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for $(»>t^ titmlmgfid that m nhnuMb^, in pottemon of a good deal qf
tioUd (and I believe trnHtw(yrthf)inf»r^fttiim r^gnrdhig (l)fhe world
JM, (2) Ifioiui ptvrt'iculnr Jl^lds w which %f'e nrn nw»t. infetrHtM ; Y-l)
whateftyrts Mw heen pttt forth by ourmtmn andshy others ; (4) rtoadtg ;
(r^) r^qnirementn. We rtf^ htww wh^re mir monej^u gmitg ,' w?M t< w
^^^(nnpluUng .how vmch of it i$ ^n(. in hoping iip ptmim-fd vile-
meg* at Home ; h<nti mwh u, required of m for the future, J ,feel, how^
^veriVm niuchqf the. knmoledge wehm gained, m^V ¥ «'»* M^>' <*^^
fgures gained, iinll be Imtif we ham tliem not ifi a mor^ $ub>,t(mtia^^
.:'■:■■.. .Therejfore, after coMnltation, mth nmnyofj/o^, T have decided to
pitbti$hth addresses in pamjfhletfwni,ftnd to distribute a ctrpy to ea^jh
: and ev^ memberiift/ie eimgregittion. The eermom as printed, you
uMlftul to be apretty good rejyresenUi^i^ of the, sernwi^ »* <M^^^^^** •
■ m outline mapstehich /used, will be reproduced as Jar as possible m
lL pan^det. Mam^g of the long extrqtiii i^ich J read to ywninst.
rmessarUy be omitted^ Y^^ will have, Iw^ve*', a ready hand-book o/
reference as to Uu^ pfmnd present co^idition ^ the field. The lectures
havealr>fadyentnil4itLeoimderdble experise^nme ; the pubiicntton if
' them will cost abmU $85 more. The pamphlet ^mll be distributed gratis,
but if after having re^ tU hook, you consider the lectures preserved m
that f(mn are worth sS/^Ttait^r to yon^aml tJuit you oioe so.mthxng for
^ the mformntioH thus acquired, I shall be pleased to ai/otq you to assist tn
defraying this cost ofpublimtion to any extent that yon may chnm.
. Further, I have had a few hundred extra copies printed for fret
distribution among friends tmtside tfie cot^egation. Jf any of yon
unsh an extra copy or tm/or this ptirpo»e, please apply within two weeks
after issue.
May tike Lwd qf the vineyard cause tUse addresses to be the. means
of stirring us up to greater faithfulness in the use qfths means he his
placed at our disposal for the conversion of the world to him.
Yours in Christ,
R. H. MYERS.
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A SERIES OF SERMONS
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Letu8.it thiB our tii-st seivico tuk.- nlj tlu' <|UP8tion "Ought «.. U*
«,.nd tho (Jospato thv HmtlK-n.' May tl.r Holy Kp.nt drn'ot our
hoartH and n.indK into the truth an it \h in .I."hu« ! After having r.,uU
that 2nd chapter of Uouians, look at thone texts:
Matt, xxvrii, 19, "do yo, tiion'foro, and d.feciplc all naUouH,
harrti/.ini' them," \'C. , , i • r i .
Acta i 8 "And ye shall Ix^ witnKSM'K unto mo both in JcruHal.nn,
and in all Judea, and in Hamnrla, and un<« the uttermod j>arl$ oj the^
• i Thes ii., ir»-lG, "And they please not (Jod, and are co^.tr-iiy to
all men, fo^ljidding «s to speak to the (ientiles, that they might Imj
saved, to till up their sin alway," . , . ,• in
trom every consideration, biblical and oth«;rw,s.., I belieye we shall
receive, on candid examination,, butone answer, and that shall be am.
I. The heathen need the Gospel. ^ ..
For^n It isa fact that any nation^wxthoul the. Gospel xh vtnj low
,.^<,/Av. We muslgo from the pure air into the defiled ^^^^^^
realize the blessing of the pure and the stench of the vmpure W»lkmg
in the light ourselves in perfect security, we tip not rjjilue the hxdm^^
■ ness the«rror/of gross darkness. We are horntiecfto take up the
morning newspaper and read the evil doings of the pa«t night, and we
Tay " kW it f«'om the children." Tnis is but^the cloud passing over
the sun'sface for a m.ment-^what mu«t it be *« ^'^fj/*^^"^*^. ""^
Should wegrope in the darknesB of South Sea cantnbaliBm, of Hindoo
idolatry, with its 360,000,000 godBft i id its dying consolation a d cg per a t e
eluU'h At M oow'Htttil^ of th« iMirjxttuttI iiikIiI of young uiul iM-uutiful
liven of liiiitioiiH of widowfd cliil(lri*ii it<;ivtt«rii*(l ov«r tin' plnitiM of ludu ;
of n country in whiili tin* iHMwitrd Ijglit of (.'iMifuciun niorulity i»ro<luci'ji
" fulwhood unci cJii^iunnry, (l«H!f^t nnd lyiiiK, ^|iluc«ul on th«« (M>d«<Mtiil of
gmitnosH; priHoniTH puninhtul l>y nniling thoir Uiuuk lK'tw«M>n lM).irdH,
Mciilding with liot wnU'v, iiiMTtin^ mlliot H(>iki>H, liuryin^ tin* body up
to ttif nnok in linu>;" of tlin liuid of whicli it cun iind liiiH Imhmi Mud
** falAohood in uiiivoiH/il, i;liiwtity in iiii idou for wliit.h tln-y havo no
word, it liiiM Hunit rto low iis to Im> n'^^'iirdh^HH iilik«»\i)f c'onHi;i««ni«» and of
ihuniH, to rt'ckon a nian'H lifojat his niarkot valu«i t%^ a b«'ast of hurdfri,
Rn<f to prartiw ninnilialiMUi, not froln want, but t,voui usii^t, and a
Jiorri<l luHt of huluan Mesh." (.'otnpan'd with tlui, Ma\kn<'SH of daikn<>HM
the grosHnst t'oiiiis of viir in our (,'iniHtiati luuVitry Vpixiars but hh u
punning ulou«l at noonday. To whom hIuiII w« jkiv«« o^ our sinM-rabun*!-
. jRnt ch>thitlKf 'loth** man who haH already a spaieVuit ^iiuHidf, m- to ilw
hous(d«8H bodit'H of th»' wr.'Lihcd poor J In it not i\n' />t\>n/ (((' tff <lox}»l
that th«' " itiind r«?Dt>iv<* their Hi^^ht, the lanio walk, tin] deaf lu>Hr» thiv
lopornani I'leaiisinl V Is not Christ's i-oniluciuhition ;,'iven to thos«' who
"visit him in prison I" Un'thrcn, man, «'v«!ry nian, has broj titt«'<l for
» glorious |M)sitioii, littli- lowi-r than th»i angeU in tliis world, a littl.'
higher in thiMM'Xt ; utid
(2) Thf (iuHpfl is juhL mhtif. iiritljif him lo ofcitpt/ il. It is tin*
" powyr of <J(hI unto salvation to every on(t tliat,beli(!veth, to the Jew
first, and n/m h> thx (Ji-ntih-" \ NVhotlmr it be the baptiAiid (.'anadian, or
^ the lying Hindoo, or the oarinibal Fijian, or th^' (h'l)ased Afrioan, or the
Uefce Turk, or tin; -i.-ed of lsra»'l, it is the power which nuikes the un/mve
pure, and the nnrlmn j-li-na. Mut. alas, brethren, we gq deeper still,
, and say that ' . ' "S;^' -^
('.\) Thf hmthi'n <ii-e hist nn/hnnt the O'oh/u'I. True it in that u
^ merciful (.o<l will d,. ri;,'lit, .md that " In every imtion he that feareth *
Ood and work»!tli righteousness is accepted of him ;" but it ih just m .
true that "it is written a'.;ii in," " Hut unto them that are uontentioua
and do not olmy thcj truth, but obiiy unrighteousness, indignation and
wrath, tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth
evil, of the Jew tir«t and also of the Uetitile." Oh, what a |)icture Paul
gives in tlie first chapters of the Epistle to the Uomaiis. The light of •-
prophecy falling on the heathen nations, reveals a terrible state, and a
terrible fate Awaiting them, but the gosjiel lamp of the New Testament
shining in upon them, shows nmtters to be niueh worse than we had
supposed. Listen! " Without Christ, aliens from the commonwealth
of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope
and without Uod in the world." "Know ye not that the unrighteous
shall, not inherit the Kingdom of God 1 Be not deceived ; neither
fomicatoi-s not; idolators, nor adulterers, nor efTeminate, nor abusers of
themselves with mankind, nor thieves nor coyetouSj nor tfrunkards, nor
' irevil^s, nor extortioners .shall inherit the Kingdoiju of God."
Tl. It M the key to the whole of the Bible doetrme.
ItwaJJ the comfort of the outcasts of Eden, the emphatic teaching
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of the rtoml, thf lijHxof tl«» proiiiiiM' ty Abi-Hlmiu, •• In thy Mied iliill
nil thii luttioiiH ot tli« viirtli ho MnitMiui. " Pro|>h*>tH huw tli« tiinr* udinrng
whan the "wildoriiWH nhould Im- «lml," yvhitii thf *.' iimiintrtin of t\w
liOnl'M h<»uw Hh»iU Im'i MHUhlinhi-d, uiiil n\\ iinti<»MM Hhiilt Mow into it,"
. whrth " Kthiiopia nhftlpHtrnti^h out \wv hnncln Unto dnil;" w^u.41 "thu
ifiolH shall )m< ('list to th»> tiioNts itixl ImiIm; wht'ii " thr idolH Hhiill wait
upon iu«'." Thn j^rn»t uikI /.(lotions iltM'trinn of tlio rucariiutioii, 'MJml
iiumIo inaiiifM. in tho i\mU," wiitcK /<•/♦/«/<'«/ on* uU Hithor hfiitluMi or
■ChriHtmri inomlity. Tho dortrim' (►f Uic TioHK Htuni|w "Trkt-I" »>n th»»
pow«T of ii^in(4;i»H towiiwh nWny, (»r the uutlHuity <>f 11 nmral nwh" to
pr«H«rv«» from sin. Not tln> f Japtist hIoih', lint (.very r«fU^ioUH ^iU; or
ciM'ftniOny, or «lortrino, or holy iisipiration of Im-iiImmi or JwW pointtHi to
Chrirtt, sayin« "H«>holil th« lianih of (Sod, thiit tukotli itw.iy the sin of
th«' world." IfiH iniHsion wat* to hi\vr tlm lost, "That ,tln' world
through hint mi)?ht b.' Kavocl." It is Jhf k«'y, to«>, to the lalioiH and pri-
vati<riis and ptMStu-ntiotis and inartyidiMn of tin- A|M»stlt>s, who, fijh'd
with th«5 .Spirit of Christ, hilKnvd, "If l»y any infan-* thoy niiKht suvv
sontt". "
fff. Affdi'n, if. in nnr dntif h^ruum' iri- oii'p. mti' fn-furnt /xiuilion to
thf (I'nHjmf o/Cfirinf. What an> \v«« iiut the dt«<(»'fidfnt.s of |)niidiial
uncestors ; tli« inheritors «»f a dchasin;? ^ystc!,, of rrlij^ictn rnilxKlit'd in
•hoiainaU*' HavaK«ry and hutnai\ sat-rilicH and wnsohisH Htip«»rHtitioM t
WheiH'c all oiir >,'rand odncational, hos(>italtl<', and rharitabh- itistitu
tions ; whi'Hcothft p«'acn and Joy of tjoict hpincH aiMJ quiet citizt'iiship ;
whrtiicc tJn' look of dulij^ht in the oyes of tJu' sorrow iiiji^ ; thC; words of
for«^iv»Min(fss fi:oin tho l^ps of the injured; the' thoughts of romfort in
*-tln' house ofdijatli i the joyoUH anticipation of a glorious future I Jt is
because the clitl's of nritarn, and the cra^js of Seotland, and the turf of
Ireland have resounded in a«res past with the tiainp, tramp of a (lidenu'K
aritty of Patricks and Au;,'UHtines and Knoxes and Otherfaithful.follow
ers of Chri«t, who, arincMl with the sword of the sj)irit, heart?! inllatiied
with love of <Jod and iiiari, and feet sandallrd with peace, woii our an- -v
eestors to the truth. (Jod was inereiful ; men t<«tk pity ; (tofl nenti
thei« ; they said "Here am I, si-nd mo," b.vasted the waves of the
Channelj Htemmed tltf- tides of opposition, elintbed the hills, fotxled the
locltH, and we to (lay wjirni ourselves by the Hre (heir labors have kin , -\
died. Becauajj.they weiH^/JfiV//^/ we can jmssibly Uo nii/nifli^/. iBy'*. %
the grace of CTod we are what we are. Is there a soul \mvv. would j;?i\e|
up our Christian civilization, our peac(?ful homes, our liberty of eonr **
science, our free in.^titutiotts, our restful Sabbath, our frmV \V\\Ao, out**
hopes for tlie future, and go back to the horrible pit whence we have-
beeit liberated? Nay, brethren, ; T know theif is ti'dotie. Then I
beseech yoii, "that ye receive not the grace of God in vain." Speed on
the uiessage, •'tillJesus shall reign where'er the sun doth his success- ^
ive joiirneys run." T
IV. Because oftlui true idea 0/ human relationship, embodied in
and taught by an enlightened human progress as well as ditfine word. Y
Not only i s di s tanc e now practically annihilated by the r ail w ay, the
telegraph, the cable and the telephone, but the world is becoming more
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unified ; iiiouHtaiiis tunnelled and clmnnelK bridged : we drink the tea "
of China, Japanese ^ill adorns our rooms,' Turkish hands weave our
neckcloths, Chinese wear English garments. "Who is my neighbor 1"
is receiving its true answer in«the development of the world. The same
spirit that awakens our syiiapathies for the poor of our town, bids us
bind Up the wounds of the Norwegian at our door ; dry the tears of the
poor Italian boy on board the train to San Francisco, or seek, by mis-
sionary effort and personal self-sacrilice, to abate the miseries of the
coolie in Jrinidad. It is the spirit oi enlightfned humanity— t\\e spirit
of Christ. You hire me to come here and preach Jesus Christ. Why i
Not that I miglit preach alone . to yow or your children ; hat that
throughout this whole community the sou licl of the gospel might be
heard from this pulpit. If not, then "ye love only your own," and
''what better are ye than even the Publicans and sinners — do not even
they the same 1" A great network of veins running through Asia,
Africa, America, Europe and the islands of the ocean, niake us all of
/m^ Woo(Z, the creatures of ojie God, the children of one father. Paul
felt when he looked on a man, be he Parthian or Mede or Elamite or
Mesopotamian or Jew or Egyptian or Koman, "I owe that man the
gospel!" A band of missionaries in the Indian ^Archipelago were de-
bating whetlmr to establish a mission on a neighboring island, and
were told that the natives were savages and cannibals and giants. "But
are there men there T "Yes." : "Then that settles it ; wherever there
are ujen we must go." This is the spirit of Christ, of the Apostles, of
missions. , ' . .
V. Because it will do us yooil. This may s'eem selfish. It is
scriptural, for it says "Grow in gpace." Only as waters iiwve can they
keep from stagnation. Selfishness is opposed to missions, and says "Am
I my brother's keeper ?" Selfi^iiness is opposed to Christ, and it i«
only when we can say in desire/and in character, "Less of self and more
of thee," that we are beconiinj^ Chrislike. In tlie debate in the Senate
of Massachussetts on the application for a charter for the "Foreign
Mission Board," it was objectfd that "we had no religion to spare."
• "Ah, but," was the responsi6, "religion is that kind of a commodity
that the more you export, ^e moi-e you have left for home consumption."
Brethren, this i^ true. ."The liberal soul shall be made fat."
"There iS that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; there is that withholdeth
more than is meet, and it terideth to poverty."- Only as the stream of
life flows into the great oCean of misery and sin shall we ourselves be
carried forward with increasijig momentum and swiftness. Examine
the physical life. W© Uve when and because the heart seiids out the
blood to muscle and nerve and tissue, in foot and hand and eye and hair
and naiis. So >ye Xi\Q spiritually 'Vfhkn arid as the life blood of our
spiritual life beats in Hindu, or Cljinese, or Hebrideesian, or Mongolian,
or Turk. Brethren^ if it impoverished you, I could not, would not say,
"up and at .them," but when it doubly blesses— ^^'^hlessea him that gives
and him that receives, then I say "arise in this thy might, for the
Lord is with thee." ■
I shair close with one more reason, which, to a sincere follower of
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Christ, will most likely l)e the strongeHt one yet given.
VI. The f/enius of our retatioimhij) to mn- Saviour d^vumds if.
Remember ye not the time when, a poor lono man on the mountain aide
beheld the hungry crowd, fainting with wearinesss; how that when the
disdiples said "send them away," he made them sit down on the grass ;
how he gave of his bounty into the hands of his disciples, and they to
the multitude. Oh, Christ did a greater miracle when on Calvary he
opened up a bakery for the world's hungry and destitute, and pro-
claimed, "Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and drink his
blood, ye have no life in you." To-day he says "Give ye tliem to oat."
"Freely ye have received, freely give." Remember ye not hift last
words, when, with a heart filled with tlie urgent need of the hour, he
proclaimed, "Go and teacli o// natiom." Brethren, here are our
"marching orders," The starving crowds of India, and China, and the
Island.s, and Africa, and South America, and Persia, and all the nation.s
of the earth fasten their hungry eyes on us, jand cry out, "Give us to
Shall we turn against them the gatling guns of our
eat ere we die.
indifference, and pour into their li^lpless ranks a Woadsule of selfish-
ness and mow them down into' future misery and woe? or shall we go
out and break jinto them the bread of life, i)ind upthe broken hearted
with thecopifortsofflthe gospel, relieve the oppressed, break the prison-
er's chain, feet the captive free. We nrt' his/imbanffinen. Remember
that if we neglect the vines, he will take the vineyaid from us and give
it to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. VTe. are tns administrat-
ors. Shall >ve ^(Visume the inheritance on our own selves, and suffer
the heirs in far off countries go starved and naked and hungry 1 Weave
his ambassadors. Shall we misuse the authority delegated to -tis by bur
King, and abuse the confidence of our fellow-citizens, and spend our
time in selfish sloth or luxury while the cause of our Master languishes
and the cattse of the enemy triumphs ? We are bidden pray, "Thy
kingdom come." Does that mean "in Canada T Nay, but "The heath
en shall be given to him for his inheritance, and the uttermost parts of,,
the earth for a possession." We must either give up sloth or give up
prayer. We must either "pray and pay," or leave both undone. O,
brethren, let us be true to the trust he has left us. lict us fasten our-
selves to the chariot of the Lord, and pull with all our might till Christ
shall reign. Amen.
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Isaiah li.., 5, "Tlie isles shall wait upon me, and on mine
arm shall they trust. " ;
Last Sabbath we viewed the duty devolving upon us as Christians
of sending the gospelto the heathen. To-day I wish to begin a review
of how the Church, and chiefly that part of it with which we are inti-
mately associated, has answered thesummons of duty, how she has
proved herself faithful or unfaithful to the truist of her gracious Lord.
If ve look for a moment at the statistics of the world we shall have
our question partly answered.
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Population of the world ./....;......... 1,460,000,000
Have the Gospel .\ .... . ... . ; . . .450,000,000
' No Christ .......... 1,000,000,000
In Protestant communities . . . . .> . . . , 150^000,000
Members of the Protestant churches . 28,000,000
Evangelical Christians.- ..;.... .10,000,000
This last line may be explained by ' Saying that the 28,000.000 in-
cludes the members of th« state churcfies. When we subtract these, we
have left about 10,000,000 in sympathy with missions, and to whom
we must look for work and money to evangelize the one thousand
millions of people who have never yet heard of Christ. I have repre-
sented this as a comparative statement by this diagram :
World.
No Christ.
.,,...,. Christ.
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. ... > :. . .Nbniinal Christians.
... .r-^ftfflftbei? o"f Protestant Churches.
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. . . :. I , . .r, . . . Evangelical Christians.
When we compare 5 oj- 6 with 2, the illustration is very starlJing,
and yet is the true state of the case, and shows how tihe church h^s been
carrying on the work given her. Every Evangelical Christifin repre-
sents 100 persons who have never heard of Christ! Every Christian
represents about two persons dying yearly who are "without God and
hope." 22,000,000 of people dying yearly who ' have no preparation
for the futttre ! Oh, what a solemn thought for us this day, -
What has, been done? Has the church been asleep ] Yes, practically
asleep. Under the influence of the drugs and opiates of worldliness, and
pride, and superstition of the middled ages, little missionary work has
been done until the beginning of the present century, while the church
has been taking, not the sweet refreshing sleep of the toiler, but the
stupor of the sluggard. She woke with a start at the shout of Luthfer,
and then turned over and said, "a little more sleep, a little more slumber."
Individuals, indeed, there have been, thoroughly aroused, but they
have never succeedied in waking up the body ecclesiastic, till the thun-
der tones of Carey shook the church throughout the world*
.kiw«ipm [ft---
WILLIAM CARET
studied and meditated upon the etate, amount and results oi\^Athen\sm
till his soul was stirred within him in his little cobbler's shop in North-
amptonshire, England, and in the study of his ministry over the Bap-
•<T'
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tist church, Moulton./ He labored, prciched, prayed imd Ht udied jniw-
Bions, till, in the fnie of Mrong indi<f(Tenco and opimsition front Ins
fellow ministers, h0^ succeeded in liaviM;^' a MiKsionSocie^ formed in
the Baptist Association in 1792. In 17U;'», C»irey and Thomas sec sa-il
under imujeuse diHculties for India, where Ik; lalmred till his death in
1834. By his labdfe^ as preaclier, as professor, aS translator, lie has
laid all Christendpm and all heathendom under immonse ol)lip;ation8 to
^im. Tho work of modern niiasions had begun, aiul has been'growing .
all this century, until now th'Tc are about ' ' , -^
loo mission organizations \ - ^
^,Q00 ordaiifed missionaries I Totil
•3,000 lay workers and women Vv^^.^ laboring forte, 35,000 "
2,400 ordained native pastors
26,000 native teachers and helpers j
Protestant cl lurches have sent outom? to the foreign lield for every
22,50Q who have stayed at home. They arc contributing now about V
$l0,009jO00 per year, or about 3.')c. per member. What nre th\ rmu^n ?
800,000 church members among the heathen, or aV)out 2,T)00,000 who
have renounced idolatry. The Bible has been translated into 250
tongues, and still the -work goes on, Tliere are millions of scholars in
the mission Schools. " I .
>^d now, having given yoti this 'general summary, lot m#» anif
you to attend to what the Presbyterian Chiirch in Canada, with it*
127,60') communicants and goodly share of w(;alth, bas done and is
now engaged^ in. Xothiivj undertaken until the year 1846. At the
head of that map you see a name which our church must ever revere^-i
the natne of ./oAnCcfWiV.; Settled in Cavendish, P. h. Island, John
Oeddie began to study the niission question, and to press the matter on
Presbytery-nnd Synod, till in t846 he was appointed to the
N^W HS^RIDES
group of Islands in the South Pacific\>cean.
DR. JOHN GEDDIK, 1^8-72.
Kspil'itu.
SantQ.
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WilUam8\ la-xi
Harris / ^^^
G. N. Gordon. 1857-61.
J. D, Goraon. 186)-72.
J. W. McKcrtzie, 18T
Hugh Robertson, 1872.
Aneitynm.
.Toseph Annand, 1876.
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S Ho laboi-ecl there till his death m
lilies in oircurnfercnce, and has a popa-
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This p^roup of al(Gut .'^0 islands, discovered and named by Captain
Copk in 1774, lies about lOOOUoith of Ntew Zealand. The inlmhitants
lieiong to the Papuan or blawk iiice. The population a few years ago
wjis 150,000, but is now only 100,000* or less, causes of decrease being
war, infanticide, epidemics, drinjc and the "labor trattic." They are
polygamists, itnd inveterate oaiinil»als. "Tlieir religion consists in a
belief in magical incantations and spirits, and the practice of unmean-
ing rites and ceremonies."
Wluddonef The devoted John William.s, the "Apostle of Poly-
nesia," deteruvined to try to pstal)lish amission tliere, and landed
onErronu.nga, with a Mr. Harris, on the 20th November, 1^39.
The natives enger'y gathered th"ir presents, then rushed on theni-
and -clul>l«ed them ere tl#y could re^ich their boat* Our mission
Ijegan when |>r. CJeddie aiid wife n'achedthe most soutlierly islaiul of
the group- Ancityuni— in l.S/4.i"
1872. Aneityum is about 40 ui
lation of about 1,000. . For thrn- years Dr. Geddie laliOred alone, en-
dnring every trial, surmounting every obstacle— 1,500 miles from any
i»ther mis.sionary. Appar<Mitly ditiident, he was patient, and hopeful,
and plodding. He studied tlieir speecli,^rro/<! their language for them,
translated scripture, catechisiiis and hymn bOok«, healed their sick,
built school houses, etc., and ;y/v««A^f/. Here is his epitaph : "When he
landed in 1848, ther« were noCiiristiaus here> and when he«i left us in
1872 there were no heathen." Hev. Joseph Annahd siicceeded him in
1876, and is carrying On the work there now. He proposes to leave
tUe island to Mr. Laurie, of the Free Church of Scotland, and begin
work on Santo, the largesfand most northerly of the group. They report
360 communicant, several native preachers, and 36 schools, Eitq-
mangn isaliout 95 miles in circumference, and has a population of about
8,600. Here we strike again the* tmil of. blood, and this time it is
Canadian, llev. Geo. N.Gordon and wife, of Nova Scotia, reached the
' island i n 4 857, and for four years labored faithfully. Then, in 1 86 1 , a
number o^ the natives having been carried off by the measles, etc., the
missionaries were Tjlamed for it. The nativ^jaBasoned, that, being
''sacred men," the missionaries had power >^ cause such things.
Treacherously they attacked and tomahawked/them both. The fallen
standard was Taised by his brother, J. D. Gordon, in 1864, and nobly
• borne aloft till 1872, when, for a similar reason, he too shared his
brother's fate, "Here am I, send me," said another Nova Scotian,
Rev. Hugh Robertson! He landed in 1872, and by God's good provi-
dence he labors there still, with three churcKeB, one at DillonVBay, on
the N. W. CoastV another at Traitor's Head, on the N,.E: Coast, and
the third at Cook's Bay. In the former, nearly 200 communicants,
and at Traitor's Head 168, with an attendance at each place of abotit
700. They have .'^2 schools. Fate, about 75 miles in ciremnference* is
occupied by J. W. McKenzie, who went out at the same time with Mr.
Rob e rt s on. — Work has been much hindered owing to tKefact that the
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Jiuncs ('roil places the number at 30,000.
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people nViii scattei'ed villages in tlio intoiior, largely ihacGPtoihle to
the missionriKjr. "Now," Mr. McK. Ktatcs, 'Svc have.the happiness of
shoeing them gfitliered into oiie village ; they are coming of their own
accord to put tlreiKtrust under the shadow of the Loid Ood of Israel."
Mr. MciC. reports 2>Ngathered inlrom lieathenism at oiie station inlwo
months. Memliei-shifTftf church is abodt 140, ami tliere are H'or*
preaching stations. n^
We h'ave now about crnhpleted our brief i-esume of . the wovk in
this field. Nova Scotia has sent >>nt 12 male and 11 female niissionarieK
this field. Other churches are heljuhg on the work. Thei-e are now 13
missionaries on the field, and they . cbt^titute a Synod... .Over 100
native teachers, and over 1,000 native cliuln^r members, and over 5,000
church goers. Much has been done ; muchrfewiins to be done. But
the tide is coming in, and it is for us to take it m^ th(( flow. The haV-'
vest is great, the laborers few ! Let us pray tliat UiKLands of our dear
brethren nmy be made strong, and above, all let us seeVit tjuit if oth-
ers are willing to go down into the pit «f lieatheni.smTW manfully
«' hold the ropes." Ajnen. * . '
Isaiah xxxxix., 12., "Behold these shall coine from far ; and, lo, these
from the north and from the west."
Lrt iis this morning take a trip to Trinidad. You will notice its
.situntiua on the map of the world— the most southerly of the British
West Indies, and lying oft' the N. E. coast of S. America. " I have tried
to set before you on a sepamte map a rough oudiue! *
iOIIN MORTOX. 1867.
South I
America t
Port of Spain
K. J. Grattt. 1870.
-O Tunapuna
O C a fw a
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-O Princeatown — —
San Fernando v 'j^
Jno Morton
J. K. Wright. 1884.
J. W, McLead, 1881-8S
W. L. HcKaCrflSSfi.
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^— — ^— TR I tTIPAP. r: —
It is about 5^iiles from N. to S,, and 35 from E. to W., and l»a»
10
* population of About IfiO.OOO. , Of these, nmrly 95,000 are col<ired.
Whites, 7,000, and CoolieK, 50,000. The weHtern portion of the island
contains most of the iuhabitantB. The products are cocoa, 12,000,000
lbs.; cocoauuts, 5,000,000; sugar, 66,000 tons; .wphalt, 23,000 tons.
There fl^re two or three thousand Scotch and English planters and cap-
italists, who employed many of the colored people on their estates.
TLfter th^ne. were liberated the sugar interest wjis doomed, as the negro,
in a tropicttl climate like Trinidad, was ((m.-it^d to take full advarit-
age of his iieW found liberty— and do md/iiiu/. Tlie Government thek
undertook the iuvportation of lalwrers from India, to take the place of
the negro, and indentured them to the planters." After five years of
service, they »aay return, or stay and engage as free laborers. If they
take the latter course for five years, they are then entitled to a free
passage buck to India,, or a grant of 10 acres of land.
' But how comes it thtj,t we, as a church, are working in Jriniv
dad 1 "God moves in a mysterious way, Hif\ wondei-s to perform," and
so he sent John Morton, in 1961 to the p/istorate of the Birdgewater
, Congregatiou (Maritinie Provinces.) But John Morton had-ii hard
tpsk. A large afield, liard work, long, cold drN«s, etc., brought on bron- .
chial troubles, and ins physician Said to hhn in 1864, "John Morton,'
C you must take a trip to the West Indies." He visited Trinidad, andV^
his heart was touched with what he witaesscdv^ What wjj,8 it ? About
20,000 coolies^, and no one to speak to them of Jesus ehfist. "What
did he seel" "A degradetl lot T Yes, morally de;,n'uded, certainly,
like all otlier heathens. But he saw, also, as Cljas. Kingsley, "One .saw
i?! a mpnient that one was among lacjies and gentlemen. The dress of
m(Xst/Of the men was naught but a scarf wrapped about the loins ; that
of the women naught but the longer scar^ which the Hindoo woman
ccintrives to arrange in a most graceful, ju^ well as a peufefctly uJoUest
covering, even for her feet and head. These garments, and perliaps a>
/ brass pot, were probably all the goods most of tiiem possessed jiist then.
' But every attitude, ge-stui-e, tone vas full of grace, of e^e, courtesy ^^
self-restraint and dignity." The U. P. Church of Anierica had begui
a mission to these coolies in 18;i6, but it had been dropped. i
If we remember that the coolie belongs to the same Aryan race As
ourselve.s ; that he lias a mind which is capable of just as lofty fligj^ts
and just as subtle discriminations as our own; that he has a moral
nature, which, when tuned to the air of Christianity, will produce just
as harmonious' strains of virtue as the majority of Christians give forth;
that the coolie's relatives, according to religion, are 175,000,000; that
. one Hindoo preacher among his own people is wdrtira dozen prieachers
of any other nation ; that the Hindoo^ in Trinidad are away from caste,
and home customs and influences to a certain extent : we can easily arrive
at the conclusion that this mission is second in importance to none other
V-is, in fact, the key to the great question,- "How to Christianize the
Hindoos." John Morton came bJlck to Nova ScOtiaj and he convinced
the Synod of the Maritime Provinces that he must go back as a mis-
~ sionary to the coolies, affd that they must send him. He leached
Trinidad on Jan. 3rd, 1868, but it was 1871 ere he reached the Hindoo
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Ih still at tli« parent
or seven outstatioiis.
states that a work of
heart. The Hindocs didn't want the gospel, uiirl the planters didn't
want John Morton. But he. was a man of skill ; he saw the coolie*
loved to have any one take notice of the children, ho he got three Ixiys
by him on a doorstep one dny, and he liegan to teach them. By the
end of the year he had 18. Tins'* Uid the fouiidation of the school sys-
tem which has been land is carried on so sucrj'ssfully. Mr. Mwton
had jistahlislTed himself near Han Fernando, but when Jtev. K. J.
Grant arrived in 1870 he gave up to him and moved on to Princentown,
unapuna, where he Ik now laboring. Mr. O rant
hurch, and is carrying oil a good work also in six
In a letter, from him, dated Oct. 6, 1»S}56, he
■are is beginning at Oropouche and other country
districts in connection With .special evangelistic services.
Rev. J. W. McLewl, who has been laboring at Princestown since
187*3, flffed this year, and his place is to be supplied by Ilev. W. L.
pklcRae, who 48 probably now in the tiekU
■ At Couva and'netgirborhood the Rev. J. K. Wright, late of Lon-
don South, took up the Iwork laid down by Rev. J. M. Christie rtt his
death in 1885. Besides working among the heathen at Couva, Mr.
Wright, under direction of the Presbytery of Trinidad, has open'ed
Habbath evening service for the English speaking resideiits. Mr. JMlor-
ton has started the ball irolling at Tunapuna lately, where there are
many thoustinds of coolies, with goofl prospects for a gobd work. There
are also several Canadian lady teachei*8 : Miss . Hilton, Tunapuna ;
Miss Temple-, TararigxiH ; Miss Oopeland, San,. Fernando ; Miss Black-
ndder, Princestoiwn.
, . Let us now examine into the ;. *>. »
.■;■,■ HKSULTS.- ■'. ■. . " ■ '
One Very paactical result has been the complete vindication of the'
mission work in the eyes of the planters and coolies. The former now
give very liberally to the support of the mission ; so does the Govern-
ment ; so°- do the coolies themselves. Expressed in the number of
espougalB of Christianity, we find : In Hah Fernando, about 150 mem-
bers ;Pitir{'^to«?n4 70 ; CouVa, 45 ; Tunapuna, 13. Altogether there
•re over |300 native converts". Many of the natives are employed as
teachers,; and some as evangelist's. Among the Utter, Joseph Annajee
receives Special mention. Two have beep ordained to the ministry:
Lai Behiiri, of Trinidad, who assists Mr. tlrant very laigely, q,nd makes
preaching excursions to neighboring islands ; and Benj. Balaram, who
has, retubied to India, and is assisting Rev. Mr. Wilson, at Neemuch.
Many of the natives are \evy interest<^^l, aiid it is a not uncommon
thing to have intelligent nntives rise and ask iiiuestions, or make a pror
fession after public baptisnfs of converts. 1 ^
A prominent feature of the million work i^ the carrying on schools
for the education, secular and religious, of .the\ coolie children. There
are 44 of thefic, with an average attendance of \l,350, and 2,000 on the
roll. These children will soon be mpn and wcWen, not heathens, but
e dwe&ted in the, Cl>ristian r fc ligion. — The nativ e church contribut e d
. £318 Sterling to the Funds last year, Mr. Grant's congregation mlone
12
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contrilmtiUK JBlftO -t)iu) liulf of liiH mUjuy— bosidoH the conKi-oRational
expwi^en. The work w witleninff - oalliux for men and iiieaiiH propri-
4'torK aHking for iniHsioiiaries and Uiachers. The work is d«iepeniiiK -
iieediiiK more of thi- Holy SpiiritK power. Our church paid XI,H77 sterl-
ing of the .Je4,204 require^l Wy tlu' misHion hist year, The work han
now extended lo Demarilra (IJritiHh (luiana) where there are Konie
G0,000 hiborers. Kev. J no. (Jibson wan sent hist year to take charge
of that tieUI. Mr. F. Crum-Ewing, a Hcotch planter in Demarara, has
asked for a missionory for his instate, offering to pay the whole salary.
Surely we have abundant evidenct* of the wisdom of our cliurch in es^
tablisJiing a missioii to the coolies. Uod has evidently stamped it with
his api)i-oval, and the call to us is "Go up and iK)S8eH.s the laiul." (iod
bless evtsry one df these missionaries ; bless the teachers, bless the
•evangelists, for Christ's sake, amen.
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Acts i, 18. "Tiien hath God also to the Uentiles granti'd repent-
ance unto life." ^
\Ve come now to spyak of the work in which //v have lieen en- .
Imaged. Those which we have Considered, viz., ntissions to the New
Hebrides and Trinidad, have been carried on by the men and money of
the church in the Maritime Province^. They had a Mission Board of
their own before the union in 187f), and it has beenkept as a separate
Board until June of this year. »om that time forward the money con-
tributed by the whole church will form a common fund from which all
of the missioits of the church will receive their support. We begin
to-day to consider those niissiolis which the Western section of our
V'hurch has been carrying on ; and we begin with • "
THE NORTHWEST INDIANS.
The first missionary was the Rev, Jas. Nisbpt, sent out by the
Western Board in the year 1866, to the Crees at Prince Albert. The
numlier of these original inhabitants of our .soil is probably
100,000, of whom, about 32,000 are in our N. W\ Territories, and
many of whom are still heathen. They are poor, degraded, barbarian,
lazy, but still men. Their religion a superstition. They, generally, lie-
lieve in & supreme God, but he is hidden and inaccessible. But there
are multitudes of minor spirits wandering about! The murmuring
brook, the rustling leaves, the waving grass betoTken the presence of an
evil spirit: they must be propitiated, hence the sacrifices to " deg|p ns
and not to God'" Fearful scenes were enacte(}, but for the restiJBpig
power of over-ruling civilization. These spirits are under the coffcrol
of the "Medicine Man," hence he has great power among them. In
wme parts of Alaska, etc., cannibalism is quite frequent.
//. What has been done /oAthesef In our N. W. Territories the
English, Romish, and Wesleyan churches have had missions for some
time: Our mission was begun by Mr. Nisliet, who labored faithfully
for eight years among, and had great influence on, the Carleton Crees,
■f
-propj'i-
wnin><--
<77 Ht»«rl-
vork has
ire Home
:e ohnvffc
rum, liitH
e Htiliiry.
'ch in HB-
(1 it witlt
I." (lOd
ileiw tlie
(1 rt'iKiiit-
iKseii en--
the New
money qf
I Board of
separate
oney con-
wliich all
kVe l)egin
111 of our
it by the
!rt. The
s probably ,
)ries, and
barbarian,
lerally, be-
But tliiere
vurmuriuj?
jnce of an
"demons
-estdHpig
he c^ffrol
them. In
•itories the
i for some
[ faithfully
jton Ci-ees,
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»i« ig evideneed by (heir MMidinJK their Chief iMiKtawaeiir to Princ<t
Albert forfl niiHHionary when plUced on their hwerveH. Mr. Niwbit (ii«><l
in 1874. Jfe hiul, however, Kaiived two half breed lutNiMtantN, Rev. Jno.
Mackay and Rev. (ieo. Kh^et, Iwth of whom are Htill living, ajid doing a
grand work. We have now miHHionK to .'l,200 of tlieHe ImlianH. I have
Htriven to Khow the ivlative {losition of thene miMHionn on the. outline
map bj'fore you : /
t>. Altifirt
HHHkatvliewtin
f. P. It. i
AHBliilboia
Mnnltoba
No
No. Pot-
Dons
804
Name of Re-
Mcrvc.
1 iVlls-ta-\v;i-al« . . , -
2 O'KjinoSe (UtdliiK I . tao
Monnlalii I ^
2 Bird Tall
4 Crooked Lukes
6 Coti
It AHsiniboino
7 PtapotH
8' Stoney Plains
141
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vt73
863
171
When
app'd.
1881
1870
1877
1885
I88U
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HcA . John Mnokay
Hov, GoorBO Flott
Uev. S Tunkan8ul(:lyc
Hev. HiiKh Matkay ,_
(;. C Mackay. 'reacher SO
JaH. Si'olt, Tcaclicr
Mias Iloso. Toaohor
„..„,».„..„ ... .Mr. Anderson, Tcachflf ^»
It will thus be seen tluit only alwut one-tenth of the Indians are
under our care, and yet they are pur wards, and surely we, as a Presby-
terian church, will be faithful to the duties of our position. The bene-
ficial results of our work ate already apparent. We spent a few hun-
dred dollars on the Carleton Crees, and they remained loyal during the
late war, and had a wonderful effect on all the others. We spent a
good many thousand dollars and a good many precious lives on some of
tlie others*, and Ut'tle more than sorrdw and death as the'resulta. Froin
the fewhundreddollarsspenton mission work we reap, besides, the benefit
of training 170 children daily in the mission schools, and of seeing about
156 goo<l, earnest Christians, Mr. Mackay says : "On the day following
ourcommunion we camped at noon hear a small lake, and, hearing voices
near the water's edge, wo came to one who was saying to those about
hup: *1 ain an old man; I sometimes speak to pur young men about
<WL^ They are willing to listen, but I know so little about him. I
want to know more. You (to Mr, Mackay) know much about God for
ypu have his Bpok ; and I come to you to be instructed,' Another
brought his children to our school last Avinter, and said : They are still
pagans ; but if they wish, to b e come Christians, I s hall put nothing in
the way. If the Christian religion has more light in it than my relig-
ion, then I shall become a Christian..'^
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\V« rtivi! fnM'ly our noun tohaptiw thin jM'ople with their blood ; w«
fh««r?ully Hppiui our luonny to qu.^ll th«ir tur».ui<Mic«. Hhall w») not, in th«
spirit of our MrtHtor.ratlior ^iv« uioru fnn^ly, ourHwlveu, mnd our son* and
our dau (ht^rH, and our n»«anfi, to tcwli th« p»'oplo to ftiar Ood and
honor thu Kiiij(.
KOUMOHA.
LHt UH hastiMi on MOW to tli« conHi«l««ration of th« n«vt flehl which
we liavr op(«r.it.Ml in'; to i\w conKidcration of a flt'hl, whi«'h liaN more of
int^TOit to UH an (Janadians, and oMpocially to us nn Or/or Jtifiit, than
any v«'t, cons<I.M«d. It is alw* the most Huwessful which we, 119 »»ohurch,
- hav.''as yet inauKurnted. T refer to the iKhind of Korni.wa. You wdl
easily s<'e it her.- on the map of the world, lyinK about 100 uiden off the
a. E. coast of Ohinii. Tliis is the diaxnini 1 havt- made of it :
Ke-lung
iinHuir
China
G. L. Miukuy. 1873.
Jno. .Iiunli'HOii, 18*1.
O i<aii|{ kak
Itov; (Uiim.
1 Ilov. Tan
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v"^ w^aid to beamost V)eautifulishiud. In extent, 260 miles long by
Ty wide Down the centre runs a range of mountams. Very fertde—
oroducing tea, coffee, grains and all kinds of fruit on the v^est cowt.
The ialand was taken by the Chinese in 1683, who ^subjugated the abor-
iirine8-pepohoanB--or droye theni to the east side of the mountams,
where, trthe numl^er of 20,000, they still live and »*a;nu« the Chinese.
They ire cannibals, etc. It has a total population of about 3,000,000.
Tf^ Rdiffion 0/ tfie. Chinese may he cla^^dm: . , .,,
/ ConZcianiinn. Confucins lived 550 B. C, and, grieved with
much evil, set himself to reform it by social reform moral precepts and
example "He died disappointed and despairing. After his death
|»i« wSrks became the Chinese "Bible" Wh«i^ a jiew^doctnne is pro-
DOMd they ask "Did Confucius teach itl'' If he did, it i« true ; if not,
SiTiiHele^iB ; if contrary to hU teaching, itii ialse " Heignored a su r-
perior w>wer, or a future retribution." One ot the^chief virtues is fil.
ial rev^nce, and from this he easily drifted into-his followers mfin-
^itely more so— approval of the ancient Chinese custom of the "worship
0f ance8t9r8." A faithful son roust erect a tablet about a foot long m hw
"r}--'**.^^
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linuM) ttt »» fnther'i* dmtli, •«> thiit in wmin imcmtnil iilio(ii>N th«ro iirf nil
iimiiy ah 1,000 of tli«H« tahUitH. <)n«» of th« NuiritN of the (IcotMiHiHl in in
tliiH tiUilMt, and muHt Jh< luwrrififiHi t<», <'iwi the spirit will wii.nk v^n
i/wmco. HiivinK » iMMly, he newln f«»otl, clothing, money, <»to., und th«M»
Hi-e regularly otter««d, and eHpectiallv on every ini|K>rtiint fainily ocHiur
renoe. Tl>" Ijiterati are uioHtly the diM<;ipleH of ConfuciuN, while thw
majority of the jn'ople ure .... . ^
/y. HutldhUtH. (Of COiirw' th« anceutral worHhip lM>longH to the,
whole cominunity.) UiuhUm hud Home <»X(;elh'nt nioriil teiuhiug, Imt no '
0<xl noconHcience, no duty "iiH duty. " IliH mnin principle wan "how
to \w delivered from miMery, not "wn," Ah he had nodfMJ in hin Hy»-
tem his followern worshipped "him," and in llurhlliiMt temples there are
often hundn«ds of iniageH, which the jM'ople wornhip. The CJhinwi©
numl)er 400,000,000, an<l lJnd<lhiHm in tin' religion of the majority.
The "moralH" of the (.'hincHe are very bw. •'FalHehiMMl and chic-
anery are their hoiwan<l their weapons— no truth in the country — deceit
and lying phic<^d on the pe<h>stal ot' aliility ami clevenieHH."
Some <»f the punishments inflicted untler their laws consist of "tor-
tures to'ttendish, that even th«^ North American Indian has never in-
vented anything more horrilile. Among i\w. everyday punishments /ire
"compressing the ankles, and sipjeezing the fingers l)«tween lioards till
crushed, twisting tlje ears, nailing prisoners' hands between l)oards,A
scalding with Ijoiling watef, insei-ting red-hot spikes, driving tine ham-
boo Spikes un<|er the xu^id fingers or toes, etc.
///. Work in Foriuom. The Dutch estal)ltshcd a mission there in
1631, but were driven ofl' the island Jil)out thirty years aft«>r. The Eng-
lish Presbyterian church established one on the H, vnd of the ujand in
1865, and it is doing gooti work.
"Our work" begAH with the landing ftf llev, G. L. Mackay in 1R7,3,
at Tanisui on tl/fe N. W. coast. Mr. Mackay Was born up in Zorfa
township in the north of this county on 2l8t March, IM4. With only
his own iron will, the grace of Ood, and the prayers of his friends, thouB-
ands of miles away, to support Inm, without knowing a single soul on
the island, he began to study the language— soujetimes in a cowstable,
sometimes on the mountain side, herding flocks with the boys. As soon
as able, to speak a few words, he Ix^gan to tell of Jesus, und then they
said "thfe foreign devil must go," but the "foreign devil'^ had evidently
come to "take possession of them," for he is there yet ! As soon as con-
verts began to come in he took them with him its he itenerated over
the north of the island. Thus, by the rwvdside, under the shady trees,
or under the burJiing sun, on the damp ocean beach or mounttiin side,
he taught them gradually, geography, history, botany, theology, etc.
God seems to have sheltered hia servant in a remarkable manner, so
that, though often t»,t the verge of death, he has not yet passed through
its portals. Mob» of thousands (E. g. in Bahykak, 1877,) have often
assembled, torn ddwii h ia church, and threatened to k ill him . Mr.
Mackay lias a good knowledge of medicine, and is a pretty good dent-
ist, so he has "healed their sick" wherever he has gone, which has given
him a marvellous power over t he people. At the end of four yean he
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liiul 7& c'CMiiiiiuiiicimtM hikI 4 cliurt^iifM
with H more itudttaU in ii'iiiiiiit|{;
to hiH ftmiit lnl)orN, o. g., (Ik*
4H iiiHiiy iiutivi* t«^(ich«rH,
^Dv iiii|Nirtial witii«<iuui«,
liiul iiiikii^ihI iiN hoHii
iiiiiHr»n lit KA|»-tNu tun, fuiid piit|i<^'l|r ^^J'P ufthiN iiiiio I tinvn Iwtui a
lieiithttn. Dr. MuclcHy '''ifMil;)' in!'^|pi)url<l (hutwU in Ku|vtiiul»ii.
Etory Any I miw him t'^^'^dyWWt''''^ >«p<"<3<ii<K to ull ilir |M>o|ih> ; i» thtt
diiytiiiifl tiftvnlliMK«»v<Hy<Hw^li^uling wrtth iU*" (!liiii«'iMS •'•t night «hM'|».
iiig on thi>unnni<i. *lt«)ganlitig hiMfrtil itiid HuthM'ing orn^ might H\H\i\k
without (Mia. Hi^vngHgiMl mo to (hiuih liiid hliiUI rhH|HtlM in four phuum.
hi huihiing thcHO^'hiipolH ho hiiH (MKliirod much ; t^vory (hiy h«> haK
Wttlktul 2U miiuM, th» wind hbwing mid th«) Hun iNMitiiig down on him ;
coiMtttiitly |tX|K>iM4d to Ht^i|iyi'6f rnin, Hoiiu)tim(4« not abl« to ^nt^ often
without Hh»ep, diiy unci night iinxiouH iilnnit tho i;ha- 'b. Now I «n-
truHt you, Mr. Jamii'Kon," (Mr. .Fanii»won wuh H^nt out, to KHHiMt Dr.
Mc, in 1HW4, and inJuKt hoginning to preach.) "to wi-it« a h<tt«r and
hit the great ciiurrh know ; the |R'oph* ift (^anathi ougiit to nynipnthiM^
with him in KormoHu, HuO'eiiiig ff>r the chureh. Thin iH our Avish."
During the occupation by the French in lHH4-.*>, the wt)rk was
interfered with, ami though n«)n<' of the convertH were iiijun'<l, many ot
the chapels wer«' dentroyed. Dr. Mackay pr<"Kente<l a claim to (len.
htm for 1^10,000 damagoH. That ollicer "never doulited Iuh word aH to
the amount of damages," an<l, after much work, ho got the whole
amount. Let uh hear his own wonU, wrilten Fel>. 5, IHHO : "There'
ujMni I thought Ion;; and anxiously what iM'st to do — buihl two dozen
fragile churcjies, (tliene churches wen* built first at H cost of .IJCJAO each,
moHtly fiirnished by friends in (Janada.) one dozen ordinary ones, or
half a dtAii sjjron'', and, at tint same time, artistic, churches. T decid-
eii on t^HHHmJ#>urse, S4>t to^Avork,^i<l in less than three montliH tin-
iHhed tlHHHHv'i «'hur^i|p|i^>f solid stone, with a Htone wall around
ng^ak.
eivch.
chui
Bang'
Hek khan, and Hin-Tiain. Magnificent
in appearance, with stc^eples overtowering temples and everything else ;
ttlso with the British (lag and "burning bush" fixed permanently in the
niiisotiry of the spire, I judged aright, whether you «gree with me or
no. For nf)te the effect, hear wlmt tln^ jH^ople say : (>) 'We we fools to
pull down his cli.'ipel ; look now, we are ashauied <rf our temples.' (2)
'If we had not pnlkd down the chapel, it woeld Iwve remained as it
was; look now.' (3) 'We must never pull down UAk one, or he will
erect Ibietter than this if we do so.' (4) 'The chapel is l)eautiful ; we
never saw the like, and this is a goo<l affair; he is good hearted.' (f))
'We can't stop him,! etc." As showing something of how he has l)een
laboring in £he past to bring things into their present state, 1 shall con-
tintie to re»Ml f rom the same letter : "whilst superintending the work
of 200 workmen, I also dispensed medicines to hundreds, preached the
gospel for hours at a time, taught the students at night, and in three
months travelled upwards of 1, GOO miles. I also repaired two other
chapels which were nearly in ruins, and, lastly, opened a new station in
a large Chinese town, had the usual battle to fight, and mUst say
gained the usual victory."
IV. i?e«M//«: Look at the estimation in whidi Dr. Mackay is held.
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nmiiv.'iwrv «»f I)r Miickivy**! Uu«linK tfl|P 127.1 ••owvpHb fi-<.iii hII ovi^r
tlt« l»l»iii4'K«»h*»i-«d to Tiiiwuut ow ttmt tMmon to ejjpreiii thi-ir joy iuhJ
tfriitUu(l»». M«n<l«\riiiH, i»n*«f«, t?»»Ml»»*»R, •wm itiitl Ijpf) inoii of lUug-
k«k HHiit lettprn of roo«riitutntioii. riM pxp»wiiiv«» oljl^ii- n«KHnl. Tli# ,
,.onv»rt« nmde liim i» fm>HPut wf u K«l-Umc*irt ftiiijP^Ut uk limr whi%|
|i«H»yHMu« fluy f.illowiiiK: f'Four^i. yfm< ikgffyvHU^nUy , I UimM
how. AM wftK <lfttk nnmuil iaol»t«7 whh%ii.|m*iiI ; i\u^ |k»o|iI« \n\Ur
towHiiU «i»y fowiKUor. Tlwif Wi^Pir *u Wi|>itiil»«, no cliurclnt«, no
pit.|ichMrH,|ho NtodiMitH, iio frltjiuls. m^ rJi.*" |MMMMutioiiH, triulK linii
W..HM ; of ►!»«' Kli'fph'HH MiKlitH ; of tlir \«)io]U'l»ouiH, and hittor MorrowK ;
„f (|h.4»hn««4Uhk '»ii««lo<>t, ai«'.uL'iM>a ttuMbit .^tlii« iii|«l«t«< Lw ex-»^H».
dump luitH, *ii(l ^rffliy, Kiimll, dark i.H.., .* of M«' diiVH with itudentM in
wi*t KiuMH, «lt thr nuMiutiiin top, iiiwl I'V^tlir iw<uKid«' ; of the wwkn in
HiiviiKe coun^v ; si'i'll^ l>l.'.'(l»nK Im'iuIh ^M^lit in to damu. an»j^nd ; of
th«' nuriow oiWft|M>H from (h-ath by h«u, by •»«»'». ay«« uiotw. byKickneKM,
and l»y thv l%(>nch, you will nt-v^T fuHjAnow. I ruro not for pwm-
rntH, i'U',. I f'<« «Hi«' t«) H«'«« I'^7:l i'oiiv»>it«.|| TaniHui, all uHH«nibl*?d to-
««.thi'r. Wh<'i» 1 landed h.-ro thvtv wuH nm on«'. Tlioi-o in no Ur« for
hIiiimi niod«'Hty ; 1 liavo tnilvd iMtro, and Vloni^ «iy b«»Ht ; at th«' wmie tin»«,
.to<io<l, to(i(Ml, to (Jo<l mIcmic bo all tliii pmwie, honor and glory.^ Fai-e-
w»'ll. " In II tour (lirou«li tlic island, aft<?r thf^wpurturi- of th«' FnMudi,
Mr. Mat-kav l)afti/.«'d n:»« convorts thn-© h|p)HM'n no Uptisnin dur-
inj< 1HH4-5." Tlwrc arr .'IK proarhing HtationH with fhap(CU (some of the
ohapolsdoHtioyeA not y.'t rebuilt,) 2L'47 memU^rH, W preachei-*, 2 im-
tivo ordainnl pi#torM : U<»v. Mr. (Jiam. anrf H«n. Mr. Tan, (of Hiii-
Tiam), S-'i ('W»'ih32 dnnons. ' \Vli«'n 4)r. M. was hon-, in l«Hl, this
country KHve hiu> J«(7,000 at a nn-oting in Wt»o<l»to<k, with which lie
built ()xfor<l Coll%<^ ut Tamnui. for a training school.
In I H80 Mrs.Maikay, of Winiboi-, to jKniMuiito tho memory of her
husband, gave hiim i^.'VOOO to l)uild\ hospital at Tainsui, wlioro a»K>ut
1,200 sick iHM-soiiH havo bt'en helpi'd duiil.g tlie yean AgirrHHchool
lias also l»een l)uilt.
Mr. Mackay Iwvgs and strivi's to inUke the churcheB Helf-support-
ing. Oiu« of them, flui Tiam, where Hev. Mr. Tan is settled, is so.' He
says : "H.iid no maie men." But he does want ip4,000 iiiore to build
more cliuiuhes witli, and we can assist in sending some of this much
needed support.
--^ Isaiah xicxxv., l;V. "I have raised him upinrighteouHness,and I wdl
diivet all his wnys. He shall build up nly city, and he shall lot go my
eaptives, not for pi^Jice or reward, sjvith the l^rd of hosts." .^
We come to-day to the 5th and last |of o^f uiissions.
■ ■ ■■ : . ' INDIA," I
l,-^(/m.prn/ Iwjw^— India is the gresit battle-ground of modern mis-
gionB, There, all the powpis of caste, audi idolatry, aild customs stand u»
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solidphalanxagainBthor attacks. Will hIicIm) able to reduce tliediKcordant
elements of Hindoo morality and social customs to the great priiiciple
of '.'brotherly love r To me there seems a perfect con8i$tency in our
efforts to evangelize India. You remenibe.r the chapter we have read
to^ay aaour lesson (Is. 45, 1-15.) Why is it that to the little island of
Britain has Ijeen given the dominion over India] That she might be a
modem Cyrus to God's modern Isntel ! France tried to gain a foot-
hold there ; so did Spain. God in his providence, as the dispenser of
monarchies, said to Ohristian Engl/tnd, "Rule there over thin country..
Receive from it tHe benefits of its commerce, and give unto it the bene-
fit of your Christ." I have set liefore you a rough outline of India,
and marked the relative points of our mission stations.
/ O Neeinuoh. W. A. Wilson. 1884
'' O Rutlam-J. F. Campbell, 1876.
O Mhow-JoB. Builder, 1883.
O l5dore-J. WUWe. 1879. .
Miss Rodger. 1873.
McGregor. 1877.^
Mias Ross, 1883.
— Dr. Beatt7»1884.
^Dr. Oliver. 1886.
Rev R- Murray. 1885
Bombay
Arabian Sea
O Oaloutla
Bay Beni<al
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,, It is about 1,900 miles from N. to S., and 1,600 from E. to W.
Has a population of nearly 300,000,000, of whom 180,000,000 are Hin-
doos. <
II. Mwid Cmulitimi (1) The caste system. About 600 before
Christ we find the .system well develc^d : (a) Brahmans, or holy ones ;
(b) Kshatryas, or warriors, (c) Vaisgas, or merchant^, (d) Sudras, or
laborers. The higher castes must not eat with, drink out of the same
well as, intermarry with, or come near a member of a lower caste.
Violation of caste makes one an outcast, shut oft' from earth and heav-
en, and condemns him in the future to being born again into the world
as some evil animal. It is a land "wholly given up to idolatry." There
being 350,000,000 of gods, the moral condition of the peojjle is very
degraded. ''Emblems of vice jii-O. objects of public worship ; crimes
agftinat Ufe, ciiiies igfliiw^^ only peHuitted, but en
.IwnVd by >hi»lf fidimw tlifi»lii|iiry. 'V\w wJilffW U liui'Mi yi» thy plhf \t jt h
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the corpse of her husband, by her own childi-en ; human sacrifices are
offered, and by command of one of theii- most powerful goddesses the
highway murderer does his fiendish work. Ev«||ghing great and use-
ful ; everything strange, monstrous and unusuaflHiether good or evil,
is held to be permeated by the presence of divini^' There are sacred
places, e, g., Benares city, and (jranges river: to die at eitherthese with the
tail of a cow in the hand is a sure passport to bliss/ Mr. Dufli", i" '"»
great Exeter Hall lecture on India in. 1851, relsSfces many instances of
human sacrifices — ^one, of a Hindoo Faquir >^rho''|old a wealthy high
caste Brahmin lady Co sacrifice her son by order of the goddess. She
killed him during the night with the stroke of an ftxe, cut up the body
and gave some to the goddess, some to the Faquir, and buried the re-
nvaihder, where it was found by the English Commissioner. Another,
where at the close of the feast of Meria, the victim's neck being en-
closed in the slit of a tree, the bones of hands and legs broken, the
priest, with a hatchet, strikes the shoulders of the victim as a signal,
Ymd then, irt a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, the surrounding multi-
tude, maddened, as, it were, into frenzy, pounce upon Wm, and, in a
few seconds, tear every particle of flesh from his bones, so that down
he falls, a naked skeleton. This is done "at the rate of four or five hun-r
dred a year." Let it be remembered that these peoplei are of the same
Aryan race as we ; and that they have more acute minds, and haves de-
veloped wonderful systems of philosophy ; that they are thoroughly
religious ; that they are skilled in argument ; but yet that they are
morally rottennfiss; and we- will easily conclude that their evangelizji-
tion is no child's play, but a Herculean task, of mighty moment and
intense interest.
In this country there are 600,000 widows under 1 9 years ; 200,-
000, under 14, and 75,000 under 9 yeai-s— women condemned to life-
long' immurement in comfortless abodes j to isolation from all society,^
cut otf from all happiness. . % #
III. "What has been done 1" There are now ^cJWt 700 male mission-
aries and about 500 female in the field, or about 1 missionary to 145;-
000 people. Here, in Norwich, we have 4 preachers to 2,000 people.
The bones of 600 lie on the coasts of India. There aye also about
9,000 native helpers. "Can these people be brought- to Ghnst T has
been long ago answered ! answered by the 9,000 natives who are to-day
teaching or speaking Christ; by the 140,000 communicants; by the
700,000 who have renounced heathenism ; by the goverhbrs. Sir Rivers
Thompson, Sir Bai-tTe Frere, and many others, whose testimony is,
"The missions have done njoie for the peace and prosperity and happi-
ness of India than all other institutions combined"; by the Rev. Alex.'
Duff, who spent from 1830 till 1864 in that country, and who said in
1851, '*We can now point certainly to scores of good caste, yea, of the
highest Brahminical caste, of respectable lamily, of superior status in
Hindoo society, and of bright prospects^ iri life, who have relinquished
all— literally forsaking fathers and mothers, and brothers adid sisters,
and home, and everything, for the sake of Christ."
IV. "What has our church donel" India is our latest missionary
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, « T M Doufflas, wh6 was sent out in
field It waB opened up by Bev J^^^j^,« .t'^te, contaimug about
RftnOOO Deople, apd ruled over oy ' ♦* , . -. ^he capital. city ot
XTmSh^tmty to the m.^.ou« Mo,^^^^^^^
Sore state, i. about the s«e ot Tmon^ '-J^''
ljTr« Mr D. began work, and was »?""i ■.; 'sy.iod n 1876, <»
SpwC who h^ been -"' °^ '*^1 fe ^t £1. «- I>. left t1,e
^iary to the Eng «h spjakn^ peop. ^^^^ »."fs »»i»P-
•ay
;;;.• ago, and ^♦^^fP^::?'^^ ti^'v^SbiiVears at ^e
M;: BuildeJwas a clas-j^l^lJ'^g^^^^ge^.uvd kv. Wilkie^
^ To.^lf?lJ*f rga^ t^^cluriUg my time. I^.a;. speak
Uni^ t^ T;;;uto. ancf^i^-^;'^^^^- ^-'^^ i'.an speak
position of the Holkar,^wh,chu^ea^^l>«^^^^^^
Lahminsin l^^B, uwler Mr ,D ugU^^^^^ ^^. f^^efatigable labour
strictly forbidden, aixd It ^f « "'' ^ ";"^[ . ^„fter earnest ren.onstrances
bv Rev. Mr. Wilkie and M»V <^r P^'*^l; JT v^^^^^^ Lord Ripon and
and^^adings; after the in*«^-«-f "^J ^^^^tHHS to«|>rosecute
^d1)ufferS,.that^Uberty w^a^ -t^^^^ ,,
their work of pre,u;hvng and teaching. ^ the missionaries' plan,
S "teaching" --f^ :^X^Sr'sSlu;d. Mr. Wilkie is pnn.
both common and 'high schools Dem^ ^^.,^,^ ,,,^,.^ gon« ?«V
cipal6f a high school at lndore._ f '"^ ^^ ^'^^^^^ greatest of all, msitivff
.are doing a most important -«J^ *^';^*';;^,^"^ but a husband may
:^nan.s^ Into these F-^^^^^^^^- ^,e of sickness. Thej; mu^
set his foot, not even a niale Phy^^^^*^" »^^^ ^ :^ ^.^t even a European
/sSkenanddietirst. «fr ^trtn^e hundred thousand could read
woman iould go lii, and '^^^^^^V^or^ where the Prince and|
or write." Mrs. Wilson «xys: //'^^X'^i.^re 'violently opposed to^all
as a matter of coui-se, ^l^^^^^^ ^" '^"^^^^^^ McGregor ami Miss
kinds of Christian mission wo. ^^'.^^^^^^X where nearly 200 Hindoo and
S^shaveopenedaj^keptjenS^^
Mahommedan children receive a J
selves, or from tiative teachers employeo oy .^.^^^^^ work.
Miss Rogers speaks io^uU^^fthe^^^
"Not in a few. hoftses only is : * "« ^^^^^^^ ^iss McGregor says that m
,,ow if a hearty -elr^,?\"!*Snce ff two bibW women, 1,065
^ "^^"^'^eatt. has, under guida.. of J^
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Vieen inatle ; foothold gained : Uus thank (Jwl for it, and tako courage,
and pray and pay for greater things. ,
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Luke XVI., 5. "How much owest thou unto my Lord?" ^
llonians 10. "How shall they hear without a preacher ?«nd how
shall they preach except they be senti" ' • „ ^.
Andlnow, brethren, we consider to-day tiie "money question —to
sum up the grand and special i-esults. Let us try and straighten up
our accounts and see how we stand.
There are, according to the diagram given ni our second sermon,
150 000.000 Protestants in the. world, and bf these, 28,000,000 are
church members. There £e also 1,000,000,000 who have never heard
of Christ, and Christ has bidden us "go and tell them of hnnselt.y
L "What has been doner' (1) This great ^''^t^f '"i,»>«,^'yj''\^
sent out as^nissionaries - not 1 out of 100, or 1 out of 1,000, Init-- 1
out of 4,665 ! Bix thousand have gone forth- -are now m the held - .•
to preach IChrist and him crucified- 3,000 mda^ned; mun8tei;s, antj
3.000 lay workers, teachers, etc. (2) Those of this^ great Protestant
bUy who have m)t 'gone,' out of their abundant \ealth gave, _last year
!iS10"\)00,000 to 'send others' with ! Is it not wondeirfnl to think that
they have given on an a^rage, '35c. per annum !' But stay ! many ^
Wlio have no clain./^ being recognized as professing Chrisrians have
helped in this work ; indeed, if we even up the whole crowd, wo will get
by strictest arithmetic an average sum of about '/c. per member, per
annum ' There is a story told of a minister in the South Avlio was con-
ducting a "consecration meeting," and, engaged m prayer, he said,
"Lord, take us this night, just as we ai-e, and use^us for thy glory.
"Amen!" heartily responded the congregation. Encouraged he pro-
ceeded, "Lord, take our 'minds,' and use them forthy glory. "Amen :
came algain, louder than before. "Lord, take our 'botlies' and use them
' for thv fflorv." "Amen," answei-ed the whole congregation witli a lusty
shoutV '"Lord, take our 'money' and use it for thy glory ;^and a sil-
ence stm as death reigned in the room ! It does seenv as if Christians
hated'to let the Lord even look into their pockets! "But,' you say, 'is
not $10,000,000 an awful sum f Let us see. ,Take a look across the
lines and make a little comparison. Uncle Sam spends on tobacco per
year '$^00,000,000, aiAi whiskey, 1900,000,000, and for Christian
nLions, the magnificent sum of $5,000,000 ! Let me illustrate it by
S pie<i o« P'^P^- ^^^^ i '''^^^^ ""^ ^"*' '*"^. "^^^ under^tend bet-
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and liquor combined ! I iiave not the figu.es for Canada, but they are
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fairly illustrated l>y these. She says, "In (Joel we" trust, "on her mAn^y,
and sends forth an annual proclamation for thanksgiving for mercies
rbceived, and then spends |30d on herself, on her own ruin and de-
bauehery, for every |l to further the cause of Jesus Christ. Oh, if it
were only in the 'world' that this existed, we would soon answer the
, question which comes as a longing prayer from some faithful hearts,
" ■ "When shall Christ reign over the world ?" but it is in the 'church' also.
Men have only Iwgan to waken up to -the fact that they must pray,
''Send forth laborers into the vineyard," and even while they are pray-
x^ ing, they hold both hands over their pui'se. It lias been stated, and it
; is probably a fact, that there is eiiough plate and jewelry in Cliristian
homes to give the word of God in a twelvemonth to every man in his
• own tongue ; send 1 missionary to every 300 souls, and educate the
children in Christian schools throughout the Domain of Pagandom.
J met the other day with the statement that when the Guiness Brewery,
of Dublin (?) recently, resolved to change to a joint stock Comjjany, and
offered shares to the amount of six inillion dollars, one hundred and
;'■ twenty-seven millions of stock were J;aken in a very shoi-t time. For
TT" ■ 1800 years a company has been organised which now nuinbers tweiity-
eight niillioirtriembers ; and yet, last year, when stock to any amount
was put upon the market of the Christian world, for the purpose of
\ • saving the world, only ten million doilars were taken !
;' , 1 1: Umiltti.— 800,000 converts, members of Christian chui'ches!
. Gf these, 120,000 were the gain of the last reported yeai-, 1884. The
cost of production is, therefore, about |80 apiece, while that of the horn'/
,: converts, i630 each, or 7 times as much ,! Rate of iiicrease has been
,35 times OS great in foreign mission churches in comparison with those
, at honie. The Bible has be^ii ti-.insluted into 250 languages. The 100
. - . mission boards are doing grand work with the little handful ©f men and
means placed at their disposal, but the church needs to wake up to the
.fact that there are 22,000,000 of souls passing aWay yearly, to give up
their account, who know of no "Mediator.' Every island and people
almost are calling out for the truth as it is, in Christ. Look at Japan
only a few years ago— a sealed bookto every niission ; now,-it has been
. siiated by one .missionary, 'that, if "everyinissionary were driven off the
island, the native church would carry on and finish the work of evan-
gelization."
III. 0«rc/mrc/t has 127,600 members^ (1) What has she done ?
(a) She has how in the foreign field 18 ordained meii laboring, 1 out
u ; of every 7,088, or, if we reckon also wives of missionarie.s,teacheis,.,etc.,
ttild placing tlie whole amount at 50, we have sent out onebut of 2,250.
• There are, perhaps, 200 native 'helpers' hil)6ring under them, of whom,
7 are ordained, (b) We, who have not ^on«,.ya ye last year 1:43,532,
or about 35c. per member. Deducting what is given by noii-professors,
• we might retain thehonor of 25c. per head forthe great work of evan-
gelizing the world. In our own congregations we have averaged 24c.
per member for Foreign Missions. (2) Besults Ave inany. One of-
: them is that fihere aie about 3,575 native coummutcants. About 1 280
were received during the past year :-^Trinidad, 70 ; New Hebrides, 70;
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HiMintonour Foreign MiHsion woik during the p.i«t yte*ir, wn wwikvwi
that eacli convert hiis coHt un ^r^rh Henienihering that, Iwsides JfieHe
figures, tluM-e has been .mother year's f(6wing of «eed in broader lieldK,
paving th4' \v,iy for larger acccHsion^s to the fold; that 168 children of
the North w..t Indians, 2,00'> children of the wwilies in Trinidad
about as many in Hie New Hol»rides; and hundreds in India, have Iweri
taught at school : iliat thousands of women have Jjad carri«5d to them
the gospel througli the zenana work ; that a High Hchool has been k<'pt
open at Jndore, wltciv 200 Hindoo youths lia\e come uudw Chriati/m
teaching and influence; that dozens of men are being trained for the,
ministry ; that ehap<!ls, houRes, etc., have Iwen helped, wv may well be
ashiuished at the (juestion, "Do missions pay f* I^!t us remeinlnM- also,
that our 750 fioiite preachers have persuaded 4,107 to turn from dark-
ness, and accept of a hope in Jesus, at a cost of .$l,2fiO,706, or costing
!:!-{02 each. Then face, and answer the ijuestion, "Do missions pay '"
Again, leckoniiig that 150 ]m\e helped to achie\e such glorious results
111 the foreign field, there would be an average of over 8 converts to each
worker. Reckoning only tlie 25 ordained ministers, we would have an
average of 51 toeiich. Look at our own case, and we find an a\eru<'e
of about 5 converts to each pastor! "
/r. tVhere goes the monct/ ? (1) After 'ijii^ st.i.Miieiit of the
• |u««tion, need l^giv-e you any .stattonent as ta how much money .roes
abroad ! I shall give three extracts from tli,e Report of the Forei<Mi
Mission Boards of our church, and these will illustrate, '^- .
(Abstract,)-~PAYMENTS.- (Western Section )
To Northwest. . /. ........... ... . ... . . . . . ji; 7,158 00
!'borinoiSJi... ...................:........_•_ ._ 17^91 00
' V India— including expenses of mi.s.sionaiies to India. 20,'9I4 .JT
" Trinidad and Deniarura. ........... . 2 071 1 1
' Chinese school, B. C. .. ............' "* 50 00
" Expenses of Conunittee, Executive Conunitte, and Print-
ing, undall other payments I 'JO.'J 15
"Agent's Salaiy, and General Expenses . . ........ ..... '640 00
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Ht^re is the particutar statement regardin/jf that item of Expenneti-
To Meeting in Montreal about unification of the Boards.
" Exp(u\ses of Oonunittetj Meetings . .......
," " Executive, and of ConVeution . . ... . . . .
" " Secretary ^'uid Salary, and Expenses.. .
" Printing. ............. /. ;>^ . ... . .\ ; . ;
''•, Interest, Mrs. I ; . . . . . . . . . . . f^ .^. . . . . ... ... ;['
" Payment in connection with Dr. Barrykbequest . . ]
" Sunday payments —N. W. Lands ... . . ^>v^ . . , ,]
" 'Telegrams, etc; , , , . . , , , . . . ,^ = .">v^
.$ 85 07
.. 49;5 33
. 126 J)')
. 174 09
. 97 92
. 210 00
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PHINrKSTOWy gTATION.
K.VPKN8B8 OF
To Kov. J. W. McLeotl, wilmy,
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Kcpuirs ........
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This xvill ^.iv<. u fair icUvi „f how ,ilf the money in eximnrJed It
»II the .est, uearlj 98 percent, doe« work in the field itself
- , Q'tH result of the work T have fo.-^otteu t.. .nention, % the wo,.
xlerful hheral.ty and zeal of the com e,:ts. Dr. Bushnell's cRu cl of 100
.uend,ers at the (Jahcxm, «ave $300 to n.issions in o mfv^S ^k ^
one member worth, it i.s said, !E!r)00: ' y»ai, ana not
m,es^ AvI?''V'"'!/^VT''^^''^ ^ Lave showed \ here part of it
,K^>e.s. Where does the balance of the Lord's money ^ro? (}id knows •
ectu.e t).e other ni;<ht, and when the collector «oes to that youn- man
in. can only «,ve l.er 10c. ; ^l. wei.t into.that l,riar„>ot, a.id^" h^M e
"sCs'':^?^/;'' m"v r'"'i« ^^ ^'^^-^ >^^- --^ ^-r that b.'
ot cij,mrs, and the Lord ^^ot cheated xmt of 45c. Hurelv, brethren wc
..nay be^e.,H.cted to do more than 2;ic. a hca<l fV.r l^^Ks of Se".
You know Christian men m this v,.ry coimMei<ation, who -ivc «!10 ;,
year for tol,acco, and 25,. for missions / *r.50 ^ent/for tim set c
. earring^^ am 50c. to save a soul fmn, death ! $5 ' wint to ,Ice th
circle of gold on the finger, and 25c. to put on son! poo Cl^ ;•
«u,d the ring of the Heavenly Father's loVe. The InLt, the r^r
the gamB^ome, and w^e take then, in ; they givJ us a hasty mo!
ments pleiisure, and we deny ourselves the g.eatest p easure of all the
pleasure of bringing a dying soul to endless%,h.usUreJ! Ol' brrthre
we know not what .si.irit we an^ ! . J '"«">'« ",
. , . ^^ ^'^^^i'^ <f^^''nw/f'd o/us? That we shall listen to the thunder- ^
^T^r ""r^I'" says: "So thou, O. son of maii ; I have se^ t hI^" J
a w; t^hjnnn unto the house of Israel : therefore thou shalt hear the
woi-d ,ut my mouth, and warn them from me : =when r say to tl Twick
e^ X wi.k.d nian, tlH>u sludt surely die,' if thou dost^.ot s ^al^^o
hut lmhU>od,,nU I require at thy hand." • to hear the shriek of despab'
|ising from the ghastly lips of 22,000,000 of our fellow bein-vs iusS
mtotlu. presence of the Alnught^ without any mediator "an 3
as they turn to us and cry, "You never told ,ne, you neverwarned me •''
that, while w. sit. u our own comfortable ^iKtualhonies^^^^^^
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»)Iazin« Ii«lit «)f trnili liKlitiiij( uj) hnut, and lif.^ niul honiennd country,
wo slmll tliiiilc of those* wlui, in liopih'ss iKnoraiico and vi«H», are howinx
<lown to tilt) work of thoir own hands; that wc shall say quietly and
<wn.<Ktly to (}(hI, "FiOrd, hero am 1, 8«nd ine, if thou wouldst u«» uw in
that way." Do you not hoar a voico today, sqiho of you stnin^r younir
inon arul woni«n, a voice that says "I ^uvo my lifo for tliee ; hast thou
loftau'^'lit for m«t". A voice which says, ''(jIo to thoso poor heutheii,
and pinach Jesus to th<Mn." Thero i.s nmny a "sont om," as Dr. John-
son has s;iid, in tho iM'lly of thj \w)rld, uxhUukI of prmchin;,' to th«^
|i«'iith<*i. Ft i.s demanded of us, that, as w« ;,'azo into tho tields which"
aro ahoady whito unto' the harvest -^fields of China, tields of Japan
fields of the oc(!an, Helds of Africa, lieUls of India wo shall lift up
terv<.ut |)ray(!rs, "r^)rd, aoiul forth laborers unto the h.irvest." Breth-
ren, by no lunf/ia inmtm can eithei* Canadian or Hindoo 1h) brouf^ht to
(Christ ! It is only by proachinii,' that they will be brought to a "know-
ledge of the truth, and "how can they preach ex«ept they be seiit ? "
It is demanded j.f us that we shall cut oil" a portion, at least, of the
stream of money llowing tiow into the ocean of conrfort, ease and lux-^^
ury, iind divert it into a "dry and thirsty land: wherein no wat(!r is."
Oh, if Clirii^tians would oidy give onu (untp<>r ilaij, tho world would bo
evangelized ere the end of the pfeseiit century ! There are many of us -
heie can do more than that. Let none of us go away from hero to-day
siiying, "Well, 1 have pi-omised to give the Lord one cent per week for
Ins work among the heathen," and then sit down to the task of consum-
ing ;k-. per day on tobaC^ ! \\\ be jushamed, wouldn't you, to treat
tiie Lord in that way? ,, .
Our cliurch asks now #70,000 for her Foreign Mission work, and
so our Ladies' Missionary Association have resolved to put into your
haiids to-day, "Subscription Cards," for your signature. The Lord stii-
up \\\ us the grace of liberality. "Freely ye have received, freely give "
"U>t evorycme lay by him on the first day of the week as God has pros-
pered him. , ' ; ., .
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I J promise t(f paif iu the Forcijn xMixsioti' work of
our church the sum hpreby subscribed, and to bring the
sttriif, if possible, to the ^nbbnth service in envelopes fur-
nished :
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