South Australia. There was a necessity for sending missionaries to Queensland, New South Wales, North Australia, and other places, where the population is steeped in ignorance and crime. In

Australia they were but three weeks sail from India, a month's sail from China, and six weeks from Japan. They wanted money to deliver the Missionary Society from the debt of £600, and more, that was now crippling its operations. There were some who sang,

"Were the whole realm of nature mine," &c

and when the collection was made, they gave the smallest coin they had. He meant it to preachers, as well as people; they would not give themselves unless it was to a snug circuit. He should not have the opportunity of addressing them again. He hoped that they would all do the work the Lord had given them to do, that some brethren present would say, Here we are, send us. He would urge upon them to go where God would have them, if they wished to enjoy prosperity.

The next Resolution was moved by Mr. JAS. HINKS:

That this meeting expresses its great satisfaction with the decision of the Committee and Conference to open a Mission in Queensland at once, and its approval of the proposed method to obtain the Funds.

He said,-In one respect he thought it would be desirable to wind up the meeting, but they had to make another collection. He had heard of a collection being made at the close of a public service, and the collector stood at the door. As one man was passing out he tried to pass the collector, but the basket was kept before him, so that he could with great difficulty escape. The man then asked the collector to place the basket lower, saying, "I have no money to give, but I'll put myself in." This was what they wanted. This second collection must be taken up. They needed men for God's cause, in South Australia, and elsewhere. His resolution had the advantage of being complete in itself. It referred to a mission in Queensland, and expressed satisfaction with the decision of the Committee and Conference to open a mission there.

He

thought the step was taken at the right time. The Society was instituted in 1821. In 1831 the first missionaries were sent to America. In 1850 the mission in Australia was opened. and now in 1865 it was proposed to open a new mission in Queensland. The interval between the first two dates was 10 years, and the interval between the

next two was 19 years. The first might have been quite short enough, the second was quite long enough, the last however was fifteen years, a period coming just half way between the other two. The year of Jubilee was a new epoch in our Connexional history, and he thought it was bad if they could not strike out a new course at this time. Great satisfaction was felt because of the mission contemplated, and confident hopes were cherished of its success. Although we have many fields of labour, we want to increase. Two years ago a ship left England for Queensland, carrying a number of cotton operatives to that colony. The foreman of those operatives sent home a letter, which was published in one of the Bristol Daily papers. After describing the vessel and the company, the writer said that the moral influence on board was all that could be desired. Among the passengers there were two or three local preachers belonging to the Bible Christian denomination, who regularly conducted religious services during the voyage. Emigrants were constantly going thither, and he (Mr. Hinks) thought that it was not right that our friends should go there, and we neglect to provide for their spiritual wants. We must attend to the spiritual wants of our home population, but must not leave the other neglected. The resolution also referred to the approval of the method by which it was proposed to raise the funds. The mission was to be sustained by a special fund, without lessening the ordinary income.

He wished all the congregation were young people. They were now brought to the Jubilee, and the old friends who had done a great deal, were passing away, and will not be able to do much more. They must now look to the young for the starting and sustaining of this new project. It was proposed by means of special collecting cards to raise at least forty half-crowns on each station. Many circuits had already done it. Bristol had got its £5, and others had promised an equal sum. He should like to propose that the names of all contributors to this fund should be printed and published, and that a record should be kept of them as the founders of the Queensland Mission. Where was the young man, or young woman, or child, who would like to have their names omitted from the list. They wanted the half-crowns, and they must have them. He would not say that £2 10s. Od. should not be given instead

of 2/6. He hoped that no other appeal would be needed, but trusted that the money would flow in as a stream.

The Resolution was seconded by Mr. JOHNS without a speech.

Mr. WINDOW, (Wesleyan) in supporting the resolution, spoke on the advantages of religion. When he was a child, his father took him six miles to a Missionary Meeting. He heard that far-famed Missionary, Dr. Coke; he had but little money to give, but he felt the inspiration of the Missionary spirit, and that had never left him. He now held some of the most important offices in the Wesleyan Methodist Society, and had been deputed to attend the meetings of the Connexional Committees, preparatory to the Conference, and he owed all to the Missionary cause. He felt much sympathy with the operations of the Bible Christians, and believed that they had gone where other denominations could not go.

The next Resolution was moved by Mr. J. GAMMON :

That we are grateful to Almighty God for the success he has been pleased to vouchsafe unto his servants during the past year; but as they have expressed a deep conviction of the necessity of greater power from on high, this meeting resolves to pray that the promised blessing may be more largely bestowed, that they may be increasingly useful in the conversion of sinners.

He said he had been thinking that should Mr. Way not succeed in obtaining the assistance he desired, there was no fault in the advocacy. Had he (Mr. Gammon) been fifteen years younger he might have laid himself upon the altar, and have gone forth to labour in Australia. There were four or five leading thoughts in the Resolution that might have been remarked upon, if the time would have allowed. It spoke however of the deep conviction of the necessity of more power from on high. It was impossible for any man to be successful in the work of saving souls, unless God was with him. The Resolution also contained a resolve to pray that God might give the promised blessing. He thought that there was no ground for fear that the Resolution might be forgotten. He felt assured that if we prayed believingly we should obtain the blessing. Why should we not as ministers and members receive more of the Holy Ghost that night? He hoped we should realize the fulfilment of the Divine promises, and that the coming year would prove to be very successful in the conversion of souls.

Mr. S. POLLARD, in seconding the Resolution, said that he should like to

say many things. There was one word in his Resolution that arrested his attention. The word was But. He had read two classes of books: one class contained more thoughts than words; the other contained more words than thoughts. The Bible had been termed "a little big book." The word but was "a little big word." It occupied an important position in the Resolution, and was related to both parts of it. The resolution spoke of contrasts. "We

are thankful for the success which God has been pleased to favour us with." Success had been realized through the Divine pleasure. Sinners had been saved by scores and hundreds; dark minds had been enlightened; stout hearts had been subdued, and rebels and aliens had been pardoned and reconciled. There was a two-fold relationship between God and the sinner. God was a King; the sinner a subject, but as such was rebellious. God was a Father; the sinner a child, but as such he had wandered away. God however had granted them a double pardon. The rebellious subject was reconciled, the prodigal son adopted. He had witnessed the conversion of scores of souls, seasons many and precious, when the angels had rejoiced over repenting sinners. "When we think of what God has done for us, we do not wonder that he saves men." He (Mr. Pollard) liked little words. How much meaning was contained in the little word so, in "God so loved the world, &c." As a molehill to a mountain, as a planet to the sun, as an atom to immensity, and as a moment to eternity, so all other love was beneath the love of God. Infinite love was packed into the little word so.

And since Jehovah had done so much for the race of man he was willing to save all. If that congregation, yea, if the whole human race would repent, God would be pleased to save them all. Many were unsaved, and they were dying. Deep conviction was needed. The gospel was necessary to produce it. The Bible was a sword and a battle-axe; forged by the Holy Ghost, and wielded by human instrumentality. Man alone cannot perform the work. "Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of Hosts." The promises of the Old Testament had an apostolic comment. "The promise is unto you, and to your children, and to them that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call," The promise applied to those who were "afar off," chronologically, geographically, and morally, and hence was applicable to them. He trusted that they should seek a richer baptism of the Spirit to make them better men, and more successful ministers. The Resolution was briefly supported by Mr. FIELD.