The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-05-11

Drawn from lmmanuels veins,
And sinners, plunged beneath that flood,
! Lose all their guilty stains
Dear dying Lamb, thy precious blood
Shall never lose its power
TIL alldhe ransomed church Of God
| Be saved, to sin no more.
| Fer since, by faith, saw the stream
Thy flowing wounds supply
| Redeeming love has been my theme,
| And shall DO till die.
| Then in a nobler, sweetcr song,
| III sing thy power to save;
| When this poor lispng. stammerng tongue
| Lies silent in the grave.
The Rev. MARX HOPKINS, D. d., President Of william
College Massachusetts, proposed tho next resolution
Resolved That colportage by theological students
during their vacations, may be means not only OF
pecuniary aid to them and of great immediate good
but also OF fitting them to become efficient and pract
| cal ministers of the gospel of Christ.
He said, that the true spirit animatng the
riehus OF and the gospel and through tho
agency Of the colporteur. religion had progressed He
next alluded to the advantages to religion of the tract
Xth would allow the tracts to be distributed in Rome
After dwelling the advantages to DO derived from
tract circulation, tho proposed resolution unan
| mously adopted
| The Rev Mr. KIRK next introduced
Rev L. BnIpEI Of France, who addressed the society
in the French language, which was interpreted as he
proceeded, by the Rev Mr. Kirk Hc spoke of the diff
cultics that had been encountered by the coporcurs
had been Prosecuted before the late French
but religion frce and nc expected them to aid
| In the advancement Of religious enlightenment in
France His address was listened to with profound at
| tentiOn.
The Rev. Mr. KING, Of Dublin, Ireland, seconded the
resolution, and dwet principally upon tho present
condition Of Ireland and the great field that lay open
for missionaries to regenerate that people. Ireland
was never conquered by the Romans and that people
would yet be elevated, and disenthraled. He went
to exhort the friends of humanity to aid in the
of enlightenment of the people of that nation and
| concluded a long address, In the course Of which he
challenged Bishop Hughes to Il discussion. in which he
would undertake to prove that ST. Patrick true
| Protestant which caused considerable laughter
|
lows
| Resolved. That the freedom OF the press for which
nations struggling be Of little value, unless
employed for the highest good Of the people, and that
wherever possessed, solemn responsibility dcvoves
on the friends Of civil and religious liberty to 1t for
| the universal diffusion of evangelical truth.
Resolved, That this society will gladly aid their
brethren In France and other nations of Europe in
their cndeavors to cnghten and evangeize the mass
The Rev. Mr.. CALHOUN proposed the next rcsou-
Resolved, That however vast may be the work Of
evangelizng our own country and difusng the truth
in papal and other nominaly Christian lands, the pa
world demands the unabated efforts Of this society
| in aid Of the Christian press.
After showing the SUCCESSFUL progress Of Christian
enlightenment in Syria, the resolution passed.
After doxology and bcnediction the society adjourned
American Home Missionary Society.
! This society celebrated it's twenty-second annver-
sary at the Tabcrnsclc last evening Exercises
commenced by prayer and voluntary tho organ.
From the annual report, learn the following sum-
| mary of results -
Two OF the vice presidents Of the society, Rev.
John Goldman, ID. d. and Hon Samuel Hubbard, L.
D.; two members OF the western agency, N. Y, Row
Asa I. Hopkins. ID, and Hon. Walter Hubbell;
of the agents, Rev AbUah Crane; and eight mission
aries OF tho society have died within the year The
number OF ministers of the gospel in the service Of the
society the past year, 1906 in q different States
| and Territories. The number OF congregations sup
piled in whole or in part 1447. The aggregate Of
labor performed Is equal to 773 years The pupils in
Sabbath schools and Bible classes number oOO sub
iDprat thp S7ahaAcp elu lay
been added to the churches 5000 persons by profess
sion $780, by letter, 290 More evident tokens Of tho
| presence of the Holy Spirit with the missionary
churches have been enjoyed than for five years pre-
vous. Ninety-six congregations have been favored
power. and character by deep solemnity still
ness. In each from eight to sixty, and, in one
reported The number Of supposed conversions, far
reported has been 1881 In several instances the good
work is still in progress Resources-Baance April L.
1S47 $3.50 49, The receipts of twelve months following
$14O197 1Omakng the of the S14049 50
There due to the missionaries at the date Of the
| last report. the sum Of $1B.72S &c. There has since
become due, the further sum of $135.039 co. making
the total Of liabilities $14S76S 80 or this last men,
toned sum, $3.50 233 "a have been paid There is still
due to missionaries for labor performed $0535 o. The
whole amount Of outsa nding pledges for tho coming
year. is S52652 so; and towards canceling this. the
balance in the treasury is only ST. 46 55 collation.
of the details with those in the previous report shows
that progress still the characteristic feature in the
history Of the society The number Of missionaries Is
thrty-four greater than in any former year and
twcnty-eght Of the increase are In the West There
formed; 500 added to the churches; 5000 moro
| Sunday scholars; 1000 temperance subscribers;
the income of the society S23,477 10 more than
reported last year. and Sl5072 40 than in any
preceding year The report notices In detail the tran
sactions and condition Of the principal auxarcs and
agencies; and concludes with earnest appeal to the
society and to the public for Immediate expansion
Of the home missionary work This Ia urged on the
ground of the growing extent and Importance of the
new settlements, the influx of foreigners the duty
which to the interests Of truth and freedom
throughout the world and to future. Every
where growing attends the attempt to spread
tho gospel In land Everywhere the voice Of appro-
val and gratitude rewards the labors of the society
Everywhere new openings are announced, and new
pleas urged for operations larger scale 1t is
impossible to compare the principal fields where home
missions have been prosecuted they when this
work was begun. with what they have become without
being impressed with the excellence Of the undertake
ing and the privilege of aiding in its accomplishment
II Is with confidence in the divine approval and aid,
that the committee invite their associates in the socc
ty to more vigorous prosecution OF this than
before The time for this has come. The desti-
ute ask it, the churches who have built up the society
expect IT, the Head Of the Church requires it, and He
| will crown the attempt with success
After the performance of music by the choir of
| tho Tabernacle, the Rev. LEONARD Bacon. ID. D.. Of
New Haven proposed resolution that the reports be
| adopted and published lie said the reports which
presented to from year to year such always
produce the same effects on the Christian mind. We
see In them the steady progress of work in which
God Is manifesting his love to country and
through it to the world We that it is good for
to be here and surely 1t Is good for all the churches
and all the land that these facts should be submitted
to those who pray for jerusalem and rejoice in the
prosperity Of the country We not only struck
with the work that has been done but the amount that
IL yet to be done. IL expands with the scope Of
empire When this society commenced its operations.
the frontiers of the field Of effort the banks of
the Mississippi but now the pioneers of the gospel
| being planted on the shores of the Pachc
And not only this, but this shore stretches to the
south and this is to be invaded by emigration and
thither must tho missionary follow II and mai tain
influences which give the highest beauty to our land
so that that land shall he to the cmigran happy