tion during the year, for missionary purposes, || 28th, Hon. Mr. Stocks, of Georgia, presiding, by amounted to about $28,000; $12,000 of which were received during the meeting. ORGANIZATION OF AN AMERICAN BAPTIST SOME measures preliminary to the organization of this society were noticed in the last number, p. 164. The organization was completed at the Mulberry-street meeting-house, April 27th and adopting a constitution, and electing the officers. Hon. Heman Lincoln, Boston, President; Gen. A. Richardson, of Maine, and thirteen Rev. Dr. Chaplin, of Maine, and thirty others, William Colgate, Esq. New York, Treasurer; William R. Williams, New York, Recording Secre Miscellanies. DYING APPEAL OF MR CORNELIUS IN BE- THE late Corresponding Secretary of the Board Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! JEREMIAH, ix. 1. As the salvation of the soul affords the greatest cause for joy, so its loss is reason for the deepest lamentation. are living without God and without hope, and especially when you look through this nation, and remember that not one in ten of its inhabitants professes ever to have received the Savior of lost men, does not your bursting heart seek to give vent to its sorrow in the strains which Jeremiah used, and exclaim, Oh! that my head were waters. No matter where this ruin takes place. It may be the ruin of a Hottentot or a slave, of an Indian or an European, of a peasant or a prince, of an ignorant man or a philosopher, it is the ruin of the soul, the immortal soul, and affords just ground for lamentation. How great then is the cause for lamentation when this ruin is multiplied by thousands and millions, and extended from generation to generation. Then it is that the measure of grief becomes full, and the heart is stricken with anguish. And it shall be when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, for the tidings. Oh! yes, the tidings of souls lost, lost forever. This is reason enough. I propose to apply the text to the condition and prospects of the heathen, and to show that the loss of souls among them is cause of the deepest lamentation to Christians, and ought to arouse them to immediate and vastly increased efforts to promote their salvation. But lest false hopes concerning the prospects of the heathen should repress our sympathy and paralize our efforts, it is of the greatest importance that the truth on this subject be told, and told plainly. I remark, therefore, that there is convincing reason to conclude that the heathen perish forever. I know there are those who not only doubt but deny this. But who are they? With scarce an exception they are those who doubt or deny The text, though it may be supposed to have that any are lost. But what are the views which some respect to the temporal calamities of the the Bible gives on this most solemn subject? Jews, relates chiefly to those spiritual and eter- The principles and facts which it lays down are nal miseries which their sins brought upon them. few and simple. The soul that sinneth, it shall It may be regarded as a lamentation over lost die. But the heathen have sinned. Read Rosouls. On this subject, good men in every age mans 1. Read all history. Without holiness no feel alike. You, my brethren, if you have hearts man shall see the Lord. Are the heathen holy? of Christian tenderness and have learned to feel Except ye repent ye shall all likewise perish. another's woe, will weep as Jeremiah did, when Do the heathen give any evidence of true reyou contemplate its loss. When you look pentance? Except a man be born again he canaround on this congregation, and think how not enter into the kingdom of God. The aposmany there probably are, in this house, who, if tles considered the heathen as in a state of hopethey should die this moment, just as they are, less ruin without the gospel. For there is none would be eternally lost, and this notwithstanding other name under heaven given among men all that has been done to rescue them, can you whereby we must be saved. Neither is there help feeling? When you count up the thousands salvation in any other. The Savior did not conin this city, and consider what a vast majority"sider their condition safe, else why command, Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost? No, brethren, the whole world lieth in wickedness, and without Christ must sink into hell. I do not say that there are no exceptions. It is the appalling truth on this subject, that renders the text appropriate. It may be useful to state some of the grounds of this lamentation as applied to the heathen. But our lamentation cannot alter the destiny of those who have already entered on the retributions of eternity. No, the 20,000,000 who fled last year with never be the better for our present tears. But there are other millions who are rapidly following them. Let us hasten to their relief. Shall not the churches of this favored land now come forward to this work with new energy? Shall they not now show the heathen that they are in earnest? Men are coming forward for this service in greater numbers than ever before, and more will come if the church prays and labors. But I must not close without reducing what is proposed to distinct heads. Resolve that you will live in reference to this The ruin is unspeakably great. Estimate it by the worth of only one soul. Some of the considerations which show this are, its elevated rank in creation; capacities for enjoyment and suffering; capacity for progressive happiness and woe; endless duration; price paid for its redemp-end. tion. Ask the Savior in the garden, on the cross, how much one soul is worth. Such the worth of one soul. Measure now its loss. But again; this ruin, vast as it is, is extended and multiplied in regard to the heathen, almost beyond calculation. Consider their numberalmost 500,000,000. All these die in 30 years. Follow them, my brethren, and ask where do they go? But this is not all. We have spoken of one generation. Sixty generations have fled since the Savior's command was given. Oh! who can think of it without dismay! Who can compute the souls lost! The very greatness of the ruin prevents our minds from receiving distinct impressions. We must descend to particulars. Think, then, how many heathen die in one year. Were every inhabitant of the United States to be struck dead this year, it would not be as great a mortality as will take place in the heathen world this year. When you leave this house, and when you awake in the morning, when you come to the table of your Redeemer, and commemorate his dying love, what if at all these seasons you had witnessed the long funeral procession 3,000, 50,000, or 1,500,000 souls, and remembered that they died without the gospel? Would you not cry out in agony, "Oh! that my head were waters and mine eyes a fountain of tears." Another ground of lamentation is, that their ruin, great as it is, is unnecessary. Were this city to be laid in ashes in consequence of some great neglect to extinguish the flames when they were under control, how would it aggravate the calamity! Were a remedy known and provided for that raging pestilence which has swept 50,000,000 of human beings from the earth in ten years, how it would aggravate all our feelings! So of the heathen. A remedy is provided for them as well as for us. Christ has tasted death for every man. His blood cleanseth from all sin. Christ is the propitiation for our sin, and not for ours only, but for the sins of the whole world. Bread enough. Room enough. Another ground of lamentation is, that the church has this remedy in her hand, and has the necessary means of applying it; but hitherto has neglected to do it effectually. The remedy is the gospel. To spread it over the earth, nothing wanting but the spirit of the primitive church. Where this spirit exists, all means are forthwith provided. No lack of men nor money. Another ground of lamentation is, that this neglect to apply the remedy is in disobedience to the command of Christ. Had the command been obeyed, what a difference in the state and prospects of millions of souls for eternity! Oh! how many had been lifting their voices before the throne of glory, who are now lifting them up in despair! Increase in holiness. Every advance you make will benefit the heathen. Make conscience of informing yourself fully in respect to the wants of heathen. Be willing to make sacrifices. Do what you can to get every man, woman, and child to give something, at least once in a year. Pray more. Encouragements many.-Word of God.- INDIA. New Bishop of Calcutta.-The Rev. Daniel Wilson, of Islington, author of Lectures on the Evidences of Christianity, and on the Christian Sabbath, has been appointed to the see of Calcutta, recently made vacant by the lamented death of bishop Turner, mentioned at p. 183. The new prelate is a man of evangelical sentiments and devoted piety; catholic in his feelings towards other denominations of Christians, and an eminent friend of missions and other religious and benevolent institutions. The missionaries' and churches in India may expect a bishop of a truly apostolical character; and all the friends of Christianity there will unite in praying that he may not speedily sink under his labors, as his predecessors have done. NEW HISTORY OF MISSIONS. THE first number of a work entitled The Origin and History of Missions has recently issued from the press. A history of missions by the Rev. Thomas Smith, of London, published eight or ten years ago, is made the basis of the work. This has been corrected and enlarged, and the accounts of the several missions continued to the present time by the Rev. John O. Choules, of Newport, R. I. The articles relating to the several missions conducted by the American churches are to be wholly written anew. The work is to be published in twelve or fourteen numbers, at one dollar each, constituting, in the whole, two quarto volumes. Not less than thirty engravings and maps will em bellish the work. American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. ANNIVERSARIES OF AUXILIARIES. MASSACHUSETTS. The third annual meeting of The Auxiliary of Plymouth County was held at Kingston, April 24th. Besides the transaction of the usual business, addresses were delivered by the Rev. H. Bardwell, General Agent of the Board for New England, and Mr. Samuel Munson, an appointed missionary, who attended as a deputation from the Board. George Russell, Kingston, Secretary; William Nelson, Plymouth, Treasurer. The Old Colony Auxiliary held its seventh annual meeting at New Bedford, (Head of the River,) April 25th. The usual reports were read, and the meting was addressed by the Rev. Mr. Nott, member of the auxiliary, and by the Rev. Mr. Bardwell and Mr. Munson, wlio attended as a deputation from the Board. Rev. Samual Nott, Jr. Wareham, Secretary; Haydon Coggeshall, New Bedford, Treasurer. The Northern Auxiliary in Essex County held its sixth annual meeting, (the first since the division of the auxiliary embracing the whole county,) at East Bradford, May 2d. The usual business was transacted, and the meeting was addressed by Rev. Mr Phelps, of Haverhill. Rev. L. F. Dimmick, Newburyport, Secretary. FORMATION OF ASSOCIATIONS. NEW JERSEY Esser co. Orange, 2d Pres. chh. Gent. Asso. Rev. George Pierson, Pres. Moses Harrison, Sec. Amos N. Condit, Treas.-Lad. Asso. Mrs. Harriet Pierson, Pres. Eliza Pierson, Sec. Mary Dadd, Treas. Nov. 8. South Orange. Gent. and Lad. Asso. John Ball, Pres. Peter Peck, V. Pres. Daniel Beach, Sec. James W. Hughes, Treas. Nov. 15. PENNSYLVANIA. Washington co. Canonsburg. Lad. Asso. Mrs. Riddle, Pres. Mrs. Canon, V. Pres. Mrs. Bunyan, Treas. Mrs. Brown, Sec. 4 coll. VERMONT. Essex Co. Lad Asso. Mrs. Mary Cutler, Pres. Mrs. Betsey Howe, V. Pres. Miss Rebecca Paine, Sec. Mrs. Betsey Cutler, Treas. 4 coll. April 1. Topsfield, Gent. 43.45; la. 53; mon. con. 17,78; a new year's off. 3; a friend, 1; Essex co. North, Ms. J. S. Pearson, Tr. Amesbury, W. par. Gent. 21,64; la. 24,26; Haverhill, 1st par. Gent. 22,25; la. 26; Ipswich, 1st par. For. miss, so. Lynebrook par. Fem. asso. Newbury, Belleville, La. Byfield par. Mon. con. Rowley, ist par. Gent. 64,27; la. 34,09, fem. char. so. 5; mou. con. 10,64; West Newbury, La. in 2d par. (of which 14th pay. for John Kirby in Ceylon, 14;) Essex co. N. J., T. Frelinghuysen, Tr. Franklin co. Vt. H. Janes, Tr. Grafton co, N. H., W. Green, Tr. Groton, Gent, and la. Hillsboro' co. N. H., R. Boylston, Amherst, Gent. 4; c. box, 84c. Dublin, Mon. con. Lyndeboro', Gent. 97,10; la. 37,34; Mason, Gent. Mont Vernon, Gent. 23,95; la. 50 54 62 11 19 00 10 00 62 00 118 23-321 88 45.90 48 25 6.97 17 25 22 51 114 00 34 15-373 78 76 66 6 00 13 00-25 00 1.20 9. 00 16 80-27 00 4 84 20 27 3 37 82 00 134 44 32 25 51 47 4 18 9 00-341 82 150 00 8 33 18 66--26 99 Mon. con. April in three cong. so's, 31,16; do. May in 1st and united so's, 32,07; de. in 3d cong so. 3,04; do. in Yale college, 35; New York city and Brooklyn, W. W. Chester, Tr. (of which fr. asso. in Spring st. chh. 5;) New London and vic. Ct. W. P. Cleaveland, Tr. New London, Mon. con. 50; fem. so. 100; N. Groton, Asso. 21; Mrs. E. Eldridge, av. of beads, 6; Oneida en. N. Y., A. Thomas, Tr. Clinton, O. Marvin, Morrisville, Mon. con. in cong. chh. Abingdon, Va. J. Smith, 50;) 500; mon. con. in S. par. 22; a little girl, for bible for Ind. chil. 50c. Brandon, Vt. Coll. Brattleboro, Vt. Mon. con. in E. par. Charlton, N. Y. Chazy, N. Y., D. Douglas, 3; J. Willis, 2; Chester, Vt. Mon. con. 16; a death bed off. of Mrs. Mary Burnap, 10; Chester, S. C. Mrs. Davies, Cincinnati, O. Lane sem. 91; 6th chh. 17; C. Kemper, 15; Mrs. B. 2; Rev. D. B. 50c. Cincinnati and vic. O. By J. Mahard, Athens, Gent. asso. and Watertown fem. asso. 20,57; Cincinnati, Mon. con. in 1st. presb. chh. 65,71; fem. asso. in do. 46,31; mon. con. in 2d do. 4,94; fem. asso. in do. 38,75; men. con. in 3d do. 42; do. in 6th do. 6,32; R. Lloyd, 3; Columbus, Chh. 40; Dayton, Asso. 7; Granville, Male asso. 73; fem. asso. 65; Miss L. L. Irville, 2; Greenfie'd, Asso. 5; Indian Creek, do. 6,75; Lebanon, do. 7, 66; Maysville, 5; New Jersey, Asso. 16,25; Oxford, do. 27,50; Putnam, Fem. miss. so. 24,50; Redoak, Asso. 28,75; Ripley, do. 4,43; Rocky Spring, do. 3,50; Ross co. do. 1; Springfield, do. 14,37; Venice, Chh. 20; Walnut Hills, Mon. con. in 1st presb. chli. 11,15, Washington, Asso. 23,50; Worthington, J. Smith, 4,50, Zanesville, Asso. 33,81; Unknown, 6,50; 522 50 50 00 50 00 50 00 5 00 225 00 8 00 12.00 9 19 83 62 4.00 5.00 26 00 5. 00 125 50 658 77 Cohocton, N. Y., H. Fowler, 7.00 10 00 East Attleboro', Ms. Coll. in Mr. Fer 35 00 Abington, Ms. Mon. con. 34; a friend, 1; Albany, N. Y. Mon. con. in N. and 2d ref. prot. D. chhs. and 1st, 2d and 3d presb.chhs. 115,24; 4th presb. chh 50; Amsterdam Village, N. Y. Mon. con. in presb. chh. Anderson Dist. S. C. Rev. D. Humphrey, Andover, W. par. Ms. Gent. and la. 60,71; mon. con. 5; Auburn, N. Y., I. Darrow, Bainbridge, N. Y. Mon. con. Baltimore Presbytery, Md. Av. of la. sew. so. of 1st presb. chh. Baltimore, 330; mon. con. in do. 150; Taneytown, la. sewing so. 20; av. of work by sab. sch. teachers in Frederic co. 40; for support of Rev. Richard Armstrong, missionary, Barnet, Vt. Mon. con. in 1st cong. chh. Barre, Ms. Mon. con. Beverly, Ms. A lady in Mr. Oliphant's so. Binghamton, N. Y. Mon. con. in presb. chh. Blaunburgh, N. J. Mon. con. Bloomingsburgh, N. Y. Coll. in Mr. Van Vechten's chh. for families of impris. missionaries, Boston, Ms. Young la. sewing circle in Salem chh. for Justin Edwards, in Ceylon, 20; A. F. 15; Braintree, Ms. JONATHAN NEWCOMB, which constitutes him an Honorary Member of the Board, (and of which to constitute the Rev. JoNAS PERKINS an Honorary Member of the Board, Geneva, N. Y. Mon. con. 57,25; C. Butler, 20; M. and J. B. Hall, 12; D. Cook, 12; A. B. Hall, 12; P. Hastings, 10; M. P. Squier, 10; R. R. 8; S. G. 6; W. B. 6; W. H. C. 5; G. H H. 5; L. J. 5; W. M. 2; W. K. 2; L G. 1,06; H. H. 1; Georgia, A fem. friend, Grimanton Center, N. H. Mon. con. Ithaca, N. Y., D. chh. Jamestown, N. Y. Mon. con. in presb. chh. Killingworth, Ct. Rev. A. Nettleton, av. of Village Hymns, by Rev. D. Chapin, Kirby, Vt. Chh. La Fayette, Indi. I. S. Hanna, Weathersfield, Vt. Mon. con. 4,43; coll. for Sandw. Isl. miss. 56c. Wenham, Ms. By Rev. E. P. Sperry, Westfield, N. J. Gent, and la. asso. 4.99 21 25 49.53 4.00 10.00 8.30 56.00 30 00 9 00 20.00 50.00 5.00 5.00 Limerick, Me. Mon. con. Marshfield, Ms. A. Ames, Middle Island, N. Y. Rev. E. King, the Rev. CHARLES HOVER an Honorary Member of the Board, 50; an unknown friend, 13,50; North Haverhill, N. H., D. Worthen, 20 00 371 63 50 Newark, N. J. Fem. aux. so. in 2d chh. New Brunswick, N. J. Mon. con. 22,22; 116 12 T. Strong, 10; 32 22 New Orleans, Lou. Coll. 3; D. P. Ruff, 1; 4. 00 3.00 Woodstock, Ct. Mon. con. in 3d so. Worcester, Ms. Mrs. R. Richards, Wysox, Pa. Mon. con. in presb. chh. W-, Ms. Barre, Ms. A box, fr. fem. benev. so. Catskill, N. Y., A box, fr. ladies in Mr. Wyckoff's cong. for Mackinaw, Charleston, S. C., A box, fr. ladies, for Rev. G. W. Boggs. Cincinnati and vic. O. Sundries, fr. asso. viz. Oxford, 1,50; Dayton, 13,34; Springfield, 3,50; Redoak, 91,81; Ripley, 46,66, Washington, 5,12; Zanesville, 22,01; New Jersey, 8,25; Leoanon, 10; Greenfield, 7,87; Indian Creek, 4,19; Ross co. 23, Rocky Spring, 13, 34; fem. asso. in Putnam, 67,02; fr. C. Johnson, of Franklin, two barrels flour and dried apples, for Chickasaw miss.; a box, fr. Ja. in Granville, 53,41. Hanover, N. H., A box, fr. B. Woodward, for Rev. H. Woodward, Ceylon North Wilbraham, Ms. A bundle, fr. fem. asso. Paris Hill, N. Y., A barrel, for Dr. G. P. Judd, Sandw. Isl. Peacham, Vt. A box. fr. young la. sew. so. for Mrs. Worcester, New Echota, Pittsfield, Ms. A box, fr. ladies, for Sandw. Isl. miss. 34.74 150 00 27 00 50.00 15 00 20 00 15 00 40 70 36 00 5.00 108 00 62 00 2.50 3.00 10 00 Weathersfield, Vt. A box, fr. gent. and Western, Ms. A box, fr. fem. Dorcas so. The following articles are respectfully solicited from Printing paper, to be used in publishing portions of the Scriptures, school books, tracts, &c. at Bombay, and at the Sandwich Islands. Writing paper, writing books, blank books, quills, slates, &c. for all the missions and mission schools: especially for the Sandwich Islands. Shoes of a good quality, of all sizes, for persons of both sexes; principally for the Indian missions. Blankets, coverlets, sheets, &c. Fulled cloth, and domestic cottons of all kinds. |