New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-05-14

WV JsssuP vice-Presideut, occupied the char.
After PRAYER By the Rev. Dr. De VIII, the audi
epcs sang the Missionary hymn, commencing;
"HopsIe... through ak y vision,
The heather rziious be-
The CH.IRx.S then said few words in regard 10
the work of the Society, encouraging the members
that God reigned over the natious al the earth sn1
that He would bring about the success OF truth ana
Christianity. He then introduced .,-....
The Rev GEoRsr W. WOoD one Of the Secretaries
Of the Board who read a number of Statistical STAKE
mems. showing the present condition OF the different
sTrs sevsmber as. Dr. DE- Forr., Il he Syrian Mission
n nTi,n .YS he Rev Dr. Worcester The Caerosee
Misssus had ceased their shors BY death 81 " y
Se Gov Se f IN sGs ,h IN European ruey Minor
Meopoanis one in Persia aud hooIdisiap SIX IN Ss a
C,yp Ir-e China and N he Pacific Oeean Inc total
nun br Of labor-rs including nstyr br-rs vas 10 OF "h,a
es ssi. S nr, 30 200 members. The NUMBER Of members
admitted during last year So Tue ino lnt OF printing
hT,v aS,rert nigc Of which he amount during 4s' year
va. Is OGr0 pages The Cmeap WY had been ne mean. u
praans oe1 @ W. 10 30 The bne.. had
ben Of hi9d-E,nee to the gTos sT1 81 On WORK.
TIE Rev. c. C. B,LDwIs Of the Fuhchau Mission in
China called attention 10 the fact that the MISSIONARIES
there as well az in every other part Of the world were
calling for practical fruits of the genunenes' OF the re-
! vival which was said 10 have prevailed over ths
couniry-iberaity IN the support OF missions. Ine
frst Protestant missionary that landed 10 Chlna was
MUnl-On.
! .ionary. sailed from the port Of New-fork because
the East India ships then refused to carry missionaries
/ East. II "a seven years until the Bible was trans
lated or the fret converts were baptized. In 1871,
IN. converts Themselves began contr bnting to the
! suppnrt Of the missions. DIR. MORRISON dled without
seeing more than three Of the natives converted 10
| Christ How was II now in Cara why, IN single
day he could address seven hundred thoutand people
IN aud around Fuhchau; between seventy and eighty
ordained mission aries distributed over hive OF their
great cities there 900 converts, sixty schools,
$1,000 patients visiting the mission ho'Pna''' ana
100 900 tracts distributed yearly And there was great
interest manifested in Christianity, being estimated
that $50 600 600 ont Of 400 600 were ready to listen
| To the missionaries. He then read several columns
ChiLese columnsl from converts letter, ehtreatuS
! The churches TO send more niss1nares .
/ Mr. Br>JAsIN G. Mics Of Ceylon commenced by
| quoting the hines; c,.,,I
Thoush every pros pea-rs aud only man vile -
He said that with regard to the first part, he had been
over every part of the island and found TINS TO be all
poetry and 10 reality; but as to the latter man Sas
vile He alluded with emotion TO the heroes who hal
died before him. He quoted an editorial IN one 0fthe
morning papers, which stated that in the Sandwich
and other Polynesian islands simple and harmless
habits had given place TO the more sald yet hypocr-
cal habits of tht Christians and that they were now
| more depraved than when they were cannibals ms
editorial also stated that benefit was derived from the
revival but instead, it was the means o furnishing
| cloak TO knavery and Iascaty. The speaker was as
tonished at such sentiments here expressed, but the
fact illustrated how great were the difficulties OF the
missionary. The Gospel was the only means by which
the heather could be elevated; and any attempts WIN
out il would result a. they had before done, in the
education Of Thomas Paines and Votalres. tie wished
TO say word to parents in regard TO advising their
| SOILS against going among the heathen. The parents
had much hueI &c, and were often inclined to oppose
the progress of the work by their COUNSEL yet, ~ his
own mother did in his ease, they wond eventually
find great reason rejoice for making the love OF re-
| lgiob supersede the love Of offspring.
The CHAIRMAN then introduced Mr. Charles Dana
gentleman who bad Travelled to the Sandwich Islands
stating that he would give some interesting Inorma-
| tion in regard To that coontry.
II was not true, Mr.. dana said that the ships OF
Christian patiops spread religion and science through
out the world. They spread pestlence, pollution ana
! crime wherever they went. As to the sandwich
Islands ts people appeared to him slmpie peaceful aud
bappy He never a blow struck in quarrel dur
ing bis two three years sojourn there We were
apt to think that because the Sandwich Islanders ate
Only dish.s, andthst with their fingers and clothed
their bodies with only two garments instead OF
the multitude that have over our backs, they must
| be heather. On the contrary, more of them could
read and write than the inhabitants Of some Of our
Southern States and they were Intelligent besides.
Sneezng and husng about, he allowed, was national
habit among them, in their churches, yet they wor-
slipped all the while as well, he had no doubt For one
generation no people had ever been raised so high
above their former level a. the Sandwich Islanders aud,
judging tree by its fruits, the Missionary work there
could not be sdered a. failure IL was however,
deplorsble fact that wherever the religion of the
white man went the heather was put out, and as the
red frontier died away, so they seemed to
tend toward anniblation.
The Rev. DIR. Henry NJ ScUDDER, of the Arcot
Missop, in India next addressed the meeting. This,
the last great day Of the Anniversary feast, was not
here devoted to an Inappropriate subject, be thought
II true that all missionaries had not the graces
of John the Baptist yet every true-hear,ed Que was
approximation Of the heroic and the noble Eternity
itself would display mob and greater enter
prise than that Of the true missionary pnianthrOpit.
The Church must first be militant, and then tri-
uuphant. The missionary field was the grea, parade
ground of Gods church earth: IL the race
ground upon which the activity and strength of its
muscle to be developed IT was the sckbed at the
side Of which the art Of sstery mlnsratiou to be
learned Mr. Scudder spoke OF the Iii ,doo intellect
most subtle and self-iehapt and aLtsgonstic
to Christianity. The of caste dipped g.
deep as the deepest thought, aud ruse ~
high as the highest aspiration of the Hindoo,
aud il seemed instinct in the smallest ot children,
like the HE sing of young snake as il energies
from lis egg. There was no country more interesting,
the cities Of its seven great sbrines of religion being
more remnkable than Babylon Of old; and Do country
more obsiinstely opposed to Christianity Missionary
abOrs usually CONN enced very small, IL was true but
they were always widening and deepening like the bed
of river. tie described The cOufic' in the mind of
HIDdoo as he renouDces Juggenaut and instead be-
comes converted to the true God becoming from that
time nissi mary himself, and asked, who would not
have a hand in this great work !
The Rev JCsTIs PtRKISs of the HISTORIAN Mission
next spoke, giving an account Of the people among
whom be had labored for twenty -ive years The vio-
laiioh Of the seventh commandment among the Mo-
bammedans most prevalent he said, an their
great crime. Nine reVivals had taken place in their
male seminary, and ten in the female, since the hr,t
great season of refreshing among that people, which
occurred thirteen years ago
The Rev. JAMES EELs of Cleveland Ohio delivered
the concluding address, the burden Of which that
the missionary work must be supported and that every
Christian Was personally responsible FOR IL mantle
nance.
The congregation was then dismissed.