in a very low class. Now, never send a Missionary into a heathen country without his wife. If you send a Missionary who is a single man, he is only half a Missionary. When you send him with his wife, he is a whole Missionary. (Laughter and cheering.) We men look to the Missionaries and respect them; but how are our females to be advanced, unless you send Missionaries' wives? Now, then, the Missionary is respected by the men, and the Missionary's wife is respected by our females; and that excellent woman, the Missionary's wife, teaches our females not to be tramped down as we did tramp them down when we were Heathens. They teach them to be respected more. They say, "Come up, come up," and they are up. (Cheers.) Why, there was a time when a poor woman could not say anything against her lord, for fear of the tomahawk. Now, I expect, we have been so much Christianised and civilised, that I shall, when I go home, hear at my ear a voice telling me that I have been very many months away. But I shall be very deaf, that is all. (Cheering and laughter.) I have told you in what state we were. Now, at Alderville, there are beautiful buildings: there is an academy, and a large house where the whole of these young men go; and there is a house for the Missionaries, erected partly by the industry of the Indians, partly by your aid, and partly by the aid of Government. In that academy fifty young men were educated for Missions, and also forty young women. Why, in my early day, the cry of the war-whoop was given on the birth of a boy. But what was the case, on the other hand, when a girl was born? Why, it was said, "Another good-for-nothing girl is born;" but Christianity has taught the heart of a father to rejoice now as much in the birth of a girl as in the birth of a boy. (Cheers.) The Rev. Dr. Ryerson knew the time when we did not raise a grain of wheat; we raised nothing but our Indian corn and potatoes; but now, through all Canada, what do the Indians raise? They raise fields of wheat, fields of rye, fields of oats, and fields of Indian corn. There are Indians with fine houses, their horses, their oxen, their cows, their sheep, and their pigs: all this you have done, you, the supporters of the Mission cause. (Loud cheers.) Take another Mission (which he named). I knew when they were poor people, and we used to give them our old clothing. They do not want our old clothes now. They can

get new clothing for themselves, and they have fine houses. Not only have they fine houses, but they have a large academy, and chapels, and schools, all over Canada West. In that academy, called "Lord Elgin's Academy," there are something like fifty boys as well as girls. In a few years we shall have plenty of Missionaries to preach the Gospel over the Rocky Mountains. (Cheers.) We have ten well-ordained Missionaries, and fifty Local Preachers, preaching the Gospel every Sunday, wherever they can get an assembly. This is what you have done within twenty years. If you continue as good Christians as you have been for the last twenty years, what will you not do in another twenty years? (Hear, hear.)

You have more than ten or fourteen stations in that country: and when I have described one Mission, I describe another. You have a splendid station at St. Clair, where I saw, last year, an abundance of grain standing in the field, fine houses, and a people well dressed. (Hear, hear.) Now, at the same time, I would have you bear in mind that we do not forget the cause of Missions. Every man gives according as he can fairly give to the cause of Missions. I have seen an Indian Chief take the chair at a Missionary Meeting. What a change! The Chief who used to lead on the battle with his men is now the Minister of peace. (Cheers.) The tomahawk and the scalping-knife have been broken; and the Bible and the Hymn-Book are now his only weapons. And these Chiefs are now taking the chair to support the glorious cause of Missions. (Cheers.) You have done wonders in Canada West. Then there is Hudson'sBay Territory: that is also a large country. I have been about there for the last twelve years. We have been preaching the Gospel to those warriors. They are still using the tomahawk on the plains and Rocky Mountains; but, as your Missionaries have gone on, the tomahawk has been thrown away. Now, what we want you to do is, to help the great cause in that country, until every tomahawk, all over the Rocky Mountains, shall be thrown away, as has been done in Canada West. In Hudson'sBay Territories we have met with success. I could tell you, again and again, what we have done. There is now a splendid Mission at Norway-House. The people can read and write in their own tongue; and there is a printinghouse, and so on. There is another station at Oxford-House; and at Oxford

House there is a school-house and a Mission-house built, and the people are all ready assembled; but they have no Missionary. A few days ago I was pleading their cause, that a Missionary might be sent to them. It has been said, as you have heard to-day, that India must be supported. If India has its millions, we have our thousands in North America, So the poor Red North-American Indian is not to be thought of! Is this Christianity? I hope not. (Hear, hear.) The poor Red North-American Indian has got a soul, and has got a soul to save, and that soul cost the precious blood of Christ, when He bled on the cross, and when He sweated the great drops of blood to save -who? To save me? Yes. (Loud cheers.) When I prayed, not to the sun and moon; but when I said, [the speaker here uttered a prayer in his native language, and proceeded,] when I cried, "O my heavenly Father, have mercy upon me, a poor Indian lad! let now the precious blood of Christ be applied to my heart, that my sins may depart!" praying in faith, I found the forgiveness of my sins; and, when I found Christ was precious to me, it moved me to preach the Gospel to my countrymen; and I am ready again, after visiting you, after my spirit has been filled with renewed love and renewed energy, and more faith, I am ready to go home to my work cheerfully in that hard country, that very hard country, that cold country, among the savages, who, every now and then, attempt to take my life. It is a freezing country, where the people freeze to death. But is that any reason why I should not go there again? No, brethren: I love that country, because that is the country where I see the work does go on, although it goes on slowly; but we cannot expect that it should become a whole world in a day. (Hear, hear.) Therefore I wish you to remember me in your prayers when I go back; and, when you give my friend, Mr. Griffith, two three Missionaries-I have heard him plead again and again for his Indian Missions, and I hope you will answer his prayer, and give him two or three Missionaries; but, when you give him two or three, give me one, and I shall go home pleased. (Cheers.) Why, Mr. Chairman, when I go back to the Hudson's Bay Territory, they will ask, "Where is the Missionary you were to bring with you? You have not," they will say, "told the people of England anything." I shall say, "My dear

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brethren, I did plead the cause, every day and every night, in all parts of the country, while I was in England: I told the Christian people of England, We want two more Missionaries; and, if we cannot get two, we must be content with one." Now, I join with my countrymen in praying for you, in praying that God will reward you for what you have done : He will reward you, and does reward you. I know that what you have given, year after year, towards this good cause, will not grieve you in the hour of death. On the contrary, it will be a source of great joy to you, especially when you know, as I have seen many times, poor John Curlyhead, in the Hudson's-Bay Territories, who was a very faithful man. By and by poor John got very sick, and I went to see John. I say, "John, I see you are dying: how do you feel now in this dreadful hour of death? How is thy faith in Christ?" "My faith in Christ," he says, "is as firm as a rock; I am immovable; I have nothing here on earth but Christ; I have nothing in heaven but Christ;" and he says, in closing his eyes, "O Jesus! sweet Saviour! come now, take me away to those mansions above." John closed his eyes in death; and he has gone to heaven. What did I feel? Pressing my hand to my heart, I said, "My heavenly Father, help me, by the assistance of Thy Holy Spirit, to walk in the right way, in that narrow path, during life; so that, when I die, I may join the spirit of poor John, which has gone to sing praises with the Redeemer at the right hand of the Father!" (Great cheering.)

The Resolution was then put to the Meeting, and carried unanimously.

DR. BUNTING, on rising, was greeted with loud and continued cheers. He said,-We beg to return you our sincere and heartfelt thanks for this expression of your kindness and good-will. The honour and pleasure of serving, in any way in which we can serve, so great and so good a cause, is more than a recompense, in itself, for anything that might have been a little annoying in the service. But, beyond that, the expression of satisfaction and confidence which to-day you have so unanimously rendered, is, under present circumstances, most refreshing to our spirits, and most stimulating to our zeal, to do whatever we can in this the best of causes. sincerely thank you. (Cheers)

We

SAMUEL BENNETT, ESQ., moved, and GEORGE SMITH, ESQ., of Leeds, seconded, the next Resolution, which

was:

"That the thanks of the Society are due to the Rev. John Beecham, D.D., President of the Conference; to the Rev. Robert S. Candlish, D.D.; to the Rev. Robert Newton, D.D.; and to the Rev. Alfred Barrett, for their excellent Sermons preached before the Society during this Anniversary; and also to the Rev. Thomas Jackson, S. T.P.; the Rev. Egerton Ryerson, D.D.; the Rev. George Osborn; the Rev. Dr. Appelbe; the Rev. John Rattenbury; the Rev. Frederick J. Jobson; the Rev. R. D. Griffith; and the Rev. Peter Jacobs, for their very acceptable Pulpit-Services on the same occasion; and to the Rev. Alexander Duff, D.D., for his kind compliance with the request of the Committee, to attend this Meeting, and for the valuable aid which he has at this opportunity rendered to this Society."

It was carried by acclamation.

The PRESIDENT OF THE CONFERENCE (DR. BEECHAM) then rose, and was greeted with warm applause. He said, It appears, from the intimation which our respected friend and brother has given, that this Meeting must terminate, as the Hall is wanted for another purpose. However, I think we must, before we break up, perform an important, and I am sure it will be a most pleasing, duty. I have to move,—

"That the cordial thanks of the Meeting be presented to our esteemed friend, Mr. Farmer, for the ability and Christian courtesy with which he has conducted the business of the Meeting."

The REV. THOMAS JACKSON, (the EX-PRESIDENT,) on rising to second the motion, was received with rapturous and repeated cheers.

The motion having been put to the Meeting by the President of the Conference, and carried with enthusiastic applause,

The PRESIDENT OF THE CONFERENCE addressed the Chairman as follows:-Mr. Farmer, I have very great pleasure in presenting to you the thanks of this Meeting; and I must express to you my concurrence in that feeling which has been already evinced by the Meeting, that spirit of prayer which has been expressed, that long may your life be spared to your family, and to the service of our Missionary cause, and to our common Christianity. (Cheers.)

The CHAIRMAN immediately_rose and said,-My Christian friends, I feel

almost humbled by the manner in which you have been pleased to accept services so feeble as those which have been rendered by me this day. Such services have ever been the services of my heart; and I have had fresh evidence to-day, from what I have heard and what I have witnessed, that it was not a mistake when I some time ago thought I saw that this work of God, springing from the love of God, protected by the power of God, and succeeded by the blessing of God, would continue to succeed, and to be blessed by Him, until His work shall be accomplished, and all the ends of the earth shall see His salvation. I sympathise with many of our dear friends who begin to feel that, after a service of thirty or forty years, they must seek some retirement from the world; but I rejoice with them in looking back on what we have witnessed, and in observing what good has been done, even in our day, in the progress of religion in this country, in the progress of education, in the progress of the circulation of the Scriptures, and in the progress of the preaching of the Gospel. And, while we regret that our strength is not equal to our wishes and future labours, our prayers shall always attend the progress of this work, and we will point the youth of the day, and the young men of the day, who to their credit have come forward in such numbers to the support of this work,—we will point them to the fields "ripe for the harvest," and tell them to go forth with those who may gather in the harvest to the praise and glory of God. (Cheers.) I wish I could better express myself on this occasion; but I am truly thankful for all the kind attention you have paid. I feel more grateful than I can express as an individual, not because I am individually gratified, but because it will be gratifying to your officers, and the Committee, and those who have visited us to-day, to see that the glory of God is not departed from us; and, if I mistake not, we have this day received a fresh baptism of the Holy Ghost, and we are one and all determined that, whatever others may do, "we will serve the Lord."

The PRESIDENT OF THE CONFERENCE then pronounced the Benediction, and the immense assemblage separated, about a quarter before five o'clock.