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improvement of the Cherokees, he informed our Chiefs, which very much encouraged and animated them. He left the following note, accompanied with a Ten Dollar bill. July 19, 1824. Abraham Van Dyck, Esq. of Coxackie, New-York, having presented the writer of this with a small sum for his own use and disposal, he rejoices in this opportunity of expressing a wish, that many hearts may be as highly gratified as his own, by a visit to this dear mission, and that their hands may be opened to give. In testimony of this, Brother Thayer and his worthy associates will please to accept Ten Dollars.

"NICHOLAS PATTERSON."

Appeal in behalf of the Children. July 21.-At the close of this communication, I will annex a list of the children now in school, and earnestly plead with the friends of missions, that they would do something towards their clothing. Will not some who feel interested in the improvement of these dear children, exert themselves, and send forward something to make them comfortable in the ensuing winter? We used all that was sent to us last winter, and now our number is more than doubled. I will mention the ages of the children, that those benevolent persons who wish to make up any clothing, may have some idea of their size.

Upon reflection, it will be perceived, that for all these children, we shall need, and that early in the fall, besides other articles of clothing, a large supply of strong fulled cloth, for boys, and stout American flannel, for girls. I say, for the children already in school; but what shall I say for those who are anxious to enter? If they are received, they must be clothed. Shall they be received or not? It depends on Christians, whether they shall enjoy the

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Jabez King,
Gabriel Stewart,
Moses Stevens,
Samuel H. Cox,
Daniel Hewit,
Thomas Bishop,
Susan Spring,
Margaret Milledoler,
Harriet Woolley,
Mary Rogers,
Aurelia Whiting,
Anna F. Sanford,
Lydia Keep,
Sophia Bishop,
Elizabeth Nitchie,
Isabella Graham,
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I believe eighteen of these children have been named by individuals or associations who pay twelve dollars annually towards their support.

Some of the others retain their old names, and the remainder, not having English names, have been called after some friends.

Foreign Entelligence.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE

SOCIETY.

Death of the Foreign Assistant Secretary. [From the London Missionary Register.]

At a meeting of the Committee, held on the 5th of April, the following Minute and Resolution were recorded

The Foreign Secretary having reported

the last sickness and death of Mr. E. F. Rönneberg, late Assistant Secretary in the Foreign Department of the Society, the following Resolution was passed :

The Committee express their sincere regret at the loss of so able, laborious, and faithful a servant of the Institution; and request the Foreign Secretary to convey to his afflicted Widow the assurance of their heartfelt sympathy under this painful bereavement.

The Committee have printed some extracts of the fate Mr. Rönneberg's letters to Dr. Steinkopff, in testimony of the spirit with which his active life was closed. From Bath, on the 5th of December last, he svrote

When I felt so debilitated by illness, I scarcely ventured to pray for my recovery; and could only do so under the hope that all the powers of my body and mind might be consecrated to the work of the Lord, and that I might serve Him without fear in holiness and righteousness all the days of my life.

I now hope to return soon, invigorated both in body and mind, to the post assigned me by the Lord; ready to do and to suffer all His will. In the immediate prospect of death, the Gospel of Christ presented itself in such ineffable glory and delight to my mind, that the consideration of so many millions who do not possess, and of so many hundreds of thousands who do not regard it, brought tears into my eyes. This led me to regard the cause of the Bible Society as of such vast importance, and proved so powerful an attraction in my mind to its object, that I felt resolved nothing but death should separate me from it while I remain on earth. There is something so

simple in the idea of the Bible Society, and yet so grand; for each Bible, reveals an eternity of bliss for all that receive and obey it. The father of a family, who loves his Bible, may become the progenitor of a whole race of happy beings. Oh! that all who labour with us in the work may be impressed with a deep sense of its great importance, and carry it on in the Lord's Name, Strength, and Spirit!

From High Wycombe, whither he had removed after leaving Bath, he wrote on the 2d of March

Taking a retrospect of the whole of the way in which the Lord has led me, I must confess that goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life; and I am willing to continue still a long time here below in the service of so good a Master. But, it may be, I stand near the verge of my existence in the flesh: if so, I am also happy to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. To him, who has promised to be the Husband of the widow, and the Father of the fatherless, I commit my dear family.

He survived but a few weeks. The Rev. W. Edelman writes, at 2 o'clock on the morning of Monday, the 22d of March--

Our dear friend, Mr. Ronneberg, has just departed. He expired about half an hour ago, without any struggle whatever. He really fell asleep. He was sensible to the last, and happy in his Saviour. Blessed be the Lord God for His goodness and mercy towards him! Oh may our last end be like his !

THE BURMAN MISSION. [From the American Baptist Magazine The Rev. Mr. Judson to the Rev. Dr. Budlow, Rangoon, Dec. 7th, 1823.

REV. AND DEAR SIR,

I had the inexpressible happiness of wellcoming Mrs. Judson once more to the shore of Burmah, on the 5th instant. We are now on the eve of departure for Ava.

My last letter from brother Price men

tions, that the King has inquired many times about my delay, and the Queen has expressed a strong desire to see Mrs. Judson, in her foreign dress. We sincerely hope, that her Majesty's curiosity will not be confined to dress.

Mr. and Mrs. Wade appear in fine health and spirits, and I am heartily rejoiced at their arrival just at the present time.

None scarcely of the letters from AmeriThe ca by the Bengal have reached me. ship in which they were forwarded from Calcutta to this port, being supposed to be lost off the coast. My last from you, therefore, is Oct. 1822; and previous to Mrs. Judson's arrival, I had not heard from her for nearly fourteen months.

I enclose the translation of a letter from Moung Shwa-ba, which has been lying by me some time, for want of a good opportunity of conveyance. He received Mrs. Baldwin's present to-day, and directly obliged me to write out a translation of the note accompanying it, and was highly gratified with both.

The appearance of this short letter, renders it unnecessary to say, that I write in haste, occasioned by the state of our affairs, in prospect of immediate removal.

Translation of a letter written by Moung

Shwa-ba, to the Rev. Dr. Baldwin.

MOUNG SHWA-BA, an inhabitant of Ran-
goon, a town of Burmah, one who adheres
to the religion of Christ, and has been
baptized, who meditates on the immeasu-
rable, incalulable nature of the divine
splendour and glory of the Invisible, even
the Lord Jesus Christ, and God the Fa-
ther, and takes refuge in the wisdom and
power, and glory of God, affectionately
addresses the great teacher BALDWIN, a
superintendent of missionary affairs in the
city of Boston, of America.
BELOVED ELDER BROTHER,

Though in the present state, the places of our residence are very far apart, and we have never met, yet by means of letters, and of the words of teacher Yoodthan, who has told me of you, I love you and wish to send you this letter. When the time arrives in which we shall wholly put on Christ -him, in loving whom we shall not tire, and in praising whom we can find no end, and shall be adorned with those ornaments, which the Lord will dispense to us out of the heavenly treasure house that he has prepared, then we shall love one another more perfectly than we do now.

Formerly I was in the habit of concealing my sins, that they might not appear; but now I am convinced, that I cannot conceal

my sins from the Lord, who sees and knows all things; and that I cannot atone for them, nor obtain atonement from my former objects of worship. And accordingly, I count myself to have lost all, under the elements of the world, and through the grace of the faith of Christ only, to have gained the spiritual graces and rewards pertaining to eternity, which cannot be lost. Therefore, I have no ground for boasting, pride, passion, and self-exaltation. And without desiring the praise of men, or seeking my own will, I wish to do the will of God the Father. The members of the body, dead in trespasses and sins, displeasing to God, I desire to make instruments of righteousness, not following the will of the flesh. Worldly desire and heavenly desire being contrary the one to the other, and the desire of visible things, counteracting the desire of invisible things, I am as a dead man. However, He quickens the dead. He awakens those that sleep. He lifts up those that fall. He opens blind eyes. He perforates deaf ears. He lights a lamp in the great house of darkness. He relieves the wretched.

He feeds the hungry. The words of such a benefactor, if we reject, we must die for ever, and come to everlasting destruction. Which circumstance considering, and meditating also on sickness, old age, and death, incident to the present state of mutability, I kneel and prostrate myself, and pray before God, the Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, who has made atonement for our sins, that he may have mercy on me, and pardon my sins, and make me holy, and give me a repenting, believing, and loving mind.

Formerly I trusted in my own merits, but now, through the preaching and instruction of teacher Yoodthan, I trust in the merit of the Lord Jesus Christ. The teacher, therefore, is the tree; we are the blossoms and fruit. He has laboured to partake of the fruit, and now the tree begins to bear. The bread of life he has given, and we eat. The water from the brook which flows from the top of mount Calvary, for the cleansing of all filth, he has brought, and made us bathe and drink. The bread of which we eat, will yet foment and rise. The water which we drink and bathe in, is the water of an unfailing spring; and many will yet drink and bathe therein. Then all things will be regenerated and changed. Now we are strangers and pilgrims; and it is my desire without adhering to the things of this world, but longing for my native abode, to consider and inquire, how long I must labour here; to whom I ought to show the light which I have obtained; when I ought to put it up, and when disclose it.

The inhabitants of this country of Burmah, being in the evil practice of forbidden

lust, erroneous worship, and false speech, deride the religion of Christ. However, that we may bear patiently derision, and persecution, and death, for the sake of the Lord Jesus Christ, pray for us. I do thus pray. For, elder brother, I have to bear the threatening of my own brother, and my brother-in-law, who say, "we will beat, and bruise, and pound you; we will bring you into great difficulty: you associate with false people; you keep a false religion, and you speak false words." However, their false religion is the religion of death. The doctrine of the cross is the religion of life, of love, of faith. I am a servant of faith. Formerly I was a servant of Satan. Now I am a servant of Christ. And a good servant cannot but follow his master. The divine promises must be accomplished.

In this country of Burmah, are many strayed sheep. Teacher Yoodthan, pitying them, has come to gather them together, and to feed them in love. Some will not listen, but run away. Some do listen, and adhere to him; and that our numbers may increase, we meet together, and pray to the great Proprietor of the sheep.

Thus I, Moung Shwa-ba, a disciple of teacher Yoodthan, in Rangoon, write, and send this letter to the great teacher Baldwin, who lives in Boston, America.

N. B. Translated from the Burman original, Sept. 23, 1823. A. JUDSON, Jr. Extract of a letter from the Rev. John Lawson, to one of the Editors, dated CALCUTTA, Jan. 24, 1824.

REV. AND DEAR SIR,

Having this moment heard that a vessel is about to sail for America, I avail myself of the opportunity it affords me of sending a packet of letters from Rangoon.

You will be happy to learn, that the agitation between the English and Burman governments seems to have subsided, and I trust the missionaries will be kept in "perfect peace." The last letter I received from Mr. Judson informs me, that Dr. Price is in great favour at court, and that he and Mrs. Judson were to begin their journey to Ava in a day or two.

Extract of a Letter from Mrs. Colman to a female friend in Lynn, Mass. dated

DOORGAPORE, Jan. 21, 1824. Many, my dear Mrs. B. are the changes

through which I have been called to pass, since my visit to your friendly abode in Lynn. I have been convinced from experience that the present is a state of trial that there is here no permanent rest. I have, however, abundant reason for gratitude, that my life, through bodily and peculiar mental sufferings, has been preserved, and that so much mercy has been manifested towards me, in the dealings of a kind Providence. My health, at present, is quite good, and my time is occupied in the superintendence of Bengalee female schools, an employment which I find greatly conduces to the restoration of my happiness.

You will perhaps be gratified with some account of what is doing in this place, in the way of native female education. I therefore send you the last report of the Calcutta Female Juvenile Society. At its date there were six schools. My present number is ten, and that of scholars receiving instruction in them about 200. Beside the schools, which it is my pleasing duty to superintend, several have been established in or near Calcutta, under the patronage of the Church Missionary Society. Indeed, great exertions for the promotion of Hindoo female education are, as you will perceive by the accompanying Report, making in different parts of Hindoostan. The inve terate prejudice which existed in the minds of the natives against this desirable object is in a great measure removed, and many of them even encourage the formation of female schools. Still, they do not consider them of sufficient importance to contribute any thing towards their support. Considerable aid has been afforded by the European part of the population of the country, but their subscriptions do but little towards defraying the regular expenses of the schools. Their promotion, therefore, at present, is principally dependent on the liberality of friends in Christian countries. Should any, my dear Mrs. B. among your circle feel disposed to aid so interesting and important an object, their contributions would be thankfully received. And if at any time it should be convenient to send a small collection of sewing-needles, thread, &c. for the use of the schools, it would be an acceptable favour.

I enclose you a specimen of my Hindoo pupils' penmanship and needlework.

Miscellany.

BENEVOLENCE OF INDIAN FE-
MALES.

The following is an extract of a letter, dated on the 1st of July, addressed to the Domestic Secre

tary of the United Foreign Missionary Society, by the Rev. William Potter, a Missionary at Creek Path, in the Cherokee Nation, under the patronage of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign

Missions. In the sum mentioned, is included, a half guinea, which, we understand, was presented to the Society by the celebrated Catharine Brown, not long

before her death.

DEAR SIR,

This will be handed to you by Mr. Saml. Hazard, who has in charge nine dollars and ninety-five cents, from the Female Benevolent Society of this place, who wish to have it devoted to the Osage Mission on the Arkansas. The Society is composed entirely of natives, with the exception of Mrs. Potter. When the designation of their mite was made, the motion was offered by a Cherokee woman, a member of the church, who observed-" The Bible tells us to do good to our enemies, and I believe the Osages are the greatest enemies the Cherokees have."

Our station is small, but we are making preparations to enlarge it. There has been a considerable addition to the church of Christ in this nation during the past year, and the work is still going on at some of the stations.

CONVERSION OF A UNIVERSALIST MINISTER.

We copy the following interesting fact from the Christian Secretary, published at Hartford. The editor vouches for its correctness, and is authorized to say that the letter was written at the request of Mr. Crosman himself, and has received his approbation, and adds, "we are happy to learn from a respectable friend, that this change in Mr. C.'s views has been accompanied by several instances of seriousness, and some hopeful conversions."

The Rev. Z. Crosman, who has for several years past preached in the Universalist Church at Norwich, but who for a few weeks had been absent, returned to his flock last week, and in a public print announced his intention to preach on the subsequent Sabbath; when on the day appointed he officiated, and after the close of the afternoon's discourse, he publicly renounced the doctrine of Universal Salvation; and stated in clear and impressive language, that for the last nine months he had laboured under strong mental feelings of doubt and uncertainty, respecting the correctness of the doctrine which he had

professed to believe, and to preach, and that after diligently searching the Scriptures-praying frequently and fervently for a right understanding of them, he had come to the conclusion, that the doctrine of Universal Salvation was fallacious, and eminently dangerous to the immortal souls of those who place their trust and confidence in its efficacy. "I have," said he, "closed my last sermon in this house. I have already preached the doctrine of Universal Salvation longer than my conscience would justify. My eyes are now open, and I feel the sting of a reproving conscience. My errors are now plain before me; I can see with unclouded vision the tremendous gulf between the righteous and the wicked, over which none can pass, except they repent and be washed in the blood of the Lamb. I must therefore abandon and renounce for ever this dangerous doctrine, calculated to lead men to follow the dictates of their own evil devices, under the impression of salvation, without repentance, or faith in the all-sufficiency of the Lord Jesus Christ.

I feel an awful consciousness that I must one day stand before the judgment bar of God to give an account for the deeds done in mortal souls of many of my hearers may the body, and I fear the precious and imarise up in judgment against me, as the shepherd of a straying flock." He then commended them to God, and requested that they would, through repentance and the washing of regeneration, look to Christ as the only medium through which to obtain eternal life. As he took his leave, he desired them on their return to their own dwellings, to read and meditate on the following passages of Scripture. Matt. xiii. 49. Rev. xxii. 11.

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