The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-11-30
Farewell Missionary nfe~siny.

TsREsTING EXERCISES IN The FOURTH AvESrE
PRESBYTERIAN gnuhcR-A ADDRESSES or rnG pE-
PARTING MISSIONARIES AND OTHERS.
A moderately large audience assembled in the Fourth
avenue Prosbytcra obuI oh Last evening thu
Of farewell missionary meeting. The exercises OF tue
evening commenced With prayer and singing.
Rev. g. W Woop, one of the Secretaries 81 the Amcri-
Board of Foreign Missions then proceeded give m
elaborate description Of the locality to @hi,h Of the
missionaries ahout TO depart 1t u hr most
southernmos OF the twenty districts containing poin
lation OF O000 900 sous, than ttn OF the whole
population Of the country among which mission under
the patronage Of the American Board h.d existed for
twenty four years. He considered India as more than
any other country the seat of Satans power notwh-
standing the Hndoo people were one OF the most resous
nations. II was because religion was perverted. the
moral Of the outbreak not TO withdraw all
missionary effort but to increase IT, There were now
100 900 Christians treading the soil Of India and was
where they fewest that the sepoys had been found
most savage This sufficient proof OF the necessity Of
increasing the efficacy OF missionary establishments in
that unhappy country IN the so peculiar Sros"f re-
siorares, Of which number three were absent from
their posts, there were twentyt~ churches, though
there we're over hundred congregations, and
500 male nc bcrs, 472 females and 1000 chill
dren The average Of converts to each missionary
quite many to Of the home ministers. True,
of the converts were from the lower classes, bat
Gods will in carrying out bis own work How great
was the demand for men and means in this work. II
proposed to divide this field into eighteen districts,
and possible, TO supply missionary for each district
He bado Mr. Chester God speed his mission TO India
and also to bis associates going TO other missions. lie OK
tended cordial farewell pledgng the congregation to
10 help them oil in their power
Rev Mr. ScrpDER the next speaker and alluded to
the growing interest in the missionary work and the
gradual eradication Of the idea that the heather could not
be ted. In India the East India Company stood
as the representatives Of II had gone there for
the purpose establishing civilization and done much to-
ward it. but they had neglected religious education, and
the fruit Of their work to be seen in the recent out
break whose history written In characters of blood.
God had poured his wrath at tho neglect Of his work
Then in contrast look at the success OF the Christian
work showing that the only method of cvilzing
men, The locality of the missionaries had been
the only exception to the recent deeds OF horror II was
but necessary look at the world to that God favored
this Chstian work In Africa and in India the savage
bad converted into meek Christians, loving the Lord
Jesus Christ and worshppng him. Heather temples had
testified TO the Of the missionary enterprise
What hath God wrought was an appropriate exclama
ton, and he glad to these meetings going lie
believed that no man could be thoroughly Christian,
and not be mbued with the missionary spirit What else
was that brought the Son Of God earth to suffer and
die that fallen man might DC saved, bearing the
last the cruel tortures Of those who believed not
yet for whom be suffered as Was not this the
very highest type OF the missionary spirit that could be
imagnedS He believed Mr.. Chester would cheerfully
leave for India and he himself soon also TO leave for
another field, would also leave with JOY They would go
10 hold Jesus their God as the only hope Of pershng
world.
Rev EDWARD CHESTER next spoke and related the man
Of his reception at Sunday school, where the chil
dren had been promised the sight Of ve missionary
lie felt his brother Scudder TO be the ivc mis-.
sonary Of this OCCASION while he to be but reator
OF his hopes, he going forth into field He
wanted TO bid them all good bye personally to express
his thanks for the many ayors which had been done him
by his Christian friends His heart seemed full graft
tude for all these evidences Of sympathy with his work
He almost thought too late TO 10 the propriety
Of the mission work. but took occasion to say few words
on that subject.
Al the close Of the speaking the audience manifested
substantial sympathy with the cause, while the fearful
eyes Of many while shaking the departing missionaries BY
the hand, rendered the scene truly affecting