In the Church at D at our last communion we received eleven members on examination; we now number forty-eight, and keep up the bible class and prayer meetings, which are to us spiritual food. The Lord is truly very near some others usually attend with much in- attentive. God's people, in many instanterest, and prayer meetings on their vaces have been strengthened, and those cant sabbaths. They are now also tak- who had almost given up all hope of ever ing active measures for building a good || having a minister of their own order house of worship. amongst them, have been greatly rejoiced to hear again the good old doctrines of the Presbyterian Church. I visited recently a congregation on the outskirts of my field, and preached during two or three week days, having no sabbath to devote to them. A lady who had long desired to hear the truth, as she had heard it in days gone by, at the close of the meeting thanked God, she had once more heard the blessed Gospel. Another walked above five miles in order to enjoy the meeting. To such hearers it is peculiarly delightful to preach. to us. The sabbath school has been opened this spring and is quite flourishing, yet, in consequence of many of our members living at a distance there is a want of teachers. The children are very anxious to learn and hear of the way of salvation through Jesus Christ. There is a small library in the school, which is read with great avidity by the children, some of whom will memorize and recite to their teachers large portions of the books they FROM A MISSIONARY IN GREEN COUNTY **** My field of labour is so extensive, and there is so much demand for preaching, that I have been almost constantly riding and labouring in that way, I am only a transient visitor at home Destructive error has made sad inroads in this portion of the country, and the existing state of things therefore calls for faithful, and unremitting exhibitions of truth. The attendance upon the preach ing of the gospel, has, thus far, been good, and the congregation orderly, and The Prospect Encouraging. **** There is much encouragement at several points in my field. There is a gradual, but constant increase of feeling on the subject of religion, both among professors of religion, and the people of the world; some seem to be seeking ear nestly the salvation of their souls-the found it a pleasant time to my soul to prospect for valuable accessions to the break unto them the bread of life. When Church are good; the influences of they heard that I was coming into the God's spirit are descending, as the silent neighbourhood, they resolved to put off dews on the tender grass. A considera- their work, and attend the means of ble amount has been subscribed for build-grace when there was an opportunity; ing a house of worship. The prospects and when the word of God was dispensed are very encouraging in their own language-they would GREGATION. FROM A MISSIONARY TO A WELSH CON- exclaim, "Glory be to God for his unspeakable gift." They seemed to eat faster than I could distribute; it was easy to preach on such an occasion as this; streams of tears were gushing over the cheeks of many stout men, who would stand like heroes in the field of battle, but they were melting like wax in the sun, under the sound of the gospel. On this visit, I baptized several children, and administered to them the Lord's sup I am happy to inform you concerning my field of labour among my own countrymen in this foreign land. In their own country they knew nothing what it was to be destitute of the privileges of the sanctuary, but poverty and oppression compelled them to leave their native shores, and here they are scattered like sheep without a shepherd. On my visit to the settlement, a short time since, I per. RECEIPTS IN THE TREASURY AT PHILADELPHIA, SYNOD OF ALBANY. Pby. of Albany. Schenectady ch. N. Y. per Rev. J. Trumbull Backus, $50; IN MAY, 1844. 50 00 Pby. of Bedford. S. Salem ch. N. Y., 74,12; Fem. Miss. Soc. 2nd ch. Brooklyn, N. Y. 89.50; 1st ch. Brook- Ply. of New-York 2d. Scotch ch. N. Y. per Rev. Dr. McElroy, in part, 230; R. L. & A. Stuart of Scotch ch. N. Y., 100 Kingston ch. Pa. per Rev. E. II. Snowden, Pby. of West Jersey. 15 00 Bridgeton ch. N. J. add'l. per Rev. S. Beach 194 12 84 19 196 04 Pby. of Long Island. Moriches ch. L. I., 4 330 00 4.00 36 50 Pby. of Donegal. M.Newkirk, Treasurer of the Gen. Assembly, 491,27; "A friend to the cause," through the Misa. House, N. Y. 30; Donation of Mrs. Eliza Peebles, per R.P. McClure, Esq. adm. 10; A deceased friend to the cause of Missions, through P. T. Jones, Esq., 200; Donation of Mrs. Patterson, dec'd, per Mrs. Dr. Moore, 4; Legacy of Mehitable Post, dec'd, late of South Hampton, L. I., per Jas. Post, Esq., Exec'r., 116,23 851 50 Total, $2708 33 THOMAS HOGE, Treasurer. RECEIPTS IN THE TREASURY AT PITTSBURG, PA., IN MAY, 1844. 25 00 RECEIPTS IN THE TREASURY AT LOUISVILLE, KY., IN MAY, 1844. SYNOD OF CINCINNATI. Pby. of Miami. Fem. Dom. Miss. Soc. of Dayton, add'l 25 Pby. of Orford. Ply. of Potosi. Pby. of Zanesville. Newark, O. per L. Bailey, 10; Pleasant Hill, 13,41; Madison, 0.5,50 SYNOD OF INDIANA. Pby, of Salem. New Albany, bal. 6,50; Mrs. C. Armstrong, 1; Jeffersonville. per Rev. J. C. B. 2,75; Monroe, per Rev. J. L. Martin, 5; Blue River, per do. 4 Pby. of Vincennes. 28 91 Terre Haute, 6; Hopewell, 6 12.00 Ply. of Crawfordsville. Pby. of W. Lexington. THE FOREIGN MISSIONARY CHRONICLE. AUGUST, 1844. GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. EXTRACTS FROM A LETTER OF THE EVAN- TO CHRISTIANS IN OTHER COUNTRIES; We feel it necessary to call upon you to redouble your prayers and pecuniary sacrifices that our Society may be enabled to send into France a sufficient number of well-qualified Evangelists who will be able to make frequent excursions into different parts of the country. Could you peruse the many letters we receive, and the details they contain on the nine or ten departments of France in which the Lord has permitted us to work for the advancement of his reign; could you see, as we do, the spiritual wants of those localities, and hear the numerous demands for labourers which are addressed to us, ah! without doubt you would exclaim, as we do, "It is time for the Lord to arise, it is time for His servants to use every effort to save from perishing those who apply to them for that manna and those living waters after which they also hunger and thirst!" Doubtless you would desire to assist us in every way in your power-you would solicit your friends to help us, by putting aside for such a work a small portion of the temporal blessings which they have received from the hand of God Himself, and of which they are but stewards during the short time of their sojourn here below. Allow me, then, to give you some details which will enable you to form a better idea of our wishes and the wants of France. VOL. XII.-16 The branch of our Society which undertakes the direction of the Colportage carries on the work with activity, and continues to disseminate the Word of God. A blessing from on high rests on these useful labours, and by the grace of the Almighty thousands and tens of thousands of Bibles have already been circulated and read, and continue to penetrate into the towns and villages of France. But it is not enough to sow the good seed; according to the appointment of the Lord himself this must be accompanied by the preaching of the Word. So many are the enemies, and so various are the modes of attack which we have to combat, that we are required to be continually on the watch, nor may we neglect any of the means which the Lord has commanded or permitted us to employ for the propagation of His Gospel. The fowls of the air devour a part of what is sown, the devil uses every effort to turn some from the faith, and to disturb the minds of others by various means; he tries, with his accustomed subtlety, to blend truth with error, and so to intermingle them that it is extremely difficult to separate them from one another. Thus the latter is often received by persons who are really seeking after the former, but who, from being but partially enlightened, are induced, without knowing it, to embrace what is false. The larger the measure of truth in a religious system, and the smaller the quantity of error, the greater is the chance of succeeding with honest and right-minded persons, who feel the want of religion. It is only because Popery professes to retain some of town alone which would suffer; his activity extends far beyond its boundaries. Every Thursday, and every other Sunday, Mr. C― crosses the river to hold a meeting frequented by several Roman Catholic families, many members of which are really converted, others nearly so, and all more or less well disposed and enlightened. Several other pious persons have lately joined them, and we can truly say that the Gospel is gaining ground in this place." the great truths of the Gospel that it has seduced so many piously-disposed persons, and it is because some new doctrines contain a large proportion of Scriptural truths, mixed with some errors, that they are employed with so much success in our days by the enemy of souls to stop the progress of the Gospel in France. Those who spread these baneful principles are for the most part well versed in holy writ; but alas! it is not to edify they wield the sword of the Spirit, but to destroy. Colporteurs are not always suf ficiently instructed to refute their insidious reasonings; we are asked for clergy-lets in which the visits of our Evangelmen, for teachers in Israel, who may be ists have been accompanied with the Diable to combat with their own weapons vine blessing. (but employed in a legitimate manner, conformably to the will of God) those who wrest the Scripture, as St. Peter expresses it. We receive from many quarters the most pressing solicitations for Evangelists. Our correspondent then proceeds to enumerate several other villages or ham Far from reducing his field of labour or his activity, our friend lays before us a more extended plan, and solicits for M. Can augmentation of salary, (his present pay is but small,) in consideration of the expense which naturally attends his many journeys. He concludes by saying, "The plan which I propose is and the importance of the work is of so serious a nature, that I have no doubt you will feel bound in your consciences to continue in this place this most worthy labourer, who, I am persuaded, works as conscientiously, and in as wide a field, as any of those under your direction." From another part of France, in the vicinity of the Rhine, we receive pressing solicitations, and are urged to send a minister of the gospel into a province where an interesting revival has of late years been manifested. We draw the following details from a report addressed to us a few months since on that subject: "The religious movement which com The diminution of donations to our Society had suggested the propriety of re-chalked out by such imperious necessity, ducing the number of our labourers, and, amongst others, of withdrawing one from the department of Isère. One of our correspondents, hearing of our purpose, writes as follows: "I beg you, my dear brethren, to take the case of this deserving Evangelist under serious consideraation; I doubt not that, after having laid before you the work which this pious man does and may accomplish, you will feel bound to leave him in the field in which he is placed. His usefulness in G― alone is very great; much of his time is passed in visiting Protestants and Roman Catholics, and when a new proselyte applies to me, I put him under M. C's care, my time being so commenced at L in 1840 is remarkable pletely taken up with my professional du- in its origin, for it is chiefly due to the ties in my parish, and with other occupa- simple reading of the Holy Scriptures, tions connected with the extension of the against which the local authorities showkingdom of God, that it would be impos-ed at first great hostility. The Prefect, sible for me to instruct them in as full a Sub-Prefect, and King's Attorney commanner as he can do it. Were you to bined their efforts to prevent the celewithdraw M. C—from his present si- bration of Protestant religious worship tuation, you would be doing the greatest They even sent police officers (geninjury to the propagation of Evangelical d'armes) to L- in order to draw up doctrines in this city; but it is not this a procés-verbal, (act of accusation,) |