first-fruits of these labors hastening to maturity; and that new creation, descrie ed in the Scriptures, beginning to unfold itself in all its beauty. We see comms nities of negroes, rescued from slavery and sin, uniting together in harmony. peace, and love; exhibiting all the virtues of a sober, righteous, and godly h Well may we say, Happy is the people that is in such a case! Happy the minister who has thus seen the fruits of his labor! Happy the three years which have produced and witnessed such a change! Would to God, that in every tr ennial visitation of my own Diocese, I could witness such improvement! We! then may each of us exclaim, "If such be the fruit of missionary exertions, I will persevere in spite of every opposition and difficulty: God will accomplis his own work, in his own way--the Lord will hasten it in his time." DONATIONS TO THE AMERICAN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS, from August 20th, to 31st.* Albany, N. Y. A weekly association of young ladies, for ed. two orphan Austinburgh, Ohio. Part of a legacy left by a Mr. Austin of that place; by H. Hudson, Esq. Bath, N. Y. (Steuben Co.) Mrs. R. Pratt, for the miss. at Brainerd, by do. Berlin, Con. (Worthington par.) Fem. Benev. Society, by Almira Barnes, Tota $24.00 5.00 255 28 20.00 Beverly, Ms. Fem. Western Mission Society, by the Rev. D. Oliphant, † 112 00 Blandford, Ms. Avails of a string of gold beads contributed, by Mr. C. Boston Foreign Mission Society, Brentwood, N H. Fem. Cent Society, by the Rev. Chester Colton, for missions in India, Brunswick, Me. Fem. Juvenile Benevolent Society, for educating an Dea. Dan Parmelee, Widow Phebe Parmelee, Miss P. Parme. lec, Dea. Abner Newton, $1, each, Two ladies 50 cts. each, Heathen School Society, by Dea. T. Stone, East-Windsor, Con. (N. parish.) Fem. Benev. Soo. by the Rev. S. Bartlett, 35 57 Men's Benevolent Society, Phebe Barber, 1; a friend to the souls of the heathen, $1, Farmington, Con. Young Men's Soc. for educating heathen youth, for $6.50 Job Merwin, Esq. $5; Mr. Samuel Hall, S6, 11 00 4.00 1 00--22 50 Haddam, Con. Fem. Mis. Soc. by Lydia Walkley, Treas. remitted by H. Hadlyme, Con. Monthly Concert of prayer, by the Rev. Dr. Chapin, Hariland, Con. (W. parish.) Fem. Charit. Soc. by Laura Ensign, Treas. remitted by H. Hudson, Esq. Hillsboro' Co N. Y. Bible and Charitable Soc. by R. Boylston, Treas. viz. * As the Annual accounts of the Board are closed on the 31st of August, it is necesser, in order to show the amount of donations within the year, to publish those for the month under two separate alphabetical lists. Of this sum $22 were a donation from a Juvenile Society in Charleston, S. Carolina. Children in Susan Claggett's school in Milford, for the school at it Fem. Char. Soc. of Wilton, Keene, N. H. Month. Con. by the Rev. Z. S. Barstow, for schools at Elliot and Brainerd, Lawsville, Pen. Fem. Cent Soc. by H. Hudson, Lee, Ms. Stephen Bradley, Jesse Bradley, John Munson, Dea. David Gen. Joseph Whiton, Isaac Bali, Marblehead, Ms. Mon. Conc. in the Rev. Samuel Dana's parish, Meredith, N. H. Dr. Johu Sanborn, by the Rev. Dr. Worcester, Middlebury, Ver. Students in M. College, for SOLOMON METCALF ALLEN, by Mr. J Kimball, Middletown, Con. (Upper Houses.) By the Rev. D. Smith, Young Men's Soc. for educating heathen children, Mary Evarts, S5; Isaac Sage, $3, John S. Towner, Huldah Foster, Abigail M'Kee, Sally Savage, Lucy Savage, Samuel S. A charity box kept in a parlor, by do. Mr. William Thatcher, $15; and Sarah Jewell, $15; for an Indian 30 00 Norton, $1, each, Ira Hutchinson, Norway, Me. Two young ladies, the avails of their labor on the afternoon of the first Monday in the month, for the mission to Jerusalem, by Mercy A. Whitman, 4.00 150 00 Charity box, Elam Bridges, 3d. semi an. payment for EDWARD WARREN BRIDGES, A widow's mite, Rupert, Ver. Fem. Cent Soc. by the Rev. Amos Bingham, Monthly Concert, Salem, Ms. Amount of two quarterly collections in the Tabernacle church, by the Rev. Dr. Worcester, United Mon. concert of the Tabernacle, South, and Branch, churches, Scarborough, Me. Fem. Cent Soc. by Mary F. Tilton, Treas. Charity box by Miss F. Loomis, for educating heathen youth, Sheffield, Ms. By Mr. Byington, viz. Mrs. E. L., Shoreham, Ver. Fem. Cent Soc. by Lydia Bell, Treas. remitted by the Springfield, N. Jer. Soc. for educating heathen children, by D. S. Briant, Tewksbury, Ms. Heathen's Friend Soc. for a child named JACOR COGGIN Turin, N. Y. Fem. Cent Soc. for the mission at Brainerd, by H. Hud- Wallingford, Con. Mr. Caleb Atwater, by the Rev. Dr. Chapin, Dea. Joseph Atwater, by do. Several ladies in do. by do. Westminster, Ms. Contribution at Monthly concert, for the child named Rev. Nathan Shaw, Abishai Lewis, Ashbel Cone, William Crocker, Dea. Benjamin Lewis, Nathaniel Wethersfield, Con. Part of a legacy of Elisabeth G. Talcott, paid by her Brainerd Fem. Benev. Soc. Mrs. M. Francis, Treasurer; for the school at Brainerd, by do. Rocky Hill, A contribution by the Rev. Dr. Chapin, Windsor, Con. Young Ladies Soc. in aid of the For. Mis. School, Corn- Wintonbury, Con. A friend of missions by the Rev. J. Bartlett, Aug. 25. A friend to missions, Residence unknown. 2.00 Total Amount of donations from Aug. 21 to 31 inclusive $1,8SS 90. Donations received from Sept. 1st to 20th. Arundel, Me. Mrs. Lord, $10; A female friend, $1 50, by Mr. W. Ashby, Ms. Mon. Concert, for the Mission at Elliot, by Mr. Jonathan Athol, Ms. Fem. Cent Soc. for educating a female heathen child to be A little child, to purchase a Testament for a heathen child, Belchertown, Ms. Young Men's Char. Soc. by Mr. Peregrine Dwight, Berwick, Me. By Mr. W. Hooper, Mrs. Lord, $3; Mrs. Hayes, $1 50; Mrs. Goodwin, 25 cts. Biddeford, Me. The following persons, by Mr. W. Hooper, viz. Mrs. S. Cleaves, $5; Maj. Samuel Merrill, $2, Capt. Moses Bradbury, $1; Two persons, 50 cts. each, $1, Boston, United Monthly Concert, for the Palestine mission, A lady, by Mr. S. T. Armstrong, for Sand. Isl. Mis. An unknown female, for the school-fund, Mr. Jones, by hand of Mr. W. Hooper, Boxborough, Ms. A friend of missions for the Sand. Isl. Mis. $19 81 235 05 Braceville, Trumbull Co. O. Fem. Char. Soc. by the Rev. Jos. W. Curtis, Bucksport, Me. Felicity Lodge, for translating, printing, and dissemin- Cambridge, Ver. A contribution, at different times, by the Rev. Simeon A young lady, for American Indians, Concord, N. H. Mrs. S. Brown, by the Rev. J. H. Church, Gloucester, Ms. Fem. Mis, Cent Soc. by Elisabeth Stevens, Treasurer, viz. for For. Missions, for missions on this continent, Hampden County, Ms. For. Mis. Soc. by the Hon. George Bliss, Esq. Treasurer, Hanson, Ms. A widow's mite, by the Rev. Mr. Codman, W. G. Hooker, Keene, N. H. Monthly concert, by the Rev. Z. S. Barstow, for educating heathen children of American Indians, Kingston, Ms. Sacramental contribution of the Cong. church, Monthly concert of do. Mission box in a store, by Maj. G. Russell, Marblehead, Ms. Mon. concert in the Rev. S. Dana's society, Marlborough, N. H. United Soc. for heathen children in foreign coun tries,-by the Rev. Z. S. Barstow, Total. 21 37 7 72 12.00 48 00 Marlborough, Ms. Fem. Cent Soc. 60$ 98 12.00 1 50 20 00 54 12 2.50 1.00 Putney, Ver. Mrs. L. Smith, $1; Benjamin Smith, Esq. $3, 4.00 Betsey Thompson, Abigail Shannon, Huldah Stackpole, Mr. Nath. Seaman, 50 cts each, 2.00 Mary B. Shannon, Contributed at a prayer meeting, 12 423-40 32 Templeton, Ms. Mrs. N. Sparhawk, Westford, Ver. Young Ladies Char. Soc. by the Rev. S. Parmelee, Westminster, Ver. (E. parish.) Fem. Char. Soc. by the Rev. S. Sage, Windham County, Con. Char. Soc. by John H. Payson, Esq. Treas. viz. Cherokee mission, For. Mis. School, Palestine mission, Translations, Fem. Char. Soc. in Pomfret, School fund, Wrentham, Ms. (N. parish.) Female Education Soc. for a child in Ceylon to be named JOHN CLEVELAND, 1st payment, Amount of donations from Sept. 1st to 20th. $659 27. Donations of Boxes of Clothing, &c. FROM an assistant missionary toward the expenses of his outfit, on his departure for his station, articles purchased for cash at $96 69. From the Female Education Society of Saco, Me. articles valued at $12 05. From other persons, principally ladies, of the same place, various articles worth $11 12. From ladies in Arundel, Me. articles of clothing; value $8 50. From two ladies in Biddeford, articles worth, $2 37. From two ladies in Berwick, do. value, $1 49. A box from Hebron, Con. containing articles of clothing, &c. contributed in Hebron, Gilead, (Society in Hebron) and Bolton, Con. forwarded by the Rev. A. Bassett to Mr. J. Sayre, New York: for the mission at Elliot. A box presented by Mr. J. B. Lawrence of Salem, Ms. containing 17 suits of apparel for boys, and 34 other garments; the cost of which was in cash $42 20. A package from the Juvenile Charitable Society in Salem, containing frocks and other garments for female children: supposed value $9. A package, containing 6 gowns and other articles of wearing apparel for females, presented by the Young Ladies Benevolent Society of Hopkins Academy in Hadley, Ms. by Catharine A. Smith, Secretary. A box of articles from Paxton, Ms. and the neighboring towns, by Dea. Henry Morse:-valued about $140; for the mission at Brainerd. A box from Concord, N. H. furnished by ladies of that place, for the Choctaw mission, containing three blankets, thirteen pair hose, fifty other garments, thirty four yards of cloth, and other smaller articles, by Mr. N. B. Fletcher. A box of clothing from the Female Reading Society in the Rev. Leonard Withington's parish Newbury, Ms. containing one coat and two vests for teachers; blankets and various garments and other articles for the scholars, in the mission school at Brainerd; by Sophia Withington, Direct ress. BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. ON Wednesday May 3, 1820, was held at Free-Mason's Hall, London, the sixteenth anniversary of the British and Foreign Bible Society. Lord Teignmouth, the President, on opening the meeting presented letters from the Archbishop of Tuam, the Bishop of Cloyne, the Bishop of Norwich, the Bishop of Durham, and from the Rt. Hon. Mr. Vansittart. An Abstract of the Report was then read by the Rev. JOHN OWEN, assisted by the Rev. DANIEL WILSON; from which it appeared, that the issues of Bibles and Testaments within the year, have been 115,775 Bibles, 141,108 New Testaments; making a total, issued by the British and Foreign Bible Society, in somewhat less than fifteen years, of more than Two MILLIONS FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND Bibles and Testaments. The Cash Account appears to stand as follows:Total Net Receipts Which included Contributions from Auxiliary Societies Receipts for Bibles and Testaments, Reports, and Monthly Extracts Total Net Payments S. d. 93,033 6 7 8. d. 51,129 6 3 30,004 8 5 123,847 12 ૐ His Royal Highness the DUKE of GLOUCESTER, (on moving the adoption of the Report) addressed the meeting as follows: "MY LORD, "With your approbation, I rise to propose a resolution to this Meeting; and I trust, Gentlemen, that after the Report which has been read, the proposition I shall make will be received with your concurrence. It is truly gratifying to observe, that at every Anniversary the Report made to you is more and more favorable. When we look back to the period at which this Institution was first founded, and the difficulties it had to encounter, we perceive that it was like the seed cast into the earth; but now it is become a magnificent tree, which not only shelters our own country, but extends its branches over almost every part of the world. I know not which side of the picture most to admire, or which is most gratifying to contemplate. At home, wherever the Bible has been sent, wherever the Bible has been read, wherever the Bible has been received; there the crimes which have disgraced other parts of the country have been in a great measure prevented: and in foreign countries, where Great Britain has extended, I will not say her conquests, but her possessions, she is sending her Bible as the only source of comfort in this world, and the only guide to happiness in a better. If we look at our Eastern empire, where our noble Chairman has acted so distinguished a part, in which he has been followed by others who move in the same direction, there also you are fulfilling the instructions of our Savior. When I witness this respectable Meeting, when I reflect on the report which has just been read, and when I consider how large a portion of Europe, which was once in league against us, is now associated with us, and above all, when I consider the command of our Savior, I am persuaded it will be unnecessary for me to urge you to perseverance. You will, I am satisfied, feel as I do, that the Report we have just heard should be known, should be printed, should be read. I will therefore not trespass longer on your time; but propose, that the Report be received and printed under the direction of the Committee." The motion was seconded by the Lord BISHOP of SALISBURY. "Gentlemen, if the motion which has been put into my hands had required to be supported by any arguments or any exertions of mine, I should certainly have declined the task of proposing it to you; but I have the satisfaction of thinking, that it is a motion on which it is impossible that there can exist the slightest difference of opinion, and in which not only every person who hears me must be inclined to join with the utmost cordiality of heart, but, if my voice could be heard in every part of Britain, in every part of Europe, in every part of the world, it would be received with equal cordiality and concurrence. I fecl, however, some discouragement in addressing you on this occasion; for, |