........... 14 0 1.100 Huntly Missionary Society , Male Branch .............. 50 0 Collection.... 24 18 O Forres-Collection ........................4.0 Nairn ... 2 0 0 Donation ..................... 3 O O Dunkeld Town Hall Collection........ 3 6 7 Methven-Rev. J. Jameson-Collection .. 3 8 9 Duncan-Collection ..... . .. 2 711 Glasgow Auxiliary SocietyBlantyre Works' Association for Religious Purposes................ Purposes-Per Mrs. Browu ............. 10 poses-Per Rev. Dr. Kidston.......... Hutcheson Town Relief Congregational Society for Religious Purposes Per Mr. R. Watt ....... Collected by the Deputation Wardlaw ................. 22 12 8 - Public Meeting.. 15 8 7 Grey Friars' Church-Rev. Dr. Dick .................... 10 14 10 Dr. Heugh ................ 9 1 4 Rev. Mr. Struthers........ 9 8 0 . 10.00 . . . . Inverness-Rev, Mr. Findlater- Scott-Ditto .............. Sermon by Rev. G. Mandy.. 3 13 0 Rev. Mr. Findlater-Ditto... 3 7 8 Javenile Missionary Society .. Donations.................... 2 12 0 Kelsyth - Rev. Mr. AndersonCollection after Sermon by Rev. G. Moody ........... Relief Wants Praying Society 0 17 6 Bible and Missionary Society -Rev. Mr. Burns ......... 100 Kirkintillock-Rev. Mr. MarshallCollection after Sermon by Rev. G. Mandy ............................ laverkip-Rev. Mr. Lowis-Public Meeting ....................... . Goarack-Rev. Mr. Mc Leod - Collection aiter Sermon by Rev. G. Mundy...... Larg3--Rev. Mr. Davis-Ditto........... Saltcoats-Rev. Mr. Ellis-Ditto.. Irving-Rev. Mr. Wilson-Ditto 2 2 6 Donalion........... ........ 0 T0 0 Johnston Relief Church Rev. Mr. Lindsay-Collection after Public Meeting 10 Dr. Thomson-Collection after Public 9 12 6 (Afternoon) 13 60 St. George's Church-Rev. Dr. Burns.... 8 3 2 High Church -Rev. Mr. Geddes ......... 10 17 11 Ditto .......... 42 19 7 I 191 Arbroath-Collection ........... 3 0 2 Prayer-Meeting, by Rev. W. amsey.................... 0 10 Montrose--Rev. Mr. Lillie Collection after Sermon by Rev. W. Ellis.............. 4 2 Rev. Mr. Cuthbert-Collection after Sermon by Rev.W.Ellis 11 15 9 Collection at a Prayer-Meeting 1 1 0 Donation.... .......... 1 0 0 Collection after Public Meetin in the Parish Church ....... 13 5 7 20, 15 Howick-Rev, Mr. Henderson- Res. G. Mandy ...... after Sermons.............. 2 15 Kelso-Rev. Ms. Renton Collection after Sermon by Rev. G. Mondy.......................... Coldstream-Rev. Mr. Taylor-Ditto ... Laader-Rev. Mr. Lawries-Ditto ...... Berwick-Rev. Mr. Balmer Collections after Sermons Ditto ........ 5 31 4 4 Less Expenses.... 0 18 0 - 3010 Aberdeen-Juvenile Missionary Society Subscriptions................ 115 11 ... 6 13 5 orth 18 15 164 Mr. V.......w iow.... 0 Mr. B., by Rev. W. Low ..... ..... 0 4 0 Ellon Missionary and Bible Society .................... 3110 Friend, by Rev. James Foote.. 3 0 0 Society for Religious Purposes in connexion with the Rev. Mr. Stirling's Congregation.. 200 Youths' Missionary Society, per Mr. W. Mathews, Jun....... 18 00 A Friend, per Mr. W. Thom. son, Jun.........:::::... Aberdeen Auxiliary Missionary Society, per P. Ďuguid, Esq. 25 0 0 86 16 Dunblane-Collection after Pub. 2 4 7 13 6 Rev. W. Ellis.............. Smarts - Collection after Sermon.................... 7 13 S at Rev. Mr. Gilfillans....... gang-Collection after Public .. 1 0 0 43 16 10 Rev. W. Ellis....... 11 00 Port Glasgow-Rev. D. Barr's Church Collection after Sermons by Rev. Messrs. Adkins and Ellis...................... Collection by Rev. W. Ellis,. 23 8 0 Total...... 996 13 7 Per Mrs. E. Robertson.. 50 0 0 100 4 111 11 4 Perth-Mill Street Chapel Rev. Mr. Mackray- Collection Ditto .................... 5 8 10 Mr. J. Bower, Treasurer.... 20 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. The thanks of the Directors are respectfully presented to the following, viz. : To Mrs. Spratt, for Articles of Clothing for the South Sea Mission. G. Bennet, Esq., for Tep Volumes of Scripture Natural History, for the Mission Families in the South Sea Islands. Mr. J. Aris, for Haberdashery for the African Schools. Rev. J. Saltren, for a Box of valuable Books. To & Friend, Mesars. Chariott, Scammell, Meymotb, and West, for Volumes and Numbers of the Evangelical Magazine. Friends at Leeds and Huddersfield, by G. Rawson, Esq., for Books apd Apparel fe Juha Westley and Co. 07, Ivy Lane, DAVID JONEs was born at Llan- continued so depressed, as materiuwchllyn, Merionethshire, in the ally to injure his health and conmonth of October, 1770. His mo- stitution. Unable to find comfort ther died when he was a child, and in the closet or the sanctuary, and the family soon after removed to fearing that the enjoyment of gosBala. After serving his appren- pel ordinances would only tend to ticeship with a cooper in that town, aggravate his condemnation, he was and working for some time as a ofien tempted to withdraw entirely journeyman, he set up business on from church-fellowship, to neglect his own account at Llanuwchllyn, all religious duties,'to doubt the and was much respected wherever faithfulness of the Saviour, to dishe was known. When about eigh- believe the testimonies of the Bible. teen, a sermon, preached by the and to try if he could find either late Rev. W. Thomas, of Bala, peace or pleasure in “ the ways of from Eccles. xi. 9, made a decp the world.” These inward workings impression on his mind. He of unbelief and despair were prinat once felt that he was a guilty, cipally occasioned by some definihelpless sinner; and, concluding tions of “the sin against the Holy that he could never obtain forgive. Ghost," which he had previously ness, gare himself up to despond- read or heard : definitions quite at ency and grief; considering and variance with the express declararepresenting himself as one doomed tions of gospel truth-definitions to perish. His friends, in the spirit which could bave no sanctifying of love and meekness, and with influence on the mind, and calcumuch Christian sympathy, did all lated to promote neither the hapin their power to relieve his mind, piness of man, nor the praise of the and to remove his fears; and in the Redeemer. summer of the year 1790, induced After being thus grievously haby their encouragements, he joined rassed by the tempter, and violently the congregational church at Bala; tossed on waves of sorrow, for about but his spirits, for a long time after, four years, his attention was directe VOL. X. |