Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-10-04


see 10 T.; you should 90 earnestly 70 work
aua Adopt some plan hereby you can ralse,
hst which YOU report to raise, the balance
necessary 10 ny support your own mission
..tis4
Rev VI tak I Chicago, said that he
refreued very mnoh that the West did not
come toTth and talk more. | think that the
way the thing iB 70 be done in the West Is by
every Pastors taking hold and laboring with
his people, and 70 make them give.
Dr.. Cleveland, Of New Hayen--The prin-
ciple on which all our efforts 70 raiee funds
should be based Is, to reach the mAsses--to
bring cut something from the most humble,
the most INDECENT honor our merchant
princes, but cannot accept the statement
made year ago In Boston that We are 10
overlook the gifts Of the poor. believe,
sir, that the moment We DO that We fofego
one Of the grestest blessings that giving
carries with it. We should aim ct frequent
payments. You may find many man who
thinks that he can give no more than tive
dollars, but ask him how much be can give
a month, and very likely he will tell yon
dollar Let US, then, adopt here, this sys
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for il, sir, we shall find out It's benVfts.
Rev. Mr.. Seccomb ST. Anthony, Mimi
We want to reach the churches Of the West.
The churches Of the East cannot do every
thibg. The West only wants to know the
way and it will do The gentleman from
Brooklyn has struck just the chord. He has
shown US how S62b,OO0 can be raised by
small contributions Let this plan be pre-
sented this year to the people OF your
churches; let it be taken into every sabbath
School This thing can just as well be done
before the mseting Of the Board as after and
before the next meeting of the Board we
can lay $500, 900 on the table, and then let
our merchant princes come forward with
their purses and give if they choose, their
thousands and their tens OF thousands.
S. B. Chittenden, Esq, said; l am con-
Vinoed that the hnlf century jubilee made
q great mistake in its plans for carrying
on this warfare. Rich men arc not to be
relied on; it is the widows mite to which
| We must look for our revenue. Your rich
men are men with honest debts to pay, and
they are not always at liberty to draw
checks for this Society or that Society
| Now, sir, l am convinced that If this sys-
] b~l were GAEIlSu Oulg poVOtONO Will 70 .
smaller sum than will be hereafter annual
ly put into the treasury Of this Society.
DR.. Smith. have been deeply impressed
with the Importance OF bringing this thing TO
the poor. l felt ashamed, sir, at our last
General Assembly, at the reading of the re-
port of the amounts received, for there were
many churches who had not contributed a
penny to the object. The great thing need
+ i is to secure thorough presentation to the
churches.
DR.. Adams, Of New York, said;
What we want, Sir, is more of vital power
at the heart. / am sure that we have not
enough christianity, not enough religion of
the right sort in our churches. never have
seen any account in the New Testament of
the churches gathering in convention with
Peter as Moderator, and passing resolutions
for the purpose of obtaining aid to carry on
| Huch works as this. We have mechanically
! performed religion, bCt we want more spon-
taneous religion. One of the largest collec-
tions which I think was ever taken up in the
country was made in my church ore COM
munion day when l had preached from the
text, "Hsnceforth l call We not servants, but
| friends" It was under the deep feeling
which was produced by the solemnity Of the
occasion that made them open their hearts
and their purses.
You want affection and trial to bring out
the heart. When l have heard these mis-
siocaries tell of their trials, l have been
ashamed for our own christianity.
The question then recurred on the sdop-
tiOn of Nc. DOdges resolutions. Adopted.
A motion was also made chat the thanks
of the Board be returned for the sermon of
Rev. DR.. stOrrs, and that copy be request
ed for publication.
A communication was read by the chair
man, which was addressed to DR.. Hopkins
sRd was accompanied by box containing
a guilt pieced by little girl when only
five years old, who died recently at the age
of ten. She left dying request that the
quilt should be sent to the Board of Foreign
Missions to be sold for the benefit Of the
heather.
Mr.. Dodge, of New York, signifed his
willingness to give $50 for the qailt, unless
somebody would give more.
DR.. Cox said that he thought that this was
class by ITSELF God made that dear little
creature and brui-ed her body that her soul
might exhale her fragrance. BE said he
dared any gentleman to give 81 900. q
The Board, after singing the Doxology, ad-
journed to meet at Al o'clock P. NJ.