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MISSIONS OF THE METHODISTS IN THE UNITED STATES.-Some time ago, we gave an account of the establishment of a Mission among the Wyandot Indians, by our American Brethren. We are happy to add an account of an infant Mission Establishment among the Creek Indians. The following particulars are from the American Methodist Magazine, for February, 1822:

"Creek Agency, 9th Nov. 1821.-I am now hastening into Georgia to make the necessary arrangements for the Coweta

Mission. Brother HILL remains with LOVETT at Tha-katch-ka, until I return; and will be occupied in procuring provisions, examining the country, and conversing with the Indians."

AT the last South-Carolina Annual he writes to the Committee as folConference, the REV. WILLIAM CAPERS lows:was appointed Conference-Missionary, and furnished with instructions which made it his duty to visit the neighbouring Indians, with a view to the establishment of a Mission or Missions among them as early as practicable. The first part of the present year he was employed in travelling extensively within the limits of the Conference, and making collections and other necessary arrangements, to effect the object of his appointment. Having been advised by Bishop M'KENDREE to make the first proposals to the Creeks, as being the most destitute, he accordingly went on in August, and in a letter, addressed to the Missionary Committee of the SouthCarolina Conference, writes as follows:"Coweta, Creek Nation, Sept. 5, 1821. -In company with COL. BLOUNT, of Georgia, I have visited the Crecks, and have done all that at this moment can be done for the institution of a Mission among them. M'INTOSH and LOVETT are more than friendly, and say that the chiefs, in council, will surely accede to our wishes. To give permission to any white man to live among them, a council of the whole nation must first be held, and the concurrence of the agent obtained.

"The agent is now in Alabama, and we know not when he may return; probably within a fortnight; but as early as may be, the necessary consultation will be had, and the result made known to me through the agent; or, if the council cannot be had very early, the time for holding it will be made known, that I may attend."

During this temporary suspension of his business with the Indians, he resumed his former employment, having acquired, by personal observation among them, many interesting facts, calculated to render his appeals to the public for aid more impressive. In October he made a second visit, accompanied by the REV. C. G. HILL, who had been chosen to reside in the nation, in the event of success. He has already engaged about twenty children for the first school, and employed workmen to erect the buildings necessary for its accommodation. Previously to his leaving the Creek nation,

In a letter from Augusta, Georgia, under date November 17th, he states:"In what I proposed to the chiefs in council, they understood me, that I would undertake the establishment of one school; and from one advance to several, as they might wish to be served. After many inquiries of me, the Big Warrior, who acted as President, told the interpreter to acquaint me, that they entirely approved of my proposal; that they could see a reason for all the privileges asked, growing out of the nature and probable circumstances of the undertaking, and that he therefore wished me to have a school near Tuccabatchie, (his town,) as well as one near Coweta, in the neighbourhood of the Little Prince." In the same communication he adds: "Decided that I ought to engage for two schools, I thought it better not to delay their commencement. As the Indians are prepared to receive our services only to a limited extent, I suppose the smallest beginnings might be valuable, to forin their acquaintance with our character, and that promptness to serve them might be better estimated than the service rendered. I could wish to put up buildings that might accommodate sixty children at either school; but for the first six or twelve months, we may not have more than half that number."

We are encouraged to believe that, in this attempt to establish a Mission among our heathen neighbours, we are following the openings of a gracious Providence, which, although it has suffered them long to remain in darkness, yet hath purposes of mercy toward them. May the LORD, who does not despise the day of small things, bless these our efforts to do good, and gloriously ride on until all shall bow to his sceptre. May the hearts of his people be enlarged, and their hands stretched forth to promote the interests of his kingdom."

THE following is from the American Methodist Magazine for April, and contains our most recent intelligence respecting the new Mission:

THE following letter, dated Augusta, February 28, 1822, directed to the Corresponding Secretary of the Missionary Society of the Methodist Church, will show the state of this Mission:

Dear Brother,-You have been informed of the agreement entered into, by the South-Carolina Conference, with the Creek Indians; and some of the circumstances under which that agreement was concluded. Later accounts evidence the importance of the undertaking; and give increasing encouragement to prosecute it.

The buildings at our first establishment are so far advanced, as to admit the opening of a School immediately; and the good disposition of the Indians increases with the progress of the work.

From the present Conference, we send two Missionaries into this important field. Our venerable Brother, the REV. ISAAC SMITH, who in the year 1786 was associated with the first Mis

sionaries to South-Carolina, now offers himself for the Indians! He goes in charge of the Mission; and with him, his excellent wife. Brother ANDREW HAMMILL, an elder, is associated with them. These were not chosen without much prayer; and heartily offer themselves, and are most cordially approved by us, for the great work upon which they are embarked.

In the west of Georgia, two other Missionaries, GIDEON MASON and JOHN J. TRIGGS, are employed. Their Mission covers an extensive frontier, lately acquired from the Indians, but already inhabited by thousands of our citizens. We look anxiously into Florida, and cry to enlarge our coast. When shall the Gospel take the wings of the morning, and fly to the uttermost parts of the earth! For this, we will increase our efforts with the approaching time.Yours, in the bonds of the Gospel,

WILLIAM M KENDREE.

SWITZERLAND.—In that rising spirit of active piety which is now spreading its influence through the European Continent, a deep and joyful interest is felt by all the friends of CHRIST in this country, who hail it as the harbinger of more peaceful times to nations, and greater prosperity to all Protestant Churches. One of the most active and promising Institutions, to which this reanimated spirit has given rise, is the Missionary Society at Basle, in Switzerland, a short account of which will be acceptable to our readers.

"In the year 1815, an idea was first suggested in a circle of religious friends, of erecting an Institution for the education of pious young men to the work of evangelizing the heathen. So small was the beginning then made, so inconsiderable were our means, and such the adverse circumstances of the times, that no one could have hoped to see the flourishing tree arise, which in so short a time has spread its roots far and wide. The LORD has done for us great things, whereof we are glad.

Missionary Society to the vicinity of Calcutta ; where the REV. MR. BENEDICT LAROCHE, who has since then received the reward of his labours, was also engaged in the same important work.

"We began the year 1820 with eighteen students; and towards the summer our friend, Mr. Dieterich, was added to the number: we found him so well grounded in general knowledge, that we were induced to place him under the tuition of the learned Professors De SACY and KIEFER, at Paris, for the purpose of studying the Arabic and Persian languages, and of introducing their plan of study into our own institution.

"Among the number of those who have left our Seminary to preach the unsearchable riches of CHRIST to the Gentiles, we mention with peculiar satis-"From Paris MR. DIETERICH profaction MESSRS. JETTER and DURR, who ceeded to London and Cambridge, where have now the superintendance of large he collected materials, of which our schools of Hindoo children at Burdwan Committee may make use, in case they in Bengal, fifty miles from Calcutta, should ever be enabled to establish a under the direction of the worthy CAP-Mission in the dominions of the OttoTAIN STEWART. man Porte.

"In 1820, MESSRS. MULLER and BORMEISTER entered on their labours at Java; and shortly afterwards, MR. JOHN KINDLINGER was sent out by the Dutch

"Our Directors have found, by experience, that the minds of pious youths, who devote themselves to the study of the sciences, frequently lose the fervour

of devotion in proportion as the understanding becomes more enlightened. This deplorable effect does not flow so much from the nature of those studies themselves, as from the manner in which they are conducted. It has therefore been resolved to adopt a method of theological instruction, by which the mind is not only informed, but the heart and the affections are also engaged.(Here follows a sketch of the course of study.)

"It is certainly one of the most pleasing signs of the present times, and a cheering evidence of the gracious and superintending care of the great Head of the Church for the advancement of his work on earth, that, hitherto, pious young men have not been wanting, who freely offer themselves for the purpose of preaching the name of CHRIST among the heathena.

"It cannot, however, be denied, that in some instances, the motive of action may be traced to a want of correct general knowledge, to an immature eagerness, arising from a spirit of selfconfidence so natural to youth, or to the influence of mere worldly inducements; but among those who have applied for admission into our Institution, we are fully convinced, that by far the greater number have been actuated by a deep-felt love to CHRIST; and we have had frequent occasion to notice the noblest traits of real piety in minds earnestly concerned to seek the kingdom of GOD and his righteousness.

"In the summer of 1820, the REV. MR. BLUMHARDT visited the friends of the Missionary cause in Tubingen, Stuttgardt, Frankfort, Halle, Berlin, Leipsic, Dresden, Nurenberg, Strasburg, and many other places in Germany, and laid the foundation of a General Evangelical Missionary Society on the Continent. This Society may date its commencement from the 6th of January, 1820, on which day a legacy of 6545 francs, £260., was transmitted to the Committee by an anonymous Clergyman in Wirtemberg; a gift which they justly regard as the charter of their institution, conferred by the hand of their divine LORD and Master. This Committee gratefully acknowledge the cheerfulness with which they have been seconded by so many friends and benefactors of the Evangelical Missions, who seem to emulate each other in promoting this sacred work.

"We cannot avoid alluding to what has been experienced for twenty-five years in Great-Britain, namely, that the more attention has been devoted by benevolent Institutions to the diffusion

of the kingdom of Gon in foreign parts, the greater has been the blessing bestowed on their operations at home. It has afforded us the highest gratification to receive the assistance of our Protestant brethren in France, and especially in Alsace, not to mention the Waldenses' congregations in Piedmont, in whom we recognize that spirit of true piety, which rendered their forefathers the salt of the earth. Our Auxiliaries in the kingdom of Wirtemberg, and those at Stuttgardt and Tubingen in particular, have not been inactive in their respective circles. The two last mentioned places have contributed materially to rouse the attention of the whole christian community to this sacred cause, by the establishment of Missionary prayer-meetings, on which occasions the most remarkable and interesting particulars relating to the progress of the Missions are read every month. We trust this method will have a salutary effect on the state of religion among ourselves. It gave us great pleasure to hear of the formation of an Auxiliary Society at Kirchheim, in Wirtemberg, under the auspices of an illustrious princess, one object of which is, to procure Missionary intelligence from various quarters, for the edification of its members.

"The first Report of the Auxiliary Society at Dresden contains ample proof of a progressive work of Gon carried on with faithfulness, zeal, and christian philanthropy; nor can we pass over in silence the Societies established in Leipsic, Frankfort, Barmen, Bremen, Nurenberg, &c., which have laboured with increasing zeal to meet the wants of the Missionary cause. By the establishment of small Meetings, in which the most recent accounts of the Kingdom of GoD are read, an opportunity is presented to our less wealthy Brethren, not only of hearing of the progress of the cause, but also of contributing towards its support.

"On a retrospect of the ways of GOD in the advancement of his kingdom, our minds are filled with astonishment. An extensive field has been opened among the various nations of the earth for the spread of divine knowledge. New and more glorious triumphs proclaim the power of GoD in the Gospel of his Son; and his promises are the pledges, that what is undertaken in singleness of heart, and with true christian love, shall not be in vain. We keep in view the great lesson of our LORD: The field is the world,' in which the seed of the Divine Word, and of the knowledge of JESUS CHRIST, must be sown. The zeal of our Christian Brethren has already compassed both the length and

breadth of this field: and whenever new wants arise, new sources will be opened by the LORD, to whom all power belongs, in heaven and upon earth. In this work of our GOD, we are called upon by the most explicit declarations of his word to participate. And how rich a reward, a reward which fully counterbalances every sacrifice, is exhibited to the pious mind, when by these exertions so many sources of misery are dried up, and streams of mercy conducted to a thirsty land: when the Gospel of CHRIST dispels the darkness of superstition and ignorance by the light of heavenly truth, vice must then give place to the order and purity of the kingdom of GoD. But the ultimate object, which the Spirit of prophecy plainly points out, is still more sublime and glorious, and has its source in the counsels of the Father of the Universe for the redemption of the human race; an object for which the SON of GOD expired on Calvary, and for the accomplishment of which he still lives, and works, and triumphs. We

are now hastening to a period, when the kingdom of JESUS CHRIST shall appear in full splendour, and unfold the counsels of infinite wisdom to our view. Distant as this consummation may still be, we nevertheless rejoice in the thought, that we form a part of that kingdom which shall not pass away, and whose rising beams are the harbingers of a glorious day. The LORD hath made bare,' &c. (Isa. lii. 10.)

"This Society is entitled The Basle Evangelical Missionary Society,' of which the sole object is the diffusion of the Gospel amongst Heathen and Mahometan Nations. For the attainment of this end, attention is paid to the support and improvement of the Missionary Seminary, and to the sending and maintaining of Missionaries abroad. The Society considers the best theatre of its future operations to be the shores of the Mediterranean, the Black and Caspian Seas; but at the same time leaves the whole disposal of events to the leading hand of Divine Providence.”

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.

MEETINGS. The following is an abridged account of some of the Missionary Meetings lately held in various parts of the Methodist Connexion. We regret that we cannot find room for further particulars of these interesting services. They will be found at large, however, in those copies of the Missionary Notices which are separately circulated.

April 15. Derby: The Rev. Joseph Taylor, sen., in the Chair: Preachers,the Rev. Messrs. Bunting, Lessey, Hope, and Hollingworth: Collections £116. April 17. Huli: Thomas Thompson, Esq., in the Chair: Preachers,-the Rev. Messrs. Stephens, Newton, and Hawtrey: Collections £120.

April 19. Timsbury, Midsummer-Norton Circuit: Speakers,-the Rev. Messrs. Reece, Roberts, Barker, Claxton, and Heaton.

April 23. Settle: Richard Sagar, Esq., in the Chair: Preacher,—the Rev. J. Bowers Speakers,-the Rev. Messrs. Welborne, Tindale, Barlow, Bowers, Stoner, and M'Laughlin, and Mr. Crook Collection £26.

May 2. Burnley Preachers,-the Rev. Messrs. Newton and Lessey.

May 7. Kidderminster : Preachers,-the Rev. Messrs. H. Taft, Riles, and Hulme : Collections £29.

May 7. Pateley-Bridge: The PRESIDENT of the Conference in the Chair: Preachers, the PRESIDENT and the Rev. R. Hopkins.

May 9. Newark: Rev. John Hickling in the Chair: Preachers,-the Rev. Messrs, Newton, Burdsall, and Joshua Marsden: Collections £51.

May 13. Milford: R. Mathias, Esq., in the Chair:-May 14: Haverford West: The Rev. Robert Smith, in the Chair :-May 16: Carmarthen: Thomas Taylor, Esq., in the Chair:-At all these Meetings in South Wales, valuable assistance was afforded by Mr. Smith and Mr. Lomas of Kingswood.

May 14. Chatteris, Ely Circuit: Thomas Marriott, Esq., in the Chair: Preachers,the Rev. Messrs. Bradnack and Greeves: Collections £25.

May 14. Bedford: J. Foster, Esq., in the Chair: Preachers,-the Rev. Messrs. Gaulter, Stephens, and Maximilian Wilson.

May 14. Dudley: Dr. A. Clarke in the Chair: Preachers,--the Rev. Messrs Newton, Atherton, and Dr. Clarke.

May 17. Bacup: Collection £40.

May 21. Bristol: Edward Phillips, Esq., High Sheriff of Wiltshire, in the Chair: Preachers, the Rev. Messrs. Watson, Joseph Taylor, Robert Wood, and Heaton : other Speakers, the Rev. Messrs. Reece, Crisp, (Baptist,) Lomas, Roberts, and R.

Smith, and Thomas Roberts, S. Prust, J. Irving, and S. Carey, Esqrs. :-Col. lections £250.

May 23. Sheffield: Preachers,-Rev. Dr. Clarke, Rev. R. Newton, and Mr. Dawson Collections £220.

May 24. Tiverton: Rev. T. Roberts in the Chair: Preacher, the Rev. R. Watson.

May 30. Walsingham: Thomas Marriott, Esq., in the Chair: Speakers,-the Rev. Messrs. Greeves, T. Heywood, T. Newton, Rowland, and Bradnack, Mr. Easthaugh, &c.: Collections £30.

June 10. Otley: The Rev. M. Martindale in the Chair: Preachers,-the Rev. Messrs. Martindale and G. Smith: Collections £24.

June 17. Oxford: Joseph Butterworth, Esq., M.P., in the Chair: Preacher, the Rev. J. Bunting: other Speakers,-the Rev. Messrs, Joseph Taylor, Lear, R. Martin, &c.

Other Meetings have been held at Rochester, Brompton, Birmingham, Northampton, Sandhurst, Tenterden, Cardiff, Peterborough, Coventry, Daventry, North Walsham, Plymouth, Plymouth Dock, Tavistock, Salisbury, Gloucester, Tewksbury, &c., of which no details have yet reached us.

CONTRIBUTIONS.-The amount of Contributions to the Wesleyan Missionary Society, received by the General Treasurers, since the account published last month, was £3191. 2s. 9d.

OBITUARY.

1. DIED, February 19th, 1822, aged fifty-five, MR. WILLIAM BUSH, of BridgeHouses, Sheffield. He had been a member of the Methodist Society about twenty-four years. From his youth he was moral in his conduct; but long remained a stranger to the power of vital godliness. Becoming sensible, however, of the necessity of a change of heart, he was led to hear the Gospel among the Methodists, and soon received a clear sense of the pardoning love of GOD. Some time afterwards, he obtained the great blessing of entire sanctification, which he never lost. For several months before his death, it appeared to his family, and his christian friends, that he was ripening very fast for a better world. His last illness was very short. I saw him about an hour and a half before he departed this life. He was labouring under strong pain, but said, "All is peace." "You find," said I, "that you have not followed a cunningly devised fable." He answered, "No, no;" and desired me to pray, "that the will of the LORD might be done in him, and by him." A little before he died, he clasped his hands together, and prayed fervently for the whole Christian Church. -As a man, he was peaceable and quiet; minding his own business. A friend asking him, a few months ago, whether he had been at a certain place, which was mentioned; his reply was, "No, there are but three places to which I am in the habit of going,-my shop, my class, and the chapel." He was highly respected by his employer, and

revered by his shop-mates. It may be said of him, that "he had a good report of all men, and of the truth itself."As a husband and father, his conduct was affectionate, and highly prudent. He was deservedly noticed on account of his practical regard to all the duties of family-religion. As a Class-Leader, he was judicious in his instructions, and faithful in his admonitions. If any members of his Class were absent, he carefully inquired after them; and when any were sick, or growing negligent, he visited them at their houses, and administered suitable counsel, reproof, or encouragement. He was punctual in meeting his Class; and was seldom absent from the Leaders' Meeting.—As a leading singer, in one of our large chapels, he was in every respect worthy of the imitation of all who are in similar situations. He was always deeply serious while engaged in any thing connected with this important office; and to the utmost of his power prevented every thing contrary to seriousness in those who were employed with him. He conducted the singing with gravity, and yet with spirit and vigour, and so as to engage both the hearts and the voices of those who were really pious and devo tional.-He was a decided Methodist. He loved, practised, and enforced, as far as his influence went, every part of our excellent discipline. And as he loved order in the Church of GOD, he also loved to see it, and was careful to promote it, in civil society. He was truly loyal, on christian principles. He was

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