Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-05-19

Missionary stations besides out stations,
| Ordained Missionaries, l9s
| Native helpers iao
! Pages printsd East year, $500 coo
Rsgi,;;ii schools. r,;':
seminaries for educating native teachers and
| Native churches, 81
Native church members, 1900
Missionaries sent out last year, 40
The annual meeting of the society is always held
in September aud the financial year expires on the
3lst of june although the above statements are cal
cuated for the year ending May l, 1910. The
port regrets that there has been large a falling
off the receipts of the past year; and il appears
that to make up the equal to the year prece
ding, $780, 900 must be made up within the next
three months And if any further reduction is made
in the of revenue, less thaa 40 900 600 Of
the heather, now lying in darkness and the shadow
of DEATH must be abandoned to the horrors of dola
try; the dog must return to his vomit, and the SOW
that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
appears that the largest amount Of contributions
in any month, was made in April last; and MAORI
ty of the money paid in throughout the year, came
from those who were in poor and INDECENT circum-
| stances.
| The Rev. Mr.. Wells and said he felt honored
by the privilege of speaking here, inasmuch as he
had been long and actively engaged in the mis- sona-
| nv cause. He could not find language to express the
importance and the glory of the work there to
do by all sects, acting in concert and harmony all
over the world. 1t enough to say that the work
bad TO be DONE and all good christians must assist in
doing it, IL seemed stupendous, but they might say
of il, with the prophet, 90 Who art thou, D Noun
tain before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a val
ley"
If we ascendcd the Catskill mountains and look
ed on the smiling valleys beneath, and the wide
spread prospect before us, il looked and beauti
ful. But how much more vast and beautiful was the
prospect of preaching the gospel to the heathen in
all the smiling valleys OF the earth We might easi
ly imagine at this meetings the whole world TO be rep
resented, and the delegates assembled mngle their
prayers in common impulse, 10 plead for the dy-
ing nations OF the earth
And here are people from all parts of the heather
world Here your various pious and loug tried
missionaries from the cast, ana the west, and the
north, aud the south They nave sustained the trials
and periis OF missionary life; they have done their
duty up to this lay, and they ha, come to render
account Of their stewardship. Here is from
Syria. biz. Eli smith, who has trod upon Mount
Calvary, and preached the gospel 10 the people Of
that nation which first gave the gospel to the world
We in him, as il were, the nations Of Judea as
sembed before US, and those interesting people, the
Arabs, extending. from the oxns to the straits of
Gibraltar. Here is another Mr.. Meigs) from the
blessed island of Ceylon in him the mil
lions Of heather who dwell amid the Indian SEAS
Another from Burmah, Mr.. Bennett,) in whom we
that interesting race that is in juxta position
with, and connected 0y many ties, 10 portions of
that still more interesting people, the Chinese
Here, then, we see. the Christian and the Heather
i
| TO carry out the noble designs Of this society.
But there was another important feature connect
| ed with this noble object. liz was the dying
mand Of the Saviour, Go forth into all the world
and preach the gospel to the nations" Ii
the language Of the chcrbms around the throne of
God, ." Who will go for us TO redeem lost world,
or whom shall we send ~ Speak, We brightest be-
ings that shine brightest round the throne this day.
who shall 60 for US, whom shall send to carry
the gospel OF Christ to people lying in darkness
In the language Of the book it is written "Lo
come to do thy will" Yes, the greatest there did
not hesitate To- come down from heaven a. redeem
lost world. He the great exemplar for MS he
sacrificed himself for all the world; and shall we
hesitate teach this truth to the naonsl II is not
only our duty, but IL was his command whist he
tarrcd below he told HIS apostles to go and preach
the Cos pei with the HOLY Ghost sent down from hea-
ven, to all the world. And this meeting connects
aughts with all the world, and with all good ways
and works and we stand upon an elevation Of holt
ness, and look down on the yastness OF the work,
| and yet thank God aud take courage. And this
brings me TO the resolution have TO move:
| "Resolved, That the success Of the Missionary
cause during the past year, induces us to thank God
| and take courage"
But do not mean to alluds TO any specific effort
Of the Missionary Society but to the general results
| 81 the whole concern. There was a time when
| every thing seemed disheartening when the whole
| world lay IN ignorance; when the heathens multi
piled faster than we could convert and teach them
| And when pous brother once told in my pulpit OF
the Of the labor 90 be performed in the field
OF missionary enterprise, many lifted up their hands
be q failure" IL seemed very nearly futile the
design 81 the man who gave Dos towards paying Of
| the national debt Of Great Britain; and which an
eminent poet said was the best joke he ever heard
or
But, sir, the Missionary cause can be carried on as
| efectually and as easily the National Debt Of
Great Britain can be paid Off Let all the vast mil
lions Of people under that government pay annually
in the proportion that man, and IN 10 years
its ESO0 Oo0 600 of debt will be cancelled. So, sir,
let all the vast millions Of Christians come up from
/ he he he nd he he
islands and seas and shores Of the world, and
shall they pay of the debt due God by con vering
every soul in creation; FOR the arithmetic Of the
Bible says, One man shall chase a thousand, and
ten shall put ten thousand 10 flight" There are over
10000 Christian soldiers, and these can chase the
100, 900 600 of heathens and subdue them.
might show, Sir how the great difficulties Of
training mp and teaching foreign missionaries may
be overcome We have seen Morrison acquire
thorough knowledge of the most difficult language
under the sun, and live 90 labor ~ years and preach
Il TO millions who could speak and understand H.
And so with our missionaries. And might show
how that the vast millions Of the East be taught
the truth as IL IL in Jesus; aye, and those China
10 spite ~ Imperial edcts by missionaries enter
ing the land, preaching, and show them the Of
Christ. And ] might show how the Church Of
Christ conquer the whole world The design
Of Napoleon and Alexander in relation 10 the tempo
raj world, must be carried out by tho comma nders
of the Church Of Christ. For all Christendom 10
summoned TO the field the of God is the great
captain of the troops the bright banner is unfured;
and around II gathered the soldiers OF the cross
Of Christ, shouting, out Of Israel shall he come
who shall rule the world. Open the book OF pro-
phecy, and see here and there bright spot, a re-
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