vice. In the afternoon, at the close of the sermon, we sat down with our infant church at the table of our Lord, in company with the three newly admitted, who, as well as all the members, were deeply affected. Previously to the reception of these persons the number of inquirers amounted to about thirty, but afterwards it was so much increased that for days successively many, of whom we had little or no hope, flocked to us, asking what they should "do to be saved;" many of them were so wrought upon by conviction, that when they came to us, and were questioned regarding the state of their souls, they frequently burst into tears, and screamed aloud, and rendered themselves unfit to answer a single question; others could speak of nothing but their wretchedness, and others only of the love of Christ. March 21. This morning several persons called upon me, evidently laboring under much distress of mind. One old man, nained Younker Swartboy, a Hottentot, an ejected member, was much agitated, and obviously burdened with strong convictions of his hopeless and miserable condition. He said, that in discoursing, on the past Sabbath, from the Acts of the Apostles on the conversion of the jailer, he thought I addressed him particularly, and exactly described his feelings. He complained that for several nights past the consciousness that he had forsaken God, and abandoned himself to drunkenness and pleasure, had entirely deprived him of sleep; that he was convinced he could obtain no peace of mind till he returned to the fold of the Redeemer. He wished to arise, like the prodigal son, and go to his Father, but was afraid that he had abused his mercies so long that he would not receive him; he could only exclaim with the jailer, "What shall I do to be saved?" I exhorted him to strive against the sin which had led him astray, and to persevere steadfastly in prayer. Afterwards spoke with a Bechuana, who had come from a far distant place in the interior. He declared that when in his own land he thought there was no God, but that there was an evil being who sought to molest him; and as to his possessing an immortal soul, he never once thought or heard of it, but that now he was convinced of the truth of both. He said he had long laughed and mocked at the preaching of the gospel, but now he knew that he had a soul that must be saved or lost. MISSION OF MR. GROVES AT BAGDAD. THE origin and circumstances of this mission to Persia were stated at p. 49, of the last volume; where were inserted some extracts from the journal of Mr. Groves. From the same source further extracts are given here showing the terrible judgments with which Bagdad has been visited, and the affecting loss of life which has been the consequence. Desolation by Plague and Inundation. April 22, 1831.-Surely every principle of dissolution is operating in the midst of the Ottoman and Persian empires-plagues, earthquakes, and civil wars. Having had occasion to-day to go out to the residency, to endeavor to save some things from the water which has come into all the cellars, in every way I was overwhelmed with the awful state of the city-the difficulty to obtain help of any kind, at any price. The servant of Mr. Taylor, who is left in charge of the house, told me that he had applied every direction, but could get no one: one had a wife dead, or dying; another, a mother: another was employed in carrying water for the dead. 23. The plague not decreasing. The mother of the Seyd, who owns our house, has been buried in her house, no one being to be got to bury her. Another most affecting instance has just occurred: a little girl, of about twelve years of age, was seen carrying an infant in her arms; and being asked whose it was, she said she did not know, but had found it in the road, having heard that both its parents were dead. 26. The accounts are heart-rending of little children left in the streets in every direction. 27. To-day all thoughts are turned from the plague to the inundation: the falling of a portion of the city-wall on the northwest side, last night, let the water, in full stream, into the city. The Jews' quarter is inundated; and 200 houses fell there last night: we are hourly expecting to hear that every part of the city overflowed. This inundation has not only ruined an immense number of houses in the city, and been the cause of tens of thousands dying of the plague, but the whole harvest is destroyed: the barley, which was just ready to be reaped. is utterly gone, and every other kind of corn must likewise be ruined; so that, for thirty miles all round Bagdad, not a grain of corn can be collected this year. poor are beginning to feel immense difficulty: for all shops being shut, they have no where to buy; and there being a great scarcity of wood, they are unable to cook. 28. The We have taken one poor little Mohammeda.. child, three or four years old, from the streets. We know not what to do. It makes passing through the streets most painful and affecting, thus to see little children, from a month or six weeks to two or four years old, crying for a home, hungry and naked and wretched, and knowing not what to do or whither to go. Thank God, however, to-day the water is a little, about a span, lower! Oh may the Lord's mercy spare yet a little longer this wretched, wicked city! Missionaries in these countries have need of very simple faith, which can glory in God's will being done, though all their plans come to nothing. It was but the other day that we were surrounded by as interesting a school of boys, and a commencing one of thirteen girls, as the heart could desire; and if the plague and desolations were to terminate to-morrow, and our scattered numbers were assembled, perhaps not more than half would remain to us. 29. Our situation is becoming daily still more extraordinary, and in many respects trying; except, that the Lord is our hiding place, who will preserve us from trouble, and compass us about with songs of deliverance. The pacha's palace is left open, without a soul to take care of any thing: his stud of beautiful Arab horses are running about the streets, and every one catching those which he can: they are worth here from 10. to 100. each. His stores also of corn are left open; and every one takes what he wants, or what he can carry away: this is a great relief to the poor; for the quantities were enormous, being in expectation of a siege. May 5. Inquire where you will, the answer is, "The city is desolate!" Around the pacha, four Georgions alone remain alive, out of more than 100. The son of our Moolah, who is dead, told me to-day, that in the quarter where he lives not one is left: they are all dead. Out of about eighteen servants whom major Taylor left, and sepoys, fourteen are dead: two have now the plague [those two died,] and two are well. Of the Armenians more than half are dead. At Hillah, the modern Babylon (population 10,000,) there is not, Seyd Ibrahim told me to-day, scarcely a soul left; and the dogs and the wild beasts alone are there, feeding on dead bodies. This Seyd Ibrahim is one of the surviving servants of major Taylor; but this man, though himself alive, is the only one of his family of fourteen-four brothers, their wives, his own, their children, and his, are all dead! For digging a grave they ask a sum that equals in England 34.; in consequence of which numbers have remained unburied about the streets; so that the pacha has sent men, giving them a sum equal to the above for every one whom they will throw into the river. 8. The schoolmaster has just told me, that, out of forty relations, he has now only four: the rest have all been swept away. The accounts that we have of the misery in which many of those died who endeavored to fly, is truly heartrending. With the water nearly half a yard high in their tents, without victuals, or the means of seeking or buying, they suffered every deprivation and misery that could be imagined: one poor family, which has returned, describe their intense desire to return and die quietly in their houses; but the water had so risen, that there was no road; and no boats could be obtained but at an immense price, which a few only could pay, and there were very few even at any price. 20. This has been a day of mercies at the hand of the Most High. For a day or two past I had observed a little dust falling through a crack in the wall; and although on any other occasion it would have excited no anxiety, yet, as the cellars were full of water, I thought it better this morning early to take out all our things from the room. We had not finished taking out the last things above ten minutes, when the whole arch, on which the room was built, gave way, and both we and our little stock of things|| were all safe. 21. Last night thieves advanced three times to force our outer door; but did not succeed. The whole city is swarming with them. To-day the pacha of Mosul is come to Bag dad. What it portends we know not; but the Lord reigneth. They can only accomplish His will, who is our Father and our God. DOMESTIC. FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE AMER- THE proceedings at the annual meeting of the Health of the Colony.-The emigrants by the Carolinian, who embarked during the autumn of 1830, suffered severely from the measles on their voyage, and still more by the fever of the climate after their arrival. The Rev. B. R. Skinner, Baptist missionary, together with his wife and child, who embarked in this ship, all died during the following winter. Of the 85 emigrants who sailed in the Volador, during the same autumn, only two children died, and the sickness was much less severe. The former were from the low countries of the south, and were healthy during their voyage; while the latter were from the interior, and were enfeebled by disease on their arrival. In relation to those already settled in the colony, the report states Among the colonists generally, health has prevailed during the year, and it is the opinion of the colonial agent, that emigrants, after the first year, find the African climate more congenial to their constitutions than that of the United States. Some diseases which prove very destructive in our country, are there nearly unknown. Resolved to do all in their power to promote the health of the colony, and to guard against the fatal effects of the climate, the managers have recently sent out large supplies of medicines; appropriated a fund for the erection of a hospital; directed that the best situations be selected, both on the coast and in the interior, for all future emigrants, that buildings be constructed, and all things arranged and provided for their accommodation. The managers are convinced that much of the mortality which has heretofore occurred, has been owing to ignorance of the climate, imprudent exertions, exposures and improper diet among those newly arrived, want of adequate medical advice, and of those comforts and attentions which neither the means of the society, nor the circumstances of the colony, just rising into existence on a remote shore, rendered it possible to supply. To the health of the colony, the managers have directed their thoughts as to an object of chief concern; and they express confidently the opinion that people of color from most regions of our southern states will experience no serious injury from the African climate; and that such persons, from any section of our country, will soon be able to settle on the elevated lands of the interior, where there exist, it is believed, no special causes of disease. Agriculture, Commerce, &c.--Agriculture continues to receive too little attention, though there is an improvement in this respect. Some devote themselves entirely to it, and are successful. All the productions of tropical countries are raised with ease and in abundance. Commerce has rapidly increased during the year; 46 vessels, 21 of which were American, visited the colony, and the exports amounted to $88,911. Much trade is carried on in small vessels belonging to the colony, with the places on the coast. Enterprise and industry in the colony are rapidly increasing. Twenty-five substantial stone or frame buildings were erected while the agent was in the United States. 26 to depart, and orders had been given by the managers to fit out a vessel for the purpose, at the date of the report. The Society of Friends in London have ap Education and Morals.-Good school-houses have been erected at Monrovia, Millsburg, and Caldwell, competent teachers provided, and schools put in operation under trustees, affording instruction in the most useful branches to everypropriated $2000 to aid their brethren in North child, and mainly supported from funds raised in the colony. Much has been done by the colonists to promote temperance, and many colonists are disposed entirely to abstain from the use of ardent spirit. Native Tribes.-There is reason to believe that nearly all the neighboring tribes are disposed to place themselves under the protection of the colony and to be governed by its laws. Some have been received by the colony, and eight or ten chiefs, during one tour of the agent, made a united request to be treated as subjects of the colony. All are received who are favorably situated for control and protection. They submit cheerfully to the laws and decisions of the colony. Carolina to colonize the free people of color under their care. Pecuniary Concerns.-The receipts of the society, including a balance of $7,056 07, on hand at the beginning of the year, amounted to $39,158 65. The expenditures were $28,068 15. Of the receipts $3,809 were donations from individuals, $5,416 from auxiliaries, $8,767 from collections on the fourth of July, and $3,964 subscriptions on the plan of Gerrit Smith. In answering some objections urged against the society, the managers remark It has been thought by some that pecuniary resources adequate to the accomplishment of this great work could not be obtained. To say nothing of the fact that in the progress of this work the expense of removal (already reduced, including a subsistence for six months in Liberia, to thirty-five dollars for each emigrant) must be It is proposed to make a new settlement at the Grand Bassa, about 80 miles S. S. E. from Monrovia, and on the Junk river, 35 miles south-greatly diminished, and of the certainty that when east. The slave trade, though checked in the immediate vicinity of the colony, still continues to be carried on along almost the whole coast of Africa Agencies. The managers have decided to appoint permanent agents, as soon as suitable men can be found who will engage in the service, assigning to each of them a portion of the United States as his field of labor, for diffusing information, obtaining funds and otherwise promoting the interests of the society. Two of these, the Rev. H. B. Bascom for the middle, and Robert S. Finley, Esq. for the western district, have already been appointed. Other agents have been employed, and the number of auxiliaries considerably increased. The state auxiliaries of Louisiana and Massachusetts have been organized: and the legislature of the latter and of Kentucky have passed resolutions in favor of aid being granted to the society by the gov ernment of the United States. the tide of opinion shall strongly set among the The constitution and plan of civil government of the colony, with many valuable statements, are contained in the appendix to the report. ANNIVERSARIES IN NEW YORK. THE meetings were held this year in the Chatham-street chapel, which has recently been fitted up for public worship, and the use of it obtained for the accommodation of the various religious benevolent institutions. The audiences were unusually large and the exercises were of a high of the reports of the several societies will be given in future numbers. Emigrants.—The Criterion sailed from Nor-ly religious and interesting character. Abstracts folk, on the 2d of August, with 46 emigrants, 39 being manumitted slaves. The Margaret Mercer, a schooner built for the colony, sailed from Baltimore Oct. 21, with a colored crew, and nine emigrants, six being manumitted slaves. The James Perkins sailed from Norfolk Dec. 9, carrying 339 emigrants. The Crawford sailed from New Orleans, Dec. 13, having on board 21 emigrants, and Doct. C. G. Shane. The Orion sailed from Baltimore, Oct. 26, with 31 emigrants, and Doct. Hall. More than 100 emigrants, 50 being liberated slaves, were waiting FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERI- appointed seamen's preacher at Honolulu, S. I. || president, took the chair. After the reading of Rev. F. S. Mines, appointed seamen's preacher the Scriptures and an address from the president, at Marseilles, in France, Rev. Edward Stevens, the annual report was read by Rev. J. C. Brigappointed seamen's preacher at Canton, in ham, the secretary. Resolutions were moved China, Rev. William Patton, of New York, and and seconded and addresses made by Robert Rev. C. P. M'Ilvaine, of Brooklyn. Collection Dennison, Esq., Orange co., Rev. G. W. Be$343. thune, Utica, Rev. G. W. Ridgley, Bristol, Pa., B. F. Butler, Esq., Albany, Rev. C. P. Grovesnor, Salem, Ms., Rev. J. Breckenridge, of Philadelphia, Rev. Dr. Alexander, of Princeton seminary, and Rev. C. P. M'Ilvaine, of Brooklyn. FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERI- THE meeting was held in the Chatham-street SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMER- THE meeting was held in the Chatham-street SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SIXTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE THE meeting was held May 10th, in the Chat- GENERAL SABBATH UNION. THE Union had no report or other usual exercises of an anniversary this year. Instead of them a prayer-meeting with reference to the objects of the Union was held at the Chathamstreet chapel on the morning of May 8th. FOURTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE THE meeting was held, April 27th, in the Green- THE meeting was held May 9th, in the Chatham-Kansas, besides numerous missions among the street chapel, Hon. Stephen Van Rensselaer, the president, in the chair. The annual report was read by Rev. A. Peters, the secretary; after which motions were made and seconded and addresses delivered by Rev. D. L. Carroll, of Brooklyn, col. A. Jones, Providence, R. I., Rev. Dr. Baxter, Prince Edward, Va., Rev. S. Eaton, Buffalo, Rev. Mr. Thompson, appointed missionary to Syria, Rev. Dr. Cox, Lewis Tappan, Esq., and Rev. Dr. Humphrey, of Amherst College. SIXTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE THE officers and members of the society pro- || white settlements of this country, and the slaves of the southern states; making in all 39 missions and 52 missionaries. The missions among the Indians in Canada have been placed under the supervision and support of the Canada conference. The receipts of the society since its beginning, thirteen years ago, have amounted to $84,850 19. During the last year they were $11,140 53, and the expenditures were $1,580 46 more than the receipts. The meeting was closed with a sermon from Rev. Mr. Bascom-and addresses from two Chippewa chiefs. SEVENTH BAPTIST TRIENNIAL CONVENTION. THE sessions began April 25th, and continued till the 30th. Important debates were held on missionary subjects, and a report read on the Burman mission. The receipts of the conven tion during the year, for missionary purposes, || 28th, Hon. Mr. Stocks, of Georgia, presiding, by amounted to about $28,000; $12,000 of which were received during the meeting. ORGANIZATION OF AN AMERICAN BAPTIST HOME MISSION. SOME measures preliminary to the organization of this society were noticed in the last number, p. 164. The organization was completed at the Mulberry-street meeting-house, April 27th and DYING APPEAL OF MR adopting a constitution, and electing the officers. Hon, Heman Lincoln, Boston, President; Gen. A. Richardson, of Maine, and thirteen others, Vice Presidents; Rev. Dr. Chaplin, of Maine, and thirty others, William Colgate, Esq. New York, Treasurer; William R. Williams, New York, Recording Secre Miscellanies. CORNELIUS IN BEHALF OF THE HEATHEN. THE late Corresponding Secretary of the Board prepared the following abstract of a sermon inmediately after entering on the duties of his office, and only three or four weeks before his death. He felt at that time, probably more than ever before, oppressed with the magnitude of his responsibility with reference to the heathen. It was his anxious study to ascertain how he could most promote their salvation, how he could best clear himself to his divine Master, and how he could most effectually awaken Christians to the amazing importance of this subject. While thinking what multitudes of the heathen are perishing, how the last command of Christ is neglected, and what comparative apathy pervades the churches in view of this loss of souls, he uttered from a bursting heart the language of his text. The sermon was preached to a number of the congregations in Boston, and was heard with unusual solemnity. The sketch is here given just as he wrote it, and though an unfinished, is a very striking one. No matter where this ruin takes place. It may be the ruin of a Hottentot or a slave, of an Indian or an European, of a peasant or a prince, of an ignorant man or a philosopher, it is the ruin of the soul, the immortal soul, and affords just ground for lamentation. How great then is the cause for lamentation when this ruin is multiplied by thousands and millions, and extended from generation to generation. Then it is that the measure of grief becomes full, and the heart is stricken with anguish. And it shall be when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, for the tidings. Oh! yes, the tidings of souls lost, lost forever. This is reason enough. I propose to apply the text to the condition and prospects of the heathen, and to show that the loss of souls among them is cause of the deepest lamentation to Christians, and ought to arouse them to immediate and vastly increased efforts to promote their salvation. But lest false hopes concerning the prospects of the heathen should repress our sympathy and paralize our efforts, it is of the greatest impor fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night told plainly. I remark, therefore, that there is tance that the truth on this subject be told, and for the slain of the daughter of my people! JEREMIAH, ix. 1. Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a As the salvation of the soul affords the greatest cause for joy, so its loss is reason for the deepest lamentation. The text, though it may be supposed to have some respect to the temporal calamities of the Jews, relates chiefly to those spiritual and eternal miseries which their sins brought upon them. It may be regarded as a lamentation over lost souls. On this subject, good men in every age feel alike. You, my brethren, if you have hearts of Christian tenderness and have learned to feel another's woe, will weep as Jeremiah did, when you contemplate its loss. When you look around on this congregation. and think how many there probably are, in this house, who, if they should die this moment, just as they are, would be eternally lost, and this notwithstanding all that has been done to rescue them, can you help feeling? When you count up the thousands in this city, and consider what a vast majority convincing reason to conclude that the heathen perish forever. I know there are those who not only doubt but deny this. But who are they? With scarce an exception they are those who doubt or deny that any are lost. But what are the views which the Bible gives on this most solemn subject? The principles and facts which it lays down are few and simple. The soul that sinneth, it shall die. But the heathen have sinned. Read Romans 1. Read all history. Without holiness no man shall see the Lord. Are the heathen holy? Except ye repent ye shall all likewise perish. Do the heathen give any evidence of true repentance? Except a man be born again he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. The apostles considered the heathen as in a state of hopeless ruin without the gospel. For there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved. Neither is there salvation in any other. The Savior did not consider their condition safe, else why command, |