Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1820-12-05
From the \. Y. Commercial Advertiser.

from the n. i .Commerciai Auveftlser.
Rev. Mr.. Ward--This gentleman ar
rived 10 New York a short lime since
from Seranpore in India. His object 10
coming to this country is 10 solicit aid TO
promote the great cause in which he has
been many years engaged. Since Mr..
Wards arrival he has preached 10 seve-
raj Of our places Of worship, and on Mon
day last he delivered an interesting adj
dress, at the annual meeting Of the Aux
iliary New-York Bible Society. Those
who have had an opportunity of hearing
Ibis gentleman are acquainted with the
state of Religion in those parts, where
N ard and his colleagues nave for
many years been iaboring. To those
who are unacquainted with the state Of
society in the East, and to all who are
DESTROYS for the extension Of the Redeem.
er's Kingdom, we invite their attention to
The following:
NATIVE MISSIONARY COLLEGE,
SerGmpore East indies.
The Rev. DR.. Carey aud his colleagues
in lndia have, for more than tweniy-one
years, been endeavoring to fulfil towards
d he natives of Hindoost han, as far as III
their power, the commission Of our Lore
Jesus Christ Go ye into all the world,
and preach the gospel to every creature
In this work, in the midst Of much mortal
lty, many conflicts, and the most dreadful
heather prejudices, the Redeemer has
condescended to smile on their endeavors,
and has given them more than SIR hundred
seals 10 their ministry amongst those who
were sunk in the grossest idolatry, beside
more than three hundred who, though nom
inal Christians, were almost as ignorant
aud wicked as the heather.
They have further been enabled TO
translate and print the whole Bible in FIVE
and the New. Testament in eight, OF the
languages in India. When Mr.. Ward,
who arrived at N. York, on a visit TO
the United States, on Thursday the I'd
INST. left Serampore 10 December, 1918,
there were also tweLve other versions OF
the New-Testament in the press, so that
they had then so far translated aud pub
Ilshed the holy scriptures 10 t'Uenty. fUe
Of the languages Of India; languages IL
which the Divine Word had never before
appeared one Of which is the Sanscrit,
the parent of nearly fifty dialects +; and
1.-The other the Chinese, spoken, as some
suppose, by more than 200, 100000 of i'm
mortal beings.
The Schools for the gratuitous instruc,
ton of the rising generation, contained
when MIR. Ward left Serampore, not lesl
than eight thousand heather children.
/ Having been thus blessed, DR.. Carey
aud his brethren, the Rev. DIR. Marsh
man and the Rev. William Ward, per
ceiviug the field to be too large ever t
be brought into culture by foreign Mis-
sionaries alone, have begun to erect ,
Native Missionary College at Serampore
partly from donations granted in India
and partly at their own expense Ant
/ Mr.. Wards present visit to the unitet
States is to solicit aid for the support 0
converted natives while obtaining scrip
Itural Knowledge 10 this College. He ha
obtained more than $l6,50O for this 90
liect in England and Scotland; and durin'
lhis short residence in the United State
l(for he proposes to leave England agaiI
for Serampore in May next) would De gla'
10 realize what would complete the sun
, Of 5,oo0i--that is $500. The expens'
of the buildings is TO be met 10 India
where, as we'll as 10 Britain, this colIeg'
, has received considerable patronage tn
! GoyemorGenera Of India is its patron
! and the Governor Of Serampore, With Drs
II Carey and Marshman, and Mr.. Ward
form the Committee OF Management. 1
gentleman 10 Scotland has given 5000 ster
1 ling. and another 1000 to this ansIlS'ltlon