Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-05-12


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commencement of Holy Week I'm New York
--Chapter the First--The Senmen's Friend
Soeiety--More Piety Needed, and more Mo-
ney Needed--4OOO Spectators, and $1,000
Raised.
The Tabernacle was crowded in every part, last
evening to attend the celebration of the anniversary
of the Seamans Friend Society. There were at
least 25O0 females present, majority OF them beau
tful and very few that were not good looking
The meeting had very poor president, and there
fore, il is not worth while to say who he was; he
mumblcd out his words that he could not be heard
ten yards off.
The Rev Mr.. Myth, or Smith, some such
narae, was announced for the prayer by the presi-
dent who spoke $ badly that could not tell
what he said The substance of his prayer was this
Oh, Lord God of Israel, we acknowledge thy hand is
with Us in this the commencement Of our holy week
and we inv oke thy influence and thy blessing upon us
throu Oh the week celebrating these anniversaries
May we be brought to Christ, and very near
to each other. May there be much prayer ascend
both from the pulpit and the closet, until il break
sa cloud in the pouring down Of blessings on the
cause of seamen. May God be their God, their guide
and their Coun seor, May the sphere Of this socie-
ty be enlarged-may the speakers lips be touched
as with lively coal from eff Gods altsr-may our
hearts be opened TO respond to the appeal'-and to
Father Son, and Holy Ghost will aseribe all the
glory.
The person who prayed had broad, unpleasant
face and spoke in a harsh, disagreeable, sonorous
tone. Some then TO give abstract Of the
report of the proceedings of the last year At Can
ton, branch Of this society was commenced in the
summer Of 1899, by the preaching Of Mr.. Abeel. Ii
continued until the death of Mr. Stevens, 1897; at
which, the society was done to the sal
Iors at Canton by supplies from the ship anchorage
at whampoa; but the late commercial difficulties at
Canton had broke up the preaching, the society, and
every thing
The next place spoken OF 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 five years. A.chapel was
built, and a library collected. In October 1888
he taken i'll; this place was partially supplied
by Missionaries. In the Spring Of 1899, Mr.. Deal
took a voyage TO Canton. His place was sup
piled b. 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 chapel being built, and Seamen's So
eiety going ahead. The last dates thence were to
October last.
At Havre, in France, the Rev Mr.. Sa~teI COM
ucneci a society in iss2. Now there is a new
chapel provided, and the congregation OF sailors and
Catholics il increasing every week.
At Cronstadt the society's chaplain remaiHed
year, and then there nobody. At last the Rev.
Ezra T.. Adams, OF Concord, ". H., was sent out
the society here agreed to pay ESQ year 10 sup
port him, and the British and Foreign Sailors Soeie
y in London were to pay the balance be il what IL
might He is to preach at Cronstsdt half the year,
and the other half he j. to be financial agent in
London.
At Rio Janero, the gospel was preached to sailors
all last year, by Methodist Episcopal Missionaries,
gratuitously. They have done much good.
At Calcutta, the seamens Society had small sum
left over from the year before, but they have no,
been able to get any more money to add to IL. Mr..
Penny died last year, but his place has been supplied
All that is wanted in Calcutta - money to 20 ahead
With.
AtBenga, Smyrna, Bsenos ayres, Batavia, siuga-
PORE and several other places, much good has been
done by Bethel Unions and preaching to sesmen, by
resident missionaries. Nothing i wanting but mo-
sey
From Eastpcrt in Maine, to New Orleans, there
arc sslers homes, and mariners homes, and sailors
religious boarding houses and temperance houses.
all along the coast, to benefit the sailor These
all under the charge cf local societies, who do as
they hke-rcport ifthey like-or leave it alcpe-and
nsnage their money matters in their own way. But
arrangements making to concentrate the whole
In the parent society.
Nothing more has been done towards erecting the
boilding Cor the Sailor. Home. A loan has been
obtained from the Legislature Of this State from
the hospital money fund, paid by sesmen), ON GER
tain conditions. One boarding house for sailors
opened in 1857, and since for eolored seamen
The former Is able TO pay its own rent and give
little 90 the latter. and the seaen are comfortable
and sober and pious pretty much all the time. such
T. the substance Of what the American sesmen's
Friend Society has done up to The present year Of
oar Lord. 1870.
The Chairman then went on 10 say, that il VAS
trpc that little had been done, but then our means
have bcsa en- limited. We have done an that "
ors.h with the money we bad. AID we leave ne
event with God. Jehovah d,spises not 'he day ct
snail thib,, We have been established IL years,