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“...are happy to mention, that their letters to the Mis- sionaries, written at different times, from the year 1802 to 1806, together with a great part of the books, stores, and necessaries, which had also been sent out, but which had been detained at Port Jackson for want of suitable means of conveyance, were received by the Missionaries in November J806. It was intimated, in the last Report, that measures had been taken for dispatching a vessel from Port Jackson to Otaheite, on the service of the Mission : this has been hap- pily effected ; and the Hawkesbury, a small vessel of about 20 tons, fitted out for a trading voyage by her owners, has made a safe, though rather tedious, passage to Otaheite ; the Arrival of which gladdened the hearts, and supplied the neces- sities, of our brethren. The Directors indulge a hope, that the owners of that vessel have received such a return of articles from Otaheite, adapted to the wants of their Colony, as will,together with the premium paid for the voyage...”
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“...God—that there Mission, as it respects the growing ability of our brethren to dispense the word of life in the language of the natives, and the impressions which they appear to make on their minds. They indulge the pleas- ing expectation, and would encourage it in the Society, of soon hearing that the word of God has been made quick, and powerful; that some souls have been penetrated by it, and obliged to exclaim—“ What shnll we do to be saved ?” Another source of encouragement is derived from the con- stancy which...”
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“...improving their knowledge for the best of purposes. Besides preaching and catechising in tbeTaheitean language, they have, by this time, composed some short forms of prayer, and a sketch of the Scripture History, for the use of the natives. The district of Matavai is still the residence of the Mission- aries, and the principal seat of their labours; but other parts of the island, as well as some of the adjacent islands, are occa- sionally visited by them; and wherever they go, they endea- vour to diffuse the savour of the knowledge of Christ. From this detail of circumstances, and from the last letter which has been received from Otaheite, (and which will be read to the Society,) the state of the Mission, up to December, 1806, will be briefly but impartially narrated. A more extended and particular account, is reserved for the Trans- actions of the Society. If it shall please Cod to preserve the lives of our brethren at Otaheite ; to continue to them the protection and favour or the natives;...”
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“...1? REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AFRICA. BETHELSDORP. In their last Report, the Directors gave an account of the circumstances connected with this station, soon after the return of the brethren Dr. Vander Kemp and Mr. Read from Capetown ; and the improved aspect of the Mission, in con- sequence of the re-possession of the Colony by the English government. They now proceed to give a concise statement of the events which have occurred up to October, 1807, the date of their last letters; referring, however, to the publication of the periodical Transactions for the more minute details. It appears that the opposers of the instruction of the Hot- tentots continued to manifest their malignity in an unabated degree ; and that their misrepresentations had some influence, for a season, on the minds of those in power : so that the bre- thren looked back with pensive recollection to the govern- ment of General Dundas, whose name, they say, will ever be remembered with gratitude by the Missionaries, and the...”
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“...TO THE MISSIONARY SOCIETY. 15 successor is provided, on whose ability and faithfulness she can depend : but as it is not probable that such a one should be found in the Colony, the brethren express a hope that God may dispose the heart of a pious woman in Europe, of such a description, to devote herself to this difficult, labo- rious, and important service. With respect to the internal state of the Mission, our bre- thren mention, that they have occasion for humiliation before God, on account of their own lukewarmness in his work, and the deviations of some concerning whom they had enter- tained the most pleasing hopes, as well as because of an observable diminution of fraternal love and spiritual conver- sation. On these accounts, a few of the Hottentot brethren and sisters, deeply impressed with the fear that God was about to take away his Spirit from this people, have united themselves not only to wrestle with God in their behalf, but also to reform their own conduct; to stand firm against...”
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“...e intimated that the number of heathens to whom our brethren Anderson and Kramer administered the Gospel, was about 800; and that they were introducing among them the knowledge of agriculture, and other improvements ; so that we consider this to he a station of great and increasing importance, and trust that we shall soon be cheered with the welcome intelli- gence that the labours of our brethren have been attended with eminent success. NAM ACOUAS. The most recent information concerning the Mission to this distant and uncivilized nation is contained in a letter from A. Albrecht, dated Cape Town, the 1 Gth May 1807, in which he mentions that his own and his brother’s endeavours among these heathens continued .to be attended with a divine blessing. They labour among several distinct tribes, which they distinguish by the names of the River, the Oorlam, the Bastard, and the Namacqua Hottentots; each of whom would willingly possess them as their own ministers exclusively. T hey express a desire...”
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“...28 REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS qualified Minister and Missionary has yet offered for this place; its manifold advantages as a central station for our Missions on that side of India have been often pointed ou^ to the Society ; and the Directors trust that, ere long, the tvay will be clear and the instruments ready for reinforcing the Mission, where it is so imperiously needful and desirable. Our latest accounts from Dr. Taylor at Bombay state that he continued actively engaged in acquiring the languages necessary for translating the Holy Scriptures; viz. the Sans- crit, the Marhatta, Hindoostanee, &c. &c. His constant calls for fellow-labourers leave us only the pain of regretting that any difficulties should stand in our way. But the abso- lute necessity, and the sacred unqualified obligations under which the Society are laid by the very nature of our institu- tion, to send or to carry the light of Divine Revelation to every accessible heathen and unenlightened country on earth, as far as our...”
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“...y to learn, from a letter written by him at sea, off the Straits of Sunda, dated the 13 th of August 1807, that he had proceeded so far on his voyage in safety, and expected to arrive at Canton early in September.* Mr. Mor- rison, continued to study the language while on board ; and the Directors repose the fullest confidence in him, that he will pursue the object committed to his care, with the most unremitting diligence and strict fidelity, MISSION TO THE JEWS, Among the objects committed by the Society to the care of the Directors, the Mission to the Jews is not, in their esti- mation, the least important. It presents, indeed, peculiar difficulties, which experience shews to be no less formidable than in anticipation they were supposed to be. The social, as well as religious and moral, condition of the Jewish people, is doubtless unfavourable to that freedom of inquiry which the nature of the object presented to them necessarily demands. It is not, however, by any means to be presumed...”
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“...learn of them. The ten- dency of union among Christians, even to the large extent of The Missionary Society, is now no longer a specu- lation. It has been brought to experiment. It lias been de- monstrated by facts. Should any, on a superficial view of the transactions of this large Society, feel disappointed that it has done no more in converting the heathen world to the faith of Christ, let such persons be persuaded to suspend their ob- jections, until they have attended to the influence of Mission- ary exertions in the circles where they have been made. Whatever be the fact respecting the present influence of these combined exertions on the moral and religious state of the heathen...”
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“...THE FAITHFUL MISSION AKI Es’ REWARD, 105 hope of going to heaven when they die, though destitute of any experience of a divine change having passed on their hearts. Nor need I detain you with combating the presump- tuous conclusions, which so many draw, that the heathen may be safely left to the religion of nature, and no doubt saved without the knowledge of Christ, or obedience to his gospel. You, my brethren, have not so learned Christ: you know that there is salvation in no other name but that ol Jesus; that the scripture hath concluded all under sin; that the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men; that the wages of sin is death eternal; that nothing can save the soul from this death, and hide the multitude of sins, but the conversion of the sinner from the evil and error of his ways, through the redemption which is in Jesus Christ, revealed to, and received by, as many as the Lord our God shall call. However contemptibly these doctrines...”
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“...LIST OF DISBURSEMENTS fBOM JUNE 1, 1807, TO JUNE 1, 1808. On account of the Mission to Otaheile On account of the Mission to the South of Africa On account of the Mission to the East Indies, including Ceylon On account of the Mission to Deraerara On account of the Mission to Tobago On account ot the Mission to Malta On account of the late Mission to Monte Video Oil account of the Mission to the Jews On account of the Missionary Seminary at Gosport Extra Expenses incurred by the Students, chiefly in Travelling On account of tire Printing, &c. of Dr. Doddridge’s " Rise and Progress, &c.” in French Williams and Smith—their accounts for Books, See. for sundry Missions - - Joseph Burditt, for Religious Tracts for Ditto Expenses attending the Anniversary Services Mr. Arrowsmith, lor Maps Carriage of the Library bequeathed by the late Rev. Mr. Win- ter to the Society from Rnnswick to Gosport Travelling Expenses of Rev. Messrs. Campbell, Cullison, and Frey, during their tours Disbursements made...”
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“...Canada and New Bruns- wick, Newfoundland, Ceylon and Tranquebar, Connecticut, Nova Scotia, Coromandel Coast, East Indies, &c. &c. With the Rev. Mr. Kicherer’s Narrative of his Mission to the Hottentots Also an interesting Report concerning the State of Religion in France. In TwoVols. 8vo. Price 17s. boards; or in 16 Numbers, at Is. each. NUMBER XVII. Containing the Introduction to Vol. III.— Extracts from the Annual Report of the Missionary Institution at Bethelsdorp.—Extracts of Letters from Dr Vander Kemp and Mr. Read.—Coranna Mission.—Extracts from Mr. Anderson's Letters. —Specimen of the Daily Journal of the Missionaries Anderson and Kramer.—Namacqua Mission.—Extracts from the Journals of the Missionaries C. and A. Albrecht, and Sydenfaden.—Extract of a Let- ter from Mr. C. Albrecht.—Otaheite.—Journal of the Mission- aries’ Proceedings.— Extract from the Missionaries' Public Letter to the Directors, Price Is. NUMBER XVIII. Extracts of Letters and Journals of the Brethren'I aylor and Loveless...”