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

The population Of India is generally estimated a "
oo0 GOO; SIX times much that Of all the United So
Nth All their territory Their religious system s stu
dous mixture of idoa,ry with philosophy, OF kind
have sscred book bat they have many sacred books ~
f,w of them are prominently sacred that thercsn
oriv snr men who can touch them. The gods are ek
les: and each wofshpper can choose one out ne
~ 6pd one among all the millions OF their gods whomo
would wish TO initiate from whom any ncy oeing w&1
r shrink awav he viii fail. Then they have their 49,
nation of gods and their peTsona honess their ncy ~
are 50 holy that many Of them VIII not even 70 iu,ea
houses of the impure. And they have selGenll too -
do acts of self-denal almost incredible. They bckx1
that when me die, they born again IN ananss ~
must pass through many animal hves before being NJ
born men. They have books suited TO the mos; euliyAa
and refined as well 20 the ignorant and stupid We
what has been done among these people lher -
among them i43 missions occupying $40 stations nr
are in the large cities only hundreds OF miles apart al
thus widely scattered. There are also native hepea
ascer.aued qualifications; Of them are icendhkx
ard satechsts-cf these there are 69s There ars 20
mission churches. l DO not refer 10 those oompoac
Europeans but mission churches, under the ca.o Of Ms
sionaries consisting OF converts some of whom have sa
Roman Catholics but who are not the less converts Sns
of tk,se churches are good strong Others not -
strong There schools too OF different classes snl
kinds Looking 70 this audience viii speak OF the eaks
schools At st il was looked ON there as disepusaoA Zoe
a female 10 be educated; bu. opening prescn.sd ef
after some time which well improved and now thseh
a number of female schools, and the whole eaise png
satisfactorily, by the agency OF the naayes hs
selves who have $50 Of these institutions The Serpars
have been translated into several OF their langua& ~
also books of Christian literature series OF tracts end
books printed for sale az reduced prices by eoporesn
Some people think the Churches in America have eoe
great ar Of what has been done there becaase
more what do ourselves than OF what people "a or
countries do bW this is great mistake or the ehoe a
India iucludiny Ceyon only l-llth he GAINED
and only 10th Is due all the missionaries tcom ~
societies in America; 5-6,hs being done by haNps
The proportion Is very iar rom showing NE mHv
was a missionary in the City of Bombay, where hsrev
were several missionaries. South OF hat hy
ropuous district of 200 800 miles in which asinie pl-
h.f md n ~ IN IA
GOSPEL as this country does North OF were 100 Inles
and cart Of 100 miles in the same condition OF deshucn
and openness to eyangelzaton Your personal efforts and
yOur pecuuiary aid needed IN this good cause iy-
ers in abundance offered for the opening OF this ei
has been openod God every year removing Obstacles
Have we gone up and possessed ue iand
win conclude with aluson 20 whose ashes ret ."
in that land. There lies much DUST more precioas lar
that of California. Among the graves there that o. s
who wrote wellknown missionary hymn refer 20 one
of the Bishops of India Heber who died there and waose
grave remains TO this day. l request that tns uyma
may be sung by the whole congregation, as am per-
fec,ly certain il viii be done with one heart anu ono sce
The CONGREGATION sung " From Greenlands icy mSun-
"tains.' -
The meeting then united in singing the familiar hymn,
From Gloenlands lev Mountains Nc.
The Rev T. L. CuYLKR then remarked that IN the pre-
soncc of so many eloquent than himself Nc iet rac
tant 10 appear there 10 make speech TN the pIacm
was ore lhe Rev. Mr.. Van Dyckl who had come romhe
scene of toll and coutct-fom the very land from which
had stood aud seen the down on Lebanon with
them to-day. He welcomed him home. Another iormhH
come among them, woaiherbeaten in many storms, ord
down with toll, reminding them somewhat OF the orpW
Paul when he sroye with hurried step up the steps ofhe
Acrot pour forth his eoquence aud IN that fr
worn and bent by the tolls of missionary life had como he
verify believed lust the largest and lovngest heart haod
Scotland had given to the Church SINCE shat night
that the stiffness Of his chamber her mighty Chalasrs
laid lis head upon his pillow and went 10 sleep sn the bo
som OF Christ Blessings the faher and aother hst
reat1d him for the Church of Chrstl-Alexander Dun
Dung the past week the various associations IN their an
nivorsafies had presented aggregation OF want and s
md Woe and spiritual disease from all parts of tho sDs
oursed earth and by the press to be sent out 10 ~
nation-an aggregation sufficient to astound and bat
for Gods word, TO dshearten and discourage.
One meeting stood up TO tell of Africa and tho necessyof
planning Christian colonies TO dot all that darkcned casf.
Another day society came there whose work wH ID
emancipate the slave Another day society met thero
whose purpose send forth missionaries and ihan
children whiierobed and beautiful washed purified
night from hcahendom of this City under the lead cf
city missionaries The present circumstances carried the
mind back eighteen hundred 10 another last great day
of tic feast when form stood Mount Moinhs sun
mta form ike unto the Son of God and there went forth
from Lis lips the cheering words which he would proclaim
10 the audience, and which proclaimed for all 0f
the world " Ii any thirst let him como 10 mo ard
"drnk." They would bring the want and sin and
tie world and roll il before the feet Of the Redeeer and
sink down in full reliance upon his promise. Ii they rest
ed upon that promise there was hope-whout Il, all ww
despair The speaker OF opinion that creator cdrte
should DO used to enlist young men in the Of foegn
missions. IL need not be feared that the pulpts at
home would be left without persons 10 supply then.
There had been decrease in the number oi persons de-
voting Themselves theology but by proper Christian
effort the Church might be aroused and give where
she had given them single Apostle for the Cross Iheme
when all the Home Missionary Societies
not to be found in building in New-fork but eyefv
household would be domestic missionary society The
whole Church would day consider itself the missionary
society OF the world There needed to be In the Church
the aTdOr and stimulus that there IN secular aflrs
Young OF England and France mounting IN hot
haste for the European war; II was 10 be desired That tho
Young men Of America should be in just much hO, haste
TO engage in crusade for The Prince Of Peace.
The Rev. JosEPH p. THoNPsos next arose and sold:
The events ranspnng the shorses Of the BOsphcrss
open strange of those events sketched ages
before upon that very soil silently they unroled rosg
the ages Now look upon ts last scene whore abs
the lurd glare Of battle CLEANS the golden light of nil-
lennal Jeace. A sails along the coast o. Asia nor
following the track Of ST. Paul oh Rhodes toward Ephs
sus he comes in view Of the gOOdly island OF Saos that
gave birth 10 Pyihagorss that gave 10 ierodotus refuge
when Ia temporary exile lac wrote the hrst DOCKS OF ~
Lsiory and you look upon its yineciad hilis n
which 3yron eBIusus of Ovid, drank De S1nian b0v
classic Genes are invested with constant reality. ~
thagoras meTges from his long cycle of tranAgroious
though the theology Of the Middle Ages, aud OF Ia9re
modem mes where ehostke he has siaked aud appears
real presence mprossng his Influence upon the tnk-
Ig men Of after times. PyhagOras now from the
MYTHS II dim antiquity the father Of reliable history
making bis impress upon all the historians and orators of
alior ages You catch vision of tho bard of scio you
witness the protracted and exciting sege Of Troy;
lot it il not these classic associations that chiefly interest
YOU There behind this beautiful Ie of SanOs coysred
f with vines shoots up bald naked rock often lk ,,ed
to bad eagle, with outs,retched wings rep0snZ on the
eriureless treeless. This is Patmos whsre ths
pt apostle and prophet Of o Revelation, being in the
sT'fii the Lords day the heavens OPEN and held
onlmuIon with tie goriied Redeemer upon whose b1<om
be oon6d at the last supper. There, he nedss lated
On hat lone rock aud island He was obsery-
ing .v forces that were TO minge in the world concs
lie sV the beast OF the sea 10 wage war with
ITO clurch and now as you sa under the hag Of france