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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' <*^^ 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^ »* fadyentnil4itLeoimderdble experise^nme ; the pubiicntton if ' them will cost abmU $85 more. The pamphlet ^mll be distributed gratis, but if after having re^ tU hook, you consider the lectures preserved m that f(mn are worth sS/^Ttait^r to yon^aml tJuit you oioe so.mthxng for ^ the mformntioH thus acquired, I shall be pleased to ai/otq you to assist tn defraying this cost ofpublimtion to any extent that yon may chnm. . Further, I have had a few hundred extra copies printed for fret distribution among friends tmtside tfie cot^egation. Jf any of yon unsh an extra copy or tm/or this ptirpo»e, please apply within two weeks after issue. May tike Lwd qf the vineyard cause tUse addresses to be the. means of stirring us up to greater faithfulness in the use qfths means he his placed at our disposal for the conversion of the world to him. Yours in Christ, R. H. MYERS. NorwicK Dec. 5,'86: , , ' " i ^■•* .',.%^ »■ ' . ictlf UMTCO CHURCH ARCHIVES TKEJ hi h Foreign \Mis8ion duestion IN ((»NNKarl$ 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»rod«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, RnHM 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 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«' 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 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- vatis, 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 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 :•■;■; a-- ■ , \.:'[ ■. ■/:■, ' 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. » i 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. <%?; ^ ( : t ■. . » , (. ;' I '$■ ' 2 , 3 li-: . ;4' '■*■■[ 5 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. ■ ■■ ' ■ ■. -i- . ... > :. . .Nbniinal Christians. ... .r-^ftfflftbei? o"f Protestant Churches. ■ ■'■ ','■■'' ■ --J /■ ; ■ . . . :. 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- •^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. / 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. HH"- '# "S^'. if 6 If' ■• K S Ho laboi-ecl there till his death m lilies in oircurnfercnce, and has a popa- . • brwcRiPTioN : • • ,■'■ ■: ■-. .•■ • ;#■■ '"'. . ■'■■■,■ .■■■"•. ■ - 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 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 ■!/■ I i \ 1 Jiuncs ('roil places the number at 30,000. \, 'M \. ';4 . 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 / / -O Princeatown — — San Fernando v 'j^ Jno Morton J. K. Wright. 1884. J. W, McLead, 1881-8S W. L. HcKaCrflSSfi. -, \ ^— — ^— 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 / 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 ■ i ■ i. ■i |-#McK 11 4- 4 i «ud froin theuce to 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 r. If ' «- 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. No. -i 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, ■. ■ IS ■'' ■ •.;■ ■'' ■ ■ ■■ • ■. 1 ■ .■• ■". ' ■' " ' ^'^' ■ »i« ig evideneed by (heir MMidinJK their Chief iMiKtawaeiir to Princ. 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 'OOO* vt73 863 171 When app'd. 1881 1870 1877 1885 I88U Noof forty's 42 au Hch'l ch'n Chureb la 3& 20 20 19 Name of Miss'y. or T- 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 goower, 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}--'**.^^ 15 ^1; . V ^ ■vi- . I: 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 ' 0stal 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 '■\f: i-^ U ■f m 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««p<"<3o|ih> ; i» thtt diiytiiiifl tiftvnlliMK«»vunnni 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 hr 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'. 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,^if 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 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 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 iwl.'.'(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 J«(7,000 at a nn-oting in Wt»out 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» 18 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 Benihi»lf fidimw tlifi»lii|iiry. 'V\w wJilffW U liui'Mi yi» thy plhf \t jt h .1 n ;l .--4^- 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 ■:,;:• -■-'..■ -20^ ■ , « 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^ :-^rr^^^^ .ere, a ^a. h. .■■,,.„.-■■.'■_ . -■ . , I Vieen inatle ; foothold gained : Uus thank (Jwl for it, and tako courage, and pray and pay for greater things. , ■••Wo., e, -■ , ■ 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 pieai; / 2i} .- - '•■ .•■...■ • " ' ' ■ ■ ;. • ■ :■ ■ " ■ 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; I t ( 4 V ) It ( I \ 2$ .■ TiuUft, 10; FonnosH, 1138. Rpckoniiiff ,|!70,000 nn i\w totjil ihoimiv 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^ . ... . .\ ; . ; ''•, 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 .. 66 nn .. 24 8,s . 23 85 tU^Qti 1 li ■ ir:''i: M X ; Kroii, tl,.< ,.l«tn>ct of tli<' Ea.t.ini Section I M-lert „i ,„,„|,„„ „,,„ PHINrKSTOWy gTATION. K.VPKN8B8 OF To Kov. J. W. McLeotl, wilmy, •• Catedust.... ...... .^ . " AdcUtioiml for AiiHJ«}e.. rusarui)t'(> Kcpuirs ........ iViiss Bliie.s. Where does the balance of the Lord's money ^ro? (}id knows • ectu.e t).e other ni;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'« ", . , . ^^ ^'^^^i'^ 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^^^^^^ / ) • w 35 • ».. h »)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 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. , ' ; ., . f 1 i I 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 : CENTS per