The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-05-08

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their homes with oral and printed truth.
moro noble resolution than this, he said, could !
not be brought before Christian community. |
There was no difficulty in commenting upon it; the
difficulty was rather In making selection from the
be urged. Spreading the gospel constantly before
tho whole mass Of the population brings Us within
that commandment which He last gave 1t was
necessary to keep the circumstance in which We are
placed constantly in view, in taking up the first
Consideration. This motion might have been made
when tho Mississippi was our Western boundary;
and how much more fairly might it be made now,
territory, stretching away as it did beyond the
Rocky Mountain, bounded only by the Pacific, and
comprising an extent of millions Of square miles.
Its limits might be regarded as equal to that OF
strong was the motive, then, to bring this mighty
influence to bear. Look at he numbers whom the
regular clergy are entirely incapable of reaching
with their ministry. What agency could be brought
to bear upon them, unless it were this heaven-ap-
pointed one Even in the midst Of best Eastern
Cities where we were never out ofview ofthe church,
one-third Of the people were totally unreached oy
any influence for good. And there whole vii
lagos, not far West, but in Ohio, which might now
almost be called midland state, without any esta-
blished minister aud in u state of complete spir-
tual restitution. The question did not rest between
this means and any other or better ones; but be-
tween these means, and letting that restitution
remain unrelieved. No other thing could stand in
the place of the course here contemplated. BY no
places. Should IL then be left undone, and should
The unblesscd thousands remain unbessed-isolated
from all regererating influences and strangers to
the gospel Of Jesus Christ In view of the vast i'm
migration from papal and inGdel countries, 1t was
| OF great Importance. Within the last thirty-six
houls he had been informed, no less than ~, 900
foreigners had arrived III the three great eastern
ports OF New York, Boston, and Philadelphia
Whether this we're true or not, he did not Know
the account might be exaggerated; one thing wa
certain, that thousands were arriving and this was
daily going on. Ofihese, large proportion were
i'll error; error OF the worst iorm--inhdehty
and the eolpoIteurs would have quite enough
to do ii they confined their laDors among
these. They had, for the most part, re-
ceived DO preparation ior living among Us; the
whole course OF their education dis qualified them
for it, and there were no schoolSto train the IN,
and instrue lion to place them under. Ten years
ago. there was not one dollar IN the treasury ap
| picable to this purpose they wanted instruments
and wanted means OF sustaining those lntru melts.
! How surprising it, then, that within that time,
| the nu nber Of carpenters employed had increased
4 from eleven to between 500 and 600, and nearly
LOCO had been employed altogether. They were
not to judge Of their success by rare instance,
there we're many that might be adluced, such as
the one mentioned by the gentleman who last adj
dressed them; but he believed that they were sue
eeSsful in many, and the record OF their success was
Oh high.
Mr. j. Cross, from Richmond, Va. then ad-
dressed the meeting. For cases OF spiritual desti-
tuition and Ignorance they need go no further than
! aged nine years, did not know who had made him,
! and had never heard of God. lie need not 20 into
4 the mountains Of Pennsylvania, where had been
mother and "A white family who had never heard of
*ayiour. lie knew OF no place where such in
stances not to be found. lie had, himself,
been engaged as colporteur for seven years, and
had travelled 900 miles, and had never found
county where one IA ght not be employed day by
day with advantage. More and more accom-
pshcd every visit and he could continue to multiply
facts II necessary, until Tomorrow morning; but it
unnecessary TO state them to show their utility.
All knew ii. Many prominent members Of the Church
had irt been brought under the influence ofreligion
| by their We might compare the erection OF
this spiritual temple to the building Of Solomon's
/ Temple, where great number Of individuals
were employed, and each assigned his partcu-
! lar corner. Others were sent into the woods and
qusrries-sach had his appropriate work to perform,
Ministers Of the living God were employed IN rails
ing up this spiritual edihce from the materials
hewed out by the coporteurs, the quarrymcn OF the
Lord In his own district, man came into him with
hunting shirt Ga, and carry ing u knife and gun.
! lie asked for - the book man, and said they had
had a meeting, with view to getting up u sunday
class when they found they had only one Testament
in the village. and he had been told he giving
books away lie (the speaker) had suppliedhim with
300 volumes, and between % and 10 New Testa-
ments: and they established sabbath school for the
purpose OF reading only. Some began to feel
anxiety about their souls, and in eighteen months
church had been built there. With regard to the
statistic. OF Virginia, he would tell them another
! fact:-Ihey had established in that State 327 Sun
day schools, and 5,0F families had been visited.
! The establishment. Of these schools had been an
incidental consequence Of the iabors Of the col
| pcrteurs.
Dr. kIEK then came forward. He would say in
/ the language of our Saviour, " lou are the salt Of
+ the earth" While the power is in God alone, the
: ins.rumcn;ality was with man. When our Lord
was about to feed the multitude by those mirscu-
I lous means, he first asked whether there WAS any
| among them who had some bread. lie ever would
have some human agency. The power OF regcncra-
! II, f..d. IA. III
! while they were sending messengers over the land
4 ID was in the earnest dependence on Him who was
like the wind that bloweth where it lis,eth," and
/ vet comes at the hunbest call. They were the
"sall, and when salt was kept in fine conserva-
tory collected In large quantity, its effect Was
lost II was their privilege TO scatter it, aud pre-
serve the otherwise putritying souls. There wcrc
| two expressions in this resolution, which conveyed
the whole subject to the mind and the great neces
/ sity for the contemplated course; they were the
"de-titution" and The " Dispersion VI the populs-
1 lion. lie had attended the convention ut Cleye-
4 land, being anxious TO zee what the system was.
Y lie expected 70 see pous men, but all his expecta-
I lions were greatly exceeded lie never r.mem-
bercd to have telt nearer heaven than ia con-
ncc;ion with the colporteurs aud the citizens of
Cleveland appeared to be impressed with an equally
highly favorable opinion. ss was esinced by the
fact of The incrcase Ia the subscriptions from $50
70 900. llo for one, believed the church was safe
While she embraced anu was supported by such men
lie Ia" wish to censurc who. like the drcc.
tors. had gueh ~ heavy charge; such 40. his in.
terion. Iut was the salary allowed 60 colporteurs
t.iD year, suficientl lie had himself met with
one and Ind forwarded him, while prosccu,ing IN.
lattrs means from Boston, to supply hun selL wife
anl child, with clothes absolutely essential Tor hi.
comfort. Could there not be come sliding scale
adopted, dependent UPON necessity and eircum-
.tanclsl lie did not desire that these raen should
hc pamprred. that there should be an in,ure-
ment held out 70 go into il az business; bat these
mems MUD shOuld at least be free from anxiety
end their necessary wants supplied lie would nj
nv n 4 an nd IN
tours, bat he would say e. the ihembors OF the
church around hin, that the church should come
forward and do IT, lie would say to Air Wyck.
90, 800 horae, and send them forth" lie
t@r. W } belonged 70 the good Old Dutch church;
he would respond to the eall--shc hal evrr DONG
80 lie (lir kirk) belonged 10 the congregational.
aud he thought he saw some approving ipoks h the
count nance q gentlemen Belonging to the Iclho-
sigt aud EpisC0lai churches. (aeaF hrar)
Tho resolution WAS then put and carried
q hymn. .poeially prepared. was hcrr charied.