purchased; and upon which our missionaries, by their almost incredible exertions, have already erected a commodious dwelling house, a school house, a mill, and some other buildings. They have also pretty amply stocked the plantation with horses, oxen, cows, sheep, swine, and poultry; and it produced the last season very considerable quantities of grain and various vegetables.

They have under their care twenty to thirty Cherokee and half cast children and youth, male and female, whom they lodge, feed and clothe,-instruct in common English school learning and in the principles of Christianity, and exercise in domestic and agricultural arts and labors. They have also a school on the Sabbath for adults, which is well attended; and Mr Kingsbury preaches, from week to week, to large and increasing numbers of very attentive hearers. The Lord, in the plenitude of his mercy, is manifestly in that place. The minds of a number of the poor Indians have become deeply impressed with the truths of the Gospel; and three or four are thought to have exhibited substantial evidence of true conversion to Christ. The Brethren, in the midst of their incessant labors and hardships, are filled with joy and thankfulness,

At Cornwall in Connecticut we have a Seminary, founded the last year, and styled THE FOREIGN MISSION SCHOOL. It is designed for "the education of heathen youth in such a manner, as that with future professional studies, they may be qualified to become missionaries, school masters, interpreters, physicians or surgeons, among the heathen nations, and to communicate such information in agriculture and the arts, as shall tend to promote Christianity and civilization." This infant seminary is placed, in regard particularly to salubrity and Christian favor and influence, in a very eligible situation. It has lands and buildings belonging to it, well adapted to its purposes; and has commenced its operations in a manner to inspire its patrons and friends with animated hope and confidence.

In the school there are pupils from the Islands of the Pacific Ocean, from the shores of India, and from the wilderness of America. From the Sandwich Islands there are seven, of whom five are already examples of solid and ardent piety,are burning with desire to impart the knowledge of Carist, whom they have found in this distant land, to their perishing friends and countrymen, and give a fair promise of eminent usefulness as missionaries of the cross. Another is a Prince, heir of the throne of two of the Islands, and a youth of uncommon talents and activity.

Is not the Sun of Righteousness manifestly in these establishments, "a Light to lighten the Gentiles, and to be for salvation to the ends of the earth?"-"The Isles shall wait for his law;" "Ethiopia shall stretch forth her hands unto him;" "the wilderness and solitary place shall be glad, and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose."

Are these establishments ours? Beloved friends, they are yours;-they are CHRIST'S. They have been founded with the precious and sacred offerings, which you have committed to our trust; and in the disposal of which we acted, under an appalling responsibility, as "your servants for Jesus sake." Yes, they are yours; consecrated we trust, with many prayers, as well by you as by us, TO CHRIST AND HIS CAUSE; and dependent still, under his providence, upon your charities, for continuance and advancement. To you the dear missionaries, who, for the love they bear to Christ and the souls for whom he died, have left their country, and their kindred, and their father's houses, anxiously look for support and encouragement in their arduous work. To you those hundreds of poor pagan children, who have just begun to lisp-JESUS-SAVIOR!-stretch forth their imploring hands, for the means of learning more and more of him, and of making him known, with all the blessings of his salvation, to their parents, and brothers and sisters, and others extensively around them. From you thousands and millions of fellow beings,just ready to perish for lack of knowledge, are waiting, in tremendous jeopardy, to receive, in their own language, the words by which they and their houses may be saved. To you we, on whom a most weighty charge has been devolved, affectionately present them all; and ask with trembling solicitude what we shall do what you will do, respecting them. Upon you the Son of God Looks down from that throne, to which he ascended from the cross on which he bore their sins with yours, to see how much you care for their salvation!

Shall the hopes, which you have raised, be dashed to the ground? or shall they be fulfilled? Shall the lights, which you have caused to be erected in the dark places of the earth, be extinguished? or shall they be augmented and multiplied?

Shall the work, which you have encouraged to be set forward, stop? or shall fe proceed? We know your answer. The pledges which you have given, and on which we have felt ourselves safe in relying, are inviolable.

It must, however, be evident to you from the statements now before you, that if the work proceed, there must be no abatement-there must be an increase of liberality and of activity. There must be unquenchable and well directed zeal; there must be unwearied and systematic exertion.

The missionary spirit is strongly counteracted, by the selfish propensities natural to the human heart, and by the worldly influences every where prevalent. It requires, not less doubtless than any other virtuous or holy affection, unsleeping care, and the constant use of suitable means, for its support and growth. If this can be remitted, if these means be neglected, individuals will grow cold and forgetful, and societies will languish and diminish.

To keep alive, to revive, and to diffuse the sacred flame will be regarded, we trust, by the officers and members of auxiliary societies, and by our friends generally, as a primary object. While with reference to this object we wish them assiduously to exercise their own wisdom; we beg to submit to their attentive consideration a general plan.

The Societies of the first rank, auxiliary to the Board, are styled Foreign Mission Societies, and are engaged to raise funds for the various purposes of the Board. Of these there are now about fifty; some of which embrace entire counties, but the greater part are established in large towns, including the vicinities. These Societies are the main pillars of the Board, and supports of the cause. 'The officers and members of them, cannot be too deeply impressed with their high importance; nor can too much be done for their increase, in numbers, activity, and influence.

In every county there should be at least one Foreign Mission Society; and if a county be too large, as most of the counties in the Northern States are, to be conveniently embraced in one Society, it should be divided into Districts; and in each District there should be a Society, comprehending all the towns and parishes within its limits.

Every Society will find that much depends on having a good Committee; a Committee, composed of active and influential members, from the different towns and parishes within its limits; and who, besides collecting the annual subscriptions, will exert themselves to increase the number of subscribing members, to procure benefactions, and to promote the forming of other Associations, male and female, of persons who cannot conveniently belong to the County or District Society, but are willing to do something for all, or for some, of the objects of the Board.

Associations of this latter description, of which under various names there are now about two hundred and fifty, should be formed in every town and parish. Are there not in every town and parish persons who love the Redeemer, and would gladly do something to make known his saving health among the heathen? Such persons every where should be excited to action. They may do something; they may do much. Such who are already awake, and whose hearts are already warm, may not only contribute themselves according to their ability; but also excite others, and engage them to associate, and make their monthly, weekly, or annual contributions.

An active individual, male or female, in almost any place, even the most unpromising, might engage to collect one dollar a month, or twelve dollars a year, in contributions from persons within convenient distance, of one cent or more a week. A hundred such individuals would collect twelve hundred dollars, a thousand, TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS a year!. Are there not many thousands in our country, who would gladly do so much for the cause for which their Savior come down from heaven! Such collections are earnestly recommended for places, towns, parishes, and neighborhoods, where Associations upon a larger scale cannot conveniently be formed. As every such collection will be entitled to receive monthly the MISSIONARY HERALD, the Instructors of Schools would in this way have the best opportunities and means for exciting in their young pupils a tender compassion for poor Heathen children, impressing them with a grateful sense of their own privileges, and expanding their hearts with the spirit of bene

ficence.

It seems particularly suitable that every Church of Christ should, as a church, do something towards imparting the precious blessings of his Gospel to the perishing Heathen. It is already the practice of some Churches to make a collection for this purpose at every Monthly Prayer Meeting. The practice needs only to be mentioned, to commend itself to every Christian's heart. What more suitable, -what more pleasant-after unitedly offering prayers to the God of all grace for the salvation of the Heathen-than unitedly to contribute towards the accomplishment of the holy desires thus solemnly offered!-If only two dollars—a small matter indeed-if only two dollars be collected in a church at each meeting, the collections of one church will amount in a year to twenty four dollars—of a hundred churches, to twenty-four hundred of a thousand churches, to TWENTY

FOUR THOUSAND.

Every person, who in the gracious providence of God is favored with the Gospel, is a debtor to do something for extending the invaluable blessing to those who are without it. That no opportunity may be wanting for this purpose, it is exceedingly desirable that there should be in every place of worship, at least once a year, a public Congregational Contribution. It would afford occasion to every Minister to stir up his own heart, and the hearts of his people; and incalculable good might result to them that water, as well as to them that are watered.

It may often, perhaps generally, be most convenient for the Benefactions of individuals, and the collections from small Associations, from churches and congregations, to be paid into the treasury of the Foreign Mission Society of the County or District, within which they are made. When remitted, however, by the Treasurer of such Society to the Treasurer of the Board, the sums, with the names of the individuals, associations, churches, and congregations, should be distinctly mentioned; that credit may be given in the monthly accounts to be published in the Missionary Herald.

The Prudential Committee wish it to be distinctly understood, that it is proposed to send a copy of the MISSIONARY HERALD to every Foreign Mission Society or other association, the amount of whose annual payments into the Treasury of the Board shall not be less than twelve dollars; and also to every individual, who shall either give, or collect and pay into the Treasury, twelve dollars a year. And it is requested that the names of all such Societies and individuals should be, as soon as convenient, communicated to the Treasurer, Jeremiah Evarts, Esq. Boston; with such directions respecting the conveyance of the Herald to them, as may be deemed necessary.

It is also requested that the proper officer of every Society or Association, auxiliary to the Board, would communicate to the Treasurer, or to the Corresponding Secretary, the number of its members; also the names and titles of all LifeSubscribers, and Members whose annual subscription is not less than three dollars; specifying the sums subscribed by them respectively and their places of abode; that a list of them may be published with the annual accounts of the Board.

It is most earnestly recommended to all the friends of the cause to do what they can to extend the circulation of the Missionary Herald, either by itself, or united with the Panoplist;-to take it themselves, and to use all proper means to engage others to take it.

In this long predicted, long prayed for day, when the King of Zion is rallying his friends in all her dwellings to his standard, and is marching in the greatness of his strength to take possession of his kingdom in all lands, who does not wish to be informed of his advances, and of his achievements? Are they less interesting to the Christian, than have been the baleful marches and exploits of desolating conquerors? Who, if not well informed, can feel and act as he ought in this new erar-Can, as he ought, be awake to the wonderful facts in rapid succession transpiring-be impressed with the majestic displays of Divine power and grace-be refreshed with the opening scenes of light and of glory-have his spirit stirred, warmed, and expanded, by the momentous objects which demand his attention and exertion-or be prepared to offer up, with the many thousands of Israel, supplications, intercessions, and thanksgivings, suitable to the course of events, or to the existing state of the church and of the world? Is it not for want of information such as the Missionary Herald is designed to convey, that, in regard to the missionary cause, and the great Christian movements of the day,

3. This evening about 30 persons were present at the reading of the Scriptures, several of whom were Jews.

The following narrative, taken from the Bombay Courier, is enough, it would seem, to excite in every Christian,mind the deepest commiseration for the deluded idolaters, and the most ardent and active zeal for their conversion to the blessed Gospel of our Lord. Nor can we fail less deeply to deplore the ignorance, or the perverseness of the narrator; who supposes that even the most inhuman, guilty, and abominable of all the heathen ceremonies, are a sure passport to the heaven of purity and bliss. The narrative is as follows.

"We have already noticed the pertinacity with which the Rajah of Nepaul resisted the safeguard of vaccination. He has since unfortunately fallen a victim to the small pox. His natural brother is also dead of the same disease. Seven females were burnt alive with the corpse of the former, and two with that of the latter. The resident was invited to be present at the ceremony. The eldest son of the Rajah was to be placed on the mushed, (throne) on the 8th instant, and it was expected without any disturbance. On the former occasion much blood was spilt in a violent struggle among the chiefs in the public durbar. No regency had been appointed, but it is supposed that Beemsain will continue in the post of Prime Minister. The following letter gives a particular account of the human sacrifice that was made on the Rajah's death.

Valley of Nepaul, Nov. 20, 1816.

"I have just returned from witnessing a sight that has made such an impression, as will not readily be effaced from my memory; and in the hopes that it may be acceptable, I take up my pen to endeavor to paint to you the picture. My mind is in a right frame for it, but oh Yorick! that I had thy imagination to trace the fact with the imagery it requires, to convey an adequate idea of the scene to those who did not behold it.

"You will have heard ere this of the havoc the small pox has been making these three months past among the inhabitants of this delightful and interesting valley. When it first appeared, apprehensions were entertained for the safety of the Rajah and his family: and measures were adopted which, for a time, kept them and the inhabitants of the city of Kathmandoo free from the infection; but it was only for a time. It soon reached from the peasant to the prince, and notwithstanding vaccination had been successfully administered to some of the principal families of the court, either superstition or a dislike to innovation had prevented a part of the Rajah's family from receiving the benefit of it, though frequently tendered in a pressing manner.

"On the 2d. an infant son of the Prince died from the effects of the raging distemper; and this morning information was brought to the resident, that the Rajah, who for some days had been laboring under it, was carried down to the holy temple of Pusputnauth, which is looked upon by all Hindoos as one of the portals of heaven, that, in breathing his last, his soul might be admitted in its passage from its earthly frame to the happier regions, of which this temple is believed to be the entrance. Such is seldom, if ever done, till the person is supposed to be drawing to his end; and as this was the case in the present instance, the Prince was early in the morning accompanied by the chief officers of his government, his relations and domestics, who, as is customary on such occasions, walked with his palankeen bareheaded and barefooted, to the temple. A little after he ceased to be a Prince; and the event was communicated to the resident, who, as a mark of condolence, and in compliment to the court, proceeded with his suite in mourning and on foot to the spot where much more awful scenes than had yet occurred were in a state of forwardness; I mean the preparations for the human sacrifices, that the death of a Hindoo prince in these mountainous regions invariably demands.

"On reaching the temple, we were received by the venerableRajahGooroo, or high priest, whose hoary locks bespoke his lengthened years. He was in tears; mentioned that one of the Kanees (queens,) one of the concubines of the Rajah, with five of their female attendants were to burn with the remains of their master; and after lamenting the passing event, pointed out to us a spot at a little distance, from whence we could better witness the scene, and retired to continue the obsequies of his departed Prince.

"The funeral pile was erected in the bed of the river Bunymuttee, which in its course through the valley is very shallow, and here so narrow, that its sacred

ers wash the foundation of the temple of Pasputnauth on the one side, and aoisten the trees of its gloomy groves that overhang it from the other. As we were beholding the funeral rites in a most anxious state of suspense, the sonorous sounds of the singha, while, by taking off the attention of the devoted females from the surrounding crowd, they tended to fit them for their approaching end, added solemnity to such scenery. Our situation did not admit of distinctly observing what might be called the niceties of the awful ceremony: but we were near enough to distinguish the innocent victim of superstition who was about sixteen years old, and said to be of an interesting figure. We saw her take off her ornaments, and throw loosely over her loins and breast a cloth, as she ascended the pile with her companions. She distributed to the Brahmin, her attendants and relatives that stood around, a couple of elephants, some buffaloes, bullocks, calves, horses, jewels and frankincense, with the clothes and ornaments she had just thrown off; meant. I believe, as marks of her regard, or as proofs that she parted from this world in peace with all; and saying, as we were afterwards told, something to those who were supposed to be most endeared to her, (for whatever a suttee utters is looked on as prophetic.) she placed the head of her departed husband on her lap, when heaps of sandal wood, smeared with oi! and ghee, were piled around her and her companions. On this a great number of torches, descending the steps of the temple, communicated their flames to the combustible pile, at the same time that the hallowed groves and temples reechoed the shouts and groanings of the multitude; and in a moment the souls of the devoted girls fled to heaven. To heaven, I say, for surely, an all just and all directing God granted the boon their acts were directed to obtain; however erroneous, in the opinion of a Christian, the mode of seeking it may appear."

7. This evening at the reading exercise there was about the same number present as on last Friday evening.

10. About the same number came together to our meeting this evening as before, but a greater proportion of them were Jews.

The method which as yet we pursue at these meetings, is to read and explain the Scriptures. This exercise is performed by brothers Hall and Newell alternately, and the Scripture, which we at present read, is our abridged Harmony of the Gospels. Should it please God to bless this our beginning, we may hope soon to add the exercise of singing and prayer.

14. Arrived the ship Saco, Captain Haskel, from Boston. We have received by Capt. H. two letters from Dr. Worcester, one of May 6th, and the other of July 2, 1816; and also a considerable number of letters from private friends, letters from Dr. Morse, together with the three first volumes of the Missionary Register from Dr. W.; the Panoplist for May and June, 1816; the Unitarian controversy, several pamphlets and newspapers.

The good tidings of extensive revivals of religion in various parts of our native land, and of many religious societies for the advancement of the Redeemer's kingdom, have greatly rejoiced our hearts. We are most happy to learn, that three missionaries are ready to embark for the East. We should rejoice to have them arrive in Bombay in the course of the present year. May the Lord of the harvest send forth many more laborers into his harvest.

One of our native school teachers having been negligent, it was agreed that he should be severely reproved, and afterwards displaced, should he not reform. We have farther agreed, that without delay we should make it an object to look out a suitable spot for procuring a place of public worship among the natives, and also to ascertain its probable expense.

30th. One of our schoolmasters came this morning, saying, that the scholars had told him that they had seen a Rakshus (demon,) in the garret over the school room, where they put their writing boards, and that they were afraid to come there to school. The school master himself pretended not to believe it; but probably, he, like all the other Hindoos, does believe in such things. We told him to tell the boys not to fear, there was no such thing. Then he said, he had told them so, and would again.

Some of the people called Mhars, who are properly out-casts, said that they had come to our meeting, but that the other Hindoos would not let them sit near them; that they had reproached them, and kept them at a distance. Had we a public building, we could much better provide for all sorts of people. They

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