on the class papers is ninety-eight; nine of which are coloured adults, seven coloured children, and eighty-two white children. About sixty attend regularly.

School No. XX.-The Sabbath School at Harlaem cannot boast of an increase in numbers, but thanks to our blessed Protector, we can bear our full share of testimony to the increasing good effects of Sabbath school institutions in general, and in our little village in particular: the moral character of which has been much improved if not totally changed, since their attention has been called to the Sabbath school, where religious instruction is combined with teaching to read the word of God.-Let our prayer be, that no mixture of the water of life may be permitted to flow through these streams of religious instruction.

School No. XXI-Has registered one hundred scholars, of whom from sixty to seventy regularly attend. Our school continues to wear a very pleasing appearance. The Teachers continue diligent, and the Superintendents feel cheered in the performance of their pleasing duty.

School No. XXII-Report, that during the year, twelve adults and twelve children have been admitted; forty may be considered as scholars, and are divided into five classes, two of which read in the Bible; but not more than twenty attend regularly; they are instructed by one Superintendent and four Teachers.

School No. XXIII.-School No. 23, consists of one hundred scholars. From fifty to seventy attend; they are divided into twelve classes, conducted by a Superintendent, Secretary, and eleven Teachers. Four hundred and fifty-three divine songs, two thousand verses of Scripture, four thousand six hundred and twenty-five answers in Catechism, have been committed to memory during the year.

(To be concluded in our next.)

A NARRATIVE OF THE STATE OF RELIGION,

Within the bounds of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church; and of the General Associations of Connecticut, NewHampshire, and Massachusetts Proper, during the last year. The Church of God, that has been bought with the blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, is the most interesting community on earth. With its prosperity and happiness, the Triune Jehovah has identified his own honour and glory. A community, so dear to God, and so intimately connected with the highest interests of our fellow men, cannot fail to command the best wishes and the fervent prayers of all who feel a genuine friendship to the Saviour. 'Tis therefore, that the General Assembly, confident that the churches under our care feel a deep interest in the peace of Zion, would communicate to them a summary view of the state of re

ligion within our bounds, and of the churches in connexion with us, as shown from the reports presented by the several Presbyteries, and those of the General Associations of Connecticut, NewHampshire, and Massachusetts.

We have, perhaps, never, dear brethren, been called to address you, when we had fewer causes of mourning and grief than at present. But whilst, to a very pleasing extent, believers honour their profession, by a godly conversation, and sinners pay a decent respect to the external institutions of religion; yet, there are many things to deplore.

That which most tenderly affects our hearts, with respect to those who have publicly professed themselves attached to the divine Saviour, is coldness and formality in their religious duties; and too much of a disposition to conform to the fashionable customs and amusements of that portion of the community who know not God, and have no love in their hearts toward the Lord Jesus Christ. Such professors seem to have forgotten that their divine Master has distinguished his people, by calling them the "salt of the earth" and "the light, of the world." A recurrence to the season when first they espoused the cause of the Saviour, and a recollection of the feelings that then agitated their bosoms, the love that inspired their hearts, will happily serve to arouse them to more vigorous action, to increase the ardour of their devotion, and to make them feel a more deep and affecting concern for the spiritual and eternal well-being of their fellow-men.. We would most tenderly exhort those, to whom this reproach can, in any measure attach itself, to remember their first love, and to return to it; to recollect with what emotions, on the day of their espousal, they gave their whole soul to the Saviour; and how they exhorted others to come, and taste his grace and feel his good

ness.

In addition to the cause of humiliation to which we have allu ded, we are under the painful necessity of observing, that those gross vices, which have so long been the curse of society, and the disgrace of the human character, still exist, and are practised in many portions of our country. The excessive use of ardent spirits, in many places, is yet to be deplored; as well as the profanation of the name and Sabbath of the Lord. We would, however, observe, with sentiments of the most profound gratitude to God, that the presumptuous and wanton habit of profane swearing is, to a very happy extent, abandoned by almost all classes of the community, who have any true respect for themselves. In some places there are also those, who waste their health and dissipate their property, and put to hazard the happiness and dearest comforts of their families and friends, by devoting themselves to the demoralizing and iniquitous practice of gambling.

Infidelity, as formerly professed in our country, can scarcely be said to exist. The Arch Deceiver of our fellow men operates

now by more specious means: he leads men to substitute the name of religion for religion itself; and would make them contented with the external habiliments of virtue, with a kind of formal religion, not legitimately founded on a knowledge of the grand and sublime doctrines of the Gospel, whilst they are destitute of the power of vital godliness. Affecting liberality of sentiment-enlarged views-expansive feelings of benevolenceand such ideas of the nature and perfections of God, as would seem to imply, that sin is rather an infirmity than a crime; whilst their hearts are bitterly at enmity with the soul-humbling and selfdenying system of the Gospel. "With names of virtue they deceive," "and cheat the soul to death." Insidiously pursuing their designs, they court the darkness and plot against the truth; yet it affords matter of congratulation, that it is the promise of Jehovah, when "the enemy cometh in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord" in due time, "shall lift up a standard against him."

We have the happiness to live in a day, brethren, when the Captain of our salvation in a distinguishing manner, is marshalling his mighty host, and preparing for the moral conquest of the world. The grand contest that has been so long conducting, is drawing rapidly towards a termination, that shall be infinitely honourable, both to our glorious Leader, and to those who have fought under his banner. Not a finger shall be lifted, nor shall a devout aspiration heave the bosom of a single son or daughter of man, to contribute to the advancement, or plead for the glory of the kingdom of the Messiah, that shall not be met with the smiles and crowned with the blessing of God. This remark is justified, by the interesting facts that have been presented to the General Assembly, in the details of the several Presbyteries. No design has been formed, in any part of our bounds, to advance the kingdom of Christ, to extend the knowledge of God, and to promote the best interest of men, that has not been succeeded with the Divine blessing. The prayers of God's people are scarcely uttered, before they are answered, and an effort is scarcely made, before it is successful. The experience, which our churches have thus had, of the goodness of God, should stimulate to continued faithfulness and exertion. The rising glory of our Zion cannot fail to command our attention, and inspire our hearts with gratitude.

But to what are we to attribute, under God, this happy state of things? this animating prospect? To the faithfulness of Ministers in preaching the Gospel, the fervency of their prayers, and the constancy of their labours to promote the highest good of their beloved people-To the fidelity, and zeal, and charitable exertions of the professed friends of Christ, exhibited in the numerous institutions of Christian philanthropy and benevolence, that have been organized in all parts of the United States-And that spirit of Christian liberality with which God has been

pleased to inspire men of talents, and wealth, and influence among us, to give of their property, and throw the weight of their character into the scale of truth; thus advancing the benign system of the Gospel, which is so happily calculated to meliorate the moral condition of man, and to qualify him for usefulness here, and glory hereafter.

It is with peculiar pleasure, that we would inform our dear brethren, in different parts of the Church, that the Ministers of Christ are labouring, with increasing diligence and success, in the common vineyard of our Master; and that a very happy spirit of forbearance, tenderness, and harmony, generally prevails. That where the grand and distinguishing doctrines of the Gospel, have been most clearly exhibited, they have been attended, more or less, with the divine blessing. These doctrines have been-The absolute sovereignty of God, in the control, and final issue of every event, both in the natural and moral universe-The total moral depravity of the human heart-Salvation, by the free and sovereign grace of God, exhibited through the infinite righteousness and sacrifice of his Son-And the free and unbounded' offer of mercy, to every guilty descendant of Adam, by which the judgment of God in the destruction of the finally impenitent is vindicated, and their misery and their ruin are chargeable wholly, upon their own unwillingness to accept of the merciful provision made in the Gospel. These truths have been accompanied with the divine blessing, and the spirit of God has graciously visited many of our churches and congregations, with his renewing and consoling influences, gladdening the hearts of the friends of the Redeemer, and putting a song of praise into the mouth of those who before were strangers and enemies.

It cannot fail to cheer the heart of every friend to religion and morals, that, without an exception, the reports of the several Presbyteries, represent the cause of evangelical truth, as attended with a gradual, but uniform success. On almost every section of our Church, has God been pleased to bestow some refreshing showers of grace. And although it does not appear, that he has, in any instance, displayed such wonders of mercy, as in former years; yet, we cannot but indulge the fond hope, that during the past year, the accessions to the Church, have, on the whole, been about as numerous as at any former period. The great and permanent interests of religion, have undoubtedly, during the last year, been more extensively secured and promoted than heretofore. But our Heavenly Father has not suffered a whole year to pass over us, without imparting to us some rich tokens of his tender regard, by extending to some of our churches the special influences of the Holy Spirit. The congregations of Bloomfield, Pennfield, and Risa, of the Presbytery of Ontario-Prattsburgh, of the Presbytery of Bath-Ulysses, of the Presbytery of Gene7a-Bridgewater, Vernon, and Verona, of the Presbytery of

Oneida-De Kalb, Russel, Blacklake, Stockholm, and Hopkinton, of the Presbytery of Champlain-Rallston, in the Presbytery of Albany--and Aurora, of the Presbytery of Cayuga, have all of them been visited with more or less of the special influences of the Divine Spirit. In the Middle, Southern, and Western sections of our Church, we notice as places that have been specially visited, Westfield, Jersey City, North Hardiston, New-Foundland, Stony Brook, and Long Pond, in the Presbytery of JerseyColumbia, in the Presbytery of New-Castle-York, and Chester, in the Presbytery of Concord-Huron, Florence, Bath, and Atwater, in the Presbytery of Portage-Waterford, in the Presbytery of Erie-several congregations in the Presbytery of Unionand Braceville, Sharon, and Geneva, in the Presbytery of Grand river. In Parsippany, in Jersey Presbytery, and in several congregations in the Presbytery of West Lexington, have been gathered to a very pleasing extent, the fruits of past revivals.

In the vicinity of Portage Presbytery, are settled, the Mohawk and Wyandot Indians, on Sandusky river, who have been visited by a member of that Presbytery, for the purpose of inquiring into their present moral state and condition, and ascertaining their views and feelings with respect to Christianity. The result of this inquiry was highly gratifying, inasmuch as the former appeared willing to have schools established among them, and both were extremely anxious to be made acquainted with the Gospel. Several among them were supposed to have become the hopeful subjects of a change of heart.

(To be concluded in our next.)

Extracts from the Second Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the New-York Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Society.

To the Schools of Trinity, St. Mark's and Grace Churches, and St. Paul's and St. John's Chapels, which were stated, at the last report, to be in union with this Society, the Managers are happy to note, that there has been added a very flourishing School, consisting of a male and female department, formed in the newly organized parish of Zion Church.

The following account of these several Schools is drawn from the reports of their respective Directors, made to the Board of Managers at their late meeting. The Schools will be arranged according to the number of their scholars respectively.

The first that presents itself according to this order, is the school of St. John's Chapel. The state of the male department will be seen by referring to the following extracts from the Report of the Directors.

"During the last year the state of the school has been generally