The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-05-10

platform where all may meet to advance the ine-
rests OF the Saviours kingdom OF all kinds OF donations
legaces are perhaps the significant When man
in the view Of eternity with the awful certainty OF
having soon to give an account OF the deeds done IN me
body before the judgment seat bequeaths to Society,"
as an almost last act, an amount OF money is most
solemn endorsement Of the truth and value OF the charity
From this receipts this year have been great
increased. The intelligent reading Of useful book is
important event inthe life of every man but more
especially that the in the early years. ere the Char
acter is formed and the mind matured. How many
ministers look back to the reading OF the biography
Of Whitfield Zinzendor and Calvin, having changed
the whole current Of their thoughts, and first pointed
them to the ministry Intelligent men can enter pook
store and select for themselves, but the masses DO not
know what to select if they had the means. we
must therefore, do that for them that one OF the great
objects Of this society, and becomes us IN the present
flood Of light reading which is nundang the land 10 DC
careful and prayer that what cast abroad may serve
an andoe and restore health to the moral man. Inc
besIity Of one man translated into the Welsh language
almost envy him his feehngs-happy must ne pe no
has sent that invaluable book to nation q ms oM
great why this society is SO delightful 70 mem ioI
affords all opportunities Of doing good by distributing
&C. its publications. expect to see the oreuc
union Of Christians all attempts to bring the different de
nominations together, when under the influence o.
REVEALS time when all unpleasant feelings are at least
stied have proven signal faures but give them some
thing to do they will love each other as they have
never loved before You cannot lepess the feeling OF
benevolent enterprise which anmaes Christians; they
be doing and therefore give us that which VIII rem
der such enterprise successful He tenwent into defence
OF the coporteur system Of which he heartily approved
There was one thing which he wished to notice The
publication committee had not made this literary socie
ty by publishing books about animals, reptiles, SC
gratifying taste for natural history but had those
books only which calculated promote piey and
drest the erring soul to Heaven Mr. Adams then eXh
bited the chair on which the Dairymans Daughter En-
zabeh waldron sat during her illness and said that he
reflected that Leigh Richmond had stood by that chair
and had placed his hands upon it, and he called on the
ssss to Ss susS 0'' ST
The Rev. BARON srow, Of the Baptist Church. Of Bos-
ton then moved the following resolution .,;.,o,
Resolved That in the results already accomplished
through the agency this society in our own ana foreign
lands there is encouragement to prosecute its laoors
upon the most extended scale. ,
He said in support Of the resolution that many other
societies had toered and fallen, but this founded on
TRUTH love and charity the greatest Of which is charity
had lived through every difficulty and he had no doubt
would continue to live till time shall be no more lie
then went into defenceSof the colporteur system, on1
narrated several interesting anecdotes illustrative Oh
the good which has resulted from their Iabors II was
mistaken idea suppose that because men labor for S5o
to $3.50 dollars per they are devoid Of Intelligence
Some of the colpereurs, he said possessed a pow
er of preaching and explaining the word Of God
with Wonderful effect Millions, are coming to this
country in the depths of moral darkness, ana tle
of osst means IN our among them the
tracts of the Society To show what tract will Ell
feet Mr. Stow related an anecdote Of christian Karen
who when almost in the agones OF dissolution and Just
able to artcuate asked his attendant bring INN that
tract and finding the word he wanted put to his lips
he scarcely had done when the blood left his cheeks
and his heart ceased to beat they the book and the
word Jesus This poor Karen had never seen mis-
sonary had no other books of religion but snch was
the power Of the Holy Spirit that this wandering py
mere chance into barbarous country, 300 miles from
tsn rn M ns ,ns IL
The resolution was seconded by the Rev LEVI SpAuL-
DING, missionary from Ceylon Mr. $. proceeded TO
state that there impression prevalent that the
presses connected with the missions, were inmica 70
the cause inasmuch they nterfered with the personal
abors Of the missionaries; he proceeded to recy the
mistake and stated that newspaper for ten millions
ofpeople dictionary and some primary workswcre all
the results of between 20 and 80 OF the combined
labor Of the missionaries of Ceyon in the printing de-
partment After further remarks from Mr. Spaul-
ding the president put the resolutions and they were
The REV. Professor Dop, of the Presbyterian church,
Princeton N j. then moved the following resolution
Resolped That the personal efforts Of pous men from
house house to win souls to Christ is authorized
and effective means of honoring and promoting the
Gospel
Professor Don eloquent remarks in support
Of his resolution advertsd to the coporteur system He
said that the coming ofmen, who aboed without money
messenger Of the glad tdngs Of the Gospel OF Peace
must have delightful efect-they would exhibit such
produce in the most hardened mind conviction o.
the truth of the doctrine they taught God speed the
afternoon and myself twenty years ago candidates
for the ministry in the Presbyterian Church met hin
yesterday for the first time since then We have pursued
J different courses and am happy that now We botl
meet here this platform to advocate the same grea
charity.
The Rev. Mr. DEAN, missionary from China, seconded
the resolution He said that in China there were twelve
thirteen native Christian preachers all engaged il
circulating the publications of the society One of them
visited island Hong Kong and after spending
three four days in preaching and distributing tracts
asked the inhabitants upon leaving if they beeyed what
he had told them Yes, said they, we believe in our
tracts And to prove that they spoke the truth, they
brought their idols for him destroy. Mr. Dean then
introduced to the audience Chinese dressed in his
native costume, member of the Hong Kong Christian
Church, who addressed the meeting in his native Ian.
happy meet many good people and dear fathers in
God here and wishes them all much happiness he has
1..tor lo, hskh o
stand them they are not in his language He ad-
dresses you in his language which you do not under.
stand but he knows talk about the great God and
he is well pleased His mind parts happy and he
feels half persuaded that he is in heaven
Mr. KAHN then spoke, and made some statements IN
regard to the affairs of the coporteurs. He was fol-
iowedb by
The Rev. JOEL PARKER, of Philadelphia, who moved
the following resolution =
Resolved That the success Of the Society's labors
among German French and Irish Romansts rebukes the
unbeie that despairs of their conversion under the pow.
efforts to win them to Christ by making known to them
| a spiritual religion.
selected to propose this resolution for he took deep
interest in the Society's efforts to disseminate the truth
among Romanists He stated. as reasons why we may
abroadt said that every cock fights best its own
dung.hill-this, although homely Comparison, ap.
plcable to us in this case, SecondWe have the num-
bers with ten one do not wish to force for
this is war of opinion, but Il anything OF the kind at
tempted they will suffer most ThirdWe have the ben
eft Of position in society. Romaniss IN this country are
hewers of wood and drawers Of waterhey dig canals,
dches &c. honorable enough it is true but not eleva
ted FourthThe secular press is Protestant in its char
acter; the editors Of intelligence and have
great and deserved influences they manifest desire to
spread religious intelligence among the people and in
that and other ways they of service the
of religion and morality than many Fifth
We in the right and they in the wrong. Mr. Par
ker say, that far he concerned, the
Catholic" clergy and laty had exhibited the most friend
ly feelings and that il we wish to effect great perma-
nent good must act in conciliatng Catholic spirit
Dr. EDWARDS then offered resolution for the election
Of officers, which unanimously carried After sing
ing the Doxology, in which the Reporter participated
and the benedction, which pronounced by DR.. Bee
cher Of Cincinnati the members Of the Board retired to
transact business, and the audience apparently high
ly gratifed with their afternoons entertainment retired
Sixth Anniversary Meeting of the Foreign
Evangelical Society, In DIR. Hutton's
Church. WashinKf0N SuuAre.