vance. Since then the improvement of were Jewesses. This of itself is a cirthe little girl has been noticed by all: her cumstance of no common interest. That respectful conduct, regular attendance, so many respectable Jews should be and diligent attention to her duties as a willing to send their daughters to a scholar, are but part of the change. purely missionary school, religious in I was much struck last Saturday while its character and exercises, is matter speaking on the subject of religion to of surprise. It was brought about the younger scholars,to see Helen's eye through the kind interference of Mr. brighten up, and then again be suffused Love. The poor Jews felt that there with tears. The subject was prayer. were some who syınpathized with I said, Helen, do you pray? Yes, them, and seemed to infer that their ma'am. How often do you pray? children could receive no harm, under Every morning, and every evening. the direction of such friends. When What do you say when you pray? I saw these dear children, lineal desay, Our Father, &c. Have you any scendants of Abraham, enter the school, sins to be forgiven? O yes, ma'am. my heart glowed with feelings of inThis was said with evident feeling.terest and desire for their benefit. On this subject I could enlarge, but enough has been said to show the effect produced. from notes received from this young lady, Several extracts are given by Mrs. Dickson which show the apparent sincerity of her piety and her growth in grace, and from which we select the following. She had previously alluded to her duty to be baptized, I Mrs. Dickson concludes by an account of a disappointment that she and Mrs. Buel had exWhen we assemble in the morning, Iperienced, in failing to secure as a teacher in open the school with prayer, and then the school, the services of one of the young lawe read a chapter; all that can read dies referred to by Mr. Love, as having been are included in this exercise, and the made the objects of persecution. younger ones sit and listen. When I am enabled to be faithful and press the truth with affection, I have scarcely an inattentive listener; sometimes these seasons are very interesting. One morning the subject was the new birth, from the 3d of John; I asked the class if they thought one might know "May the Lord open the eyes of my underif she was born again. After some standing, that I may see clearly the way in hesitation on their part, a girl about which I should walk, and when I do see it, twelve years of age sweetly said, O, I | may He encourage me to proceed. But mornthink one must know, for there is suching, noon and night, does that verse come up a change in every thing! We have before me, 'He that loveth father or mother considerable reason to hope that this more than me, is not worthy of me.' I fear girl has really experienced this change; love my dearest mother more than the Sanor is she the only one in the school vior. But I never felt so strongly as I did this of whom we hope well; there are at least two others who give equal evi- morning, that the heart of my beloved parent is dence of piety. A sister of one of in the hands of God, and that he could in a mothese fell sick during the heat of summeut by his Holy Spirit convince her of the deep mer and was very ill. I went to see depravity of the heart-o. the misery that atthe little sufferer, when her grand- tends the soul that lives without God in the mother told me, that the day before, world. as her two sisters returned from school, and thinking her worse than when they left her in the morning, one of them said, shall we read a chapter in the bible to Mary? When this was done, they said, we will pray now. The old lady said, "It was very affecting to hear how they prayed for their poor sick sister, but Ellen's prayer made us all weep." May these hopeful appearances brighten into a rich harvest, and enable us to rejoice that we have not run in vain, nor labored in vain. The appearances of the school are assuming every day a more interesting character. We received nine scholars in one week, six of whom 5 VOL. XXII. Oh how dreadful to think that those we love so dearly here upon earth, slight the Savior who died for them; and it is almost agony to think of them and look beyond the tomb. Unto the Lord would I commit this my heaviest burden.” Soon after the reception of this note," says Mrs. Dickson, Mrs. Buel and myself called on the parents of this young lady to obtain their consent to their daughter's becoming a teacher," for which service she is thought to be well qualified. The mother seemed willing, but the father peremptorily refused. After this interview with the parents, she writes as follows. "It does not seem to be the will of God that I should be your assistant in teaching. I have much need of prayer to be kept in a cheerful Before the reception of this, you will probably have received letters of the 12th inst. from Mrs. Dickson and Mr. Love. The present communication will be the continuation of a subject mentioned in those letters. For several weeks previous to sending those communications, it had become our settled conviction in view of the increasing importance of the missionary school, and of the feeble state of Mrs. Dickson's health, that application should be made to the Board for an associate teacher. We now have still further indications concerning our duty in this matter. During the last two weeks the health of our beloved sister has been such, that she has been obliged to relinquish, almost wholly, her labors in the school. The orders of her physician, at the same time, were, that she should suspend all physical effort. So desirous is she of the success of this, her favorite enterprise, that she has rendered assistance even upon her couch. The result of a medical council upon her case, encourages us to hope she may yet be restored to a comfortable state of health, though immediate restoration we cannot expect. It ought to be mentioned, however, that this illness did not arise from insalubrity of climate, or from any cause that need for a moment deter foreigners from choosing this as a place of residence. We are unanimous in the conclusion, that there is no healthier place in the East than the city of Corfu. In consequence of this failure of Mrs. Dickson's health, instead of devoting a couple of hours daily in the school, as has been the case since the second week of my connexion with the mission, I now regularly give six; and should my health be preserved, I may continue in charge of the school until her recovery. But I feel myself, under present circumstances, inadequate to the task. In order to communicate with all the scholars, I am obliged to speak two new languages, in both of which I take regular lessons during the week. Our The Italian is spoken readily by two thirds of our pupils. It is the only language in use among the Jews. Little girls of eight years speak three languages, and with the greatest readiThe ness act as interpreters for me. continual accession of scholars shows the prosperity of the school. present number is forty-two, and others are pledged to come ou Monday next, which commences our third quarter. The sight of this interesting group of children, and the remembrance of what God hath wrought, is sufficient to awaken the liveliest emotions of gratitude. Ought we not to rejoice in view of the great mercy of our God, in opening for us so wide a field for usefulness? Where will the seed of the kingdom be more likely to take root, and spring up, and bear fruit unto eterual life, than in the generous soil of these young hearts,-so completely open to the influences of religious teaching! With no class of scholars did I ever converse upon the scriptures with more satisfaction, nor with any, who seemed more eagerly to receive the truth. I am frequently surprised at the amount of religious knowledge exhibited. It was deeply interesting to witness their tearful eyes, while we perused, at our morning exercise yesterday, the 12th of John. An allusion to Calvary does not fail to interest the heart. O, the preciousness of that gospel, that proffers pardon to the penitent, and brings life and immortality to light through the blessed Savior. Were Mrs. Dickson in sound health, there would still be enough to occupy two teachers during the regular session of the school. A school of forty-five scholars, who speak several different languages, you will readily see, furnishes ample employment for two individuals who have not the care of families. I trust it is unnecessary to present an array of reasons for directing particular effort to the promotion of female education, in a land where public sen- | aptitude to teach, which renders a timent is little more honorable to the person even of ordinary attainments, sex, than it is among the Chinese,-in more efficient than another of superior a land where the birth of a female is opportunities without this qualification. regarded as a family misfortune. A fondness for the employment is essential to the happiness of the individual, as well as to her usefulness. In the Government Boarding School for girls, established in 1825, for the especial benefit of the daughters of the wealthier class, a style of education is received, quite different from what is expected from a missionary school. The three or four girls' schools in the town and its suburbs, which have the occasional supervision of christian teachers, are committed to the care of those who possess scarcely the rudiments of knowledge, while they retain all their slavish attachment to the heathenism of the Greek religion. You have already been apprized of the importance of the school, as a means of bringing the families of the scholars to attend our religious services on the Sabbath; and also, as the only means of rendering ourselves useful to the 3000 Jews in this city. From the preceding statement, you will gather something respecting our necessitous condition. More labor is accumulating upon our hands than we are able to perform. And what shall be our resource? Shall we disregard the earnest entreaties of parents, that their daughters may be allowed to enter the school? Qualifications of a teacher. Where are those dear sisters in America, whose hearts are glowing with a holy desire to devote themselves to the promotion of piety among their sex, in a land less favored than their own? Is there not ONE who feels it not only her duty, but her highest privilege to come to the aid of her sisters in Corfu? We respectfully submit this subject to the Board, and entreat for it an early consideration. Were I to speak of the qualifications requisite in the person who may be designated, not simply to meet the present lighter responsibilities of our missionary school, but those, likewise, which she must hereafter assume, the most important would be such as the following:-Some experience in academical teaching, and of course a familiar knowledge of the branches taught in our best regulated female seminaries. She should possess a moral courage that will enable her to withstand opposition, and rise superior to the difficulties incident to a cause that is held in disrepute. Also an An ability to acquire languages easily, is indispensable, and the French she would find not only useful as a medium of communication, but a material assistance in learning the Italian. Needlework, plain, and ornamental, receives in this country particular attention; and skill in drawing, and in vocal music, will also greatly enhance a teacher's reputation and usefulness. But the qualification of greatest moment, is, undoubtedly a knowledge of the scriptures, and a power, divinely imparted, to exemplify their holy truths in the life. Or, in the words of an experienced missionary in the Mediterranean, "Instead of only a critical and exegetical study of these scriptures, let it be a familiar and experimental acquaintance, and it then becomes worthy of her very special attention. She should be able to enter into all the scenes of the New Testament, and relate them with as much particularity, and life, and feeling, as though she had seen them with her own eyes, and had received their impression indelibly on her own heart ;-as though she were living with Christ, walking with him, beholding his miracles, and listening to his instructions; as though, in fact, she knew all about him, and could tell all about him. It is not exegesis, it is not theology, it is not philosophy, it is not divinity, it is not the law, it is not precept or command, which the people need, but it is the gospel-and the pure gospel, which they want all day long. It is christianity embodied, acted out, living, breathing. The missionary should be a sort of running commentary on the bible. Every thing she says, or does, should remind the hearer, or beholder, of something in the bible; her whole life should be altogether a New Testament life. And who is sufficient for these things?" It is of some consequence, in this connection, to allude to personal accomplishments, and to qualifications of a social kind, which are desirable in order to give to a young lady an influence with a circle of cultivated society, to whom our labors sustain an important relation. Our Sabbath school, which numbers about sixty scholars, has the attendance, for exam- | encourage us to enlarge our plans for ple, of the family of a wealthy English merchant, the mother herself most invariably being present with her six interesting children. Ground for encouragement. And it is specially gratifying to us that our school operations are receiving the particular encouragement of lady Mc Kenzie, the wife of the new governor of the Ionian islands, who previously held the same office in Ceylon. You will remember that they have been highly spoken of by the American missionaries, as having greatly befriended the missions on that island. This lady was pleased to find an institution like ours, in so flourishing a condition; and particularly was the connexion of Greeks and Jews in the same school a matter of surprise. As it is the prevalent opinion in these countries, that Greeks and Jews could never be associated under such circumstances, our own experience thus far, shows how easily such a notion can be disproved. The peculiar interest felt by lady Mc Kenzie in the religious education of the Jews, may the benefit of this neglected people. We expect that, on Tuesday next, our school will be honored with her presence. She has also expressed her intention of being at our religious service on the Sabbath. Perhaps nothing more need be said upon the principal topic of this letter. It is painful to think of the possibility of suspending a school of so much promise, for the want of seasonable aid, such as we now ask. Our hopes of obtaining temporary assistance from the young person mentioned by Mrs. Dickson, have been disappointed. We feel a confidence, however, not only that a suitable person will quickly respond to the call, but that some church will cheerfully assume her support. I trust that we endeavor to keep in view continually the great object of our labors-the salvation of the soul. And while we rear the tender plants providentially committed to us, we pray that they all may be numbered among the first fruits of a great multitude in this land, whom God has chosen to be a people for his praise. Other Societies. Mr. Grout arrived at Port Natal on the 30th of June, 1840. Early in the present year he was preparing to remove into the proper Zulu country, beyond the Umtogela river. Doct. Adams was to continue at Unilazi, and Mr. Lindley to pros. ecute his labors among the Boers. The congregation at Umlazi on the Sabbath numbers about five hundred, and there is a Sabbath the country is not settled, and doubts have school of two hundred. The political state of arisen as to the propriety of continuing the mission, especially as there are English missionary ground, should the Board retire from it. societies which stand ready to occupy the In that case our labors will not be lost. MISSION ΤΟ THE GREBOS IN WEST AFRICA. FAIR HOPE, at Cape Palmas.--John Leighton Wilson, Missionary; Benjamin Van Rensselaer James, Printer; Mrs. Wil son and Mrs. James.-Four native and five emigrant American helpers. FISHTOWN, ten miles west of Fair Hope.-Alexander E. Wilson, M. D., Missionary, and Mrs. Wilson.-One native and two emigrant American helpers. ASIA. MISSION TO TURKEY. Doct. Wilson commenced a station at Fish- | Sabbath to Sabbath. This is beginning to be town a year ago. The town contains three felt, and a few promising men have commenced thousand inhabitants, and has a fine healthful preaching. situation on the sea-shore, ten miles from Fair Hope, with a good landing. Rocktown, between Fair Hope and Fishtown, has a larger population than either of those places. Schools exist there, and also at Sarekeh, twelve miles in the interior. It is said that the practice of praying morning and evening is more or less prevalent in all the native communities around, where the gospel has been preached, even where there is no manifest desire to conform to any other requirement of the gospel. pu John B. Adger, and Henry J. Van Len- ers. BROOSA.-Benj. Schneider and Henry A. Homes, Missionaries; Mrs. Schneider and Mrs. Homes. CONSTANTINOPLE.-William Goodell, Harrison G. O. Dwight, William G. Schauffler, and Cyrus Hamlin, Missionaries; Mrs. Goodell, Mrs. Dwight, Mrs. Schauffler, and Mrs. Hamlin.-Five native helpers. TREBIZOND.-Thomas P. Johnston, The seminary at Fair Hope contains 54 pils. The number in the mission schools is 125. Twelve natives are members of the church. At six places there is stated preaching. One third of the more influential native men are thought to have discarded their greegrees. The feteishmen are losing their power over the minds of the people, and are often treated with disrespect. It is not true, however, that the gospel occupies all the ground thus lost by superstition. More than a million of pages were printed the past year. New laboreis are need-Missionary, and Mrs. Johnston.-One naed for this mission, and there are many open- tive helper. ings for missionaries along the coast eastward. There is a prospect, too, that the immense and populous interior will soon be accessible along the great high-way of the Niger. EUROPE. MISSION TO GREECE. ATHENS.-Jonas King, D. D., and Nathan Benjamin, Missionaries; Mrs. King and Mrs. Benjamin. AREOPOLIS, on the most southern promontory of the Peloponnesus.-George W. Leyburn, Missionary, and Mrs. Leyburn. Three native helpers. TRZEROOM.-William C. Jackson and Josiah Peabody, Missionaries; Mrs. Jackson and Mrs. Peabody.-One native helper. LARNICA, on the island of Cyprus.- Missionary; Homan Hallock, Printer; Mrs. The printing establishment of this mission is at Smyrna, and here the amount of printing the Armenian language, about 3,860,000 in Arduring the year, was abont 1,340,000 pages in meno-Turkish, and about 1,780,000 in modern Greek; or nearly 8,000,000 in the whole. When the Committee began to think it time In this country.-Samuel R. Houston, for the preachers of the gospel stationed at Missionary. Of all the branches of the oriental church, the Greek appears to be the most difficult to engraft with an evangelical faith and influence. This may be owing in part to the character and position of the Greek mind; and it may be that the Greek church comes nearer than the others to the exclusive, sectarian spirit of the church of Rome. One thing is certain, the Greek church pronounces anathemas equally upon all protestant sects without exception; and those protestant missionaries, therefore, will labor most usefully in it, who put the least stress upon forms, and, with most of the meekness, gentleness, and love of Christ, are most single in their endeavors to fix attention upon the fundamental principles of the gospel. The station at Areopolis, in Mane, continues to prosper. The Maniotes are a brave, free people, and have long been accustomed, in their rocky defences, to think and act for themselves. The high school at this station has about thirty pupils, and the Lancasterian a hundred. The mission has printed nearly 3,000,000 of pages during the year. The printing is done at Athens. Dr. King continues his exegetical class. What Greece needs above all things is an educated, pious ministry, which shall preach the gospel in the churches from Broosa to retire from that city, on account of ple to hear, there began to be indications of the the protracted and obstinate refusal of the peothere a call for books, but new hearers attended presence of the Holy Spirit. Not only was almost every Sabbath on Mr. Schneider's preaching, and were often deeply affected. The printing for this station in Greco-Turkish has been done chiefly in Athens, and amounted during the year to 524,000 pages. are such as to call for strong faith and a more On the whole, the prospects of this mission active zeal. Mr. Temple says that he has the Spirit of grace, in the nineteen years of his never seen such indications of the presence of sojourn in that part of the world. MISSION TO SYRIA. BEYROOT.-Eli Smith, William M. Thomson, Nathaniel A. Keyes, and Leander Thomson, Missionaries; George C. Hurter, Printer; Mrs. Smith, Mrs. W. M. Thomson, Mrs. Keyes, Mrs. L. Thomson, Mrs. Hurter, and Miss Betsey Tilden, Teacher.-Two native helpers. JERUSALEM.-George B. Whiting and Charles S. Sherman, Missionaries; Mrs. |