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

prints about seventy millions of pa.es a ,.- J
me demand Tor these tracts that the printer
mas Two sets OF pressmeD, TO keep the yons
ana prints twenty thousand copies at an ea;t;on
but here are world Of souls. Passing tj,rongh
city OF hfty or sixty thousand inhabitants, gave
away book, and the people pressed arouna M "a
got away all had, so that in few davs the m,,i
hao taken ior my journey was all exhausted IN.
same tning Is gong on at Madras. Dr. Scudder
!. ms oasine.s to load his cart and go about
the country, distributing books and tracts. and
preaching the word, in which he is aided bv native
assistants ne told me to come on here and tell
fsmerlcan Tnristians they must assist him. Here
life tut the bread OF
You must give ms help for this vast amount orl,.
hour we have $50 free schools; AID The n.,;ves
have great desire 10 be taught 70 read aS
school just before l left. and E,o .ctai..s
Hocked into 1t on the first day. You will ask w INV
all this labour is bestowed on one district OF ani
2ooooo people But this 10 not confined to yafTna or
TO Cey We print for COO coo Of sons in Son,h
ern lndia To do oil this, we have only missj,p
aries and assistant missionaries. We ought least
to have 10. call earnestly on the board for three
OF your best men to help and sustain u.s. The BOARD
willing, but their hands tied and you hold the
purse st, ings. 49,
don't believe that the Christian world would feel
so dead to our wants if they knew them. Our bro.
ther Spalding Is there and am here. Woodland is in
heaven Winsnw and Scudder are at Madras S00
native converts have joined our church. Will Won
iorsake us viii you act unwiseiy as the farmer
VINO raised the heid Of wheat, aad at time Of har-
vSs, sent IN MS hogs and cattle to trample il downl
WI you do as David did 10 Uriah put as in the
iore trent OF the battle and leave us to perish? Or
not retain hold of the rope? ' $50
Oh no! 1 cannot believe this of you cannot
believe that you wish for repetition of the distress
ing scenes Of ISL and 1925 the account of which
Would you wish to see $4,000 children offered to
Moloch! Would you by curtailpg our means turn
away 81 native Students, and aban on the m 10 the
tender mercies Of the heather! Oh! no! Oa! no,
en- curhs
Having said thus much will sit down
The hon. Mr. Freyiinghuysen then rose He beg
ged all to consider the Importance Of missionary la
bOrs. The Enuch told Philip How caa under
stand without teacher" And how can thew teach
except they be sent! There isn't a green spot ON
the earth. gladden., by the gospel bat has boomed
under living teacher: was struck with the am
plitude Of this cause when heard Mr. smiths in
terestiug account Of the Arabs. Whenever man is
met by man the missionary meets a brother. Chris
tIanity subdues the wild man aud tames the Ishma.
Iue lt step not here; il drops tear ever bleeding
Africa, goes over the Rocky Mountains, and sym.
patkses with the poor Irdan chased and presented
as he has been like apa'tridge upon the mountains.
tcheers) And in the darke't period Of our CONNER
cisl history, when every heart was sad, much has
been done for missions. In the churches Of the
Sandwich Islands alone 60 coo 20 eco ves exc
ist We have gre at cause 10 rejoice, that whilst
clouds have passed all our worldly enterprises. the
Ii ght OF Ged has blessed this cause We should re-
member the admonition Of him who spoke as never
man spoke, "occupy till come" Aad he will come,
and every eye shall see him. Let then today re
solve 10 hallow with sacred sympa ky the cause Of
mis- ons Let us take the cause home to our hearts
and make il work of faith, labor Of love, conse.
Grated devotion OF sui stance such we have
known; and as we have freely received, freely
give.
The Rev. Mr.. Kirk rose and said-No emotions
that swell the human heart are half so great as
those that spring up in snch cause as til $. Swell
all the abstract principles ct political sciences swell
all the triumphs Of legislation-swe all the details
Of commerce-sweli all the pleasures OF science
give them their fullest scope, and then the world in
all Its GOODNESS shall come and be the Judge Of the
superior magnitude Of our creation For we go back
-back-back Of creation, and falfl the desires Of
him who said "the Lamb shall be slain for the good
Of the world"
We carrying out part Of the principle sung by
the angels on the plains Of Bethlehem, when & cd in
his infancy commenced that visible career on earth
which was to work out the worlds salvaticD. We
look out on man, and be his skin black. or copper,
"a olive or white. IL matters not to Our charity
finds, even under the black skin, a spark that can
never die BE he seated VI the heights Of science,
sunk in the lowest depths NJ intellectual aud social
iegradaf str tch out the of the Saviour
10 his aid
Come, then. men OF the world, and admire our.
ancss at least, IL you cannot realize facts and
acknowledge that thare is tho sublmity Of poetry in
The missionary enterprise. We would call this
'enbly to weep over Inap-iost, degraded man--that
ought to have been pure the angelic beings above
-scvcr to have lost his crown-never to have aban-
ioned the irnmnnities Of his heavenly citizenship
nan ost-fallen-rre Iost-f all the aids
NJ earth asd human love and science are TO be his
only stay.
hut, blessed be God we have that blessed book
book little Mountaineering gift Of heavcn-God'R
appointed stay for the lost soul Of man And il is to-
give this book to man-to perishing sinful man, all
over the world, that we meet to day And thinkI
hear each OF Won say, let assist in this great
work. Talk not to me of sacrices-let me assist in
giving the gospel to the heather, and in sending the
light Of truth into all the dark Of the earth
My soul is staggered with the vast importance of
this work Let eternity speak out, and tell the inn
portance Of the missionary cause to n ruined soul
and 1T concerned only the salvation Of SOUL Is
II matter OF NO importance whether that soul shall
be Tor ever rising, rising, rising falling, falling.
world without end.
The missionary cause embraces 800 noble AIner,-
cfn citizens; selfexied in India; amongst the BE-
doun Arabs; In the isles of the sea; amongst the
widest savages; with the Indians Of the mountains
IN Jerusalem, and at Calvary, treading the gre.nd
once trod by the cruc1ed one. And there Il not to
be found in New York, no, nor in the whole United
states, 800 better specimen Of sanctiied hun an,y
Z han these men present. Excuse nay warmth; for 4
have mixed much with these worthy men and
amongst the nobest Of Gods gifts to mo ON earth.
regard my intercourse with these missionaries
The eyes Of these 800 lsok 20 day 70 New York
to see what we are doing. IL is proud day, and
this is a sacred place All the various churches
come mp here in humility, and purity. and sincerity
Of soul 20 pray for the cause Of missions Then let
Zion lsnghen her cords, and siren CITIZEN her stakes
this days for the apostles OF the Lord and the pio
neers of piety and tr,sh in many distant land are
looking with wistlul eye towards this meeting
to-day.
have not been among the heather, il is true
But have travelled much upon the continent Of
Europe, among PEOPLE who, for all moral and re-
hgious purposes, are just rs dead and lost as the
savages Of New Zealand: and can never forget
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