Home and Foreign Journal, August 1853

III. _ _ ЛГСГШОШ), AUGUST IS53. PUBLISHED BY TIIE BOARDS OF DOMESTIC AND- FOR Е1ш|Г MISSIONS OK NUMBER 2. Aiil) OF DOMESTIC MISSIONS, МЛШОХ, ALABAMA, AffiBST If, 43. . io|',in nf uniaiimaruf, or othor oopy for tbo i|o- iro.-enl have been fmwafded, the pubUsher bun , ]u— how to proceed, having already waited bo. proper time fur pulling the paper to press. Suuls i u- made u the means at hand will allow. Tlic rorrfs|uBdl»n Secretary. . I- о py to l-arst that our esteemed brother, ltov. . , W ,1к,т, ut' St. Louis, * ho rooeiveit tbo appointment i [i -| n.liuit Seorolarv, at the recent. meeting of tlio ., hi. In» determined to enter upon the duties of this . • 'll., W. sliwu Watchman thus announces his ae- ,i oi rl и ujipointlucnl r . 1 'Wither, of 8l. bub, we arc authorised to «ау, , i , '.d the office of Secretary of Homo Mi-vino-, 1 \ „hi. It lie was elected liy tho lato (lotiventirm in , He will enter upon the full discharge of lus и s (,<■ i.iW. In the nreuiiliiiic, bo will do wbal- . i hi и. |.|i.iiiuli; itt great oliji'ota in Sliasnnri ami м , . - Л I'i'I ler uppiiiiitiuciit cnuld not li.no boon 1.,, il.tr Walter will lake hold nf this work witlin i i . i d industry, c.iiiiinonsuiatn with its vast ini. lb- is a ii an nf cultivated intellect, onimiiaml- . ci.cJi-'iii't niniinor.s and deep niety. Wc regret ,i . St. Iciilia, but wo- think that duty calls him • In In new Held he ran bu того extensively urn- I, i i t ho land- ,s of Aiun. Miblilkv I nm'fll'd. ’ • • !., . и staled in tbo journals nf tho bud, thni a .'•d, cited to the worship of idols, bad boon built in i.,i Hi v. Mr. Spoor, Presbyterian missionary Г i .i "c W' California, thus refers to the «ubjmit: ’t >i i.in ’u tie rl in mm of the city papers that on last , - in a i.iuplu had been eonworatod la idolatrous , 1 .[. l j the t'lnneao. fin Salon, I thought, lias niitini- . ! не To-diy I visiliid thu building, and ascertained i |, ■, t'.ii it is only a hmi-kmn or “company’s " i i.e t'iiiiiiso band together in largo companies for r wo i it .i.KatiUgc. By this moans iiiforiiiath’n i< oir- l 1.. \vi «sprnses are avoided, slid poison'd eliect- in ■ i -tl fa. I'"i!r in Hie snob eon. panir ore said ta . a fun" 1 hue. Al llieii ris|iee'iveliend-'|ii,irters ,1 с 'p|,"iitrd to attend to ilu'ir .iffair5, und a lull re.". I а -а г, iid“7vini4 and lodging-pbre fm strangles. i i .1, ,t I e.a c, they linvo porfot ined certain ecremnun s ‘i.'ning of tiiaso haijs: and it was tbe ii'leliratiuii neb hi neoasion wKicb was Mistaken fur the cunsoern- .... wnWiauiA.ia.b*jSS;lisri»i4tisaiiir Our China Mission In California. Il is oxpeoted that brother fhnolt will outer upon lie work among tbo Cliineso iu C'oW'oinia somotimo during tho summer or fall.- It ijnot yol known where ho «ill Ionite, probably a,t San b'ranoisco, Mr. Speor thus refers to this point . The opinion of brethren iu Hie ministry lirro, and they inform mo in' the country also, in relation tn the location tir the mission, is, dial it elinuld he in San Franvi.uo. The reasons suggested ,rc these : In all other places, the Chi- - nose population is either limited, as at Sacramento and 13 stnokton, or transient, ns at the difleront iiiiuos. All tho emigrants must pass lluongh this city, which i, the only port o| entry I- >r foreign I'es.-el.s, and here nuy receive triiels and the Scriptures. From (his the difleront seeltons ot tho country are cosily and eliraply aceetsiMo to perko- , nal visitalion. Tbo |woplo of this oily uro disposod lorun-s £ port liberally -tire work, if performed iutlialr.uiidsl, by lliuir foP ootltrihnlions in muiioy; and lints the greater ospeueive- nes< of living may he emiiiteilialai.ird. front this point I can baie must dirott and eb"np intercourse with the press lb ^'“hpn “"tl tho brethren in China. And thi.. elimatn is •probab’y that which will prom most bracing and healthful, on account of its pros unity to tint sca,who'e breezes sweep over and rvln«h it, lint die a nay thirty miles tip the riiets, and move the swampy slinres subject to fovers and to a high degree nf hunt. These reasons appear conclusive n« to the eluiiea of lliis ns tbo situ of tlio luisaioii. llowcecr, tbo ipusslion will reiiiniu upon till 1 can furllnr oonsult, personally or by letter, with the brethren in Hi- interior, previous |„ lay in g it bi'foro tlio executive commit leu of the Board. New Kidds fur Ilium: МЫшк The following extra'll» fro it tint re|ioitof the committee on new home fields, adopted 1 у tbo late Convention at Bal¬ timore, wo Commend to the attention of our readers. “Tlio great points nf interest to which we «unlit cult the attention of the Convention, are tho cities scattered throughout tho'South und South-west. Them uro tlio great centres of influence throughout our land for good nr for evil. It is hero that Satan and the emissaries of dark¬ ness arc must busy and successful. From onr cities as u.: from inexhaustible fountains, arc (muring over tbo length a and breadth of tho land, streams of moral influence, either pnrifym? and elevating, or else corrupting mid debasing the masse.' of the people. Here, eon<eiptently, the ener¬ gies "f enr Board should be eoiicenl rated to do their u most, amt to (bubal utmost ut once, ft is true that man of our cities ore already supplied with the means of graei and with the word of life, lint an losers of the truth oil pledged supporters ot primitive Christianity, lb". M". S| •f lb*' I're ! '. terian Г" in! n. d.e, the 1 ■ . '. I* i me о bu ,1'.’ I. r n i-si"ii.t'V wait an 'tig * , it-! I Vi! inij y. W "ill.— 1’nid a visit this afternoon to Li о с In- louse, win re hi: received me very kindly, •o' t, *d, 'Ii ii ilready are seen tho bleat fruits of uitv , n ! .» I- in ( 'hina, in llm presence of .«ото hero irbo p'ci mil to lead thoir new-arrived countrymen in llm i u-'ii"ii of tho knowledge of science and religious truth. *, * ta he is a '.[itainted with eight Hussion scholars of ’i • a -I'limd, now ill California, ' '.'' j - •eii.'i ot tho pupils of our several iniasinn schools t . Mae n, I long. К wig, and Singu|mre, is thu first • и, i, -'likes me ill eolumone.ilig the lalnirs of amis- • . . >_ llm Cliineso here, as a pledge of sueeoas. • i il,,..' bietliie'i lliero Invc desponded on account ' ' ,i -! "I ; ingress in educating ami converting to ("rod 1 in. b i do i, .are. “They labored, and wo me eu- i . ' ,r I ii.. is.” Tlioso are men that, by thoir ao. . Mil- the Knglisli jniigiingo and customs, their ' . I i.i. ii."l^. and mental discipline, must wield a г .1 г fim n. i out thoir own oountrynan. Too at ' i! ми ,ii i pi.ius, and may give much assistance in 111 ■l'" и -. i -n.kiog provitloneo, ton, tint Ibore isalarge sap. I • . 'iiie. and tiiicisoll hand. Hoxos of thorn line i. ■ и . I fruiii different ntntinna to the several elor- ' ' f ih:, niy und a considerable minibcr have been i. и ibiii. >1 aiiuuig ilio Chinese, ludeed, during . -'i не, и of Col. deary ns Mayor, there was а ' "J i-i i.l.itmn meeting, at which, through an inter- . ,.'ldi. - a, remade In tlio Chinese by same of tho i i , а ) • iiiies of tlio Scriptures formally bostnned. ■ 'in. -i'll -ее I hat Christianity is our national roli- 4( i -. ib.il they cituieiL yet eiunpreliend that “they 1 ' ill l-i.ml that arc nf Israel," and mako allow- '< i - и e of ilic scenes they witness in this “Christian b. Friday.— Tin» far I have been able to bear “It is a fi.'t. w-bicli ib-eree- tin' '"rilin', nitration "f til's Г invi ntiiei tbal while iii the eoiiiiiry.woitreisuupara- tiuly “ii'C's-fil iu tl.' i i'iisiof tbo South and Boutli-wcst we are ют] inilively feeble. " hy i' tills ' And wluit- cu'r be the e.m-e, -hmihl wo bu satisfied ns» (Icuoini/m- tiiui, for tins stite of things tn ounlimio' It is true that wc liavn elinrclics in most of onr cities and prominent towns, and fuhbftil efficient men, laboring in thorn. lint ask nur brethren from the.se various control points, if our position, compared with that of other denominations, is not far lower limn wc should ever consent tn ueaupy. And oonseijuently, ns r* prcseritntivca of jiriticiplcs whioli urn beginning to elnini tho attention and reverence of the world, while we cherish fur our brethren of oilier denmni. natiuii.i the ntinosl degree of Christian charity, and while we ore ready, ns fur as ive can, to co-opemto with them in every good word nnd work, wo must at Lite same time, re¬ member that a work is now, in llm providence of Hod, solemnly delegated to us, w hich no other body of ntcu upon oartlt can perform. In almost every oily throughout the South and South-wet, favorable opportunities are at this moment presenting ll.etn-clves for exlemling the sphere of nur influence, which, if seized at onec, will result iu incal- eiilaMo advantng' >. Inmanyof tlieseeitios.itiaahnionle- Ыс fact, that oiiiltil tides never culer any house of worship, nnd nro really in a darker and more deplorable elate than the degraded heathen. A fearful proportion of thu po[ il¬ lation of every city, we may confidently oflirni, never on. ter any church, or hear any announcement of tlio glnd tid¬ ings of salvation. By our vory sides, in sight of our dwellings, and witlun heariug of our publiu devotions, they arc sinking into the depths of perdition. Slinll we lie indifferent to this stato of Ibiitg»' Shall wo not begin first, at Jerusalem! Shall wo not rather, with boneii.bint ■in. i nuiii,— .мне i... . u“"i —ii — . | tirstat Jerusalem; cnnit wo non ranter, »nu оопечиии. . ug Chinrao iu Cbilifornia. wlio hnvc atleiidml j ,ашЫ oM|,ra(.e ,hc world in our cl, a. • i .i-sum rrhuvld m tlioir own land. J hey five , , ' , . .• ,il.: i, , i . ...i . i..i. . , -i.i . „I. ,...i eot titles, and give to every department of 1 hrutian licnovo- ТНИ "rfc'WTM:—- . ; - — — - - ‘•v folifornla. firing the past year «oven brethren have been selected Board, and urged by them to go out ns missionaries, wlgto so many nf nur brethren and sons hare gone from loyppf gold. iVono hare yet accepted, though three of Л'шТтуе not' altogether refusod. Oould either of the айу nnniod brethren bo induced til undertake lliiiruilssion, *15fM fmi'ls could readily lm secured. Tlio amount on .it this moment, specially nppropriatod to Calil'urnia, ill,' Frei|iient rei|itest« have lawn received from onr and from churches and associations fur spiritual sipply the present destitution, «nil we can only trust kmvonlion may not pass over without sumo suitable •eying, hero alii I, send me! sidering tbe nppoal which a syjjom of domestic tuis. bakes to tho patriotism', no less than the piety of t man, it might seem astonishing that only so smnll n should bo at dm disposal of nur Board, for tho vnst Important territory to which nur labors extend. To ne-iin astonishing that an much apathy prevails in re¬ td a work, of all nlbots tlio most obviously important, evangelisation of the most necessitous and promising iitie of miroun country. 1л those new Btates ami iirirs in die great South-west, thore are springing up almost unexampled vigor, towns destined soon to bo- citic», largo nnd populous, and a population Hint shortly he most wealthy and iiiDuratial of the future :toy of the millions that will fill those territories', and of tin' whole country, whose geographical ventre is ily laming westward to the Mississippi river. The il’ eliaraeli'r nf a Stale, like that "f a unu, is I'uriuud 1 youth, and the whole HiilMuigiont ina-sof tbo popula- >, m most dblaiit gcnuratiniis, Is cast hi the mould linn yarefi. Mexico lias thrown off the yoke of lire Spuuish wn, but not of tlic prinslhood that aeeampanied t'orbis, I New Kugland retains, in nil llmi/ vitality, tlioso roli- w principles _ win sc s uuls wore (imuglil liter in the Jflow.T. Scotch I’lcsliylerhitiisni is die natural euibudi- ,t of 'he religion taught by tlio missionaries of Iona, Kogli-h Episoopacy of tbe doatrines taught by Aitgus- tml tlm other emlasaries of I'npn Hrogory at Cnnlor- ■. Mliati'ior system of religion lakes possassion of ? у . . lm riturics within tlw next forty years, will hold ly ci it the millions who shall flock there to future J; and whin thorn vast territories nro seltlod up with .relying population, and that population consisting of ^is and onr brethren by grace nnd by nature, already WdL.4ftrg|iri[lt Ihpir families, then will tho seods of all laitruiii -i^issimiuryW . . Mil, yfield In I'nclit'Oeroliun a glorious harvest of undying smils. It must s"cin a«toni,liing, then, that our efforts are so insig¬ nificant, comparatively. It may, however, with (rath be said, that what is lining by yutir Board, is as nutliing to wlial is being carried on for domestic missions by our denomination, thiough otlioridian* nels. Tbo General Association of Baptiats la Virginia has proposed to raise and expend ?10,0IHI iiidomretio missions during tlio current year, nnd will probably accomplish about wunt. it has proposed, os it always docs. Nor docs this include tho wltolo of whit is done in that State, a sin¬ gle Asaooiaiiun raising sumo ?il,OOU or |l,'Jilit more. In most, if not nil, of tlio States nf tlio .South and South-wont, Associations urc carrying on, independently of any State organization, a system of missions within their own Imrdora. Nur is this isolated system of missions without its ad¬ vantages. I’.Tsons will (-ire more freely, with n specific object in view, in thoir own neighborhood — they will give more to a missionaty in whom they rely, one chosen on tho spot und by Ihruiaolttw. Still it must be admitted that this systcui of segregation or want of all system and combination, is aim attended with its disadvantages. It is often difficult fur isolated and local I odies to obtain just tlic kind of missionary as- sistanen which they want, nnd half the efficiency of a min- islcr is lost, because they cannot select, but have to place him in sonic sphere not suitable. I’crsonnl associations and Connexion’ render surli minions often more expensive, until in a few years leeal interest Is exhausted, and thee missions die out. Ill Kentucky, where tho statistics of ilieso association'll missions arc recorded in the minutos of tho Gotieral Association, but about four or fivo thousand dollars sei-n'S In be the whole amount expondid by 80,000 Baptists. So that even in the hare amount raised, without regard In economy nf expenditure, it may ho doubted If llirae is not usually a loss. Uut the effo.it of this •.'grega- 1 lion of efforts Is disastrous in many ways. The results of j such lalwre are pomwally but imperfectly chronicled ony- [ wh"ro ; and statistics show that they ore not generally so product!' c in proportion to the amount expended, ns more combined and «vstrniatic efforts. But tho efioet is pecu- SOUTIIKKN BAPTIST CONVENTION. SrillV aw . . . . -- • • , ч . . . . . . rater to the police court at j «««««l ^ «'ies and towns as the prominent points of; of ni„i„ns will tako up these, and plant them ,, is tbo indivMual wh i rendered the moat interest iu our Home Missionary department. Had »° , *hcre they will be mo<t repreduetivo, and bring them to to bis countrymen soon after his arrival I нш0) we w.iiitd ur:;e also the strong clainu which Florida ^ ^enr 0j,nn jllang c,inmunlfies,fuU of energy, easily mould- icir diffii'iilri"* with Gov. Bigler and with [ especially has upon the attontion of tbo Board, St abbo’! no[ pcrBliiarily stenmlypod in adrerse principles. Snp. . !,. u-.r and usefulness, alllmugh few are yet i tities, and give to every depart, nv •i ,. j li'iicc, that acvioiH attention which the great work commit. I ' -о i\ , ill.nl on Mr. Frunlili, BanMi consul, and was t„ mt tni-t dcinands — the facilities for gathering eon. ' " ' o.| iiiied to tlio /iumi-ku'ao,oi'liall,on Им lull, „.^tions, crootiug houses of worship, establishing porum. _ _ _ '"vi-'!'r,l| linhoCbi'wm'i,, tl'ccify "аш/Те owes it "out interest-, '„„crests whieli will so speedily beemuo self- 1 linr",;"b»rd npo‘„ the newly retlliug States of the South and "d„" Iiioi, St n missiotisry school at Houg-Kntig. Ilu j sust, lining. Three are the reasons which are urging ns to ; Siral|,.Bre,, There .1,» greatest need of missionary labor ' • 'fb' ye us under tlio instruction of tbo Bev. 8. It. j thu prompt establishment of Baptist churches and Baptist j j, Mt — the means of gra'-e are most difficult ef aoeoss, ' "!■. Hi American. At the ex[ irution of that time, iri ! ^jaciplcs, in the cities i'oiu[irisetl within our bounds— rca- j w(,;(0 Jf , рщ, peats are moat promising. In tho older ' ' h. -I "lit some time at Blintigliai, ns a Imgutst, er | nuibt-rous and obvious that we uro prepared tu re- i S|at0J ,|,er0 more ministers and more means. A true I. " 1 1- rk, i.i ill English mercantile liouso. After- . . . „I - t.'i {,*. \h i4 u|,j«iiufoil intcrprc(cr the police court nt 1 nr-Ki.njr. il 4 |'Ш iviihlaiiff 'f 'I nn., in tlicir . . " “V1 indeed as-istod to write the famous letter JjT Г a of |lbori gtriclly speaking, yet from tfceri.fore,' tlio older States severally to do full н"Г‘чС an wijSring^aa”. ! Aebwnubl. destitution and tbe increasing omigratio, . to ;jMtU.fl t0 UlC dotation within their own borders, the ! « i'Mn a |rW flu-ob, he purcliMcJ, iu cumpony with Uro ut . Ui.it State, it dementia tlic ntumti'iu and foateringj wnu|(| «till rocur, arc they doing jmtiee to the •••**' »rF hi« г’пшИтиеп, * cargo ot' rice, juet urri? e»l, from carcuf our JJoard. ' joung 8ttttcM onw being formed by lleir e*'n* and th<ir, ' b they realized a 'o.y litmlsuwe profit. Hong Aoliick l tl J<t |[(|а L.0BV,nl;un strengthen the bands of onr 1 daughters, their brethren and listers in tint gospel. The , ::eZ " Ь ' "-te Mission Board for the great work which has been „route should lay op for the ebildrec, and parent States ' •! и as .„i-sionnry effort, aru about being eommoneed ! committed to them. Ut us labor at lion», and let na la- 1 for (he younger, In grace aa in nature. tb" riiinosc, tbo late chief of tho oompsuy, a low ' |,or abroad, until tlm waves of religious infiaenci from the | - - - "i " an, who only ubtair.cd bia cmiuonco from his liavit'K ; Wozll iBall meet and midglo witli the wares o! religious in- i ри„„0, m [т.пг— In Turin, the I’roteilatit place of wor | '""'dto If,-.; *k hlngliab, wliiln once in tbe employment of j ^ ^ |||e v ы o|l„ (heir bands for joy anidU.p allfisd with [lomanCaihollr aUrevkuii, «Ы!с. Prwntioti " 'i| »n a *'h.«rl*Mit*'n nu'Vef. bn • be* n Ian **Hlc d\ on ...... г.» <-«,•, <• i !• m-l *b" bib|p г nublirlv *uld. l' " ' •* '(mnt.’fbiL'* a‘ Labors of Mlslonjries and Agents. • •» In onr last «nnusl report, we were alia to mention that sixty-six missionaries and agents had been commissioned by the lioaid, from oightoen of whom, however, no reports bail loon rewired, leaving the number, tbo result of whoso labor- wo could elironk-le, forty-eight. This year the number under commission has hern IT, while returns have lieen received from GS, shewing an increase ef ten. Twcn- ly-otie of onr mis-ionu ties lme labored in twenty different elties of the South and Houlhvre-t —from Whittling, Vn., to Tampa. Florida, ami from Kt. Louis, Mo , down to the Mississippi riier, and to Houston, Texas. This has news- uari!y ilitiilvod an iiQioutat siuonut of expradiluro. But to carry ent In future this system of planting the gospel in tho rapidly growing oitiua, iiiv.dves an expenditure of nnarly doiildo tho present annunt— and wo must do thi- if we would carry on the work effitiontly. Thus far wo have only tnailo a beginning, and inuoli moral power lias been lost by tho caution and feebleness of all oltf opo- i «lions, Lust year wo wore msMcd to report a considerable gain in tbo chief results of missionary labor. This year there is я much greater inerense. The report», however, are “till imperfect—1 217 stations linvo boon supplied, 5,0.18 sermons and addresses delivered, I, frill prayer and other religious meetings attended, 111!! persons have been bap¬ tized, ll’-l added by letter, 7Л8 eonvortod, not baptised— making I.Jufl siib-luntial addiliims to the strength of onr i 'ante, in place <d l,l„!' last year. Il.i,182 milos liavo been travelid, 8,7 1 - religious visits made, ft!) Sabbath ••hinds and HIM, i clasmis, “Wtaacliers, and '2,105 pupls are roporl'sl. Tlieso latter statistics are, bowover, exeecd- inply delieient. 17 meeting bou-es are rsportfd as com¬ menced, I :! finished . 21 churches have been constituted, 1 1 ministers nnd lid deacons ordained : H nro preparing for the ministry. . Thus there is ini Increase of III missionaries wlmao rt» ports liavo reached ns, and 1 1 in tlm whole number пот-- missioned . l)| in tlio stations oeeupiod ; 1,177 iu tha nunw her of «ornmns'. IS!) more pursuits Imre loon biptized; 15# more uro, a. repnrtod, converted, not liaptlrod ; 58 more additions by letter ; 8 того churches constituted ; 1 7 ministers and 2Я ilracoiis ordains.! ; IH Sabh „h oohnnll { 563 pupils 450 mrmo prayer meetings attended ; lf>,0(0 more milos have been travolcd-, 2,811 religious villta made. Only eight young men nro reported as preparing for tho itiiolsfry. This is tho most, perhaps tlio ouly, disoouragiilg feature of the prosont re.|mrt. - ,»■ — w— — ■■ ■— TiW.B twowowa» Plan ofllo-Operalloii. The Oommitlon on tlio importance and dcairnHcfi'iMiSf some plan of eo-opiTation in Domcslie MUsinns, reported at the recent mooting of tbo Convention : That we oppreeialfl the magnitude and fool tlio iuijort- nnco of the suhjuot whiuh lias 1лоп roforred to us for ooiri sideraliou. Our Corooatio Mission llnard may proporly expect cunliibutiona from tbooburcboa willdn the largo ex-, lent of tbo southern country now occupied by Bapl'uli: tboy are called on to furnish «iipplioa to a region of jet larger dimensions, in their field of labor may bo found every degree of society, from Ilia refinement of tlio (.oli-li* ed city, tu the ruiloiiosH of thu iinoiiltivatcd and barren wilderness. Obeying tlio law nud imitating the oxamplo of Christ, we can uiako no other distiuotion between oily and country, thin is made by tlm wants and nsootwilica of tlioso who cry to us for help. Suvh cries do сото from tbo freeman and tlio slate— from the crowded mart of com- moroe, nnd the spsrso population of our frontier settle¬ ment»— from tlio slopes of the Allogbanio», and tbo sierras that luck down upon tbe l’noilic. To meet tlieso mien, demand того Ilian a dead faith. Wu may not say to tlieso destitute regions, “ Be jo warm with the love nf CbrisUnd the hupo of boavtn ; and be jo filled with tho Broad nf Life,” unless wc nro prepared alxu to gito them llioao things that arc needful lo tlio soul. Tu obey our Lord, room must lm dune than has yet loon done. The world still needs llm proof which Jesus gave to John: “the poor havo llm guspol preach, :.l tu them,” and eveu.iu this region nf plenty, as in the Lind of Israol, the poor ato still in the land. Tu perform the duty assigned us by our Master, and assumed by this Convention, того efficiency must bo given to tbo several agencies by moans ef which we c | erntc. Little cau be done without tlio spirit of cou- Mcratiun. Love of Christ, regard fur souls, reference la eternity, must be more deeply pressed upon tho hearts of tho great Baptist congregation, before we con come op ax we should to tlm help of tho Lard. Morn ardent, defoted, solf-sacrifioing, and intelligent piety is needed iu our chiiTuIics. IVith such piety, abundant moans can be obtained to send the messuge of mercy into every dark corner; to nuke every mountain a resting place for “the feet. of them who preach the go-pel of pence,” and every 'valley vocal with the pvaisoa of the Ilcedemcr. Bat most suo- ccwfully to d'utburiw these funds, on an extensive ami com¬ plicated soalo, мцшки a degree of wisdom which, perhaps, experience alone can bestow. Ysur committee feel tlioir incoinpetenoy to reoomraend aucli a plan of co-o[ioration as would ho most efficient, and hog leave losuggnattwoor three muses which mast embarraa every attempt to produce compls'c uniformity in our modca of operating. Tho first cause is, that all our missionary organizations, from Ibis Convention down to the isolated effort of a single chord society, sre, and ever mast be, voluntary. Our con'rlbuiioos must spring from the indi¬ vidual will, and their dinposal must rest with tlioso who contribute. No ecclesiastical authority can control, direct or interfere in this matter. This ст. can ho oierrulcd only 'by tho greater prevalence in cvr dutchei of tlxe, grace of our Lord Jesus Chrbt.