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Watertown, 1st presb. chh. 50; J.
B. 25c. G. B. llc.

West Leyden, 9; Rev. R. Kim-
ball, 6,50;

Wilna, Natural Bridge,
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Orange co. Vt. Aux. So. J. W. Smith, Tr.
Newbury, Gent. la. and contrib. (of which
to constitute Rev. GEORGE W. CAMP-
BELL an Hon. Mem. 50;)

Palestine Miss. So. Ms. E. Alden, Tr.
Braintree, 1st par. La.

Bridgewater, Mon. con. in Trin. so.
East and West Bridgewater,
Gent, and la. evang. so.

Tolland co. Ct. Aux. So. J. R. Flynt, Tr.
Andover, Gent. 24,25, la 17,57;
Columbia, Gent. 16,37; la. 22; B.

VARIOUS COLLECTIONS AND DONATIONS.

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Andover, Ms. Two boys, for scrip. for 8. India,

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Ashtabula co. Austinburg, 66,75; Andover, 21,38; a rev. pensioner, 10: Jeffer son, 7,41: Morgan, 40,62; Wayne, 37,71; Williamsfield, 15,94; Cuyahoga co. Cleveland, Mon. con. in presb. chh. 59,87; Geauga co. Chester, 31; Lorrain co. Oberlin, Presb. chh. and Insti. 87; Mrs. S. H. 3; Trumbull co. Bloomfield, 17,50; Boardman, 16,43; Canfield, 13,83; E. P. Tanner, 10; Mrs. T. 25c. Ellsworth, 6,31; M. B. dec'd, 1; Gustavus, 8,75; Hartford, Mon. con. 16,27; coll. 28,78; fem. so. 1,50; Johnson, 8,51; Kinsman, Mon. con. 55,40; contrib. 52,37; Mesopotamia, E. Lyman, 10; mon. con. 3; Vernon, 4,62; Vienna, 24,65; two fum.

William Augustus Stearns in Ceylon, 20; for Ojibwa miss. 25,77; Camden, Me. Mon. con. in cong. so. Canandaigua, N. Y. Mon. con. in cong, chh. 151,25; gent. asso. viz. E. Johns, 40; N. W. Howell, 50; W. Hubbell, 76; W. Antis, Jr. 25: H. Chapin, 25; C. Brewster, 10; I. L. Woodruff, 10, H. W. Taylor, 10; E. Carr, 10, Mr. DeK. 1; indiv. 62,75; Carmel, N. Y., A widow, 1; two girls, 50c. Centerfield, N. Y. Cong, chh.

Centerville, N. Y. Mon. con. in presb. chh.
Champion, N. Y., S. Caulkins,
Charlton, N. Y. Indiv. 55; young men, 10;
Mrs. J. B. P. 5; for Mr. and Mrs. Conde,
Chatham, New Concord, N. Y. Mon. con.
Chester and Mount Olive, N. J. United cong.
for sab. sch. in Argos,

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Parramus, N. J. Rev. WILHELMUS ELTING, which constitutes him an Hon. Mem. Paterson, N. J. Mon. con. in Ist cong, chh. Perry, N. Y. 1st presb. chh. Petersham, Ms Fem. benev. so. Philadelphia, Pa. 1st presb. chh. 383; mon. con. in do. 500; gent. of do. 147; a lady of do. 10; la. of do 10; juv. miss. so in do. for ed. of four hea. chil. under the care of Rev. J. R. Eckard, 60; Phil. so. for fem. schools in Bombay, 250; chh. in Arch above 10th st 27,72; youth's miss. so. of 11th presb. chh. for support of Jesse, a Cherokee teacher, 30; mon. con. in West presh. chh. 5,25; by G. W. McClelland, 42,77; A. Henry, 14; Mrs. J. S. Henry, 50; a lady, for George Read in Ceylon, 20; J. Corning, 25; Pittsfield, Vt. Cong chh. mon. con. Pittsford, N. Y. Sab. sch. for chil. at Sandw. Isl.

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Chester, N. Y., A barrel, fr. ladies.
Clinton, N. Y. Three barrels, for Sandw. Isl.
Concord, N. H., A box, fr. mater, asso. for
Mr. Whitney and Mr. Baldwin, Sandw. Isl.
East Haddam, Ct. A box, fr. ladies, for Mr.
Green, Sandw. Isl

Fairfield, N. Y. Two quilts, fr. juv. miss. so.
Gilbertsville, N. Y., A box, fr. la. sew. so.

and la. of New Lisbon, for Sandw. Isl. miss.

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New Haven, Ct. (via.) A barrel, for Mr. Baldwin, Sandw. Isl.; a bundle, for Mr. Parker, do.

New York city, A box, fr. J. N. Williams, for Mr. Hall, Sandw. Isl.; a box, by Mrs. C. W. H. for Mr. Dimond, do 50; a box, fr. J. W. Farr, for do.; (via N. Y.) a box, for Mr. Smith; a box books, for Mr. Alexander and Mr. Armstrong; a box, for Mr. Bingham; a box, for Mr. Bishop; a box, for Mr. Parker, Sandw. Islands; a box, for Mr. Adger, Smyrna.

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Petersham, Ms. A box, fr. fem. benev. so. Pompey, N. Y., A box, etc. fr. la. so. for Mrs. Crane,

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Portage, N. Y., A bedquilt, fr. fem. miss. so. Rome Village and Wright's Settlement, N. Y., A barrel, for Mackinaw,

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Volney, N. Y., A box, fr. fem. benev. so. Warren, N. Y., A box, fr. fem. benev. so. West Bloomfield, N. J., A box, fr. ladies of presb. chh. for Mr. Crane,

West Farmington, O. Clothing, fr. ladies, Weymouth, N. par. Ms. A box, fr. fem.

char. so.

Unknown, A box, rec'd via Utica.

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It would be well to mark on boxes sent to the Missionary Rooms, the names of the places from which they are sent. Many boxes are received, without any information of the sources from which they come.

The following articles are respectfully solicited from Manufacturers and others.

Printing paper, to be used in publishing portions of the Scriptures, school-books, tracts, etc. at Bombay, and at the Sandwich Islands.

Writing paper, writing books, blank books, quills, slates, etc. for all the missions and mission schools, especially for the Sandwich Islands.

Shoes of a good quality, of all sizes, for persons of both sexes; principally for the Indian missions. Blankets, coverlets, sheets, etc.

Fulled cloth, and domestic cottons of all kinds.

James Gray, Richmond, Va., Treasurer of the Central Board of Foreign Missions, acknowledges the receipt of the following sums, viz.

Richmond, Coll. in 1st presb. chh. (of which to constitute Rev. A. L. HOLLIDAY an Hon. Mem. 50;) 179,26; Mr. Hood, 10; Mrs. W. 5; S. F. A. 3,80; Mrs. K. 2; chil. of P. H. 1,50; Dr. McL. 50c. Bethesda, Asso. 30; Fredericksburg, Mrs. Page, 5; Lexington, Chh. 147,47; young men's asso. for Scio, 46,75, Washington City, 1st chh. 42,92; 2d chh. 20; Cumberland co. Fem. work. so. for ed. of chil. at Scio, 46; Trin. chh. 132,68; Mrs. H. 2; Buffalo chh. for fem. child in Ceylon, 20; T. Brame, for China miss. 5; Powhatan chh. 52; Miss L. R. 10; Lunenburg, M. H. 5; Amelia, Miss A. 10; Mrs. H. 1; New Providence, Fem. asso. 16,25; two ladies, 10; Nottaway, B. C. J. 5; a friend, 5; Bladenburg chh. 5; Petersburg, At Synod, (of which fr. J. H. Cocke, 50; Rev. N. M. Atkins, 50; T. Atkinson, 50; Mr. J. J. Minge, for Cape Palmas, 20; R. C. Page, 20; Mrs. M. B. Carter, 10;) 337,11; juv. so. 6,80; sub. 10; Lebanon chh. 8,10; Goochland, Mrs. L. H. 5; Albemarle, A friend, 30; Georgetown, D. C. Mon. con. for sch. in Scio, 24,21; Brownsburg, Indiv. 11; Manchester, Two chil. 50c. Salisbury, F. M. asso. 3.50; Mrs. R. T. 2; fem. j. w. so. 1,25; S. Kost, 5; a col'd woman, 50c. Thyatira chh. 2; Sugar Creek chh. 36,37; Long Creek chh. 7,70; Lincolton chh. 15; New Hope and Goshen, 11,25; Beattie's Ford chh. 50c. Philadelphia chh. 6; Hillsboro', Mon. con. 48; Leaksville chh. 9,50; Fayetteville, Synod, H. McNeal, 50; Rev. E. McNair, 45; indiv. 108,37; frag. so. 20; mon. con. 4; Mrs. W. 4,70; D. B. McP. dec'd, 2,88; Bethel chh. N. C. 20; Greensboro' chh. 20; Rocky River, 40; Mallard Creek chh. 6,50; $1,721 87

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Nestorians of Persia.

EXTRACTS FROM THE JOURNAL OF MR.

PERKINS AT OORMIAH.

[Continued from p. 36.]

Levity of the Ecclesiastics-Lord's per-Letter to the Patriarch.

March 8, 1836. We were cheered by the arrival of our German brethren, Messrs. Haas and Hoernle, from Tabreez. Mr. Haas brought his little son here, who has long been ill, for the benefit of change of air, and for Dr. Grant's prescription; and Mr. Hoernle intends residing a short time at Oormiah, that he may advantageously prosecute his inquiries respecting the Kurds. To us, in our loneliness, the visit of these missionary brethren is truly refreshing.

concealed it, but priest John was so much injured as to require medical aid from Doct. Grant, and thus the whole affair was revealed.

21. This evening we celebrated the Lord's supper. Hitherto, since our arrival at Oormiah, we have attended the Sup-ordinance privately; but priest Zadoc had been importuning me for several days to administer the sacrament, that he might once sit with us at the Lord's table. We accordingly, in this instance, allowed him and the bishops and priests in our families to partake with us. Though we have much reason to apprehend that they are all still in the bondage of sin, we dared not close the door of the Lord's table against their importunate application, regularly professing Christians, as they are, while their outward conduct is unexceptionable. The question, however, was a trying one, and we greatly felt our need of heavenly wisdom to guide us on the subject. The season was to us, and apparently to all present, deeply interesting and solemn. I read the 11th chapter of the 1st Epistle to the Corinthians, explained it in the native language, and dwelt long on the fearfulness of eating and drinking at the Lord's table "unworthily."

16. Priest Zadoc, a brother of Mar Shimon, the Nestorian patriarch of the mountains, came to visit us. He is quite intelligent, very large in stature, and a remarkably fine looking man.

19. Last evening the high ecclesiastics in our families, the bishops and priest Zadoc, lowered down their clerical dignity so far as to engage in the sport of wrestling in their room. Priest John, the teacher of our school, who lodges in the same room, was asleep in his bed; and the bishops and priest Zadoc, in their dexterous feats, fell upon his back and well nigh crushed him. He has been scarcely able to instruct the school to-day; and says he verily thought our house was falling, when the mammoth priest Zadoc came down upon him. The high ecclesiastics are exceedingly ashamed of having indulged in such childish sports, and would gladly have

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20. Priest Zadoc left us. He intends to visit a few more villages, and then start for his home, which is the residence of the patriarch, and back_one hundred miles in the heart of the Kurdish mountains. He proposes to return and live with us, after the approaching festival shall have closed.

26. Wrote a letter to Mar Shimon, the mountain patriarch, priest Zadoc, his brother, often having requested one to take home with him. The following is a copy of my letter.

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sublimity of to-day's exhibition; more than thirty young Nestorians-here in the heart of this dark continent-scarcely three months in school-and yet acquitting themselves with a degree of promptness and propriety, which I never saw surpassed in a school in America. The rapidity of their progress, during the short period of their attendance at school, is truly surprising. My heart melts in gratitude to God, in view of what I have this day beheld! Most amply am I repaid for all the ceaseless care and toil which I have bestowed on this our first missionary school. We feel great encouragement to hope and believe, that the Lord will in very deed make this school a hallowed luminary, from which a flood of heavenly radiance shall roll forth in every direction, to cheer and bless these benighted parts of the world.

triarch of the Nestorians,Rev. Sir-Through the mercy and grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, I and my dear wife, and Doct. Grant and his wife, have journeyed with safety from the distant land of our fathers, viz. the new world, and have at length, the happiness to find a home among your people in the province of Oormiah. We and our fellow Christians in America, have heard with deep interest and sorrow of heart of the trials and sufferings which you and your people have so long endured in these lands of Mohammedan oppression; and it is, be assured, our ardent desire and unceasing prayer that the Lord of Hosts may at all times be your deliverer and protector, and that the richest blessings of heaven may be showered profusely upon you and your nation. And whatever we shall be able to accomplish 6. To-day our scholars went home to to aid you and your people, which you spend two weeks as vacation. As most and they shall desire, by way of estab- of this time is to be occupied in the relishing schools and the circulation of the||ligious festival of Easter, our teacher and Holy Scriptures, we shall be most happy to do. We are servants of the Lord Jesus Christ, and your servants for Jesus sake.

We have much pleasure in becoming acquainted with your excellent bishops and your people in Oormiah. Of late we have also had the high satisfaction of receiving a visit from your venerable brother, the learned priest Zadoc. Still greater would be our happiness to become acquainted with yourself; and we indulge the fond hope that, should Providence permit, we may, at some future time, when we shall have become able to speak your language with ease, do ourselves the pleasure and honor to visit you. That your life and health, Rev. Sir, may long be precious in the sight of the Lord, and that yours may be the exalted privilege of those, of whom the prophet says, They that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament and they that turn many to righteousness, as the stars forever and ever, is the fervent prayer of

Yours, very respectfully

and sincerely,

JUSTIN PERKINS.

Examination of the School-Geog Tapa

-Mohammedan Wedding.

April 5. To-day we held an examination of our school, and the first term closed. I have attended many literary examinations in America, but never have I witnessed a scene to compare with the intellectual as well as moral

translators have also gone home. A mountain weight of care and toil seems taken from me during their absence.

To three of the school-boys, who are extremely poor, yet good scholars, we gave each a suit of plain clothes, and have engaged to continue to clothe them, on condition that their parents shall keep them in school several years, until they shall become thoroughly educated teach

ers.

Each suit of clothes, a cap included, cost one dollar and seventy-five cents. The change in the appearance of the boys, on taking off their tattered garments and putting on new ones, was scarcely less striking than the metamorphosis which take place in some of the lower orders of animals. The scholars, when they left, all manifested a strong attachment to the school, and said they should be anxious soon to return.

11. We went to Geog Tapa, (Celestial Hill,) on a visit, in compliance with an invitation sent to us yesterday. As we approached the village, our attention was attracted by hundreds of children of both sexes, assembled on the side of the hill that gives name to the village, engaged in dancing on the bare ground, which is a very favorite amusement among the Nestorians, during their festivals. The numbers and vivacity of these children seemed an encouraging pledge of success in filling the school which we intend soon to open in this village.

We first called at the house of priest Abraham, our translator; and Mar Elias, the bishop resident in this village, soon came to see us. We then ascended the

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