The Express.
London, England, 1861-05-24 00:00:00

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LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY M.

GOOD-JrATVAP.O cynics are apt to smile at the
religious dissipation, as they irreverently de-
scribe it, which periodically inaugurates "the
" Smarm "in this metropolis. The swallow and
the cuckoo, they say, are not more regular in
their annual migrations than the flight of black-
feathered and white-throated miniaters of all de-
nominations who darken beneficently the early May
sunshine in the London thoroughfares, and compose
their wings in Exeter-hall. The season of balk,
drums, operas, and morning and evening dances
and concerts, is, curiously enough, heralded by the
advent of these good min who discourse with a
melodious exhilaration and a rapturous unction to
fervent, and for the most part feminine, salsa-
Magee of guileless and gratified enthudesta. It is
easy and harmless enough to make fun of certain
outward features of these May meetings; but the
soul of goodness that is in them defies ridicule;
and it may be said in favour of the "dissipation "
which irresistibly attracts so large • number of
excellent people who never enter a pima of
amusement, that it differs essentially from its more
worldly rivals in this—it Mrengthens, exalts,
and refreshes its votaries. Surely is a money-
getting age, and in the motto and capital of
all the pleasures and profile of temporal memos,
it is well that the lamp of samilles should be
kept burning by devoted hands, and that
cuss • year at least it should be made to shims
before the world. These Missionary Societies
need no apology for their labours and objects.
?lie least that ma be said of them is that they
enlarge the horizon of man's hopes and interests,
lift his agitations out of the trivialities of a eatis-
lied sad selfish *Mama, and agitate for a mo-
ment the fashionable weariness or vulgar tedious.
nem eicivilized society with a yearning for some-
thing diviner then comfort end prosperity. And
as the love of country project@ a man's thoughts
and feelings beyond his parish, his town, his
country, or his business, so the love of mankind
which is the life of menionary enterprise takes
from patriotism its narrowness and its jealousy.
There are few sorts of " cant " more de-
serving of the name than the cant of assuming
that the money spent in missions to contented
heathen savages is so muck robbed from suffer-
ing heathen in our own streets and alleys. It
is better that the talent should be put out to in-
terest on doubtful security than not put out at all;
and it by no means follows that the roes or pounds
contributed towards the conversion of Polynesians
or Africans would have been contributed toward'
any thing or any body nearer home ; indeed it is
ascertainable that the largest aid to distant mis-
sionary enterprises comes from the most generous
and constant supporters of every good work of
charity among their neighbours. Statistical in-
quiry will determine with singular accuracy the
probable number of sightseers or play-goon in
London any day between April and July. But
the reproductive and multiplying energy of
that form of charity which is directly inspired
by the religious spirit is not to be precisely
stated; it is as incalculable as the repro-
ductive energy of nature in river, forest, plain,
and •ea, as the seed of plants shed on the •oil of
one continent, and wafted across oceans or deserts
to be ripened in another.
Our readers may believe that it is in no
spirit of frivolous detraction that we notice
with some misgiving a truly lamentable episode
in the Report read before the meeting of
the London Missionary Society some days since.
The substance of this Report and its prevailing
tone were cheerful and amouragiag, as indeed the
Reports of Missionary Societies usually ar••—•
national characteristic perhaps, and one
which we should note without cavil in
any enterprise of English origin. Perhaps
an audience less emotional might be a little less
sanguine as to the evangelical dispositions of the
Taepings ; but the Society may be excused for
seeing vast " openings " even in China, when
British India present', no discouragement, and
Madagascar no difficulty too grave for congratu-
lation. In Polynesia, in the West Indies, the
Society reports hopeful program In Southern
India cholera and famine had almost swept away
an entire mission. But the most terrible "reverse"
which the Society had encountered during the year
wee in the mission to the tribes in Central South
Africa, to the north of the Zambesi. It appears
that two minions bad been established at the par-
ticular instance and advice of Dr. Livinoirrons,
while in the service of the Society ; " the one
" on the north of the Zambesi among the Mako-
" lobo, and the other on the south among Mate-
" bele." The former was entrusted to Lien's-
wrox s's friend and fellow-labourer, the Rev.
HOLIAMAT Himnoes, qualified for the work by
twenty years of African experience. This
devoted servant of the Cross had done wonders
among tribes "as debased and wretched as the
" Makololo." To reach his appointed destination
• journey of a thousand miles through the wilder-
ness had to be undertaken. The dangers and suf-
ferings of this terrible paa•age through the blinding
torrid heat, with the horrors of thirst often ume-
limed for days, were endured through nearly seven
months. At length the Mission, consisting of Mr.
Emmons, his trip, and four children, and Messrs.
Pauli and MACKENZIE, reached Linyanti, the resi-
dence of a powerful chief, from whom hospitality
and aid had been expected. This chief brought food
and drink to the mission, but refused to
allow then, to remove to a healthy situation to
await the arrival of Dr. LMNOsToIIII. Neverthe-
less, Mr. H►.Lroua and his brethren began their
labours undaunted, and in the course of a week
they were all laid low with fever. Pint, one of
the attendants died, then one and another of the