Gratuitous distribution, during the year, in 477 separate grants, including 1,261,696 pages for foreign mission stations, &c., 8,672,870 pages; amount drawn by members and directors, 2,935,395— making a total value of $7,938,84. Receipts, during the year, $98,962,59, of which $57,220 98 were for publications sold, and $23,395 25 for foreign distribution. Of the donations, the American Tract Society, Boston, remitted $6,000 for foreign distribution; a single individual, in the State of New York, contributed $2,100; and $7,796 64 were from ladies in different states. A lady residing in Louisiana, in a destitute neighborhood, thirty miles from any place of worship, remitted $9 50 as donation for the Siamese, and 50 cents for tracts to be sent by mail to the nearest Post Office, which is 30 miles distant from her house! Whole number of auxiliaries 1,162. Tract Visitation. In New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Brooklyn, Albany, Rochester, Newark, Chicago, and many other cities and towns, this system is carried out, with such palpable tokens of the Divine favor, that it is a matter no less of surprise than regret that it is not universally adopted, where there are christians to honor their Divine Master, or souls to be saved or lost. In New-York alone three hundred and ninety persons are reported as hopefully converted through a blessing on the labors of 14 ward missionaries and 1,062 visiters, and in Philadelphia nearly a proportionate number. Volume Circulation. By the efforts of a few Agents, and the hearty co-operatiou of ministers and churches, with other means of circulation, 163,340 volumes have been circulated during the past year, chiefly iu the New England States, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Illinois, and Ohio. There have been, in all, 1,598,000 standard volumes circulated, reaching probably 600,000 families. Ann. Report. AMERICAN HOME MISSIONARY 80 CIETY. Summary of results. The whole number of missionaries and agents in the service of the Society, the past year, is 690; being 10 more than the number employed the preceding year. Of these, 512 were in commission at the time of our last anniversary, and 178 have been appointed since. The sum of missionary labor performed is equal to 501 years; and has been bestowed on 862 congregations and missionary districts, in 21 states and territories of the Union, and also in Canada and Texas. The past year, like that which immediately preceded it, has been graciously distinguished by the reviving influences of the Holy Spirit. In 80 of the missionary churches, seasons of special refreshing have been enjoyed; and the number of hopeful conversions reported is equal to 3,285. Not far from 2,860 have already united with the churches by a public profession. There have also been added by letters from other churches, 1,758; making the total of additions reported, 4,618. The number of pupils instructed in Sunday schools and bible classes under the direction of the missionaries, has been, the last year, about 54,100. Subscribers to temperance pledges 64, 500. Of the churches aided-246 have the last year contributed to the cause of benevolence $11,604; which is more than 40 per cent. on the amount appropriated for their assistance during the same period. Finances. Balance in the treasury, May, 1840, $2278 51-Received during the year, $85,413 34; making the resources of the year, $87,691 85. Amount due to missionaries, May, 1840, $6,705 33-Become due, during the year, $88,345 26; making the liabilities of the Society for the year, $95,051 59. Of this, $84,864 06 have been paid; and there remains $10,186 53 of present indebtedness, towards discharging which there is a balance in the treasury of $2,827 79. The receipts above reported are $7,068 14 more than the income of the year preceding.-Ann. Report. BAPTIST (ENG.) MISSIONARY SOCI ETY. The annual meeting of this society was held on Thursday morning, April 29th, at Exeter Hall. The weather was unfavorable, but the numbers present were, as far as we could judge, fully equal to those of last year. At ten, the chair was taken by W. B. Gurney, Esq., treasurer, and after the singing of a hymn, the Rev. J. H. Hinton implored the divine blessing. The Rev. J. Dyer read the report, which commenced with the continent of India, where it stated that the society had been exercised with a succession of bereavements and afflictions such as had never be fore been experienced in a single year; additions, however, had been made to the churches, and several biblical translations, reported last year as in progress, had been completed. The native Christian Institution in Entally appeared fully to justify the expectations which had been formed regarding it. All the advices through the year continued to speak of the blessing attending the labors of the brethren in Ceylon. On examining the returns handed in from the different churches in Jamaica, it appeared that the number of members in full communion was now 27,706, being nearly 3,000 more than last year; of inquirers the number was stated to be 18,984; marriages celebrated 1,256. The accounts of the schools had not yet arrived. The report then referred to the various other stations in the West Indies, all of which were in a very flourishing condition. After alluding to the establishment of a new mission in Western Africa, it adverted to home proceedings. During the past year, 17 missionaries had been sent forth, exclusive of 5 female teachers, who accompanied Mr. Knibb. In reference to the funds, it stated that the receipts of the year amounted to £26,655 17s. 2d., being an excess of £7,322 5s. 4d. above the income of the preceding. The expenses had, meanwhile, increased in an equal proportion. They had amounted, including the balance against the society at the beginning of the year, to £28,615 10s. 6d., leaving a balance due to the treasurer of £1,958 13s. 4d.-Rep. BIBLE TRANSLATION SOCIETY. At the first annual meeting of this society, held on the evening of Friday, April 30th, W. T. Beeby, Esq., the treasurer, presided. On this occasion the chapel in New Park street was well filled, and the proceedings of the evening were harmonious and animated. Prayer having been offered by the Rev. J. Peacock, the report was read by the secretary, the Rev. Edward Steane. After adverting to the circumstances which led to the formation of the society, to the gratifying fact that resolutions, approving of its formation, were passed at twenty-four associations, comprising an aggregate of more than 700 churches, and to a communication from the Board of Managers of the American and Foreign Bible Society, expressive of the satisfaction they felt at the steps taken, and hailing the Bible Translation Society as a fellow-laborer with them,-this document refers to letters received from Calcutta, and says, "It is with no ordinary feelings the committee report, that the effect of the measures it was deemed necessary to adopt for the support of the important biblical labors in which our brethren have been so long engaged in that Oriental metropolis, has been in the highest degree consolatory and encouraging to their minds. With renewed diligence, they have applied themselves to their important work, and are forming plans for executing and circulating translations of the sacred scriptures on an extended scale." The first year's receipts of the society amount to upwards of £2,000. Of this sum they have remitted £1,500 through the Baptist Missionary Society to India ; their first grant was a vote of £500, in support of the Bengali New Testament; and subsequently, two sums of similar amount have been respectively appropriated to the Hindustani Testament and the Bengal Bible.-Ann. Rep. BAPTIST COLONIAL MISSIONARY SOCIETY. The third annual meeting of this small but valuable association was held in New Park Street Chapel, April 30th. The Rev. F. A. Cox, D. D., LL. D., presided. The report consisted principally of extracts from letters illustrating the spiritual destitution of Canada, and the encouragements to sow there the good seed of the kingdom. It presented an animating account of the Theological Institution, under the care of Dr. Davies, at Montreal. It stated that the Rev. B. Hoe having resigned the pastoral charge of the church at Montreal and returned to England, and the church having applied without success to one or two ministers in this country to go out and take the oversight of them, they had written to the committee to seek for them a suitable pastor; that the Rev. J. Girdwood, having resigned his pastoral charge at Manchester, was invited to this service; that he had acceded to the request, and was now on his voyage to Canada. It adverted to the settlement of the Rev. John Dyer, jr., at Kingston, and of the Rev. J. Coombs at Toronto; and to the success which had attended the efforts of the Rev. John Edwards, of Clarence, in collecting in this island. From the treasurer's accounts it appeared that the total receipts of the society during the past year were £537 15s. 6d., the expenditure amounted to £527 2s. 5d., leaving a balance in hand of £10 42s. 10d. It was stated also, that £300 had been contributed in this country towards the erection of the new chapel at Kingston, but that a great deal more would be required.—Bap. (Eng.) Magazine. CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY. The forty-first annual meeting of this institution was held in Exeter Hall, May 4th, the Earl of Chichester, the president, in the chair. The report stated that the receipts and disbursements of the past year on account of the general fund were as follows: Receipts, £90,604 6s. 2d. Disbursements, 98,630 19s. 9d; exhibiting, consequently, an excess of disbursements over receipts of £8,026 13s. 7d. The large amount of expenditure is to be traced to the progressive enlargement of most of the missions, through the blessing from above which has been vouchsafed to their operations. LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY. The forty-seventh anniversary of this institution was held at Exeter Hall, on Thursday, the 13th instant. The weather was remarkably favorable, and as early as seven o'clock, the body of the large room was comfortably filled by a most respectable auditory. The chair was not taken till nearly ten o'clock, and then every part was crowded. It was found desirable to open the small hall, and there also a very numerous assembly was convened. The Right Hon. Viscount Morpeth, M. P., presided on the occasion. The Rev. J. J. Freeman read one part of an abstract of the report, and the Rev. A. Tidman the other. It stated that, during the past year, seven devoted champions of the cross, with a solitary exception all in the vigor of manhood, had exchanged the sword of the spirit for the crown of glory; and four faithful women who had labored in the gospel had entered into rest. Thir legacy. The total receipts during the past year were £80,100; the outlay, £92,784. The sum of £2,500 specially contributed on behalf of the widow and family of the martyred Williams was included in the above debtor and creditor amounts. Recent Entelligence. CHINA. A letter from Mr. Shuck dated Macao, January 22, states that Mrs. S. had recently expe rienced a sudden and alarming attack of illness, from a determination of blood to the head. She was, however, recovering, and it was hoped her health would soon be fully restored. The following is an extract from a letter dated January 1. The stated religious services, held at my house, both in Chinese and English, whether in daylight or at night, have been almost uninterruptedly maintained throughout the year. Sabbath evening English preaching, the duties of which I share equally with the other brethren here, has been continued with increased interest. I have gone much among the people, distributed a considerable number of books, and by oral teaching have endeavored to bring the truth into contact with their darkened intellects. In a few isolated instances some fruits begin to appear. I have compiled and published a small tract of six pages, containing the Ten Commandments, stated and explained with additional running comments. We have had, for a portion of the time, five individuals in our house under daily instruction. Two of the boys have left; Thomas Hume still remains, and Mrs. Shuck still has her two little Chinese girls, who rapidly improve. WEST AFRICA. Intelligence has been received of the death of teen others, six males and seven females, had been constrained by the sorrows of bereavement or exhausted strength to return to their native land, the greater part of Mr and Mrs. Fielding, two of the four mission. them without the prospect of resuming their aries who sailed in the expedition to Africa, in work. Thus a deduction of 24 had been September last. They reached Edina on the made in the missionary band; but the 3d of December, and were to remain there until directors had sent out 36 devoted friends, they had passed through the first stages of their either to supply, the places of the fallen or acclimation, in the hope that under the more fato enter upon new scenes of holy conflict. vorable circumstances presented at that station, Their distribution had been as follows:-6 they would pass that period with greater safety. to Polynesia, 8 to Africa, 8 to the East But an inscrutable, though we doubt not a wise Indies, and 14 to the West Indies. The Providence, has ordered otherwise. Two out report then glanced at the society's opera- of the four were removed by death on the first tions in various parts of the world, and attack of fever. Mrs. Fielding died on the stated that whereas in 1837 the number of 3d of January, after an illness of nine days; agents was only 357, it was now augment-and in two weeks was followed by her husband. ed to 691. During the last four years, with a single exception, the receipts had fallen below the outlay. The excess in that year arose solely from the amount of a large They sleep together on that benighted shore, *The extent of the island is variously esti mated, at from 20 to 50 miles in circumference. where they had hoped to labor long for the salvation of its perishing millions. They are called thus early to "rest from their labors, and their works," whether finished or contemplated with a proper spirit, "do follow them." This painful dispensation calls upon us for deep humiliation before God; for steady faith in his promises; and for meek submission to his will. The letters containing the particulars relative to the sickness and death of Mr. and Mrs. F. have not yet reached us. We hope to obtain them in time for publication in our next number. Changes in the Board. At a meeting of the Acting Board, June 7, a communication was read from Mr. Benjamin Smith resigning his place as a member of the same, and the Rev. Francis Wayland, D. D., was appointed to fill the vacancy. On the 26th of June the Acting Board proceeded to fill the vacancy created by the death of the Rev. Dr. Chaplin, late a Vice President of the Board. Upon taking the ballots, James M. Linnard, Esq., of Pennsylvania, was elected a Vice President, and the Rev. James Gillpatrick, of Maine, was elected a member of the Board, in the place of James M. Linnard, elected Vice President. Donations, FROM APRIL 1 TO JUNE 1, 1841. Maine. Cumberland Co. For. Miss. Soc., Henry B. Fernald treasurer, Portland Burman Soc., Miss G. 2,00 140,00 13,08 A friend to missions North Attleboro', Mrs. Hepzibah Brown tr., for tracts in Bur- 111,47 53,30 1,00 10,00 3,00 do., three friends, for Indian missions, per W. W. Munroe, West Cambridge, Bap. ch. and cong, per Rev. Mr. Tingley, 30,15 do. do., ladies of do. do., for Burman schools, per Rev. Mr. Tingley, 25,13 Weston, Bap. ch., per I. Jones, Medfield, Bap. ch. and soc., per Rev. D. W. Phillips, 26,50 24,00 Holmes' Hole, Female For. Miss. Soc., per Rev. J. C. Boomer, Haverhill, Bap. ch, and soc., per Rev. Mr. Train, 5,00 34,35 Worcester Bap. Association, Mr. Rasford tr., 50,00 Eben'i Lane 5,00 |