Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-08-08
From tie Christian dleocate.
MISSIONARY MEETING.


the NJ. L. Church, in the Greene street
Church, on Monday evening, May 18th.
After secoDdng the resolution offered
and advocated by DR.. Winnans, Mr.. Ere.
linghuysen said
1t is not my purpose, sir, 10 detain you,
or this meeting, with any address. did
not suppose that was expected, but, sir,
must cordially second the resolution so
eloquenily maintained. The proposition.
sir, regards The preaching Of the Gospel
as the great means ordained Of God for
evangelizing the world, and every Chris
tan who reads his Bible must assent to il
with all his heart. Ii began with preach
ing the Gospel. Our blessed Saviour.
who came down to earth to preach, was
a missionary. He left heaven to preach
his own Gospel, and when he gave his
commission to his Apostles, it was that
they should preach the Gospel unto the
end Of the world.
There is something in the moral con-
stitution of man 10 which the voice of
the living creature is best adapted. be-
lieve nothing will save our world but this
preaching, face to face. man to man, soul
pleading with soul for heaven and It's
blessings, and against hell and its terrors
for by the voice of the living preacher
are our sympahies awakened, and by the
foolishness of preaching, God viii save
men. was delighted to hear that good
brother from the south. love his logic;
there is so much of soul in it. 1t was not
cold philosophy it kindled oil our hearts.
He enciicled the world in ais sylogism.
Where should we Gentilos have been if
God had not sent US, IN our fathers days,
this preaching? In heathenish darkness
and guilt. But here we are Christian
congregation, mingliug our sympathies
together, and blessing God for what he
has wrought by the "work and labor Of
love" of your honored society.
Sir, / thought ehilethis discussion has
been going on ofshe poor pershing aeathen,
where among all their millions Of souls no,
one assemblage like this could be gathered
together denied by their degradation the
happiness we enjoy all social blessings
denied them they knew not the sacred
charities which blend our hearts together
around the blessed place we call home
they know not those dear ties which our
religion secures-alas their very reli-
gion call upon the mother TO cast the
child Of her affections to the river god OF
the Gauges, and the idol god of the Jug
gernaut brushes ripe manhood beneath
its ponderous wheels, while the widow
casts herself alive upon the funeral pile
of her husband. We need no further
description OF the heather world TO excite
our sympathies, and to make them flow
towards III Sc who are thus without an
interest in him who came down to save
all men from sin and misery.
We remember that when tho Isrealites
held their festive occasions, they never
neglected TO send portions TO them for
whom nothing had been prepared so
while we rejoice let US not forget tho six
millions Of the hoathen world. Let
then come up to our remembrance, and
as thank offering to God let our sympa.
thies flow out TO the six million Of our
fellow-men. They will never meet us
oil We meet in the judgement Of the great
day.
There is nothing makes earth so much
like heaven as doing good. Our Saviour
went about doing good. He len the joys
and alterations of heaven to come down
and show us what the spirit Of heaven
was. And what was it He went
about doing good, and turned away
from no case that appealed to his aumani-
ty. When they crowded around him in
the wilderness he magniicd few loaves
and fed thousand, 1.-The leper came, and
was cleansej,--his delight was in minis.
terng to the wants of the poor aud
needy. Nay, five may be allowed to
speak of the upper sanctuary, God him.
sell is gratiied to stand in the attitude Of
infinite benevolence, and show his crea.
lures that he delights in doing good.
Our blessed Master gives us the grace
to do good, and sends the reward for it.
Ia blessed sense heaven is place Of
compensation. In contemplation OF such,
Moses refused to be called the son of
Pharaoh's daughter, because he had ra.
spect 10 the recompensc OF reward. II
is not wrong, then, for the Christian to
expect the reward which God has prom
ised; for what says our Lord to those
whom he has gathered together before
him? Come, ye blessed of my Father,
iuherit the kGgdom prepared for you
from the foundation Of the world. was
hungry, and We fed me-" &C., sc. o.!
sir, let US Rejoice together, if God so
bless US, that at last we shall sing ground
his throne the song Of salvation--"Glory
to God in the highest, on earth peace and
good will to men"
A UsErUL Nr.-The sun flower is
perhaps destined to become one Of our
most valuable agricultural producis.-
One hundred pounds Of the seed afford
Forty pounds of oil. the refuse of the
seed after expression, furnishes an excel.
lent food for cattle; from the leaves OF
the plant, cIgars are manufactured OF
singular pectoral qualities; the stalk az.
fords superior alkali, and the comb of
the seeds is a choice dainty for swine, -
So says tho Hon. Mr. Ellsworth.
A man in this city quarrel}ed with his
wife. She seized the axe, and before the
poor man could get out Of the way, rushed
into the ward and split some wood.