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Show fc:jfl( ' a sum ii nun. BaMlkl, IMKj: Wi: Tl,llIwutolii dlrecllnj; tho JMMjtf l attention of the I.llerly Hslnls In '$Ug ; 'I Eruvrat to a correspondtuir, In this MjBtT' 'i Issue, from the n uf lllder W. (I. tnmgl, I' lllcklej, now laliorluK as n missionary .JPfta' Ii I In (Ireat llrltaln. Ills statements are VigW Kli If tree and ought to be be felt as a rt buka ssssssVU lAl ill '' " w'" lmT" 'lexlvoled the duly SHE' sl 1(1 which ho so clearly detlnea. Thefall. HBh ! 'h uru b' huudteds, aud we might eay HJnL ViJ thousands, who hare ullnreil to VHjEDjn 'ua tioaoai of tbe Church from the wtf?'l ' natlous to communicate with the fw V4 1 . frlunds and relatives they have lelt 1 fltjjpll ' H Uhlnil In the world has been many 'K y Ll U times mentlonod by the IS iu a, but the 'sfj slackness stilt exists. CiVkH I ' It Is au open iiuustlou as to whether Vt sss"( thertaluts who have been so greatly jjWv H I'1-4! through the aiisncy of the 5kr, Katherlnu phawi of this dlsH uiallan, ;5 r I , have not been growlni; soiuowliat I wilder tlian formerly rigardlng tho , j ' I. condition of the jKKir aud oppressed among tlie nstlous. - ' j IuUietarlyslitles.rorlmUuce, Ihe vy i Hilnta presented a svclacle to the ft J I vorll worthy of lha nlinlrailou of all kl ' I goul loplii. There was but Hills I ' w ' I I weallh lu Dill region ricspt what was vll3 Ii wrung from the soil tj earnest au I 111 I arduoustoll.Tliirnwasthi'nnorsllroal ' "'8llmi f mniunlcalIoii Utweoii this lnt ami '"fflfllll i' tlio Missouri lllver. There mremany ' ' flSfcsssV llle from the old countries who wire JJIvt j able to reach the frontier, but were un ' !SBf " ablebythelrownriwuriMtoirossthii ,bJ3Ki 1' Knat ihlni mil roach tlielr In- TiWt' tenlttl destination. The k1v L M tliruughout the Territory wire ff-lK m Invited to supply toains, wagins, ' y W I tea inters an I supplies to make tha s ' f i( Mnnl lrliofoerawo mllMacross thu sA f il atcim.t trackless dcsirt to brlnrt aloi.K 4l F the tjouipiiiles of Immigrants as Ihey tesVy arrlrl ul the outntllng point. In )K." thone tlan-s 4W teaim and concomitant i,ffiSjK fsclhlUs werechierfullysipplled. The yaffij alvmtof lli.su dust begrimed ram. $$sBt l-iiiles alter Irami Ing over the plains jJKW ' lireaoutetl a pliture as roiuaiilhi an I jflWM . , i lulentllng as one could wlih to ste. JSSBi l riiofiellugsoftho pilgrims as the mSVi ( 'rited,frorutliemuiiutsliigorge un SBjh j H" "ft ld of this valley and the first ?' iwlL ' were such ai no ien ran adninately fik ijfjjik desMlbe, The unbidden tear flowtd ivlssl. sssW 4 . fBsBBssssssssssssssssssissBPrr-" n "t ,, freely, lha ionlanoiia offering of the heart's nnrtslralual lejoy. The situation situa-tion fan only be moasureil by Ihovi whohaveexptrlenred It. Tha greetings greet-ings of relatives an 1 friends were In unlsou wllh tlie unliua character of the situation, while the union an 1 pencflenJoyMbylhopoorle conitlful ed a suitable lining lo tho delightful picture An allusion to those scenes antclr nimilancrs Is parjoiiable, ai they can hardly be adverted to without the mini of one experimentally fsmlllar with them being stimulated Into ao tlvlty. Hut the point In view la to direct attention lo tho powerful Interest taken at that lime by the gathered Hal rile In rslallon to th if still groaning under the yoke tifsilrltual and tenifioral butt lata In the nations at Jsrfce. -ly roiujiarlson wo are admonished to a-k the ipiestlon as to whether Hie ai ne MVlng real anlmaU-s the majority cf tlie eople now ' The only inssus of determining this jsilnt Is a rompartson of ap ro rlate action In the iremlies Tha letter of l.lder Ulrkley ftirni.lire strong avIJenisi oil the suljecl an I provl lea food for I rofltable relleclhn. If tieolla are M forgitful a proof of tlidlflerence as to fall to go to the small trouble to write bi friends and relatives whom they hive loft abroad and tell thini the truth In relation lo what the (lospvl has doue for them, the contrast between other times an I the present Is not favorablo to the existing cou II tlon. What apology would lie sul-Ilelrnt sul-Ilelrnt to cover this neglect? It would bo dinicull to find one suftlclsntly broad. Alssiri tlon In tho atlalrs of life especially the airult of the golden t haiilom Is not at alia liquate. It la worse thau no excuse, because It la but a selfish lia at best. Il Is an unchrlstlau aimligy, lcauso lha genius of Christianity la to diffuse benefits. The opposlto la to concr titrate ti-trate theul. Hence It Is eay to distinguish dis-tinguish a selfish man from a Christian. The efforts of the forme r all run nuo way the centralisation of twueficent conditions toward his own Individuality. Individual-ity. Ifencutheaelflsh rsou lsalwa)a small, white the true Uhrhllan Is Urge, the genius of hit Individuality extending ex-tending as far as the Wnerlla of his oe rations reach. Hence tho difference between a man whose mind and energies ener-gies aro confined In their oinratloualo one small St)t (hlmse lf),and one whoso soul elretrhca out In every direction for tha welfare of humanity at large, so far as his sphere of activity ean radical ly extend. This expansion of active sympathy was Illustrated )r-frctly )r-frctly by the exampleof C hrlst, who grasjaid tho whole worl 1 In the arms of lib) love, Olborwlse how could ho aave the world? ''11 uvery man who has ticen warned warn his neighbor." This Is the voice of revelation to the Hal oil. This obligation of warning la not confined con-fined to reaching, but e-omprehenda every meaua by which the olject can hoattalucd. Wtlllug to relatives ant frlen Is abroad la a pote nt factor In thla lalior. The retlleiits of the corrcs-pomlence corrcs-pomlence are luforraeil i f the troth. Tho communications are often read to and hauded around among nelgh-liors. nelgh-liors. Tho arcaof tho lurluencoof this means of Imparting, truth Is thus enlarged, en-larged, Tho missionaries who visit the localities where tlie letters aro received re-ceived aro accorded a hearty wilcoiua aud the people lend n willing ear to their I reaching. The froiuciil result Is that convi rslons follow and souls aro won to Christ. The reasons for acting upon 1 I ler lluikley'a advice aro radically endless. end-less. We hope that many who read his vorreepondrnrowlll awake to the lm-jsirtanco lm-jsirtanco of the sul Ject. |