Morning journal and courier., 1885-05-21
CHINESE MISSION FIELD,

! Examination and Ordination of Rev
 MT. Atken-SermOn by Rev. MT TWttehen-Other Exercises.
 The council called for the examination O
 MT. E. B. Aiken for ordination for mission
 ary service met yesterday afternoon at
 o'clock in the Batten chapel, Yale college
 Delegates were present from the followins
 churches New Haven-First church, United
 church, Temple street church, College street
 church, Church of the Redeemer, Davenport 1 church, Howard avenue Congregations
 church, Taylor church and Dwight Place ! church; Congregational church of North l Haven, First Congregational church of Gull
 ford, Orange Congregational church, Con- gregational church of Newington and of Vergennes, Vt. The following gentlemen
 were also present: T. D. Woolsey, D. D.,
 Rev. Timothy Dwight, D. D., Rev. Samuel E. Harris, D. D., Rev. George E. Day, D. D.. Rev. George E. Ladd, D. D., Professor Bras tow and Rev. MT. Kincaid
 Last evening the ordination of MT. Aiken
 took place in the Battell chapel under the direction of the American board of commis- sioners for foreign missions. The ordination
 sermon was delivered by Rev. J. H.
 Twitchell, of Hartford. His text was from
 Mark, K, 35: 'tAnd he sat down and called
 the twelve unto him and saith unto them:
 If any man desire to be first, the
 same shall be last of all, and
 servant of all'" The sermon was
 upon Christian missions as illustrated by the
 example derived from the memoirs of John
 Coleridge Pattison, the young English bishop
 h0 4la
 blacks in the Micronesian Islands. At home
 he was brought up in 8 most pure and de- ightful Christian atmosphere and was trained in godliness He felt himself called to inc work in the Pacific islands and threw himself into that work with enthusiasm. For Jesus' sake he consecrated himself to the service of reforming people full of diseases men tally undeveloped and without morals. He was always guided by 8 most sincere and earnest love of home and of his father Between these two most heavenly core spondence was carried on which cheered and comforted both. The work of this servant of Christ was based upon 8 sense of the equality of men and this principle of equali- ty guided his action. He fraternized with his people in social and in ordinary life, believ- ing that there could be no new inward man until there was a new outward man. His was g continual struggle with gigantic obstacles and his life exemplifed the nrinci ples he taught. We must not pity but con gratulate him and thank God for him and learn from him to take up the cross in what ever form Christ offers it to us
 The charge was given by Rev. E. M. Wit tum, of Guilford In his address he made | fUiandabg; fpacllng itb aitqslons M to his student him words not of counsel but of exhortation to be man, in | strength and in courage, in work and in | recreation and in pleasure. In | China the ordinary feeling of humanity must l not be thrown aside, but there must the mis- | slonary still enjoy and love the pure in na- 5ure and in art. "Be man among men. as Christ was Be bond servant of Christ. but servant of no man. Care for health and life as a duty. Be true to Christian principles and manly courage and teach | here as everywhere the people to stand fast n the liberty with which Christ has made all men free. Be scholar, theologian and , philosopher in meeting the wrong methods and the superstitions of the country. Take the Bible in your left hand. put put your right hand in that of the In l visible, who, though he is invisible, has promised to every missionary of the cross md of the world''
 Rev. B. w. Bacon of Old Lyme. a former intimate of MT. Aiken in the seminary. ex- ended the right hand of fellowship, He poke somewhat as follows: ''My classmate. rlend and dearly beloved brother in Christ esus, short time ago I extended the hand f fellowship to one with whom we had spent ome time under the elms of dear old Yale. nd who is now in the mission field in . outhern China. I extend the same welcome Q you, who will soon go to the field in , crthern China, with pain and pleasure, for
 have to give at the same time
 welcome and farewell. lou will be my companion in the Christian srvice as before you were my companion in | ne preparation for it, though we shall be t 'n thousand miles apart. Ours is a true 'llowship, for tour hopes, our joys are one, UT comforts and our cares.' We shall be ] 1e servants of common master in one vine ard welcome you to the service of the ord Jesus Christ, to the fellowship of s i twice whose reward is an hundred fold in | I lis world and most rich in the world to 'me. May God bless us in our work to- sther"
 Rev William Kincaid of New York, secre- l ny of the American board for the New ork district, made few remarks and pr. arbour, the college pastor, offered praver' t ter which the old missionary hymn, From \ reenland's Icy Mountains" was sung and e benediction pronounced.
 MT. Aiken has just completed his fourth A ar at the Yale Theological seminary and i'll soon leave for missionary work at Pekin
 northern China.