the Conference was over, a special meeting should be held for prayer and humiliation in relation to missions. G. Pearce, Esq., spoke of missions in China. Dr. Cook mentioned some striking examples of the efficacy of prayer. Pastor Saussaye spoke of the Netherlands Missionary Society. Prayer was offered by pastor Filhot, and the meeting closed.. Switzerland. The evening was devoted to Switzerland, Count St. George presiding. The report was presented on the religious state and habits of Switzerland. Mr. Barde, of Geneva, sketched the principal traits in the Swiss character. Mr. Le Grand gave interesting details of eminent Christians in the city of Basle, and spoke of the character and habits of Oberlin. Mr. Naville gave information concerning the Evangelical Society of Geneva, and that for promoting the welfare of scattered Protestants. Dr. Capadose, a converted Israelite of the Hague, spoke of the probable return of the Jews to Palestine. Dr. Duff said there were two causes why the Jews hated Christianity; 1. The conduct of Christians towards them. 2. The idolatry which they witness among professing Christians (Papists). On this account he suggested the necessity of laboring for the conversion of those by whom they are surrounded. Still, we should not think that nothing can be done for the Jews until the Gentiles are first converted. Italy. In the evening, Italy was the topic of discussion, Rev. E. Pressensé presiding. A report was read by the Rev. M. Meille, of Turin, on the recent revival in the Waldensian church, and the state and prospects of evangelical religion in other parts of Italy. In Lombardy, Naples and the States of the Church, no bright The Swiss brethren to the number of spots can be descried. The awakenings twenty were called, and received frater-in Tuscany are of an encouraging charnal salutations through pastor Descom-acter, notwithstanding the efforts of Pobaz, of Lyons. The Jews. Thursday morning, Aug. 30, was occupied with the Jews, Sir C. E. Eardley presiding. The report, prepared by Rev. J. A. Hausmeister, of Strasburg, remarked that conversions among the Jews had taken place in every era. The ancient church of Jerusalem count ed fifteen among its bishops. In the middle ages some received the faith, notwithstanding the persecutions raised against them, among whom was Nicholas de Lyra, the commentator on the Bible. Many Jews hailed the Reformation and embraced it, but no missions had been established for their conversion till the beginning of the seventeenth century. There are now in Berlin 2000 baptized Jews, and some thousands in England. Fifty-nine clergymen of the Church of England are converted Israelites. In one single chapel in London seven hundred Jews have received the outward badge of Christianity. In Constantinople there are 30,000 Jews. pery to suppress the truth. The same al tendencies of the best writers. 2. Pastor de Sanctis related a number of The two brethren from Italy were saluted in their own tongue by Mr. Valette, as the first representatives from that country in such an assembly. Turkey and Greece. Hungary. Friday morning was devoted to TurSaturday morning was devoted to key and Greece. A report was present- Hungary, Dr. Krummacher presiding. ed, drawn up by Rev. H. G. O. Dwight, Hungary has three millions of Proteson the progress of the gospel among tants, and 2,800 churches. In TranTurks, Greeks, Armenians and other sylvania, full toleration is enjoyed; but populations of Western Asia. The Mo- there is only a beginning of life in the hammedans form two-thirds of the pop-churches. There are in Transylvania ulation of Turkey; many of them are 215,000 Lutherans; 380,000 Reformed, free-thinkers and pay no regard to the and 46,000 Unitarians. Three different Koran. The Greeks have remained races form the population of Hungary, stationary. Their priests have unlimited about 12,000 Wallachians, 500,000 power. The Armenians are in the most Hungarians, and 250,000 Germans. The hopeful state; a spirit of inquiry pre-schools are generally in a wretched vails among them. The British and state. per. Foreign and American Bible Societies The closing meeting took place on have spread the Bible in fourteen differ- Saturday evening, and was devoted to ent languages. Two religious papers the administration of the Lord's supare published periodically, one in modern Armenian, the other in Hebrew and Spanish. When the first missionary arrived in Constantinople, he found only one Protestant service on Sunday; now there are twenty-one, in ten different languages. Twenty-five years since there was not a single Protestant school; now there are thirteen. God in his providence has been in a wonderful manner smoothing the way for the progress of the gospel in Turkey. Among the French soldiers hundreds of New Testaments have been distributed, which have been gratefully accepted. Sir Culling E. Eardley urged upon the Conference the propriety of adopting some practical measure in relation to the death-penalty inflicted upon Mussulmans if they become Christians. REVIVAL AT AMOY. An unusual religious interest has prevailed for a considerable time at Amoy, China. The have participated in the blessing. Mr. Doty, missions of different societies planted there of the mission of the American Board, under date of June 25, 1855, writes as follows: The promise is, "I will open the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it." Have any of the missions of the Board ever complained that they were overwhelmed with so great a favor? For many past months such has been our case, to so great a degree as to cause our hearts to be burdened. Not that we have not room enough in them, small as they are; for Observance of the Lord's Day. we cannot but desire, pray and labor In the evening, the subject was the that the blessing may be increased a observance of the Lord's day, pastor thousand fold. Not that there is not Cuvier in the chair. Papers were pre-room enough in our church; for we sented relating to this subject on the French-speaking portion of the continent, on Great Britain, and on Germany. It appears that neither the police regulations made three years since in France, nor voluntary associations to promote the observance of the Sabbath, have been of much advantage. Things are again as bad as in 1852. would rejoice to welcome hundreds and Still we are straitened. Our hands are too feeble, our strength too weak, our time too limited, as we are situated, to care for and gather in the precious fruit of the blessing which the Lord has poured out upon us. What the harvest might have been, had there been laborers according to our need, we cannot tell. We have seen and tasted the grace of God, and been made glad. Still we are constrained to indulge the humbling and sorrowful feeling that, had there been teachers and preachers adequate in some small degree to the necessity of the case, we might have witnessed much greater things than we have seen. We fear there has been a perishing of the harvest, because the laborers were so few. Some awakened souls have again gone to sleep in sin. Some, who began to feel after God, have ceased to stretch forth their hands. Some, who seemed almost clean escaped, have again been ensnared by Satan. Some, who appeared almost to enter the narrow gate, have ceased to strive. And over some, who were running well in the way of the Lord, the tempter has gained an advantage, and we have to mourn their fall. ence. Meeting with inquirers and candidates has been our most solemn work and most pressing duty. For about one year and a half, each Friday has been devoted to more direct and personal contact with souls, as regards their individual experiThe interview has seldom occupied less than three hours; often it has been four, and even more. Yet we have not seen the time when we could say, "We have got through this work of personal examination and instruction." Here we have been oppressed with the burdened feeling. "The blessing is greater than there is room to receive it." It is here that we have been constrained to groan, on account of our utter inability to give that time and strength, which the importance of the work demanded. Could we have devoted unitedly our whole time and energy to only this one part of our various duties and labors, we could have been wholly and profitably occupied. Inquirers, usually to the number of twenty, thirty, forty, or more have assembled on these occasions. Of such a number it is utterly impossible, at any one meeting, to speak personally with more than a small minority, so as to find out their individual circumstances, and instruct them accordingly. Again and again have the great majority had to go away, saddened with disappointment, to come again and again. Our treating with persons just emerging from the darkness of heathenism, as to their souls' condition and their right to church fellowship, is a different thing from what pastors and church officers do with those who have been born, and have ever lived, in the full blaze of gospel light. This deep soul-darkness can be removed only by much watchful care and diligent instruction. The weak and timid must be strengthened and encouraged. Those who seem to be indulging a hope of salvation on insufficient ground, must have their danger pointed out. There may be those, heartily sincere and earnest, who, in their imperfect conceptions of the spirituality of the religion of Jesus, place too great a reliance upon the ordinances of the gospel. Others, again, may have advanced no further than to a mental conviction of the truth of the gospel, with little sense of sin or of the need of a spiritual work in the heart. ARRIVAL OF MISSIONARIES. Rev. R. F. and Mrs. Buel, of the Greek Mission, arrived at Boston, Nov. 15, in the brig Sultana. Miss H. H. Morse, of the Siam Mission, arrived in this country, Dec. 5, with health much improved. Boston, Miss Eliza Ellison, for def., 10; Charles st. ch., S. N. Brown, jr., 10 per ct. on L. M., for det., 10; Gardner Chilson, for def., 50; Beverly, 2nd ch., of wh. 8 is from S. Sch., 57.41; Cotuit Port ch. 20; Brookline, ch., mon. con. 22.11; Springfield, 1st ch. 200; Chicopee, Central ch. 11.29; Lowell Asso, John A. Buttrick tr., Chelmsford, 1st ch. 29.50; Billerica, ch., of wh. 25 is to sup. Benj. Putnam in Nowgong Orph. Sch., 31; Chelmsford, Central ch., of wh. 10 is for def., 60.77; Littleton, ch. 16 35; Tewksbury, ch., Lorinda Kendall, 2.50; Lewis Wiske 2; Lynn, 1st ch., Jona. Bacheller tr., 66.55; Newton Upper Falls, Fem. Miss. Soc., Miss L. Bixby tr., 10; Wendell, Mrs. M. H. Sawin 5; Chelsea, Mrs. E. Cummings, for def., 25; Somerville, Perkins st. ch. 25; Worcester, 1st ch., mon. cou. 14; Pleasant st. ch., of wh. 26 fr. mon. con., 73.57; A. F. Smith 3.91; per Rev. J. Aldrich, agent, West Townsend, Rev. S. S. Leighton, avails of a watch,tow. sup. of a colp., 2; do. for translating the Bible among the Bghais, 2; Sudbury, L. Goodnough 5; Middleboro', J. W. P. Jenks, 10 per ct. on L. M., for def.. 10, Cambridge, Henry R. Glover, for def., 100; Rhode Island. State Convention, R. B. Chapman tr., Providence, 1st ch. mon. con. 23 32; Mrs. F. R. Arnold, and daughter, for def., 50; Miss Eliza Angell, for def., 22; Miss Mary Thompson, for def., 5; Rev. Wm. Douglass, for def., 10; Geo. I. Sherman, for def., 10; James H. Read, for def., 10; Wickford, 1st ch., mon. con. 33; Providence, 1st ch., Newell & Daniels, for def., 50; Luke Green, for def., 50; Rev. J. N. Granger, for déf., 20; Providence, Pine st. ch. 116.25; Wakefield ch., per Rev. J. Aldrich, agent, 9 37; 70.00 310.81 142.12 223.03 119.00 16.00 37.00 -864.96 283.32 125.62 -408.94 173.28 60.00 New York Asso., 16th st. ch., 55.28; M. Gunning 2; H. H. Ingersoll 5; Charles Saunders 1; Benj. Halsted, 10 per ct. on L. M., for def, 10; Berean ch. 100; per Rev. O. Dodge, agent, Hudson River South Asso., Abyssynian ch. 3.51; J. H. Smith, 10 per ct. on L. M.. for def., 10; E. Richardson, 10 per ct. on L. M., for def., 10; per Rev. O. D, agent, 23,51 Essex and Champlain Association, Keeseville, ch. 50; L. S. Scribner 10; with other douas. to cons. L. S. Scribner L. M., per Rev. O. D., agent, Saratoga Asso., Burnt Hills, S. Sch. 2.61; E. D. Garnsey, with other donas., to cons. Mrs. E. D. Garnsey L. M., 25; Oscar Granger, with other donas., to cons. himself L. M., 25; Saratoga Springs, ch. 27.29; per Rev. 0. D., agent, 79.93 Washington Union Asso., L. W. Cronkhite 50; Lucy Herrington 5 per Rev. O. D., agent 55.00 Duchess Asso., A. Brewster 1; Stanford, ch. 37.54; Pine Plains, ch. 15.55; John Pulver5: Martin' E. Winchell 15; Seth Walton 1; Henry Sage 10; Pawling's centre, ch. 5; South Dover, ch. 7.75; Armenia, ch.32.49; Dover Plains, ch. 25.35; James Ketchum 69.75; per Rev. O. D., agent, Black River Asso., Watertown, ch. 31.52; Dea. A. Thomas 10; Mrs. Hannah Smith 10; Diana Baker 1; Lyme, ch. 16.75; per Rev. H. A. Smith, agent, Otsego Asso., Litchfield, ch. 2; Onondaga Asso., Fabius ch., per 225.43 69.27 62.30 11.25 14.00 Chenango Asso., South New Berlin, St. Lawrence Asso., W. Harmon Guilford, 2nd ch., mon. con. 30.50 35.00 20.00 31.00 60.00 3.00 206.53 State Convention, P. P. Runyon tr., West N. J. Asso., Beverly, ch. 3; Bordentown, ch. 12.50; Burlington, ch., of wh. 35.71 is fr.S. Sch., for Indian Missions, 42.71; Camden, 1st ch., of wh. 30 is fr.S. Sch., 40; Moorestown, ch., of wh. 4.13 is fr. S. Sch., 27.32; Mullica Hill, ch. 18; Mt. Holly, ch. 44; Rev. J. S. Miller, 10 per ct. on L. M., for def., 10; Blackwoodstown, ch. 9; per Rev. S. M. Osgood, agent, Central N. J. Asso., Bethlehem, ch, 32; Hightstown, ch., of wh. 18 is for def, 59; Sandy Ridge, ch. 20; Lambertsville, ch., of wh. 20 is fr. S. Sch., 59.48; Weart's Corner, ch. 5; per Rev. S. M. O., agent, 175.48 East N.J. Asso, Plainfield, Ist ch., of wh. 9.75 bal for def., 74.75; Samptown, ch., Rev. W. Maul, 10 per ct. on L. M., for def., 10; per Rev. S. M. O., agent, Sussex Asso., Wantage, 1st ch., for def, per Rev. S. M. O., agent, 10.00 Hoboken, 1st ch., to cons. Thomas S. Fields L. M., Pennsylvania. Ridley, Rev. Samuel W. Ziegler, 10 per ct. on L. M., for def., Bridgewater Asso., Bridgewater, ch., Rev. L. Ransted, 10 per ct. on L. M., for def., per Rev. S. M. O., agent, Central Union Asso., Phoenixville, ch., S. Sch. 7; Windsor, ch., S. Sch. 1.36; per Rev. S. M. O., agent, Clearfield Asso., per Rev. S. M. O.. agent, Monongahela Asso. 21.84; Alleghany City, Sandusky St. ch., Miss Martha McLaughlin, for sup. of a child in Maulmain Karen Normal Sch., to be named Thomas R. Taylor, 25; do.. S. Sch., J. Pelton tr., in full, to cons. Miss Martha McLaughlin L. M., 34; per Rev. S. M Ö., agent, Philadelphia Asso., Philadelphia, 5th ch., coll. at Union prayer meeting, 11.82; 11th ch., M. B. L. 20; Lower Dublin, ch. 40; Schuykill Falls, ch., S.Sch., 7.50; Bristol ch., of wh. 8.54 is fr. S. Sch., 18.54; Ridley. ch., children of Mrs. Z. Rice 6; New Britain ch., Mrs. Rachael Morris 5; Reading, ch., of wh. 13 is fr. S. Sch., 27; per Rev. S. M. O., agent, Ohio. 84.75 Pavilion, ch., for def., 23.75; from Atalanta, Wm. Randolph, per 90.35 5.00 -364.37 10.00 10.00 5.00 -117.85 100.25 -577.01 Wisconsin. 10.00 10.00 8.36 8.27 80.84 135.86 -253.33 for Rev. J. G. Pratt, Providence, R. I., Joseph Robinson, 1 box clothing, for Rev. C. Hibbard, Chester, Ct., G. W. Gorham, 1 box dried fruits, &c., for Rev. G. P. Watrous. 66.66 5.00 Keene, ch. 275; Clark Township, ch. 2.25; Cheviot, R. Gains, of wh. 10 is for def., 60; Kingsville, ch. 3; Cincinnati, 9th st. ch. 125.43; Middletown, S. Sch., 17.15; Miami Asso., coll. 26.39; Ohio Asso., coll. 10.70; Down Philadelphia, Pa., Dr. D. Jayne & Son, 2 boxes medicine, for Toungoo Mission, City Point, Va., Mrs. R. R. Carter, 1 box preserves, for Mrs. J. W. Johnson, 141.50 24.00 -237.16 |