work, and see them in their joys, and in their | If it should continue healthy, and their sorrows. Mr. Wade writes under date of June 10, 1841. crops should prove good this year, there is great encouragement to hope that this will become a permanent settlement, in which case, and provided we are able to live among them during the rains, in addition to the advantage of being among our people the year round, the expense of travelling, and of the boarding-school will be, we hope, materially diminished; which is desirable in the present embarrassed state of the funds of the Board. At the opening of the dry season I went with Mrs. Wade to Matah, and after remaining a few days, I left her there, while I went to the Ya Karens; afterwards I returned and spent about two weeks more in Matah. Mrs. Wade in the mean time superintended the duties of the station, holding also frequent conference and prayer meetings among the females, in addition to the usual duties of her school. During It was intended in our arrangements this time, there was an increased atten- that Mrs. Wade and myself should live tion to religious duties among the at the new village, and have the boardchurch members. There were about ing school there during the present thirty hopeful inquirers, and several rains. But towards the end of the hot hopeful conversions. Among those season Mrs. Wade's health, which had who asked for baptism and were ex- been failing for two years past, became amined, twelve were accepted by the so much impaired by almost constant church and baptized. Three of these bowel complaint, and frequent attacks were Pgho Kareus. The others were of fever, that her physician and ourchiefly youth, having Christian parents. selves judged it indispensable that she Five or six individuals were debarred should take a change of air; for which from the communion for using foul purpose she went to Maulmain, and language, or for travelling on the Sab- for want of an opportunity to return, bathi. One was excluded from the the weather being too severe for smalĺ church for immoral conduct. Four vessels to venture out, her stay was who had been excluded two years ago protracted much longer than_we_antifor immoral conduct, and two for using cipated. In the meantime, in Tavoy charms in illness, were restored to the itself, and in all the surrounding vilfellowship of the church, having given lages, fever prevailed to an alarming satisfactory evidence of repentance extent-so that in many places there and reformation. Seven have died. were not well ones enough to take Present number, 324. At the com- care of the sick, and great numbers munion season, just before we return- died. At the time of Mrs. Wade's reed to Tavoy, we proposed to the church turn the fever still prevailed in the to make a contribution to the Tavoy villages, though it had greatly abated mission fund, that they might bear a in town. It was, therefore, judged impart, however small, in the great work prudent to make the experiment of of carrying the gospel to the destitute; living at the new village during the they cheerfully acquiesced, and a col-present rains. We accordingly called lection was taken amounting to about the school, which had been in operathirty rupees; which, considering their tion about six weeks, into town. deep poverty, their almost utter destitution of money, was no mean sum; for if they get any thing to market it must be brought two days' journey on their own back. In addition to my usual tours in the jungles, I spent a part of the dry season in looking out a location for a new Christian village, where, it is hoped, we may be able to spend the rainy season among the Karens, without serious exposure to jungle fever. We finally fixed on a location on the river but a few miles above Tavoy. A few families have removed to this place, which has thus far proved very healthy, although the season is far otherwise in the Burman villages above and below. In order to effect a beginning at the new village, I have been obliged to assist the families in moving, building materials, paddy, various seeds for their plantations, farming utensils, cattle, &c. Without such assistance no beginning could be made, because their former residence was beyond the mountains, and having to carry every thing on their own backs, the transportation of necessary supplies was quite out of the question. This assistance I have rendered out of my own allowance. The expense of mission buildings (193 rupees 13 annas,) it was thought most proper to charge to the Board, that they might be mission property. The getting up of an estab lishment of private property might | sisted br. Mason in the revision of his lead to evil results. translations, and finished the translation of the two epistles to the Corinthians. This work I undertook against my own will, at br. Mason's urgent request. I think he should have translated the whole of the New Testa During that part of the year in which we cannot travel, in addition to the usual routine of preaching and assisting Mrs. Wade in the boarding school, I have revised Mr. Vinton's translation of Todd's Sermons to Children, as ment. Other Societies. INSTITUTION FOR THE PROPAGA- however, were persuaded that they were TION OF THE FAITH. In our March number we submitted to the readers of the Magazine, a brief statistical view of the Roman Catholic Missions throughout the world, aided by the "Institution for the Propagation of the Faith." Since that article was prepared, we have seen the "Annals of the Propagation of the Faith," the periodical of the above named Society, from which we learn many particulars concerning the origin and progress of this missionary organization, some of which we have thought might not be either uninteresting or unprofitable to our readers. The institution of which we speak, though similar in name and design, must not be confounded with the congregatio de propaganda fide. The last named was founded by Gregory XV., as early as 1622. It consisted of eighteen cardinals, and some papal ministers and officers of the college; and its object was to arrange and direct all measures relating to the extension of the Catholic faith, and the extirpation of heretics. Connected with this, was the "Seminary for the Propagation of the Faith," instituted by Urban VIII., in 1627, for the education of missionaries. The "Institution for the Propagation of the Faith" dates its origin no farther back than 1822. It is said to have been founded by a few "humble and obscure Catholics in Lyons," whose means when they commenced operations did not amount to £1900. From this representation it would seem that the Vatican had long been slumbering; that the laity, excited perhaps by the example of the various protestant sects who have filled the world with the fruit of their labors, were moved as by the very instincts of their religion to associate together for the purose of propagating the faith. Speaking of humbleness of the origin of this institution, Annals" thus eloquently remarks: " human wisdom might have undertaking a work which the Almighty would not fail to bless, because it was fidence: for the smallness of the offering founded on charity, humility, and congave proof of a pious ardor which could not be restrained, and of the utter inability of those who undertook the work to effect it themselves; while it compromised, in a manner, Him whose co-operation was solicited, by the immense work which was left to His providence to carry through. They remembered, too, the oil of the widow of Sareptha, and the five loaves of the wilderness; and they also hoped to be able one day to distribute the bread of life to so many wandering people, and to refresh the lips of the new prophets who announce to them the word of salvation. We suppose, however, that the eyes of the Vatican have neither slumbered nor slept ; that the influence which moved the "artizans and shop-keepers of Lyons" to associate for missionary purposes, emanated from Rome; that this form was given to the enterprize for the purpose of addressing more effectively the sympathies of the people, and by consequence to infuse new vigor into the "church." It has, professedly, no connection with the "See of Rome." Two committees are established, the one at Paris, and the other at Lyons, to distribute the alms to the different missions. The institution, however, from its origin, says the Annals," has been highly favored, and warmly recommended to the faithful by the Holy See." The Sovereign Pontiffs, Pius VII., Leo XI., Pius VIII., and Gregory XVI., by their rescripts of March 15, 1823, May 11, 1824, September 18, 1829, September 25, 1831, November 15, 1835, and January 22, 1837, have granted to all the members of the Institution, in the dioceses where, with the consent of their respective Bishops, it shall be established, both in France and in all other countries in communication with France, the following Indulgences ap- of its strength. The receipts for 1839 were plicable to the souls in purgatory. INDULGENCE on 1st, A PLENARY the festival of the Finding of the Holy Cross; the anniversary of the first establishment of the Institution at Lyons in the year 1822; on the festival of Saint Francis Xavier, patron of the Institution; and once a month, on any day at the choice of each subscriber, provided he says, every day within the month, the appointed prayers. To gain the Indulgence, he must be truly sorry for his sins, go to confession, receive the Holy Communion, and visit devoutly the church or oratory of the Institution, if it has one, and if not, his parish church or chapel, and there offer his prayers for the prosperity of the Church, and for the intention of the Sovereign Pontiff. In case of sickness or infirmity, subscribers are dispensed from the visit to the parish church, provided they fulfil, to the best of their power, and with the advice of their confessor, the other necessary conditions. Where the Institution is not yet established, a visit to any church or chapel will suffice. The Indulgence attached to the two festivals of the Finding of the Holy Cross, and of Saint Francis Xavier, may, on the prescribed conditions, be gained, at the choice of each subscriber, either on the day of the festival, or on any day within their octaves, or on the day to which their celebration shall be attached by the Bishop. 2d, An INDULGENCE OF A HUNDRED DAYS, each time that the prescribed prayers, with at least a contrite heart, shall be repeated, or a donation made to the Missions, or any other pious or charitable work performed. The Sovereign Pontiff, who has tended with anxious care the Institution from its foundation, having honored it by public adoption and encouraged it by rich gifts, has been pleased, in order to complete his paternal solicitude, to bring it solemnly before the Christian World, in the most imposing manner within his power, namely, by his Encyclical Letter of the 13th of August, 1840. In this important document, his Holiness designates as one of the principal hopes of the future, in the midst of the religious dangers of the present time, that Society, founded first at Lyons, and subsequently spread abroad with a wonderful progress;" and concludes by recommending it to the zeal of all the Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, and Bishops of the world. Whatever may have been the parentage of the Institution, it is now obviously cherished by the Roman hierarchy, as being the right arm nearly 2,000,000 francs; in 1840, 2,500,000. This sum was obtained chiefly from the peasantry of Europe. Upon this topic the Annals thus remarks: The mass of our receipts are the savings of the poor-the little sacrifice, which invation, which the old impose on themselves. fancy joyfully offers the fruits of the priIn some parishes of the Upper Alps, the mountaineers retrench a part of their frugal meals in order to pay the holy debt. The ordinary contributions is one half penny per week. One member is charged to receive the contributions of ten, the amount of which he hands over to another member who receives ten similar contributions, that is, a hundred subscriptions. One hundred and twenty thousand copies of "The Annals of the Propagation of the Faith" are published once in two months in seven different languages, and are distributed gratui tously, at an annual expeuse to the society of about 200,000 francs. BAPTIST CONTINENTAL AID SOCIETY. A society by this name has recently been formed by our friends in England; the origin and object of which are thus described in the (London) Baptist Magazine for March 1842. Recent events have called the attention of the Baptist denomination in Great Britain to the state of the Christian churches on the continent of Europe. The information obtained by the deputations from the West Riding Baptist Association to Hamburgh in 1840, and to Denmark in 1841, resulting from the persecution of Baptists and of Baptist churches, have brought into discussion, in private circles and in public meetings, the extraordinary difficulties under which the Baptists are placed in many of the European nations, as well as the favorable openings which providence has mercifully afforded, in some few of those nations, for the extension of christianity, in connexion with the peculiar institutions of our blessed Lord. The attention of the public has no doubt been drawn to this subject, more decidedly, by the report of the public meeting lately held in London, relative to the Denmark mission, contained in the Baptist Magazine for the month of December last. There had arisen in some of the Baptist churches in the midland and southern counties of England, as well as in some of the Baptist churches in the West Riding of Yorkshire, an anxious and prayerful desire that something should be done to arouse the tens of millions of the inhabitants of continental Europe from the infidelity, indifference, superstition, and gross ignorance in which, with trivial exceptions, they are involved. After much discussion in the metropolis and in different parts of the country, a society has been formed for the purpose of affording to Baptists and Baptist churches on the continent of Europe, suffering from persecution or other temporary causes, such countenance and pecuniary aid as they may require, under the name of " THE BAPTIST CONTINENTAL AID SOCIETY." The friends in London, some of whom have promised subscriptions, urged that the head quarters of the society should be in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The Baptist churches on the European continent are dear to the heart of our blessed Redeemer. The multitude of souls there perishing for lack of knowledge are precious beyond all utterance. Are the members of Christ's mystical body in Britain to stand still, to make no effort, to withhold the silver and the gold from this part of the world? Is the seat of the Beast never to be assailed with the weapons of the Christian warfare, which are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of the strong holds of superstition and of spiritual domination? If the apostle Paul had walked upon the southern | shores of our island, and looked upon the continent in the distance, teeming with millions wholly given to idolatry, or sunk in forgetfulness of God, would he have been inactive for a quarter of a century? The continent of Europe was open to the exertions of British Baptists by the peace of 1816, and men of commerce, of science, of taste, and of pleasure, have gone and spent their millions of money in the pursuit of the objects dear to their hearts; but a quarter of a century has gone into eternity, without the record of one effort made by the Baptists, as a denomination, to extend the kingdom of our Redeemer there. Is there not cause for humiliation and repentance in reference to the past? Is there not a powerful call to energetic exertion and earnest prayer for the future? JUBILEE OF THE BAPTIST MISSION. The present being the fiftieth year from the establishment of the English Baptist Mission, the Executive Committee of that Society have proposed that 1842 be observed as a year of jubilee. The following is an abstract of their address. The Baptist Missionary Society has now, through the kind providence of God, reached the fiftieth year of its labors. It has been suggested that this year be made a MISSIONARY JUBILEE, a season of grateful retrospect, and of special liberality and devotedness. It has also been suggested that "a Jubilee Fund be raised as a practical expression of gratitude for past mercies, and as a tribute of affection to that Savior who loved us and gave himself for us." Should the anticipations of our friends be realized, it is proposed that the fund thus raised-the Jubilee fund-besides relieving the embarrassments of the Society, be applied to the direct objects of it in such a manner as shall not augment its annual expenditure: that is to say, to the purchase or erection of chapels or other premises, requisite for preaching, schools, the preparation of native converts for evangelical labor, the residence of Missionaries, printing the Scriptures, or for other similar purposes; to paying the expenses attendant on exploring and occupying new fields of labor; and to the erection of premises in London to be held in trust for the Baptist Mission, and to be adapted for the use of our other Denominational Societies. In following out these suggestions, it is proposed to have a series of meetings during 1842. It is recommended that special public religious services be held, and collection for the Jubilee Fund made by all our congregations, and in all our missionary stations in both hemispheres. It is further intended, that, as the Society was formed in the month of October 1792, a General Meeting be held in London in that month, to supplicate an enlarged measure of the Holy Spirit on all the directors, agents, converts, contributors, and operations of the mission, and to stimulate to vigorous efforts in extending the kingdom of the Son of God throughout the whole world. It is also recommended that all the Churches should have Jubilee Sermons, on Lord's-day, October 2nd, the day of the formation of the Society. As the ordinary expenses of the Mission will need to be met, it is earnestly hoped that the Jubilee Contributions will be altogether an extra effort, which will not be allowed to interfere with the ordinary receipts. Young people, the children of our families and of our Sunday schools, may render themselves useful; collecting cards for their especial use will be forwarded to any place where they may be required. Let not any do nothing because they cannot do much; small as rivulets may appear when considered separately, they may, by uniting with many others, form large streams. Let us make such an effort as shall shew | books in India? Surely our countrymen what union and energy can effect in a holy cause by spontaneous liberality-as shali shew that there is a living power in our principles. SOUTH AFRICA. there, are now what they were not once; and the change may most readily be traced to the establishment of Missions by the London and Baptist Societies. The work of education goes on well at Cape Town. Infant schools and adult schools are thriving; and there are many missionary hearts besides the hearts of missionaries. The The Rev. Samuel Dyer, a missionary of the London Society, on his return to the Ultra Gan-blessing of Africa will certainly come upon Britain; and Christians have only to perse gese Mission, makes the following communica tion respecting the progress of missionary labor at Cape Town, the capital of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope. Missionary labor was first commenced in this colony in 1737, by the United Brethren among the Hottentots, about one hundred and twenty miles to the eastward of Cape Town, while the colony was in the possession of the Dutch. But little progress was made, however, until about the beginning of the present century. The colony came into the final possession of the British in 1806. The London Missionary Society commenced their labors here in 1799 among the Caffres, in the interior. The Wesleyaus commenced their mission here in 1816. Their missionary, Mr. Shaw, having been refused permission to attempt the instruction of the slaves at Cape Town, removed into the country, and commenced his mission among the Hottentots. The progress of civilization and the Christian religion at Cape Town, has been, doubtless, greatly facilitated by the reflex influence of christianity among the natives in the interior. Upon reaching this place, my first inquiry was for Dr. Phillip; but he had left Cape Town for the interior, three weeks before. Mrs. Phillip was kind enough to read to me two letters from the Doctor, dated from the Caledon Institution: these were of a highly gratifying nature; and as they contain the testimony of a gentleman from India, who accompanies Dr. Phillip, and who travelled in the interior ten years since, and now perceives the change, the evidence is doubly satisfactory. I am cheered exceedingly with the accounts I have received. The Scotch brethren, the Moravians, the Wesleyans, and our own brethren, are all doing much good. In Caffreland, and other quarters, education, civilization, and conversion, are all progressing; and as for Cape Town, I have seen and heard for myself. One gentleinan told me, that in Cape Town every body may do just as much good as he likes; another told me, that people go into the principal booksellers' shops, and express their surprise to find them so stocked with Bibles and religious books. Many of these are bought by visiters from India: but whence such a taste for religious vere in their blessed efforts, and in due season they shall reap. On Sunday the 17th, I was invited to go on board a ship in the bay. An individual, according to his usual custom, had been to the shipping, and had persuaded the captain of one of the vessels to hoist the Bethel flag. I was thus summoned to preach under the Bethel flag, which I did to a very After the morning serattentive audience. vice, a gentleman, a visiter of the Christian Instruction Society, invited me to accompany him to his district in the town. Here we found some Malays; in one house, two aged men were conning over an Arabic MS., in which they appeared to be much interested. Being seated, my acquaintance with the Malay was in requisition; and I preached to them Jesus. The next Malay house which we visited was occupied by a very intelligent and interesting man. told us that he was once a Christian, but at that time nobody taught him "one single thing;" the Hadjees, he added, were more considerate; they had taught him; and he was now a Mohammedan, and if we wanted to teach him Christianity, it was now too late. He After dinner, I went by invitation to the Scotch chapel. Here was a noble congregation of colored people; the chapel is large and quite full; and the minister preached a most animated discourse in Dutch. I was highly gratified to behold such a noble sight. From the minister I obtained some interesting accounts of the working of negro emancipation: had the friends of Africa heard his statements, their hearts would have leaped for joy as mine did. Many of the Dutch boors are indignant with the missionaries-and why? Because, say they, the missionaries have done them an irreparable injury. Oh! what a testimony to the fruits of missionary societies! What they call injury is only justice to Africa. In the evening I preached at Union chapel. To-day (Oct. 18,) I visited the Scotch brethren's schools; in one sense Cape Town seems to be all alive. Never was I more delighted than in my visit to the adult school. I could have wept for joy at the sight which I beheld. Perhaps there were 200 persons of color manifesting an insatia |