New-York daily tribune., 1854-05-13


other missions From II printing est
RACES Of the Word OF God and Of divine truth IN oer
ors issued during the last year. the Whole o. ssaes
from The egnnng being more than 9Ss ooo0 600 OF pages
In he uire semnaries % boarding schools and ne schools
in the missions between 90 600 and ei0o pupils receive
nstructop who with the blessing OF Tod, VIII not ony
IL 90 salvation bat furnish pastors and other wei
ouaised agents for the work Of eyangezson one nun
dred and three churches, under the care OF the missions
contain nearly members IN full communion OF wno
ele ,sro received during the year last reported Inc
receipts from August l, 1888 10 MAY isSf nave ooe
s2l3sCO H. being 80 si7 - more inan III me sorlec
nc 'on,bs Of tic previous financial year The expendi-
uTes of the wear will however necessarily iah not cn
below $780, 900. Daring the remaining three months
sll6sOo, 800 per month, mus. J ~ he vs,r
20 exhibit no deficit. The amount received INTO lhe "
ury during these months OF last year was -, o'
aversgeof s3i sGo per month IN ne ,a the
r,a work in which the Board IN common Win otner sn
rSrsnizatious is engaged We can only say IN me most
general terms that never has the enterprise as has o
rs oeot the conquest of the world To the saviors ercwn
nresented an aspect anmang 10 iah, or more SOL
emnly impressive, than II does at the present moment
The meeting then addressed by the Kew u " a.
y,y DYcK. NJ d. of the Mission TO Syria. He said;
II i; ,he duty of all Christians and Christian Churches to
see that proper missionaries and of conversion are
maintained in the Missionary field. Success Is scarcely 10
be considered when any question OF duty under Discus
sion. IL may influence the direction OF effort oa nor is
amount Suppose no success 'cro"pea 'he aooIs u 'e
missonary-supposo could point 10 no ehurcn 10 no
convtnt-woud the command of the Saviour be thereby
cancelled What minister would close his mouth Tor tat
reason What private Christian is there whose conscience
would allow him remain silent and cease his efforts Tor
the conversion Of souls because fruits crowned them
Tie difference between preaching the Gospel az home ana
abroad is only difference OF locality MISSIONARIES ana
churches have right TO be discouraged even 70 God
il seemed fit not TO bless their labors For time the
want apparent want of success was pleaded a. an eS
cuse for indifference hostility lhc Church then
selves had very crude ideas of the nature of the work
One of the st missionaries after two three months
received letter inqurag how many converts ne had
Z luefruf nf tha he Df
ture of the work. Suppose few 6reners came into thus
laud-a sheik from Consanlnople learned Mandarin
from China Brahmin from lnda-with their IDEAS OF
civilization and refinement, their customs and habits
taking TO be nation needing Instruction refinement
and elevation suppose they ser down IN Boston New
York and New Orleans and there commenced their work
of reforming in the United States how much effect do you
think they would produce Very similar is the situation
of foreign missions in foreign lands. The missionaries
are strangers to the habits of the, people; they arc
despsed by the people who count themselves equal any
nation earth in civilization and knowledge, and scout
tie idea of any one coming 10 teach them. WIN such
obstacles the missionary must labor for the transformation
Uf the whole of society in those uneyangelca
countries Notwithstanding this, the work has gone
steadily forward Went of success can longer be
pleaded an excuse for not engaging in IT, For long
tine Chrspns prayed that God would open the door TO
this field; il is opened and remains 70 be seen how
much those prayers worth Recent developments IN
tie history OF the world have brought tho efforts OF this
Board TO crisis. Allow 10 call your attention 10
Western Asia. limo will not allow review of the whole
history of that country but can glance at the wonder
u changes which have lately taken place. Not long ago
very little was known OF the Armenian nltionwhen the
brethren Smith and Dwight sent on an exploring
tour Not long ago we read of King and Fisk
holding monthly concert of prayer on the Mount OF owes
and wandering through the Mountains of Lebanon without
n place to plant the Now the Mission embraces
SMYRNA Constantinople, Trebizond, lnadab apd from
these the reach the center 10 many places which
ought to be occupied but cannot Mt present for want of
means. Not long ago missionaries could not obtain
footing On Mount Lebanon; they could hardly get resi-
donce the whole country Is thrown open to them N
ls4O the Emr Basheer used his power derived from the
d uphold NarOf.o
clergy III opposition TO the Gospel That man, with his
whole family and his secretary ded in exile few years
ego. At the expulsion of the Egyptian Government an
offer made him that if he embraced the side of the
English and Turks he would be confirmed IN his Govern
ment but God had design to remove this obstacle and
he was induced TO hold on to the Egyptian government
and so he was exiled into the interior OF Asia Minor
where he and his died. Shortly after the Mar
onites endeavored to get up war on the pr,uses,
Who they thought going TO form political alliance
with Eng gIand but their object was frustrated and their
power broken down, it also YVES in second war. The
power Of that hierarchy thus greatly weakened Re-
events show the designs of Providence 70 throw open
Mohammedanifm to Christian influences. Within short
period the Ottoman power was materially weahehee py
three successive circunstances-the delivering up o c
feet their defeat III battle and the death OF the oultal
The efforts the late Sultan in favor Of liberty were not
20 successful those Of the present Sultan Inc ueay
seeming RELIGIONS feedom will throw the country open TO
tie true influences of religion What are the dela5 Dy
which this end is to be accomplished The Momamne'
dams will embrace The Gospel unless II brought to
bear upon them, but will fall into iHideiiy as many
have done already The only way to redeem and save
them is to pour IN the light There i good work
TO be done not only among the Mohammodans,
but also among the nOminally Christian seets,
who are the way through whom the former are to
be reached At present the Moh0mmedan receives false
impressions of Christianity from the nomnay Christian
ecs by whom lie is surrounded. The first business to be
done is really to Chrstianize these, and then their inu
enoe for good the Mohamnedan may be looked for in
tie best results. In that part OF the world there is pre-
vang impression that hohammedanism drawing toward
ts end the Turks themselves have p0phesy that Con-
santnope is to be taken by particular gate and also
that Jerusalem j.; and the idea prevails THAI with the tenn
poral Ottoman power the religion also will reach it, end
With the Druses the origin OF sin is problem, and
translation Of their works this point nj ,h be good
addition TO substitute FOR the next edition Of The Con-
lct Of Ages They look for The return Of their lord.
Their catochsm asks When will he reiurni' The
iwer is, I'VE do not know, but signs will appear" Md
Of the signs H. the Christians becoming stronger than
the M0hammedars 1his state OF feeling or belief affords
excellent opportunity Of pouring IN the light upon
tleIr minds Let this be only properly used, and
shal be heard the cry Of the last muezzn calling on
Ssamboul TO weep not her fallen mnare;s Appause)
The next address was by the Rev d. q. ALIEN, d. D.,
OF bombay India, who spoke follows: The countries
which the Gospel s sent Il would be desirable tn have
presented here bu this Is impossible. We have here no
Chnte nOr native representatives Of India, OF Africa,
OF the Islands Of the There is then proprety IN
my standing forth representative Of one Of those na-
mons having spent more than aquaror OF century among
hner, better IL the face Of tho earth Her noun
ians, rivers and plains, are on ggannc scale.
Her civilization dates back TO the earliest
periods. The valleys Of the Nile, the Euphrates,
and the Ganges were the heaies Of great events in
former days The people who mighty in he two for
have long passed from them but hose o the best re-
main almost unchanged and gnchangeablei having he>
pcsthooi ard religion, aud casea ana habits they
had 800 years ago. when Aex1nlcr the Great lei bis
army ogsiu-t them Their distinctions of caste remain
through hundred ggnera;iors. This great population
consist IN reality GssembiaCc Of different nations
each Is, ng its own language and terafnrs thus
bling ha. that OF Europe. When the Nahammedans