1829. RELIGION IN COLLEGES OPERATIONS OF A. E. SOCIETY. S. Hartford 187 Academy Me. 1 China Do. Me. 1 Pinkerton Do. N. H. 1 New Haven Do. Conn. 1 Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Now, is not this prospect dark and ap-, Bridgton palling? Does it not call for deep humiliation and earnest prayer, and conscientious effort on the part of the whole Christian Church? It is the tendency of every thing human to go downward. where is this more true than in Literary Institutions. From the continual changes which they are undergoing, a vigorous tone of piety may be almost immediately succeeded by languor, and darkness, and death. There is now an unquestionable and rapid approximation towards this fearful result. But shall all which has been done towards rendering our Colleges great sources of evangelical influence be lost? To our Colleges, the Church of Christ and a dying world are looking for help. After all the efforts of Education Societies, and after all the efforts from every other quarter, thousands of congregations, and hundreds of thousands of souls in this country, will live and die without the Gospel. There are now at least two thousand young men in our Colleges, whom the grace of God can qualify to go forth and proclaim the messages of salvation. Let these facts be examined and pondered well. Let them be made the subject of intense and persever- have been made to raise funds, the resouring prayer. OPERATIONS OF THE AMERICAN EDUCA TION SOCIETY. Meeting of the Board of Directors. The regular Quarterly meeting was held in Boston, on the 14th of the present month. The following list contains the number of applicants admitted on trial by the Parent Society and its Branches. Two others were received, by transfer, from Societies recently united with the Am. Ed. Society; and one youth was restored to its patronage, who had been deprived of it for a season; making 47 who have thus been newly placed upon the funds of the Society. The fact which we noticed in the last number of the Journal, that a large part of the new applications are from young men in Academies, is very observable also, the present quarter. The number of beneficiaries in this stage of education has increased five fold in two years. Treasury overdrawn, six thousand dollars. ces of the Society have fallen far short of the expenditures. The debt, for money borrowed, at the last Quarterly Meeting was $3,500. The Directors have been compelled to borrow $2,500 more at their recent meeting to meet the appropriations which amount to seven thousand dollars. The present number of young men, who depend upon the Society and its Branches for the means of obtaining a thorough education for the ministry, is not far from Un. Theol. Sem., Hampd. Sidney, Va. 2 350. An increase of fifty young men, on it in.-Can you not, christian reader, by your efforts, if not by your own resources, furnish the means of preparing one such instrument for the service of your Divine Redeemer? If you can, remember, that is a work for which you will be held by means of these foundations. The work of supervision never can be performed as it ought to be, while the time and energies of the Executive Agents are absorbed in devising and executing plans for obtaining funds. That work is now in a measure, necessarily suspended, in conse-responsible at the final judgment. If you quence of the great and pressing pecuniary wants of the Society. Just so fast as scholarships of either of the above descriptions can be obtained, young men will be placed upon them, and time will be saved for the important service to which we have referred. Call for help. Under these circumstances we again Shall Pastors and Ministers and Missiona- -- can do more than this, your responsibility is increased in proportion. Essex County Ms. Auxiliary. This Society was originally formed in 1816. Its operations were suspended in 1824. On the 12th of Nov. last, the Society was reorganized at Topsfield, and a constitution adopted. The President is the Hon. Wm. B. Rauister; the Secre tary. Rev. David T. Kimball of Ipswich, and the Treasurer, Joseph Adams Esq. of Salem. These officers constitute the Board of Directors. A Resident Agent is appointed in each town, who has special oversight of the interests of the Society in the town. The annual meeting of the Society is to be held alternately, within the bounds of the North and South Conferences of the Churches in the Coun ty, at such time and place, as the Conferences shall meet, and as may be arranged by the Board of Directors. Many of the towns in the county have recently been visited by the Secretary of the Parent Society. Rev. Benjamin H. Pitman is also employed, for a few weeks, in the service of the Society. Much interest has been manifested in the cause, and valuable aid rendered. who is willing to check the zeal and efforts of those who are coming forward to engage in the work of the ministry? These pledges must be redeemed. They will be. We announce our wants, not to discourage applicants; --not one, whom the Directors could patronize consistently with the requisitions of the constitution, has ever yet asked in vain, and we trust not one ever will. But there must be an increase of the means of sustaining such applications. For these friends of learning-friends of humanity-field, Dea.Putnam Perley. Amesbury 2d. friends of the Lord Jesus Christ, we look to you. Your aid is wanted now. Our country is growing with unexampled rapidity. The world is groaning and travailing in pain for deliverance from the yoke of sin. A bright morning is approaching-and the king of Zion is coming to set up his kingdom upon the earth. To you, is given the privilege of hastening this desirable period, by multiplying the instruments whose exertions are to usher The following gentlemen have been appointed Resident Agents. West Bradford, Jesse Kimball Esq. E. Bradford, Mr. Nathaniel Ladd. Haverhill, Isaac R. Howe Esq. Ipswich 1st, Mr. Stephen Stanwood. 2d Col. Charles Kimball. Wenham, Mr. Franklin Hadley. Hamilton, Capt. Azor Brown. Rowley, Dea.Joshua Jewett. By Josiah Parker. Boxford, Mr. Anstel Stick- Mr. Matthews' agency in Vermont. Mr. Matthews has been laboring within the limits of the North Western Branch for several weeks. Gratifying success has attended his efforts, and there is strong reason for believing that a deep and permanent interest for the cause, will be produced throughout the state. A detailed Report of the agency may be expected in a future number. ཐམ PRESBYTERIAN BRANCH. Rev. Wm. T. Hamilton's Agency. An extended Report of Mr. Hamilton's Agency was published in the N. Y. Observer of Nov. 22, 1828, and also in the Philadelphian. We would, however, gladly copy it, in detail, into the Quarterly Register and Journal, did our limits permit. We must content ourselves, with a brief abstract. The agency was performed, for the Presb. Branch of the A. E. S. in the months of Aug. Sept.and Oct. Pennsylvania was traversed by the Agent from East to West, four times, and once from North to South, making in all a distance of 2100 miles. The congregations on the borders of Maryland, Ohio, Virginia, and Delaware, were also visited. Mr. H. preached fifty times, received donations amounting $102, and subscriptions in twenty different places, amounting to about $1500 a year for seven years, making in the whole $10,000. The names of the Congregations, which subscribed, are the following Harrisburg, tempo. Scholarships 2; Gettysburg 2; Carlisle 3; Shippinsburg 1; Chambersburg 1; Green Castle 1; Hagerstown, Md. 1; Mercersburg 2; M'Connelstown 1; Union 1; Washington probably 1; Brownsville 1-2; Canonsburg 1; Williamsport $16 per ann. Greensburg 1-2; Pittsburg 1 ch. 2; Huntingdon 1; Philadelphia Northern Lib. 2; ch. in 13th street $14 donation; 1st. ch. 1; 5th ch. 5; Ger. Ref. ch. 1-3; L. ch. $20 donation. Wilmington, Del. 1; Milton 1; Bellefonte 1-3; Erie 1-2; Meadville 1; Mercer 1-3; Wheeling, Va. 1; Steubenville, Ohio 1; Newville 2; Rev. C. Hoover, Philadelphia 1. Making every deduction, means may be confidently anticipated for educating from twenty five to thirty young men. Much cordiality of feeling was manifested, and a ready cooperation extended, almost uniformly, wherever the agent called. Important benefits will doubtless result from the dissemination of a knowledge of the principles of the Am. Ed. Soc. among the Literary Institutions and Religious Denominations of the important section of country visited. WESTERN EDUCATION SOCIETY. We hope and believe that the earnest and impressive appeal, which is contained in the following Circular of the Board of Directors of this Society, will be effectual. There is no part of the United States, not excepting New England, where more may be done to increase the number of pious and educated ministers, than in this favoured portion of the country. We speak deliberately, and from full conviction on the subject. Ministers, Brethren, and Friends dwelling in this region, you will not suffer the talent which God has given you to lie buried, or to be forgotten and neglected. After mentioning many facts calculated to show the great and pressing calls for ministerial labour, some of which may be found in the last No. of the Quarterly Journal, the Corresponding Secretary, under date of Jan. 7, 1829, in behalf of the Board of Directors--proceeds: "In view of these facts, and many others of a similar nature, the Western Education Society has been greatly enlarged in its operations. Since its connexion with the American Education Society, its Directors have held but two quarterly meetings. The first was in September, at which they received thirty two beneficiaries; sixteen on recommendation from Examining Committees, and sixteen transferred from the A. E. S. At their last meeting, which was in December, they received twenty one beneficiaries; nine on recommendation from Examining Committees, and twelve transferred from the A. E. S. This Society has now FIFTY FIVE beneficiaries, whose quarterly appropriations, agreeably to the Society's rules, will amount to eight hundred and ninety eight dollars. A considerable accession to this number is expected at the next meeting of the Board. And here we present the important question-What can be done to meet these necessities, which are increasing so fast, and pressing upon this Society with an overwhelming interest? Shall we say to young men of a promising character that they cannot be supported; and send them back to their farms and work shops? We cannot and dare not take this responsibility, in view of the situation of our country and of the world. Shall we depend on the Parent Society for funds? They forwarded every dollar of the appropriations in September, amounting to $552; and we have been under the necessity of applying to them for above $700 of the appropriations made in the month of December last; while only $120 were paid from our own treasury. SHALL WE GO ON AT THIS RATE? Shall a Society which extends over thirty counties, embracing the middle and western parts of this state, depend chiefly on the liberality of the eastern states, to educate their pious young men for the ministry? The wealth of this country; the christian enterprise of this country; the expansive views and liberal feelings which Christians here have uniformly manifested, forbid the indulgence of such a thought. The cause is manifest, why our treasury is now without funds. No efforts have been made to raise them; as the Corresponding Secretary of the American Education Society has been expected here for several months, to commence his operations for this particular object. But the pressure of his other avocations now imperiously require that he should spend the winter in the southern and western states. And the business concerns of this Society, which are indispensable, demand so much of the time of its Corresponding Secretary, and require that he should be so often at the centre of operations, that it will be out of his power to visit many places in the course of the present winter for the purpose of raising funds. "What then can be done? MORE THAN "Will the brother or sister who is perusing this Circular now look at the facts above stated a second time. Was there ever a period when the object of Education Societies had so urgent a claim on the public? Was there ever a time when this Society had more reason to expect the support of its friends and patrons ? Shall the object of this Circular be obtained in your place by the efforts you may make in compliance with this proposal? It is but a few weeks before this collection must be made. Will you now prescribe your plan; draw up your subscription paper, if this is to be the mode adopted; begin to wake up an interest in favour of this object, by circulating the substance of this communication; and fix upon the week and day when your collection shall be taken up? And will you forward the amount collected as soon as may be convenient, to JAMES S. SEYMOUR, Treasurer, at Auburn; to the Subscriber, at Westmoreland; or to some of the Society's Depositaries, noticed in the last annual report? You will thus participate in the peculiar enjoyments, as well as in the trials and services, of those who have laboured by this means, in turning many to righteousness. JAMES EELLS." OPERATIONS OF OTHER EDUCATION Eleventh Annual report of the Society for This Society was established, in June, 1818, at Washington City. In 1820, the Beneficiaries of the Society were placed under the instruction of the Rev. Reuel Keith, who had been appointed a Professor of Theology at William and Mary's College, Va. In 1823, Prof. Keith removed to Alexandria, Fairfax Co. Va., at a distance of six miles from Washington, where the Episcopal Convention of Va. had established a Theological School. In consequence of this measure, fresh exertions were made in behalf of the Education Society. The receipts of the tenth ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS must be appropriated at the quarterly meeting of the Directors, in March next, to meet the necessities of this Society. How easily this sum, and much more, might be raised, by a little exertion in every place, where agents of this Society have been appointed. For the purpose of uniting the efforts of such agents, and of others that may be disposed to take an interest in this object, it is proposed that a collection be taken up for the Education Society, by subscription or otherwise, on the first week in February next; and where it cannot be conveniently made at that time, that it be attended to as soon after as circumstances will admit. May we not hope that every Town Agent; that every Association which has made no returns; and that every Minister of the Gospel who receives this circular, will make an exertion to promote this object? With how much greater ease, and how much more economy, the sum that is needed can be raised in this way, than by employing travelling agents to perform this work? The success of this application will go far in de-ety, thirty eight. The aid which the Sociding the question, whether such agents must hereafter be employed by this Society. year were $3,138; of the eleventh, $4,768. The Society has now 28 auxiliaries, located in the States of Va., Md., N. York., S. Carolina, and the District of Columbia. Nine new Beneficiaries were received during the past year, making the whole number, assisted by the Socie ciety furnishes, is confined to the inhabitants of no territorial limits. The method of assistance is the same as that of the can Education Society and of its Bran ches from October to Dec. 1828. American Education Society, advanta- | Receipts into the Treasuries of the Amerigeous loans. The sum of $215 was refunded, during the last year. Nineteen, whom the Society have aided, are now laboring in the work of the Ministry. The operations of the Society, though limited, are conducted with energy and wisdom. Massachusetts Baptist Education Society. Within the limits of the Baptist Denomination in the United States, there are more than twelve hundred destitute churches. This alarming deficiency of the means of grace, has awakened, as well it might, considerable interest, in different portions of the Baptist church. Several State Education Societies are enlarging their sphere of operations. Among these is the Massachusetts Baptist Education Society. From the fourteenth annual Report, just printed, it appears that some measures are in contemplation for creating a deeper and more general interest in the cause. It is proposed to extend the sphere of the Society's labors over all the New England States. Students from all these states are now assisted by the Society. Fifty three young men were aided, during the last year, twenty six of whom were new Beneficiaries. Eleven are preparing for the Newton Theol. Sem. Eight are members of that institution; eleven are preparing for college; thirteen are members of different colleges, &c. Rev. Henry Jackson, of Charlestown, is Secretary of the Society. Connecticut Baptist Education Society. This Society as we learn from the last Annual Report, was formed in 1818, and incorporated in 1820. It has assisted several young men, in a course of regular study. The Society has a permanent fund of $1500. Other sources of income, are the annual subscriptions. All together constitute a disposable fund of $200 per annum. Some more efficient measures are in contemplation to increase the usefulness of the Society. Auxiliaries in each Baptist church in the State are proposed. In their address, the Directors state as arguments, showing the importance of learning in ministers of the Gospel-that there is now among all classes a very general diffusion of knowledgethat duties of immense importance to the church of God are multiplying upon ministers, and that there is a most urgent. call for ministerial labor from destitute. churches.-Rev. Barnas Sears, of Hartford, is Cor. Secretary. DONATIONS. Berlin, Fem. Ed. Soc. by Miss Mary Essex County Aux. Ed. Soc.-From Haverhill, Miss Marsh, by Rev. E. Easton, From Mrs. Hayden Leominster, Fem. Aux. Ed. Soc. by S. Lincoln, Treas. 8 26 12 00 30 00 100 00 1 66 100 00 15.00 12 23 4 05 13 32 Lincoln, From family of Dea.Farrar 28 00 2.00 2000 00 try, by Helen Tracy, Sec. and Tr. Mrs. Mary Le B'March and New Bridge District 5.00 7.00 3.00 32 00 675 10 00-2465 27 |