"3. Five hundred copies of an easy first Catechism in Susoo and English.

"4. Five hundred copies of a Second Catechism.

"5. Five hundred copies of a Third Catechism, being an Historical Catechism.

"6. Five hundred copies of three dialogues: the first intended to point out the advantage of Letters, the second to expose the absurdities of the religious notions of the Susoos, and the third to draw a comparison between the religion of Mohammed and that of Christ; to which is added an Appendix, containing information concerning the countries near Sierra Leone, which would be useful to Missionaries.

7. One thousand copies of Christian instructions for the Susoos, being an Abridgment of the Scripture History and Doctrine.

"The Committee rejoice that a foundation has thus been laid for the civilization and future improvement of Africa in knowledge and religion. Never before has any book been written, much less printed, in the native languages of the western parts of Africa. Yet surely it is much more easy effectually to introduce knowledge amongst the natives through the medium of their own language, which they all understand perfectly, than through a foreign one, which very few can acquire, and those in a very imperfect degree. The facility with which a Missionary may now attain the knowledge of Susoo, is obvious. One of the Committee, without previous warning, read to some of the Susoo boys, educated in the African Academy at Clapham, a sentence in one of the tracts as soon as published. They smiled; and being asked the reason, replied, "because he was speaking Susoo;" and, notwithstanding the defectiveness of pronun ciation, it appeared that he was readily understood. Several of these boys have since been instructed to read these books, which they do with much fluency.

"When the Committee reflect upon the vast extent of country through which Susoo is understood, (Mr. Parke having met with a nation speaking it upwards of a thousand miles from Sierra Leone,) they cannot but hope that a very extensive diffusion of knowledge and truth may one day be the result of their labors.

"They have only to add on this head, that they have engaged some gentlemen in the Company's service at Sierra Leone to act with them as a corresponding Committee,

through whose kind exertions proper persons may be employed in teaching natives of the Susoo country to read the tracts, who, in their turn, may become instructors of oth

Messrs. Renner and Hartwig arrived in England in Nov. 1802, where they had an opportunity to associate with some youths of the Susoo nation educating there, and to obtain from them some knowledge of the Susoo language: In Sept. 1803, or about that time, four young men were taken under the patronage of the Society, and supported in the Missionary Seminary at Berlin; where they studied the English, Arabic, and Susoo languages, and attended to such other subjects as would qualify them for conducting missions. Another young man not long after was added to this, number. Early in 1804 Messrs. Renner and Hartwig (the latter having been married,) embarked for Sierra Leone; which place they reached on the 14th of April, in health. It was expected that they would tarry there until they with the Society's Committee of correspondence, should fix on a plan for their future exertions. They were favored with advantages of acquiring the knowledge of the Susoo language, while they had an opportunity of innuring themselves to the climate, and of supplying the want which was still felt of a regular chaplain. About this time the Society in connexion with the Edinburgh Mission Society, were at the expense of printing an Arabic tract against Mohammedanism, written by Mr. Brunton, and designed to be distributed in Africa. In the Report to the Society at their general meeting in 1805, the Committee speak favorably of the religious attainments, and of the progress in learning the Arabic lan-guage, made by the five Missionaries in the Seminary at Berlin. Before August in the same year these Missionaries arrived in England in order to proceed to Africa by the first suitable conveyance, and to accompany their brethren to the Susoo country. Four of these, Messrs. Schulze, Nylander, Butscher, and Prasse, had been ordained in the Lutheran Church. To these an able, and excellent address was delivered by the Rev. John Venn, not long before they departed. The following extracts from this address are introduced here, partly because they appear to exhibit the views by which the Society were directed, but chiefly on account of

their intrinsic excellence. They contain "lessons of the most momentous import'"-applicable to all Missionaries, and with little modification to all the ministers of Christ of whatever name or station. "In general we may remark that the Spirit of God has ever most remarkably blessed, not so much the men of genius and talents, the wise and the learned, as the truly pious and earnest Christians. Those, indeed, who possess genius and learning possess greater power, but the utility of that power depends wholly upon its direction. It is the right intent of the heart which God regards, the single eye to his glory, the lively faith in his word and promise, the ardent love to Jesus Christ, the fervent wish to make known his name, the compassionate desire to do good to our fellow creatures. These are the true qualities which form the Missionary character; these are the qualities which fitted the Apostles for their great work, and which evidenced as clearly as the miracles they wrought, their divine mission.

"Allow me, my brethren, to set before you, with all humility, the high character which presents itself to my mind whenever I form an idea of a Christian Missionary. He is one who, like Enoch, walks with God, and derives from constant communion with him, a portion of the divine likeness. Dead to the usual pursuits of the world, his affections are fixed upon things above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God. He is not influenced, therefore, by the love of fame, and distinction, the desire of wealth, or the love of ease and self indulgence. Deeply affected by the sinful and ruined estate of mankind, especially of the Heathen, he devotes his life, with all his faculties, to promote their salvation. Undaunted by dangers, unmoved by sufferings and pain, he considers not his life dear, so that he may glorify God. With the world under his feet, with Heaven in his eye, with the Gospel in his hand, and Christ in his heart, he pleads as an ambassador for God, knowing nothing but Jesus Christ, enjoying nothing but the conversion of sinners, hoping for nothing but the promotion of the kingdom of Christ, and glorying in nothing but in the cross of Christ Jesus, by which he is crucified to the world and the world to him. Daily studying the word of life, and transformed himself more and more into the image which it sets before him, he holds it forth to others, as a light to illuminate the darkness

of the world around him, as an exhibition of the light and glory of a purer and higher world above.'

But it is absolutely necessary, that the lustre of this light should shine in the conduct as well as in the doctrine of the men who exhibit it.” ”—“In many cases, men will be first struck with the light manifested in the conduct: of this they can judge more easily and surely. If they behold the display of meekness and candor, kindness and good will, compassion towards all that are in distress, activity and readiness to benefit mankind in every possible way; if they observe an uncorrupted integrity, and uniform conscientiousness, a purity which avoids even the appearance of evil, and a disinterestedness which seeks no recompense for doing good; they cannot but be struck with this conduct: however ignorant they may be, they cannot but be sensible of the excellence of such a conduct, and will thus be prepared to receive that system of truth of which it is so bright an exemplification.""________

""In a word, you are to be the light of them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death: unto them must the light shine from you, both of true and holy doctrine, and exemplary and Christian practice. Strive then together, that the Gospel be not hindered. A noble office is entrusted to you; the interests of the Redeemer's kingdom are committed into your hands. He sends you to labor in that neglected vineyard; to gather to him a church in that kingdom of satan. Let it be your only aim, your one wish, your never-abating desire, to fulfil the great work entrusted to you, as you honor Christ, as you love your fellow creatures. Give up every moment of your time, and the whole strength of your faculties, to this great and important duty. Think no pains too great, no self-denial too much, to promote it. Study your selves the Gospel daily, that the glory of it may shine forth. in all your words, and in all your actions, that men may behold in you the exact resemblance of your blessed Master, in whom the glory of the only begotten of the Father shone forth, the glory of grace and truth.'

"You see, then, my honored brethren. the means by which you are to succeed. The weapons of your warfare are not to be carnal. The engines with which you work are not to be those of worldly policy. Avoiding the error of the Papists, no force is to be used by you but that of the power of truth. Shunning the corrupt policy of the Jesuits, no garb

of carnal texture is to be thrown by you over the truth, to disguise it, and to render it more agreeable to the perverted taste of man. You are to flatter no man's vices, nor to seek even for an introduction for the truth by improper compli unces. Expect only to succeed by the simple but luminous exhibition of the truth, both in your discourses and in your life. Shun not, therefore, to declare the whole counsel of God plainly, faithfully, and boldly.""

"Mr. Venn then illustrates his views of ministerial fidelity by a reference to the examples of our Lord, of John the Baptist, of the Apostles, and of Eliot, Brainerd, Schwartz, and other modern Missionaries. The use which he makes of these is remarkably judicious. In concluding this part of his address he points out the following particulars, in which (whatever smaller shades of difference there may have been among them) these lights of the church perfectly harmonized; and which he represents as essential to the missionary character, and we would add, to the ministerial also. "They all, then, agreed in such a supreme regard to the truth which they delivered, that they made the publication of it the grand object to which they devoted their whole lives, for the sake of which they contentedly bore the greatest hardships, and from the pursuit of which they could nei ther be deterred by dangers, nor seduced by prospects of gain or pleasure. They all agreed in an entire indifference to this world and its concerns. What they should eat or drink, what should be their accommodations or their pleasures, what was the opinion of the world respecting them, or what were its censures, they utterly disregarded. They served the Lord, not the world-they looked for a better world above, and were pilgrims and strangers in this. They all agreed in a supreme love to that blessed Lord and Savior by whom they had been redeemed, to whom they owed their life, and the precious hopes which they entertained of eternal happiness and glory. The love of Christ constrained them. They were willing to spend and be spent for his sake; to be instant in season and out of season, in order to promote the knowledge of his beloved name and glorious salvation. They all agreed in the most sincere love of holiness; no one of them was impure, sensual, proud, avaricious, vain, idle, or trifling; they were in earnest about the great rules of obedience which they proposed to others. And they all agreed in a spirit of fervent love towards their fel