, 1869-12-24
MISSIONARY tab1Rs.
Statement Of Work Dome BY the u1e the dist
SscIety.

The an, uai Meshedlat Eptsoopsl Missionary meet
Ing wa held last eyening, At the church Of that
deIomtr htloo On the corner OF Washington and
Cask s'1e>tr,
Bahop E Thompson occupied the cnals. A1d
opentd the proceed ngs with prayer Ae then
q ade lew temA1ks as - the present condition Of
ChrtttAIiiy IA The woE i and especially In India
In that euntry, he sad, the faith Of the nauves
waa 30 ahAkcn IN thetr old religion that
be believed Cbr1stlauity could be pro-
claimed there to-day Without any opposi.
tfop. he alluded tol the necessities Of
the beatheu. and the want Of motu workers,
more Btelca. and more money, and gave a de-
tAaitd stAte1rent Of the wu1x3nHa Of mission
osrs hsa e 70 sss ~
education Of select youth In those European
sciences which could cot help but overthrow the
throughout the length md breadth Of that empire
Rsv. s.npel Fsl1oTs followed ,a enet ID:
dress On the right and dut3 q the Methods:
Church to tend missionaries to foreign lands He
tald there WAS no protective tafi1 on sdes4, bat
ihat eyesy one asd Etzht 70 50 where be ple.sed,
u tn,Rhs teesa !.te uty 70 1rgne tats question,
but the right had lasely been questioned ln high
qua.tess, both outside and inside Of the Church
iae aotpel from m IL IL esnnoas se moa,R. e. en
torcrg ii y tto point Of the hA1onet but to teach
s u eSs tso@ ne Pqp I'D ss 5 =, sSe q
soula todsy enEeieped u lao c!oada &
da1kness ara ignorance, and Christianity could
reseh Them onty BY 1tsssonastaA Th.s va ! datJ
which Christians could not shut their eyes TO- OF
neglect He ,eslo we'd the reta'iuns OF tne Metno-
dist Church 10 Tho mitaonafy tyaseu1, aud urged
that N The future, its eo1ta Be Increased IN this
direction
After the singing Of the missionary hyun.
From 0reenlanos Icy Mountains" :" etc. Biahop
Clast p1oceeded 10 make few remarks. He
modern hkeptfcs Thai uasa.onary ennst VIA taii-
uze, and abo red that this was far from being the
demou.t1ais that ta. tine would nut b. long be.
forr.:he Gospel would b preached to III nations
1t bad teen but eizhty-1ou- ytzf1 since modern
great have been the results achieved. He would
put - problem that II i9 1ss2 yesra go 80 600
etoFts OF tho tWe!se Apostles, how long would 1t
take this salt army TO effect tho CONVERSION Of the
| reAt Of the world He went on 10 a.ate q. length
e5orss, ~ acd low permsnent. md how bsnencsal
bad been tho changea elected thro7Gh this
Rev. ". l. Harris Corresponding Secretary Of
the Missionary Society, followed tn some state.
nehM a. 10 annual work OF the msson. he aaid
that they had never aeen morn prosperous con-
live by faith a!one In this wo.I1, and therefore,
| be would speaf Of nnaucea ~ connected With
.,;en "et IT, se the
xHhons e., psfsi!sl ,,, il X hl.:ei;
| u U<LGFutE1k 8uCi1tiES. TQeE6 were
three bodies which made the Appropriations OF
iris sun, and which decided how much snonld 70
to loIeigu. to domeAt5c missions, md TO the en-
ploJtnent OF teschers. lie explained tho mthote
details Of the mns'opa!J organization. and now
successfully tt worked. During The wsI, the Mis-
| sionafJ Committee accumulated on IL hands
| t.G1, geo. which he1Auce was IN tbs treas
organization Nas called upon to enlarge
liz lahlrp. They had slnoe been 50 greatly
| enlarged that The resources OF tho mtsson Wcre
tAEked beyond their strength. The revenues hsd
| NOT Increased beyond 3eno, 900, bat the ootaya
bad Money bad been oo1rowed to carrI On The
| work which dtvolFed upon the General Commit.
tee, md, on the nrst day Of last November, tht
society was 81, 900 ID debt. He ursed the mem
bcrt Of the Church to suescr1oe to tho utmost o'
| their meAn1 for the cNtJinX on or the grrA1
/ work.
The exercises Of the evening were c!osed By sing
inn the Outp1pHy.