The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-06-23
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

4 Inc ksy. DAsEL Poor, a Missionary for ,bir.
" yesrs IN Csylon,. upon his return from TIA
East was called upon to address q SocIsty IA
favor OF Home Missions, and be did il with fhs
greatest pleasure. He honored the ur.,ed; M
speaker and his venerable father-in-law. ana ia.
deed the whole family, inasmueh a they had
devoted themselves 70 the cause Of Hons Mi
SONS. The Rev. gentlemen spoke Of the din.
Guilty Of establishing Foreign Missions, and con.
tented mat home Missions were the rssul. Of
lhe establishment Of Foreign Missions.
VI the nine Missionaries who sailed for Ia
East IN 1915, five still remain abls-bodied nan
engaged in the work Of the Lord. or the saw.
enteen Of the first two companies ten yet remain.
Ceyion was txed upon as the feld Of the Mis-
SION, and Il has been extended IN two directions,
to the Continent. -..ta.l s....- 49,. :
II was through the establishment Of school,
that The Ceylon Missionaries were enabled 10
gain intercourse with the people, to bridge the
oIoaa gulf which separates the Christian from
the Hindoo- That the Missionaries were enar
oied TO successfully establish the Schools, wa
owing 10 the chespness with which hey are con-
Quoted. Through the system adopted, the native
Schcolmaster becomes the agent offhe Mlssiou.
airy, and the School forms the foundation for The
Society and the Church. The schoolmaster, &C
tue same time he takes charge Of the School,
goes under a course of instruction, to IL hun to
perform his duties r
One hundred and seyenty-6yesshools wersia
operation 10 about as many Villages, surrounded
BY about 100, 600 Hindoos, in the rear 1855. At
the time that Instructions were sent out 10 reduce
the expenses, the most disastrous results follow
ed. The expense Of each scholar vas ifty-6vs
cents per year-the teachers received o. Is or
" Spanish money, per month. The contubQ-
uon Of one cent by child, per week. will sup
port scholar for one year in the ceylou schools.
The expense OF the boarding-school was fxsd at
only el3 per year. Great progress had been msds
IN the female part OF the mission, Of vastly more
Importance than the instruction Of the boys-
The fortress Of Hindooism is in the female heart,
but II has been assaulted them IN vsrious wsys,
and nearly overthrown. Tho speaker referred
10 the four periods into which ais missionary life
had been divided, and expressed the hope that
on some future occasion, when time permitted,
be would be enabled to enter flly upon the IL
tails Of each period
VIRGINIA BArrIsr AssrvrRsARIrs. --Aecount
Of these anniversaries are pubIIshed In the Re-
lIsious Herald, to which wesrs Indebted for the
information. The anniversaries we're
held at Richmond, and were more thinly attend.
ID than usual, from the appearance Of the chol-
Era In that city just at the time Of thslr Oecar-
renee.
vrRoIsIA BAPTIST FoRxIos MISSIONARY socl.
rrY.-This Society celebrated Its 36th snniver-
'sry, June Ist, Rev. p Montague presidIng-
Its sgs indicates II to have bean In Its origin
smong the first frxiis Of the Foreign Mission
ny movement in the denomination. I,srseeiPo
or the year were $3.50 <2--sn increase Q;
$50 over the year previous
VIRGINIA AND FoRsIsx BArrIsf Bisrx soer.
'ry.-This Society held Its annual meeting 90
he same day, Rev. Addison Hall In the ch.ir.-
Receipts for the year over 5000 Among the
Psakers on the occasion we observe the name
# Rev. Mr.. Steward Of Nsw York.
BArrIsr PUBLICATION AND SUNDAY SczooE
Society met in the evening, J.
:. Crane, Esq, presiding. We do not fnd
-sry sP.siRs si.ssrasns Of %. .ff.irs, which
eemed less promlsl1g than those Of the othsr
'ocistes. successful effort, however, seems
o have been made on the spo, to revive an In.
crest In Its operations.
GEsrRAL ASSOCIATION or VraarsIa-R,v. 7.
}. Taylor was elected Moderator. From sirty
o seventy delegates were in sitsndapcs. An
distract of the Annual Report vas presented
which gave an encouraging account Of the op.
rations Of the year. Six churches had been
ormed during the year, and 34s psrsoas bse-
ised by fifteen missionaries.