Smyrna times., 1869-01-27

how John Meade broke into a 1elirium of
jOy--how Mary Sutton cried first, and then
cried and laughed together-all these matters
| shall not attempt to describe. Mary Sutton
is now Mrs John Meade, and her husband has
actually begun the great historical picture
Peter. Finch has taken to discounting bills, and
bringing actions on them, and drives about in
his brougham already.
IFOr the Smyrna Times."1
Anniversary of the General Mission
airy Society of the M. Il. Church.
The Missionary Society of the Methodist
Episcopal Church was organized in 1919, and
its fttieth anniversary has just been held in
the city of Washington, u. 9. The exercises
consisted of preaching services and platform
meetings held in the churches of that city on
Sunday and Monday, Jan. 10th and llth.
AT the FOUNDRY CHURCH. Rev. Bishop Ames
preached in the morning from Timothy
| g.: . For bodily exercise profteth little: but
gOdliness is profitable unto all things" &c
In the evening platform meeting was held in
the same church, presided over by Judge
Fisher of the Supreme Court of the District Of
Columbia, who delivered an eloquent address
In opening the exercises, and was followed by
Rev. Alfred Goodman.
| At WESLEY CHAPEL, Rev. A. Goodman, of
Wilmington, Del, preached in the morning,
taking as his text Romans la: II am debt
or both to the Greeks and to the Barbarians,
| both to the wise and the unwiSe."
In the evening platform meeting was held,
presided over by Chief-J Justice Chase, whose
opening address was of great beauty and power.
tie said "Christian missions propose moth
ing less than the conquest of the whole world.
They propose not only the reduction of all ma
tions and of all governments to conformity with
christian laws, but they propose the subjuga
tion of every individual heart. No other such
enterprise ever engaged the heart of man /;
none of earth's mightiest conquerors, in his
fondest dreams, ever expected to extend the
sceptre of his kingdom over all the inhabitants
OF the globe, and much less over every thought
of the mind and impulse Of the heart. The
Christian religion makes no compromise with
any wrong; all other religions do.". He pro-
ceeded to consider the condition of the earth
as furnishing ground of hope for the successful
accomplishment of the work entered upon by
the Christian Church. He referred to the facts
that nations were fewer; there are fewer Ian
guages; the means of intercourse between ma
tons greatly increased; the increase Of the
laborers in Christ's vineyard, &C., &C.
After singing, by the choir, he introduced
Hon. H. Price, of Iowa, and Rev. Bishop
James. both of whom gave very able and in
teresting addresses.
MCKENDREE CHAPEL. Preaching in the
morning by Rev. DR.. Harris, Corresponding
Sec'y of the Missionary Society, from Mark
1912: "Go ye into all the world" &c.
Evening preaching by Rev. S. L. Gracey, OF
Smyrna, Del, from Isaiah 63-l: Mighty to
save"
EAST WASHINGTON. Preaching in morning
by Rev. DR.. Foss, of New York; Mark l6-20:
"And they went forth and preached every
where, the Lord working with them, and con
firming the word with signs following
J Evening preaching by Rev. j. A. NJ. Chap
man, of Boston, from Psalm 2-S: "Ask of me
and shall give thee the heather for thine
inheritance" &c.
HAMLINE CHAPEL. Rev. G. S. Hare, D. D..
of New York.
UNION CHAPEL Rev. Mr.. Chapman; Rev.
Ills.
; Evening. Rev. Mr.. Mitchell, of North Caro-
. lima, from 81 Psalm-l3.
A public meeting was held in Foundry NJ
r. Church, on Monday morning, at which
: Bishop Ames presided, and made the following
i remarks in opening the exercises:
"There is much in the past history of ou
! missionary organization that calls for thankful
ness. Just about fifty years ago this Society
| was organized. Its income for the first yea
' was only eight hundred dollars. We have col
lected and expended from the commencement
c about eight millions, and not one dollar ha
o been paid Into the treasury that has not beer
!. satisfactorily accounted for. No draft has eve
K been protested, nor has the Secretary ever los
a dollar by the dishonesty of any agent. Thi
} great revenue-for it is now the largest revenue
K collected by any religious organization in thC
e United States-is collected by the voluntar!
action of the pastors of the churches. W.
IS have no financial or soliciting agents. In vir
o tue OF his office as pastor, the minister /
= charged with the responsibility of looking afte
q the interests of the missionary cause, and max
ing collections to sustain it, and in the admins
n tration of the affairs of the Society hard
n three cents out of a hundred is expended t,
pay those who perform the executive duties
t. We have three Secretaries at New York, anC
y we pay boOk-keeper for keeping the account
s. of the general treasury, five hundred dollars
st year. That, with the necessary incidental eX
d penses connected with the Office, is the sur
l. total of the charge brought against the genera
treasury for the administration of the affairs c
ID this great Society.
r. ga very eminent man, who was for years
IN missionary in China, and was United State
v Commissioner, said to me, last night: L stoo
c. upon the platform of Wesley chapel twenty
ne must have put to fight any doubt that ma
a. have fingered in the mind of any man as
nv the final success of the missionary cause
have seldom listened with more interest to rt
op marks than l listened, last evening to thoi
tn made by Chief-J ustice Chase. And yet, L sal
. to him, at his house, at the close of the mee
IT, ing: Governor, you left out one of the nigh
d. lest elements in the calculation which ensur
success. The statement that you made tn
ct- one.third of the human family only is er
en- braced in the pale of the Christian church
ell course is true, but that one-third takes the
zee tellect of the race The intellect of the n
IN is to-day q baptised intellect, and, all 9th
i'm things being equal, brains will win in the gre
en battle of life, in this as well as any other
'ep partment. What do we receive as the trult
int heathen brains? what inventions in mcchani