encouragements to send the Gos pel, as derived from the promise of Christ, the early propagation of- Christianity, its subsequent extension, the actual success of modern missions, the peculiar facilities of the present day, and the inviting calls of the heathen themselves; the need of the Gospel to the heathen, as apparent from Scripture, aud from the present condition of the world; and the manner in which Christians of America were to show their attachment to this cause. The Christian public, so far as can be gathered from the experiment already made, are gratified with the attempt to enlist all friends of missions and of the Bible, in the great design of preaching the Gospel to every human being.

The Auxiliary Society of the Western district of New Haven County, Con. held its annual meeting at Woodbridge, Oct. 7th. The receipts for the year (exclusive of clothing, valued at $50,95,) were $229,55. The officers for the ensuing year, are as follows:

Rev. Jeremiah Day, D. D. LL.D. President of Yale College, President.

Rev. Bezaleel Pinneo, Dea. Frederick Hotchkiss, Hon. Abel Wheeler, and Nathaniel Richardson, Esq. 7. Presidents.

Rev. Erastus Scranton, Secretary.
Rev. Jason Allen, Treasurer.

Col. William Fenn, Auditor.

Rev. B. Pinneo, Rev. E. Scranton, and Col. Wm. Fenn, Directors.

Two or more Agents were chosen from each of the ecclesiastical societies within the limits of the Auxiliary Society.

FORMATION OF ASSOCIATIONS.

MASSACHUSETTS. Worcester County, Sutton, Gent. Asso. Rev. Edmund Mills, Pres. Stephen Stockwell, V. Pres. Dr. David Marsh, Sec. Palmer Marble, Treas. 5 coll.-Lad. Asso. Mrs. Edmund Mills, Pres. Miss Lucy Morse, Sec. and Treas. 4 coll. Formed Sept. 1.

Northbridge. Lad. Asso. Miss Sarah Fletcher, Pres. Miss Arespy Parsons, V. Pres. Miss Lydia Tuft, Sec. and Treas. 4 coll. Formed Sept. 2.

Oxford. Gent. Asso. Rev. Ebenezer Newhall, Pres. Peter Butler, V. Pres. Abisha Larned, Esq. Sec. Peter Shumway, Jr. Treas. 7 coll. Formed Sept. 23.-Lad. Asso. Mrs. Ebenezer Newhall, Pres. Mrs. Abigail Pluminer, V. Pres. Mrs. Stearnes Witte, Sec. Mrs. Ira Barton, Treas. 6 coll. Formed Sept 30.

Uxbridge. Lad. Asso. Mrs. Sylvia Willard, Pres. Miss Sophia Whipple, V. Pres. Miss Elizabeth Judson, Sec. Miss Sarah Judson, Treas. 6 coll. Formed Oct. 3. Western. Gent. Asso. Rev. Munson C. Gaylord, Pres. Oliver Bliss, V. Pres. Levi Brown, Sec. Edmund Mayo, Treas. 7 coll. Formed Sept. 16.-Lad. Asso. Mrs. M. C. Gaylord, Pres. Mrs. John Patrick, V. Pres. Miss Lucy Bliss, Sec. Miss Mary Patrick, Treas. 7 coll. Formed Oct. 5.

Shrewsbury. Gent Asso. Rev. George Allen, Pres. Nathan Pratt, V. Pres. David Brigham, Esq. Sec. Joseph Nurse, Treas. 7 coll. Formed Oct. 5.

West Boylston. Gent. Asso. Rev. John Boardman, Pres. Paul Goodale, V. Pres. Alpheus Fisher, Sec. Francis Davis, Treas. 4 coll. Formed Oct. 8.

Ward. Gent. Asso. Rev. Enoch Pond, Pres. Joseph Stone, Esq. V. Pres. Alva Drury, Sec. Dea. Israel

Stone, Treas. 4 coll.-Lad. Asso. Mrs. Elizabeth Bailey, Pres. Mrs. Jonathan Rice, V. Pres. Miss Mary Rice, Sec. Miss Eliza Cary, Treas. 4 coll. Formed Oct. 12. Hampshire County. Ware. Lad. Asso. Mrs. Samuel Ware. Pres. Mrs. Rufus King, V. Pres. Mrs. Thomas Snell, Sec. Mrs. Eli Snoe, Treas. 11 coll.

Enfield. Lad. Asso. Mrs. Eleazar Pomeroy, Pres. Mrs Nathan Weeks, V. Pres. Mrs. Hosea Hooker. Sec. Miss Rosetta Lyon, Treas. 5 coll. Formed Sept. 13.

Greenwich. Gent. Asso. Rev. Joseph Blodgett, Pres. Joshua Pomeroy, V. Pres. Maj. John Warner,Sec. Amos Tenney. Treas. 7 coll-Ladies Asso. Mrs. Joseph Blodgett, Pres. Mrs. Andrew Sears, V. Pres. Mis. Joshua Pomeroy, Sec. Mrs. Amos Tenney, Treas. 7 coll. Formed Sept. 14.

Hampden County. Wilbraham. South parish. Gent. Asso. Rev. Moses Warren, Pres. Dea. John B. Morris, V. Pres. Dea. Wilder C. Pease, Sec. Mr. Robert Sessions, Jr. Treas. 4 coll.-Lad. asso. Miss Lydia Warren, Pres. Miss Hannah Sessions, V. Pres. Miss Hermonia Wood, Sec. Miss Sarah Morris. Treas. 4 coll. Formed Oct. 4. North parish. Gent. Asso. Rev. Ebenezer Brown, Pres. Dea. Aaron Woodward, V. Pres. Maj. William Clark, Sec. Dea. Moses Burt, Treas. 6 coll. Lad. Asso. Mrs. Ebenezer Brown, Pres. Mrs. William Clark, V. Pres. Mrs. Chester Moody, Sec. Mrs. Moses Burt, Treas. 6 coll. Formed Oct 7.

Longmeadow. Gent. Asso. Rev. Baxter Dickinson, Pres. Dea. Gideon Burt, V. Pres. Mr. Jonathan Ely, Sec. Mr. David Booth, Jr. Treas. 6 coll. Formed Oct. 11.

Springfield. Gent. Asso. Rev. Samuel Osgood, Pres. Hon. John Hooker, V. Pres. Frederic A. Packard, Sec. Hon. George Bliss, Treas. 21 coll.-Lad. Asso. Mrs. John Hooker, Pres. Mrs. Solomon Warriner, V. Pres. Miss Margaret Bliss, Sec. Miss Catharine Lombard, Treas. 15 coll. Formed Oct. 17.

DEATH OF MR. MOSELEY.

IT has become our duty, in the all-wise, though mysterious, providence of God, to announce the death of Mr. SAMUEL MOSE. LEY, at Mayhew, in the Choctaw nation. He died of a bilious fever, on the 11th of September.-Mr. M. completed his theological studies at the Seminary in Andover, three years since, and had spent most of the past year on missionary ground. He died happily, in the faith of the Lord Jesus, to whom he was eminently devoted.

Poetry.

From Cunningham's Morning Thoughts.

THY KINGDOM COME.

WHEN my sad heart surveys the pain Which weary pilgrims here sustain, As o'er the waste of life they roam; Oppressed without, betrayed within, Victims of violence and sin,

Shall I not cry, "Thy kingdom come?'

And when I know whose strong control Can calm and cheer each troubled soul, And lead these weary wanderers home; Can lodge them in a Father's breast, And soothe this weary world to rest. Shall I not cry. "Thy kingdom come?"

O rise, the Kingdom of the Lord! Come to thy realms, immortal Word!

Melt and subdue these hearts of stone. Erect the throne which cannot move; Stretch forth the sceptre of thy love,

And make this rebel heart thine own.

Yes, he is gone as we hope, to heaven." The note mentioned the time of his death, and that Mr. Kingsbury and Mrs. Wisner were sick, and that Mr. Kingsbury wished me to come hither, and stay a week, if I could. Our little family was greatly distressed by this sudden and painful news; for, until the evening previous, we had not even heard of Mr. Moseley's illness. As soon as I could leave my studies and labors, I came hither. I entered our great prairie, this vast garden in the wilderness, just before the sun went down, and soon reached the little inclosure,* which may be called the "pilgrim's rest," and there I paused, and gazed at two new graves, those of my dear brother, and his infant son. Oh how inexorable did the grave appear. Solemn and torturing to the heart was the sight. After a short season spent in such exercises, as this scene prompted, I came, just at dusk, to the dwellings of the servants of God who yet live."

Mr. Byington next describes his meeting several members of the family, and especially the bereaved widow. On expressing his hope that God was with her, she replied in a manner strongly evincing her confidence in the divine favor. Being overwhelmed with grief, Mr. B. proposed prayer, "knowing," as he says, "that if he could not pray, he could do nothing, and if he could pray, he could do any thing." Prayer was therefore offered "in the same little room, where Mr. Moseley, when in health, had been accustomed, morning, noon, and night, to join with his consort in supplications to God-a place which had been to them both a house of God, and to him the gate of heaven."

The same evening, Mr. Kingsbury returned, faint and weary, from a short excursion to which the business of the mission had impelled him, though he had been lately confined with a fever himself. Being deeply engaged in preparing his annual report to the government, which requires no small time and labor, he requested Mr. Byington to make the communication, from which these notices are taken. The nature of the disease, by which the fever was induced, and which terminated fatally, is stated as follows:

"As you probably know, our friend was for years affected with a pulmonary difficulty. He suffered severely from it, in consequence of his labors while at Gloucester, in the summer of 1823. He probably

A little grave yard, recently inclosed by a neat paling, on the crown of a small eminence, about fifty rods from the mission houses. Ed.

brought with him to our mission the seeds of death. From a perusal of his journal, it is obvious, that his lungs were often more seriously affected, than his fellowlaborers were aware. Soon after he arrived at Mayhew, in December last, he went to Emmaus, in the south part of the nation, where he labored much as a preacher of righteousness. In February he returned. While on his return, he was much exposed. Two nights he slept, or lay out, in the woods. But he remarks, respecting one night, "I slept very little, by reason of nervous excitement." The night previous he was lost. His circumstances were distressing. He was unable to procure fire from the apparatus, which he had with him. He therefore went back on foot a mile and a half in search of some fire, which he recollected to have seen, as he passed. In coming to his horse, he lost his way, and wandered till near midnight."

Mr. Moseley appears to have suffered considerably from the fatigue of this journey. Early in March, he and Mrs. M. rode to Bethel, about 60 miles. They were exposed to heavy rains, and suffered in passing creeks and swamps, "the water sometimes filling their waggon-body."

While at Bethel, Mr. M. was able to preach but a part of the time. He returned to Mayhew in April, and appeared much better, preaching pretty frequently, and with a good dégree of strength, and great earnestness. During the summer months, he had returns of weakness, and pain; but, at intervals, was able to preach not only to the missionary congregation, but to the people in the neighboring white settlements. The last time that he delivered the divine message was on Sabbath, August 22d, when he spoke "with much detriment and difficulty, on account of extreme weakness of lungs." Two days after this, he had symptoms of fever; and continued gradually to decline till Monday, Sept. 6th, when it was but too evident, that his life was drawing to a close. He was visited by physicians from Columbus, and received the kindest and most unremitted attentions of his associates in missionary labor.

On Wednesday, some one repeated the line,

"Diseases are thy servants, Lord,"

to which he replied, in a very cheerful and submissive manner, "Justice and judgment are the habitation of his throne:"

"O glorious hour; O blest abode;
I shall be near and like my God."

"Sin, my worst enemy before,

Shall vex my eyes and ears no more.”

He then prayed particularly for Mr. Kings

it was some time before he could breathe. Though exceedingly weak on Friday morning, his mind was at liberty, and he was quite happy. His countenance was peculiarly placid and solemn, as it had been, indeed, through all his illness. He expressed much joy that he should be disposed of by infinite wisdom; repeated, with much feeling, "O glorious hour," &c. and added, with a look, which could not be described, "Bright seraphs, strike your harps." This day he had interviews with several persons, who came to see him, which are described as follows:

labors, as ministers of the New Testament,

he came to share. His heart was much set on the salvation of the Choctaws.

"Once, when observing his dear wife in tears, he intreated her not to weep, as it was painful to him; adding, "I wish you not to feel distress any more on my account." She replied, that she would do all she could to please him; "but you know," ," said she, "when one half of the heart is torn away, the other part will bleed." To her answer he seemed to assent, with a peculiar look of affection. For her he often prayed, and intreated her to give him up cheerfully, to put her trust in God, and walk with him all her days; and added, "Oh Lord, be thou the sanctuary of my dear wife." The last passage of Scripture, which she read to him, was in Matt. 11, beginning with, "Come unto me, all ye that labor, &c." It was peculiarly refreshing to his soul.

ed. Our friend, captain Folsom, came to see him, and entered the room about this time. They held each other by the hand; and, as captain Folsom has since told me, our dying brother talked to his friend with as much earnestness, as a minister in the pulpit. Among other things he said: "I pray you seek first, and continually, an interest in Christ. Seek that love of God, which many waters cannot quench. It is stronger than death. He then prayed with much fervor and strength of voice for captain Folsom, his family, and nation. In praying for this people he hardly knew how to stop. To a man who attended him, he addressed the question, "Do you love the Savior?" This was said with a look so solemn, that it seemed to speak out eternity. The man replied only by shaking his head. Mr. Moseley then added, "Oh, how you will need a Savior, when you come into this situation." On being inquired of, whether he knew the person who spoke to him, he said, "Yes, my dear sister, I know you, and am glad to see you." She said, "You are going home, I think, are you not." "I hope so, dear sister," was his reply. He then prayed for her aloud, with great affection, desiring that she might make progress in holiness, and in doing good. As she was about leaving the room, he repeated the verse,

"Jesus can make a dying bed
Feel soft as downy pillows are, &c."
And at another time,

"In the evening, as his strength failed, his nerves were much excited. Some of the time he was delirious. Then, and then

moments, when he was held by the hand, and asked if the Savior still appeared precious? he replied, by a motion of his hand, that he was so. He continued to linger till four o'clock next morning, when he fell asleep, in the 34th year of his age, and at the close of a mission, among this people, of only nine months.

It was necessary, on account of the season, that the funeral should be attended in the afternoon of the same day. Mr. Kingsbury was just able to leave his room, and go through a short religious exercise; when the body of this beloved missionary was "intrusted to the care of Him, who is the Resurrection and the Life."

Mr. Byington expresses "his unfeigned grief that he could not, at an earlier day, have come to the aid of the afflicted family," and especially to stand by the dying bed of one, "with whom, in former years, at the best of schools, in the best of lands, he had taken sweet counsel." Had he known, however, of Mr. Moseley's sickness, there were pressing duties, which would have detained him at the station where he was.

The following character is expressed prin. cipally in the words of Mr. Byington, though with some abridgment.

"I could speak of the greatness of our loss, and the grief which this event may

you, and of the lessons of wisdom,

h we should learn from such providences. I could tell you of his labors, studies, and prayers. In prayer he was abundant; and I do hope his life, labors, and death may not be lost. He possessed excellent qualities, which he had received at the hand of God.

"It is but just and proper for us on mission ground ever to remember that delicacy of feeling, which marked all his intercourse with others; that pure wisdom from above, which preserved him from rashness in action, and folly in speaking; that simplicity and godly sincerity, with which he had his conversation in the world; that modest reserve, which led him to avoid every thing like ostentation and display; that fidely as a friend, which he possessed in a remarkable degree; and that spirit of kindness and love, which pervaded his conduct in the domestic relations. His calm confidence in God, and his child-like resignation to the will of his Heavenly Father were very observable; and many facts might be mentioned in illustration of these traits of character. After he was taken ill, some one who was going to Goshen, (a new station,) spoke to him about going thither; intimating, that he would be expected. Mrs. Moseley said to him, that she hoped he did not feel unreconciled to being withheld from going. "O no, my dear," said he, "I feel as willing to die as to live, and to live as to die, if I may be stayed on God." When one of his attendants expressed her surprise, that he should be so calm, when suffering under a raging fever, he said, "I exert myself all I can to keep calm: God requires me to be peaceful, and I think it, will be more for his glory." The expression of his countenance was so clearly indicative of a sweet composure, that it could not be mistaken.

"This tribute would I render to the memory of one, whom I once beheld in a little room at Andover, consulting and praying with respect to the extension of the Redeemer's kingdom over the world, in company with our beloved Parsons, (now no more,) and with Winslow, Spaulding, Bingham, Thurston, Fisk, and the other Palestine brethren. Since that day how changed the scene! What further changes ere we all meet again! Be not discouraged, my dear Sir, because our brother is not. We trust that God, with whom he walked on earth, has taken him.

"On Sabbath, the 19th, a sermon was delivered, with reference to the occasion, from Amos 4:12. Prepare to meet thy God. The closing hymn, which begins with "In the floods of tribulation," had a peculiar effect to soothe the heart of her who is most bereaved. The arms of everlasting

love and mercy uphold her, though in the short period of two weeks, she has felt those strokes, which have sundered the two tenderest ties, which bound her to this world. She speaks of the wisdom and mercy, which chose this place as the scene of her trials, and feels deeply grateful for the kindness and sympathy which she experienced from her brethren and sisters of this mission family.

"My dear Sir, you have been in the midst of us. You daily sat and consulted with us, in the room where I now write respecting scenes, which we contemplated in a general manner when you were here, but which none of us knew to be so near, or so painful. We feel assured of your sympathy, and that of all those servants of the Lord, who take counsel with you respecting the interests of the Redeemer's kingdom. We request the prayers of the friends of Christ, and ask you to accept the affectionate and grateful remembrance of our family."

It can hardly be necessary to add any thing to what is contained in the preceding communication. The basis of Mr. Moseley's character, so far as the human eye could discern, was solid piety. He engaged in the work of missions from a sober and settled conviction of duty. The object had been distinctly before his mind for years; and he longed, with the yearnings of genuine benevolence, for the deliverance of heathens from the load of guilt which they are accumulating, and the oppression of Satan by whom they are held in cruel bondage. To aid in this deliverance he cheerfully consecrated his talents and attainments, which were very respectable. In the various consultations respecting the concerns of the Choctaw mission, while the Corresponding Secretary was present in May last, the judgment and good sense of Mr. Moseley were manifest. The prospect then was, that he would labor many years for the

spiritual benefit of his fellow men. This prospect has been suddenly overclouded; and of this devoted servaat of Christ it may be said, that his sun has been quenched in darkness ere it reached the meridian. Though human agents are removed, the Lord of missions lives, and is able to carry all his glorious designs into ample execution. To his wisdom and power let all the concerns of his unlimited empire be joyfully confided. "May we ever keep in mind," says Mr. Kingsbury, in a late "communication, that after all our care, our wisdom is folly, and our strength weakness, and that in God is our hope."