, 1877-05-23

princtpa1 tltv Jtsulttsn Tas 40 firmly intrcneh-
cd, and tn the whole cDmmoowealth.there were
$50 more thantcnfold. And In all these States
where forty years ago there were only 1874
snetnbcFs' thefe ar now o2s,e}l. or e!xfold.
Icsnitistn nor barhriem has control Of the
Valley Of thu Missirsippf.
nut WE NAT OBTAIN Still CLEARER VIEWS
Of the work Of ifotne Missions bv taking Into
view . shorter term Of years. AZ thc reunion
1vtery II Texas; now VIC have twenty. The
prcshytcry OF Colorado was formed tint year
Win seven mlnisters; now We hare The synod
Of rtah, Montana, New Mexico, and All
xonn, and ut all other prominent prints
At that time tho Pacific alopc was organized
Into one STntsi, With eerenty.four msntstcrs and
s5nols, and II las more than doubled lis nun-
her nf churches and ia membership during that
time. But In all that great c1pansc of country.
Will t#o OF three exceptions In the great city
found that can recall that did not receive MD
from tho Board, without which perhaps not one
Of them would hare been formed.
Or. II We 20 back twenty-five years, very
brief period In the Iifc pf nation, and point
which many chi. dlsstnctly recall, the ciauges
have been corrcsp0nlIngly great. There was
then no SYNOD III Iowa, Or minnesota, or Wis-
tonsin, where we nov. hare 5i5 churches, anu
ritnrv n nnw ef1SrarsJ IN tic is,,n,s 1 ~ Kantes
Nebraska. Colorado, California, the Coiumt,is
synolt, now numbering twenty-onc rrcshy-
tefics ana 1900 member, was represented BY
bera ench. Knnsas haif mt slnrin ti,mri.h
twcuty.flyc yenrn a1o. Cuiora,in had nnnc
tic record ii which had reached thc East
twenty-five years ago. and that great tnterme-
mining rcgion Of tho country, Il not of tho
world, where now great cities are nourtshinR.
thc happy homo OF ttousards-waaa a Wild wnsta
and Wilderness, Which no man thrueht 10
sayarcs or Wild beasts. by starvation nnd thIrst
uu the parct,cJ, treelcae, and rainlcss pla1ns.
But now lie eayages arc suhIucj, tho Mid
Leasts haye disappeared. ill., mountain streams
plains, the valleys ware with Roileu grain. hun-
dreds oi thousaiils OF cattle aud sllsep pasture
peacefully on the great muuntain ranges, and
lS 'aIneis r. nc yslsy snd % Tie R,oa3.aIn:
expnpic, % .hS ioar, tedious, and and dangerous s o,
]olirpcy becomes d oa5tIt,c and pleasuTc-excur.
Sion compressed into The days oi single week.
Kind frIc,11te sometimes beg OF their Young
nInistctial friends not to throw tlctnsclycs
nway,-not 10 10 to tto West where tllcIr talcnfs
will Ge wasted, and thcy Themselves never 10
heard Of again. Ths Is NJ time to l!sparaEc men
10 buliI on another mans fo,tudations. but
who. like men. harc sou,tlt cut the pjncr, whern
wickeuncss was most violent and prcynlrnt. nni
amitlst hart]stltps aui difficulties that, but for
tho grace of {1oti might nnpA1 tha etot,tcxt
heart, have laid everlasting foundations lor tl,f
Church Of Christ. Turn oycr tue parcs OF
10000 centennial tliBeou1set md the ycrY men
ilat have been made most consnicunns md
hunorcd most hnre hcen those that hare iail
Lroai nnI deep the foundations Tor order and
cil1,cntton. AMI The Ehnrch ri Cllrist.
TnEsE ARE rms MEN T14T NAVE nsEy HOME
MISSIONARIES
suun,er'e 1crccst hcat and the winters fIcrccst
stUrlns to carry tho Gospcl tp the frontier Set
Elements, forling streams, sleeping on tho
ground under the open sks, who have preached
the Gospel In the forest, In TIC log cabin, In
barnt,-apy ywleTs that the people might l.ea1
names viii live longes. In connection with our
colleges. Western Reserve, and Jefferson, and
Washington, md Marietta, and Hanover, mud
Wabash hare been originated by the faith OF
and providing that the churches that
were, anl were 10 bc, should be provided with
an ctlrcatel mlpiatry. It Was s.pcnnlless home
missionaries " usually that knelt down some
tines In the anow aud conBccratcd tho lands 10
God on which those inattutons stand. II was
t,cnnllcss home missionaries that subscribed for
the enterprise trst often tle LARGEST huna, and
always pull tlirlE subscriptions. Homo inlss!on-
they filled the Professors ehairs, and It
wns the tenacious faith Of tho home
missionaries that gave confidence to other
uleh. anl men Of means, to come to the rescue
Ut these Institutions III these terrible straits
they all encountered, ~ which otherwise they
would have been cngnlfed. The same ia true
OF female sen,lsurlcs.
Aud when a1noyenlcnt was to bo made aGnlnst
tnte,npcrancc, or drunkenness, Or Sabbath
PROCLAMATION; when laws wcre to hare their right
fu! supremacy, Or order was 10 he enforced, -
und all these evils had banded and organtzcd
toEccs III thtir tayo!,-rhcncrer any battle Tax
to os fought ior the rsshs Or thc true, tuc nome
tnasslo4arlea were always III Inc van, the ofaYcss
Of tho brave
Am saying too much1 Do give these men
too inuch pralsea ] ask you, fathers from Vest
crn New York and Western pcnnsylyanla, from
Olto, indiana, Michigan. and Illinois, II this Ia
not true, md more. II have nugnIfcu beyond
what tue truth will bear tho arlIcVements OF
tuesc men of God who led the Church into tbs
wilderness aud tho desert, aud planted It there
to tho glory of Gol for VII time to co,nc! trll
tell you, my brethren, In tue light Of hstoty,the
foundation builders stasnl as high Us thosc who
plant tl,e EildeJ sptrc over the topmost atone.
But So,le one Will Say, "
DO NOT THH IuMH MISSIONARIES pi1a
| Yes, they 10 die. Five 1,aye died in the year,
mil llyu IL thousand Ia less than tho syerago
| 1n thu whole Church. 80 lar as tho figures
1,r,v,+ nnyttnr fI1u Hmm. IsAfnnary Nrrt. Ia