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solutely bad } for two young men entered
thp society, but their relations being dis
pleased; compelled ihera to leave it. It is
a religion destructive to mankind. It is im
possible it should take rpot in this Repub
lick. ‘ It is necessary/that it should be ex
terminated;”
The following * extracts from a recent
letter do great honour tothe draracterand
principles of the President, Boyer, the suc
cessor ofChristophe, al Hayti, and it would
be’unjust to withnold them. This spirit in
the raters, jvill, we hope, ere long, bring
ttre vex.ii.on-. „of an innocenr people to an
end.ff . , : ’
Many were at different ti(hes, cited to
appear before the. President, who at first
’ used to dismiss them, saying, that every
man was at liberty to serve God as he
thought fit; but latterly he has been im
portuned to assume a style somewhat dif
ferent. At teogane, six Were put in pris
on at one time, by the general of that de
partment, for having been found praying in
the country. The President, on a tour,
visiting Leogane, went directly to the pris
on,where he found several prisoners. He
inquired of eadh what was his crime, and
liberated whom.he thought proper. And
when he was abbut leaving the town,called
,for those who had been imprisoned for pray
ing; and sharply reproved the General for
having confined them onssuch an account.
He then took them some distance out of
♦own, told theth to go'home, live quietly &
serve GOd according to the dictates of their
cpMCieSfces.
MAHOMED AS HISTORY OF DAVID.
Mr. Robmson, the Baptist Missionary at Bata
via, has lately communicated to the English Bap
tist Society mbSt interesting intelligence, and
several translations from curious Mahoioedan
books. He says, u Mahoroedanism is, I believe,
Satan's strongest fort, and our post seems to be i
on the most impregnable side of that fort,”— ,
This station is important, not merely on account
of its numerous resident population, but as main
taining commercial intercourse with the whole of
Eastern Asia. 1
The following extract will give onr readers some i
idea of the curious Oriental productions transla
ted by Mr. Robinson. ‘Christian Watchman.
One day the children of Israel came to ,
David, to request him to show them how ,
the judgment will be conducted on the day |
of resurrection. David said, “ Very good ! |
come to me at some festival,and I will show ,
you.” About this time a very difficult ,
cause was brought before David. A wo- |
man was accused of stealing an ox, and kil- .
ling it for food. The woman pleaded, that
she was ready to die with hunger, and the ,
ox came to her of its own accord, and said,
“ Kill me, and eat me, for l sjrall make ex
cellent food for you.” David seemed sat
isfied with this apology, but the owner of
the ox was norland he strenuously de
manded justice. At this time Gabriel.ap
peared to David, and said : “ Command all
the children of Israel to assemble tomorrow
on the plain, that they may see a specimen
of thejudgment which will take place at
the day nj resarrection.” Accordingly the
people assembled on the next day, when
David ascended a nulpit, and the woman
with the owner of the ox, were brought
before him. In the first place, David read
a verse from one of his psalms, which pro
duced a universal silence ; all listening to
his voice. He then addressed the owner
of the ox, saying, “ Do yon remember,that
.on the day you left Sham* for Mesir,t you
entered into the service of a chief, who
was travelling with 500 loaded cartels, and
that you drove the camels into a plain,
where yon murdered their owner, and bu
ried him in the sand, and that you proceed
ed’ into Mesir, with the camels and mer
chandize, where you remained forty days,
and afterwards returned to Sham, and told
the children of Israel that the property you
brought with you was all your own ? Thus
you made youijgelf a> great man on the
earth, and your riches have continued to
increase until this day. Now the man
whom you murdered was the husband of this
woman, and the father of her two chil
ren,” When the owner of the ox heard
this speech, he denied the charge, saying,
“ I never murdered a man in my whole
life, nor did 1 ever tffke any one’s proper
ty.” His hands immediately cried out, “ O
prophet ofGod !• on that day we cm the
man’s throatand his feet said, “ Q pro
phet of God ! we buried him in the sand,”
Thus his limbs bare testimony againstfrim,
and his mouth could say nothing more in his
defence. In flits manner will God judge
men in the day of resurrection, when their
mouths'will be shut, and thUr hands ant]
their Jeet testify concerning their deeds—
David then ordered the robber’s head tAhife
struck off, and stuck upon a pole, and all his
property* to be g-rven to tpe woman whose
he had murdered.
•Syria. . t Egypt.
CHARLESTON V FF.M ALE BIBLE SOCI
- : ety.
FIFTH REPORT. ‘
Ladies —Instead of the usual annual re
- ftJEwt which it is customary to present you,
your Board have judged it expedient, as
the Society has been new modelled, to lay
before you a brief history of its operations
since ite.first establishment. f
The Female Bible Sociey of Charleston
was instituted in August, 181 G. Its particu
lar objects were to make the subscription
so small as to. meet the benevolent wishes
of those who could not afford tbfe larger
sum necessary to entitle them to member
ship in-the Charleston Bible Society, and
by appointing a Distributing Committee to
take the only efficient method for putting
the worffof God into the hands of those,
who were too poor or too indolent to ob
tain ft >. -.
[During the five years of its existence, the So
ciety has distributed 4G French, and 1187 English
Bibles, and 272 Testaments. The receipts during
the same, period amounted t 9 sl*7o 25.]
j Os this sum, pl3 was paid tor Bibles
-land’ Testameßts, $l2O was sent to the
j American Bible Society, to constitute
- members for iife, Drs. Pfifcy, Furman, and
- Palmer, and Rev, Urban Clroper ; and $46
- ‘2i> for incidental expenses; leaving a ba
lance of sl6l on hand.
I [After some explanation of the causes winch
I have reduced the number of annual subscribers,
‘ to 180, (one of the most prominent of which; was
® the multiplication of other charitable institutions)
1 the Board go on to state --]
f (HstribHn*rr'Unites has not been
confined to the city.*-* Tfie adjoining par
ishes and adjacent islands have been sup- j
plied. A large number of Bibles and Testa
ments have been given to the blackt—none
have been refused who could read.
Your Board cannot avoid mertioning,
(hat the most efficient aid has been given to
the (Operations of the Society by the Dis
tributing Committee ; and while they la
ment that their exertions during the past
year have lessened, they still hope there
age some who will go into the highways
and hedges and carry the VS ord ol Litis to
those who are ignorant of it. Altho’ there
is less occasion for such vigilant attention
since we have been favoured.with Domes
tick Missions, and although lit be true that
the poor are in a good measure supplied,
yet in so large a city as ours, there are
waste places and dgsolate regions unvisitei)
and nnsupplied.
Who can refuse to render less rugged,the
(horny path of life ?—to lighten the heavy
burdens of poverty and wretchedness —to
pour the. oil of joy and consolation into the
bleeding heart —to smooth the pillow of
disease —and enlighten the dark chambers
of death with the beams of the “Sun of
Righteousness.” In the distribution of the
Bibie, without note or comment, all maj
unite. The most rigid sectarian, the nqos:
confirmed bigot, find no objection in their
narrow hearts, to give away the Bible, and
the Christian is anxious to offer that tooth
ers which has been the man of his counsel
and his guide.
Good effects resulting from this Society
are already obvious. An active member
of if, lately removed to the land where she
rests from her labours, and her works .do
follow her ; and whose walk® of benevo
lence among the poor and afflicted, were
more extended Ahan those of almost any
other individual, has remarked that during
the last two or three years there has been,
a manifest and growing improvement in the
moral character as well as outward circum
stances of the poor among us—that-sbe
rarely entered a house in which she did not
find one of our Bibles. It has been said
too, by same of the Visiting Committee of
the “ Ladies’ Benevolent Society,” a Soci
ety of which we would make the most hon-’
ourable mention, that it is nol uncommon
to find the Bible the only companion of the
solitary being on whom the heavy hand of
disease has been laid. An anecdote to the
point hasjust been furnished. I was called
to visit a man in street. When 1
came to his bed-side, I found his hands
clasped, his eyes closed, and his Bible lying
upon his breast. I gently took up the book
and found it open in Job. The movement
roused him. I said, “ You have here an
excellent companion.” “ 0 yes,” he repli
ed in hroken language, “ ’tis better thafe fa
ther, mother, brother, sisier. ’Tis my
meat—my drink—my sleep. I love to
read about Job. He was worse [more af
flicted] than I, yet he got to heaven.”
A/e?t) instances have come to the knowl
edge of the Board, in which Bibles have
been sold almost as soon as given. Though
this is a lamentable, it is not a discouraging
fact. Though the Bible is sold, it is not
lost. An instance is on record, in which
the conscience of a hardened sinner was
smitten by the yeryr act of offering fora
drink, the word of God. Besides, it may
in this way hill into the hands of someone
who would otherwise be destitute of it.
It is recommended by the American Bible
Society, to its Auxiliaries, to endeavour to
sell their Bib|es when practicable, even at
a small price. This plan has been adopted
in England, particularly in Liverpool, and
a large sum has thus been raised. When
the person was too poor to pay asmall sum
at one time, a weekly subscription, from a
penny and upwards, was received. The
plan is a good one, and worthy of imitation.
;|t cannot, however, succeed, to a great ex
tent here,for there isscarcely any medium
between the rich or those in comfortable
circumstances and the very poor. The
state of Society in this respect is very dif
ferent from what it is in our northern cities.
To encourage you in the good work in
which you are engaged, the following an
ecdotes’ are selected from a number receiv
ed. A French Bible given to a poor Firnch
girl was received with tears of joy, and the
lady who gave it was ever Afterwards
gratefully called (be “ Bible lady.” 7
An irikh Cathulick was in the habit of
keeping his shop open on the Sabbath, and
was otherwise grossly immoral. After
some entreaty, be was induced to read the
Bible; and a great outlaid reformation
soon followed. An old negro man walked
17 miles from the country to get a larger
Bible. He had a small duodecimo, much
worn, which he could hot gee to bead, and
when he received an octavo, he (raised his
half blind eyes and devoutly thanked God
Tor so great a gift.
Were it necessary to adduce proofs in
, favour of the benefits resulting from (be
distribution of the Bible, we are well fur
nished—but enough Iws been said.
in conclusion, your’ Board respectfully
solicit an increase of patronage, and suggest
the propriety of remitting a large Sum tq
the Parent Society.
OFFICERS OF THIS 30CIETV.
Mrs. Benj. M. Palmer, Superintendent,
r? —‘L R- Gibbes, First Assistant do,
S. Leoare, Second do. do,
sftiGHTqw, ‘ Third do. do
‘.’i ‘'U- 4 * r’ io'. -t'-vUfP/i -< . it,.
22
—7- Miles, Librarfttn,
Miss BvSce, v Secretary and 7 ‘reasnttr:
ctirtciresses. —Mrs. Keith.
Mrs. Still?, Mrs. B. Ei+iott, Mrs. Drvav,
and Mas E. i\ Leoare. *L&.
[South. Evan. Intel.
PROW THICK, t.
INTERESTING FaC*T.
. Sir— The foMowimt anecdot? was i elated by, ti e
Rev. Dr. M’—, (who knew the fact) in a social
meeting for nrayer. ‘ V j
A gentleman residing- in the wNgsterp
part of this state, a few years since, had
sent two of his daughters to Litchfield for
!an education. While they , were there
God was pleased to bless the place with a
revival of religion. The news ol it reach
ed the ears oftheir father. He uas much
troubled for his daughters; apprehensive
(to use his own words) that tbeir_ minds
would be affected, and they be Irighteiied
into religion. , t . ‘■ ; ■
He had been informed that tliey wefe
inquiring, with the deepest solicitude, tue
way of eternal life.
Alive (as he thought) to their happiness,
and determined to allay their fears and
quiet their distresses, he sent a friend to
Litchfield with positive orders to bring
thorn immediately home that they ipight
not be lost to all happiness and hope, and
consigned to gloom and despondency.
The messenger departed on this errand
of'their father’s love. He arrived—hut
was too late., God had baptized them,both
with hi* Spirit, nnd adopted them into bis
family. They had chosen Christ for their
portion, and had resolved that whatever
others might do, they would serve the
Lord. They looked at both sides of the
great question—they looked at the world,
and they looked to God and the glories of
immortality, and with an eye ‘.lull fixed on
heaven, they determined to live for eterni
ty- . 7 ';
They returned to their father’s, not over
whelmed (as he expected) with gloom and
despondency, but with hearts glowing with
gratitude to God, and countenances beam
ing with a heavenly serenity and celestial
hope. Indeed they rejoiced in the Lord.
They told their father what the Lord
had done for their souls—that they were
pilgrims here, they kept in view the bright
fitffds of promise as they traversed this de
sert of sin, and were looking for that city
which hath foundations.
Soon after their return home they were
anxious to establish family worship. They
affectionately requested their father to
commence that duty. He replied, (hat he
saw no use in it. He had lived very well
more than fifty years without prayer, and
he could not be burthened with it pow.
They then asked-permission to pray with
the family themselves. Not thinking they
would have confidence to do it, he assented
to the proposition.
The duties of the day being ended, and
the hour for retiring to rest having arrived,
the sisters drew forward the stand, placed
on it the Bible —one read a chapter—they
both kneeled—the other engaged in prayer.
The father stood—and while the humble
fervent prayer of his daughter Was ascend
ing or. devotion's wing to Heaven, his knees
began to tremble; his nerves which had
been gathering strength for half a century
codld no longer support him—he also kneel
ed, and then became prostrate on the floor.
God heard their prayer, and directed their
father’s weeping eyes (which had never
shed tears of penitence hefore) to the Lamb
of God which taketh away the sins of the
world.
Happy family—a believing father--and
believing children ! whose God is the Lord!
—.:o:-*-:o.'o-
Revivals of Religion.
From the New-Haven Intelligencer, June 9.
On the last Sabbath 26* were added to
the Church under the pastoral care of
Rev. Mr. Merwin, making in all about 300
added to the congregational churches in
this city, as fruits of the revival. We tru9t
a goodly number more will still come
over from the ranks of the enemy, and
pnblickly avow their friendship for Him
who'has-said, that “Whosoever shall con
fess me before men, him will I confess also
before my Father which is in heaven.”
Since the revival commenced in this city,
it has extended to most of our neighbour
ing towns. Out of 31 congregations in the
county ofNew-Haven, at least 25 of them
have been visited, during the past winter
and4pring, with the special presence of
the Lord; and it is estimated that within
these limits, between 1500 and 2000 souls
have been called by his grace, out of na
ture’s darkness into his marvellous light.
In most of these places the work is still
continued, and in some we hope it ha 9 but
just commenced. And we are happy to
add; that in this city, after a seeming sus
pension for a little while, the work is again
assuming a promising appearance.
On the last Sabbath 117 were added to
the Church of Christ in Farmington.
Those Who have never witnessed a scene
like this, can hardly form an adequate idea
ot its solemnity. To see such a company
of believers selected from the various clas
ses of. society, and many of them from the
s most respectable, publickly devoting them
selves to God, is'a spectacle at which an
gels. rejoice. In this, band might be seen
grand-parents, parents and children. Chil
dren without their parents, and parents
without their children. Husbands and
wives—the wife without the husband, and
the husband without the wife. In one in
stance five brothers and sisters—brothers
without their sisters, and sisters without
(heir brothers one taken and another
left. In contemplating ?uch a scene, the
mind is irresistibly carried forward to,
day of final retribution, when a separation
must take place for eternity, if not by the
same line of distinction ; the time will soon
cotp when these, opportunities will be
■*’ te offers of raerev-wiflThf
.V He that let ltjun
l 9 *■ *'*■
hat a revival has recently;
the afei'Mrict of Columbia.’ 1
i there is an uncommon ex
jcntleman, lately from timt
), that business was suspend
ed, and wharves almost deserted to. attend
jjoligiStis meetings. In the city of Wash
ington the prospect was encouraging. Is
riot Ibis an object worthy of prayer, that
God would pour.put his spiyit on the capital
of our-country, where ihe rulers of our
nation reside.
A revival bas also commenced, we un
derstand, iu Middiebury, Vl. and in tbfe
college. This is another object of prayer:
and we hope that Christians will not forget
to pray for Yale College. The students
have jqst returned from a vacation of four
weeks, and there appears In be much ani
mation and faith among them.
The Treasnrer-of the Missionary Socie
ty of the Synod of South Carolina and Geor
gia, acknowledges the receipt of the fol
lowing sums, for the benefit of the Chicka
saw Mission:
From individuals io Christ Church
Parish, sl9
From the Female Ceo( Society of
the same, ; 8
From the Female Missionary Society-’ V
, v ; ; ,-of Zion Church, of Winnsborough, 20
From a gentleman of Fairfield, 5
- .Y E. Ini.
A trunk of Clothing, prepared by the
Chickasaw Mission Society of Charleston,
(5. C.) which is valued at SSS, has been de
posited in the card of their agents in this
place, to be forwarded to its place of desti-.
nation. - lb.
The Treasurer of the A. B. C.. of For
eign Missions, received, during the month
preceding the 17tb of May, $4,177 38. v
The Treasurer of the American Educa
tion Society received in the month of May,
$2,174 30.—Among other donations tve
notice one from “ A Friend,” of the very
liberal sum of $500; and another of $3,
being the “ avails of a Physician’s practice
for a certain number of Sabbaths.”— lb,
THE MISSIONARY.
MOUNT ZION, WEDNESDAY, JULY lIT
We have just received at this office a letter
from the Rev. Wm. H. Barr, President of “The
Domedick and Foreign .Missionary Society ofthe
Synod of South Carolina and Georgia,” enclosing
letters from the Rev. Thomas C. Stuart, a Mis
sionary employed by the Society and stationed
among the Chickasaws. The Publick are already’
apprised of the existence of thfs Society, Ihongh
it has not as yet, from the recency of its establish
ment and the feebleness cf its incipient exertions,
excited that warm and general interest which it
justly merits from the Christian Church in the
southern section of our country. Such an insti
tution had long been in contemplation among the
leading members of the Presbyterian Church, hut
was never organized till the meeting of Synod in
Columbia, S. C. in the month of Nov. 1819.
The objects of the Society as stated in the Con
stitution adopted at that time and place, are “ to
send the Gospel to the destitute parts within the
bounds of the Synod, and to promote the civiliza
tion and religious instruction of the aborigines on
our borders.”
During the first year of ttie existence and ope
ration of this Society, little was done except an
exploring mission was set on foot, and executed
by the Rev. Messrs. Stuart and Humphreys, Com
missioners acting under the authority of the Board
of Managers. These Gentlemen visited the Creek
and Chickasaw nations; and the result of thei r
visit to these wild and unlettered sons of thO for
est, was a rt solution, adopted at the annual meet
ing ofthe Society in Nov. 1820, for the immedi
ate establishment of a permanent Mission, em
bracing in its operation a system of literary, social
shd religious instruction, among the Chickasaiv6.
Measures were at the same time taken to furnish
ministerial supplies to the destitute congregations
and the scattered remnant of Israel Within the
bounds of the Synod. Os the extent and success
of these domestick operations, we cannot definite
ly speak, as no report has yet been made to the
Society or the publick. The missionary estab
lishment in the Chickasaw Nation has actually
commenced, and is now making some progress,
as appears from the subjoined communication;
Mr. in his letter, has touched npon some
of the difficulties with which the friends of this
Society have to contend in the prosecution and
attainment of their object. The Officers of the
Institution are so scattered, that a friendly and
systematick co-ophration is difficult. Measures
vitally important to their success in supplying the
destitute, and in evangelizing the natives, are
frequently left unatteropted for the want of pro
per consultation-,—and this circumstance alone
prevents the accomplishment of mudh good which
might easily be effected were our population more
dense, and our resources the same as at present.
But as the condition of churches in our southern
country, in this respect, cannot be altered, some
means ought speedily to be adopted to relieve the
Society, ns far as practicable, from these existing
embarrassments. Frequent correspondence
among its officers might do much ; and if the re
ligious papers which are printed in this part of
the country,were to make this a leading object of
no doubt the result Would answer the
most sanguine expectations. At all events some
thifig more vigorous than has hitherto character
ized the movements of the society, ought to be
attempted. Its officers have gone too far to turn
back, i The cries of the destitute among our
selves—the wretchedness pf our heathen ueigh
bours—and the word off God, nrgfeßs to proceed.
U is devoutly hoped, that the Church will soon
be-roused frames long and criminal atffi
something worthy o( our high privileges be under
taken and ahcoroplijliedTor the enlargement and
1 glory oT the kingdom of .'febrist. For the’ honour
i of the Church it ought not to be said, that llpj
is not active benevolence enough in Sotkth Carp.
Uinaaitd Georgia, to furnish an,.ample supply 6f
’religious instruction for tbtee of our own ppulu
ti#wh6 are scatteifllns shefep withbut a shep
( herd, ‘and to%upporU>ne missionary cstfblishment
i among the pagan natives’upon our borders. The
ability to do this is in onr own hands—the inch
: nation is all that is wanting. , . I
The missionary station among the Chickasaws T
l is called Monruf.. It is situated in the neigh- |
bourhopd of the Chickasaw Agency, near the -L
j Nnohez trace, and within the territorial bounds of F
[ the state of Mississippi. This name was.givtn ta | f
’ it as an expression of the high afinse entertained I
’ of the wisdom not] humanity displayed by the I
present administration in so warmly patronizing
the civilization of the*lndians. This great work
1 of benevolence has been long neglected ; hut
it is never too. late to do good either by retracing
erroneous steps, or by improving onr plan of ope
ration. At the present period to have the firmest
pledges of success in the prosecution of this nj
dertaking. The government of Che United State,
are affording every facility for th| gratification of
the feelings of the most benevolehrhenrt. Them
is now the fairest opportunity of shielding these*
miserable people from extermination, Sc of -elevat
ing tkefn from their present degradation which
borders on brutality, to the pursuits of a ralim\,
and the refinements of a social existence. The
practicability of civilizing and a
these rude children of nature, is a problem which *
bas, afreadyffeeh splyed. The success whighikis a
hitherto attended the mission -at Brainerd, in the |
Cherokee, Nation, hiss put an end to all specute--
tions founded upon mere conjecture, one] settled jj
the question beyond ratiohal controversy. It is
the uniform language of gentlemen who haye vis- -
ited this station, that the children,in the school *
exhibit’ specimens of mental cultivation which i
would not suffer by a comparison .with theJjku
gress made by those of equal age and advantages j]
among ourselves. And in addition to this, let it f
be recorded and published for the encouragement
of the Christian community, that hot a few of that
Nation have already exhibited striking evidence it
of a vital interest in the covenant blessingj of the if
Gospel. Thq same amount of intellectual nndH
moral good, we firmly believe, maybe nchievedK
among the Chickasaws. The mission at Monroeil
has just commenced, and, as yet, lias effected Ej
little or nothing. But the prospect is flattering. B
The natives are anxious for instruction, and have ■
actually contributed with a liberal hand for,the K
support of the establishment.. The proposal on S
the part of the Society was no sooner explained i ■
to them, than they made a donation'o£ as much 2
land as might be necessary.for the effectuation of,
their object. And the same spirit of liberality#-
still continues among them. They have, within §’
a few months, made to Mr. Stuart'a present of
! seventeen cows and calves for the use of the mis- ]
. sionary family. When illiterate savages are wil- ,
i ling to make these voluntary sacrifices.for tbfe .
1 purpose of procuring instruction, surely it would ‘
1 be an unpardonable neglect on the part of a civ- u
i ilized and Christian people, if the means of
i provement should not be speedily and abundantlyfe-t
j furnished. To withhold the necessary aid, wituM-h-Vi
|be to sin against 1 our heathen neighbour—it woulds-
I argue a close hand, and an unfeeling heart. ‘£|isSsS
charity of the Gospel must have forsaken
bosom which is not sensible of the -soft throb oiM
pity for their present degraded condition, yrHE
the mots cheering impulse of hope in relation h'H
their temporal and eternal welfare.
In behalf of this missionary establishment we H
confidently believe, that an appeal will not
made in vain to the Christians and citizens ofllicyni
southern country, fl is a business which nduiitsM
of no delay. The mission has been
and it appeals to every better feeling of the
for future support. If we suffer it to
and expire, we must answer it to our own ronw
sciences and to the Judge of all the ea Oim(
duty in furnishing them with the means of in-trucKi
lion is clearly pointed out by the nature of t®3|
case and,the word of God. “ Freely ye haverjfclj
’ feeived,* freely give.” By contributing ftbifl
support of this cause the finest feelings of charit*®
may bo gratified, and present and future; gefE ‘
! secured to a helpless remnant off oiir fallen
( and in heaven it will be deemed a greater hunojH•
to hate been instrumental in saving one heathaßw
child, (bun to have been the <li-coieior of a I'dfe,- [
■ (incut, or to have worn tl.e crown and swijßßj’
the sceptre as sole monarch of the world.
Monroe, C. N/'April 2, 1821. ■
Rev. atul Dear Sir, . BR
! It is with pleasure l again devote
leisure momenls in addressing you hy
ter. Gladly would 1 you
Face ; but ns I cannot enjoy
• lege, I must content myself with writing®
few lines. Since my hist, I have U’fl
I 1< st with very good health, so dipt 1 i M
■ been able to attend to business
intermission. But several of the fom'Hj
have been much afflicted since the first Hk
|MarcH with an infWmta so tiff
which prevailed in Abbeville %stfall. I
’ Consequence of this affliction, the
the Mission have
have two comfortable casfi6s erected,H
smith’s shop, and about 15 aerds off IjH
ready for the coulter. This as muchß
i * calculate jve shall be able tq attend, W
carry on the Jbuilding9 at the same time W
I cannot procure labourers on any ternM
neither in the natron, nor in the white
tlements on the Tofnbecbee. -’ They
a gfeat aversion to living amongst tbeW
dians, -and those who own slaves will flj
hire them to work in the nation. l am®
I r, hensive we cannot complete tin: < H
inu'i in the course of the summer;, -will®
more v-I um not instructed