Whereas, this Board is responsible to NATCHEZ, April 12, 1831. the Assembly, and through it, to all the Dear Sir,-At a meeting of the Mis-churches under its government; and sionary Society of the Mississippi Presbytery, on the 2d inst. the following resolutions were adopted viz:

Resolutions of the Presbytery of Kas- eyes nor their hearts will be pained at

kaskia.

It has become my duty to inform you, that "the following preamble and reso lutions were adopted by our Presbytery, at its first meeting at Vandalia, on the 5th day of March, 1831, viz:

"Whereas, the churches under the care of this Presbytery are aided by both the Board of Missions of the General Assembly, and the Home Missionary Society, therefore,

"Resolved, That Messrs. Spilman, Baldwin, and McClung, be a Committee of Missions, to correspond with both those Boards, in accordance with their respective plans of operation.

"And further, resolved, That Messrs. Spilman, Messenger and Sim, be a Committee to correspond with the Board of Education, according to the plan of that

Board."

A true extract.

BENJ. F. SPILMAN,
Clerk pro, tem.

A strong appeal for Tennessee. The following is an extract from a letter of an Agent of the Board, in Ten

nessee:

the wickedness and oppression of men? the different Seminaries, from time to Do the young brethren, who are leaving time, make this bargain with their master? If they do, or if they are disposed to do so, they had better go to heaven at once; or if they wish to live a little longer on this earth, they had better But, Sir, I hope they do not, nor dare turn their attention to something else.— not make such a bargain. The Minisof labour, of fatigue, of self-denial, and try of the Gospel has always been a post hardship. And so it must be now. Sir, the time has come, when the world must be conquered. The armies of the Prince of Peace are already in the field, and the the van. Rivers must be crossed and standard bearers of the camp must lead mountains must be scaled. Continents

must be traversed, and the terrors of the ocean braved. The enemy's country must be invaded, and every fortress and citadel be reduced. Hunger and thirst must be endured, heat and cold, sunshine and storm, must be sustained; the army must be kept in motion by night and by day; the banners must be nailed to the staff, and the magnanimous resolution, to conquer or die, be taken by every soul. But, (metaphor aside,) ministers of the gospel-and especially Presbyteriansmust be men of self-denial; men who can and will endure hardships as good soldiers of Jesus Christ. To the usual literary and theological acquirements of Presbyterian ministers, inust now, more than ever, be added a disposition and determination to "glory in tribulations.". Their names seem to be a bye word, and the drunkard's song; and if they do good, it must be through obloquy and reproach, through mockery, suspicion, and contempt. This was their master's fare, and they must be content with it.

With these things they will have to

"I was very sorry, when I looked over the Reporter for April, and discovered that no appointments had been made for Tennessee, except that of Dr. C. Such is the state of things in Tennessee, and indeed in almost all the South and Southwestern States, that every delay is so much direct loss. I am afraid there is a strong prejudice in the minds of most, if not all the young brethren, against going to the South, &c. owing to the slavery which exists. It is true, slavery does exist, and to a most lamentable extent; but are souls of masters and slaves to be lost together, without any one being willing to endure the self-denial, of preach-contend too, in Tennessee. But, notwithing in such a country? Are not the souls of slaves, as valuable, in the reckoning of eternity, as those of their masters? And will not the star in the ministerial crown of rejoicing, shine as brightly from the salvation of a poor, black, despised slave, as in that of the more honoured master? Surely, then, this ought to be no prevailing objection in the mind of any one, who desires the salvation of souls? It is true, it may be disagreeable,|| and revolting to the feelings of the heart to dwell in such a land, but are ministers of Jesus Christ, to choose where they will go; or are they to go no where, but where every thing will be pleasant and agreeable; where no self-denial will have to be exercised? and where neither their Vo. IX.-Ch, Adv. 2T

standing, if ministers, who would be content to "glory in tribulations" of this kind, to fare hardly and endure much fatigue, could be sent, I have little hesitation in saying, that in a very short time, they would be instrumental in greatly enlarging the feeble churches which now exist, and of organizing many new ones. Although there seems to be a very strong prejudice every where against Presbyterians and Presbyterian ministers, yet, as one of the brethren in Tennessee observed, "they are like United States paper, very current, and much liked where they can be obtained."

But the great difficulty is, ministers cannot be obtained in sufficient numbers, to fill, at once, the wants of Tennessee.

and other destitute sections of the Val- not amalgamate with the influx of Ameriley. Our church government does not can population. In various instances, admit of itinerancy precisely on the same they were not regularly supplied with plan of the Methodists, yet, from looking Catholic Priests, and a good opening was at the subject, I am fully persuaded, that made of introducing the French youth something similar must be adopted in into Sunday Schools, and something of Tennessee, if the interests of our church that kind was attempted with very flatare to be sustained throughout the State. tering prospects of success. About this The Methodists deserve praise for their time, or soon after, the Jesuits came indefatigable zeal in establishing their among us, and altered the whole pros circuits so as to embrace almost eve-pect; in some of the villages they pulled ry settlement, however inaccessible, throughout the whole land.

I think the Executive Committees of Presbyteries, are well qualified to assist the Board in so locating their missionaries, that whilst they would perform almost all pastoral duties, in particular congregations, they would, at the same time, be sufficiently itinerant to embrace a considerable section of country. I would, therefore, earnestly recommend to the Board, to send, if possible, at least three or four, able, devoted, and prudent men to each of the Presbyteries in Tennessee, west of the Cumberland mountains, to be directed in their field of labour by the Executive Committees.

In this way, many vacancies can be supplied, and much good done. The Shiloh Presbytery is anxious for some arrangement of this kind, and I do most earnestly hope it may be adopted.

down the churches that belonged to other orders, and raised new churches and buildings entirely their own property, and by these means, they have got the entire possession; except, perhaps, the church in St. Louis, the priest of which is a Dominican_or Franciscan, or some other order. From the time of their coming among us, unto the present day, the prospect is entirely changed; they have entirely prohibited the French youth from attending our Sunday Schools, yea, they have multiplied their nunneries and free schools, for the purpose of entangling our American youth in their foils, and not without success; they have gained over many; they appear extremely anxious to educate American youth, especially the female part, while it is evident, the poor French, whom they have in perfect captivity, are growing up in ignorance and idolatry; in many instances, I do believe, the poor beguiled parents would rather see their offspring

A plea for the French Catholics in Mis-enter the tomb, than go to a Protestant

souri.

The following communication to the Board, was recently received from a highly respectable layman, in the State

of Missouri.

Sunday School. If our charity would give them the Scriptures of Truth, we dare not, as we are fully persuaded, they would be taken from them, and destroyed by the Priests and Nuns.

Every way of entrance to the Roman population appears to be effectually shut, and not only so, but the Jesuits have had the boldness to raise their masked batteries of lies within our own lines.

them: if a French missionary could be procured to labour among them, of the right stamp, directly from France, possessing excellent missionary talents, and

In the multitude of the benevolent objects of the present day, I have often had my mind turned to the present Canadian French population, settled in the va- That these poor deceived and abused rious villages along the banks of the Mis- people might be redeemed from the powsissippi, from New Madrid to St. Charles. er of priestcraft and papal darkness, has The number of this French population cost me many a thought; and among I could not give with any degree of cor- these, the only probable one I can conrectness, but I should judge them up-ceive of, is a mission established among wards of 15,000. Say about 1000 in St. Charles; 500 in Portage de Sioux; in St. Louis near 2000; in the Illinois Bottom, from St. Louis to Kaskaskia, about 2000; in Carondollet and other vil-sound piety, something might, with the lages, 1000; in Cape Girardeau, St. Genevieve, and the mining country, may be 5000 or 6000; New Madrid, and scattered about in various other little settlements in Missouri, about 2500 more.From the time that Louisiana became the property of the United States, till about 1820, Romanism'declined, and their language was the chief reason they did

blessing of God, be done to recover this poor degraded remnant out of the fangs of the Beast. Surely the pious French would be more anxious, if they knew their true situation, to send a mission among them, their brethren, who speak their own language, than to the wilds of Africa, or any other pagan land. I do humbly hope, the various Boards of Mis

bath. His conscience_appeared tender, and he wept freely. But should he let his wife suffer, pine away in sickness, and perhaps die, for want of certain necessaries which he could get for her inno other way? I confess, on imagining myself placed in the situation of this poor slave, I was somewhat staggered at this question. I knew it was not right "to do evil that good might come," but at whose door would the crime of Sabbathbreaking, in this case, lie, that of the poor slave, or his master?

Sions will turn their eyes to this field of labour, with a full purpose to try the experiment without a moment's delay; if they succeed in procuring one or two able missionaries of the sort mentioned, to labour on the banks of the Mississippi, great might be the consequence for the good of these French citizens, as well as the safety of our own American population. At this present juncture, when the French nation are making such rapid strides to relieve themselves of the heavy burden and galling chains of Jesuit cupidity and tyranny in their own country; it would be a desperate and untenable effort in the Jesuits, entirely to hold these people in subjection, if a talented Frenchman were coming among them. At pres- The following melancholy account of ent, many of this people feel very uneasy the miserable end of a drunkard, in the under the heavy mulcts of these extortioners, who, by their thousand contrivances western part of the State of New Jersey, to get money, are like the horse-leach, is taken from a recent report of one of who never has enough. May the Mis-the Missionaries of the Board. sionary Society be led, by this feeble notice, to take efficient means, like Mr. Raffles, in another case, and I pray God, they may be as successful.

Slavery and Sabbath-breaking. A Missionary in Tennessee, thus writes: One little incident, illustrating another subject, may not be uninteresting. On last Sabbath, a man of colour, a slave and a professor of religion, called at my house. He had walked nine miles that morning, to get some necessaries at the

A Drunkard burnt to death.

The most correct account of the case states, that in the latter part of the day he came to his house, under the influ ence of intoxication, as usual; his wife had to make her escape, but the children he kept in the house, he was yet capable of sitting on a chair; after some time his wife returned and succeeded in getting the children away with her, this was now the more easily effected, as a degree of stupor had overpowered his inflamed ferocity, and thus a merciful Providence snatched three helpless children from the jaws of destruction. Here, the last lines of Selkirk's soliloquy appear in their correct bearing.

"There's mercy in every place,
And mercy, encouraging thought,
Gives even affliction a grace
And reconciles man to his lot."

store for his wife, who was sick, and was about to return home the same evening Knowing that he had spent several Sabbaths in the same way, I asked him if he did not feel guilty of breaking the Sabbath. He said, he did frequently, but he could not help it. His master would not spare him from his work, to come up After a short space of time, perhaps on any other day of the week; some- fifteen or twenty minutes, the wife, anxtimes, after working all day, he had ious to ascertain the state of her wretchcome up in the night, and returned before ed husband, returned to her cabin, but day light, to labour all the next day alas! on opening the door, she found the without sleep; once he came up in that house was filled with a dense body of way, and after knocking and calling in smoke; she then gave the alarm, that vain at the stores for some time, was un- either the house was on fire, or John was der the mortifying necessity of returning burning up: the first man that attempted the same night, without accomplishing to drag him out was completely baffled his object. When coming up on the Sab- by the intolerable stench and smoke; bath, he prayed all the way, that the a second making the attempt, succeeded Lord would not lay to his charge, the sin in dragging him out of the apartment, his of Sabbath-breaking, or forgive him if face was but little, if any marred, his guilty. But there were some things, it clothing, which I uuderstood was all cotseemed to him he must get, but could ton, was burned up, and his sides connot, without trespassing upon the Sab- siderably burned in; he lay about three bath. I urged him to submit to his lot, feet from a small fire on the hearth, even though it might seem a hard one, without any appearance of contact with and not by any means to violate the Sab-it, unless one of his arms lying in that di

rection. Many conjectures have been offered as to the probable way he fell under the accident, but no satisfaction results.

The following note was intended for our May number, but was inadvertently omitted.

From the Western Luminary.

Last week Mr. David A. Sayre received through the Post Office, a letter of which the following is a copy:

"SCOTT COUNTY, March, 1831. "SIR-I enclose $30 Commonwealth of Kentucky, to be exchanged by you at your rates of exchange, and afterwards, I wish you to apply $20 to the benefit of the Colonization Society, and the balance to whoever may be agent for the Board of Missions of the General Assembly. "A FRIEND."

"Mr. D. A. Sayre."

RE-APPOINTMENTS.

Rev. Matthew Harrison, for one year to the congregation of Scott, Courtland Co. N.Y. Rev. Jacob Burbank, for one year to the church of Naples, N. Y.

Rev. C. Webster, for one year to Hempstead, L. Island.

Rev. Moses Hunter, for one year to Angelica, N.Y.

Rev. John Glenn, for one year to Rich-
land and Rockland, Venango County, Pa.
Rev. Salmon King, for one year to War-
ren and vicinity, Bradford County, Pa.
Rev. Peter Hassinger, for one year to
Waterford and vicinity, Erie County, Pa.
Mr. George W. Hampson, for one year
to Concord and Oil Creck, Pa.
Rev. A. McKeehan, for one year to Shir-
leysburg and Three Springs, Pa.

Rev. Robert B. Dobbins, for one year to
Williamsburg and White Oak, Ohio.
Rev. James Cunningham, for one year
to Mary Ann and West Carlisle, Ohio.

Rev. William Hughes, for one year to
Loudonville and Lake fork Roads, Ohio.
Rev. Richard Brown, for one year to
Mount Hope, Ohio.

The donor is informed that $20 has been paid to the Treasurer of the Colonization Society, and $6 25 placed to the credit of the General Assembly's Board of Missions, which shall be duly for-ings Grove and Sharon, Ohio. warded to the Treasurer at Philadelphia.

APPOINTMENTS.

From the 20th of April to the 1st of June.
Rev. L. Brookes, for 1 year to Bethany
Centre, N. Y.

Rev. Samuel E. Cornish, for six months
to the 1st African Church, Philadelphia.
Mr. Samuel Wilson, for one year to the
Huntingdon Presbytery, Pa.

Rev. James B. Morrow, for one year to New Philadelphia and Sandyville, Ohio. Rev. James Anderson, for one year to Rockbill, Bethel and vicinity, Ohio.

Mr. John Crawford, for one year to Carlisle and Hopewell, Indiana.

Mr. Cochran Forbes, for two months to Georgetown Roads and vicinity, Md.

Rev. Richard Campbell, for one year to Three Springs, Brook Co, Va.

Mr. W. D. Smith, for one year to the Flatts of Grave Creek, Wolf Run and vicinity, Va.

Rev. Roswell Tenny, for one year to Salem, Botetourt Co. Va.

Rev. H. M. Kerr, for one year to Little Britain, Duncan's Creek and Drusilla, N.C. Mr. James Kerr, for 6 months to Goshen and Olney congregations, N. C.

Mr. John Pumroy, for one year to Rockingham Co. N.C.

Rev. Reuben Sears, for one year to the Territory of Michigan.

Rev. Jacob Wolff, for one year to Bloom

Rev. Robert Young, for one year to Millersburg and East Hopewell, Ohio.

Rev. William Gray, for one year to Springfield, Clark County, Ohio.

Rev. Salmon Cowles, for one year to Fairview, Malaga and vicinity, Ohio.

Rev. John L. Belville, for one year to Washington congregation and vicinity, O.

Rev. William Wallace, for one year onethird of his time to Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio.

Rev. Samuel J. Miller, for one year to West Lexington and New Providence, 0. Rev. 1. Reed, Missionary Agent for three months from 28th of May to Indiana and III. Mr. George W. Kennedy, for 6 months to Taneytown, Md.

Rev. Jacob F. Price, for one year to Louisville and vicinity, Ky.

Rev. D. L. Russell, for one year to N. C. Rev. H. Patten, for 6 months to Concord church, Tenn.

LETTERS RECEIVED,

From the 20th of April to the 1st of June.

O. Leavitt, NY. I. Reed, Ind. G. Colton, NY. W. McJimsey, Pa. A. D. Montgome ry, Va. R.IM'Cachren, Pa. J. Thomson, O. D. Monfort, Ind. Executive Committee of Washington Presbytery. E. Hart, Pa. R.B. Dobbins, O. 1. A. Ogden, Ind. S. J. Cox, O. T. G. Govett, Ky. A. Y. Lockridge, NC. R. G. Linn, O. J. Thomson, Ind. J. Spicer,