TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT

OF

THE MISSIONARY SOCIETY

OF TH E

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JOSEPH LONGKING,.PRINTER. OFFICERS, MANAGERS, AND COMMITTEES.

Officers.

R e v . BISHOP HEDDING, President, BISHOP WAUGH, 1st Vice President, BISHOP MORRIS, 2d do. BISHOP HAMLINE, 3d do. BISHOP JANES, 4th do. C. PITMAN, Corresponding Secretary, GEORGE LANE, Treasurer, LEROY SWORMSTEDT, Assistant do. Mr. JOHN B. EDWARDS, Rec. Sec.

Managers.

S. D a n d o , D r . A. S . P u r d y , J. F a l c o n e r , L. S. B u r l in g , F. H a l l , L . K i r b y , W . B . S k id m o r e , P . E. C o o n , W. A. Cox, H. W o r r a l l , J. R a y n o r , R . C . B u l l , J. P. O a k l e y , G. T. C o b b , W. T r u s l o w , S. H a l s t e d , O . L o v e l a n d , L . B . L o d e r , R . M e a d , N. M i l l e r , J. G . H a d d e n , D r . J. L. P h e l p s , J. M’L e a n , W. H . V a n C o t t , H. M o o r e , A. W . B r o w n , A. A. D e n m a n , D r .S.T h r o c k m o r 'j , W . G . B o g g s, J. B . G a s c o ig n e . F . G o d in e , E. W h e e l e r ,

Committees. Finance Committee. 0. V. Amcrman, Legacy Committee. L. M. Vincent, G. Lane, Chairman, J. G. Smith, F. Hall, Chairman, D. Terry, D. Stocking, W. G. Boggs, J. A. Sellick, L. Kirby, G. F. Kettell, Dr.S.Throckmorton, T. Carter, Dr. J. L Phelps, E. Wheeler. W . B. Skidmore, &. American Com.D. S. Burling, R. Mead, S. Dando, Auditing Com. A. A. Denman, E. E. Griswold, Ch’n,G. T. Cobb, R. C. Bull. J. Field, J. Raynor. J. B. Edwards, Ch’n, N. Mead, T. M’Farlan, Oregon Committee. P. E. Coon, Com. on Domestic E. 0. Haven, J. B. Straiten, Ch’n, J. B. Oakley, Missions. A. W . Brown, D. Smith, J. M’Lean, A. M. Osbon, Ch’n, W. A. Cox, V. Buck, J. G. Hadden, C. H. Doering, W . Truslow, H. Moore, China Committee. 0. G. Hedstrom, L. B. Loder. S. Halsted, O. Loveland, Publishing Com. Dr. A. S. Purdy, D. P. Kidder, Ch’n,H. Worrall, F. Godine. J. Crawford, J. B. Gascoignc, C. Pitman, Ch’n, P. Chamberlain, N. Miller. G. Peck, African Committee. M. D’C. Crawford, D. P. Kidder, G. Peck, Chairman, T. Bainbridgq, Estimating Com. J. M’Clintock, D. W . Clark, J. Faulkner, B. Creagh, Ch’n, Jj. Scott. J. W . B. Wood, W. H. Van Cott. Dr. Levings, GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO MISSIONARIES.

D e a r B r o t h e r ,—Your appointment as a missionary indicates the confidence which the appointing power has in your wisdom and integrity, as well as the great necessity of a faithful application of yourself to all those duties which grow out of your relation to the Church and to the world. To some of these duties permit me to call your attention.

I. As a Methodist minister, it is expected that you will attend to all those duties, so far as they are applicable to the state of your mission, which are prescribed in our Discipline for those who have the charge of circuits. On this head, therefore, it is only necessary to refer you to those sections of the Discipline which treat of the duties of a Methodist preacher to God, to his brethren, and to those who are more immediately committed to his charge.

II. As a Methodist missionary, it is expected that you will faithfully attend to the following directions:— 1. It is made your duty to form your circuit, unless you labor among the slaves, into an auxiliary missionary society, and to make regular class and quarterly collec­ tions, and to transmit the amount so raised to the treasurer of the parent society, either by indorsing it on your draft, or by sending the money. The reason of this requirement is founded on the very obvious principle, that it is the duty of all men to help,themselves according to their several ability, and to contribute their quota toward defraying the expenses attendant upon the worship of God, building houses, supporting ministers, &c. And this plain Scriptural duty should be inculcated upon all who hear the gospel, that they may be early trained to its performance, that thereby the Missionary Society may be aided in its benevolent efforts to diffuse abroad the gospel of the grace of God. It is hence expected that you will punctu­ ally attend to this part of your duty in all cases where it is practicable, let the amount collected be ever so small. 2. Another duty enjoined upon all our missionaries is to send regular quarterly reports to the corresponding secretary. By referring to the constitution of the Society you will perceive that the spirit of this rule is complied with when the superintendent of a missionary district, which may include a number of circuits or stations, sends his report of the whole work, and therefore, in such cases, it ig not necessary for each missionary to send a separate report. By attending to this re­ quirement in this way, much time and expense may be saved1. In general, these reports should be short, embracing the principal facts; or, if lengthened out, be filled with those incidents or historical details which alone can make them interest­ ing and profitable. If you are on a foreign station, or among the aborigines of 4 GENERAJ# INSTRUCTIONS TO MISSIONARIES. our country, those facts respecting the peculiar customs, language, and habits of the people—their laws and government—their individual conversions and progress in Christianity, will always render your reports entertaining and instructive. But mere common-place observations on topics which come under the eye of every one in any place, or speculations on abstract truths, unless needfiil to illustrate the grace of God in Christ Jesus, are dull and monotonous to the reader, and convey not the information which is expected from the report of a missionary. You will also recollect that these reports, if published, as it is desirable they should be, will return to the people about whom you speak: and hence the neces. sity of saying nothing that will give just cause of offense, or which you would not be willing to express to their face. Much injury has been done to the cause of missions, in some instances, by exaggerated accounts of the wickedness and miseries of the people, made apparently with a view to awaken sympathy, and to enlist the benevolence of the community in their behalf. These errors should be scrupulously avoided, lest “ your good be evil spoken of.” In the report which you may transmit toward the close of the missionary year, that is, the one which will reach the secretary by the first of April in each year, you are requested not to forget the following items of information:—1. The number of church members, distinguishing between the Indian, white, and colored mem­ bers. 2. Number of missionaries employed, whites and natives. 3. Of schools, teachers, and scholars. These items of information are essential to make out an accurate statement of the condition of the several missions for the Annual Report. And facts of this character are worth a hundred general remarks, and for the want of which our Annual Reports are often very imperfect and unsatisfactory.

III. The mere fact of your being a missionary throws you into the midst of a people of strange habits, of different modes of thinking, and who, in many instances, are of various sects of religion. These circumstances necessarily render your task difficult; and make it needful to use great caution and prudence, lest you excite such a prejudice against you as to obstruct your usefulness and prevent your sue. cess. All these habits and prejudices, not in themselves sinful, should be respected, or at least so far tolerated as not to make them matters of conscience and contro­ versy. Surrounded as you are by these circumstances, while you [strenuously maintain “ the truth as it is in Jesus,” and “ contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints,” it is highly important that you should cultivate with other Christian denominations, with whom you may come in contact, a spirit of Christian love and union, and thus endeavor to strengthen each other’s hands in the great work in which you are mutually engaged. While contending against the supersti. tions of paganism, in its various forms, and condemning those vices which corrupt the soul, it should'be made manifest by the manner in which you do these things, that you are actuated solely by a love to perishing souls, and by an ardent thirst for their salvation. Thus shielded by the purity of your motives, and the exemplari­ ness of your conduct, you will be able to pass through the fire of opposition unhurt; and should you even fail in the accomplishment of your object, you will have the consoling satisfaction of having done all things for the glory of God in Christ Jesus, and the salvation of the souls committed to your trust.

IV. It need hardly be added, that your success in your mission mainly depends upon the uprightness of your conduct among the people. The pious and holy de­ portment of a missionary is a living comment upon the doctrine he preaches, and a lively exhibition of those Christian virtues which he recommends. Everything, GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO MISSIONARIES. 5 therefore, which would cause your motives to be suspected, and render you in any way an object of contempt by the sober and thinking part of the community, should # be scrupulously avoided. So to behave on all occasions as to let “ no man despise you,” on account of inconsistencies of conduct, frivolity of speech or manners, or of loving “ this present world” more than the cause of God, is essential to enable you to gain the confidence and affection of the people to whom you are sent, and without which all your labor will be in vain. But much more especially is your “ sufficiency of God.” Not by human might, wisdom, or prudence, but by God's Spirit, must we look for success in the great work of “ converting sinners from the error of their ways.” To maintain, there­ fore, constant communion with Him from whom cometh every good and perfect gift, by the constant exercise of prayer and faith, and a life of self-denial, is above all other things most essential for a successful issue of your labors. To his grace, then, you are recommended, in the hope that he will guide and sanctify all your words and actions, and make you instrumental in enlarging the kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ in the world.

N. B The above instructions have been prepared in conformity to the request of the Bishops. SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO FOREIGN MISSIONARIES.

D e ar B r o t h e r ,—You are hereby instructed by the Board of Managers of the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church:—

I. To give your entire attention to the great business in which you have engaged, and to undertake no business or enterprise which will in the least interfere with your appropriate work; and you are also to see that the missionaries, teachers, and all others under your supervision, shall do the same.

II. You are to report directly to the Board, through the corresponding secretary, all matters which relate to the state of the mission, and to consider no instructions as legitimate which do not come from the official organ of the Board.

III. You are to make a detailed report at least onee in each year, and oftener if practicable, embracing the following particulars, with any other matters of which you may judge it important that the Board should be advised, namely:— As to the persons employed in the mission—missionaries, teachers, physicians, artisans, &c., & c.; and in relation to each of these, whether they have families, and if so, of what number, what labor they perform, and what salary they receive. Also how many pupils in the schools, and what number of each sex. As to the fiscal state of the mission—what amounts have been received from the Board, distinguishing between C8sh and merchandise. What amounts from the mission, distinguishing between contributions, produce, meat, or receipts for ser­ vices rendered by the mission physician or artisans to those who are not connected with the mission. As to the estimated value of the mission property, distinguishing between real estate, stock, goods in store, produce, furniture, farming utensils, mechanics’ tools, «fee., &c.

JV. The superintendents of our foreign missions are hereby directed to keep a diary of all their proceedings, as well as of the operations of the missions generally; and to require all the missionaries under their supervision, as far as it may be practicable, to do the same. These diaries should contain not only the operations of the ministers, but of the secular members of the mission. And it will be ex­ pected that these diaries will be transmitted to the corresponding secretary by 'every opportunity, up to the time such opportunities may occur.

Y. You are particularly instructed on no account to exceed in your expenditures the amount appropriated for the support of the mission, which amount will be annually communicated by the corresponding secretary. ANNIVERSARY MEETING.

T he Twenty-ninth Anniversary of the Missionary Society of the Methodist Epis­ copal Church was held on Monday evening, the 19th of June, 1848, in the Forsyth-street Church, at half-past seven o’clock. The Bishop who was expected to preside on the occasion not being present, Rev. J. B. Stratten was called to the chair. Mr. J. B. Edwards acted in his capacity as recording secretary. The services were opened with singing and prayer by Rev. J. B. Benham, late super­ intendent of the Liberia Mission. Rev. George A. Coffey, of the Baltimore Annual Conference, then read a reso­ lution relating to the foreign missionary work, and proceeded to address the audience in a systematic, strong, and eloquent speech, which was received with much favor. His address was founded upon the following two principles: “ First, That the gospel, i f received into the heart and life, will regenerate humanity, in all re­ spects; it will regenerate individuals, and then Society; it blesses now and for ever. Secondly, That the gospel will be received, if it be properly p r e a c h e d These positions were beautifully elaborated, and powerfully sustained. We regret that our space will not allow us to give the substance of his address more;] in detail. Suffice it to say, that while it did honor both to the head and heart of the speaker, it was greatly calculated to subserve the interests of the cause lie so nobly advo. cated. Rev. William M. Daily, of the Indiana Conference, followed the first speaker in a speech based upon a resolution which he read, relating to Domestic Missions. In introducing himself to the congregation, he playfully remarked, that he stood before them not as the chosen speaker for the occasion, but in the place of a dis­ tinguished and justly celebrated brother, who, from some cause, had failed to fulfill his engagement. As it was, he must do the best he could. Were he ever so much tempted to decline, under the circumstances, he loved the cause of missions too well to yield to such a temptation. In advocating and pleading for more ex­ tended domestic missionary operations, he gave several touching illustrations of the destitution and wants of the far west, and of the self-sacrificing spirit manifested by the noble men who have labored, and are still laboring, as its missionary pioneers. This speech was excellent in its sentiment, powerful in its delivery, and evidendy produced a good effect. Owing to a very heavy rain, which came on in the afternoon and continued to a late hour at night, the congregation was very small. The collection, however, under the circumstances, was unusually good, averaging about seventy-five cents for each person present, and a donation sent by Bishop Waugh, from our old friend “ Zaccheus,” brought the whole amount up to nearly two hundred dollars. Another meeting, supplementary to the anniversary of the Parent Society, was held 8 ANNIVERSARY m e e t i n g . in the Seventh-street Church, on Friday evening, the 23d of June. No bishop being present, and very few of the preachers, the corresponding secretary was called to the chair. This meeting was addressed by three African missionaries, who had just arrived in the United States, namely, Revs. Beverly R. Wilson, A. F. Russell, and J. S. Payne. All the speeches were excellent, but we were sorry so few were present to hear them. Another severe storm came on just at the time for com­ mencing the services, which doubtless prevented hundreds from attending the meeting. Only about one hundred were in attendance; but the meeting went on, and all seemed to enjoy it. Between sixty and seventy dollars were collected, and pledged on the occasion. TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT.

T im e , in its rapid flight, has brought us to the close of another missionary year ; and it again becomes the duty of the Board of Managers to present to the Society their regular Annual Report. In doing this, they would affectionately call upon the Society and its patrons to unite with them in humble and grateful acknowledgments to the great Head of the Church for the blessings vouchsafed to them in their arduous and re­ sponsible labors, as well as for the success which has thus far crowned the toils of his missionary servants. The history of the Society’s operations during another year is well calculated to strengthen the conviction we have all along entertained, that our efficiency in the prosecution of this great work is wholly of God. Whatever of importance may be attached to human instrumentalities, and however intel­ lectual, pious, and devoted, the instruments selected, it still remains a truth never to be lost sight of, that the success de­ sired is “ not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord.” In view of the objects and magnitude of the enter­ prise, and the mountain barriers by which its career is every­ where impeded, and in some cases threatened to be stopped, all hearts must unite in a deeply felt and cherished conviction, that our sole reliance for success must be on the promised help of the Holy Spirit. And for this should the whole Church de­ voutly, earnestly, and unceasingly pray, “ until the righteous­ ness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.” It is matter of devout thanksgiving to God, that, with one exception, the lives of our missionaries, both in the foreign and domestic fields, have been mercifully spared, and their general health preserved. A few have been afflicted, and for a time disabled ; but, generally, they have been able to prosecute their labors without serious interruption by sickness. We have 2 10 MISSIONARY REPORT. learned, [however, with unfeigned sorrow, that our beloved brother, William Hemminghouse, has fallen at his post in Burlington, Iowa, in the midst of a blessed revival. While in Germany, he occasionally attended the meeting of the Pietists. For a time after his arrival in this country, though not im­ moral, he lived “ without God in the world.” But, being pro­ videntially brought under the ministry of our German mis­ sionaries, he was awakened and happily converted to God. He immediately began to exhort his neighbors to “ flee the wrath to come,” and his labors were greatly blessed of God. When he left Beardstown in 1844, where he had been instru­ mental in raising a class of eighteen members, he did so in obedience to the authorities of the Church. He had been ad­ mitted on trial in the traveling connection, and was appointed to the Belleville Mission. Here he labored successfully two years. His third year was spent in Quincy, during which the society at that place doubled its numbers, and greatly advanced in holiness. When he came to Burlington, his last appoint­ ment, he found fourteen members; and, at the time of his death, about three months afterward, the society numbered thirty-nine. Brother Hemminghouse “ was a good man, full of faith and the Holy Ghost,” and “ many people were added to the Lord.” His loss in the German work will be severely felt; but it is our consolation to know that he died in peace, and now rests in heaven. It also becomes our painful duty to record the death of an­ other highly esteemed and valuable member of our Board. Our beloved brother, Nicholas Schureman, is no more. After a linger­ ing illness of several months, he closed his earthly career on the 27th of April, 1847, in the 62d year of his age, and 43d of his Christian pilgrimage. During his connection with the M. E. Church he was always one of her reliable and unchanging friends. For a period of thirty years he served in the capacity of trustee, class-leader, or as one of the Board of Managers of the Missionary Society; and, at the time of his lamented death, he filled all these offices. We learn from those who knew him best, that the last two years of his life were marked with a deeper spirituality, and more earnest efforts for personal holi­ ness,, than any other period of his history. Throughout the whole of his protracted illness, he seemed to be looking for a MISSIONARY REPORT. 11 complete victory; and after several severe struggles with the wily foe he came off “ more than conqueror.” He entered the chilling waters of Jordan, with the exclamation upon his tongue, “ I have strong confidence in God; he is with me; I have no doubts;” and thus passed triumphantly into glorious rest. His work is done, and his reward is sure. It affords your Managers no small degree of pleasure to be able to report a considerable enlargement of our missionary field, with an additional number of devoted and faithful la­ borers. Both in the domestic and foreign departments the work is extending; and at no period in the history of the Society have there been presented more providential openings for missionary labor, or more imperative demands upon the Church for the zealous and faithful prosecution of th« work committed to our care. The rapid increase of our missions among the Germans, and the remarkable success which has attended the self-denying and devoted men employed in them, are, perhaps, without a parallel in the history of modern mis­ sions. And, although much precious fruit has already been gathered, the future is still richer in promise. It will be seen by the details of this Report, that while some sections of our domestic field have been peculiarly favored of God, our foreign stations have not been entirely forgotten. The missions in Western Africa, and on the shores of the Pacific, have received some tokens of the divine approval, and present encouraging signs of progress. And though for a time various and formidable obstacles may present a somewhat discouraging aspect, an unwavering faith, and an unfaltering perseverance, will conquer them all, and victory shall perch upon the banners of Almighty truth. The cause is God’s, and must prevail. It was stated in our last Report that incipient measures had been taken by the authorities of the Church for the establish­ ment of a mission in China; and that two missionaries—one married, and the other single—had been sent to that field. Dispatches from these brethren, dated Hongkong, in August last, announce their safe arrival in China; and still later ad­ vices inform us that they had reached the city of Fuhchau, the place of their destination, and the scene of their future labors. They were in good health and excellent spirits. 12 MISSIONARY REPORT.

It will doubtless be gratifying to the Society, and to the friends of the China Mission* generally, to learn that it has been reinforced during the past year, by the appointment of Rev. Henry Hickok, of the Genesee Conference, and Rev. Ro­ bert S. Maclay, of the Baltimore Conference—the former of whom is married, and goes out as temporary superintendent of the mission. These beloved missionaries embarked for their new field of labor in the ship Paul Jones, which sailed from this port on the fourteenth of October, 1847. They are to be associated with the Rev. Messrs. White and Collins in the mis­ sion at Fuhchau. Including the wives of two of the mission­ aries, we have now six devoted laborers in that important field. Thus it will be seen, a foundation has been laid for a Methodist mission in the Celestial Empire; and we doubt not, that ere this, the reinforcement have reached their place of destination. And now, all the missionaries being at their post, the China Mission may be considered as fairly commenced. At the joint meeting of the General Missionary Committee and the Board, which was held in May, 1847, the subject of enlarging our field of operations, and of increasing the appro­ priations to some of the domestic missions, especially those among the Germans and Indians, was taken into serious con­ sideration. And after a careful examination of the various aspects of the question, and in view of the large balance re­ maining in the treasury, they deemed it expedient to provide more liberally for these interesting and promising missions, as also for a prudent extension of the foreign work. A consider­ ably increased appropriation was accordingly made for both departments. The whole sum appropriated for our missionary work, at home and abroad, was rising eighty thousand dollars. This amount, it will be seen, exceeds the entire receipts of the Society for the year preceding that which has just closed ; and is, perhaps, the largest appropriation that has ever been made for a single year, with one exception. In addition to these increased demands upon the treasury, your Board, in the early part of the year, found themselves in circumstances which rendered an increase of their incidental expenses imperatively necessary. From the commencement of the Society’s operations, the Board, in conducting the business devolving upon them, have been entirely dependent upon the MISSIONARY REPORT. 13 kindness and courtesy of the Agents of the Book Concern for rooms, and various other accommodations. And though the facilities thus furnished have, by no means, been such as the business and interests of the Society demanded, yet, for the sake of economizing its funds, they have been gratefully ac­ cepted, because gratuitously conferred. The period came, how­ ever, when it was no longer convenient for the Agents to allow us even these privileges. We were, therefore, under the ne­ cessity of making new arrangements; and in view of the fact that the Society was in possession of a considerable amount of funds, the interest only of which could be expended, and be­ lieving themselves fully warranted in providing the necessary facilities for transacting the business assigned them, the Board determined to invest said funds in the erection of suitable buildings for missionary purposes. Although this arrangement has necessarily added to the usual amount of incidental ex­ penses, it is confidently believed, that, ultimately, the interests of the Society will thereby be greatly promoted. Whatever opinions may be entertained of this project, the measure was dictated by necessity, and urgently called for by the numerous wants and increasing business of the Society. But, notwithstanding these greatly increased disbursements, the Board are happy in being able to state, that no serious em­ barrassments have ensued. The drafts upon the treasury have all been duly honored, and at the close of our missionary year the treasurer of the Society reported a balance in hand of 11,656 dollars* This prosperous |state of our finances, so gratifying to the Board, will doubtless be hailed with grate­ ful emotions by the Society, and all its devoted patrons. It relieves us from painful apprehensions of the future, by encou­ raging the hope, that the perplexing financial embarrassments with which, for several years, we were obliged to grapple, may never be renewed. By dispatches received from Rev. William Roberts, the newly appointed Superintendent of the Oregon Mission, dated San Francisco-—at which place he spent several days—we are informed that a great and effectual door is opened in Cali­ fornia for missionary operations. So strong were his convic­ tions of the importance of missionary effort in that country, * This does not include the account of the assistant treasurer, which was not received when this part of the Report was printed. 14 MISSIONARY REPORT. that he urged the Board with much pathos, and great earnest­ ness, to lose no time in establishing a mission at that post. The Board were deeply impressed by the weighty considerations urged in favor of this measure; but however favorably they might have been disposed toward this project, they were pow­ erless to act. The restrictions imposed upon them by the modifications of the Constitution, as proposed by the last Gene­ ral Conference—in which they, of course, concurred—made it necessary to postpone the whole question until the next meeting of the General Missionary Committee. In view of this and other cases which are constantly coming up, the Board would respectfully suggest, whether there is not a needless stringency about this new arrangement which may be detri­ mental to the interests we are laboring to promote. Certainly no great danger need be apprehended in leaving a discretionary power with the Board, and the bishops having charge of foreign missions, to meet such cases of emergency. It is sincerely hoped that this suggestion may receive, at the proper time and place, the attention it merits. In preparing this Report, it has been the aim of the Board to present separately, and in detail, so far as they were able, the most full and accurate accounts of the missions under our care. No pains have been spared to obtain from the various depart­ ments of our work all the information necessary to the accom­ plishment of this object. Still, they can hardly hope to have succeeded to the entire satisfaction of all concerned. Our correspondence, though much more satisfactory than formerly, is still, in many instances, entirely too limited, and in others lamentably barren, in statistical information. With the mate­ rials furnished us we have done the best we could, and sin­ cerely hope there will be found no serious or just ground of complaint. In cases where the reports of missionaries were written in such a manner as to warrant it, they have been in­ serted, in whole or in part, in their own language; while, in many others, they have been incorporated in a more condensed form. It is believed, however, that material facts have in no case been omitted. The history and details of the several missions under the care of the Society will, so far as they have been furnished us, be found in their appropriate connections, and under their proper designations. MISSIONARY REPORT. 15

In pursuance of our accustomed order, we now proceed to lay before the Society a more detailed account of the two general departments of the work under its supervision, commencing with

FOREIGN MISSIONS.

This department includes, as heretofore, Liberia, Oregon, South America, and China Missions. We commence, as usual, with

1. Liberia Mission. Among all the mission fields now under the fostering care of this Society, perhaps no one has excited, in a higher degree, the sympathies and hopes of the Church, than that of Western Africa. And though one after another of her noblest sons have found a premature grave in that land of death; and others, after the most daring, yet ineffectual, attempts to brave the dangers of its poisonous malaria, have been reluctantly com­ pelled to retire from the field; still her voice is heard in tones of weeping compassion, “ How shall I give thee up? how shall I give thee up ?” Nor will she allow herself to become disheartened, or to entertain any misgivings as to the final issue. An unyielding necessity may compel a change of policy in relation to the superintendency of the mission, but a thought of its abandonment can never be cherished for a single mo­ ment. Africa is a part of the “ inheritance” ceded to our redeeming Lord, and the Church will claim it for him, and in his name. Difficulties, dangers, and death, may array them­ selves in every threatening aspect; but however formidable these obstacles may appear, they are not insurmountable. He who has said, “ I will overturn, overturn, overturn,” will see to it, that whatever impedes the march of his “ sacramental hosts,” shall either be removed, or rendered subservient to the advancement of his spiritual kingdom. But however certain may be the final triumphs of the cross in that dark and degraded land, it is no less certain that the agencies and instrumentalities by which they are to be achieved will be of divine selection. It is with deep regret we learn that there is now a less number of effective missionaries employed in this field than 16 MISSIONARY REPORT. formerly. We find, in the list of appointments for 1848, nine­ teen circuits and stations, nearly one-third of which are left to be supplied. Such a state of things is very much to be deplored, but should not be allowed to exert a disheartening influence upon the friends of the mission. This deficiency in laborers is not irremediable. Providence has hitherto supplied the wants of our missions in Liberia, both as to men and means. Nor have we any good reason to fear that he will leave us unprovided for in this emergency. Notwithstanding the fatal influence of the climate upon the white missionaries hitherto employed in that field, there are others of our white brethren who stand ready, at the call of the Church, to make any sacrifice for Africa’s regeneration. Should it be deemed advisable, by those to whose care these great interests are intrusted, that this mission should remain a little longer under the superintendency of a white man, we have good reasons to believe that a suitable brother may be obtained for that re­ sponsible charge. There are also, at this time, several colored men at the South, well recommended, who are willing to be employed as missionaries in Africa, and even pleading for the privilege. Could these men obtain the means necessary to enable them to purchase their freedom from slavery, their services might be at once secured. What an opportunity is here presented for the exercise of a pure philanthropy! Here the friends of Christ, and of humanity, may find a most ap­ propriate sphere of usefulness. To release a Christian slave from bondage, and elevate him to the dignity of a missionary of the cross in a heathen land, would be one of the noblest developments of true Christian charity. And who will not say, both in word and in deed, “ Loose him and let him go ?” Let him go to the land of his fathers, and be the humble and happy instrument of snapping asunder the fetters of his brethren, millions of whom are groaning under a gloomier and more hopeless bondage than that he has felt himself! Such an exercise of philanthropy and Christian benevolence by the friends of Africa would very soon enable us to supply all the vacancies now existing, and also greatly to enlarge the work. The subject of constituting Liberia an independent republic has, for some time, been agitated among the colonists. That MISSIONARY REPORT. 17 measure has, at length, been decided upon, and a constitution, framed after the model of that of the United States* adopted by the people. We are happy to have learned that this important step has been taken with the full consent of the Colonization Society, which has been the foster-mother of the colony from the beginning. A government has been organized, and Mr. Roberts, who has for some time past been the governor of the colony, is elected the president of the new republic. Whether this change in the civil policy of that community will have any influence upon the interests of our missions in Western Africa remains to be seen. The measure, it would seem, did not meet with the universal approval of the people; some be­ lieving it to be of doubtful expediency, and its immediate adoption, to say the least, premature. It is seriously and de­ voutly hoped, however, that the prosperity and perpetuity of this new organization may prove that the evil forebodings of the dissentients were without foundation. The past year has been one of more than usual prosperity. Several of the mission stations have been graciously visited from on high, and cheering results have followed. Numerous conversions have taken place, and a very encouraging number of hopeful accessions have been made to the Church. Among these are a considerable number of the native children in our various schools. Nearly one half of the Congoes taken from the slave-ship “ Pons,” and committed to the care of the mis­ sion, have learned to read the word of God, and, what is still better, have recently professed converting grace. Some of our latest accounts of this work of God among these recaptured Africans are of the most touching and thrilling character. But as they have generally been published in our Church peri­ odicals, it is not deemed necessary to enter into details in this Report. Since the above was written, Brother Benham has returned to this country, with his wife and a Congo girl. They came in the Liberia packet, Captain Goodmanson, and arrived at North Point, below Baltimore, on the 1st of March. Owing to the feeble state of his health, it is not probable Brother Ben­ ham will return to that field of labor. A more detailed report of the mission has been furnished us by the Superintendent since his arrival. As we deem it advisable to insert this report 3 18 MISSIONARY REPORT. without abridgment, further remarks by the Board are not necessary. The following is his report:—

Annual Report of the Liberia Mission of the Methodist Episcopal Church, for the year 1847.

To th e C o r . S ec. of th e M issio n ar y S ociety of th e M . £ . C htjrch.

R ev. a nd D e a r B r o th e r,— In presenting my third Annual Report, I am happy to inform you that only one in the immediate employ of the mission has died during the year. With this exception, most of our brethren and sisters have en­ joyed tolerably good health. Perhaps there has been less occasion than usual, on account of sickness or death, to leave any department unprovided for. In relation to the health of my companion and myself, you have been pretty fully informed in former dispatches. Our health has undergone no material change recently. From a residence of more than two years in Liberia, we have become fully satisfied that we have not constitutions adapted to that tropical climate; and are hoping and expecting that provision will be made to supply the deficiency occasioned by our resignation, and return to the United States—at fur­ thest during the session of the ensuing General Conference. In the early part of the year, the principal of our Conference Seminary and joint publisher of the Luminary, Rev. W . B. Hoyt, returned to the United States: and his assistant in the seminary, brother Morris, a colored man sent out from Rich­ mond, suffered much from sickness; in consequence of which the school was discontinued several months. As soon as the lamented brother Gripon could be spared from Millsburg, he was employed as principal. He commenced the first week in June; and in less than six months, his sudden death occasioned another interruption; and, as yet, the vacancy continues. Brother Gripon has been more or less intimately connected with the Liberia Mission since the sickness and death of the beloved Cox, as teacher and me­ chanic, and ultimately as principal of the Liberia Conference Seminary. As a short memoir of him has been published in the Luminary of December, and ad­ ditional particulars were given in my diary immediately after his decease, further notice of Mm here may be omitted. In order to a more distinct account of our missions in Africa, I will, as usual, present a few general facts in relation to each department; commencing with Cape Palmas.—This station, as you are aware, is nearly 300 miles below Mon- rovia, in the bounds of the Maryland Colony, beyond the bounds of Liberia pro­ per. It has been under the supervision of Rev. F. Bums, assisted by two local preachers, two exhorters, three interpreters, and a female teacher. The society, composed almost entirely of colonists, numbers 210; there are -also two Sunday schools, embracing 111 scholars. Among the natives, 9 to 30 miles distant, we have three stations; no satisfactory cases of conversion have taken place that we are aware of, though deep religious impressions have been made. Knowledge has increased, and as a consequence the darkness of paganism has retired. Thirty or forty boys have been boarded and taught at the different stations. Our missionary at Gilibo is there with his family. Brother Harland, our teacher at Sarahkah, is a single man, but resides at his station, and boards nine boys. Brother Gross, our missionary at Dena, in consequence of sickness in his family, and want of suitable MISSIONARY REPORT. 19 accommodations at the station, has not yet removed his family to his charge, but is expected to do so soon. Seven persons have withdrawn from the Cape Palmas station during the year, and about the same number have been expelled. We have had several law-suits, arising partly from the unsettled state of Rev. A. Herring’s affairs there. An effort has been made to hold the M. E. Society for his debts. This is the point contested; but since they have received the decisions of the Board of Managers, disavowing any responsibility in relation to debts con- tracted by our missionaries, further than appropriations for the current expenses of their stations, and their own salaries, are concerned, there is a manifest disposition to waive the question for further consideration. There is a prospect of an ami- cable settlement. This the preacher in charge is instructed to accomplish, if practicable, agreeably to the principles established by the Board. Notwithstanding the unpleasant difficulties and litigations alluded to, near the close of the year a very evangelical revival of religion has been enjoyed, which has resulted in quickening the membership, and in an addition of about forty to the Church. W e have three churches in the American settlements, neither of which are large enough to accommodate the congregation which would attend public wor­ ship ; therefore the brethren are making an effort to build one of stone, upon a very central and eligible site. We hope the funds of the Missionary Society will enable the Board to make an appropriation of $400 at least, for this purpose. Arrangements have been made to erect a large native chapel about half a mile from the Mission house, contiguous to several large native towns, containing, pro­ bably, 4000 inhabitants. Should there be an encouraging prospect, it is intended not only to use this building for public worship and sabbath schools, but for day schools also; as an educated native may be employed at a small salary. For more definite information concerning this very important missionary field, allow me to refer you to brother Burns’s report written in August last, his letter written in Sept., and letters written from Rev. S. Smith, Rev. W . Harland, and A. Wood, Esq., accompanying this report. Greenville.—This circuit is situated at the mouth of the Sinoe River, and about midway between Monrovia and Cape Palmas. Rev. G. Simpson is our missionary at this place, assisted by an exhorter, who also acts as teacher. A strict disci­ plinarian, and thorough-going temperance man himself, he has mildly, but strictly, executed the rules of our Church relative to drinking ardent spirits; and as a con­ sequence has expelled several persons from Church privileges; one of whom, soon after his expulsion, while obstinately pursuing his course, was drowned. No special revival of religion has been enjoyed during the year, yet the society is in a very good state, though the number reported is less than it was at the date of our last report. We have one flourishing Sunday school among the colonists; and one day school among the natives on the opposite side of the river, under the special supervision of Dr. Brown, late of Monrovia. This is our only school among the Kroo people, and was commenced in Sep­ tember last with ten scholars. The establishment is very eligibly located, and the teacher is authorized to board and school twenty for the year ensuing. For further particulars, allow me to refer you to brother Simpson’s letters of Sept. and Dec.; and to Dr. Brown’s of Sept., included in the accompanying package, and to the November No. of the Luminary. Bassa Circuit.—This continues to be one of our most important locations. A 20 MISSIONARY REPORT.

partial revival of religion has been enjoyed at one or two points; but in general it has been a year of great spiritual dearth. The brethren employed were Rev. A. Herring, Rev. D. Ware, and J. Moore, Sup. The numbers in society are 140, including five local preachers. They have three Sunday schools, embracing 80 scholars. ( In March last a mission was commenced among the natives on the Mecklin River, a branch of the St. John’s, and about ten miles from its mouth. W e have in charge of this mission a promising young man, who, with his wife, speaks the lan­ guage of the Bassas with considerable fluency,- and is well acquainted with them and their customs. Out of respect to the venerable treasurer of the Missionary So­ ciety of the M. E. Church, we have called this place Lanesborough. The mission premises lie at a convenient distance between the two largest towns in that part of the country, which are about two miles apart. Here we tried the experiment of teaching all who came, promiscuously, without boarding any; but failed, as we have in every instance where we have made the attempt among the natives. An unsuccessful effort has been made by our Baptist brethren to enlist our teacher in their interests; but as yet he appears to be firm, and is zealously and successfully prosecuting his calling. Instead of taking ten as boarding scholars, the number heretofore allowed, he is authorized to take fifteen. The preacher in charge of this part of our work unfortunately became involved in politics, growing out of his office as delegate to the convention for framing a constitution securing the independence of Liberia. Party feeling and party measures were the consequences in the societies, always derogatory to the spirit of religion. In general, however, the membership remain firm. This affords another practical but painful illustration of the wisdom of the Board in in­ structing tjieir missionaries, “ ora no account to accept of any office, civil or military“ to do nothing which shall in the least conflict with their appropriate calling.” While we have made provision for the commencement of a day school at Mar. shall, in view of their inability to sustain one, we have not recommended any appropriation to either of the day schools at Bassa among the colonists, and have disposed of the school-house at Edina, on the presumption that the citizens are able to sustain their own schools. W e are glad to be able to announce this fact, as it will afford encouragement to the friends of these missions, that the people in Bassa County will soon be able, not only to support their own schools, but their religious insti'utions also. For further information allow me again to refer you to documents already in your possession—the July No. of the Luminary and my diary. Marshall and Mount Hall.— These places are named together, as they are upon the same river, (Junk,) and located in the same tribe, and in their general interests combined. Rev. H. B. Matthews has been our missionary at Marshall, but so much out of health, that about the middle of the year he was superseded by Rev. W . H. Payne, our missionary stationed at Jamaica, or Little Cape Mount, who, notwithstanding our fond hopes of a more favorable result, failed in his attempts to establish a mission there; and was, therefore, employed at Mount Hall, and exercised a pastoral oversight of our society at Marshall. As soon as the buildings necessary for the mission among the natives were erected, he located himself among them, and commenced school in June with ten boarding scholars. The society at Marshall numbers about twenty; and the colonists in the settle­ ment number perhaps one hundred and fifty, who subsist chiefly by farming, taking MISSIONARY RSPORT. 21 fish and oysters, and burning lime. There has been something of a religious revival among them, and a few have been added to the society. Long accus­ tomed to the munificence of the Missionary Society in supplying them with reli­ gious and educational privileges, and in various ways receiving from, instead of adding to, the funds of this institution, they felt themselves aggrieved when their preacher, as they called brother Payne, who took up his temporary residence with them while his establishment was being fitted up at Mount Hall, was removed. He was instructed to visit them, and spend every second or third sabbath in min­ istering to them, provided they would furnish a conveyance for him up and down the river. This, however, they did not condescend to do, but wrote a pretty sharp remonstrance to the Superintendent for being neglected, saying, “ We feel hard,” &c. I mention this singular circumstance to illustrate the principle, that it is possible for communities so long to enjoy blessings which “ cost them nothing,” that they come finally to claim them by right. The same principle is illustrated in the ingratitude of the whole human family to Him from whom cometh “ every good and perfect gift.” For the present year brother J. L. Morris is our mission­ ary here, who is instructed to take charge of the society and teach a day school. To provide for our new missionary establishment at Cape Mount, it became expedient to remove brother Payne from Mount Hall, though he was doing good there, and laying the foundation for lasting improvements. To supply the vacancy thus occurring, we were obliged to remove brother John A. Clarke, the foreman of our printing establishment, to Mount Hall. He is a native of the Bassa tribe, has been educated in our Mission, is a member of our Church, and has recently married a colonist, who is a member of the Baptist Church. He is the first of the fruits of our missionary labor among the natives, to whom the responsibility of a missionary establishment has been intrusted. We bespeak for him a special re­ membrance in the prayers of the friends of the Liberia Mission. He will be well received, and very cheerfully undertakes his responsible work. His heart was evidently moved toward them, when, for the first time since his return from New- York, he visited his people near the close of the year. Bargay, the king, had some intimations of our intention to remove brother Payne, and feared his place would not be supplied; he therefore sent us hiB compliments by brother Clarke, and said, “ Tell your father I am hungry for a missionary.” Our school here is situated on a small eminence opposite the king’s town. The place we call Mount Hall, out of respect to our late worthy recording secretary. The site of the establishment, together with all the protection and privileges we asked, is secured to us (as is the case at most of our mission stations) by formal agreement. Ten boys are here boarded and schooled. For particulars you are referred to the July and Sept. Nos. of the Luminary. Monrovia.— This continues to be the centre of our operations; and everything important connected with our missions here is so well known, that but few re­ marks are necessary. Rev. J. S. Payne is stationed in this town, and has charge of 213 members, including one local preacher. There are two Sunday schools, one for the children of the colonists, the other for the natives. Being held at different hours, some attend both schools. Neither of these were as well attended at the close as at the commencement of the year, chiefly in consequence of fre­ quent interruptions during a long-continued protracted meeting. The number of scholars reported is seventy. A few have been expelled or discontinued from the society, and more than fifty have been admitted on probation, including colonists and natives. The work 22 MISSIONARY REPORT. was very evangelical and extensive; and would our limits allow, we might furnish many interesting instances of its genuineness and power. W e are hoping that the handful of com which has been planted will shake like Lebanon among the surrounding tribes and nations. The Conference Seminary, during the first few weeks of the Conference year, was attended by upward of seventy scholars, but most of them were beginners. We have had several changes and interruptions during the year; the school was finally closed on the 26th of November, in consequence of the death of our principal. The Native Chapel having gone to decay, the lot on which it stood has been disposed of, and our meetings for the natives have been combined with the native Sunday school in the Seminary building, and at Kroo Town. At this place, near the harbor, we have erected a native church, where brothers Matthews, Morris, and others, have preached to them occasionally, with but little apparent success, however. Brother Payne’s health has been very good, which has enabled him to perform his labors in preaching, pastoral visiting, and in attending to the general interests of the Church, very efficiently; especially during the late very gracious revival of re­ ligion enjoyed on his charge. Brother Morris has been so much out of health during the past year, that he has been able to do but little, either as a preacher or an assistant in the Seminary. Brother Matthews has also been much out of health. More definite information may be gathered concerning this station, published in the Luminary of Nov. last. Saint Paul's River Circuit.—This circuit embraces several appointments on the south side of the river, commencing at New-Georgia, five miles above Mon­ rovia, and ending at Upper Caldwell, seven miles higher up. Revs. E. Johnson and J. Byrd have been employed here. It was expected that the circuit would have been enlarged by adding several appointments in native towns on both sides of the river, but for various reasons the labors of the preachers have been almost entirely confined to the American settlements. They have had charge of 115 members, including four local preachers. Two Sunday schools have been kept up, embracing 45 scholars. W e have also supported two day schools, numbering 48 scholars, under the tuition of sisters Eunice Moore and Martha Harris. Re­ lative to the condition and prospects of these schools, permit me to refer you to their reports inclosed in the accompanying package. One of these schools only will be continued. There has been a very good revival of religion on the circuit, and an increase in numbers, and, we may hope, in deep piety also. There are members here, as well as elsewhere, of rare excellence, whose constancy, zeal, piety, and holy living, render them pillars in the Church. W e should be glad if this could be said of all the members on this circuit. For further information, see Luminary for Nov. and Dec. Millsburg and White Plains.—These settlements are the most interior of the American settlements in Liberia, on opposite sides of the St. Paul’s ; the first on the north, about twenty miles from Monrovia, the latter on the south, side. The two are united in one charge, under the supervision of Rev. J. W . Roberts, as­ sisted by a school teacher, who is also expected to instruct some of the boys in shoemaking; and a carpenter, who has charge of the mechanic shop, and at the recess of the school has several boys under instruction. At White Plains we have 60 acres of excellent land, lying directly on the MISSIONARY REPORT. 23 river, a very eligible and beautiful site. Here, in addition to what is already enjoyed, we should have, as soon as possible, a blacksmith’s shop in operation, and the establishment enlarged, to accommodate the more advanced and promising boys in our native schools generally. Elsewhere they may be roughly hewn; here they should be polished. To furnish these preliminaries may cost $3000 or $4000, with the aid of the boys; but we sincerely hope that the state of the treasury will justify the Board in making this appropriation forthwith. Our school here numbers 30 boys, several of whom have recently professed faith in Christ, and already give promise of usefulness, ardently looking forward to the period when they will be able to read and preach God’s word to their countrymen. They are making very good improvements. Millsburg, it is well known, is the location of the Millsburg Female Academy, under the supervision of sisters Wilkins and Brush, the only white persons now actually employed in our missions in Liberia. They have suffered considerable inconvenience during the last rainy season, for want of room, especially when either of them has been sick, which has frequently been the case. The new establishment, built of brick, 21 by 40 feet, and two stories high, was nearly com- pleted, with the necessary outbuildings, except the piazza, which' will be finished after they remove into it. Before this date we presume they have commenced their school in this convenient establishment, on this eligible situation, in a very good society, within a few rods of the church. The school numbers 27 girls and 2 boys, who are improving in education and household economy. What is still better, most of those capable of understanding the nature and obligations of Chris­ tianity have embraced religion and united with the Church. This being our only literary institution for the education of native girls, should still enlist the prayers and contributions of the friends of the African race. Our school for the citizens of Millsburg has been continued to the close of the year, as prosperous as usual. Brother Roberts has labored very successfidly during the year. Here also a glorious revival of religion has been enjoyed. There is a very promising and prosperous Sunday school o f 85 scholars. The Society num. bers 89, including two local preachers. For a more full and interesting account I must refer you to the July, Oct., and Nov., Nos. of the Luminary. Eobertsville.—This is a barricaded native town about five miles from White Plains. Rev. B. R. Wilson is the preacher in charge, assisted by a school teacher and interpreter. Though I have visited this place several times, I have never yet been able to attend one of my quarterly meetings there. The town is rapidly improving in its appearance, both as it regards the missionary establish­ ment and the native habitations. The chief man of the town is a member of our society there, and is very industrious and enterprising. This place is beautifully situated upon an eminence surrounded by extensive rice, cassada, com, and potato fields, having a small pure, cool, perennial stream of water, running near the base of the hill. Here w.e have a manual labor school, consisting of 29 boys, a Sun­ day school of more than 30, and a society of 30 native converts. Being unable to attend their last quarterly meeting, I engaged brother Roberts to visit them. He gave a very encouraging account of the meeting. For several weeks previously some of the school boys at Heddington had been earnestly seek­ ing salvation, and some of them had given satisfactory evidence of having passed from death unto life. Most of the boys from this school, together with some of those from Robertsville, had frequently visited Millsburg during the late revival there, whose hearts the Lord had touched. At this season they met together, and 24 MISSIONARY REPORT. a general awakening took place. Brother Wilson reports as the result of this meeting, thirty converts to Christianity; all natives except one, and mostly mem­ bers of our mission schools. For particulars, allow me again to refer you to the documents, particularly to brother Wilson’s report of Dec. 21, 1847, filed among the documents forwarded. Heddington.—This is also one of our native stations, and the first established under the patronage of our Missionary Society, two miles further interior. Though these places approximate so near each other as to make it seem almost superfluous to keep up missionary establishments at both places, yet it should be understood that they are separated by rugged hills, and a marsh almost impassable in the rainy season. This place is situated on a tract of rather low, but rich land. Rev. A. F. Russell is our missionary here, assisted by his wife, a teacher, and an interpreter; and the manual labor school numbers 18. Our society consists of 44, including probationers. Here, also, we have a flourishing Sunday school. We regard this as one o f our most prosperous native stations. They were, at one period, somewhat disquieted by rumors of wars, but before the conclusion of the year all was quieted; and it was satisfactorily ascertained that their fears were nearly groundless. It is expected that, in company with brother Payne, brother Russell will visit the United States soon, when he will doubtless interest many with details of the work of God here and elsewhere, through his instrumentality. You will find many additional and interesting particulars in brother R.’s report, forwarded to you; also in the July and Nov. Nos. of the Luminary. Mount Andrew and Garrettson Station.—This is our most interior station, being about 150 miles from Monrovia. It will be perceived that one place enumerated formerly, among the Goulah people, has been omitted, namely, Morrisburg. As the town has been almost entirely depopulated, and there being other and larger towns nearer Mount Andrew than that, our brethren employed in that country thought they could spend their time to better advantage by visiting and holding meetings with them than by visiting Morrisburg. I regret that candor obliges me to say that Garrettson station is little more than nominal. Last year 54 members were reported for this place, and 50 are reported for this year, though it is acknowledged very few of them can be found; and with this exception, all have probably again relapsed into heathenism. The number, however, is retained for the purpose of disposing of them constitutionally, by in­ quiring after them, and expelling, discontinuing, or reporting the correct number at the next Conference. As to Mount Andrew, I regret that such has been the state of my health that I have been unable to visit it and report from personal observation. Brother J. W. Hazel has been our missionary to this people, assisted by a brother Thomas Morris, both pious young men. Provision was made for brother H. to take his wife also as a co-laborer; and, from her character, we antici­ pated much in regard to the influence she might exert among her sex in that heathen country; although willing herself to go, she was prevailed upon by her friends to remain at Monrovia:. Upon this subject, brother H., in his last report, speaks as follows“ Before I left to return home, I had come fully to the conclusion that it would not be safe for me, or any other person, to take his family out, as the country is altogether unsettled.” In relation to the influence of the Gospel among them, this is his report:— “ At Mount Andrew, with very few exceptions, the people will not attend divine service. I endeavor to persuade, coax, and entice them to come, but all MISSIONARY REPORT. 25 avails nothing. As soon as they hear the bell, some run off; my school-boys sometime! hail them, and inquire whether they do not expect to die; to which they give some far-fetched reply. During the year I spared no pains striving to carry out your orders and the instructions of the Board; yet I have done compa. ratively nothing.” In relation to his school of 14 boys, he says,—“ Improvement in my pupils is plainly to be seen. The most advanced in school is a lad about 16 or 17 years of age, by the name of Edmund S. Janes, a boy belonging to the king, who has informed me that he intends taking him from the school, giving him a wife, and making him one of his field hands, as he derived no benefit from the boy’s going to school. Edmund has just begun to be serviceable in the school as he is taken away. It is truly mortifying to be treated thus, but such cases will occur where the kings have one in their power.” We have recently been informed that war was expected at Mount Andrew im­ mediately, which would probably break up our mission there for the time being. Brother Wilson or Russell is expected to accompany the two brethren employed in Goulah, to inquire into the state of the society, prospects for missionary opera­ tions, and into the general condition of the country, as soon as they can do it safely, and report the result of their observations through the Luminary, or directly to the Board. We have no converts from heathenism at Mount Andrew. From the foregoing quotations and statements it will be seen that our prospects in that once promising missionary field are rather gloomy. Nevertheless, we do not intend to yield to discouragements, but press forward, trusting in God for success, believing that “ duty is ours, results are the Lord’s.” Additional information may be gathered from Brother Hazel’s report, to be found in the package, and in the Nov. No. of the Luminary. Mesurado River Circuit.—-This circuit has recently been formed, entirely among the natives situated on and near the Mesurado River, commencing at a town a few miles above its mouth, and extending some twenty miles to its head. Rev. E. Johnson is appointed to this place, who seemed very cheerful in contem­ plating his new field. Everything is, therefore, prospective. Not reflections on probabilities, but facts, are what should be embodied in a report; more than we have said, then, will not be expected. Cape Mount.—This also is a new missionary establishment, at the mouth of a river, and at the base of a beautiful promontory bearing this name, on the coast, about 45 miles north-west of Monrovia, and beyond the bounds of the colony. At our request, brother Wilson recently visited this and contiguous places; made an agreement with the natives ; and contracted for a mission-house to be erected on the site of a slave factory recently destroyed by the natives, agreeably to a treaty between them and the English cruisers. Rev. ~W. H. Payne, who speaks the Mandingo language with some fluency, is our missionary, who was to proceed directly to his charge as soon as an opportunity should occur. For some years this has been regarded by our missionaries and others as a very promising and important field for missionary operations. These people are more docile, tractable, and intelligent; and, if we except the Kroomen, more enter­ prising than most other tribes on the coast. Independent of heathenism, until recently, there were two barriers in the way of the introduction of Christianity— slavery and Mohammedanism. The king and most of the head men were slave- merchants, purchasing by hundreds, slaves, camwood, and ivory, drove and brought from the interior, and bartered, in exchange for various other commodities, at 26 MISSIONARY REPORT.

Galenus and Cape Mount. Explanatory of the foregoing statement, I may remark, that the common practice has been (by what ever means the slaves might be ob­ tained, whether raised for market or taken captive in war) to compel all who were able to carry loads; those who were too young or too feeble to walk, were carried by their more robust companions. Thus accoutred they were driven to market. Doubtless, hundreds of these ill-fated beings have been shipped from the very spot now occupied by our missionary establishment; from whence we hope, by the blessing of God, to send out, within a few years, educated and con. verted youth, to enlighten and save their people. W e now have three native youth from this place in our schools at White Plains and Millsburg, who we hope will soon become valuable auxiliaries to this mission, two of them having recently embraced religion. W e said Mohammedanism was, and, we may add, still is, a barrier to the intro, duction of Christianity, perhaps even more formidable than heathenism itself. Many of these people can read and write, having been educated in Mohammedan schools. The little education they have, ministers to their superstition and pride, and we are not to expect victory without a contest. Had we the men and means, we should have four or five missionary establishments instead of one. I close these remarks by referring you to the January and December Nos. of the Luminary for 1847.

AFRICA’S LUMINARY. Our litde missionary monthly, you are aware, we continue to publish. It is quite serviceable to the mission as a convenient medium of communication; and though its limited patronage makes the expenses of its publication exceed by far its income, yet we hope that by all means the Board will continue to authorize its publication. Considerable changes have taken place in the office, but I presume all will be satisfactory. Since July we have employed but two native youth as compositors, except in cases of emergency. In making arrangements to supply our general work, such was the paucity of laborers, that it was thought expedient to remove brother Clarke from the printing establishment to the Bassa country, as already noticed; his place, however, has been supplied by an experienced com- positor, who had previously been employed in the office by my predecessor. No suitable man, not otherwise employed, could be had to edit the paper after my departure; therefore an arrangement was made with Rev. J. S. Payne, preacher in charge of Monrovia, and J. B. M’Gill, Esq., our secular agent, to conduct it. I hope this economical arrangement will be satisfactory.

SECULAR AGENCY. During the absence of the Superintendent it is deemed expedient to employ a secular agent; I have, therefore, made an arrangement with brother M’Gill, as already intimated, to serve in that capacity, until an appointment shall be made by the Board. I hope they will immediately authorize the present incumbent, he being well qualified for the office.

MORE LABORERS Are very much wanted, if you can employ suitable colored men to engage as missionaries, I think it is now pretty satisfactorily ascertained, that although the whites from northern latitudes may live in Liberia, they cannot be depended upon for much labor. I do not, however, take upon me to decide this question. That MISSIONARY REPORT. 27 9 is with the bishop having charge of foreign missions, and the Board of Managers. For supplying the work suitably, as it now is, we need six more missionaries at least; and should we heed the calls for help within the bounds of our present field alone, we would need double that number.

CHANGE OF POLICY. Agreeably to what we understood to be the wishes of the patrons of these mis. sions generally, and of the Board in particular, we have discontinued several schools among the colonists, and have increased our operations among the natives. It should, however, be understood, that to support our native schools is far more expensive than to support those among the colonists. W e have also a less num­ ber of itinerant ministers now to do the same work than formerly.

LIBERIA ANNUAL CONFERENCE. This band of ministers, without exception, met at Monrovia on the 28th Dec., 1847, and closed Jan. 4, 1848. A remarkable providence has watched over us during the year, so that no death was reported, and no additional members became superannuated. The members of the Conference, as well as others employed in the missions, generally have attended to their work, agreeably to the instructions of the Board and the Superintendent. W e are sorry we cannot report this of all them. We hope now that the Rubicon is passed, and Liberia has become independent, there will be less occasion for them to leave the word of God to serve tables or re­ publics. Perhaps the arrangements for the year might not have been quite as satisfactory as usual, yet we presume that, under the circumstances, they were, at least, equally judicious. If we did not do the best we could, we did the best we knew how. W e however heard no complaining, except in one case; in every other instance the brethren were making preparations to go to their fields of labor cheerfully, as soon as practicable. The two brethren, Payne and Russell, who were selected last year, agreeably to the arrangement of the bishops, to be sent to the United States for ordination, for want of a convenient opportunity, did not go, but are designing to do so with Captain Lawlin, or by the Liberia packet on her return voyage.

STATIONS OF THE PREACHERS. Those marked thus (*) are Elders. J. B. Benham,* Superintendent; visits the United States. Monrovia Station and Krootown Chapel, J. S. Payne and H. B. Matthews, Sup. Conference Seminary, vacant. St. Paul’s River Circuit, J. Byrd. Millsburgh and White Plains, J. W . Roberts.* Robertsville, B. R. Wilson.* Heddington, A. F. Russell. Mount Andrew. To be supplied. Mesurado Circuit, E. Johnson. Marshall, J. L. Morris. Mount Hall. To be supplied. Grand Bassa Circuit, D. Ware, James Moore, Sup. Lonesborough. To be supplied. Greenville, G. Simpson. 28 MISSIONARY REPORT.

Blue Barre. To be supplied. Cape Palmas, F. Bums.* Gillibo. To be supplied. Barraka. To be supplied. Dena. To be supplied. Cape Mount, W. H. Payne. A. Herring,* without an appointment.

NUMBERS IN SOCIETY. Monrovia 213 St. Paul’s River Circuit 115 Millsburg and White Plains . 89 Robertsville . 30 Heddington . 44 Mount Andrew and Morrisburg 2 Garrettson Station 50 Edina, Bassa Cove, and Bexley 40 Greenville 51 Marshall 21 Cape Palmas 210

Total this year 965 Total last year 879

Increase 86

LOCAL PREACHERS MISSION SCHOOLS. L. Prs. D. Schools. No. Pup. S. Schools. No. Pup. Monrovia 1 1 60 2 70 St. Paul’s River Circuit 4 2 48 2 45 Millsburg and White Plains 2 3 105 1 85 Robertsville 1 30 1 34 Heddington 1 18 1 25 Mount Andrew and Morrisburg 1 14 1 14 Garrettson Station Edina, Bassa Cove, and Bexley 5 3 80 Greenville 1 10 2 45 Marshall Cape Palmas 5 4 72 5 156 Lanesborough 1 12 Mount Hall 1 10

17 16 379 18 554

WHAT HAS BEEN RAISED FOR THE SUPPORT OF MISSIONS T Monrovia .... . $144 08 St. Paul’s River Circuit . . . . 10 00 Millsburg and White Plains . . . 30 00 Edina, Ba3sa Cove, and Bexley Marshall . ' - . - 2 50 Greenville ...... Cape Palmas . . . . . 8 00 Mount Andrew . . . . 2 00 Heddington . . 25 00 Robertsville . . . . 20 00

Total $241 58

Next session to be held on the 1st Wednesday in Jan., 1849, at Bassa Cove. MISSIONARY REPORT. 29

LIBERIA CONFERENCE MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

During the year there has been raised by this Society $241 58. Thirty or forty dollars more, raised by collection and subscription, not satisfactorily accounted for, would have increased the avails of the Society to $270 or $280. The anni- versary of the Society, which was held during the session of the Conference, was one of unusual interest. Agreeably to previous announcement, we had voluntary speeches, which we think had not a little to do with the spirit and results of the meeting. It is presumed as many as fifteen or twenty persons spoke on the occa­ sion ; and, as near as could be ascertained at the time,-the collection and pledges amounted to $375. Though the meeting continued to a late hour in the evening, the interest remained to the last. The amount raised, I believe, was considerably more than was ever before raised at one anniversary.

CONCLUSION. And now, my dear brother, in bringing this, my third annual report, to a close, gratitude again swells my heart in remembrance of the interest substantially mani­ fested in behalf of ourselves, and the people among whom we labor, by the mem­ bers and friends of the Missionary Society of the M. E. Church; in remembrance not only of the benevolence of the Board of Managers, but of their patience and promptness in replying to our various inquiries, counseling and instructing us; in remembrance of the many comforting and edifying epistles we have received from you, as the organ of the Board, and as a fellow-laborer in the great missionary field. But, above all, we gratefully acknowledge the goodness of God, who has impressed the solemn obligation upon the Church militant, to go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature; that he has opened the hearts and hands of liis people to give of their abundance; that he has disposed the dear fathers and brethren, constituting the Board of Managers, to give so frequently their time and attention to the great missionary work; and that he has given you ability and readiness cheerfully to discharge the weighty responsibilities "of your office in reference to this mission. It affords us pleasure to be able to report an increase of 86, or near one-tenth, mostly converted Congoes. I am glad to perceive that the Liberia mission has so deep a hold upon the affections of our friends and brethren in America. We hope that interest will continue and increase. A great work is to be done by us, in common with Christians of other denominations, before Africa shall be redeemed. Let us not be weary in well doing; for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. ' I remain your obliged and affectionate friend and felloW-laborer, Liberia Packet, at sea, Feb. 22, 1848. J. B. B enh am. ^

2. Oregon Mission. William Roberts, Superintendent: residence, Oregon City. Oregon City Circuit, David Leslie, missionary. East Willamette, James H. Wilbur, A. F. Waller, missionaries. West Willamette, William Helms, Josiah L. Parrish, missionaries. Several dispatches have been received from this mission during the year; but as they are mostly written in the diary 30 MISSIONARY REPORT.

form, we deem it unadvisable to insert them in our Report; especially as the late Superintendent has since returned to this country, and made an oral communication to the Board on all the important matters relating to the mission. f Brotherl&ary and his lady left Oregon in July, 1847, in the ship Brutus, for the Sandwich Islands, to which they had an unusually short voyage. On their arrival at Honolulu, they were led to expect a long detention at that place for want of a passage home. But on learning that the whale-ship, William Hamilton, of New-Bedford, bound to the United States, 'had put into that port, brother Gary resolved to procure a passage in her, and made immediate application to Captain Fisher ac­ cordingly^) On his first application, the answer of the captain amounted almost to a repulse, as he stated there were no suit­ able accommodations in the ship for passengers, especially for a lady; but on a second application, assisted by Rev. Mr. Damon, the seaman’s chaplain at that place, he happily suc­ ceeded. The captain and his mate had held a consultation on the subject, and entered into an arrangement to favor the re­ quest. By this arrangement the captain was to vacate his state­ room for the accommodation of the missionaries, provided he could have the one appropriated to the mate. The noble- hearted mate said, at once, he would agree to it if it subjected him to the necessity of sleeping on chairs. Thus, by the kind­ ness of these generous men our missionaries were accommo­ dated and rendered comfortable during the voyage. In addition to the spacious room furnished them, they were laid under increased obligations by the marked attentions of the captain and all his officers while on the passage; and, above all, for the generosity of the captain, who, at the termination of the voyage, refused to receive more than fifty dollars for the pas­ sage, though at liberty, by the consent of the owners of the ship, to fix his own price, and to appropriate the whole amount to his personal benefit. On a representation of these facts to the Board by brother Gary, they passed, unanimously, a vote of thanks to the cap­ tain and his officers, and resolved, at the same time, that a handsome quarto Bible, with a certificate of life membership of the Parent Society, be presented to each, as a small token of their gratitude for favors so generously bestowed. MISSIONARY REPORT. 31 v The William Hamilton arrived at New-Bedford on the 14th of January, 1848; and brother Gary and his wife reached NewYork on the 18th of the same month, after a very plea­ sant voyage of about six months from the mouth of the Co­ lumbia River. The day following that of his arrival, brother Gary appeared before the Board, and presented, in an address of more than two hours in length, a detailed and most satis­ factory account of the manner in which he had fulfilled the responsible duties devolving on him as Superintendent of the mission, as also the present condition and prospects of our missionary work in that distant field. An outline of this ad­ dress will furnish the fullest and latest intelligence from this mission, and therefore present to the Society and its friends the most satisfactory report concerning it. We have availed our­ selves of the copious notes taken by several competent brethren during its delivery, from which we have condensed the sub­ stance of his remarks. On his arrival in Oregon, brother Gary found the mission greatly and injuriously involved in secular business. The missionaries had not abandoned their proper calling, but so great was the number of secular men employed in the mission, and such the extent of the mercantile, mechanical, and agri­ cultural operations connected with it, that it presented more the appearance of a design to establish a colony, than of an associated effort to promote true Christian evangelization. As might have been expected, so extensive a connection with secular matters had excited the suspicions of the new settlers, and prejudiced them, to some extent, against the mission itself. Having fully satisfied himself of the true state of things, brother Gary was not long in determining upon his course. He saw clearly, that however pure the motives of the projectors of this plan of operations may have been, and however useful the policy in the incipient state of the mission, the time had fully come when a change was absolutely necessary. He therefore, as s:on as practicable, closed the secular concerns of the mission by selling off the property; reserving only what was deemed necessary to its spiritual and successful prose­ cution. The books of the secular department showed about $30,000 due on account of the mission, and liabilities amounting to 32 MISSIONARY REPORT. about $10,000. A considerable portion of the $30,000 was due for goods which had been credited to various individuals in the territory; and, of course, it was impossible to estimate its real value. It was evident that years, at least, would be required to close the business, and that this slow process of ad­ justment and collection must ultimately terminate in great loss. Brother Gary therefore determined, after the most mature delibe­ ration, to make, if possible, a speedy and wholesale adjustment of the' matter; and this he at length effected with Mr. Aber- nethy, now governor of the territory. In this arrangement Mr. Abernethy allowed $20,000 for the debts due the mission, assuming all its liabilities, and giving security for the balance of $10,000. By this mode of adjustment the mission was re­ lieved from much perplexity; and it can hardly be doubted that future developments will prove the wisdom and economy of the measure. The whole white population of the territory—not including the immigrants of last year, who had not arrived when he left —is estimated by brother Gary at between seven and eight thousand. Of these, about five hundred are in what is now called Oregon City, at the Willamette Falls: This is the only point, at present, of much commercial importance, though brother Gary thinks the period is not very far distant when a rival city will be found about fifty miles up the Willamette, which he deems a most favorable location. At this point he has secured the possession of a square mile of land, which is designed as the nucleus of an institution of learning, under the supervision of the M. E. Church in Oregon. Incipient mea­ sures have already been adopted for its establishment, and no prudent efforts will be spared to give efficiency to the enter­ prise. The great body of the settlers, as yet, are scattered along on both sides of the Willamette River, the valley of which is considered the garden of the territory. The population of the agricultural portion of the community must, of course, be sparse, as each settler has the liberal allowance of a square mile for his farm. This policy, however, must produce favor­ able results, as it will necessarily lead to a more rapid and extensive settlement of the country, and to the opening of new and effectual doors for missionary enterprise. The state of morals in the community does not differ mate­ MISSIONARY REPORT. 33 rially from that which is usually presented in a newly settled country. Intemperance, and its inseparable train of kindred vices, prevail to a great extent; and it was greatly feared the license law, which was passed by the Legislative Council in defiance of the governor’s veto, would have the effect to in­ crease these evils. We are happy to learn, however, that, notwithstanding this, the morals of the people are gradually improving. Sabbath-breaking formerly prevailed very exten­ sively, but during the last three years there has been a con­ siderable reform. In ‘the recent election for governor, which took place just before brother Gary left, the question turned not upon the party distinctions, which generally govern the elections in the States, but solely on temperance and anti­ temperance principles; and we are rejoiced to learn that the temperance candidate was elected. This certainly augurs well for this new and rapidly increasing community. Still, the heterogeneous mass of mind and character oi which it is com­ posed can be molded and elevated only by the conservative influence of Christianity. Such is the fertility of the soil, the mildness of the climate, and the natural productiveness of the country, that the people in Oregon are not obliged to labor as are the people in this country. “ Consequently,” to use the language of brother Gary, “ they must become an enlightened and religious people, or they will be a very depraved people.” The ministers of religion are treated with great respect among them; and this in itself indicates their accessibleness to Chris­ tian instrumentalities, while it encourages the hope, that our missionaries are yet destined to reap a glorious harvest in the valley of the Columbia. The mission has exerted a good influence upon the com­ munity, and to this the present importance of the territory is mainly attributable. But for the large expenditures of the Society in that country, which were required to sustain the secular department of the mission—however mistaken that policy may now be deemed—the civil aspects and prospects of the territory would, doubtless, have been far different from those which now appear. Indeed, it is by no means impro­ bable, that what is now generally considered a mistaken policy of the Board, may be so overruled by a wise Providence, as indirectly to bring a great revenue of praise and glory to his 34 MISSIONARY REPORT. name. Much has also been done by the mission for the moral condition of the community. Many who had emigrated to that country were professors of religion and members of Christian churches before they left the States; but owing to the power of evil associations, and other causes, they had backslidden from God, and were unknown as Christians until the missionaries found them out. Some of this class are now valuable members of the Church. Others, who went there de­ praved and wicked, and even profligate, have been brought to Christ, and are now bright and shining, lights amid the dark­ ness which surrounds them. The congregations generally are not large, but are gradually improving. There are three regular appointments in the val­ ley of the Willamette, which are supplied, as may be seen at the head of the report of this mission. The numbers in So­ ciety, as reported by brother Gary, are as follows, namely:— Willamette Falls, twenty-five, and one local preacher; East Willamette, sixty-six, and six local preachers; West Willamette forty, and seven local preachers. To these must be added the three white members at the Dalis; making in all a member­ ship of one hundred and forty-eight. From forty to fifty of these have experienced religion in Oregon, and are to be reckoned as a part of the fruit of our missionary labors in that country; and we are warranted in the hope, that a still greater number have already passed to their rest in heaven. In view of these facts, and taking into the account the priceless value of an immortal spirit, who will dare to pronounce the Oregon Mission a failure ? The only church belonging to the mission is located at Willamette Falls; and that is considerably involved in debt. Provision has recently been made, however, to liquidate the claims against it. On the East and West Willamette circuits, the preaching is principally in school-houses, or the private dwellings of the friends. Camp meetings are frequently held in the territory, and are found to be peculiarly adapted to the sparse population of the country. At these meetings a class of people are reached by the gospel who are seldom or never found at the ordinary means of grace. Much good has already re­ sulted from these extraordinary efforts, and many will doubtless MISSIONARY REPORT. 35 bless God to all eternity for the privilege of hearing the gospel in the groves of the Willamette Valley. It gives us great pleasure to learn that a most kindly feeling prevails between our missionaries and those of the Baptist and American Boards. Of these brother Gary spoke in the highest terms; and the warm expressions of brotherly affec­ tion which dropped from his lips met with a most hearty response in the feelings of every heart. It is most devoutly hoped, that instead of cherishing a spirit of hostility, or un­ sanctified rivalry among themselves, the Protestant forces in that country will agree to merge all their minor differences ill one united effort to storm the adamantine barriers of sin and infidelity, and to baffle the policy of “ the man of sin ” in all his attempts to palm upon the people a system of priestly do­ mination, as ruinous as it would be degrading. Since our last Report was published, no very material change has taken place in the general aspects of the mission, except that the station at the Dalis, for the benefit of the In­ dians, has been given up. We had been led to expect this result from intelligence previously received; but the verbal statements of brother Gary to the Board confirmed our worst apprehensions. Painful as was this result to the Managers, we have reason to believe it was not less so to our late Super­ intendent, under whose direction this mission station was abandoned. Its location, though somewhat promising at the first, seems to have proved unfortunate. Difficulties have arisen since its commencement which could not have been anticipated at the time. The various companies of immigrants from the States have uniformly made this a stopping-place, for a longer or shorter time, on their way down the Columbia River to Vancouver. These, made up as they were, at least in part, of the very worst classes of society, have exerted a most deleteri­ ous influence upon the morals of these Indians. Few, com­ paratively, have escaped this moral contagion, and still fewer give any satisfactory evidence of the saving effects of the Christian instrumentalities employed for their benefit. Under all the circumstances, brother Gary came to the conclusion, that either a new location must be selected, and a much greater outlay made to give the mission permanency and efficiency, or it should be abandoned. And as he had no good reason to 36 MISSIONARY REPORT. believe the Board would sanction the former course, he decided upon the latter. This measure he deemed necessary, not only for the reasons above given, but also for the personal safety of the mission families residing at that place. By this decision, our last and only Indian mission in Oregon is broken up. The mission premises will, most probably, be occupied in future by the missionaries of the American Board, as a depot for pro­ visions and goods on their way to the upper missions now in their occupancy. For such purpose, to say the least, they will prpbably be considerably advantaged by this transfer. Our missionary labors in Oregon will, hereafter, be confined to the white settlements, until missions among the Indians can be established under more favorable auspices. Should pro­ vision be made by the ensuing General Conference for the organization of an Annual Conference in Oregon—which is strongly recommended both by the late Superintendent and his successor^—we may hope that renewed and more successful efforts will be. made for the regeneration of the degraded and wretched aborigines of that country. But O ! how soul sick­ ening the thought, that during the slow process of these in­ cipient movements, vast numbers of these perishing tribes will be in the world of spirits! ' Most devoutly and fervently do we pray, that the true friends of Protestant Christianity may fully understand and faithfully perform their duty toward these wandering outcasts of the far west! Rev. Messrs. Roberts and Wilbur, with their families, had arrived in Oregon City about twelve days previous to brother Gary’s departure. This was a most happy circumstance, as it gave these brethren an opportunity of communicating with each other on the great interests of the mission. Many im­ portant inquiries were made by the new Superintendent, which could be much more easily and satisfactorily answered in a personal interview than by letter. As brother Gary had been long and anxiously looking to the period of his discharge from the superintendeney of the mission, the arrival o f his successor was hailed with peculiar pleasure. No pains were spared on his part to render the new missionaries familiar with all the affairs of the mission. Nor did:he fail to present brother Ro­ berts with such information and suggestions as were calculated to assist him in its future management. MISS01NARY RESORT. 37

Brother Gary’s address was listened to with deep and un­ abated interest to its close ; when the Board unanimously passed the following preamble and resolutions :—

“ Whereas, Rev. George Gary, late Superintendent of the Oregon Mission, has recently returned to the States ; and whereas he has remained in Oregon during the full extent of the term of years for which he was appointed, and has satis­ factorily accomplished the special objects of his mission in that country ; therefore, “ Resolved, That this Board hail, with great pleasure, the arrival of brother Gary and his excellent lady in the land of his nativity ; and that they devoutly and gratefully acknowledge the hand of a gracious Providence in the preservation of their lives and health, as well as in their prosperous voyage and safe return to the bosom of their friends and the home of their affections. “ Resolved, That the Board have listened with much pleasure to the very inte­ resting communication of our late Superintendent, and that the details he has presented concerning the aspects and prospects of the mission in Oregon are sufficiently encouraging to warrant a continued and still more vigorous prosecution of our missionary work in that country. “ Resolved, That the thanks of this Board are due, and hereby cordially ten. dered, to brother Gary for the zeal and fidelity with which he has conducted the affairs of the Oregon Mission generally ; and especially for the prudent and sue- » cessful management of its secular interests, in the results of which, so far as we understand them, we hereby express our entire satisfaction.”

On brother Gary’s departure from Oregon the superintend­ ency of the mission devolved upon brother Roberts ; in whom, as a man of deep piety, ardent zeal, sound judgment, and Christian prudence, the Board have the fullest confidence. With these qualifications, associated with a respectable fund of solid information, and a rather remarkable tact for conduct­ ing business matters, he can hardly fail to fulfill satisfactorily the solemn trusts committed to his charge, and the highest hopes of the Church in his appointment. Of the mission in its present organization, the report of brother Gary was quite favorable, and certainly authorized increased hopes of its future success. The secular appurte­ nances being now entirely lopped off, and the missionaries confined to their appropriate work, they will no longer be sus­ pected of secular motives, nor perplexed with a load of busi­ ness cares and responsibilities. Disburdened of these worldly entanglements, they will, henceforward, be able to pursue their legitimate calling, untrammeled by appendages which, con­ nected with missionary enterprise, are always of doubtful utility; and certainly, in the present state of that territory, I

38 MISSIONARY REPORT. entirely unnecessary. Our brethren will now be “ men of one business”—the work of saving souls; and there is every rea­ son to expect that successes and triumphs will crown their efforts, similar to those which have uniformly followed the sacrificing efforts of our devoted missionaries in all the frontier settlements of the states and territories. Let, then, the mis­ takes and discouragements of the past be forgotten, or remem­ bered only as a lesson of caution and prudence to those on whom the management and supervision of the missionary interests of the Church may hereafter devolve. Let the de­ sponding fears and misgivings hitherto entertained concerning this mission be at once dismissed; and let the whole Church rally for the evangelization of the Columbia Valley. Before this Report can be issued it is probable this vast western region will be one of the regularly organized terri­ tories of the great American confederation. A foundation has already been laid in that country, by the missionary enterprise of the M. E. Church, for the literary and religious benefit of its rapidly increasing population, the influence of which, we doubt not, will be felt by all succeeding generations. But this vantage ground must be maintained. The aggressive move­ ments of our missionary corps must keep pace with the swell­ ing tide of population, until every habitable portion of that great valley shall be vocal with the sound of salvation and the voice of Christian triumph. As the work shall demand it, the mission must be strengthened until an Oregon Annual Confer­ ence shall be able to supply its own missionaries; and until, through their instrumentality, the conquests of the Redeemer’s kingdom shall be pushed further and further, and poor be­ nighted Mexico herself shall feel the power, and acknowledge the superior excellence, of Protestant Christianity.

3. South American Mission. It was stated in our last Report, that brother Norris had ob­ tained permission to return to the United States, and that Rev. D. D. Lore had been appointed his successor in the mission at Buenos Ayres. A combination of circumstances delayed bro­ ther Lore’s departure for this field until about the 20th of Sep­ tember, 1847, when he embarked, with his lady, in the “ Mason MISSIONARY REPORT. 39

Barney ” from the port of New-York. Yery soon after they had sailed, brother Norris, with his family, arrived in this country. From him we learned that no material change had taken place in the affairs of the mission; and that the “ Society for the Promotion of Christian Worship in Buenos Ayres” would continue to give their patronage and support to the mis­ sion, as formerly. The liberality of these gentlemen is worthy of all praise, and merits the warmest thanks of the Board and of the Society, which are hereby most cordially tendered. Dispatches have just been received from brother Lore, dated the 11th of February last, informing us of his safe arrival in the latter part of December, and of the warm reception with which he and his excellent lady were greeted by the people of their charge. Accompanying these dispatches was the Annual Report of the mission, which will render it unnecessary that any further remarks should be made by the Board. The Re­ port is as follows:—

Annual Report of the Mission at Buenos Ayres.

T o th e C on . S ec. of th e M iss io n a r y S ociety of th e M . E. C htjkch.

D e a r B k o th er ,— If I report only for the time that I have been at my station, it will be very brief. However, this deficiency will be more than made up by bro­ ther Norris, so recendy arrived from this field of labor; and, indeed, who has occupied it much more of the present year than myself. W e arrived here safely on the 16th of Dec., 1847, eighty-seven days from the time we left New-York. We found the society anxiously awaiting our arrival, having been without pastoral care since my predecessor left, which was the lBt of August. During this time, however, a sermon had been read regularly every sab­ bath morning, with the exception of a few weeks, while the church was being repaired. Our reception was one of Christian kindness. W e were soon made to feel that we were not strangers in a strange land, but that we dwelt among our own people; yea, that our God had cast our lot in a pleasant place, and had given unto us a goodly heritage. The church is now in, a good condition, having been thoroughly repaired, at a cost of about one hundred and thirty silver dollars. This has been paid by the congregation. The attendance, I am informed, has increased; it is certainly larger than I expected to find, and a more attentive people I never ministered to. The prayer meetings, of which we have two a-week, are well attended; and what is exceedingly encouraging, are attended by many young men who are not reli­ gious ; a larger number of such than I ever knew a congregation of the same size to afford at home. May we not hope for the best of results ? The class meeting is not so well attended. I fear that this means of grace is not duly appreciated by the members of the mission. 40 MISSIONARY REPORT.

Our sabbath school is in a flourishing condition. It is one of the most orderly schools I have ever been in. There is one superintendent, twelve teachers, am one hundred and seven children on the record. There are two libraries connected with the school, Nos. 1 and 2, containing 650 vols. The donation from the Sun­ day School Union of the M. E. Church was gratefully received by us. The Bible classes in this school form its. most pleasing feature; there are two, one male and one female, consisting of adults principally. The female class is tinder the care of Mrs. Lore, and the male under that of brother Fay, the class-leader. These promise much. I found, upon my arrival, seventeen members’ names on the church record, and four probationers. Since then two have been added by certificate, and one on probation; making in all twenty-four persons. I have attended one funeral and baptized three children. Our'prospects for doing good, though not the most flattering, are sufficient for encouragement. There are a great many serious hearers in our congregation, who are unconverted; and I cannot but believe that the gospel is still the power of God unto salvation; and though feebly, yet if faithftdly, preached, in humble reliance upon its divine Author, it must accomplish the thing whereunto it is sent. Our field of labor is small, confined to the foreign population, and that part of it which speaks the English language; such as Americans, English, Scotch, and Irish. The Americans are our special care. There are also occupying the same field the English National Church, and the Scotch Presbyterian Church. The Ger­ mans likewise have a pastor, a faithful, evangelical man. I had hoped that something could be done for the benefit of the sailors; but the harbor is such as almost entirely to prevent any effort of the kind: the vessels lie from two to five miles from the shore; and at present there are but few trading here, in consequence of the blockade. But my opinion of the importance of this mission has not abated in the least. In view of its past and present usefulness it deserves the fostering care of our Mis­ sionary Board. And certainly, the efforts of the few here to sustain it merit encouragement from their brethren at home. I am certain there is no congrega­ tion of the same size in our own country that will surpass it in its contributions to sustain the gospel; which shows, at least, that the means of grace are highly prized. “ Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word1 of the Lord may have free course and be glorified, even as it is with you.” Yours, in Christian bonds, D. D. L ore. Buenos Ayres, February 12,1848.

4. China Mission. Our first mission family for this interesting field, consisting of Rev. Moses C. White and lady, and Rev. J. D. Collins, sailed from the port of Boston, in the ship “ Heber,” on the 15th of April, 1847. They arrived at Macao on the 4th of August, having been on their voyage a little less than four months. From this place they proceeded to Canton, at which MISSIONARY REPORT. 41

place they arrived on the 7th of the same month. Here they were kindly received by the missionaries of the American Board, and others, by whom they were hospitably entertained during their stay. On the 12th they took passage in a pas- senger-boat for Hongkong, where they arrived on the 14th, just about four months from the time of their embarkation at Boston. Here, too, they were laid under great obligations to the missionaries of the various denominations, for their unre­ mitting attentions and Christian hospitalities. Such a reception by strangers, in a strange land, was cheering indeed to our missionaries. They will ever cherish a grateful sense of these kindnesses, and will gladly reciprocate them by similar atten­ tions to other missionaries in the same circumstances. The Board take great pleasure in recording their high appreciation of the marked attentions thus shown to their missionary agents, and most devoutly pray that a similar spirit may ever characterize the Protestant missionaries in that dark, yet inte­ resting country. Our missionaries remained in Hongkong just one week, during which time they were busily engaged in making pre­ parations for their departure for Fuhchau, the place of their destination. Just previous to their leaving, the ship “ W- Sears ” arrived at that port, bringing the box containing the most of Mrs. White’s wearing apparel, with other valuables, which had been left behind when they sailed from Bos­ ton. To Mrs. W. this was a most welcome arrival, supplying her wants and relieving her mind from a state of suspense. On the 21st of August the missionaries left Hongkong, and arrived at Amoy on the 28th, where they remained until the 1st of September. During their stay at this place they had the privilege of visiting Rev. Mr. Doty and lady at their own residence. As they had been associated as voyagers in the u Heber ” for several months, it was no small gratification to meet again under such auspicious circumstances. After spend­ ing a few days most agreeably in Amoy, they proceeded on their way for Fuhotoau. They arrived at the mouth of the River Min on the 4th of September, but did not get up to the city until the evening of the 6th. The next day they landed with their effects, and took up their residence in a house which had just been engaged by the missionaries of the American 42 MISSIONARY REPORT.

Board. Rev. Mr. Peet and family, for whom the house had been secured, kindly agreed to live with brother Johnson until our missionaries could procure another house. In securing the house, brother Peet was obligated to pay six months’ rent in advance, besides $350 for the repairs and improvements which had been made on it. The missionaries only paid the rent charged to him, except that they built a new flight of stairs, the cost of which they charged in their account for house-rent. Brother Collins took up his abode with brother White, having a part of the house appropriated to his special use. From recent dispatches we learn, that after spending much time in looking at a large number of houses, our brethren en­ gaged a house near the one they had temporarily occupied, which was to be fitted up for their accommodation. This house is located on the Island of Fung Chew, on the great thorough­ fare leading across the river and island by the famous stone bridge. The following description of these premises, the island, its population, &c., will be more interesting than any condensed account we might be able to give. Brother White writes thus:—

“ The lot is 112 feet long, 42 feet wide, between the walls at the entrance, and about 52 feet wide at the water’s edge. Next to the water the pier is built up, of granite, from ten to twelve feet high. The premises are about 15 feet above ordi­ nary low-water mark, and about on a level with the ordinary spring floods. The whole country, for many miles around, is flooded occasionally, and many portions of the city are entirely uninhabitable at high water; At such times the sufferings of the poor are exceedingly great Though _the whole island on which we re- side is sometimes flooded, the house we have procured is so situated that no special inconvenience is to be expected from floods. The advantages which our location affords, it being within 60 feet of the great thoroughfare, in the most favorable situation for access to the people, and for communication abroad, are supposed greatly to counterbalance all its disadvantages. Our location on the river affords great security against fires, which have recently made great havoc on both sides of the river, and but a little distance from it. “ We hire this place at 12,000 copper cash per month, which equals about $9.09 per month;—six months’ rent to be paid in advance when we enter the premises, and afterward monthly in advance. W e have the right of perpetual rent, and of transmitting to our successors under the same conditions. W e have made a con­ tract for building the second story, with a flat roof covered with fine red brick about fourteen inches square, and one inch and a half thick. These are to be laid in cement on a flooring of plank three and a half inches thick. The house, when completed, will be a very comfortable residence. We have agreed to pay for the MISSIONARY REPORT. 43 improvements $350, besides furnishing glass for the windows. In addition to the improvements contracted for, others wjll be needed, which will probably bring up the whole amount to $500, besides the monthly rent. “ There is a great amount of stone-work about the premises, which must origi­ nally have cost a large sum; but the wood-work we find in a very dilapidated condition. Contrary to the custom in America, a Chinaman never mokes repairs on a house to rent, but leaves the occupant to make such alterations and repairs as he chooses. Finding that any house we could procure would need an ouday of one or two hundred dollars for repairs, we thought it bestto procure a house in the most healthy location, and then make such improvements as were required. It might have been better, in the course of years, to have rented a vacant lot mentioned in the map of this place which I sent home last month; but it would have required a greater outlay than our present resources would warrant. For this, and other reasons, we did not like to engage in building anew, and have, therefore, adopted the course above mentioned. The house we hire is owned by a very wealthy man, who has nearly fifty houses. W e have contracted with his agent, from whom we hire the house, to make the necessary repairs for a specific sum, so that we may be able to devote our time, with as little interruption as pos­ sible, to our appropriate work. “ The population, on the south side of the river, numbers many thousands, who are within a few minutes’ walk of our residence. On the north side of the river, outside the city, is such a vast amount of people, that we supposed, for some time after our arrival, their numbers were much greater than those within the walls. Foreigners are allowed to make excursions into the country as far as they can go and return in the same day. Within this range there appears—looking from the top of an adjacent mountain—to be five hundred villages, containing an average popu­ lation of at least one thousand souls. The city of Fuhchau, as included within the wall, lies two miles or more from the river, and contains a vast population. With­ out doubt this may be reckoned as a city of the first class. Brother Collins has made eiforts to procure a house inside the city proper, but as yet without success. “ The medicine chest furnished us by the Board suffered some damage by trans­ portation, and I was obliged to purchase the articles mentioned in my report. The Chinese seem to be very ignorant of the principles of physic and surgery, and there is a great want of some one to devote his chief attention to this department of benevolence. The small supply of medicine we brought with us, and the dif­ ficulty of communicating with the people, have prevented my doing much in this line. Indeed, I did not understand my instructions as directing me to devote any great amount of time to this department. I have endeavored, however, as occa­ sion offered, to relieve the afflicted, as far as circumstances would allow. One man was cured of dysentery by a single prescription. The wife of my China teacher, after twelve days’ illness, which the native physicians failed to relieve, was committed to my care by her husband and father, who watched by her bed­ side. I spent about twenty-four hours at the house, whither I was carried in a close/sedan—-to prevent exciting a tumult, as I suppose. Since that time I have sent her some medicines, and she is now convalescent, and will probably soon be able to attend to her household duties. Several other persons have called upon me to dress wounds and relieve other affections. W e learned, at Hongkong, that there is some probability of a physician coming to this place under the direction of lhe London Medical Society. Should this not be so, we are well satisfied that great benefit would result in sustaining medical and surgical practice in connection 44 MISSIONARY REPORT.

with, and as a part of, our missionary operations in this city. All our operations, however, must be limited until we can cpnverse with the people. If anything more than very limited medical and surgical operations should be contemplated by the Board, a building would be required for that special purpose. “ We obtained a Chinese teacher the next week after we arrived, and have been devoting ourselves to the study of the language as we have had opportunity. But as we have just arrived, and as the weather has been warm, and other duties have demanded our attention, we have not applied ourselves as closely as we hope to do hereafter. Neither servants nor teachers can speak English, therefore we are obliged to speak Chinese, or resort to signs. These we consider favorable circum­ stances. W e are all enjoying good health. Mrs. W . is learning Chinese as fast as •ither of us. She has received visits from a number of Chinese ladies, who seem very friendly. W e distribute tracts to the numerous visitors who call upon us, and also to others when we go into different parts of the city. The people everywhere receive them with great eagerness. When we look at the vast field which is here spread out before us, we are ready to say, ‘ Who is sufficient for these things 1’ But when we look at the precious promises of God, we rejoice in spirit that he has permitted us to come, to this land of strangers to publish the gospel. May the Lord put-it into the hearts of his people to send more laborers to this important and inviting field!”

The following extract from a communication by brother Collins, dated Fuhchau, Nov. 1, 1847, will doubtless be inte­ resting to the Society, and the friends of the China Mission generally. It contains further details of the operations of the brethren since their arrival^ in this new field, and furnishes some excellent hints which are worthy the serious considera­ tion of those to whom the supervision of our missionary work may be committed;—especially in relation to the Christian education of Chinese youth. But the extract will speak for itself:—

“ W e had no alternative but to charter a boat at Hongkong to make the passage to this place. This we did at an expense of $300, exclusive of board, which we were obliged to furnish. We find the people here generally industrious and kindly disposed. The tracts which we have for distribution are everywhere received with eagerness. The Board is aware that this city is situated on the River Min, and that it is the seat of government for the Fuhkein Province. The city proper is surrounded by a strong wall, and does not approach the river nearer than two or three miles. Upon the little Island of Fung Chew, formed by a division of the river, and about three miles from the principal gate of the city, it is thought foreigners may find residences as healthy, as little liable to interruption, and as easy of access from abroad, as at any other location. It is probably pre­ ferable in all the respects I have named. Moreover, on the island, and on both sides of the river, with which it is connected by bridges, there is a population of several hundred thousand ;—all within half an hour’s walk. Here we have se­ lected a place for permanent location. A house has been bargained for at a per­ MISSIONARY REPORT. 45

manent rent of about $9 per month, so long as we may choose to occupy it But, like almost all houses purely Chinese, it would not, in its present condition, be a comfortable residence, nor would it be consistent with a due regard to health for foreigners to occupy it as such. Could we have found a house in anywise suitable even for a temporary residence, it would have been satisfactory for us to have consulted with the Board before making a permanent location. But this was impracticable. It has, therefore, been thought best to improve the one we have selected. To do this will probably require an expenditure of about $500. Brother White will give you an account of the premises, and of the improvements contem­ plated. As there are no missionaries within the city proper, it seemed to us that an entrance should be made there. I accordingly made an effort; through my teacher, to obtain a house, and in October Btruck a bargain for one not quite finished, which, when completed, was to be rented to me for $ 4 per month. I was highly gratified at the facility with which this arrangement had been effected. In a few days, however, I learned that the neighbors were unwilling that the house should be rented to a foreigner. As we were quite unable to hold such intercourse with them as might be calculated to remove their prejudices, it was deemed best to release the owner from his contract. Some time after this I sent to inquire whether a room might not be obtained in a temple within the city, as such rooms had been rented to the foreigners connected with' the English Consulate, though never occupied. A room was found, from which the priests in charge agreed to remove the idols. We paid a month’s rent in advance, and employed a carpenter to make some small repairs; and, as is the universal custom here, advanced part payment. Here again we were thwarted. The officers threatened to punish the priests if they rented ; and for the part my teacher had taken he was obliged to pay about $3. We did not think it right for him to suffer on our account, and therefore paid him back. On inquiring of the officers, we were informed that they had no objection to our residing within the walls, but that those who had subscribed toward building the temple were unwilling that any part of it should be rented. The priest was compelled to refund the rent, but as I had good reason to believe, that in good faith he had been at considerable expense on our account, I paid him $3. “ There are half a million of people living inside the walls. By the treaty the whole place is open to foreign residents, and though we have unexpectedly failed in our first endeavor, we entertain hopes, by prudent perseverance, of making a home among them. W e deem this the more important, as there are already two missionaries besides ourselves on the island, and none within the city proper. My health is good, and I am permitted to enjoy rich spiritual blessings at the hand of my heavenly Father. I am endeavoring to acquire the language, and trust I am making some progress. “ It seems to be the opinion of those with whom I have conversed on the subject, that it is hardly advisable to establish English schools; and that even such as employ the scholars part of the time in English, are, by many, supposed to be of questionable utility. At all the schools where English is taught it is usual to board the lads, and furnish them with books, as well as to give them instruction. Board, such as is used by the Chinese, is very cheap, probably not exceeding $2 a month for a boy. In addition, a Chinese teacher must be employed to instruct them half of each day in their own language. Another method recommended by some, is to employ a Chinese teacher, and hire a room for the accommodation of such day scholars ae may choose to attend, and learn Chinese half the day, and 46 MISSIONARY REPORT. study such Christian books as the missionary may direct the other half. The ex. pense of such a school would be, perhaps, $12 or $15 dollars per month. Which would be best here, or at what time it would be proper to establish either, is yet uncertain. It is probable that within a year we shall be able to enter upon some plan for the instruction of the children. In the mean time, we shall endeavor to make a further acquaintance with the language and habits of the people. There is plainly much of idolatry here, but it does not seem to produce those exhibitions of cruelty which it does elsewhere. It 6its, however, as a blight upon thè soul. It deadens the conscience. It shuts out God, the only wise, and leaves no room for the Saviour. What a field is this for missionary labor ! W e seem as a drop in the ocean amid the mighty tide of life moving around us. O that the Lord would send more laborers, and abundantly bless their labors in this land of moral death !”

We subjoin an extract from a joint communication of bro­ thers White and Collins on the subject of printing tracts and books in the Chinese language. All such information is very important to the Board, and cannot fail to be interesting to the friends of this new mission. The dispatches of our brethren, thus far, have been of a most gratifying character, containing much valuable information, and many useful suggestions, which cannot fail to exert a happy influence upon the delibe­ rations and decisions of those to whose direction and care the interests of this mission may be intrusted. Every item of information bearing directly or indirectly upon the interests and success of the mission is peculiarly important at the pre­ sent time. The following is the extract :—

« In compliance with our instructions to purchase tracts for gratuitous distribu­ tion—no amount having been specified—we purchased of Dr. Ball about ten thousand tracts of various kinds, and received from him gratuitously, of the Ameri­ can Bible Society’s publications, as follows :—Matthew’s Gospel, five hundred ; of Mark, five hundred; Luke, one hundred and sixty ; John, four hundred ; the Acts of the Apostles, five hundred ;—all translated by Dr. Medhurst. These, we be­ lieve, were printed by Chinese, under the supervision of Dr. Ball, without a press. It is quite probable that Chinese printing can be done cheaper in this than in any other manner, and, in consideration of the comparative expense of material and labor, cheaper at this place than at either of the other open ports. In view of this, as also of the great danger, delay, and expense of transportation, from other ports, it is thought by the brethren of the American Board, as well as ourselves, to be decidedly better to have blocks cut, and printing done here, than to depend for supplies from abroad. Blocks for any considerable work can be obtained here, of the very best kind, at the rate of eighty cash per hundred characters— seventeen hundred and fifty characters for a Spanish dollar of 1400 cash, or six­ teen hundred and fifty for a Mexican dollar of 1320 cash— as these are about the ave­ rage rates of exchange. Blocks for the entire New Testament would cost about one MISSIONARY REPORT 47 hundred and thirty dollars. The translation of the Bible is now undergoing re­ vision by several learned men at Shanghai, and, when completed, will probably be the most suitable version for circulation. “ So far as we are able to judge, it would be desirable that each missionary should be furnished with a good dictionary. Morrison’s is everywhere spoken of as by far the best extant; though Medhurst’s Dictionary of the Mandarin and Vocabu­ lary together would answer a very good purpose. Williams’ Vocabulary, and Pormases’ 1 Notitia Linguae Sinics,’ are also valuable aids. Bridgeman’s Chris- tomathy of the Canton Dialect, Medhurst’s Dictionary of the Fuhkien, Williams’ Easy Lessons—in a word, all books of provincial dialects—are of comparatively little use here.”

Several other dispatches have been received from these brethren, but those from which the above extracts are taken are the latest, and contain what is deemed most important to be incorporated in this Report. Since our last was issued, the China Mission has been reinforced by the appointment of Rev. Henry Hickok and wife, of the Genesee Conference, and Rev. Robert S. Maclay, of the Baltimore Conference, to that import­ ant field. This beloved mission family are to be associated with Rev. Messrs. White and Collins in the mission at Fuhchau. This reinforcement embarked for their field of labor in the ship “ Paul Jones,” which sailed from New-York on the 14th of October, 1847. Including the wives of two of these mission­ aries, we have, probably at this time, six missionaries at their post in China. But in view of the difficulties to be met, the obstacles to be overcome, and the work to be accomplished, they are but as.a drop in the ocean. Let all the friends of this mission pray unceasingly that God will mercifully sustain his servants in their arduous work, succeed them in their Chris­ tian eflorts, and also send forth more laborers to enter the numerous opening doors in this vast and interesting field.

DOMESTIC MISSIONS. We include in this department, as usual, all our missions in the United States and Territories. A regular territorial go­ vernment not having yet been established by Congress in Oregon, and that field not being included within ihe limits of any Annual Conference, it must still be retained in the list of Foreign Missions. As heretofore, we include under the head of Domestic Missions the German and Indian Missions, the 48 MISSIONARY REPORT.

{Swedish Mission, in the city of New-York, and all those feeble stations and circuits embraced in our regular itinerant work, which derive their support, in whole or in part, from the funds of the Society. In presenting the intelligence received from these missions, we shall pursue our usual order, as follows :—

I. GERMAN MISSIONS. It affords the Board of Managers great pleasure to be able to inform the Society and its patrons, that the most encou­ raging prosperity continues to crown the labors t)f our mission­ aries among the Germans. The providential indications by which this enterprise has been marked from the beginning are as striking as they are clear. In its origin and incipient stages, as well as in its progressive developments, it has the visible impress of the divine approval. Perhaps no one of our mis­ sion fields presents stronger claims upon the patronage of the Church, or stronger inducements to continued and increased efforts in its cultivation, than this ; certainly no one promises a speedier or richer harvest. It is now only a little rising eleven years since the attention of the Society was specially directed to the foreign German population with which our Eastern cities, and large portions of the Mississippi Yalley, are so rapidly filling up. A few pious hearts became deeply impressed that something might and ought to be done for the spiritual benefit of these people. Just about that time, William Nast, recently from Germany, a man of strong and well-balanced intellect, and a ripe German scho­ lar, was soundly converted to God, and soon afterward com­ menced preaching. In view of the establishment of a mission among the Germans, this event was seized upon as a remark­ able indication of the will of Providence ; and upon brother Nast was conferred the honor of being the pioneer in this enterprise. After laboring some time, and encountering many difficulties and discouragements, he was permitted to witness some good results. The God of missions smiled upon his efforts, a few were happily converted, and the prospects evi­ dently began to brighten. The first German Society was formed in Cincinnati during the year 1835 ; and although two branches from it have estab­ lished themselves in other parts of the city, it is now able to MISSIONARY REPORT. 49 sustain itself independently of the funds of the Missionary Society. From this small nucleus of German Methodism the work has continued to spread both east and west of the Alle- ghanies, until we are able to count between sixty and seventy German circuits and stations, in which are employed more than eighty devoted missionaries, who are proclaiming in their own native tongue, to thousands of their countrymen, “ the won­ derful works of God.” In all the stages and aspects of this blessed enterprise, the indications of providential guidance and interposition have been most signal and impressive. New doors have been constantly opening, and the increasing de­ mands upon the Church, both for laborers and the means to sustain them, are becoming more and more imperative. Yet, rapid as has been the enlargement of this work, neither men nor means were long wanting to meet its essential demands, and to sustain its varied interests. It is also a striking fact, that the men who have been raised up from time to time for this work, though not generally men of great classical endow­ ments or literary acquirements, have, nevertheless, been re­ markably adapted to the positions they have respectively been called to occupy. Seldom, if ever, have a more pious, labori­ ous, self-denying, and faithful company of Christian mission­ aries, entered into the vineyard of their divine Master. Un­ daunted by incessant toils, privations, oppositions, persecutions, and sufferings, they have pursued their holy calling in a spirit conformable, in a good degree, to that which animated the breasts of the early propagators of the Christian faith, and which nerved the hearts of the venerated pioneers of our be­ loved Methodism in this country. And we hazard nothing in saying that the success which has crowned the labors of our brethren in this field has exceeded the highest expectations of the most sanguine friends of the enterprise. The reports we have received of missionary operations and results, during the past year, among the immigrant Germans of this country, furnish the most confirming evidence that the Board, in selecting this as one of its mission fields, has followed the divine guidance, and secured the divine sanction. The history of no one year, during the progress of our missionary labors in this field, has presented more and stronger encourage­ ments than that of the one which has just closed. The work 7 50 MISSIONARY REPORT. has been greatly extended by the addition of new circuits and stations, the laborers multiplied, and the membership much enlarged. Of the five thousand native Germans who have been brought to Christ, and gathered into the M. E. Church, through the instrumentality of these faithful missionaries, six hundred, at least, have been converted during the past year, and the prospects were never brighter for a great future harvest than now. But, notwithstanding all our labors in this field, and the astonishing success which has attended them, it seems to your Board, in view of the magnitude of the enterprise, that the work is scarcely more than well begun. The openings for enlargement, and the demands for help, succeed each other in such rapid succession, that it has been found impossible, in some instances, with our limited means, to furnish the' neces­ sary supplies. In addition to those who are already here, and anxiously looking to us for the message of mercy, and the ordinances of Christianity, vast numbers of Germans are an­ nually pouring into the States and Territories, who must necessarily exert an influence, either for weal or for woe, upon the future destinies of this nation. Many of them are bound by a sworn allegiance to a foreign ecclesiastical despot, by which they are disqualified-from becoming safe aud trustful citizens of this republic. How this mass of mind, fettered and trammeled by ignorance and a superstitious veneration for the authority of a tyrannous ecclesiastical dynasty, can be molded and prepared to appreciate that civil and religious liberty which constitutes the true glory of this nation, is a question of the most momentous importance. It is matter of.devout thanks­ giving to God, however, that this question has already been solved. True Christianity is the great conservator of rational liberty, and nothing else can be relied upon for its security and preservation. Successful experiments have frequently been made. The history of our German Missions sustains this position. Many hundreds of those who came to this country the deluded vassals of Rome, and the devotees of a most de­ grading superstition, have abandoned their image worship and wafer gods, and are now “ sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in their right mind.” The evangelical simplicity of Methodism, both in its doctrines and polity—especially its system of itine­ MISSIONARY REPORT. 51 rancy—seems to be peculiarly adapted to their spiritual wants and circumstances. We are, therefore, not permitted to doubt as to our duty toward this people. On us as a church God has evidently devolved a large amount of the responsibility to furnish them with the bread of life. May we realize our obli­ gations, and faithfully discharge them ! In examining the details of this Report, it will be seen that the noble work of erecting churches for German worship, and building houses for the accommodation of the missionaries, still goes on. Quite a number have been reared during the past year. The most of our German brethren also take a deep interest in the sabbath-school cause; and we have good reason to believe that the interest in this noble enterprise is increasing and becoming more general. But it is time to enter upon the details of these missions. No material change has taken place in the arrangement of this work since our last Report was published. In the west there are six regular presiding eldfers’ districts, and in the east eight appointments, including several hundred members, not yet formed into a district. Ip noticing the details of these mis­ sions, we shall pursue our usual order, commencing with

1. German Missions in the Cincinnati District. This district, in its form and dimensions, remains nearly the same as described in our last' Report. It extends from Cincin­ nati to St. Joseph’s on Lake Michigan, a distance of about five hundred miles, requiring, on the part of the presiding elder, a vast amount of labor and sacrifice. It embraces eight circuits and stations, several of which have been recently established. Our venerable brother Schmucker still has the charge of this work, and most faithfully and usefully has he prosecuted the duties devolved upon him. To his fidelity and punctuality we are indebted for the following details :— Cincinnati German Station.—George Danker, preacher in charge. For several years past this station has sustained itself without aid from the'Missionary Society. It is gradually ad­ vancing both in numbers and experience. Each succeeding year gives it additional strength and influence: while it has furnished several valuable missionaries, who are laboring suc­ cessfully in other places, it has taken a most praiseworthy 52 MISSIONARY REPORT. interest in the establishment of missions in other portions of the city. This society now numbers three hundred and thirty- one members. It has a large sabbath school, with thirty teachers and one hundred and fourteen scholars. Connected with it are one local preacher and two exhorters. The church pro­ perty connected with this station consists of an excellent house of worship and a comfortable parsonage. The value of these is estimated at about $4000. There is much in this station to encourage the friends of German missions. Cincinnati Second German Mission.—John H. Barth, mis­ sionary. This mission, though recently established, already numbers seventy members. A sabbath school has also been commenced, with eight teachers and thirty scholars. There are attached to this society one local preacher and one exhorter. The contemplated church, which was noticed in our last Re­ port, has since been built. The property of the mission is estimated at $2000. A considerable number have already been converted in this mission, and by comparing the present with our last Report, it will be seen that the society has more than doubled the past year. We are authorized to look for still greater things than these. Dayton Mission.—John Bier, missionary. The report con­ cerning this mission is not so encouraging as is desirable. It has not fully recovered from the effects of the embarrassments under which it has long labored.^ Still there seems to be no disposition to cherish a spirit of despondency. A spirit of unfaltering perseverance seems to characterize our German brethren, and they will labor on, waiting and hoping for better days. The church, which is estimated at $2000, though some­ what relieved, is still, we believe, considerably involved. The numbers now in society are reported at sixty. The mission has a sabbath school attached to it, comprising eight teachers and forty scholars. One local preacher and one exhorter are also reported. Sidney Mission.—John M. Hofer, missionary. This mis­ sion embraces three appointments, requirihg about ninety miles’ traveling to attend them. Two churches and a parsonage have been erected within its limits, valued at $300. The num­ ber of church members is set down at sixty. Three s a b b a t h schools are in operation, containing nine teachers and forty- MISSIONARY REPORT. 53 one scholars. There are also attached to the mission one local preacher and two exhorters. No special work is reported for the past year. Fort Wayne Mission.—Charles Shelper, missionary. This mission was transferred from the North Ohio District at the late session of the Ohio Conference. It is located in the midst of a large German population, and has had to encounter much prejudice and opposition. The society is small, numbering only twenty-five members. A sabbath school has been estab­ lished, consisting of six teachers and thirty-five scholars. The church property is valued at about $800. It is ardently hoped a brighter day may soon dawn upon the mission, and that its present sterility may soon be succeeded by a fruitful and joyful harvest. Detroit Mission.—John M. Hartmann, missionary. This mission was established in the latter part of the year 1846. It has been promising and prosperous from the beginning. The labors of the missionary are confined principally to the city of Detroit, though he has an appointment a short distance in the country. An unusual proportion of the population within the limits of this mission are Germans. Much good has already been effected. The society has been doubled during the past year, having now sixty members. Two sabbath schools have been established, with twelve teachers and ninety scholars. No church, we believe, has yet been erected. No local preachers or exhorters have been reported. Our latest intelligence en­ courages the hope that this mission is destined to accomplish much good. Ann Arbor Mission.—J. H. Seddlemeyer, missionary. Here also is a large German population. The mission Is compara­ tively new, and has had to struggle against strong prejudices and much opposition. Notwithstanding these difficulties, the labors of our brother have been crowned with encouraging success. A society has been formed numbering twenty-five members. There is a sabbath school connected with the mis­ sion, but we regret to find that the statistics compare unfavor­ ably with those of last year. There are now five teachers and twenty-five scholars. One exhorter is reported for this mission. The church property is valued at $500; but we are not in­ formed whether it consists in a church or parsonage, or both. 54 MISSIONARY REPORT.

There are two appointments included in the mission, one of which is a little distance in the country. Our latest and best information authorizes the hope that this mission also will re­ sult in a fruitful harvest. St. Joseph’s Mission.—This mission was left to be supplied. The presiding- elder has since employed brother Ludwig Lacker as a supply, who is prosecuting the arduous duties of his sta­ tion with persevering fidelity. This is a large mission circuit, embracing seven appointments, and including a circumference of about one hundred and fifty miles. The establishment of this mission is of very recent date, and we have not learned what are the prospects of success, or whether any society has yet been formed. But from the happy results which have fol­ lowed the labors of our German brethren in almost every­ place, we are encouraged to hope that here also “ much peo­ ple” will be “ added to the Lord.” Concerning this mission, brother Schmucker remarks:—

“ In St. Joseph’s the field is large enough for three men. Hundreds of destitute German families are to be found there. Some say they have not heard a sermon in five years. What a moral wilderness must this b e! My visit to them last summer was altogether providential; and I believe the Lord is about to do some- thing for them. I hope yet to live to see that wilderness «blossom as the rose.’ ”

Cincinnati Third German Mission.—Provision was made at the last session of the Ohio Conference for the establishment of a third mission in Cincinnati. But we learn from the re­ port of the presiding elder that he has not yet been able to obtain the services of a suitable man, and has therefore been obliged.to delay what he deems a most important measure. It is hoped Providence will soon open the way for its commence­ ment. From the details presented in the above statistics, we gather the following general result:—There are, within the limits of the district, seven churches; no parsonages reported. Two were reported last year. The district includes a membership of six hundred and thirty-one; ten sabbath schools, seventy- eight officers and teachers, and three hundred and seventy-five scholars. It has within its limits four local preachers and seven exhorters. Nine missionaries are employed in this field, for whose support $2075 are appropriated from the funds of MISSIONARY REPORT. 55 the Missionary Society, making an average to each missionary of about $230.

2. German Missions in the Pittsburgh District. This district has undergone some change since our last Re­ port was made up. The Captina Mission has been divided, and now forms three distinct fields of labor. Circleville Mis­ sion, on account of its distance, has been taken off and con­ nected with the Columbia Mission in the North Ohio District. Brother Doering still has charge of this district, and, we are happy to learn, is indefatigable in his labors, and prudent in his administration. In accordance with his usual punctuality, brother Doering has furnished us with a very satisfactory re­ port of the missions under his care. From this we gather the following details, which will now be presented in their usual order:— Pittsburgh and Alleghany Mission.—John Mulfinger and Lewis Nippert, missionaries. There are three appointments connected with this mission, namely—Pittsburgh, Alleghany, and Birmingham. The German population is very large, num­ bering not less than fifteen thousand, presenting a field of labor sufficiently large for half a dozen missionaries. And should the good providence of God grant the missionaries access to these multitudes, there is every reason to believe that hundreds of them will be gathered into the Redeemer’s fold. It has pleased God, in his inscrutable providence, to remove from this life the wife and child of brother Mulfinger during the year, by which event he has been sorely afflicted. But, though smarting under this bereavement, he, with his faithful colleague, is prosecuting the duties assigned him with undi­ minished, and even increased, zeal. The spiritual prospects of the mission are reported as being more favorable than they have been for many years. There is much more interest felt on the subject of vital piety than formerly. This encouraging state of things is said to be attributable in part to the faithful labors of the colporteur of the American Tract Society. Our brethren in this mission have seen some fruit of their labors, and are looking for greater things. At Alleghany the interests of the mission are suffering greatly for want of a suitable place of worship. We learn that an 56 MISSIONARY REPORT.

effort will be put forth during the course of the ensuing sum­ mer to build a church; It is ardently hoped the enterprise may be crowned with success. The church property in this mission is valued at $5000, on which there is a debt of $1000. It has a membership of ninety-six, including two local preach­ ers. Attached to it are three sabbath schools, with three super­ intendents, twenty teachers, one hundred and ten scholars, and two hundred and fifty volumes in the library. Wheeling Mission.—G. A. Brennig, missionary. This brother, though formerly a Roman Catholic, is now zealously engaged in advancing the cause of evangelical Protestantism. This mission also wears a much brighter aspect than hereto­ fore. The congregation has steadily increased, and a growing interest is being manifested on the subject of true Christianity. There is a population here of about three thousand Germans, of whom many are Romanists. Infidelity, too, has a strong hold upon many of these Germans, though most of them keep up an outward form of religion. The brethren in this mission have succeeded in finishing a good brick parsonage with very little encumbrance upon it. The church property is valued at about $2600. Including one local preacher, there are one hundred and ten members in society. There is a sabbath school attached to the mission, with one superintendent, nine teachers, forty scholars, and one hundred volumes in the library. Captina, Mission.—Henry Koch, missionary. This mis­ sion, as already stated, has been divided, and enough taken from it to form two new ones. It is, notwithstanding, as pro­ mising as ever. Twenty-three have been added to the society since the late session of the Ohio Conference, and more are soon expected to follow. The whole German population em­ braced in this mission is about seven hundred, of whom many are from Switzerland. The mission, as it now stands, has seven appointments, to reach which requires about sixty miles’ traveling each round. Besides all his other duties, the mission­ ary preaches five sermons weekly. The church property in this mission is estimated to be worth $500. There are in society one hundred and eighty-four mem­ bers. There is a sabbath school in operation, containing one MISSIONARY REPORT. 57 superintendent, eight teachers, forty-nine scholars, with twenty 2 three volumes in the library. Malaga Mission.—Henry Henke, missionary. This mis­ sion is a part of what was formerly Captina Mission. It em­ braces within the small compass of ten miles a German popu­ lation of about one thousand. Though some efforts were formerly made for the spiritual benefit of this people, little fruit appeared. During the last winter a new effort was put forth, which resulted in several happy conversions. Brother Doering says in his report,—

“ There is a marked difference in the character of the Germans coming from different countries. Those on whom it is most difficult to make religious impres­ sions are from the kingdom of Bavaria. The settlement here consists chiefly of this class of immigrants. But though difficult of access, and strong in their resistance of truth, their conversion is not too hard for the Lord; and, when once converted, they are equally immovable in their Christian steadfastness. Our progress among these Germans may be slow, but we think it will be sure.”

Through the praiseworthy efforts of this infant society a small log church has been erected, and a house for the preacher is in progress. There are four appointments in this mission, and the greatest distance between them is only four miles. The church property is valued at $150. The house in course of erection will cost about $75. There are twenty- one members in society, one sabbath school, two teachers, thirteen scholars, and ten volumes in the library. Buckhill Mission.—This mission was left to be supplied; it has since been placed under the charge of brother H. Bier, who is laboring under the direction of the presiding elder. This also is a part of the old Captina Mission. The German population is large, and many of the immigrants are from Switzerland. The increase in this mission has not been so rapid as in some other places, but the prospects are said to be encouraging. New appointments are about being taken up, and the work will soon be greatly extended. A church has been erected, which is valued at $100. There are sixty members in society, including one local preacher. Two sabbath schools have been established, with two superintendents, eight teachers, and forty scholars. Favorable results may be confidently expected in this field. Marietta Mission.—Paul Brodbeck, missionary. This mis- 8 58 MISSIONARY REPORT. sion, in its form and extent, has undergone no change. The German population is on the increase, and the prospects, as reported by the missionary, are favorable. In Marietta itself, where, for several years, the aspects have been comparatively dark and gloomy, prospects are evidently brightening. The little society is united, and in a flourishing state. There are four appointments connected with the mission. In one of these the German population is very strong, consisting of about a hundred families, all settled together. They are also from Bavaria, and difficult of access. The influence of a German Universalist preacher presents another strong obstacle in the way of our missionary. But mercy is joined with power, and therefore we will not despair. There are within the limits of this mission three churches, valued at $1500. The membership is reported at one hundred and three. Two sabbath schools have been formed, which consist of two superintendents, fifteen teachers, fifty-one scho­ lars, with about eighty-six volumes in the library. Quite a number of the sabbath-school children have been converted during the past year. Chester Mission.—Adam Klein, missionary. The bounda­ ries of this mission remain as heretofore reported. The Ger­ man population within its limits is steadily increasing, and now numbers more than two hundred families. A German Re­ formed, and a German Lutheran preacher, of the Puseyite stamp, are also laboring in this field. Our missionary has con­ siderable prejudice to combat, but the cause of evangelical truth continues to progress. A new church is in course of erection, in a village lying on the Ohio River, the name of which we were not able to make out. In this place the prospects are good, and it is confidently expected the mission will soon be able to sustain itself. The missionary has four appointments. There are one hundred and seven members in society, includ­ ing two local preachers, three sabbath schools, with three superintendents, seventeen teachers, seventy-five scholars, and forty-five volumes in the library. Portsmouth Mission.—Henry Bahrenburg and Frederick Shimmelpfenning, missionaries. This mission circuit has twelve appointments, requiring the missionaries to travel, each round, about one hundred and thirty miles. It embraces about three MISSIONARY REPORT. 59 hundred German families. Many of these Germans are em­ ployed in furnaces, which abound in that vicinity. Among these the missionaries have several appointments, and at one of them a small class has been formed. Two converted Ro­ manists are among those who compose it, and several others have come over to us in other places. Our brethren labor under great embarrassments in forming classes among them, on account of the shortness of their stay in one place; as the object of many of them is, to earn a little money with which to purchase a farm. The prospects in this mission, however, are generally encouraging. The society in Portsmouth, though few in number, have, with the aid of our English friends, erected a neat church, with a parsonage attached, on which there is only a small debt remaining. Much infidelity is found among the Germans in Portsmouth and its vicinity, but re­ cently considerable interest has been manifested on the subject of religion. It is earnestly hoped that many of them will yet be brought to God. The mission includes a membership of seventy-eight, of whom two are local preachers. Two sabbath schools have been established, with two superintendents, twelve teachers, and seventy scholars. The library contains about fifty volumes. West Union Mission,—F. Myers, missionary. The Ger­ man population in this field is slowly increasing, amounting now to about five hundred souls. The prospects of the mission are favorable. At Maysville, where the aspects have been rather discouraging, the clouds are being dissipated, and a brighter day seems to be dawning. There is only one church in this mission, which is valued at $200. The brethren have purchased a parsonage, on which there is a debt of about $125. There are six appointments embraced in the mission, which include a membership of eighty-eight. There are two sabbath schools, with eleven teachers and forty-seven scholars;—no library. From the details of the missions embraced in this district, as furnished by the presiding elder, we make up the following statistical summary:— The district embraces a membership of eight hundred and forty-seven, including seven local preachers. There are within its limits seventeen sabbath schools, with seventeen superin­ 60 MISSIONARY REPORT.

tendents, one hundred and four teachers, and four hundred and ninety-five scholars. The several libraries contain five hun­ dred and forty-four volumes. There are nine mission circuits and stations, in which are employed twelve missionaries. There are in this field twelve German churches, seven parson­ ages, and another in course of erection. The whole appropri­ ation of missionary funds for the district is $1940, making an average to each missionary of about $151. Something ad­ ditional is received from their respective charges.

German Missions in the Indiana District. This district remains under the superintendency of Rev. John Kisling, who is a most faithful and indefatigable laborer in his Master’s vineyard. He has promptly furnished us with his*annual report, but complains that he has not been able to obtain such ample information as was desirable. Such as we have received will be found in the following details. Rockford Mission.—Moses M’Lean, missionary. This is a mission circuit, including within its limits about two hundred German families. It has eight regular appointments, in which there is an aggregate membership of one hundred and thirty- six ; increase the past year, thirty-four. The church property of this mission consists in one house for German worship, and a parsonage; no estimate of their value has been made. We regret that no sabbath school statistics have been furnished. Booneville Mission.—F. Hellen and M. G. Busch, missiona­ ries. This is an extensive field of labor, in which are found about eight hundred German families. There are twelve ap­ pointments in this circuit, in all of which there are ninety-three church members. Considerable accessions have been made during the past year. One church has been built and a par­ sonage secured, the value of which is not given. No local preachers or exhorters reported. Two sabbath schools have been established, which consist of fourteen teachers and fifty scholars. Mount Vernon Mission. J. Strauch, missionary. A popu­ lation of abput two hundred German families is embraced in this circuit. The missionary has six regular appointments, which include a membership of thirty-eight, t Two churches have been erected, and a parsonage is in progress;—value not MISSIONARY REPORT. 61 reported. No report of local preachers or exhorters. One sabbath school has been established, with four teachers and twenty-two scholars. Evansville Mission.—C. Wittenbach, missionary. In con­ nection with Evansville this mission has two country appoint­ ments. A good brick church has been built, valued at $1800, on which there is a debt of about $250. The mission em­ braces a membership of eighty-two. No local preachers or exhorters reported. One sabbath school is reported, consisting of eight teachers and thirty scholars. Charleston Mission.—Frederick Jahnke, missionary. This is an interesting mission-held, containing a German population of about five hundred. The missionary lias ten regular ap­ pointments. The number of church members is set down at one hundred and ten. Three houses for German worship have been erected within the limits of this mission, but we have received no estimate of their value. No sabbath schools have been reported for this mission ; this we extremely regret, as we cannot doubt some attention is paid to the religious training of the children. Louisville Station.—William Ahrens, missionary. This is one of the few places where our German brethren support their own preacher. The society numbers, according to our latest intelligence, one hundred and sixty. They own a good and commodious brick church, situated in the upper part of the city, the value of which is estimated at $3000, on which there was, a year ago, a debt of $700. No local preachers or exhorters reported. There is a sabbath school connected with this charge, with seven teachers and forty scholars. No books are mentioned in the presiding elder’s report. Louisville Mission.—Jacob Rothweiler, missionary. This mission is in the lower part of the city, and has been recently established. The society is small, numbering only sixteen members. A sabbath school has been commenced, which is reported as having four teachers and twenty-five scholars. A new brick church is in course of erection, which, it is hoped, may be completed without serious embarrassment to the infant society. Madison Mission— John Hoppen, missionary. This field of labor embraces the village of Madison, and six other ap­ 62 MISSIONARY REPORT. pointments in the country. It contains a membership of one hundred and twelve. A new brick church has been built, valued at $2200, on which there remains a debt of about $900. There is a sabbath school connected with the mission, consist­ ing of seven teachers and forty scholars. There have been rising twenty conversions during the past year, and yet, owing to removals, a small decrease is reported. Nothing, however, will be lost to the cause, provided those who have left remain faithful, and exert a good influence in their new places of residence. Indianapolis Mission.—Charles Bauer, missionary. We regret to say, that ^though we have spared no pains to obtain it, no report has been received from this mission. Should the desired intelligence arrive before our Report goes to press, the statistics will be included in our general summary. Laughery Mission.— G. Leonard Mulfinger, missionary. This mission has a large German population, consisting of about nine hundred families. It has twelve regular preaching places, making a circuit of one hundred and fifty miles in cir­ cumference. There are one hundred and forty members in society; a day school numbering thirty scholars ; one sabbath school, with one superintendent, seven teachers, and thirty scholars. Two meeting-houses have been built, and another is in course of erection. There is also a parsonage, but some­ what involved in debt; church property valued at $500. Yery considerable accessions have been made during the year, and a blessed revival was going on at the date of our latest dis­ patches. Lawrenceburg Station.—John Geyer, missionary. This station includes two preaching places, and a German popula­ tion of about seven hundred. The society have erected a good brick church, which is free from debt. This charge includes a membership of one hundred and fourteen. A sabbath school v is in operation, having one superintendent, ten teachers, and fifty scholars. The library was destroyed by the late flood. There are no local preachers connected with this station, and but one exhorter. The desolating effects of fire and flood, by which this place has recently been visited, have thrown many “of our German members out of employment, and obliged them to move else- MISSIONARY REPORT. 63 where, in consequence of which the prospects are not so flat­ tering as formerly. The labors of our brother, notwithstand­ ing all, have been graciously honored, and it is earnestly hoped the society will soon recover its loss. For three years past this charge has sustained itself without aid from our funds. From the above details, which, we are sorry to say, are by no means complete, we gather the following statistical sum­ mary:—The district embraces eleven mission circuits and stations, in which are employed thirteen missionaries; nine sabbath schools, nine superintendents, sixty-one teachers, and two hundred and eighty-seven scholars. There are fifteen churches, four parsonages, and a church membership of one thousand and one. The amount appropriated by the Mission­ ary Society is $1985. This amount, not including the Louis­ ville Station—which supports itself—will give to each mis­ sionary an average of $165. No report of local preachers, exhorters, or sabbath-school libraries, has been sent us. This is much to be regretted, and we sincerely hope the defect may be remedied in future.

German Missions in the North Ohio District. Since our last Report of this district, its territory has been considerably enlarged. It now extends from Columbus city, north to Cleaveland, and west so as to include the Defiance and Allen Lima Missions. It embraces seven mission circuits and stations, at most of which the presiding elder spends two sabbaths each round. To reach these appointments, he is re­ quired to travel about six hundred miles quarterly. This field of labor embraced a large German population, and promises a rich reward to the faithful brethren employed in its cultivation. We proceed to notice these missions separately, and more in detail. Columbus and Circleville Missions.—Peter Wilkins and Adolphus Kaetter, missionaries. By reference to our Report of last year it will be seen that Circleville formed a part of the Pitts­ burgh District. It has been united with Columbus for the sake of convenience. The mission now embraces three counties, including five appointments, namely:—Columbus, Circleville, Hocking, Fairfield, and Siebold. The missionaries preach from four to five sermons weekly and meet the classes, travel- €4 MISSIONARY REPORT. ing, each round, about one hundred miles. We are happy to learn that they have also given due attention to the sabbath, school interests. The German population included in this field is reported at about four thousand. Of these ninety-one are members of the M. E. Church. Two sabbath schools are in operation, with two superintendents, thirteen teachers, and fifty-five scholars; no library. Two churches for German worship have been built, but the one in Columbus has been seriously embarrassed with debt. Recently, however, about $300 have been subscribed for its relief, and it is hoped the whole amount will soon be made up. The church property is valued at about $2500. The mission is represented as being in a good state, and its prospects promising. Several persons have been recently con­ verted and added to the church. Among these was a young girl lately arrived from Germany; under the first sermon she heard she was awakened, and began to cry for mercy before the discourse was ended. The same evening she was power­ fully converted to God. The brethren seem to be greatly encouraged in their work, and faithful in its prosecution. Delaware and Gallion Mission.—Christopher Hoevener and Valentine Balduff, missionaries. This mission also includes three counties, with twelve preaching places, requiring the missionaries to travel, each round, a hundred and fifteen miles. There is a German population here of about two thousand, of whom one hundred and sixty-five are members o f the mission churches. There are four sabbath schools, with four superin­ tendents, twenty-one teachers, and one hundred and eighteen scholars; no library. The mission has four churches, two of which have been erected during the course of the past year. A parsonage also is contemplated. The church property is valued at $2000. The spiritual prospects in this field are good. Brother Riemenshneider, the presiding elder of the dis­ trict, remarks in his report,—

“ The last quarterly meeting was a blessed one. During an eight days’ meet- ing, we had from twenty-five to thirty mourners at our altar; numbers were con­ verted, and twenty-two added to the church. The case of a deaf and dumb girl was specially interesting. For about three hours she had been wrestling with God in prayer, when she arose, her countenance beaming with joy, giving signs the jnost satisfactory that she had found peace to her soul.” MISSION ARY REPORT. 65

Lower Sandusky Mission.—John Phetzing, missionary. Two-thirds of the population in this field of labor are said to be Germans. The missionary has nine appointments to fill, in which he travels one hundred and sixty-four miles, and preaches from four to five sermons a week. All the classes are visited by him quarterly. The mission embraces one hun­ dred and four members; three sabbath schools, with three superintendents, nine teachers, and sixty scholars; no library. There is only one church, which is valued at $800. Prospects are favorable. Cleveland Mission.—Charles Helwig, missionary. The German population of this place is estimated at four thousand. The society is yet in its infancy, numbering only fourteen members; this is partly owing to removals. A sabbath school has been established, with one superintendent, eight teachers, and thirty scholars; one hundred and sixty volumes in the library. A new church is in progress, which will soon be finished, most probably free from debt. The cost is estimated at $1700. The society also intend to build a parsonage. The presiding elder states that, at his last quarterly meeting, ten mourners were at the altar, five of whom were Roman Catho­ lics. The missionary has been somewhat hindered in his spiritual work, being obliged to spend considerable time in collecting for the new church. But any loss from this cause will probably be more than made up by the advantages which will be furnished by church accommodations. The prospects of this mission are reported as promising. Defiance Mission.—Nicholas Ruhfer, missionary. This mission embraces two counties, in which there are seven regu­ lar appointments. In filling these the missionary travels about ninety-six miles, preaching from three to four sermons a week, besides statedly meeting the classes. “ There are, within the limits of this mission, about one hundred and sixty families, of whom one hundred and seven are members of the M. E. Church. There are two sabbath schools, with two superin­ tendents, seven teachers; and fifty-five scholars, with thirty-six volumes in the library. The mission has one church and a parsonage, valued at $350. The society is spiritual, and the prospects good. Allen Lima Mission.—B. F. Diemer and Ernst Peters, mis- 9 66 MISSONARY REPORT. sionaries. This mission extends over three counties, having ten preaching places, to fill which the missionary travels, each round, one hundred and thirty miles, preaching four and five times a week. There is a population of two thousand Ger­ mans. The society consists of only thirteen members. This may be accounted for from the fact that most of this mission is a new field. As yet, no sabbath schools have been estab­ lished. No church has yet been built, though it is contem­ plated to erect one the ensuing year. The missionaries not long since entered the house of a Ro­ man Catholic woman, and asked her if she had a Bible. At this question she began to tremble, and seemed at a loss how she should answer it,, believing them to be Roman Catholic priests. But on being exhorted by them to read the word of God, and learning that they were Protestant ministers, she told them she had ten Bibles, but had locked them up in a chest, because the priest, at his last visit, had thrown two Testaments of the American Bible Society into the fire. The missionaries exhorted her not to submit to such tyranny, and urged her to seek salvation through Christ alone. After praying with her, they left her bathed in tears, with the promise that she would seek the Lord. Angola Mission.—Conrad Gahn, missionary. This mission has been established within the last year, and includes a part of the Defiance and Auburn Mission. It numbers about seventy members. It has ten appointments, and the mission­ ary travels, each round, about one hundred and forty miles. No church has yet been erected. The society intend soon to build a parsonage. The prospects are said to be encouraging. From the details furnished us, we make up our statistical summary of these missions as follows:—Number of church members, five hundred and sixty-four; twelve sabbath schools, with twelve superintendents, fifty-seven teachers, and three hundred and sixteen scholars; volumes in the libraries, one hundred and ninety-six; eight churches, and another in course of erection; two parsonages, and three others contemplated. There are seven mission circuits, in which are employed eleven missionaries. The whole amount appropriated from the funds of the Missionary Society, as nearly as we have been abte to ascertain, is about $1800; averaging to each missionary a MISSIONARY REPORT. 67 little rising $165. The number of local preachers and ex- horters not reported.

5. German Missions in the St. Louis District. This district remains under the superintendency of Rev. Henry Koenecke, whose personal labors and sacrifices have been greatly promotive of the interests of the German work. The field assigned him is very extensive,requiring much self-denial, severe toil, and most weighty responsibilities. But in the midst of all, he pursues his high and holy calling with unfaltering zeal and perseverance, and “ the pleasure of the Lord ” has greatly pros­ pered under his administration. The German population is large, and constantly increasing. Several new missions have recently been established, and the labor of the presiding elder is becoming so onerous, that the district must necessarily soon be divided. The missionaries here, as elsewhere, are obliged to encounter the most inveterate prejudices, and the most untiring opposition. But, “ strong in the strength which God supplies,” they have battled manfully and successfully. Glorious victories have already been won, and splendid tri­ umphs achieved; and the prospects for the future encourage the hope of still greater results. But we must proceed to our details. North St. Louis Station.—Philip Kuhl, missionary. This charge is reported to be in a very flourishing condition. In consequence of the increase of the congregation, the old church became too small, and the brethren have been obliged to take it down and build a larger one. The new church is seventy by forty-seven feet, with a gallery in front. One half of the basement story is divided into four rooms, which are now rented, but can be used as class-rooms whenever they are needed for that purpose; the other half will be occupied as a school-room. The church property is valued at $8000, on which there is a debt of $2500; this debt, we learn, will be embarrassing to the society. A prosperous day school has been established, in which about one hundred children are in­ structed in both the German and English languages. It is anticipated that when the new school-room shall be occupied, the number of scholars will be considerably increased. There are two hundred and sixty-three members in society, including 68 MISSIONARY REPORT.

two local preachers and six exhorters. There is a flourishing sabbath school attached to the mission, consisting of one super­ intendent, twenty teachers, and one hundred and twenty-five scholars, with one hundred and twenty-two volumes in the library. Fourteen of the children have professed justifying grace during the past year. The. prospects of this mission are said to be promising. South St. Louis Mission.—Conrad Eisenmeyer, missionary. The society attached to this mission numbers eighty members, and is in a good state. There is a promising sabbath school, with one superintendent, ten teachers, and forty scholars; forty- five volumes in the library. A day school is also in operation, in which instruction in English and German is given to thirty scholars. The society own a brick church fifty-one by thirty- five feet, with a basement. One half of the basement is oc­ cupied by the day school, and the other is used as a dwelling for the missionary. The church property is valued at $3000, on which, we are sorry to learn, there is a heavy debt. Though there seems to have been little or no increase in the member­ ship during the year, yet the prospects are said to be promising. Manchester Mission.—Henry Homan, missionary. This mission was commenced in March, 1847, and now numbers thirty-four members. A sabbath school is attached to it, with one superintendent, four teachers, and twenty scholars. The circuit can be greatly extended, which will probably soon be done. At present it embraces only three appointments. No churches, parsonages, local preachers, or exhorters, are reported. Herman Mission.—John Keck, missionary. The mission­ ary at this point has labored under much discouragement. For a portion of the year not a single person could be in­ duced to attend preaching, excepting the members of society. But we rejoice to learn that a favorable change has come over the people. A camp meeting was held in August last, the effects of which have so changed the prospects of the mission, that no one on the district is now more promising. The number of church members is one hundred and twelve, including three local preachers. There are three sabbatli schools, three superintendents, ten teachers, and forty scho­ lars; no library reported. Two meeting houses and a par­ sonage have been erected, valued at about $350. The circuit MISSIONARY REPORT. 69 t has eight appointments in a circumference of about one hun­ dred and thirty-five miles. The brethren here seem to be anticipating a glorious harvest. Jefferson City Mission.—Henry C. Dreyer, missionary. This circuit embraces seven appointments within a circumfer­ ence of one hundred and fift^six miles. It has a membership of eighty, with about an equal number of regular attendants upon our brother’s ministry. Two churches have been built, and another is contemplated; church property valued at $150. A small sabbath school has been established with one superin­ tendent, five teachers, and seventeen scholars; no library. The influence of Romanism and rationalism in this field is power­ ful ; but Jehovah is the God of missions. Versailles Mission.—William Schuck, missionary. Another lo be supplied. This mission circuit embraces six appoint­ ments; to reach all these the missionary travels about two hundred and thirty-five miles. Three churches and a parson­ age were built last year, valued at $450; no debts. There are one hundred church members in the mission, including two local preachers; three sabbath schools, with three superintend­ ents, nine teachers, and forty scholars. The mission is in a good condition, though it has probably suffered some loss by the frequent absence of brother Schuck, who was directed by the bishop to fill several appointments of the presiding elder. A local preacher has been employed as an assistant, who, in­ sisting on laboring without pay from the missionary funds, the appropriation will be refunded, or used for the establishment of a new mission. Weston Mission.—Henry Hogrefe, missionary. Another has been employed by the presiding elder. This mission includes fourteen regular appointments; the missionaries travel, each round, about two hundred and' eighty-six miles, preaching sometimes to congregations consisting of only two or three families. There are seventy members in society; two sabbath schools, officers and scholars not reported. One meeting-house has been built, and another is contemplated. The missionary writes encouragingly of his prospects. Chariton Mission.—William Feigenbaum, missionary. This mission was commenced in March, 1847, and now numbers fifty church members. A new church for German worship MISSIONARY REPORT. has recently been dedicated, valued at $150. It is in contem­ plation to erect another in Brunswick, which is a place of con­ siderable importance. In this village and vicinity are many Germans, and no German preacher. Brother F. is about forming a sabbath school. The prospects in general are en­ couraging. * Warren Mission.—Charles Koenecke, missionary. This mis­ sion has nine appointments, to fill which the missionary travels, each round, about one hundred and forty miles. It has a membership of one hundred and fifty, and one exhorter. It has four churches and a parsonage, valued at $600, with a debt of $100. Four sabbath schools are in operation, with four superintendents, sixteen teachers, and sixty scholars; no library. There are some difficulties to be encountered here, as well as in other parts of the German work, but God can easily cause the wrath of man to praise him. The prospects are by no means discouraging. 8i. Charles Mission.—Frantz Horstman, missionary. This mission was authorized and provided for at the late session of the Illinois Conference, by taking from the Warren Mission one appointment and ten members. There are at present twenty members in society, and three appointments. Within the circumference of the mission, which is about one hundred and thirty miles, there are many Germans who need our help. We are glad to learn a sabbath school is soon to be formed. Perry Mission.—Charles Holman, missionary. This mis­ sion was also commenced in March, 1847. It has a circumfer­ ence of one hundred and twenty miles, with eight regular preaching places, including a membership of sixty-five. A new church is in progress, and a sabbath school is about to be formed. A letter from the missionary states, that the prospects are encouraging. Monroe Mission, III.—This mission was left to be supplied. The presiding elder employed Jacob Lehmberg, a local preacher, to fill the vacancy; but on his way to the mission he was taken ill, and died on the 26th of November last. His end was peace; and he has left a widow and two children to mourn their loss. Another brother, by the name of Boeshens, has been appointed to succeed him. This is a circuit of about one hundred miles in circumference. It has five appointments, including a mem- MISSIONARY REPORT. bership of sixty; also a sabbath school, with one superintend­ ent, five ieachers, and eighteen scholars; no library. It has a church and parsonage worth $450, with a debt of $50. Cir­ cumstances have militated against this mission during the past year, but better times are anticipated. Belleville Mission.—Henry F. Koenecke, missionary. This mission embraces a circumference of one hundred and twenty- five miles, and includes a thickly settled German, population. It has nine regular appointments, two churches, and a parson­ age. The church property is valued at $1800, on which there is a debt of $100. There are eighty-five church members, one local preacher, and two exhorters. A sabbath school has been established, which consists of one superintendent, six teachers, and thirty-five scholars. The prospects of this mission are re­ ported as much more promising than last year. Highland Mission, 111.—Louis Kunz, missionary. The cir­ cumference of this mission circuit is about two hundred and fifty miles, including eight regular preaching places. The new church has been some time in progress. The.society is small, numbering only thirty-five members, and many of the subscribers have failed to pay their subscriptions. Though there is a large German population included within the limits of the circuit, the prospect at present is rather discouraging. Methodism is viewed by most of them almost with abhorrence. We regret to perceive there is a great falling off in the mem­ bership, as compared with last year’s report. It pains us, too, that there is no report of sabbath schools. Two were reported last year. There are two exhorters connected with this mission. The details of this large mission district, as furnished by bro­ ther Koeneeke, give the following statistical summary:—The circumference of the whole district is one thousand and fifty miles. It embraces fourteen missions, in which are employed sixteen missionaries. There are twelve hundred and four church members, eight local preachers, and eleven exhorters.- Eighteen churches have been built, two are in course of erec­ tion, and two others ar«e contemplated. There are seven par­ sonages, eighteen sabbath schools, eighteen superintendents, eighty-five teachers, three hundred and ninety-five scholars, and one hundred and sixty-seven volumes in the different libraries. The whole missionary appropriation for the district 72 MISSIONARY REPORT.

is $2315. averaging to each missionary nearly $144 per an­ num. We have some reason to believe that this summary is not entirely perfect, especially in relation to the number of local preachers and exhorters, and sabbath-school statistics.

6. German Missions in the Quincy District. This extensive district, including a circumference of between tvyelve and fifteen hundred miles, is still under the superin- tendency of our excellent brother Jacoby. We regret to learn that his health is feeble, owing to which he has not been able, during a part of the year, to fulfill all the duties of his charge. The labors of this district are very severe, so much so, that Bishop Waugh, at the last Illinois Conference, directed brother Yost, of Milwaukie, to attend four of the missions three times in the year. This afforded considerable relief to the presiding elder, but as such an arrangement must be temporary, it can­ not remove the necessity of a division of the work. The extension of territory, and multiplication of mission circuits and stations in the German work connected with the Illinois Conference, imperatively call for a division of both districts. This will doubtless be done as soon as circumstances will justify it. Four years ago there were only four missions in this far western field, and they in a trembling state of ipfancy. Now there are twelve, some of which have become strong, and are already refunding to the missionary treasury the moneys here­ tofore received for their support The past has been a pros­ perous year, and the prospects were never more promising than at present. But for a more satisfactory view of these missions we must refer the {Society and its friends to the fol­ lowing details :— Quincy Mission.—Sebastian Barth and Frederick Kerkman; missionaries. The following sketch of the history of this 'mission, furnished by brother Jacoby, can hardly fail to be interesting

“ This mission was established in 1844, at the Missouri Conference, by Bishop Morris, with an appropriation of two hundred dollars. Brother Philip Barth, a local preacher from St. Louis, supplied the mission. The Lord blessed his labors, and he reported at the next Conference forty members in society, $40 missionary money, and a meeting-house nearly finished, at a cost of $400. The MISSIONARY REPORT. 73 appropriation tine second year, was again $200. The number of members was doubled. The preacher received considerable from the society, several debts were paid, and $40 raised for missions. The third year the appropriation was $300. Brother Hemminghouse generously gave this money to help to pay the debt on the church, which was still heavy. The society supported their preacher, and sent $52 missionary money to the conference At the last quarterly conference of last year, the brethren determined to apply for two preachers, pledging themselves to support them both. Here you see is a work that has cost the Missionary Society $570, now supporting two preachers; and soon they will pay their debts, with in­ terest, to their benefactors.”

No special revival has taken place during the past year, yet the work is gradually progressing. Brother Barth labors mostly in the city, and faithfully attends to all his duties. Brother Kerkman travels sixty-two miles every two weeks, in attending to the appointments in the country. The mission includes one hundred and seventy-five church members, one local preacher, and several exhorters. It has a flourishing sabbath school, with one superintendent, nineteen'teachers, and ninety scholars. There is also a day school under the immediate oversight of the missionary, with about forty scholars. Missionary prayer meetings are held in each of three appointments, at which col­ lections are taken for the cause of missions. At the last meet­ ing o f this kind held at Quincy, $6 50 were collected. The church property in Quincy is valued at $2,500, on which there is a debt of $140. A log church has been built in Kingston worth about $50. There is also a frame church in progress at Mill Creek, and the money to pay for it nearly all raised. The congregations are good—especially on sabbath—and the so­ cieties are united in love. Three faithful missionaries have gone out from this field. ■Besmoines Mission.—Peter Helvvig, missionary. This mis­ sion, until recently, included a portion of Iowa and also of Missouri. It is now divided, and that part of it situated in Illinois formed into a new mission, designated Nauvoo Mission. The brother laboring in this field has been greatly afflicted during the year, though he has generally fulfilled the duties of his station. There are seven regular appointments embraced within a circumference of one hundred and sixteen miles, and these are visited by the missionary once in two weeks. The circuit includes a membership of fifty-seven, one local preacher, and several exhorters. There is only one sabbath school, with 74 MISSIONARY REPORT. one superintendent, four teachers, and twelve scholars. A parsonage is owned by the society worth about $100. The mission has not been left without the favoring presence of Christ, nor is the future without encouragements; Nauvoo Mission.—William Bauermeister, missionary. This mission includes the Mormon city, and two other appointments) requiring the missionary to travel sixty miles to visit them. The labors of our brother might be profitably employed in Nauvoo alone, did our funds warrant the restriction. Regard­ ing the condition and prospects of this mission, the missionary writes as follows:—

“ W e have had a two days’ meeting in Nauvoo, during which twelve joined society, four were converted, and Qthers deeply convicted. It is very important that this place should have preaching every sabbath. In Warsaw, another ap- ointment, we have encouraging prospects.”

There are in the mission thirty-two church members, one sabbath school, one superintendent, four teachers, and twenty- four scholars. A small brick church has been built, worth about $500. Burlington Mission, Iowa.—William Hemminghouse and August Korfhage, missionaries. Brother H. has labored prin­ cipally in the city, and brother K. in the country. The former has preached three times a week, held two prayer meetings, also a Bible class, besides acting as class-leader, and filling a country appointment once in two weeks. He has also com­ menced a day school. The latter has eight appointments, to meet which, he travels every two weeks one hundred and thirteen miles. There are embraced in the mission thirty-five members, one sabbath school, one superintendent, seven teach­ ers, and twenty-six scholars. We are glad to learn that pre­ parations are making to build a church for German worship in Burlington. The brethren have labored very hard, and we are pained to learn, since brother Jacoby’s report was received, that brother Hemminghouse has fallen a victim to his sacrificing toils. A short account of his death will be found m the intro­ duction of our Report. “ Though a thousand fall,” may the German work never lack for faithful laborers. Iowa Mission.—Jacob Haas, missionary. The prospect in this mission, at present, is not flattering. Hinderances in almost MISSIONARY REPORT. 75 every form array themselves against the march of evangelical truth. But the missionary remarks: “ We are waiting for the power of the Lord.” This is the true position, and we feel an assured confidence he will not wait in vain. Our brother at this point has four appointments, embraced within a circumfer­ ence of about sixty miles. The sabbath schools in this mission, we learn, are suspended during the winter season. There are three schools reported, with nine teachers, and thirty-three scholars. There is one church, and a good parsonage, valued at $150. The membership is thirty-five, including one local preacher. Bloomington Mission.—John Plank, missionary. Here are eight preaching places, embraced in a circumference of one hundred and seventy miles. In making the round of this cir­ cuit, the missionary preaches twelve times, leading the classes whenever it is practicable. There is a parsonage in the mis­ sion worth about $150. Only thirty-six members are reported for this mission. This field of labor includes Davenport, Bloom­ ington, and Iowa city. It will probably soon be necessary to divide it. The work is prospering, and the prospect is flat­ tering. No sabbath schools have been reported. Washington Mission, 111.—John J. Huebner, missionary. This is represented as a difficult field of labor, and thus far the fruits of our toil have been comparatively small. It is earnestly hoped, however, that by proper and continued cultivation, even this field may be rendered productive. The membership is smaller than was reported last year, amounting now only to thirty. This diminution is to be accounted for from the fact that a class of Pennsylvania Germans has been transferred to the Lewiston circuit, in the Rock River Conference. The missionary has five preaching places to attend, while he travels about a hundred miles each round. He preaches regularly three times a week, meets the classes, and attends faithfully to all his pastoral duties. A church and parsonage have been built, which are valued at about $400. The brethren in this mission are anxiously looking for better days, and brother Heubner expresses a strong hope, that a more favorable report will be given at the close of another year. Beardstown Mission, III.—Thomas Shultz, missionary. This mission has been graciously visited from on high during 76 MISSIONARY REPORT. the past year. The membership has increased both in numbers and piety. The mission hasa circumference of about twenty- four miles, with three regular appointments. Brother Shultz preaches four times a week, leads the classes, and teaches a day school of about twenty children. There are now ninety members in society. A sabbath school is in operation, consist­ ing of one superintendent, seven teachers, and thirty scholars. A church has been erected worth about $900; a part of the house is occupied as a parsonage. The society are hoping to be able to support themselves after the present year. “ Plenty of opposition here,” the missionary remarks, “ but the Lord shows that he is for us.” Galena Mission, 111.—Henry Nuelsen, missionary. This mission includes four appointments. The missionary is labo­ rious and faithful in his duties. A day school has been esta­ blished, which is taught by brother Nuelsen himself. There are thirty members in society, one sabbath school, five teachers, and fourteen scholars; two churches worth about $500. The prospects are good. Dubuque Mission.—John Mann, missionary. This mission embraces a circumference of about one hundred miles, including eight regular appointments. Owing to the number of creeks and small rivers, brother Mann finds it almost impossible to attend his appointments punctually. He is very indefatigable in his work, and has been the instrument of good among the people of his charge. A great many Germans are settling north of Dubuque* and there are encouraging prospects of success. The society numbers forty members, iwo sabbath schools, five teachers, and sixteen scholars. A church has been erected in this mission worth about $350. Jefferson Mission.—This is a new mission and was left to be supplied. The presiding elder has filled the vacancy with a brother Lalk. There are in this field of labor about three hundred and fifty German families, of whom about two-thirds are Protestants. No report of this mission has been furnish­ ed us. Milwaukee Mission.—Casper Jost and William Madlung> missionaries. It has already been stated that brother Jost was directed by the bishop to employ a part of his time in attending quarterly meetings for the presiding elder. Appeals the most MISSIONARY REPORT. 77 affecting have been made to the board regarding the destitution of German laborers in Wisconsin. Thousands upon thousands of Germans have settled in this field, in which, if we succeed, we must enter immediately. Six missionaries are imperatively demanded for this work the ensuing year. In Milwaukie there has been a blessed revival the past year. Q,uite a number have been converted, and eighteen have recently joined the church. A church is greatly needed at this point, and the brethren are importunate in their requests for help. Will not some of our wealthy brethren respond to their call ? Brother Jost has esta­ blished a day school, with fifty-four scholars. Brother Madlung labors in Sheboygan and its vicinity. There are within the limits of the mission twenty-six church members, and a sabbath school with fifty-four scholars. Chicago Mission.—Philip Barth, missionary. This is com­ paratively a new mission, and has labored under great embar­ rassments, until recently, for want of a comfortable place of worship. Our English friends have nobly come forward and aided in the erection of a German church, which is now occu­ pied, and free from debt. The congregation has much in­ creased and the prospects are greatly encouraging. Numbers are already inquiring the way to Zion, and the missionary writes: “ We are looking for blessed times, and expecting a general revival in this mission,” No statistical report has been received, but we think it entirely safe to allow the mission, at least, ten members. The details above presented exhibit the following statistical aggregatesThirteen missions, sixteen missionaries, three local preachers, six exhorters, twelve sabbath schools, twelve superintendents, seventy teachers, and two hundred and fifty- five scholars; volumes in libraries not reported, For the sup* port of all the missionaries, including the Presiding Elder, the whole appropriation from the funds of the Society is about $2500; averaging to each missionary about $156 per annum. The district embraces a membership of five hundred and ninety- six. Ten churches have been erected, and two more are in progress, There are also five parsonages,

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7. German Missions in the Baltimore Conference. Baliifnore 'City Mission.—John S wahlen, missionary. This mission is situated on Fell’s Point, in the eastern part of the city, where thousands of Germans are residing. The labors of the missionary, however, are by no means confined to this place. He visits the Germans in every part of the city, where there appears to be any opportunity of doing good, and some­ times takes excursions in the country, where some of his flock reside. In these country visits he is obliged to walk about ten miles. He also preaches occasionally in the western part of the city, where there is an encouraging prospect of success. A new mission has already been projected, and incipient measures taken for its establishment. A class has been formed which now numbers twenty-two members. In East Baltimore there is a membership of forty-five—making in all sixty-seven church members. The sabbath school is reported to be in a prosper­ ous condition, having two superintendents, eight teachers, thirty-three scholars, with one hundred and twenty-three volumes in the library. There is one church built on a leased lot, worth about $1700. The spiritual condition of the society is said to be good, and the prospects for the future are thought to be more and more encouraging. Seventeen persons have joined society within the last few months, and thirteen have recently professed converting grace. The congregations are increasing, and the brethren are praying and looking for greater things. Brother Swahlen writes that there is an interest among the Germans in this mission, on the subject of religion, such as he has not witnessed during his sojourn in the city. May these indications of good be more than realized!

8. German Missions in the Philadelphia Conference. Philadelphia City Mission.—-John C. Lyon, missionary. Concerning this mission, brother Lyon writes:—

“ Our mission here is in a very prosperous condition. W e have good congre­ gations, serious meetings, and the signs of a living church. W e have had a num. ber of very interesting conversions, and there is a general inquiry among the people after the way of salvation. W e have four classes well attended, in which, including the branch mission lately formed in Southwark, there are sixty church members. W e have also a flourishing sabbath school, with one superintendent, ten teachers, seventy .eight scholars, and two hundred volumes in the library.” MISSIONARY REPORT. 79

We regret that this mission is still laboring under the great disadvantage of having no church. The one now occupied is said to be very uncomfortable, especially in the winter season. Our latest information, however, encourages the hope, that there is now a prospect that a church for German worship will soon be erected. Until recently, the brethren have been dis­ appointed in every effort they have made to procure a suitable lot. This difficulty has at length been overcome, a suitable lot, fifty-four by a hundred feet, having been purchased in a most eligible part of the city. But the greatest difficulty is yet to be grappled with; the necessary funds must be raised, or the un­ dertaking must fail. Will not the friends of our German enter­ prise sympathize with our brethren in Philadelphia in this laudable effort ? The German population in this city is said to be equal to that in New-York, numbering about sixty thousand. What a field is this for one man to cultivate, and that, too, under the most discouraging circumstances! But we must not yield to the spirit of despair. Providence will yet interpose, and provide in some way the necessary facilities for carrying on the work he has so graciously begun. Let the friends of this mission con­ tinue to pray, believe, wait, and act, and the clouds of dis­ couragement which now hang over it will soon be dissipated.

9. German Missions in the New-Jersey Conference. Newark City Mission.—Thomas Steck, missionary. There are in the City of Newark rising two thousand Germans, and three churches, besides our own, for German worship. During a part of the year the peace and prosperity of our hitherto flourishing society, at this place, were seriously threatened. But God, in great mercy, interposed, and the prospects are again favorable. It is earnestly hoped these troubles may be over­ ruled for good. The state of the society has greatly improved, and in the latter part of the year souls have been awakened and converted. Both Catholics and Protestants have pressed to the altar of prayer, earnestly seeking the salvation of God. Owing to several causes, the missionary has labored under some discouragements. Seventeen have moved away, a few have been dismissed, two have died; in addition to which, there have been serious difficulties in the society. The number of 80 MISSIONARY REPORT. members reported at the close of the past year is ninety-four, most of whem are walking in the fear of the Lord. The sab­ bath school is said to be prosperous, having one superintendent, twelve teachers, sixty scholars, and three hundred volumes in the library. The church property is worth about $3000, on which there is a debt of rising $1000. We understand that arrangements have been made by which the society has been relieved from serious embarrassment. It is earnestly hoped this debt may soon be entirely liquidated. West Jersey Mission.—Andrew Schwartz, missionary. This mission embraces six regular appointments, viz., Malaga, Winslow, Waterford, Jackson, New-Germany, and Glasboro’ ; to meet which, requires the missionary to travel each round about fifty-four miles. The whole number of Germans in this field is about three hundred. Of these, seventy-eight have been received into the church, thirty-nine of whom have been added since our last Report was made out. Two have fallen asleep in Jesus, during the year, and fourteen have removed to the west, some with and others without certificates. The whole number now in society is only sixty-two. A majority of these will probably have removed before this Report is pub­ lished. In consequence of this, the fondly cherished hope of establishing a strong mission at this point has, in a measure, been disappointed. Still, our brother has labored on, and is still laboring, with encouraging success. The German children in this mission attend the satibath schools among our English brethren, and hence, none have been established for their.special benefit. No church property in this mission.

10. German Missions in the New - York Conference. New-York City Mission.—Adam Miller, missionary. We have received a very satisfactory report of this mission from brother Miller, which we insert as follows:—

“ D e a r B r o t h e r P it m a n ,—In transmitting to you my final report for this con­ ference year, I rejoice that I am able to say that we still enjoy seasons of refresh, ing from the presence of the Lord. We have had a gracious work among the Germans during the past winter. From the 19th of last November up to the date of this communication, (March 30th,) fifty-five have united with us on probation. These, added to those before received, make the number of accessions, during the year, seventy-five. But an unusu&lly large number have removed this year, among them some of our most influential members, including one exhorter and three MISSIONARY REPORT. ,81 class-leaders. In fact, this mission has its preachers, exhorters, and class-leaders, scattered in various places over the western country; and while we cannot but re­ gret having our membership so constantly thinned, by removals, from time to time, we rejoice that much good is being accomplished through their influence In other places. Of the one hundred and fifty reported to me when I came here, there aria only about fifty left. We already have encouraging report^, of some who have left us during the year. We have lately been much encouraged in witnessing the suc­ cess of the gospel among the Roman Catholics. Within a few months past, we have formed a new class, which is made up mostly of converted Romanists. We have now in this mission one hundred and seventy-six members, including two local preachers and two exhorters. There is one sabbath school, with two superintend­ ents, twenty-six teachers, one hundred and thirty-four scholars, and two hundred and fifty volumes in the library. W e are greatly encouraged to labor on in this holy and blessed cause. Yours, &c. A dam M il l e r .

“ P . S.'—I may add in this report, that, during th^ year, one of our exhorters left here and settled in Poughkeepsie, and immediately commenced holding meetings among his countrymen. He was afterward licensed to preach, and went to work in earnest to bring sinners to Christ. I gave him all the encouragement and assist­ ance I could, by visiting the place at several different times. A small sabbath school has been organized, and a class formed of eighteen members, which is con­ nected with the First M. E. Church in Poughkeepsie. Bishop Hedding has visited them and administered the sacrament They were all happy to see the venerable bishop among them. I hope a German circuit will be formed along the Hudson River next year, with this point included. A. M.”

Bloomingdale Mission.—J. J. Graw, missionary. We are sorry to say, this mission has not succeeded so well as was first expected, and that its prospects at present are not very flattering. It is located in thirty-sixth street, among a class of Germans by no means accessible to the saving influences of the gospel. The society now numbers only thirty members. The sabbath school has one superintendent, five teachers, forty-five scholars, with two hundred and fifty volumes in the library. This mis­ sion is still sustained by the “ Ladies’ Home Missionary Society of the M. E. Church, in the city of New-York.” These Chris­ tian ladies have taken a deep interest in this mission, and it is earnestly hoped their benevolent efforts may yet be richly re­ warded. W^iam^ufgh Mission.—E. W. Buhrp, missionary. 5fhis mission is yet in its infant state, having been but recently esta­ blished ; .and what is somewhat discouraging, £$out ten pfifcs members have .removed during fee last six ¡months. .Qnjejhajs died, and tjvo have been dropped. Removals, hoover, .must be expected ip all our eastern German missions,, as the, tend^n^y 82 MISSIONARY REPORT. of this population is to the west. There are now twenty-seven members in society, also an interesting sabbath school, with one superintendent, three teachers, thirty scholars, and eighty volumes in the library. A neat and comfortable little church has been erected, which is all paid for except $450 on the lot, which, we believe, is not seriously embarrassing. We trust this mission will continue a great blessing to the German population in Williamsburgh and its vicinity.

11. German Missions in the Genesee Conference. Buffalo City Mission.—John Sauter, missionary. The fol­ lowing extract from a letter of Rev. Samuel Church, presiding elder of the Buffalo district, dated February 3d, 1848, will fur­ nish the best report of this new mission :—

“ The friends of missions in the Genesee Conference, and those especially in the city of Buffalo, have put forth an effort to sustain the mission, worthy of the great, ness of the cause in which they are engaged. The new German church is finished, and was this day dedicated to the worship of Almighty God. It is built of brick, forty by fifty-five feet, and finished in a plain, substantial manner, at an expense of $2000 for lot and house. When the missionary commenced his labors, last August there was no church organization, nor could there be found a preaching place other than brother Sauter’s « own hired house.’ Here he commenced—a stranger in the midst of strangers—preaching the word of life and salvation to his ' brethren and kinsmen according to the flesh.’ Almost from the commencement of his labors, the Lord began to pour out of his Spirit upon the congregation ; conversions soon followed, and a class was formed, which now numbers thirty-four members. The work of grace goes on, the congregations are good, and there are mourners at the altar every evening. The missionary has entered upon the ‘ cent-a-week plan,’ and has raised $ 4 80 missionary money. . “ Everything connected with this mission looks encouraging. Brother Sauter and his family are well, and in excellent spirits. What has been done for the Ger­ man population in Buffalo, shows what might and what ought to be done for the perishing thousands in our midst. There is here, of this class of community, from ten to fifteen thousand, almost entirely under Roman influence. If brother Sauter could have a single man sent here as his assistant, it would be a timely supply, and of great importance to the interests of the mission.”

It is due to brothers Thomas and Wright, the stationed preachers in Buffalo, and also to the presiding elder of the district, to say, they have taken a deep and unceasing interest in this mission, and have spared no pains to secure its success. Most heartily do we rejoice with them in its present prosperity and future promise. MISSIONARY DEPORT. 83

Having now surveyed this extensive and promising field, and presented the Society with such details as we have received, we conclude this department by presenting, in one view, the statisti­ cal aggregates, as follows:—There are now* embraced in our German department eighty-five sabbath schools, eighty-six super­ intendents, five hundred and nine teachers, twenty-five hundred and three scholars, with two thousand four hundred and ten volumes in the several libraries. We have still to complain that our reports of the number of local preachers and exhorters in many of these missions are by no means satisfactory. The numbers reported are only twenty-four local preachers and twenty-seven exhorters. There are seventy-eight churches, and twenty-eight parsonages, either already erected, or in vari­ ous stages of progress. The following statistical exhibit will show the whole num­ ber of missions, missionaries, and church members, now included in the German field:—

Missions. Missionaries. Cburch Members. Cincinnati District, 8 9 631 Pittsburgh District, 9 12 847 Indiana District, 11 13 1001 North Ohio District, . 7 11 564 St. Louis District, 14 16 1204 Quincy District, 13 16 596 Baltimore City Mission, 2 2 67 Philadelphia City Mission, . 2 2 60 Newark City Mission, N. J., 1 1 94 West Jersey Mission, N.J., 1 1 62 New-York City Mission, 1 1 176 Bloomingdale Mission, N. Y., 1 1 30 Williamsburgh Mission, N .Y ., . 1 1 27 Buffalo Mission, N. Y., 1 1 40

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II. INDIAN MISSIONS. The evangelization of the aborigines of this country has, from the beginning-, been a cherished object of this Society. Driven from the homes of their fathers by the cupidity of the white man, they have been followed by our missionaries, who, jn the midst of privations and toils, have never ceased to care for them, and to labor for their salvation. Nor have their labors been in 84 missionA y report. vain. Thousands of them have been brought to Christ through the instrumentality of these self-denying and devoted men, many of whom have ahead y passed the waters of Jordan and gone triumphantly to their rest. At one time in the history of the Society’s operations our Indian membership amounted to several thousands. But since the unhappy division of the M. E. Church, more than four- fifths of the converted Indians have, by the line of separation, so called, been transferred to the M. E. Church, South. Sub­ sequently to the General Conference of 1844, the Indian Mission Conference voted to hold its future relation to the Southern Church— whether with the desire or consent of the Indian members within its limits, we are not certainly advised. One thing, however, is certain, they have submitted to this arrange­ ment, and have been provided for by the missionary organiza­ tion of that Church until now. And it affords us great pleasure to learn, that in some of these missions the Lord has graciously revived his work, and that considerable accessions have been made to the Indian Societies. Still, we learn, by letters and memorials to the late General Conference, that some of these Indians are not satisfied with their new relation. This is especially true of the Wyandotts, who were among the first fruits of our missionary labors for the benefit of this injured and suffering race. The line between the M. E. Church, and the M. E. Church, South, being now abolished, they will be at liberty to hold their ecclesiastical relations to either church, according to their affinities. Should they deem it advisable to return to the bosom of the church of their first election—which they never voluntarily left—they will doubtless be received, and provided for by this Society. Our Indian Missions, at present, are all connected with one or another of the following conferences, viz., Rock River, Michigan, Oneida, and Black River. By far the most of them are included within the limits of the Michigan Conference. The missionaries laboring among these red men are called, in most instances, to endure great privations, and great severity of toil. Some of them are almost exiled from civilized society, and strangers to the socialities of Christian friendship, and to the refinements and endearments of home and of kindred. “ But none of these things move themthey are, nevertheless, [ MISSIONARY REPORT. 85

indefatigable in their laboTs, cheerful amid all their toils and sufferings, faithful in the discharge of the duties assigned them, and, in most cases, their efforts have been crowned with success. But our limits will not allow of further preliminary remarks concerning these missions. We proceed, therefore, to present their details, as furnished by the missionaries themselves. In doing this, we shall observe our usual order, commencing with

1. Indian Missions in the Mock River Conference. The two Indian missions in this conference are still under the superintendency of Rev. William H. Sampson, the presiding elder of the Green Bay District. We have received two letters from this beloved brother during the year, one dated September 14th, 1847, and the other dated December 22d, of the same year. In the first, he speaks of the dilapidated state of the mission-house among the Oneidas, and asks most importunately for aid to build a new one. To this request the Board was not able to respond favorably, except in the form of mission goods, and of these, there have been less received than in former years. It is hoped the benevolent ladies of our respective charges will not forget that their donations to the Society in goods can be so distributed as greatly to promote the interest of the cause, especially in our Indian Missions. Of the state and prospects of the work in this field, brother Sampson writes thus:—

“ Last Saturday and Sunday I spent at Brothertown, where we had a happy and profitable time, and I trust the season will not be lost to the mission. I think there is a good prospect of a revival. Brother Coleman left the mission in an ex­ cellent condition. Next Saturday I expect to be at the Oneida Indian Mission. The missionaries have not yet all got to their work, but so far as I can learn, they are all expecting better times. I hope the Lord will sanctify his Church, and that we shall have a general shower of grace on all the western world.”

In his second letter, dated Fondulac Mission District, Decem­ ber 22d, 1847, brother Sampson furnishes us a more formal and full report of these missions. This report we shall present chiefly in his own language, as follows :— Brothertown Mission Rev. Henry Requa. missionary. Concerning this mission brother Sampson writes:—

“ The^ast two quarterly meetings held at the Brothertown Indian Mission have been seasons of considerable interest, and, I trust, of some spiritual profit. The 86 MISSIONARY REPORT. mission, on the whole, I think, is prospering. Brother Henry Requa, the miwrinri- ary, is laboring faithfully and successfully, I think. There have been since confer­ ence several conversions and a goodly number of backsliders reclaimed. There are three appointments, one at Brothertown, one at Stockbridge, and one on Mani- tonwoc River, east of Brothertown. The Brothertowns, you are aware, are citi­ zens of the United States; they have lost their own language, and all speak the English language—are improving fast in agriculture and the mechanic arts—to a stranger, their complexion is their chieL-distinction from the whites. The Stock­ bridges. are not so far advanced in their improvements, in any respect, as the Brothertowns. At present they are divided among themselves on the subject of their citizenship, and, until the matter is settled, I fear there will be but small im­ provement in any respect. I cannot give you the exact number of Indians within the bounds of this mission. They comprise the chief population in the towns of Manchester and Stockbridge, and probably in both nations number not far from seven hundred. The number of members, including the Stockbridges, is eighty- two Indians and seven whites. They have a sabbath-school, containing one super­ intendent, seven teachers, seventy-four scholars, and one hundred and sixty-one volumes in the library, and one Bible and seven Testaments. The school has done much good so far, and promises great usefulness to the mission. The mission premises contain three acres of land, on which there is a church worth about $1000, and a log parsonage, small, worth perhaps $100. The education of the children is conducted on the common-school plan, as among whites, among the Brothertowns; and as the schools among the Stockbridges are not connected with the mission, I cannot tell their appropriations from government There has been a general increasing interest in religion within the last four or five months; sixteen or seventeen have professed religion. At present there is considerable religious interest—some prospect of a general work. As our appropriations were limited to $3000 in our conference, and the mission work is so rapidly spreading, we could get only $140 appropriated for this work this year. I hope the Indians will do enough to keep the missionary from starving or suffering.”

Oneida Mission.—Seth W. Ford, missionary. The follow­ ing extract from the presiding elder’s report will present the condition and prospects of this mission :—

“ The Oneida Indian Mission is also in a prosperous condition. Brother Seth W . Ford was not able to reach his work before the first quarterly meeting was held on this mission. He had some four or five hundred miles to travel, was sick a few days, and his horse also detained him some, but he finally reached his field of labor, and has entered upon his duties faithfully, and I believe he will do first rate. The second quarterly meeting was held one week ago last Saturday and Sunday. The meeting was well attended and we had a good time.' The church was crowd­ ed. There are two preaching places on this mission with a society at each. One of these appointments is at the church, within the limits of what is called the orchard party, and the other about four miles distant in what is called the first church party {the church.) The Oneidas have just finished their census, and their number is found to be eight hundred and eight, which shows an increase since their last census. Our membership on this mission is ninety-three Indians, three whites, and one colored, There is one week-day school taught by the missionary MISSIONARY REPORT. 87

The pupils are mostly making very good progress. There are no sabbath schools in operation, but there is a library of about seventy volumes belongipg to the mission. We have one church worth about $1000—the old parsonage is nearly useless, but we are making all due effort to build a new one. When the matter was proposed, it seemed to give new life to the Indians, and they immediately volunteered to hew the timber and quarry the stone, which is already done, and the timber drawn on to the spot—the job is let, and the house is to be finished as soon as practicable. The government appropriation to the Indians for schools is $166 annually, $16 of which the agent reserves for books, etc. The appropriation from the missionary treasury this year is $285, out of which the interpreter receives $40. “ The spiritual condition of the societies at the present time presents an encourag­ ing prospect of future success. There have been a*few accessions recently, and the work is reviving. There are none of the Oneidas who follow the chase for a living, I believe—all are either farmere or mechanics, and are, as a nation, making some progress. There has been no general revival during the past year, and the number of members will vary but little from last year’s report.”

2. Indian Missions in the Michigan Conference. Sault St. Marie Mission.—Nelson Barnum, missionary. One to be supplied. The best report we are able to furnish of the state and prospects of this mission will be found in the letter of brother Barnum, which is presented below, as follows:—

T o t h e Cob. S ec. o t t h e M issio n ar y S ociety of t h e M . E. C hurch.

D e a r B r o th e r ,—As the time is approaching when you must prepare your Annual Report, and as you wish information concerning this mission, I will will­ ingly give you all I can. I however wish you to distinctly understand, that I con­ sider myself under no obligation to report at all, or I should report quarterly. For our mutual convenience, I shall endeavor to answer the questions you put to me in your letter last year, in their order. 1st. There are three points embraced in this mission, Neomikong, Little Rapids, and Garden River. The reason why the number and names are different from last year, is, the Indians from Tequahmenon and Grand Island are at Neomikong, where they talk of settling permanently. 2d. According to a census I took last August, the whole number of Indians within the bounds of the charge is about three hundred. The number of names enrolled as members of the Church is sixty-seven. 3d. W e have one school, of which, as heretofore, I am the teacher. I have twenty-five scholars enrolled, most of whom attend very regularly, and I can say, emphatically, the school is doing well. As an evidence of advancement, last year nearly half of my scholars were learning their letters, now twenty of the twenty- five read in easy lessons, and eighteen read in the-Testament. Ten are learning geography, and ten arithmetic, on a small scale, according to their capacity. By the advice of Bishop Morris, I have introduced singing into my school, and so far am well pleased with it. For want of tune books, the children can only be learned to sing by rote. 4th. One sabbath school. I am, as last year, teacher, assisted by some of the scholars; scholars twenty-six. I should think you misunderstood me about the •88 MISSIONARY REPORT. library. The mission has a library of seventy-eight volumes, but it has no con­ nection with the sabbath school. 5th. One house for meeting and school purposes, worth, say two hundred and fifty dollars. 6th. Appropriation by U. S. Government as before, fourteen hundred dollars. 7th. No appropriation by the Missionary Society. 8th. Of the spiritual condition of the Indians I cannot speak as though I under- stood their language. Situated as I have been, pastoral visiting is altogether out of the question. But this I may be allowed to say, the spiritual condition seems to be as good as could be expected, though I may take your language in your last annual Report to describe it, and say, it is low, and its future prospects rather un­ promising than otherwise. I must insist upon it, that our course with this mission has been, in my opinion, decidedly bad, and that until there is a change of policy it is useless to expect, however devoutly we may pray, a really encouraging report from any one employed in it. On the one hand, a pitiful parsimony forbids the missionary to employ a school teacher so that he may be at liberty to travel and exercise the functions of his ministry, or an interpreter to be always at his service when and,where he would, preach, unless he can bp employed as a laborer on the farm, or with a team; and, on the other, liberality hardly seems in some points of view to have any bounds; for instance, the buying o f property and employment of men to work. Again, every year previous to thiB, for a considerable length of time, a change has been made, and I am satisfied that a man here during his first year in the Indian work can do but very little good. 9th. The Indians connected with the mission hunt and fish more or le s s , but they are not by any means to be considered roving, in the usual acceptation of the term as applied to untaught Indians. Most, if not all, plant more or less every year, and some of them work most of the time by the month or day. 10th. Since I wrote you I have baptized twenty-two, adults and children, and taken the names of two as members of the church that I did not baptize. You will perhaps be ready to ask, whether there are any encouragements to labor in this field. I answer, Yes. The Indians are anxious to hear the gospel, and to have schools for their children; and according to the labor expended.by ministers, as such, during my acquaintance with the charge, I think the returns are greater than the average on our charges among people enjoying all the bless­ ings of education and an enlightened state of society. Excepting a few sabbaths last summer, we have had no regular interpreter; since last March, meetings, therefore, have not always been so well attended or possessed as much interest as we have , wished, or might have expected, under -more favorable circumstances. W e have an interpreter now for the sabbaths; he began yesterday, and we have reason to hope .for an improvement. Garden River presents but poor encourage­ ment; there is in that place considerable Roman Catholic influence, and unless we •con :yi0it them oftaner than heretofore, we cannot expect to see the work of God very prosperous there. Neomikong presents more encouragements. Some of the Indians there were so far off until last summer as to be out of our reach, and others were further off than now, so that they were sometimes visited once a year, and sometimes not at all, by our ministers. In the good providence of God, I was enabled to visit them once near the close of last conference year; and soon after my return from conference, I received a pressing invitation to visit them again, ;with intelligence that some of the Indians wished to be baptized and join the -ohurch, I accordingly went to see them, and spent a few days with them, MISSIONARY REPORT. 89

much to my comfort, and I trust to their profit. I baptized one man and his wife, and their seven children, the wives of two chiefs, and one child of each, one young woman, and two other children, sixteen in all. I have since heard that there were more that wished to be baptized and join the church. Brother Brockway intended to visit them before the close of navigation, but was providentially prevented. H e intends to visit them as soon as he can consistently; how soon that will be is uncertain. They are between thirty and forty miles above here, on the south side of Lake Superior. I commenced recently the reading of the word of God to the Indians in the congregation. I have one adult Indian learning to read. W e have ten boys and one girl in the mission, all well and doing well. Brother Pitman, I am satisfied that our missionaries among the Indians ought to stay as long as consistent in one place, and learn the language, if we would be very successful. It is difficult to get and keep good interpreters, besides being ex­ pensive. I should like to tell -you more about the family and school, but perhaps it would not interest you as much to read it as it would me to write it, and so it may be well that my sheet is full. Yours in the Gospel of Christ,

N e lson Bakotm . Mission House, Sault St. Marie, Dec. 27,1847.

Kewawenon Mission.—J. W. Holt and John Johnson, mis­ sionaries. We have received the annual report of this mission, in which the missionaries have followed the order of the ques­ tions sent out by the Corresponding Secretary in 1846. Their answers to these questions are as follows:—

“ 1. There is but one station or society within the limits of this mission. “ 2. The whole number of Indians in this field is one hundred and forty-eight. Of these thirty-four are members of the M. E. Church. “ 3. There is one week-day school in the mission, with one teacher. The children are making some proficiency in learning, but do not improve so rapidly as is desirable. “ 4. A sabbath school is in operation, with one superintendent, eight teachers, and thirty scholars—two hundred volumes in the library. “ 5. As to the number of churches, and their supposable value, the mission re­ ports a log school-house, which they have been obliged to use as a church, valued at about forty dollars. W e are happy to learn, however, that a neat little frame church is now in course of erection. It is already nearly inclosed, and worth, as it stands, About three .hundred dollars. It is. hoped that it will be finished during the ensuing summer. “ 6. The mission receives an annual appropriation from the United States Go. vemment of two hundred and fifty dollars. To this is to be added the amount appropriated by the Missionary Committee of the' Michigan Conference, a sum making the whole amount seven hundred dollars.”

In his answer to the seventh and eighth questions, u What is the spiritual state o i the society or societies under your 12 90 MISSIONARY REPORT.

charge? and what is the prospect of success in the future?’7 the missionary remarks:—

“ W e might reply, as Mr. Wesley states In his Journal; having been obliged to reduce a certain society to half its number, he remarked, that ‘ the half was more than the whole.’ Of late we have been pruning—and have been forced to lay aside several unprofitable members, but the wort of God is increasing in the church. We have had some of the most solemn and interesting seasons, of late, I have ever witnessed among the Indians. Whisky gives us the greatest trouble. This forenoon was spent at an inquest held over the body of a young man—an Indian— who came to his end through intemperance, under circumstances the most appalling. He was found dead on the beach this morning. The traders are becoming more bold and open/in their work of death—the traffic in ardent spirits. From this and other causes, our future prospects are much beclouded. The most we can say is, that God is still with us ; we will therefore hope in his mercy.”

In reference to the secular habits and pursuits of the Indians, and other questions, the brethren write as follows :—

“ The Indians are directing their attention to agriculture and mechanical pur. suit?, more and more every year. The last four years have witnessed a very great improvement in these respects. Most of them, however, still hunt occasionally, leaving their families at this place. They all go into the woods during the sugar, making season. During the year they have raised abundance of potatoes, with some other articles of producer “ Of late, there has been a good work going on Jhnong some of our members— this is especially the case at the present time. Four persons have recently'been converted, among whom are James Tanner and his wife—formerly Roman Catho­ lics. They are now employed as missionaries at Sandy Lake. A few, we trust, have been reclaimed from their backslidings, and besides Tanner and his wife, four others have been added to the society. “ The Indian portion of the day school now numbers ninQ girls and thirteen boys.”

Fondulac Mission.—E. H. Day and Peter Marksman, mis­ sionaries. The location of this mission was given in our last Report. Since then no intelligence has been received from it. We have been anxiously hoping to receive the information needed for this Report, but have utterly failed. To us this is a source of extreme regret, but the remedy is not with the Board. The annual Minutes report three Indian members in society. Sandy Lake Mission.—Samuel Spates, missionary. One to be supplied. In x>ur last Report will be found the position of this mission, and the number of Indians included within its limits. We regret to be obliged to say, that no further infor- MISSIONARY REPORT. 91 mation has reached us during the year. It is earnestly hoped the missionaries at these points will take the earliest opportunity to send us the desired intelligence concerning their work; and that if it be found impracticable to forward communications to us in the winter season, they will avail themselves of the first opportunity to do so upon .the opening of navigation in the spring. The number of Indian members in this mission, as re­ ported in the annual Minutes, is ten. These two missions are, as yet, in a state of trembling feeble­ ness, and demand the sympathies and prayers of the Church for their prosperity. May they be crowned with glorious success ! Flint River Mission.—Rev. George Bradley, G. W. Brown and John Ka.hbeeje, missionaries. The annual report of this mission was duly received, and as it appears to be full and ex­ plicit in its details, we insert it entire, and deem any extended remarks of our own unnecessary. The report is as follows :—

To t h e C o e . S ec. o f th e M issio n a r y S ociety of t h e M. E. C huech.

R ev . Airo D e a r B r o th e r ,— It again becomes my duty to furnish you with the annual report of this mission. I suppose this would more properly be done by the superintendent, but as he is not very familiar with its condition and prospects, I hope the report will be accepted from me, as having been acquainted with it for the past two years. The year which has just closed has been one of some prosperity. The mis­ sionaries have been blessed with good health, and have, I believe, been faithful in their work. W e have lost our former interpreter, with a few others, through moral defection—the most of whom were seduced from the faith by the influence of un­ principled white men, who are still engaged in their work of death among the Indians. Others, however, have been converted and added to the Church, so that we have lost nothing in'point of numbers. Our mission circuit still increases in extent, and now requires a travel of between five and six hundred miles to visit all the bands. The mission exerts a manifest influence over about eleven hundred natives, of whom about three hundred and twenty are members of the Church. It is a very difficult matter to obtain and keep a correct account of-the numbers on the mission, because of so many changes, &c., but the above is a safe calculation. This mission derives no aid from the government of the United States, although the government sustains a blacksmith and farmer among them, and for their benefit, yet the Indians derive very little benefit from them—these offices being filled by Roman Catholics, who are opposed to the mission. There are two white married preachers on the mission, and brother Kahbeeje, our interpreter. There are three school teachers at different points, the junior preacher also teaches school, making in all four schools in the mission. The appropriation of missionary funds for the support of the Indian work in this 92 MISSIONARY REPORT.

large field, the current year, is $1650. Of course, we do not wish to Complain o f the smallness of our appropriation, but while we are thankful for even this, we honestly think, it will require more tad at economy than we possess to keep up the work with this amount. We will try, however, to do the best we can. W e have endeavored to collect the Christian Indians together for the purpose of clearing the land, building houses, forming villages, &c., and in this, to some extent, we have succeeded. At a place formerly known by the name of Nebissing—now by that of Bradley’s Chapel—the Indians have purchased five hundred and twenty acres of good land, situated in Lapeer county. The number o f families at this place is about forty, making about two hundred persons, who call this their home. They have already under improvement from eighty to a hundred acres, on which , they have had a good crop of summer grain, the past year. They have about twenty log-houses, all erected during the two past years. The mission has fur­ nished them with a yoke of oxen, chains, two ploughs, and one harrow, which facilities have been of great use to them in their new occupations. At this place (Flint) the mission owns two acres of land, on which there has been erected a frame meeting-house, twenty-eight by thirty-eight feet. To enable us to build this, Bishop Janes collected and sent us, through Messrs. Lane and Tippett, five hundred dollars. We have also a log school-house, worth about fifty dollars, and a log parsonage worth seventy-five dollars; also a small frame bam which cost seventy dollars, and a good well of water, the cost of which was six­ teen dollars. The whole lot is inclosed with a good rail fence, and occupied, ex­ cept what is covered by the buildings, as a garden for the missionary. This place, two yeara ago, was a wilderness. The improvements here have been rapid. I have resided here, and it is still my place of residence. The Indians here are very industrious, but need much instruction. About fifty-six miles from this place, in the southern part of Sagenaw comty, on Flint River, we have another location, numbering in all one hundred and fifty Indians, sixty of whom are members of the Church. This station was formerly known by the name of Pe-toah-ne-go■ ing, but now, as the station at Cazier School-house. At this place the mission owns twenty-eight acres of land, on which the school.house stands. For the purchase of the land, and to build the sehool-house, which is twenty-two by twenty-six feet, Bishop Janes sent us, through Lane and Tippett, two hundred and fifty dollars. There is also a frame house on the land, for a parsonage, sixteen by twenty.four feet; the whole cost of this property was five hundred dollars. The Indians also own at this place one hundred acres of land, fifty of which are under cultivation. They raised a good crop the past year, and erected a few log-houses for dwellings. About forty-five miles to die north of this last station, we have a good society, and are trying to make a location there, to be called by the name of Janesville. This is along an Indian thoroughfare. The society already consists of sixty mem­ bers, and if we can succeed in our designs here, I believe good results wifi follow. But the Indians are very poor; they receive a very small annuity from the govern­ ment, but how they are to buy their lands, I do not see. I am trying to help them to devise some way, and perhaps we may ultimately succeed. The land is two dollars and fifty cents an acre—-it being Indian reserves. , There is still another point in the heart of the Indian country, about sixty miles north-west of Sagenaw, which, it is believed, is very susceptible of improvement, and where a station or school should go at once into operation. There is even now a little society there, which is quite promising. We preach there as often as MISSIONARY KEPOKT. 93 we can, and I hope the time i not far off,when we shall have a living teacher at this place, who shall reside there and gather these outcasts into the Redeemer’s fold. The school at Bradley’s Chapel has been in successful operation most of the past year. The average number of scholars in attendance is about twenty-five. The sabbath school has been very well attended, and is often visited by adults as well as children. The week-day school at Cazier's has been interrupted by various causes: sick­ ness of the teacher, building the school-house, and, during some part of the year, the extreme destitution of the necessaries of life among the Indians. But it is hoped it will now be continued, and become permanent. The school at the place we call Janesville has been in successful operation since June last. The average attendance of scholars is about twenty-eight, and they have made rapid advancement. Here we hope soon to have a fine settlement, and to see our Indian brethren and sisters living as the good and industrious white man. We have another teacher who is keeping a small school about twenty miles north of this, but its continuance is somewhat uncertain. Our prospects for usefulness in this mission continue to be'encouraging. A good state of religion appears to prevail generally. All our sacramental seasons ambng these converted Indians have been attended with unusual outpourings of the Holy Spirit. Several have died during the year, whogave evidence to the last that their “ end was peace.” W e have our difficulties, but perhaps I ought not to speak of them; others, it is probable, have still greater ones. I hope the Lord will continue to smile upon us and all will be well. Yours in Christ, G eorge B r a d le y , Missionary. Flint River Mission, Mich. Conf., January, 1848.

Nottoioay Mission.—Rev. M. Hickey, missionary. The geographical position of this mission, with its origin and early history, may be found in our last year’s Report. The Indians at this station are remnants of the Potawattomie nation. They are about sixty in number, forty of whom are members of the Church. All the adults in the band are included in this number. The providential indications by which the introduction of the gospel among these Indians was brought about, were peculiarly striking, and we are happy to learn, irom brother Hickey, that the mission continues in a prosperous condition. In a letter, dated January 10,1848, he writes as follows:—

“ W e have excellent meetings among us. It is quite common at our prayer meetings to see persons fell and lie for hours under the signal manifestations o f divine power with which we are often visited. It is a remarkable feet, that we have none in this band who drink ardent spirits; and this very fact inspires us with hope that this good work will remain. “ We have a small, yet interesting week-day school in operation, and are happy to say, the pupils are improving-very fast. Boys and girls in our school, from six to ten years of age, read quite readily in the New Testament. The school nam- 94 MISSIONARY REPORT. bers sixteen pupils. Two of our pupils from this band are now attending school at our noble and thriving institution in this state—the Wesleyan Seminary at Albion. “ Our Indians are rapidly improving in their secular affairs. During the past season they have raised com, potatoes, turnips, wheat, and many other things, and have wheat in the ground for the coming season. They are also improving in their manner of living. Most of them have good tables, chairs, bedsteads, and cooking utensils, in their houses, and they are often heard to say, ‘ W e want to live as good white man do.’ It has been said that * the Indian will not work,’ but we have been in circumstances to know that this is not true. Let his heart become thoroughly changed, and let him be affectionately taught—not driven—then give him an opportunity, and he will become industrious. “ This band are laboring to build houses and make other improvements with as little aid as possible from the whites; cultivating among themselves a spirit of industry and economy. At the same time they are very thankful for any favor conferred upon them by their white brethren. “ When I was appointed to this band at the last conference, it was expected that I should visit other bands of Indians west and north of the Ottoway tribe. I have made one tour among these Indians, but not so extensively as I should have done had not the small pox prevailed so generally among the bands on Grand River. There is quite a prospect that we Bhali be able to do something among them the ensuing spring. There are two bands, about sixty in each, who con­ template purchasing land, and we hope to be able to persuade them to purchase together. Then it will be an object to start a school among them. Our convert- ed Indians have a great anxiety for the salvation of their brethren of the Ottoway nation.”

This mission has been peculiarly favored of the Lord, and although the number of Indians is comparatively few at this point, yet we have much cause of thanksgiving to God, that they have been taken under the care of the Church and of this Sooiety.

3. Indian Missions in the Oneida Conference. Onondaga and Oneida Mission.—Rev. Daniel Pancher, missionary. It was stated in our last Report, that this mission embraces two appointments, about thirty-five to forty miles dis­ tant from each other. At each of these appointments a day school is kept in operation, and these schools promise much good. At Onondaga there is a regular day school supported by the state, which, though not as flourishing as is desirable, is never­ theless greatly advantageous to the interests of the mission. At Oneida a school was commenced about four months ago by a pious young lady of the M. E. Church, and the effort, thus far, has proved quite successful. It has been expected that the MISSIONARY REPORT. 95 legislature would make an appropriation for the support of this school. If they do not, something certainly should be done by the Conference Mission Committee. The Indians paid for the young lady’s board one month, and for two months board she is nowin debt. At present, however, they supply her with provisions, and thus enable her to live in her own hired house. There are two Sunday schools in the mission, including about sixty scholars, with a good supply of books. We regret that the statistics of the mission are not more definitely detailed. As no account of the membership in this mission has been sent us, we are obliged either not to report at all, or be governed by the report in the last annual Minutes. According to this re­ port, there are 100 Indians in society. Up to this time there has been no church at the Onondaga station, but we learn that efforts are now being made, which, under the blessing of God, will probably result in the erection of one adapted to the wants of that part of the mission. Of the holyday meetings held for the mission, brother Fancher writes thus:—

“ Our late Christmas meeting, which was held at Onondaga, was a time of spiritual good to the members of the society. The New-Year’s meeting, held at Qneida, was a time of great refreshing to the Church, and of considerable awaken­ ing to sinners. At both these meetings the temperance cause received due atten­ tion j sixty-three signatures were secured to our Indian temperance pledge.”

The motives and encouragements for the continuance of our efforts among these Indians are given by the missionary as follows:—

“ The following facts should encourage us to renewed and persevering efforts among this people, namely:— “First, They have minds capable of vast improvement I am aware that it has been said, ‘ Do what you will for them and they will be Indians still.’ This is true; but if proper efforts be made they will be civilized and Christianized Indians. Such many of them are already. “ Secondly, Their willingness to co-operate with-us in the missionary entetprise. Last year they raised twenty-four dollars for \he support of missions, all in cash. This year, notwithstanding they anticipate having considerable to do at home, they have resolved to make an effort to raise something in the course of the year for the promotion of the cause abroad. ' “ Thirdly, Their gratitude for favors conferred upon them. This they often express to the missionary, and in melting strains of praise to God. “ Fourthly, Their very ardent desire to receive instruction, and their determina­ tion to profit by it* 96 MISSIONARY REPORT.

“ Fifthly, The fact, that hitherto the God o f missions has sanctioned our efforts among them. The degraded have been elevated, the miserable made happy, and the dying triumphant.”

4. Indian Missions in the Black River Conference. St Regis Mission.—Ebenezer Arnold, missionary. At the time of making up our Report, this mission had not been formally recognized. It is probable, however, that the Black River Conference will, at its approaching session, include it in the list of its regular missions. This new mission embraces within its limits between a thousand and fifteen hundred souls. These Indians reside at that point where the St. Lawrence River leaves the boundary between the state of New-York and Canada. The Rachel and St. Regis Rivers empty into the St. Lawrence about a mile apart; the first south, the other north, o f the national line. A very beautiful point of land is left between them, divided by the line. The most eligible site for a town on our northern frontier is occupied by the Indian village of St. Regis. The houses are principally built of hewed logs, of a somewhat neat appearance. Some six hun­ dred of this nation are American Indians, the residue British. The American portion own, adjoining their village, about eleven thousand acres of land. Much .of this tract is quite fertile, and all is well situated. Though they sold to the state in former years a considerable tract, which brings them a handsome annuity, yet, for several years, all efforts to induce them to sell more have been unavailing, and the probability seems settling into certainty, that they will never sell out. They must therefore be Christianized, or be a permanent scourge to northern New-York. Their religion has heretofore been Roman Catholic. They have paid thousands of dollars to ¡support it, and have worshiped for many years in a church standing upon the British side, in whose tower still hangs the old St. Regis bell, of war notoriety.. Much might be said respecting their moral and intellectual con­ dition; but it must suffice to say, they are degradingly super­ stitious, hard drinkers, and have been for some years on the wane both in morality and civilization. These Indians speak a dialect of the Mohawk language, though in matters of trade, &c., most of the men can talk some French and English. MISSIONARY . REPORT. 97 The following extract from brother Arnold’s letter, of No­ vember 24, 1847, will give the origin and early history of this mission:—

“ A small revolt from Popery took place in this tribe in July and August last, through the instrumentality of one William Woodman. He is an Oneida Indian, whose grandfather was a St. Regis. Several years ago he lived here as a drinking fiddler, and was a hale fellow. Here he married, and some nine years since returned to Oneida, where he and his wife heard from our missionaries that gospel which proved the means of their conversion to God. He spent some time as interpreter at Green Bay, and last July moved to St. Regis. Here their relations of Christian experience, their Christian Bongs, exhortations, and prayers, soon ar­ rested attention, which induced him and a St. Regis friend to come to the Brasher parsonage and sound the Macedonian cry. Regarding it as affording one explanation of the singular providence which cast my lot this year on Brasher circuit, and having experienced within a few weeks an unusual baptism of the missionary spirit, I thought I heard „in this cry the call of God to preach the gospel in St. Regis, and though my work was already hard, I added it to my week-day appoint­ ments. “ August 20th, 1847,1 started to preach the first Protestant sermon in St. Regis. As serious threats had been made by. the Roman Catholic priest, several brethren from Brasher thought it prudent to accompany me. W e arrived in time at the dwelling-house where our meeting was appointed. But for fear of the threatened mob, none had ventured out but a few squaws, who, encouraged by the arrival of so many whites, scud away to rally their more timid lords, and after long delay our audience was assembled. Four or five men, a dozen women, and a few frightened children, were all that could be raised in a community of more than one thousand souls. These few, however, listened with eagerness, sung sweetly in some Mo­ hawk Hymn-books, and kneeled in prayer time. After sermon all came forward and shook hands with us, bidding us, in their way, a hearty welcome. “ Such, however, was the fierceness of the opposition from the Romanists, that they thought it hazardous to give out any more appointments at present. They had kept a sharp look out during service, and the interpreter was very much dis­ couraged. For three or four weeks persecution raged violently, so that many con­ sidered my life and brother W .’s in danger. The priest stirred up the chiefs, who, by threats and terrors, labored to drive away brother W . and family. The few who were really in earnest for salvation, privately gathered together to escape drunken rage. I visited them at their houses and their little gatherings, encouraging them as well as I could. “ In September I succeeded in getting nine of them away from the fire a few days to attend our camp meeting, nearly fifty miles distant. Here the brethren provided them a teat and provisions, and the affection of the people .produced a powerful effect upon their minds. They here had every attention that could be hestowedjby preachers and people upon their spiritual wants, the choicest laborers were selected for their instruction and encouragement, and labored day and night for a time, but litde effect appeared but gratitude for our kindness, and increased confidence in our instructions, but after a day or two conviction began to deepen, when for many long hours they looked very sad, and could only say, ‘ Heart very lad—ache very hard? “ But near the close of the meeting, after very clear and powerful instruction 13 98 MISSIONARY REPORT. from our spirited presiding elder, they at length broke over their old views of order and burst out in «earnest prayer. The coming of the Lord was tljat time * like the rushing of a mighty wind;’ four or five came into glorious liberty. Thei r countenances changed, their sadness and groans were gone, and they sung like David upon the rock. Thus began the work of conversion among the St. Regis Indians, which has been moving slowly the most of the time since. At this camp meeting $50 were raised to sustain brother W. as colporteur and interpreter, and a deep interest was planted in many hearts for this nation, which we trust will grow and bear much fruit.”

The following brief report from brother Arnold, dated April 4, 1848, will give the latest intelligence concerning the condi­ tion and prospects of this mission :— “ This mission has been gradually rising during the last quarter. W e now number twenty members, besides a considerable number who sustain a kind of Catechumenical relation to the society, several of whom appear truly serious, and the most of them promising. As I reside some twelve miles from this people,, have another chajge upon my hands, and have neither school-house nor teachers at my command, I have organized neither sabbath nor day schools among them, though we find a sufficient number of children under our influence for both. All I have been able to do of this kind, is to preach expository sermons in childlike simplicity, teaching old and young to hold the Mohawk Testament in their hand, (for most of them can read it,) and look over while I read and explain, and also scatter some of the children about among white schools. W e are confidently looking forward to our next conference for a more adequate supply of the wants of this infant, but large and promising, Indian mission.”

The following summary, which we gather from the above details, will present at one view the number and names of the Indian missions now under the supervision of this Society; also the number of missionaries employed, with the amount of the membership in each mission, circuit, and station :—

Missions. Missionaries. Church. Members. Brothertown, 1 I 82 Oneida, 1 1 93 Sault St. Marie, 1 1 67 Kewawenon, 1 2 34 Fondulac, 1 2 3 iSandy Lake, 1 2 10 Flint, 1 3 320 Nottoway, . 1 1 42 Oneida and Onondaga, . 1 1 90 St. Regis, 1 1 20

Total, 10 15 761

By the above exhibit, and the general details given of these missions, it will be seen, that we have now ten Indian Missions, MISSIONARY REPORT. 99 in which, including the presiding elder of the Indian Mission District, are employed sixteen missionaries, under whose care is an Indian membership of seven hundred and sixty-one. The statistics of the week-day schools have not been fully re­ ported ; but from the last year’s Report, we infer there are, at least, nine schools and two hundred pupils. We are sorry to say, that the reports of sabbath-school statistics are so indefinite and incomplete that we are not able to make up a satisfactory aggregate. It is hoped our brethren will remedy this defect another year.

III. SWEDISH MISSIONS.

New - York City Swedish Mission.—O. G. Hedstrom, mis­ sionary. This interesting field of missionary labor continues to share largely in the blessings of Heaven, and to justify the policy of its establishment. Brother H. has continued to labor with his usual zeal, and spared no pains to promote the interests of those committed to his charge. We have good reason to believe his appointment to this new field was providential. The following extracts from his third Annual Report will present the most satisfactory account of the mission. He writes thus:—

“ This mission is still prosperous. Instead of waning, the spirituality, activity, and usefulness, of our infant membership, have continued to increase, so that we have cause 4o reaffirm our statement of last year: ‘ Not a week has elapsed since our entrance upon this field of labor, in which there have not been manifest tokens of the divine favor in the awakening and conversion of souls.’ And should it be asked, as naturally it may be, Where is your fruit ? we must reply, by referring to our sailor converts now tossing upon the ocean, and others scattered in different parts of the American continent. From these we are constantly receiving the most cheering letters, containing accounts of their spiritual comforts, and encouraging progress in the Christian life. « One writes from Mexico, that the seed received into his heart in this country, though buried for a time, had sprung up to the joy and abiding comfort of his soul. Another writes from South America, that his soul is joyful in being able to preach Jesus to those who have not known him. < I am happy,’ he says, ‘ to have it in my power, after the toils of the day, to go out in the evening and scatter fodder to the poor sheep who

“ Have no fold nor feeder nigh.” ’

“ Numbers of seamen, too, who have gone to different parts of Europe, have, in letters to friends in this country, borne their testimony to the power of that truth which they received at the Bethel Ship. Accompanying these letters, in some instances, have been copies of our ‘ General Rules,’ which an editor of tracts has 100 MISSIONARY REPORT.

printed during thejpast year,’ showing that the influence of our Bethel Ship is being felt in Germany itself. “ We also continue to receive pleasing accounts from the western country, of the progress of evangelical truth among the Swedes and Norwegians. At our latest advices, about sixty of them had been gathered into church fellowship, and were walking in the ordinances and commandments of God. “ W e still hold the opinion that this mission should be made to bear more effectu­ ally upon the interests of the immigrant Germans. Something has already been done, and much more may be done. Let any one consider what an immense German population we have in this city, and how increasingly great is the emigra­ tion from the fatherland, and he need not be informed that a mission for resident and immigrant Germans, in the vicinity of the Bethel Ship, calls for the services of as able a man as can be found in that department of your work. “ The temperance cause is still prosecuted in this mission with most encouraging results. Not less than six hundred persons have signed the pledge in the Bethel Ship; and one of the most interesting sights to a visitor, is the great number of certificates suspended upon the breastwork of her galleries, and the handsomely framed pledges of absent sailors. Our temperance meetings are conducted on strictly religious principles, and instances have occurred, when the signing of the pledge has been succeeded by a crowd of penitents rushing to our altar for prayers. “ The sabbath school. This great interest has suffered no diminution, and the seed sown has already sprung up and brought forth fruit. The school continues to prosper, and promises much good. In relation to statistics, it remains essentially the same as when we reported a year ago. “ Tracts. Perhaps in no mission under the care of the society are more tracts from our own press and that of others distributed; and with these, numerous reli­ gious books, pamphlets, and papers, are also given, especially to seamen. “ Bibles and Testaments. These have been circulated in various languages, and so great has been the demand for the Swedish Scriptures, that, at our instance, the American Bible Society, shortly after our last report was made, imported a large quantity in sheets, directly from Sweden. A resident Swedish gentleman has also imported a large lot, committing a portion to our care for distribution among hi| countrymen* and other parcels to be sent to the west, and there distri­ buted. ■ * “ As our religious services in this mission are held in a ship, which has been fitted up for worship, and as our exercises are performed in three different languages every sabbath, they connect with them the charm of novelty as well as variety. The number of worshipers is greater now than at the beginning. The laborers in the mission are somewhat increased in number, and also in efficiency. Some of these are fruits of the mission, and evince their gratitude by their deep devotion to its interests. “ Finally, we may remark, that from this point light is radiating to an extent that must necessarily advance our Lord’s kingdom in the earth. Those born to God in the Bethel Ship are not only active from their position in life, but we have labored to give an active form to their profession and practice, so that whether they remain at home, or go abroad, they may spread the savor of the truth they have received. Many of the fruits of this mission do not remain long enough on shore to attach themselves to the church, but they will doubtless exert a good in fluence upon their seafaring brethren, and in their own native land. Some have MISSIONARY REPORT. 101

already given to parents and friends at home, by letter and otherwise, the most unequivocal evidences of the change they have received. “ The present number of members enrolled on our class-books is forty-eight, and this, after deducting from our list several who have left us by certificate, and who, we trust, are now in the western states and territories, making a part of the flocks of other pastors.”

Our beloved missionary in this field is necessarily engaged much of his time in visiting his sick countrymen in the hospi­ tals and various boarding houses where they are to be found— he being the only religious teacher in the city speaking their language. Those only who have an intimate knowledge of the demands upon the time and labors of the missionary at the Bethel Ship, can have an adequate idea of the amount of ser­ vices he is called to render. He must, in many instances, be physician, nurse, and amanuensis for those who are sick and dying; and the latter service he is obliged to perform in many cases for those who are in health. But he is a faithful man, devoted to his work, and his reward, in part, is inseparable from his toils. For the remainder he cheerfully waits in prayer, patience, and hope, until his Master shall give him his final release. It is with great pleasure we record our undi­ minished confidence in the wisdom of this appointment, and our ardent hope that our brother may be continued at this post.

IV. MISSIONS IN THE DESTITUTE PORTIONS OF THE REGULAR WORK. Although it is highly gratifying to know that our system of itinerancy has been instrumental in spreading the blessings of vital Christianity through the length and breadth of the United States and territories, it is, nevertheless, a lamentable fact, that there are portions of our work in which a most deplorable des­ titution of the gospel and its ordinances still exists. This is true of portions of the country included in the oldest states, but more painfully so in our western and north-western borders. Such are the rapid increase and extension of the population of the mighty west, that it is impossible for the Rock River and Iowa Conferences to meet the demand upon them for religious instruction and Christian institutions. They have neither the men nor- the means to enable them to furnish the necessary supplies. Hence, many neighborhoods, and, in some instance^ 102 MISSIONARY REPORT. almost whole counties, are either entirely destitute of the preached word, or only visited by the messenger of truth occa­ sionally, and at long intervals. One of the leading objects contemplated in the establishment of the Missionary Society, was to supply, so far as practicable, these destitute places, and to aid in sustaining those devoted itinerants who are laboring where they are unable to procure a support. From this original purpose the Board of Managers have never swerved, but have steadily prosecuted it to the full extent of the means placed in their hands ; and they have the satisfaction of knowing that the funds expended in this way have been the means of doing a vast amount of good. Many -once feeble and dependent societies have been sustained in their poverty, and encouraged in their struggles, until they became sufficiently strong to support themselves without foreign aid, and are now abounding in liberality toward those in “ regions beyond them.” Scores, too, of our devoted ministers, have, by the relief thus afforded them, been kept in the field, who, but for this, would probably have been compelled to retire from the itinerant ranks, and to seek a subsistence for themselves and families in some other employment. By this timely aid from the Society much evil has been prevented, and the amount of good thus secured to the Church is incalculable. At the meeting of the General Missionary Committee, held in May, 1847, the appropriations for Domestic Missions were still further increased; still, they are by no means sufficient to meet the pressing demands and imperative claims upon the Church’s liberality. Nor is it reasonable to suppose that these claims will be less numerous or urgent for many years to come. The vast extent of territory now included in the national domain, the strong probability of new acquisitions, the restless enterprise of the American people, and the ever-flowing tide of foreign immigration, all unite to urge upon the Church a stronger and holier zeal in the prosecution of a work that must necessarily increase upon her hands. New fields, already ripe for cultiva­ tion, demand her immediate occupancy; new and effectual doors are constantly opening for her entrance; while motives, high as heaven and deep as hell, urge her to action, and forbid a moment’s delay. These thrilling appeals to her sympathies and resources must not be unheeded. She must meet her high MISSIONARY REPORT. 103 and holy responsibilities, or forfeit the approbation of her re­ deeming Lord. She must show herself to be identified with Christ and his cause, or give up her character as a gospel church; for how can she have “ fellowship in his sufferings,” and not co-operate in the designs of his atonement 1 Surely this is no time to falter on our course, or to indulge in the spirit of apathy. The Board are decidedly favorable to the enlarge­ ment of the foreign field, but they cannot consent that this shall be done to the injury of the domestic department. True patri­ otism and philanthropy, as well as Christianity, demand that the M. E. Church shall bear a part in molding the minds and hearts of the masses who are so rapidly peopling our western territory. The safety of the republic itself demands this at her hands, and she may not neglect the duty devolving upon her, in this matter, without criminality. Let this duty be faithfully performed, and she will be the more able to prosecute efficiently and successfully her foreign enterprises. From some of the missions now under review we have re­ ceived during the year very encouraging accounts, but as their quarterly and annual reports are generally sent to our church periodicals for publication, and as they have now become very numerous, we have not, for some years, deemed it advisable to attempt a detailed account of them in the Society’s Report. In accordance with our usual custom, however, a statistical exhibit of these missions may be desirable. This, we are obliged to gather, as heretofore, from the Minutes of the several annual conferences. The following exhibit will present the number of missions and of missionaries in this field, their conference localities, and the aggregates of church members included in each conference respectively:—

Conferences. Missions. Missionaries. Members. New-York Conference, 10 10 674 Troy, 8 8 575 New-Hampshire, 13 15 1103 Vermont, . . 18 18 1495 Maine, 12 I t 1081 BlackRiver, 8 8 661 Oneida, 4 4 260 Genesee, none. Erie, 6 7 296 104 MISSIONARY REPORT.

Conferences. Missions. Missionaries. Members Pittsburgh, 4 4 174 North Ohio, 9 15 2433 Rock River, . . . . 27 35 2237 Iowa, . - . . . . 28 35 4629 Ohio, 2 2 95 Indiana, 11 11 2413 North Indiana, 12 12 1781 Michigan, . none. Illinois, 13 13 1499 Providence, 12 12 393 New-England, . . . 18 18 1015 Baltimore, . . 2 2 53 Philadelphia, 10. 10 1034 New-Jereey, 3 3 451

Total, 220 255 24,352

In the above enumeration of church members embraced in these missions, both whites and colored are included. Entire accuracy is not professed, but we are sure these calculations are not far from the truth.

GENERAL SUMMARY.

Statistics.

In presenting a summary of our missionary statistics, we claim for ourselves general correctness, though not perfect accuracy. In some instances, the reports from our brethren are very satisfactory ; in others, defective and confused. Yet these reports must necessarily constitute the data upon which our calculations are based. We have done the best we could, under the circumstances, and have reason to believe that no very serious errors have occurred. As the result of our most careful calculations, the following summary is presented :— In the Foreign Department, there is reported for thé Liberia Mission, nine hundred and sixty-five church members; for Oregon, one hundred and fifty ; and for South America, twenty- four—in all, eleven hundred and thirty-nine. In the Domestic field, embracing the foreign population— German Missions, five thousand three hundred and ninety- nine church members ; Indian Missions, seven hundred and sixty-one ; Swedish Mission in New-York, forty-eight ; and among the native population connected with the regular work. MISSIONARY REPORT. 105

including a few colored members, and a few whites among the Indians, twenty-four thousand three hundred and fifty-two. The number of missionaries employed in the Domestic field, at present, is three hundred and fifty-eight. Of these, eighty- six are laboring among the Germans, sixteen among the Indians, one for the benefit of Swedes, and Swedish and Norwegian sailors, and two hundred and fifty-five in destitute portions of the United States and territories. In our Foreign department, including printers, teachers, mechanics, &c., there are forty-nine. From this exhibit we gather that the aggregates of mission­ aries and church members in the Foreign and Domestic fields, now under the care of this Society, and dependent in whole, or in part, upon its funds, are as follows:—

Missions. Missionaries. Church Members. Foreign, ...... 49 1,139 Domestic, ...... 358 30,560

Making a total of 407 31,699

Comparing these results with the aggregates of the past year, it will be seen, that there has been an increase over the returns of the year 1846-7, of thirty-seven missionaries, and two thousand seven hundred and seventy-four church mem­ bers. The statistics of week-day and sabbath schools—such as we have received—will be found interwoven with the details of the several missions respectively.

Auxiliary Societies.

Our acknowledgments are due, and hereby gratefully tender­ ed, to our Conference Auxiliaries, and their numerous Branches, for the efficient aid they have rendered us another year. It is from these, principally, the great and glorious work intrusted to our care must be sustained. If they fail to fulfill the high expectations their character and resources are calculated to in­ spire, languishment, discouragement, and general inefficiency in the prosecution of this noble enterprise, must be the inevita­ ble result. But if, on the other hand, they continue to sympa­ thize with us in this blessed work, by putting forth renewed efforts for its spread and prosperity, there is everything to hope for the future. Let each circuit and station throughout the 14 MISSIONARY REPORT. connection make it a matter of principle and conscience to do something proportionate to its means,, and worthy of its cha­ racter and position, and the sad and sorrowful notes of £fthe Society in debt,” and an “ empty treasury,” will never again be heard. The pecuniary results of the past year, we regret to say, have not equaled our reasonable expectations. And this de­ ficiency has disclosed itself at the very time when we are en­ larging and strengthening our former positions, and adding new fields to our missionary work. We sincerely hope that this falling off may prove to be temporary, and to be attributa­ ble to something else than a declension in the zeal of our people for the conversion of the world* A few of our Conference Auxiliaries have done as well as usual, and, perhaps, even better. Others have fallen consider­ ably behind their former aggregates, The same is true of the Branch Societies. Some have evinced an increasing interest in this holy cause, while others have apparently wearied in their zeal for its success. We rejoice that for several years there has been a growing interest for the missionary cause among the juvenile portion of the Church. Many of our sabbath-school associations have made the cultivation of a missionary spirit among the children apart and parcel of their system of moral training, and the re­ sults, in most cases, have been highly encouraging. Teachers and children have gone into “ a committee of the whole ” to consult together upon the best mode of extending the Redeem­ er’s kingdom in the world; they have reduced missionary beneficence to a system; they have prayed for, and contributed to this blessed cause, until their hearts have become thoroughly imbued with the missionary spirit, and the results of these efforts have already been glorious. Even the infant schools, in some instances, become fountains from whence issue little rills of the water of life to slake the thirst of this famishing earth. All these tributaries are helping to swell the river of benevolence, on which the vessel of mercy is to be conveyed to every clime and to all people. These juvenile societies have our sincere thanks, and we most , devoutly pray that they may be multiplied a hundredfold. To all our Auxiliaries we would say, Do not desert this MISSIONARY REPORT. 107 heaven-originated enterprise; do not allow your zeal to wane for a moment. We cannot do without you. Nor can you sustain your own personal piety, unconnected with missionary sympathies: “ He that watereth others, shall himself be watered.”

Modes of raising Supplies. Among all the plans which have been suggested for raising missionary funds, and thereby securing to the Society a steady and reliable support, no one, in the judgment of your Board, Is more worthy of confide'nce, or promises more in its faithful prosecution, than that which is usually denominated the “ cent- a-week plan.” .Plain and simple in its character, and almost universal in its adaptation, it commends itself to the practical approval of all. We have had but too much reason to l$now, that where the true missionary-spirit is lacking, no plan will be long adhered to, or looked upon as free from objections. On the other hand, wherever there is found a heart melting and overflowing with missionary sympathies, almost any plan will serve as affording an outlet to that charity which “ seeketh not her own” and is only in her true element when “ going about and doing good.” Instead, therefore, of racking our inventive powers for new plans and propositions by which to replenish the treasury, the true policy is, to turn our attention to those we already have, and to see to it that they are faithfully carried out. It is worthy of observation, that those who are most remarkable for inventive genius, are seldom, if ever, very successful, even in the secular pursuits of life. Much less may we hope to succeed in such a work as ours, by visionary plans, or an ever-vary­ ing policy. What we need to insure success, are simplicity in our machinery, diligence and faithfulness in our workmen, and true missionary hearts. In view of the languishing state of missionary feeling in many portions of the Church, we cannot but think, a more general and stricter attention to the Monthly Missionary Prayer Meeting is urgently called for. In some of our circuits and stations this meeting is held as a monthly festival, and hailed as a period of joy and rejoicing. But alas! in many others it is either neglected altogether, or held with few attend­ 108 MISSIONARY REPORT. ants, and comparatively little interest. So long as such a state of things prevails to any extent, we can hardly hope for much improvement in our finances. As Christians, we always sym­ pathize with the subjects of our prayers, and are sure to pray for those with whom we deeply sympathize. If, therefore, we set ourselves in good earnest to the work of praying for missions, we cannot fail to become more and more imbued with the mis­ sionary spirit. Not only do these meetings afford a favorable opportunity for united and fervent intercession for the perishing heathen, they also furnish desirable facilities for the circulation of mis­ sionary intelligence among our people. Here, selections are made from the Missionary Advocate and other similar periodi­ cals, which are read and listened to with great pleasure and profit; and the information thus presented, has, doubtless, the effect to wake up and keep alive the zeal of the Church in the cause of missions. It is a remarkable fact, that wherever these monthly prayer meetings are duly observed, there the Mission­ ary Advocate has its principal circulation. The truth is, and it must not be disguised, that where the instituted agencies and instrumentalities for the promotion of Christian missions are neglected, the cause languishes—the contributions are small, and in some cases reluctantly made. It is also from these points that the loudest objections are made to our plans, and the most frequent complaints of mismanagement on the part of those who conduct the affairs of the Society. The only remedy for all these evils, is a fresh, and deeper baptism of the Holy Spirit. This alone can mold the heart to missionary principles and sympathies, and give the necessary impetus to the work in which we are engaged. For this the whole Church should devoutly and unceasingly pray, and wait in faith-until the God of missions shall send “ showers of bless­ ings ” upon his people. Then, and not till then, will imaginary difficulties cease to be dwelt upon, and real ones be overcome with comparative ease. Then shall that beautiful prediction of the evangelical prophet be realized in its full force and applica­ tion : “ For brass I will bring .gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron ; I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exacters righteousness.” MISSIONARY REPORT. 109

State of the Treasury.

The whole amount of receipts during the year ending May 1,1848, is $82,60,0 34.* The amount of disbursements for the same year, is $87,835 50. The balance in the Treasury, at the same date, was $7,976 45, including balance in the Trea­ sury, May t, 1847. The above exhibit will show, that, in addition to the receipts of the past year* the greater portion of the balance in the Trea­ sury, at its commencement, has also been expended. This was owing to the fact, that a new mission had been established in China, and larger appropriations made to several other missions. For the current year, the General Missionary Committee and the Board have made a still larger appropriation, amount­ ing to $83,225. This sum, it will be seen, is somewhat more than the aggregate receipts of the year which has just closed. Unless, therefore, there is a very considerable advance upon our receipts the present year over those of the past, our financial condition will soon be anything else than flattering. Confiding, however, in the integrity of the Church, and con­ scientiously believing that a less appropriation would operate injuriously upon several of our most prosperous and promising missions, the appropriation above named was made, though not without some fears as to the result. But why should any fears be entertained on the subject ? It only requires about $100,000 per annum to meet incidental expenses, and sustain all the missions now under the care of the ¡Society. To raise this amount will require an average annual contribution from each member of the M. E. Church of about sixteen cents—-a little less than one-third of a cent a week. Surely no one capable of heaving a sigh over the moral desolations of this sin-stricken world will complain of this amount as a burden. But we cannot remain stationary in this enterprise. We must either go forward, or retrograde. We ought, therefore, to lay our plans to raise at least $120,000 the present year. To do this, would require from each of our members an average

* See Appendix. 110 MISSIONARY REPORT. of only about twenty cents—less than half a cent a week. And who will say, that less than this would give us the least claim to the designation of a Missionary Church ? The truth is, that claim can never be legitimately made until we reach the standard of a “ cent a week ” from each member o f the Church. It is ardently hoped, that the mere statement of the above facts, in relation to our finances, will have the effect to call the attention of the presiding elders, and preachers generally, to the subject, and to the adoption of some systematic plan of effort, by which to secure for missionary purposes the sum of at least $120,000 the current year. It is only for the presiding elders and pastors of our churches, practically, to say, it shall be done, and we may set it down as certain of accomplishment. The average amount of twenty cents a member can be raised, with proper effort, in almost any circuit or station in the connection. If any one is disposed to dispute this position, let him first make the experiment. It will be time enough to deny it when the question has been properly and practically tested.

Legacies.

To those of our friends, who, in view of the uncertainty of life, or the prospect of a speedy dissolution, may be desirous of bequeathing a portion of their worldly estates for the benefit of the missionary cause, it may be proper to repeat the information, that our Society is incorporated by the laws of the state of New-York, and to request them to adopt the “ form of a be­ quest,” on the cover of this Report, and cause the Board to be notified thereof, through the Corresponding or Recording Secretary at New-York.

CONCLUSION.

Having now taken a brief survey of the various fields em­ braced in our missionary work, we conclude this Report with a few appropriate practical reflections. The history of the past, the aspects of the present, and the prospects of the future, all unite to furnish topics of absorbing interest. Some of these we may briefly notice; such as the MISSIONARY REPORT. Ill

Success of Past Efforts.

The Missionary (Society of the M. E. Church has now been in existence thirty years. During that period the progress of its operation has been onward, both as to the enlarge­ ment of the field, and the liberality by which the work has been sustained. And though partial failures and temporary reverses have, in a few instances, clouded the prospects of the Society, yet the cause has continued to advance until the pre­ sent time. The fruits of its labors have been witnessed in almost every field, and many of the trophies it has won to Christ are already safely housed in heaven. In the published address of Rev. Dr. Bangs, at the opening of the new Missionary Rooms in Mulberry-street, New-York, it is stated that about sixty thousand souls have been converted to God through the instrumentality of our Missionary Society since its organization. And we rejoice to be able to say, that the results of the past year are no less encouraging than in those which preceded it. In a single field, more than a thou­ sand have been brought to Christ during the year which has just closed; and in many others showers of mercy have fallen upon the barren soil, and numbers have been gathered into the Redeemer’s fold. Perhaps no one of the various missionary organizations has accomplished more, in proportion to its avail­ able means, than that of our own. This comparison is made, , not in a disposition to indulge in vain glorying, but for .the sole purpose of gratefully acknowledging the divine sanction by which our humble efforts have been marked, and of urging it as a ground of encouragement for renewed zeal in the prose­ cution of our missionary labors.

Encouraging Aspects.

New and inviting fields are opening to the Society in every , direction. China, with her countless myriads of benighted heathen, is now fairly open to the messengers of the cross; India, with her two hundred millions of degraded idolaters, is welcoming the heralds of salvation to her shores; France, long fettered by the dominant sway of the “ man of sin,” and spirit­ 112 MISSIONARY REPORT.

ually crushed by the basest system of ecclesiastical tyranny the world ever knew, is bursting her shackles, asserting her civil rights, and claiming for herself universal and unrestricted reli­ gious liberty; and “ the isles of the sea are waiting for God’s law.” It really would seem as if God in his wise, though strange providence, were about to remove every obstacle out of the way of his rising, spreading kingdom, and render the whole world accessible to missionary instrumentalities. Nor are the openings for missionary effort in our own coun­ try less numerous or less promising. The German work may be extended indefinitely, and the demands for such extension are more and more pressing; and the prospects of success were never more encouraging than at the present time. In some portions of our Indian work, too, the calls for increased aid are frequent, and in some instances urgent and deeply affecting. And, besides all these, there are thousands of Swedes and Nor­ wegians—especially in the west—who are without spiritual food, with no kind and faithful shepherd near. These could be reached as well, and as effectually, by the M. E. Church as any other, and they ought at once to be taken under our care. But where are the men and the means to sustain them? Were our annual receipts treble the amount they now are—and they certainly should be—they might all be economically expended for the benefit of the destitute and perishing among our own native and foreign population. Such, indeed, are the calls and claims upon the Society, both at home and abroad, that it is not always easy to select from the many open doors the few we are able to enter. This state of things evidently calls for

Renewed Action and Perseverance.

At a time when all the truly evangelical churches in the land seem to be rallying to the rescue of a bondaged world, and taxing their energies for its deliverance, shall we slumber upon our oars, and not sympathize in the general impulse ? The answer is, No ! We cannot, we must not, we will not! As well might we ask if the M. E. Church has lost its vitality, as to inquire whether she has lost her interest in the world’s re­ generation. The latter would imply the former; for no living Christian “ liveth unto himself.” Fervency of spirit is one o f' MISSIONARY REPORT. 113 the essential elements of Christian character, and this is always developed in holy activity. No ! the Church of the 'second re­ formation has not lost her missionary character. Thousands of pious hearts within her pale are consecrating themselves and their property to. this holy cause, and the number is every year increasing-. All that is wanting is a universal concentration of feeling and of action in this holy cause, and no power on earth can arrest its progress. The cause of missions, above all others, needs the influence of a deep personal piety—such a piety as penetrates the heart, and possesses it with the conviction that Christian consistency and entire devotedness to the world’s recovery are one and the same thing. In this spirit of self-consecration, Christians feel as intensely that they are not their own, as if their persons were marked with the blood of Christ. They therefore resolve, in the spirit of a felt and acknowledged allegiance, that, by the help of God, the world shall feel their influence for good before they go hence. The object before them is at once sublime and all-engrossing. And when once the Church, as such, shall be so baptized into the spirit of the weeping, suffering, and dying Saviour, as to be willing, like him, to sacrifice all for this object, the subjugation of the world to Christ will very soon be the result. To secure this moral power and persevering effort, there is needed the influence of unceasing prayer. The piety of which we have spoken, can neither be obtained nor retained without prayer. Appeals and petitions from man to his fellow-man often move and regulate the affairs of this world*, but in the Church they move Heaven. Other influences may be useful, but they derive their usefulness only from that power which descends in answer to prayer. The prayer of faith takes hold of a divine power, which, as to results, sets all calculation at defiance. From the survey we have taken of our missions, as well as from the general aspects of this great enterprise, it must be seen, that there is no lack of motive to renewed activity and perseverance in the cause. What an evangelical fund of en­ couragement presents itself to our faith ? The work of Chris­ tian missions inherits the prayers of the entire Church. All the redeemed in heaven have prayed for it, and it engages their 15 114 MISSIONARY REPORT. sympathies still. And what is infinitely more, it is connected with the intercession of the great Advocate himself. Numerous and striking coincidences in the arrangements and interposi­ tions of Providence indicate the certainty of its success. Drops of the promised shower have already fallen and still the cloud of mercy enlarges and descends, and the signs of the impen - ing blessing are unmistakeable. All power in heaven and earth are given to Christ to render the success of his gospel certain. Let then “ all flesh be silent before the Lord ; for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.” Let the language of complaint and unbelief b î for ever hushed. Let infidel scoffers no longer tauntingly ask, “ Where is the promise of his coming?” All “ the idols He will utterly abolish.” The shrines of Kalee, Yishnu, and Juggernaut, are doomed, and their days are numbered : “ Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low ; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.” The islands of the sea shall not wait in vain for God’s law. The outstretched hands of Ethiopia’s sons and daughters shall be filled with blessings. The myriads of India shall rejoice in a true incarnation. The walls of China itself “ shall be salvation, and all her gates praise.” To use the language of a beautiful and evangelical writer, “ all for which the Saviour endured the cross, despised the shame—all for which the past has been preparing, and which the present is needing and desiring—all shall be accomplished. 1 The great trumpet ’ has been blown ; its reverberations of mercy roll found the earth, and the world shall hear of it and live.” APPENDIX.

The amount of receipts reported under the head o f “ State of the Treasury,** in­ cludes $18,201 90, which was received by the Assistant Treasurer at Cincinnati, and a4so $1600 raised in Buenos Ayres by the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge* ia that place. For several years past this Society lias, with the excep­ tion of occasional appropriations by the Board, for repairs of church and parsonage, outfit and passage of missionaries, &c., entirely sustained our South American Mission. This extraordinary liberality is duly appreciated by the Missionary Society, and, we cannot doubt, by the whole Church. TREASURER’S ACCOUNT.

Missionary Society o f the M. E. Church, in acc. with G, Lane, Tr.

CR. BY CASH RECEIVED FROM SUNDRIES, VIZ :

New-York Conference. 1847. May Essex, by Rev. N. C. Lewis, being bal. after paying the P. Elder $5 for Domestic Missions...... $11 56 27th-st. ch., N. Y., by T. A. Howe...... 20 00 Female Miss. Soc. of Mulberry-st. ch., N. Y., by Mrs. A. E. Dodd, Treasurer...... 58 50 Sands-st. infant class Miss. Soc., by J. Vining, Tr...... 8 00 Books returned from Africa ...... 27 50 West Granby, by Rev. S. Rushmore...... 9 54 Mrs. Rebecca Gay, Poughkeepsie, by Rev. B. Griffen...... 5 00 Marbletown cir., “ A Friend,” by Rev. J. H. Lent...... 50 Bedford-st. ch., N. Y ., by Rev. J. Seys...... 56 00 Mulberry-st. ch. S. S. Miss. Soc., by J. Graydon, Tr...... 40 00 Miss, box, infant class, Hempstead, by Rev. E. E. Griswold 2 50 From the classes at Hartford, Conn., $8 75: Juvenile mis. soc., do., $120 ; to make the following life members parent society, Henry Ridley, Henry C. White, Rachel M. Perkins, James T. Mills, Charlotte S. Allyn, and Isaac Sperry—by Rev, P. C. Oakley...... 128 75 Huntington cir., by Rev. E. Oaborn...... 23 88 1st M. E. Ch., New-Haven, Conn., $20 of which from the S. School Juvenile miss, soc., and «$>1 79 from the miss, boxes of Masters Charles W . and Edward Chapman, $60, to make Rev. M. C. White, and Misses Adelia H. Allen, and Sophronia Humphreys, life members parent society, by Rev. D. Curry 125 50 Stepney, by Rev. S. W . Smith...... 8 88 Berlin, Conn., by Rev. G. A. Hubbell...... 5 15 Ponsett and Killingworth, by Rev. A. B. Pulling...... 3 00 Charlotte cir., by Rev. A. Lee...... 24 00 New-Baltimore, Catharine Garrett, by Rev. S. Fitch...... 20 00 41st-st. ch., N. Y., by Rev. E. S. Stout...... 11 00 Southold and Cutchogue, by Rev. M. R. Lent ...... 10 25 Glenham, by Rev. Z. D. Scobey...... 2 50 Deposit cir., by Rev. J. Crofc...... 4 62 Southport, by Rev. C. Bartlett...... 12 00 Salisbury, by Rev. D. W . Clark...... 30 50 Burlington and Unionville, by Rev. J. Henson.*,...... 16 32 Suffield, by Rev. R. W. Keeler,...... 5 ...... 5 62 Westbrook, by Rev. E. P. Ackerman...... 5 88 Durham cir., by Rev. C. Kelsey...... 24 91 New-Canaan, by Rev. A. H. Ferguson...... 17 35 Sands-st. ch., Brooklyn, by Rev. Dr. Bangs...... 75 65 Jamaica S. S. miss, soc., by Rev. O. E. Brown ; ...... 7 28 Bedford cir., Mary Ann Ferris $5, “ A Friend to Missions ” $3, by Rev. B. Sellick...... 8 00

Carried over $810 14 A 2 T R E A S U R E R ’S ACCOUNT.

1847. Brought forward $810 14 May 18th-st. ch., N. Y., by Rev. N. White...... 1 25 North Hempstead mis. soc. and cir., by Rev, N. Rice...... 29 57 Bloomfield, by Rev. S. S. Brown...... 20 50 Bushwick, by Thomas Eames...... 5 00 Stratford, by Rev. H. Husted...... 65 62 Newfield, 68 cts.; Plymouth, $5 40 ; by Rev. H. J. Fox 6 08 Windsor, by Rev. G. F. Kettell...... 5 13 North Newburgh, by Rev. D. Webster...... 52 79 Coldspring, $29 55, E. Nelson, Jun., to educate a boy in Africa, to be named Seymour Nelson, $30, by Rev. S. Van Duaen...... 59 55 Newburg, by Rev. Z. N. Lewis...... 50 00 Riverhead, by Rev. G. W . Woodruff...... 11 75 Hillsdale, by Rev. J. A. Sillick « ...... 21 52 Cortland cir., by Rev. A. F. Sellick, from North Salem, to make Orin Denton life member parent society. Cortland cir., Doans- , ville female miss, soc., to make Millicent Purdy and Jane Foss life members female miss, soc., $20 ; do. Hermon chapel, to make Deborah Miller life member female miss, soc., $10...... 20 00 Moriches, by Rev. R. D. Kirby...... 4 37 Sheffield, by Rev. J. B. Beach...... 8 00 White Plains S. School, by Rev. J. Field...... 15 25 White Plains,.by Rev. J. Field...... 67 12 Winsted, by Rev. W . H. Ferris...... 6 50 Bridgehampton, by Rev. T. G. Osborn...... 5 37 Woodbury, Conn., by Rev. L. D. Nickerson ...... 7 00 Sugar Loaf, by Rev. Thomas Newman...... 1 72 Laphams cir., by Rev. J. Ham...... 3 00 Prattsville cir., by Rev. W. Bloomer, $40 of which to make Mrs. Mamre Disb-ow and Mrs. Maña More life. members parent society ; viz. Beaverdam $11 85, Prattsville $8 78, West Set­ tlement $ 7 17, Scienceville $5 62, Bouton’s $4, Batavia Kill $3 50, Moresville $2 55, Schermerhom’s $2 41, West Hun- tersfield $1 18...... 47 06 Westpoint mission, by Rev. T. Edwards...... 14 50 South'Ganaan, by Rev. A. Nash ; vifc., Mrs. E. A. Belden, Miss Julia Hunt, Miss Abigail Nott, and Miss Catharine Landon, each $2, pub. coll. $ 6 ...... 14 00 Sherman, Conn., by Rev. F. W. Sizer...... 10 00 New-Britain, by Rev. J. A. Edmonds...... 2 50 Rev. Dr. Olin, Middletown, Conn...... 50 00 Copaqup, by Rev. L. B. Andrus...... 2 50 Washington-st., Brooklyn, by Rev. R. Seney...... 36 28 Farmingdale, Conn., by Rev. E. Jagger...... 4 75 Rhinebeek, (S. school $5 51,) by Rev. byC. B. Sing...... 16 61 Sing Sing, by Rev. R. A. Chalker, Samuel Luckey’s miss, box, 88 c's , G. Holmes S. S. class $1 50...... 2 38 Fishliill West, by Rev. D. Keeler...... 14 00 Windham circuit, by Kev. C. T. Mallory, $51 54; viz., Lexington Flats $10; and $10 to make Mrs. Emily Mallory life member F. M. Soc.; paid over...... :...... 41 54 Rossville, by Rev. C. Isham...... 3 33 Fishkill; by Rev. D. B. Turner...... 1 00 Rondout, by Rev. H. Lounsberry...... 3 00 Guilford, by Rev. C. R. Adams...... 8 71 Cornwall, Ellsworth, and Warren, by Rev. R. K. Reynolds 30 00 Lee, by Rev. J. N. ShafiVr...... 5 00 Colebrook River cir., by Rev. S. W. Scofield...... 28 55 Middletown, Rev J. Floy, hy J. Tobey, Tr.,...... 100 00

Catiied over $1712 94 T R E A S U R E R ’ S ACCOUNT. 3

1847. Brought forward $1,712 94 May Pleasant Valley, by Rev. H. Humphreys...... 5 12 Cheshire and Meriden, by Rev. N. Tibbals...... 5 41 South Middletown, by Rev. M. D’C. Crawford...... 11 62 New-Concord, by Rev. N. Mead, $20 to make Mr. Robert Rey­ nolds life member parent society...... 36 30 Ellenville cir., by Rev. J. Ferris...... 22 93 Kingston, by Rev. D. Stocking...... 20 50 New-Milford, by Rev. S. Weeks...... G 66 Kortright cir., by Rev. R. S. Scott, $20 to make Mrs. Abigail Olmstead life member parent society...... 21 50 Cortland cir., by Rev. A. F. Sellick, $25 37 ; $20 to make Mrs. Mary Ann Todd and Miss Priscilla Ganung life members Female Miss. Soc.; paid over...... 5 37 Goshen, by Rev. D. L. Marks...... 11 16 Gilboa, by Rev. D. J. Wright...... „..... 12 98 Stamford, by Rev. A. Rogers...... 15 13 Livingstonville, by Rev. C. Gorse...... 15 00 Norfolk, by Rev. A. Vail ...... 11 15 York-st. church, Brooklyn, by Rev. P. Rice...... 13 42 Hucjson, $9 15 ; do. Juv. Miss. Soc., $20 55 ; $20 of which to make Miss Elizabeth H. Bainbridge life member parent soc., by Rev. T. Bainbridge...... 29 70 Westport, by Rev. J. Abbott, $25 25 ; $8 56 of which are from the S. school; besides this amount $6 have been paid to the P. Elder for domestic missions...,...... 25 25 Derby cir., by Rev. G. L. Fuller, besides $8 paid to the P. Elder for domestic missions...... 35 87 Missionary box of Mary E. Sizer, aged six years, daughter of Rev. F. W, Sizer...... 1 50 Pub. collection at the anniversary, $122 56 ; subscriptions in all, $220 ; amount paid on do. $76...... 198 56 Hartford, Conn., collected by Atba Lankton...... 1 38 Farmington, Conn., by Rev. W . M’Allister...... 6 20 Bushwick, by Rev. S. H. Cla k, $4 68 from infant class...... 17 25 Somers, by Rev. S. J. Stebbins, from Philena and Harriet Lent, for the Female Missionary Society, $2 50. Croton cir., Rev. T. R. Mercein...... 12 50 York-st. S. S., by Rev. P. R ice...... 10 00 Catharine Garrettson, ann. sub. of Rev. F. Garrettson, (deceased,) for the support of a missionary within the bounds of N. Y. Conference, by Rev. B. Griffen...... 100 00 Montgomery $9 94, Walden $12 64, Bethel $10 50, Burling- ham $5 44, Coldenham $1 50, Searsbury $1, Walkers $2, A. H. Goodale’s miss. box $1 42, by Rev. E. Oldrin...... 44 44 Reading, Conn., by Rev. J. D. Marshall, $70 50; viz., J. R. San­ ford, deceased, $5, S. school, $30, to make Aaron R. Bar- tram life member parent society, and Mrs. L. Bartram life mem­ ber Female Miss. Soc.; coll. and subs. $35 50, $20 of which to make Levi W. Bartram life member parent society, and Miss Julia Bartram life member Female Miss. Soc.; $20 paid over to the.Female Miss. Soc...... 50 50 “ An Unknown Friend,” by Rev. Dr. Bangs, for the China miss. 100 00 Dr. Throckmorton and B. Mead, each $2, ann. subscription, by S. Dando...... 4 00 New-Paltz and Plattekill cr.,by Rev. C. W. Carpenter...... 4 25 27th-st. ch., N. Y., by T. A. Howe, $20, to make Thomas Grif­ fin life member parent society; also from the S. school $40, to make Martha Cooper and Chas. Irvine life membe s...... 60 00 Middletown cir., by Rev. H. Lamont, to make Cath. Hill 1. m 24 20

Carried over $2,652 79 4 t r e a s u r e r ’ s a c c o u n t .

1847. Brought forward $2,652 79 May Millenville, by Rev. G. C. Bancroft...... 5 10 Poughkeepsie, Cannon-st. ch., by Rev. J. B. Merwin...... 20 00 Kinderhook, by Rev. T. Ellis...... 6 50 Danbury Female Miss. Soc., by Rev. J, Crawford, for Mrs. Wil­ kins’ school...... 8 50 Coeymans, by Rev. W . Lull, $20 to make Rev. Silas Fitch life member parent society...... 32 00 Putnam Valley, by Rev. F. Donnelly...... 10 40 Marbletown cir., by Rev. A. C. Fields...... 18 75 Woodstock, by Rev. S. M. Knapp...... 1 40 Greenwich, by Rev. J. H. Romer...... 11 84 Middleburyand Waterbury, by Rev. E. Gilbert...... 17 75 Litchfield, by Rev. Wm. Dixon...... 5 75 Hampden and Westville, by Rev. J. H. Frost, $7 49, E. Wood­ ing, to make Miss Sarah J. Wooding life member, $20,...... 27 49 Durham $16 12, Haddam $3 88, by Rev. A. S. Hill, to make Eebulon Hale, Esq.life member...... 20 00 Prattsville cir., by Rev. Wm. Bloomer...... 2 50 Greensburgh, H. Davis, by Rev. S. U. Fisher ...... 2 00 John-st., N. Y „ bal., by Rev. E. Crawford...... 29 55 Good Ground, by Rev. L. Salisbury...... 3 00 Pine Plains, by Rev. S. M. Vail...... 18 00 Bedford-st. ch., N. Y ., bal. of $275, by Rev. J. Seys...... 14 00 Goshen S. school, by Rev. D. L. Marks...... 1 00 First Williamsburgh ch., by Rev. A. H. Mead...... 54 42 Birmingham, by Rev. F. W. Smith...... 17 76 Catskill cir., by Rev. E. S. Hebberd...... 10 50 Saugerties, by Rev. R. H. Bloomer, $60, to make Rev. J. Birch and wife, and Almira Bloomer, life members parent society...... 87 73 Flushing, by Rev. D. Osborn...... 7 50 Greenport, by Rev. W . F. Collins...... 2 75 East Chester cir., by Rev. J. C. Washburn, $4 75, Bronx S. S. miss, box, $1 93, West Farms do...... 60 00 Bristol, by Rev. J. Henson...... 5 00 P. Montfort, New-Utrecht, Rev. E. O. Bates, $1, Gravesend, $7 8 00 Franklin, by Rev. W. H. Smith...... 29 69 Shrub Oak, by Rev. L. Clark...... 17 25 Duane-st. ch. N. Y., by Rev. W . C. Hawley...... 22 56 Simsbury, by Rev. J. Toy, $9 70, East Weatoque Juv. Sewing Society, $1 50...... 11 20 Washington Hill 89 cts., Granby 70 els, by Rev. T. Jeralds 1 59 Orient, by Rev. J. D. Bouton, bal. to make T. V. YouDgs 1. m .. 14 27 West Stockbridge, by Rev. W . W . Brewer...... 5 79 Amenia cir., by Rev. W . S. Stilwell, $2 77 from Amenia S. S., and A. Hunt $ 5 ...... 45 50 Paulings cir., by Rev. J. L. Dickerson, $1 10, J. M’K. Dicker­ son’s miss, box...... 7 65 Sands-st. ch., Brooklyn, by Rev. Dr. Bangs, cent-a-weekcoll 6 52 Wolcotsville, by Rev. D. Miller ...... 2 12 Essex, by Rev. N. C. Lewis...... 1 25 Monroe cir., by Rev. J. W. Le Fevre...... 40 14 Sullivan cir., by Rev. D. Buck...... 30 00 S. Halsted, N. Y., by S. Dando...... 2 00 C. Gates...... 5 19 Essex cir., Juvenile M. Soc., by Rev. N. G. Lewis...... ».... 7 97 Smithtown cir., by Rev. Geo. Hollis...... V...... 32 25 Female Miss. Soc. of N. Y., Mrs. G. A. Burling, Tr...... 205 31 Two-tenths of centenary to date...... 3 40 Forsyth-st. ch., N. Y., by Rev. J. B. Stratten...... 78 68

Carried over $3,732 31 TREASURER’S ACCOUNT.

1847, Brought forward $3,732 31 June Danbury, Conn., by Rev. J. Crawford...... 1100 Madison-st., by Rev. J. L. Gilder...... 63 78 Delhi, by Rev. G. Taylor ...... 2 00 Yorkville, by Rev. A. N. Mulnix...... 3 00 Easton, by Rev. W. H. Bangs...... 8 25 Canaan, by Rev. L. M. Pease...... 7 26 Jefferson cir., by Rev. J. Wells...... 37 25 Westhampton, by Rev. B. Howe...... 4 90 Dutchess cir., from bro. Jackson’s family, by Rev. J. G. Smith... 3 25 . Middlefield, by Rev. W. Lawrence...... 10 50 Hartsville cir., by Rev. J. Hunt...... ,...... 8 37 Egremont cir., by Rev. J. Davies...... 10 00 Hyde Park, by Rev. C. Bolster...... 3 12 German mission, N. Y., by Rev. A. Miller...... 9 37 Sag Harbor, by Rev. S. Landon...... 19 22 Red Hook, by Rev. O. V. Amerman...... 5 00 Forsyth-st. Youth’s Mis. Soc., $20 of which to make Mrs. Mary P. Henderson life member parent society, by S. W . Truslow, Treasurer...... 25 17 J. Higgs’ class, N. Y., by S. Dando...... 1 13 Matteawan, by Rev. J. W. B. W ood; viz., Mrs. A. L. Ackerman, to make her pastor’s wife, Mrs. J. C. Wood, life member parent society, $20; Sarah E. Washburn, 50 ets.; Wilbur F. Wash. burn, 50 cts.; class collections, $7 4 3 ...... 28 43 Annual subs., by S. Dando; viz., J. W . Howe, W. B. Skidmore, E. Briggs, J. Falconer, J. Abberly, J. Raynor, each $ 2 ; Chs. Parker, $10...... 22 00 H. Moore $2, J. R. Bamum $2, by S. Dando...... 4 00 Rose Hill, M. E. Ch., (additional,) by T. A. Howe, Tr...... 49 73 Yestry-st. ch., N. Y ., colls, at missionary prayer meetings, by Rev. M. L. Scudder...... 14 31 July “ A Friend,” for Mrs. Wilkins’ school, Africa...... 5 00 Huntingion South, by Rev. T. C. Youngs...... 10 00 “ J. D.” ...... Tr...... 3 00 Rev. A. Wiley...... 1 00 “ A subscriber to the Christian Advocate and Journal” ...... 10 00 Mrs. E. Foster, by Dr. Stephenson, N. Y ...... 1 00 Female Missionary Soc. of N. Y., Mrs..C. A. Burling, Tr...... 59 66 Female Miss. Soc. of 2d Wesleyan chapel, N. Y ., by Mrs. A. E. Dodd, Tr...... 19 00 S. S. Miss. Soc. of 7th-st. ch., N. Y., by Rev. D. Smith...... 30 00 Dr. Wm. E. Buckley, by Rev. D. W. Clarke, N. Y ...... 2 00 Return prem. from Ins. co., Boston...... 26 75 Wm. P. Lyon’s class, Tarrytown, N. Y...... 6 Q0 Rev. Wm. B. Hoyt, N. Y . Conf., $20 to make his father life member parent society ...... 25 00 O. D. M’Clain’s ann. sub., by S. Dando, N. Y ...... « 00 Mrs. Anna French, Wallingford, Conn., by Rev. A. S. H ill...... 10 00 Aug. S. Seaman, N. Y , by S. Dando...... % 00 Youth’s M. Soc., Vestry-st. ch., N. Y .,by S. Lewis, Tr...... 50 00 “ A Friend,” N...... J Rev. E. S. Cook, N. Y. Conf...... 7 00 T . Harby, $2 75; Miss Mary Grant, $2 25 ; by Rev. G. Kerr, N. Y. Conf...... v ...... J JO “ A Friend,” by Rev. Daniel Smith, N. Y ...... ^ Sabbath-school at Bath, Steuben co., N. Y ...... New-Rochelle, by Rev. R. C. Putney...... Rhinebeck, by Rev. C. B. Sing...... ** ™ Sept. L. Kirby, N. Y., by S. Dando...... * uu

Carried over $4,407 06 6 TREASURER’S ACCOUNT.

1847. Brought forward $4,407 06 Sept. Wm. Metcalf...... ,...... - 25 Second-st. ch., N. Y ., by Rev. A. S. Lakin...... 30 00 “ A Stranger” -...... 4 00 Croton cir., by Rev. F. Donnelly...... 7 00 “ A Friend to Missions” ...... 20 00 Fem. Miss. Soc., N. Y., by Mrs. C. A. Burling, Tr...... 94 50 Oct. Yorkville, by Rev. B. Redford...... 6 50 Pleasantville, by Rev. E. Osborn...... 55 00 J. Valentine and J. Brinckley, each $2, by S. Dando...... 4 00 West Point, by Rev. Z. D. Scoby...... 2 62 Bedford-st. ch., N. Y., by Rev. O. V. Amerman...... 28 30 Tarrytown, N. Y., W. P. Lyon’s class...... 3 50 Do. J. Leonard’s Friday night class...... 4 50 Seventh-st. ch. S. S. Miss. Soc., b y j. S. Haines...... 25 00 N. Miller, N. Y., by S. Dando...... 2 00 Rev. J. Ham...... 50 Nov.^ Rondout, by Rev. G. Coles...... 30 00 Harlem, by bro. Freeman...... 2 25 G. W . Treat, Bridgewater, Conn...... 1 00 Thomas Eames, N. Y., ann. sub...... 2 00 Seven th-st. ch., N. Y., by Rev. Daniel Smith...... 32 06 New-Rochelle, by Rev. R. C. Putney...... 26 28 Washington-st. S. S. M. Soc., Brooklyn, by T. Adams, Tr 40 00 Orient, by Rev. J. D. Bouton...... 7 00 L. Miller, N. Y., ann. sub., by S. Dando...... 2 00 “ A Friend” ...... 3 00 Tarrytown S. S., by J. Leonard...... 2 00 Dec. John.st. Juv. Miss. Soc., by P. J. A. Harper...... 20 00 Youth’s Miss. Soc., Vestry-st. ch., N. Y., S. Lewis, Tr...... 50 00 “ A Methodist” ...... 2 00 Fishkill, N. Y., by Rev. D. B. Turner...... 11 17 Bronx Bleach-works, Eastchester cir., by Rev. G. Waterbury... 6 60 Riverhead, L. I., by Rev. G. W . Woodruff...... 5 00 “ C. M.” ...... 10 00 Mulberry-st. ch. Female Miss. Soc., by Mrs. A. E. Dodd, Tr 40 00 “ FourLadies” ...... — 5 00 Madison-st. ch., N. Y., by Rev. J. L. Gilder...... 15 00 Plymouth, Conn., by Rev. H. J. Fox...... 2 50 Fem. M. Soc., N. Y ., Mrs. C. A. Burling, Tr...... 43 00 Glenham, N. Y., by Rev. J. H. Lent...... 1 50 Juvenile Miss. Soc., Madison-st. ch., N. Y ., by Rev. J. L. Gilder 21 00 For foreign missions, by Rev. E. Reed...... 20 00 Lenox, Mass., by Rev. B. M. Genung...... 14 00 1848. F. Godine, N. Y., by S. Dando...... 2 00 Jan. Seventh-st. ch., N. Y ., by Rev. D. Smith...... 32 50 Mrs. H. A. Ferguson, by Rev. S. D. Ferguson...... 10 00 Wm. P. Lyon’s class, Tarrytown, N. Y ...... 3 00 Sundries, Pleasant Vale, by Rev. W . Briggs...... 3 00 “ In memory of, and compliance with verbal injunction, of his honored father, the late George Suckley, deceased” ...... 100 00 Mrs. Elizabeth Underhill, Long Island...... 2 50 B. F. Sanborn, Wheeling, by Rev. C. Cooke...... 10 00 Rev. E.S. Cook, N. Y. Conf...... 47 Cortland cir., N. Y. Conf., by Rev. W. W . Brewer...... 49 00 White Plains, N. Y ., in part, by Rev. Dr. Pitman...... 55 30 Sands-st. ch., Brooklyn, by Rev. Dr. Bangs...... 35 45 Ellenville cir., by Rev. J. Ferris...... 23 00 Newcastle, by Rev. J. Lucky...... 26 00 S, Terry, Brooklyn, by Rev. A. M. Osbon...... 1 00

Carried over $5,462 31 TREASURER'S ACCOUNT. 7

1848., Brought forward $5,462 31 Jan.j J. Leonard’s class, Tarrytown, by J. D.Mabee...... 3 50 Norfolk cir., by Rev. T . Jeralds ...... 8 19 Legacy of late A. M. Dayton, Harpersfield, Delaware co., by Rev. J. Wells...... 26 50 Rev. D. Smith, N. Y ...... 3 00 West Stockbridge, Rev. G. C. Bancroft...... 4 86 Feb. Sullivan-st. ch., N. Y ...... 74 00 Miss Elizabeth Wisner, Sugar Loaf cir., by Rev. T. Newman... 20 00 J. W . Barker, N. Y ., ann. sub., by S. Dando...... 2 00 Seventh-st. ch., N. Y., (additional,) by Rev. D. Smith...... 20 00 Sullivan-st. ch., N. Y., do. by Rev. D. W. Clark 5 00 Geo. and Ophelia Todd, Whitlockville, by Rev. W . W . Brewer.. 25 Mamaroneck, by Rev. H. F. Pease...... 15 00 Rye, N. Y., by Rev. H. F. Pease...... 26 00 Middletown, Conn., by J. Toby, Tr...... 110 00 “ A Friend of Missions ” ...... 20 00 East Bedford cir., by Rev. B. Blake...... 6 00 Bristol cir,, by Rev. H. Husted ...... 6 25 Seventh-st. ch. Youth’s Miss. Soc., by W . Haskins, Tr;...... 40 00 Mari Bedford-st. ch., N. Y., by Rev. O. V. Amerman...... 22 91 Mrs. Ann Laforge, Westfield, Staten Island, by Rev. S. Rusling. 3 00 “ AMethodist” ...... 5 00 Miss, and S. S. Soc. of Mulberry-st. ch., N. Y., by J. Graydor, Tr. 100 00 Sands, Tarrytown, N. Y., by W . P. Lyon...... 5 00 ' West Taghkanic, by Rev. J. Ham...... 3 10 J. Leonard’s Sunday class, Tarrytown, by W. Gardner, Tr 4 29 East Chester, N. Y., by Rev. G. Waterbury...... 6 20 Yonkers, N. Y., by Rev. C. C. Keys...... 12 00 A “ Friend of Missions ” ...... 5 00 “ J. W . G.” Suffield, Conn...... 10 00 Greene-st. Miss. Soc., by B. F. Howe...... 110 00 Norwalk, Conn., by M. Wilcox...... 5 50 Female Miss. Soc. of N. Y., by Mrs. C. A. Burling, Tr...... 61 25 J. Mazzetti, N. Y...... 2 00 Mrs. Elizabeth Bailey and J. D. Bailey, N. Y ...... 30 00 “ AFriend” ...... 5 00 Orient, by Rev. J. D. Bouton...... 8 00 Tarrytown, N. Y., by Rev. P. Chamberlain...... 9 72 D. Keys, N. Y.. by S. Dando...... 2 00 Eighteenth-st. ch., N. Y., by Rev. N. White...... I l l 31 Sundries, Hartford, Conn., by A. Lankton ...... 1 50 Female Miss. Soc. of N. Y., by Mrs. C. A. Barling, Tr...... 47 45 Matteawan, by Rev. C. F. Pelton...... 7 00 Cortlandt cir., by Rev. T. Edwards...... 21 84 April Bro. Lyon’s class, Tarrytown, by C. L. Myer...... 3 00 Several children, Westport Conn., by J. Raymond...... 1 00 “ A Friend” ...... 4 00 John.st. Juv. Miss. Soc., by P. J. A. Harper, Tr...... 50 00 Chas. Selkirk, Coeymans, N. Y., by Rev. S. Fitch, Jun...... I 00 Williamsburg, 2d ch., by Rev. W . K. Stopford...... 15 43 Huntington, L. I., by Rev. D. De Vinne...... 24 25 Bedford-st. ch., N. Y., by Rev. O. V. Amerman...... 51 32 Female Miss. Soc. of N. Y., by Mrs. C. A. Burling, Tr-...... 49 00 Sarah Bancroft, N. Y ...... '...... 50 Rev. F. Donnelly, N. Y. Conf...... 50 Second church, Williamsburgh, by Rev. W . K. Stopford...... 2 00 Hyde Park, by Rev. B. M. Genung...... 8 00 Youth’s Miss. Soc., Vestry-st. ch. N. Y., by S. Lewis, Tr 65 00 Windsor, Conn. by Rev. S. A. Seaman ...... 5 17

Carried over, $6,732 10 8 TREASU RER’S ACCOUNT.

1846. Brought forward $6,732 10 April Bridgeport, Conn., by Rev. H. Bangs ...... 4 08 Rev. D. W . Clark, N. Y., proceeds of “ Meth. Epis. Pulpit” 150 00 J. Leonard’s class, Tarrytown, by J. D. Mabee, Tr...... 4 00 Rye, N. Y ., by Rev. H. F. Pease...... 24 00 Fem. Miss. Soc., Mulberry-st. eh. N. Y., by Mrs, A. E. Dodd, Tr. 76 70 Durham, Conn., by Rev. A. S. Hill...... 72

$6,991 60 Troy Conference. 1847. May D. Corbin $4, L. H. N. Landon $1, Mr. W . Landon’s children 7 cts. by Rev. A. G. Shears...... 5 07 Pittsfield, T. Durant, by Rev. A. Witherspoon...... 20 00 State-st. station, Troy, by Rev. L. A. Sanford...... 210 73 June Troy, by Rev. T. Spicer...... 1 00 Margaret Robertson, Warrensburgh, by Rev. C. Barber...... 5 00 Burlington S. S., by Rev. H. L. Starks...... „...... 4 57 Mrs. Jane Filkin, Lansingburgh, to make J. C. Filkin life mem­ ber, by Rev. W . Griffin....7...... 20 00 July Troy Conf. Miss. Soc., by Rev. C. De Vol, Tr., nett...... 2,358 10 Milton circuit, by Rev. A. Dickson...... 6 41 Sept. Levi Thompson, Pownal, Vt., by Rev. J. Clark...... 3 00 Sundries, by Rev. H. Hickok...... 40 61 Mr. G. Harvey, Sandy Hill, self and wife life members...... 40 00 Sandy Hill S. S., by Rev. S. Miner...... 5 29 Oct. J. Johnson, Clintonville, by Rev. D. P. Hulburd ...... 10 00 Nov. East Line Fem. Missionary Society, by Rev. S. L. Stillman 20 00 Dec. D. Robertson, Warrensburgh, by Rev. J. Ayres...... 10 00 Wm. L. Sowles, West Alburgh, Vt...... 5 00 1848. Samuel Loveland, Middlefield circuit, by Rev. C. C. Gilbert 2 00 Jan. L. Bennett, Troy, a new-year’s offering...... 100 00 Hudson-st S. S., Albany, Rev. A. Witherspoon...... 20 00 North-second-st. church, Troy, by L. Bennett...... 184 09 “ B. L.” ...... 5 00 Mrs. Jemima Chase, deceased, Lexington, Green co., N. Y „ by J. Chase, being in part of legacy...... 9 50 Feb. Sundries, Highgate, by Rev. J. D. White...... 13 00 April Rev. M. Witherell...... 50 Sab. school, North-second-st. ch., Troy, by H. Rankin, Tr 30 00 Bethlehem,by Rev. M. Witherell...... 20 00 Sharon, &c., by Rev. A. Osborn...... 26 00

$3,174 87 Providence Conference. 1847. May Providence Conf. Missionary Society, by Bishop Janes...... 414 00 Norwich city Missionary Society, by J. Perkins...... 20 00 July M. E. S. S., Pawtucket, R. L, by S. K. J.Chesbro’ ...... 15 00 Master James Morgan, Mystic Bridge, Conn...... 50 Sept. Pawtucket, by S. K. J. Chesbro’...... 15 00 Oct. Eastford cir., by Rev. E. A. Lyon ...... 4 00 Dec. Juv. Miss. Soc., Norwich cir., by Mr. J. Perkins...... 40 00 Jan. 1848. New-London, by Rev. M. P. Alderman...... 20 00 Norwich Falls, by S. Dean I...... 20 00 Mar. Norwich cir., by J. Perkins...... 60 00 April Norwich city, by J. Perkins...... 50 00 Prov. Conf. Miss. Soc., by Rev. J. Cady, Tr...... 3,541 00 Rey. C. Story 5, Liberty Corners, Cohocton 5 ...... 10 00 TREASURER’S ACCOUNT. 9

New-Hampshire Conference. 1848. Feb. N. H. Conf. Miss. Soc., by Rev. J. Stevens, Tr...... $550 00

Vermont Conference. 1847. July Vt. Gonf. Miss. Soc., by Rev. R. Bedford, T r...... 473 76 1848. Jan. Waitsfield, by Rev. R. Bedford, Tr...... 19 90

$493 66 New-England Conference. 1847. May Ghelsea, Mass., by B. H. Barnes...... 208 69 “ A worn-out brother ” ...... 25 00 June N. E. Conf. Miss. Soc., by Rev. A. Binney, Tr...... 718 25 July “ A worn-out brother” ...... 25 00 Oct. “ A worn-out brother” ...... 25 00 Dec. Young Men’s Meth. Miss. Soc., Boston, by P. Nickerson, Tr.... 545 00 1848. Jan. “ A worn-out brother ” ...... 25 00 Mar. West Springfield, by R. Smith...... 2 00 April N. E. Conf. Miss. Soc., by Rev. S. Cushing, Tr...... 1,365 00 “ A worn-out brother ” ...... 25 00 “ A worn-out brother” ...... 25 00 N. E. Conf. Miss. Soc., by Rev. S.Cushing, Tr...... 225 00

$3,213 94 Pittsburg Conference. 1847. June Pittsburg Conference, by Rev. J. L. Read...... 483 88 July Do. do. do. do...... 4838 59

$5,322 47 Maine Conference. 1847. July Maine Conf. Miss. Soc., by Rev. E. Shaw, Tr...... 857 50 1848. April Maine Conf. Miss. Soc., by Rev. E. Shaw, Tr...... 796 25

$1,653 75 Black River Conference. 1847. May Rome, by L. E. Elmer...... 30 00 July Rev. J. Roper, deceased, $ 1 ; Rev. Mr. Stoddard, $ 1 ; by Rev. A. Adams...... 2 00 Black River Conf. Miss. Soc., by Rev. G. Lane...... 1425 22 Sept. Mrs. M’Intosh, Oswego, by Rev. H. E. Chapin...... 5 00 Oct. A. Bates, Esq., of Syracuse, N. Y., administrator of the estate of J. Cuddeback, deceased, by F. Hall ...... 300 00 Children of Mrs. Temperance Sandford, Camden, by Rev. E. S. Squier, $20 ; A. Johnson, $1 ...... 21 00 Nov. Noah Judson, deceased, Jefferson, Schoharie co., N. Y 20 00 Salmon Moulton, Floyd, by Rev. J. Slee...... 10 00 Dec. Rome, N. Y., by Rev. F. H. Stanton...... 10 00 1848. C. Welch, Tyrone..., ...... 10 00 Feb. Amos White, Belleville, N. Y ., by Rev. G. W. Barney ...... 19 April Rome, by Rev. F. H. Stanton...... 2 00 Oswego, by Rev. H. E. Chapin...... 30 00 Dorcas Fem. Miss. Soc., Canton, N. Y ., $6 ; Fem. Miss. Soc., Coming, by Rev. F. B. Hudson, 50 cts ...... 6 50 A. C. Payn’s class, German Flats...... 2 00

$1,873 91 B .10 t r e a s u r e r ’ s a c c o u n t .

Erie Conference. 1847. June JBequest ofW m . Wick, late of Youngstown, Ohio, by Rev. J. L. Holmes...... $45 00 Erie Conf. Miss. Soc.,, by Rev. J. Bain, Tr...... 200 00 July Willoughby cir., by Rev. Ira Eddy...... 24 5» Aug. Erie Couf. Miss. Soc., Rev. J. Bain, Tr., by J. B. Edwards 2134 00 Lucretia H. Eddy, of Cherry Creek,.deceased, being part of her bequest, by Rev. D. Smith, through J. B. Edwards...... 47 37 Sept. Sherman, by Rev. D. Preston...... 12 00 1848. Feb. Conneaut class, Ashtabula cir., by Rev J. J. Steadman 2 00 Mar. B. Woolsey, Willoughby cir., by Rev. J. Eddy...... 20 00

$2,484 87 Oneida Conference. 1847. May Rev. H. Agard and lady $2, S. N. White and lady $2, Mr. J. Agard $ 1 ...... 5 00 Mehoopany cir., by Rev. J. Whitham...... 6 00 A. Woodworth, Abington cir., by Rev. C. E. Taylor...... 1 12 Rev. C. E. Taylor...... 50 Brookfield S. schools, by Rev. E. W . Breckenridge...... 3 20 Clinton do., by Rev. A. J. Dana...... 4 00 July Rev. C. E. Taylor...... 40 Aug. Oneida Conf. Miss. Soc., Rev. Wm. Round, Tr., by Rev. Geo. Lane...... 2412 58 Nov. Dunckle school-house S. S., by Rev. A. E. Daniels...... 1 42 Dec. Sundries, Newark station, by Rev. S. Minier...... 2 00 1848. Brooklyn cir., by Rev. M. Ruger...... 14 00 Jan. Barton cir., by Rev. W. Round...... 7 00 Cazenovia S. S., by Rev. A. J. Clrandall...... 33 80 Binghampton, by Rev. A. J. Dana...... 6 00 Wilkesbarre, by Rev. B. Hawley-...... 72 19 Carbondale, by Rev. W . Reddy ...... 40 00 Mrs. Polly Wood, Mount Pleasant, by Rev. H. Brownscombe... 50 Feb. Brooklyn cir., by Rev. M. Ruger...... 5 00 Clinton, by Rev. H. F. Row...... 5 00 R. Smith ...... 50 Barton cir., by Rev. W . Round...... 5 24 Varna, by Rev. Z. Barnes...... 11 00 Sundries, Smithsboro’ cir., by Rev. H. Agard...... 7 00 Mar. Clinton, by Rev. H. F. Row...... 3 50 Salem cir., by Rev. C. E. Taylor...... 40 00 M. Hart, Gibson, Rev. M. Ruger...... 1 00 Wilkesbarre» by Rev. B. Hawley...... 4 33 “ A Friend to Missions,” by Rev. D. A. Shepherd ...... 20 00 April Wallsville, by Rev. T. W ilcox ,...... 8 00 Deansville, by Rev. T. B. Rockwell...... 9 00 “ A Friend to Missions,” by Rev, G. Gary ...... 13 00 Barton cir., by Rev. Wm. Round...... 4 28 Rev. C. E. Taylor...... 2 00

$2,748 56 Michigan Conference. 1847. May Mich. Conf. Miss. Soc., by Rev, E. H. Pilcher, Tr...... 44 00 Do. do. do. do. 75 00 July M. Goff, (a colored man,) Jackson, by Rev. E. H. Pilcher 1 00 Aug. Rev. G. Taylor, part of pledge for China ...... 10 00 Oct. Mich. Conf. Miss. Soc., Rey. E. H. Pilcher, T r« ~...... 875 00

$1,005 00 t r e a s u r e r ’ s a c c o u n t . I t

Rock River Conference. 1847. May Error in amount credited Rev. A. Hanson...... $2 00 Sept. Rock River Conf. Miss. Soc., by Rev. C. B. Tippett, net...... 476 19 Ocr. Do. do. by D. Brooks...... 36 00 Sundries at Chicago, by Rev. Dr. Pitman...... 4 37 Dec. “ Zechariah and Elizabeth ” ...... 12 00 1848. April Menomonie mission, by Rev. E. Springer, $11 82; Milwau­ kee station, $6 06...... 37 88 Class leader and wife, Turkey hill, 111...... 10 00

$558 44 Genesee Conference. 1847. May Brockport, by F. Smith, Sec’ry...... 10 00 Aug. Rev. W. E. Pinder...... 50 Sept. Int. on Rev. J. Dodge’s note ...... 3 50 Bequest of Rev. R. Benton, deceased, by J. W . Benton...... 100 00 Genesee Conf. Miss. Soc., by Rev. J. Dennis, Tr...... 3565 21 Elmira, by Rev. P. E. Brown, net...... 80 21 Balance of Gen. Conf. Miss. Soc., by Rev. J. Denuis, Tr...... ,...... 521 00 Perry station, by Rev. P. Woodworth...... 3 00 Dec. Ami Whitney, Hopewell, Ontario co...... 10 00 Sheldrake, by Rev. W. E. Pinder...... 1 50 Fern. Miss. Soc., of the Niagara-st. charge, Buffalo, by Rev. E. 1848. Thomas...... 125 00 Jan. Lyons $ 10, Sodus circuit $40 68, through Rev. J. Copeland.... 50 68 Wixon and Gilmore, Urbana cir., by Rev. R. L. Stilwell. 4 00 Feb. Corning, by Rev. T. B. Hudson...... 4 00 Scneca Falls station, by Rev. J. T. Arnold...... 40 00 Mar. Sundries, Ontario district, by Rev. J. Copeland...... 76 18 April Fem. Miss. Soc., of the Niagara-st. station, Buffalo, by Rev. E. Thomas...... 125 00 Benton Centre, by Rev. N. Fellows ...... 6 00

$4,725 78 Ohio Conference. 1848. Jan. Win. Weston, Richland, O., by B. Boardman ...... $5 00

Baltimore Conference. 1847. May D. G. Blair, Cumberland, by Rev. J. Sewell.. 10 08 Charles.st. ch., Baltimore, by Job Smith...... 150 00 Wesley chapel Juv. Miss. Socieiy, Washington, D. C., by C. H. Lane...... 50 00 June Georgetown, D. C., by Thomas Brown.. 120 00 July Dr. J. B. Chrisman, Reading, Pa.,'by Rev. J. H. M’Farland 20 00 Ebenezer station, Washington, D. C., by Rev. W . Prettyman— 43 GO Aug. Chas. West, Saylorsburg, Pa...... - ...... 30 00 “ Polycarp” ...... 2 00 “ A Lady,” by Rev. J. H. Torrence...... 15 00 Sept. Foundery station, Washington, D. C., by E. Water ...... — 200 00 Sister First, by Rev. J. W. Haushawout ...... 5 00 Dec. Mr. A. Kolb, Hillsboro’ circuit, by Rev. H. Tarring...... 5 00 Bal. from the estate of the late Margaret Frye, by B. Waters^ Esq., Alexandria, D. C...... 516 76 Wesley chapel Miss. Soc., Washington,D. C., F. Howard,Sec.... 200 00

Carried over $1,366 76 12 t r e a s u r e r ’ s ACCOUNT.

1848. Brought forward $1,366 76 Jan. TJiird instalment on bequest of Daniel Coffman, deceased, Cum­ berland co., Pa., by C. Stayman...... 243i75 Feb. “ D. S. C.” N. Balt...... 50T 00 Bedford cir., by Rev. E. Butler ...... 20 00 In further payment of the bequest of the late Rev. John Kobler, of Fredericksburg, Va., by W . P. Conway, his executor., 30 00 “ Polycarp” ...... 3 00 Mar. Rev. E. Butler...... I 60 Balt. Conf. Mies. Soc., by Rev. C. B. Tippett...... 2000 00 Rev. N. B. Mills, deceased, by Rev. J. A. Gere...... 50 00 April Balt. Conf. Miss. Soc., by R. G.Armstrong, Tr...... 3905 07 Wheeling, by Rev. C. Cooke...... 81 00

$7,751 18 Philadelphia Conference. 1847. Aug. Milford cir., camp-meeting collection...... 70 00 Sept. “ * A Youth ” ...... 50 1848. Feb. Nazareth S. S., by Geo. Russell...... 60 00 S. S. at Lewistown, by Rev. M. Goheen...... 7 00 W. P. Duncan, do. do. 2 00 April S. S. St. George’s church, by P. D. Myers...... 100 00 Pha. Conf. Miss. Soc., by S. Ashmead, Tr ...... 3000 00 Do. do. do...... 3070 00 Do. do. do. dft...... 3000 00 Charles West, Easton, Pa...... 15 00 Rev. John Talley...... 2 57

* $7,327 07 Netw-Jersey Conference. 1847. May Stillwater, by Rev. J. M. Pearson...... 6 00 A. K. Hay, first instalment of $1,000 for China, by Dr. Pitman... 100 00 Juv. Miss. Soc. of Halsey-sr. ch., N. J ...... 20 00 June Red Bank, by Rev. W . E. Perry....,...... 11 57 July Rockaway, N .J ...... 10 00 Aug. Rome and Wantage cir., by Rev. R. Vanhome...... 10 00 “ A Friend to Missions,” for foreign missions...... 25 00 Sept. “ Jane,” Belville, N. J...... 3 00 Oct. Capt. A. Cole, Staten Island, Rev. H. Boehm...... 3 00 Nov. Keyport cir., by Rev. Dr. Pitman ...... 1...... 40 00 Sundries, Bedford cir., by Rev. J. S. Porter...... 75 00 Dec. Long Branch by Rev. Dr. Pitman...... 55 82 1848. Elizabethtown.N. J., by Rev. Dr. Pitman ...... 43 50 Jan. Georgetown S. S. Missionary Box, Del. by C. Tunnell...... 6 00 “ A New-Year’s Offering,” by Mary and Martha B. of Jersey City, two little girls, by Rev. F. A. Morrell ...... 5 59 Rockland, by Rev. A. E. Ballard ...... ]3 62 Halsey-st. ch., Newark, by Rev. W . P. Corbitt...... 20 75 Feb. Mount Holly, by. Rev. W. E. Perry...... 3 00 Keyport, N. J., by Rev. W . Burroughs...... 10 00 Asbury cir., by M. Brakeley...... 6 00 Rockaway, N .J ...... 10 00 . J. B. Stoddard, Greenville, by Rev. R. Van Home...... 10 00 Newark German Mission, by Rev. T . Steck...... 22 75 Mar. Warren circuit, by Rev. J. M. Tuttle...... 70 00 Middletown Point, by Rev. L. R. Dunn...... 13 00 Rahway, by Rev. G. Winsor... - ...... 17' 39 April Mendham, by Rev. E. M. Griffith...... 9 00

Carried over $619 99 t r e a s u r e r ’ s a c c o u n t . 1 3

1848. * Brought forward $619 99 April Middletown Point, by Rev. L. R. Dunn...... 22 18 Savings of Sarah A. Jaquett, by her father...... 1 50 Franklin-st. ch., Newark, by B. Wood...... 61 75 Vernon circuit, by Rev. A. C. Vandewater...... 7 59 Milford, by Rev. D. E. Frambies...... 26 50 Elizabethtown, by Rev. R. B. Westbrook...... 31 50 Rahway, by Rev. G. Winsor...... 2 00 Clinton-st., Newark, by Rev. J. B. Wakeley...... 204 00 Crosswicks, by Rev. A. M. Palmer...... 8 00 Jersey City, by Rev. F. A. Morrell...... 92 77

*$1,077 78 * After this account was closed, the receipts at Conference were reported, amounting to $2,953 50. Sundry Receipts. 1847. May Interest on bond and part of principal...... 155 67 June Bal. due from Wesleyan University...... 89 29 “ E. B.” 50 cts., Rev. C. Scofield and family’s offering, $5 75 ; less postage 30 cts ...... 5 95 Missionary goods sold...... 8 25 July Rec’d interest on Ky. stock...... 150 00 Bal. due on account of Africa’s Luminary...... 163 57 Aug. U. S. gov’ t, for the Indians, Hon. Wm. Selden, Tr., quarter ending April 1...... 350 00 Sept. Rev. A. F. Waller, Oregon...... 20 00 Government of U. S. for the Indians, qr. ending June 30, 1847... 350 00 U. S. gov’t, for the Indians around Lake Superior, by Rev. W. H. Brockway...... 750 00 Oct. Do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do.... 1500 00 S. F. Lafone, Esq., So. Am. $100, J. Butterworth, Esq., do. $5, by Rev. W . H. Norris...... 105 00 Nov. Miss J. Hoard, Potosi, Mo., by Rev. R. Bond, through Sworm- stedt & Mitchell...... 10 00 Missionary goods sold...... 28 47 Dec. Miss Matilda TorreDce, Columbus, Geo., by Rev. J. Boring...... 3 00 Govt, of the U. S. for the Indians, qr. ending Sept. 30, 1847...... 350 00 1848. F. Gorin, Nashville, Tenn...... 1 00 Feb. Rev. Daniel M. Baldwin, of Bedford, Ohio, (deceased,) in part of bequest for China, by Rev. Samuel Gregg ...... 25 00 Mar. J. Bidleman, Racine, W . Ter., by Rev. C. Hobart...... 2 00 Capt. E. B. Randolph, Columbus, Mi...... 10 00 U. S. gov’t., qr. ending Dec. 31, 1847, Hon. W . Selden, Tr...... 350 00 April Mutual Safety Insurance Co. for loss on paper...... 9 45 Alanson Beers, Oregon...... 40 00 Various sources in Oregon, by Rev. G. Gary...... 800 91

$5,277 56

RECAPITULATION OF RECEIPTS BY CONFERENCES. New-York Conference...... $6,991 60 Troy do...... 3,174 87 Providence do...... 4,209 50 N. Hampshire do...... 550 00 Vermont do...... 493 66 New-England do...... 3,213 94 Pittsburg do...... 5,322 47 Maine do...... 1,653 75

Carried over $25,609 79 1 4 t r e a s u r e r ’ s a c c o u n t .

Brought forward $25,609 79 Black River Conference...... 1,873 91 Erie do...... 2,484 87 Oneida do. '''...... 2,748 56 Michigan do...... 1,005 00 Roek River do...... 558 44 Genesee do- ...... 4,725 78 Ohio d<...... 5 00 Baltimore do- ...... 7,751 18 Philadelphia do...... 7,327 07 New-Jersey do- ...... 1,077 78 Sundry Receipts...... 5,277 56

$60,444 94 The receipts from the New-Jersey Conference, ofl848, were not reported when the Report was closed, which amount to $2,953 50f making the total receipts for the year $63,388 44.

Incidental Expenses. 1847. May Paid C. Pitman’s traveling expenses...... $10 62 Do. E. R. Ames’ traveling expenses...... 100 00 Do. S. Dando’s bill ...... -...... 14 25 Do. D. Fillmore’s traveling expenses...... 8 50 Do. T. Spicer’s traveling expenses...... 4 00 Do. C. Pitman’s traveling expenses...... 9 25 Do. Lane and Tippett...... 3 34 Do. A. P. Wood’s bill for chairs...... 3 00 Do. Lane & Tippett, for keeping missionary books one year to May 1, 1847...... 300 00 Do. S. Seager’e expenses in attending anniversary...... 22 00 Do. D. D. Lore’s do. do. do...... 10 00 Do. Trustees Greene-st. ch., for use of church for anniversary... 10 00 Do. Vashti Clark, half-year annuity...... 70 00 Do. E. L. Barber, engraver...... 6 00 Do. postage past month ...... 2 7 5 Do. C. Pitman, balance due to May 1, 1847...... 350 00 Do. discount on uncurrent funds...... 13 27 Jane Do. Xane & Tippett for interest advanced by them on note of Wesleyan University, and for which the Missionary Society has received a new note of the treasurer of the University... 2556 12 Do. Lane & Tippett’s bill of traveling expenses...... 3 00 Do. Bill of -Commercial Advertiser for advertising anniversary.... 1 1 3 Do. C. Pitman’s traveling expenses...... , ...... 4 50 Do. C. Pitman’s bill of stationery...... 2 98 Do. Sundry frt. bills...... - ...... 11 86 Do. Lane & Tippett as per receipt...... 50 00 Do. postage past month...... 4 58 July Do. C. Pitman’s traveling expenses...... 21 50 Do. one quarter’s rent of Corresponding Sec’ry to May 1, 1847... 93 75 Do. H. Moore's bill...... 31 40 Do. sundry ir’t bills...... 16 90 Do. postage in July, 1847...... 1 94 Do. 0 . Pitman, past month...... 100 00. Aug. Do. bills of engraving...... 7...... 7 50 Do. one quarter’s rent CorrespondingSecretary, Aug. 1, 1847... 93 75 Do. postage past month...... 245 Do. discount on uncurrent funds...... 14 66 Sept. Do. S. Dando’s bill,...... 13 16

Carried over $3,968 16 t r e a s u r e r ’ s a c c o u n t . 1 5

1847. Brought forward $3,968 16 Sept. Do. sundry freight bills on clothing...... 21 95 Do. postage past month...... 4 90 Do. C. Pitman...... 100 00 Oct. Do. C. Pitman’s traveling expenses...... 93 25 Do. Lane & Tippett’s bill of printing 27 th Annual Report 450 51 Do. for washing for missionaries...... 6 12 Do. board of missionaries at different times in the city, 36 weeks at $ 3 ...... 108 00 Do. postage past month...... 3 15 Do. C. Pitman...... 100 00 Nov. Do. Vashti Clark’s order...... 70 00 Do. one quarter’s rent for Cor. Secretary...... 93 75 Do. postage past month...... 2- 67 Do. C. Pitman on account orsalary...... 50 00 Dec. Do. T. B. Abbott for wood...... 7 00 Do. Z. Bailey for packing boxes...... 15 72 Do. sawing and splitting wood...... 2 00 Do. Fessenden, lawyer...... 5 00 Do. freight and expenses on goods shipped...... 19 85 Do. traveling expenses $3, bill of stationery $ 5 28...... 8 28 Do. S. Dando’s bill...... 20 35 Do. sundry freight bills ...... 24 32 Do. postage...... 3 44 Do. discount on uncurrent funds...,...... 6 23 Do. Dr. Pitman on acc. of salary...... 100 00 1848. Do. S. Dando’s salary one year to date...... 182 50 Jan. Do. laborer...... 3 00 Do. bill stationery...... 19 90 Do. S. Dando’s bill...... * 11 26 Do. postage past month ...... 4 92 Do. C. Pitman...... 50 00 Feb. Do. A. Sherwood’s bill...... , ...... 8 34 Do. C. Pitman, traveling expenses...... 14 25 Do. P. Dolan for coal...... 3 00 Do. Lane & Tippett’s bill for books...... 43 00 Do. sub’n to sundry periodicals...... 14 00 o. interest on treasurer’s note taken up...... 12 47 o. A. Sherwood...... 3 75 SDo. one gallon of oil ...... 1 37 Do. one quarter’s rent Corresponding Secretary to Feb. 1...... 93 75 Do. postage...... 6 70 Do. C. Pitman...... , ...... 55 00 Mar. Do. A. Sherwood’s-bill...... ,...... 8 34 Do. J. Wilson...... , 1 50 Do. duties on box from China...... 50 Do. Lane & Tippett’s bill...... 136 50 Do. S. W . Williams’ bill .,...... 12 00 JJo. C. Pitman’s bill of stationery...... 6 50 Do. E. L. Barber, engraver ...... 12 00 Do. C. Pitman past month...... - ...... 95 00 Do. postage.past month...... 5 60 April Do. A. Sherwood...... 8 34 Do. Wm. Blackett’s bill...,...... - ...... 7 42 Do. C. Pitman, traveling expenses...... -...... 9 25 Do. one quarter’s rent Cor. Secretary ...... 93 75 Do. S. Dando’s bill...... 10 89 Do. postage past month...... 2 41 Do. C. Pitman...... 150 00 Do- Lane & Tippett for keeping the missionary books one year, 300 00 .Do. balance of Missionary Advocate account...... 562 11

$7,233 97 1 6 t r e a s u r e r ’ s a c c o u n t .

DR.— CASH PAID FOE FOREIGN MISSIONS, VIZ.

Oregon. 1847. Sept. Paid Rev. A. F. Waller, Oregon, through Rev. G. Gary, as per his letter to brother Lane...... $20 00 Do. Rev. Geo. Gary one and a half year’s salary to Oct. 9, 1847. 750 00 Oct. Do. J. L. Babcock’s order...... 51 81 1848. Jan. Paid Wm. Roberts’ order...... 200 00 Paid George Gary’s draft...... 120 00 Feb. Do. freight on goods to Oregon...... 92 71 Do. ins. on goods ...... 31 50 April Do. freight on goods from Oregon...... 24 80 Do. Rev. G. Gary in full for salary to July 9, 1848, $375; sun­ dry expenses, $546 2 4 ...... 921 24

$2,212 06

Liberia. 1847. May Paid sundry drafts through bank...... 9588 46 June Do. Beekman & Cutter’s bill on account of J. B. Benham 25 26 Do. J. B. Benham’s drafc...... 125 00 ♦Do. sundry drafts through bank...... 333 92 July Do. W . B. Hoyt, balance of account...... 217 96 Do. J. B. Benham’s draft...... 350 00 Do. sundry drafts through bank...... 1275 50 Aug. Do. paper and packing boxes...... 90 25 Do. freight by bark Montgomery...... 63 63 Do. freight on package for Liberia...... 1 00 Do. J. B. Benham’s draft...... 38 18 Sept. Do. do. do...... 200 00 Do. do. do...... 150 00 Oct. Do- insurance on goods, see policy, L. & T ...... 18 00 Do. sundry drafts through bank...... 961 00 Nov. Do. Lydia Chase’s draft...... 86 00 Do. Lane & Tippett, minutes ...>...... 2 50 Do. Gascoigne’s bill, $35 22 ; freight bill, $15 75...... 50 97 Do. sundry drafts...... 705 00 Do. J.B. Benham’s draft...... 4136 Dec. Do. sundry drafts ...... 332 60 1848. Jan. Paid sundry drafts...... 590 00 Paid J. B. Benham’s draft...... 16 00 Do. sundry drafts...... 386 00 Feb. Do. insurance on goods...... 7 50 Do. J. B. Benham’s draft...... 39 00 Do. do. do...... 125 00 Mar. Do. J. B. M Gill’s drafts, $440 and $200...... 640 00 Do. J.B.Benham ...... 700 00 April Do. freight and expenses on goods ...... 8 38 Do. J. B. M’Gill’s draft...... 40 00 Do. J. B. Benham on account of salary...... 150 00 Do. J. B. M’Gill’s draft...... 75 GO Do. sundry drafts throogh bank...... 2292 67

$19,726 14 TREASURER’S ACCOUNT. 1 7

Buenos Ayres. 1847. May Paid D. D. Lore, outfit for self and wife...... 200 00 Sept. Do. D. D. Lore, 6 months’ salary, $100; table expenses, $100; traveling expenses, $42 62 ...... 242 62 Do. D. D. Lore for library in Buenos Ayres...... 100 00 Do. D. D. Lore, passage $250; freight $19 87...... 269 87 Dec. Do. W. H. Norris’s balance of account to Oct 1, 1847...... 921 49

$1,733 98

Loans. 1847. June Paid S. M. E. Goheen’s draft...... 100 00 Dec. Do. treasurer’s note to L. S. Burling...... 400 00 1848. Jan. Paid S. M. E. Goheen, balance...... 300 00 Feb. Paid treasurer’s note to M. J. Houghton...... 35 00

$835 00

China. 1847. 1 May Paid ins. on goods at Boston...... 44 41 Do. M. C. White’s draft...... 102 06 Do. Manning, Glover & Co.’s bill...... 44 00 July Do. Bartlett & Welford’s bill books...... 14 75 Oct. H. Hickok, outfit...... 300 00 Do. Expenses of bro. Hickok, $41 10; medicines, $25 72 ; books, $43 08 ...... 109 90 Do. passage of bro. Hickok and lady to Canton, $450; bro. Maclay, $300...... 750 00 Do. bro. Hickok in silver for the mission...... 1000 00 Do. Maclay’s outfit, $200; traveling exp. $25 75; boxes, 75 c. 226 50 Do. bills of books...... 11 09 1848. Do. insurance on goods...... 17 50 Jan. s Do. Wiley & Putnam for books...... 4 50 Do. bills for books and periodicals...... 18 62 Feb. Do. freight on two cases...... 4 50

$2,647 83

Domestic Missions. 1847. May Paid Bishop Bedding’s three drafts, each $75...... 225 00 Do. Bishop Morris’s two drafts, $150 and $ 5 0 ...... 200 00 Do. sundry drafts, Pha. C...... 1080 00 Do. sundry drafts, $35 and $56 25...... 91 25 Do. on missionary draft, favor of L. Chatfield...... 22 64 Do. balance on Bishop Hedding’s draft...... 56 75 Do. sundry drafts, N. Y. Conference...... 305 00 Do. Bishop Hamline’s draft ...... 75 00 Do. do. do. do...... 587 50 Do. sundry drafts...... 1077 00 June Do. do...... 168 25

Carried over $3,888 39 Cj 18 TREASURER’S ACCOUNT.

1847. Brought forward $3,888 39 June Paid Bishop Hamline’s draft ...... 100 00 Do. do. do. do...... 175 00 Do. do. Janes* do...... 350 00 Do. do. $350; Hamline’s, $465»...... 815 00 July Do. sundry drafts Troy Conf...... 807 50 Do. do. do. Vt. Conf...... 125 01 Do. do. do. Black River Conf...... 500 00 Do. do. do. Me. Conf...... 207 50 Do. sundry drafts, $62 50, $100, $75, $56 25, $43 75, $105, $50 ...... 492 50 Do. sundry drafts, $75, $100, $346, $93...... 521 93 Aug. Do. Bishop Janes’ draft...... '...... 75 00 Do. L. Swormstedi’s draft on treasurer...... 3797 28 Do. sundry drafts, $75, $50, $50, $100...... 275 00 Do. Lane & Tippett’s bill printing Indian hymn-book...... 265 70 Do. Bishop Janes’ draft...... 62 50 Do. do. do. do...... 50 00 Do. do. Hamline’s draft...... 100 00 Do. do. Hedding’s draft...... 88 75 Sept. Do. do. Janes’ two drafts, $50, $33 34...... 83 34 Do. do. do. draft -...... 62 50 Do. do. do. draft...... 37 50 Do. sundry drafts, $587 50, $350, $175, $150, $150...... 1412 50 Do. do. do ...... 1226 66 Oct. Do. do. do. $62 50, $62 50, $63 75...... 188 75 Do. do. do. $37 50, $37 50...... 75 00 Do. do. do. $87 50,$875, $75, $75...... 1112 50 Do. draft...... 62 50 Do. four drafts, each $20...... 80 00 Do. one draft...... 56 25 Do. two drafts, $62 50, $75...... 137 50 Do. sundry drafts through bank...... 1593 00 Nov. Do. Bishop Hedding’s two drafts...... 83 33 Do. do. Janes’ draft...... 18.75 Do. sundry drafts, $63 75, $75...... , ...... 138 75 Do. Bishop Hamline’s draft...... 100 00 Do. do. do. do...... 43 75 Do. sundry drafts through bank...... 612 50 Dec. Do. Bishop Hamline’s drafts, $40, $587 50...... 6$7 50 Do. sundry drafts...... 470 00 Do. Bishop Morris’s draft...... 125 00 Do. Bishop Waugh’s draft...... 20 00 1848. Do. sundry drafts...... 1866 67 J n. Do. Bishop Hamline...... 50 00 Do. Bishop Hedding’s two drafts, each $27 50...... 55 00 Do. do. do. draft...... 31 25 Do. do. Hamline’s draft...... 56 25 Do. sundry drafts through bank...... 583 75 Feb. Do. do. do. do. do...... 187 75 Do. Biihop Hedding’s draft...... 75 00 Do. do. Morris’s draft...... 412 50 Do. do. Janes’ draft...... 62 50 Do. do. Hedding’s draft...... 31 25 Do. do. Janes’ draft...... 18 75 Do. sundry drafts through bank...... 523 75 Mar. Do. Bishop Waugh’s draft...... 37 50 Do. do. Janes* draft...... 70 00 Do. do. Waugh’s draft...... 37 50 Do. do. Hamline’s draft...... 43 75

# Carried over, $25,207 81 TREASURERS ACCOUNT. 19

1848. Brought forward $25,207 81 Mar. Paid Bishop Janes’ draft...... 70 00 * Do. do. do. do...... 62 50 * Do. sundry drafts Balt. Conf...... 1000 00 Do. Bishop Hamline’s draft...... 587 50 Do. sundry drafts through bank...... 621 25 April Do. sundry drafts, $62 50, $37 50, $125...... 225 00 Do. sundry drafts Pha. Conf...... 3070 00 Do. sundry drafts...... 1058 75 Do. sundry drafts ...... 586 65 Do. Thomas Steck, missionary at Newark...... 25 00 Do. sundry drafts...... 1400 00

$33,914 46

RECAPITULATION OF DISBURSEMENTS.

Incidental expenses...... $7,233 97 Oregon Mission...... 2,212 06 Liberia do...... 19,726 14 Buenos Ayres Mission...... 1,733 98 Loans refunded...... 835 00 China Mission...... 2,647 83 Domestic Missions...... 33,914 46

$68,303 44

Missionary Society of the M. E. Church in acc. with L. S w o rm sted t, A s t . T r .

DR.

1847. TO CASH PAID FOR INCIDENTAL EXPENSES, VIZ. t

RECEIPTS.

Balance from last year’s account...... 102 21 Draft on principal Treasurer, July 31, 1847...... 3797 28 Donations as follows : (see W . C. A., Nos. 680,685, 689, 693, 699, 702, 707, 711, 715, 720, 724, and 728)...... 18201 90

$22,101 39 DISBURSEMENTS.

Rev. Wm. H. RapeT’s expenses to and from New-York, as member of the Miss. Com., May, 1847...... 85 35 Postage for the past year...... -...... 39 00 Freight paid on goods...... 3 46 Stationery and clerk hire...... 100 00 Sundry drafts, (as per list)...... 19139 25—19367 06

Balance on hand $2,734 33 £0 TREASURER’S ACCOUNT.'

Iowa Conference. 1846. Sept. Paid Bishop Hamline’s draft favor of G. B. Bowman...... 115 00 Do. do. do. 115 00 Do. do. H. W . Reed...... 100 00 Do. do. A. Coleman ...... 87 00 Do. do. do. 89 00 Do. do. H. Jamieson...... „ ... 165 00 1847. Do. do. G. B. Bowman...... 115 00 Sept. Do. Bishop Waugh’s do. H. W . Reed...... 175 00 Do. do. J. J. Stewart...... 168 75 Do. do. A. Coleman...... 96 25 Dec. Do. do. H. W. Reed...... 175 00 Do. do. G. B. Bowman...... 122 50 Do. do. J. J. Stewart...... 168 75 1848. Do. do. Andrew Coleman...... 96 25 Mar. Do. do. G. B. Bowman...... 122 50 Do. do. H. W . Reed...... 175 00 Do. do. A. Coleman...... 96 25

$2,182 25

Rock River Conference. 1846. Aug. Paid Bishop Hamline’s draft favor of Hooper Crews . 50 00 Do. do. Henry Summers...... 73 00 Do. do. Milton Bourne...... 90 00

$213 00

Illinois Conference. 1846. Sept. Paid Bishop Hamline’s draft favor of J. Van Cleve...,...... 24 25 Do. do. A. L. Risley...... 21 50 Do. do. L. S. Jacoby...... 613 00 Do. do. A. L. Risley...... 21 50 Do. do. Henry Koneke...... 425 00 1847. Do. do. J. Vancleve...... 24 25 Sept. Do. Bishop Waugh’s do. H. Koneke...... 578 75 1846. Sept. Paid Bishop Hamline’s draft favor of N. S. Bastion...... 54 75 Do. Bishop Hamline’s draft favor of Collin D. James...... 65 25 1847. Do. do. do. 65 25 Sept. Do. Bishop Waugh’s do. Peter Cartwright...... 28 00 Do. do. George W. Robbins 12 50 Do. do. C. D. James...... 72 75 Do. do. Ludwig S. Jacoby., 397 50 Do. do. N. S. Bastion...... 25 00 Do. do. do. 25 00 Do. do. do...... 30 00 Do. do. L. S. Jacoby...... 275 00 Do. do. N. S. Bastion...... 62 50 Do. do. do. 62 50 Do. do. do. 30 00 1847. Do. do. John S. Barger...... 15 00 Dec. Do. do. Henry Koneke...... 578 75 Do. do. A. L. Risley...... 2 1 5 0 Do. do. John S. Barger...... 15 00

Carried over $3,544 50 TREASURER'S ACCOUNT. 2 1

1847. . Brought forward $3,544 50 Dec. Paid Bishop Waugh’s draft favor of L. S. Jacoby...... 275 00 Do. do. do. 397 50 Do. do. C. D. James...... 72 75 1848. Do. do. Peter Cartwright...... 28 00 Mar. Do. do. C. D. James...... 72 75 Do. do. Henry Koneke...... 578 75 Do. do. L. S. Jacoby...... 275 00 Do. do. do...... 397 50 Do. do. A. L. Risley...... 21 50 June Do. do. C. D. James...... 72 75

$5,736 00

North Indiana Conference. 1846. Sept. Paid Bishop Morris’s draft favor of John Daniel...... 50 00 Do. do. G. M. Boyd...... 50 00 Do. do. C. M. Holliday...... 50 00 Do. do. G. M. Beswick...... 50 00 Do. do. J. M. Stallard...... 37 50 Do. do. do...... 37 50 Do. do. do...... 37 50 Do. do. Wm. H. Goode...... 37 50 1847. Do. do. John Daniel...... 50 00 Sept. • Do. Bishop Janes* draft favor of Samuel Brenton...... 25 00 Do. do. S. C. Cooper...... 87 50 Do. do. Richard Hargrave...... 25 00 Do. do. S. C. Cooper...... 87 50 Do. do. Wm. H. Goode...... 37 50 Do. do. do...... 37 50 Do. do. do...... 37 50 Do. do. do...... 37 50

$775 00

Indiana Conference. 1846. Oct Paid Bishop Hamline’s draft favor of John Miller...... 43 75 Do. do. E. G. Wood...... 15 00 Do. do. E. R. Ames...... 18 75 Do. do. do...... 18 75 Do. do. Anthony Robinson...... 31 25 Do. do. H. S. Talbott...... 50 00 Do. do. John Kiger...... 48 75 Do. do. John Miller...... 43 75 Do. do. John Kiger...... 48 75 Nov, Do. do. do...... 45 00 Oct. Do. do. H. S. Talbott...... 50 00 1847. Do. do. E. G. Wood...... 15 00 Oct. Do. Bishop Waugh’s do. Joseph Tarkington 50 00 Do. do. John Kiger...... 71 25 Do. do. A. Robinson...... 48 75 Do. do. John Miller...... 36 25 Do. do. E. G. Wood...... 25 00 Do. do. A. Robinson...... 48 75 Do. do. do...... 48 75

Carried over $757 50 22 t r e a s u r e r ’s a c c o u n t .

1847. Brought forward $757 50 Oct. Paid Bishop Waugh’s draft favor of John Miller...... 36 25 Do. do. A. Robinson...... 48 75 Do. do. JohnKiger...... 71 25 Do. do. E. G. Wood ...... 25 00

$938 75

North Ohio Conference. 1846. Aug. Paid Bishop Morris’s draft favor of Thomas Barkdull... 43 75 Do. do. John H Power...... 81 25 Do. do. Samuel Shaw...... 37 50 1847. Do. do E. Raymond...... 37 50 Aug. Do. Bishop Janes’ do. J. H. Power...... 68 25 Do. do. do...... 68 75 Do. do. do...... 68 75 Do. do. T. Barkdull...... 70 00 Do. do. do...... 70 00

$545 75

Ohio Conference. 1846. Sept. Paid Bishop Morris’s draft favor of John Kisling...... 270 50 Do. do. do...... 270 50 Do. do. Michael Marlay...... 175 00 Do. do. C. H. Doering...... 362 50 Do. do. Wm. Ahrens...... 388 75 1847. Do. do. Peter Schmucker...... 436 25 Sept. Do. Bishop Janes’ do. E. Riemenschneider 502 50 Do. do. Wm. J. Ellsworth...... 175 00 Do. do. Peter Schmucker...... 80 00 Do. do. C. H. Doering...... 485 00 Do. do. John Kisling...... 496 25 Do. do. Peter Schmucker...... 483 75 Do. do. C. H. Doering...... 485 00 Do. jdo. David Reed...... 150 00 Do. do. Wm.J. Ellsworth...... 175 00 Do. do. John Kisling...... 496 25 Do. do. E. Riemenschneider 502 50 Do. do. P. Schmucker...... 483 75 Do. do. do...... 483 75 Do, do. John Kisling...... 496 25 Do. do. James L. Grover...... 37 50 Do. do. Wm. J. Ellsworth...... 175 00 Do. do. E. Riemenschneider 502 50 Do. do. C.H . Doering...... 485 00 Do, xlo. David Reed...... 150 00

$8,748 50 TREASURER’S ACCOUNT. 23

Or.—By Cash received from Sundries. 1847. May Sabbath-sehool, Paoli, la., for foreign missions, $25 of it for China, by Rev. G. W. Ames...... 26 00 Mrs. E. Leever, Goshen, O., by Rev T. W. Chandler, for China. 5 00 St. Joseph mission, N. Ia. conf. by Rev. E. Doud...... 8 44 Missionary Society, Asbury Sunday school, Cincinnati, by L. Swartz, $20 to make W . Wartman life member...... 23 00 Iowa Conference Missionary Society, (balance of $144 85,) by Rev. G. B. Bowman...... 86 47 Patriot cir., Ia. conf., brother Seth Sampson, to constitute Miss Missouri B. Farrah, an adopted daughter, a life member of In. diana Conference Missionary Society $5, Patriot class $5 45, Weast’s class $8 50, Goose Creek class $1 05, by James Jones...... 20 00 James B. Simmons, by Rev. J. Gassner...... 5 00 Rev. John Thatcher, for China...... 10 00 Vincennes sta., Ia. conf., by Rev. G. H. M’Laughlin...... 10 00 Frankfort cir., 111. conf., by Rev. C. D. James...... 4 45 Rev. Nelson Greene, of North Indiana conference...... 10 00 Faris’ school-house $2 53, Williamsville $3 18, by Rev. E. H. Field, Washington circuit, Ohio conference...... 5 71 June. H. O. S., on brother Simmons’ plan for the mission to China.. . 5 00 Barkworks, Patriot cir., Ia. conf., by Rev. J. Jones...... 5 00 Vincennes sta., Ia. conf., by Rev. G. H. M’Laughlin...... 6 00 Worthington cir., O. conf., by Rev. E. H. Field...... 9 06 One-half year’s rent of ground in Cincinnati, conveyed by deed of trust to the Missienary Society by John Mears, $198, and $2 added, to make the amount $200...... 200 00 “ A Friend to Missions,” by Rev. M. P. Gaddis...... 100 00 Monroe cir., O. conf., by Rev. Wm. Parrish...... 40 00 A Lady of Chilicothe, O., for China mission...... 20 00 Alexander Woods $5, Sarah Woods $5, the latter for Chinamis- sion, by Rev. O. P. Williams...... 10 00 Rev. Nelson Greene, of N. Ia. conference...... 5 00 Brookville cir., Ia. conf., by Rev.'J. Tarkington ...... 7 14 July German Quincy (111.) mission, by Rev. L. S. Jacoby...... 20 00 A.S.P 12 00 Bequest of David Palmer $15, Western Star circuit, North Ohio conference, $12 39, by Rev. E. R. Hill...... 27 39 Madison, Ia., ($20 of it by Mrs. E. Perkms, to make Rev. W . C. Smith a life member of the parent society, and $5 by Mrs. Mary P. Taylor, to make Mr. Abijah Pitcher a life member of the Indiana Conference Missionary Society, by Rev. W . C. Smith,)...... 43 00 Rev. N. Conrey, by Rev. Z. Connell...... 3 00 Aug. Sunday school, Centenary church, New Albany, Ia„ for two last quarters $11, collection in the church $12, by Rev. A. Wiley 23 00 Wesley chapel, Cincinnati, by Rev. Joseph M. Trimble...... 50 00 Collections in Newark station $33 87, do. in Newark Sunday school $11 52, by Rev. D. N. Smith...... 45 39 Caleb Palmer...... 3 00 Rev. Wm. Runnells, Treasurer North Ohio Conference Mis­ sionary Society, $2,853 50, counterfeit bills, &c. $18...... 2835 50 Muncie cir., N. I. conf., by Rev. L. Taylor ...... 14 37 Asbury chapel, Biookville, Ia., by Rev. T. C. Crawford...... 26 00 H. W . Wright...... 1 00 Wesley chapel, (additional,) by Rev. Joseph M. Trimble...... 60 00

Carried over $3,784 92 2 4 t r e a s u r e r ’ s a c c o u n t . & 1847. Brought forward $3,784 92 Aug. Bethel chapel, (balance of $210,) by Rev. M. P. Gaddis...... 110 00 Vincennes eta., Ia. conf., A. B. Daniel $5, Matilda A. Daniel $5, Mary Davis $5, Dr. W . W. Hitt $5, G.' H. M’Laughlin $5, N. Sparrow $5, Piere Cary $5, Mary Jane Gibson $5, D. S. Bonner $5, Wm. Dance $ 5 —the above for the China mission; and, if possible, to assist in sustaining a missionary sent from the Indiana conference, by Rev. G. H. M’Laughlin.... 50 00 Monroe cir., O. conf., by Rev. W . Parrish...... 30 00 Wesley chapel, Cincinnati, (balance,) by Rev. J. M. Trimble. 62 00 “ A Friend to Missions” ...... 5 00 Sept. New Richmond cir., O. conf., by Rev. J. W . Clarke, $280, counterfeit $ 2 ...... 278 00 Franklinton cir., O. conf., by Rev. P. A. Mutchner, (a balance,).. 5 00 Ohio Conf. Missionary Society, by Rev. W . H. Fyffe, Treasurer. 7084 02 J. W . Andrews, Esq., Columbus, O., for German missions 25 00 Iowa Conf. Missionary Society, by Rev. G. B. Bowman, Tr 165 58 Rev. J. B. Finley, on the proposition to make Rev. H. L. Hitch­ cock, of Columbus, O., a member of the Ohio Conf. Miss. Soc. 5 00 Ohio Conf. Miss. Society, (balance,) by Rev. W . H. Fyffe, Tr.... 163 14 North Indiana Conf. Miss. Society, by Rev. T. H. Sinex, Tr.... 1303 85 J. W. Yandes, to make Mary Y . Wheeler a life member o£ the Missionary Society, by Bishop Janes...... 20 00 Thrown into the black bag at Morris chapel for foreign missions. 100 00 Oct. Zoar Sunday-school, New Richmond circuit, Ohio conference, by W . Winans...... 2 75 Miss Susan Waggoner, for China mission, by Rev. W . Jerome.. 6 00 Rev. E. Whitten, Treasurer Indiana Conf. Miss. Soc. $2313 76, counterfeit money $ 6 ...... 2307 76 Rev. Bishop Janes, for German missions...... 25 00 Rev. John Mathers, Treasurer Illinois Conf. Missionary Society, (at conference,)...... 1200 00 Do. do. do. remittance...... 12 50 Nov. Locust Grove, Dunbarton cir., Ohio conference, by Rev. A. T. Shinn...... 6 00 Hecla Furnace, Ohio conf., Henry Blake, $ 5 ; John Locey, $ 5 ; E. T. Chesnutwood, $ 2 ; Henry M’Carty, $ 1 ; Wilson Wad- die, 50 cts.; John Hamilton, 50«cts.; Mrs. E. Clarke, 50 cts.; John Moore, 50 cts.; by Burdine Blake, jun...... 15 00 Rev. E. Whitten, Treasurer Indiana Conf. Miss. Soc. $541 10, discount on bad money $ 5 ...... 536 10 John Mears, Cincinnati, quarterly payment, $99 of it being pro- ceeds o f a ground lease assigned to the Missionary Society.... 100 00 For German missions, by R. P. Mann, Milford Centre, Ohio 10 00 Dec. Rev. J. Mathers, Treasurer Illinois Conference Missionary Soc.. 150 00 One quarter’s ground-rent from property assigned by John Mears 1848. $99, and $1 added by him...... 100 00 Jan. Hecla Furnace, O. conf., (a Christmas gift to the China mission,) Burdine Blake, jun., $30 ; D. B. Hartzell, $ 2 ; Wm. Spence, $ 1 ; John Moore, $ 1 ; W . Engles, 50 cts.; James Deering, 50 cts.; Robert Jarvass, 50 cts.; Samuel Ross, $ 1 ; Mrs. Eliza B. Chesnutwood, $ 2 ; Miss Amanda Hartzell, $1 50, by Rev. B. Blake...... 40 00 A young shoemaker of Gambier, O., by Rev. J. Scoles...... 10 00 A friend of missions, Louisville, Ky., by Rev. W . Nast...... 25 00 John Reed, for China mission, by Rev. A. Eddy...... 5 00 Thrown in the bag at Morris chapel, Cincinnati, for German missions...... 60 00 R. P. Mann, (China mission,)...... 20 00 Feb. Moses Ladd, by Rev. Hayden Hays ...... 5 00

I Carried over $17,827 62 T R E A S U R E R ’S ACCOUNT. 2 5

1848. Brought forward $17,827 62 Feb. Priscilla Talbott, Frankfort, Ky., (forChina mission)...... 10 00 Augusta circuit, N. I. conf., (for China mission,) by Rev. H. H. Badley...... 10 00 Zoar society, Goshen cir., O. conf.,by M. Rapp...... 5 00 Elizabeth cir., Ia. conf., $5, Rev. E. W . Cadwell, 45 cts. by Rev. E. W . Cadwell...... 5 45 A lady of Morris chapel, Cincinnati, for German mission m Cin­ cinnati...... *... 1 00 January collection, White Hall circuit, N. I. conf., by Rev. J. W. Parrett...... 7 00 Mar. A friend to missions, to second Dr. Elliott’s proposition for a mis­ sion to Rome...... 5 00 For China mission, from Augusta circuit, N. Ia. conf., by Rev. H. H. Badley...... 10 00 Proceeds of a lot in Zanesville, O., contributed by Rev. L. L. Hamline several years ago...... 75 00 Benjamin Hughes', Dayton, O., for foreign missions, by Rev. J. S. Inskip...... 10 00 Rev. B. Willey, (China mission,) by Rev. J. A. Brouse...... 16 00 Golconda mission, I1L conf., per Rev. C. D. James...... 1 25 The third fifth for the year from Augusta circuit, N. la. conf., by Rev. H. H. Badley...... 10 00 Friend to missions, by Rev. E. Yocum...... 3 00 Quarterly collection of rent from real estate assigned by John Mears, Cincinnati, to Missionary Society, $99, and $1 added by him...... 100 00 April Fairfield circuit, Ia. conf., by Rev. R. S. Robinson...... 45 83 China mission, by Rev. A. H. Triplett...... 75 China mission, by Rev. J. B. Austin...... 1 00 Brookville, Ia. conf., by Rev. T. C. Crawford...... 47 00 China mission, by Rev. J. B. Austin...... 1 50 Samuel Hall, Delavan, 111., by self...,...... 50 Wm. Weston $3, E. Weston $1, for Liberia mission, by Rev. R. W ilcox...... 4 00 China mission, by “ A Friend ” ...... 5 00

$ 1 8 ,2 0 1 90

RECAPITULATION.

By balance from last year’s account...... $ 1 0 2 21 Do. amount of receipts during the past year...... 2 1 9 9 9 18 ------$22,101 39 Da. To drafts paid in Iowa Conference...... 2 1 8 2 25 Do. do. Rock River Conference...... 2 1 3 00 Do. do. Illinois Conference...... 5 73 6 00 Do. do. North In dian a Conference...... 7 75 00 Do. do. Indiana Conference ...... 9 3 8 75 Do. do. North Ohio Conference...*...... 5 4 5 75 Do. do. Ohio Conference...... 8 7 4 8 50 To incidental expenses...... 2 2 7 81

' Balance on hand, $ 2 ,7 3 4 3 3

D 2 6 TREA SU R E R ’S ACCOUNT.

GENERAL RECAPITULATION.

R eceipts. Total amounts of receipts by Treasurer, page 14...... €0,444 94 Do. do. by Assistant Treasurer,page 25. 16,201 90 Balance in hands of the Treasurer, May 1, 1847...... 26,330 11 Do. Ast. do. do...... 102 21 Aim. of dft. of Ast. Tr. on Tr. at N. Y ... r ...... 3,797 28 :,876 44

D isbursements . Incidental Expenses by Tr., page 15...... 7,233 97 Do. do. Ast. Tr., page 19...... 227 81 ------<¡>7,461 78 Oregon Mission, page 16...... 2,212 06 Liberia Mission, page 16...... 19,726 14 Buenos Ayres Mission, page 17...... 1,733 98 China Mission, page 17...... 2,647 83 Domestic Missions, paid by Tr., page 19...... 33,914 46 Do. do. Ast. Tr., page 22...... 19,139 25 ------53,053 71 86,835 50

$22 040 94 Balance in treasury, May 1, 1848. Viz., in hands of the Treasurer,...... $19,306 61 Do. Ast. Tr ...... 2,734 33 $22,040 94

AUDITING COMMITTEE’S REPORT.

We, the subscribers, having examined the accounts of the Treasurer of the Mis­ sionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, for the year ending May 1, 1848, find them correct, as per vouchers laid before us. J. L eonard G il d e r , J. B. E d w a r d s, T homas M a c f a r l a n , A. W . B r o w n . W . A. Cox. LIFE SUBSCRIBERS AND DONORS

TO THE

MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

Life Subscribers by the •payment o f twenty dollars at one time.

Rev. Bishop M’Kendree Rev. Andrews, J. Mr. Armstrong, Sterling Bishop George Andrews, Elisha Armstrong, Robt. G. Bishop Roberts Andrus, Luman Arnold, Eli Bishop Soule Anson, William Arthur, J^mes Bishop Hedding Anstalt, P. Atkinson, Joseph H. Bishop Andrew Anthony, Darius Atwater, Samuel Bishop Emory Anthony, Samuel Atwood, Caleb S. Bishop Waugh Archer, P. W . Atwood, Samuel Bishop Morris Armstrong, John Austin, James N. Bishop Hamline Arnold, Smith Austin, Thomas Bishop Janes Ashbrook, Joseph Auten, James W . Abbott, Ira Ashmun, Mr. Ayers, Daniel Abbot, Larman W . Aspenwall, J. C. Mrs. Abbott, Abigail Abell, Asa Aspril, Joseph Abbott, Lydia Adams, A. Atchinson, F. Adams, Caroline Adams, Charles Athey, W . Adams, Rosannah Adams, Elisha Atwell, James Agard, P. Adams, Henry W. Atwell, John Akins, Martha Adams, James Atwood, A. Alderman, Lucy A. Adams, John Atwood, J. Aldrich, Eliza Ann Adams, John F. Austin, C. H. Allard, Susan Adams, Moses Avery, Otis Allen, Julia Ann Adkins, L. L. Ayer, Rish worth Allen, Nancy G. Agard, H. Ay 1 worth, J. P. Allen, Sarah W. Aherns, William Ayres, Brayman Allen, Phebe Akerly, A. Ayres, James B. Anciaux, Lydia Akers, Dr. Peter Ayres, J. C. Anderson, Jane Akins, J. E. Ayres, James Anderson, Mary J. Albiston, R. Gen. Adams, San'to Anderson, Susannah Alderman, M, P. Dr. Angier, S. T. Andrews, Caroline Aldrich, Asa Arnsb, James H. Anson, Elizabeth Alexander, D. F. Ayres, Chauncey Anthony, Elizabeth Alexander, G. W . Capt. Adams, Joseph Archibald,SarahA.T. Allen, E. W. R. Mr. . Abbott, Bennet T. Armstead, Harriet B. Allen, James Abbott, Levings Ashbrook, Julia H. Allen, R. T. V. Adams, George Ashley, Sophia Allen, R. W . Alexander, J. Ashworth, H. M. Allen, William Alexander, Peter Aspril, Sarah E. Alley, John A'exander, Seth Atwell, Fanny Allyn, Norman Allard, Horace Avery, Mary Ann Alverson, J. B. Allen, Eibridge G. Ayer, Rev. Rishworth Amer, W . Allen, Thomas Aylworth, J. A. Amerman, O. V. Anderson, John Aylworth, Lucy Ames, Edward R. Andrews, Ebenezer Ayres, Charlotte Ames, William Andrews, Job Ayres, Clara Anderson, Curtis Andrews, Stephen S. Ayres, Mary C. Anderson, James R. Anthony, J. Ayres, Rev. J. C. Anderson, L. Anthony, Hezekiah Miss Adams, Ann Anderson, W . R. Archibald, James Agan, Mary Ann Andrew, Bromwell Arnold, S. H. Agard, Maria Jane Andrews, Charles Armstrong, James Allen, Adelia H. 28 LIST OF LIFE SUBSCRIBERS.

Miss Allen, Adeline N. Rev. Beale, Oliver Rev. Bosworth, 0 . E. Allen, Esther Bear, John Boucher, Joshua Ailing, Keturah Beard, Ira Bouton, James D. Allyn, Charlotte S. Beaver, Peter Bowdish, L. Andrews, Hannah Beebe, E. M. Bowdish, William S. Annis, Minerva Beecher, Dr. Lyman Bowen, Josiah Anthony, Eliza Beecher, E. P. Bowen, E. Anthony, Mary G. Beecher, Wm. H. Bowen, John Artman, Eliza Beegle, John S. Bowers, John Ashcroft, Fanny Beeks, G. C. Bowne, C. L. Ashmead, Elizabeth Beers, E. O. Boyd, R. Avery, Rachel Belknapp, John W. Boyle, J. Rev. Babbitt, C. Bell, James J. Boylston, B. S. Babcock, S. E. Bell, John Bradford, Elisha B. Babcock, William R. Beman, Dr. N. S. S. Bradley, George Backus, J. P. Benedict, G. Brads, James Backus, William H. Benedict, Timothy Bradsher, Jas. 0 . Bailey, Pleasant B. Benham, J. B. Bragdon, C. P. Bailey, Robert P. Benjamin, A. Bragdon, E. E. E. Bain, John Bennett, Isaac Brainerd, David S. Bainbridge, Thomas Bennett, Jesse Brakeman, J. Baines, Wm. Bennett, Jesse L. Brame, T. R. Baker, Albert Bennett, Philo S. Brandeburg, Chas. B. Baker, Charles Bentley, D. N. Brandriff, Richard Baker, Lawrence Bentley, Ira Branham, W . R. Baker, Oamyn C. Benton, O. Bray, J. M. Baldwin, C. R. Benton, Roger Brayton, Daniel Bancroft, George C. Benton, Sanford Breckenridge, E. W. Bangs, Dr. Nathan Berkitt, E. Brent, R. W . H. Bangs, F. B. Berkley, James Brewer, Walter Bangs, Heman Berkley, Thos. Bridge, J. D. Bangs, John Berkstresser, G. Briggs, M. C. Bangs, Wm. M’K. Berridge, Leeds K. Brigham, A. P. Bangs, William H. Berry, L. W. Brison, J. Barclay, Charles W. Best, Hezekiah Bristol, D. W . Barker, A. Bethel, J. Broadhead, John Barker, John Bidwell, Ira M. Brock, M. Barnard, Albert F. Bigelow, N. Brockunier, Sami. R- Barnard, John Bill, F. W . Brockaway,Wm. H. Barnes, Allen Billings, Alvan Brooke, Benjn. F. Barnes, Joshua Bing, E. V. Brooke, George G. Barnes, W . H. Bingham, Jefferson B. Brooks, Asa Barns, Zetto Birch, Ja'mes Brooks, Cyrus Barrett, Eli Birch, Joshua Brower, Walter Barrows, Joseph S. Bishop, Isbell Brown, A. Bartine, Pavid Bissey, Jonas Brown, A. M. Battles, Augustus Bixby, William Brown, Arza Bartlett, Charles Blades, F. H. Brown, B. F. Bartlett, Horace Blake, B. T. Brown, BVN. Bartlett, O. C. Blake, E. Brown, Chiis. E. Bascom, Dr. H. B. Blake, H. M. Brown, E. C. Bass, R. G. Blake, S. V. Brown, Gaston E. Bastion, N. S. Bloomer, R. H. Brown, George Batelle, C. D. Bloomer, Wm. Brown, Geo. F. Bates, E. O. Blydenbufg, Moses Brown, George S. Bates, L. Boehm, Henry Brown, Henry Bates, Merritt Bogue, H. P. Brown, J. H. Battersley, John Bond, Alvin Brown, J. S. Bayles, John S. Bond, Dr. Thos. E. Brown, Jacob A, Bayne, John Bonner, Charles Brown, J. N. Beach, A. F. Bonney, J. Brown, B. F. Beach, John B. Boswell, John O. Brown, Paul R. Beach, Lyman Botkin, Jesse Brown, Rowland LIST OP LIFE SUBSCRIBERS. 29

Rev. Brown, Samuel C. Mr. Earnes, B. H. Mr. Brooks, William Browning, Thomas Barrows, Urbane Brown, AmosW. Browning, Wesley Bartram, Aaron R. Brown, James Brownscombe, H. Bar tram, Levi W . Brown, John Bruce, J. G. Bassett, John Brown, John D. Brughton, Justus M. Bates, James Brown, Oliver Brunson, Alfred Battershall, L. A. Brown, William C. Bryan, Samuel J. Baxley, George Buckingham, Rich. Bryant, S. S. Beale, Japheth Buckley, Wm. E. Bryson, S. Beatty, James Buckmaster, John Buck, Valentine Beaver, Peter Bull, James P Buck, William D. Beck, John Bulteel, William H. Buck, Zina J. Beckley, William Bunting, Jacob P. Bucktrout, H.N. Beers, Abel R. Bunyan, George D. Budd, Wm. Beers, Alanson Burbeck, Wm., jun. Bull, Mitchell B. Beers, Andrew Burdick, Clark Bullock, Daniel Beers, William Burling, L. S. Bumpass, Joshua Beirne, P. Burnham, F. J. Bunting, James Benham, Amos Burrows, Urbane Burch, Thomas Bender, William Burt, Htnry B. Burgess, A. Bennett, L. Butcher, Wm. H. Burlingame, Chs. D. Bennett, Preston Butter, Wm. Burney, W . V. Benson, James Mrs. Babbitt, Sarah Burnham, Benj. Bentley, O. W. Babcock, A. P. Burns, Francis Berry, John Babcock, Lucy Bums, David Berry, M. Backus, Caroline Burpo, Thomas Besore, George Baley, Elizabeth Burrett, Ransom Bib ), Richard, sen. Bailey, Jane Burrows, Waters Bibb, Richard, jun. Bailey, Lydia A. Burt, Enoch Bicknell, Becker BainbriHge, Esther Burton, Lewis Bigelow, Artemas Baird, Frances Bush, Edwin G. Bigelow, Hopestill Baker, Hannah Bushnell, Albert Binkley, G. S. Baldwin, Sarah Bushnell, Asa Bishop* Harvey Ballew, E. D. Bussey, Amos Bishop, Nathaniel Bangs, Joanna H. Butler, Elisha Bloomer, J. Watson Barker, P. A. Butler, M. Boggs, Wm. G. Barnard, Eliza Ann Butler, Wm. Bolles, Isaiah Barnes, Mary Dr. Barrett, T. S. Bond, Richard I. Barnes, Mary C. Beekman, S. R. Bonsai, Samuel F. Barnes, Polly Hon. Mr. Bates Booth, Samuel Bames, Sarah Ann Capt. Bishop Borrowscale, John Barnet, Mary Esq. Beck, Paul, Jr. Bouton, Zalmon L. Barney, Mary L. Bryan, Joel Bowne, George W . Bamitz, Elizabeth Mr. Babcock, Jesse Bradley, Benjamin Barr, Elizabeth Badeau, Peter Bradley, Daniel Barris, Mary Bagnall, Thos. Bradshaw, James O. Bartlett, Doctor Bailey, Jerome B. Bradshaw, John Barton, Susan Bailey, John Brainard, Cephas Ratershall, Eliza A, Bailey, Lansing Branham, Jas. W. Batershall, Eustatia Baker, R. J. Brewer, Thomas M. Bates, Charlotte Baker, Wm. Brewer, Wm. Bates, Elira Baldwin, Aaron Brewster, Daniel Bates, Eliza , Baldwin, Joel M. Brewster, James Battelle, E. G. Baldwin, Sami. S. Brewster, P. Battle, Melicent Ball, J. Briggs, Nathaniel Beach, Ann D. Bamborough, Thos. Brinsmade, John Beardsly, Mary Bancroft, George C. Brisney, W . V. Beaver, Eliza G. Bangs, Jonathan Broadwell, David Bedford, Arvilla Bangs, Stephen B. Brockway, Jedediah Beedle, Sarah J. Bamitz, John Brodhead, Daniel D. Beeks, Cornelia'E, Barker, Stephen Brook, George G. Beers, Melicent P. Bamdollar, John S. Brooks, John Beers, Rachel 3 0 LIST OP LIFE SUBSCRIBERS.

Mrs. Benedict, Mary Mrs. Brown, Ellen * Miss Burrowscale, Lucy Benham, Susan H. Brown, Frances H. B. Butfield, Elizabeth Benham, Welcome Brown, Henry Rev. Cadden, C. Benjamin, Mary Brown, Lydia Cadden, Robert Bennett, Ann Brown, Amanda M. Calhoun, W . Bennett, C. C. Brown, Ann Callendar, A. Bennett, Elizabeth Brown, Rachel A. Cameron, William Bennett, Nancy Brown, Sarah L. Campbell, C. Bentley, Elizabeth Browning, Frances Cannon, Ibri Bentley, Harriet M. Browning, Phebe Capers, T. H. Benton, Frances Brownson, Lucy Capers, Dr. Wm. Berry, Adeline F. Buck, Maiy Ann Carley, Jesse Best, Adeline Buckingham, Juliett Carlton, Thomas Bethel, Eliza C. Buckley, Hester Ann Carpenter, Chas. W . Bigelow, Charlotte Buell, Sarah Carpenter, Coles Bingham, Hannah Bull, Ann E. Carroll, A. Binkley, Margaret Bullock, Rev. Daniel Carroll, John Binkley, Maria L. Burgess, Prudence Oarson, J. of Dublin. Birch, Jane M. Burlingame, Rhoda Carter, Thomas N. Birkett, Burnell, Bula Cartlege, J. Bishop, Mima Burnett, Mary Cartwright, Peter Blackledge, Hannah Burnham, Dorothy Case, John W . Blake, Sarah Ann Burns, Amelia A. Case, William Blake, Sophia Burns, Emeline Cass, Moses G. Bloomer, Almira Burrows, Margaret Cass, Wm. D. Bloomer, Cynthia Burton, Phebe Castle, Asbury B. Bloomer, Nelly M. Butler, Eliza Castle, Joseph Board, Phebe Butler, Temperance Castle, L. B. Bockus, Diantha Bush, Jerusha T. Catlett, T. K. Bond, Sarah Bush, Lucinda Chalker, R. A. Bonner, Sarah Bussey, Hannah Chamberlain, James Bonney, Rev. J. Butler, Anna Chamberlain, Josiah Bonsall, Mary Ann Butterfield, Lucinda Chamberlain, S. Bontecou, Mary Miss Bainbridge, E. H. Chamberlayne, Israel Boswell, Rhoda Baldwin, Anna Chamberlin, Parmele Boucher, Lucinda Bangs, Anna Delia Champion, T. J. Bouton, Julia Ann Banks, Ann Chandler, T. W . Bouton, Sally M. Banks, Eliza A. Chandler, John Bowdish, Nancy Barrack, Mary E. Chapin, D. E. Bowen, Abigail Barrett, Aurelia S. Chapin, Harvey Bowen, Martha L. Bayles, Julia F. Chapin, H. E. Bradford, T. T. Beers, Lydia A. Chaplin, J. E. Bradley, George Bellew, Nancy Charleton, G. W. Bradshaw, Sarah Bentley, Mary E. Chase, Abner Bragdon, E. B. Bennett, Ann Maria Chase, E. B. Bragdon, E. E. E. Bennett, Nancy Chase, Hiram Bragdon, Sarah W . Bishop, Isbell Chase, John Brainard, Olive Blaisdell, Mary Chase, Moses Bray, J. M. Bloomer, Celestia A. Chase, S. W . D. Brewer, Jemima Bloomer, Sarah Chase, Squire Brewer, Valina R. Bonks, Cornelia Cheney, L. O. Brigham, Amanda Bouton, Esther Abiah Cheney, Robert Bristol, Cynthia Bouton, Sarah Ann Chenoweth, A. G. Bristol, Mary Bouton, Sarah S. Chenoweth, G. D. Brockunier, S. G. Bowles, Mary Chew, J. C. Brodhead, Elmena C Bragdon, Sarah L. Chichester, Elijah Bronson, A. Brewer, Rachel Childers, Jesse Brooke, Eliza Jane Brown, Catharine Childs, Elias Brooke, Eliza G. Brown, Lydia M. Childs, J. W . Brouse, Mary Ann Brown, Mary Chittenden, C. Brower, Abm. E. Brunson,Achaa Christie, Wm. B; Brown, Ann Maria Brush, Eliza Church, Samuel C. Brown, Charlotte Brush, Harriet Clapp, Ralph LIST OP LIFE SUBSCRIBERS. 31

Rev. Clark, A. Rev. Cookson, John Esq. Cooper, John Clark, H. J. Cooley, William Corderoy, Edward, Clark, John Coope, J. W. of England Clark, John A. Cooper, A. S. Mr. Cadmus, Richard Clark, John B. Cooper, William Camp, Alfred Clark, Laban Copway, George Carey, Elias Clark, Lewis Corbitt, I. S. Carpenter, William Clark, S. H. Corbitt, Wm. P. Carr, David Clark, Thomas M. Corwine, R. Carr, Wm. Clark, Wesley J. Coryell, V. M. Carter, Archibald G. Clarke, Dr. Adam Cosart, John Carter, Samuel Clarke, Charles P. Coston, Zara H. Cartwright, Peter Clarke, John Cotton, Alfred J. Cartwright, Wm. Clarke, Samuel Cotton, John A. Case, M. R. Clary, Jonathan Coulson, William S. Cassidy, William M. Cleveland, E. L. Covel, James, Jun. Catlin, Jacob 0 . Cleveland, J. P. Covel, Samuel Catlin, Robert Coats, C. S. Cowart, R. I. Cautley, James Cobb, Jonathan Cowles, H. B. Chamberlin, Benj. B. Cochrane, Samuel Cox, Dr. Chase, George Coe, Daniel Cox, G. F. Chase, H. P. Coe, Samuel G. Cox, P. J. Chesbro, Sami. K. J. Coffey, W . Craig, Jesse F. Church, Dennis Coffin, Wm. H. Crain, E. B. Church, Wesley B. Cogshall, Sam. W. Crandall, A. J. Clapp, Silas Cogshall, J. Crandall, Phineas Clark, Charles A. Colburn, H. Crane, Elijah Clark, David B. Colclazer, Henry Crane, J. N. Clark, Henry Cole, H. D. Cranmer, E. H. Clark, John B. Cole, John E. Crawford, E. Clark, Jonathan Cole, Le Roy Crawford, Isaac Clark, Laban F. Cole, S. Crawford, James Clark, Stephen Cole, William Crawford, John Clark, Wm. Coleman, Austin Crawford, J. Y. Clarke, David Coleman, Henry R. Crawford,MorrisD’C. Clements, Isaac S. Coleman, James Creagh, B. Cleveland, Joseph Coleman, Seymour Crews, Hooper Cloak, John B. F. Coles, George Cromack, Joseph C. Clubb, John L. Collins, John A. Cross, A. Cobb, George T. Collins, J. D. Cross, Joseph Cobb, James E. Collins, Wm. F. Croswell, Dr. Harry Cobb, Van Buren Collord, George W. Crow, Moses Coffey, Henry T. , Collord, Isaac Crowder, T., Jr. Colburn, Peter Collord, James Crowder, Thomas Cole, Isaac Collyer, Isaac J. P. Crowell, C. A. Collin, James Colton, Erastus Crowell, Loranus Collin, John F. Comfort, Silas Crowley, P. M. Collin, Henry A. Conable, F. W . Crum, G. C. Collins, Geo. H. Conant, D. M. Cullum, J. W . Collinsworth, M. Cone, George B. Culp, David Comegys, Cor. G. Cone, W . Culver, N. Compton, Ichabod Conner, Joseph Cummings, AnsonW. Comstock, John Conry, J. F. Cummings, Joseph Conoway, Minns Conser, S. L. M. Cummings, T. H. Cook, Albert A. Converse, J. K. Cunningham, James Cook, Samuel Cook, C. Cunningham, 0. F. Coope, David Cook, G. Currier, John Cooper, Wm. Cook, Isaac P. Curtiss, W . M. Coming, Wm. B. Cook, Joseph W . Cushing, Stephen Cornwall, R. H. Cook, Phineas Gen. Clendenin, G. Corrington, Stephen Cook, Richard Judge Colquett, W . T. Coulthard, Henry Cooke, Pardon Hon. Collier, Henry W. Coutant, Lewis J. Cookman, G. G. Esq. Clubb, John Cowles, William J. 32 L i ST OF LIFE SUBSCB,

Mr. Cox, John Mrs. Chrisman,ClarissaM, Mrs. Crane, Rev. Elijah Cox, Samuel Christie, Ann M. Cranmer, Permelia Cox, William A. Church, Mary H. Craven, Sarah Crandall, James Clark, Abigail H. Crews, Mary F. Crew, John T. Clark, Agnes Cromack, M. C. Crocker, G. Clark, Rev. John Cross, Mary Crocker, G. W . Clark, Mary E. Cross, Mary J. Crocker, Wm. Clark, Mary J. Crow, A. I. Crozier, Robert Clark, Jos. A. Crowell, Elizabeth A Culver, John Clark, Jane D. Crowley, Martha L. Culver, Joseph Clarke, P. M. Crowley, Martha M. Cunningham, John Clary, Frances L. Cuddy, Eleanor Currier, James Clubb, Miranda Culbertson, Julia Curry, Stephen Cobb, Elizabeth M. Cummings, A. W. Curtiss, Alvin Cobb, Mary Anna Currier, Martha Curtiss, Ira Cochran, Elizabeth Curtiss, Elizabeth Curtiss, Roswell Cogswell, Rev. S. Curtiss, Sally Mast.Castle, Asbury B. Colburn, Clarissa Cushing, Lavina G. Castle, John C. Colburn, Nancy Miss Cannon, E. Church, Charles T. Colbum, Sally Carnahan, Sarah Cousen, Jabez Bell Colcord, Sarah C. Carney, Elizabeth R. Crandall, F. A. Cole, Lorinda Carr, Hannah Jane Crews, Hanson H. Colegate, Lavinia Case, Eliza Cromack, Joseph B. Coleman, Livia E. Cass, Laura S. Cromack, Chas. W. Coleman, Martha Castle, Olive Clarissa Mrs. Cable, Permelia Coleman, Mary Ann Castle, Helen E. Caldwell, Nancy Coleman, Sophia Chambers, Fanny Callendar, Mary J. Coles Chase, Cynthia Campbell, E. Colgate, B. Cheeseman, Ann A. Cannon, Dorcas Colley, Nancy Chrisman, Jane Carhart, Mary Collier, Mary Ann Church, Fidelia Carlton, Amanda E. Collin, Ruth Clapp, Deborah Carpenter, Bethiah Collins, Catharine Clark, Elizabeth Carson Collins, Susan S. Clark, Emily Carr, Hannah J. Collord, Mary Clark, Laura B. Carr, Mary Colman, Lucinda Clark, Louisa Carr, Susan Colman, Lucy Clemens, Abigail Carter, C. C. Colton, Jennett Coffield, Margaret Case, Almyra L. Congdon, Sarah * Coleman, M. J. Case, Lucy Conklin, Ann Eliza Collins, Ellen H. Caskey, Caroline Conry, Anna Collins, Mary S. Cass, Betsey C. ConBer, Susan F. Colloway, M. W . Cass, Sophia Cooke, Charlotte Calvin, Jane Castle, Ann Cook, Levantia M. Conklin, Mary Castle, Elizabeth B. Coope, J. W* Cook, Sophia Castle, Sally Copeland Cooper, Martha Catlett, Caroline A. Corderoy, Sarah H. Cornwell, Sally A. Chancy, Martha Coryell, Frances Coryell, Sidney Chandler, Laura Coston, Jane Crawford, Caroline Chaney, Ann C. Cotton, Dorothy Crawford, Mary B. Chapin,Dolly Cotton, Curtiss, Elizabeth A. Chapin, Harvey Covel, Ann G. Rev. Dailey, Wm. M. Chaplin, Louisa Covel, Emily Dana, A. J. Chapman, Deborah Cowles, Juliet Danforth, Calvin Chase, Eleanor Cox, Abigail L. Danforth, Joshua N. Chase, Harriet Cox, Elizabeth Daniel, Wm, V. Chase, Lydia , Cox, Rev. G. F. Davenport, Zach. Chase, Maiy P. Cox, Lydia N. Davidson, James F. Chase, Orlantha Jane Craig, Cordelia Davies, John Chase, Sarah G. Cramp, E. Davis, Charles A. Cheney, L.C. Crandall, Amelia Davy, John Chichester, Martha Crandall, Eliza M. B, Day, Mulford Chittenden, Emily Crane, Hannah W . Day, Stephen LIST OP LIFE SUBSCRIBERS. 33

Rev. Dayton, Stephen S. Mr. Dale, Daniel Mrs Daniel, Elizabeth Dean, S. Dalton, William Daniel, Mary E. Dean, W m . Dando, Stephen Davis, Charles A. Debrell, A. Daniel, Charles Scott Davis, Jane E. Degen, Henry V. Daniel, Coleman Davis, Roxana Dempster, John Daniel, William A. Davis, Zipporah Deneen, William L. Daniels, John Davison, Mary Dennison, Edwin Dare, Samuel Davy, Huldah Jane Derman, E. H. Darrow, Jonathan Day, Eldula Derrick, David Darrow, William H. Day, Nancy Devaney, Benjamin Davis, Alfred Debrell, W . A. De Vinne, Daniel Davis, Charles Deems, Scotia Anna De Vol, Charles Davis, Chauncey De Haven, Zippo D. Deyerle, Thomas J. Davis, James L. Delaney, Eliza Dickinson, E. W. Davis, James, N. Y. Demmitt, E. F. Dickerson, J. L. Davis, James, Alby. Dempster Dickinson, Joel L . Davis, Levi C. Denison, Louisa Diefendorf, Abm. G. Dean, E. Dennis, Amy Diefendorf, Benj. I. Dearborn, F. W. Denniston, Isabella J. Dighton, F. A. Decondres, Thomas Denniston, Mahala Dimmott, J. G. De Coudres, John Deputy, Casandra Dison, Francis Delamater, Benjamin De Vol, Harriet M. Dixon, John Demarest, David Dibrell, H. Dixon, Wm. Denton, Orin Dickinson, Mary Dobbins, J. B. Derby, Walter Diefendorf, Maria Dodge, Jonas Dering, Frederick A. Disbrow, Mamre Dodson, N. B. Deveau, Samuel Dixon, Clarissa W. Doering, Charles H. De Wolf, Benj. F. Dixon, Emily Doll, Henry Dexter, Geo. N. Donaldson, Mary Doll, Penfield Dickerson, Jacob Doolittle, Betsey Donaldson, Ira W. Dickson, John Dorchester, M. Doolittle, Timothy Dikeman,William H. Dorrnon, S. Dorchester, D. Dimitt, Joshua Dorsey, Matilda H. Dorsey, Dr. Edwin Dimitt, Joseph Draper, A. A., Nor­ Dofy, Elihu Disbrow, Benj. wich, Conn, Douglas, James Disbrow, Ezra Dunbar, Julia M. Doxsee, Amos Disosway, Gabriel P. Dunham, Roxana Duffield, Dr. George. Disosway, Israel D. Dunning, C. Dummer, Chas. Disosway, Wm. P. Durham, Sophia Dunbar, Otis Dixon, Wm. Dusenbury, Eliza Dunham, Ella Dodd, William Dwight, Delia L. Dunham, Moses Dodson, Leonidas Dyer; Polly Dunham, Z. B. C. Donaldson, James Dyson, Mary A. Dunn, Hiram Dorrance, Cyrus Miss Davis, Elizabeth B. Dunn, R. B. Dorrence, Henry T. Demmitt, M. G. Durbin, Dr. John P. Dorrence, Joseph Donoho, A. E. Durbin, H. I. Doty, J. Donovan, Phebe Durham, James Drury, Nicholas Draper, Alice Dusenbury, Sylvanus Dudley, Gilbert Rev. Eames, Joseph Dustin, Newell Duncan, Fleming Early, Abner Dutton, S. W . S. Duncan, John Early, E. Duvall, W . J. Durand, Samuel Early, John Dyson, Franklin Duryea, Tunis H. Easterbrook, Robt. D. Dr. Day, Roswell Du8inbury, L. B. Eastman, B. C. Dorsey, Caleb Duttron Eastman, Hubbard Capt. Dyer, James Dwight, Albert Eaton, Josiah Prof. Darby, John Dwight, Moseley Eddy, L. A. Esq. Dikeman, J., Sen. Dyer, Freeman M. Edmonds, John A. Disosway, Cor’s. Dyer, Samuel Edmundson, Jos. Douglass, Jas. Dyerle, Mildred P. Edwards, Thomas Dunn, Reuben B. Mast Davy, John Wesley Ege, Oliver Durant, Thos. Dyson, John F. Eighmy, Samuel Mr. Daggett, Milton Mrs. Dana, Malvina Ekin, George E 3 4 LIST OF LIFE SUBSCRIBERS.

Rev. Elbert, Isaac Mrs. Evans, Elizabeth Rev. Foy, Miles Elliott, CharleB Evans, Lydia Frambies, D. E. Elliott, G. C. Evarts, J. France, Jos. Elliott, Simon Everdell Francis, A. S. Ellis, Geo. W. Everitt, Dr. John Francis, Isaac Ellis,'Moses Miss Early, Mary V. Fraser, John Ellis, Samuel Edgcoonbe, Elizabeth Frazee, Bradford Ellis, Thomas , Egbert, Catharine H Frazer, William N. Ellison, W . H. Emerson, Margaret Frear, S. C. Elsworth, William J. Evans, Minerva French, Milton Elwell, K. Emerson, M. A. Frye, Christopher Ely, L. W . Rev. Fancher, Daniel Frye, J. Emerson, Oliver Farr, Alfred A. Frye, S. Emory, Robert Farrell, Alexander Fuller, Benjamin Ensign, Datus Farrington, W . F. Fuller, James M. Enos, W . H. Fee, William J. Furlong, Henry Ercanbrack, Henry Felsh, I. N. Fyffe, Wm. H. Ercanbrack, J. Fenton, S. F. Dr. Flewellen, A. Erwin, James Fenton, Solomon Foulks, Chas. T. Estie, George W . Ferguson, A. H. Hon. Frelinghuysen, T. Evans, William S. Ferguson, F. G. Judge Fisk, Josiah Everdell, R. Ferguson, George Esq. Fisher, John Gen. Edwards, S. M. Ferguson, Samuel D Francis, Ephraim Cap t. Elliott, Wm. M. Ferguson, Wm. M. Francis, Harvey Mr. Eaves, William Ferree, J. Mr. Fanton, Rowland Eccleston, Wm. G. Ferris, Ira Fearon Eddy, Timothy Few, Ignatius A. Fellows, Robert Edgar, Abraham D. JTidler, John Ferguson, James Edsall, Wm. Field, Elijah H. Fiddis, James Edwards, William H Field, Julius Fiddis, Robert Eighmy, Peter G. Field, Hezekiah . Filkin, John C. Eia, David H. Fields, A. Fink Elwell, Morris Fillmore, A. N. Finley Elwell, Stephen Fillmore, Daniel Fisher, John Elwell, Wm. Fillmore, Glezen Fisher, Nathl. B. Evans, J. Finch, Solomon F. Fleming, William Evans, J. B. Finley, James B. Flournoy, Josiah Mast.Early, Orville R. Finley, James C. Foote, Alfred Early, John F. Fisher, D. Foote, Andrew Early, Thomas H. Fisher, John Forbes, William Mrs. Eames, Lucina Fisher, Samuel U. Ford, C. T. Early, E. B. Fisk, Dr. Wilbur Ford, J. Easter, Susan B. Fitch, John Foster, Israel Eastman, Sarah C. Fitch, Silas Foster, Benjamin W. Eaton, Lydia Fleming, A. Fountain, JothamS. Eddy, Catharine Fleming, D. Fox, jr., George Eddy, Sally P. Floy, James Fox, John Edmundson, E. Fogg, Caleb Fox, Richard Edwards, A. Foljambe, William Frankerberger, W . F. Edwards, Mary Foot, R . C. Frey, Edward S. Ege, Susannah Foote, Orrin Mast. Floy, James, Jr. Eighmey., Maria Forhes, W . J. Mrs. Fancher, Lucy Eighmy, M. Ford, Abel Fanton, Polly Elliott, Calicta Ford, Thomas Farr, L. Ellis, Mary Ford, Washington Farrell, A. O. Elwell, Catharine Ford, Wm. Farrington, Mary S. Emerson, Betsey Forrest, J. Fellows, Abigail Emerson, Sarah Fort, J. P. Ferguson, H. A. Ensign, Barbary Foss, Cyrus Ferguson, Mary L. Ercanbrack, Mary Foster, Egbert H. Ferguson, Sarah Ervin, Sarah A. Foster, R. S. Ferrill, Eliza Erwin, W . E. Fox, Absalom D. Ferris, Phebe Evans Fox, R. Few, Catharine, LIST OP LIFE SUBSCRIBERS. 3 5

Mrs. Perris, Mary H. Rev. Gilbert, Elias Mr. Gale, Luther Field, Aan Gilbert, Gad S. Gale, Wm. Field, Keturah Gilbert, Raphael Gamble, JameB Filkins, Jane Gilder, J. Leonard Gardiner, S. D. Filley, Elizabeth Giles, Charles Gardner, Odell Fillmore, Lavina A. Gillett, M. D. Garland, Maurice H. Fillmore, Susan F. Gilmore, A. Garnsey, Lewis R. Finch, Harriet M. Gilmore, Hiram Garasey, Nathan D. Finch, Julia Gilmore, James Garnsey, Pliny Fish, Sophia Gilmore, Wm. Garrettson, R. V. Fisher, Anna Goff, Abner Gascoigne, James B. Fisher, Hannah Goheen, Mayberry Gascoigne, Jas.W. C. Fitch, Cornelia C. Goode, Wm. H. Gascoigne, Joshua J. Fitch, Elizabeth Goodrich, James R. Gedney, Sylvanus Fitch, Margaret Gold, Geo. S. Geroe, Benjamin Fitch, Mary D. K. Goodridge, J. C. Gibony, Emanuel Fleming, Mary B. Goodsell, Buel Gibson, J. S. Flournoy, Elizabeth Gorse, Charles Gibson, John Floy, Jane Gordon, W . Giddings, Joshua D. Foote, Electa Gorham, B. W. Giddings, Walter Ford,-Catharine Gorrie, Peter D. Gilbert, Elias Foss, Jane Goss, E. Gilbert, Levi Foster, Maria A. Gothard, William Gilbert, Luther Foster, Mary Gould, J. Gillett, Ellory Foster, Selina Gould, William F. Gillett, Everett Foster, Sarah M. Grace, Samuel Gillett, Joel Fountain, Jotham S. Graham, Thos. Gillett, Ozias L. Fox, Cornelia R. Grant, Elihu Gillmore Samuel Fox, Elizabeth Grant, Loring Gilpin, Thomas Fox, J. Grattenger, C. Goff, Henry Frazer, Lucy Graves, Wm. P. Goodenough, Asa A . Frazer, Sarah Gray, Henry Goodenough,D. B. French, Anna Gray, Valentine Goodenough, Jno. J. French, Betsey Green, Adam O. Goodenough, M. M. Fuller, Jane Green, A. L. P. Goodman, Caleb » Fuller, Mary E. Green, John C. Goodspeed, Reuben Miss Farrington, Sophrona Green, M. Gorham, Benj. L. Ferguson, Nancy Green, Philip Graves, Benjamin Fisher, Jane S. Green, Silas Gray, E. C. Fitts, Elizabeth E. Greene, Richard L. Graydon, James Flinr, Olive Griffen, Benjamin Graydon, Joseph Forman, Elizabeth Griffin, Thomas Green, Wm. Forster, Sarah Griffin, Wm. Griffin, Thomas / Frazer, Lucy Mary Griffith, Alfred Griswold, Abel Frothingham, Abigail Griswold, E. E. Griswold, A. H. Rev. Gaddis, M. P. Griswold, Francis A. Groat, Henry A. Gailey, John Grover, James L. Groesbeck, Anson Gamewell, W . A. Gruber, J. Groesbeck, W. W. Ganaway, R. Grunendike, Samuel Guernsey, J. Warren Gardner, Silas D. Guest, Job Guest, Job Gardner, Thos. C. Gulick, J. G. , Gunter, Edward Garlick, J. C. Gullwer, John P. j Master Graff, G. Wilbur F. Garrettson, Freeborn Gunn, Lewis Mrs. Galloway, Eliza Garrettson, V. Gurley, J. Gamewell, Mary Garvin, A. W. Gurley, R. B. Ganaway, Sarah Gary, George Guyer, George Gardner, Ann Gavitt, Elnathan C. Guyer, John Gardner, Hannah Gavitt, Franklin Gwynn, Wm. Garnsey, Caroline Gay, William Dr. Gregory, N. Garnsey, Maria Gaylord, M. H. Esq. Gregory, Dudley S. Garreit, Catharine Gear, Hiram Mr, Gaddis, David Garrettson, Cath. Gere, J. A. Gaddis, Samuel Garvin, Hannah Gibbons, John L. Gaddis, Wm. F. Gary, Elizabeth ,c 3 6 LIST OF LIFE SUBSCRIBERS.

Mrs. Gault, 0. Miss Gillett, Emeline Rev. Re\ Havens, E. O. Gavitt, Eliza C. Gillett, Eveline Havens, James Gay, Amelia B. Goff, Hannah Hawkins, F. Gaylord, Jane Gould, Phebe ,Hawkins, G. B. Gaylord, Sally Grant, Laura Hawks, Philo Gelston, Captain Green, Laura E. Hawley, C. Gere, Sarah Green, Sarah Hawley, W . C. Gibeny, Mary Guernsey, Nancy H. Hayes, T. C. Gibson, Catharine Guion, Mary Jane Hayter, Richard Gibson, M. E. Rev. Hagar, Jacob Hazeltine, J. Giddings, Almira T. Haines, J. Hazen, James Giddings, C. Hall, H. Hazzard, J. T. Giddings, Lydia Hall, Inman Head, Nelson Gilbert, Charity Hall, James Heath, Asa Gilbert, Lavinia Halstead, J. D. Heath, U. Gilbert, Maria Hamilton, M. G. Hebard, Elijah Gilbert, Mary Ann Hamilton, Samuel Hebberd, Eben S. Gilbert, Mary E. Hamilton, W . Hedstrom, 0 . G. Gilder, Emma Hammit, Wm. Hemmingway, James Gildersleeve, Lois Hammond, Jos. Henderson, W . C. Gillett, Mary M. Hammond, Mawbry Henninger, John Gilmore, Eliza A. R. Hance, Alfred Henry, John Goff, Elizabeth Hand, William T. Henry» Spencer Goff, Patty Hank, Wm. Henry, William Goheen, Mary J. Hank, Jehu Hermance, John P. Goheen, Elizabeth Hanna, Matthew Herr, Wm. Goldsmith, Mary Hansberger, L. F. Herring, Amos Goode, Sarah Hanson, Abraham Healer, O. Goodenough, R. Hanson, J. M. Heustis, Jonathan Goodridge, Sarah T. Happerset, Reese Heyer, W . S. Goodsell, Adeline Harding, C. R. Hibbard, F. G. Gorham, Olivia H. Hargis, James Hickey, M. Gorham, Susan Harker, M. Hickok, Henry Gorrie, Mary Harland, J. D. Hicks, J. J. Gorse, Eleanor L. Harleys Joseph Higgins, F. D. Gothard, Anne Harlow, William Higgins, S. H., D. D. Gould, Margaret J. Harmer, James Hildebrand, S. Goutee, Martha A. Harrell, John Hildebrand, Thomas Graham, Eliza Harrell, S. Hill, A. H. Granger, Sarah R. Harris, John Hill, Charles Grant, Betsey Harris, Joseph HilL, James Grant, Mary P. Harris, Lovell Hill, Joseph Graves, Anna Harris, Nathanael Hill, Morris Green, Mary A. E. Harris, Reuben Hill, Moses Gregory, Lucia M. Harris, R. S. Hill, Theodore Gregory, Nancy Harrison, D. Hill, Dr. William Griffen, Julia Ann Harrison, J. S. Hinds, O. Griffin, Levia Harrison, John Hines, Gustavus Griffing, Frances S. Harrison, Peyton Hinman, C. T. Griswold, Sarah Harrower, P. P. Hinmon, David Groesback, Hannah Hartman, C. Hirst, William Groesbeck, Louisa C. Hartman, Daniel Hitchcock, P. M. Groff Judith Harvard, William M Hoag, Wilbur Guest, Rev. Job Harwood, John Hobart, Norris Guion, Mary Hascall, J. Hobby, Henry Gulick, Eliza Haskel, S. B. Hobler, J. Miss Gardner, Octavius Haslem, John Hodgson, Francis Garnett, Genevine Hatch, Alvra Hoes, Schuyler Garnsey, Livia Hatch, Wm. H. Hoge, James Gaylord, Susan M. Hatfield, Henry Holdich, Joseph Gilbert, Eliza Hatfield, R. M. Holland, Horace Gill, Eliza T. Hathaway, T. V. Holliday, F C. Gillett, Ellen Haven, Clark Hollister, D. S. LIST OP LIFE SUBSCRIBERS. 3 7

Rev. Holmes, D., sen. Mr. Haines, John L. Mr. Hill, John L. Holmes, D., jun. Hall, Francis Hill, J. R. •Holmes, David Hall, Seth Hill, John Rowland Holmes, J. L. Hall, William P. Hill, Joseph Holtzinger, P. F. Halsted, A. L. Hill, Moses Hopkins, Robert Halsted, Samuel Hinks, Jesse Hopkins, Stephen D. Ham, John Hitt, Jackey S. Horton, James P. Hamlin, Harris Hoag, Samuel W . Horton, Solomon Hamlin, Oliver Hochstrasser, Jacob Hoskin, Chas. H. Hand, Bradford B. Hodnett, John Hotchkin, John Handy, Marvin Hoff, Jacob Houghtaling, J. B. Handy, Richard Hollingsworth,W. B. Houghton, B. A. Hanford, Elisha Holman, Joshua B. House, J. Harbow, F. P. Holmes, Burroughs Houseworth, Jas. J. Harder, Martin -Holmes, Gilbert Howard, H. B. Hargett, Thomas Holmes, James A. Howard, O. R. Harkness, J. C. Holmes, James P. Howard, Solomon Harley, Thomas Holway, Seth P. Howe, Benj. Hamed, Samuel Hook, Samuel Howe, Bezaleel Harper, Fletcher Hoover, Peter Howe, John M. Harper, James Hope, R. B, Howe, Samuel Harper, John Hossler, D. M. B. Howe, Simeon Harper, Joseph W. Houseworth,Michael Howland, Seneca Harper, P. J. A. Howard, A. H. Howson, John Harper, Samuel B. Howard, James Hoyt, 0 . S. Harris, Henry R. Howard, John Hoyt, P. L. Harris, James S. Howe, Benjamin F. Hoyt, Wm. B. Harris, Joseph R. Howe, Birdsey T. Hoyt, W . C. Harris, Michael G. Howe, John W . Huber, Jacob F. Harrison, Joseph Howe, Silas B. Huddleston, Allen Hart, Elisha Howe, T. Andrus Hudson, Jonathan Hart, Nathaniel C. Howell, Elliott Hudson, Joshua Hartt, Jas. C. Howell, Henry W . Hudson, T. M. Hatfield, John Howell, John Huestis, Jonathan Hatfield, Joseph Howell, John B. Humphreys, H. Hatt, George Howland, Knowlton Hunt, Aaron Hauptman, John W. Hubbell, Edmond Hunt, Aaron, Junr. Haven, Clarke HubbelJ, Harvey Hunt, Jesse Havens, Joseph H. Hudson, David Hunter, William Havens, Urban Hulbert, Alex. S. Hunter, W . H. Havens, Wm. H. Hull, David B. Hunting, Joseph Hawley, Truman R. Hull, Hiram Hurd, Nathanael Hay, Richard S. W. Hull, John Hurd, William F. Hays, Levi Hunt, Moses Hurlburt, Lewis Hazzard, Jeremiah Hurley, Thomas Huse, Obadiah Hebbard, G. R. Hutchins, Benj. B. Husted, Harvey Heiskel, Robert Hutchins, Merritt F. Husted, John B. Henderson, Isaac Hutchinson, William Hutchinson, David Henderson, S. L. Hyde, Edwin Hutt, Henry Hendereon, Thomas Hyde, Erastus Gen. Harrison, W . H., Henderson, William Hyde, L. President U. S. Hendrickson, Scott Mrs. Haight, Hetty A. Hon. Hilliard, H., of Ala. Herbert, Joseph Haines, Margaret M, Hotchkiss, Elisha Herdt, John Hall, Lucy Dr. Hammond, Ammon Hervey, Henry Hall, Mary Harrison, Peachey Hetherington, Cyrus Hallenbeck, C. Harrison, Samuel Hewlitt, Samuel Halsted, Jane D. Hill, William Hicks, Thomas H. Halsted, Sarah Esq. Hale, Zebulon Higby, John Ham, John Hamsberger,Stephen Higgins, Caleb D. Hamilton, Emma G. Hawkes, Frank Higgs, Joseph Hamilton, Jane Herrick, J. Hill, G. Hamlin, E. W . Mr. Hagaraan, John W . Hillj George J. Hamlin, 0 . 38 LIST OP LIFE SUBSCRIBERS.

Mrs. Hainline, Melinda Mrs. Hitchcock, Phebe J. Miss Hyde, Rebecca V. Hancock, Laura Hobart, Rev. J. Rev. Ingalls, Rosman Hanford, Deborah Hobbes, Sarah Ingersal, George Hanna, Nancy Ann Hockersmith, Eliz. Ingraham, S. W . Hard, Elizabeth W . Hodgman, Angeline Inskip, J. S. Harding, Nancy B. Hodgson, Rev. F. Ireson, Joseph Harley, Grace Holden, Susan Irwin, John L. Harmer, Louisa Holliday Isham, Charles Hamed, Rachel Holliday, Sarah Israel, George W . Harris, Anna Hollister, C. B. Ives, B. I. Harris, Lucy Holmes, Angeline Ives, Willard Harris, M. Holmes, Charlotte Indian boy— Flat Head Harrison, Caroline Holmes, Lydia Indian boy—Chas. Kalbfus Harrison, E. Holmes, Martha Indian brother—Eneos Harrison, Irene Holmes, Mary Mr. Ide, Samuel N. Hartman, Mary E. Holtzinger, Mary A. Ide, Wm. H. Hartwell S. A. Hopkins, E. D. Ingalls, Jonathan Harvard, Susan Mary Hopkins, P. A. Irving, Charles Harwood, Fanny Hopkins, Roxana Israel, Fielder Hascall, Lavinia Horton, Mary Mrs. Ide, Sarah B. Hatfield, Ann Houghtalingj Dorcas Ingalls, Ezra S. Hatfield, Charity House, Mary N. Irwin, Hannah R. Haven, Hannah Howard, Susan Isham, Elizabeth Havens, D. E. Howe, E. Ives, Betsey Hawkins, Emeline Howell, Edith Miss Ives, Elma Hawley, Harriet A. Howell, Esther Rev. Jackson, A. Hayes, Rev. T. C. Howson, Elizabeth Jackson, Wm. Hazlett, Mary Hoyt, Mary Julia A. Jackson, Wm. J. Hazzard, Mary Hudson, Jane Jacoby, Ludwig S. Heath, Mary Ann Hudson, Thirza H. Jacokes, Daniel C. Heath, Sarah Huestis Jagger, E. Hebberd, Rhoda E. Hull, Asbury Jakway, Thomas S. Hedding, Lucy Hull, Elizabeth James, J. Hedding, Ruth Hungerford, Rebecca James, Jesse J. Hedstrom, Caroline Hunt, Asenatb Jameson, A. A. Hendrickson, E. F. Husted, Harriet E. Jamison, J. Hendrickson, M. A. Husted, Maria Janes, E. L. Hendrickson, Sarah Hutchins, Lucy A. Jarvis, Field Henley, Margaret C. Miss Hallowell, Elizabeth Jarvis, John Henry, Jane Ham, Mary Jane Jayne, George S. Herman Harris, Mary E. Jennings, Joseph Herr, Sarah Hartman, Eliz. C. Jewett, William Herron, Cordelia Hatfield, Julia Jewett, Wm. D. Herron, Elizabeth Herring, Mary D. Johnson, John Hibbard, Mary Hick, Hannah D. Johnson, J. L. Hickok, Emily G. Hickey, Minerva Johnson, Gbadiah Higby, Helen Hill, Betsey Johnson, Ransom Higgins, L. Hill, Catharine Jolley, Hugh Higgins, Mary Hill, Eliza Jolley, Samuel Hildebrand, Ann M. Hill, Emily N. Jones, A. W . Hill, Abiah Ann Hill, Mary Jones, Cornelius Hill, Chloe Margaret Hill, Mary Jane Jones, C. B. Hill, Emma Hill, Ruth Maria Jones, J. Hill, Harriet N. Hoisington, Laura A. Jones, Mr. - Hill, Margaret Holmes, Mariva Rev. Jones, Zenas Hill, R. Ann Holmes, Martha E. Jordan, Wm. M. Hill, Sally Holmes, Mary Abigail Joyner, James E. Hill, Sarah A. Holmes, Susan Judd, Gaylord Hill, Susannah Howell, Eliza L. Julian, John Hill, Wm. T. Hubbard, Esther Esq. Johnson, Quincy Hinds, Mary C. Humphreys, S. Mr. James, John Hine, Phebe Hutchins, Cath. D. Jemison, George Hines, Lydia V. Hutchins, Mary B. Jenning*, James LIST OF LIFE SUBSCRIBERS. 39

Mr. Johnson, Geo. W. Rev. Kennaday, Dr. John Mrs. Kellogg, Jennett E. Johnson, Wm. Ross Kennard, E. Kellogg, Martha P. Johnson, Zenas Kennard, John Kelly, Ann E. Jones, Daniel Kenney, Wesley Kelly, Edtaa Jones, B. H. Kenney, Wm. Kelsey, Eliza Jones, Eber KenniBon, David Kemp, Caroline T. Jones, James Kenny, John Kemper, Sarah Ann Jordan, Edmund Kent, Asa Kennaday, Rev. J. Josselyn, A. Kent, W . J. Kenny, Bridget Judson, Noah Keppler, Samuel Kent, Submit S. Julian, J. J. Kern, M. L. Kent, Susan Mast Janes, Lewis T. Kerns, John Keys, Elizabeth Mrs. Jackson, Sophia Kerr, George Kibbey, Betsey Jacobs, Elizabeth B. Keyes, Josiah Kidder, Mary Jacokes, Mary Ann Keys, Charles C. Kidder, Orinda Jagger, Helen Kibbey, Epaphras Kilbum, Louisa James, Sarah Kiddef, A. King, Ann Janes, Rev, E. L. Kidder, Daniel P. King, Eliza , Janes, Rev. E. S. Kidder, Wm. J. King, H. Janney, Martha Ann Kiger, John King, Lydia A. Jarvis, Winna Kilbum, David King, Nancy B. Jayne, Elizabeth Kilpatrick, Joshua- Kinney, Eliza R. Jennings, Elvira King, David Kitchell, A. F. Jennings, M. J. King, D. S. Knapp, Abigail Jewett, Charlotte King, George Knight, Jane Jewett, Jane Maria King, Lyndon Knight, Mary Johnson, Anna King, S. W. Knox, A. E. Johnson Kingsley, H. D. Miss Kalb, Mary L. M. Johnson, A. P. Kinnear, G. D. Kelly, Eliza M. Johnson, A. R. Kinsley, Hiram Kennaday, Clara Johnson, Rebecca K. Knalls, Robert King, Brooklyn, N.Y Joiner, Nancy Knapp, Samuel M. King, Harriet E. Jones, Helena Knight, Horace B. King, Mary E. Jones, Sophia Knox, L.L. Kline, Catharine Jones Kone, W . W . Rev. Lafone, Samuel F. Judd, Jane M. Dr. Knight, S. T, Lakin, A. S. Judson, Elizabeth Esq. Kidder, S. Lakin, B. Miss James, Elizabeth Mr. Keeler, Jonah Lamberton, Sewall Jennings, Lucinda Keeler, Walter Lambeth, J. W. Johnson, Malinda T. Keeney, Joshua Lambord, B. F. Johnson, Mary Keeney, Timothy Lamkin, D. Johnson, T. L. Keep, sen., Marcena Lanahan, J. Jones, Anna Maria Kellogg, C. C. Landon, Seymour Jones, Mary E. Kellogg, Charles G. Landrum, W . B. Judson, Mary Ann Kelso, John Lane, George Judson, Sarah Keltner, Jacob Lane, George W. Rev. Karsner, Charles Kerr, Thomas Lanks, James Kavanaugh, B. T. Kerringer, James Lany, W . H. Keeler, Denton Kershner, Harvey Lark, Alvin Keese, George Ketchum, Alva Larkin, Benjamin Keller, A. Keyser, Abraham Larkin, Jacob Kellèy, H. W . Kidder, H. Martyn Larkin, Wm. Kelly, R. Kirlland, B. Lathrop, D. Kelly, Samuel Knapp, George W. Lathrop, O. C. Kellogg, H. Knapp, Josiah P. Lathrop, S. G. Kellogg, Israel ' Knowles, Hezekiah Latimer, Ebenezer Kellogg, Lewis Knowles, William Latta, Samuel A. Kellogg, Nathaniel Knowlton, Leon. S. Law, Elijah Kelsey, Charles Kuhn, Henry Law, Joseph Kelsey, James Master Kennaday, J. Law, S. W . Kemp, E. L. Mrs. Kaene, Lucy Lawder, W . H. Kemp, Robert E. Keeler, Betsey Lawrence, Wm. ÎÇemper, David Keller, Rev. A. L?.ws, James 4 0 LIST OP LIFE SUBSCRIBERS.

Rev. Laws, John Rev. Lyman, Alfred Mr. Luther, Martin Lawton, Daniel B. Lyon, Arunah Lyon, Jas. H. Layman, Truman Lyon, Chester Lyon, Wm. P. Leach, Caleb Lyon, John C. Lyon, Wm. R. Lear, J. Lyon, Moses Master List, Eugenius Leard, Samuel Lyon, Zalmon List, Robt. Newton Leavings, C. W . Dr. Lord, W . G. Mrs. La Grange, Ann Lee, Daniel Lugenbeel, Jas. W. Lagrange, Mary Lee, Jason Cap. Lyman, Simeon Lamb, Chloe Lee, J. B. Esq. Layman, John Lamberson, Sarah Lee, Le Roy M. Littlejohn, J. B. Lamkin, E. C. Lee, Luther Mr. Lamb, Simeon Lanahan, Mary E. Lee, Wm. Lamont, Thomas W. Lanckton, Harriet Leech, Samuel Lane Lane, Lydia B. Leet, C. W . Lane, Charles A. Langdon, Charity D. Le Fevre, John W Lane, Daniel Lathrop, Cynthia C. Leigh, H. G. Lane, Harvey B. Latimer, Hannah Lemon, T. B. Lane, Joseph J. Latimer Lenhart, J. L. Lane, Richard C. Latta, Caroline A. Lent, James S. Langdon, W . J. Law, M. Lent, Marvin R. Langworthy, Heman Lawton, Catharine Leonard, Jacob Lankton, Arba Lawton, Emily Levings, C. W . Latham, Henry D. Lee, Emeline Levings, Noah Law, H. Lee, Margaret D. Lewis, C. W . Lawrence, J. Leet, Sophia Lewis, David Lawrence, Thomas Le Fevre, S. A. Lewis, John W . Learner, Jacob Lemmon, M. B. Lewis, Nathaniel Leavitt, Samuel R. Lenhart, Ann LewiB, Rodman Leaycraft, Richard Leonard, Lucy Lewis, Z. N. Lee, Nathaniel Lester, Sarah Liggitt, E. F. Lee, Stephen D. Letton, Ann Lilley, Samuel P. Leech, D. D. T. Letton, Eliza Jane Limerick, Daniel Leech, John Letton, Louisa Lindsay, I. J. M. Lemming, Ezekiel Levings, Sarah Lindsey, John Letton, James E. Lewis, Elizabeth Linn, J. H. Levines, Stephen Lewis,TeresaEveline Lipscomb, P. D. Lewis, Charles Lindsey, E. Lipscomb, R. M. Lewis, John Lindsey, Lucy Litzinger, William Lewis, John H. Lindsley, Jane E. Livesey, Richard Lewis, John S. Linthicum, Elizab eth Long, A. Liddle, Stephen Linthicum, S. Longking, Joseph Lindsey, Andrew Lipscomb, Maria Longman, J. F. Linthicum, Joseph Lipscomb, Rev.R.M. Lord, Isaac Litch, Jeremiah Littlejohn, Mary L. Lord, John Littleton, Wm. W. Livesey, Jane Maria Lore, Dallas D. Lloyd, I. A. Lloyd, W . B. Lounsbery, H. Lloyd, W . B. Loder Lovejoy, John Lobdell, A. S. Longbottom, Eliza Lovejoy, P. R. Loder, Lewis B. Loomis, R. Lovell, C. R. Logan, William Love, Rebecca T. Lovell, Stephen Long, Eli Luccock, Mary Lowry, A. Lord, Benjamin Luckey, Dinah Luccock, John Lord, Edmund Ludnum, Anna M. Luckett, H. F. Lore, D. D. Lull, Eunice Luckey, Dr. S. Loughborough, Nath. Lumsden, Rachel P. Luckey, John Lounsberry, N. Luther, Mary Ludlow, H. G. Loveland, Oliver Lyon, Augusta M. Luke, Garrett Lovell, Henry C. Lyon, Elizabeth Lull, Joseph Lowden, John Lyon, Harriet W. Lull, William Lowe, W. W. Lyon, Laura Lumsden, Wm. O Lowrie, H. F. Lyon, Mary R. Lusk, William Ludlum, William Miss Lamberson, Hearty Lybrand, C. C. Lumsden, Jas. D. Lamberson, Mary LIST OP LIFE SUBSCRIBERS. 4 1

Miss Landreth, Martha Rev. Marvin, B. Rev. Mitchell, Thompson Lane, Sarah G. Marvin, Martin Moister, Roger Lapham, Mary J. 6. Mash, Joseph Monroe, Joshua Lawrence, Ann N. Mason, Benajah Monroe, S. T. Law«, Mary B. Mason, Elijah Monroe, T. H. W . Lems, Elizabeth Mason, Thomas Montross, Cornelius Linthicum, Ann R. Mason, W . C. Moody, Granville Livingston, Eliza Massey, Jas. A. Moore, Asahel Lockwood, Caro. C. Mather, James Moore, H. H. Lowry, Martha Matthews, H. B. Moore, James Lyon, Mary Matthias J. B. Moorman, S. T. Lyon, Sally Matthias, J. J. Morehouse, Alfred Rev. M’AlIister, William Mattison, H. Morgan, Abraham M’Anally, D. R. Mattison, M. Morgan, L. F. M’Auley, Dr. T. Mattison, S. Morgan, N. J. B. M’Cabe, James May, Edward H. Morgan, T. M’Carrell, Thomas May, George Morrell, Francis A. M’Caskey, George May, Hiram Morris, C. R. M ’Clay, John Maynard, Sampson Morrow, Alexander M’Clelland, J. C. T. Mayo, H. Morrow, W. S. M’Clintock, J., Prof. Mead, N. Morse, C. W. M ’Colly, Trusten P. Meek, J. B. Morse, Jos. L. M’Cown, B. A. Meeker, Berea O. Mosher, Absalom M’Gray, R. K. Meeker, C. Moss, Harvey M’Creery, Joseph Meeker, H. Mothersill, Wm. M’Curdy, C. L. Meharry, Alexr. Mudge, Enoch M’Daniel, Wm. V. Mehony, A. Mudge, James M’Donald, James Memminger, W. H. Mullin, S. M’Dowell, Joseph Meredith, James E. Mullins, J. N. M’Elheny, Theodore Merhon, J. Mumford, Lyman M’Elroy, Isaac Merrick, Fred. Munger, C. C. M’Enally, Peter Merriken, J. Munger, Philip, M’Farland, Jas. H. Merrill, Joseph A. Munroe, Jonathan M’Ferrin, John B. Merrill, M. Munroe, Wm. M’Gee, Thomas Merritt, M. Munson, A. E. M’Gowan, P. M. Merritt, Timothy Murphy, Andrew M’Grath, Thomas Merryman, Jas. C. Murry, John M’Kee, Joel W . Merwin, John B. Myers, Thomas M’Kenney, J. B. Merwin, Samuel Hon. Marks, Wm. M’Kenzie, J. W . P. Milburn, R. M. Miller, J. D. M’Mahon, Isaiah Milburn, W . H. Morris, Calvary M’Nare, Mr. Miles, B. B. Mudge, Ezra Macartney, Francis Miller, Adam Dr. Martin, R. Macfarlaa, Frederick Miller, David Mead, Sylvester Macfarlan, Thomas Miller, E. Esq. M’Lean, John Mack, W . B. Miller, Jacob K. Medley, Isaac MacJay, R. S. Miller, J. Mr. Mabie, Thomas P. Macreading, C. S. Miller, John Macartney, John I. Maffitt, John N. Miller, Thomas M’AlIister, Archibald Mahan, Asa Miller, V. R. M’Cabe, James Malcolm, Howard Miller, William M’Call, D. Mallick, Washington Miller, W. A. M’Carty, Charles Mallinsoh, M. Milligan, M; A. M’Cue, P. K. Maltby, George W . Mills, Francis M. M’Gill, Jas. B. Maltby, Wm. W . Mills, James MJKell, William Mandaville, John Miner, Sherman M’Lean, Wm. Mann, W . M. Miner, Thomas M’Manus, J. Manahip, Andrew Minier, Sylvester Magee, Jas. P. Manson, W . S. Minor, J. W . Magoun, Elias Marley, Michael Mitchell, Edward Malcolm, James Marshall, Chas. K. Mitchell, F. T. Mälloiy, Edward Martin, Jacob Mitchell, John Manning, Edward A. Martindale, Stephen Mitchell,'John T. Marble, James S. F 42 LIST OF LIFE SUBSCRIBERS.

Mr. Marcy, Thomas Mr. Mudge, Enoch R. Mrs. Merrick, Statira Mark, George Mudge, S. H. Merriken, Elizabeth Marks, John Mulford, Alva S. Mershon, Jane Marlow, Thomas J. Munnell, Samuel Miller, Eleanor Marnes, Isaac Myers, Jacob Miller, Hannah Martin, Gideon Myers, Peter D. Miller, Louisa Martin, Lawrence Myers, Wm. Miller, Margaret Martin, Samuel Mast.M oore, James Elijah Miller, Maria Marvin, Aaron B. Myers, I.N. Miller, Phebe F. Mason, E. N. Mrs. Mabee, Jenett D. Miller, Rachel Mason,, Orrin Macartney, C. Miller, S. Massingbord, Geo. Macfarlan, Ann Milligan, Cynthia Mather, W . W . M’AlIister, H. P. Milligan, Sarah C. Mathison, Robert M’AnaUy, M. Mills, E. Matson, Luther M’Call, Dugald Mills, Gertrude E. Matthews, Wm. M’Caula, Martha Mills, Mary Maynard, S. M’Chain, Elizabeth Mills,M'Sty H. Mayo, Noah M’Clelland, M. M. Mills, Sarah S. Mead, Edwin M’Clintock, A. C. Minchel, Lucy Mead, Enos M’Crea, Caroline E. Miner, Sarah Mead, Ralph M’Curdy, Eliza Minier, Sarah Meader, Reuben M’Donald, Rachel Minnis, E. Meeker,. Adad M’Donald Minor, Hannah Meeker, Isaac M’Elhenny, Eliza Minor, Letty Mercein, Wm. A. M’Ferrin, Mira Mister, Maria Merriam, John P. M’Gill, Martha E. Mister, Susan Merrick, Frederick M’Gill, Mary Mitchell, Catharine Merrick, Noah M’Gimpsey, Flora Moley, Sarah Merrick, William M M’Ginnis, Catharine Monroe, Clayton Merrill, Elijah W . M’Gruder, Lucy Monroe, Elizabe Merritt, Daniel H. M’Keen, Ann Monroe, Sarah A. Merritt, Stephen M’Lane, Eliza Moon, Maria A. Mershon, John M’Lean, Eliza Moore, Amanda Miller, Abraham M’Lean, Elizabeth Moore, Ellen R. Miller, Anthony M’Lelland,Mary Ann Moore, M. Miller, Jedediah M’Mahon, Majrgaret Moore, Philotty Miller, Robert M’Quigg, Jane Moore, Rebecca Milligan, Eli Magoun, Susan . Moore, Sarah Mills, Charles W. Mainard, Epsibah More, Maria Mills, James T. Maltby, Hannah Morgan, Sarah E. Miner, Enos Maltby, Ursula Morgan, Mary E. Minor, John W . Mandaville, Cath. Morrell, Mary Mobly, Peter Manierre, B. F. Morris, Abigail Monroe, Clayton Marks, Rev. D. L. Morris, Eliz. M. Monroe, Henry H. Marnes, Catharine Morris, Lucy A. Moody, Wm. H. H. Marshall, Julia M. Morrow, Louisa Moore, John H. Martin, Hannah H. Morse, H. D. Moore, William A Marvin, Sarah E. Mountjoy, Sarah More, Jos. H. Mason, Almira Mowry, Mary Morgan, Elijah Mason, E. Mulkey, Hannah Morgan, James Mason, E> A . Murray, Margaret Morgan, Josiah Massenburg, Lucy Myers, Amelia Morgan, J. N. B. Matthias, Sarah Myers, Sarah Morgan, Wilbur P. Mattison, Elizabeth S. Miss M’Clune, Catharine Monis, R. G. Mattison, Nancy M’Crea, Caroline Morrison, A. Mattocks, Esther M’Lane, Eliza Emily Morton, H. B. Maynard, Rachel M’Lane, Virginia Moser, Joseph Mead, Philinda M’Lean, Joanna Moser, Samuel H. Medley, Martha F. M’Namara, M. A. Moses, Horestes Merhon, Sarah Ann M’Namara, M. W . Mosier, Isaac Merrick, F. Madden, Sarah Moss, Harvey Merrick, Fidelia S. Malone, Celeste C. Motley, William W . Merrick, Mary Jane Meek, Jane LIST OP LIFE SUBSCRIBERS. 4 3

Miss Merrick, Harriet C. Mr. Noyes, John Mrs. Osbon, Elizabeth S. Merrick, Helen M. Nuppert, J. J. Osborn, Amanda Mills, Sarah Ann Mast.Nelson, Seymour Osborn, Sarah Millville, Harriet Noble, C. Pitman Osborne, Rachel Miller, Sally Ann Mrs. Nash, Frances A. Osborne, Susan C. Miner, Sarah Nash, Helen T. Overoclser, Sophia Mitchell, Rachel Neall, Jemima Oyster, Elizabeth Moon, Martha O. Nelson, Jane S. Miss Ormond, Mary E. Moon, Sally Jane Newman, Margaret OrmondMinervaM.C Moore, Eunice Nixon, A. Osborn, Mary P. Moore, Sarah Noble, Emeline N. Ostrander Eliz. M. Morgan, MaryE. C. Noble, Lucretia Rev. Paddock, B. G. Morgan, R. R. Vir. Norris, S. M. Paddock, G. P. Moul, Mary Norton, Sarah Paddock, Z. Munger, Maria T. Nottingham, Emeline Page, Edward Murphy, Catharine C. Nulton, Abrm. Palmer, Aaron Murphy, Mary Nutting, Mary G. Palmer, Anthony Myers, Catherine S. Nye, Rev. Joshua Parish, Daniel Rev. Nadal, B. H. Miss Nichols, Catharine Parish, Hugh L. Nailor, J. F. Nicholson, M. H. Parker, John Nall, Robert Nottingham, E. D. Packer, Joseph Nast, William Nottingham, M. G. Parkison, C. Nation, Philip Nottingham, M. W . Parks, Gabriel P. Neale, R. D. Rev. O’Farrall, D. M’D. Parks, J. Neall, Thomas Oldrin, E. Parks, Stephen Nelson, Reuben Oliver, Warner Parks, Wm. J. Newhall, M. Onins, John D. Parsells, James Newhall, Richard Organ, Littlebury Patterson, Jas. H. Newman, T. Orlup, William Patterson, J. Newson, J. Orvis, Samuel Patterson, Wm. Newton, Robert, oi Osband, Gideon Pattillo, Samuel England Osband, Wilson Patton, Samuel Nichols, Jarvis Z. Osbon, A. M. Patton, William Nickerson, Heman Osborn, David Payne, James S. Nickerson, John Osborn, Elbert Paynter, James Ninde, George W . Osborn, T. Peak, Leonard C. -Ninde, W. W. Osborn, V. R. Pearce, John J. Nixon, John Osborne, Amos Peame, Thomas H. Noble, C. D. Osborne, J. Wesley Peame, William H, Noble, Charles Osborne, T. Peame, W . N. Noble, E. Ostrander, Daniel Pearson, T . W. Nolley, G. W. Overfield, Wm. Pease, Charles Norris, Ira Overstreet, James Pease, Hart F. Norris, John Owen, A. Pease, John M. Norris, Wm. H. Owen, E. Pease, Lewis North, E. L. Owen, E. D. Peck, Dr. George Northrop, B. F. Owens, James Peck, Jesse T. Northrop, Israel Owens, Joseph Peck, N. B. Norton, Albert Hon. Orman, John J. Peck, Wm. Nutting, Freeman Mr. Oakley, J. B. Pegg, John Nye, Joshua Olcott, William Peirce, B. K. Esq. Norris, Jame3 Osborn, H. Peirce, L. Mr. Nash, Sylvester Osborn, Wm. B. Peirce, T. C. Neff, Peter Ostrander, Daniel Pell, U .E . Neff, William Orr, Thomas Pell, W . E. Neff, William C. Mast. Olmsted, Enoch Pelton, Charles F. Nevins, Rufus L. Ormond, John J. Pendell, Moses L. Newton, Nimrod Ormond, W . B. Penn, Abraham Nichols, George Osborn, Levi W . Pennington, A. Nicols, H. Bascom Mra. Oldrin, Catharine Perkins, Charles Niles, Isaac Olmstead, Abigail Perkins, .lared Nottingham, Luther Orman, Minerva Perry, Gideon D. Nowlen, Joshua Osband, Susanna Perry, H. J. 4 4 LIST OF LIFE SUBSCRIBERS.

Rev. Perry, Heman Dr. Pordy, Samuel A. Mrs. Parish, Eliza G. Perry, J. H. Esq. Perkins, James Parke, Olive Perry, Salmon C. Phelps, Anson G. Parker, Amanda Pfeyton, H. S. Mr. Parish, Samuel B. Parker, Mary Phayre, John Parke, Martin Parkison, E. Phelps, A. J. Parker Parks, Naomi Phelps, B. C. Parker, Chas. Partridge, Christiana Phelps, E. P. Parker, Edmund Patrick, Sarah Phelps, J. T. Parker, John Patten, Sally Philips, B. Parker, Josiah Patterson, Rev. Wm. Philips, T. A. G. Parsells, P. Pattison, Charlotte Philips, T. A. J. Parsons, William Patton, N. W . Phillips, Zebulon Parsons, Charles Paul, Jane B. Philpott, Z. Partridge, J. A. Paxton, Elizabeth | Phinney, S. C. Pascoe, John L. Payne, Caroline Phoebus, Dr. Wm. Patrick, John Payne, Matilda j Pickering, George Patten, Thos. Pearce, Hannah Pier, Orrin Patterson, Samuel Peame, A. P. Pier, Orris Paul, Abraham Pearne, CL Jeannette Pierce, George F. Peach, Samuel Pearne, Hannah Pilbeam, H. Pease, Lewis M’E. Peame, P. M. Pilcher, E. H. Peck, Charles H. Pearson, Eliza Pilcher, Henry E. Peck, Thaddeus Pearson, Elizabeth B. Pillsbury, Benjamin Peirce, Chas. H. Pease, A. Pinckney, William Pell, Charles S. Pease, Ann E. Pinder, Wm. E. Pellew, William Peck, Rev. A. D. Pinney, M. Penn, Edmund Peck, Rev. Dr. G. Pitcher, W . H. Perkins, John Peck, J. T. Pitezell, John H. Perry, John D. Peck, Lucy Pitman, Dr. Charles Pettis, John G. Peck, Susan Pitt, Samuel Phelps, Ira Pegg, Jane E. Plimpton, B. O. Phelps, J. P. Dulany Peirce, A. E. Plotner, J. Pierce, Chatles W. Peirce, Harriet W . Plumb, David Pierce, Samuel Peirce, Jemima Plummer, Daniel Pierion, Walter T. Pellew, Harriet Plumer, W . S. Pillow, William Pelton, Julia Ann L. Pluney, S. C. Pinckley, Tsaac M. Pendleton, Mary . Poe, Adam Pinner, William Penn, M. E. Poisal, John Pitkin, Eli Penny, Amiel Pomeroy, Benjamin Pitman, George W . Perham, Mary C. Pomeroy, Charles Pope, Alex. Perkins, Eliza Poor, David Porter, Edward J. Perkins, M. A. Poor, John Powell, Reuben Perry, Ann Eliza Poor, O. Powers, Peter Perry, Hester Jane Poor, Wesley Clarke Pratt, John Perry, Sarah P. Porter, James Preachard, Leonard Perry, Susan Porter, John S. Prentice, E. L. Pettis, Rebecca Power, John H. Preston, Amasa Petty, Mary Preston, D. Preston, Julius A. Phelps, Hannah Preston, Wm. Price, Thompson Phelps, Rev. A. J. Prettyman, Wm. Price, William Phelps, Olivia Price, Elias Prior, Thomas Pnilips, Dorothy Prime, Samuel J. Prosser, Daniel Phillips, Clarissa Prindle, Cyrus Prosser, John Phinney, Hannah Prindle, L. Pullman, John Phinney, Cois Pritchard, C. H. Purdy, James Pier, Amelia Prosser, L. D. Mast.Pilcher, Jason Henry Pieraon, Martha Puffer, Isaac Mrs. Page, Eizabeth Pike, Matilda C. Dr. Palmer, Walter C. Palmer, Harriet Pilcher, Caroline M. Phelps, James L. Palmer, Jane Pilcher, Phebe M. Phillips, Benjamin Palmer, Lydia H. Pitchford, Ann Phillips, S. Palmer, Rachel Pitezel, A. Purdy, Alfred S. Pane, Jane Pitman, Mary LIST OP LIFE SUBSCRIBERS. 4 5

Mrs. Plimpton, Eliza Rev. Read, James L. Rev. Rooney, Samuel B. Plummer, Hannah Read, Robert H. Roper, John Plummer, L. Reavy, Charles Rose, R. S. Plummer, Lucy Reddy, Wm. Ross, Wm. Poe, Eliza Redington, L. E. RoBser, Leonidas Poindexter, Sarah P. Redman, W . W. Roszel, S. G. Poisal, Rev. John Reed, Adam Roszel, S. S. Poland, Betsey Reed, A. M. Round, George H. Pomeroy, Wealthy Reed, Fitch Row, H. F. Poor, Julia Ann Reed, Henry W . Rowe, Wesley Porter, Elizabeth Reed, J. Rowzie, W . B. Porter, Jane Reeves, L. M. Rucker, Thos. H. Porter, Rebecca B. Reger, Alfred A. Ruggles, N. Powers, Nancy Reid, John M. Ruggles, Nathanael Pratt, Hannah Remington, S. Rundell, W . W . Pratt, Mary Rescorl, Philip Runnells, Wm. Pratt, Sally Reynolds, J. Rush, G. Preston, Lucy F. Reynolds, Rufus K. Rushmore, L. D. Preaton, Mary Rhoads, J. Rusling, Sedgwick Preston, Sally Rice, E. H. Ruter, Dr. Martin Price, Hannah Rice, John Ruter, Calvin Proctor, Sarah Rice, Nathan Ruter, C. W . Miss Palmer, Cornelia Rice, Phineas Ruth, John Palmer, Hetty Richards, Alanson Ryland, Wm. Parker, Tamar Richards, Wm. Dr. Reese, David M. Parrott, Josephine Richardson, Chauncy Capt.Rich, Sylvanus Parsons, Lucy Richardson, H. Hon. Rockwell, C. W ., of Pease, Ruby B. Richardson, Marvin Conn. Peck, Mary H. Riddick, J. A. Esq. Rice, W. Peck, M. P. Rider, Wm. Royer, Samuel Perkins, Rachel M. Rigden, John V. Mr. Raleigh, Logan Perkins, M. E. Riggin, John W . Randall, Maxon Peters, Mary Riley, Tobias Randolph, Isaac Phillips, Elizabeth 0. Ripley, Amos R. Raybold, Geo. N. Phillips, Harriet C. Risley, John E. Raymond, James M Pool, Mary Robb, John Raymond, Josiah Pratt, Julia A. Robb, William Rankin, Hugh Preston, Frances L. Robbins, Alvin Rea, John Jamos Price, Melissa Robbins, Isaac Readhead, Edward Rev. Quigley, John Robe, T. Reed, John Quigley, T. J. Roberts, Edwin Reister,Adam Quimby, Silas Roberts, John W. Remington, Peter P. Quimby, M. Roberts Wm. Reynolds, James Quinlan, James Robie, J. E. Reynold#, John R. Quinn, James Robinson, D. J. Reynolds, Joshua Mr. Quinton, Littleton Robinson, Ezekiel Reynolds, Robert Mrs. Quimby, Abigail Robinson, John Rich, Isaac Quinn, Eleanor Robinson, J. N. Rich, Zaccheus Miss Quigley, Sarah R. Robinson, R. S. Richards, Arnold Rev. Raines, John, jun. Roche, J. Alexander Richards, John C. Ralston, T. L. Rockwell, T. B. Ricketts, Gran. C. Ramsdell, H. S. Rodgers, L. Richmond, Warren Randall, D. B. Roe, Edward D. Rider, Alanson Ransom, Jared C. Rogers, Aaron Ridley, Henry Ransom, Reuben Rogers, D. M. Riegart, H. Raper, Wm. H. Rogers, George L. Ripley, T.P . Rawson, J. Rogers, Lucius C. Roberts, John Rawson, Silas Rogers, Green M. Roberts, William Raybold, Geo. A. Rogers, Moses Robertson, Donald Raymond, Elnathan Rohr, Jacob Robinson, Caleb Raymond, Minor Rohr, W . H. Robinson, James Raymond, M. Roice, Andrew Rodgers, John D. Rea, Joseph Romer, James H. Roe * Daniel 4 6 LIST OP LIFE SUBSCRIBERS.

Mr. Roe, Daniel, sen. Mrs. Robinson, Hannah Rev. Scott, Levi Rogers, Stillman M. Robinson, Reumah Scott, 0. Romain, John P. Robinson, Sally Scott, Orange Root, Solomon Rockwell, Caroline Scott, Russell S. Rosecrons, P. J. Rockwell, Emeline Scott, William Ross, John R. Rodgers, Eliza Scranton, Simeon Round, Wm. Capers Rogers, Fanny Scripps, John Rowland, Jeremiah Roe, Olivia Seage, John Rowland, John Romer, Rachel Seager, Micah Rowland, Milton Ronalds, Clarissa Seager, Schuyler Rowlandson, E. H. Root, L. N. Seaman, Alanson Ruckle, Jacob Roper, Susan Seaman, Richard Rudman, John Ross, Cynthia A. Seaman, Samuel A. Rumsey, JohnW- Ross, Rebecca Searles, John M. Rushmore, Thos. L. Roszel, Mary Seaver, H. N. Rushmore, W . C. Round, Mary S. Sehon, E. W . Rutter, Hanson Row, S. Selleck, A. F. Ryan, Wm M .D. Rowland, Ruth Seney, Robert Mast.Randolph, Charles R Rowzee, M. A. Senter,W. T. Randolph, David Rumford, Margaret Sewall, Thomas Randolph, F. P. Rumsey, Mary A. Sewell, James Randolph, John M. Russell, Amelia F. Seymour, Truman Randolph, Wm. C. Russell, Hester Seys, John Roberts, Wm. Rust, Rev. J. D. Shafer, George Mrs. Rainey, Finetta Ruter, Harriet C. Shaffer, J. N. Raleigh, Mary Ruter, Ruth Shank, Joseph Ramsay, Artemisia Miss Raw, Helen Shanks, Asbury H. Rankin, Sabrina Reed, Erminia C. Shanks, Wm. Rascoe, Ann E. Rees, Catharine M. Sharpley, John Rawson, Lucinda Richards, Minerva A Shaw, Eaton Raymond, E. H. Robbins, Sarah • Shaw, Jacob Raymond, F. A. Rogers, Frances D. Shaw, James Raymond, Hannah Russell, Caroline Shaw, John Read, Mary Rev. Sackett, Nath Shears, Alonzo G. Reed, Almedia Safford, Hiram Sheldon, H. O. Reed, P. Sanborn, E. C. Shepard, H. Reed, Sarah Sanbom, Jacob Shepard, Hiram Rescorl, Re?. Philip Sandford, H. Shepherd, D. A. Rexford, Elizabeth Sandford, Hiram Shepherd, Vincent Reynolds, Lovetta Sandford, Hawley Shepherdson, Daniel Rhoads, G. Sandford, Joseph Sherman, Charles Rice, Anna Maria Sandford, Luman A Sherwood, J. Rice, Emeline Sandford, Peter P. Shipman, Beiy'amin Rice, J.f Sanford, Isaac Sillick, Bradley Rice, Maria Sanks, J. Sillick, John A . Rice, Martha L. Sansom, J. Silliman, Cyrus Rice, Vienna Sapp, R. Simonds, S. D. Rich, Mary N. Sargeant, A. D. Simmons, William Richmond, Eliza Sargent, T. B. Simpson, Mat., D. D. Ridell, Sarah Sauter, John Sizer, F. W . Riggs, Eleanor C. Savage, George S. Slee, John Riggs, Mary Jane Sawhill, B. F. Slicer, Henry Righton, Sarah J. Sawyer, George Sloat, John Riley, Ann Maria Sawyer, John Smallwood, Fred. Robb, Rev. John Sawyer, L. A. Smith, Amos Robbins, H. Sawyer, S. B. Smith, Bela Robbins, Melecent Saxe, Alfred Smith, B. W . Roberts, Eliz. R. Sayre, Ezra Smith, Clarke A. Roberts, Elizabeth Schroder, John Smith, Darius Roberts, Sarah Ann Scofield, J. Smith, David Roberts, Sarah L. Scofield, S. W . Smith, E. Robie, Rev. J. E. Scott, Elisha J. Smith, Edmund G. Robinson, Elizabeth Scott, G., of Sweden! Smith, Edward r OF W FE SUBSCRIBE u . 47

Rev. Smith, Eleazer Rev. Starr, Wm. H. Rev. Swormstedt, Leroy Smith, Erastus Stead, Henry Sykes, O. Smith, Friend W . Stead, William D. Sykes, Simeon B. Smith, Gad N. Stearnes, D. M. Dr. Sutton, James D. Smith, George Stearns, Charles Esq. Sherman, Roger M. Smith, Ira, Jr. Stearns, G. W . Sparks, George Smith, J. Stebbins, Salmon Stark, James Smith, J. L. Stebbins, S. J. Stevens, Eid. Smith, James C. Stedman, E. P. Mr. Sammis, Joel _ Smith, John 0. Steel, Salmon Sampson, Lanis C. Smith, John M. Steele, E. Sandford, Aaron, se n. Smith, Joseph Steele, J. W . Sandford, Bearaley Smith, O. G. Steele, Joel Sandford, Daniel Smith, Peter H. Steele, Reuben Sandford, Francis A. Smith, Peyton P. Stevens, Abel Sandford, Joseph Smith, Reuben Stevens, Dillon Sandford, Wesley Smith, Samuel W . Stevens, Jacob Sands, Moses L. Smith, Thomas Stevens, Jas. H. Savage, James Smith, Robert Stevens, R. M. Schrider, N. Smith, Vaughan Stewart, John Schutt, Godfrey Smith, Wesley Stewart, Thomas G. Scott, George Smith, W . A. Stewart, William F. Scott, James Smith, Willard Stillman, Stephen L Seaxles, A. M. Smith, Wm. C. Stine, J. W. Searles, John Smith, Wm. H. St. John, Marshall Seeley, Munson Sniffing, B. Stiver, David Seeley, Nathaniel Snowden, Samuel Stocking, Davis Sentell, Edward W . Snyder, J. M. Stocking, Selah Serrine, Elieha Somers, J. B. Stockwell, C. F. Sewell, J. Soule Justus Stokes, E. H. Sewell, James buwaen, James Stone, David Seymour, Edmund B. Spahr, Bazilla H. Stone, Wm. R. Seymour, Wm. D. Sparks, Thomas Stopford, Wm. K. Sharp, Richard Spates, S. Storks, Levi Sharp, Wm. T . Spaulding, Erastus Storrs, George Shaurman, Isaac Spaulding, R. Storrs, George F. Shaver, Jacob Spear, Sami. T. Story, A. Shellito, Samuel Spencer, John Story, Cyrus Shepard, George H. Spencer, Robert O. Stout, E. Shepherd, Cyrus Spicer, Tobias Stout, E. S. Sherman, Orrin Spotswood, W . L. Stover, PeterJR. Sherwood, Cyrus A. Sprague, E. Stratten, John B. Sherwood, Edgar Sprague, William Stratton, J. T. Shipman, John * Sprigg, Joseph Straughn, Chas. P. Shonnard, Frederick Sprole, Mr. Streeter, Elisha Shoron, Frederick Spry, William Strickland, Wm. P. Shotwell, Abraham Squier, Abner Strong, S. S. Simpson, Archibald Squier, Joel Stryker, J. W . Simpson, Robert St. John, Marshall Stubbs, Thomas Skinner, Noah K. Stacey, Thomas Sullens, T. Sleeper, Jacob Stallard, J. M. Sullivan, Enoch Slingerland, A . J. Stamper, J. Sullivan, Potter Small, Abraham Standish, Edmund A. SummeriSeld, John Small, Isaac Stanley, Charles T. Summers, T. O. Smart, Robert Stanley, F. Sunderland, La Roy Sinead, Marshall Stanley, L. H. Sutherland, Lewis Smith, Abraham Stanton, F. H. Sutherland, Wm. H. Smith, David- Starks, Desevignia Sutton, George D. Smith, Elisha Starks, Henry L. Sutton, Henry Smith, Franklin W . Start, P. Swain, C. W . Smith, Ira Starr, Charles Sweeney, J. Smith, John Stan, Matthew L. Swift, M. Smith, Melville A. Starr, Orlando Swinerton, A . XJ. Smith, Paschal B. 48 LIST. OP-LIFE SUBSCRIBERS.

Mr. Smith, R. N. Mrs. Sandford, B. A. Mrs. Smith, Amanda Smith, Samuel Sandford, Julia Ann Smith, Rev. B. W . Smith, W alsteinGran- Sandford, Lydia Smith, Rev. D. ville Sandford, Sarah Smith, Rev. George Smith, W . S. Sandford, Temp’e Smith, Jane Smith, Wm. S. Sanford, Livezer A. Smith, Julia A. Smith, Zoeth Sanford, Sophia Smith, Laura H. Snedeker, Isaac C. Sanks, Matilda Smith, Laura W . Snedeker, J. W. Sapp, Margaret P. Smith, Lucy Snedeker, Seaman N. Sawhill, Christiana Smith, Mahetable Snedeker, Stephen C. Sawyer, Hannah Smith, Malinda Snively, Daniel Sawyer, John Smith, Mary Snively, Daniel D. Sayre, Mary 4 Smith, Mary E. Snively, Joseph C. Sayre, Sarah Smith, Polly Snively, William A. Scofield, Hannah Smith, Rhoda Somber ger, John Scott, Ann Smith, Sarah • Sparkman, J. D. Scott, Jessie Smith, Susan F. Sparks, Jesse Scott, Julia Ann Snively, Mary Ann Speer, Jacob Scott, Laura H. Snyder, Sabra Ann Spellman, Samuel R. Scott, Maiy Soaper, Luraner Sperry, Isaac Scudder, Sarah Ann Somberger, Betsey Spire, Daniel Seage, Mary Ann Soule, Mary Stafford, Jonas Seager, Lydia Spague, E. B. Stagg, Abraham Searing, Freelove Sparkman, E. A. Stanford, David Searles, Philomela Spear, Mary Stanhope, William Searles, Rachel Spencer, Jacintha Stanton, F. H. Seaver, Ann W . Sprague, Zeruiah Starks, J. Seeley, Susanna Squier, Maria Starkweather, A . M. Sehon Squires, Ruby Starr, W . H. Seibert, Ann Stacy, E. F. Steele, Dorman Seibert, Nancy Stafford, Eleanor Steele, Perez Selleck, Clarissa Stamper, Lethe Steenburgh, Isqg.c J. Seney, Jane A. Stanley, Nancy A. ■Stephens, Asahel Seymour, Ann Stanton, Mary - Stephenson, John Seymour, Ann U. B. Stark, Dorothy Stephenson, Patrick Seys, Ann Starks, C. B. Stewart, Thos. G. Shaffer Starks, Harriet Still, Henry Shanks, Sophia Starks, Susan Still, Isaac Sharp, Eliza Starr, Caroline Stockdale, John Shaw, Lucinda Starr, Eliza Stocking, S. S. Shaw, Mary Stead, Hetty Stockton, Samuel Shelitse Steams, Sylvia Stone, F. M. Shepard, Amanda Stebbins, Ruth Stoughton, John Shepherd, Maria R. Stebbins, Sarah * Stout, Edmund L. Shepherd, Susan Steel, Ruth A. Stout, Edward S. Sherman, Elizabeth Steele, Clarissa Stover, Graudus Sherman, Jerusha Steele, Alice R. Stowe, Israel Shertliff, Abigail Steele, Ruth A. Strang, Martin L. Sherwood, Ameda Steele, Sabra Ann Straw, Milton A. Sherwood, Martha Stephenson, E. Steney, S. E. Sherwood, Mary A. Stevens, Abigail Suckley, George Shipman, H. Maria Stevens, Anna Supplee, Franklin Shry, Adeline StevenB, Sarah H. Sutherland, George Shryock, Elizabeth Steward, Sarah B. Sutton, H. A . Shufelt, Eve Stewart, Sarah Swain, Joseph Sigourney, L. H. Stillman, Eliz. J. Swain, Matthias Simonde, Eliza C. Stillman, S. L. [ Swearinger, S. G. Simons, Mary Stilwell, Wm. Jewett Swinburn, John Simmons, Mary E.. Stocking,Charlotte E. Master Stopford, S. J. Slade, Eliza Stocking, Mary H. Mrs. Salisbury, Lucy Slee, Ellen Stopford, Eliza Samis, Elizabeth Slicer, Eliza Story, Permelia Sanborn, Elizabeth ' Smallwood, Mary Stouffer, Catherine LIST OP LIFE SUBSCRIBERS.

Mrs. Stoughton, Olive Rev. Taylor, William Dr. Thompson, A. C. Stover, IV!. E. Tellstrom, C. Ludvie Mr. Taft, James H. Stover, Sarah J. Templeton, James Tait, James Asberry Stowe, Marinda Tenny, E. B. Tallmadge, S. W. Strickland, E. Terry, David Taylor, Edward L. Strong, Emma L. Thacher, Wm. Taylor, Robert M. Stubbs, Mary Thomas, Charles Taylor, Wm. P. Sully, Laura Maria Thomas, D. Teed, Melville Cox Sutherland, E. Thomas, David Templeton, John Swan, Eleanor Thomas, D R. Thayer, Luke Swartwout, Mary ThomaB, Eleazar Thomas Swelland, Lydia Thomas, Noble Thomas, Richard S wetland,'Sarah Thompson, Geo. C. Thompson, C. L. Swinburn, John Thompson, J. Thompson, David Swormstedt, Rachel Thompson, Jesse Thompson, Enoch G. Miss Sampson, Ann R. Thompson, F. J. Thompson, ¿Aines Sanford, Clarissa Thompson, Thomas Thompson, John W. Scott, Harriet C. Thomson, Edward Thompson, William Scott, Jane M. Thomson, John Thornton, Davis Scott, Mary Thorn, Charles Thornton, Thos. F. Scott, Mary V. Tibbals. Nathan Thursby, John Seymour, Anne U. B. Timmerman, John Thurstun, Wm. C. Seymour, E. C. K. Tippett, C. B. Tieman, Anthony Shaw, Jane Todd, David Tiemann,AnthonyF. Sherwood, Lovina Tomlinson, J. S. Tiffany, Henry Sherwood, Martha Tomlinson, Jos. S. Tigner, H. H. Sherwood, Maryette Tompkins, 2d, John Tillinghast, Wm. Shotwell, Eliza Tooker, Manly Tillottson, Thomas Sillick, Elizabeth A. Torrence, Irvin H. Tippera, JohnW. Sillick, Harriet Torry, J. D. Todd, Edward Sillick, Mary G. Torry, Paul B. Tompkins, Benj. W. Skinner, Anna Tower, Philo Torley, Wm. Smith, A. C. Townsend, S. Townsend, L. G. Smith;. C. Toy, Joseph Travers, L. D. Smith, Emma Louisa Tracy, F. P. Tremain, Jonathan Smith, Margaret Trakey, E. D. Trueman, J. Henry Smith, Rachel Ann Travis, John Truslow, James L. Sneden, Mary L. Travis, Robert Truslow, William S^enCer, Sallv Traylor, Nicholas Tryon, Ezra Stagman, Elizabeth Trenjain, H. Tucker, Wm. Stansbury, M. P. Trimble, Joseph M. Turner, Ralph Staplefort, Emily Trippett, John Tuthill, Samuel Starks, Clarissa A. True, C. K. Tuttle, Jonathan Sharks, Eliza Ann Truesdell, H. Tuttle, Joseph Storrs, Harriet W . Tryon, Ezra Tuttle, S. B. Suydam, Ann Tucker, Dr. Mark Tyler, Aaron Swedand, Clarissa E. Turnbull, Robert Twah Hong, (Chinese) Swetland, M. N. Turner, Chester W . Mast.Torrence,William C. Swim, Sarah Turner, D. Mrs. Tarkington,'Maria Rev. Tabkaberry, John Turner, D. B. Tarring, Elizabeth D. Talley, Alexander Turner, Henry Taylor, A. B. Tollman, Peter Turner, Matthew A. Taylor, Emeline Tanyhill, Thomas Turner, Ralph Taylor, Juda Ann Tarkington, Joseph Turner, Wm. W . Taylor, Lydia Tarring, Henry Tuston, Septimus Templeton Taylor, C. E. Tutde, J. M. Tenny, Ag geline Taylor, E. H. Tuttle, Smith Terry, Abigail Jane Taylor, Edward Twiss, John Thacher, Martha Taylor, J. C. Tydings, R. Thayer, Jane Taylor, J. S. Tyler, E. S. Thomas, Charity Taylor, Laehiin Esq. Tiffany, Henry Thompson, Ann Taylor, P. Hon. Thompson, R. W ., of Thompson, Hannah Taylor, Steward , Indiana Thorn, Sophronia ^ G 50 LIST OF LIFE SUBSCRIBERS.

Mrs. Thrall, Ann M. Rev. Vinton, Robt. S. Rev. Wescott, Reuben Thurston, Abigail Esq. Vemam, Cramer Wetherwax, Henry Tichenel, Elmira S. Mr. Vallotton, Alfred C. Whallon, J. H. Tippett, Margaret S. Vanderpool,Daniel M. Whedon, Prof., D. D. Tittle, Eliza Vanderveen, J. Wheeler, Chandler Tooker, Roxana Van Namee, Jam&s Wheeler, E. Topham, Susan Vau Wart, Alex. Wheeler, Dr. John Tower, C. D. B. Van Wormer, Peter Wheeler, J. W . Townsend, Julia Ann Vaughan, Thomas Whipple, E. Townsend, Mary F. Veitch, John Whipple, Griffin Toy, Jane Virl, James White, Dr. Trafton, Eleanor Mrs. Vallotton, Susan S. White, Alanson Traver, Jemima Vandusen, Lydia A. White, H. Travers, Prudence Vanhorn, Mary Ann White, Henry Travis, Sarah Vansant, A. P. White, Hiram H. Trimble, Sarah A. P. Van Schoick, E. White, J. W . Trippe, Elizabeth Vaughn, Maria White, L. Tremain, Roxalana Veach, Mary White, Levi Trueman, H. R. Miss Van Horn, Delia White, M. C. Truesdell, Clynthia Rev. Wadsworth, Edward White, Nicholas Truslow, Eliza Waite, John White, W . W . Tucker, Lucinda Waite, R. L. White, William R. Tuller, Mary Wakefield, Samuel Whitham, Joseph Tamer, Lucy Wakeley, Joseph B. Whiting, George B. Turner, Martha A. Walker, G. W. Whitman, Joseph, Jr Turner, T. Walker, John Whitney, George Tuttle, Althea Wallace, J. H. Wickes, William Tuttle, Maria Waller, A. F. Wickham, Wm. Tuttle, Rhoda Waller, Wm. J. Wier, William Miss Tabor, Mary Waller, W . J. Wightman, Dr.W. M. Talbott, Priscilla Walls, James Wiggins, W . A. Talcott, Esther Walsh, John Wilbor,A. D. Tarring, Mary E. "Ward, Pelatiah Wilcox, S. C. Thompson, Lucy Ware, Daniel Wilder, Mr. Thompson, M. A. W aring, F. Wiley, Allen Thorn, Sophia Warner, Horace Wiley, E. Thorps, Elizabeth Warner, W . E. Wilkinson, G. Traber, Eveline Wamock, David Wilkshire, W . Trigg, Mary S. Warren, F. W . Willett, Wm. M. Trowbridge, C. Warren, Ira D. Willey, Barzillai Trumble, Sarah Ann Washburn, Ebenezei Williams, A. D. Tuller, Mary Washburn, Jacob C. Williams, E. P. Turner, Martha Washburn, Robert Williams, H. Twitchell, Lucy M. Washburn, Sandford Williams, S. P Ulrick, Margaret Waters, Samuel Williams, Wm. Upham, Eliza Watson, J. A. Williams, William B Rev. Vail, Adee W atson, R.of London Williams, Wm. S. Vail, Stephen M. Watts, James Williamson, C. H. Vanderlip, Elias Way, E. J. Wilmer, W . A . Van Beuren, Gerard Weager, David Wilson, B. R. Vancleve, C. S. Weakley, J. W . Wilson, James Van Deusen, S. Weatherly, H. T. Wilson, N. Vandyke, H. N. Weaver, J. T. Wilson, Norval Vansant, N. Webb, Abner Winans, H. S. Vansant, P. Webber, George Winfree, George N. Vansant, Samuel Webster, Augustus Wing, H. Van Stumburg, J. Webster, D. Wing, Hiram Van Tassel, S. Weeks, Samuel Winslow, D. L. Vanwart, Alexander Welch, J.E. Wmton, W. B. Vaughn, John W. Wells, Jason Wise, Daniel Veach, S. - Wells, Ransford Witherell, Manly Veitcb, E. R. Wells, Wesley J. Witherspoon, Andr. Vincent, Leonard M. Wendell, John J. Withey, Ezra LIST OF LIFE SUBSCRIBERS. 51

Rev. Wombaugh, A. B. Mr. Weeks, Jotham Mrs. Ward, Harriet W ood, E. G. Welch, Ransom B. Ward, Lucinda Wood, H. C. Weldon, Preston Ward, Minerva Wood, J. W. B. Wentz, William Waring, Mary H. Woodbury, Wm. H. West, Garretison Warner, Sarah B. Woodruff) Goo. W. Westfield, John Wamock, Sarah Ann Woodworth, Philo Wetmore, George Washburn, Elizabeth Woolsey, Elijah Wheeler, Andrew Washburn, Maria Wooster, D. Wheeler, Eliphalet Watson, Sarah L. Wooster, S. W . Wheeler, Hiram Waugh, Bishop B. Worcester, Amos Whipple, Griffin Way, Mary A. Worden, P. S. Whipple, Isaac B. Weakley, Emma J. Worrallo, W . S. White, Henry C. Weakley, Julia A. Worthing, A. H. Whitely, John Weaver, Nancy W . Worthington, S. G. Whiting, Hosea Webb, Amanda Wright, A. F. Whitney, John Webster, Ann Wright, John F. Whittle, John Webster, Eunice E. Wright, John T. Wickersham, Isaac Webster, Joanna , Wright, M. Wiggins, Alex. C. Webster, Nancy Wright, Daniel J. Wilber, J. Weeks, Maria A. Wright, Richard Wilde, Henry Weeks, Sarah A. Wyatt, Wm. Wildman, Russell Weems, Mary M. Wyland, Wm, Wiles, Robert P. Wells, Betsey Wymond, B. Wiles, Thos. S. Wells, Laura M. Wymond, Richard Willey, B. Wescott, Submit Gov. Whitcomb, James Willey, W . T. West, E. M. T. Hon. Wright, Wm. Williams, Gilbert Wetmore, Mary Dr. Weakley, B. F. Williams, John F. Whallon, Rev. J. H. Westlake, Albert Williams, Samuel Wheat, Elizabeth J. White, Ambrose L. Williams, Thos. P. Whedon, Eliza A. Mr. Wadsworth, Wm. B. Williams,ThomasW. Wheeler, Catharine Wait, Peleg T. Williamson, E. H. Wheeler, Sarah Ann Waldron, Eph. D. Williamson, Nich. White, Ann C. Walker, Benjamin Wilson, Abraham White, Artemisia Walker, W . S. Wilson, Charles White, Catharine R. Waller, Ashbel B. Wilson, Hiram White, Cynthia Waller, Charles M. Wilson, James White, Mrs. Dr. Waller, Cranville C. Winship, Thomas White, Jane M. Waller, Ed. Janes Woltz, Ferdinand Whitham, Hannah Waller, John H. Wood, Benjamin J. . Whitney, Sylvia Waller, Orrin A. Wood, Jonathan S. Whitman, E.W . Waller, Wm. Norval Wood, Samuel L. Wickes, Sophia A. Wallis, J. Wood, Timothy Wickware, R. G. Walsh, John Wooding, Eneas Wightman, Sarah B. Walworth, Chandler W 0°dworth, J. Wilcox, Sally .Waijdell, Daniel T. Woolsey, Benj. Wilber, Ann Ward, Joseph Wormwood, Cbas. Wildey, Phebe L. Ward, W. A. Worrall, Henry Wiley, Margaret Wardwell, Josiah Worrall, Noah Wiles, Mary Ann Wardwell, William Worthington, D. Willcox, Sarah Warner, Levi Wright, James Williams, Catharine Warner, Jared Wright, Laban Williams, Eliza T. Warren, Wm. C. Wright, Wm. Williams, Harriet Wartman, William Wyatt, David, sen. Williams, Jemima Washburn, John Mast. Wakely, James J. Williams, Mary C. Waterbury, George Mrs. Wade, Mary Williams, Rev. E. P. Waterhouse, S. G. Wadsworth, Anne E. Williams, Sarah Waters, Elkanah Wakefield, Rev. S. Williams, S., of Pha. Watson, Thomas J. Wakeley, Jane Williams, Sarah, of Weaver, Charles H. Walbridjjc, Catharine Sauquoit, N. Y . Weaver, J. T., Jr. Walker, Catharine Williams, T. W Weaver, J. W . Waller, Elepha Wilson, Amanda Webb, John Waller, Maria Louisa Wilson, Apphia 5 2 LIST OF LIFE SUBSCRIBERS.

Mir. Wilson. Hannah B. Mrs. Wormwood, Mary Miss Worrall, Ellen E. Wilson Worthington, M. A. Worrall, Julia M. Wilson, Rev. N. Worthington, M. J. Wright, Eliza C. Winchester, M. Wright, A. Juliette Rev. Yale, Elisha Wing, Elizabeth Wright, Hannah C. Yarrell, P. W . Winslow, Emily Wright, Mary Ann Yocum, Elmore Wise, Sarah Ann Wright, Prudence York, J. W. Wisner, Mary Ann Wright, Sophia Young, David Witherell, Ruth Wright, Sophronia Young, J. Witherell, S. B. Wright. Wm. Y oung,Jacob Witherspoon, Mary Wyatt, Wm. Young,John Wood, Almira Miss Waller, Julia E. Youngy J. H. Wood, Angeline Waller, Mary R. Young. Samuel Wood, Anna J. Ware, MatiHa Young, W . Wood. J. C. Wells, Clarissa M. Young, William Wood, Jane Whipple, Harriet E. Youngs, James .Wood, Juliana Whitcomb, Elvina Youngs, T. C. Wood, Mary E. B. White, Mary E. Esq. Young, A. H. Wood, Mary Hall Wilber, Elizabeth Mr. Yearly, Alexander Wood, Susan Wills, Caroline Young, S. B. Wooding, Rhoda Wilson, Apphia Young, T. V. Woodruff', E. W. Wilson, Sarah Mrs. Yard, Priscilla Woodworth, Lucy Wilson, V. E. Young, Rev. John Wooster, Lucy, Wisner, Elizabeth Youngs, Margaret Wooster, Nancy Ann Woodin, Mary E. Miss Young, Catharine Worcester, Sabra A. Wooding, Lydia S. Young, Josephine Worden, S. G. Wooding, Sarah J. Rev. Zimmerman, J. T. Wormwood, Judith

W e have reason to believe there are many life members whose names are not included in the above list, because they have not been reported: a few others may have been unintentionally overlooked, and therefore omitted.

CONSTITUTION, AS REVISED

BY THE

GENERAL CONFERENCE IN 1844.

A rt. 1. This association, denominated “ The M issionary Society or the M ethodist Episcopal Church,” is established for the express purpose of enabling the several annual conferences more effectually to extend their missionary labors throughoot the United States and else­ where ; and also to assist in the support and promotion of missionary ' schools and missions in our own and in foreign countries. A r t . 2. The payment of two dollars annually shall constitute a mem­ ber ; the payment of twenty dollars at one time a member for life. Any person paying one hundred and fifty dollars at one time into the treasury shall be a manager for life, and the contribution of five hundred dollars shall constitute the donor a patron for life. A r t . 3 . The officers of this society shall consist of a president, vice- presidents, a corresponding secretary, recording secretary, treasurer, and assistant treasurer, who, together with thirty-two managers, shall form a board for the transaction of business. They shall all be members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and be annually elected by the society, except the corresponding secretary. Each annual conference shall have the privilege of appointing one vice-president from its own body. A r t . 4. The corresponding secretary shall be appointed by the General Conference. He shall reside in New-York, and conduct the CONSTITUTION. 53 correspondence of the society, under the direction of the board. He shall be subject to the direction and control of the board of managers, by whom his salary is to be fixed and paid. He shall be exclusively employed in conducting the correspondence of the society, and, under the direction of the board, in promoting its general interests, by travel­ ing or otherwise. Should his office become vacant by death, resigna­ tion, or otherwise, the board shall have power to provide for the duiies of the office until the Bishops or a majority of them shall fill the vacancy. A r t . 5. The board shall have authority lo make by-laws for regulating its own proceedings, to appropriate money to defray incidental expenses, to provide for the support of superannuate^’ missionaries, widows, and orphans of missionaries, who may not be provided for by the annual conferences—it being understood that they shall not receive more than is allowed by the Discipline to other superannuated ministers, their widows, and orphans— and to print books at our ow n press, for the bene­ fit o f Indian and foreign miesions, fill vacancies that may occu r during the year, and shall present a statement of its transactions and funds to the society, at its annual meeting, and also shall lay before the General Con­ ference a report of its transactions for the four preceding years, and the state o f its funds. A r t . 6. Ordained ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, whe­ ther traveling or local, being members of this society, shall be ex officio members of the board of managers. A r t . 7. The annual meeting, for the election of officers and managers, shall be held on the third Monday in April, in the city of New-York. A r t . 8. At all meetings of the society, and of the board, the presi­ dent, or, in his absence, the vice-president first on the list then present, and in the absence of all the vice-presidents, a member appointed by the meeting for that purpose, shall preside. A r t . 9 . Twenty-five members, at all meetings of the society, and thirteen at all meetings of the board of managers, shall be a quorum. A r t . 10. The minutes o f each meeting shall be signed by the chairman. A r t . 11. It is recommended, that within the bounds of each annual conference there be established a conference missionary society, auxi­ liary to this institution, with branches, under such regulations as the conferences shall respectively prescribe. Each conference, or other auxiliary society, shall annually transmit to the corresponding secretary of this society, at New-York, a copy of its annual report, embracing the operations of its branches, and shall also notify the treasurer of the amount collected in aid of the missionary cause; which amount shall be subject to the order of the treasurer of the parent society, as provided for in the thirteenth article. A r t . 12. Any auxiliary or branch society may designate the mission or missions, under the care of this society, to which they desire any part or the whole of its funds to be appropriated.; which special desig­ nation shall be publicly acknowledged by the board. But in the event that more funds are raised for any individual mission than are necessary for its support, the surplus shall go into the treasury of the parent society, to be appropriated as the constitution directs. A r t . 13. The annual conferences shall be divided into as many mission districts as there are effective superintendents,and there shall be a com ­ mittee, consisting of one from each mission district, to be appointed by the Bishops, and to be called the General Missionary Committee. It shall be the duty of this committee to meet annually in the city of New-York, at the time of the holding of the anniversary of the missionary society, to act jointly with the board of managers, the corresponding secretary and the treasurer, in fixing the amount which may be drawn for during 54 ORGANIZATION, BY-LAWS, ETC. the ensuing year, and the division of said amount between foreign and domestic missions. Said committee shall, in conjunction with the board o f managers and the bishop who shall preside in the New-York Confer­ ence, determine what fields shall be occupied or continued as foreign missions, and the number of persons to be employed on said missions, and shall, in conjunction with the board, estimate the sums necessary for the support of each mission, subject to the approval of the presiding bishop. Said committee shall determine the amount for which each bishop shall draw for the domestic missions of those conferences over which he shall preside, and he shall not draw on the treasurer for more than said amount. Provided nevertheless, that in the intervals between the meetings of the General Missionary Committee, the Board of Managers, with the concurrence of a majority o f the bishops, may, if they shall deem it important, adopt a new missionary field, and also provide for any unforeseen emergency that may arise; and to meet such demands, may expend any additional sum not exceeding five thousand dollars. Should any of the members of said committee in the interval of the General Conference go out of office by death, resignation, or otherwise, the bishop presiding in the conferences where the vacancy shall occur, shall appoint another to fill his place. Said committee to be amenable to the General Conference, to which it shall make full reports of its doings. Any expense incurred in the discharge of its duties shall be met by the treasurer of the society. A r t . 14. The sums allowed for the support of a missionary shall not exceed the usual allowance of other itinerant preachers. The bishops, or president of the conference, (if the mission be domestic,) and the superin­ tendent, where there is one, and if not, the missionary, (if it be foreign,) shall draw on the treasurer for the same, in quarterly or half yearly instalments, and they shall always promptly notify the treasurer of all drafts made by them, and shall require regular quarterly communications to be made by each of the missionaries to the corresponding secretary of the society at New-York, giving information of the state end pros­ pects of the several missions in which they are employed. No one shall be acknowledged a missionary, or receive support out of the funds of this society, who has not some definite field assigned tohim , or who could not be an effective laborer on a circuit, except as provided for in Article 5. The assistant treasurer shall be subject to the direction of the treasurer, and of the Board of Managers. A r t . 15. In all other cases of the appointment of a missionary, the name of such missionary, and the district in which he is to labor, together with the probable expenses of the mission, shall be communi­ cated by the bishop, or the mission committee of each annual con­ ference, to the treasurer of this society, that a proper record of the same may be preserved. A r t . 16. This constitution shall not be altered but by the General Conference, upon the recommendation of the board of managers, or by the board, on the recommendation of the General Conference.

PLAN OF ORGANIZATION, BY-LAWS, & c. ^ I. The duties o f the officers o f the Society. The Presiding Officer shall preserve order, keep the speaker to the point under consideration, and appoint committees not otherwise provided for. He shall not take part in debate nor propose any new measure, unless ORGANIZATION, BY-LAWS, BTC. 55 he first leave thè chair. In case of an equal division on any question, he shall give the casting vote, and may assign his reasons. * The Treasurer shall keep an account of all the receipts and disburse­ ments, answer all orders of the board on the Treasury, exhibit the state of the funds to such auditing committee as shall be appointed by the board, and shall report monthly the state of the Treasury. The Corresponding Secretary at New-York shall keep a vigilant eye upon the missions, and convey to the superintendent having charge of the foreign missions, to the board or the standing committees, all such communications from, and all information concerning our missions, both foreign and domestic, as the circumstances of the case may require :— and shall in all cases give to such missionaries as may be sent out by the board, as well as to such as are now in the missionary field, the letter o f in­ structions authorized by the board, with such other instructions and expla­ nations as the peculiarity of circumstance may call for, and shall explicitly inform all our missionaries that they are in no case to depart from such instructions. The Recording Secretary shall keep a journal o f the proceedings o f all meetings of the board, and of the society, and notify all meetings of the board and of the society. He shall also certify all accounts which have been passed by the hoard, and ordered for payment. II. Organization o f Standing Committees, and their duties. On the first meeting of the board, after the annual election, the fol­ lowing standing committees shall be appointed :— 1. The Estimating committee, whose duty it shall be to make an esti­ mate for the salary, outfit, &c., of each missionary, and all expenses at­ tending our foreign missions, and for the salary o f each of the correspond­ ing secretaries. 2. The Finance committee,— duty to aid the treasurer in providing ways and means. 3. The African committee,— duty to take into consideration all matters relating to missions in Africa, which may be referred to them by the board, or the corresponding secretary. 4. The Oregon committee,— duty to talee into consideration all matters relating to missions in Oregon, which may be referred to them by the board, or the corresponding secretary. 5. The South American committee,— duty to take into consideration all matters relating to missions in South America, which may be referred to them by the board, or the corresponding secretary. 6. The China committee,— duty to take into consideration all matters re­ lating to missions in China, which may be referred to them by the board, ox the corresponding secretary. 7. The committee on Domestic missions,— duty to take into consideration all matters relating to the Domestic field, which may be referred to them by the board, or the corresponding secretary. 8. The leg a cy committee,—to take into consideration all bequests made to the society. 9. The Publishing committee,— to prepare and publish the Missionary Advocate. 10. The Auditing committee,— duty to adjust such accounts as may be referred to them by the board. Each committee shall organize by the appointment of a chairman and secretary. The secretary shall keep correct minutes of all the business brought before the committee, and the disposition of the same, in a book kept for that purpose, which shall be brought to the regular meetings of the board, and shall hold a regular meeting once in each month. The treasurer and corresponding secretary shall be ex-officio members of all the standing committees. 56 ORGANIZATION, BV-LAWS, ETC.

III. Meetings o f the hoard, order o f business, and rules o f debate. 1. Regular meetings. 1. The board shall hold their regular meetings on the third Wednesday of each month, at 4 o’clock, P. M., at the committee room. 2. All meetings of the board shall open with prayer, and close with prayer or the benediction. \ 2. Order o f business. •; 1. The minutes of;the previous meeting to be read, and when approved, to be signed by the presiding officer. * 2. The corresponding secretary to present his report. 3. The treasurer’s report. ' 4. Reports from the standing committees in the following order:— Estimating— Finance — African — Qregon— South American— China- Domestic Missions— Legacy— Publishing and Auditing. The report to be made by simply Reading the minutes of their proceed­ ings, upon which fhe boarcl shall take such action as the case may require . 5. Reports of special committees. 6. Unfinished business. 7. Any miscellaneous matters. The board shall appoint in the month of January, in each year, a committee to make arrangements for the annual meeting, and for the anniversary. 3. Rules fo r the transaction o f business. 1. A motion being made, seconded, and stated from the chair, shall be considered, in possession of the board, but may be withdrawn by the mover before any order may be taken on it; and every motion shall be reduced to writing if the presiding officer, or any other member, require it. 2. A motion to amend shall be considered1 first in order, and shall be decided before the original one. 3. Every member wishing to speak, shall rise and address the chair, and no one shall speak more than once on one question, until every member desiring to speak shall have spoken; and no member shall speak over fifteen miiiutes without the permission of the board. 4. A motion to lay on the table shall be taken without debate. 5. When a report is presented by a committee, it shall be considered in possession of the board, and may be adopted, amended, recommitted, laid on the table, or indefinitely postponed, as the board may judge proper. 6. It shall always be deemed out of order to use personal reflections in debate, or to interrupt a speaker, except to, explain, or call him to order. 7. It shall be deemed out of order for any member to leave the meeting without the permission o f the chair or the board. 8. A motion to adjourn shall always be considered in order, and shall be taken without d^bate. > * - - The following resolution was adopted by the board, and ordered to “be pub­ lished in the Annual Report, viz., Resolved, That the chairmen o f the stand­ ing committees be required to return all documents submitted to them by the corresponding secretary, after the final action of the board in relation to them, and that he be expected to keep them on separate files.

Form of a Bequest to the Society. I give unto the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, formed in the city of New-York, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and nineteen, the sum of dollars, for the purposes of the said society, and for which the receipt of the Treasurer thereof shall be a sufficient discharge. IEP Persons disposed to make bequests to the society are requested to be careful in adopting the above form, that legacies may not be lost to the soci­ ety by neglect in doing so. • // •,