New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-16


against the Crescent came 70 disastrous anu is"v
ous aiiure after continuing for centuries and EXHAUST
ing Europe Of men and means 80 completely 1"' si
social disorganixation and anarchy ehsueu' ie'
sults Of beneficial character followed IN tne "aAo Vi
these wild wasteful aud bloody wars Inc nu a
tom was undermined by them; tho burgher OF mdue cSS
gained immensely in power IN consequences 81 81 R1ne
the ends of the nsurrection against the Cnuoh o h
known as the Protes,a' anenca ~ Shrstianity over
the,n sorietv was shaken 10 its foundations Oy Ihe
very means adopted 70 extend anu penS to estab
church began dig Its own grave Oy soeklnG " rS
IiSh universal and solitary Sovereignty over lhe "olu
within the last two or thr0e hundred years anu espo
ciay since the beginning on tne preson1 taeIf
same remarkable phenomenon has been repeating soi
al ears once more the Christian Church masses her
forces against the heather world Tor purposes OF CON
quest and universal dominion. Differences are mere
made to several reports on missionary work.
"The annual reports OF our socletes says tne heU
Edward White DO not conceal the fact that at present
scarcely ANYTHING has been done by modern Christian
ty for the overthrow Of the great Paganisms OF the
East There are scattered bands Of CONVERTS but emma
aud India with their 5O00OOOOO OF mankind are heather
snl" The Rev. George Bowen, editor OF re Boeoag
Guardian said In an article for that paper: we were
told the other day. by gentleman at the mead OF one OF
mission educational institutions, one where nun,
and able missionaries nave SUCCESSFULLY
aboed that during thirty years there had been from ~
only converts, the institution De,hg carried o az
an average expense Of $1,000 year" The American
Board OF Foreign Missions has been IN aotNe
operation IS years. during tne nr' SraDd total
OF s14sS2s 65 or, on the average s22sOSi g. DG An
derson reported for the year 1868 total OF @oSS con
mort for 1s72 gives only total of 9Ol9 converts II
were fair to the cost Of each new convert oy
dividing the total for the year by the total num-
her OF new converts tho sum would be Si6i DO Ihe
whole number of MISSIONS stations and Oustat0ns is
5s and the whole number of mission churches l5 giving
an average of 81 members and " laD0rers" 10 eaeh
"hnrch Tbe whole number OF pupils under training IN
the mission schools is 1722 and the whole number OF
pages printed by the mission presses is !gloH Sucn
showing total OF 9lg new converts IN return Ior
the total outlay Of si2S,G9S 40. =, .,, - 49,,
a. The encyclopaedia Britannica" certainly an auc
thOrty of no slight weight. gives the total NUMBER OF
communicates or converts reported by missionary
societies 1861 Adding these various totals tosoSr
| find the sum TO be $2l5192 DR.. Anderson ana DE-
Louvre report the sum for 1868 as s25lO2S FROM
1857 To 1865 therefore, there mas been gam OF J5oJb
converts as the aggregate result OF the aDos OF FI0
Chrstendom in the missionary neid duflng ~
years, or 325s year Tno "Eneycopasdld also eiNes
AS the amount of money expended for Protes'ant
values equivalent to s2i0ODO IN our legal currency.
For 1868 Anderson reports the total expenditure IOf
@ % @ tBe annual receipts for Protestant missions
gradually increased from S3,940OCO 10 S5S55695 an aV
erage annual of Sl9266. BY the common rules
of arithmetoal progression 1t is easy to calculate APP
proximately the grand total expended for Protestant
missions TO hasten the process by some miracle OF ms
omnip0tence IA reference here made TO statistics
compiled by the Rev. DR.. a. G. Osborn of BrooRlynJ
really enlightened charities. regret far deeply
the high conservation " duty the large ana
arduous and unseish service winch prompt the IalhIu
missionary give up home and friends ana the comforts
of civilized le in order TO live life OF hardsnps aud
obscure toll among strangers. Many missionaries may
20 from mixed motives; many, ALSO hrmly Deheve,
H1e wine OF modern society should sInied into
the sand when humanity does inaeea negu an r rhe
enthusiasm Of the veritabe missionary IS one OF the
noblest exhibitions Of human nature. regret pro
foundry that should DO evapOrated into nothing
ness in the propagation of unreal and unennoDl g doc
trnes Here is the real and severest loss to Chrsten
dom after a-the loss Of the high purpose and strong
devotion which Squandered on an Impossible lish
and which humanity can IN spare to the service OF deu
sion What wanted is not the drying up OF the golden
stream flows into sandy deserts but rather ITS
INVERSION into genuinely irrigatng aud fertilzng chan
upla
mankind And trust that Free Religion Will be richly
and Increasingly blessed with IT,
REMARKS BY T. W, mGGNsoN.
AT the close of Mr.. AbbOts address. Mr. rockingham
introduced Col. Thomas Wentworth HigginSon, who
made a long address upon the subject of the paper
What our friend Mr.. Abbot said reminds me of the
time some years ago, wnen took friend OF mine-a
converted STAKEHOLDER, who had liberated his slaves him
self-to hear Frederick Douglass speak. watched with
anxiety to see the Impression mace on tns new
convert by eOquence Of this man, aud saw that he
studied Douglass with some interest said to hun,
"what do you think OF himT sad he, g." am very
sorry, but the force of old habit s so strong With me
ored man without calculating what ne woulu
be worth In the market" lLaughterJ Now rs
look at black man without calculating what
he was WORTH just welltrained railway man cannot
look at a member of Congress without engaging IN
The same occupation, suppose it would be mpossi-
bic for friend Mr.. Abbot To see convert brought
without going to that little notebook and figuring
nm what that convert cost TO ChristendOm don't see
how any deny that he has proved just what he
and we must DO 1t the Justice 10 looK al the suegt ia
that way When the missionary system was at IT'S night
two centuries and half ago, when the Jesults were
dong work which dwarfs the Peky enorts Oh ouaE
we il there was not different view then III
he had read his paper in those days with the
proper notifications OF names and figures, and |
am very glad that he did not for would have lost a
friend as he would have lost his life, fancy that the
ArchInqustor would have said to him. before ordering
him away for execution, " Young man, what you say
when religion has lost Its faith It IS not true for us to-
day Absolutely believing as we 40 thst u IS not merely
aofG hriet lint Ia III
pels us, what all your figures TO us Int be true
that the conversion OF IS saving hin from eternal
torture what difference does the cost make 7 1t may
$50 or 100000, as Others compute II; makes no
difference. II conversion means salvation from eternal
fires it makes difference. II We can get
a million let us save the man. That was
II was from that view that the system OF modern ms
proceeded If IT is on that view that IL Is
nothing and that the missions, from their position were
in the right The Protestant missions began IRON tne
same attitude. What DO you ma IN the TRADITIONS OF
the Evangelical churches from which those missions
GOMEZ Weak systems OF elyzatlon doing good 10 men
and improving their condition woman emaneipsteu
in place that she Is not beaten with stick as
among the cannibas but only corrected with stick as
big round as your thumb, as ID Engand rs tnat the
system from which came the modern missionary hys-
tenn IL came sterner doctrines, such doctrines as
this once famous proi0cutof, sPeaking vi tne
Glory OF Cod said Among those even all the infants OF
by me in hell fire." That Is tne louhuau9h, orlgihay,
OF your missionary system While 1t holds TO that II
There have been stronger calculations than that It has
been estimated that 1t costs $4,000 to convert jew
Let frlenQ MI. 1-IllugtI NC nlo soe
him on that line which separates the theological heaven
from the theological hell. Let him say 90 down this
instant into this yawning depth unless you give me
$500" Every man would spring Immediately 10 his
There is the strength Of that tradition.
what has become OF the tradition Of eternal
tormenti You can look through THE TRIBUNE's
report OF the Evangelical Alliance proceedings from
beginning to end and you will hardly find vestiEe OF
it, You will hardly find anything to show that there is
man there who honestly believes that the most inno-
cent Turkish Saracen baby Is in any more danger OF
The basis missionary system gone IL is turned
into system, not for the salvation Oh SOULS put OF
c,vizatlon and vementfOr the luxury OF doing
GOD makinp men little better instructed, and that
nn.sGnh frnn view IL is that Mr.. AbhOts