vales below ring with shouts of praise, and songs of salvation, as they now ring with shouts of savage conflict and the echo of savage war-songs? These are questions for Home Missions to answer. May the God of Heaven impart the needed wisdom and strength for the mighty work; may the prayers of God's people go up as a thick cloud of incense before the throne for success; may the benefactions of the churches be poured into the treasury to aid forward to speedy and final consummation the holy en ing-knife of the savage. But how is it now? Appointments by the Executive Committee of the A. H. M. S. from Feb. 1st to March 1st, 1844. Rev. Elijah Buck, Hillsdale, Mich. Rev. E. E. Wells, Sycamore, Ill. Rev. Amasa Jones, Deep Water, Mo. Not in commission last year. Rev. Joseph Davison, Castle-Creek, N. Y. Rev. S. A. Williams, Welsh Congregations, Salem- Rev. Geo. Rowley, West Podsdam, N. Y. Rev. F. R. Gray, Newark and New Providence, Mo. Rev. H. Eddy, to go to the West. Rev. David Weir, Morgan Co., &c., Mo. Rev. P. J. Burnham, Circleville, N. Y. Rev. Philo Canfield, Holland, N. Y. Rev. J. I. Ostrom, 8th Av. Ch., New-York. Rev. A. L. Payson, Salem, Mich. Rev. E. Wright, Weston, Mo. Rev. S. B. Shearer, Milport and Catlin, N. Y. Rev. Samuel Porter, Bath, N. Y. Rev. G. W. Kennedy, Scottsville and vicinity, Ky. 40 00 27 00 The Treasurer of the American Home Missionary Society acknowledges the receipt of the following sums, from Feb. 1st to March 1st, 1844. CONNECTICUT Missionary Society, by B. Perkins, Asst. Berlin, of which $30 is to const. Franklin 205 64 90.00 20.00 Madison, by D. R. Meigs, coll., $30; 800 00 Blandford, Abner Pease, to const. Eli Pease a L. M., by O. Sage, 30 00 Franklin, Caleb Fisher, L. M., 30 00 Hampshire Miss. Soc., by E. Williams, 400 00 Milford, Legacy of the late Mrs. Joanna Stearns, D. S. Godfrey, and J. S. Gent. Miss. Soc., $15; Deac. B. Hart, New-Haven, Officers of Yale College, of New-London, Charles Butler, Jr., 56 00 160 00 25.00 100 00 Sharon, Mrs. Chapman, by D. Gould, 2.00 Stonington, Fem. Aux., by Miss L. A. Suffield, Ladies' Sew. Soc., Miss Lucy Wethersfield, Chester Bulkley, L. D.,. Buffalo, First Ch., bal of coll., $5 49; Canandaigua, N. W. Howell, Centerville, Green Co., by Rev. T. Blair, Currie's Corners, by Rev. H. B. Taylor, Fort Ann, Rev. Bowman Brown, 3 50 50 00 Livingstonville, Presb. Ch., by Rev. J. $3,628 33 Moase, 10 00 J. CORNING, Treasurer. New Rochelle, Simeon Lester, 10 00 New-York City, viz: Bleecker St. Ch., N. Talbot, Duane St. Ch., Edward Field, Houston St. Ch., C. Rogers, Mercer St. Ch., Mrs. Boorman, $50; Norman White, to const. Erskine N. White a L. M., $30; J. B. Sheffield, $10; E. H. Blatchford, to const. Miss Susan Tenbrook Hopkins a L. M., $30; Mrs. Atlerbury, $5; J. ·F. Worth, $9; D. McMartin, $3; C. S. Benson, $5; John Wiley, $5; C. E. Pierson, $5; A. S. Baker, $3; W.L. Stone, $5; T. Parmelee, $5, Pearl St. Ch., Charles Starr, Sixth St. Ch., Mrs. W. E. Dodge, $10; Mrs. Armstrong, $5; P. Yates, $1; E. W. Hutchings, $5; Mrs. Tompkins, $1; Mrs. Booth, $1, 165 00 3. 00 Rev. A. Hale acknowledges the receipt of the following: Springfield, Ill., 2d Presb. Ch. 23 00 Allen, by Rev. L. Brewster, 25.00 Spring St. Ch., by L. Patton, 65 00 Almond, 10 00 Tabernacle Cong. Ch., B. M. Wilson, 1 00 Angelica, second quarterly payment, ladies, 6 25 Sunday School No. 26, 1 80 Ashford, by Rev. Mead Holmes, 2.50 Rev. G. B. Cheever, avails of two lec Batavia, a friend, 5 00 tures at the Tabernacle, 200 54 Bethel, by Rev. A Lilly, 25 CO A Female Friend, 100 00 Black Rock, by A. Callendar, 6 63 Perrysburgh, by Rev. E. Taylor, 1 00 Randolph, by do. 3.00 Buffalo, First Presb. Ch., Fem. Mis. Soc., Mrs. A. S. Holt, Treas., 78 30 Sag Harbor, Mrs. Clarissa Sleight, 5 00 44 Setauket, Presb. Ch., by Rev. J. Gile, Sinclairville, by Rev. E. Taylor, 15.00 Ch., to const. Rev. Luther H. Angier a L. M., 30 00 600 Centreville, by Rev. S. Sturges, 20 00 Smithfield, Ch. and Cong., by Rev. W. J. McCord, 22 75 Clyde, a friend, in full, to const. Rev. Beebe a L. M., 14 00 Troy, Eliphalet Wickes, 100 00 East Palmyra, 15.00 Westfield, by Rev. T. M. Hopkins, 12 00 Ellicottville, Rev. M. Holmes, $10; Coll. in Wilmington and Jay, by Rev. I. Manley, NEW-JERSEY 3 20 part, $2, 12.00 Franklinville, by Rev. M. Holmes, 19 88 Bloomfield, James C. Baldwin, 3 00 Elizabethtown, Mrs. M. T. Mills, 5.00 Geneseo, Presb. Ch., to const. Charles Colt, Esq. a L. M. 32 44 Madison, Ladies, by Mrs. S. W. Arms, 30 00 Geneva, Sabbath School, 5 56 Newark, David Hayes, to const. Mrs. Great Valley, by Rev. M. Holmes, 8. 00 Lewis Lyman, Clifton, Staten Island, a L. M., 50 00 Hammondsport, Coll. $20 50; Benev. Assoc. $26 09; last year, $7, 53 59 Central Ch., Sab. Sch. Assoc., by Miss Ogden, 20 00 Henrietta, in full, to const. Rev. S. H. Ashman a L. M., 18 00 Orange, 2d Ch., for freight. 4 25 ARKANSAS Hopewell, Mrs. Hannah Pratt, in part, to const. Rev. John Wood, L. M. $16; others, $3 48, 19 48 TENNESSEE Ithaca, quarterly payment, J. B. Williams, Esq. 25 00 OHIO Junius, 8.75 Bethel and Wilmington, by Rev. C. A. Hoyt, Little Valley, by Rev. M. Holmes, 8 00 9 00 Marion, 3 00 Graham's Station, by Rev. W. H. Bay, 10 00 Napoli, by Rev. A. D. Olds, 25 00 Mount Legh and Winchester, by Rev. J. P. Hills, Painted Post, by Rev. B. F. Pratt, 16 93 500 INDIANA Pavillion, Fem. Sew. Soc. $5; others, $13 75, Portland, by Rev. A. W. Gray, Prattsburgh, B. Bridges, $5; others, in part, to make Rev. Oliver S. Taylor a L. M., $9 20; Ladies', in part, to make Mrs. Emily Bull a L. M., $10, 24 20 Norwich, Otego, by Rev. F. Janes, Rome, First Ch., J. W. Bloomfield, to const. 64 Branch Ch., Utica, First Ch., Coll., 2 50 23 70 30 41 15.50 18 75 14.50 20 50 50 00 100 00 50 00 25 00 10 00 First Presb. Ch., Phila. T. M. M., by Mr. Purves, Eleventh Presb. Ch. Phila., bal. of Coll., by Mr. W. Hall, Mendham. N. J., Presb. Ch., Rev. D. H. Johnson, $10; Miss H. K. West, $2; Miss Nancy Thompson, $5; Robert Thompson, $3; Elisha Beach, $3; Ebenezer Fairchild, $2; D. T. Cooper, $2; J. S. Watkins, $2; J. Dayton, $2; A. Degroot, $1; others, $50 72, South Orange, N. J., Presb. Ch., Coll. for 1843, $35, by Ira Taylor, Esq.: Coll. for 1844, $37 08, by Rev. J. Vance, Second Presb. Ch., Newark, N. J., Coll. $165, (of which $100 by a member of the congregation, is to const. Rev. E. Cheever a L. D. of P. H. M. S.) 15 25 82 72 62 08 165 00 1.00 Central Presb. Ch. do., Nehemiah Perry, First. Presb. Ch. Newark, N. J., John Taylor, $100; Rev. David Hayes, $50; Lad. Home Miss. Soc., by Mrs. J. N. Tuttle, $60; Isaac Baldwin, $20; E. A. Baldwin, $5; E. Osborn, $5; D. Colton Jr., $10; Isaac Nichols, $20; Wm. Rankin, $20; Wm. Tuttle, $15; S. P. Smith, $10; Robert Nichols, $10; P. H. Porter, in part, to const. Mrs. C. Porter a L. M., $10; E. Van Antwerp, $10; J. N. Tuttle, Esq., $10; Hon. L. Condit, $10; A. L. Day, $10; W. Shugard, $3; Cash, $1; A. Nichols, $5; Jesse Baldwin, $3; Cash, $3; Cash, $1; D. A. Hayes, Esq., $5; W. A. Myer, $5; Cash, $2; Cash, $1; H. H. Nichols, $5; Cash, $1; do. $1; do. $1; W. Nichols, $5; Saml. Baldwin, $2; A. Garrock, $2; P. Jacobus, $5; Hon. J. C. Hornblower, $5; Young People's Miss. Soc., to const. Miss Phebe W. Taylor and Miss Sarah E. Lyman, L. M., by Mr. Carter, Treas., through Rev. E. 491 00 Cheever, $60, Rockaway, N. J., Presb.Ch., Rev. Mrs. King, Basking Ridge, N. J., Presb. Ch., Mrs. C. Mc 44.00 York Presb. Ch., Pa., Miss Coleman, through the Post office, $576 63 Receipt of the Philadelphia Home Missionary Society from Jan. 1st, to March 1st, 1844. Rev. E. R. Fairchild, Secretary. Lewes, Del. Presb. Ch., Rev. C. H. Mustard, $4 25; Wm. Russell, $3; Robert West, $3; Samuel Payuter, $2; J. Wolher, $2; Margaret Wilson, $2; R. R. Russell, $2; others, $23 75, Reading, Pa., Presh. Ch., Hon. Wm. Darling, $10; S. Bell, $10; W. Strong, Esq., $10; Mrs. Chas. Davis, $5; H. Schreiner, $5; Rev. W. Sterling, $5; T. M. O'Brien, $3; C. M. Pearson, $3; Jas. McKnight, $3; Wm. Eckhert, $5; Mon. Con. Coll., 340; others, $26 50, 22 01 125 50 East Whiteland, Pa., Presb. Ch. Coll., by Rev. A. Converse, 12.00 Fifth Presb. Ch., Phila., Mon. Con. Coll., by Mr. G. W. McClelland, 50.00 30 00 Prompton, Pa., Presb. Cb. Coll., by Rev. Mr. Hastings, $3 70, and by Rev. Mr. Miller, $11 30, Bethany, Pa., Coll., by Rev. Mr, Hastings, $3 20; by Jason Torrey, Esq., to const. his son, Mr. Stephen Torrey, a L. M., $30; and by Rev. I. Miller, $17 89, Montrose, Presb. Ch., Pa., by Rev. Mr. Has tings, 70.00 Barford, Cong. Ch., Pa., Coll., by Rev. Mr. Hastings, 5.00 32 00 Carbondale, Pa., Presb. Ch., Coll., Bloomfield, N. J., Presh. Ch., Board of Benev. $80; Mon. Con. Coll., $20, by Mr. Z. B. Dodd. 45.50 200 8 25 Pittsburgh, Pa., Third Presb. Ch., B. A. Fahnestock, Esq.. 10.00 100 00 5 00 West Bloomfield, N. J., Coll. in Presh. Ch., through Rev. E. Cheever, of Newark, Unknown, by Rev. G. H. Hastings, 42.00 94 Central Presb. Ch., N. L., Phila., W. Donaldson, by Rev. A. Rood, Berlin, Md., Presb. Ch., Henry Franklin, $1.50; John Hudson, $1; E. W. Henry, M. D., $1; Mrs. A. Robins, $1; Leander Clifton, $1; Mrs. Martha Riley, $1; Mrs. Rachel Purnell, $1; Robt. F. Bowen, $1; L. P. Ayres, $1; Cash, $1; Cash, $1; Nancy Franklin, 50 cents; L. C. Groves, 50 cents; Mrs. Martha Sturges 50 cents; Misses E. and R. Riley, 50 cents; Miss Maria Massey,. 50 cents, and others, $1.50, Wilmington, Del., unknown, through the l'ost-office, by Rev. Wm. Hogarth, Durham. N. Y., through the Post-office, Rev. T. Williston, 20.00 THE HOME MISSIONARY. Go,. PREACH the GOSPEL-Mark xvi. 15. How shall they PREACH, except they be SENT?-Rom. x. 15. PUBLISHED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE American HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY, At the Society's Office, 150 Nassau-street, New-York. VOL. XVII. FOR THE YEAR ENDING APRIL, 1845. 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