 204; a
Budhist tract, 44; the political hori-
zon, 46; a Chinese church, 89; river
and canal navigation, 108; sedan trav
elling, 109; T'ien Dong temple, 109;
"The Lakes," 110; cholera, 110; em-
pire accessible through Burmah, 111;
emperor distributing tracts, 111;
a Confucian tract, 111; apparent tra-
ces of ancient Christianity in the in-
terior, 336; precarious state of the
empire, 336; city of Chapoo, 360;
jealousy of foreigners, 360; Romish
outrages on Chusan,..

191
437

466

366

436

91
153

52

Church Missionary Society,

Church of England Missions,.

Cogswell, Robert, obituary of,.

Cretin, J. B., letter from,...........................

Crocker, L. K., letter from,.....

463

Cross E. B., journal of a visit to church-
es south of Tavoy,....

321

Danforth, A. H., letter from, ......

114

Dawson, J., letters from, 37, 71, 97, 104,
145, 161, 189, 348, 425, 453; visits to
Boodhist monasteries, 39, 98; visit to
Dalla, 97; retirement to Maulmain,
152; visits Rangoon, 348; resumption
of residence there, 425; medical la-
bors,..
454
Day, S. S, letters from, 16, 337; tour to
Oodighery,...
176, 377
Dean, W., on Missionary Qualifications, 394
Delaware Station, 58, 186, 295, 464; re-
port of, 58; mortality, 186; Briggsvale
school, 186; youthful converts, 464;
bereavements,

Deputation to Asiatic Missions,.......
Devan, T. T., letters from...

465
470
74, 397

Doerksen, J., journal of, 14, 405; labors
in Tilsit and vicinity, 14, 404; services
forbidden, 15, 404; threatened with vi-
olence, 15; fined.

Donations, 31, 63, 94, 126, 153, 192, 319, 351,

.... 406

South Eastern, 74, 281, 397;
church constituted at Anse, 74; ordi-
nation of two pastors, 74; restraints
by the authorities-imprisonments,
75; seed sown in good ground, 397; a
pursuit, 398; meetings prohibited-
continued work of grace, 398; arrest
and trial of two assistants, 399; their
sentence, 400; baptisms, 399, 400; the
truth working,.....
... 400

Germany, conference of the "Kirchen-
bund" at Elberfeld, 11, 23; the "Breth-
ren's Union," 12; Sabbath desecra-
tion sacrament of absolution, 77;
newspaper account of the Baptists, 78;
persecution in Prussia: prohibition of
meetings and ordinances, 15, 78, 404,
433, espionage, 78, 404, 446, malicious
prosecutions, 78, 403, fines and ban-
ishment, 30, 81, 150, 153, 404, 406, 446,
imprisonment, 153, 446;-in Hanover,
14, 77, 416;-in Baden, 78;-in Meck-
lenburg, 78, 177;-in Oldenburg,..... 403
Mission to, 11. 29, 76, 150,
152, 177, 285, 401, 431, 445; annual re-
port, 285; church at Berlin, 29, 446;-
at Stettin, 151; destitute churches,
30; Silesia, review of 1851, 401; bap-
tisms at Zingst, 80, 84;-at Lassan,
83; at Stralsund, 84;-at Seestedt,
403; conversion of a freethinker, 177;
laboriousness of a native preacher,
401; bible and tract distribution, 431;
opposition of the clergy, 432; churches
in the Hartz, 446;-in Hanover, 446;
Prussian Association,..
Goddard, J., letters from, 41, 335, 431;
journal of, 108; health and employ-
ments, 41; visits T'ien Dong, 108;-
"The Lakes," 110; progress in trans-
lation

Greece, trial and sentence of Dr. King,
181-sentence not executed, 371;-
inquiry into by American minister,
434; petition for better observance of
the Lord's Day, 369; rebellion in a
theological school, 369; a religious
war threatened, 369; important eccle-
siastical movement,.

447

431

370

383, 416, 447, 472

Doumin, E, letter from,.

50

• Dunckley, H., address of,

English Baptist Missionary Society,... 372

France, Protestant religious societies in,
441; Protestantism in the south of,
441; power of the clergy, 400; intol-
erant decrees,....
..190, 281
Mission to..
....11, 278
Northern, 50, 116, 278, 338, 367,
396; a village curate, 50; persecutions,
116, 339-in Danity, 51; a converted
infidel, 116; progress of the truth, 117,
367; uncertainties, 339; Christian

379
467

Haese, H. F.W., journal of labors in Ol-
denburg, 401; maliciously prosecuted,
403; fined for administering baptism, 404
Harris, N., journal of tour to Lamaing,. 166
Hawaii, volcanic eruption in.............................
Helping together by Prayer,
Hongkong Mission, 10, 46, 190, 263;
annual report, 263; religious services
at oustations, 48; need of Christian
female influence, 49; the wrath of man
praising God, 49; school at Tung Chiu
-good will of the authorities, 333;
religious services there....
Hotchkiss, V. R., sermon before the
Am. Bap. Missionary Union,......... 385

334

Karen Missions, (see Maulmain, Tavoy
and Sandoway)...
.......10, 215
Karens of Burmah Proper, their neces-
sities, 36; their faith, 37; churches in
the north-western provinces, 69; let-
ter from a native pastor, 70; they
evangelize Burmans, 70; exactions of
their Burman rulers, 321; rumored
elief from persecution, 70; well re-
ported of,

Kemees.-See Arracan.

Kemnitz, C. A., journal of, 431; bible
and tract distribution, 431; visit to
Berlin....

98

433

Kincaid, E., letters from, 33, 68, 100, 103,
104, 142, 281, 455; interviews with the
viceroy of Rangoon, 34, 68, 69, 142;-
with Com. Lambert, 104, 382; retires
to Maulmain, 152; visits Rangoon,
348; resumes residence there,....... 425
Knapp, H. E., journal of tour to the Ke-
mee jungle, 407; discouragements,
407; a rebuke of unbelief,.
Knowing the time,

Kynegos, U., letter of, 184; journal, 185;
his character,

410
118

181

Macgowan, D. J., letters from, 43, 110,
330, 360; residence in Yuhwang mon-
astery, 43; voyage to Shanghai, 360;
pursuit of a boat "under difficulties,"
360; official finesse, 361; extreme cold,
362; return to Ningpo,..............
Madagascar,..
Maulmain Burman Mission, 20, 240, 426,
445; preaching and tract distribution
in the city, 20, 426; annual report,
240; influence of a deceased mission-
ary, 20; Burmese church at Maul-
main,

Karen Mission, 166, 246, 449;
annual report, 216; preaching in vil-
lages, 166; baptisms at Lamaing, 167;
-near Amherst, 168; Christian mouin-
ing, 166; heathen mourning, 168;
Dong Yan church, its prosperity, 450;
-support of its pastor, 450; Chris-
tianity self-witnessing, 450; a ship-

general view of the, 9; reca-
pitulation of, 297; table of,........
--, Indian (see Ojibwas, Ottawas,
Shawanoes, Cherokees,) 11, 208, 293;
report on,

Moore, W., letter from, 449; jungle
tours,..

202

299

208

..449, 451
Morse, E. S., letters from, .........186, 464
H. H., letter describing a rural
school,

Ningpo, pirates at, 336; Chinese method
of repression, 363; a Budhist riot-
judicial and scholastic eloquence, 364;
insurrection against the salt monopo-
ly, 365; riots,

332

..431

Mission, 10, 41, 108, 256, 335,
431; reduced strength of, 41; an ac-
cessible people, 110; annual report,
266; encouragements, 335; transla-
tion, buildings, inquirers,......

431

293

Obituaries, 92, 153, 191; report on,..... 198
Ojibwas, 90; mission to,....
Oncken, J. G., letters from, 11, 76; no-
tice of the Elberfeld conference, 11;
visit to Hanover, Oldenburg, Bremen,
&c., 13; expelled from Prussia, 152;
proscription rescinded,..
382
Ottawa station, report of,..
..57, 296
Ottawas in Michigan, mission to,...... 294

Prayer for the spread of the gospel, ser-
mon by Rev. V. R. Hotchkiss, ...... 385
Preachers at triennial and annual meet-

435

415

362

63

Presbyterian Board of Missions,..
Prussia, (see Germany,) Romeward ten-
dencies in,....

344

85

362

21

445

Rangoon, (see Ava,) extortions of the
viceroy, 34, 68; rainy and sickly sea-
son, 38; specimen of criminal justice,
68; English expedition to, 103; rea-
sons for its permanent occupancy by
the mission, 104; hostile preparations,
143, 145; disorder in, 144, 145; com-
mencement of hostilities-the mis-
sionaries retire, 152; arrival of the new
viceroy, 161; repulse of the English
deputation, 161; flight of foreign resi
dents, 162; efforts to reopen negotia-
tions, 163; blockade, 163; battle of
the stockades, 164; capture of the
city, 348; incidents, 381; rapid re-
building of the city, 425; arrival of
the Governor General of India,...... 455
Romish Missions,..
91

........

Sandoway Mission, 254, 326, 353; an-
nual report, 254; meeting of Associa-

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tion at Thay Rau, 326; native mis-
sionary operations, 327; common
schools, 328; sudden dispersion of the
meeting, 329; statistics of the church-
es, 331; Pwo assistants and churches,
329; remaining superstitions, 329;
church at Ongkyoung-baptisms, 330;
churches on the coast: Great Plains-
baptisms, 353, 354; Buffaloe, 354;
Sinmah and Kyoung Thah, 355; occu-
pation of Bassein, 472; state of the
churches,
Sandwich Islands,
Shawanoe Mission, (see Delaware and
Ottawa,) 57, 186, 295, 464; report of,
57; Annual Report on, 295; a season
of refreshing, 465; school, 466; con-
dition of the people,
Siam, political affairs, 113; opium trade,
113;-legalized, 331; its effects, 463;
cremation of the late king,......

.......

Mission to, 10, 72, 112, 204, 260,
331, 460; in favor with king and peo-
ple, 72; trials and mercies; 112; Chi-
nese church, 113; conversions, 113;
report on, 204; annual report, 260;
rural school, 332; difficulties-helpers
needed, 460; two converts baptized,
460; account of them,....

Sick, J., letter from,

472

27

466

1

Smith, S. J., letters from,...
South Africa, geographical discoveries
in,.....

462
179
72, 460

187

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forts, 325; state of the churches, 322;
baptisms, 325; roving propensities of
the people, 322; Burmese villages,
323; Romish artifices, 323; Mata vil-
lage, 357-church, 427; baptisms at
Tahpoo, 359; at Mata, 360; at Ker-
gau, 360, 427; at Lauloo, 428; report
of distant Karens, 428; churches up
Tavoy river, 428; baptisms, 428, 430;
a female missionary's work,..

Missionary Society,

Teloogoos, progress of Christian ideas
among, 17; prevalence of religious
eclecticism and its causes,...

430

346

17

Mission to, 10, 16, 146, 176,206,
274, 337; chapel worship at Nellore,
16; report of, 146; itineracies, 146;
idolatry in disrepute, 147; bible and
tract distribution, 147; preaching at
festivals, 148; inadequacy of means,
149, 338; inquirers, 149, 176, 338, 351;
baptisms, 149, 350; report on the mis-
sion, 206; annual report,............ 274
Thomas, B. C., letter from, 325; jour-
nal of, 427; first excursion into the
jungle, 325; visit to Mata, 427; tour
up Tavoy river, 428; on preaching to
the heathen,....

430

-, Mrs., journal of visit to Mata,
356; elephant riding-crossing the
mountains, 356; interview with hea-
then Karens, 357; progress in the lan-
guage, 358; views of the missionary
work, 358; visit to Tahpoo, ......... 359
Trinidad,..........
....... 124
Van Meter, H. L., letter from, 326;
visit to the jungle-perils of waters,. 326
Vinton, J. H., letter from,.....
104
Von der Kammer, H., journal of,...... 80