8, 20, 27.-J. H. VINTON, March 1, 19. - Miss M. VINTON, Feb. 23. March 5.-D. L. BRAYTON, Feb. 11, March 19. BASSEIN.-H. L. VAN METER, Feb. 6 (2), 20, March 13, 21, April 12. 14. 15; Mrs. V. Feb. 6.J. L. DOUGLASS, March 12. HENTHADA.-B. C. THOMAS, Jan. 16, Feb. 7. 12. 28. March 28.-A. R. R. CRAWLEY, Mar. 25, 26, April 21. PROME.-E. KINCAID, April 7.-T. SIMONS, Feb. 11, March 25. ARRACAN.-A. B. SATTERLEE, March 27, April 24. Assam. S. M. WHITING, April 18, 29.- -H. DANFORTH, Jan. 10, Feb. 20, April 5 (2), May 3.-M. BRONSON, March 15; Mrs. B., March 3, April 7. — I. J. STODDARD, Feb. 4, June 6, 17, 18.-W. WARD, Feb. 1, May 10, 20, 24; Mrs. W., Feb. 14. Teloogoos. L. JEWETT, March 4, April 10, May 14, 15, 20. -F. A. DOUGLASS, April 3. Siam. J. H. CHANDLER, Feb. 4.-S. J. SMITH, Jan. 22, Feb. 5, 21, March 14. China. J. W. JOHNSON, March 13, May 6, 7.-M. J KNOWLTON, Oct. 18, Jan. 17, 1856; Mrs. K., Dec. 11.-E. C. LORD, Feb. 20, 29, March 25, 31, April 14.-D. J. MACGOWAN, March 25.NINGPO MISSION, March 24. France. E. WILLARD, April 4, 7, 14, 16, May 10 (2), June 3, 9, 14, July 5 (2). Germany. J. G. ONCKEN, April 8, 12, May 3, 31, June 17. — G. W. LEHMANN, June 3. Ojibwas. 286.07 son tr., mon. con. 23.07; Haver- Rhode Island. State Convention, R. B. Chap- Connecticut. State Convention, W. Griswold New York. 26.50 1256.74 New York city, Amity st. ch., Ed- 928.12 95.00 17 82 Washington Union Asso.. Bottskill, ch., of which 25 is fr. Sab. Sch., to cons. George H. Wells L. M., per Rev. O. B., agent, Saratoga Asso., Burnt Hills, F. M. Soc., per Rev. O. D., agent, Rensselaerville Asso., Rensselaerville, ch. 11.09; Preston Hollow, ch. 2.87: Charleston, ch., of wh. 6.33 is fr. F. M. Soc., 14.45; John Fridendall 5; per Rev. O. D., agent, Franklin Asso. 11.07; Franklin, ch., of which 9 is fr. F. M. Soc., 12; Mrs. Burkley 50 cts; John Van Waert 5; Delhi, ch. 2: J. H. Graham 10; West Meredith, ch. 20.68; Groton, ch. 5.25; per Rev. O. D., agent, Worcester Asso. 40.03; Maryland, ch. 9; Richmondville and Decatur, ch. 5; Richmondville F. M. Soc. 8; S. Boarn 50 cts; S. Van Voarns 25 cts; P. Simmons 25 cts; Martha Boarn 3; Rev. E. Spafford 1; Summit, 1st ch. 12; per Rev. O. D., agent, Stephentown Asso., North Chatham, ch. 9.85; Samuel Luddington 5; Nassau, 1st ch. 3.90; do. 2d ch. 6.60; per Rev. O. D., agent, Union Asso., Carmel, ch. 61.30; Kent, ch. 7.30; J. M. Towner 5; Patterson.ch. 5.25; Israel l'inckney 5; Cross River, ch. 810; Bridget Savage 3; Bedford, ch. 18.50; Banksville, ch. 24; per Rev. O. D., agent, Onondaga Asso.. Camillus, ch. 10; Fabius, ch. 88.88; with other donas. to cons. Jonathan E. I'ettit L. M., per Rev. H. A. Smith, agent, 142.15 10.00 33.41 66.50 79.03 25.35 137.45 Blanc. F. Smith 1; Delta, H. B. Barlow, 3; Dayton, 1st ch., of wh. 11.18 is fr. Sab. Sch., 39; Cincinnati, 9th st. ch., to cons. Jolm H. Cheever L. M. 100; per Rev. J. S., agent, Indiana. Coffee Creek Asso., Hopewell, ch., per Rev. A. S. Ames, agent, Illinois. Galena, ch. 5; Long Island city, ch., H. S. Annable 10; per Rev. O. Dodge, agent, Michigan. Hartland, Rev. Arosswell Lamb, Kalamazoo Asso., 19.09; Schoolcraft, ch. tow. sup. of Mary Ann Barrett in Nowgong Orphi. Sch., 19.50; Battle Creek, ch. 1.50; Bellevue, ch. 8; per Rev. A. S. Ames, agent, St. Joseph's River Asso., Dowagiac, ch, per Rev. A. S. A., agent, Washtenaw Asso., Saline, ch. 9.50; Clinton, ch. 4.50; Mooresville, ch. 50 cts; York, ch. 1; Ann Arbor, ch. 5.38; per Rev. A. S. A., agent, Lenawee Asso., Tecumseh, ch., per Rev. A. S. A., agent, Michigan Asso., Troy, ch. 14.85; Romeo, ch. 7.25; per Rev. A. S. A., agent, 143.00 98.88 Monroe Asso., Parma, 1st ch. 10.67; l'enfield, ch. 12.25; per Rev. II. A. S., agent, 22.92 Niagara Asso., Wilson, ch. 2.06; West Somersett, ch. 4.25; Newfane, ch. 2.25; per Rev. H. A. S., agent. Flint River Asso., Almont, ch, per Rev. A. S. A., agent, Mt. Vernon, ch. 12; Detroit, A. Gregg, for German Mission, 5; per Rev. A. S. A., agent, 5.45 17.00 125.24 8.56 Black River Asso., Albert S. Gillet, per Rev. H. A. S., agent, Wisconsin. New Jersey. 7.00 3.00 10.00 SAU QUALA: THE SECOND KAREN CONVERT. (Continued from p. 366.) Missionary to Toungoo. 'Prophecy," says Jahn, "exhibits as it were in a painting, a delineation of various future objects or events. All these objects are not depicted with equal clearness; but while the outline of the foreground is distinct, and its coloring vivid, the distance is less perfectly defined, and the extreme background is clothed with a shadowy mist." Such is the view, looking downwards into the future; and when we turn and look up the stream of time, tradition exhibits a precisely similar pic ture. own near Ava, called Toungoo. All the Karens of Siam, Burmah and Pegu came originally from that region." When I asked for the time of their dispersion, they were silent. The fact was clearly before them, but the prospect was too obscure to determine the distance. Yet they saw far beyond Toungoo. On the edge of the misty horizon was "The river of running sand," which their ancestors had crossed before coming. That was a fearful, trackless region, where the sands rolled before the winds like the waves of the sea. They were led through it by a chieftain who had more than human power to guide them; and Sau Quala, when he first related the tradition, remarked that the whole story seemed to him like Moses guiding the children of Israel across the Red Sea and through the desert. In my early travels, the Karens pointed out to me the precise spots where they took refuge in the days of Alompra, and where they had come down and avenged To what this river, or waters, of runthemselves on their enemies; but when ning sand referred, was quite an enigma I asked them, "Who built this city ?". to me for several years, till I met with as we stood together on the forest-clad the Journal of the Chinese Buddhist pilbattlements of a dilapidated fortification, grim Fa Hian, who came from China to -they replied, "These cities of our India in the early part of the fifth.cenjungles were in ruins when we came here. tury of the Christian era. He thus desThis country is not our own. We came ignates the great desert between China from the north, where we were independ- and Tibet. The governor of the "Town ent of the Burmese, the Siamese and of Sands," he says, furnished his party the Talings, who now rule over us. with "the necessary means of crossing There we had a city and country of our the River of Sand." "There are evil spirits in this River of Sand," he continues, “and such scorching winds, that whoso encountereth them dies, and none escape. Neither birds are seen in the air, nor quadrupeds on the ground. On every side, as far as the eye can reach, if you seek for the proper place to cross, there is no other mark to distinguish it than the skeletons of those who have perished there; these alone seem to indicate the route." Karen tradition says that the chieftain who led the party stretched out the staff in his hand as they crossed, from time to time, and stones rolled up in a path before them, to show the course they ought to take. This emigration occurred about the time the Shans first settled in Labong and Zimmay; because the tradition represents the chieftain to have come over first with an exploring party, and that they selected the region around Labong and Zimmay for their future home; but when he returned with his nation, he found it occupied by the Shans. The oldest of these cities is Labong, and, according to Dr. Richardson, Shan history states that that city was built A.D. 574; so this emigration of the Karens may have occurred some centuries after the commencement of the Christian era. Their traditions point unequivocally to an ancient connection with China; for Tie or Tien is spoken of as a god inferior to Jehovah ; and offering to the manes of their ancestors is as common among the Karens as it is among the ¿Chinese. No further historical event has been found in their traditions till they impinge on Scriptural history at the dispersion of nations. The dispersion they represent to have arisen from want of love to each other and lack of faith in God, while the difference of language they attribute to the effect of the dispersion. Beyond this they have a tradition of the deluge, and then an account of the creation and fall of man coinciding so minutely with the statements of the Bible,- even preserving the names of Adam and Eve, - that they must have been derived from the A How do they say it was done? yellow fruit took the great dragon, and gave to the children of God; A white fruit took the great dragon, and gave to the daughter and son of God. They transgressed the commands of God, and God turned his face from them. They transgressed the commands of God, and - were deceived, deceived unto death. They kept not all the law of God The absence, in all their traditions, of any allusion to any thing peculiarly Christian, proves that they never had the New Testament among them; and that, if derived from a written source, those traditions must have come from the Old Testament alone. The Karens themselves say they were obtained from their ancient books of skin, which are praised as teaching morals, in contrast with the palm-leaf books, that treat of things to make men wonder. A poetical fragment before me, that has never been published, says: The book of palm-leaf that in circles is writThe palm-leaf book that is written in circles, ten, The elders drew out the lines in long coils; Show wonders of antiquity. God sent us the book that has neither father | elders left one promise. They said, nor mother, Enabling every one to instruct himself. All men could not read. 66 Though the Karen nation has deteriorated and increased in wickedness, yet love and compassion will come to them again; when love and compassion come to them again, if they observe and do, they will fraternize again into populous communities; when they fraternize again It has been recently ascertained that there have been Jews in China from time immemorial; and five years ago the mis-into populous communities, they will love sionaries there obtained from a few Jewish families at Khai fung-fu several copies of the Pentateuch, the only part of the Bible they seem to possess. The manuscripts are described as beautifully written without points, or marks for divisions, on white sheep skins, cut square and sewed together, about twenty yards long, and rolled on sticks." Had these Jews, or their proselytes, been thrown among Buddhist nations, lost their Pentateuch, and seen no more books of skin, but only palm-leaf books, what more natural than to sing dirges like the above over its removal to hades? Many of the Karens are quite tenacious in the belief that they formerly had books of their own. In the September (1855) number of the Morning Star, is an article from the pen of a native assistant on this subject. He says, "Brethren, I wish to speak to you plainly concerning one thing. It is not true that the Karen nation had no books. The elders of past ages said one generation to another, Children and grandchildren, the Karens had books, perfect like other nations.' But they did not take care of their books, and therefore lost them. When they lost their books, they lost their knowledge of God; and when they lost their knowledge of God, they could no longer live in peace with each other. The younger brother became an enemy, the elder brother a foe. The more they lived in hostility, the more degraded they became; the more degraded they became, the shorter the period of life; the shorter the period of life, the more they did evil; the more they did evil, the more severe were the judgments of God, afflicting them the more with sickness and death. But the each other and improve physically and morally.' Again, the elders said: 'Children and grandchildren, if you are enticed towards that which is black, follow not; if you are enticed towards that which is red, follow not. They are not the words and commands of your God. Before the word of your God returns to you, many will come, saying they are your God; but they are not your God. Look towards the ocean. The great bird shall ascend and spread forth its white wings. That is the white foreigners, bringing you the words of your great eternal God.' The elders added: 'If you observe the words of your great God, which the white foreigners bring to you, you shall become acquainted with the righteousness of your God, and be able to discriminate between right and wrong; and when you are able to discriminate between right and wrong, you will dwell together again in prosperous communities as in the olden time; but if you neglect to observe, then will you remain in the same degraded state you are now in.' "The words of the elders have been fulfilled in every particular. All things have happened as they said. The Karens do not love each other, so they live apart in small communities. One sets himself above another, and no one will submit to the will of his neighbor; so they live in the forests, like the pheasant and jungle fowl, one in one place and another in another place. The white foreign teachers have come with our books, according to the words of the elders, that we may live in cities and villages again, and rise above our enemies. The elders said: Ten tigers, one head; ten men, one head.' So the white foreigners select persons from among us to decide in mat |