Its cash account presented a balance of about $9,200 in favor of its income.

The

The Bombay Auxiliary prospers. Gospel of Matthew in Mahratta had been in circulation more than two years. The New Testament in Guzerattee was in extensive circulation, and the Old Testament printing. The Society, since its formation, had distributed 2,086 Bibles and 4,410 Testaments. The receipts for the year were not far from $950 and the balance in the hand of the Treasurer about $6,500.

The Colombo Society was making progress in translating and printing the Cingalese Bible. The book of Genesis had excited so much attention among the Cingalese as to call for a new edition of 1,000 copies. Upwards of 1,300 copies of the Bible, or parts of it, had been issued during the year, in seven different languages.

The whole Bible in Chinese was expected Soon to leave the press under the direction of Dr. Morrison. The Missionaries at Sincapore had applied for 1,000 copies of the Chinese Testament.

The funds of the Auxiliary in New South Wales were in a prosperous state. It had received large contributions from the Branch Society in Van Diemen's Land, and from Bible Associations in several towns. Since its formation it had remitted to the parent Society, $6,000, and circulated in the colony 3,773 Bibles and Testaments.

In the Society Islands the Gospels of Matthew, Luke and John had been printed by the missionaries in the Taheitan language.

AFRICA. The Sierra Leone Auxiliary had pursued its exertions, during five years, with undiminished activity-From the report of the South African Auxiliary it appeared that many of the Dutch and English colonists, as well as of the Hottentots, were desirous of possessing the word of God. To this Auxiliary the British and Netherlands Societies had sent supplies of Bibles.-The Report of the Bible Society in the Island of Mauritius had not been received.

AMERICA. In South America the word of God had obtained, in many places, a most encouraging reception. At Buenos Ayres a small Auxiliary bad been formed. In the Brazils, Chili, Peru, the Carraccas, and Honduras, copies of the Scriptures had been distributed and well received. At Pernambuco some Portuguese Bibles were distributed to "crowds of applicants." At Lima 500 Spanish Bibles were sold in two days.

At Demerara, Essequibo, Berbice and Trinidad, the distribution of the Scriptures had produced good effects.

The issues of the Montreal Society in its third year had been nearly double the issues of the two former years. A Committee had been appointed for the purpose of supplying vessels in the port. It was stated that all vessels from the mother country except one had been found adequately supplied with Bibles.

The Nova Scotia Society had issued 588 Bibles and Testaments from its depository at Halifax during the year-The Ladies' Society at Miramichi had remitted $222 to the parent Society.The Hudson's Bay Auxiliary had made a second remittance amounting to $428.

From Labrador the Committee had received the most satisfactory intelligence respecting the benefits which the Esquimaux converts had derived from the perusal of the Scriptures transmitted to that country for their use.

Five hundred copies of the Greenland New Testament had been recently despatched to that country.

DOMESTIC. The Committee report an increase in the free contributions of Auxiliary Societies during the past year to the amount of nearly $40,000. It is spoken of as matter of interesting reflection, and of devout thanksgiving, that, of the contributions remitted from different parts of the country, so large a proportion should have been derived from the humble offerings of the poor.

Among the numerous and efficient Auxiliaries in Scotland, that at Edinburgh was supported by 76 Branch Societies and Associations; and had remitted to the parent Socie. ty, during the year, $5,806, of which $4,444 was a free contribution. The Glasgow Auxiliary, supported by a Branch, and 48 Associations, had remitted $3,644, of which $2,311 was a free contribution; and the Presbytery of Glasgow had remitted $2,602, in part of their thirteenth annual collection.

The Hibernian Society was assisted by 147 Auxiliaries and Associations. It had received. during the year, $19,500; and 8,628 Bibles and 7,949 Testaments had issued from its depository.

The number of copies of the Scriptures which issued from the depository of the British and Foreign Bible Society, during the year ending March 31, 1823, was 123,127 Bibles, 136,723 Testaments; which, together with those issued from foreign presses at the expense of the Society, make a total, since the commencement of the Institution, of 5,875,474 copies of the Holy Scriptures.

CONCLUSION.

From the concluding remarks of the Committee we make the following extract.

A review of the state of the British and Foreign Bible Society, both in its domestic concerns and foreign relations, must forcibly

We omit the notices of the American and Philadelphia Bible Societies.

gratitude and thanksgiving to the Author of all good, for the success which has attended their efforts, in the circulation of his Holy word. Ascribing the glory of this success t Him alone, and relying on the continuanc

of the divine favor, they may confidently persevere in their charitable endeavors to supply the spiritual wants of their Christian brethren at home and abroad, or the more pressing exigencies of those countries, over which the sun of righteousness has not yet cast his reviving beams.

It is a melancholy reflection, that, although eighteen centuries are nearly elapsed, since the Gospel began to be propagated, considerably more than one half of the population of the earth is still immersed in the gloom of paganism, or bound in the iron fetters of Mahomedan superstition.

A pious divine of the seventeenth century, contemplating this deplorable destitution, thus expressed his feelings: "I cannot be affected so much with the calamities of my own relations, or of the country of my nativity, as with the case of the heathen, Mahomedan, and ignorant nations of the earth. No part of my prayers is so deeply serious, as that for the conversion of the ignorant and the infidel world; that God's name may be sanctified, and his will be done on earth as it is in heaven.' It is impossible not to sympa. thize with the piety which dictated these sentiments.

In the augmented happiness of mankind the society looks for its reward; and above all, it is animated with the hope that the Scriptures thus distributed may, through the divine blessing, become to them who receive them the power of God to their salvation.

Your Committee will now conclude their Report, in the language of the evangelical prophet, so naturally presented to their recollection by the facts which have been stated in elucidation of the benefits of Bible Societies.

"How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Žion, Thy God reigneth!"

To our worthy and respected friends in Germany and Switzerland, Holland, Sweden, Denmark, and North America, we are highly indebted for their liberal contributions, and more especially to the Associations formed in England and Scotland for the support of the Brethren's missions, whose generous attention to our wants, and bountiful assistance,

have excited within our breasts the most grateful sensations, and afforded us the greatest encouragement to trust to the Lord in every time of need. He himself has wrought in the hearts of those worthy and generous friends, as well as in the brethren and sisters belonging to our congregations and societies, that willingness to exert themselves in endea voring to promote the extension and welfare of his kingdom on earth, and we pray him to reward them abundantly, granting them his blessing in all they do in his name, and for his glory.

In all the missionary settlements, being upwards of thirty in number, and in which 168 brethren and sisters are employed, the preaching of the Gospel has produced more or less fruit, and the efficacy of its divine power has been made incontestibly manifest in the deliverance of sinners from the yoke of sin and Satan, and the sanctification of soul and body.

In

In the island of Antigua several proprietors of plantations, as well as the colonial government, have most generously assisted in defraying the expenses of two new missionary settlements, Cedarhall and Mountjoy. Jamaica the negroes have shown more hunger after the word of life. The mission among the negroes at Paramaribo, in Surinam, is, by the blessing of God upon it, in a flourishing state; but we regret, that we have been under the necessity of relinquishing the attempt made to bring the gospel to the negroes on the river Neukeer."

The new mission at Enon, in South Africa, becomes more and more firmly established, and the assistants lately arrived, find employ. ment sufficient in caring for the congregation of Hottentots collected in that settlement.

The mission among the Delaware Indians in North America, has caused us much trouble and distress, though we cannot say, that our brethren have labored altogether in vain. On the other hand the success attending the mission among the Cherokees affords a cheering prospect of future prosperity.

The various hindrances and difficulties, which for many years have impeded the zealous exertions of our brethren to bring the gospel to the Calmucks, were certainly very discouraging. Present appearances, however, justify, more than ever, a well-grounded hope of the genuine conversion of many of those heathen, who, in their natural state, are in bondage to the most absurd superstitions.

The jubilee of the establishment of the mission among the Esquimaux in Labrador, fifty years ago, was celebrated on the 9th of August in all the three settlements, Nain, Okkak, and Hopedale, with much blessing, and with the most enlivening anticipation of continuing and increasing prosperity. The venerable British and Foreign Bible Society have most generously printed the gospels, Acts and Epistles in the Esquimaux language

for the benefit of this mission, and were pleased to accept the humble free-will offering sent by the converted Esquimaux, in token of their gratitude. The Society has likewise printed the New Testament in the Greenland language, for the use of the Christian Greenlanders in our three settlements on that coast.

It is also stated that permission has been solicited and obtained from the king of Denmark to establish a fourth missionary station on the Greenland coast.

Let us, dear brethren, unite anew to en. treat our Lord, the Savior of the world, to accompany the testimony of cur missionaries concerning his atonement, with power, and, through demonstration of his Spirit, to vouchsafe a new visitation of his grace among those heathen nations, that yet lie buried in darkness; to grant success to his servants of every Christian denomination, that all may assist in gathering in the reward for the travail of his soul, and to send more faithful laborers into his harvest, endowed with grace and power from on high to do his work. And may he likewise grant a succession of benevolent souls, whom he renders able and willing cheerfully to contribute towards the support of the missions, inspiring them with renewed zeal in the glorious cause in which they are engaged with us.

We trust that he will preserve unto the church of the brethren, both in the Old and New World, that disposition of mind, to persevere in faith in these blessed exertions, that the number of those who believe on him and do his will, may increase among all heathen nations, to whom we are sent.

Our readers, we trust, will very cordially sympathize in the wish above expressed. The United Brethren have hitherto been an example to their fellow-christians, in efforts to extend the knowledge of the Savior, and we earnestly hope that their zeal will not abate, but increase yet more and more.

WHEN the news of the dreadful ravages of the fever at Sierra Leone, during the last summer, reached the ears of the young men at the Missionary Seminary of Basle in Switzerland, instead of occasioning despondency, it seemed to animate them with a strong desire to step in and fill the vacancies occasioned by the loss of the missionaries. After hearing of the death of Messrs. Johnson and Schemel, Mr. Blumhardt writes, "It was a remarkable movement in our camp, when this lamentable news was heard among us. Every one of our brethren was preparing himself by the most serious meditations, to come for. ward, and to offer himself as a sacrifice for the Lord.-Should many more such tidings of an immortal world arrive, we could no longer detain our dear brethren soldiers from going to the spot, where the heroes of the church have fallen. The desire to be employed in the work of conversion amongst the poor negroes, was never stronger in our missionary house, than in these days. May the sovereign grace of the Lord himself prepare them to stand fast on the evil day, and to live and to die as true disciples of Jesus!"-This is the true spirit of Christian heroes.

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The account given us in this article undoubtedly exhibits the true spirit of missions in relation to those mysterious events of Providence, by which men, who are laboring with the greatest fidelity and success in the cause of the Gospel, are taken away from the midst of their labors. Instead of being discouraged by such events from pursuing the work in which they were engaged, others should feel constrained by the necessity of the case to hold themselves in readiness to supply their places, lest the ranks of the army of Jesus be thinned, and the enemy gain advantage. If missionaries were immortal, fewer would be needed. The shorter their lives are, the more necessary that others should be preparing for the work.

The following account, from the London Baptist Magazine, of a native of the same

Country, exhibits the spirit of missions in an-. other attitude.

Extract of a Letter from the Rev. W. H. Angas to the Secretary of the Baptist Missionary Society.

Basle, Sept. 24, 1823. In passing through the Prussian churches, I obtained tidings of a young man, a native of Switzerland, and by name Daniel Schlatter, whom I think the Committee will consider worthy of their attention. He served in the capacity of merchant's clerk in the town of St. Gallen, for a number of years, with great credit to himself, comfort to his family, and advantage to his employer. Very early in life his mother's pious care for his soul, was blessed to his conversion. As he rose in years, he was accustomed to read missionary intelligence with great avidity. As he read, he felt a growing interest in the Lord's work among the heathen, until at length this came to a burning desire, that one day He might open a door for him also into the wide fields of Missionary labor. His prayers to this effect, after some years, were graciously answered, so that he found himself at liberty to apply to the Missionary Institution here for admittanee as a student. But, as he had embraced the sentiments of Adult Baptism, he could not, consistently with the rules of the institution, be taken upon its establishment. For the great regard, however, the directors had for his character, and respect for his natural capacity for the work, they liberally paid his travelling expenses to Tartary, where it was in his heart to go, among the Nogaien tribes, as their missionary. Being shut out from pecuniary support from all missionary institutions on the continent, he hired himself out as a groom and house servant to a Tartar chief, by name Abdullah. By this means he thinks to be able to live, until he acquires the language, while he has the best Opportunity of becoming acquainted with the Tartar character in all its bearings, and resommending that Gospel, which he hopes soon to be able to preach to thern in a speaking life and conversation.

He has, it seems, enjoyed a liberal education, and has by nature a constitution of body, for hardihood and robustness, seldom, perhaps, or never equalled. Indeed, in the possibility of his one day being called to this work, he had, for years previous, prepared himself for enduring hardness and bodily privation in every possible way. For some years he has never slept in a bed, nor drank any thing stronger than water. The extraordinary decision and consistency of his character, his unassuming modesty, and deep piety, have already won a great many hearts to him, on his way through the Prussian states, particularly whenever he met with the friends of Jesus.

In the city of Konigsberg, where he called, and where the excellent of the earth are not a few, he appears to have been well received; and I find by the last missionary accounts from that place, that the Konigsberg Branch Society, Auxiliary to the Berlin Missionary Institution, had remitted him fifty dollars,

about 91. sterling, by way of rendering his sit uation more tolerable, and cheering his solitude with this token of their love. On my way out of Bavaria into Switzerland, I passed through St. Gallen, Schlatter's native place, and where, indeed, are all his relations. I availed myself therefore, of the opportunity to make proper inquiry concerning his character, and found, in every quarter where I asked, all to agree with what I had heard elsewhere, and even much more to his credit. I visited his mother, who is truly a mother in Israel, and who is maintained by her other two sons, in business at St. Gallen. I also called on his aunt, who is considered as the Mrs. Hannah More of Switzerland, and is living in St. Gallen with a numerous family. I found among other things that Daniel had been at home on a visit from Tartary, and returned thither some months ago. There are circumstances attending this visit, which will give a further insight into his character. His affection for his mother (some years since a widow) is almost proverbial in St. Gallen. She was visited with an indisposition, that threatened her life, and conceiving a very strong desire to see her son Daniel once more, he was written to accordingly. This sad news he made known to his master, Abdul. lah, and obtained his permission to return. He set off, therefore, the same day, a journey of near one thousand English miles, without any other means than faith in God, except that his master, who shed a tear at parting with his servant, gave him one of his best horses out of his stable. If he brought him back it was well; if not, it was no matter. The horse he sold on the road, and sent back the whole proceeds to Abdullah. This, however, though well intended, and done from motives the most noble, gave his master great offence at first, as he took it for a want of confidence in his friendship. Thus he walked by faith, literally, nearly all the way home, and found his mother recovered, though the utter astonishment of seeing him so soon, from so immense a distance, was almost too much for her at first. After spending a few weeks with his mother; he returned to his Tartars again in the same manner as he had left them; and in due course his friends were nouncing his safe arrival at his post again in gladdened in heart by a letter from him, an

health.

It is stated, that the Committee of the Loadon Baptist Missionary Society have taken measures to open a correspondence with this young man, with a view to a connexion between him and the Society.

CHINA.

Freedom of the Press.

OUR readers may judge of Chinese ideas of authorship and the liberty of the press, from. the fate of an author named Whang-see-Heou, whose crime is thus set forth in the Report of his judges. "We find," say they, "1st, That he has presumed to meddle with the great dictionary of Kang-hi; having made an abridgment of it, in which he has had the