Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-02-21


Of increased ezertion in carrying the Gospel
to all lands, that the ends Of the earth may
be saved.
Secretary Mckenzie next addressed the
convention ON Some Aspects Of Christian
Benefcence. lie said that the churehes
which do the most for missions are the most
vigorous and successful at home. lie re
buked the spirit which finds expression in the
sordid maxim that Charity beginsat home. 90
The charity which begins at home. STAYS. at
home and staryes its home. lie contra-ted
the ample Resources in ministers and means.
Of the home field, with the CRYING needs of
the nine hundred million, Of heathendom
who oughtnot to lack lightwhie our forty
millions ha-k in the full sunshine. In
closing lac urged with eauestness the need
of greater sense Of individual response
bility, in this matter, among Christians the
need Of more systematic beneyolence. and
the solemn duty resting on pastors to educate
their people in the cause of missions
Rev. Mr.. Carpenter was next introduced
By the Chairman. VINO alluded ieelingly to
Mr. Carpenter ordination to hi, work Is
missionary. IN thi-1sy church, ten years
ago.
Mr.. Carpenter in opening, also referred TO
his recoiiections Of that occasion. anu pro-
ceedei TO speak Of the demand of the hour
t5rprogressiye missionary work With the
exception Of sending two new men to Japan.
be satl, the Baptist denomination ha, NOT
occupied a single new field in twenty years
/ The devoted missionaries of that dav.
/ Abbott, Day, Vincent, and others, had visit
! ed l,angOon, and other points In Burmah
but Pegu was not open fully till 1852. The
Karen Jungles then became alive with new
| IDEAS the field was most promising but
I sad % say, II hadto be manned bv removing
the missionaries from the older stations
The missions % Ava. Siam. and Others. We're
therefore dlsmantled and dropped, and they
| are to-day without Baptist missionary
In Assam and China we have only the same
stations as twenty years ago. Though the
! growth at home in numbers and wealth
has been 50 enormous, there has been no
/ progress On the way of occupying new mis-
sionary fields. Mr.. Carpenter alluded to
/ some of the reasons for this IN past diS-eu-
'7tfti'- A4''N AANl4gNAs anu AaI Alt -IDN III tIl
! luxury mt home. lie asked where shall our
! aggressive work begin? We see the sell
/ board Of Eastern Asia begirt with the mis-
[ >0narY stations of score Of evangelical
/ societies bat in Burmah the Baptists nave
/ the field TO themselves. and it Is the hest base
| for an advance into the heart of Asia
Burmah j. now fully open 10 our mis-
~ion~. The King of Burmah supports o-
day an English missionary has built him
an expensive church, and supports schools
under his charge AT his (the Kings ex-
pcnSe. The place was offered to q Baptist
missionary, but declined and this English
man, though a Bitualist. uses Jud-on'-
Bible in the schools. and distributes Baptist
tracts by thousands. Burmah has the first
claim % increased aid.
The speaker urged such increase with
great eanestness. Though We have larger
membership than the English Baptists. and
larger than the t0ngregationalistS and
several other denominations. our c0utrihu-
tons for missions are less than theirs. This
is reproach to the American BaptiSts 4
great work still remains 10 be done in
British Burmah. The men there cannot De
withdrawn. An advance Is possible only hy
increased contributions of money. and an
lncrea ~ed supply of men for the work.
Shall they be forthcoming
Rev z. Mills Of Rutland. IN Grcible
paper considered the duty and ability of the /
BAPTIST churches To- furnish more money and /
men Tor foreign missions. Estimating the
total membership of the denomination in /
tins country at 100000, and throwing odt .
100000 Of these as being too poor or too |
rich and misery TO give anything, be e-ti-
mated that an annual sum of 1889 900, /
could be- and should be- contributed for |
foreign missions, while ofthe 5000 young /
men IN the churches, at lea-t COO should be /
willing To- devote themselves to the same /
cause. VIII Vermont, De asked furnish |
her quota2
Eey. Z. N. Luther OF Bennington.re-pon- /
dei fo- that town. saving that De hoped |
% furnish young man. for the mission
work. from his church.
Dr. Gardner. said it was plain thar a. a |
denomination and as churches we are not
dor enough. Nor I, it men alone that |
are needed We must have more women .
ais. for the work.
Dea. Mai Davis was oloJ. since eoo,,r,-
lively few could go to the Baptist anniyer-
sar'es' that the Union was thus bringing the
''''-''' ''' ''s 10 ''e ei'uI'ile' he reloloed
10 De-ie'e 'Hal IN 'hlS way the problem was /
'7'"s So'e1' ana 1hat 'hurehe' Will /