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this system has become its advocate. At various stations between Calcutta and Delhi, and even beyond the latter place, numerous gentlemen have declared themselves its friends. Christian clergymen and laymen, with Hindoo and Mohammedan priests, teachers, and gentlemen, are engaged in preparing elementary books for publication. Various such works have already been printed in Bengalee and Hindoostanee; two publications in Hindoo, and others in that language and Persian are passing through the press; and applications have been received to execute works in Oriya

and Burman. The system has been gradually introduced into schools in this city and elsewhere, both under native and European superintendence; and at Delhi, where it has found its way into the college, 200 pupils in one branch, and 60 in another, are become quite familiar with it. Let the system proceed in this manner but six months longer, and its gradual establishment and general prevalenee throughout India, with but moderate exertion on the part of its friends, may be considered as settled.

American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.

RECENT INTELLIGENCE FROM THE MIS

SIONS.

SOUTHEASTERN AFRICA.--Rev. Messrs. Lindley, Venable, Grout, and Champion, and Drs. Wilson and Adams, and their wives, destined to commence a mission among the Zoolahs, arrived at Cape Town on the 5th of February, after a favorable passage of 64 days;-rendered peculiarly pleasant by the

constant and unwearied kindness of captain Evans and the other officers of the ship. The mission families were received with much cordiality and christian affection by Rev. Dr. Philip, superintendent of the missions of the London Missionary Society's missions in South Africa.-On account of the shoalness of

the water on the bar off Port Natal, near which one branch of the mission was expected to be established, no large vessel could land passengers at that place; and from other representations which were received, it was thought desirable that both branches of the mission should proceed to their respective fields of labor by land from Cape Town. This, however, could not be accomplished by the maritime branch at that time, as their route lay through Caffreland where war had been for some time raging between the Caffres and the colonists. It was hoped that this impediment would soon be removed.-Rev. Messrs. Lindley and Venable, and Doct. Wilson, constituting the branch of the mission destined to the interior, the country of Mosalekatsi, commenced their journey from Cape Town on the 19th of March. The distance is estimated at about 1,000 or 1,100 miles, and the distance of their field from the eastern coast, at Port Natal, at about 600.

SANDWICH ISLANDS.-The ship Hellespont, on board which Rev. Titus Coan, and

Messrs. Hall and Dimond, and their wives, embarked for the Sandwich Islands, in December last, arrived at Valparaiso on the 8th of March; and left on the 26th, to touch at Callao, previously to proceeding to the islands. Much stormy weather had been experienced, but the passage had been in other respects favorable. The mission families had enjoyed good health, and received much at

tention and kindness from captain Henry.

JERUSALEM. The mission family at this station have been visited with another distressing bereavement. Doct. Asa Dodge, missionary and physician, was removed by death on the 28th of January. His disease was typhus fever, occasioned, as is supposed, by fatigue and wet which he encountered on his return from a visit to Beyroot, about the first of January. All the attention which could be given to him, together with the aid of an American physician, who arrived at Jerusalem just at the time of his sickness, were unable to arrest the progress of his dis

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22 00-1,051 40

1 00

Vroom, 1st pay for Ryner Veghte in Ceylon, 12;

16 81

16 00

Auburn and vic. N. Y., H. Ivison, Jr. Agent,
Auburn, Mon. con. in 1st presb. chh. 43 93
Aurelins, Mr. Yale, dec'd,
Cayuga, J. Morse, for China, 5;
Rev. H. Snyder, for do. 11,81;
Elbridge, Mon. con. in Ist cong. chh.
Scipio, Mon. con. in 2d presb. chh.
Skeneatelas, Mon. con. and coll.
in presh. so. 67,97; H. R. 5;
Mrs. T. and chil. 3,60; Miss.
A. M. 44c.

753

77 01-162 28

Barnstable co., Ms. Aux. So. Rev. N. Cogswell, Tr.

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12 62

122 91

12.00

492 05

50 00-442 05

3,166 94

Sandwich, Gent, and la.

9.25

Boston and vic. Ms. Aux. So. C. Stoddard, Tr. Mon. con. in Park st. chh. 542,08;

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267,20;

1,682 95

120 50

Green-st. Gent, and la.

69 70

Clinton, Mrs. F. Taylor, 10th

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Park-st. Gent. 1,652; la. 256; sab.

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sch. 27,44;

1,935 44

Coventry, Mon. con. in Trian

Pine st. Gent. and la.

320 00

gle chh.

20 00

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Hannibal, Cong, chh.

14 78

659 64

South Boston, Fem. juv. miss. so. Cambridgeport, Mon. con. to constitute SAMUEL BARRETT an Honorary Member of the Board, Roxbury, Mon. con. in Elliot chh. Medford, For. miss. so.

8.40

New Hartford, Presb. so. 54,02; C. L. 3;

57 02

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65 83

227 61

Unknown,

6 39

8,619 53

Norway, Mon. con. in cong, chh. Richland, Mon. con. 5,32; coll. 7,93; Rome, 2d cong chh. and so. (of which to constitute Rev. AVELYN SEDGWICK an Honorary Member of the Board, 50;)

15175

13 25

84.00

Salina, Mon. con.

15 25

Ded. expenses paid by aux. so.

8.00

Utica, S. I. Giles,

5 00

Vernon Centre, Coll.

12 50

8,611 53

Volney, Mon. con. in cong. chh.

3 41

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am't ackn. in May as fr. a

friend, 10;

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Fairfield co. West, Ct. Aux. So. M. Marvin, Tr.

Whitesboro', Mon. con.

Orleans co. Vt. Aux. So. G. H. Cook, Tr.

Greensboro', Gent, and la.

Coll. at ann. meeting,

4 00-456 46

2 57

12 00--14 57

33 54

Stamford, Cong. chh. 20; la. 5;

25 00

Brownfield, Mon. con.

60

Greene co. N. Y. Aux. So. Rev. Dr. Porter, Tr. Madison Village, H. Whittlesey,

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Albany, N. Y. Coll. in 2d presb. chh. 410,63; mon. con. 8,60; 4th presb. chh. 229,16; a fam. of 1st do. 4,56; two ladies of do. 2; orphan asylum. 2.25; Amenia, N. Y. THEODORE PUGSLEY, which constitutes him an Honorary Member of the Board, (for miss. to China,) 100; mon. con. in Smithfield chh. 10; Andover, Ms. Boys juv. miss. so. for S. E. Africa, 3; Misses B. 1,50;

657 20

110 00

4 50

Austerlitz, N. Y. Young ladies,

25 00

Ballston, N. Y. Fem. hea. sch. so. 2d pay.

for Agnes Henry and Mary Waterman in Ceylon,

30 00

Belchertown, Ms. Mon. con.

51 83

Berkshire Valley, N. J. Presb. chh.

5 56

Beverly, Ms. Mon. con.

59 22

12.00

Blue Hill, Me. Contrib. in cong. so. Boston, Ms. Mass. miss. so. as income fr. Mrs. Osborne's legacy, to be expended for the pro. of the gospel among the Indians of the U. S. 100; chil. of Hawkins-st, sab. sch. for sab. sch. in Ceylon, 5,50; a friend, 1;

Bound Brook, N. J. Presb. chh.

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106 50

do 13,47; an indiv. 7,87;

37 12

25 00

Alton, Fem miss. asso.

Barnstead, Asso.

2.07 20 42

Borford, E.

par.

Ms. La. asso. to constitute

Barrington, Asso.

39 20

Rev. JOHN WHITNEY an Honorary Member of the Board,

50 00

Conway, Asso.

7.00

Dover, Mon. con. 34,66; fem. of

factories, asso. 5,35; gent. and la. 100,90;

140 91

Durham, Mon. con. 20,68; asso. 21.08;

41 76

Brighton, Ms. For. miss. asso.
Brockport, N. Y. Presb. chh.

Brunswick, Me. Rev. THOMAS C. UPHAM, which constitutes him an Honorary Member of the Board, 100; fem. aux. miss. so. 20,50;

14 45

31 00

120 50

Effingham, G. Lord,

3 00

Gilford and Meredith Bridge, Mon. con. 25,79; asso. 47,54; Gilmanton Centre, Asso. 63,25; 1st chh. 27,85; Iron works, do. 16,56; Meredith Village, Mon. con. and sub. (of which to constitute Rev. ABRAHAM WHEELER an Honorary Member of the Board, 50;) Milton Mills, Sub. 5,17; asso. 4,50; Moultonboro', Sub. to constitute Rev. JOSHUA DODGE an Honorary Member of the Board,

Buffalo, N. Y. Free chh. 35; 1st presb. chh. 122;

157 00

73 33

Calais, Me. Mon. con.

21 32

Cambridge, Ms. Mon. con.

34 00

107 66

Canandaigua, N. Y., A widow, av. of beads, Canterbury, N. Y.

2 66

20 42

Cazenovia, N. Y. Mrs. B. Burnell, for Charlotte Burnell in Ceylon,

Charlestown, Ma. Winthrop chh. and cong.
(of which to constitute Rev. JARED CUR-
TIS and Rev. ASA BULLARD Honorary
Members of the Board, 100;)
Cherry Valley, N. Y. Fem. miss. so.
Chichester, N. H. Fem. read. and char. so.
Columbus, N. Y. Mon. con. in cong, chh.
Cooperstown, N. Y. Fem. miss. so. 32,47;
mon. con. 17,53; to constitute Rev. SAM-
UEL P. STORRS of Exeter, an Honorary
Member of the Board,

Danbury, Ct. Indiv. in Rev. A. Rood's par. Dansville, Pa. Fem. miss. so. 37; mon. con. in presb. chh. 13; to constitute Rev. ROBERT DUNLAP an Honorary Member of the Board,

111 65

50 00 4 67 21.00

50 00

75 00

20 00

50 00

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Knoxville, Ten.

Kingston, N. J. Juv. miss. so. for ed. hea. chil. in Ceylon,

Leominster, Ms. Mon. con. in cong, chh.

Le Roy and Bergen, N. Y. Presb. chh. (of which to constitute Rev BENJAMIN B. STOCKTON an Honorary Member of the Board, 50;)

Livonia, N. Y. Evang. so.

Lowell, Ms. 2d cong. miss. 80.

Mendon, Ms. juv. miss. so. 5,35; J. W. T. 70c. Middlefield Centre, N. Y. La. miss. and benev, so. of presb. chh. for Mary Smith in Ceylon,

Milford, Ms. Mon. con.

Monticello, N. Y. Presb. chh.

12 00

200 00 34 23

84.00 69 00 56 00 6 05

Amount of donations and legacies acknowledged in the preceding lists, $17,902 57. Total from September 1st, to June 10th, $133,035 54.

DONATIONS IN CLOTHING, &c.

Athol, Ms. A box, fr. fem. char. read. so. Churchville, N. Y. Two kegs, for Rev. C. Robinson, Bankok.

Franklin, N. Y., A box, fr. juv. miss. so. for Mackinaw,

Geneva, N. Y., A box, fr. la. for. miss. so. Huntsville, Ala. Clothing, for Mrs. Butler. Medford, Ms. A box, fr. la. Chippewa miss. so. for Messts Half and Boutwell, Methuen, Ms. Books, fr. sab. sch. for sab. sch. in Bombay,

27 00

35.00 135 79

80 00

23 00

36 00

20 00

Newburyport, Ms. Mon. con. in 1st presb. chh. New Lebanon, N. Y., R. Woodworth, U. S. pensioner,

15.00 90 80

New York city, A box, fr. Mrs. Morse, for Mrs. Parker, Sandw. Isl.

10 00

North Wrentham, Ms. A box of straw bonnets, fr. ladies, rec'd at Brainerd.

New Providence, N. J. Presb. chh. 28,20; Mrs. M. Riggs, 2d pay. for a child in Greece, 12;

40 20

New York city, W. Wallace, 20; I. and D. Clark, 2d pay. for Richard W. Clark in Ceylon, 20; a class of col'd chil. in Dr. Cox's chih. 73c.

North Andover, Ms. Mon. con. in evang. chh. Northboro', Ms. A. Rice,

Orleans, Ms. Miss Coles, av. of jewelry,

Otsego co. N. Y., A friend,

Orford, Ms. Coll.

Oyster Ponds, N. Y. Chh. and cong.

Peacham, Vt. Gent. asso. 40,38; la. asso. (of

which for Eunice W. Worcester in Ceylon, 20;) 28,25; mon. con. 22,87; E. C. 50c. Philadelphia, Pa. Fem. so. for ed. hea. youth, for two fem. schools in Bombay, 250; Central chh. for support of a missionary to China, 800; youths' miss. so. 1st pay. for ed. of three native children in Ceylon, 60; a mem. of 3d presb. chh. 1; Portsmouth, N. H. Juv. so. for Harriet Putnam in Ceylon,

40 73 18 03 12.00

1 37 2.00

20 00

18 00

92 00

1,111 00

Norwich, Ct. A box, for Rev. E. Smith, Beyroot.

Philadelphia, Pa. A box of infant school books, etc. fr. Ceylon infant sch. so. for Mrs. E. Hutchings, Ceylon.

River Head, N. Y., A box, fr. la. of cong. so.
Salem, Ms. 3 pr. shoes, fr. W. Knight.
West Hampton, N. Y., A box, fr. ladies.
West Millbury, A box, for Cattaraugus miss.
Wolfboro', N. 6., A bundle, fr. D. Picker-
ing, for miss. to India.

Unknown, A box, for G. W. Hubbard, Bom-
bay; a box, for Rev. J. S. Emerson,
Sandw. Ist.; a bedquilt; a bundle, by A.
W. Kent, 30; a box, for Rev. S. Johnson,
Bankok.

50 00

The following articles are respectfully solicited from Manufacturers and others.

Printing paper, to be used in publishing portions of the Scriptures, school-books, tracts, &c. at Bombay, and at the Sandwich Islands.

Writing paper, writing books, blank books, quills, slates, &c. for all the missions and mission schools; especially for the Sandwich Islands.

Shoes of a good quality, of all sizes, for persons of both sexes; principally for the Indian missions. Blankets, coverlets, sheets, &c.

Fulled cloth, and domestic cottons of all kinds.

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James Adger, Charleston, S. C., Treasurer of the Southern Board of Foreign Missions, acknowledges the receipt of the following sums, viz.

Charleston, Mon. con. in 2d presb. chh. 24,75; do. in circular chh. 14; ladies, by Rev. E. Holt, 55; Hopewell chh. Ga. 10; Beaver Creek chh. 12; St. Mary's, Ga. Fem. miss. asso. of presb. chh. (of which to constitute Mrs. PRATT and Rev. D. WARD Honorary Members of the Board, 150;) 182; Darien, Ga. Cong (of which to constitute Rev. NATHANIEL PRATT an Honorary Member of the Board, 50;) 60; a cong. of col'd people, 8; George Town, A friend, 2; Walterboro', Sunday sch. 5; mon. con. 2.12; Winsboro', Fem. miss. so. for Choc. miss. 21; Macon, Ga. H. Craft, 9; Bethel chh, Ga. 5; Monticello, Ga. Mon. con. 10; a friend, 2; Cheraw chh. Mon. con. 50; Darlington, Mon. con. 20,68; a mother, bal left by a daughter, for bible cause in China, 3,50; less discount and postage, 42c.

495 63

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guishing Zion, and to show the wonders of condescending grace in the sight of the heathen. He hath appeared to our BATTICOTTA, joy, and caused us to know, that blessed are all they that wait for his appearing.

EXTRACTS FROM A COMMUNICATION OF
MR. POOR, DATED AT
DEC. 4TH, 1834.

THE progress of the mission in Ceylon has It is my object at present to send you been remarkably steady and encouraging, a journal of nine days, which contains a with no opposition or reverses deserving concise statement of proceedings at a special notice. The mission was commenced protracted meeting, held in the seminary at Batticotta, from Wednesday morning in 1816. In 1819, four were received to the of the 12th to the 16th ult., and continchurch; in 1820 three, 1821 nine, 1822 eight,ued in the Female Seminary, at Oodoo1823 five, 1824 eight, 1825 forty-nine, 1826 ten, 1827 twelve, 1828 twenty, 1829 eight, 1830 six, 1831 sixty-two, 1832 thirty, 1833 seventeen; making the whole number received up to the beginning of the year 1834, 251. The report for 1834 has not yet been received.

ville, from the 17th to Thursday the 20th of the same month. It may be proper here to remark, that during the last two or three years we have been permitted to prosecute the various objects of the mission, not only without serious interruptions, but in several respects with increased energy and apparent success. But as to the grand particular to which every other species of success is but sub

This mission has also been blessed with repeated seasons of the out-pourings of the Holy Spirit, producing strongly marked revi-ordinate, we have been left to mourn that vals of religion. One of these occurred in the beginning of the year 1834; another towards the close of the same year; and a third at the close of the year 1830. The following communication describes the commencement of what it may be hoped has resulted in another bright display of divine power and mercy.

State of the Church during the previous
Year.

all our stations were as well sown fields from which the rain of heaven is withheld. At our quarterly meeting in July last, while taking an extended survey of the waste places of our Zion, we were led rather forcibly to the conclusion, that we had, in various ways, fairly tried our own strength, and found it to be weakness; that both old and new missionaries must look away from each other, and from the system of means we had put in operation, and look more earnestly unto the Lord, feeling that the needed help must come from him alone.

Series of Meetings in the Seminary at

It awakens peculiar feelings of joy and thanksgiving to God, that I now have occasion to address you in terms of stronger emphasis than heretofore, while speaking "of the glorious honor of God's majesty and of his wondrous works" among us. After a long night of tedious watchings and labors, he hath once more On Wednesday morning, November appeared in his glory to build up our lan- | 12, the brethren Spaulding and Scudder,

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