larger and more airy. The numbers at Irwin, exclusive of children and new people, were 202; being 61 communicants, 123 baptized and received adults, 18 candidates for the communion. At New Eden, the total number of 1284 consisted of 309 communicants, 357 baptized adults and candidates for the communion, 149 baptized children, 116 candidates for baptism, and 353 new people-Antigua: 1756. At St. John's are Bn. Schill, Olufsen, and Simon; at Gracebay, Br. Robbins; at Gracehill, Bn. Procop and Kochte; at Cedarhall, Bn. Newby and Muentzer; and, at Newfield, Bn. Wright and Zippel. From Easter 1826 to Easter Of the 1827, there were 385 adults baptized and 306 admitted to the communion. Congregation at St. John's it is stated, that the numbers were as follows: 2360 communicants, 1352 baptized and candidates for the communion, about 1000 children under 12 years of age, new people and persons excluded for the time from the privileges of the church 1696; making a total of 6408: in the year there had been 72 adults and 134 children baptized, 150 received into the Congregation, 51 re-admitted, 172 admitted to the communion, 143 adults and 42 children had departed this life, and 173 persons had been excluded; the names of all such as had ceased to come regularly to church, or to speak with the Missionaries individually according to the rule prescribed, having been struck off the lists. Br.Wright, at Newfield, says, " Our speaking individually with those under our care, gives us opportunities for examining our Negroes, and imparting to them needful instruction and advice; and we are often encouraged by seeing the blessing of God resting on these conversations"Barbadoes: 1765. Br. Brunner, at Sharon, had been joined by Br. Seitz; and Br. Taylor At Sharon, the Brethren had under continued at Mount Chance, now called Mount Tabor. their care 464 persons; being 79 communicants, 78 baptized adults and 33 children, 86 candidates for baptism, and 188 new people: in the year there had been baptized 28 adults and 14 children, 12 had been received or re-admitted, 32 admitted to the communion, 20 had died, and 3 had been excluded. At the new station of Mount Tabor, Br. Taylor is in charge of 240 Negroes on the Estate of Mr. Haynes, and of such others as may attend: he had baptized 5 adults, had 28 candidates, and 30 new people: on visiting the people at their dwellings, he says, "On many the exhortations to seek after the salvation of their souls and to come to church seemed to make but little impression: one old woman said, I am baptized: my heart good: me do nobody any thing:' another said, Me never go out at night: don't speak ill of anybody, but mind my own business:' in short, most of them seem to have no knowledge of sin, and cannot therefore feel their need of a Saviour-St. Christopher: 1775. At Basseterre, Br. Johansen has been joined by Br. Shick, Br. Staude having retired to America on account of his health: at Bethesda, Br. Shick's place is supplied by Br. Hock, who arrived from Europe in November 1826; and was joined in May by Br. Klose from Europe: all are married. Many were excluded during the year; but an increase, on the whole, of 104 had taken place: the whole number under the care of the Brethren was, at Basseterre 3053, and at Bethesda 2188: at the first speaking with the new people last year, they were visited by 844: from Easter 1826 to Easter 1827, there were at Basseterre 160 adults baptized or received, and 56 admitted to the communion; and, at Bethesda, 101 adults baptized or received, and 69 became communicants. More than 500 children belong to Sunday and From the comEvening Schools: at the two Settlements, 900 have been taught to read. mencement of the Mission, there have been baptized or received into the Congregation at both stations, 5088 adults; 2610 children: 2551 persons have been admitted to the Holy Communion; 2793 have departed this life. Of the 48 Brethren and Sisters who have been stationed here, during the same period, four Brethren have departed this life in the IslandTobago: 1790, revived 1826. Br. and Sr. Rick secker arrived on the 6th of March, from America, to renew the Mission at Riseland, formed at the desire of the Proprietor, but which, from various causes, had been suspended, and was now restored at the request of his son, in fulfilment of his father's dying wishes: a Chapel, 40 feet by 24, with five dwelling-rooms over it, was begun. WESLEYAN MISS. soc. St. Christopher: 1774: Abr. Whitehouse, John Felvus, John Hodge, Matt. Banks: Members; whites 48, free coloured and black 566, slaves, 2033-Antigua: 1786: T. Morgan, T. Harrison, jun., James Cox, John Cullingford: Members; whites 26, free col. and black 472, slaves 2844-Bahamas: 1788: John Brownell, G. Beard, Theoph. Pugh, John Crofts: Members; whites 491, free col. and black 216, slaves 369-Bermuda: 1788: James Horne: Members; whites 61, free col. and black 21, slaves 40-Dominica: 1788 T. Pennock, John Burton: Members; whites 10, free col. and black 163, slaves 297 -Grenada: 1788: James Rathbone, John Bridden: Members; whites 5, free col. and black 139, slaves 223-St. Bartholomew: 1788: Jonath. Cadman: Members; whites 21, free col. and black 164, slaves 86-Nevis: 1788: T. K. Hyde, Benj. Gartside: Members; whites 19, free col. and black 91, slaves 690-Trinidad: 1788: T. Payne, T. Lofthouse: Members; whites 5, free col. and black 110, slaves 110-Jamaica: 1789: W. Dowson, John Barry, T. Murray, Mark Harrison, Isaac Whitehouse, Peter Duncan, David Kerr, T. C. Morgan, Joseph Orton. W.Crookes, Joseph Grimsdall, W. S. Langslow: Members; whites 100, free col. and black 2861 (2729 in the last Survey should have been 2618), slaves 8013-Tortola : 1789: John Manley, W. Hunt, W. F. Pichott: Members: whites 15, free col. and black 316, slaves 1170-Demerara: 1814: Joseph Fletcher, Jon. Edmondson, jun., John Wood, jun.: Members; whites 17, free col. and black 254, slaves 1733-St. Vincent: 1817: S. P. Woolley, W. Fidler, John Mortier, W. H. Rule: Members; whites 13, free col. and black 196, slaves 3323-Montserrat: 1820: W. Clough, Enoch Wood: Members; whites 9, free col. and black 74, slaves 86-Hayti: 1827: St. Denis Bauduy: Members; blacks 90-Anguilla: H. B. Brotten: Members; whites 45, free col. and black 71, slaves 134-Barbadoes: Moses Rayner, John Stephenson: Members; whites 11, free col. and black 65, slaves 25-St. Eustathius : C. Janion: Members; whites 14, free col. and black 81, slaves 165—St. Martin: John Nelson: Members: whites 22, free col. and black 60, slaves 199-Tobago: James Cheeswright, Everett Vigis: Members; whites 5, free col. and black 50, slaves 30. The total number of Whites is 878; which is an increase of 3: that of free, coloured and black, is 6054; which is an increase of 507 over the actual total of last year, which was 5547 though printed by mistake 3649: the total of Slaves is 21,152; which is an increase of 918. The total increase of the year is 1428. "The Committee have great pleasure in reporting the extending influence and the increased efficiency of the Negro Schools connected now with almost every Mission in the WestIndia Colonies. It is but a few years since they were commenced in their present regular form: they were by many thought impracticable: they have had, in some places, considerable obstacles to contend with; and they cannot, except in a very few of the islands, be even now exhibited as perfect models of order and efficiency. In many places they are, indeed, subject to great changes and interruptions, owing to the circumstances of society. The want of teachers is frequently and painfully felt; that class of labourers in this department being but comparatively few, except as they have been formed in the larger and older Societies: but, considering the state and circumstances of the children and their parents, the prejudices against education which have existed, and the paucity of subordinate agents, it may be said with thankfulness, that a great work has been commenced, and is constantly acquiring increased energy. Upward of Five Thousand Children are entered in the Regular Schools; and a much greater number are under Catechetical Instruction. Many of the Youth who have left these institutions have retained the impression of their early instruction in the Word of God; and given much encouragement to persevere in such labours to others, by their improved conduct: and, what is of greater importance, Teachers for the Schools are now rising up from among those, who, having attained sufficient age, are now disposed to return the benefits which they have themselves received, by giving assistance to others. "As to the Adult Population, the last year has yielded its full proportion of those blessed results, which these interesting Missions have never ceased from their commencement to produce. The Chapels, in every place, have been crowded with attentive hearers; often to excess the sanctities of Marriage have been extended and enforced: the Promises of Salvation have been received with simplicity and singleness of heart: a genuine Experience in the things of God has been exhibited by the Societies: the Negro Hut has become the abode of peace and purity, and been cheered by songs of holy praise; and several hundreds have, during the year, died in the Lord, after giving the most delightful testimonies of victory over the fear of death, and of unclouded views of a blessed immortality through Christ their Saviour." North American Indians. THE American Government continues its annual appropriations for the Education of the Indian Youth, within the territories of the States; and still carries on this Education through the medium, chiefly, of the various Missionary Societies. From the following account of the Appropriations of the last year, collected from the New-York Observer, it will appear that these Societies have formed about 50 Stations, at which upward of 250 Labourers, of different descriptions, are engaged in the work of civilizing and evangelizing the Indians-that they have 1344 Indian Children and Youth under their care-and that the sum of 13,883 dollars was appropriated by the Government in aid of the various establishments. Among the OSAGES, 5200 in number, near the Missouri and Arkansas, the Board of Missions have 29 Labourers at 4 Stations, with 71 Scholars, and were aided with 500 dollars- Among the CREEKS, 20,000 in number, in Georgia and Alabama, the Methodists at Asbury have 2 Labourers and 40 Scholars, and the Baptists at Withington 9 Labourers and 27 Scholars: 600 dollars were appropriated-The CHOCTAWS, 21,000 in number, chiefly in the State of Mississippi, have 186 Scholars, under the Teachers of the Board of Missions, with an appropriation of 1500 dollars the Stations of the Board are 9, and their Labourers 35: the Baptists have 54 Scholars in a Choctaw Academy, at Great Crossings, Kentucky: which admits Indian Youths from various Tribes, and is supported from the Annuities granted by the States to their respective Tribes-Among the CHICKASAWS, 3625 in number, in the State of Mississippi, the Synod of S. Carolina and Georgia has 4 Stations, with 22 Labourers and 60 Scholars; and receives 800 dollars: the Cumberland Presbytery has one Station with 14 Labourers, and 31 Scholars; with an appropriation of 400 dollars-Among the CHEROKEES, east of the Mississippi, 9000 in number according to some but much more numerous according to others, the Board of Missions have 7 Stations, 34 Labourers, 84 Scholars, and an appropriation of 1200 dollars; the United Brethren have 2 Stations, 2 Labourers, 19 Scholars, and an appropriation of 300 dollars; and the Baptists have 2 Stations, 16 Labourers, 98 Scholars, and an appropriation of 750 dollars: among the Cherokees of the Arkansas, or those west of the Mississippi, the Board of Missions have 16 Labourers at their Station of Dwight, with 65 Scholars, and an appropriation of 800 dollars-In the smaller and more northern Tribes, the appropriations were as follows: to the Western Missionary Society, which has 21 Labourers and 10 Scholars at Miami, among the OTTAWAS, 300 dollars: to the Baptists, || Baptists, 300 dollars, for 30 Scholars at Tonawanda: to the Episcopal Church, for a Station among the ONEIDAS, with 3 Labourers and 30 Scholars, 500 dollars; and to the Hamilton Baptist Miss. Soc., for a Station among the same people, with 2 Labourers and 40 Scholars, 400 dollars. Besides these who have a Station at Thomas, among the same people, no appropriation was made; but for their Station at Carey, among the POTAWATAMIES, where there are 13 Labourers and 70 Scholars, 600 dollars were assigned: to the Board of Missions, for their Station at Mackinaw, among the CHIPPEWAS, with 8 Labourers and 162 Scholars, 500 dollars to the Me-Societies, the Jesuits have 9 Labourers and thodists, for their Station among the WYAN- 25 Scholars at Florissant, Missouri, and reDOTS of Upper Sandusky, with 2 Labourers ceive 800 dollars-there is a Teacher under and 69 Scholars, 800 dollars; to the Board of the Methodists at Passamaquaddy, with 60 Missions, for their Station among the MAU- Scholars, and an appropriation of 250 dollars MEES of Ohio, with 4 Labourers and 16 Scho--Bishop Chase receives 600 dollars for the lars, no appropriation is stated: for their three Stations among the SENECAS, with 13 Labourers and 84 Scholars, 1400 dollars; and to the To these Stations among the Indians of the United States, must be added those in British America. support of 6 Indian Youths in Ohio-and 583 dollars are allowed for the education of 7 Indian Youths at Hamilton. Among the MOHAWKS, there are Labourers || thren continue their Mission among the DEfrom the Methodists and the Society for Pro-LAWARES, at New Fairfield, in Upper Capagating the Gospel; and the Rev. Robert nada. Of the Church Missionary Society's Lugger has recently proceeded to Canada, Stations umong the NORTH-WEST INDIANS, under the New-England Company, to labour a report appeared at pp. 627-630 of our last among the same people. The United Bre-Volume. Labrador. them in prayer to the mercy of God; and hope that they may find their way to our Settlements, and there hear and receive the Gospel in faith. UNITED BRETHREN-NAIN: 1771-OKKAK: 1776-HOPEDALE: 1782. Missionaries-at Nain: Henn, Hertzberg, Mentzel, Morhardt, Mueller-at Okkak: Beck, Kmoch, Knauss, Kunath, Stuerman--at Hopedale : Fritsche, Koerner, Meisner, Stock. The Bn. Lundberg and Glitsche are on a visit to Europe: the Bn. Meisner and Beck have returned from a visit home, and Br. Fritsche has joined the Mission. The following summary view is collected from the different communieations. NAIN. Nine adults and eight children have been baptized, 16 persons admitted to the Communion, and three received into the Congregation the number of those belonging to the Congregation is 231; of whom, 90 are communicants, 50 baptized adults not yet admitted to the Lord's Supper, 91 baptized children, and 2 candidates for baptism, and 8 on trial: in all, 241. As to the spiritual course of our Esquimaux Congregation, we have had much cause for rejoicing; for we have had manifest proofs of the grace which prevailed among them. We thank our Heavenly Father for a supply of provisions, granted to our Esquimaux, sufficient for their wants: they often returned home from the sea or ice with cheerful faces and thankful hearts for their success. The Schools and other useful exercises have been attended with all diligence; and the Hymns which the children learnt in them have greatly contributed to the liveliness of our Public Worship. All the accounts which you have sent us of the progress of the Lord's work both among Christians and Heathen, and particularly the reports of the success of Missions in various parts of the world, have given us very great pleasure, and strengthened us in our labours on this station. Oh that the poor Heathen in the North might soon see the light of the Gospel break forth, and dispel their darkness! At present, we can only commend We have had no visits from the South; which, indeed, we do not much regret, as no good accrues to our people from them: the rude and unmannerly behaviour of the Southlanders is far worse than that of the people of the North. OKKAK. On the 13th September 1826, we celebrated, with our Esquimaux, a solemn and blessed Jubilee; Fifty Years having elapsed since the commencement of the Mission at Okkak. During these fifty years, 240 adults and 210 children have been baptized, and 151 persons admitted to the Communion: 165 have departed this life. The Congregation consists, at present, of 97 communicants, 15 candidates for that privilege, 26 baptized adults, 119 baptized children of both sexes; in all, 257 persons: to this number may be added, 31 candidates for baptism; and 51 persons, adults and children, who are receiving instruction, though not yet members of our Church: the total of individuals under our care, residing at Okkak, amounts to 353. Since the departure, in August 1826, of the ship from our coast, 12 adults and 19 children have been baptized, 11 persons have become communicants, 20 children have been born, and 9 adults and 9 children have departed this life. Our Prayer and Communion Days have been seasons of especial blessing and of refreshment from the presence of the Lord. The Schools have been diligently attended, and we hope with benefit to both young and old. Among our young people there prevailed, too generally, a spirit of levity and indifference to their eternal interests; but it pleased the Lord, by means of a very distressing occurrence, to bring many of them to serious reflection. Six single men and a boy set sail in a boat, built and rigged after the European fashion, for the purpose of fetching wood from the other side of our bay: on their return, they were overtaken by a violent storm; and, after driving about in the dark for some time, the boat upset, and all on board perished: none of the bodies were found, excepting that of the boy. This melancholy event excited a feeling of universal sympathy; the six Esquimaux having all of them mothers or sisters to provide for: their ages were from 18 to 24: the boy was 15 years old. The immense quantity of snow, which falls every year at Okkak, generally employs two Brethren till Midsummer, in clearing it away from the roofs: it lay, this year, 24 feet deep; and, in some places, still deeper. Most of our buildings were almost buried under it, and we were apprehensive of the roofs being broken down. Some of the Esquimaux houses were crushed by its weight; and the people had but just time to effect their escape. The chimney of our bakehouse was filled; and we had to clear it continually. As the dogs ran about on the snow, and over the roofs, there was danger of their tumbling into it. Shovelling and cutting away the accumulating masses of snow was a laborious task; and caused us a great deal of fatigue from day to day. HOPEDALE. Three children and five adults have been baptized into the death of Jesus: three adults have been admitted to the enjoyment of the Holy Communion; nine have become candidates for that privilege, and four have been received into the Congregation: eight persons have removed to Nain: one couple has been married a young married man, a communicant, lost his life by the upsetting of his kayak from what we knew of his spiritual state, we can indulge the cheering hope that he has entered into that rest, which remaineth for the people of God. Our Congregation consists at present of 64 communicants, 16 candidates, 21 baptized and received adults, 16 candidates for reception, 30 boys, and 33 girls: two children excepted, all the inhabitants of our place have been baptized at one period or other, so that the class of candidates for baptism has, at least for a time, become extinct: the number of souls under our care amounts to 182. In regard to the temporal subsistence of our Congregation, the Divine Blessing has also been abundantly vouchsafed. The several divisions of the Congregation have reaped much benefit, by being instructed, in separate meetings, from the Word of God, how to conduct themselves in their different states, so as to walk worthy of their high and heavenly_calling, as faithful followers of Christ. By communicating to our people accounts from our Congregations in Europe, and from Missionary Stations in various parts of the world, much participation and interest in the work of God on earth has been excited among them: and they feel that fellowship of spirit which binds together all the children of God, The following account of the singular Mode of Travelling used in Labrador, and of the hardships which the travellers have to encounter, occurs in Br. Henn's narrative of a Journey, made by himself and his wife, in a sledge, from Nain to Okkak, in March 1826. On the 7th, we set out from Nain, drawn by 22 dogs, driven by two Esquimaux. The cold was 18 degrees below Fahrenheit's 0, with storm and sleet. Another sledge accompanied us. My wife sat within a tent upon the sledge: I was posted behind, upon a box containing meat for the dogs; and was well clothed with seal- and rein-deer skins. We found our first night's lodging in an old Esquimaux Winter-house, at one of the places where they fish with nets: the house was full of dead seals: however, they were thrown together, to make room for my wife and me to lie down in our sleeping-bags. Of the "sleeping-bag" it is said An Esquimaux Travelling-bed consists of a large bag of rein-deer skin, with the hair turned inward, covered with seal skin, the hair turned outward: it is furnished with a broad flap to cover the mouth, and a strap to fasten down the flap. This bag comprehends the whole apparatus and furniture of an Esquimaux Bed-room. Having undressed, the traveller creeps into it; and, a kind neighbour having shut him close by fastening the strap, he leaves him to sleep on till morning, when he helps him out again. In summer, the flap is dispensed with. The invention, however, is of European origin, and a luxury introduced by the Missionaries; for an Esquimaux lies down in his clothes, without any further preparation. Greenland. UNITED BRETHREN-NEW HERRNHUT: 1733-LICHTENFELS: 1758-LICHTENAU: 1774-FRIEDERICKSTHAL: 1824. Missionaries-at New Herrnhut: Grillich, Lehman, Tietzen, Ulbricht-at Lichtenfels : Eberle, Koegel, Popp-at Lichtenau: Bauss, Ihrer, Mueller-at Fredericksthal: Kleinschmidt, De Fries, Mehlhose. Br. Popp has returned from a visit to Europe. From various communications we collect the following particulars. NEW HERRNHUT. The number of the Congregation is 370; among whom, 184 are communicants: this Feb. 1828. division of our flock may with confidence be called a people of God. Several, who had left us, and were straying in the wilderness, have returned to the fold; and, as prodigal sons and daughters, sought and found readmission to their Heavenly Father's house. U Br. Lehman (printed in the last Sur-Lord in the Congregation: harmony and brotherly love rendered the Missionary Lavey, by mistake, Schuman) writesThree weeks before Easter, bours light. almost all those who live at a distance, and a company from the Danish Mission, three miles off, came to Lichtenau to celebrate Such as are convinced of the error of their ways, and earnestly cry for peace and pardon to our Saviour, we receive again with joy. I will quote one instance of such a poor returning sinner, (brought up in the Congregation, but following the ways of the world, and consequently forsaking us,) whose case proves the power of the grace of Jesus, and what it can effect in the hearts of the most abandoned of mankind. He is now 24 years old, and has been married four years: last autumn he was still living in the practice of every vice and abomination, nor would he listen to any admonitions; having, from his childhood and as a youth, always led a most wicked life: at Christmas, he attended the Services at the Chapel; and was so much alarmed and affected by the convictions wrought by the Holy Spirit in his soul, that he came to us, and with many tears of repentance confessed his transgressions, most earnestly crying to the Lord for mercy and forgiveness. We received him joyfully he was in the public assembly assured of that mercy which our Saviour grants to every sincere penitent, and directed to the all-atoning sacrifice of Jesus for remission of sin and deliverance from its power: on the 19th of January last, a day of special grace and blessing to us all, he was solemnly received into the Congregation, together with seven others, baptized as children, and on Maundy Thursday partook of the Holy Communion. His walk has been, ever since, that of a truly humble, pardoned believer; and the wild, profligate, hardened sinner is converted into a steady, cheerful, and exemplary Child of God. LICHTENFels. At the close of the year, our Congregation consisted of 364 persons. We have cause to rejoice over them in general: most of them seek to spend their days in communion with God our Saviour; and those that are differently disposed are very few they diligently attend at Church; and the Lord is present with us, which is felt in a peculiarly encouraging manner, on Festival and Communion Days: these are, indeed, days of blessing, when old and young are again re-animated by the divine life. We suffer here for want of fuel, our supply arising from bushes growing in the Fiorde, but which, having been nearly 100 years in requisition, and none springing up in their place, will, we fear, be soon consumed. We need not fear the inroads of tigers, hyenas, and elephants, as our Brethren may do at the Cape; but the polar bears, which make their appearance on our coast, have no objection to a morsel of human flesh, if they can get it. LICHTENAU. The last year was distinguished by a blessed experience of the mercy and presence of the : the Passion Week: they all appeared deeply affected at the meetings. The youth evince an increasing desire for learning. The Congregation consists of 611 members, 249 of whom are communicants: to these are to be added 37 unbaptized, living at Lichtenau; in all, 648 persons. The Greenlanders, throughout the year, have been sufficiently provided with the means of subsistence. FRIEDERICKSTHAL. : At the conclusion of the year 1826, the Congregation at Friedericksthal consisted of 209 baptized, and 75 yet unbaptized in all, 284 persons; 28 more than at the close of last year 35 Heathen Greenlanders are come hither on trial. Respecting our Congregation, so recently gathered from among the Heathen, our language and prayers are those of the Apostle in his Epistles to the Churches, when he expresses his concern that Christ might be formed in all believers, and their walk might shew that His Spirit dwelt in them. May He grant us grace, from the experience of our own hearts, to declare salvation by the blood-shedding and death of our Redeemer, and invariably to keep the word of His patience! Br. Kleinschmidt writes, about two years after the establishment of the Mission Hitherto our Saviour has helped us, preserved our health, and strengthened us, to carry on His work among these poor people, to whom He has shewn so much mercy; for which we cannot be sufficiently thankful. I shall still have to labour alone in the Ministry during the ensuing winter, without any help from man. It is exceedingly difficult for new Missionaries to acquire the requisite knowledge of the language, and therefore our Lord must work by means of one feeble instrument: this He can do, as I have experienced for years past. How many times does it happen, that I have to deliver three or four discourses in one day; so that I feel often concerned, whether I shall be able to provide a fresh portion, suited to the condition of my hearers. And yet, the Lord never dissappointed me in my humble hope: soon my heart became warm, my mouth was opened, my tongue loosed; and, the hearts of the hearers being also opened, there was no want of attention. The Daily Schools, in which 120 children receive instruction, are diligently attended: many have distinguished themselves by their diligence. We are well rewarded for our trouble, for we find that our labour among the children is not lost. TAKE HEED TO YOURSELVES, LEST.... THAT DAY COME UPON YOU UNAWARES: FOR |