CAN YOU INFLUENCE THE WORLD FOR CHRIST?
TO a large extent it is believed that you can! God in His providence has brought within your reach representatives of the various nations of the Globe; and has placed them in the best possible position to influence the whole earth; so that if you act upon them, you act upon the world!
But where is this great gathering of the representatives of the nations to be found? Our minds at once advert to London, the Metropolis of the United Kingdom and of the whole earth!—the Modern Babylon!—a city which now contains nearly four millions of inhabitants!
Are you a Scotchman? There are about as many Scotch people and their descendants in London, as there are in Edinburgh? Are you an Irishman? There are more Irish and their descendants in London, than there are in Dublin! Are you a Welshman? The Welsh and their descendants living in London about equal the united populations of six of the principal Welsh towns? Or are you an Englishman? The population of six, eight, or ten towns in some of the English counties, represent the number of persons born in those counties, who now live in the great city! You may thus act upon almost every city, town, and village in the United Kingdom by means of their own representatives now living in London.
And if you should specially pity the poor Jew, because he rejects the great Messiah;—then you should remember that there are more Jews in London than there are in Palestine! If, again, you regard Popery as the great Antichrist; you are reminded that there are more Roman Catholics in London than there are in Rome! Its 2,000 Italians can here be prepared to carry home to their countrymen the glad tidings of a completed salvation! Are German Neology and French Infidelity the foes to the Redeemer which you would oppose? It is affirmed that above 60,000 Germans, or their descendants, and about 40,000 French and their children, are now to be found in London! The mighty Russian Empire, with its Sclavonian races, sunk in ignorance, or in the corruptions of the Greek Church, is numerously represented in London! Some 6,000 Mohammedans and East Indian idolaters are also found yearly in London! and there, with perfect safety, can be taught that there is one God, and one atoning sacrifice. There also are found vast numbers of Danes, Dutch, Swedes, Swiss, Spaniards, Portuguese, Greeks, Turks, Africans, Arabians, Persians, Chinese, Brazilians, Americans, American Indians, West-Indian, and South Sea Islanders, and probably from every other nation under heaven! These are brought together by Divine Providence, no doubt, that they may be instructed in the wonderful works of God. These representatives of the nations of the earth are brought within your reach; and through them, by the aid of the London City Mission, you can influence the world for Christ. Alas, that these representative bodies should have entered a city in which a million and three-quarters of its people cannot find room to worship God in its Protestant Churches and Chapels!—a city in which myriads of its inhabitants are addicted to crime.
The London City Mission enables Christians to act on individuals of every class and nation resident in this most important spot of the earth, this diseased heart of the body politic of the world. The simple object of the Society is to take the Gospel to every house, garret, and cellar, and to beseech men to be reconciled to God. It knows nothing of sects nor parties, nor does it seek to proselytize in any other way than to make the wicked holy, and the worthless valuable members of society. Its Missionaries, 450 in number, communicate the Gospel in twenty-three languages, each to about 2,000 persons. But if each Missionary employed continues to have about 2,000 persons to visit, at least 400 more Missionaries are required for the monster city. Who then is willing to endeavour—by personal consecration, or by helping an agency that is ready at hand, fitted for the work, and blessed in the doing of it—to influence the world for Christ?
COMMITTEE OF THE LONDON CITY MISSION.
Treasurer.—Joseph Hoare, Esq.
Secretaries.
| Rev. Josiah Miller, M.A. | Rev. J. P. A. Fletcher, M.A. |
Auditors.
| J. Herbert Tritton, Esq. | E. Brodie Hoare, Esq. |
| Arbuthnot, Geo., Esq. | M'Arthur, W., Esq., M.P. |
| Ashton, Charles, Esq. | Marten, C. H., Esq. |
| Barclay, J. Gurney, Esq. | Maynard, H., Esq. |
| Bevan, R. C. L., Esq. | Morris, H., Esq. |
| Bevan, Francis A., Esq. | Noel, Hon. Henry. |
| Boulnois, W. A., Esq. | Paton, R., Esq. |
| Buxton, J. H., Esq. | Pocock, T., Esq. |
| Charles, Robert, Esq. | Robarts, Henry, Esq. |
| Clarke, Frederick, Esq. | Sheppard, John Geo., Esq. |
| Coles, William, Esq. | Sheppard, S. G., Esq. |
| Denny, T. A., Esq. | Smith, Basil Woodd, Esq. |
| Ellice, William, Esq. | Spicer, Edward, Esq. |
| Fox, Chas. Douglas, Esq. | Tritton, C. Ernest, Esq. |
| Garwood, Rev. J., M.A., | Trotter, Stuart, Esq. |
| Hon. Member. | Watson, J. G., Esq. |
| Hanbury, George, Esq. | Williams, George, Esq. |
| Kinnaird, Lord. | Wood, F. J., Esq., LL.D. |
| Lycett, Sir Francis. |
Examiners of Missionaries.
| Rev. H. Allon, D.D. | Rev. J. C. Harrison. |
| Rev. W. B. Carpenter, M.A. | Rev. S. Hebditch. |
| Rev. Burman Cassin, M.A. | Rev. W. G. Lewis. |
| Rev. J. P. Chown. | Rev. Peter Lorimer, D.D. |
| Rev. J. H. Clay, M.A. | Rev. A. Macmillan, B.A. |
| Rev. Flavel Cook, B.A. | Rev. John Matheson, M.A. |
| Rev. Frederick Cox, M.A. | Rev. Thomas Nolan, D.D. |
| Rev. John Edmond, D.D. | Rev. G. W. Olver. |
| Rev. A. T. Edwards, M.A. | Rev. Aubrey C. Price, M.A. |
| Rev. H. E. Fox, M.A. | Rev. Robert Redpath, M.A. |
| Rev. B. Gregory. | Rev. Henry Sharpe. |
| Rev. J. G. Gregory, M.A. | Rev. Gervase Smith, M.A. |
| Rev. D. B. Hankin. | Rev. G. W. Weldon, M.A. |
Country Secretary for the South—Rev. W. Lionel Green.
Country Secretary for the North—Mr. Francis Palin, 15, Chichester Street, Chester.
District Secretary—West (portion of) and North London.—
Mr. Charles M. Sawell.
District Secretary—West (portion of) and East London.—
Mr. J. M. Weylland.
District Secretary—South London.—Mr. Hugh Pearson.
Accountant—Mr. Thomas R. Marrison.
General Superintendents of Missionaries.
| Captain H. J. R. Lowe. | Captain Charleton. |
| J. Rennie, Esq. | Captain Thom. |