Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-05-27

ton, branch OF this society was commenced In inc
summer of 1879, by the preaching OF Mr.. Abeel. IL
continued until the death of Mr. Stevens, in 1887 at
ter which, the society preaching was done t. the sal
Tors at Canton by supplies from the ship anchorage
at Whampoa; but the late CONNIE rcia dilicu at
Canton had broke up the preaching the society, and
every thing
The next place spoken of as a branch, we thought
was Omaiah, or some place in the Sandwish Islands.
Here the Rev. Mr.. Deal began to preach to sailors
in 1888, and preached for fveye A chapel was
built, and a library collected. In October 1888
by Missionaries. In the Spring Of 1880, Mr.. Deal
took sea voyage to Canton. His place was sup
piled by Mr.. Tynker. Deal arrived in New York
last November, and sailed hence for the Sandwich
Islands in February last
At the port of Manhel, at the Sandwich Islands,
there was a chapel being built, and Seamen's So
cety going ahead The last dates thence were to
At Havre in France, the Rev. MIR. Sawtell COM
menced a society in 1892. Now there is a new
chapel provided, and the congregation of sailors and
Catholics is increasing every week.
At Cronstadt the society's chaplain remained
year. and then there nobody. AT last. the Rev.
Ezra f.. Adams, of Concord, n. H., sent out ;
the society here agreed to pay ESQ year TO sup
port him. and the British and Foreign Sailors Socic
Nv in London to pay the balance, be it what
might. He is to preach at Cronstadt half the year.
and the other half he is to be financial agent IN
London.
At Rio Janeiro, the gospel preached to sailors
all last year, by Methodist Episcopal Missionaries
gratuitously. They have done much good
left over from the year before, but they have not
been able to get any more money TO add to 1t. Mr..
Penny died last year, but his place has been supplied
All that is wanted in Calcutta is money to go ahead
with.
At Bengal, Smyrna, Bsenos Ayres, Batavia, Singa-
pore, and several ether places, much good has been
done BY Bethel Unions and preaching to seamen, by
resident missionaries. Nothing is wanting but mo-
From PASSPORT in Maine, to New Orleans, there
are sailors homes and mariners homes, and sailors
/ ardi houses
all along the coast to benefit the sailor These are
all under the charge of local societies, who do
they like-rcport il they like-or leave 1t aione-and
manage their money matters In their own way. But
! arrang ements are making to concentrate the whole
| in the parent society.
Nothing more has been done towards erecting the
building for the Sailors Home. loan has been
obtained from the Legislature OF this State (from
the hos pital money fund, paid by seamen) on GER
tain conditions. One boarding house for sailors was
opened in 1887, and one since for colored seamen
The former is able to pay its own rent, and give a
little the latter; and the seamen are comfortable,
and sober and pious pretty much all the time Such
is the substance al what the American Seamen 5
Friend Society has done up 10 the present year OF
our Lord, ls40.
The Chairman then went on to say, that it was
true that little had been done, but then our means
| have been so limited. We have done all that we
could with the money had, and we leave the
| event with God. Jehovah dcspises not the day of
small things We have been established l2ryears,
and although we have not seen all that we wanted
to see, let not be weary in well doing; Tor IN due
time we shall reap if we faint not The British and
Foreign Sailors Friend Society in London has help
! cd US much and although we have had hard time
of il, don't want to be released from the toll t
we set free by death.
! The Chairman then introduced the Honoursble
! Captain Ladd, of Mnot in Maine. lie said, g My
| heart is full Of love for sailors, and although
only arrived here this afternoon my tongue will run
any time in their praise for ID minutes. have not
been here for years, and they told me the An
nivcrsaries were dyinga away This don't look much
like il here are 1000 peoples of this Is fair specimen
this will be the greatest year for anniversaries that
ever was known. ! am glad TO so many beauti-
full ladies here, God bless them. We mercantile men
are apt to look too much after dollars and cents, but
the ladies look after the hearts aud souls OF sailors
The females, God bless them, always look after the
one thing needtu IN seanen.
| 50 am a sailor-I was AT Portsmouth, in New Hamp
! shire-there was great revival there, some blue
jackets came 70 the meeting, they asked for tracts
/ asked the ladies' for somc-the ladies said they
were high and dry, bottom upwards on n lee
shore-I pited their situation-they had no money
tracts-I went up TO Doyer-told the LADIES' there
how the ladies' down at Portsmouth were bottom up
wards, high and dry; they subscribed, God bless
them; to Boston, bought tracts and sent supply
to Dover. That's how female goes TO work To- feel
! for a sailor. | hope the ladies of Portsmouth may
be in that situation again, feeling much for
sailor as they do. What shosld we do without
them; why thered be no sailors (augh) no, nor no
at all.
~ am sorry to see So much apathy for the cause Of
seamcn among rich merchants, who live out OF
| the blood and bones Of seamen; the females dc
| all for seamcn. ] addressed six hundred sal
iors' children week before last at Philadelphia,
and il was the most interesting congregation ever
addressed in my life This is beginning at the right
end. like the Naval Schools for boys for future
scamcn-thcy OF the best things in the world
Make the boy right, and the boys soon will be good
scam-n.
awe shonll have pressgsngs in every ward in the
city, 10 press boys into these schools and to press
the girls too bless them. press them into the San
! day schools, press them in.
"Our sailors 90 out all over the world, the repre-
/ sentatiyes IF this natien. I know one ship from
I Newburyport that for three wears had glass of
ship can be well managed SO, why not a convoy 7
why not every ship 10 the worldl Our captains
can do il all; every thing depends ON them. When
was a captain, made every sailor have quad rant,
and helped him 60 take and reckon his obscrva-
tons at eleves bells and cast up his dead rec koning
and TO know all about a ship from the jibboom end
60 the tafral Shew sailor thsiihe has chance To
be a mate or captain, and then you have hold on
him.
more, sntil the work IL complete. Push on from
year 60 year, and the time will come when a sailor
viii longer be pointed at a reprobate, but be
looked up tn one Of the nobicst 81 his species"
The last speaker a fsc noble looking old man,
with good face, and bald head. The nsHt speaker
was small, mean looking-had an affected voice, and
spoke frsm notes. The chairman introduced him
a. the
Rev. Mr.. Braineri-" have thirteen sea captains
members oi my congregation IN Philadelphia, and
they some of the best members j have. They
carry into prayer and religion the same hsrdihood
and Tgor they carry IN their ships round the world
These the men that should be used to celebrate
these anniversaries all over the globe, and baptfse
| world Mi their shirt The nfucpce of mir