l f ARCH 1,) T H I! l "UIIl liTIA.ll M IHSION ll.lO.I.ZIN Jl . ~1870.

THE CHRISTIAN MISSION, Under the Superintendence of \VrLLI.UI BooTH.

THE NECESSITY l1'0R THIS KISSION. THE appallin~ ~mporol and spirit~l dr•titution of th" Enst of London, with its populotion of nearly a mllhon souls, not one m D hmulred of tht• gl"l'Rt bulk of whom attend either ..Jmrt•h or eha11el. In t he ~Vhitet•hapl'l Rorul, only hnlf·D·mile in length, 111,600 pel'8ons may bt; seen en.tl!r the pubhr-hou~~t•• on ~ht' Sabbnth; whilr the most squnlid poverty, the most h uleons VIce, the most dt't'Ddful t•rnn;, a1!d tht• mo•t abjet-t misery abound in every

threehon.

THE OBJECT 011' THIS KISSION Js to evangeliiC by c:droordinDry elforts thl'sc outlying crowdM who are not reached by t he

t•xisting ordinary instrnnwntnlitir8.

)[.BANS EKPLOYED. PREAf~HINC!Iu the OI'KN AIR, o.ud In THEA· I

TRE!f. CONCE RT HAI.L>I, HHOPK. and RIICIMK. ~':.,.,.~~nent oltuatlons or "fer)' do.rk nelabbour-

VIHITINCI from houoo to boUle. BJ IILE CARRIACII'=, for the oale of B lbleo, Tracto,

Mf::u"'£~"!'1\:'li'r'm:f~· BIBLE CL.AHIU:H. HELIEVt:RS' MEETINGS. T t:MPERANCK MEETIYU8. CHILDREN"H :\IJI!iiJON.

BANDII llF HIIPF.. TRAI'T I!CH 'U:Tr F..t-1. E~~~'::::fc.CLAHKt:H, for Rellllltlll, Wrftlnr, w cl SUNDAY. DAY, ancl RAOGED HCHOOLS. RKADI NII RlltiMK. PENNY BANKH. RELIEF of tho DESTITUTE ancl RICK POOR, by

the cllatrlbutlou of Bread, Meal, amall oumo of Mouer, ancllol'

SOUP KJTl'HJ:NS.

PREACHING STATIONS. Jo:.Ut Lonclcm Tbeo.'reit Whl&eci•&JIC!I. lit. Leonanl'a Muoio all, Hbor.tlltch. Mfu lon Hall, 188, Whltech&)lel Rollll. Temperanee Hall, H!ah Ktreet Pot•lar. MIIBion Hall, (~Y&J St reet. Mlllwall. HIIBion Hall, IIIII Bethual Ureeu ROIIII. Town Hall. Brbrhtcm. PeoJ>Ie"a Hall, Wlucloor Kt reet. Brighton. l'eot•le"o Hall, near llow Brlclge, Htratforcl .

ACCOKMODATION FOB 7,000 PERSONS I s provided Free in thc!lt' plnres.

18 0 SERVICES OUT DOORS AND IN ARE HELD WEEKLY, At whiel• t he GOliJ)('l is Jlrl'nehl'cl on nn avt·1'8gt• to OVER 14,000 PEOPLE.

WORKERS. T 11·elu jlt!I"SOIIJI ore n•!.oll!f emplO!Jt!(l ;,. the J[iasion, fl 11

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of applause. And when Christians follow the cha!lges of fashion, they pr~nounre all tl1is innocent. All this waste of money and time and thought, a.ll th1s feed-ing and cherishing of vanity and tho love of applause, tho church sots her seal to, when she conforms to the world.

4. Nay, further, another rrason is, that following the fashions of tho world professing Christians show that they do in fact love the wor~d.

They show it by their conduct, just as the ungodly show 1t by the same con-duct. As they act alike they give e;-idcnce that they arc actuated by one principle, tl1c love of fashion.

5. 'When Christian professors do this, they show most clearly that they love the praise of men.

It is evident that they love admiration and flattery, just as sinners do . . Is not this inconsistent witl1 Christian principle, to go 1·ight into the very things that are set up by the pride and fashion and lust of tho ungodly?

6. Conforming to the world in fashion, you show that you do not hold yourself accountable to God for tho manner in which you lay out money.

You practically disown your stewardship of tho money that is in your posses: sion. By la.ying out money to gratify your own vanity and lust, you take ofl' the keen edge of that truth wh1ch ought to cut that sinner in tlvo who is living to himself. It is practically denying that tho earth is tho Lord's, with tho cattle on a thousand hills, and all io be employed for his glory.

7. You show that reputation is your idol. When tho cry comes to your eats on every wind, from tho ignorant and tho

lost of all nations," Como ovor and holp us, como over and help us," and every week brings some call to scud the gospel, to send tracts, and Bibles, and mis-sionaries, to those who are J>orishin~ 1or lttck of knowledge, if you choose to expend your money in following the fashions, it is demonstration that rr)lutation is your idol. Suppose now, for the sake of argument, that it is not prol11 bited in tho word of God, to follow tho fashions, nod 1hat professing Christians, if they wilJ, may INNOCENTLY follow tho fashions: (I deny that it is innocent, but sup-pose it were,) docs not tl1e fact that they do follow 1lu.'m when there two such calls for money, and time, and thought, and labour to savo souls, provo conclusively that they do not love God nor tho souls of men?

Take tho case of a woman, whoso husband is in sl:Lvory, and sho is trying to raise money enough for his redemption. 'l'hcre she is, toiling and saving, rising up early and sitting up late, and ca1ing tl10 bread of carefulness, because her husband, t ho father of her children, the friend of her youth , is in shLYery. Now go to that wom.1.n and tell her that it is innocent for her to follow the fashions, and dress, and display like her neighbours- will she do it? \Vl1y not? She docs not desire to do it. Sho will scarcely buy a pair of shoes for her feet ; she grudges almost tho bread she cats-so intent is sho on her great object.

Now suppose a person loved God, and tho souls of men, and tho kingdom of Cb1·ist, docs he need an express prohibition from God to prevent him from spending his money and his life in following tl1e fashion? No, indeed, he will rather need a positive injunction to tako what is needful for his own comfort :md tho support of his own life. 'l'ako tho caso of 'l'imothy. Did he need a prohibition to proYent him from indulging in 1ho usc of wine? So far from it, .he WitS so cautious that it r equi red an express injunction from God to make him drink a little as a medicine. Although he was sick, he woulcl not drink it till ho had tho word of God for it, l10 saw tho evils of it so clearly. Now, show mo n. man or woman, I caro not what their professions arc, that follows the fashiouij of the world, and I will show you what spirit they are of.

Now, do not ask me why Abraham, and David, and Solomon, wl1o wcro so rich, did not lay out their money in spreading the kingdom of Go

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eternity ! H ow .il·~·csistiblc it would be ! What an overwhelming testimony in favour of our rclig10n ! Even the apparent renunciation of the world, by many order~ f monks, :'tas d?~btless don~ m?rc than anything elso to J?Ut down the opposttion to thetr rcligton, and gtve 1t currency and influence m the world. ~ow suppose all t~i s wa~ h~arty and sincere, and coupled with all that is con-ststent and lovely m Chr1sttan character, and all that is zealous and bold in labours for tho conversion of the world from sin to holiness, what an influence it would have ! What thunders it would pour into the cars of the world to wake them up to follow after God ! '

BY TITE EDITOR.

DEAR BnnTITBEN AND Srs:rnns.-A temporary nflliction from which, as " 'e wrtte these lines, we are, through mercy, slowly r cco\•cring, has llrevented the prcpamtion of one 01· two papers for this month's Magazine. These we must post-pone to our next number, but in the mean-lime we feel impelled to greet our fellow labourers in Christian :hfission work with a fraternal word of encouragement, and 1o say unto them Brelltrengofortoard.

·we know something of the discoumge-ments with which you have to contend in your homes, at your worksh ops, and even among your brethren . W o know a little of the difficulties and disheartening disap· pointments constantly met with in the work itself, arising sometimes out of tho very success you meet with. But not-withstanding these things, when brethren arc cold, and tho sons of Belial mock, ancl devils rage, and the poor flesh shrinks, there is but one alternative, you 1nt1st go f oncard.

Nothing is to be gained by going back; there is nothing behind worth looking ufl:cr. To sit down where you arc, is to leave sonls to perish, even though yon , should escape yourself, while, on the other hand, by enduring hardness as good sol-diers of Jesus Christ, and pushing onward t hrough all the opposing foes that beset your path, you will ensure victory both in t ime and in eternity.

Do you want encouragements for the service of God in the face of difficulties ; the world is full of them. Look at those recorded in tho pages of tho Bible.

See :n oses at tho brink of tho Red Sen, Phnroah red hot with rage, with his blood-thirsty legions pressing on behind, the impassable hills on either hand, and the Red Sea rolling its leaden s~tllen waves in front. What can h o do with those few feeble emancipated slaves? I'll tell you what he might have done, what he would

have done, bad he ucLed .as thousands do in tho face of d ifficulty; he might have sat down in bitterness, and given up in despair, and wailed out with tlle crowd of craven spirits arowtd, " I t was of no usc," ho should never see the promised Cannan, and he had better never have started to serve God, or to guide his people, than to have suoh troubles as thcso at the very onset of the work. Or he might have gone crouching to the feet of the royal faithless Pbaroah, and have led for him the fugitives back again to hopeless, cheet•less slavery. But he did neither. '!'rue, be had no long army of armed nnd disciplined fighting men able to meet the warriors, who, foaming with haste, were in hot pursuit, but he had God, and ho waited at His feet and listened to His voice, and fearlessly obeyed His command, and we11t for•uard. W e all know tho glorious result, bow that he and tho crowd who followed him, in so doing, obtained deliverance and victory.

Look at the H ebrew worthies. IW-mcmbor that they were only three in num-ber, young in years, and with like passions with yourselves. See them ns they stnncl before the furious Nebucba.dnezzar, and find that be is in grim earnest with h is fiery furnace, and that his past partiality for them on which they might perchance have presumed, instead of secrn·ing for them immunity, has only irritated him tho more with their defiant treatment of his idolatrous decree. Look nt them as they listen to the cruel order that the furnace be heated seven times hotter than it was wont to be. H ow do they act? Do they shrink now it has come to t his fiery test ? This is sharp work for flesh and blood ; they are only young, and they have friends and prospects, and the love of lifo a.s strong in them as a.ny of ns. Do they shrink now it has come to this terrible ordeal ? Draw nearer. Observe them closely. No! thanks be to God they aro unmoved. They looked at the smoke as it was belched forth from what they ex-pected would be their fiery tomb, and then

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into tho savage eyo of the raging monarch, and then they told him in a grandly quiet way, tbnt they could burn but they would not bon•. 0 glory be to Him who pre-served these lads. F or your encourage-ment and mine they tuent forloards, to Wl\lk unharmed tho fiery wave, with tho Son of God for their companion, and came forth with the monarch, and all the atten-dant multitude, lauding their action, and owning tho God whom they scned.

Look at Stephen how he went fon,•nrd and won tho crown of martyrdom- Lha.t brightest and most glorious crown in a ll probability which can encircle tho brow of a created being ; and look at numbers more who ba.ve held on in tho dark and cloudy da.y, and so lmvo been brought through with credit to tho glorious canso they have espoused, and with honour to tho royal master they have served, and with ever brightening r eward to themselves throughout. eternity.

Supl>oso Lhcy had gratified the world mtd ll.mohcd, as tho devil and tho fl esh tempts you to do in this Lour of extremity, instead of going on to prove it tlle grand and triumphant hour of God's opportunity, they would have covered themselves with everlasting disgrace, a.nd gone back to defeat and destruction.

Brethren, you must not flinch. Thor o is a Cunoan of usefulness, holiness, and h appiness before you, even here on this ear th; but you must go through a wilder-ness of dilliculty to reach it. But you must not be discouraged by tho way. Dis-couragement with I srael, you will remem-ber, HOou b1·ed t·obcllion, and rebellion quickly brought 1orriblo punishment. 'l'hereforc, keop your head and heart up, and gird up your loins, and call afresh on God for a new supply of heavenly oil to keep the fire of Divino courage burning in your soul, and in the name of your God l10ld aloft your drooping banner, and go f orlUards.

A little longer, and deliverance will come. P erhaps a 'IJ81"!J little time. You often sing-

I< now the darkest hour of night I s before tho morning light.

You htwo ofLen proved it, and shall do so ugain.

'l'hc prize you a im at is worth a long and protracted struggle. This kingdom of Hea\•en on which you have set your h eart not only sufforcth violence, but is worthy of it. The inward righteousness, and 1>cnce, and j oy in tho lfoly Ghost, and tho outward honours and emoluments of this heavenly kingdom, arc worth dying

for. All that you can give in exchange, even though you were called literally to forsake all, and tlu·ow your life-blood into the bargain, is but as dross compared with the eternal treasure you gain. Thousands hnve esteemed tho reproach of Christ greater treos ure than all tho r iches of tho world, and have tmvellcd on tlu·ough r ivers of tear s and sons of blood ; and now ns they wa.vo 1.ho palm of victory before I he throne, they feel how utterly insignili-cant is what they have stdfcrcd compared with what they have gained, nnd had they t ho opport~nit.y they would fly from llenven to d1o ten thousand deaths in so glorious n c:mso and for so blessed a. muster .

But, 0 dear friends, cncourauo your-selves most iu God. llo is noL

0 a bard

muster. You nrc not forgoU.on. lie sees and .L::nows all. Tho General's oyo is oftenest in tho direction of that r egiment most pressed and hemmed in by the enemy. . Tho me~cbant's thoughts aro mostly wtth tho ship that ho knows is on tho most dangerous coast or contcndina with the heaviest gales. The father~ heart goes out most tenderly after the child called to battle with most frequent and t rying sorrows ; and your H eavenly Father's he11rt goes out most anxiomly with you in tho time of trial and dilli-culty.

Hold on, and lie will appear in your behalf and for your deliverance. llow and when le:wo to llis good pleasure. Of the fact you mny be as certain as of your existence. lie that endw·cLh to tho encl shall be sm·ccl.

Then, my brethren, go f orwm·ds. Bo sure ?f your ~rack. Often tnke your sow1diugs. . ~fmd. that you arc in a right course. Dlihculb cs sometimes intimate that you arc going wrong. R ead the word and watch nml pray, ancl consider your ways, an~ then, . if convinced · that your conduct 1s plcusmg to God, stand I o it, though earth and hell shottld combine to move you. Tho dc\•il will whisper all sorts of_foolis~l things in your car about nobody bemg tr1ed as you arc; about your being peculiarly constituted, &c., &c., &c. ; but h eed him not : or ouly to t ell him in reply thnt the gt·cntcr tho dillicultics, and the more unfa.voumblo yow· temper and tcm-p~~ment, tho more call for tho exercise of D •vme power, and the more glory will nccrue to your heavenly deliverer. If God be _for yo~ it 1~1atters not who oppose. And w1th De~1y m the van nnd in the rear, and on either flank, your onward marcl~ shall b~ one of

38 THE CHRISTIAJ.~ MISSION MAGAZINE. [ 1\Iarch b 1870. Go on ! Go on ! thy !!faster's ear

And constant eye Observe e!\ch groan, each struggling tear ;

H e, 'midst the shadows dark and drear, Is standing by-

Go on!

Go on ! Go on ! thy onward way Leads up to light,

The morning now begins to grey ; Anon the cheering beams of day

Shall chase the nighlr---Goonl

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~ionur iJrttttbitrg. To show the ignoranco tho caJ·ly :M:etho·

d ist preachers had to contend with in the 'V estern wilds of America, I will relate an incident or two that occurred to W ilson Leo in Kentucky. H o was one of tho early pioneer preachers sont to tho West. He was a very solemn and grave minister. At one of his appoint· ments, at a private house on a certain day, they had a motherless pet lamb. Tho boys of tho family had mischievously t~ught this lamb to butt. They would go near i t , and mako motions with their heads, and the lamb would back and then dart for ward at them, and they would j ump out of the way, so tl1at tho sheep would miss them. On this evening a man came in to tl1o con~regation who had been drinkin~; and frolicking all tho night before. H e camo in late, and took his seat 011 the end of a bench nearly in the door, and having slept nono tho night before, pr esently he began t o nod; and as he nodded and bent forward, the pet lamb came along by tho door, and seeing this man nodding and bonding forward, h e took i t a s a banter, and straightway backed and then sprang forward, and gave the sleeper a severo jolt right on the head, and over he tilted hinl, to the no small amusement of the congregation, who all burst out into laughter ; ancl grave as tho pr eacher, :M:r. Lee, was, i t so excited his risibilities that h e ahnost lost his balance. But recovering himself a little, h e went on in a most solemn and in1pressil"e strain. llis subject was tho words of our Lord : " E xcept a man deny himself, and take up his cross, he cannot be my disciple." H e urged on his congregation, with molting voice :mel tearful eyes, to take up tho cross. no matter what it was, take it up.

1'bero were in the congregation a ver y wicked Dutchman and his wife, both of whom were profounclly ignorant of the Scriptures and tho plan of salvation. Iris wife was a notorious scold, and so much was she given to this practice, that she

made her husband unhappy, and kept lum almost always in a 1>erfcct fret, so that he led a most miserable and uncomfortable lifo. It pleased God that day to cause tho 'preaching of ~fr. Lee to reach their guilty souls, and brenk up tho great deep of their hear ts. They wept aloud, seeing thcu· lost condition, and they then and there resolved to do better, nnd from that time forward to tako up tho cross and bear it, be i t what it might.

Tho congregation wcro generally deeply a11'ectod. ~fr. Lee exhorted them and prayed for them as long as he consistently could, and having another appointment some distance oJl" that ovoning, h o dis-missed tho congregation, got a little re-freshment, saddled his horse, motmted, ancl started for his o1·ening appointment .. After ricling some distance, bo saw, a little ahead of him, a man trudging along, carry· ing a woman on his back. This greatly surprised ~fr. L ee. H o vory naturally supposed that tho woman was a cripple, or had hur t herself in some way, so that sho could not walk. Tho tmvellcr was a small man, .and the woman large &nd heavy.

Before ho overtook them, l fr. Lee b egan to cast about in his mind h ow ho could render them assistance. W hen be came up to them, lo and behold, who should it bo but the Dutelunun ancl his wifo tb~\t had been so affected under his sermon nt meeting. Mr . Lee rode up and spoke to them, and inquired of the man what had happened, or what was the matter, that ho was carryin" his wife.

Tho Dutchman t ul'Jlcd to Mr. Leo and said, "Besurc you did tell us in your sarmon clat we must take up do cross and follow do Saviour, or dat we could not bo saved or go to he>wen, and I docs desire to go to heaven so much as any pody; and dish wife is so pad, she scold and scold all do time, and dish woman is tho greatest cross I have in do whole world, and I docs take her up and pare her, for I must save my soul."

You may be sure that Mr. L ee was posed for once, butjaftcr a few moments' r cflec· tion ho told the D ntclrman to put his wife down, ancl h e dismounted from his horse. H e clirectod them to sit down on a log by the road side. H o held tho reins of his horse's brielle and sat down by them, took out his Bible, read to them severn! pas· sages of Scripture, ·and explained and ex· poundccl to them tho ,way of the Lord more perfectly. Ire openrtl to them tho nature of tho cross of Clu·ist, what it is, how it is to bo taken up, nnd how they were to bear that cross : and after tea chin~ and advising them some time, he prayecL

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for them by U10 road side, left them deeply affected, mounted his horse, and rode on t o his evening appointment.

L ong before Mr. Leo camo m·ound his circuit to his next appointment, theDntch-man and his scolding wife were both powerfully converted to God, and when ho camo round be took them into the Church. 'l'hc Dutclunan's wifo was cured of her scolding. Of course ho got clear of this cross. They lived togcilicr long and happily, adorning their profession, nncl giving ample evidence that religion could c·ure a scolding wife, :mel tlmt God could allCl did comort poor ignorant Dutch people.

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~tuntifu( ~nolu. I N tho early part of tho American War, one dark S11ttU'Clay morning in tho dead of winter, there died at tho Commorcml Hospital, Cincinnati, a young woman ovor whosc hcacl only l,wo-and-twcnty smnmeJ'il had passed. Sho had once been possessed of an enviable share of beauty ; had boon, as she herself said, " flattered and sought for the charms of her face ;" but, ala>! sho had fallen from tho paths of virtue. Once the pride of respectable parentage, highly educated and accomplisbecl in manners, sho might have shone in tho best of society. B ut the evil hour that proved her ruin was but the door from childhood ; ancl haYing spent a young life in di~graco ancl shame, tho poor friendless ono died l bo melancholy death of a brokcn·hcartccl outcast.

.Among h er personal cfi'ec!s wns found, in manuscript, tho "Beautifu l Snow," which was immcdialely curriPd lo Bnos B . Reed, a gentleman of cultw·o nml literary tastcs, who was at tlmt time editor of the l!o'ational Union. J n tho columns of that paper, on tho mot·ning following the girl's dmth, th e piX'm npppm·cd iu print for tho first l ime. \Vhcn tho pnpcr containing the poem came out, tlw body of tho poor girl had not yet rcccivccl burial. 'l'ho attention of Thomas Buchanan ReCL!, o'lto of the first American poets, was soon directed to tho newly published lines, who was so taken with their stining pathos, that he immediately followed the corpse to its final r esting place.

Oh! the snow, the beautiful snow, Filling tho sky and earth below, 01·cr tho housetops, over lito street, 01·cr tho heads oft he people you meet;

Dancing- Ffu·ting-Skimming along, Bcnutiful snow ! it etm do no wrong;

F lying to kiss a fair lady's chock, Clinging to lips in frolicsome freak ; Beautiful snow ft·om heaven aboYC, P tu·o as an angel, gontlo as love !

Oh ! tho snow, the beautiful snow, Ilow the flakes gather and laugh as they go, WlJirlil1g about in maddening fun ;

Chasing-Laughing-Hurrying by, It lights on the face, and it sparkles tho oyo ; And the clogs with a bark and " botmd Snap at tho crystals ns they eddy arouucl; '.l.'ho town is tLlivc, nnd its heart in a glow, To welcome tho coming of bcautifLtl snow!

Jiow wild tho crowd goes swaying along, Ilailing each other with h umow· and soug; llow t.ho gay sleighs like meteors flash by, Bright for the moment, then lost to the eyo ;

}{inging,-Swinging,-Dash.ing they go, Over the crust of tho beautiful snow; Snow so pw·e when it falls from tho sky, To be trampled and trackecl by thousands

of feet, Till it blemls with the ruth in the horrible

slrecl.

Once I was pure as the snow, out I fell, Fell l.iko tho snow flakes f rom heaven to

h ell: F ell to be trampled as ruth on the street, Fell to be scoffed, to bo spit on and bent;

Plcading,-Cttrsing,-Drending to die, Selling my soul to 'dtocYcr would buy; Dealing in shame for a moroel of bread, IIating tho l iving and fearing the dead. Merciful God, have I fallon so low? .A.ml yeti was onoo liko tho beautiful snow.

Once I wns fair ns the beautiful snow, 'Vith nn eye like a crystal, a heart liko its

glow; On co I was loved for my innocent gracc-Flattm·ed and sought for tho oharms of my

face! FBtlters,-lfothcrs,-Sisters,-all, God and myself I have lost by my fall ; ~'he Ycricst wretch that goes shivering by, \Vill make a wide sweep lest I wander l oo

nigh ; For all that is on or above me I know, ~!.'here is nothing so pure ns tho bcautiftll

snow.

IIow strange it should be that this beau, t iful snow

Should fall on a sinner with nowhere to go! IIow strange it should bo when the night

cmncs again, If tho snow und tho ico struck my tlcs•

perato brain. Fainling,-Freezing,-Dying alone,

Too wicked for prayer, too weak for a moan, 'fo be beard in the streets of the crazy town; Gone mad in the joy of snow coming down:

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To be and to die in my terrible woe, With a bed and a shroud of t ho beautiful

snow.

~elpless and foul as the _trampled snow, :Smnor, despau not! Chr1st stoopeth low To rescue the soul that is lost in sin, And •~reptu·ed, and therefor e in d ttrk despair, sh e became so alarmed about her own state that she could not sleep nor rest . On this evenin~ she threw herself as a poor h ell-deserving smner on the mercy of God. and found salvation, and she is now to be found among ' th o fools.' "Sumlay, SOth.- While proclnimingliberty to

captive souls in tho open llir, a gang of roughs broke in upon our loving band in such a mrmner as I have never witnessed before. 'f hey gnashed their teeth and looked al to-gether unnatural, but , h aving confidence in our Captain, we stood our ground, and God in His mercy was with us, for the word seemccl to quiet the rowdies and to hold the people spell-bound, and, ere we left the spot , we were enabled to praise God for the victory.

At th e theatre the congregation was llll· usually large, and our dear sister in the Lord, Mrs. Booth, preached with great power. Numbers of om· members were led to examine themselves, and I believe tl1at some will praise God for ever for tlmt night's service.

Feb. 6th.- Sacrament SundtLy. A very blessed time. 'fhe evening was very quiet, but several poor sinners , nftcr n h nrd struggle, fouml the Saviour. One young man in par-ticular wns wclcomccl ]Jack among us. We bad noticecl him scvors•l Snn

42 THE CHRISTI AN MISSION MAGAZINE. [M~rch l, 1870. I brought my son with me to-night to try to find you, that you might tell me where I can get this burden r emoved from my mincl." While she spoke, tears of sorrow trickled down her cheeks. So I said, " Does yotu· son mean to go to Heaven, too?" To whiclt h e replied, " ies, that I ito ; for Gail converted my soul a few weeks ago at the East L onelon Theatre. P raise the L ord." We went to prayer, ani! He that said, "Come unto me all yc t hat are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest," soon gave rest to this sin-bm·denecl soul, and she ancl her son can both rejoice in t he God of their salvation.

We arc still praying that the Holy Spirit may quicken us, nnd scnel us a grcati·rvh-aL

'1'. WALJJS.

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!l.ctgnnl ©rwr. This station is still being honoured of God

in the sal vation of souls. The goocl clone cannot be measured, as we sct~rcely have a meeting without tho L ord manifesting his saving power.

We commenced the new year by giving

A F ru:E BREAKFAST on the first Sabbath. Several of our bretm·en spent Boxing-day in tho cold ancl sno1v, visit-ing the people and gi ving away tho t ickets. Others were up before erienced f\ change nf heart. He hac! been out of employment a l ong lime, and had been intending to go tho 11~xt day for a soldier. He went away deeply \vmm!lcd. 0 may God follow anel heallum. 'l'h1• people of Go(! were much blcEsed nod n•livccl, ancl ci~:ht professccl to receive the fnrl(il'l'noK• of their sins. Some were there nsntn in tho llftrrnoon, noel it greatly rejoice

us to sec some of them come clean nod re-spectable in the evening.

We have seen other fruit of this blc~sed breakfast since. The following Sabbath even-ing in the after meeting, I noticeel a young man looking very misemble. I found he had been at the hreakfast, unci had been very wretched since. I advi sed him to fly nt once to Jesus, to make a fall surrender, and to come out to t he penitent form. !tirms; thou~:h it is not a new thing, yet they have ngain and R"ni.n told us they renlizo much of God in t4ese meetings, One Sabbath a lar~:e number had 1\sscmbled in the Hnll, 90me of whom !Jnd rom~ out o!

curiosity. There was much power. Go

0: roubotr. J r Our Brother Eitchio writes to u1 ns follows:-

J an. 2nel.-llfrs. Booth preached for us. In tho ev~ning our !urge hllll was well filled, nnd

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1870.

a solemn time it was, every word was with power. Anxiety was pictured on many faces, and many, I believe, were deeply convicted. After the service two professed to fiml peace.

On the 9th was a very good attendance in the mornin~;:, and one young woman was deeply convtcted ; she stayed behin

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start for heaven," but, like thousands, h e though t be had somethinl; to do to recom-mend him to the mercy of God, so he left the l•nll without obtaining the blessing. On Sunday the 23rd, he came again, nnd again stay~d 11t the prayer meeting. Our dear Brother Olcnton went nnd spoke to him, aml after showing him thnt Jesus bad bought a full a ntl f•·ee z1ardon, nnd that it was his duty to l et Christ save him on the spot, aml not to try to save himself, bo t ook up his cross and en me forward, sought and found tho L ord. Both he and his wife arc m embers with us, and are r ejoicing in the L ord.

Two Poon OuTCASTS. The snme day, two very poor yoWlg men,

who Juul been tmmping about the cOWltry for eighteen months, so rugged nml !lirty thnt their whole outfit wns not worth more than sixpence, came to the Town Hnll in the niter-noon nt the close of the service, mulaskcd ns to prny with them. At night they were nguin in the }Jnll, nnd in the prnyer meeting they cnmc forward seeking mercy, and we nrc full of hope thnt these poor outcasts were snvetl. Something had now to be done for tht·ir bodic~. A dear brother, himSt·lf only recently converted, took charge of them, nnd got them n lodging for the night. Next day, he got them n bath, nml went out amnngKt his friends, nnd beg~;c

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Sister, I have got tho victory." He then went in, all(\ t old nil his friends what Gocl hn

Q:anning Ql;ohm. We continue to increase i.J1 numbers. ' Vc

haYc now thirty-one meeting in fellowship. Our open air meetings on the Snbb:tth con · tinue to be attended by crowds of people, specially working men, and the L ore\ i s won· clerfully with us . Some have asked u s to take them into om· band this month, who say they thought they were all right until they came to our meetings, when they found they were all wrong. But now Gocl has put t hem right, and they si.J1g with u s with heart ancl soul

"I'm glad I nm converted Defore my tlyiug tlay."

THE PUBLIC SALE.

We have held the sole ns announced in our J anuarynumber, but not with so encouraging a result as we hnd hoped for. The sum actually taken amounts to £ 181, so that after the expenses have been deducted, the sum to be ap-propriated to the Building Fund will not be what we could have wished. However, we have nearly as many goods left as were sold, and with these we intend to have another similar effort about Easter in our new People's Hall, Whitechapel, at which all our friends now think we shall do even better than we did at Exeter Hall. While, therefore, we do not wish to be in any way burdensome to those friends who have already helped us so lovingly and generously, we do intimate to those who may not have been aware of the effort or may have been otherwise hindered from helping us, that now there is the opportunity. Goods may be forwarded to us at 24, Victoria Street, King Edward's Road, H ackney, and Jiirs. Booth or Miss Diaper will be glad to correspond with any who may desire further information.

Mrs. Booth, •rreasurer, 3, Gore Road, Victoria Park Road, N.E. Miss Diaper, Secretary, , , ,

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