, 1877-05-24

fore1nn missionaries TO get few minutes hear
Ing before the Assembly would not i,e Htstnter:
prctcd. lie would rather stand up before 5000
hinloos thnn before the Assembly, an'1 lie
you'd rather preach slirty1ons years Longer , IN
samblcd rrcsbyters. But It 70 happened that
he was the nniy representative II tic flvc
aynods Of india there present III: first feeling
81. seas na a an"
Tho sum,totaa Of results, as shown by the re.
port, showed the net gain during the year to
have been only one.hatf uf that Of
ses preceding 1ns ass an yfhnc raa snber
oi missionaries had been cut down from 1871 10
100, a loss Of II. Tho speaker started n on his
work over thlfty years ago ii, kolapoor, tho zen.
visc. At that t!mc such Thing as girls
school uas utterly unknown In The whole dis
trict, and there was only QUO tN'Ys sel'nol,
missionaries wcra helped in tncir work by the
sister of the King, who possessed considerably
more brains ttnr her brother. She obtained
possession ri copy of the New Testament, and
on reading II found that there was no harm ln
graduated at tho University OF Bombay witt, the
highest llouors. The speaker approved very
highly nf the work ttona hy women In the nils
stoo.deid, and tustaueea that performed by bis
THE nHv. s1- N'KNlGtlT ...
said vlitlo they had heard frnm other quarters
Of the globe, SO far, they lnf not heard mitch
a0Sas a sac1p Ss 1TH .snp ss IL M ,* s nSrft n
tic mission work in Mexico. nu.l had been re-
q,,cstrh tn sny something abuut IT, The MIS-
sonarce there lad Rrand wpsk to perform;
nnd, 20 fnr Is Ills observation c1tes,ded. ho had
fully and glortO,sly. They had Il lafu time.
The Government was up inc day and down the
nc1t. Hut all were buslly enGsged; For time
Quo lady had !,ccn obliged to parcel
out her clothing amonr The pupils to cover tsctr
nake'ncss, anil Tint might llaSc been tic eatse
ol shc illness wluei, 1rovu her away fru1n tIe
cnuntry. When tllu ConmIsslou knew uf tho
sacrifices tho missionaries were Obliged to sub
nit to, wou1.f they mt tato lie eausc home to
thc;r c,ayretatipls and scu to T, wl'cn tue r..
2237;l churches which usasle no contributions tt,
tic Foreign Missionary Board. To hin there
was no ilell Of ercascr interest than tlat Of
Mexico. We ,ttl nat knpw how SCOT, that wtoae
..ptIon "osilsl l'o added to OUT country.
h. trusted IT, ts Board would y bo aeIe S to CO.. CO.,
t!n,te sending teachers and preachers there In
order .hat thg pupnatlon ,t'lEhs bs lifted M i9r
contributions, and tic banucr ot Chrst bu sent
there tlat The ucu[lo ullgllt be hrul,yht 10 tic
foot of the Cross aud y knowledge Ut the truth.
EfttNA.
Tho l:cv. slr. Snycs,. .fTo.n Caution, China,
SUNS ray they lsaI no MN to scnl u C!ilIa
Will. lin wien lie went hack. Tie thou; ;ht
up0lt ha heart l,a,l hccn "What Is TOD saying
u It's ttY.tlayf' When ht remembered the mai ural
advantages vi thinn, when 10 saw tho lt.,es
that tou there, tho so'cu ol Tod sce'llc to lug
kaying, "Gu there nt.w: preach my Gospel
t1w." lhrpausc.] Ills cou'hanl was to 70
Into all tao w'r1,l, and preach tle tsuspcf to
every creature, afltt to do 1t now. What meant
these lines oi trAyG that Esrlcd tho eartiit
TI,cr-fuurtfs Of tfu heather. population II the
world s:'uld be reacl'c'l ny th9sc lll'u:, and i
9o II, and pIsscss the land. III Which there was
much 10 pos.css. The stf f,ot0,0J0 annuaiiy
spent for liquor Would ray missionaries
placed in ali tl,a mpst needy p'nces IN the
world. Tic tltrotnc VI tho pcnp1cu Ut this collh-
try was eycu gfea:rr tl'nn thu property raatta.
l,asatlsclv. was eIyon to spread the uospcl!
Was It really II question Ut '!ca,lnot" or twill
nutHf hut, Cycn undGr this uistouragen1cnt,
a,.'l notwithstanding ttsn init that there wcre
nut sNiEclens men til 6ttl 10 that tar-oH latid,
tt:crc WAS nIirtl 10 enss'lIrge the people of
Jericho Ind tumblel down years Au1 years
ago,-and the Kingdom IT Christ was sue-
crcd(ng tho reign III darkness.
Tho Moderator then put tho question m tho
alxth resolution, and It was carried without or-
po.ttfuu.
n!so adoptrt, MD thu Afndcratur suggested thne
tie ntlpbtton III tho report a5 wlotu should bo
considered at thu evening scsslt,il.
OM motion. the tctl-Mtnuto r,tte waa suspcil1-
cd fUr The evening"
The licy. CilarIrs q. lscatty and tho Rev. Dr.
riuululeF, forn,ur Afudcrlturs OF tho General
Assembly, wcre fuyitcI to scats un thu ffat-
fuflD.