New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-12-21
Tract Operations In Newly ork In lsi9-An-
biverrary OF Ihe Ilty Tract society

The Twenty third Auuiversary q tse New
York Cry Tract Society. AID TIE Txen'y-Se7enta o.
the Female Brarch was celebrated :; tn Is-ernscs
on Wsdnesdsy evening" We have before spoken q
ire excellent attendance and the may usnli-srst'us
Of interest To-day fum Up 5riffy, re ma q iea-
lures o. TIE Annual Report presenting su Interesting
view Of the Tract operations IN our city Tor tie past
yssr-togstner Vh the leading remarks of the 'everA
speaker. Of the evening Rsv. DrDEWIT7, President
Of tn soc sty, presided and TIE eu'sonaTy Reports
were presented y ssvera. gentlemen.
The f-st Of the scesksrs VISA Rev T. L. MACON,
who made eloquent sddrsss q half Sn-tocr-cnar Ar
sci-rized By the gorgeous Imagery ana m-DlAl Is
= Of words for vnich that gentleman Is CELEBRATED
lie sd the occssOn che % those which enAo4e Is
T. learn more and more thsttI better vastly better,
10 cast Trscs-leaves frem the tTee Of LioeFy-in'o
de.olste hones dscon'oste hearts, than TO cast 5s'
or any other book at tia beads Of esch other i re-
mind the speaker Of the beautiful sentiment Of one
Of the early Psthsrs-vho isd, u -i give twenty ser
Derta for one dow. The Tract Cause he continued -aI
the caus- a T-utn 10 mas dem 4nds uyon our sympAihy
ard suvport-tae horiz stretches out u every SIDE
bound rs end unspproschsf2; and from every point
come dem snds for lsb0fs which might engage tne a.
tenilon Of every generation. The speaker illustrated
By ~ anccd te Hs al once panied "a artt 20
the summit a lofty bill which 0vef''A"a "-io''s
scenery artist began iotEetcr' AZ he 'u Nul
cl,u Is lifted one BY QUE from the valley beneath -
TIE scene had grown beneath his Rogers "a rncnsnur
a. the reality: bu, now beauties we're ccntnuaiy un-
folding and finally the Sun piercing tbs h'z dis'l
yatd ne Vel wl.cn t then nai DO the isuctc@Ye--
and toe VII 10 s.Old revealed IN panoramic beauty ara
suJ.iuity. TEE pencil Of the ARTIST dropped Why
d. YOU sop wss tfe quefy Ny 'oc mere 10 go
r.urh q ~ was TIE answer. The speske m-ar me
ami cation 20 the scene ID w1ch they were now ~
sagsd. Although, Ead be, this has nor National or
yAIzs0n 10 hss vsst interests ~ stase-lhe ebte Pte
has enough % dop-ess any heart, bat mora q sumu
Lee. b. fuf he
Ia not small ore but IN pro noting 10 tma ends az
not 10 30 oespissd. The speaker argued tee neces
.iiy of organizations first 30 great ceniers o.
population, great c'res are hsays tnf ceLeis
~ tfuence Cltes are always Interested b. ben
efcnry movements and Institutions ard II is a
great ruth that 10 they can Be properly Teach'd 400
renovated, then At the surrounding country must 'rt
the ben, fetal Influence. Great ccnters are lfi cNA
nccpd By the steamer, the Telegraph and ines OF com
muuicaiiou-tte grest rsuiA.s ti0nS are nit-rTard
brought Ia CONNECTION with the great cent-fs let 10
tts Gre al land where there 10 such concentration 81
in,eI gence aud POW power o Kill - wsu a -
make alive-tre speaker Get forth that 10 Ne@ t1ik
alone there are 100000 .eope who do MOI 1--WE attn-
tiou to Rel giOnVhu have not the dlfpOtiu0ni Dor 10
10 any cases the means u attend upon these Obser
vsucs,. This, certsiny, is a melancholy 'pectaci'-
Not that Eew-i ork, compared with London, or Pars
or Berlin, O. Florence, - NOT st moral as iaey me
question wss rot consder,d IN moral s7nIe-
Lut IN ia aspect Inese streets be sad nre the
veins through which immense power 10 &c lleiiug
for evil as vel "a good; and this needs evausez> In
How shal this Of Eruption b' pui ned how toe
mind llui ned how the heGrt be toucte- thus bee
come topics of pressing and universal N mant in &C.
ceutuq this charge should by means defpse lhc
dsy Of small things The graudest results d y from
small b.giunn. s-aDd hero were cited the humble
lin OF Chr ~ himself Of Pau, Of the Ilker OF Bed
fot6 Pnlp Dodtridge Wesley, a. tie hrst efforts Of
that founder Of Sabbss- Scloo', Robert Ralk-s All
these were examples of small besinniugs. Pebbles
sometimes give direction 10 toe mishte' currents \
breath shsi the gigantic avalanche. The Tract
Cause commands Itself - uudorsisrdlne-to our
| sympathy. Toe speaker briefly tkctched the opera
tons Of this Society ant uttered many wsrn ejacuIa
lions TOR It's continued aud triumphant success Ine
event Of lt- conversions tn rOugn is rstruu eniaty
during the peat year, be bsed as emiuenty demon
ttrstve Of its noble tondenolos-ss az honor which
should grow brighter ana brighter,