, 1876-01-10

"uoeo Atat ruin arc Integrity. (nEty aud lOyo.
And 70 aro now ablo 70 nay with como degree Of
humble pride That tho members Of Ehrist'a
Church are no 1ouger = tatVes for tho worfd'B
dorision aod Jscotn. Their eenevocnce Ia ap-
they llaro derisod for tho ift,nz up Of
tho mAsaes into happier and better lifn.
fiospttals. reform, echoos, missionary societies,
anyunB for thu old and ho1nleas. a'l the6o tert;-
have been nightly At work IN the t,!storyof tho
past century. The nfido Of Heaven, though
Htitt imported In hor beauty, Is hceklug moro
earnestly than Of old 10 keep herself unrpotscd
degree worthy of tho Bsidegroom's lovo.
And now. having looked upon tho onward
match Of truth In tho departments Of thought
and individual life. We may concludo With rapid
surrey Of TUG aggressive work ct tue Church:
The past century haa becu marked hs ouch D
erueade Of missionary zeal and entesprlHo IS
never before waa dreamed Of. l havs already
apokcn Of tho rite Of Sunday schools. and chnrl-
table roformB !; but beyond flleso and all sIniiaE
plans OF homo labor. gigantic echcne has boon
deylseh III thcs0 later years which aims ut notl!-
inR 1efs than the oyangelzation OF tho world.
Ar yet thla stupoudous work can hardly bo r..
sstad s r. vol hroa una'r wa Se 'et hss has @ @
E!auco a. somo OF them an pa1a on A hundred
years bgo Tie Christian religion wAa hemmed ia
by tho borders Of . few pf.slIeged lands. Nov
there ~ no tribe or people on earth that has not
heard tho Gospel, and in nomo deztoo aecoptod
it. Ths Ebio has been translated into muro
than QUO languages. Gods messengers have
crohsed aean, and desorts. aud mountains haso
bravcd all dangers md oudured all bardsnlpH In
carrying out tho Masters pIunc.ion. go 20
into MI tho world aud preach thu 1oepel to every
csenture." What are tho results? Tlcte are
25.OeU commus'icauta in tho Mission Churches OF
Went Africa. whcl, waa formerly unknown to
tho world, except in ts co*,uectiun with the Ter
rlh!o slave trado, Capo Uolouy has moro than
30l.0O0 nominal Frotcstante, aud 5l5 schools,
Madagascar has COME forth out of the uubroken
tlarknsrs Of lea.flonisln to occupy pllce among
thu EsangeItgcd nations Of The earth. having a
Christian ruler aud mora than half n million
professod followers Of Christ. Australia aud
Nov Zcaland hayo been reclaimed from
D9FUem r.. and 'lo'.trx to.ns: 21ors e.o than ,s 2
have eHi'oused the religion Of tho Cross. japan
has boon only recently thrown opon, aud set the
cnlighteun.s powor OF ths truth han boen felt iu
eyery portion Of that popu!ous Empire. In
China lorty years ago thcre wcro OILY two rais-
stouaficH mud two converts; now their are lnany
thuusaols, aud tho WORK tocs on under tho
yosy bel!s Of the TonpIe Of Couiucius With tho
approval aud protection Ut tho Government. In
India lIlscWiae, thoIc arc MIRO thnn G01. QUO na.
| siso Christians, and II IL cunctdot evan by the
Westminster Reresc that hero the work Of for
| olgu missions has secured brilliant vludiea-
ti0u,---tho heart q Aria brought captive 10 tho
foet Of Christ. 1hcs1 s'lll serve rs moro esaul-
! pies Of tho marvellous Kronta Of this Church in
| Tho last 100 yenrs. Aud got tho Work OF n,ls-
| alnns l,hs but just cotnaueu:od.
Thus f3r tho Church las only been EtrugElInE
to. rench tho B.1ateGic poults Of tae world.
| What. then, may Nc not look for III
| tho hundred ,oasn to come Who can doubt the
| final ro51lt Let n,e repeat, In view OF shcso
accomplished facts, That tho triumph Of Christi
| anity IL no Longer quust'ou for l'rophotH and
| oracles to anawnr,--there is confusion amuag
tue ranks Of tho enemy. and marvellous hope
aud suthussaHm among tue soldiers Ut tho Crohs.
! which bctoken tho speedy a1ront OF tho Great
Conqueror, We ARD living III tho las: da5s-
| nonr to the t1awu Of tho Millennium. God ho1p
| LII 10 lire ~ those who look upon tlclds wtatle
| for the harv ,Ht, and TO hear tho voice Of tho
! LuAbautlman calling, 'Go " rl," III. day for
hopc. and confluence, aud tl,ankfuness,-a dly
to sluE tho l5Utt Psalm. but, Rbove all, IL dug
for wa:clfu}uess, and prayer, a.d work.