The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-05-20 00:00:00

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society was not, in the first instance, indebted to the great
of the earth, nor to the nobles of the land. Its found-
e met again and again; they began and continued
their counsels in devout prayer to God, that he would
direct their steps, and fill their souls with love.
Since that 'period it bad spread north, :east, south, and
west, into the four quarters of the globe—all begun by a
little bard of faithful tren in the spirit of prayer. He
reminded the meeting of the difficulties which the so-
ciety and its missionaries had to endure in those days, and
celled attention to the testimony of many colonial bishops
of its usefulness. The great question, however, was,
what were the princip'es of the society? They had, from
its foundation, been church 'principles, but not " high
church" principles ; those were still the principles by
which it was moved, and by which its managers meant to
abide. (Hear.) On this branch of the subject he said he
would put in facts and circumstances which must put the
statement above all suspicion, the first of which was the
testimony of the Bishop of New Zealand, (who went out
there not very friendly towards the society,) and the
other the testimony of the Bishop of Montreal upon the
mission at Red River, one of the settlements of the Hud-
son's Bay Company. Both of these bishops testified to
the fact that the labours of the missions in those distant
countries were conducted upon the principles of the
church. Out, then, he said, with the silly objection that
the Church Missionary Society was not a Church of Eng-
land Society. Next in importance to the principles of the
society was the character of the men sent out by it. On this
point
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of its missionaries. During the 21 years he had been in
Cheltenham he had seen numerous persons of different
situations in life, who had lived in India and resided in
the stations of the Society ; and all these persons, without
a single exception, and without hesitation, had borne tes-
timony to him that the missionaries of the Society there
were the most sober-minded, the most devoted, the most
self-denying, the most faithful and zealous men they had
ever met with. (Cheers.) Several interesting and strik-
ing facts were related in illustration of these points. With
retard to the want of missionaries, he felt there was no-
thing to look to, but prayer to God. Colleges might
be founded, but no one could make a missionary but He
who made the world ; and he trusted that every man and
woman in that meeting would do all that in them lay to
find men of faith willing to go to the heathen. • Our mis-
sions were so scattered among people of different charac-
ters that there was room for perSe.ns of all talents and
classes. Educated men were wanted to go to India and
China ; but men of sterling sense and plain education for
New Zealand, Africa, and the North-west coast of Ame-
rica. The rev. gentleman closed his address amidst much
applause.

The hymn " All hail the powers of Jesus' name," a
then sung, during which a collection was made amounti
to £36 12s 3d.

The Hey. HUGII JONES, vicar of linlywell, sec, nded
the resolution in a short and pleasing speech, in the course
of which he mentioned many circumstances to prove the
great success of the Society.

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The resolution was then carries.
ing adjourned till this evening, at half
The adjourned meeting will be held in the Ami,

THE GREAT BRITAIN.—This noble steam-ship is ex-
pected to arrive in the Mersey about the 3d July next.
She will depart hence for New York on the 26th July.
We recommend our lady readers to visit the establish-
ment of Mrs. Girvan, Arcade, 80ld-street, where they
will find an immense variety of flowers, feathers, &c.
suitable to all trstes.—See adv.
HOUSES AND LAND.—It will be observed by an:adver-
tisement, that Mr. Williams, the active house and land
agent, has removed to more convenient premises—No. 47,
corner of Great Charlotte-street—near his former office.
Mr. W. has, at all times, a goodly list of property for sale
or to be let.

BOOTLE OMNIBUSSES.—It will be seen in our columns
of to-day, that Messrs. Jones and Morris are now run-
ning their omnibusses in conjunction, more numerously
than heretofore. This will be a great convenience to the
public, as they promise every punctuality. We trust
they will be liberally supported`
PASSAGE UP THE NILE—SAIL BY NIGHT NEAR Es-
SOUAN.—We seem to sail between two firmaments. The
silver band of the Nile is changed into a deep blue heaven,
spangled with soft and trembling stars, while those above
look calm and grand, like benign spirits, very different to
the cold and shivering brilliancy of our clear frosty nights.
They need not freeze here, for our nights in July can
hardly be warmer than those in the month of January in
Upper Egypt and Nubia. The banks continue animated
to a late hour. The fires burn brightly on the village
hearths, which occupy the place in front of the door: the
bleating flocks of sheep and goats are driven homeward
amid a mingled din of human voices, the barking of dogs,
the incessant creaking of the Sakias. The men who work
the Shaduf sing to a regular measure, while throwing their
buckets into the Nile and emptying them into the chan-
nels, which convey the waters in further districts : the song
of the Arab as lie returns homewards from the fields, the
loud bailings and the conversation of the men from their
boats, re-echo on all sides. The Arabs talk incessantly;
they speak to each other from bra': to boat. from the shore
to vessels on the rivet , and, I verily believe, from village
to village ; at all events, as far as the voice can reach, and
that, toe, always in a tone which seems like noisy threat-
ening. From a solitary bark you may hear the dull notes
of the Darabukab, which reminds me of the Spanish gui-
tar, although these instruments have not the slightest re-
semblance. Al. length al/ the sounds die away. The night
grows chilly, and we are glad to return to the cabin and
take our tea. When the wind blows keenly from the
north-west—a quarter to which it often adheres, with
scarcely one day's exception, for whole months together
in Egypt, and which is as favourable to our ascent of the
Nile as it retards our downward voyage—then, indeed, our
evening enjoyments are sadly blighted, and we have to
submit to the uncomfortable position of being half frozen,
though 'muffled up in all our wrappers.—Lib of Travel,