is sure to command their immediate and close attention. O may they soon discover that all their gods are but idols vanity and a lie; and turn unto the God who made and redeemed them. Mr. Hay, in returning from a visit to Madras, enjoyed some favorable opportunities of preaching the gospel by the way. In several of the villages, even those nearest the public road, he found that the people scarcely knew even the name of Christ. This, (observes our brother,) is truly melancholy. Without let or hindrance the gospel may be boldly proclaimed in every village and hamlet of the land, and yet it is not proclaimed. What we want is a large band of simpleminded men of God-warm friends of Jesus-lovers of the souls of men-well acquainted with their Bibles, and able to learn and use freely a new language. Their business would be to wander among the villages, two and two, in a certain extent of country, visiting often and at short intervals the same people. They would, no doubt, meet with opposition from Brahmins and others, but it is of no use to argue with them. A warm appeal to the consciences of the by-standers I have uniformly found more powerful to silence and put them to shame than any amount of the closest reasoning. Can we not have two or three score of such a class? Are there none such to be found among the churches of the saints?-Lond. Miss. Mag. MANGAIA.-SPEECH DEACON. sions of affection and sorrow for that departed servant of God, are full of mournful and tender interest, and our readers will rejoice in the honorable testimony thus borne to the character and memory of our lamented missionary: When Williamu first came to Mangaia, he brought a native teacher, whose name was Papehia. We were ignorant of the word of God and knew not its name, nor had we any desire for it, when Williams and Papehia first came to our land. We saw the ship and greatly wondered-all the people shouted and said that it was a large canoe. When the vessel came near, a boat was rowed towards us; we went upon the reef and saw a man of our own color jump from the boat and swim to the shore. This was Papehia. One of our number, Ruaporo, seized him-he is dead now-he seized Papehia and put some cord around his neck to strangle him, but he could not accomplish it. We all hesitated as to what we should do with Papehia. Some said, Let us murder him." Others said, "Do not let us kill him at once! let us seek a sure means by which he may die." And then, while some of us seized him and held him fast, others stole his property, his axe and his basket. Not content that he should live, our spears and clubs being near us, we resolved to spear him, when he escaped to the sea, swam to the boat, and returned to the vessel. After this, one of our party who was very bold went in his canoe toward the vessel, and we thought he would be killed; but after some time he came back, OF A NATIVE and with him another boat, bringing two native teachers and their wives and property. He had promised to preserve them, and shield them from harm. The boat came near the reef, and we all hurriedly and wildly seized their property to steal it, and their wives to abuse them. Their cloth, their oil, their axes and saws we stole. We broke the saws in three pieces and put them around our necks, and hung them on our ears as ornaments. Their wives we carried to the bushes and the woods. There was no order observedwe were wild in our heathenism and cared not what we did. But we were very much astonished at the books which we found among their property. The letters made us wonder, and we said that the books were the gods of the strangers. We were afraid when we heard the noise of a cannon from the vessel, and we sent these people back to the boat, but kept the property. One of our chiefs put the cloth upon the pig, and offered him to the gods in the Marae; and some of us worshipped Among our recent communications from the Hervey Islands, is the following translation of a speech delivered at a public meeting by one of the native deacons of the church in the island of Mangaia, under the pastoral care of the Rev. George Gill, to whom we are indebted for its transmission in the English language. In his own simple but forcible style, and under an evident sense of the divine benevolence, the speaker draws a striking contrast between the barbarous and miserable condition of the island when the honored Williams first landed on its shores, and the comparatively pure and elevated state which it has since attained under the renovating influences of Christian truth. In reference to these favored islanders, it may truly be said, that the darkness is past and the true light now shineth. The allusions of the speaker to the successive visits and apostolic labors of their father in the faith, and his expres the pigs which they had brought, thinking | vah-He is the Mighty One! and He is they were gods. The ship left our land, and we returned from the sea-side to our dwellings, taking with us the property we had stolen, wondering at this and that; and rejoicing with our heathenish joy in these possessions, and then we danced and sang with delight. But our joy continued not long; sickness and death came to our land, and men and women died in great numbers day by day -twenty and thirty, and sometimes forty died in one day. So fell the aged and the young. Vain was the knowledge and vain the joy of heathenism! At this season of sickness and death we were seized with great fear, and the chiefs and people asked one another what it was? and what should be done? We all said and felt that the God of the strangers had sent this sickness upon us because we had so ill-treated those who came to our land. The sickness continued and all our fear. We determined to collect all the property we had stolen, and place it before our gods in the Marae; we then dug a pit and threw all the property into it, and said in our prayers to the idols, that if the ship should return we would not ill-treat the strangers, but would receive both them and their God. The sickness and death left us, and not long afterwards the ship returned, and all the people assembled together as before. We sent off a canoe to the ship, and then a boat approached the reef, and we saw two men of our own color, whom we received as our teachers, and they came to live on shore. There were many among us then who desired to kill these menthey expressed their thoughts and desires secretly, and began to plan schemes to effect their purpose; but the Great God whom the teachers served, protected them, as he does all his servants in every time of danger and death. love! Let us walk in his light and in his love one toward another. Williamu came again to this island— this was the third time that he came, but, as before, he did not come on shore, because the wind and sea were not good. The next time he came, he landed, and preached to us from the first Epistle to Timothy, 1: 15, "This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners." He spoke to us in the Rarotongan language, because that is very much like our own, and we understood him. The next day we gave him some native cloth, and a little of our poor property, as the sign of our love toward him. At that time there was no church formed in our midst; and, after waiting some months, Mr. Barff visited us, and separated some of us into a church, and this was the first time we sat down before the table of the Lord to think of that great love that led him to die for us. Some time after this Williamu returned, and then Mr. Buzacott was with him. Mr. Buzacott prayed and read the word of God, and Williamu preached from Haggai, 2: 7, " And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come, and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of Hosts." After visiting us once more, Williamu went down towards Samoa, to visit the heathen that are around that land, and far removed from the true light. He went to bless the heathen, but they killed him. Alas! for Williamu, our friend, that he fell there! We loved him and we grieved for him. He was our friend, full of love and zeal for us all. We greatly desired a missionary from Britain who should dwell constantly amongst us—we prayed to God that he would send us one; and when Mr. John Williams, the son of Williamu, came, he brought Mr. Gill from Rarotonga, and we greatly desired that he should remain and dwell constantly in our midst; but he told us he would write to the society, and tell them of our desire for a missionary. We ceased not to pray to God; and now we have obtained our desire-here is Gili [they call me Gili to distinguish me from my brother] and his wife, and their child. We see them all and rejoice that they are The evil thoughts of the men who desired to kill were not accomplished, and after the teachers had preached and explained the word of God for some time, there were two young men who said they would receive this word. They were the first to abandon all heathen customs. They still live and are in our midst this day. After this many believed and received the gospel, and utterly abandoned all their evil ways, such as murdering And now we are building a large stone men and children, theft, the worship of house for the worship of the only true idols, and the making sacred of property God. It is a large house and a good house. and food for them. Formerly we allowed Great has been our joy, and now let it not our wives to eat with us, but now we continue. Great has been the compassion gave them liberty to do so. Now we of our God. If He had not compassionated know the true God, whose name is Jeho- us we should still have been held bound in come. the strong hand of Satan, the god of this | say, The people that sat in darkness have world. If He had not sent his servants and his word to our land, we should still be killing one another, body and soul. Our darkness of heathenism would have been great and awful; but now we can seen a great light; and now to Him who has blessed us with light,-blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be unto our God forever and ever! Amen.-Id. THE SWISS Other Benevolent Institutions. MISSIONS OF GRANDE Their origin and early progress. borhood of Grand Ligne, he sought the aid of the missionaries, and by their instrumentality was led to receive the truth as it is in Jesus. He engaged immediately in the good work, and was received as a fellow-laborer with much joy and gratitude. The gospel was introduced to St. Pie in the spring of 1841. The gift of a New Testament to an inhabitant of that place who was on a visit to Grande Ligne, produced, by the blessing of God, most encouraging and remarkable results. During the summer of the abovementioned year a school was opened at St. Pie; another was established in the year following at Béree. Meanwhile, these new stations were visited as often as possible, numerous copies of the scriptures were distributed, and the gospel was preached to large and attentive congregations. A mission house was erected in 1842, which was devoted to the service of God by appropriate exercises on Christmas day of that year. It became evident that St. Pie would become an important station, and it was extremely desirable that it should be occupied by a suitable agent; here, again, the providence and grace of God were re Before his departure, two other laborers had entered into the field. Madame Feller, a member of the church over which Mr. Olivier presided, having lost her husband and her only child, had resolved to devote herself to the service of the Lord. After due consideration, and earnest prayer for guidance, she determined to follow her pastor to Canada. She was accompanied by the Rev. Mr. Roussy, a Christian min-markably displayed. Dr. Cote, a gentleister, who had been also led to choose Canada as his sphere of labor. They sailed from Havre, September 20, 1835, landed at New York on the 23d of the following month, and on the 31st reached Montreal. Ten days after, Mr. Roussy proceeded to Grande Ligne, in the district of L'Acadie, to take charge of a school. Madame Feller became a resident at Grande Ligne in September, 1836. man of the medical profession, a native of Canada, and held in high esteem among his countrymen, having been driven by popery into deism, had been convinced of the truth of Christianity in the year 1841, and led to yield himself in the cause of Christ. A residence of two years at Chazy had prepared him for more extensive engagements. He removed to St. Pie in October, 1843, and entered on a course of diligent and disinterested labor, which has been abundantly blessed. On the 30th of August, 1844, he was ordained pastor of the church. The Rev. Dr. Baird, of New York, the Rev. Messrs. Wilkes and Tanner, of Montreal, and other ministers, engaged in the exercises of the day. Salem, in the district of St. Pie, and Sherrington, in the Grand Ligne district, were added to the list of stations in the year 1844. Present state. The mission family consists of thirty-six persons, including Madame Feller, the missionaries, and twenty-three pupils, most of whom, it is hoped, will be engaged in the work of God, as colporteurs or school teachers. The elementary day school at Grande Ligne contains thirty children, whose parents reside in the immediate neighborhood. They are instructed at present by Jacob Dalpé, a young man who has been several years under the care of the missionaries, and conducts the school to their satisfaction. In addition to biblical researches and theological instruction, the pupils resident in the house are engaged in the study of Latin, Greek, history, natural philosophy, chemistry, and physiology, according to their respective abilities, under the care of the Rev. L. Normandeau. The elementary branches are taught by Toussaint Riendeau. At Sherrington, Mademoiselle Perusset perseveres in her exertions, in the spirit of true devotedness. Upwards of thirty children, most of whom belong to Roman Catholic families, attend her school, and evince warm attachment to their teacher. Mademoiselle Perusset embraces other opportunities of doing good, by visiting the neighboring houses, and reading the scriptures to their inmates. Her efforts are not unattended with personal danger; nevertheless, she continues to labor, and reaps as well as sows. Eloi Roi traverses a large district around Henryville, and performs the work of a colporteur with indefatigable diligence. Some of the fruits of his labors are already found in the church at Grand Ligne. New openings for usefulness are frequently presented. Miss Newton has been stationed at Henryville, as a teacher; in the school under her superintendence thirty-five children are receiving instruction. Occasional visits are still paid to Chazy, as opportunity permits. The district of St. Pie is as interesting as ever. Recent intelligence furnishes striking evidence that the Lord graciously blesses his word. During the year 1846, the church at St. Pie was encouraged by the addition of thirteen members, all of whom, with one exception, were brought out of the errors and superstitions of Romanism. The colporteurs in the district of St. Pie discharge their duties with fidelity and zeal. Joseph Nicolle, François L'Amou reux, François Maurisette, Eusebe Menard, and Romuald Desroches, are constantly employed in the good work. They are favored with ready access to the houses of the French Canadians, and quietly diffuse the truths of the gospel among a large population. The schools at St. Pie and Berée are going on favorably. One of the schools near St. Pie was discontinued some time ago, but has been replaced by another under the care of Baptiste Auger, a member of the church of St. Pie, who has been engaged for several months, in the Grande Ligne district, as a colporteur. schools contain one hundred and thirty-two children. These There are two new stations, one at Canaan, and the other at Thessalonica, which, if they can be efficiently occupied, promise a rich harvest, by the divine blessing on the means employed. The number of laborers now employed as missionaries, colporteurs, or school teachers, (not including their wives, unless they are actually engaged in the work,) is twenty; the number of stations and substations, eleven. Upwards of 200 children are under instruction. Ecclesiastical relations. Madame Feller and Mr. Roussy came to Canada under the patronage of a missionary society in Switzerland, from which society they continued to receive occasional aid. During the years 1837 and 1838 their operations were carried on under the auspices of the Canada Baptist Missionary Society; some assistance was also received from the United States and from Scotland. In the autumn of the last mentioned year their connexion with the Canada Baptist Missionary Society was dissolved, the missionaries being then of opinion that they could labor more efficiently if they were independent of all religious parties. They continued to do so for nearly seven years, during which time they received numerous and valuable tokens of Christian regard from all denominations. The fostering care of the Foreign Evangelical Society rendered essential service to the cause. Aid was also received from Switzerland, England, and Canada. In the autumn of 1845, proposals were made to enter into a more definite and permanent arrangement with the Foreign Evangelical Society. That arrangement, however, was not found practicable. The Swiss Missions of Grande Ligne are now re-united to the Canada Baptist Missionary Society, and placed under its superintendence. The management of their affairs is entrusted to a Committee, con sisting of four members of the Committee | tinue to increase, as the Lord in his proviof the Society, and four members of the dence shall open the way for their spreadmissionary body connected with Grande ing a knowledge of his salvation among the Ligne. It is designated "The Swiss heathen nations. Mission Committee." A separate account is kept of the receipts and expenditure for this object, under the designation of "The Swiss Mission Fund."-Circular of Com. abridged. Summary. Under the care of the Board are now twenty-six missions, embracing ninety-six stations, in connection with which are laboring 140 ordained missionaries, nine of them being also physicians, four licensed AMERICAN BOARD OF COMMISSION- preachers, six physicians not ordained, six ERS FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS. The annual meeting was held at Buffalo, commencing Sept. 8. The following is from an abstract of the Annual Report. Receipts and Expenditures. The ordinary receipts of the year from donations and legacies amounted to $209365 21; adding the income from funds invested and the balance in the treasury at the beginning of the year, and the whole amount of disposable funds for the has been $233,166 97; while the expenditures have been $264,783 83. year Missionaries appointed and sent forth. During the year now closed, the Prudential Committee have appointed eighteen missionaries, one physician, one male and twenty-four female assistant missionaries, -forty-four in all. teachers, six printers and book-binders, thirteen other lay helpers, 193 married and unmarried females; making 370 missionary laborers sent forth from this country; associated with whom are twenty-two native preachers, 135 other native helpers, raising the whole number of persons laboring in connection with the missions and depending on the Board mainly for their This is twenty-two support, to 526. eleven Gathmore than were reported last year. ered and watched over by these missionaries are seventy-three churches, to which 1,076 hopeful converts have been reported as received since the last annual report, making the present number of members, deducting those who have been removed by death or for misconduct, 25,441. Connected with these missions are seminaries for training native preachers and teachers having 423 pupils, also twentytwo other boarding schools, having 399 male and 536 female pupils; also 367 free schools, in which about 11,330 children and youth are taught; making the whole number of children and youth, directly or indirectly under the instruction of the missionaries, about 12,600. The common schools at the Sandwich Islands, being not wholly supported by the natives, are not this year included in the estimate. Most of them have already gone forth to their several fields of labor, or expect to embark within a few months. During this year also, fifteen missionaries, one physician, one male and eighteen female assistant missionaries,-thirty-five in all, have departed for their several fields of labor. Besides these, six missionaries and three assistant missionaries who had been for the restoration of their health visiting Of printing establishments there are their native land, have returned to the eleven; also six type and stereotype At these presses are founts of scenes of their former labors abroad, and foundries. entered again into their chosen work type and other requisites for printing in among the heathen; making in all forty-nearly thirty languages besides the Engfour who have gone from our shores to lish. During the year, though from some of the missions no statements of the amount heathen lands during the year. of printing executed have been received, 489,384 copies of books and tracts are reported to have been printed, embracing 40,451,955 pages: and the whole number of pages printed from the commencement of the missions is 575,000,000, in above thirty languages besides the English. After a good deal of intercourse with candidates for the ministry in our theological seminaries, the Committee believe that the spirit of missionary enterprise is increasing among them; and that, too, as the result of growing piety and Christian zeal in those seminaries. And if those who furnish the pecuniary means will, by their liberal contributions, let it be seen that all suitable candidates may be sent forth without detention, and well supplied with the means of usefulness, it is believed that the number of those who are disposed to enter the foreign field will con |