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ly as many sorts of articles as there mate, I have resorted to riding on were men in the company. The horse-back, for exercise. This afjunk was highly ornamented with- fords a healthful relief from the out and within with strips of gold confinement of study, and at the same leaf, and various kinds of images. time gives me an opportunity of seeIn the stern cabin, (if such we might ing the surrounding country.

call it,) were placed the pictures which secure their religious worship, before which a candle is kept constantly burning. The berths were a kind of bamboo crib, just large enough for one to creep into upon

This morning, after riding about half a mile from the sea-shore, I came to a winding foot-path, which led to several Chinese gardens. The way was lined on each side by a bamboo thicket, growing to the height

his hands and knees, and placed on of twelve or fifteen feet, and apdeck. Some parts of the deck are parently impenetrable by man or two feet, some three feet, and some beast. After following this narrow ten or twelve feet above the rest. path, which is darkened by the hedge In some parts of the junk one side on either side and arched by its is raised three or four feet above the boughs over head, for the distance of opposite side. On one junk they twenty or thirty rods, I came to an were eating their dinner, which con- opening where a few bamboo houses sisted of rice and fish with tea. At were clustered together, inhabited their meals they occupy a stool or by the gardeners. The article chiefbamboo chair, sitting on their feet, ly cultivated in these gardens is the while they receive their food on a Serie leaf, used by the natives of all board about one foot and a half classes, with their betel-nut. This square, which serves the double pur-leaf is of an oval form, three inches pose of table and plate. Their only in length, and one and a half in implements for eating are the chop-width. It grows on a vine which sticks, which are a couple of round winds round a pole to the height straight sticks of wood, of an inch in of eight or ten feet. It possessdiameter, and ten or twelve inches es a powerful astringent taste, and in length. Though it might seem is extensively cultivated. Acres that this is the last form of instru- together may be seen in different ments that utility would have sug- parts of the island, which yield the gested for this purpose, still the Chi- planters a handsome income, since nese use them with great dexterity it is not only used extensively here, and success. The use of tea is so but made an article of commerce. common among them, that they keep The natives think it as indispensait in constant readiness, and consid-ble to their support as rice, without er it a mark of common civility, to ask which no one thinks of making a their visiters to partake with them. single meal. It is used alike by both sexes.

Though unable to interchange but few words with them, and that in a This afternoon, I had an interview broken manner, still I hope, the with the French Padre, who recenttracts which they were eager to re- ly made his escape from persecution ceive, and which they promised to in Cochin-China, to Siam, and from read, will be the means of leading thence arrived here last week.them to the true God and eternal life. I long for the time to come, when I may preach to them Jesus, and to live in such a manner, that at the close of each day I may be ready to settle my accounts for life. Chinese Gardens-Interview with a

French Padre.

He consoles himself with the thought that his banishment from the field of his former labors, is for "righteousness' sake," and it is thought that his Catholic brother of this place will make an exchange with him, by giving to his charge his own church, and going himself to Co

14. Finding walking too debili- chin-China. May not the Christian tating to the constitution in this cli-church derive a useful hint from this

circumstance, and put forth increased efforts to give the pure Gospel to the perishing heathen? The day in which we live is eventful, the time we have to labor is short, and the results concerned are infinite.

Missionary Hospital at Singapore.

17. This morning I resumed my attendance at the missionary hospital, which has been suspended two or three weeks, owing to sickness and death in my family. This institution has been established since our arrival here, under the superintendence of Dr. Parker and Dr. Bradley. The building is located in the most populous part of the Chinese settlement, being about one mile from our residence. There are

two rooms occupied for the purpose. In one of these, Drs. Parker and Bradley are stationed, who first receive the patients, taking a register of their names, diseases, &c., then with a written prescription in their hands, send them into the other

room, where br. Tracy and myself are employed in compounding medicines and making the application. We spend from half past five to half past eight, A. M. in this way, then return to our breakfast, and spend the remainder of the day in study. We have now on the register more than 300 patients, and about 30 or 40 on each day. This morning there were eight new cases.

21. Saturday. The number of patients is daily increasing, though many are daily discharged. This morning we received and treated 52. The business is now systematized, so that it is performed with despatch,

and the Lord has rendered our efforts very successful. We have a few cases of intermittents, besides

which we have no fevers in the place. We have, during the week, taken several large tumours from different parts of the body, and treated some cases of cancer.

The patients flock to the hospital as soon as day-light.-The lame, the halt and the blind are seen together. Some come on their hands and knees, and others are "borne upon men's shoulders."

27. We are now making arrangements to leave for Bankok, expecting an opportunity in the course of the next month. The junks generally begin to run from here to Siam, in April. We shall secure the first practicable opportunity to move onward.

Indian Stations.

VALLEY TOWNS.

LETTER OF MR. E. JONES TO DR. BOLLES, DATED CANDY'S CREEK, CHEROKEE NATION, SEPT. 8, 1835.

Baptism of 22 Cherokees.

Rev. and Dear Sir,

Since my last, our mail route ha again been interrupted, and has oc casioned some delay in my writing

In order to connect the chain o.

written communication, concerning the progress of the Gospel at this Station, I beg leave to mention here the baptism of five full Cherokees, or

Sabbath, April 11, previously to my starting to attend the Convention.

On my return I found, to my great satisfaction, that our native brethren had been laboring faithfully, during my absence, and that good order and attention continued in the congregations. I found br. Sturgis here also, and that on one occasion he had baptized eight Cherokees, and on another occasion one. Brother Wick

liffe had baptized seven: in all, six

teen.

On Sabbath, August 22, I had the pleasure to baptize one Cherokee man, who has, I trust, been renewed by the influence of the Holy Spirit.

Brother Bushyhead had made one visit to our vicinity, during my absence, and had some interesting meetings, which I hope will be productive of great good.

I am now at Candy's Creek, in Amohee district, about seventy miles from home. Brethren Wickliffe, Danenole and myself reached this neighborhood last Friday, to attend the

Constitution of a Church at Amohee. Our Cherokee brethren had given

evidence of their love and zeal in the cause of the Redeemer, far beyond my most sanguine expectation. They had commenced building a good hewn log meetinghouse, 35 ft. by 25. It was covered in, and a loose floor laid, so as to be quite comfortable to hold our meetings in. They contemplate finishing it before winter.

Printing department.

In a letter dated the following day at Valley Towns, C. N., Mr. J. writes,

The subject of the printing press being a matter of great importance, I have taken special pains to obtain the opinion of the principal men in the Nation, and those possessing the best judgment; voice is in favor of the measure.

and the unanimous

I called on the Principal Chief. He said he was decidedly in favor of onr having it in operation, as speedily as possible, and he had no doubt good to the Cherokees would grow out of it.

A series of meetings commenced on Friday, and continued till Monday morning. We were favored with the aid of Elder Brewer from Tennessee, who appeared much interested, and expressed great satisfaction at the indications of the grace of God, which he witnessed among the Indians. The church was constituted on Saturday, with twenty- mand for the Scripture is increasing, three members. Brother Bushyhead and the advancement of the people was chosen pastor. On Sabbath in civilization, will soon demand othmorning, one female gave a satisfac- er useful books.

The prospect of usefulness is certainly quite encouraging. The de

tory relation of the exercises of her We contemplate preparing a few mind, and was baptized in the pres- tracts, which I hope will be useful, ence of a large congregation of and would be approved by the Am. solemn spectators, by br. Bushyhead. Tract Society. Of these, I shall, of The sacrament of the Lord's supper course, give you a particular account was administered, and much serious- as we proceed, and shall expect to be ness was manifested on the occasion. guided by your instructions.

Endia within the Ganges.

The meetings were well attended, especially on Saturday and Sunday; and after a discourse on Monday morning, we parted, in the confident GENERAL KNOWLEDGE SUBSERVIENT

hope that this small commencement will be blessed, to the advancement of the glory of the Redeemer.

The prospect here is very encouraging, and it can only be ascribed to the operations of divine grace, that amid the political excitement which exists through the nation, so much attention should be paid to the Gospel. I trust the Lord will effectually establish his kingdom among the Cherokees.

N. B. If you have on hand, or our kind friends should be disposed to furnish them, we shall be much benefited by some clothing for the children, especially such as are suitable for winter. We are also, very short of bed-clothing.

Tracts, and temperance reports, &c. will be useful to us.

TO CHRISTIANITY.

From the communications of the Rev. C. B. Leupolt, it will be seen with what advantage Christian Education may be employed, for the overthrow of the absurdities of Idolatry, and for the introduction of true and pure and holy ideas concerning God, and Jesus the Mediator, and things invisible and eternal. The following extracts are from a Journal, written expressly to illustrate this principle, as working in a school of 150 boys; of whom 50 are acquiring English; 30, Persian; 27 read Hindoostanee;

24, Hinduwee; and 21, Bengalee, under Mr. Leupolt, in the Benares free school.

Dec. 8, 1833. At the beginning of this month, at the suggestion of the venerable Archdeacon, I began to introduce more Geography into my school, and have spent two hours every week for the purpose of instructing the boys in it. One day, having given the general "And do you really believe that?" I proofs of the earth being of a spherical asked. Some said, "No:" others form, and having mentioned its magni- were silent; and once more repeated their very geography is a stupendous sys- hideous fabric of their systems, and tem. If you take the globe, and sup- dashing them to atoms-you would not pose an island surrounded by an hundred leave a shred behind. It is this that thousand miles of ocean, and that, by three continents with alternate oceans, till they reach five times the distance between the earth and the sun-oceans of sugar-cane juice, and wine and milk, and what not-compared with our puny geography, is not this a stupendous system? It is only about two years ago that, in one of their newspapers, the editor began to give literary and scientific, as well as political intelligence; but he gave their own, not ours; and at the end of the article he says, "Look and judge between them and us; "-and the climax

tude, I asked one of the boys to seek for the sea of honey and milk, and the place where it rested upon the head of the old serpent. He, turning the globe round, and looking here and there, said, at last, "I can find nothing of either." Others hearing this, burst out into laughing, saying, "You cannot find it, because there is no such thing." Another day, I happened to mention the name of Ceylon. One boy asked, "Is not that Sanka?" "Yes," I said. "To whom does it belong?-the English?" To the English," I replied. "What," said he, " have the English been able to conquer Sanka, where the people are said to be of so prodigious a size, from 50 to 180 yards tall?" "They have taken it," I said; " but as to the people, they are such as you are, and none five yards tall."-"But it is written," the boy continued, " in our Shasters, that there is Ravun's grave in Sanka, burning with fire, and no man can go near it; that there are streets of gold and silver; and that if any man approaches the isle, those monsters of men swallow him up instantly." I told them there was no such thing to be found at Ceylon; that there were schools at Sanka as there were at Benares, in which the boys read the Scriptures. Upon which, the monitor of the first class, a Brahmin, replied, "Look, Sir! our Shasters tell us great lies."

28. On the 26th instant, there was an eclipse of the moon. Thousands of people came, from all directions, to Benares, to bathe in the Ganges, and to give alms to the Brahmins. My boys also asked for liberty; which, being assured that none would come to school, I was obliged to give. The next day I went to school; and having heard them read a chapter, the boys begged permission to ask a question. "Well," I said, "what is it?" "An explanation," replied they, "of the true causes of an eclipse."" You should know them," I said. "Yes," they answered, "we know two; yours and ours; but which is the true one, we do not know."-I asked them, "What do you suppose them to be?" They answered, "You know that the Brahmins and our Shasters say, that Rah swallows the noon up."

their question, what I thought the true causes might be. I began to explain them; and showed, by an experiment, how an eclipse comes to pass. They all admitted that my explanation of what caused an eclipse was much more reasonable than theirs, and were very sorry to be so deceived by their Brahmins and Shasters.

The day after this, the Teacher of the Hindoo Class, a man who is convinced of the truth of Christianity, and most gladly would avow and confess Christ had he not so much to hazard, put the same question to me respecting the cause of an eclipse. I asked his opinion; and he repeated the story of Rah and the moon. I told him plainly, that he was mistaken; and explained to him the true causes. He, having heard my explanation, replied, "Then are our Shasters mistaken in this point?" I said, "Yes; and not only in this, but altogether." He was silent for a while; and then repeated an old question, viz. "What is the state of a man who sees the beauties and suitableness of Christianity; who believes in one God, but is not entirely convinced that there is only one way of obtaining salvation ?” I showed him, that it was easy for a sincere mind to ascertain this point, it being plainly revealed in the Holy Scriptures; and added, that many alleged, as the cause of their unbelief, their not being fully convinced; while it was, in fact, nothing but either a fear of man or the love of sin, both being inconsistent with a believer in Christ. With this man I had many an interesting conversation. I hope that the Lord will continue the work which He has, I humbly trust, begun in him. Ch. Miss. Reg.

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gives to the mere dissemination of human knowledge, in this case, such awful importance, and makes it such an engine in breaking down these idolatries and superstitions.

was, that the whole system of European learning was a single drop somehow surreptitiously drawn from the great ocean of Hindoo literature. But now a gleam of hope strikes in, when you find what reverence they pay to these systems of learning, and discover that they are all with them sacred, as sacred as their theology. All their systems, geography, astronomy, metaphysics, and law-the whole of them are conceived in their shasters, their books of divine authority. They all claim the same divine origin-the same infallibility. So that, if you could prove to them the falsehood of any of these systems, you would thereby shake their confidence in the whole.

Let it then be understood, and forever remembered, that in India all these systems are strictly theological; so that, if you can demolish their geography, it is not the demolition of a physical error, and the substitution of a physical truth; but, in their apprehension, it is the demolition of a theological error, and the substitution of a theological truth; and this gives a sanctity to all learning, which it has not in any other part of the world. I crave your special attention to this peculiarity, that if you only give useful knowledge, you are thereby demolishing what with them is regarded as sacred, so that the education thereby given is strictly a religious education, all education being regarded as religious or theological; and, therefore, if you could communicate but general knowledge, you would succeed in demolishing and upsetting the whole, so that, by the time you had conveyed an extensive range of useful knowledge, you would have wrought the effect of throwing down the

Domestic.

PENOBSCOT BAPTIST

ASSOCIATION.

From the Minutes of the Tenth Anniversary of the Penobscot Baptist Association, we learn that the number of churches comprised within its limits, is 35, ordained

ministers 22, pastors 7, licentiates 4, com

municants 1896. The spirit exhibited in the following Resolves in the Report on Foreign Missions adopted by the Association, will commend itself, we trust, to the hearty

concurrence of all their Christian brethren.

Resolved, That while this Association render devout praise to God, in view of the unprecedented facilities existing at the present day for making known the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and rejoice in the success of all right means, by whomsoever applied, to effect this Glorious end, we deeply feel the correctness of the sentiment expressed by the Baptist General Convention at its last Session, "that it is the duty of the American Baptists to engage in far more enlarged and vigorous efforts for the conversion of the whole World."

Resolved, That we hail with lively joy, and unhesitating trust in God, the measures recently adopted by the Board of Foreign Missions to enlarge their operations; and especially to establish new Missionary stations in India and Chinacountries embracing more than half the heathen world; and that we hold ourselves pledged, as followers of Christ, to sustain the Board, as God shall enable us, in all their beneficent exertions, by our counse's, our alms, and our prayers.

Resolved, That as the universal reign of Christ on earth is pre-eminently the grand object of Christian desire and effort, it is the duty of all Christians to know accurately and fully the means, modes, and degrees of its advancement, and to promote, as extensively as may be, the diffusion of authentic Missionary

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