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 hXDIANS AND OTHERS IN NORTH AMERICA • 
 
 DELIVERED NOV. 9, 1820. 
 
 BY CHARLES LOWELL, 
 
 MINISTER OE THE WEST CHURCH IN BOSTON. 
 
 BOSTON : 
 PRINTED BY SEWELL PHELPS, NO. 5, COURT STREET. 
 
 1820. 
 
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At a meeting of the Society, 9 November, 1820, 
 
 Voted, That the Secretary, Rev. Mr. Tuckerman, and Rev. Dr. 
 
 Foster be a Committee, to present the thanks of the Society to the 
 
 Rev. Mr. Lowell for his Sermon, delivered before them this day, and 
 
 to request a copy for the press. 
 
 A. HOLMES, Secretary. 
 
DISCOURSE. 
 
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 UNTO WHOMSOEVER MUCH IS GIVEN, OF HIM SHALL MUCH IIF. 
 
 REQUIRED. 
 
 WE cannot contemplate, for a moment, our 
 condition as intellectual and moral beings, as expe- 
 riencing continual protection, and as enjoying the 
 light and privileges of Christianity, without a deep 
 conviction of the kindness and love of God. 
 
 We behold around us innumerable creatures un- 
 conscious of the value of existence, insensible to the 
 profusion of beauty and magnificence which sur- 
 rounds them, and incapable of the enjoyment which 
 results from the cultivation of the powers of the un- 
 derstanding, and the exercise of the affections of the 
 heart. We behold multitudes of our fellow crea- 
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 ourselves, cither destitute of the means of intellec- 
 tual and moral improvement, or enjoying but the 
 partial and imperfect possession of them ; dwelling 
 in the region of heathen darkness and superstition, 
 or placed in circumstances which exclude them from 
 the full enjoyment of gospel light. 
 
 By the condition in which we are placed the 
 most solemn obligations are imposed upon us. No 
 talent which God has given us should be neglected, 
 and no means of improvement with which He has 
 furnished us, should be unimproved. If He has given 
 us more understanding than the beasts of the fields and 
 made us wiser than the fowls of heaven, it is, that we 
 may devote our powers to noble purposes, and that, 
 being so much exalted by nature above the animals 
 around us, we may rise superiour to the enjoyments 
 of mere animal life. If He has distinguished us 
 above many of our fellow creatures by the means of 
 knowledge, if He has favoured us with the instruc- 
 tions and promises and discoveries of the gospel, 
 if the sun of righteousness has shone upon us with 
 full and unclouded effulgence, it is, that we may be 
 guided in our opinions by the light which it conveys 
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 holy influence which it sheds r ion the heart and the 
 life. If, aware of our weakness, and of the power 
 of sensible objects to draw us from our duty, He 
 has appointed institutions adapted to strengthen our 
 purposes of obedience, and to counteract the eflect 
 of the objects around us, it is, that by the observance 
 and use of these institutions, we may be assisted in 
 attaining the end for which the gospel was given us. 
 Possessed, then, of rational and moral capacities, 
 we should not be satisfied with low attainments in 
 knowledge and goodness. It is by the mind, the im- 
 material and immortal principle within us, that we 
 resemble the Deity, and it is only by the cultivation of 
 this principle that the resemblance can be preserved. 
 It is by the mind, the immaterial principle within us, 
 that while on earth, we are susceptible of pure and 
 exalted enjoyment, and that, in heaven, we may at- 
 tain to inetTable and eternal felicity ; and it is only by 
 the cultivation and improvement of this principle, 
 that the purest enjoyment of earth, and the most 
 exalted felicity of heaven* can be secured by us. 
 Enjoying, too, the light and privileges of Chris- 
 tianity, we should use them for the purpose of pre- 
 paring ourselves, by the grace of God, for our high 
 
 
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destination. Communicating to us the most impor- 
 tant and interesting truths relating to our Creator 
 and ourselves, we should study the scriptures, that 
 our minds may be enlightened by the truths they 
 contain, tliat we may be guided by the instructions 
 they impart, and may transcribe into our characters 
 the examples of piety and virtue which they display. 
 Favoured with institutions intended and adapted 
 to advance the purposes for which we were created 
 intelligent and immortal beings, and were indulged 
 with the blessings of the gospel, we should yield to 
 these institutions a strict and diligent observance. 
 
 But this is not all. We are to cultivate our own 
 powers, and improve our own light, and use our 
 own means of religious and moral instruction, not 
 only that we may advance our own benefit, but be 
 useful also to others. We are formed for society. 
 We have social affections. We depend upon society 
 for much of our comfort and happiness. Our duties 
 in this state are mutual and reciprocal. Receiving 
 from others, we must impart to others, in return. 
 Nor is this to be confined to those from whom we 
 have received direct and personal benefits. Deriv- 
 ing advantage from the social state, we must labour 
 
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to meliorate, improve, and elevate tliat state wherever 
 it exists. 
 
 Hence results the duty of diHusing the means of 
 instruction ; for the wisest of men lias long ago told 
 us, what, indeed, our own observation abundantly con- 
 firms, that ybr the soul to be without knowledge^ is tint 
 good. Hence, especially, results the duty of diffusing 
 religious instruction ; for one almost as wise, at a much 
 later period, has left it on record as the fruit of his 
 researches and experience, *^ that there never was 
 ** found in any age of the world, either philosophy, or 
 " sect, or religion, or law, or discipline, which did so 
 ^ highly exalt the public good, as the christian faith." 
 But, you need not the opinion of Lord Bacon* 
 christians, to convince you of the worth of Christian- 
 ity. No, — you are fully aware of its importance 
 to the public welfare, and to private virtue and hap- 
 piness ; how essential it is to the progress of civili- 
 zation and the useful arts ; how much it elevates the 
 tone of public morals ; and how powerful an influ- 
 ence it exerts where "law and discipline" have no 
 controul. You are fully aware of its beneficial 
 effects on our personal condition, and on the relations 
 of domestic life ; what light, and comfort, and joy it 
 
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 imparts wherever its influence is felt; how much 
 contentment, and patience, and resignation, and hope 
 it inspires in poverty, and sickness, and sorrow, and 
 death; how it infuses sweetness into the bitterest 
 cup, and tinges with brightness the darkest cloud of 
 calamity ; how it has lighted up the passage of the 
 grave, and presented to the inquiring eye of faith a 
 brighter region beyond it. Yes, — it has brought life 
 and immortality to light ; — it has opened the gates of 
 the tomb, loosed the cerements of the dead, and 
 given back the pious departed to the faith of surviv- 
 ing relatives. 
 
 In the chamber of sickness, it has smoothed the 
 pillow of the dying, filled a void in the heart which 
 nothing else could fill, removed a reluctance to lie 
 which nothing else could abate, whispered peace *o 
 the departing spirit, and, like an angel from heavei 
 beckoned it upward to the abodes of everlastin 
 rest and joy. 
 
 Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gifi 
 How many hearts, which have experienced its cheer- 
 ing encouragements, its divine supports, its animating 
 hopes, will respond when I repeat, Thanks be unto 
 God for his unspeakable gift. 
 
 
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 we have received, and which it is our duty, as there 
 is need, and we have opportunity, to impart to oth- 
 ers. Wherever the heralds of salvation are sent, we 
 should devoutly wish them a blessing from the Lord; 
 and to every rational, practicable plan for promoting 
 the diffusion of christian truth, and of course advanc- 
 ing the best interests of mankind, we should afford, 
 as we have ability, our patronage and aid. 
 
 If there is a prospect of success, we must scatter 
 our seeds in the wilds of Patagonia, cast our bread 
 upon the waters of the Ganges, open a fountain of life 
 in the Arabian desert, and kindle a flame, which 
 shall diffuse light and heat, upon the mountains of 
 the frozen pole. At least, we must pray that the 
 kingdom of God may come, and we may not con- 
 demn, however we may hesitate to assist, the feeblest 
 and most unpromising effort. 
 
 To human reason, nothing could appear more 
 wild and extravagant than the original project of 
 establishing the christian religion, with so many ob- 
 stacles to overcome, and such trifling and insignifi- 
 cant means for effecting it. Without doubt, if it had 
 been the work of man, it would soon have come to 
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 nought. Yet It stood, and flourished, and extended 
 itself. // has sent forth its boughs to the sea, and its 
 branches to the rivers^ and, from past experience, we 
 may well believe, that the time is hastening on, when 
 all nations shall repose under its foliage, and be re- 
 freshed by its fruit. 
 
 It is not, however, to such extensive views, to 
 such large and diffusive exertions, however honoura- 
 ble and useful, that we are called by the venerable 
 Society, which I have the honour now to address. 
 It confines its attention to our own continent, labours 
 to meliorate the condition of the natives of our own 
 forests, extends its helping hand to the piously dis- 
 posed In our new settlements, and assists in rebuild- 
 ing the waste places of our ZIon. 
 
 In this comparatively limited, but actually ex- 
 tensive field of usefulness, it has long and successfully 
 laboured. Its efforts to communicate divine and 
 human knowledge to the Aborigines have not been 
 unavailing, and of late, from a change in the mode 
 of operation which experience has suggested, there 
 is the prospect of a richer harvest of good. 
 
 Of the instruction it has given to the young 
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 brought to the unbelieving who were without hope in 
 the world; the comfort it has spoken to the despond- 
 ing, the consolation it has afforded the afflicted, and 
 the peace it has imparted to the dying, who, without 
 its benevolent interposition, might have died in their 
 sins, of all this, the journals of its missionaries, and 
 the reports of its committee will abundantly testify. 
 Its means of usefulness are in no decree com- 
 mensurate with its opportunities. If it limits its 
 views, as required by its charter, to the northern 
 section of our own continent, still, a field is open 
 before it sufficiently large to occupy its whole atten- 
 tion, and incalculably more than sufficient to exhaust 
 its resources; reaching from the Atlantic to the 
 Pacific, from the gulf of Mexico to the Arctic ocean 
 and the frozen shores of Greenland. But it is only 
 in its charter that it takes so wide a range. Over 
 this extended space, it can cast only an anxious, and, 
 but for the sure word of prophecy, a hopeless glance. 
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 ings of civilization, and extend the bounds of the 
 Redeemer's kingdom. 
 
 Conscious of the dignity and importance of the 
 objects which it labours to promote, it is not asham- 
 ed to solicit your cooperation. In doing this, it calls 
 you to the most honourable office, that of '^ fellow 
 " workers with God j" to the best service, that of 
 dispensing the bread of life ; to the highest reward, 
 the reward of those who have turned many to right- 
 eousnesSf and who shall shine as the stars forever and 
 ever.* 
 
 Nor does it call you to a fruitless service, for, 
 whilst it bids you obey the voice, which cries from 
 the wilderness. Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make 
 straight in the desert a highway for our GoD,t it invites 
 you to hear the encouraging promise. The wilderness 
 and the solitary place shall be glad, and the desert shall 
 rejoice^ and blossom as the rose.^ 
 
 Would you be instrumental in accomplishing this 
 glorious design ? Would you promote the spread of 
 a religion which is productive of effects so benefi- 
 cial, whith thus softens the most rugged face of na- 
 
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 grateful praise ? Would you bear your part in re- 
 claiming the wandering savage, in teaching him to 
 know and feel " the charities of father, son and 
 brother,"^ and in giving him a home of love and 
 
 peace and piety? — Cast in your oflfering. To ob- 
 jects such as these, it will be faithfully applied. 
 Freely ye have received^ f^^^ly give. 
 
 The apostles of our Lord, and many of the 
 early christians, sustained the loss of every thing, 
 but a good conscience, and the hope of heaven, that 
 they might bring others to a participation of the 
 heavenly treasure which was intrusted to them. 
 They were not satisfied with enjoying its benefits, 
 but laboured, incessantly, to diffuse them. To their 
 exertions, to the labours and sacrifices of these 
 christian missionaries and their successors, are we 
 indebted for the exalted rank we hold, and the im- 
 mortal hopes we entertain as christians, and, as far 
 as circumstances demand, and opportunities allow, 
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 Consider, I beseech you, my friends, whilst you 
 are providing for the temporal comfort of your fel- 
 low creatures, whether you have done enough for 
 their spiritual and eternal interests ? By aiding some 
 species of charity, you may encourage idleness and 
 vice, and thus, instead of lessening, may increase the 
 amount of real suffering. But it is far otherwise 
 with regard to the charity which I now recommend. 
 By the diffusion of religious knowledge, you furnish 
 the strongest incitements to industry, and the most 
 powerful motives to virtue; for religion hath said. 
 He that provideth not for his own, especially those 
 of his own house, hath denied the faith, and is worse 
 than an infidel* Religion also hath said. Without 
 holiness no man shall see the Lord.'\ — Godliness is pro- 
 fitable unto all things, having the promise of the life 
 that now is, and of that which is to come. 
 
 My hearers, we have received much, and much 
 will be required of us. Highly exalted in point of 
 privilege, it will be expected that our views will be 
 enlarged, and our aims proportionably elevated. 
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 our conflict with the power of temptation is ended, 
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 REPORT 
 
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 Select Committee of the Society for propagating the Gospel among 
 the Indians and others in J^Torth America : read and accepted 
 9 JVovember, 1820. 
 
 Published by order of the Societjr< 
 
 THE Select Committee have the satisfaction to report to 
 the Society a summary of the laborious and important services 
 of the missionaries, appointed the last year. 
 
 MISSIONS IN MAINE. 
 
 The Rev. Dr. Porter accomplished his mission of three 
 months at Fryeburg and the vicinity. He preached on the 
 Lord's day, and visited and performed various missionary du- 
 ties during the week. The ordinances of Baptism and the 
 Lord's Supper he repeatedly administered. The Sunday 
 schools, of which there were 13 within the sphere of his mis- 
 sion, all provided with able female instructers, Ive was careful 
 to visit. During the prevalence of an epidemic fever in Frye- 
 burg, he visited the sick and the dying, imparted instruction 
 and consolation, and performed the funeral service. This vis- 
 itation of Divine Providence, he observed, disposed the people 
 to a greater attention to religion, and awakened serious inquiry. 
 Some, who had neglected divine worship, expressed a desire 
 that he would visit them ; and " some, who were too weak to 
 converse, wished to hear concerning the faith of Christ." 
 False principles of religion did not stand the test of the hour 
 of trial. " One, who had seemed to favour the doctrine of 
 
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 salvation to all men without limitation," said to him, " I was 
 never so glad to see you in my life, as 1 am now ;" begged, his 
 " prayers ; and said, should I recover, I should think different 
 from what I ever did." The Society's books, sent to Dr. Por- 
 ter's care, he distributed to his best discretion. He " bestow- 
 ed Bibles on widows and orphans ; Testaments on children, who 
 were able to read them ; the Questions and Answers, on those 
 who could read ; from all of whom he received a promise 
 that they would take care of and read them." The books 
 which he distributed on a former mission, he " called for, ex- 
 amined, and inquired what proficiency the receivers had made 
 in reading them, and found, to his great satisfaction, that they 
 had not neglected them." He preached 1 3 sabbaths, 7 lectures, 
 made more than a hundred visits, and attended 9 funerals. 
 
 The Rev. Mr. Douglas has performed his mission of two 
 months at Alfred and Shapleigh. Almost all the towns in the 
 vicinity being visited by missionaries, he thought it his duty to 
 confine himself to Shapleigh. The two parishes in this town 
 are so separated from each other by ponds, that " they appear 
 more like two towns than two parishes in the same." He di- 
 vided his labours between the two parishes; and they were 
 gratefully received, and apparently blessed. Beside preaching 
 on the Lord's day, and lectures, administering the ordinances 
 of Baptism and the Lord's Supper, and visiting a school of 
 about 60 scholars, he visited the families extensively. " It is 
 animating and encouraging," he observes, " to see what grati- 
 tude they appear to manifest for the notice taken of them. It 
 is easy to converse with them upon the great doctrines and 
 duties of religion, and, I may add, to preach the glorious gos- 
 pel." In the East Parish he formed a Female Cent Society 
 for missionary purposes, and from individuals there he receiv- 
 ed $3.20 ; and by contribution in the West Parish $3.30 ; and 
 " feels more impressed with the belief, that they begin more 
 highly to prize gospel privileges, since they have had mission- 
 ary labours bestowed upon them." 
 
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 ction, that they 
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 In Alfred, although the encouragement towards the entire 
 maintenance of the gospel ministry has not been such as had 
 been hoped ; it is pleasing to be assured by our missionary, 
 that " many of the most influential characters have done their 
 full proportion." It is more pleasing still, to learn that his la- 
 bours here have been crowned with unusual success. " I have 
 been, notwithstanding," he writes, " greatly encouraged the year 
 past. God hath done great things for us, whereof we arc 
 glad. I have baptized 23 persons ; 4 adults and 19 children ; 
 10 persons have united with the church — nine by a public pro- 
 fession and one by letter." Beside the donations in Shapleigh, 
 he received jj5 from a pious female in Alfred, making collec- 
 tivcly ^13.50. 
 
 The Rev. Mr. Calef has laboured two months in Parsons- 
 field, Limington, Effingham, Newfield, and Wntcrborough. 
 He represents " the state of religion, as more promising" than 
 when he made his last report. He appears to have been re- 
 ceived with much respect and cordiality. The Congregation- 
 al Society in Parsonsfield, " in general appear to be willing at 
 this time to do something more than they have done in years 
 past for the support of the gospel." They have it in contem- 
 plation to raise a fund, " the interest of which will enable them 
 to procure ministerial labours among them." Our missionary 
 received from them a contribution of $25 ; and a missionary 
 sent by the Maine Missionary Society, jj^20. 
 
 The Rev. Mr. Adams has performed a mission of three 
 months at Vassalborough and the adjoining town of Winslow. 
 It was his practice, to spend every fourth sabbath in Winslow. 
 In addition to his stated labours on the Lord's day, he attend- 
 ed, during the week, to such other services as his health would 
 admit, and as circumstances appeared to require. He fre- 
 quently preached on funeral occasions, (sometimes in remote 
 places,) "on account of the opportunity thus afforded of 
 preaching to many, whom otherwise " he would not have op- 
 
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 porlunily to addrosn." Our missionnry bcnrs a drcidcd losti- 
 mony in favour of » local missions ;" but ndds, " not that itine- 
 rant missions ouglit to lie abandoned ; the sheep and lambs, 
 scattered on the mountains, should not be forgotten. Still I 
 conceive, that local missions, judiciously conducted, promise 
 the most permanent utility." The Christian public, however, 
 he suggests, " may expect too much from them ; that a mission, 
 once established, will assuredly flourish, and soon support it- 
 self." On this subject he remarks : " In most of our new set- 
 tlements there will be found some, who are hungering for the 
 bread of life, and who are willing to make almost any sacrifices 
 for the enjoyment of gospel ordinances ; but there are many 
 others, who, though a price is put into their hands to get wis- 
 dom, have no heart to it. In most cases, to effect a permanent 
 establishment must be a work of time." " The number of those 
 who attend regularly on my ministrations in this town, I find to 
 be gradually increasing \ the same is true with regard to Win- 
 slow." For the feelings of the people in the latter place with 
 regard to the mission, our missionary refers us to an enclosed 
 communication, which, he observes, "was wholly voluntary 
 and unsolicited." This communication, which is signed by a 
 " Committee of appropriations for the Religious Society, Win- 
 slow," expresses their grateful acknowledgment " of the Soci- 
 ety's care and attention for their religious and moral improve- 
 ment, by directing Mr. Adams to supply their pulpit, part of 
 the time, for fifteen months past." " We have reason to think," 
 they observe, " your liberality has had a favourable effect. A 
 segment of Vassalborough church has been established in 
 Winslow, and a number admitted as members ; and through 
 the benevolent and Christian spirit of Mr. Adams, many mem- 
 bers of churches, and of different sects, have been permitted 
 to be guests at the Lord's table. No calculation, at present, 
 can be depended on as a Toron, to raise money for the support 
 of the gospel. A few individuals have formed themselves into 
 a Religious Society, with a view to raise something for that 
 purpose. We have raised a small sum, as a donation to your 
 
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 Society, which wc hfivo paid to Mr. Achms, to he under your 
 direction for appropriati(»n/' This sum, which was duly ac- 
 counted for to the Treasurer, was f 42.50. 
 
 The Rev. John Sawyer has performed iIk duties nsslsjned 
 him at Brownvillc and the vicinity, lit , '^nchcd lO snl<l)aihs 
 in Williamsburg, Brownville, No. j, Scbec, Aikn --nn, Foxcroft, 
 and Garland, in the service of the Sot (rfy. In most (if duse 
 places he delivered lectures, and pcrforuud other relii^ious 
 duties among the people. In Brownville, Garland, and Fox- 
 croft, he administered the Lord's Supper ; in the two last places 
 he admitted two members, and baptized two infants ; and in 
 Brownvillc organized a church of 12 members, "The pros- 
 pects, in this section of the country, do, in some respects, look 
 more hopeful than heretofore. As a mean to what has been 
 done," writes our missionary, " we are greatly indebted to your 
 Society." Mr. Sawyer opened his school in the new school 
 house in Williamsburg, on the 10th of January, with 13 scho- 
 lars ; the number soon increased to 35 ; the whole number, in 
 the winter, was 40. Two school houses have been built in 
 Williamsburg, the last year, each of them sufficiently large to 
 accommodate 50 or 60 scholars. 
 
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 The Rev. Freeman Parker has performed two months' ser- 
 vice at Dresden and the vicinity. During the term of his mis- 
 sion, he preached 26 sermons ; administered the Lord's Supper 
 twice, and Baptism once ; attended one church meeting, and 
 one funeral; visited 58 families, 6 schools, and the sick 18 
 times. Mr. P. expresses a hope, that he has " not altogether 
 laboured in vain ;" and adds, " one thing is almost certain, that 
 the aid you have afforded to the church and people in Dresden 
 has been the means of continuing to them the regular adminis- 
 tration of the gospel. Most of the Bibles, Psalm Books, &c. 
 which you placed in my hands, I distributed in Bowdoinham, 
 and they were very thankfully received." 
 
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 The Rev. Jonathan Fisher has performed one month's ser- 
 vice at Sedgwick and the vicinity The regular entries in a 
 daily Journal indicate that service to have been diligent and 
 laborious, and, in some instances, " very timely and very 
 acceptable." During the mission, he travelled 156 miles; 
 preached 34 sermons ; made i05 family visits ; spent 30 days 
 on missionary ground ; attended three church meetings ; ad- 
 ministered the Lord's Supper twice ; received one to the fel- 
 lowship of the church ; and baptized 4 children. 
 
 The Rev. Josiah Peet has performed one month's service, 
 assigned to him at Norridgewock and the vicinity. Beside his 
 labours among the people of his pastoral charge, he preached 
 44 times ; attended 6 church meetings ; admitted 1 5 persons to 
 the fellowship of the churches; administered Baptism to 6 
 persons, and the Lord's Supper 4 times ; visited 7 sick persons, 
 and upwards of 80 families ; and attended one ^uneral. " These 
 labours," the missionary observes, " have been received with 
 apparent interest and gratitude, and a continuance of them 
 pressingly requested ; and the situation of most of these places 
 is such, as renders the request of the people deserving of re- 
 gard." The claims of New Sharon and Madison are particu- 
 larly stated. While needing and asking assistance, both have 
 contributed, and are still contributing, to the funds which impart 
 to them missionary aid. "Solon deserves attention. One 
 year ago, there were here half a dozen professors, considered 
 as a branch of the church in Carratunk. The number has 
 since that time increased to 28 ; and they have become an in- 
 dependent church. But they still need watering. They are 
 urgent for assistance." Our missionary on this important sta- 
 tion feels authorized to present to the Society the thanks of the 
 people among whom he has laboured ; and while he requests 
 continued aid to nis establishment, he has " reason to believe, 
 that he expresses the request, not of his own people only, but 
 of many in the vicinity who are soliciting his labours." 
 
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 It is grateful to learn, that the Rev. Mr. Nurse has boon 
 favoured with such an improved state of health, as to be able 
 to prosecute his labours without interruption, both in the work 
 of the ministry and in the conduct of the school. In both, his 
 services appeared to have continued to be very acceptable and 
 useful. " In my school," he writes, " things have gone on 
 pleasantly and prosperously. It has been in operation more 
 than eleven months of the twelve. The number of scholars 
 has varied from 20 to 60. Their attention to study has been 
 pleasing and commendable. The Examining Committee were 
 of opinion, that the school never appeared so well as at the 
 last examination. Those, who believe and realize, that it is 
 not good that the soul should be without knowledge, must, I 
 think, contemplate the operations and influences of this school 
 with some degree of interest. In it upwards of 40 have been 
 qualified to take charge of schools, and have been employed 
 as instructers of youth in this town and in the eastern part of 
 Maine. They have been dispersed from the Penobscot to the 
 St. Croix. With a very few exceptions, they have been very 
 faithful, acceptable and successful. In places of great igno- 
 rance, and in the bosom of the wilderness, flourishing schools 
 have sprung up, in which the children have been taught and 
 daily habituated to read the Bible ; have been taught to write 
 systematically, to parse the language, the use of figures in 
 common life, and ihe elements of geography. The mode of 
 instruction practised in cur school has been carried into many 
 others ; and hundreds, if not thousands of youth have felt the 
 benefit of it. Parents are beginning to have more just ideas 
 of the worth and importance of education to their children ; 
 and grow more and more disposed to adopt and pursue the 
 measures necessary to promote it." 
 
 The Committee of a school district, in a letter of acknow- 
 ledgment to Mr. Nurse, for his advice and aid in the support 
 and regulation of their schools, write : " We are daily more 
 and more convinced of the importance of an early education, 
 as a most certain means of establishing in the minds of youth 
 
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 religious and moral principles, which will never be obliterated j 
 and the system of instruction established by you, and pursued 
 by your pupils, we feel certain, from experience, is one, that 
 will secure the improvement of any children, that shall attend 
 school regularly." Through Mr. Nurse they express their 
 sincere gratitude to the Society for propagating the Gospel, 
 « which has so kindly and benevolently assisted them in the 
 support of their schools, and in their endeavours to train up 
 their children in the way they should go." Mr. Nurse has 
 spent two sabbaths, the past year, on missionary ground, and, 
 in consideration of the Society's grant, would, if desired, per- 
 form a month's missionary service the present year. 
 
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 The Rev. Elijah Kellogg performed the duties of the mis- 
 sion assigned him. He visited Dennysville, Robbinston, and 
 Perry, and performed service there and at other places, gra- 
 tuitously ; devoting the two missionary months exclusively to 
 Lubec. Before he began his labours here, he visited David 
 Owen, Esq. the proprietor of Campo Bello ; of " whose friend- 
 ly dispositions towards him, and cooperation," he makes distinct 
 and honourable mention. That gentleman subscribed very 
 handsomely towards the church that was erecting in Lubec, 
 which has recently been dedicated. It is the first congrega- 
 tional church in Lubec. It was dedicated on the 30th of Au- 
 gust ; and the sermon at the dedication was preached by Mr. 
 Kellogg. A church, consisting of 1 1 members, was gathered 
 here by Mr. Kellogg on his former mission. Respectable 
 board was provided in private families for our missionary, who 
 " every where met with kindness, respect and affection from 
 that beloved people, and a serious concern for moral and re- 
 ligious instruction." There are five school houses in Lubec. 
 Mr. Kellogg visited the schools. He also visited the people at 
 their ov/n houses, attending to their moral and religious state, 
 recommending to them the Bible, impressing the duties of 
 Christianity, and commending parents and children to God and 
 to the word of his grace. " The fruits of my labours," he 
 
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 you, and pursued 
 ence, is one, that 
 , that shall attend 
 ejr express their 
 ating the Gospel, 
 isted them in the 
 vours to train up 
 Mr. Nurse has 
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 I, if desired, per- 
 : year. 
 
 luties of the mis- 
 Robbinston, and 
 ther places, gra- 
 bs exclusively to 
 le visited David 
 f " whose friend- 
 lie makes distinct 
 subscribed very 
 icting in Lubec, 
 first congrega- 
 the 30th of Au- 
 cached by Mr. 
 , was gathered 
 Respectable 
 lissionary, who 
 affection from 
 moral and re- 
 ises in Lubec. 
 the people at 
 religious state, 
 the duties of 
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 writes to the Secretary, " are host seen in the papers and plans 
 (which I have laid before you) of the people of Lubec. If you 
 be filled with surprise at the union of all interests among them to 
 procure an able ministry, I am constrained to refer you to the 
 finger of God, and to the good books, which your Society and 
 some others put into my hands for charitable distribution." 
 
 A letter from a respectable grntlcnian at Lubec to Aldcn 
 Bradford, Esq. makes mention of the extraordinary exertion 
 made for the erection of the house of worship, as a reason of soli- 
 citing present aid in the support of the ministry there, and adds : 
 " We shall therefore have to look to the nuinificcnce of your 
 Society and others, who have so honourably stopped forward 
 to aid the spread of the gospel in this heretofore neglected and 
 wilderness part of the country ; presuming that a few years 
 will place the means in our power to support regular preaching 
 without recourse to foreign aid." The same gentleman men- 
 tions " the exertions and laborious services" of our missionary, 
 as meriting their warm approbation, and the confidence of the 
 Society. 
 
 The importance of Lubec, in a religious as well as com- 
 mercial view ; the wise measures adopted by the inhabitants 
 for the promotion of their moral and religious interests ; the 
 enlightened zeal with which those measures are carrying for- 
 ward into eflect ; and the successful influence of our missiona- 
 ry in this great and sacred enterprise, are amply testified by the 
 communications that have been received. The movers of the 
 subscription to the maintenance of public worship in the newly 
 erected church, observe : " Lu'jec contains, by actual enume- 
 ration, more than 1300 souls. Of this number nearly half are 
 children and persons under age. Though a house of worship 
 has been erected, there is no prospect of a settled ministry un- 
 less public spirited individuals will step forward and make a 
 common efibrt, suited to the emergency of the case and to the 
 greatness of the occasion. While the Christian world is in 
 motion to spread the gospel ; while pious institutions are 
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 are taking place in our District should give a new spring to 
 public feelings ; while at home a state of peace, general health, 
 industry, enterprise and frugality of our inhabitants excite to 
 exertion ; while, owing to a transient commerce in these waters, 
 common to the two countries, we behold our wharves crowded 
 with seamen and strangers, and fleets of vessels at anchor that 
 astonish all who visit us ; while thousands of miserable emi- 
 grants from Europe make their first landing on these shores, 
 and take up a transitory residence among us ; while so many 
 unfortunate citizens of our own country are flocking to these 
 confines of our national jurisdiction to find an asylum, or in 
 pursuit of business ; while our own population, by the natural 
 increase of the inhabitants, is so rapidly augmenting ; can we 
 remain content that no permanent provision should be made 
 for public instruction ? Can we rest satisfied while we are able 
 to point to no place where the worship of God is maintained, 
 where the duty and destiny of immortal beings are announc- 
 ed ? It is time to act — to manifest our dispositions in regard 
 to this weighty matter — to see what can be done." Having 
 proposed the subscriptions to be continued annually for five 
 years, and arranged the manner of the appropriation, they 
 proceed to say : " We further agree to request the Rev. Elijah 
 Kellogg, our present well beloved teacher and evangelist, to 
 provide and send us a suitable candidate. And to whom can 
 we look with more confidence ? He has preached in this town 
 two seasons to great acceptance. He is acquainted with our 
 history and present state. We are persuaded that he has our 
 temporal and eternal interest greatly at heart. We therefore 
 respectfully solicit him to lose no time in providing for us a man 
 of talents and piety, zeal and ca'uiolicism, who will unite this 
 people, and build up among us the kingdom of our Lord and 
 Saviour Jesus Christ." 
 
 A committee of Lubec, at a subsequent period, in a commu* 
 nication to the Secretary, observed respecting Mr. Kellogg : 
 " His labours and zeal to unite the discordant materials of 
 which our population is composed into one religious society ; 
 
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 inually for five 
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 the Rev. Elijah 
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 will unite this 
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 to lay the foundation of a permanent establishment for the gos- 
 pel ministry, to make ready a people prepared to worship God 
 in the beauty of holiness in his sanctuary in this place, have 
 been unremitted, and wc believe, without example. Wc feel 
 greatly indebted for his counsel and advice in projecting and 
 maturing our plans in relation to our ecclesiastical concerns. 
 His labours for the whole time he has been with us have exhi- 
 bited one uniform effort to promote our spiritual interests ; and 
 the result appears in a total change of the aspect of the town 
 with regard to its ecclesiastical prospects and the best hopes of 
 Christians on religious subjects." After a statement of facts, 
 illustrative of the peculiarity of their situation, they conclude 
 by saying : " Under these circumstances the gratuitous and 
 unexpected assistance of the Society for propagating the Gos- 
 pel in North America has been peculiarly acceptable and grate- 
 ful to us, and, we believe, has resulted in a remarkable accord- 
 ance with their views in sending a missionary to this section of 
 the country." 
 
 MISSIONS 
 
 AMONG THE INDIANS, 
 
 Moheakunnuk or J^ew Stockbridge Indians. 
 
 The labours of the missionary, Rev. Mr. Sergeant, have 
 been directed, as usual, to the promotion of the best interesti, 
 temporal and spiritual, of the remnant of this tribe. Beside 
 stated expositions and discourses on the Lord's day, the mis- 
 sionary has visited and instructed the families, catechized the 
 children and young people, and administered the ordinances 
 of Baptism and the Lord's Supper. On the 10th of Septem- 
 ber, 1819, he " attended a council of a delegation of the Six 
 
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 Nations, with four from Canada of different tribes ; the object 
 of which was, to strengthen each other's hands in the cause of 
 the Christian religion in opposition to paganism, and also to 
 recommend religion to the heathen tribes." A letter, written 
 by Mary Konkpot, an Indian woman, whose name appeared in 
 our last Report among the members of the emigrating church, 
 is inserted in the Journal, and is worthy of her Christian char- 
 acter and profession. It is dated at " Piqua," in Indiana, and 
 addressed to her father, brother, and sister at New Stockbridge. 
 It expresses a preference of that country to the one which she 
 had left : " We live easier here." Towards the close of the 
 letter, she writes : " O my father ! I know you love me, but do 
 you love the Lord Jesus ? You do not love to have me go into 
 this new country, but the same Lord is here that is there, and 
 if you will pray every day, 1 will pray too, so we shall meet 
 the same Lord together. O how happy shall I be, if I could 
 hear you are a Christian. O father, love the Lord Jesus, and 
 if I love him too, we shall meet in heaven." 
 
 The second day of December was observed as a day of 
 Thanksgiving. " Governour Brooks' proclamation was read to 
 the Indians in their own language." On the 25th of the same 
 month is the following entry in the Journal. " This evening 
 by previous appointment a goodly number of the people met 
 for prayer for the blessings of the Lord to rest on our friends 
 at White River, Indiana, and particularly for the heathen in 
 their neighbourhood, that the Lord would in his great mercy 
 dispose their minds to listen to the all important doctrines of 
 the Christian religion : And also, that the Lord would bless 
 and succeed the Delegation of the nation now on their way to 
 the seat of government, to obtain the restoration of their coun- 
 try in Indiana to their tribe. Of this appointment, on this day, 
 and for this particular purpose, the part of the tribe now at 
 White River have been seasonably notified to unite with their 
 > iends here." 
 
 Mr, Sergeant notes, that " there have been 8 births, 7 deaths, 
 and 7 new comers the year past :" also, that « The Stock^- 
 
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 A letter, written 
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 igrating church. 
 
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 love me, but do 
 lave me go into 
 lat is there, and 
 
 we shall meet 
 I be, if I could 
 lOrd Jesus, and 
 
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 lion was read to 
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 " This evening 
 the people met 
 
 on our friends 
 the heathen in 
 's great mercy 
 nt doctrines of 
 rd would bless 
 •n their way to 
 
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 it, on this day, 
 
 tribe now at 
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 rths, 7 deaths, 
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 bridge Indians have spun and made 20 coverlids and several 
 hundred yards of cloth the year past." The Journal, to the 
 1st of January, 1820, closes with a copy of the missionary's 
 last speech to the emigrants, delivered 24 July, 1018, the 
 same day on which, as appears by our last Report, the new 
 church was formed. It was read to them in their own lan- 
 guage. It begins thus : " My dear children of the Muhhekun- 
 " nuk Tribe, who are about to remove I'roni this place to the 
 " Western Country. 1 wish to have you consider it a very 
 " great and important undertaking. You need much advice 
 " from your friends here, but more especially you need the 
 " kind care, constant support and protection of the providence 
 " of Almighty God, who considers you all as the creatures of his 
 " power ; and, as to a number of you, I have reason to hope, 
 " the children of his grace. 1 wish to impress on your minds, 
 " that on your way, and also when you arrive among the hea- 
 '• then, you will be exposed to many dangers, trials and temp- 
 " tations." The remainder of the speech gives salutary coun- 
 sel, pertaining to their duties and dangers, to their Christian 
 profession and obligation, to their temporal interest and com- 
 fort, and to their future and everlasting happiness. 
 
 A later number of the Journal of i\Ir. S. (from 1 January 
 to 1 July, 1820,) records another attempt for a reformation. 
 Mr. Sergeant having invited all the men of the tribe to meet at 
 the dwelling house of the Chief, " to give them counsel and 
 advice for a more general reformation in their morals ;" they 
 met according to appointment, on the 29th of May, when he 
 addressed them in a long speech. They all appeared solemn 
 and attentive ; and afterwards voted several resolutions, the 
 purport of which was : — to be united in promoting regulations 
 for the comfort, happiness and respectability of the tribe ; to 
 renew their covenant engagements, signed at the formation of 
 the Moral Society, and to endeavour to support every regula- 
 tion of it ; to endeavour to deny themselves the use of spiritu- 
 ous liquors while cultivating their lands ; to desire the neigh- 
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 entire slop to the sale of intoxicating liquor to any of their 
 tribe; to appoint a committee to reprove, admonish, and com- 
 plain of any white people, who may go about visiting or at- 
 tending worldly business on Lord's days; and to use their ul- 
 jnost endeavours to promote among themselves all the arts of 
 civilized life, which might, with the divine blessing, render them 
 independent and happy. After which the Chief made the fol- 
 lowing reply : 
 " Father, 
 
 " We, your children, thank you for your good counsel. 
 " You have plainly told us all the errors of our nation for 
 " many years past ; wherein our forefathers and we their child- 
 " ren, have missed the good path of duty whereby they and we 
 " might now have been a rich, great and numerous people, like 
 " our brethren the whites. Every word you have said is the 
 " truth. We will try to do better for the future, than we have 
 " done in our past days, and follow your good advice." 
 
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 Indians on Martha's Vineyard ; and the Narragansels. 
 
 Mr. Baylies, whose account of the Indian schools to the 
 month of September the last year, as appears by our last Re- 
 port, left them in a flourishing state, wrote in March, that " in 
 their close," his " most sanguine expectations were gratified." 
 Beside visiting the schools, it was necessary that he should 
 " take a part" in the instruction of them. 
 
 Miss Clark closed her school at Charlestown (R. I.) on the 
 12th of November; having taught it 12 weeks. The whole 
 number of scholars was 46 ; the greatest number in one day, 
 37. She taught the branches usually taught in women schools, 
 approved herself by her fidelity, " gained the confidence of the 
 Indians, and has done much good." Our missionary takes no- 
 tice again of the good offices of Rev. Mr. Brown, who, he ob- 
 serves, " merits the thanks of all those who wish well to this 
 mission." — Mr. Baylies opened a school at Charlestown on the 
 
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 who, he ob- 
 well to this 
 town on the 
 
 15th of November, and continued it three weeks. The cold 
 weather prevented small children from attending, "yet he [\\v\ 
 35 scholars in all ; 27 was the greatest number in one duy. A 
 school was kept here four months and a half. Miss Clark 
 taught three months, and Mr. Baylies, at two dill'crcnt limes, 
 six weeks.* " The scholars have made good improvement.*' 
 
 On the 16th of October Miss Luce closed her school of aix 
 weeks at Christiantovvn. She had a small school of 12 or 15 
 scholars ; " but she was faithful, and has done much good." 
 
 On the 1st of January Miss Johnson fmishod her school of 
 8 weeks at Gav Head. Mr, B. found her school '• under good 
 regulations," and believed she " discharged her duty with tldc- 
 lity." On the 3d of January Mr. B. began school himself; 
 and before he had taught 12 days, " a meelhig was callcil, and 
 Mr. Joseph Skill*, a faithful young man, was hired for 6 wcek^)." 
 The last of February Mr. B. recommenced the school, and 
 completed three weeks ; " found the children had made great 
 improvement, and the parents highly gratified." His school 
 consisted of 43 scholars in all ; 30 was the highest number in 
 one day. " The last ten years little attention has been paid to 
 schools," till one was opened by Mr. Baylies' influence, as 
 mentioned in our last Report. The Indians here have now had 
 27 weeks' schooling, of which 16 weeks, and the board of Mr. 
 B. 3 weeks, have been at their own expense. 
 
 Miss Carter finished her school of 8 weeks at Chabaquid- 
 DiCK ; and her instructions were well approved, and kindly re- 
 ceived. On the 30th of January Mr. B. began a school for 
 3 weeks ; the whole number of scholars was 27. " They made 
 a handsome improvement." 
 
 " Thus," the missionary observes, " 4 women schools have 
 been supported the season past. In all they were taught 34 
 weeks ; add 12 weeks which I taught, make 46 weeks. In my 
 schools I had 132 scholars; 122 were coloured, 11 were mar- 
 
 * See last Report. The Rhode Island Missionary Focielj paid for Miss 
 Clark's board $15, and ^r Mr. Baylies' $12. 
 
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 ricd people. 1 Iwvc not the exact number further than I have 
 stated, but I should say, in the above schools there were 130 
 coloured scholars. These schools are very pleasing to the 
 Indians ; and it is my fervent prayer, that they may tend to 
 promote their happiness in time and in eternity." Specimens 
 of writing from 70 of the Indian scholars, left by Mr. B. with 
 the Secretary, and preserved with the papers of the Society, do 
 great honour to the schools, and furnish good encom-agcment 
 to their continuance. 
 
 Mr. Baylies spent 8 sabbaths at Narragansct ; the remainder 
 of his time principally on Martha's Vineyard — at Gay Head, 
 Chabaquiddick, Christiantown, and Farmneck ; dividing it ac- 
 cording to numbers and circumstances. Although there has 
 been no special attention to religion of late among the Indians 
 here, " yet we are not to conclude,"' says the missionary, " that 
 they are without thought. I find many serious, pious people 
 among them. Our public worship is not so well attended at 
 all times as I could wish ; yet we often have full assemblies. 
 These poor people, who have experienced so much benefit 
 from the benevolence of the Corporation and Society, rest in 
 
 humble hope that they shall not be forgotten in future." 
 
 " Rev. Mr. Thaxter has rendered me essential service. Though 
 he is far advanced in years, yet he is never weary in doing 
 good, especially to the Indian;?, as his frequent visits did great 
 labour of love clearly demonstrate." 
 
 The recent grant of the Legislaiurc of ^300 to the Natives at 
 Chabaquiddick, " to build a suitable house for public worship 
 and school," has had a happy effect, and promises great utility. 
 The house is already built and has recently been dedicated. 
 
 Senecas and Munsces, 
 
 The Rev. President Alden has recently performed the ser- 
 vice, assigned him the last year. It was chiefly devoted to the 
 Seneca Indians, and to the settlers in their neighbourhood. 
 " In general," he writes, " I was cordially received by the white 
 
 
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her than I have 
 there were 150 
 pleasing to the 
 y may tend to 
 l'^." Specimens 
 hy Mr. B. with 
 the Society, do 
 encouragement 
 
 i the remainder 
 -at Gay Head, 
 dividing it ac- 
 )ugh there has 
 ng the Indians 
 sionary, " that 
 , pious people 
 11 attended at 
 ill assemblies, 
 much benefit 
 ociety, rest in 
 
 iturc." 
 
 ice. Though 
 ary in doing 
 
 Us ti.d 
 
 great 
 
 le Natives at 
 jlic worship 
 ?reat utility, 
 cdicated. 
 
 ed the ser- 
 ^otod to the 
 ibourhood. 
 y the white 
 
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 inhabitants, many of whom seldom have opportunity to hear 
 a preshytcrian missionary in tiu" Ity-patlis into which 1 was fre- 
 quently led in my various wanderings from one section of the 
 aborigines to another. My aitcnlion was mostly engrossed in 
 labouring among my red brethren of the Senecas (for the Mun- 
 sees are of the pagan party.) and in passing from one village to 
 another on the several reservations. Thinking it probable, 
 that I should not again, very soon, have it in my power to visit 
 these natives as a herald of the cross, I exerted myself to visit 
 the principal settlements of all the Senecas. I, accordingly, 
 was at Cataraugns, BuflWIo, Toiuiewanta, S(|uauke-IIill, Gaudao, 
 Alleghany, and Jennisadaga." 
 
 '' The prospect for eflectually evangelizing the Senecas is 
 more favourable than at any former time. Since my last mis- 
 sion, in some reservations one third and in others one half of 
 the Indians, comprising the most respectable of the chiefs and 
 of others of the best habits, have come forward and resolved 
 to open their ears to the sound of the gospel. They according- 
 ly are in the constant practice of meeting together with their 
 wives and children, usually in their best robes, on the sabbath. 
 They have been taught to sing many of our most celebrated 
 tunes by Mr. Cullender of Buffalo, employed by Mr. Hyde, 
 who has prepared a number of hymns in Seneca for their use, 
 some of which I have formerly sent you. They have charming 
 voices, take great delight in singing, and their language is as 
 well adapted to musick as the Italian. Whenever I went into 
 their cabins, almost the first thing would be to get their singing 
 books, and to join me in singing the praises of their Redeemer 
 in their native tongue. When they have no preacher they 
 spend the sabbath in singing, praying, conversing on the con- 
 tents of the Bible, so far as in their power, recapitulating the 
 discourse any of them may have heard, and in listening to the 
 exhortations of their chiefs. At Cataraugus the chiefs have 
 even appointed two Indians of talents to instruct their people in 
 the Christian religion ; a wonderful fact ! My exercises, in vari- 
 ous instances, were mingled with the publick prayers of Sene- 
 
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 cas, who spoke with solemnity, reverence, and great propriety 
 and variety of expression. They desired me to inform the 
 Sociciy of good people who sent me to them, that they were 
 determined to persevere in this way, and do as well as they can. 
 They manifested great thankfulness at seeing me with them 
 again, and expressed their ardent desires to be instructed in 
 the words of eternal life." 
 
 " The line of demarcation," Mr. Alden observes, " is now 
 distinctly drawn between the Christian and pagan party. The 
 door is fully open for communicating the gospel to a large por- 
 tion of this long neglected, intelligent, and interesting people. 
 The Munsccs are with the pagan party, and are much given to 
 intemperance. There is reason, however, to believe, that pa- 
 ganism will shortly lose its advocates, and that those who are 
 wandering in the paths of darkness will be brought to join their 
 brethren of the Christian party." 
 
 Our missionary repeats his testimony to the zealous and suc- 
 cessful labours of Mr. Hyde, " who is established by the New 
 York Missionary Society as a teacher of religion among the 
 Senecas at the ButTalo reservation, though he is not as yet a 
 licensed preacher of the gospel." " He has nearly completed 
 printing a tract of 100 pages in Seneca and English, compris- 
 ing select portions of scripture. Mr. James Young teaches a 
 school one mile from Mr. Hyde's, which in the winter is well 
 attended. There is a general disposition among the Christian 
 party, and a goodly number among the pagans also, to have 
 schools multiplied in their villages, and arrangements have 
 been made to this end ; so that the next winter the prospect is, 
 that extensive advantages for teaching the rising generation 
 will be offered to these aboriginals in all their principal settle- 
 ments." 
 
 Mr. Alden commenced his missionary tour 23 August, and 
 returned 4 October ; " having travelled 642 miles, and preach- 
 ed 26 times, besides visiting the sick and sorrowful," repairing to 
 schools, and aiding in prayer meetings, as opportunity offered." 
 
 
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 Such JB the 8»n)staiice of a letter from our missionary lo ihc 
 Secretary ; the details of his Journal hciiijc; reservetl for future 
 communication. This, " in the mean lime," he trusts, " will 
 convince the Society, that their attentions lo this people arc 
 gratefully acknowledged, and have not been altogether in vain.'* 
 
 I, and 
 leach- 
 
 ngto 
 red." 
 
 Although Mr. Lovejoy was unable to complete the term oi 
 his mission at Kobbinston and the vicinity, the early appoint- 
 ment of Mr. Kellogg to a mission there the last year, and the 
 continued care of this mission the present year, promise the 
 most favourable result. The time, it is hojied, is not far distant, 
 when, with a little missionary aid, Kobbinston and Lubec will 
 have the blessing of a stated and permanent ministry, which 
 will shed a benign inlluence on all the neighbouring settlements. 
 By the recent accounts from this distant part of the vineyard, 
 the Society will, doubtless, feel encouraged to continue its cul- 
 tivation. 
 
 The Committee have to regret the failure of their attempt to 
 assist Goldsborough. The Rev. Mr. Piper, whom they ap- 
 pointed to a mission there, as authorized by the Society, was 
 providentially detained from the mission, when just prepared 
 to enter upon it. Encouragement was given, that it might be 
 accomplished before the expiration of the year ; but no return 
 has been received. 
 
 The Society will receive with pleasure the intelligence, that 
 Limerick, by the settlement of a congregational minister early 
 in the present year, has become entitled to, and received, the 
 grant of fifty dollars. 
 
 New applications have been made, since the last annual meet- 
 ing of the Society, in behalf of churches and societies within 
 the Commonwealth, earnestly desirous of the privilege of the 
 Christian ministry, but incompetent to support it. The letters 
 and addresses, pertaining to these new cases of exigence, will 
 be duly communicated by the Secretary ; and they are particu- 
 larly recommended to the attention of the Society. 
 
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 1 I 
 
 It will be perceived, that, at no period, has the Society been 
 presented with greater enconragoment to attend to the instruc- 
 tion of the Natives, than at the present. The single fact, stated 
 by our worthy missionary and superintendent. That ahmit 150 
 of them have been taii3;hi in our schools the past ytar, with evident 
 improvement, is enough to excite a holy zeal, and to justify 
 more vigorous eflforts, in liehalf of these unhappy people. 
 
 The Committee conrUide their Report, with their devout 
 acknowledgments to Almighty God for all the good, the Socie- 
 ty has been instrumental in imparting to the destitute ; with 
 their ardent hope, that the united exertions of its members, in 
 the best of causes, will continue unabated ; and with their 
 fervent prayers, that, while so much is happily doing in behall 
 of distant heathen, our own countrymen and neighbours may 
 not be left to perish " for lack of knowledge." 
 
 By order of the Selkct Committee, 
 
 A. HOLMES, Secretary. 
 
 .Vov. 7, 1820. 
 
oty been 
 instruc- 
 ct, stated 
 hont 150 
 1 evident 
 o justify 
 pie. 
 
 r devout 
 le Socie- 
 ite ; with 
 mbers, in 
 ith their 
 in behali 
 3urs may 
 
 ^retary. 
 
 ACCOUNT 
 
 OP 
 
 STOCK OF THE SOCIETY FOR 1820. 
 
 Union Bank Stock - 
 Massachusetts Bank Stock 
 Do. State Note ■ 
 Bonds & Mortgages 
 Seven per cent. Stock 
 Suffolk Bank Stock - 
 
 5^6300 
 
 2000 
 
 - 576 
 
 600 
 
 13880 
 
 1000 
 
 $24,366 
 Cash on hand, $1038.88. [Principally due to missionaries.] 
 
 Of the above capital $9000 are the donation of Hon. John 
 Alford, exclusively for the Indians. 
 
 The donation of His Honor William Phillips, for the use 
 of the Society the current year, $500. 
 
 The Collection, after the Sermon before the Society by Rev. 
 Mr. Lowell, $163.73 
 
 Received through Rev. D. Lovejoy, collected on his mission 
 last year, $27.50 
 
 Rev. T. Adams, do. do. 42.50 
 
 from a Female, through Rev. J. Pierce, 1 . 
 
 OFFICERS 
 
 ELECTED I JUNE, MDCCCXX. 
 
 His Honor William Phillips, President. 
 
 Rev. Eliphalet Porter, d. d. Vice President. 
 
 Rev. Abiel Holmes, d. d. Secretary. 
 
 Rev. William E. Channing, Assist. Secretary. 
 
 Samuel H. Wallev, Esq. Treasurer, 
 
 Mr. JosiAH Salisbury, Vice Treasurer. 
 
'»• -T 
 
 3B 
 
 SELECT COMMITTEE. 
 
 Alden Bhadforu, Esq. Rev. Charles Lowell, Hon. 
 Thomas Dawes, James White, Esq, Mr. Josiah Salisbury — 
 Avith the President, Secretaiy, and Treasurer. 
 
 
 AUDITING COMMITTEE. 
 
 James White, Edward Tuckerman, & Jonathan 
 Phillu's, Esquires. 
 
 I 
 
 MISSIONARIES AND APPROPRIATIONS, 1U20. 
 
 Kev. John Sawyer, Brownville & viciniiy 
 Nathaniel Porter, D.D. Fryeburg k. do. 
 
 Thomas Adams, 
 Jonathan Calef, 
 Freeman Parker, 
 Josiah Pect, 
 Elijah Kellogg, 
 
 Peter Nurse, 
 
 Vassalboro' & do. 
 Parsonsfield & do. 
 Dresden & do. 
 Norridgew'k & do. 
 Lubec & do. 
 
 Robbinston &l do. 
 Ellsworth ^100 
 
 inondie. 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 Grant to the schools at Williamsburg Sz, vicinity, 100 
 
 to Limerick, 50 
 
 for the purchase of Books, SO 
 
 From the Alford Fund. 
 
 Salary of Rev. John Sergeant. 
 
 Mr. Frederick Baylies, Indians on Martha's Vineyard and 
 Narragansets, $230. 
 
 \ 
 
 h . 
 
Bon. 
 
 RY — 
 
 MEMBERS 
 
 tnihi. 
 4 
 
 3 
 3 
 2 
 2 
 o 
 
 \ 
 
 iiid 
 
 or THE SOCIETY FOR PROPAGATING THE GOSPEL AMONG THE 
 
 INDIANS AND OTHERS IN NORTH AMERICA, 
 
 NOVEMBER, 1820. 
 
 Rev. Joshua Bates, D. D. Prcs. Middleh. Coll. 
 
 Aldcn Bradford, Esq. 
 
 Benjamin Bussey, Esq. 
 
 Rev. William E. Channing, D. D. 
 
 Mr. Pliny Cutler 
 
 Hon. John Davis 
 
 Hon. Thomas Dawes 
 
 Rev. Nathanael Emmons, D. D. 
 
 Rev. John Foster D. D. 
 
 Rev. Samuel Gilo 
 
 David S. Greenough, Esq. 
 
 Rev. William Greenough 
 
 Levi Hedge, Esq. Prof. Han, Coll. 
 
 Rev. Abie! Holmes, D. D. 
 
 Edward A. Holyoke, ivi. D. 
 
 Mr. David Hyslop 
 
 Rev. James Kendall 
 
 Rev. John T. Kirkland, D. D. LL. D. Prcs. 
 
 Harv, Coll. 
 Rev. Charles Lowell 
 Rev. Jedidiah Morse, D. D. 
 Rev. Elijah Parish, D. D. 
 Samuel Parkman, Esq. 
 Rev. Francis Parkman 
 Eliphalet Pearson, LL. D. 
 His Honor William Phillips 
 Hon. John Phillips 
 
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 II'. 
 
 
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 Jonathan Phillips, Esq. 
 
 Rev. John Pierce 
 
 Rev. Eliphalet Porter, D. D. 
 
 Rev. Ebenezer Porter, D. D. Prof. Andov. 
 
 Daniel D. Rogers, Esq. 
 
 Mr. Josiah Salisbury 
 
 Hon. Asahcl Stearns, Prof. Ilarv. Coll. 
 
 Elisha Ticknor, Esq. 
 
 Edward Tuckcrman, Esq. 
 
 Rev. Joseph Tuckerman 
 
 Hon. Dudley A. Tyng 
 
 Samuel H. Walley, Esq. 
 
 Rev. Henry Ware, D. D. S. T. P. 
 
 James White, Esq. 
 
 Ebenezer Wight, Esq. 
 
 Mr. William Woodbridge. 
 
 Deceased since JVor. 1819. 
 Samuel Eliot, Esq. 
 
 FORM OF A BEQUEST, OR LEUACV. 
 
 Item : / give atid bequeath the sum of to the 
 
 Society for propagating the Gospel among the Indians and others 
 in JV*or//i America ; to be applied either to the general objects of 
 the Institution, or to such particular purposes, consistent with 
 those objects, as the donor may think proper. 
 
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