New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-03
PUBLIC MEETY1YGS
MoRAvIAN MISSIONS IN LABRADOR.

Sermon wss preached last evening In the lit lie
Mosavisn Church in Brooklys, on jay strset, near
Myrtle avenue, by the psst,r, tie Rev. j. n Kun
ner on McEsvan Missions and Of the Esq uimaux IN
Lsbra ior.
In the course o. the lecture the pastor gave de-
tslsd account Of the establishment Of the Moraviaa
Mipsiors il that county and hs;r ati,n to the Eo-
gsh authorisi there Soon after their first ate npts
there their sbor, were 90 fully appreciated in En- gland
that George Ill gave the D!etbreD 100 600 acres OF
land. 1t was n I'M bat the brst permanent settle
meut was made under the auspices Of the socse-
ty In London. The Missionaries met with
hostility from the pstives but they found after
tro years efforts that ~as extremely difficult
10 convince them Of the nature Of sir and the innate
deprsvity of the human heart. At the expranon OF
this time az Esqu msux oie1 Ia the faith but without
being baptized ana he was aitsr called by the
Esquimaux the rhc the Savior took to hinselt.
la 1916 the first convert was baptized aud the church
e Main established For thi,ty.four years they
were only moderately successful. But in 1904
q fire from the Lord wss kipoied in the hearts
Of The EsQuimsux. Commencing at Hopsdale 1t
syrszd to Main. TIE subsequent progress OF
tie Mission wa sufficient proof that that
fire not transient. They nov have the
Scriptures, cst6ohFm, prayer book aud some Others
in the Esquia aux lau, uage Ia ls47 eighty Esqui.
mau1 came to H-brOn for t5e express purpose OF
hearing the Gospel preaotet ote eunbed sua
thirty four u.ssiUs 4ies had served fboss misslons
twenty Ave had ced il Lsbrsccr and tour bad Oeen
murdered by TIE s4vsges and sxy eight bad returned
10 England. Fourteen hutdr d E'qulnsux had been
covered to the faith sra this miss obs had never
b. en- more prosperous thsT now. sitRular Provi
dence had pro ected the vessel which the Society In
London employ ed 70 convey provisions and necessarss
to the missionaries; for sthough they could raise
few vegetables in their gardens and catch fish from
the sea- st they had TO depend principally upon what
wss brought 10 them. Eight vessels hsd been en-
poyed The first was called the Amity, aud the pres
ent was The Harmony-the third of its name. II was
certainly astonishing that no fatal accident hsd ever
befalen these vessels, nor had the connection ever
been broken betv cen the missionaries and their Ed
glish brethren except in single instance two years
ago when the vessel failed TO reach more than one OF
tie ststons. He hai just received letter from
Londor stating that the Harmony arrived from Laora,
dor this yeer on the Path of OctObsr In l77S the vessel
was captured BY French prvateer on her return from
Labrador, but she was restored without ransom. In
1874 the Resolution twice comp eled to submit TO
French frjRae but the sea was 30 rough that tbs
French could not send boa. to take possession the
Captain both times stole away under cover OF the
night. The present vessel was what sailors called
scow She left London every yeT on the second
Monday in June and returned according to clrcum-
stances from TIE middle of September to the 9Th OF
October The reverend gentleman gave srsphic ao-
count of the Joy OF the Missionaries at heaupg from
their brethren in the world the arrival Of this yes
se ar concluded by contrasting their hardships wn
the happiness which he enjoyed while Missionary In
the West Indies.