1827. EXPENDITURES. May 30. To balance due the Treasurer, 340,75 6. 12. 14. " 15. June 1. To cash paid the Baptist church in Chester, to aid in preaching, ,, paid Rev. F. Clarke, for labours at Saco, "paid the Secretary for stationary and postage, for 1826 and 1827, 13,87 ,, paid Rev. J. E. Weston, for labours at Lechmere Point, paid Rev. A. Kendrick, in aid of the Church in Claremont, N. H. 30,00 Rev. Jona. Blake for missionary labours in State of New York, 65,00 Rev. Jesse Hartwell, for expenses in relation to settlement of Mr. Tobey's estate, and receiving legacy, (which amount he presented as a donation,) 16. To cash paid the church at Weston to aid in supporting the gospel, 50,00 Rev. Clark Cornish, for missionary labours in Barnstable county, 65,00 paid the church at Lechmere Point, 65,00 paid Taunton church, in aid of supporting the gospel, 50,00 paid Rev. Samuel Glover, for services at Hingham, 20,00 paid Rev. Richard Scott, for missionary labours in the British paid the church in Concord, N. H. to aid in support of preaching, 75,00 paid Brewster and Orleans churches for support of preaching, 75,00 paid Rev. John M. Peck, St. Louis, 76,25 25,00 37,50 30,00 65,00 ,, paid Rev. I. Kimball, for missionary labours, 13,00 63,00 25,00 74,00 paid Rev. Wm. Bentley, for services at West Cambridge, 38,20 50,00 paid Rev. Asa Niles, for services at Scituate, 70,00 paid Rev. Samuel Glover, for labours at Hingham, 22,25 paid on account of Western Mission, remitted Mr. Cornover, 65,00 37,50 sent Rev. James M'Coy, for labours in Indiana, 39,75 paid Rev. Samuel Glover, for preaching at Hingham, 21,50 65,00 paid the church at Weston, to aid in support of preaching, paid Rev. Whitman Metcalf, for labours in the State of New 68,49 50,00 65,00 paid the church at Lechmere Point, to aid in support of preach- 65,00 50,00 April 2. دو paid Wm. Spencer, for labours in Ohio, ,, paid Rev. Jacob Hatch, for missionary labours in Maine, Errors Excepted, E. LINCOLN, Treas. We have examined the preceding account, and find it agreeable to the statements in the Treasurer's book, and satisfactorily vouched. JAMES LORING, VALLEY TOWNS STATION. || been great attention excited. This LETTERS FROM REV. MR. JONES, TO THE COR. SEC'RY. Valley Towns, May 1, 1828. Rev. and dear Sir, was a dissipated place. As late as September last, my going to preach there seemed like carrying hostilities into an enemy's camp; but glory to Him who can save by many or by few, by feeble instruments as well as by mighty ones, the scene is quite changed. The people are now eager to hear the word, and will gladly assemble for that purpose at the shortest notice. Swearing is entirely abandoned by, I think, ev After some delays we have commenced the school at Notley with fifteen pupils, and as soon as cornplanting is over, the number will probably be increased to twenty-five or thirty. I have engaged as a teacher aery individual; and they have sudbrother Morrison from Tennessee, for six months, who is a licensed preacher, and will conduct religious worship every Sabbath-day, which will be a very great advantage. I am happy to say that a few persons at Notley, who for several months have manifested a concern for their souls, appear to be growing more serious. About eight days ago, I had some conversation with several of them. One native female gave a very pleasing relation. I think she has been brought to renounce sin and self, and to depend alone on the atoning blood of Jesus. Her deportment is humble and serious. There are some others, whose conduct indicates a similar change of mind. I hope it will not be long till we shall have some pleasing intelligence to communicate from that town. Besides those who appear to be decidedly alarmed at their situation as guilty sinners, some are just awakening as from sleep, and inquiring about the nature of the gospel. Some of the more alarming truths seem to have arrested their attention. These have quit many of their immoral practices, and listen attentively to religious instruction. One, the most audacious character in the neighbourhood, has been brought to a stand, and I hope grace will prove triumphant. The moral aspect of the town has greatly improved. At Gatugidsei, a settlement forty miles from Notley, and twenty-five from Valley Towns, there has lately denly left off drinking whiskey with one consent. Several appear much concerned for their souls, and one or two with whom I conversed have been brought to feel the plague of their own hearts, and to see the necessity, at least, of flying to the sinner's only Refuge. At Long Bullet, a place fifteen miles from the mission, the prospect is encouraging. These people a little while ago, used to manifest the utmost apathy about eternal things; but the last two visits I found the number of hearers increased, and several gave very serious attention, and in one or two I thought I discovered symptoms of deep concern. Several individuals composing this little assembly have been most notoriously wicked characters. Oh that the Lord would make bare his arm, and subdue the power of sin in their hearts. The above relates, principally, to persons who speak both languages; as half-breeds, whites brought up in the nation, or married into Indian families, or otherwise dependent on them. This class of people have always been the connecting link between the Indians and the whites, and they sustain a very important relation to the Indians. generally enlightened and evangelized, it would be an invaluable blessing to the full Indians as well as to themselves; as the channel through which the vices of the whites have been communicated to this unfortunate race would there Were they by be converted into a medium for the transmission of the principles of the gospel. ily, related the dealings of God with her soul, and professed a lively hope in the crucified Redeemer. This is the first person in that town who has made a publick declaration of attachment to the cross of Christ. And on the Sabbath-day last, for the first time, the waters of Notley river, which for ages have been subservient to the ablutions of heathenism, were consecrated to the service of the Son of God. We had a solemn meeting. An unusual number of people attended, some from several miles distant. At the river side, previously to administering the ordinance, I endeavoured to point out from Rom, vi. 2, 3, its nature and import, the qualifications of proper subjects, and the nature of that newness of life in which they are required to walk. The spirit of inquiry is gaining ground among the full Indians, but here we want the aid of books. They are eager to read any thing they can get hold of; but there is nothing printed besides the newspaper, and that is too expensive and otherwise unfit for general use a mong the more unenlightened part of the population. I lately had some consultation with Rev. Mr. Worcester, of the Presbyterian mission, and our conclusion was that a small elementary book, suited to the use of schools, was much wanted. It would also be of great use to hundreds besides, who would through it become familiarized with the printed character, and thereby be prepared to read, with facility and profit, any tracts or parts of Scripture, which may be published. Many important and leading truths of revelation would at the same time be disseminated among the people. I could use four or five hundred copies of such a work to great advantage. It could soon be prepared, if we had the approbation of the Board, and the means of get-plest language be used. At each ting it printed. Your ob't servant in the gospel, Valley Towns, May 21, 1828. Rev. and dear Sir, Believing that every indication of success in the efforts made for the advancement of the kingdom of our blessed Lord is matter of gratitude to his friends, that as there is joy in heaven, so there is joy on earth among believers over one sinner that repenteth, I take the liberty to inform you that we have reason to believe that one more lost sheep has been found in these mountains. On Saturday last, at Notley, a female, the sister of a white man, who is the head of an Indian fam The majority of the spectators had never witnessed such a scene before. Many appeared deeply interested in the transactions of the day, and I hope the seed sown in much weakness will be raised in power. I have now five preaching places, at which a number of persons understand English, if the very sim of these places, there are some favourable indications. Indeed we are sometimes almost prompted to rejoice, as if we witnessed the first droppings of a gracious shower coming on this thirsty land. This bears up our spirits amidst many difficulties and trials with which our path is strown. I am, my dear brother, your obedient servant in the gospel, EVAN JONES. N. B. Since writing the above, I understand an Indian girl, who, we trust, has for some time been the subject of gracious impressions, has signified to my daughter her desire to converse with me with a view to casting her lot among the people of God. RELIGIOUS DEPARTMENT. INTERESTING MEETING OF JEWS IN LONDON. from the laws of our Almighty King, what must be the condition of those who will be reduced to a state of ignorance and degeneracy unexampled in the history of our nation, when deprived of religious instruction. An extraordinary movement has recently taken place among the Jews of London, in consequence of an imperial Ukase, abridging the privileges of their brethren in Russia. It enacts that those Jews who have followed trades and handicrafts in the Provinces exclusive- 'What, but humble and conly appointed for their residence, trite supplication to that great Be[Lithuania, &c.] shall no longer ing, who hath succoured our peocarry on those employments in the ple in all ages, and who hath often interior government of Russia; nor turned the curses and oppressions remain even for commercial pur- of man into the means of making poses without express permission to himself a glorious name, as our from the public authorities. Rab-preserver and deliverer? bins and other religious functiona- "Calamitous and distressing as ries are to be banished from the this particular persecution is, its country, immediately on the discov-force is greatly increased when ery that they are such. On receipt of this information in the British Metropolis, a publick meeting of the Jews was convened (Oct. 5th) at the London Tavern, E. Levy, Esq. in the chair,and after several spirited addresses, resolutions were passed expressing the sympathy of the meeting for their afflicted brethren. It was also agreed that the Chairman should draft an Address to the Jews of England, to be submitted at an adjoined meeting on the 19th of the same month, at which time it was accordingly read and unanimously adopted. The following extracts, coming as they do from a people who are proverbially "stiff-necked and gain-saying," cannot fail to be read with interest. considered in conjunction with other persecutions, which have operated within these three years past to the injury of our afflicted brethren in different parts of civilized Europe; such as those of Lubec, Bavaria, Duchy of Altenburg, and that in contemplation at Darmstadt; the different oppressive edicts of the Pope; and lastly, the cruel and demoralizing laws which are even now operating in Frankfort. "All these persecutions manifest a prevailing spirit which should alarm the Israelites of all countries and climes, and incline us to rouse our hitherto but too dormant feelings, and to search our ways; that so, by tracing effects to causes, we may attempt to find a remedy for the accumulated evils which have befallen, and still surround us; that we may acknowledge the justice of our Creator, even the King of Israel, and own, that these, as well as all other chastisements which have been heaped upon our "If the dispersion of our nation levoted heads, are, as it respects and the calamities we have endur-the Almighty, merited by our sins ed are the result of our departure and those of our forefathers, as de "Keenly do we feel that part of the said decree, which, while it tolerates, under some marked restrictions, the settlement of a certain class of our brethren, excludes from the benefits of such toleration all their religious functionaries. nounced by our lawgiver and prophets. "This meeting do, therefore, think it a solemn duty, which they owe to themselves, to their children, to the whole house of Israel, and their God, to call upon their brethren in Great Britain to assemble, in order to consult upon the best means of arousing the attention of the whole house of Israel to the cause of all its evils, to ascertain their extent, and to point out the most likely means of averting further persecutions, and uniting us once more as a family dear to one another, and beloved of the God of heaven and earth." [N. Y. Obs. REVIVAL IN FRANKFORT, (KY.) IN A LETTER FROM DR. NOEL TO REV. MR. Frankfort, (Ky.) May 5, 1828. Dear Brother, crown his labours. Many of the young men are at this time under deep concern. Among the many valuable services rendered to his country, by the Hon. Richard M. Johnson, his unremitted attention (when at home) to the interest of this seminary, will not be considered the least. This revival has embraced the heads of many families; in about ten instances, both husband and wife; and persons of all ages, from fourteen to eighty. Among others, two natives of Africa. Accept assurances of high regard from yours, most sincerely, S. M. NOEL. At this moment I can give you a brief I have just returned from a journey as intimation in regard to an extraordinary far as Portland. I left home for the purrevival in one of the churches under my pose of visiting several churches, to form care. After a long absence, I met the Tract Societies, and embrace the present church at Great Crossings, (in Scott coun- opportunity to inform you of my success. ty,) on the first Saturday and Sunday of The one which I formed just before I last month. An unusual degree of solem-left home, in Belfast, has succeeded benity and concern pervaded the congrega-yond my expectations. We have not far tion, which could be but partially accom- from one hundred members, and the modated in one of the largest meeting- number is constantly increasing. I made houses in the West. Two weeks after arrangements for the formation of one in this, I had the pleasure of baptizing fifty- Camden, and left a constitution, which one persons upon a credible profession of I had printed for the benefit of the Societheir faith in Christ. Two weeks after- ties that I might organize. wards, (viz. yesterday,) at the same place I formed a Society in each of the BapI baptized fifty-nine, making one hundred tist churches in Thomastown; one in and ten received by this church by bap- Warren; one in each of the Baptist tism in one month. Indeed several others churches in Nobleborough; one in Wiswere received, as yet unbaptized. The casset; one in Bath; and one in Montville Choctaw Academy is about two miles dis- and Searsmont. To several other towns tant from this meeting-house, and among I sent constitutions.-I think the seed the candidates for baptism, were four In- ought to be sown, and that this is the dians, two Creeks and two Choctaws, all seed which God will bless to awaken exof them young men, and of promising tal-ertions in the missionary cause, and other ents. There are about one hundred Indians in this institution, under the care of the Rev. Thomas Henderson, an excellent preacher, until the state of his health made it necessary for him to suspend his pulpit labours. Brother Sampson, an intelligent and pious Choctaw, frequently preaches to them in his vernacular tongue, (he cannot yet speak in our language.) I think the Head of the church is about to benevolent institutions. It has, in this place, brought many more to support the gospel, &c. I will now give you some account of revivals. In Bangor, it is hoped that more than one hundred have been brought to feel the power of God's grace. In Brooksville, several are made to rejoice in God; 16 have been baptized. In Thomastown, 130 have been buried with |