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INTRODUCTORY.
ALPHABETICAL LIST of Protestant Missionary Stations & Missionaries throughout the World, 1-24
Introductory Remarks..... 1
Number of Stations ..... ib.
Number of Persons employed . . ib.
Character of Missionaries ... 2
Amount of Expenditure ... 4
Foreign Sources of Income . . ib.
Domestic Sources of Income . . 6
On a Spirit of Mutual Love . . 8
BIOGRAPHY.
Life of the Rev. David Brainerd, Missionary to the North-American Indians, 41, 81, 129, 177, 217, 265, 315, 361, 409, 449.
REPORTS OF SOCIETIES.
National Education Society:
FIFTH REPORT:
Funds..........141
Central School.......ib.
Training of Masters and Mistresses...ib.
Progress of the System at Home . . ib.
Progress of the System Abroad . .142
Pecuniary Grants......143
Supply of Books......ib.
Appendix--Conclusion.....ib.
British and Foreign School Society:
Progress of Education at Home . . 143
Foreign Operations . . . . . .144
United Brethren.....146
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions--SEVENTH REPORT:
" Thoughts on Various Methods of advancing the Cause of Christ, by Missionaries at Bombay" . . . 184
Missionary Labours in the English Language........ib.
Direct Methods of Teaching Christianity to the Natives--Preaching-- Reading of the Scriptures--Distribution of the Scriptures and Tracts, 185
Indirect Methods of Disseminating Christian Knowledge--Schools-- The taking of Children to be brought up as Christians . . .186
Heathen School Fund.....189
North-American Indians . . . . ib.
South-Sea Islanders......191
Remarks on Eastern Translations . 192
Funds..........ib.
Conclusion.........ib.
Gaelic School Society--SIXTH REPORT:
Plan and Advantages of Circulating
Schools.........193
Picture of a Highland School . .194
The Veteran Iverach.....195
Beneficial Effects of the Schools . . ib.
Funds..........196
Church of England Tract Society:
FIFTH REPORT........196
Sunday-School Society for Ireland:
SEVENTH REPORT.......221
Jews' Society--NINTH REPORT:
Hebrew Translation of the New Test. 223
Finances.........224
Schools..........ib.
Female Department......ib.
Progress of a Spirit of Inquiry among the Jews.........225
Conclusion.........226
London Missionary Society:
tWENTY-THIRD REPORT .
South-Sea Islands......227
China..........228
Malacca.........229
Insular India: Java, Samarang, Amboyna.........ib.
Ceylon..........230
Continental India: Chinsurah, Gan-jam, Madras, Vizagapatam, Bel-hary, Surat, Mauritius . . . ib. South Africa.- Stations within the Colony:--Cape Town, Stellen-bosch, Caledon, High Kraal, Bethelsdorp, Theopolis.....232
Stations beyond the Limits of the Colony:--Caffraria, Grace Hill, Hephzibah, Griqua Town, Beth-esda, Journeys to Lattakoo, Bethany, Peace Mountain........253-236
Malta..........236
Canada..........ib.
West Indies: Trinidad, Demerary, Berbice.........ib.
Lascars and Chinese in London . . 237
Seminary ......... ib.
Funds..........ib.
Intended Missions ...... ib.
Missionaries of the Year .... 258
Conclusion.........ib
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British and Foreign Bible Society:
THIRTEENTH REPORT:
Continental Societies.....272
Russia..........273
America....... 276
Africa..........277
The East: Calcutta, Serampore, Ceylon, Bombay, Travancore, Java, China, Amboyna . . . 277-279
Domestic Occurrences.....280
Conclusion........281
Compendium: corrected to July 16th, 1817 .........283
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel:
Receipts and Disbursements . . .321
Missionaries........ib.
Tribute to the late Bp. of Nova Scotia, 322
Madras System.......ib.
Mohawk Indians......ib.
Prayer-Book and Homily Society:
FIFTH REPORT:
Liturgy in Bullom......ib.
Liturgy in Hindoostanee .... 323
Foreign Parts........ib.
Issues of Books.......324
Conclusion.........ib.
Baptist Missionary Society:
Introduction........364
Missionary Stations: Dinagepore, Goamalty, Cutwa, Berhampore, Jessore, Serampore and Calcutta, "Vans- Variya, Chittagong, Silhet, Digah, Patna, Agra, Allahabad, Delhi, Gayah and Monghir, Nag-pore, Surat, Burman Empire, Co-lumbo, Samarang and Batavia, Amboyna, Jamaica . . . 365-370
Translations........370
Home Transactions......378
Religious Tract Society:
EIGHTEENTH REPORT......379
Church Missionary Society:
SEVENTEENTH REPORT:
Funds..........417
Missions:--Western Africa: Colony of Sierra Leone, Susoo Mission, Bullom Mission, Goree, Revival of the Slave Trade . . 417-421
India: Calcutta, Chunar, Agra, Meerut, Madras, Ceylon . 423--427
New Zealand, Persia, Malta and the Levant, Antigua . . 427-431
Publications: Scriptures--Liturgy--Tracts....... 431, 432
Students..........432
Miscellaneous........435
Conclusion........434
Christian Knowledge Society:
Diocesan and District Committees:
Calcutta Diocesan Committee . .461
Madras District Committee... ib.
Bombay District Committee . . ib.
Ceylon District Committee . . ib.
Education and Schools.....462
Distribution of Books, Tracts, and Papers.........ib.
Further Reduction of Price . . . 463
Arabic Bible........ib.
Foreign and Missionary Proceedings:
South Carolina......ib.
Syrian Christians...... ib.
East-India Mission.....464
Funds..........466
Receipts of 1815-16, & 1816-17 . ib.
Expenditure of 1815-16, & 1816-17, ib.
African Institution--ELEVENTH REPORT ;
State of the Slave Trade:
French West Indies.....467
Portugal........ib.
Spain..........ib.
Isle of Bourbon......ib.
Isle of France.......468
Java Benevolent Institution . . . 469
Abolition of Slavery in Ceylon . . ib.
Conviction of Hannay.....ib.
State of Western Africa:
Slave Trade.......470
Colony of Sierra Leone . . .471
Funds......... . 473
Resolution.........482
Edinburgh Missionary Society: Karass--Astrachan--Crimea, 489-494
HOME PROCEEDINGS.
Church Missionary Society: Gloucestershire Association ... 25
Sermons at Worcester by the Rev. Daniel Corrie .......27
Anniversary of the South Collingham Bible, Church Missionary, and Jews' Association.....ib
Risely Branch Association ... 28
Departure of Two Schoolmasters for Sierra Leone.......ib.
General Baptist Missionary Society:
Formation of........ib.
Church Missionary Society:
Second Anniversary of the Bedfordshire Association.....149
Turvey Branch Association . .149
Sermons at Hereford.....ib.
Fourth Anniversary of the Bristol Association.......ib.
Sermons at Plymouth Dock and Stonehouse.......151
Sermons and Meetings in Cornwall, ib.
Sermons........ ib.
Formation of Bodmin Association, ib.
Anniversary of the Falmouth Association ........ib.
Falmouth Ladies' Branch Association .........ib.
Formation of the Penzance and Marazion Association . . .152
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Anniversary of the Helstone Association ........152
Formation of the Guernsey Association .........ib.
First Anniversary of the Sheffield
Association.......153
Return of Rev. D. Corrie to India . 155
Departure of Missionaries to India . 157
ANNIVERSARIES:
Sunday School Society..... 198
Wesleyan Missions ...... ib.
Church Missionary Society--
Seventeenth Anniversary . . . ib.
British and Foreign Bible Society--
Thirteenth Anniversary .... 200
Receipts........ ib.
Payments....... ib.
Issues of Books...... ib.
Prayer-Book and Homily Society--
Fifth Anniversary.....201
Jews' Society--Ninth Anniversary . 202
Naval and Military Bible Society . 202
British and Foreign School Society . 203
Sunday-School Union.....204
Religious Tract Society--
Eighteenth Anniversary . . . ib.
London Missionary Society--
Twenty-third Anniversary . . . 205
Hibernian Society......ib.
Church Missionary Society:
Colchester East-Essex Association . 238
First Anniversary.....ib.
Sermons by the Rev. W. Marsh . .239
National Society--Sixth Anniversary, ib.
British and Foreign Bible Society:
Speeches at the Thirteenth Annual Meeting........286
Extracts from the Speech of the Rev. Dr. Thorpe.....ib.
Speech of W.T. Money, Esq. M. P. 287
--the Rev. John Paterson, 289
Church Missionary Society:
Sermons in Staffordshire and Warwickshire ........292
Ashbourne Branch Association . . ib.
Ashbourne Ladies' Branch Association ........ib.
Second Anniversary of the Manchester and East-Lancashire Association ....... 293
Manchester Ladies' Association . ib.
Worcester Ladies' Association . . 294
United Brethren:
Thanks for Assistance to their Missions ..........ib.
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel:
Annual Sermons.......324
Annual Meeting.......330
Church Missionary Society:
Hibernian Auxiliary Society. Third Anniversary.....330
Sermons and Anniversaries in Yorkshire ........ . . ib.
Baptist Missionary Society:
Designation of Missionaries . . .331
Anniversary........ib.
London Missionary Society:
Official Publications......ib.
Annual--Monthly--Quarterly,331,332
Auxiliaries ib. Church Missionary Society':
Sermon and Meetings at York and Tadcaster........381
Anniversary of the Rotherham Association .........382
Meeting of the Lancaster and North Lancashire Association ... . ib.
Anniversary of the Knaresborough Association........ib.
Anniversary of the Leeds Association, ib.
Formation of thePontefract Association, 383
--Gainsborough Association, ib.
Anniversary of the Derbyshire Association .........384
Sermons at Preston......ib.
Formation of the Shropshire Association .........ib.
Remarks on the Journey of the Assistant Secretary.......385
United Brethren:
Notice respecting the State of the Funds.........387
Letter to the Editor from the Rev. C. I. Latrobe......ib.
Church Missionary Society:
Fourth Anniversary of the Norfolk and Norwich Association . . . 436
First Anniversary of the Saffron-Walden Association......ib.
First Anniversary of the Devon and Exeter Association.....ib.
Sermons in Dorsetshire.....ib.
Fourth Anniversary of the Suffolk Association........437
Special General Meeting .... 473
Departure of the Missionaries to the Mediterranean and to Africa . .474
Specimen of a Card, for One Year, for the Use of Collectors of One Shilling, and upward, per Week . ib.
Meeting and Sermons at Lynn . . 476
Sermons, by the Rev. Legh Richmond, in the North.....ib
Third Anniversary of the Birmingham Association......ib.
British and Foreign Bible Society:
Monthly Extracts of Correspondence, 497
Address of the Committee respecting Associations.......498
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Church Missionary Society:
Formation of the Carlisle Association, 498
Formation of the Bath Association, 499
Fourth Anniversary of the Leicestershire Association ...... 500
Formation of the Nottingham Association .........ib.
Opponents and Benefactors of the Society.........501
Valuable Ethiopic Manuscript, with a Fac-Simile.......ib.
Departure of Missionaries for Ceylon and Madras.......505
United Brethren:
London Association in Aid of the Missions of the United Brethren, 505
Jews' Society:
Formation of the Colchester and East-Essex Auxiliary ...... 506
Formation cf the Norfolk and Norwich Auxiliary......ib.
Journey of the Rev. Messrs. Simeon, Marsh, and Hawtrey .... 506
Anniversary of the Bristol Auxiliary, ib.
Sermons to the Jews.....ib.
Journey of the Rev. Messrs. Way, Cox, and Solomon.....507
London Missionary Society:
Meetings of Auxiliary Societies . . 508
New Auxiliaries....... ib.
Deputation to Scotland . . . . ib.
Deputation to the Northern English Counties........ ib.
Baptist Missionary Society:
Annual Meeting at Oxford . . . 509
Designation and Departure of Missionaries for India ... ib.
Methodist Missions:
Juvenile Societies ....ib.
Anniversaries......ib.
Organization of Societies . .510
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
INDIA
Bishopric of Calcutta -- Primary Charge of the Bishop .... 29
Church Missionary Society: MEERUT--Account of Permunund, a Reader and Schoolmaster . . 33
American Baptist Mission:
RANGOON--Situation of the Missionaries there......35
Visit to the Lady of the Viceroy . ib.
Baptist Society:
SIRDHANA--Visit of Mr. Chamberlain to the Fair of Hurdwar . . 36
INSULAR INDIA--Baptist Society:
AMBOYNA--First School Examination, 36
Address of the Resident . . 37
CEYLON--Baptist Society:
Visit to a Budhist Temple ... 38
RUSSIA--Bible Society:
Letter of Prince Galitzin to Lord Teignmouth.......47
WESTERN AFRICA.
Church Missionary Society:
Journal of the Assistant Secretary:
Passage to Goree.....50
Stay at Goree.......51
Arrival at Sierra Leone ... 54
Stay at Sierra Leone before visiting the Settlements.....ib.
NORTH AMERICA--UNITED STATES.
Episcopal Church
Extracts from Bp. Griswold's Charge, 57
Letter to the Secretary of the Church Missionary Society, from the Bishop of Philadelphia. . . . 60
Female Bible Society of Philadelphia: Address of the Bishop of Philadelphia, 61
Louisiana Bible Society:
Eager Desire for the Scriptures . . 63
INDIA.
Church Missionary Society:
MADRAS--Journal of Christian, a Native Reader.......63
State of the Mission.....68
TRANQUEBAR--Return of Mr. Schnarre, 70 CALCUTTA--Arrival of the Missionaries, Greenwood and Schroeter . 70
MALTA.
Church Missionary Society:
Proceedings of the Rev. W. Jowett . 88
GREECE.
British and Foreign Bible Society:
Yanina.......... 95
SWEDEN.
British and Foreign Bible Society:
Letter from Count Rosenblad to Lord Teignmouth.......95
Address of the Archbishop of Upsala to his Clergy.......96
DENMARK.
British and Foreign Bible Society:
Notice of a Letter from the Crown Prince to Lord Teignmouth . . .97
GERMANY.
British and Foreign Bible Society:
MARBURG -- Letter from the Rev. Leander Van Ess, Roman-Catholic Professor of Divinity . . 97
SWABIA--Letter from a Roman-Catholic in Swabia.....ib.
WESTERN AFRICA.
Journal of the Assistant-Secretary, continued........98
NORTH AMERICA-UNITED STATES.
Rapid Increase of Population . .112
Moral and Religious State of the Back Settlements.....114
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NORTH-AMERICAN INDIANS,
United Brethren.
FAIRFIELD-- Communications from Mr. Dencke......115
SPRING PLACE--Letter from Mr. Gambold........ .117
SPANISH AMERICA.
Prospects of its Improvement...117
CONTINENTAL INDIA.
Church Missionary Society:
CHUNAR--Proceedings of Mr. William Bowley . . . . . .118
TRANQUEBAR--Estblishment of the Rev. J. C. Schnarre at this Station .........123
CEYLON.
Abolition of Slavery.....126
BASLE.
Basle Institution......158
CALCUTTA--First Circular Letter of the Corresponding Committee . 340
Hindoo College, Calcutta,
Opening of the School .... 343
NEW ZEALAND.
Church Missionary Society:
Proceedings of the Settlers at the Bay of Islands........344
Extracts from Mr. Kendall's Journal, from March 1815, to Jan. 1816 .... ib.
WESTERN AFRICA.
Journal of the Assistant-Secretary, continued......159, 206
Intelligence from Sierra Leone .170
Arrival of Messrs. Cates and Brennand off Senegal .....212
NORTH AMERICA-UNITED STATES.
Board of Foreign Missions:
Seventh Anniversary......212
WESTERN AFRICA.
Church Missionary Society:
Journal of the Assistant Secretary, concluded........ 241
General State of the Mission . . 252
Christian Institution..... 253
Regent's Town....... 255
INDIA.
Church Missionary Society:
Madras and travancore--Arrival raid Stations of Messrs. Norton, Bailey, and Dawson .... 258
RUSSIA.
Bible Society: Fourth Anniversary.....294
INDIA.
The Fidyalaya, or Hindoo College, of Calcutta:
Managing Committee.....297
Rules of the College.....298
Tuition.........ib.
Funds and Privileges . . . . ib.
Government.......300
Church Missionary Society:
MADRAS--Extract of the Journal of the Missionaries, from Oct. 4, 1815, to Aug. 27, 1816 . . .532
Letter of Mr. Rhenius .... 557
Revision of the Tamul Old Test. . 338
Discussions with a Gooroo . . . ib.
Letter from the Rev.M.Thompson, 559
MALTA.
Bible Society:
Formation and Importance of the Society.........351
ABYSSINIA AND EGYPT.
Church Missionary Society:
Intelligence respecting Abyssinia . . 352
Character of the Pasha of Egypt . , 354
WEST AFRICA.
SIERRA LEONE--Official Returns of the Population and Schools . . 355
Population of Freetown . ib.
Account of the Captured Negroes, 356
General Return of Free-Schools, to March, 1817.....357
NEW ZEALAND.
Church Missionary Society:
Seminary for New Zealanders . . 387
INDIA.
Church Missionary Society:
Voyage of the Rev. Daniel Corrie..388
WESTERN AFRICA.
British and Foreign Bible Society:
SIERRA LEONE Auxiliary Society -- First Annual Meeting ....ib.
Church Missionary Society:
KISSEY TOWN--Death of Mr. Brennand, 389
YONGROO POMOH--Bullom Witchcraft, 590
CANOFFEE--Preaching in the Native Towns........ib.
MALTA.
Church Missionary Society:
Mr. Jowett's Communication on the State of North Africa .... 594
Egypt, Tripoli, Tunis, 394--402
WESTERN AFRICA.
Church Missionary Society .
Death of the Rev. Leopold Butscher, 437
HONDURAS.
Church Missionary Society:
Advantages of a Mission to the Mosquito Indians....., . 433
State of Morals and Education . . 439
State of Slavery.......441
RUSSIA--Bible Society:
Documents on the Progress of the Scriptures in the Russian Empire, 442
Edinburgh Missionary Society:
Intelligence from the Crimea . . .441
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GERMANY.
British and Foreign Bible Society .
Progress of the Scriptures among Roman Catholics.......444
MALAYAN ARCHIPELAGO.
Java Benevolent Institution:
State and Effects of the Slave Trade, 477
WESTERN AFRICA.
Church Missionary Society:
SIERRA LEONE--State of the Christian Institution.......480
Further Particulars respecting Mr. Butscher's Death......481
State of the Negroes and Schools at Regent's Town......ib.
Gloucester Town......484
Wilberforce Town......485
Kissey Town........486
SWEDEN--Bible Society:
Letter of the President .... 510
GERMANY--Bible Societies:
Speech of the Landgrave of Hesse, 511
Progress of the Scriptures among Roman Catholics......512
RUSSIA--Bible Society
Fourth Anniversary of the Moscow Bible Society......515
Speech of the Archbishop Augustine, ib .
Exemplary Zeal of the Clergy . 516
Declaration of the Emperor Alexander ........ ib.
Zeal of the Peasantry . . . . 517
Juvenile Association .... ib.
Formation of the Tobolsk Bible Society, in the Capital of Siberia . ib.
Ukase of the Emperor Alexander, 519
NEW ZEALAND.
Church Missionary Society
Settlement at Wytanghee . . . 519
Misconduct of European Seamen . 522
Plan for establishing a Native School, 524
Improvement of the Natives . . 525
General State of the Settlement, . 525
General Views ..... 526
WESTERN AFRICA.
Church Missionary Society:
YONGROO POMOH--Christian Worship, and Preaching in Bullom . 527
canoffee--Insecurity of the Settlement, and Rejection of the Gospel, through the Slave Trade . 528
St. Mary's, in the River Gambia . 533
NORTH-AMERICA--UNITED STATES.
Bible Society
Extract from the First Report of the Society.....533
MISCELLANIES.
Contributions to the Church Missionary Society, from Dec. 21, 1816, to Jan. 20, 1817 .... 39
CORRESPONDENCE--Correction of the List of Missionary Stations and Missionaries.......70
Memoir and Obituary of Mowhee, a young New Zealander, who died at Paddington, Dec. 23, 1816 . 71
Contributions to the Church Missionary Society, from Jan. 21, to Feb. 20 ........79
Contributions to the Church Missionary Society, from Feb. 21, to March 20, 1817......127
Papal Bull against Bible Societies . 170
Contributions to the Church Missionary Society, from March 21, to April 21, 1817......173
Contributions to the Church Missionary Society, from April 22, to May 23, 1817.......213
Death of Onim, a Converted Indian Sorcerer........259
Remarks on the Christian Treaty . 262
Contributions to the Church Missionary Society, from May 21, to June 20, 1817 ...... 263
An Account of Juggernaut, from Dr. Buchanan's Christian Researches, 300
An Idolater converted by means of a Little Girl........311
Contributions to the Church Mis-sionary Society, from June 21, to July 21, 1817......ib.
The Little Sunday Scholar . . . 558
Contributions to the Church Missionary Society, from July 22, to August 20, 1817.......ib.
Human Sacrifices to Hindoo Deities, 405
Resolutions of Congress on the Slave Trade.........407
Missionary Zeal in the Poor... ib.
Contributions to the Church Missionary Society, from August 21, to September 20, 1817 ..... 408
OBITUARY--Rev. James Jones, Curate of Glasbury.......445
Anecdote--Poor Jack, the Sailor Boy, 447
Contributions to the Church Missionary Society, from Sept. 22, to Oct. 20, 1817.......ib.
Contributions to the Church' Missionary Society, from Oct. 21, to Nov. 20, 1817 ....... 487
Nicholas's Voyage to New Zealand, 534
Contributions to the Church Missionary Society, from Nov. 21, to Dec. 20, 1817 ...... 535
