tending the sanctuary and the seminary of learning. In order more fully to ascertain the moral condition of this region, the Society has caused it to be very extensively explored, during the past year. Reserving the specific information thus acquired for the use of the Committee, the following general statements respecting a part of the field are submitted to our readers. Hereafter more extended notices may be inserted in our pages. Statistical information respecting Southern Indiana. In Orange county there are Methodists, two circuits, about 800 members; Baptists, 9 churches, perhaps about 500 members; Presbyterian, (Old School) 2 churches, 138 members; Presbyterians, (Cumberland) 1 church, perhaps about 50 members; Quakers, 3 societies, perhaps about 500 members; United Brethren, perhaps about 50 members; whole number of members, 2038; and estimated number of worshippers, 4076. Population in 1840, 9602; of whom, the adults are 6402; deducting those who attend worship, 4096, leaves the number who worship no where regularly 2326. In Martin county there are Metho- || dists, about 300; Baptists, about 25; Presbyterians, 2-members, 327, and worshippers, 654. The population in 1840, 3875; of whom, the adults are about 2583; the number of worshippers, 654, leaving those who worship no where regularly, 1929. In Davies county there are Methodists, about 600; United Baptists, 3 churches, 162; Presbyterians, (Cumberland) two churches, 187; Presbyterians, (Old School) 1 church, 72; Campbellites, about 150; Evangelical Lutherans, about 100; Roman Catholics, (4 chapels) about 500; estimated number of worshippers, 3542. Population in 1840, 6720; adults, 4480; leaving 1938 who worship no where. In Pike county there are Methodists, about 500; Presbyterian, (Cumberland) one church, 100; Regular Baptists, 2 churches, about 75; United Baptists, 3 churches, about 100-members, 775; worshippers, 1550. Population in 1840, 4769; adults, 3180; number who worship no where regularly, 1630. In Vanderburg county there are Methodists, 432; Baptists, perhaps about 250; Presbyterians, (Cumberland) 2 churches, 130; Do., (Old School) perhaps about 35; Do., (New School) 50; Episcopalians, perhaps about 35; German Lutherans, about 50; Roman Catholics, about 250; in all, 1239; and having an aggregate of worshippers of 2464. Population in 1840, 6250; adults, 4167; worshipping no where regularly, 1703. In Warrick county there are Methodists, about 800; General Baptists, perhaps about 250; Regular do., 35; United do., 113; Congregationalists, 2 churches, 59; Cumberland Presbyterians, 2 churches, 86; in all, members, 1343. Population in 1840, was 6321: adults, 4214; number of worshippers, 2686; and 1528 who worship no where regularly. In Spencer county there are Methodists, 500; United Baptists, 187; Regular do., 120; Cumberland Presbyterians, 24; German Lutheran and Presbyterian, perhaps about 20; in all, 851 members and 1700 worshippers. The population in 1840, was 6305; the estimate, as made in the other counties, would leave 2500 who worship no where regularly. In Perry county there are Methodists, about 300; Regular Baptists, 76; United do., 71; Emancipating do., perhaps about 17; Presbyterians (Old School) 3; Do., (Cumberland) 12; German Lutherans and Presbyterians, perhaps about 50; Roman Catholics, perhaps about 100-in all, members 629; and probable attendants, more or less statedly, 1258. Population in 1840, 4653; estimates as made above for the other counties, would leave in this county 1844 who worship no where regularly. Thus in nine counties, there were in 1840, 58,180 inhabitants, and at present 10,546 church members, and 21,092 worshippers, leaving seventeen thousand and seven hundred who worship no where regularly, besides children. In this estimate there are 1700 Roman Catholics. This number taken from the number of worshippers, will leave 19,392 Protestant worshippers. If added to these who do not attend any where, it will make 19,396, who either worship no where regularly or in Roman Catholic chapels. Some of these counties have considerably increased in population since 1840, so that there must be a much greater number who worship no where regularly. What a field for christian sympathy and effort! In Dubois county there are Methodists, about 160; Cumberland Presbyterians, about 200; United Baptists, 73; Regular do., 20; Presbyterians, (Old School) about 30; Campbellites-just commencing-and it is said about 700, Roman Catholic families from Germany, and 300 families of German Lutherans. The population of this county in 1840, was 3632. But a large part of these Germans has come since the census was taken, so that the population may now be estimated at between 5 and 6,000. In these ten counties together, with Crawford county, there are but three Old School preachers and three New School preachers. And in five of these counties (viz., Martin, Dubois, Spencer, Perry, and Crawford,) THERE IS NOT A SINGLE PREACHER, either Old or New School, and but about 40 or 50 Presbyterians. The statements here presented, it will be remembered, refer to only ten or twelve counties of a State which comprises 36,000 square miles, and 87 counties. What would be the result, if a survey equally accurate were made of the whole, we have not the present means of determining. Before long, however, we hope to lay before our readers some particulars respecting the portion of Indiana lying north of the national road. remains after we have made every allowance for the influence of all denominations which may claim to be considered evangelical? And these have under their training ten thousand children, to grow up without prayer, without instruction in the Scriptures, without the hallowed associations of the Sabbath and the house of God-to become in their turn the parents of other multitudes, without hope and without God in the world! Will not such facts excite the ministers of Christ to throw themselves into the breach, and stay the progress of advancing desolation? Will they not move the hearts of those to whom God has committed the stewardship of his goods, to give bountifully to this suffering cause? Will they not stir up to prayer all who have any sense of the value of souls, and the peril that attends their continued jeopardy? Every excursion discovers new fields. I have just returned, after an absence of nearly a week, for the purpose of preaching at a county town, about seventy miles distant, where an interesting little church has recently been organized, but is yet without a minister. On my way out, I stopped for the night in a part of the country where the land is not yet in market. Many families are there, and have already Most of made small improvements. them have arrived within the last year. They expect to purchase the lands upon which they settle. Some told me they had not heard a sermon of any kind in a whole year. On inquiring, I heard of one Presbyterian family in the neighborhood, and I left an appointment to preach on my return. Though, when the evening came, it was dark, and the roads muddy, the room where I preached was filled with an attentive audience. After sermon, being introduced to the Presbyterian brother of whom I had heard, while we conversed others made themselves known, as having been members of the Lutheran, German Reformed, and Presbyterian churches in other These statistical details may to some appear uninteresting. But is there nothing calculated to move the heart, in the ascer-places. These, all sympathising totained fact, that here are more than twenty thousand immortal beings in one section, who use no means of grace-a fact, too, which gether, desired me with much importunity to return and preach to them, and organize them into a Presbyterian Church. This I promised, and expect try at least to go alone, and begin this to de, if the Lord will, early in March. year? Truly the harvest is great, and the fields are white already; but the laborers are few. OHIO. Appeal to churches east of the mountains. The way a man did good-an example. A short time since this whole section of country was almost entirely in the hands of errorists; so much so that a leading character among them made Might not the churches now aided in his boasts that no evangelical denomiN. York and N. England, to some ex-nation could get a foothold there. But tent, relinquish missionary aid? The 2 years ago, a very godly Presbyterian difference between the expense of moved into this neighborhood, and soon living here and in the East, is, I am found, from his own observation, the confident, over-rated. If we except great desolation of Zion around him. fuel and provender, the difference is He longed, like Nehemiah, to see these greatly in favor of the East. From an waste places built up. He at length examination which I made last sum- found two men, one a Baptist, and the mer, while on a short visit to N. E., I other a Methodist, whom he persuaded am confident that 300 dollars in cash to engage with him in a prayer-meetthere, is better than 400 dollars in a ing. They three agreed to meet every mere subscription here. At any rate, I week during the year, without fail, to would give 12 per cent. premium in an pray for their ungodly neighbors. exchange. True we, i. e. H. Mis- Often these men met alone; still they sionaries at the West, are obliged to were not discouraged-they trusted in economise; and in these days we ought God. Near the close of the year, their to do so. The cause of Christ demands meetings began to increase; their imit at our hands. Our libraries are lean, penitent neighbors began to feel trouour garments are worn till they are bled in their minds on account of sin. tattered. Our equipage-why we The result was a powerful revival of have nothing which goes by that name religion, in which more than 30 were -at least, many of us. Still we are hopefully converted. A Congregationfar better provided for than the first al church was immediately formed. missionaries of the cross. Now might They are now desirous to engage my not 50 or 100 churches, now aided, if labors one third of the time. They they had the proper spirit, release have subscribed 80 dollars, to be paid themselves from your guardianship, and in provisions and money. Appointments by the Executive Committee of the A. H. M. S. from March 1st to April 1st, Not in commission last year. Rev. I. T. Holmes, Griggsville, Ill. Rev. E. W. Hewitt, Milton, Wis. Rev. N. Tucker, Troy and Southfield, Mich. Rev. John Woods, Lapeer, Mich. 1844. Rev. Patterson Fletcher, Elk Branch, &c., Va. Rev. F. Kyte, Lumberland and Barryville. Rev. S. W. Edson, Poolville, N. Y. Rev. J. W. Walcott, Virgil, N. Y. Rev. J. M. Benham, Maryland, N. Y. Rev. L. C. Gilbert, Buffalo and Elkhorn, Ill. Rev. Stephen Mason, Clarendon, Mich. Rev. J. A. Caufield, Chaumont and Three Mile Rev. A. Worthington, Commerce and Hartland Creek, N. Y. Re-appointed. Rev. C. Reckenberg, German Ch., Syracuse, N. Y. 23 The Treasurer of the American Home Missionary Society acknowledges the receipt of the following sums, from March 1st to April 1st, 1844. MAINE Wilton, H. M. S., by C. Marvin, $29; Ladies' Benev. Soc. $7 50, NEW-YORK Portland, left at the door of Rev. Asa 36 50 Cummings, $10; Asa Henderson, by J. B. Condit, $175, 11 75 In an anomyous note, 10 00 NEW-HAMPSHIRE Brooklyn, First. Presb. Ch. Sab. Sch. Miss. Assoc., $50 68; J. A. Davenport, $100, 150 68 Campton E. Cook, by Rev. B. P. Stone, 5 00 50 Fifth Presb. Ch. Coll., $19 40; D. O. Caulkins, 5, 24 40 75 2 00 South Presb. Ch., Mon. Con. Coll., by J. A. Davenport, 34 12 5 00 Carmel, Gilead Presb. Ch., 8 52 12 26 100 00 Concord, First Cong. Ch., Individual, by do. Sanbornton Bridge, Rev. C. Curtis, by do. Westminster, in part of legacy of the late Jacob Chapin, by J. Chapin, Thetford, in part of legacy of the late Miss Rebecca Kingsley, by E. White, 100 00 MASSACHUSETTS 600 00 Missionary Soc., by B. Perkins, Treas., West Springfield, in part of legacy of the late Rev. J. L. Pemeroy, by L. Strong, Esq., Friend, RHODE ISLAND Providence, a friend, by P. Helme, CONNECTICUT*— Columbia, Cong. Societies, Rev. J. M. Woodward, Durham, Rev. David Smith, D. D., 5 00 East Windsor, Rev. J. Cogswell, D. D., Greenfield, Cong. Soc., by S. B. Sturges, Madison, David Crittenden, L. M. in full, New-Haven, Chapel St. Ch. Sab. Sch., by J. Griffing, 3.00 16 04 22 00 25 00 New-Haven West Consoc., by A. Town send, Jr., viz: East-Haven, legacy of the late Rev. S. 51 90 8 39 47 03 20 00 175 00 30 00 Clintonville, by Rev. J. Fisk, Bleecker St. Presb. Ch., James Roosevelt, $50; Rev. O. Eastman, $3; B. T. Eastman, $1; W. R. Eastman, 1. Eighth St. Presb. Ch., Sab. Sch. Miss. Assoc., by E. H. Ensign, Mercer St. Presb. Ch., Mon. Con. Coll., by T. S. Nelson, $149 06; A. De Forest, $100; B. De Forest, $50; Thomas Denny, $25; I. Phelps, $20; Wm. Shaw, $10; I. Leeds, $5; R. H. M'Curdy, $30-$389 06; Ladies, by Mrs. H. B. Washburn, viz: Mrs. J. G. Nelson, $1; Mrs. W. W. Chester, $2; Mrs. W. N. Blakeman, 50 cts.; Mrs. J. Chandler, $1; Miss J. Boardman, 25 cts.; Mrs. L. Suydam, 25 cts.; Mrs. C. E. Darling, $1; Mrs. J. B. Sheffield, $2; Mrs. E. Wainwright, $5; Mrs. Markoe, $2; Mrs. H. W. Goodwin, $1; Mrs. W. G. Bull, $5; Mrs. Dr. Parker, $5; Mrs. Haines, $2; Mrs. S. Leeds, Jr., $2; Mrs. G. C. Goddard, $5; Mrs. Scribner, $1; Cash, $2; Mrs. B. F. Butler, $5; Friend, $5; Miss Read, $1; Mrs. Cooke, $1; Mrs. Tooker, $1; Mrs. M'Martin, $1; Mrs. Benson, $1; Mrs. C. Smith, $1; Mrs. Bronson, $2; Mrs. Hitchcock, $1; Mrs. Wm. Shepard, $1; Mrs. T. S. Nelson, $2; Mrs. O. Bushnell, $1; Mrs. James Stokes, $1; Mrs. A. G. Phelps, $2; Miss Clark, $1; Friend, 50 cts.; Mrs. Hunt, $1; Friend, $2; Mrs. C. Willett, $1; Mrs. Wm. Rockwell, $1; Mrs, B. De Forest, $2; Mrs. G. B. De Forest, $2; Mrs. Worth, $1; Mrs. A. S. Baker, $1; Mrs. Dr. Washington, $2; others, $2-$80 50, Sixth St. Presb. Ch., sub. in part, 55 00 200 00 B. Minor, L. M., 30; Elizur E. Pritchard, L. M., 30; James Brown, 10; P. W. Carter, 10; Philo Brown, 10; Aaron Benedict, 20; others, 65, West-Haven, Lucina Smith, L. M., Woodbridge, Ladies' Benev. Assoc. to const. Rev. Samuel H. Elliott and Silas J. Peck, L. M., New-London, E. Chappell to const. Miss Elizabeth H. Arnold of Monmouth, Me., a L. M., Norwich, 2d Cong. Ch. Coll., in part of which $15 is in part to const. Charles Coit Johnson a L. M., and $15 is in part to coust. Mrs. Harriet P. Williams a L.M., Salisbury, Mrs. Joanna Pettee, to const. her sons Aaron E. and Wm. J. Pettee, L. M., 100; Cong. Soc. $79 41, by T. Chittenden, Southington, Cong. Ch. and Receipt of the Philadelphia Home Missionary Society from March 1st, to April 1st, 1844. Rev. E. R. Fairchild, Secretary. Kensington, 1st Presb. Ch., Coll. in Ch., 5th Presb. Ch., Phila., Mon. Con. Coll. $28 63; J. W. Throckmorton, $25; Wm. Worrell, $30; Wm. C. Coates, $15; H. Sloan, $10; James Atwood, $10; Cash, $5; J. Wiegand, $5; P. H. Tenbrook, $5; E. Brown, $3; T. Orr, $2 50; T. Peterson, $1; Miss Ellen Kulinberg, $1; E. S. and A. M., $6; S. Neill, $2; J. Montgomery, $20, (as far as collected,) Athens, Pa., Presb. Ch., Carlisle, Presb. Ch., Pa., Samuel Wood, $10; T. Trimble, $2; Unknown, 50 cts., by Mr. H. Duffield, 169 13 95.00 12.50 27 50 1.00 145 91 7:00 Fairmount, Presb. Ch., Phila., H. B. Hall. $6; Miss S. Wilson, $4; James Dearie, $2; J; Dearie, $1; T. Wood, $2; R. Clark, $1; T. B. Stovel, $1; Mrs. Blackwell, $1; H. Swartzengrover, $1; Wm. Guthrie, $1; others, $10 50, Philadelphia, legacy of Miss Caroline Maybin, dec., by Wm. H. Hart, Esq. Executor, 175 00 Pottstown, Pa., Miss Hannah Brook, by Rev. A. Barnes, 1st Presb. Ch., Newark, N. J., David Tichenor, $10; Cash, $5; Mon. Con. $40; Coll. in Ch. $83 41 (by Mr. A. Woodruff,) Mrs. O. King, $5; Young Ladies, $2 50, (by Rev. A. D. Eddy,) Central Presb. Ch., N. L., Phila., J. Leidiegh, $1; J. Leeds, $5; Mr. Holman, $1, 1st Presb. Ch., Phila., John A. Brown, $100; Cash, $100; A. Fullerton, $100; Rev. A. Barnes, $50; Ambrose White, $50; Jas. Fassit, $50; John Eckle, $50; A. R. Perkins, $50; Isaac Dunton, $25; W. Wurts, $25; W. Raiguel, $25; T. B., $20; J. W. Paul, Esq., $20; J. Smith, $20; J. M. Atwood, $20; E. A. Holmes, $20; H. J. Williams, $10; S. Brown, $10; H. R. D., $10; T. A. B., $10; J. R.G., $10; J. McLanahan, $10; J. S. Kneedler, $10; Wm. McKee, $10; J. Dunton, $10; S. H. Perkins, $10; Cash, $10; H. Neill, M. D., $10; E. S. Whelan, $10; Cash, $10; S. Smith, $5; B. W. Richards, $5; Thos. Stewart, $5; Cash, $5; T. Rooney, $5; W. Griffio, $5; G. Philler, $5; J. C. Miller, $5; E. L.. Handy, $5; C. Sherman, $5; J. Courteney, $5; J. Wright, $5; Cash, $5; Cash, $5: Cash, $5; Cash, $1; T. Robertson, $2; Cash, $3; Cash, $1; Cash, $1; Cash, $2; J. L. Dutton, $2; Cash, $1 50; W. Purves, 10; H. Perkins, $10; S. T., $10; Ladies, by Miss C. Brown, $460 50; also 1 copy of "Notes on Isaiah, by Barnes," (as far as collected,) 2d Presb. Ch., Newark, N. J., Mon. Con. Coll, Rev. E. Cheever, 1444 00 273 50 32 39 Clinton St. Presb. Ch., Phila., Mon. Con. Coll., $100; G. W. Fobes, $25; C. S. Wurts, $40; C. Tingley, $20; B. W. Tingley, $20; N. B. Thompson, $20; E. Dunbar, $10; J. M. Kennedy, $10; John S. Boyd, $5; Cash, $10; A. Reed, $5; Cash, $2; Cash, $1.50; L. W. Glenn, $10; (as far as col lected,) 4th Presb. Ch., Washington City, D. C., Coll. in Ch., by Rev. J. C. Smith, Minersville, (Alleghany co.,) Presb. Ch., Pa, bal. of Coll., by Mr. B. A. Fahnestock, Alleghany City, Pa., Mr. John Patterson, to const. his wife, Mrs. Eliza J. Patterson, L. 30 00 M., by Mr. B. A. Fabnestock, Cedar st. Presb. Ch., Phila., by Mr. Jas. 300 Earle, 70.06 375 50 00 108 38 Wattsburgh, Presb. Ch., Pa., Coll., in Ch., by Rev. L. Stright, Arrarat, Cong. Ch., Pa., Coll. in Ch., by Rev. E. Hyde, 4.63 150 12.00 90 69 Brooklyn, Presb. Ch., Pa., Coll. by Rev. S. Cook, |