CONTENTS. Board of Foreign Missions.-Board of Foreign Missions-Recent Intelligence-Foreign Missions in the Presbyterian Church-The Board nearly Free from Debt-The Number of Missionaries from 1833-1870-Summary View of the Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church, May 1, 1870- Missionaries of the Board in China-Chinese in California-Missions in Papal Europe-Receipts Board of Publication. -Minutes of the Assembly-Reorganization of the Board- The Record "- Cheerful Givers-Colportage in Kentucky-Thanks from Africa-Receipts... Board of Church Extension.-A Result of Church Erection-Receipts Fund for Disabled Ministers.-Be Just and Generous-Receipts.......... General Assembly's Committee on Freedmen.-The General Assembly in Philadelphia-Extracts January 2....... For Board of Foreign Missions. March 6.......... For Board of Education. May 1....... For Board of Publication. July 3... For Board of Church Extension. September 4....For Disabled Ministers' Fund. FORM OF BEQUEST TO ANY OF THE BOARDS. The State laws differ so much, that no one form will answer in all the States, but in every case it is The Board of Domestic Missions is incorporated in Pennsylvania. under the title of "The Trustees Of the Board of Education the corporate name is "The Trustees of the Board of Education of the The Board of Foreign Missions is incorporated under the laws of New York. under the style of The Board of Publication is incorporated under the laws of Pennsylvania, under the style of "The Trustees of the Presbyterian Board of Publication." The Board of Church Extension of the General Assembly is not incorporated, but the following form of bequest, it is supposed, would be valid:- The Fund for the relief of Disabled Ministers, and the Needy Widows and Orphans of Deceased When real estate or other property is given, let it be particularly designated. Dear Sir, I have continued to occupy my field as usual, attending Sabbathschool, and preaching morning and evening in R, and afternoon in G-, riding on horseback fourteen miles each Sabbath. It is hard work, but there seems to be no escape from it. A wonderful work of grace has gone on in our R― church and community since the 1st of January, and is still in progress. I am still holding daily services. The results so far are sixty additions to our church membership, a deep blessed work among the church members, a thorough moving of the whole community and country around. Many are yet inquiring. We gave the Methodists the use of our church building for daily services two weeks of the time, and some twenty-eight were added to their number. I am so pressed with duties and compelled to write in such haste, that I cannot now give particulars. There has been nothing of special interest at G-. The regular Sabbath service kept up. Congregations good. Several additions at our last communion, and a fair prospect for the future. Several Presbyterian families are to move in soon. We have not been able to make a beginning yet to build our house of worship in G, and have received the discouraging word that our Church Extension Board has no money and cannot now aid us. We must have the building, and must struggle on for it as Providence opens the way. Owing to the failure of crops, my salary is behind' in both churches. I do not know how we would have got through the winter but for a valuable box of goods and clothing sent us through your intervention. This abundantly supplied nearly all the necessities of my large family for clothing for the winter and for some time to come. We are very grateful to all parties concerned for this liberal aid. There was no valuation sent with the box, perhaps it has been reported to you. It must have been over two hundred dollars. I am very grateful and much surprised that my strength, feeble at the best, has been continued through the heavy labour of the last two months. Could I have held a protracted meeting at G―, I am satisfied important results would have followed. But this has been impossible so far, I hope it is not yet too late. Very truly yours. Report from Kansas. Dear Brother,-With this month ends my first quarter's labour in this field. The Lord has enabled us with slight interruptions from ill health to go steadily forward in our work. We are not privileged to report a special work of grace, but unusual interest has pervaded all our services, especially during the week of prayer. Our house has been full to overflowing and we are making arrangements to enlarge it or build a new one this season. A number of valuable accessions have been made to the church by letter, and so many new settlers have located among and around us, that this may be regarded as almost a new field. Our weekly prayer-meetings are well attended and interesting, though many of those attending come several miles. The Sabbath-school is well attended and doing a good work. Its interest has been well sustained thus far. One special feature makes this a very interesting field, namely, the large number of young people who attend our Sabbath-school and meetings, and are entirely under the influence of our church. From this source alone, with God's blessing, this church ought soon to become a strong, self-supporting church. Although entirely in the country, considering this mass of intelligent youth committed to our care, this appears to us a very important field, destined, in God's time, like the parent church, to send forth vigorous working Christians to fields still beyond. Our personal privations (though severe) are hardly worth mentioning. A mere shell of boards far out on the bleak prairie was the only roof to be had. No tree or shrub around to enliven the waste. We turned mason and carpenter and by dint of hard knocks and odd resorts, with plenty of wood cut and hauled by our own hands a distance of six miles, we manage to keep warm. The superintendent's wife in this case does not even "hire the washing done." These are no great things to us, we are used to them. Altogether we have much reason to thank God and take courage. In some things God has enabled us "to endure hardness as good soldiers." We are praying for, and expecting God to pour out a blessing, a precious reviving in our midst. Yours fraternally. Report from Wisconsin. Dear Sir,-As the last quarter of my year has closed with the Board, I send you briefly my report. The past year has been one of deep interest and solicitude for the interest of our beloved Zion in this place. Like too many of our Western churches, this people have never been thrown upon their own resources, and consequently the church has been dwarfed, and it has been harder work to undo what has been done than to commence from the beginning. The elders thought it proper to ask what the Board would do, and then the congregation would supplement the salary. I have endeavoured to change this, and throw the responsibility of retaining the minister upon the people. The people gave but one hundred and twelve dollars to the support of their pastor the year before I came. Last year they gave three hundred dollars, and whilst the same amount is pledged this year, I hope they will do much more. Our annual report shows one hundred dollars given to benevolent purposes, and nearly as much more has been given to our Sabbath-school, and for church purposes. As the people increase their gifts to the Lord's treasury, they take a deeper interest in the gospel. The attendance is greatly increased, and often our church is crowded. Our Sabbath-school has grown from six pupils to one hundred and eighteen, and we have expended over eighty dollars in purchasing a library, charst, &c. We hope also to raise two or three hundred dollars this year, and make our church a comfortable home for the people. We send you this year nineteen dollars for the Domestic Board, which is an increase in our past collections. We have adopted the plan of reaching every member when a collection is taken for the various Boards. A committee of ladies was appointed, and every two months the congregation is visited, and something obtained from all. We have lost some of our members by removal, and mourn over the fact that we can report so few additions. God has not, however, left us without some tokens of his presence. We have had a series of meetings, and expect some to unite with us at our next communion season by profession of faith. God has been very good to us, and given us tokens of his presence, and we trust that we may see yet a larger ingathering into the fold of Christ. Trusting that the United Church may come up to the help of the Lord, and give liberally to the Domestic Board for carrying on the Master's work, I remain Yours truly. Report from Illinois. Rev. and Dear Sir,-I present to you my first quarterly report for this year as Missionary of the Presbyterian Church of this place. During nearly the whole of the last three months I have preached but irregularly for want of a suitable room to preach in. Last year my congregation worshipped with the Cumberland Presbyterians, and I preached in their house of worship till the latter part of autumn. At that time the Cumberland brethren secured a pastor of their own, and I had no place to conduct services except as I was invited to the pulpits of the different denominations. Meantime I have occupied myself in pastoral visiting, preparation for future work in the pulpit, and assisting in the completion of my own church edifice. Various obstacles hindered the finishing of the new house. But at last it is done, and well done, and is a source of joy to my congregation and myself. It is a beautiful little church, with sittings for three hundred and fifty to four hundred persons. We dedicated it on last Sabbath week, with the presence of a good audience, and very interesting services. I have told you of the somewhat noted character of T for intemperance. A temperance society was organized, and it was resolved to secure the services of an able lecturer from abroad as soon as one of the new church buildings, which are the largest in the village, could be completed. My church is the first to be finished, and on last Sabbath it was opened for the beginning of the series of temperance sermons and lectures. The series will close this evening. The lectures are of remarkable ability and power, and have been listened to by as many of all ages and sexes as could crowd within the doors. I am glad to have the house given at once to so practical a use, and rejoice with the best people of the community that through the influence of these lectures we have a prospect of getting rid of the saloons within a very short time. I trust that my next report can give you news of their disappearance, and of a good work done in behalf of many who have frequented them. Since my last report we have had no communion, nor have we opened the way for any to unite with the church. We have thought it better to wait until we should have a place where those who may come with us can join us in worship. We expect to celebrate the Lord's Supper on next Sunday week, when several persons will unite with the church, a part of them upon profession of their faith. My congregation feel like going forward in the Master's work with new courage and hope and zeal, and I trust that a good future is before them. Not only have they new ground for encouragement in having a good church edifice, but everything around them begins to add to their inspiration by the exhibition of new life. Within a little while the new M. E. church will be finished. Its builders, like our own, are hopeful for the future. The Baptists and Cumberland Presbyterians worship in repaired houses, and rejoice in revived spirituality. Considerable numbers have united with those churches. The town is beginning to grow rapidly through the influence of the two new railroads. Many good families are coming in, some of whom are Presbyterians. On the whole we feel like thanking God for the grounds of encouragement, and putting our hands to the plough. RECEIPTS FOR DOMESTIC MISSIONS IN MAY, 1870. SYNOD OF ALBANY.- Pby of Albany-Saratoga Springs Mission Chapel 12 09: Saratoga Springs ch Sab-sch 24 83. Pby of Londonderry-Lowell ch 20. $56 92 SYNOD OF BUFFALO.-Pby of Genesee River-Portageville ch 5 05; Sparta 1st ch 10. Pby of Rochester City-Rochester 1st ch 85 50; Charlotte 1st ch 27 127 55 SYNOD OF CHICAGO.-Pby of Rock River-Scales Mound ch 4 15; Zion ch 14 10 18 25 SYNOD OF CINCINNATI.-Pby of Cincinnati-Cin- SYNOD OF ILLINOIS.-Pby of Bloomington-Farmer SYNOD OF INDIANA-Phy of Vincennes-Upper ch 137 65 146 65 SYNOD OF IOWA.-Pby of Cedar-New York ch 5. Pby of Dubuque-Sherrills Mount ch 30; Bellevue 1st ch Sab-sch 3 35; Wayne ch 4; Milo ch from Thos Guthrie 1 25. Pby of Frankville-Girard Reformed ch 6 50. Pby of Vinton-West Union ch 3 25; Bethel ch 3 70 57 05 SYNOD OF KENTUCKY.-Pby of Louisville-Walnut St ch, Louisville 7 65 SYNOD OF MISSOURI.-Pby of St Louis-Salem ch 8; Kirkwood ch 66 56. Pby of Southwest Missouri-Calvary ch, Springfield 60 134 56 SYNOD OF NEW JERSEY.-Pby of Burlington-Bur lington ch 53 55; Providence ch 4 55. Phy of Elizabethtown-Pluckamin ch 30: Woodbridge 1st ch 80; Perth Amboy 9 20; Rahway 2d ch Sab-sch 6 69. Pby of New Brunswick-Titusville ch 50. Pby of Newton-Mansfield 1st ch 83 50. Phy of Passaic-Morristown 1st ch quarterly collection 120 62. Pby of West Jersey-Cedarville ch 15 453 11 SYNOD OF NEW YORK.-Pby of ConnecticutBridgeport ch 176; Pound Ridge ch 75. Phy of Long Island-Amaganset ch 6 66: Sag Harbor 1st ch 25. Pby of New York-Nyack ch 15: West Twenty-third St ch, New York 66 64; Throgs' Neck ch 5; Youths' Miss'ry Society of Rutgers ch, New York 187 50. Phy of New York 2dWest Farms ch 8 15; Scotch ch, New York, from Mr T Johnston 250 814 95 -York ch 5. Phy of Richland-Martinsburg ch SYNOD OF PHILADELPHIA.--Phy of Donegal-Lan- SYNOD OF PITTSBURGH-Phy of Ohio-Pittsburgh 2d ch Sab-sch 40. Pby of Saltsburg-Saltsburg ch 20 80 60 80 SYNOD OF ST. PAUL-Pby of S Minnesota-St Charles ch2; Utica ch 1 3.00 SYNOD OF WHEELING.-Pby of St ClairsvilleBellaire ch 22: Grandview ch2. Pby of Washington-Lower Ten Mile ch 16 40.00 $2,955 02 Total received from churches, LEGACIES.-Bequest of James Forbes, dec'd, late of New Hagerstown, Ohio 50; Bequest of Mrs A Porter, dec'd, late of Cambridge, NY 30; Legacy of James Dinsmore, dec'd, late of Cross Creek, Washington Co. Pa 100; Legacy of Charles Smith, dec'd 162 62 342 62 MISCELLANEOUS.-Rent of Mission House, 900 10; Robert O Colt. Esq 100; Nehemiah Choate, Esq, Derry, NH 50; Miss Jane R Wilson, Shippensburg. Pa 5; Nathan H Coleman. Esq. Hamptonburg, NY 1000; 8 BS" 5: Mrs L." Delaware 50 cts; Mrs M E Drake, Clarkson, NY MISSION HOUSE. No. 907 ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHIA. Cor. Secretary-Rev. G. W. MUSGRAVE, D.D. Treasurer-SAMUEL D. POWEL LETTERS relating to Missionary Appointments and other operations of the Board, should be addressed to the Corresponding Secretary, No. 907 Arch street. Philadelphia. Letters relating to the pecuniary affairs of the Board, or containing remittances of money, should be sent to S. D. POWEL, Esq., Treasurer-same address. |