were in their power to furnish at least every Protestant family with a copy of the Scriptures, and other good books, numbers of infidels and Roman Catholics would be benefitted; 'The distance of most of their mission places from Europeans being of considerable advantage for the conversion of the natives. If Malabar types could not be procured, they might do much good by printing Portuguese books, there being great numbers of Roman Catholics of that cast.'

"A letter from the Rev. Mr. Kolhoff, dated Tanjore, 29th August, 1810, communicates the death of Mr. Horst. The learning and abilities of this worthy missionary, his ardent desire to prove useful, the fervor and delight with which he ever pursued his work, and the essential services he had rendered to the mission, had given Mr. Kolhoff great cause to lament so early and unexpected a death, which had deprived the mission of a faithful pastor, and a numerous family of a kind parent and affectionate husband. It was particularly afflicting, in the present dearth of missionaries, to lose one who was likely to prove a great blessing to the missions. His sufferings had been very severe, but be endured them with the patience and firmness of a Christian. His humble submission to the will of God was truly awakening, and the peace he enjoyed to his last breath was a lively example of the inestimable happiness that attends a life of godliness. The thought of his family, whom he should leave without any provision, was the only thing which afflicted his mind. A few days before his death, he requested Mr. Pohle and Mr. Kolhoff to intercede with the Society in favor of his wife and six infant children. The small property left to his family was insufficient to provide the necessa

ries of life.

"The business of the mission continued to be carried on as usual. Sattianaden had been visiting the congregations in the province of Palamatta, where he had been of much service. His health, however, being on the decline, new asșistance had become absolutely necessary; and Mr. Kolhoff, therefore, begged the Society to permit the ordination of some of their native teachers, and to grant them salaries.

"The Society, having taken Mr. Kolhoff's suggestions into consideration, have agreed to grant Mrs. Horst and her family the hundred pounds which they were about to send to her husband, trusting that God will be pleased to furnish them with additional aid from other quarters;' and

also, that one or two of the native catechists should be or dained according to the rites of the Lutheran church, when salaries should be given to them also, as has heretofore been done.

"Mr. Pohle, in a letter, dated at Trichinopoly, March 3, 1810, mentions, that in the preceding year there had been in that place 28 baptisms, including Heathens; 42 Portuguese, and 206 Malabar communicants; the number of the congre gation being 168 Portuguese and 304 Malabars; and at Dindegal, 17 Portuguese and 28 Malabars. In the English garrison, there had been 44 baptisms and 70 communicants. His six native fellow-laborers in the mission continued as heretofore, four as catechists and two as schoolmasters. Beside these, there were two English schoolmasters. All went on well.

"Mr. Pohle mentions, that it was expected that the British and Foreign Bible Society would establish a printing press at Tanjore. Speaking of the death of Mr. Horst, he observes, that the senior judge, and the resident at Tanjore, had been making a contribution for the relief of the widow an children. Mr. Pohle besought the Society to aid the same charitable design, Mr. Horst having been eighteen years a servant of the mission, and four years one of the Society's missionaries.

"Mr. Pohle, after mentioning with thankfulness the safe arrival of the annual stores and presents for the mission, adds, 'Would to God that we could also receive new missionaries! I am upwards of sixty-six years old; my strength faileth me, and I may soon be gone, and the mission be an unprovided orphan, whereof to think only is painful to me. May the Lord hear our prayers, and help us, for his mercy's sake.'

"It is with regret that the Society have still to report, that they have not been able to obtain any suitable supply of new missionaries. Hopes, nevertheless, are still entertained, and efforts used, for the accomplishment of this design, in behalf of their Indian missions."*

"Letters from Mr. Pezold at Madras state, that in the Malabar congregation at Vepery every thing was perfectly

"How is it that this Society should, for so many years, have been unable to procure a single missionary: while every other missionary society in the kingdom has been able to procure as many as they can support?"

quiet. The European invalids at Trippatore having applied to him for an English schoolmaster to instruct their children, he had sent one, together with a suitable supply of books. He had also sent a Malabar schoolmaster to the same place, for the instruction of a number of native females, reported to him as married to Christian soldiers. Some of them had wished to embrace the Christian religion.

"The Danish Missionaries, in a letter dated at Tranque. bar, March 27th, 1810, state, that Mr. John had lost his sight, but by the grace of God was still able to preach alternately in the Portuguese and Malabar churches. The monthly allowance from government, of two hundred pago. das, had been found insufficient to support these charity schools, deprived, as they still were, of remittances from Denmark and Germany. They had therefore diminished the number of children in the Malabar schools, but retained the usual number in the Portuguese schools. They had,how ever, increased the children in the school at Velipattam, and begun a new one at Porear. Their well-informed and faithful senior catechist, Savary-rayen, as acting country priest, had been sent to visit the country congregations, and had given them much satisfaction by his reports. They had been much gratified by a visit from Mr. Kolhoff; and they had thereby had the opportunity of an interesting conference with him, on the various and important affairs of their respective missions, and on the means of preserving unity among themselves.

"We have omitted, for the present, all notice of what is inserted in this Report on the subject of the Syrian Christians. The reasons for this omission may appear hereaf

ter.

"The plan which we announced, in our volume for last year, p. 58, to have been adopted by this Society, of forming diocesan and district committees, has been attended with considerable success; thirteen diocesan and thirteen district committees having been formed; which, it is stated, have proceeded to pursue the methods recommended by the parent board, for extending the usefulness and increasing the influence of the Society, and for promoting the cooperation of the clergy and other friends of the church throughout the kingdom. It has been resolved by themto apply to the neighboring clergy who are not members of

the Society, and also to the opulent laity of the Established Church, requesting them to become members; to request the officiating clergy to make annual collections for the Society; to request the clergy and others to inquire into the state of instruction of the poor in the prisons, hospitals work houses, and almshouses in their respective parishes, and how far there exists in them, or among the laboring poor generally, any want of Bibles, Testaments, and Prayerbooks, and where any such want is found, to supply it gratuitously; and with a view to defray the expense of supplying such wants, to promote parochial and other subscriptions for procuring books at the reduced prices of the Society.

"Encouraged by the exertions, thus made by the diocesan and district committees, to promote the designs of the Society, the Board in London has established a Committee of Correspondence, which is to sit during the summer recess. Since the adoption of this new plan, that is, from July 1810, to Nov. 12, 1811, the Society has received an accession of not fewer than 1300 members; and a hope is expressed, that a plan so well calculated to further the designs of the Society, may experience a much more considerable extension. It is certainly very gratifying to witness the revival of zeal which has taken place in this Society.

"In the course of the year, the Society has distributed 10,224 Bibles, 16,242 New Testaments and Psalters, 20,555 Common Prayers, 20,908 other bound books, and 145,123 small tracts."*

SKETCH OF THE SOCIETY AND MISSIONS OF THE MORAVIAN BRETHREN.

[From the Christian Observer, July, 1811.]

"EVER since the year 1732, the church of the Brethren have endeavored to extend the benefits of Christianity to Heathen nations. From small beginnings, their missions have increased to thirty settlements, in which about 150 missionaries are employed, who have under their care about 24,000 converts from among various Heathen tribes.

"Their motive in sending missionaries was, and continues to be, an ardent desire to promote the salvation of their fellow men, by making known to them the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They were grieved to hear of so many millions sitting in darkness; and, trusting in the promises of God, they went forth with a confident hope, that their labor would not be in vain. Not disheartened by the smallness of their means, they went forth in the strength of their God, and He has wrought wonders in their behalf. The same spirit still prevails in their congregations; and there has been found a continual and increasing succession of persons, who have been ready to enter on the dangers and hardships of the missionary service. No mission, however, has been undertaken but by particular invitation, and with a prospect of being protected in a permanent establishment.

"Members of the Brethren's church, disposed to serve in missions, mention their views to a committee of the synod appointed to superintend missions: and if no objection appears, they are considered as candidates. As to qual ifications, much erudition is not required. "To be well versed in the Sacred Scriptures, and to have an experimental knowledge of the truths they contain, is indeed judged indispensably necessary. But it has been found by experience, that a good understanding joined to a friendly disposition, and, above all, a heart filled with the love of God, are the best and most essential qualifications of a missionary. Nor are, in general, the habits of a student so well calculated to form his body for a laborious life as those of a mechanic.

"Yet men of learning are not excluded, and their gifts have been made useful in various ways. When vacancies