deputation to, 43; subjects discussed,
44; preaching, 46; native churches
and pastors,..
Ceylon missionary conference,.
China, condition of females in, 40;
pirates, 42; tract distribution in
Hang Chau, 43; prospects in,. . . . . .
Chusan, nucleus of a church, 13; labors
of the assistant, 39;-of Mr. Knowl-
ton, 465; baptisms, 39, 41; Catholic
influence, 42; hopeful aspect, 42,
182; interesting inquirer,
Crawley, A. R. R., journal of, 176; tour
to Rangoon, 176; return, 177; preach-
ing tours,.
Cross, E. B., letter from, 179; visit to
Matah, 179; to Baulau, 341; journal
of, 399; dialogue with a heathen Ka-
Dawson, J., letter from, 374; visit to
the capital, 374; audience of the
king, 374; invitation to reside at the
capital, 376; sight to the blind, 376;
medical treatment,.
prospective efforts, 22; penny-a-day
society, 22; interdiction of religious
books, 113; the public sentiment, 114;
toleration in Macedonia, .
fasting in, 20; and almsgiving, 21;
state of the public mind, 21; relig-
ious freedom, 22; the eastern war,
Henthada mission, report on, 225; an-
nual report, 272; tour, 176; baptism
of a priest, 177; the assistants, 177;
church formed, 372; interest in the
regions beyond, 372; mournful tid-
ings, 372; baptisms, 373; aged con-
vert, 373; the great want, .
Hibbard, C., letter from, 5; appeal to
the churches of America, 5; journal
of, 366; tour, 367; monster banyan,
367; jungle tour,
Hongkong mission, report on, 213; an-
nual report, 291; external influences,
111; native assistants, 111: peril of
A Tui, 111; the church, 112; candi-
dates for baptism, 112, 403; outsta-
tions and schools, 112; female helper,
112; book distribution, 113; oral
preaching, 113; meeting for prayer,
401; miracles of mercy, 401; chapel
worship, 402; literary graduates in-
terested, 402; speech of A Tui, 402;
natives keeping the Sabbath, 404;
inquirers and baptisms,
Douglass, J. L., letter from, 135; daily
occupations,..
English Bible Translation Society,....
France, mission to, report on, 218; an-
nual report, 298; return of Mr. Wil-
lard,.
General Baptist Missionary Society,..
Germany, mission to, 13, 186; report
on, 218; annual report, 300; chapels
at Elberfeld and Stettin, 13,17; church
at Brussels, 13; pastor elected at
Elbing, 15; persecutions, 16, 17;
church at Berlin, 16; Seegefeld, 17;
cheering scenes at Bernstein, 186;
the Darbyists, 404; Christ the only
refuge, 404; the law fulfilled, 405; few
that be saved, 405; error corrected,
405; the ignorant instructed, 405;
edict on literary instruction on the
Sabbath, 406; dissenters required to
pay church rates, 406; love feast, 406;
baptisms, 407; sin abounding, 407; a
true missionary, 407; king of Prussia
and the Evangelical Alliance, 408;
Prussian Association, 409; journals of
native assistants, 468; hungering for
the bread of life, 468; the Catholic and
Pilgrim's Progress, 468; persecution
at Ludwigslust, 469; winter-hard-
ships, 469; successful labors, 469;
visit to Bohemia, 470; missionary
contributions, 470; sewing societies,
470; testimony to the Baptists, 470;
religious awakenings, 470; timid be-
liever, 471; the gospel made effect-
ual,...
Greece, mission to, (See Sakellarius,)
17, 113, 183; report on, 213; annual
report, 310; interested hearers in E-
gina, 18; hopeful inquirer, 19; opin-
ions of a priest, 19; opposition at Po-
ros, 20; at Hydra, 20; thoughts on
gratuitous Bible distribution in, 22:
Jewett, L., journal of, 463; visit to a
Hindu village, 463; wayside preach-
ing, 463; female inquirer,
Jewish mission in Turkey,
Johnson J., journal of.
Jones, J. T., assault on,,
Karens, mission to the, (see Maulmain,
Taroy, Rangoon, Bassein, Toungoo,
Shwaygyeen, Henthada,) interest in,
1; Dr. Hengstenberg's opinion of, 1;
Dr. Hoffinan's, 1; natives the chief
instrument in its advancement, 1;
characteristics of Karen converts, 66;
Karen preachers, 67; earliest efforts,
100, 165; translation of the Bible, 130;
theo ogical school, 165, 329; first or-
dination of Karen ministers, 163; let-
ters from Karen assist ints 174; revi-
val scenes, 322; Karen schools, 325;
ideas of self-support, 312; martyrdom
of pastor Thaghe, 388; additions to
the Karen churches, 390; list of Ka-
ren churches,.
Kincaid, E., tour of, to Woonten Zike,
9; letter of,..
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Maulmain Burman mission, 36; report
on, 220; annual report, 252;-
sociation, 37; statistics, 38; death-
bed repentance, 80; daily labors, 81;
retrospect, 344; on the conversion of
Burmans, 345; the great want,.....
Maulmain Karen mission, 5; report on,
220; annual report, 255; reduction
in remittances to, 5, 6; native preach-
ers, 7; schools, 7; ordination, 37;
covenant meeting, 366; a sad sight,
366; applicants for baptism, 367;
Krungpung, 367; faults among Chris-
tians, 367; Sgau catechism, 368;
crisis in a church member's life, 368;
heathen coming to hear, 368; a
dim light, 369; state of the church,
369; church at Tacraikee, 456; con-
tribution, 456; church at Mauko, 456;
Kodako church and pagoda,
Maulmain, signification of, 418;-the-
ological school, 8; students from Bas-
sein at,
Missionaries, arrival and departure of,
30, 191, 349,
Missionary appointments,.
Mission schools, Teloogoo boarding and
day-schools, 74; theological class, 74;
examination of 75; Tavoy day-school,
75, 181, 325; mode of conducting, 75;
Sabbath school and Bible class, 76;
for native assistants, 165; Mr. Ab-
bott's school in Arracan, 166; schools
of various missionaries, 166; Dr. Ma-
son's mode of conducting, 167, 327;
Dr. Binney's theological school, 168;
schools at Toungoo, 326; Mr. Board-
man's plan, 327; Maulmain normal
school, 328;-teaching English in
schools, 329; school at Hongkong,
112; at Bassein, 8, 138; disbanding the
Ningpo day-school, 181; Assam nor-
mal school, 346; schools in the mis-
sions of the American Board, 141;
Batticotta seminary, 148; among the
Shanars,
Native agency, 413; preachers, support
of,...
Ningpo mission, report on, 213; annual
report, 293; Akwang and Aming, 9;
baptisms, 12, 39, 41, 42; Chusan, 13,
39, 82; baptistery, 42; correspond-
ence of a convert and the Catholic
bishop, 82, 83; disbanding the
school, 181; itinerant preaching, 181;
light and shade, 465; the great want,
465; sinister motives, 466; inter-
esting inquirer, 466; new assistants,
467; fruit of retrenchment, 467;
superstitious observances,.
Oncken, F., journal of, .
Paris, conference at, 13, 22; opening
meeting and Evangelical Alliance,
23; Young Men's Associations, 23;
Great Britain, 24; infidelity, 24;
United States, 25; Holland and Bel-
gium, 25; Germany, 26; France, 26;
Sweden and Denmark, 27; evangeli-
cal missions, 27; Switzerland, 28;
the Jews, 28; Italy, 28; Turkey and
Greece, 29; observance of the Lord's
day, 29; Hungary,..
Persecutions in Germany, 16, 307; in
Sweden, 59, 87; in Greece,
Prome mission, 9, 139, 178; report on,
225; annual report, 274; native as-
sistants, 139; tours, 139, Ko En or-
dained, 139; religious services, 140;
school, 140; churches, 140; contri-
butions, 140; state of the mission...
345 Protestantism, modern German,....
Rangoon Burman mission, 38; report
on,225; annual report, 267; letter from
the church, 38; Karen department,.
Rarotonga, mission in,.
Relation of missionaries to the Union,
331; letter from missionaries in Bur
mah, 331; thoughts on the letter,
335; comments of Messrs. Stevens
and Mason, 337; circular from the
Committee to missionaries in Bur-
mah,.
Religious liberty, 85; meeting at Paris
in reference to, 14, 308; interview
with the king of Prussia, 14,...
Rhenish Missionary Society,...
Ringsdorff, F., journal of,..
Sakellarius, D., letter from, 17; a col-
porteur, 17; journal of, 18; interview
with a priest, 18; a solitary laborer,
22; merciful preservation, 114; voy-
age to Volo, 183; misapprehension
corrected, 183; voyage to Thessalo-
nica, 184; Constantinople and the
islands,....
Satterlee, A. B., obituary of,
Sau Quala, the second Karen convert,
1; his parents, 2; birth-place, 3;
preaching of Ko Thalbyu, 4; oppos-
ed by his father, 34, 35; desire to
learn, 34; his baptism, 35; begins to
expound Christian books, 67; his
mother, 267; his wife, 70; first preach-
ing tour, 97; specimens of his preach-
ing, 98; missionary journeys and
labors, 102; journal, 102; his helpers,
103; devotion to his work, 104, 456;
aids in translating the Karen B.ble,
129; first pastoral charge, 162; men-
tal traits and theological attainments,
162; ordained. 163; revival labors,
323; excursions, 324; establishes
schools, 326; acquires the Pwo dia-
lect, 363; enters Toungoo, 423; refus-
es a government office,
Shanar Christians, native agency and
liberality among,
Shatoo, Moung, the Burman name of
Sau Quala,
Shwaygyeen mission, report on, 220;
annual report, 261;
Simons, T., letter from,
kens, 110; state of the church, 180;
--of other churches, 180; superstition,
180; church at Oungpoon, 341; the
Association, 341; Karen ideas on self-
support, 342; -on education, 343;
Baulau church, 344; Kabin church,
400; the communion, 401; liberality
of an assistant,
Teloogoo mission, report on, 217; annu-
al report, 70, 284; reinforced, 70;
baptisms, 70; inquirers, 71; mode of
labor, 72; itineracies, 72; native as-
sistants, 73; printing, 73; schools, 74;
appeal for help, 340; wayside preach-
ing, 463; female inquirer,
Thayet, zayat to be built in, 9; bap-
tisms, 179; assistants at, 179; church
at, 179; favorably situated,
Thomas, B. C., letter from,
Toungoo city, 423; — kingdom, history
of,
mission, (See Sau Quala,) report
on, 220; annual report, 262; com-
mencement of, 102; list of churches,
103; native helpers, 103, 104; tour
Ward, W., letter from, 378, 430; jour-
nal of, 427; tours, 427; reception at
Basgora, 427; visit to Ranee,
Wiehler, J., letter from,
Whitaker, D., journal of, 169; tour west
of Toungoo, 169; Sabbath with the
Karens, 171; deserted village, 171;
alone, yet not alone, 172; first fruits
gathered, 173; reasons in favor of
printing books in Bghai, 173; letter
from,
Whiting, S. M., journal of, 390; three
weeks among the Miris, 390; old ac-
quaintance,
Zemindary system in India,
THE SECOND KAREN CONVERT.
BY REV. F. MASON, D. D.
Perhaps no mission creates so general an interest at present as the mission to the Karens. Dr. Hoffman, long at the head of the Missionary Seminary at Basle, and now one of the highest ecclesiastical dignitaries in Prussia, remarked to the writer: "While in Basle, I had the publications sent me from all the missionary societies in existence, and I have always considered your Karen mission as the most successful in the world." And I left Professor Hengstenberg, in Berlin, spelling out the Memoir of Ko Thahbyu in English; but the work has since, I am informed, been translated into German, and published in Germany. Similar sentiments are entertained in the best informed religious circles in England and Scotland; and the Memoir of Ko Thahbyu has been scattered broadcast over the land by the English Tract Society.
the labors of the converts into deep shade; but the Karen missionaries, like the magician of old, call up spirits more powerful than themselves. Ko Thahbyu was a specimen of the men when wholly uneducated, laboring under the eye of the missionary, a licentiate, who never administered the ordinances. Sau Quala is a specimen of what they are with the advantages of education,— of an ordained minister, pastor, and independent missionary in charge of a large important district, administering the ordinances on his own sole responsibility.
"There is a want of definite information," remarked a gentleman to me, when conversing on the Karen mission; and having had repeated applications for that information, it has been thought that a history of the life and labors of Sau Quala, incorporating a succinct history of the Karen mission up to the present time, would be an acceptable offering to the friends of missions.
When Wordsworth wrote his " High
The Karen mission is distinguished above all others on record, by the na-land Girl" at Inversneyde on Loch Lotives themselves being the chief instruments in its advancement. In the records of other missions, there is always some St. Xavier looming up in the foreground, as the moving spirit, and throwing all
mond, and gazed on "those grey rocks, the lake, the bay, the waterfall," he was not at all aware that the scene was reproduced at the antipodes, even to the contorted mica slate rocks. It was the
first cascade I had met in the Karen glens, | falls on thorns, the thorns pierce it. and burst upon my view as I was thread- Thorns fall on it, the thorns spear it. ing my way barefooted and barelegged Our habitation is a thorn bush. We up the bed of a babbling brook, in one come upon the Siamese, the Siamese of the early years of my missionary life, make us slaves. We happen upon the to the base of a range of mountains high- Burmese, the Burmese make us slaves.” er than the Alleghanies, on whose un- He felt as if his heart would not overbroken summit a railroad might be con- flow, but burst with suppressed rage structed without bridging a single stream, against his Buddhist oppressors. He up to Thibet, and through to the high- hated them with an unquenchable halands of Central Asia, where Noah and tred; and he hated their religion, and his sons cultivated the vine. From their pagodas, and their images, and these mountains, the stream I ascended their priests, and everything that was comes tumbling down in a clattering cascade, through a deep gorge, and descends into a small lake, a mile or two distant, teeming with tame barbel and carp, clothed in green and gold and scarlet, that come to the hand to be fed, petted as living offerings to the pagoda on the cliffs which throw their shadows over the waters.
theirs. He hated the taskmaster, who ordered him to-day to drag boats or pull logs; and he hated the officer, who commanded him to-morrow to cut bamboos or ratans, or collect dammer or beeswax, or gather cardamons or capsicum. "The iron had entered into his soul." The habit of looking on so many objects with unmitigated detestation, absorbed every About forty years ago a tottering bam- better feeling of his nature, and left him boo house might have been seen stand- not even the shadow of a smile for his ing on the brink of the gorge, through quiet, uncomplaining wife, who planted which this brook leaps, threatening with the cotton, weeded it, watched it, gathevery gust of wind to fall into the gulf ered it, carded it, spun it, dyed it, below. Its inmates were a tall, long-wove it into cloth, and then made it bearded Karen man, a very fair, round- into tunics and shawls for himself and faced Karen woman his wife, and one his children. child, about two years old. They were groaning, with the rest of their nation, under Burmese oppression; but they had heard some indistinct reports, that the ships of the white men often appeared in the Burmese seaports, and believing that these white men were their destined deliverers, they began to look up in hope that the epoch of their salvation drew nigh; - so when a second son was born unto them, about this time, they called his name Hope, QUALA, because, they said, "We hope happiness will come to us in his days." This is the Rev. Sau Quala, now in charge of the Karen mission in the province of Toungoo;-where he has baptized more than fifteen hundred converts.
I have seen many agreeable Karen women, but never one that made so deep and lasting an impression on my mind, and awoke such pleasing emotions, as Quala's mother. If ever human being received the gospel as glad tidings, she did. Were I an artist, called upon to depict Mary sitting at the feet of Jesus, I should immediately transfer her to the canvas from the picture on the tablet of my memory, as I have seen her seated at the feet of the teacher or teach
Whenever she could leave her home, she was with the missionary, wherever he might be; whether in the city or in the jungle; and whenever she was with the missionary, from early dawn to late His father was an austere man. He at night, she was literally seated at brooded to the confines of madness over his feet, or at the feet of his wife, listhe wrongs of his nation. "The bamboo tening through her large almond eyes, leaf," to use his own metaphor," it beaming with intelligence and happi
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