Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-06-18
Prepared for the Ha,rk- Eye.
Benevolent Anniversaries.

period in the history of missions in Wes
tern .4friea. For time tae missionaries
were compelled to suspend their labors,
while the power of professedIy christian
nation threatened the total destruction Of
The mission. They have, however been
able again 10 enter upon their work. with
prospect OF permanence and success.
The missionaries To the Zulus have
been greatly encouraged in their labors
10000 people, under the care of the
british government, are engaged in The
arts of peace, and eager for missionary
instruction. A reinforcement will soon
be sent Ia this station.
In Greece DR. King has been subjected
TO an anaihema, criminal prosecution,
and murderous assault; bat he maintains
his post, and has encouragement to hope
thai good will result from the persecution,
In armenia the doctrines OF Reform
have made great progress. In January,
some Of the leading brethren were requlr.
ed to leave the missionaries and conform
70 .he rites Of the Armenian church; they
replied that the Bible was their rule of
faith, and they could not obey the ratlis
tons of men. This has resulted in a
severe persecution; the brethren have
been driven from their homes, stripped of
property and deprived of means of sup
port The storm had no, ceased on the
9Th Of March; bu. The trial had been
horne with meekness and firmness, and
grea, and important results are expected
from il.
From the missions in Syria. Ceyion,
.Hhmednuggur. among the Mqhratta,
and in the SandVich Islands. encourag.
ing accounts have been received.
The receipts since Angus. have been
S204. 600; expenditures for IL months
$27 ,000;ahou, 20 missionaries aud assis.
tsn,s will speedily bp sent To various fields.
Rev Mr. Wyckoff. Of Albany. present.
ed the following resolutions:
That under The auspices Of benign
Providence. nothing is wanting to insure
Ihe ultimate triumph of the Missionary
cause, but the Just. consistent. confiding,
imdomitable efforts the Christian world
The field of labor, he said. was like
the valley of the prophe''s vision--,he
valley of the shadow of death. Would
tina, we could survey il: there is no access
10 its bosom-we can only look from
some projecting cliff and behold multi.
,udes-multi,ude and The deadly a,mos.
phere that s.eams like X lea:-Bul a form
of life appears, and ask can these live!
his answer revives my hopes, they can
live: by your agency. they shall: arise,
cry then, y breath come breathe upon
The slain. that they NAV live.
o what a change' behold-;he dead
move; what ac,ion. wha, force, what por.
tents. the valley of death becomes like
the vale Of life, and beauty and glory.
Was il a mere vision! an unreal fantasy?
No sir, il is the mission field; the dead
are there. and by the efforts Of the people
Of God il shall change. After speaking
Of the tokens Of divine blessing, he said.
vet we must also have the Just efforts Of
The christian church. Let every chris
tian inquire, what ought | to give to such
cause; no more lie, tens and tens
Of thousands be poured to feed the stream
" NdhIiNs NHilC Uut lituC iS SiFCu w
spread lie waters of life. And no more
le, professions be ovprs,ocked a, home.
while ,he army of missions are thinned
and falling. There mus, be change;
men and gold mus, be poured out until j.
shall be necessary to stay generosity.
What are these men who call them
selves the Christian world! they were
slaves of SATAN, heirs of woe; they are
fretmen of Christ. and heirs of glory
VIVA, is consistent for them! -ongh, they
no, in the glow "i gratitude to lay every
hear, on the altar of HIM who hath called
Them out Of darkness into His marvellous
light!
Our efforts must also be confding. we
must believe that the heather are 10 be
converted: we mus, fully trust in the
promise Of God. II may be tina, stand.
ards may fall. and leaders perish; it NAV
be that bloody Madagascar may again
impsle the missionary in the ground. or
display bis head all CORY on the spear
or disease may waste The missionary host!
or il is possible some may desert and dis
grace their cause-bu, God lives; and the
cause in which his power is pledged. will
live and prevail.
Mr. 5. W. Williams. Of the China Mis-.
sion. made an interesting statement res.
pecsing the religion and character of the
Chinese.
The history Of China is divided into
three eras, and they have a regular sue
cession of dvnastiss. (of which the pres.
en-, is the 26th reaching back within
800 wears of the deluge. According to
the census ,akeu in 1912 by the Chinese
government, for government purposes.
the inhabitants number 900. 1000, OoU.-
When The American Board had been in
existence 81 years, they had not printed.
III all the languages OF the world. so mucI,
as to supply the Chinese each with
single page; and the Am. Bible Society
which has been in operation 80 wears,
has not furnished bibles, in all languages,
for more than one family in eighteen in
the Chinese empire! The circumference
of The ierri,"rv is 1880 miles, and i,
embraces $500 600 square miles or one
tenth The surface of the globe!
The question was often asked why
this nation had never been divided like
the Greeks and Rnmans Tho Err,,;,,a