The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-09-14
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N M0NTHLY MEETING ADDRESsRS
FaoM MBs. LAABuTa AND PRoFEasoR CHARLES
lHsWMsToH.-Ther regular. monthly meeting
of this Society was held at Clay.Street church
| Sunday afternoon at 81 o'clock-klbert L.
West (president 10 the Chair, Charles 2.
Rsdy and j. l. Sims secretaries. az@a
/ The meeting, was opened with singing BY
Clay. Street school and prayer by Rrg.
George G. Vandersliee. The attendance vas
livery large. The exercises were very In
IterestiDg aud instructive. 10 t.
/ Bishop Doggett introduced the exercises
by referring to tine sunday-school cause as
laccomplisbing vast moral results--results
seen and felt in time and extending beyond
the grave into vast eternity. One Of the most
successful agents ID this cause is the Metbo-
dist Sunday-SchooI Society of Richmond and
Manchester. This branch of the Christian
Church has long felt lis influence for good.
Bishop Doggett then introduced Mrs. Lam
buth. wife of Rev. J.W. Lambuth. mission.
ary of the Southern Methodist Church at
Shanghai, China. He said:
| Mrs. Lambuth left the city of Richmond
twenty.one. years ago to labor with her bus;
band in this distant heathen land. She is
here by inyitgtion of the Methodist Sunday
School Society of Richmond specially to give
such Information as she thinks will give the
| Church clear idea of the great missionary
| work in China and toawaken lively inter-
est in this great cause.-Tf}fs branch OF mis-
sion work in China Is under the special 81.
perintendence of the bishops of the Metho.
| dist Episcopal Church South. The centre, OF
| its operations is Shanghai, and spreads
throughout the adjacent country-a large
aud fruitful field for doing good. Mrs. Lam
buth is q zealous co-laborer 10 this great work,
and only here to have her children educated.
| Mrs. Lambuth. who is modest and re-
tiriug but intelligent lady, then addressed
| the meeting. She said it was doubtless
novel sight tor hear lady addressing an au-
| dience in this city, but she felt impeled odo
so at the request OF the Society; and fell 1t
duty she owed to the thousands of heathen,
| who must have the gospel or perish almost
in sight of Christian land. She left this
| country twenty-one years ago, from the
wharf at New York city, in company with
Mr.. Lambuth, Rev. DR.. jenkins, Rev. D. G..
| Kelly, and Rev. IS. Belton, and was over
four months reaching China. Since then
| Rev. Drs. jenkins aud Beton have died and
gone TO their reward. At FIRST they found it
| difficult TO learn the language; but, feeling
the necessity, they persevered, and can now
converse and teach the natives in their own
language. English books are translated, aud
then used in teaching them. Special stten-
ton has been paid to the translation Of The
Bible. This has been found difficult, as there
are eighteen provinces, each having its own
peculiar dialect. The male population of
China are very Intelligent, but the females
are kept in -ignorance-no schools and no
efforts to learn them to read or write.
They are kept cooking, washing, and at
te1ding to the children. How thankfui
should the females of Christian lands
be that they live in land where the religion
of Jesus gives them these and other inesti-
mabe blessings. The ladies Of China have
good dispositions, and are very lovable and
teachable, and we want to establish schools
for females. Thus far very little has been
done in this way. or late some churches
have been sending out single ladies to teach
school, and it works very well, as the mar
lried ladies have too many home.dutles TO
attend 10. 7.
The Methodist mission near Shanghai
consists OF three churches and large circuit
One church is inside of the walls of the city
of Shanghai; one just outside the walls,
where the missionaries live; and one aeosll
sixteen miles distant. The one outside was
built Of Chrstmas.money sent some years
ago, and is called the Christmas Mission
The distant one is called "Good Hope" and
was built Of money donated by two brothers.
Another church, twenty-five miles lS;ant'
will soon be built by friends in Kentucky.
Rev. Mr. Allen is employed by the ChlneSe
Government, and is engaged IN tescnlng,
transIating. and editing a weekly rergiouS
paper, Rev. Mr.. Lambuth's time IS wholly
devoted to preaching, translating, and ira
! yelling the circuit. The ministers baVe 10 ira.
vel circuit extending 100 miles from Shang.
hal. and 90 sometimes in boats on the cana',
sometimes in sedan.chairs.. While travelling
they stop at every settlement, distribute book.
and preach. The work is very materially
assisted By native Christian women, who can
90 into families where Chinese etiquette tor
bids gentleman to 20. The ladies' OF Nash
VILE, Tenn, are supporting native woman
who was baptized 10y Dr.. Cunningham. she
is a most faithful and Jealous convert. II IS
said that in A. d. 35 the Emperor of China
heard of Jesus and His wonderful works,
and desiring to see him, sent ambassadors to
India to bring him to China. When they
arrived there the cunning Buddhist priests
told them that Jesus was dead, but that they
had bis image: whercupon they returned
with q Buddhist image, and thus was hrst
introduced into China Buddhism. (She gave
Ia very interesting description of the pecu-
liar teachings of Buddhism.) Mr.. Lam
buth and other missionaries have been al
yised by some to return home, but feeling
that they have been called to the work by
God they express the intention to remain at
their post until called home by the Master.
In Baltimore The ladies have determined to
support native female colporteur. A Sun.
day school in Baltimore resolved to support
q secular school. ,'H.
Mrs. Lambuth concluded by exhibiting
some Chinese curiosities, illustrative OF the
ignorant condition OF the people and their
manners and customs. .or
Professor G. H. Winston, of Richmond
College, next addressed the meeting by spe
cial invitation. He said he sympathlZed with
the missionary movement, and the present
occasion carried him right over TO China-ln
imagination. He wished TO see grand re-
yiva of missionary interest," and thought the
present occasion was good one to begin
alresh-ru3 out and start again, and show
more interest than ever in the good cause.
Bishop Doggett then made an appeal Tor
contributions to aid the cause. Alarge sum
was rcalized.lu.,g 4 !" its..rs- =. ..fa
On motion of Mr., Asa -Sny der, the Metho.
dis. Sunday -Schoot Society of Richmond and
Manchester resolved to support regular
| Mrs. Lambuth.
The following is summary Of superin-
tendents' reports for the month Of August
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