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PAINTED WEEKLY. \t $2 50 if paid in .ut\ fnc5, $S in six mllis orS950il paid ai t he end of (lie r. fosubscribers who can lend only the jm'okee language the price will he $200, advance, or $2,50 to lie paid w ithin the livery subscription will he considered as inued unless subscribers give notice to contrary before the commencement of a year, and. a'l arrearages paid. \ny person procuring six subscribers becoming resaonsible for the pavment, all ' fl -eive a seventh gratis. .C?* Ml letters addressed to the Editor, paid, vill receive <lu<* attention ■Mm* PHMETttlX AND INDIANS’ ABYOCATE. . CHEROKEE NATION, PROPRBETOR. EDITED BY ELIJAH HICKS. VOL. V. NEW EC BIOTA, CSIESIOKEE NATION, «ATII3U>AV, .13.1 ISCSI 15 1834. NO. 4“>. KKLI&WUS. nor half my time, to any of these char itable objects, nor to a!I of them con joined.’ “2. Il will also save expense. This is apparent from what has already been said. But when it is considered, that if two institutions, having the same ob ject in view, continue their separate op erations, there will be necessity of send ing agents from both to the same parts of the country ; that, in many instances, two journeys to the western wilderness will bo required, where one would oth erwise answer every purpose; and that the contingent expenses of two sepa rate establishments must be defrayed;, it will appear that this is a subject of no trilling consequence. ‘ ' : - * . * “3. There is no litre ssily of two in stitutions. The number of the three de- and those who behold in each other the lineaments of their heavenly oringin, will be more closely drawn together, the more they are called to act in the same connection, and for the accom plishment of the same purposes This tion of foil] expanse, and vigor of life, ii\ theneccssamf research and explorations "which ai-e indispensable lo an intelligent and successful prosecution of the work of Jvveign missions. This lias indeed been adverted to, where reference was made to 1 ‘jimmies to the western wilderness.” • ■I*.- uupiiai vjtjieiat convention,, wtupn eu in tiie same holds its meetings alternately in New Jean Hoard; am h ork and Miiladeljrliia, has the seat of has been made nominations agree essentially in their I How much the force of this considera views of Christian doctrine. They em-j t ' on is augmented, when missions are /ploy the same sort of men for mission- to * ,e conducted in the fonr quarters of r aries; men who were educated in the K! 10 gl f >he, is ovinced by the sketch, same schools, preacli the same great ■, given in (he Report of the American truths in the same manner, are per- 1 Board for 1831, of the countries'tra- sonallv acquainted with each other, i versed, and the perils encountered, and and are cb sely hound together l)V ties | l * 1R lives lost, in the explorations al- Front the New York Observer. MERITA N" BOARD OF COM MISSIONERS FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS. IV. 'Die reasons, given in the Ad- ess and in the Report, “for but ove 5TITUTION FOR FOR r IGN MISSION’S FOR Presbyterian. Congregational, Reformed Dutch denominations he United States, ’ were the fol- . ot fiioridsljip and of Christian affection. ! ruil d. v made under the direction of that * n P> : 1 hey rely upon tiie efficacy of a Sav- | institution. In no other way could the I. If will save time and labor. This ior’s blood for the pardon of their own ; indispensably knowledge thus acquired lartion is so obvious as to require ; sins; and they present lo perishing, have been obtained And who could le illustration. Two Societies must men of all. classes to atonoment ofan ll expedient to double this toil, t vo executive committees, two almighty Redeemer, applied by the and expense, and risk of valuable iretaries, at least ns many assistant new-creating spirit, as the only ground l* ves? iretaries, two treasurers, and two of hope, the only way to holiness and j “7. In conducting foreign missions, as of agents. Much of this labor may to God. There is as perfect a union in managing every other important con- saved by merging two. institutions on this subject, • among those who be- J ccrn, experience if thesafest guide, and one. To every perstia acquainted lieve in experimental religion', as per- often leads to essential modifications in the real state of tilings, this is a haps existed among ' ' ' ' ” “ ' " weighty consideration. The man, als on any attends an auxiliary missionary a-union ting once a year, at the expense of together with the greatest cheerfulness .expense requisite fpr acquiring this a dav’s time, may regard it as a and energy. If wo earn suppose that j experience would be greatly Increased, But in "lotnt "of" fact * it' is "a to°preacfT'Jesus tibfist VndJiim cruci- i turns, while tiie result would be to each v arduous and difficult matter; and lied; and if they should preach any j far less efficacious, should be well known and under- other gospel than that which Paul! 8. To all which is to be added, that d bv the Christian public. It is preached; the support now derived constitution of human nature,'by which to find, in any city of — , .. .. ricun Union, a sufficient pitmbor.QfTiffinedifttoIy fun., able men to form active and fabbrir | ,r 4. Il mil remove the danger ofcol- edly the most favorable location for this ’ tious. their funds to be paid over to, purpose. Of this statement we have j and their missionaries to be di ected hvj strong confirmation in the following J the Prudential Committee of the Amer- facts. Most of the letters received at j ican Board. And recently, the Synods the missionary rooms from missionaries j of Virginia and of North Carolina have n . . ■ ; , j'fthe Board beyond sea, are brought united fn constituting a Board of For- tendenoy of united counsels and efforts j into the ports of Massachusetts. And eign Missions for those states connect- asstunes a vast importance, when the Jlie Baptist General Convention, which ed in the same manner with the Ameri- rapidly increasing population of our ' 1 country,', and our extensive territory, and our capability of exerting a mural influence, arc considered. “6. The great saving by one instilu- churcb in- the Tinted States, whose : me inencis oi missions m any part executive committep is located at Phil- J the country may require, leaving to tho adeTphia, conducts its foreign missions j Irmlentiai Committee offhe AmericM* through a committee at Boston. | Board the designation of the missions- VI. Gan the American Board j 1 ' ( 'S end the direction of their opera- THEN BRING THE SUBJECT OF MISSIONS HOME TO THE CHURCHES IN THE SEVER AL DENOMINATIONS, SO AS EFFECTUAL! V TO EXCITE AND SUSTAIN tad a similar arrangement . . • , c by the Synod ot South its foreign oaeratious at Boston: and! Carolina and Georgia In fact any the Domestic and Foreign Missionary local organisation may ho adopted that Society of the Protestant Episcopal [ the circumstances or preferences of the friends of missions in unv uni t of experimental religion, as per- ; ojten ieaus to essential modtf cations in istod among so many individu- the methods of proceeding, greatly nug- ny subject of common interest; ; meriting the efficiency and success of the which will enable them to act j enterprise. The time and labor and easv to find in anv city of the A- from the Christian community would interest and motive and-effort and reward ,s ’ ' correspond with the magnitude and sub limity of the object presented; creating committees for 'existing societies; ! ifsicri. If .there be two .institutions,, a 'rural momentum',- which declines , who shall, amidst all their private , there'will he constant danger of inter- Wlth confessional engagements, holdfereiice; a danger, which no human rise Ives ready to attend weekly j .wisdom, prudence, or piety, can emire- tinvs, or to be called together on i ly obviate. Agents-will proceed from emergency. What then shall^ be I each society to the same’ places, they respecting those functionaries will often arrive at the same {ime, or . . .• • i -1...I c._ »k„:_ OIie jnjmediately after another; the plans and measures of one will seen), to thwart the designs and calucafi us ef the other; and etich will me,et with many a severe repulse, both from inlnr competency, of the present incum- ! isters and people, as a consequence of ts it mav 'be said boldly, that the dread of this apprehended collision, American churches should see to j or the dislike of repeatdd applications that the best talents and attainments j for the same object. It is to be pre- ich the country can furnish, during j sumed, that the conductors of both so- lutii'-e voars, have the charge of this 1 cieties will always to he on harmonious mentousbusiness. I et it he remem- | terms; but can it bo supposed, that ctl that, as a people, we are in great j the agents to be iiereattoi employed j jnt of able men f ir the management I will Imve such a share of the meekness public spirited measures; not because } of wisdom, as to give no offence, in r country is destitute of such men, j these difficult and constantly varying because the stations which require j circumstances? . And if the agents iiji are very numerous, and are mul- should be pertect, will not paitizuns functionaries we v. hole time is demanded for their pective offices? How are men to he !ained, as a permanent thing, for agencies in two institutions?— illiout* saving any thing respecting every divisi m, and augments steadily up to the highest point.of prac ticable combination.” V. In reference to the seat of the orF.RATio.vs, of the BOARD, it was re marked in.thc Address, “It may he well to say, lor tiie information of ma ny.into whose hands these pages may ■fall, that'it happened providentially, and without any. peculiar-attachment to plaRe, or regard to personal considera tions, that the business of the hoard has been done in Boston. It should he ad ded, hnwdycr, •that this ’providential disposition of the matter ought not to be disregarded, for the following rea sons. Though New York is the great of our country, yet, as every T1IE1R INTRU ST AND CO-OPERATION IN TIIE WORK? This important question will he satis factorily answered by briefly describing its method of conducting this part of its operations. It proposes to divide the country into General Agencies, employing a competent agent, all his time, in each, promoting tho missiona ry spit it, finding and ascertaining the qualifications of missionaries, and ob taining'funds. Such agencies are al ready cstablishad in New England, in the State of New York, and in the Western States; and will lie establish ed as soon as practicable in New'Jer sey and East Pennsylvania, and Dela ware at d Maryland, in Virginia and North Carolina, and in the more south ern states. One of the Secretaries al so frequently visits the Theological Seminaries and colleges, and assists, o-s, lor IuikIs. T| 1c G J.„ cra A „ ^ a,s ” lwi “ iWr «* bv l„c j „ ,d s ™rA r as. asc A i8 ife,’i ! 'tyti»ct «r, u« f « orgauizatrons is to secure the regular bringing of the subject, of foreign mis sions, once' a year, before each con gregation. In forming these organiza tions respect is always had to the cir cumstances, and ecclesiastical habits, and preferences of the people. In iNew England and in some other sec-, Pol ., ncsiaI1 SUV ag C , he may lions ol the country, male and female , ,, e< ^ jj rt j a f ;ii these works ci'mercy foreign missionary associations are , /i|g hvM c a' cringa f uu i a share.” Each formed in each congregation, having I wil j havc tjjjl g re Yuest ciicourageiBei.tr cr,Hectors, who apply ence a year to all | j n thc w0lk - f . n ’ 1(1 w ',n ino ,. t efficiently contribute to its economical and vig- Iions. Thus the Board, is found to he, as it has been nlieady stated that it is, strictly a board of Commissitaurs an a- gency, for managing the work of for eign missions from this country, fer such frisnds of the Redeemer and of man as choose to employ it; and may he so employed, if they shall choose, by all the members of tiie three denom inations. And thus the facilities pos sessed by the B; aid and its executive officers, and their knowledge, and ux- peiicncc in the w ork, may be made use of by Christians of ihc three denomina tions in all |.-a:fs of the country; and the animating and sanctifying subject of f-reign missions may he brought home to all in the most agreeable and efficient manner; the exciting ami en couraging influence—not merely of tho good which cno denomination, or an igniii/ation embracing a part ofono denomination, may have been instru mental iti effecting, may he brought to bear upon its members—hut oic.it the good which the three den0min-;r Snail oc made instrumental in am (dishing, may he brought to hear di ly und efficiently uhon r..., i- . • - (iivuJmil ot either dcnomuiati'm chall hear or “read of the conversion ol" A- mcrican Indians, and Sandwich Islimd- ers, and Hindoos, and Chinese, or trace u missionary tract as its winds its way to the Caspian, or passes the Ghauts from the Coroinuudel coast, or 0113 •in- ir di.cci- enters R port of the Celestial Empire, or casts a gleam of light upon the dark lying every day Is one of our col ies in want of a President ? or one our theologian! Seminaries in want i professor? A suitable man may baps be. found, .by searching the id from one end to the other* but the ficulty has in the fact that, in all liability, he cannot be spared from ! station which he now occupies; d if he could, he would be called to If a dozen other important stations, there were any hope of obtaining n. This state of thmgs requires c- iiom 1/ in the employment of competent n, to be regarded as a public and periouB duty. "There are those, who, for want of lowledge on the subject, think that ’ man of good character for integri- tnay be taken and coerced into these vices. If such a course of procoed- tvere proper and just, who has this lor of coercion? Wo may indeed 1 men in most of our cities each of un will say, ‘I am willing to give five, hundred dollars a year, or my maud dollars a year, for religious rities;’ and there ure those each of om might add, ‘I api willing to rise ly, and sit up late, and eat thc bread uirefulness, that I may have the a- ity of doing this;’ and yet, each of ise liberal men would feel compelled add, ‘I cannot give my whole time, eats to be hereafter employed J merchant knows, there is six times, il not ten times, as much direct inter course betiveen Boston and India, or tho Saudtvich Islands, as between New York and tfie same places. ' There is also a regular commerce between Bos ton and the Levant.. So that the mis- siouaVy stations beyond sea arc much easily accessible trmri Boston, than arise for one society, who will plead with zeal for a’particular missions or a particular class of operations, to the disparagement of mission? under the care of the other society ? Will not ex travagant encomiums of one provoke disadvantageous comparisons? And ivijl n°t the efforts of both be thus weak ened; And" many individuals prevented from giving • an efficient and systemat ic patronage to either? If tho mission ary exertions of the country should be increased, and the need rff greater and still greater resources be felt, the evils hero adverted to will bo greutlj aug mented; and agents, instead of plead ing the cause of a sulfering world with holiness, will be timid and hesitating, lest they should seem to encroach upon the claims of a sister institution.” 4. Ji single institution will greatly promote Christian affection. “Union of effort in behalf of the hea then world, tends powerfully to increase brotherly love among those who arc thus united. It brings them to bo ac quainted with the same individuals, acting as their agents and almoners. It fixes their minds on the same objects, and those of the highest interest. It multiplies tho subjects of common con cern. So far as benevolent feelings are called into action, the amiableness of the Christian character is apparont; the members of the congregation for their contributions, after a srrinon lias been preached on the subject; and these associations are combined in aux iliary societies within convenient limits, \\ hich have an annual meeting, attend ed by a delegation from the Board.— Tlje bo'afidnries of these auxiliaries are, where it is convenient, coincident with orous prosecution. From ibli Western Recorder. OUTLINES OF THE MISSIONS OF THE UNITED BRETHREN. Vanish, IFad India Hands. In 1734, being two years alter the those of Presbyteries, Classes, Asso- , first mission, (oui mailied couple and eiatiohs, Consociations, and Confer-j ten unmanied 'brethren ailived in the cnccs of churches. Or if preferred, | island oi St. Croix, to estahlibli a these bodies may themselves act as j colony, in hope thcieby having na auxiliaries, nr may attend to the busi- opportunity to preach the gospel to tno ness within their limits in their eccle- I slaves But owing to the insalubrity siastical capacity. In other parts of oi the climate and tuen aiduous lubora, parts tho country where an organization for this purpose is not practicable or ex pedient, if in not attempted, and the from any other place.in the United i business is attended to, from year to States. The same would be true with respect tp any missions, on the west and northwest,* the shores of the Per sian Gulf, the Malayan Aehipelago, or any part of Polnynesia. The foreign trade of New York is principally w^lr Europe, South America, and Mexico; whereas the foreign, trade of Boston, though less iu .amount, is carried op. with every part of the world; and of course furnishes the tneuns of convey ing missionaries to almost every heath en country, and corresponding with them and supplying their necessities, ufter their respective stations arc form ed.” Indeed such .is tiie commerce of this country that, ■whether we have ma ny or few foreign missionary societies or boards, the business of sending mis sionaries and their supplies to stations beyond Ihe sea, must, at present, at year, as far as attended to, by the pas tors and agents. In Octobej: last a “Foreign Missionary Society of the Western Reserve,” (Ohio) was formed, composed of the Synod of the Western Reserve and such individuals as shall annually make a donation to the treas ury, having the usual officers, and, sus taining the'usual relations to the Board of auxiliary societies. In the same month was formed at Cincinnatti, Ohio, “The Foreign Missionary Society of the Valley of the Mississippi,” auxil iary to the American Board, composed of members ot the Board corporate aiid honorary, its-officers and agents, and of co iti ibutors to its funds residing iu the Valley of the Mississippi; having its Secretary, and Treasurer, and Ex ecutive Committee, who, arc to attend to the business of exciting and cherish- least, bo .nearly all transacted within ing the missionary spirit, and procur- .i ^—a i\... Uu;LJ»I. 1mioeionarmc i a luv AnnumGcir\iwii«l the strip of coast from Philadelphia to Salem. And as yet, Boston is decid- Sinew the publication of tho “.Address,” the in creased intercourse with LilieViu bus* caused llio |>!issa£e of vos.hoU to Western Africa to bo cliieHy from the middle parts ol the United States. Mis sionaries td southern and southeastern Africa will ijonerully -ho soul by vessels butipd »o lira East In dies. mg missionaries to be 6oinuiissioned and directed in their work; and the funds to be applied, by the Prudential Committee of tho American Board. The General Synod of »lio Reformed Dutth Church has its Board of Foreign Missions, with the usal officers, to at tend to the‘business in their denomina- before the end of the year ton of them finished their mortal course. But 'Within thc next year their places were supplied by eleven others, who did not count their lives dear in the cause of Christ, la u short period ten more were (jailed to their rest, and the colo ny was abandoned. Other brethren offered themselves for this station; but it was onfy occa sionally supplied by missionaries from fcjt. Thomas until 1740, when a regu lar establishment was made in St.— Croix, and a small estate was purchas ed for the brethren, in 1741, two men and two women were baptised, being the first negroes' in this island who were udded to thc church. But for several years thc trials of the brethren were great. Many deaths occurred among them, und much opposition was made to their pious labors. ,ln 1754, a missionary establishment was formed in the neighboring island of St. John, on a purchased estate.— Previous to this a pious'overseer had preached to the negroes under his care; and also the brethren from St. Thomas had occasionally spent days,, und even weeks, instructing llio slaves; and their testimony of Jesus, amidst many diffi culties, was blessed. During a time of comparative ease, tho Lord Jesus, greatly succeeded the effbts to savy