Missionary Register

MISSIONARY REGISTER

FOR

M DCCC XXXI.

CONTAINING THE

PRINCIPAL TRANSACTIONS

OF THE VARIOUS

INSTITUTIONS FOR PROPAGATING THE GOSPEL:

WITH

THE PROCEEDINGS, AT LARGE,

OF THE

CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

HEAR YE, AND GIVE EAR: BE NOT PROUD: FOR THE LORD HATH SPOKEN. GIVE
GLORY TO THE LORD YOUR GOD, BEFORE HE CAUSE DARKNEss, and befoRE YOUR
FEET STUMBLE UPON THE DARK MOUNTAINS, AND, WHILE YE LOOK FOR LIGHT, HE
TURN IT INTO THE SHADOW OF DEATH, AND MAKE IT GROSS DARKNESS. BUT IF YE
WILL NOT HEAR IT, MY SOUL SHALL WEEP IN SECRET PLACES FOR YOUR PRIDE.
JEREM. XIII. 15-17.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY R. WATTS, CROWN COURT, TEMPLE BAR

PUBLISHED BY L. B. SEELEY & SONS, 169, FLEET STREET.
SOLD ALSO BY J. HATCHARD AND SON, PICCADILLY; AND BY
ALL BOOKSELLERS AND NEWSMEN.

1831.

BIOGRAPHY.

.......

or Coloured Women....

.121-126

Further Notices of the Rev. J. Kindlinger, 161

Account of Eliza, a N. American Indian, 209

Notices of the late Rev. Abdool Messeeh, 259

Notices of Opiia, of the Sandwich Islands, 259

Character and Obituary of Frances Casey,

Obituary of Rev. J. B. Saltet...... 46 || Memoir of Tahneh, a Cherokee Woman, 298

Last Days of Br. J. Johansen, at Antigua, 99 Obituaries of a Negro Man and Woman, 298

Brief Accounts of Six Christian Negro Character and Obituary of Maoae, a

South-Sea Islander..

299

Martyrdom of Ram-Kishora, a Hindoo, 337

Notices of Two New-Zealand Girls.... 339

Obituaries of Seven Native Christians, 377-81
Obituary and Character of Miss H. Mack, 425
Memoir of Brother John Gottlob Loos.. 473
Obituaries of Natives of Rarotogna 513

a Free-Coloured Woman of St. Kitt's, 260

PROCEEDINGS AND INTELLIGENCE.

Annual Survey of Missionary Stations, pp. 1-45, 73-99.

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1831

CEYLON.

Instance of the Effective Distribution of

the Scriptures...

.....467, 508

508

AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY.

State of the Colony..

Efforts and Prospects of the Board 174

Increase of Emigrants

Enlarged Designs of the Board

Improving Prospects of the Colony 486

Recent Deaths in the Colony....

AMERICAN EPISCOPAL MISSIONARY SOC.

(See Survey, pp. 8, 21, 97.)

Notices relative to Missionaries

..296, 336

MEDITERRANEAN.

Notices of the Island, Town, and People

of Tinos

....

400

!BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

(See Survey, pp. 38, 81, 86, 95, 97.)

Notices relative to Missionaries, 120, 256,375

511, 512

INDIA WITHIN THE GANGES.

Discussion between a Native Preacher

and a Learned Mahomedan

....

State of Funds-Missionaries sent out, 343

Benefaction of One Thousand Pounds, 511

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151

Spirit of Inquiry among the Persians... 151

Sectaries in Shirâz

Offer of a Learned Mahomedan to trans-

late the Old Testament into Persian.. 151

INDIA BEYOND THE GANGES.

Circulation and Influence of Scriptures, 324

CEYLON.

Effect of the Scriptures on the Natives.. 467

WEST INDIES.

Corresponding Committee in Jamaica.. 207

Naval and Military Bible Society.

Fifty-first Anniversary

Amendment on Resolution, negatived, 222

(See Survey, pp. 8, 32, 95.)

Report for 1830-31:

520

Issue of Books, Tracts, and Papers .. 520

State of the Funds.....

Counteraction of Infidel Publications, 521

Revision and Increase of Publications, 522

Public Meeting and Resolution on Addi-

tional Bishops for India.....

522

217

CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

(See Survey, pp. 6, 21, 41, 81, 87, 95, 97.)

Notices relative to Missionaries, 72, 120, 156

158, 206, 207, 256, 295, 296, 336, 375, 376

424, 470, 511, 512, 550, 551, 552

UNITED KINGDOM.

Thirty-first Anniversary

..216

Amendment on the Report, adopted..217

Thirty-first Report-

Retirement of the Rev. E. Bickersteth

from the Secretaryship.... .....383

Arrangements consequent thereon....383

Candidates, Students, and Missionaries,383

.384

Remarks on the Funds

Prosperity of the Society's Missions ..384

Motives for Enlarged Exertions... .384

Testimony of Committee to the Services

of Professor Lee.

.424

.523

Resolution on the Death of the Bishop

of Calcutta...

Resolution and Memorial on the Increase

of Bishops for India

Publication of Rev. John Hartley's "Re-

searches in Greece and the Levant"...550

WESTERN AFRICA.

Sierra Leone.

Freetown, and River and Mountain

Districts............131-133, 306–311

Summary of the Mission...

State of the Congregations

State of the Christian Institution

State of the Schools

Death of Mr. William Tubb

Inspectors of Schools' Report

........

MEDITERRANEAN.

Malta.

Works Printed and Issued in 18 Months, 135

Greece.

Rise of the Society's Proceedings at Syra,137

Interruption to the Work...

...137

Importance of supplying the Oriental

Christians with the Old Testament, as

a Preservative against Idolatry. ...140

Removal of Dr. Korck to Corfu

.141

Trinitarian Bible Society.

Rev. J. Hildner's Infant School at Syra, 141

Formation & Constitution of the Society, 518 General Views of the State of Greece...448

State of the Schools at Syra

Kurnaul.

Visit of the Rev. J. A. Jetter to Athens..450 Examination of Anund Messeeh's School,375

Mr. Jetter's Proceedings at Phocæa

State of the Schools at Smyrna..

Desire in Asia Minor for the Establish-

ment of Schools..

..452

Mr. Jetter's Employments and Prospects

at Smyrna...

....453

Ravages of Cholera Morbus at Smyrna, 551

Egypt.

Schools, 143-Sahidic Scriptures

Ministry of the Word....

Distribution of the Scriptures

Rev. T. Müller's Visit to Upper Egypt..144

General View of the State of the Mission, 180
Schools--Preaching--General Remarks 180,81
Bellary.
Visit of Rev. T. Müller to the Faioum...318 Summary of the Station
Prevalence of Cholera Morbus at Caïro,
Tellicherry.
and its Effect on the Mission ......492
Summary of the Station.....

Abyssinia.

Cochin.

Satisfactory Report of Girgis...........146

Conference among the Abyssinian Eccle-

507

Summary of the Station....

Cottayam.

siastics relative to the Person of Christ, 147

Distribution of Scriptures-Translations, 148

Proceedings of the Rev. S. Gobat .......148

Prospect of War between Amhara & Tigré, 148

Rumoured Attack on Abyssinia by the

Visit to the Metran, Cyril, at Annúr... 243

Visit to Churches N.East of Cottayam, 244

Visit to Churches S. East of Cottayam, 248

Third Visit to the Churches...........

Fourth Visit to the Churches

Favourable Reception of the Missionaries

Journey from Massowah to Adi-Grate..277

Friendly Reception of the Missionaries

by Sebagadis.

Mr. Kugler's Prospects and Labours....280

..532

Disturbed State of Abyssinia

Distribution of the Scriptures in Gondar, 533

Discussions with Abyssinians

Prospects of the Mission...

Syrian Tract against Popery.

Summary of various Stations..

Public Worship at the Grammar School, 504

State of College, & of Grammar School,

504, 505

Studies and Proficiency of Miss. Pupils, 505

Ministry of the Gospel in Malayalim... 506

Summary of Cottayam Station..

533

..534

506

INDIA WITHIN THE GANGES.

Calcutta.

....

Notices of the State of the Mission

Openings for Enlarged Labour..

Visit to an Aged Hindoo

Baptism of Four Natives..

General Aspect of the Mission

Annual Examination of the Boys' Schools,361

Patna.

Intercourse with the Natives, & its Effects, 361

Chunar.

Views of the Effects of School-Instruction,364

Notices of the State of the Congregation, 365

Suggestions on the Mode of carrying on

....

Missionary Labours

....366

Circumstances attending the Death of a

convinced Cuverite....

..366

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143
.144
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181

183
183
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...184

Value of the Scriptures in the Proceed-

ings of Missionaries

..367

Illustrations of the State of the Natives, 367

Agra.

Great Eagerness for Tracts....

Description of Bandora
State of the People
State of the Bandora Boys' Schools....
State of Female Schools at Bandora 544
Notices illustrative of the State of Society
in the Deccan......

...

544

Visit to the Caves of Carli and Dherm
Raj Lena.

545

Remarks on the Relative Antiquity of
the Buddhists, Brahmins, and Jairs, 546
547
Results of Missionary Labours....
MALABAR-Notices of the Stations..... 332

507

Character & Proceedings of Mirza Yusuf
Bakir.....

Ditto of David Batavia...

Advantages as a Missionary Station.....

Meerut.

Promising Disposition of some Natives, 374

Interview with the Begum Sumroo 374

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