The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-05-10
Pablo Missionary Meeting at 81. Tnonaas'


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AppRSssEs BY REV. Ne. RIsso AND rsv. Ma. HEN
ING, THE BLIND MISSIONARY.
Announcement having been duly made through the
Isny papers large audience assembled last evening 81
a TbcnAs church (EpiscopaD of Houston street
and Boadwsy 70 listen 70 addresses on the state OF ms
Ia westrn Africa by returned missionaries who nAa
~ long period lsoorcd in that region AFTER the "s'i
sssodecory exercises, and . orief address oY the rev
NJ. Whey, The Rev. Mr.. Rambo then addressed the
sAdience substantially as follows
TIVE REV Mr. RAhpo's RFsARSs
He sad he stood before them peader Tor one hunored
u.aboDs Of Psgsps dying without the Sospel There
Was NO way by which they could be saved OUT oy tae
same Gospel which had enlightened and could save the
,sco,e of Chrisiendom How shall they call upon Him
q whom. they have no knowledge and how shall shey be-
Nav. in Elm Of hoIn they have not heard, and bow shall
tAsy hear preacher II was not hs purpose TO
sve upon the dark picture which WAS sometimes drawn
n asscribig the hesthen of Africa He had brighter
cspre 10 present Ightai Of describing the work Of
soa thai shted land The objection WAS sometimes
mace b. Christian and women tha. foreign missions
hsd proved failure ana very little, any hing, had
mpshed after many years OF toll, and after
many precious hives had been SACRIFICED, aud
sner 20 mocn treasure bad been expended Bat
bessea oe God, those who hal stood upon beathen
SHORES who had IN contact with h. Ataen minds and
vho had made long Journeys In mug into the char
nrer and conoiop OF the people, and In making know
" the yrecous Gospel, had reeeVed ample
IN many instances Of remark able CHANGES, not 10
ndlVl1uAls pCt IN raDlllee 2ol even IN wnoe
Gies he would touch briefly upon so ne OF the fats IN
reference to what missions had accomplished on the
western coast Of Africa from the CREST desert on the
scfsn sontbward and eastward for $500 miles Fret,
what bsa they acoompsbed IN temporal point OF view
u Pagan AfrcaS About one hundred millions Of African
soas Psgaos along the whole sestera coast and
10 Central apo South Africa had been far more
ssccsssful than among the Mlhommedans. 0ne thing
taa been ooDpshed BY the agency Of missionaries
nao Cnrisnan from England ana America ass, that
toe slave trade had at least partially been gwen up II
lsl bee do Dared piracy by Christian Forty years
moi lsfg 4 hundred
- Do from which tens Of thousands and hundreds Of
showaocs we're carried of by white men from Christ an
hDos But, thank God these mars had begun 70 disap
pear ano III were, perhaps, not dozen 10 be found
doing active Dusnsssa result owing - the in
svpmena ties NJ MISSIONARIES OF the Colonization Society
be Brsh ana Auerican squadrons. In many places
where stood msrts uo~ stand mission houses and
trRpes Of Coz where thousands o! beatnen gather to
hear word Of the eternal God Again, ano.oer good
hrg accomplished in temporal point OF view Tss stat
Whale nson. that before mad no writer literature, Dad
nav through the nstrumen,sty OF the missionaries
hsr language reduced to writing But greater rssats
have followed than the'e merely tenoora results
airy bad been abolished and the worship OF the
true God had been up 10 the colony OF Sierra Leone
siere scsrrey any Idols now worshlpped, where
formerly superstition and the worst practices existed
Anrbtr gooo nit bad followed in the fact snas great
Number OF converts ban osen made 10 the good work.
Fifteen thousand conversions had taken ps:e aad
une huncred ami hfy churches had been erected
A. Sierra Leone ne had wo'ehippsd with eight HUNDRED
mars 1ns AID xth four or Gye hundred CON nuncacta
n re supposed be AZ least hondrea and airy
sne1 1stive missionaries lAborDg ong the coast Of
Africa and t~o thirds OF them had oeeD framed 10 the
Dcipts. These native missicpsries having received
me word Of Goo in their hearts ana being
prepared speak ont the things which they had heard
haa then turn become tue most earnest AMI ecieas
sfor aries 20 be found. He believed that 10 a few
ared they woulo them ~ hundreds tnous ts
I've church a. bone mUt sustain the noble and glorious
worh Of Cnrh snizpg and redeeniHg Africa aud con;u
he wond earnestly them view o. aat uad
already done 10 Africa yards redeemng that ben ghted
eouluy from the darspess ~ech no~ settled over 4, u
eood and devoted missionaries Ii they
han The nai0 10 carry out toe goot De
rsR under spcb suspicieus crcumsaDces and which pro
n,Aen sDch GLORIOUS results
me Rev Mr.. Denp,son then introduced the Rev. Mr..
H. e. The blind 'ssonary, 10 the audience, marking
mai os (r had .oored for six years on the coast OF
Africa, where be Loot his eyesgot he still cosDec,-
81 9Th the Board Of MISSIONS being employe by tue
sesty a. an agent 70 go from aee 70 pacs ard present
boe claims Of Afr ca order 10 extend MI interest IN toe
great work Of giving the Gospel TO tue heather. rne
sseaser sure hat Mr. Hsnlns would have hs sym
earnestly desire FOR him that While his eyes discernei
Bf We nst0ra' Light, he may eI1oy t1s Asht
q CHRIST within, AM that may be ever x
erfasins sbi 80 ns as God spared his hfe so that 10
may aouooanty blessed in the iabors wpich he Wa
Svv making for CHRISTIE fake,
kKy xR nrsisG's REMARKS.
me Rev Mr.. HKsno said that although 1t Wa his pri-
s~s. 10 be lsborer Africa with the Or 'her who
hso iesi <saresssd tnsnn. be had leh en"re'y hn
,h evening present ,ha claims Of tina, NEST interesting
ptson-a MISSION which appealed - strongly TO tneir
ypstnes and their support Hs object wous De 10 tne
y marss which b. shot d submit 70 them 70 appeal 70
Mar neart behalf Of the general nsnooary oause
NV sublime and how comprehensive the design OF
Sv-stspity A. revealed 10 them by its divine author
s'Pesce earth and good viii 70 man" was hs
seal cheering announcement Peace 70 mem thai were
nth and 10 them that sere far oa wherever there
humsn conScsI To he penetrated and human soul 70
se sought out saved snd sspcahed That al had nped
Ne tbr TCoord OF human hypocrisy, bot thsns God
a. -nsrcy Dad offered . remedy extensive with the
universAity magnitude o. The work needed 70 DC
% xo, sssuIs become he snsaom, Of his 500 aud
the beshen should Be gwen 70 Mn Tor AZ inherit
spoe am The uttsrnos, parts o. toe earh Tor posses
v~u and Il sas The pro announcement OF the Soa
A,ssn TIA h. be r.ed up from the esrthto draw
n men unto himself, rpis wN the sublime claim OF
Cnihnanity vas the greatest display OF the xsaom
ana oye Of God upon which he had oouccnracd al the
energies Of ths eternal mind, and AL The nmpeShesW
The divine nature inca'nate, and all the re.
sc.,ce, a. the onuIpotent ~ere pledged 10 i've
seesu ishmept The spread OF the vuh az 10 Jesus
Onrw the vocation OF the church she vas Dol Only
sse depository o. the truth, out propaga and
b.r mission - snd prtah 20 all nations To Der
h.a peen transferred al evsDselstc functions The
not 70 take Der stano upon calvary, and Int
ina "a a blood symbol to summon all the nations
~ repeutAroe but she n 50 forth Aot presch the
t.,h ali raiors, un'ii Christianity had accomplished In
preoestnso MISSION the earth, and until al the name
Jesus svery Knee -hDaid bog ard every tongue sve
prsae. nE was Sabine and comprehensive dsslsn.
the church sused from her tupo-, aud we're sne
~ urev al her sRDcocd energies into tue ~ors o. the
c~v,rs,.u u the world, hoE 'eartu woaid be tie con
Set pih the ~ ers a. darkress wbs imagery -ss bold
eongb 70 portray The ghtful donins Of evn IN the
scrlo A. tone, Their very midst, uey oenei1
sbsFm, nhdeiiy, and al the elements o. Srlns am
n ~ 10 remove these pe~tDen, bpgs OF igDosnce,
a M nc vretchetness aud Jet tbs ~ss al snihns
hcmesiesd sred ~ he wilderness OF fsssnsn. 10
r.cHtu his 1rsert vas work Of tue cnurch
TOT the borden which be Lord hsd lsit upon them
~ omt sh vhict there must be esrnesioess "a pur
pee arc 8 -dirg OF Of newly sssk ene1 energy add
ssouy q sroft such The world had never before ct
4. g TOO evident that the church % then day
mi sfftcty comrretendsd her mission a. evAnsehCN
siu-ch Where he evidence Of he energy sn1 self.
- lbc.rg dtvotcn which naked The early days Of
th'kfsntyi II hettksued consuming zeal IN her
a 10 10
10y TIE UietF .. salvation 70 more tnan three hun
sfe1 Ilost O. Pagan loaiJns NAsgu.d no seisscri-
Ncug zoai 10 tis cause TIA her annual contributors 10
Erpfgn msssons would % iusdoqus'e Dy one haf u
cefrsy the annual expenses Of Grating The J1 org -
az .g-Fie H.ndoo idol How dfsreut wss the spirt Of
,hs AZ. aes They interpreted The nmsndn-nt - 70
~ soh the Gospel 10 oil lie fer rtschnF import, and
ANan . be cun9ued 10 the irnsbAns 81 Judes
scue but that o. be ext nded " 81 aaions They
rart ntth ni.h a a mind. mich 70 tfhcnlues