New-York tribune., 1889-10-18
DIR. STORRS At HIS BEST.
HIS BRILLIANT GRAFTON ON MISSIONS.

THE GREAT AUDIENCE HELD sPELLBoUND BY
THE PRESIDENTS ELOoUENCE - CON.
GRATULATI0NS FROM MANY QUAR-
TIERS
At the evening session DR.. StOrrs delivered
brilliant Grafton, which was listened to with the
closest attention throughout and was interrupted
by frequent applause Part of the address was
us follows:
We are here my dear friends for the character
isc work Of the modern Christian world. 1t IS not
the formulation OF cipeds: that done As far
great crccds are concerned many centuries ago,
and We accept them. We accept thc Apostles Creed
and the Niceno Crcod as heartily as my beloved
brother and friend OF fty ago, Bishop Hunting
iOn, who Is sitting by the platform, accepts
them for himself We have no need to revise, ana
we have little need to adj to the crecds that were
batlc hymns of the Church IN the time OF is purity.
Of IFS trials and OF It's victory. We are not gaherc5
cover the Holy Lands. AZ the Council Of Cermont
the Council Of Aetcnps, where the fiery coqucnco
salem for which We chiefly care is the New Jerusalem
descending out OF Heaven from God upon the ealfh
religion as VIC are certainly not here for that great
| work which was the principal object OF Christian
magnificent caihcdrais. We are here to take the
| Gospel As have received IT, and as the substance
OF it shines in the ancient creeds: and to propagaIe
of our reach throughout the earth and to accomplish
effects ee are large and varied and unspeaRaby precious
The primary and supreme effect upon which our aT
| souls TO the Son Of God We believe that the Son
| of God has been the earth. that lie came as
a Divine Person. to illustrate holiness to teach the
Divine law, to make propitiatlon by ilS cross ana a
SeRe a af ga EeS %t so tor III m o Save
from death and TO hldG multitude % OF sins tSc We
presence OF the Master. that It has shone with the
supcrna flush of Ills miraculous power. that since
| before and our chief desire, which governs
and limits every other IS TO lead men Individually
| osrtb. and that we may make Heaven more populous
with renewed and Triumphant spirits: This Is our
a. ~ ttrppE u tP m s.
SFh d"rso the work for Which Sr Witch saqg Ms
gladly give God has prospered us.
OTHER EFFECTS OF CHRISTIANITY.
But then, there also effects upon tho world at
large and upon tho present world, in its physical
POLITICAL governmental and social conditions. what.
| as individuals. This institution has fair claim upon
tho earnest sympathy Of all who desire human welfare
T this iiain great po" city, tho We arc here in the
centre Of tho worlds great wcalth-thls city full OF
| Ills assembly seems a small thing. We small in
number. our annual revenue Is less than that OK OK
a few days, and It may seem natural that on our
going away shall 10 Instantly forgotten Bnt M Ist
us recognize the fact that that which Is comparatively
small IN appcaance may be great In value and effect
and the greatest things in history have usually come
Whon hear men talk they sometimes do saying
in effect that We can dispesc %i fgmgon ns
are enough for US have it IN my heart to say
frT that experiment. then begin by tallng away the
toHndation Of Your houses and leave them standing
in ccdom %S an public liberty, prvae m virtue and the
| beauty of private character, and that Is our
power We aro trying make It artlculate in all
| IN the same line, have made II artlculae in 300
might iakc unto themselves this tuth of God. Two
hundred and fifty thousand copies P OF parts OF the
scriptures were clicla'eI III i''na diono in'' la Soa
family on the earth is as familiar as We have been
rtrifh
the prophecies Of old and with the final prediction
which flashes rs glory on ihe old from the apocayp p.e
closing and oonsummating the Scriptures (Applausel
THE BOARD HARMONIOUS
Then We have hal great Men do not say
that always or believe IT, but let settle this in our
minds, that thi. Board, now elghtyone years old was
this hour. Great applauseJ We dlfer among our
oaTre and With the snccrest mutual respect We
are going 70 have 100000 instead OF 5000 OCO for The
Of this bop M APP,s o W. have egSf, Ri3
years aeothe whole earth shut @ to our endssV2rS GH
, they saw Turkesau. / don't know exactly wher'
thai pro6aoy s ont %e, eye o aSs1lSG
, when this Boart started now there ar ar
3Uqo9oP CS r,py far sHrpassng the increase Of the
native population. tApplausel More copies Of The
tSan were in existence in all the world at the be
, Inning nf this century. That looks like success
Success for the past, reward success for the future
, Then we have the supreme Power Of the univers'
, on opr side with and for us. Any mar
| IL, can see the intersecting lines OF The
ovcpties on this island can see the lines OF Providence
! onVcrynr on one result-thO Word OF Goa universe
I'm the world All the course Of history for th
last 500 years bears that fact. This Ii the lOg
- events This j. the secret Of history. the Nemesis
- raons-evCry nation that stands against II soin
= ! avn like trees before the whirwind. All force
norge ON that result. II Is as sure a. the life o
cod as he solidty Of the globe Itself on which w
= Our country has done much n the hundre
,earS of ia history but IL has put no single or
cnnulaed force into the advancing prosperity OF man
hind from the beginning until now, which Is compare
hia m the force that y has put into the worldl
. through the Christian missions OF the various com
~nnrions uniting IA this suhllInest enterprise ant
nning forth with the New Testament in their hand
and The love OF God in their hearts, and the hope
gory shining on their faces TO illuminate the nations
: THE FUTURE OF MISSION WORK.
70 I belleye that The child Is born who vii
!, | zee tho time when commerce and Christianity
- ! equally earth embracing I'm their aims and ahvaucin
" I'm majestic harmony shall possess the whole earth
,, beu holiness 10 the Lord shall be upon The heels
N tbn.e .wf horses OF modern commerce. whose race
coursc f. the ocean when the revolving wheels OF
o e,ery railway and Of every steamship shall have u
living sprlt of truth ah Of grace within them am
Il when the rumpots OF commerce. which aio wakenin
tho world on every barbaric shore To new Ideas AM
/, new aspirations shall carry 10 all those tribes the mes
!, ssgo of the angel bethlehem. God hasten II In ht
= time, Applausel