SOUTH TRAVANCORE.-BUNGALOW CHAPEL, SAYNAMVILLY. THE annexed engraving will interest many of our readers, as affording a view of one of the numerous Bungalow Chapels erected by our brethren, in the neighbourhood of Neyoor. We are indebted to the Rev. Charles Mead for the drawing from which it has been taken, and the pleasing descriptive account of the chapel itself and scenery surrounding it, that now invites perusal : "This Chapel, distinguished by the honoured name of KNILL, is one of those to which the donors gave no designation. I am sure we could not have chosen a title more interesting to ourselves and to the people, some of whom still remember our esteemed friend and fellow-labourer. We are anxious that they and their children's children should not forget one who has been so warm a friend to Travancore. The sum of 101. did not admit of our erecting a cathedral, of course. Its only ornaments are the dear people who attend it; and a very interesting congregation of about 500 persons assemble from the surrounding villages whenever a Missionary preaches; it will contain a few more, as they sit close together on mats laid upon the floor. A small table and a chair is all the furniture it possesses. The walls are of humble material, being formed of earth mixed with a little sand and water well trodden by the foot, and put up carefully with the hands, without the aid of a trowel. After the successive layers are well dried by the sun, the wall receives a coating of chunam mixed with jaggery, forming a good cement. This being polished with a stone, looks beautifully white, and might be taken for marble. The framework of the roof is made of palmyra wood, covered with the leaves of the same tree, in a forest of which it stands, interspersed with jackmango, cocoa-nut, and beetle-leaf vines. The site is good, commanding a view of the mountains at a distance, the famed Ghauts of India. The soil is rich, and is sowed close to the chapel with grain; other grains grow on the higher lands, while the valleys are covered with rice plantations, dressed in living green' until ripe for harvest. 0, if there were no oppression, and no slave labour in India, how unmingled would be our delight at viewing her teeming rice fields! but we must be very thankful for the amelioration of the Indian husbandman's condition even now, compared with what it once was. Christianity only can make the human mind entirely free and happy, and this has advanced and is advancing in a very encouraging manner, in many a village where the devil only was not long since worshipped and served. "The change in Saynamvilly is great; several idol temples have been destroyed, and no vestige of them remains. We have a school for boys and one for girls here. "We now require some lamps for the chapels, paint and window.glass for our printing-office, a quantity of nails, screws, locks, bolts and hinges, a select stock of carpenters' and smiths' tools, a lathe for turning, with some good saws, anvil and vice, and a good clock. Some of our scientific friends might be willing to supply us with a good telescope to look at the stars, an air pump, and similar useful things. We find the necessity of promoting a taste for useful knowledge in general, amongst our people, who once only learned to climb the palmyra tree and weed the paddy field. Scientific and theological works would be very thankfully received. Remember we have nothing new except we receive it from friends at home. Think of our wants, and try to help us." [The Directors would feel great pleasure in taking charge of any articles which may be presented for the use of the Mission at Neyoor. They cordially commend the case to the kind consideration of the friends of the Society, in the strong hope that the assistance, which Mr. Mead solicits, will speedily be rendered. Any parcels or boxes sent to the care of the Secretaries, Mission House, Blomfieldstreet, shall be forwarded by the earliest suitable conveyance to India. The contents and value should be described in an accompanying letter.] LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY. INSUFFICIENCY OF ITS PRESENT INCOME. DURING the last seven years the number of faithful men who have left their native land, and gone forth under the auspices of the Society to preach the Gospel to the heathen, has been nearly equal to the entire number previously employed, and the increase also in the number of native Evangelists and Teachers is nearly in the same proportion. In the year 1833, the Society employed 114 European Missionaries and assistants, and 243 native evangelists and teachers.—Total 357. At the present time the number of agents of the former class is 218, and of the latter 452, making a total of six hundred and seventy men, exclusive of their wives, (who, in most cases, are valuable and efficient assistants,) now labouring in connexion with the Institution, and dependent on its funds. Within the short period now described, the results of former years of prayer and labour have abundantly appeared; and, through the Divine blessing, facilities and inducements to extended exertions have been secured, which the most benevolent and sanguine would not have ventured to anticipate. India, so long shut against the Christian Missionary, or admitting him reluctantly, regarding him rather as an enemy than a benefactor,-now opens to him a wide and effectual door; and more than a hundred millions of our fellow-subjects, by the depth of their misery and debasement, are crying to the ministers of mercy, Come over, and help us!" These reiterated cries the Directors dared not disregard. India has had help; and she still needs more. The return of our beloved and now lamented Williams brought before the Christian public of Britain, in his faithful and vivid descriptions, the urgent necessities and glowing prospects of Polynesia, and the churches throughout the land, with one consent, and with pressing importunity, said to the Directors, "Send forth more labourers." To these requests of an enlightened and generous zeal they cheerfully acceded, and successive bands of additional evangelists were sent to the Isles of the Pacific. The Legislature of our country, impelled by the power of justice and benevolence, determined at a period earlier than could have been anticipated, that slavery should cease throughout the British empire; and the emancipated Negroes of the West Indies, so long condemned to ignorance and neglect as well as bondage, were now seen by thousands imploring that knowledge which would improve and sanctify their new-born freedom. Such calls from men so deeply injured and so long debased were irresistible, and to Jamaica and British Guiana, Christian teachers were promptly sent forth. Results the most encouraging, and demanding the devout thankfulness of every friend of humanity and religion, have followed the operations of the Society in the varied spheres of its extended labours; and, especially in those fields on which its devoted agents have more recently entered, the evidences of the Divine approbation have been most conspicuous and abundant. In the Samoan Islands, since the arrival of the Missionaries in the year 1836, God has wrought miracles of power and mercy among the numerous population. War, the scourge of former times, has almost ceased, and now, says one of the brethren, "When the people, belonging to the districts formerly so hostile to each other, meet, they appear to manifest the greatest affection and respect for each other." Chapels and school-houses have been erected-more than 20,000 children and adults are under daily instruction-the congregations are numerous -Christian churches have been formed, and are increasing-and recent letters from the Island of Tutuila contain delightful intelligence of the gracious and un usual outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and the extensive awakening and conversion of the natives. In the West Indies, the congregations and churches gathered by the instru mentality of our Missionaries, for the greater part since the year 1833, now con sist of many thousands of enfranchised Negroes who have entered into the fellowship of Christ, or who are inquiring the way to Zion with their faces thitherward. Though included generally with the "poor of this world," the riches of their liberality in the support and extension of the Gospel, in the year 1839, exceeded seven thousand five hundred pounds. The grateful labourers cheer the Directors and animate them to new efforts as they point to these rewards of former toil, and cry, "The Lord hath done great things for us, whereof we are glad." And who that justly estimates the value of a soul redeemed, or feels his infinite obligations to the Saviour, must not share in their ardent gratitude and holy exultation? While the Directors could add to these many other decisive indications of the Divine favour in the success of their Missions, they are constrained to remind the friends of the Society that the efforts already made have created numerous and urgent claims for augmented exertions, and that every instance of success has brought with it a demand no less than an encouragement for more extended Jabours. For this we have been uniting our efforts, and our prayers, and now, as the result of our labours and in answer to our prayers, the world is beginning to feel its destitution and its misery, and the loud cry is heard for help from millions who are perishing for lack of knowledge. The most urgent and affecting applications are at the present time before the Directors, and did their resources permit, they could send forth more than fifty additional Missionaries into fields where no labourer is yet found, or into others that are white even to the harvest. But from the want of funds, and from that cause only, these applications cannot be entertained-these extensive and promising fields must be declined. And as the providence of God is presenting wide and inviting spheres for exertion, so, many devoted members of our churches, constrained by love to Christ and love to souls, are anxious to go forth on this arduous and holy work. But their offers of service the Directors are unable to entertain. Since the last Anniversary, more than twenty candidates for Missionary work have been most reluctantly declined, from the want of funds, and from this cause alone. The present state of the Society's finances not only forbids the increase of our Missionaries, and the extension of our Missions, but the Directors are constrained, though with the deepest sorrow and anxiety, most explicitly to state, that without the permanent augmentation of their annual income, they will be compelled to recall some of their brethren whom they have sent forth to the heathen, and to abandon the fields in which they are now labouring. On the best calculations the Directors are able to make of their probable receipts for the present year, and with the most rigid regard to economy in the appropriation of the funds intrusted to their care, they cannot but anticipate a deficiency in the Society's income as compared with its expenditure, of more than Ten Thousand Pounds. And it must be evident to every reflecting reader that without any considerable extension of the agency already employed and the Missions now existing, the annual outlay of the Society will be progressively increased rather than diminished. The Directors very earnestly commend this statement of the Society's interests to the most serious consideration of its friends in the metropolis and throughout the country. Its present embarrassment is the obvious result of its success; not its dishonour, but the proof of its fidelity; and no occasion for regret, though a demand for forethought and an excitement to zeal. How different, how mournful, would have been our case if faithful men had been wanting for the work, or had the devoted Missionary still been denied access to the multitudes who were perishing, or had God refused to crown our humble service with his blessing! The faithful friends of the Society have long been interceding with God for the overthrow of slavery and the downfall of superstition, the awakening of the nations and the conversion of the world; and, in the progress of the Society's labours and the enlargement of its success, their prayers have been answered and their hopes realised. And will not the liberality of the churches keep pace with the movements of Providence, and the calls of the heathen? The poor, to the utmost of their power, yea, and beyond their power, have proved their generous attachment to this holy cause; but have the rich done what they could? With few exceptions the annual contribution of the wealthy, for the conversion of the world, scarcely exceeds their subscription to some local charity. Surely the signs of the times, with respect to Christian Missions, require that every man should give as God hath prospered him! These appeals are made by the Directors to the friends of the Society, not so much with the desire of exciting a momentary effort of zeal to meet the present emergency, but in the hope of securing, through the deliberate influence of Christian principle, the regular and augmented exercise of liberality, proportioned to the extent of personal responsibility, the necessities of the Society, and the claims and entreaties of a perishing world. In the large increase in the number of the Society's agents, and the rapid extension of its labours, the Directors are solemnly conscious that they are not justly chargeable with a premature and improvident exercise of zeal, much less with the indulgence of any vain desire merely to augment numbers, and to enlarge the sphere of their operations. They have acted under the most sacred and powerful convictions of Christian duty, encouraged and even urged by the churches at home, overcome by the loud and yet louder cries for help from almost every quarter of the heathen world, and animated by the success with which God has honoured the labours of his servants in the salvation of thousands who were ready to perish. Would they have been worthy of their sacred trust had they proved insensible to appeals so importunate? had they resisted claims so powerful? had they neglected to improve facilities and encouragements to extended exertion so largely afforded by the providence of God? Could they have answered for such negligence and apathy, to the churches of Christ from whom they received their appointment; to the souls of the perishing heathen, their solemn charge; or to that Divine Sovereign and Judge whose servants they are and whose kingdom they are pledged to advance throughout the world? The Directors make these appeals to the friends of Missions in general, and to the members of the Society in particular, and they await their decision with confidence and compo sure. Signed on behalf of the Directors, THOMAS WILSON, Treasurer. ARTHUR TIDMAN, Secretaries The Directors respectfully request attention to the following extracts from recent Missionary correspondence, by which the statements of this address are confirmed, and its appeals sustained. EXTRACTS FROM CORRESPONDENCE. MISSIONARY SUCCESS IN THE ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC. I REJOICE to state that since I last ad- It ought to be mentioned, however, that almost all who have been the subjects of this awakening, had for a considerable time prior to its commencement been undergo. ing a preparatory process; they had with few exceptions been pretty fully instructed in the doctrines of the Gospel; the seed had been cast into the soil, and had been waiting the needful influences to cause it to spring up, and bring forth fruit. I cannot now give any correct information respecting the numbers that have been awakened. The work is still going on, and most earnestly do I pray that it may extend throughout the length and breadth, not of this island only, but of the entire group. It has already extended, in various degrees, to most of the settlements on this island; and the people flock from all quarters to hear the word of life, and inquire what they must do to be saved. We know of several who come weekly as much as 10, 12, and 15 miles, to attend on the means of grace. The subjects of this awakening include all descriptions and ranks of people, high and low, old and young, blind and lame; some who were before comparatively quiet and well behaved; and others, previously the most wicked on the island. One old Chief confesses that he strove to harden his heart against the work, and to treat it with scorn, and that he felt himself constrained to surrender. But I cannot now enter into particulars; I only write at present to tell you in general what God is doing for us, that you may rejoice with us, give thanks on our behalf, pray that the blessed influence now amongst us may be continued and extended till the whole island shall be brought to the feet of Christ and that you may solicit for the humble instruments employed in carrying forward this work, all needful supplies from the Father of Lights. Oh how much we need your prayers. Dear Sirs! do not forget us! : (Extracts of a letter from the Rev. Wm. Gill, dated Rarotonga, Jan. 14, 1840.) ONE subject, that occupied much of our conversation on our voyage, was the importance of constantly urging on the attention of the native churches the duty of relieving the Parent Society, and of presenting them with those high motives by which they should be induced, as Christians, to extend the blessings they themselves have received. Notwithstanding all their disadvantages, the members of the churches at Rarotonga have hitherto shown every disposition to discharge those high obligations under which they feel themselves laid both to the church at home, and to the heathen round about us. Last year, Auxiliary Missionary Societies were first established on the island. One was formed in August last at Avarua, the station of Mr. Buzacott. It was truly an interesting scene, and strongly calculated to encourage the hope that if their spirit of benevolence be matured by Christian principle, their subscriptions will, at some future time, be no inconsiderable item in the financial report of the Society. In September last, a similar Society was formed at this settlement, Arorangi. On the Sabbath previous to the meeting, I took occasion to show the urgent necessities of the beathen, and our duty to render all the assistance in our power, taking as the foundation of my remarks the solicitous cry of the man of Macedonia for help, recorded in the Acts of the Apostles. Early on the day appointed for the formation of the Society, the chapel was crowded to excess. Services were commenced by singing a hymn cele |