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and the Board of Trustees was incorporated, by the Legislature of the State, in 1802.

During the past year, the Trustees have employed forty-two Missionaries, whose labours have been directed to the States of Vermont, New-York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri.

Vermont.

The Rev. Justin Parsons has been employed as a Missionary 26 weeks, in the northern and least improved parts of Vermont. He took great pains to settle existing difficulties in destitute churches, to reconcile offended brethren, and to prepare the way for the stated administration of gospel ordinances in places where they were little enjoyed. In these important labours he was eminently successful. He received 53 members to different churches, and saw numbers of immortal souls, through his instrumentality, turned, apparently, from sin to righteousness.

New-York.

The Rev. William Fisher having a charge at Meredith, state of New-York, laboured five weeks as a Missionary on the head waters of the Delaware and

Susquehannah rivers. He represents that region of country as very destitute of religious instruction, and as a necessary consequence, that immorality and error greatly abound.

The Rev. Elihu Mason, who has a pastoral charge at Mount-Morris, state of New-York, laboured 16 weeks in the counties of Ontario and Genesee. The new places which he visited were highly gratified with some enjoyment of gospel privileges. In Gainsville there has been a special work of divine grace. In his journal of February 11th, he writes, "I admitted into the church 18 young people by profession, the most of whom received baptism: 48 is about the number of hopeful converts."

The Rev. David C. Proctor, in October last, soon after leaving the Theolo gical Seminary at Andover, commenced a Missionary tour to the western and southwestern parts of the United States, having been previously ordained as an

Evangelist. No information has been received from him since he left Geneva, state of New-York.

The Rev. David M. Smith, who is connected with a church at Lewiston, New-York, has performed 12 weeks' missionary service. He speaks much of the prevalence of errors, and of the great want of able and faithful ministers. He says, "There are within the bounds of Niagara Presbytery, between forty and fifty churches, and but six ministers, including one Missionary among the Indians, to supply them all.

The Rev. Noah Smith, after leaving the Theological Seminary at Andover, last fall, and being ordained as an Evangelist, was commissioned to visit the western and southwestern states as a Missionary. Having reached Geneva, in the state of New-York, and being informed of the destitute situation of many places in that vicinity, he thought it his duty to labour in that region instead of going further. He accordingly applied for permission to remain there, and pursuant to his request a commission was sent to him.

The Rev. John Spencer has laboured on the Holland Purchase, New-York, 39 weeks, or 273 days. In which time he preached 298 times. The settlements which he visited are generally new, yet many of them are numerous and increasing. Many of the inhabitants are very desirous of enjoying the stated ordinances of the gospel, but on account of the present embarrassments of a great portion of the people, and the difficulty of procuring competent religious teachers, they must remain to a great degree, destitute, unless missionary aid continue to be afforded them. This privilege they seem to appreciate, and often express their grateful acknowledgments. Mr. Spencer's

labours have had the divine blessing, particularly in producing an increased regard to religious institutions and a stronger sense of the importance of the appointed means of grace.

The Rev. Luke Wood spent 20 weeks principally in the counties of Schoharrie, Otsego, and Chenango, New-York. There are a great many churches and congregations in that flourishing section of country, but the most of them are small, and destitute of regular gospel instruction. Mr. Wood, observes, "The good people are famishing for the bread of life, and are willing to make great sacrifices to enjoy it. It is not easy to exhaust their patience by preaching." He also observes, "I was happy to find less prejudice in different denominations of Christians than I anticipated."

Pennsylvania.

The Rev. Oliver Hill resides at GreatBend, on the Susquehannah, and labours, as a Missionary, as much time as he can leave his own people. He writes, "I do not remember that I have ever spent 18 weeks in one year on a mission so agreeably as in the year past. In general, I have travelled over the same ground several times; and I think that I have not, in any preceding year, witnessed so great attention to the preached word, and to private conversation. In Harford, Lawsville, Wysox, Towanda, Orwell, Warren and Pike, have been revivals of religion the past year. Several other places in this region have not wholly been neglected by the Holy Spirit." His labours have been in the counties of Susquehannah and Bradford, Pennsylvania; Broome and Tioga, New-York; principally in the two former.

The Rev. Ebenezer Kingsbury, long a faithful labourer in the vineyard of his Lord, and for a number of years past, employed for a part of the time in the service of the Society, has laboured in the destitute region on the head waters of the Susquehannah. Having a parochial charge at Harford, Pennsylvania, within the field of his

Missionary labours, he is intimately acquainted with the wants of the people and can easily enter on Missionary ground. His labours extended over five or six counties in Pennsylvania and NewYork. At the publication of the last Narrative, Mr. Kingsbury's Journal for the year 1820 had not been received. Since that time he has transmitted his Journal for that, and for a part of the succeeding year. In the former year he performed 20 weeks' Missionary labour, preached 109 sermons, administered the ordinances frequently, as he had occasion, visited, counselled and comforted the feeble churches, and laboured to impress upon the people the worth of gospel institutions, as well as the necessity of a vital union to Christ. In 1821, he spent 26 weeks in the Missionary service, generally, in the same territory, and in a similar manner, as the preceding year. A few of the towns were favoured with the special influences of the spirit of grace, and the churches received pleasing accessions. Mr. Kingsbury represents that portion of the country as in very great want of religious instruction. "In the counties of Wayne, Pike and Tioga, containing a population of about 15,000, there is not a single regular minister." Ohio.

The Rev. Alfred H. Betts has a parochial charge at Brownhelm, New Connecticut, and has been able to perform only a short tour of Missionary duty. He charged but three weeks labour, in which are included five Sabbaths. He visited a number of settlements; preached 22 sermons; visited schools and families; and administered the Lord's supper to a small church in Dover, which had not enjoyed the ordinance for three years.

The Rev. William Boies spent six weeks in the service of the Society in Washington and Morgan counties on the river Muskingum, state of Ohio. He observes," Attention to the concerns of eternity has increased much, the past year, in this region. Since my arrival, in July, 1819, the church at

Waterford, and its branches at Roxbury and Wooster have increased from 40 to nearly 120 members." He speaks very feelingly of the evils arising from incompetent and erroneous teachers.

The Rev. Alvan Coe resides at Venice, on Sandusky Bay, and has the charge of an Indian school of about 20 pupils, under the care of the Western Missionary Society at Pittsburg. He has repeatedly traversed the frontier settlements, and visited, as a Missionary, many families and villages very destitute of religious instruction. "From June, 1820, to Sept. 1821, he performed 53 weeks' Missionary labour, preached 187 times, attended 19 meetings for prayer and conference, admitted 8 persons to church privileges, administered the Lord's Supper six times, and baptized 13 children."

The Rev. Giles H. Cowles is very useful in visiting the infant settlements, strengthening the feeble churches, assisting at ecclesiastical councils, and encouraging the people to maintan the ordinances of the gospel. He observes, "I am always kindly received in the settlements which I visit, and the people are generally as desirous of, and thankful for, Missionary labour as they have ever been in years past. And as many of the settlements are new, weak, and divided, they must, for years to come, be chiefly supplied by Missionaries. And it is by their occasional labours and visits, that the friends of religion, in many settlements, are encouraged to persevere in maintaining public worship statedly on the Sabbath, which, otherwise, would in many places, be wholly neglected."

The Rev. Nathan B. Derrow who labours statedly in Vienna and Fowler, in New Connecticut, has performed 19 weeks' Missionary service; during which time he visited many places in his vicinity, and at a distance, travelled 1436 miles, preached 122 times, and administered the ordinances of the gos pel as occasion required. He speaks with much feeling of the efforts of errorists, of the many evils arising from

incompetent religious teachers, and of the great usefulness of able and faithful ministers of Christ.

The Rev. William R. Gould resides in Gallipolis, and has performed 13 weeks' Missionary service. He travelled considerable distances up and down the river Ohio, and visited, repeatedly, various settlements in the states of Ohio and Virginia. He speaks of an increasing attention to the interests of religion, in that quarter, generally, and of a pleasing work of divine grace among the people of his pastoral charge.

The Rev. William Hanford, who is settled at Hudson, Ohio, has been employed 21 weeks in the service of the Society. His health in consequence of long and severe labours in the Missionary cause, is feeble. Yet in this period he travelled extensively; visiting the infant congregations and churches in that region, assisting his brethren in the ministry, as well as visiting new and destitute settlements, to preach and administer the ordinances of the gospel.

The Rev. Luther Humphrey has performed 15 weeks' Missionary labour, in New Connecticut. He says, "The labours of Missionaries have been, in some places, signally blessed. The Lord has been pleased to pour out his Holy Spirit, which has caused the hearts of his people to rejoice, while sinners have been excited to flee from the wrath to come. Burton and Clarenden, the two towns where I am settled, have experienced a shower of divine grace, and between 20 and 30 have been hopefully brought to repentance." The Rev. Ahab Jinks of Dayton, Ohio, spent but a short time in the Missionary service. His time has been occupied by the peculiar circumstances of his people. He observes, in a letter of November last, "It has been extremely sickly in every part of the Miami country, and in many other parts of this state, Kentucky, and Indiana. Thousands in this and the neighbouring states have gone to their long home, and, of this number a great proportion from New England."

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The Rev. Jonathan Lesslie of Harpersfield, New Connecticut, has laboured 39 weeks in the service of the Society, in different parts of the state of Ohio, and the states adjacent. Having been on business to the city of NewYork, he observes, "On my return, I came through the country on the Potomac. This region is awfully destitute of religious instruction. In 120 miles, there is but one minister, (at Cumberland) and he thinks his stay there will be short. In Hancock is a little church without a pastor. I mention their condition, in hope that some society may turn their attention to this valley of death. And that some suitable Missionaries may undertake to instruct these people. A task, greater than to settle the gospel among the heathen."

The Rev. Amasa Loomis, having a pastoral charge at Painsville, New Connecticut, has spent 21 weeks in the Missionary service. He observes that the effects of the religious revivals on the Reserve in the preceding year are very favourable; and that, during the past year, Euclid, Madison, Austinburg, and some other places have been favoured with the gracious visitations of the divine Spirit. The efforts of errorists and false teachers are great, but the influence of truth appears to be steadily increasing.

The Rev. Caleb Pitkin has laboured 23 weeks in the southern part of the Western Reserve. He thinks important benefits have resulted from a religious visiting of congregations, churches, and families, by two Missionaries in company; particularly in animating Christian professors to increased activity and faithfulness in the divine life. He says of the town of Randolph, "Within a short time there have been in this place about a dozen hopeful conversions, and the work is still going on." He adds, "In the towns which I have visited, the Lord is manifestly working for the salvation of sinners, and the edification of his people. From several other towns I have just heard that the work is progressing.

The Rev. Abraham Scott has laboured 14 weeks in the service of the Society, in New Connecticut, and in the counties southward of that tract. He believes the influence of Christianity in the field of his labours, to be gradually increasing, and that most persons feel themselves obliged to pay it a decent respect. A state of things which could not be said to exist some years since, and which he considers attributable, chiefly, to the divine blessing on Missionary labours.

The Rev. John Seward, during the year past, performed, on the Reserve, 16 weeks' missionary service. He travelled extensively, and visited the infant churches and new settlements, as he found the most urgent calls for his attention. He observes, in a letter of November last "We think that the prospects of this country, in a religious point of view, are, on the whole, encouraging. There has been some unusual attention to religion in several places, for several months. We are looking, and I hope waiting, for a still more copious shower of divine grace. I can truly say that labourers in this part of the gospel vineyard are now much more needed than they were ten years ago, this day, when, weary and solitary, I first entered the town, (Aurora) where I now reside."

The Rev. Israel Shaller has laboured as a Missionary, in New Connecticut, 17 weeks. He preached much, visited families and schools, and administered the ordinances of the gospel as he found occasion.

The Rev. Joseph Treat has laboured in New Connecticut 21 weeks. By taking pains to have religious meetings at such times as would least interfere with the customary labours of the people, he often collected a good number for public worship, on week days, and in the busy season. He says, in a letter of September last, "Your Missionaries on the Reserve have had nothing very special to encourage them this summer, though, of late, their prospects are more encouraging. There are tokens

of the divine presence in several of our churches."

The Rev. Ephraim T. Woodruff has a parochial charge in Wayne, New Connecticut. He has performed 27 weeks missionary labour, principally in the counties of Trumbull, Ashtabula, and Gauga. He speaks with much feeling of the uncommon unanimity and harmony of the ministers and churches on the Reserve. Yet, from the active efforts of the irreligious, great vigilance and increased activity are requisite to preserve the purity and aid the growth of the numerous churches planted by missionary labour. These are not withheld, and the Lord gives his blessing. Mr. Woodruff was very attentive in visiting families, schools, and secluded neighbourhoods, and found this mode of instruction to be acceptable and useful. He spent a sacramental Sabbath in Madison, with Rev. Mr. Hyde, whose early labours among his people have been much blessed, on which occasion 21 members were added to his church.

The Rev. Simeon Woodruff has laboured in New Connecticut, 11 weeks in the service of the Trustees. Severe sickness in his family prevented a longer service. He observes, "Religion is gradually gaining ground in this western country, churches are multiplying, and pious and benevolent societies increasing. The field of missionary labour is continually extending. There are no less than 22 destitute churches belonging to the Portage Presbytery."

The Rev. Randolph Stone, performed only 4 weeks' missionary labour on the Western Reserve. He was absent from the missionary field, several months, in Pennsylvania and New England. He is settled for a part of the time in Morgan.

The Rev. Lot B. Sullivan has laboured 26 weeks in the northern and western parts of New Connecticut, principally in the county of Huron. He speaks of the prevalence of general stupidity respecting divine things. Yet, in a few places, there seemed to be some tokens of the influences of the

Holy Spirit; and, in general, of a gradually increasing sense of the importance of the ordinances of the gospel.

The Rev. Matthew Taylor has been employed 29 weeks in the central part of the state of Ohio. He speaks of various religious errors that are advocated with much zeal, forming powerful obstacles to the progress of divine truth. Still, he thinks there is an increasing activity and confidence in the friends of righteousness. And, while it pleases God to increase their fidelity and prayer, they are encouraged to hope that he will remember their wants in the greatness of his mercy.

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The Rev. Daniel C. Banks removed from this State a few years since, and was settled at Louisville, Ken. with encouraging prospects. In consequence of the introduction of Anti-trinitarian sentiments, be was removed to Henderson, in the same state, where he instructs a school, and preaches part of the time. He has not been able to perform more than one month of missionary labour, which was in the state of Indiana. He gathered one church, united several others formed by preceding

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