New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-15
METHODIST MISSIONARY ANNITERS1RY

III
BISHOP THoMsON-LoyE FEAsTs AND OTHER
SERVICES.
The Missionary Society of the Methodist
Episcopal Church held it's annual business meeting at
the new Methodist Publishing and Missionary Buildings.
Of Broadway and Eleventhst on Thursday FRI
day and Saturday OF last week. and appropriated over
100000 to the various mission fields under Its care Yes
terday connection with this anniversary, over 100
missionary preached in the Methodist pull
pits ofNewYork Brooklyn and Vicinity by members OF
the Board, returned missionaries and other eminent
ministers, including Bishops Scott and James and IN
many of the churches liberal collections were taken up
in aid OF the Gospel In the morning. at the Allen
st. Church. of which the Rev George Lansing Taylor is
pastor the Rev. VIM. Goodfeow. d. D., superintendent
of the South American Missions, made the opening
prayer and Bishop Edward Thomson LID, OF Evans
ton near Chicago preached able and interesting SER
mon from the text in Daniel Kill t. Many shall run to
and fro and knowledge shall be increased" Our per
suason began the speaker that the religion OF Christ
will soon become universal upOn the declaration OF
scripture. and needs other foundation: st II may
be amss to mark the signs OF the times and see bow the
providences and promises OF God concur select hut
One-the facilities OF ntercOMmuncatOn. wonderful
is the change In this respect still more wonderful changes
are contemplated Beside the grand suez Canal soon to
the Ithmus Of Cornth the French TO bring the
at the Collie de Fox while proposed Nicaragua Canal
seems almost and that through the Ishmus OF
for seeking the north by following the Cult
into the Arctic Ocean. and for making an inland
of the Sahara by canal 70 miles long Turning TO
the land find railroads penetrating and cvlizng the
interior Of the continents so that must follow them
OF mankind The empire Of Iindooism is spanned with
rails. The iron horse of the Baltic will soon drink the
waters Of the Caspian and the steam OF London will be
Leg OIL H. Constantinope;, rode behind ioeomotxe
Railway ssH esTs anu out its pans he solitude OF
the whole Churches of Asia may be Weakened
breathing is the Cross through the do
mniOns of the Crescent; Ia the empire OF Buddhism
coast of China BY means OF these improved methods OF
travel far in an hour formerly did ina
like the different streets Of city The progress OF tee
graphy is equally steady and the Great Eastern, which
dental anticipation, for she only has tho capacity for
laying the deepsea cables which the world demands
ton have increased facilities for impressng
an Great was tne bsc0er OF prnnng Dnl greater
beggar turned into the 0racles OF truth The daily
towns and haInlets well cities. and the formidable
mOnthlies and quarterlies are becoming necessities
paper Is not Confined to C6risendom but is going
Into all the world through the routes OF commerce,
themselves are employing 1t as means OF o0mmunica.
ton There are 80 newspapers In the yernacuar in India
OF passing events and extracts from current literature
Christian missions planted in most OF the great ceners
of the world, rapidly awakening the heather mind:
for each them center of light merely by It's
preaching, but by its schools and IT'S printing press.
Moreover there are not less than 1900 Government
schools and colleges IN India. in which the English Ian
and modern science are taught the Ra!ahs and
teach their and the distinguished families OF Turkey
and Egypt send their Children @ to Europe especially to
Mind is awakng from the sleep OF The heather and
eld setting preacher against preacher, school against
school, altar against altar We can preach nowhere
able commentary the books Of Moses, written by
Mohammedan and containing an answer TO the objec-
Buddhist priest who had just returned from SIAM where he
had obtained funds from the King OF that country TO
These chiefly from the writings OF Bishop
COlensO showing how that learned prelate
stupid Bulu and how he recanted and turned against
the religious system he had vowed TO defend An able
anity by Mr. Goggery provoked these tracts, which.
the war into the enemy's country and showed that the
assumptions of Buddhism are selfcontradlctory and
opposed 10 science. history and reason, WHILE OH the
other hand, the difficulties OF Christianity be solved
to the Island in March 1885, found at BadagaRa high
debate In progress under the palm trees OF Ceyion,
ro6ed ceibate, Buddhist priests This was attended
for days by thousands OF natives eagerly listening to
tanly Of no ordinary Importance. spirit ofin
dur and knowledge is spreading all through heathen
world Passing with Missionary McClay up the streets
OF Fuehan, heather Coolies saId There goes the
Bishop. He is like Jesus Christ; he goes around the
that they had learned Jesus and also his errand
earth. While the natives gaining knowledge OF
our religion which is strength. they also gaining
knowledge Of their which Is their weakness The
ancient Brahminical monopoly Of knowledge has been
destroyed and all handle the sacred books and
test them In China and Japan the knowledge OF the
truth in science and religion is making equally rapid
strides AT opening OF the Suez Canal there will be
Congress OF European and Asatlc sOyereigns and
way and the spot there will be collisions OF mind from
which shall fly sparks Of truth that may knde fires
in all the earth second result OF this enlightenment
is that the false religions OF the earth shaken These
are chiefly Brahminism, Buddhism, and Mohammedan.
ISM The that India has been conquered by distant
people has had small influence In shaking Hnd0o
faith. A missionary preaching at Benares made such
appeals that the multitude fearing the result;
minutes, .Great is Ram because he con:
quered IAnkap At length al old man, more shrewd
than the rest cried OUT you fools II Ram 70 God be-
cause he conquered Lanka, what do you make OF the
English who have conquered not only Lanka but all
Hindostan beslde The Hnd0os remark, also, the vast
superiority OF the English In science and energy and a
uniting that they wise people, ars beginning 10 ask
whether they would have foolish religion Ihs cOnsid-
Grafton felt with great force In China where the people
see that the goa In whom they trusted can neither pro-
tect their temples nor their wOrshlpers Brahmn has
said that nlne-tenths OF the whole HndO0 population
have abandoned all conscientious regard for the forms
religion. once the priests could dispense crowd, but
not now once they could terrfy the people by threat
e1lnR failure OF the crops consequence OF neglect
ing the temples but they do longer; and the