New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-05-11
The sssts Of the people

u..;o.,;e.I.rdsa ,here. The state OF the people
,hso va. the most awful that could be imagineu'
He had. ten wears since, been Stationed IN 'ne eA
,rene Northwestern corner Of HAWAII, where ns
touad the people as wild as he beasts VI ,u0 I:.
and for long time they would ny from INC VIZ"
man ard hide In caves and wtocs. bu' ."is 80
passed away, and IN two years ne ~ ~ sso ,Sen.
cations and hundreds a converts. he spoNe, '.S
~ Inc difficulty Of boiding houses oil worship aA
80 an account of the rude and simple mamie.
,ettiny logs together, dragging them ~ inea. -
r,pes drawed BY men. women ana cnno'en,
then bring stones from the old neatnen ,e IN 60
,.,a,ials have been carried from ~ 70 ~ alo ~
mics nv the hands OF the natives ana ',S" go
ers until plain but nest and comiyr'aOe sehPio
On The most high Col was erected. In one VI uese
,er,nle some 400 souls have been uhiteu 70 INC
cburch OF Christ in less than eiSbt years Mr.
~ a rsstrospectve view, comparing the snarcny
snd misery Of s20 with the enlightened ana .hfs-
tian uolicy of the Govern M mt anoPeopie IN
1850 At this day, lie and property are as safe In
the Sandwich Islands as in any other country on
the lace Of the earth. Now, too as large proper
ron of the people attend the worship Of Goo, as IN
any other Protestant country More than 50,
persons have been converted 10 God more than
~, 900 in good standing IN the churches
9 900 have died in the faith OF the Gospel. he
spoke of the volcanic erupt0ns Their similarity to
the lres OF he'll tiiI o. tue 'NbC
which he had seen and felt. but he never felt any
thing that so deeply touched his heart as the plead
ings for mercy Of these Islanders, some OF whose
hands had lately been red with human blood. But
some say, are not almost done giving 10 me
Sandwich Island Mission BE thought there never
was time when more was demanded than now
The present changes have placed these lslanos
like a moral lighthouse on TIE highway OF ma
tons They will soon be covered by inc
Anglo Saxon race-not the best, but sleas
many of the very worst Of our race, oSG
whom the natives will be swept away nAe e ,s
before the wind Shall relax our efforas IN .nis
important crisis The ). l. Churches nave 'he
best means OF carrying on the civihzs'ioh ana
Christia nil alton of the Islands Of the sea tney
have their languages; they have already sent Mis-
s;on.ries 10 other Islands The rapid settlement
of the Pacific Coast rendered the evengellzaioh Of
the Islands of the Ocean matter OF comparative
eose His faith was strengthened when he looked
forward TO the promises aud provdences OF God.-
Let MS go iorwa ard them and by zeal and energy IN
This GOOD work win the approving smile OF God.
The congregation then sung the following hymn
Hail, to he Lords Annonled!
Great Dayid's greater son!
Hail. Ia the time appointed
His reign ON EARN begun
Before him, on tue mountains
Shall Peace the herald 90,
And Righteousness In fountains,
From bill 10 valley how
The mountain de VS. shsll nouris
The seed Ia WEAKNESS sown;
Its branch shall spring and flourish,
| And shake bike Lebanon
ATabia's de eert-Tanger
To him shall bow the knee;
The Ethiopian tuanger
His glory come 10 see.
With offerings Of devotion
Ships from the Isles shali meet,
To pour the wealth Of Ocean
In tribute 1t bis feet
Kings shall fsl down before hun,
| And golI and incense bring
| All nations shall adore HIM
| His praise oil people ling.
| Rev. WIN NJ THOMSON Of the Syrian Mission
| then rose TO make an address. HI thought
we were rot prepared 10 act Alright on the sutj CT
| of missions TO the heather uutl We were baptized
| into the spirit of Christ Until we know some.
thing of His missionary spirit, We talk and act
| like men dreaming. The missionary cause IS tue
| cause of Christ Every other cause has mixture
of motives peculiar to Itself, to uphoi and sustain
IT, But this has no other motive than our
love for Christ--and no other Influence than TINS
love can induce the people TO support the cause.
He went on TO explain how many motives other
| causes Of philanthropy had to recommend them TO
the support of the public Most OF these base their
appeals upon noble country its past history, ITS
| present glory, its future deutiny. He deemed this
to be all right he was glad To see it, the evan.
geization and Amaricaniza;ion of the Great West
| was q cause deserving Of tho best efforts and so
| of other enterprises But when we come 10 speak
| of the Missionary cause, we cannot even address
man as al American-only as Christian we
| must bring this cause into erect communion and
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| there Il must rest. And this ground, in the
midst OF the various enterprises which claim
| your attention, | am proud to say still
| speaks noby We still love and remember the
cause of Christ may it ever be so-msy that love
ever animate US TO unceasing labor In the cause OF
| Missions. He supposed what would be the aston
| ishment OF heather who should come among u.s.
| 10 learn the extent of our Missionary works, from
which we hope 10 reward but tie smile OF God
| Ifever the spirit Of Missions shall falter and grow
feeble the cause will be, the love bear to Christ
| will have grown coli-the great heart OF the Church
| will be cooled down. But he thought this never
| could be- He agreed with Mr.. WiIlets that the
| cause must continue to be successful. He then
| told the circumstances of his establishment OF the
station at Antab on the frontier OF Persia He
traced the work of God in the origin Of this Mission,
| 10 quarrel OF Constantinopoan Armenian with
his ecclesiastical superior, tie result OF which was
that he went to preaching The New Testament to
revenge himself upon his lords spiritual La his
route he preach ed at Autsb, and on bis heels came
the Patriarch to curse and excommunicate him. In
The form of accommodation the Patriarch said
that the Arme MAN was in league with the Frank
| Bible folks at Beyrout; the people OF Antab
learned where to send for the Gospel they did
send ong and urgent appeals. Mr. T. told many
anecdotes of the manner in which the cause Of
Christ had been carried forward at Mosu, DamaS
GUS Mount Hermon, and other places. These in
stances were not only remarkably interesting, but
many OF them deeply affecting, and brought tears
| ~ hundreds of eyes. Does any one suppose, said
| he, that God will set these heather praying for
teachers, and not answer the prayerl He knew it
could not be So He believed in a millennium soon
| TO come, when the watchtowers Of God would look
over every hill and vale on this elote-when the
bread Of life would be broken 10 all the sons OF
Adam. He closed by Ape aling for more energy in
| the work he wanted men to swear their children
by the horns Of Gods altar to go on in this work,