, 1874-01-25

u4FiIo fStt-ts Oy ~ lis
"wn great discredit and that OF tie cause Of religion
generally This T. what it invariably Is for an OPEN
communion minister to rsraasn laator Of etsiet-eon-
mun1on church ''for itE cn,1 good"
PRESBYTERIAN.
FOREIGN MISSIONARY CONVENTION.
The Foreign Mission Convention Of tho Pres.
| byterix:s Synod Of ,ich,gaa was held At Battle
Creek, Mich, commencing with preliminary
meeting Jau. 20. III lle Iresbytcrian church of
! that place. TIE Rev. ". #. Holloway, pastor
OF the city, called tho meeting, to order, a.
Chairman Of the Committee of Arrangements,
who aleo welcomed tho Convention and stated
it's objeo:. Tile Hon. L. c. Walker Of Detroit
WAS chosen President of tie Convention, and
tho Rev. J. II. Alls, OF Lansing, WIS chosen
vicc-Prcsidcut, aud the Rev. S. ". Du;held, of
Detroit, Secretary.
After u short address from the President,
| d.. DAVID IRVING,
| OF New York. gave interesting statement of
the ea-}v work uf Fc1eigu Missions In 1901,
the Church Missionary Society Was organized;
but little Mas accomplished until 1872. Those
who bogau the work we're deemed fanatics. But
the progress that had been made since WAS ap-
parent III few words: In 1913, China was
| opened to missionary workers; in 1858, Japan
| wns opened; in 1857, the dcath-pena!ty was re-
moved from Turkey; aud nav Rome itself Aus
| tria, France, aud other great powers were be-
| coming lbcrallzcd. The Bibs was printed in
! more than 1,0o0 languages.
THE WORK ONLY BEGINNING.
! The Rev. i. ". Dui1ieId delivered IN address
! the principal poi:t Ct which was to show that
the work OF foreign missions had but JUS. be-
! gun. The work hitherto had been carried on IN
| opposition to & thousand religions. The speaker
| remarked that DR.. i4owrieB summary VleW OF
Protestant missions i'll 1868 saye 1,777 ordained
missionaries, GIL orlainod natives, ,s94 assist
and foreign missionaries. 3.7I2 assistant native
missionaries 251 ,023 communicates, aad 20i. $40
scholars tabuar statement foT So dSt 'sed veg
Baptist Missionary Societies, showed that
| twenty British societies had under their care
2,G15 ordained missionaries, 81, ,2i2 church Hem-
/ bcrs, and 370, CTS scholars. The ten centennial
Societies mad 434 ordained missionaries. ~, 2l3
| church members, and 45.s71 scholars. The ten
| American soc:etie3 had 430 ordained mlsslona-
ries. aud A3 754 scholars, making otal Of 3,474
| ordained missionaries, 41G,9e0 church members
| aud 42u,3U3 scholars. TIC population OF tho
heathcn, 1874 per cent Brahmiuists, 157
Der cent Mohaln.nedaus, 30.7 per cent
| Christians, and 31.2 per cent BUD
dhists. This tie speaker thought was
very favorable statement Tor the Christian
world. According 10 Alexander DUH, there were
| more hcatnens upon tho Garth now than IN the
| days of the Savior, notwithstanding tho efforts
to propagate the GOSPEL When tho eighteenth
| century should have passed, Christianity could
only then exist noulinally among the eighty
millions population OF the t,lobe. An estimate
was few years ago made ieo for D1o New Ensland'
j AAAAAoN-C
there could be found only III, ,0oo who professed
religion. Nominal Christianity and real Chris
tianity far from being Synonymous.
! The Rev. J. S. Woodside. 8 returned -llsslon-
| ary, next gave some of his experience IN 1ndia
during twenty years Of eeIvice, which closed the
services of tho first day.
GENERAL ADDRESSES.
The opening session of the Con;cntlon proper
began Jan. a. 4 large namler Of ministers from
various parts o. tic State, responding to the
roIl-call. After some time spent in devotional
exercises, DR.. David Irving. OF New aork, pre-
sented the work of tle Foreign missionary
Board to the Convention. The ReT. Dr. Akmnn,
Of Detroit, followed. with Ell address on the
.;present Harvest" In tho afternoon, Mrs.
| Phea. y Persian MISSIONARY, delivered an able
and impressive address on tho - Womans Mis-
s:onary Work. Other addresses were mado
upon the same theme. and the Convention ad-
jouruel until eTcring.
Iu tho evening tho Rev. Mr.. Allis addressed
the Convention Oh the EibIo as b converting
power. and gave many instances to lllatrats bis
theme. A paper BY tho Rev: 5: ". Dutheld, qf
ann Arbor, was next read, which discussed the
| question =. whether shall employ the truth
| which tie hcatlcn alceadv possess" lengthy
| aud able argument maintained that tho knoWl-
edge o the n snoHa M pc fp the
Convention on the best method of developing
| the missionary work The Rev. J. Ambrose
Wright, of Dny CITY, read an ezsay on tho pres
ent aspect aud needs OF MISSIONARY wotk, "nlco
contained mnny useful and practical hints.
| The Hov Arthur Pierson submitted commu
! nicasion from
THE woa1AS's BoABD
of Foreign Missions. which Get forth that al
though the Board Of Foreign Missions had asked
for 600 the present yaar, only one-tlf:h o1
that amount had boeu collected. The question
therefore Was, whether they should disappoin'
the expectations Of The Church in sendins splT
itral succor to tho hc2then, or should maize extrs
excrt,ops TO meet them. In response to tn:
earnest appeal, call for lady hfe-membershlE
waB n1a,ie and ten names were presented, max
ing fund of $3.50, aud fund Of s25.ooo wal
also raised by voluntary subscription IN AID O.
the Foreign Board of Missions. The custonar.
| yotc Of thanks to their entertainers was votee
bv the Convention, which then adjourned