, 1865-10-05

vn6 stale of The foreign bad. cticsj In = s1.11, nc
uone nes that o. cur own eonnty. md in H. +
hssaei tn1saoe nS nor ,'s,n s,nF5's, sh1shes Or
al theae modes We seem 10 heaF Tic master a.. ~
uuto ns "Go forward 7'e4 11'
iii rsai h1pon r. " wonderful devrlcp
~ tncrcase Of riches IN the church. our sayi
hn" Hyt nia imperative claim and loudly call M
afrssSe iah H1 enss7a,e % ~ that increase to The no
assotsed. 1nst we thankfully recognize tho
SeSsslas see1 81 The Western churches fos ihe exn
oa6x doubled within tbr last tsree Jesss: We iot
vic 0esp tntsfeet upon their rapia adyzaceio "
tSs sDd = I'D %,,n sH The se5n ~ s nc
great hope that hcnceforth, more and n1orr hsE
spread ,hs kineaom % Of chr.si IL aiss.nt lsndA, 81
slenS = { nsi,!s'3 u Hn|S13s Dsdss "a :: :.
Rsd Rs:di Edward SSFe''fF' C. l. A"'''' A'a g :
Prof Bartlett. .e r'rcrensing tse The rSRos. re aid:
Mr. r1rsideut: II eccu,. 10 ne that we arr
TIC nr.i IL, thc iaea tn, ne sre aolnz r1eat MI
e.onssJ wosk. and hare reached The eItsnt Of o.
noTe1. Whru NC tueasure The gTcatneas Of d
work hyIinteruption and tempQ.azy stoppacs
during which seSstA Of the sudarnee procure
scats-l II we ~cJe to mtafure the greatness c
NJ have done i mighty woTx II we look ,
the hundrcds Of villages thHt hare been redecue,
already from h8fhAr1tm to CIVILIZATION: II we 1oD1
viii ths food of gospel light; If We ioot At IT, IT,
sco1e* Of thousands OF human eouls that have beet
brought 10 Cbtes, and At the hundreds OF thouandl
0! children who hare been 0ruuEht into our schoolt
o. mttsiopaly learning: If wr look II the Million
OF page< Of ChE1filan literature which havc beeu
sprAd abroad oycT there Western lands. ltsee1s To
me ths this eociety would appear to have expended
NOT tens Of mflhou1 Of dollaEe. bnt ten hundred
millions Of dollar upon tte work. Bnt, Nj, rrest-
dent, when Nc look Ut the actual amount Of money
1A%.o +ntH
this movement with the working. Of commerce and
grim wsr, compared With there mighty workings il.
rasscd fof The mlar,on work Why. ST, We sland
here at the ccntre Of operations Of do7cn railroad
companies, my enc Of which has expended In 1ts
has expended IN It's work for .hcsc aity-hse years
past. 1le monitor which was 1.tstched 40 success-
fnlls % the Ohio but three daJs aco, eo-t more
Bo.rd And when We look npon fhe expenditures
a this wpr, which has recently devastated this land.
NC ssa sa1 6 o., e ID Sss 6
board harr tcen scry reak and feeble ude4d. 1t is
altc weak as compared th the individual work Of
oa ss tnss nd b to ~
tollsea, norc than they are giving TO the canse Of
fon,ien missions. Hem among the DIX thousand
sho snolts lii toiersb,c cisar daily. thcn da1ins
the latt wear they llasc expended more than ne
have given 10 the missionary causc. Save
mission cquai II ii. power 10 DO good with thst W
means escn 10 cultivate the aeld that lis* open he
srsch I'll tic churches, nor pt those churches We do
reach. do ne deal with MI the members Of the
church e mGorE1ess'i9n; m T. We reach tLvna- we
put In my pocket before coming here, report Of
the work Of the Congregational Churches 1i ILL
noit. md from that gather that ont Of the a14
churches in this Stale. there ars 100 churcdez
form whsievcr TO- foreign missions. We
know that several Of these are feeble churches
dcndent on outside aid, hut all can do something.
and the nau1beF ol self-snpP Ttine churches which
s,i'e nothing Is not email Take one fact. Take a /
church which gives what some Woad call liter LILY,
AZ things 70, hni know three uen for example. 10
that church. with fur less means than perhaps 1he
majority, "ho hare given mofr than half the fundA
Missions from TINT church. .sMy brsthren. ]
thal singh Sabbath school in thir city has con.
milestone. md three little children living near me
have raised twenty dollars more to contribute to
the eanee Of misrion schools. These conuasts
rhow what might he done In the aggregate we're ali
called on 10 work: they sbox that what Ii done Ia
dong b. the few. and that The many notrcsched-
And xe hare moi reached The Western ned.
si1 Year. AGO ] earnestly en,reated them
10 cort. out md cuti,ate this great and growing
fed UT far neu Lard which scapah!e Of % mach.
We might. Nerc our churches throughout the lan6,
throughout The Ncst, interested In the work. In
etead Of reporting income at hundreds Of hous-
a1ds: Yc might erpost II q, nillions-snd the man
NEo thinks tla in uter7ng these lbfnss am speak
his Ecart.
Tlec Is another mistake ne art liable to fal1into
erd that H. tbtk The E1eatNeAA Of 1he work Of eye
geyaop al home, tutttdes us in indifference to the
great work ahrosd- Tho word has come to 1as rom
5eSn rs syn from 20 Eo1a mn s
care of Sour own county," We bear that utter
ancc At home, for example, "Le. al other works
tsk ao = hs ws
Lem hare no more right to neglect the ef-
lori tos the mlssiun work than has the individual
Ing hi Efforts entirely to those within the limited
circle around III. homo, In his own peighborhood.
TIL. il nos the IN! thai God has appointed. No.
rebcr, tide ~ eidc, and shoulder to sSoGider.
and hear 10 heart. They viii best grow together,
and exp.nd together, a az our experience IL the
ilons practise under no low9 standard thin that
magnificent ptxndard which cur Savior, the Great
nead Ct he ehu1ea tnansnsased = ,ne policy of
the w5fld and preach ,he Goepe1 to eyey creature,
- beginning dstt 81 JerusaIem.'' Jerusalem uas
hut the bcs:innnes, and The Master did not gutter
Of unntinE 10 nestle down by thetr oxu fresadee
he fosced them ont to Other places, forced them 10
1e miss1oGay7ef; and nealn and again has our
ing either missionaries Or martyrs. And II the
;a.. GSst God bud seen fit % hat otheFxtse
sass'iS %ss Sen D. al, s eoa q nigh. ~ s ss
voluntary missionaries. engaged moi nlone II md
tng homes hn' y preaching The Gospel. Indeed,
requirs tie following Of this great policy ~ 1t
4 certain dearh. and sp,si.ual death 70 :
church TO wrsn itself up in fts own mantie. and
Jul 20 j, must b. viii ths churches of the Union
II thry eou1ent thru~elScs with working for this
land alone. Their Efforts yin dHindle and their Ter.
tho new portions o! 1hl. land unless we preach 10
them the brad missionary doctrine Of Christianity,
and church xlsh !. 100 peer to haxe p..s a, u. n
The critical t.ntc oi 1he field abroad think there
IL one s Of @ our aeno@3natons for The home work,
bu, II /: also critical Thing. and there IL vesl
Erea, need that money Should he f1lsed 70
honeycombcd under the -urIacc. End Turkey II nov
open to the ioepel; the results Of the Gospel seed
..r already shown In The ttrmau which has opened
the way 10 persecution Jpst the same reasons
which shonld urge us 10 cafueatnese in home work
should teach nt The necessity Of aiding Ia the for;
n % IL sos 9s g GbS4ees % be
epecal luminares Of hight and life: He has Eisen 10
our missionaries N e19cienc. and power which h.,
Sss eea deT.h ios IT, W eeiepi sis 9o.Sins Il aosa
er!og! from the quiet scholars Of Germany. And
Why il that God has noU turued the cycs Of AZ
that he has tafned III upon Us this vast treasure or
wealth. uud pound 1t out Into tic bosom Of the
church: Wig has be opened up for Us this broad
~ and welG therein 10 ht glory. itta thai we mar
stand forth " Code messengers Of mercy and
truth. 1t i ior thit rcaeon that be isa poured out
lions hungrrins and stretching out their hands
in earnest tnpplicaton. Arr We then 70 stand 1eEe
and say I'VE take care OF oursclyss!" No! God
bushel: II becomes these CHURCHES to dignity. and
r.ncttfy. and eonsecfate, The growing colossal =.
earth that the land which raise ihe largest r.
mics and equip the most invincibIe and lnVulnera.
bic necte, and ueh out lhc moat dlaboltcal treason
on reeo1a, can tiretch oul the strongest hand and
deal out the dcadueSt blows 10 crush out the duS'
dom Of Saat.
nA. Tnrst.
Mr. Trust tasd: rise, Nj. President. to endasse
with all my Leart there resolutions. and also the
grand report ~ Nj. Treat presented 70 ns III.
morning thought Il -nol,Ge, and thought @ 1hai na
1tcaL hc had uet1cr die about this time for 9ncl
effort do not anticipate 10 hcar; md my feeln.s
Sa u s shon Pss hase G sad
!" Mr. President. ioatcaa o! submitting that grant
renort 10 ! committee propose that VIC submit
60 forth ,e .he world. endorsing thst report, lire
ettst ,elly ,nto ,he +nsins sentiments Of # sh'
find We have 10 debts TO ray-no debis unon Us
prospects hlacht-moving on. ns We think, gloE
0usl5.
And here We can, perhaps, nfFord a thought Q
two, 10 cheek ue. n,aE be- IL some OF on calculs
tions IT Wat reported that In the excellent 6ef1no
given last evening u. CLARK stated tint more hes
had numbered from its first c1ietence. II be hA
said TINT more Ind died every month than had bee
CONVERTED IN the sa1ne time, he would hase hee
thr l1ulh. in 160 tie report kayr TINT s., Ok
lcaihens had been eons1ted-thoush there hi
lave besM more o. less.
EI,erfttt cf the conversion of 81 ON 90 fD he