The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-04-17 00:00:00

COLONIAL CHURCH ANli SCHOOL

SOCIETY.

The annual meeting of this society was held last night
i a Hope-hall. In the alssence'of Samuel Martin, Esq.,
Dr. M'Neile presided; and among the other gentlemen
'on the platform were the Rev. E. Garbett, M.-. A.., imam-
bent of St. Bartholomew's, London s the Ref, J. B.
Lowe,-Dr. Taylor, the Rev: T. Mooko, -
Prayer having been offend tp by the Rev. E. Boyer,
The Rev. Dr. k'Neate opened the meeting with the
following speech would be very' sorry to think that
the attendance this evening, at this anniversary Of the
'Coloniarl `Church and School Society, is a fair evidence
tf'tlii 'interest that this great commercial town tal4e in
tie Christian welfare of our gigantic colonial's I believe
'that it is not so ; and that there is. it intereit'in this
'work whieh is not manifested by the attendance at this
mediae.. But, my frimits) ket not our 'limited attend-
ance discourage Mute aNeho have come. Very great;
rresalti often follese from very small beginnings, We .
bay° two lean
"e objects at such meetings tfs this e--
is to :give you information conscrtnitig• the work,
and the other 'is to indtrise Doti . to give money,
in order that this work lay be strengthened and'in-
'reased. Informatieneeoucerning the work of the society
will naturally he best given you by those gentlemen who
have come here to 'address 'you oh tht subject, end who
are connected with the actual operations of the society.
The necessity 'for such a *irk rsterally known to you
v
'9u are aware, I -Sup' pe- se, that the total popula-
tion of our colonicess-the tritish dependencies,--exceeds
two hill:011.0 Millidha of souli; that of these, about
seven millions arc of British birth. The number
Of
Clergyesse
le
alr our foreign possessions hardly
while in England and Wales alone there
are upwatle.
_„
ne or 20.(:00. You are also aware that the
?nri7easbered-b‘Teur 'eountrymen our colonies is vastly
uoitrat this. au annual emigration. The emigrants
tountry during the ten years- 'afidilig. in 1834
'at e4red upwards of 0,006 ; for'the tea years ending
e 1344 e 75,02; and"`far the tett years ending_
1864, there were X 68,815. They are gone for
',ft is called fpuShing, their . fortimes----that- is to
°'"aitt a -livelihood in this present world, and at the
l'ttsse, t, and for se time after their arrival there, when
a-t
-,Y have gained successful footing in the colony, they
tfa altogether unable to provide themselves with Chris-
:tn instructors. It is to meet that necessity, in a great
'ogle, that this societv .has been established. To
supplement the la curs of those colonists who
'clear the forest and the jungle by supplying them
Zith 'Christian teachers, so that Christianity may
..r.cel) 'Pace with civilisation, and that wherever a
,for is planted in the midst of the forest
,s(4' the plants of this world, there may also be
'.Planted the blossoms of the plants of the planting of the
Thate right hand through the preaching-of tire Gospel.
is
doubt it just the object of this society, 9nd I have no
commends itself bath to yOttludgment and to
ur feelings. One of the great Wants of the society is,
veitailk
men to perform this.work. I hold in my hand
letter tom the Bishop of Melbourne, in which he says
ssal: -is a matter-of disappointment to him that our exer
In".-
"-s have .so 'completely failed in. providing suitable
he The rev, doctor here read the letter, after, which
w went " to sly—there are strch men, I have no
d_oubt; but. they
The require to be sought: out and trained.
he work is not altogether that of an evangelist, but also
°fa contrevesialist. You have heard of that.celebrated
Canadian
'Catholic priest.
preacher, Father Chiniquy, formerly a Roman
], re You have heard the wonderful work in
'which —.a has been pleased to make him instrumental.
e has l
-est
rjaai,eeft the Church of Rome with all his flock ; they
Prote 156eded in one mass,
and become a part of the
gee staat church. There is something truly remark-
inhoat the antecedents of this man. That same
letlY, it seem
4 s, has come of a good stock. His father
'Roman rpenell Cattdian ; and. professedly a member of the
d `aatli°2l;-; Church, but he was a man of indepen-
'lit spirit. 'The proof that I give yeti of his inde-
sluiPelleda;te7le.tinlply this, that he read his bible ; and not
'nil he read his bible himself but he taught it to
f:utidretti alio, and he frequently assembled the
e-mce„'Y and made his little son : read the bible to
When the priest heard. 'of this he Came to
1)1 ' Chini(PlY's house to tell him that it must not
1--e 'continued. When the priest got into the house
e Was shown into a room where young Chini-
'lll was sitting. The priest then told old Mai-
'e .13; that the book was a bad one, and must
up to him. ,The old man, upon hearing this,
e.-e°llP eild, putting his hands into .his pockets, walked
St"nad the room for a moment or so, and then turning
tbo priest he said, " Your reverence, have you any-
hing else to tell us ?" No; there was silence. "Then,"
id Chiniquy, plucking up his courage, "if you have
else to tell us, there is the door, and I will
bauble you to go." The priest went out, and the little
3": who had been watching his father, ran into his
Arniefor joy that the bible was not shut out from the
family reading. This is the earliest incident I can find
of"Chiniquy, and lam delighted with it. In the
elYstetious dealings of God, who teaches all His people
to talk by faith, and not by sight, that ' son left the
Church of Rome and became a Protestant. His flock,
thooli after leaving their Romish Church,. were so injured
y various causes—by a succession Of violent seasons—
that: they came
toadestitution,
to be reduced state of •
and this: was a matter of great co' ncern to poor Chiniquy.
Be said upon one occasion, "-What will the Church of
itome say now if they see us starving ? They will say,
`This is a judgment upon the people for leaving our
Church.' " An appeal was made to the Protestants of
the St ates, and also to. the people of this country, and I have
the inexpressible pleasure of telling
you that t response.
was so cordial in this country, that the agents are now
stopping
the contributions, enough having been sub-
scribed to provide for Chiniquy and-'his flock ; and I
trust that they will, this summer, have a crop which
will 'relieve them from distress. I must recollect, how-
!verl that instead of being an advocate, I have the
honour, very unexpectedly, of being your chairman. I
tmust, therefore, give place to those who have come here
• laY before you the details of this society. But before
do,so, I must return to what .I said with reference to
°llr, giving money. Do not be frig
htened because the
el
teeeting is not a large one. I heard 'once of a man who
"Might he had discovered a great secret in the art of
toiouee_
aed...ugt and he communicated it to one of his friends,
one only. By-and-bye this friend came to him,
T
a bd asked permission to.tell it to one of his own friends.
opainter' took atel . a piece of chalk, and after marking on
th said, "this secret is known to me and_to you--
• two,---and when it is known to your friend"— •
• that will bethree persons" said the other,—" no. it'
I rep Lia the painter, " that will be 111." Now,
• -ir care sif the secret I am going to tell you
times be 'known to 111 persons. ..It" haS
th happened .that.. on-collection _.Sundayi -in my
beena9 it has been very wet, and the church has not
thul,4. well filled" as usual. On one of these Sundays I
bath Of Putting the collection off till the next Sab-
pis j telt., I .did not do so, and when I went into the pal-
(' jse 14 the congregation what lam going to tell you.
if the-' Said 'I, is the time .to make a good collection, ;
need.t e'nrchswere full, every body would, be saying,l
n
anything ;' but, because the church is not
coasi a esee-7e 'will Say, 'I must give something ;" and the
had a was that from the small congregation we
,
hints large collection. Are you disposed to take the:
men T(Laughter.) 'Well, now, for your encourag.
des4,.; remind you that "St. Paul, in one of his
ete."Prtons, ap.factical Christian, combines two things
the hand very commonly kept asunder—working withe
says, manual :labour, and Christian charity. He
'o
4 describing the Christian man, that he should
'ork vitir -
that his hands that he may have to' give to him
did ell„°,6cleth ; from which it is.quite clear that St. Paul
lalee—' think giving' should be confined to those who
tto necessity, to work with their hands. .The fact
Wilthat if YOU look into the New Testament, you
Chrte' that giving is as much a . part of
that anttY as praying. And I may only add
will not be
loveth the cheerful giver, and you
.0,,,ed to give that which you cannot afford. The poor
the Widow
more commended than all those who put into,
the7snrY• Send your mites then, and accompany
your with Your prayers that God's blessing
have efforts in the colony ; that your countrymen,
may attendwho
eessite, abroad into
g°lle the colonies, may not be left
and 1.:1'"; that Christian preachers,, scripture-readers!
"'aehera found ready to accompany
/lien ; may be
those
throu. I,"'' a voice of thanksgiving may be raised to God
'h•
er g' whose mercy another field has been discovered
ticese the
labourers may earn their bread. They are
that ulfillino the first command that was given to man,
he should rePlenish the earth and subdue it.
of ",,_°tlS of acres are still id existence, the inhabitants':
voZn.i°_.ll are not subdued. When our countrymen are
1' forth to complete this great work, let it be our.
weet
t'Zprivilege to send after them the message of its
ellthat their hearts may be enriched by the 04.3
grog ; that when they lay down- to rest they may
ieteatlee a
Prayer to him who gave his son for them.
-e'er the
earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.
:°ZThe - SECS.' ETA.ItY of the
ty the Liverpool branch of
then read the annual report. It showed that,
ough the amount from Liverpool been „a ht . received had ,
still greatrg not
RS might. have been expected, there was
cause for thankfulness for the present state of
the funds.
The
_Rev. J. Beiteed,
the following resolution That
Elre in' an,
this meeting, having
People in the British coloniable speech, moved
regard to the bearing of thees
()n
theh
country,
of our
own
the heathen world beyond, desires to expressitsdeepy and onsens
of thurcfhe importance of the operations of the Colonial
Church
and School Society,
and to render its ferveent
Inanksgiving to Almighty 'God for having called it into
The motion was seconded by the
and carried.. Rev. E. 6arbett,
ding.
of
resolutions of a similar nature were
passed hy
te.eemeeting,.- and the proceedings terminated with a
is Pres
of thanks to Dr. M'Neile, for his kindness
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