Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-02
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The Missionary Meeting in Christ
Church Last Night-Interesting Al
dresses by Distinguished Clergymen'
A deputation of the Board of Foreign
and Domestic Missions of the protestant
Episcopal Church of the United states,
arrived in Savannah on Saturday, ana
oficiated at the various Eplscopai
churches in the city yesterday.
The deputation consists OF rev.
Joshua Kimber, d. D., Secretary OF
the Board of Foreign Missions, Rev. Dr.
Bum, of Brooklyn, and Rev. Z. I. III
fany. rector of lions Church, New 1ork.
Archdeacon Kirkby, of Canada, was eX-
pected, but was detained in Charleston.
He will. however, arrive this morning
and address the meeting in Christ Church
to-day. A united meeting was held Ill
that church last evening.
Owing to the illness of Rev. Mr.. Boone,
the rector. Rev. Mr.. Strong, rector
of St. Johns, stated the object OF
the visiting clergymen, which was 10
awaken the Episcopal cOngrega-
tions to a sense of the vital Importance OF
extending their missions at nome ana
abroad. Mr.. Strong read letter from
Rt. Rev. Bishop Beckwick expressing MS
Rev. Joshua Kimber, d. d., Secretary
of the Board of Foreign Missions, was
the first speaker, and began by referring
TO the verse of Bishop Heber's hymn,
1.From Greenland's Icy Mountain"
which had just been. sung by the cholr,
and said that he had, few weeks since,
examined the original manuscript of that
beautiful HYMN, and that it was more
emphatic than the printed version. III
read:
scan we, whose souls are lighted
With wisdom from on high
can we, to men benighted,
The lamp of life deny:
IT was not shall we aid in this mission
arv work, but can we neglect it. A
Christians it was our duty to send the
gospel of Christ to the millions of heather
who are in darkness. Mr.. kimber re-
ferred to missionary work of the Episco-
pal Church, dating back fOrty-seven years,
to the early efforts of Bishop Boone { the
father of the present rector of Christ
Church.. Mr.. Lockwood and others, and
though for many years there was but little
apparent result from their labors, the
work then begun is now bearing its
fruits.
Almost insurmountable obstacles at
tended their first efforts. Bishop Boone
was not even allowed to land in China,
and located on the Island of Java. His
work was confined to the chinese that
visited that island. He had to learn the
Chinese characters and language and
translate the bible letter by letter, and at
last succeeded in gathering around him
small mission school. The result OF his
labOrS years ago was recently demon
strated. 1t was desirable to purchase
new site for the mission, and 1t was the
bows of that mission school, now grown to
manhood, who came forward and demand
Oh 1,of cbOn1H no allowed 10 GlnnlV
the necessary funds.
Mr., Kimber spoke for nearly an hour,
giving most entertaining history of the
foreign missions, including that at Cape
Palmas, Africa.
Rev. DR.. Bum also gave an interesting
account of the China mission, where he
had been stationed for five years. He
went there as a member of the Medical
Board of Missions, not only TO look after
the health of those who were engaged in
teaching the gospel of Christ, but to assist
them also in their holy work. He
described the methods of carrying on
the mission work. When he arrived
at WaupOO, the place used for preaching
was an old building on one of the prlncl-
pal streets. There they repaired every
morning, and to the Chinese) their gro
tesque appearance attracted attention,
and a crowd gradually assembled. The
missionary preached the Gospel in the
simplest form, the ever changing audience
recurring constant reiteratiOn of the
tenets of religion, and he as physi-
clan giving his attention to those
who were sick. Medical knowledge
i'm China is of the crudest character,
and fhe fact that he healed the sick
many of them having the simplest dis
ease. readily yielding to treatment-sO0n
became known, and this brought many to
the mission. He related one case where
a man was brought to them in an almost
dying state, and, in fact, without proper
medical treatment, would nave died In
few days. who was taken care of, and in
four months went forth a well man.
Medicine and surgery were almost UNI
known by the Chinese. A few years
since the Chinese Prime Minister'S
wife was saved by the efforts
of a missionary physician, and
that official has shown his sense of graft
tude by creating Joss temple into
hospital, and placing it in charge of an
American physician, This endorsement
was OF great assistance. 1t was by such
practical work as this that the prejudices
to foreigners was removed, and the path
opened to the introduction of Christianity.
MIR. Bum was listened to throughout with
marked attention.
The next speaker was ReY. Z. q,
Tiffany. of lions Church, New York, who
spoke in behalf of Home Missions. He
alluded to the labors of the church in the
far Western States and Territories, and
stated that there were now twelve bish.
eprics in the latter. In that new country
towns were growing up every day and an
immense population flowing lin. Two
thousand people land on our shores
every day, representing every cline,
the most of whom go to the Terri
tories: many of our own young
men were also going thither, and it
is our duty as citizens of this great re-
public to see that they receive the bene-
fit of christian civilization, so that they
do not 60 astray amid the temptations
of frontier life. The future of this cOun-
try will soon be in the hands OF the de-
scendants of these people, and if we
wish to see it perpetuated we
must aid in the efforts which are being
made to spread the gospel among the peO-
pie, Dir, Tifany's address will DO much
good in interesting those who had the
pleasure of listening TO him in the work