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The issues for home circulation had been 369,764 copies for foreign, 224,634, being the largest number for foreign circulation ever issued: making a total distribution of 4,216,580 Bibles, and of 6,671,460 Testaments: in all 10,888,043 copies. During the past year 72 new associations had been formed, making in the whole, 2,374 Associations at home, and of 265 in the colonies. The claims : of the Society were advocated by the Bishops of Chester and Norwich, the Right Hon. Viscount Lorton, Dr. Henderson, Rev. Mons. Merle D'Aubigne, Andrew Stevenson, Esq., Lord Teignmouth, Rev. J. Birt, Yagouba Asaad El Kehaya, Rev. Robert Daly, Rev. N. Newstead, Rev. J. W. Cunningham, Mr. Dudley, Sir T. Dyke Ackland, M.P. E. Baines, Esq. M.P., Lord Mountsandford and Lord Bexley (Chairman). a YAGOUBA ASAAD EL KEHAYA, gentleman from Syria, attired in his native dress, gave the following interesting sketch of his life. He said, my costume may make me look as if I come from China; but whether Christians come from China, or Persia, or any other part of the world, they are all brethren. I am come from that country where the Lord appeared, and where the first Apostolic Church was formed, and that honourable name of Christian was first made in my beloved country, the city of Antioch. Many are fond of studying history, and you have more books 2 H than we have; you know very well man who came from the deserts, Mahowhat was the state of our country both med. My Mahomedan teachers began before our Lord's era and afterwards. to flatter me, and to say that of course I But now it is sunk in a dreadful state, was not a Christian, but a Mahomedan and has been since the second Caliph in heart, though a Christian in profesMahmoud. We were, however, the first sion, and that by God's predestination I country in the world before we were should become a Mahomedan. I was conquered, and Damascus was once, if not then a real Christian, but only pronot the first, yet not the second city of fessed to be so for the sake of worldly the world. I am exceedingly indebted, honour. Still I said, I am a Christian, first, to the missionaries who came from and I do not find any thing solid in your the United States of America to our principles to make me embrace them, country; and, secondly, to the noble although you give me every sort of comBritish and Foreign Bible Society, who pliment, and flatter me with your worldly enabled those missionaries to bring us manners. The Sheik of the Mallahs the Bible in our own language. My was surprised that I was not convinced. father thought, from the state of the While discharging my office at Damascountry, that I must make up my mind cus, I corresponded with the missionnot to stay in it; and by the providence aries, and asked them how I could be of God he was able to give me some education, with a view to my becoming a monk. I went to some missionaries who came from Rome, and I learnt Arabic, Greek, and so on. I then thought it was a pity I should go to the convent; so I went to some of the other missionaries, who received me kindly, and assisted me with a little more education, which has enabled me to address you this day. I began to study with great interest, feeling proud that I was a descendant of the Phoenicians, a Greek, and, as I believed, a Christian; a native of that country where the Gospel was first preached and the twelve apostles first met, and where a good many fathers of my beloved Church spent their lives in writing their homilies and ser mons. But the state of the country for many centuries sunk down; and, I dare say, your theologians find some things introduced into the Church which were not in it hundreds of years ago, by reason of the ignorance of the times. I do not like the changes which have been made, but I never condemn the solid principles of the Church. My little education gave me some influence in my own country. I began to read Arabic and Persian, and, of course the Koran. Imade acquaintance with some Mahomedans, who taught me the Koran secretly, and I had the opportunity of reading many of their books; but in the mean time I had about me that beloved fountain of truth, the Bible. I wanted to compare them, to see what it was that made one hundred and sixty millions of people embrace the doctrines of that in useful. In the mean time some people introduced me to the Pasha, to whom I acted as interpreter, when he was visited by many noblemen and gentlemen from your country. He said "England is very fine, very good, and so forth; but the British Government owes debts of eight hundred millions." The English nobleman to whom he said so answered, “What of that? Twenty-nine persons my own country, and my father the thirtieth, will at any time form such a sum together." The Pasha was astonished, and so was I; and I wished to come to this country to see its riches. I came over as interpreter to some princes, who were Mahomedans, and all the way we did not talk about anything but religion. I was obliged to think seriously, and to read much of the Bible, in order to meet the difficulties of the Koran. When we came to this country we visited different places; and those noble princes could not have omitted seeing the light of your country. Afterwards we returned to Constantinople, and proceeded on our journey. At last one of them said, "If you come to Bagdad, I shall make one of the great Mallahs there convince you, and give you all proofs." I went home and as a member of the Greek Church, I began to think it my duty to do something for my country; and first to get education on Christian principles, particularly for females. Many said I was wrong; some called me mad; but a great many liked it. But I did not mind what they said, this or that. I said, I must do it. The people said, I came from the moon. I gave up my office to the Consul, and told him he must get some other person as interpreter, because I felt that I could do something for my country, especially to introduce female education on Christian principles, in order to bring in Christianity among the Mahomedans. I began to travel, and every man was glad to see me, because I gave him accounts of England and other countries, and also of the history of their own country, of which they were ignorant. They asked me the reason why England and Europe flourished so much? I told them it was a difficult question to answer; but my own mind was satisfied that England did not begin to flourish only since religion and Christianity flourished there, by the blessing of God through the Bible and these benevolent Institutions. I said their religion led them to have their universities and their great philosophers, so that though their language is not so rich as ours, their philosophers make it richer and larger every year, and print thousands of books every year. They were very much astonished and could hardly believe it, but I said I am satisfied, that as long as these Institutions proceed the country will flourish. Allow me to say how the Bible can be introduced among the Mahomedans; by education of the females. (Hear.) I told the English Christian ladies that they were very handsome, and very clean, and very good, but they don't do anything for my poor country women. I know that by nature women have great influence everywhere. When a party of seven of us were travelling in the desert, and were robbed by the Bedouins, I said to a woman who belonged to them, "We are strangers; why do you injure us, and do all this to us who have done no harm to you?" And she began to speak in our favour, and even she had influence. The women in our country are the most civilized and polite in the East, but they are short of instruction. We think if we instruct them we shall spoil them. But when we see that ladies had some honour in prophesying and carrying on the Word of God, and in serving and attending the apostles, we should teach women religion. I told them, moreover, may be wrong; but it is my opinion, that nothing can restrain any person from vice more than Christianity and education. I went to Bagdad, to the I Mullahs, to hear their great proofs. I was introduced by the Princes. They said I was an unclean person. They said, "They would be happy to form my acquaintance, but they were very sorry that our friendship would only last a few years, for in a little time we should be separated, for they would go to paradise, and I should go to hell." I said, Í should be sorry indeed to go to that place which they had mentioned, but that I looked to God for mercy. I don't see by my not following my own religion anything but wickedness and danger; but we have one person who takes into paradise-the Lord Jesus Christ. When the noble Mullahs heard that, they said, "Is it possible?" We began to converse every day, and continued for a year discussing religion, bringing the Gospel on the one hand and the Koran on the other. I said, I can prove from your own book, which I have studied as much as you, that this book is a real book. They admitted that Christians went to heaven through Christ up to the time of Mahomed. I then said, if you admit that, then perhaps my ancestors are there. They said, "Yes." I said I would not become a Mahomedan without some proof, and I do not see any. They replied, "It is written, He is come, and he shall come after him whose name is Mahomed." Then I looked serious, and asked, where that was written? They said, " In the Gospel." Then we searched the Gospel through, but it was not there. Then they said, "It is not written in the Gospel, but in the Koran for the Gospel." I told them, I don't wish you to prove for the Gospel from the Koran, but to prove for the Gospel from the Gospel. In all my speech with them, and in everything, I looked to Providence; I had no protector but the Lord Jesus. CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY. THE Report read at the Thirty-eighth Anniversary, gave a most encouraging account of the operations of the Society. During the past year, the income of the Society in donations, subscriptions, and legacies, had amounted to £83,447, being an increase on the preceding year of £11,720. Great as was the increase in the past year, it had been exceeded by the expenditure, which amounted to £86,540, which has been occasioned by the sending out 25 more Missionaries than It furnished most interested details of the Society's operations and successes in Ireland, Sweden, Germany, France, Spain, Malta, Ceylon, Continental India, the South Sea Islands (New South Wales, Van Dieman's Land, New Zealand, the Friendly and Fejee Isles), South Africa, West Africa, the West Indies and North America.-The following may be taken as a general summary: The principal or central stations occupied by the Society, in the various parts of the world now enumerated, are One Hundred and Eighty Six. The Missionaries are Three Hundred and Seventeen, eighty-eight of whom are employed in the West India colonies ..... The total number of communicants on the Mission Stations, according to the last regular returns, is Sixty-six Thousand and Seven, being an increase of Four Thousand Two Hundred and Four on the number reported last year. This total does not include the number under the care of the Missionaries in Ireland ..... The returns of the children and adults in the Mission Schools are as follows:-Ireland and other European Missions, 5,343 ; India and Ceylon, 6,512; South Sea Missions, 9,881; South Africa, 2,145; Western Africa, 1,365; West Indies, 16,946; British North America, including the Chippewa and Mohawk Indians, 7,088; total, 49,280; being an increase of 2,174 on the number reported last year. had been sent out since the formation | ment, and consumed nearly two hours of the Society. The Speakers were the in the reading. Earl of Chichester (Chairman), Bishops of Chester and Ripon, Marquis of Cholmondeley, G. Finch, Esq., the Rev. Messrs. Cunningham, Noel, Stowell, Gobat (from Abyssinia), Mons. D'Aubigne, (Geneva), and Yacouba Asaad El Kehaya (Syria). The Rev. Hugh Stowell, at the conclusion of his eloquent address, made the following important remarks: Prayer for the Queen. He rejoiced to hear it recommended by their noble Chairman, that they should pray for their Queen. He hoped they would do so; that they would not merely say prayers, but that they would pray for their youthful Queen. Let them pray for her, from the very bottom of their hearts; however bad counsellors might surround her, or good counsellors be kept away; whatever attempts might be made to keep the Gospel and its truths from her; however some might complain that she was in danger of being tainted by fanaticism ;-let them still continue to pray for their Queen. And he could not but pray, that to the other crowns which it had been permitted to her to wear, by Him "by whom kings reign and princes decree justice," she | might yet add the crown of "Patroness of the Church Missionary Society.' Who could tell, but that the good old days of Queen Bess (much cheering), brighter for her attachment to Protestant principles than even for her victory over the invincible armada,-who could tell but that days equally glorious might return? If they prayed aright, who could tell, but that the days of Queen Victoria might cast the days of good Queen Bess into the shades? O, might it be said, that as Queen Bess defended their Protestant principles, so Queen Victoria handed them down to posterity, not only unpolluted, unimpaired, undefiled; but that in her reign, the darkness of Popery and Infidelity passed away, and the King of kings won the world to His own sway! Let them all pray with all their hearts, that such might be her reign, that such might be the glory of the diadem of their dearly beloved youthful Queen. WESLEYAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY. THE Report of the Committee for the past year was a most voluminous docu The ordinary income of the Society for the past year had been £73,875, being an increase of £5,891. The Speakers were, J. Hardy, Esq., E. Baines, Esq. M. P., Lord Viscount Sandon, H. Pownall, Esq., G. Finch, Esq., Rt. Hon. Viscount Bernard, T. Sands, the Rev. Messrs. Hawtrey, Dr. Bunting, J. Parsons, R. Newton, Peter Jones, J. Waugh, and E. Grindrod. Donations to the amount of £2,693 were received on the platform. LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY. THE abstract of the Report read at the Forty-fourth Annual Meeting, gave a pleasing account of the proceedings of the past year. It appears that the South Sea Mission had been favoured with many proofs of Divine regard. The The Meeting was addressed by the Rev. Messrs. A. Tidman, J. Scott, J. A. James, Mr. Knott, H. Medhurst, T. Haynes, J. Goggerly, J. Hill, J. Ely, also by Yacouba Asaad El Kehaya, Alers Hankey, Esq., and E. Baines, Esq. M.P. Chairman. The following touching address was delivered by the Rev. Mr. KNOTT, on taking his leave of the Society. He spoke as follows: Chinese still excluded the Missionaries | income of the past year of £6,563 16s. from their country. In India the re- 11d. vival of piety at some of the most important stations encouraged to perseverance. The progress of the Siberian mission, as compared with former years, was satisfactory. In the Ionian isles education was vigorously advancing, and the interests of religion, especially at Corfu, appeared to be taking deeper root. In Southern Africa the peace of the colony continued unbroken. The mission in the West Indies partook in the general advancement, though some of the most valuable labourers, including the Rev. John Wray, father of the West Indian mission, had been removed by death. The darkness which hung over Madagascar at the last anniversary still remained. The following is the number of missionary stations and out-stations belonging to the Society, in different parts of the world, missionaries ing at the same, &c., &c. : Stations and Missionaries. Assistants, Out-stations. South Seas.. 50 29 5 ........ 74 East Indies.. 319 ...... 49. 388 Russia...... 3...... 3 4 1 Mediteranean 1...... 1 15 23 505 Soon after my arrival in London, I had an opportunity of laying before the religious public the progressive and very encouraging state of the Tahitian and neighbouring churches among the Southern Seas. I had, before I left that island in February, 1836, finished the translation of the entire Scriptures in the Tahitian language, and I brought the labour-manuscript of the translation with me to be printed. On making known the object of my voyage to that noble Society, the British and Foreign Bible Society, they immediately granted that 3,000 Bibles and Testaments should be printed in the Tahitian language for the use of the natives of those islands, and that I am happy to inform you has been accomplished. So that, in February last, only two years from the time I embarked for England, the entire Scriptures were in print in that language; and thus every nation will now have an opportunity of seeing and hearing in their own tongue in which they were born, the wonderful works of God. By the favour of the same noble Society which I have just alluded to, one entire Bible in the Tahitian language has been neatly bound, and presented to the London Missionary Society, at a meeting of the directors in March last. This, Sir, is a specimen of the book which I have now the pleasure of presenting to you. But as my return to the South Sea Islands has already been made public, it now only remains for me to solicit an interest in the prayers of this audience, and of the whole religious public in general, for the Divine protection of my beloved brethren and sisters who have lately left us, and are now perhaps more than a thousand leagues from us; and that He who trod the sea of Galilee and hushed it to a calm, might also tread the briny wave before me, and grant to me, and all who sail with me, a speedy and The Directors had sent forth, during the past year, to various parts of the world, missionaries with their families, amounting, exclusive of their children, to sixty-one individuals. The number of churches was 93, communicants 7,347, and scholars 36,954, being an increase on the year 1837 of 9 churches, 932 communicants, 2,732 scholars. In relation to the funds the Directors had to report that the amount of legacies received during the year had been £3,740 6s. 8d., being £4,037 5s. 8d. less than the amount of legacies received during the preceding year. The contributions for the ordinary and special objects of the Society, of which the items would be specified in the larger Report, had been £66,514 16s. 1d., making, with the legacies a total of £70,255, being an increase beyond the income of the last year of 5,8821. 3s. 7d. The expenditure of the year had been £76,818 16s. 11d., being an increase beyond the expenditure of the previous year to the amount of £13,658 7s.9d., and an excess beyond the |