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Dear brother, what fhall I fay more? Pray for us, and write to us by every opportunity: news from your diftant part of the world will rejoice our hearts: above all, inform us of the fuccefs of dear Mr. Holmes, and any other Miffionaries among the heathen tell us the news of your churches, and fend us any trifling publication. We have received fome intelligence from Ame rica of European concerns before we heard it from Eu rope. We have fent two copies of the Gofpel by Matthew in Bengallee, at the end of which are fome other little tracts, bymns, &c. in that language, which we have difperfed. We beg your acceptance of one copy, and also that you will present the other, in our name, to the New-York Miffionary Society, as a token of our fincere union with them in the great object of their undertaking.

I am, very affectionately, yours,
Wm. CAREY.

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Afhort Account of the Ohio Prefbytery; in a Letter from the Rev. Thomas Moore, dated Ten Mile, January 15, 1801.

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HIS Prefbytery was conftituted in 1793. Its first meeting was in October of the fame year. It was fet off from the Redstone Prefbytery. At its first conftitution it confifted only of five members. The Monongahela river, in its windings, is the eaftern and northern boundary, till it joins the Allegany river at Pittsburgh. From thence its northern line extends to Prefque Ifle, and from thence weftward. Two more members were added the next year, and a large number Since. The Great Head of the Church has highly favoured us, as a Prefbytery, with unanimity, love and friendship among ourselves, and with a large addition to our number. He has evidently put much defirable work into our hands, within the space of two or three years. We have, for a confiderable time, almost inva

riably had more or lefs candidates under examination for licenfure. We have now five probationers for the gospel miniftry. Our Prefbytery confifts of nineteen minifters, eighteen of which have charges; one without a charge; and one from the Prefbytery of Orange, in Carolina, who expects foon to take a charge within our bounds. Five of the above nineteen are fettled over the Ohio river, one of which refides within eight miles of Young's Town, and preaches there one third part of his time as a temporary fupply. He has two other places of preaching, which are confidered as being his charge. He was ordained laft September.

The facrament of the Lord's fupper was adminiftered there in the wildernefs on the following fabbath. Through the whole folemnity there was fenfible liberty in preaching, clofe attention in hearing, and fome evident tokens of the fpirit of God operating on the minds of feveral, and on one or two in a remarkable manner. The feafon was both animating and encouraging.* To fee the table of the Lord fpread, and the banner of the bleffed Jefus difplayed, fo far to the weft in the wilderness, which, but à fhort time fince, was inhabited by favage beafts and favage men, and where fatan has held his empire for a long time almoft without control, was, to me, and, I truit, to many others, a pleafing theme of meditation.. Mr. William Wick is the paftor of this congregation.

From the month of Auguft, 1799, to Nov. 1800, the Prefbytery of Ohio have ordained ten minifters of the gofpel, inftalled nine of them, difmiffed one to go and itinerate in the State of Tenneffee, and received and inftalled one from the Prefbytery of Brunfwick; fo that, in the space of one year and four months, there have been ten members added to this Prefbytery. At prefent we have three who are how on trials in the Prefbytery, and feveral more ftudying divinity. Our

*The above mentioned sacrament was administered in the forks of Big Beaver, thirty miles west of the Ohio and eight miles east of Young's Town. The church formed on the occasion consisted of forty-one members, five of which communicated for the first time.

churches are chiefly fupplied from a little academy in Cannonfburgh, with no refources-fupported entirely, till of late, by the Prefbyterian clergy and their people. Lately it has received one thoufand dollars from the Legiflature of this State. In this quarter the field is wide and extenfive, the harveft truly great, but the labourers comparatively few. We rejoice that the Connecticut Miffionary Society are fending miffionaries to New-Connecticut. Lately the Rev. Mr. Badger paffed through our bounds on a miffion to New-Connecticut. Lately there have been feveral revivals within the bounds of our Prefbytery. One under the miniftry of the Rev. Mr. J. Millen; one under the Rev. Mr. Paterfon; one under the Rev. Mr. J. Hughes; one under the Rev. Mr. J. Brice; and one in my own congregation, a particular account of which I intend to fend foon for the New-York Miffionary Magazine. Awakenings at prefent are not fo fréquent as formerly....

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Laft fall we fent four of our minifters on a fhort tour to the Indians, to fee what could be done in order to christianize them. The Rev. Meffrs. J. Hughes and Thomas Marques went to Cornplanter, a noted chief of the Six Nations; had fome converfation with him, but returned without concluding on any thing very cifive. Rev. Thomas E. Hughes, with a probationer, vifited the Indians near Detroit. The name of the chief of that tribe is Blue Jacket. They were received in a kind and friendly manner. They have brought with them a fon of this chief, who is now ftudying with Mr. Hughes. His father wifhes him to acquire an education, with the knowledge of agriculture. The young Blue Jacket appears very defirous of the fame. Since he has been with Mr. Hughes he appears to be under: fome religious concerns fo much at least as to make him attempt fecret prayer.

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Account of a late Revival of Religion in a Part of th Highlands of Scotland.

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N fummer 1798 the Lord's fupper was difpenfed in our congregation, at the ufual time of the year. For fome weeks before I endeavoured, in preaching, to explain more fully, and with more application to the conscience, the nature of the ordinance, and the character of those who, under the denomination of difciples, were commanded to keep it. The exhortations and warnings then given appeared to be accompanied with a divine bleffing. Some of the ordinary communicants, judging themfelves to be in an unconverted ftate, kept back, of their own accord, from partaking of the facrament. Others, after converfing with me privately on the subject, took the fame refolution: Many of thofe who might otherwife have applied for admiffion, forbore to apply. I inferred this from the coinparatively small number of perfons applying. For fome years before, the number of candi dates for admiffion each fummer amounted to thirty, forty, and fometimes near fifty. In fummer 1798 there were not above twelve; of whom nine were admitted. The facrament was dispenfed the fame year again in November, on which occafion there were only fix more new communicants admitted.

Although the number of communicants was thus for the time diminished, yet the number of those who were brought under concern about their eternal interefts was increafing. This concern thewed itfelf chiefly among the younger people under twentyfive or thirty. Their knowledge was yet imperfect. A natural fhyhefs often hindered them long from difcovering to others what they thought or felt. They had as yet no friend or intimate whom they judged able, from experience, to underftand their fituation, or to give them counfel. Some of them began to vifit one of the two earlier converts formerly mentioned, from whole reading and converfation they derived confiderable benefit. By means of this common friend they were brought more acquainted with each other. One might now obferve at church, after divine fervice, two or three fmall groups forming themselves round our few more advanced believers, and withdrawing from the crowd into the adjacent fields, to exchange Chriftian falutations and hold Chriftian converfe together; while a little coufin, or other young relative, followed as a filent attendant on the party, and liftened earnestly to their religious discourse.

As the facrament of the Lord's fupper had been much abused, by admitting, without ftrict examination or fpecial inftruction,

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