, 1881-05-02
An Instructive Sermon in Behalf
Of Foreign Missions.
The Rev. Arthur Little on the Full
Force Of tho Sixth Com.
mandment,
Prof. Swings Sermon on skeptics
and 9kepticism.
HELP THOSE WOMEN.

tT1A RI NJ tSIt tInfH afa%.1
sr lev :, H. . Gosson pIe"ensa yes.Gsahy
morning IN the fulleftoA Avenue fFesoyte
Iia Church with especial pee reference to tho
tin f'iseontso. postu OF MISSIONS Following Is tho
entrsat thee ne - als9. & true yoke. fellow help
npWpb n'aM u "n'cn 'aooeo" WIN 'pe III 'no oos'
So Paul wrote to some friend In Phillpp',
whose name has not come down to us. Tho
women WHO 1abored In tho Gospel wore III all
probability women who gave. their time to
RFoslalnnx aha . ne e. GOSPEL 9t Ito to- women. omen IN tho
East tnero were IN tNat day, as thefe are now,
vast numbers OF women who, according to
the barbnr0us Eastern custom, were kept Sc
sran ,andi, tha e.s W. s'so. d Gu, , - ~ d v
1IeG npi, ~ raac e atsns @.i% W"o cnM ,.
nwn apy WhsIa Scot9,ss;sn es ,xists ~ wh"ra
TM hriesSo sE oan ,w;n pS * wS,e t
pressed ~ gone @ la9ds as a'nonE o&r 1fa
aauro.i,,r ~ tho ,v,.,or -, XXX ann+ ~ ,rGom ~
in nthere 1ntts @ no r. Tmrkew and y Swrtn K
,sats % !, n, sha Sacia,o G ~ nutKGy ", W. H
"men inian III e rs or g 1elaa te
ntnrnaiv IN ~ rs;o III p,rso nn.i tu S"r,n ~
Nost Hais ~ a. is n,,,s i,efTsa % ~ yf'a, ,
In intIin nin,,e t%cr.. ara X TIA lid @ ~ ,wn,nen
~ ~ ~ Mstr venr' ooo ,,,o ,,od ,,,,,on or ,ur
gym eo, Gnarf Msto sirrea ,au mn TO form te
M,ssans Yor tha ynr,.oua ~ su,n1 ~ r9leG s,,st,
n uevsts". % cueasaq a women o. as
iohtas ~ ,,o, IiM t.n T.. ~ ~ o"t ,:, H.
niem ,yns pps ,nv. n.vsois l" paI%S sq i' ,fs. o
stn,,orv o,fotv nn,,,,,oso,, as,9fra,,. A
wnl,lyil. from its President to all Its active
workers abroad; to have a central board;
sCe'eay ,I u, GhvSrS pses9StcLy, n Ana ~ Su%.ary
Women @ who starteu II ihis % entcrnrlss ~ m la pu mi,st
have glowed witt, delight as last week they
s,oo 4a 'se'aT ax n t!s sty ot no
1000 auxiliary societies formed III the
able to State tho glorious facts that 100 adios
lave, l,avs been sent ont e l'eath!en lands during
boards. tho youngest, perhaps. Of ali the
missionary societies III tho World, i.ro r7lising
11 more money mon M and employing more missionariss
tsn twstyys ws s yea Moe aeo a a lie cfG ss
who have gone forth to Persia. SyrIa. inIias
da,lntless courage md psrssyarHnce. and
t No% Rs e hsFS a. j csy cs y64 Ss'pE Ests s1 s5sf
facts. This ngo Is wonderful foreign mis-.
sionary nee in The history Of the Christian,
Church, Tnke review Of the progress Of
were seven missionary socIctles #, tllo world
and 17O missionaries In foreign lands. 10.
day there ara seventy central societies or
Boards, employing z. 400 European and Amer
lean missionaries. anu 1900 1intive urenchera
and teaellcrs. The Whole Income Gomez OF ali MIS-
s1onary societles in 1B0O was $50. Coo, In iSSo
it was So 40 600. or six millions more, The
not gain Of converts in lleathon Gains in 1Y7S
was eleven tinos as iargf iss The net gu!n OF
ch,lrch-,nelnbers lii tie saine yoar In n.,r
Presbyterian churches In this cnilntry.-ii
per cent a6road, / per cent at home, Tlehty
years ago the Bible Ind been translated nj,
only fifty ditferent iome.laens: to.,lny II sx-
ists In 10 different ia,,nunses. MD rnissio,,.
aries have iii seventy years Tiyen r. iiterntmrn
to sixty human lal,guagcs fhat bofuro wors
unwritton. '' N'''>->' ~~' '.o "'''
In lie early mart Of th.s centurv 1renrv
Martyr, The hero u,ld martyr Of l,arsiai inis.
sions, said: "WGcn / sin1ll see a iiindoo
converted to Christianity. NhHll sep at,nIf4
thing nearly reseInIiing liz res,rrscitou p n of
dead botly.' Mlssiolsnries to-day. men md
stens. and. insuirei viii, nIs c,,,,Inre MA Inva
brayad liz heroic dcntil, cail point 10 aco'oo0
Hinioo nnI j.nrntrsa t;hristInnu ant, tn tha
fact tlat ali ue,1ta ossrvers xvl;thar y i,Ino e
doc priests and nhilosopliers or Ennijsi inv
arnnrs.f!pnntnI ~ i,,Tin ara nrrant tn stut
in'. thnt T., ~ 50" - ~ eIAt