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Les diagrammes suivants lllustrent la m^thode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 ^9 i4) ■^8® ■ I f f A REPORT i- or Tbii ^ PORMATIOS OF A ' M E T II O D I S T Missionary Society, KOVA-SCOTIA DISTRICT, jii a Public Mciling Itchl at. the MeUwdist Chapel^ :v // A L I F A Xi *^, On ihc third of June, 1817« With the RESOLUTIONS which were proposed and carried.— Togc* ther wilh a short ADD RE 8 8, ro the INHABITANTS of NOVA-SCOTIA, NEW-BRUNSWICK, and I'UINCE-EDWAUD ISLAND. y} ', »•/' 70 WHICH ARE ADDED : Important and interesting Extracts front a, REPORT I Recently published in England, and a LISlT of Hie J^OREIGN STATIONS, of the METHODIST MISSIONARIES, Sec, HALIFAX: PRINTED BY Eji^mND WARD * 'isiT, ^/'••'^mmmmmmm \ I ^1 R/"b?:-A- NOV 1 4 1951 ■*ii- 1 >• • '.'*> aUE fORMAIlON OF A METHODIST oeieiy. Al Hafifax, ^fb'r tit Dislrkf hidudhs;' Novn'-Scotia, Kcw-Bninswick, end Pvinve-Edicard Island* ON Tuesday .Tune 3, 1817, at a numerous and respectable Meeting", liolil in the Metliodist Ciuipel, at Halifax, a Society was formed, de- nominated " The Methodist Missionary Society for the District of Nova- Scotia, Sew-Brnmicick and Prince Edward Island." The first Society oftliis kind institntetl in these provinces. In the evening at half-past seven o'clock, the Rcvd. Mr. Bennett o- pened the Meeting with singing and prayer ; after which the Revd. Wra. Black was nnaniinously called to the chair. The atte'itionofthe Meeting was excited by the worthy Chairmaii, and kept awake with great interest by the appropriate Speeches of the se- veral gentlemen^ who moved and seconded the respective Resolutions, as follow, viz : — On the motion of the R:!vd. Wm. Bennett, seconded by Mr. Alexander Anderaou, Resolved nnaninously, 1. That tliis Meeting most heartily approves of the Missions first establishec;' by the late Revd. John Wesley, Dr. Coke, and' others, and now carried on under the direction of the people called Methodists. On tlie motion ofthe Rev^. James Knowlan, seconded by Mr. Samu- el Sellou, Resolved unanimously, 2. That on account of the increased and increasing extent, impor- tance, success and expenditure of the said Missions, St appears to this Meeting highly expedient tflfform a Society in this 'm' ! r 4 1 1 M.i^li On lli.n motion nf tlic RevJ. Juujcs Priestley, ittoiiJed by Joiin Slair, l-s(]. llcsolvrd unanimoui'ff, Jl, That this Society sli-ill be tlfnowttiatcl **The Mrthodisf Mis- iitonary Society Utt the District ©f Nwva-Scutia, New-iiruuswitk, iiid Priitce-Edward I si ;i rid. On the motion of the ftevd. Smics Mail, occoiuied by Mr. Rolxrt Barry, Risnived ur.a)nmausly^ •1. That all Siihs(M-il).'r:-i of 7'/rf,*7f7 Sh'iUhrit, un(! t!p\vr!V(!a, flo T)(r |)aul eri* bcili of the Society, and Genrial Committee. On the motion of the Revd. Wni, Croscombc, seconded l)y lh« Uevd. Mr. Hurt, Resolved unanimoushj, 7. That this Mectinji; res jtect fully recommends to the PreacherSj and other friends of the Methodist Missions in this district, who shall he disposed to concur in promoting the (Lsis^ns of ihe Society, the immediate formation of local C'omraitteea in tl.elr respective circails, and that such local Committees shall act in conjunction with the Central CoHjniillce, and shall be bound to observe the general rules of tiiis Society. On the motion of the Revd Sampson Busby, seconded by the Revd. Mr. Payne, Resolved unanimoushj, 8. That the local Cemmitteps shall consist of all the Itinerant. v|>reachers,of the Steward.s of the circuit, of the members of the General Committee, whobelon^jto each circuit in wliich such local Commiittc phall be formed, and of such other persons as they shall think proper to a^- eociate with themselves. On the motion of the Revd. John Fishpool, seconded by the Uevd. Robert Alder, Resolved unanimously, 9. That wherever a local Committee s.hall be formed, a Sub-Treasn- jrf r and Collectors shall be appointed, that the Collectors shall solicit sub- scriptions in their respective neighbourhoods, and shall also call on sub- tler i hers for their subscriptions. A On the motion of the Chairman, seeonded by the Revd. Wiliiam Bennett, Resdived unantmously, j ' ■ 10. That the Collectors shall pay thdr respective Sub-Treasurers, 1.4 tlje . bf Jolm loili^t Milt- iswick, anif Itr. Robert Mr. (Itif^U y, onoc in Alet'tinjj of !).',• u'M iti Mr. M.a iiu.'il iMoft- ffs as sit'.iil V in ffcry 4,urrtor ; tlial e%*'ry Hub-'IVea^uivr, .shytt remit («♦ tl'vj-t'Ui t;*! Tiv.^-.nrci, tliv tuunus so rcceivta by him nn f>r b< torv» the fivsl chiy of Aiuil mi each aiul cviiy %i;ar ; and Ih'it thn wiid Trrasurtr, af»( r did«r!ii!,j thu iiu'idculnl tx- iKiicrs of this Socidv, shall remit I be .( uKt.n'ltr tf» the Trcas.u-tTot Ihu Missionary Fund in Loudon a}>l>oi. .ted l-v il.r Methodist Contcrt-m-e, immcdiatfly ait. r each amuial Moctinj;. c. T.« On the nu.tion of the Chairinaii, sccoi»us rnuitlod frou. Jhis Swc.elv shall he published iu Ihcir Annual \iv\>ovt, in such a nrainur, its that »t may clclrlv appear what p..rlion o( the iuld suia hi^s bocu raided ni each circuit separately ; aud that a.. Annual Report idiall bf,- publiiihed by tin* Society, with an account of Donations aud Snb;^ciiplions, aiid that the said account shall include the ruutu; of every person. wii(» has for one year contributed lo the funds of Ih.e soci('fy, five shilhiius (.r Uiiwurds. On motion of the Chairaiuu, seconded by the Uev. Jauics Mdii, Kcsolvcd unan'mousJth . ^ ,, , , ^ ^ *k^ 1-2. That John Starr, Es(;. he rcs])C{'tfully rcfjuested to accept tUe Ofiice of Treasurer, for the present year. , , , , r. t On the motion of the Rev. Wni. Bennett, secuuue.l by Hiu Uev. Jus. Priest I V, Krsoltu'd xmanhnomlif, l;j. That Messrs. Uu^h liell, and John A. B-u-ry, be refiuestcd to accept the Oilico of Secretaries for the jtresent ye;.r. Uu the motion of the Chainuan, seconded by the Rev. James Know- laii, Uisohfd unaiiimousli/, , r>. t r» IT That the toUoNving Persons shall compose the Ucnura, Com- .aiittee for ihc present year: viz. All the Itcncruni Prcnchrs in the D'altict, AT so, THE SrE\VARDS, ANT> r I' AlcKr. Anderson, Juhu Starr, Samuel Sellon, Jolm M' Neil, Charles Loveland, (ieorye ?iock, Hu^h Bell, Martin (r. Rlack, Sam!, l.ydiard John W. Morris, James N. Shannon, Col. Sanrtntfe, Win. Sar.'-eot, Osborne Doaue. [J shua Newton, Ksq. Robert l^any, Esjj. John Kirk, ^^1 Jo!u» Thomas, E&q. S ' Simou Fraser, I Sinjeou.L. Perkins, Jon;ithj\ii Crone, hn^, Rioliard < nny, • S. l)t:iiiii(.'!it, ^ i Junics \l\ve, ^i). Ditmai's, IJscj. Alexr. ]M'oPu(], Es(^« John I'ernusun, •' William Till. ^ 4 :4 (.T. Clarke, w •»< < Jar Ci^ ■;;: (^iMosos Cobiirn. •2 < Jas. Stt-warti r G ] [ Thomas Roach, Esq, : William Wclh, |.:s.|. ] E(isv. Dickson, Ms(j. "^ Jos. Avard, ( John Cha|)?nan, Esq, (^Robert Keech. *i ~ -^ S Joiin Allison, Kfsq., ^ h of the I' the (Join- [7 ] AN ADDRESS, &c. CON( ERMNG Iho general necessity ain' utility of Misslonavy ef- forts, we lire persuaded thai only one opiiuon can pervade the minds of those, who reverence the Holy Scriptures, und who love the 'I'ruih as it is in Jesus. This remark receives a striking corroboration iVoin the number of Missionary Societies which have been instituted be- fore and since the co'iunencement of the eighteenth cenu-ry :— among ' which we 5>hall notice the folio win;,^ The Congrcgutio de Propmrandn Fide, of the Roinij^h Cuvurrli, founded by Pope Gregory XV. A. U, 16-22, has sent Missionaries to dif- ferent parts of the earth. The Danish Socicti/, founded by Frederick IV. A. D. 1705, fthrough the instrumentaritv of Swart/, Gcrickc, ike. names which will tverbe revered through the Christian World,) has met with astonuhmg success. We next mention the tJnitas Fralrian, or Bloravians, who have astonished the world by their humility, zeal, and patient endurance of hardships, as well as by thp= • ■'!>■ ^rial labours; so that, as one ob- Ktrvoa, tliey have done mud- *' To plant the T. And make it jiourh The frigid and the torrid zone ' i7elds of ice, 'it snow. the fruit of their labours. Ceylon, Java, Amboyna, and Formosa, are places in wircli Mis •ionaries, from the Dutch Missionari/ Society, have laboured, and not Without success. l,apland has engaged the attention of the Sivcdish Society^ The- Fdinbtirgh Missionary Society, has established Missions a- mong the Susoos in Africa. Mount Caucasus bears honourable witness to the labours of the late pions and learned Mr. Brunton. The laudable exertions of the London Missionary Society, compo- :h1 of different denominations of Christians, are too well known to need sc to[nment in this place. The Revetend Messieurs Care>, Marshman, and Ward, Baptist Missionaries at Scratnpore, have ''one and are still doing much towards diffusing the knowledge of the Holy Scriptures, both by their Mis- ftionary lab. urs, and the various translations which they have made, of tthnost every jiart of the Holy Bible. The Church Missionary Society, under the direction of several eminently pious Ministers of the Church of England, have sent several pi(»us men, chiefly foreigners, who have chosen for the field of their la- lours different parts of Africa and the East. This Society, says a late author, is in its infancy;; butjasitis well organized and liberally sup- |torled, there is wvvx i'oasua iu ueucvcj iSWi mUvii i*Mii; affair i7cp?u- «iuced. * ' a? E « ] Thus it «|)pflir», ffdin the prccc.Mlitiy; detail, tlmt U in not our wish nor titsiiy;n to iloj-reciiite IJiiis. Mniiy of these aflei- comhattin,'/ th«: powers of darkne!i<<, with a ?.eal atid liih hty whieh (l-juiand praise:. J merit imitation, have finisiied tlie contest in holy trii:;nj)l, ; and v,c fiave ua douot, hut that now they are crowned with hiureU whieh fade not awav. This ca«»se, In lh( ni, w.is dearer than liiu ; for they counted Ijot their lives deyr unto thr'tuseivcs, so that they rnii-ht be iUe hufiible but iioiiourcd insti'umeiits (;! saving luau irotu t-teruul ruin. At tins day n?»ont T20 Nl'thndist Mis;smnar!i;» are Iaf)OwrIiig in fiu fiiljf) stations, in order to aeeonijdisli the same uh»ri«ns pnrposi*. It is now natural to iuquiie jVoni whence have these benevolent niCi rtceived their jteetiniary supplies ? They have received thtuj partly from assistance afforded them by those anions- whom they huvi; la- boured ; partly from public collections, which have been uiade annual- ly IM the pnneipal Methodist C'hapels in England ; and the rcniuindnr has been ehtefly supplied by tlie indeCatii^^ible labours of thelalo pious and learned Thomas Coke, I.. L. D. Mis j-raise is in all the ehurehes. We cannot, at present, nor indeed at al!, do justice to the labours and fsiceflciicies of this goom door to door, — sofoetimea he met with a wehnnie reception, but oftv i; wjiji ^ Biorbf} ?:.'fc repulse. Vet, wlieFi denied, traduced, ana reviled, In \va» vaapprJtedl j and in the cause oi" Missionii, his zeal was, at all inncs, Ui^iut'ibte. Sijtft'O the Doctor's death, it haM become M)dfSj)cnfab!e eitln r i,o altandna the Metho(!ist Missions, or to have recourse to other m.^a.^nre!,} (uk- tbeir Postettance ; and no means scenrd so lik(ly to answer oveiy good pnrpo8p.v as the fcmuvtiori of Missionary Societies, ThejiP have bv.ea instituted in various parts of Enf^land. On these oeeasiohs, rich and poor have come forwanl, with a readijuvs and munificfci;cc, that have -r6'.« of the Methodist Missions have hfet frequently and fully stated lo the Public, the Committee deem it suf- ficient, brit lly to observe, that^ whereas in 178f'> there Wore only five foreign Mis'sionaries employed by the Conference, thefe are ?)ow, in the British Doniinions, at home and abroad, no less than one hundred and sixteen; of whicii number seventy, at least, are constantly la hour in-; in foreign stations. The prospects beginning to open before our Missionaries in tlie East, have, since the formation of this Society, become more enconra;^- intr, and their success has far exceeded the most sanfjuine expectations formed by tiic friends of that Mission. — At Bombay, where brother Har- vard was detained for some months, on account of Mrs. H/s health, a peoj)le was founds who gladly attended upon his Ministr_y, and receiv- ed the gospel with readiness of mind : and previous to his departure from thence, to proceed to his original destination, he had the satis- faction of seeing a diffusion of religious ligiit, awakening the minds of many to a serious concern for their salvation. These eaniestly desir- ed that a Methodist Missionary might be established among them. The General Committee^ in London, has made provision for meoling this desire, by sending a missionary who is uow on his way to reside in that place. .. % , .. ^, ,_;.,..., '^.^ At Madras, a member of our society, who» foi some yesrs,^ had %n th^ genuine sffifit •IprimitiTe ChrisUunit^, resolvedi hjf. %t hies* li C 10 1 . «ing of God, tn make some ; and for Ihis purpose he l)Cgan to hold mcct- ings for readinjj tlje holy s(rij»tures, rf•li^ious conversation, and prayer, "u Jiich were productive of the most siahitary tffects ; m that a society of Ively Christians was fonn«;{l in that city. AVhen the Ceylon Gazette had announced to the public, the arrival of our missionaries on that ishmd, they immediately addressed an aifectionate letter to them, ear- nestly requesting that someone might, he spared to minister unto them the word of Life. A Missionary is prepared to sail on the loth of the j)rcsent montli to this st-.tion, where he will find an open door, and a jirospect of great usefnlness. In the island of Cq/lon. the Lord has succeeded the labours of jiig servants at the difl'erent st-'tions wliich they occujjy, in a very «-ra- cious maiiuer. Coiu;n gations have been raised in every place,' which statedly attend upon their ministry. — .Schools are opened,' and filled with the children of natives, and s.^ttlfrs, who are learning- to read the gospels, and are instructed in the {.rinciplts of the Chrisljan Relij>ion. Societies have hern formed; and that diseijdine established, wlueh, in Fairope and America, has been !^o conducive, among the Method'sts, lo the extension of the kingdom of Christ, and lo tiie spiritual growtk and improvement of thousuruls. It may be satisfactory to state here, some remarkable instances of the power of relii^ion, which have occurred in the conversation of boih Pagans and Mussulmans in that island. That of Pctrus Pandiiti Sacarnis, a Bud/tist Pricnf of soitsiderable emiiujuce, is one of the for- mer. This man is now employed in trarisluting the New Testan»ent into the Cingalese and the Pali unguagcs, for the benefit of the Camlian ration, which has lately been brought under the iJritish dominion ; a jieojde inhabiting the whole interior of the island, and characterized as a ndld, but inquisitive race of men, well disposed to receive the truth when they can be made acquainted with it. He also preaches the gos- pel with much zeal and acceptance to his countrymfjn at Cnhimbo, and in the neighbourhig villages ; fifteen of which are regularly visited every Sabbath day by our Missionaries and their assistants ; me?i, whom the Lord has already raised up to act in conceit with them, and under their direction. In some of these villnges, a \ery extraordinary . reforniatiou has taken place amongst the inhabitants, in regard to the -religious observance of th'^ Sabbath. Formerly this holy day was mark- ed by no distinction in their minds or manners, but eiteeining it coin- tiion, they sought their own pleasures, a'.id did tluarown works. Now, they assemble in crowds to hear the Missionaisy read and expound the word of God, and the day is observed with as inncli apparent respect as in any village in Protestaiit Countries Thus miiihtilyhas the word of God, alfeady prevailed oyer heathenish superstition anu iiabitnal vice. Another is that of brother C7o?/§/i'A- interpreter, a fine youth Myeats '»f age, who has been \?ell educated, and «j.eaks five different languages with iluen«y. Of him brother ('lough has said. 4 hold msct- iiid prayer, I socifity of L>n Gazette es on that them, ear- unto them loth of the oor, and a loiirs of jiig very ji^ra- ace, which I fiiied \sith read the [ielijiion. — which, in hod'sts, lo lal growtk iistanccs of on of boili >• Pandiiti of the f,£,.« I, "''' "''""'^ '»■• loved by Ihe most resnectal !, of ll . "" ""' >'<^"«»tc(l, and be- tl.oy watched over htt/afflrtio',?"'; '■]■"'''•',"•;".•''' "' """ ^'"'i-"'; tonderest attention. Wl "„ 'o «"rren oved .^'''''if ™, ^"'"^ *"!' «'« .mhalmod his memory w he"t< i' O.'.e Ttf'""''"' ''f ">«'■•»'. »"''- closed his account in the follow S- uLr^'^t^V^" T * i'"""'- ""■' " coireet conduct, and Kreat uscfulneTs l,» .■' ■ ?"'"''''' '''sP»«tion, " teem of evelv one herf botl"Fur„^f.„: ' 1 K^""^" ,«'»= ■'''si'ect and es. " only lame„t,rd, as ttoW a irti; Xid nl"triJ''''' ''? ''l'"' '' "°' " lowed to he, a severe, and ner «,,».: , , f'»"*"l'=i^'l and al- ••whichhasforitsohM^ltu;pSio. of [Trf '.''''■' '" *'"' '»"«'. " cs of people in this quarter."' '*" ''f<'''™"t,n,ty,a,„o„jj all clzss- ^^ p.::5:\:::,i^^ctei? f^A^:irr^y<''«v^''y<^i at Another i. on his ,vay to ll st:™,t; o'i I Id t:''Xan/r /",","'• into I he countrv and tn rl^imio i.;., i i »» ""» ciea lo aavance farther Ms, and othe J uwt of Z:J Tn ^''"•'•',V""'''?"^'''"''"^ "'o "■'«™- ^/•,i. «, among the different Laul^t ^it 'al^inhal 't'" '""*'' "' abroad m that desert coimtrv • o.wi .. • '"",^" '^^"'^'^ Jn''ahit, or rany;e ,^l.ich has senttt^lSr ;^L ". ,oTe mS L1"'';t rr f'^ »>een thus honoured. We rcioice in tl.ti' 1!,' 'i " '''■'""f" have .hey mav increase a tho^sSToU" S ^Ihris'Sfri"^ '""V"' ^uiixsa large addition of labourers ; which consideration !»!' i T* '"- jcica of rivalry, in every ohjoctlonab e senSe of ?h t e m M^t't T to acquit ourselves of those obligations under wWcV Is ^ bodv of' H'" «.^e light a..d comfort Of widch, tijs::i: i:'^uro;'it^^^^ .ongr^rnt^t^'^rt;::!-;::^^^^^^^^^ .H ii~of-e°heS''''''''''' "f,"r '';s'''y '■"^"•"■'^^ ^""fy. «>'e want. ; dl j;u,>.Xr»lS."-' "m '■'""' ■"■"' ''"'•""" '"'•'<■- '"Come oveJ l|_UKipj^Had we ao more M.»»ioua,,e8 prepared logo, and funds t. . I M>wv«» ai, BUUUl IV,\){JV, ' n< nthens Jirfd I some of them le considerable iglit shools ibr rated, and bfe- 1 that station ; ants with the is funeral, and brotherly af- st hours, and e disposition, aspect and es- is death is not ilercd and al- to the cause, on^ all c!ass- mpToyed, at tl for youth, ance farther the Hottcn- ipc Town. llie south of it, or range the Society ibours have 'y pray that ve, and re- [exclude any ? vv'ish also ' of christi- of the gos- >" I and in ca are now ?rs, and the he mission, ordofGod, ly prosper- 1*664 inor« the want* ^o(ne over id funds t# i [ 13 ] tWT their pa^^sajje to Ceylon, in that island alone, they are needed, and Wuld be joyfully n-caived. Of this, the coininittee has been assured from the best authority. What, then, must he the need of the couutUss multitudes on the Indian c*ntiiient, millions of whom know not the name of Christ; but who, nevertheless, dissatisfied with tiieir reli^Mon, and un- happy in themselves, are anxiously enquiring, " N ho will shew us any good V* In some places, where parts of the Holy Scrijitures, translated into the native dialect, have been distributed, the poor people have ex- claimed. " We want teachers to explain these writings. Let us hear more of these good things." ^ . . The general Committee have received very pressing mvitations to Bend missionaries to some parts of the European continent, and also to the island of St. Domingo, where the President Pcdon has acknowledged the great want of Christian Instruction. One Missionary is prepared to go to this Island.* In the town of Brusich, a few of our countrymen who know the importance of the gospel, have settled for commercial pursuits, and are an-ious to obtain a Methodist Ministry, for the benefit of all who un- derstand the English language there. Aware that this may become an important station, from whence the spread of scriptural Christianity may be extended through the continent, it has been rescdved to send a missionaf v there as soon as possible. An old Roman Catholic church, which, in the days of the revolution, had been converted into a granary, may now be procured for a small annual rent, and fitted up as a place of worship at a trifling expence, so that accommodation will be cheaply procured. Here the light of pure religion will again shine, and from hence spread far. .... Distinguished, however, with success, as our missionaries hav« been in their official ch-aracters, and flattering as 'are our prospects the general state of the moral world is such as to demand our continu- ed, and, if possible, our increased exertions. Asia and Africa , besides a large part of America, are under the degrading superstitions of Paga- nism and Mahommedanism. Nearly 200,000,000 of our fellow men are deluded by the false Prophet Mahommed. And about 000,000,000 more are bowing down to stocks and stones, the work of their own hands. What mind can, unappalled, contemplate the endless train of domestic, ■ocial and personal evils attendant on these vile superstitions ? Thia cruel, all-devouring monster, spares no age, no sex, no condition. And as to the rest, they are Jews or professors of Christianity. But amongst the latter, who have the light of revelation, how much ignorance, su- perstition, and wickedness, is yet to be removed, before the Christianj, religion can appear in its native simplicity and purity ; and what car^j counteract this evil influence, and exhibit the beauty of holiness, but the labours of the faithful Missionary '^ Waving other vifeWs, for the * N. B. Two Missionaries, ba\e beei^ »eat to St. Doii|ingo since the |)ulIicttliou of Vhia rcpoit. mf &' I f 14 1 the stars, tlit- human form sfnrl . c , Hjo sun, the moon, these, these are yo '/h G^^.;,; '"'"r '"'/"'J^' **'^^ ^''''^^^ ^^'fil^* earn fron. the nature of their wo i .' -U wc so o'tT,' ''' r? .'"I^^''* the ives and manners of the heathen 'at hon e ''^f * ''^'V'^'!''''^'"^^ "f <^» c.v.l .jusli.e, with all its aulhoritv7 1 rw^ml (S i ''^^^^^ the swor.l JtJiejne«tt.s and all iK tf-rmr^ i! " i'»e woid God ^vlth all is aU ■^^^,^^^l>^^ri.u.tr^^^ ^" i^« power ^vifh all its stin-s and renrowl r^ ., i^^, ^<^va.!tages, conscience t'^Hr ch.rn.s, .re hllSn ^r'l^a ^i inr^^'V^'r'""^ "^ "" «'<.a be the state of those in P, . f ' "'"'^^ ^[r'" ''■'''' ^^'"^ »na.x c.os islusownind..e >^hcTeVh I'n r "'"""^' ''^ - wh.r. the Ii,ht is iti;;tl;; ^ w l r:L: ',:!:^r' ..ever .hone, .;jhere dog-aded rea.on i. ;i,}.out; < '^h^ ' w ' r t , ' 1^"^""''"' ^cr.Jandi,.. are <:loscd, wh. re consd.^;" ^ ^ U f I^VfT f '■'' ""i ^lure aa universal corrniUioa of manner" p^valL? "''^ ""' ""^ c;f aid fron. the British and l4r In J>,i 1 s,"' <>'^^''eyond the reach In.tilutio.s ever devised hy , J„rL it^^^^^^^^ ■''' "^ ''"' "^''''^^^ species. There are ndllions of tC who ^^ !''V"'''Tr'"'i' ''"'''^ scriptures aJ,>„e can he of i.o n« \^^ V. '"''^' ""^ l<> whom tho N Jis this a„, t;,; 11:: rre'lnnl;:! !;t^^^;;" .;;;;'---"»-•. vhom there \s no tvrif fen lani^un.rc and J r-C^ . ' "yj* «•. "'.">",'^ condoa:.yth;n., li.Kicrsueh?irc;;^st" eM ^l Hn ^lil ;"r""r oral mslrucfions. AVith these view- it i« >n' T * , rV*"^^ ^'""' ''y a list of Missionaries late ^ n , .lU h ft h ."^^ » """"'' ''^ Protestant .mmom..i.v gone 7 m ' .t^'V *'." "'^-^1^ ^'^^* fe.e...t sects of Christians in /.^.ro ^ to inst .t ■'?*"" "' r'"^' ^"''- ninny hundreds of .niliions of V.^^'Jnl M^ f ' evan^elr.e the -orkbefbreus,andinwhichsoni.y :.ll'± ;^;^::^^ ^^' ^'•'^ ^^«"*^ raged topmceed by the ^..^.^^/.'of the I::^t"^:har'' ;^'s^'tf ''"'"" nent and of former ages. Tlie /iW/^z-r/A/r !.. I *i ^^ ^ ^ ^'''' f''""^' Missionaries ; not on^ in ^.iW^ ^bu? t'^.:^^" t::;^^;' F" /" (arfrombemgindifforontandinactive !i-.htedfCl . . ' ^^''>I^ie, inrl snfficieni egra.liiio;^ Cr I, the moon, l<'sit rej»Mlfc» vices of tlio ', we might exliibiud in tlie swonj > all its al^ \ its powtr couHcieiice ms with all vice, what criiriinal iij tjver shone, fc unknown, of the un- al Kin, and \yhu\n tJio L CDiidifioii, ifi, ainon;^ is.sionarief )e (If)uo hy rnied, hy t vet 250 '.'■ the dif- :(-Iize the he inland "e en<;o(j- f the pre- , were all e People, issionary lemsolves ' elcnjal 'MJans for he Lord, r»iir failh 'ise may Usiiiiinit, e; [uovoi. t »5 3 kiiift each other to love and good works, in thr eanso of missions, tt would therefore ill hecome that Society of Christians, with whom the pre- sent revival of experimental relis^ion commenced at the beuimiing of tho lust ceritnry, to relax its efforts, and to *♦ lose the thiiigs whioU it |ia» vrought." ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC. The present a j;e so fertile in political revolullons, hashccn notlcsf strikintfly marked hy changes in the religious world, of a character equally energetic, hut whose effects will outreach lliem in extent and duration, as they surpass them in beneficence. 1'he commencement ot' that grcnit revival of religion in these lands, which was instrumen- tally effected hy men, whose names can never bo erased from the e- ternal records of the church, is almost within the memory of some living. Yet its iniliicnce has already been felt through almost every part of the British empire ; and it is still daily developing its effects upon the moral state of man both at home and abroad. The springs of that powerful engine which the first instruments of this great work direc'.,r ed against the ignorance and the vices of mankind are, perhaps, hut now only ac'|uir;ng their full play: and the system begins to niovewitU jiccelerated energy and more diH'used effect. Appeals to the Bible, as the only standard of faith and practice, avc birth to Prot(.stani;-m ; and by appeals to the Bible, and to the gav scrij»ti«val forinuiaries of Prolestant churches, England, the greatest I'rctostant sl;ite, was roused from its slumber, the substance was givea to the sign of piety, and the body to its shadow. Wjth the reviving spirit of religion, compas ;ion for the heathen, long neglected hy PrO" testants, revived also ; and i.s religious feeling gives rapid birth to jiction, their conversion, togeth«^r witii the instrnctipn of tiie distant cohmies pf the empire, was early attempted ; and this important work tius been prosecuted to the present day with increasing ardour. Tn effi»rts of this kind, the Methodists, in the religious Con- nexion first established by the Rev. John Wfslky, have long takea a distinct, aud very zealous part ; and tlnir success hag been encon- raging. In I7(i9, two preachers were sent to y^/menca, and tils' result of this Mission has been the formation of Christian Societies on that continent, which at present include above 214^000 members. Tha IVcst-Tndkin Mission was next established. In 1780, the Rev, Dr. CoKK, who was proceeding to America with three Missionaries, of whom one only had been destined for the West Indies, the others being designed to labour in Newfoundland, was driven by stress of vreather, into the island of Antigua. There the Missionaries found ."^uch op4 portunities of nselulness, as required their nnited and iramediiite ex». crtions ; and the Mission in thai and other islanda m nrpfifeiit ^m-, j>h)ys thirty-one Missionaries. ; A Miiifciott iijfis liQGii €fctaMiishQ,d oa the Jfrkmi' Confrinit ; vrhm I il ■ I! I t H i tesiJes tlie estabhshmenl of two Lancasterian Scliools, a society of nln, ty-six member., ami a congregation of 400 por.son have VeenTol lccte.1. A very efiisctual aid ifas also been aflimled o t l.aLr^! „ ^ tiviliyjition of the darker parts of /,W™rf by the aimointment of M . s,onar.es who preach i„ tl,e nativ. /<»W^ of tlrn 'n«Z 3°,! hJ «ho,e zcaoas and extensive labours, 1,„„?bers, Vbo 'w Te i.Ivded iS tiom lljc Western. world we now turn our eves to Hip AT/,.-/ «rU iroduction of the Gospel among sixty millions of Brilish subjects d ,rkc„e^nghon the world On my asking what Religion thJy tLght U WoWd be/^ they replied, - The CAHstian Religion.- ^ ^ .ir.reoFi«,v.t^ri.»i^igi^s,toyiivia«^bi;;;r'i;:::u^^ C 17 1 ocicty ofnine- ive been col- (>at fjreat work i;min?tionand nent of Mis- le ; an«I, by 2 involved in igbteousness. o\ed in this vho spake the cept, " Love the numerous ■/, where a re- )or for the in- cts, darkcued six Mission- any the late are 500,000 nillion of Pa- e jNrovidenre, the scene of maries were ctllcncy tlie Brownrigg, ylon. They lattura, and cellency the ope soon to agalese Ian- I st(;j) to the tan have a I as British < station of lias lately ' he partly ~" Many of general his- \i different ical to the y it is writ- i;id prevail thought it liet inoffen- them by aa Interpreter cvfry day in their Bazars, and feel happy in this blessed work. The Lord has truly converted my Interpreter, who is a remarkably tine young man, about twenty four years ofage. He speaks with tluency five rtiflferent lauguatces, and is very zealous in spreading the kingdom of Chnst. 1 doubt not but he will beconrte an useful miuibtcr of the gospel, and llieti he will be equal to a host of Missionaries from a foreign country.'* The same Missionary says in another Letter :— " We have lately had R remarkable instance of the power of grace, in the conversion of one of the leading Priests of Budhu, who is now employed in translatmg the Ho- ly Scriptures into the Pali language. An account of this I drew up at the request of the Goveri'or, who caused it to be inserted in the Ceylon Ga- lelle, a copy of which I have sent to England.*' , , • i Letters have since been received from a person in high authority, most earnestly requesting, that fotty or fifty more Methodist Missionaries may be sent to Ceylon ; os their discipline— and their methods of instruction, are so admirably adapted to the state of *lie nutives. Etforts and plans so extensive must necessarily involve a proportionate expence. The average income of the Methodist Missionary Fund has not been found equal to its regular disbursements ; and in January; 1813, a debt of more than six thousand pounds was owini: to the Treasurer. Thia debt, which zeal had contracted, was laid at the foot of Charity ; and the iBippeal was not made in vain. By an extraordinary collection, the whole of it has been liquidated ; and, confident as we are in tbn strength of our resources, and the liberality of the public, we look for such a permanent increase of the funds as shall not only meet the existing demands, but af- ford a large surplus to bo applied in giving a still wider diffusion to the •' glorious Gospel of the blcv^sed God." It is with this view, that a Methodist Missionary Society, for the Manchester District, has been establi:died :— a measure whicii appeared to be equally culled for by increasing opportunities for evangelizing heathen nations; by the excellent example of other Christian Societies ; and by the loss of the personal exertions of the late Rev. Dr. Coke, who for ytars had stooped to the very drudgery of charity, and gratuitously* pleaded the cause of a perishing world from door to door. Whilst our lit- tle band of Missionaries go forth against the Idolatry of the East» and whilst more than one hundred other Methodist Missionaries, in dif- fcrf'nt parts of the world, are immediately engaged in the same contest ■with the powers of darkness, it devolves upon us who remain at home to give eftV'ct to the necessary financial arrangements, atid to furnish the ©iuews of this holy war. We therefore solicit the aid of the public at large,— either in dona- tions for the particular purpose of meeting the large expence of our Mis* fiionaries in Asia, or of supporting our very promising schools for Ne- ^vo Children in Africa, or in regular subscriptions. Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, or Annual, for the general work, according to the plans of tb.e Methodist Missionurv Societv,^ In thia we are encourairea by former experience, and by tlve coiiVititiow that both the objects propo- n%di, aud the laeaaii tmployijft to effect tlieJHu are f u^h «*» m«««t easure the I r I- I 1« J Iiibsuis amour the licit li™ \.:^Ti -^ ?■"* "f the land ; ift„o I „:ir lhi» Kren. work at I o ml a d al.rali Z'"?"^ "T'^ °f '^'••' ' <""' " eountertalaiice of p> I dvi| „, ^^i '"" '"='" '''^""■'l 'i'!'""! »ny «|"m the support of the , „,?, "^T" = 7^»■•'' .'■■"''"W^ied to rely the Mc-th„,',i^ Mi.,si„, „v 'soc otv as a n;l°"' "' "'f ' •'"'i' '" ""'^^ ty, you w,ll „„t forfei ;! eS.Je " vlf, :"■• ■""' f;"- "^' »'"< '=l'a". the fruit of Missiormrv labours Yoo, . r "i >'""'«'>'<">'. »? ■' Pco|,lc, ceived those clear views of thoTn 1" r,ir,™l'' ""'"■<"' *l^ *l.apels, yourprivileses and et ", , arc :irt'i,e?"''ir'";lr''' ;""' fimswn which God h .» crowucdv^i . !L . , "^^ ""'" '''^""" ''"'"' and wants of others The Plu- L.,^'.. T ^"" *"''' lof 'be eniptinest sraud concert, to '<^u^T^zz:^ z^:^!';^:^'^" ""• fnminoned to new and holder efforts Vh^ I I r r-'/'"' ■'',°" "* jour way ; that ha„d which has hee, with X , fW ^ 1 I ^'"^ '"•^'•''» "»« Toiv^c of providenec calls • and r,ll^ „ ^ . , heffinuing. Th« The ohjJet is to send tt'hTato,^ ^sTl"'fi.!lSr":'t''t'V' ^i'"','' '"'<''''. ticr.larly appeal.^ You owe m,/ch toCIn-,Vianrv ^'T;''^^'*" ^'"" ^« P**-- .=^^nsocratetoGod.ytotheeS,:7;-;^^ ^-uj fqundauou for the time to ."omr. '* i ^* u i , ^ 'P ^ «i ■ ■ ■ ' J •J r.iclv.v of th« I liy tliom tq fe par- an oppor- > lira hie to and well- I'porttrsof nd Socie* ^vaste in "otioii to l:>y up i| t the mo- itdp tjjos^i R in •««.'! v<'.s, hccrfnljjr r. I f \ t 19 : tiou in llic'ir Classes, besides Quarterage, for the support of their beloved Missionaries. And will you, whose resources are beyond all coinparisoijL more abundant and whose privile^^cs are much greater than theirs, be out- stripped by Negro Slaves in liberality and zeal? God forbid ; Your first duty is, of course, to exertjourselyes, as they do, for the inaintenr.nce of Religion and its Ordinances among yourselves. This is your just debt. But many, yea most of you, by a little prudent contrivance and benevolent »elf-drnial, may bo not. wdy just, but generous, and secure for yourselvcg Xhe\)rn\a\fied bU'SSfdncss of frivwir. The smallest Contribution will be thai'kfully received ; while the birgest Subscriptions or Donations will, iix •uch a cause, be well and nsefully bestowed. The work is God's. H tears his seal, and has his blessing. Give it therefore t!ir: help of your united prayers, and liberalities, and influence ; and beco/.ie co-workers vith God in setting up that kingdom of his Son, which i:* to fill Uio ear^ti frith righteousness and peace. 5CS A List of the StatioJU of the Methodist Missionaries in JTorcign Pari^J' I. EUilOPE. 1. f7lhrftU(fr, Tliomas Pa vies, 2. Stuvilhf nnd Veriere^ in r\ancc. To be supplied by tho Freoch Pieacber* in llie Guernsey iJistrict. 3. Brmsett. Armaad ile licrpezdron. * 4. Cvfhn, incljiidinsf t!»e following stations \--viz, Cohmhp, Jaff'nctftntan^ linttiraloe. Point (h Oiille, and Maturn. ' " Jamrs liV"'"b« GtiKrue Erskirie, Tlioinas Hquanoe, Benjamin Clough, John M'Kenny, ^•;lrnu('l Broadbent, Robert Carver, Elijah Jackson, and John Callaway, assiste«?;?■ South Wales. Hamnel Leigh. N. B. The loliovving Brethren are also appointed as additional Missicnarles for Asia, under the. direction of the Committee in Ljadpn: viz. William B. Fox, Thomas Osborne, Robert Nevvstead, John Barry. III. AFRICA. •. ,^ierra f^one. William Davics, Samuel Drown. 9. Ca^eof Good Hope. Barnabas Shaw. l\. IN AMERICA. "' WEST-INDIES. 10. Antigua llayucr Antigua District. — SanrnelF. WooUeif^ Vh^irmm. .{Sau4uel P. WooHey, Jfoj^iiUiyfr^yiHsi^ It i li ! 11. ^ft. Chri$tnph rr\f. Thonias lilackb 12. St. E inn, S C 20 J lit* ^ im.. •' .■■mm K-Tijityvsuury. !''.». Cvalvdilev Uilpv. it 5'' f^f'^f'''l'>mcw$. DamVI HilhVr. 16. i>om»»m. William Boacocl,-. JAMAICA D.stR,rr.- J„*„ Wi,^;,,^ Cbairmw. ■ 22. ^'Vf""- Join. Wi^gius, J„l,„ Shipman, Geo,--, UcIm. 2$. /?otc iic/f/i. Joluj ColmJr. * »7. I'^ivtlienj. Juse{;li VVaicI, SH. hiaroour hla,.d and Abiic'o. Itojr^r MtiOM au. It;.^ i*/«.a/. Mieiiael H. ad " * St. D03IL\Ca PO. Pert m Prir.cc, Jolm Brown, sen. Jarnes CaiU, BERxMUDA. • n. Bermuda. TTiUiam Wilson, j,m. WJIliam Ellis. NOVA-SCOTIA, NEW-BRUXSWICK AND CANAt)A. M7//mm B.„„.,,, Chair,:.nn and genera! S^npr-nteodant. ^2. Halifax, James Priesilev VVil'i i .. Ttia^.L „ 1^0, supern«)n.rary -^ ' " "^ ''^' supernumerary, J^iei &i»«r* ?a. live^yooL >VilIiri,n C;-oscon:be. ti' '^- ^t<^pfien's, Duncan M'CoU. -"I'trnumerarjr. •5o. Yarmouth. One wanted, S7. ^, John. Stepiieii Bamiord. •jN. Frederietou, &c. ■^^'i!]ia.n Burt. 40' cZtf''' ' ^''"'""" '^^'^' .' ' *»*^ «°« ^^«"tetl. I tVlIIiaw Tfhitt ha Habj, Jit#. u ; Wiiliim Tur* laat. i »• (fPf- t 21 3 4.1. Nmport. George hWUer. 14. Lniieiiburff', l*etlt liiverre, and Broad Cove. George Oiil^, German Missioiuiry, and uiic to be tinut. 45. 3lanfhf!slf}\ 46. iiay «/<; Chahnr. One wanted. PRINCE EDWARD ISI.AND. 3|T. Chnrtotte Town. John Stroiifr. 4S, Trifoit, and BcdcffM. John Fishpool. THE CAN ADAS. 41). Qufhec. Jolin Tlick. 6<>. Montreal. Jiiiti*js Booth, Ricl'.ard Pope. 6t. Khii/slou. Tiioin;is Caiterick, and one wanted, G'i. CtnuuuilL Il<'iiry Pope. f3. Meihnrne. JlicLanI Williarps, and one wanted. 54. William Ilenrif. John de Piition, French Missionary. 6i>. Fort Weliint/lon. One wantul. NEWFOUNDLAND. W. ;JPf Jtthit*8. John Pickavant, Ninian liun*. 67. Carl/oncur'. Gtiort'e Culiit, Rieliard K!)iate to ourselves any un justprai.se. Tlie Coniinillee in Nova-Scotiu desire not to fori,'ct wl:^i the McMiodists every where wi.sh to renjtniber, that llioiigh a Puulnuty jdaut and Appoloti water, it iw (iod that givilli the increase. And we sincerely |)ray that by whomsoever the {>()Kptl of Clinst is preaeiicd, in !ls p.iiiiilive purity, it may con-slaiitly be attended wiJh the power ajxl demonstration of (.'od's Holy Spirit, whom we ought to reverence as the Ivdiyhtener. Comforter, and Purifier of M(u. 'J'iioiigii the success of the Methodist Missionaries in this District, lias not been equal to their wishes, yet, lliey have cause to rejoice, thai their labours have not been as v/attr sjiilt on the ground. Jn various places, and at dille.ent li-nns, they have witnessed the oulponriug of the spirit of grace and reformation, in their tllecls on tlie hearts a id lives of their people : many of them have lived a-id died triumphing m t!u^ faith and hope of the gospel; and many remain as tlie epistles of their ministry, knoivn and read of all men. 'I'here are, at prese it, 15 circuits and stutions, conlai ing upwards of 30 chapels ; in whi b 18 regular preachers are appointed to la!)our. The number of comi Tnnnicants is about 2,000. — Not less than 000 members, in good stand , h . e removed from Halifax alone, to oilier parts of the w or' J^ i^ik^ the establislnncut of u Methodist fcjotiely thereia. ,....452/18 ( ( iliHclpliiie of sinilljiarlnt to suy, tliaf. Ives any im foiirct wl;.i a Piiuliniy ISC, I of ChriKl ti'iuled wiiii ve ouijlit to Uu. Ills Distrif t, rt'joice, tliai 111 various ilpoMiiiig of lir^iiils a 1(1 iiiiiijihiiiir ill e pis Iks of at prcso itj i ; ill whi b ber of co"» •iood stait'l [■ tlie woj' I^ h