Those passages of seripture, which instruct us, respecting Satan, his power and malice, his crafty and restless endeavors to deceive and ruin mankind, appear not to be sufficiently regarded. He rules in the children of disobedience; they are his captives, wearing his yoke and bonds. Conversion is delivering men from his power, dispossessing the strong man armed. A great part of the Christian's warfare is With him and his angels. Eph. vi, 11-16. We have numerous admonitions to beware of his wiles, lest he get some advantage; and we are required to put on the whole armor of God, that we may be able to stand in the day of contest. But are not many professors of religion extremely deficient in regarding such instructions? Do not many entertain views, on this subject, very different, from what we are plainly taught in our Bibles?

We ought to be very thankful to God, for restraining the power of Satan. From the evils he was permitted to inflict on Job, and the liberties he was suffered to take with our Redeemer in transporting him from place to place, it is manifest, that none of of the human race could escape, or have any security, if he were not bound, and his malice restrained by the power of God. How great are our obligations, also, to our blessed Lord. It was for our sake, he condescended to suffer temptation. It was for us he conquered. It is by his example, sympathy, and grace, that we also are enabled to obtain the victory. Let us then ever set his example before us, and

temptations. For we have naz an high Priest, who cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. R. W.

We have received the following letter from a respected friend; and we assure him, and, our readers, that we have felt a lively interest in the work of grace so prevalent in our country, and have been ready to publish any communications made to us on the subject. Such information, however, cannot be expected from us, unless we are first furnished with it by capable persons living on the spot. The scanty information forwarded to us, we have given; and have regretted that it has been so meagre-that we have been able to erect, on the pages of the past year, no better a monument of gratitude to the signal mercy of God. ED.

Dear Sir,

Oct. 21, 1815.

IT is much to be regretted that we have no more intelligence in the Panoplist of revivals of religion. It has been publicly stated in the late sessions of the General Convention of Vermont, and the General Association of New Hampshire, that revivals have been more numerous in the bounds of the Presbyterian Church, the last year, than in any preceding year. The same has been remarked with respect to the churches in Connecticut. About a fourth part of the Congregational Churches in that State have recently been favored with showers of Divine grace.

This revival has not only reach. ed the College, but also four Academies or public schools, in that State. There have also been signal displays of divine grace in a number of towns in Massachusetts, which are highly worthy of particular notice. In Vermont, there have been late revivals in Brattleborough. New fane, Orwell, Jericho, Swanton, Plymouth, and the adjoining town of Granville, in New York. And in New Hampshire, the Lord has lately granted effusions of his Spirit in Haverhill, Piermont, Hanover, Plainfield, Acworth, Nelson, Keene, Pembroke, Boscawen, and Salisbury; and also in Dartmouth College. It is

true,we have had some very brief intimations of some of these revi vals in the Panoplist. But we want more particular informationinformation, which may do more to animate Christians in other places, and rouse them to fervent prayer and lively praise. Some measures, I think, ought to be immediately adopted for obtain ing more religious intelligence of the above kind for your excellent publication. It would be exceedingly useful in various ways. Both gratitude to God, and a benevolent regard to me, evidently require it. Do let the subject have its due attention. Yours affectionately,

THE Directors have received during the Jast year a number of printed copies of the New Testament, translated by Mr. Morrison into the Chinese language. With inexpressible delight they view these fruits of his successful labors, and humbly anticipate from their dispersion the most beneficial results. It affords a gratification of no ordinary kind, that the Holy Book on which our eternal hopes are founded, is, by their laborious Missionary, translated into a language which may be read by hundreds of millions in China and other countries-perhaps by more than one third of the human race.

The important business of distributing this sacred volume has occupied the serious attention, both of Mr. Morrison, and Mr. Milne, who have neglected no opportunity of giving it an extensive circulaHon.

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Besides printing 2,000 copies of the New Testament, Mr. Morrison printed 10,000 copies of his Chinese Tract, and5,000 copies of his Chinese Catechrism; but all these copies, however nu

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merous, are very few, compared with the population of China. "The city of Canton," says Mr. Milne, "would be but indifferently supplied with a million of cop ies? But we have already gone much be yond our funds; and had it not been for a firm reliance on the liberality of the chur ches at home, we must have been coutented with half the number (of cate chisms and tracts). We cannot go a single step further, nor print a single copy more, inless more aid be afforded. This is the fact, and I hope it will plead more strongly than ten thousand entreaties with the Christian public."

Mr. Milne not being permitted, through the intolerance of the Romish clergy, to reside at Macao, determined to take a voyage on purpose to distribute the New Testament and Tracts. He left China in February 1814, in a vessel which convey. ed nearly 500 Chinese emigrants, and he had the pleasure of seeing many of them, while on board, reading, in their own tongue, the wonderful works of God. He touched at the island of BANCA, a new settlement, where the Chinese were land

*The Religious Tract Society, to whom Mr. Milne made an affecting ap peal on this subject, has generously voted a handsome sum, to assist in the printing of Chinese tracts.

ed, and to which it is probable that many more of the Chinese will emigrate, where, by permission of the Commanding Officer, he distributed his books, and where, he thinks, a missionary station may be advantageously fixed.

He arrived at Batavia, March the 10th, where he was most kindly received by Governor Raffles, who afforded him every assistance in his power. Here he distributed several hundred copies of the New Testament, with some copies of the first chapter of Genesis, which he printed on his voyage He also supplied eight Chinese schools with catechisms and traots, and had the pleasure of seeing them used as school-books by the children. He even deposited three copies of the Gospel in the temple of the goddess Kwan-yun, for the use of the priests, and also made arrangements for sending others to Banjermasen, Pontiano, and Sambas, on the island of Borneo-Mr. Milne made a tour of fourteen hundred miles through the island of Java, in which he had an opportunity of conversing with many Dutch Christians, who had long been destitute of the means of grace. Through the recommendation of the worthy Governor, he was every where received by the British officers, both civil and military, and by all other persons, with the warmest hospitality. The Chinese of all ranks, and in every place, received the books gladly, and listened with patience to his discourses concerning the true God. In short, he had abundant cause to be satisfied with his journey. Such, indeed, was the friendship with which the Chinese treated him, and so great was the confidence that they placed in him (calling him Padri Tjina-"The minister of the Chinese") that he was strongly importuned to continue in Java, and estabish a Chinese Mission there; but important reasons induced him to decline this proposal, in order to re-join Mr. Morrison at Canton. After his departure we are informed, "that the Chinese in Batavia were enquiring after him, and expressing a strong desire that he would return, and explain to them the book he had given them; declaring that they could find no rest in their minds day nor night."

The last letter recived from Mr. Milne, was dated Batavia, the 4th of August, 1814, on which day he was to embark for Malacca, where he designed to purs e the same plan; and from thence to return to China.

While resident in Batavia, he composed and printed a farewell letter to the Chinese, in heir own language; and it deserves remark, that this tract was finished on the very day which completed a agle year from his first beginning to

learn the language-a fact which proves that the difficulty of acquiring the Chinese language is by no means insuperable; and, at the same time, does great credit to the talents and assiduity of our missionary, who appears to be so well qualified to be the colleague of Mr. Morrison.

Mr. Morrison's continuance at Canton or Macao seems to be very uncertain. If his health should not render it necessary to take a voyage, other circumstances may, perhaps, induce him to remove to Malacca a station which he has long considered as peculiarly favorable to the advancement of the Chinese Mission, and to the more extensive diffusion of evangelical truth in the immense regions of India beyond the Ganges. To forward his pious design, the Directors have dispatched Mr. Thomsen to Java, with a view to his proceeding to Malacca, under the direction of Mr. Morrison and Mr. Milne.

The expense attending the Chinese Mission is unavoidably very considerable; but its connexion with the spiritual advantage of so many millions of mankind, will reconcile the Society to the great disbursement; which, however, is much relieved by the munificence of the British and Foreign Bible Society, who, on receiving the first copy of the Chinese New Testament that came to England, generously voted to Mr. Morrison the sum of one thousand pounds to assist him in the translation and distribution of the scriptures. The most grateful acknowledgements are due to that Society for this second donation to Mr. Morrison; one thousand pounds having been before voted to him for the same purpose. And here, the Directors cannot help remark ing, how much the operations of siqnary and Bible Societies are assisted by each other, and it is a high gratification to observe, that our Missionaries in the East are rendered such useful agents in promoting the noble designs of the Bible Institution.

INDIA.

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WE now beg leave to call your attention to that important and interesting part of the world, in which more than a hundred millions of souls are covered with the shadow of death, devoted to a degrading system of paganism, or the blind bigotry of Mahomedanism, a large propor tion of whom are our fellow-subjects.

Our missionaries in several parts of India, are proceeding in their arduous work with steady diligence, and gradual success; all complaining, however, that while the harvest field around them is so immense, the laborers are so extremely few. The Directors have felt the strongest anxiety

to supply this deficiency as soon as proper instruments can be obtained. They have recently sent out Mr. Dawson to assist the brethren at Vizagapatam, and they hope, ere long, to add several more to their number.

MADRAS.

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AT this Presidency, Mr. Loveless continues to preach at the chapel in the Black Town, twice on the Lord's-days and on the Wednesday evenings. small church has also been formed. His own school consists of forty children or more, including boarders and day scholars. He also intends to build a new schoolroom, on the ground adjoining to his chapel, for the education of poor destitute children, descendants of Portuguese and other Europeans. This is to be formed on the British plan. A few of Mr. Loveless's pious friends have formed themselves into a society called "The Missionary Friend Society," which has already transmitted to us the sum of twenty-eight pag. odas. Mr. Loveless earnestly recom. mends the sending out additional laborers to Madras, which is certainly, on many accounts, a most important station; and the Directors hope soon to be enabled to comply with his request; in which

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it is probable that the number of native schools may be greatly increased, the superintendance of which would be an employment for which Mr. Loveless is well qualified, and in which he would greatly delight. The Directors will gladly promote this important object.

VIZAGAPATAM.

MR. Gordon and Mr. Pritchett are proeeeding as quickly as their other labors will permit, in the important work of translating the Scriptures into the Telinga language, which is understood by many millions of the natives, through a great extent of country. This labor becomes gradually more easy to them, from their more familiar acquaintance with the language, and their daily conversation with the natives. They have lately translated the book of the Acts, St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians, the first Epistle of St. John, and the Book of Genesis, which, after careful and repeated correction, will be printed. The Telinga gospels, translated by their excellent and lamented predecessors Cran and Desgranges, they distribute wherever they have an opportunity; sometimes to persons of distinction, and to the Brahmins, with whom they freely converse, endeavoring to convince them of the absurdity of their religious notions and practices. These men are, in general, blindly attached to their superstitions; yet they are sometimes silenced, and

confounded before the people, who seem delighted to behold their confusion. Our Missionaries have made frequent visits to the heathen temples, at the festival seasons, and expose the folly of worshipping senseless idols, which the people sometimes readily admit, but plead in excuse their ignorance, and the authority of antiquity; many who are apparently convinced of the truth of Christianity, are too feeble minded to avow their convictions in the face of shame and want. There is reason, however, to believe, that the truth is secretly making its way; that the minds of the people are roused to serious considerations; and that many of the detestable practices of Hindoo pagans are retiring before the light of the gospel. In Bengal fewer widows than formerly are now immolated on the funeral piles of their husbauds, and only one victim perished under the wheels of Juggernaut at the last festival.

The brethren continue to preach to our countrymen at the settlement, and to make frequent excursions into the populous villages of the heathen in the neighborhood; in which, assisted by the converted Brahmin Anandarayer, who continues faithful and diligent, they read a portion of the Scriptures, and explain it; after which they converse freely with the people, and answer their objections.

Much good is likely to be effected by the two schools in this place, conducted by our Missionaries. In August last they had in their Gentoo school sixty native children on their book, about forty of whom daily attend. These are all instructed in Christian doctrine, and some appear to be convinced of its truth. They hope soon to establish another school at Allapooram, a populous village in their vicinity; and they speak with great pleasure of a Sunday school at Chicacole, supported by a pious lady, who employs a number of young people in a tambour manufactory, and who takes care to have them instructed in the knowledge of the gospel.

GANJAM.

THE Society will recollect, that Mr. Lee, formerly at Vizagapatam, removed about two years ago to Ganjam, a populous town on the Orissa coast, with a pleasing prospect of usefulness, especially as he obtained the appointment of officiating chaplain to the settlement. A church has been built for him, and a congregation of about 100 persons attend with great seriousness. He has erected a school house for native children, which he hopes will greatly facilitate the introduction of the knowledge of the Scriptures. He is proceeding in his translation of the Old

Testament; he has also translated Dr. Watts's First Catechism, a spelling-book for children, and Bishop Wilson's book written for the instruction of the North American Indians. He expresses a strong desire that a fellow-laborer, who should apply himself to the Odea language, may speedily be sent out, as the Orissa country adjacent presents a wide field of usefulness. The Directors, however, have not yet been able to comply with his request, but it will doubtless be kept in view. Mr. Lee has received an invitation to another large town, where he would be supported without expense to the Society; but his removal is not expedient, unless his present station can be supplied by another Missionary, We are sorry to find that his endeavors to instruct the natives have been restricted by authority; but that impediment will certainly be removed, as soon as the late proceedings of our Government are known., He has distributed a great number of the gospels in the Telinga, most of which were applied for: this afforded a favorable opportunity to Mr. Lee of speaking to the people on their important contents.

CHINSURAH.

Br letters received from Mr. May, since the last annual meeting, we find that he is laboring diligently in his favorite employment of instructing children; and he appears to have made considerable improvements in the mode of conducting his schools. He mentions three schools now under his care:-1. The Native Free School in Chinsurah, containing 110 children, chiefly of Hindoos, and a few of Mussulmans. This school is divided into nine classes, seven of Bengallee, and two of English; in the upper class are six young Brahmins, three of whom are monitors.--2. The Chandernagore School, containing 51 children.-3. The Chinsurah Free School, containing 40 boys, and seventeen girls; in all, 218 chil dren. About 300 natives have visited the school, as well as many European gentlemen, most of whom have expressed their warm approbation of his plans, and their admiration of the order and improvement of the children. It is probable that Mr. May's useful methods of instruc tion, when fully matured, will be adopted in other populous towns of Bengal. Mr May continues also to study the language of the country, and to preach the gospel on Sunday evenings in the town.

BELHARY.

LETTERS received from Mr. Hands have been very satisfactory. He has, indeed, been at times very ill, and we fear that his constitution has suffered much from

the climate; but he labors to the utmost of his power, in preaching, translating, superintending schools, and in distributing the sacred Scriptures among the Heathen. Illness has prevented his making that progress in the translation of the New Testament into the Canara language which he earnestly wished, but the gos pels of St. Matthew and St. Luke are, before this time, finished for the press.

There are three schools under the care of Mr. Hands; one in his own house, for boarders and day scholars; another, built at the end of his garden, for the native children, of whom about 4 daily read the New Testament in the Telinga and Ca nara languages: he has a third school in the Fort, in which, when a European regiment is there, 80 children, or more, receive Christian instruction.-"Some of these children," says Mr. Hands, "afford me great hope that God is beginning to work upon their hearts. Some of them voluntarily learn from three to six chap, ters or psalms every week, besides hymns. Thus, a number of poor children, who a short time ago were more ignorant, wretched, and depraved than the Heathen, have acquired a large portion of valuable. knowledge, and promise to become bless → ings to the world and to the church of Christ. Many of the Hindoo children also are coming on very well; they are employed daily in reading, copying and committing to memory parts of the gospels.' He intends to commence another school in a large village in the neighbourhood; and another in the mission garden, for children of more opulent natives, and in which the most deserving of the children in the native school may have the priv ilege of learning English.

Mr. Hands has been much assisted in his labours, especially in his school, by a Mr. Taylor, a native of Madras, now our Missionary; and lately, by another person, who for many years held the situation of a catechist under a Catholic priest. He is an intelligent and pious man, and goes into the surrounding villages, in each of which he continues five or six days, distributes the gospels, and converses with the people. His name is Xavier.

Mr. Hands, like the rest of his brethren, earnestly desires additional help at Belhary; and points out a large town in the Mysore, a healthy place, a great military station, where the Canara language is spoken, and where there are many hundreds of Catholic Christians, who have long been without a priest.

It appears that God has greatly blessed his ministry among the poor, and to many of the soldiers, and as to "the country. born people," says a corrsepondent, "they are become quite a different sort of