New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-14
ANNIVERSARY or THE ~ Y. CITY
TRACT SOCIETY


cety va, celebrated ia the Dl,ch Reiof nei Church.
La Faysrs place, las; evening, Rev. DR.. DIS WUr
IN The chair TIE exercises Of the Anniversary we're
ra-.icp.ted n BY numerous assc albsge Of ladies'
ami gentlemen.
Amer music aud payer, the Treasurer, Mr. VIII
IAN W,1KFR. PRESENTED hi. Report, sho wing toe
sum Of sl7,;7 o. rs the receipts, and 81 722 H.
the exp,t6i-ure Of the pest year, having abalsacs
The REV r $ Cook prssented TIE Annual Report
of the Female Branch, showing thai the ladies' hal
collected Ltary $4,000 ia the past year ~n'ea 'aeJ
hsd hspded over 10 the Parent Society
The Rev Isaac ORCHARD. Secretary or the Soct-
ETY.. read tie Annual Report from "b'eh We eAHses
the following:
The New York City Tract Society was instituted as
an auxiliary 70 the American Tract SOciesr REQ ~,
ls27 AID q pr, viously formed Young A'er Astii-
"iary Sccely merged Ia IT, AT nrst hs asten-
ton directed io the promscuous cis'r.cct'on OF
Tracts in TIE outskirts OF the City, the prs "a, nos
pitfalls, ships and markets but m le-S Conihittec
wss appointed 10 carp iut) eiTsc, purPs 80, thea
formed Of supply ing families with tract monthly by
means OF visors-eaoh one having p2rucuisr dis
trict Under this arrangement each member az tue
Con mittte the sgent for particular ward; bur
as the Society tcrt ased in efficiency, II was foand
that the duties of the agents required the whole tas
o. a person 70 he dev oted 20 the work IN esch ~sst.
To meet this eNgency one nber OF the Com nt,ee
tp ploy ed missionary for his ward al hls own nd,-
vidual expense; another folio wed his examples thea
others 0is the same; aud thus encouraged, the So
cistv resolved in November, ls3s, make efforts to
sustain missionary IN each ward; ana early Ia the
following ear twelve missionaries we're employed IN
ih,r respective fields Of lsbOr each having under his
direction band of visitors, who, while they went
frum hatitsiiOn 20 babliaton distributing tracts,
awaited themselves OF the opportunity Toe speak
inc on ~ igiuus subjects gathering children into
schools pe-.uadng negecters of the sanctuary to at
tel Divine worship, and in every other practicable
manner Sc, ling TO do good. Thus vas commen 'ed IN
this City twenty years ago. that system OF effort Tor
bringing souls To- Christ by meaps OF tracts ana per-
sonui visitation, which has been continued until the
present time, anc which has 50 Increased tina, in the
past year II has engaged the services Of tSenyeisht
mise or srles.
Tue Society is assistant 20 every good work Of
local araCicr but its chief object to win souls 10
Christ As il Is Christian and not secttrau, invites
and receives the cooperation Of Christians OF all
Evangelical be denominations lt' Board OF Managers
is selected fNm all the principal churches Of that
character ia this City its Agency and Finance Com
mittee represent a. many denominations rs II con-
tains members ts two Secretaries, its Treasurer and
its President are all of different deno ninaOns nearly
all It's ce-Prtsdetis are clergy men, officiating as
pastors of Dutch Reformed, German Reformed Pro-
t. slant Episcopal Old School snd New School Pres
byterian, Bavisi Methodist, Morsvian Lutheran, or
CoDgrega iOnal Churches OF such en0mlDauons also
iis Missionaries ana visers; 1t never distributes
tract bearing sectaran mprnt the doctrines iacul-
Gated ere those mOmeutous truths, the experimental
reception of which all these denominations declare,
with voice, 10 De- essential 10 sdNauOn Tdtsuiak
this impartial yet truly Christian course the catho-
LEFTY OF ID, Society has b.en questioned, aud
can lever be disproyed.
As the yisters and other agents OF this Society are
members Of churches lie success has always borne
some relation 10 the general state Of religion in the
city, ard queutly has been greater IN some years
than in Others; but it is pleasing fact for which We
give Goo all the praise that during the twohy years
that Missionaries have been employed we nave no re-
cord of sl gle month in which the hopeful CONVEX
sion Of nmo ra souls not reported to the Board.
The summary of results reported IN the past year Is a.
follows: - Missionaries, with on an average, lof
,isiiers distributed 359 1913 Tracts, In various Ian
yuages containing 200 1913 pages; sippled the ne
Cessitous on behalf of the Ne~-YOrk Bible Soolsty.
with .Oo5 Bibles aud ,23j Tcstamentsi lent from
Ward Libraries O,0el volumes gathered 9s5 chil.
dren into Sabbath and 3f2 into Pablo Schools, and
gO3 persons into Bible Classes induced so persons
10 attend church. obtained f49 Tenn perance Pledges;
held ,25i District Prayer Meetings q backsifers
have been reclaimed; lJi persons hopefully con.
verted and los converts united with Evangelical
Churches But in the 20 years that such results have
been recorded the ota ported have boen as
follows 10 300 40 Tracts distributed. -, $50 Bibles
arc 80 go rtsaments supplied 1890 volumes lent;
A. "a chldr, n gathered into Sabbath, aud 1927 into
Public Set oos and 90l persons into Bible Glasses;
IS 26g perons induced to attend Church; % 72O Tenn
peIance Pledges obtained 81 t9S District Prayer
Meeting held. 900 ba;Bsders reclaimed; 5,0s2 per-
sODs opeiully converted, and 1919 converts united
with Evangelical Churches
The tweuty-eight Missionaries engaged arc
nineteen Ward Missionaries and three assistant one
Missionary and assistant for German resldeots one
for seAmen two for immigrants, and ooe for Jews.
Tits Is the r,t year that the Society has sustained
Missionary Tor the Jews. Regarding themselves as
the chosen Of God that people suppose GenIes TO Do
incapable OF giving them religious Instruction. From
il fancy they have been taught to regard Jesus Of
Nazareth 1s an InpOstor, and that rejecting him and
watching against Christian influence with the utmost
jealousy, were religious acts well pleasing 10 ID.
BE sides this large proportion Of the 23 900 Jews in
,tt. fr,uu R.,ie
idolatry abounis; and this they have IN st4ken for
Christianity The jewish field consequently, cannot
be cultivated even entered without enco1nteriog
great and peculiar difficulties, such as would be in
surmOun able were il not for the encouragement
afforded by the Word Of God. The person 80 have
appointed this work il converted jew, acquainted
with Jew lsh preudices, and familiar With Jewish ar
guments
The Rev. A. D. GILLETTE, the Rev. j. NJ. Rid,
and the Rev. r. ). oTORRs. Jr., ID D., seyerally ad
crossed the sssemblage behalf Of the Society, its
objects, &c.
after singing collection, and benelic.ion, tho
meeting adjourned.