THE AMERICAN BAPTIST MAGAZINE, PUBLISHED BY THE Baptist Missionary Society of Massachusetts. CONTAINING THE PROCEEDINGS AND MISSIONARY INTELLIGENCE OF THE Board of Missions of the Baptist General Convention. NEW SERIES. VOL. VI. BOSTON: PRINTED BY JAMES LORING, AND LINCOLN & EDMANDS. CONTENTS, A. African Colony, civil state of 215 Allegbany Association, formation of 187 Allen Sally, letter from 307 American Board of Commissioners 26 American Tract Society 182 American Bible Society, tenth Anniversary of 183 Anecdote of Dr. D. 96 Avery, Rev. Benj. G. letter from 372 Auxiliary and Primary Foreign Mission Societies, in Maine, formation of 374 B. Baldwin, Rey. Thomas, Memoir of 6, 37 Baptist General Convention, donations to 36, 68,87 100, 132, 164, 187, 188, 220, 281, 307, 348 Baptist General Convention, remarks on the meeting of 85, 114, 208 Baptist General Convention, fifth triennial meeting of 180 Baptist General Tract Society 98 Baptism among the Armenians, 127 Baptist Missionary Society of Massachusetts, Report of the Tri of 198 do. donations to 251, 347, 376 Baptist Education Society of New York 245 Baptist Home Missionary Society, England 309 Bethune, Divie, notice of 6S Blake, Rev J. letter from 247 Bond, Rev. Phinebas, letter from 279 Boston Fourth Baptist Meeting-house 311 Bogue, Rev. Dr. last moments of 97 Boardman, Mr. and Mrs. arrival in Calcutta 163 Boardman, Rev.G. D. letters from 172, 268, 270, 339 Boardman, Mrs. letters from 177, 179, 210, 213 British and Foreign Bible Society, 127, 375 Brainerd, Rev. David, memoir of 317, 349 Butterworth, Joseph, Esq. obituary of 311 Buchanan, Rev. Dr. letter from Burman mission, remarks on 30, 61, 88, 161,241, 302 Burman Mission, journal of 338 C. Carey Sation, donations to 67, 282 Carey, Lot, letter from 244 Ceylon, intelligence from Chase, Rev. Peter, letter from 372 Christian Father's Present, review of 22 Charleston Baptist Association 65 Churches constituted 99, 187, 250, 310 Christian Watchfulness 230 Christ, on the Deity of 300 Circular Address of Rev. John M Peck 206 Clarke, Dr. Adam, letter to a preacher 265, 293, 331 355,357 Çovell, Allanson L. letter from 66 Columbian College, 98 Cor. Sec. ofthe Bap. Board of Missions, choice of 219 D. Davis, Rev. G. F. letter from 345 Death of a sinner, 77 Donation of Bibles, 163 E. Ess, Dr. Leander Van, Memoir of 285 Evangelical Tract Society, annual meeting of 219 Exertions for Soldiers and Sailors 95 Er-Presidents, remarks on the death of 253 -Executive Committee of the Massachusetts Baptist Education Society, annual Report of 304 H. Historical Sketch of the English Version of the Bible 328 Holton, Rev. Calvin, letter from 272 do. Death of 308 Holme, Dea. Thomas, obituary of 248 Hough, George, letters from 62, 243 1. Interesting Conversion 31 Intemperance, on the means of preventing 164 Installations.Babcock, Rufus 310 Curtis, David 310 Manly, Basil 220 J. James, Rev. D. letters from 371, 372 Jones, Evan, letters from 26, 341 Jones, E. H. letter from 316 Joshua, the Indian Christian 32 Journal of a Tour round Hawaii, review of 56 Judson, Rev. Dr. letters from 314, 367 Judson, Mrs. letter from 315 L. 17 26 25 245 298 324 94 Review of Reciprocal Duties 22 Journal of a Tour round Hawaii 56 Quarterly Review 148 Hall's Sermon on the death of Dr. Ryland 195 Annual Report of Prison Discipline Society 238 Storr's Biblical Theology 361 Authority of the Scriptures 362 Revivals of Religion 66, 162, 247, 279, 307, 344, 309 Revivals of Religion, remarks on 264 Remarks on the Manners and Characters of the Chinese 109, 143, 169 Religious Liberty in South America 185 Ridley, Bishop, last hours of 66 Ryland, Rev. John, memoirs of 221 186 0. Ohio, Baptist State Convention of On what topicks Christ should be heard On the connexion between a Minister's life and min. istrations Avery, Benj G. 252, 376 250 310 311 163 100 100 163 250 35 309 310 370 67 35 310 99 310 35 67 187 311 220 220 35 100 35 376 249 S. Sabbath School Scholar 33 Sandwich Islands, intelligence from 29 Salem Bible Translation and Foreign Mission 30 ciety donations to Scripture Types 263 Serampore College 128 Shipwreck of Methodist Missionaries 160 Sharp, Rev. John, memoir of 157 Singleton, Mrs. Caroline, Obituary of Singing, style of, on publick occasions 105 Sketches of India 52 South Africa, account of the State of Missions in ΙΙο Suck haree, a converted Hindoo, account of IS3 Sunday School Union 181, 219 Support of Missions, Importance of 353 Swartz, the Missionary, correspondence of 19 Swinton, George, letter from 244 Switzerland, accounts from T. Tabular View of Protestant Missions 93 Thompson, Mrs. Zipporah, obituary of 34 308 P. Patterson, Rev. S. W. letter from 370 Peck, Rev. J. M. letters from 125, 277, 307 do. Donations to 312 Pearce, Rev. W. H. letter from 212 Poetry, 36, 68, 164, 188, 252, 301, 340, 359 Praying for Students in Colleges 107 Prayer, on complimentary expressions in 261 Preshyterian Missionary, account of 193 Publick Spirit 80 R. Reciprocal duties, Review of 25 Remarks occasioned by the close of the year 49 Remark of Cecil SS Valley Towns Missionary Station W. 62, 213, 271, 315 315 189 276 29 MEMOIR OF REV. THOMAS BALDWIN, D. D. Late Pastor of the Second Baptist Church in Bostop. Our Number for October con- ll know how extensive was the circle tained a brief obituary notice of of friends to whom the subject of the Rev. Thomas Baldwin, D. D. our Memoir was known, how deep late senior Editor of the American and how affectionate was the inter Baptist Magazine, and Pastor of est which he never failed to awathe Second Baptist Church in this ken in those who approached him, city. In compliance with the inti- and that every one will expect us mation there given, it has now be- || to give to the picture, the living, come our pleasing yet melancholy breathing loveliness of the original; duty to present to the public, a and we well know that to do this more extended account of his life, will be impossible. There was in character, and writings. Dr. Baldwin's countenance a pecuRarely has it been our duty to liar charm of expression, which no record the personal history of a painter ever succeeded in transferman so extensively known, so uni- ring to the canvas. And there was versally respected, or so tenderly in his mind a striking combination beloved. Rarely does it fall to the of varied excellence, which every lot of an individual to fill so many one has felt, but which we despair and so important stations in the of being able to recal to definite religious world, and to fill them all or even to vivid recollection. We $0 meekly and yet so ably. A shall only therefore humbly atname so unsullied has not often | tempt to lay before our readers been written on the tomb, nor has what we have been able to collect a patriarch often been gathered to of his history and what we have his fathers amid so wide spread a observed of his character, sincereburst of filial lamentation. Under | ly regretting that the task had not such, circumstances we are well | fallen into abler hands. aware how difficult is the task which The Rev. THOMAS BALDWIN was our situation at present imposes born in Bozrah, Connecticut, Dec. upon us. Well might we shrink (23, 1753, and was the only son of from it, were it not our duty. Wel Thomas and Mary Baldwin, both Jan. 1826. |