the Convention, nearly half are vacant. Still the cause of religion is advancing. Through the past year there have been great and powerful revivals in 50 towns, in each of which, from 15 to 200 persons have been received into the churches. These revivals still continue, in many places. It is supposed that about 2500 persons have joined the churches during the past year. In Middlebury College there has been a revival among the students, and two-thirds of their number are hopefully pious. The spirit of missions is increasing in the state. Education societies, are also formed, and one of these societies, in two years, afforded assistance to 40 young men. We have heard, with pleasure, of the exertions which are made in many of our cities, to promote the spiritual welfare of Seamen, and of the success which has attended these exertions. Places of worship for mariners, are opened in several of our sea-port towns, and, both mariners themselves, and their families have received great benefit from attending the public ordinances of the gospel. The Assembly recommends to the ministers and members of our churches, to encourage and promote these useful institutions. The Theological Seminary at Princeton, continues to enjoy the smiles of the great head of the church. A missionary spirit is diffused among the students, and a few have already devoted themselves to the labours and privations of a foreign mission. The churches are already enjoying the fruits of this most important institution. The Theological Seminary at Auburn, under the care of the Synod of Geneva, is flourishing; and efforts are also making, with encouraging prospects, to establish Theological Seminaries in other parts of our country. The Assembly sincerely congratulates the churches, under its care on the recent union which has been completed between the Presbyterian and the Associate Reformed Churches. We cannot but cherish the hope that this union will be productive of the most beneficial effects, and that the great Head of the church will bless it to the promotion of the interests of his kingdom. On the whole, the review of the past year is calculated to awaken the most lively sensations of gratitude to the great Head of the church, for the blessings which he has bestowed upon it, and to excite us to more zeal and devotedness in his service. We rejoice in the spread of his gospel. He shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth. Reviewing his mercies to his church in our land, we are constrained to offer to him our devout praises. Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things, and blessed be his glorious name forever; and let the whole earth be filled with his glory.-AMEN AND AMEN. TENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. The Board of Directors of the Theological Seminary, present to the General Assembly, the following, as the Report of their proceedings, and of the state of the Seminary, through the last year: THE number of students at the date of the last Report was seventy-three. During the summer session the four following students were received, viz. Holloway W. Hunt, jun. graduate of Nassau Hall, N. J. Joseph S. Christmass, Washington, Penn. Samuel Lawrence, candidate of the Presbytery of Philadelphia. The following students were regularly dismissed through the course of the summer session, viz. William Scott, William C. Blair, Robert R. King, Joshua N. Danforth, Alexander M'Farlane, Charles S. Stewart, Alfred Chester, and Lemuel P. Bates. George W. L. Smith, and Syrenius Crosby did not return after the spring vacation. During the winter session, thirty-one additional students were received, viz. Amzi Francis, graduate of Middlebury College, Ver. Francis Bowman, Joseph Hurlbutt, Hanson Benedict, Theodore D. Woolsey, Moses C. Searle, ditto. University of Vermont. Yale, Con. At the close of the summer session, certificates that they had completed the whole course prescribed in the plan, were given to the following twelve students, viz. Thomas Alexander, Joseph P. Cunningham, Thomson S. Harris, Daniel B. Johnson, Luke Lyons, James V. Henry, Joshua Moore, Robert A. Lapsley, Henry L. Rice, Andrew Todd, Daniel Waterbury, and William Henderson. Through the course of the winter session, the following students withdrew in good standing, viz. Joseph Hurlbutt, Cyrus P. Grosvenor, Amzi Francis, George Dunham, and Henry Duffield; and the following students were regularly dismissed, viz. Abraham B. Hutton, George A. Smith, Artemas Bishop, and Hugh Wilson. Mr. James B. Turner, a member of the first class, died in the Seminary, on the 21st day of February last. The number of students now belonging to the Seminary is sixty-five. Since the last annual report, the following students have been licensed to preach the Gospel, viz. Joshua N. Danforth, by the Presbytery of New-Brunswick. Joshua Moore, William C. Blair, Charles S. Stewart, Henry L. Rice, James L. Marshall, James M. Olmstead, Cyrus P. Grosvenor, ditto. ditto. ditto. ditto. ditto. ditto. ditto. ditto. Newton. ditto. Jersey. ditto. Troy. Association of Massachusetts. 'The studies which have been attended to through the year, by the several classes, are the same as have been repeatedly reported to the Assembly. The semi-annual examinations of the students, have, as usual, been såtisfactory to the Board. The spirit of missions still continues and increases among the students of the Seminary. Since the last report, Thomson S. Harris has been appointed by the Board of the United Foreign Missionary Society, to the superintendence of a mission among the Seneca tribe of Indians, and has entered upon the work assigned him. Mr. Charles S. Stewart, and Mr. Artemas Bishop have received and accepted appointments from the Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, to go to the Sandwich Islands; and expect shortly to embark for those distant islands of the sea; and Mr. Hugh Wilson has also accepted an appointment from the Missionary Society of the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia, to engage in a mission among the Chickasaw Indians. On the subject of benefactions for the support of necessitous students, the Professors have reported the following sums, viz. Ebenezer Presbytery, Ken. Ladies of Columbia, S. C. of Princess Anne and Wicomico, Maryland, John Stille, Esq. Philadelphia, for a particular student, Elizabethtown, N. J. Female Society, $27 00 150 00 49 121 225 00 20 00 88 00 Lexington, Kentucky, paid to a student by themselves, A Gentleman of Philadelphia, by Rev. J. Van Court, Annual avails of a Scholarship in the 1st Presby. Church Contribution from the Ladies of Bloomingrove, N. Y. Collection at the monthly concert of prayer, Hempstead, Ladies of the Presby. Congregation of Georgetown, D. C. Female Heathen Society of Ballston, N. Y. Female Society of Florida, N. Y. Donation from Miss Batelle, Female Society of Cedar-st. church, N. Y. Mr. McClery of Washington, D. C. A Lady of Pennsylvania, A Student in the Seminary, 32 50 10 00 15 00 28 00 50 00 27 00 22.00 20.00 218 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 Female Society of Scotch Town, N. Y. 20 00 Rev. Mr. Nevins, Baltimore, remitted for a particular student, The Ladies of Princeton, 150 00 87 00 Female Education Society of Christiana, Delaware, for a particular student, 18 77 372 75 54 88 $2,412 53 From the students of the different classes in the Seminary, being the annual interest on scholarship, &c. Collection at the Monthly Concert, in Troy, N. Y. The Professors have also reported the receipt of the following articles of furniture and clothing. From the Female Praying Society of Wilmington, Delaware, the complete furniture of a room, valued by the donors at $48 75. The Reading and Sewing Society of Lawrence, N. J. five quilts, nine comfortables, three pillows, cloth for pantaloons and vest, one vest made up, two pair of stockings, one pair of socks, one pair of gloves, and four cravats. Some Ladies of Philadelphia, by the Rev. J. Van Court, materials for a complete suit of clothes, two shirts, and one handkerchief. Ladies of the 3d Presbyterian church, Philadelphia, twelve comfortables, and thirty towels, by ditto. Some Gentlemen of Philadelphia, twelve blankets, and two pair of boots, by ditto. Female Industrious Society of Troy, N. Y. six shirts, twelve cravats, seven silk flags, and eight pair of stockings. Female praying Society of Newcastle, Delaware, seven comfortables. A few small Girls of Newcastle, Delaware, two quilts. Miss Jane Ross of N. Carolina, seven pair of stockings, and six cravats. A valuable addition of books has been made to the library, through the year past, 382 volumes and 154 pamphlets have been presented by sundry individuals, and 37 volumes have been purchased. These added to the whole number, reported last year, make the library now to consist of 2,059 volumes, and 582 pamphlets. Among the donors of the last year, the Board beg leave, particularly to mention the widow of the late Rev. Dr. Robert Findley, who has generously given 76 volumes; and also Mrs. Susan V. Bradford, who has given of the books bequeathed by her late father, Dr. Boudinot, which books she had a right to retain during her life, 177 volumes and 40 pamphlets. On the subject of building, the Board have to report, that a contract has been made by the building committee for completing the whole of the internal part of the principal edifice. The sum which they have engaged to pay for this work, is $1225. This sum is to be paid from the room-rent fund. This work will probably be finished before the commencement of the ensuing session. Out of the $3000 directed by the last General Assembly to be borrowed for the purpose, the debt of $2150 incurred in building the Professor's house has been discharged. And the further sum of $495 77 has been expended out of the same loan, for digging a well, erecting a stable, enclosing the yard, and some minor work on the premises connected with the Professor's house. The last Assembly appropriated for the general purposes of the Institution, including the unexpended balance of the former year, the sum of $4648 44. The expenditures have been as follows, viz: Salaries and house rent of Professors, Balance for house rent of last year, Three quarters salary of the assistant teacher of original languages of scripture, Secretary's account, Printing the last annual report, Travelling expenses of one Director, Hebrew books, Treasurer's charge for postage on letters, Work done on the principal edifice and its premises-stove in the library, and some smaller necessary articles, Treasurer's commissions on the above, at 1 per cent. - $2850 00 19 37 } 300 00 25 28 17 50 7 00 · 75 00 1 30 187 92 34 83 $3518 21 Leaving a balance of the appropriation of last Assembly, unexpended, of $1130 23. The Board have however to remark, that there is due to each of the Professors and to the assistant teacher one quarter's salary, amounting to $1050. This balance the Board have been unable to pay, for want of funds. This subject, the Board beg leave respectfully to suggest, claims the most serious attention of the General Assembly. The receipts into the contingent fund through the last year have not been near sufficient to meet the necessary expenses of the Institution. The Board reported to the last Assembly that they had resolved to effect an insurance on the principal edifice, to secure it against loss by fire. They have now to report, that $15,000 has been insured for seven years, at the the office of the Eagle Insurance Company, New York, at a premium of 571 cents per annum, on every $100. Agreeably to the direction of the last Assembly, the Board applied to the Legislature of New Jersey at their sessions in November last, for an act of incorporation. The proposed act passed the Assembly, but did not pass the upper house, as the Board have understood for want of time duly to consider the subject. The Board at their late meeting have taken measures to renew the application at the next meeting of the Legislature. The Board with pleasure inform the Assembly, that the first and third classes now in the Seminary, have each resolved to aid in founding a professorship of Oriental and Biblical literature. To effect this object, the Stu |