ask an interest in their prayers, and all her loneliness and trials, amid the prayers of all who love our Lord Jesus. Your ever affectionate brother, and fellow laborer in the kingdom of Christ, EUGENIO Kincaid. MAULMEIN. Death of Miss Cummings. Maulmein, Aug. 9, 1834. Dear Brethren, all her toils amongst the sons of the wilderness-without a friend to assist her or even a white face to look upon, we had seen her uniformly calm and patient, self-denying, and heavenly-minded; and now at the close of her sufferings, though she gave no word, or token to her earthly friends, yet we knew when we saw her lips become motionless in death, that in the regions above angels were welcoming her, as a sister spirit, to their holy company, and the Saviour himself was extending his arms to receive her as his own dear child. the manner of a counting-house almanack, which it seems she prepared and set down in her account book every year. Appended to this table for 1834, is the following strik 66 I am very much indebted to you for your kind letters, which were She does not appear to have been received last Thursday. They in the habit of keeping a private found us mourning under an afflict-journal. Indeed she did not leave ing stroke, which will be severely behind her a scrap of her composifelt by you all. Sister Cummings tion on any subject, except a few has ended her labors. She died at memoranda set down in a table after our house last Sabbath morning, a little before ten o'clock. She came down from Chummerah the Tuesday previous, very sick with the jungle fever. The next day she appeared to be somewhat revived, but on ing note: Thursday night, her fever returned, Jan. 2. Thus have I completed accompanied with violent delirium, an almanack for 1834. I have written which lasted about 24 hours. Sat-it with the impression, that some urday she was free from the fever, of the blank lines may be filled up but exceedingly weak; and inclined to sleep during the whole day. Some hopes were entertained that her fever would not again return, but about day-break we were suddenly called by the watchers, when it appeared evident that the powers of nature had sunk under the disease, and that death was rapidly stealing on. She lingered till near ten o'clock, when, without a struggle, she quietly surrendered her spirit into the hands of her Maker. Her disease was so violent for the last three or four days, that we had little opportunity to learn her feelings while in the immediate prospect of death. For the last few hours she was unable to speak. But we had a surer evidence that hers was a happy death, than words, however joyous She was down at Maulmein, the or triumphant, could have furnished, latter part of April, and had consid-the evidence of a godly life. She erable hesitation whether to return was truly a godly woman, and amid (or remain here til after the rains, with the record of my own death. I hoped that, after finishing the translation of the Old Testament, I should have a little leisure; but the endless labor of revising it for the press, (about one quarter is now printed,) the care of the Burman church in this place, which now consists of eighty members, and the various avocations incident to missionary work, keep me so closely engaged, that I have no time, even to make such communications to the Board, as in duty bound to do. Yours faithfully, Rev. Dr. BOLLES. A. JUDSON. as prudence would no doubt have baptized Karens north of Mauldictated. But the Karens were mein, (as noticed in my last) and dear to her heart, and she thought seven to the Burman church in she might, at least, go for a few this place. In the latter number, is weeks, and if attacked with the Mah Yay, wife of the Moung Shway fever, return soon enough to escape Moung who accempanied bro. Wade its violence. It appears that from in his late visit to America. the time of leaving this place, she enjoyed unusual peace of mind. In a letter to Mrs. Brown. while on her way up, she writes, "I feel myself a pilgrim, and am happy." She reached the scene of her labors, and became so engaged in her work that when the rains came on, she felt as though she must stay as long as possible, and so lingered till she found herself attacked with the fever. She called her little flock together and gave them her farewell, expressed her willingness to live or die, just as God should appoint, and hurried away from the pestilential atmosphere. She arrived here in one day, and we had Dr. Richardson immediately called, and every means was tried to break the fever; but it was too late, and her precious life, like a jewel dropped into the ocean, is gone! I do hope this melancholy event may be a solemn warning to us all, to do everything in our power for the preservation of our health. But she is gone, and she is happy, and we will not mourn as being comfortless; for we know that God is able to carry on all his gracious designs, and will carry them on in converting these Burnians and Ka-churches; 3,244 ordained ministers; rens to himself. I am glad to hear and 737 licentiates. Only 152 Asby your last letters that you are all sociations sent in their minutes to some better than you have been; but the General Agent, and their nett I fear that your health and constitu- gain amounted to 37,361 members. tions will not be able to bear up The same ratio for the whole numunder the hot climate of Ava. Pray-ber (331) would give a nett increase ing that you may be directed in all of not less than sixty thousand for your steps by Him whose wisdom is the past year. perfect, and who knows how to direct all things, I am, my dear brethren and sisters, Yours, &c. NATHAN BROWN. MR. JUDSON TO DR. BOLLES. Rev. and dear Sir, During the last six months, nine persons have been added to the The lateness of the arrival, and the scanty limits left for our Missionary Register, oblige us to defer much interesting intelligence to another month. BAPTISTS IN AMERICA. From the very valuable document published in the Baptist Tract Magazine, for January, brother Allen's Annual list of Baptist Associations, we perceive that the nett increase to our churches has been very large. There are 331 Associations; 6,093 ORDINATIONS AND INSTALLATIONS. Mr. BENAJAH COOK, Jr., ord. pastor of the Baptist church, Willimantic, Conn., Feb. 4, 1835. Mr. JOSEPH T. ROBERT, M. D., ord. pastor of the Baptist church, Robertville, S. C., 4th Sabbath in Jan. 1835. Rev ROYAL C. SPAULDING, inst. pastor of the Baptist church, Corinth, Me., March 5, 1835. Account of Moneys, received in Donations, by the Treasurer of the General Convention of the Baptist Denomination in the United States, for Foreign Missions, from March 15 to April 15, 1835. From Female friend in Claremont, N. H. a new year's gift to the Bur. Mission, by Rev. L. Tracy. Missionary Society at Church Hill, Abbeville Dist. S. C., A brother, friend and helper of missions, at the same place, 5,00 12,00 5,00 17,00 Renselearville Bap. Association, for the Bible in Burmah, 56,75 ,62 57,37 Rev. Jacob Drake, of Delaware, Ohio, being the balance of $50 20,00 Mr. C. D. Everett, of St. Johns, N. B. for Burman Bible, by 10,00 Interest on a note of the Executor to the estate of Eleanor Blake ly, late of Pawlet, Vt. for Bur. Miss. by Rev. H. Proctor, Ladies in First Bap. Society in Albany, 6,00 65,00 Ladies in Pearl Street Bap. Society in Albany,-by Mrs. Eliz- 35,00 100,00 American Tract Society, in two payments, for Burmalı $2000, 2650,00 The Bequest of Elihu Osgood, Esq. late of Wendell, Mass. for 25,00 Miss Betsey Capen of Stoughton, for Bur. Miss. 4,00 East Stoughton Fem. Tract Society, for Burman Tracts, 7,00 by hand of Rev. J. Smith, 11,00 Collections at Monthly Concert in Bap. Church, Fall River, Mass. 17,22 75,51 by N. Waterman, Jr. Esq. Treasurer, R. I. Bap. Conven. 92,73 80,00 10,00 A few friends in the Baptist Church in Canton, Mass. being the 25,00 First Bap. Church and Society Providence, appropriated for the The following for the Burman Bible, viz: John Gooch, $25,00; John Mercer, $1; Thomas Whaley, For Fund for support of Cor. Secretary, all by Rev. Luther Rice, Treas. & Agent of Beneficent Soc. Rel. Soc. of Brown Univer. Providence, R.I. by Mr. B. Corbett, Dea. Charles Swasey, Treasurer of York County B. F. Miss. THE AMERICAN BAPTIST MAGAZINE. Vol. 15. June, 1835. No. 6. MEETING OF THE EIGHTH TRIENNIAL CONVENTION. Richmond, Va., April 29th, 1835. At 10 o'clock, A. M. the Convention met, according to appointment, at the meeting house of the First Baptist Church. The former officers took their seats. After singing a hymn, brother Mercer opened with prayer. Credentials from Auxiliary Societies were presented and read, and the names of Delegates enrolled. Resolved, That the Convention proceed to the choice of officers. Brethren Taylor and J. C. Crane were appointed by the chair to collect and count the votes. Rev. S. H. CONE was elected President. 66 HOWARD MALCOM, Secretary. 66 G. F. DAVIS, Assistant Secretary. Resolved, That brethren Lincoln, Brown, Webb, Ball and Beebee be a Committee to examine the credentials of all the Delegates, and report. [This Committee subsequently reported the following list of Delegates.] MAINE. Cumberland Co. For. Miss. Society, J. S. Maginnis, Portland. Boston Bap. F. M. Society, MASSACHUSETTS. Old Colony Mission Society, Daniel Sharp, Boston, Salem Bible Trans. and F. M. Soc., N. W. Williams, Newburyport, State Convention, Baptist Convention, John Parkhurst, Chelmsford, RHODE ISLAND. William Phillips, Providence. CONNECTICUT. James H. Linsley, Stratford, *George Phippen, Canton, *William H. McCarthy, Colebrook, *S. W. Baker, Lebanon, *George Reed, Saybrook, NEW YORK. Oliver St. F. M. Soc., N. York city, Spencer H. Cone, New York, William Colgate, New York, Robert Ryland, Richmond, Virg. Zebedee King, New York, S. B. Smith, New York. Oliver St. Bap. Fem. Miss. Society, Samuel Cornelius, Alexandria, D. C. Stephen Chapin, College Hill, D. C. Amity St. F. M. Soc. N. York city, William R. Williams, New York. *William Parkinson, Daniel Dodge. A. Maclay, New York. Duncan Dunbar, New York. *Absent. |