Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-05-13

a Lahainauna Learning made Easy" or Poke
gsma Primer!" Never! never! This browning ef-
tort OF literature left for the missionary to accom-
pLsh We have also
Prsssesn South Africa press in Friendly Islands,
Ceylos, Fegee Islands,
! :" New Zealand,
Zealand, where formerly IO0, 600 human bodies
devosred. We have also College at Grahams
town and Cafre, Beshuana, MantiaguaJays, and Fea-
guresniyags and Hottentot teachers. Does not this
prove the spread of piety Formerly, the Africans
thought we came there TO steal but we've lived down
inns unworthy suspicion, and very soon we shall do
away with stealing altogether both in our foreign
and domestic church members, (Great applause.)
ne ioiowing anscdote will show the success OF
missionary exertions in Soath Africa In the Caflre
country they suffer greatly from drought. They
nave set oil men called rain makers, who pretend
that they can make it rain, like Mr.. Espy of Pha-
dephia IN given quantity, at given time in Civ
is dried up the king sends for the rain maker, and
says, 81 want rain" Very good; what kind Of rain,
gentle rain, or heavy raini' says the rain maker
One day the King came to missionary and said
I" j want rain-whte biblc-talker, make me some
rain-make ten miles of ran.'' The missionary said,
" Where is Bisare, your rain maker! why don't you
ask hint" ssOh he's fool-he can't make no mere
ran--the rain don't care for him." Missionary,
6 But have made it rain-my own garden
wants rainbow / make it ranl' Another
chief standing by said " One white bible-taSer
prayed to Utixo (God) and he made five miles of
rain in five minutes" Missionary Well then il
vow pray to Utxo, you msstpray With clean hands.
Is
Having but one wife and not stealing Chief" Oh,
the sun makes us steal-he dries up the and
makes steel the bible-takers corn" Missionary.
=" Bst we do not steal" Chef-"No, because
Utixo grows gold for the white bible talker, and the
gold grows without rain, and he buys corn with it,
And then 1t explained to the Cafre chief that the
gold came from England, where the people worked
at trades and earned it, and then they learned trades
and worked and sold the products OF their work for
money to buy corn IN dry seasons so God blessed
the Of Missionaries to the salvation of the Ca
Tres. Go ye and do likewise!
Ex-Governor Vroom next spoke.-The great
uua festival OF religion nearly over, the last act
of the drama performing, and the aborers and
actors had come from all parts of the harvest field
1t was blessed thing to reap harvest OF holiness
in heather lands The cause OF Missions is the
cause of the Bble-the cause Of Sunday schools the
cause OF educatiOn-the cause of commerce, the
cause OF religion in its broadcast sense. There were
1900 aborers in the foreign harvest field, Is 000 600
Of souls to be saved, and only short time to do it
in. We must therefore work faster, shall not
be able to get all gathered into the garner The 20 900
Moravian Christians had I27 missionary estabiishe
nents The rest of the Christian world, Is, 900 900,
had but 1900 or to every 10000 Christians. In
I732 they began by forming station in the Danish
West India islands. In 1873 they formed one in
Greenland; in 1874 they went to Georgia; in l740
they went TO the Cape Of Good Hope; and in 1880
they had missionaries in all parts of the world We
are not all called upon to be missionaries, but we are
all called upon to give our money and prayers; and
we mast not give II as though we were throwing q
bone to dog. And if we cannot give money, wa
can write sermon or song and this will work
upon more minds and do more to convert the hea-
then than all that ever done by the monarch ON
the throne Let those of us, therefore, who cannot
preach nor pray, nor pay, write sermon or a song
for the good cause to be stereotyped in the Sand
near the South pole. So shall we hasten the time
when the knowledge Of the Lord shall cover the
earth as the waters cover the great deep!
When the swellers n the wales and the rock.
Shout to each other and distant mountains catch the fyn.
| Till nation after nation taught the strain,
| Earth rolls the raptsrous hosanna round
After this, the converted Armenian rose and said.
want the prayers OF the dear sisters and brodders
of dis place, for my brodders who are in exlen The
lades all rose TO get peep at the Armenian, and to
see II he was like other male anmals and hayin.
satisfied themselves on this point, they sang From
GreeRland's icy mountains" very sweetlv and re-
turned home delighted with the arst scene Of the fifth
act Of the drama.
ACT rTTH-scEKE SECOND.
Fora full description OF this scene we have not
with short notice. The performers were the fe-
male delegates from all parts ofthe country TO the
Great Female Moral Convention, held in this city.
They brought their labors to close on Friday after
noon about rundown; = very beautiful young married
lady, Mrs. Hawkins, having pre- sided the w6sIe tiue
They framed and adopted constitution laws. rules
regulations, resolutions, bylaws Sc, all of which
we shall fully describe tomorrow Mrs Cove VIZ.
present. and made several speeches; there were two
ertnree quarre, some sharp sparring, angry speech
es, and warm debating. They passed resolution to
cut, in toto, every who broke the seventh conn
mandnsnt, and adjourned sine die.
ACT FIFTH-scENE LAST.
a ne,c increment in Religion headed by The Pe, Nm.
cis Haie.-URbounded liberty in Tie Churches =
Trials Of tie Almighty IN Hedren.-7riais of his
Saints earth. -
Tho last and closing scene Of this great dram. NJ.
performed at the Stuyvesant Institute on Friday
night, Tn" audience was very slim, there were ex-
actIy ~ men, women, and girls present the enIv
performers were the Rev. David Hale and one n;op.
supernumerary The scene was a very .rsnIa.
one; the place was well lighted, and the foIIos,;n.-
was given out as the bill Of the play;-
O. Chruan Lbsrfy-The Association far tbe pro..o,;
Christian Liberty will hold its 6rst anniversary At The
vesant lssutste, Friday evening half pa.t
The cardinal principle Of the association a. thai n;
Christians in their religious associations are entitled "a -
much liberty as they sney in their political association. az
American citizens Persons disposed 10 unite with Inc
attend, r' 'o
Dawn HALF
LEorARp CRocHrR
WM G. RrDrfELp
VI b. MoRsr Conu;,,.-,
Gro. ~ HAWAI-,
Mayo. WIN r. Crrrr.
On the platform sat the Rev David Hall al L.,
supernumerary. Not one Of the audience scanned =.
understand the programme of the performance. and
every mouth seemed made up for litter Tbe Al;
lencc and mock solemnity Of the scene would h.x.
made pharisce faint with ecstasy. The Rev David
Hale assistant made poor PRAYER and sat dow,
looking very silly David rose, and pulled 4 bundle
OF paper out OF his pocket aud commence ed reading
therefrOm. lie said every m m had r;oL, a. ,,r..