ORDINATION.-On the evening of August 2d ult. Mr. Cornelius Van Cleef was ordained to the sacred office of an Evangelist, by the Reverend the Classis of Philadelphia, in the Reformed Dutch Church, in Spring Garden, Philadelphia. The ordination sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Livingston, of the R. D. Church in Crown Street. The form for ordination was read, and the ordination prayer offered up, by the Rev. Mr. Sears, of the R. D. Church in Spring Garden. And the charge to the candidate was given by the Rev. Mr. Van Liew, Pastor of the R. D. Church at Reddington (N. J.) A collection was taken up at the close of the services, in aid of the funds of the Missionary Society of the R. D. Church.The Rev. Mr. Van Cleef continues to labour with much success, at the village of Many unk, near Philadelphia, in the young and flourishing church lately formed there.

INSTALLATION.-On Sabbath, Sept. 16, ult. the Rev. Thomas DeWitt, late of Fishkill, (N. Y.) was installed as an associate pastor, in the Collegiate Dutch Church of New-York. In the morning, the Rev. W. C. Brownlee preached the installation sermon from Isaiah vi. 8, 9. "I heard the voice. of the LORD, saying, whom shall I send, and who shall go for us? Then said I; here am I, send me. And He said go and speak un

to this people."

The venerable Dr. Kuypers, the senior pastor of the Church, read the form of Installation, and proposed the solemn questions by which the pastor is inducted into office. And the Rev. Dr. Knox, the second pastor, in point of seniority, made the installation prayer, by which the new pastor, was solemnly set apart to his office in the Collegiate Church. In the evening the pastor installed, preached his introductory sermon from Exodus xxxiii. 14, 15. "And He said my presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. And he said unto HIM, if THY presence go not with me, carry us not up hence."

The audience was very large; and a deep solemnity pervaded the assembly during the whole of the services of the day.

Plan of a permanent fund for the Missionary Society of the Reformed Dutch Church.--At the last meeting of our Board of Managers, in Sept. 17th ult. an active and liberal member of the board, laid on the table a plan to form by the 1st of January next, a permanent fund of $10,000. He offered to pay down $500, on condition that other nineteen individuals, in our city or in the country, should unite with him; in whole, or in shares of $500: --or he would be the fortieth to pay $250, if thirty-nine others, or thirty-nine other shares would be made up to form a permament fund. And the interest of his sum will be appropriated for ever to send VOL. II. -28

the gospel to the heathens abroad, or among the Indians of our country. If the board choose, they can select an individual, or individuals already engaged in missionary services, and support them in whole, or in part. This is only thrown out, in the meantime, to draw the attention of our friends. A Committee of active and zealous members of the board has been appointed to secure subscriptions, and the thing, we are confident, will be accomplished by January first, 1828.

An Institution has been some time in operation, in England, which must promise much benefit to Missions.— Every person who has studied the history of Missions, has been struck with the difficulties, the dangers, the expense, the waste of valuable lives, attending the method which has been, by necessity, resorted to, in sending out missionaries to the spot assigned them-there to begin his labours among the heathen, by acquiring in the first place, the language of the natives. How many have been cut off by the confinement and painful sedentary labours of our missionaries, when devoting themselves to the dry, and painful study of Languages!

The

The Society to which we allude is, "The Language Institution." design is to prepare missions, at home, by teaching them, as far as practicable-the languages requisite for them, at the different stations.There ought to be similar institutions in all the Reformed Churches, who undertake foreign missions-as far as It would the thing is practicable.

save missionary funds, it would save valuable lives, it would expedite missionary work.

COLONIZATION SOCIETY.

The following is the latest news, dated September, from he Colony. This will be found very interesting,

"All the interests of the Colony, are advancing with a calm and steady progress, which exceeds the predictions of its most sanguine friends. While harmony and a general spirit of improvement prevail among the Colonists, they maintain a friendly inter

course with the neighbouring tribes, and are exerting upon them the most salutary influence.

The Factory at Young Sesters, which was for a short time suspended in consequence of a war between two of the native Chiefs, has resumed its operations; three of the Colonists are permanently fixed there, and are now making improvements, and prosecuting successfully the trade of the country.

The St. John's Establishment continues to prosper, and with it has been connected a large plantation. "The way (says Mr. Ashmun,) is perfectly prepared for the introduction of 20 to to 30 families at this fertile spot, and an indefinite number at short intervals ever afterwards."

An Agent has for the first time been introduced at little Bassa, 15 miles N. W. from St. Johns. The Tribe at this place has been particularly jealous of the Colony, and has persisted in the slave trade, until the last year. "But unless (says the Colonial Agent,) I greatly deceive myself, every cause of jealousy has, for some months past, been fast melting away; and we are by the most unexceptionable means, introducing among them, an influence, which is, with God's blessing, to meliorate and exalt their condition, and to lead on to the establishment of a civilized population in that quarter, at no great distance of time.

"We have already to some extent, connected with all our factories, an agricultural appendage, a plan which has proved mutually advantageous, in different ways, both to the country, people, and the Colony. A most desirable addition still to be made to both, is a school for the instruction of the native youth and children of the respective tribes in which our establishments are situated."

Mr. Ashmun thinks it nearly capable of demonstration, that the African tribes may be civilized without expulsion from their chosen settlements, and that fearful diminution of their po

pulation, which has, from causes that do not exist here, as in regard to the Indians of America, accompanied the march of civilization in that hemisphere.

The following statement is of no ordinary interest, and must not be omitted. "An excursion of one of our people into the interior, to the distance of one hundred and forty miles, has led to a discovery of the populousness, and comparative civilization of this district of Africa, never, until within a few months, conjectured by myself. The same individual is now absent on a second journey. The particulars of both I hope to be able to present to the Board, by the next conveyance. In the mean time, it may not be without interest to observe, that we are situated within 50 leagues of a country, in which a highly improved agriculture prevails, where the horse is a common domestic animal; where extensive tracts of land are cleared and enclosed-where every article absolutely necessary to comfortable life, is produced by the soil, or manufactured by the skill of the inhabitants; where the Arabic is used as a written language, in the ordinary commerce of life; where regular and abundant markets and fairs are kept, and where a degree of intelligence and partial refinement distinguish the inhabitants, little compatible with the personal qualities attached, in the current notions of the age, to the people of Guinea."

The coast Tribes, "anxious to possess themselves of the streams by concealing the remote sources of their gains," have endeavoured to preclude the Colonists from all intercourse with the interior. It has been ascertained, however, that the inhabitants of the interior, from whom is at present derived a large proportion of the valuable products of the country, are desirous of opening a direct communication with the Colony; and measures are now in operation, by which it is believed this object will shortly be

accomplished. A vast increase of trade may, in consequence, be expected.

The valuable part of Bushrod Island has been added to the territory of the Colony. About twenty families by the Doris, have been here located, and have commenced the clearing of their lands. This tract includes the whole right bank of the Stockton, opposite the St. Paul's Territory, from the St. Paul's to the Montserado (8 miles;) and in the course of the next season, (says Mr. Ashmun,) we hope to connect the two settlements by a bridge of the length of 140 feet.

The schools of the Colony, have all been reorganized on the Lancasterian plan, and placed under the general superintendance of the Rev. G. M'Gill of Baltimore. All the children of the Colony attend school. There are six schools for native children.

pils is 227.

The number of native pu

A small Schooner is kept constantly running between the different Factories and the Cape; making on an average, one trip weekly, and bringing at each return, a cargo worth $350. The whole amount of trade thus brought in, is estimated by Mr. Ashmun, at $14,000 per annum. The purchase of produce, including capital and factorage, cannot exceed $6000, leaving as the Schooner's freight, $8000. From this must be deducted the expense of running the Schooner, $3,300. Leaving a net profit to the Colony of $4,700.

This statement will exhibit to our friends, one of the sources to which the Colony is indebted for its abundant means of subsistence, and for its remarkable prosperity.

The Colony is well prepared to admit, the present season, two hundred emigrants. All who have been the summer past, supplied from the public stores, will, by December, be relying on their own resources; and those who now occupy the Receptacle, (a large building erected for the

accommodation of newly arrived emigrants) will, before that time, have removed to their own habitations.

The Colonization Society thus concludes its circular. "Our friends will find in these facts the amplest encouragement for renewed and more vigorous exertions; nor will they fail, I trust, to produce a favourable influ ence on the minds of the whole American people. Every effort is now demanded to augment the annual emigration. Two or three expeditions will take their departure during the present Autumn, should the Managers be supplied with adequate means.May we not hope, sir, that at this interesting season you will be pleased to lend us your aid, and by the circulation of the intelligence contained in this paper, by the formation of Auxi-' liary Institutions, or by any other methods which your charitable judgment may dictate, contribute to the advancement of the great objects of our Institution. Sir, with perfect respect your faithful servant,

The formation of this Society in the city of New-York, was formerly announced by us.But it seems necessary to add a few words explanatory of our purpose. When it is distinctly understood-and we wish it to be so understood -that the officers and members of this society are members for life of the American Bible Society, and many of them its most zealous and liberal supporters; when it is also understood that this new society forms no auxiliaries either in the city, or country-merely because they wish not to divert any of the usual funds from the parent institution: and when, moreover, it is understood by the religious public that the said Society was not got up with any sectarian feelings, or sinister views whatsoever-it must be obvious that no reasonable objection can be offer ed to impede its progress. The American Bible Society may have as warm friends in other sister denominations. But it cannot hold up a Church where there are warmer or more liberal supporters of this great National Society, than the Reformed Dutch Church. We challenge comparison with any-in proportion to our numbers

Society of the Reformed Dutch Church were The managers and friends of the Missionary constrained, by imperious necessity, to form

Bible and Psalm book Society. In the first place, they wanted Bibles. These they could not procure any where for distribution by their missionaries. Second: They wanted funds to procure Bibles and Psalm books, simply for their different missionary stations. These funds could not be procured without forming a Society whose duty and work it should be to collect funds. Finally, Let it be remarked that we want just funds enough to supply our different stations, and no more; that our funds will ultimately go into the Parent Society's funds, for we purchase our Bibles from her; that this new society will not, by any means, diminish the patronage or the zeal, hitherto shown by our Church, toward the American Bible Society, nor will it divert from her, we verily believe, any of the us ual funds paid by our members to her. We ask the attention of the public to this simple exposAnd we pray that we may, in charity, be judged, as we wish to judge others.

ure.

There is no room for even a suspicion of the workings of sectarianism in this matter. We profess to have been actuated purely by a regard to extend the cause of our own Home Missionary Society; and to supply the destitute, who entreat our Missionaries to give them Bibles and Psalm-Books. Could we have procured these as easily as we can Tracts, by the special liberality of the Tract Society, and of individuals, we never would have been obligated to form this additional Bible Society.

Constitution of the Bible Society in connexion with our Missionary Society.

ARTICLE I.

This Society shall be known as the Bible Society, in connexion with the Missionary Society of the Reformed Dutch Church.

ARTICLE II.

The object of this Society shall be to supply the Missionary Society of the Reformed Dutch Church with Bibles and Psalm-Books for distribution, and to be distributed by other means (at the discretion of the Board of Directors) to the destitute in connexion with the Reformed Dutch Church.

ARTICLE III.

Every person subscribing, and paying annually any sum not less than one dollar, shall be a member of the Society; and the payment of ten dollars or more at any one time, shall constitute a Life member.

ARTICLE IV.

The business of the Society shall be conducted by a President, six Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and twenty Directors, who shall be chosen by the Society Annually, seven of whom shall be a quorum to transact business, at any meeting regularly convened.

ARTICLE. V

The Board of Directors shall hold stated Meetings once every three months, shall have power to enact By-Laws, call Meetings of the Society, to appoint such Committees and agents, as shall be necessary to promote the interests of the Society, supply vacancies that may occur in