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METHODIST REPORTS WILLAMETTE MISSION 319

Twenty-third Anniversary,

May 19, 1842,

Morton and Bedford Streets.

May 22nd, 1842,

Second Street Church,

May 23rd, 1842,

Duane Street Church,

May 24th, 1842,

Forsyth St. Church.

THE OREGON MISSION. The mission in Oregon, as far as the board have ascertained, is still prosperous, though the board have to regret the want of specific in- formation with regard to the present condition of the several posts occupied by the missionaries. Owing to the great distance of the location and the consequent dif- ficulty with which despatches are transmitted to and from the field of labor, it is not in the power of the board at present to afford any new items of material interest. There is, however, it is presumed, no doubt that the mis- sionaries are faithfully and successfully laboring to scat- ter the Bread of Life among the poor benighted children of the forest in those ends of the earth, and faith, sus- tained both by prediction and promise, looks forward to no distant period when that wilderness land shall "bud and blossom as the rose." May the great Head of the Church hasten it in His time.

Twenty-fourth Anniversary, Greene Street Church, May 22nd, 1843.

THE OREGON MISSION. It would afford the Board great pleasure to be able to present to the Society a more full and satisfactory account of this Mission, than our present information will permit. They are per- fectly aware of the strong feeling which has been enlisted in its favor and of the hopes entertained of its ultimate success. They cannot therefore be ignorant of the fact