New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-05-05
AMERICAN UNION MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
sERNoY nY IHE AZ. pR. BENAy.

Non W TIE ABOVE named Mission IN the presence OF
large congregation, at the Church of the Puritans,
Union square. The speaker selected his text from
the Book Of Joshua, chap -, and part Of the first
verse; There remainethch yet very mu land 10 be
possessed lie said, years ago. the friends of
Home Missions listened to able sermon from text
which bore strong affinity to the one now
presented "Behold, the Lord thy God hath set
1.-THE land before thee. Go up and possess it, as the
Lord God OF thy fathers hath said unto thy fathers
Fear not, neither be discouraged Both of these
passages related TO the same great purposes. They
Low aided in the same work OF missions not less ele-
waited and explicit to subdue a broad and unlimited
field for the purpose viz: the great command of
God 10 preach the Gospel with undiminshed
force 10 every succeeding generation OF Christians.
1t was the intention Of God TO establish certain great
principles of his moral government. He would as
sumo the fact that man ruined by sn and that he
was now in process of recovery by the Gospel OF Jesus
Christ. The following positions would command the
ready assent of evangelical Christians There IS IN
man no self.restoring power. The priort argument
upon that point strong One and under the guild
arce of skillfu hand could hardly ta to work out
moral demonstration The first act of sin transformed
a man into rebel against God The heart Is SET 10
him 10 do evil. That now his moral nature, ana
be acted in new element, which element was sin.
God not in all his thoughts, and If he was II was
as feared and hated person. The history OF the
world upon this point was instructive as wen
as the history of the moral universe. When morn
ing star fell its beam was quenched in midnight.
An angel became devil and never returned again 70
his celestial station. When first parents had once
listened TO the seductive voice OF the temple they
broke their allegiance to the Throne of Heaven, and
never manifested any disposition 70 return. All of Us
have gone back. The Apostle Paul well taught us
that lesson. Philosophy has pursued her grave IN
Quiries ard reasoned upon the nature OF virtue, the
existerce of God and the probabilities of future
Immortality to man, and published the result,
but even under these influences man has not been com
ing back to his orsaken God. Imagination has multi
pled her brilliant creations, and fancy painted her own
bright visions in glowing cOl0rs, but yet corruption
and death Lad maintained and held their supremacy
over the fallen race of Il doomed world lfReyelatlOn
in all it, saving power had gone out INTO all the world
as the multiplied and been heard, we could never
have lad the Impressions of human deprayty winch are
now forced upon us. The point is pow fully settled
that this world could never save itself. Sin and
evil were so malignant that they could never work
out their own cure. What have men not achieved IN
their individual and social capacities IN everything but
religion? Lock az the historic page. There stands
Ecypt rich in ancient hieroglyphics, obelisks, and
pyramids, and bequ' athng to the world an immOrtaty
in cOlOrs. There Greece subtle IN genus, versa,ue
in execution refined in letters profound IN phlosophy,
renowned in sculpture and architecture, and angel
topcued in eloquence and yet the degraded
worshpers of thirty thousand heather gods;
There was Rome-grave, warike, once group OF
ga bins on the banks of the Tber annexng the nations
of the earth to ITSELF and yet bowling down TO four
footed beasts and creeping things. In the next place.
the Gospel presented the only scheme OF human recoy-
cry. Every thing contained In the Old and New lest
ament address ed to men sinners, held out encOur-
ac.ment for their return to God God has given lights
10 men beside the Holy Spirit but he has gwen none
which reaches bis case a. sinner except the bloe'
The blight of sin was upon the race, ana ITS DOMINION
was too strong to grapple with except influence from
Heaven. Jesus Christ has brought lie and mnlor
tality to light through the Gospel. This was mans
only hope-hs only refuge from the storm. Here was
n system which protected the rights of God upon one
hand, and secured Aviation to man on the other In
this the individual believer must trust for
salvation, and If he would enighten ms iei-
il must be by the application of the principle OF this
inspiring Gospel II in the option of God to have
selected this any other mode for our salvation. He
might have made his good angels his swift messengers
TO carry the tdings OF life and light and love to dy
ing world, but He has not. But this was not His
choice, and while His thoughts and ways are heaven
high above ours, yet, we can see the beauty ana Mt
ness, and glory of the principles He has Sc
lected and revealed to us in the Gospel
II was worthy of God, and adapted to man.
The first commission issued by God was given to the
Apostles. The Acts of the Apostles is book OF ms-
sions ard there the principle presented OF human IN
strumentality in giving impulse aud success to the
Gospel and this instrume ntaIy embodies the concen-
trated energies OF the whole church. All those churches
were missionary churches, and acted in harmony be-
cause they were influenced by one aud the sefsame
spirit Here discovered the secret Other success;
they took the Gospel Christ had given it, and used
it az he had commanded" Freely ye have received;
freely give" They considered il as divlnely ap-
pointed fundamentally for the world salvation
1t was of piece with the whole of the machinery con
rived and finished in heaven, and sent down TO the
earth in mercy and here To be set in motion by human
hands. The living handspring IS the spirit OF God.
He influences the eicacious end happy results but it
wac to be put in motion by human agencies, and kept
in motion by the same means Here then was the
beautiful scheme. The philosophy OF missions is the
earnest of success-the JOY OF triumph. Bibles and
schools were needed, but above all able and de-
voted ministers, sustained by noble and strong
hearted laymen who could bring their gifts
TO the altar with a cOntented spirit AMI
without grudging, and then the result certain.
God will carry ont his scheme by appointed means
be final result fixed and certain and God has set
tied by bis own purpose. great work Is to be done
which is that of Re generation. Satan 10 be dethrone
az Jesus Christ with due sOemnty Il to be crowned
Lord Of all. This doctrine il proclaimed by the whole
tenor of Bible teaching. God has fixed his heart upon
the recovery of man and the redemption of the world.
The word not always TO groan uuder the operations
of Satan, and sigh for deverance and sigh in
vain. Al this viii be accomplished by the
PRONUNCIATION of the Gospel in the West of this coua-
nv ana other parts of the world. Kansas should be
visited by the doctrine of Jesus Christ hierarchy
p testify dominion not fitted for the institutions
of The country. and could never exist. free popular
Christianity, which invited manly and free discussion,
such religion as Christ originated and the Apostles
preached. was the only one which was htted tor this
country There great yet to be made but
be would not ask them to spread their eyes upon the
great moral iniqulty that was around tbem but keep
their view 10 the surrounding moral desOlatOns in
this country. But should not faint from respon
soili,ies, for God would certainly crown them with
success. What vast empire there was from the
Canadas 20 the South Il should be our home--Our
field Of Christian labor Here is work that
might sppa the braves spirit; but Gods
ann i strong, and hi mighty heart il
with us and We should not faint and grow weary.
We should that the West IL well educated, or we
are destroyed. The reverend gentleman gave vivid
otsoripton Of bis travels in the Vest IL will be, he