18 Eastern Turkey Mission--Basle Missionary Society. [June, 1867. servant depart in peace.' After all, the top stone is not yet on, and I am quite willing to stop long enough to block it out and get my 'believers' to help me in putting it on. "Then yesterday, Monday morning, although they have every day a sunrise prayer-meeting, yet as this is the prayer week, they were up unusually early and in large numbers, and the first I knew was the full chorus of singing, that sounded out so loud as to wake me. Could it be earth, was it the millennium, or had we got to heaven? Then, in the afternoon, a goodly number came together again, and we had a nice time. The meeting was taken up mostly by such as have not usually been forward to take part in the prayer-meetings."-Miss. Herald. Eastern Turkey Mission. "I CANNOT let this week's post pass without telling you what the Lord is doing among us at Kharpoot. You perhaps know, that this winter our church holds meetings regularly in both sections of the city, with the intention of soon becoming two bands. First upon ourselves and all the members of the church, and then upon the congregation, the Holy Spirit has descended, and we are enjoying a real New-England revival. I never before saw an entire church in so humble, prayerful, and earnest frame of spirit. I should say that thus far, within the week past, from fifteen to twenty persons, of whom we know, have found peace in Christ, and many others are anxiously secking, while upon the whole congregation a serious spirit rests. Among those brought to Christ are some who were apparently very far from him and there have been some remarkable answers to prayer. "An inquiry meeting from which I have just come was held in the pastor's study; and present at it, beside persons from this city, were twenty-one men from Ausenik, an out-station a mile and a half to the east of the city, where the pastor went to preach yesterday. We are praying and hoping that the work may are reach the out-stations. Last Saturday we called for volunteers to go to three places, and at once seven or eight persons offered-church members, and we hoping to hear this evening of a blessing on their labors yesterday, which was the Sabbath. Some days before, two members had gone about sixty miles, to Malatia, to spend a week or more there. On the whole, I think I never saw a church so ready to give and to do as this of Kharpoot now is. "God is working, and we almost feel like using the Atlantic telegraph wire, to ask Christians at home to pray for us. But we will use the wire via heaven, which is sure to carry the message, and ask our Father to stir you all up. Hitherto our greatest joy has been in seeing the zeal of the few scores of Christians, and the establishment of a few churches; but now that the windows of heaven are opened, we rejoice in another way." The third item is of special interest. Some twelve years ago, in the dark days of this Society, a plan was devised for special convenience of small givers. It was proposed that persons should contribute a "half batz," about fourteen mills of our money, (those living in Germany or France might pay a corresponding sum in their own currency,) once a week, or, if preferred, ten times that amount at the end of ten weeks. The " collectors," mostly females, were to keep their accounts in books provided for the purpose; but they were not to have more than ten names in one book at the same time. Whenever the number should exceed ten, they were to open a new book, or transfer a part to another. At the end of ten weeks it became their duty to pay what they had collected to a "receiver," there being one such person for ten collectors; and he, in his turn, was to transmit all moneys in his hands to a "local treasurer," who sent them forward to a "Basle-treasurer," through whom they reached the "head treasurer," the receptacle which all the little rills finally and safely reached. Besides these weekly offerings "extraordinary donations" might go through the same channel. Such was the machinery; and it has worked very successfully. In 1855 it increased the income of the Society about fifteen thousand dollars. The foregoing figures show that it now produces nearly fifty thousand a year! But this is a small part of the good which is achieved. These half-batz contributors are learning the art of self-denying benevolence. And they constitute also a vast "praying circle." The expenditures of the Society have been as follows: For the Mission House at Basle Fr. 63.922 "cost of administration.... 89.586 66 the mission in India. "the mission in China. "efforts elsewhere.... 50.058 5.040 Fr. 832.547 The whole number of male laborers is reported as 91, (of whom four are "at home,") 53 having received ordination, and 38 being "unordained." The proportion of the latter is unusual, in consequence of the peculiar policy adopted in India and West Africa, there being a large number of mechanics in both these fields. Nearly one half of these laborers are unmarried, there being only fifty married females connected with all the missions; and there are only two single females in the foreign service. MISSION HOUSE, NEW YORK: MAY 21, 1867. LATEST NEWS FROM THE MISSIONS. CHINA. Our letters are dated at Canton, March 14th; Shanghai, February 21; Ningpo, February 14th; Tungchow, February 5th; Peking, February 7th. The arrival of Miss Brown at Shanghai is reported. The Rev. H. Corbett, after visiting Corea in a U. S. ship of war, was at Shanghai, but expected soon to return to his station at Chefoo-Miss Brown accompanying him. Mr. Dodd reports six persons admitted to the church at San-poh, six to the Yu-yiao church, and one to the church in Ningpo. Mr. Mills gives interesting accounts of two converts among the ten received within a year at Tungchow, which will be published hereafter. Mr. Corbett refers to six converts who were received into the church at Chefoo in January. Dr. Martin mentions the peaceful deaths of two aged church members at Peking. SIAM.-Letters have been received from Petchaburi, February 21st; and from Raheng, February 2d. At the latter place, a frontier town of Siam, Mr. McGilvary and his family had arrived, on their journey to the Laos country-all well. INDIA. The Rev. Charles W. Forman and his family, of the Lodiana Mission, arrived at Boston on the 25th of April, after a good voyage from Calcutta. Mr. Forman's health is somewhat better, but is not yet restored. It is hoped that he may be able to return to his work in India. Our letters bear date at Futtehgurh, March 21st; Mynpurie, March 26th; Dehra, April 4th; Lodiana, March 22d;— from which extracts may be taken for publication next month. SOUTH AMERICA.-Mrs. Wallace, wife of the Rev. T. F. Wallace, of the mission in New Granada, and their children, arrived here on the 1st of May, partly for reasons of health, and on a visit to her friends. Mr. Wallace remains at his post. Letters have come to hand from Rio de Janeiro, March 26th, and Sao Paulo, April 1st-the former reporting the reception into the church in January of two young men and a married woman. AFRICA.-It is with deep regret that we have to record the death of the Rev. James L. Mackey, at his home in New London, Penn., April 30th. He was the founder of the Corisco Mission, and an invaluable labourer for many years. He was on a visit for his health, but instead of returning to his work in Africa, he has entered into his rest. We hope that a suitable biographical sketch of this devoted and able missionary will be furnished for our columns. Our letters are dated at Monrovia, April 13th, but do not furnish information of special interest. CALIFORNIA AND INDIAN TRIBES.—We have letters to acknowledge from San Francisco, March 29th; Creek Mission, April 9th; Omaha, May 2d; Chippewa, April 2d. THE ANNUAL MEETING of the Board was held on the 6th of May, when the usual business was transacted. Earnest attention was given to the financial condition of the Board, and an Appeal on this subject was directed to be laid before the General Assembly and the churches. This Appeal will probably appear in our next number. Apart from the large debt, the prospects of the missionary cause are full of promise. It is particularly encouraging that several brethren are under appointment as new missionaries, and that in so many of the missions hopeful conversions are reported. If the minds of the people of God are but really turned to this cause, we are sure that both prayers and offerings will be made in its behalf, in a still greater degree. DONATIONS TO THE BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS IN APRIL, 1867. 849 83 173 69 SYNOD OF ALBANY.-Pby of Londonderry. First ch, Newburyport 76.93; Windham ch 60. Phy of Troy. Second ch, Troy 231.40; Cambridge ch 123.43, Sab sch 14.43; Waterford ch 162.21, mo con 120.44, Sab sch for Siam 17.35. Pby of Albany. Kingsboro ch 33.64. Pby of Mohawk. First ch, Smithville 10, SYNOD OF BUFFALO.-Pby of Genesee River. Central ch, Geneseo 36.38; Warsaw ch 42.50, Sab sch 36.50; Groveland ch 20, Sab sch 6; Bath Sab sch 25. Pby of Rochester City. Port Byron ch mo con 7.31, SYNOD OF NEW YORK.-Pby of Hudson. Goshen ch 32.80; Florida ch 8, Sab sch 2.60; Mt Hope ch mo con 12.25. Pby of North River. Matteawan ch 102; Calvary ch, Newburgh mo con 17.83. Pby of Connecticut. South Salem ch 145, mo con 57, Sab sch 15, one dollar a week 52; Bedford ch mo con 109.10; Port Chester ch 5; Rye ch mo con 12.05; 1st ch, Bridgeport 150; North Salem Sab sch 6. Pby of Long Island. Sag Harbor ch 38; Bridge Hampton ch 45. Pby of New York. University Place ch mo con 32.15; 1st ch, N. Y. mo con 223.61; Brick ch mo con 84.84; 15th street ch mo con 20.58; Chelsea ch mo con 42; 42d street ch mo con 30.82; Alexander ch mo con 4.54; Westminster ch 10; 1st ch, Jersey City mo con 53; Nyack ch 14; North Haverstraw Sab sch 7; Throgs Neck ch 32; 4th ch, N. Y. 150; Yorkville ch 22; Waldberg ch 27.50, Sab sch 22.50. Pby of New York 2d. Westminster ch, Yonkers mo con 30.41; Washington Heights ch mo con 20; Peekskill ch mo con 22.17; Mt Washington ch for Seminole mis'n 100; Sing Sing ch mo con 50. Pby of Nassau. First ch, Brooklyn mo con 63.14, Sab sch for Corisco 150; Astoria ch mo con 27.30, Jno. W. Scott 65; Genevan ch, Brooklyn mo con 23,50; S. 3d street ch, W`msburgh mo con 40.69; German ch, W'msburgh 6, Sab sch 4; Lawrence street ch, Brooklyn 15, Sab sch 20, Aged Widow's two mites 1.50; Throope ave mis'n Sab sch, Brooklyn, for Shanghai sch 87.29, SYNOD OF NEW JERSEY.-Pby of Elizabethtown. Perth Amboy ch 18; 1st ch, Metuchin mo con 12.35; Westfield ch 40; 1st ch, Woodbridge 35. Pby of Passaic. Wickliffe ch mo con 13.62; 3d ch, Newark mo con 25.91; Mt Freedom ch 30; 1st ch, Morristown 1,800, mo con 73.46, Sab sch 25 to sup child in China 75; Central ch, Orange mo con 73.85; Mt Olive ch 10. Pby of New Brunswick. First ch, New Brunswick 25.61; Witherspoon street ch, Princeton, a member for Rio chapel 16, Sab sch for Corisco 16; 1st ch, Princeton 276; Dutch Neck ch mo con 43.83, M. A. Duncan 17, A. A. Duncan 6, J. B. Perrine 5, Alice E. and Sarah H. Grover 3.17; 1st ch, Cranberry, little Mary Stella Dey's savings 2; Lawrenceville ch, a friend 100. Pby of West Jersey. First ch, Bridgeton 50; Mays Landing ch 7; 2,312 17 Tuckahoe ch 2, Sab sch 3, Rev. R. P. Dunn 15; Deerfield ch 50; Williamstown ch 24; Absecon ch 15; Cedarville ch 17.29; Cold Spring ch 20, Sab sch 24. Pby of Newton. Oxford 2d ch 50; Stewartsville Sab sch 24; Harmony ch 62; 1st ch, Hackettstown 46; Knowlton ch 12; Pleasant Grove ch 25; Stillwater ch 28. Pby of Raritan. Clinton ch 41.50; German Valley ch 30; Amwell 1st ch 22.50. Pby of Susquehanna. Orwell ch 10; Wyalusing ch 12.50; Barclay ch 6.25. Pby of Luzerne. Newton ch 37.55, Sab sch 6.12; 2d ch, Pottsville for Hang Chow 40; 1st ch, Scranton 450, Sab sch 75; Wilkesbarre ch 200; Port Carbon ch 25; Kingston ch 70.88, Sab sch 25; Tunkhannock ch 6. Pby of Burlington. Burlington ch 46.32; 1st ch, Camden Sab sch 25. Pby of Monmouth. Manchester ch 6; 1st ch, Millstone 15; Village ch, Freehold 95, Sab sch 100; Toms River Sab sch 12.41, 4,575 12 SYNOD OF PHILADELPHIA--Pby of Philadelphia. Chester ch 30, Sab sch 30; 10th ch mo coll 58; Woodland ch 50. Pby of Philadelphia Central. Great Valley ch 30; Phoenixville ch 2; North ch 62.75; Spring Garden ch mo coll 19.90; 2d ch half mo coll 14.59; West Arch street ch, Miss Snyder 5; Central ch 614.14; Kensington ch 203.44; Princeton ch 134.50, Sab sch 62.57. Pby of Philadelphia 2d. Bridesburg Sab sch 20; Abington ch mo coll 17.70; Conshohocken ch 9; Holmesburg ch 23.32; 2d ch, Norristown 11; Providence ch 9.50; Huntingdon Valley ch 10.38; 1st ch, Germantown 539.18, Sab sch 18.40, Inf't class 10; 1st ch, Easton 130. Pby of Donegal. Columbia ch 200; Slate Ridge ch 30. Pby of New Castle. Green Hill ch 17, Sab sch 10; Upper Octorara ch 46.25; Rock and Zion chs 40; Faggs Manor ch 79.54. Pby of Huntingdon. Pby coll 27.50; Alexander ch 75.70; Fruit Hill ch 17.87; Shavers Creek ch 8.64; Warriors Mark Sab sch 24; Milroy ch 77.60; Williamsburg ch 57, Mrs. Wilson's Sab sch class 3. Pby of Northumberland. Bloomsburg ch mo con 175; Muncy ch 11; Derry ch Fem Miss'y Soc'y to con Mrs. Nancy Harrison L. M. 40; Hartleton ch 7.50; Rev. John Thomas 5, 3,067 97 SYNOD OF BALTIMORE.-Pby of Baltimore. Second ch, Baltimore 131.40; Westminster ch, Baltimore 28, little Grace Lee (blind) 5; Charlie, gold dollar 1.37; 1st ch, Baltimore, Miss M. 10; Broadway ch Sab sch, Baltimore 25. Pby of Carlisle. Chambersburg ch 170.75, Sab sch 142.05; Piney Creek ch 12.88; McConnellsburg ch 42; Green Hill ch 19; Wells Valley ch 14; Millerstown ch 25.25; Buffalo ch 24; Greencastle ch 53.44, mo coll 15.56, Sab sch 33 752 70 SYNOD OF PITTSBURGH.-Pby of Redstone. First ch, McKeesport Sab sch for Siam 3.50, Savings Alex. C. Miller 1.50; Brownsville ch 20. Pby of Ohio. Mt Washington ch 2.44; West Elizabeth ch 21; Central ch, Pittsburgh mo con 96.26; 2d ch, Pittsburgh, Rob't Martin 5; 4th ch, Pittsburgh Sab sch 38.64; Raccoon ch 70, Sab sch 30; Bethel ch Fem Miss'y Soc'y 103; Valley ch 29.03, Sab sch 3.55; Mansfield ch 25; Chartiers ch 74.50. Pby of Blairsville. Unity ch 73. Pby of Clarion. Richardsville ch 2.50; Beechwood ch 20. Pby of Saltsburgh. Bethesda ch 8.90; Plumville ch 8; Smicksburg ch 6; Leech 724 40 burg ch 43.78; Boiling Spring ch 15.30; Rayne ch 5; Harmony ch 11.50; Saltsburg ch 7, SYNOD OF ALLEGHANY. - Pby of Alleghany. Tarentum ch 13.68; Pleasant Valley ch, a friend 5; Slate Lick ch 29.04; Natrona ch 3; Amity ch 12. Pby of Alleghany City. Beaver ch 20.85; Fairmount ch 21; Concord ch 6. Pby of Beaver. Sharon ch 16; Beaver Falls ch 93.25 to con Mrs. Ann Eliza Winans and Mrs. Eleanor H. Wells L. M., Sab sch 90 to con Jas. H. Stokes and Misses Elizabeth Tucker and Emma Critchlow L. M. Neshannock ch 29. Pby of Erie. Park ch, Erie 146.41, Sab sch for Shanghai sch 25; Mt Pleasant ch 5, 515 23 SYNOD OF WHEELING.-Pby of Washington. First ch, Washington, Mrs. Mary Woods 10; 1st ch, Wheeling Sab sch for Corisco 75; Claysville Sab sch 5.45; Waynesburg ch 10; West Alexander ch 10; Mill Creek ch 13.65; Hookstown ch 35, Sab sch 10.05; Cross Roads ch 34.20. Pby of Steubenville. Second ch, Steubenville 137.57, Sab sch for Allahabad sch 31.85; Island Creek ch 52; Harlem ch 18. Pby of New Lisbon. Salem ch 48.50, Sab sch 10; Bethel ch 24.43. Pby of St. Clairsville. Kirkwood ch 23.83; Concord ch 19; Bethel ch 6.50; Martinsville ch 25; Bellair Sab sch 19.50; Powhattan ch 10, SYNOD OF OHIO.-Pby of Marion. Milford Centre ch 9.30; Kingston ch 3; Wyandott ch 10; Pisgah ch 8. Pby of Zanesville. Senecaville ch 23; Newark ch 20; Beulah ch 5; Coshocton Sab sch 9; Norwich ch 6; Duncans Falls ch 13.75; 2d ch, Zanesville 29. Pby of Wooster. Apple Creek ch 16.25, Sab sch 19; Wooster ch 40.54, Jackson Sab sch 42.55; Unity ch 85, Sab sch 33; ch 8.23; Mt Hope ch 8; Congress ch 12.30; 426 92 Wayne ch 22; Canal Fulton ch 4, SYNOD OF SANDUSKY.-Pby of Findlay. Lima Sab sch 5.70; Shanesville ch 6.19; Delphos ch 5; Harrison ch 3; Blanchard ch 7; Pleasantville ch 32 39 5.50, 629 53 491 45 SYNOD OF CINCINNATI. - Pby of Chillicothe. West Union ch 4.15. Pby of Miami. Second ch, Springfield 112.24, Sab sch 77.71; Carrolton ch 6.50; 1st ch, Springfield 100. Pby of Oxford. First ch, Oxford Sab sch for Lahore 6.18. Pby of Sidney. West Liberty ch 13.89. Pby of Cincinnati. First ch, Walnut Hills 37.33, mo con 18.55, Sab sch 15.35; 7th ch, Cincinnati 81.30, mo con 12.25; Monroe ch 6, SYNOD OF INDIANA.-Pby of Vincennes. First ch, Evansville Sab sch 35; Washington Sab sch 6.80. Pby of White Water. Liberty ch 15; 1st ch, Richland 30, 86 80 SYNOD OF NORTHERN INDIANA.-Pby of Fort Wayne. Pleasant Ridge ch 9; Elkhannon ch 6.90. Pby of Crawfordsville. Thorntown ch 7; Bethany ch 22; 1st ch, Rockville 10; Waveland ch 29, 83 90 SYNOD OF ILLINOIS.-Pby of Palestine. Kansas ch 10.60. Pby of Sangamon. Providence ch 40; Petersburg ch 250, of wh 15 to con R. D. Frackleton L. M. Pby of Peoria. First ch, Peoria Sab sch 50; 2d ch, Peoria 6.50, Rev. W. B. Faris and wife 5. Pby of Bloomington. Waynesville Sab sch 2.48. Pby of Saline. Odin ch 11.06; Flora ch 8, SYNOD OF SOUTHERN IOWA.-Pby of Iowa. Mt Pleasant ch 119, Sab sch to con G. C. Van Allen and J. H. Whiting L. M. 60. Pby of Des Moines. Charitan ch 6.38. Pby of Fairfield. First ch, Bentonsport 9; Washington ch 8.50; Lafayette 209 88 ch 3; Liberty ch 4, 202 00 SYNOD OF MISSOURI.-Pby of St. Louis. Second ch, St. Louis for Ningpo 200. Pby of Palmyra. Clarence ch 2, SYNOD OF KENTUCKY.-Pby of Louisville. Chestnut street ch, Louisville 233 for Rev. A. Henry's Sanatorium 240. Pby of Translvania. Columbia ch 52. Pby of West Lexington. Second ch, Lexington, Lucy W. Scott 20, C. Suydam Scott 5, Matthew T. Scott 5; Hopewell ch 10. Pby of Ebenezer. Second ch, Covington Sab ach to sup Rev. C. W. Forman 41, SYOND OF PACIFIC.-Pby of California. Ich and Sab sch, San Francisco 500. Oregon. Portland ch 40. Pby of Vallejo ch 20, 606 00 Calvary Pby of Benecia. 560 00 Total received from churches $16,785 92 LEGACIES.-Legacy of Jas. A. Trimble, dec'd, Hillsboro, O., less exp 249.50; Bequest of Luther Gallaher, dec'd, Franklin, O. 500; Legacy of Margaret Hawkins, dec'd, Wallkill, N. Y 1,200; Patterson estate 96.88; Est of Rob't Leason, dec'd, Scrubgrass, Pa. 50; Bequest of a Soldier, Patterson ch, Findlay Pby 6.50; Interest on Bequest of John Gallagher, dec'd, Cincinnati Pby 30, 2,132 88 MISCELLANEOUS.-A. B. for Japan 2,750, Siam 2,750, India 284: The Children's Gift 50 cts; G. Oak, Pa.; A. B. M. 10; Mary Lora M. for Siam 2; Ridge Dist Sab sch, Middletown, L. I. 4.32; Col. G. Loomis 5; Cash found 95 cts; Mrs. Sarah A. Brown to con Rev. J. R. Mann, D. D., L. D. 100; Two Sisters 10; Mrs. McDonald and family, Charleston, Ills. 5; For Exchange 3,000; For China 500; For India 500; North Cong'l ch, Enfield, Conn. 58.54; Willie M. Hervey's mission box 88 cts; Burkesville, Ky. 1; Miss'y Fund 6.06; S. F. C. 5; J. K. W. 10; H. S. B. 5; L. F. Reddick, Summit, Iowa 5; Rel Con'bn Soc'y, Princeton Theol Sem'y 95.50; Rob't Benner, Esq. 50; A. M. C. 20; Occident 20; Miss Sarah E. Oliver, Oxford, O. 65; Bequest of Allie Cortelyou, dec'd 1.60; A Lady 2; Mechanicsville Sab sch, N. Y. 1.15; A Thankoffering, S. N. 2; M. M. W. 2; Wm. Shear, Augusta, Ga. 20; Gold Bracelet 30; Rev. S. H. McDonald, Belleville, Pa. 6; Rev. D. J. Atwater 10; R. A. Drake, Damascus, Pa. 2; Children, Somerville, N. J. 50 cts; Three Coupons 102; Mrs. Ellen J. Wells, Wyalusing, Pa. 500; Henry Brewster, Shirleysburg, Pa. 5; C. Gilbert Fowler, Newburg, N.Y. 4; Jimmie Gordon, Fannettsburg, Pa., part contents miss'y box 50 cts; Mrs. C. D. Roberts, Princeton, N. J. 1; Roland McCurley, Milton, Pa. 5; Dr. N. L. Hatfield, Phila. 5, 10,964 50 383 64 $8,525 5 00 SYNOD OF CHICAGO.-Pby of Schuyler. First ch, One box received from Ladies' Miss'y Soc'y, 10th ch, Phila., for Rev. W. A. P. Martin, Peking, China, value 200. WM. RANKIN, Jr., Treasurer. |