Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-09-07
Large Missionary Meeting.

Large Missionary Meeting'
There was an unusually large missionary
meeting, Sunday evening, Sd inst, in the
Central (Rev. DIR. Sweetsers) Church. 1t
was meeting of great interest. 1t seems that
the Evangelical Churches had agreed to unite
in 4 Union Monthly Concert of Prayer for
Home and Foreign Missions. Rev. Messrs.
Sweetser Bushnell, and James occupied the
pulpit.
The first speaker was Lewis Tappan, Esq,
of New York, Treasurer of the american
Missionary association. He occupied about
torty minutes in abiding to the principles of
the Society, the increasing interest manifested
in them by the churches in this country, the
history of the Association, and the wide field
of usefulness opening before it. He stated
that the number of missionaries now engaged
in the foreign department was seventy. They
are laboring in the Sandwich Islands, Siam,
West Africa, and Jamaica, preaching the Cos
pei, forming churches, establishing schools,
printing and circulating tracts, and instruct
ing the natives in the mechanic arts and agri..
culture. He said all their missionaries were
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intoxicating the principles of Peace, Temper
ance, and Freedom, without compromise Oh
evasion, and that God had blessed the mis-.
sons in proportion to tho openness and fdeli-
ty with which they had accompanied faithful
preaching with corresponding practice.
Mr.. T. read an interesting letter, recently
received from Rev. G. Thompson, of the
West Africa Mission, in which, he says:
''The Lord is pouring a rich blessing upon
us. While the scholars in our school, with
| their teachers, have attended meetings for
prayer and exhortation, have preached in the
Chapel every evening for three weeks, beside
| visiting from house to house. The meetings
| have been well attended, solemn and effica-
cious. Heads of families have come out, con-
| fessed their sins, professed to give up all to
Cod and sustain family prayer, whoever may
be present. Is there not occasion for praise
and thankfuness? viii not American Chris
tians rejoice with us, and pray for us Back
sliders have been reclaimed, confesslng their
sins, and Christians have been greatly blessed.
No one here ever knew such a time. Not
unto us, not unto us, Lord but to thy
name, give glory, for thy mercy and thy truth
sake 1t would do you much good to hear
Mar-gru and her husband talk and pray, and
labor in this work. My labors are very great,
meetings every evening, the day fully occupi-
ed with classes, business, and personal con-
verse. who is sufficient for these things?
May the Lord send additional laborers %
In this connection, Mr.. T. said that Mar
CRU, alluded to by Mr.. Thompson, was one
OF the Amistad Africans, who had, after her
conversion, received an educationin this coun-
try, and was now one of the principal teach
ers in the large school connected with the
mission. He proceeded to speak of the
mission at California, among the Chinese, Of
the mission among the Ojibway Indians, be-
yond Lake Superior, where the missionaries
are translating the Bible into the Ojibway
language, Of the mission in Jamaica among
the emancipated negroes, and the success Of
the Gospel there, lately noticed in high terms
of eulogy in New York, by distinguished
member of the bar at Jamaica, of the labors
of missionaries and teachers i'll Canada among
the tugitives from American slavery, of the
success of missionaries in the Slave States, par
ticularly in Kentucky and North Carolina, the
establishment of Anti-Slayery churches in
those States, of the circulation Of Bibles and
religious tracts among the slaves and ignorant
| whites, and the diffusion of Anti-Slavery lit
erature among the people generally, of mis-
sionaries recently appointed for Kansas and
Nebraska and to the Copts in Egypt.
Mr.. T. said the Association is aiming to ell
evate the colored race in Africa and Canada
for their own good. and also for the welfare OF
the colored people of the United States. lie
spoke also of striking examples OF hberallty
OH the part of some self-denyinS Christians
who acted on the principle of laying their
nronerty ON the altar of God and consecrating
| it as well as themselves to the cause OF the Re-
deemer, and concluded by inquiring whether
If was not the duty of Christian abolitionists
to be as strict, to say the least, in their reig-
ious as in their political action. You will not,
said he, unite with either of the great political
parties because Of their pro-slavery conduct.
and is it consistent to act with religious par
ties, or with those great national Societies who
will not refuse all fellowship with Slavery and
all connection with the iniquitous systems
Rev. Mr.. Jocelyn made an animated ad-
dress. He SAID the hundred home missions
ries of the Association, with several colpor-
teurs, were located chiefly in Ohio, Indiana,
Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, MINES
ota, kentucky and North Carolina. He spoke
| approvingly Of missionaries who labor among