New-York tribune., 1876-11-20
HOME INFLUENCE OF FOREIGN MISSIONS
The Rep Btitam W. Taylor D. D., NJ ne Broaaroy IsbcT
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William VI. 1NVlof, u. ~, NJ ne NftAttND 4s"tf
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The Rev. DR.. William NJ. Taylor preached
AT the Broadway Tabernacle Congregational yesterday
upon the induesce OF foreign missions IN spreading
Christianity at home. lie took as Lis eNs Proverbs N'
"a and %: There Is hat scatterch and yet ucreas
eth and there is that vhLodoth more ihan is meet.
bat it tendeth to poverty The liberal soul SHAH be made
fat; and ne that wacrcih shall be wsiered also himself"
Dr. TAYLOR spoke substantially as follows:
propose to restrict myself 10 one branch o. tie eX
emphcation OF this thesRc the reflex unuenc3 Of for
eigu missions-the benefits which we at home have
derived the efforts TO dIuse the Gospel abroed
know that this is only secondary consideration. The
law of the Lord Go ye INTO all the world and preach
the Gospel" is enough, and the command Go PREACH
and the call OF Macedonia, Come help" should be, are
enough Bat it may be well 10 look at the duty from
another standpoint. God never allows work for Him,
either by individual or by church. 10 be urcwaided
and il may worth while 20 how the streams of
missionary effort running mo the ocean OF love, ara
drawn back TO heaven 10 Do returned IN Showers Oi
We have received from modern missionary enterprise
Of the most Inspiring examples oi tbflstah zeal
Christianity is lfe aud here We lln9 y warm, ana
healthy illustration Of Christian seifsacrfee ana ac-
tvitY. II is have before us the perfect pattern
OF our Lord, and after tlai ibe AoslOIic ueNOtui nut
we have them often reproduced to our attention
and this Is done for peculiarly by ihOse whO nave gone
to the heathen 10 proclaim ChIlst 70 tikc anay oi,
histories from our literature would DC mnch az YOU
took from the Acts Of the Apostles Read
OF Elliott on bis ing bed teaching ihe lhdah onn ol
the MsraVan who entered the azir house, never 10 tie
preach Christ Ol lns huNtfNEh fu AhonIih
Judson and his noble wife in Burmah; Of Caroys abors
in India; of Williams Ills and Turner on ibe !slands OF
the S..ith Pacidc, OF William Bnfns among
he Chinese and you are uplifted by their example
and sent forth with energy for The Masters work
Theodore Parker not OyercnthuSiastc judge sara at
one such character that of AdOniIGIn Judson was
worth oil the money spent in mlssonary elOlt All can
not be AdOnraIn JudSOs but the mOdern nlssOiares,
as class stand in the forefront Of Christian heroes
They teach us self-sacrhcc how sublime II
is Ia scr and be strong how 10 labor. and harder s
TO wait Then example repeats 10 you the AiasteTs
words, "Why stand here de y and you must answer
xVifa Tho cry Ipr1
our sunday libraries by little nOVeletcs Of the
GOOdy, GoOdy sort No story, fiction Is 30 thrilling
or so whole that Of Henderson others have
named. There at wOrk to-day, and reckon II
the Communists OF Paris who surrendered lucrative mer
camille work the work Of the Gospel 10 follow
Hendersons footsteps Multiply that case manifold ana
kindled 10 undyng enthusiasm by the lives OF those
heroes.
striking Illustrations Of the fact that the Gospel is the
power Of God salvation to every that bcleveh
We hoar to-day of the Bible being obsolete and pre-
ontiOus skcptics say day has gone by Now, though
this may be fully answered IN another way IL seems 10
me that Ia missionary work God has furnished us
with n triumphant In the neghbOfhecd of u
feYer-breedfng swamp 10 Is sald lbat the leDnlhSe
plants grow. So who lives IN the free
air OF the mountains does not recognize his
obligations TO 1t until he breathes fouler
air. these men, accustomed to the gospel
phee do not recognize its advantages and the only
of convincing them is 10 bring 70 them another locality
where the gospel has just begun to work IN purifying
the air Take the Pacific Islands Read Capt. Cooks
story, the reports Of missionaries and OF modern travel
ers How have those islands been changed from sayagery
70 civilization, from idoatry TO worshpi infanticiGe
and cannibasn gone Those whose highest delight
WAS war and cruelty engaged peaceful Industry
No such change be nstanced IN history froH merely
human cause As for the Egyptian magcians OF Moses's
day the only answer IL. TINS Is the hngcr OF God