tries, worthy successors of the Apostles, have more than once with their blood fertilised the soil, which before they had moistened with their sweat and their tears. Every year they have the consolation of causing many hundreds of infidels to abandon the worship of their false gods, and of regenerating, in the holy waters of baptism, many thousands of pagan children, in danger of death. Heresy has not followed us upon this field of battle; in her favour the voice of the blood of martyrs has never been heard; she cannot inspire her converts with courage to die for her.* 'Let us now consider the missions of America. In this country we find not, as in India, a goverment which proscribes christianity. The government of the United States has thought fit to adopt a complete indifference toward all the religions. Missionaries, therefore, have neither persecution to fear, nor protection to hope. Their ministry, however, is not the less la borious. 'It is easy to conceive what fatigue must be endured, and what perils must be incurred by those apostolic men, who are travelling without cessation the rugged at every step. Often does night overtake them in the midst of the woods. The hissing of snakes, and cries of ferocious beasts sound in their ears. The ruins of an Indian hut afford them a retreat, and they fall asleep reflecting that Providence is watching over them. Oh power of charity! O prodigy of apostolic zeal ! 'The missions of America are of high importance to the Church. The superabundant population of ancient Europe is flowing toward the United States. Each one arrives, not with his religion, but with his indifference. The greater part are disposed to embrace the doctrine, whatever it be, which is first preached to them. We must make haste; the moments are precious. America may one day become the centre of civilization; and, shall truth or error establish there its empire? IF THE PROTESTANT SECTS ARE BEFOREHAND WITH US, IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DESTROY THEIR INFLUENCE. 'Mgr. Fenwick,' adds the editor, 'is labouring with an admirable zeal to combat this influence of the protestant sects in the versions have already crowned his efforts; mission entrusted to him. Numerous con and he has even been able to establish a convent, all the nuns of which are protestants, who have abjured their former faith.' But we have no space for further extracts from this deeply interesting, and to us humiliating correspondence. It remains only to state briefly what was done in France for the last year, toward sustain mountains of Kentucky and Tennessee, or the forests of Ohio, Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, etc. The traveller, whom necessity conducts into these desert portions of the United States, cannot penetrate them without trembling. He must scale precipices, traverse the streams, the muddy marshes, the tangled woods; his progress is disputed by ferocious beasts and loathsome reptiles; during the day he is terrified at the vast solitude which surrounds him,—and fears he shall fall into the midsting the Romish missions in our heretofore of some tribe of inhospitable savages; and when night arrives, he enjoys no reposefor, if he sleeps, it is but a disturbed slumber. His excited imagination presents continually before him the rattle-snake, the tiger of the forest, or bear of the mountain, or alligator of the stream. Charity, evangelical zeal alone can engage the missionaries to suffer exile in these distant regions. Each of them is charged with a parish of sixty, eighty or near a hundred leagues in extent. They traverse it unceasingly, to furnish the catholics confided to their care with the aids of their ministry; and the year closes before they have been able to visit them all. Genuine pilgrims on earth, they make no where a long abode; nothing stops them in their apostolic career, neither the penetrating cold nor the overpowering heat-both excessive in this cli-estimable men within its bounds—rotten as mate. They advance with no other arms than a cross, for in the cross they find the necessary strength to sustain such fatigue, and to despise the many dangers they meet *Are the martyrs under Mary of England, and the other persecutors of protestants, forgotten? But, possibly, they were not heretics. fondly-termed Protestant Republic ;-concerning which we should not speak in such terms, were it not that we know the religion of Rome to be precisely what the corrupt heart and the proud imagination of man craves-splendid, specious and superficial in its forms-indulgent in its permissions, especially to the rich-easy in its penances, which pacify the guilty, and encourage to new crimes, as easily pardoned -seductive and magnificent in its promises, but exalting itself against the Truth of God, and substituting for it the vanity of useless traditions-cruel and vindictive in its enmities, though it retain amiable and a system, and in regard to its factitious pomp of ceremonies, dignities and orders, though possessing many elements of truth -and in Scripture designated as the Mother of harlots, and of the abominations of the earth. 1830. NOTICES OF RELIG. DENOM. IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD. In 1828 the Association for the Propagation of the Faith collected a sum, which, with an amount on hand, made 271,999 francs, 75 centimes; of which they were able to distribute among the several missions 254,939 fr. 70 c. Of this last amount there was assigned to the Missions of America the sum of 120,000 francs-being about $24,000. The items were as follows: To Mgr. Fenwick, bishop of Cincinnati, in Ohio To Mgr. Richard, bishop of Detroit, in Michigan 199 Church"-adherence to the principles and government of the Church-urgency of ef forts to disseminate the true faith, &c.We trust in God that the "Mother Church" is not to become in the United States what she is now in southern or even in central Europe. But this is to be prevented, let it be remembered, and pondered well, by far 20,000 fr. greater efforts on the part of Protestants, spread the Word of Life, and the blessings of a Christian ministry. The efforts of Jesuits are not to be despised. 7,500 To Mgr. Flaget, bishop of Bardstown, in Kentucky 20,000 To Mgr. Rosati, bishop of St.Lou is, and Administrator of New Orleans For Missouri 20,000 Eds. to VARIOUS NOTICES OF RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD. I. BRITISH POSSESSIONS IN NORTH AMERICA. Episcopal Church. There are two Episcopal dioceses-those of Nova Scotia, including Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Bermudas; and of Quebec, including the two Canadas. Of the diocese of Nova Scotia, John Inglis, D. D. is Bishop. The number of inferior clergy is 67. Of the diocese of Quebec, Charles James Stewart, D. D. is Bishop. The number of inferior clergy is 72. Baptists. As we have stated, in our ta We have not the means of giving an accurate statistical view of the number be-bles, the number of Baptist clergymen, as longing to the Papal Church in the United States. We shall endeavor to do this at a future day-perhaps in our next number. The population belonging to this Church has been variously stated. We are inclined to believe it to be half a million. The Archbishop of this Church is James Whitfield, of Baltimore. Bishops, Benedict Joseph Flaget of Bardstown, Ky., John England of Charleston, S. C., Edward Fenwick of Cincinnati, Ohio, Joseph Rosati of St. Louis, Mo., Benedict Joseph Fenwick of Boston, John Dubois of New York, Michael Portier of Mobile, John B. M. David of Mauricastro, and coadjutor to the Bishop of Bardstown, Henry Conwell of Philadelphia. They have periodical publications at Charleston, S. C., Hartford, and Boston. A Convention of the prelates met at Baltimore in October last, and addressed a pastoral letter to the laity in the United States. The principal matters of exhortation arenecessity of greatly increasing the number of the priests—the importance of the education of children--influence through means of the press-interpreting the scriptures "according to the unanimous consent of the sociations, &c. we will not here repeat them. In the Province of Nova Scotia there have recently been considerable accessions to the Baptist churches. Methodists. There is one Methodist Conference in Canada, and about 10,000 members of that communion. They are principally found in Upper Canada. Under the care of the Methodist missions in Canada, there are 1,454 Indians, 981 of whom are regular communicants. Romish Church. There are 4 diocesesQuebec, Upper Canada, Montreal, Prince Edward's Island. We have no means of ascertaining the number of the Romish priests in Canada. It is stated in an article on Canada, published not long since in the North American Review, that the clergy in Canada have no connexion with the See of Rome. They are educated at home, and are supported by the 26th part of the grain raised on the land of the Catholics, which amounts, on the average, to about £300 per annum to each priest. GREAT BRITAIN. Episcopal Church. The two ecclesiastical provinces into which England is divided, are Canterbury and York. The Archbishop of York is William Howley, D. D.; of Canterbury, Edward Venables Vernon, D. D. The number of Bishoprics is 25. All the Bishops have a seat in the House of Lords, except the Bishop of Sodor and Man. The Archdeacon is the assistant of 200 NOTICES OF RELIG. DENOM. IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD. the Bishop. The other dignitaries are the deans, prebendaries, canons, &c.; the inferior clergy are the rectors, vicars, and curates. The Church of Ireland is governed by 4 Archbishops, Armagh, Dublin, Cashel, and Tuam. The number of Bishops is 18. The whole Episcopal population of Ireland is somewhat over 300,000. The number of Bishops in Scotland is 6, besides a Missionary Bishop, representing the Church on the continent of Europe. The number of Scotch Episcopal congregations may be about 70, and the population 30,000 The whole number of Episcopal clergymen, in all parts of the world, is not far from 23,000, and the population 11,000,000. Presbyterians. The Church of Scotland is a national Church, supported by tithes. John Knox was the founder. The General Assembly meets annually in May, and is the ultimate appeal in religious matters. The Westminster Confession of Faith was adopted by the Church in 1647. In 1824 there were connected with this Church 15 synods, 78 presbyteries, 900 parishes, 51 chapels For various reasons, the following secessions have, at various times, been made:-1, United Associate Synod-2, Associate Synod-3, Original Burgher Associate Synod-4, Constitutional Presbytery— 5. Relief Synod-in all, 33 presbyteries, 474 churches, and 415 ministers. In England there may be about 300 congregations of Presbyterians, and a population of 60 or 70,000; in Ireland about 240 ministers, and a population of 800 or 900,000. FEB. ing the last year, of 2,335. The number of persons under the care of the foreign missions is 39,660. There are two or three small seceding bodies of Methodists in England. There are also several smaller sects, which we have not space to notice. FRANCE. Number of Catholics 29,000,000; the number of clergy amount to between 30 and 40,000. The students preparing for holy orders are 30,000 in addition. The annual expenditure on the clergy is from 4 to $5,000,000. The Reformed (Calvinistic) church of France has, as it appears from a table just published, 305 ministers, 438 places of worship, and 451 Bible Associations. The number of Lutherans we do not know. NOTE. Our limits do not allow us to extend our notices any further. We are aware that what we have said in regard to the Religious Denominations, in Foreign Independents. They form the largest Countries, is of a miscellaneous nature, body of English Dissenters except the still it may be of some service. We Methodists. They resemble, in many re- hope, with the blessing of a kind Provispects, the Congregationalists of New Eng- dence, to present at a future day, an acculand. They have several flourishing acad-rate and complete view of the Religious emies or colleges, and are earnestly engaged in the various benevolent enterprises of the day. In 1824 the number of churches was computed at 1,024, and of ministers 950. They have much increased since that time. Denominations in Great Britain and on the Continent of Europe, in connexion with their respective histories, doctrines, efforts to extend the gospel, &c. We close our annual view of the Religious world with the following table from the American Al OPERATIONS OF THE AMERICAN EDUCATION SOCIETY. REPORTS OF AGENTS. In the last number of the Quarterly Register and Journal it was stated that several agents had been appointed to labour, in behalf of the Society, in different parts of the country. In the present number, we shall give some account of their efforts and success by laying before our readers an abstract of their several reports for the Quar ter. REV. WM. COGSWELL. To the Secretary of the Am. Ed. Soc. Rev. and Dear Sir, Agreeably to your request, I now forward to you a brief sketch of my labours to the present time, in the service of the American Education Society, and their results. I entered into their employment on the 20th of August. I began my labours in Middlesex County in this State, but, in the course of a week or two, at the request of the Executive Committee, I left my field of labour to attend the Anniversaries of the Branch Societies of New Hampshire and Vermont. I was kindly received by these bodies, and I endeavoured, on my part, to reciprocate like feelings, and assured them of the cordial cooperation of the Directors of the Parent Society, in the important and exalted work of raising up and qualifying a host of young men for the ministry of the gospel. Owing to the engagements of Christians in New Hampshire in Domestic missions and the Bible cause, for the latter of which they have pledged themselves to raise in two years twelve thousand dollars, and their great efforts the year past to relieve Dartmouth College from its pecuniary embarrassment, the New Hampshire Branch could not, at present, be stimulated to greater efforts in the cause of the Am. Ed. Soc. But little will be accomplished in that State in behalf of our enterprise the year ensuing, although the Branch seems rightly to appreciate the importance of the object. Probably more will be effected another year. The Vermont Branch is rising. In consequence of an alteration in their constitution, at the last meeting, the Society has become in its nature and operations a State Institution, and will I think deeply interest the feelings of the community in general. It promises to be an efficient Auxiliary. They pledged themselves to raise the present year money enough to supply the wants of their own Beneficiaries, or, at least, two thousand dollars. After my visit to Vermont, I returned to my field of labour in Middlesex County. Here I have been performing the duties of my agency, when in the service of the Society, excepting a week, which I VOL. II. 26 year spent in attending as delegate of the Parent Society the Annual Meeting of the Essex County Aux. Education Society at Ipswich, and the Auxiliary Education Society of Newburyport and vicinity. The County Society pledged themselves to make strenuous efforts to raise the current sand dollars. The President of the Sociefor the Parent Institution two thouty, the Hon. William B. Banister, is a warm friend of Education Societies, as well as of the cause of benevolent Institutions in general. Besides some other contributions, which may be expected occasionally from benevolent individuals and Societies, three Temporary Scholarships were pledg. ed in Newburyport-one by a Ladies' Society, and two by the Gentlemen's Association of Newburyport and vicinity.The result of my labors is the pledge of one Permanent Scholarship, eleven Temporary Scholarships, six Honorary Lifememberships of the Parent Society, six Lifememberships of the Middlesex County Society, the establishment of seven Ladies' Societies, which will contribute annually to the funds of the Society; and collecting in money rising of five hundred dollars, inost of which has proceeded from the above named sources. This money has been paid over either to the Treasurer of the Parent Society, or of the County Auxiliary. I have also obtained sixty subscribers for the Quarterly Register and Journal, and received the pay for them all, except two, and remitted it to the Agent for that concern. Every Minister in the country ought to give his name at once for this periodical, as it contains a fund of information vastly important to Clergymen, which can be obtained from no other work. I have also corrected the statistics of the Churches and Ministers, connected with the General Convention of Vermont and of the General Association of New Hampshire. I have seen and conversed with seventeen pious indigent young men in regard to preparing themselves for the work of the Ministry, some of whom have already concluded to do it, and applied for assistance; and a portion of the others will probably apply at some future time.-In my travels, I have visited a number of Academies, and, where there have been beneficiaries, have conversed and prayed with them, and also obtained the statistics of these Institutions. In all my intercourse with the christian community, I have been well received, and feel grateful to God for all the kind attentions, which have been shown me, as also to the individuals, who have bestowed them.-It is but proper here to remark, that owing to my engagements at Dedham in relation to my dismission from my pastoral charge and the settle ment of a successor in office, I felt it my duty to suspend my agency in the service of the Society, during the term of three weeks. This I did under a full conviction, that circumstances required it, and that the Board of Directors would perfectly acquiesce in my doing it.-May the smiles of a gracious and approving Heaven ever attend all exertions for the building up of the Redeemer's kingdom through the instrumentality of the American Education Society. All which is respectfully submitted, JAN. 12, 1830. WILLIAM COGSWELL. Rev. HENRY LITTLE. To the Secretary of the American Education Society. Andover, Jan. 9, 1830. Rev. and dear Sir, I have preached ten Sabbaths, and spent eleven weeks in the county of Essex in Massachusetts. The towns and parishes visited are Haverhill, Bradford, West Newbury, Amesbury, Salisbury, Byfield, Old Rowley, Ipswich, Essex, Manchester, Gloucester, Lynn, Danvers, Andover, and Methuen. The amount already raised in each parish you will see in another place. After I had preached one Sabbath, I rode through the county, saw the ministers, and made appointments. I then presented my object agreeably to these appointments, and at the close visited the parishes which came in the first part of my course, to receive the money collected. Thus to learn what was to be done, to accommodate the ministers, and at last to finish the business as far as practicable, has obliged me to travel much further than I at first supposed would be necessary. The whole distance travelled over is at least 600 miles. This of course has taken some time, and has been attended with some expense; but I have been unable to devise any other plan, which on the whole seemed better for the Society. It has been a prominent object with me to urge the importance of making all subscriptions and donations annual. How I have succeeded, other years must tell. Í have been received with apparent cordiality by both ministers and people, and have heard but few objections to the principles and operations of the Society. The principle of loaning money to beneficiaries, and that of a strict supervision over them, have contributed much to my success. I have found parents in the county who practise both these principles with their own sons. I have met with but few young men so fitted by nature and grace for the gospel ministry, that I could very strenuously urge them to commence a course of study. The greater proportion of such men in this county have already been induced to commence an academical course. 22 20 $573 14 account, that I In addition to doubt, at least You see by the above have received $573 14. this, there is, I have no $100, collected in Danvers S. Parish, and about $100 more will be made up in Andover and the west parish in Boxford. These two sums with what will soon be forwarded by the President, Agents, and Female Societies, in several of the parishes which I have visited, will make up $800, even if we do not include the $51 which I had no hand in collecting at Andover Theological Seminary." Rev. JOHN K. YOUNG. Mr. Young has preached on behalf of the Society in Boxford, Topsfield, Hamilton, Beverly, (Rev. Mr. Oliphant's Society,) and Marblehead, in Essex county, Mass.; in each of which places he was kindly received, and in most subscriptions were obtained, which will be noticed as they are remitted to the Treasury. Mr. Young's field of labour was afterwards chiefly in Hampden county, Mass., where an Auxiliary Education Society was formed several years ago. In consequence of special efforts which the friends of be |