Baptist Mieelonary Society Tenth Memoir respecting the Translations of the Sacred Scriptures Into the Oriental Languages by The Serampore Brethren -^>^. ■S^< BS450 .B22 ^^o(yf)^V7 iyA^y^^€^f>^ri^oCi^^ ^r^ /u^^.^:====r TENTH MEMOIR RK8P£CT1NG THE fransilattoiis of tljc §>aaeti Scriptures ORIENTAL LANGUAGES, THE SERAMPORE BRETHREN. WITH A BRIEF REVIEW OF THEIR VARIOUS EDITIONS FROM THE COMMENCEMENT in the Spring o/'1794. PARBUKY, ALLEN, AND CO. LONDON ; D. MARPLES, LIVEBPOOL ; D. A. TALBOYS, OXFORD ; DEIGH'f ON AND SONS, CAUBRIDOE ; WAUGH AND INNES, W. WHYTE AND CO. W. OLIPHANT AND SON, EDINBURGH; M. OGLE, GLASGOW; CURRY AND CO. DUBLIN. A- 1834. Serampore Mi^5>on .''-- TENTH MEMOIR RESPECTING THE ^van^Ution^ ot tftr ^atrttj g^rripturrs ORIENTAL LANGUAGES, THE SERAMPORE BRETHREN. WITH A BRIBF REVIEW OF THEIR VARIOUS EDITIONS FROM THE COMMENCEMENT IN THE SPRING OF 1794. Especially addressed to the rarious Bible Sorieties, and those Subscribers who may not have seen, or not possess^ the previous Memoirs. PARBDRY, ALLEN, AND CO. LONDON ; D. MARPLES, LIVERPOOL ; D. A. TALBOYS, OXFORD ; DEIGHTON AND SONS, CAMBRIDGE ; WAUGH AND INNES, AV. WHYTE AND CO. W. OLIPHANT AND SON, EDINBURGH; M. OGLE, GLASGOW; WM. CURRY AND CO. ROBERTSON AND CO. DUBLIN. 1834. Printed by A, Balfour and Co. Niddry Street, Edinburgh. ADVERTISEMENT. This Memoir might certainly have appeared sooner. Bat at a season when the heavy pecuniary losses sustained in India rendered it an imme- diate duty to supply the urg-eut necessities of" the Missionary department properly so called, it uas felt that an object of such magnitude and im- portance as that which is embraced by the present publication, could not with justice or propriety be introduced to the notice of the same par- ties, much less pressed upon their consideration. The necessities of the living agents in the work, and these the devoted servants of God raised up in India, imperatively called for our first attention. And if it was due to the Memoir itself, to delay for a short season, much also was felt, and justly felt, to be due to him who has laboured so long, in the integrity and uprightness of his heart, to convey to these Eastern Nations the living Oracles of God. Injustice to him, therefore, and not to him only, but to his able coadjutors in translating and printing and circulating the Sacred Scriptures, it seemed very desirable that the attention of all those Christian Friends in Britain and Ireland, who have for many yeai's taken so deep an interest in this work, should not be dis- tracted by any conflicting claim ; and as the necessities of the Missionary department ha^e for the present been so very generously supplied, that moment has happily arrived. The Memoir and its appendages are therefore now left to speak for themselves. September 1831w CONTENTS. The Tenth Memoir of Oriental Translations . , 1 Versions of the New Testament brought through the press 3 Versions of the Old Testament ... 5 New Editions begun or contemplated . . . 13 Summary of all that has been printed since 1823 . 18 General acknowledgments of Money received . 18,19 Scriptures now in the press . . . 21 Particular fund for first Versions of the N. Testament . 21 Now merged — making one general fund . . .24 The Balance on hand, more than exhausted . . 21 ^ppenUix* Parts of the Old Testament printed since January 1823 . 25 Editions and parts of the New Testament, ditto . . 26 Translation fund account .... 27 Subscriptions, Collections, &c., in Great Britain and Ireland . 32 The Serampore press — ^literary and miscellaneous publications . 87 — ^— Tracts in various Oriental Languages . . 40 List of Missionary Stations or Native Churches . 45 The Lord's Prayer in several Oriental tongues . . 47 Native Testimonies to the Translations printed . . 50 Brief iiebieii) Of the translation and printing of the Sacred Scriptures 57 Commencement in the Spring of 1794 ... 57 List of every Edition printed, up to July 1 822 . . 58 Amounting to above 213,000 volumes in 40 languages . 61, 62 Impeded in their progress by want of means . . .63 Disposition of the Natives to read the Sacred "Writings . 64 The peculiarity and strength of the claims of India . t 65 Comparison between homo and abroad — India and Britain, as to the circulation of the Sacred Scriptures . . 66, 67 Importance of supply throughout India at present . • 68 TENTH MEMOIR, &c. We now submit to the public another Memoir relative to Translations. Various afflictive circumstances, which it is not necessary to detail, have prevented our doing it before. These being surmounted, through the divine goodness, and a time of refreshing being granted to us while labouring in the cause of Christ among the heathen around us, we now, with gratitude, submit to the friends of religion at home, this Tenth Memoir of the Translations and Editions of the sacred Scriptures, in which we have been called to engage. This long interval gives us an opportunity of submit- ting to the public a greater degree of progress in bringing the versions of the Scriptures through the press, than we have been enabled to lay before them in any former Me- moir. In doing this it may not be improper first to notice the versions of the New Testament in those languages in which no version of them has previously appeared ; and then those in which the whole or part of the Old Testa- ment has been given, together with succeeding editions both of the Old and the New Testament. Before we enter on the first of these, it may not be unsatisfactory if we TENTH MEMOIR explain the circumstances which led to the last Memoir being termed the Eighth in India, while it was correctly published in Britain as the Ni?ith. In the seventh Memoir, which was published in De- cember, 1820, many friends having expressed to our la- mented colleague, the late Mr. Ward, then in Britain, their wish that a brief Memoir of the translations should be published annually, we engaged that this should be at- tempted. We, in consequence, sent home such a Memoir of the translations to the end of 1821 by Mr. John Marsh- man, who having left India in February, 1822, was so delayed in his voyage by tempestuous weather, that he did not arrive in England till the middle of August. The news of his arrival not reaching us till the beginning of 1823, we were in doubt whether, as he had arrived so late in the year, he would print the Memoir for 1821, and thinking it more probable that he would wait for that we had promised to send home at the end of 1822, we, on printing that Memoir at Serampore, termed it the Eighth. Mr. Marshman, however, had printed the Memoir intrust- ed to liim, notwithstanding the lateness of his arrival, which he, of course, termed the Eighth, and on receiving the next in the middle of 1823, which carried forward the state of the translations to the end of 1822, he published it as the Ninth Memoir of the translations, which it really was. The present Memoir is therefore the Tenth; and it will include the course of the translations for the last nine years, from the beginning of 1823 to the beginning of this year, 1832, the longest period which has elapsed between the publishing of any two Memoirs of these translations since the first was published twenty-two years ago. This Me- moir will include the termination of those versions of the New Testament which were left in the press at the date OP TRANSLATIONS. 8 of the last Memoir, the progress made in those transla- tions of the Old Testament still in the press, and the pub- lishing of various new editions of different parts of the Scrip- tures. Vefsions of the New Testament. The versions of the New Testament remaining in the press in January 1823, were ten. Of these, the Magudh^ the Oojuyeenee, the JumboOj arid the Bhutneer^ Were brought through the press by the end of the year 1826, while the death of the Kemaoon Pundit, when that version had been printed as far as the epistle to the Colossians, put a stop to its further progress in the press. The remaining five, the Brnj^ the Sreenugur^ the Palpa, the Munipore^ and the Khasee, have since been brought through the press, and all of them placed in a state of distribution with the exception of the Sreenugur, for circulating which version opportunities have not yet offered, while of the rest a greater or less number has been circulated in various ways. Of the Palpa and Jumboo versions, which provinces lie most remote from us, a few copies only have been distributed among natives of those provinces who have come to Cal- cutta, frequented, from its being the centre of government, by natives of almost every province in India. Nearly one- third of the Magudh version has been distributed in various ways. For the circulation of the Khasee* version, Pro- vidence has now opened a door beyond any thing we for-- merly expected. The hills about Chira Poonjee situated in the midst of the Khasee country, from their height, have * Khasee, KJiassia, aiid Cassai/, arey onl different words used to denote the same coiuitry and race of men. 4 TENTH MEMOIR been found to afford a residence of the utmost value to those whose constitutions have been enfeebled by the heat of the Bengal climate, as the thermometer during the whole of the period this year, in which it sometimes rose to ninety-six at Serampore, seldom exceeded seventy-four on these hills, which is somewhat below summer heat in Britain. These hills in the Khasee country, are inhabited and surrounded by a simple race, who detest a lie, and hold the inhabitants of Bengal in contempt on account of their imagined false- hood. There is reason to hope, that this version of the Scriptures will now come into immediate use, as the inhabit- ants whose villages surround these hills, are so desirous of a missionary's setthng among them, that we have determined on sending one thither, notwithstanding the low state of our missionary funds. Of the effects of this distribution of the Scriptures we pannot speak particularly. They may be partially seen however, in the missionary journals of our brethren, who either reside in the provinces where the languages of these versions are spoken, or at stations contiguous to them. In these journals various instances occur of their penetrating occasionally into these provinces, whither the want of means or of suitable persons has hitherto pre- vented our sending missionary brethren. Among these, the journals of brother Thompson at Delhi are particu- larly rich in incidents of this nature. Called as he is from year to year to attend the Melas, or vast assemblies of idolaters, which the reputed sanctity of particular places attracts from the surrounding provinces, there is seldom a year in which he does not meet with persons who having in the preceding years taken copies of the sacred volume, or of certain parts of it, return to him at these assemblies^ }\d exhibit proof in different degrees, that they have OF TRANSL\TIONS. read and considered their contents. The distribution of these copies of the Scriptures, is therefore emphatically " sowing in hope," a hope which, though when deferred, as it sometimes is for years, " maketh the heart sick ; "" yet " when the desire cometh, "" in the return of those whose minds are even partially imbued with the spirit of their contents, to the eye of faith it seems even a " tree of life." The Versions of the Old Testament, The progress made in bringing through the press the versions of the Old Testament, has been chiefly in the fol- lowing six, the Sungskrit, the Bengalee, the Sikh, the Pushtoo, the Assamese, and the Kashmeer versions. 1. In the Sungskrit version, copies of which are conti- nually sought from our brethren in the upper provinces of Hindoosthan, the Pentateuch which had advanced at press to the book of Exodus at the date of the last Memoir, was brought through the press five years ago. A second edition of the Historical Books was then begun, the greater part of which has been brought through the press, the books of Joshua, Judges, and Ruth, with the two books of Samuel, and the first book of Kings, having been long printed off. As Dr. Carey has finished his improved edition of both the Old and the New Testament in Bengalee, and those difficul- ties which impeded the operations of the press have been in a good degree surmounted, he is applying to the Sung- skrit version, which he hopes divine goodness will permit him to bring through the press in an improved form, before he closes a life devoted to the work of translation for nearly forty years. 2. The edition of the Bengalee version of the Old Tes-. b TENTH MEMOIR tament, which was begun in a smaller type with the view of bringing into one large octavo volume, the whole of the Scriptures, originally printed in Jive, had advanced at press as far as the first book of Samuel, at the date of the last Memoir. The first part of this volume, which had brought the Pentateuch and the Historical Books into somewhat above five hundred pages, was finished more than five years ago ; and the second part, which included the Hagio- grapha and the Prophetic Books, was then begun on a su- perior paper. This latter part was finished at press about two years ago, but in the mean time, such had been the desire expressed for that part of the Old Testament pre- viously printed, (the former editions of the Pentateuch and the Historical Books having been long exhausted,) that it was judged best to put the first part in circulation without waiting till the second was brought through the press, and to begin a new edition of the Pentateuch and the Historical Books on the same kind of paper with the Hagiographa and Prophetic Books. This, of course, delayed the pub- lishing of this complete edition of the Old Testament ; but it furnished Dr. Carey with an opportunity of revising anew the Pentateuch and Historical Books, and of making such further alterations, as his knowledge of the present improved state of the Bengalee language rendered desir- able. This edition of the Old Testament is comprised in an octavo volume of eight hundred and sixty pages. It appearing desirable to add thereto the New Testament in the same type and size, that those who wish to study the sacred Scriptures may have the whole of them before them in one volume. Dr. Carey revised the former edition with the utmost care ; and the whole of the Scriptures now lie open to the intelligent natives, (a class continually in- creasing,) in an octavo volume of 1126 pages, forming OF TRANSLATIONS. 7 the third edition of some part of the Old Testament, and the fourth edition of the rest, while of the New Tes- tament this volume constitutes the sixth, and of the four gospels, the seventh edition submitted to the Bengalee public. 3. In the version of the Old Testament into the Sikh language, but small progress has been made. The Pundit who had assisted Dr. Carey in this language for many years, was seized six years ago with a complaint, which in a few months confined him to his lodging, and ultimately termin- ated in his death. Since that event, which took place about five years ago, a Pundit has not been met with in this lan- guage in whose knowledge confidence could be placed, and the version has advanced only to the end of EzekiePs pro- phecy. 4. In the language of Assam, the Old Testament has been carried forward with little hindrance. In addition to the Pentateuch, which was printed off at the date of the last Memoir, the Historical Books and the Hagio- grapha have been finished at press, and the Prophetic Books printed to the end of Hosea's prophecy. It is with gratitude to the God of all grace we add, that with- in the last three years He has been pleased to open a way for the introduction of the Scriptures into that country, which was brought under the rule of Britain through the late Burmese war. Mr. James Rae, a native of Dumfries in Scotland, who had entered the army, was brought in the course of Providence into Assam ; where, employed in a place of considerable trust, he soon be- came in some degree acquainted with both the people and their language. While thus employed, it pleased God to bring him to the knowledge of himself, if we mistake not, through the instrumentality of Mr. Owen g TENTH MEMOIR Leonard at Dacca, whither his employment in the army had called him for a few months. Feeling a desire to communicate the knowledge of salvation to the Assamese, among whom he had been residing, he obtaining his libe- ration from the army, through the kindness of the late Mr. David Scott, by whom he was greatly esteemed, ap- plied to us for admission into Serampore College. This was readily granted, and the bent of his mind toward Assam being observed by Dr. Carey, and the other bre- thren at Serampore, (Dr. Marshman being at that time in Britain,) Dr. Carey, in that spirit of faith which had so often urged him to propose the sending of va- rious European brethren, and of a still greater number of brethren raised up in India, to distant provinces and countries with the gospel, proposed Mr. Rae's being sent to Assam as a missionary, notwithstanding the low- ness of our funds. On Dr. Marshman''s arrival, he^ believing that God who had so evidently opened the way for the Assamese version to enter that country, would provide the means, at once coincided with Dr. Carey in his ideas ; and as Mr. Rae was in his twenty-seventh year, and appeared likely to improve more in the language when actually engaged in the work, it was felt that time was too precious to admit of farther delay. Hence in the month of August, 1829, Mr. Rae was set apart to the work of the mission by laying on of hands ; and the same month departed for Assam, with his wife and infant fa- mily. His letters in the succeeding three years shew that although he has met with heavy afflictions in his family, his mind has been encouraged to persevere in his work. He is settled at Gohattee, the chief station in the Province of Assam ; and the gentlemen residing at that station have kindly assisted him in forming a Society for the en- OP TRANSLATIONS. \) couragement of Schools among tlie Assamese, which we have reason to hope will tend to facilitate the entrance of the Gos- pel into that country. To assist INIr. Rae in these schools, it has been determined to send him as a helper, a native brother, Nubee7i, trained vip in Serampore College for the last twelve years ; for he was placed in its preparatory Se- minary at the age of eight, and was baptized the beginning of the last year on his own profession of faith in " the Sa- viour of the world." In our prayer that He who has given every nation and province in the eastern as well as the western world, to his Son " for his inheritance," may smile on this humble effort to introduce his gospel into this coun- try, we trust that every friend of the Redeemer who reads this will cordially unite. 5. In the Pushtoo version of the Old Testament, the Pen- tateuch was nearly brought through the press at the date of the last memoir. It has since been finished, and the Historical Books have been printed almost to the end of the Second Book of Kings. The printing, however, has advanced but slowly, on account of the difficulties to which allusion has already been made. 6. In the Kashmeer version of the Scriptures, the New Testament was finished, and the Pentateuch put to press at the date of the last memoir. The printing of this version has since gradually advanced ; the Pentateuch is now finished, and the Historical Books are brought through the press as far as the Second Book of Kings. The delay which has occurred in the printing of the Kashmeer ver- sion is the less to be regretted, as there is not yet an oppor- tunity given for introducing the gospel into that province, immersed as it is in Mahometan darkness. That this, however, ought neither to discourage us in preparing the version, nor cause us to cease praying that God, who has c 10 TENTH MEMOIR the hearts of all men in his hands, would be pleased to raise up some one to carry his word into that province, is evi- dent, from what we have already seen respecting the Assam- ese and the Khasee versions ; for access to the tribes speak- ing these languages, appeared as remote a few years ago as access to Kashmeer can appear at present. 7- In addition to these, another edition of the Old Tes- tament in the Orissa language has also been put to press, which has been carried forward as far as the book of Joshua. But before the Historical Books are through the press, a second and a pretty large edition of the Psalms, already much advanced, will be printed, as these are found of pe- culiar value in disseminating a knowledge of the Messiah, the grand object of prophecy throughout this divine book, as well as presenting so many models of real spiritual devotion. Besides these entire versions of the Old and the New Testaments, smaller parts of the Scriptures have been printed for immediate distribution ; among which may be mentioned the Gospels of Matthew and Mark in the Bengalee language. As the fifth edition of the New Testament was exhausted before the sixth edition was begun, the demand for the Scriptures required that copies of the Gospels should be printed for circulation, before the whole of the New Testament could be brought through the press. An edition of six thousand copies, therefore, of these two Gospels was printed, which were separately sent into circulation. This irregularity, if printing separate Gospels for distribution deserve that name, is one of those things which are inseparable from the Scriptures being disseminated in a new country where the desire of reading is rapidly increasing ; and that this desire is increasing in Bengal, will be evident OF TRANSLATIONS. 11 from the number of works printed from year to year by the natives themselves. That this desire of reading should, in the minds of some at least, extend to the perusal of the sacred Scriptures, when they have been once published in the country, will excite no surprise. Such circumstances, trivial as they may appear in themselves, will be duly appreciated by those who rejoice in the diffusion of the sacred Scriptures, and who look forward with assured hope, as we do, to their being circulated and received in faith and love, not in India alone, but throughout the whole of Eastern Asia. An edition of the Four Gospels in Hindee has also been printed. As this edition was chiefly intended for circu- lation in the upper Provinces of Hindoosfhan, we requested our missionary brother, Thompson, whose intimate ac- quaintance with this language, as spoken within the circle of his own labours, has eminently fitted him for the work, to examine the version, and make such altera- tions in the phraseology, as he had reason to believe would add to^its perspicuity, and render it more fully accept- able to those among whom it is intended for circulation. This he soon accomplished ; after which an edition com- prising three thousand copies of the Four Gospels, print- ed separately, was brought through the press. These were mostly stitched separately in stiff covers, and therefore formed nearly twelve thousand portions of the word of God for distribution in those provinces, a mode parti- cularly acceptable to those who had seldom been accus- tomed previously to peruse a book of larger size than one of those Gospels. They have been found particularly welcome at the Melas or great religious assemblies, an- nually held in different places esteemed sacred, in those provinces. There they arc gladly received by men whose mistaken search for the Supreme Good, draws them tQ 12 TENTH MEMOIR those assemblies from the various provinces and countries around. In the Arakanese, which is nearly the same with the Burmese language, various parts of the New Testament, translated by our American missionary brethren at Ran- goon, have been printed from time to time for the use of our brethren who through grace have believed on the Lord Jesus in Arakan. The desire for the Scriptures has been so great in these places where the Gospel has been partially preached, that we have felt constrained to give them what- ever part of the New Testament we could obtain from our brethren in the Burmese country ; and as the Reve- rend George Hough, when compelled to leave Ran- goon in the late Burman war, brought round with him various books of the New Testament previously corrected by the Reverend A. Judson and himself, we obtained his permission to print three thousand five hundred copies of St. Matthew''s Gospel, which he kindly superintended as it came through the press. These, when circulated in Arakan, were read with great avidity. This number being exhaust- ed, the gospel of St. John was obtained, and two thou- sand copies of it brought through the press under Mr. Hough's superintendence in the same manner. To this succeeded the Epistle to the Hebrews, of which three thousand copies were printed ; and these being distributed by our brethren in Arakan, an equal number was print- ed and sent them of the three Epistles of St. John. Final- ly, the Acts of the Apostles, as it was lying with Mr. Hough in a corrected state, was felt to be a most desir- able addition to these Gospels and Epistles, and three thousand copies of this history of the primitive Christian Church were printed, which were welcomed with delight by our Arakan brethren. These fourteen thousand five hundred OP TRANSLATIONS. 13 portions of the Divine Word proved quite a seasonable sup^ ply to the native Christians in that province, by whom they were widely circulated among those who as yet believe not, proving more acceptable to them in a separate form, than they would have been, had they been all bound together. We have indeed found this mode of distributing the Scrip- tures in single portions acceptable in Bengal from the be- ginning, and some of our readers may recollect, that an edi- tion containing ten thousand copies of the four Gospels, thus printed separately, was distributed nearly tw'cnty-five years ago. NEW EDITIONS BEGUN OR CONTEMPLATED. Respecting new editions either now in the press or ex- pected to be soon commenced, it may be proper to mention, that the Bengalee version being, through Divine goodness, brought through the press in so improved a form, and in so small yet clear a type as to be comprised in one volume large octavo, it appeared desirable that a pocket edition of the New Testament should be separately printed in a duode- cimo sue without delay. An edition of a thousand copies was therefore put to press, which makes the seventh edition of the wholie New Testament, and the eighth of the Gospels. This pocket edition of the New Testament will be comprised in about 370 duodecimo pages, and will occupy one- third of the space, and scarcely a third of the paper, required by the first edition of the New Testament in this language, printed in 1800, thirty-two years ago. While these reduced types bring both the Old and the New Testament into a volume so portable and so well suited to the young among the population of Bengal, who 14 TENTH MEMOIR are growing up with enlarged views of the value of know- ledge, and the worthlessness of caste and their ancient ido- latrous institutions, there are many among those of middle age, as well as those older, who cannot read this small type with pleasure, and who, accustomed from their child- hood to a very large character, like many aged country peo- ple in England, will never be able to enjoy the perusal of a book in this smaller print. For the sake of these, a larger type has been prepared, which, while it presents to the eye a character much larger, will, by reducing the body of the type and economizing the space, increase the number of pages only about a fourth ; so that the New Testament in octavo will not exceed four hundred pages, even in this large type. The edition in this type, which will form the ninth edition of the Gospels in Bengalee, and the eighth of the rest of the New Testament, is already advanced in the press, and the five thousand copies of which it consists will probably be in circulation before this Report. The pocket edition in 12mo. will be out of the press in a few months. The Psalms, being so valuable in themselves as a sepa- rate book, and so generally acceptable to the natives, we have determined to print a separate edition of them in Ben- galee of three thousand copies, for immediate distribution. This edition is nearly finished at press. In bulk, the Psalms form a volume about three-fifths the size of that formed by the four Gospels. It is also proper to mention that probably within a year, the large edition of the Old Testament in Bengalee will be exhausted. Of the three thousand copies print- ed, it appeared but friendly to place a thousand copies at the disposal of the Calcutta Auxiliary Bible Society, as the demand for them in that metropolis is necessarily in- OF TRANSLATIONS. 15 creasing. When to this we add the number needed to supply the nine missionary stations in Bengal connected with Seram- pore,* which will be done without delay, it will be easily seen that before another edition can be brought through the press, there will not be a copy left ! It must also be evident that a population, (exceeding that of Great Britain and Ire- land,) amidst which a lack of rupees is annually expend- ed among its Native Colleges and Schools by Government, in addition to the sums expended in Female and other Schools by the Christian pviblic in India and Britain, and the schools now supported by wealthy natives, the number of which is annually increasing, must require many thousand copies of the Scriptures from year to year. The number it is not easy to fix, because the desire for them is continually extending; but when we see that ninety-six thousand volumes of the Scriptures have been brought through the press in the last nine years, and reflect that the desire to read them is constantly increasing, were we to say that ten thousand volumes of the Old and New Testament would be required annually, we should be more likely to fall be- neath than to exceed the truth. If among a population of twenty millions, and the latest calculations as to the popu- lation of Bengal alone are far above this, only one in a hundred were furnished with a copy of the New Testament, this would require no less than two hundred thousand co- pies : in other words, no less than twenty editions contain- ing ten thousand copies each. The following extract of a letter from our missionary brother Thompson, will shew also that a large edition of the Psalms, and another of the New Testament, in the Hindee language, are about to be printed for the use of the Upper Provinces of Hindoost'han. * Now eleven in number. 16 TENTH MEMOIR " I was yesterday (Sabbath) favoured with yours of the 2d inst. and truly gratified was I by it : all day and night I was filled with joy at the idea of having to prepare the Psalms and the New Testament for the press, and now I hasten to inform you that it will give me the greatest pleasure imaginable to undertake the work, and if the translation funds admit of a native translator"'s allowance being made me, which I believe is 30 Rs. per month, all expenses will be covered by it, whether of a pundit, copyist, paper or postage, and the purchase of Hindee books, &c, ; but if the funds should not admit of that outlay, let the brethren allow whatever they may deem proper for a learned man, and a copyist monthly, and at the completion of the work, the paper and postage, and three or four Hin- dee books can be charged for : but to all parties the former plan, if practicable, would be least troublesome. But what- ever be the mode or extent of aid to me, the work I cheer- fully undertake, and hope to enter on the Psalms almost immediately, and shall look out for a learned coadjutor to answer references as to idiom, grammar, &c. The Psalms I undertake first, because the smaller portion, and you al- ready have the MS. of my revision of the Testament sent down five years ago or more, and not yet printed. I also sent in February and March 1831, a second revision of Matthew and Mark. If these last and the imprinted por- tion of the Testament were returned to me, I would go over the whole at once.'''' In addition to this, another edition of the New Testa- ment in the language of the Sikhs has been long desired. The spirit of inquiry among that brave and hardy na- tion, is evidently on the increase, as will appear from the many applications from individuals of that nation to brother Thompson, which, however, as far as they OF TRANSLATIONS. 17 relate to tlie New Testament, he has long been unable to meet ; and nothing withheld us from printing a new edition years ago, but the want of funds. Copies of the New Testament in the Burman or Arakanese language are also urgently required in Ara- kan. We have already seen with what readiness fourteen thousand copies of the gospels and epistles were welcomed in that province years ago. The whole of the New Testament is now nearly brought through the press by our missionary brethren in the Burman country ; but al- though the American Bible Society has generously voted five thousand dollars towards the printing of that edi- tion, it cannot be expected that, when the demand for the Scriptures is become so urgent and so extensive among the Burmese themselves, our missionary brethren there should be able to send us a sufficient supply of copies for Ara- kan. An edition of several thousand copies must, there- fore, be put to press for distribution in that province, as soon as a printed copy can be obtained from them for that purpose. It will be evident to those who consider in what manner the Redeemer is causing the light of his gospel to break forth among the nations in this part of eastern Asia, after nearly forty years of conflict in various ways with the powers of darkness, that a greater number of editions will in future be needed of the Scriptures than has ever been hitherto required, and of editions containing a far larger number of copies. All this is nothing more than the natural effect of the exertions at home and abroad which have already been made ; while it is the answer to those supplications for the spread of his gospel in these countries, which God's people at home have been offering up for more than half a century. 18 TENTH MEMOIR It is now the practice with some friends of Missions to mention the number of pages printed, even of tracts for distribution in heathen countries, doubtless with a view of encouraging the friends of religion at home, by shewing them that their contributions are not given in vain. Were we to mention the number of pages which have been printed of the Sacred Scriptures themselves in the last nine years, the period embraced by this Memoir, it might appear to savour of ostentation. If classed according to the different parts of the Old and New Testament, they will be found to contain, one edition of the whole Scrip- tures, including the Old and New Testament, in one volume large octavo ; four editions of the Pentateuch ; three of the Historical Books ; two of the Prophetic Books ; one of the Hagiographa ; one edition of Genesis and Exodus, and one edition of the Psalms. Of the New Testament fifteen complete editions have been printed, including that of 3000 copies printed for Mr. Bruckner in the Javanese language, and one incomplete edition, the Kemaoon, car-. ried on to Colossians ; three editions of the Four Gospels ; two of St. Matthew's Gospel ; one edition of St. Mark's ; one of St. John's, and one of his three Epistles ; one edi- tion of the Acts, the Epistles, and the Revelation ; and another edition of the Acts alone. The number of volumes contained in these editions of the Old and New Testament amount to Ninety-nine thousand ; and the number of pages to somewhat more than Thirty-one Millions. We now come to the most pleasing part of our work, that of acknowledging the obligations we have been under to the friends of religion at home for their as- sistance in this work of printing the Sacred Scriptures. Among these the first place is due to the British and Fo- reign Bible Society, from whom we have in these nine OP TRANSLATIONS. 19 years received the sum of j6'7000 sterling for the general fund for Translations, which, at the current exchange, amounted to sicca rupees 68,400 ; and for which we entreat its Committee to accept our warmest thanks. From the Bible Societies and Congregations in North and South Britain, and the public at large, we have been favour- ed with support for this work in the course of these nine years, beyond any thing we formerly experienced. The sum for which we are indebted to their regard for the Sacred Scriptures, is £12,54:1, 6s. 6d. To particularize the friends of religion who have thus laid us under obligations to them, is not easy ; but gratitude will not permit us wholly to pass them over. Among the different Bible Societies who have thus come forward to help with us in this work of giving the Scriptures to the heathen, we may mention the Edinburgh and Glasgow Bible Societies, who with the Glasgow Auxili- ary INIissionary Society, have furnished nearly a third of the whole sum above mentioned. To these we may add the East and West Lothian Bible Societies, the Inverness Northern INIissionary Society, the Stirling, the Leith, the Irvine, the Perth, and the Musselburgh Bible Societies,'the Wicklow Bible Society in Ireland, and various Bible So- cieties or Associations at Berwick-upon-Tweed, Cumbraes, Dunkel4, Falkirk, Montrose, in Stirlingshire and Nairnshire, at St. Andrews, Grangemouth, Kirkaldy, and Newcastle- upon-Tyne. We have also received various sums for the Translations from different congregations in North and South Britain, among which are those in Edinburgh under the pastoral care of the Rev. Mr. Haldane, Mr. Innes, Dr. Peddie, and Mr. Aikman ; the Rev. Mr. Greville Ewing's, Mr. M'Laren's, Mr. Duncan's, Mr. M'Farlane's, and Dr. Wardlaw's in Glasgow ; Dr. M'Kinlay's at Kilmarnock, the Rev. Mr, 20 TENTH MEMOIR Stevens at Stewarton, Mr. Arthur's at Kirkaldy, the Rev. Mr. Wilson's at Greenock, the Rev. Mr. Harper's at Leith, the Rev. Mr. Geddes and the Rev. Mr. Taylor's at Port Glasgow; the Rev. Mr. Kershaw's at Abmgdon, the Rev- Mr. Laing's at Stockton-upon-Tees, the Rev. Micah Tho- mas's at Abergavenny, and those under the care of vari- ous other friends in North and South Britain. Nor ought we to overlook what has been raised for the Translations by Penny-a-week Societies, those humble but sure indications of love to the Redeemer's cause. Among these Societies, that at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, under Miss Angas's direction, has peculiar claims to our gratitude. Nor can we wholly pass over individual benefactions to the Translations, for which we have been indebted to Messrs. Ferrier & Co. of Dub- lin; to Sir T. D. Acland, Bart. ; to Robert Haldane, Esq. of Edinburgh ; Richard Phillips, Esq. of London, and many other gentlemen, who, though we cannot specify them here, will be found mentioned in the various numbers of our Peri- odical Missionary Accounts ; and all of whom we desire to accept our warm and unfeigned thanks. From this statement it will appear there has been received for the General Fund for Translations in these nine years from the British and Foreign Bible Society, the sum of .£'7000, and from the Christian public at large in Britain and Ireland the sum of ^12,541, 6s. 6d. these reduced to the current exchange of the day, together with the donation of 27119 sicca rupees from the Serampore Missionaries for seven versions of the New Testament, and £3000 from the Bible Society for six of these new Versions as specified in the accounts, leaves a balance on hand of 58,104 rupees to meet the expense of those either in or about to be put ^o press. These however now remain to be enumerated ; viz. OF TRANSLATIONS. 21 I. The Old Testament. In Sungskrit. The Hagiographa and the Prophetic Books. Orissa. The Hagiographa, Historical and Prophetic Books. Knskmeer. The Hagiographa, Historical and Prophe- tic Books. Hlndee. The Book of Psalms. Bengalee. Another edition of the Old Testament. II. The New Testament. In the Hindee, the Sikh, and the Arakan languages. These editions, as the Bengalee edition of the Scriptures ought at least to be 4000 copies, will amount to about seventy-five thousand rupees, when binding is included. Thus the balance on hand is not only exhausted, but about two thousand pounds sterling will be required to complete even these editions of the Sacred Scriptures, ren- dered by the present demand for them absolutely necessary, and which will probably be all in the press in the course of a year. The particular Fund for printijig First Versions of the New Testament. This fund originated in the following circumstances. In the Sixth Memoir of Translations published in 1816, we, after weighing the expense of bringing a first version of the New Testament through the press, had mentioned, that we thought an edition of a thousand copies might be printed for -^50.0 sterling, even though it should be necessary to create 22 TENTH MEMOIR a new fount of types for such version. On perusing this memoir, the late excellent Mr. Hey of Leeds felt his mind stirred up to attempt raising this sum for each of the Twen- ty-six versions then mentioned as needed to enlighten the whole of India, in addition to the six versions of the New Testament already printed. Deeming it quite practicable to raise thirteen thousand pounds for this purpose, he proceed- ed so far as to raise among his friends " Fourteen hundred and seventy-five pounds ;""* when, thinking the Bible Society more likely to carry his plan into effect than a single indivi- dual, he committed to them its completion, and the sum he had already raised. Upon this they sent to India a resolu- tion purporting, that whoever should in any language pro- duce & first version of the New Testament, on his manuscript being examined and approved by persons appointed, should be entitled to five hundred pounds for the sake of bringing a thousand copies of it through the press. This resolution however, though it was originated with a view to the Serampore brethren's versions of the New Testament, did not exactly suit their circumstances; for before it reached them, all their versions were either in or through the press, and there- fore could not be submitted in MS. to any who might be ap- pointed to examine them. Hence the Committee of the Calcut- ta Bible Society, who wererequested to perform this task, could not attempt to examine one of these versions till it had left the press, when examination relative to printing the first version was of course too late. A still more unhappy circumstance was, that when these versions separately left the press, it was found that no member of that Committee was acquaint- ed with any one of the languages in which these versions were made. This, if it did not incapacitate, naturally indis- * See British and Foreign Bible Society's Report for 1818, p. Ixi. OF TRANSLATIONS. 23 posed them, for a task so irksome. In consequence the first three versions sent them for examination by the Seramporc brethren, lay before them nearly two years before an exami- nation was made ; at which no one will be surprised who re- flects how painful it is for men of ingenuous minds to set about a work of this nature, in which they must be constrain- ed to rely on the opinion of others, and these generally na- tives, of the justness of which opinion they were incapable of judging. The consequence has been, that although all these versions left the press nearly ^we years ago, the Seram- pore brethren have as yet received the sum mentioned by the Bible Society's Committee, for only Nine of them. In the mean time, as the Committee of the Bible Society have constantly published these versions as carried forward by grants from their funds, they have of course been receiving money from the different denominations of Christians at home to meet the expense of bringing them through the press. The following is the state of these Twenty-five versions ; we say tiventy-five, for one of them being through circum- stances subsequently dropped, they were reduced to that number. Of these, one did not come under the resolution already mentioned, the Kemaoon, which through the death of the pundit who assisted in the translation, was printed only as far as the Epistle to the Colossians. This brings the number of these to Twenty-four, and reduces the sum required from cPl 3,000 to dPl 2,000. Of these twenty-four the Bible Society ""s Committee having advanced the promis- ed £500 for nine, Fifteen versions remain ; and the Seram- pore brethren have determined to take the expense of print- ing seven of these upon themselves, including the Khasec. Had it been in their power they would gladly have taken on themselves the expense of printing the whole fifteen, as they have the gratuitous labour of translating them. But the de- 24 TENTH MEMOIR. mand on the proceeds of their labour for the support of the Missionary Stations and Serampore College, rendered this impossible. They have therefore been constrained to place the remaining eight versions on the General Translation Fund, reducing the sum to that merely paid for the materi- als and the work, and omitting every thing connected with other charges. In placing these eight first versions on that Fund, however, the Serampore brethren are expending money intended for the other editions of the Scriptures, which will urgently require this sum within the space of two years. But this course is quite involuntary on their part ; and should the Committee of the British and Foreign Bible Society still prefer paying for these first versions themselves, they will most faithfully add the suras thus sent them to the General Fund for Translations. Serampore, July \st, 1832. *,," Since the date of this Memoir various donations have been re- ceived for the Translations, which will appear in the next Memoir. Among these is a donation from a lady at Cheltenham of Five Hun- dred Pounds sterlinfT. APPENDIX. Parts of the Old Testament brought through the press since January, 1823. No. of No. of Total of Vols. Pages. Pages. In Bengalee, the Pentateuch and His- torical Books, 4000 copies, 4000 703 2,812,000 Sikh, Prophetic Books to Ezek. xxvi. 1000 copies, . . . 1000 480 480,000 Kashmeer, the Pentateuch, 1000 copies, .... 1000 272 272,000 Sungskrit, 2d edition, the Penta- teuch, 2000 copies, . . 2000 295 590,000 Orissa, 2d edition, the Pentateuch, 1000 copies, large 8vo. . 1000 ^ 242 242,000 Assamese, Historical Books, 1000 copies, .... 1000 500 500,000 - Ditto, Hagiographa and Prophetic Books to ditto, . . 1000 430 430,000 Pushtoo, Historical Books to 1 Kings V. 1000 copies, . . 1000 392 392,000 Bengalee, the whole of the Old Tes- tament, 3000 cojncs large 8vo. 3000 860 2,580,000 Ditto, the Psalms, 3000 copies, 3000 202 606,000 Chinese, 2d edition. Genesis, Exo- dus, and part of Leviticus, 3100 copies large 8vo. . . 3100 159 492,900 Total, 21,100 9,396,900 E 26 APPENDIX. Editions and parts of the New Testament, In the Mahratta, 2d edition, 3000 copies, The Magudh, 1000 copies. The Munipore, 1000 copies. The Shreenagur, 1000 copies. The Palpa, 1000 copies, . The Bhutneer, 1000 copies The Oojein, 1000 copies, The Jumhoo, 1000 copies. The Khasee, 500 copies. The Bengalee, 2000 copies, large 8vo The Bengalee, 1000 copies, 12mo. The Bengalee, eighth edition, 5000 copies, 8vo. The Javanese, 3000 copies, 8vo. The Hindee, Mr. Chamberlain's, to 1 Cor. ii. 7, 3000 copies. Ditto, in the Kythee character, 3000 copies, to Acts xxii. The Bruj, 3000 copies. The Bengalee, St. Matthew and St. Mark, 6000 copies. The Hindee, The Four Gospels, ' 3000 copies. The Burmese, St. Matthew, St. John, Acts, Hebrews, and John's Epistle, .... The Kemaoon, the New Testament to Colossians, 1000 copies. The Bengalee, St. Matthew and St Mark, 4000 copies. No. of Vols. 3000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 500 2000 1000 5000 3000 3000 3000 1,2000 1,2000 14,500 1000 8000 No. of Pages. 744 748 786 754 662 675 856 714 898 264 430 400 760 Total of Parts of the Old Tes-tament, 78,000 21,000 462 581 168 301 419 544 146 2,232,000 748,000 786,000 754,000 662,000 675,000 856,000 714,000 449,000 528,000 430,000 2,000^000 2,280,000 3000 456 1,368,000 1,386,000 1,743,000 1,008,000 903,000 1,157,000 544,000 1,168,000 22,391,000 9,396,900 Total, 99,100 31,787,900 For a general view from the commencement, see a following page. APPENDIX. 27 TRANSLATION FUND. From January to December 1823. Receipts. Rs. As. P. Collections in England, from Jaly 1821, to June 1822, deducting the expense of collection, &c. L.I275, 2s. Balance in advance, Sa. Rs. DISBURSEMENTS. Balanec, ..... . Pundits, Chinese "Writers, and Cutters, Printing Memoirs, .... Freight of Books to London, Expense of Sirkars, &c. &c. in the Depository for the three preceding years, Sungskrit Pundit during 1820, 1821, and 1822, Commission charged by Messrs. Alexander & Co. on the outlay, . . . . 200 Printing 1000 copies of the Kashmere, Bhugel- khund, Marwar, Harotee and Kanooj New Testaments, .... Pundits, and other expenses for these. Printing 1000 copies of the Assam New Testament, ■ 1000 copies of the Gujuratee ditto, 1000 ditto of the Kurnata ditto, . 1000 ditto of the Bikaneer ditto, 1000 ditto of the Nepal ditto, 1000 ditto Mooltanee ditto, small size, ■ 3000 copies of the second edition of the Mahratta New Testament, deducting 3000 Rupees previously charged as outlay, . . 2108 ' •■ 3000 copies of the continuation of Mr. Chamberlain's Hindee Testament from the Acts to 1st Corinthians, 2d chap. . 1545 3000 copies of Mr. Chamberlain's Kythee 10,200 13 70,285 10 3 80,486 7 3 Rs. As. 10,638 15 6388 250 40 P. 3 720 1080 20,000 5000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 2000 Hindee New Testament, to the Acts, . . 4426 8 Binding and stitching these volumes, . .• 1000 Printing 3000 copies of Mr. Chamberlain's Bruj New Testament, deducting the outlay of 3000 Rupees previously charged, . . . 3090 Printing 3100 copies of Genesis and Exodus, in Chiuciie, 2d edition, . . . 2000 Sa. Rs. 80,486 7 3 28 APPENDIX. From January to December 1824. RECEIPTS. Received from the Bible Society, for the Assamese New Testament, Balance in advance, .... Sa. Rs. DISBURSEMENTS. Balance, .... Pundits, Chinese Writers, and Cutters, Charges extra, Depositary expenses, &c. . Commission charged by Messrs. Alexander and Co. Printing 6000 copies of the Gospels of Matthew and Mark, in Bengalee, including stitching, 1000 copies of the Magudh New Testa- ment, in the press, .... — 1000 ditto of the Munipore ditto. Printing 1000 copies of the Shreenagur New Tes- tament, ..... . 1000 ditto of the Palpa ditto, ■ — - 1000 copies of the Bhutneer New Testa- ment, ..... 1000 ditto of the Oojein ditto, 1000 ditto of the Jumboo ditto, 600 ditto of the Khasee ditto, 1000 ditto of the Kemaoon ditto to Colos- Rs. As. 38,400 4,600 73,096 12 P. 10 116,296 12 10 Rs. As. 70,285 10 6297 10 248 884 P. 3 7 2150 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 3119 sians, . . . . . 2748 3000 copies of the Foiu* Gospels in Hin- dee, including stitching and expense of convey- ance to the Western Provinces, . . 3064 8 Sa. Rs. 116,296 12 10 APPENDIX. 29 From January to December 1825. RECEIPTS. Received from the Bible Society, Collections in England, from July 1823, to June 1823, deducting the expenses of collection, &c. L.2158, 17s. 6d. . . . . Balance in advance, Rs. As. 20,000 21,588 12 42,642 13 P. Sa. Rs. 84,231 9 4 DISBUREEMENT6. Balance, ..... Pundits, &c. &c. . . . Charges extra, ... Printing 4000 of 3d edit, of Bengalee Pentateuch and Historical Books, 10,356 Binding ditto, . . 2000 Rs. As. P. 73,096 12 10 6538 12 6 240 Deduct amount entered in 1822, 12,356 8000 4356 Sa,Rs. 84,231 9 4 From January to December 1826. RECEIPTS. Received of the Bible Society, Ditto, on account of five of the New Versions, Collections in England, from Jidy 1823, to Juno 1824, deducting the expenses of collection, &c. L.2008, 8s. Ud Rs. As. 10,000 25,000 DISBURSEMENTS. Balance, ..... Pundits, &c. &c. .... Charges extra, ..... Printing 3500 copies of Matthew, second edition, 2000 copies of John, 3000 copies of the Acts, 3000 copies of Hebrews, and 3000 of the three Epistles of John, in Burmese, including the binding, 1000 of the Sikh Prophets, 2112 Deduct previously inserted, . 1000 Rs. As. 42,642 13 2574 13 240 Balance, 1112 3451 P. 21,910 5 6 Sa.Rs. 56,910 5 6 P. 4 9 6889 10 Sa. Rs. 56,910 5 6 30 APPENDIX. Fro7n January to December 1827- RKCEIPTS. Rs. As. P. Balance, ..... 3451 10 5 Collections in England, from July 1824, to June 1825, deducting the expense of collection, &c. L.1123,0s. 7d. .... 12,240 14 4 Sa.Rs. 15,692 8 9 DISBURSEMENTS. Rs. As. P. Pundits' Wages, &c. . . . 1458 Charges extra, . . . . 252 Printing 1000 copies of the Cash- mere Pentateuch, including binding, . . . 3829 Deduct previously entered, . 2000 — 2000 copies of the Sung- skrit Bible, second edition, to the 1st of Kings, including binding, . . . 4369 Deduct previously entered, . 2000 1829 2369 Balance, ..... 9784 8 9 Sa.Rs. 15,692 8 9 From January to December 1828. RECEIPTS. Rs. As. P. Balance, . . . . . 9784 8 9 Collected in England, from July 1825, to Jime 1826, deducting expenses of collecting, L. 1415, 15,436 5 8 Sa. Rs. 25,220 14 5 DISBURSEMENTS. Rs. As. P. Pundits' Wages, &c. . . . , 1231 Charges extra, ..... 246 Printing 4000 copies of Matthew in Bengalee, 1299 Balance, . . . . 22,444 14 5 Sa. Rs. 25,220 14 5 APPENDIX. 31 From January 1829, lo June 1832. RECEIPTS. Rs. As. P. Balance, 22,444 14 5 Collections in England, from July 1826, to June 1828, deducting the expenses of collecting, L. 1506, 16,429 1 3 Collections, &c. by Dr. Marshman, to November 1828, L.1391, 7s. 6d. as per Periodical Aces. No. 1, 15,178 9 10 Sums received in Britain and Ireland from 1st De- cember 1828 to 31stDecember 1829,L.361,8s.6d. as per Periodical Accounts No. 3, . 3614 4 Sums received there from January to December 1830, L.881, 7s. 6d. as per Per. Accounts No. 5, 8813 12 Sums received there from January up to 30th June 1831, L.420, 14s. as per Per. Accounts No. 6, 4207 Donation from the Serampore Missionaries, for seven versionsoftheNewTestamentjincludingtheKhasee, 27,119 Sa. Rs. DISBURSEMENTS. Pundit's Wages for three years and a half. Charges extra. Depository Charges, &c. for ditto. Printing 4000 copies of Mark in Bengalee, Stitching and printing covers for the 8000 copies of Matthew and Mark in Bengalee, . . 743 Binding 3000 copies of the Bruj New Testament, in leather and in boards, omitted in a former account, 1250 Printing 3000 copies of the Bengalee Old Testa- ment, and 2000 copies of the New Testament, large octavo, fifth edition, including binding, 16,886 6 5 5000 copies of the New Testament, octavo, now in the press, in part . . . 3000 — 1000 ditto, of ditto, 12mo. now in the press, 97,806 9 6 Rs. As. 4776 5 830 635 P. in part, . . ... 1000 -- 3000 copies of the Psalms in Bengalee, 12mo. including stitching, &c. ; 2000 copies of the Ooriya Pentateuch, 1000 do. of the Assamese Historical Books, 1000 ditto of the Hagiographa, in Assam, 1000 ditto of the Prophetical Books in 1945 1917 9 7 1985 3 3 764 Assam, now in the press, in part, . . 1327 9 7 1000 ditto of the Pushtoo Historical Books, now in the press, in part, . , . . 1878 6 5 1000 ditto of the Cashmere Historical Books, now in the press, in part, . . 764 Balance, . . . . 58,104 1 3 Sa.Rs. 97,806 9 6 SUBSCRIPTIONS, DONATIONS, AND CONGREGATIONAL COLLECTIONS, In Great Britain and Ireland. As pn Periodical Accounts, Nos. I, III, V, and TI, and as acknowledged in the preceding page. Acland, Sir Thomas D. Bart £10 10 Angas, Mr. Henry, Newcastle-Tyne, small sums by him . 10 Bates, Thomas, Esq. Halton Castle, Northumberland . . 110 Black, Rev. Richard, Perth 110 Carnegie, Miss Marianne, Dairy House . . . • 10 Condie, George, Esq. Perth 110 Cooke, Isaac, Esq. Liverpool 10 6 Fenwick, J. Esq. Newcastle-on-Tyne . . . . .110 Ferrier, Pollock and Co. Messrs. Dublin . . . . 25 Lawson, Mrs. Perth .110 Manson, Rev. Thomas, Perth . . • . . . 110 Ostle, Mr. John, North Shields 10 Richardson, William, Esq. North Shields . . . . 10 Richardson, Henry, Esq. ditto 15 Scott, Mr. Hugh, of Perth . , 10 Abingdon, Berkshire, collection 15 13 6 Arbroath Juvenile Society 10 Berwick, North, Bible Society, by Rev. C. Anderson . . 4 Ditto, Second Donation, ditto . . .500 Bristol Museum Box, by Rev. T. S. Crisp . . . . 3 10 6 Cumbraes Bible Association 4 Dunkeld Missionary Society, by Rev. C. Anderson . . 8 Edinburgh Bible Society, by ditto .... 500 Ditto for the present Bengalee edition .... 400 Falkirk Society for Diffusing Religious Knowledge . 5 Glasgow Bible Society . . . . • . . 50 Glasgow Auxiliary Society, by James Deakin, Esq. . . 118 17 6 Inverness, Northern Missionary Society . . . . 39 Irvine Bible Society 4 . Female Bible Society . . . . • .500 Leith Auxiliary Bible Society 25 1 APPENDIX. 33 liOthian, East, Bible Society ..... Ditto, but a double entry by mistake, (deducted next page) Ditto, second donation . Montrose Society for Missions, Tracts, and Schools Musselburgh Bible Society . . . Pathhead and Sinclairtowu Bible and Missionary Society Ross, Easter, Ladies Bible and Missionary Society . Saltcoats Female Bible Society Stirling Female Bible Society, by Rev. Mr. Smart . — — • Ditto, second donation, by ditto . . . i Stirb'ngshire and its Vicinity, Missionary Society in aid of Mis- sions, &c. by Rev. Mr. Smart ..... Stockton-on-Tees Collection, Thornhill Bible and Missionary Assoc- by Rev. Dr. Ritchie £1391, Ts. 6d, as per Periodical Accounts, No. I. £30 30 20 5 . 8 2 . '/ 4 20 10 15 9 14 6 5 Aspiuall, Miss, Liverpool .... Beilby, Dr. A^Hlliam, Edinburgh Black, Mrs. David, ditto . . . . Blackwood, J. S. Esq. ditto Claphara, Mrs. by Rev. James Acworth, Leeds Cooke, Isaac, Esq. Liverpool . Edwards, Mrs. John, Watford, 2 years Fawcett, Mrs. by Rev. James Acworth, Leeds Friends, Helensburgh .... Friends, by Rev. Mr. Massey, Dunfermline Goodman, B. Esq. by Rev. J, Acworth, Leeds Gordon, J. F. Esq. Edinburgh Harrison, Isaac, Esq. Livei*pool . Hey, W. Esq. by Rev. James Acworth, Leeds Holden, Mr. G. K. Liverpool Johnstone, Miss, Port Glasgow Lusk, Mr. Robert, Greenock L. B. by Mr. Innes, Edinburgh Murray, Misses, Bowerhouses, Haddington Phillips, Richard, Esq. London by Rev. J. Dyer Plenderleath, Robert, Esq. Edinburgh Richardson, Miss R. Newcastle-on-Tyne Robertson, Mrs. and Miss Ellis, Port Glasgow Simpson, Mr. Robert, Edinburgh Weddell, James, Esq. Crofthead Abingdon, by Kev. John Kershaw Ardro&san Parish Church, Rev. Mr. Henry Ayrshire Bible Society, by Rev. Dr. Hill Ayr, Newton on, Parish Church, Rev. Mr. 'Wood F 1 1 1 1 10 6 10 1 10 6 2 1 1 11 1 3 ti J ) 5 1 1 1 1 10 1 1 1 2 10 10 1 1 1 1 I 2 6 1 1 1 1 9 2 7 5 4 6 10 5 H 34 APPENDIX. Ayr, Moravian Chapel, Rev. Mr. Klinesmith Boiirton-on-the- Water, by Rev. Thomas Coles . Ciimbraes Society, by Rev. Mr. Drummond Dunfermline, Queen Street, Collection Edinburgh, Tabernacle, Mr. Haldane .... — — Bristo Street, Dr. Peddie's .... Elder Street, Mr. Innes — Argyle Street, Mr. Aikman Glasgow, Nile Street, Rev. Greville Ewmg . George Street, Rev. Dr. Wardlaw Portland Street, Mr. M'Laren — George Street, Mr. Duncan Anderston, Rev. Mr. M'Farlane Greenock Presbyterian Meeting House, Rev. Mr. Wilson Prayer Meeting, by Rev. Mr. Hercus Irvine Bible Society ; — Baptist Chapel, Mr. Barclay .... Kilmarnock Parish Church, Rev. Dr. Mackinlay Kirkcaldy Baptist Church, Mr. Arthur Largs, Meeting House, Rev. Mr. M'Lean I-eifK, Meeting House, Rev. Mr. Harper Linlithgow Society for Diffusing Religious Knowledge London, by Rev. John Dyer Nairnshire Bible Society Newcastle. on- Tyne Penny a Week Society, by Miss Angas New Court Chapel Auxiliary Society Paisley Parish Church, Rev. Mr. Geddes ■' Baptist Church, by Mr. Taylor i Pathhead and Sinclairton Society Port Glasgow Chapel, Rev. Mr. Inglis ... — - Prayer Meeting St. Andrews Bible Society, by the Rev. Principal Haldane Stewarton Parish Church, Rev. Mr. Steven West-Lothian Bible Society, by Rev. C. Anderson As per Periodical Accounts, No. III. £391, 8s. ©d, and deducting £30 for the double entry above stated, ^361, Ss. 6d. is the sum acknowledged. £2 6 3 9 5 8 .10 9 9 . 20 U 6 8 14. 94 . 11 12 4 26 1 23 16 1 1 20 8 16 . 7 7 1 1 . 3 10 2 12 6 . 13 9 10 6 .538 5 9 6 .200 4 3 8 15 16 3 8 . 7 13 3 5 2 5 . 2 2 5 19 8 1 15 A, V. .... 5 Bell, Joseph, Esq. Edinburgh 5 Chapman, W. Esq. Newcastle-upon-Tyne • . . • 10 6 Coles, Mr. W. Chipping Norton 10 Fawcett, Mrs. Leeds 110 Goodman, B. Esq. Leeds 110 Goodman, Mrs. John, ditto . , . . . . 110 Gordon, Rev. Dr. Edinburgh 5 0. APPENDIX. 35 Httldane, Robert, Esq. of Auchingray HMane, J. A, Esq. Edinburgh Harrison, Isaac, Esq. Liverpool Hey, William, Esq. Leeds . Holden, Mr. G. K. Liverpool Hulme, Rev. Geo. by Mr. Rusher, Reading Kitchen, Mr. Whitehaven Melville, Miss Whyte, Edinburgh Niver, Mr. D. Newcastle-Tyne Peddie, Rev. Dr. James, Edinburgli Phillips, Richard, Esq. London, by Rev. J. Dyer Plenderleath, Robert, Esq. Edinburgh Rutt, Miss L. Devizes Tliackcry, Mrs. Leeds Turner, Rev. William, NewcastJe-Tyno ' . Abingdon, Berks, by Rev. John Kershaw Ayr, Newton, Rev. Mr. Woods, by Rev. Geo. Barclay Cumbraes Parisii Church, by Rev. C. Anderson East Lothian Bible Society, by ditto Edinburgh Bible Society — for Bengalee version, ditto Glasgow Auxiliary Society, by Mr. Deakin, including two dona- tions from the Glasgow Bible Society of £50 each, for 1829 and 1830 ..... Irvine Parish Church, by Rev. Chr. Anderson — — Baptist Church, by ditto . . Kilbride Meeting House, by ditto Kilmarnock Parish Church, by ditto ... . Rev. Mr. Hills, by Rev. G. Barclay . Largs, Meeting House, by Rev. C. Anderson Montrose Society for Missions, Tracts, and Schools . Musselburgh Bible Society, by Rev. J. Watson Newcastle-on-Tyne Ladies Branch, by Mr. H. Angas ■ New Court Auxiliary, ditto — — — Penny a Week Society, by Miss Angas Perthshire Bible Society, by R. Stuart, Esq. Saltcoats Female Bible Society .... ■ Parish Church, by Rev. C. Anderson Stewarton, Ayrshire, by ditto West Lothian Bible Society, by ditto £881, 7s. 6d, H8 per Periodical Accounts, No. V. £5 (] > 1 1 . 1 1 1 I . 10 1 6 1 1 . 1 10 10 6 10 6 5 1 1 1 1 1 10 6 9 8 8 5 i 6\ 3 14 n 90 300 403 6 4, 5 7 5 4 &k 2 16 9 11 16 H I 5 2 6 5 5 6 1 1 1 1 5 20 3 2 7 8 11 17 4 20 Batson, W. S. Esq. Newcaatle-on-Tyno . .110 Brown, Rev. Dr. John, Edinburgh . . . 10 6 36 Al'PENDIX. Chapman, William, Esq. Newcastle-Tyne Haldane, J. A. Esq. Edinburgh Haldane, Robert, Esq. ditto Hoyland, I\Ir. W. F. Bradford LongDiire, Rev. J. M. Wingfield, n?ar Bradford, Wilt Oliver, Mr. David, Newcastle-Tyne Paxton, Mr. John, Berwick Peddie, Rev. Dr. Edinburgh Richardson, Mrs. R. Newcastle-Tyne Richardson, Mr. George, ditto . , Ross, Mrs. Adolphus, Edinburgh Scott, Mr. James, Greenock Smith, Mr. D. H. Bradford Spencer, Rev. Thomas, Wingfield, Bradford, Wilts Stewart, Rev, Alexander, Cromarty Turner, Rev. William, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Argoed, Wales, Collection, per Rev. Mr. Thomas Bethesda, Wales, Collection, per Rev. Micah Thomas Blaenan Gwent, Wales, ditto ditto Caerleon, Wales Collection, per Rev. Mr. Thomas Edinburgh Bible Society, by Rev. C. Anderson . I I King's House Bible Society, by ditto East Lothian Bible Society, ditto Grangemouth Bible Society, ditto Inverkeithing Bible and Missionary Society, ditto Kirkcaldy Bible Society, ditto Llnhiddel, Wales, Collection per Rev. Micah Thomas Moria, Wales, ditto ditto Musselburgh Bible Society, by Rev. J. Watson Nantygloe, Wales, Collection per Rev. Micah Thomas Nebo, Wales, ditto ditto Pennel, Wales, ditto ditto . Rhymni, Wales, ditto ditto Saltcoats Female Bible Society, by Rev. Mr. Barclay Stirling Ladies Bible Society, by Rev. John Smart Trosnant, Wales, Collection per Rev. Mr. Thomas Wicklow Bible Association, by the Rev. Robert Daly West Lothian Bible Society, by Rev. C. Anderson £i20, 148. Od, as per Periodical Accounts, No. VL . £0 10 6 . . 110 . 5 . 10 ts . 10 , 10 6 . . 5 . 10 6 . . 110 . 10 6 5 . . 1 1 . 10 . . 2 2 . 2 • . 10 6 1 12 . 1 2 6 . 1 • . 2 4 10 . 300 . 110 . . 20 . 4 2 . 10 1 12 . 2 . . 8 i 3 6 . . 17 . 15 , 16 . . 3 . 5 . . 3 9 2 . 20 . . 5 37 PUBLICATIONS OF THE ■ SERAMPORE PRESS. It has long been known that the primary object of the Seram- pore press is the printing- of the Scriptures in the Oriental lan- guages; but as there may be Oriental Scholars at home who wish to know what has been executed besides, a list of other works is here subjoined. 1. Bengalee Dictionary, ito.—A dictionary of the Bengalee language, compiled by the Rev. Dr. Carey, in three volumes. Price 80 rupees. 2. Bengalee Dictionary, 8yo.— In two volumes. The first volume consists of an abridgment of the forementioned dictionary ; the second volume is a Dictionary, English and Bengalee, compiled by Mr. J. C. Marshmau. Price 12 rupees each volume. ;}. Bengalee Grammar, 8io.— A Grammar of the Bengalee language, compiled by the Rev. Dr. Carey. Fourth Edition. Price 4 rupees. 4. Colloquies, 8i'o.— Colloquicb in the Bengalee and English, intended to facilitate the acquisi- tion of the Bengalee language, compiled by the Rev. Dr. Carey. Third Edition. Price 4 rupees. T). The Dig-durshun, Buo.— The Dig-Durshun, or Indian Youth's Magazine, containing a va- riety of useful information. The Bengalee translation is printed on the page opposite to the onginal English. By Mr. J. C. Marshman. Price of the 16 Numbers, 8 rupees. 6. Anecdotes of Virtue and Courage.— A translation in Bengalee of a selection of the Percy Anecdotes in 12mo. : the English and Bengalee are given in opposite pages. Printed in numbers. By Mr. J. C. Marshman. Price 1 rupee each. 7. The Hitopudesha Sar.—Ox a selection of the most weighty sayings of philosophers : trans- lated into Bengalee, with the Bengalee version printed immediately beneath each English sen- tence. 12mo. Price 1 rupee. 8. ^necrffXe*.— Translated into Bengalee, being an attempt to render the English by Bengalee phrases as far as the idiom of the two tongues admit of it. NEWSPAPER. 9. The Samachar Durpun, or Mirror of Intelligence, Bengalee and English, in parallel columns, now published every Wednesday and Saturday morning. This paper, the first number of which was published sixteen years ago, viz. May 1818, has been of incalculable use. Read with avi- nity, as it is, from Delhi to Arracan and Assam, the native mind has been stimulated, informed, and. »o for drawn away from the noxious reverence for Hindooism. It proceeds through the Post Office for one anna or two, according to the distance. 28engalee. 10. Sungtkrit and Bengalee Grammar.— The Moogdhi/bodha or Grammar of Vopa Deva, with the Rules in Si/ngskrita and the meaning in Bengalee. Price 2 rupees. U. Butriaha Singhaiiun.—Tl\e BKlrishrt-Singhasun, or 32 imaged Throne, written in Bengalee by Mntoonjuya VidyalMnkar. Third Edition. Price 5 rupees. 12. Hitopudesha — The Hitopudesha, or Salutary Instruction, translated into Bengalee from the original .Sungskritn, by Mritoowji/ya Vidyali/nkar. Third edition. Price 4 rupees. 13. Raja Vuli— Raja. \uli : a History of India, composed in Bengalee by Mreraus Rowan Ronald et alii defendants, 8vo. Price 6 rupees. 52. Ward's Hindoos.— X View of the History, Literature, and Mythology Of the Hindoos, by the late Rev. W. Ward, in 2 vols. 4to. Second Edition. Price 32 rupees. 53. Custom House Rules. — Custom House Rules, by G. J. Siddons, Esq. 8va Price 5 rupees. 54. Happy Deaths. — Happy Deaths, or a New Token for Children, addressed to youths in India, 8vo. Price 2 rupees. 55. Flora Indica. — Flora Indica, or Descriptions of Indian Plants, 2d volume (first out of print) Price 16 rupees. 56. Dig-dui-shun. — Dig-durshun, or Indian Youth's Magazine, 8vo. Price 6 rupees. 57. Geographical Treatise. — Treatise on Geography, compiled for the use of the Sorampore Seminary, by Nicholls, 8vo. Price 2 rupees. 58. Introduction to Reading-— An Introduction to Reading, prepared for the use of the Se- rampore Seminary, by the Rev. Dr. Marshman. Sixth Edition, I2mo. Price 2 rupees. 59. English Grammar. — An English Grammar, compiled for the use of the Serampore Semi- nary, by the Rev. Dr. Marshman. Fourth Edition, 12mo. Price 2 rupees. 60. Juvenile Diatoywes.— Juvenile Dialogues, intended for Youths in the first stage of their education, compiled for the Serampore Seminary by the Rev. Dr. Marshman. Fi/th Edition-, I2mo. Price 2 rupees. 61. fVatts' Songs for Children — Watts' Divine Songs for Children. Fourth Serampore Edi- tion, 12mo. Price 1 rupee. 62. Watts' First and Second Catechism. — The first and second Catechisms for Children, by Dr. Watts, 12mo. Price 8 anna.s. 6.3. (Quarterly Friend of India.— The first fifteen numbers of the Quarterly series of the Friend of India. Price of each No. 4 rupees. 64. Watti Hi/mn«.— Rippon's Arrangement of Dr. Watts' Psalms and Hymns. Serampore Edition, 12mo. Price 5 rupees. 65. Christian Ed«ca«on.— Babingcon's Treatise on Christian Education. Reprinted at Se- rampore, 12mo. Price 3 rupees. 66. Arithmetical Tables. — Lancaster's Arithmetical Tables for the instruction of Children, in sheets, folio. Per set, 8 rupees. 67. Reading Lessons. — Lancaster's Reading Lessons for Children, in sheets, folio, large type. Per set, 4 rupees. 68. Spelling Lessons. — Lancaster's Spelling Lessons for Children, in sheets, folio, large type. Per set, 4 rui)ee8. 40 APPENDIX. BENGALEE SERIES OF TRACTS. No. 1 . " What is the Religion of Christians ?" This is a compendium of Di- vinity, chiefly expressed in the language of Scripture. It is an old tract, and has been translated into most of the languages in which we have printed tracts. It contains 32 pages. No. 2. " The Best Gift." A translation of the English tract of the same name. No. 3. " Concern of the Mind." An excellent piece of poetry, unfolding the anxieties and desires of an awakened mind. It is an old tract, and has often been printed. It contains 12 pages. No. 4. " First General Letter" addressed by the Serampore Missionaries, as translators of the Bible, to the natives of India, and briefly stating to them its contents, and recommending it to their attention. 8 pages. No. 5. " Most Excellent Doctrine." A very valuable exposition, and applica- tion to the Hindoo superstition of Paul's discourse at Athens, by Mr. W. Carey of Cutwa. It is a tract of 20 pages. No. 6. " Memoir of Peetumher Singh," the composition of Mr. Ward. No. 7. " Second General Letter" addressed by our native brethren to their countrymen, to remove their prejudices against the Gospel and its professors. It was written in 1822 by Surroop, and Dr. Marshman gave an abstract of it, accompanied with certain observations, in the Friend of India. It occupies 8 pages. No. 8. " The Instructor," a Body of Divinity entirely in Scripture language, compiled by Mr. Williamson in 1824 — 71 duodecimo pages. No. 9. " The Jewel of Salvation" a very popular piece of poetry, exposing the worthlessness of the Hindoo incarnations and modes of salvation, and recommending the salvation of Christ. An old tract of 12 pages. No. 10. " Which Shaster is worthy of regard?" A valuable little tract on the evidences of the Gospel, composed, we believe, by Mr. Townley. No. 11. "Memoir of Krishna Prisad" written and translated like No. 6. No. 12. " The Gospel," A poetical tract extending to 26 pages, which relates the fall and misery of man, and the remedy provided in the incarnation and death of our Saviour. No. 1 3. " The True Refuge," a valuable tract, originally published by the Bap- tist Missionaries in Calcutta, in the form of a conversation between an aged Christian and a young Hindoo. It meets the objections ge- nerally made by the natives, and enforces the claims of the Gospel. It occupies 22 pages. No. 14. " Juggunath," (the Lord of the World): intended for distribution at the annual festivals of the idol whose name it bears. From his pre- tensions it takes occasion to exhibit the real excellence of Him who is the true Lord and Saviour of men. It is a tract of 8 pages. No. 1.5. " The Way of Life " a discourse by Mr. Buckingham of Jessore, from John xix. 6. " I am the way, the truth, and the life." No. IG. " True Advice." A short tract of four pages, originally published by the Baptist Missionaries in Calcutta. It is an earnest address to ». careless sinner. 7 THE SERAMrOUE PRESS. TRACTS. 41 No. 17. " The Evidences of Christianity." A very valuable tract in the form of a Catecliism, written by the Rev. James Hill of Calcutta, and translated by Air. AVilliamson of Beerbhoom. It contains 24 pages. No. 18. " Tlie Testimonies of the Prophets respecting oiir Lord Jesus Christ i" a translation of Mr. Thompson's Hindee tract, No. 16. No. 19. " On Repentance" A translation of an English tract by Dr. Carey, occupying 8 pages. No. 20. "A Letter discovering Error." A valuable tract by Mr. Buckingham, exhibiting the misery of man, and the insufficiency of the Hindoo Shasters, and setting forth the true means of salvation. 16 pages. No. 21. " Scripture History" altered from an excellent School-book of the Calcutta Church Missionary Society. It extends to 32 pages. No. 22. « The Works of God." A discourse from John vi. 28, 29, by Mr. Buckingham. No. 2.3. " The First Lie Refuted;" Genesis iii. 4, first edition. No. 24. " The Life of Jesus Christ," iirst Seiampore edition. No. 25. " The first Choutrisha" new edition. No. 26. " Tlie second Choutrisha," new edition. No. 27. " The third, fourth, fifth and sixth Choutrisha ;" new edition. No. 28. " The First Catechism ;" new edition. We have many more tracts in the Bengalee language, which we revise and reprint as we have opportunity ; and at the same time we continue to add to our stock according to circumstances. HINDEE SERIES. No. 1. " The Sure Refuge." A tract of 8 pages, (poetry,) a very earnest and pertinent address to the natives against Hindooism and in favour of the gospel, by Ram Boshoo. No. 2. " The Gospel Messenger " 24 pages, (poetry,) originally composed in Bengalee by the excellent Petumber Singh, and translated into Hindee by some up-country pundit at Seiampore. Of this piece our dear Mr. Ward in his life of Petumber says, " The good effects of this book are, and it may be hoped, will continue to be extensive. Three persons who have been baptized, date their convictions of the truth of Chris- tianity from reading it-" No. 3. " The Ten Commandments." 8 pages, with extracts from the epistles added, showing that salvation is not to be obtained by moral obedience, but by grace through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. Prepared, we think, by Mr. Ward. No. 4. " The Great Remedy or True Refuge." 4 pages, (poetry,) in a popular style and sentimental, containing reflections upon sin and the Saviour, the true God and idols, the vanity of life and every thing earthly, the necessity of applying to the Saviour, and of obtaining pardon : and on G 42 APPENDIX. the resurret'tion and tlie judgment. 'I'liis is a poiket tiaft of a ihiiii- ber of Europeun and native missionaries. No. 5. " The Purport of the Gospel," 4 pages, giving in a very satisfactory manner the substance and tendency of the gospel ; it is well imder- stood by the natives, and highly prized by the generality of people. No. 6. " TTie chief Declarations of our Lord" 12pages, containing some of the most pointed passages of the gospels respecting the objects of our Sa- viour's incarnation, death, &c. and the certainty of salvation through faith in his name- No. 7« " The Voice from Heaven." 7 pages (poetry) founded on Matt. iii. 17- and xvii. 5, also Rev. xiv. 6, 7. It excites much attention, and is seldom read without occasioning discussions respecting idolatry, the true God, human merit, the divine mercy and grace, and the methods by which these last have been displayed. No. 8. " Idolatry contran/ to the Divine Command," 16 pages, being the scrip- ture view of idolatry, with a short address to idolaters. No. 9. " To the Goorgaon Pilyrims," 4 pages, being an expostulation on the guilt and unprofitableness of the pilgrimage, and urging them to trus-t in the Lord Jesus Christ, whose works of healing are enumerated, and his power to save stated. The pilgrimage to Goorgaon is made on account of the small-pox. No» 10. " The Hindoo (supposed) Incarnations" 20 pages, translated from the Bengalee, and having, by way of addition, an account of the True Incarnation of the Lord Jesus Christ. No. II. " Unbelievers shall Perish," 8 pages, founded on John viii. 24. " If ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins." No. 12. " The Method of a Sinners becoming righteous," 8 pages, showing the inutility of Hindoo observances, and pointing out the gospel method of justification. No. 13. " To Followers (f Hindoo Funerals," 3 pages, the substance of conver- sations with such persons. No. 14. " Signs of the Lost and the Saved," 8 pages, containing passages from the gospels and epistles respecting such as are excluded I'rom, or made inheritors of, the kingdom of heaven. No. 15. " On Death," 8 pages, composed at the request of bereaved Hindoos, who have been anxious to know what death was. No. 16. " The Testimonies of the Prophets " in behalf of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the world ; 8 or 10 pages ; first required by pundits at Hurdvvar and elsewhere, who used to object to the gospel as a religion of but yesterday, though it be of divine authority. This tract takes u retrospect of the promises and prophecies relative to the Saviour from the creation and fall, to his being manifest in the llcsh. Many appear satisfied with this tract. No. 17. " Ten Proofs" in favour of the Gospel, 4 pages. No. 18. " The Death of Christ," the chief point of the Gospel, 8 pages. No. 19. " Prophecies relative to the spread of the Gospel," 16 pages. No. 20. " The Essence of the Gospel," 12 pages, consisting of Selections from the EpistleSj opening and stating the objects of the Gospel, showing THE SERAMPORE PRESS. TRACTS. 43 wlierein salvation consists, the means by which it is effected, and the springs whence it originates, viz. the divine love and mercy. No. 21. " Viviari's Dialogues," 32 pages, an entirely new translation. | No. 22. " Thompson's Catechifm, 25 pages. No. 23. " Sclrctionsfrom the Psahui and other parts of Scripture" 2 pages. No. 24. " Mental Reflection," &c. new edition. OORDOO TRACTS; Cin the Persian Character.; No. 1 . " The Gospel Messenger," 1 6 pages by the late Mr. Chamberlain. No. 2. " Collection of tracts," by the same, 50 pages. No. 3. " The Gospel binding on all," 9 pages. No. 4. " Regarding the Death of Christ, the Lord of Glory," 20 pages. No. 5. " Proofs of our Saviour's Divinitg," 22 pages. No. 0. " Regarding the Holy Spirit's being the promised Comforter, and not Mahomet, 12 pages. The last four have been prepared wholly for Mahometans, and were called forth by conversation with them. SIKH OR PUNJABEE TRACTS. No, 1 . " The Bible Messenger." No. 2. " Selections from Scripture," under proper heads. No. 8. " Dr. Watt's Catechisms." No. 4. " The Purport of the Gospel." No. 5. " The Declarations of our Lord." NEPALEE. No. 1. " Dr. Watt's Catechisms." ASSAMESE TRACTS. " Scripture History ;" first edition. " True Advice ," first edition. BURMESE TRACTS. " Catechism of the Christian Religion ;" new edition, " The Golden Balance ;" first Serampore edition. ** The Investigator ;" first Serampore edition. " The Awakener ,•" first Serampore edition. ORISSA TRACTS. For our brethren in Orissa, we have contitmed to print Tracts in the lan- guage of that province, according to their directions, and at the expense of the General Baptist Missionary Society. CHINESE TRACTS. Tracts in th's language, together with a supply of New Testaments, have been sent to the Rev, Mr. Gutzlaff, for distribution. 44 APPENDIX. Thus the reader has before him above seventy separate Tracts, in nine sets, or as many languages, though this enumeration, as already hinted, is by no means complete. Many thousands of these Tracts have been circulated, from year to year, the effects of which appear from time to time — witness what has been said of one only, viz. No. 2, Hindee Series. The funds have been aided by grants from the London Reli- gious Tract Society in cash and books to the amount of L.80, be- sides a donation of fortj'-eight reams of printing paper ; but had this department not been very largely assisted by one of the Serarapore brethren themselves, the printer of the Tracts, Mr. J. C. Marshman, no such extensive circulation could have taken place. In 1831, for example, 42,500 tracts were printed ; and in 1832, not fewer than 66,500; Mr. M.'s donation for that year alone being 2071 rupees, or L.207 sterling. The entire number put into circulation, during the same year, was 45,101 ; of which about 24,000 were in Bengalee, above 6300 in Hindee, 1600 in Assamese, and above 13^000 in the Burmese language. These hints, it is presumed, will be more than sufficient to those Friends in this country who are interested in the subject of Tract distribution. As under the Brief Review of the Translations, at the close of this Memoir, some reference will be made to the different Stations in Bengal, Hiudoostlian, Assam and Arracan, we here insert a list according to the most recent accounts received. We need scarcely add, that Schools for the Natives are connected with all these Stations. MISSIONARY STATIONS, NATIVE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES, Arranged according to their distance from Serampore ; the names of natives, and of those who were born in India, being printed in italic letter. 1 European and Distatice Stations. Sub-Stations. East Indian Brethren. Native Brethren. from Serampore. Bengal. Miles. 1800 Serampore Barrackpoie Dr Carey - Dr. Marsh man J. C. Marshman John Mack John Leechman W. C. Barclay Pran Krishna Ntindee Vishwanath ini6 Dum-Iiiim - . . . . - Soobhroo 10 miles, S. 1»03 Calcutta Noorsigderchok Wm. Robinson GnnKa-narayan 15 S. Jee ada gote fV. Thomas Kasee Ramhuree Nitaichok . Kalavhand 1829 Barripore Siitkeea J. C. Habeholm Tarun 31 S. 1807 Jessore Giliapool - J. Parry Shurun 65 N.E. Bhursapoor - - - Neelmunee Ramsoondur Ramjoy Muthoor Burisaul . J. Smith 140 E.S.E. Vishwanath •1816 Dacca - O. Leonard Ivison - 170 N.E. 1805 Dinapepore .- - - S. Bareiro . 230 N. 1H Tenth memoir respecting the translations j Princeton Theological Seminary-Speer Library j 1 1012 00081 0855 ■^^ .s^^JSSL*^^