1. Rev. Ashbel Parmelee, for two months, within the bounds of the Presbytery of Champlain.

2. Rev. John Younglove, for three months: his route to be prescribed by the Rev. Jonas Coe.

3. Presbytery of Columbia, to employ a missionary for two months.

4. Presbytery of Geneva, to employ a missionary for three months.

5. Presbytery of Oneida, to employ a missionary for three months.

6. Rev. Joshua Johnson, for two months, within the bounds of the Presbytery of Onondago; and one month on the great bend of the Susquehannah.

7. Rev. Andrew Rawson, for two months, in the Holland purchase; and one month in New Connecticut.

8. Rev. John Davenport, for two months: his route to be prescribed by the Presbytery of Onondago.

9. Rev. Hugh Wallace, for two months, in the Holland purchase.

10. Rev. Royall Phelps, for three months, within the bounds and vicinity of the Presbytery of Cayuga.

11. Rev. Eliphalet Price, for one month, in Dutchess county, state of New York.

12. Presbytery of Hudson, to direct a mission of three months, on missionary ground, within their limits; and to divide the time between the missionaries, as they may judge most conducive to the interest of the mission.

13. Rev. Daniel C. Hopkins, for two months: his route to be prescribed by the committee of missions of the Presbytery of Hudson.

14. Presbytery of New York, to employ a missionary for three months, at discretion, in the county of West Chester, state of New York.

15. Presbytery of Jersey, to employ a missionary for three months.

16. Presbytery of New Brunswick, to employ a missionary or missionaries, for three months.

17. Rev. John Gloucester, for three months, to the blacks in Philadelphia; and one, to certain blacks associated for worship in the vicinity of Abington.

18. Rev. Thomas Hunt, for one month, in the vicinity of Pittsburgh.

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19. Rev. Moses Allen, for two months, in Tygers valley, and on the Monongahela.

20. Rev. Timothy Alden, for two months, in the counties of Erie, Crawford, and Warren, Pennsylvania.

21. Mr. John Reed, for two months, between Canton and Cambridge, principally east of the Tuskeraway.

22. Rev. Joseph Anderson, for four months, at discretion, in the state of Ohio, and in the Indiana Territory. 23. Rev. George Scott, for two months, between Lake Erie and Geneva.

24. Rev. Joseph Stevenson, for one month, in the coun ty of Champaign, Ohio; and one month, on the waters of

Wheelen.

25. Rev. Alexander Cook, for three months: one half of the time to be spent within the limits of the Presbyteries of Hartford and Lancaster; and the other half, on the Monongahela, from about 80 or 90 miles above Pittsburgh.

26. Rev. Thomas Moore, for three months, at discretion, within the limits of the Presbyteries of Hartford and Lancaster.

27. Rev. Johnston Eaton, for two months, within the bounds of the Presbytery of Erie.

28. Mr. John Redick, for one month, within the limits of the Presbytery of Erie.

29. Rev. Thomas E. Hughs, for one month, within the bounds of the Presbytery of Hartford.

30. Rev. James Hughs, for four months, in the vicinity of Urbana, and to the Indians in and about Lewis

town.

31. Rev. John Boyd, for six weeks, within the bounds of the Presbytery of Washington.

32. Presbytery of Washington, to employ a missionary for three months.

33. Rev. Joseph S. Hughs, for two months, on the waters of the Sciota, Bigbelly, Allum, and Whetstone.

34. Rev. William Hodge, for two months, within the limits of the Presbytery of Muhlenberg, in the counties of Robertson, Montgomery, Tennessee, and Christian, Kentucky.

35. Rev. William Dickey, for two months, in the counties of Livingston, Caldwell, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Hen

derson, Hopkins, and Union, with the adjacent settlements along the Ohio river.

36. Rev. James M'Gready, for three months, within the bounds of the Presbytery of West Tennessee. His route to be prescribed by Rev. Gideon Blackburn, and Rev. Robert Henderson.

37. Rev. John R. Moreland, for three months, within the counties of Knox, and Rock-castle, Kentucky; and to continue his route through the back part of those counties adjoining the line that divides Kentucky and East Ten

nessee.

38. Mr. Crowell, for six months, in Tennessee. His route to be prescribed by the missionary society of East Tennessee.

39. Mr. Archibald Steele, for two months, within the bounds of the Presbytery of Miami; and to receive directions, as to his route, from Rev. Mr. Wallace.

40. Rev. Joseph P. Howe, for two months, in the lower part of Kentucky, and in the counties of Stewart, Dixon and Montgomery, West Tennessee.

41. Rev. John Lyle, for four months, in the counties of Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas, and Fayette, Kentucky; and in this mission he will pay particular attention to the blacks.

42. Rev. William Robinson, for one month, in the settlement of Whitewater.

43. Rev. William W. Martin, for three months, in the counties of Clarke, Estil, Montgomery, Nicholas, &c. Kentucky.

44. Rev. Samuel Doake, for one month, on that tract of country which lies between Engle's or Pepper's ferry, on New River, and Dandridge, East Tennessee.

45. Rev. Samuel Tait, for two months, within the limits of the Presbytery of Erie.

46. Rev. Nathan Hall, or three months, within the bounds of the Transylvania Presbytery.

47. Rev. Joseph B. Lapsley, for two months, within the same bounds.

48. Presbytery of Northumberland, to employ a missionary for two months.

49. Presbytery of Redstone, to employ a missionary, for three months, within their limits.

50. Rev. James Kemper, for two months, on the Northern Neck, Virginia. The whole time to be spent on missionary ground.

51. Mr. Francis H. Porter, for two months, within the bounds of the Presbytery of Concord.

The following persons were chosen and appointed to serve as a standing Committee of Missions, for the ensuing year, viz.

Of Philadelphia and its vicinity, Drs. Blair, Green, Alexander and Wilson; Rev. Messrs. Janeway, Potts, and Skinner; Messrs. Boudinot, Hazard, Connelly, Haslett, and Robert Smith.

Of the Synod of Geneva, Rev. David Higgins. of Albany, Rev. Jonas Coe.

James Richards.

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of New York and New Jersey, Rev.

of Philadelphia, Rev. Robert Cathcart.
of Pittsburg, Rev. James Hughs.
of Virginia, Rev. John H. Rice.
of Kentucky, Rev. James Blythe.
of Ohio, Rev. Robert G. Wilson.
of North Carolina, Rev. James McRee,

of South Carolina and Georgia, Rev. Andrew Flinn, D. D.

The Committee appointed to draft a pastoral letter to the churches under the care of the Assembly, in relation to the due observance of the Sabbath, reported the following, which, being read and amended, was adopted: viz.

DEAR BRETHREN,

FROM the printed report transmitted to you on the state of religion in our bounds, you will perceive the pro.

sperity, which God has vouchsafed to our churches the past year and you will, we trust, unite with us in praise and thanksgiving to his throne for his rich and condescending mercy. It is our duty to rejoice in this manifestation of the divine favour-but let us rejoice with fear and trembling. Many causes still exist which threaten to cloud our prosperity, and to cover us with mourning. Lukewarmness, intemperance, profaneness, Sabbathbreaking, are prevailing sins in our land, and call aloud for our vigilance, our exertions and prayers.

While the Assembly would lift up a warning voice against every kind of iniquity, and recommend such measures as promise in any degree to correct the evils of which they complain; they deem it proper at this time to direct the attention of the churches more especially to the profanation of the Lord's day; a sin to which many are particularly exposed from the present calamitous state of our country.

Brethren, the God whom we worship is a jealous God -jealous for the honour of his institutions-but for none more than for that sacred day which he has commanded to be solemnly and exclusively appropriated to his service. Any profanation of this day is an immediate affront to his holiness; and when committed deliberately and openly, may be classed among those presumptuous sins, against which he has given us the strongest proofs of his displeasure.

The Lord has constituted the Sabbath a sign between him and his people; a visible test of their sincerity. If they violate the duties of this day, or fold their hands in supineness and indifference when they are violated by others, he will regard their offerings as hypocritical and vain. This consideration deserves your serious attention, and ought to awaken and animate your zeal. But it is more important that you should reflect, that the sanctification of the Lord's day stands in close connection with all the institutions of religion, and with the dearest interests of society. The visible worship of God can no longer be maintained than a sacred regard to this day is secured. In every past period of the world it has been seen that a departure from the strict observ