"yoi-th <;,riiiii,i ilis^i,,iittr'i >■-»;,/ '.--Tiii- institution was organized in the year 18:JG, with ils -r.n lirst at Ham- burg and afterwards at Bremen. Tbe -nne of its earli- est labors was India, one station ImIh^' in ihe Telogoo country, and the other in the Neilghenies. A serious diminution in the financial receipts leil to the transference of the mission for some years to the United States Evan- gelical Lutheran Church. When the linances revived, however, the responsibilities connected with carrying on the work were aiiain assumed by the Bremen Union, and the lield of effort has recently called forth a large amount of sympathy in North Germany, and 12 missionaries are now employed in useful labor. -
'' Sonivnian Jii.ssiuiiiiry Society. — This society was formed in 1S4'_', and soon afterwards sent out missionaries to labor amons: the warlike Zulus in South-eastern Africa. The aim of the institution is to supply agents who are able and willing to instruct the peojile in the arts of civil- ized-life, as well as in religious knowledge. With this olyect an estate was purchased in Natal, "and an indus- trial institution established, which has already been pro- ductive of much good.
" Siredi.fh {Lund) Mission.— In 184G this societv was es- tablished at Lund, and three years afterwards it sent out 2 missionaries to China, who were killed bv pirates. Other agents were at length sent out, who were spared to take their share in attempting to evansjelize the Chinese, with a hopeful prospect of success.
" i;.'rUii MKsiniiary Union fur China.— This society was estaiili.-lied in tlie month of June, 1850, during a visit of Dr. Ciit/lilT lo iicrlin. Dr. F. W. Krummacher was ap-
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ti-aiii - 1 - ; ; -1)-^. In a field so wide as the va>t Chi- ucse iiuiii;, il;, r,> i^ ample room for all, and from the last publiMied a<counts it is pleasing to learn that the mis- sionaries of this small but useful association were actively employed in diffusing abroad the light of the Gospel.
"Of minor account is the Evamjelical Mission Societii, founded in 1868 by Giitzlaft", until then a member of tlie Berlin Missionary Society. No stress is laid upon the ed- ucatiou of the missionarj', but the mission field as a life-
home is insisted upon. This society labors in New South Wales, among the Papuas, and in the South Sea Islands and East India.
"Another society worthy of notice here is the Her- mannsbnrger Mission, with head- quarters at Hanover, founded by pastor Harms. It labors in East Africa.
" Miscellaneous Jeivisli Societies. — On the continent of Europe there ai-e sundry associations wliirli lia\ <■ for their ol)ject the evangelization of the lost sheep of the bouse of Israel, but their labors are so local tind i!iver>.tied that they cannot well be desciilied separaiely. 'I'lie Jewish Society at Berlin was toimed in Isj-.'. the ■I'.remenlehe So- ciety in 1839, tlie K'iii'iiisli WCstphalia liiion in ls43, the HamburEC-Altinia in 1--44. the lle-e ( 'a-M'l in 1^4.5, and the Hesse Darmstadt in 184.5. The-e are but :\ few id' the many organizations which exist in connei.iion w iiii Chris- tian churches of various denoininalioiis for the special benefit of the Jews, and the interest in the spiritual wel- fare of Abraham's seed is deepening and widening every year.
"II. British Missionary Societies. — Society for the Propa- nntinn rf the Gnxpd iti Furririn /'Hrfe— This is the oldest Protestant missionary society in England, and its origin may lie tra( ed to a very remote period. About the year 1044, while the civil wars still continued in that country, a iietition was iiresenled to Parliament by a eleruyman of the Church of England, supp(n-ted by many Kn-lish and Scotch divines, uriring the duty of atteniptiiiu to convert the natives of North America to Christianity. This, no doubt, led to the ordinance passed on .July" '27, 1648, by the Independents of the Commonwealth, by "which a cor- poration was established, entitled 'The IPresident and Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in New Eng- land.' The preamble recites that 'the Commons of England assembled in Parliament, having received intel- ligence that the heathens iu New England are beginning to call upon the name of the Lord, feei bound to assist in the work.' They ordered the act to be read in all the churches of the land, and collections to be made in aid of the object. This was the first missionarv association formed in England, and may tie considereil as the parent of the present 'venerable' Smiet) for tin' I'ro],aLjation of the Gospel in ForeiL'ii I'arl-. The eoionial settlements first attracted public attention to the siiiritiial wants of their European and heathen populations. The colonists of New England from the commencement displayed great zeal for the conversion of the Indians. The labors of Eliot, Mather, and others will never be forgotten by the Christian Church. After the b'eMoration in Great Brit- ain, Baxter and Boyle distin-uished themselves by iheir practical sympathy with the w^ik in wliich these excel- lent men were eii'j-n-ed. I\Ieaii\\ liile the Church of Eng- land liecaine inte,:'-ted in siijiplviiej- the new colonies with EptM'opalian mi ii i-ters. in iilT.', ii was found 'that there were scaively lour niembers of the Church of Eng- land ill all the \a-'t tiaii- of N,m;1i America.' In view of this laraentalile state oi' thitej-. royalty was moved to lib- erality. Charles II was iniliiceil iiy (iannpton, bishop of London, to allow _i'2ii for jia^saie money for ministers and schoolmasters willing to go out to siipjily the deficiency, and the sum of j;i200 was also granted to supply Ameri- can parishes with Bibles and other religions books. The Society for the Propairafion of the Gospel in Foreisrn Parts was oi-LMiii veil ill llie month (if June. ITm. when it received a charier fiom William 111. The main object- for which itwasiiistitiiied aic-tated to bo twofold. Ii was desin;ned 'to provide for Ihe niinistraiions of the Chiirrh of Eng- land in Ihe British colonic-. mmI to |ir. ipai'Mlc ihe Gospel among the iiati\e iiihabiianis .if those coiiiil i ic-.'