The Herald of Wales. — 1886-09-25 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

THE BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY. MEETING AT MOUNT PLPARANT CHAPEL. _ _  On Wednesday evening, a united meeting of , the Baptist Missionary Society, was held in Mount Pleasant Chapel, Swansea, and was fairly well-attended by the friends of the society. The Rev. Jaa. Owen occupied the char, and he was rapportod by the Rev. G. H. Rouse, M.t..„ &IV. 3. gmith of De!, &v. Q. U. Floyd, anci the Rev. R. MuxwOrthy. The meeting opened itt & devotional !tanner, after which the Chair Man briefly caffod Upon Mr. Watkins to read. the report of arms collected on behalf of the moiety during the past year by the different chapels in Swains. The sum total was 180 7c. _  The Rev. G. H. Rouse followed with a short description of India, and the religious views of its inhabitants. He likened ' India of to-day to the Roman empire of ancient dare, and stated that the Christian work now going on in India was similar in every way to the same work which was carried on in the old Roman period. Rapid strides had been made in the spreading of the work of God amongst the natives of India. Difficulties on first sight almost insumountable had been got over, and now, by God's grace, Chri.tianity was rapidly taking root in soil once dogged with ignorance, prejudice, and heathenism. - Rev. C. H. Floyd expressed, on behalf of himself, and the Wesleyana of Swansea, the greatest sympathy with the great work which the Baptist Missionary Society was carrying out in India. He looked upon India as perhaps one of the most important fields for missionary work, inasmuch as it was under England's rule, and also on account of its greatness, and he felt confident that the " field " was being laboured upon bv God-fearing and God-trusting men— men whem all could rely upon as being able and willing to carry out the work of God amidst every difficulty and every danger. The Rev. J. Smith, of Delhi, said that India was spoken of by people at home in the same manner as Frame, Germany, Spain, lee., were. They were not able to form any idea of its greatnese, they could not comprehend the immensity of its population. India was in. habited by almost three hundred ,nilliona of people, and it was in Re& almost a continent. In the year IS4O, India was, in a religious point of view, immerged in darkness. To preach the gospel was almost an impossibility. The Christian missionary was looked upon with disgust— all the villages were closed against him—none would listen te him, in fast the natives shunned him as they would a pestilence. A miss:onary , I might have often worked fur years without gaining a single convert, he, himself worked for : over five years before gaining one native over to the Christian belief. So hard and so thankless was the work that had it not been the Lord's work few missionaries would have continued with it. They were comforted in all their trials and troubles with the thought distil was the Lord's work they were  doing, and that their taboos wield ultimately 1 be crowned with imeorn. noir work had bees I eeowned with meows. To-day India wae a r aehp'iry Lel% ZliTirls 21=gsaint and Iliedanasy and sellsgsa, and antosigat a ram of azporml76l4 peg*. 01111111 were nearly three rim imii ratairst fairly good ednostkin. tia to' maim of natives who were able be Wig the Bible—s book which had been tramiated into every language. a few years since an 7312 could not be obtained in many parts of India; to-day minions of them ware-being cdronlated everywhere. There were native ministers who had pared the ordinary course of *Meal examinations, and were missoldai fie Gard in every directioa. Strife, murder and plimier were common all over India a few years back, penes and aidety reigned to-day— thanks to the spreading At the word of God. Much work, however, rill remained to be done— thousands had been converted to the Chrieldea belief, but Moreau& sun eminined nneenverird. It was on the behalf of the nmeonwerled Ossu that he, the speaker, now mgpil via al be impnom the Sooleq, so that memmielinegheeouli be seat oat. 'reaching parer vas Waage thing seaded—wark there was plenty. The meeting mastoids& with a oolledhea in Whiff of the funds of the Society.  SATURDAY, BEPT'EMI3ER