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moved the second resolution. He said it was gcnera
considered to DO the duty Of the Church to endeavor to
spread the knowledge Of Christs the
world. Nwas indeed There duty more i'm
perave than obedience to that command"go ye the
word duty" was cold when applied thus and 10
Ear from conveying atruc idea of the Christian work of
done his duty do We rob him of some of his glory
true indeed he done no than his duty and if they
with them today he would exclam that he had come far
from doing his duty And the church in every age had
aonS her duty But In order to illustrate his
intel, lnai DUTY was cold, and in this apple alton no
would present few thoughts and in the first place be
re mar ha The commission ofJesus go spread my
love OF Christ inasmuch gives scope to the exercise Of
was an emotion the human heart
Even vice itself could no, entirely destroy H. II was in
dspensb requisite TO the happiness of noble creature
csSsd And soM 's'h s SFess for % re-
word the happiness of the angelic throng 1t was by de-
of praises in which they poured forth their Grateful ~
ings.h was the loud acclaim OF gratitude which consu
,ued their Joy And was in order that the Church could
Lord and Saviour permitted her labor
Of world lying in wckednes And tn ere wa. other
way IN which they could testify their gratitude Christ
What other plan could they devise Should they dig
deep into The earth and bring up her hou.es should
heavens Of their gering ewery in order bring gins
to offer at the footstool of their God No no. All Wa
therefore God in his kindness and love had told US that
we can IA this way magnify his and testify gro
tude He has for this purpose commissioned the Church
cause they told that they could give JOY in ssvsu
The second thought which he wished offer wss u 1t
TINS commission wos indirectly the prompting of Divine
love The natural effect Of these labors In the Mis-
sonary cause, was to elevate the Christian cha.
racter Of those engaged in them. They never
heard q missionary church mourning over declen
sion in goodness They needed illustration Of this sv
in the hearts of all who working faithfully in this
cause He would appeal to every Christian and ask II
GOme tapts
whether he ever went away without heart burning with
new ove' Or take the humble Sabbath school teacher
did she ever rise from her labors without feeling
heart glowing with love to God One further thought
he would urge was that Christ conferred by this commits
sion the highest honor his church. He ner CO.
operate with himself in the work which chiefly occupies
the attention Of God and his holy angela It would
of our guilty He had for any other work
Did show love to his church then that to hsr he
CAPABILITIES and powers at command but he did not give
them the work he gave to his church
prayers he permitted to mngle with that ntecesson
which he is continually employed in Offering the right
hand of God He wished his church share the glory
and honor of saving the world oh. what an honor In
illustration Of this. let them' look still farther. Ho
would also make his people amoner. TO the world of his
bounteous Providence This honor have all the saints
What rich display of love! And IL these things Be 30
they would learn how to estimate the endorsements
der which the society lsbored Christ wished besow
on the society additional honor These endorsements
were not owing TO the hardness Of the times but because
God had blessed their exerons and was making addition.
al coils upon them
Mr. PERKINS, and saidI eight years since first
reached the field of my mission HISTORIANS in Per,a.
1t was then great valley full of homes very many
very dry bones Ezekiel in his vision My feelings
surveying it, were like those Of the prophet Tho
natural beauty Of the try only rendered the moral
maiah unparalleled Beneath the bright cffulgencs
OF Persian sky, their abundant crops and beautiful
Eden to make them think of the moral degradson around
There the Mohamedans literally wallow in the corrup-
n s Of their deprsved system As people they are
great pride upon the high antiquity Of their religion and
their instuti0u' The fire system of zoroaster himself
native Of Ooroomaiah and the fire worship Of the agi
all had au object superior to that of Mohammed nnsu
And the change from the former the latter only
bad to worse The Koran. indeed reflects some truth,
but only such stolen from Scripture; is PASS.
port to the denominations Of the system whole That
oiherwe noble brave, generous and chivalric people,
the viles the earth with regard their raj cha
racer and in their social and poca relations they
the most degraded and wreched the face oths earth
Our mission to the Nestoren Christians and throug
them to reach the Mohsmmedaes. But that little church
den By sill there s,Su
that church; has all the church
1T dscards image worship and surcular confession to
priests a. heartily we do The simplicity ofchsrcer OF
these people and their broherly feeling other Chris
iians rendered them easily accessible Their clergy
not ayerse to learning themselves but willing that
their people should be taught Mar Yohannan who
come to see this goody land Of the 6rs Nesor
ans that got acquainted with He las assisted much
and for this he has endured many sacrifices much suf
fering We havein Nesors 10 villsge schools (be-
side seminary instruct tesche) each with five hun.
dred scholars all prosperous They had only six to ten
copes Of the Bible there and those in obsolete tongue
Now press printing the Bible in their spok tongue
In the churches, the service done in rapid aud
cold ond decd manner TO be useless. Now our
sonares preach three times each the Sabbath in villa
ges several miles apart and many Of the native clergy
are able to preach the gospel in their language
70 overlooking congregations This the Kind Of change
there 10 much in their past history to encourage Is
not the almost miraculous Of people
sweep them AWAY for centuries. all but miracle And
the Lord OF the Church will yet revive this remnant to
this Church to perform in its latter day Of glory That
ancient Church, situated a. it is in the midst of Moham
and it's sending the Gospel even to the heart Of China
And the great native capabilities Of the people aad
their position, assures US that they shall yet become
|. terrible army, and put TO shame the corruptions
and denominations Of the false prophets And anticipate
thsto occur very The signs Of the times all
tending towards the speedy conversion Of the whole Of
Asia TO the worship OF the God The nhu
ence which steam power has had in this work during
the last eight years. no calculate. Since -,ls
mission commenced steam power has almost annhilsed
the distance America and the remote parts Of the
yet been able to those capped mountains
that line those shores yet the hand Of commerce has
crested them Eight years ego there were caravan
horses trained to carry merchondise those hills.
Now the British Consul OF Trebizord told there
10000 horses And those adannnne hill paths Ito
rally down and trodden smooth by those horses
that wheel carriages be used part Of the
The tide Of civilization flowing eastward Chris
also along with it for they like the frogs Of Egypt are
found every where For in very heart of Pesa in
those NerdAnt helde beneath that
rous sky the Missionary the beautiful boys and girls
of Pcrso, elnd in their picturesque costume playing
t,i,ky OF es,d' although not knowing letter Of the a.
phabet And. Nsr Ensiand sir, is the only commo-
dry which enlightened Christian, Republican Ameri.
&c, has to offer in the way of commerce to dark be-
nighted Persia And will then New York, the metro
polls OF my country give nothing but New England
rum Tor co-patriots tChees) And the prevalence OF
English customs in Persia is doing much for religion Al
ready the regning schah Of Persia has thrown of Ls
flowing robes and put on tight and breeches smi.
lar 70 what we wear and which he desped
rs the European who wore them And his beard which
when his predcc essor alive called the glory OF
the empire his flowing beard he has had clipped the
SKID do not value these changes much for themselves
but they show that the Mohammeian is ready
TO give up his prejudice Mohamrncdansn in Persia is in
its doage and ready fall and usons will
from its fall But like the iceberg reaching south.
ern latitude will melt silently and hermlesy away And
East s another sign OF the spread Of the Gospel an not
party pocian-but speak ofthis because have seen
the tremendous power Of the English and their influence