, 1865-10-04

OF teamen In the fae11c- FORMERLY the natrei
were pirates and murderer. + was pezilou. to al
among it, tsl.rds. Now that is all changed wheF
| ever mtz zeIona1y has been laboring.
Men ei hs son MSa Sstus 95 here
| mald your respect. Can you be engaged IN any
| hing moro worthy q your manhood Than thisi t
! ttris1ona1y. No. Your men Of science know bet
cal, Geological, chronological meteorological aoc'e
lies now place the missionaries IN The chef rsnE
se Woe eees n
sionoYy Ht,nld, saying that he regarded he mis
elouahes as his most valuable helpers In advanclnl
geographical seisnes, assgn'n2l q the reasQn %
scenes and dffiricts they describe; understand il,
language; they are honest: and, ho might ha1'
added, they hsve he confidence md eosidiai co
| brethren, hare now endeayured 10 yindicate ani
to ap1mate soufhiih+ nremains 10 quality it, ant
As this wonderful grace opens the vista OF etey
nifty and the vision Of heaven to tho mental eve il
exposed TO danger which hss not been always sui
Faith includes glorious, almost bounaless EXPECT
eton and Jet rs 1t Is the finite dealing with tie In
finite, It must hare metes and bounds.
i. 1Fe snast not sEpect to nad for kAls work O,
path. Must ours be smooth e. 6ofs the cross
can we dispense with I'll :
Personally we are to enter tho kingdom through
and blood, but fallen angels; the mightiest Of them
Faith Ia TO be tried BY dc It has no alliance VII
| Incidence or tmbec1nty.
we ind it lordided Geid al eoginee1ed luto ba;
tons, abatns, and t{enches all bristlng With thf
weapons OF var. BfahmiEm, Buddhism, Islamfsm
and Judaism. Psnthsism; Atheism, Deism, Social
any place, and worldllness and godlessuess u eysry
| plice we may enter
Christ l. the owner, hut Satan Is In possession.
Thus, too. We arc obliged 10 work at disadyan.
tagc: separating laborcra on The aids ani IN
stfunents 1abosers at home possess; sending them
as strangers to use foreign tongue.
wholly on sth eoai1seiins aIso dsSs It 5e be-
ginning Of the year. to be paid By millions Of per
eona who hare given us no legal tathor1ty to con.
| tract these debts In their naule.
Then ii Is .rnlc Of missionary labor that the
more successful It fs, the more We have 10 pay for
1t. II never keeps itself In notion. It walks By
\ faith. not BY mathematics. not by physical nor
VIC eepd young seadder to India, endowed with
extraordinary qualifications for his work; Just a.
the door Is oprnsng 2 @ him be Is drowned. We
native heaFt almost at nfat sieht. Tho ha1ness is
scarcely taken and he dies Anothc. mIssion-
ary, afier all the labor and expense OF the ontat
A native schoolmhs.cr, In Africa. just CON.
nenses work Of edgsation that promises to make
big work H. fairly through Its asst ycar.
:. Many cloud We thought BIZ with rain has van
Here il he patience OF hope, the work Of ta,.h,
the labor of1ove.
We mrst also look for
r. Css IT, m1sser ,nas nssned H. oE o.
.'H any man Will follow ne, let him rako up his
eross, and deny himeelE md follow me. The con.
fall Into The ground, and die 1t sbldeth alone; but
III die, 1t brincceh forth much nuIt" How shall
!, ais IN our caae' BY ihe saeslaoo q properly,
When Chapin was dying. il the falinets of esisb,
laying his precious manhood on his Sa,lors altnr,
be e!ea!med: We shallneycE eall this waste"
Faith IL subject to another Limitation to lis ex-
pcciaiiops-cren that of
~. Da,s ard failures; The church msised four
fos the sassnt Or neE sas19s She
sthe wilderness; until at length the Reformation
dawn aaw nod; low long NC hare walled for the over
waiting for the overthrow or inddclity, error and
superatilution: but stiil THO issue taITies. ~
1asn TO- ths Increase Gf the worlds population
born, more die tn ons Jear than we have converted
tn ever MY years. Yet we walk by faith, not by
ssisht snre q two thlngs-thai God VIII give thae
Lord. Tomorrow, for ausht We know may b
preached the sermon that ahall convert the Martin
Luther OF Chnn or India and thus conyulse tho old
But II We should see tho ecsra magnificent
chnrches OF Aei& declining md at length annihfIat
ed, W should stlIl know mat jesus lives. and ts
Think ye, our poor at.alumcnts and achieve.
ments hive exhausted The provisions OF infinite
Sah1.3 1spk hat i'h has yet wrought BY
No, brethren; We are men OF little faith, too full
Of sclf and the world to give the power Of God
room TO dwell and work 10 rs. We need more Of
from eternity, In tho bosom Of the Father but
eond not rema1n there "a the wsil Of lost raeo
came np into his ear; lore, which would make the
ease OF home tntoleabe 10 some, the Possession Of
wealth burden 10 OtbCrE.
pIaysrI whntsee1eF yc shall ssE Ia
promise has all power 10 Heaven and Garth. ''
Look nj the Reyc1stof's vition concerning prayer
i ~ about to receive an answer: distinct won
foI about the Fpsec of half an honr' Then he says
- saw The sesen angels which stood befose God,
aaa s1a1 10 sheln "ete given eeyen uumpeis." They
uttessnees.: But mt prayer must have its plsec.
And that pface Is thus asaigaed Ii; ''And another
anesl came and stood at the altar, ha1tng golden
cense" For What TEst there ere m!eht Me! o ssecpd n,
before the Eternal Father the prayers Of
.ain,s t{gaed n tho agreeable odor Of hanktn
sweetness. the prevalence, the power, the efficacy
q our pIaying eon.ista We h2se high pr1est ever
Y But to continue: "Thern waa e1ren," to
h!s eighth angel, 'tmuch incense, TINT be should
'sF Th tue q =. saints tie gon
1ary. s'Hhlch came with the praycfr Of The ssInts
sss x God Sa ae he
md hed II With nEe Of tho atar, and cast Il INTO
he Earth; and there were voices and thnuderingr,
mighty movements OF Providence, the sounding o;
he eeven tumpet~ that shnke the world, come Arst
ne .ssetet' despsed pFaJer meetings. the closet
j, About the middle Of the last century Jona.h.n
Edwards invited the churches Of Europe and Amer
e to unite in prayer more .peclas and more earn
bose prayers could be answered only through po-
ltlcal conyulsions- When be who Il "callcd
+. vee ss fs 1l Iii be O. .ese peoa 16
iotEe. Slothed with sce!u1c dipped m blood, fol-
9" Cd by fhc armies fn heaven, On white horses
TOW ns. And ont Of bis mouth groweth a eharD
.wcrt, that with i he shnn1d emtte The nations.
and N ac tIsadeth the Wipc.pEess Of the nerceness
aw this wtne-psess tlodden, The "blood cauo ont,
y en- unto the BY the spsco OF sixteen
,nndsea saass'o 1ps'oag." @ Then 20 heard in
After The extraordinary p1nytne of tha last ccntu-
Y came the American retolutioH; the French ray
linton; the bible, tract, Sunday school and mis-
ionary sociede5i the revsva4 Of religion that have
sampel the character OF our nation. '"-
In 1859 call came from missionaries In India Eo-
new concert OF prayer, t1Ic consec1atton Of week
be throne then, llel With me OF The altar It Was
ast into Tho earth. And again there were '.yoices
nd laundering, lightning, and earlhguakes.r Rms
L has broken the chains Of twenty-five millions Of
ay. Austria, the home Of Mettc1nleh and The Jc-
iii, bas adopted constitutional form Of govern
sy aaS 81 SpsF HF 1t
Missionary labor, now proclaim lie ngc Of despot-
III pakt. i
Ard hare we NOT heard The a:s.u1 tunpe,z; h.s
OF our continent been shocked BY the hcaytnc
have NOT four million shacklcs been |
Etven asMder herci Have VIC not heard tho