New-York tribune., 1874-04-13

Many in the Church express their want OF symph'hy
with them and hint that charity begins AT nonno
and that it will be time 10 io So -
and Africa when the heather OF our own col'n'u
,v arc reformed This seems plausible, nut an exahh
alton sbows faaces that will neither pear lhe 'o' "
scripture nor sound worldly philosophy inoio Nv
antagonism between the two, Tor tno "hoio n''
work is one work under Christ. NO mat'er VIVA. Vu.
nreferepccs are, or in which dlrec.oh oui ~
m tho nositIve command of Christ is 10 60 INTO All 'e
-, -, a nrooch the Gospel TO the whole creation
-. ,be snbere OF work and It's ol1ects lhe
command IL 40 plan that there can DC no hstahe !" "
and show the whole creation Is the '"ulon 'i' o."
,he whole mission work one; therefore 0hriS'i'n H
not he justified in withholding sympathy from any r'..
=, ,no vork Christians must be cosmopolitan; pu'
-, " W ,,,,o o,,or the more distant objects he
w.. not naoect those smaller spheres nearer
no good father can always ShPa'piNo
with tho wretched mass OF hiie onc' J" Wv
oarrets and cellars OF great CITY, during ,no wa" mop
vas given to the sick soldiers OF the "hoe oh'o arn'
rot merely 70 those of special State. The claims OF
the home fold, the heahensm IN our own suee's' 'ho
nriyations of home missionaries upon our own froner'
o,gb Ieematey TO enlarge the sphere Of our synpa-
tby those who are not easily to he reached
Cbrsts picture OF the Good Samaritan teaches the les
son that nationality Il not all that should excite sympa
thy The home heather and the foreign heathen are
both the ruined victims OF sin. Both are calling TOT
help and with that parable in mind the Church CANNOT
refuse them ad, CnrlstlaDUy WAS nOt m'dut iOi NV
ton, but for the wOrld-for every creature. Ine
prayer "Thy will be done on earth as 1t Is IN
heaven" can hardly be rendered THY Will be
done in America only" yet those who neglect
the foreign missions would imply this. "Our rather
applies to the whole world and Christian can hardly
be consistent II he refuse take that fact into consd
Grafton Christian effort must be made wherever SIN ls'
and sin is everywhere. To take narrower view 'ha
this is to mistake evade Chrsts intent and mpeach
F,itb md fba Of
home work is all that can be DONE Is to deny the power
of God From the ranks Of the great religions whlch
have appealed to the world we see the non-mssonay
religions stepping into the background; IL Is ohS %
aggressive missionary religious when nave pfesetNeu
their vitality. There is no scarcity oil means III 'no
Churchs hands, for God lays no work upon his Chufch
that he does not give the meaus TO perform; 1or
He saws Lo am with you always. even unto the END
OF the world" The visible, tangible resources OF the
Church OF Christ today are more tah adequate 10 hc
demands OF her work i'll all the world business NEIL
however inquire why much money Is demanded ana
they have a right to know what becomes of H. Many
think that foreign missionary work no farther than
the preaching missionary here and there 10 groups
Of heather year by year. But tins Is only one element
OF the work. Foreign mission work means
Christian civilization. including church edIhces,
schools printing presses, scientific apparatus,
literature libraries IN short everything that makes
an American scholar, Christian, anu gentleman ~
E sad every Christian convert in foreign lands costs
$1,000; but 1t costs az much u max o9 ehuren lnto
sary appliances OF Christian civilization are costly In
China the printingpress requires iohts oI Cnese "
done for the Arabic aud tine Persian tongues Transla
ton and printing are golnS on Ia score OF Giey'
languages In shanghai there are eight printing presses
I'm syria three and India two. The issues OF the Pres
byteran Board in foreign neids last year Were were
pcnortra last year 100000 volumes printed,
besides tracts Native teachers and preachers are to be
educated TO pcrpetuato the WORK. ana thes6 require
theological semnaries colleges, professors, Ora!les
and apparatus demand Is also made iOr meucll
skill, and these are added to the mission IN inda. Ia
Canton the hospta receives annually 1000 patients ana
ministers to 10000 more outside. In Great bIltaiu
medical missionary society mas Deeh esldDIlshc, as
seporate Institution. These few specimens
of the necessities which appeal 10 tLe
Churchs purse. Some say the money contributed IL
used up I'm machinery With regard to the Preshyteran
Board, the cost OF admlnstratlon has ior ne st zen
years been less than four per cent 9oi Vi & 1r n @
siOnaries receive the same salary as before Tue war anu
whatever they receive for Incidental serves s euLnfu
into the Treasury Of the Board some Oi hf % oluG @ na
sionaries CHINA have thus given to the Board very
large amounts. The foreign missionary rarely receives
box OF clOihng q d9hatlon, OF hiiiaEe ~ IN ~
salary is his all The Board also utllzes outside help
foreign residents in the city Dr. Hepburn practice in
Japan the Board nothlug ana NE COLLEGE
pendent the Board. Many missions presses receive
payment from the Bible Society ana the Shanghai
presses only support themselves, but are source OF
1r IN deveIon the nrlncple OF seihe among all the
~ fbenr the worlds debtor is its creditor, that
is paid back in tangible benefits 70
civilization the money which 1t has cost.
Let us begin he said with the financial aspect OF this
statement start with the simple fact that the ciyiiza
ton OF the heather creates new wants "mch must he
chrinstianized and civilized is a power to foster
commerce. II you doubt this look at the
Islands alone amounted to S402G, while the whole
penditure for foreign missions by al denCIlnaons III
our country was in 1870 sG53sol The whole expendi
ture OF the American Board for ISL was tl2OSi The
profit the trade of the Sandwich Islands for 1871 was
5000 964neary half az much more IN other words the
commerce OF one yeIr with that one region which
the missionary efforts OF branch OF the American
church opened civilization, nearly twice pays the
nua expenses the foreign mission work Of the whole
American church Again, the whole amount spent upon
the Sandwich Island missions iIo thelt nist establish
ment by the American BOaId Is S,-o0OO Ihe
profit OF commerce with them for one year,
s66096i, is 53 per cent OF the Whoe cost OF
bringing the islanders from Darbarism 10 Christianity
The commerce between the bIlsn III AFRICA
aud the ports OF New-Ensand durlE tne year ending
June, ls amounted To s2Gl93, with proht OF SOO7S6
Now the whole amount expended by the American
was only si2o,si4; that New-England re-
mnch the American Board expended on all It's
foreign missions IN the whole world, and probably
support the Board. Bat let us look at few OF the
turns made by tins woik IN other shapes:
foreign lands has been pursued by men of
Intelligence and culture The nature OF their duties
the countries in which they abor Du with the litera
ure. language and modes of Thought OF the natives.
the botanisb the mlnerliQgist' the lnguist,
tue political economist, the statesman, the
Nowhere is there a thrilling story of religions
herOsm and unsefish devotion than Is furnished by the
narrative Of the labOrs and suferngs OF the Jesuit
missionaries in this country from 1884 to 1875
There are the N0rsemen-that bold, free race
which set their mark deeply on Northern Europe
what we know OF them, their religion, Their
traditions, their maxims and habits know through
the missionaries To Iceland In the tenth century
respects ali that facilitate the free intercourse
by the development OF spoken written language
no class OF presume 10 vie with our foreign
missionaries. Max Miller says that whatever is known
OF the dialects OF nations IL chiefly entirely
due missionaries and that the successful Of that
class will live only in the annals OF the Church but