too great to bear. Brother Hall has, from the first, had the charge of the school; and when out assists in the work we have to do. It was my original calculation for us all to live in one family, and the children to board together with us. But on account of sister Hall's health, we judged it best for them, (brother and sister H.) to occupy a house by themselves, where they could have things a little more comfortable than in the family. Six or seven female children will board with them. Respecting these girls, we had felt much anxiety. They had been accustomed to somewhat different living, from what we could give our numerous family, and their parents wished to have some distinction made. This could not be done while they lived in the same family. After it was determined that brother and sister Hall should live by themselves, we thought it best to place these children in their family. It is doubtful whether we shall think it expedient to continue this arrangement long. Sister Williams has the charge of the family business. The family that we had engaged to assist us, did not feel able to bear their proportion of labor, and have quit our service, at a time when their assistance was most wanted. But the Lord gives us strength, and so we get along.

For several weeks, we have had from 5 to 8 hired men, and two hired black girls in the kitchen. A part of this help is employed on our buildings. The expense of these we expect will be refunded by the Government agent. This leads me to mention a circumstance, unknown as yet I suppose by the committee, viz.; that none of the buildings to be erected by Government are completed, and only the school-house is raised. This has subjected us to great inconvenience and much expense. But it was not owing to any neglect on the part of the agent. The first man that undertook to erect the buildings, failed; and the second has advanced no further than just stated. Whether it was best to go forward with the school, even under all our inconveniences, and at an increased expense, did not admit of a question. We were persuaded that the welfare of the mission, and the wishes of its benefactors, required that the school should go into immediate operation; and that we ought to trust in God for the means of carrying it on.

We have been obliged to build 4 log cabins for dwelling houses. These will accommodate our scholars, when our other houses are erected. We are now engaged in making and burning about 20,000 bricks, for our chimnies; must soon burn lime for the same, and dig two cellars, and a well. All this business comes upon us, when we are most busy on our plantation. But it was work, that was indispensable, with our numerous family, and we thought it better to do it at once, than to be two or three years about it. We now have our meal to transport 40 or 50 miles, and we use near a bushel a day. This renders it necessary that we should have a mill immediately; and we are in daily expectation of a man to build it. The probable cost will be from 100 to 150 dollars. We have tried to get along without conveniences, but we cannot succeed. The object, we feel to be a great and a good one, and we cannot think of abandoning it, because it will cost a little money.

Agreeably to our instructions we have endeavored to lay the foundation of the establishment "broad and lasting," We are daily confirmed in the opinion, that when this is once done, the annual expense of the school will be small, compared with its importance. Our great resources will be from the cultivation of the land, and by raising stock. There is land contiguous and of good quality, and to any extent that we may need. We have exerted ourselves to get in as large a crop as possible. Particulars on this subject and respecting stock, I have mentioned in a letter to the treasurer and will not repeat them.

Perhaps some will think, that we are tardy in our operations; and that instead of one, we ought to have had two or three schools, in a state of forwardness. I will not say but we could have done more; but if our labors could be fully known, I think most persons would acquit us of the charge of indolence. We cannot doubt the expediency of directing all our attention and resources to one school in the first instance. Our present ability will admit of no greater exertions; and the Indians would wish to know whether we were likely to do them good, before we increased our establishment. Bu

we confidently hope, that the Board will soon be able to furnish us with the means and the assistance necessary to commence another. There can be no doubt but it will be gratifying to the nation to have two or three established, as soon as it shall be practicable. The present is an experiment; but, so far as we can judge, one which promises to be successful. And we think no labor or expense should be spared to put the means into extensive operation.

Since I commenced this letter, brother Hall has been violently seized with symptoms of a fever; but by the blessing of God, on the means used, they are removed, and he is fast recovering. His illness has brought additional labors upon us. Please to accept this circumstance as an apology for the hasty manner in which this letter is written. We are at times ready to sink under our labors; but when we think how many encouragements we have, and how often we have been supported, we are astonished at our inconstancy and unbelief.

REVIVAL OF RELIGION AT WATErbury, (con.)

Á VERY interesting account of a revival of religion in Waterbury, Con. has recently been published, of which the following is an abtract.

The Rev. Luke Wood, the present pastor of the church, was ordained in 1808. Previously to that time, the congregation had been considerably reduced by divisions. The church consisted of but 60 members, those mostly in advanced life. From this time till April 1816, only 20 were added by making a profession of religion and 14 from other churches. About the same number had been removed by death, or otherwise. There was great coldness among professors of religion, and infidelity was bold.

In the autumn of 1814, conferences were set up and regularly attended, on the evening of the Sabbath. A few church members were roused to a sense of their duty; prayer-meetings were occasionally held; some cases of religious anxiety occurred; and two or three persons became hopefully pious This hopeful appearance was of short duration, as the religious meetings, which have been mentioned, were broken up by the prevalence of a distressing sickness in the spring and summer of 1815. It is remarkable, that an event so strikingly proving the exposure of all to speedy death as was an epidemic disease, should be the mean of diverting the mind from the pursuit of religion. Yet such has been the fact in other instances.

About this time, a church prayer-meeting on Sabbath noon was instituted, which has been continued. Towards the close of summer the pastor was taken dangerously ill, and was not able to preach till near the close of winter. In June he was again obliged to desist from public labors. Thus it seemed good to Providence to deprive the people of pastoral services, when to human appearance they were most needed.

In February, 1816, a small society of young females commenced a weekly meeting for the purpose of reading the Scriptures and religious conversation, and one or two soon became hopefully pious. In April, four young persons came out from the world, and made a profession of religion. In May, a general zeal appeared to actuate a great proportion of the church. A concert of prayer for the revival of God's work in that place was agreed on, in which all the members of the church were to be engaged in secret, between 8 and 9 o'clock on Saturday evening. The monthly prayer-meeting for missions was more generally attended, and became more interesting. A seriousness pervaded the assembly on the Sabbath. In June, a person, who had been an open opposer of religion,'became hopefully converted. Immediately after this, religious meetings became crowded, and the attention became considerable. As Mr. Wood was unable to preach, the neighboring clergy kindly gave their assistance; and Mr. Nettleton, a candidate of the ministry, labored with great assiduity. The work soon became very powerful, subdued the champions of infidelity first, and silenced the most daring

opposers. In some instances, one or two were taken from a family and the rest left; but in many families, all who had arrived at years of discretion, were under deep conviction, and have since professed religion. Persons of all ages have been subjects of the work, from youth to the man of grey hairs; though the far greater number are from among the youth and the middle-aged. In August 17 persons, as the first fruits of the revival, were gathered into the church; in October 9 were added, and on the first Sabbath in February 71, of whom 17 received the ordinance of Baptism. The exercises on this occasion were solemn and affecting; particularly so, to those who had known the church,in her feeble state. Additions have since been made. The number added since August 1, 1816, is 118, of whom 110 may be considered as fruits of the revival. Others remain to be gathered in, and no instance of apostasy has been known to the writer of the account. Between 50 and 60 have been added to the Baptist church in Waterbury, and some few to the Methodist society. The adjoining town of Middlebury has experienced some tokens of a similar work of grace. The doctrines which teach the depravity of man, the spirituality of the law, the necessity of regeneration, an entire dependence on Christ, and other truths connected with these, were principally instrumental in producing this great change.

Conferences and prayer-meetings are held in different parts of the town, and are attended with eagerness by different classes of people. Who can look upon the prodigious alteration, which such a revival makes in the moral condition of the inhabitants, and consider its amazing consequences throughout eternity, and not earnestly pray for the out-pouring of the Spirit on all our congregations?

MISSION AT BOMBAY.

By the Saco, just arrived at Boston from Bombay, letters have been receiv ed from Messrs. Hall, Newell, and Bardwell, Communications to the Corresponding Secretary of the Board of Foreign_Missions, which have come to hand by this arrival, will appear hereafter. In a letter to the Treasurer, dated April 12, 1817, Mr. Bardwell says, "By the blessing of God, we all enjoy comfortable health, and are happy in our work. I am engaged in studying the Mahratta; but in the present state of the printing department, my time is much occupied in the office." Mr. B. gives a particular account of the commencement of the printing establishment, and of the difficulties and delays, which are such as must always be expected and encountered at the outset of every new institution. Extracts from his letter will be published in a future number.

In the joint letter of the Missionaries to the Treasurer they say, respecting their pecuniary affairs, "We have had much to learn by experience; and we trust our experience will lead us to an arrangement, that will at Once be the most economical, and the most satisfactory to all concerned."

By this vessel, and by previous arrivals, specimens of printing, executed at the mission-press, have been received.

Extracts from a letter written to the Rev. Dr. Morse by Mr. Hall, dated Bombay, April 18, 1817.

"REV. AND DEAR SIR,

I THINK I have already acknowledged the receipt of all your letters, which have reached me.

"How transporting it would be for me to relate, and for you to hear, the tidings of Hindoos converted to God through the labors of your missionaries in this place. But as yet it has pleased the Sovereign Disposer to withhold his converting grace from this heathen people. Thousands here have heard from our lips the tidings of the Gospel, and many more are still hearing them from day to day. But, alas, so far as we can see, all seems to be as

the seed that fell by the way side. In such a case, how consoling to be assured, that God's word shall not return void, but shall surely accomplish the blessed end for which it was sent.

"We continue to labor from day to day in the same manner as mentioned in our former letters. The addition of brother Bardwell to our number is very great encouragement to us.

"After surmounting many difficulties, we have at length got our press at work. As a specimen of our printing Í send you a Scripture tract, which we have published. We expect to improve as we proceed. The work has been almost entirely performed by our own hands. The success of this beginning has encouraged us. We proceed immediately to print the Gospel of Matthew. We still make the Mahratta language our main study. For a year past I have employed a considerable portion of my time in the study of Sungskrit, and read several books in that deified language. I can now speak the Mahratta language with ease, and hope by and by to be able to preach in Guzerattee and Hindoostanee.

"I have visited the excavations on the islands of Elephanta and Salsette. The extent of these excavations in the solid rock is perfectly astonishing. As to the magnitude of the labor, and the folly of executing them, I think they must surpass the pyramids of Egypt. They are purely of a religious origin; but when or how they were executed is utterly unknown to the present inhabitants of the land. I shall not attempt any description of these amazing monuments of Hindoo idolatry; because, if I could do it to perfection, it would be useless, since they are so ably described in books, which have long been before the public.

In reference to the geography of this part of India, I would say, that the country has a very strange appearance. As far as the eye can extend, all seems like one continued wilderness, though innumerable huts and villages are concealed under the wide-spreading branches of the cocoa-nut tree, which, in many places, is almost the only tree to be seen. A great part of the country is an uncultivated waste. The people having been so often conquered and plundered, the spirit of agriculture, and every kind of improvement, if it ever existed here, must of course be broken down, and the soil has become so impoverished, that however just the proverb once, "rich as India," it would be more proper now to invert it and say, "poor as India."

"Great praise is due to the British government in India for the liberality and zeal with which they have long labored to save the natives from the calamity of the small pox by means of general vaccination.”

ORDINATION AND INAUGURATION.

On Wednesday, July 23rd, the Rev. JEREMIAH DAY was ordained to the Gospel Ministry and inaugurated President of Yale College. The services were performed at the Centre Church, before a large and respectable audience. The Rev. Andrew Lee, D. D. of Lisbon, made the introductory prayer; the Rev. Isaac Lewis, D. D. of Greenwich, preached the sermon from 1 Tim. iv, 16, Take heed unto thyself, and unto thy doctrine; continuë in them; for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee; the Rev. John Marsh, D. D. of Wethersfield, made the consecrating prayer; the Rev. Joseph Strong, D. D. of Norwich, gave the charge; the Rev. Amos Bassett, of Hebron, gave the right hand of fellowship; and the Rev. Peter Starr, of Warren, made the concluding prayer.

In the afternoon, the President was inducted into office. The Rev. Dr. Ripley, senior member of the corporation, delivered an address in Latin, and presented the charter, keys, seal, and records of the College to the President. A congratulatory address in Latin was then delivered by Professor Kingsley; and the services were closed by an inaugural oration in Latin by President Day.

The services of the occasion are said to have been solemn, interesting, and appropriate.

OBITUARY.

We have several notices of deceased persons, which have lain some time on our files. partly for the want of room to insert them, and partly for the want of leisure to abridge and prepare them. We are of opinion, however, that suitable memorials of the pious do not lose their interest by delay in publishing them; and that those affecting providences, which are often observed in cases of sudden or remarkable death, are at all times useful admonitions to a giddy and a thoughtless world.

Dren, at Danville, (Kentucky,) in August, 1819, Mrs. NANCY NELSON, wife of the Rev. Samuel K. Nelson and daughter of Gov. Shelby, in the 23rd year of her age. For about three years before her death she was a professor of the Christian religion, and appeared to be sincerely devoted to the service of God. Though at times fearful of being deceived, she was generally favored with a comfortable hope of an interest in Christ. She made rapid and visible proficiency in the knowledge and practice of religiou, and her truly Christian deportment was acknowledged and admired by the pious who enjoyed an intercourse with her. She treated the friends of the Redeemer, of all classes, from the highest to the lowest, with the most benevolent attention, esteeming them as the excellent ones of the earth. Her death was occasioned by a fever then prevalent in the western country. About a fortnight before she was taken ill she had the strongest presentiment that her departure was at hand. Of this she informed her husband and declared, that death had lost its terrors to her. Her illness came on shortly after, and continued about two weeks, during which time her patience and resignation to the will of God could not be exceeded. From her observations to others it was evident, that from the first she had not the least expectation of recovery; though, to spare the feelings of her husband, she did not make this declaration in his presence until the day before her death. Then, all others having left the room at her request, she told him what her apprehensions were, and requested that he would kneel by her bed side, that their hearts at the same time might once more be lifted up to God in prayer, having previously pointed out one particular thing as the subject matter of their joint petition.

After having been informed, that, in the opinion of her physicians, she could not live through the approaching night, and after having addressed her husband in the most affectionate manner,she turned to the company, and said, "Well, it seems that I am quickly to leave you all. But I can assure you, that, for three years past, I have been seeking preparation for this hour, and can now say, I know in whom I have believed. O my friends, look on me, and mark the value of the precious hope of the Gospel! You see that I am composed, perfectly composed, and have not one tear to shed, even in view of death. Now, what could reconcile me to part with my dear huband and precious little children with such composure, but just such an assurance as the Gospel gives-the blessed assurance of being for ever with the Lord, and soon meeting them again at his right hand. You know I have had nothing to disgust me with life. Every earthly pros pect has brightened upon me, and I have had as many inducements to live as any of you: yet am perfectly resigned, and, except on my dear husband's account, have not one wish to live. O the glorious superiority of the Christian hope to the most improved and refined human philosophy!"

Afterwards, turning to Mr. Nelson, she said, "Husband, will you remember that I die happy?—that I tell you, I have not only a hope of everlasting life, but not one doubt about the matter; and that I shall praise God for ever for the hour of our union, as I beheve you have been instrumental in my coming to know Jesus Christ, in whom I trust for eternal life? Had it been the will of God, I would have gladly assisted you in raising our dear little children: but the Lord knows what is best-we have given them away to him." "O husband, do you not remember how often we have devoted them to him on our knees in private, as well as publicly in baptism? He will take care of them, and finally bring us all together into his blessed family."-She then in the most calm and affectionate manner took her leave of all in the room individually, giving to each a judicious and suitable exhortation in scriptural language: aud lastly, of her precious little children and beloved husband, charging and intreating all around, if they would wish to meet her in heaven, to be seriously and earnestly employed in making their peace with God by securing an interest in Christ..

After this she appeared quite exhausted, and was thought to be dead. She had been desirous of dying on the Sabbath, and it was now Saturday evening. Her husband observed, that her wish would not be gratified in this respect. But she again revived, and lived till 8 o'clock ou Sabbath morning. Just before her departure, she affectionately demanded of her husband, "Why will you weep, when I have assured you, that I am enly going home?" These were the last words of this precious disciple of Jesus. Without a groan or a struggle, she sweetly breathed out her life into the hands of her Savior and her God.

In Candia, (N. H.) Dec. 26, 1815, Dea. NATHANAEL BURPEE, aged 94 years. He was the oldest man in town, the oldest professor of religion, and the oldest officer in the