The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-05-10

syain cheered
He " as followed nv some very beautiful music.
Aner the music somebody said something, but nobody
knows what il The meeting then broke up.
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Another Tas~iIion IA tho FIeld-Mcctlng OF
the FoiSiss,,r. = xsngelical Society.
TIE anniversary Of that highly meri.orious institution
the Foreign Evangelical society Yves held last evening
DE-. Hu,tons elsg ant church, in Washington Square,
This decidedly 81 the most beautiful cheerful and
comfortable ecclesiastical ei6ces in the city The sty
Of archcturei chaste and marked by great uniformity
was completely filed last night As usual the great
proportion of The audience composed of ladies' ma
ny of them young. lovely and fascinating, and all ele-
gantly dressed. There not many fsshionables-
They Were for the part, of the ndding comiorta-
BILE classes pay their debts and lead pors end sober
lvss-the young is.ocrscy fact which is sprinsug
up into green ami he 4 luSurisnce on te cortnp r.
pulpit observed number Of the mos elegant girsof
which city boss-tneir swest youas scss beam.
ing with pure Devotion and unaffected benevoence.
As usual there were accommodations to- reporters
We were therefore obliged 20 ss for onrseiyes es well
could indeed al our indignation. at the sexton
or whoever was blame in the matter altogeter disep
pcare when we found ourselves most agreeshy forced
by this very want of attention into charming rropnqu
" TO two lovely young ladies.
The chair was taken by the Hon. THEODORE FRELINo.
HuYsES the President OF the Society. sacred air
played ia good style the organ after which the
Rev Dr. YALE 1--WE believe0 offered up an appropriate
PRAYER.
w. w. CHESTER, ESQ., the Treasurer then read his
port from which it appeared that the finances Of the So
ciety were in prosperous condition the receipts
The Rev. Dr. Bsap next read the secreary's report.
was asthese documents always too long and prosy
1t would be much judcious il synopsis merely of
these reports would be presented the annual meetings
The report referred in complimentary terms to the
Ladies' Association yeral Individual families in va
rious parts OF the Union each support copore during
instances of individual zeal in the OF the society
were enumerated One young gentleman in Phladcl
phia after hearing sermon preached by Dr. Baird had
hla rim ctrin IN he in
Paris and the proceeds appropriated to the object OF the
society The personnel of the society consisted Of about
eighty indiv duas stationed in various parts Of the Eu
Switzerland.
making slowly the middle the aisle forced
his way the trent of the platform with Characters
tic modesty and after subjectng number Of ladies and
gentlemen on the front to considerable inconve
nence he squatted himself in of the most comfortable
The report detail in very interesting man.
the of the society," and concluded by
piece of music was then sung by the choir.
The Reveoend Dr.. Bacon Of New Haven, Con-
necticut, moved the adoption Of the report. The
fact that christianity was in conflict with rresion
and idfdelinty and psganism for the dominion OF the
world The spirit ofpropagandsm arraying itself in
that contest already had the conflict commenced be-
tween two opposing forms of christisnityso called
and the two opposing elements are everywhere ia
the field. marshaling and encounterng each other
What were those opposing forms The Popery
and did not sufficiently describe these two
editions of christianity of which must be the DEVILS
edition. revised and amended by the author He would
look rather of the two systems The idea
ofthe was organic sdlunity Its name implied that
universal uniformity. That the cornerstone. The
idea of the other individual responsibility In the
system the Individual was worth no more than the
soldier in army He counts, and is food for powder
But in the other every the patriot who fights
his own hook In the the individual stood alone be-
fore the cross and no churchro organzaonno priest
hood-no human intercsssor had any thing to do with
him in his intercourse with the God and Father Of
and ceremonies-of salv alton by works The other
the worship of God without human INTERCHANGEABLE
to the question: "what must do to be saved ~
Repent. The other said, Do penance"-a wilful
1anguage there any such meaning in the Word of
God To the question :" How may ! be saved 7" the
chr What said The other Fast and yet you needn't
fast too much Laush) Pay the priest and if he don't
save You, ne runs The risk not YOU Haughter) The
religion OF rsdion the other OF written revelation from
God The tradition brought down dead form. the other
sliviaS sooi And look 81 the aintes ofthe two The
under the shadow of its athedra sought to sustain
Wondering thrones and Institutions which had ouved
their time The other was with liberty and progress
the freedom the human race The taug the in
dvi'uato his prayers sod make the sign the
But the other touched the rational and intelligent being
It oe,sn by enlighter;og individual mind and so It
i'll mated the masses II would not rest until it
PIT N the hands Of all t,e Word Of God and there
fore is sfi .iIies with freedom and the lib
cry OF men These axe the systems now in conflict
Heretofore they hnd as were vided christendon
had conten only on tive fron,.rs The one had been
among the Teu'oiIc nations OF Europe the other among
the nations speaking Languages founded in the Latin
tongue But how Il with England What
the great ieston that agtatei that land II
this very 10 which H. had auson In this country
too, was the great controversy Of all controversies
When he boy, it tsrd almost to find live
Paps in NewEngland as to catch Cvcops But now he
expected to hear Of Popsh church or Plymouth
Rock He did not fear for the of the contest On
their side ell the sympathies Of humanity and
stinctive vearnings after Col. Above ALL their
side the book of God ali the promises OF
The Rev. Mr.. KrRK neXi addressed the meeting. His
speech was PC npous, pomba7, and common pl.ce. He
said that the Jesuit hard at work-looking after
school funds and iniemnfc atoms for converts which he
had probably the principal hand in burning Rome
very gentle Shepherd, but she always had an
eye after the fleece and q little OF the mutton.
too (reat laugher The blacklist thing out OF the pit
OF hell Jesuit He sick Of the half Protestant
ism Of this country. II Popcry were fashionable, they
would be surprised at the crowds that would flock to it.
He not afraid of the importation OF priests from
thedrsls did not Brighten him much He had fear of
the progress of Popery Lad progressed and
would Some people, ignorant of history, of the
Bible and of Romanism as it is might 90 to II but
he had fear for the lower classes they get their chill
dren educated.
The Rev. DR.. ApAMs of this city, next made a rather
prosy speech, and after the singing Of hymn by the
choir, the audience dispersed.
Conversion OF the World, Tuesday, p. M,
Mt the Pearl street Church.
The Convention on this important subject met accord.
ing to programme Whether il was set down in the bills
not cannot say the Convention spent the first
half hour in the front Of the Church. The doors