The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-04-19
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Ninth Annivsrsary - the Protestant Episco-
al Church Mnsslonary society for Seamen.

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Ninth Annivsrsary - the Protestant Epasco-
pal Church nssionary Society for seamen.
This society celebrated its ninth anniversary on sun
day evening last, at 81 Georges Church. stuyve@nt
square, the Provisional Bishop Dr. Wainwright presid
Ing Although the weather most anfavorable to the
occasion the attendance very humorous After the
uerfcrmapce of the religious ceremonies in which
Rev Dr. Price and Rev. hessrs. Eigenbrodt and Camp
assisted,
Charles NJ Tracy read the ninth annual report Of the
Board Of Managers This document represented the
sety TO Be in prosperous condition. although the
psnses of the past year increased those of
SOrner years. The managers acknowledge the receipt
since their last report of 1852 A. being increase of
ssl7 So on the amount received the preceding year
With these means have been enabled TO sustain the
three branches Of the and reach the close of the
year out Of debt 1t must however be allowed US to
SAY that the unfolding OF cnspes the payment OF
aeek rents and other Indispensable charges cop Us ~
pee the salaries the three cergymen in shs service
On the basis of missionary subsistence anu
while practising the srctest economy OF expenaule we
have st watched the moderate flow into the treasury
th nncessing interest lest 1t should fail to supply
The sunday services OF senior missionary were
interrupted weeks during the past winter, by the
sinking of lapel in the slip at the foot OF Pike street,
st river This misfortune is attributed TO the great &C
sumuAtion Of the roof of the building and ex-
srenssy rough weather during very stormy night In
mediate taken TO repair the damages The
ing perfectly restored again launched and placed in
III former berth. The peeuniary loss to the Society
esrssnsd to be 81 was promptly paid by the Howard
nsua Company. With the exception of the Interrupt
tion ment ned, the two floating ehapels have heea open
ed Sundays, and divine service maintained in them
throughout the year. The average congregations re
main nearly the formerly, sut rather on
the Increase Seldom less than hundred and often
tao hundred persons, attend each chapel From
fourth onehird of thee actual seamen, and
of the residue Of the families OF seamen or
eonnscted hy employment ard sympathy with mari,
ia Tho nnl lv ehA and
successive services collect the same persons.
During the past year thirty six persons have been
trmed from the congregations of the two chapeis and
the aggregate number OF partakers at the monthly
munun at both ehapes has varied from sixty to eighty
The experiment Of preaching in the open air at tho
Of seamen says the report aas been tried and
in spirit OF gratitude to Divine Lord the example Of
whose personal ministry has besn huInoy followed We
the favorable results OF the experiment to the
notice of the society and It's friends and Of all who duly
value their opportunities Of recaming the soas which
Christ died 10 The Mariners Home, IN Greenwich
street has been founded and sustained by few members
Of this society under the particular religious charge OF
the Of the North River Chapel although it is
= private enterprise not directly connected with the
society, and receiving no aid from its funds. This
estabbs is designed to furnish convenient and
desirable boarding place for seamen without tenlpts
tons, where the inmates will be invited TO join in
daily prayers, and kindly guided in wise ways, and
surrounded by eeyating influences 1t has been IN
operation three years and upwards. and ts good re-
suits may be judged Of BY the following particulars
The whole number Of sailors boarded ut the Home during
The last twelve months is six hundred and eighty three
OF whom there boarded wi bout remuneration thr
y Fix sick seamen nursed and taken care of during the
period six; destitute and shipwrecbed
ssted in uhoe or in part - c'othng during the same
peros fifty amount Of seamen wages received by
the keeper of the Home be deposited in the Savings
Bank seat home 20 their families since the first day
Of May last thousand Ave hundred and eighty nine
dollars and seventy nine cents The North River Chapel
Is furnished with circulating library from which books
are drawn by men going TO sea- to read on their voyage,
and return at its close The volumes of this library
Kept in active and the sal0rs have generally been
found careful to return them. mostuesul and eevat
ing inauence attends this an 81 books, and it might be
greatly increased and extended if the requisite BOOKS
could be provided to enlarge this library and place
ther in The East River Chapel During the past year. the
Young Mems Society for Seamen has published report
end has also contributed the Of hundred and ten
dollars and ninety cents to our treasury.
The managers acknowledge the continued gratuitous
supply of the missionaries with Bibles books and
religious books and tracts by the following benevolent
socsatonsthe New York Bible and Pray Book Society,
tie Protestant Episcopal ITact society," the New York
Bible Society," the American Tract Society the Protestant
Episcopal Society for the Promotion of Evangelical Know
age and the Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union
ST. Bibles and Iestaments prayer books 564 bound
volumes and 600 pages OF tracts have been dis
sributed by the three missionaries during the year.
AT the conclusion of the report the Rev. Or. Neville
preached able and interesting taking his text
frem the 10th chsper 9th verse Of the Book OF Revea
tons And heard the Angel Of the Water say" &c.
The reverend gentleman commenced by describing the
condition and life of sailor ITS dangers and vicsitude
aad dwelt with much emphasis on the claims which all
who ego down to the Sea in shios'' have upon our
moral and religious eympathies They we're not only
exposed to the peris OF the deep, but the saliva
tion of their souls enc angered by the temp;a.
lions 10 which they exposed. Circumscribed by
The limits OF the snip they are often SPEC
aAtors of the most immoral and revolving They
have OF retreat from such spectacle like those
living on land and often without the means of re
Rious Instruction They rick their lives for the benefit of
their fellow men but little attention is given to their
spiritual wants TEMPORAL interests. There are very
few who not deeply in the sailors debt The obga
SONS Of commercial to his energy of the greatest
magnitude They have sent him forth to do business
the great to traffic with the to chase the
ham bring the fabrics Of he East from their d.
fant looms and the rich furs OF the north from their
frozen abodes TO peril his life in order that they may
b rish princes. ask you, said the speaker, Ia
conclusion TO assist the sailor with of that ~eah
This society need funds vherewith to furnish the
Of relieving the shpwrecked mariner and providing food
for his mind body, and soul.
At the close Of the reverend gentleman DISCOURSE of
which have given very brief abstract, collection
was taken up for the aid Of the society
Benedction then pronounced and the congregation
dispersed.