church somewhat more than a year,—and after his dismission, he preached as " stated supply" in Bricksville, Cuyahoga county, from whence he removed to Cleveland in 1831 or 1832, and commenced teaching a high school, where he still continues.Mr. Woodruff, the next minister, preached to this church a part of his time one year.— Mr. Beardsley, after closing his theological studies at Auburn Theological Seminary, spent sometime in New York State, in teaching school. He came to this country in 1831, and established himself in Jefferson, the seat of justice of this county. Here he also engaged in teaching the academy, and at the same time in preaching to the church, and to that of this place, until 1833, when he removed to Freedom, Portage county, where he labored in the ministry till July, 1833, and then removed to Atwater, having received a call from the people of that place. He still continues at Atwater.—Mr. Loring left Andover Theological Seminary in the class of 1833. After his arrival in this

country, he labored a few months among the inhabitants on the Ohio canal, where there were no churches formed, and but few professors of religion resided. Subsequently, he preached six months in Bainbridge, Geauga county, and then six months in Wayne and Andover. He has since returned to New England.

Second Church. This church has enjoyed the labors of Dr. Cowles. Both it and the first church are now destitute.

ASHTABULA. This town is established on a river by the same name, and contains a flourishing village, situated two or three miles from Lake Erie. The church has never had a settled pastor, but has been supplied at different times by Messrs. Pratt, Badger, H. Cowles, G. H. Cowles, Scott, and Root. The Presbyterians and Baptists have at times united in the support of the gospel, having one year a Baptist clergyman, and the next a Presbyterian.-Mr. Scott never had a collegiate education. He left Bangor Theological Seminary in 1831, and soon after came to the Reserve. He labored for a time in this place, Monroe, Pierpont, and Conneaut-then one year in Euclid, Cuyahoga county; and in February, 1835, was installed pastor of the church in Chester, Geauga county, and in October following was dismissed.-Mr. Root was a student at Auburn Theological Seminary. He preached one year in Ashtabula; and has since been ordained as an evangelist, by the Monroe Presbytery, and is now preaching in Dexter, Michigan. The church in this place is now vacant.

AUSTINBURG. This town was early settled by an enterprising class of inhabitants, who were also friends to morality and religion. A church was gathered in 1801, by the Rev. Joseph Badger, the year after he arrived in this country, and it has been much favored with repeated revivals of religion, under the ministry of the two Cowleses. It is now vacant. There has recently been established in this town, a manual labor school, which is to be taught by Mr. Ralph M. Walker, late tutor in the Western Reserve college-Dr. Cowles studied theology with Rev. Jonathan Edwards, D. D., of New Haven, Conn.; was licensed to preach the gospel, by the Western Association of New Haven County, in May, 1791; and was ordained over the church in Bristol, Conn., October 17, 1792. In this connection he continued nearly eighteen years; and May 24, 1810, was dismissed from his pastoral charge in that place, having accepted of an appointment from the Connecticut Missionary Society, to spend the following summer on the Western Reserve. Soon after entering upon his missionary labors, he received a call from the united societies of Austinburg and Morgan, to become their pastor, which he accepted. In the year following, he removed his family to Austinburg, and was installed September 25, 1811. He discharged faithfully the duties of a minister of Jesus Christ to this people until February 3, 1830, when by mutual consent, his pastoral relation was dissolved. During his ministry here, he spent a portion of his time as a missionary, or "stated supply" to many of the neighboring feeble churches. And after his dismission, notwithstanding his advanced age, he continued to preach until April, 1834, when he was wholly laid aside from the work of the ministry. Dr. Cowles was a father to the churches in Ashtabula county, and was untiring in his efforts to promote their spiritual interests. As a Christian, he was meek and humble. As a minister, faithful and devoted-ever watching, "as one who must give an account." As a theologian, he was sound and systematic. He died in Austinburg, July 5, 1835, in the sixty-ninth year of his age, deeply lamented by his brethren in the ministry, and by the churches generally. While he was settled in Bristol, Conn, there was a general and powerful revival of religion in 1799, and as the fruits of it, about 100 persons were added to his church. There were besides, seasons of less general religious excitement at different times, during his ministry in that place.

In 1816, while he was settled at Austinburg and Morgan, there was a powerful revival of religion in those places, which extended into some of the adjoining towns. And as the fruits of it, about 100 additions were made to the Austinburg church. Dr. Cowles assisted in organizing fifteen churches on the Reserve.-Mr. Henry Cowles studied divinity at New Haven Theological Seminary, and with Rev. Ralph Emerson, D. D., of

Norfolk, Conn., and now professor in the theological seminary at Andover. Mr. Cowles preached over a year in Ashtabula-subsequently in Sandusky, Huron county-and from September, 1830, until October, 1835, he continued as "stated supply and pastor of the church in Austinburg. Having been invited to the professorship of languages in the Oberlin Collegiate Institute, he was dismissed from his pastoral charge in October last, and immediately entered upon his new duties at Oberlin.

COLEBROOK and ORWELL. This church, formed in 1831, has enjoyed successively the labors of four ministers, Messrs. Austin, Cowles, Pepoon, and Danforth.-Mr. Austin came into this country at an early day. He had previously commenced study with a view of obtaining a liberal education; but by reason of ill health, was obliged to relinquish his object. He pursued theological studies for several years under the tuition of Dr. Cowles of Austinburg, and was in 1827 licensed to preach the gospel. Since he entered the ministry, he has for the most of the time engaged in the labors of an itinerant missionary. He continues to reside at Austinburg.-Mr. Pepoon studied theology for a time with Rev. Dr. Cowles of Austinburg; in 1825 was licensed to preach, after which he spent about one year at Auburn Theological Seminary. Since leaving Auburn, Mr. Pepoon has preached for different periods of time, to eleven churches.-Mr. Danforth left Auburn Theological Seminary in 1829. Spent two or three years in Indiana, and the western part of Ohio-afterwards preached one year to the churches of Bainbridge and Mantua-then one year in Brookfield and Hubbard-and since in Rome one year; and now preaches to this church and resides in Orwell.

CONNEAUT. This town, formerly named Salem, is situated in the north eastern corner of the State, and on a river of the same name. It has enjoyed but little regular preaching. Dr. Cowles labored here a part of his time for two years, and Mr. Humphrey for more than two. It is now destitute.

GENEVA and HARPERSFIELD. This church, at its formation, spread over the territory now occupied by the two churches in Madison, and the church in Unionville. It is now vacant. Mr. Leslie, its first settled pastor, studied theology with Rev. John M'Millan, D. D., then professor and vice president of Jefferson college. He was licensed in June, 1807, and commissioned in March following, by the Connecticut Missionary Society, to come to the Reserve, and under their patronage he has labored more or less since. He was ordained as an evangelist in July, 1808; and installed over the church in Geneva and Harpersfield, November, 1810, and continued in this connection ten years. He has also labored as stated supply in one or two other places; and he now preaches in Batavia, Geauga county, and lives in Harpersfield.-Mr. Pratt was first educated for a physician, and in this profession he practised sometime in Andover in this county. He studied theology under the tuition of Dr. Cowles, of Austinburg, and Rev. Harvey Coe, of Vernon, Trumbull county-was licensed in February, 1821, and ordained in 1822. He commenced preaching as stated supply to this church in May, 1821, and was installed June 23, 1824; in which connection he remained over eleven years. He has also labored in several other churches, and is now preaching in Claridon, Geauga county.

JEFFERSON. This church is now vacant.-Mr. Chapin left Andover Theological Seminary in 1831; soon after came to the Reserve, and supplied the second church in Madison and the church in Montville; then the church in this place, where, at the same time, he taught the academy; and more recently, supplied the west church in Farmington, Trumbull county, where he also is teaching an academy.

KINGSVILLE. This church was first supplied by Mr. Badger, and afterwards by Mr. Palmer, whose theological studies were under the direction of the Cayuga Presbytery of New York. He was licensed by that body in July, 1820; and in February following, was installed over the second church in Genoa, New York. After his dismission, he came to Kingsville in 1824, where he continued until 1829. While here, he suffered from bleeding at the lungs, which disabled him for a season to preach. During his ministry at Chester, Geauga county, he spent one summer as commander of a schooner on Lake Erie, and his influence on the sailors was salutary. He has more recently preached as his health would permit, to the church in Ridgefield and Monroe, Huron county. Mr. Kelly is son of Rev. Mr. Kelly, of Hampstead, N. H. He left Andover Theological Seminary with the class of 1822; was licensed by the Londonderry Presbytery, and ordained over the Congregational churches in Parsonsfield and Newfield, Maine, and dismissed June 27, 1827; was installed over the church in Kingsville, in 1829; dismissed July 9, 1834; and installed on the same day over the first church in Madison, Geauga county, where he still continues. While at Kingsville, Mr. Kelly supplied for a time the church in Sheffield.-Mr. Latham studied theology with Rev.

Dr. Packard, of Shelburne, Mass., and came to the Reserve in 1834, and still preaches in Kingsville.

LENOX. This church has enjoyed for a season the labors of Dr. Cowles and Mr. Austin. Mr. Austin continues as "stated supply."

MILLSFORD. This church is now destitute.

MONROE. This church has enjoyed successively the labors of Messrs. Woodruff, Cowles, Scott, Pratt, and Woodruff. Mr. J. A. Woodruff, the present minister, is son of Rev. E. T. Woodruff. He studied a short time at Auburn Theological Seminary, and was licensed to preach the gospel. While supplying the church in Warren, Trumbull county, he received a call from the second church in Madison, and the church in Unionville, to become their pastor; was installed June, 1834, and dismissed July, 1835.

MORGAN. This church was formerly connected with the Austinburg church, until 1819, when it received a distinct and separate organization. Its first pastor was Mr. Stone, who continued with them nine years. He also supplied several other churches, during his ministry at Morgan. After his dismission, he became editor of the Ohio Observer, in which capacity he remained two or three years; and afterwards removed to New England, where he has spent several years, preaching in Massachusetts and Connecticut. Recently, he has returned to the Reserve -Mr. Tracy was the next minister in Morgan.-And his successor was Mr. Child, who fitted for college at Phillips academy, Andover, Mass., but in consequence of ill health, never entered college. After closing his theological studies at Auburn Theological Seminary, he came to the Reserve, and commenced supplying the churches of Morgan and Rome, October, 1829; over which, he was installed pastor in the year following. He was dismissed from his charge by reason of ill health, in 1833. For the greater part of the time since his dismission, he has been laid almost entirely aside, by sickness. He is now preaching in Warsaw, N. Y.-Mr. Pratt, who preached the last year in Monroe, is his successor.

NEW LIME, ROME, SHEFFIELD, and WINDSOR.

These churches are now destitute.

PIERPONT. Rev. E. T. Woodruff, is now supplying this church.

WILLIAMSFIELD and WAYNE. This church formerly embraced the whole of these two townships. But a few years since, division arose in relation to the location of a place for public worship. A small stream of water, which runs through about the centre of the then congregation, was one source of contention. There were also other causes, all of which finally resulted in the formation of a new church in the township of Wayne. Mr. Coe studied theology with Rev. John Seward, of Aurora, Portage county, and Rev. Harvey Coe, of Vernon, Trumbull county. He supplied at different times, the church of Mantua, Portage county-of Dover, Cuyahoga county-of Williamsfield, Ashtabula county-of Lyme, and of Greenfield, Huron county-and of Vernon, Trumbull county. Since 1822, Mr. Coe has spent a good portion of his time as a missionary among the Indians of Maumee; and among some of the tribes living on the borders of the lakes of St. Clair and Huron. Mr. E. T. Woodruff studied theology under the tuition of Rev. Charles Backus, D. D., of Somers, Conn. In 1800, he was ordained and installed pastor of the church in North Coventry, Conn.; and dismissed November, 1817, by reason of ill health. He soon after emigrated to this country, and found the change of climate favorable to his constitution. His health was so much restored, that in August, 1819, he was installed over the church of Williamsfield and Wayne, and dismissed in 1835. From the time he came to the Reserve, Mr. Woodruff spent a portion of his time at different periods, as "stated supply" in Milton and Newton, Austintown, Brookfield, and Southington, Trumbull county; Parkman, Geauga county; Monroe, Andover first church, and Pierpont, Ashtabula county. He still lives in Williamsfield, and preaches in Pierpont.-Mr. Bascom, on closing his studies at Princeton Theological Seminary, commenced laboring in Lower Sandusky, west of the Reserve, where he preached one year. Afterwards labored in this place six months, and is now preaching in Chester, Meigs county. The church in Williamsfield is now destitute.

WAYNE. This church has enjoyed successively the labors of Messrs. Cowles, Russ, and Loring. It is now destitute.

[To be concluded in the next Number.]

A SELF-TAUGHT MAN.

[Communicated for the Register, by a Foreign Missionary.]

I was born in New England, of poor but intelligent and pious parents. They early instructed me in the principles of the Christian religion, and afforded me the advantages of a common school education. I had indeed the privilege of attending an academy during the winter months of two or three years, but I derived scarcely any higher benefit than I had derived from an attendance at a common school. I had not formed a taste for reading, excepting Bible stories, and dialogues, which I found in some of my early school books. The thought of acquiring an education had not entered my mind. My confidence in my ability to acquire an education, even had the means been afforded, was feeble. I was excessively bashful, so much so that I was reluctant to do an errand at a neighbor's house. I had also an impediment in my speech, which occasioned me not a little mortification, and seemed, of itself, a sufficient barrier to my becoming a scholar. Added to this, I had commenced learning a trade with my father, become attached to the business, and made up my mind, as I thought, to gain my living by a mechanical occupation. When I was thirteen or fourteen years of age, I purchased, with my elder brother, a right in a country town-library, for a single year. I became very soon fond of reading; and though I continued to work at my trade, yet my spare hours were occupied with reading history, travels, and works of taste. I even attempted Milton, and read him till I understood and relished the least difficult parts of his Paradise Lost. My love of books continually increased, till, at length, I began to desire more leisure than I could command for reading. In accordance with the advice of a friend, I resolved, at the age of eighteen, to qualify myself to teach a common school. I made up my mind in the spring of the year, and without deserting my shop, I bent all the energies of my mind to the work of preparation for the ensuing winter. My books were always at hand, and not a moment was wasted. Some kinds of business I could do, and read at the same time; and when the work of the day was ended, I usually spent an hour or two in study before retiring to rest. In the autumn, I travelled a few miles into the State of New York, among strangers; engaged a school; sustained an examination, and taught with acceptance. I was invited, at this time, to commence a course of study preparatory for the ministry. I have never ceased to regret that I did not listen to this advice. The circumstances of my father's family, as I then thought, forbade such a course. My desire for information, however, constantly increased, and I turned my long winter evenings to a good account. The next spring my father giving his consent, I shouldered my knapsuck, and again entered the State of New York with the hope of obtaining a favorable situation for teaching school; so that, while assisting my father, I might indulge my love of reading. In this I was unsuccessful, and I walked on to Genessee river, and as I had scarcely any money, engaged as a journeyman and for several months I wrought incessantly. I still contrived to read not a little. My evenings I spent in this delightful manner, and I always had a book in my pocket, or in the crown of my hat, and whenever I had a moment of leisure, my book was seized; and never miser counted his dollars with half the delight that I felt when thus employed, if but a few minutes. I longed for wealth that I might have leisure to gratify my love of books. In the autumn I engaged in school teaching, and continued in this employment eighteen months, spending all my leisure time in reading such books as I could find. During my residence in the State of New York, of five years, I discharged a debt of my father of one hundred and thirty or forty dollars; collected a small library; and had nearly made up my mind to settle in that country. But having acquired considerable knowledge of the wants of the western country, and being advised to devote myself to the work of the ministry, I concluded, though somewhat ad

vanced in life, to prepare, with the blessing of God, for this good work. I immediately commenced the study of Latin. In a short time I returned to New England, and prosecuted my studies during two years with my brother. I reluctantly abandoned the idea of pursuing a college course, and entered the seminary at Andover. Here, by the favor of God, who always "helps those who help themselves," and by the uniform kindness of the professors, and of the late professor extraordinary; and by the courtesy of my fellow students, I pursued a pleasant and profitable course, and was enabled to make attainments which gold is too poor to buy. By industry and economy, always walking when visiting my friends, and not unfrequently going to bed supperless, that I might have money to buy my breakfast, I was enabled to complete my course of study with no other assistance than indigent students obtained at Andover, seven or eight years ago. I am now, by the infinite mercy of Jesus Christ, allowed to preach his precious gospel to the heathen; a work, which, though difficult and awfully responsible, an angel might covet.

To those who have commenced a course of study preparatory to the ministry, let me say, 1, Obtain, if possible, a finished education. Believe me, such an education you will greatly need, labor wherever you may. Say not, indulge not the thought, that less will do for the missionary to the heathen. As one permitted to labor in this sphere, I repel the assertion as a mistaken one. Most deeply do I feel my deficiencies in this respect, though I am enabled to labor with acceptance. Be most thorough in acquiring whatever language you study. The remarks of the lamented Fisk, on this subject, are to the point. Think, for a moment, what attainments he will need, who must become familiar with a foreign tongue; must translate the Bible, and tracts, and school books into the language of the people; and who will be called to give advice on subjects connected with every profession. Oh, with what emotions, dear friends, do I look back on the past, and recollect the months and years, in a great measure, utterly lost. What would I not give to recal them! And even since I commenced a course of study, how little have I accomplished. Many of you are just commencing your academic course; be thorough, I beseech you, be thorough, if you would escape the stings of conscience-if you would avoid mortification-if you would be highly useful.

Yet let me say, 2, If any of you have obstacles to encounter too great to admit of your obtaining seasonably a thorough education, still you may enter the ministry, and become a missionary, and be greatly useful, provided you will resolve to study in the midst of your toil. And I do assure you that no man, not even the missionary, need say "I have no time to study, can make no further attainments." Let "onward, onward," be your motto while you live. Men, young men, who have picked their way through a host of difficulties till they have obtained a competent education to fill a station of usefulness in the church, should be the last men to shrink from toil. Let me exhort all who are looking forward to the work of the ministry, to become inured to toil. The blessed Hall could say, "I can sleep on the ground, can endure hunger and hardship." Many have so accustomed themselves to toil and self-denial, that they can meet the trials of a missionary life with great cheerfulness. You should be able to "endure hardship like good soldiers of Jesus Christ." In this age of holy enterprise, dear friends, you will not surely consent to become sickly, effeminate ministers. Combine study with toil, and endeavor to turn needful exercise to the highest purpose. Some knowledge of mechanical labor will be of great benefit to you as missionaries to the heathen.

Could I address pious young men of my beloved country, how earnestly would I exhort them to devote their all to Christ-to become the messengers of his mercy to their perishing fellow-men. How wide is the field! How few the laborers! How imperious the demand for thousands of devoted, selfdenying men! Who shall supply the wastes of your own beloved country, with educated, efficient ministers of the gospel? Who shall tell the dying heathen of Christ, and redemption through his blood? Will not you, dear young men, who are now reclining in the bosom of the church, waiting to hear the will of your Lord respecting you? Oh, linger not, but give yourselves to