The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-05-09

assembled customary, for family worship Capt.
soul that snnct it shall die" HIS attention arrest
ed and he began to inquire what is soul and how will
it diet He convorsed with the Captain till midnight upon
the subject and in short time nc happy in bcliev.
ing on the deep sailor lay in the forecastlc dying
the s and his him
hands above hisihead and exclaimed, 'et leave my
solemn testimony Of the truth Of Gods holy book has
led me to repentance-to discharge my duty and now
this beloved book points to Heaven and reveals its
glorics to my sou" trust when the question put it
will meet with sailors response hearty aye! The
question was then put by the Chair and carried.
DrMcCARTr, Of Goshen then addressed the mcetng-I
will not he snd, present foliage and flowers but inter-
estng facts believe that where is found, there the
Bible should be also for 1t 10 peculiarly adapted to the
wants of man-the creature Of Godit will lead him up
to the living waters where enters and the
weary are at rest. Wherever lost and ruined man is
found the word of God il to be carried It il in
dance with the genius Of the Bible that the hcrads Of
fulfill its design what i. the duty imposed upon chris
tians sts send the Bible to the bcnghtcd that they
who live in darkness may be brought to know and love
stopping the course Of the sun through tho heavens as
to speak of limiting christian enterprise. The character
Of tho truth of God progrcssve-thc Of righteous
ness will roll till all nations brought to know one
Lord and master. There anagoniscal principles
in the world truth and error are continually warrng the
pursuing the which the son Of God has command
ed yet believe me, will more than maintain own
II IL happy privilege to realize that it il far
blessed give than receive and that from labors
and the labors of those send, the desert and solitary
place Will be glad, the Wlldcrnc@ blossom ike
But let select field of labor which 10 many
thousand miles from here, the subject of few re-
marks cannot reach il with my hnnd, but can with
my heart which yearns towards it, for there my best be-
loved son is missionary, aud would esteem II high
privilege to be permitted to lay my gray hairs there
eau ourselves great people and we arc, but China
mas more than 400 millions of inhabitants while have
only twenty The province of Kean shu alone contains
,nrty.seven millions eight hundred thousand people
oa ,a ,ne mind OF man imagine more magnificent field
OF inpor then this Is emphatically true that they
are without God in the world: the lower classes
arc degraded beyond the vilcst in own landthcir
moral degradation and social dcpravty arc absolutely
beyond conception saw short time AFRO. in he So
cietys rooms beloved brothcr missionary from Chi
ma and young Chinese he had brought with him from
there were number Of Chinese images and nskeJ hi
to show his fathers god lie pointed to a little ualy
image and said that H. then asked him to sho,,,
nc his own god, He said, = have Y0 chosen my god
yet" What illustration Of the coz Nom of tho pcope
And yet have heard il said, The dtd 10 too largo
cannot answer tho demand" sf44N ..'
The Rev. gentleman, after taking cursory glance at
the pnciyzed state Of China, Africa, and the great
held That was open in these parts OF the universe for
the introduction Of tho scrptureshe improving cond)
ton OF Now Zealand, through thc influence Of tho Cos
pei passed. high eulogy the American missionaries
Anss which he prspossd the following resolution