New-York daily tribune., 1854-05-11

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rnrrose elm. firm aud imuuah!e; paTpose thai and
an modem degonerscy. end in spite OF al moisrn esnt,
s lives in the heart OF every living rs'ian 70 convert
tie whole world magnificent sen ms ne lhen AZ
Udd 10 ~. poe-s Tia. Christianity making. The
tine coming he said. when the an OF 0hnh sa,aa
he cd and Christianity should enter maj gteA epsy
Sanding as he did TO-DAY in ioy ard in terror o aiwhs
bad been achieved. and a. tAe immensely OF wan ,e
NAMED I, be achieved ho appealed 20 evcSy MN "a the
presence Of Almighty God to know what was to ne doae
There was no time to Parey to hesitate TO deier some
did not defer She sent her ydons and her m Nney 70
that benish1ed land The Puseyite ws active; we mas.
Of the Presbyterian Church l7oo and all the Eps
copa cer, in this country, amounting {, 800, were
10 leave their homes for that land whs would 900 BIS
sonr 80 coo ooOi For many wears there had existed in
China an organized body two thousand in number,
pledged exert all their Influence in the diffusion OF ihe
Rise The leader Of the insurgents employed for this
purpose four hundred printing presses and three hundred
distributors.
, sang BY the audience standing.
r. pov Dr Dr,r Missionary of the Free Church Of
Scotland 10 India arose not So much TO deliver formal
address as 10 bear simple. honest testimony lie hsd
felt 10 be duty 20 peruse many Of the reports ana
publications. ofthe society his leisure allowed Ani no
was there to bear tes,imony-nct that such 'csumoy
uecessarv-but it ought 20 degh mans soui 10 speak
in behalf Of such noble purposes a. were thcse o 70"
society Some persons the other day had sna tns sne
Society had pubf aons which they would not crcuate
He ,Sk his society 10 be in is very constitution ecec-
,ic>ociey. lie defended the action OF the SIceiy IA ex
inc tho distinctive doctrines of nv idud denom
nations and made his audience merry a what he called
the crotchots Of hobby riding authors lie alluded 70 ne
fable Of the Old Man and the Ass and feared 'hM the
Society also II il tried to please everybody ugh' ~ @
succeed in pleasing nobody and a. the old man LOST ma
ass they might lose their reputation lie found IN tne'r
pnbcaops food for every OF Ignorance. We wanted
milk for babes and found milk for babes we wsntst
strong meat for strong men and we found that also W.
had 10 deal with OF Popery, and klnonaism AM
Socialism and every other wild ism and vile ism Tie re-
ioced in the coportage system of the Society He kne"
there those who objected 10 the wde spread o' s's
prcmscnous muttudes they should neverOrget
II. go Sox he
True many tracts among thorns and dry plsceS
but we found here and there and everywhere seed t
ing into good SOIL into honest hearts we ought 70 De sa
fed He would take mp fact IN the toreign neid NO,
long ago il the of the missionaries IA benyn
that there some great commoiion IN DIVISION VI a
province containing about n million oi Nhspan1s VINO
had never before they thought heard OF ChrsuaniV
One of them Immediately went thiiher and he cVad that
somehow or other tract had strayed into thar coutry
nltbouoh thew had never seen Christian man. This little
tract had their minds to the errors o doary sothai
a considerable number bad renounced H. haa snctga so
we're persecu,onn consequence Of their spoaey
ready 70 receive baptism hrs hands. lie could mention
another still more extraordinary happens
seven eight years that missionary wont no .ho
ves f Bengal and found that seventeen years previous
a tract called the " Ten Commandments h@d iHieh ,n'V
the hands Of tlindOo deyotee The devo'ee hsI uyi
unaffected but the tract had come in contact win the sou
of honest hearts and did noble work Very soon
hundred were baptized all the fruit of that single uaN
Intellectual and spiritual bitter were he SAD sone
times necessary to prepare persons dyspepc with doay
for the reception of wholesome religion ihese ZOO W.
IN he sopnd in the publications of the Society lilo had
ost especial horror of the of sin Some OF hts audi
ncs boa never Knocked their brows against him. They
did not know how hard he lie would rather meets
hole army Of Atheists than single regiment o, J,sus.
Did the history Of the past teach US nothing ne kne"
quite well that there there who dd not t,r 'he
power of Pepacy but he believed thar nohng wouu Der
Ter lease tle church Rome than TO know that we "ero
not suspecng their insdious machinatons me y,su
would 90 to India and he said that they believer
IN Bra6no When they went among American Indians
they would describe To peaceful rDo PHai'o spound
iny in fields Of corn and forests Of deer 10 D.. o,
tribe they would proclaim the atooious lac tha he oeseu
J,gus WIS great warrior at the head Of an nnun raoie
army sloyng in an eye5es ~ ,trng OF aS sSs ,scs
the warmest advocates Of liberty Of conscience but Crom
we told them that if by rghs of conscience they meant
the bringing Of their dolarOu, mass and troubling the
streets with it, where the power Of the English PhrlisVen
extended it should not be. Applause He then went on
10 desc rbe the part which the Jesu took in rolling back
the tide OF reformation in Europe lie read at consider
bic length from tract exposing a. he thought me 1a
Ike hypocrisy of JesaiIn Rome might Se s.n M 70 ", "o
ed tiger when almost dead would turn upon his enemy
and bite him death. He then gave Chreuans an ek-
hortation to constant and energetic mDor IN "' '"'
The Rev. J. c. OscKEs, Of the Baptist Mission in
Germany succeeded. lie was, he said, an old rac, az"
trbutor he also Presbyterian of the old school 'a
no found h authority for the precep's 81 our SAVIOR n
,be Fn,es of Paul he found still stronger authority Tor
bCing a PRESBYTERIAN lie was also an od schoc Ar"s
rian and Baptist Of the OLD school ana ~ i. hs wa,
. hssn one Of the anonted OF the llving Go1 ih oo
haf of himself Of the churches OF central EuroPs, %
their numhere friends he thanked them or te po"e
aid which they had given the German mission tor he sa
,s,ar 81 century, But for this aid onehai Of the
good could have been accompl shed which had been y
did not call tracts little messengers a. ~" od % Ii,,Ia
cans-tbey too powerful for good 10 De ca
and in Germany they where mionaries were ~. "
lowed 70 90 In the Scheswig Iolsten war the so'nsry
were extensively employed In circulating mem Du,n3
the last twenty years not less than OF rae had
been spread a through Germany and one-half OF then
had been paid for by this Society very large number
of converts had been made, onethrd Of whom at least
were brought 10 the knowledge OF the tfu.n ny
means of these tracts. Much was yet TO be acheved
in Germany. The land was riie with efr@-ra.
tonelstc end Puseyite-enor in the dominant
Protestant Church and out Of it, The purest OF the rrot
estat eburt the Continent contnued t teac aos
utiop 10 erase the second commandment and 10 Destroy
Tho f,urtb There was no Sabbath there Dat OF popu-
ston of 80 900 in his native city Hanburg nDt more
than 900 attended any church In Hesse MechlenDur{
Schesvig and Hosein their meetings were ProhiD,te
The priests and schoomasters anything but Cprs
tons Jpfdey abounded. Their princes and kings male
rrofeson of religion only because they found easier 10
keen the poope down with the Bible than with me bayone
Tnev crushed out ratiOnasm because they tound tnh
favored revolution If there were any chursh wno. ~ @
destined 10 prove blessing the American Society was
the German Baptist Mission They had % charcnes o,o
nreachng stations and annual increase OF 2po SOUS
IL commended il to their prayers and their sympafhes
The remaining resolutions were then passed
RescIred That the immense emigration RON Ea,ops Tow "a
from Eastsrn Asia and the prevalence o. native oeslt
e demand the prosecution and rapid eKpangp ~ tas
h ess. on eoloosse andsr divine bles.ns.
bopA kindred countries and 'esport' nom
which emisrefon 10 flowing to his lafd ..L.,~ ,h.
Isd Thsf am the conflicts Of nations Involving PERHAPS hs
existence Of vast syens o d9sty sna tbs .tssdy
peaceful mD sion for the Christian rEessDfos'
support Of this Society. - --o..I
The resolution for the election Of officers was then movod
by the Rev. Dr. Knox, and passed
After the singing Of the dox0logy the benehciion was
pronounced by the Rev. Dr. NJ Ghee Of Elzabethtown.
ASSOCIATED ALUMNI OF THE UNION THEo-