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

This account is up to this LIST Of last January; sine,
then the receipts have been SlOO more than the FIX
penses, leaving 1854 l3, in hand now.
There have been printed Of the Advocate Of Mora
Reform last year, 43iOO besides 5Jt,O0U pages O
Moral Reform Tracts. The numbers OF the Advo
cate are equal TO &c 06l duodecimo volumes Of tU
pages oach and thus nearly IL millions OF mind.
have been shown the sin OF violating the 9TH Com
mandment
One instance will show the good Of their publiea
tions. lovely young woma- read the Advocate.
and learnt the seducing ways of man. She as
going west in a canal boa she saw sweet Young
girl, orphan from Buffalo, trzve cling there with
rich young man, who said he would find her COED
home out Of companonship. The young Lady sus
pccted he meant 10 seduce the orphan; so when the
boat reached its Destination, she gave the orphan
gar her name and address, an sale, IL he does mo-,
deal fairly by you, bat attempts TO seduce you, come
To me-" Next day the orphan came 20 her for pro
teciion and SAID all his promises were f.le he had
tried her, but failed Such is the good effect.
Of our publications They warn young girls. and
put them mp TO the arts of man. In Roche ste v,
Utica, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, and other places, the same
good has been done, and many young g,ri has been
saved from the snare Of seduction by tracts aud
our le male visitors
We have Progressed TIE past year. although the
cases Of Detection. particularly m the church have
been alarming Several parsons aud holy men hay e
committed adultery and sedsction, but our cause j.
ard. We have formed vent -four new s.cietie
the last year and have total of eve hundred and
nineteen societies, have had mnch opposition but
the smile Of Christ has gladened US. We have sent
tures for laws CO be passed supprsssing adultery
Va Ono bill to that s.ci has been ported in both
houses No less than 20 OC0 petitions have been
sent 20 that erct 10 the legislature e this state
coo are from has city; and bill had been reported
"a the legislature To stop tie violation 81 the 1th
msHimsnt. We have the Rev. X. L. Murray, and
the Rev G. Jane. IN the fsd az sEcn tryellins q
lecture on moral reform, wish had mnre.
IL - three years since the Visiting Committee first
was started; they have gone into the bye LANES and
broadway OF this city, warning young girls Of the
sin Fl breaking the 9Th Comr andtaent. Many girls
have been reclaimed, many saved from the ing
sneres Of young men; and mare good done than N
any other foreign or domestic mission. Since the
soeety was 6rst formed. there hate been 6 hopeful
conventions OF young girls, and ~ within the last
yepr have boen saved from brothels ard haunts ol
vice. Navy young airls who were just the point
n being eptuctj have been saved from Tui1 and
one Of these D. now a wealthy welded woman.
The report contained an Appeal 20 MOthcrs tel
iirR EN- that q human skill or fo gt could save
their daughters from seduction without prayer and
pis'y; and pointing on, the numhcr Of girls who an
nusr1 aN prey 20 the scdBcer through the natten-
to1. iworanoe, or neglect 81 tho rs'nhsr
Neithes fathers Nor mothers, the report said, 0ust