The daily gazette., 1876-03-21
lat SO
2,351 IS
1881 81
$10,665 IS
1O.699 go
"a O2

Total for last year, 1O.699 6O
Decrease s 81 o.
In Wilmington Grace church led the
amount of collections. and in the rural
districts, Smyrna, Elkton, ,Middletown,
Dover, and Milford were conspicuous
for their liberia! contributions. The
report was adopted.
A voluntary, ooh, Christian Awake"
was finely rendered by the choir, and
then the FIRST speaker, Rev. Jonathan
j. Willis, ID. d., of New York, was
introduced by the President.
DIR. WillIs, being native of the
Peninsula, opened by expressing his
pleasure at addressing so many old
friends, and congratulated the Penin-
sula Methodists upon thu extent OF
their missionary collections, as shown
by the Treasurer's report.
Proceeding, the Doctor, referred at
length to the great feelings of human
sympathy and philanthropy, as incul-
cated by the teachings of Christianity
and religion, and their enobling effect
on suffering humanity, when directed
/ to the general happiness ef the world.
The missionary work he described
as the "focus of all human sympathy"
and developed at length upon the
granduer and greatness of this gl0ri-
GUS feature of church work.
The great feeling of human sympathy
was further dwelt upon in its various
| phrases, and its Christian power in effac-
| ing sin, comforting the sorrowfu1, and
raising up the guilty alluded to in glow
ing terms.
| The great event necessary to complete
success in the missionary work is unity
of churches, and the speaker thought it
would be grand thing if all the motley
hordes of Christianity" would cease to
mingle ecclesiastical doctrines with their
missionary work, and unite in propoga-
ting the glorious principles OF Christian
| ity throughout the world.
| In conclusion the speaker urged more
and united work on the part Of the
church, not only for the missionary
cause, but for the advancement OF the
entire cause Of Christ in and the saving
| of human souls.
During the address which was interest
| ing throughout and at times eloquent,
the speaker was frequently applauded
At its conclusion the choir and audience
sang the hymn "Watchman, tell us OF
The next speaker introduced was Rev
J M Reed, D d, Secretary of the Mission
airy Society.
Dr Reeds address related particularly
to the missionary work-its progress, ex-
tent and influence. Before the present
century only two missionary societies ex-
isted in the whole world, and fifty years
ago but four missionary societies existed
in this country and only two OF these
were doing anything in the foreign fields
l. The initiatory steps were locked upon
with universal distrust, and it seemed
that we never went into the foreign
fields until God opened the way.
The Society was organized in 1919, ant
. raised during the first year about $S0'
for missionary purposes. For years thu
thousands annually raised could be nsm
bered by two digits, but now hundreds o
thousands Of dollars are raised each year
and hundreds Of our young men of th'
frat ability are ready and willing to en-
ter upon the work in foreign fields.
DIR Reed then rapidly sketched the pro
gress of the foreign missionary fields
which now extends to nearly every quar-
ter of the globe, circulating the Wore
and the Truth in hundreds of tongues
and evangelizing and civilizing thou
sands of those whose souls had beel
groveling in darkness and despair. Sure
ly the work was meeting with a glonou
reward.
Referring to the home work of DR. Wi
bur among the Indians, the speaker a:
tserted that while it took $6, ,000, 900 fs
the Government to subdue q few NJ odoc
lii took only few hundreds OF dollars I
tsupport DIR Wilbur while he subdued an
West. Surely the cross Of Christ WI