Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-07-01

| cid, intelligent and frank, and his man
ner is unaffected and easy. He wore
blue gown and cap, and his hair wa
plated, and hung down in "a very lonl
quieu behind.-He received the salula
tions ofthe President and others, wit!
evident cordially and IA very lively
sense of the feeling exhibited towards
him. He held fan which he usee
with grace worthy Of lady. Iii:
head was raised several inches above
his real statue by very thick cork soles
to his fantastical shoes. His finger nail:
were about half an inch long and care
fully shaped. He was far from heing
awkward, and after The first impression
the novelty ofhis adornments glance
a, his face will give prepossession in
his favor.
Prcsiden, Johnson very adeolionately
addressed both Mr.. Shack and The Chs
ncse. He spoke of the wonderful or
dinance Of Providence, by WHICH a
country so extensive, SO strange in the
character and pursuits Of its people, so
benighted, so long shut up, had been at
last opened to US, and we had been per-
mitted to send missionaries there 10 oc.
cupy that important field. They had
read, he said TO MIR. Shuck, with deep
interest, the accounts of his labors and
trials in his missionary pursuils,-To
the Southern division it was peculiarly
pleasing to have him there, and 10 Ie-
gard him as missionary under their
auspices. In behalf of,he body he gave
Mr.. S. the right hand OF fellowship and
christian recognition, and invoked the
blessing of God upon him and his islabors.
To Yong Seen Sang, the President also
very cordially extended the righ, hand
Of fellowship. By The grace oI God he
had become spiritual brother, and he
gave him token ofrecognitionsas SUCH.
invoking for him and his country the
blessing OF Heaven.
MIR. Shick briefly r, sponded that his
feelings would mol allow him TO say more
than 10 express his qualification in min
Cling in the devolions and deliberations
OF 50 many distinguished and pions men.
II would bo pleasing TO him, at some
suitable time, 10 communicate any infur>
,natios, in his =pessossionsrelatiso % tie
gTea, land Of darkness, which had SO
lately been, and was So soon again 10 be
the scene Of Ills labors..
Yong Seen Sang, (AIr. Shuck acting
asinlerpretcr,) responded in a short ad-
dress, stating that formerly he was a
woishipper of idols, and knew nnIhing
OF The true God. He was thankful to
those whom he addressed for sending the
gospel TO China. Their ministers Of ,ie
Lord Jesus, have evinccd SO much in
lerest in China, that i, would cause him,
when he returned home, 10 devote HIM
sell will all his ability to the preaching
OF tic gospel. and inslrucling the peo-
Pile. lie spoke of the harmony that e1-
ised among the disciples of Christ
They were one here, they would be one
in heaven. lie had one request to make
of the ministers Of Il pc gospel, and that
was in their prayers, Zig ht and morn
ing, to remember China.
The scene was most impressive one.
Rev. Dr.. Hinton Immediately called for
the singing Of The new missionary hymn,
the following Two verses of which were
sung, while the brethren shook hands
with The missionaries, many being mov>
ed 10 tears:
Hail! sweetest, dearest lie la, binds
Our glowing hearts 10 one; =.
Hail! sacred hope, that tunes cur l:iiIds
To harmony divine.
II is the hope, the biissful hope,
Which Jesus grace has given!
Tie hope when days and years are past
We all shall meet in Heaven.
For Burmah's shores, from Alric's strand,
From Iudia's burning plain;
From Europe. from Columbia's lapd,
We hope 10 meet again.
K, is the hope, the blissful hope,
Which Jesus grace has given.
Prayer by Rev. MIR. Buck.
On motion of Mr.. Hartwell, Rev.
Mr., Shuck was requested to deliver an
address on The long seclusion of the Chi,
nese, ITS causes,-the recent openings
made in that country, its cause, and The
prospects for missionary labors,
On motion of Rev. J. b. Taylor,
Rev. MIR. Simmonds was requested tc
deliver an address on the Burmah mis-
sion.
Due notice will be given Of these ad.
dresses.
! Domestic Missions.-Rey. Mr.. Hol'
man read The annual report on the Do
mestic Missions oard.-The receipts