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There are 8 millions of Jews and 175 millions of Mohammedans, worshippers of one God, but without a Christ, the only way of salvation.

There are 850 millions of heathen or pagans who are without both God and Christ, degraded and miserable in life, and dying at the rate of sixty-six thousand a day.

If the world is our parish, the field is immense, and the need is heart-rending. The millions are hungry and starving for the bread of life, and we have that bread. They die, but their soul-blood shall be required of the faithless ones. What are you doing towards bring ing this world to Christ?

The Church of Jesus in the Republic of Mexico.

BY RIGHT REV. H. CHAUNCEY RILEY, D. D.

In the year 1821, Mexico acheived her independence from the mother country, Spain. Two antagonistic parties-one a patriotic liberal party, the other an unpatriotic Romish party-have struggled from that date to this for the ascendancy in that beautiful Southern land. During more than fifty years, while this struggle has been going on in the Republic of Mexico, a large number of copies of the Spanish version of the Holy Scriptures have been fowarded to Mexico, and there widely circulated among its people. Many earnest persons in Mexico, by God's blessing, through the study of the Holy Scriptures have learned to love the Gospel in its purity, and to discard the idolatry of the Roman Schism. In the year 1857 a wise and liberal constitution was promulgated in Mexico which, with some so called laws of reform, subsequently given, have as far as laws can do it, given full liberty of worship throughout the whole of that Republic.

With the dawn of this new liberal era in Mexico, some of its citizens who had welcomed and studied the Spanish version of the Bible, endeavored to organize themselves into a patriotic Mexican Branch of the Christian Church which has gained the sympathy and good will of many in Mexico.

Two magnificent church buildings were secured in its behalf in the city of Mexico: a celebrated and noble hearted ecclesiastic named Manuel Aguas was elected Bishop of this native church: about fifty congregations having about 1200 communicants composed of persons gathered from the humbler classes, poor in earthly goods but rich in faith, have been organized in connection with its communion, and schools and orphanages established by its members in which hundreds of children have been

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The Mexican Church of J important work across the Atl Church in Spain. This sister "Reformed Spanish Church," eight organized congregation bers, 710 of whom were co Christian schools 450 scholar Two former lay workers Mexico are now maintaining in New York City, on Sunda the side of the church on 4th 21st Street.

It is hoped the Mexican C tend its Christian work into Mexico. God is blessing its

Christians who may wish t in Mexico, or the Reformed foward their Christian work

so.

Contributions in aid of th Jesus in Mexico and of the can be forwarded to the t Guardian Society," 43 Bible address, J. P. Heath, 43 Bib

In forwarding contribution Jesus in Mexico, please to ico;" in fowarding contrib Spanish Church the wordsNew York, Dec. 26, 1885.

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This is a broad question a or to the people.

I. As to the preachers. T duty of the Quarterly Confe tee on Missions, to aid the I missions. He is also require telligence in the church and to institute a monthly mi lecture, on missions. Then collectors who are to call on for their annual, quarterly butions for the support of n to make monthly returns report the same to the annu the Annual Conference. II on the cause of missions at 1

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for missions?

1. Much may be done on the line of self-denial. A company of Christians were together talking on missions, and one said "We ought to be more interested on the missionary subject." One of the rest said to him, "I have already given all I thought I could spare for missions, but I will give $10 on the principle of self-denial if you will give the same."

Thus twenty dollars were secured, the rest of the company gave $10 more, the $30 were sent on directly to the Missionary Society.

One man was so baptized with missionary fire that when he heard that the Missionary Society was heavily burdened with debt, he decided to give $50 for missions, although his salary was only $375 a year, and he had a family to support. So he kept sending on $5 or $10 as he could spare it till his $50 were paid up. So far from his family suffering on account of it, it was not long before he had $100 to put into the Savings Bank. He is now living in a home of his own all free from debt, and is saving money for missions still, and denying himself to do it. He believes that it is a good investment for time and eternity. "There is that scattereth and yet increaseth, there is that witholdeth more than is mete and it tendeth to poverty."

None are so poor as those that are without the Gospel, and "he that giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord," and surely the Lord will not be in his debt long, but will pay him a good interest on the investment.

Reader, will you make a generous subscription for missions, even enough to make you practice self-denial! You will then only be paying a little of the interest on the great debt that you owe the Giver of all good.

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"Soon may the last glad song arise,
Through all the millions of the skies;
That song of triumph, which records,
That all the earth is now the Lord's.

"O let that glorious anthem swell;
Let host to host the triumph tell;
Till not one rebel heart remains,
But over all the Saviour reigns.'
Reading, Mass., Dec. 26, 1885.

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emy of Music in New York City on the evening of Dec. 17, 1885. The large attendance evinced the deep interest of the people in the Missionary Cause.

Bishop W. L. Harris presided. A choir of 400 per sons under the lead of L. E. Perkins, conducted the singing.

The 932 hymn of the Methodist Hymnal was sung: "The Morning Light is breaking."

The Rev. Wm. Butler, D. D., founder of Methodist Episcopal Missions in India and Mexico, offered the following prayer:

Our Heavenly Father: We thank thee for this hour. We thank thee for the vital Christianity which has warmed our own hearts, and which we are anxious to see diffused throughout the world as a personal experience of all men. We adore thee that thou hast offer

ed free salvation to every human being, and that we live in a day when thy Church is beginning to devote her energies to carry thy free mercies to the last man on earth. We thank thee for the churches which have been gathered out of heathendom into the fellowship of the religion of the Son of God, and who in all parts of the world to day are in the enjoyment of the grace that will save, and have a good hope of eternal life through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

We commend this precious work to thy care, the care of thy Providence, the care of thy Grace. O, may thy gracious power be exerted to remove every difficulty out of the path of thy truth, all over this wide world, and to inspire the hearts of thy Christian people at home with a more worthy liberality to meet the rising wants of the work of the kingdom. We commend to thy We commend to thy blessed care our brothers and sisters who have gone forth to the ends of the earth. They have gone in faith in the Savior; believing that although they may have left behind father and mother and kindred, the blessed Christ himself would bear them company; for thou didst say: "Lo, I am with you alway, even to the end of

the world."

And, now, Heavenly Father, we ask thee to crown this hour with the benediction of thy Holy Spirit. Let all that shall be done and said here receive thy endorsement, and be according to thy will; and let the outcome and effect of this great service promote thy glory, and inaugurate a more worthy liberality on the part of thy Christian people.

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Bishop Harris introduce Senior Corresponding Secre ety, who spoke as follows:

Dr. Reid.-I was startle

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I resorted to the treasurer, whose safe advice I so often
seek and so often follow. With his usual promptitude,
he said to me: "Why that is easy, there is no difficulty
there. Just stand up and tell the people that the Chap- our foref:
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been busy all the year spending it." (Laughter). "And
then," said he, "you may add, by way of closing the
address, that you have had a more successful time than
he." (Laughter). I have done the bidding of this wise

adviser of mine.

That such a thought should have leaped to his mind indicates one very important truth to us, viz.; that we have broad fields and many necessities, that there is a world crying for the Gospel; that all over our land, and all over other lands, money is needed, and that it is far easier to find wise ways of distributing the money than it is to find hearts ready to give it in sufficient quantities to meet these demands.

I cannot tell you with what astonishment, and with what gratitude I have perceived the readiness of the Church to respond to the clarion cry that my colleague has sent forth throughout the land: "A Million for Missions." I believe from one end of this land to the other that cry has been heard, and the propriety of it has been felt. We have nearly two millions of members. That means perhaps ten millions of Methodist people; and if we could only get every man, woman and child, rich and poor, every one to give a single dime, the thing would be done, and the Chaplain would then be ready to take up my song, for I have believed that the cry. ought to be, and in fact it is now, "A Million a Year for Missions," and that is only a beginning to many millions to follow.

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All over the land, from far off California, from the South, from our poorer frontier districts, everywhere, we have calls for aid. Such was the pressure upon the General Committee at its recent meeting that they would have been guilty of the basest cowardice if they had hesitated to believe the Church which everywhere has been shouting, "we will give the million during the year." They would have been guilty of the basest cow-ing upon t ardice if they had not permitted us to expend a million of the Mis during the year, and therefore I say to you, you people ored for on from all parts of the country, and there are those here sitated us from every section of it,-you people of this great me- diate the c

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low me, I would simply rise and propose to this meeting
the text of William Carey on that occasion, as the toast
of the hour, if you please. You remember the words
perhaps. Many of you do, I doubt not:
"Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch
forth the curtains of thy habitation. Spare not, lengthen
thy cords and strengthen thy stakes; for thou shalt
break forth on the right hand and on the left, and thy
seed shall inherit the Gentiles and make the desolate
cities to be inhabited."

That is my motto for you to-night, and I cannot but repeat also the two points which Mr. Carey chose to make in his discussion of that subject. He said, in the first place, "ATTEMPT GREAT THINGS FOR GOD." In the second place, he said, "EXPFct GREAT THINGS FROM GOD." I repeat this to you then as my additional word. With this spirit I believe benedictions will come down not only upon India, and China, and Bulgaria, and Mexico, and South America, and Italy, and all our missions in Europe and elsewhere, but they will come down upon our own hearts and our homes and Churches. God will abundantly bless us.

Another great Divine has said: "Aim high, and it will please a high and holy God." Do not let us be satisfied in such a great undertaking as this with small things. Let us accomplish this undertaking of ours in the name of the Lord of Hosts; A MILLION A YEAR FOR MISSIONS. (Applause).

Bishop Harris.-The next speaker is one whose voice is often heard in advocacy of Christian Missions, and in advocacy of almost every other good cause, and it has always seemed to me that the last speech he makes is the best one I ever heard him make. I have the pleasure of introducing to the audience General Fisk. plause). →

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General Fisk.-Bishop Harris and Friends: Dr. Reid intimated that he might talk all night, I began to feel happy, as then I would be left cff; and I was quite sure that in that event the Doctor would get some response from the gallery towards daylight, that they said did come to a certain minister in New England not long since. He had been for a long time a Methodist preacher, but thought that for some reason or other he ought to leave our communion and go to another. The people said "God bless you; go and do them good."

He went into the Presbyterian Church, and securing a Pastorate, began to write and read his sermons, and preach very long, but he soon began to miss the re

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ly, thirdly, fourthly, fifth not a response from the "Brethren, I have but one brother in the gallery sh (Laughter.)

One of the few immort of Nathan Bangs, who in became an itinerant Meth position of the hands of into the Christian ministr ing light. He at once host of evangelical heroes ence, among whom were Snethen, Ezekiel Cooper, Ostrander, and Clark, and How the old times come of you at the mention of

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It was the theme of con with his brethren, and wit day, and his voice rang ou old Forsyth Street Method Metropolitan Church of th behalf of this great cause, meeting with an unanimou With his own hand he wr first circulars of appeal t many of its first reports. as Treasurer, as Vice-Presi the faithful friend and serv was called to his reward in

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