New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-05-10
The Anniversaries
Home ili,sion-.

Home Ui@sloh-s
ASermon was preached on account Of the Home
Missionary Society, BY Rev. DR.. HoRAoE BusHNELt
Of Hartford c. las, evening at the Church Of the Pu'
grim,, Brooklyn.
The congregation was large deeorous intelligent and
highly respeetsble-hey listened to discourse OF Two
hours and upward In profound sence-snd the preacher
deserved their attention Rarely has this reporter been
permitted 10 listen such man. and fortunate are tne
c,y people and church that have the opportunity con
stanty 10 attend upon his ministry.
Il was not an occasional burst Of eloquenee which we
admired the most Il the strong p0~eriul oriKlns.
energetic mind of learned pous, manly professor OF
ph Chrisspitv displaying that enthusiastic love Of
freedom religion and moral worth when marked Tue
diseourses and the manner Of Chalmers ia the cld
World, and Charming in the New and Vhien presents
the strongest bulwsrk sgsni the DOWNWARD tendehcies
OF the early ages Of emigration and one OF the greatest
safeguards to our republican system OF government
DR BUSHNELL took his text from Judges AFll and
g. Then said Micah. Now know that the LORD VIII
DO me good seeing have Levte 10 my priest
The object Of hs discourse was 20 show, thet IN all
ages and countries the tendency Of emigration and colo
nizsOn IL 10 relapse into hsrbarsm or formal super
sutton instead Of vital religion, and ne urged tne nc
cessiy Of support Of home missions az check upon
this downward course and in aid Of Chrisuanity and
civilization 20 which also he considered education. the
railroad and magnetic telegraph az powerful auNaries
when carried into new States and seldom have heard
sber arguments in proof Of any position. He consider
ed that society trsnspanied by emigration could not
carry roots It's vitality with 1.-THE principal bond IL
a common interest-the men OF mist age would De
better than their successors who would retrogrsde-
the men of third age would mix up can't and extraye-
ssnce their would be violent low vices and
brutal pleasures they would consider ss the Necessary
ganish Of life Of adventure, superstition might creep
in with belief in dreams spparitons and necromancy,
much crude legislation would produce much confusion,
and il would be well II the people did not end in dis
solving the very bonds OF order
Micah lived in the emgrant sges during the settle.
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the place ofresson and when every Old that which
was right in his eyes there being no civilized organ
lied Government-no head In Israel Micah had stolen
100 shekels OF silver but he knew that bis mother had
dedicated the money 20 sacred purposes and cursed
the thief he told her that IL was with him, and re-
stored IT, and she blessed him In Gods name caused
the silver 10 be made into molten snd craven image
which were in his house which full OF such things
and he considered himself quite safe when he got A
Leyite TO be his prest-wh him religion consisted not
in being wiser better man, but in the possession OF
fine apparatus OF gods
ference 10 historical facts Abrahams emigration was
religious and well conducted the emigrsnts were shep-
herds men used 10 movement their bond Of union was
patriarcha yet the tendency was toward barbarism-
Lot his ward. not religious, and from him sprang
the M0abites badmeD with the Ammontes, branch o.
the stock. lshmael was driven from his father
house and he is the father OF the Bedouins Arabs lsh
maetes cruel lying treacherousrace-the persecuted
Esau was the ancestor Of the ldumeans sraels most
powerful enemies--the dastsrdly conduct Of the ten
brothers In selling Joseph for a slave TO strangers
showed a strong tendency toward barbarism and he
might have added that the golden calf proved equally
strong inclination toward superstition In the days Of
the judges the pieces Of a murdered womans body
were round among the tribes 10 rouse them-pot
smith was left and they fought one battle with OK gOsds,
such was Israel while colonzing new land
DR.. b. next referred to Greece, Egypt &c, and at
length 10 New England in which he showed that far
inferior succeeded the believing spirits OF the first
age the pilgrims many of whom scholars taught
al the English Universities Of piey strong sense
and cultivated mind In the third age the people were
rude half cultivated race. The synod OF Massachusetts,
set forth that after the bloody with Philip intern
perance proisne swearing sabbath breaking &C prevail
edvery observation-disclosures the decay Of religion.
succeeded and the inisuation At Salem gave evidence
OF superstition. At the beginning OF the French war,
Mass with 10000 people could enlist 1000 year
$1,000 hhds Of rum were distilled and consumed annual
IT, society was At ne lowest ebb, but since then the
course OF New England il upwsri snd onward.
The movement toward the Western Ocean and its
advantages and Disadvantages, were next noticed at
length noble testimony was borne against Slavery
and the bowie knife style OF ciyizauon-men honor
able but honest prompt TO resent an injury slack
TO discharge debt-wes adduced A. proof ot down
ward tendency: and of such wild Western men was the
Mexican war, for the extension OF Slavery ana II IL
ended in an extension Of territory the chances OF an
archy and confusion would be multiplied He de
scrbed the Western character and nstanced as an evil
denoe Of progress to dissolution the Executive OF a
sovereign State standing still six months while two par
ties srove with arms the 10 capture and the other
10 defend an American city He sdvered TO the Dutch
Doors of Southern Africa of Saxon origin yet now Wild
and bsrbarous and asked. who would have thought II
possible that the wretched superstition oil mormonlsm
rould have erected temple 20 rival that at Mecca
In his opinion. II could spread useful knowledge so
TO resist another 80 100 years the downward
tendencies Of emigration, position a. nation would
be more august happy than that OF any other PEG
ple-bui slavery must be got rid olive must return
speedily TO a state OF peaceand some effort should be
made introduce mildness kindness and torbear-
snce into politics.
Some OF Dr. pictures of the future, If we strove to
deserve It. exceeding bright and pleasing the EN-
enaton Of a good and great mind ! took very brief
notes but should be glad read sgsin and again should
1t be printed from his notes his exquisite picture OF
free Christian commonwealth.