OF INQUIRY ON MISSIONS AND THE STATE OF RELIGION. OF THE al Semi ETON, N. J. LIBRAR Y OF THE Theol ogical S emin ar y, . PRINCETON, N. J. Case, Shelf, • Book, • ■*. — ■»- ■ ■ -" r-*- 5 - — ■ J* J/ _ ^;_ J/' j ^ r 7 i S0 ^ y i Vol. I jh* : 4 V A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE SOCIETY IN SCOTLAND FOR PROPAGATING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE. DR KEMP'S SERMON, At the Anniverfary of the Society in London, 17th May i8ci. PRINTED EY J. RITCHIE, EDINBURGH. A SHORT ACCOUNT, &c. IT is matter of deep regret to the members of the Society, that, notwithstanding the many- accounts of it which have been publifhed, the nature and objects of their inftitution are fo imperfectly known by the Public in general, — by many benevolent perfons of high conlider- ation in this metropolis in particular. A lhort account of it, therefore, will not, upon this oc- cafion, it is hoped, be deemed fuperfluous. That Society derived its origin from the be- nevolence and public fpirit of a few private Gentlemen in the city of Edinburgh, who, in the beginning of the laft century, formed themfelves into " a Society for the reformation of manners.". Among the objects which engaged their be- nevolent attention, one, and not the leaft inter- efting, was the deplorable flate of ignorance and rudenefs, in which the greater part of their countrymen in the Highlands and Iilands of Scotland were then involved. The ( 4 ) The caufes of this were obvious : — Their re- mote fituation — their total want of fchools for the education of youth — the fmall number of Proteftant clergy in their country — the immenfe extent of parifhes — the natural impediments to intercourfe between them and their minifters, from mountains, arms of the fea, and rivers often impaffable — their language, a dialect of the ancient Celtic, unintelligible to the inhabi- tants of the low countries of Scotland — the pre- valence of Popery in many diftricls, and in all, the influence of feudal jurifdiction, generally adverfe to the difFufion of knowledge among the fubjecls of its domination. The united operation of thefe various caufes feemed to have wreathed the yoke of ignorance, as well as ilavery, about the necks of the mife- rable inhabitants of thefe poor, remote, and ne- glected diftricts. The pity of the benevolent Founders of this Society was excited — they formed a noble plan for their relief. Fully aware of the difficulty of conveying knowledge, efpecially on religious fubjects, to men grown up to maturity in ignorance of firft principles, they refolved to begin their attempts for reformation w 7 ith the riling generation, — to endeavour ( 5 ) endeavour to refcue young mind?, as yet unde- praved by vicious habits and examples, from the barbarifm of their parents, to farnifh them with the means of knowledge and grace, and train them up into a fitnefs for becoming wor- thy members of fociety and of the church of Chrift. For this purpofe, they refolved to erect and endow fchools provided with w 7 ell qualified teachers, in as many diftricts of the Highlands as poffible, for the inftruclion of youth in the firft principles of religion and literature. Their private funds were but fmall. They made known their plan, and fet on foot a fubfcrip- tion. The defign obtained general approba- tion. The AfTembly of the Church of Scotland parTed an act, recommending a general collec- tion for its fupport in all the churches within their jurisdiction. By public and private cha- rity, a thoufand pounds were railed. Her Ma- jefty Queen Anne, of pious memory, granted letters-patent, under the Great Seal, dated in May 1709, erecting the fubfcribers into a cor- porate body, by the defignation which they have ever fince born, " The Society in Scot- 7 land for Propagating Christian Know- " LEDGE." In ( 6 ) In that charter, the objects of the Society are well defined : " For railing a voluntary con- " tribution towards the farther promoting of " Chrillian knowledge, and the increafe of pie- *' ty and virtue, within Scotland, efpecially in " the Highlands, Iflands, and remote corners " thereof, where error, idolatry, fuperftition, and " ignorance, do moftiy abound, by reafon of the " largenefs of parifhes, and fcarcity of fchools." As means for accomplifhing thefe important ends, the patent proceeds to " grant unto them " full power to receive fubfcriptions, donations, * c fums of money, lands, goods, &c. and. there- " with to erect and maintain fchools, to teach to " read, efpecially the holy fcriptures, and other *' good and pious books ; as alfo to teach writ- " ing, arithmetic, and fuch like degrees of know- " ledge, in the Highlands and Iflands, and re- " mote corners of Scotland." The firfl: meeting of the incorporated Society was held in the month of November 1709, where were prefent, as members, feveral No- blemen, fourteen out of fifteen of the Judges who compofe the fupreme Court of Judicature in Scotland, many Gentlemen of rank and influ- ence, the Minifters of the city and neighbour- h,oo4 ( 9 ) hood of Edinburgh, and not a few of its moil refpectable citizens. At that meeting a general plan for conduct- ing the affairs of the Society was adopted, a committee of managers was named, a fecretary arid treafurer elected. Being prevented by their patent from en- croaching upon their ftock, they refolved to de- lay the commencement of their operations, till the intereft of it, and farther donations, fhould enable them to endow and maintain a few fchools. In I7i2,when their capital amounted to about L. 4000, they erected five, and fent to them able and pious teachers. The defign became more and more popular ; to contribute to its advance- ment was deemed, and juftly, one of the noblefl works of charity; the funds rapidly advanced, and the number of fchools was enlarged in ex- act proportion. To follow the progrefs of the Society through its various flages to its prefent exteniive efta- blifhment, would be both tedious and unfuita- ble to this occafion. They who wifli for more particular information will find it in the vari- ous ( s ) ous publications of the Society to which there is the eaiieft accefs *•. Here, however, it is proper to mention a fad of confiderable importance in the hiitory of the inftitution. In the year 1738, when the flock of the So- ciety amounted to near L. 29,000, and the num- ber of their Schools to 112, the members, confi- dering that the inhabitants of the remote High- lands and Iilands were no lefs deficient in the arts and habits of induftry than in religious knowledge and literature, refolved to do what in them lay to cure that- defect. With this view they applied to the Crown for an enlarge- ment * Befides earlier publications, an Account of the Socie- ty, written by the late Alexander Belfches, Efq. Advocate, was publifhed in 1774; another by the Rev. Dr jVPFarlane, late fecretary of the Society, in 1783 ; one by the Rev. Dr Hunter, fecretary of the correfponding Board of London, in 1795 j and one, flill fuller, by the prefent fecretary of the Society, under the immediate infpeclion and authority of the Directors of the Parent Board, in 1796 *. Befides thefe, the Society have always been in the habit of giving to the Pub- lic periodical accounts of their progrefs and operations, in ap- pendixes to the anniverfary fermons preached before them. Some of thefe publications are to be had at Scots Hall, Crane Court, Fleet Street, London j and all of them at the Library of the Society in Edinburgh. * One paragraph of that account in p. 68, was written by a moft refpectable member of the Board, without the knowledge of the Secretary, and inferred by ord^r of the Diretlors. ( 9 ) rnent of their powers, fo as to include in their plan of education the moll necefTary branches of indujiry, as well as of religion and literature. And having obtained from his late Majefty, George II. a new Patent, inverting them with powers to carry their delign into effect, they have ever fince continued to act upon that Pa- tent, and their fchools of induftry, few in num- ber at firft, have, from the fupport of public and private charity, increafed to an hundred, at which are trained up to the ufeful arts, no lefs than two thoufand young perfons, chiefly fe- males. In confequence of this important part of the Society's plan, the women of the remote Highlands, many of whom, as frequently hap- pens in rude uncivilifed countries, were formerly employed almoft folely in the labours of the field, mod unfuitable to their fex, are now oc- cupied in fpinning, fewing, knitting {lockings, and the like appropriate employments. At the fame time, by thofe to whom their education in thefe branches was committed, they have been taught to read the Scriptures and to un- derfland the principles of religion. Meanwhile, the objects of the firfl patent have by no means been neglected. Theie were, b not ( io ) not merely to teach the children to fpeak an# read Englift), to write, and to keep accounts; although every one mud allow the great utility of thefe acquirements, not only to the indivi- duals who are inftrudted in them, but to the community at large, — the grand and important end which the Society have all along propofed to themfelves, is the advancement of the fpiri- tual and eternal interefts of their countrymen, To this, as the original and proper object of their inftitution, their efforts have been chiefly directed. The ultimate fuccefs of this objecT: no efforts of human fagacity or zeal Can com- mand. To furnifh the ufual means of it, and to implore that bleffing which only can give fuccefs, is what belongs to man, and this has been the uniform endeavour of the Society. Convinced of the fidelity and difinterefted- nefs with which thefe objects have been pur- fued, a generous Public and pious individuals have from time to time, by liberal contributions, fo far increafed the funds of the Society, that at prefent they have upon their Eftablifhment on both Patents, above Three Hundred Teacher?, at the annual expence of L. 3500 ; and the number of young people of both fexes, attend- ing ( II ) ing and taught at their Schools, according to the laft reports, amounts to no fewer than FIFTEEN THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY- SEVEN. Pleafant to the Society is the thought, that, by means of their endeavours, fo many young ones, refcued from the grofs ignorance and fu* perflation of their fathers, are trained up in the knowledge of true religion, found morals, and ufeful arts. Many of thefe children prove in- ftruftors of others, fome of them even of their ewn parents, hoary in years and in ignorance. They read to them the Scriptures, and fuch pious books as have been printed in their own language. They even traniiate Englifh books, with wonderful fluency into Gaelic ; this being an exercife to which they are accuftomed at the fchools of the Society. Nay, it is a fact, authenticated by unqueftionable evidence, that by fome of thefe fcholars, their parents even in old age, have been taught to read the Scrip- tures, and fo far carried forward in religious attainments, as to prelide in their families in, exercifes of devotion. To give with precifion the number of chil- dren who, fince the commencement of the in- stitution, ( 12 ) ftitution, have been educated at the fchools of the Society, is impoffible, becaufe the reports of the annual vifitation * of them have not been preferved ; but, from the data of a calculation^ made up and publifhed in 1796, there is good reafon to believe, that at this time they amount to above three hundred ' thoufand. Now, when it is conlidered, that of that multitude of young people, many in their turn become heads of fa- milies, and in all probability teachers of their own children, it appears, that the benefits re- fulting to the community from thefe charitable feminaries, are diffufed to an incalculable ex- tent. As a proof of the happy effect of this mafs of knowledge, fpread over the wide extent of the Highlands and Iflands, we may appeal with confidence to the prefent character and man- ners * The Schools of the Society are annually vifited by two Miniilers of every Prefbytery within whofe hounds they are ftationed ; and at thefe vifitations a Report is -written, and tranfmitted to the Society, of the number of the fcholars, the branches they are taught, and of their proficiency ; alfo of the chara&er and condufl of the teacher, and of the na- ture of the accommodations furniuSed to him in compliance with the rules of the Society. Till that report is received at the office of the Society, the falary of the teacher is net paid. ( * ) ners of its inhabitants in general — we may ap- peal to the talents and good conduct of num- bcrlefs- individuals, who, in confequence of early inftruclion in thefe fchools, have emerged from their native obfcurity, and rifen to emi- nence in various departments of fociety, in both civil and military life — we may appeal to the pious exemplary life and comfortable death of a dill greater number, furniihing good ground of hope, that ultimately they attained to ho- nours, higher far than any which this world can confer, and that now " they fhine with *' the brightnefs of liars in the firmament" of Jieaven. It has been faid, and often repeated, that the funds of the Society have now become fo am- ple, that to increafe them by new donations, i$ unneceflary. That their funds are large, is admitted. But if the necelTary expenditure fully correfponds, — if it is devoted to beneficial and important public purpofes — if, notwithftanding the num- ber of their fchools, there are ftill many remote and populous diflricls utterly deflitute of the means of education, and earneflly defiring to obtain them— if, from deficiency of funds, the Society, ( 1+ ) Society, with deep regret, are obliged to refufe their petitions — if there are various other ob- jects, of high confideration to the ends of the inftitution, which, from the fame caufe, they cannot accomplifh, it mull appear to every can- did mind, that their revenue, in place of being too great, is far lefs than a liberal friend to re- ligion and his country would w.ifh it to be. A fhort ftatement of a few of the chief ob- jects to which their funds are devoted, will vindicate this conclusion. i. They fupport, as has been already men- tioned, above 300 Teachers on both Patents, at the annual expence of L. 3500. 2. They maintain thirteen Miffionary Minif- ters and Catechifls, in various remote diftricls, at the expence of from L. 300 to L. 400. 3. They give Burfaries, or annual penfions. of L. 15 each, to fix ftudents of divinity, who fpeak the Qaelic language, with a view of training them, by a regular attendance upon the Divinity College, for the office of the mi- nistry in the Highlands and Iilands — hence L. 90 per annum. 4. They fupport the aged and infirm among the Teachers who have fpent the beft part of their ( 15 ) their life in the fervice of the Society, and ar* no longer able to officiate. The expence or this muft of necefiity be various and uncer- tain, but is always confiderable ; for the laft year it amounted to L. 147. 5. They defray the charges of Candidates coming from remote diftances to Edinburgh, to undergo an examination by the Ecclefiaftical Directors, concerning their fitnefsfor being em- ployed as Society Schoolmafters, and often of their reiidence for a confiderable time in Edin- burgh for their improvement *. 6. They furnifh their Schools with Bibles, New * It is a fixed rule of the Society, to admit no Schoolmaf- ters upon their eftablifhment whom the Ecclefiaftical Direc- tors have not perfonally examined, and found qualified for that office, in refpecl of their capacity to teach reading EngliJ}.\ fpelling, writing, arithmetic, and efpecially the principles of religion. They alfo require that candidates mall produce fuf- ficient atteftations from the minifters of the parifhes from which they come, of their piety, prudence and general good conduct. If Candidates, whofe character is well attefted, difcover figns of natural talents and genius, though deficient in culti- vation, they are put under the tuition of a well qualified Teacher in Edinburgh for improvement, and the expence of their refidence, as well as their coming and going, is defrayed by the Society ; and by this means many excellent fchool- mafters, befides thofe immediately employed by the Societv, are difperfed through the Highlands and Iflands. ( « ) New Teflaments, Spelling-books, Catechifms, and other elementary books of religion and morals, at a very confiderable annual expence. 7. They have caufed tranflate the Scrip- tures, both of the Old Teftament and the New, as well as a variety of pious and ufeful Treatifes, into the Gaelic language, and, by means of their Schoolmafters, circulated them through the Highlands and Iflands. The original impreffion of the New Tefta- ment in Gaelic being exhaufted, they lately printed a new one, confiding of no lefs than 20,000 copies, and added to each the Pfalms of David, tranflated into Gaelic metre. A new edition of the Old Teilament is now alfo very much wanted ; but to the expence of this work their funds are, in their prefent ftate, ut- terly inadequate *. From * The demand for Gaelic Bibles, from every part of the Highlands, is urgent, from people willing to pay for them ; — but the original impreffion of the feveral volumes of which it confifts, were fo fmall, that the Society cannot now fell them but with great caution, left they mould deprive their own fchools of the poffibility of a fupply before a new edition can be publiihed. It is a melancholy confideratior, that people eager to ob- tain, and willing to pay for the Scriptures, mould not, in a Chriiliar. ( # ) From thefe articles of expenditure, let the candid and impartial judge, whether the So- ciety's funds are too ample — whether, on the contrary, a very conilderable addition is not necelTary, to enable them to accomplifl; great and much needed works of charity and mercy. But this will further appear, if the fituation of their Schcolmafters is taken into considera- tion. Their number has not only been in- creafed, but their falaries augmented, in pro- portion to the increafe of the Society's funds. Their falaries were originally fmall, beyond what can eaiily be conceived by an Englifh au- dience. But in the remote countries of Scot- land, living was then cheap, and the teachers were furnifhed, as they tlill are, by the pro- prietors, or inhabitants of the diitrict, with a houfe, garden, fuel, and the maintenance of a cow, gratis. At prefent, their falaries amount, upon an average, only to L. 12 per annum, Upon Chriftian country, be able to get them in the only language which they underftand. The late Honourable and pious Robert Boyle publi[hed an edition of the Irilh Bible at his own expence. Earneftly do the Society pray, that God may put it into the hearts of lb me pious and good men of the prefent day, to enable them to do fo with. the Gaelic Bible ! C ( i8 ) Upon this pittance, aided by occafional prefents from the more wealthy of the parents of their fcholars, Society fchoolmafters made fhift, till of late, to live with tolerable comfort and re- spectability ; but now, the value of money has fo greatly decreafed, and the price of the ne- ceflaries of life has fo much advanced, that they are reduced to the greateft {traits. During the two laft years in particular, from the general failure of the crop, and the confequent enor- mous price of corn *, the Society, in order to pre- serve * This matter being more particularly ftated in the Ap- pendix to the laft Anniverfary Sermon preached at Edinburgh, by the Rev. Dr Brown of Aberdeen, 5th June 1 80 1 , and print- ed before this went to the prefs, it will not be thought improper to infert the paffage here. * It was ftated in the laft Appendix, publiihed in February, ' 1800, that, from the failure of the preceding crop, and the ' confequent fcarcity and high price of provifions, the Society ' had been obliged to allow a confiderable fum for a tempora- ' ry fupply to the teachers on their eftablilhment. At that * time they little imagined that another year of fcarcity was c to fucceed. This however happened, and the price of oat- ' meal rofe from 40s. to 50s. and even L. 3 per boll. The i poor, who in the former year had been feverely pinched, ' in the laft, were reduced to abfolute want. The fchoolmaf- * ters of the Society had their full fhare of the common cala- 4 mity. Their reprefentations of the miferable condition to ' which they were brought, were affecting indeed. Rather ; than fuffer fuch ufeful fervants of the public and their fami- lies, ( i9 ) ferve them and their families from fiarving, were obliged to advance a confiderable fum to be diflributed among them, though this could not be done, without encroaching greatly upon their revenue. But for this indifpenfable act of charity, they hope to receive compenfation from the generous friends of religion and of mankind, among whom I have much pleafure in num- bering not a few of my prefent refpe&able hearers. If the expence at which this great charita- ble institution is managed, be enquired into, it will be found, that none was ever conducted with ftricter ceconomy. The Directors, fifteen in * lies to ftarve, the Society determined to trefpafs on its ' funds. At different periods, no lefs a fum than L. 500 Ster- * ling was voted for the fupply of their wants, and diflributed * among them according to their circumftances and necefuties 5 * — a boon received and acknowledged by them with the * warmeft expreffions of gratitude. ' But though the imperious plea of neceffity fufficiently ' vindicates the conduct of the Society in making this large en- * croachment on their funds, yet it muft not be forgotten, that ' this encroachment is made, not upon \he\xJtock, for that, by 1 an exprefs prohibition of their charter, cannot be touched, 1 but upon their annual revenue, and muft be made up either 4 by new donations from the public, or by an abridgement of ' their eftablifhrnent,' ( 20 ) in number, have no emolument whatever. Three only of the Officers of the Society have falaries, and thefe are but trifling — they were fixed many years ago, and have not been aug- mented *. The falaries of the Schoolmafters, we have feen, are io very fmall, that it may juftly excite aftoniihment, that young men of tolerable abilities, mould be found willing to accept of fo laborious an office with fuch poor encouragement. But fuch is- the fondnefs of the Highlanders for teaching, and fo high their ideas of the diftinction which it confers, that' as foon as they themfelves acquire a fmattering cf knowledge, they become ambitious of being appointed * The Secretary, whofe office leads him, under the Direc- tors, to conduct: the wholcdetail of the bufinefs of the Society, enjoys no falary or pecuniary emolument whatever. The Treafurer, who collefts the revenue, and pays all the falaries of teachers, all accounts, and every article of the expenditure cf the Society, has a falary of Twenty-Jive pounds, without any perquifites. The Book-holder, who keeps the account- books of the Society in a regular fyftematic form, and the Clerk, who attends at the office two hours every lawful day, who writes the minutes and official letters, under the infpec- tion of the Secretary, have each the fame fum of twenty- five pounds per annum. Were not the Gentlemen who fill thefe offices animated by the fpirit of the inflitution, is it to be fup- pofed, that, for fo trifling a remuneration, they would fubmi: to fo much trouble ? ( 21 ) appointed inftructors of others. The Society, in confequence, have enrolled in their lift of fuftained candidates, many more than they can employ. This thirft after knowledge, and this defire of communicating it, have refulted, in great mea- fure, from the labours of this Society, the effects of which upon the general character and ha- bits of the people at large, are great and con- fpicuous. They appear peculiarly linking, when contrafted with thofe of people of the fame or- der in a neighbouring ifland, now happily united into one empire with Great Britain. Both na- tions were derived from the fame flock— -they fpeak the fame language— their manners and cuftoms were originally the fame. How widely different they are now, let recent experience tell. In (he one country, a general combination with declared and invading enemies, to deprive thefe kingdoms of the bleffings of their happy conflitution of Government, and reduce them under a foreign yoke, has lately produced all the horrors of rebellion and civil war. Re- bellion is happily fupprefTed, but the baneful effects of the fpirit from which it originated, fliU (*2 ) ftill appear too frequently in robberies, murders* and fhocking cruelties, committed by the igno- rant and ferocious peafantry of that country. In the Highlands and Hands of Scotland, peace and good order, and loyalty and decency of manners univerfally prevail. Through the remotefl diftricts, the iingle, unprotected, un- armed ftranger may travel by night or day in perfect fafety. In every hamlet, in which the darknefs of the night or violence of the ftorm may compel him to take (belter, he may reft allured of a hofpitable reception — his fare will be homely, but it will be the beft which the cottage can afford — his bed will be hard, but his ileep will be fecure. On this head the Preacher can fpeak with confidence ; for, through thefe diftricts, in a courfe of fuccefiive years, he has travelled, and fuch was the treat- ment which every where he experienced. If it is aiked, what conftitutes fo wonderful a difference between the Highland Scottifh, and the Irifti peafantry, whofe natural conftitution of body and mind mult be fuppofed to be ex- actly fimilar ? the only anfwer that can be given is, that the one clafs, without the means of education or inftruction in the firft principles of ( 23 ) of religion and literature, are left in all the wildnefs and ferocity of uncultivated nature, while the far greater part of the other, are- trained up from their earlier! years in the know- ledge and practice of true religion and found morals. To this molt important effect the School- mailers of the Society have in an eminent de- gree contributed ; for it is to be obferved, that; they are teachers, not only of youth in their fchools, but inftructors of the inhabitants of their refpective diftricts at large. In the vaft parifhes of the Highlands, ex- tending forty, fifty, and even fixty miles in length, with a proportional breadth, and fome- times confifting of feveral feparate and de- tached iilands, great numbers of the inhabi- tants can but feldom enjoy the ordinances of religion at the ftated places of worfhip. It is a branch of duty enjoined upon the Schoolmafters of the Society, to do what in them lies to fupply this defect. They teach the old, as well as the young, from houfe to houfe during week days, when not employed in their fchools ; and on Lord's days the inhabi- tants of the diftricts aflemble in fome large cen- trical ( 24 ) trical houfe, but frequently in good weather in the open air, when the Schoolmaders read to them the Scriptures, and other pious books with which the Society has furniihed them, cate- chife the young in prefence of their parents and friends, and prefide among them in the duties of prayer and praife. In not a few places, fuch afTemblies are compofed of feveral hundreds of people ; and thus a fenfe of reli- gion and of good morals is preferved through- out the country. To thefe pious, though humble labourers in the vineyard of the gofpel, the Preacher who has now the honour to addrefs you, is happy in being able to give honourable teflimony. Ha- ving, in his official capacity, perfonally vifited them, even in their remoter! diftricts, and en- quired minutely into their character and con- duct, as well as examined into their own capa- city and the proficiency of their fcholars, he is enabled to fpeak with certainty concerning them *. Among fo numerous a body, he found, as * In the year 1789, the Society refolved upon a meafute, which had long been earneftly wifhed for, viz. a general vifi- tation of their fchools, by a perfon to whom they could com-« ir.it authority, and in whom they could place confidence. It ( 25 ) as might be expelled, diveriity of talents and ufefulnefs ; but, taking them as a whole, he mull be permitted to fay, that he knows no clafs of men in any ftation more ufeful, or more truly It concerned them deeply to be themfelves afcertained, and that by their means the public fhould know, that the fums lent by them to the remote parts of the Highlands and I Hands •were faithfully devoted to the important purpofes for which they were deflined ; that the teachers in their employment were diligent and ufeful ; and that the accommodations ftipu- lated for them by the Handing rules of the Society, were furnifhed by the people concerned. It is true, that certificates as to thefe points, were annually tranfmitted by the feveral Prefbyteries in whoie bounds their fchools are ftationed ; but it occurred to them, that a vifitation of them by one of their own body, who would examine minute- ly into facTts and characters, and in whofe report they could perfectly confide, would be productive of many important ad- vantages ; that in general it would mark an attention, upon their part, to the objefts 6f the inftitution, which would be accep- table to the public at large, and particularly fo, to people o£ all defcriptions in thofe parts of the country where their femi- naries are ftationed j and that it would tend to procure for them notice and regard from proprietors and perfons of dif- tindtion who had hitherto viewed them with too carelefs an eye. With refpeft to their fchoolmafters, they had every reafon to expe6l the happieft effefts from fuch a vifitation ; that it would give a new ftimulus and encouragemement to the ex- ertions of the woithy and deferving, and a neceffary check to the inattention and mifcondu£t of fuch as might be found of an oppofite character. a In ( 26 ) truly deferving of public gratitude. Their un- wearied zeal and earneftnefs in promoting the belt interefts of religion and literature among the people with whom they are connected, and the remarkable fuccefs which has attended the inftru&ions of many of them, often excited his admiration. It was to him matter of frequent furprife, that men, whofe talents and acquire- ments In fine, they were perfuaded, that, by this meafure only, the real flate of things in many inftances, and particularly in remote parts of the country, could be difcovered, and filch knowledge of characters, fafts and local circumftances obtain- ed, as would enable the Directors, and thofe who under them carry on the detail of bufinefs and correfpondence, to conduct it with fatisfa&ion to themfelves and utility to the public. Moved by thefe confiderations, the Society, and the Board of Directors, urged the prefent Secretary, foon after his elec- tion to undertake the office. It was forefren to be both tedi- ous and laborious ; but, fully fenfible of its importance, he un- dertook, 2nd perfevered in its accomplishment through a fuc- ceffion of years, till he had vifited, and reported concerning the whole of the Society's fchools, not only through every part of the mainland of the Highlands, but through the Hebrides or Weftern lflands, and thofe of Shetland and Orkney. The refult of his travels and obfervations were, at the termination of every journey, ftated at length to his conftituents, and an abridgement of them given to the public in the Appendix to the Anniverfary Sermon which immediately followed. The Society have not been infenfible of the benefit which hath refulted from this general vifitation of their fchools, and have ftated their fentiments upon the fubjecl: in terms fuffici- ently exprefhve of gratitude. ( 2 7 } ments fitted them for far higher fpheres, fliould be content to remain in the humble ftations, and with the mean appointments of charity fchool- mafters. Their original inclination to teach, the power of habit, and the confcioufnefs of ufefulnefs, afford the only account of it that can be given. The inhabitants of the Highlands and Iflands of Scotland who enjoy the fchools of the So- ciety, are fenfible of the very great advantage which they derive from them, and highly grate- ful to thofe by whom they are appointed. And do not the inhabitants of the fouthern and wealthy provinces of the Ifland, permit me to afk, lie under very confiderable obligations to them ? Is not in an eminent degree to be imputed to them, the happy change which has taken place in the character and manners of the Highlanders of Scotland? Infteaci of plunderers and rebels, as too many of them formerly were, whofe predatory incur- fions into the low countries of Scotland, had wont to create to the inhabitants both terror and lofs of property — nay whofe rebellious in- valion even of England about half a century ago, carried alarm to the capital — we have now in ( 28 ) in thefe poor people, quiet and peaceful citizens, loyal fubje&s, ufeful fervants to the public in every department of civil life, and gallant defen- ders of their country in time of war and danger. My much refpecled hearers, your benevolent wiflies certainly are, that Hill farther fuccefs may attend a charity which has already been productive of fuch happy effects, and that all the inhabitants of thefe remote northern regions of our country may participate in them. The Society in whofe behalf I appear, are willing to take the trouble — they afk, they expedt no per- fonal advantage— they want only the means of extending the benefit of their plan to the diftant corners of their and your country. For much of what they poffefs, they are in- debted to you and your fellow- citizens of this great capital — to you with anxious expectation they look for fuch farther aids as opulence and benevolence united, may be willing to bellow. Frequent and urgent demands have of late been made upon your charity, — no nation un- der heaven could have fo nobly anfwered them. The means of exerciling this great virtue are not yet exhausted. In what fphere can it be more worthily exercifed than in refcuing thoufands of ( *9 ) of your hitherto neglected countrymen from ig« norance, debafement, and wretchednefs, and raif- ing them to the character and dignity of ufeful refpe&able citizens, and worthy members of the church of Chrift ? Men of humanity — you will liften to the voice which invites you to extend the bleffings of civilized fociety, bleffings which you enjoy in richeft abundance, to Britifn fubjects, who, even in this land of liberty have hitherto in. great meafure been flrangers to them. Chrijlians — yours is ftill a nobler ambition — your pity is excited for thoufands of fouls in danger of perifhing for lack of knowledge; the views of your benevolence extend as far as eter- nity. Your wifh is, to train up a multitude of children, now forlorn and neglected, not only to be happy and worthy members of human fociety, but to add their names, however un- known in this world, to the roll infcribed in the " Lamb's book of life, to the general afTembly " and church of the firft born, who are written " in heaven." The outlines of the plan adopts ed for that purpofe by this Society, have been candidly ftated to you. If you approve of it — if you wifh to give it a ftill wider range — and if yo'4 ( 3° ) you wifh to enjoy in your own minds the fatis- fa&ion refulting from the confcioufnefs of ha- ving endeavoured to extend its fphere and en- large its ufefulnefs — you will contribute for that end, as God has given you difpolition and abi- lity. From charity alone *, this noble inftitution de- rived its origin — by charity it has been nourish- ed and foftered up to its prefent magnitude— and upon charity it willingly repofes for fuch farther increafe as to the wife and the good ihall feem neceffary for promoting the bell in- terefts of religion and their country. An * It has been generally fuppofed, and fometimes afferted, both from the pulpit and the prefs in London, that the Socie- ety receives from the Crown L. iooo per annum. It is true, that that fum has been annually given for many years to the General Affembly of the Church of Scotland, " for the reformation of the Highlands and Iflands," and it is faithfully bellowed in fmall falaries to miflionary minifters and catechols. But no part of that fum was ever received by the Society, nor have they ever derived any pecuniary aid from either the Crown or Parliament. An ALPHABETICAL LIST of the Subscri- bers, and other Contributors, in London and the Neighbourhood, to the Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge. Noblemen and Gentlemen, who have ferved the office of Steward, are marked *. Thofe who have ferved twice **. Such as have contributed Ten Guineas, or upwards, at one payment, or within the year, are marked f . Minifters, who have preached the Annual Sermon, are marked i. *f f A RGYXE his Grace the Duke of, Argyle-houfe A Aberdeen F. G. Adam William, Efq. Lineoln's-inn-fields Adams Henry, Lincoln's- inn Ainflie Jofeph, Broad-ftreet, St George's, Eaft Ditto for two friends Ainflie Peter, Leman Street, Goodman's Fields Allday John, Soho Arkley John, Finfbury Place Armftrong Charles Armftrong William Allen Andrew, Walworth Atkinfon Jofeph, Bifhopfgate Street ( 32 ) B *f Breadalbane the Earl of * Balgonie Lord Vifcount * Barclay Alexander, Hay Market * Bartlett Robert * Baffington James, Weft Smithfield Baffington Thomas, Kingfland Beatfon Captain Bell William * Beuzeville Peter, Henley on Thames Black Captain, Jamaica Row * Blythe Rev John, Woolwich * Boddington Thomas, Hackney X Bogue Rev. David, Gofport, Hant9 Bond Charles, Compton Street * Boyd Matthew, Bermondfey Ditto for a Friend Brock John, Well-clofe Square Brock John, Junior, ditto * Browne Ifaac Hawkins, Efq. M. P. South Audley Street Brownley James, Wych Street * Broadwood John, Great Pukeney Street * Broadwood James, ditto * Brodie Alexander, Efq. M. P. ** Brodie Alexander, Carey Street Brown Jofeph, Newington Bruce Captain Lawrence, Iflington * Burton Jofeph, Whitechapel * Campbell Robert, Twickenham Carruthers John, Cheapfide * Chriftie James, Leicester Square C 33 ) * Clafon Patrick, Cleveland Court, St James's Place, * Cockburn Peter, Fenchurch Street Collins James, Spital Square Colquhoun James, South Street **fCowie Robert, Lime Street * Cowie George, Fiofbury Square Cox &- Greenwood, Gentlemen belonging to then Office. Crighton James, Hare Street, Bethnal Green * Cummings George, Godalmin D fffDundas Lord, Arlington Street Davies Robert, Shoreditch Davies Rev. W. Davidfon William * Dempfter George, Efq. Dunnicheta * Devaynes John, Efq. Spring Garden Dickie J. Coleman Street ** Dobie James, Scottiih Hofpital, Crane Court, Fleet Street Dodds Thomas, War Office * Downie John, Arundel Street X Drummond Rev. G. Hay, D. D. Prebendary of York * Drummond Rev. E. A. H., D.D. Hadleigh, Suf. folk * Duff James, Finfbury Square Duncan Peter, Fore Street * Elphinftone Hon. William * Edington John, Earl Street, Elackfriars Edwards J. Craveu Buildings C 34 ) * Fife the Earl of, Privy Garden, Whitehall * Fergufon Sir Adam, Baronet Falconer Archibald Falconer Gilbert Farquhar John, Doctors Commons Farquharfon Alexander, Warner Street * Fehr Jo. Jacob, Hoxton-fquare * Fordyce George, M. D. Effex Street, Strand * Forfyth William, Royal Gardens, Kenfington * Frazer Henry, Nightingale Lane Frazer James, Fenchurch Street Freer George, Bell Yard, Temple Bar G *ff Gordon his Grace the Duke of *ffGlafgow the Earl of Gardiner James, Queen's Street, Cheapfidft Galbreath David, Highbury Terrace * Garden John, Piccadilly * Gaviller George, St George's Eaft Gordon William, Gerard Street Graham James Graham Robert Grant Captain W. Bets Street, St George's Eaft Grant Robert, Coleman Street * Grant Charles, Batterfea Rife Gray John, Ifltngton Gray James, Kenfington Gore Greig John, Charlotte Street, Surry Road H *tfHopetoun the Earl of, Hopetoun-houfe * Hacket William, Jerufalem Cof&e-houfe ( 35 ) * Hadley Rev. John, Pimlico * Hamilton James, M. D. Artillery Place Hamilton James, Junior, ditto * Handafyde Gilbert, Falcon Foundery Hardcaltle Jofeph, Hatcham houfe * Harper Alexander, Jerufalem Coffee Houfe Harper Mrs, ditto * Harrifon Jofeph * Hatchet John, Long-acre f Hay Duncan, Pall-mall ^ Henderfon John, Belgrave Place * Heygate James, Hackney t Hill Rev. Noah, Mile-end Green £ Hill Rev. P.owland, Surry Chapel Hill Mrs f Hopkins Thomas * Hofch Ifaac, Dowgate Hill *±t Hunter Henry, D. D. Secretary, Hoxton Hunter Mrs, ditto Hunter William, ditto I t Jacob Rev. Robert, Bath * Jacque James, Charlotte Street, Portland Chapel % Jennings Nathaniel, Highbury Place, Iflington Jerdein Michael, Lower Eaft Smithfield * Ingram Robert Innes Hugh, Bedford Square * Johnfton Alexander, Craig's Court Irvine Simon K *f annually — Kinnoul the Earl of, Vice-Prefident of the Society, Upper Harley Street Kay Thomas, Strand ( 3* ) Ker William, Berwick Street Ker William, Elbow Lane Knox David, Circus, Tower Hill Lamont David ** Lany Mofes, Taviftock Street * Lar»}' Philip, ditto Lawrence George, Adelphi * Latham Peter Lees James, Savoy Square * Lees William, Tower of London Lewis John, S> Paul's Church Yarc! Liddle John, White Lion Street * Lift John, Bifhopfgate Street X Love Rev. John, Glafgow Lowndes - ? M * Macdonald Alexander Macdonald Duncan, Threadneedle Strcci Macdowall Duncan Mackay Angus Mackay John, Fluyder Street Mackay J. jun. Mackay Alexander Mackean Archibald, South Street Maclennan Kenneth Maclennan Rodeiic Mackenzie John, King's- arms-yard Mackindlay John, Bow Street * Mair John, Plantation, Glafgow * Mair John, jun. Friday Street, Cheapfide * Mair Robert, ditto ( 37 ) Mair Hugh, ditto Maitlaud Robert, Greenwich * Maitland Ebenezer, King's-arms-yan] Maitland Ebenezer, jun. Tooting Ditto, for a Friend Maitland John, Bafinghall Street * Maitland Alexander, King's Road, Bloomlbury ** Marfhall John, Gerard Street Melvil General, Brewer Street * Mercier Rev. Louis, Spital Fields Millar A. Millar Boyd, Caftle Street, Budge-row * Milroy Thomas, George-yard Mitchell David, Gottenburgh * Monteath James, Grace- church Street N * Neale James, Milk Street, Cheapfide * Neale John, ditto * Neave David, Threadneedle Street * Nefbit George Nicol Rev. William, Hans Place * Niven David, King's Street, Soho O Qman William, St Swithin's Lane Parker Samuel, Fleet Street Parkinfon Robert, Bank of England Paterfon Jo. George Street, Minorics Paton Andrew, Old Gravel Lane PafTavant Luc, Goulds Square Peftel Lewis ( 38 ) Piercy R. L. Charles' Square, Hoxton Pinkerton Mrs, Aldgate Plenderleath Charles * Pringle John, Wardour Street * ^urfe Alexander, London Wall R * Reay Lord, Saville Row Ramfay William Read , Broad Street Reid William, Compton Street J Reynolds Rev. John, Hoxton's Squar<; Rew George, Adelphi Reyner Jofeph, Shacklewell Richardfon David, Wapping Robertfon Captain David, New Road Robertfon M. *t Rutledge Rev. Thomas, D. D. Camberwell * Sabine William, Iflington Salter James Sangfter Alexander, Milk Street •ft Scott David, Efq. M. P. Upper Harley Street * Scott John, Cornhill * Scott William, Prince's Square Scott Mifs, South Street Scott George, ditto Scotland Thomas, Oxford Street * ShirrefF Alexander, Old Jewry Shirreff John, ditto Shiells Captain Alexander, Bermondfey Shipley George, Horfley Down I Simkin Thomas, Crown and Anchor, Strand i 39) * Simkin Henry, ditto * Simpfon Duncan, Friday Street *t Simpfon Alexander, Bank of England * Simpfon Robert, Hoxton Sims William, Sun Fields * Sinclair Sir John, Bart. Whitehall Sinclair Robert, St Mary- axe Small James, Chelfea Smith George, Friday Street % Smith Rev. William, A. M. Camberweli Smith John, fen. Victualling- office, Somerfet Houfe Smith John, Cateaton Street Smith James, Corn Exchange Somerville John Spear Robert, Manchefter Spence John, Arlington Street f Sprott Mark, King's Road Steell Robert, Finfbury Square Steell Robert, Iflington * Stephen George, Hoxton % Steven Rev. James, Thornhaugh Street, Bedford Square Stevenfon David, Brick Lane, Old Street Stewart Alexander Stewart Daniel * Stewart Charles, Frith Street, Soho * Stoddard Robert, Edinburgh * Stratton William, Piccadilly * Sundius Chriftopher, Fenchurch Buildings Swan Charles, Fenchurch Street. T * Tate John, Bucklerfbury Tate John, jun. ditto * Tate Monkhoufe, ditto ( 4& ) Tate George, ditto % Taylor Rev. Thomas; Ely Place * Theakfton George, Chrift Church, Surry Thompfon John Thompfon Alexander, Upper Clapton Thornton Sairmel, Efq. M. P. Clapham * Thornton Henry, Efq. M. P. ditto *t Thornton Robert, Efq. M. P. ditto Travers Joi'eph, Swithin's Lane Trotter R^v. John, D. D. Knights Bridge f Trotter Coutts, Strand Twemlow George, Mincing Lane U Valentine J. H. % Urwick Rev. Thomas, Clapham W Walker Jonathan, Ferham by Rotherham, York- fliire Walker John, Wapping Walker Jofhua, Rotherham * Wallace David, Weftminfter Ware Jo. Henry, Biihop's-gate Street Waterfton John, Liquor-pond Street * Watfon William, Strand % Waugh Rev. Alexander, Salifbury Place Welchman Samuel, Chrift Church, Surry * Wilberforce William, Efq. M. P. New Palace Yard * Wilkie Andrew, Wheeler Street, Spitalfields f Williams Rev. Edward, Nottingham Wilfon John, Fenchurch Street * Wilton Richard, Friday Street ( 4i) | Winter Rev. Robert, Iflington ft Wood George, Broad Street Buildings | Worthington Rev. Hugh, Highbury Place, Iflington Wright Jofeph, Milk Street Wyatt Robert, Coleman Street * Wyfs John Anthony Y * Young John, Bear Street, Leicefter Fields N. B. If there be any miftakes or omiffions in the preceding Lift, on notice being fent to the Sccretarv, they fhall be corrected in the next Publication ; and it is particularly requested, that, where the place of abode is not filled up, the Subfcribers themfelves, or their friends, would enable him to infert it, as for want of this information, annual Subfcriptions are fometimes loft to the Society. ( 42 ) STEWARDS for 1802. Lord Reay. Lord Dupplin. Wm. Wilberforce, Efq. M. P. Ebenezer Maitland, Efq. Mr James Hamilton. Mr Duncan Macdonald. Captain David Robertfon. Mr Daniel Stewart. Mr John Somerville. Mr John Twemlow, Lord Dundas. Robert Thornton, Efq. M. R Charles Grant, Efq. Mr Robert Cowie. Mr William Kerr. Mr Samuel Poole. Mr Luc Paffavant. Mr George Scott. Mr Charles Swan* Mr W. D. Watfon. SCHEME OF THE SOCIETY ESTABLISHMENTS, &c: THE Scheme of the Society for the year com- mencing on the ift of May, is annually formed in the month of February preceding, and finally fettled by the General Meeting on the firft Thurfday of March. The fcheme for the year from i ft May 1802 to ift May 1803 having been adjufted before the preceding difcourfe was put to the prefs, the Directors are enabled to publifli it as an Appendix. g SCHEME of the Society's Eftablifhments from i ft May 1802 to ifl May 1803. Establishments on the FUJI Patent. I. Schools, with the Number of Scholars by the laft Reports. Prejbytery. ' " ijb. Station. Name, Salary L. 16 Scholars. Aberlour Invcravcn Delkie j irces Jcleming 76 iCnockando Archieftcn James Gray is 109 Aberaethy Abernethy Kincardine John Rofs 15 5« Vl vie Lagganliah Do. Robertfon b 1C 25 Cromdale Grantovvn William Pirie IC 15° Duthil Dell of Ro- I tbiemutchu$ J Mr Do. Stalkers 15 7? Kinguffie hiveruglas Don. M'Kenzie 15 $6 Kirkmichael ramintoul Don. M'Donald IS 62 Abertarph Kilmallie a Blaich Patrick Stewart 12 s» Fort William Wm. Wright <* 10 230 Kinlocharkaig Alex. M'Intofh 54 Clafhmore D. Call um St Son 16 62 Auchterarder Comrie Glenartney John Lumfdaine S 3S Glenlednaig Jas. M'Gregor 12 63 Mutbil G'enroar Aw. Buchanan 12 62 a a Kilmallie and Kilmanivaig are two of the largeft parifhes in Scotland} each being fixty miles long, and from twenty to thirty in breadth. b In addition to L. 5 given by Mr M'Intofli of Balnefpick. c In addition to L. 10 given by Mr Grant of Rothiemurchus, and L. 10 by the people. — Mr Stalker is a clergyman, and officiates in that capacity, as well as in that of Ichoolmafter. d Affiftant to the parifh fchoolmafter, to teach poor fcholars. e Originally appointed by the Truftees on the Annexed Eftates, with this falary. He is eminently ufeful as a catechift. C 4« ) Prr/lytei y. Parijh. Station Name. Salary Scholars. Brechin LuChlcc Bridge 01 l'ait William Cook. L. 12 25 Caithnefs Halkirk A fiery Charles Louttit J5 64 Deal David Doull to 63 Latheron Berriedale John Tulloch IC 24 Clythe Ro. Finlayion a 12 44 Reay Brubfter John Monro »3 34 Wick Keifs Wm. Campbell b 15 45 itaxigo Donald Craig c 10 16 Wick He&or M'Lean rf 10 7=> Chanonry Killeaurnan Croftnacreech John Corbet '5 54 Deer Tyrie New Pitiligo Mr Al. Farqu-7 har, e J »5 21 Denoon Ki lfinnan Lamont John Weir 10 3i K ngarth Ambrifbeg Ro. M'Kirdy to 46 L, (chgoilhead Cairndow Colin Brown 13 95 R.i nhfay Kilmachalmaig Mat. Bannatyne 12 75 Dingwall Contine Strathconnan Alex. M'Donald 12 25 Strathgarve Tho. Stewart IO 30 Fodderty Brahan David M'Lean 12 104 Kiltearn Lumlair Alex. M'Rae M 7* Urquhart Culbockie Wm. M'Intofli J J 9 i33 Kinkell Don. M'Kenzie 15 56 Urray Fairbum Alex. Grant 1 2 1 6 Dornoch Afiint Row ft ore John M'Kenzie 12 80 Clyne Aschoyle Rob. M'Kay g 1 5 39 Kildonnan Cain John Clarke *g 9 22 Free tv. M'Pherfonjj- I5 49 Laerg Giuids Donald Murray 12 50 Dumbart on Buchanan Sal achy Robert M'Lean iji 46 Drymen Drymen Peter Crawford 1 1 61 L ufs iMuirland Don. M'Greeoi j ; 7T a The inhabitants give L. 4 more. b This fchool on Mr Hallow ell's mortification. c A very old man. d He enjoys L. 5 of a falary from another charitable fund. e Mr Farquhar, befides taking charge of the fchool, officiates as minifter of a Chapel of Eafe, erected and endowed by Sir William Forbes of Pitfligo, Bart. f L. 5 additional falary allowed on account of his employiug a qualified afiiftant. ggg Thefe three on the Countefs of Sutherland's eftate. * This teacher is about ninety years of age. ( 47 ) i Viefbvtery. ' Fnnjh. , Station \ IS'r.me. , Sala>y\ Scholars] uumuiauc Baiquiiidaer Lochearnhead irlugn Onuiue L.13 ss Stratlityre John Fergufon 12 9 1 Callender Bridge of Turk T.M'LarenStfona I? 171 Callender Gilb. M'Ewan b 12 i°5 rCmcardine Kincard. Mofs Will. Stewart c IC 100 ihornhill Peter M'Failane IC 100 Dumfries Troquueer Whinnithill Samuel Bryden IC SS Dunkeld Blair Athol Strowan John Robertfon IC 73 Cargill Dull Strelitz James Brown 7 4* Glen of Foncaflle Patrick Stewart 14 74 Fofs John Forbes 14 109 Grandtully Don. Campbell 12 99 Fortingall f" Camagouran Alex Cameron a 5 20 r Carie Geo dimming f 5 *9 ■g Finnart Rod. Kennedy 12 45 Tnnervar Don. M'Gregor 14 83 re I Killihcnan George Menzies 12 54 c 1 H- 1 Kinlochrannoch Arch. Campbell If Si I Mount Alexr. Dune. Fergufon 14 4» Logierait Abeifeldy Don. Cameron 10 82 Tulliepurie Donald Fleming 12 SS Lit. Dunkeld Amulrie Pat. Dewar 14 92 Balnaguard * 15 Kenmoie Ardtallanaig Jo. Campbell/ 8 94 - Lavvers Jo. Fergufon g S 53 Shian Dun. M'Gibbon 10 30 Killin Ardeonaig Gil. Fergufon 14 94 Gltndochait Ja. M'lntyre 8 75 Strathfillan Win. Rofe S 37 Kirkmichael Spinal Glenfhee t 15 Weem RoroiriGlenlyon Dun.M'Arthur* 7 45 a L. 5 of this on condition of keeping his fon as affiftant. b Affiftant to the parochial fchoolmafter to teach poor fcholars. c Mr Drumtrond of Blairdmmmond gives L. 5 more. de Thefe two fchools, originally eftablifhed by the Truftees on the An- nexed Eftates, with thefe fmall falaries, are continued by the Society. The diftricts are remote, and contain few inhabitants. * To be erected ill May next. fg The Earl of Braedalbane gives L. 4 of addition to thefe two fchools, and alfo to thofe of Strathfillan and Glendochart. \ Not yet fupplied with a teacher, for want of the neceffary accommoda* tions. b In addition to a mortification by Mr Campbell, late minifler of Weerrij for the maintenance of three fchools on that parifh. ( 48 ) 1 Prejbytery. \ Parifi. Station. \ Name. | Salary L. io 1 Scholars: 98 Edinburgh Edinburgh Gnarity VV.houie * Canongate Alex. Aiken a 24 77 Caftlehill Hugh Chriftie b 4 6S Old Society Hall Gilb. M'Donald 24 77 Elgin Speymouth Mook of Dipple 10 Fordyce Fordyce Portfoy JohnM'Farlane c 12 121 Ruthven Buckie Geo. Davidfon M 86 Chapel of Enzie James Carment ii ,6 Forres Edinkillie Tullidyvie William Allan 12 54 Conmecavel Richard Paxtori 10 Si Inverary Inverary denary Don.MFarlanefl 7 37 Kilrnartin Duntroon John Campbell 9 So N. Knapdale Tayvallich Matt. M'Bride 15 7i Invemefs Daviot Aberchalder Alex.MTherl'oi 12 63 Dores Teanachalnich Hugh Cuming 13 34 Invernefs Obriachan John Frafer ii 46 Culloden John Forbes IO 61 Raining's 1 Rob. M'Comie 3° i«3 fchool John Fergufon 25 Manufactory Donald Fral'er e 9 157 Kirkhill Inchbarry John M'Pherfon Ken.M'Iutoflw «4 6S Kiltarlity Erchlef^ teacher of Ch. { mufic in this f prefbytery. 8 200 Kincardine 1 Niel J Aboyne Tulliecairn M &J.M'Farlane 16 74 Birfe Forreft of Biife George SherrifE i^ 44 Crathie and"£ Achaladcr Aw. Frazer 15 7 2 Braemar J Glengarden Tordarroch Dune. Brown 13 67 Tullich | New Park. "£ Glensfqrden \ Alex. Cuming 12 7o * On Mr Hallowell's mortification. a In confequence of Mifs Gray's donation. * In addition to a mortification by Carmichael of Mauldflie of E. 17 per auium for the education of poor fcholars. c The Earl of Fmdlater gives L. 5 of addition. a The Duke of Argyll gives L. 5 of addition. * The proprietors of the manufactory give L. 9 more. ( 49 ) . Prefbytery. \ PariJlK Station. Name. \Salarv\6cholars \ Kintyre ^ f Bowmore Chanty Hill James Wright *-i5| 54 re ■ <= 1 H. M'Dougal ^ ° 1 Kildalton Oa &D M'Dou- ( gal his fon as j 20 156 o> 1 afTiftant Killichonan Rhins John Stewart 13 67 Campbelltown Campbelltown N.M'Cullafkya 18 60 Peninver Wm. Stewart b 10 83 Colonfay Scallaiaig Donald M'Neil *3 69 Jura Knockcromb Alex. Campbell 15 55 Whitehoufe N. M'Murchy c 7 3i Kilearn Bar John Campbell f 9 112 Southend Culinglongart Rob. Dunbar d 12 5i Kirkcudbright Balmaghie Bridge of Dee George Fulton latory) J * 8 Is Kilninver Inny (ambu-^ latory) J Eifdalc ifland Neil Campbell b 8 J.48 Kilbrandon Paul M'Phail *4 55 Kilbride Kerrera illand Al. M'Lugath c 9 63 Kilchiennan / StDallavichJ Kilchrennan Ja. Campbell d T 7 94 Lifmore &. \ Appin J Slate Quarry "^ of Glencoe J John Cameron 12 3S Meigle Alyth Drumfork Duncan Shaw 15 7* Glenifla Folda Patrick Hall - 14 56 Mull ArJnamurchan Arifaig Alex. Torrie 16 €2 Strontian James M'Lean izl.ios. 72 Coll Coll Eben. Davidfon S 100 Kilfinnichan icolmkiln-ifland Allan M'Lean 15 67 % r Kilninian Balygoun 1 Torloifk j t 7I.10S. 5i Queenifh Alex. Stalker *5 98 ° i « L Torofay Gaimony John Currie 12 55 Ulva Lach. M'Quarry l S 6 9 J. R. Saunders ~i Mull Ifland itinerant teacher of J>- church- mufic J 5 2^0 Nairn Croy Culduthil VVm. M'Kenzie 12 90 Nairn D'elnies Al. Matthielon 12 77 Paifley Greenock Greenock Ar. M'Kellar c 10 i33 Penpont Glencairn Glenriddell Geo. Loiimer/ 7 Si rvtiTon Pvrnon James Hunter #1*2 5° a He is an ordained minifler, and regularly officiates in that capacity at Ullapool, and once in four weeks at Coigach, as well as i'choolmafter at Uilapool. * A village erected by the Bntiih Society. b Thefe two fchools are an cftabliihment on Lady Glenorchy's Legacy for the eftate of Eiaedalbane. c Mr M'Dougall of M'Dougall gives L. 4 rmre. d L. 4 allowed on condition of keeping his fon as an afiiftant. f Lately erected on condition of Mrs Clephane M'Lean of Toiloifi; alfo giving L. 7, ios. e For the poor highianders fettled there. f This fchool erefted on the Society*!) lands cf Glenriddell. g On a mortification by Mr Gibion, ( 5i ) Prejbytery. Parijh StOtiun. No rue. Salary Scholar! A. Durf, L in Perth Perth Perth and for af v (if! ant, (a) 5 J L.17 100 Sky Brjccadale Eynord Finlay M'Ewan iS 38 Diurnifh &7 Snizort j Lyndale b 13 Strath c 13 •^frath d 15 rvilmuir Kilmaluag Aw. Graham 13 38 Small Ifles S S6 PCmcirdine Julrain '•V. M'Culloch 13 S3 'I olskeen \rdrofs D. KTNaughtoi 13 *5 Pain Inver of Tain Kenneth Roi's 13 SS Tongue Durnefs Strathmore 8 I,-, Kddrachyllis Afhire Rob. M'Kay IC So Erribol John M* mjie 14 5o Tongue Porrifdale Don.Carmichae' 13 tS ma Barra 3orve Peter Robertfon 15 *7 Harris Scarifta Donald Gun IS 35 North Uift Pable h is South Uift 3enbicula John Frafer 13 41 Orkney. Cairllon Birfay and 7 Harray § Mar wick Peter Sinclair 10 7° FirthStStennu Ireland JamesRobcitfoi! 14 65 Quoy Sinclair Mitchell Spence 13 92 Harray Harray John Flett i 10 52 Stromnefs&c.^ Sandwich \ Stromnefs Wm. Ifbifter k 8 7S 1 a For the benefit of the poor highlanders fettled there. The town gives L. 5 more. bed Thefe three fchools lately erected, but the accommodations not as yet furnifhed. e Teacher boarded by the tenants. f Newly erected. g Lately ereited. b Lately erected, accommodations not yet furnifhed. i This fchool on the mortification of Mr Nicol Spence. i L.5 more from the Society for promoting religious knowledge. ( 52 ) Prefbytery Parip}. Station. fctiine. Said') Scholar i Prk.net Kiikwall Deernefs Yarpha George Loutrit L.is 65 Evie&Randall Newboufe M. Linklater 12 75 Kirkwall Kirkwall James M'Kay *3 92 North Ifles Shapinfhay Shapinfhay Geo. Inkfetter a IO 6o Stronfay Sandiebank S. Skethway 10 24 Zetland BreiTay Quarff b 12 Brew Rob. Sinclair 12 9* Dunroflnefs Fair llle* John Irvine IO 44 Fettar Ifle Dalfetter MagnusHofeafon 10 in Netting Lunnefting M. Thomfon IO 35 Tingwall Weefdale Geo. Clunies 12 65 Walls and 1 Sandnefs J Foulah Ifle Thomas Henry 6 aS Papa Ifland Wm. Henry 7 S3 Sandnefs L. MoncriefT 1 IO 1 69 Omitted in its place. Edinburgh [Edinburgh | L c a h d y. s G fch°ol} Robert Scott | L '5° | s ? a The parifh gives L. 5 more. I Newly erec~ted. * This fmall ifle lies about mid-way between the iflands of Zetland and Orkney, quite detached from both. ( 53 ) Superannuated List, Firft Patent. Prefbvterv. Pari/h. Station. Name, Salary Abernctny Abcrnethy Kinguffie Kincardine Bridge end Truim Oavid M'Bean John M'Gregor L. 6 7 Chanonry Killeaurnan Croftnacreeeh John Noble 5 Dingwall Allnefs Kilmuir Welter Boath Allangrange John Rofs T. Davidfon &. wife 10 lo Dunoon Dunoon Toward Hugh Dunbar 6 Elgin Elgin Glenof Plufcardint James Forbes 5 Inverary North Knapdale Doet John M* Alpine 14 Kintyre Arran John M'Wattie 10 Lochcarron Lochbroom Little Strath Ferquhard Sinclair 6 Mull Coll Morven Glafgow Kyle John Davidfon John Fraler, L. 47 His wife, *J 7 10 Nairne Ardclach James Rofe 6 Sky Bracadale Eynord MrR.M'Leod,mifsy Alex. Frafer, infane F. M'Diarmid's 7 wife, infane J 25 5 5 Though the Prefbyteries within whofe bounds the Superannuated Schoolmafters refide, are not required to fend annual reports, yet fe- veral of them itill continue to teach, and from private accounts, the number of children taught by them amounts to about 300. ( 54 ) II. Missionaries and Catechists. Prejbyfry. ' Par ifi Station Name. .. .j Sal i~7. Aberdeen .-IvC.UCCll udcuc Chapel Mr IV. Forbes, C. a Caithnefs Lathe ron Berriedale Mr\V\Ma ^Scholars. LuCUCAIi Jil Applccrol's Kuhoru Anne M'Lean 31. 5 KLintail 3ornie vlrs Mathefon 5 S Lochalfti Plock ~h. M'Kenzie 6 15 Lochbroom Achillibuie Vlargaret M'Aulay 5 14 Lorn Glenorchy Glenorchy \lrs M' Caiman S 35 nnifhail Jladich Mrs Turner s 16 Ochrennan Kilchrennan Janet M'Farlane 5 i6 Kilmore Oban CharlotteM'Intyre 4 38 Kilninver Clachan Mrs Stevenfon a 6 S Lifmore 8t 7 Appin J Appin Mrs M'Killop 6 12 Mull \rdnamurchan Strontian Mrs M'Lean 2 Torofay or \ Coll Mrs Davidfon 3 20 Tiree J Nairn Ardclach Ardclach S. &■ H. Barons b IO 22 Calder Blairmore Jane Johnfton 4 3d Skiy Kilmuir K-ilmaluag. Mrs Graham 5 IO Strathbogie Belly Achinhalrig Mifs Anderfon S 16 Tain ^'gg Nigg Mrs Gray 5 42 Rofskeen Invergordon Mrs Calder 5 25 Tongue Durnefs Durnefs Mifs Thomfon c S Edrachyllis Alhire Mrs M'Kay d 5 Farr Rhiloifk Mrs Calder 5 i5 Uift Harris Rowdill Mrs M'Donald 8 16 South Uift Benbicula Mrs Frafer 5 8 Orkney. Caiifton Stromnefs Stromnefs Mary Spence 4 86 Lfobel Mouat 4 S3 Zetland Lerwick Lerwick Helen M'Clelland 5 s6 Walls and \ 1 Sandnefs \ Sandnefs Mrs Moncrieff e 3 Superannuated List, Second Patent. Strathbogie | Keith | New Miln | Ifobell Ker | L. 5 a On Lady Glenorchy's mortification. b Mifs Brodie of Lethen gives L. 5 more. cde Thefe three newly erected. •( 58 ) Abstract of the Scheme, from ifl May i to ift May 1802. 197 Schools on the ift Patent 16 Superannuated Teachers on ditto, 13 Miffionaries and Catechifts, 6 Gaelic Burfaries, 90 Schools on Second Patent, i Superannuated Teacher on ditto, 3 13 Amount of the Scheme fixed by the -) „ J-L. 3573 General Meeting in March 1 80 2, j L. 2549 137 326 90 466 5 Kumber of Scholars attending the Schools of the Society. At thofe of the firft Patent, from which reports have been fent, - n>549 At thofe from which reports have not been lately fent, and thofe newly erected, by fuppofition, according to the ave- rage number of the fchools from which reports have come, 845 Scholars, firft Patent, *3>394 At thofe on the fecond Patent, by the reports, - 174s At thofe, by fuppofition, from which reports have not yet come, at an average of twenty to each, - 280 Scholars, fecond Patent, «>o25 Scholars taught by fuperannuated teachers, at leaft 300 Total, iS>7'P THE PRESIDENT, DIRECTORS, fc? OFFICERS OF THE s o c i e r r For the Tear iSoa. DAVID EARL of LEVEN and MELVILL, Prefident of the Society. COMMITTEE OF DIRECTORS. Robert Earl of Kinnoull, Prefes. Sir James Colquhoun of Lufs, Baronet. William Ker, Efq. Secretary to the General Poft Office, Edinburgh. The Rev. Walter Buchanan, one of the Minifters of Canon- gate. The Rev. Thomas Davidfon, D. D. one of the Minifters of Edinburgh. David Reid, Efq. onft of the Cpnimiflioners of his Majefty's Cuftoms, Edinburgh. William M'Donald, Efq. of St Martins, Clerk to the Signet. The Rev. William Paul, one of the Minifters of St Cuthbert's* John Tait, Efq. Clerk to the Signet. Sir William Forbes of Pitfligo, Baronet. Horatius Cannan, Efq. Clerk to the Signet. The Rev. William Gloag, D. D. one of the Minifters of Edinburgh. Simon Frafer of Fairaline, Efq. Advocate. William Scott MoncriefF, Efq. Accountant in Edinburgh. The Rev. David Saville, Minifter of the Chapel, Canongate, i ( 6o ) OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY: The Rev. John Kemp, D. D. one of the Miniflers of Edin- burgh, Secretary. Alexander Duncan, Efq. Clerk to the Signet, Treafurer. John Dickfon, Efq. Advocate, Comptroller. James Bonar, Efq. Joint- Solicitor of Excife, Accountant. Archibald Lundie, Efq. Clerk to the Signet, Bookholder. John Pitcairn, Efq. Mei chant in Edinburgh, Librarian. Mr James Knox, Writer in Edinburgh, Clerk. Mungo Watfon, Officer. Annual and other Benefaclions are received by The Secretary, Treafurer, or any of the Principal Officers of the Society in Edinburgh. In London, by Thomas Coutts, Efq. Banker in the Strand. Henry Hunter, D. D. Hoxton, Secretary to the Correfponding Board in London. C 61 ) FORM OF A BEQUEST or LEGACY, Item, I give and bequeath the fum of to The Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge, to be applied either to the general objecls of the injtitution, or to fuch particular purpofes, conjijlent with thefe objecls, as the donor may think proper. N. B. Thofe who may be pleafed to favour this Society with bequefts or legacies, are en- treated to exprefs their intention in the very words above directed, and particularly to take care that the words in Scotland be not omit- ted. PRINTED BY J, RITCHIE, ELACKFRIARS WYND.