The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-05-04

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The Foreign Missions Of the Presbyterian
Church.
The anniversary Of the Society Of Foreign Mis-
.ions, in connection with this church, took place
on Sunday evening, in the Rev. DR.. Potts church.
University Place; it was attended by crowded and
fashionable congregation.
The annual report, ending the LIST inst, was pre-.
sented, Of which the following is an abstract:-
FISANcEs.-The donations of the churches and indi.
vduas the main reliance Of the Board $8O5 larger
than those Of the preceding The receipts all
including balance Of $3.50 from last amount
$3.50 IS. w. '' - WV '' A'' - 1'0S'
MISSIONARIES SENT ourThirty persons were sent forth
as missionaries and assistant missionaries during the year.
Of whom ordained ministers of the gospel The
wives Of missionaries the teachers catechsts &c.
called assistant missionaries.
INprAN MISUNDERSTANDING the Choctaws Chckasaws,
Creeks Seminoles Iowas and Sacs Omahaws and 0toes
Chppewas and Otowas eleven ministers, and forty male
and female assistant missionaries four native assistants
1858 scholars under instruction Of whom 1926 boarded
and clothed by the mssions church members reported
AFRICAN MIssioNs-In Liberia, four stations and at
Corsco the equator three ministers and six
sistant mssonaresal persons of color but four; $50
scholars reported, Of whom six boarders church
members 81.
INDIA MIssIsvs.-Lodiana, Furrukhabad, and Alfalfa
bad with ten stations Twenty-six minister's Of whom
two Hindus twentyone American and twenty native
assistant missionaries; scholars chiefly in schools of
high grade, 1914 Of whom III boarded and clothed
by the missions; church members reported, 23I.
SIAM MissIoN.-At Bangkok, two ministers, and two
American and one native assistant missionaries,
CHINA MIssIoNs-At Canton, Ningpo, and Shanghai, ten
ministers and eleven assistant missionaries scholars 20
Of whom 81 arc boarded and clothed by the missions
Missions TO RoMANIsrs-Meneys have been RENTED
as in former years for the support Of cvangcs copor
thus n a and
MISSION TO THE JEws.-Two ministers and licentiate
preacher employed among their kinsmen according
to the fesh, in New York Philadelphia and Baltimore
SuMMARY-Ministers, "a; assistant missionaries 81
native assistant missionaries 25 scholars 264 of whom
in boarding 55 church members reported 40
statistics Of Missions to Romanists not included.
The Rev. DR.. SPRAGuE, of Albany, preached the
anniversary sermon. He took for his text Hebrews
ri. A." By faith Abel offered unto God more
excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained
witness that he was righteous, God testfying of his
gifts; and by it he, being Dead yet speaketh" Thus
testified the apostle. The expression, doubt
embodied the grand idea of Immortality, and pos
sessed high influence on the present and the past
The dead was still amongst us, though we saw them
not or heard them not. They moulded our judg-
ments, and they quickened our desires that lived
progressed. They helped to form the characters of
time and in eternity, and looked into our thoughts
That general scope had peculiar interest when APP
piled to men Of eminent piety. The idea of the
existence of a body Of men, such as Cain, was re-
voting, though it was certain. He called attention
to the subject of missionary influence, and to the
field of the performance OF the labors of the mis-
sionary. There those who remembered the
man who came among them to preach the words of
eternal life. They remembered the kindness with
which he approached them; that he fol-
lowed them, and condescended to their weak
ness and blindness, and how earnestly he
sent forth his blessing upon their hearts and un-
derstandings; and finally, how they bowed to the
power, wisdom, and influence of his teachngs-or,
rather, to the higher power of Gods spirit-and
knelt to receive the gospel as a little child BY
this influence Christ became the inheritance of the
heather, and he became the heir of grace and
eternal life. The efforts of the missionary were con-
secrated for the benefit of the heather. He was
the herald of divine truth, and his good influence
extended down to future generations. The effects
of his labors were visible in the last pulsatons of
had been but mere witnesses of his example. When
taken away, they remembered what he was, and
even the instincts Of nature pleaded the cause of
Chris tanity in our bosoms The missionary planted
the seed that brought forth the fruit Of everlasting
life. Need he say that his influence would be power
full, and felt by his fellow laborers. He had been
united with them, and perhaps for years, in
the bonds, not only OF Christian brotherhood
but in the common defence of the interests of the
heather. The Rev. DR.. continued this eloquent line
Of eulogy at some length. He alluded to the high
design and enlightening effect OF Christianity, and
its eXaltng effect on, and accordance with, the in
tellectual parts of mankind. 1t called forth the
best feelings of our nature, and instied into the
human heart the high virtue of gratitude. He next
OWelt upon WHICH were Dy bnOSe
men who devoted themselves to the missionary
cause, and exhibited the trials and hardships which
they went out from their homes, and from refined
society, to encounter. The noble patriotism of
Washington, and the wide philanthropy of a Will
berforce, were exhibited and rendered vigorous by
the divine influence of Christianity in the cause Of
the Christian Missionary. Who would bring into a
contrast worldly heroism with Christian heroism
The latter identified with the faith and grace of
God He reviewed the grandeur the results Chris
tan MISSIONS and the individual scope and action Of
the missionary Calvin, who operated as a missionary
on his own countryman. His influence was great and
extensive, but they could now only speak of it in
general terms they could not pretend accurately
to define its actual extent, to follow his influence
| through its endless ramifcations. Was there not
something sublime and grand in the influence of
missions which proceeded from a mighty power.
Jesus Christ himself (and it not derogatory
! to say SOY n missionary from Heaven to this world
llaiiy, TIC Church should raise monuments to the
memories of departed missionaries the Church
should stand forth ana render prominent the services
of those men. Let the press exercise its influence,
and circulate among thousands the great results
and blessings which emanated from their labors
| The Rev. Dr.'s harrangue, of which the above is
necessarily but brief sketch, listened to with
| that marked attention which its eloquence and
power deserved and the concluding exercises Of tn
evening having been performed, the congregation
/ disrcrscd