The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-05-09
Few York and American Sunday School
Union


The anniversary meeting of this most interesting So
ciety held last evening" in the Central Presbyte
rian Church, Broome street The usual celebration
by the children attending school under the control of
this society, did not take place on yesterday, in
consequence of the continuous inclemency Of the
weather during the entire day. The benefits which
derived from society constituted the which
held its anniversary last evening" of nature
perfectly obvious that we experienced much regret at
not seeing larger audience in attendance though it
but justice to say that the ladies mustered in much
stronger force than the gentlemen The exercises Of
prayer was offered up by the Rev DR.. Blair
of the Philadelphia Episcopal Church.
The annual report was then read by Mr.. Mccall
LIcoT, the Corresponding Secretary Of the So
ciety the Reverend Doctor Ferris, of the Dutch
Reformed Church, presiding. The tenor of the
and it congratulated the society upon the beneficial
results of its operations during the last year. The
whole number Of schools-allowing for some which
have been disbanded during the year-may be stated
at IFS; and the number from which reports were
received sevenyv In these seventy schools the
these schools both male and female, is put down at
1866 81 teachers and 20 scholars have made profess
sion of religion since the last annual report 1t is also
satisfactory to state that between pupils and teachers
"a have commenced preparing for the ministry. The
number Of pupils Of both sexes in the infant classes
white children attending the schools is estimated at
1141 and Of colored pupils, 400 Amongst the books
which have been distributed during the year. by order
of the visiters 764 fine, 12S common, So for the
purposes Of reference, and the same number of
plain bibles; alse s3l hymn books, 2,74s question,
267 class do together with ST. fret 307 second, and
260 third class readers, and also $50 volumes
added to the library, making the entire number of
port the president of the meeting said that he had
cipated having the pleasure Of seeing the Rev. Dr.
Bowling that evening but he regretted that illness
The reverend Mr.. BpDLE then rose for the
purpose of proposing that $500 copies of the
nibli ehCd he Of he ety
He was earnest in his support of the Sabbath
schools for he received the first rudiments of
Of their enterprise in the wild Businesses Of the
far West, where to the children of the backwoodsman
was an opportunity afforded Of attaining to grace
ton. After some further observations, the reverend
gentleman concluded by proposing the resolution
which, having been seconded put by the President
and passed unanimously. The President then gave
out the 162d hymn, which sung all the congrega
The next speaker was DR.. VAUDEVILLE, late of
Hamilton college, who said that he considered the
the times were changed as not many years since it
supposed that could do good except minis
ter and his elders However revolution had
taken place which, although it had not engaged the
attention Of Mchelet, Macauley, a Prescott, yet
which would tell upon the destnics of man
kind with force than all the revolutions which
had ever occurred 1t was revolution by means of
which provision made for bringing into salutary
and practical exercise, all the talent of the church.
Not quite century ago. the surplus intellect of the
church lay unemployed and dormant. The foundation
Of the Sabbath schools laid by Mr. Rich, who first
organized them, by taking under his protection and
teaching some few boys whom he found struggling in
the streets But they had hundreds and thousands
both of pupils and teachers and therefore, considered
that Sabbath school enterprise, engine which
capable of bringing into active employment the talents
of the Christian community, most worthy of the
serious attention of every philanhropic Christian In
dependent of its assistance in mans intellectual pro-
gressits being so auxiliary to the increase of the
knowledge Of the truth fact which rendered the
Sunday school organization doubly important. Even
the teacher himself would draw an amount of benefit
It,, mi 81 he Sah
school teacher must necessarily be intellectually and
morally trained and disciplined If to
undertake the labors OF IA Sabbath school teacher,
1t were impossible for us not to be better fathers
Tiers citizens would hold to what is good and
mans social and moral condition. 1t was important
fact that there was happily large surpusagc of ability
in the church capable OF furtherng the interests of
their enterprise. He considered 1t almost obligatory
every member Of the congregation to assist siren
uously in the extensive propagation OF the schools es
pcciay the interests Of religion were closely
nected with the Sunday School enterprise IL was in
an humble Sunday school that the first bright dawning
of Gods providence broke in upon his mind ana tns
reverend speaker concluded by saying that ne u hoe
think there n less interest In being sunday
school teacher than there in mans entertaining
The Rev MIR, Cur,Aw then briefly addressed the
mootngIt in n Sabbath School That nc was hrst
taught to read the Holy Book IN .nc yaes Oh ms ma
Schools IL not to be wondered at that he should
feel deep interest in the enterprise; Inc promising
hould act as incentive to increased vgor of action
in the good and holy work. The scene of his ministc
abors lay in the far western part of Ohio and he
would say that he felt very grateful for the subsan
tia assistance which his colleague and he had received
at the hands of the society especially so for the donation
of books which have already operated in scattering the
seeds Of salvation throughout the wide valley OF the
Mississippi, even In quarters where, heretofore,
books were read but the proane produc of Paine
II necessary to pcrscvero in the good work to be
finn and not to iag men should into the aarrets
aud cellars, and drag from beneath the filth and the
rubbish in which they lie concealed those precious
gems the souls OF men that they may be rescued from