government. May the entrance of God's word, give light to his mind. And may the jungles of Keonjhur, which have for many ages, been haunts of idolatrous superstition, and where facility has been afforded for the concealment of deeds of darkness and blood, be blessed with the pure and heavenly light of the gospel of Christ. Feb. 14th, 1860. J. BUCKLEY.

bis illness, that a relative of his, a som of the Kimedy Rajab, might succeed him. His wish is, I understand, to be carried out by the government. A new cook-room for the idol is now being built, which is to cost £400. We are the only Europeans here, the collector, the assistant magistrate, and doctor having gone into the country. This morning a young man called on us, who is the inspector of roads in this district, and has his head quarters at Piplee. On inquiry, I found that he was a native of Loughborough, and knew

February 24th, 1860.

In this foul polluted place-Satan's head quarters, I once more sit down to pen a few lines to you. Mr. Cooley, of Balasore, Gunga Dhor, another native brother, and myself arrived bere on the evening of the 22nd, and have visited the town three times, for the purpose of making known to its guilty and perishing inhabitants "The glorious gospel of the blessed God." Both yesterday and this morning we stood just opposite, and within a few yards of the Sing Dwara, or principal entrance to the temple. Though there were many of the priests present, our message was listened to with a degree of attention which far surpassed my expectations; indeed, I heard some, who at first were inclined to oppose, say one to another, "It is all true, whatever we may say to the contrary.' How different this from the reception we have often met with from these same persons. Instead of silence and

assent to the truth, noise, abuse, cowdung, mud, and stones have often been freely administered. Thank God, that day has gone by. A wide-spread conviction that christianity is divine, and must spread and triumph prevails, and even the priests of Jaganath are compelled to pay some deference to this feeling. There are comparatively few pilgrims now here. You will have heard of the death of the late rajab, who was a poor miserable leprous creature. He had not appointed a successor when he died, but had expressed a wish to the collector, who visited him during

said he had heard me preach in Cuttack the last sabbath evening but one. again spoke to him on the importance of seeking the one thing needful.

We intend spending the next sabbath at Piplee, aad shall leave here this evening.

Having been appointed at the last conference, in connection with brother Buckley, to bring before the committee the importance and necessity of having a good mission bungalow at Pooree, I feel disposed to write a little on the subject.

There can only be one opinion respecting the importance of Pooree as a sphere of missionary labour, visited thousands, from all parts of India, it as it is by thousands and tens of affords a rare facility for scattering widely "The good seed of the kingdom." Though no church has yet been gathered here, there is hardly a native

church in India that has not been

directly or indirectly benefitted by those who have laboured within its unholy precincts. Consequently more attention ought to be paid, and more time spent at this station by the missionaries, which, however, cannot be the case, dence provided by the society. until we have a suitable place of resi

The present bungalow, half of which belongs to the society, is very small, badly situated, and almost buried in sand. We often meet with inquirers at Pooree, who, in consequence of the out-of-the-way situation of the bungalow, seldom succeed in finding out the missionaries. When they do come, there is hardly room to offer them a

TOUR ON THE RIVERS EAST OF

CUTTACK, BY REV. W. HILL.

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Lord's Day, Oct. 30th.-How many circumstances there are in England, to remind a person of the approach and arrival of the 'Pearl of days,' the Sabbath! Where I now am, however, things are very different. I should be unable to learn from anything I see around me that this is the day of the Lord. Just as on the other days, the people pursue there regular avocations. Sebo and I, after a six miles walk in the burning sun, have returned from Mahala market, where we have had large and attentive congregations. Though idolatry was defended by some, others admitted its uselessness and folly. As it was the Lord's-day, I hesitated whether I should attempt to sell any books, and talked with Patra on the subject. His reply was, As you sell them for the good of others, and not for private advantage, I think it would be right for you to sell them.' There was also another important consideration, viz., that this was the only day on which we could sell them, as the people only assembled on the market day. Believing, therefore, that by selling books containing the bread of life I was doing good, more good, indeed, than if I had distributed them freely, I decided to offer some for sale. Two annas, three poice worth were immediately sold; two annas of which were given to a bliud man. Half au anna was offered for a copy of the Gospels and Acts,' but I declined to sell it for that sum. The people seemed pleased with the result, and said that the books would be better taken care of than if they had been obtained without money.

Oct. 31st.-Early this morning we moved a little lower down the river, and shortly after breakfast walked to Ballea market, about two miles distant. A very large congregation assembled, but one man annoyed us very much by his incessant talking, and I fear rendered the opportunity far from profitable. Sebo tells me that this same

man has annoyed them very much on former occasions. Preaching being over, I endeavoured to sell some books, but they would not purchase any. I told them that I would not keep the price, but would give it to the blind or lame, but they said they would not purchase. I then asked a man to read a little of one of the tracts, and as be did so I offered to give it to him, but he and others said they would not accept a small one, but if I would give them large ones they would read them. The old man who gave so much annoyance begged very hard for a large book, but as I could see from his manner that this was more for annoyance than anything else, I told him what instructions were given in our shastres, as recorded in Matthew vii, 6. This seemed to take him rather by surprise, and much amused the people standing round. When we were about to retire, the people began to shout, so I turned to them and said, that with the view of doing them good, I had left friends, and home, and country, and travelled by sea 16,000 miles; that I did not ask them for anything, not even a cowry, and wished only to promote their interest. Why then, I continued, do you treat me thus? Some turning upon their companions, said, 'why do you do so?' but others laughed and shouted all the more. To go and preach day after day to people who hate us, revile us, and laugh us to scorn, is indeed very trying to flesh and blood, and daily have we need to consider Him who endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest we be weary and faint in our minds.'

Tuesday, Nov. 1st.-To-day we continued our journey down the river, but were unable to find any market. In the evening we stayed against a good sized village. In the brahmins' street we collected a congregation, of about fifty persons, to whom we made known our message. The attention was pleasing, and at the close a_brahmin purchased a small volume of tracts for two poice. These I made over to a poor widow. A cooley has just come in from Cuttack, but the intelligence he brings is not very cheering. Our two precious boys are down with fever. Brother Buckley also says in a note, 'I

fear there is no hope of Thoma joining you. Since you left, not only has his little boy been bad of fever, but his wife, his mother, and his brother.'

Nov. 2nd.-There being no markets at hand we floated down the river. Before breakfast we reached the junction of the Noona and Cheturtolah rivers. There we visited a village and small school. To the brahmin boys, who were the only pupils, we distributed gospels and tracts. Leaving here, we went up the Cheturtolah river to attend the Talsanga market, which was to be held on the following day. To my great surprise in came another man from Cuttack, with a letter to say that our dear children were very unwell, and Mrs. Hill also, and that it was advisable for me to return home as soon as possible. Under the circumstances I feel it to be my duty to return, though I am disappointed at not being able to complete the tour I intended, viz., as far as False Point light-house, and up the Maha Nuddy, home.

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against the wind and stream, I have arrived safely at home. Through mercy all are somewhat better, but looking very differently from what they were when I left home nearly a fortnight ago. It has been a time of great sickness in the station, both among Europeans and natives. The military hospital is too small for the great increase of fever patients among the sepoys and in order to provide for them, several tents have had to be pitched near the hospital. On the whole, I have enjoyed my trip greatly, and pray that the Lord may bless our labours. In many respects, the district differs from that of Ganjam. Here, the houses are all scattered, and the people only collect at the markets. There, there are large towns and villages, and almost any morning or evening, good congregations may be obtained. Another thing that struck me very forcibly was, the fewness of temples on this side." Every village almost has its temple or temples in the Ganjam district, but here they seem few and far between.

BERHAMPORE.-W. Bailey, Feb. 18th.

-J. O. Goadby, Mar. 2nd.

CUTTACK.-W. Hill, February 17th. -W. Miller, February 3rd.