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desirous that the children and youth should
be instructed. He has given us a bell for
the use of our school, which is a valuable
acquisition to our establishment. We have
a flock of almost 20 goats, which furnish
milk for our family ; and we hope soon to
be able to make a little butter. In an es
tablishment like ours, we find the want of
many things to make us comfortable, with
which, if we were supplied, we should find
less occasion to spend our lime in secular
concerns ; and could devote ourselves more
entirely to the great work of instruction.
dßut our greatest need is a faithful minister
to break to ns the bread of life, and guide
our wandering feet into the paths of righte
ousness and truth. We trust our Christian
friends and patrons will not forget us in this
respect. We do hope and fervently pray,
that before many months some favouring
breeze may waft to this shore one, who
will strengthen our hands and encourage
our hearts ; one calculated to endure, with
fortitude and meekness, all the trials, pri
vations and discouragements, attendant on
the missionary life.
We send by the volunteer, capt. Bennett,
a small box containing two of king Tamo
ree's favourite idols, which he lately pre
sented to us. One is for yourself, and the
other is intended for President Day.
We remain yours in the bonds of Chris
tian affection, Samuei, Whitney,
Samvel Rcggles.
A letter to the Corresponding Secretary, hy the
Ann, capt. Hale, dated Oct. I Jtli, aud written
by Mr. Bingham, commences thus :
“ Rev. and Dear Sir—lt is with heart
felt gratitude to the Author of all our mer
cies, that we are enabled to say, after half
a year’s residence among heathen, the
smiles of Divine Providence still attend our
labours, and cheer our hearts with the
prospect of usefulness. The same holy
hand, that conducted us in safety over the
great waters, has kindly smoothed the
rough path in which we bad expected to
walk, and spread around us many comforts,
which we clid not expect to enjoy. From
the children of paganism we have met with
no opposition, in the prosecution of our ap
propriate work. From many of the for
eigners, with whom we have had inter
course, we have found more, permanent,
efficient and valuable triends than might
have been expected. The trials, which
have called forth our tears, and agitated
our hearts, and covered our faces with
blushing, have arisen principally from a
source, where we had looked, with too
much confidence, for comfort and support.
We need your kind sympathy, your fervent
prayers, your affectionate counsels ; and
still we would gladly spare you the pain, 1
nor add to your multiplied cares and your!
most important concerns, the sad story of!
our disappointment and distress. We!
would ardently desire to turn your parental 1
eye- from our trials to behold the unnum-i
bered blessings tendered to us as missiona-i
ries of the cross. Yet with the feelings of
filial affection, are we impelled to say, al
though we are allowed, as a tittle band of
pilgrims, without interruption, to tell the
passing stranger of Zion’s God, and to point
the perishing heathen to the Redeemer of
Israel, it is our little church that mourns,
and sits solitary, and weeps by the turbid
waters of Babylon.”
Mr. B. then proceeds to mention the nn
bappy defection of Tennooe, and the unex
pected departure of Dr. Holman from the I
mission ; for such it was considered, when j
he resolved to reside on the island Mowee
alone, more than 80 miies from any of his 1
brethren, and contrary to their unanimous I
advice and request.
Since the preceding letter was written, I
Dr. Holman had gone down to Alooi, after
a short residence in .Mowee, He was pre
sent at the birth f Mrs. Whitney’s child;
and trom that station wrote a long letter to
the Corresponding Secretary, giving the
reasons which induced him to leave Kiroo
ah. These reasons are not satisfactory.
He expressed the design of returning to
Mowee ; but he did not seem to have fixed,
in his own mind, upon any place as his per
manent residence.
Though the mission to the Sandwich
Islands has been prosperous beyond expec
tation, there are still many reasons why
earnest and importunate prayer should be
offered in its behalf. It is exposed to nu
merous dangers ; and must be successful (if
successful at all) only in consequence of
the peculiar favour of the Lord of Missions.
PALESTINE MISSION.
Extracts from the Journal of Messrs. Parsons and
Fisk, during their tour in Asia Minor. From
the Missionary Herald for July.
Smyrna, Oct. 31, 1820. Called on the
Greek Archbishop, and gave him 40 tracts,
which he said he should distribute. Spent
most of the dav in preparing to set out to
morrow on a lour in Asia Minor.
Nov. 1. At half past eight left Smyrna.
We took Martino* to provide food and in
terpret for us. Had agreed beforehand
with Serkish, an Armehian, to furnish hor
ses, and go ag our guide. He provides one
horse for our baggage, one for Martino, and
two for us. He takes a servant to assist
him in the care of the horses, so that we
are, in all, five men with six horses. He
defrays all expenses for himself, his ser
vant, and his horses, and we pay him 37 1-2
piastres ($5) a day. We carry a trunk, and
two large sacks, filled with Testaments,
tracts, clothes, &.c.
We took a circuitous course around the
east end of the Gulf of Smyrna, left Bour
nnbat on the right, passed along the north
eastern shores of the gulf, having on our
right broken mountains, apparently of gra
nite.
At half past twelve stopped for dinner at
a Turkish coffeehouse. It was built of
mud and small stones; and was about 10
* This man had lived with the missionaries at
Scio, in the capacity of interpreter, &c.
m
feet square and 10 high. The roof was of
pine bushes. The ground served for a
floor. The front was entirely open to the
road. The furniture consisted of a sofa,
pip#?, and coffee cups. The Turkish land
lord sat on the sofa, with a pipe in his hand
and a sword and pistols behind him. He
invited us to sit down with him, and a young
Arab slave brought us sweetmeats and cot
fiee. After eating ts food which we carri
ed with ns, we obtained a watermelon of
the Turk, paid 30 cents, and resumed our
journey. In the course of the day passed
three similar taverns. In the afternoon our
course was nearly north. Passed in sight
of a few scattered houses, and three small
villages, one of which had been a mosque.
At half past three reached the village Men
iraen. Our road all day was level, passing’
over a rich plain, having the sea at no I
great distance on our left, and a range ofi
barren mountains on our right. Met with j
many camels on the road, and saw some j
flocks of sheep and herds of cattle, feediog
on the plains.
* Description of Menimtn.
At Meniinen put up at the house of an Ar
menian. After resting a fetv moments,
went out to visit the Greek priests and
schools. The first school which we found,
was in a room adjoining the Greek church,
and consists of 25 boys. A second school
consists of 10, and a third of 5 scholars.
There are five Greek priests belonging to
the church. Among them and the scholars,
and others who were with them, we distrib
uted 50 tracts. *We shewed the priests a
Romaick Testament. They told us they
had one like it, and we then spoke of re
serving this for some other place; but
when they tol l ns that live priests and 1000
people had only one, and earnestly request
ed this, we gave it to them.
The town is situated on the south side of
the plains, through which the Hermus
runs: it is about 20 mile 9 from Smyrna, a
little VV. of N. and is the seat of an Aga,*
who commands 20 or 30 villages in the vi
cinity, which are said to contain 10 or
12,000 people. The houses of Menimen
are small and low, generally 8 or 10 feet
high, built of mud, or of small stones and
mud, with flat roofs. The publick build
ings are 7 mosques with minarets, (or stee
ples) one Greek church, one Armenian
church, and several Turkish baths. The
population is estimated at 2,000; 60 of them
Armenians, the rest, half Greeks and half
Turks.
On the north and west is a large plain,
affording rich meadows for grain and pas
turage. Through this plain runs the Ye
diz, (the ancient Hermus.)
In the evening three or four Armenians
came to our lodgings, and spent some time I
in conversation. They say that they have i
no books, except such as belong to the;
church ; and these they cannot understand
because the style is so ancient. We show-1
ed thpm a Testament printed in the Turk
ish language, with the Armenian letters.
One young man read in it and seemed high
ly delighted.
Journey from Menimen to Haivali.
Thursday, Nov. 2. At 7 o’clock com-!
menced our journey. In three quarters of
an hour crossed the Hermus. It is now!
about 6 or 8 rods wide, and not above three !
feel deep, but sometimes, in rainy seasons,
it swells into a torrent. Passed in sight of
10 small villages, one of which has a mi-j
naret. At 12 slopped at a Greek tavern, i
It was a small mud house, without a floor,!
and almost without furniture. Diupd on!
food which we carried with us. Left 24
tracts for a Greek school in the vicinity, j
which we bad not time to visit. At half
past four we saw, on our left hand, near
the road, the ruins of a town which we
concluded must have been the ancient My
ra. The place is near the sea shore, at
the head of a gulf. Strabo speaks of Mv
rina as situated here, or not far distant;
and some maps insert the name in this
place. Many pillars of granite Bor 10 feet
long, and a foot and a half thick, and some
fragments of marble, were scattered on the
ground. Among them was a large statue
ot white marble. The arms and part of
the head are gone. The body is about 6
feet long and three thick. Once, perhaps,
it was an object of worship; now it lies
entirely neglected, as we trust all relicks
of idolatry will be, at some future day.
No walls remain, and there is no building
on the spot.
At sunset crossed the Caicus. It was
about as large as the Hermus, and is now
sometimes called the Rindicus.
At 6, we came to an old khan, now de
serted, on account of the place being un
healthy. It is nine and a half hours north
from Menimen.
Friday, Nov. 3. Resumed our journey at
7 ; road level and good. At 9 our atten
tion was arrested by a smoke arising from
a small pond of water in a marsh meadow.
We left our attendants, and went to exam
ine it. The pond was about three rods in
diameter, and the water, near the centre,
boiled in several places. At the edge it
was as hot as the hand could hear without
pain. The vapour was strongly impreg
nated with sulphur.
At 12 we stopped at anew Greek khan.
Saw several carts, the first we have seen in
Asia. In Scio and in Smyrna all burdens
are carried by men, or by beasts of burden,
on their backs. At 2we set out again. A
heavy rain soon commenced and continued
till night. At 4we passed a small Turkish
village with two mosques; and then rode
for some miles through a complete orchard
of olive trees. From the produce of these
trees immense quantities of oil are made,
and exported from Haivali. After leaving
this place we found our way mountainous
aDd stony. Entered Haivali at 7; that is,
in 25 hours, or about 75 miles from Smyr
na. With some difficulty we found our
way to a tavern ; and after much delay aud
* A Turkish officer who preserves order and ad
ministers justice.
30
perplexity, obtained the use of a small
apartment. A wooden platform covered
one half of it, and this served us for-chairs,
table, and bed. *
Description of Hawaii.
Saturday, Nov. 4. At an early hour
Martino went to the Russian consul with a
letter given us by the Russian consul in
Smyrna; and he immediately sent bis jani
zary to conduct us to his house. There
we found a room ready for us, and every
necessary comfort generously offered.
Such hospitality is welcome indeed, alter
the fatigue of our journey.
At 1 o’clock the consul accompanied us
to the college. The two principal instruc
ted are Gregory and Theophilc.s, to whom
we had a letter from Professor Bambas.
They received us very affectionately.
Lord's Day, Nov. 5. lu the afternoon
went out to distribute tracts among the
priests. Went to eight churches and dis
tributed tracts to all the priests. There
are 40 belonging to these 8 churches ; they
have also, at each church, a small school
under their care, in which the children are
taught to read the church service.
Haivali is situated oa the sea shore, op
posite the island Musconisi, which lies be
tween the town and the north part of Myli
lene. The Turkish name is Haivali; the
Greek name Kidonia; both signifying
quinces. Why these names were given
we know not, as the place produces very
few quinces. Olives and oil are its princi
pal productions. The Bishop, the Consul,
and the Professors, united iu stating the
population at 20,000 souls, all Greeks.
This estimate seemed to us very high.
The missionaries departed, at about it o’clock,
from Haivali, on their Journey to Pergamos.
At a tavern, where they called, in the course of
this day’s journey, the landlord expressed sur
prise “ that men should go atout, giving away
books for nothing.” They also observed several
boiling springs similar to that which they examin
ed on Friday, except that they were smaller.
Visit to Pergamos.
Tuesday, Nov. 7. At 2, we reached Per
gamos, now called Bergamo.
Went first to see the ruins of an old
monastery. The walls are still standing,
as high as a four story house, and perhaps
150 feet long. In it there are now several
Turkish huts. In passing through the
town, we found two ancient Greek inscrip
tions, which we copied. Passed an im
mensely large building, formerly a Chris
tian church, now a Turkish mosque. This
is said to be the church in which the disci
ples met, to whom St. John wrote.
Wednesday, Nov. 8. Went up to the old
castle, north of the town. Vast walls are
still standing, composed principally of gra
nite,with some fine pillars of marble. The
castle includes 5 or six acres of ground.
Within the castle are large subterranean
reservoirs, which used to serve for water
and provisions. The foundations, and part
i of the wall, are said to be the work of the
ancient Greeks. The more modern part is
attributed to the Genoese.
Returned from the castle, and went to
| the site of an ancient theatre, west of the
town. Ft is a semicircular cavity in the
side of a hill. The semicircle measures
about 600 feet. Massy walls of granite
are vet standing.
Went next to the amphitheatre. It is a
deep circular valley, formerly no doubt
filled with rows of seats rising one above
another to enable the spectators to witness
the fighting of beasts, or the destruction of
men, on the arena, at the bottom of it.
Passed by what is said to be the tomb of
Antipas, near the old monastery. See Rev.
; ii. 13. We next visited a building which is
called the Temple of Esculapius. It is a
lofty vaulted dome, the inside about4o feet
in diameter; the gnnite wall about 8 feet
thick. We remember to have seen it
somewhere stated, that Esculapius once
practised physick in Pergamos; that the in
habitants erected a temple to him, and offer
ed sacrifices and adored him as a god.
Messrs. Parsons and Fisk visited the churches
and schools in Pergamos, and distributed tracts
and Testaments, which were received with many
expressions of gratitude. A young Greek went
to their lodgings and purchased two Testaments.
The population of Pergamos is said to
be about 15,000: viz. 1,500 Greeks, 2 or
300 Armenians, 100 Jews, and the rest
Turks.
The Journal is to be continued in the Herald
for August, from which we shall make selections.
CHOCTAW MISSION.
Letters from Mr. Kingsbury.
The operations of the Missions at Elliot
and Mayhew were greatly embarrassed for
want of funds. Speaking on Ihis subject in
his last letter but one, Mr. K.says, “ With
tears of sorrow 1 sit down once more to ad
dress you. On readingyour letter address
ed to brother Washburn I immediately re
solved to visit the agent, and see if any re
lief could be obtained from him. Having
received another appointment, he was in
Alabama, about 100 miles distant. 1 have
just returned. He had njt received any
communications from the var department,
since I last saw him ; but loped there was
some money for us at the agency.” Mr.
Kingsbury’s hopes of money from the gov
ernment were disappointed, as the new
agent had not arrived, and no funds were
provided, fifteen hundred dollars were
due from the government, out of the ap
propriations for the school and buildings at
Elliot, and nothing had been received on
account of the buildings at Mayhew.
After observing, (hat if this pressure
could have been foreseen, the plan of the
mission might have been different, Mr. K.
proceeds : “ But now what shall we do ?
Shall we not pay our debts ? Shall we not
procure provisions for our family ? Just as
,we were expecting to enter into the har
vest, shall we see all the hopes which have
i been raised respecting this nation, dashed
to theground ? Shall we be compelled to
leave these missions, and to seek our bread
1 at some other place, and in some other way?
On our own account (his would be of ccm
paratively little consequence; but what
will become of the cause oI missions ? What
will be said of all the zeal which has been
manifested of late for the cause of missions,
and for the universal spread of the Re
deemer’s kingdom.”
“By the assistance of God, we are re
solved to do all in our power to keep up
these missions. If we sink, we hope it
will be found that we have not deserted out
post, while it could be maintained.”
Mr. Kingsbury’s last letter to the Treas
urer is dated May 14th. We select the
following passages for publication.
“ Since I wrote to you, we have enjoyed
the favour of a visit from our dear friend
and patron, Dr. Worcester. He has been
with us in much weakness of body, hut was
strong in the faith, and zealous for the
cause of the Redeemer. His presence and
counsels have greatly strengthened and
encouraged us, under present embarrass
ments and trials. He reachedMayhew on
the 23d of April, and left us with improved
health, on the 7th of May, for the Chero
kee nation. He goes accompanied by our
most fervent prayers, that he may be ena
bled to accomplish all the benevolent ob
jects of his mission ; and that in due
time, he may be returned to the bosom ot
his family and friends, who are looking
with so much anxiety for his return. It was
an occasion of extreme regret, that his
health would not permit him to visit Elliot.
Dr. Pride wiil attend him on his journey
to the north.”
“ Dr. Worcester is decidedly of opinion
that the work must not stop ; and that prep
aration must be made, with as much des
patch as is consistent n ith economy, to have i
a school commenced at Mayhew in the fall;
at the same time avoiding all expense for
labour not absolutely necessary.
“ Major Pitchlynn, the publick interpre
ter, to whom I read your letter of March
Bth, said with emphasis, the zeork mast not
stop. Os his own accord, he immediately
proposed to lend me S2OO in specie, and to
put into my hands ten shares of stock in the
Mississippi Bank, worth SI,OOO or $l,lOO,
which he wished me to sell, and make use
of the money. He expects us to allow in
terest, but not to refund the money until
we are able ; and remarked, that if we
should be prospered, it would all come into
our hand? for the education of his children.
When such liberal aid is afforded us, how
can we stop ? The people here will not
hear a word of it; and, my dear sir, would
not our integrity, and that of the Society
be questioned, if, after having expended
$2,000 of the money of the natives, we
quit the work or let it remain in statu quo.
“ Dr. Worcester has advised that 1 go.
into Mississippi, as soon as it is practicable,
and endeavour to collect some money as
donations. I shall leave this place for El
liot, on Tuesday next, the Lord willing;
and as soon as the necessary arrangements \
can be made there, shall proceed on the
proposed tour. In the mean time, l hope
you will be able to pay three or four small
drafts. I
“ I am sensible I shall go out to make
collections under great disadvantages. 1
can make no preparation ; the hot and
sickly season is approaching ; the people
will be removing from the country ; and
every moment of my time is required
here. But I must do what 1 can.
“ I am in a state of anxious suspense as to
what aid we shall receive from the govern
ment, having had no information on that
subject for a long time.”
A letter from Elliot, dated April 25th,
contains the disagreeable intelligence that
two of the log dwelling bouses at that es
tablishment were consumed by fire the pre
ceding night. One was occupied by Mr.
Jewell’s family, and the other by Mr.
Wright as a study and sleeping room. The
fire was communicated by a candle, taken
with them by small boys, who slept in the
chamber of Mr. Wright’s 9tudy, and who
forgot to extinguish it. It was not custom
ary for these children to carry candles in
this manner ; but Mr. Wright being absent
they ventured to do so. By great exertions
the fire was prevented from destroying
other buildings ; and the greater part of
the property in these was preserved, par
ticularly the mission library. The loss is
estimated at something more than S4OO. —
As all the houses were much crowded be
fore this loss, it will be necessary immedi
ately to erect new ones in place of those
which were burnt; and this will of course
derange the agricultural business of the es
tablishment, to some extent at least. Thus
one cause of embarrassment is followed by
auother.
But we are happy to say, that we have
an article of pleasing intelligence from this
mission, which is more than sufficient to
balance all the adverse occurrences.
When Mr. Byington was at Elliot, about the
middle of April, several of the boys in the
school were anxiously inquiring what they
should do to be saved. This state of mind
continued,when the last letter was written.
The brethren say ; “ The Lord, as we
trust, has recently appeared by the influ
ences of his Holy Spirit, and is calling up
the attention of some of the dear children
of this school to the concerns of their pre
cious and immortal souls. The Bible and
psalm-book have become the almost con
stant companions of some few; and we
would fain hope, that the time is not distant
when they will have anew song put into
their mouth, even praise to our God.”
[MUsionary Herald.
An Association has been formed in Lon
don, to aid the Hindoo college of Calcutta.
This institution is chiefly supported and
managed by Hindoos themselves, for the
purpose o( furnishing a liberal education
to native youths in European as well as
Eastern literature.
[Boston JlecoriU'T.',
ARKANSAW MISSION.
Mr. Finney slates in a letter to the Cor
responding Secretary, that for about four
weeks in August and Sept. Mr. Washburn
was so well as to labour very hard with his
hands ; that on their passage down the Ar
kansaw capt. Ballard was very kind to
them, and furnished them with provisions
gratuitously ; that they were so weak as
not to be able to ascend the bank of the
river, when they occasionally stopped, ex
cept by crawling on their hands and feet;
and that the journey from the Walnut Hills
to Elliot, in the heavy and cold rains of
the winter solstice,w ithout shelter, without
comfortable provisions, and with constant
pain, sickness and weariness, was ihe most
distressing part of the whole perilous sea
son of their absence and labour.
These brethren have certainly had a
harder service, so far as bodily pain, fa
tigue and exposure to danger and death
are concerned, than any missionaries em
ployed by the Board. The Lord grant
that they may hereafter see good “ accord
ing to the days wherein they have seen
evil.”
The letter of Mr. Finney concludes as
follows : “So far as I know the feelings of
my own heart. I think no discouragement
has been experienced on account of my
long sickness, or any other obstacle in our
way. I think it is the desire of my heart
to live and die on missionary ground ; and
do and bear what God shall appoint for mak
ing known the glad tidings of the Gospel
to the poor ignorant heathen. For this I
need ever to feel the influence of grace ;
to feel that 1 am not my own, but am
bought with a price, even with the precious
blood of Christ. May I, and all associated
with me, have the prayers of the Prudential
Committee ; not because we are worthy
of a remembrance in the prayers of any ;
but because the influence of our conduct ‘
may effect much good or evil to the cause
of Christ, in the circle where we move.”
Messrs. F. and W. with their families left
the Choctaw nation early in the spring for
the place of their mission. Nothing has
been heard from them since their depar
ture. Miss. Her.
Abstracts of Religious Intelligence.
PROM THE BOSTON RECORDER.
An Auxiliary Bible Society has lately
been formed at Lutterworth, where John
Wickliffe, the distinguished harbinger of
the Reformation, died, in the year 1387,
and whence his bones were dug up in the
year 1428, by order of the council of Con
stance, for having translated the Holy Scrip
tures into English, and maintained the au
thority of those Scriptures, and their suffi
ciency for saving instruction.
The receipts of the Moravian, or United
Brethren’s Committee of Missions for 1819
were £6686 2s. and their expenditures,
£9085 0 2d.
The Wesleyan Missionary Society, Eng.
received £30,803 3s. 4d. during the eigh
teen months preceding the 31st Dec. 1820,
and expended considerably more. On their
missions at Ceylon, and South India alone,
they expended £10,989 14s. 2d. being sev
eral thousand dollars more than the Ameri
can Board of Commissioners for Foreign
Missions receive annually for the support
of all their missionary establishments.
The Wesleyan Methodist Missions in the
West Indies are prospering more and more.
Though many valuable missionaries have
laid down their lives on those high places
of the field, yet converts are multiplied, dis
cipline is maintained, Christians grow in
love, and the prejudices of the planters
against the religious instruction of their a
slaves have nearly quite vanished.
Rev. D. Tyerman,of the Isle of Wight,
and George Bennett, Esq. ofSheffield have
been designated to visit the London Mis
sionary Society’s stations in the islands of
1 the South Seas. The religious services
preparatory to their departure, were per
formed in Spafield’s chapel, the 19th April.
3 he object of this mission is the same with
i that of Mr. Campbell, to South Africa—to
obtain the most thorough knowledge of the
state of the missions, to strengthen and en
courage the missionaries, and to prepare
the way, it possible, for more extended ex
ertion.
The Missionaries of the Church, London
and Baptist Missionary Societies occupy 21
Missionary Stations in Calcutta and the su
burbs, and have so arranged their services
as to preach at every one of them once a
; week. “ One Spirit,” writes Mr. Mundy,
“ pervades the whole.”
The London Tract Society has sent out
many thousand English Tracts to India,
; where they are circulated to the best ad
vantage, and are laying the foundation for
i the establishment of similar societies in that
country, whose object it is to distribute
tracts in the various Indian languages.
On the first of October last, 111 negroes
were added to the four Moravian congre
gations in the island of Antigua, chiefly by
baptism. The work of God greatly pros-
Drs. Patterson and Henderson, those dis
tinguished agents of the British and Foreign
Bible Society in Russia, write from Novo
gorod under date of, March 19, 1821, that
they expected to form a Bible Society in
that city—then to visit all the Russian Bi
me Societies—to cross the Caucasus, visit
Georgia, Persia, as far as Shiraz, then re
turn by way of Bagdad to Astrachan, To-,
bolsk, Orenburg, Casan, and the Northern
provinces of Russia. The object is to find
out the most important missionary stations,&
‘prepare the way to have them occupied
