New-York daily tribune., 1854-05-10

shou.dais. In fct what real progress has ne hD =
EuIope made vin the ass 400 yelEs, desPe Il -. 80
shueel51 Where is there nation hat l. ielr ~ ~
ihey vt-c before their reyolu.olsi Ye; anid "a ~
dfhculiies, With I'll the irperecious Of character,
tuced b. sefy.tuGe have ri At little people be -
strong, rt gious godly hopeful and n now ch9lele
the world 10 show parallel. y small as she s there IS
not nation deserving Of more rePoc. f)F persV
for right through Tho sCatC-t discouragemcIts thin ne
Rcruhlic Of Liberia This j. dreamy e1lo-y. Wen
may they who took part i0r he dapised Ailcln !oJA
down and Tejo,e. lie has become The strong 'sef
Insn with an tr-uTanCe u power which w'2s oat =
7 own salvation wisii fear and trembling iir u i
God tlrt wOrSrih in them both TO VIII ana sli-
isr Th' s -uy applicable % The PeoP:s :, oi
tlat " God makeh enemies % be at peace "h r.
He to listen TO the tones Of the bel5vei Gl ey
who had witnessed the fuElneu Of bis early prorci' ~
the good Of Africa lAppause Our assurance Is not u?pn
the eoquence wealth OF man. but upon the iaihliAe'
Of God. The blood Of the martyrs : the n''t eo1ien
cry that arises 10 heaycn-of those who for i ,iSe
have given up ihe ghost The blessing OF tI,d i npoI
that land for there sleep those who died there iof mo oiaA
msn. Tie name Il Buchanan, eae OF Liberia martyrs,
would live with the Republic. We know not M worn
here. There il not here who kne" nm ih ipes n)l
consider Linn not simply Of the pures phian,hroR'
but one Of the abest minds. With his own hand he hal
prepared ie Constitution Of that Republic, aai u' pre-
pared that people for stlfgoycrnmen lie nc iei no y
cessor be educated ihe Iiberian' 70 succeed hun he
had educated our present President OF Lberla-Rooefi-
the popular beloved President OF Liberia. BachaDan hai
educated tie Lberan people to be as capable o seo.
ernment-io be useful people "a the people oi oar o"
Rrv DE-. P1EKrR then made the following remarss:
The human mind never accompanies an great object
without adequate motive. When we am n ue con-
yesiou Of single soul We have great ohfc; ID view
but whom iAk of the result OF the subjuglion OF tt
world TO Christ have one of the highest lncehNe'
t0 action There analogous iargeue~s o. noilNe III
African Colonization He assumed thai the Arean Colo
nization succeed and ultimately Africa herself
10 be redeemed. lie viewed Africa in relation 10 the res
Of the world Africa is linked with Europe where the
highest civilization exists but not the hghes lbcry II
was to receive from other sources s impulse h aIvere
10 the various influences acting upon Africa IN respect ~
it, f,ns
Africans being brought under the Eng-h language
the language of theology and liberty The Peilence
which harmless to the Africans threw the carrying trade
into the hands Of the Lbcrian Colony aud made them nie
pendent The benefcianhuence wn7 alluded
to- The African to his land to devecpe his own
character beneitng by all that the impressions received
from his former condition They then received stimulus
from elevation Of position they could never oherwi-e e1
perence. The of colonization would 90 onward,
ill every would fly Liberia with all the eagerne's
that the hungered infant few to It's mothers breast
After few remarksby the Rev Dr.. ADAMS, from South
Mr.. PINNIY, which were adopted:
Htrsd Thai 1pIIPrs,ons By the Of ton9eecs &
tive sate bhed with qualification by this Society aud that the
means TO rom the Ies.lstue Of York naT aid
su1aI, sld ronoiye great work Of Christian philanthropy
in Aea dsry as 9eSd end desires I me e9oRelaoa co PEI OF n.
presented those who Lave heretofore aided By the iuluence
.tenfe @ Poeo Collection. daring the ensirns yesr
After beneliction by the Rev. DIR. ADAMS the So
ceiy reelected the officers of last year excepting changes
made necessary by the decease of their late President
AMERICAN AND FOREIGN CHRISTIAN UNION.
The Fifth Anniversary Of this body celebrated yes
tcrday morning n the Tabernacle The attcndance was
numerous On the platform several clergymen be-
longing to the various Christian denominations represented
by the Society DR.. Dewitt announced the commence
ment of the exercises by the singing Of hymn by the
choir. After which the Rev. DR.. Kennedy of Brooklyn
read The fourteenth chapter Of Revelations. The Rev.
Mr. Bangs of the NJ f. Church then offered up prayer
After which the Rev Dr. Fairchd the Secretary read IN
abstract Of the Report OF the Board-rom which we Be-
lect the following particulars:
The year las been marked by general prosperity and
advance the part of the Society upon the operations
the preceding year The entire number connected with
the Society in all its branches for the whole part of the
home and abroad il q of these 90 have been IN
the home and 81 in the foreign fields.
TpEAsUHYThe balance in the Treasury, April ]. lr1j
S3 SOB q. The receipts 10 April 1884, were ~'JD
o. making the for the year go 56l o. Inc
payments during the time s76,s7j g. leaving bal
ance April l. 1sJI of g, ,GS6 %. The outstanding debts
that day account of the ordinary business oi the
Society, portions of which were daily filling due were
s9Os 49, For TO lqudate this sum- and to carry
the Society forward with increased energy the Board
look to It's members and friends to whom God has en-
trusted portions of the wealth of this world.
MIssIoNs.-rhe service in this department has been
chiefly among the FOREIGN Papal population, who have
sought home land and freedom from the despots
of the land of their birth 1t has been rendered in four
teen States distributed among the northern southern
eastern and sections Of the Cnonchehy in the
cities and large towns and manufacturing districts Inc
missionaries have preached the Gospel in the German
french Italian spanish Irish and English languages
few have he'd charge of organized churches but the most
lave laborcd in other relations evangess and Bible
readers and sought lead the people to attend the
churches already in existence They report many conVer
sons and multitudes collected into Sabbath schools and
Bible classes and evangelical places OF worship lheY be-
long 10 nine diercu. evangelical denominations and are
hapv and heartily united in this great and glorious work
FoRcr oY RouAS CArHoLIoIsN.-In 1870 there were
but nhout 40 priests in the entire country In l7D- e
system in It's organized form, comprised diocese :
bishops priests 20 churches institutions
l college and female academies In 1884. il comprises
archbshoIs % bishops ljl priests, LIZ churches II
dioceses apostolic Vcorates. 20 colleges Wiin 2@i SUI
dents ll2 female academic II has 20 weehly peroI-
English French and German. The entire PaPal Popuiu-
ton of the country is about 3OOOOOO or "ne-eghth pa
of the whole nation From 1884 % lsi4 the personal ana
material force of the Romisl Church III the United Sate'
nCreord t the rate of about 100 per cent during the
last ten Vears nearly the ratio l. Observable except
in the number of churches and priests In these me rao
of increase has been about 10 per cent
Tie report then details The state OF me oFes h'' ~
Swed II The truth is advancing; in Belgium wide door Is
opened for the spread oi the gospel; IN France is
state Of things i painfully interesting IL l. di,heh III
many Iar.s OF that country and rnpo'shle io oueiH m
missionaries to preach the gospel eNeepi III c
Protestant churches But in lalY the pros
ec,s of religion are better. SARDINIA ! no" hcc"'cIu
and The WaIenses in Piedmont have at least twenty ms
sonarcs az work. The chapc AZ Rome ma pe' wen a.
tended and productive Of great good during the a't year
The repor lion conclude with the following general OBJ
1c work nj home % well a. abroad, j. beginning 70 a.
suIne magnitude and importance IN the e''ia'"h o. he
churches which II never had heiorH I'D.
The times are exciting but nof unpropitious II hpne
i ncrc asinc her Efforts. ard rapidly developing Me- rug
la~ocer in his country she j. calling forth lnfuen ana
sgencis wLDb .ho probably little expected TO enconneg
Wl On sbe at-euute boast of her vmp0thy win DeN
and even republican Institutions. God called iallhiu a'
able witness, a-ain, her from her peculiar domantno
kipcd IN o tie Pope-to = u our people % beware oI heI
When she would encourage h' O"