The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-05-14

RELIGIOUS ANNIVERSARIES.
Anniversary OF the New York sunday school
Union.
Tuesday was great day among the groups OF
little children, to the number of some twenty
thousand and over, belonging to the Sunday
schools Of New York and adjoining places. Eight
thousand little creatures, of both sexes, rose from
their beds yesterday morning, under the excite
ment ofthe great day of !" The Anniversary" and
the part they were to perform, this day. in the
great exhibition at Castle Garden, no doubt filed
their Little hearts with big expectations and tremu-
the city which the little heroes and heroines of
this great pagcantsy met together each under their
respective flags and banners. From these points
a the little detachinents marched at given hour,
Garden much in the same way Napoleon planned the
concentration Of his troops, pouring down from different
given and central spot where he contemplated on given
day, to give battle to his astonished enemies. Thus
ne little troops marched from all points Of the city;
were concentrated at one point, more than eight
thousand in number, nearly filing the great and
little voices-such multitude Of interesting little faces
such "a getting up stairs" is only to be once in
dsiL Tho voices Of 5000 children. with nearly thou
sand teachers and some thousand visitors, united to-
an nc the
we're on Tie platform to meet them Prayer was made BY
Mr. Wyckof Of Albany; brief address also deliv.
cred by Mr. Livingston Of Brunswick but in such an
mense space and such din and buzz of little voices il
was scarcely possible to hear what said the plat
the Children and soon AGAIN. WA.
with the mass Of youthful life, the little crowds d.
Al hafpast o'clock the society met at the CEN
tral Presbyte church. in Broome street. Tho Rev.
opened by prayer by Dr. Alexander; after which ex.
tracts from the annual report Of the society read by
VIM H. Wyckoa, Esq, corresponding secretary. Tho
OF the year. related to the Sunday schools of this
Union and showed many ofhe beneficial effects result
purpose had made very extensive enquiry and had so
lar as was pcssible ascerained that generally among
case that any pupils from Sunday schools who have
for any time in this institution found the inmates Of
, when nd hey grow up -Four out Of hundred
enjoyed the benefit of the Sunday school One hundred
and nine schools belonged to this ninety
nine hundred and eightyhree male teachers one thou
sand three hundred and twenty three female teachers
and TWENTY-FIVE thousand the whole number of the infant
classes. The report having been ended. -
The Rev. Dr. DAvIpsov, of New Brunswick, New Jer.
wing that truth, however tre, is ever Welcome No
apology 10 necessary for handling the familiar subject
OF Sabbath school instruction for offering induce
ments to renew the zeal of the weary. This theme
ought to fill with pleasure; many associations are che
rished round It. few years ago subject excited great
was discussed everywhere with great spirt-t was an
interesting theme II was hoped to be prophyiactic
to show its wonderful power was said figures
Ne." Crime was shown to prevail more In countries
where education was less extended Those statements
produceda great sensation upon the public mind and
gave great impetus to the cause Of common school
education But many began to question the influence Of
less frequent only ito character changed il became
perhaps less gross The Bible and the spirit Of protes
word Of God thrust aside to make way for the
spawn Of the de!usons Of infdelity, it is time to
let tho Bible find refuge in the Sunday Schools,
when thrown out Of other schools 1t fits for heaven
Enough has been done for tue body Science and the
arts work for the body They rob heaven of its light
princes Great those benefits in their place. but tho
interests Of the soul are far more important What
gain the whole world and lose his own soulP' Save
then mplore you the souls Of the rising generation
from the second death Dc this By the means Of Sunday
our motto; annexation our political name. No imaginary
line i to stop u.s. neither forty nine fifty -four forty
Of truth TO the ends Of the world We must fight against
tho world Unless the rising generation become instruct
what is to be expected About two hundred years
ego the Highlanders were on a par with she Irish
g or:n and They both
people more orderly than them A the same time
the Irish had nothing done for them in this way and alas!
what are theyf Grant Thorburn remarks what an i'm
provemst he found in the Irish Few educated
N ssba.h schools turn out badly superintended
ssabbsth school On making enquiry about the old scho-
lars found some had become members of the church,
some died in faith some had gone west but none turned
cut badly There Is necessity for progressive
movements, real on the part Of the church There
can be no mastery inactivity for There is
must Mr.
constituted by moving that the report just read be adopt
Mr. P4csssD delegate from the es American Sunday
School Union Of Philadelphia, next addressed the meet
pair q % n s MsuS
ct home. Once boy came throwing stones at his ia
I doos NE n r .s out ana asked him what he
went anywhere else, they would ask what did there
He regretted the absence Of able mem he orator.
He wished the present excitement could be bottled up
and given to teachers when inclined to sleep little
long Sunday mornings. 1t il not 90 easy to make
the former were numerous A to union Is good
thing but he thought it could not at this be ef
fected we need more danger. We want the prop Of
together II is heart rcndng to think how much is to be
DONE and how few there to do it. Our moveme nts
must be progressive. We stand in sight Of large
harvest and stand with hands folded debating if it
shall be resped with sickle a scythe il carried in
New York sunday school Union is grest-t is tremcn.
dous though an invisible influence owe it much.
g Is. m Of % f
Sunday School Library was once sent from Williams
burg to Illinoi. there ten houses only in the
These books were road, and produced excellent nu-
ence; See then what benefits you may confer, The
proving year by year Our plan to teach the Bible and
only W ,,;' We Lodge one text Of Scripture in the
beyond hundreds Of thousands Of its
We do great deal by the publication Of our little Sun.
day School paper perhaps than il done BY larger
publications Our object 6 to dye in the wool with Bible
truth; that is to Undue little children with IT, Judge
Snow, Of Quincy illinois, relates conversation which
he overheard between his little boy eight years
Of age, and another boy who was Catholic
Tho ttle Catholic boy said well you've got the
Mormons out suppose you'll be picking al the Catholics
nextn "Oh. no p said the little boy, wc don't to
pick At them 70 viii supply them with Bibles" "oh y
never heard Of Catholics doing So" why have read
replied little Judge Snow. Il have read how they killed
John Huss "Pshaw. said the other that is nothing
but Protestant le, The little boy, however had the
evidence in his hands, and his belief remained mistaken
show the value Of circulating in the far West the
srctive and useful little volumes for children which
are published by the Society.
Mr.. MACON, of Richmond, Virginia. then addressed
the meeting and began BY descsntng at large upon the