New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-05-09
THE ANNIVERSARIES.
Anniversary of the American Protestant
Society.

Anniversary of the American Protestant
Society.
The second Anniversary oil tins s>oclsty was he!d
last evening q. ,h- Reformed Dutch Ihurch IN Ia
iaveue Place. Rev. DR.. Spring presided ne
-xarci-es w-re commenced bF .IHsleg by hechclT,
md prayer BY Rev. Mr.. Spzuid,ng, Missionary
from india The Trea<urer's Report vas read BY
Mortimer DeMotte. ESQ The receipts ios tHs last
wear were S6,72l GS. and Inc disbursements So
! 90 81 Leaving - a IN the treasury N ADDITION
! there Is dae the sum OF 500, which ought TO be
paid at once.
An atstr4c, of the Annual Repor; was then read
BIZ Rev Herman Moron. Corresponding Secretary.
The purDos- OF this Society : me conversion OF
Roman Catholics 20 Pro,estanrIsTp- Inc Secretly
! has during The war circulated lcCcW pages OF
tracts, besides May books lracts have prsn
ociated IN the French and German languages and
circulated 10 a large extent One missionary re-
ported the conversion OF SiYfeen Roman Catholics
Another reported 10 or Is cases OF conversions;
another in Portugal had preached 10 audiences Of
/ rom loo to 100 persons Testaments and tracts IN
/ Portuguese had been sent to hIm, and n had wrt
ten for more saying that the people were hungry tor
! more. Another Missionary IN France had made
I 10 or II or ~ converts In place. Another MIS-
/ sIon4ry, VINO had been Catholic Priest, was sie-
uoned ~ country Of 100 90 Catholics. and by lei
ter Just received roH him appears that ne Is reet-
/ ing with the most encouraging success / H. plan
OF operations pursued bg The Society = mainly 10
operate By means OF Coporteurs, VINO preach where
ever they can get Catholic hearers
Rev Mr. Grldiey OF Montpelier, ! a then offer
ed a resolution. that the abstract when mad been
read b. published under the direction OF the 30
cjety He said that there we've q large number OF
! French Catholics spreading from his vicinity 10 The
borders OF Canada He mad found That ne could
not gain access 20 their minds. they being mostly
| ignorant But colporeur haG done mich among
them He i. native of Geneva. ana well acquaIni-
| I'd with The French language. RE was plnns man
and by his sincere and simple manner OF preaching
! IN the French NJ had made many converts among
/ Them and he was now IN the practice OF visiting
| them once month or so. and was gaming new
| hearers each lim. He saw no cause for dlscour-
! agm-at III the smalncss OF the collection ter ihls
was but The second Anniversary, AND the American
/ board began with smaller means here could oe
no objection 10 this Soclety on the ground ihaithere
were other similar associations. FOR his Society
was occupving new field namely, that OF sending
out Coperi-urs 10 preach the Gospel 10 the CathC
hes in simplicity in place OF distributing tracts and
books Alter music by the choir. Rev. Mr.. Dowl-
| ing Introduced the following Resolution:
Resofrei, That the arrogant claims Of the Roman
Church for The possession of country in connection
with he. interchangeable character demand the attention and
shosld awak the suInacrs o: Professionalism.
! He said that there seemed 10 BE- notion that
! Popery had changed and was not the cruel despo'
! she once was But this IS not the case Even
III. advocates OF Pop-ry claim that II IS unchange
ablc The speaker then quoted from Charles Bgt-
lcrs book Of the RomIsh Church written in reply 10
]
Ter claims unchangrablenes for his Church. One
of the attributes OF this church that remains at thu
present day a. it always has been Il her rnmlty 10
the freedom oil the press. lie traces the oppose
ton If Rome 10 the freedom OF nr press FROM the
tme of Pope Sexius. Alexander ' in 1901 issued
DEGREES against the press and the Council OF Late
ran in l5l7 under Leo The Pope Distinguished
during III Reformation, dtcreet that no book should
br published without trSt beng approved al Rome,
or bv some Bishop or other person appointed Tor
| III. uudrr Dnu1ltirs eNCOmulU.
nication This decree of Laieran confirmed
by the Counc of Trent and the late bull OF "a
also nphoIds tie same doctrine. Popery Is also or,
posed TO the translation OF the Bible laio the vulgar
tongue il Is opposed 10 the freedom Of speech and
of thought The speaker then cited from decree
of the Council of Trent, which accuses all Cdiho
lies for teaching or even thinking certain thoughts
or opinions and also cited from the famous bull of
Gregory in 1852, wherein liberty OF conscience Is
denounced as most pesll!entIal error Popery Is
also opposed 10 a separation OF Church and State
and ia confirmation Of this proposition, he cited
from seversl documents and writings. Popery con-
demns the hereto to hopeless perdlaon, anu pur-
sues him 10 determination. II, then, this has been
the character of Popery, andl II be thus unchanse
able, surely should awakeR the SAUNDERS OF every
Protestant
Rev Dr. Beman of Troy then offered the follow
Ge,olred ina. the present state Ronansn in this
Country demand: the entire efforts OF Professionalism.
THIS resolution he supported IN britt address, IN
which he contended that from the peculiar nature ct
our institutions there necessity Tor essential
visilance-one needing an intelligent population and
religion founGed on Professionalism. komanlsm he
regarded as the most perfect work OF Satan In Italy
only the lowest and meanest people entered the
priesthood
The speaker said he knew young lady on
board the ill-fated Swallow, who was saved
by that catastrophe not only from a watery
grave, but from a condition little less to be
dreaded than death. She left her fathers house
| and went TO Roman Catholic Bishops The
next thing her father heard of her that she
on board the swallow The father sought her and
found her in this CITY, when he ascertalned that the
Bishop had given her $500 in gold (Which was
sunk IN the rivrr) 10 pay the initiation tee TO the
Georgetown Convent and II was the accldenr 10
the steamboat only that prevented the accomplish
ment OF her purpose.
Al the conclusion of his address, Bishop Jones
was introduced who proposed another resolution,
which he supported by few remar ks, dwelling on
the suiici-ncy OF the Bible for salvation, and on
the danger OF placing the authority OF priests and
councils above the word q God
The meeting then closed with singing and ben
| cd kv the Chairman