The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-05-10

bestOW on
them. The Home Missions we anxious to main
tain for three kindred have gone west and
are increasing every year in their removals to that
part and the Home Missionary preach Christ
to them. Secondly, wish through the fundamentally
of the Gospel of Christ, which can it. to extend
salvation to the country. Thirdly, want the whole
country and the strength of the nation engage in the
work OF salvation and we must have it to enable
country is baptized in Christ. stranger voice yestcr-
day said, that they not Saxons We claim to be
Saxons and there was great destiny marked out for
time when Caucasus contained the Saxon race
and when they down and Numbered the gates OF
Rome, the Roman Senate looked in their maps for the
region whence came these invaders, but could find
il. STILL Insignificant they thought them they hurled
the proud Romans from their place of power and empire
and proceeded IN their march OF tyranny and rapine r
| umphanty. Their gods were idols. Thor and Wooden,
from whose names derived our words Thunder and
War These their gods but the advent OF Chris
tanity they became people Of the Lord and their
taton has become Of the brightest spots in the
world. lie would wish the stranger to go home and
say that we too are Saxons, and that only rvalshp
with our mother country Is, which shall carry the
Cross urhest into the dark Of heather lands.
lie had heard the variety OF sect talked OF; but be-
long to one church. that OF the living God. Our
| SAXON and our only weapons truth and love, which
us to embrace the whole family and bring them
Christ So long we arc engaged axe. there
be difference between home and foreign missions !;
their objects are reciprocaed and we must be engaged
in both Whoever thought that when the Apostles were
despatched thoir missions that they loved Judea less
Who ever heard ho eparning Inc heart conrnrted The
soul lie wished his friends from the country when they
returned not to merely that they had attended such
and such meetings. They must go and feel they had
/
heneeorth, they had assumed heavy responsibility
they must so and inscrbc on the family altar that
none yoth for himself alone" and honccioih adopt the
sentiment of living for Christ only.
Dr. BrEcuEn, of Cincinnati, and said, that Gods
ways not those of men, but they failed and
always in thc end showed that they what phi
osophy would have taught the true ways but no
subject has shown the supremacy OF God th~n
the order in which he has opened tho dspcnsaon OF
missions and revvas in religion flo rccollectcd the
origin Of all these dispcnsations of all these concena
tons OF Gods views towards the world He is old now,
and in his day perhaps many Of his hopes Of Zion may
| not be consummatcd. When the subject Of Foreign
Missions led to the organization OF this board the
mon sentiment was, charity must begin AZ home; that
hey could not under pressure OF tho new settled coun
ies and their own vacancies in the church, afford 70
chh out minister's but had they follow cd out that idea
they would nave been mistakcn il was very easy
10 see why the dspcnsaon of Gods Providence CON.
mcnced "ilh foreign missions IL reminded him Of the
ahccdote OF oumhus breaking the egg before the
| couTtcre Tho reverend gentleman went on say that
aspnit OF familiarity with sacred thinra endapuerpd
their being treated with contempt and tbnt tho human
mind while engtossed with little things wanted an orb Ia
carry up souls out OF the familiar daily obse ryations
All the great institutions of modern DAYS were elcmon
ary parts OF Gods plan originated in spirit in pred in
hc Foreign Missions. The shock first struck In Inr
land, and he remembers of the dings awakening such
thrilling feelings, that every heart responded TO them
having got tho fire awakened up then out the sa.
tces OF tho Bible and other otos shot from tho
greater body tho lnhde say the Garth out