PUELISHED MONTHLY, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. NEW-YORK: ROBERT CARTER, 58 CANAL-STREET. WILLIAM S. MARTIEN, COR. OF GEORGE AND SEVENTH STREETS This work is mailed at Philadelphia and at Albany to subscribers within 100 miles of those cities. 8. Adams, Printer, 59 Gold, cor. of Ann-street. POSTAGE. This number contains two sheets; not over 100 miles, three cents; over 100 miles, five cents. CHURCH. NOTICES. THE Mission or Office Rooms are at No. 8 CITY HALL PLACE, NEW. YORK. Note.-City Hall Place is a short Street running from Chambers Street, near the Post Office, to Pearl Street, between Centre and Chatham Streets. Letters relating to the Missions or other operations of the Board may be addressed to WALTER LOWRIE, Esq. Corresponding Secretary, as above. Payments of moneys, for the use of this Board, may be made to the Treasurer, at the Mission Rooms, 3 City Hall Place, New-York; Mr. Solomon Allen, Philadelphia, Mr. Samuel Thompson, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mr. William H. Rainey, Lexington, Mr. W. Nisbet, Louisville, Ky.; Mr. Lawson McCul loch, Columbus, Mr. William Schillinger, Cincinnati, Ohio. Also, to Col. Sainuel Winfree, Treasurer of the Central Board of Foreign Missions, Richmond, Va.; and to James Adger, Esq., Treasurer of the Southern Board of Foreign Missions, Charleston, S. C. THE FOREIGN MISSIONARY CHRONICLE is published monthly, and contains two sheets; a Title page and Index accompany the December number. The subscription price is one dollar per annum, payable on or before the delivery of the June number of each year. To Agents who become responsible for 10 copies, an allowance will be made of 10 per cent.; for 25 copies, 20 per cent.; for 50 copies or more, 25 per cent. The same allowance will be made to Congregations, who subscribe and make payment through one person. The Chronicle will be sent gratuitously;-To every Pastor and Stated Supply in connection with our Church, who is willing to receive it :-To every donor, who does not prefer taking it as a subscriber, and who contributes to the Board, in a year, not less than ten dollars, a copy for one year. To the Treasurer of every Association or Society, contributing during one year not less than fifteen dollars. Letters from Agents and other persons, containing the names of New Subscribers, Payments, and other matters relating to the Chronicle, should be directed to ROBERT CARTER, 58 CANAL STREET, NEW-YORK. MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES. Letters and Parcels, intended for the Missionaries at any of the stations of the Board, will be forwarded by the first oppor tunity, if sent, free of expense, to the Mission Rooms, 8, City Hall Place. Free Copies of the Chronicle are often required on account of donations. They are sent in all cases cheerfully, when information is received as to the names, address, &c., of persons entitled to them. Annual Reports and Missionary Papers can be obtained at the Mission Rooms for gratuitous distribution. Honorary Members may be constituted by the payment of Thirty Dollars: Honorary Directors, by the payment of One Hundred Dollars. Persons so constituted are entitled to receive the Chronicle free for one year, and the Annual Reports of the Board. FOREIGN MISSIONARY CHRONICLE. VOL. IX. APRIL, 1841. No. 4. A Survey of Protestant Missions, OR A VIEW OF MISSIONARY EFFORTS AMONG THE HEATHEN. COMPILED FOR THE MISSIONARY CHRONICLE. Endía. (Concluded from page 75.) LODIANA MISSION; so called from the name of the city in which the first station was formed; the North Western Mission of our last Survey.—Lodiana; near the Sutlej, 1170 miles northwest of Calcutta ; inhabitants, about 40,000; 1833; Rev. Messrs. John Newton, William S. Rogers, Joseph Porter; Mr. Reese Morris, printer; and their wives; two native assistants.Saharunpur; near the Jumna, 130 miles south east from Lodiana; inhabitants, about 40,000; 1836; Rev. James R. Campbell and wife, Rev. Joseph Caldwell; Mr. James Craig, teacher, and wife; one Indo-British assistant.-Sabathu; in the Protected Hill States, 110 miles north-east from Lodiana; inhabitants of those states, which extend in the lower Himalaya mountains from Nepaul to the river Sutlej, about 250,000; 1836; Rev. Jesse M. Jamieson and wife; one native assistant.-P. 3. The report for the year ending Novem. ber, 1840, not yet having been received, we give the following particulars from the last Annual Report of the Board: Several of these brethren and their wives have suffered from sickness, during the year, but all have been restored VOL. IX. to health, excepting Mrs. Caldwell, who was removed by death on the 8th of November. Her death is a severe loss to the mission, though doubtless it is to herself infinite gain. The missionaries at all these stations have devoted much of their time to preaching and to circulating religious publications, making frequent tours and visiting the melas or religious fairs, in order more widely to make known the Gospel. To the church at Lodiana there have been two or three persons added. The schools at the different stations have been generally kept up. At Lodiana, about 40 scholars have attended the High school, the more advanced classes of which have made respectable progress in the Evidences of Christianity, Intellectual Philosophy, Astronomy, &c.; 7 boys and 7 girls are in the boarding-schools, amongst whom a strong degree of religious feeling was evinced during the last year, which was increased by the hopeful conversion of their teacher, a about 80 scholars were receiving instrucnative woman; in four native schools, tion; the Sunday schools contain 30 scholars, and 11 young men attend a Bible class. At Sabathu, several village schools were in operation during a part of the year, but have been suspended on account of the difficulty of superintending them, while there is but one missionary at the station; the English school and the girls' school continue nearly the same as reported last year. At Saha13 runpur there are 30 scholars in the En- || ofthe last report of the mission, Oct. 1, 1840. glish school, and 13 in a boarding school. The Press connected with this mission is effectively employed under the superintendence of Mr. Morris. An additional printing press was sent out during the year, and the buildings for the PrintingOffice and Bindery have been enlarged. Of nine works, 48,888 copies, making 1,239,738 pages were printed during the year, in Hudustani, Panjabi, Persian, and English, nearly all of which have been put in circulation. For a statement of the claims of nine other cities and towns to be occupied as mission stations, see Missionary Chronicle for November of last year, pp. 344-348. ALLAHABAD MISSION; the Eastern mission of the last Survey.—Allahabad; at the junction of the Ganges and the Jumna, 475 miles north-west of Calcutta; 1636; Rev. Messrs. James Wilson, John H. Morrison, Joseph Warren, John E. Freeman, and their wives; three native assistants. The Rev. Joseph Owen embarked for this mission, Aug 5th.-P. 4. The most important event of the last year, probably, was the organization of a native church, to which four adult natives were admitted after examination and due trial. The communion of the supper was administered in Hindustani on the 12th of July, and on the same evening 18 of the boys of the boarding school were baptized, the other boarding school children having been baptized before. The native congregation, composed of the scholars, workmen from the printing press, and some others, varies from 80 to 100. To the English church one has been added on examination, and two have been received from other churches, some have removed from the station, and one has been suspended, leaving the present number, including the missionaries, nineteen.-The boarding school contains 34 boys and 16 girls; some had run away, and six were removed by death, but others had been received, and their conduct and progress in learning were highly satisfactory. A good deal of serious feeling was manifested by some of the scholars, but no decided conversions had occurred previous to the date The two bazar schools have been continued, but without much encouragement.The Press, some embarrassing difficulties having been overcome, promises to be of great and efficient service. The issues from it during the year of twelve different works, amounted to 1,015,970 pages. Sev eral works were in press, and others were soon to be undertaken. FURRUKHABAD MISSION: So called from Furrukhabad, one of the chief cities in that part of India; formed from the Eastern Mission of our last Survey.-Futtekgurk ; three miles from Furrukhabad, on the Ganges, about 750 miles northwest from Calcutta; 1838; Rev. Henry R. Wilson, jr., Rev. James L. Scott, and their wives; one native assistant. The Rev. John C. Rankin, Rev. William H. McAuley, and their wives, and Miss Vanderveer embarked for this mission, on the 5th of August last.-P. 4. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson spent the last summer at Simla in the Himalaya mountains, on account of Mrs. W's health. On the 12th of October, they expected soon to return to their station, though we regret to learn that Mrs. W. was then far from being restored. Mr. Wilson had enjoyed many opportunities of useful labors on the journey to Simla, and after his arrival.— Mr. and Mrs. Scott reached Futtebgurh, August 6th, 1839, and have been diligently engaged in the study of the native language, the care of the Boarding School, and of an English and Persian school in Furrukhabad. They were assisted the greater part of the year by Gopinath Nundi, whose influence and labors were of great service to the mission, but who was obliged to return to Calcutta on account of his wife's continued ill health. It was considered somewhat doubtful whether he would return to Futtehgurh.-The Boarding School, on the 26th of September, contained 100 orphan children, still supported chiefly by the kindess of English friends, though some of them were engaged in the manufacture of carpets, from which it was expected they would earn a part of their subsistence. These children were gene rally improving, both in their studies and in their work. The Persian and English school had 60 scholars enrolled, with a daily attendance of about 50. A bazar school had about 30 boys.-Preaching has been continued in three villages, and a daily evening service, attended by from 30 to 50, has been held at the mission-house, when an hour was spent in explaining some portion of Scripture. "No apparent good," Mr. Scott writes, "has as yet resulted from these labors. But we do not despond. The word of the Lord shall accomplish that for which it was sent, and shall not return unto him void." Bareilly, the capital of Rohilkund, has been strongly recommended to the mission. aries for another station; several important cities for missionary posts are in the bounds intended to be occupied by this mission. American Board. MAHRATTA MISSION.-Bombay; 1812; Rev. D. O. Allen, Rev. R. W. Hume; E. A. Webster, printer; and their wives. Ahmednugur; 1831; Rev. Messrs. H. Ballantine, E. Burgess, O. Fren h; A. Abbott, teacher; and their wives; Miss Farrar, teacher; two native helpers.Jalna; Rev. S. B. Munger and wife; one native helper.-Malcolm-Peth; Rev. A. Graves and wife. At the different stations, native church members, 34; free schools, 17, with 822 pupils, of whom 100 are girls; boarding scholars, 143; printing for the last year, 8,200 copies, and 888,300 pages.-P. 33. The more intelligent natives evidently feel much concern in view of the influ ence of the christian missionaries labor. ing among them. A society has been formed among the natives for the avowed object of protecting Hinduism. They have also resolved upon becoming the assailants and attacking the christian religion, which they do after the manner of Paine's Age of Reason. And recently a petition, signed by more than 2,000 natives, chiefly Hindus and Parsees, has been sent in to the government, requesting that missionaries may be restrained by legal enactments. [Report, 1840. The government declined interfering in this question-their policy being that of protection to all religious sects amongst the natives, and interference with none. MADRAS MISSION.-Royapoorum; Rev. M. Winslow; P. R. Hunt, printer; and their wives; two native helpers.—Chintadrepatteh; Rev. J. Scudder, M. D., and wife; one native helper; scholars at both stations, 560; printing for the last year, 13,000,000 pages. A native schoolmaster was admitted to the church.-P. 34. MADURA MISSION.-Madura; Rev. D. Poor, Rev. F. D. W. Ward; J. Steele, M. D.; and their wives; seven native helpers.-Dindigul; Rev. R. D. Dwight, Rev. J. J. Lawrence, and their wives; one native preacher; eleven native helpers.— Sevagunga; Rev. H. Cherry and wife; two native helpers.—Terupuvanum; Rev. N. M. Crane, and wife; three native helpers. - Terumung alum; Rev. C. F. Muzzy, Rev. W. Tracy, and their wives; six native helpers; connected with this mission in 82 free schools, 2,677 pupils; four boarding schools, 58 boys, and 10 girls in another.-P. 34. The time has now come for establishing a seminary in this mission, of the same general nature with that in the Ceylon mission, and the Committee expect to authorize the commencement of it as soon as the state of the funds will permit. The brethren preach the gosA church was pel as they are able. organized at Terupuvanum in September, and a native convert admitted to its [Report, 1840. privileges. Free-Will Baptist Mission. ORISSA. Pooree; 100 miles N. E. of Cuttack. There are two missionaries, we believe, with their wives, at this station, but we have not seen any accounts of their proceedings. Baptist Board. SOUTH INDIA. TELOOGOOS.-Madras ; 1837; Rev. S. S. Day, Rev. J. Van Husen, and their wives. Mr. and Mrs. Van Husen arrived at Madras, the 8th of March last. |