The Express.
London, England, 1866-11-08 00:00:00

the Acta of the Apostles, wherein they were told that Paul
was minded to go into Asia ; that was the lough* of that
mighty soul for the conversion of his own eastern people ;
but wh= the spirit suffered him not, he turned with •
patient and obedient spirit, and devoted himself with all
i
his strength to the evangelisation of Macedonia, and
to the acoomplialunent of all the work there which
he was minded to accomplish in Asia. And now that
God spoke by events indeed of speaking in dreams in
the visions of the night, the man who kept the example of
Paul the Apostle in his mind must carefully and patient')
watch the manifestation of God's providence by events, if
he would know whether he was to begin his work in the
way in which he intended, or adopt another way in order
to lead on to ultimate sttoome. That was precise') the
way in which his own mind was affected when the quer
tion was before them, by what machinery they should
work, and where. One honoured missionary, though not in
the same church, wrote to him not to be cast down by any dis-
appointment, which he had no intention of being, but to
persevere in the good work ; but when he Imo to tioneide6
whether they were adopting the best machinery, or the
best course of action, he could not be insensible that God
might grant that suocesato a certain mode of action which
was denied to the first. He thought that what the
council had done in allowing Bishop Tozer to vary the
route by which they were trying to reduce the slave trade
would be productive of great good, and what they
really
wanted yam money and support to enable them tolstil
up. Bishop Toter. They knew that this minden was first
eae mainly by the two universities, the members of
which were greatly moved by Dr. Livingstone's statements.
and at that time large funds came in from those univer-
sities. But they all knew that the population of a uni-
versity changed every three years, and although some few
men remained, it was essentially fluctuating. The im-
pression, therefore, which was mde on such a body &silts
universities, was singularly liable to pass away in a few
years. Thais who took a particulsr subject up, pared
into the world, and were engaged hi the battle of life, sad
those who succeeded them in the university never
.
rienced the same Impression which produced %
self-denial and exertions which were made by
them who went before them, therefore the ropey
from the universities fell off. Nothing was ee-
-1 eeived froth Dublin ,and comparatively small subeniptions
were received from Oxford and Cambridge. The men who
knew not Dr. Livingstone did not feel the same intereet as
those who knew and hid heard of him. What was the
remedy? Of course they strove to work up the younger
men in the university, but ithe real remedy would he to
keep alive the interest felt by those who had left the uni-
versity and revive the feeling they once expesiesoed, and
to induce the public et, large to aid them in espying ont
the work, by God's blaising, to a successful result. He
earnestly entreated the meeting to support this .inissioti,
because he believed that the fidelity of the cherub was
being tested in the matter, and he besought them to do
what they could to make it a matter of no doubt that this
attempt to establish a mission in Central Africa should be
thoroughly supported. (Applause.)
Colonel•Ptavrairt then moved that the plan now being
pursued of training native agents to assist Eumperui mis-
sionaries in the wink of carrying the Gospel to the heathen
of Central Africa, is, in the opinion of the meeting, the
best course which could be adopted by the universities'
mission. He gave an interesting accinnt of the progress
of the miesion at Zanzibar, and strongly impressed upon
the . useetinf that it was useless to attempt to spew'
Christian civilisation by means of Europeans alone, al-
though they had acquired the native tongues. He te-
minded them that the African natives had no literature,
while England had, and it was only by teaching native
youths the English tongue, and sending them out after
they had attained a oertsin amount of knowledge, that
any real progress could be made.
The Dean of ELY seconded the motion, fully justifying
the course which bad been adopted, and expressing ft he
that in course of years the Eastern missionaries would
meet their fellow labourers in West Africa, and that the
whole of that benighted continent would be explored and
evangelised.
The motion was carried unanimously.
Archdeacon Woamwoarri and the Rev. Dr. MATO also
addressed the meeting, and a committee having been
formed to promote the good work,
The Dean of ELY, who had taken the chair in conse-
quence of the Bishop of Lincoln being obliged to leave,
pronounced the benediction, and the meeting separated.