200,00; W. W. Baker and wife 6,00, 206,00 Fairfield Assoc., to cons. Rev. L. A. Dunn L. M. 100,00 306,00 Franklin Kidder L. M., 100,00 per Rev. A. Bennett, agent of the Board, 122,79 Bellville, ch., viz.-Coll. 9,75; New York city, Taber- to be named, 1775,80, 2178,80 200,00 -2998,80 -3616,76 New Jersey. Camden, Rev. Wm. H. Brisbane Piscataway, 1st church, viz.Youth's Miss. Soc. 37,56; Penny-a-week Miss. Soc. 32,73; sub. after sermon by Rev. G. S. Webb 70,37; to cons. Rev. Lewis F. Stelle L. M. New Brunswick, Youth's B. For. Miss. Soc., to cons Peter P. Runyon, Ambrose F. Randolph and George H. Stout, L. M., Newark, ch., David Jones tr., 125,00, to cons. David Jones L. M.; do., Robert Johnstone 100,00, to cons. him L. M.; do., D. M. Wilson, to cons. him L. M., 100,00, 777,99 11,02 District of Columbia. Washington, E. Street ch., ($50 of which is from the Youth's Miss. Assoc.,) to cons. Rev. George W. Samson L. M. Kentucky. Rev. A. Drury and others 120,00, to cons. Rev. A. Drury L. M.; Newport, Sab. sch., for Indian Miss., 2,15; Covington, ch., mon con., 1,50; Soc. of Inquiry of Theol. Inst. 5,00; Louisville, 1st colored ch. 10,00; do., Rev. Henry Adams 5,00; per Rev. J. Stevens, agent of the Board, Louisville, 2d ch. Ohio. Conneaut 8,53; Kingsville 58,93; Sheffield 4,12; Ashtabula 9,50; Geneva 7,44; Perry 4,37; Madison 16,74; Miss Eliza Stratton 52c.; Rev. Jesse Hartwell 5,00; Mrs. Roxana Young 12c.; Noah Young 50c.; East Euclid 4,00; Mrs. Wilder and child 28c.; Nathaniel Oviatt 100,00; Cleaveland, ch. 100,00; Strongville 4,70; Seville, ch. 9,21; Chester, Mrs. Hawes 22c.; Aurora, ch. 5,18; Streetsboro', missionary meeting 22,16; Grand River Assoc., H. Williams tr., 56,89; collected by Rev. A Bennett, Ohio Bap. For. Miss. and Bible Soc., J. B. Whea ton tr., -1300,00 Miami Assoc., as Cin Monongahela city, col. in Methodist ch. 3,40; do. Assoc. 38,35; Alleghany city, ch. 80,00; Jefferson, ch. 4,30; Providence, ch. 2,25; Washington, ch. 27,05; do., Fem. M. Soc. 10,00; Pittsburg, 1st ch. 100,00; Peters' Creek, ch. 25,00; McKeesport, ch. 19,31; Elizabeth, ch. 21,00; Brownsville, ch. 5,00; Mount Moriah, ch. 8,64; to cons. Rev. H. Silliman, Rev. S. Williams and Rev. Wm. Penny L. M.; per Rev. J. Stevens, agent of the Board, Delaware. Wilmington, 2d ch., viz.-Mon. cons. 87,11; annual contributions 81,94; Sab. sch. 18,95; Infant Sab. sch. 12,00; to cons. 344,30 -1655,32 follows: Lorain Assoc., as follows: -Avon, ch. 11,00; Rochester, ch. 1,00; Henrietta, ch. 4,79 do., Sab. sch. 3,21; Jackson, ch. 1,50; Birmingham, M. Fuller 5,00, Portage Assoc., as follows-Brimfield, Mrs. Bissell 25c.; Streetsboro,' ch. 19,12; Garrettsville, ch. 5,00; Akron, D. H. Austin 10,00; Rev. L. Austin 5,00; Lorenzo B. Austin and Miss Abigail P. Austin 100,00, Grand River Assoc., as follows:-Ashtabula,ch. 2,00; Jefferson, ch. 4,50; do., Adeline Eliza Green 10c.; Madison, Mark Young, for Ind. Miss., 5,00, Huron Assoc., as fol 26,50 139,37 11,60 33,91 ville, ch. 6,26; Ches ter, ch. 6,33; Fredericks town, ch. 6,00, 96,59 Scioto Assoc., viz.-Kirk ersville, ch. 3,34; Lick ing, ch. 2,16, 5,50 Maumee Assoc., Mill 9,00 Mohecan Assoc., viz.Annual col., &c., 7,00; Loudonville, ch. 1,00; do., Mrs. Haskell 1,00, Strait Creek Assoc, viz.Portsmouth, Geo. Heoredh 100,00; Bethany, ch. 6,00; Hillsboro', ch. 3,56; Greenfield, ch. 17,25; Winchester, ch. 4,45; West Union 8,00, 139,26 Madison Assoc., viz. West Jefferson, ch. 2,00; Bloomingburg, ch. 7,00; Piqua, ch. 15,00, 24,00 Auglaize Assoc., Lima ch. 10,00 Cesar's Creek Assoc. viz. -Xenia, ch. 9,02; Centerville ch. 7,00, Dayton, E. E. Barney 100,00; Ten Mile, 1st ch., A. Gray 50c.; Lucy Gray 1,25; Withams 16,02 ville, Mrs. Nash 1,45, 103,20 The above sum is to -3712,21 Indiana. Covington, ch. 10,00; Madison, ch. 6,00, Indiana For. Miss. Soc., J. G. Kerr tr., viz.-Lafayette, church 23,43; Franklin 12,20; Greensburg 4,10; Pendleton 38c.; Bethel 2,50; E. French 1,00; J. A. Dixon 1,00; C. Clark 65c.; J. G. Kerr 62c.; R. W. Waterman 50c.; R. Tisdale 50c.; D. Robinson 50c.; M. Hume 50c.; Abigail Night 25c.; M. A. Kerr 25c.; A. Henderson 25c.; A. Bland 25c.; H. Bland 12c.; A. Grover 6,00, Economy 2,00; Covington, C. Clark 5,00; Pendleton, Jas. Thomas 2,00; Northport, ch. 7,75; Ebenezer, ch. 1,00; Franklin, ch. 100,00; do., A. Compton 5,00; Lafayette, ch. 37,70; Terra Haute, ch., viz.Joseph Grover 2,00; Mrs. G. W. Crosby 5,00; Mrs. A. Child 50c.; Mrs. Ballou 50c.; J. A. Dixon 2,00; Greensburg, ch. 13,65; Mount Moriah 4.25; Sugar Creek, 2,00; Samuel Dow 10,00; Lydia Dow 10,00; Jona. Thompson 1,25; Benj. P. Lambertson 1,25; Carter Square 8,70; Franklin, Ripley & Co. 1,50; Pleasant Ridge 85c.; Rising Sun 1,50; Madison, ch. 10,00; Lawrenceburg, Rev. E. P. Bond 100,00; Ebenezer, ch. 15,25; Pennsylvaniaburg, Mehitable D. Alden 5,00; Oswego, ch. 5,00; Green Castle, 16,00 55,00 General Assoc., W. Watson tr., 30,45; Peoria, ch. 14,00; do., col. in Methodist ch. 5,81; per Rev. J. Stevens, agent, Plainfield, M. C. Young, Michigan. Michigan Conven., C. Van Hasen tr., viz.-Medina, ch., mon. con., 5,60; do., "choir of singers" 10,00; E. K. Harrington 1,00; A. Hutchins 1,00; G. Irish 94c.; N. E. Indiana Assoc. 1,00; Galesburg, H. H. Reading and wife 1,50; Mrs. E. F. Gilbert 1,00; Tecumseh, M. Sacket and wife 1,00; Sandstone, ch. 1,00; York, ch., mon. con., 3,87; do sub. 3,60; Nancy A. Wheeler 10,00; Mooreville, ch., mon. con., 8,05; D. C. Parmele 1,00; Brooklyn, ch., mon. con., 8,23; Adrian, Mrs. Garlick 1,00; Kalamazoo, ch., mon. con., 3,00; Highland, ch., mon. con., 8,19; Jackson, B. F. Eggleston and wife 7,00; Troy, "a friend to missions" 5,00; J. Martin 25c.; A. Koon 50c.; Salem, G.Pennell 1,00; Saline, ch. 4,05; do., H. B. 50,00; to cons. Rev. Charles Evans L. M., Indian Territory. John T. Jones 5,00; Mrs. Jane K. Jones 4,00; Henry Shearman 2,00, North Yarmouth, Me., Miss 50,26 2,00 52,26 138,78 11,00 Legacies. Lucy Haskell 30,00 Belville, N. Y., Cyrus Cook, Mrs. Gratia Cook executrix, in part, 35,00 Pittsford, Vt., Thomas Ham mond, Augustus Hammond Total from April 1 to May 31, $17,147,12. R. E. EDDY, Treasurer. The object of the present article is to illustrate and enforce the sentiment,— That THE GREAT ENTERPRISE OF EVANGELIZING THE WORLD IS ONE WHICH ADMITS OF NEITHER REMISSION NOR RELINQUISHMENT. 66 'Necessity is laid upon" the Church of the Lord Jesus. She has begun a good work. She must proceed with it, to its completion. She must not breathe the thought of pausing in this high and holy enterprise; till that day come when it shall be said and sung, "The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ." 1. We derive our first argument from the persistency of effort exacted in the important affairs of this life. "The children of this world are" sometimes "wiser than the children of light." It is esteemed a dishonor and almost an offence against civil society, to relinquish important and useful undertakings, of a secular nature, when once fairly commenced. A dwelling half erected and relinquished, a temple or a capitol left midway of completion, a rail-road half graded for half its contemplated route, a ship abandoned to decay upon the stocks, either of these would be to their shane whose lack of enterprise or love of ease should so carry the day against private and public weal. "All that beheld would begin to mock and say, These men began to build, and were not able to finish." It is matter of interest and instruction to the religious world, to see how resoluteness and perseverance, in the affairs of this life, accomplish their objects. And the question is to be asked of the professed friends of Christ and of dying men ; "Shall the men of this poor, vain world push their schemes for mere secular, private advantage; and shall the Church grow languid, "weary in well doing”—relax effort—in the holiest and most magnificent enterprise on which angels ever looked? Shall there be good courage and industry untiring among secular men, in seeking objects which belong only to a world 'reserved unto fire; and shall the friends of Christ lack heart and constancy in an enterprise which takes hold on the interests of untold millions of immortal men, for eternity? Shall public spirit and liberality push point after point to its completion; and be able to say, every year, of some undertaking which pertains to this fleeting world, 'It is finished'?—and shall the Church of the Lord Jesus stand hesitating whether she shall push on and carry through her schemes of benevolence, to the fulfilment of a command of her risen Lord, in a work which takes hold of things heavenly? It is ever a serious step to retire from confessed and commenced duty. The act may appear different from one of direct opposition, but the consequences |