The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-05-23


sence Of about 1000 people, Of whom than fourhs
were ladies' Amore brilliant array of beauty and fashion
never before filed the spacious saloon of the building
There was full choir in attendance and the singing
accompanied by the piano. At o'clock, ALEXANDER
then sung by the choir after which prayer was offered
to the Throne Of Grace
MATTHIAs-C. NJ
I'VE have thought Of thy ioping kindness, O God"
PSALM xviii. g.
Let all assembled here,
On this returning day,
Review the mercies of the year,
And grateful homage pay.
To thee, our God and King,
We glad hosannas raise
deign to hear our voices sing
The honors Of thy praise.
Command thy blessing Lord!
On all assembled here
And may we still thy grace record,
Through every circling year.
The hymn and prayer being concluded Mr. PACKARD
the Secretary and read the annual report of which
the following is abstract, aordng general view Of
the transactions Of the Society in the of the year.
exceeds that of last year by 300 &c. and is larger
than in any previous year except 1882 The donations
The total amount Of donations and legacies received
during the year $2593O S. and the salaries and
penses OF agents to collect this and of missionaries
to establish schools and promote the general interests
of the institution is 50 .233 SO.
The value Of libraries. &C., furnished gratuitousy in
The average value Of these Libraries u.s. within frac-
ton 81 so each and it estimated that the number Of
scattered all the land Seventytwo pages being
assumed the average size of books in these gratutous
Libraries would show the number ofpages gratuitous
ly distributed in the year. to be nearly fourteen mil
lions
section report advers to the munifcent Of
like advanced by the Society towards supply
ing hundred new Sunday schools in that State each
three should be given in any ono county and that roa
sonable is given Of the regular Of
school, Notice Of the plan nS was given ats last autumn
and one hundred and two applications have already been
received and more than half of them have been prompt
ly supplied To this practical most benefcent and
Bile project not dollar has been contributed to aid the
Society in doing its part of the work. except donation
It hoped generous heart will yet be OPEN to aid
in accomplishing what remains to be done in this be-
The Society has printed during the year 1856 new pub
LEGATIONS OF these 80 are bound library books; some Of
them, such as "Good-Better-Best" History Of the
Huguenots," 1.-THE Martyr Missionary" and "Thomas
Crane are Of sterling value for the of all class
es OF these library books y are original works pre-
The number of pages stcreotyped during the year
is 4s0s which equal to sixty lsmo volumes Of II pages
each.
The number of pages put in circulation during the
year upwards Of eighty-seven millions without in
GLIDING any of the periodical pamphlet publications.
Including these the aggregate would be fully two hun
The report advers the increased circulation of the
societys periodicals the Sunday School
Journal which issued semimonhly and put the
ceedngly low price of twenty-five cents year and the
"Youths Penny Gazette. which is published every 9TH
er week. and costs but twelve and half cents year,
where the number oory copies sent to address
Some very interesting and impressive calculations are
made, to show the vast amount of valuable reading
matter which is put in circulation in this form by the
Society
Emphatic testimony has been given by the Reformed
Dutch Church. to the value Of the society's series of
Union Questions, in adopngxthem into the list of their
prescribed text books and the general tenor of the
port highly encouraging to the friends Of Sunday
Schools.
Mr.. p commented upon the report, and after he had
concluded the following hymn was sung by the choir
BELLERMI, C. M.
Let children hear the mighty deeds
Which God performed Of old
Which In our younger years we hear,
And which our fathers told
He bids us mako his glories known,
His works of power and grace;
And we'll convey his wonders down
Through every rising race
Our lips shall tell them to our sons,
And they again to theirs,
That generations yet unborn
May teach them to their heirs.
Thus shall they learn in God alone,
Their hope securely stands,
That they may ne'er forget his words
But practice his commands
The Rev. DR.. REESE, of New York, then and offer
ed resolution enforcing the necessity Of establishing
Sunday schools, and supplying needy schools with
designed merely the text for address, The speaker
dwet generally upon the advantages which flow from
the rising generation in this country The great charac
terisc of the Sunday Schools established the
impartng Bible knowledge to the young for whom the
speaker had peculiar reverence. He thought that
Scripture knowledge was necessary as in the
time of Timothy; and at time whom the great aim Of
he pcrusa to exclude them not only from their
tartan schools but from the schools founded by the friends
of the Protestant Bibe he thought such institution
the American Sunday School Union, antsectarian as It
in its character deserving of the ardent support
of every true Protestant and rghtminded Christian The
speaker alluded to the attempts to exclude the Bible
from the public schools which he said, if successful
would be because Of tho spurious bcraty Of Protes
tants The Reverend gentleman thought that the proper
remedy against Papal rules the multiplication Of
Sunday schools He then gave short description ofthc
establishment of the Sunday School Union and pro.
gress, the manner in which it was breaking down the
sectartan barriers in the Protestant community and he
concluded by reading letter from Methodist brother
whose name was not given, enclosing draft for 500 as
donation to the cause.
The Rev. Mr.. CnIDLow, of Ohio, to second the
leved the Sabbath school the instrument under
God appointed to the West from the dominion Of
Christ and confirm this country in the true faith Of
uaton combining all the elements Of American charac
ter in s purity but want tho spiritual education of
the Bible to this great land from the dominion of
antichrsan dolatry. And this education must be
ried in the Of true Christianity, and apart from
the influence of scctaransm. When 60 into the
and unr the banner Of sccaransm for the purpose Of
establishing Sunday schools. ! must fail But when
go ON humble missionary of this Union and unfur the
banner Of universal Protestantism, my efforts must be
crowned with success. The speaker looked upon Sab
bath schools the efficient Instrument under God of
cvangczing and christianzing the teeming west and
he give brief history Of his carly efforts that region
when IL Wilderness and the result of those efforts
when population and civilization had become fixed. IT.
said he, could enlist the resstess energies Of the
great west in the great work Of Bible truth might
bid defiance to all the wiles opapacyhe countrywould
be saved he believes ii viii be- from falling into
and superstition
The Rev. DR.. JOINS, Of Baltimore, next and Of
fered resolution by way Of introduction to speech
He said therc those who believe affect to be-
eve that the Of moral culture among the peo-
pie Of this country had failed to operate benccally,
and that doomed to deterioration ofntelli
gence In the social condition Of Americas sinking of
the tone Of moral principle throughout the land And
this deterioration was sought to be accounted for
lst In the rapid increase of population and its
tendency to dusc ITSELF thus outrunnng the APP
pointed tor its improvement and preserving its civil
zation.
I'd. In our being yearly flooded with vast amount Of
foreign population mbued with all the vices Of the old
world, and that no barriers erect will remedy