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the gospel .to British subjeets residing in foreign lan,

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they may ,be." They, however, had no• e
society: they wished it God speed with alit!
(Hear, hear, and applause.) The position of this society
was—they •€sand that whilst :the old society was desirous
of forwarding the gospel to the subjects of Great Britain,
it was leaving untouched the millions of heethens who
were left in the darkness of idolatry. (Hear. hear.) This

was in facttlae only difference bet Ween the trio sociel

and he thought that this explanation would satisfy any
reasonable person that they were not antagonistic bodies,
but that, on the contrary, they were rather assisting each
other. .(I-iear.) Another objection was that they never
would convert the heathen; to which his answer
was, that they had in Africa .20 stations, with 23
English clergymen ; in India, 43 stations, 1;3 clergy-
men ; in 'Ceylon, 6 stations, :10 clergymen ; in China,
1 station, •-.1 clergyman ; but as there had been ano-
ther sent out there lately, he might, therefore, take that
as two; ini-Tew Zealand, 23 stations, 18 clergymen ; in
the Westlndies, 3 stations, 3 clergymen ; and in N.W.
America, Ii stations, 5 clergymen. It might; however, be
said by objectors that all these clergymen were doing no

good. To this he would answer tliit there were 13,010
communicants in the whole of these stations. -,(Hear.)
Now, he would ask could any man with the slightest
common sense:believe that these 13,010 people were all of
them hypocrites 2 There were another class of objectors—
namely, those who said that they should endeavour to
convert the-sinners at home before they went abroad to
convert the,heatilens. Now, he acknowledged that they
had plenty to do at home •, but he would ask whether it
was those who aided in the conversicn of the heathen, or
those who thus talked of the conversion of their own
people, who did most in the cause of the Gospel, whether
at home or abroad ? (Hear, hear:) They knew ,that
these very men were the parties who-did least at home or
elsewhere. (Hear, hear.) But he -had another and a
higher authority for going abroad thanany earthly autho-
rity which could he-quoted. Christ had told the disciples
to go and preach theklospel to all men,.in every country
—and on this -ground, if on no other, he considered they
were justified in seeking for the redemption of the poor
heathen. (Hear, hear.) They did not expect to -find
perfection in anything,in this world ; and, -therefore, the
society mig

t be mistaken in some of its agents, but these
mistakes were easily remedied. And he felt assured—
indeed, it was but justice to the faithful servantsongaged
in their various missions to state—that it was not possible
to send forth to the world a body of men so upright in
their character, so pure sad unblemished in their conduct,
and so zealous in the service of Him whose servants they
were, as the body of men now engaged by the society.
(Hear, hear, and applause.) The society had Alone much,
but it had much to do
_; and he felt convinced that five
times the amount of its fanti...3 could be spent in works of
,mercy. He hoped, however, that the society would go on
and prosper ; that its operations would not be confined to
the limits which then circumscribe.' it, but that its minis-
ters would be spread over the length and breadth of the
.universe, and that the seed .of the Gospel thus sown
would bring forth fruit acceptable in the eyes of the lie-
•deerner. (Applause.)
The Rev. H. CARPENTER (the Secretary) then read
thoreport, which was a very interesting document, and
was-an follows :

"The committee of the Liverpool Auxiliary to the
Church Missionary Society desire •to record, with grati-
tude to God, the fresh impulse given to the cause of mis-
sions in this country and elsewhere, dwing the year which
has passed. Iu the early part of that year, the society
being then about to enter on the 50th year of its existence,
it was deemed an act of becoming gratitude to celebrate,
in some special manner, the goodness and mercy which
had followedit, at home and abroad, fromits first begin-
ning.
" For this purpose, the first day of Novenaher was spe-
cially named as an appropriate season for reviewing the
path through which the society had been led. Uniting
in praise to the Great Lord of the harvest, who had so
abundantly blessed its labours, and for supplicating for-
giveness for past neglects, and grace to be more zealous
in future years.
" Such was the object to which the Parent Committee

invited the friends of the society, and their invitation was
not in vain. The appointed season was widely and de-
voutly observed. In our own land multitudes united in

one jiibilee song of praise. Our Protestant brethren in
Holland, with some in Switzerland, rejoicing in our jay,
assembled in their sanctuaries on the appointed day to
mingle their tlaanksgiyinfrs and prayers with ours ; while

abroad, in our rnisiionary stations, our infant churches,
shining here and there in the wide expanse of heathen
darkness around, united with their cld3r brethren at home
in offering up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God.- by
Jesus Christ.

"All this has, with God's blessing, tended td tbe'fur.
therance of the Gospel. Missionary zeal has been in
rosily places kindled or revived. The duty of Christ's
followers to help in spreading abroad his Gosp2l has been
estly enforced on many consciences. The di
lition of the Heathen has been al
.hies of the ehnzeh. Missionary
ed to gladden many hearts and tc
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