IN JUNE. Mauch Chunk church 65 00 Pby. of New Lisbon. Coitsville ch. 9,06; 88.72 SYNOD OF CINCINNATI. 56 85 Pby. of Chillicothe. Union ch. 33,29; Chillicothe, Mrs. E. Worthington, 10 43 29 200 Pby. of Miami. SYNOD OF PHILA. Phy. of Philadelphia. Phila. 10th ch. (in part,) a lady through the Pastor, 70; Mrs. M. L. Jones, 30; Miss Huxham, (of which 15 to be appropriated for Books and Tracts for missionary stations.) 50; Mrs. Brown, 30; N. Burt, 40; W. A. Porter, 25; N. Harned, 10; Moses Johnson, 50; Mrs. Hildeburn, 10; Mrs. E. Wurts, 2; Mrs. Lemon, 1; Mrs. Freytag, 5; J. B. L. 5; Mrs. Harris, 3; D. T. Pratt, 2; a friend, 10; do 5; cash, 20; do. 1; an individual 50 cts; a widow's mite, 25 cts; a friend through the Pastor, (in part of sub. of 500,) 200; Bank Notes, 280; Gold, 32,50; Specie, 51,62; G. Eckerb, (1841) 5. Total from 10th ch. 938,87. Rev. Ashbel Green, D. D. 40, 9th ch. Sab. sch. 6.24; Penn Sq. ch. mo. con. addl. 28,18; Note, 25 ackn. last should have been mo. con. 4th ch. 75; Central ch. in part, 69,25; Phila. Rev. J. B. Pinney and Mrs. Pinney, for 1842, 20 Pby. of New Castle. Wilmington, 1st ch. Pby. of Baltimore. Springfield ch. maternal Assoc. ed. Belinda Pby. of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, 1st ch. addl. ann. coll. 53; a Richmond ch. Ply, of Oxford. Pby, of Sidney. 20.00 93 00 6.00 1.90 9.80 SYNOD OF W. TENNESSEE. Pby, of W. District. Jackson ch. mo, con. 6,75, addl. 25 cts. 7.00 SYNOD OF MISSISSIPPI. Pby. of Tombeckbee. Columbus ch. mo. con. June, 10.00 SYNOD OF THE REF. PRESB. CH. 1176 54 Cash per Rev. J. N. McLeod, 90.00 ASSOCIATIONS. 25 00 Phila. Reed and Lowrie, assoc. for ed, heathen youth at Allahabad, 100; do. at Lodiana, 100 Baltimore, 2d ch. sup. Rev. H. R. Wilson, 130; do. male sab. sch. for support of male child. in Mr. Wilson's school 21,58 151 58 Pby. of Huntingdon. Lewistown fem. for. mis. soc. 1; Perryville ch. in part, 21,79; W. Kishacoquillas ch. in part, 1,50; Spruce cr. ch. in part 35; Alexandria, David Stuart, 5; Birmingham, John Owen, 1; Huntingdon ch. 139,29; (of which 35,54 from mo. con. 2,76 from sab, sch. 31 cts. from Mrs. Symington's school, 10 from John Kerr, 10 from Mr. Orbison, and 10 from Mrs. Allison) less 10 bill on Northampton Bank unsaleable. LEGACIES. Hillsboro, O. Richard Graham, deceased, per Rev. Samuel Steele Ex. 20 MISCELLANEOUS. Onslow, Nova Scotia, Benev. soc. including 6 dollars from a female friend,' 21,95 cash from a friend for China Mission, 3; (source not reported), cash from ' for China mission 10,000; a friend of missions,' 10; Miss E. D.' of Ref. Dutch ch. c. Houston and Greene st. N. Y, 5; 'a lady' called at mission House, 1; Newark, N. J. Miss Ann Finley, 10; a member of his former cong,' to con Rev. E. D. MCMASTERS, D. D. al. dir. 100 200 00 20 00 10 150 95 Total, $13,162 42 Donations in Clothing, &c. Lansingburg 1st ch. N. Y. Ladies benev. Mechanicsville N.Y. 1 Bundle clothing from Congress ch. O. fem. sew. soc. valued at 21,81 THE DOMESTIC MISSIONARY CHRONICLE. AUGUST, 1843. BOARD OF MISSIONS. COMMUNICATIONS FROM MISSIONARIES. the East are nothing to us. Anything in the shape of a preacher is made welcome if he can only talk smoothly. It is no great matter with many, whether he belongs to an old sect, or whether his object be to set up a new one : all appear to stand pretty much on the same footing. To illustrate this, I have been preaching for some time in a settlement about ten miles distant from this place, where we have a few members. There appeared to be some interest arising, and I began to entertain hopes of good results. At this crisis, one, heretofore a disciple of Joe Smith, junr., who is now labouring to form a sect under the designation of The Bride the Lamb's Wife, came among the people, and has Ir some scores, or hundreds of the good people of the East could spend a few months in this frontier land, and then return to their temporal and spiritual advantages at home, I am persuaded they would return with new feelings of gratitude to the "Father of light," for his good gifts to them, and with a new feeling of their obligation in relation to their tried brethren in the western country, and to the cause of Christ in this portion of the world. I consider it unspeakably important that Christians in more favoured circumstances should know well, and properly feel for our situation here. We need, and we earnestly desire their pray-immersed some dozen of them or upwards ers-their hearty prayers; and we very-wrangling has followed, and serious much need, and importunately ask, other feeling appears to have passed away. We help besides. There is no kind of know- have all manner of strange notions and We have a mass of ledge that can elicit interest so well as strange people here. that which enters through the eyes and mind, active, shrewd, suspicious, and to a ears; and if Christians could only be eye great extent under no restraint, or but little and ear witnesses to things that discover restraint from moral or religious principle. our state, our nakedness, our poverty and We have lots of backsliders, or rather feebleness, both temporal and spiritual, I apostates-persons who having once made am persuaded we would be remembered a profession of religion have given it up. differently at a throne of grace, and Many of the professors who still hold on should share in a different manner of the are sadly innoculated with the spirit of the abundance that God hath given them. ** times and of the place; still, however, I trust there is a sprinkling of the salt of the earth to keep the social fabric from putrefaction-a little of the good leaven which, with the blessing of God, may yet leaven the whole lump. The Roman Catholics constitute the most formidable obstacle to the truth in this neighbourhood. As re [We omit here a minute description given by the brother of his own particular field of labour, which contains some interesting facts, but for which we have not room.-ED.] *** The people in the West are the most liberal people in the world as respects religion. Your liberal people in VOL. XI.-32 spects the designs of that church in rela- || circulation-I have nothing left. The tion to the United States, I have hitherto been rather disposed to apprehend but little danger from them. I am now entirely satisfied that it is their settled purpose to possess, as far as possible, and altogether to sway the West, and by means of that the whole Union. They already occupy the principal points in this territory. The emigrants, so far as my knowledge extends, are for the most part of that persuasion. They possess a proselyting spirit, and have here excellent materials on which to work-a people unwilling to submit to the restraints that spiritual religion imposes, feeling the natural want of religion which is common to the race, and ready to believe anything but the truth. books of the Board of Publication I have longed to have for use here. Good books and tracts for loaning, and distribution I consider among our most pressing wants. Now,-are there no lovers of the truth, as it is in Jesus, who would be willing to send us out here the publications of the Board? And are there not thousands of tracts and precious little books lying idle in pious families, that could be gathered up, and sent out here, where they might be the means of good to generations yet unborn? And, my dear brother, would not this be a cheap way of doing good? Methinks there are thousands of Christians in your city, who, if the thing were but mentioned to them, could, without the outlay of a cent, send into the missionary rooms any quantity of little messengers of mercy, which are of no use where they are-but packed up, and sent here, wafted with the breath of prayer, and distributed among multitudes who are now tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine, by God's blessing might But why all these statements and details? I answer, my wish is to engage the interest of Christians in behalf of the West, and I desire also to prepare the way for the following observations :-I take it for granted that the Presbyterian Church will not desert this important field-but will cultivate it assiduously, so || be the means of conversion to hundreds— long as there is hope. For this purpose we need men—first rate men, if we could have them, but that we cannot expect. Still they should be men somewhat more than tolerable-men of prudence, firmness, a ready utterance, and an eye single to the glory of God. They should not come here to speculate; if they do, most likely they will wound the cause. They should be patient also, and able to accommodate themselves to people and circumstances wherever they may be placed. We need also books-good books, and plenty of them. of food and stability to thousands, and send down a benign and hallowed influence through succeeding generations. The other, and in fact the only effectual remedy for these evils, is found in the influences of God's spirit-putting down all opposition, sweeping away every refuge of lies, magnifying his own word, and above all his name. For this I would earnestly pray, and ask the prayers of God's people. FROM A MISSIONARY IN MUSCATINE COUNTY. **** We have in this county but one church, which is at this place; there are, however, two or three other congregations to which I have been preaching once a month, and which will probably become large enough in a few years to admit of a separate organization. I have not been able to preach as much abroad as I should have done, since I received my commission, for want of a horse, which I have There are two ways, that present themselves to my mind, by which the evils of our condition may be remedied: The one is, by diffusing sound knowledge, making our people a reading people, and furnishing them with good matter to read. In this way, we may hope, by filling the vessel with wheat, to exclude the chaff. Obviously this is a means which should be diligently and prayerfully used. Since I have been here I have gathered all the tracts I could find, and have put them into " not the means of purchasing. The dese eration of the Sabbath is very great far in all twenty-seven members. May the Lord continue this good work with us, and many more be added to the Church of such as shall be saved. through all the West, but especially so in and around the towns on the rivers; and much labour, prayer, and perseverance, are requisite to remedy the evil. We have two Sabbath schools, and one Bible class, within the limits of my field, which promise great good. We have but two male members in connection with us in the village, and have not until recently had a prayer meeting by ourselves. We greatly need among us the reviving influences of God's spirit. Pray especially for us, that we may be remembered in this respect. We have learning and talent among our citizens, and could they be consecrated to God much good might be done. We have had four additions to our church since I last wrote. It is a "day of small things with us, but we will trust in God and go forward"-praying continually, O Lord revive thy work. INDIANA FROM A MISSIONARY IN DELAWARE COUNTY. Revival of Religion. Our Sabbath school is large for this place and in a very flourishing condition. It promises great good to the church, it numbers about sixty scholars. In the other places under my care, the prospect is good. This is especially true of B*** I administered the sacrament of the Lord's Supper there two weeks since; four were added, and many are deeply concerned. The community is becoming decidedly favourable to sound evangelical religion. FROM A MISSIONARY IN SHELBY COUNTY. I am labouring, as you are aware, in the bounds of the S*** and St. O*** churches. These two points are distant from each other about twelve miles, both are villages, and one of them is the county seat of Shelby county. Both are situated on streams, affording valuable water power, and in the midst of a country, possessing a soil, rich and highly productive; its resources, in these last particulars are by no means fully developed. The churches are both comparatively small, and much scattered, occasioning much hard labour and travel, and interposing serious difficulties, in the way of public meetings for the benefit of the people. At the commencement of my labours I found the churches in a lamentably cold and lifeless state; and what was still worse, without that confidence in their guides, so important that a flock may be properly fed and nourished. There was neither prayer meeting, Sabbath school, nor Bible class in Since I commenced we either church. have reorganized a Sabbath school in S*** We have also commenced a prayer meeting in each of the churches, which indeed encourage us much in the attention given to them, notwithstanding the ob I have news to communicate, which cannot fail to gladden the hearts of God's people, although they may be far separated from us. A few weeks since, we enjoyed an unusually precious outpouring of God's spirit; it commenced with an humble, but fervent and importunate spirit of prayer amongst the people of God; this continued to increase. The sacrament of the Lord's Supper was administered in our church a few weeks since, at which time, nine persons were admitted to the communion of the church. Our meetings then only commenced; I preached frequently on week days, and almost every night for about two weeks, during which time we had most evident manifestations of God's presence. We had evidence of this in the uncommon solemnity of the large assemblies from time to time; in the fervent and humble prayers of God's people, in the pungent convictions of impenitent sin-stacles before hinted at. ners, even the most abandoned, and, in many, as we hope, genuine conversions. There have been added to the Church thus The churches, so far as I am able to discover, are now united, and I hope are waking up to a sense of their responsibility. There had that these churches be sustained until they can sustain themselves. They are situated in the great Miami valley, which at some future day must teem with its millions of people, who will exert an influence for good or for evil. If that influence is to be for good, their principles must be formed now. not been a communion in either church the most dangerous and destructive errors. for a period of eighteen months previ- It is therefore of the utmost importance ous to the commencement of my labours. Shortly after I came, the Lord's Supper was administered in both places, which seemed to result in good; some few additions were made, and the people of God were awakened to new life. On the whole, our prospects are encouraging, and with God's blessing on the means of his own appointment, we hope for brighter and better days. OHIO. FROM A MISSIONARY IN ADDISON COUNTY Good effects of Missionary labours-Important VIRGINIA. FROM A MISSIONARY IN JACKSON CO. Since my last report I have been occupying the same field as before, preaching as God has given me strength on the Sabbath, and during the week. I am In reviewing our history for two years not yet permitted to cheer your heart with past, we have great cause for thankful- an account of the mighty outpouring of ness; we then numbered sixty members God's spirit, as my own heart has been in our churches; they now number one cheered with the reports of my missionary hundred and eighteen. Our congregations brethren published in the Chronicle. have almost doubled, and our prospects for Sometimes I have felt encouraged with the future are cheering. Should God the hope that God was about to visit us continue to smile upon us as he has done, with the joys of his salvation, and again I it is to be hoped that these churches will have felt somewhat discouraged, but I not only be able to support the Gospel will still hope in God, whose promise is, among themselves, but to assist others. "My word shall not return unto me void, They are beginning to feel the salutary but shall accomplish that which I please, effects of the enlivening influence of the and shall prosper in the thing whereto I Gospel, and to recover from that state of sent it." We had a three days' meeting coldness into which they had fallen, when at Ripley, commencing on the 19th, and I came among them. Many of them are ending on the 31st of May. Brother beginning to feel that there is a responsi- B*** of C*** was with me on Saturday bility resting upon them to labour for the and Sabbath. On Saturday he organized extension of the Redeemer's kingdom our church, consisting of seventeen memThis is exhibited not only in their contri- bers, three of whom are elders. We call butions, but in the spirit of prayer mani- our church Ebenezer, desiring to feel that fested by numbers; a prayer meeting has "hitherto the Lord hath helped us, and been formed among some families, who that" all our help must come from him. until this Spring, never took part in a "Except the Lord build the house, they prayer meeting; and several young men, labour in vain that build it." "And if God who have recently united with the church, be for us, who can be against us." This take their part in our social prayer meet- infant church at once gave me a regular ings; we feel much encouraged. But to call, which I have consented to accept on carry them safely through, these church- the condition that our Board of Missions es must still be assisted by the Board for will continue their aid, until the people a time, we hope not long. But should are able to support a pastor. The people that aid be withdrawn, much that has been have promised but a small sum, but I begained must inevitably be lost. The lieve it is to the full extent of their ability, ground if not occupied by Presbyterian- for they are generally a poor people. ism, will be occupied by others, and by During our meeting for forming the |