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Coventry, that in seven factory villages, the good work is spreading in a most powerful and pleasing manner.

Revival in Troy.-We cannot say yet, nor shall we dare to say till the last day, how many souls have been born again; but we have hope of several hundreds. There was added yesterday to the first Presbyterian church, about one hundred, besides a number by certificate. There will probably be a still larger addition to the second church. How many have entertained hopes in the churches of other denominations, I would gladly say if I could, but have no data from which to judge.

Among those who have been hopefully born again, there has been a good proportion of men-of men in their prime, of men high in talent, office, influence and wealth, of men who had previously ranged themselves in the ranks of revolt, of men who reason for themselves, and cannot be said to have been wrought upon by mere declamation. Few revivals have altered more the balance of correct and incorrect influence.

In Sherburn, Chenango Co. N. Y.-it is stated, that about 200 have been converted within a few weeks.

Long Island.-Revivals are reported in Southampton, West Hampton, and Oyster-ponds.

Salina, N. Y.-Ninety-eight have been added to this church, since July, 1827, eighty-three of whom were received from the world. We enjoyed a season of refreshing from the presence of the Lord in March and April last, which added to our communion thirty. In November last, this church agreed to hold a four days' meeting among themselves, that is, without help from abroad. During that meeting, a revival was commenced, which has continued through the winter, and at some few periods very powerfully. Fifty-three have been added to this church, as the fruits of this work; and a number more stand propounded. Rochester, N. Y.-About 450 have already been added to the Presbyterian churches in R. as fruits of the revival enjoyed there, for some months past. New-York City.-The work in New-York continues to be interesting in a high degree, and souls are added to the Lord daily. Almost all the churches of the Presbyterian, Dutch, Baptist, Methodist, and some of the Episcopal denominations, share in the blessing.

Erie, Pa. The Agent of the Seamen's Friend Society visited this place in the prosecution of his work, and we understand, a revival has commenced under his preaching, of a character so deeply interesting, that it is judged best for him to remain there for the present.

In Urbana, Champaigne County, Ohio.-A revival commenced at Buck Creek, about the first of September last. As the fruits of this work, seventy-five have been gathered into the church-thirty-two males and forty-three femalesnearly sixty between sixteen and thirty years of age. More than fifty of them were previously members of a Temperance Society, and ardent spirit is nearly banished from the congregation. Several give evidence of piety, who have not yet made a profession.

Particular accounts of the work of the Lord in congregations, where the gospel is sustained by the aid of the A. H. M. S., are found in the following pages of this number.

AUXILARY SOCIETIES.

PHILADELPHIA.

The Union Anniversary of the Missionary Societies in Philadelphia, auxiliary to|| the American Home Missionary Society, was held in the first Presbyterian Church, on the 24th March.

The following extracts are from the Reports of the auxiliaries in the First and Fifth Presbyterian churches.

The Committee of the Association connected with the First Church, state, that "they remitted to the Parent Society, for

meet for worship, and who had enjoyed few or no means of improvement, have become worshippers, and are reformedWithin 3 months between two and three

the year ending March 8, 1830, the sum of $180, which has been appropriated, agreeably to the request of the Committee, to the support of the Missionary of the Society in Southwark, County of Philadel-hundred new members have been addedphia, The Session of our Church has paid to the support of the same Missionary during this year the sum of 100 dollars. We expect to be able to remit 400 dollars to the Parent Society for the present year, making in the whole the sum of $500."

From the Report of the Association connected with the Fifth Church, we learn that the whole income of the year has been $909 86, of which $725 81 has been collected at the monthly concert for prayer. The sum of $73 45 was appropriated to sundry benevolent objects. $332 90 to foreign missions, and the balance of $503 51 to the purposes of the American Home Missionary Society.

"This Report of the Treasurer shows, more than ever, the power of the Monthly Concert. Annual subscriptions of members, which rose in the 2d year of this Society to $135 50, have dwindled down to $73,00-donations, which in the first year were $173.00, are now $30.00—but the source of funds, which has been always in connexion with prayer, has increased. It was 31.42 in 1826, it is now $730.81, an average of $60.00 per month. Is it not evident that the time and place of prayer for the kingdom has become the stream to fill the treasury of Christian missions? The prosperity, and indeed the existence of our Society, is now dependent upon that mighty union of monthly prayer, "Thy kingdom come," which may now be heard in many places and in many languages. This deeply interesting fact, that Concert Prayer Collections, has become the corner stone on which we rest, has induced us, the past year, to hold our annual meeting on the 1st Monday evening of every month of March. We wish to be engrafted on the Monthly Concert. Prayer, we now know, will make us rich. This faith also has suggested the impropriety of laying any restrictions on the proceeds of the Concert Prayer-meetings."

At the recommendation of this auxiliary,|| the Parent Society appointed Rev. Albert Judson as a labourer among the young mechanics of Philadelphia. "He has ordinarily preached twice on each Sabbath, and held a Bible Class on Sabbath evening, for the benefit of this interesting portion of the community. He has also met many of them at other times during the week. During the past year, between ten and fif teen have professed to be born again. Numbers, who had been unaccustomed to

The number who meet to hear weekly lectures for the improvement of the mind, is four hundred and fifty. On the Sabbath a respectable assembly of them meet to worship at the Cherry-st. lecture room. In the same building there is now opened a reading-room furnished with newspapers and periodicals from all parts of the U. States, and with a library-to which many resort, and where they profitably spend their evenings."

The meeting was addressed by Rev. Dr. Skinner, and Thos. Bradford, Esq. of Philadelphia, and the Rev. Messrs. Peters and Patton from the Executive Committee of the Parent Society.

INDIANA MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

The Indiana Missionary Society held its eighth annual meeting at Madison, on the 20th day of October, 1830, and was opened with a sermon by the Rev J. M. Dickey.

Extract from the Report.

The amount of funds received this year has not equalled that of either of the two preceding years: and this is particularly to be regretted when the Parent Society are already under engagements for about thirty thousand dollars, besides several thousand dollars for which the Executive Committee have become personally responsible; and especially as a larger amount is this year to be expended in the bounds of our Society. There are no doubt several causes which have operated to lessen the amount of receipts into our Treasury. The presentation of other benevolent objects, has, in a measure, drawn away the attention of our churches from making collections for this object. Some of the churches which were in the habit of contributing, have been making exertions to obtain comfortable places of worship, which seemed to require all their funds. In some places the supply of the destitute with the Bible, through a considerable extent of country, seemed principally to depend on the exertions of one or two, perhaps feeble churches; and the claims of other benevolent objects have, in some measure, divided the attention of the liberal: so that, although there is a diminution of our receipts, there is no reason to believe that there is a decrease of liberality among the benevolent in our churches. The diversity of sentiment re

specting missionary operations, has, no yard of our God, it is pleasing to look back doubt, had its effect; and perhaps the and see what has been done-to see the whole amount raised in our bounds for increase of labourers and the increase of both the missionary institutions, does not churches. But nothing comparatively has equal the receipts into our Treasury for yet been done to what must be done, be some of the former years. This shows the fore the Lord Jesus will be king of nations necessity for united effort, and we rejoice as he is king of saints. Let us redouble our to state, that measures are in train which exertions in the cause of our Lord and we hope will have a tendency to harmo- Master, and never think that our work is nize the West, and produce, to a consider- done, until every neighbourhood is erected able extent at least, united exertions in the into a church, and every church supplied missionary cause. And we hope that no-with the preached Gospel. Let us go forthing will be wanting on the part of the friends of this Society, to bring about so desirable an event.

ward, relying on the Lord of hosts, ever realizing that it is the blessing of his Spirit alone that can make our exertions effectual in building up the cause of our Re

To those who, a few years ago, stood almost alone in this part of the great vine-deemer.

CORRESPONDENCE OF THE A. H. M. S.

THE CRY OF THE NEEDY.

bourers, according to the work to be performed.

nister. This field has been occupied by a number of faithful servants of Jesus Christ, who have long borne the burthen and heat of the day.

From a Missionary in a S. Western State. Permit me to lay before you the field lying Having looked over this vast and desti- within the chartered limits of the Presbytute region, in which the providence of tery of South Carolina. In the midst of God has cast my lot, I feel that my this field, I have toiled for the last ten Christian vows, and the desolations of Zion, years-ever since I became a settled miunite and call upon me, as a minister of the everlasting gospel, to cease teaching school, and enter the field as a missionary. I am, therefore, willing to give up my school, and labour as a missionary under But little has ever been published to the your care, if it may be agreeable to the world, of any success which has attended arrangements and wishes of your board. the labours of our most aged and expeThis region is entirely destitute of Pres-rienced ministers, yet "they have not labyterian preaching, except my own labour, and an occasional travelling minister. All the destitute counties in this body of country, I do not exactly know, but I am confident the number is from twelve to fifteen. In all these counties, thousands of souls are growing up in ignorance, and without the word of life in their houses, or any to break to them the bread of life.

Now, dear sir, if the Christian churches feel for this people, and are disposed to send missionaries amongst them, they must calculate to support them, for the people themselves are not trained to give, nor disposed, as yet, to support a mi

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boured in vain, nor spent their strength for nought." Yet when we make a fair estimate of all that has been accomplished by the aged or the young among us, we feel constrained to say, "there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed." We have but two ministers of our number, whose labours are not divided among two, three, or four churches. Under circumstances like these, we find it impossible to pay that attention to Sabbath schools, Bible classes, catechetical instruction, family visitation, and many other important duties, even in our own churches, that their vast importance demands; much less can we find time to leave our extensive charges, to visit vacant churches and destitute neighbourhoods, and feed the hungry with the bread of life.

I have been labouring for years to discharge the duty of a minister in three churches, where I continue statedly to labour, and in addition, have performed considerable missionary labour in this and the adjoining state, till I have worn down an excellent constitution in the service.

So that I can testify from long experience, that it requires a much stronger constitution than falls to the lot of most men, to bear up under the fatigues of riding late and early, while cold, wet, and hungry, to discharge the various duties incumbent upon a minister of Jesus Christ, while attending to the interests of two or three churches at a time, spread over a wide extent of territory, and to perform much missionary labour abroad. He may bear up under it a while, but sooner or later, he must sink. With our present number of ministers, I am fully convinced, that within our own bounds, a large tract of country must remain unoccupied and unaided by the ministers of our order, unless we give up our own charges, or help comes from another quarter; for there are places, I think not a few, where one sermon from a Presbyterian minister has never been preached.

A Valley in the West.

There is an extensive valley, extending north-east and south-west, for a distance of forty-five miles; in width, five miles, more or less. On the south, or south-east side of this valley, is a continued ridge of mountains, on the top of which, is the dividing line between the whites and the Cherokees. On the north or north-west side, is a very broken portion of country, extending the whole distance of forty-five miles; so broken, as to admit of very little

settlement. This uninhabited portion of country separates the above mentioned valley rather to itself, at least so as to prevent the inhabitants from enjoying the advantages of preaching on the other side this broken country. This valley is where I am commissioned to labour.

There is but one organized Presbyterian church in this valley; there are ninetyfive members belonging to it. These members are scattered in one direction, for a distance of fifteen miles, and with the exception of two families, they are all in indigent circumstances. Something has been done, I trust, for the advancement of the cause of Christ here, since I commenced labouring among these people, for which the great name of God be praised, for he alone hath done it, and that, too, through means the most feeble and unworthy.

But when I lift up my eyes, and look around me, I see the fields already white for the harvest; I see multitudes on every hand, crowding the road to death and ruin; and but a handful comparatively, who even profess to be in the straight and narrow way to life. These gloomy prospects sometimes cause my heart to bleed, and would seem for the moment to unnerve my arm. But again, I have reason to be thankful, that my Master has enabled me to feel more resolved, and more desirous to go forward in his cause, to do his work, even with these prospects be fore me, than I have felt before.

REPORTS OF MISSIONARIES.

ILLINOIS.

with poor encouragement, for the average number of hearers would not exceed 18.

The business of the whole country is done here, and the men of business attend meeting. The state of society is improving. There is a movement that warrants the hope that we may soon report a Temperance society. Tracts have been extensively circulated, and prejudice against them is subsiding. In addition to those in French and English, there is a demand for German tracts, which is gratifying, and which I hope to supply from St. Louis.

From Rev. Aratus Kent, Galena, Ill. The people of this country are mainly a floating population, and vast numbers left us last season, on account of the pressure of the times, and our congregation is small, nor can we expect that much good will be accomplished, until the land is of. fered for sale, and permanent improvements encouraged. During the winter, the snow has been unusually abundant, and the weather remarkably cold. Several men have been frozen to death, and it is at the peril of one's life to ride over these open prairies, without a tree or a house to break the force of the wind for manying an effort to supply every family with miles.

I have, however, rode 350 miles, and preached 14 sermons in the country (on week days with but one exception) but

Having been pressed into the service by the national and state societies, I was exceedingly burdened with the duty of mak

a Bible, throughout the mining country, for the difficulties appeared so formidable (chiefly on account of the Catholic influence) that I shrunk from the attempt.

specting missionary operations, has, no doubt, had its effect; and perhaps the whole amount raised in our bounds for both the missionary institutions, does not equal the receipts into our Treasury for some of the former years. This shows the necessity for united effort, and we rejoice to state, that measures are in train which we hope will have a tendency to harmonize the West, and produce, to a consider. able extent at least, united exertions in the missionary cause. And we hope that no. thing will be wanting on the part of the friends of this Society, to bring about so desirable an event.

yard of our God, it is pleasing to look back and see what has been done-to see the increase of labourers and the increase of churches. But nothing comparatively has yet been done to what must be done, be. fore the Lord Jesus will be king of nations as he is king of saints. Let us redouble our exertions in the cause of our Lord and Master, and never think that our work is done, until every neighbourhood is erected into a church, and every church supplied with the preached Gospel. Let us go for. ward, relying on the Lord of hosts, ever realizing that it is the blessing of his Spirit alone that can make our exertions effectual in building up the cause of our Re

To those who, a few years ago, stood al. most alone in this part of the great vine-deemer.

CORRESPONDENCE OF THE A. H. M. S.

THE CRY OF THE NEEDY.

bourers, according to the work to be performed.

Permit me to lay before you the field lying within the chartered limits of the Presby tery of South Carolina. In the midst of this field, I have toiled for the last ten years-ever since I became a settled minister. This field has been occupied by a number of faithful servants of Jesus Christ, who have long borne the burthen and heat of the day.

From a Missionary in a S. Western State. Having looked over this vast and destitate region, in which the providence of God has cast my lot, I feel that my Christian vows, and the desolations of Zion, unite and call upon me, as a minister of the everlasting gospel, to cease teaching school, and enter the field as a missionary. I am, therefore, willing to give up my school, and labour as a missionary under But little has ever been published to the your care, if it may be agreeable to the world, of any success which has attended arrangements and wishes of your board. the labours of our most aged and expeThis region is entirely destitute of Pres-rienced ministers, yet "they have not la. byterian preaching, except my own labour,boured in vain, nor spent their strength for and an occasional travelling minister. nought." Yet when we make a fair estiAll the destitute counties in this body of country, I do not exactly know, but I am confident the number is from twelve to fifteen. In all these counties, thousands of souls are growing up in ignorance, and without the word of life in their houses, or any to break to them the bread of life.

Now, dear sir, if the Christian churches feel for this people, and are disposed to send missionaries amongst them, they must calculate to support them, for the people themselves are not trained to give, nor disposed, as yet, to support a mi

nister.

From a Presbyterian Minister in South

Carolina.

I presume one important object of your society is, to collect all the correct information possible, from every part of the United States, relative to the great moral vineyard. Then you can divide your la

mate of all that has been accomplished by the aged or the young among us, we feel constrained to say, "there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed." We have but two ministers of our number, whose labours are not divided among two, three, or four churches. Under circumstances like these, we find it impossible to pay that attention to Sabbath schools, Bible classes, catechetical instruction, family visitation, and many other important duties, even in our own churches, that their vast importance demands; much less can we find time to leave our extensive charges, to visit vacant churches and destitute neighbourhoods, and feed the hungry with the bread of life.

I have been labouring for years to discharge the duty of a minister in three churches, where I continue statedly to labour, and in addition, have performed considerable missionary labour in this and the adjoining state, till I have worn down an excellent constitution in the service.

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