THE MISSIONARY CONVENTION ᎪᎢ JERUSALEM; OR AN EXHIBITION OF THE CLAIMS OF THE WORLD TO THE GOSPEL. "THE Prophets used much by metaphors - PUBLISHED BY JOHN S. TAYLOR, THEOLOGICAL AND SUNDAY-SCHOOL BOOKSELLER, BRICK CHURCH Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1838, by JOHN S. TAYLOR, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New-York. ANDOVER 42.775 THEOL ост 22 1889 LIBRARY G. F. HOPKINS, Printer, 2 Ann-street. CONTENTS. PAGE. CHAPTER I.- -Description of the Assembly. -Opened with reading the CHAPTER II.- Speech of an Oriental; his own ignorance especially CHAPTER III An Englishman. Attempts to reconcile the discrepan- cies alleged.Greatest exertions to be given to the most important places. England most important;- -therefore the command not CHAPTER IV. - American, applies the same reasoning to his own Other Christians, same reasoning. -A converted Chi- nese-exposes the absurdity of such interpretation, 13 26 29 36 CHAPTER VIII.-Second day.-One who had prevented his son from becoming a Missionary. Charity begins at home. - Heathen enough 49 CHAPTER IX. Layman of education who had two sons Missiona- CHAPTER X.-A Christian who knew very little of Missions, and took CHAPTER XI. Converted Mahometan. - Inconsistency of previous reasoning. Do not act up even to this. - Providential preparations for the gospel in many places,.•••• CHAPTER XII.A minister who was once going to the heathen, but abandoned his purpose.- The heathen in a much better state than CHAPTER XIV. -Third day. Subject of the day, sectarian distinc- tion. Speakers contending that the church must first be purified, each in his own way.-A converted Brahmin. - Effects of this sec- tarian spirit upon himself and the church. -Greatest hinderance to CHAPTER XV. — Liberal-minded Christian.- concert in evangelizing the world,. CHAPTER XVI.- Objections to Missions by a Millenarian, answered by CHAPTER XVII. First principle admitted by the assembly. - Second -- 98 67 83 91 ...... 103 PAGE. CHAPTER XIX.-A returned missionary, his personal history, -re- ... ་་་ ་ ........ CHAPTER XX.-A minister who had married a wife and could not go, --- CHAPTER XXI.-Reply of a young clergyman who had left a congrega- - 107 118 121 130 approves the most liberal 139 146 scale of missionary operations. -Futility of objections. -- CHAPTER XXIV.-President of a college. Young men who have de- CHAPTER XXVI.-The next principle. - Speech of a physician who had 151 159 CHAPTER XXVII. A merchant,-how brought to think and act cor- 166 180 186 CHAPTER XXX.-A surgeon of a ship.- Female usefulness. - Letter - CHAPTER XXXIII. -Caffree chief. Power of the gospel among his 193 202 214 215 CHAPTER XXXV.-A Chinese. How far China is open, and what CHAPTER XXXVII. An officer of the Indian army. The collateral 229 235 CHAPTER XXXVIII.- An aged minister. Approaching millennium. |