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t&o < tfb £ f « rf the Society islands , in the Paramatta schooner ; the chiefs of these islands behaved with kindness to them . ; ? nd a great number of the inhabitants heard them preach . A hope is expressed that the increasing commerce between New South Wales and Otaheite will afford many facilities to the missionaries for visiting the neighbouring islands .
In AFRICA , the Society has the following stations :- ~* Bet&elsderp . ——Hcre the Mission flourishes . Dr . Vander Kemp writes that it contains betwfcct 6 o , aand 70 houses , each at an average of * o inhabitants , whose industry increases . Impelled by missionary zeal , the dector meditates a mission to «* the long neglected island of
Madagascar . ** As some of the brethren , as well as some of- the converted Hottentots" propose to accompany Dr . Vander Kxmp > the directors . have fixed ett two missionaries ,, Messrs . Wimrner and Pacalt , who being natives of Germany , it is expected , will easily acquire the knowledge of the I > ufcch language , to succeed them . < *
The following passage in the . Repot * pleased us exceedingly . *—** . Mr . Read mentions that the Magazines , Missionary Transactions , # cc . -which we sent him were very acceptable ; hut nothing , he adds , rejoices our hearts so much as the abolition of the slave-rtrade . Oh ! happy Britain ! to be-. the means ( probably ) of the total destruction of such an
evil . I hope this is a proof that God has not destined our dear land to immediate destruction . We held a day of public thanksgiving ;< we assembled ail . ou r people , old and young , and- pressed on their minds the horrid iniquity of trading in human flesh , that our youth might
remember it to their latest years . Brother UUbricht conducted the worship . A hymn was sung , composed by J > r . V wider Kemp , and irery applicable to the occasion . The sympathetic fee-lings of this brother , for these poor people , have induced him , in the last three
years , to redeem seven of them from slavery , which has cost him about 8 or 900 I . Being eye-witnesses of the horri ^ usage of the poor , sjavesxstili in bondage in this colony , so renowned for its mildness to them , we agreed to : be urgent at the , throne of grace , in public and private , that the JLord may be pleased * tojly to do away this ^ reat evil . " Orange ftivttK-r-r-fYhis station is •* under th& « upe , riutcin 4 ancc of the- Brethren
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Anderson , Kramer and Jaatfc ' , ** wfe&g , besides preaching , &c catech&e tKa children and instruct them , in the rudiments of common learning , aad teach , the inhabitants also to lay out gardetes *
cultivate the * land , an 4 build houses ; thus gradually reforming their wild and wandering habits , and promoting their civilization . Seventeen persons have been baptized here . The station , it hi addedv &as suffered much from the small
pox ; but the introduction of the vaceine inoculation appears likely , through the divine blessing , to eradicate this evil , as it has hitherto been attended with extensive and complete success . Namaquas ^ No particulars are given of this mission , but a reference is made
to No . xx . of Missionary Transactions * where there is said to be a very interesting description , by Mr . A . Albrecht , of tha Nam aqua country and its inhabitants , including their manner of life , their
various customs , religion and government * Graaf Remet . —Here Mr . Kicherer , who brought over to this country the three converted Hottentots , resides , in the bosom of a large Christian society . He boasts of 1000 communicants at die
Lord's table . The attention of the society has bean of late turned to ASIA ; the mention of whichj naturally leads the directors to notice the opposition to missionary efforts in this quarter of the globe . A torrent of abuse and a volley of threats
are let forth , not m the most chri-tian manner , against . the enemies of Indian conversions . The outcry raised on thi * subject has , It seems , caused the society $ 0 withhold , till now , the particulars which they have received concerning the operations of their missionaries in Asia . At Madras * - * - " brother Loveless is
labouring with diligence * as a preacher of the gospel , in that populous district called the Black Town . " He is superintending master at the Male ? Asylum , where he has nearly 300 youths untler his care . He receives much countenance :,
and his salary from government , for the above-named service , was expected to be raised to fceol . per annum . He ha $ been alsp encouraged to set on toot a charity school , for the benefit ofothef destitute male children , and obtained a
sufficient fund with which , to cdhlfnehcie it . Fifty boys were actually in this nevr seminaiy in March , last 'year . ' The directors report * with an tfffpejtfi . ance of > .. heart-felt regret , the death" o ? the Rev . Pr , Kcrr , > 8 cnii > rChaplain ' p |
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1809, page 461, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1739/page/47/
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