The Litchfield County post., 1826-10-24

mote Christian fellowship, ana 20 consult on
the best means Of advancing the kingdom of
Christ in this country" az.
The individual missionary, who constituted
one of these missions, has since gone to Eng
laad not to return, and therefore, for the pres
ent, that mission is extinct. To the other
four belong nine missionaries, and two Euro
pean assistant missionaries. These missions
have two common printing establishments,
and one photographic press. consecrated to,
Christ as so many powerful engines for scat
tering abroad the light of life. These four mis-
sions have in operation about sixty schools, in
which are more than 5000 children reading,
or daily learning to read the word of Ged.
and receiving catechetical instruction. The
missionaries, some or all Of them, are every
day preaching Christ and him crucifed, to
the heather. The scriptures and tracts are
trvelling abroad, and the word of God is
working its way to immortal minds in every.
direction. Prayer is made, and the promises
of Jehovah laid hold on; while the means
missionaries excepted) of doing a thousand
times more in similar ways for the cause of
on.here, are ready at hand. These are
good things; and we rejoice in them. You
too will rejoice in them and let US all praise
the Lord for them. ns.a
Is But there is something in the weakness of
our nature, or in the deep subtlety of our adj
versary, which, even while we contemplate
such good things, and are praising God for
them, is exceedingly liable to practice a NOR
tai mischief upon us, by so alluring and en-
crossing the mind with the little that is doneor
doing, as to render it seemingly blind to the
almost ALL that still remains to be DONE
This brings US to the grievous part ofthe sub
ject.
IS grieuoms to behold sUch an ertent o fcoeps-
try and so teenling soib Immortal souls, but get
so destitute Of the messengers Of life. ~
From Bombay we look down on the coast
for seventy miles, and we see two mission
aries; and fourteen miles farther on we seetwo
more. Looking in a more eastcrly direction,
at the distance Of about three hundred miles,
we see one missionary, chiefly occupied, how,
ever, as chaplain among Europeans. In an
eastern direction, the nearest missionary is
about 1000 miles from u.s. Looking little
to the north of east at the distance of 1890
miles, we see ten or twelve missionaries in lit
tie more than as many miles in length on the
GanSes. Turning thence nortward, at nearly
the same distance from us, we see three, four,
or five more separated from each other by
almost as many hundred intervening miles.
And looking onward beyond these distant
posts, in northeast direction, through the
ChiRese empire and Tartary to Kamschatka,
America, to the River Columbia, and thence
across the mountains to the Missouri, the frst
missionaries we sec in that directions, are
brethren Vail and Chapman among the Osa-
gees =
Again we look north, and at distance of
100 miles we see two missionaries; but from
thence with two or three doubtful excep-
tions) through all the north Of Asia, to the
pole, not single missionary is to be SEEN
In northwestern direction, it is doubtful
whether there is now one missionary between
us and st. Petersburgh. Westerly. the near-s
est is Jerusalem, or BeyrOot.~ Southwest,
the nearest is at Sierra Leone, and more to
the south, the nearest may be among the Hot
tentots, or ON Madagascar. .ta
Can you count the millions and millions
comprised in this range Can any but an adj
amantine heart survey them and not be grie-
we'd? aIla $50 -. 80, ~
l should like to see q new chart of the
earth adjusted to double scale of measure
ment, one showing the comparative surface,
and the other the comparative population of
the different sections of the earth--all presetl-
ting black ground. except those spots where
the gospel is preached. And Gu slip Of white
ground, Iwould have a note of reference to
Mark xvi. Is, 10; and this T. would have
bound mp in, every Bible, SO as to face the.
same ulVlne cnarKe OF christ TO ms disciples.
1t might be recommended to all church mem
bers, deacons, pastors, and teachers of theolo-
gy, to add to the note on their map, Romans
Z. IA, IS, and Isaiah vi. 3, to the last clause
which latter clause would have every stu
dent in theology, and young believer Of good
talents and education, print on his chart in
grandcapitals preceded by Lord WHAT WILT
THOU HAVE ME TO DO
AS we must habitualiy set the Lord Jesus
before US, or not expect his love habitually to
constrain us f.; 50 we must habitGaiiy contem-
plate a fallen world, lying in the wicked one,
or not expect that our hearts viii be exercised
with any proper sympathies for the perish
ing. '''' 's@' t'' s%1r.t fsS
But will take more limited view. Here
are the Mahrattas., They have been estima-
ted at 100000 To preach the gospel to
these IL millions Of heather, there are now
sis missionaries, four from the Scottish Mis-
sionary Society, and two from our society;
that is. one missionary to taco millions of souls;
and to furnish these 12 millions with the Chris
tan scriptures and tracts, and school books,
there is one small printing establishment. It is
now about tacelre years since the mission here
began, in some very small degree, to commu-
nicate the truth to some Of this great multi
tude. Let these facts be wen weighed -os
U During those twelve wears the facilities ftlr