pressed a wish for a Bible, for he could read the English language. Had I had one, O how advantageously I might have bestowed it at this time! What a mistake in the Missionary Society, not to have furnished this tribe with a suf ficent number of Bibles and good Tracts! I have preached often, and trust have successfully excited several new settlements to erect proper houses of worship, particularly in Chatauque, Genesco, and Menden. Where I am now, there is a revival of religion, and I am pressed, out of measure, to tarry and preach. Stated preachers are much wanting."

In a former number, we gave some extracts of letters mentioning a considerable revival of religion which had lately taken place in the towns of Sherburne and Smyrna. It appears by recent accounts communicated to us by a respectable inhabitant of one of those places, that upwards of 300 persons have been added to the Church, in these two towns, since the beginning of June last, 100 of whom are Baptists, and the remainder Presbyterians and Congregationalists: that the work of grace is still progressing in a most extraordinary manner throughout that region. An unusual attention to religion is manifest in the towns of Columbus, and 13th town, (part of Preston,) in Chenango County; also in Truxton, County of Courtland, and Deriter, County of Madison. At Owasco, in Cayuga County, about 300 persons were added to the Church, of whom 103 joined it in one day.

Among the subjects of these revivals are men of grey hairs, and youth from 11 to 14 years of age. In one place, a number of these latter have, of their own accord, formed a prayer meeting, which they attend very steadily. A great moral reformation is manifest throughout that part of the country. The truths which appear to have been especially instrumental in producing these effects are the humbling doctrines of the cross of Christ; the exhibition of the total depravity of the fallen race of Adam; the only way of recovery, the blood of atonement of a crucified Saviour; the necessity of regeneration, of justification by the imputed righteousness of the Redeemer, and of sanctification by the influences of the Holy Spirit.

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Female Bible Society of Charleston.

On the 22d Aug. a large number of pious Ladies of all the denominations of Protestant Christians of this city, assembled to engage in a more active cooperation, in the great work of distributing the Holy Scriptures. After prayer for the divine direction, they proceeded to the formation of a Society, to be called, The Female Bible Society of Charleston, South Carolina.

This institution is especially intended to supply the wants of the city and vicinity; so that the Charleston Bible Society may extend its efforts to more distant, more enlarged, and more important fields of usefulness.

It is contemplated to carry the benevolent designs of this Society into more complete effect, by appointing visiting committees, to search out the habitations of ignorance and wretchedness, and put the Bible into the hands of those who would not be likely to avail themselves of more public offers of charity. It is also intended to obtain Bibles of a large type for aged persons, and likewise Bibles in French, that every class of the poor may enjoy the rich treasures of revelation. The constitution provides that the supplies of Bibles shatt be obtained, if practicable, from the Charleston Bible Society, and that the surplus funds shall be paid over to that Society, to aid the united efforts of the Christian world, to extend the knowledge of the Gospel.

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The prospects of this institution are very pleasing. The number of members is already four hundred. This is the twentieth Female Bible Society recently formed in the United States.

The Rev. Drs. Palmer and Leland attended the meeting, and concluded it with prayer.

The following officers were elected to form a Board of Managers for the present year: Mrs. Benj. M. Palmer, Superintendent; Mrs. Robert R. Gibbes, Asst. Superintendent; Mrs. John Bryan, Treasurer; Miss H. Bunce, Secretary. Directresses, Mrs. Keith, Mrs. Leland, Mrs. Stiles, Mrs. Miles, Miss Crawford, Miss E. P. Legare. [Charleston City Gazette.

Barnstable Bible Society. (Mass.)

Agreeably to the recommendation of the Barnstable Association of Ministers, a large number of the inhabitants of the county assembled at Yarmouth, on Tuesday, 12th ult. to form a Bible Society. A very appropriate discourse on the occasion, was delivered by Rev. J. Burr, of Sandwich. Hon. John Davis, Esq. was chosen President; Rev. J. Burr, and Rev. J. Simpkins, were chosen Vice-Presidents; Elisha Doan, Esq. Treasurer; Hon. John Reed, Esq. Secretary.

Lincoln Bible Society.

On the 14th of May last, a Bible Society was formed at Wiscasset, (Me.) under the above title, and the following gentlemen chosen officers. Rev. Hezekiah Packard, of Wiscasset, President; Joshua Head, Esq. of Waldoborough, Vice-President; Hon. Josiah Stebbens, of Alna, Treasurer; Warren Rice, Esq. of Wiscasset, Rec. Secretary; Rev. William Jones, of Bath, Cor. Secre tary; Hon. Josiah Baily, Esq. of Wiscasset, Auditor.

Female Bible Society of Schenectady.

On the 12th day of August last, a number of ladies met in the Presbyterian Church, in Schenectady, (N, Y.) and after prayer by the Rev. Hooper Cumming, formed themselves into a Bible Society, the object of which, is, having supplied the destitute in that city and its immediate neighbourhood, to devote its surplus funds to the use of "The American Bible Society." The terms of subscription are one dollar a year; life subscribers ten dollars. The Society consists of 135 members. More are soon expected.

The following officers have been elected for the current year, viz. : Mrs. Gilbert R. Livingston, First Directress; Mrs. Andrew Yates, Second Directress; Mrs. Hooper Cumming, Recording and Corresponding Secretary; Mrɛ. Elisha Taylor, Treasurer.

Other Managers. Mrs. T. Macaulay, Mrs. Charles Kane, Mrs. Vredenbergh, Mrs. J. Constable, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Beattie, Mrs. Alexander, Mrs. 3. Ledyard, Mrs. Boardman, Mrs. Moffat, Mrs. J. Schermerhorn, Mrs. Robson, Mrs. C. Groot, Mrs. Hart.

The following Societies have also declared themselves auxiliary to the American Bible Society, viz.: The Bible Society of Virginia; The Female Bible Society of Millcreek, (Ohio;) The Burlington Female Bible Society, (N. J.) which has made a donation of fifty dollars to the National Institution; The Charleston Bible Society, which has made a donation of five hundred dollars to the same.

Which make the number of auxiliaries now known, to be thirty-four. * There are 27 Female Bible Societies in the United States. Ed.

The Board of Managers of the American Bible Society have ordered ten thousand copies of the Bible to be struck off, as soon as practicable, from the stereotype plates lately presented to them.

Suitable paper is wanted for that purpose. Proposals for a regular supply of thin Medium paper, well manufactured, and at the price of three to four dollars per reain, will be received at the office of the Christian Herald, nd immediately attended to.

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[No. 26.

Continuation of Speeches at the late Meeting of the British and Foreign Bible Society.

LORD TEIGNMOUTH, in acknowledging the vote of thanks to the President,, spoke as follows:

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"In rising to make my acknowledgments for the honour which you have conferred on me, by your resolution of thanks for my services, I cannot but express my gratitude for the mercies of a kind Providence, in permitting me once more to attend the Anniversary of our Institution, and to rejoice with the Members of it, on the accumulated proofs which have this day been laid before them, of the good which it has done, and is doing in the world. The British and Foreign Bible Society has now existed twelve years, and every 'succeeding year has imposed new claims on our gratitude and thanksgiving to Almighty God for the favour with which he has prospered the work of our hands.

"When I look back to the circumstances which led to the formation of our Society, and to the period in which it took place when I consider the impulse which it has imparted to the Christian world, and the counteraction which it has excited to the spirit of irreligion and infidelity, I cannot but see in our Society an instrument designed by Providence for great and benevolent ends. Let it be remembered, that the want of the Scriptures in a particular district of our Island, itself but a speck on the surface of the globe, has proved the cause of circulating them in every quarter of it; not only of supplying the spi ritual wants of our Christian brethren in the remotest corners of the earth, but of communicating the records which contain the glad tidings of a Redeemer to nations where his name was unadored and unknown.

"To discover a spot on which Christians of all denominations might meet in friendly communion, to devise a labour of love in which all might cordially and conscientiously co-operate, seemed an attempt exceeding the combined powers of human ingenuity and benevolence. This, however, has been accomplished by the instrumentality of the British and Foreign Bible Society, which has itself become the centre of that beautiful union of the divided Members of the Christian Community, now, for the first time, exhibited to the world. We see, as it were, the very soul of Charity, embodied in the form and substance of our Institution, diffusing a vital warmth, subduing preju dice, expanding the affections, and animating the Members of it with love to God and man. "God grant," says the pious and venerable Head of the Zurich Clergy, and I wish to adopt the spirit of his prayer," God grant that this new union among so many lovers of Christian truth, may daily take deeper root, in order that it may administer largely to the growth of that holy and venerable Church, which our gracious Saviour has reserved to be built up for himself in these last days, thereby fulfilling his own declaration, There shall be one fold and one Shepherd." What a magnificent and sublime spectacle is even now presented to us in the contemplation of the numerous Bible Societies spread over the face of the earth, animated by one spirit, and operating by the same means to the same benevolent end! What an opening for the most glorious hope! What an excitement to active and emulous exertion, are afforded by the contemplation! But our hope and gratification would VOL. 1.-No. 26. 2 C

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be more enlarged, if we could bring before us, in a visible form, the effects produced by the charitable labours of these Associations; if we could collect into one view the numerous instances in which the Scriptures distributed by them have proved the source of consolation, hope, and joy, to the poor, the desolate, and the afflicted; of reclaiming the vicious, of edifying the welldisposed, and of kindling the flames of charity, piety, and devotion, in the human breast of this we are assured, that the comfort of individuals in this life, as arising out of the hope of a glorious immortality, the peace, order, and happiness of society, will ever be in proportion to the influence of that Holy Book which we circulate and recommend, on the hearts and lives of mankind. It is sufficient for us to know that we have laboured to promote these blessed results, and we may, with humble confidence, leave to Him, whose grace descends as the dew, the growth and increase of the seed of the word which we have so abundantly sown. In this confidence, I trust that the British and Foreign Bible Society, which will ever be deemed the glory of this Kingdom, will also prove a main Pillar of its lasting prosperity.

"With these sentiments, I need not assure the Meeting that I am equally sensible of the honour which I derive from my station in the Society, and of the responsibility attached to it. It has ever been my anxious wish, in reliance on His aid, whose providence often deigns to accomplish the greatest purposes by weak instruments, to discharge the duties of that station in a mode proportionate to my sense of their importance, and to merit your approbation. For the unanimous expression of it, I beg leave to offer my cordial thanks."

The Hon. CHARLES SHORE, (eldest son of the President,) moved the Thanks to the Vice-Presidents, in the following terms:

"In rising to move a resolution, I am sensible that I ought to apologize for offering myself to the notice of so respectable an assembly, and hope that I shall obtain credit for that diffidence which I really feel on the occasion. I rejoice, however, at the opportunity now afforded me, of giving my public testimony in favour of an Institution, which, from my earliest years, I have been taught to consider as one of the most useful ever devised: an Institution founded on the true basis of Christian charity, combining the rich and the poor, the mighty and the weak, and directing their zeal and energies to one object, and that object the circulation of the Scriptures: an Institution which I have particularly learned to venerate, from the example of one to whom I am bound by affection and respect.

"I could willingly expatiate on the ample field which the British and Foreign Bible Society opens to my view; but I feel that in so doing, I should be trespassing on the time of the Meeting, and attempting to display that which has been already so ably and gloriously exhibited in your Committee's Report, and by those Gentlemen whom I have the honour to succeed. I shall, therefore, confine myself exclusively to the motion which I hold in my hand; a motion of thanks to the Vice-Presidents of this Society; a motion which is not merely a formal one, as the leaders of this Society are not merely nominal leaders. For they have not contented themselves with conferring on the Society the benefit of that influence which their names and authority might command, but they have also mingled in the ranks, and contributed their individual exertions to the work. Some of those distinguished persons, (and I may be permitted to allude directly to the Right Honourable Gentleman who has just left the room*,) have devoted the respite afforded them from their multiplied engagements and Parliamentary labours, to prove their zealous attachment to the object of the Institution. Such services in such a cause have their own reward; a reward, which may indeed be deemed superior to any which human praises can bestow. But still it must be acknowledged, that the honourable testimony of so large and respectable an assembly, echoed by that of similar Societies from all parts of this kingdom, and I might say, from the four quarters of the globe, is a reward in value second only to the approbation of their conscience."

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The Rev. W. ROBY, (Independent Minister,) of Manchester having been suddenly called upon, in the absence of the Gentleman who was charged with this office, seconded the Motion, with a few neat and feeling remarks on the pledge which the conduct of the preceding Speaker had given, of his treading in the steps of his illustrious Father.

The BISHOP OF CLOG HER moved Thanks to their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of YORK, KENT, CUMBERLAND, SUSSEX, and CAMBRIDGE, and to his Highness the Duke of GLOUCESTER, for the patronage given to the object of the Institution.

Luke Howard, Esq. (of the Society of Friends,) in seconding the Motion, observed,

"The object of the Motion which I have to second, and which the Meeting has just heard read, appears to me to convey the testimony of our approbation of the conduct of the Royal Personages to whom it relates, in giving this direction to the influence of their rank and talents; a direction in which that influence may be used, certainly without prejudice to their duties and stations in civil government, and, probably, in all their voluntary useful modes of applying it, with the most extensive and lasting benefit to their fellow-men. I therefore highly prize such patronage and assistance, and desire its continuance, nay its extension. Who knows but the day may come, when to the mottos already attached to our cause, we may see added that which usually accompanies the crest of feathers, so conspicuous among the decorations of this Hall, and which signifies, I serve?" For to whose service do we invite ? To His, whom to serve is the highest dignity that man can hope to arrive at! "I shall detain the Meeting further, only to profess, in unpremeditated terms, my continued, firm, and principled attachment to the British and Foreign Bible Society, which is attended with, I trust, an increasing degree of Christian good will and respect towards the Members of its Committee with whom I act, and its Patrons; towards those who labour and those who preside."

This Resolution was acknowledged, for himself and his Royal Brothers, by His Royal Highness the Duke of KENT, who, in a dignified and impressive manner, declared his attachment to the cause and his determination to persevere in supporting it.

The Rev. JABEZ BUNTING, (Minister in the Methodist Connexion,) in seconding the motion of thanks to the Secretaries, rendered acknowledgments to those distinguished individuals who have from the commencement laboured in the service of the Society; and remarked,

"My Lord, on the general subject of the British and Foreign Bible Society it becomes me to say but little in such a place as this. If, however, I may presume to occupy a few minutes longer, I will take the liberty of remarking, that, as the Bible which we circulate, reveals, among other truths of eternal interest, the important and consolatory doctrine of God's Providential Government of the world, so the history of its own existence, as a collection of Divine Records, and of the means which have been employed, from age to age, in order to secure its preservation, to maintain its authority, and to augment its influence, will be found, I think, to furnish some of the most striking practical illustrations of that doctrine. That gracious Being, in whose hands are the times and the seasons, has always taken care, that by suitable arrangements of his providence, special means and facilities should be afforded for the knowledge of the Scriptures, at those periods when error and infidelity were making their most daring and presumptuous efforts. Permit me to remind your Lordship and the Meeting of several instances which exemplify this fact.

"The first to which I shall advert, has been recently pointed out by one of the most valuable foreign agents of the Bible Society, the learned Dr. Marshman, of the Baptist Mission at Serampore, in the Dissertation prefixed to his Elements of Chinese Grammar. After showing that four men, whose doctrines at one time filled the Asiatic and European world, (filled it, alas! in many respects with fatal errors,) namely, Pythagoras, Confucius, Veda-Vyasa, of