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

American people was the power # one nation-whoss
language and literature Shakespeare and the Bible
The process Of homogenty was wonderfully rapid
In America Contrary TO the maxim of the Rom,n poet
that they change the climate but not the mind, who
the sea, all nations vvifcd and Amere snisei
rpecics the highest and greatest specimens Of
What, then, must be the influence Of such people
= diause Christianity, or scatter pestilenee and
Of power, separately combineA possessed by this
country, we must come to the conclusion that she
and that millions shall arie ani bless u or loathc
and us. When we look ut what Ancient Tyre
was we ought to tremble. 1t was sad and solemn to
contemplate the ruins Of the ancient COM
We should study the picture drawn by the pro-
phet Ezekiel in conjunction with the declaration Of the
sheet Of nations will be settled in New York; This l.
great country but the question is vii! II be great for
Christ anti Christ, Whose forces will it swell in the
last conflict II Is safe to conclude, from the analo
ges of the past, that the United States will be-
a great people, but not necessarily holy people
There warrant Of safety unless make Christian
MISSIONS collateral with the extension of the population
and accompany the cmgrant to the West in the plant
ing Of churches wherever he settles Unless do this
this country the star Of hope to bewdercd nations will
itself wander Religious institutions did not rise spon
taneousy Men loved darkness rather than light This
the case especially with those migrated from the
Eastern sesboard to the far West first perhaps TO Til
nois Iowa. or Wisconsin then TO California until at
last they dashed the shore of the Pacific and
then God knows where. The learned divine then went
to draw vivid and fearful picture of he West Men
the daring fnere-men whose
were like the mountains and rivers, on large scale.
They not afraid to speak evil OF others, and
upon things that staggered the wiscst men for
ages with s,lfsatisicton that thrilling They
bold and revolutionary They seemed to feel like of
their members in Congress- head and shoulders above
the rest Of mankind Every phase Of nfdety aboundcd
there and the country deluged with the kind
of publications sent out from the Atlantic cities Let
them not wait too long to send the andote The Catho
lies conte nding in the Wcst for the supremacy,
and he honored them for it, because they believe there
il salvation out Of their church They making
nj In, 1,
erecting cathedral AGO feet long. that
looked the city. They spare exertions The
question was, would Protestauts wait idly inactive
till anti-Chrst extended his influence the
try. and the West became the seat of the beast.
Catholics were united-Protestants divided Till
Protetants worked like them and cooperaed together,
they could not expect success The rev gentleman con-
cluded OF the most eloquent delivered
in this city, by appealing to the Christian synpatheS Of
his audience for generous support of home missions.
Presbyterian Board OF Missions.
meeting Of the Board held last Sabbath evening,
at the first Presbyterian church, in the Fifth
The meeting but thiny attended in consequence,
" suppose, of the inccmency Of the night.
The service commenced by singing the 10th Psalm,
81 verse After which, the Rev Dr. BEpELL offered up
prayer, and followed by Rev, Mr. PHLirs who read
statement from the annual report but he read it in
low that he insudable to those in the gallery
After he had finished, the 567th hymn sung by the
choir
The Rev. Doctor Porrs then forward and al
dressed the congregation He selected his text the
14h 18th and 10th chap ID OF Pauis Episte to
the Thesseonans He then said that in the passage be-
fore he Qhe Apostle Paul. states the principles OF
the ministry and he declares himself ready to abide
by those principes-that Is. to preach them to the
world, to the Grcek the barbarian, and the Roman
Now Rome, said he, at this time. the mistress
of the world and at the same time IL VAS the most
prohigate city on the face Of the earth. 1t was
bllcd with Psgans, Jews. inidcls ani philosophers
but to them he was ready 10 preach the gospel
and he was not ashamed either TO do 1t or to ayow
It, Doctor Potts then said, the object Of his discourse
would be t to consider in what the expression
indebtedness WAS used by the apostle and in the
place in what sense he held 1t be duty preach
the gospdthat iSwhat the OF this obligation
in the mind of Paul 1t was therefore, because il was
the o his Master and that he the Of the
Lord Jesus Christ When he arrested his way to
Damascus lac was converted to the faith Of Christ aud
his conversion and appointment to the ministry were
smutaneous-at the time and those two events
had command him. and he felt himself bound to
obey H. and II not alone simply for his love Of Christ,
but 1t duty he felt that he had taken upon himself
lie could not under stand the love Of Christ without
also feeling What he owed to the reeemng grace Of the
Sayiour-thus Christ not only became 10 him the SYM
bol of hi own salvation, but of all mankind Aud al
though Paul himself jew, aud notwithstanding
his partially for his brethren aud their customs and hs
hatred Of the Gentcs We; he gave way to his faith lie
fclt that hr had duty to perform, and that duty
was to bring all to his Master In the second
place. viii consider how hc understood the extent Of
this "ndchctncss" viii, however, only speak Of the
extent lac felt to which he had 90 labor lie might have
that lac would conine himself and his abors to his
kin Lut he did not connne himself to them. nor dd
he fe at liberty to ssy or to LOOK when or where he
would preach the gospel and accordingly, by Inspiration
and providence he sometimes sent Ia place and
th,n TO neutrality-suspicious. he carried from acld TO
ncld preaching the word sometimes at his expense
sometimes the expense of his frenIs, anl at other
times. perhaps. at the expense of his enemies
aud having made mp his mind that he belonged
to Christ wherever the spirit aud providence OF Christ
carried him. there his destination whether st
the Romans the Grceks, the harbariana Now, tue
question h does net the obligation rest us ~
on him patl went about 81 the command ot hts Muter
and does tho love u christ Who died fur all cnnstran
60 undertake the hc directed that
the rht 81 the guspcl should not be carried alone to the
Jew. but o the Gentle alao Missionary efforts we're made
befrs Paul was converted Some ~ them were preachers
ard culy helpers: and IL was thus that the
servants a Christianity at the time felt II MT t. b.
Emitted hut 20 be carried through the who's w1r d.
Lecaue n waBthe interest of their Mistc wa carFicd
10 the Greek, the Roman, the hararinn. and u oirs
1hefr a. therefore. escape from the gaertan that
What the duty oi Pad aud ht diseflt u oar duty
too. What hc Lord hss done for them he has ac t'r
DID he not nv, am with you all even 60 ttc cni
a n world " And therefore, not hi. debtors
well pnul and not bound a. take
share la those lnbors In which the apostle was
engaged. and how can you retasc tsrm Let ns
cnly imagine him pacing frm onc country 10
anutlur; and tleu let inquire how or - whom he
was fuppottd-how AMI Who're hr got food money an
smtu! NJ vaa from his fllJs hb1rrrs. aud not h.
cGust tcv were s flow al rs but because they fcit
The same obligation that a. I'D - tarcel the g'sFi
smc not ruiy wrnt th,ut.ct but gave taer prap ry.
sn1 ihec ~ ga not proridsd tc - al, f,r ohtr
done Let them vat uftu tagy supplied, aud I'll
60 the Gcid of tbc, Isbots. ~ Potts commented ~
great length Che labor ot the Apostle rau amongst
the JtUtls, gslrr which, h. gave some statistics "
missionary 8uOls Ia Euta. ant concluded hy tNAtrt-
iig hi h,arer g. sub.crhr hbcnly to io IL 80 tAJ~c
wCks anJ give The light of tho eosp g. tae htAthen
New York bible society.
Yesterday evening, the Rev Doctor CLrvrr,yn, ot
Providence, delivered sermon IN behalf q the above
society at the Tabernacle broadway taking Cor hi txt
the sth e the sth chapter of Nthemiah lie
mcrccd by exemplifyins. that seal In tha divinity e
Bible truths, and the dissemination q Gois word IRE
the best possible cmploymeuts for Coils people The
Bible Is the ony II rerscnsl security fe
not cstate be properly guarded without H. lie r..
frr,d TO the ancient laws of Egypt which crushed the