, 1877-05-24

ton. u. H. tile Hcy Ioln ~ Mcsta, II; .. ikon.
si. # fs,s: kns:ey. ". .u %''''''" ~ '0t' E'a Ezra
On motion, the report was accepted.
Ds. Lowr!e nuVed that the Secretaries Of the
Board b. hcarl. Agreed to.
DIT. IRVING.
ngMAMxs NJ THE sEcnETAnr.
DR.. DnvIl irving then addressed tho Assem-
bly,. lie sa1,i tile report OF tho Board WIS d.
vflad Into two parts,-one devoted TO what It's
representatives had done In foreign fields, aud
tie other what tho Church at home had done to
a1lstnln them in tic missions. One gave them
worlls and facis; the other figures As the fig
urcs could not tell Of the prayers that l'att as
&C M the s9Fs M ot qt 4efsa 5 LIN a pet p2eena
tic trinls they had cxpcriencc.l,-- tho
wnstagc Of lfso and Of vital fnrcc., These. how.
silupc. and powc, 10 tic results TINT were pre-
encouraging might not be 30 IN uoa's ordering.
uMnotlrsd es1nts might, in the future, be rc.
had presented In It's report. THUS they were
tnugpt the Important lesson In tho work to walt
mud look for futurv Development. The causc,
Hike God, worked slowly, but It worked surely.
tic other frt,nl tue West; and for tho inst timo
In the Churth history. he came to tell tl.c
Assembly of rctrs'srcss1on. One-twclfth Of the
number IL lalorrrs tlad dropped out; and in.
stem! Of giving 12 names tour OF whom iilM
only partial relation to the BnarI, making
actually I'LL who stood In official connection
WITH TIC Sea H., 's as @ thfy h sGs rhr 9ng Z
ills work culminatedl This wa, solemn 1,ics-
tIon. They WIRE unable to 70 forward They
had atool still, waiting; and tfod Ind permitted
them, 20 far = laDo5ets we're concerned. t. 60
btit tho means Werc not furnished
member: Tie Boanl had been working through.
cut tho year On d1n!ni:llsd 81 capltu: in ls,o
1nencctnent Of 1877 the Finance Committee,
after feeling thu PULSE Of tho Assembly, said,
"Kcdncc your work to 8t20, co., OF that.
was only ssto, o,o50. NJ woeder, then, tlat ons;
twelfth Of TIC active forrr had 0iHapt'careol
1hEnk OF its cncrrattnI cflcct urdn thcn IN
tAcr atac'Mpts TO cnst Incn 1t. the wurk.. How
with .ncn 70 turn their cyes eastward aud
westward when their hands were huntst
And when aakca, "Wal ynu send me" tn-
stead Of saying i" they could only cypress
the means to commission missionaries atI acnl
them forth. It was crushing to prayer anu en-
ersating 10 effort for the Asscmblyor churrl, to
ths Board IN post99n whsts nhsn ,.y tSy
ouly say 70 those ia tho 1eld, ''stana stll1," or
nut ID spite Of al this, tho year Just closed
hao oeeh
~, feAA os I.!t5 nHnAI . nlEssin". fs ns a.,
iuouKh tusfu WMs c!fu WV ~ HcA'eu . anu ~
md distractions elsewhere, tic cause Of God
bad 20 s5TSnssa %sss .. m 'n Ia ar9na 9u cs Ms1S' s1t ID
Japan. SLAM. ch!un,, syr'a,. md especially
blessing upon the missionaries: and IRON sorlie
o. ttoso fields ttio boaFa expected reports more
SneefT f .nan o 9.c sh s p ty pesn 1T wciya
noFc now'non llto sne lleo! IT, lhe @ 1ios s noara
ha'l t4irty from the scn,iaarses. ine forGien
boafI hau si1. mere Was 70 one III bra1ll' or
n & In1la M o. 10 ptnsc tri, c ~, " PLY hs ,IsrS
de- Young la.iiss wers willing 70 g.. but not
man hat snld no woaa soWettits w. i,eeoet, ..,
WHEN woaa feas tae aeatt OF ~ g. cnarsn ai,s'
In tho work: IL,
while ~ Asu churches contributed TO the
Board, 9.HS churches gu not glyc one cent ios
tho csafiscll1atloh OF the psslaa'ng:r MaMS ~,
thu. meant Il meant opposition TO ! Ghrlst'a =
rnrdlatorlal reign Upon thc earth, oppost,on to
aaYtng mcn from hel;-pFos'tioilt 10 tnat ~ai,st'
waa noO!o and good. aud which alone eo,iit'
stani such Christianity. Whife tho mcn had ~!
fallen oil ln Interest, the women had not. "
hui nothing to say III the why Of enconllums y Y
y the rtacs sss Z e sss tgT se
hcarts aud natures, tApplausa. Would thai
to could say that tt!e astions u the mc0 spoks
oftticlr Interest. rhls work camo meme " a!l
was, "Avhat will te the Assesnbly's answer e
tho Boarl, anl what Will they do this yeari
The tstfmates TINT !ad come from The dl!lcteli1
fields aggregated 4E3, ,om, Alter tho ati)olrn
were TO respond to that call,-hnw ti!cy wero tt
put new men aud women to work; What were
they to do II tho reduction demanded was made
This dscal year was cloacl with Debt o
81, s,0O0; but II had boon paid. Hs did not know
whether tue fact would have Happy elfoc1
upon tho churches or not. They wanted sbt
amount very baslly,-not for general work. btil
for special work that had lMen laid asli'
fs1sa wa' ~ am1 ,e n s1sases fas 70 ~, 'nett e"
] str,,rf. n huilNiIlr but cs,ullu,t ret IL They
| now bold school In stable, tho upper portlol