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

hes Inc 6ermen Roman CatAoLcs are Fely .elt
cas- Of e sons from tie thousands OF ei-rtnLs 10 n
Ireland Dr-ng the iasi lye year l2l Roman l.hl llcs
Leve been converted b. and attached % the Ba2is
& ohIr - ohoI hselI - n rJ I 'eP,.a& P;o. M ms an he O In
rel Las been preached This fethat al lei p the
glory of God and be believed tal the converts had
become mos faithful aai deyo:el la55res in tie yiae
,'aId Of the Lord Among these were many "ho
h, We risked ilr hives and 5erties in endclvorny -
inn at tie Word Of God INFO Austria. the penalty Of
doing y lch nothing less than imprisonment Tor Three
f ar FIVE years With har labor in the o-treses Of the
Fmrire II connection with tbs part Of his subject the
speaker relioned some interesting eases of the fearless
- .q, anu he dete rnnei pcrnaciIy which Of his
g., men br, ;hTen had displayed in spreading the gospel
Wten In Ia - they lad inhaled the sweet air Of liberty
for tie first iine end when they cou,d wax on. IN open
broad daylight and preach the e0spei and unf ne BAN
res of Christian y everywhere they fastened 10 Vienna
ard 70 the capita. o. Hungary and there IN ihc very center
Of CaiLoloim they sTeaehea te g9sPe D' neg ~ IA
forsetn for Is the flriaulent assembled at Frankfort
would honor God jy prayer 20 God would no honor
them by LIS Blessing ant their uti,n cdne To uc'hh
With re,peo to their operations in ihe conversion OF
Catholics Il wished TO srS thatt spirit - persecution
which charncierzes the RI man Cltlshc Church praydh
in all the SiatsC on the Comment. ana II we de-
sire consistently II q nj should come
70 the relief Of brethren ~ho suffering tse same
things over and again in Narous places The speaker
n5eJ to the happv effect produced uron the Prussian
Government. in favor Of rel gOUs liberty by The statement
Of Mr. Bernard the American Minister and the eNImPle
which PRUSSIA aoIdug TO the smaller States OF Ger
MANY and concluded by brief review ~ the state OF
reier freedom in Sweden Denmark and the other eou-
of n
was sure 10 prosper and triumph.
Tie Rev Dr. DUR of the Presbyterian Church, Scot
land seconded the resolution IN speech o conslerao'e
length He reoiced in thi. union of Christians IL was
truly Evangelical alliance cemented not by theory 0ut
BY the fse and glow Of action II Is action aone wch
es Christians into another and Yields ihemio one
mass-a mass which will be irresistible lie r'lced a'o
in tho object Of the Society for points 70 not only pas
sve resistance but TO active aggression II wodt be
throwing -corn upon Christianity TO make i act only on
the defensive II came into this world as an aggressive
over odn,carti 10 be such Whenit became saionary
and acted merely the defensive It's LIE become ianeud
and il in fair way TO become extinct me NE o.
every AGGRESSIVE power consists N sSon lie me my
of course that in the exercise OF such power they should
corfne themselves to the use OF spiritual weapois bnt
while be found here movement toward the conversion
of tho IGNORANT and dcuded in the kingdoms OF Europe he
found 10 movement toward Asa. LEI ihis was neiu
well worthy of their consderati n Inc man oi Sun i
cycrywh,rc and We must disp"ssess nm Wherever NJ Is
found His official representative who sits on me seven
hills met with proper reception IN the ued STATES
Ar t indeed he was paradcd about by those who are in
different all religious consequences as sort oi pe-
nomeuon But there sound Saxon sense an1 Cnrstan
feeling porvadiug the masses OF this country ineY were
not 10 be gullod ard deceived by any such eNoon' IL
of NevYork with that half rotten old steam tug carrying
away this Papo euissaTy m 'o OF heslra w'h w2pl
perry in America. And if such painting were maze they
might well conceive the fitness of placing on the nights oi
Staten Island two individuals without dlspaagement to
others he meant Dr. Baird and Dr. Murray. looking at the
spectacle and crying in the language OF scripture rise
Lord lei Thy enemies be scattered The speaker tnen re-
was remarkable. Ii was n theme worthy of volume.
When the Portuguese the Indies they hadn
,ew one great object not merely civil power but ao
spiritual dominion. How did they 20 about obianinE
Their orders 10 peaeeabie means p0'si9e ou'
effect their purpose at all events Hence tne ihlsl,
ton end the other of a,rocious cruelty which were
perpetraed by the early adyenturers who delighted IA
lundcr pillage and massacre And all ihs Is done IN
The name of Christianity. No wonder that Christianity
became identical with persecution cruelty fury and ha
red The Catholics boast Of their missions N the East,
hut surely they things To be ashamed Of The speaker
then gave n rapid review of POpery IN India IN our oWn
time Till within twenty years Il comparatively dead
there but within that period has begun to resume rs
power actively. Go where You WIN now YOU see II az -
work In the snowy regions OF the iinalaya mountains
II the distance Of two thousand miles from the southern
extremity well as in the more inviting locliues, you
see evidences of Romanism Yes on the peak OF noun
en eight thousand feet above the level o the sea, you
nav see n convont suck looking down with defiance upon
tie fertile plains and even the e9n4uergfs oi .e dd
And what are hose structures Why they are u'ed ~
scLools to which even sheepsh Pro.esants send telr
children In the end they become Catholics for there
,crt of fascination and magic about the whole system OF
Porory that deudcs lis voaTie me speaker i,h lrays'
Tie actual state Of Cahocism in the more southern al
tricfs and attributed it, present activity IN Cacutta ana
,sewf ere set Of red-hot rsh prc ts ana Jcsus VINO
led been sent there years ago IL would never
do 10 have these Jcsuts among the Aa'iyes They should
make the place too hot for them morally, physically
Wa too hot already The speaker next detailed an inter-
view which he had with the head Of Jesuit college in the
,,v;nrc ~ Tanoore and concluded by denuncation OF
lie whole Pnpal system and with ieryld exhoraton to
III. hearcs 70 watch and 10 resist the machnations Of Pope
lv which ike poison from the serpents fang infused It's
virus through society
II WAS bcn moved and seconded that the Report be re-
committed 10 the Board of Directors for publication
serious of resolutions expressing confidence and ap-
probation of the conduct Of the Board were next pro-
uCsod and seconded.
HYMN was sung and the Rev, DR.. GEEEy Of the Pres
bvterian Church President Of Hampden Sidney College
Va was introduced to the assembly. The fact he said
That Prolestantism wherever prevailed promoted the
bcst interests Of nations while Romanism exercised per
tirou- influence upon those Interests, was powerful
sroument in favor of the objects of the Christian unon
Ue wen, on 20 deuce from history those general laws
which pronounced the doom OF ROmansn lie spoke Oi
the transfer Of the empire OF ihe world Wl'.l 3oO yeaI
from the Papal powcrFIancc spain and Austria 70 the
ntiPapa Russia England and the United states
TL Inflammation not mere squabble among MONKS
i was the shout Of the awakening intellect OF Europehe
;btv ou,hurst Of those electric passions which had been
stLeyiuo through centuries Of oppression waiting for
,rb conductor as Luther Men who led in such con-
tict must be men who had grapped with everlasting
.lir,s He went in very eloquent description OF the
disastrous effects of the Papal policy OF persecution IN
france and Spain upon all departments Of industry and
leaning and closed amid loud applause.
The Rev. DR.. BETHUyE next addressed the meeting
oir he -ai be wouid greatly prefer T. be silent'O
o-c ,be whole time to bis excellent brother the Rev. Mr.
ErRK WHO was set down in the programme a. the ne1i
and last speaker whose name was always welcome anu
who however long he might speak never "c@rie, h eT
duce He had he proceeded TO LAY, great fault which
vcs that when he got fairly a-goinS, he was n0s sure
when he could stop. He hoped his hearers would mpute
il 20 a constitutional intrmty. Many men OF many
n uds was what they used 20 write IA their childhood
Ia eycrv cause there great variety OF Opinions some
taking one view Of subject and some another ne dhi
rot a1ee with many persons VINO constituted that al
uce or who perhaps, spoke upon Ihe platform Oi tAa
S,,v We AL had our natural dispositions which mod
ifJ orr views of th-s and. % great extent our actOn
l. rioht very won BE- that thngs winch lie should
h. WA. sr.akiue. In i- country he would not say in
ny other he W.. not afraid Of the people Win the b.
~ In our hands Christian people ought nor to be
.oI f the reoue or the devil He labored. a. ne said
r.aF en' b ~