THE PREACHING OF THE CROSS THE POWER OF QOD. S E ft M N ^mm DELIVERED AT SOUTH BERWICK, JUNE 26, 1850, n i-. h i u k r ii a MAINE MISSIONARY SOCIETY FORTY-THIRD ANNIVERSARY. BY REV. J. J. CARRUTHERS, D. D , PASTOR OP THE SECOXD CHCRCH IN PORTLAND. .fAZA^ \%sro PORTLAND: PRINTED AT THE MIRROR OFFICE. 1850. THE PREACHING OF THE CROSS THE POWER OF GOD. SERMON, DELIVERED AT SOUTH BERWICK, JUNE 26, 1850. BEFORE THE MAINE MISSIONARY SOCIETY, FORTY-THIRD ANNIVERSARY BY REV. J. J. CARRUTHERS, D. D., PASTOR OF THE SECOND CHORCH IN PORTLAND. PORTLAND: PRINTED AT THE MIRROR OFFICE. 1850. SERMON. I COR. 1: 18. THE PREACHING OF THE CROSS IS TO THEM THAT PERISH FOOLISHNESS; BUT UNTO US WHO ARE SAVED, IT IS THE POWER OP GOD. By the cross, is not here meant either the instrument or the event, as such, of the Saviour's death. In the mere circum- stance of such a death, there was nothing strange either to Jew or Greek — nor in its announcement, aught that could have drawn from any of Paul's hearers, the imputation of imbecility or folly. Had he, in addition, told them that the sufferer was innocent of any crime, that he had for years been eminently the benefactor of the people at whose instigation he was put to death, that he had taught them the lessons of celestial wisdom, and, by a " delegated power," had healed all manner of dis- ease ; the Jew might have disputed a testimony so discreditable to his nation, and the Greek might have wondered at the impor- tance given by the preacher to an instance of popular ingrati- tude and cruelty of which his own national history furnished some affecting parallels ; but neither would, on this account, have advanced the charge of foolishness. The charge was pro- voked and extorted by the unheard of claims preferred on behalf of the sufferer, and by the affirmed purpose of his death. Ac- cording to the plain and unequivocal testimony of Paul, the sufferer was "the prince of life," divine as well as human, God manifested in the flesh; and his sufferings, though in part inflicted by the cruelty of men, were the result of divine fore knowledge and design. The design was distinctly specified. The agony of Calvary — and all the pains and sorrows of which this was the climax and the consummation, were declared to be of the nature of an atonement for human guilt, necessary, suit- able and all-sufficient, by an exclusive dependence upon which, each hearer and believer of the fact would be saved from other- wise inevitable destruction, and secure the favor of God in this life, and at death, the pure, perfect and perpetual felicity of heaven. He further testified that the simple declaration of that fact was the divinely appointed means of moral reformation, and made no secret of his purpose to confine himself to this as the only instrument by which men could be raised from their degra- dation, cleansed from their pollution, exalted to the true dignity of a rational and immortal nature, and become the fit associates of the blessed — the inmates of the skies. All this he affirmed, not occasionally, but constantly; not in dark, mystic, and am- biguous phrase, but with great plainness of speech, avowedly repudiating that wisdom of words which would have veiled and hidden the native glory of his theme, and made the cross of Christ of none- eifect. This was "to the Jews, a stumbling block; and to the Greeks, foolishness." The least intelligent of the Gentile hearers of "the word" could readily perceive that this involved a charge against man- kind at large of deep depravity and guilt — a charge which the ambassadors of Christ were never slow, in express terms, to advance and to sustain. Such a charge, save as to its extent and indiscriminateness, did not surprise them. Similar allega- tions often fell from the Mps of their most admired orators, and were plentifully interspersed throughout the writings of their most popular philosophers and poets. The purest, however, and most perfect of those moral codes to which Gentile wisdom and virtue had given birth, and which were tacitly recognised in the oft repeated charge of corruption and crime, did not condemn the human race in terms so absolute, so unmitigated, and so universal, as did, by implication, the customary language of the preachers of the .cross. The Greeks and the Barbarians stood equally aghast, when they heard the words of condemna- tion uttered against those objects and forms of worship which their strictest moralists had taught them to revere and to ob- serve — against conceptions, emotions and conduct which were in their view essentially and preeminently virtuous, — against customs and usages venerable for their antiquity, and sustained alike by the authority of the great and the practical approbation of the wise and good. The Jews were, and had long been, in possession of a code of morals absolutely perfect; but it had been made void by their traditions. The commandments of the Lord which were, as they came from him, " exceeding broad," had been narrowed, curtailed and circumscribed, so as to pass uncensurecl and un- condemned a thousand acts and forms of iniquity ; and leave the great mass of the community at ease in their transgressions. When they heard themselves arraigned as criminals, and in terms as absolute and unmodified as those which were applied to sinners of the Gentiles, they indignantly repelled the accusa- tion, and regarded, proclaimed and treated the accusers as recreant to the honor of their ancestry, and revilers of their nation. Their indignation was still more provoked by the affir- mation of their inability to please God even by their most rigid and exact conformity to the requirements of their established ritual. That they should be represented as so deeply sunk in moral degradation, so thoroughly polluted and depraved, as to need, for their elevation and correction, an instrumentality and agency extraneous to their own, were, and they distinctly saw it, a virtual equalizing of them with the despised Gentiles, a setting at naught of all their ablutions and penances and prayers, a clear and plain assertion of their exposure to the curse and wrath of God. Jews and Gentiles alike scorned and denounced as madness the preaching of the cross as professedly designed and fitted to exalt and purify and save the human race. That He who had suffered on the accursed tree was "Immanuel, God with us," — that his sufferings had such inherent virtue as to atone for the grossest crimes, and free the criminal from condemnation — and that a belief of these astounding propositions, a reliance on them, a practical repudiation of all other means and methods of deliverance from condemnation and corruption, and a simple and sincere trust in the saving power and sanctifying grace of Christ, would effectually liberate and cleanse the soul, and send forth through all the ramifications of human thought and feeling and utterance and action, a healing and a holy virtue — this was "to them that perished, foolishness." They could not brook it. It gainsayed all their cherished conceptions. It struck at the very root of principles and prejudices which approved themselves alike to the carnal understanding and the corrupt heart. It prostrated the power of man, and poured contempt on all his moral aims and efforts and achievements. It exhibited the Jew and Gentile as alike guilty and depraved, alike inexcusable and imbecile. It exacted from all an acknowledgement of wicked- ness and worthlessness in the sight of God. It excluded all boasting, made void all self-glorying, and placed the virtuous and the vile on the same footing of demerit and absolute de- pendence, for salvation and for sanctity, on the grace and power of a crucified, though revived, risen and exalted Christ. These were not only the natural inferences and deductions which dis- cerning and reflective hearers drew from the representations made by the Apostles. The Apostles themselves asserted and maintained them. They not only admitted but avowed the tendency of their doctrine to humble that it might exalt — to impoverish that it might enrich — to denude mankind of all fan- cied excellence, that it might clothe them with the attributes of real and abiding greatness of condition and of character — to demolish and destroy every vestige of self-righteousness, and to induce, on the part of all its recipients, an unhesitating and unmeasured acquiescence in the once hated and obnoxious adage, "him that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord." Nor -was this a matter of affirmation only. The truth of their testimony had been exemplified. The inspired writer of this epistle Was a living and thankful witness of its veracity and virtue. He was by birth an Hebrew of the Hebrews — by de- scent, a son of Abraham, a scion of the tribe of Benjamin. By profession and by practice he had been a Pharisee ; and, in point of character, had stood, for many years, as high amongst his people, as the most distinguished and eminent of his contempo- raries. None even of his most malignant enemies could justly accuse him of disrepect to the religious institutions of the land, or of defection from the religious usages prescribed by Moses or received by tradition from the fathers. None could entertain an antipathy more virulent than was once his own, to the doc- trine of the cross. He despised it. He assailed it. He devo- ted himself to its destruction. He breathed threatening and slaughter against its innocent abettors— and hesitated not to imbrue his hands in the blood of those who stood up for its de- fence. He did all this ignorantly in unbelief. "The light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ" had shone into his mind, revealing the moral deformity and vile- ness that were there, and simultaneously disclosing the sovereign remedy and sure refuge of the cross. His once high imagina- tions were now cast down, his boasted righteousness turned to loathsomeness and shame, his pride to self-abasement, his hatred of Christ and his followers to ardent, earnest, active and inex- tinguishable love. He was now "a new creature in Christ Jesus," and so closely were now all the principles he held, all the privileges he enjoyed, and all the prospects he entertained, connected with the once detested doctrine of a crucified Re- deemer and Saviour — so fully had he realized, in his own person, the heart-purifying and evil-overcoming power of the doctrine he proclaimed, that in the most solemn and awful form of adjuration he exclaimed, " God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of my Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world." 8 The Corinthians, to whom this epistle was addressed, had once been amongst the most vicious and vilest of their race. They belonged to a community proverbially licentious and disso lute, by whom every abomination was not only practised but deified and adored, and who were, even by Grecian moralists and teachers, regarded and represented as corrupt and contami- nated to the core. These Corinthians were now devout, moral, and humane — shining by the lustre of their virtue like "lights in a dark place" — flourishing like flowers in the midst of pollu- tion and putridity — exemplifying every grace that could adorn and dignify humanity. What had wrought the change ? — a change so sudden — so certain — so effectual. Erudition had not done it. Authority had not done it. Eloquence had not done it. The unprecedented and unparalleled transformation had been wrought by " the preaching of the cross." They had thus been experimentally brought into a perfect coincidence of sentiment and feeling with the great Apostle. Their hearts vibrated in unison with his. Not one of their number dissented from or disputed the unrivalled adaptation and efficiency which he claimed for the doctrine he announced ; and the recollections of every memory, the glowing gratitude of every heart, re- sponded to the declaration — "the preaching of the cross is to us who are saved the power of God." This great truth,' which it is the sole object of this discourse to illustrate and defend, is of no limited or temporary or tran- sient application. This once so well adapted and so effective instrumentality retains undiminished its wonder-working virtue. It is still foolishness to many, — and those who would imbibe the spirit, and adopt the sentiments, and follow the example of the Apostle of the Gentiles, must, even now, lay their account with treatment analogous to that which greeted him, whenever and wherever he announced and executed his commission. The carnal mind is not more willing in our day, than it was in his, to admit its own corruption, criminality and weakness. Systems of belief and practical habits, as directly opposed to the 9 principles and precepts of the gospel as were those of a remote antiquity, still exist and dominate amongst mankind. The preaching of the cross, -wherever fully and faithfully exhibited, still rouses into energetic action the perversity, the pride, the passions of the corrupt heart. An earth-born philosophy still interposes its high-sounding maxims in disproof and repudiation of the truth as it is in Jesus. Poetry still celebrates, and music still lends her aid to chant the praises of the vain and vile ; and to cast reproach on those who seek — as the Apostles sought — to sanctify and save their race. Declaimers, too, there are, who aim at notoriety, and have their reward in the noisy plaudits they elicit by their vehement and vociferous in- vectives against the narrow-mindedness, the uncharitableness, ignorance, imbecility and folly, of those who speak to their fellow men as fallen and condemned ; and seek to raise, to renew, and to redeem them, by the preaching of the cross. Would that fact and duty did not authorise and constrain us to admit that some who sit in the chair of nominally Christian instruction, have virtually formed an unholy alliance with the "enemies of the cross of Christ," and substituted lessons which Epictetus might have taught, and means and modes of moral culture and correction which even he would scarcely have com- mended, for the matter and the form of apostolical tuition ! "Conscience," say they, "must be educated. The moral sense must be roused into exercise and action. The moral faculties must be brought into a course of progressive development and expansion, and move onward pari passu with the intellectual, towards the destined perfection of humanity. The noble in- stincts and high aspirations of our nature must be cherished, fostered, fed, with the flowers of poesy and the mellow fruits of a mild and beneficent philosophy. Society progresses, and ancient modes and forms of tuition are not in keeping with the attainments and resources of this enlightened age. We must discard the antiquated notions and nomenclature of the schools. We must trust for the moral regeneration and improvement of B 10 the people to the power of education, to the ever expanding spirit of the age, to the multitudinous facilities now furnished for the diffusion of knowledge, the formation of a correct public taste, and the establishment of such a standard of social morals as, when universally recognized, will, beyond all precedent and promise, beautify and bless our world." This is no caricature, no misrepresentation, no overcharged picture of actual phe- nomena. Phraseology like that now used has become familiar to our ears and eyes, so familiar as scarcely, in its intensest form, to awaken our surprise, or even excite our sorrow for a defection, so unutterably dreadful, from the simplicity and pu- rity and power of the glorious gospel of the blessed God. Thanks to divine goodness and wisdom, we have this gospel in a form too tangible, too easily accessible, and too enduring, to be otherwise than willfully and criminally ignorant of what it was in apostolic times, and what it will be till time shall end. Thanks to the foreseeing and provident benevolence that has raised up and qualified and sent forth so goodly a number of men who are "set for the defence" of the truth, and who are " not ashamed of the gospel of Christ." Thanks, above all, be given to that distinguishing and sovereign mercy that has chosen and called so many thousands and tens of thousands in our own land, and throughout the world, whose common experi- ence attests, and whose common acknowledgements avouch that gospel to be "the power of God unto salvation." Were the adaptation and efficiency of the preaching of the cross, as the means of moral reformation and renewal, a matter merely of arbitrary, unexplained, and by us inexplicable ap- pointment on the part of God, reason would that we should gratefully accept, and, with cheerful and unquestioning readi- ness, employ it for this purpose. The so called "laws of na- ture" can, for the most part, be no otherwise explained than that such is the will of the Creator. Why those laws are what they are, why they respectively and conjointly operate as we know they do, are questions which even the wisdom of this 11 world has seldom agitated — and questions, besides, which, however agitated, would leave the facts of the case precisely as they are. The common sense and physical exigences of man- kind, combined with the instincts of their animal nature, have ever led them to recognize and act upon the preexisting arrange- ments of creative power and a controlling Providence ; and the great majority at least have been utterly unconscious even of a desire to penetrate into the primary reasons for arrangements which they find ready to their hand, so easily available, and so universally effectual. The most erudite and perspicacious give daily proof of the necessity that is laid on them, to conform to arrangements, of the ultimate reason of which they can give no account. They are forced to take them as they are, without knowing anything more of the primum mobile of their adaptation and adjustment, than does the rudest and most untutored of the species. They must breathe the air, and walk the earth, and sustain their animal existence by the use of food, just as others do who are too indolent or too wise to ask why the Creator and Governor of all things did not appoint other than the existing laws of respiration, gravitation, and vitality. Instinct and ne- cessity, if nothing else, will ever restrain them from the suicidal attempt to set aside these divine adjustments, and supersede them by means and measures of their own. It were well if the same necessity were felt for recognizing and adopting the means divinely appointed, sanctioned and employed for the moral re- generation of our race. The necessity exists. The history of the world abounds with proofs and illustrations of the utter abortiveness of all human devices for the effectual correction and eradication of the evils that afflict humanity. These evils are too deeply seated, too widely diffused, too thoroughly inter- woven with the very framework and texture of the human mind, to be reached and removed by any instrumentality which cre- ated and finite wisdom can devise. This wisdom has seldom aimed at more than the prevention and amelioration of those forms of moral turpitude that are palpable and patent to the 12 senses, whilst, for the most part, there has been a total oversight of the too well attested fact that these said forms are but the foliage and the fruits of that moral upas which strikes its roots deep into the innermost recesses of our nature. We would not unduly disparage or depreciate the efforts even of an ill-informed and superficial philanthropy. Our argument will suffer nothing by conceding to these well-meaning reformers of their species all that they can claim for the suitableness and even the effi- ciency of their plans and projects of improvement. Even could they realize, what we must regard as their Utopian expectations, could they resist, repel, and even remove whatever is most odi- ous and most injurious in the moral and social habits of mankind, — what guarantee can they afford to give against the reproduc- tion and reappearance of these evils, and the origination, by their own instrumentality, of other evils still more virulent and more inveterate ? They do not even profess to deal with the hidden elements of individual character — they are seemingly unconscious, and when told of it, are unwilling to admit that in these elements there is aught requiring corrective or curative appliances — but if there be such elementary and inherent evils, what is there, in their best adapted measures, to destroy them ? Besides, these measures, even if successful to the remotest limit of the most sanguine expectation, are not fitted nor design- ed to generate the seeds and secure the growth of individual and social virtue. They aim simply at the destruction of what is, not the production of what ought to he. The absence of what is evil does not imply the existence of what is good, — and, constituted as man is, and as society is, with faculties and powers and surrounding instrumentalities that will always be employed for evil or for good, it is a strange oversight of these philanthropists that, whilst guarding against the one, they make no provision for the other. They crop industriously the weeds of depravity — but they have no implement to till the soil, and no seed wherewith to secure a more lovely and more healthful produce. Now, against all human devices for the moral amendment of our species, we place " the preaching of the cross ; " and along- side of it the palpable proofs of its efficiency. And he must be a bold man who will attempt to deny or to invalidate these proofs. They are not drawn from the records or traditions of former ages, though these would abundantly supply them. They are not brought from the distant parts of the earth ; though, in the present day of missionary enterprise, we know, and all may know, that they are there. We bid the scornful denier or scep- tical impugner of our testimony look around and listen, and, if he has eyes to see or ears to hear, he will be overwhelmed with the evidence of Ins own audacity. However narrow the circle of his intercourse and observation, it will be strange in- deed if, even within that circle, there be not some to whom the preachers of the cross can make their confident appeal, and call for their corroboration of the fact that such preaching, though " to them that perish foolishness, is, to such as are saved, the power of God." This, in their experience, has reached the radical evils of the heart. It has implanted there the seminal principles of a celestial virtue, and though these be, in the best of Christians, but partially developed, they have already pro- duced such fruits as mere human philanthropy has never reaped nor gathered to its garner. Now if, of this phenomenon, repeated in all ages, under all circumstances, and in ten thousand times ten thousand instan- ces, we could give no other account than that so it is — that God has so ordered and so ordained it — that in his inscrutable wisdom, he has connected such instrumentality with such effects — it were the quintescence of folly to substitute any other instru- mentality — and worse than folly not to employ that which he has graciously provided. Even in such a case, we would confi- dently challenge the suffrages of the whole school of Bacon, in favor of the surpassing wisdom of the man, who practically ob- serves this established law of the great moral Governor, and is not careful to supply any other reason for his conduct than that 14 the law exists. The " philosophy of facts" can find no richer demonstrations than are furnished by the moral phenomena uniformly and exclusively resulting from the successful preach- ing of the cross. It has pleased God, however, to furnish us with some, at least, of the reasons of this arrangement — reasons which com- mend themselves alike to the enlightened judgment and the renewed heart, and are consonant^ besides, with the experience of all who have felt and exemplified the regenerative and trans- forming power of " the truth as it is in Jesus." The first step in every process of moral renovation must be the distinct perception of the inherent evil and odiousness of sin. The enactments of the divine law sufficiently determine its criminality — and the penalties annexed to that law suffi- ciently exhibit the peril to which the transgressor is exposed, — but neither nor both of these can instrumentally generate a hatred of sin, nor destroy the disposition to commit it. The law and the penalty must both be known, else there can be no consciousness of criminality, and no fear of punishment ; but the knowledge of these can, in no degree, create a distaste, a disrelish and a dread of sin ; and their utmost efficacy, as a means of moral cure, can reach no farther than to convince of guilt, and awaken the fear of merited and impending retribu- tion. The communication of such knowledge is all important as a preliminary to the announcements of the gospel ; since, with- out it, there could be no perception, no acknowledgement of the transcendant wisdom manifested in the substitutionary obedi- ence and sufferings of Christ, by which the violated law is magnified, and its righteous penalty virtually and vicariously exhausted. But the hatred of sin, repentance for it, and the desire of freedom from its power and its pollution, can be gene- rated only by the light thrown upon its vileness and its dread deformity, by the mysterious oblation of the cross. There, in that light, are seen, in striking and soul-saddening contrast, the righteousness, the purity, the benevolence of God — and the 15 aggravated criminality, the deep pollution, the base ingratitude, and foul demerit of the sinner. There, where all the malignity of human passion is let loose upon the person of the innocent and meek, yet mighty sufferer — there, where the Prince of this Avorld is allowed to gather into a focus and concentrate on the gracious Mediator all the force for evil which his long prac- ticed malice can command — there, where it pleases the Father himself to bruise his only Son, and put him to grief, and make his soul an offering for sin — there the sinner sees, as he never saw before, and as can nowhere else be seen, the intrinsic, un- mitigated and matchless evil of disobedience and transgression. Connecting, as he is taught by God's word and inclined by God's Spirit to connect, his own sins with the sufferiDgs of Im- manuel as their originating cause, — contemplating, in these sufferings, the propitiation which his guilt and God's equity de- manded, — knowing, feeling, and devoutly acknowledging that Christ " bore Ms iniquities in his own body on the tree," he is humbled, abased, agitated, overwhelmed by the mingled emo- tions of grief, and gratitude and gladness. He " looks on him whom he hath pierced, and mourns" — he looks again, and " beholds," in the crucified one, " tbe lamb of God that taketh away his sin" — again he looks, and " the love of Christ con- strains him thus to judge, that, if he died for all, then were all dead ; and that he died for all, that they who live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto Him who died for them and rose again." It is essential to the love and practice of virtue, that these should be enforced by motives, such in kind, so obviously good, and just, and reasonable, as to commend themselves at once to the understanding, the conscience and the heart ; and gain the consent and concurrence of them all. Such motives the preaching of the cross supplies. Whatever is august in divine authority, awful in divine justice, amazing in divine benevo- lence, is here exhibited in a light so clear and so commanding, that the minor considerations of interest, expediency, utility and 16 so on, by which the best of Pagan and of nominally Christian moralists have urged and enforced the practice of what is just and good, are merged and lost in the sublime sense of what is due to the author and purchaser of a free and full redemption. The obligations under which the inconceivable compassion of Immanuel has laid its worthless objects, the privileges, so pre- cious and so permanent, that flow from his effectual mediation, the prospects so bright and brilliant that open up to the view of the astonished and delighted recipient of his grace, combine to fix the heart in firm and resolute determination to " abstain from that which is evil," to " cleave to that which is good," to " crucify the flesh with the affections and lusts thereof," to " walk worthy of avocation" so "high," so "holy" and so " heavenly," to " carry about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus," and to " glorify Him in the body and the spirit," which he has bought with such " a price," and blessed with such a portion. The progress of time, the force of habit, the effect of familiarity, which so sensibly impair the practical power of mere worldly motives to propriety and purity — tend only to increase indefinitely the moral influence that emanates and is- sues from the cross. It furnishes a perpetually present impulse to progressive holiness. Its power is never spent. It touches every spring of action, and urges onward, in an unceasing course of spontaneous practical submission to the authority, obedience to the will, and devotion to the declarative glory of Immanuel. Its virtue is felt and acknowledged by the young disciple when, in the freshness and bloom of youth, he commits himself to the conflicts of a regenerated life. It is felt and ac- knowledged by the maturer Christian who is enduring the heat and burden of the glorious warfare — and, in that hour when the combatant contends with death, his latest enemy, and sees, in near and gladdening prospect, the unfading crown of glory, he still draws all his strength, and that expected crown derives all its lustre, from the cross. If, my respected hearers, you have given a sustained atten- 17 tion to thoso observations, you must have seen that the preach- ing of the cross has been spoken of as an instrument alone. The instrument, though divinely chosen and marvellously adapt- ed to the object of its use, is powerful only when accompanied by the unseen energy of Him by whom it has been found and furnished. Apostles acknowledged this, and he who was " not behind the very chiefest Apostles," often and openly avowed it. The ancient church were taught by precept, by observation, and by experience, to look on themselves, and on the most gifted of the servants of Immanuel, as all equally dependent for the de- sired and expected results of the preaching of the cross, on the promised power from heaven. They habitually expressed this dependence by intelligent, earnest, constant prayer. They practically recognized the wisdom and goodness that so jealously reserved for " God in Christ," the undivided glory of those moral conquests that succeeded the preaching of the cross. They readily and constantly distinguished betwixt the panoplied soldiers of the cross and the invisible agency that sustained their courage and supplied their strength ; and whenever, wherever, under whatever circumstances, victory was won, — the triumph was celebrated in thanksgiving to Him who alone had gained it. A subject this,, my brethren, too vast and too voluminous, for anything like adequate discussion in the closing paragraph of a discourse already, it may be, too protracted. But it is one of unutterable interest ; and in view of it, if duly pondered, we might obtain some salutary light upon a subject that must needs awaken the solicitude of every Christian now present. "We should then arrive at a speedy and self-humiliating solution of the question why the preaching of the cross in our day is so comparatively inefficient. Comparatively inefficient, for it were alike ungrateful to the God of grace, and treacherous to truth, to suppress the acknowledgment that there are now everywhere visible — though in number alas too limited — the " living epis- tles " which proclaim the undiminished and sovereign virtue of the cross. But would not these be greatly multiplied, if, on c 18 the part of those who preach, and of those who sustain the preaching of the cross, there were a deeper sense of the neces sity, a more generally diffused desire for, and expectation of the promised power of that gracious, free and mighty Spirit, whose province and prerogative it is to " testify of Christ?" Here, my brethren, here lies the secret of our needed ability to prose- cute successfully the glorious enterprize of saving and sanctify- ing the souls of men. We must preach the cross. Any and all other preaching will, for such ends, be absolutely and utterly abortive. But, whilst we preach, the prayer of conscious de- pendence — of fervent desire — of fixed and earnest expecta- tion — must rise, and rise unceasingly, from hearts that harmo- nize with the purposes, and trust the promises, and place their whole relianoe on the power of God. Such prayer offered upon earth, and such power sent down from heaven — the early achievements of the cross will be renewed ; the strong-holds of Satan's empire, throwing still their dark and dismal shadows over the destined heritage of the Redeemer, will be undermined and overthrown ; and millions upon millions of immortal souls, emancipated from their thraldom, purified from their pollu- tion, and exulting in the hope of promised and approaching glory, shall attest the unequalled and unrivalled efficacy of the " preaching of the cross." FORTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OP THE TRUSTEES OF THE MAINE MISSIONARY SOCIETY, AT THETB ANNUAL MEETING IN SOUTH-DEB, WICK , JUNE26, 1850. In preparing the Anstlal Report, it has been thought ad- visable to vary somewhat from the usual method. Instead of giving, as in former Reports, an alphabetical list of Mission- aries, a list will be given of those Churches and Congregations, to which aid has been granted during the last year. To this the attention of the readers of this Report will in the first place be directed. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ASSISTED CHURCHES AND CONGREGATIONS. In this list, or tabular view, are given in alphabetical order, the several churches and congregations, with the names of the respective missionaries, the date and amount of each mission- ary's appropriation, the average attendance on each congrega- tion, the number of church members, the additions during the year by profession and letter, the number of hopeful conver- sions, the amount contributed to the Maine Missionary Society, and to other objects of benevolence, with such remarks append- ed, as may serve still further to illustrate the condition of each missionary district. TABULAE VIEW. The contributions to Home Missions, inserted in the following Table, are such as were paid into the Treasury during the year, ending June 24th, 1850. All paid afterward belong to the subsequent missionary year. When an * is found under the head of contributions for Home Missions, it denotes, that collec- tions have recently been made, but not being paid before the Treasurer's accounts were made up for the year, they are not included in this Report, but will come into that of the next year. 20 a p a ^ ~ s a ■3 Churches and Missionaries. Date of Commission. a o o o p, .- a fa so c o i o >. — > a o a ll .-2.3 to V 5 •a — P. a J3 p : 0) — -: c O a 3 « < o < < — ° <§ 1. Albany. Rev. G. E. Tewksbury, P. June 27, 1849 12 m 100 110 78 2 2 i 24 00 2. Alna. Rev. Samuel Talbot, P. u 12 100 125 91 i 20 00 54 40 3. Amheest and Aurora. Rev. H. S. Loring, P. " 12 [1] 100 27 2 35 00 5 00 4. Andover. Rev. Joshua S. Gay, P. a 12 128 1(111 33 1 12 75 900 5. Atkinson. 125 30 If. 20 125 Bradford. 80 30 6 « 3 12 Rev. Eusebius Hale, s. s. (c 12 182 i e 6. Bangor, North. - O Mr. Edward I*. Kimball. May, 1850 1 28 24 & 7. Belfast, North. & 1 Rev. Samuel Souther, Jr. P. June 27, 1849 12 IT.". 150 1 2 42 72 28 00 8. Biddeford, East. i Rev. Samuel S. Drake, P. Oct. 1849 12 L00 150 89 10 00 20 00 9. BlNGHAM. 120 66 518 6 76 Solon, Village. 100 14 211 282 Rev. Sydney Turner, s. s. June 27, 1849 12 160 65 10. Blanchard. 70 25 12 15 m 13 00 Sangerville. 75 11 1 10 00 Abbot. Rev. John A. Perry, s. s. " 12 182 11. Brooks and Jackson. Rev. Luther Wiswall, P. " 12 50 175 78 1 1 5 18 25 10 00 12. Brooksville, West. Rev. J. G. Merrill, P. Jan. 10, 1850 6 BO 90 53 2 5 3 23 00 13. Brooksville, East. Rev. Manning Ellis, s. s. June 27, 1849 12 50 50 is 1 1 14. Brownfield. 1 Rev. David Gerry, P. Jan. 10, 1850 6 50 120 33 7 80 10 00 15- Brownvtlle. Rev. William S. Sewall. P. June 29, 1849 12 84 150 63 4 1 22 99 30 00 10. Burlington. so 16 # Passadumkeag. 6 4 4 Rov. Marcus R. Keep, s. s. Jan. 10, 1850 Due 6 50 in 17. Cape Elizabeth. Rev. R. Parkinson, P. Oct. 13, 1849 8 1-2 m: L40 36 1 3 1 27 52 12 58 Balance 4 50 18. Carmel and Hermon. Mr. John Haskell. May 1850 1 28 19. Carroll, Lee and Sfringfjeld. Rev. Joshua Eaton. June 27, 1849 1 3-4 42 20 21 13 25 Mr. Eli T. Littlefield. Sept. 21, 1849 1-2 14 1 Rev. Nathan Cobb. Jan. 1850 150 1 21 REMARKS. 1. This church and society have been weakened by deaths and removals. They "hope to become able to support the Gospel, without missionary aid, but not at present." One young man, hopefully converted during the year, has entered upon a course of preparation for the ministry. 2. " Religion has been low ; but God is on the throne, and He has kept this people from division and apostasy, and has enabled them to pray in faith for the aooomplishment of tho promises concerning Zion." 3. During the three years of Mr. L.'s ministry, the people have received from the Mission- ary Society $273, and have paid $117. When the parsonage shall have been paid for, and gome other arrearages liquidated, thoy will need less assistance than at present. The two hopeful converts reported are the parents of six children. 4. " There has long been an unhappy division among this people, so that a third part of those who might be expected to help in supporting the ministry, do comparatively nothing. 1 ' 5. A few weeks were spent by Mr. Hale, the last fall and winter, on an exploring tour in the county of Piscataquis. But since December he has spent two-thirds of his time at Brad- ford, and one-third at Atkinson. For other particulars, see Summary. Q. Thechureh is " weak and needs encouraging." Its members have spoken of " increas- ed enjoyment," and of their " desires for more holiness of heart." 7. •" Our congregation has never been larger, than at present. An Invitation to preach has been extended from a neighborhood, to which there was before no access." 8. " Good attention given to preaching ; we are at peace among ourselves ; order, stability and attendance on the increase. But we are extremely deficient in active piety, and in the hearty consecration of tithes and oiferings to the Lord." 9. Mr. Turner has spent one-half the time in Bingham, one-fourth in Solon Tillage, and one-fourth at Moscow, Forks of the Kennebec, and Carratunk. His " field of labor is en- couraging, as it regards attendance on public worship, weekly prayer-meetings and monthly conferences, and a disposition to support preaching by peounlary contributions. A decided advance at the Forks." 10. The church in Blanchard has been blessed with a precious revival — see Summary. The people are " poor, but united — one in society, and one in interest. Not one drop of ar- dent spirits sold In the place." — The way is preparing for the establishment of a Congrega- tional church in Shirley. In Greenfield, at the foot of Moosehead Lake, Sabbath congre- gations are 100 — two Congregational church members, and fifty dollars subscribed for preaching. 11. " More than one-half our ability " (to sustain the institutions of the Gospel) " has been lost " (by deaths and removals) "within seven years." Much of the property is in the hands ofthose, who give no pecuniary aid, nor attend on public worship." Prejudice, however, is diminishing, and the church becoming more efficient. 12. Mr. Merrill was installed, as pastor of this church, the last winter. In his report, June 1st, he speaks of increased attendance on preaching, and solemn attention to the Word. 13. Never so much interest taken in the Sabbath school. Number attending increased from- 25 to 75. " Things appear more encouraging, than for some years past." 14 During theiirsfc half of the missionary year, Mr. G.'s labors were divided between this place and two others. In January last, the church at Brownfield made arrangements for securing his services the whole time. But, since then, circumstances have changed agafcj, so as to render it almost certain, that the former plan must soon be resumed. 15. A special interest has been manifest for more than a year in prayer for baptized chil- dren. Two of the children of the church hopefully converted during the year out of town. 16. Mr. Keep states in his Report, that at Burlington, where he spends three-fourths of his time, the aid of the Missionary Society " can be diminished every year, until wholly dis- pensed with." — At Passadumkeag , where but two church members remained, there was a special religious interest in the spring and summer of 1849, and four weekly prayer-meetings were sustained for several months. Four have been added to the Congregational church, and four to the Baptist church. 17. Some spirited and successful movements in the cause of temperance are reported from this place. A good proportion of the young people seem inclined to attach themselves to the congregation ; also, two or three praying, working men of other denominations ; and the pastor is encouraged by "the sympathy and kindness of brethren across the harbor." 18. No Congregational church in these towns. But many of the people are desirous of Congregational preaching. Mr. Haskell's meetings were well attended, and the prospects encouraging. 19. "Much room for labor in this great destitute field." At Springfield, there wns, in the winter, a more than usual degree of religious interest. A part of Mr. Cobb's time has been spent at Passadumkeag. 22 Churches and Missionaries. Dote of (Commission. .3 a a o O a 2 "p. o M P. o. a u s o R a to to a o | u > •< | S — o S-t — o u •a -r < s i a 1 SI ll a u ■3 <2g 5 ° a 20. Cherrtfibld. Annsburqh. Rev. Philip Titcomb, s. s. Oct. 14, 1849 Balance, 7 1-2 41-2 140 60 100 23 e o 2 15 7 84 15 00 21. Chbsterville. Fayette. Rev. J. H. Conant, P. June 27, 1849 12 128 90 26 21 3 16 58 800 22. Dedham. Rev. Lewis Goodrich, P. 23. Denmark. Hiram. Rev. David Gerry, s. s. June 27, 1849 June 27, 1849 12 6 100 '63 90 33 39 11 7 8 10 38 14 00 24. Dexter. Rev. E. G. Carpenter, P. June 27, 1849 12 150 100 49 2 3 2 WOO 20 00 25. Dixfjeld. Rev. Alfred Morse, s. s. Sept. 1849 12 150 70 30 1 2 1 100 242 26. DlXMONT. Plymouth. Rev. Israel Hills, 5. s. June 27, 1849 t 12 84 is o 8 78 27. Foxoroft and Dover. Rev. Wooster Parker, P. June 27, 1849 12 150 190 V 0: 23 9 20 48 76 25 62 28. Frankfort. Rev. Stephen H. Hayes, P. June 27, 1849' 12 100* 175 76 1 2 30 41 75 00 29 Frankfort Mills. Rev. Charles D. Herbert, s. s. June 27, 1849 3 84 175 a o B 25 00 30. Gardiner. Rev. William L. Hyde, P. June 27, 1849 12 125 175 56 1 7 1 10 95 80 00 31. Garland. St. Alban's. Rev. Peter B. Thayer, P. Glenburn. Rev. Joshua Eaton. Oct. 3, 1849 Balance, June 27, 1849 9 3 112J 31* 125 200 (12 63 18 1) 21 2 6 8 21 5 00 100 20 00 32. Gray. Rev. Allen Lincoln, P. June 27, 1849 12 150 100 57 1 1 11 90 00 for 2 66 00 33. Harrison. Rev. Charles Packard, P. June 27, 1849 6 35 120 , 84 years 12 00 15 00 34. Houlton. Hododon. Monticello. Mr. Daniel F. Potter, s. s. . July, 1849 9 273 60 30 40 26 8 1 2 1 5 00 2 00 8 50 35. Letter D., Fort Fairfield. Letter F.. PresqcECsle. Salmon Brook. Rev. Joshua Eaton. Sept. 21, 1849 9 278 11 4 8 36. Industry. Mercer. Rev. Josiah Tucker, s. s. Oct. 18, 1849 Balance, 9 3 91 25 125 125 89 66 4 S 10 :; 2 50 4 69 6 00 5 86 23 REMARKS. • 20. For some six or eight months Mr. Titcomb has preached in Cherryfleld but half the time ; the other half chiefly at Annsburgh, and a few Sabbaths at Columbia. The number of Congregational families at Chorryfield is small; but they value very highly the ministra- tions of the Gospel, and cannot be content to lire without them. They are hoping to build a house of worship. For further particulars respecting Annsburgh see Summary. 21. From $2,000 dollars taxable property in Chesterville, $100 are paid to the minister. The pecuniary ability of both these churches is small, and no prospect at present of increase. Some Sabbaths have been spent by Mr. CoDant at Monmouth, where are from 20 to 25 mem- bers of Congregational churches ; seven Of them " male members in active life, and exerting a good influence." 23. For some account of what has been accomplished in this place, see Summary. 23. During the first six months of the missionary year, Mr. Gerry preached in each of these places one-fourth of the time. Under date of December 29th he wrote, that "things have moved on as nsnal in Hiram and Dexter, with little or no advance." 24. " The past year has been one of peculiar trials and peouniary embarrassments. Still, the field is one of hope and promise. This little flock is too precious, and exerts too impor- tant an influence, to be left unsnstained. 25. " But few, in comparison to the whole number of inhabitants,, attend public worship. Most of our young people seek employment out of the State. The church is united, and will- ing to make sacrifices." 26. " Increased interest jn Sabbath schools ; Sabbath congregations- increased. In Ply- mouth the cloud has seemed about to give a refreshing rain onoe and again ; nor has the cloud yet passed by." ■ 27. For progress reported in this church, see Summary. — " Our denomination is gaining in this County ; and never was it so important, that preaching should be sustained in all tho places now occupied, and In some new ones." 28. An important post, well occupied, but with many discouragements. " Our prospects certainly look dark ; yet our people hope." And why should they not? 29. During the year of Mr. Herbert's continuance in this thriving village, a very neat and convenient house of worship was built and dedicated. The Saibbath school was continued, for the first time, and with much Interest, through the winter. No church has yet been or- ganized. There are, however, materials for one ; and the prospect is very encouraging of maintaining permanently in this place the institutions of the Gospel. 30. There has been, during the year, an increased attendance on public worship ; and as the people " seem very desirous to walk without crutches," its is confidently expected that they will soon dispense with the aid of the Missionary Society. 31. At Garland, " there is still harmony in the church — attendance upon the means of grace generally good. — At St. Albans, the Spirit of God has been at work in a>truly wonder- ful manner." See Summary. The church in this place is feeble, in numbers and property, but has manifested a strong desire for the preaching of the Gospel. Mr. Eaton has supplied them, at different times du- ring the year, twelve Sabbaths ; and his meetings were " very well attended." 32. " Most of the young people who regularly attend church are associated in Bible class- es, — through the year. After a severe struggle, the Society has purchased a parsonage, and their last payment will be made this year." 33. During the past year, the Rev. A. Chute has, at his own request, been dismissed from this church, and Mr. Packard, with fair prospects of usefulness, settled in his place. 34. During the last three months of Mr. Potter's mission, he spent one-fourth of the time at New Limebiok, where is no church, but on average congregation of about forty. By a few, In all these places, the means of grace are highly valued, and the continuance of mis- sionary aid is earnestly solicited. — As yet, the people in this region " do not feel located ; they know not whether they shall remain ; " and hence the want of "'that stimulus, which is afforded by the belief, that the little now done is a step" taken towards the permanent up- holding of Gospel institutions." 35. The churches in the Upper Aroostook are small, and the people in general poor. But " the' desire to hear the word, and the eagerness with which it was listened to, encouraged the missionary to believe, that his labors would not be-in vain." One Sabbath was spent In a logging camp, in preaching to " a very respectful and orderly congregation ; so that your missionary felt it good to be there." 30. In Industry serious difficulties in the church have recently been adjusted. As one very pleasant result, four persons, unwilling before to join the church, have been received ; others, it is hoped, will soon follow, fruits of " two precious sprinklings of Divine influence in different parts of the town — one last year, the other this." — In Mercer, very perceptible improvement, and prospects quite encouraging. 24 Churches and Missionaries. Date of Commisssion. 3 a o (H O tab a ►J T3 "a, o H P< P< S-4 cS a fcD a o 0> to I t- U 9 a A 3 a c o 2. t*. a — 13 < >> < > d o o, o w 3) a o a »; o g ^ .2 a s a o o 1 o . si £ o o 37. Kennebunk Tout, 1st par. I!ev. John Baker, P. June 27, 1849 12 100 125 71 2 2 # 38. Kittery Point. Rev. Reuben Kimball, P. June 27, 1849 12 100 85 -It 1 1 8 00 39. Knox and vicinity. Unity. Rev. Sumner Clark . Oct. 1849 11-2 42 22 31 14 00 2 00 40. Levant. Rev. Charles B. Smith, P. 41. Limington. Rev. John H. Garrnan, P. July 16, 1849 Jan. 10, 1850 June 27, 1849 6 6 12 91 84 100 200 150 45 81 3 4 20 00 27 75 20 00 18 00 42. Lincoln. Rev. Alvan J. Bates, P. June 27, 1849 12 250 150 31 2 1 5 00 7 00 43. Litchpield. Rev. Timothy Davis, P. June 27, 1849 12 50 160 57 3 10 00 20 00 44. Lovell. Rev. Selden Wentworth, 5. s. June 27, 1849 i 12 84 100 61 2 45. Lubec. Machias Port. Mr. William Q. Tnttle. Oct. 10, 1849 3 01 26 80 46. Lyman. Rev. Ainasa Loring, s. s. June 27, 1S49 6 37A 00 44 29 47. Madison. North Anson. Rev. John Perham, P. June 27, 1849 12 100 150 150 35 44 2 1 1 3 3 4 00 6 00 26 00 600 48. Mechanic Falls. Rev. Enos Merrill, P. June 27, 1849 12 100 115 41 4 1 17 54 20 00 49. MlLLBRIDGE. Steuben. Mr. John Parsons, s. s. July 6, 1849 March 6, 1850 6 3 3-4 182 56 100 • 110 o 50. Milo. Mr. Charles Tomple. May, 3 1850 1 28 75 120 6 6 00 51. Monson. Sebec and vicinity. Rev Horatio Ilsley, P. June 27, 1849 Jan. 25, 1850 12 100 85 125 99 12 8 is 32 78 60 00 52. Newfield. Rev. Edmund Burt, P. June 27, 1849 12 50 115 55 2 1 * 28 5a 53. New Portland. Kingpield. Flagstaff. Rev. Henry White. Aug, Dec.1849 6 182 15 10 87 200 2 00 100 54. New Vineyard. Rev. David Turner, P. June 27, 1849 12 50 100 40 '2 550 55. Norway. Rev. H. W. Strong, s. s. April 3, 1850 1 3-4 21 100 72 1 J 25 R E M A R K S . 37. A new Temper lias been formed in this congregation, which several in- temperate persons have been induced to join. — Fifty dollars more, than ever before, have been raised for the support of the Gospel. Young people more than usually interested in this effort. Mr. Kimball's labors among this people ceased in the month of May. The Rev. A. W. Fiske is now under a call to be their pastor. Their condition, within a few years, has been i ly improved. ::.t. The church in Knox consists of members living in three different towns, and has had ,,il years hut little preaching. — The house of worship in Unity has been removed to the village in the hope, that when ready for use it will be constantly occupied, and " that the little band of disciples will be so increased, as at length to sustain the ordinances of re- ligion for themselves." 10. " : he] e is material enough here for a large Society ; but the process of building must be slow. There are some cases of unusual seriousness at present." (June 3d ( 41. Notwithstanding many discouragements, ; - progress is made and good accomplished." By the administration of discipline, within the last six months, " the church has gained strength, while her numbers have been diminished." 42. " The congregation is steadily increasing. More subscribed than ever before. Our place of wors hip has become too strait for us." 43. This church has been feeble from the beginning; it is so still. In the autumn and spring the congregation is considerably increased by the young people, who resort to the schools that have been established in this place. 44. " Conflicting opinions and interests have so far divided the members of this church, I nought best to make any effort to secure regular preaching during the coming year." 45. Mr. Tuttle preached seven Sabbaths in Machias Port, and six in Lubec. In the for- mer place he found the greater number of hearers ; in the latter, ' : more of enterprize and public spirit." 46. The last winter this people made provision for giving their minister his whole support for the coming year — " thus accomplishing what they had not done for fifteen years — a state of independence." Since then, they have raised for the Missionary Society $ 20. 47. During the six years of Mr. Perham's ministry in Madison, ' : a meetinghouse has been erected at an expense of $ 1800 ; S 200 have been raised towards a parsonage ; more than fifty per cent, added to the amount subscribed for preaching, and the number of resi- dent church members more than doubled." — In Anson, during the same time, the church has " more than doubled its numbers." 48. " The Missionary Society has accomplished here a good work. The effect is obvious in ah improved state of morals, and in the religious growth of several. Good attention on the Sabbath ; monthly concerts well attended ; the Sabbath school promises much.' 1 49. In both these places there is a growing interest in the services of our missionary, indi- cated by the fact, that while during bis first year they provided for bis board only, they now assume the responsibility of one-half his support. In this movement (at Millbridge) the young men have taken the lead. 50. For some years past there has been very little Congregational preaching in this place. Recently an interest has been awakened, and by a Divine blessing upon the labors of our missionary, several instances have occurred of hopeful conversion. 51. In fulfilment of an additional mission, granted the last January, five Sabbaths were spent by Mr. Ilsley in Sebec, Abbot and Greenville. In Sebec they are hoping to obtain preaching during the year to come for one-half the time. — For good news from Monson, see Summary. 52. Mr. Burt has been settled in Newfield, within the year past. He reports the Society as increasing in numbers ; and anticipates the day, as not very distant, when it will rise to a condition of self-support. One individual has obtained hope in Christ, " and some few others are in an interesting state of mind." ;j J . "In the church at Kingfield are two male members, and both of them are well stricken in years. In the settlements along the Dead River are some 400 souls who hear the voice of no minister of Christ, from fine end of the year to the other, except as they are occasionally visited by a missionary." Other extracts from Mr. White's Report may be found in a follow- ing page, under the head of li Desolations of Zion." 54. •• Most of our members are young people, and .- p 1-5 ■6 p o ft a "so 3) a o bD 03 < a o 5 3 O "^ A O a o « a o| 5 -™ o .a o . 'S "5 o ° 77. Waterville. Rev. Richard 15. Thurston, P. June 27, 1849 12 m 200 160 37 1 3815 19 00 78. Weld. Rev. J B. Wheelwright, s. s. Jan. 10, 1850 6 3Ti 150 50 *i 15 00 79. Weston and vicinity. Mr. R. W. Emerson, 5. s. June 27, 1849 6 182 130 80. Whitnetville. northfield. Rev. Oilman Bacheller, s. s. Nov. 1849 8 91 125 30 21 81. Wilton. Rev. J. H. M. Leland. Feb. 28, 1849 1 28 49 19 61 82. WlNSLOW. Rev. Albert Cole, P. 83. Woolwich. Rev. Jotham Sewall, Jr., s. 5. Jan. 10, 1850 Balance Jan. 10, 1850 6 6 6 50 50 35 140 80 72 02 2 1 23 50 24 32 22 00 51 C4 84. York, 2d parish. Rev. Morris Holman, P. June 27, 1S49 12 84 100 27 2 j 12 17 REMARKS ON THE ABOVE. 77. The congregation is increasing ; and there is strong encouragement to believe, that this society will become independent of missionary aid. 78. " Advancement on the part of the church in brotherly love ; and though we cannot re- port any conversions, yet, if the people of God are blessed by the Gospel, we need not be dis- couraged." 79. In this missionary field Mr. Emerson spent 20 -weeks, preaching three-fourths of the time in Weston, and one-fourth in Danforth and other neighboring plantations. No Congre- gational church, and but few professors of religion. His services were favorably received. 80. Mr. Bacheller has preached half the time at AVhitncyville, one-fourth at Northfield, and one-fourth at Marshfield, within the limits of Machias church. " The gold fever has car- ried off a number who have assisted in the support of preaching." 81. Since the last annual meeting, this church has been afflicted by the departure of Rev. Jos. Smith, then laboring with them as stated supply. Mr. Leland was highly acceptable, and they would have been glad to retain him among them. The prospect now is that they ■will soon obtain another. 82. During the past year, Mr. Cole has attended religious meetings to good acceptance in North Vassalboro', where a new meetinghouse is about to be erected. After the present year, he hopes to live on what his people will pay. 83. "Most of our young men scatter from us on the sea, or elsewhere, to exert a wider in- fluence than if they settled among ourselves. For this our youth are growing up. and have more need of the influence of religious institutions, than a class of youth more stationary In after life." 84. " This society," says the pastor, " is certainly on a much better footing, than when I was settled. During the past winter there was considerable seriousness." A short mission was given to the Bev. James Carruthers at Back Cove, in the town of West- brook ; and another in Exeter and vicinity to the Kev. John Sawyer, wdio, though fifteen years in advance of that period, when human "strength is but labor and sorrow," is still able to work, and loves to work in his Master's vineyard. 29 SUMMARY. Eighty-four missionary fields have been occupied in the State during the past pear, comprising 105 churches, and more than twenty-five towns and plantations, where no churches [Congre- gational] have been organized. ' Of these eighty-four fields, thirty-six are churches and congre- gations that have been blessed with the ministrations of the Gos- pel, the whole of the time during the year; and nine for six, eight, or ten months of the year. In two other instances, such was the arrangement for the year to come, at the last annual meeting ; but it was broken up by the dismission of the pastors. Five churches have been supplied three-fourths of the time ; one, two-thirds; ten, one-half ; one, one-third, and seven, one-fourth — mostly through the year. To some of the remaining churches , continuous preaching has been afforded for one, two, or three months ; to'others, only the occasional service of an itinerant' missionary. The whole number of missionaries employed has been eighty- seven. Of these, fifty-two have been in commission for the whole year ; six, for 10 months ; seven, for 6 months ; one, for 7 months ; one, for 5 months ; six, for 3 months, and fourteen for shorter periods. The whole amount of service performed by the missionaries has been nearly sixty-three years; and that portion of it, for which they have been remunerated by the So- ciety, twenty-eight years. " Of those who have been continuously with 'particular congregations, forty-three have been pastors, and twenty-one stated supplies. Four pastors have been dis- missed, and one or two others are expecting to be. Seven have been settled, and one is under a call, and six have become sta- ted supplies to as many churches, for a year. _ The average attendance on public worship in all the congre- gations, has been more than ten thousand ; and more than half tins number have received instruction in Sabbath schools and Bible classes. The whole number of members in the several churches (in- cluding many non-residents) is 4,413. The additions during the year have been 318 ; of which about 220 were by pro- fession. To the missionary churches the precept admits of peculiarly interesting application— freely ye have received, freely give. Of this precept they have not been unmindful. The aggregate 30 of contributions, so far as reported, has been — to Home Mis- i, $ 1,204 31 ; to other objects, $ 878 17— in all, $ 2,077 being more than 20 per cent, of what they receive from the Maine Missionary Society. OBJECT OF THE MISSIONARY SOCIETY. The leading object of this Society has been for many years, and still is, to encourage a stated, permanent ministry ; for this purpose, it extends its aid to churches not able to give their >rs a competent support, in the hope, that, by the blessing of God, they will become self-sustaining establishments. In many instances this result has been already attained. Three such cases have occurred during the past year. The church in Pembroke, to which aid was afforded in the early part of the missionary year, for the purpose of sustaining a preacher one-half the time for three months, found itself, at the expiration of that period, able to secure the labors of a min- ister the whole time for a year without assistance. The church in Lyman informed the Trustees the last winter, that missionary aid would no longer be needed by them. Similar intelligence lias recently been received from the church in South Solon, so ! the half year is concerned for which they are supplied. The pastor of the church at Litchfield has kindly consented to receive for the coming year, what they will be able to raise. An amount, less than for the past year by an aggregate of $ 150, is applied for by the churches of Gardiner, Waterville and Frankfort. A commission to the amount of $ 91, granted the last year for the benefit of East Machias, was not fulfilled, a sufficient compensation having been provided by the people. OBSTACLES IN THE WAY OF INDEPENDENCE. Considering the pecuniary embarrassment and pressure the past year, it is not, perhaps, a just occasion for surprise, that a larger number of churches have not declared themselves no longer in need of missionary aid. Several of them report a diminution of numbers and strength, by reason of deaths and removals and losses of property — so that they find it difficult to continue their former subscriptions. There is also, in many places, the paralyzing influence of a "low state of religion " — indisposing to those efforts and sacrifices which, in a different state of feeling, would readily be made. " Most of our congregation," says one of our missionaries, : - have not been taught the'value of the Gospel in early life, and 31 hence, to some extent, a recklessness in regard to the obligation stain it, as well as a want of regular attendance upon its ordinances." "There is hardly one in the place," says an- other, "who learned in his youth to respect the Gospel, "to at- tend public worship, or to do any thing for its support." "I ■," says another, "under the same di ts with a physician, who should undertake to re-form and and revive an old, worn-out, broken down person, whose habits of violating the laws of health had become almost as inveterate, as the laws of nature themselves. To this must be added the fact, that every- thing is in a loose, disorganized state : and that a majority of who now manage affairs, are constitutionally, and by prac- tice, so sluggish, that so long as they continue in authority, it be inferred with certainty, that they will deal with a slack L." In such circumstances, the rise of a society from dependence to self-support must needs be slow, and "long patience" is Led on the part of the pastor, of his church, and of those who help them. It is a good work to strengthen the things that in, and are ready to die, while vitality enough exists to en- courage the hope, that absolute death can be averted, and health and vigor restored, or imparted. "For about seven years," says a beloved missionary, "I have tried to use what little ability I possess, to promote the interests of this people. You have seen how few and feeble are the pillars, on which a minister can rely ; and, in the midst of such a population, how much counsel and wisdom a minister needs. But, to plod on, almost alone, in the midst of such prospects, requires more faith than I possess; more zeal, more nerve, more brass and iron in the framework of body and mind. I know not, what shall hin- der a common man, with little adaptation to such work, from ing down. I cannot help inquiring, sometimes, whether I may not be released from such pressure. But I leave it cheer- fully, for the most part, with the Great Disposer." With Him the matter may safely be left. He will not be unmindful of the promise, that those who sow in tears shall reap in joy. Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he will sustain thee. And let not the precept be forgotten, bear ye one another's burdens, ancf so fulfill the law of Christ. Some new societies have recently sprung into an organized, . which gi owth and unence, and hold out an inviting encouragement to mission- ary patronage and aid. 32 Others make urgent appeals to our sympathies by their fee- bleness, and by the many adverse influences with which they have to contend. These are the "weak," which Ave are directed to "help." They would rejoice in being able to provide for their own without the aid of sister churches ; but since they have not the ability, let the abundance of others minister to their want. It is not well, however, for them to rely upon foreign aid beyond what is needful. The effect of this will be a weak- ness, an inefficiency, much more injurious, than would be the inconvenience of increased self-denial and sacrifice. After a fair trial has been made, should there be no advance, and no reasonable expectation of any, it will then be a question, whether it is advisable still to bestow the bounty of the churches upon so unproductive and so unpromising a field : and whether it will not be "more benevolent to abandon one church to desolation, than to attempt to rear it at an expense, which might give to several other churches a healthy and permanent existence." It has been a rule of the Massachusetts Missionary Society, not to bestow its aid upon any church, that did not pay one per cent, upon its taxable property for the support of the Gospel. Were this rule adopted by this Society, its aid would not, on that account, be withdrawn from many of the churches now assisted by it. Most pay more than one per cent. In one church, $ 100 are paid by persons holding but $ 2,000 of tax- able property. But there are some churches now upon our list, that upon this principle would not receive any further aid. We trust they will not continue to ask it. THE DESOLATIONS OP ZION. Some few of our missionaries have performed, during the whole, or a part of the year, an itinerant service. From the report of one of these, we give the following extracts: — "It is truly affecting to see the condition of our churches in this region. The influence of a fallen church in a community is most disas- trous. The church in 1ST. has four male members. They have had no conferences and no communion seasons for a long time. In S., where there is a branch of a church in a neighboring town, they have not had a sermon from a minister of our order for more than a year. In F. there is the remnant of a small church organized by father Sewall, forty-two years ago. Two female members still survive, and they adorn their profession. One of them, who is a widow, said to me, I have beui praying the Lord, that he would send us a minister, and now my prayers 33 are answered. In this town there are probably one thousand inhabitants. A Methodist minister preaches in one corner of the town once in four weeks ; and there is no other preaching in the place, but that of a circuit preacher once in six weeks. No Sabbath school in the town, year in and year out. I held a lecture at the house of a Mr. C, in L., who, with his wife, are members of the Congregational church in Turner. Mrs. C. had not heard a Congregational minister, nor communed with a church of our order, since she left T., — seventeen years. To some in this region, the Gospel is like a gushing fountain to the traveller in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is ; and it is truly refreshing to the missionary, under all his toils and priva- tions, to be permitted to open this fountain to the Lord's thirsty people. There is an aifecting destitution of religious reading in this region. It is not uncommon to find families that never owned a Bible. Seven such I supplied, with which were con- nected thirty children, one of them twenty-seven years old. The Sabbath, in this region, seems to be generally regarded, even by professed Christians, chiejly as a season of cessation from manual labor. Whatever may have been accomplished here for the interests of different sects, it is plain that compara- tively little has been effected for the cause of Jesus Christ." "And now," continues the missionary, "I could easily sit down and weep over what I have written, and over much more that I could relate, and most of all over the apparently little success which has attended my labors. Oh how many unhappy influences operate against the missionary in almost every step of his progress ! How few does he find to sympathize with him in his work, and stay up his hands by their prayers ! How often is he constrained to exclaim — all seek their owm, not the things which are Jesus Christ's. Under such circumstances, how sweet is it to remember that God is not unrighteous to forget our work and labor of love, which we have shown towards his name, in that we have ministered to the saints, and do min- ister." Of the sweetness of this remembrance, they may par- take, who, in the spirit of Christian love, send forth the mis- sionary. But let us now ask you to listen to GOOD TIDINGS. The most cheering fact in the history of the past year is, that to several of the missionary churches have been granted times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord. In Blanchakd, 34 " the revival commenced," (as we are informed by Rev. Mr. Perry,) "about the first of August last. An elderly citizen sickened and died in very trying circumstances. On his death- bed he called all his family around him, gave each his dying counsel, and particularly admonished his children to prepare to follow him into the eternal world. The parting words were heard and heeded by at least one of the number. A daughter became seriously impressed by the father's exhortation, and soon indulged a hope in the Saviour. This was the first case. To a young man, apparently thoughtless, while watching with him, the dying man propounded the solemn inquiry : l Will you prepare to meet me in heaven ? ' This question in the still hour of midnight, and from the husky voice of the sinking suf- ferer, went like an arrow to his heart ; and he had no rest, until he was prepared, as he hopes, to give it a satisfactory answer. From that time cases of seriousness and conversion occurred, at intervals, during all the fall and winter. No unusual or extra means have been resorted to. The whole scene throughout was marked by stillness and solemnity ; and so far the subjects of the work, fifteen in number, appear well. The Holy Spirit was evidently present doing his own work on many a mind and heart. To God be all the glory." " Early in March last a meeting was held in Atkinson, of all denominations, for several successive days. The meeting proved one of special harmony and interest. Fifteen souls were hopefully converted. Of these, eleven have already united with our church. Yesterday, (June 9th) fifteen persons, mostly youth, from among the best families in town, were received into the church, just doubling their number. Two weeks before, six were received into the church at Bradford, and more are ex- pected." The village of Annsburgh, (where the Rev. Mr. Titcomb, of Cherryfield, for several months past, has labored one-half the time,) " contains about one hundred people, and is increasing somewhat. The six or eight professors of religion, resident there, have been much revived and strengthened in a very pleasant revival ; and about fifteen or sixteen have, within the last six months, indulged hope in Christ." In Dedham, since the opening of the last missionary year, a parish has been organized, a minister ordained, and the congre- gation increased. The brethren of the church are few in num- ber, hard-working men, having but little capital ; but they love the Gospel, and are willing to do all they can to have it. Since 35 January 7 , a work of grace has been going on wmen nae re- joiced their hearts and encouraged their efforts. Two now stand propounded, and several are still (June 5th) under anx- iety. The hopeful conversions have been fifteen." "In presenting my annual report," writes the Rev. Mr. Par- ker, of Foxcroft, under date of June 7th, "I can speak of progress. During the spring months, the convicting and con- verting influences of God's Spirit were granted us, and some twenty, as we hope, connected with our society, have been brought into the kingdom of Christ. The attendance in the sanctuary and in the Sabbath school is greater than in any pre- ceding year. " We cannot doubt that the Spirit of God has been at work in St. Albans, during the year, in a wonderful manner. God's people have been quickened, and sinners in large numbers con- victed and converted to God. Forty or more have recently in- dulged hope in Christ. The first Sabbath in May, twenty-one united with the Congregational church in that place. Nearly or quite as many have united with other denominations." " The past year has been one of deep interest to the people in Moxsox. The revival commenced in a particular neighbor- hood, (where meetings had been held,) and spread from thence until the interest became very general through the town. It has been confined principally to the youth, though a few heads of families were hopefully brought in. Twelve have been added to the church by profession, and eight by letter. Quite an ac- cession has been received by the Baptist church." "During the ' year," writes the Rev. Mr. Davenport, of Strong, "we have gained a new, neat, convenient house of worship, without embarrassment, or foreign aid, (in the building of it,) in which Sabbath services are regularly and constantly attended. A protracted meeting of about three weeks continu- ance, increasing in interest to the end, resulted in the reviving of many believers, and in the hopeful conversion of about thirty persons, twenty-one of whom have united with the church." Last winter Sweden was blest with a revival. "All the members of the church were aroused to a deep interest. Never, it is often said, has such good feeling existed, never such union and harmony. About twenty-five have come out for Christ." Two have united with the Congregational church ; others are expected. Several instances of hopeful conversion have occurred in 36 other places. By one missionary the following account is given : — " The two instances, ia which hope has been expressed the past year, are of considerable interest. They are the parents of six children. They have generally been regular in their at- tendance upon our Sabbath meetings, though they were report- ed, when I came to the place, to be strong Universalists. Last winter, while I was absent on a journey, the husband was taken sick, but was not considered dangerously so. He had begun to recover, when he sent for a Methodist brother, to whose great surprise he declared, that he wanted the love of God shed abroad in his heart to help him bear his sickness. He continued in that state till after my return, when he seemed gradually to indulge a hope, and appeared well." The whole number of hopeful conversions reported is 239 ; and is considerably larger than in any former year since 1843. These trophies, as we hope, of renewing grace, are not to be regarded as the only good results of missionary labor. Believ- ers have been edified and comforted ; and " an influence has gone forth," (to borrow a representation from "Wisconsin equally applicable to Maine,) "in the highest degree salutary upon the surrounding community. Order, decorum, good society, the observance of the Sabbath, temperance, correct sentiments on moral subjects, are some of the incidental results of Home Mis- sions, which impress every beholder." The beneficial influence exerted upon the young, who can estimate its extent or value ? Several valuable facts might be gathered from the reports of our missionaries, illustrating the advancement of temperance, and the prosperous condition of Sabbath schools in the respective fields of labor, during the past year. STATE OF THE TREASURY. On the 24th inst., when the accounts of the Treasurer were closed, the receipts had amounted to $ 11,684 98. Of these, $ 9,870 12 1-2 had been the avails of congregational collec- tions, and individual donations. The sum total of receipts ex- ceeds that of the last missionary year, by $ 2,347 44. Since the last annual meeting $ 11,217 31 have been paid from the Treasury, including $ 543 42 for the payment of a loan ob- tained during the preceding year. The Society is now free from debt, and there is a balance in the Treasury of $ 499 67. The dues of the Society to those employed by it, amount, at the 37 ut time, to about $5,200 ; for the payment of which, the Treasurer will have no other means, in addition to the balance on hand, save the benefactions of churches and individuals, now to be received. LEGACY. At their semi-annual meeting in January last, the Trustees received the following very gratifying intelligence from Hon. William P. Haines, of Biddeford: — "Miss Sarah Mclntire, of this town, who died last Sunday morning, December 16th, aged 69, by her last Will and Testament, (a. copy of which I have made and inclose,) has made the Maine Missionary Society residuary legatee and devisee of her estate, after sundry devises and legacies are satisfied. The personal estate, other than that specially bequeathed, may be about $ 1500, and the real estate consists of about twenty-five acres of land in Biddeford, adjoin- ing the Depot, and pretty near the village, of considerable value, and variously estimated. After appropriating the pro- ceeds of the personal estate, subject to administration, there will be a charge upon the real estate of about one thousand dol- lars to pay the residue of the legacies, the debts, and expenses of administration." Since then, we are informed by Mr. Haines, who is the Executor, that the Will has been approved, and no question has been raised, and no doubt exists, with re- spect to the validity of the Society's title to the property, thus generously bequeathed. How soon the Society will be able to derive from it any pecuniary benefit, is uncertain. At present, it would not be judicious to make sale of it. During the past year it has been ascertained that four indi- viduals in the State intend to give annually to this Society, $100. Others have expressed the intention to give fifty or seventy-five dollars. It is confidently hoped, that instances like these will be multiplied of those, who, having bountifully re- ceived, will bountifully give, for the purpose of imparting to their needy fellow citizens, by means of their worldly substance, durable riches and righteousness. PROGRESS — PAST AND FUTUKE. Though the number of missionaries in the field, during the past year, has not been equal to that in the three preceding years ; yet evidence of progress in the missionary work may be found on the one hand, in the withdrawal from our natronao-e of three churches, who, trusting in God, intend to support their minister without it ; and on the other, in the fact that several congregations, before destitute of constant preaching, have, during the year, by our assistance, obtained a stated supply. In two places on the Penobscot, houses of worship have been erected, (where as yet no church has been organized,) and a spirit has been evinced which gives fair promise that the means of grace will be statedly enjoyed, and that, in a few years, the people will be able and willing of themselves to sustain them. In the comparatively new County of Piscataquis, the denomi- nation to which this Society is particularly allied, is manifestly gaining strength ; and though for some years to come, large drafts may continue to be made upon this Society, in aid of its now feeble churches, there is good reason to believe that they will experience a healthy growth, and will arrive in due season at a vigorous and independent maturity. Progress has been made in the fiscal concerns of the Society. With the exception of a single year, (1835) the amount of do- nations has never been so large as during the past year. That of the year preceding, it exceeds by upwards of $ 1,800. This fact, occurring in a year of unusual pressure and scarcity of money, is full of encouragement, and demands our grateful ac- knowledgements to Him, in whose hand are the hearts of men, and who turneth them whithersoever he will. But most of all are our praises due to the God of all grace, that he has remembered our churches in their low estate, and has granted to so goodly a number of them, so precious a reviv- ing. Let it be our hope and prayer, that others, during the . coming year, may receive a similar blessing ; and that they, Avhose harps are now upon the willows, may find occasion to sing a new song to the King who dwelleth in Zion. With his people, the watchword must still be — forward; and again — forward. A great work is yet to be accomplished, even in Maine. Of our 225 Congregational churches, not half can be relied upon to support, unaided, the institutions of religion. Add to the 365 incorporated towns of the State, those planta- tions in which a sufficient number of families reside to demand stated preaching, in more than one-half of the whole number, no Congregational churches have been organized. In some of these places are flourishing churches of other evangelical de- nominations, supplied with able and faithful ministers. To some extent, also, those parts of the State, where is no constant 39 preaching, receive the occasional visits of some circuit or itine- rant minister. But many portions of the State, including thriv- ing agricultural towns and populous villages, as well as the inhabited settlements of the upper Oxford, Franklin, Somerset, Piscataquis, Penobscot, Aroostook and Washington, are but very scantily supplied with sound, competent instruction from any source. And thus destitute they will continue to be, until the Gospel is sent to them by those who know its value, and can sympathize with Plim who, beholding the multitudes in his native land, that were scattered abroad as sheep having no shepherd, had compassion on them, and directed his disciples to pray the Lord of the harvest, that He would send forth laborers unto his harvest. Bis harvest — a harvest to be gathered for Him. Upon the Congregationalists of Maine devolves the duty, the privilege, of doing their part towards gathering the harvest within their own commonwealth. Here He has much people to be instructed, converted, sanctified, saved. Let not the good work linger. During the missionary year, now begun, let there be at least another two thousand dollars added to the receipts of our Treasury. Should occasion require, let a larger supply be obtained of devoted missionaries — good soldiers of Jesus Christ — able to endure hardships in his service — hoping for their reward in His approbation, with such measure of success as He may be pleased to grant them. And let earnest, perse- vering prayer be offered, that He would send forth laborers ; and that while they go everywhere preaching the Word, the Lord would work with them, and confirm the Word with signs following' — even with converts unto righteousness, numerous as drops of morning dew. AMERICAN HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY. During the year ending the 1st of April, the receipts of this Society were $157,160: the missionaries employed, 1082; the number of congregations and missionary districts supplied, in whole or in part, at stated intervals, 1575, (including five congregations of colored people, ten of Welsh, twenty-six of Germans, one of Norwegians, and one of Swedes — two mission- aries in Minnesota, two in Oregon, two in, and two on their way to California.) The additions to the churches assisted by the Society, have been not far from 6,682. Seventy-one mission- aries, in their annual reports, make mention of revivals of re- ligion ; and 3,108 cases are reported, by less than one-third of the whole number in commission, of hopeful conversion. 40 It may be well to cheer us in our labors, to learn that the same enterprize in which Ave are engaged, the enterprize of Home Missions, is awakening an increased interest, and is car- ried forward with ever-increasing energy and success throughout the land. So let it be, until this Great Home of ours, from Madawaska to the Gulf of Mexico, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific, embracing not only its millions of native-born citizens, but other millions of emigrants from the Old World, shall be pervaded by the light of the Gospel, and all its inhabitants, through the blessing of God upon the means of his own appoint- ment, shall be one in Christ Jesus. ANNUAL MEETING. The Forty-third Annual Mooting of the Maine Missionary Society was licld in South Berwick, June 26, 1850. Rev. Dr. Dwight, D. D., President, in the chair, who opened the meeting with prayer and reading the Scriptures. The Annual Sermon was preached by Rev. J. J. Carruth- ers, D. D. — for which thanks were tendered to the preacher, and a copy requested for publication, through Rev. John R. Adams, Committee on behalf of the Society. The Treasurer's Report was presented, accepted and adopted. The Report of the Trustees was read by Rev. Dr. Tappan, which, on motion of Rev. A. Cole, sustained by others, was accepted and ordered to be printed for circulation. The mover, as did also Rev. Drs. Cleaveland, of Rhode Island, and Pomrot, of Boston, addressed the assembly. The following named gentlemen were elected officers for the ensuing year, viz : — president: Rev. WILLIAM T. DWIGHT , D. D., Portland. VICE president: Rev. JOHN W. ELLINGWOOD, Bath. CORRESl'. AND REC. SECRETARY : Rev. BENJAMIN TAP I' AN. D. D., Augusta. treasurer: WILLIAM SWAN, Esq., Tortlauil. 42 trustees: Rev. WILLIAM T. DWIGHT, D. D., (President) ex. off., Portland. Rev. DAVID THURSTON, Winthrop. Rev. BENJAMIN TAPPAN, D. D., Augusta. Rev. JOHN W. ELLINGWOOD, Bath. Rev. ENOCH POND, D. D., Bangor. Rev. JOHN W. CHICKERING, Portland. Rev. EDWARD P. CUTTER, Belfast. Rev. DAVID SHEPLEY, Yarmouth. Rev. ISAAC ROGERS, Farmington. Rev. STEPHEN THURSTON, Searsport. WILLIAM SWAN, Esq., Portland. AUD itoes: WILLIAM C. MITCHELL, Esq. WILLIAM D. LITTLE, ESQ. The next Annual Meeting of the Society will be held with the Congregational Church in Yarmouth, (Rev. Mr. Alderis,*) the 4th Wednesday of June, 1851. PREACHERS First, — Rev. J. A. DOUGLASS, Waterford. Second, — Rev. EDWARD S. DWIGHT, Saco. 43 TREASURER'S REPORT. WILLIAM SWAN, TREASURER. ACCOUNT OF MONIES RECEIVED AND PAID FOR MAINE MISSIONARY SOCIETY, FOR THE YEAR ENDING THE 24th OF JUNE, 1850. Receipts as follows: In the Treasury at the Annual Settlement, June, 1849, $ 32 20£ Received Dividends on Bank Stocks, Oct. 1849, and April, 1850, 212 00 " on 5 Shares in Lewiston Falls Manufacturing Co, ... 50 " Interest on Notes due the Society, 66 00 Third installment of Legacy bequeathed the Society by the late Hon. Wil- liam Richardson, of Bath, 1000 00 Fourth instalment of Legacy bequeathed to the Society, by the late Hon. Charles Hunt, of Gorham, 62 50 On account of Legacy, bequeathed to the Society, by the late John Fear- son, Esq., of Bangor, , 250 00 1,312 50 Received from Moses H. Metcalf, Esq., balance in his hands after defray- ing expenses relating to the last Will and Testament of E. C. Holmes late of Winthrop, — as approved by the Trustees, 174 35 Received for Annuities, Contributions, Life Memberships, Donations, &c, . . 9,870 12A $ll,717lT Disbursements as follows: Paid Principal and Interest of a Note due to the Treasurer of Bowdoin College, dated Dec. 14, 1848— for money borrowed by authority of the Trustees, . . 543 42 Postages to June 1, 1S50, 15 72 Bad bill credited in the Receipts, 5 00 Paid Orders drawn by the Trustees, amounting to 10 419 67 Usual Commissions on Receipts, 233 70 Balance in the Treasury, subject to order of the Trustees, 499 67 $11,717 18 Portland, June, 24, 1850. Errors excepted, WILLIAM SWAN, Treasurer. 44 PERMANENT FUNDS. Amount of Permanent Funds, as standing on the Books of the Society, is . . $ C055 00 Consisting of the following items, viz : — Lands in Aroostook, Houlton, Batchelder's Grant, and Bangor, valued at $1,300 00 Five Shares in Lewiston Falls Manufacturing Co. . . . 500 00 Eleven Shares in Manufacturers' and Traders' Bank, . . 550 00 Thirteen " in Canal Bank, • . 1,105 00 Fifteen " in Casco Bank, 1,500 00 Two Promissory Notes, satisfactorily secured, .... 1,100 00 — ■ $6,055 00 June 24th, 1850. Errors Excepted. WILLIAM SWAN, Treasurer of Maine Miss'y. Society. Portland, June 24, 1850. We have examined the foregoing Account of William Swan, Esq. Treasurer, and find the same correctly cast and properly vouched — showing a balance in his hands of $499 67. «•)!. D. LITTLE, ELL, 5 WM, C. MITCHELL, ' *•**"• Synopsis: Showing the proportion contributed (exclusive of Legacies, Dividends and Interest - and Contributions out of the State) within the limits of each DISTRICT CONFERENCE. Aroostook, 45 40 Cumberland, 2,187 28 Franklin, 184 49 Hancock, 645 00 Kennebec, 1,107 99 Lincoln, 1,614 31 Oxeord, 1S9 32 Penobscot, 1,149 09 Piscataquis, 131 77 Somerset, 151 99 Union, 142 78 Waldo, 419 76 Washington, 444 34 York, 1,009 92 $9,423 50 Miscellaneous 1,977 95 Out of the State, 283 53 $11,684 98 MAINE MISSIONARY SOCIETY. There has been paid into the Treasury, since the annual settlement, June 25 ; 1849, and up to June 24th, 1850, the following sums; all of which have been jiar- ticularly staled and acknowledged, from time to time, in the Christian Mir- ror — and were received from the following sources, viz : — 20 13 24 00 19 50 20 00 36 00 12 75 9 00 2 00 18 6G 1 25 41 00 481 57 Acton — Contrib. from Female Sewing Circle, from S. Merrill and wife, and in the Cong, society, Albany — Contrib. for L. Ms., by the Female Benevolent Soc, and coll. in Cong, church and society, -Donations from Cong, church and society, in full of L. M., Ainu — Collection in Cong, church and society, and annuities, Amherst and Aurora — Contrib. by La- dies Cent Society ; at the monthly concert ; donations, &c, —Collections in Cong, church and society, &c, Anson — Contrib. from Cong. ch. and society ; and from the Female Mis- sionary Society, in full of L. M., Aroostook — Donation from the Rev. Joshua Eaton, Aroostook Co. Conf. — Contributions, Atkinson — Contributions from sundry individuals, Auburn — Collec. in church and socie- ty, dona's, for L. M., annuities &c, Augusta — Collections, donations for L. Ms., annuities, &c, Bangor — Contributions, annu- ities, donas, for L. M., &c, from 1st church and society, 432 69 from Hammond St. church ami soc, including Sabbath school, 319 71 from Central ch. and soc, 82 00—834 40 Bath — Dona's, from individu- als, — collections — annuities, &c, viz. — from Winter St. ch. and soc. 533 76 from Central ch. and soc. 282 89—816 65 Belfast — Collections, dona, for L. M.. annuities, &c, in the Kev. Mr. Cutter's society, 112 48 Belfast, (North)— Ditto inch. and society, for L. M., an- nuities, &c, 42 72—155 20 Bethel— Collection iu Cong, church & society, Female Cent Society, and monthly concert, 29 00 Biddeford — Collections, contri- butions, and donations, for L. M. in the 2nd. Parish, 141 02 do. for a L. M. in the First I'arish, 16 00—157 62 Bingham — Contribution by Cong. ch. and society, 5 18 Bloomfield — Contrib. in Cong. ch. and society, the Cent Society, for L. M., annuities, &c, 40 23 BluehiU — Collec. in Cong ch. and so- ciety, to constitute a I,. M., Boothbay — Contrib. and donations for L. M., viz. — in the 1st Cong. ch. and soc, 40 00 " 2d " " « 30 00- Boston, Mass. — Donations from sun- dry individuals, for two L. M., &c, per hand of Dr. Tappan, Bradford — Contribution from the Fe- male Cent Society, Bremen — Donation from two females, Breiver, ( West) — Donations in part for L.M.. annuities, contribs., &c, Brewer Village — Contribution from 3d church to complete L. M., Bridgton — Collection in Cong. ch. and society, (Rev. Mr. Page's) donations in full of L. M., annuity, &c, Bristol — Collec, donations, and an- nuities in Cong, church and soc, Brooklyn. N. Y. — Donas, from sun- dry individuals for twoL.M., per hand of Rev. Dr. Tappan, Brooksville — Donations, Brownfield — Collec. in Cong, church and society, and Female Mission- ary Society, Broivnville — Collections in Cong. ch. and society, and by Female Mis- sionary Society, both amounting to Brunswick — Contrib., collec, and do- nations, for L. M., in Rev. Dr. Ad- am's church and society, Bucksporl — Collec. in the Cong. ch. and soc, donations for L. M., col- lection in Sab. school and monthly concerts, annuities, &c, Buxton — Contribution from Ladies' Cent Society, dona's, and annuities, Calais — Donas, from Female Domes- tic Missionary Society, and from sundry individuals fur four L.Ms., -Contrib by Female Mis- sionary Society, donations in part forL. M., &c, Cape Elizabeth— Collects, in Coug ch. and society for L. M., and contrib. by Female Missionary Society, Carroll — Donation from Col. William Stevens, Gastine — Contrib. by the Gentlemen's Association, donations for L. M., collections at monthly concert, an- nuities, &c, &c, Chesterville — Collect, in Cong, church and society, in part for L. Ms. and annuities, 30 00 70 00 60 00 3 12 50 50 17 14 32 17 00 14 00 50 00 1 00 7 80 22 99 64 00 225 50 24 00 80 00 33 75 27 52 500 149 38 15 58 46 Cherryfield — Collection in Cong. ch. and society, Cumberland— Contrib. by the Ladies' Missionary Society, and from oth- ers in Rev. Mr. Blake's Society, for L. M.; annuities, &c. Cumberland Centre — Donation from Sabbath school, in part of L. M., Cumberland Co. Conf. — Contribs. Damariscotta — Collections, annuities, donations, L. M., &c, Danforth — Donations from sundry in- dividuals, Danville — Donations from two indi- viduals, Dedham — Contribution by Cong. ch. and society, Beer Isle — Donation from a member of Rev. Mr. Adams's church, Dennysville — Contrib. by Cong. ch. and society, to constitute Rev. J. H. Stearns a L. M., Dexter — Collection in Cong, church and society, Dixfield — Donation from " a friend," Dixmont — Collection in cong. church and society, and annuities, Durham — Contrib. in Cong, church and society, donations in part of L. M., annuity, &c, Eastbrook — Dona, from Mrs. C. Par- sons, Eastport — Collects, in Central Cong, church and society, monthly con- certs, donations, annuities, &c, East Thomaston — Contrib. in Cong. church and society, and from Cent Society, in part for L. M., Edgecomb — Donation for L. M., and collection in church and society, Ellsworth— Collect, in Rev. Mr. Ten- ney's ch. and soc, in the Female Circle of Industry, donations tor L. M., &c, Fairfield — Donations, $6 of which in part for L. M. , Fall River, Mass. — Dona, from " a friend," forwarded by the Rev. Eli Thurston, for two L. Ms., 50 00 other donations for two L. Ms., &c, forwarded by Rev. r Dr. Tappan, 61 65— Falmouth — 1st church, collect, in ch. and soc, donations, annuities, &c. Farmington — Collects, in the Cong. church and soc, and contribs. by Female Aux. Missionary Soc, &c, Flagstaff'— Dona, from an individual, Foxcroft and Dover — Collects, in the Cong. ch. and soc, annuities, &c, Frankfort — Collections and contribs. in Cong, church and soc, towards L. Ms. to be designated, Frankfort Mills — Dona, from sundry individuals, $20 of which to consti- tute Rev. E. D. Herbert a L. M., Franklin Co. Conf. — Contribution, Fryeburg — Donations in part for L. M., contribution in the Cong. ch. and society, annuities, &c, Gardiner — Collection in Cong, church and society, Garland — Contribution in Cong. ch. and society, 7 34 50 25 6 58 64 47 68 02 ' 80 3 00 10 38 3 00 20 00 10 00 1 00 8 78 18 37 3 00 32 00 31 75 23 16 109 12 7 00 111 65 13 50 63 58 1 00 48 75 30 41 2S 00 8 42 35 00 10 95 5 00 Georgetown— Dona, from S. Watson, Gilead — Dona, from Mrs. W. Chap- man to complete L. M., Gorham — Contributions for L. M., by the Female Missionary Sewing Cir- cle, by the '' Young Ladies in the Academy," and collections in Rev. Mr. Adams's church and society, Gray — Collection in Cong church and society, and donations for L. Ms'., Hallowell — Donations from Mrs. S. E. Bond for L. M., 100 00 contr. by Female Relig. So- ciety, collections, donations, annuities, &c. 286 72 Hampden— Collection in Cong. ch. and society, from Young Ladies' Cent Society, donations for L. M., annuities. &c, Harrison — Collections in Cong. ch. and society, Havana, Cuba — Donation from Mrs. Thrasher, Hebron — Dona, from Mrs M Iloward Hodgdon — Donation from N. Har- rington. Houlton — Donation from Rev. D. F. Potter, Industry — Donations from sundry in- dividuals, by hands of the Rev. Mr. Tucker, Jackson and Brooks — Collections, do- nations, and annuities, Jonesboro'' — Collection in Cong. ch. & society, for L. M., &c, Kennebec Co. Conf. — Contributions, Kennebnnk — Donations and subscrip- tions from sundry individuals, Kennebunk Port — Contrib. in South Cong, church and society, donations for L. Ms., annuities, &c, King field — S. Stanley and wife, Kittery Point — Collection in Congre- gational church and society, Knox and vicinity — Contribution by sundry individuals, Kohala, Sandiv. Isl. — Donation from the church of Rev. E. Bond, (Mis- sionary) by hands of Rev. Dr. Cuni- mings, Lebanon — Collection in church and society, and donations, Lee — Dona, from J. B. Ludden, Esq., Levant — Collection in Cong, church and society, for L. M., Lewiston Falls — Collect, in the Cong, church and society, donation for a L. M., and from the scholars in the Academy for L. M., annuities, &c, Limerick — Collection in the Rev. Mr. Freeman's society, sundry dona- tions, annuity, &c. Limington. — Coll. and contributions in cong. church and society, Lincoln — Collections at the monthly concerts, Lincoln Co. Conf. — Contribution, Lisbon — Dona., and S. Moody's an., Litchfield — Contrib. from Female Mis- sionary Society, from Cong, church and society, and donations from sundry individuals, Lyman — Collection in Cong, church and society, and from Female Be- nevolent Society for L. Ms., 4 00 10 00 210 34 90 00 386 72 111 00 12 00 1 88 2 50 2 00 5 00 2 50 16 25 30 00 13 28 40 00 111 50 2 00 8 00 12 00 10 00 33 50 2 50 20 00 127 00 23 00 27^75 5 00 9 00 5 00 18 00 44 29 47 3 00 80 00 4 00 17 54 4 59 1 00 58 08 Lynn field. Mass. — Donation from the Rev. A. P. Chute, ias — Contribution from Female Missionary Society, collections, do- nations, annuities, &c. for 4 L. Ms., Madison — Annuity for 2 years, from Benjamin Weston, Mechanic Falls — Collection in Cong, church and society, annuity, and donation in part for L. M., — Contributions from sundry individuals, Milo— Dona, from Mrs. A. M. Metcalf, Minot — Collections, contrib. by La- dies' Benevolent Association, annu- ities, &c., &c, Miscellaneous — Collection at Annual Meeting in Bath, 120 10 from Moses H Metcalf, Esq., balance due the Society fr'ni him, 174 35 Donation from " Seth," $20, " from ''Delia," Down East, $10, 30 00 third installment of Legacy left the Society by Hon. W. Richardson, of Bath, 1000 00 on account of Legacy to the Society, by the late John Pearson, Esq., of Bangor, 250 00 fourth installment of Lega- cy to the Society, by the late lion. Charles Hunt, of Gor- ham, 62 50 Dividends on Bank Stock, Oct. 1849, and April, 1850, 212 00 Dividends on five Shares in Lewiston Falls Manufactur- • ing Company, 50 00 Donation from the widow of a former Missionary in Me., now residing in N. York, 6 00 Interest on notes due the Society, 66 00-1970 95 Monmouth— Annuity from N. Pierce, 2 00 Monson — Collections in Cong, church and society, and in the Female Be- nevolent Society, 32 78 Monticello — Donation from Dea. John Wadlin, 8 50 Mount D'sert — Donations from two individuals, S8 and $5, 13 00 Newburyport — Annuity from Mr. Wil- liam Thurston, 2 00 Newcastle— Collection in church and society, annuities, &c, 11 77 New Gloucester — Donations from the Donation Society and Female Be- nevolent Society, annuities, &c , 36 25 New Sharon — Collection and contrib. in the Cong, church and society, 28 80 New Vineyard— Collection from sun- dry individuals, 5 50 New York City— Donation for L. M., and in part of L. M., 28 00 Norridgewoclc— Collections in Cong, church and society, annuities and donations for L. M., &c, 50 00 North Yarmouth— Collections, contri- butions, annuities and donations, in First and Second Parishes in- cluding L. M. 160 36 Oldtown — Contributions in the Kev. Samuel H. Merrill's society, in part for L. M., 10 00 112 00 377 7a Orland— Donations from sundry in- dividuals, Orono — Contrib. on Sabbath to com- plete L. M., and collection in Cong, church and society, Otisfield — Collection in Cong, church and society, in the Female Mission- ary Associa., annuities, donations, Oxford — Collection in Cong, church and society, annuity, and donation in part for L. M.. Oxford Co. Conf. — Contribution, Parsonsfield— Donation from Dea. S. Garland, Patten— Donation from Sam'l. A. Ev- eleth, 1 'iiia— Dona, from A Friend of Missions, Penobscot Co. Conf. — Contributions, Phippsburg— Collection in Cong. ch. and society, Poland — Collection in Cong, church and society, Portland — Collection in 2nd Church and Society, includ- ing collection, special dona- tions for L. M., other dona- tions, annuities, &c, &c, 309 60 Portland Missionary Sew ing Circle, for L. M., &c, Collection in High Street Church and Society, includ- ing donations for L. M., an nuities, &c, &c, Collection in 3d Church and Society, including col- lection by Ladies' Mission- ary Circle, for L. M., other donations, annuities, &c, Pownal— Contrib. and collection in Cong, church and society, to com- plete L. M., &c, Prospect— Collection in Cong, church and society, in part for L. M., Richmond — Donations from sundry individuals to complete L M., an- nuities and contributions, Rumford— Collec. in Cong, church and society, Saccarappa— Donations from sundry individuals, in part of L. M., annu- ities, contributions, &c, Saco — Collections,— contribs. by the Young Ladies' Sewing Circle, by Female Charitable and Benevolent Societies, 1st Parish— donations for 7 L. M., annuities, &c, Sandford— Collections and contribu- tions in the Cong church and socie- ty, and annuity, arnotmting to Sangerville— Contribtion by Cong. ch. and society, balance of L. M., Scarboro'— Contribution from Female Missionary Society, Skoivhegnn— Collection and donation in Cong, church and society, Seursport— Collections and donations in Cong, church and society,. Social Circle, annuities, L. M., &c, Sebasticook— Collection in the Cong. church and society, Sedgwick— Contributions and dona- tions from, for L. Ms., &c, forward- ed by Rev. Mr. Merrill, [ Sidney— Donation and contribution, 14 00 19 25 15 98 28 2"> 6 86 5 00 3 00 2 00 54 42 15 00 13 00 206 75-1006 10 46 25 12 00 25 16 5 50 64 00 258 50 35 00 10 00 8 50 7 40 100 00 5 00 42 00 8 91 48 Sidney & Augusta — Donation to com- plete L. M., Solon Village. — Collection in Congre- gational society, So7iierset Co. Conf — Contributions, South Berwick — Collections, contri- butions at monthly concert, dona- tions for L. M., and from Ladies' Missionary Society, in Rev. Mr. Al- len's church and society, South Paris — Collection in Cong. ch. and society, donations for L. M., annuities, &c, &c, South Solon — Collection in Cong. ch. and society, Springfield — Dona, from R. S. Wright, $5 ; a Female Friend, 75c, Standish — Monthly contributions fm. church and society, handed by Rev. Blr. Harris, St. Albans — Donation from S. Russell, Sumner — Contribution by Cong. ch. and society, Sivanville — Collection in Cong. ch. and society, to constitute Rev. Da- na Clates a L. M., Sweden — Collection in Cong, church and society, Temple — Collection in Cong, church and society, donation in part for L. M., and contribution from Female Missionary Society, Thomaston — Collection in Rev. Mr. Woodhull's church and society, by the Female Missionary Society, do- nations, &c, Thomdike — Donation from S. Stone, Topsham — Donations for L. M., col- lection in the Cong, church and so- ciety of Rev. Dr. Clement, annui- ties, &c, Turner — Contributions from sundry individuals in the Rev. Mr. Dodd's congregation, contribution from the Ladies' Benev. Society, and Young Ladies' Missionary Society, &c, Unity — Donation from Jonah March, Union — Collection in Cong, church and society, Vassalboro'' — Donation from a friend, by hands of Rev. Dr. Cummings, Waldoboro'' — Collections in Cong. ch. and society, contribution by the Fe- male Benevolent Society, sundry donations for L. M., annuities, &c, PORTLAND, JUNE, 24th, I860. 15 00 2 82 9 92 92 13 63 40 9 85 5 75 12 50 1 00 4 75 21 00 5 00 23 50 34 00 2 00 73 00 25 31 2 00 13 50 5 00 Waldo Co. Conf. — Contribution, 9 15 Warren — Donations from the Benevo- lent Society, from the Sab. school, (in part for L. M.) annuities, &c, 64 15 Washington — Collections, donations, annuities, &c, 40 50 Washington Co. Conf. — Collections, $39, $130, and $21; 190 00 Wattrford — Collection in the Cong, church and society, in North Wa- terford Female Benevolent Society, donation, annuity, &c, 26 00 Waterville — Collections in Cong. ch. and society, for L. M., donations, annuities, &c, 38 65 Weld — Collection in Cong, church & society, and Female Assistant Soci- ety, in part for L. M., 15 00 Wells — Collection and donation for L. M., in 1st Cong. ch. and society, 35 00 Do. in 2nd Society, 8 00— 43 00 West Brooksville— Donation — $20 of which for L. M. of A. D. Wasson, by his father, 22 00 Weston — Donation by an individual, 50 Whiting — Deacon Gilpatrick, 2 00 Wilton — Collection in Cong, society, by the Female Missionary Society, annuities, &c, 19 61 Windsor — Donations from sundry in- dividuals, 9 00 Winslovj — Contribution, annuities & donations, 23 50 Winthrop — Contribution by Female Assistant Missionary Society, collec- tion in Rev. Mr. Thurston's society, annuities, donations, &c, 63 75 Wiscasset — Donation from the Ladies' Missionary Society, and from other sources, for three L. M., &c, 65 65 Woolwich — Collection in Cong, church and society, 24 32 Worcester, Ms. — Rev. S. Sweetsir, 15 00 Yarmouth. — Collection in the Newell Society, for L. M. of Rev. Mr. Al- den, and sundry other donations and collections, 48 67 York — Collection in church and society 1st Parish, for L. M., 20 82 Do. and annuity, 2d Par., 12 00— 32 82 York Co. Conf— Collections, $13 18, and $21, " 34 18 210 341 $11,684 98 WILLIAM SWAN, Treasurer. £ifc itlcmberB. THOSE WITH AN ASTERISK PREFIXED, DECEASED. M a i n e . Merrill Rev Stephen, Acton Mrs II A., •' *Cummings Dea Asa, Albany Friend son of a, Haskell Miss Hannah, " Lawrence Henry (.'., " Lovejoy Miss Ellen Maria, " Tewksbury Rev George F., " " Mrs Sarah, " * Goodenow, Mrs Sarah A., Alfred Orr Rev John, '" Carleton Mrs Daniel, Alna .Tewett Jeremiah, Pearson Jeremiah, " Paul, " " Mrs Paul, '' Talbot Rev Samuel, " * " Mrs Samuel, " Gray Rev J. S., Andovcr, Hubbard Rev Anson, " Hint William R., Anson " Mrs Sarah, " * Leathhead Mrs Mary, " Snipe Mrs Sarah, Arrowsic Bixby George, Athens Merrill Mrs C. E., Auburn Mitchell Rev Thomas G., •' Allen Miss Elizabeth, Augusta * Bridge James, " Brooks William A., " Mrs Susannah, " Child James L., " Mrs Jane H., " Daniel C, " Grenville H., " 11 Miss Rebecca J., " Miss Ilanuah S., " Robert W., " Craig Elias, " Mrs Eliza, Deering Stephen, " " Mrs Caroline, " " Miss Mary, " « John P., Bole Albert G., Gage Mrs Joanna, Haniblin Mrs Eleanor, '• Lewis B., " Miss Margaret, ' : Holcomb Jon Ingraham Rev J. H.. « Mrs J. H., Keen Miss San Littl. "th, Nason Edward \., " Mrs Julia Ann, Nason Miss Margaret, Augusta " Miss Mary E., " Miss Julia, Redington Alfred, " Mrs Luev, " Samuel M., * Sewall Henry, " Mrs Elizabeth, Smith Mrs Thomas W., Stan wood Miss Susan, Starrett Rev David, • " Mrs Susan, * Tappan Dr E. Sawyer, " Miss Hannah, •' Rev Benjamin, D. D. " Mrs Eliza B. T., twice, " " Miss Elizabeth T., " Miss Jane W., * " Bliss Catherine H., " " T L. Winthrop, " Miss Anna W., Wainwright Mrs Ann E., Robert D., Williams Daniel, " Mrs Hannah, " MiSS Helen, * " Miss Mary, Silsby Mrs Polly, Aurora Pearl Rev Cyril, Baldwin Adams Dea. Eliashib, Bangor " Bliss Mary A., Allen Dea James, Babcock Mrs Abby, * Brown Benjamin, " Theodore S., " Mrs Sarah S., * •' William S., * " Charles E., Brooks Danseomb, Crosby Timothy, * " Mrs Hannah, " James, " Mrs James, '■ Miss Sarah H., " George A., « John L., " Miss Olive, " James H.. Dennett Mrs Harriet A., Dennison Mrs Isaac, Dickinson Mrs Martha, Dow William L., " Mrs Delia I.., " Miss Alice E., Drummond Alexander, Duren E. F., " Freeman H., " " WUliam G., <: 50 Duren Charles M., Bangor, *Dutton Samuel P., * " Miss Ruth, " Eaton Rev Joshua, " " Mrs Joshua, " Fiske James B., " " Mrs Rebecca, " •' John, «•' " Mrs Mary P., " Godfrey Edwin D., Harlow Nathaniel, " * " Mrs Mary, " " Charles W., " " Miss Sarah P., " " Nathaniel H., " " Bradford, " " Sarah G., " Haskins Robert K., " Kimball Stephen, " Little Rev George B., Littlefield Joseph E., * Loomis Rev Harvey, " Lord Nathaniel, " Maltby Rev John, " Mrs M. M. G., " McDonald John, " " Mrs 0., " Mills William H., " * Peabody Mrs Charlotte C. " Pearson Mrs Sophia S., " " Miss Harriet H., " Pickering George W., " * Pike Daniel, Pond Rev Enoch, D. D., " Sandford William, " " Mrs Rebecca, " Shepard Rev Geo., D. D., " " Mrs Elizab., (twice) " " George H., " " Thomas, * Smith Rev John, D. d., " " Rev D. Tallcott, " " Mrs Eliza Ann, " Sylvester Samuel, " Mrs Charlotte, " Thatcher Dea George A., " Titcomb Albert, Tupper Mrs Mary Ann, " Walker Asa, " " Mrs M., '• Weston Mrs Ann S., " White Thomas A., " Agry Mrs Thomas, Bath Allen Miss Sarah A. L., " * Arnold Mrs Mary Jane, " " Augustus, " * Bailey Mrs Sarah, " Blake Mrs Mary G., " Blasland Mrs Mary, " Bovey John, " Mrs John, " Bowman Mrs Samuel G., " Church Mrs Sarah B., " Clark Freeman, " * " Mrs Freeman, " " Miss Frances L., " " Miss Agnes E. L., " Clapp Charles, " Mrs Rachel, " " Charles, Jr., " " Mrs Jane T., " " Miss Sarah J., " Donnell William, " Mrs Harriet, " " Mis3 Henrietta W., <: Ellingwood Rev J. W., (twice) * '' Mrs J. W., " Mrs Harriet T., Ellsworth Miss Emily A., " Miss Frances M., Field Henry VV., " Mrs Almira H., Fiske Rev John 0., " Mrs Mary A., " Miss Catherine H., Foster John, Gannett Mrs M. T., Gove Hartley W., Haley Mrs Samuel, ;i [Miss Dorcas M., Harward Thomas, " Mrs Hannah, " Miss Elizabeth, " Thomas P., (twice) Houghton Dea Levi, Hyde Gershom, " Mrs Gershom, " Henry A., " Mrs Henry, " Mrs Jonathan, " Miss Sarah G., Jenks Mrs C S., Kendall George W., " Mrs G. W., Kimball Mrs Abraham, " William 0., King Mrs William, Lambard Miss Sarah H., * Lemont Adam, * Lincoln Mrs Betsey H.. " Miss Lucy H., " Miss Sarah G., Low Miss Sally, Magoun David C, " Mrs H. C, " Edward H., " David N., * Marsh Thomas S., Mitchell Ammi R., " Mrs Ammi R., " Mrs Nancy M., " Miss Harriet N., " Miss Lucretia, " Grenville J., " Mrs James, " Miss Caroline G., Morse Mrs Edwin A., " Mrs Franklin, Neally Mrs E. S. J., Oliver James, Osgood Miss Rebecca, Page Miss Isabella P., " Miss Sarah A., Palmer Rev Ray, " Mrs Ray, Patten Mrs George F. " Miss Statira, " James T., " Miss Pauline, " Miss A. Augusta, " George M., " Mrs James, Percy Isaiah, * Phillbrook Mrs Elizabeth, Putnam Mrs Dr. T., Reed Mrs Clarissa, * Richardson William, * " Mrs William, i( Mrs Maria, Hi*nry I», Bath 51 Richardson Frederick L., Bath " John G., " " George L., Miss Sarah B., ' " " Miss Mary .T., " " Mrs David, * " Mrs Green, Robinson Capt Samuel S., " " Mrs Jacob, " " Miss Frances J. G., " " Orville A., " " Miss Betsey N j Rogers Mrs Hannah C, " Mrs Sarah. " " Miss Margaret, " Russell Mrs Bel " Sewall Mrs David, " " Benjamin Crosby, " Mrs B. C, " Shaw Mrs John, Simpson Mrs Elizabeth T., " Smith Mrs Mary T., " *Sprague Mrs Mary, " Peleg, " " " Miss Nancy E., " " Miss Harriet E., " Stetson Mrs E., Stinson Mrs D. T., " Tallman Mrs Eleanor, " " Scott, " " Miss A. M. MoK., " " Mrs Mary, " ; ' Miss Julia M., " * Taylor John, " Thompson Mrs Sarah, " Miss Abby D., " Trevett Miss Lucy J., " Trott Miss Elizabeth W., " Trufant Gilbert, " " Mrs Gilbert, " " Mrs Gilbert C, " " Miss Susan T., " Turner Mrs Mary, Weeks Miss S. Augusta, " Baker Jeremian Y., Belfast Beeman Edwin, Caldwell John S., " * Cutler Rev Elbridge G., " Cutter Rev Edward F., " Mrs E. F., Davidson Miss Abigail, " Field Mrs Abigail, " " George \V., ' : *HallFrye, " Havener J. L., Heath Solyman, Kimball John S., " Mrs T. G., " Langworthy James, MaddocksE. K., Marshall Thomas, " Palmer L. R., " Poor Clarence 0., " Souther Rev Samuel Jr., " Towle Jo " * Wales Rev Nathaniel, " Wilder Mrs J. W., " Barker Mrs Frances, Bethel F.iances. Bowker Mrs Abigail, l; * Brown Robbins, Burbank Jedidiah, " Mrs Frances, " Carlton Tsa?c, Ellingwood Mrs Zeruinh ; Frost Mrs Lucinda M. S., Bethel * Frost Rev Charles, Twitchell Peter, " Wright Eli, " Clark Dea Asa, Biddeford * Cleaves Mrs Sarah, " Drake Rev Samuel S., •' Haines William P., " " Mrs H. F., « Jordan Ralph T., Lord Rev Thomas N., " Murch Mrs Nancy W., " Pierce Rev William, " Mrs William, " Thornton James B., " " Mrs Eliza B., " Henry, " " Miss Eliza G., " " Miss Frances A. S., " Wadlin Mrs Phebe, " Turner Rev Sidney, Bingham ' : Mrs Betsey, " Perry Rev John A., Blanchard Dole Mrs E. P., Bloomfield Hathaway Rev G. W., " * " Mrs M. S. W., " * Holt Rev Fifield, " * McLellan Bryce, « Snow Mrs Polly, " * Cole Rev Albert, Bluehill * Fisher Rev Jonathan, " " Mrs Dolly, " Stevens Dea Benjamin, " " Mrs Mary F.,' " Stone Rev Harvey M , (twice) " " Mrs Elizabeth, do. " Thomas Mrs Melinda H., " Blair Mrs Margaret, Boothbay Gannett Rev George, " Gould Rev Samuel L., " " Mrs Ann P., " Weymouth Mrs Elizabeth, " Johnson Thomas, Bremen " Mrs Ann, " Dole Rev Nathan, Brewer Munsell Rev J. R., " " Mrs J. R., " Shed Daniel, " Smith Rev Thos., (twice) « Cordis Samuel, (twice) Bridgton Fessenden Rev Joseph P., " " Mrs Phebe, " Killborn John, " " Mrs Mary, " Johnson Samuel W., Bristol Wiswall Rev Luther. Brooks " Mrs S. R., ' " Ellis Rev Manning, Brooksville Merrill Rev Josiah G., " Wasson Dea David, " " D. Atwood, " Gerrry Rev David, Brownfield " Mrs David, •' Mn-rill Mrs Phebe, " Rider Gilman, Brown ville Sewall Rev Wm. S., " " Mrs Miriam P., " * Wilkins Rev Isaac E., " Adams Rev G. E., d. D. (twice) Brunswick * ' Mrs Sarah A., " Cleaveland Prof Parker, " * Dunlap David, " * l; Mrs Nancy M., " Fitz Miss Hannah S., " Ham Mrs Mary, « 52 Johnson Mrs Samuel, Brunswick Weston Eev Isaac, Cumberland Packard Rev Alpheus S., " Huston James G., Damariscotta Page Mrs Abigail N., CC " Mrs J. G., cc Upham Eev Thomas C, D. D., " Morse Mrs Mary G., cc Nelson Mrs Persis, PuckCeld Sherman Miss Martha, cc Blodjett Dea Bliss, Bucksport Clark Charles, Danville ' ' Mrs Mary, " Adams Eev Jonathan, Deer Isl.' ' Henry, C( " Mrs Hannah A., cc Darling Pea Henry J., " " Miss Sarah, CC " Mrs Caroline C., " " J. Edwards, cc Moulton Dr. .Totham, '< Haskell Mrs H. B. C, ic " Mrs Mary, " Small Miss Melinda, " * Pond Samuel M., " Sylvester Mrs Harriet, " Sparhawk Mrs Maria S., " * Wines Rev Abijah, CC " Miss Jane M., cc Kilby Dea John, Dennvsville Swazey Sewall B., " " Mrs Lydia C, cc Tinkham Mrs A. W., " Stearns Rev J.H., cc AValker Eev J. B. R., (( Carpenter Eev E. G., Dexter Woodman Benjamin, Burlington " Mrs S. B., " Akers William, Buxton *Libbey Rev Daniel, Dixfield Bartlett Rev George, " Morse Rev Alfred, " Brown Asa, " " Mrs Alfred, C! Hill Samuel, " Hills Rev Israel, Eixmont Paine Zenas, cc Follansbee Jeremiah, Dover Arnold Mrs Mary, Calais * Newall Rev Israel, Durham * Barker Samuel F., '• " Mrs E. M., cc " Mrs Ann D., cc Pierce Samuel, cc Christopher Mrs Lydia, cc Scales Nathaniel, cc Darling Samuel, " Strout Dea Osgood, " Downes Dea George, cc Adams Rev John C, East. Mnchias Dyer Mrs Lydia, " Davis Mrs Eliza J., East Orringto Keeler Rev S. 11., " Prince Dea Ezekiel, Easts •' Mrs Mary, cc " Benjamin D., cc Lord Jacob, " Vinton Mrs Frederic, cc Bobbins Dea James, cc " Frederic, a Swan Francis, IC Weston Mrs Jane N., cc " Mrs Hannah, " * Baker Azariah, Edgecomb Carlton William, Camden Sherman Joseph, cc Chase Rev B. C, cc " Mrs Elizabeth, cc " Mrs A. S. B., cc * Chandler Rev Samuel, Elliot Codman William H., " Chapman Eev Calvin, cc " William Swan, cc " Mrs Lucy B., ci Parkinson Rev Royal, Cape Elizabeth, Duttou Dea Samuel, Ellsworth " ]\[rs Juanna Z., " " Mrs Elizabeth, cc Stevens William, Carroll " George P., cc Adams Dea Samuel, Castine " Miss Alice E., cc " Mrs Lucy S., " Fickey Miss Rebecca, cc " Alfred F., cc Hale John M., cc " Miss Sarah F., cc " Mrs Sarah M., cc :l Samuel J., cc ' : Miss Sarah F., cc " George M., " Herbert Mrs Charlotte, cc li Miss 3Iary M., " " George, •' " uilliamF., " " Rev Charles D., cc " Mrs Mary B., " " Miss Charlotte, cc * Crosby Rev John, ' : * Hopkins Mrs Jane, " GayMrsPhebeP., cc * Hovey Mrs Mercy, " >' James L.. " *]Sourse Rev Peter, cc Jarvis Mrs John II., " " Mrs Mary G., cc " Miss Delia F., " Peabody Mrs Mary L., cc Little John T., " Peck Mrs Susan, cc " Miss Frances, " Snell Mrs Jane C, cc Webber Frederick, " Tenney Rev Sewall. cc Adams Mrs Abigail H., Cherryfleld " Mrs Sarah, " Smith Henry P. A., l: Freeman Barnabas, Fairfield Conant Rev Joseph H., Chesterville " MrsRhoda, " Conant Mrs J. H., " Dp me Rev Charles, Falmouth Pierce Cyrus, *' * Knight Dea Oliver, Sewall Rev Jotham, (twice ) Wilde Rev John, " * " Mrs Jenny, " * Abbott Jacob, Farmington " Dea Oliver, " * " MrsBetsey, " BuckDam Ichabod, Columbia " Miss Sallucia, " Loring Mrs D T., cc * " Kev Samuel P. Cooper Mrs Elizabeth, Cooper * " Mrs Hannah B « Blake Eev Joshph, Cumberland " Alexander H., cc " Mrs Hannah, " Belcher Hiram. Beale Samuel N., <- Blanchard Nathaniel, <. Brauscomb Mrs Clarissa, it ♦Browne Thomas, u Brown Mrs Ann, « " Philip G., « * Byram Mrs Lucretia K., u Cammett Mrs William, >' Card Miss Harriet, u Carruthers Rev James, (10 times) ' : * " Mrs Robina, (C * " Miss Jane, tt * " Miss Ellen, it " Rev John J., d. d., " Mrs John J., (twice) * Chaibourne Miss Betsey, " Chase Mrs DeborBh K., '. Chickering Kev John W., " " Mrs John W., K Chute Sirs Mary, u " Mrs M. E D., K Clark Mrs Samuel, it Clark Miss Lois, a Crie James, a " Mrs Lucy A., u Cummings Rev Asa, d. d., (twice) " " Mrs Phebe, tt " Miss Hannah, " " Miss Sarah M. N. a " Henry T., " " Dea Aaron, cc Cutter Levi, it '• Miss Amelia, a Dana Woodbury S., a " Mrs Elizabeth T., a lt Mrs Betsey, u Darling Miss Martha, " Davis Mrs Louisa P., a Day Mrs Eunice, t' Dean Mrs Harriet A., u Delano Miss M., u Downer Mrs .Mary B., It Dwight Rev William T., d. i •, " " Mrs Eliza L , t: " Henry E., IC Freeman Rev Amos N., « Gerrish Joseph M.. « " Mrs Mary Ann, t( Goodenow William, « " Henry, IC Gould Edward, (1 " Mrs Althea C, K 56 Gould William E., " Elizabeth M., " John M., " Howard, * Greely David, '' Eliphalet, Griffith Miss Eliza D., " Miss Sarah F., " Miss Maria P., Hartshorn Oliver S., " -Mrs S. E., Harwood William E., " Mrs Charlotte, Hoole Mrs Huldah F., How John, '• Mrs John, " Miss Persis, Hubbs Mrs Harriet, HuseMrs Mary J., Hyde William, " William Henry, * Ilsley Mrs Lucy, lngraham Mrs 31., * Jackson Dea Henry, * Jenkins Rev Charles, Jewett Mrs Charlotte P., * Kellogg Rev Elijah, Kilborn Miss Hannah, Knowltou Mrs Relief, Lewis Mrs Mary, Libbey Harrison J., " Mrs Harrison J., " Mrs Margaret A., Lincoln Royal, Little Josiah, Lunt Miss 3Iary, Martin Misss Penelope, '• Miss Pamela, Merrill, Mrs Mehitable. " Mrs Moses, " Mrs Paul E., Mitchell Rev D. M., " Mrs D. 31., Monroe Mrs Lucy A., Mountfort Elias, " MrsN., Noyes Miss Lucy, Osgood Joshua B., " Mrs Joshua B., Patten Miss CM., * Payson Rev Edward, d. d., * " Mrs Ann L., Pearson Miss Jane, Pennell Mrs Clement, " Miss Charlotte, Pomeroy Frederic A., " Mrs Priscilla, Prince Mrs Hannah S., * Quiucy, Marcus, Rielly 3Iiss Margaret, Robinson Mrs Hannah H., Russell Mrs Deborah, Sheldon Rev N. W., '• Mrs Ann, Shepley Ether, Shirley George II., * Smith Rev Amasa, * " Isaac, Soule Rev Charles, " Mrs Charles, (twice) Stallard Thomas, * Steele Mrs Almira D., * Stevens Jeremiah, " Mrs Jeremiah, ', Mrs Thomas, Stevens Mrs E. C , Portland Stewart Mrs Maria, '' Storer Woodbury, " " Mrs Mary B., Swan William, " " Mrs Mary, " Sweetser Samuel, " " Miss Helen M., " Thaxter Mrs Martha E., " Miss Mary Swan, " " William Swan, " Thomas Mrs William W., " Thompson Mrs E. P., ' " Tinkham Miss Jane, * Trask Mrs Martha, " Trowbridge Mrs Margaret, " True Mrs Eben, " Warren Mrs George, " Waterhouse Mrs Ann P., " •' Mrs Susan, " * Webster Ebenezer, Jr., " " Mrs Mary Jane, " Wells Mrs Samuel, £1 * Wood Mrs William, " Woodbury Mrs Octavia, " " William W., " * Woodhull Mrs, " Chandler Mrs Mary, Pownal " Joseph, Jr., " * Chapin Rev Perez, " " Mrs Sarah W., " Jones Simeon, " Jordan Rev William V., " Mrs Catharine O., " Sweetser David, '■ Thompson Edward, " Freeman Rev Joseph, Jr., Prospect Stowers Nathaniel, " Barnard Rev Pliny F., Richmond " Mrs Julia H., " Blair Dea S. F., " Hagar 31 rs Sarah, " Patten William " " Sirs Eliza S., " Sewall Rev David B., llobbiuston Fales Oliver, Rockland Fessenden Rev Samuel C, " " Mrs Samuel C, " Kimball Dea lddo Thomas Mrs William, " Hopkins itev E. S., Rumford Boyd Mrs Rachel P., Saco * Bradley Samuel, " Cole 3Irs Sarah J., " Dwight Rev Edward S., " '• Mrs Lucy E., " Eastman Philip, " ' ; Mrs 3Iary A., " Goodale Enoch, c; * "• Mrs Hannah G., " " Stephen L., " " Mrs P. A., '' George L., Goodwin James S., " Mrs Hannah S., nayes Joseph 31., (twice) " * •' Mrs Susan, " ', Mrs 0. T., '•' Hopkins Rev Samuel, " Mrs S., '• How Mrs Elizabeth, Jordan Mrs Mary, " Molten John P., " * Rumery James S., " Sawyer James, " 57 Scamman John F., Saco " Seth, " " Mrs Susan, " " MissLaviniaP., " " Miss S. N., " * Symonds Mrs A. T., " Littlefield Obadiah, Sanford * SewaJl Rev Henry, Sangerville Hasty William, Scarborough Seavey Miss Hannah B., Storer Seth, " " Rev Henry G., " " Frederic T., " Black Joshua T., Searsport Matthews Mrs Sarah, " Thurston Rev Stephen, " " Mrs Stephen, " Treat William, " Merrill Rev John H., Sedgwick Thurston Mrs Cnloe, " Loring Rev Levi, Shapleigh " Rev Asa T., Skowhegan Bodwell Dr Mortimer, Solon Fargo Rev George W., " Allen Rev Benjamin R., South Berwick " Mrs Martha B., " Ferguson Mrs Eliza, " Goodwin Dr James S., " " Mrs Sarah H., Norton Charles E., " " Mrs Sarah, " * " Miss Sarah, " Plummer Dea John, " " Mrs Lucy, Rogers George W., " * Thompson Rev William, " Brett Martin, South Paris Field Mrs D., " Hall Abijah, " Morse Seth, « " Elisha, " " Mrs Miranda, " Walker Rev Joseph, (twice) " " Mrs Eleanor, " Douglass Rev N., (twice) St Albans " Mrs N., « Marrett Mrs Dorcas, Standish Weston Rev James, " " Mrs Sarah, « Davenport Rev Wm., Ctwice) Strong * Hardy Rev Jacob, " * May Rev William, " " Mrs D. M., « Conant Nathan, Sumner Hackett Rev Simeon, " " Mrs Vesta, " Sewall Rev Samuel, " * " Lyman, " Foster Rev J. P., Sweden Abbott Mrs Phebe Ann, Temple Morton Rev Alpha, " " Mrs Charlotte, " * Gleason John, Thomaston Woodhull Rev Richard, " " Mrs S. F., " Baron Mrs John, Topsham Clement Rev Jonathan, D. d., " " Mrs P. F., " Barrett Mrs Huldah, Turner Blake Silas, " Dodd Rev John, Greeley Allen, " Mrs Eunice, Tucker Mrs Deborah, " Turner John, H Turner Mrs Deborah, Turner Barrett Amos, Union Bowker Rev Samuel, " " Mrs Elizabeth E., " Green Mrs Sarah H., " Bulfinch John, Waldoborough " Miss Sophronia W., " Dodge Rev John, " " Mrs Anna L., " * Elwell Payne, " " Mrs S. G., " Hovey James, " " Mrs E. A., " " Grenville, " " Myron, " " Leroy F., " Morse Dea Samuel, (twice) " * Reed Isaac G., " " Redington, " * Sprowl Mrs Jane, " Webb Dea R. C, " Chapman Rev Nathaniel, Warren " Mrs Sarah, " Cutting John, " Head James W., " Hovey William, " " Mrs William, " McLellan William, " " Mrs William, " Page Jesse, " " Mrs Jesse, " Starrett James, Vaughan Lewis, " Starrett Calvin, Washington * " George, " Carlton Edward, Waterford Douglass Rev John A., " " Mrs Lucy A., " Green Mrs Elizabeth, " " Mrs R. K., " Jewett Mrs M. N., " Ripley Rev Lincoln, (twice) " * " Mrs Phebe, " Saunders Amos, " * Warren William, " * " Samuel, « * " Mrs Mary, « * Dow Levi. Waterville Talbot Peter, " Thurston Rev Richard B., " Williams Mrs Elizabeth, " Houghton Mrs Sarah S., Weld Russell Mrs Nancy, " Clark Mrs Eliza H., Wells Curtis William, " " Samuel, " Littlefield Samuel B., " Codman Mrs Lucretia, Westbrook " George C., " Dole Mrs Catharine, " Hayes David, " Jordan Mrs J. W., " Marrett William, " ♦Walker James B., " Warren George, " Jenks Miss Elizabeth, Williamsburg Adams Isaac R., Wilton * Barker Mrs Phebe A., " " Miss Phebe F., " Bradbury Joseph, * Cheney Mrs Luther, " Strickland Sylvester, " Merrill Rev Henry A., Windham Adams Miss Sarah B., Winslow Cole Key Albert, " 58 Ri ;e Thomas, Wiaatow * " Mrs Thomas. i( Mrs Susanna, ' ; * Swan Miss Mary, " Sewall Stephen, Winthrop " Mrs Stephen, •' " Miss Matilda J., " Thurston Kev David, " " Mrs David, " Webb Miss Martha, Balkam Rev Uriah, Wiseasset Boynton Rev John, " Clark Mrs Sophia, u * Cook Francis, " * Packard Kev Hezekiah, D. c, " Page Samuel, " Mrs Mary S., " Parker Rev Freeman, '' Rie.e Mrs Mary, " Smith Miss Lydia, " Young Mrs Joshua, " Sewall Rev Jotharn, Jr., Woolwich •' Mrs Ann, " Tallman B Franklin. " " Miss Ellen S., " Allen Matthias, Yarmouth Alden Rev Edmund K . " •' Mrs E. K., Blanchard Sylvanus. " " Mrs Dorcas, " " Samuel W., " " Paul G., " " Sylvanus C, " Mrs Clara B., * Chandler Enos, " ;l William, " * " Mrs Elizabeth, " Chase Mrs Thomas, Jr., " Cutter Mrs Asa II., " * Gooch Rev James, " Cray Miss Olive, " Jenks Miss Caroline, Kenney Samuel B., Loring Jacob G., " " Mrs J. G., " * Mitchell Dea Jacob, " Mrs Jacob, " Dea Jeremiah, Prince Reuben, " Mrs Hannah, " Seabury David, " " Mrs Mary L , " « Miss Eliza L., " " Albion, " " Mrs Dorcas, " Shepley Rev David, " Mrs Myra N., " " Rev Samuel II., " " Mrs Pamela, " " Miss Betsey, Sweetser Joseph, " " Mrs Rebecca W., " Mrs Catharine, * " Mrs Harriet J., " Capt William, Whitney Dr Lewis, * Worthley Justin, " * Dow Rev Moses, York Holman Rev Morris, * Newman Rev William J., RESIDENT OUT OF THE STATE. Yeaton Rev Franklin, St. Stephens, N. B. Ambrose Mrs David, Newington, N. Hamp. Rigelow Rev Asahel. Hancock, N. H. Brown Mrs Elizabeth, Hanover, " Bradley, John, Chester, " " Mrs John, " " Buruham l'.ev Abraham, Pembroke, " * Campbell Kev Daniel, Orford, " '• Mrs Lucy A , " " Carter Mrs Elizabeth E., Hanover, " Crossett Kev liobert, Alstead, " " Mrs Dorothea, " Doe Mrs Sarah, Pembroke, " Emerson Kev Noah, Hollis. ' ; Foster Mrs B. A., Manchester, " Haines Mrs Mary, Concord, " Hill Mrs Phebe C. Hanover, " Jackson Kev Abraham, Gilsum, " Kimball Kev Reuben, Andover, " Lane Kev Joseph, Giimauton, " Leland Miss Dorcas M., Hanover, " Little Kev Valentine, Salisbury, <; Lord Rev Nathan, d. d., Hanover, " Mason Mrs Judith, Tamworth, " McGaw Mrs Robert, Merrimac, " *Miltimore Rev William, — Mitchell Miss Lucretia, Oliphant Rev David, Hanover, Plaistow, Hillsboro' Page Rev Robert, " Mrs Robert, " Miss Abby M., Parker Edmund, " Mrs Mary II., Pinkerton Mrs Jane, Price Rev Ebenezer, Reed Mrs Jane M., Richardson Rev Henry, " Mrs Eunice F.. " " Mrs H S., Pelham Rogers Mrs Lvdia M., Smith Rev D.'P., " Mrs Mary J., " Mrs Emily, Tap pan Rev Samuel S., * '• Mrs E. L., Upham Miss Eliz. L., * Babcock Rev Elisha, Barrett Miss Elizabeth, Bishop Rev Nelson, Campbell Rev G. W , Chapin Mrs Horace B., Duren Rev Charles, Fuller Rev Joseph, Kent Rev Cephas, McKeau Rev Silas, * " Mrs H.J, Rankin Rev Andrew, Underwood Rev Joseph, Hardwick, Walker Rev Chas., d. d., Pittsfield, Adams Rev Solomon, Boston, Mass. " Mrs Adeline, " " Rev Darwin, Dunstable, " Allen Rev William, D. D., Northampton, " Bacon Rev Elisha, ' Centreville, " " " " son of " Beckwith Rev G. C, Boston, " Mrs Martha W., " " Benson Mrs Lucy A., Cambridge, " Blanchard Charles, Boston, Borden Richard, Fall River, " Brown Rev Geo. (3 times) " " James, Danvers, " Bullard Rev Asa, Cambridge, " " Mrs Asa, Burnham Mrs Fanny, Watertown, " * Burr Rev Jonathan, Boston, " Carpenter Rev Eber, Southbridge, " Amherst Boscawen, Manchester, Goshen, Hopkiuton, ' Greenfield, ' Boscawen, ' Conway, ' b< i Concord, ' Thetford, Springfield, Windsor, Newbury, Bennington, Waitsfield, Yershire, Benson, Bradford, Brattleboro', 59 Chamberlain Benjamin P., ( 'bickering Miss lSetsey - , Chute llev Ariel P., - Mrs A. P., Clayes Kev t-ana. (twice) Coker Stephen, Colby Mrs Harriet E., Dana Nathaniel, « ■• Mrs Loia W., " Charles B., " Mrs Phebe W., Dickinson John, ♦Dike John, " Mrs Priscilla M., " John, Dole Mrs Hannah, " Carlton, Dorrance Oliver B., * " Mrs Jane. Duinmer Mrs Mehitable, Duncan Kev A. J., Durfee Dr Nathan, Edwards Mrs Caroline, Fiske Mrs H S., " Miss Abby A.. Fowler Kev Bancroft, Gale Rev Wakefield, •' Mrs Mary L., Gardner Robert, " Mrs Susan, * " Miss Catharine, Greenleaf Miss Mary C , Hopkins Mrs Louisa S., How John P., " Miss Persis, Hunter Anna T., Jenks Rev Win., D. I> , * Jewett Rev Henry C, * " Mrs H. C, Johnson Mrs Sarah J., " Miss Mary M., " William M., Jones Mrs H. H., Kimball Rev Caleb, Philip H., Lewis Rev Wales, " MrsVV., Lincoln Miss Mary G., Lord Mrs Lucy L., Lovejoy Rev Joseph C., " Mrs Sarah, « Miss Mary T., Mann Mrs Harriet, Marsh Rev Christopher, " Mrs N. W., « Miss E. P., " Mrs Caroline W., Mather Rev Wm. L., « Mrs A. P., Miller J. R., " Mrs Deborah, * Moody Mrs Sarah, Mordough Rev John H., " Mrs Adeline, Newhall Rev George P., Park Rev Calvin E., l; Mrs Harriet T., Payne Mrs Lucy, Peckham Rev SamU. H., Peet Rev Josiah W., ' : Mrs Louisa C, Peters Rev Absalom, D. D., Poland Caroline C, Pomeroy Rev S. L., d. n., " Mrs Ann Q., Salem, jllns. Pond Rev Preston, Atbol. « Prince John M.. Lviinlield, " *Rice Rev Benjamin, it " Mrs Lucy, S. Reading, ' : " Miss Lucy Ann, Newburyport, " " William W., Roxbury, " " Charles J., Brookline. " Rogers Moses, u it Sanibrd I'hilo, H CI '■ Mrs Martha, it it " Miss Mary L., Amherst, ' 4 " Miss Ann E., Beverly, " Sikes Rev Oren, Salem, <: Mrs Julia K., .i a Slade Mrs Jarvis, Newburyport, " " George P., It it " Augusta P., Boston, " Sleeper Mrs Jacob, " " Smith Rev Henry B , Lowell, " Spaulding Mrs Jemima, Hanover, " Sprague Mrs Sarah, Fall River, " ; ' William B., Charlestown. " Stickney Rev Moses P., Northboro, " Stone Rev Thomas T., .1 it " Rev Cyrus, Northampton, " " Mrs Abigail, Rockport, " " J.F., " " Storrs Rev R. S., D. D., Lowell, " Sweetser Rev Seth, II it " Mrs H. F., a it " Miss Frances W. Newburyport, " " John Apthorp, Williamstown, •'• Tappan Rev Benj., Jr., Lowell, " " Mrs Benj., (twice Brookfield, " " Miss Ellen E., Chelsea, " :l Henry L., Boston, " " ElizaWinthrop, Gloucester, " * " W. Emmons, tt it " Delia, Andover, " " Rev Daniel Dana, it 1. " Mrs Abigail M., (( (I Thaxter Mrs Eliza T., Boston, '• Thornton Charles C, Ipswich, " Thurston Rev Eli, II tl " Mrs M. C, Haverhill, " Tileston Mrs Maria S., n (i Tirrell Alice S., Trask Joshua P., " Mrs Mary E., Boston, " Cambridge P., " Turner John M., IC it Vinton Rev John A., ii ii Warren Rev William, Boston, " " George W., Roxbury, " Waud Marmaduke, a u Webster Daniel, IC 11 Wells Rev Elias, W. Springfield" White Rev Seneca, Mattapoisett, " Whiting Henry L-, ii ii Whitman Mrs Maria, Boston, " Woodford Edward, a u Breed Rev William J., Cambridge P., " " Mrs Wm. J., Hamilton, " Adams Rev Charles S., i. it Bond Rev Alvan, D. D., Walpole, " Dwight Mrs Clarissa, Boxford, " Foofe Mrs A. S. L., a u Jenkins Miss A. L., Charlestown, " Loper Rev Stephen A., Northfield, " * Mead Rev Asa, Fall River, " * McLellan Rev A., ii tt Page Rev Caleb F., Williamstown, " " Mrs Caleb F., Chelsea, " Smith Rev Levi, Boston, " " Mrs L. W., " " Tyler Rev Bennett, d. p., Milford, Mass. Chelsea, Winchendon, " Harwich. Boston, Bedford, Boston, Amherst, Chelmsford, Boston , Medford, Marblehead, Salem, Saugus, Braintree, Worcester, Charlestown, " N. Marshfield, " E. Cambridge, " Boston, " Fall River, ' : Boston, u ii Gloucester, " Boston, Stoneham " Upton, " cl ii Boston, Marshfield, " Sandwich, " Boston " Maiden, " W. Newton, " Providence, R. I. Westford, Conn. Norwich, " New Haven, " Hadlyme, " E. Hartford, " Hartford, " Granby, " it it S. Windsor, " it tt E. Windsor, " 60 Tail Rev Joseph, Somers, Conn. " Mrs Joseph, " " Abbott Rev Jacob, New York, N. Y. " Rev Gorham D., " " Beekwith Rev B. B., Gouverneur, " Buck Richard P., Brooklyn, " Cheever Mrs Charlotte, New York, " •' Rev G. B., D. d., " " " Miss Elizabeth B., " " " Rev Henry T., " " Davenport Rev J. S., Saekett's Har. " * Farley Mrs Betsey, Rochester, " Fisher Rev Josiah, Greenbush, '' Gilbert Rev S. B., West Greece, " " Mrs Elizabeth, " " * Gillett Miss Grace, Rochester, " Green Rev Beriah, Whitesboro', " Greenleaf Rev Jonathan, Brooklyn, " Gurley Wm. W., New York, " Hulin George H., Onondaga H., " Jenkins Jonathan L., Jamestown, " Lawrence Mrs Dorcas B., " Montgomery Mrs S. L., Graigville, " * Nason Rev Reuben, Brockport, " " Henry, New York, " Newell Rev Daniel, " " Pomeroy Rev Thaddeus, OnondagaH., " " MrsE. S. M., " " Rand Rev William W., New York, " * Richardson William P., " " Rogers Benjamin Tappun, " " Sandford Thomas K., " " Searle Mrs Mary S., " " Stephenson Mrs Harriet &. 7 Brooklyn, " Adams Rev Aaron C, W. Bloomfield, N. J. Ailing Mrs Albert, Newark, " Cogswell Rev J., d. d., N. Brunswick,