The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-03 00:00:00

1855-6
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midsummer! and by the subsequent election of Mr. Stein-.
dial as first minister. Mr. Steiuthal enters upon his duties this
*sent mofith.

During the interval the work of the mission has been
regularly performed by Mr. Wilson and Mr. Jones, though
necessarily on a reduced scale.
The treasurer's statement of account reports a balance of
£IG2 is gd remaining in band, at the close of last year, against
a balance of £250 23 61 at the:close of the past year. There hag
been a diminution in the amount of subscriptions as well as an
unavoidable increase in incidental expenses, and a payment to
the minister elect in aid of the expenses of his removal from.
Bridgewater.

But the financial prospect far the coming year calls never+
theless fur the prompt and earnest attention of the society.
At the close of the year 1854, it appeared that the annual
income from all sources had been £469 lls, against an.
expenditure (including some items of temporary character,) of
£386 4s l ld, thus leaving a clear disposable annual surplus of
£B3 6s Id.
In the face of the virtual pledge given by the society to raise
£l5O fur the support of a second minister, more than half of
which might thus be considered as already contributed its
anticipation of the appointment, the committee then in office
felt justificd in recommending the appointment of Mr. Wilson
at a stipend of £l2O, and the advance of Mr: Jones' stipend by
£25.

Looking to the necessary demands for repairs, and other
contingent exponsos not provided for by annual income, your
committee cannot advise that any part of the remaining
capital, now reduced to £162 is Bd, should be allowed to bet
applied in aid of the usual current expenses for the year.
The amount of the subscription list which was £427 4s 6cl
in 1854, has fallon to £367 153 6d in 1856, owing chiefly to
deaths and removals:

It is already known that a farther diminution will reduce
the subscriptions for 1857 (if no effort be made to increase
them) below
While the income from other sourced will not exceed.. 40

--,
£390

Against this estimated income of £390, your committee
estimated the expenditure for 1857 (if continued at its present
rate) as follows :
;4tinends to three Ministers
Other expel/ins about

£545

AD immediate addition of upwal,lo of £l5O to the amount
of annual subscriptions has thus become necessary, in order to
maintain the mission in its present state of efficiency.
The necessity for this addition is readily aceocnted for if iE
be recollected that the promise of an increase of .41.50 for a
second minister has never yet been completely fulfilled, while
its partial fulfilment has been neutralised by a subsequent
dfcrease from other causes.
yoni, ,ommittee believe they more faithfully discharge their
duty by thus)fiealing to the society at the beginning of the.
prospective, than by waiting for
fori the repayment of an ascertained
year, when
eanndthteh:Cl:alleinneg):
debt.
The Treasurer, Mr. C. M. read the statement of
accounts, from which it appeared that the sum expended
during the year, was £659 bs 2,1, and that the balance in
hand amounted to £132 Is Bd. _ _ • _

Mr. G. Holt moved that the report and statement of
accounts be adopted. and in doing so, earne,;tly urged that
they should make effort to contribute the additit:Tal £l5O
a year essential to the efficient working of the Missio;.'•
Mr. P. H. Rathbone seconded the motion. He admitiA
he said, that the Reformatory Act was working great good,.
but he contended that the work of a Domestic Mission was
superior to, and before that of the Reformatory, inasmuch
as prevcwion was better than cure. (Hear, hear.) What-
ever they did besides, they should do that first ; for
'hrough the instrumentality of domestic missions, the rich
went to the poor, partly to give to them what the poor had
not, and partly to learn from them what they themselves
had not. (Hear, hear.)
The resolutiou was unanimously adopted.
The Rev. Mr. Roberts moved the appointment of the
committee for the ensuing year.

Mr. G. Melly seconded the motion, and in doing so
referred to the millions of money which, he said, was spent
by certain societies, whose head-quarters were at a certain
Hall, in not converting Hinioos and in perverting Chinese
—(laughter)—while they allowed their neighbours at their
very doors to suffer under the despotism of ignorance and
misery. Hs called upon such societies to take a lesson
from the Thmestic Mission of Liverpool, and when they
had done so, they might lay claim with more justice than
at present to the title of Christian. (Applause.)
The motion was unanimously adopted.
The Chairman then called on the Rev. Mr. Martineau to
welcome the Rev. Mr. Steinthal amongst them.
Rev. Mr. Martineau said it was common to begin at
address upon such an occasion by the speaker deplorine that
famentifig Ins inability to do justice to the sentiment which
was contained in the resolution. (Hear, hear, and laughter.)
For once he might say that he had a resolution in his heads,
which he should not willingly part with to any one, and
for which he did, he trusted without any inordinate self-
esteem, regard himself as perhaps more competent than
most of the friends whom he now saw before him. Except
that in all respects, and at ell times, he should like to hear
every resolution proposed by his friend Mr. Chan-
ning—except for that singe consideration, he should say
that he felt no regret at holding !n his hands the resolution
of welcome to Mr. Steinthal. He pgid this because he
believed he had a greater right to give him welcome,
perhaps, than any one there, from a knowledgt; of hint
during many Sears, and a knowledge of him which
had no drawback at all upon its satisfactu4t
and its happiness. He could say, without
hesitation, that if they had the free choice of every person
in the country who was in that range of the ministry
open to their choice, he did not believe they could have
made a better choice than that which they had fortunately
been able to secure. (Hear, hear.) From his knowledge
of Mr. Steinthall during many years—during the time
when he was a pupil in their college—he felt assured not
only of his rich and rare accomplishments for the ordinary
office of the ministry, but also of the deeper graces which
it is impossible to impart by mere culture, and which are
the original gifts of the source of all grace. He felt more-
over another interest in him, because he had found a help..
mate and a help-meet in the daughter of a very old and
very dear friend of his, whom ho well knew in his college
days, who was at the same standing with him at college,
who followed many of his studies along with him, whom
he could recollect at the same desk with himself, reading
out of the same book, giving answers in the same
class, and who was also an early associate of his
in many of their first trials of ministerial duty and Chris.
tlan affection, which formed the training for a Christian
minister. He never reverted to Mr. Howarth without
feeling a deep and reverential affection, and, however,
much subsequent changes in the life of both of them had
separated them in some points, he could truly say that he
accepted those early recollections as an assurance that he
was a man of signal and eminent fidelity, and that fidelity
he knew had been transmitted to her who was now
associated with their minister of the poor. (Hear, hear.)
From these recollections, personal to both of the friends
who came to settle among them, he felt a certain claim to
offer to Mr. Steinthal the welcome of that society. In
doing so, however, they could not but remember that
among them Mr. Steinthal was as yet but au untried
man, and he could not but recollect and advert to those

w,gsoeeertirr(lete2erhcaleeti 0
who had been his predessors, and who deserved, in every
respect, to be regarded as his 'examples. Mr. Martineau
then alluded to Mr. Johns, the first minister to the
poor of that institution, and to Mr. Bishop, his successor,
dwelling in highly eulogistic language upon the distin-
guishing qualities of each, and the manner in which he
fulfilled his mission. The rev. gentleman then referred
to the means used by the mission, and observed that it
was true they were but palliative, urging, however, that
at present they could not be otherwise. He dwelt on the
crowded and confined habitations of the poor, and said
thateshvoihumiliatinglu l
purposes
w( he -, ehdecnacogi
rtarhetreoeoeeymda i
rnlNeclecHota•tminamCgfbeulli isetnapinaltouseyrsni nudiggrii
assured
daet
grappling
pau:
ltiai
Liverpool,
ntvdi,
geit
buildings
wouldfgpwsoti
ohtlfheo,
rsamei
tfhtbhai be
interest were d lial%vNt improving the dwellings of the
poor, the problem which now puzzled them would not be
too great for them to master. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. William Rathbone seconded the resolution in a few
words. lye took occasion briefly to allude to the question
of the distribution of charity touched upon by Mr.-
Channintr, and remarked that if people only gave away
alms to pay tor the salvation of their of their own souls, if
they did not see that they were giving in a manner cal-
culated to do good—if those to whom they gave were not
taught to help themselves, and that the money given was
not a stepping stone to that end, they only degraded them
into paupers instead of elevating them into the;yank of
independent human beings, and making them nearer
approach the Deity. (Hear, hear.) He did not know that
there was anything more difficult in the world than to
know how to distribute charity so as not to do harm to
those who received it. (Hear, hear.)
The resolution was carried by acclamation.
'" The Rev. Mr. Steinthal then in a brief, but feeling anti
elequent address, expressed his thanks to the meeting,.
and, having surveyed the nature of the duties he was-
', about to undertake, declared his resolve to follow as far
as he could the example of this predecessors, and not to
allow
the work of the mission to slacken while he held it
in charge. The Rev. Mr. Steinthal was loudly applauded..
Mr. 11. A. Bright proposed a resolution to the effect
that the reports of the missionaries be printed and circu-
lated as in former years. We are unable to do more than
mention Mr. Brig ' lit's address, which, although brief, was
animated, effective, and eloquent.
Mr. S. M. Bulley seconded the resolution, which was
also passed.
The proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the
' chairman.
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