The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-05-21 00:00:00

CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

Last evening, the first of the annual meefinge of the
Liverpool Auxiliary to the Church Missionary Society
was hell at the Lecture-hall of the Collegiate Institution.
The spacious hall was densely crowded on the occasion
by perhaps one of the most respectable and influential au-
diences ever assembled within its walls. The platform
was occupied by a very considerable number of the local
clergy, amongst whom his Worship the Mayor occupied
a prominent place in the front. At half-past six o'clock,
the chair was taken by the Rev. Chancellor RAIRES. A
prayer for the divine blessing having been offered up by
the Rev. Mr. CARPENTER, one of the secretaries,
The CHAIRMAN addressed the meeting. He com-
menced by congratulating the town on the attendance of
so numerous and respectable an audience, and by express-
ing his gratification that the general as well as the private
reports exhibited a uniform and steady increase. He
especially rejoiced at the increase, because the circum-
stances of the times might have given rise to an expecta-
tion of the kind; for it had pleased God to relieve the
commerce of the country from the cloud which had been
hanging over its prospects, to open a market for Our
manufactured produce, and to give an impulse to the in-
dustrial powers of the country. Those were encourage-
ments to go forward ; calls which we dare not venture to
refuse obeying ; and calls which only required to be met
with a !'lleral and willing spirit of Christian faith, to make
our country the means of communicating gospel light
to all the dark corners of the earth. Through the
instrumentality of the church at large, the gospel
was preached ; wherever Christianity was planted,
means of grace were open ; and he trusted the truths
of Christianity would ever be maintained in the land;
but how was the gospel to be extended to the na-
tions who had never yet heard the joyful sound, unless
the zeal of the Christian world were embodied in societies
like the present, and some means and channels were
opened by which the streams that had flowed to us might
be directed to others ? It seemed as if the enlargement
of the kingdom of Christ was left to societies like the
present to be carried out ; and therefore well might they
rejoice at the good tidings they were hearing from labour-
ers at home and abroad, seeing that God was making use
of this and kindred institutions to accomplish his will,
in extending the kingdom of his Son, so far as the
limits of the world went. Let such societies be cur-
-1 tailed or hindered, and he (the chairman) knew not by
what means or agency the will of God was to be accom-
plished. Therefore the increase of the missionary spirit
among the rising generation—the interest taken by chil-
dren in the cause, and the young men who were rising as
labourers in the vineyard, were all tokens that God had
not forsaken the land, but that higher and better desti-
nies were still reserved for England, when she should be-
come a missionary for the whole world, and all should
come and drink at the source from which she had drawn
so largely at the first. (Applause.)
The Rev. Mr. CARPENTER read the report, from which
it appeared that the Liverpool Committee had to record
many and great mercies bestowed by God's gracious
hand on the society, inasmuch as his blessing had de-
scended on every department of its labours. Additional
ministers had gone forth to the missionary harvest abroad ;
and whilst they had received many tokens of the divine
favour, an increased interest in the success of the society
had been awakened at home. Its financial affairs were in
an unencumbered position; and though the amount re-
ceived last year was not equal to that received the year
before, yet the subscriptions from ordinary and regular
sources were larger. For instance, the income from or-
dinary sources the year before was £103,100, while, last
year, it was £101,323, making an increase of £1.223. The
Liverpool auxiliary had enlarged its contribution and ex-
tended its inuence; for the amount received last year
was £2,811 4s. 10d., being £7O 9s. 3d. more than in the
year preceding. In New Zealand, Tinnevelly, and Wes-
tern Africa, the society had been most successful. Native
teachers were employed at the former ; while schools filled
with native scholars, and churches crowded with native
worshippers were to be seen. The Romish missionaries
were labouring there to make converts, but in vain. " I
don't know one of our converts," wrote the missionary,
" who left us to join them, though many have left them
to join us." At Tinnevelly, the number of communicants
had been increased by one-third during the past year, and
there were 1220 new converts : 20,000 souls were receiv-
ing Christian instruction in this mission alone. In the
oldest mission at Sierra Leone, many of the liberated
slaves had been called out of darkness into light; open-
ings had appeared in several quarters; three missionaries
had been set apart for a new field of labour there ; and a
Mr. Crowther, who had himself been a slave, was one of
the most active missionaries. The report concluded by
paying a marked tribute of respect to the late Mr. Chas.
Boutfiower. It said his loss would be deeply felt by the
religious societies of the town ; that his time and sub-
stance were freely given to promote the cause of his Re-
deemer; and that in him zeal, urbanity, and kindness of
disposition were always observable.
The Rev. J. J. WEITDRECHT, missionary from Nor-
thern India, moved the adoption of the report, and
the committee and officers for the ensuing year. In
doing so, he said that all who bestowed attention
to the reports must be convinced that the Lord had
greatly blessed the labours of the missionaries. He
had himself been engaged for upwards of eleven years
among the Hindoos ; and he could assure the meeting
that the Lord was with them, and that he had singu-
larly blessed the labours of His servants. There were
hundreds and thoncanrlQ of Hindoos who rejoiced in the
salvation of the Gospel through Christ ; but additional
labourers were wanted—men of apostolical hearts and
minds. There were 135 millions of Hindoos who were
bowing down at the present day to stocks or stones. They
had a religion indeed, but it was a religion which con-
founded the creature with the Creator. They acknow-
ledged that there was one God, but that he was dispersed
throughout all creation, and that He was to be seen
in animal and vegetable matter. At their idol festivals,
idols were consecrated and thousands fell down and wor-
shipped them, crying out at the same time " these are the
Gods which can give us salvation." He had seen them
worshipping Gods of straw ; he was present when a rod
of iron was put through a man's tongue, and the un-
fortunate creature dragged through the streets of Calcutta,
as though he were a maniac, vainly imagining all the time
that he was working out his salvation ; and he had seen
three men crashed under the far-famed car of Juggernaut.
The Hindoos knew nothing of another world. He had
heard their cries and supplications in sorrow, and they
had no hope with regard to eternity ; all they knew was,
that their souls, after they departed from the body, went
either into the souls of their brethren, or into those of
horses, or, it might be, of insects. They were living in
a state of abject superstition and idolatry, from which it
was our duty and highest privilege to rescue them. He
admitted that it was a most difficult task to bring the
truths of the Gospel home to' their minds ; but he
contended that they could and would be converted
through its simple preaching. During the last five
years, no fewer than 4000 Mahomedans had been
converted, while in Kishnagow, in one week, not less
than GOO Mahomedans were brought into the fold of
Christ. The three following questions were asked those
who offered themselves for baptism, and if they answered
satisfactorily they were received into the Christian faith ;
the first was, are you willing and prepared to renounce
idolatry and caste? Do you really and sincerely believe
in Jesus Christ, the Saviour of sinners? Are you pre-
pared and willing to get your livelihood in a sincere and
honest way ? He then related instances of the severe per-
secutions to which the converts were, in many instances,
subjected, and said that if the Indian government were to
secure the property of those who embraced Christianity,
thousands of Hindoos would become converts ; but, as at
present, it was a great sacrifice to oblige them to leave
fathers, mothers, lands, property and all for their adhe-
sion to the Christian faith. Nevertheless, it was the deep
conviction of thousands and tens of thousands of the
most burdened of the race, that Christianity must and
would at last prevail in the country, and that their own
idolatrous worships must go down ; and it was his
own firm belief that when the church at home should do
her duty in the matter, India would be Christianised, and
her overwhelming population would rejoice in the bles-
sings of Christ's salvation. (Applause.)
The Rev. FIELDING OULD, in seconding the motion,
begged to baud in a donation. It came from a member
of his own congregation, and its amount was £5O. (Cheers.)
It came from a gentleman, who was setting a bright and
glorious example to the merchants and tradesmen of the
town, in consecrating the first fruits of his substance to
the honour and glory of his Lord. The donation was
from Mr. Edward Tuton, of Lord-street. (Loud cheers.)
The Rev. BAPTIST W. NOEL supported the 'first reso-
lution. He commenced by alluding to the importance of
circulating the printed report, and to the rapid manner
in which England had been extending her resources in
every quarter of the globe. We should never forget that
responsibility of power must always be co-extensive,—
and that if God granted us a great empire of great re-
sources, those were not afforded us for the purpose of
self-congratulation alone, and that the morals of an indi-
vidual ought to be the morals of a nation too. Those who
felt that they had been bought by the blood of
Christ, and rescued from eternal death themselves ;
those in whom the profession of faith was not an
empty name, but who felt that by
_unparalleled, infinite
love they had been rescued from misery; every such man
must feel that he was not his own, but that he had been
bought with a price, and that the smallest return expected
from him was, that he should live no longer for himself,
but endeavour to promote the happiness of his fellow-men
and communicate glory to the Saviour by whom he had
been redeemed. He called upon the meeting to apply this
maxim to a nation professing a Chaistian name. What
did England with her 18 millions profess to be? She
professed to follow Christ ; and if the empire of
this country was found in every quarter of the
globe—if this vast territory was peopled by numerous
millions, what ought to be the influence which
Christian England should exercise among the nations of
the earth
possessing 100 millions
ofourfeil Recollecting
owluhieota,
wthhaatt India
oughtto have been the influ-
ence which England should exercise, supposing all her
inhabitants to be the disciples of Christ Jesus? If the
blessed, gospel had been preached by thousands of mis-
sionaries, and if the influence of that gospel were proved
by the lives of Englishmen, was it too much to believe
that at this day India would be nominally Christian ?
And if India were nominally Christian, the miseries which
the Hindoo superstitions entailed on the population would
be away—the children now murdered by hundreds
would ehpat
saved by the tender affections of their parents, and
ss
that extraordinary confederation of Thuggism would exist
nomore. No more would children be exposed on the banks
of the" Ganges to death under pretence of filial duty, hun-
dreds would not be travelling to Juggernaut, women would
no longer be degraded and miserable, and husbands would
not refuse to sit down at the same table with the wife,
neither would he pass her by in the street, the children
would not be trained up to despise their mothers, fifty
millions of our sisters in India would be raised to the
privileges and rights enjoyed by our women at home ; and
these would be no small blessings evenif the people them-
selves were not spiritually converted to God. (Applause.)

The hon. and rev. gentleman pointed out the many faults
and omissions of the officers of the British government in
India, in their not by their example and influence promo-
ting the cause of Christianity in that country ; though he
admitted that that government bad given to the natives a
degree of personal liberty which they did not before pos-
sess, as well as a protection from the horrid and otherwise
interminable fetid, and internal warfare to which they had
previously, for ages, been exposed. He stated that in
Hindostan the society bad now 39 stations, with 36 mis-
sionaries ; and also 539 native teachers, who declared that
they would dismiss any man amongst them whem they-
did not believe to be a converted man. He also said that
the Scriptures were preached in all the native languages,
and tracts distributed. No fewer than 1250 converts were
added last year by their missionaries alone. He concluded
by an eloquent appeal in behalf of the females and children
of India, who would be raised from their social degrada-
tion by the promulgation of Christianity in that country.
He sat down amidst loud cheers.
The CHAIRMAN put the motion, and it was carried
unanimously.
The Rev. H. CARPENTER announced that the collec-
tions made in the several churches amounted to £771.
This was independent of the collection at five churches,
which was not yet known ; and there were also two
sermons yet to be preached in behalf of the society.
The Rev. G. Fisk, Vicar of Walsall, next rose, and
moved a resolution, in effect, of thanks to God for his
guardianship of the parent society, and whose missionaries
had, through his glace, been enabled to maintain its
principle and practice. The rev. gentleman, in strong
and impressive terms, explained the distinctive character
of the society, which, differing from the opinions of those
who conceived that civilisation and instruction in scienca
and philosophy should precede the gospel, conceived, and
had found from blessed experience, that the gospel was
the grand pioneer of all civilisation,—after receiving
which, the beautiful system of philosophy, useful to
mankind, might be safely and advantageously imparted.
The society was also distinctive in not taking "natural
religion " as a basis—for that was totally inefficient.
They took the only true ground, the pure, unmingled,
and plain gospel truth as developed in the Bible. In con-
conclusion he related an affecting anecdote of
a poor negro, who had first been relieved from.
slavery of the body, and afterward, through the
missions, from that of the mind, being made a Christian;
and who, though a labouring man and a cripple, came to
the missionaries when they were raising subscriptions for
the building of a church,;and gave a sum first for himself,
another for his wife, and the third for a child—in all up-
wards of £3, in gratitude for the blessings they had de-
rived from gospel instruction. Let others who heard go,
and, according to their means, " do likewise."
The Rev. HUGH 11,11Nu1eg seconded the resolution in
a most able address, throughout which he was most en-
thusiastically received. We regret that we have neither
time nor space to give even an outline. He read a quo-
tation of an address of a medical friend at a scientific
society—a gentleman who united the abilities of his pro-
fession in a high degree with the still higher feelings and
aspirations of the true Christian. The passage showed
that Great Britain had obtained dominion not only over
numerous parts of the globe, tut over not fewer than
six distinct classes of the human race ; while no
other state bad power even more than two or three
races ; that Providence had placed in her hands the
banner of Protestantism, aad that it was doubtless in-
tended as our duty, as it ought to be our happiness to
carry that banner to every locality to which we could pen-
etrate. He strongly eulogized the zeal and labours of the
reverend the secretary who had proposed the resolution,
and stated that it was intended that, with a view to admit
their poorer brethren to a participation in the good work
in which they were engaged, a meeting should be held at
the Royal Amphitheatre on Thursday evening, at which
meeting their reverend chairman had kindly consented to
preside. The Hon. and Rev. B. Noel would also be pre-
sent. (Great cheers.)
The resolution was put and unanimously carried, and
after singing a hymn the immense assemblage dispersed.

CORRESPONDENCE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Sne,—We being on the eve of an election in conse-
quence of the death of our lamented representative, Bootle
Wilbraham, it is nothing but what conservatives may
expect if they are visited both publicly and privately with
falsehoods and misrepresentations, both upon their con-
servative candidate and the conservative cause,. by the
foul-mouthed radicals and anti-corn-law men, so that
they can by any means (be they foul enough) deceive and
catch some voters who understand not their craft
These means, Mr. Editor, are now put forth in St.
Helen's and neighbourhood, for this afternoon the wall
was placarded with a bill headed " Income Tax," and
stating several falsehoods calculated to deceive the electors.
But this placard, with calumny stamped upon the face of
it, was not allowed by the true conservatives of St. Helen's
to go abroad without receiving a flat contradiction. They,
knowing from Mr. Entwistle's own speeches that he bad
denied the assertions stated in this placard, and that they
were got up for no other purpose but to set some of the
voter's minds against our conservativecandidate, Mr. Ent-
wistle, in a short time after the leaguers' placard had been
placed on the wall, had another put up opposite to each of
theirs, contradicting what they had said. It is as follows :
" League Pabehoodo ! Elcctora of South Lancashire,
Mr. Entwistle is no Puseyite ; for he says, lam a mem-
ber of the Established Church : Ido not hold any of the
tenets which are generally considered the destructive
tenets of Romanism.'—Mr. Entwistle's Speech at Roch-
dale. But Mr. Brown says, in a speech of his at Liver-
pool, ' I am not an Unitarian, though I should not con-
sider it a degradation to be so, I assure you ; nor am I a
Catholic.'—Mr. Brown's Speech at Liverpool. Who,
with common sense, will say that Mr. Brown is as much
attached to his religion as Mr. Entwistle On the in-
come tax Mr. Entwistle says, The question may often be
asked whether, if returned to parliament, 1 will advocate
the repeal of the income tax, at the end of the three years
for which it was originally enacted ? I think no gentle-
man who hears me will doubt for an instant, that if the
state of the country will admit it I shall be extremely glad
to vote for its repeal, and get rid of it, and I think every
body else will do the same.'—Mr. Entwisle's Speech at
Rochdale. Mr. Entwisle, therefore, does not say he
will vote for the income tax. Although Mr. Entwistle is
a large land proprietor, yet the principal part of his pro-
perty being situated in the neighbourhood of Manchester,
that property is principally dependent on the prosperity
of manufactarers; and who will deny that the southern
division of this county is not of greater importance in its
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professed liberality of the League and its party. Vote for
Entwistle, who is in every way qualified to represent you
in parliament, not only in your agricultural, but com-
mercial, affairs.

This, sir, I think is a good retort, and speaks volumes
in behalf of the conservatives of St. Helen's, for standing
up so nobly for the good cause. It would please theta
greatly if they could but hear that their brethren in other
parts were working hard to return Mr. Entwistle; but
from reports which have been received their friends appear
to be idle, thinking it can be got without exertion. Our
watch words must be,—work, work ! all to the poll!
I remain, dear sir,
A LOVER OF TRUTH.

[Our correspondent need not be alarmed by the false
reports of the inactivity of conservatives. All the dis-
tricts have been canvassed, and the result is most grati-
fying to the good cause.]

THE BATHS.—It will be seen by an advertisement in
our first page that the baths on the pier head, which have
been considerably improved, are again open for the sum-
mer season.

PAINTINGS AT MR. GRUNDY'S.—It will be seen by our
'advertising columns that the paintings of th , Queen's
first Council, and of Mr. Gladstone, which we have
already noticed at some length, are still on view.—Those
who have not yet seen them should not lose this, which
will in all probability be the last, opportunity.

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HAIL-SHOWER.—On Friday evening there was a light
shower of hail at Childwall, which lasted about five
minutes, and was succeeded by an intense coldness of the
atmosphere.

FRENCH ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS.—We were much gra-
tified a few days ago by the inspection of an extensive
stock of these articles, advertised in another column by
Mrs. Girvan. Though we are not connoiseurs in this mat-
ter we must pronounce them certainly by far the most
beautiful we have ever seen, and many of them are so ex-
ceedingly delicate and so closely resemble nature, that it
requires a minute examination to detect them from the
reality. They comprize every variety, from the most su-
perb exotics to the common field weed, and are so infi-
nitely superior to those generally displayed as to be at
least worthy an inspection.

HOUSEBREAKING IN ABERDEEN—On theaftel2looll Of
Sabbath last, during the time of divine service, a house in
-Union-street, the inmates of which were at church, was
entered by some daring thieves, who unfortunately suc-
ceeded in getting clear offwith a quantity of silver plate,
and other articles to the value of nearly £2OO. The

house is one of those that is, entered by a common stair,
and has shut-in floors, in two of which the thieves perpe-
trated their depredations. From one family they took a
complete service of table plate, two gold watches, a silver
One, six gold rings, and other trinkets, to the value in
all, of £l5O. From the other floor they carried off silver
spoons, toddy ladles, &c.—Aberdeen Journal.
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