New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-05-11
ANNIVERSARIES.


nChrfsunn Union.
Yesterday morning At 10 o'clock Metropolitan Han was
ssnpeteiy crowded by brilliant audience. 20 participate
NE EXERCISES on the occasion Of this anniversary On
enocr almost every available part filed numbers Of
men and some ladies standing in the passages pc
een The seats and the upperer OF boxes contained
An est ~ many a. could be comfortably seated.
The exercises commenced with hymn sung BY the con-
sssgahon, beginning
q 9: ssss Cd. s.:' i s::ss:' e.! s,;s'r
ksv. Dr.. PLxrK, Of Albany N. Y. then read chapter
BEN the Book Of Daniel and offered an appropriate prayer
I'D only publicly interesting features Of which are emoo
I'D is tie
ABsrRacr oy THE oESEEiL REPORT
Read by Rev Mr. Fairchld, as follows
The receipts Of the Society during the year enog aPH
were coz 5o7 being advance on the preceding yA
mere than 900. The expenditures were so1'I'1
elooO0 more than they were in the year ending APn
The number Of missionaries missionary agents and other
hbOsrs in the service Of the Society al DOLE 10
was lls last year, being eight more man "si0 e"P'
IKE society has been called to mourn over the loss Of
enc valued agent Rev Edward faTS Ws and the Hoa
The brsf statistical statement just given shows that he
So.;etv h advancing steadily In its work but when the
,a,dIy Increasing Roish population among us almost
vEoy from is considered and the many open
doors for he spread o. me, SsR c.nno reoo tbo1
sspd hborers in the home field, and i've hundred 10 the
foreign. .,.- r. a.
The report then proceeds 70 indicate some signs OF ne
tmes which should create deep apprehension and call for
screased effort the part Of the friends of the pure Cos
In the Protestant world there is the development in
some churches Of spirit OF formasmof disposition to
ssek or Christian doctrine and modes Of worship not sim
py and exclusively 10 the written Word OF God but 10 the
reported dogss and Practice: Of the Church IN the cary
As is termed Is called in 70 supply the teachings Of the
Apostolic Church" BY this door error of the most dan
geous and subyersve nature are creeping in This seen
inf AZ
in own country.
avery marked character within the last few ye Ts;
l. There has been extraordinary increase OF Mart
sarV or worship Of the Virgin Mary and the dogma OF her
immaculate conception bids fair to be established author
tstyey before long.
There has been wonderful recurrence to false and
base miracles There has been nothing like this since the
Reform alton, in the sixteenth century.
There has been extensive revival OF the spirit OF
intolerance and persecution The UHigs and other lead
ipg Romsb journals openly defend and advocate per
secutoD and Unemployment Of on the part OF the
civil power repress heresy The old pretensOns OF the
Papacy are put forth with bOldness.
Rome seeks gain possession of "a large portion as
possible Of the education Of the youth this country There
"a widely ramifying scheme &C. the Accomplishment OF
mis- ss her eInens in Boston, New York Jersey City
Detroit Chicago Cincinnati, Ptsburg and Baltimore fully
prove She opposes the public schools and calls them
goddess few years ago she opposed them as secarian
because the Bible read IN them What she desires
when expressed in plain English is to have the aid of the
School Fund TO sustain her sectaran schools.
I'LL But there signs that are unfavorabe to Rome
ard announce her coming downfall -
She Is alternating the masses especially of the middle
ard industrial casses-eyen Of her chdren-in many
countries by her unequyocs preference Of desposm to
oil true liberty civil religious wherever she dares to act
according to her natural instincts.
Her oppressive and ntOleran course Is giving depth
and sodty 10 the good WORK going on in France Belgium
Ssfdina Ireland aud Canada.
The persecution Of the Madai and others in Florence
and elsewhere possessing and reading the sacred Scrip
tufes and TO mpar TO their friends and others
fhtr convictions the subject of religion Is opening the
ewes of thousands to the essentially wicked aud Odous
character Of Rome, and her opposition to the true Gospel
Of Christ
from the vile that is going in the Protestant world, is
sninently favorable TO the triumph OF the true Gospel
s. Never for two centuries has there been so much
cess spreading the truth in papa lands as during the last
ten years in France Belgium, Italy Ireland and Canada.
G. Rome has neither been able to shut the door in
some portions OF what she considers as her own domain
nor to prevent from being opened IN others M
T. The spirit which her efforts to overthrow our public
schools have called forth in Detroit Cincinnati and else
where has been such ought to convince her that her
attempt hopeless and to encourage our confidence in the
cause in which we engaged.
: There are many influences at work in this country
which render il very difficult for Rome TO keep her people
chains of darkness hence that awful falling away of
which Father Mullen spoke Of in his letters to his friends
IN Ireland last year.
O. And lastly, ii is most encouraging indication that
God has given England and these United States the two
most Protestant countries in the world such vast facilities
and means for the spread of the truth The colonial world
Is theirs theirs too most of the of the world
10 them he giving an orn 2, anS S Ts ia
belong TO them Why all this il il be not that God has
great work for them to dol
In view Of all this we may well say as the prophet OF
old did 10 his servant" Fear not for they that be
with us are more than they that be with them - Kings
vi, 10.
The Board have given increased attention to the pubca
zion department OF is labors Several new books have
been ada ed 10 It's list The magazine entitled The hmrt
ran and Foreign Christian IaOn monthly periodical Of
pages, and the chief organ Of the Society has
reached circulation Of thirteen thousand each mouth
hundred and fySx thousand in the of the year
The monthly sheet in English The Missionary Iafeigcp
s,y and the one In German continued and are doing
good - ,.
more thoroughly and rendered Il more effective. An in
creased has been gutous The missionaries and
agents in this field have been eighty i've They
have rendered greatam and variety OF setvcesome
Of them in preaching organized congregations Others in
holding meetings in sehoorooms and private houses, aud
many more in visiting from house 10 house reading the
Word Of God to those who were willing TO hear and pray
mo with such as would permit them The languages IN
which hey have made known the Gospel have been Eng
lish Irish, French German Spanish and Italian. They
have labored principally IN the cities and manufacturing
districts the Eastern and Middle States whlsta few have
occuped places the South and IN the Western por
tons of the country In the great commercial msts sind
I'm manufacturing districts the foreign population principal
10 and with is the main body OF RoinanSts
IN some stations the Board have closed their labors The
Number of new fields which have been entered fourteen
1--WE churches last ceased 10 receive from the Sc
eety having reached the limit prescribed by the Board for
"a TO the results of labor in the home field eleven pages
az the report taken Up with the highly Interesting De
tails respecting the influence exertd by the missionary ef
forts of the society Many thousands ci ROmansts aud
other have heard the Gospel kindly impaired to them
many have given evidence OF having embraced the truth
with the whole heart many are inquirng after il many
nreiudicee have been removed copies 81 the Sp
tnrSs and religious tracts have been distributed many
children gathered into Sabbath SCHOOLS much has been