The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-17
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
Annivcrsary OF tho New York City Tract
Society.

Tract Society and the thirty 6rt OF Female Branch was
sslsbratsd In the Reformed Dutch Church, lafayette
place, Wednesday evening. Quite respectable au-
Asncs was In attendance. The Rev. Mr.. FERRIS took
the chair At half past seven O'Clock
Prayer was then offered by Rev. j. NJ REID The an
nua reports were then read The Treasursrs report OF
me City Tract Society was then read by Mr.. VIM
WALKER appeared that the cash in hand at last ami
verssry 81 344 ST. There received from various
churches $4 400 IA of this $13 2o1 80 was expended
Tor salaries Of ceporteus, TO-, $3.50 10 Tor tract"
1851 10 for residential expenses; leaviag oanos In
hand Of $2e9 IS. Mr. EASTMAN READ tae reports OF
the Female Branch. The Treasurer received during the
year $2s7s 49, and expended s2os7 90 for eoporiags
and publications.
The reports represent this branch OF the Society to DO
IN hourshing condition.
Rev. ISAAC ORCHARD read the report OF the Board Of
Managers Of the City Tract Society," from which we mako
the folio wing extractst:-
ton also about 900 900 residents large PROPORTION Of
Increased by .psx influx OF enigrants from every cline
% s s
hood and which they are DESTROYS Of propagtns here In
as ns
IN
unless some adequate preventive be interpreted and Whist
q b ever unless saved Sy divine grace
Both religion and patriotism, therefore demand that We
iA;% y eiI:. shs ssiy saviour and Mssl.sSs
Of sn az M % s .nIs s';
az 1:! y ss':ss
:s ys.: pursuing their w9Ii
.my my S~ 80 IL aaa
issisa: snsou: gospel srssS they IN.
IA 1ss :1s 'sss a..
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service :, wanted !: readily gwen Fiber
and are Induced to asssad
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tn thus hs,,
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other Instraensatiss have bee. snSdasa by
Il. msrsS
e. 20 m that h.: thus been but the
:sssss and the Of
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s. sy
asn Eitheu. THU; viii benefit only time and leave
That this work BE carried forward With regularity ana
70
present and have been ns year eighteen Ward
tcular localities missionary and assistant who visit
The as and
ether reading matter he procure
shs
3 showing OWN shss
sas addition n two other. Tor n. recently constituted
average nunSsr vsisers in sSe past year has been
ns1 ~ mt. tn n are " would That there
ss, has No. been to
ssss6s families but If The number Of yssers were 50 in
s @
1ss sS:y s sSi ss
S,'s SSSs
-
= The s:us reported the las.
.ad Supplied d..tisase Oss:Ons; Sis
public
psal mr.
.nS M IA hopefully con
M es Of tho d
:ass.
wAs then mentioned that this society had felt
as 70 ss9 I'm
have report srastuds 70 God that Of
shose places church has been organised and the
~ Ia: e. sU e. With
81 other place. 60
are waiting to be organised as the
Rev. NJ REID. Of the Methodist Church, proposed the
following
Resolved That the reports row read be adopted and
printed under the direction Of the Board.
MI REID made few remarks In support Of this resolu
ton He regretted the absence Of the gentleman REV.
Mr. VIII h.vA Sctv
happy to bea his testimony to the efficacy Of the Society
he was glad that the report to be published It
would call the Of others to this great work.
chief Recommendation Of this Society the that
made the churc ctivs; and Christianity would die
not active The persons engaged in distributing tract
we're themselves benefited as much they benefited
Others
The resolution was then adopted The choir sang tho
Rev. THEODORE L. CuYrR addressed the audience, and
who could not plead for themselves There were many
And many OF these In this city and there was
ample room for work amongst them: The tract move.
ment commenced from very email beginnings and was
now great city movement We go forth in it t, help
others and help ourselves He liked this movement be.
Christian mis- ion, and Was especially for the
benefit Of those whom Christ especially came to
vhere-to the eighteen thousand New Yorker. Who
Ne are told live under groundand down to the very
lowest in society The ward missionaries also did ii
right to participate In this movement aud was much
more able to do good than He made stirring
peal for more vsters and said that for every church In
New York there not three four vsers and
each one could easily send score. He thought that IL
any person felt his or her pety ming he should
advise them to 60 to the bec side of some aick sinner
with the loaf for the body in hand and the Bible
the other The prayer would be different after that and
the communion table would be approached with different
feelings The speaker advocated the Investment funds
this society and would be lucrative to the investor
Besides their gifts they should lend their personal aid
In every ward there missionary, commanding little
battalion the system was eecve II only wanted
motive power. Every one should be happy lend his
her aid
collection WAS then taken up in aid Of the Society,"
and considerable amount donated In furtheranoe of s
objects.
The eher sang the hymn No. H. book LIST -"When
Jesus dwslt In mortal clay.u
. Rev A. WOOD addressed the Society He alluded to
me very large number Of persons plunged In degradation
this city, and among the for their reclamation
Ah Society was particularly prominent It was he said
The duty Of every Christian to others the
nsans whereby he had escaped from the bondage of
fhe Christian could point the way from experience