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

been caused by thu books Of this society Wscopsin
my object has been to distribute the publications Of the
society the prairies and settlements to talk with
the new conner and bring him to Christ The colpor.
cur peculiarly adapted the Of the people Of
Wisconsin There are but $50 evangelical ministers
embrace ten counties; and they have been successful
Brother Church Is engaged in the Interior and brother
rt upon the work 500 families have been found thap
the holy Scriptures and there is much work left for
and spofs e anvil while
him Bible He had a wife and children but said he
did did not believe in the church the Bible
take copy Of it, and Bakers Call to the UncoSerted
During the %e have been 900 Bibles have been
circulated l2OO families visited tracts
The tract 1.-THE Daryman's DaugStern has done much
good There $4,000 Catholics in Wisconsin and 90
them. 80 ~
The resolution adopted.
:, Rev J. NJ STEVENSON now offered the following reso.
vest of the West.
He said-The whole West belongs to Christ-but n,
IT, He ssndng out to gsa Of
his ownership Although do think ii best to irrat
might learn lesson from If we had not 40 bst
cause and better captain we might loose it. But we
have noble sefsacrhcng set Of men there who are in
we want other agencies The Colporeur system Is ths
best calculated to do the work Mr. Stevenson now spoke
others the Catholics the greatest enemies to
their cause They are (said Mr. 81 flooding the valley
dangerous systemdangerous in all respecss spreading
and an our energies must be aroused to stop t. Does
is the best adapted to the Of the people It has the
gin Of tongues The Coporteur goes into the country
ready reception They don talk about any particular
system OF religion, and are received cheerfully when
who may be found kncelng at the hearth Of the
poor, are the very men we want They are wanted to
come This is the agency God has blessed more than
the minister Give the and we will flood the vast
Nest with men in less than three years-that great
and the victory shall be ours OH Israels Sod speed the
Resolution adopted
Rev. Mr. TuRrsuLL, Of Hartford, Conn, offered the
following resolution -
resolved, That the present and prospective wants OF
zng press claim from this society redoubed efforts to S
fuse pure evangelical literature.
One OF the most important considerations and first or
in the reach and benefits OF this society Our domain I;
spreading itself from the to the Wcstrom the North
try which are much greater than those Of England with
much larger representation in point Of numbers and lar
comprising population Of from $50 to 900 Look
at our railroads and canals finding their way 10 the most
tso toms o. our magnetic telegraph
race which aAvancing and conquern and which alone
II ing. IN religious stream
direction in our midst Observe the manner in which our
population increases and which doubles itself every %
years Inc probability Ii that will continue to advance
in an increased ratio. and that our grandchdren will
live to see this country with population embracing 27s
BE chiefly confined to the great West OF whose mineral
and productions there neither limit or
continent and through that the world For CO. r,s
joace atth accession Of many Roman Catholic, n; the
Germany for being placed in this land Of freedom ts Se
VIII SOON yead up tneir own religious prejudces to the
educating them in the right way With our Bibcs u
our hands we viii be enabled to emancipate them
0snca ner ssgeua and the in
our future growth. Our sails whiten very sea and
our agricultural and mineral productions gladden. every
earth tho Thermopya Of the word There are now
in the United States than 600 900 white persons
write. Gods word is to them az a scaled book-shoud
not our efforts therefore, be rsdoubled to produce
proportion to be found in the South and We:thase
it is that Romanism and n6delity are casting their pern
ciou and hlghting influences IT'S here that our eorts
should be increased for wherever ChTssn Ia, ~;
standard oftruth Satan plants his standard of error The
gagged in disseminating tracts among this en-
are denied the comforts Of home and wholly devoted
to spreading the truths Of the gospel through Christ Js
The Rev: MIR HENcsrESBEnc, Court Preacher Of tho
evangelical rrussisn Church. Berlin offered the fol-
Resolved, That the cheering results which have at,
tended the efforts Of this Society for German popu
laon encourage greatly increased exertons for the sp
ritual benefit of this and other classes Of Immigrant
And after apologzing for his imperfect acquaintance
the benefits which the German population had deriyed
he expressed the feelings Of the Christians Of German
when thanking this Society for what they had already
He hoped that they would increase their cxcrtom. a.
.neir spiritual benefit and that finally they be made &C.
This resolution was very unanimously adopted, and
somewhat tumultuously applauded
rS Mr. nucker was hereuPon appointed Recording Sc
cretary, In the absence Of Mr.. Maclay
The Rey WILLIAM ADAMS. D. D., Of tho Presbyterian
an nurSh, New ferk here oame forward and proposed
Resolved That In the great and Interesting enterprise
" p.moung renglous liberty and evangelical pety in
rSuon a. ts Ss the aoors q coporeurs in the dis
cordial sympathy and co operation
me ssd that In the city Of strasburgh the reascrn
large bronze statue Of Gottenburgh the inventor Of the
art Of printing full and large as lie repesened with
inscribed these words Ls shs sc,I BE-
light" Upon the four sides or squares upon whicl
signed to represent the life and liberty Of the world
s Un one Of these are the names of the most dis
ngushsd poets philosophers theOosan. historians
arna i tho, ages Of the world On the other
stand the names Of those eminent who most
Tor their advocacy Of freedom all tho
wofId-among which stood conspicuous the names Of
their own countrymen There stood the Declaration Of
independencc with the distinguished that figured
thereon There stood the name Of their own Washing.
ton-the father Of his countryside names of Adams
hancock and the fathers of the revolution On the
other side the of the prominent phianthro.
plsts cracking of the letters of the slave Ard again.
ne saw the form Of Christianity kneeng down. rcccv.
ing at the hands Of literature and civzstpn The seeds
81 life Was not the conception grand1 Under he inhu.
cnce OF the spirit OF enlightenment produced by the
o. printing what mighty revolutions have not been c
fected They talked Of the power of the press What
man was able to psak Of tl Already heads had bowed
anu knees mad tremocd before its power Its mighty in
ION, cmbody thought and sentiment and make millions
20 mink such an instrument the press not
arms and snewcd frame. into Of industry, but en-.
aows MIN with intelligence sending him forth to the ha
bitauons oil the civilized To demonstrate the manifold
advantages Of that invention would only be considered
70 cneebie that impression which all carry in our
own bosoms about II. The reformation dawned up
aud Y,r;n,;r~ hcf,rs