Morning herald., 1839-05-10

FoURTH-scENE
Meeting Of the Bible Society-Speech Of Gorsrno,
.Se,oard-State of the Bible JVorid and statistics
Of the same.
The drama increases in interest, as il approaches
its denouement. The actors rease in number, and
the plot ;hickens with excitement. The curtain of
the fourth rose, yesterday to crowded audience
at the Tabernacle; the displayed was the sane
tum of the Bible Society; the principal performers
were the principal members of that society and the
scenery and the dialogue and the plot, and the ia
blcau1 were interesting in the extreme, and in
instances positively sublime.
The interior Of the Tabernacle never presented a
more pleasing sight. Nearly the whole body of the
building was occupied by ladies of all ages and
classes; the rising seats at the back Of the pulpit
were dsRsely filled with in black coats, white
cravats, pale faces, and straight hair. The ladies
dressed in the height and variety Of fashion and
the extremes Of neat poverty, and religious fanati-
cism. II was a sight Of sights-a scene Of scenes
The mixture of purity, and pollution, and piety, and
rrofancness, and religion, and roguery, and beauty,
and blasphemy, and coquetry, and corruption, and
cunning, and curiosity, and charity, and licentous
ness, and love, and lewdness, and lowliness, and
folly, and fanatcism and fervor, and falschood, and
truth, and talent, and regeneration and trckery,
and holiness and humbug, and honesty, and assump-
ton, and age, and youth, and middle age and manli-
ness, and mcekness, asd morosencss, and modesty'
and serenity, and sche asg, and sordi and spec
ulation and speechyng, and sin, and PRIDE and pow
erty, and riches, and rascality, never was-nevcr
will be equalled.
So many homely and ill-lookng never
seen together in group except in the Sandwich
Islands; so many modest matrons, blooming girls,
beautiful wives, pious daughters, and charming
men, were never assembled since the first rising of
the sun upon this benighied world-not even at the
dedication Of Solomon's mag gnfcent temple. The
contrast in certain portions Of the church was Gu.
rious and instructive. Here, an aged woman,
sans teeth, lsans sight, taste-tottering the
verge Of the silent tomb by the side Of the sweet
bushng girl Of sixteen, tripping and stumbling with
youthful ecstacy upon the verge of matrimony.-
Here, the widow rejoicing in the loss Of bad hus-
band, and bearing about
The livery Of woe,
To Anniversaries and 60 public show.
there, the widower rejoicing in the prospect Of
cond wife and increase of fortuae. Here the bloom
ing boy the credulou believer every thing and any
thing; there tho sturdy in the fifth climacterc,
scerticsl Of every thing and in juxa-positon with
them was the sverhaired saint of seventy, utterly
regardless Of all transpiring upon earh-reading his
ttle clear to d" mansions in the skies"
II was at times a solemn scene. There were bat
few negroes present, and they afforded sort Of
scientific relief to the lustrous palcness of Of
the females On the platform noticed Governor
Seward, Peter Stuyvessnt, Samuel Bayard, DIR.
Breckenridge, Hon. Peter Jay, DIR. Cock, DIR. Mil
nor, Rev X Alder, General Secretary Of the Wes-
isysn missionary Society, in London, Dr. Sharpe DIR.
Nermiyea and many others. With the motives that
brought many oi them there, we have not space TO
deal. Some cane to speak-some to steal-some
90 Pray-some to hir-some 70 fool IL 10 the top of
their bent-some to learn-some to Iauob-sone TO
leer-some 10 love-and some TO look exceedingly
silly. Such display Of silks, and sa,ns and feath-
ers and 1ounces, could be found only !, Adr;a,ce,.
or Fountains, in Broadway, aud beneath M other
roof N the city. IL was grand gala day Gor foIlv
and fashos, and fsnaticism, and fervent pie,y
The Hon. John Cotton Smith, Of Connecticu ,ro-
sided. The mestne opened by DR. sharpe oe
Boston, who read chapter in the Bible. Mr. Abra.
ham keyser, the treasurer said .the following wa.
She amount Of money paid in and paid ovt during
the past year
Espenditurcs, sos SOS Al
heccipvr o5S26 81
Lo" so7s o.
Mr.. Brigham read the report, which stated that two
vice presidents and one manager died during the last
year, for which they were exceedingly sorry, for
they were all three rich, pou., and good men, s.d