tually be for the furtherance of the Gospel EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM REV. "God moves in a mysterious way, and desire to praise God for his merciful interposition. We had just got br. Dean's wounds dressed, when we received notice from Mr. Wilkinson, the Supercargo of the Cashmere that one of his cargo boats had been robbed, and four of the men murdered! difficulty that I could extract the horrid irons from br. Dean, who suffered the most excruciating pains. Our men were fatigued and faint, and the wind and waves against us. I had lost my cap and umbrella. After proceeding as well as we could for two hours, we met a good boat, containing seven or eight Chinamen. The Cashmere has lain about 15 We begged their mercy, but they miles from here, and had her cargo were so kind-hearted as to demand sent off to her. Yesterday morning, fifty dollars for rowing us into Singabr. Dean and myself took G. D. pore. We made the best arrangeBoardman, and a small box contain-ments we could, and between three ing all our letters for home, and those and four o'clock reached home, where of our brethren and sisters, and br. Dean's wounds were dressed, and started for the ship. We proceeded I hope that, in a few weeks, he will quietly for about ten miles, reading, recover. But he now suffers greatly. conversing, and singing "From George was unhurt.-One of the Greenland's icy mountains," and boatmen was considerably injured. "His loving kindness, oh how With a head-ache, and my face great!"-when a Malay sampan | dreadfully burned, I am comfortable (boat) with three men, came along side, inquired where we were going, and offered to carry us quicker if we would get into their boat. Their offer we declined and they went off. In about half an hour, they returned with five men and a sail, offering again to convey us. Seeing some plantains lying in our boat, they asked for them, and stepping into the boat apparently to receive them, one of the men pushed me into the sea. They then assailed br. Dean, who, after a struggle, disengaged himself from them, and they reached their own boat, where they seized fish spears, transfixed one with three barbed prongs in his wrist, one with a single barbed prong in his back, and a sharp pointed stick in his side. Among the letters thus lost, were After sustaining myself to the last the following written by myself:point of endurance in the water, as Rev. L. Bolles, 2 sheets;-Rev. I. our boat came near, with br. Dean's M. Allen, Philadelphia; Rev. W. assistance I crawled up. When A. Hallock, New York; Rev. D. their spears were exhausted, they assailed us with stones or brick-bats, and then with enormous cutlasses and creeses threatened still to kill us, if we did not deliver to them the box. It was in vain we assured them it contained no money, nothing but letters. We threw it to them, and made our men row for Singapore as fast as possible, It was with much While I was in the water, a barbed spear was thrown at me which entered, and stuck fast in my clothes, but did not pierce the flesh. "Bless the Lord, oh my soul! and forget not all his benefits." Within a few days, two large Chinese junks from Canton have been entirely destroyed by the pirates in this neighborhood, and most of the men murdered. Sharp, Boston; Mr. T. G. Worcester, Lancaster; Mr. A. Grew, PhilMrs. R. Wild, Boston; Mr. E. adelphia; Miss Susan Grew, do.; Thayer, do. and one to yourself. Desiring you to praise God for his preserving mercy, I beg you to implore its continuance to your unworthy but affectionate brother in Christ. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM MR. J. Armstrong, Secretary for the Home Dear sir, Many communications having been lost by the disastrous scenes of yesterday, I sit down to transcribe my letter to you, the only one of which I had preserved a copy. (See our number for Sept. p. 375.) Br. Dean is unable to write, and wishes me to say that he has written the following letters, which are now lost. Correspondence. Daniel Noyes, Esq. was elected member of the Prudential Committee. The next annual meeting is to be holden in Hartford. The following is a summary of the Report of the Prudential Committee. Summary. The sum of The re Three have been added, the past year, to the number of our General Agents, making the number eight in all. Five ordained missionaries, and nine assistant missionaries, male Thirteen and female, have died. Eastern Association, Missionary ordained missionaries, three physiSociety, Church, Hamilton, N. Y cians, four printers, one teacher, and Church in Morrisville,* Mrs. Morse,* twenty-six married and single feMrs. Hascall,* Prof. A. C. Kendrick, males, forty-seven in all, have been Dea. S. Coman 2, Alden Dean, sent into the field. Joshua Dean, E. Bright, Jr., Z. Free: $163,340 19 has been received, and man, E. W. Dickinson, H. Lincoln 2, $163,254 00 expended. A. Comell, M. D., G. D. Coman, Miss ceipts, however, though exceeding E. Smith, W. A. Shailer, G. Bolles 2, those of the preceding year by more J. A. Warne, Frs. Park,* A. M. Bee- than $10,954 09, are but little more bee 2, Marietta Dean, Theodore than half as large as were the average receipts of the three principal foreign missionary societies of Great Britain. To our ordinary receipts were added $45,635 11, placed at our disposal by the Bible, Tract, and Sabbath school societies of our country. The number of our missions is 32, embracing 78 stations, or 12 more than were reported last year. One hundred and four ordained missionaries are connected with these missions, of whom seven are regularly educated physicians. Purchard. There are also 2 letters, a journal and some papers for yourself in a box. Those marked with a star were in part, or wholly written by Mrs. Dean-many particulars of whose decease cannot now be more accurately or minutely described than in a note appended to Dr. Parker's sermon, forwarded in the box. For myself, I feel constrained by God's mercy to me, and the miserable, awful condition of men without the Gospel, to resolve to serve Him more unreservedly, and them more vigorously while life shall last. Implore for us earnestly that grace which shall enable us to fulfil this resolution. Domestic. There are also nine physicians not ordained, eight printers and book-binders, 30 other male assistants, and 157 married and unmarried female assistants;-making a total of 308 missionaries and assistant missionaries sent from this country. There are also four native preachers, and 51 other native assistants. The churches gathered among the heathen by the AMERICAN BOARD OF COMMISSION- missions of the Board amount to 41, ERS FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS. The 26th Anniversary meeting of the Board was held in Baltimore on the 9th ult. The vacancy among the Secretaries occasioned by the death of Rev. Dr. Wisner, was filled by the election of Rev. Wm. containing 2,047 members. In the schools there are 21,181 pupils, receiving, in a greater or less degree, a Christian education. Seven lan guages have been reduced to writing by the missionaries of the Board, and books prepared and printed in them 414 ences. sci at the expense of the Board. The visiters, it was pleasant to observe dis language of the Sandwich Islands, tinguished gentlemen of various profesin particular, after being reduced to sions, and of different Christian denomithe most simple form of writing, has nations. been enriched by the New TestaThe class, which that day ment and portions of the Old, and completed their regular course, consisted by books illustrating the elementary of thirteen. The productions, which they principles of the most useful exhibited, were without exception, satisThe germs of future col-factory both in sentiment and style, and leges of sanctified learning have indicated not only that their authors pos. been planted in a number of the sessed minds capable of high improvement, missions; and in Ceylon, a college but also that they had faithfully used the in fact exists already, containing 130 rich facilities which they had enjoyed at pupils, more than three fourths of the Institution, for the acquisition of sawhom give hopeful evidence of cred knowledge. piety. We have eight printing establishments, and to two of these with presenting certificates to the class, Immediately after the prayer connected type and stereotype foundries have been added the past year. Mea- the senior Professor introduced the Rev. sures have also been taken to secure Drs. Cox and Hoby to the audience, by to China the benefit of metallic print-sayinging as soon as possible. printing establishments possess the These means of printing in 19 different languages spoken by people, for whose special benefit our missions are de-no arbitrary distinction, no semblance of signed, and spoken too by more than 450,000,000 of human beings. The pages printed last year were about 6,000,000, and the amount of printing since the commencement of our operations, in 17 languages, is not far from 94,000,000 of pages. offering to God, we have alluded to our "In the prayer which we have just been dear and respected friends, the Delegates from our brethren in England. We have with which to invest and decorate them. titular nobility, no cardinal's hat nor robe, To us, whose business is with theology and with the sober realities of the Messiah's kingdom, he has given no authority to distribute such honors. He has he has taught us to love and honor our cautioned us against its assumption. But The missions of the Board greatly therefore, of this memorable day, and at fellow-disciples. Amidst the solemnities, need that as many as 50 ordained this most impressive hour, we tender to missionaries, and nearly as many lay-them our hearts, glowing with Christian teachers, should be sent to them love. Honored brethren! We welcome during the present autumn; and the you to our holiest places. We greet you Committee would gladly send them glory of Christ. From this hallowed as the messengers of the churches, the all, had they the suitable men at scene, from this holy convocation, we command. They need also five or would send our Christian salutations by six first-rate men, of apostolical spirit, you, to the land of our ancestors. to place in the central regions of would bid our brethren beyond the ocean Asia-in Afghanistan and Thibet-holiness, and in all their labors of love, God speed in the promotion of truth and to report the intellectual and moral for the salvation of our fellow-men. And condition of those countries to the now, if you have any message, or any exchurches, and what can be done to hortation for the people, say on." pour the Gospel day upon the darkness of their long and dismal night. Boston Rec. ANNIVERSARY AT NEWTON. The Anniversary of the Newton Theological Institution, was held in the Baptist meeting-house, on Wednesday the 19th of August. The day was delightful, and the company unusually large. Among the We the pulpit, and Dr. Cox delivered an adThe Delegates were then conducted to dress, distinguished by his usual felicity of fervor of utterance. Many present were thought, chasteness of expression, and reminded most happily of the late Dr. Staughton. We forbear to give an abstract of his argument, as a copy of the address has been furnished for publication, in compliance with the request which was unanimously tendered by the friends of the Institution. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE FACULTY rily supplied by the Rev. Thomas Each member of this class has presented a composition to the Professor of Pastoral Duties every month; and three members have declaimed every week. Dear and respected Brethren,-During the past year the lives of all the students have been preserved, and, in general, a good degree of health has been enjoyed. The diligence, the fraternal affection, and the Christian sobriety which have prevailed, have, as heretofore, afforded us much gratification. In addition to other efforts, which have been reported on former occasions, the students have, in the course of the year, formed among themselves a religious Tract Society, and estab-ual of the Chaldee language. Under lished a depository at the Institution. The meetings for devotion, and religious improvement, and for inquiry concerning various benevolent operations, have been continued, much as usual. A class of thirteen have this day completed the regular three years' course, and received an honorable dismission. The Middle class, during the first term, prosecuted, in the department of Biblical Literature, the study of Chaldee, making use of Riggs' Man the instruction of the Professor of Biblical Theology they have studied Jahn's Introduction to the Old Testament, and completed the critical study and interpretation of the Greek New Testament. During a great part of the year, in addition to the general examination, at each lecture or exercise, the members, in alphabetical order, have presented a writUnder the direction of the Pro- ten interpretation of some passage fessor of Biblical Literature, the interpreted at a preceding exercise. Junior class have been occupied in By way of introduction to some of the study of the Hebrew language. the more difficult books, lectures They have used Prof. Stuart's He- have been delivered by the Profesbrew Grammar and Chrestomathy, sor, as occasion seemed to require. and have read select portions of the Under him, this class, during the first Hebrew Bible. They have been term once a week, and during the instructed in the Geography and second term twice a week, have, in Antiquities of the Bible; have studi- conjunction with the Senior class, ed Lowth's Lectures on Hebrew had an exercise in the interpretation Poetry, Campbell's Preliminary Dis- of select portions of the Hebrew sertations, and Ernesti on the Inter-prophetical Scriptures, especially pretation of the New Testament. They have gone through a portion of the Harmony of the Gospels in Greek, and have heard the usual series of Lectures on Biblical Litera ture. For reasons which commended themselves to all concerned, the Professor to whom this department is especially committed, having occasion to be absent most of the first term, his place was very satisfacto such as relate to the Messiah. Under him also, as Professor pro tem. of Ecclesiastical History, they have been conducted to a course of systematic_reading on Jewish history, embracing Jahn's Hebrew Commonwealth, and with it the historical parts of the Bible, the works of Josephus, and Shuckford's and Prideaux's Connections. Under the Professor of Pastoral Duties, each member, during the first term, presented a skeleton or every week, a skeleton which has plan of a sermon, on one month, and been privately examined, and then a sermon the next month, in succes- read to the class, by the Professor, sion. During the second term, each with critical remarks. A sermon has member has presented a skeleton been read, every week, by one memand a sermon each month. There ber of the class, in rotation, and has has been a weekly exercise, at which been made a subject of criticism by one member of the class, in alpha- the class and by the Professor. There betical order, has read before the has been a weekly exercise, at which class, in the presence of the Profes- one member of the class has read sor, an essay on some subject, or an an analytical essay, respecting some analysis of some work connected distinguished preacher, of ancient with Sacred Rhetoric. Among the or modern times, presenting a brief works thus analyzed were Ware's sketch of his history, a list of his Hints on Extemporaneous Preaching, works, an analysis of one of his serFenelon's Dialogues on Eloquence, mons, and a general examination of and Campbell's Lectures on Pulpit his style; which essay has been, as Eloquence. This essay or analysis, in other cases, liable to criticism. A after having been read, has been course of Lectures on Sacred Rhetsubject to criticism, by the members oric has been delivered. One memof the class, and by the Professor. ber of the class has declaimed every Sixteen written lectures on Sacred Rhetoric have been delivered. Two members in alphabetical order have declaimed every week. The Senior class have been conducted by the Professor of Biblical Theology to the examination and review of the most important evidences of Christianity, especially the divine authority of the Bible, and to the consideration of a series of theological subjects, chiefly for the purpose of bringing together and arranging the truths and duties which, in the preceding year, while studying and analyzing the Scriptures, the class had found scattered profusely in various places, throughout the sacred volume. Under the instructions of the same officer, as Professor pro tem. of Ecclesiastical History, and making use of Murdock's edition of Mosheim's Institutes as a text book, the class have studied the history of the Christian religion from the time of our Saviour's advent to the close of the eleventh century. In the department of Sacred Rhetoric, under the instruction of the Professor of Pastoral Duties, they have studied Porter's Lectures on Homiletics and Preaching, in connection with Campbell's Lectures on Pulpit Eloquence, and with free remarks by the Professor. Each member of the class has presented week. In the department of Pastoral Duties, twenty-two written lectures have been delivered. There has been a weekly discussion by the class, in the presence of the Professor, of a subject previously designated, connected with Pastoral Duties. This exercise has been designed both to increase a knowledge of these subjects among the class, and to cultivate the talent of extemporaneous speaking. The sum of preaching, performed by the students during the year, at forty-five places, amounts to two hundred and thirty-five Sabbaths, and sixty-two half Sabbaths. The names of the places and the amount of the services performed, in each, will be presented by the accompanying report, from the Professor of Pastoral Duties, on the places supplied with preaching. Several prayer and conference meetings, Bible classes and Sabbath schools, have been sustained by members of the Institution. The usual religious meetings of the Professors with the students, and the discussions before the whole Institution have been continued. Under the impression that more ought to be done than heretofore has been done to cherish among the disciples of the Prince of Peace a truly Christian aversion to war, the Rev. Howard Malcom has establish |