The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-10-10

VI hGAkNAE AlA viz hAAH'AbhN
tected under the British flag. But IN
Africa, as in no other part OF the world,
the missionary has been the pioneer OF
civilization, and even to-day the
unarmed missionary penetrates where a
Stanley and his riAesneverco could. Africa
is the land OF missionary romance and
it was not surprising that when the
tall, spare form OF Rev. DR.. Laws OF
Livingstonia, that best beloved oil Scotch
Presbyterian missionaries, was seen on
the platform, there should be much APP
plause. DIR. Laws is plain Lowland
Scotsman, without any OF the fictitious
attractions OF oratory. With little pre-
face he gave an account OF the work OF
the mission with which, for eighteen
years, his name has been associated.
First he asked his hearers to remember
the map OF Africa which hung on the
school walls when they were young,
map all coast line, fringed with names,
and in the rest, filed in as q great
desert tenanted by wild beasts, but in
which people were not found. The
map was different to-day, Tor by the eli
forts OF missionary explorers, as well as
others, the desert places had been
shown to be populous country, with
millions OF human beings in it.
The speaker, continuing, sketched the
progress of the work. Six years ago
there were three schools, with ten
teachers and three hundred pupils.
Last year there were thirty-two schools,
one hundred and fifty native teachers
and seven thousand pupils. Six years
ago there were nine baptised native
Christians, last year there were one
hundred and siXty.ave, and OF all
baptised, only six had lapsed. And
thus the work goes on.
The most interesting incident in the
evening was an enthusiastic ovation
given the veteran missionary,
Rev. DR.. 0a,on. He is the
hero OF hundred spiritual fights,
one whose record OF missionary entcr-
prise and marvellous success is world
wide. a septuagenarian, his natural
force is undated, and, as he stood be-
fore that brilliant audience, he looked
like ono OF the old prophets, as with
silver hair, glisteniug eye, and frame
ouivering with emotion, like veteran
he fought his battles over again Who
has not read DR.. Paton'sthrllling narra-
tive OF missionary work in the New
Hebrides? When he entered the mis-.
sion field in the New Hebrides, thirty
four years ago, all the population we're
wild savages. Five missionaries were
murdered before any work was accom-
plished. His own life was attempted
by every weapon that the savages pos
sessed. Since that time they had occu-
pied twenty islands OF the group, and
$4,000 savages had been made converts.
They held family worship in their
houses twice day, and never sat down
to their meals without asking a bless
ing. A glorious work was going on.
He would like to tell them something
OF it and of the history OF the mission.
He would like to tell them OF blood
stained Erremanga, where John Will.
Jams and William Gordon had been
murdered at the beginning OF the mis-
sion there. Over the graves of these
martyrs a vow was made that Era
manga would yet be conquered. Cor
don's brother, hearing oil his brothers
death mt the hands of the savages. de-
cided to go out and take up the work.
He did so and was very successful.
The heather, however, decided
to murder him. lie was well guarded
BY the young converts; but while two
men. sent by the heather, who repre-
sented themselves as converts, succeed
cd in killing him. at his death he was
reading the account OF the martyrdom
OF Stephen and had just pronounced
the words, Lord Jesus, receive my
spirit" DIR. Eaton had seen the book
from which Gordon was reading at the
time Of his murder, covered with
THE BLOOD OF THE GREAT MISSIONARY
This did not brighten the mission
aries from Erromanga Again they
vowed it should be conquered, and
shortly afterward Rev. Mr.. Robertson
took up the work. Since that time this
missionary had pursued it with success,
and had succeeded in completely subju-
eating Erromangat to the gospel OF Christ.
There were now 2,555 worshipers in Err
,romanga, all wrested from heathendom.
1t may be interesting to some OF you to
know that the two martyred mission
aries, the Gordons, were sons Of an
elder OF my father-in-law, tine late Rev.
John G. Sinclair, and were brought to
the Savior under his ministry when he
was a pastor in Prince Edwards Island.
But time will not permit me to tell
about all the important subjects dis
cussed and the beautiful city OF Toronto
with population OF 200,00O--a city of
churches and church going and Sabbath
observing people-with no Sunday
newspapers and with no Sunday street
cars, and with no saloons open from
Saturday evening at seven o'clock until
Monday morning at six o'clock The
province Of Ontario, IN which Toronto
is located, is nothing the worse from
the fact that per cent of the popula-
ton is Presbyterian.
The editor OF q secular paper paper in
Toronto says: Yesterdays session OF
the council exhibited the true life and
power OF these Reformed and Presbyter-
ian churches. Calvanism, with all its
alleged narrowness OF view and harsh
ness OF creed, has awakened and sus-
tanned a missionary enthusiasm, which
in unselfishness OF service, self aban-
donment OF faith, and enlightenment OF
reason, and greatness OF result, is not
surpassed by anything in history. The
future OF Professionalism is in the deep
spirituality OF its religious life, and the
unselfsh aggressiveness OF its mission
airy effort" The secular journal shows
its skill in detecting the source OF pow
er, and the real secret OF success, when
it pointed to the place OF missions in
the thought and plans OF the
church, and said: $50 long as
the spirit OF yesterdays great
meetings abides in the churches OF the
reformation; so long as the church cul-
tivates in its teachers and followers an