judging from the sums received, the pro- || discouraged for the future. This sacred portion would be nearly the same as in the other parts of the Church. These are sad truths, but they ought to be known. In one aspect they are truly discouraging. How painful to see so many churches standing all the day idle, when the Lord himself commands them to work in his vineyard. In another aspect there is ground for encouragement. If all these churches were to engage in this sacred work, even to the extent that the churches now sustaining the cause are engaged in it, what an efficient instrumentality would at once be embodied in the Foreign Missionary cause. Why should they not be so engaged? Why should these churches, and their pastors and elders, forget the glory of the Saviour, and turn a deaf ear to the wail of the dying heathen, perish- || ing for want of the privileges which they themselves so richly enjoy. Another year of apathy and indifference, and thirty millions more of benighted men shall have passed beyond the reach of all their efforts to do them good. Their duty to the benighted heathen, and their responsibility to God for the faithful discharge of the trust committed to them have required the Executive Committee thus to place the whole subject before the churches. But whilst the deep interests involved have constrained them to speak with solemn earnestness, and whilst they would mourn that so little has been done, they are not cause among us numbers many liberal friends, and thousands of our people give it their yearly and monthly donations, and bear it daily to the throne of grace. To sustain it liberally, self-denial indeed is required, and it is necessary that all should engage in its support; but it is not required that any be oppressed. It is no longer a question that the Foreign Missionary cause will be sustained by the churches to a certain extent; and the Executive Committee will not believe till the sad reality exists, that its friends will suffer it to go backward or remain stationary. Acting on this conviction, although the treasury of the Board is empty, they are only waiting for suitable ships, and until the necessary preparations are made, to send out a physician to Siam, the native assistant to Singapore, three brethren to India, and two to Africa. If in these expectations they shall not be sustained by the churches, they will have but the mournful satisfaction, that they have tried to clear their own souls from the blood of the dying heathens; and on those ministers, those elders, and those members of the church, who still stand aloof from the Foreign Missionary cause or give to it but a cold and heartless support, be the responsibility of disregarding the last command of our blessed Lord, when so many doors are open, and so many fields are white already to harvest. This Board consists of one hundred and twenty clerical. and lay members, elected by the General Assembly; one fourth being elected annually. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The Executive Committee consists of nine members, besides the Corresponding Secretary, General Agent, and the Treasurer, elected annually by the Board. REV. WM. W. PHILLIPS, D. D. Chairman, JOSEPH M'ELROY, D. D. JOHN M. KREBS, J. J. JANEWAY, D. D. J. BRECKINRIDGE, D. D. Gen. Agent. MR. 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