Brought forward, $14 00 Bibles sold by Dr. John Crosby, at Montpelier, (Ver.)

May 5. From individuals in Westborough, (Mass.) by Mr. Rodolphus Miller,

6. From a Cent Society in South Boston, by Mrs. Susan Wood,

16. A mite from ladies in Walpole, (Mass.)

27. Cash received as interest and income of stock during the year past,

31. Donation from Capt. John Pearson, beside his annual payment,

Donation from Mr. Pearly Tenney, beside his annual subscription,

Donation from Mr. Thomas Wales, beside his annual payment,

30. Contribution in the Rev. Peter Sanborn's Society, Reading, From Miss Sukey Parker, Treasurer of the Cent Society, Reading, by the Rev. Mr. Sanborn,

From Miss Martha Wakefield, Reading, by the Rev. Mr. Sanborn,

From the children of Miss Wakefield's school, Reading, From the children of Miss Susanna Wakefield's school, Reading,

From the children of Miss Nancy Parker's school, Reading, From ladies in Carlisle, by the Rev. Paul Litchfield,

From Associated Females in the Rev. Brown Emerson's Society, Salem,

Contribution in the Rev. Mr. Emerson's Society, Salem, by Mr. John Jenks,

From Mrs. Palmer, Treasurer of the Female Cent Society in Townsend, by Mr. Cushing Wilder,

From ladies in Townsend, by Mr. C. Wilder,

7 35

18.00

7 28

3 12

116 62

30 00

8.00

8 00

47 04

47 09

2.00

178

161

1 05

4 50

44 52

73.61

12 53

1 78

3.00

Nov. 18. From Deacon Bum

From the Cent Society in South Reading,

33 23

Contribution in the third Congregational Society in Beverly, by the Rev. Joseph Emerson, Contribution in the Society in Rehoboth, by the Rev. Otis

Carried forward, 527 16

15 25

The Panoplist for July 1814, p. 213, contained a letter from an unknown pcrson to the Rev. Dr. Morse, which enclosed a donation to the Middlesex Bible Sociaty. A similar letter containing a similar donation has been recently received from the same unknown person.

REVIVALS OF RELIGION.

By the favor of a Correspondent and the Report of the General Association of Connecticut, we are able to name the following places, as having been recently, or being at present, the scenes of reformation more or less powerful.

N. Stamford, (Con.) Bridgeport, Stafford, Somers, Woodstock, Bolton, Meriden, airfield, Greenfield, Northford, Bethel, Stratford, Northfield, Enfield, Wethersfield, Warren, Schenectady, (N. Y.) Poughkeipsie.

Our correspondent states that nine or ten Jews in the city of New York, have of late been hopefully converted, one at the age of 60 or 70; and three or four in Philadelphia.

Intelligence received from various parts of New England, convinces us that the present is a season in which the power and mercy of God are strikingly displayed in converting sinners. At such a period, none who love the interests of Zion should grow weary in praying and acting for her welfare.

The extensive work of grace already witnessed in three of our Literary Institutions, and now if we are rightly informed, extending itself to two others,† while it strikingly displays the sovereignty of God in selecting whom he will for his eternal kingdom, and gives the church pleasing intimations of the blessings her King has in reserve for the generation to come, teaches, in language more impressive than we can utter, the efficacy of special, united, persevering prayer. Soon after the commencement of the reformation at Princeton, Christians were invited, and many complied with the invitation, to pray in concert with special reference to our colleges. To their united and persevering prayers we would trace, as a consequence established by Divine wisdom, these showers of mercy that have revived so many hearts. God will not exalt Christians, but He will exalt his holy name. He will have respect unto his holy covenant. He will honor the institutions of his own appointment. He will shew that his foolishness is wiser than the wisdom of men. And when

*Nas sau-Hall, Yale and Dartmouth. Union and Williams.

Christians in our churches stand forth like Elijah, committing their cause with confidence to Jehovah, undauntedly rely. ing that He will Let it be known that He is God in Israel, the fire of Divine grace will fall on our altars, at once humbling Christians in the dust, as inefficient agents, and flashing conviction on all the infidel hosts of Baal. The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low; and the LORD ALONE shall be exalted in that day.

ORDINATIONS.

ORDAINED, at North Woodstock, (Con.) on the 19th of January last, the Rev. SAMUEL BACKUs. Introductory prayer by the Rev. Abiel Williams, of Dudley; sermon by the Rev. Erastus Learnard, of Canterbury, from 1 Cor. iv, 2; consecration by the Rev. Israel Day, of Killingly; charge by the Rev. Eliphalet Lyman, of Woodstock; right hand of fellowship by the Rev. Alvan Underwood, of West Woodstock; charge to the people by the Rev. Daniel Dow, of Thompson. The performances were solemn and appropri ate, and the audience numerous, respectable and attentive.

At Newburyport, (Mass.) on the 21st ult. the missionaries, the Rev. SAMUEL J. MILLS, JAMES RICHARDS, Jun. EDWARD WARREN, BENJAMIN C. MEIGS, HORATIO BARDWELL, and DANIEL POOR.

As the particulars of the ordination must be interesting to all the friends of missions, we are induced to make a mi

nute statement.

The examination was attended at nine o'clock, in the vestry of Dr. Dana's church. At eleven o'clock, the council, with the missionaries, and those who attended the examination, removed to the church, where a numerous audience had assembled to witness the solemnities of the ordination.

The services were commenced with an appropriate anthem from the words; "Arise, shine, O Zion," &c. The introductory prayer was then made by the Rev. Dr. Morse, of Charlestown, and the direction and blessing of God implored in the solemn services of setting the missionaries apart to their benevolent work. After the performance of another piece of sacred music, the Rev. Dr. Worcester, of Salem, preached the sermon, from Acts xvii, 16. Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry. He examined the opinion entertained by Paul respecting the morality of the Athenians, and the influence

which the opinion of the apostle had on his ministerial conduct. The sermon, though very long, and though, on account of the immense concourse, heard with dif ficulty in some parts of the assembly, was listened to, throughout, with patient and earnest attention, and excited deep interest in the closing address to the missionaries. The consecrating prayer was made by the Rev. Dr. Spring of Newburyport. The charge to the missionaries was given by the Rev. Dr. Dana, of Newburyport. The right hand of fellowship was given by the Rev. Justin Edwards, of Andover. A liberal collection was then made for the benefit of the mission. The services were concluded by a fervent address to the throne of grace by the Rev. Edward Payson, of Portland.

After a recess of half an hour, the house of worship (the largest in the Commonwealth) was again filled. The communicants from different and distant churches, to the number of nearly seven hundred, who had assembled on this interesting occasion, were seated together in the body pews, and apparently with one heart and one soul celebrated the Lord's supper. The communion services were introduced with an address to the communicants by the Rev. Dr. Dana, of Newburyport. The first prayer was offered by the Rev. Dr. Parish, of Byefield, and the second by the Rev. Professor Stuart. During the distribution of the elements by ten deacons of different churches, who had been designated for the service, the aged and venerable Mr. Morrison, of Londonderry, N. H. addressed the communicants. The solemnities were closed with an address and prayer by the Rev. Dr. Payson of Rindge, N. H. and the following hymn of Watts, sung by a great number of the communicants;

How sweet and awful is the place,

With Christ within the doors, &c.

The scene was novel in this country, and was uncommonly solemn and affecting. To many, we trust, it was a season of sweet communion with their ascended Savior, and long to be remembered with, gratitude. The view of so many communicants, assembled from various and distant churches, united in so solemn an act of fellowship, never to partake this feast together again on earth, brought impressively before the eye of faith the scenes of a future and invisible world; and to the humble believer, imparted some pleasing foretaste of the future fellowship of the redeemed around the throne of God and the Lamb.

LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.

A WORK IN PRESS.

SAMUEL T. ARMSTRONG has just put to press in a royal octavo form SCOTT'S FAMILY BIBLE; to be completed in six handsome volumes, printed on fine white paper, with entirely new types; the subscription price is three dollars a volume, with one copy gratis allowed to those who take five copies. The volume now in press is the fifth, commencing with the New Testament, and may be expected in October next.

NEW EDITION.

THE duty of the American churches in respect to Foreign Missions: A Sermon preached in the Tabernacle, Philadelphia, on Sabbath Morning, Feb. 16, 1812; and in the First Presbyterian Church, on the afternoon of the same day. By the Rev. Gordon Hall, now a missionary to the East. Delivered the day but one before he sailed for India. Second edition. Andover; Flagg & Gould. 1815. pp. 24.

NEW WORKS.

A Sermon delivered at Wolcott, (Con.) Sept. 21, 1814, at the installation of the Rev. John Keys, to the pastoral care of the church in that place. By Lyman Beecher, pastor of a church of Christ in Litchfield. Andover; Flagg & Gould. 1815. pp. 34.

A Discourse, occasioned by the Proclamation of Peace between Great Britain and the United States of America, Preached Lord's day, Feb. 26, 1815, and published by request. By Thomas Williams, minister of the Pacific Congregational Church and Society in Providence. Providence; H. Mann, & Co.

OBITUARY.

DIED, at Salem, (Mass.) Mr. ENOCH GOODALE, the oldest man in that town, aged 89.

In London, Mrs. WEST, wife of the celebrated Benjamin West, Esq. President of the Royal Academy.

Suddenly, at Farmington, (Ontario county, N. Y.) on the 16th ult. WILLIAM AVERILL, aged 30. His death was occasioned by the excessive use of ardent spirits. This man being at a tippling house, and having already drunk to excess, was induced by his associates to drink at one time upwards of half a pint of spirituous liquor; on account of their telling him if he would swallow such a quantity, it should cost him nothing. His im

mediate dissolution was the consequence of this diabolical transaction. Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, that puttest thy bottle to him.

Drowned in Canandaigua lake, on the 10th May last, FISHER METCALE, a sober and industrious inhabitant of Italy, (Ontario county, N. Y.) in attempting to reach the shore from a raft of boards in a leaky skiff.

At Hachettstown, (N. J.) in June last, Mr. LEWIS EDWARDS DICKINSON, late of Northampton, aged 24. He was graduated at Williams College in 1811.

At Andover, (Mass) on the 26th of May last, PHILANTHROPOS PERRY, a member of the Junior Class in the Theological Seminary. In the death of this excellent young man the Church has to deplore the loss of one who promised much future usefulness. Some further notice of his character will probably appear in a future number.

At Colrain, on the 14th of March last, Mrs. ELISABETH TAGGART, the beloved consort of the Rev. Samuel Taggart of that place, in the 60th year of her age.

Ithe death of Mrs. Taggart an affl cted husband has lost an amiable and virtuous companion, eleven children a tender and affectionate mother, and the social circle in which she moved one of its brightest ornaments. What added a pang to the severity of the parting stroke, as it respected the bereaved husband, was, that the event happened when he was on the way returning to his family, after an absence of more than five months. Instead of being greeted on his return with the usual welcome, by his wife and family, he found the lifeless remains of his beloved companion in a coffin, and a number of his children on a sick bed.

It is but a just tribute to the memory of Mrs. Taggart to say that nature, or rather the God of nature, had endowed her with an understanding uncommonly strong and vigorous; which was considerably cultivated by reading and reflection. Although her life had been for the most part retired, and although she felt, partie ularly as she advanced in life, very little inclination to mingle with the world, yet whenever she did mix with society, she possessed a fund of intelligence, and a facility in conversation, which rendered her an agreeable companion in a social circle. As a wife, she was truly an help meet, both as a kind, intelligent companion, and one who looked well to her household; and as a mother, her affection and kindness, as well as her exemplary deportment in her family, will long be remembered. But what added a lustre to her other virtues was a life of serious, unaffected piety. It was her lot to be born

of pious parents, and to be favored from her childhood with a religious education, as well as in her youth to enjoy the privilege of a powerful, evangelical ministry. She understood the Gospel plan of salva tion well in theory, and we have every reason to believe embraced it in heart, and

was

an excellent judge of evangelical preaching. At the age of 23, not long before her marriage, she united in full communion with the Church of Christ, and continued through life to adorn her profession with a suitable walk and conversation. Her religion was that of retirement and the closet, rather than of ostentation and show: In religious retirement, she spent much time, particularly during a number of the last years of her life, when she experienced fewer incumbrances and interruptions than when surrounded by a large number of small children, requiring the unremitting attention of a mother: The time which she usually selected for retirement, as being the most free from interruption, was'in the evening, after the family retired to rest. Of these seasons of retirement, she never spoke only in general terms, and to her most intimate friends, that they were some of the most comfortable hours of her life. She experienced some trials, at various times, arising from her not being able to refer to any particular time as the period of her conversion. From the uniform tenor of her life, it is probable, that the seeds of grace were sown in early youth, and by the watering of the word and Spirit, grew up gently to maturity, and issued in a solid peace, which during a number of the last years of life, met with as few interruptions, perhaps, as usually falls to the lot of Christians.

She was from her youth fond of reading; a propensity she indulged as much as the necessary cares and avocations of a large family would permit. In her more early life she was fond of variety in reading; but for a number of years before her death, she appeared to have little relish for any other boos than those of theology; and Scott and Owen were among her nost favorite authors. She was a sincere mourner for the low estate of religion and of the Church, particularly in the place where she resided; and, we have reason to believe put up many prayers for a revival of religion; which however she did not live to see. She was a constant reader of the Panoplist ever since its first publication; and but few read the account of the revivals of religion, and of the opening prospects of the spread of the Gospel in heathen lands with a more lively interest. than she did. To sum up her religious character in a word, she exhibited every evidence of being a sincere Christian; and,