The New York herald., 1870-10-30

costly diamonds-diamonds rich and rare and
beyond purchase by the multitude? WHY.
pimply nothing. He wouldn't shine himself
nor could he take the shine of" his fellow
ngttators or opponents. This is really very
eerious view Of the diamond question. The
New York politicians and Africa are likely to
come again in collision.
Aensieas Missions at Home and Abroad.
:, The interesting reports presented during the
past week at tho session Of the Board Of Mis-
HONS Of the Protestant Episcopal Church
ptrlkingly exemplify the influence Of missionary
work ct homo and abroad. Those religious
denominations which engage most actively In
Shis work carry out most faithfully the New
Testament idea Of Church Of Christ, COM
pany Of believers devoted to the grand object
tpf svangelizing the world. The human instru-
msntalities by which, in an Incredibly short
period, the Gospel was planted throughout the
whole Roman empire were the efforts Of the
parry evsngelists or missionaries. The bright
Ast and purest pages In the history Of the
Catholic Church are those which record the
1sbors and sacrifices Of the Jesuit missionaries.
Frotestants and Catholics have united In pay
ing well deserved tributes to these followers Of
1guatius Loyola, whose lives attest the earn
estness Of their faith and the intensity Of their
keal-"a zeal bridled, curbed and ruled by a
guiding hand" indeed, but perhaps for that
very reason all the more effective in accom-
plishing the main purpose for which they
9trove-the greater glory Of God. I'D najo-
rem Dos 9Io,sans was and is the motto of the
Jesuit everywhe-e-in the schoolroom, in tho
library. In the cabinets of princes and mon
archs, in the huts Of savages, in the tropics,
In the frozen North, in India, in China, in
Japan, In Africa, in America. Many Protes-
tant missionaries Of Great Britain and the
United States have nobly emulated the example
ofmissionaries Of the Order Of Jesus. Theodore
Parker, while rejecting the dogmas which
most Of these missionaries lived and not
few of them died to teach, heartily recognized
the nobility of their Christian heroism He
said :-"Dr. Waylands noble memoir of Mr..
and Mrs. Judson is beyond all praise" add
ang, "Judson's character Is truly noble. If
the only results Of missions were to raise ND
such men 1t were enough, for one such man is
worth moro to mankind than a temple like the
Parthenon."
But missions do far more than ''raise up
such men" who abandon all the enjoyments
Of civilized life and, at the peril of their lives,
traverse the remotest and widest regions in
order to diffuse that religion which is every
where the parent Of arts, charities and peace
Missions expand the moral horizon of those
believers who at home actively aid and par
ticipate in the benevolent schemes Of the
missionaries abroad. Mr.. Sergeant Talfourd
eloquently declared it to be not the least bene-
ft Of missionary exertIons that they have
given romantic tinge to the feelings Of mon
Sin populous city pent," and engrossed with
the petty and distracting cares of commerce.
These form, he said, the true evangelical
chivalry, supplying to their promoters no
small measure Of that mental refinement and
elevation which the far less noble endeavors
TO recover the holy sepulchre shed on Europe
in the Middle Ages. 1t is not easy to estimate
the advantages which spring from the extern
sion Of the Imagination into the grandest
regions Of the earth, and from the excitement of
sympathies for the condition of the most dis
tant and degraded Of the species. Moreover,
experience has shown that an interest In
foreign missions begets an interest In domestic
missions. The more jealous believers are to
Abolish heathenism abroad the more jealous
they should be and are to abolish practical
heathenism at home. Nor is 1t fair to measure
the influence Of missions to pagan lands by
The comparatively small number Of converts
directly obtained during any given period of
time. The missionary who ''casts his bread
upon the waters shall surely find it after many
days" The consequences to which his efforts
may indirectly lead are intellectually vast.
His words and his example may form the
little leaven that leaveneth the whole lump.
The most obstinate customs, like the burning
of widows in India, for instance, may be
,eradicated by him. The curiosity which his
doctrines awaken In the minds of such philoso-
lphical Brahmins as Rammahun Roy and
Baboo Keshub Chunder Sen, inducing them to
visit Western Europe and study its religious
theories and practices, may result in deeply
modifying Oriental thought. The influence
Of missionaries in revolutionizing the Sand
witch Islands is patent to the world; and
hone can predict the ultimate effects of the
modern civilizing agencies which European
and American missionaries have been pioneers
In introducing into Africa and Asia
A Coop SUGGESTION FOR A UNIVERSAL
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