The Portland daily press., 1882-10-04
THE OVERFLOW MEETING.

The thronging of the people to the City
Hall was greater than couldfini sitting or stand
ing room, and the Payson Memorial Church
which had been opened in anticipation of it
was soon fil-d nearly every seat on the floor
and in the gallery of that spacious church oc-
cupied.
The motto in the recess Of the pulpit, "The
Lord is King" was appropriate to the occasion,
which calls the followers of Prince Emmanuel
to the work which he as King in Zion has
given them to do.
The Hon. William E. Dodge of New York
presided. He referred to the vast asse nblags
of the tribes of Israel as evidenciDg some sp-
probation Of the greatness Of the cause which
had brought them together. The Rev. Henry
G. SchauAer, soon to be settled ia Cleveland,
Ohio, offered an invocation, and read the
hymn in the "Church Hymn Book"
''Joy to the World! the Lord is come"
which was sung to the tune of Antioch, with
great ;heartiness by the congregation and the
organ, Mrs. G. o. Gosse, organist, with two
members of the choir, Mrs. VIM. ?. Chase.
Mr.. j. B. Coyle and volunteers, leading in the
service. Mr.. Schauher read the I'D Psalm
"Give the king thy judgments, o God, ETC.,
and led in a fervent prayer. All united in sing
ing hymn 1926,
"Jesus we bow before thy throne.'
Tune-Park street.
Rev. Edwin B. Webb, D. D., of Boston, said
he had been asked to bring sermon in case
there should he an occasion like this, and he
could do no better than to take what he had
partly prepared for missionary sermon to his
own people. He announced as his text,
Chron. 22 14-the words Of David just before
he was ready to depart, in which he declared
what he had done for the house OF the Lord,
''in abundance" and the injunction to Solo
mon, "and thou mayest add thereto" DR..
Webb presented reasons why each generation
was under obligation to add something to
what the preceding generation had done. Our
entrance upon other mems labors, imposed an
obligation on us to transmit to those after us,
what will tend to further progress. The prin-
ciple he applied to the work of missions, and
showed how we were under greater obligation s
than any that had gone before us to disciple all
| nations.
/. Because of the stronger evidence we pos
sess Of the truth and power OF the Gospel. This
| evidence has been steadily increasing, the light
| growing brighter and brighter. We now have
no doubt that the Gospel is adequate to meet
| all the needs of every soul-to redeem the
| world. No doubt fingers in the mind as to the
triumph of the Gospel, and of the kingdom of
| our Lord.
q Our obligations, argued from the success
already attained; it is mighty incentive force.
| The success of the British commander in
Egypt, and his use of that as an incentive to
press ON decisively and courageously was fine
| ly used to illustrate his point. He referred In
touching terms to the success which has been
secured through the self-sscrifce of many, as a
| powerful motive to move our hearts to make
| them more and more effectual
| g. Our obligation, seen in the greater facili-
| ties for missionary work, which are az our dis
| posal. Having better means and material,
| greater works should be achieved by us. Three
| things were referred to as necessary in the
work of missions: The means of getting to the
nations. communicating with them, and pro
| lection in our work. These we have as never
before-in the rapid conveyance, the use Of at
| least $50 languages by which to communicate
| TO them, and the protection of the American
flag. The comparison with the condition Of
, things in former days was wonderfully sug-
gestive.
4. The great increase of wealth was anoth-
| or advantage we have over former days, and
increases our obligation, Some figures he re-
ferred TO were very effective. Our national
debt reduced from $500 millions of dollars tc
| l,6OO millions; our annual products, 1O,OOt
millions, adding to the living wealth OF the
country 500 millions. If there are one in five
who are disciples of our Lord, then they alone
have 100 millions in their hands, so that nc
Christian enterprise need to fail.
Wealth is not confined to narrow belt
Kansas alone, now 21 years of age, full and fire,
born, springing out of Christian libertv-ths
young State, has product IN 1852 OF $l75, 900,
000-a net yearly increase OF eight-seven an(
| a half millions. This wealth is to come int,
the treasury of the Lord-munifeent gift
have Already been pouring in-we ar
| under obligation to use it still more abund
antly--consecrating it to the Lord.
The Hon. VIM. E. Dodge, at the close Of tn
discourse, referred to the privilege Of listenin