New-York daily tribune., 1854-05-17

Bnlance 10 Treasurtr's credit. -,

The Rev. Dr. TYING addressed the meeting lie said
Mr. President, AND MY CHRISTIAN FRIENDs am
brought here merely fill gap. fear the Christian pub
tic will get weary OF a who is involun,arily thrust
the public all occasions when other speakers inl
IL was the purpose of the Society la have Their platform
filed this evening with symcn alone. | should have
liked TO see this have hston" 10 the report So
hcious in lis character and dscrm'na;ncy evangelical
i'm its aims with the utmost satisfaction, and there
none here Law or clerical who should say this So
oiety You shall never fail You have in the report the
great objects of the Association with lis two greai lnc
plesone, that of sehpTeservaon the other thd ol eN-
tension of its objects. Who that knows the history of the
moral world the influence OF moral agents on man
mind and character, Will not admit that the greatest III
hueLces have sprung NON small btslhhiss In ue ms
tory of the rasi many instances of this TRUTH IN
the cases of Lord Eden Franklin, Webster, Clay and
John Williams no, then shall estimate the value OF
any one among thousand young men whom We may
incidentally meet Our report tonight speaks oi
the seed, but the character of the seed gives
the character of the harvest. l honor thus Society
for the terms converted and "unconverted employed
in their report they something tangible There was
a Young who never any thing tl he was coH'er
ted: orsion seemed TO give him, II gives many
genius and power; and such the in the history of
Nm johnson, whose amazing success missionary IN
Africa Is well known gather up these little pearls of
fact from the shore of time encourage Christians 70 aid
small beginnings for good hail with delight the title oi
this Association Christian ana Church should indeed DC
synony should love 10 see the time when the prev
al. nee of sect and cast may be broken down. iha
could take Two distinguished fathers OF different denon-
nations by ,he hand anu say, et us WORK to-ehe am
weary of this unceasng feeling OF snspc'on that the
brother next me other object than The grand con-
pent ose OF spreading the gospel OF Chris therefore
love ts title Christian Association. hen these Young
men come ont with such title and such report IS there
or mother in this house that viii no; weep over e
fears of iov Look at the 500 young men IN ms Il mus
banded e,her: and compare them wh the other Young
men who haunt about the streets with IT. King cs"r IN
,ieir mouth and spend their evenings IN 'he
billiard roorn or worsc. did not hope ueTe Were %
many Christian young thus associated ana cry
Ia my beloved brethren rejoice, lecSnse There nope IN
Isrsc when vou and shall be in the grave ms aJoh'
turo thar eseciay requires the scaon o weuprevael
and religious young men Tor tlis Is ue WY. % -,
existence of our country mpered when thSi 20 whoh
rreer liberty only the union OF these S;a'es' Is e1
ened with danger witness which would SEM me "a"
and sorrowul 10 my grave. We who have spoAt ainos
ali must leave these 20 the NoEhG men
who surround us. How grateful 10 our hear's ."
know that leave the Gesucs OF our land IN me haIs ="
young WHO devote themselves 10 the objects OF ms
Association. shall they be supported Yes, irehd
Hawkins who bow assent, know they shall there aFe
her, who VIII not aid in such object.
Il know that my Redoemer lveih was sung by Mrs.
Jamieson.
The Rev. THFODoRy l.. CUYIER was the next speaker.
He said: had rot the slightest idea of speaking when l
came here ton ght therefore viii not speak bu; viii
do something. The finances of this Association are III
srnped that il is tins very night IN debt You no doah,
have felt that the Anniversaries OF the past week should
hTye th;s evening jest such an anniversary as ms ol