Year: 1861

| Do the preachers in charge in the Yer.
mont Conference usually attend to the ap-
pointment of our Monthly Missionary Con-
| cert? Those who have gone from US to dis
tant lands, to carry The tidings Of salvation
to the lost, need not merely cur contributions
TO sustain them In their responsible labors,
but our earnest prayers for their success
The priest said to The poor man, who solicited
charity that he would not give him six
pence, but would give him blessing; but
we have reason to fear that some may give
trifle, to the cause Of missions, and still neg
lcct to offer their frevent prayers for the sue.
cess OF the cause. The little we may be able
to give for the enterprise, will be worth more
if accompanied with our ervont prayers, for
the reason, that the little that !. righteous
man hath, is better than the tt teasures of
many wicked We may plant and S ow, but
God alone can give the increase


The foreign nissoa ary is obliged to culti-
vate a hard and unpromising field, in which
their faith and perseverance, will be strongly
tried, and they must often be surrounded
wi h circumstances that tempt them to dc.
spair; but amid these trials and Discourage
mcn's, it is cheering for them to remember,
that in the prayers OF the Church at home,
thy are not forgotten.


We now have ample means to render these
oncerts interesting. TheWissonary Atlvo-
cate furnishes news in regard to our work at
homo ana abroad, which may be briefly
skechcd at each meeting in connection with
the prayers offered for success in this work.
Those who pray the most tor this caus+, Other
things being equal, will give the most to pro-
mote the work ior which they pray. One
reason Why some persons give so spariugiy
for this object is they have net the cause at
heart, and ieel lit le or no interest in the
prosperity Of this great enterp'ise, aiming at
worlds conversion. 1T we have our con-
certs upon each appointment, We shall be
likel ly greatly to increase our contributions
Tor missions. Let us, at least. try the result.
Our Secretary says:


ITO every pastor, preacher in charge, and
member of u Missionary Conmittee. May
we earnestly commend the faithful observance
OF the Missionary Alon'hy Concert to you
and if y"u have Tot yet organized such
service in your charge, may we ask that you
will do SO at once, by setting apart one Sab
bath afternoon ip the month, or by appro-
priatipg one of the evening services whic',
you usually hold during the month? We
appeal first OF all to our pastors in the cities
and the towns and villages; once established
at such cepters, they directly spread all over
our work. Nothing SO cheers the hearts Of
cur missionaries, and nothing so encourage
them in their work, as when they hear of well
ate ded concerts. So they tell u.s. and they
write back that nothing they meet with Oh
the field of their labors depresses and dis
couragcs them so much as the intelligence
they receive from hone, that Christians neg


ect the Monthly Missionary Concert, and few
OF tic Churches meet to pray ior them. They
know that they cannot succeed without God,
and they know hat ii is prayer which engages
God to work efectually with them o if
We could but send them word by the next
ships that 60, that Christians in crowds came
up to the missionary meeting, and the place
of the MONTH y concert is thronged, they
would be ah.e, [ have no doubt, to send US
word back, perhaps by those very ships re-
turning, that the heathen in crowds gather
around them inquiripg the way of salvation,
and that many have gone even unto Christ,
and become partakers Of his grace. But in
vain shall We expect to hear very cheering
intelligence from them while the intelligence
they receive from us is no more cheering. 0
it is base treatment of our missionary breth-
rem and sisters as well as gross dereliction of
the duty imposed by the Saviour's last com-
mand, not to meet and pray for them Mes.
Senger.