St. Andrews, Missionary Society 10 0 0 2 8 6 Montrose, Col. at Public Meeting 13 4 2 A Friend, towards the Debt... Col. at Mr. Burnet's.. Do. at Mr. Watson's.. Dunfermline, Col. at Qu. Ann-st. Millport Cambraes, Col. Bap. Ch. Largs, Col. at Parish Church.. Fairlie, Mrs. Parker........ Greenock, Col. at Relief Ch.. Do. at Bap. Ch.... Do. for Chitpur School A Muir, Esq. J. Gray, Esq................... A Friend...... 350 1 0 0 100 2 2 4 7 10 0 500 5 36 12 16 6 7 10 0 2 20 2 6 8 and Sweeney 3 14 0 0 10 0 100 5 6 6 8 0 0 3 9 6 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 210 0 2 0 3 4 10 0 3 10 9 Port Glasgow, Col. Parish Ch. A Missionary Box ..... A Friend.. 21 10 0 050 026 Do. at Secession Ch............. Anonymous, per post... Nairn, Col. at Independent Ch. Mr. J. Donaldson.. Forres, Col. at Indep. Ch...... Grantown, Col. at Bap. Ch..... Mr. Peter Grant..... Mr. McKenzie Miss Stewart 070 5 13 0 1 17 3 Birmingham Auxiliary, by Mr. Lepard 0 10 6 0 10 0 0 10 6 tion of the Debt ............ 050 Bond-street 1 3 0 Mount Zion 1 15 1 44 0 0 ..... 73 17 6 20 7 9 534 3 15 4 Coventry 200 Cradley.... Bridgnorth........ Bilston......................... Darkhouse, Coseley.......... Dudley.. Henley-in-Arden..... Providence Chapel... 8 10 0 32 11 3 108 247 101 126 116 6 9 18 9 511 2 8 Previously acknowledged, &c. 187 16 3 Henrietta Street Auxiliary, by Rev. W. North of England Auxiliary, by Rev. R. 323 6 5 48 0 9 700 For the Liquidation of the Debt owing by the Society. Mr. R. Cartwright, Warwick Court.. 10 0 0 119 16 10 TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mr. Quant, of Turk's Island, presents his thanks for a parcel of clothing from the Misses Reeve, of Taunton, which has proved very acceptable. From Mr. Knibb, Falmouth, July 20: 66 My sincere thanks are presented to the Sabbath School Union for a valuable supply of school books; to the Young Ladies at Hackney, for a very acceptable box of useful articles; to an Unknown Friend, for a neat and large supply of needles and cases; and to my highly esteemed friends at Worcester for a box, which is not yet landed. To these, and other friends, I will write after the first of August." Thanks are returned to Thomas Chevely, Esq., of Clapham, for a parcel of Magazines. * A Brief Sketch of the Mission, and of its various stations, &c., in the East and West Indies, has just been printed, and may be had on application at the Mission House, or Mr. G. Wightman, 24, Paternoster Row, at 6s. per 100. J. HADDON, PRINTER, CASTLE STREET, FINSBURY. THE MISSIONARY MAGAZINE AND CHRONICLE, RELATING CHIEFLY TO THE MISSIONS OF The London Missionary Society. SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS in aid of the Funds of this Society will be thankfully received by the Treasurer or Secretaries, at the Mission House, Blomfield-street, Finsbury, and by Messrs. Hankey, the Society's Bankers, 7, Fenchurch-street, London; in Edinburgh, by Mr. George Yule, Broughton Hall; in Glasgow, by Mr. Risk, 9, Cochranestreet; and in Dublin, by Messrs. J. D. La Touche and Co., or at 7, Lower Abbey-street. MORANT BAY STATION, JAMAICA. IMMEDIATELY Subsequent to the promulgation of the Act for the abolition of slavery in the British Colonies on the 1st of August, 1834, the Directors proceeded to bring into operation the measures they had contemplated in reference to the important island of Jamaica, whose population at that time included nearly one half the entire number of the West Indian negroes. Four brethren, Messrs. Wooldridge, Hodge, Barrett, and Slatyer, were appointed to the southern parts of the island; and two, Messrs. Vine and Alloway, to the northern. These brethren arrived at their respective stations in December, 1834. In April following, Mr. Hodge commenced his labours at Morant Bay. On arriving there he was permitted by the magistrates, at the instance of Thomas Thomson, Esq., (a steady and liberal friend of the Missionary cause, residing in the locality,) to hold Divine service in the public court-house. The measure of encouragement VOL. II. L which attended this effort opened the way for an extension of Missionary labour in the vicinity, and out-stations were soon formed on two neighbouring estates, Belvidere and Retreat; at a later period a third out-station was established on another estate, named East Prospect. At each of these places the Gospel was preached at regular intervals. A church of 26 members has been formed at Morant Bay, and by the latest accounts we learn that the congregation amounts to 450 people, with an average attendance of 400. The congregations at the out-stations, Retreat and East Prospect, are also large, and contains numerous candidates for the fellowship of the church. The progress of Sabbath-school instruction on these estates is also highly encouraging. In 1837, a new chapel was opened at Morant Bay, by Messrs. Wooldridge and Hodge. The solemn occasion is thus noticed by Mr. Hodge :-" The chapel was opened for the worship of Jehovah on the 26th of this Month [March.] It is named Devonshire Chapel. I invited Messrs. Vine and Alloway to preach on the occasion, but in consequence of their distance from Morant Bay, and the peculiar circumstances of their stations at this juncture, they were unable to comply with my request. Mr. Wooldridge was present and preached. We had The sum collected was 117. 14s. 2d., which, with the subscriptions that I had previously received, amounted to nearly 3407. currency, that is, more than 2007. sterling." a crowded congregation. The chapel is the property of the Society. It is 50 feet long, 40 feet wide, and is capable of holding 500 people. Mr. Hodge adds :-"No part of the chapel here is devoted to school-purposes, but the land with which it is connected, and on part of which it stands, is 129 feet long, and 80 feet wide. It is an oblong square; the chapel stands at the south end of it, there is consequently sufficient ground for the erection of a school-room, and also a dwelling-house, should it be thought desirable." A school-house to contain 200 children is already in progress of erection, and nearly completed, on the ground mentioned by Mr. Hodge. The local proprietors not only express themselves favourable to the interests of education, but unite with the negroes in requesting the establishment of additional schools. The Directors had the satisfaction to send out, in 1835, Mr. and Mrs. Howell, to act as schoolmaster and schoolmistress at this station. Having embarked from London on the 19th of November of that year, Mr. Howell and his wife arrived at Port Morant on the 11th of January, 1836. The day-schools contain 80 children, some of whom manifest considerable advance in mental and moral improvement. In consequence of the failure of Mrs. Hodge's health, Mr. Hodge was compelled, in April of last year, to return with Mrs. Hodge and his family to England. His connexion with the Society has since amicably terminated. After the departure of Mr. Hodge from Morant Bay, Mr. Howell assumed the charge of the station, which he continued until relieved by his brother-in-law, the Rev. Benjamin Franklin, who embarked for Jamaica on the 22nd of last December. Mr. Franklin arrived at Kingston on the 12th of February last, and proceeded, on the 14th, in company with Mr. Wooldridge, to his station. The commencement of his labours as a Missionary of the Cross has been attended by an encouraging measure of the Divine blessing. Writing under date, 11th April, in reference to the newly received members of the Mission Church, Mr. Franklin observes :— "Of these, I believe, it may truly be said, that they have sincerely repented of sin, and are entirely resting on the Redeemer for salvation. When attending at the Lord's-supper for the first time, on the first Sabbath of this month, they appeared melted with grief while I addressed them on the important and sacred relation on which they had entered, the duties expected of them, and gave them the right hand of fellowship in the name of the church. There are now about 30 persons professing to seek the Lord with full purpose of heart, and wishing to unite in church fellowship. I cannot but hope that the hand of God is with us, and that we shall be favoured with still further displays of his grace in the salvation of immortal souls." HUAHINE MISSION, SOUTH SEAS. AMONG the recent communications from the South Seas, the following has been received from our brother, the Rev. Charles Barff, of Huahine, under date October 6, 1837. The statements it embraces are calculated to afford a more than ordinary measure of holy interest and gratification. Mr. Barff, in addressing the Directors, thus writes: HON. FATHERS AND BRETHREN,-It is with unfeigned gratitude to God, I record the progress of the Gospel here through another eventful year. Public Services.-The beneficial effects of the exclusion of ardent spirits are great beyond calculation, both in a temporal and moral point of view. Instead of squalidness in dress, and impropriety of behaviour, the people now all appear in decent clothing, and conduct themselves with order and de corum. But the most happy effects are observable in the improved moral state of our people; the congregations are uniformly good on the Lord's-day, and the weekly lecture on Wednesday is also much better attended than formerly. Baptisms.-Numbers have come forward during the past year, and offered themselves as candidates for baptism, who evince an unusual degree of earnestness in seeking the one thing needful. Nearly all of them are from that class of people who lived in the neglect of the means of salvation, and in the pursuit of every debasing sin; but who are now, we trust, truly born again, have their fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. Church Members.-A considerable addition has been made to the church during the past year, chiefly from among the young, who have been in the constant habit of attending our day and Sabbath-schools from infancy, and in whose hearts the good seed of the word appears to have taken deep root. Tears of joy were frequently seen to run down the cheeks of the parents on the admission of their offspring to church-fellowship. The deacons and I continue to meet candidates for baptism and communion on Monday evenings, to instruct them, and inquire diligently into their experience of that change of heart so essential to the true Christian. We continue also to visit the church members at their houses, and find it edifying to ourselves, and we trust profitable to the people. At a monthly prayer-meeting for the deacons only, I give a short address to place before them continually their obligations to that holy walk and diligence which their important office requires. Church discipline has been necessary only in few instances during the past year; and has been soon followed with beneficial effects in producing a manifestation of godly sorrow, which we trust is genuine. Our regular church meeting every Friday afternoon, appears to be a season of spiritual profit and delight; and, to use their own words, "E amu raa maa na te varua; a feast for the soul. A number have been removed by death; all advanced in years except one, Rubena, who was not more, I suppose, than 30 years of age. He was predisposed to consumption, which, together with an attack of influenza, removed him speedily from his family and the church. He had been an active deacon for some years; he was blessed with grace when young, and continued to adorn his profession by a holy walk and conversation till death. I do not recollect any one whose death was so generally regretted, on account of his activity in doing good, though every one appeared to feel confident that their loss was his gain. His end was peace. Schools.-These have been better attended than in former years, both by adults and children; and a desire after knowledge, particularly of the Holy Scriptures, has much increased among all classes, and their improvement in reading, writing, &c., is truly gratifying. We have established, during the past year, an out-station at Maeva, to which place the deacons and I go in rotation. The school there is well attended, and the congregation attentive to the Gospel. Mrs. Barff, and our daughter Louisa, continue to meet the native females, who are church members, ever Monday evening, for reading the word of God and prayer. The Press. - Several tracts and schoolbooks which I have translated, are ready for the press; but I have been unable to print them this year, on account of our exertions to supply, as far as possible, the pressing |