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The friends of missions will be pleased to learn, that the remittances of the Board have been forwarded from London to India, both for the support of the Missionaries, and the encouragement of the translations. In time of peace, the most favorable mode of remittance was that of sending Spanish dollars, by which something was gained; but the present mode of purchasing bills on London, and there again on Calcutta, is, according to the late prices of exchange, about 15 per cent. more favorable still; without taking into the account the saving of freight and insurance, and the greater certainty of a safe arrival. The only inconvenience of the present mode is, that it is rather circuitous and occasions some delay.

Extract of a letter from the Rev. George Burder, to the Treasurer of the Board, acknowledging the receipt of a bill of exchange, as the reimbursement of the sum of 50l. advanced to Mr. Judson, when in England, by the Directors of the London Missionary Society.

"I beg leave, Sir, to return you the sincere thanks of the Directors for this act of generosity. Had it not been convenient to the new Society for Foreign Missions to have transmitted this sum, our Society would have thought themselves happy to have contributed it to the furtherance of your truly benevolent efforts in behalf of the heathen. And we sincerely wish that your pious endeavors may be crowned. with remarkable success. We feel an interest in the safety and prosperity of Mr. Judson and his companions; and shall be happy to hear of their arrival in India, and comfortable settlement where Providence may fix their lot. If I recollect aright, it was the Birman Empire to which their views were principally directed; but I greatly fear, that no access can be had to that country, whose internal state we have been informed is very unhappy. Our missionary, Mr. Pritchett, (after the death. of his colleague,) was obliged to quit it; and since then the Baptist missionary was driven from it, under the suspicion of being a political spy: but I believe he has undeceived them, and, I think, been restored. The Isle of France, Java, and

Prince of Wales's Island, all seem to offer open doors for the Gospel: and so do many of the great cities of India-Benares, Surat, and Seringapatam.

"In consequence of the despotic power, which the British East India Company possesses in India, persons are not (legally) permitted to reside there without leave from the Directors in London; although a residence without such leave is frequently winked at: but owing to some particular circumstances, Mr. Thompson, a worthy young Missionary just arrived there, was positively ordered to return to Europe; and must, I believe, have done so, had not his Divine Master been pleased to remove him to a better habitation after a few days illness. We sincerely hope, that by an extension of commercial liberty in that country, more freedom will be obtained for the ambasadors of the Prince of Peace.

"As to our Society, I trust we are going on well, on the whole. Considering the times, we are supported generously. We have many offers of missionaries, more than we can employ; and in various places the word of the Lord has free course and is glorified.

"I beg, Sir, you will present to the gen tlemen of your Society the most friendly regards of the London Society, with their best wishes for your success.'

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EVANGELICAL TRACT SOCIETY.

At the request of this Society expressed by a vote we gladly publish the following article.

On the 25th of May, 1813, the Evangelical Tract Society, which was formed in 1811, held its annual meeting in Boston. The following Report of the Board for conducting the Society's concerns the last year was read and accepted:

"The Board are happy to state, that experience confirms the justness of the rea sons, which led to the formation of the Evangelical Tract Society. The ease with which truth is by this mean disseminated, the peculiar eagerness discovered by many to obtain tracts, and the good effects which have in some places attended them, present much encouragement for perseverance. At a period when the fundamental truths of the Gospel, those pillars of a believer's hope, are attacked with zeal and industry, the activity of true Christians is called for by the most powerful considerations, and it is believed that the method of extensively circulating concise and pungent statements of truth, in the form of tracts, may be numbered among the most happy and successful means of arresting

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"All the Tracts belonging to the Society have been circulated, except Dr. Rush's pamphlet on Intemperance, and the Dialogue between two Seamen, which, being intended for particular classes, have been more sparingly dispersed. The field, in which they have been sown is extensive. The District of Maine, Rhode Island, the Genessee country, as well as the metropo lis of Massachusetts, have shared in the bounty.

"The Society, which has been organized but a year and a half, has already proeured from 9 to 10,000 tracts, which being principally in circulation, are no doubt guiding some wandering sinners to a place of safety.

"Although our country, from various causes, is in deep affliction, and the minds of many are absorbed in temporal objects, it is hoped we may continue affectionately to remember Zion. Surely they shall prosper that love her. In due time, the Lord will undoubtedly appear to build up and prosper his church; and he may own these our humble efforts to promote his gracious work,

Per order,

E. LINCOLN, Secretary.

Several ministering brethren present; stated very encouraging effects to have been produced by the circulation of tracts, One instance in particular was communi cated, where the association of a few females to distribute tracts had issued in opening a door for the free dispensation of the Gospel of Christ. An encouraging communication, covering twenty-eight dollars, was received from a Branch of the Society, formed by friends belonging to the Baptist church in Newton; and it is hoped friends in other towns will imitate the example.

Officers chosen for the ensuing year. The Rev. THOMAS BALDWIN, D.D. Pres. E. LINCOLN, Sec.

HEMAN LINCOLN, Treas.

Rev. Thomas Waterman, William Batchelder, Lucius Bolles, Daniel Sharp, William Gammell, and Messrs. Henry Homes, Amos Smith, and Elijah. Corey, Committee..

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AN association of females in Salem, called the Tabernacle Female Charitable Society, and instituted for the purpose of aiding the missionary cause, has in seven years contributed to the treasury of the Massachusetts Missionary Society about a thousand dollars. Very exemplary liberality has also been displayed by females in the church and Society of the Rev. Dr. Hopkins, and the Rev. Mr. Emerson, in that town. In other places similar liberality may have been equally worthy of distinct notice, though not particularly known to the writer of this paragraph.

ORDINATIONS.

ORDAINED, at Danby, (N. Y.) on the 21s of December last, the Rev. SAMUEL PARK

ER. Sermon by the Rev. Hezekiah N. Woodruff, from 1 Cor. xv, 20.

At Boston, on the 14th inst. the Rev. JOHN LOVEJOY ABBOT, to the pastoral

care of the first church and congregation in that town. Sermon by the Rev. Dr Ware, from Acts xxvi, 17, 18.

OBITUARY.

DIED, at Manchester, (Vt.) Mr. JOSEPH FRENCH, aged 67. He was apparently in good health, was suddenly seized with a severe pain in one of his fingers, and expired in an hour afterwards.

At Holliston, on the 6th inst. the Rev. TIMOTHY DICKINSON, aged 52.

At Rhinebeck, (N. Y.) on the 22d ult. Mr. JOHN R. SCHUYLER, a member of the senior class in Harvard College, aged 20.

At New York, SILAS TALBOT, Esq. late captain in U. S. Navy.

At Brentzlau in Prussia, on the 28th of April, Prince KUTUSOFF SMOLENSKO, commander-in-chief of the Russian and Prussian armies, aged 70.

In Prussia, AUGUSTUS FERDINAND, Prince of Prussia, a brother of Frederic the Great, aged 83.

In the battle of Lutzen, fought on the ed of May last, Marshal BESSIERES, Duke of Istria, Bonaparte's greatest general of Cavalry.

In the same battle, the Prince of HESSE HEMBOURG, an officer in the Prussian army.

At New Haven, on the 25th of March last, Mrs. REBECCA DAGGETT, aged 32. In the death of this woman, society sustains a heavy loss; but to her afflicted friends the bereavement is peculiarly distressing, and would be insupportable without the glorious consolations of religion. But blessed be God, that, while they mourn, they have good reason to entertain the animating hope, that their departed friend is participating in the enjoyments of saints and angels in praising their Creator and Redeemer, and are thus furnished with strong motives to live as coheirs of the same heavenly inheritance.

The subject of this notice was distinguished by many attractive and amiable qualities, by great prudence and discretion, and, in the latter years of her life, by submission to the will of God, and elevated piety. She possessed great personal beauty, and very uncommon sweetness of manners, and benevolence of disposition. The amiableness of her character, and the propriety of her conduct, even in childhood, gained her many valuable friends. Being religiously educated, she ever appeared to entertain a high veneration for the ordiInances and worship of God, and for the Christian character, long before she herself professed this character. Her great

delight seemed to be to do good. Her cheerfulness was natural, constant, and almost invincible; her fortitude worthy of high admiration. With all these native excellences, and with a heart renewed and sanctified by divine grace, what might not have been expected? What has not been realized?

In the year 1808 she was united to the church of God, in New Haven, her native town, and where she always resided. From that period to its close, her life was an unvaried course of kindness and benevolence. Every faculty was employed in the great business of serving God and her generation: No opportunity of communicating happiness was so minute as to escape her observation, and no practicable exertions so great as to deter her from action, where the good of her fellow creatures was concerned. Under a combination of severe and lasting afflictions, she exhibited, for several years, great composure of mind, and great dignity of deportment. Though modest, silent, and uncomplaining, she was at the farthest possible remove from apathy. Her religion was that of the heart. She was a light, shining with steady and uncommon lustre, and breaking forth with increased splendor in the hour of death.

She was attacked on the 21st of March with the epidemic which then prevailed, which appeared to be seated on her lungs, and to remove which baffled all the skill of her physicians. She expired on the fifth day of her illness, after much distress, which she sustained with exemplary patience. Notwithstanding the great difficulty of respiration under which she labored, she was able to converse a great deal with her friends, to bear ample testimony to the stedfastness of her faith, and to pray earnestly for them and for the church of Christ, even while apparently in the agonies of dissolving nature.

If this slight sketch of a well-spent life, and a triumphant death, should have the least tendency to inspire one soul with faith in the Redeemer, or to animate one heart to a more vigorous exercise of love to that God from whom cometh down exery good gift and every perfect gift, it will greatly rejoice the heart of the writer, who considers religious biography, as a channel by which immense good may be conveyed. Let the reader inquire whether

he should tremble if laid immediately on his death-bed, and whether he is prepared for heaven.

At Hillsborough, (N. H.) on the 11th of April last, Mr. JOHN JONES, aged 24. The eircumstances attending this young man's death were extraordinary and worthy of notice. He went from his father's house to public worship on the Sabbath, and, as he did not return at evening, was supposed to have gone to a brother's, a few miles distant. No alarm was experienced by the family till Wednesday, when a search commenced, and his body was found on Thursday morning, within 60 rods of his

SWEET was the song the angels sung
To hail the infant earth,
While she in listening wonder hung
To hear their holy mirth.
From every vocal hill and plain
That smil'd beneath the sky,
Echo return'd the joyful strain
In loud and sweet reply.

father's house. In returning from meeting he crossed the fields, and, from the position of his body, it appeared that he loosened a stone wall by passing over it, and, leaping down, his feet slipped and he fell backward toward the wall, when a stone weighing fifty or sixty pounds, fell upon his head, in such a manner as to produce instantaneous death. It appeared that he did not even struggle, as his handkerchief remained in his hand. He was an active young man, of correct moral habits, and his death was greatly lamented. Surely it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

HYMNS.

Sweeter the song of pure delight
From that angelic throng,
When Shepherds, through the starry night,
With rapture heard the song.
Earth caught the glorious hymn again,
With unbelieving joy;

And bade her children join the strain,
To hail the Savior Boy!

But sweeter yet the song shall flow
In harmony divine,

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LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.

NEW WORKS.

THE Charlestown Association for the Reformation of Morals: a Tract, containing, 1. A Discourse delivered at the organization of the Association, by the Rev. Jedidiah Morse, D.D. 2. The Constitution of the Association, with a list of the officers and members. 3. Rules and recommendations adopted by the Standing Committee of the Association. 4. Extracts from certain laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for the suppression of vice and immorality. Boston; S. T. Armstrong. pp. 48. 12mo. 12 1-2 cents.

A Sermon, preached at Concord, before his Excellency the Governor, the Honora

ble Council, the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire, June 3, 1813, being the anniversary election. By John Hubbard Church, Pastor of the church in Pelham. Concord; George Hough. 1813. pp. 41.

A New Critical Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language: containing all the words in general use, with their significations accurately explained, and the sound of each syllable clearly expressed: among which will be found several hundred terms, with their acceptions and derivations, which appear to have been hitherto omitted by the best lexicographers. Also, n variety of the technical terms of medicine, law, commerce, arts, and general science:

the whole interspersed with critical and philosophical observations, and references to the respective authorities. To which will be [are] prefixed Mr. Walker's principles of English pronunciation: a nomenclature of the names of distinguished persons and places of antiquity; comprising a sketch of the mythology, history, and biography of the ancients, from the most authentic sources: a chronological table of remarkable occurrences, from the earliest ages to the present time; containing whatever is worthy of record, as discoveries, inventions, &c. &c .Compiled from authors of the most approved reputation: with considerable additions. By an American Gentleman. Burlington, (N. J.) D. AlLison & Co. 1813. Royal octavo.

NEW EDITIONS.

8.

THE Pious Mother, or Evidences for Heaven: written in the year 1650, by Mrs. Thomason Head, for the benefit of her children. Published from the original manuscript, by James Franks, A. M. and curate of Halifax. Newburyport; Thomas and Whipple. 1813.

Memoirs of the Life and Character of the late Rev. George Whitefield, of Pem

broke College, Oxford, and Chaplain to the Right Honorable the Countess Dowager of Huntingdon. Faithfully selected from his original papers, journals, and letters, illustrated by a variety of interesting anecdotes, from the best authorities. Originally compiled by the late Rev. John Gillies, D.D. Minister of the College Church of Glasgow: Fifth edition. Revised and corrected, with large additions and improvements, by Aaron C. Seymour, author of "Letters to young persons." Boston; Samuel T. Armstrong. Large 12mo. pp. 268. 1813. Bound $1.

The Royal Convert: or Force of Truth. Being a wonderful and strange relation of the conversion of Varanes, Prince of Persia, and two young Ladies, to the Christian faith; their trials and sufferings on that account; of the strange death of one of the ladies; and of the prince's success over his enemies, and converting at last his cruel father, and his whole kingdom. Boston; Samuel T. Armstrong. 18mo. 1813.

Christian Morals: By Hannah More. First American from the 4th London edition. New York; Eastburn, Kirk & Co. 12mo. 1813.

Lectures on Scripture Facts: By William Bengo Collyer, D.D. Boston; Samuel T. Armstrong. 8vo.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

1813.

We decline publishing the paper of N. U. on Conscience, as it does not appear to us sufficiently perspicuous, though it contains many correct observations. We know not who this respected correspondent is; and mention the fact merely for the sake of stating, that we prefer not to know our correspondents in ordinary cases. Whether a piece is admitted or not, we have no desire to be informed who wrote it. From this observation must be excepted all communications which contain facts not generally known, and for the authenticity of which reliance must be had on the character of the writer. Under this class must be placed all accounts of Revivals of Religion and all obituary and biographical notices. None of these will be inserted unless the writer is known to us, or his account is confirmed from some other authentic source.

The pieces of poetry transmitted by OLNEY have been received. Either a part, or the whole, will be inserted.

An obituary notice of Miss DELIVERANCE EMMONS, is necessarily deferred till next month.

Several months ago, we received a peevish note from A. Z. expressing his regret that the Panoplist should have been closed against his "candid and scriptural reply" to .C. By turning to our answers to correspondents in the Panoplist for November last. p. 288, our readers will see, that we declined, in very mild terms,the insertion of A. Z's communication. It seems proper now to state, that our principal reason was a decided conviction, that the observations of A. Z. were both uncandid and unscriptural. A. Z. is reminded, that, in the envelope containing his communication, is the following sentence: "The enclosed sheets are submitted with deference to your consideration." How far this is consistent with the note above referred to, A. Z. must determine. His communication is left at the publisher's, superscribed according to his request, to be delivered to his order.

BETH in reply to ALEPH cannot be admitted: certainly not without very material retrenchments and alterations. On looking at the paper of ALEPH, we observe an error of the press, which has not been corrected. Pan. for March last, p. 449, column 1, fine 19 from the top, for "a seeking of superiority," read "a feeling of superiority." We intend to publish a Review of Bellamy's Works in our next number.

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