here, where she has been teaching a small school. Her scholars have learned to repeat all the hymns in our Hymn Book, and two or three of them are now reading the New Testament.

"Some time in September last I sent her a number of large, highly colored Scripture pictures, illustrating scenes in Old Testament history, for her to exhibit and explain to her pupils and others. A fortnight since I went, with two of the other missionaries, to visit her school, and was greatly pleased to learn while there, that these pictures had been the means of leading two persons in the village, a man and his wife, both I think over fifty years of age, to become earnest inquirers after the truth. The man is a doctor, and a

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person of some property, and considerable influence in the place. The picture which especially affected his mind was that of Abraham offering up his son. This,' said he to himself, is the picture of an old man obeying the will of God. How readily he obeyed the Divine command! I am an old man also. I will be like this one hereafter—will strive continually to serve the Lord.' He kept his word, and both he and his wife have refrained from work on the Sabbath, and have been earnest in prayer for some weeks.

"It is encouraging thus to see what humble agencies God can and often does use, in bringing honor to his great name, and salvation to perishing souls."

FREEWILL BAPTIST FOREIGN MISSION SOCI

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THE thirty-ninth Annual report of this Society, presented at the meeting at Haverhill, Mass., in October last, is a pamphlet of 64 small pages, filled with matter of great interest, which should be carefully read by all ministers and churchmembers of that denomination. It is made up mainly of reports from the different missionaries in India, and presents a very gratifying record of earnest, cheerful work, and of encouraging success. The mission stations are four, in the Province of Orissa, India. There are five American missionaries, seven female assistant missionaries, seven "ordained and licensed native preachers, and seven lay native preachers. The additions to the four churches during the year, by profession, were 44, the present number of members being 282. One native preacher, a laborer for twenty-five years, spoken of as eminently able, earnest, and faithful, died during the year. The following statement in the Report is well worthy of notice: "The native Christians are still engaged in mission work, and are represented as entering more heartily and earnestly into it than they were last year; and even then their zeal and interest were

very cheering to the friends of the mission. At Midnapore this feature of encouragement is peculiarly systematized, and consequently made more successful. Six regular committees, for special Christian work, are established in this church, on some one of which every member in the church is placed, thus giving to each a place to work for Christ and for souls. This plan is found to be very effectual in keeping those thus engaged in the love of God, and in strengthening their own spiritual life."

In connection with such a statement, it is not surprising to find it stated, also: "The mission is very prosperous and hopeful; signs and indications of future good are more abundant than ever before.

"The heathen are ready to hear, and more serious attention seems to be given to the word heard. More than the usual quantity of Scriptures have been sold this year; and without doubt in many cases, these are sowing the seeds of truth in the homes of the people. Former sneerers are studying the Bible. In some instances, the heathen are asking for teachers for their wives and daughters, and in one case they have provided a house, and raised twenty-one rupees per month for a native Christian woman, to reside among them, and teach in their zenanas."

The home "contributions" to the Society, for the year, amounted to $6,785.15; "donations and bequests," $3,746.70. The whole income was $10,952.17; expenditures, $11,154.73. The mission received, also, in India, from Goverment grants-inaid, and donations, from individuals, for the schools, asylums, zenana work, etc., 12,340 rupees $6,170.

The home aspect of the Society's work seems to be much less cheering than the foreign. The Report states: "A few brethren, and a number of churches, are devising liberal things for the mission. One brother supports ten boys in India, at an expense of two hundred dollars annually. Another, with his family, supports five children, while many others are supporting one each. One brother, within a few months, placed five hundred dollars at the disposal of the Board.

"But when we look over the whole denomination the prospect is dark and discouraging. During the financial year

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which closed August 31, 1872, only three hundred and forty-two churches have contributed to Foreign Missions, leaving one thousand and seventy-one non-contributing churches. This, however, is better than any previous year. But these years of labor have taught us the sad and lamentable fact, that many ministers do not and will not make any effort in their churches for missions. . . . . Churches seldom do anything unless the pastor leads off, though we have a few that are so imbued with the spirit of work and of missions that they can go on without pastoral coöperation.

"If three quarters of our churches would do something for the cause, we could enlarge our work in India, and promptly meet the urgent calls for help from the missionaries. As it now is, this Society belongs, virtually, not to the whole denomination, but to about three hundred and fifty churches, and to the individual donors who sustain it."

THE PROPOSED COLLEGE AT AINTAB.

THE "English Independent," of February 13, gives the following notice of a meeting in behalf of the college for which Mr. Trowbridge, of the Central Turkey mission, is now laboring in England:

"On Friday last, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Kinnaird invited a large number of ladies and gentlemen, interested in missionary operations, to a private meeting at their own house, to listen to statements from the Rev. T. C. Trowbridge in regard to education in Turkey. Mr. Trowbridge then made a somewhat full statement in regard to the missionary work among the Armenians of Turkey. He stated that in 1855 there were only 5 ordained native pastors, now there are 50; during the same time the number of educated licensed preachers had increased from 10 to 56; of common schools, from 44 to 222; of scholars, from 1,151 to 5,080; of churches, from 24 to 76; of church-members, from 626 to 4,032; the average attendance, from 2,451

to 13,701; and the number of Protestants including women and children, from 3,536 to 19,471. There are now 128 Sabbathschools, with an attendance of 8,790 scholars. The mission press at Constantinople has, since its establishment, issued no fewer than 711,700 bound volumes, of which 166,500 were copies of the Scriptures, 167,400 were school-books, and 377,800 were religious books; the whole number of pages printed by the mission amounts to nearly 300,000,000. It seems plain that a large number of evangelical Christian natives of the country must be so trained that all the vast interests of this work may be safely left in their hands. Hence arises the necessity for the proposed college at Aintab. £1,333 have already been contributed in England towards this object. Mr. A. Arnold, the Rev. Dr. Patteson, Rev. Dr. Barclay, Dr. Protheroe Smith, the Rev. H. Jones, and the Rev. Newman Hall, severally addressed the meeting in support of the college."

"That you may somewhat appreciate my feelings in those days, open the Missionary Herald for June, 1862, [pages 177-181,] and contrast this week with the one there spoken of. Under the heading 'Sickness,' we have 'inferior and insufficient food,' rumors of threats,' a gun fired,' etc. Under 'Expulsion,' 'the mob came to the tent about eight o'clock.' That was Thursday, September 11th, 1861. Thursday, September 12th, 1872, about eight o'clock,' the council rode down the long hill into the town. For more than an hour we were seen from the town. Hundreds were on the house-tops' watching the procession. What is that we hear? The cry and shouts of a mob? No; the boys and girls with their teachers, the Bible reader and some of her scholars, and many of the brethren, have come out to meet us, and without fear or molestation they are singing the hymns of the church and Sabbath-school. We are, now, 'forced to return,' but we suffer not from anxiety or hunger,' neither are there any rumors of murder.' The forcing power is love, this time, not hate. On the

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Sabbath, hundreds came,' but there was no expression of sorrow,' no cursing,' though some of the Charbadjees' were present, and it was true that many came from 'curiosity.' This is not trying day.' Like Peter we say, 'It is good to be here,' and we ask not for three tents,' but for three churches. Monday came, and still they would not let us start.' 'We were virtually in prison,' but in a most convenient one. " Tuesday morning came, and we were permitted to load,' and left rejoicing much for the 20,000 souls, — that light, at last, had dawned on them.

"Can you doubt that these were among the happiest days of my life? Cannot I

READERS are already informed of the important facts connected with the accession of a new king to the throne of the Sandwich Islands elected by the almost unanimous voice of the people; yet a concise statement of the case should perhaps be presented in the Herald. Mr. Pogue wrote from Honolulu, January 9:

"The Hawaiian nation has just passed through a crisis in its history, such as very few nations are called to pass through. During this period the people have demeaned themselves as a Christian, Godfearing, law-abiding people. In my letter of December 13, 1872, I said the nation was in affliction. His Majesty Kamehameha V. had been taken away, and left no heir. Soon after his death, his Royal Highness Prince William Lunalilo issued a manifesto, claiming the vacant throne, but calling on the people to elect, by ballot, on the 1st of January, the chief they desired as a king. Soon after, another one of the candidates issued a warlike document.

"On the first of January, the people met in their several districts, and voted for a new king. The votes cast for Lunalilo, or Prince William, were over 10,000

perhaps nearer 12,000; and only some 400 or 500 for all other candidates.

"The legislature, however, had been called to meet on the 8th of January to elect a king in accordance with the decree, or constitution, so called, forced upon the people by Kamehameha V. On that day there was much excitement. Members of the legislature were being tampered with. The body met at noon, and after some preliminary business commenced voting. On the first ballot all

present voted for his Royal Highness Prince William, and he was declared elected unanimously. To-day he took the oath of office in the presence of a vast multitude in the stone church, where the jubilee meeting was held when you were with us. This has all been done without much contention or strife. Excitement there was, strong and deep, but much prayer has been offered, both by foreigners and natives, and the crisis is passed, Lunalilo I. is King of the Hawaiian Islands. The Lord be praised!

"The new king, since he issued his manifesto, has used no spirituous liquors. He has taken counsel with such men as Hall, Bishop, Whitney, Franklin Judd, H. H. Parker, and others. He seems to be in perfect sympathy with us. He sent for Rev. H. H. Parker, and invited him to offer prayer at the public meeting to-day, when he took the oath of office. The Bishop of the Reformed Catholic Church was present, but took no part, nor was asked or desired to do so; he was simply one of the audience. The Roman Catholic Bishop and his clergy, so far as I saw or have heard, were not present.

"The people, both Protestant and Roman Catholic, desired Lunalilo for their king. If any other person had been elected by the legislature, war to the death would have been the consequence. The people would have risen in their power, and hurled such a one from the throne. We who are here feel that a Divine Providence, in answer to prayer, has guided us through this 'Red Sea.' In him we trust for the future, hoping that he may give to 'the people's king' a new heart, and that he will rule in the fear of God. His Majesty will have much to contend against, but he will be upheld by the countenance and prayers of God's people.

"Our meetings on this week of prayer, notwithstanding the excitement, are well attended, both by foreigners and Hawaiians. We feel that the blessed Spirit is operating on some minds. May the good Lord add to this great blessing which he has given us a king—the outpouring of his Spirit, that we may see many turning to the Lord with purpose of heart."

"A MODEL FOREIGN MISSION."

UNDER this caption, the "New York Observer" of March 13, notices the departure of Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Barnum, on their return to Eastern Turkey, and then gives an outline of the work in their field, and its results, most of which is reproduced here:

"This mission [station] has been so signally blessed from its first establishment, only about fifteen years since, that we are sure the following sketch of its history and success will be read with deep interest.

"Harpoot is a city of 25,000 inhabitants, just east of the river Euphrates, and near the 39th parallel of north latitude. The mission field of which it is the centre, embraces a region of more than 20,000 square miles, extending beyond both the Euphrates and Tigris, and taking in the intervening country. It was first occupied as a mission station by Mr. Dunmore, in 1855. In 1857, he gave place to Messrs. Allen and Wheeler, who still remain there. Mr. Barnum joined them in 1859, after a year spent in Constantinople and Broosa.

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"When Harpoot was first occupied, the whole region was one dead level of darkThere were no books in the modern Armenian language, and no schools worth the name. Probably not more than one in a hundred of the people could read. They were ignorant of everything. The system of agriculture and the mechanic arts were of the rudest kind. There was no enterprise, no energy, and very little that could be called civilization. In spiritual things, their condition was still more deplorable. Those who bore the Christian name were so ignorant and so regardless of the principles of their religion, as to be in a state little better than heathen, and the dominant Mohammedan population showed very little of the restraining power of the few wholesome precepts of their own systems of faith.

"Along with the preaching of the gospel common schools were organized. All the people who came under the influence of the missionaries, old and young, as far as possible, were taught to read. In 1860 a theological seminary was opened, and in

1863 a female seminary for the education of female laborers, and in 1869 a normal school for young men. With the blessing of God upon the system employed, the missionaries were able, last April, to report as under their care 77 cities and vil lages as 'out-stations,' with 83 schools, in which were 2,331 pupils; 61 congregations, with an aggregate average attendance of more than 4,000 persons; 19 churches, with a membership of 897; and a corps of native pastors, preachers, teachers, etc., numbering 125. Of these churches, all but seven had become selfsupporting and of the work included under the head of native agency, education, and building, for the current year, the people themselves bear about one half of the expense.

"The churches are described as careful in the maintenance of discipline, and as possessing the character of the primitive churches, in their readiness to practice self-denial and to labor for the enlightenment of others. They are withal gaining largely in intelligence, especially in a knowledge of the Scriptures, which are habitually read and studied. The congregations, too, as distinct from the churches, are characterized by the same growth in intelligence, by a new spirit of enterprise, and by such a reformation in the outward life as to make the name Protestant' in all the region, a synonym for all that is good and honest. These are, in short, the beginnings of a Christian civilization.

"There have been sold at Harpoot about 4,000 copies of the whole Bible and 20,000 portions of the same, with nearly 55,000 volumes of other books, religious and educational, from the Chris

tian press. These have found their way among all classes of the community, and along with the influence of the Christian example and precept of those who have begun the new life, are exerting a powerful leavening influence among the multitudes who are outside the Protestant ranks, as seen in an increasing intelligence and knowledge of the truth, a decline of superstition, decrease in intemperance and vice, and in the promotion of enterprise and good order. In short, the way has been prepared, in the

"We had the pleasure of being present last night at the Vishrambagh palace, when Prof. Seelye, of Amherst College, Massachusetts, lectured on the Goal of

Civilization. We would not have missed being present on any account. It was a most wonderful lecture, embracing a history of all the changes going on in the world, and the shades of philosophical thought which are prevailing in regard to the question, What is the 'Goal of Civilization.'.... The hall of the palace was crowded in every part; several hundreds of

young men were there, and some of them representatives of the highest educational institutions in Poona. Five or six hundred gentlemen must have been present, and there were also a few English ladies who came to grace the scene. The lecture was most enthusiastically cheered, and listened to throughout with rapt attention. It was a scene which we would not have missed seeing."