The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-05-12

tlf Ills praise all people sing.
Rev. WIN. M. THOMSON, of the Syria Mission, said
that the missionary cause was the cause of Jesus
CHRIST twas cause that recommended stsel par
ticulary 10 the Christian public the cause of him
who bed on Calvary for the sins of all, and there
could be no other motive than the love of Christ
support the missionary in his hazardous trials. Dur
city, he had listened with the deepest interest to the
society and the Home Mission m society, ana he
was glad to find them resting their plea for support
on the past history of their glorious country Again,
they had spoke Of their countrys danger-the North
and the South aIrayed against each other-and had
pointed over the rugged mountains to the distant
West, pleading for millions of human beings who
had sprung up like mushrooms in a night. He
knew something of the West, was born and bred
there, and had now just returned from some thou
sand miles Of ramble its vast plains and in his
opinion there was not greater work that demanded
sheir efforts than to Americanize and evangelize
that immense and distant region. Great honor was
therefore due TO the missionaries and the wives
Ci missionaries who were content TO live and die in
those distant parts. They who had never been
there knew little Of Us condition il was mixture
OF everything. good and bad-a land flowing
with everything in abundance-milk and mud,
honey and hogs, (much laughter) But for the
poor bcnghted heather, wTetched and degraded
as he was, they could not make out 80 strong
case for the former. They coald not talk
to them Of the claims If the thousands Of emf
grants to thofe shores on their Christian beuevo-
lence, and Of the stl stronger claims of their de-
behalf of the poor heather, not as Americans, but
az Christians. II was ON thia latter ground that
they rested their claims for support al their hands,
in The mdst OF such important claims upon their
bcnevolence al home. lie remembered an account
Of PeTsian prince who had published narrative
Of his travels in England and Of what he had seen
tbere--iis buildings and magnificent works What
would he say il he had visited America Perhaps
sgeak in high terms Of their vast works, their rail-
roads, their magnetic ielegr lphs Of their buildings,
CHURCHES, and sending ont missionaries TO The
North South. East and West. lie would say,
see a reason for their doing all these things,
because they love their people but | cannot
understand why these men, so shrewd in getting
morey, ard who know 80 well how 10 en-
ploy Il proftnbly, should trouble themselves about
little island far away, which many Of them never
| even heard Of" But let him tell them any little
Christian child could answer L.csc inquries-it was
because they loved Christ they knew that the
heather were their fellow creatures, and God
had commended them 10 give them the gospel.
This was the reason that the missionary lived in
foreign countries, and ofentimcs died for that glo-
nous cause. But IL the cause Of foreign missions
faltered, hesaicd, went back. he could tell
the reason IL would be because their love had
grown cold to Christ. He felt assured, however,
that this the case-the cause Of Jesus would
rot faltcrhe cell for further labors would not he
unanswered The hand Of Providence was often
evinccd in missionary labors, and he would give
them an instance Of Il. Whilst he was residing at
Beyrout, letter, in Armchair characters, covered
/ with teals, according to the oriental custom.
was sent 10 their station fortunately there in
the place an Armenian convert, who translated
\ II for them. II was request from n remote
\ district IN the north Of Syria, called Antab, for
! missonaIy 70 be sent 10 preach 20 them. The ORR
gin Of this desire for further knowledge Of Christ,
spiung from simple circumstance but in which
! the hand OF God was manifested. An Armenian
prcst Constantnope quarrcIled with his SUPERIOR
and TO he rcvenqed of his ecclesiastical tyranis, as
lie called them, he determined 90 and preach the
! woid Of Gcd from the New Testament. lie ira-
vellcd for this purpose all over Syria, until he came
I 10 Aniah, where he made many converts by his
I elcquencc, for he was man Of superior talents
I but he was a wicked man, debauche, and the
people, IN disgust, thrust him out Of the place but
they did not thrust out Jesus Christ, whom he had
preached. No, no; that remained, and produced
great results. AS matter Of course the Patriarch
at Constantinople accommodated him, and also
ell those who had anything TO DO with the Bible.
As the missionaries were known to b. friends 10 the
Bible, u was naturally supposed by the people Of
the place that he had been sent by them, and that
was the cause of the letter that they sent In the
northeast of Syria, on the spot where Ninevah
! was formerly built, attempts were made TO form
a station: but Dr. Grant, the missionary and
others. died from the climate, 80 that 1t was
thought that the station must be abandoned.
Here, egain, the hand Of God cvinced
young man of the country. convert TO Chris
| tianlty, was Accustomed 10 pray every night on
the banks OF The Tigns, among the wild Arsbs and
| blood thirsty Moslems, that missionary might be
cent to preach the gospel 10 them His prayers were
not uttered in vain; for, after many attempts an Ar
menien convert was settled in the place AZ Damas-
cue, that cJitome of oriental magnfcence and orr
entail history, there was esenplIied a similar in
stance Of zeal for God. A noble, native of the
place. had been cor verted TO Christianity, by read.
| ing Ir Kciih's work. ard prayed necessarily that
| he might see him; and In answer 10 that prayer, Dr.
Keith did come over the stormy seas ofthe Lcvant,
and through the deserts Of Asia from Europe 10 be
eniersinsd by this noble Syrian convert. fCheers.l
| What they prayed fer in that country, was Coz
srme one 20 be sent to furnish them with the bread
Of ife. TN his dePlsiufc, iheif wor'ss we're hess