, 1874-09-20


The religious papers continue to discuss the
late address of Prof Tynda!l, and arrive at :
great variety OF conclusions upon it,
THE CHRISTIAN UNION
remarks that: The mos. threatening aspect
OF this philosophy in its relation to religion
seems to be with regard to Immortality. Yet, by
its own admission, science stands but on the
threshold Of the higher problems of life: As to
immortality, ju.t as to . personal God, ltd
strongest word must be one OF ignorance rather
than Of denial. For the hope of Immortality, IS
for the sense Of :: Divine Father, We are re-
manded to that voice withia tho son}, that high
assu, ance which at times trausccnd5. as by the
power of divinity. all the evidence Of flesh and
eerse to tho testimony Of the human heart IN
Ill ages aad to tho truth revealed LII Christ"
THE INTERIOR
thinks that ''Tyndall pines for ma-.yrdoH. and
courts it with all tho ardor Of Stylite. When
tic cauc to this country he Was feasted and fat
tered, aud tue greenbacks he won discounted 4
very pretty pile of British gold. It MAS too
lovely altogether, aud so lie pitched stone at
the evangelical window. For this Mr.. parko
Goodwin. Of the New York Ercnin3 Post, spanked
linn neatly: and now he is mock l-uerolcally de-
claiming OF daring and suffering pslaw.
What would be thought OF 4 Thciss who should
set up = melancholy noise like that, instantly
after challenging all creation to combat =
RESULTS Or MISSION ART LA2OE.
4Go LfJt5tHH& tflVH. E4sAi1is Luo 4EaAlLS "a
missionary work in hcat.cn lands, quotes these
statistics:
At this moment, Caina. Japan, Perain, H:nlo-
etan, Turkey. EAat South. West and North Africa,
Madagascar, Ereenianl anu the hundreds Of plcii:
isles, 3-000 Christian laborrrs, toug diligently
to represent eorrowfu tho beauty Of C4rists
love. In these lands achoos, colleges, and Theological
eeulinarcs have been established, wherein Christian
education Is given to GG0 U00 youths OF both
Outside the bounds Of CAristcndom there are
talsned 4,oo0 centres OF Christian teaching aud liv
ing; 25U0 Christian congregations have been cstab
lshed; 273.vU0 persons are now members of the
Christian Church; and populations numbering in all
1.350 100 have adopted tbs Christian In Iut.
ard Bar1uah alone are 7.450 missionaries, native
1reacc1s aud catechists ncary 3,uo2 stations and out
stations 70, EST communicating. 'The Baptsts have
made the Ka1ens of Bur1nal Christian people /; the
American Board has do1e the for the Sandwich
islands, the ,1orays1la for Greenland the Wcs:oyans
for the Fcjee and Friendly Islcs; and the English In
dependents for Madagascar No direct religious
cults from missions? What those large and
1ourshns Christian churches, born out Of the very
a1y4kes OF Aeathcusn in Australia, British America,
SibeTla tho Sandwich Islands, Northern Turkey. Per-
sia China, Madagascar, South Africa Liberia, Sierra
Leone, and the Islands Of the Pacific? "The largest
church in the wosi, numbering 1900, is in uilo,
the Island Of Hawaii, not yet nifty years removed from
the most debasei eavagisn. Over 9p,031 Fcejeeaus
gather regularly for Sabbath Worship who, within
Of years. feasted human flesh. II 1860, Md
cu,ed converts. Now the Queen aud her Prime Min
lister, with than 200o10 OF her subjects ad
herents to Christianity" AS the Secretary Of tho
London Missionary Society has said. III than
500 islands OF Eastern aud Southern Polynesia the
Gusl'el has swept hoathens,n entirely away"