Whitneyville armory, Gent. New Haven co. West, Ct. W. Stebbins, New London, Ct. L. Allyn, Tr. 14 00 Augusta, N. Y. First cong. chh. and so. mon. Asso. 15.39 Bangor, Me. An indiv. 3 00 East Lyme, New London, Stonington, Gent, and La. 16 50 Bedford, Ms. Mon. con. Bethlehem, N. Y. 28 66 Gent. son in Ceylon, 12 00 Indiv. Gent. La. 42 40 375 35 03 51 00-148 68 Northampton and neighb. towns, Ms. E. S. Phelps, Tr. Deerfield, Young men's pray. asso. to purchase Bibles, A friend, Orange co. Vt. J. W. Smith, Tr. 23 00 100--24 00 Mon. con. for John Denni Boston, Ms. C. box of A. E. D. 2.29; Rev. O. Eastman, 5; a friend, 1; Mr. Whitney, for Pal. miss. 5; Bridgetown, N. J. Fem. mite so. for ed. of two hea. youths, Brooklyn, N. Y. Mon. con. in presb. chh. Chambersburg, Pa. S. Patterson, 7th pay. for Charleston, S. C. Rev. Prof. Dickson, Charlestown, Ms. Relig. char. so. 20; fem. Cavendish, Gent. 4 89 10; 21 50 La. 9 48 Hartford, Columbia, Pa. Fem. aux. miss. so. 15; m. box, 1.58; 16 58 Concord, Vt. Mrs. S. F. Williams, 2d pay. for George Warner in Choc. na. 30 00 3.00 Ludlow, Gent. 9.72 Constantia, N. Y. C. C. a thank off. for Pal. miss. Cooperstown, N. Y. Mon. con. in presb. chh. 13 50 Cornwall, Ct. A friend, Danby, N. Y. A friend, Danville, Vt. Miss. so. Dry Valley, Pa. Miss M. Long, Ebenezer, O. Rev. L. Robbins, for Maumee miss. Emmaus, Choc. na. D. Atwood, Exeter, N. H. So. of young la. for wes. miss. Forks of Wheeling, Va. Coll. 1 50 1 50 27 35 5.00 5 00 3 00 15 00 9.00 Weathersfield, Gent. 30 00 Fort Meigs, O. Dr. Conant, for Maumee miss. 5 00 Franconia, N. H. A friend, for wes. miss. 10.00 (850 of the above to constitute Gallipolis, O. Asso. 8 00 the Rev. JAMES CONVERSE an Honorary Member of Board.) Geneva. N. Y. A friend, 2.00 Genoa, N. Y. Mon. con. in 1st presb. cong. 10 00 Windsor, Gent. 28 00 Georgia, A planter's family, 18 75 Grafton, Vt. Mon. con. in cong. so. 13 CO (850 of the above to constitute the Rev. JOHN WHEELER an Honorary Member of the Board.) Woodstock, Gent. La. Green co. Missi. Coll. in presb. chh. for Choc. miss. 30 12 18 00 16 77 387 97 1 55-386 42 Hamp. Chris. Depo Ms. Profits of agents for M. Herald, viz. Chesterfield, Rev. I. Waters, 5,24; Goshen, Rev. J. Wright, 2,62; Granby, H. Gridley, 6,11; Northampton, D. S. Whitney, 16,14; Norwich, H. Wright, 1,75; South Hadley, P. Ailen, 10.03; Southampton, E. Edwards, Jr. 6,54; West Hampton, Rev. E. Hale, 12,21; Williamsburg, Rev. H. Lord, 6,11; Hanover, N. Y. D. Barton, Harford, Pa. A friend. Hillsboro. N. H. Fem. benev. so. 6th pay. for John Barnes Lawton in Ceylon, Hornellsville, N. Y. Indiv. m. f. Jackson, N. Y. Contrib. in sab. school, A. Van Tuyl. sup. 1 50 66 75 12.00 1 00 12 00 4.00 1 50 Mon. con. 46 00 Jackson, O. Thompson, The above 8100 to constitute Dea. RINALDO BURLEIGH an Honorary Member of the Board. Pomfret, Gent. 42 19 La. 47 45 South Woodstock, La. V. S. 50c. J. O. 25c. A. M. F. 1; Jamaica, N. Y. Mon. con. Kingsport, Ten. F. A. Ross, S. S. 1; J. J. 25c. 3 00 14 53 3 50 Kiskacoquillos Valley, Pa. E. end, Miss. so. 20 00 Lansingburg, N. Y. A fem. friend, to constitute the Rev. SAMUEL BLATCHFORD, D.D. (now a life member of the U. F. M. So.) an Honorary Member of the Board, 20; mon. con. 69; Lebanon, O. S. Kirkham. 89 00 50 New Utrecht, L. I. Mon. con. in Reformed read. and relig. char. so. 5th. pay. for Betsey Boicom Tyler at the Sandw. Isl. 14, 28 00 Wheeling, Va. Coll. 4 19 Windham, N. H. Fem. cent. so. 3 12; J. Curtice, 1; for hea. chii. 4 12 Woodstock, N. par. Vt. Mon. con. 30 70 Wrentham, Ms. A friend, to constitute the Rev. ELISHA FISKE an Honorary Member of the Board, 50 CO Wythe co. Va. A friend, 5 00 Dutch church, for John Beattie at Mackinaw, 23 00 Newville, Pa. Aux. 8o. 35 00 New-York city, Miss E. Thorburn, for Joseph McElroy at Mackinaw, 12; a young man, on reading Hall's appeal, 20; ladies of Broom St. Presb. chh. for Henry G. Ludlow and William Patton, 24; a lady, 5; ladies. 5; c. box, for Seneca Miss. 85c. fem. miss. clothing so. 35; coll. for Osage miss. 17; a fem. friend, 4th pay. for Charles S. Stewart at Harmony, 12; mon. con. in Bowery Presb. chh. 15,25; unknown, 8; coll. in brick Presb. chh. for Pal. miss. 68; mon. con. in Wall St. chh. 35; scholars in school in Allen St. for hea. chil. 6; 263 10 Norfolk, Ct. J. Battell, 12; Mrs. S. Battell, 12; 24 00 North Adams and Smithville, N. Y. Ogden, N. Y. Norwich, Ct. J. Huntington, a bal. Aux. Mon. con. in cong, chh. Owego, N. Y. Fem. cent so. o; coll. 8; mon. con. 6; to constitute the Rev. HORA TIO JONES LOMBERD. (now a life member of the U. F. M. So.) an Honorary Member of the Board, Oxford, N. Y. Mon. con. 27; Rev. ELIJAH Paris, N. Y. E. and G. P. Judd, Asso. Mon. con. 10 00 3 00 35 00 Unknown, C, box, 5, yearly contrib. in the family of a clergyman, 25, a friend, 5, Amount of donations acknowledged in the preceding lists, 5,419, SL. 12 00 50 10 00 34 46 31 00 Bath, N.Y. A rol of flannel, fr. fem. miss. so. for Seneca. Brownheim, O. Clothing, fr. ladies, for Mau 20 00 mee miss. 1 37 Choctaw nation. A horse fr. J. S. McDonald, for Mayhew, 50 00 47 00 Claiborne, Ala. Sundries fr. indiv. for Rev. C. Kingsbury, 34 50 5 00 Harford, Pa. A box, &c. fr. read. so. for Mau 9 25 mce miss. 53 71 Hartford, Ct. 50 00 Hinsdale, Ms. Medfield, Ms. Dwight, Palestine fission. JOURNAL OF MR. KING. (Continued from p. 38.) Departure from Ramla. May 10, 1825. We all left Ramka together, and pursuing our journey to the north, through the beautiful plain of Sharon, we came, in about ten hours, to a place, called Calan Sowwa, where we pitched our tents for the night. 11. Left Calan Sowwa, at an early hour, and pursued our journey northwardly, for about four hours; then turning towards the east, we came, in about four and a half hours more, to an old ruined Khan, called Lejoon, which stands on the confines of the plains of Esdraelon. Near by, flows a beautiful little stream of water, which I take to be a branch of the ancient river Kishon. On this stream and near the Khan, is a grist mill, between which and the Khan, are a few miserable Arab huts. After pitching our tents in the centre of the Khan, an old Egyptian Arab came and sat down by us, and told us that we were in a bad neighborhood, and that we must be on our guard through the night, if we wished to keep our things from being stolen. This caution he repeated two or three times. We had twotents, which were pitched near each other. In one was Messrs. Madox, H. Lewis, and Dr. Bromhead; in the other, Messrs. Fisk, W. B. Lewis, Dr. Dalton, and myself. Before retiring to rest, I proposed, that a watch should be kept by some of our servants, as I supposed, not only from what the Egyptian had told me, but from what I had heard previously, that the place in which we were, was rather dangerous. A servant of the Rev. Mr. L. was one of the first to keep watch, and when we lay down to sleep, took his station in an old tower, which rose a little above the wall of the Khan, on the east side. Being much fatigued, I soon fell into a sound sleep; but about one o'clock at VOL. XXIII. night, we were all suddenly awaked out of sleep, by a terrible outcry, and the firing of guns. From the noise, I supposed we were attacked by a band of robbers, and that they, and our servants, and the muleteers, were, perhaps, actually killing each other. Some sprang up in a fright, crying out that we were attacked, one, as he started out of sleep, hardly knowing what he did, got hold of his pillow, instead of his pistol; others seized their arms; and all was confusion. When the noise had a little subsided, we learned that a trunk of the Rev. Mr. Lewis had been stolen by a couple of Arabs. The alarm was given by a mule. Ali, one of our muleteers, had tied the mule to his leg, so that he might be awaked, in case any one should attempt to steal the animal. The mule, being, as was supposed, a little frightened at the thieves, gave a sudden jerk, which awaked him just in time to see them as they left the Khan, and he set up the cry of robbers, but could not extricate himself from his mule till they had gone. Adventures on the Plain of Esdraelon, 12. This is with me a memorable day. We were on the borders of the plain of Esdraelon, famous for many a battle. It had been my intention to pass over this plain, between Tabor and Hermon, and go to the sea of Tiberias, which is about a day's journey from || Khan Lejoon. When the morning came, we agreed to go in search of the trunk. Presently three Arabs came to look at us, and some of our party seized upon them and bound them with cords. I remonstrated, and said, I can have nothing to do with such violent proceedings. These were afterwards released, and two others, who were suspected of having stolen the trunk, were seized at the mill, and brought in, with their hands tied behind their backs, fastened to each "other, and with ropes about their ecks, 9 and led off before us. Seeing this, I gave up my journey over the plain to Tiberias, and determined to make my way to Nazareth, which I supposed to he only two or three hours distant. We found it to be, however, five hours. As we left the Khan, and passed over the stream, which I call a branch of the river Kishon, the two Arabs, who walked bound before us, made signs, and called to three or four men, who were sitting down near the village, and in a minute or two after, I heard those men calling as if to some one at a dis tance. In the land of the Philistines, I had seen the Arabs spring up like grasshoppers, where, at first, only two or three seemed visible, and I felt very sensibly, that our situation was now dangerous. So I hastened on to speak with who were in the foremost part of the Kofila, near the Arabs who were bound; for the Kofila was, at this time, stretched along in Indian file, with the muleteers and baggage in the rear. Our path lay down the gentle declivity of one of those hills, which skirt the western borders of the plain, and on either side were high weeds and grass, so that we naturally fell into the posi tion above mentioned. to On coming up to the prisoners, I said "You had better let these men go-you will be in difficulty-the safest way is to let them go." To this I had no reply. But the words were scarcely out of my mouth, when an Arab came riding furiously along by the side of the Kofila, then stopped suddenly, turned, and set up a loud cry. I then said, "They are coming," and again requested that the two Arabs should be liberated. No answer was given; but in a moment we saw a large company of Arabs pouring down upon us, and I then ordered a Mussulman, who was near to me, to untie the prisoners, and let them go. At this instant, the Dragoman of Dr. B. levelled his piece to shoot the Arab, who first came on horseback. I presumed that if he fired, we should, in all probability, be cut down by the infuriated mob that was coming, and I cried to him, not to fire, and Dr. B also ordered him not to fire. But he did not seem to hear, and a Moslem, one of our company, ran up, caught hold of his gun, and prevented him from shedding blood. The Moslem had scarcely got hold of his gun, when one of the Arabs, who were pursuing us, came up in a most determined manner, with his sword drawn, and as I was close to the prisoners, I feared, that his first pass would be at me. So I turned a little from him, and stopped to see what was coming upon us. Running up to the prisoners, with one blow of his sword he severed the rope that bound them together, then cut the cords which bound their hands, and set them at liberty, giving one of them a heavy blow on the shoulder, for what reason I could not understand. While this was passing, every part of our Kofila was attacked by the Arabs, who poured down upon us like a torrent, some on horses, some on foot, with drawn swords, guns, and heavy clubs, at the some time setting up a terrible yell, like the war-whoop of the savages of North America. It was no time for parley. All was confusion. No one knew whether to expect life, or death. The latter, however, seemed to stare us in the face. Some of our servants I saw falling from the animals, and all of us were put in motion, and driven like a flock of sheep before a band of wolves. I was unarmed. If I had had arms, I should not have used them. I came here not to fight, but to bring the Gospel of peace. The cry was, fly, and we fled, or rather we were forced on by the Arabs, who were among us, around us, beating us with their heavy clubs, and guns, brandishing their swords, riding by us on their swift horses, and yelling like so many furies. One of them aimed a deadly blow at Mr. Fisk, with a club, which providentially did but just graze his forehead, knocked off his turban and slightly touched his arm. Flight from the Arabs was impossible. We were for the most part badly mounted; their horses are fleet as the wind: we had twelve miles to ride over the plain: we were unacquainted with the road, and our pursuers knew every turn. Our baggage was at length cut off; there seemed to be a little cessation on the part of the Arabs; and I hoped, that, contented with our baggage, they would let us go in peace. But in a moment I saw them coming on again, and I thought that probably all was lost, and that as they had stopped our baggage, they now intended to take our lives. It was an awful moment. I could only say, "Heaven defend us." I was in front of the Kofila, and a little distance ahead, when an Arab Sheik came flying up to me on his steed, with a large club in his hand. Making a halt, I addressed him, calling him brother, and said "Do me no harm-I have not injured you." I spoke to him words of peace and gentleness. Upon this he let down his club, which he had been brandishing, halted, listened, and presently turned away, and soon after I saw him driving back some of our pursuers, and the cry of "ayman," (safety) was heard by us, and I need not say, that it was a welcome sound to our ears. The baggage, too, to my surprise, was soon after permitted to come on. No life was lost, and I presume, that it was not the intention of the Arabs to kill us; for had this been their design, they could have accomplished it with perfect ease. The attack was a gallant one, and made by the Arabs, as if they were determined to carry their point through life or death; and I have no doubt, that had one of their party fallen by our hands, it would have been the signal for the slaughter of us all. I will now say, "The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. The Lord liveth, and blessed be my rock: and let the God of my salvation be exalted." At Nazareth. On arriving at Nazareth, Messrs. Fisk, Lewis, Dalton and myself, took lodgings in the house of a Greek priest. The rest of the party went to the convent of the Terra Santa. 13. Mr. Fisk, Dr. Dalton, and myself set out for Tiberias. The morning was fine, all around me was peace and stillness, and I could not but feel in my bosom emotions of gratitude and joy. I had been for about two months at Jerusalem, in the midst of sorrow and sighing; I had seen the tear of oppression, and heard the groans of the bruised, the wounded and the dying; our journey from thence was through a troubled country; and we had just now escaped as it were from the jaws of death. This I might say was the first day of peace, that I had enjoyed, since my arrival at Jerusalem in the month of March. At Cana of Galilee. In two hours from Nazareth we came to Cana of Galilee, where Jesus and his mother and his disciples attended a marriage, and where he turned water into wine. It is now called Cana of Galilee, and also Kafar Cana. Its situation is beautiful, lying on the slope of a hill, looking towards the west and northwest; and on the north is a most lovely plain, beyond which rise lofty mountains. The country south is also hilly, as you go towards Mount Tabor. Á little before we entered the village, we came to a pure stream of water, springing from the earth. Of this we drank, and I think it the finest water I have seen in any part of the country south of Mount Lebanon. The upper part of the village is inhabited by Mussulmans, and the lower by Christians. Were I to select for myself any place for a missionary station between Tyre and Jerusalem, I think I should select Cana of Galilee, both for its beautiful situation, its vicinity to the mountains, the excellence of its water, the character of its inhabitants, half of whom are Christians, and from its situation with regard to other places, being six or seven hours from Ákka, five from Tiberias, about the same from Safet, and only two from Nazareth. From the latter place, it lies about north-east. At Tiberias. In seven hours from Nazareth we arrived at Tiberias, where we took lodgings in the Greek Catholic church. After resting a little while and taking some refreshment we went to see the Jordan, where it issues from the lake, at the south-west part of it, which is two hours from Tiberias. On our way, we visited the hot bath, supplied by a hot spring, which rises, as I was told, in the mountains above, and proceeding under ground, comes out in five or six places, at Ammaus, near the shore of the sea. The thermometer rose in the water to 139 degrees of Fahrenheit. Returning to Tiberias, we pitched our tent in the court of the church, and partook of an excellent supper of leben, bread, and fish. The fish here are very excellent. 14. Early in the morning, I went with Dr. Dalton to visit the Jewish synagogues, of which there are two close by each other, one for the Sephar tim, and one for the Ashkenasim Jews. We were informed, that there are here about six hundred Jews, four hundred Mussulmans, and one hundred Greek Catholics. The situation of the place is very low, and the air hot; still it is considered healthy, much more so than Safet, which lies high on the mountains. The water of the lake is pure and good. At Mejdel and Safet. About the middle of the day, we set out for Safet. In a little more than an hour, we came to a small village which is called Mejdel. It stands on the sea shore, and must be, I think, the ancient Magdala. In seven hours and a half, we arrived |