1812. Inauguration---Ordinations---Installations. the pastoral relation between the Rev. Ebenezer Porter and the church and society in Washington be dissolved, that he may accept, as soon as his health and other circumstances will permit, the office to which he is elected in the Theological Seminary at Andover? Answered unanimously in the affirmative. Therefore, Voted unanimously, That the pastoral relation, between the Rev. Ebenezer Porter and the church and society in Washington, be dissolved, and it is hereby dissolved. In the result, we have not supposed ourselves at liberty to do evil that good may come; but have felt ourselves bound, as Christian men and guardians of the church, to exercise ourselves, and to recommend to Mr. Porter, and to this church and people, to exercise that disinterested love which seeketh not her own, but, in all things, has respect to the glory of God. We think also that in this decision, we conform to the immemorial usage of this State; our College having been supplied, uniformly, with presidents and professors of divinity, by the removal of ministers from their pastoral charges. The foregoing minutes were read, NOAH BENEDICT, Moderator. } Scribes. A true copy of the original minutes of consociation. Attest, SAML. WHITTESEY, Scribe. 521 prayer and preached the sermon; the The Inaugural Oration was omitted ORDINATIONS. ORDAINED, at Richland, (N.Y.) the At New Haven, (Conn.) on the 8th tional church in that town. Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Woods from 2 Cor. xii, 15. At Hamden, (Conn.) the Rev. ELIPHALET B. COLEMAN. At Leicester, (Mass.) the Rev. JOHN NELSON, jun. Sermon from 2 Cor. ii, 16. INAUGURATION. ON Wednesday the 1st of April, the INSTALLATIONS. INSTALLED at the parish of North At Portland, (Maine,) the Rev. tor of the First Church in that place) ELIJAH KELLOGG, (late senior pasthe Chapel Congregational Church and Society. over At Belchertown, (Mass.) the Rev, 66 LETTER FROM MR. HALD. The following paragraphs are extracts from a letter to the Rev Dr. Morse, written by Mr. Gordon Hall, one of the American missionaries, after he had embarked for Asia. "On board the ship Harmony, Feb. 22, 1812. "REV. AND DEAR SIR, I TAKE the liberty of addressing a line to you, believing that it will ever be grateful to your feelings to hear all you can from the American Mis. sion, in which your heart is so deeply interested. "Our arrival at Philadelphia was safe and seasonable. We were received with warm affection and enlarged benevolence Last Monday evening a praver-meeting was held in the Tabernacle. Most of the Presbyterian and Baptist clergy were present; also the Rev. Messrs. Joyce and Burch, all the missionaries, and a numerous concourse. Many fervent prayers were addressed to the throne of grace in behalf of Zion, and for the success of the mission. The meeting was deeply solemn and interesting. To the missionaries it was peculiarly animating and encouraging. I believe we all blessed God and took courage. "Mr. Ralston spared no pains in making every possible arrangement for our advantage and comfort. He has laid the missionaries and their employers under very great obliga. tions. He, Dr. Green, and others, were active in procuring for us such national documents as may be of great use to us. "On Tuesday morning we left Phil. adelphia for Newcastle, whither the ship had previously gone. We were detained till Thursday; then sailed as far as Port Penn, where we were de. tained till this morning, (Saturday) by a storm. We are now under way; but the wind is so moderate, that we have little hope of getting to sea. He who holds the winds in his fists will order our voyage in wisdom and righteousness; blessed be his name. The number of souls on board the ship is as follows, viz. from the London Missionary Society, the Rev. Mr. May and his wife, and Miss Green; from the Baptist Missionary Society, the Rev. Messrs. Johns and Lawson, and their wives, two children and an unmarried female; brother Nott and his wife, and brother Rice and my self, fourteen in all. We have also two French passengers with us, two supercargoes, the captain, the first and second mates, and crew, making thirty-nine souls on board. The ac commodations of the ship are fully equal to our expectations. As yet every thing is pleasant. The Lord hath done great things for us, whereof we are glad. "We shall ever be anxious to hear from our native land-especially from those who have taken so deep an interest in our success, as you, Sir, have. We hope you will not wait to hear from us before you write. We can make such arrangements, that letters direc ́ed to us at Calcutta will reach us. Let me beg you to write soon. Yours, dear Sir, in Christian affec- tion, "Feb. 24. Between the capes in Delaware bay. I have opened this letter to inform you that contrary winds obliged us to return to Port Penn, on Sabbath morning. A kind Providence permitted our missionary company to have regular worship on the Sabbath. I preached in the morning, brother Johns, P. M. Though separated from the house of God and the congregation of his people, we humbly trust that our Savior was with us. Owing to the situation of the ship, but one mariner attended. The captain has expressed an intention to join with us not only in the worship of the Sabbath, but in our morning and evening exercises, as soon as the ship is at sea. In this respect things appear favorable. May God grant his blessing. Wind now fair-we move rapidly-fare well." This letter was sent back by the pilot boat, and contains the latest intelligence from the missionaries. The public will not probably hear from them again till next autumn. The following letter was written by the wife of one of the missionaries, on the evening before the vessel sailed from Salem. "HERE am I, my dear mother, on "Our accommodations have ex- I feel a sweet satisfaction in reflecting upon the undertaking, in which I am engaged. It is not to acquire the riches and honors of this fading world; but to assist one of Christ's dear ministers in carrying the glad tidings of salvation to the perishing heathen of Asia. "I intended to have written a long letter to our dear M- before I left Salem; but have found it quite impracticable. Do give my love to her and Mr. H. I hope they will not "I never shall repay you, my dear And "There is a calm for those who weep, A rest for weary pilgrims”— Parting sounds will not be heard in heaven. May we meet there, after lives filled with usefulness and duty. I have a thousand things to say, but must stop short. It is late-I must retire-Dear mother, adieu." THE THE fourteenth annual meeting of the Missionary Society, in the counties of Berkshire and Columbia, was holden on the 17th of September last, at the meeting-house in Catskill, (N.Y.) at the opening of which a sermon was delivered by the Rev. John Morse of Green river. The meeting was attended by a respectable number of the members of the Society. The Trustees made a Report of the their proceedings, relative to employment of missionaries, and expenditure of monies, since their appointment at the last meeting, which was accepted by the Society. The following is an abstract of their Report:--The Rev. Reuben Parme the Rev James Davis, the Rev. William J. Wilcox, and Mr. Jonathan Sheldon, who received missionary appointments from a former board of Trustees, have made returns of their services. Mr. Parmele labored ten weeks in the Batavian settlements, in the State of New York; Mr. Davis eight weeks in the mountain towns in the State of Vermont; Mr. Wilcox fifty days, and Mr. Sheldon six weeks, in the western counties of the State of New York. By the present Board of Trustees missionary appointments have been made out to the following ministers and candidates, viz. the Rev Messrs. Jeremiah Osborn, Reuben Parmele, Aaron Kinne, Joseph Avery, and Oliver Ayer and Messrs. Amos Bingham, Jonathan Sheldon, Moses Elliot and Thomas Hardy. The most of these appointments have been fulfilled, and the journals of the missionaries have been received. Returns of seventy-seven weeks of missionary service have been made to this Board. The amount of contributions received by the Missionaries, in the new settlements, for the use of the Society is $56,69 1-2, Officers of the Society for the present year. Rev. BERIAH HOTCHKIN, President. Trustees. Rev. Alvan Hyde, Hon. William Walker, Rev. David Porter, D. D. Hon. Thomas B. Cook, Rev. Samuel Shepard, Joseph Woodbridge, Esq. Rev. Jacob Catlin, Col. David Pratt, Rev. John Chester, Noah Rossetter, Esq. and Major Henry Brown. Committee of Missions. Rev. Alvan Hyde, Rev, Samuel Shep. ard, and Joseph Woodbridge, Esq. The next annual meeting of the Society will be holden at the Court House in Lenox, the third Tuesday in Sept. 1912, at two o'clock, P.M. The Rev. Aaron Kinne is appointed to preach on the occasion; and in case of his failure, Rev John Waters. ALVAN HYDE, Secretary. Receipts of the Society during the year previous to the annual meeting. Entrance money and annui. Profits on the Panoplist, vols. From Cent Societies in $106,00 26,37 161,68 48,00 34,25 Bequest of Mr. Joel Baldwin late of Williamstown Interest of money 60,86 16,74 $453,90 531,00 10.60 4,75 $546,35 Balance in the Treasury $367,35 LITERARY AND MISCELLANEOUS INTELLI GENCE. WORKS PROPOSED AND IN PRESS. Merrifield and Cochran, Windsor, (Vt.) propose to publish by subscrip. tion an Enquiry into the nature of the sinner's inability to make a new heart, or become truly religious, containing some remarks on the Hon. Nathaniel Niles's "Letter to a Friend:" Also containing an answer to the enquiry whether virtue consists in principle or action. By Abijah Wines, A.M. pastor of the Congregational church in Newport, (N.H.) 1 1812. New Works. Samuel T. Armstrong proposes to publish by subscription the Young Minister's Companion, or a Collection of valuable Treatises on the Pastoral Office. containing Mason's Student and Pastor, Macgill's Considerations for Young Clergymen, Watts's Rules for Ministerial Conduct, Doddridge on the Evil of neglecting Souls, and Baxter's Reformed Pastor: the whole to be comprised in an octavo volume of 500 or 600 pages. S. Etheridge, jun. Charlestown, proposes to publish by subscription Memoirs of the Life of Martha Lau rens Ramsay, who died in Charleston, (S.C.) on the tenth of June, 1811, in the 52d year of her age; with an ap pendix containing extracts from her diary, letters, and other private papers; and also from letters written to her by her father, Henry Laurens, 1771-1776. By David Ramsay, M.D. Second edition improved and enlarged. NEW WORKS. on A Sermon delivered in the city of A Sermon preached before the Bi- A Sermon preached in the Meet- President Smith's observations on An Oration pronounced before the Mr. Lloyd's Speech, in the Senate A letter to a Member of Congress, on the subject of a British War. Providence; John Carter. 1812. Speech of the Hon. Josiah Quincy, in the House of Representatives of the United States, Jan. 25, 1812, in relation to Maritime Protection. Alex. andria, S. Snowden. An Oration in commemoration of the birth of our illustrious WashingFeb 24, 1812, before the Washington ton, pronounced at Windsor, (Vt.) Benevolent Society, By Josiah Dunham. Windsor; Thomas M. Pomroy. A Farewell Discourse delivered to A Sermon, delivered before the 1812. Female Piety demanding assistance; two Sermons, delivered in Bradafterwards in two other places. By ford, Second Parish, Jan. 5, 1812, and |