LATEST FROM THE MISSIONS.

Siamese Karens.

Mr. W. Moore says, under date of Maulmain, May 22: 66 One of the older pupils of br. Binney, who is accustomed to spend the dry season in preaching in the jungle, returned from a seven weeks'

*re, sixty or seventy miles from Nellore, once apparently a flourishing city, is now fast going to decay. But the temple and the towers devoted to idolatry, must have cost several hundred thousand rupees. One of the towers has been recently built. The idols in and around the city, seemed

a favorable report of that country as a missionary field. Karen magistrates, under the Siamese king, rule over a large district. Their government is lenient, and the people are happy. The assistant spent a week at Prat-thoo-wan, the point br. Brayton tried to reach last year. He was well received by the head magis. trate, and indeed by all the inhabitants; and could usually collect an audience to preach to, every evening, that filled the house. He says: "They listened with interest, but whether any listened aright I cannot tell." During the seven weeks the assistant visited ten Pwo and two Sgau villages, besides the scattering houses between. He could have reached many more villages, but from the prevalence of cholera the inhabitants were so scattered and in such confusion that it was useless.

"There is a large population, accessible to a missionary as well as to a native assistant. Prat-thoo-wan, the centre of the population, is ten days' travel from Maulmain by elephants, and the population between is Karen; we can stop at a Karen village every night of the journey but one. But whether it will be advisable to attempt to cultivate that field, while there are multitudes of Pwos

much nearer, which one missionary cannot possibly reach during the dry season, may be questionable. The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few.

"We shall have but a small school this season on account of the confusion and fear caused by the cholera. It is still raging in the jungle to some extent. One of the leading members of the Dong Yan church died a few days ago."

We saw one hundred idols under one tree. The policy of these rajahs has been to build temples, towers, and palaces, to the entire neglect of the real wants of the people, hospitals, common schools, and roads. Caste forms a peculiar obstacle, which places the Hindoos in a low state of hopelessness, and nothing but the gospel can triumph over it. But it is the united voice of all missionaries in India, that Brahminism is going down; the power of caste is every day growing weaker, and the providence of God is calling upon Christians of every name to make a strong, persevering, and united movement for the salvation of India's teeming millions. Cannot the servants of Jesus Christ endure the privations, the toil and heat of India, as well as the forty thousand Europeans, from the Governor-general, downwards?"

Gowaha ti.

Mr. Danforth writes from Gowahatti, June 21: "Poor br. Barker! You have heard of his death before this. The news has just come to us. We all feel sad. He was beloved by his people here; and they are deeply affected by the intelligence. I preached his funeral sermon last Sabbath, from Rev. 14: 13. It was a solemn occasion,—not a dry eye in the house. In the afternoon, I preached to the natives from the same text. Oh, that the Lord would sanctify it to the good of this people and this mission.

66

Two French Roman Catholic missionaries are on their way to Gowahatti, and establish a mission here. Their object is a third, as I hear, will follow soon, -to to extend their mission eventually through Bootan into Thibet, and thence into China."

Health of missionaries at Maulmain-Burmese assistants.

Letters from Maulmain, of June 20, announce that Mr. Stilson is improving, though slowly.—Mr. Bennett, who is re

siding temporarily at Maulmain, during the absence of Mr. Ranney, is suffering from occasional attacks of ague and fever. Mr. Stevens says: "I have resumed the Assistants' Bible-class, consisting of those only who are engaged in preaching. I meet with them only one forenoon in the week, studying a portion of Scripture, and exercising them in preparing plans of sermons. During the month the assistants have met with several interesting cases of inquiry, but no one as yet seems prepared to come forward and join himself to the people of God. One native Christian, a Karen, wife of Moung Thah No, the assistant stationed at Mopoon, has died of cholera. She showed no fear, but, calmly trusting in the death of Christ, expressed a hope of a happy immortality.

Baptisms in Sandoway Mission. Letters from Sandoway, of May 20, state that Myat Kyau, one of the ordained Karen preachers, has just returned from a tour in Burmah Proper, and reports that he has had the happiness of baptizing 165 converts. We hope to receive, by the mail for the present month, full particulars of this interesting accession to the churches.

Bassa mission.

Mr. Vonbrunn, writing under date of Bexley, July 1, states that he and his associates are doing all that is in their power to carry on the mission. Their schools are regularly kept up, and also the preaching of the gospel, but they express the hope that some laborers will be sent from this country to aid them in their toils.

EMBARKATION OF MISSIONARIES.

Rev. William Ashmore, recently pastor of the Baptist church, Hamilton, O., and his wife, Mrs. Martha Ann Sanderson Ashmore, of Brookline, Mass., sailed from New York, for Bangkok, Siam, in the ship Channing, Capt. Johnson, on Saturday, Aug. 17. Rev. E. E. L. Taylor, of Brooklyn, N. Y., made appropriate remarks and offered prayer on the occasion. Mr. Ashmore is appointed to take charge of the Chinese department of the Siam mission, which has been some time vacant.

BOXES OF CLOTHING, &c., Received from Jan. 1, to Aug. 26, 1850.

Maine.

South Berwick, Friends at Lebanon, per Mrs. L. G. Clarke, for African Missions, a box of clothing. Bangor, Sab. sch. Mission Soc., 1st Baptist ch., per M. B. Chamberlain, Sec., for Nowgong Orphan school, a box of clothing, cash for a globe,

Massachusetts.

Newburyport, Society for benefit of youth in Africa, per Mrs. R. B. Medbury, for African Mission, a bundle of clothing,

do. Green St. Female Mission Soc., per Mrs. M. B. Crocker, for African Mission, a box of clothing, New Bedford, Ladies' Miss. Soc., Wm. St. Baptist ch., per Mrs. G. Richmond, Sec., for T. S. Ranney, a box of clothing, (shirts,) Woburn, Domestic Miss. Soc., of 1st Baptist ch., for Rev. J. G. Pratt, Shawanoe Mission, a box of clothing,

Boston, from Mrs. Baldwin, for Rev. L. Jewett, a parcel, sundries,

do. Baldwin Place Baptist ch., per Mrs. J. Tucker, for Mrs. Benjamin, Tavoy, a box of clothing, Worcester, a box of clothing, per Rev. A. H. Danforth, no advice. Salem, Sab. school of 1st Baptist ch., for Delaware Station, Shawanoe, a box of clothing,

E. Brookfield, Ladies Benev. Ass., of Baptist ch. and soc., per L. A. Stevens, Sec., for Rev. F. Barker, Shawanoe, a barrel of clothing, Barre, Female Benev. Society, for Rev. F. Barker, a barrel of clothing,

Rhode Island.

Providence, 1st Bap. ch. and cong. for Rev. A. N. Arnold, a box of clothing, Newport, Ladies of 2d Baptist ch. and Soc., per W. Stevens, for Miss Sakes, at Gowahatti, a box of clothing,

Connecticut.

Suffield, Ladies of 2d Baptist ch., for Rev. A. N. Arnold, Greece, a box of school-books, &c. Mansfield, Ladies' Benevolent Soc. of Baptist ch. and Soc., per Rev. A. S. Lovell, for the Karen Miss. under Mr. Vinton, a box of clothing,

New London, Mrs. H. E. Thompson, for Maulmain Mission, 3 boxes medicine,

New York.

City, per Mrs. E. Kelly, for Rev. Ě. L. Abbott, a box of clothing,

27.21

3.50

25.00

12.50

75.25

4.00

70.00

33.62

14.50

156.97

35.00

54.17

220.00

80.00

New Granville, Baptist ch. and Soc., for Orphan school at Nowgong, a box of clothing, &c., Rensselearville, Ren. Asso., per Rev. O. Dodge, a roll of flannel, &c., Buffalo, from I. C. Stoddard, for Rev. I. J. Stoddard, a box and 2 parcels of clothing,

Ripley, from I. C. Stoddard, for Rev. I. J. Stoddard, a box and valise, containing clothing and medicines,

Troy, Mrs. Thompson, per J. L. Thompson, for distribution, a box containing 5 Gross Eye water,

Pennsylvania.

Philadelphia, A. B. P. Society, per
T. S. Malcom, for distribution,
do. a package, 150 copies Baptist
Almanac,

do. per Miss C. Sheldon, for Rev. A. Judson, a box of clothing,

Ohio.

Cleveland, S. S. Mission Soc., and others, per Mary A. Brayton, for Orphan school at Nowgong, a box of clothing,

Illinois.

Belvidere, members of the Baptist ch. and others, per Rev. S. S. Whitman, for Rev. J. S. Beecher, a box of clothing, &c.

63.03

100.00

Erratum. In the report for a box of clothing for Susan F. Colby, acknowledged in the Dec. No. of the Mag. for New London, Conn., read New London, N. H.

New York.

Marion, ch. 15; New York city, Amity St. ch., a lady, 100; Otsego Asso., 35.50; Mohawk River Asso., 19; do. for Karen Mission, 85 cts.; Ten Mile River, ch. 15

Pennsylvania.

Peters Creek, ch.

66

Chesnut Hill, ch. 10; Miss. Soc. for German Miss., 33.16; Lexington, Rachel Morris, 5; Philadelphia, friend of the cause," 5; Rev. Wm. Parker, 4; Sarah E. Edmonds, for Bur. Miss. 10; Lower Dublin, ch. 38.75; Fem. For. Miss. Soc. 45.66; Balligomingo, ch., mon. con., 20.28; Holmesburg, ch. for Bur. Miss. 7.46; per Rev. B. R. Loxley,

13.00

185.35

179.31

192.31

GERMANY.

LETTER OF MR. LEHMANN.

The Prussian Association.

Berlin, Aug. 14, 1850.-We had agreed to hold the annual session of our Prussian Association at Elbing this year, as you will recollect. Our dear br. Köbner, of Hamburg, who was sent, on our invitation, from the Board of Managers of our general Mission there, arrived at Berlin on the 28th of June, and we had the privilege on the same evening of baptizing six dear disciples of Jesus into his death. This was one of the great occasions for praise and joy, yet so full of recollections, while a large assembly stood by the water side. We then spent a most heavenly Sabbath, br. Köbner preaching to us an excellent sermon.

the sweet communion of saints. A repeated trip to Frauendorf and up to the Julow brought back to us in spirit our dear br. Parker and all our beloved brethren in America. Again we had a sweet foretaste of our eternal home. Yes,

"Here thy blessed people see

Much of heaven and much of Thee." The same evening we started for Elbing, and after a very tedious journey of two nights and days in a mail coach, arrived there on Saturday, the 6th of July. On our journey we had much opportunity of doing good by tracts and testimonies of Christ. We found that more of our brethren had flocked together at Elbing than we had anticipated. For as br. Gulzau, of Stettin, and myself were alone expected, from our western churches, we feared a scanty meeting; yet the eastern churches were more fully represented, and twentythree names were put down as representatives of the various flocks. The Sabbath was an occasion of great bless

ing of the church took place in the evening, and br. Köbner preached to the people. Here we enjoyed much in

ed in the morning a very clear and fervent sermon, which endeared him to us at once. I had not heard him before,

but thought of him at once as a good servant of Christ if his services could be secured entirely. In the afternoon br. Gulzau preached a sermon, in his accustomed manner as a good soldier of Christ,-pointed and straight-forward. | The Lord's Supper was administered by

br. Köbner.

was

On Monday, our conference opened. Our dear br. Köbner was called to the chair, and led the transactions with much wisdom and success. A brotherly feeling was breathed throughout, and no unfriendly thing disturbed our peace. The Lord presided. The subjects discussed were various and important; our missions, especially home missions-our relation to the State-ordination-regeneration and baptism-predestination-on regular attendance at meetings-how to deal with Baptists not in connexion with us―ceremony of marriage-temperance causeon singing-Sabbath schools, &c.

Perhaps the most important event of this conference was, that we were allow ed to hold two public meetings in the vast hall of the Gymnasium (college) on Monday and Tuesday evenings, for which the legal conditions (now much narrowed) were complied with, and notice given in the newspapers, so that a great mass of people crowded the place. Br. Köbner and myself then had very fair opportunities to preach the gospel, and to lay before the public of this important town, our principles, so much misconstrued by our enemies. The principal and most of the professors of the college were among the attentive hearers, while all behaved very decently and not the least interruption disturbed the peace.

At the close of our conference, a marriage solemnized by br. Köbner-a lovefeast--and the ordination of our dear br. Niemetz, as co-pastor of the church in Elbing, to be stationed in Allenstein, gave an interesting and impressive conclusion to our transactions, which were very sweet in our recollection. We all felt that the Lord was truly among us.

Visit to Stolzenberg.

On the 12th, we went in company of our dear br. Weist, of Stolzenberg, and several of his flock, to visit his interesting station. Very pleasant was the journey in our two carriages all the day long, when sometimes we rested by murmuring springs, or stood on high tops of hills commanding a wide view over the "Frishe Haff," (near the Baltic), or gave out great numbers of tracts to a mostly Catholic population, the bishop's see in Frauenburg being one of the most splendid, and the palace of his " Hochwürden" built magnificently on a high hill. Thus we arrived late in the evening in Stolzenberg, where our br. Weist labors hard under the bitterest persecution. We had at once a specimen of this. We had scarcely descended from the carriage, when two drunken men assailed us, and would urge us to come with them to the shulze (magistrate), to show our passports, using very abusive language. But we left them unnoticed and entered the house, when no further trouble befell

us.

The church met at once, and a great crowd thronged a narrow room, the ceiling close over head. Six ministering brethren one after another addressed the meeting, partly out of doors and windows, while a keen draught passed over our perspiring heads. The scene was impressive while with tender words we comforted these dear disciples of Jesus under their affliction. We then viewed by moonlight the new place of wo ship in progress, which bids fair to become a refuge for many a lost sinner, and delivered saint. Br. Weist is diligently at work in erecting this, and encourages the good people to lay on hands with their might. There are 30,000 tiles digged and burned at a considerable distance, and brethren and sisters are engaged to carry them to the spot, unload them and hand them to the masons.

Difficulties at Rositten.

We had to walk half an hour to get to our night's rest; and after so many days