New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-05-09

would thstb- OF the SUM since the rise % tn sr.t-
s ana Foreign HlEi- Society, Ike the I'll: N M
.Fest many eyes mad oe,l anXoT-iy turned 10 = .
Philosophers N her analyses OF ua'uFa! cbj cs.
had f+ucied they might r-2c tte VII % GDf' la eA-
ternal nature and so st lines the Rev gentleman
.aj ne i-il often inclined TO think. though 'Saen
~ looked into the n-sisrIss OF ins ilI.Hdn aeari
De found th.i book co2.d nos b. dispensed
with a. the testimony o! God too cieaE and G-ilnci
10 Be misunderstood A COMPARISON OF the Bible
with other books lead 10 s,rnliar conclusion
other books night - misunderstood {: iii>
could not all things created and fnie mIsEt icT
4 iin- lrase and CRAFTY; out 10 the spse OF time
they grew 10 be U-uouceG, II rot w-stIaome.
There was IN IN" Bible tie variety OF lnHnii1f-
which never p1rd upon The hear or soul. Earn
Is place OF DARK shadows ana disap2ointHents.snG
go would De Heaven lrs-i for ln presence OF the
intiDlt- God. whose presence and inspiration MADE
thu Bible I, differ from all human productions
Shelves might bs loaded with books, oEt ih-II
pages might De exhausted and their iHeorles ana
legends familiar and weaHsoTne wnst Christian
could -ay this OF the Blple, adapted by l'oh hnsch
the intellect OF his creatures! For his reason he
rejoced thatthr Bible L tree tbailts circulation ca
no longer h- imped-d, but would be. II need were,
carried again 10 the stake ny some neYr l1atitcr,
and borne into the wilderness oy e Nhidrnsss
The L rv speaker here r-clied an exquisite poem
of Rev Henry SitbD;ns, printed MANI years since
in the Christian Observer. illustrating The waudrT-
ines Of A peasant from the NaHGols. .ngaeed III the
dark ages in distributing the Bible among the poo
pie OF France. Mr.. TODD Then offered the following
resolutions:
That the best interests ofte State well the Church
are promoted by free and wide circulation O: The Scrip
among all classes.
This was seconded and supported by Rev. NJ L
Scudder OF Albany, asserting, after spologzJng Tor
embarrassment originating IN doubt MS 10 tne
best mode OF treating so mutIiorn subject, tn2'
the circulation Of the Bible was demanded by
proper respect 10 The preservation OF Civil Liberty
The speaker had heard OF Legislators who studied
that book more than history OF Judges who took
1t on the bench and compared with, and ADAPTED 10
it the law OF the land OF Executives who streve
10 adapt to it political measures. The absence OF
the Bible was the proxima,e cause of the great
political commissions OF France. and the dark ages
were so called because Of the absence OF the light
of the Bible The r--lllrmlnation Of which, CIV!
and religious Is all 10 be traced 10 the Pages OF Thai
Bible whence Luther read the word 81 HE -
The speaker drew comparison between the
American Revolution OF IS and the later French
one atiribu'iug the awful scenes which charac
isrsed The Last 10 TIE neglec; and contempt 81 thr
Bible and substitution Tor II Of the Book Of RoGso,,
Mr. Scudder then referred to The highly improreo
condition of al! nations whatever might be- the po
sltlon IN The scale q; intelligence, a-ons whom
the Bible had been introduced, and, alter, returned
assn 10 the effect ot the Bible on the natives OF ii-
United States, referred Ia the vast immigration
into the country and spoke of the circulation ct ih-
Bible as the best means of instructog Them in heIr
new and high dunes. Were the Bible circulated,
he held that all attempts 10 extend foreign inlu-
ence must p!ove nugat"Tv, since on II as a sub
stratum, all OF our institutions were built. he
sneaker after much more of the same character
concluded, and the resolution was adopted ne'p
Rev ]. SpaIding. of this city, thu scaman's
friend, then moved that where furnishing The BIZ
bic 10 al the destitute OF the land, mus, not for
get the destitute on the sea. and made an appeal
hnh cpff ba sailors m who's, UeSiltuiIpn q
The Bible he gave most striking description. Illus
iratlnc the traits OF nautical character and pley BY
various anecdotes. This resolution having been
aiopted. Rev. DR. McC-rty, q; q shen. movedihat.
while furnishing the Bible to our destitute c"un-
trymen on land and SEA, we must not forget
the more destitute and brnlghted IN foreign
Countries The Rev. Speaker embed the need oi
the iuliineut ot this dury imposed on ms Church
by Christ himself and pracllccd by the INST heTaios
oil the Cross AS inlt 10 this sphere the speaker
recognized nothing but the verge OF The hab,ration
OF man This duty beng tulhilsd Tor II was
not in the power OF man 10 check so aggressive a
spirit as that OF the Missionary. To illustrate the
good 10 result from the carrying out OF The sPnt OF
his resolution the Rev speaker SAID he would select
II few fields, HE first OF winch was China, winch
while II WAS physically from us, he irit he nl2ni
Touch il with his heart. With his heart he had
touched 1t, hts son now beng Missionary IN thai
Empire, with lls population OF 4c0""HO-oDf
province of which, hang-tsu, had within lis limits
SlGn go of souls OF the condition o. religious
worship OF any KIND In that country Inc Kew gen
ieIn1n gave an account ot much Interest, repssl-
ing accounts he had rrcevCdiron las son. Inc Mis-
siuuar above referred 10.
Recent diplomatic affairs mad opened peculiar la
cilles 10 he Mssloua:y. and ~ countries where
the Chinese had not been brought IN ccnsc; with
commercial tricilery they were inclined 10 listen
to the story ui hiu syh0 dI.d TO redeem mankind.
The Rev Speaker thcn referred tn The duly OF
maxim. some remuneration 20 Africa, Tor the
wrongs she had suffered al our hands. IneteseeT-
ed 10 be IN existence there Il negative property,
who's. tendency had been To roll back the udc OF
the political mutations oil thai nj, zach OF
which after the lapse Of brri lime, mad left II 10
lis condition of apparently hopeless bdrbarilv
After d reference toihe Island 81 New Zrdland. !
the Rev Speaker mentioned lh- condition Of the
Hebrew people, winch al present promised more
than AT anv other era II had done that now.
without awful guilt. the Christian world could not
withhold lis assistance from this most intrresIln.
portion OF the human family.
The resolution having been seconded by Rev.
Henry Wilkes Of Canada, Secretary OF the
Montreal Bible Society. IN short address described
the course Of action Of The hGtitrHS ard produced
a rosary given Up hy c0Hrer!Hs These efforts
had been contended against by The Priests who IN
more than one instance had burned The Bible, Ia
counterfeit which the Society was IN III" ha9r' al
Inserting It's name IN these Bibles aud ieudiEg thrEi
20 the habttans When destroyed, rheu they had
as one which might b. sericeable in the Western
States.
The resolution having been adopted, the audience
were dismissed.
New-YorS Legislature.