Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-05-14

HsIy Week In observation-disclosures Sd, verse
2nd---Anniversary Of the Female Moral
Reform Society.
| About seven hundred females, and two hundred
men met together yesterday, in the church, corner
Of Houston and Thompson streets, to celebrate the
Anniversary of the Female Moral Reform Society.
The females all appeared very respectable, were all
well dressed, all were very attentive, except that
occasionally of them laughed considerably. A
majority of them were young, many were very hand
some, few withered old maids were there and not
a few young girls of very tender age, say ID
or Ii years old.
The meeting opened by reading chapter in
the Bible commencing, BLESSED are the Unde filed"
prayer was then made, in which the speaker said,
1--WE are assembled for object very difficult to
perform, but very dear to Him who is in Heaven
The time will GENE when the earth shall be washed
of the pollution of adultery and seduction o, how
dark, and dull, and inefficient hearts in re-
gard to cleansing the pollution of this scene May
the parent Society go forth strong, and all the
iliaries move gracefully, but nightly in the track
We long for the time when the pulpit shall do lis
duty, by preaching against all violations of the 7th
commandment, when parents shall do their duty,
and magistrates do theirs. God be with us in this
mighty conflict of right against wrong-against the
raise debased, filthy, and ruined world from
pollution, and to God be all the glory
The Report was then read. 1t said that amid the
commercial revusions and financial distresses that
had spread half the civil zed globe and shaken
the trading world to its CENTRE blessed be God that
our little sociey has stood firm. We have just
reached the close OF one year As National Central
Society our progress has been slow, but it has
been sure. We have lost Mrs. :. Curry by death
since last year She has exchanged her labors on
earth for a crown in heaven. Six years since few
pous ladies started this society 10 procure moral
purity and to stop seduction and adultery, and to
reclaim abandoned females from the haunts of vice
\ But the habits of breaking the seventh command
| ment, once formed and long INDUCED in, seem to
! bid defiance to all efforts to control them The
places where young girls rescued filled
ap by new victims of a still tender age. These
ladies' therefore, found that prevention OF viola
ton of this commandment was more important than
any thing else. They laid themselves out for the
pious work of preserving purity amongst females,
and they progressing fast. In this field the
sainted Mcdowell had failed, and what was weak
woman to do Man had been wounded and driven
back. 1t was a difficult field
Licentiousness and seductions and aduterics were
delicate subjects to discuss and there were all
sorts of difficulties TO overcome but, blessed be
God they have triumphed over all. These pious
| women knew also that they had much to contend
with from had women these not only dupes
of mans crimes but frequently participators in his
Infamous conduct they therefore resolved to en-
poy pious female influence TO counterfeit impious fe
male influence.
Female influence then thus brought into tho
field. Societies were to be organized and tracts dis
tributed, in order to preserve the seventh com
mandment holy. And this work has gone on stead
ly since 1888.
, Reform society was - ablished in this city. The
r principal rules of the society these:
lst. To cultivate pure observance of the seventh
commandment.
I'd The obligations of all TO treat the violators OF
the seventh commandment with special re alton "a
character; and refuse to associate alike with any
man or woman whs violates it, Not az now, where
il is objectionable sin in woman which cannot be
botted out even with tears of blood; whilst in man
il is a venial offence and repentance necessary.
g. The duty Of paternal instruction relative to the
nature and extent Of the abuses ct the Seventh
nanduea Mt, to be taught to girls and boys and in
this point modesty and delcacy will be excuse at
the bar Of God The result Of at cation to the
present rules of society this head has bee a. that
the sin has been continucd--but-deiicacUh as been
preseroed-although thousands Of girls have been
! ruined.
The means employed to stop the violation of the
| Seventh Commandment are
The formation of female societies.
paper to print facts
3 Tracts on the Seventh Commandment
a. Female mis- soparies to visit the young girls and
| warn them OF their danger.
| Alta semi-annual meetin, at Uiica, there was a
praying time resolution was passed that Sa,ur-
day morning should be devoted prayer all the We
rnand-that all clergy men might preach to their
hocss fully on this subject.
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