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the only living ana true God, 10 the Vo-
taries of gross and obscene idolatry.
In South Africa they have proved the
efficacy Of the Gospel, in raising the
proverbislIy degraded to the dignity OF
civilized Christians, and many Hotten.
tot KraH now smiles upon the landscape
like New England or Scottish village.
In the South Sea Islands, among some
of which, by means Of the London Mis-
sionary Society, God has done such
wonders, they have already with the
patience Of hope, commenced the labor
Of love. To the lash driven slave OF
the West Indies, they have proclaimed
the glorious liberty Of the free-born chill
dren of God. In the British Provinces
of North America, are many of its ac-
tive laborers, with some OF whom, / am
happy on this occasion, to occupy this
platform.
Nor do l less rejoice a, its success,
because it is Uesteyan Missionary So
ciety. Though we have each our pecu-
liarities OF creed, yet without any sacri-
fee of principle, in this cause, we may,
and ough, to be one. Our Missionaries
when they meet on Pagan ground, are
one, and the sprinkler and the plunger,
coalesce on the banks of the Ganges.
Christians have too long looked at each
other askance, as it were, and have seen,
perhaps only the blind side of their
neighoors. LIE, them meet, and survey
each other full in the face, till they see,
and smile to see in each others counte-
nances, the image Of the same heavenly
Father, and let them assemble and dig a
great hole-I care not if it be deep as
the bottomless pit-and there let them
bury old, proud Bigotry, and let every
soul that loves the Lord Jesus cast in a
spade-full Of earth, and then as we have
q common enemy, let us rally around
common standard, and push the con-
quests of the Gospel 10 -" the farthest
verge of the green earth" The field is
the world-nothing less than the whole
world. Our work will not be done, SO
long ss there is human mind ignorant
of It's Greater, a human heart aienated
from the Supremacy perfect, human
knee bowed at the altar of Mammon,
human lip polluted with the drink Of
fering OF Bacchus, or human sacrifice
devoted to the Moloch of superstition,
besmcared with infants blood and pa
rents tears" The weapons Of our war;.
fare are not carnal, but spiritual, and
therefore, mighty, through God, to the
pulling down oil strong holds.
The conversion of one soul, which
raises a mortal to the skies, might bring
an angel down. With what feelings
then, shall we survey that immense mul.
tnude, numerous as the drops of morn
ing dew, rescued from misery, by mis-
sionary exertion, ever since the ascend
ing Redeemer said" Go ye into all ma
tons and preach the Gospel to every
creature" But what could tho Missiona-
ry do without the omnipotent energies
of the Holy Ghost As we'll might the
sculptor think to breathe the breath of
life into his cold marble, as we to convert
a single soul. IT'S chaos till the spirit
of God move upon the face Of the wa
,ers. Let then the honor be given 10 Al
mighty God, and that which heighlens
the raptures Of angels, deepen the thank.
fulness OF men. To the expression Of
gratitude, contained in the motion put in
to my hands. do | therefore add my most
hearty Amen, and let all the heoh!e say,
Amen!