CHRIST'S LEGACY OF LIFE TO THE CHURCH. ■ SERMONS DELIVERED AT BANGOR, JUNE 28, 1854, BEFORE THE MAINE MISSIONARY SOCIETY,; FORTY-SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY BY EDWARD F. CUTTER, Pastor of the First Congregational Church in Belfast. s*4 AUGUSTA: WILLIAM T. JOHNSON PRINTER. 1854 , CHRIST'S LEGACY OF LIFE TO THE CHURCH. SERMON ELTVERED AT BANGOR, JUNE 28, 1854, BEFORE THE 0^ MAINE MISSIONARY SOCIETY, FORTY-SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY, SY EDWARD F. CUTTER, Tastor of the First Congregational Church ia Belfast- AUGUSTA: WILLIAM T. JOHNSON PRINTER. 1854. SERMON. Mark: 16 : 15. Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. Matthew 28 : 19, 20. Baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost :— and lo ! I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. The path from the manger to the cross was all trodden — a path of tears, humiliation, suffering, agony and death. The Word made flesh had dwelt with men, — a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. The Son had glorified the Father by obedience and by sacrifice ; and now the hour is come, that the Father would glorify the Son. The day of cloud and of shadow closes in brightness. Already a ray from the throne had scat- tered the darkness of the tomb, and now a brighter beam breaks, in whose light the risen Redeemer is borne to heaven. As he leaves the world of suffering for the realms of bliss, he bends over his wondering disciples, and his last, earnest words are : — " Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature: — Baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Lo ! I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world" This is his precious legacy to those to whom he committed the great work of extending that kingdom, " whose foundations he had laid, not as other conquerors, in the blood of the van- quished, but in his own blood." It contains I. The Work to be done. II. The Means to do it. III. The Presence to make the means effectual. MAINE MISSIONARY SOCIETY. I. The "Work. An extensive, long, arduous work. Into all the world. All is under the dominion of sin ; all is to be redeemed to Christ. To every creature. A work affecting not merely the masses, who may be swayed by majorities, but coming *liome to the individual, renewing every heart to the love of God, stamping on every soul the image of Jesus. II. The Means. The Gospel — glad tidings of great joy. At the Savior's advent to earth, angels sang peace, good will to men: now He ascends to heaven, human lips repeat the strain. Angelic song and apostolic preaching are one, the revealing Christ the Lord. This gospel is further illustrated by the baptism, now first revealed, into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Sealing unto the Father by reconciliation and adoption into his family, unto the Son by his righteousness and blood justifying the soul, unto the Spirit by his mighty power renewing and sanctifying the heart. The Gospel and the Baptism are one, both uniting to God, by repentance towards God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ, through sanctification of the spirit unto eternal life. III. The Presence. Lo ! I am with you. All power is given unto ME in heaven and in earth. Ahvay even unto the end of the world. Power and duration unlimited 1 fully com- mensurate with the greatness of the work. What more could be asked ? What more could be given ? The passages we have thus briefly noted are often, and properly, regarded as a command. We propose, however, to present them in another light, as a grand development of the great principle that Progress is the element of life in the Church. She lives only by advancing. It is not a circumstance, but a necessity of her being. Thus alone can she make full proof of the gospel committed to her trust. Thus alone has she the assured promise of Christ's presence alway. Hence the ascending Redeemer.breathed this quickening spirit upon her, that amid the decay of empires and of men, hers might be a perpetual life. CHRIST'S LEGACY OF LIFE TO THE CHURCH. 5 The first argument in proof of our position we draw from analogy. Growth is ever the essential element of vitality. It marks between the living and the dead, both in the animal and in the vegetable world. Thus the puny infant advances to the strength and stature of manhood : the tiny acorn grows into the mighty oak. In this process of development, both have a vigorous life : but when this is past, decay comes on. Man pa°sses into decrepitude and the grave : the old oak withers and falls. Even water, the brightest, gladdest thing in all this lower creation, if its life-giving current be checked, becomes foul and dead. Far away in that land, hallowed by the feet of apostles and prophets, and where the Son of God walked in the days of his flesh, rolls the Jordan. Fed by « the cold, flow- ing waters " of Lebanon, it winds its silvery stream down the green valleys, and forms a basin of pure, clear, sparkling water, in the bright, beautiful lake of Galilee. Thence it pours its yet living, because yet moving, stream into the deep, cavernous abyss oAhe Dead Sea. Here it is held captive ;— there is no outlet ; — and the pent up waters are acrid, salt, bitter — a sea of Death. Losing its onward current, the water has lost its life and beauty. Could one lay a mastering hand on the ever heaving ocean, and hush its swelling tides, and bid the wings of the mighty winds no more lift its waves, it would become a vast stagnant pool — the fountain of miasma and death. Every where in the material world motion is life ; stagnation, death. The mighty orbs of the firmament, the vast gatherings of waters, the luxuriant vegetation, the subtile air and the adaman- tine rock, all teach the lesson. Onward, ever, ever onward, is the law of our being. Check our ceaseless roll, bind us fast that we cannot move, and creation expires : — chaos returns. • - This law of the physical universe governs also the mental and the spiritual world. Living mind is ever active — the liv- ing heart ever flowing out. Let thought be stagnant, the mind becomes imbecile and decrepit; let affection be pent up, the heart becomes cold and dead. In the great spiritual renovation by which man enters into the kingdom of God, he is made par- MAINE MISSIONARY SOCIETY. taker of life ; an earnest, progressive life, ever reaching forward and upward. Check this onward, upward expansion, and he dies. Without it, the disciple has but the name to live : the element of true, vigorous life is wanting. The analogy between His kingdom and the vegetable world in this respect is clearly and graphically drawn by Christ him- self. " Then said He, unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it? It is like a grain of mus* tard seed, which a man took and cast into his garden, and IT GREW !" — it had the element of life in it — " and became a great tree, and the birds of the air lodged in the branches of it. 11 A second argument in favor of our position, we draw from the progressive expansion of the kingdom of God on earth. The truth and love of God, amid wide and prevalent sin, lin- gered in a few patriarchal families after the fall. There were altars and hearts, where He was remembered in worship and in sacrifice. But there is no record of a Church, having within itself the elements of life and increase. In Abraham's day God laid the foundations of such a church in covenant and in prom- ise. It was first a household,' — a childless household — -but that it may live and grow, a child is given. It was but the germ — for in the succeeding stages of development we see the twelve princes of Israel, every man the head of a tribe, and the associated tribes expanding into a mighty nation. The life flows down an ever-widening channel: first a family, then a cluster of families, then a numerous people. Here for a time it stayed; there was no further expansion, no flowing out beyond those boundaries of blood and nation, and the life blood was chilled and sluggish. There were signs of age and decay — premonitions of death. The Jewish dispensation, shut up to the seed of Abraham, waxed old, and lacked the vigor of earnest life. " Now that which decaycth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away." Had there been no further expansion, the Church had declined. But, in the fullness of time, Christ came : boundaries of nation and blood were all CHRIST'S LEGACY OF LIFE TO THE CHURCH. 7 broken up : a Savior and a Gospel for all the world revealed : and there was a renewing of the vital energies in the Church. Like the letting out of imprisoned waters, Was the fresh, exult- ing flow of life from the Church, before as a stagnant sea from its long confinement within the narrow walls of Jewish exclu- siveness, when Christ cleft all barriers and bade it roll over the wide, wide world. Earth became vocal " with the joy of its Waves. '* Thus God's kingdom has ever lived, — is yet living. Egypt's idolatries died with her. Philistia's gods perished in the ruin that blotted her name from among the nations. They had no outgoing of life beyond these narrow borders. But though Abraham be dead> and Moses, and the Prophets ; though Judea be captive, and Jerusalem a desolation, the worship and the name of Jehovah live. When the father of the faithful died, they remained with Isaac and with Jacob: when Jacob was gathered to his fathers, they dwelt with the tribes : and before the nation, sprung from the tribes, passed away, they were gone out into all the world. Ever expanding, ever growing, they had the elements of perpetual life, — unquenched and unquenchable. Our third argument for the position we have stated in con- nection with the text, we draw from the great facts of Christian -History. We know whom Christ appointed to build up his kingdom — a few feeble, trembling men. We learn from the text how he left them, what weapons he put into their hands, what spirit he breathed into them, and how he roused the life and energy of mind and heart to the most intense and earnest action, by laying out for them a work and a field, in which the largest and most vigorous life might have full play. We see afterward on the day of Pentecost, when the Spirit came down as a rushing mighty wind, how the miraculous powers then imparted symbolized the progressive and expanding energy of the new life poured into the Church. The Elamite, the Mede the Parthian, and many more of diverse tongues and distant climes, in the first preaching of the gospel, heard in their own S MAINE MISSIONARY SOCIETY. household tones the word of promise to all people ; and already in the beginning at Jerusalem, was a scattering of the seed of the kingdom far beyond the walls of the city. The gospel for the world, in its earliest speech, it caught earth's varied tongues, and made them all familiar with the name and the love of Jesus. So afterward when the sword of persecution was whet against the disciples, they fled before it only to scatter farther and wider the word of truth. Samaria receives the preaching of Christ with great joy, and Jerusalem, the old division and bitter alienation between Jew and Samaritan all forgotten, rejoices with her, and extends the hand of fellowship. The field is the world : separating lines are giving way. This is seen more clearly in the remarkable mission of Peter to the Roman Centurion at Cesarea, by which the long impassible par- tition wall between Jew and Gentile is broken down, and the whole world laid open to the love and the labor of the Church, no longer restrained by differing creeds and climes. Saul of Tarsus already chosen, and specially adapted by wonderful gifts of nature and of grace, for the heavenly mission, presses into this wide and effectual door ; and with what mighty energy the life current, having now a free course, flows out and around, upon Antioch, Corinth, Ephesus, Old Imperial Rome, Greek, Barbarian, Scythian, bond and free. Every where are growth and expansion, and warm, full, vigorous pulsations in the Church, and in the fervent Apostle : the field is too wide and pressing to admit of stagnation: it keeps all the mighty energies of mind and heart ever awake and active. There was a living Church and a living Ministry in those days, and every age, since that period, marked by earnest life, has shown the same dis- tinguishing features. There was a re-kindling of this spirit — a progress and advancement, the outgoing of power and truth — at the period of the Great Reformation, in the seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord that marked the last century in New England, and in the renewing of the Missionary Work in these latter days, which is now the life'giving element CHRIST'S LEGACY OF LIFE TO THE CHURCH. 9 in our churches. Check this Spirit — confine the sympathies and labors of Zion by boundaries, and the life-blood flows back upon the heart — symptoms of death appear. The Christian dispensation is a dispensation of the Spirit. Its peculiar, distinguishing baptism, is the Baptism of the Holy Ghost. The emblem of that Spirit is the Dove, a bird of swift wing, and loving the free, boundless air for its flight. It may, in the day of storm and rain, hide awhile within the ark, but when the waters are dried off from the earth, it will no longer be imprisoned there. The Spirit is as the Wind, " that blowetli where it listeth." It sways the forests of the mountain, rustles the grass of the valley, sweeps the face of the ocean, whirls the sands of the deserts, and chases the clouds of the sky. It spurns the chain — it knows no barrier — the wide world is its home. It is the universal life. Such is the Spirit of Truth and of God. They who are born of Him, to develop the spiritual life, must give it like free and large expansion. If the Church would have the indwelling life of the Spirit of God, she must take the pinions of the dove and fly as on the wings of the wind, bearing the gospel of grace, swift as the messenger dove cuts the air, and far as the rushing winds play o'er earth and sea. To this end, was " the promise of the Father " given. Till that promise was fulfilled, the disciples might tarry in Jerusalem ; but no longer. From the hour the Spirit sat upon them the world was the field. The promise yet remains — the Spirit abides alway in the Church — but the early conditions of the promise are unchanged. Go ye oat into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. Brethren, the thought I wish to impress on your minds, is this : That the last great commission of Christ is not an ex- hausting burden imposed upon the Church, a drain upon her wealth and a consumption of her strength, but rather a legacy of perpetual life. It is, indeed, a work — an arduous work — but " in all labor there is profit," and the Church can only IQ MAINE MISSIONARY SOCIETY. develop licr full life and energies in her great work. I re- mark then :— 1. In the work assigned to the Church is the sure evidence of her extension and perpetuity. Both indeed are assured by promise and by prophecy. But we see in the great work assigned the Church, and in the earnest life developed by that work, the witness to the truth of promise and prediction. The Word, sown broad-cast through all the world, finds too many lodgments ever to be entirely rooted up. Here, indeed, the hard-beaten path may reject it; there, thorns choke its growth, or perchance the stony ground deny sufficient deep- ness of earth. But the field is broad and long, and there are fertile spots, where the good seed takes root and brings forth fruit, whose " seed is in itself, " ready to be scattered again over all waste, arid places. Jerusalem, the early spiritual granary, for a long season has sent forth neither sower nor seed. Rome, whose " faith was once spoken of throughout the whole world/' has sown only tares. But God has prepared other soil in re* mote borders, never revealed to prophet's eye, nor trodden by apostle's foot, whereon the good seed has fallen, and from whence it is scattered on the four winds to be sown beside all waters. The field is the world — the seed grows whereon it falls, alike under the burning tropic and in the frozen zone — ■■ in every clime »#f on every shore. Its harvests will yet wave over the wide earth. One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh : but the earth abideth forever. The fathers, where are they ? and the prophets, do they live forever ? The honored line of seers and apostles has long ceased ; many ancient churches have become extinct 5 the shadow of darkness and of death has fallen on many Christian lands; yet the Church lives >— its field the world— ■- its life alway, even unto the end. What convulsions and changes may come in the future we cannot tell. Should it be — which may God in mercy avert — » that hoods of Error CHRIST'S LEGACY OF LIFE TO THE CHURCH. \\ delude our land, and the foot of the Infidel tread out the living light of Christianity above the ashes of our Puritan fathers, yet the Church shall live, from islands of the sea, now first reck- oned in the family of Christian nations, as one born out of due time ; from the pale watchfircs, now just glimmering along the benighted shores of Africa 5 or from the altars of the ancient churches of the East, whose long extinct flame the Spirit is now rekindling, the light shall break-— the day star arise, and earth's darkness flee before it. The field is the world. If portions lie under eclipse, on other portions the sun shines. When the curtains of the night fall around one hemisphere, the morning dawns on the other. In a field wide as the earth ; there may be alternations of light and darkness .'-"there can- not be perpetual night. 2. I notice, in each successive development of the Church, the beautiful correspondence between the work to be done and the instruments for its accomplishment. There are differing phases of spiritual as of natural life ; and each peculiar phase has its appropriate work, and is manifested in the Church at the very time that work is to be done. " The man and the hour " arc one. Thus God knew Abraham that he would order his child- ren and his household after him in the way of the Lord. The patriarch lived away from cities and states, and his piety flowed out in the sweet influences of parental guidance and love upon his secluded household. This peculiar life in him fitted him for head of the Church, when constituted as the family. Moses, saved by special Providence from early death, to be trained among kings' councilors, and learned in all the wisdom of Egypt, is educated for a law-giver and to lay the foundations of civil government. His energies of life, therefore^ are brought into the Church, when it passes from the family into the nation. A few chosen men of Galilee, taught in the school of Christ, eye- witnesses of his incarnation in its humiliation and its glory, and baptized of the Holy Ghost with tongues of flame, entrusted 12 MAINE MISSIONARY SOCIETY. with a gospel for all nations, and having- utterance in all the varying notes of human speech, are meet apostles for the world, divided everywhere in faith and in language ; and the world is their mission ground. It were easy to multiply these illustrations. God never imparts a peculiar life, but that life has its appropriate work. Where we find the life, there too is the work : and where we find the work, the life will not be wanting. In this view we love to look out on our beloved land, and study its peculiar mission from the opportunities opened, and the power of life bestowed upon it. The opening era of our national existence is marked by the vigorous development of the Missionary Spirit, by the formation of associations for the spread of the Gospel in all the world, and by improvements in the means of intercommunication between nations, that have swept away the old barrier lines of division, and made earth one neighborhood. Advancing steadily in population and in territory, our country now stretches from sea to sea — on either border an ocean, which the mighty agencies of modern locomotion have bridged over, and across which the " highway of nations" lies open to us. Have we not then a mission for the world ? A " manifest destiny" our political rulers may not see, but which the Amer- ican Church may understand by measuring her work by her power and opportunity of working. Amid much that is dark and foreboding evil in our horizon, we love to turn to this unfolding leaf of Providence, and learn there to hope that our land, her rapid advance and mighty energies developing in the same hour with the quickened life and earnest action of the Church in the great work of Christian Missions, may be the appointed instrument of extending the Gospel in all lands. Would that the full, vigorous, earnest life that is in her might thus put forth its energies, in annexing to Christ's Kingdom from the realms of darkness, and in extending the area of spir- itual freedom over lands long cursed by the bondage of sin. CHRIST'S LEGACY OF LIFE TO THE CHURCH. J 3 Then would hers be a perpetual life. It would never know the palsy of age, — never the stagnation of death.* 3. I remark finally. "When the work presses hard on the energies of the Church, it is an occasion of joy. It will then stimulate to earnest life. The necessity laid on Paul to preach the Gospel, brought out the full strength of the life in him. It is always a blessing to the individual or to the Church, when there is such pressure to warm the heart and stir every muscle and sinew to intense action. We have found it so, my breth- ren, in our missionary labor within this State : — for, though I have ranged over a wide field, I do not forget I am addressing the Missionary Society of Maine. It has been one among the many blessings conferred on us, that the work of extension within our borders has always pressed close upon our means and our energies. It has grown with our growth and increased with our strength. This has kept the life from flagging, and held it in fresh and healthful exercise. Amid the many divid- ing opinions of the day, it has bound us up in one brotherhood of love and of labor, and made our annual gatherings hallowed and happy, the re-union of the separated members of our house- hold in the old homestead. It is good for us that the work presses to day. We need this pressure to stir the warm life- blood in our hearts, that, with strong sinews and earnest toil we may cheerfully renew our work ; working while we live, and living while we work. *It is interesting to notice the general awaking of the spirit of missions, as mani- fested by the formation of Societies for extending the Gospel, almost immediately on the establishment of our National Independence. I cite a few examples. Sunday School Society, (Eng.,) 1785. Wesleyan Miss. Soc., 1786. Bapt. Miss. Soc, 1789. London Miss. Soc, 179o. Conn. Miss. Soc. 1798. London Rel. Tract Soc. and Mass. Miss. Soc, 1799. Chh. Miss. Soc, 1800. Brit, and For. Bible Soc, 1804. Maine Miss. Soc, 1807. A. B. C. F. M., 1808. Am. Bible Soc, 1816. Am. Home Miss. Soc, 1826. The first fifty years of our national history is marked by the establish- ment of local and national institutions for the spread of the Gospel beyond any half century on record. Do we err if we address our country in the language of Mordecai to Esther — " Wio knoxceth xchether thou art come to the throne for such a time as this t" 14 MAINE MISSIONARY SOCIETY. The former venerable Secretary of this Society, in the clos- ing paragraph of the Annual Report in 1845, says : " The Trus- tees of this Institution, at the last anniversary, were pathetically exhorted by gentlemen from abroad, (they must have been from abroad, or they could not have judged so widely from the facts in the case,) we were pathetically exhorted to make a strenu- ous effort, and do the work up at once. What ideas people can have of winding up such a concern, it would be difficult to conjecture. The Society has been in operation, and in success- ful operation, for almost forty years, and the work as yet, is any thing but done up." That beloved man of God has rested from his labors. Nine years of not unsuccessful labor have rolled on since he penned the above Report, and we all are witnosses that the work is not done up yet. It is well for us, it will be well for our children, that we leave them a legacy of labor in this wide and growing field to draw out the energies of spiritual life. "We leave them not only this our native State, but the wide world, pressing harder each successive year, on the life of the Church, and raising it, we trust to higher and holier action ; the labor developing the life, and the life abounding in labor. A living Church is a working Church, and a working Church is a living Church. The wide field will always give occasion for labor, — for God will never quench the life of the Church on earth by shutting up her energies from action. On us — on our children, the command rests, with the power of an endless life in it. Go ye out into all the icorld, and preach the Gospel to every creature. ANNUAL REPORT. Ox this forty-seventh annual meeting of the Maine Mission- ary Society, the Trustees would again set up their Ebenezer, with the grateful inscription, '•' Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.'* Another year have not only their cares and labors been con- tinued, but those of nearly all the beloved men, more imme- diately concerned in the missionary work. One, however, has fallen. In his last communication to the Secretary of this Society, under date of December 30, 1853, the Rev. Maxxixg Ellis, of East Brooksville, thus wrote : " For the year past, I have been very much afflicted in regard to my health. I have no reason to expect that I shall regain my health. I would be grateful to my Heavenly Father, that I have been able to preach almost every Sabbath. It has often been very fatiguing ; but I never liked the work better, or felt more desirous to labor for the salvation of souls ; and I think that so long as I can get to the house of divine worship, and am able to speak, I shall continue to preach and labor in the cause of my Lord and Master." Strength was given him to preach on every Sabbath afterward, until on the 20th of February he died, set. 56. The customary tabular view will now be given. 10 MAINE MISSIONARY SOCIETY. TABULAR VIEW. Churches and Missionaries. 1. Acton. Shapley. Rev. Win, Pierce, s. s. 2. Albany. Rev. Isaac Weston, s. s. Rev. Lorrain Rood, s. s. 3. Albion. Clinton, (Hunter's Mills,) Mr. Harrison Fairfield. Mr. Ebenezer Douglass, for $ Clinton only. ( 4. Alexander. Cooper. Mr. Chas. W. Emerson. 5. Alna. Rev. Samuel Talbot, P. 6. Andover. Dixfield. Rev. Mark Gould, P. 7. Ashland, (No. 11) and vicinity. Fort Kent. Rev. M. R. Keep, 5. s. 8. Barkerville. (in Banpor.j James W. Kidder. 9. Belfast, North. Rev. J. R. Munsell, P. 10. Benton. Fairfield. Rev. James M. Palmer, s. s. Date of Commission. June 22, 1853. June 22, 1353. Feb. 10, 1854. Apr. 5, 1854. Sept. 1, 1853. Apr. 22, 1854. May 1, 1854. June 22, 1853. June 22, 1853. June 22. 1853. Jan. 7, 1854. Apr. 12, '54. June 22, 1853. Sept. 1, 1853. 9 s" a _o T3 o p '« 0) c p 1 .3 cd 60 o M 3 : <2 « s o a <** o to Pi H X 3 c o h4 P. p. CS CO q O u o 60 cS u Ctf — £ a ,4 B e p. a -a s 2 - T3 > CJ o p. si O K Q> *o > j5 T3 'd o o ° hJ P < o 82 < 1 ^ oW 14 18 12m 50 73 42 *4 38 1 21 3 31 60 21 no 2 56 ch. 14 42 75 100 no ch. 17 2 G 100 110 89 1 1 28 12 100 vir, 42 1 1 9 75 23 5 12 126 6 125 6 112 no ch. 10 14 42 200 48 4 42 12 200 17 14 10 5 9 112 42 77 ANNUAL REPORT. J 7 TABULAR VIEW. REMARKS. 1. Mr. Pierce left this field of labor the last November for want of adequate sup- port, which might have been obtained, if the people in both places had consented that he should divide his labors alternately between them. Since his departure, an effort has been made at Shapleigh to procure preaching. 2. Mr. Rood has spent several years of his life as a missionary in Illinois and Wisconsin. Thus far his services have been highly acceptable in Albany. The peo- ple defrayed the expenses of his removal, with his family, from Vermont, and have expended about S100 in repairing the parsonage. They are very desirous that he should be installed as their pastor. 3. There still remains at Albion a very small and feeble church, having a name to live ■ But without more of a disposition among its members, than now appears, to sustain the ministrations of the Gospel, the propriety of affording missionary aid is more than doubtful. A very large proportion of the people at Hunter's Mills do not attend public worship. But there is on the part of a few a strong desire for the ministrations of the Gospel. " The orthodox congregational influence is very weak, but is increased probably by every sermon. The more sober, thoughtful portion of community are wishing something substantial." 4. Mr. Emerson's services during the last summer and fall were highly acceptable; and after being absent through the winter, he has resumed his labors. He finds "a growing respect for evangelical religion, and a growing desire for the public services of such a religion on the Sabbath." The amount of subscription for the support of preaching in Alexander this year is considerably larger than was that of the last. 5. This church and society continue to be weakened by emigration. Nearly one- fourth of the members of the church are non-residents. — "Those that remain together evince about the same interest as formerly, in their attendance on the means of grace,. and an equal readiness to support the same." 6. Nothing reported of special interest. For the year ensuing Mr. Gould's stated labors will be confined to the town of Andover. 7. Some progress has been made in providing for the support of the Gospel. The hope is entertained by Mr. K. that a church will soon be organized. — It is thought the time has arrived for another missionary to be stationed at Fort Kent, and that the people would contribute nearly one-half of his suppirt. 8. The name of Barkerville has been given to a neighborhood within the limits of the city of Bangor, where students at the Seminary have been accustomed to conduct a Sabbath School, and hold religious meetings. Mr. Kidder has thus labored between two and three years. Two years ago last winter these labors were blessed to the hopeful conversion of a few persons. " About the middle of last winter God was pleased to visit us again by the presence of His Spirit. The number of hopeful con- versions may be 8 or 10, perhaps more. They will probably unite with different churches in the city." 9. "A marked change for the better. Sabbath School very prosperous. Some hope of raising $50 more than we have heretofore raised, for the support of the Gospel." 10. At Benton, "much more interest is manifested now (June 13) than at any time since I have been there. My last meeting was the largest. The Bible class now embraces one-third of the congregation. Prayer meetings are well attended, &c. The people are determined to have preaching at least three-fourths of the time, inde- pendent of the M. M. S." At Fairfield, several individuals, friendly to the new en- terprise, have left the place since its commencement ; and yet "I feel," says Mr. Palmer, " that we are considerably stronger than when I came here." 2 18 MAINE MISSIONARY SOCIETY. TABULAR VIEW. Churches and Missionaries. Date of Commission. c o "co to s s o o V- o ■s to cu H-3 o .2 p< o p. p. c; en M 'o Q -' d :< 01 5: Z u , (Pleasant Valley.) Rev. Joshua S. Gay, s. s. Mr. John H. Frost. 45. Lovell. Rev. Joseph Smith, P. [Lubec [Rev. G. W. Finney. 4G. Madison. South Anson. Rev. Thos. G. Mitchell, s. s 47. Maple Grove. ) Fort Fairfield. J Salmon Brook. Letter F. Letter H. Gardner Creek. Rev. Elbridge Knight, s. s. 48. Mechanic Falls. Rev. Enos Merrill, P. 49. Mercer. Rev. E. S. Hopkins, *. s. (for half the time.) 50. Monmouth. Rev. Jos. 11. Conant, s. s. Date of Commission. June 22, '53. June 22, '53. June 22, '53. August, '53. June 1, '54. June 22, '53. October, '53. June 22, 'S3. Jan. 11, '54. June 22, '53. Not. 1, 1853. 41 June 22, '53. 12m L2 12 Jan. 22, '53. 12 125 225 100 175 105 1,30 12G 150 11.) 100 SI 96 25 < < K 63 13 10 12 75 30 4 12 oS 21 64 11 31 10 11 50 50 6 75 10 40' 18 50 44 22 M 24 ANNUAL REPORT. 25 TABULAR VIEW. REMARKS. 41. During the past vear this people have contributed towards an academy-building nearly 51200. The school kept in it increases the number of pupils in the Sabbath School, and of attendants upon public worship. Since January came in, 5 young ladiea have expressed hope in Christ. 2 of them have since died, 1 has moved out of town, and 2 have united with the church.— " I do n it know a congregation," says the pastor, " which contains so great a proportion of young people, as this does. The thought of their going out from us without religion, is very painful tome." One young man belonging to this Church is seeking an education for the ministry. 42. " The Church in an unusually low state. The Society is slowly gaining strength. Evangelical sentiments are more generally embraced. A decided advance in temper- ance can be observed since last Fall. Sabbath breaking is not so common. The people pledge me £50 more the coming year than they have pledged befoie, and will raise it in better shape." 43. Mr. Smith was ordained pastor of this Church the last August. " During the Spring Christians were quickened to duty, and seriousness prevailed to some extent among the young. The prospect for any great enlargement, or increase of means for supporting the Gospel, is not flattering. Those, however, who are accus- tomed to do for this object feel disposed to increase their efforts, though they have hitherto done all they thought they could. " 44. For some years past the minister at Litchfield Corner has preached in this port of the town 1-oth of the time. In the meanwhile the Congregational interest has gained strength, and an earnest desire has been expressed to enjoy the constant ministrations of the Gospel. The prospect has appeared sufficiently favorable to justify the effort. Should Mr. Frost's services prove acceptable, they will probably be continued for several months. 45. Attendance on worship somewhat increasing. Perhaps on the whole the pecuniary ability of the parish has increased, though it has suffered from emigration. During the past year as well as during the year preceding more than usual religious interest has prevailed in the Church, and twelve instances have occurred of hopeful conversion. " Nearly half of those who have united with the Church during the year indulged a hope during the Winter and Spring of 1853. " [Mr. Finney was soon obliged to discontinue his services by severe illness, and an arrangement was made to secure a minister of another denomination.] 46. " Our pecuniary interest may have increased a little. The Sabbath School occupies a large place in our system of efforts, and secures almost universal interest on the part of the people. The influence of the School is of a decided character and good. " 47. Sabbath Schools flourishing, except at Fort Fairfield. No liouor openly sold in any of these plantations. The people are prospering in their wordy interests. The belief is entertained that the amount of aid needed from year to year will be lessened until at no very distant day no more will be solicited. A time of special interest has been enjoyed at Letter D (which in< ludes Maple Grove and Fort Fairfield) the fruits of which are 8 hopeful conversions, and about the same number in the Methodist Society. 48. During the past year a debt upon the meeting house amounting to upwards of glOOO has been liquidate'd. 49. " There is considerable solemnity manifest on the Sabbath, at lectures, and in private conversation. A few are indulging hope. The members of the Church, many at least, appear more awake to their responsibilities. " 50. " The state of things among us, so far as attendance upon a preached Gospel is concerned, and the interest felt in sustaining meetings of the Gospel, has never been more hopeful. We especially need a commodious meeting house, and shall suffer until we have one. " MAINE MISSIONARY SOCIETY. TABULAR VIEW. Churches and Missionaries. 51. Moxsox. Rev. Horatio Ilsley, P. 52. Mount Desert. Rev. Samuel Bowker, s. s. Date of Commission. 53. Naples. Sweden. Rev. L. W. Harris, s. s. Mr. C. H. Emerson. 64. Newfield (West.) Rev. Edmund Burt, P. ICcv. Wm. Pierce, s. s. 55. New Vineyard. KlNGFIELD. Rev. David Turner, s. s. 56. Norway Village. Rev. Asa T. Loring, s. s. 57. Oldtown. Oldtown and vicinity. Rev. Samuel 11. Merrill, P. 68. OllLAND. Rev. Hiram Houston. 59. Orono. k< \ . L. Ives Hoadley, P. 60. OitnixoTON, East. Rev. Franklin Davis, s. s. June 22, '53. June 22, '53. June 22, '53. Jan., 1854. June 22, '53. Nov. 10, '53. June 22, '53. June 22, '53. Sept. 1, '53. June 22, '53. June 22, '68. .) une 22, '53. June 22, '53. Sept., 1863. 12m 12 L2 12 L2 130 100 63 70 33 L25 12 250 50 150 200 35 91 o 120 175 L76 11" 100 no ch. 38 68 :;i; 2 2 O M 1 44 40 10 12 3 2 32 50 27 70 33 65 ANNUAL REPORT. 27 TABULAR VIEW. REMARKS. 51. The unusual severity of the winter in this place very much lessened the attend- ance on the services of the Sabbath and occasioned for some time the discontinuance of the weekly prayer-meeting. In general the state of things is very much the same, as heretofore. 52. " This church is now in a harmonious state, and to a desirable extent laboring to- gether for the faith of the Gospel. At our last conference meeting then- were present members from three different towns; and the amount of travel by all present was 140 miles — averaging to each one 4$ miles each way. In all the neighborhoods where I have pr shi tt, a readiness has been manifested to hear the Word; and the tearful eye and other indications of strong emotion have often been apparent. There are many praying ones united with this ancient Church, and I doubt not the period is hastening, wh.n our captivity shall be turned as the streams of the south." " The advance in temperance principles and efforts was never greater than at this time." 53. Mr. Harris left this field, where his services were highly acceptable, in Au- gust last, and has since that time had the pastoral charge of the church in New Sharon. At Sweden, to which Mr. Emerson's mission was united, a very strong de- sire is expressed for the preached Gospel. "There are individuals in this church, who have large families, and whose whole property is not more than $1,000, who pay for the support of preaching 515 or 520, and $J4 or 5-5 for benevolent objects." of. Mr. Burt was dismissed the last August, and is now at Boothbay Harbor. Mr. Pierce reports an increase in the congregation, and some religious interest among the young. 65. "Meetings are well attended. Durinsr the past winter the Church (in New Vineyard) was somewhat revived." Mr. Turner's labors at N. V. have ceased. 56. This infant Church and Society have been deeply afflicted by the recent death of Dea. Houghton. They have been disappointed also in some hopes, which they had been encourage! to indulge, of new accessions to their numbers and strength. They persevere, however, in the earnest desire and the " fixed determination to continue to sustain, if possible, the ordinances of religion." Theirs is " the only evangelical meeting" now existing, or likely to exist, in that populous and flourishing vill and hitherto the attempt to sustain it constantly has been quite as successful as could reasonably have been expected. 57 • This people "have repaired their house of worship within the year at an expense of about gl200, with n cheerfulness, which indicates some just appreciation of the worth of the sanctuary. The Church holds its own, as to numbers, and I hope as to piety. One young man has entered upon a course of preparation for the ministry". " Beyond the limits of Oldtown Mr. Merrill has labored in Bradley, Milford, Green- field and Greenbush. "In all cases these Labors have been kindly received, and with expressions of earnest desire to have them repeated. " 58. During the past year a neat and convenient vestry has been fitted up. Attend- ance at the Sabbath School unusually good during the winter. More young men than formerly have joined the Sabbath School. 59. In September last Mr. Hoadley was dismissed with " abundant testimonial " from the Church in this place " of his faithfulness as a pastor and preacher, " and has recently been settled in Auburn, Mass. Since his departure no application has been received for missionary aid. 60. Nothing reported of special interest. 28 MAINE MISSIONARY SOCIETY. TABULAR VIEW. Churches and Missionaries. Date of Commission. 61. Oxford. Itev. Geo. T. Tewksbury, s.s. May 4, '53. 62. Passadumkeag. Rev. Wm, A. Merrill, 5. s. June 22, '53. Sept. 1, '53. 63. Patten arid vicinity. Mr. Hugh McLeod. Sept. 1, '53. Rev. Ephraim Fobes. Nov. 10, '53. 64. Perry. Mr. Jotham B. SewaU. Sept. 1, '53. Mr. Findlay Wallace. Apr. 11, 54. 65. Phillips. New Portland. Rev. Samuel L. Gould, s. s. June 22, '53. 66. Pittston. Rev Joshua S. Gay, P. June 22, '53. Rev. Josiah G. Merrill. Dec. 1S53. 67- Poland. Rev. Stephen Gould, P. June 22, '53. 68. Rockport, (in Camden.) Mr. Greenlcaf Cheney. April, 1S54. Mr. James B. Howard. May 5, '54. 69. Rumford. Mr. Elias H. Richardson. Sept. 3, '53, Rev. J. G. Merrill, s. s. Jan. 5, '54. March 10, '54. 70. Sanford. Rev. Stephen Bailey, s. s. June 22, '53. 71. Sedgwick. Rev. Lewis Goodrich, s. s. Nov. 1, '53. s B o rd O '« o £ c S h« 3 1-4 p. 0> '- G a o ir O > ■ O o o S-. o a 0) ft 0! C O B.S .2 M o ft a 61 4> £ * XI u — -H fcE c VI M a U a 3 t3 o 01 "3 > J3 ~ "3 o o 3 £ P < o < < w oW 90 45 1 1 3 15 12m 100 75 8 14 2 33 10 187 24 o 28 H 42 paid by the 50 H people 2 14 37 10 5 4 25 3 12 225 1$ 12 h 7 50 42 6 20 12 50 20 13 7 i 7 ll 42 100 61 4 10 7 65 1 14 2{ 31 50 4 42 120 56 6 13 24 12 100 125 29 8 133J 19 4 50 ANNUAL REPORT. 2!) TABULAR VIEW. REMARKS. 61. " Sabbath evening prayer meetings are well attended, and several of the brethren seem to be quickened. Three hopeful conversions have occurred, and two old pro- fessors of religion of other denominations, heads of families, who had for many yeara neglected public worship entirely, have consecrated thomsi Ives to God anew, and have begun to go regularly to the house of God on the Sabbath. Those things en- courage us to labor on, and hope on." Fifty dol ars are contributed to Mr. Tcwks- bnry'a support by the Oxford Woolen Factory Company. 62. " This Church is in a quiet and peaceable state, but deeply afflicted by the removal of one of its most devoted members. Father Lawton (Rev. Christopher J. Lawton) died, as he lived, in peace and hope." It is expected that the frame of the new meeting house will be put up and covered in the Fall, and the building completed another season. 63. Mr. McLeod's services were well received, and one-half the expense was de- frayed by the people. " They have the largest and most flourishing Sabbath School at Fatten that they have ever had, and there have been some hopeful conversions." There is preaching in the village three-fourths of the time by a Baptist minister. 64. Botri these missionaries were very cordially welcomed. Mr. W. " was told in tears, more than once, we did not know how far we had departed from the truth, until we heard our old kind of preaching. They said the meetings were the largest that had been in the place for several years." The greater part of the expense of both missions was paid by the people. 65. The congregations at Phillips Village and on the Hill have increased. A better attention has been given to the preached Word. Some hopeful conversions have occurred. Not much progress in New Portland. The ensuing year Mr. Gould will spend the whole time in Phillips. 66. Mr. Gay ceased from his labors in this place the last August for want of ade- quate support. When Mr. Merrill had spent two weeks, it was thought best to shut up the house of God until the Spring. But the people (not members of the church) became dissatisfied, and by an effort, independent of missionary aid, arrangements have been made for the 12 months preaching of Mr. Bray. 67. " A very manifest improvement in outward appearance, but a lack of spirituality and efficiency in the leading members " of the church. Ten persons have expressed a hope that they have passed from death unto life. Some of them appear well ; others are of a doubtful character. 68. Ti;e prospects of growth in this place, and the spirit of the men engaged in this new enterprise, strongly encourage the hope of success. See a subsequent part of the Report. 69. Mr. Richardson's labors were highly acceptable, and would have been continued for a longer period, but for ill health. Since the commencement of Mr. Merrill's minis- trations, more of religious interest has been awakened, than had existed for several years before. Former difficulties in the church arc not all removed, but the prospect is brightening in this respect. 70. Fifty dollars have been expended in repairing the meeting house. " Some few interesting additions have been made to the Society. Difficulties existing in the church have been settled, and some 12 or 15 persons have indulged hopes in the par- doning mercy of God." 71. " Sabbath attendance is generally increasing and becoming more stable. The preached Word has been listened to with a general eagerness, and at times with deep seriousness. There has never been a more ready and vigorous effort to sustain Con- gregational preaching. In this work the ladies are especially to be commended. There was never a better time to build up the Society, than the present; and it will be of great advantage to keep things in steady and vigorous operation. " 30 MAINE MISSIONARY SOCIETY. TABULAR VIEW. Churches and Missionaries. 72. Skowhegan. Rev. Alpha Morton, s. s. (for half the time.) 73. South Sot.ox. Madison Mills. Rev. Erastus Curtiss. 74. SrRIXGFIELD. Lee. Carroll. Rev. N. W. Sheldon, s. s. 7-5. St. Albans and vicinity. Rev. Henry White. 76 Staxdish. Rev. J. B. Hadley, P. 77. Strong. Rev. Win. Davenport, P. 78. Sumner. } South Hartford. ) Rev. B. G. Willey, P. 79. SwAXYILLE. Mr. A. R. Mitchell. Mr. Wm. L. Jones. ■SO. Temple. Rev. Simeon Hackett, s. s. 81. TURNER. Rev. John Dodd, s. s. 82. TJxiox. Rev. Darnel F. Potter, P. s:;. Unity. Rev. a. Chapman, s. s. 84. Unity. ThorndiKE. Freedom. Rev. Nath'l Chapman, s. s. Date of Commission. June 22, ; 53. !9m June 1, 1854. 1 August, 1853 April, 1S54. June 22, '53. June 22, '53. June 22, '53. Sept. 1853. Nov. 25, '53. June 22, '53. June 22, '53. June 22, '53. June 22, '53. April, 1853. 3 63 10 50 73 8 12 120 12 I >0 12 84 L2 50 80 50 I'M 4 35 12 75 150 24 40 >18 5S 61 (-,! 75 20 •12 res. 78 79 35 25 -5 8. -a c 26 37 14 96 1 14 50 20 30 27 23 31 12 07 ANNUAL REPORT. 31 TABULAR VI E W . B E M A R K S , 72. In consequence of failing to obtain the exclusive possession of a house of wor- ship, hitherto occupied alternately with another denomin Hon, it was not thought to engage the services of Mr. Morton for another year. The hope however is still entertained that such arrangements may bo mad,', as "ill secure at this impor- tant post the constant labors of an acceptable and devoted minister. 7.°.. South Solon has for several years pas I ociated with S d, as a field of ministerial labor. A. more convenient union is with the settlement al Madi- son Mills where is a house of worship, that congregation can occupy jointly with Baptists. The present arrangement is for Mr. Curtiss to preach there one-fourth of the time, and at South Solon three-fourths. 71. Some progress in the temperance cause ; interesting Sabbath Schools in Spring- field, Lee, and No. 4. Our missionary commenced his mission "with much hope and a promising prospect," but the " result disappointed " him. 7-3. Mr. White commenced his labors in this place the 2d Sabbath in April, and has made an engagement with the people to supply them one half of the time for a year, in the expectation of spending the other half in destitute places in the vicinity, of which there are many. 76. No report has been received from Mr. Hadley. 77. An increase of sympathy and co-operation. Two outposts established for evening lectures with favorable indications. 78. Great advance in temperance during the past year. " Several cases of real re- ligious interest. " One promising lad of about 12 years of aire hopefully converted by means of Sabbath School library books. A new meeting house is supposed to be going up. 79. It is still "the day of small things" with this Chnrch ; but so earnest have been the desires of a precious few for the preaching of the Word, that they could not be denied. 80. " Our Sabbath School was never in better condition. Encouraging progress in the cause of temperance. No intoxicating drinks sold in any place in town, and n less quantity used, perhaps, than in any other town in the county." " Four or five conversions "have occurred among our youth." 81. Mr. Dodd's labors in Turner ceased in November last. Since then they have been able to obtain preaching most of the time, without missionary aid. An effort is now in progress to build a new Church in the village ; and strong hopes are entertained that by this measure the prosperity of the society will he promoted. 82. Gradual lessening of prejudice and increase of strength. 83. Mr. Chapman's services in this place have been highly acceptable; but in con- sequence of the decline of business, and theremoval oi families connected with the Congregational Church and Society, it was not thought advisable at the close of the parochial year in March last, to attempt to secure his services in Unity for the year ensuing for more than one-half the time. 84. "An increased attention to meeting on the Sabbath in Unity, notwithstanding the removal of so many of our people to other places." The attendance on preaching at Freedom of late much better than at first. 32 MAINE MISSIONARY SOCIETY. TABULAR VIEW. Churches and Missionaries. 85. Vassalborotjgh. Sidney. Rev. David Thurston, s. s. 86. Waterville. Rev. R. B. Thurston, P. 87. Weld. Carthage. North Jay. Rev. J. B. Wheelwright. 88. Westbrook, 1st parish. Rev. C. N. Ransom. 89. Whitneyville. Whiting. Rev. G. Bacheller, (for half the time.) 90. Wilton. Rev. Erastus Curtiss, s. s. Rev. Alpha Morton. 91. Winslow. Rev. David Shepley, s. s. 92. York, 2d parish. Rev. Morris llolman. Date of Commission. June 22, 1863. October, '53 June 22, 1853 June 22, 1853. Jan. 11, 1854. Jan. 11, '54. June 22, 1853. June 22, 1853. 3m 9 12 June 22, 1853 Sept. 1, 1853. June 22, 1853. 12 200 37 50 37 50 100 50 125 17 21 105 100 175 125 Sn 125 100 36 res. 44 res. 49 43 29 < < =3 M •r O 1, Dividends on stock in Lewiston Falls Manufacturing Company, 279 00 30 00 4!) 50 14 75 Interest on notes belonging to Permanent Fund, Interest on money loaned, ...... For relinquishing right to subscribe for new stock in Manufacturers' and Traders' Bank, ........ Of Rev. Benjamin Tappan, D. D., for supplying pulpit in sundry places, Of Calvin Starrett, 1 share in Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad Co., Legacies. — Of Miss Eunice Little, late of Danville, . . . 58 25 Balance of Cyrus Pierce, late of Chesterville, . . 25 00 Balance of Augustus Alden, late of Ilallowell, . . 15 00 Seventh installment of legacy of Hon. William Richardson, late of Bath, 1,000 00 Of Arthur Tompson, late of Pownal, .... 5000 Of William Swan, Esq., late of Portland, which agreeably to the provision of the will has been invested, . . 1,000 00 For annuities, contributions, life memberships, &c, ,572 54 309 00 64 25 25 00 109 00 2,148 25 10,742 24 $14,994 03 DISBURSEMENTS. Paid William T. Johnson's bill for printing Annual Report, . Paid Dr. Tappan for expenses on the same, ..... Paid for printing blank certificates of L. M., ..... Paid for 5 shares in capital stock of Canal Bank, .... Paid for 5 shares in capital stock of Casco Bank, .... One share in the capital stock of Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad Company, g by Calvin Starrett, Esq., and credited to Permanent Fund, Paid R. Andrews for new plate for certificates of Life Memberships, Paid transportation of box from Saco to Bangor, .... Paid Trustees' orders, ... ..... Paid postages and incidental expenses, ...... Commissions on receipts, ........ Balance in the Treasury, ........ $120 00 3 00 28 65 500 00 500 00 l 100 00 125 00 75 11,716 84 12 75 267 83 1,589 21 $14,964 03 44 MAINE MISSIONARY REPORT. PEBMAHENT FUND. Lands in the county of Aroostook, valued at . . Land in Bangor, valued at .... 5 shares in Lewiston Falls Manufacturing Company, 18 shares in Canal Bank, Portland, .... 20 shares in Casco Bank, Portland, .... 11 shares in Manufacturers' and Traders' Bank, Portland, 1 share in Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad Company, Notes receivable, secured by endorsement and mortgage, Portland, June 24, 1854. $300 00 300 00 500 00 1,800 00 2,000 00 550 00 100 00 1,100 00 $G,650 00 JOHN HOW, 7Vra.su/-r;-. Portland, June 24, 1854. The undersicned, Auditors, chosen by the Society, have examined the accounts of John How, Esq., Treasurer, and find the same properly vouched and correctly cast, and the balance in his hands, fifteen hundred eighty-nine 21-100 dollars. W. D. LITTLE, WM. C. MITCHELL, Auditors. DONATIONS FROM JUNE 21, 1853, TO JUNE 24, 1854. Aroostook Conference. Burial o-to n — Coll., Carrol! — Family don., X^e— Coll., Sprin rr field— 2 indi vid., Letter D— Coll., Lincoln — Coll., Passadumkeao' — Cont., Salmon Brook — Coll., Jlroostovk Conference, 21 77, 18 92, Cumberland. Auburn — Ann. 12, Cent Society 19 05. con. 35 75, Brunswick — Ann. 22, con. & don. 72 50, Cumberland— Sab. Sch. 8 68, coll. 56 01, Durham — Don., Falmouth, West — Fern. Miss. Soc, Frecport—i\\\\. and don. 133 78, L. M, •v., Cut Soc. 11 22, Oorham— F. M. S. 37, Fern. Sem. 20, coll and don. 75, Gray—l,. M. by coll., Lewiston Falls— F. M. S. 37 51, moil, con, 23, coll. 70, L. M. 95, Mechanic Falls— Sab. Sch. for L. M. 20, colli 30, 7 00 9 00 11 00 3 00 40 69 $104 54 66 80 94 50 64 69 4 00 12 00 200 00 132 00 40 00 225 51 50 00 Minot — L. M. G, ann. 4, con. 13, JVeio Gloucester — F. M. circles 93 28, L. M. 20, coll. 42 13, JYurtli Yarmouth — Coll., Poland— Coll., Portland, 2d Cli.—F. M. S. 293, L. M. 85, coll. 200 38, 578 38 " 3d Ch.— F. M. S. 132, L. M. 150, coll. 130 30, 412 30 " Lr,gh St.—F. M. S. 44, L. M. 245, coll. and don. 378 25, 667 25 " State St.— Sew. Cir. 22, L. M. 20, 42 01 Scarborough— F. M. S. 7 75, L. M. 20, don. 7, Standish — Coll., /( estbroob— L. M. 20, coll. and don. 24, Windham — Coll., Yarmouth— L. M. 20, don. 2, 155 39 25 00 20 00 Franklin. Ch esterrillc — Don., Farmington — F. M. S. 12 02, num. con. 20 23,L.M.31,ann.2. coll & don. 28 70 Kin'jjuid — Don., -1699 93 34 75 20 37 44 00 18 00 22 00 $2951 94 2 00 93 95 1 00 * These sums were reckoned as in part payment for the services of Mr. Sheldon. DONATIONS. 45 Industry— Coll., JVeio Vineyard — Coll. 3, 4, Phillips— -Call., Stron it — Coll., Temple— F. M. S. 5, L. M. 10, con. and don. 5, ji dd—F. M. S. 5, coll. 10, rami. con. 4, /$ ;itoii—V. M. S. A 26, ann. 0, con. and don. 8 25, Franklin Conference, 25 51 Hancock. Amherst— Don. 4, Fein, cent Soc. 12 37, Bucksport — Mon. con. 45, L. M. 05, aim. 4, coll. 18, Castine— L. M. 105, mon. con. 21 37, coll. 27, Deer Me— Coll., Eastbrook — Don., Ellsworth— li. M. 60, coll. 53,J hie de Haute— Coll., Mt. Desert anil Tremont— Don. and con., Orlumi— Coll. 20, 12, Trenton — Don., Kennebec. Augusta, JV.— Coll., 3 75 " S. mon. con. 04 40, L. M. 50, ann. 2, coll. and don. 988 03, 404 43 §511 24 !<. a thingten — L. M., H bolwich — Coll., Oxford. Andover— Coll. 12, 0, mon. con. 3, Btthel, 1st Par. — Fem. Cent Soc, Dixfteld — Mon. con., GUead— Coll., Norway, village — Coll., Otford— Coll. 5, L. M. 10, Paris, South — Don., Bumford— Coll. 5 65, don. 2, Sunnur and Hartford — Coll., Turner— F. M. S. 18 90, coll. 11 37, Oxford Conference, 17 75, 15 18, 8 07, IV NorsscoT. Bangor, 1st Par.— I.. M. 130 50, Sab. Sen. 43, coll. and don. 419 80, 593 " Ham. St.— I,. M. 40, Sal.. Sch. 40 30, coll. & don. 233 02, 313 " Central— L. M. 195, coll. and don. 174, 309 Benton — Coll., Gardiner— h. M. 00, coll. 30 83, HfUlowell—L. M. 130, ann. 2, con. 115 88, 24 Litchfield— Coll. 9 81, don. 2 50, Monmouth— Coll. and don., Mount Vernon — L. M., Pittston — Coll. 7 75, don. 50, Readfidd— Don., Richmond— L. M. 70, don. 2, Sidiicii— Coll., VassaVborough— Coll. 8 51, 5 20, don. 1, Waterc-illr— Coll. 20, don. 3, Winslow — Don., Winthrop—F. M. S. 22 08, con. 18 50, don. 30, Kennebec Conference, 11 55, 20 93, Lincoln. Alnn— Ann. 4, mon. con. 5, con. 19, .BuJA, Winter St.—F. M. S. SO, L. M. 75, ann. 21, con. and don. 305 79, 484 79 « Central Ch.—F. M. S. 32 25, L. M. 00, con. & don. 210 80, 303 05 Bristol— Coll., Georgetown — Don., Newcastle, (Sheepscot}—Asm. 2, don. 1, 3 00 " ( Damariscotta.) — Legacy of Mrs. Nickels, 50 00 Phipsburg— Ladies 17 23, gents. 10 20, JtocfcZond-Coll. 35, L. M. 20, Thomaston— Auxil. Soc. 25 50, coll. 23 oO, Topsham — Coll., £.',./<.«— Coll. 13 31, L. M. 10, Waldoborough—F. M. S. 17 7.>, L. M. Jo, ami. 30, coll. and don. 33 29, _ Warren— Asm. 0, Benevolent Society 2o, coll. 12, $1041 120 00 6 57 $1340 00 21 00 5 00 5 00 11 00 9 00 15 00 15 00 7 65 14 50 30 27 41 00 Brewer, West—L. M. 75. ann. 4, Sew. Cir. 10, coll. and don. 33 82, 133 82 « village— Coll.20, L. M. in pari 5, Dcdham— Mon. con., Dixmont — Coll., Glenburn— Coll., ' Hampden— L. M. 20, coll. and dun. 07 Kenduskeag— Coll. 20, 23 58, L.M. 0, Owmo— Coll. 14 42, 13 32, Orrmghm — Coll. 30, 3 65, Plymouth— Don., PlSCATAQUIS. Atimsom— Con., Blanchard— Coll., Bradford— Coll. 17, don, 7, Brownvitte—F. M. S. 5 60, con. 24, by the Welch I". ■-'.), Dexter— Coll., Doiier ««./ Foxcroft— Coll. 51, -25, Garland— Coll., in, 12 2iJ JBimaon— L. M. 20, Female Mis. Soc. 5, coll. 20 06, SangervUle — Coll., Somerset. OO'iAnson, South— Female Cent Soc. 9, con 2 50, Bingham— Coll.', Bloomfield— Coll., 7, don. 5, Fairfield — To complete a L. M., 00 Madison— Coll., 43 Mercer— Coll., 00 Norridgewock — Coll. 45 25, don. 15, 00 Skowhegan— Don., 00 :;i $175 02 3G 32 00 —1275 CS 147 82 16 40 10 47 5 45 87 00 49 58 27 74 33 65 5 00 110 01 Solon milage— Coll., Somerset Conference, $1658 79 13 60 23 00 24 00 44 85 18 00 70 00 22 25 45 06 2 50 $209 20 11 50 5 00 12 00 5 00 10 00 6 75 60 25 5 00 3 00 11 43 Union. 00\Albany—h. M. 40, aim. 4, 129 93 44 00 46 MAINE MISSIONARY SOCIETY. Bridgton—L. M., 20 00 " JV.— Mon. con. 12, coll. 12, 24 00 " S.— Don., 10 00 Brownfield—F. M. S. 3 25, L. M. 7, Fryeburg — L. M. 45, coll. and don. 44 40" Hiram— L. M. 20, don. 1, Lnrrll — Ann. 2, con. 3, don. 1, Qtitfieldr-L. M 20, don. 4, coll. 15 68, Sweden — L. M. in part, Waterford— L. M. 20, Sew. Cir. 5, coll. and don., 17 12, 42 12 $316 45 Waldo. E— L. M. 15, con. 16, 52, 83 ( " JV.— I* M. by coll., 42 ( Camden— Ladies 33 12, gents. 29 75, Sab Sch. 5, Frankfort— Co\\. 22, 50, 72 00 " Mills— Coll., 17 00 Jackson and Brooks — Coll., Prospect— Coll. 15, don. 1, Searsport— Coll. 51 18, don. 2, Thorndike — To complete a L. M., Unity— Ann. 2, coll. 10 07, Waldo Conference, 2, 11 36, 125 00 67 87 Washington. Calais— L. M., Dennysrville — .Mon. con. and coll., Mach'ias—L. M. 20, don. 3, Robbinston — Don., Washington Conference, York. Acton— Coll., Biddeford, 1st Par.— Coll., " 2d Par.—\j. M. 40, Coll. $397 48 *$114 06 14 00 Kennrbiinkport, 1st Par.— Coll., 26 50 " 2d Par.—h. M. 20, coll. 53, 73 00 Kktery—L. M. by coll. 20, 20, Lebanon— Coll. and don. 32 50, 30 75, Limino-ton—VoW. 10 57, 11 07, Neinfield, West— Coll., Parsons field — Don., Saco— L. M. 1 15, F. M. S. 40, coll. & don. 85, Sanford~*-Coll., Smith Berwick— Coll., Hells, 1st Par.— Coll. 8, 7 46, L. M. 25, York, 1st Par.— Coll. 45, don. 3, 48 00 " 2d Par.—L.. M. by coll., 20 00 York Conference, 6, 23, OTHER STATES. Amherst, Mass. — Hon. John Dickinson, Bridirewater, do. — A friend unknown, Boston, do.—G. G. Wilder 10, Mrs. A. Lawrence 5, Charlestown, do. — Pastor and members of Winthrop Church, Chelsea, do. — Members of Rev. Mr. Lang- worthy's Church, Gtret nwie.h, do. — Mrs. Eucla Blodgett, Lowell, do. — From "a daughter of Maine," Medway, (East) do. — Collection in the Church of Rev. J. O. Means, JVewburyport, do. — Josiah Little, Esq., 20, Wm. Thurston and wife 4, Roxbary, rfo.—Rev. D. M. Mitchell, Salem, do.— Mrs. D. T. Frothingham, Worcester, do. — Rev. Seth Sweetser, Hanover, .V. H. — "A friend of missions," Ncic 1 'ork— Justin Edwards, Esq., " Mr. Benj. Tappan Rogers, Apalachicola, Fla. — A. P. Nourse, Esq., Koliala, Sandwich Isl. — Rev. Mr. Bond's Church, and don. 38, Burton, JV*.— Coll. « S.— Ladies, Elliot— Coll., Kennebunk—h. M. 25, don. 10, i 23 75 8 00 99 50 40 00 C3 25 21 64 12 00 5 00 240 (10 24 00 60 03 40 46 68 00 29 00 f915 56 10 00 2 00 64 00 77 00 50 00 5 00 41 00 24 00 5 00 60 00 15 00 10 Oi) 20 00 20 00 20 00 Donors unknown, Annual meeting at Saco, $448 00 59 00 126 61 Amount of donations as above, 10,742 24 75 Legacies, 2,148 25 001 $12,890 49 * $242 more were collected in this County, but were not remitted to the Treasurer in season to be reckoned in his accounts for the last year. LIFE MEMBERS. ¥i £ifc itlcmbcrs, RECOGNIZED SINCE THE LAST ANNUAL PUBLICATION. MAINE. Camming, Mrs. Hephzibah, Lovejoy, .Miss .Mary Eliza, Bird, Shippie, Millet, Moses, Packard, Matthew, Prince, John, Bradbury, Henry W., Gould, Rev. S. L., (u 2d time) Alden, Amherst, Bourne, Mrs. N. S., Brown, Mrs. Mary Lee, Broun, .Mrs. Stephen II., Brown, Miss Fanny L., Broughton, Mrs. N. H., Cornelius, Mrs. Mary H., Crosby, Mrs. Lucy H., Dhimmond, Miss Virginia, Duren, Elnathan, Duren, Deac;;n E, F., Foster, John M., Hubbard, William P., Jewell, William, Johnson, Mrs. Julia S,, Langstaff, Miss Jane, Sanford, Wm. I'Cke, True, John, True, Mrs. Sarah Jane, Weld, Mrs. Charles P., Wells, Mrs. Jane, Bachelder, Mrs. Emerson, Briggs, Miss Sarah D,, Clapp, -Mrs. Anna J., Foote, Mrs. Mercy, Hersey, Mrs. Caroline, Hudson, -Miss Harriet B^ Maxwell, 3V>iss Sarah H., Mitchell. Miss Emily F., Potter, .Mrs. Rosamond, Si wall, Deacon David, Simpson, .Miss Julia M., Smith, Miss Sarah, Langwortny, Mrs. Sarah, Poor, Deacon James, Kimball, John, Haines, Charlotte S., Haines, Ferguson, Barrows, At wood, Thomas, Mrs. Mary, Thomas, Miss Margaret, Williams, Mrs. Achsa, Dyer, Mrs. Sophia L., Gragg, Thomas Beecher, Hardy, J. T., Holyoke, Mrs. Mclinda. Page, Dr. Horatio N., Rogers, Mrs. Cynthia F., Barstow, Brazier, Choat, Mrs. Rebecca, Drummond, Joseph P., Bristol* Albany 1 " Mansfield, Mrs. Sarah, Stickncy, Mrs. Samuel, Bro;r Auburn. Wencworth, William, " lenks, Mrs. Eliza, Brownville. darling, Miss Emeline P., Bucksjiurt. " Haskell, Deacon Washington, North Buxton. Augusta. Barnard, Mrs. Mary Edward, ( 'alais. Avon. Lee, Mi~> I'hebe S., « 'Bangor. Stickney, Mrs. Sarah, True, Mrs. Mary E., ' ( ' " Buchanan, Deacon Archibald, it Etosmer, Mrs. Nancy, « cc Adams, .Mrs. Lucy S., Castine. it Gay, Miss Sarah Brooks,. Jarvis, Mrs. John II., Lane, Miss Harriet N., Perry, Miss Hannah M., ;; it Huston, James E., Damariscotta. a a Huston, William A., Huston, Miss Emeline, it it Spoflbrd, Winslow 1'., D dham it Small, Mrs. Samuel, Deer Isle. u Titcomb, Rev. Philip, 1 ) 1 U r. « u Andrews, James li., Buck, Miss Ann C, 1 ■ i rt tl Black, Mrs. Susan K., ElLicvrth, a Grant, Mrs. Caroline F.., Greeley, .Mrs. Desire, " a Atwood, Robert, Bath. Hunter, Deacon Thomas', Farmington* » Forbush !•!■ \. John, Farnungton Falls* u Abbott, .Mrs. Harriet N., Boyd, tfrs. Sally, Frankfort. n Curtis, Daniel, Fretrport. » Grant, Mrs. Eliza A., " tt Melcher, Edward 11., • ii tt Sherman, Mrs. Nancy, it a Souls, David B., " n Soule, Mr>. Sarah, a a Staples, Mrs. Betsey, n a Bradley, Mrs. Alexander, Prycburg, Belfast. Evans, Jonathan S., " A'. Belfast. Swan, Miss Martha E., tc Bethel. Warren. Isaiah, a Biddefurd. Libby, William, Starrett, Charles \ .. Gray. Blanchard. Eastman, Mrs. Eliza Ann, BaUoweU. Bovi.' Gordon, Mrs. Mary, Lord, Mrs. Priscilla, " Bradford. Page, Miss Julia Elizabeth, a }>'. Brcn'i.r Wales, Miss Sarah G., " << Kellogg, Rev. Elijah, HarpsweU, a Drew, Mrs. Hannah C, HouUon. tt Bixby, Rev. Solomon E., h" nduskeag. '< Lord, Mrs. Lydia P., A" nnebwnkporU <( Cutts. < iliver, K'Merij. Brewer Village Bradford, Herbert C, Lciziston FaU.-i. Bridgtvn Goddard, Charles W., tt 48 MAINE MISSIONARY SOCIETY. Little, Tappan, Pickard, Charles W., Pickard, Edward L., Knight, Rev. Elbridge, Lindsey, Dr. Thomas, Inglee, Deacon William, Sanborn, Miss Nancy, Abbott, Miss Maria, Bradbury, Miss Joanna, Metcalf, J. M., .Scales, Zen as, Gilpatrick, James, Dodge, Miss Jane, Glidden, Deacon William, Glidden, K. B., Perkins, Daniel, Adams, Hon. Samuel C, Evelcth, Mrs. Aaron, Haskell, Jabez B., Haskell, Mrs. Betsey, Merrill, Miss Elizabeth, Nelson, Deacon Levi M., Stevens, Miss Abigail, « toodale, Wilmot 11., Nevvcomb, Charles, Wheeler, John D., Anderson, Elias II., Hamilton, Mi.-s Ruth B., Scwall, Rev. Daniel, Morse, Mrs. Catharine, Hatch, Mrs. Paulina, Akerman, Mrs. William, Carruthers, Miss Sarah, Chase, Mrs. Mary Ann, Clark, Miss Alm'ira, Crocker, Hon. Ira, Dorrance, Mrs. Lucretia W.. Dow, Hon. Neal, Dwight, Miss Mary M., ('it/, Mrs, Rebecca, Gould, Miss Maria Dwight, How, Mrs. John, How, Miss Mary Barrows, Humphrey, Mrs. Mary, Larrabee, Deacon S. B., Larrabee, Mrs. S. L., Libby, Mrs. Catharine, H., Martin, Miss Catherine, Parris, Hon. Albion K., Rogers, Mrs. Hannah, Shaw, Jam:-, Sheldon, Mrs. Nath'l W., Shirley, .Mrs. George H.- Shirley, Arthur, Steele, Miss Judith, Stewart. Mrs. William, Thomas, Mrs. Elias, Tukey, Mrs. Frederic, Turner, Rev. John W., Tyler, Alexander, Walker, Joseph, junior, Webster, Deacon Eliphalet, Wood, Mrs. Harriet N., Woodbury, Mrs. William, Blair, Miss Mary Elizabeth, Spofford, Mrs. Lucy, Boyd, Mrs. Betsey, Goodale, Benjamin N., Leieisttm Fall.-,-. Goodale, Miss Elizabeth A., Jordan, Lawrence, Saco " Sawyer, Charles C, a Letter D. Scammon, Miss Rachel, " Lincoln. Thornton, Mrs. Catherine S., Scarborough. Machias. Clark, Mrs. Abigail I., Leach, Mrs. Sarah, Searsport. Mechanic Falls. Matthews, Mrs. Mary, " Minot. Mosman, James, EC Monmouth. Nichols, Mrs. Nancy B., It Monson. Nichols, Mrs. Catherine, it Mt. Desert. Tenney, William A., St. Albans Newcastle. Moody, Deacon Enoch, Stan dish. " Davenport, Mrs. E. S. Strong, " Bradbury, Dr. Nathan A., Sweden. " llainlin, Miss Mary Rich, • ' Newjield, Elliott, Mrs. Mary, Thomaston. New Gloucester. Fales, Mrs. Harriet, Webb, Mrs. Sarah F., t, " Gott, Deacon Isaac, TremoKt. a Brooks, Mrs. Sarah, Waldoborough. " Cole, Deacon William, '' " Hovey, Mrs. Eliza D., " Orrington. Hodge, Mrs. Caroline S., Humes, John, Keaton, Isaac, Washington, a Otisfield. Mcllowall, Mrs. Eliza, » South Paris. McDowall, William S., a " Sawin, Henry, Waterford. Phipshurg. Maxwell, Aaron, Wells. East Pittston. Rawson, Rev. C. N., Westbrooh. Portland. .Metcalf, Mrs. Oliver, Winthrop. " Otis, Mrs. Harriet A., Woolwich. « Bowker, Miss Lucretia, Chandler, Miss Rachel G., Yarmouth. a Cutter, .Mrs. Nancy, it " Freeman, Mrs. Sarah, a u Gray, Miss Olive, tt u Hitchcock, Mrs. Mary, a a Loring, Henry, it " Loring, Thomas G., cc a Loring, Prentiss, a a Mitchell, Mrs. Betsey C, it a Tolman, Mrs. Marietta, << Richmond. Rockland Saco, OTHEB STATES. Ballard, Rev. John, Perry, 111. Bond, Benj. Davi<, Kohula, Sandwich Isl. Dana, Richard H. jr., Boston, Mass. Dumnier, Mrs. Charles, Washington, D. C. Edwards, Mrs. Octavia C, Brooklyn, N. Y. Frothingham, Miss Eliz'b S., Ckarlestown, Ms. Giiman, Gorham D., Lahaina, San/I. 7.-7. Hamlin, Rev. Cyrus, Constantinople. How, George M., La Snllr, III. King, Rev. Jonas, D. D., Athens, Greece. Lane, Rev. Daniel, Daeenport, Iowa. Lane, Mrs. Elizabeth J., " '' Little, Mrs. Sophronia, Newburyport, Mass. .Mitchell, Rev. Ammi K., Rozbury, Mass. Ncven, Rev. Robt., Missionary in South Africa. Perlcy, Miss Helen E., Salem, Moss. Perley, Miss Abby F., " " Rogers, George A., New York. Trask, Joshua P., Gloucester, Mass. Trask, Mrs. Mary E., " [Trask, Miss Elizaboth R., BX7146.M2A7 1854 Christ's legacy of life to the church. Princeton Theological Seminary-Speer Library 1 1012 00020 7805