, 1877-05-24

getting headache, simply because OF tho vhst-
ncss Of tic interests that wero presented, and
The inability of The mind TO encompass and adc-
quately mcasnrc them. Sometimes one line Of
thought WINS prctcutct1and sometimes another
tho history II tho great Onc's m!ss!on work
the results OF present observation In mission
ffclds-thc facts TINT wero current IN the work.
I3ut Providence hee.ns 10 have directed their
thoughts this year 70 tho Eift by which tlc debt
Of the llOarl had fscen removed. The Hoar1
i,at, expected to he compelled. a. for two ore
viona years, to come up to tho Assembly with
a sorrowfui report about tue milestone that
hung on the neck Of tic chuae. But they wcso
suddenly. and there va. something, remarkable
ell 10 have waited, IN Hfe Provilchce, for two
years, In order that tho Church herself mi1tt
delft ;hut, when II appeared that, Instead Of being
tllInin!shct1. It was increascd-whcn It appeared
THAT the Board was coming up With tito uid
story
Prcsbyteftcs and syuods had taken tho matter
up, and tel. that In such times AZ theso It was
impossible tn tit the great load; aud thG last
GENERAL AHsemly declined twice to undertake.
tlod, alter oil, raised up Christian woman WIN
lifted her ilantl and swept tho entire difficulty
gut Ut the way. tApplauac. ila Thought ttle
Lesson Of tlls WIS that, hereafter. thoy should
tl!s Spirit of OBJ might rent on Tic hearts
oI Ils pcoplct and raise up 1nany such to remove
great obstacles.
There WAS another thlnv which seemed to
openIng Of The Assembly. IL thuueht. when
he heard the able sermon ~ the rctlrtnE Mol-
crator, tha. the position ii the Assembly was
Nse that q the children q Israel a. shechs'n.
when Joshua called them together tlnt they
might look Into their h'story,--,nVht AK them
tclyes what they were In fha .lc1crt for. What
bind of conqucet they bad started ont Who
was tl'cir uudf What Kind oi tuwer thcyhad 70
tr.'ths ilofuc to their consccnecs and ask them
whnt they were going to d,-scrye Gol Of Baai,
or neither one NOR tho othera Tho Moderator
took tl.osc two great truths.
sINjANp B4LyArfoH, .
and put them In the focus Of tho cllipse, and
placed the Presbyterian Church between; tue
two. where the Gre frot, aloye poured upon It
md Illuminated ita position that alt the world
might see what Il was al. and what Il pro-
fcsset.
1t was eail that the heathcn was lost; that
the q, Uo0, ,0oo Of Japan Hnl millions ot other
countries, were lost and sunk In pcnlatlo1l. In
that noble sermon Of the ex-Mo1esases he
lad tod bis hyarers-an4 these reporters
dsn ,sss' TO 's ts xpsaa. sRas1; La sse,e 'ss wss
n salvation OF xh1cl, God. III His Infinite grace.
was Himself ths great a's'onsr. These things
practice ou this point WHO was more co1i-
alstcnt tint Paulf lfo had - loyeh the llcathen
tutIon that he was never satisfied 10 labor On
another n,au's fouedation. % no wqntsa ,! to to
good news indeed. and bis love for the heather.
VIVA nuns Of tHis sentimental love that was
read or. 1'nul certainly differed frou,
o TIC 1s essep ss "y ayo aa Mslo nos ss
er such acc,lsations against the 1leathcn - Paul
brought Ills soul was all on fire at their utter
ruin. their utter degradation, nnd alienation
|, fIon Cod. How much Tue Church owe! to tta
he was not convinced VI the truths of Chrtsttant-
ty SO much fFotn It's doctrines or It's evidences,
but from the consciousness of the Biblical char
meters. It was when lie took sucl, a man a.
lifc md realized that Paul could not be imposed
On; that lIe believed all These truths; tint he
! ltvcl up 70 them aud CARRIED theta gut. Whcu
ho % took ,as, sssl1 ,, Ute .. that, ,,.i, tI!ta
TINT II should " based on an}tttne
| ary work u The Church, Gvt1's people would
not hare these glorious Epistles Of Paul.-that
stooi liku u Colossus. Tllls early hlstury ol
tho work was calculated to encourage, TO stl,nll.
late Christians now engaged III carrying tho
Gospel tu the hsati,e,i.
| ANOTHER BrIstuLus
lay Ia the work lona III nur own day. What 1ae
not Col accomplished within tic Last quarter q
. century, Twenty-Five yoars sxo thcre werl
but thisiy.dva missionaries in Ca!aa aud 90
% S9s Seft. ssts s5s a NJ as les t4a nuuGs
OF missionaries. Japan was closed to every
body uutu Perry entered Il, but nov
there was Chrsuan. civilization iu that land
professors inrgeiy from Tits country; viii lie
aOovu aIi, viii The Christian Sabbath estat
llslcd a. i,er day oi rest. There tho mss!ona
rtes were planting the seeds q truth In yariou
could scarcely be ,patallcled In tho future
DR.. Hepburn-a calm, careful man. too--ha
lately said to TIC speaker: ;" 1 deliberate
- tl'tnk that II tL1 Christian Church )!
r. i.'rtuer u ,nissonny s0u'1 si1." osfa 4ppiause.
The speaker verify believed that, with!
twenty years, Whoever weat to Japan woul'
tlat, in tho English language II preferred. II
has. heard the utAeg day that ton of Webster
Dictionaries hl.i been sent out, and that tlire
or four !arse publishing houses ,o, were maxim maxim
Even thu King u Slam GUILD afford 70 say tl'a
Christian missionaries SHOULD have Asa suppos
anA sympathy IN all they were dlsposeI " do.
Twenty -Qyu yaars ugo Madagascar lay untte
sstsy yIs"SB Svaa Ssso nd dpufs ontso ms
cruelty; now taeto sat Chrlstiau M
t,on ru1ca by the cdst Of rEateo'H!
i'Quecn. Twenty-Five yuars ago, Auslsast
was known only a. pcnsl COLONY; now ther
was provincial Empire with.s2, U0l. 6D sub]ccta
, with great cities, colleges, universities, .on.
mon schools, warehouses, 113 auxiliary Dih1
soesctics, etc. Natal a.ld Orange were now frc
States, aud their products Ind been seen al til
Centennial. Twenty-tiye years ago Africa W.
carrying On tho slave trade, md North Afric
waa the homo of the pirasss, kiug l}o.naa wa
oppressing Naples. Mexico wus still iu th
depths OF q darkness In which s!le hatl lain fO
! aa5d ycars. twenty-five years ago there was n
civilization on the Pacific Coast. Tt'-tlay. sll
,. sent tho representatives OF two Synols fou
more i'rcsbyterics 10 the Assembly, .nll
.. Ind PLACED the Moderator In tue cha!r. fAI
plauac. Twenty-Five yeare ago this countr
: was under tho curse and blight of slavery. Ind
| was under tho old lndian regime. while her y
roy sclcllion was going on, aud the questio
whether Christianity or Mohammedautslns shoul
| rtie was tho pivot of q bloody struggle n hle
,s4d NOW turned to tho side Q! truth THIN thcl
wcru tho results Of general pEogress,-thp tel
} | graph, steam navigation. tic sucz Canal. Il
, raciac Railroad, and tho revolution Of tho geo
! raphy Ut the world; tho week Of prayer, It
eaAhattlscho0l work, the fuung Meu's Chsistsa
ASSOCIATIONS, anu lay preaching. Dnru any ma
: croak that tho world was going backwarlf
THEIR WAS ANOTHER THING
| that should enter into tho consciousness Of II