The national Republican., 1869-01-12
LOCAL DEPARTM ENT

MISSIONARY ASyrvERsARY.--The Mission.
AIRY society ofthe Methodist Episcopal Church
held its aftieth anniversary yesterday A. the
Foundry church, at 10 O'Clock, a. M, Bishop
The exercises were opened with singing the
Al appropriate prayer was then made by
Presiding Elder N. J. B. Morgan, after which
the choir led in singing the loOist hymn.
the ff fact that % he % vs." going to leave The eltS 10
during the afternoon that he was presiding 10.
stead OF Bishop James, and that gentleman
Ing In his stead. He spoke OF the great pro
%ress the society had made since It's com.
IN aneement, some htty years past The afst
yeats 1t had expended upwards OF ts,0oo,ooO
and tha not one dollar had been stolen from
them or n therwise lost. All OF 1t was raised
by yoiunte, Y subs". i"'i'ns' supefintended by
'hs Ren %ipSG pr III, T,, one Of the secretaries was
then intioduce Us year .e eonae9slons taao ~ ~
IN n..,,a ,he .ggfe gate contribution Of each of
he hve decades, 70, 'ting up 1851 ,S7lo. The
board had applied sse S %9Hna n,a 70 no, tne % wors
"a the missions stood 81 the close Of the war
IS they had At the begiL 'nlng, and A. the close
there was a surplus Of Ss tScv fnnHs nes IN, me
they were In debt, and the seneral appropria-
little over sioO, ,6oo-a loan on VIII tsh Interest is
Rev, J. A. NJ. Chapman, of Boston,. was then
introduced and addressed them upon me rela-
tion OF the law Of diffusion and It's .pesring
upon the missionary cause. Civiliza Won, ne
said, is the result OF this laws It COVE rns the
mindi society Is based upon 1t; mater, al i'm
ina FiSs. ws. wc
OF living, Il demolished the idols of soei 'iyi
when IT becomes inspired and intensihed oy
Christ in souls, II 10 Irresistible
Among all the agencies of the Church 1t ap.'
peAred to him that the missionary cause was
more in accordance with the scriptures than
any other. The ministry should be univer-
sally aroused upon the subject, and the Church
would not be found wanting. God, he knew,
was in the cause, and that II the people put
themselves In sympathy with Christ the world
would yet be redeemed. ,
Bishop Ames announced that owing TO the
inclemency OF the weather the Sunday school
exercises which were TO have taken place yes
terday at 2s0op. m, in this and Wesley church;
t.Ss nSS oeeu eisee PIsPossb IN ssbbsth % or pWo' "
Judge Reynolds, OF Brooklyn, N. Y, was
presented, and thought that too many OF the
Churches had an idea that this good cause was
outside OF the regular church duties, and by
quoting passages Of holy writ endeayored to
show them that such was not the case. He
addressed them at length in regard to the law
OF Christian benevolenee. To love our neigh.
Dor was the groundwork Of civilization: The
results ofthis law were the Sabbath, mission,
TheFe were even schools provided, he re.
marked, for the blind and deaf mutes in the
none Of which were TO be found In heather
lands. This law was the cause OF the eleva-
tlon of woman from her degraded condition,
and promoted her to the position which she
now occupies. 1t was the cause OF humane
elevation OF nations, the annihilation OF wars,
sc. To ciyiliZe the sAyAges they must Chris
tianize them, by teaching them GODS love ioi
man, and his for God,
Rev. q. 5. Hare, ID. D, Of New York, wal
next introduced, aud said that when they con
sidered that there were so very few souls II
the world baptised with the Holy spirit II
comparison with the many millions ye
strangers to God, the aspect at times seemei
rather diseouragingj yet al OF these had =
be won to Christ, and would be. II the Bibh
was true, Gods greatest purpose was to re
deem mankind, and 1t must come TO pas
sooner or later. He viewed God as the Gre
ator, and dwelt at length on His wondrou
works.
At the conclusion of his remarks the doS
ology was sung, after which Bishop James di;
missed the meeting with benediction.
Among others present at the meeting weft
Bishops Ames and James, N. ]. B, Morgan
presiding elder of Washington districts Rev
Dr Chapman. OF Trenton church, Boston, Rev
9. S. Hare, p. p. ofN. " Judge Reynolds' {
W. Hoover, Langley, Holiday, ,SePtimus TUT
tin and a number OF others Of Washington.