Dear brother, what shall I say more? - Pray for us,

and write to us by every opportunity: news from your diftant part of the world will rejoice our hearts: above all, inform us of the fuccess of dear Mr. Holmes, and any other Miffionaries among the heathen tell us the news of your churches, and send us any trifling publication. We have received some intelligence from America of European concerns before we heard it from Europe. We have sent two copies of the Gofpel by Matthew in Bengallee, at the end of which are some other little tracts, hymns, &c. in that language, which we have dispersed. We beg your acceptance of one copy, and also that you will present the other, in our name, to the New-York Miffionary Society, as a token of our fincere union with them in the great object of their undertaking.

I am, very affectionately, yours,

Wm. CAREY.

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A short Account of the Ohio Presbytery; in a Letter from the Rev. Thomas Moore, dated Ten Mile, January 15, 1801.

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HIS Presbytery was conftituted in 1793. Its first meeting was in October of the fame year. It was set off from the Redstone Presbytery. At its first constitution it consisted only of five members. The Monongahela river, in its windings, is the eastern and northern boundary, till it joins the Allegany river at Pittsburgh. From thence its northern line extends to Presque Ifle, and from thence westward. Two more members were added the next year, and a large number fince. The Great Head of the Church has highly favoured us, as a Presbytery, with unanimity, love and friendship among ourselves, and with a large addition to our number. He has evidently put much defirable work into our hands, within the space of two or three years. We have, for a considerable time, almost inva

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riably had more or less candidates under examination for licensure. We have now five probationers for the gospel ministry. Our Prefbytery consists of nineteen ministers, eighteen of which have charges; one without a charge; and one from the Prefbytery of Orange, in Carolina, who expects foon to take a charge within our bounds. Five of the above nineteen are settled over the Ohio river, one of which refides within eight miles of Young's Town, and preaches there one third part of his time as a temporary supply. He has two other places of preaching, which are confidered as being his charge. He was ordained last September.

The facrament of the Lord's supper was administered there in the wilderness on the following sabbath. Through the whole folemnity there was sensible liberty in preaching, close attention in hearing, and fome evident tokens of the fpirit of God operating on the minds of feveral, and on one or two in a remarkable manner. The season was both animating and encouraging.* To see the table of the Lord spread, and the banner of the blessed Jesus difplayed, fo far to the west in the wilderness, which, but a short time fince, was inhabited by savage beasts and favage men, and where fatan has held his empire for a long time almost without controal, was, to me, and, I trust, to many others, a pleasing theme of meditation. Mr. William Wick is the paftor of this congregation.

From the month of August, 1799, to Nov. 1800, the Prefbytery of Ohio have ordained ten ministers of the gospel, installed nine of them, dismissed one to go and itinerate in the State of Tenneffee, and received and installed one from the Prefbytery of Brunswick; fo that, in the space of one year and four months, there have been ten members added to this Prefbytery. At present we have three who are how on trials in the Prefbytery, and several more studying divinity. Our

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churches are chiefly supplied from a little academy in Cannonfburgh, with no refources-supported entirely, till of late, by the Prefbyterian clergy and their people. Lately it has received one thousand dollars from the Legislature of this State. In this quarter the field is wide and extensive, the harvest truly great, but the labourers comparatively few. We rejoice that the Connecticut Miffionary Society are sending miffionaries to New-Connecticut. Lately the Rev. Mr. Badger paffed through our bounds on a miffion to New-Connecticut. Lately there have been feveral revivals within the bounds of our Prefbytery. One under the ministry of the Rev. Mr. J. Millen; one under the Rev. Mr. Paterfon; one under the Rev. Mr. J. Hughes; one under the Rev. Mr. J. Brice; and one in my own congregation, a par ticular account of which I intend to fend foon for the New-York Miffionary Magazine. Awakenings at present are not so fréquent as formerly.

Last fall we fent four of our ministers on a short tour to the Indians, to see what could be done in order to christianize them. The Rev. Messrs. J. Hughes and Thomas Marques went to Cornplanter, a noted chief of the Six Nations; had fome conversation with him, but returned without concluding on any thing very decifive. Rev. Thomas E. Hughes, with a probationer, visited the Indians near Detroit. The name of the chief of that tribe is Blue Jacket. They were received in a kind and friendly manner. They have brought with them a fon of this chief, who is now studying with Mr. Hughes. His father wishes him to acquire an education, with the knowledge of agriculture. The young Blue Jacket appears, very defirous of the fame. Since he has been with Mr. Hughes he appears to be under fome religious concern, so much at least as to make him attempt secret prayer.

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Account of a late Revival of Religion in a Part of the Highlands of Scotland.

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N summer 1798 the Lord's supper was dispensed in our con

before I endeavoured, in preaching, to explain more fully, and with more application to the conscience, the nature of the ordinance, and the character of those who, under the denomination of disciples, were commanded to keep it. The exhortations and warnings then given appeared to be accompanied with a divine bleffing. Some of the ordinary communicants, judging themfelves to be in an unconverted state, kept back, of their own accord, from partaking of the facrament. Others, after converfing with me privately on the subject, took the fame resolution. Many of those who might otherwise have applied for admiffion, forbore to apply. I inferred this from the comparatively small number of perfons applying. For some years before, the number of candi dates for admiffion each fummer amounted to thirty, forty, and sometimes near fifty. In fummer 1798 there were not above twelve; of whom nine were admitted. The sacrament was difpensed the same year again in November, on which occafion there were only fix more new communicants admitted.

Although the number of communicants was thus for the time diminished, yet the number of those who were brought under concern about their eternal interests was increasing. This concern shewed itself chiefly among the younger people under twentyfive or thirty. Their knowledge was yet imperfect. A natural hyness often hindered them long from discovering to others what they thought or felt. They had as yet no friend or intimate whom they judged able, from experience, to understand their fituation, or to give them counsel. Some of them began to vifit one of the two earlier converts formerly mentioned, from whose reading and converfation they derived confiderable benefit. By means of this common friend they were brought more acquainted with each other. One might now observe at church, after divine fervice, two or three small groups forming themselves round our few more advanced believers, and withdrawing from the crowd into the adjacent fiekls, to exchange Christian salutations and hold Christian converse together; while a little coufin, or other young relative, followed as a filent attendant on the party, and liftened earnestly to their religious discourse.

As the facrament of the Lord's supper had been much abufed, by adınitting, without ftrict examination or special inftruction,