it) much good has been effected by means of the preaching of the Gospel, the institution of Sabbath Schools, and the religious tuition of Young Persons of riper years than those of whom ordinarily such Schools are composed. Mr. Townley was succeeded in 1822 by the Rev. James Hill, who is the present Minister.

No decided indication of conversion to God was apparent among the Natives before the year 1823; when a Hindoo of the name of Ramhurree, who had enjoyed the benefit of Mr. Trawin's Ministry at Kidderpore, having for some time exhibited evidence of genuine piety, was publicly baptized at that Out-station.

From that time, the work has been progressively advancing among the Native Population at that and other populous villages in the vicinity of Calcutta.

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In 1826, the expulsion of an Idol from a Hindoo Temple at Rammakalchoke, and the subsequent conversion of the temple itself into a place of Christian Worship, signalized the partial decline of Idolatry and the introduction of the Gospel into that populous village. In 1827, three Hindoo Converts were baptized there; in 1828, four; and in 1830, ten; making a total of seventeen. Congregation has continued good, notwithstanding many individuals and some families have travelled to worship a distance of from ten to fifteen miles. The Brethren describe the Native Converts at this village as being, in reality, a Church of Missionaries; and add, that, whether they are at home or abroad, in their own families or among their relatives or neighbours, one object seems to fill every mind, one subject to employ every tongue, and that subject Christianity; which almost every one of them has embraced in the face of oppression, and persevered in, in spite of persecution. Speaking of the children of the Native Converts at this place, the Brethren further observe, that they are as well acquainted with the Catechism, and as able to give answers to questions in the principles of Christianity, as the generality of those who have been born and instructed in a Christian Land.

Villages still more remote from Calcutta than Rammakalchoke have been visited by the Missionaries, who have usually met with attentive Congregations wherever they have gone. The Brethren state, that a general impression of the nature and importance of Christianity

has gone forth over a thickly-populated country*, of many miles in extent, among the inhabitants of which a spirit of inquiry prevails.

At the villages of Kristnapore, Taroleah, and Gungree, many have offered themselves for Baptism; of whom several, after suitable instruction and affording credible evidence of genuine piety, have been baptized.

At Kristnapore, several villagers having heard of the change which had taken place in the views, as to religion, of some belonging to their own village who had formerly removed thence to Rammakalchoke, were led to doubt the truth of Hindooism. Two of them were induced to go over to Rammakalchoke, where they heard the Missionaries preach, and conversed with the Native Converts. In pursuance of their request, the Missionaries, afterward, on a day appointed, visited Kristnapore: where had assembled to meet them a Congregation of at least two hundred of the Natives, exclusive of children; who listened with the most serious attention to the offers of Salvation made to them in the Gospel. "Every one," say the Missionaries, seemed interested; and, without an exception, all acknowledged the truth of what had been spoken. During this time the whole village had become agitated; and many persons from adjoining villages also came, all of whom manifested the most lively interest while listening to the glorious tidings, that God so loved the world, that he gave his Only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." They describe the scene as exceedingly interesting; and were reminded, by the spectacle before them, of the multitude which sat at the feet of the Redeemer, listening to the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth, while, seated on the mountain's side, He said, Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. The Missionaries continued occasionally to visit Kristnapore for two or three months; till, at length (in May 1829), a Bungalow Chapel was opened for Public Worship. Since that time the people have been statedly visited.

On the 20th of September, in the same year, the first Converts at Kristnapore were baptized at Calcutta. On that occasion Thirty Natives sat down together

Rammakalchoke, distant from Calcutta about ten miles, stands in the centre of a number of villages, the aggregate population of which is at leas 20,000 souls.

at the Lord's Table; and twenty others, from Kristnapore and Taroleah, gave in their names as Candidates for Baptism. Of these, seven were baptized in November last, at the first-mentioned village; on which occasion there were present about One Hundred Native Christians.

In June, 1829, after twelve years' apparently unproductive labour, a Native Church was at length formed in Calcutta itself, composed of eight members: in 1829-30, that number was increased to sixteen, and subsequently it has advanced to twenty-four.

The following is a statement of the number of Native Converts baptized; and who have been united to the Native Churches at Calcutta and Kidderpore, in connexion with the Society.

NATIVE CHURCH AT KIDDERPORE.

While the labours of the Missionaries in preaching the Gospel have been continued with diligence, the Education of the Native Children has engaged a large share of their attention. Several children and young persons, who were baptized with their parents on the abovementioned occasions, had been previously, or were afterward, placed, as their age might be, under Christian Tuition: and, indeed, in all the districts and villages in which the Gospel has been statedly preached to the Natives, they have uniformly endeavoured to establish Schools for the benefit of the Native Children, of whom several hundred, including both sexes, have been usually under Christian Instruction. The distribution of the Scriptures and Tracts has been carried on to a wide extent, and there is reason to believe with good effect; especially

*This number includes the Native Converts baptized at Rammakalchoke, Gungree, Kristnapore, and Taroleah; some having joined the Church at Calcutta, and some that at Kidderpore.

as tending to diminish the veneration of the Hindoos for their own Religious System, and promoting a spirit of inquiry among themselves as to the respective claims of that System and Christianity.

It would require a Volume to detail and explain the numerous ways in which Missionary Operations have exerted a beneficial influence on the general state of society, both European and Native, in this and other parts of the East Indies: suffice it to observe, that, independently of the direct personal benefit conferred by imparting the knowledge of Christianity to individuals, there can be no doubt that these operations have contributed to give a highly salutary impulse to the minds of the inhabitants—quickening the mental faculties-awakening reflexion-stimulating inquiry-directing the attention to the acquisition and circulation of useful knowledge and the promotion of beneficent objects. Many important facts in the recent history of the East Indies, corroborative of the truth of this remark, which, however, we cannot here particularize, will, we doubt not, at once occur to the recollection of our readers. On the present occasion we shall content ourselves by giving the following brief extract, relating exclusively to the Native Population at Calcutta, taken from a communication lately received from our Brethren in that city, dated 15th November, 1830:- "The state of things in Calcutta is more promising than on any former occasion. Nineteen or Twenty Societies for mental improvement have been established in the Native Town, by the Natives themselves. Others meet once or twice a week, discuss various subjects connected with Moral Philosophy, the customs of their own nation, &c." The Brethren add-" Many respectable Natives have professed their belief of the truth of the Christian System."

At an early period of the Mission, a Society in aid of it was established, called the Bengal Auxiliary Missionary Society," which has rendered very effective assistance, while the members composing it have been uniformly distinguished by their Christian Liberality and Zeal. The Mission has also received considerable assistance from the benevolence of particular individuals; which, under the Divine Blessing, has in various ways tended to forward the great object in view after specifying some of those services, the Committee of the Bengal

Society say they cannot speak too highly of those liberal and zealous individuals, whose conduct bears so striking a resemblance to the spirit which animated the bosoms of the first disciples of our Lord, and so eminently characterized the best and earliest days of Christianity." (Report of the Bengal Auxiliary, for 1829-30.)

Such, briefly, are some of the chief grounds for grateful acknowledgments to God, afforded by the more recent history of the Society's Mission at Calcutta ; where, we rejoice to know, Missionaries from various other Societies also labour, and, we are happy to say, harmoniously labour, in different spheres, for the promotion of the same general object. The success with which it has pleased the Almighty to crown their efforts, is, in common with that which has attended the Brethren immediately connected with our own Society, calculated to excite feelings of common gratitude and thanksgiving to stimulate to fervent and persevering prayer for future blessings-to encourage the hope of still greater measures of success, and of the ultimate triumph of the Gospel over ignorance, idolatry, imposture, and every species of superstition and false religion, in those parts of the Eastern World, and, eventually, over every region of the world itself.

CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

As we are glad, when opportunities offer, to give information relative to Missions by parties not personally interested in them, we subjoin, from communications (in March, of last year) of the Rev. Allen Graves of the American Mission at Bombay, some

Notices of the Society's Stations in Malabar.

The Missions which we have visited, since leaving Bombay, are those of the Church Missionary Society, on the Malabar Coast, and in the Malayalim Language, which considerably resembles Tamul. Our ignorance of the language renders it improper to say much respecting the state of those Missions; but we are bound to mention the pleasure and encouragement which we felt in viewing them.

At Allepie, Mr. Norton has a large dwelling-house and a large Church; both built, partly at the expense of the Society, and partly by the favour of the

Native Government. The ground on which they stand is, also, the gift of the late Queen. The Church has a belfry, bell, gallery, and organ; and resounds with Christian Hymns, in Christian Tunes, and in the Native Language. The Congregation consisted of about two hundred Natives, nearly half of whom had been baptized. The day we attended, a Hindoo Family was baptized, and some from the Roman Catholics received. But all who are baptized are not received to the Lord's Supper, nor supposed to give full evidence of a radical change.

At Cottayam, Mr. Doran instructs upward of one hundred Young Men in the Syrian College, mostly through the medium of the English Language. As some of them have learned to understand English pretty well, the Missionaries have one Service on Sunday in English, the other in Malayalim: they have as yet no Church, but hold their meetings in the Academy connected with the College: the Congregation is about two hundred. The population in their immediate vicinity is but small. Mr. Baker has the principal care of the Native Schools, and gives himself especially to preaching the Gospel. Mr. Bailey had the principal management of the printing, type-foundry, and book-binding; and had translated and printed the Church Service and the New Testament: two or three Books of the Old Testament were also

translated: but he was seriously affected with a chronic liver complaint, and we have just heard he has gone to sea for his health. Mrs. Bailey was also in poor health. They have a large family of children; so have Mr. and Mrs. Baker. Mr. Doran is unmarried. They have three large dwelling-houses-one of them erected at the expense of the occupant. Mrs. Baker is the grand-daughter of the first Mr. Kohlhoff: she had a boardingschool of above 40 Syrian Girls, who work during a part of the day, and the other parts are diligently employed in learning to read, or in reading the Scriptures and other Christian Books in their own language: many of them repeated Dr. Watts's Second Catechism very correctly.

At Cochin, Mr. Ridsdale has an English, a Portuguese, and a Native Congregation. In Portuguese, he is assisted by a Priest recently converted from Popery, and instructed for a time in the