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of this month, seven persons were admitted | pupils were prompt in their attendance;
to the fellowship and ordinances of the
church. About twenty-five persons ap-
plied. Of those whom we felt constrained
to put off, several, we trust, are truly the
subjects of the Holy Spirit's work. But
our past experience teaches that delay is
prudent, where there is any doubt.

MADRAS. Mr. Winslow, under date of February 13, announces several accessions to the church under his care. He uses the following language:

and every thing went on prosperously for four or five weeks, when the cholera broke out in the institution. Two persons were attacked, one quite severely. We had them removed at once, and placed under Dr. Green's care. Both soon recovered. The parents and friends of the pupils, hearing of these cases, became very much alarmed; and when a few days afterward, I allowed the boys a holiday, as is customary, many For a were prevented from returning. week or two our labors were very much broken in upon; but as no other cases of At our last communion, I had the privi- cholera occurred, most of the pupils soon lege of baptizing and receiving to the church returned and resumed their studies. One, four adults. One was a young woman, the a member of the first class in the Normal daughter of an ayah in a Christian family, Department, was attacked with cholera herself a heathen, but willing to have her while absent, and after a short illness died. child become a Christian, being convinced His English name was Artemas Boies, a perhaps that ours is the true religion, or, it beneficiary of the Mission Association of the may be, thinking that her daughter will 2d Congregational Church in New London, marry better. I hope that the girl herself Connecticut. He belonged to the parish of is actuated by a love of the truth, and not Chavagacherry, and was a boy of fair promby a desire for a proper settlement in life; ise. He was not a Christian, and never to but it is difficult in such cases to judge of my knowledge evinced much interest in motives. The other three are young men, religious things. Towards the close of the one of them a monitor in the high school, term the cholera broke out again in the another a teacher in a vernacular boys' seminary. There were five or six cases; school, and the third a lame man, who all recovered. I had very little trouble this teaches a few boys, and receives a small time in keeping the pupils. This was support from them. The last seems very partly owing, no doubt, to the fact that the much in earnest, and has been for nearly disease was prevailing, at the time, in many six months a candidate for church fellow-places in the province; but I think that ship. The other young men are employed the successful treatment of the disease, in by me, and do not join us, as many would the former instance, had its effect. It was be willing to do, to get a situation. I hope gratifying to see, in both of these instances, they are all sincere in their professed dedi- many of the pupils ready to attend the cation of themselves to the service of the sick. only living and true God.

CEYLON. Mr. Lord writes from Oodoopitty, under date of January 15, as follows: "On account of the continued prevalence of the small-pox, we have been, and are still, much hindered in our missionary work. As the severity of the epidemic has somewhat abated, how ever, our Sabbath congregation for a few weeks past has gradually increased. But it is still small, numbering last Sabbath only twenty-five adults. Our schools have not been recommenced; and the catechists are prevented by the sickness from pursuing their labors among the villages, and from house to house. The people suffer much, not only from pestilence, but from

famine."

On the 20th of January, Mr. Hastings wrote a letter, in which he gave an account of Batticotta seminary, during the term which had just closed. His language is as follows:

The term commenced October 29, when a new class entered upon the course of study numbering thirty, one half of whom are baptized children, one or both of their parents being members of Christian churches, a larger proportion than has ever before been received at any one time. Most of the

We have not been permitted to see much religious interest manifested the past term. Religious instruction has been given daily, and generally has been listened to with attention. We trust that though all our desires have not been gratified, some seed has fallen in good ground, which will yet appear. I have held a meeting once a week with those who have expressed a desire to unite with the church. About a dozen have regularly attended.

of the Senior Class, a beneficiary of the On the 26th of November, Philip S. Page Juvenile Society of Salem street church, Boston, was admitted to the communion of the church. Henry M. Scudder, a member of the Senior Class, and a beneficiary of the Sabbath school at New Rochelle, left the seminary early in the term, without a regular dismission. John W. Bulkley, who was reported in October as having left the seminary to join the Wesleyan school, has since died of cholera.

On the 1st of February, Mr. Hastings communicated the following item of intelligence:

Since our term closed, we have heard of the death of three of our pupils by cholera; namely, J. Duncan of the Junior Class, a beneficiary of the Sabbath School Missionary Association of Jacksonville, Illinois,

and two members of the class recently | deciding what medicines to give, and what course received. J. Duncan was a good scholar; to take. As I entered the sick room, the Doctor and though not a member of the church, I raised his thin arms, saying, 'Praise to God,' am not without hope that he was numbered among Christ's chosen ones. One of the other two was the eldest son of William Tennent, recently deceased, for many years a teacher in the female boarding school at Oodooville. Such events remind us of the necessity of being faithful in laboring for the salvation of our pupils while they are

with us.

'Praise to God,' and threw them about my neck and wept. But I have no time to tell of hopes and fears, of taking medical responsibility, with the help only of books and the advice of men suspected as quacks. The Doctor lingered till Sunday evening, the twenty-sixth day of his sickness, and expired as a lamp flickers and goes out. After I returned, he had not the full com

Two weeks later he added the following state-mand of his mind; but, with only two exceptions, ment, showing that death was still busy.

he was always rational upon religious topics. I am weak,' he said, but I rejoice in the Almighty. Love had cast out all fear."

Mr. Williams wrote from Diarbekir, March 31, in reference to the death of this beloved friend and brother: "I have but little to add to these

melancholy tidings. As soon as a raft can be made ready, I shall return to our desolated Mosul. Our strong consolation is that the Lord reigns; He doeth all things well; He makes no mistakes." "As fast as famine, hardship, sick

Since writing the above, two who have recently left the seminary, have been numbered with the dead. Their English names were David Seabury and Edward Beecher. The former was a member of the class which graduated in September last. He was the beneficiary of the Presbyterian Church in Bloomfield, New Jersey. He was a member of the church, and we hope a true follower of Christ. Edward Beecher had been partially insane for two years or more. He was also a member of the church. It is said that, though often urgedness, cannon balls, thin the ranks of the allied to perform heathen ceremonies, he always armies before Sebastapol, others are sent to fill refused, and was often seen apparently their places; for the nations are in earnest. Will engaged in prayer. He was a beneficiary the churches show as much zeal? Will they of the Juvenile Society of Salem street show a thousandth part of it? Christ died for us, church, Boston. came to this end.' Who, for his sake, is ready to fill the breach ?"

has set.

MOSUL. A letter from Mr. Marsh, dated March 26, announces an event which will carry TOCAT. Under date of February 19, Mr. Van sadness to all our churches. His language is as Lennep wrote as follows: "We are crowded follows: "Another light has faded; another sun with visitors of all nations, Armenians, Turks, Another brother has gone to join the Roman Catholics, Greeks, and Jews. The feearly mission dead. Dr. Lobdell is no more. He males come the most, sometimes in flocks of twendied last evening; and we have just returned ty and thirty. I believe every female belonging from his grave. He sleeps sweetly by the side to the Armeno-Catholic community has been here. of Dr. Grant. I cannot pretend to give you a Mrs. Van Lennep finds her hands full of work, full account of his sickness and death. Much of and lays herself out to please the curiosity of all, the bitterness of this cup is taken away by the when they do not feel disposed to converse on rereadiness of our brother to go. The circum-ligious topics. Her prayer meeting for females, stances were trying. Mr. Williams and myself were hardly out in the desert, to attend the annual meeting of our mission at Diarbekir, when Dr. Lobdell fell sick. He soon grew worse; and Mrs. Lobdell and Mrs. Marsh despatched a messenger after us, on the ninth day of his sickness. In the disturbed state of the country, growing out of the Koordish rebellion, now suppressed, this message did not reach us till eight days later, on the seventeenth of his sickness. We then thought that, owing to the pressure of affairs at Diarbekir, in the very hopeful state of the work, and the unfinished mission business, that the case would be decided one way or the other before we could reach Mosul. Accordingly, I alone came, reaching here on the twenty-second day of his sickness, after a very quick passage down the Tigris. I found the ladies almost worn out with incessant watching, and the great responsibility of

Thursday afternoons, is better and better attended. Mrs Jewett also takes her turn in conducting the meeting." "Our Sabbath congregation is interesting and increasing. We always have some new faces. The average during the last three months of 1851 was forty-three. This year we have never had less than fifty; and once there were seventy-seven, though nothing special attracted them. There is earnest attention; and we cannot but hope that we do not preach in vain. Last week three Armenians joined us with their families. Dr. Jewett's practice is making us many friends among all classes of the people."

AINTABA letter of Mr. Nutting, dated February 27, announces the dedication of the new church at Aintab. This is an event of very great interest, as no edifice had been previously erected for Christian worship, on a new site, in all the

Ottoman empire since the ascendency of the Turks. Christians have been allowed to repair their churches, and also rebuild on the same site; but beyond this they could never go. Now a Protestant house of worship stands on ground used for other purposes heretofore, in a city where Protestantism was unknown even by name seven years ago! The number of persons present on the first Sabbath in January,-though the windows were not all completed, and though there was no floor but the cold, damp, uneven ground, partially covered with loose boards and old mats, was nine hundred. The dedication service was attended by thirteen hundred and fifty. On the following Sabbath, more than eleven hundred are supposed to have been in "the great congregation." On this last occasion, moreover, twelve persons were admitted to Christian fellowship, making the present number of communicants one hundred and forty-two.

BEIRUT.A letter of Mr. Whiting, dated
March 15, contains the following item of intelli-

gence:

At our last communion, two persons were
received to the fellowship of the church by
profession of their faith. One is a man of
about forty-five, the head of a large family.
He was originally from Ain Zehalta, in
Mount Lebanon; but he is now a resident
of Beirut. He has for several years been
inclined to evangelical views, and has been

a serious and attentive hearer and reader of
the gospel. We trust the truth has really
taken hold of his heart, and led him to
Christ. He is of the papal Greek church,
a man of sober good sense and extensive
influence. Though in moderate circum-
stances, he is endeavoring to secure for his
children the advantages of a good Christian
education. His eldest son is a graduate of
the Abeih seminary, a worthy and (we
trust) a pious youth, now teaching a useful
school.

degree of attention, some, we think, with interest. Two Sabbaths since we had the pleasure of receiving one Indian woman into the church on profession of her faith; and she brought forward her two children to be baptized. She appears to be a humble, sincere disciple. This is the bright side; there is a dark one. There is much heathenism here yet; and the great majority of those who listen, are hearers of the Word only, rot doers of it. But I think we have ground for encouragement, on the whole, and that our patrous ought to be encouraged in regard to these ludians."

CHEROKEES.-Mr. Worcester received three members of the Cherokee Female Seminary into the church under his care, on the 1st of April. Two months before, he admitted one person to the same privilege.

SENECAS.-A letter from Mr. Bliss, dated May 4, states that nine persons have been received into the Alleghany church since September last. He hopes that others may be admitted during the summer, as several have expressed a wish to be numbered among the followers of Christ.

DONATIONS,

RECEIVED IN APRIL.

MAINE.

11 50

20 00

Cumberland co. Aux. So. D. Evans, Tr.
Harrison, Cong. ch. and so.
Portland, Young la. for J. Neal,
Ceylon, by Rev. Mr. Sanders,
Yarmouth, Cong. ch. 138; m. c.
50,43; la. 52,19; to cons. THOMAS
CHASE and JEREMIAH MITCHELL
H. M.; A. B. for hea. chil. 3;
Penobscot co. Aux. So. E. F. Duren, Tr.
Bangor, 1st par. cong. ch. and so.
Brewer, Cong, ch. and so.
Brewer Village, 2d do.

243 62-275 12

75.00

34 12

40 61-149 73

Another promising son is a mem-Bucksport, a friend, 30; Dennysville, cong.
s. s. 20; Machias, a friend, 12;

ber of the seminary; and his eldest daugh-
ter is being trained in the family of one of
the missionaries at Abeih. The other per-
son received is a young girl, of seventeen
or eighteen, who was educated in our female
boarding school at Beirut, and is now teach-
ing a flourishing school of girls, about thirty
in number, on the mission premises, and in
the house built for that purpose twenty
years ago through the agency of Mrs. Sarah
L. Smith.

OJIBWAS. Mr. Pulsifer writes from Bad River under date of March 13, in a hopeful strain: "There has been no liquor drunk by the Indians in this vicinity this winter, although it has been easy to get it at La Pointe in any quanity. There is a marked change in this respect since my former acquaintance with them. They have attended meeting well, both on the Sabbath and on week-days, and have listened with a good

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Grafton co. Aux. So. W. W. Russell, Tr.

Orford, West cong. so.

Hillsboro' co. Aux. so. J. A. Wheat, Tr.

26.00 5 00

424 85

62 00 486 85

10 62

6 00-37 00

Goffstown, Cong. ch. and so.
Hillsboro' Bridge, m. c.
Peterboro', Ortho, cong. ch.
Merrimack co. Aux. So. G. Hutchins, Tr.
Canterbury, Cong, ch. and so.
Hooksett, m. c.

Wilmot, Rev. R. Kimball,

24 00
8 00

200-34 00

Rockingham co. Conf. of chs. F. Grant, Tr.
Derry, 1st cong. so. miss. asso.
Greenland, Cong. ch. and so. 28,82;
la. 38,47;

25 00

67 29

27 40

Hampton, Cong, ch. and so.
Portsmouth, North ch. (of wh. fr.
la. miss. so. to cons. Miss SARAH
ANN SALTER an H. M. 100 :)

262 50-382 19

Strafford Conf. of chs. E. J. Lane, Tr.
Durham, Cong, ch, and so.
Sullivan co. Aux. So. E. L. Goddard, Tr.
Croydon, Mrs. S. L. 5; S. L. Jr. 5;

61 25 10 00

538 06

51 87 Syracuse and vic. E. H. Babcock, Agent.
Syracuse, 1st pres. ch.
Washington co. Aux. So. A. Eldredge, Tr.
Middle Granville, s s.

Legacies.-Clyde, Willis G. Wade, by John
Ward, 120; Brooklyn, Mark H. Newman,
by Edward Dickinson, Ex'r, 10,000; int.
1,625,55; Gilboa, Rev. William Salisbury,
by J. Reed, Ex'r, wh. and prev. lega.
cons. LUCINDA SALISBURY an H. M. 50;
Maine, D. Chamberlain, by John C.
Curtis, Ex'r, int. (prev. rec'd, 210;)
27,05;

Raritan, 3d R D. ch. Readington, R. D. ch. Bloomfield, Pres. ch. m. c. 15; Cedarville, pres. ch. 29,38; Chatham village, pres. ch. 100; Madison, pres. ch. H. Keep, 25; la. miss. asso. 40; Morristown, 2d pres. ch. (of wh. fr. Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Canfield, wh. cons. GEORGE SHELDON of Plainfield an H. M. 50;) 165; Newark, 1st pres. ch. la. 162,75, Rahway, T. M. 10;

PENNSYLVANIA.

Alleghany City, C. T. 5; Allentown, 1st pres. ch. 8; Athens, pres. ch. m. c. 16,91; Honesdale, pres. ch. 160; Montrose, pres. ch. m. c. 22; Philadelphia, So. for ed. hea. youth, 100; Clinton st. pres. ch. m. c. 97,68; Rev. J. M. 10; 1st pres. ch. THOMAS HILL, wh. and prev, dona. cons. him an H. M. 50; Ambrose White, 100; A. E. 10; Dr. C. 5; Western, pres. ch. W. E. T. 10; T. Patten, 20; Arch st. pres. ch. H. S. 10; Pleasant Mount, pres. ch. 45; Shirleysburg, John Brewster, 100;

Baltimore, 5th pres. ch.

Wilmington, 8; Hanover st. pres. ch. m. c. 86,41;