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THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1869
REV. JOHN W. MEARS, D. D., Editor.
No. 1334 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
TIFIF,' EDITORIAL COMMITTEE.
Rev. Z. M Humphrey, D.D., Pastor of Calvary
Church.
Rev. Herrick Johnson, D. D., Pastor of the
First Chore h.
Rev. Danl. March. D.D., Pastor of Clinton St.
Church.
Rev. Peter Stryker, ILI)" Pastor of N. Broad
St. Church.
Rev. George F. Wiswell, D.D., Pastor of Green
Hill Church.
Rev. E. E. Adams, D. D., Prof. in Lincoln -Uni
versity.
Rev. Samuel W. Duffield, Special Cor
respondent.
Mr. Robert E. Thompson will continue to act
as Editor of the News Department.
Correspondents in every Presbytery and
Synod will promptly furnish us with fresh items
of news from their respective fields.
—Green Street. M.E. church is to havc'a new
—The Methodist Home for aged members is
in Lehigh avenue, near Broad street.
—Rev. J. Milton Holmes, has declined the
call' to the Second Reformed (Dutch) church of
this city
—The Young Men's Society of St. Mark's
Evangelical Lutheran Church in this city, is in
tended to gather into its membership all young
men connected With the church or attending
upon, its services. It has been in existence two
years.
—Rev. Edwin L. Hurd, D. D., was installed
pastor of the Presbyterian church at Sandwich,
llls., by the Presbytery of Ottawa, June 29th,
1869. Rev. G. H. Robertson of the. Presbytery
of Illinois, preached the sermon on the occasion.
Rev. Moses Thacher presided and constituted
the pastoral relation. Rev. E. J: Stewart, Pas
tor of the church at Ausable Grove, made the
installing prayer. Rev. Levi P. Crawford, Pas
tor of the church at Somonauk, gave the charge
to the pastor, and Rev. Geo. Duffield of Knox
Presbytery, gave the charge to the people.
—The late grand Jury of the Quarter Ses
sions were severely criticized by the city press
upon their supposed neglect of duty in failing
to indict parties cm:teemed in compounding a
felony with the robbers of the Saving'Fund at
12th and Chestnut Sta. Before making a final
presentment, they asked the presiding Judge
(Ludlow) some general questions, as to their
power to indict for contempt, or for attempt to
influence their action. The Judge answered that
the statute limited the courts in cases of con
tempt to certain special cases, (newspaper arti
cles not being included); that the jury could
indict upon knowledge that a direct attempt to
influence their action had been made—(which
again could hardly be construed to cover a news
paper article.)
The death of Hon. Henry J. Raymond, edi
tor of The New York Times, is another warn
ing to those who are 'violating God's laws of
physical and moral health. That Mr. Raymond
had overworked himself, no one can doubt who
knew the restless and laborious activity,of the
man. One of his characteristic exploits was the
writing of a biographical sketch and eulogy of
Daniel Webster, filling twenty-nine columns of
The Times. This was written on a Saturday
and Sunday, for Monday's parr,—sixteen
columns being finished at, a single sitting. A
few years since, Mr. Raymond, not satisfied with
issuing his paper six days in the week, added a
Sunday edition,—thus increasing the strain upon
a life already severely overtaxed, besides wrong
ing his associates and violating the law of God.
Six months ago, says The National Baptist,
(from which we copy these pertinent remarks) we
cut from an editorial in Mr. Raymond's paper the
following paragraphs, which might well find a
place in a notice of his death :
Rest being the great cardinal idea upon which
Sunday is based, it is and, should be doubly
prized by us over-worked Americans. Already,
the nerves and brains of our people are taxed
.beyond endurance. On every hand, we see
frightful evidences of this, in the increase o:
paralysis, insanity, attenuation, nerve disease in
every form; we see our people, as they get into
the harness of life, abandoning all relaxation and
amusement, or plunging into it, if at all, in the
excitements of wine, gaming, horse-racing, etc.,
etc. ; and we see, as a matter of course, men and
women wrecks at forty, or lying fast asleep under
" green bed-clothes," their work and their lives
but half done.
Now, whatever views men may have about the
proper observance of this divine day,—whether
they advocate the practices of Catholic Rome,
or Puritan Boston,—all will admit that it ought
to be a day of rest. We hold it to be a vital
thing, a reviving and renewing of life, that all
our people, on this one day of seven,—even if
they do not go inside a church,—lay aside the
plow and hammer, drop their buying and selling,
shave and wash and dress themselves decently,
walk about with their families, read their books
or newspapers, and' 'thus thoroughly change the
drift of their thoughts, as well as their occupa•
tions.
We believe this a vast benefit, inasmuch as it
secures
. a relaxation of the tension of daily toil
and specUlation, even if it 'does nothing more;
and we know that this rest of one day in seven
TITE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1869.
is a most important fact in securing health to
our people.
The Tribune, in copying these paragraphs,
made.the following suggestive comments:
These views of The Times have long seemed
to us sound and important. Hence, we deem it
advisable to issue our journal six days in the
week, rather than seven. If there is to be any
such " vital thing," such " reviving and renew
ing of life," as The Times commends, why
should not newspaper men share its advantages ?
In joining in the general praise of Mr. Ray
mond as a man and a journalist, let not the
momentous lesson of his death be unheeded by
those to whom the warning most solemnly ap
peals.
REV. A. X. STEWART'S LETTERS.—No.
%XXVI. '
SALT LAKE CITY, Jhne, 1869.
All things are said to, move in circles; so, after
a pretty wide ring, here am I again at the Mor
mon hotel and headquarters of these Latter Day
Saints. When here in February, stern winter
had settled , doWn.upon the mountains and val
leys of Utah. Now, lovely June has supplanted
the frosts and snows, rendering all things full •
of beautiful attractions. The natural scenery of
Salt Lajie Valley is inviting, "though somewhat
barren. Mormon thrift has, howevei; 'turned
everythingit has touched into pleasing fruitful
ness. The capacities of the soil and climate in
this far interior portion of the Great' Basin, have
been fully tested , for fruit and grain raising.
We are feasted with abundance of the largest
and most deliciously flavored strawberries ever
tasted. In every Mormon garden, apple, peach,
nectarine and plum trees are 'alrea'dy bending
under a fast-maturing crop of •fruit. ; Wheat,
barley, and corn-fields promise a rich harvest.
JOURNEY 'AITHER.
From Cheyenne, where my last• was indited, to
a station on the Union Pacific Railroad-called
Deseret, but being changed by the railroad men
to Unitah, is about six_ hundred miles. This is
the nearest pointion the railroad, to Salt Lake City,
a distance of twenty-eight miles. Several lines
of stages'now connect the two places, and are' well
patroni . zect. The ride by stage Tis:picturesque,,
and to the, tourist,. very interesting. From
Unitah, there are about ten miles of mountain
scenery; the remainder along the shore of Salt
Lake, lies between a high mountain range and
the Lake. It is . lined with thrifty Mormon
farms and villages.
The saints have already commenced work, on
a railroad to connect their capital city with the
great overland route. Their determination evi
dently is to have their local road entirely under
their own control.
Two or three miles'.before reaching the city
our stage-road passes close by a very remarkable
hot sulphur spring. The Water, in volunsie:suffi
cient to turn a mill, issue's from the base of an
immense ledge of limestone rook, at a boiling
temperature: So strong isits mineral impregna
tion, that quite a distance . before reaChing it;
you are satisfied with the strong smelrof sulphur.
ANTAGONISM
Mormonism can be no , longer isolated. A
highway for the'nations has teen completed di
rectly through their settlements. Intruders are
multiplying. The, Gentiles have as yet, formed
no settlements or separate communities in Utah.
The large proportion of those 'who are here' not
Iformons, have conic on some kind of trading in
terests with these members of the Latter Day
Kingdom ; all of which is a serious eyesore and
continued ulcer to Uncle Brigham and his con
freres. To counteract this business-contact be
tween saints and sinners, these selfish and
worldly-wise authorities have devised a new and
very shrewd dodge.
In each ward of the city—their 'wards are
small and numerous=as well as In' each villaoe
and settlement, there have beenformed, or are in
process of formation; what they. term ," Coopera
tive Stores," "Manufacturing and Trading Es-,
tablishments." Each Mormon, according to'
ability, is expected, to take stock in, these Co-
Operative concerns, and under various saintly
penalties is to buy, sell or trade in none others.
At various . places along our stage-route, and
through the city were seen large sign -hoards over
stores and business places, bearing inseriptioits
like the following :--- • • ;
" HOLINESS TO THE LORI)."
ZION'S CdoPERATIVE STOiLE."
Often also a large human eye, intended
,proba
bly to represent the eye of God, painted above
the lettering.
So effective have these " Cooperatives' become,
that in various places, Gentile traders, who have
brought large stocks of goods, find themselves
entirely deserted, and permitted to watch their
fabrics without a customer. This is a swindle
and oppression upon the deluded people, as' these
"Zion Coiiperatives" sell at prices far beyond
what Gentile traders in fair competition.ask. It
is doubtful whether this people, though so
thoroughly humbugged in spiritual matters, will
long quietly submit to such cunningly devised
restrictions.
My present visit is, in part, to examine and
report upon the feasibilities . and probabilities of
having a Presbyterian Missionary at these head
quarters of Latter Day Saints. But of this and
various additional insights into the workings of
this strange fanaticism, again.
DEAR BRO. MEARS :-I am storm-bound in
this goodly capital, and know not when the
pouring rains and the undermined Railroad track
will admit of my proceeding on my way to the
mountains and Pacific slope.
Such a storm has not been known here for
twelve years, and what aggravates the matter
is, that it is one of a series which have continued
their diluvian succession for some weeks. The
fine wheat crop is getting badly lodged, and the
young corn, otherwise good, stands some of it,
" chin-deep" in water. Just now everything is
half drowned by a pouring shower of two hours.
Many cellars are full; boys, are navigating
the vacant lots and allies on planks, and outside,
the prairie•roads r are well nigh'impassable. Two'
railroads converging here are hori clu combat.
One resource is always-left to one who has trav
elled enough to have, become , philosophic under
delay:' He can , just get an easy posture, and
looking out at 'the sheets of rain, can set up
a' prodigious thinkiag.'''l im the more inevi
tably driven to ,this , by the
,fact that my books
and papers are in a:baggage carplying over some
where between this and Council Bluffs. In
some of the old papers which I find about the
hotel and which I have read down to the very
fibre are echoes of the Peace Jubilee and the
intermarriage of the two oceans by the Union
Pacific Railroad, and the ,reconstruction and
return of rebel states, and the votes for the re
union of the two Branches of the Presbyterian
Church., All these, together with the establish
ment of direct, telegraphic communication with
:grap q.
France will render thia the great jubilate year
of Unions or Rennionk , ought to le. pro
perly redognized and celebrated':
The country, as such, has ~expressed her jay
at this grand march of events by the Boston
Jubilee,- with its enthusiastic acres of 'people,,
its cannon and church-bells and 'anvils and•
trumpets and myriad voices,,wiih'Parepa'soaring
above them all, and Grant the Peace-maker as a
distinguished but unmusical entree.
Shall the Church be less grateful,to God than
the nation ?
,
The-reunion-of;two Branches of Presbyterians
seems'' now' to be a fixed 'filet; and whatever
doubts may have existed, in many minds , all
appear at length to be' agreed that the hand of
God is in 'it for good, and when we contrast the
fraternal spirit of to-day with the animosities of
thirty years arr e o•this reunion marks a greater
advance toward the great Millennial Jubilee than
any other event .of the times. It should be
celebrated, though, perhaps in some more quiet
way, than with anvils and' cannon.
There sliohld be some kind of a fatted calf
killed on bogi, sides, for the reason that each
party considers itself the injured father receiv
ing, the.other as a returned prodigal•to his arms.
A handsome thing should' be done all around. •
It has been suggested that a general fund should
be raised like the Methodist Centenary Fund ;
and that all the benevolences of the Church
should thus be raised to a position of greater effi
ciency, ' This' in well if there be nothing better.
But - all spasmodic and exhaustive efforts of the
kind are likely to be followed by reactions. The
N, S. Presbyterian Church '
was twelve years
in recovering fiom the effort , or rather from the
priteit of raising the Church Erection Fund, if
indeed, she has recovered yet.
There are many, churches' who are inwardly
raising that •Old •fund to this day,. and will be
while life laste. We have heard' itlinted that
the; Congregational 'Fund raised three or four
years since; was followed by like results. It
may prove so, also, with the Methodist.entenary
fund. There can be no objection to ,liberal,
amounts' surely, but only to the idea that the
thing done is done up and at an end.
Would it' not be better 'if an effort should
be made, in the two' Branches of the Church
to signalize the year by a universal contribu
tion, small or . great, :to all the Boards,' and;
Committees recommended by the General, As
'semblies ? 'That were a' thing attainable, and in
its moral power it would be worth more than
many special funds raised by the wealthy
few. It would enlist and organize the effort or
the whole united Church. It would be of the
nature of an auspicious:beginning instead of a
grand ending. It would inaugurate an era of
systetnand organic power, and would afford the;
surest guarantee of futufe success. It would
also lead to that proper distribution of funds
among the Various Boards, which a symmetrical!
work of the Church requires. In this respect,;
our Branch of the Church particularly, would;
be. benefited. It has been 'supposed that our
benevolences were conducted with more life and
efficiency ;than those of the other Branch. I
am inclined to think that, on the whole, this is,
incorrect, ;We ,have given a
,vigorous ; support.
to one
. or ,t,wo, causes, which were more , popular,
but at the ex.pense of others. Some of the Re
ports at the last Assembly were very satisfactory,
but others_were ; exceedingly humiliating to the.
whole Church. To use, the Classic illustration of
the Classic Dr, Crosby at the reunion Festival
at the Apollo Rooms in New Yolk, our bene
volence has been poured, like the boys molasses,
" all gob, in one or, two spots, instead of being
krinkle krankle all around.", The old school
churches have given less upon,impulse and more
upon system, and I think a Comparison of the
,tabular reports in the Minutes of the Assem
blies will give them much the greater aggregate.
But may not both bodies—nay, the One body
no longer twain—be rendered far more efficient
by some such system as I have suggested ?
As to the means of bringing it about, a little
talking . up in the religious, papers and in the
Presbyterial meetings would accomplish it.
Some months ago I prepared for the Evange
list a Roll of Honor—embracing the names of
all churches which had contributed to all the
Assemblies' causes. _ln examininc , that list I
observed that all classes ofhurehes— . --the
poorest as well as the richest, and those which
had most extra burdens, as well as ihose which
A. M. STEWART.
A STORM-BOUND SEORETARY ON
REUNION. •
DES MOINES, lowa, June 26, 1869
had none—were included, thus showing that
the thing is practicable for all.
F. F. ELLINWOOD.
PASTORAL LETTER.
The General Assemblies of both Branches of
the Presbyterian Church in the United States
of America to the Presbyteries and Churches
under their care :
BELOVED BRETHREN:—You are already in
formed of the successive measures which have
been adopted during the last three years, designed
to effect an organic union of the two great Bran
ches vf the Presbyterian Church in these United
States. The several conferences and overtures
of preceding Committees and Assemblies having
accomplished much in the interest of mutual un
derstanding and of Christian confidence, the two
General Assemblies recently convened in the
city of New York, found themselves ready, very
proinptly, to agree as they have. agreed with
signal unanimity, upon a Basis of &union.
' This Basis is simply the doctrinal and ecclesi
astical Basis of our Standards, heretofore and
now common to both
,Branches—" the Confes
sion Of Faith" and Forth of Government of the
Presbyterian Church in the United States,"
without note or comment,: without restriction or
qualification. .-Each Body, equally with the
other, recognizes and abides by this platform, as
the natural' and constitutional ground for those
claiming to he' Presbyterians; and as the true,
safe, consistent and unchallengeable ground for
these two'bodieg coming again to begone.'
We haVe commingled ''oar prayers and praises
as one •Assembly, and we have communed to
gether at the table of our common `Lord as " One
body in Christ;" and we
has
that the Spirit
of love and of' concord has been shed down upon
us; leading to this . good result:
-
The great questions of oureherished Formulas,
which are solemnly propounded in the licensure
and ordination of Ministers, and in the ordina
'tion of Ruling Elders and Deacons, namely :
"Do you believe the Scriptures, etc?" "Do
you sincerely receive and adopt the Confession
of Faith of this Church, as containing the sys
tem of doctrine taught in the Holy Scriptures ?"
and, "Do you approve of the Government and Dis
' eipline of the Presbyterian Church in these 'United
St'at'es ?"--theSe vital questions are here ad
dressed byeach to the other of these great bo
dies.' . And' as to each of these questions, each of
these 'bodies responds to. the' other, and to the
worlds, with aftifunqualified AYE ! Several items,
not in the' Basic; are' appended, as " Concurrent
Declarations of the General Assernblies of 1869."
They express
. certain . 'lnutual'understandings to
be Carried lout intood faith; though not of the
nature of a contract.
So simpli3 a Plan,' and so. constitutional, with
such unanimous adoption of-your representatives
in bOth 'Assemblies, seemed to some 'to warrant
an' immediate consummation. But, unanimous
as were the General' Asseniblies, they were not
disposed oto deny to any. Presbytery the free ex
pression of its opinion and suffrage, even though
this may seem to have been given already in ad
' vance.
Accordingly its was ordered that the Plan of
Reunion abbve • described, should be transmitted
to you for formal and official approval. It only
remains
. that 'you take prompt'and harmonious
action upon it,'such as is indicated by the action
of your delegates, and that you send up to the
respective General Assemblies, your Presbyterial
ratification, and 'then the separation which has
lasted nearly half the century thus far, and al'-
most a whole generation, will be happily ended,
and we shall surely gird ourselves for a new
stadium of our career in the work and service of
our Lord:
We beg you to notice that, inasmuch as the
affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Presbyteries
connected with each Assembly is requisite, each
Presbytery must act, or be counted in.the nega
tive. And, action must be taken definitely, on
or before the 15th day of October; 'and a state
ment of the vote-Of the Presbytery must be cer
tified to the Stated Clerk of the Assembly, prior
to November Ist. And besides, in order to se
cure' transmission, the Commissioners should
bring up in hand to the adjourned meeting of
the Assembly in Pittsburg on the 10th of No
vember, a certificate of the action of their re
siiective' Presbyteries.
And 'now;, brethren, do not the , times demand
of us such organic. consolidation, when the forces
of Antichrist are everywhere organizing union
against the`Lord and against His Anointed, and
when the rallying call for an Ecumenical Coun
cil goes forth from Rome, that would fain mus
ter 'her -recruits from the Protestant ranks for
the' great Corning. conflict-? Our best answer to
the Pope's Encyclical will be our reunion 'in No-.
Vember, in season to be communicated to the
Papal- conclave at the Vatican, in December.
We are loudly summoned to reunite now, when
such gigantic enterprizes are on foot to subvert,,
our holy religion, when all forms of misbelief,'
and disbelief are banding their forces to destroy
the Christian faith, to break down the Christian!
Sabbath, to demoralize society, and to root out
our blesSed Christianity from the world; when'
Romanism, Rationalism and Ritualism, make up.
the TRIUNE FALSEHOOD which denies all that is
.vital in our doctrine and worship; and when
the' great Deceiver goes forth, in all the earth,
with sleepless energy, to instigate kings and peo
,ple to all the horrid orgies of Atheism. At
such a fearful crisis, ought any evangelizing en
ergy to be wasted or misapplied ?. At the mo
ment of final conflict, is it not, a' woful mistake
to turn our guns against battalions of our own
army, who come to join our ranks, bearing aloft
our, banners? Our confession dwells much.
upon "the , Communion of saints" (See chap.
215.)
And if there should be any dissent from the
Plan so unanimously agreed upon by your repre
sentatives, then is it not the true Presbyterian
loyalty that a minority should defer, in all good
conscience and in all Christian charity, to the
Presbyterial majority—" following after the things
that make for peace, and things wherewith one
may edify another ?!'—Rom. .siv. 19.
And now, beloved brethren, let us not boast
ourselves, as if by the mere force of such a com
pact our great work could be achieved. Else,
like Jacobin his success with the wrestling Angel,
.the sinew of the thigh will be shrAnk, and we
shall be sent halting on our way. (Gen.
25 31, 32.) Nor, on the other hind let an,,Y one
foster suspicions, or stir up strifes. Even torehe,-,
of truth may be mischievously placed, so as to set
on fire the standing corn, and vineyards and
olives, that give such glorious promise of harvest.
(Judg. xv. 4,5.) And then remember that even
greater than Faith and Rope is CHARITY. (1 Cor.
xiii. 13.)
To exercise an intelligent Christian confidence,
to cultivate a higher style of piety for pastors
and people, and to devise and execute liberal
things for Christ and His Church—these are ur.
gent demands of this jubilant occasion.
And finally, dear brethren, for this great united,
re-united Presbyterian Church in these United
States, still opening her arms to receive other
members of the same noble family who " have
obtained like precious faith with us," what a stu
pendous work is set forth, which we may enter
upon and achieve I Our own land is pleading for
our united• and aggressive action. Moral eleMents,
good and bad, are seeking their affinities. Un
evangelized, masses, : in our, teeming cities and on
our wide frontiers, are retaliating upon our neglect
'of thein, by claiming license under the name of
liberty, and threatening our free institutions.
Meanwhile the ends of the earth are marvellously
.brought together, as if in eager waiting to see the
salvation of our God. And as if to rebuke the
slowness of •our Foreign Missionary work, the
idolatrous populations of Asia are thronging upon
our Paeific coast. ' Is: it not high time for us, as
a Church, to move in scald phalanx upon the
,enemy's works? Can we afford longer to divide
our forces and weaken our defences, by working
,apart ? And shall not this Church, to whom God
,has committed, as we believe, a special deposit of
His truth, gird herself anew, at this loving im
pulse; to 'disseminate this truth in all lands and
languages? In such a day of His power, shall not
His people be willing, (free will offerings, Psalm
ex. 3,) as when the people of ISrael "brought the
Lord's offering to the work of the tabernacle of
the congregation, men and' women, as many- as
.were willing-hearted, and brought bracelets, and
ear-rings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of
gold?" (axed. xxxv. 21, etc.) Wealth that has
long been withheld will flow forth, as we trust, in
a new consecration, and our excellent Presbyte
rian system will be operated with new efficiency
in all its departments. We fondly believe that
not only our merchant princes, hitt the masses of
our membership, touched by this spirit of REVI
VAL, and hailing this new era in the annals of
our Church, will bring forward their munificent
thank offerings, to supply the treasuries of our
Boards and Committees; to sustain our impover
ished ministry; and against all negative and false
Christianityto bear aloft the Standards of the
Presbyterian Church, its Confession and Cate
chisms, with its free government and its simple,
Scriptural worship for the , salvation of the world.
We have only, in conclusion, to beg your ob
servance of the Second Sabbath in September,
recommended by both General Assemblies as "a
day of fervent and united prayer. to 'Almighty
God, that he would grant unto us all the spirit
of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and
the fear of the Lord," and-that he would enable
us, in the new relations now contemplated, "to
keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of
peace."
"Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. They shall
prosper that love thee."
"Now
,the God of patience and consolation
grant you - to be like-minded one toward another,
according to Christ Jesus; that ye'may, with one
mind and one mouth, glorify God, even the Fa
ther .of our Lord Jesus Christ. WHEREFORE,
RECEIVE YE*ONE ANOTHER, AS CHRIST ALSO
RECEIVED US, TO ,THE GLORY Of GOD."—Rom.
xv. 5, 7.
Signed by the Joint Commit Me.
M. W. JACOBUS, I P. 11. FOWLER,
Moderator, 0. S. I Moderator,
N. S.
G. W. MUSGRAVE, WM. ADAMS,
A. G. HALL, f J. F. STEARNS,
L. H. AT WATER, I R.W.PATTERSON,
WILLIS LORD, 'I S. W. FISHER,
H. R. WILSON,JAS. B. SHAW,
Ministers,l , Ministers.
HENRY DAY, W. STRONG
ROBERT CARTER,
CHAS. D. DRAKE,
WM. M. FRANCIS,
JNO. C. GRIER,
Elders
—Among the humanizing influences of the
Gospel upon heathen communities; the last Herald
enumerates such facts as the following:
" On one of the Micronesian Islands the mis
sionary was amazed to find- that there were no
children. The 'vices of the people had stayed
the vital forces of nature in their sources. With
the Gospel came the Christian home, the prattle
of infancy, and the patterino. L' of little feet. The
missionaries at _Harpoot, inEastern Turkey, ob
serving the waste of grain in' the primitive
methods of.cleaning it generally practiced in that
region, sent for an American fanning-mill. An
enterprising native sent Tor another; other orders
followed, till one for fourteen has just been filled
in Western New York. Hardly a week passes
without the shipment, from 'the Missionary House,
of some of the various implements of' American
industry to different mission fields. Rubber
coats are already an "institution " amono the na
tive preachers of Eastern Turkey, and they some
times furnish suggestive themes for missionary
sermons. There lies before us asme wrire an ad
vertising sheet in Chinese, published in London,
with illustrations of a great variety of implements
and machinery of all sorts—fire-arms, steam
engines, printing-presses, plows, garden tools, pe
troleum-lamps, etc., down to match-boxes. The
Christian nations of the West are recognized as
taking the lead in the application of science to
the arts of life. If 'our merchants would pay
into the treasury of the Board the tax of one
per cent. on the export and import trade develop
ed, directly or indirectly, by its missionaries in
the Hawaiian Islands, the amount received would
more than cover our annual expenditures in that
mission. A French company last year proposed
to, establish a mission station in Africa, purely in
the interest of commerce, and they would doubt
less have found it a good investment!' The Zulu
Chief, Ira Adams, speaks and reads English, lives
in a well furnished brick
~ house, has plenty of
Eeglish books, commentaries, histories, philoso
phies, newspapers dad periodicals, which he reads
with rintelligence, has a sugar mill, is a great
business man, and a flue preaehar. His tribe
has sixty American plows.
DAWL HAINES,
WM. E. DODGE,
J. S. FARRAND,
J. L. KNIGHT,
Elders