The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-10-11
Missionary Meeting Mt the Church of the
ASCENSION.


Ascension.
The closing services of the missionary meeting which
commenced at the Church of the Ascension, Fifth
avenue last Friday evening, performed at the
place last evening. The church filled with aten
tive auditory Preliminary to the addresses, brief
vice performed.
The first speaker was Bishop BOONE from China. He
said 1T is of regret to that shall be unable
to address this meeting this evening" but determine
ton of blood to the head renders dangerous The claims
the mission will be presented by beloved Presbyter
and by who has been brought to know ledge OF the
faith-Mr. Tcng-who is candidate for orders. 1t
considered important that he should appear before t
audience, because the mission did not receive
that attention viii III IL deserved. This was OWN
to the fact III It the mission located in ia
off land and there had been practical proc
Tong would give statement of the facts of the
Mr. ToSs. next introduced He is young and in.
tegent Chinaman, who appeared in the costume of his
country He poke in very good English mainly AS fol
lowse very glad to be able 10 address this audi
enee, and to stand in Christian temple lie had in
mentality of school at Shanghae, established by Bishop
Boone, he bad learned TO read and write the English
language and he had also been brought TO the knowledge
of the Christian religion, and candidate for
orders. He not alone in this but many Others had
been brought to the same knowledge lie desired to
thank this audience for what had already been done
in China. When he SO many OF his countrymen
in Ignorance he desired to be teacher. 1t must
not be imagined however that the Chinese have re
gonhey have three forms; but they all false Two
Of them worship images and charms, while ContucSus
teaches the worship Of deceased and ancestors
When he all this he desired that this great country
should be redeemed He closed by quotation from
Bishop Heber's beautiful missionary hymn
30, We whose souls are lighted
by wisdom from on high,
Will ye to lands benghted,
The lamp of life denyf'
Rev. Mr. SYIF, missionary to China gave description
of the missionary schools and churches at Shanghae
There two churche and several shoohouses In ad
dition to this, he had in his hand the catechism
the Gospel If Saint Matthew, and the form of
morning service, in the vernacular of China He
also informed that, during the absence of the
Bishop and himself, the church doing well.
The insurgents had commenced to prepare liturgy
and a form of prayer Was not this proof that the
leaven had commenced to work And all this had been
done within ten years from the time the five ports were
opened. But the mission had Mngnished and almost
failed because the mission had not been supported 1t
wanted teachers The great Protestant Episcopal
cents each per week for each comxunican for this OBJ
ec The adornments upon your persons show that you
have the wealth, and will not give it to U.S. This was
wrong should be remedied He warned the audience
to beware how they prevented the of this mission
instead of paltry twenty Thousand ayear, would be
given for this purpose, and men to spend it.
The Rev. Dr. STEVENS, of st. Andrews Church, Phia.
depa said that he had come here for the purpose OF
addressing the audience upon the subject of domestic
missions. AS only the subject of foreign missions had
been referred to- might to jar upon the minds Of
the audience to introduce another field He thanked God
that he belonged to church that knew no difference in
tile terms Ills heart Ieapcd at tile of foreign
missions and he had the effects of idolatry de-
soribed But he came to speak of domestic missions.
The district ncluse the whole of the Union but the at
senon particularly directed to the great West
the country lying the Aeghanies and the Rocky
Mour talns AZ far them the Western slope to-
wards the Pacific In this immense country where we
might put twenty Great BritaEs and have for
more where there six millions of inhabitants, wo have
mot SO "a & BY pna as rh n s
covering million of square miles, with population OF
three hundred thousand souls and daily increasing we
a prey to all kinds of hereses, and one in parcu-
lar, (bformonsn) foul, lepreus blotch upon the
beautiful face Of the great West which could only be
made clean by the voice Of Him who healed tae leper
This country particularly our own The FIRST Pro-
testant service ever performed America the Eps-
copal service and it plain that this good
for the future. The field ready-he only difficulty
was scarcity of aborers Men were wantcd--the in
death or otherwise. Not only men were wanted, but
means. But why should talk of means to church
noted ts wealth? Would that could say 1t noted
for its beralty It is fact that of fifteen hun
dred parishes in this Union, thousand have
was ntrused be used for the salvation Of their
fellow mon and those who neglect to it false
stewards and will be punished accordingly The church
also headed TO place its arm reliance upon Christ alone
Bishop EAsrsuRs (socess Of Massschnsetts) glad
to be able say few words in concluding the services Of
this meeting which gave him so much JOY to He
glad to this union, not union With churches
which had egenerated inte superstition and doatry-
such an union must be abomination, and we should
thank Cad that have been delivered frsm them No IL
vas better unon-a union between England, the mother
delegation from this mother church to strengthen
the bonds between There should be something more
than interchange Of cosrteses. The effect Of this
meeting should lie ia stir up both nations 10 be more
Jealous in the work of spreading the word of God among
all these benghted. The practical effects OF the de-
monsraons which have witnessed for the past few
days. shcud be to show that If all these laborers
at work how great must be the field and how incumbent
| il should be upon to furnish the and means
for the extension Of the work. We should also
member that ours ia not the only church which work
There Others who, not agreeing with us, still hold to
the Head and that head Chrstwho proclaim that Christ
and trust blessed Of God and who actively
gagged in beating down the strong holds Of dolary The
Bible societies. also, important Instruments But even