, 1865-10-05

nndsr he ts o, one htag Wills IN n hasssesss q,
ss ssp 3. so,p pss@s g lit te sn
cess to tho people It was necersay TO labor se?at
atejy in every one Of those valleys. On biz A.
h ~ he utaass Thst
The islapd, listening 10 sersice in strange ton,re
md hearing sermon y language ofuh,eh he, be d.a
| II, and learned rapidly.
10 1871. 4 great revival commenced there. II was
rea,ssksble y providence Of God; the influence
In all The ststona. 1t continued for three years..
lie had been trained In rev1va!s here, where they
eee u Ss9
70 sorE End. Eat be d}d no III biesl dewa. Il vas
san'c fblng al over W aEatn, 80 that it needed 40
study. They bad several pfotracted meetings, and
lie people would follow and hear he same sermon
o t.t e peos % Il tes HnSss fnst 4s!
ts'enty % tbons.nd sand dalinE fhst 81 yea-: Thea
s pafs' e sDa 09qs .v
had = hundred members, and one sabbath aay he
! received 400 members into the church, hsphsins
h H. Ths, I'D doHe 20 w q s,s, tho
world. Some Of them, it Is tzne, dropped ont By
the way, but The uumbeT was not largc some bad
beeQ BuFpEnQeN+ kNd 9Qlnd cICQmmuMC3IQ+ 5uE0c
people had given them bad name; 4 Sea captain
called at bis house one day and told lin that they
had done the people great harm. heeause he ead
then 10 pay the naves for sesvice bis ehtp, while
before be could get them 10 work for little Or moth
Ing. Oilers found fault because they could not
now hrcak the seventh commandment. But they
the children and schools were all over the
Islands. BE had not only to teach mmaelt but to
<cach ho leaders ~ n about yeas psy q len
another church. His church al one time numbered
zbou. 5, 100, but Of those 1000 lie now under the
sod, and some four Or Eve hundred hsve been dis
bers abont 1000. He left there last April on &C.
count Of bis health, and he intended to return next
spslng Hith bis 5a@ii{ sna spend the remainder Of
partially blind, bat good speaker aud teachcs.
The district Teacher was appointed to keep the re-
cords md do The eorespondenoe. he had heard
csttng Along vss1 We 1he oSjeet q br. 1nde1 atas
son'a visit Was 10 take steps toward turning the
work over to the natives, II Is being douc paEfany
RON.
They hsd preached Of foreign MISSIONS IN Homo
1ulu. and The Sandwich Island have mission OF
their cWn at The Ma1Ip1esss. which is supported BY
Tempt to chr'sianize ,he people Of the Narrsesas
hlled. In 1859 i Masquesas chi.f came oYer aod
there Ind been three or fou tain1rs, they yet DE-
dded to Fend out two native male anu two fenr,le
teachers With supplies. soma time Afterwards they
down e sem fa s,,o soop a
tons, voyage Of cog miles ox moFc. he staid
as 1hs sstI.s seldisg gs,a eass na
NIGHT one OF the chiefs told hin thu he had
totnd the missionary TO be ~ horest nsn
ns.t @ 5leS1 eAse rsaf ,ntss I'm h,, los 1se
mission WAS q sueeess; he went hosne md 80 re.
ported It is now success. and ttp missionaries
conddasee 4 the rsopse nc Noald ,sl.te anotser M
incident In 1865, so1s Perrf1ans seps men To hid
nap suune natives from tie Malquesa., and took,
{hat Il d1at seasel s s Z cams 1here should psy Is
debt by losing msn, who should be Killed., rosEs-
Cd ii d: eaten. In 1884, the uhaleship Congress,
tior, bound hand and fo,x One Of the Aawail
missionaries was 1herr, a1k e1postuiated With ihe
to defer tbs cooking i'll The next day..
when be waA lib<ated through the intetcessi0n Of
Rev, James klkaro one Of their uasga1ian missaoa-
ind President Lincoln sent hims35oo In Eod ont of
his own pocket in encouragement of native vtstue
[CheerE.I It VIA committed to the captain OF tha
Morning St6e, Abe vessel which was boaght with
Sunday school money y few yeafFa:o; that vessel
has been Of great value in tfs mission field OF
labor.
nezt introduced, and said: When xent from my
naive country, 10 lsa 1t was to 70 10 Jerusalem;
to latos. ana 10 dIs and be buried, afsng again ii
tbc rcsrrrvctiun Of tie lust l have never been
tba1s. hare nos sAt my lace toward The New Je.
Is | n; Soiess % and =. NJ sfenstR Vii .nos allow
ns 10 addrc.s this lzrge Assembly. I bare, since
my asrisal hero prsqared ny thonShs, and M a. a..
Boaro, md viii nov request Mr. Dodge to- read the
e DE- as7: II. Hophtasr DID. LID, Precedent OF
VEnr HoxoRED Axp 'DEAH SIR: Including two
yca1s 1spens as al agent Of the Bosrd. It tsuoW
VT ,a!nys ,1ss ~ ss G e. 9aess1
Boa d Of Commissioners for Foreign Nlsstons- Ind
about forty three years tincse received commits
a mlseio1a1J under their direction, among the
mingled peoples Of Aai8 Afnor.
On account Of my age and iu1rmftfes Il should be
t1ve drties of nitsionziy, md having 10 voice q
strength len to addrers this ercAt on
the subject choose to cometu TIL! way. BY lestef.
rlor, which received sbonr fnty- three years aQos
Not that Wish my connection With you 70 be really
ever sunaeesd, unless Jou, yourselves snould con-
when enae9t this holy service Il for 41e, nns
da wish 1t 70 terminate but With my life wish
Ito BE- Hndsn1ood !hst L + not .hronEh any f:sl
III than II does now. Nor Is It through my dixsas
a, e!9 ,,,s Nth tse Board Kin, i's 'ho g, fS
hrethrcn and euter. Of the Mission. A9fs kind
more eeons,deIasr, and mose brethren and
nssf 10 b associated, esfah ne1sT ~, nor can
EARLY be made 10 ieel that esen tho Millennium H.
self viii esez produce auythtng better. That tue
have committed sene mistakes le net strange; the
only strange thing Is thss they hars nn& committed
more md greater mistakes. one thing - certain
were to i've ms hte oyer again, and we II lef 10
ny choice, l uonId again enter the sexyic. Of the
American Board Of Commissioners for Foreign
ss'os .es .sa sssa 9S ass
wSG'd Vie a. aeS though e ssns seosed and
remember when the whole American Board
could ut thefr nonnal gatherings he 'nsh! aesom,
IN an o enoFF q pGw thez ssa es
American chu1rhes 10 undertake .htr snp2or 2s, q
shrs ae' z, T. 59fS5ez & II on Nc
eiuuasy Society To1ld not cezne to their help and
g g se sre BE- seoid so e ona
has beconc fhousand, Or snthes Aoasa'Ls, xazny
ktoa,asdt. and szseu one aqrtat natloa.
Of fspeehi notiec md Of devout gratitude to God
that I'M permitted TO brtue 10 Jon tto ssos dea
soPss,ek sa e T Us ea anass z0gf ges ass
IN he esms,a1r nf The unra, less &c beauty tbs .
no sss Rsa !. ots5 tas5 nd q &c fso
fecilon she be{n1to elaihn- md recease6 NOM ! ne
orty-cight yeaEa ago..
many % oi Our % fa@ds asi - might hsse 70 1.na i.
God has f,iytnps nfne th1tten. One: Of these> the
daughter Of tEfonag. The wife of. niss1oP n,
Modem, At khaIpoot> near The nanhs q The En'
pirates, whsre, With hez husband. he hev: T. y
ine the Eced news os sassasio1 il ihe pen shin;
around them. sveu of ray children are to duesc1t
psrts OF IDS country no Two Of them being found
gone 10 ! better county; even hcays1l5.
The RT. Nj. md Mrs Bird, wta sailed With Us
rem Ansfca I'D ssste or sssoe.ates a. BsySS1.5 i.
| the missionary wres-a s1n, Ns: W'GiAm bitt pti
! Mi. Lebanon, anaa daughter. Mr.. Van Lerness,
zt smYEpa, and ~ their other ehsAiren are occupJ
81 ii he missionaries Of this Board thiak; Q.
hut three who are Older thai, T@yseis @ the M Aex;
~: ~ s Il 'es zen
tnsF t both 4 D@tnoath College and
of Aiacns, whom knew as AndoseE: md uho!
with bis leox lsboFez, Ptny Fish, welcomed us to
Beyrout.
: old men, ior though we ato ali1ost through the
+ Wilderness, and n1c e1en nav IN si8htW tns FROM
tkcd Land yet We fsncmnsE that tne. s1 o.
T. ness forty years. and weru already onthe very bor
dcTs oi the Land long desired ard, could sssaAl!s
lock osc1 md ese ne gea nsids snd r. Flst
tor IA, beloved friends that We may not fai afte'
dc gS. Gea . M ~ Is
| Norpan Of the psescnt, were not suffered 10 CON
! tiuno, By 1casou of death. But Jesus lives; ant
Ills cause - narehing On, and His Kingdom L
! rear. md etM nearer coming; and Df that king
dom, yea, and Of the tncsease Of thst kingdom
therr eLall be NO end
! hrfrht hopee no. retire from active servsce, hn
.tt1l desiring y be usetal, and be9gtng Joar com
mittee to point out to me, from time to time, an
1yay IN which they n1ay think can rensf som
tu1al service.
May you, houored elr. long be spared 70 presid
over this great body on these joyful oerastons An
mar 5ou< and All tbs congregation, SEQ the etetns
| good Of Gods chosen. snd rejoice with his anhe
tapce. ..---. -.--..-.>-
Your area, yex5 aaectionate, but very uuwortA,
n. GooDEt1-
REV, M. FORD
The President Introduced tho Rev. Mr. For
Who. he STATED, had been for eighteen years ca,
nected With the Syrian Mlsstou. The -misstonar
| spoke ~ follows:
NV Christian Ftienda: It IL an oppressis
| thought that stand before you As the Eole repr