The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-23


tfonal exercises win he held from, ga &. III
10 los which was adopted.
On motion. Rev, j. Garland Hammer 4
cue synod OF Baltimore, was Invited TO sic as
| corresponding member; also Rev. William
L. Hall, of the Synod OF Mississippi.
synod then took recess until II O'Clock
| this evening. Il.
missionary Meeting at Night.
tfrom the Baltimore SIM and Gazette reports
Az night missionary meeting was held In
the church, conducted under the direction
OF the Synod, the moderator, Rev. Dr.. Kirk
patrick, presiding. There was a good nj.
tendance. After preliminary religious ex-
erciSes, Kew. Stuart Robinson, d. D.. of Ken
lucky, was introduced. and made an address,
any setting forth the great good accom-
pushed through the agency of the mission
airy cause. The Indians, Cinnamon, and re-
>'ocnts OF South America, although a papai
country, he said, were coming to the mis-
sionaries OF the Presbyterian Church and
saying, take our children and educate them,
Men emincntly qualified were offering them
selves rs missionaries the want of men was
not the trouble, but there was a want pf
effort IN the church 10 provide means where
~.
There was great complaint Of hard times.
but he did not see any difference in the social
parties given OF expensive dressing or in the
following up of foolish fashions. The people
Of the church were following too much after
the >hoddy fashions Of the times. What was
wanted was picty in the hearts of the people,
The Rev. Mr.. lie Conte was next intro
duccd 10y the Moderator, who remarked that
he would leave for the missionary fields of
Brazil to-day. Mr.. lie Conte remarked that
objection had been made by many in the
church to foreign missions being conducted
In Roman Catholic countries on the ground
thai the Roman Catholics are not hcaihens-
that their presence Is the recognition Of God
and that their church offers material for the
salvation Of the soul, even though il be GOV.
cred with mountains of corruption.
This tho speaker believed TO be q narrow
conception Of the Importance Of foreign mis-.
sionary work. The foreign and domestic
mlsSlonary work Gre essentially identical.
hence the Roman Catholic countries are as
much included in the field as the heather
lands. These objections were gradually be-
coming removed, and the importance of the
| mission work in Roman Catholic lands was
| being recognised more and more with each
succeeding year.
The Rev. Dr.. Hoge, of Richmond, next
| made an address, remarking that, viewed in
all its aspects, there was something hopeful
| and encouraging in the subject Of foreign
| missions. The speaker reviewed the pro-
| gress of the foreign missionary work, and
| spoke Of the vast amount Of good that had
been accomplished through Its agency in less
| than century,
| Abiding to the current literature of the
day. he declared that it showed 4 remarkable
| skepticism on matters of religion. The work
Of the Church is to disabuse the minds of the
people in this respect. Much has already
been done. Young men have offered them
selves for the ministry in such numbers that
the means for their education cannot be Sc
cured. Ia connection with what has already
been accomplished in foreign missionary
work, the speaker referred to the conversion
Of the Queen OF Madagascar and her subjects
in that heathcn island. Sixty years ago the
! whole of Polynesia was unchristianized.
Now it has 10000 church members, greater
than the membership of the Synod of Vir-
gint,. In China and Japan much has also
beeG accomplished, but some idea of the ne.
ces>ity existing for more missionaries In
China may be understood when it is known
that there is only at present one missionary
for every four million people.
There are now being educated in England
and America 80 japanese, who, upon theil
return to Japan, will greatly aid the work Of
missions in that great country. As I'm in
vestmcnt the work Of foreign missions offer.
ed great Inducements. 1t has been estimated
that for every dollar Great Britain has ex
pended ill foreign missions she had realized
ten through her increased commerce.
The closing address was by Key. Mr.. Nc
llwaine, secretary of the Foreign Missionary
Board, who gave an interesting account o
| the progress of the mission cause in di.teren,
landS, including China. Japan, the Sandwich
Islands, and South America. The prospcc
! was encouraging, but more missionaries Were
required in the great work; in Brazil alone
any number of men can find work awaiting
| them. Three men are now awaiting mean:
to go to South America, aud the Board haC
been compelled to borrow money to dcfra,
the expenses of sending out Mr.. lie Conte
The speaker appealed earnestly for means tc
aid the foreign mission cause, and at The
close Of his remarks collection was made
and the congregation was afterwards dis
missed.