, 1869-12-13
THE CHINESE Of CALIFORNIA.
Address of Rev. G. L. SGenrer, In Plymouth
Congregational Chnrrh, Last
Evening.

At meeting last evening. In the Plymouth Con-
g1egat1oual Church, Rev. g. L. Sbearer, Assistant
Secretary Of tha American Tract Society, who has
tokt arrived from San francisco, Where he has
spent the LIST 1our months IN establishing union
missionary co'rottage, eaid: THAI his visit
WEE made in reponse to numerous aPpeals from
individuals, churches, md ecclestsstc2l meetings
IN pnapY pas1s Of ou1 territory ~ees OF the Rocky
Mountains. In e1te1ded travels sud conferences
with rteldenta, he had been deeply Impressed
Win the immense natarM resources OF that Sec
tiou, with It's genial cluate, lts rich mines thst
dollars, and i.s agric1lsarN and manufacturing
interests, which promise 10 exceed even
1he wealth Of the gold and silver product
lie had been cheered py the progress Of 1be
cnu1clea which, IN score OF 5eaEA coMplset1 u.
IN the Ea.t; but the spiritual dest.u.'on Of paoy
nc..:tcns Is eppallng 10 eserg pa'not and Ca,ist.
Ian. While the e7a9geIica! membership OF rhe
county exceeds II per csnF that Of thts territory
i the eI pseps e1es It sso osy eene II mssy
Of the n11ic2 towna toe Sabbath 1s especially de-
voted TO trading, and ytslts 70 the q milling aud
population is 50 chaugea9le that the settlements
ere often called t'czn3ps rather thaa to +nx
N ore town visited n.vioR 1850 tnnaol;a1ts, the
sntlte Eyasseiieal Cnarcn membership cousstsd
other 81 go people there Was neither church ncr
Sabbath School, except among tae Rouanls.s
apd one Nomao. longing for the'e prsEiiege!, said
tar Up tn the mountains that We have no sou1s.''
from Chico, California, 70 Jacksonv,lc, Oregon,
so miles ho had been able TO hear OF only thtee
California, as the mother Of STATES on the Ps-
ct1c, would give lone TO much OF the district ly-
ing eastward In the future. Toe struggling
and lhelr inability 10 meet the demands made up.
toe oldet s;s,es Ths B.plls: and Congregations
1eD:.n9 ns many branches OF the caarcb, and o7c
Of the Methodist Conferences, passed resolutions
Of cordial greeting, and pledged their sympathy
Public mec:,pes have been held tn the lesdla9
ctries, and ce1lec1lops taken for the cause. al
one Of these, Rev. Dr.. DH1nelle, OF Sacramento
stated that the esargrilz Of the mining towna
was ore Of the utsoised problems Of the Church
that all ecclesiastical machinery had proved too
ssow 10 keep ~ With this shifting people: aud he
knew Of no!nidg nut coltoItaRe, which IL pracl'
slider equal 10 tue necessity. Like sentiuents were
expressed by Rev. DE- stonc and others, a. an In.
msnEe mass 1eetinG Of The leadlsc esangellcsl
The society has already ewployed four col
poriears for ttis region, aud others woald be
added as soon ns suitable and available laborer.
Franc!:co, at which 1ls publications. wli1 be fur
l'kheh at the same pr:cea as IN New Yort.
II t. laoor @ q aGnosg @ re Ga,nese, @ vas:ooey ess'ma:
ha sa ed 1o Il
nl!sslon presE, aided By the society at SHANGHAI,
had been Imported for thelr special use. Wilt
this colposteuf, ~ American 1sbo1er cA4yassei
teach aucnc bis own people,, the China11an gath
eunR Scholars AID The American e1lt.ttog fns
teAcherF. TFhe speaker here exhibited the 1rs
ferort Of Cher Cno1z, co'porteur, written in ths
Ch!2e1e ch1r2ctcrA1 SeTefai luAta1ces or report
cd coLyeratoEs occurring Ii California were mar
Ioted- Leading churches Sere openicK S1ohztt
Schools, anti streaoJ nearly 1,0t0 we're uuder eucs
iuetruction, Of which puInber $50 wert in tht
church OF ReF. Dr. Scudder, at San Francisco
With feeble churches ard educational aud huunnEi
iIstttut,ols unenfowed. California c2nnot Eup
port this work. Willingly, Hccofd,0s 70 1h.!r aeu
1ty, they give, but tn their nasro ne woold ear
pestly anpenl lor .he aid Of easter1 Christians To-
tour. dltbs OF f1h COO needed there this 5ear,j
NEc1e John fassar fclioWtd, n2Ir&.t1E rus re
suits Ct personal effort, as he iabored ID nhnot
twenty years ago. and conversions among to,
1ntnsts during hia rece1t tip 70 Cstyoznas. T.
lopcd that tie energy and enterprise OF this claS
would he cosSecrated 10 Jesus and aid nightly II
bflnginE HI answer to hls psaje "AMtstsa 80
1etns."
Rev. Glen Wood, District Secretary for tn
Northwest, stated that IN hta district, for the los
three 1el1s, an average Of twenty hopeful con
versions for every twelve months' co1portcu
labor had been reported, and that IN the history
lhe society S2o0.0e6 nad been expended III Il;
benevolent WORK, beyond NIL donations an
1eRacies received, showing 1ha: all donations wer
str'cny applied to the charitable uses OF tn
scctety,
Al 4 singing "Jesus shall reign whereer III
sun" the congregation Ras dismissed With th
bepeQicllGu.