hogs, fowls, and vegetables, as offerings, and graded; their views low; pollution and vice prevaprayed their god to send them rain and bring fish lent. But some change has been effected. Then to the shore. There are two others, one of which all were debased. Now some few appear to be the was noted for its human victims. Further east is children of God, and the gospel has some hold on & stone in the bed of a creek, one side of which the consciences of others. The laws are based on was considered a god; and fowls, tapas, taro, pota- the word of God: the head ruler is a member of toes, bananas, &c. offered to it.-Iniquity kept the church, and iniquity is seldom practised very pace with idolatry. Every species of lewdness boldly or openly. was publicly practised. The people are still de- I HIBERNIAN SOCIETY. At the anniversary meeting, Rev. R. C. Dillon spoke of Ireland as it was-is-and ought to be. For several hundred years after the Gospel was first preached in that country, the Irish Church held fast the truth as it is in Jesus. It is distinctly stated by Mosheim, that the Irish, or Hibernians, were the only divines who refused to submit implicitly to the dictates of authority. And the fact is indisputable, that the Christian Church of Ireland existed, for 700 years, free and unshackled by the trammels of Popery.-But how did Ireland come to be what she is? The Popes had subdued almost every nation of Europe, and were indignant at the resistance to their dogmas which was made by the Irish hierarchy. Pope Adrian IV. granted to Henry II. king of England, his apostolic authority to invade Ireland-and declared him king of Ireland, at the head of a powerful army. A council of the Irish clergy was held at Cashel, in 1172, in which the combined influence and intrigues of Henry and the Pope prevailed put an end to the Ancient Irish Church, and subjected it to the yoke of Rome. Since that time till now, about 660 years, the lot of Ireland has been unmixed evil, and all her history a tale of wo.-What has been the cause of her misery? The proscription of -- God's most Holy Word. The Scriptures of Truth have been insulted, blasphemed, and condemned; and thus the flood-gates of iniquity have been opened. But the Popery which has streamed over Ireland, rose in England. Adrian was an Englishman by birth; so was Henry; and his 400 knights and 4000 soldiers were all by birth Englishmen. Ireland has great claims on England. She has been liberated from the shackles of political restraint. But her mind is imprisoned. From this thraldom the Christians of England are striving to rescue her, by teaching every child to read the Bible, and giving it a Bible to read. Let every one of Ireland's children be brought up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord; and then, with his blessing, there will be no decay, no leading into captivity, and no complaining in her streets. And this is Ireland AS IT OUGHT TO BE.-Dr. Cooke stated, that there are in Ireland one million and a half of persons who scarcely understand English. They are generally attached to the Irish as their mother-tongue. He said, "Let England employ the Irish language to improve and cultivate Irish principle; and she will reap a harvest of peace and blessing from a grateful and fruitful soil." LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY. The Settling of Hottentots at Kat River, | passed by mountains, whence several in South Africa, was sanctioned by the streams pour into the valley and form the British Colonial Government, in 1829; and Capt. Stockenstrom authorized to carry it into effect. The spot selected was a wild country, a kind of irregular basin, encom. Kat river. The first location occurred in June, 1829, consisting of 250 men capable of bearing arms to defend the settlement. In that year, upwards of 140 Hottentot families from the Society's Institutions at (improvement of the people is visible. Their Bethelsdorf and Theopolis moved thither, industry is manifested in their exertions to taking with them their cattle and farming irrigate their lands, their increased cultivaimplements. Other Hottentots joined them. tion of the soil, the erection of decent houThey were harassed by the Caffres, whom ses, and their improved attire. They they often repulsed. Afterward, Makomo greatly encourage Temperance Societies. and other Caffre chiefs entered into friendly Those at Kat River contain 1600 members. relations with them. This event, and an No ardent spirits are used in the settleabundant harvest, produced fresh acces-ment. Their morals are admirable. Not sions to their number, which increased to a single police-officer has been found ne4000.-In 1831, the number of locations, cessary to preserve the peace. or small hamlets, amounted to 34, each. Caffraria, in South Africa.-A mission containing 100 Hottentots. They have in Cafferland was commenced in 1800, by since increased to between 50 and 60, scat-Dr. Vanderkemp; but was soon discontintered over a considerable tract of country.-jued. It was revived in 1816 by Mr. WilThe Mission to the Hottentots consists of liams, but interrupted by his death in 1818. Rev. Mr. Thompson, minister of the settle. It was renewed in 1826, by Mr. Brownlee, ment, appointed by the Government, and accompanied by Jan Tzatzoe. Mr. and Mr. James Read, missionary of the Society, Mrs. Kayser have since been sent out. removed thither from Bethelsdorf. The The attendance on public worship has inpublic ordinances are well attended. On creased to 100 or 200. There are some Sabbath, the two principal congregations hopeful converts. The missionaries visited amount to about 1000 each. At Philipton, the Caffer Kraals to the number of 60, and where Mr. Read officiates, the communi-gave the people instruction; so that the cants are 521, among whom are some Caf. Gospel was made known to from 800 to fres and Bushmen. Office-bearers, and 1000 persons.-Nearly the whole of the other gifted individuals, from the church at New Testament has been translated into Philipton, visit the different locations, to the Caffer language; and several elementteach the people, who also receive religious ary books translated, and printed at the instruction from pious and well-informed Glasgow Society's press, at a station Hottentots, who reside on the spot. These among the Frontier Caffers.-At the reare called Exhorters, and use the school-quest of Mamoko, a chief, Mr. Kayser has rooms as places of worship.-A blessing removed to his vicinity, and is preaching rests upon the means of Christian improve- and conducting a school.-The Missionary ment; and many, awakened, are earnestly Chronicle says, the improvement visible in seeking salvation, at Philipton, Buxton, the spirit and manners of many Caffers is but principally Wilberforce. Intelligent, of very pleasing character. The worship educated Hottentots have charge of schools, of God is regularly attended; the Sabbath which are prosperous. Between 500 and is observed; industry increases; and many 600 children are receiving instruction, possess a sense of religion, as well as knowchiefly religious.-The moral and social ledge of the Gospel. CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY. FROM THE LONDON MISSIONARY REGISTER. Proceedings of Rev. J. R.. T. Lieder, in Upper Egypt and Nubia.-In his second and longer journey, Mr. Lieder's principal view was, Conversational Preaching, and the Distribution of the Scriptures and Tracts in Nubia; a region lying between, what are commonly called, the first and second Cataracts on the Nile; reaching from Essuan or Philae to Wady Halfa. Much useful information has, moreover, been gathered by him incidentally, which we shall give in the extracts from his Journal. Remarks on the Labors and Prospects of Missionaries in Egypt.-I left Cairo in the morning, and went to Bulak to go on board my vessel; and set out with a joyful heart at the prospect of finding, by the grace of our Lord, on this long journey, many opportunities to distribute the Holy Scriptures and other religious books; and to preach, both by word and example, the saving tidings of Christ our Redeemer. The longer I live in Egypt, the more this country becomes endeared to me; but on the other hand, the more weighty and serious my office becomes to me. Our residence in Egypt does not, for the present, appear to be a season of harvest, but of preparation-a season of tilling and sowing for a future harvest. The Messenger of God meets still with severe trials of faith: he must carry his life in his hands, maintain faith and patience; be faithful in small and great things; spread the holy seed of the Gospel, though sometimes with tears, yet in hope of a rich harvest to come. trees, and ground for cultivation. Such a village is often an hour and a half's walk long, and sometimes even-spreading across the whole wady. These people are falsely called Berberi by the Egyptians, and consequently also by the Europeans. This name seems to be of the same origin and signification as the Greek Barbaroi, which, by the civilized ancient Greeks, was given to the ignorant country people, and other uncivilized nations. Among themselves, this name is rather regarded as a nickname given to them. It is therefore an error, generally committed by European travellers, and also by me in my former reports, to say that they were the descendants of the Berbers inhabiting the northern coast of Africa, and that their language was the same. The People, and the Language, not Berber.-During my last visit in London, when the Committee of the British and Foreign Bible Society sent me the manuscript of the Gospels in the language of the Berbers of Northern Africa, for examination and comparison, in hope that this version might prove useful also to the Berberi in Nubia, I then expressed my doubts as to the affinity of these nations and their tongue. Nevertheless, I copied out the Lord's Prayer, with a view of comparing it in Nubia; and having done so, I found that there exists not the least similarity betwixt the languages of these two nations. The language of the Kunusi differs very little from that of the Nubians: more considerable is the difference between the dialect of the latter and that of the Dongolis, yet they in general understand each other. Threefold Division of the Nubian Tribes. This part of Nubia is inhabited by three different nations. 1. From Assuan to Siala (Thyale) the Kunusi have their seat, many of whom are found already in Upper Egypt, especially from Esne upward. 2. From Sialo to Korosco, Arabs, called Haga Arabs, have their abode; and, 3. From Korosco far as Wady Halfa, and further upward, the true Nubians dwell. With regard to language, form of the body, hue, and customs, they differ little from the Kunusi. Among them white people are seen here and there, said to be the descendants of the Turkish soldiers who were sent to their assistance by Selim the Great. They in general call them selves Nubians; but as this whole country In Korosco I was so happy as to meet is divided into dales, partly by nature, part-five of the Berber Nation, who dwell southly by arbitrement, each wady (dale) is in- east of the third cataract, towards Abys habited by a peculiar tribe, distinguished by sinia. They bring every year, at various its peculiar name. Among these, the in-seasons, some of their natural productions habitants of Deer and Thomas seem, for a to Korosco and Sebou. I sent to invite long time past, to have been the dominant them on board my vessel: they readily and more powerful party: they therefore came; and among them was the son of their call themselves, to this day, Shurufa (No- king, Emir (Prince) Hadji Achmed, an exbles) or Aulad al Kebir (the Children of the tremely fine well-grown man, and distinGreat.) Their hamlets consist, for the guished as well by nature as by birth. most part, not of connected buildings, as in The features of their countenances are Egypt, but of dwellings scattered along the quite European, and their skin brilliant bank of the Nile, as of old in the dales of black. They spoke Arabic pretty well, the Germans; each surrounded by its palm-and two of them were able to read. They 16 told me that the Berbers are only one tribe of a great free nation, called the Busharin, and their language the Errotani. At my request, they translated a number of words, which I gave them in Arabic, and from which it is sufficiently evident that the Berbers speak quite a different language from the Nubians, ANOTHER MISSIONARY DECEASED. We recently gave notice of the declining health of Rev. Mr. Reed, missionary to India, under the direction of the Western Forcign Missionary Society. Mr. Reed, in company with his wife, by the advice of his physicians, sailed from Calcatta on the 23d of July, in the ship Edward, for this country. His affection was of a pulmonary kind. After leaving Calcutta, he sunk rapidly, and on the twelfth day of his sailing, he departed this life, in perfect peace, and his body was committed to the sea, about 8 miles from the Andaman Islands, in the Bay of Bengal. His afflicted widow arrived in Philadelphia on Monday last, with her infant son, born at sea, and now only three weeks old. Mrs. Reed speaks in the highest terms of the uniform kindness and attention of Capt. Land. Thus has another missionary fallen at the very commencement of his labors; but the Lord of the vineyard can and will supply others, to fill the vacancies created by the departure of those whom he has recalled in his providence. Our sympathies are awakened for the infant institution, which has thus been called to lament another bereavement. The name of Reed is now to be added to those of Barr, Laird, and Cloud, as well as to those of Mrs. Lowrie and Mrs. Laird, all of whom have fallen before they had fully entered upon their respective fields. About the time that Mr. Reed sailed from Calcutta, Mr. Lowrie, who is now alone, left the same city for Loodianeh, in the Seik country; at which place there is every prospect of establishing a successful Mission.-Presbyterian, Dec. 11. New York, First Pres.Church, for the outfit Philadelphia, Pa. from Youth's Missiona 28 00 5 00 1302 00 30 00 33 00 From individuals at a missionary meeting, in 10th Pres. Church, From Solomon Allen, Esq. avails of a collection of sacred music, presented by Messrs. Hickock and Fleming to the Synod of Philadelphia, for the benefit of F. Missions, per Rev. Wm. M. Engles, 37 00 Pigeon Creek cong. Pa. by Rev. Wm. C. Pittsburgh, Pa. by Mr. J. Wilson, coll. at Anderson, 101 45 missionary meeting of the three Pres. congregations, First Pres. Church, mon. con. Presbytery of Hudson, N. Y. by Rev. Dan- Rev. Z. Butler, a life director, a member, Slate Lick cong. by Rev. John Redick, 38 42 102 25 800 69 50 00 20 00 50 8.00 5.00 from J. Shields, $3; Mary Shields, $2; South Salem, N. Y. by Rev. R. G. Thompson, R. Thorn, $1; individuals, $2, a box of articles valued at $21 25; Cash, 18 20 Vermont, a gentleman, after a missionary meeting in Park Street Church, N. Y. Wooster, O. by Rev. Geo. Warner, the proceeds of the sale of a horse of the late Rev. John Cloud, missionary to Africa, presented to him by his uncle, Mr. Sam. uel L. Mitchell, TOTAL, 40 87 $2990 33. FOREIGN MISSIONARY CHRONICLE. VOL. III....No. 2. PITTSBURGH, FEBRUARY, 1835. WHOLE NO. 23. CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY. FROM THE LONDON MISSIONARY REGISTER. | the flour of wheat and tirmis, bread is Proceedings of Rev. J. R. T. Lieder, in Upper baked, on hot stones (as was the custom Egypt and Nubia. from time immemorial,) without leaven, and in form of round cakes. The bread made of tirmis is very heavy, and heating. Barley is particularly used, to prepare a sort of beer, which they call busa: it must be made fresh every day; and, if well prepared, it is a pleasant and cooling beverage in summer. Population, Climate, Produce, Customs, Antiquities, and Government.-The valley through which the Nile flows, between the two first cataracts, is, for the most part, very narrow; and the mountains sometimes approach so near the river, that scarcely a few palm-trees, which form a From the dates a kind of chief branch of nourishment and trade of strong brandy is distilled, as in Egypt; and these countries, can be planted between. in winter, palm-wine is made, said to be The number of inhabitants, who are Ma- very agreeable, but intoxicating. The homedans throughout, is almost every year seed of the Palma Christi yields them, in decreasing, and I think they are now hard- great abundance, the well-known castor-oil, ly 25,000 souls. the medical use of which, however, is unThis country is almost constantly favor-known to them: they use it for burning, ed with a clear atmosphere, and the night and for anointing their bodies. This latpresents a beautiful starry vault. Thun- ter is, to Europeans, a most disgusting der-storms and rain are rare. Near Ko-practice; the skin, and the shirt they wear, rosco, we had, however, a dreadful storm, are quite glistening from the oil: the girls, and our vessels were nearly dashed to and women in particular, anoint their hair, pieces on the rocks: upon this occasion, which they closely tie together, in a quanthunder and gushes of rain burst on us, and tity of braids, so freely, that they drop with lasted all night. The climate is very it; and as this cannot be renewed every healthy: few diseases are known among day, they emit a very strong and offensive the people, and in general they die only of smell. I was told, that one of their Turkold age. Their chief wealth consists in the ish commanders, after the country fell unpalm-tree, the fruit of which not only forms der the dominion of Egypt, prohibited their best nourishment, but great quantities anointing with castor-oil; but after obeying are every year exported to Egypt. Besides for several months, the people, and espethis, they principally cultivate wheat, bar-cially the women, grew so unruly, that the ley, tirmis (a kind of bean,) and the Palma Christi. In their gardens, they plant a shrub, unknown to Europe, which they call gergedan: they roast and pound its seed, and prepare a beverage, which, they say, is like coffee, or more savory: others mix gergedan and coffee together. From commander thought it best to let it alone. Vermin are not known in this country, at least neither bugs nor fleas, which are such a plague in Egypt; and against lice, they keep themselves, by anointing with castoroil. The women go about with uncovered faces, and seem faithful to their husbands. |