mentous kind. Hitherto our trials have been comparatively light; and our encouragements many and great. It is only three years since the first meeting of this Board, then only a voluntary associa⚫ tion, feeble, destitute of funds, and unassured of any adequate patronage. It is not time to have achieved much in the pagan world: if any thing has been done in the way of preparation-in giving stability and efficiency to the institution-in gaining the attention and favor of the Christian public to the design, obtaining the requisite funds for its support, and devising and maturing plans for carrying it into effect; we have not labored in vain, but may reasonably hope to reap in due time. That the heathen world is to be converted to Christ is as certain, as that the word of God is true; that this is to be effected by the instrumentality of Christians is as evident, as the Divine institution of the Christian ministry is unquestionable: that the time for its accomplishment is near, both the word and providence of God unequivocally declare. Preparations for this great event have been commenced upon a vast scale; and, amidst the portentous commotions of the worlu, are advancing with astonishing constancy and celerity. Not to discern the signs of the times were a proof of most deplorable blindness; not to hail, with grateful joy, the advance of HIM to whom the kingdom of the whole earth belongs, were a fearful indication of inward hostility to his cause; not to be zealously engaged in the great design of bringing all nations under his benign dominion, were to betray a deadness of heart, an unbelief, a devotedness to the world, or a pusillanimity, unworthy the Christian name. With humble reliance on Him, may this Board be steadfast and unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord. PECUNIARY ACCOUNTS OF THE BOARD. The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in account current with Jeremiah Evarts, their Treasurer, Dr. To cash paid from Sept. 1, 1812 to Aug. 31, 1813, in conformity to orders To losses by counterfeit bills received in donations To balance carried to the credit of new account, Sept. 1, 1813] Contra Cr. $8,603 05 8 00-8,611 05 8,077 59 16,688 64 $5,252 46 $1,500 63 307 32 By balance brought to the credit of new account, Sept. 1, 1812, as appears November, p. 285 December, p. 335 January, 1813, p. 380 February, p. 425 March, p. 476 April, p. 528 August, (part I) p. 139 (as corrected in the number for September, (part I.) p. 238 September, (part 1.) p. 238 122 83 1,349 96 1,835 84 423 87 465 75-11,284 90 By avails of a dollar, which proved to be genuine, though supposed to be counterfeit, and charged as such in last year's account A STATEMENT OF THE EXPENDITURES OF THE BOARD, FROM SEPT. 1, 1812, TO AUGUST 31, 1813.* Nov. 10, 1812. Paid for a bill of exchange on London for 1.261 12 6 sterling, at 14 per cent discount, the avails of which to be remitted to Calcutta toward the translation and publication of the Scriptures, in the vernacular tongues of Asia Ap. 1, 1813. for 1.343 0 9 3-4 exchange, at 16 per cent discount, to be remitted to Calcutta, viz. for the translations towards repairing the Serampore loss July 2. for 1.256 exchange, at 14 per cent discount, to be remitted for the translations Nov. 10, 1812. for a bill of exchange for 1.261 12 6, at 14 per cent discount, the avails of which to be remitted to Asia, on account of the salaries of the missionaries Feb. 20, 1813. for 1.600 exchange, at 16 per cent discount, to be remitted on account of salaries $1,000 00. 2,213 33-3,213 33 Oct. 12, 1812. for a bill of exchange for 1.51 12, at 18 per cent discount, which was remitted to the London Missionary Society, to replace money advanced by that Society towards the necessary expenses of Mr. Judson, while in England, in the summer of 1811 Aug. 26, 1813. The premium of insurance on the specie sent to Calcutta in the Caravan 188 05. 99 00 Paid at different times towards the necessary expenses of the law-suit to recover Mrs. Norris's legacy of $30,000 Expenses incurred in aiding Messrs. Richards and Warren to obtain a medical education 178 00 For books sent to India for the use of the missionaries by the Alligator 191 85 232 00. Necessary travelling expenses of Mr. Frost in the winter and spring of 1812 864 09 Travelling expenses of members of the Board, before the annual Travelling, and other necessary expenses of the members, in attend- 38 25 -154 75 12 45 8 37--277 98 For copies of the Panoplist, vol. iv, new series, presented to Foreign Mission Societies to convey missionary intelligence *It was thought better to publish the expenses in this way, than to copy the ao coints at full length under their respective dates. Brought forward $52 80$7,907 50 For printing 1250 copies of the third annual report 93 15 7 63 2 23 6.00 For printing documents for the use of Mr. Frost, on his tour Trunk for safe-keeping of the Corresponding Secretary's books and For printing hymns at the ordination of the missionaries in Salem 3 00164 81 Balance of expense on account of the education of Mr. Eleazer Williams paid by the Treasurer, as the expense of remitting by cartels Postage paid by the Corresponding Secretary and others Counterfeit bills received in donations 1 93 $12 69 5 14 Allowance to the Treasurer for his official services during the year preceding Sept 15, 1812, and his other services, particularly in attending on the Legislature in the winter and summer sessions of 1812, on the business of the petition for an Act of Incorporation. 500 00 $8,611 05 AUDITOR'S CERTIFICATE. Boston, 11th Sept. 1813. THIS certifies that I have examined the accounts of the Treasurer of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign-Missions, for the year ending on the 31st of Aug. 1813, and have found the same correctly cast and well vouched, and that a balance of Eight Thousand and Seventy Seven Dollars, and fifty nine cents in notes and cash remains in the Treasury; which sum is accounted for in the Trial Balance, dated 31st August, 1813, a copy of which is written on the other side of this paper. S. H. WALLEY, Auditor. Balance 8,077 59. In the Trial Balance above-mentioned, the particulars are given, which compose the following sums; viz. In notes on interest Deposited in Massachusetts and Eagle Banks In the hands of the Prudential Committee to meet contingent expenses RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES IN NEW HAMP SHIRE. Extract of a letter from a clergyman in New Hampshire to the Editor, dated the 28th instant. "Dear Sir, "OUR annual meetings of the New Hampshire General Association, Bible Society and Missionary Society, were held last week at Plymouth. It was an interesting season. The meetings were well attended. Not only the people in Plymouth, but also numbers from the adjacent towns, appeared to feel a deep interest in the several meetings, and in the business, which was transacted. There was manifested a strong desire to hear the word preached, and to learn the state of religion at home and abroad. $5,075 00 2,679 74 322 85 $8,077 59 The Bible Society and the Missionary Society receive increasing patronage. A spirit of liberality is fast increasing among us. The avails of the Cent Institution will be $700, or upwards, the past year. If missionaries can be obtained, much more missionary service will be performed for our Society the ensuing year, than in any preceding year. Several local missionaries are to be maintained in the northern parts of the state. "The Bible Society is extending its operations. An appropriation of $500 has been voted to aid in translating and printing the word of God in some other language, as soon as our funds shall ad mit. "How interesting is the period in which we live! Do we not behold the dawn of the Millennium? How animating is the thought suggested by Dr. Buchanan, that our nation may have a large share in evangelizing the world! Let the pages of the Panoplist be more and more directed to this grand object. Let us make. more vigorous efforts to promote the great and good work of the Lord." Extract of a letter from Mrs. Nott to a lady in Boston, written soon after the Missionaries arrived at Calcutta. "ON entering the Hoogly," says Mrs. Nott, "I found myself prepared to enjoy the rich scenery of its banks. Every thing was so new to me, in looking back, around me, and forward, that I for a while believed myself dreaming. It was but a little time that I thought this; for soon heathen wretchedness stared me in the face, and brought convincing proof, that my imagination never could have painted this scene." "Temples sacred to the worship of perishable gods, were as near each other, as we find churches in New England. In Calcutta the kindness of my heavenly Father attends me. He has again given me kind and tender friends. I have all that is comfortable in home;, but still desire to depart, that I may be doing the wok for which I left my native shores. You will have heard before the reception of this of our orders from this government. We leave their dominions soon for Ceylon as we hope." Sept. 23. From individuals in Andover. (south parish) by the Rev. Mr. Edwards, $13 25 From the church and society in Mansfield, (Con.) by the Rev. Samuel P. Williams, toward the translations, From the Foreign Missionary Society in Saco, by the Rev. J. Cogswell, 24. From individuals in Pitts- From the Piscataqua Branch 25. From the Female Charita- 22 00 9.00 14.00 90 00 20 00 5.00 $173 25 OBITUARY. DIED, in England, the Rt. Hon. Lord BARHAY, a Privy Councillor, and Admiral of the Red, aged 88. This nobleman was in a high degree distinguished by his strictly religious character. In the Illinois Territory, Capt. PARMENAS BACKUS, murdered in a duel. In St. Mary's County, (Maryland,) the Hon. WILLIAM THOMAS, late president of the senate of that state. In Concocheague, the Rev. J. KING, aged 73, having sustained the office of pastor 40 years. At Quincy, on the 15th ult. Mrs. ABIGAIL SMITH, wife of the Hon. William S. Smith, of New York, and only daughter of the Hon. John Adams, aged 48. At West Greenwich, (R. I.) the Hon. BENJAMIN JOHNSON, aged 65, one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of that state. At Athens, (N. Y.) Miss SALLY HAMILTON, aged 20, barbarously murdered. At Concord, (Mass.) on the 5th inst. the Hon. WILLIAM HILDRETH, Esq. Sheriff of Middlesex county. At New Haven, (Con.) on the 30th ult. ISAAC BEERS, Esq. late president of the New Haven Bank, and for many years an eminent bookseller, aged 71. At Middleton, the Rev. SOLOMON ADAMS, pastor of the church in that place. At Andover, Mrs. HANNAH ABBOT, relict of the late Col. George Abbot, aged 89, leaving 112 descendants. At Ashfield, Col. AMES, by suicide, aged 46. At Fort George, Dr. SHOEMAKER, murdered in a duel. In France, JUNOT, Duke of Abrantes, one of Bonaparte's greatest generals. In London, the Right Rev. Joux RANDOLPH, D. D. Bishop of London. In Frederic county, (Vir.) the Hon. EDMUND RANDOLPH, Esq. formerly attorney general and secretary of state, in the time of President Washington's administration. At Hopkinton, the WIFE of Capt. N Knowlton, and, while preparing to attend her funeral in apparent health, her father, AARON GREELY, Esq. instantaneously, aged 74. At Sherburne, Dr. TAPLEY WYETH, an eminent physician, and member of the H. R. in the legislature of this commonwealth, aged 48. At Boston, ROBERT S. GREEN, Esq. of Philadelphia, counsellor at law, son of the Rev. Dr. Green, President of Princeton College. This gentleman was possessed of the most amiable manners and great mental endowments, and was just rising into all the professional eminence to which he had aspired. He had more, and more varicus, knowledge, than almost any young man in this country. He was a firm believer in the Christian revelation, and one of the ablest defenders of it, for his years, that could be found. He was also orthodox in his religious creed, in all important and practical points. Death approached him with so hasty and unperceived a step, that he had little opportunity to disclose his views and feelings at that solemn period. Also, Mr. CHARLES ELIOT, eldest son of Samuel Eliot, Esq. aged 22. He was graduated at Harvard College in 1809, and had been licensed as a candidate for the Gospel ministry. At Woodbury, (Con.) the Rev. NOAH BENEDICT, pastor of a church in that town, aged 76. He was graduated at Princeton College in 1757. At Barkhamstead, (Con.) on the 25th of May last, the Rev. OZIAS EELS, pastor of the church in that town, aged 58. Yale College, 1779. At Hebron, (N. H.) the Rev. THOMAS PAGE, aged 63. At New York, the Rev. JOHN Russell, aged 24. At Pulteneyville, (N. Y.) the Rev. DAVENPORT PHELPS, aged 58. At Boston, in July last, Dr. SHIRLEY ERVING, a respectable physician and a pious man. At Wethersfield, (Conn.) the Rev. JosHUA BELDEN, aged 89. In England, Dr. ANTHONY FOTHERGILL, formerly a physician at Bath. He left legacies to public institutions in England and America. At Providence, BENJAMIN WEST, Esq. LL D. aged 63. At Plainfield, (Mass.) on the 3d of July last, of a consumption, Mrs. BETSEY PORTER, wife of Dr. Jacob Porter, in the twenty-first year of her age. At Orford, (N. H.) Deacon ICHABOD PALMER, aged 97, a native of Windham, (Con.) In his youth he made a public profession of religion, and exemplified its power to an eminent degree, through his long and valuable life. His death was triumphant; and the expiring saint was enabled to exclaim in the language of the Apostle I am now ready to be offered and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, &c. He lived in the matrimonial state 74 years, and the wife of his youth survives him. Their descendants are very numerous. Those who have been eminently devoted to God should be had in grateful remembrance. The mind dwells with de light upon the pious example, the useful life, and joyful death of departed friends. The record of such scenes tends to strengthen the faith, animate the desires, and confirm the hopes of the living. These remarks will be illustrated by giving a brief outline of the character of the late Mrs. SARAH BELDEN, wife of the Rev. Jonathan Belden, of Bristol, (Maine.)— Her life was such as might be expected from one who had been piously educated, and whose heart had been touched by the Spirit of the living God. As a chid, a wife, and a parent, she was all her friends could wish. As a Christian, she was one who eminently adorned her profession. Those who knew her best can bear witness to the conscientious regard she manifested, at all times, to the will of God.. The rule of her life was the Divine law; her object the Divine glory; and her only hope, Divine mercy. Cheerfulness was. natural to her, but it had no tincture of levity. In prosperity, she could be joyful; and in afflictions and troubles, few have |