The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-12-20


AMor Mt OF BUSINESS FOR THE YEAR, ETC.
On Wednesday evening" at O'Clock, the Twenty
fourth anniversary of the society held a. the Ia
bernacis, Broadway, when the President, Rev. DR.
De Witt, called to the chair. The building was
well filled with q we'll dressed audience.
Prayer was offered by Rev. James II. Perry.
The Treasurer's Report then read by Mr. William
Walker from which it appeared that the whole
OF funds received for the last year $1S57 OF which
Over Gil 600 contributed by donations from pri
tste individuals and 81 300 from churches. The
amount received has been ell expended, except $6Os
the balance now in the hands of the Treasurer.
BY the report of the Treasurer Of the female branch
xead by Rev R. s. Cook it appears that Of So oS2
has been raised and expended In the work during
st year.
Some sacred music having been performed by the
, cir,
Rev ISAAC ORcHARD, Corresponding Secretary OF the
eociety then read the annual report which the fol-
lowing 10 the substance -
ANNUAL REPORT.
As the Board of Managers of the New York City
Tract Society, hail its twenty fourth anniversary
We live In city from which much good or much evil
must go forth, and spread throughout the lana; yet
here, standing all religious privileges
abounds, and efforts OF a thousand kinds are daily
Christian enterprise We have, indeed temples built
Tor God but We have slse temples, of larger dimen-
pei but we have also ministers Of sin-ani they are
many dactive Here, TOO, We have Christians; but
we have also many who are called by the name Of
far greater number who make no profession OF reli
Eon neglect public Worship and openly set at nousht
of things getting better Vast numbers Of immigrants
constantly landing at port from foreign parts
Most Of them Irish German OF the Irish, near
ly all are Papists. OF the Germans more than half
probably two thirds Pspists; and Of those who
socialists. Thus we have in tho midst of us large
mass Of irreligop; and magnitude Is daily increased
by Influences which II net counterated must be ruin
IN fha 1f mfr u-fnT fhow
posed to civil institutions and to vital
Ii sit still until infdelity and popery predomnate
Christians be with the gospel being preached
70 those who attend places Of public worship then
gers to It, TO aid in the sccompiishmsns Of this i'm.
portsnt object Is the work In which the City Tract So
soaS.y to- s DIVIDED into o% T
these districts visters ppontsd, who super
intsndsd and assisted by ward missionaries The duty
OF visers IL to to every accessible family In their
respective districts least In every month Civ
ing to each religious tract providing the destitute
with the holy scrptnres gathering children into sab
bath and public schools psrsuadng nsgecters of the
sanctuary to attend divine wsrship, promoting tenn
every possible torn 70 they visit and en- poyns
all the influence they obtain in us Christ
Ths society Christian bat not sectarsn Its officers
ats board OF It's missionaries Its vters and
its supporters are Of various denominations but they
90 operate in the diauson OF those radical Christian
of the soul; leaving 1t with those who may be con:
verted to God through their atty to sesrch
minds the denomination OF Christians with which
they should unite The practcablity OF such opera
OF uncertainty 1t has been tested By the experience
OF ou- and twenty years, and denominationai disr-
have during that time, disturbed It's har
mony In the sixteen years that have elapsed since
the society common ced employing missionaries and
reporting statistics between four and Ave thousand
have been merated wing been brought
zrcm darkness TO light through Its instrumsnaliiy
During the past year there have been twenty mis-
sionaries employed sixteen In the different wards,
one for the sesmsn, for the resident Germans
for German Immigrants and one for Immigrants from
sionsres devote all their time he work of doing
good and therefore sustained The additions made
TO their numbers from time to time shoald bear
nsarar proportion TO the great increase of popula
clon than the state Of our funds has permitted;
but there is addition that ought TO make with
out further delay for should have at least two mis-
Tss In that largo portion OF city that tbs Le
as,ure has divided In 10 the Twelfth and Nineteenth
wards. The number OF Waters during the year has
avsrsgsd I5i; the present number is 1885, and from
the reports furnifhed to the board appears that
since the last annivsr,ary aos 1873 tracts containing
2456 Testsaents provided by the New York Bible so
cisty, supplied 70 who we're destitute OF the
ii DIV Scriptures; 1881 volumes have been lent ls5s
children gathered into Sabbath, and 2i9 into public
schooIs las persons induced TO attend Bible cssses
and lpS to attend ohuroh that OLD temperance
pledges have bcen obtained aud 65 district fprayer
meetings held Nor have these Efforts to do good been
frutess Tor 81 bscksidsrs have been enumerated as
ngsn brought into the way OF peace; Isl persons
hopefully converted and l5s converts rs united with
evangelical churches
q
nov read be adopted and printed und, the direction
of the Board. In dring So he in.bted upon the "a
fbolie spirit Of the tocety notwithstanding the state
nent made the contrary lie then advertised TO the
lecture Of Archbishop Hughes and observed that the
meeting csnveued here tonight was IN. best refuta-
tion at homo aud abroad, that Professionals were
disorgsnxsd. Here, surely, thsre were at least
tenp and there were besides, multtudes Of evan.
zelical Christans, OF different denominations, who
were not here, all consentins TO the doctrine pro-
- IL nv he eelf res
by the same sgents, giving ~ feet. and wings ana
voice, and speech ths. u may run and ny ana De
shadow Of death He then sdverted TO the sxtenslye
scope Of operations Of the society was the salt
Of the earth and the sht Of the world 1T was most
ecopomicsi society. for much good done
with sum Of thirteen thousand dollars II was the
greatest auxiliary OF the Christian ministry and for
Biz own part be could not get along as minister
without the aid Of the N.S ork Tract Society
THE adoption OF the reports then put from the
chair and carried unanimously.
Rev HuoH sNIru UsRFESrER then addressed the
meeting lie said there we're various mssn
objects Of its isbors They did not conane the mselves
merely Fpritua operations. but they sought TO re
40 smsIisrste the temporal condition Of tho poor
There was a wonderful missionary sympathy In New
while pssysr and dollar for equsl objects Of commits
reration at home, very hard 70 be expected IRON
Great iss of the Chritsn religion was ct hand II
China sbcthtr that u was in California. While All tn
zme "a ousapds upos Thousands we're pershps Tor
of knowledge at their very doors. There veriou
fields Of labor for the Christian, nni their busines
wa. 20 follow the example u Christ, who went abou
doing roodthat h. he did good ~ he had opportunity
Most u,s are monom following idea too ex
ciusitsy, like cratic i'll fate1 comets There we're
fact. iudzitsmsl subdvisions OF good UNDERTAKINGS
Doing coed the essential of the Christian life an
the IneaBset discipl ooua do good In his sphere
well a. the highest. There one common ligh
In which the oak cast his ststworth shadows, an
Abe lovly lily Of the valley lfsed it's pale face
the same earth on which the monarch reared hi
stately palace and the cnt ts little hill. All ger
nine works Of faith greet or ALL like tprings tror
fhe uountains met together IN grand river, an
flowed together into eternity 1his the matches
,ublimity of christianity that the best and humbes
vork was the work Of God, for IL he performed
and all missionary societies and other agencies
0suiztd Tor doing COED, but instruments
bIshs nd raised up W himself Hence he finds Paul 4
ols 90 the pollos eloquent in tn scr
furss 10 convince the Jews Jamef and John .Boarerge
or cons OF Thunder, Lutte q phy stefan, Timothy
hl.hon Epaphrodites meesen niger, Philemon as q