fessions. A large proportion of the matter | DAVID HOYT, Pres. Maryville, Tennessee, July 16, 1837. is of permanent value, and does not perish, ELIPHALET AUSTIN, Austinburgh, Ohio, Aug. 4, 1837. JOHN A. WATERMAN, Meth. Epis. Cincinnati, O. Oct. 6. like common almanacs, with the using. Great accuracy, sound judgment, and in- WILLIAM SCOTT, Meth. Epis. Fulton, Michigan, July 29, defatigable industry are as apparent in the ninth volume, as in either of its predeces

sors.

1837.

GEORGE COWLES, Cong. Massachusetts, on the coast of
N. C. Oct. 9, 1837.

Whole number in the above list, 32.

APPROPRIATE SUPERSCRIPTIONS.

SUMMARY.

AGES.

30

40..

40

50..

50

60.

70 80..

80 90..

90 100..

Not specified.

OVER the door of the theological cham- From 20 to 30................... ber of the Theological Seminary at Montaubon, in France, is written the inscription: "The best theologian is not he who argues best, but he who leads the most pious life, and who is most capable of teaching others the way of salvation." Over the door of Total........... the philosophical chamber, are inserted these words: "Religion is the best of philosophy. What the most skilful philosophers have sought in vain, by the most painful effort, Christ has revealed to us clearly and simply." Over another room, are these words: "There is no true piety without holiness, no true holiness without piety."— Gambier Observer.

QUARTERLY LIST

OF

DEATHS

of Clergymen and Students in Theology.

ORLANDO G. THATCHER, æt. 40, Cong. Bradford, New
Hampshire, Aug. 19, 1837.

NATHANIEL PORTER, D. D. æt. 100, Conway, N. H.

ISAAC BRIGGS, æt. 75, Cong. Athol, Massachusetts, July 12, 1837.

SAMUEL H. STEARNS, æt. 35, Cong. late of Boston-died
at Paris, France, July 15.

B. HERBERT HATHORNE, æt. 27, Salem, Mass. July.
MOSES HALLOCK, æt. 77, Cong. Plainfield, Mass. July 17.
LUCIUS S. BOLLES, æt. 29, Bap. Lynn, Mass. July 26.
LEVI PRATT, æt. 37, Cong. Medford, Mass. Aug. 9.
PLUMMER CHASE, æt. 43, Cong. Newbury, Mass. Sept. 17.
W. W. HUNT, Cong. Amherst, Mass. Oct. 5.

HENRY WIGHT, D. D. æt. 86, Cong. Bristol, Rhode Island,
Aug. 12, 1837.

ALANSON L. COVELL, æt. 34, Bap. Albany, N. Y. Sept. 20.

ROBERT GAMBLE ORR, æt. 50, Pres. Patterson, New Jersey, June 12, 1837.

RICHARD VARICK DEY, Pres. N. J. Sept. 20.

ANDREW HEMPHILL, æt. 60, Meth. Horeford, Maryland,
Aug. 27, 1837.

RUFUS CHANDLER, Caroline Co. Virginia, July, 1837.
ROBERT TUCKER, æt. 98, Lincoln Co. North Carolina, July,
1837.
JAMES W. DOUGLASS, Pres. Fayetteville, N. C. Sept. 5.
JAMES CLARK, Savannah, Georgia, July 31, 1837.
WHEELOCK S. STONE, æt. 30, Mobile, Alabama, Sept. 22,

1837.

DENOMINATIONS.

Congregational
Presbyterian...
Episcopalian..
Metho list..
Baptist...
F. W. Baptist.
Not specified..
Total.....

QUARTERLY LIST

OF

ORDINATIONS AND INSTALLATIONS.

WILLIAM WISWALL, Unit. ord. pastor, Ellsworth, Maine,
July 5, 1837.

LUTHER WISWALL, Cong. ord. pastor, Brooks, Me.
July 12.

SETH HARDY, Cong. ord. pastor, Vassalboro', Me. July 12.
JOSEPH SEARLE, Cong. inst. pastor, Harrison, Me. July 19.
IVORY CLARK, Bap. ord. missionary, Lebanon, Me. Sept. 6.
A. SMITH LYON, Free-Will Bap. ord. pastor, Oxford,
Me. Oct. 4.

SERENO T. ABBOTT, Cong. ord. pastor, Hampton Falls
and Seabrook, New Hampshire, July 12, 1837.
WILLIAM L. BUFFETT, Cong. inst. pastor, Tamworth,
N. H. July 19.

ALFRED GOLDSMITH, Cong. ord. pastor, Great Falls,
N. H. Sept. 13.

ISAAC R. WORCESTER, Cong. ord. pastor, Littleton,
N. H. Sept.

SAMUEL NICHOLS, Cong. inst. pastor, Barrington, N. H.
Sept. 20.

ISAAC KNIGHT, Cong. inst. pastor, Franklin, N. H.
Sept. 27.

PLIN B. DAY, Cong. ord. pastor, Derry, N. H. Oct. 4.
JOSIAH D. CROSBY, Cong. ord. pastor, Jaffrey, N. H.

Oct. 4.

ASAHEL NOTT, Cong. ord. pastor, Winhall, Vermont,
June 14, 1837.

CHESTER WRIGHT, Cong. inst. pastor, Hardwick, Vt.
June 15.

REUBEN MASON, Cong. inst. pastor, Westfield and New-
port, Vt. Sept. 26.

AUSTIN HAZEN, Cong. inst. pastor, Berlin, Vt. Oct. 4.

H. A. GRAVES, Bap. ord. pastor, Springfield, Massachu
setts, June 20, 1837.

AMOS DRURY, Cong. inst. pastor, Westhampton, Mass.
June 29.

JOHN ORCUTT, Cong. inst. pastor, Reading, N. P. Mass.
July 12.

WILLIAM W. NEWELL, Cong. inst. pastor, East Boston,
Mass. July 19.

DANIEL MANSFIELD, Cong. ord. pastor, Wenham, Mass.
July 26.

JOSIAH K. WAITE, Unit. inst. pastor, Gloucester, Mass.
July 26.

ORRAMEL STRONG HINCKLEY, Pres. Natchez, Missis- UZZIAH C. BURNAP, Cong. inst. pastor, Lowell, Mass. sippi, Sept. 14, 1837.

July.

JOURNAL

OF

THE AMERICAN EDUCATION SOCIETY.

NOVEMBER, 1837.

MAINE, AS A FIELD FOR MORAL AND RELIGIOUS ENTERPRISE. [By Rev. Cyril Pearl.]

HAVING had occasion, during the last ten years, to pass repeatedly over much of the extended surface of Maine, to mingle with its population, to learn its moral necessities, as well as its resources and its physical energies; my heart has often been oppressed with the fitness of the language of our Saviour in application to this State, when, with his heart bursting with compassion for the thronging multitudes, he said to his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth laborers into his harvest."

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In exploring this field, several considerations give emphasis to the thought that "the harvest is plenteous." Here is a territory somewhat larger than all the rest of New England, having a surface of 33,000 or 35,000 square miles, or from 21,000,000 to 23,000,000 of acres. Not far from half a million of souls now occupy this territory, while a large portion of it is still an unbroken wilderness. The increase of population, in ten years previous to 1830, was nearly one third; and the increase has probably been more rapid since that period, than before. Numerous causes will combine to accelerate this increase, whatever temporary checks may seem to forbid it. Prejudices which, for a long time, checked immigration, have in a measure subsided, and population has of late been rolling in from the other States. The great extent of seacoast will demand increasing thousands to spend their lives upon the ocean. The extensive forests will require other thousands, for a long time, to bring their vast treasures into the market. The extensive water-power of the State now employed in the lumbering operations, will be demanded for other purposes, and manufactories of every description will then employ other thousands.

The State is rich in its mineral productions; and these are just beginning to attract attention. Its granite, its slate, its lime-rock, and marble, are already unfolding rich treasures, and employing much capital and labor. Mines of almost every description will, doubtless, soon be laid open, and multitudes will be needed to bring their varied productions into use.

A career of internal improvements is commencing, which will, in time, go forward with rapidity, notwithstanding the temporary check occasioned by the present severe pressure. Canals and rail-roads are soon to connect the rivers and lakes of the State, and bring distant villages into immediate neighborhood. The culture of silk will doubtless soon become an extensive business; at least, in parts of the State. The county of York has a large proportion of soil peculiarly suited to this cultivation, and most of the other sections of the State have tracts of land more or less extensive, which might profitably be devoted to the growth of the mulberry. Agriculture, now so much neglected for more lucrative employments, or greatly misdirected, will, from necessity, yet receive attention, as all the other operations of the State create an increasing demand for the productions of the soil. A proper cultivation will enable the soil of Maine to sustain an immense population, especially as steam and water conveyance will greatly lessen the proportion of animal labor, and diminish their neces24

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sity and numbers. The demand for human labor, and the consequent increase of population, must yet be greater than in any past period of our history, and we must expect a great increase of uneducated population. It needs not a prophet's ken to foresee the introduction of thousands of this description who are flocking to this country from Europe. Nearly 200,000 emigrants seek an asylum in this country annually, a large portion of whom are poor and ignorant, and whose allegiance to the pope is a sure pledge that they will make little effort to secure that knowledge which is essential to their becoming good republican citizens.

Maine must soon have a large portion of this class of immigrants mingled with its other population, or located in colonies in the fairest sections of its yet unsettled land. An extensive territory has already been purchased, and the work of colonizing commenced. Every such establishment will be a nucleus around which other immigrants will cluster. The State is already half surrounded by a mingled population, a large part of which is under Catholic influence; and a great portion of the foreign immigrants first land in the British provinces, and then make their way along the lakes of the North, or along the Atlantic coast, or through the State, to New York, and thence through its western thoroughfares, seek the "Great Valley," to which their attention has hitherto been directed. But now, it seems, Maine presents sufficient inducements to attract the attention of those far-seeing managers, who are controlling emigration to this country. Every canal and rail-road to be constructed will attract this class of laborers; and every road, river, canal, or timber-tract, which crosses the boundary of the State and provinces, will be an avenue for their introduction.

But what then is to be done? Are we to oppose their introduction by severe laws, or meet them with unkindness, or attempt their reformation by riot-regulations? None of these. We must meet the new state of things as men,prepare for it as Christians. We cannot divest an ignorant Catholic population of their prejudices, or make them good citizens, by the spirit of strife, or persecution, or the application of brute force. We must show them a more excellent way. We must pray the Lord of the harvest that he would send forth laborers who will mingle with, and mould them, by the kind influences of truth and love. Another circumstance to be noticed in surveying this field, is the energy of character which distinguishes its population.

That the people of Maine, and especially its newly settled portions, possess a great share of energy, no one who mingles with them can doubt. Her seamen are known in every clime, and are distinguished for their enterprise and hardihood. Her landsmen are not less enterprising than her seamen. The ruggedness of the soil, the labor of clearing away the forests and planting villages in their stead, and all the diversified labors of a new country like this, require and create vigorous bodies, and energetic habits. The same causes create energy of mind, while, at the same time, they bring with them powerful temptations to neglect its proper cultivation. The spirit of speculation, lately so rife and extensive, has increased this energy almost to insanity, and has greatly multiplied the dangers of its perversion. It is a dictate of common sense, as well as of experience, that this energy of character must be a powerful engine for good or for evil. If perverted, or suffered to run wild, what shall limit its mischiefs? If moulded aright, and consecrated to God, its career of usefulness will be glorious.

Saul of Tarsus was an energetic man. At the feet of Gamaliel this energy led him to explore and appropriate the learning of the age. As an agent of the Jewish priesthood, he breathed out threatening and slaughter against the disciples of Christ, and persecuted them even unto strange cities. But when the voice from heaven arrested his course, and his life, and character, and objects were all changed, that deathless energy still remained. As the apostle to the Gentiles, he now goes forth in the spirit of his Master, with the zeal of a martyr. No obstacles could successfully check his burning zeal, no terrors alarm him, or turn him from his work, till he could say, "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course. * * From Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I

have fully preached the gospel of Christ."

If Maine has a large share of energy, let it be trained for the same service, and it will bear the gospel far hence to the Gentiles. The cross of Christ is a

theme which will give full scope to the noblest energies. The heathen world shall witness its mighty power, and songs of salvation shall celebrate its triumphs. Another circumstance deserving attention, is, that Maine is to have a great amount of wealth. Its resources are just beginning to be developed, and capitalists from other States have made large investments here. It is a question yet to be decided, whether the wealth to be accumulated, shall be in the hands of the people at large, or concentrated in the hands of a few, while the mass of the people are poor and debased. But a more interesting and important consideration is, whether this wealth shall be a means of corruption and oppression, or be applied to the extension of knowledge, and virtue, and happiness. Wealth must prove a rich blessing, or a withering curse, and no time should be lost, no effort neglected, which can aid in giving it a right direction. Let the population of Maine be moulded for Christ, its living energies consecrated to his service, and the gold and silver will bless the world; but let vice and crime prevail, and the god of this world will lead captive our sons and daughters; the increasing wealth shall prove a terrific scourge, and the world will feel its inflictions. Another consideration is, that Maine, under God, must take care of itself, with all its growing energies-its population-its wealth and its desolations. Little aid can be expected from other and older States. Capitalists may be found who will invest their money in her forests and her mines; laborers from other States, and other countries, may be found, to engage in lucrative employments. But laborers in the cause of Christ, who are to gather in the spiritual harvest, must generally be trained up here. Few indeed can be expected from abroad, while the great Western Valley, and the heathen world are sending their "Macedonian cry" through the length and breadth of the land.

And it ought to be so. Maine, with the blessing of God, ought to take care of itself, on the same principle that every parent who is able to do it, should take care of himself and his family, and not suffer them to become a public charge. And more than this, Maine must furnish a fair proportion of laborers for the West, for China, for Africa, the islands of the sea, and the whole heathen world. And we have special reasons for sending laborers into the provinces on our northern and eastern borders. No other State is so well situated to do this work, and no one has so deep a personal interest at stake. Already many of our friends are there. The population of Maine, flowing back into the wilderness, is soon to meet and mingle with the people of the provinces, to mould them, or be moulded by them. There is no alternative.

If these views are founded on facts, is there not need of prayer for laborers? Perhaps we shall see this more clearly by looking at other facts.

There are about one hundred and ninety Congregational churches in this State, and nearly seventy of these are without pastors. Most of these destitute churches are surrounded with a growing population, needing the vigorous exertions of devoted laborers. In addition to these, there are probably as many other places where churches might be formed within a short period, provided suitable laborers could be found to cultivate them. My settled conviction is, that one hundred additional laborers might be profitably employed within the State the coming year, of this one denomination; and that if they were such men as the exigency demands, they could be supported, notwithstanding the pressure which at present is felt in the pecuniary affairs of the country. New towns and plantations, which will need laborers, are multiplying, and must continue to do so, till the whole State is covered with a dense population. But the present population is not more than half supplied with laborers, adequate to the work to be done. No one denomination has a supply of qualified laborers for the churches already formed; nor can have, till a host of them can be trained up for this purpose. Probably not one half of the adult population of Maine, habitually attend upon the stated instructions of a qualified ministry; and it is more than probable, that the denomination which is first in sending forth a supply of thoroughly qualified ministers, will exert an unbounded influence over the destinies of the State. An increasing desire is manifested for an educated ministry, and for Congregational usages; and a multitude of laborers, thoroughly furnished for their work, would now find a welcome, where a few years since, they could scarcely find a hearing.