sary of,

.

.

166

at,

1

9

Christmas, perversion of,

57|| Galitzin, Prince, his letter to Mr. Solo.
Chrunological table of remarkable events, 551 mon,

261
Chunar, a native female converted at, 471|| Garret, Mr. James, printer, sent to the
Church Missionary Society, 20th anniver. Ceylon mission,

286,520
473 Geography, ancient and modern, by J. E.
Claims of the Gospel,
117 Worcester, review of,

13
Commentary on Isaiah, Chap. I,

147|| George the III. character of, 349—anec.
Connecticut Missionary Society, annual

dotes of,

351,404
report of,

217 Ghossaul, Jay Narrain, letter from, 41
pecuniary accounts of, 227|| Graham Society,

93
Consecrations,

263|Graves, Rev. Allen, his journal at Ma.
Correspondence between Decatur and Bar.

him,

369,409
ron, 159- their testimony against duel. Great Britain, state of education in, 500
ling, 160—its resemblance to war, 162–

and the United States, compar-
a most deliberate act of murder, ib. ed with respect to Christian exertions, 301
contemptible promoters of duelling, 165 Greut men, classification of by Pascal, 535
--both parties hated to fight, ib.-yet
inexorably bent on evil, 164--inconsist. Hall, Rev. Gordon, his visit to Choule, 29
ency of duellists, ib.-- This pamphlet in- -letter of to the Cor. Secretary, 43
jures our national character, 165--law -- his second tour to Choule, ib.--visit to
unequally administered,

Allabay. 44-his tour to Panwell, • 509
Crabbe's Synonymes, review of, 158 Happiness of others, on seeking the, 6
Creek.path in the Cherokee nation, school Huppiness and misery of the present
315 world, comparison of,

494

Hurrowby, Lord, speech of before the Bi.
Deaf and Dumb, on the mode of teaching,

ble Society,

- 478
Decatur and Barron. See Correspondence. Hawtrey, Rev. C. $. letter from, · 129
Dean, Rev. Joshua, letter from,
286|| Heathen world, aspect of,

53
Death, on the desire of,

445| Highlands of Asia, temperature of, 309
Death-bed repentance,

5| Hindoo method of bringing the devil into
Deuteronomy, chapter 28th, explanation a man, 32-delusions of the Hindoos, 468
of,
386,433|| Human suffering, evidences of,

806
Disinterested benevolence,

259 | Humphrey, Rev. Heman, extract from his
Dissiinulation, artifices of,

05
sermon,

SOO
Divine displeasure, marks of in the pres. Huntington, Rev. Joshua, Memoir of, • 529

ent world,
Donations (in money,) to the A. B. C. F. Indiana and Illinois, missionary labors in, 224
M. 34,87, 129,179,234, 275,326,380,425, Indus, revival of religion on board of
474,522,571 the,

120,190,228
Donations in clothing and other arti- Inefficacy of human labors, .

S37
cles, 90,132,181,257,333,389,430,477,526) Injudicious zeal,

209
Duelling, thoughts on,
303|18tallations,

263
Intemperance, on the causes of,

455
Early beneficence,
233 Isaiah, Chap. I, commentary on,

149
Education, importance of, 394-govern.

ment of children, 595--rules of govern. Jenks, Rev. William, his donation of books
ment, 397--employment of children, 399 to the Palestine mission,

893
in Great Britain, state of,

500| Jews, Society for promoting Christianity
of native children at Bombay,
514 among,

128
Elliot, journal of the mis. at, 25,317,361 Jews, an Address to, 385—-cause of their

---arrival of Messrs. Fisk and Pride, 26% rejection, 393-great offence of, 437 —
council in the Choctaw nation, 27-death letter of the Rev. W. Jowett concerning
of Mr. A. V. Williams, 28-expenses of them, 461-letter concerning those at
the mission, 81--patronage by the na: Tunis, by Dr. Naudi,

466
tives, ib.--letter of Mrs. Kingsbury, 94 Jowett, Rev. William, his letter to Dr.
letter of Mr. Fisk, 95--letier of Mr. Worcester, 267-letter of respecting
Kingsbury, ib --migration of half-breed

the Jews,

461
Indians, 320--letter of the missionaries
to the Cor. Secretary, 416--lemarks on Kadin Yar Khan, hopeful conversion of 516
this letter,
421||Kedar-nath, an Asiatic deity,

348
Errata,

96] Kingsbury, Rev. Cyrus, attends the Choc-

taw council, 27-letter to a friend, 47—
Faith necessary to the Christian life, 50 report to the Secretary at War, 79–
Farish, Rev. Professor, review of his ser- letter to the Treasurer, 95-his journal
mon on Luke xi,
193 at Ook-tib-be-ba,

365
Fisk, Rev Pliny: 'See Palestine mission.
Fisk, Mr. Isaac, an assistant missionary to Laudable industry,

324
thie Choctaws, letter from, 95-his death, 576|Legislators, c rrupt notions of,

106

Lexington, (Ken.) meteorological observ.
Gabriel Tissera religious concern of, 174 ations at,

403
his letter to Dr. Worcester,
282|| Love of country,

152
Gallaudet, Rev. T. 1. his essay on the Lowth on Isaiah, criticism on,

147
instruction of the deaf and dumh, 1 Lunar atmosphere,

307

.

Mahin, journal of Mr. Graves at, 369, Dok-tib-be ha, jouroal of Mr. Kingsbury
409-epidemical sickness at,
371 at,

365
Malleappa, Franciscus, mention of, 522) Ordinations,

215
Marsden, Rev, Samuel, letter from, 40 Orphuns, on the condition of,

250
Martyn, Rev. Henry, review of memoirs
of,

535 Palestine Mission, liberal donation to, 96
Massachusette Missionary Society, ad- --arrival of Messi's. Fisk and Parsons

dress of the Trustees of, 167-donat. to, 323 at Smyrna, 144--letter of do. 173_their
Mather, Rev. Collon, extracts from his kind reception at Smyrna, ib.--their let.
diary,

262,344,406,450,496 ter, dated off Gozo, 231-their letter from
Memoir of the Rev. Juşhua Huntington, 5:29 Smyrna, 265--want of missionaries in
Mendicity, thoughts on,

115 the 'T'urkish empire, 266-donation of
Merchant Seamen's Bible Society, 2401 books to the mission, 334m-intelligence
Minister's intercourse with his people, 296 from the missionaries, 528-general view
Missionary field, advantages of,

294

of the mission, 554, 555--letter of the
Missionary ship, utility ot,

103 Rev. Mr. Williamson, 555--immense
Missionary hardships,

125 feld for Christian enterprise in the
Missionary reinforcements,

286

Turkish empire, 556-letter of Mr. Par.
Missions, opposition to,
199 sous from Seio,

575
Missions, on the continent of Europe, 238 Panegyric, a specimen of,

- 402
Mississippi and Louisiana, missionary Panoplist, its discontinuance announced, 537
labors in,
225|| Punwell, Mr. Hall's tour to,

509
Missouri, missionary labor's in, 225||Paramanundu, Nicholas, hopeful conver-
Missouri question, the greatest that sion of,

278
will come before Congress, 15-slave- Parsons, Rev. Levi, letter from, 575. See
ry an inherent vjce, 16-restriction of Palestine mission.
slavery in a new state constitutional, Pennsylvania, missionary labors in, 219
17—slavery adverse to a free govern. Peter, 2d epistle of, reflections on,

155
ment, 18-power of Congress over un- Philosophy of the ancients, compared with
settled territory, 19-immense multi- Christianity,

255
tudes affected by the present decision, Plainfield, Con. revival of religion at, 191
20_extension of slavery causes impor. Poetry. The Compass, 216--Missionary
tation of slaves, 21 – facilities for intro.

Hymn, ib.
ducing slaves against law, 22-extension Poor, Rev. Daniel. See Tillipally.
of slavery will produce political disunion Printing at Bombay,

513
23-.multiplication of slaves in southern Property, on the Auctuations of, • 453
states, ib.-existence of slavery in the Prophet like unto Moses, discussion con-
U.S.rot chargeable on our republic, 59 cerning the

483
sudden emancipation of slaves ruin. Prudential Committee, address of, 136--
ous, ib. — American people opposed to report of,

506,553
slavery, 60- ordinance of 1787, 61- Publie festivals, thoughts on,

56
easy to give a right direction in the be.

Pushamutahaw, a Choctaw chief, his sig.
ginning, ib._slavery once excluded from nature of the treaty,

- 368
a state will never be desired, 62-con-
gress not sufficiently vigilant on this Rum Narrain, a Uindoo bramhun, some
subject, 65-examination of the Louis- account of,

. 470
jana Treaty,66uure condition of the Readers, address to,

357
stare-holding and non-slave holding states, 70 Reflections ou 2 Pet. iii. i1, 155-on Col.
Monthly concert, contribution at,

325
ini. 2,

255
Moravians, their zeal and perseveranee, 53 Religion, revival of on board the Indus,120,
Jordas, Rabbi account of,

461 190, 228--levival of at Boscawen, N. H.
Morse, Rev. Jedidiah, D. D. his contem- 191--ai Sherburne, N. Y. ibat Pe.
plated tour among the Indians,

189 terboro', N. Y. ib.--Plainfield, Con. ib.
Moires to missionary enterprise, 200 Remarks on 2 Corinth. v, 7.

49
Mussulmaun, hopeful conversion of a, 516 Repentance, on a death-bed,

5

Signs, on the language of,

3, Tukkeer, village of, Mr. Hall's visit to, 510 Sin, on the deceitfulness of,

269 Slave trarle, discussion respecting the, in United States and Great Britain, compar. the Congress of Aix la Chapelle,

272 ed with respect to Christian exertions, 301 Society Islands, progress of Christianity Vermont, missionary labors in,

217 in, 40--visit of Mr. Charles Bowers at, 126 Vienna, encouragement of the arts in, 308 Solomon, Rev. B. N. recommended by the Virginia, law of concerning slaves, 243 einperor of Russia,

261|| Visiting committee of the school at BrainState of the world, a monitor of duty,

156
erd, report of,

132 Steiner, Rev. Abraham, his visit to Brain- War, prevalence of in this world,

10 erd,

87|| Warren, Rev. Edward, tribute to the Stewart, Dugald, a great philosopher, 4

memory of,

520 Subterraneous sounds,

300 Supyen, meution of, 522 Warren, Rev. John B. voyage of,

501 Swezey, Rev. Samuel, letter from, 143 Warriors, their extensive fame,

536
Switzerland, missionary letter from, 142 Westfield, Ohio, revival of religion in, 96
Tumbour, village of, Mr. Hall's visit to, 511 Williams, Mr. A.V. sickness and death of, 28
Tannah, journal of Mr. Nichols at, 373,412 Windham County, Con, Char. S ciety of, 92
Teigmouth, Lord, his speech before the Winslow, Rev. Miron, letter from him
Brit. & For. Bible Society,

479 and his brethren, 188--private journal Tillipally, sickness of Mr. Poor at, 177-- of,

192,227 arrival of Dr. Scudder,

519 Worcester's Geography, review of, 13 Tissera, Gabriel, hopeful conversion of, Wright, Rev. Alfred, sets out for the 278--letter from, 282 Choctaw station at Elliot,

286 Trumbull county, Ohio, revival of religion in, 527|| Zeul of the poor,

• 261

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Ia the Christian Observer for October last, p. 646, is the following sensible and well-written article on a very interesting subject. Judging from internal evidence alone, we have no hesitation in attributing the piece to our highly respected country man, Mr. Gallaudet, superintendent of the Connecticut Asylum for the Deaf and Dunb.

To the Editor of the Christian Observer. In the number of your publication for August, 1818, are some remarks on the Expediency of teaching the Deaf and Dumb to articulate.” I am glad to see that you do not consider any field of benevolent effort beneath your regard, and that you are anxious to do good even to such humble and uncomplaining sufferers as the deaf and dumb. I have always felt a deep interest in these lonely heathen of a Christian land;" and, because I have had very dear friends in this helpless condition, I have endeavored to make myself familiarly acquainted with the modes of their instruction, and even at length to venture so far as to attempt, perhaps in a very imperfect manner, to teach a few of them according to the general outlines of the system pursued by the Abbe' Sicard, whose works on this subject I have studied with deep interest and attention. I was forcibly struck with a remark in the article to which I have alluded in these words: “There is really no more intrinsic connexion between written and spoken words and ideas, than between signs and ideas: indeed, the language of the deaf and dumb is abundantly more significant than any other, inasmuch as it denotes that change which takes place in our bodies and countenances, by the movements of the soul; and so far as intellectual processes bear any analogy to the motions of matter, it shadows forth this analogy in very striking and significant emblems.'

This is so true, Mr. Editor, that I think it almost capable of demon. stration, that the deaf and dumb can learn the English, or any other language, only just so far as their own native language of signs is employed as a medium of interpretation. No sounds can be addressed to their ear. If a written or articulate word is addressed to their eye, it must, previous to explanation by signs, be perfectly unintelligible. If I utter the word "hat,” or write it, there is no analogy between either the spoken or written sign and the object; but if I describe, in the native language of the deaf and dumb, this object by appropriate signs, my meaning is at once understood. My pupil has never known the meaning of the word “power." ! VOL. XVI.

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speak it, and bid him observe the motion of my lips; or I write it, and bid him mark the different letters which compose it, in either case, its import is completely hidden from him. But I pourtray by his own expressive language of signs a huge rock, and a mighty man lifting this rock and hurling it on his antagonist, and then tell him that this is power, and he comprehends me. How shall I give him the import of the word "admiration?” I describe by signs a lofty edifice, I raise one stone upon another to a great beigiit, I adorn it with all the magnificence and beauty of architecture, 1 describe myself as approaching it, I look at it, I pourtray my feelings in my countenance, and by the position of my body and the motions of my hands, I ask him, "Did you ever feel so?" "Yes." "Well, this is admiration."

I am anxious to lay the foundation of his moral and religious instruction; and before I can proceed, he must become familiar with the import of the terms “good and evil.” Yesterday I saw him angry with his companion; I recal the circumstances of the scene by appropriate signs; I pourtray the emotion of anger in my countenance. I point to himself as having indulged the same emotion in his own breast. With a look of inquiry, and expressing. by my features and gestures the marks of approbation, I demand whether in that state of feeling he deserved approbation. His conscience furnishes the reply, and he shakes his head, I tell him that state of feeling was "evil.” I refer to some common acquaintance with whom we are very familiar; I imitate by my looks and gestures his peculiar kindness of deportment. I describe one act of this kindness which my pupil witnessed. Again, I inquire if this deserved approbation. He assents, and I tell him such a state of feeling was "good."

I might multiply examples of this kind without number, all of which would go to prove, that it is impossible, from the very nature of the Case, to teach the deaf and dumb the import of any word except through the medium of signs. It is true, that so far as the meaning of words can be communicated by definitions, so far the pupil may learn by this help; but then the words which compose the definition must have previously been explained by signs. To prevent mistakes, I ought, perhaps, before this to have observed, that by signs, I mean, not any alphabet on the fingers, which is as purely arbitrary as either written or spoken language; but all that can be expressed by the various changes of the countenance, attitudes of tbe body and limbs, delineation of visible objects by the hands; and all the varieties of pictures and paintings. And this language of signs is significant, copious, perspicuous, and precise, to a degree which I believe would surprise any one, who devotes attention enough to become familiar with it. It describes with more rapidity and accuracy than written or spoken language, every object which is addressed immediately to any one of the bodily senses. It pourtrays with a peculiar vividness and beauty all scenes and transactions which are presented solely to the eye. In truth my mind has been more agitated by a description of the day of judgment, which I have seen my ingenious friend Mr. —,who, you know, is deaf and dumb, exhibit in his own native language of signs, than by the loftiest flights of eloquence, which are to be found in the pages of Massillon or Bossuet. He was the judge, and I trembled before him. He was the accepted disciple of Christ, and I almost felt