The New York herald., 1850-04-30
The Moral, Religious, Philosophical and
Abolition Anniversaries for 1850.

This is the great week of the anniversaries for
$50. This is the great gathering week in the
commercial and religious metropolis OF this con-
tnent, for all the dignitires of the church, down
10 the rag-tag aud bobiail laymen. City and
country, town, village and byc-place, wherever
they raise a steeple, Will have their delegates
in this town-old and young, male and female,
women and children, black and white, here To
engage in the blessed work. Every denomination
every creed OF Christianity, save the Catholic
and every sect Of moraliss and socialists, rush.
ing the great gathering. jealous 10 do som thing,
but not at all certain what that something is This
is funny world. and this is the tip-top funniest
week Of the ffty-two. The most prominent So
cieics that to show oil are annexed:-
THUEsp,Y. MU2
Annual Meeting of the General Missionary Com
mitt,s ~ the Methodist Episcopal Chureh-Mssion
Rooms, Mulberry street oA. NJ
tEinaY. Nav 2
Anhiversary New York Magdalcn Society Dlcecker
street Pre- by tcrian Church N A. N.
SVNu,N. NAY 3
Annual Sermon tor American Home Missionary So
sieiy
rr,,byt,rian Board of Foreign Mission. Pres
hy1ran Church. tifth avenue haipes, r. NJ. SER
mon ny the Rev Dr smith aud statement of tho
bs'iops BY one Uf the Sscrctarics
New Noik Bible soeisty tabernacle, halfpast r. NJ
MoNnAy. NAi D.
American setiaens Friend Society. Tabernacle,
TrEsp,Y. Mu7
American Anti-Slav-ry Society Tabernacle 10 A VI
ard contnusd for three successive days at the Society
LitaJry
Amrricau and Foreign Auti-siayery sceIety-TaScr-
N,~ Ycrs aud American sunday School Union
Tabernacle. halt pact r. NJ.
New York State Colonization Society Reformed
Dutch church. q Lafayette Place aud Fourth
American Fcrnae Cunraian Society Church Of the
ISritans. UniOa square haif-past =. NJ
American Tract Society y-Tabcrnacle. 10 A NJ Busi-
Mo- nj lie A
Institution Tor The Blind Tabernacle. ~ NJ.
American llomc Missionary Society Tabernacle,
Imsfiea1 Female Guardian Society Ladies' Meet
ius at the iiom Tor tie fricndisss Ea.t Thirtcth
sL'st. near ftuIth avenue.
TutHspAt. MAH 2
American B.llc society Tabernacle. l0A NJ. Bnsi-
me- meeting Il society lious" . 4 NJ.
fmtiican touiTu aud Chri.'isn Uniln-evcning
~ .tituton ior tbc Deaf and DuIabTabcraace,
]. ~
American T,mr,rruec Urion -rsbcrnaele. haIf-past
Am,rican rarti.i " me Missionary Society Norfolk
sat,,t Baptist ,hmch Business mc,ting at l0A. ".
Iubhc conference in the af, .rueou.
liirst. MAJ DO.
Amcrle.n lcard 81 tonuiiss- ucrs for Foreign MIS-
Sion TaborrHc.r luA NJ
Ayetit u u half ni the American Board OF Foreign
Mi.sors- Tnbtfrarlc aneuoon.
American sud Tureirn sabbath Union-Churc cor
Fuuiih rrtu lud Lafayette place Discourse by
Rev Dr Bothuur halira.t ~:
Am,rican and For, $40 bitie Society Norfolk street
I.Ttth Church. 30 A. u
The cld, cisofa a few Of the abovenamcd societies
are y,ry laudahc- some very laughahle-somc
nouscnsical and supgcmely ridiculous, and the re-
nl'iud culintntly riscay and dangerous.
The objects Of the anniversaries are TO pull the
main actors in ihc sight ct man well as God:
they design to otiract iac particular notice Of the
latter aud this week is the very perfection week
81 Saducccs. Indians, pulicans, and sinners It's
almost Incredible, The enormous amounts which
are raised is these variou. societies from gulled,
ignomnt, ami vain po.tion Of our population, who
wish to purchase upassport 20 heaven. To many
of these societies pious Wail street fncnls are
large Subscriber. ia sums from one hundred to one
thousand dollars. which they plhaps. have robbed
from some wrctch,d widow or ouhan 20 gi,e 10
tie Lord. Many of our leading merchants are the
dupes of thesc societies. onl subscribe their thou.
sands 10 kccp up a state of things which Is Of no
benefit to mankind generally. br' helps to keep fat
and slsck a loi of religious sharks Who have the
management oftLcsc iands.
However. people will b. iools. and The majority
cr humaut-toih men and wopen-src like set
uf dupes. and seem born lor n0 other pnnosc than
TO he ridden by priests. schcmers. spcculators. and
kucwing ones. We cannot help IL, aud can only
laugh AT H.
In regard to ihcsc anniversaries, we cannc, leave