The daily gazette., 1878-05-20

amount Of religious literature; a theologi-
cal school, in building costing $40, 900;
several good Christian schools; two Or
phanages, training about 100 boys and a
IKE number of girls, in the ways of use.
fulness; medical dispensaries, giving
sound treatment to the sick and afflicted,
| under the control Of noble, self-sacrific-
ing women; also, baz azaar preaching large
lv attended, and spiritedlv conducted.
he also gave an interesting account of a
District Conference which he attended
at Benares, and Of . village camp-meet-
ing, where he had the pleasure of baptiz-
ing 81 natives. The work was still going
on, and the converts in this locality now
number between 1000 and 5000. He had
reason to believe that the progress of the
work indicated that at no distant day all
India would be chrisaanizet. He allud.
ed to the great assistance given to the
i missionary WORK by the British rule,
which gives to India q government OF
law strictly enforced, and system of in
ternal improvements which greatly en-
would be sorry indeed, If any result of the
present troubles now affecting the gov
ernments OF Europe would weaken the
hold England now has on the country of
India. he also gave an interesting de-
scrlption OF the grand ceremonies at
Delhi, when Queen Victoria was public
ly acknowledged as "Queen of Great
Britain and Empress of India" and
closed with brilliant peroration COM
pairing this ceremony with the glory of
the time when the power of God should
the supremacy of England's Queen, in
the land sf India.
The audience then sang "Jesus Im-
mortal King, arise" after which Bishop
Wyiie was introduced to speak Of the
mission work in China and Japan. He
said that on account of the brevity Of his
time he would not speak any of the man
ners and customs of the people but
would simply confine himself to the
work performed in the empire of China
by the Methodist Church. In 1850 he
went out to Hong Kong, and was from
there directed to Foo Chow, where the
only English Mission existed 800 miles
up the coast. This mission was the be-
ginning Of English missionary work in
this great country, whose population was
over 400 millions, embracing about one
third of the human family. About ten
years was consumed In learning the Ian
guage, manners and habits of the people.
Now there are moro than twenty centres
OF the great work, which has extended
over the empire and entered into the
capital, where there is no treaty, and the
missions are only permitted to exist
through the liberality Of the Chinese
government. From the capital the work
spreads out go miles to the south 100
miles to the west, and 100 miles 10 the
north, as far as the great " all itself; and
ftourishing and prosperous missions are
established, spreading the glorious work
Along the Eastern coast of China,
oh 20 L.,
sions so close and compact that person
could stop in one every night, and meet
with Christian hospitality and entertain
ment. He then gave an interesting ac-
count of the Yangtsekiang missions, un-
der control of five missionaries-two
married and three single-and Of another
mission conducted by three ladies under
the auspices of the Women's Foreign
Missionary Society.
Alter reviewing in the detail the
character and extent of the Mission work
in China, the speaker said that on his Sc
cond visit, after an absence of twenty
three years he went back, not to encour-
age despairing workers or recall the mis-
sionaries, but to organize an annual Con-
ference of the M. +. Church at Foo Chow
with thirty-five members. He then gave
an interesting account of the proceedings
of the first session Of this Conference 1t
had five districts, with Presiding Elders
for each, all organized and conducted as
such things are in the Conferences of this
country. The speaker paid a high tri-
butte to the zeal and efficiency of the ma
tive preachers, whose services were free
ly given to the great cause without dol
lar OF remuneration except what they
gathered from their own people. The
regular salary that they claim is only SO
per month for themselves, $1.50 for their
wives, and rs cents for each of their
children. He related an incident where
one of them, who was brought to San
Francisco to labor among the Chinese
natives, refused to accept situation ten
dered him by merchant, at a salary of
500 per month, preterring to continue
his ministerial laborsat the meagre salary
of $3.50
The speaker next gave an interesting
account of the missi onary work in Japan,
which was not commenced until 1873, but
which has prospered wonderfully during
the five years of its existence. He said
the whole land was open to the mission
ary work, and 80, 900, 900 of pagans lived
there, ready to receive the beneficent eff
fects arising from knowledge of the
Christian religion. He closed by urging
renewed and continued efforts for the
education and evangelization of the peo-
pie of Japan.
The vast meeting then closed with the
doxology, by the audience, Chose who
did not rush out as soon as the speaker
closed) and the benediction by Bishop
Peck.