Religious Miscellany.

"Say ye to the daughter of Zion, behold, thy salvation cometh."

CARLISLE, MAY 28, 1824.

No. 19.

MISSIONARY.

NOGAY TARTARS.

Vol. III.

An Abstract from the London Missionary Re- Baptist Missionary Society-1822. gister, for January, 1824.

SURVEY

Of Protestant Missionary Stations throughout the world, in their Geographical order.

Continued from p. 277.

ORENBURG.

A town in Asiatic Russia, north by east of the Caspian, and about 600 miles from Astrachan-situated in a vast plain, contains 2000 houses, the great thoroughfare by caravans, between Siberia and European Russia. Scottish Missionary Society-1815. C. Fraser, G. M'Alpine, John Gray, missionaries--Walter Buchanan, Native Assistant.

The prospect of benefitting the Kirghisians, for whom this mission was designed, appears, for the present, to have entirely vanished.

As the missionaries were, under these circumstances, almost entirely prevented from laboring among the Kirghisians, they visited the Tartars and Bashkurts in the vicinity. German Missionary Society-1822. Benz, Dittrich, Hohnaker, Lang and Zaremba, missionaries.

They have now taken the charge of two Colonies of German Emigrants in

Daniel Schlatter, missionary.

The last notice in reference to this self-denying missionary, which we have met with, says a great deal in few words:

'He has not yet found the least spark of religious knowledge among the people. Notwithstanding his hard situation, he is of good cheer-lives in a stable with their horses-drinks mares' milk, and eats horseflesh with the Tartars—but nourishes the hope that the Lord will strengthen his faith and courage, in order to win souls for His glorious kingdom."

SIBERIA.

Selinginsk.-A Military Station, southeast of Irkutsk and Lake Baikal about 160 miles from Irkutsk-Inhabitants about 3000, exclusive of those of several villages-in the centre of all the Buriats, on the east side of the Baikal.

London Missionary Society-1819. Edward Stallybrass, W. Swan, Ro

bert Yuille, missionaries.

fect of the Word distributed among One great obstacle to the good efthe people, is their indolence and indisposition to read or think.

The printing press, with types and the Crimea-Mr. Dieterich, at Zuerch-paper, had been forwarded from St. thal; and Mr. Boerlins, at Neusatz.

Petersburgh.

CHINA.
CANTON.

The difficulties before them, in rereference to their Mission, are such as forbid the indulgence of sanguine London Missionary Society-1807. expectations. The work will proba-Robert Morrison, D. D. Missionary, bly be very slow in its early progress. Mahomed Ali, the Persian convert, was their Turkish instructor. They assisted, and greatly rejoiced in his conversion to the Faith.

'Nearly ten years have elapsed since. the completion of Dr. Morrison's Chinese Version of the New Testament. Two editions were printed from 1813 to 1819, of about 5500 copies; exclu

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sive of detached portions, previously printed, amounting to 1650 copies. A third edition was printed in 1822.

ing with Christian compassion the vast population of the Kingdoms of Siam, Cochin China, and Japan, now sunk in the most abasing idolatry, and

"Of the Chinese Version of the Old Testament, executed by Drs. Morri-without the knowledge of a Saviour, do

son and Milne jointly, the whole has been either printed or is passing thro' the press; except the Book of Judges, and the Second Book of Chronicles, which portions are under revision.'

'Resolve, by the help of a gracious Providence to attempt, as early as practicable, complete Versions of the Old and New Testament into each of the three languages of the said king

In the early part of 1822, Dr. Mor-doms.' rison completed his Chinese and English Dictionary in five quarto volumes; a work which has occupied more or less of his time for 15 years. It has been printed at the expense of the East India Company.

MALACCA.

The chief town in the Peninsula of Malacca-restored to the Dutch in 1818.

James Humphreys, David Collie, missionaries-G. H. Huttman, printer. A Chinese woman and two Malays were baptized in 1821.

The completion of this work enables Dr. Morrison to devote time daily to the explanation of the Scriptures. The three Chinese Schools were Since 1813, the Gospel has been prospering under Mr. Humphreys. preached both in English and Chinese, The Malabar School was well attendmore or less regularly, either at Ma-ed. In the English and Malay School, cao or Canton; not without effect on in the care of which Mr. Huttmann some of the Chinese. succeeded mr. Thomson, several hundred boys had learned to read the Scriptures. Mr. Humphreys had opened a Female Malay School, the first establishment of the kind at Malacca. The Mahomedan priests have begun, after the example of the missionaries, to afford gratuitous instruction to the children of the Malays.

Referring to the lamented decease of Dr. Milne, his surviving colleague writes, July 5, 1822

Yesterday, July 4th, nine years have elapsed since Mr. & Mrs. Milne landed at Macoa, and were received by me and Mrs. Morrison. Three of the four, all I believe under forty years of age, have been called hence, and At the Malay Press five books and left me alone and disconsolate. But tracts, with four numbers of the Magood is the will of the Lord! They allgazine, were issued in 1821; and at died in the faith and hope of the Gospel; and they all died at their post, attending to the business of their Christian Warfare in distant lands. They have left their bodies in the field of battle. They were faithful to their Saviour's cause until death.'

INDIA BEYOND THE GANGES.

On the suggestion of the late Dr. Milne, the Directors of the London Missionary Society, at a meeting held January 29, 1823, adopted the following resolution

The Directors of this society, view

the Chinese, up to August 1822, the Versions of Jeremiah and Ezekial, the second edition of Dr. Morrison's hymn book, his translation of the First Homily, and a Sketch of the World by Dr. Milne.

The Religious Tract Society has supplied 32 reams of paper, and 6500 English tracts; and has devoted the sum of 200€ to the circulation of Chi-.

nese tracts.

Anglo-Chinese College.

The students were 15, of whom 12 were on the foundation.

In reference to the support of the

Survey of Protestant Missionary Stations throughout the World.

College, the Directors say-The con- In the Chinese School, about 20 tributions abroad toward the support boys were under instruction. A line of this Institution, during the last year, of buildings, 90 feet by 18, intended amount to 1070 dollars-those receiv-as apartments for the Schoolmasters, ed in this country to 67£ 2s. 7d.'

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and thus writes of the state of the peo-versity, but emulating rather the selfple, under date Aug. 21, 1822:-This morning I administered baptism to the eighteenth Burman convert. Two more still remain: the one deterred by the fear of government, and the other by fear of her husband.'

Another eye-witness of what he describes, draws the following picture of the preparation already made for future good:-

denial and toil of Apostles, and crucified as they to the world, and the world to them, gladly give themselves wholly to the service of the heathen, for the love of Christ, at any personal cost and sacrifice. The country itself Mr. Judson and Dr. Price, leaving will not be wanting in us. From its the mission in charge of Mr. Hough, proper Native population, and from set out for Ava on the 28th of August, the descendants of Europeans, it has and reached that place on the 27th of yielded, and still yields to the RomSeptember. They were favorably re-ish Missions, and will yield to us unceived by the King, with whom and der equal care, sufficient supplies of some of his chief courtiers conversa-fit and able men for every department tions were several times held on the of our labors." subject of Christianity. A piece of ground had been obtained, and Dr. Price and Mr. Judson were to return to Ava, and settle there under the sanction of the King. It is remarked on the subject-This unexpected occurrence changed the whole aspect of the mission in Burmah.-No disposition to tolerate the Christian religion has yet, it is true, been manifested by the King: but he has never persecuted the disciples of any creed; and we may hope that the removal of the Mis-to general use, by which unbounded sionaries to Ava is only a preliminary stores of knowledge are communicat to the unimpeded introduction of the ed to the population generally, inGospel into the Burman Empire. Dr. stead of being confined to the BrahPrice speaks favorably of the mild dis-mins-the preparation of almost the position and affable manners of the entertaining and instructive works Monarch. May the King of kings published by the School Book Society shed on him the spirit of grace, and make him the nursing father of the infant church in Burmah!'

INDIA WITHIN THE GANGES.

A sufficient number of competent Christian instructors is the most urgent want of India.

"In the work of preparation-of which, in so numerous a population, much, according to the common course of Providence, must precede the extensive prevalence of true piety-much has, I think, been accomplished, and almost all by missionaries. The introduction of the printed character in

-the commencement and superintendence of almost all the schools yet established for Natives, whether males or females--the intelligible translation of the Scriptures into many languages-the preparation, printing, and extensive circulation of Religious Tracts, in Bengalee, Hindostanee, Persian, Sanscrit, and Hinduweethe commencement of newspapers, in the language of the Natives, of which five are now printed in Calcutta and its neighborhood-and the establishment of printing presses among the Natives themselves-all this, with the "We require holy men, who are at exception of what has been done by a the same time Scholars and Divines- few honored individuals, must be atmen, who, capable of adorning a Uni-"tributed to missionaries."

We extract, on this subject, from the Twenty third Report of the Church Missionary Society, a few sentences of an animated letter, addressed to the Society by the Rev. Marmaduke Thompson, on his return to his labors

in India:

Letter of a Converted Catholic.

CHITTAGONG.

age of 25--the capital is İslamabad, but it is frequently called by the name of the district-it is 8 miles from the sea, and 317 miles travelling distance from Calcutta.

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heretic; as though I had become her

Is a district, 120 miles by an aver-etie by having dared to place on the candlestick that light of the divine word which they wish to be hid under a bushel; as if I were become impious by having taken, in spite of ancient prejudices, the firm resolution to follow with sincerity, the course that I Baptist Missions--1812. found marked out in the Holy ScripFink, Missionary-John Jo-tures. Christians who love the truth hannes, Schoolmaster. and desire the salvation of their souls Mr. Fink, from Serampore, has instead of seeing in me an impious hercharge of the Mission at Chittagong. etic and a dangerous citizen, will know In the Benevolent Institution, under how to judge me with impartiality; & Mr. Johannes, there were 140 chil-will, I hope, find in me a frank and dren: they read the Scriptures, and receive religious instruction.

LETTER OF A CONVERTED CATHOLIC.

The following is a Pastoral Letter written by "Mr. C. formerly professor in the R. C. College of and during three years Cure of the parishes of V. and G." This person, thus described by an English

resident in France, addresses those who were

lately under his spiritual care, from a place of
concealment. Those who attentively perused
an article in our paper relative to the perse.
cutions of Protestants, will readily see the ne-
cessity of the course which he has adopted.
"My dear Parishioners, and Brethren in

Christ Jessu,

"Removed from you by those conscientious reasons which are despised by the world, my enemies have seized the opportunity of my absence to heap on me the epithets of impious &

and sincere believer, who hates hypocricy, and who has preferred to throw himself into the arms of Providence, and to endure all the trials to which he may be exposed, rather than to continue the exercise of a ministry condemned by the gospel and his own experience. Matthew xix. 29. Those enemies who have seen in my deter mination to embrace the gospel only wordly motives, have endeavored to blacken my character by every means which hatred could suggest, and by ascribing my conduct to passion and ambition. From such accusations charity itself requires that I should justify my profession of the faith of Christ.

"I demand then of my accusers, if passion and ambition have secured their ends, or contributed to their gratification, by the sacrifice of all that the world esteems so much, by the loss of a profession which furnished worldly wealth and civil consideration? Assuredly, had I been actuated by motives so base, I should have pursued a course more shameful still, and I should have become hypocritical in proportion to the wickedness of my designs. But no; I openly and freely made known my sentiments; and if my conduct has not gained me friends, at least it has left me peace with God and with myself, and placed me in harmony with the Scriptures