ted silently and imperceptibly to many countries to China, Cochin China, Siam, Java, Sumatra, Banca, Rhio, and to settlements on the east coast of the Malay peninsula! In these several ways, we have scattered abroad about 2,000 books, tracts, and portions of the Scriptures.

of the gospel will thus be transmit- || secretly working, like leaven, in the hearts of multitudes. The empire itself, is, through the blind and cruel bigotry of the sovereign, closed against every Christian missionary, so that he ventures over the frontier at the peril of his life; but we may expect that the political convulsions in China, will, under the blessing of God, humble them, and issue in their spiritual good, and break down this terrific barrier. The catholics at Macao, as well as in many other places of the east, are perhaps in reality the greatest foes to the Protestant missionary. I am persuaded, that the few repulses we met with on board some of the junks from Canton and Cochin China, were caused by a few Catholics on board, who hinddered us from distributing any books. How aptly is that corrupt church called Antichrist-ever resisting the truth!

The Chinese are a very interesting people, and exhibit a striking contrast to the Hindoos and Malays for vivacity, intelligence, and industry. They are scattered abundantly over the Indian Archipelago, and in all the English and Dutch settlements, are the life and spirit of the community, filling up almost all the departments of profitable skill and industry. They seem only to want "the one thing needful," "the pearl of great price," to make them all that seems desirable. The obstacles in the way of the gospel are indeed neither few nor small. Pride and sensuality raise a barrier more formidable to its progress than the great Tartar wall ever did to their northern enemies. Sensuality is one of the most odious parts of their character.

Their prejudices are giving way fast. A mild, candid spirit of inquiry is apparent in many, and I trust a real and earnest desire to know the truth is excited in the hearts of some: At all events, I cannot help thinking that there is something more than the mere varnish of national politeness manifest, and am willing to hope, that the Holy Spirit is beginning to diffuse his benignant influence over their minds, and gradually winning them to the truth.

The Lord is doubtless preparing a way for the blessed gospel amongst the millions of Čhina. Already it has found its way through many inlets into the heart of the empire, and is now probably

We have lately been much refreshed by the cheering intelligence of the rapid progress of the gospel in various countries, and feel our strength much renewed and invigorated for our own work.

The Spirit of the Lord is poured out abundantly. Do we not seem to be come all on a sudden to the dawn of the Millennium? Yet there is probably a time of great trouble coming on the whole earth. The powers of light and darkness are marshalling for a terrible conflict. How consoling-how animating, to think that we have the omnipotent arm of Jehovah on our side! The enemy hath long vaunted himself against the armies of our Israel; but now "He that sitteth in heaven shall laugh; the Lord shall have him in derision; now shall he speak to them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. For he hath set his King upon his holy hill of Zion.

Calcutta

J. T." Miss. Her.

CAREY STATION.

MR. M'COY'S JOURNAL.

Carey, Feb. 21. 1828. Completed a tour of more than four months, and found myself in the circle of dear friends, at Carey. In my absence, Mr. Meeker had made a journey to Ohio, and with him, returned to Thomas, a Mr. Richardson, and a Miss Richardson, both having in view, missionary labours. A Puttawatomie woman, a member of our church and of our family, had died: also one of our pupils, and several of our Indian neighbours. The schools at both stations appear to be in about the usual state of progress, with the exception of increasing difficulties which we experience in all our business, arising from the proximity of the whites-the sad consequences of their intercourse with the Indians, and the almost total destruction of the hopes of the latter, from the apparent fact, that in this country, they will soon not have a place on which to rest the sole of their foot.

ket. Whites, however, crowded in upon them, and most of them, in compliance with our advice, soon fled to our side of the river. Old Smoke (an Indian) was the last to leave. A white man beginning to labour near his hut, was entreated by him (Smoke) to desist until he could secure his crop of corn from depradations of the white man's cattle, &c. The white man, however, proceeded with his improvements: Smoke sustained considerable damage and left the place, upon which the white man, not having yet completed his own cabin, took possession of Smoke's bark hut.

March 8. Died this morning, Anthony Rollo, lately one of our pupils.

He was a grand-son of the late principal chief of the Puttawatomies. The history of none of our pupils involves so many interesting incidents, as that of the subject of this note. A particular recital of them will at present be omitted. Suffice it to say, that we doubt not that he has united with the general assembly and church of the first-born in heaven. Mr. Lykins delivered a pertinent address immediately preceding his burial.*

29. We are astonished at the 9. In addition to the usual sermany instances of callousness of vices of this day, the Lord's Supthe whites, who are crowding up- per was celebrated. The circumon the Indians, and who are daily stance became more solemn and witnesses of their sufferings. A impressive, by the comfortable bewhite man to-day, narrated in my lief that one Puttawatomie, an inhearing, to amuse the compa-mate of our family, who had the ny, the circumstances of a poor day before quited this region of Indian woman weeping bitterly, a darkness, was at that time with few days since, when she visited Him whose command we were a place which she had lately occu- obeying. pied, and on which a white man has now a considerable farm. The circumstances were briefly as follows: Smoketown was, three years ago, a settlement of Indians, on a very fertile plain; well adapted to such a purpose. It fell within a tract to which the Indian title had been extinguished by government, but the Indians had the right of Occupancy until the land should

15. Another of our pupils died at the house of his relations, after a lingering illness, occasioned by a fall from a horse when on a visit to his mother. Deaths among these unfortunate people are remarkably frequent in proportion to the number of the whole. The more weakly children perish under

* An Obituary of this young man was be surveyed and brought into mar-published in our last.

hardships, and the better constitu- || ful anxiety to this stage of our butions are usually destroyed by ex-siness. We have endeavoured to posures, and by intemperance and prepare for this evil time, but have its thousand excesses. Few deaths been unsuccessful. The 13th of are the ordinary result of disease. next June will be five years since While we are enabled to sustain we began openly and in good earnour schools, and, to a tolerable ex- est to implore the community to tent, other missionary operations, it allow us an asylum west of the is exceedingly discouraging to look Missisippi river. During these, alover the Puttawatomie, Ottawa, most five years, we have bestowed Chippawa, Miami, Shawanee, and on this subject all the attention other tribes, and discover that they which our multiform labours in all, as a people, are perishing other respects would allow. But, are perishing rapidly, notwithstand- notwithstanding our incessant ing what we and others are doing writing, reasoning and begging, for them. We benefit a few, but the Indians are at this time as a people they are homeless and without a home, and the labours of hopeless. Many of our pupils the missions consequently wasting have already arrived at mature lamentably. Why should we spend age: some have left us; others ling- money and wear out our lives in er around us; and some of them, the wilderness, to rear Indian we are sorry to say, have caused youths to maturity, merely to min. us heart-felt grief, by imitating the gle with their hopeless relatives, evil conduct of their depraved rela- and with them to perish? tives. Nothing better could be expected. Mingling with their relatives among whom is an almost entire absence of inducements to industry and virtue; where the very worst examples in the world are constantly exhibited before them, and they themselves, with all their acquirements, forced, from the nature of the case, to become a part of this same hopeless and hapless people, the result is as might be expected. We know not whither to direct the pupils of our schools, for, be it known, that no civilized nation has ever yet admitted the legality of the title of the Indians to the soil which gave them birth. And there is not, to this day, a place on earth, which nations stronger than they, have consented to relinquish to them for a permanent and undisturbed home for their perishing

remnants.

We are, however, encouraged by the fact, that the Missionary Society which we have the happiness to serve, have memorialized Congress on this subject-they have taken hold on it with a determination, if possible, to obtain a settlement in a suitable section of country in the west, without the limits of our organized States and Territories-A place which our government will say shall be an undisturbed home for the Indians forever.

This fact will afford great encouragement to missionary stations which have been, or which may be formed among the several tribes. The fruits of the schools, and all the Indians from every quarter, will be encouraged to remove to the Indian territory assigned them ; and thither also all the missionaries will ultimately repair in the hope of becoming permanently settled with the people of their charge. We are 24.

The evils we lament, have not come upon us unawares. Took one of my sons, a distrest by them, but not disap- lad, and set off for Thomas Stapointed in relation to them. From tion-became so unwell that I rethe commencement of our mission turned. The following day rewe have looked forward with pain- | newed the effort: slept one night

April 3. Arrived at Carey, having spent two more nights in our tents. Our horses suffer much at this season for want of food, when travelling in the woods. We usually en

in our tent, and one in a deserted bark hut, not more comfortable than our tent, but which saved us the labour of pitching it. These Indian villages at this season of the year appear lonely enough—deavour to encamp at such places without a human being or a domes- as promise the best supply of grass tic animal to be seen about them. and brush. Both nights on our reI reached Thomas Station on the turn, our horses, impelled by hunthird day-found all well, and on ger, endeavoured to escape, and the following day had a friendly we were obliged to pursue them in talk and smoke with the neighbour- the dark, and at times when repose ing natives. would have been peculiarly grateful.

Our brethren have sent down the river to the lake, a periogue load of meal, corn, &c. to be conveyed by a schooner to the mouth of Grand river, and thence in a periogue up to Thomas.

30. With our brethren and sisters, seven in number, set down to the table of the Lord. One of our little company was a Puttawatomie, on a visit to this place from Carey. A goodly number of Ottawas were present, and the services were performed part in English and part in Ottawa, by pieces mingled throughout, that all might have some understanding of what we were saying and doing. This was the first time the Lord's Supper had been celebrated in this Ottawa country. Our audience were attentive and solemn. It has been a day with me, of enlarged desires for the salvation of the Indians, and I believe the same may be said of my broth-ed by intoxicated Indians, to leave ers and sisters.

An old chief, after service explained some things to his people, which he had learned of us. Some from a neighbouring village said they had not heard of my arrival in time to meet me yesterday. They therefore hoped I would now afford them an apportunity of talking, and of hearing my advice. They had always, they said, listened to our advice, and they were still disposed to do so. They hoped we would pity them, and afford them some assistance in the improvement of their lands, as we had others. They were afraid that they were now so old, and had been wicked so long that they could not learn to be good, &c. We conversed with them an hour or two, gave them some tobacco, and they departed with apparent satisfaction.

8. Assisted in burying another of our Puttawatomie neighbours,— a poor woman who had long lingered in great affliction. Her death, it is said, was occasioned by a blow from an intoxicated Indian.

11. A child of our Indian sister Menache died. Its disease was in the head, occasioned by a cold taken on a night of last winter, when the mother and it were oblig

her house in time of a snow. Lamentable! When will these people be allowed a place beyond the influence of the baleful effects of their intercourse with unprincipled white people! When will they be allowed to enjoy undisturbed civil and religious privileges! Give them a place in which they can feel the force of incentives to industry and virtue, and not a doubt remains of their national deliverance. Deny them this, and their destruction is inevitable!

ISAAC M'COY.

VALLEY TOWNS.

It is delightful to observe a harmonious operation between Missionaries and their employers, and it is still more pleasant to the Boards which direct their movements, to find the measures