The New York herald., 1869-05-26
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To the report OF the committee to whom the gen
| era report OF the Board Of Foreign Missions hac
been referred were appended series Of resolutions
| as folows:-
Resolved That the report Of the Board be approved ant
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prayeru attention Of the ministers and members OF ou
That the which has hitherto attended this
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sustain this work
That presen. of exchange greatly Increasing
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to make their coniribaiions 90 good 6ssis -
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The report having been received and motion
made to adopt it. Rev. DR.. EoKHARD inquired
whether this would carry tho report and resolutions
be- Wos reso
iutions were passed and lived up to he would give
his u.s. son on to the work never again perhaps, to meet
ana make them only recommendations, then his
son son would remain: The responsibility rests with
for sure to come from the union Of the
churches will not add one man nor one dollar
nsd 40 ana 70
IT, reality and not let 1t remain FORM 1t is easy
to pass resolution but 1t takes work to carry 1t
Try among the heathen and knows the bitterness Of
feeling engendered because the funds were not at
schools, but he had to send on for want OF means.
But II these resolutions be passed, then each man
should know that 1t has become his duty to see that
Rev. DR.. MATrOoN who had presented the report,
stated that this very question was prominently before
the committee. The funds had run low; the trea-
surer had said that If, in the Providence OF God,
legacy had not come he could not have carried the
burden n an month longer the Board expect another
the Board win be in debt for this years work. 1t is
every minister's and elders duty to present this
byteries. BY them, even churches with no
reached. The committee desire to pledge
this Assembly, not alone as body but individual
10 70 uOue 90 tnelr utmost, ana carry
their influence before the presby and see that
Rev. DR.. IRWIN, Secretary Of the Board of For.
eign Missions, sad that the keynote to the work Of
the Boara are the words OF Christ Himself he
made strong appeal directed to the Christian
hearts Of his hearers to support the efforts to evan
geize the world Interesting was his classifying
as among the Buddhists Of India, the Chinese, &C..
OF South America. He referred to the Efforts OF
missionaries and to the testimony that China was
literally open to Christianity and that Hndooism is
| n Ha mad ia
spoke empnatically Of the duty Of every Christian
to support the Board In Its missionary labors.
member Of the Executive Committee of the Board
o. q Foreign Missions vi wh9 gave graphic account Of
ago the Board had no home and was accommodated
with an office in the speakers store. He remembered
tue following year when forty.fye thousand dollars
were contributed by little children Alone The year
after they were again seventy-six thousand dollars
In debt. He detailed some Of tue harassing sltua-
had come through the want OF funds, and closed
with fervent exnortaton to be more liberal in the
future.
The next speaker upon the same subject was Rev.
DR.. WATERBURY, member OF the same committee,
who also enlarged upon the failure Of the church
purposes While other foreign missionary societies
have money, but lack men, the Presbyterian Board- !
heathens, but not the means to send them. sre
Hs there xplaineq in detail practical method BY
means Of which each pastor and elder could reach
and in1uence them 70 contribute. He called upon
all to let this be missionary day, and throw their
world world ana and God Is opening avenues for them to
Rev. DR.. MARTIN, from Ningpo, China, was called
cussion OF this subject he compared 1t with the hum
and buzz during the business details, showing that
ings yesterday. but are to-day. He mentioned
the debt Of the Board and said 1t was too much the
hemid Ali did in Egypt planting trees. thus ncreas-
ing the fail Of rain every pastor should plant in the
would soon benencently rise about US. He then
spoke Of missionary labors and their results "a hav
brsstberhood ns and aways bringing nome benefits to
its nation. He spoke OF Urfas transating the Bible
INTO Gothic and instructing them in Christianity,
sacked the Roman Empire, they saved the churches
and all who sought refuge IN them the Cross called
Of Chinese, that there win be Chinese nations on
this Continent In less than three centures they will
w not aspacs S the Anglo saxon but S they W s By
here and shall they come as Christians or heathens
He then entered into details OF his missionary ex.
perience. At the last meeting OF PresDytery Of
Ningpo sixteen members were present, only four
white men. eleven were Chinese. when he ar
rived there only seven individual Presbyterans were
there they had now seven churches. Why then be
backward In this nourishing work OF Godf He was
tons Would be adopted without discussion. lie
hoped that the Assembly would In the true meaning
OF the word adopt and make these resolutions their
REV. Mr.. ROBERTS, OF New Jersey, followed. What
will the Suez canal, the Pacific railroad the cable
telegraph dor They all refer to temporal matters,
except as the Church OF God may make use OF them.
But by the labors OF the missionary penetrating the
hidden languages OF thousand millions OF people
and bringing TO them the literature OF the Churcn
canal is opened ten times as important a. the Suez
canal or any other enterprise. Hence the work OF
foreign missions transcend any other enterprise In the
world. And while temporal enterprises receive more
money than they want the church goes begging, runs
In debt and hundreds OF churches refuse contrbute
He also having been in Egypt and Palestine related
some OF his experiences In that country among
those whom former missionaries had converted and
who were now waiting for other missionaries, but
there Is no money to send any
At the hour OF half-past twelve the Assembly ad.
journed, with prayer, 10 halfpast two O'Clock z. ~
Afternoon Session.
Before opening the proceedings In the afternoon
oil the delegates TO the Assembly arranged them.
selves IN order In front OF the church, on Filth ave.
nue., and were photographed In body.
A report OF the special committee In regard 70 the
decorating OF soldiers graves on sunday next was
made, to the eject that nobody could be found who