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lain, on a missionary tour, under the direc tion of the General Assembly, called on us. He brought a letter from Dr. Waddel,Preß -of the College in Athens, Ga. inclos ing §77, a donation from the Auxiliary Missionary Society in Madison, Morgan co. Ga. He also brought from a charity box of the Theological Seminary, Princeton, N.J.S2O. This money came truly in a time of need ; our treasury was exhausted, and we knew not how we were to answer our money calls for tomorrow. “ Our heavenly Father knoweth we have need of these things.” * * .29.- We have been edified by the conver sation and preaching of our visiting broth er, Mr. Chamberlain. He left as this morn ing to pursue his mission to the- west and north. • Received by way of Baltimore and Knox ville, several boxes, &c. containing articles of clothing. A trunk given to the Osage captive girl by Mrs. Carter of Brimfield, Ms. contained besides articles of clothing, &c. 200 small books, &c. from other donors for the Juvenile Cherokee Library at Brain erd. Through the very kind and benevolent attention of the friends of missions, princi pally of our unknown sisters in Christ, we . have a present supply of clothing for the children, excepting some garments for our largest boys v which may be supplied from cloth, which has accompanied the clothing. We feel ourselves hound to praise and adore the bountiful Giver of ajl good, that he has opened the hearts of our ‘dear sis ters so amply to supply our wants. We trust that He, who has excited in them this benevolent spirit, will pour upon them his blessing, and enable them to supply the fu ture wants of these dear children. Catharine Brown leaves Brainerd to teach a School at Creek Path. 31. Sister Catharine left us, in company with her father, to go to Creek Path to teach a school of females. How very different the scene from that which passed here not quite two years since, when her father required her to ieave the society of Christians, and to accompany him to The tl- .-n dark shades of the Arkan saiv ! Now he does not ask her without our consent ; will not take her except by our advice ; and she*is going, noi into the •wilderness unprepared to teach, hut into a place where divine light has already began to spring up, prepared, as we think, to in struct others. Yet, it is highly probable that this removal will not be productive of so much good as the former. So unsearch able are the ways of God, and so incompe tent is man to judge. It now appears, that her first removal was the means of sowing the seed which is now springing up a’ Creek Path with such hopeful promise, ’ Catharine was received to this school July 9, 1817 : baptized Jan. 25, 1818, and admitted to the communion of the Lord's Supper March 29,1818. Her father with great apparent tenderness, appears anx iously inquiring after the truth. June lU. Brother Chamberlain returned from Chatooga. He found the people very ready to assemble to hear preaching. Ma ny more attended than could be accommo dated in the house, and listened with the strictest attention. 20. Resolved, unanimously, that we con sider it contrary to the expectations of the Prudential Committee, and injurious to the mission, to hold private properly on mission ground.’ \nd if any member of the farni lyhas brought, or may hereafter bring pri vate property, with the expectation of re taining it as such, or of selling it as private property, on mi-sion ground, he be request ed to consolidate it with the mission prop erty or take it away ; and in no case to of fer it for sale as private property, within the precincts of .this establishment. Religious Inquiry at Creek Path. 23. Received interesting communications from Creek Path. Catharine Brown ar- Jri> p<l safely, and commenced her school, wi<h.very flattering prospects. She has about 20 pupils, and expects more soon.— Both children and parents appear much en gaged to receive instruction, tuid many at e earnestly.iuqnirng the way,of life and sal va’ion. Several of the scholars are able to read in the Testament, having had some instruction before, but most of them began anew. We have strong hopes that a little ehurch •fill be established there. One woman who appears to give evidence of a real change of heart, has been received as a candidate for baptism. Her hpsband ap pears very susceptible on the subject of re ligion, and expresses an ardent desire to he prepared to come with her. Sister Cath arue, wlso was lately mourning on'account ofher Jeur friends, covered with thick darkness and sin, and unmoved by all her convers'hion and exertions to bring them to the light, now, with great joy, beholds her pareots, brothers and sisters unitedly weeping for their sins, and earnestly inqui ring after the good way which she has found. Ohow great the power, how rich the grace of our God I The work is his ; and he will accomplish *it, in his own best time and way. * Resolved , That we thirik it best to-build a grist mill this season, and that a statement of the probable expense be forwarded to the Prudential Committee for their appro bation. 24. Brother Chamberlain went to Mr. Hicks’s foi the purpose of conversing with him on the subject of apprentices to the • blacksmith's trade, and to confer on some meihod to he adoptedfor recovering the ex pense which may hereafter be incurred for schofars who leave the school before they have finished their education. 26. Brother Chamberlain returned. He had an interesting meeting with several of of the chiefs, who were providentially pres ent. He preached twice on the Sabbath to a very attentive audience. The chief called the who visited us with the Pathfillcr last season, was preseut. He told brother C. that he Relieved all he heard was true. He said, when a person fell asleep and had an interesting dream, he would remember it and tell it to his friends; and now he had heard these things, he would remember them and tell them to his people. He would tell the Pathkiller how he providentially and hap pily met with the missionary, and heard his talk. He said neither he nor the Pathkil ler, understood what the motives ot the missionaries were, until they visited us last season ; and that when they found we were teaching the children about the tilings of another world, they were very glad; and from that time they had both beemconvin ced that the motives of the missionaries were good ; and he hoped their children would all grow up in the knowledge of those things, which he had been hearing. On the subject of apprentices to the black smithing business, the chiefs gave it as their decided opinion, that the hoys should he. bound to us for a certain time ; and that the chiefs should see that they were not taken away within that time. On the subject of children leaving school before they had received their ed ucation, they said is was a loss to the nation and to the society, to have children go to school awhile, and then leave it before they weresufiiciently instructed to be use ful to themselves and others. It was their ! opinion, if any should take their children | away before they finished their education, | that they should pay all the expense which shall have been incurred. They said this engagement should be entered into at the. i next council. j Jirfy*. 2. Milo Hoyt was admitted to full I communion with the church. 3. In compliance with the request of a | society of young gentlemen in Southamp | ton Ms. a hoy has been selected to hear the ! name of Vinson Gould to be educated, at their expense ; and, at the request ofa so ciety of young ladies,’ of the same place, a girl has been selected to bear the name of Mindwell Weodbjidge Gould, 1 8 be educa ted by them. The children are named af ter the minister of that place and his wife. The boy is between six and seven years of age. His father has emigrated to .the Ar kansaw, an’H left hirn with his mother. She is poor, and wishes us to take charge of the boy, till he is educated. The girl- is be tween five and six years of age ; she came here last fall with her parents on a visit to [see their other children. The little girl was unwilling to return with them, and we concluded to let her stay. She has called sister Sarah “ Mother,” and being destitute of a name, which we i;ould easily pro nounce, she has had no name with us, till the present time. 5. One end of the mill dam gave way.— The millwright supposed he had driven the timbers to the rock. It now appears, that what be took to be rock, was only: gravel. The water found its way under ; this, and carried away the bank about a : rod in width This is a painful disappoint ment ; and the repair will necessarily re-1 quire considerable additional expense. It is-.however, a very favourable circumstance that the mistake has been discovered so early. The water is now low, and we hope to be aide to gu>ol against the disaster in future. * 6. Otir heavenly Father, who has al ways been rich in mercy toward* us, has this day given us fresh tokens of his paren tal care. Our treasury was empty, and several demands came against us, which we knew not how to meet. ‘ We have just received a line from Col.’ Meigs, giving us information of S2S(J ia his hands for us from theSecietary of War. This will lielpus'out of our present difficulty, and we hope will teach ns to put our trust in God for the future. 11. Received, in a letter from the Rev. Mr. Mtfrpby, of Medway, Georgia, SSO, a donation from the Juvenile Society of that place and vicinity. 12. Brother Botrick arrived from Creek Path, having left the two schools in charge of John Arch and Catharine Brown. The gracious operations of the Spirit appear to be still continued at that place. Catharine Brown's father and mother, one brother and his wife, tw’o sisters, and several others it is hoped, have experienced a saving change. Time will enable us to judge with more certainty. Others are under serious im pressions, and the genera! attention to the word continues. 13. Brother Bu’trick left up this afternoon Being anxious to return to his charge*at Creek Path. British and Foreign Bible Society. Extracts of Correspondence. From the Rev. Dr. Steinkopff. Cassel , ( Germany ) Aug. 30, 1820. Marburg was our next station. The Professor had invited us to .take up our quarters in his hospitable mansion, and we considered it an honour and privilege to spend a few days in the company of Lean der Van Ess, who had been and still its so distinguished an instrument in the .hand of God, to make our Catbolick fellow Chris tians rpore extensively acquainted with his holy word. The number of Catbolick and Protestant Rifles and Testaments, circulat ed .by this extraordinary man up to. June last, amounted to 388.888 copies, out of which 377,703 are Testaments of his own version, and 7,449 Lutheran jijbles. The opposition which the Professor has lately experienced on the part of his Biblical ad versaries is very severe; there are before m° several prohibitions which have issued from episcopal authorities. Not a few •priests and curates, who formerly lent a helping hand to the circulation of the New Testament, have been intimidated there by ; but the Professor refrains firm, and though unwearied labours, combined with 174 aloadofanxious cares, have weakened his bodilylconstiUition, his mind is as deter mm ed as|ver to prosecute a work w inch the* provijence of God has assigned to him. Entering his house, the first thing which struck us was a number ot bales and chests; they <ll contained either bound or unbound copie |of his Testament: it is now publish ed in lour sizes, in large, middle, and small ocuivi, and in duodecimo. ‘J hroe apart ments are stocked with German, Hebrew, Greek, aud Latin Scriptures, ready to be sent in various directions. Fresh opportu nities for circulation present themselves; no sooner is one channel stopped than ano ther opens.—Applications now pour in from different quarters. In some the people re ally thirst for the waters ot life, hut our friend has lately been.obliged to restrict himself in his gratuitous distributions; he has insisted in most cases on being paid at lesst the'expense of binding.—ln some he succeeded, but the far. greater number of his friends plainly tell him, “ Unless you senl us bound copies to give to our poor people without money and without price, we can no longer serve your cause.”—The Professor is in a painful dilemma; on one hand he is anxious not to lose opportunities which may never occur again ; on the er he clearly sees she necessity ot. acting with circumspection. L entreated him to use his utmost exertions to procure sub scriptions and donations, from his triends among the Calholick Clergy and Laity* “ I have writen again and again, (was his answer,) but succeed not to the extent ot mv. wishes. I represented to our friend the constantly increasing demands made on the Parent fjociety, not only from the Christian, but also the Mahometan and Heathen world; andjiut it to his own good sense, whethe/those on whom scarcely a single ray of'divine light had yet shone, might not justly claim a priority. ”l am fully sensi ble (he replied) of the justice of your re mark, but still forget not our Catholick Jirethren, many of whom are immersed in ignorance and vice.” ■ assured hirn that our Committee felt as much disposed as ev er to do the utmost they could, consistently with their other engagements, nor would they withdraw their assistepce, as long as the God of heaven prospered their (dans,, and the Christian publick furnished the needful means. He then shewed me his accounts and documental papers, which are inspected by a Committee of three respect able Gentlemen ; and l feel it due to our excellent friend to sta'te m.y strong convic tion, that every thing is transacted with perfect integrity and order. • Professor Van Ess seeks no earthly emol ument, nor is the applause of a vain world his aitn ; he desires not treasures which the moth and the rust consume ; no, the glory ofGftd, and the salvation of souls—these are pure and heifcvenly principles which in fluence his mind, aud stimulate his actions. It is a pleasing feature in the character of Van Ess, that you may speak to him with the utmost freedom ; even when-you differ from him, he listens with calmness and thanks you for your fraternal observations. We found two pious Divines in his house, who are both members of the university of Tubingen, and excellent Hebrew Scholars ; with them he has read Deuteronomy, and | all the historical books of the Old Testa ment. He intends io commence the print ing of it in two or three months ; the first edition is to consist of 10,000 copies. The last grant .of one 1000/. came most oppor tunely : it cheered this indefatigable la bourer in the vineyard of the Lord, and enabled hitn to pursue his thorny path with fresh alacrity. 1 am not* acquainted with the present financial state of our Society : but, if the funds admit, I would respectfully submit, to the consideration of the Commit tee, the propriety of granting additional aid to the Professor at the close of the present or the commencement of next year : such a man is seldom to be met with. One of our dear friends has quitted the field ; an other retires ; but Leander is still the avowed champion of the Biblical cause ; he shewed me a list of applications for Testa ments ; we read it over, and felt pained to refuse many.- To’his friendly interposition I owe a re qest from the Reformed Clergyman to preach in his church; I had a large and most attentive audience of members of Government, professors, clergymen, milita ry men, students, and citizens. 1 preach ed from Isaiah iv. I. In the afternoon the Marburg Bible Society held its general meeting in the town-hall. The introducto ry speech, delivered by the ‘President, breathed/a truly Christian spirit. The Re port was drawn up by the Professor of His tory : it will be printed, and transmitted to England. Several learned Professors, who are well versed in Oriental literature, ex pressed their peculiar satisfaction at the many versions promoted by the British and Foreign Bible Society in the Asiatick lan • guages. I presented copies of the Syriack, : Hindostanee, and the Ancient and Modern Greek Testament to the University Libra ry, which present was received with pecu ’ liar pleasure. The Marburg Bible Socie ty pays particular attention to Uppernes : sen, where many wants still shew them- which induced me to make it a grant of 100 Basle Bibles, and 200 of on;- London ; edition of the New Testament. I could ‘not leave Marburg without blessing God, that he is every where raising up men, both among Protestants and Catholicks, who re gard pure and undented religion as the pearl, of great price, who revere the Bible as the revealed word God, considering it their highest privilege to be found instru j mental in its dissemination. , Genius is the gift of the Deity—it dis covers itself without ctTecl and is unknown i to the possessor. A liar begins by making falsehood ap pear like truth, and ends wit.h making i truth itself appear like falsehood.’ . * From Ike Fayetteville Gautte. ECCLESIASTICAL, * Extracts from the. Minutes of the Synod of J\'urlh Carolina. Seventh Sessions, Poplar-Tent Church, ) Friday, Oct. 6th, 1820. j Whereas it is the earnest and anxious wish of this Synod to see. that important institution, the General Assembly’s Theo logical Seminary at Princeton, placed in such’circumstances as will obviate the ne cessity .of annual calls* on the liberality Ot our people for the increase of its funds ; Whereas the General Assembly, in their late Pastoral Letter to the churches under their care, have made a powerful appeal to the ministers and people of the Presbyteri an Chinch, on this subject, which ought, by no means to he disregarded ; and where as, notwithstanding the pressure ot the times, and the pecuniary embarrassments with which many of our people have to contend, tho Synod still entertain the opin ion, that, by united, patieni, and persever ing exertions, much may yet be done, even wjthin tire bounds of this Synod, towards the accomplishment of an object so desira ble, especially at a juncture when the! churches have so loud a call for immediate j and vigorous exertion, in behalf of an insti-, tutiou, so worthy of the patronage and sup- j port of all those who love the Lord Jesus :: Wherefore,. I Resolved, That this Synod will assume j the responsibility of raising within the j space of five years, the suin ot Fifteen Tltou - i sand’Dollars, towards the endowment of a] Professorship in the General Assembly’s Theological Seminary at Princeton. For the purpose of affording to the. above-named Seminary, as speedily as prac ticable, all the relief which this Synod can extend to its present embarrassed condi tion, as well as for the purpose of securing to the Synod, due knowledge of the suc cess with which the efforts above contem plated may he crowned, it is moreover! recommended, that the first year’s subscrip-■ tion for the above-named object, be, if prac ticable, collected before the first of April next ; a'nd forwarded ty the several Pres- j byteries, through the agency of their res-: pective commissioners, to the next General! Assembly, requesting the treasurer of that; body, to invest the same as soon as possible j in six per cent, stock, or other funded debt* of the United States, and in no other prop erty whatever, so tongas this can be ob-! tained—the annual interest arising thereon to be exclusively appropriated to the sup port of Ibe Seminary aforesaid; but the principal, in no case to be broken upon or diminished. And the several Presbyteries are hereby directed, to report to Synod, at their next stated ‘sessions, the sums they may have forwarded as above directed, to the General Assembly. (P. 92—97. Saturday, Oct■ 7, 1820. The Committee of Bills and Overtures! submitted to Synod the following question, I viz. “ Are the Professors of Religion at j liberty to make and attend Balls, in com mon with the non-professing part of the 1 community ?•” .The above question, being ! read and considered, the following resolu-1 tion was adapted, viz. Resolved, That, in the opinion of this ! Synod, attendance on balls, and other asso ciations of a similar nature, ought to be considered and treated as unsuitable amuse ment for Christians ; and as a further direc tion on this subject, it is hereby enjoined on Presbyteries, Church Sessions, and in dividuals under the care of the Synod, to govern themselves by the sentiments con tained in a Pastoral Letter published by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, in the year 1818, and also by a resolution passed by the late -Synod of the Carolina?, at their Second .Sessions, in the year 1789. . * • From the Pastoral .Letter of the General Assembly Above referred to, the following is an extract, vip. “ With respect to dancing, we think it is necessary to observe, that, however plau sible it may appear to some, it is perhaps not the less dangerous on account.of that plausibility. It is not from those’’ things which the world acknowledges to be most wrong, that the greatest danger is to be apprehended to religion, especially as it relates to the young. When the prac tice is carried to its highest extremes, all will admit the consequences to be fatal ; and why not, then, apprehend danger, even from its incipient stages ? It is certainly in all its stages, a fascinating and infat uating practice. Let it once be in troduced, and it is difficult to give it lim its. It steals away our precious time, dis sipates religious impressions, and hardens the heart. To guard you, beloved breth ren, against its wiles and its fascinations, we earnestly recommend that you will con sult that sobriety which the sacred pages require. We also trust that you will at tend, with the meekness and docility be coming the Christian character, to the ad monitions on this subject, of those whom you have chosen to watch for your 90u15.” The resolution of the late Synod of the Cnrolinas above relerred to, as recorded in page 8 of the minutes, of said Synod, is ns follows, viz. • “ Overtimed—Whether, persons who practice dancing, revelling , horse-racing, and card-playing, are to be admitted to sealing ordinances V’ “ The Synod, Inking into consideration these and other things of a similar tendency—Resolved,, that they are •wrong, k that the practises of them ought j not to be admitted to sealing ordinances, until they ba dealt with by their spiritual rulers, in such a manner as, to them, may appear most for the glory of God, their own good, and the good.of the church.” rn (P- 99—134.) j 1 extracts from the minutes of Syn -1 0(! > Colin Me Ivor., Stated Qik’ FROM Tnr. S. JEVASTOF.T.ICAr, INTELLSGENCKK . TUB SOLDIER. The time I would now rectd to remem brance, is the latter part of September last I was sitting on a mossy bank ofLake'Cham- | plain, reviewing my past life, which hail i tied like the visions of a dream;.and think- | ing of the scenes, the wanderings, and the ; trials that awaited me, ere I should end my earthly pilgrimage. My meditations were assisted by the surrounded me ! —the moon had just ri?en in the east, and had changed the beautiful Lake before me, into a sheet of liquid light;- -all was still ex cept now and then the cawing ot a bir.d, or the ripling of the waters as they gently laved the sand at rhy feet. I was all alone. —a stranger in a strange land. .Oh ! tho’i: I, is there any condition which vvithers she heart, oftener than that of an orphan'? The leaf may fall in.the stillness of the forest— : the bubble may burst in the ocean —and the orphan may die alike unregarded. ’ I was tempted along by these retleclions, when 1 heard the clattering of a chain. ! turned, and beheld a man advancing to wards me, with a large iron ball in his hand, fastened by a heavy chain around his . He was a man about forty years of age, <) 1 a good appearance. At first 1 was shocked | at seeing him, thus bearing the marks of di.-grace ; hut on his approaching nearer, t ! perceived he was dressed in a soldier’s uni- I ; form : and I now conjectured that he was | I receiving the punishment of some crime ; As he drew near without seeing me,. Isa | luted him. At first he started back as if j unaccustomed to the voice of civility ; but I he soon recovered fron\ surprise, and being invited, be seated himself beside, me. 1 perceived he was affected by the voice ot •J kindness ; and now and then a tear was seen J to start; and 1 now believed biin to be a . S child of sorrow. After some conversation, | ‘ l requested’ him to give some account o i himself; he readily complied, and the sub stance of his history was as follows : - Myself and a sister were the only chil dren of a pious father—my mother having died when we were very young. My fa ; ther died when 1 was about twenty'. My parents, it is true, left me but little proper [ ty ;• but they left me a spotless example of : honesty and integrity ; —their names.shall I rest in peace—for the breath of calumny ; never dared to tarnish them. After the i death of my'father, l went to the upper part of the state of New York, where I set tied, as 1 •thought, for life. By industry j and frugality, in a few years I found myself iin possession of a large farm. A wife and a lovely babe shared with me my prosperi i ty, and strewed my path with pleasure. ! It seemed indeed as if I had been born to terrestrial happiness; but the cloud which had long hung in the sky, now began to 1 blacken at the skirts. In the beginning of the last war the deed by which 1 held my land failed, and I was ruined. My Eliza : was calm and resigned—for she went to her [ Bible.* But for myself l knew no prop on • I which l could learn, and my spirits sunk tin - ! der misfortunes. Driven from the house j which 1 had built—and the fields which l had cleared and cultivated, 1 went to the bottle to drown my thoughts, ftfy wife soon died, and my hoy, having no one to 1 take proper care of him, soon followed his ; mother. I was at this time too much like 1 a brute to be affected by’ these severe ‘ strokes, though they have since reached the very strings of my heart. “ Abandoned by all that was dear, and destitute of reputation, 1 enlisted ia the army for ten years. Here I found com panions like myself, hardened in sin ; but the whispers ofconscience still followed me. One evening, while reviewing my life, and shuddering at my own wickedness, I learn ed that my otijy sister in a neighbouring town, was dying, and earnestly desired to see me. 1 trembled, for 1 loved this sister. 1 went to the officers and begged permis sion to leave the camp to vi“it a dying sis ter ; but my character was so bad that i k permission could he given me. My fee'£ itigs were severely wounded, and my pride still more. As sijon as it was sufficiently dark, I absconded, and took the road that led to the house of my sister. While wan dering through the woods, 1 felt a melan choly bo.rrour — 1 was going to take a last farewell of all the friend ! had On earth; — whose presence 1 could not bear since I lost my character—l was deserting from duty—l hardly kne w what I was doing, I ar- rived at my sister's house before day-light. My conscience smote me, and my band trem bled, as 1 faintly tapped at the door of the house of death. A woman opened the door, and learning that I was a relative of the sick lady, silently conducted’ me into the house, though it was evident that my sol dier’s dress gave her no very agreeable sensations. The house whs silent—lor the I footstpps of death were about entering. Tl he feeble ticking of the clock and my own hesitating footsteps, were all that was to be heard, as I was led to the chamber of my sister. As my guide softly raised the latch of the door, I involuntarily started back at seeing nr.y sister so pale and emaci ated. As I entered she raised a languid eye, at first not seeming to know me ; but soon recollecting herself, she extended hei pallid hand, • and gave mine such a grasp that it thrilled to my very heart. “Ah 1 my dtfir George, *’ said she, “-are you come, at last to visit your dying sister ! I have just been praying for your soul, and I long ed once mope to see you on the shores of mortality. 1 have but a short time to stay j before I shall g* to meet, as I hope, our . ‘fear parents and my own beloved husband, jin the regions of glory. There i® but one thing that gives me pain at this lime—it is that 1 leave a brother like yourself. It would soothe my dying pillow to know that there was any hope that you ever turn from your wicked ways before it is for ever too late. You see a Eilde lying on rnv pillow; hike that Bible—read that book when I am no more ; and 1 pray you