, 1877-05-24

the ehurches would strengthen. the Board
OF Foreign Missions. and enable them to semi
men, men and women 70 South america, many
precious " 1ewe: wouh? ee gathered for tho
' rns : nsv. lnR',seso: nR. Wrsos,
OF ALBANY, the Chairman Of tho Standing Com
rnftsce on Foreign Mtssluns, wns The next
tpfsE tpeaksF l1s w"s struck especially With tic
mat'e concerning it, IN which It was taken for
granted TINT this work OF foreign missions Was
. work worthy Of the Church. ind that Il 1la'l
~ ~ assurances as Of success. People were usually
quite The opposite Of that rcscale3 IN
the report and the remarks Ut the brothers.
Books OF apology for Christianity ha! dtsar;,
BeoEs II sne ecs MR. Of q e eSsf ss Ssas
anything like such titles wero altogether out Of
place. Everything was certainty ilow,--eer-
talnty that tAIs wns the real work ct the
Church. But whlls Christians recognized that
realize that they must act On tho aggressive,
and follow the command Of Christ to preach, the
Gospel everywhere, and to disciple all nations.
Christians could NIT stand stlll nowadays. In
npon lss 'ati smpg uaet to IL 'hoy ~iee e si e:
he believed, MS tue spirit that animated every
Christian soldEcr, engaged III this work OF for;
rather walt until! what they desired q do At
hon,c was accomplished 'ley wou1t rather
tarry ut Jerusalem Until atl The Jews we're ron,
ycstett t,cforc they could do anything foE ttc
Vas utte,y W false. fhs s foretsn mission va was be- b.
eon,tnE home mission work more md moro
every ycnr.
twas 4 fatso idea, also, that civilization
Sse %s' nst ,1or eenf III aoa2 r2t @ s 5
that tlte WORK Of foreign missions cost too lnurh.
What mnttesed Il how ,auctl II cost to pay for
the ha!valton Of sontet People never stopped
To ask whether works of nrt cost tuo nucli, or
SYt1rfkhr fhnv Tflpftttt12
people intcrpusel tho objection tn this work of
sasing sails TINT 1t cost too much. 1t lad
also t,een iiitfmatct that great amount of tho
sas ay eoo wot e1se %s e eeSrs rt. 5 d
that for every dollar given to forcgn missfoils
all but four cents went to tho tlIrcrt objects Of
these contributions. The trcakrr did nut s'e.
iisvo tsfs was sucf N, sxamg!e ns ; iis !, n all
pcasct that thc:Boarl of Missions had actllaliy
expended tllu a.nasng sum uf. 81. OIL thu aver
my, for thu conversion of every soul.
esSn oong ,s 1 d1n = tn .t pont
be continued. bcturc tho year 1870 the trade
OF tlfs country with tho Sandwich Islands Ind
r!scn fron' u few Thousand dollars to sl,o0O0o0
eos saa o u II WITTY yf1s m 'S Surs 's ss , .aSx VIII
outlay. I.rt Christians never doubt
Tor T. moment tlat tic very best
and highest sei,sc this work for Christ On Ills
snn!s to Jesus. 'lhr speaker was palncd to say
there WA too little unun Among Christians on
t!llA subject uf 1illsBl0na compared with What
there "ught to be. III this tespctt the missions
nrles gave un example OF Christian unity euct
ns was never seen ur heard ut before. There
was os,e peculiar feature about this Gospcl: tho
!noro tho people sent II ont tue more thry lad.
Tho SPEAKER was obliged to state n fact, disa-
nearly onef,a1f tho churches III the country did
nut contribute tn tlls great cnuse. To tlie other
halt 1t was uwiny that the enthusiasm lad not
died out. II all tho churches Ut thls country
their uleans to sustain this work, what coulli not
lc accompaniment Let everybody ~ tloalc, sail
thc gentleman #, conclusion, ant resolve t!lat
ny their prayers, tlIeir wor1s, their gifts. tlscy
wnuld DO everything they could tu lead SOULS III
any way that they might to the Savior. lap
THE REV. DIR. BHnDnEAp,
former nasionary IN Iudls, wis tho next
speaker. lIc slll that l,c had been regarding
xns casy s ncy II W tic Sst eate 1 aions "ey soe
up us suppianla for that uountyt. Persia, South
America, India, uild China caniu forward to usis
for gifts. Tl,u Assembly must remember that,
Willie .l1cy wcre alnoner. of large and divine
answerablc ior thetr administration Of It. Their
position WIS that of spectators stn1.tints OIL MI
e'nneuco nnd overlooking gorgeous spano-
sa wss a,s s 5p sssrv S S a asy
c:ilnc with all Tho blessings Of tho Gospel Il,
tlelr hearts, anl looked down Vi. world Ia ail
It's sin, and degradation. Il WIS hts part
t. t. sa INST 1 Eso II W a 1e 6 ' pcea adfSse ann
tng tnr t'!c past eighteen yeurs. In ttut single
Elprc there were hll1rrds of millions With
out tllc Gospcl. Three. hundred tnlltious of
soals bowed down to gods 'na!lo by thels own
The population Ut lnlita was txcceedea only by
IT, Pantheon. fur 1t, l. tlIcy lud three hundred
an thirty million h!ols. II the wholc Christian
Eotl4 Lad no otlor 'eld than this H. which to
VIVA not 50 tnuel tho Ignorance OF
had to contcrl will! as. tlselr. religion.
That religion was tho, Gin and fully Of
W ia.rrevaa6lc o. thu snow.capped illa,alayas.
Thu Christiau religion WIS, US Il were, but Ut
yesterday, Wien conlparcl with that of the lit-
t, aoo:. Thc rcliElon qt these pcopIo psr,ueate4
"eslstu" WIS j terrible 'bulwark IN tic why Of
.nlsslou work. Tlle speaker did mt kiiuw
wllether tho work anoug the Alol,atauic,lat,s
waa more hopeful than among thu followers of
sns ss & ssere 's Was contrary ger II Va
truth IL tho loetrl,.cs Of Mallonuet
tnr wlirl, they looked IN vain a,uone thu i,c-
llcyers In UrahtnunsssIl. hut the Mohatn,nedans
oniy break in the cloud wns touul In what waa
knuwh ns bralHlotsnl Us lEstilet frum ltrlhlnuIl-
ttln. Tile believers III the former asl, IN great
extent, abandoned tho d0rtrnc of ez.stc. Hut,
while they believed III tic fatilcrt.oo of tod
and The brotherhood Of man, they utterly failru
to grasp tho great truths ii. Eelatun to thu
saving nlwrr ii tho i.url Jcaus Christ. Civil.
ixatiot without religion never saye,t my peoples
an.l material progress wunlll meyer saSe lula.
Tho examples Ut Greece and Rome showed
tlIut civilization without religion tcsultcu In
vlru aut! t1umoFnlity. uurlNg tic pnat fifteen
yrars thurs tlal been Il great a,lyatce III tl,u
facilities for transportation III India. und much
material progress. A yistUr to Calcutta would
tInl numbers Of elucatct men wtusc daily rad
lug e.,slstctl af the works VI Emerson, Huxley,
Darwin, and 'lyntlull. They hal learnt enough
lu kliuw that ttlcre wGru soI,,c things III the
litblc hard to understand. Tut tho tiosncl was
taking hold Of The hearts Of tito pet,ple Iii many
districts.
'l''1s speaker told Of 'fakcr,'' or religious
Incnlleant, who lad been converted unti was
now aI Elder In the church. Whatever WIS to
l,c dune must 1a tono nt.w. Ii, sucl, MI ru0t-
flous population t!r yearly mortality WAS, ut
coursc, vsry lnrse, aud the ieupis wefu golng
down tu .!cath never hearing 1T tho Alurinui
Guspcl. Especially WAS th!s true during tl,u
famine Ilt,w prevalent III TINT laud. rlle Held
was whlto lnr thu harvest, md how wtro U.l's
people, uhcyiug Christ's culslnlai.u, "tiu ~ Into