The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-05-10
ANNIVERSARY WEEK.
The Opening sermons-The Beginning OF
the Weeks Work.

the weeks work.
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MELIORATING THE coNpY-
TIoN OF THE JEWS.
Last evening Rev. VIM. Rnrsar, Of Philadelphia,
preached the annual sermon. in the Dutch Reformed
Church. Lafayette place, in aid Of the funds for the
American Society for Mclicrang the Condition of the
jews.
Before the sermon. the SECRETARY read report OF
which the following il an abstract =
The exclusive aim Of the directors has bcen preach
The whole amount of receipts into the treasury including
wssS Is an advance on tie former year Of asou $40
There have tesn epeysa during the year seven regular
dGSs great good and three SS
revisited than hundred adult srasltes have been
induced attend upon the preaching Of the Gospel One
her Of New Testaments wen many religious books
with
l attention to the explanation given e the scripaes to
LEONE constant after the time and way Of saliva
s Of ssr
Ss have PUBLICLY faith In Christ
two years with sSssron have sustained their profess
Tle from that GLASS who have
the public. They have not one begging convert.
az T.. n
those who do not believe not their belief
the ensuing fiscal year with twenty-five laborers -Four
three regular agents and agent for the Jer
of whom. except the four agents. LABOR
Board during the las. tive years has located eight
Gospel Christian influence about fifty and
Their prospects this people
have accumulated 'n no heavy abss although the trca
y m Ina Ass ap nsy
proper peeunary Aid and hearty 70 advance
object to preach the Gospel to the Jews in this country
by Gospel methods.
Rev. wM RAMSAY then took his text from Acts, chap
10, verses ALLY -" Simeon hath declared how God
at the first did visit the Gcntles TO take out of them
people for his And to this agree the words Of
the prophet it is writtcn-After this will return
and will build again the tabernacle of David which is
fallen down, and will build again the ruins thereof
and will set 1t up, that the residue of might seek
after the Lord and all the Gentcs upon whom my
is called, saith the Lord whe doeth all these things
After few Introductory remarks the preacher went
to say that neither Jews Christians in general under
stood the present dispensation of the Christian religion
1t was not: as was supposed by many Christians to
evangclixe the whole world, but to gather remnant
from among the Gentiles and then the Jews would be
restored to the favor Of God and after that dis
pensation would arise which the whole Of the Gentle
world would be brought to Jesus Christ lie quoted the
prophet Amos and number of other passages from the
Old Testament scriptures parallel to the text and
proving the position laid down-hat was not the de-
sign Of God to convert the world at present The gospel
preached throughout the earth; and yet not in
every hundred large proportion
that heirs of glory But this argument that
hereafter God would not convert the whole world on the
contrary he would do by OF the restoration of
the jews. The world may have become wiser and
il was knit more together by the railroad and
prosperity proofs of the salvation of man.
Rev. DR.. Patton said, two years ago. in the "Fo-
reign Christian Unon that unless the Holy Ghost
poured out Christianity would retrogradc rather than
advance and the shadow its dial would go backward
rather than forward This'was despo,rng language of
who advocated the doctrine that God would convert
the whole world But ii be asked have not the
means of sending the Bible throughout the world and
cannot God pour out his spirit at the feast of Pcntc
cost? Yes. true but where does the Bible hold out
the idea that the world will be converted under this Gen.
tile dispen atcn Palm 2, verses and 0, so often
quoted TO prove this proved the very Ask of
me and will give thee the heather for thine inheritance
and the uttermos parts Of the earth for thy posses
sion. Thou shalt break them with rod OF iron; thou
shalt dash them in pieces like potters vessel
This was evidently not conversion but destruction and
his Son on the holy hill of Zion. Tho word Zion in the
Bible never meant the Christian Church.
ously supposed In the prophecy of Daniel, We in
formed that the little horn of the Papacy would
against the Saints till thc Ancient Of Days. should
The papacy will therefore exist till Christ comes: aud
while the Papacy exists, the world be
yertcd. The conversion of the world therefore,
not take place under the present dispensaon. but is
reserved for more exalted state of Christianity God
name; but they few Whatever may be the
finement Of the people in the Old World picty is
ca there many churches planted Every light has
become since extinct In Asia. too, the gospel was
preached and there much promise of its converting
that quarter Of the world but it has been banished
thence In China 1t preached successfully; but by
the inrgues Of the Jesuts the Of Christ became
an offence to the rulers; and Christianity banishcd
Out OF that country through the wckedness Of the Jesuit
priests And 20 it has always been and will be- till the
restoration of the Jews
After the collection taken which amount
ed to but little. The attendance was very thin.
ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICAN HOME MISSIONARY
SOCIETY.
The annual meeting Of the American Home Mission
AIRY Society was held at Mercer street church last
evening at which most lucid and eloquent address was
delivered by the Rev. DR.. Bacon. The attendance wa
net numerous After singing by the choir and prayer
by the Rev. Mr. Prentice the Rev DR. opened his dis
course from the text fret chapter and fifth Paul
epistlc to Titus-That thou shouldt in order the
things that wanting and orain elders in every city
as had appointed thee" The preacher proceeded to
point out the necessity there existed for this society to
follow the plan laid down by Paul for Titus that they
should establish local churches The society itself
TO the duty for which Titus left in Crete But
that duty not merely the work ofrrcaching the gospel
not merely the work Of winning souls to Christ the
multiplying and sending abroad Of missionaries but the
work Of establishing and organizing local institutions
because however excellent and however distributed the
trained and dcsuory preaching # the gospel may be-
the Sunday School teachers and the travelling mson
iies must cooperate to effect great organic change ia
the moral character of society. Religious institution
are an essential and important clement in tho forms OF
civil government Religion Is not only part Of our
turc-it also essential part Of the constitution Of
state. The American people educated in their local
churches appointing their pastors. and organizing local
institutions wisely value their local forms Of government
The Rev preacher alluded in beautiful language the
emigration Of the Puritan fathers who he said departed
Ron England for the express purpose Of founding local
Independent churches These possessed the
and essential characters Of Purtanical education they
organized local schools established local churches a-
pointed their pastors free from the centraizng influence
OF general assemblies and synods and the effects this
system of local churches TO maintain in it, purity
the church Of Christ TO mould the character individual
souls and 10 bring them 10 he light and lite Of holiness
He then spoke Of the purity Of the pulpit the Holt
ness with which Il should NJ preserved lie would
not allow 1t TO become for logical or
theological gadiatorship The collcgan the learned
scademcian, the religious interpreter be COM
pared for moment with the church II II the best con-
cryaor and defender Of the blessings Of religion lie
thanked God for Methodist Episcopal Congsegationalsm
in the Unite States. lie thanked God for TINT sytem OF
evangelical worship which has done much in maintain
ing the purity OF the gospel lie recommended the
ganizaton Of permanent local congregational churches
fixed centres Of local influence. The Methodist house of