Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-17
MISSIONARY WORK.
THE MACEDONIAN CRY "COME OYER
AND HELP Us.
Rev. Isaac Crooks, of Winona, at the Jack
son Street Nj. e. Church Yesterday--He
Makes a Powerful Appeal in Behalf of
Church Missions at Home and Abroad.


Stafford, pastor of Jackson street NJ. E. church,
missionary work and to take up the annual col
lection for the support of missions, proved an
occasion of more than usual interest.
Rev. Isaac Crook, pastor Of the M. E. church
at Winona, had kindly consented to come up
and assist in the exercises of the day.
The beautiful weather and the occasion
called out large congregation. The table in
front of the stand was handsomely decorated
with beautiful flowers, the gift of some of the
ladies, and the choir had made some
fine selections Of music appropriate to
the occasion.
After singing and reading of lessons appro-
pirate to the subject of mission work, Rev. Mr..
Crook was introduced, and announced his
text the 9th verse Of Acts l6.
And vision appeared to Paul in the night;
there stood man of Macedonia, and prayed
him saying, come over into Macedonia, and
help US"
From this text the speaker preached an able
and very instructive sermon which would in
terest the readers of the GLOBE had we space
to reproduce it Ver'batin.
appreciate, he said, the importance of this
hour, and we do not have many returns of it
in year. There is associated with it SO many
them. Our business this morning is very i'm
portant. When the emperor of Russia looks
his vast domains he allows no part of it to
20 without proper consideration, but his heart
is set at present on the southern border. This
is especial point of interest to him. The
great Captain of our salvation has undertaken
the conquest of the world and there must be
great interest associated with the work.
HE shall see of the travail of His soul and
be satisfied
His eye is on the assemblage to-day, and He
watches to see how you willing to help in
the work of the conquest of the world.
Paul in his mission had planned to 20 to diff
ferent cities in and about Jerusalem, where
there were churches but the cry from Maccdo-
MIA called him otherwise. The church in Eng
land at one time fell asleep, and Luther and
Wesley and Whitefeld were awakened by the
cry, Come over and help us" and the cry dis
turbed them.
1t comes to us from all quarters; from the
Freedman; from the church extension; from
the missions in every quarter of the earth. It
comes to disturb our slumbers for this Mace
donian is a perpetual disturber, and we cannot
satisfy the slumber until the work is done.
Churches had been established in various
parts of Asia, and Paul was hungering to 90,
but the divine command was to go to Mac
edonia. In Troy there might have been q
spirit which said, II do not believe in this mis-
sionary work and we have men nor money
to give. We have heather at home. Why 20
abroad when we have much ut home? l am
sorry for the man or the church that will speak
Or teach in that way. 1t is a dangerous path to
walk in" man who says this, says: 81
don't believe in the doctrine Of the churches
as taught by the early fathers and apostles"
1t is saying I do not believe in the command:
go into all the world and preach the
gospel to every creature" and when
the church plants herself thus, she is
in the path of danger. It is an unsafe position
to occupy. At Troy the night this cry came
over there was a little company of godly men
there. Timothy and Paul were there, and they
gave heed to the cry. The of our church
from Macedonia, but from India, China and
Japan, Africa and the islands of the sea- from
beautiful Italy and Scandinavia; it comes from
Germany, from Mexico and South America,
and from our own frontier. The mission board
in New York, composed as it is of such men as
formation gathered by secretaries from every
mission field, know just what the wants are
and how they should be supplied.
Too many people think that it
costs large per cent. to get the
dollar from the church to the mission field. 1t
form of printing press, a bible, preacher,
or a teacher. No better investment could be
made if you wish to do good. This committee
is the ear of the church. They are wise, dis
Greet and trustworthy, and 1 believe stand in
the direct footsteps of Timothy and Paul at
Troy. The speaker told of this cry as it came
up from Five Points, the Bowery in New York,
from Baltimore, from San Francisco, from
Mexico and South America, and how made
quate were the means to meet all the demands.
When the missionary board had made all their
appropriations they had expended $4,000, 900
more than they had. They commenced the
work of cutting down.
They pared from one side and then another
and yet million remained in excess of the
resources. The question arose of killing off
missions, but this could not be done. The cry
Come over and help u.s. sounds in the ear Of
the church and she must contribute churches
and school houses that are to bury the spirit of
commune that shows its unwelcome head all
over our country. They are being built at
every point, but it requires money. California
Taylor, SO well known to Methodists, has gone
to South America and he says: ''Send down
twelve, men at once" Arughi from Rome
says: 'we need men, india poor India, with
its millions furnishing for bread swells the cry.
What does it all mean. 1t seems to me as if
| can see the Savior in the trouble
of His soul, grooming at the hardness of the
church. China, that has long waited for US, is
now sending her children to our Shores and
how have we treated them? Shall we roll the
tide back? We cannot, until we can stay the
of jehovah? The Macedonian crv
comes to us, and we give, on an average to our
church, thirty-four cents year. Are we giving
of our substance? Shall we thus mock God,
who has blessed us in this country. We have
money for our own comfort and for useless
luxuries, and shall we not respond when this
cry comes?
We have not even mission in the Holy
Land, and the son of God reached down and
took Kingsly when traversing the land Of the
apostles. He lies buried there under the
shadow of the mountains, and I think I can
hi orU0 INN o,,l ol
church on this spot, where once Our Savior
stood.'
The discourse throughout was vivid picture
of the demands for labor and money to carry
the gospel everywhere and when the missionary
collection was taken the appeal was responded
to most generously.
THE SABBATH SCHOOL,
which convened at 2:3O P. NJ. was largely at
tended, not only by the children and teachers
but by many of the parents. The
lesson was made use of to engage
the sympathy of the children in mission work.
and spirited address to the children was made
by Mr.. Crook.
IN THE EVENING
another large audience assembled to engage in
an old fashioned platform missionary meeting,
at which short addresses We're delivered by the
pastor and others, closing with very stirring
address from Mr. Crook, largely upon the SUBJ
ject of home missions.
Those who heard Rev. Isaac Crook yesterday
will be pleased to know that he will remain in
the city to attend the State Sunday school con-
vention, during which he will doubtless be called
upon to give report of the recent
national Sabbath school convention that
met at Atlanta, Georgia, and which he attend
ed as one of the representatives of Minnesota.
He is also on the programme to discuss one of
the topics selected by the committee for Thurs
day next. This gentleman was transferred