ber must be reduced, or the former allowance renewed. The great importance of these Schools to the Mission arises from hence, that it is their only direct means of instructing the people, from the very circumstance of their Mission having no establishment of Catechists. I promised to represent this circumstance to the Committee; and to recommend the renewal of the original sum, as soon as the Funds will admit it. It would be better if Syrian Masters could be employed in these Schools, instead of Heathen, as is now the case. The Nair Schoolmasters are certainly the best at present; but it must have a pernicious influence on the Boys, to be taught Christian Books and Principles by men who disbelieve and contradict them in their lives. This may be remedied gradually. Abraham Catanar, a young man of very great ability and piety and zeal, who has been teaching for some time gratuitously in the College, and whose services there are of the greatest use, is strongly recommended to the Committee, for a salary of 20 rupees per mensem, for that duty. MALAYALIM LITURGY.-This is printed in an imperfect state, and needs further revision, I represented to them the great importance of putting the whole into a more perfect state, for general use; and especially of preparing the Psalms, the Vox Ecclesia, which at present are necessarily omitted in the Public Service. Mr.Bailey promises to leave the Revision of the Services, which is now ready in his hands, with Messrs. Baker and Doran; who engage to prepare them, and also to revise the whole of the Psalms, without delay, for the Press. The expense of these Revisions, and of a new home, in visiting the Parochial Schools. The salaries of the Boys in the Printing Office are very small, and have never been increased. Mr. Bailey has spent much of his own money on the Press; and one of the six Presses is his own entire work. He recommends an increase of their salary. I was particularly pleased with the good sense and Christian feeling shewn by the Brethren, in the discussion of these subjects: and the more I saw of them, the more reason I had to be satisfied with their moderation on the great and delicate question of the Syrian Church, in its dependence upon Antioch, as well as the zeal and fidelity of their Missionary Labours. I have looked very narrowly into that point, as one of vital importance distinctly to ascertain; and it is evident to my mind, that they enjoy the confidence of the Church and people at large, and that they are doing nothing to forfeit that confidence. OCCASIONAL VISITS TO TELLICHERRY where the Society has Schools, formerly established by the Rev. F. Spring, but no Missionary Establishment. There is a great opening for usefulness, both there and at Cannanore, 15 miles distant, especially among the Roman Catholics; and the Committee requested Mr. Baker to visit it now and then. He went once, and reported to the Committee: but it is quite impossible, during the absence of Mr. Bayley, and the probable absence of Mr. Doran, that this can be repeated. It remains, therefore, for the consideration of the Committee, what provision can be made for that important field of labour; and, if possible, for the permanent services of an European Missionary of our own Church. Their and complete Edition of the Book of Com-tance are of immense impor mon Prayer, will be met by certain Funds of the Prayer-Book and Homily Society, 564 rupees, now in Mr. Bailey's hands, and what I have collected by Circular; and for what is further needed, reference is to be made by me to the Committee of the Prayer-Book and Homily Society in Calcutta. PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT.-On the departure of Mr. Bailey for England, Mr. Baker kindly undertakes the charge of this department, on condition that a man is provided to superintend the workmen, on a salary of 10 or 12 rupees per men sem. This is indispensable, on account of Mr. Bailey's frequent absences from probable I had almost said, certain-effects, in the regeneration of this Venerable Body; and thus, ultimately, by their agency, in that of the Parent Church of Antioch: and there is no Mission of the Society which costs the Committee so little. Mr.Doran's wish to return to England, by way of Persia and Syria, is already before the Committee. I had much and earnest consultation with him on the proposal; and, after viewing it in all its bearings as carefully as I was able, I do not hesitate to recommend its adoption. The necessity for his temporary absence is much to be lamented, but this necessity is unavoidable: and his present plan will make his return to England the probable instrument of great future good to the Churches both of India and Syria; and will be the almost certain means of acquiring much valuable information, the possession of which will be of the greatest service to him in his future labours. The object, indeed, is sufficiently important to have warranted a distinct Mission of the Society for that especial purpose; and the circumstances, under which Mr. Doran undertakes it, not only exempt the Society from any additional expense, but offer such advantages as could not otherwise have been enjoyed. Previous to his departure, he means to spend two months in travelling through the Churches of Travancore, and obtaining accurate infor mation as to their actual numbers and their condition, both Ecclesiastical and Civil. The want of Baptismal Registers in their Churches makes a Census difficult; but he suspects that their numbers are very much underrated in the common accounts. He believes that the number of those who, resisted the Church of Rome amounts nearly to 100,000 souls. They have certainly much increased, of late years; but I should think his calculation is too liberal. Should even the lowest number be correct, who can calculate the value of our Mission in such a field? May God endue them ever more and more with wisdom, fidelity, and zeal, and give them hereafter an abundant harvest! (To be continued.) HOME PROCEEDINGS. THE Financial Situation of the Society having long occasioned the Committee serious solicitude, they have felt it their duty to publish an ADDRESS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY ON THE DIFFICULTIES WHICH IMPEDE ITS OPERATIONS. The Committee of the Church Missionary Society have been induced, by the present situation of the Society, to submit to its Friends and Supporters the following statement. On reviewing the history of the Society, it will be seen, that, under the Divine Blessing, its pecuniary resources have, for a series of years, progressively increased; and that it has been enabled, from the year 1804 to 1822 (inclusive), to undertake Nine Missions in various parts of the Heathen World. For some years, the income of the Society was adequate to its expenses; but, recently, the expenditure connected with the Missions has exceeded the income; and the small reserve possessed by the Society, and which heretofore enabled it to meet the contingencies to which it is continually liable, is now nearly absorbed. It should also be observed, that this disproportion between the income and expenditure has not arisen from the establishment of any New Mission none having been undertaken since 1822-but from the tendency to enlargement which is inherent in Missionary Operations. These circumstances render it necessary for the Committee, to take some effectual step towards relieving the Society from its present embarrassing situation, either 4 by raising a sufficient income to meet the increasing expenditure, or by reducing the expenditure within such limits as will obviate a recurrence of the present difficulty, In reference to a reduction in the expenditure, it should be clearly understood by the Members of the Society, that the Committee specially appointed last year to investigate the whole of that expenditure, at home and abroad, found it impracticable to recommend any material diminution of expense at home. If, therefore, the Committee should be compelled to a reduction of expenditure, the only mode of effecting it would be by the contraction or abandonment of some of the Foreign Operations. Unwilling to relinquish any of those undertakings which, in a greater or less degree, have been marked by the Divine Blessing, the Committee have felt it their duty to bring the subject before the Members of the Society at large, and appeal to them for a decision as to the course which is to be pursued. The present misery of the Heathen, the fearful danger of their immortal souls, the dishonour done to God by their idolatries and superstitions, the glory of Christ in saving them from the ruin in which they are involved, must have been among the motives which prompted the disciples of Jesus to engage in this work. Are these motives less constraining than they once were? Are they less binding on the heart and conscience, than when they first led us to make an effort for the benefit of the : perishing Heathen? Or rather, now that the Lord is gone out before us, opening doors of utterance among the Heathen and blessing our labours, ought they not to be felt with double energy? Let each Christian consider the question as personally addressed to himself: let him survey, in its awful reality, the pitiable state of the Heathen: let him feel, in its blessed fulness, the love of the Saviour who has redeemed him to God by His blood and means will not then be wanting, under the Divine Blessing, for the continuance, or even extension, of those labours in which the Society is engaged. In connection with the operations of the Society, the Committee regard it an imperative duty to make some provision for Disabled Missionaries, and Missionaries' Widows and Children. The whole time of persons engaged in Missionary work, in connection with the Society, being dedicated to the prosecution of its objects, with a salary only sufficient for their necessary expenses, they obviously do not possess the means enjoyed by men in other situations of life, of providing for a season of sickness, for their Widows in case of death, or for the education of their Children. That those who, by the appointment of Divine Providence, are dependent on them for education and support cannot be neglected without the violation of a moral obligation, is evident; and if their whole time be devoted to the Society's objects, on a salary not more than sufficient to meet their necessary expenses, the Society seems bound to provide for the fulfilment of that obligation, which, from the very nature of his compact with the Society, the Missionary is incapacitated from personally fulfilling. In the early proceedings of Missionary Societies, when the number of their Agents in Foreign Lands was comparatively small, and claims for the support of their Widows and Children rarely occurred, little difficulty was experienced in providing for each particular case, as it arose but as Missionary Labourers multiplied, the difficulty of meeting these claims has been found continually to increase and when a Society, as in our own case, has more than 80 European Missionaries and Catechists, besides their Wives and Children, connected with it, and has, on an average of the last five years, annually added 9 persons to the number previously sent out, the probable extent of the demands which may be made on the Society's funds from this quarter becomes a subject of no inconsiderable solicitude; and calls for the adoption of some measure, which may avert the evil already experienced by another Society in the absorption of the whole of its direct Contributions in liquidating these demands, and may enable the Church Missionary Society, as far as adequate funds are concerned, to continue its present labours with vigour and efficiency. The Committee, therefore, confidently hope, that individuals, whose circumstances enable them, will contribute towards the Fund which has been formed for this specific purpose. They feel it their duty to add, that the present disproportion between the Society's Income and Expenditure renders it quite impracticable to provide for these claims, without proportionably restricting the Society's Foreign Operations. How depressing this would be to the spirits of those who are spending their strength among the Heathen, is fully shewn in the Address of the Missionaries in Tinnevelly, which was printed in the April Number of the Record, pp. 87, 88. The Committee would further remind those, who haye already shewn their love to Christ by sending forth the Messengers of the Churches to the Heathen Nations, that the subject which is now brought before them is intimately connected with the spiritual interests of the Missionary. His work is confessedly trying and arduous; abounding, through the artifice of Satan, in temptations drawn from the objects around him, from his own infirmities, and from the more amiable feelings of his nature. And what temptations can be reasonably expected to assail him with greater force, than those which are connected with her who has left the land of her fathers to soothe his anxieties and to share his toils, and with the offspring entrusted to his care? For the education of his Children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, the wretched condition of Heathen Children makes the Missionary anxious in a tenfold degree. His situation therefore, in regard to these objects, claims, in a peculiar manner, the sympathy and aid of the friends of the Society. Under these varied considerations, the Committee urgently appeal to their Chris tian Friends for enlarged support. While grateful to their Heavenly Father for all that has hitherto been done, it is their conviction that the Christian Church is not yet duly awakened to a sense of the magnitude of this work, and has not yet made efforts corresponding to her high responsibilities and the many talents entrusted to her. While the prospects of an enlarged blessing on the labours of the Society never were more encouraging, never also were the exigencies of the Society, from the want of pecuniary support, more urgent. The Committee, therefore, feel it to be their duty to make this statement and appeal, before they resort to the painfully distressing step of further curtailing their Missions. They cannot but trust that the liberal love of their Christian Friends will not only remove the necessity for this step, but enable them to advance much further in the blessed work of proclaiming the Gospel of Christ in the Heathen World. 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