The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-14
annive rsary OF the New York City Tract
Society.

The twenty eighth anniversary OF the New York City
Tract Society, and the thirty second Of the female
branch, held last night in the Dutch Reformed
Church, Lafayette place. There was as usual on for
occasions large attendance and the greatest in
terest manifested in the proceedings The pres-
dent Rev Thomas De Witt took the chair at quarter
past seyeni hit.r which there music by the choir.
After prayer by the President Mr.. William Walker
read the Treasurer report from which it appears that
the receipts for the past year amounted to o.
and the expenses to sl7,7le IS leaving balance Of
s54 50 in the treasury. The annual report Of the Fe
male Branch was next read by the Rev R. Cook from
which we learn that the receipts during the past
amounted to s2Ol2 As all Of which has been paid to
the American Tract Society.
AT the conclusion Of the foregoing Rev isaac ORCHARD
cad the annual report Of the City Tract Society which
vas adopted. The following Is synopss OF II Is
Missionaries with average, loa vsters distri-
ued1 $50 403 tracts in various languages containing
709 1888 pages supplied the necessitous on behalf OF
he New York Bible Society with l067 Bibles and 233
iestaments lent from ward Libraries eosl volumes;
c schools and 2o3 persons into Bible classes induced
1870 persons to attend church, obtained 44s temperance
sdeg. have been reclaimed is4 persons hopefully
yerted and 105 converts united with evangelical
churches But in the twenty years that such results
have been recorded the total numbers reported have
been as folows-l9 500 446 tracts distrbuted 2S53e
Bibles and So loo TIE, aments supplied 49, 72e volumes
lent 46T children gathered into sabbath and 1877
into public schools e01 persons into Bible classes
rs 2se persons induced 10 attend church, Is 100 temper
nce pledges obtained 81 COS dis ric prayer meetings
held 600 backshders reclaimed s. 0S2 persons hopefully
converted and 3375 converts united with evangelical
churches.
The twenty eight missionaries engaged says the
report nineteen ward missionaries and three assist
ants missionary and asss tant for German resi-
dents for seamen, two for immigrants and one for
Jews This 10 the first year that the society has sus
tanned missionary for the Jews. Regarding themselves
As the chosen Of God that people suppose Gentes to be
incapable OF giving them religious instruction. From
infancy they have been taught to regard Jesus Of Naza
Teth a. an mpostor and that rejecting him, and watch
were religious acts well pleasing to Cod Besides this
large proportion Of the 2300 Jews in our city came
from Bohemia Bavaria where papa idolatry abounds:
and this they have mistaken for Christianity The Jew.
ish Hed consequently cannot be cultivated or even en-
tered without encounterng great and peculiar Difficult.
ties such would be insurmountabe were IL not for
the announcement afforded by the word Of God The
person we have appointed to this work 10 converted
Jew acquainted with Jewish prejudces, and familiar
with Jewish arguments These he has examined ia the
light OF Divine Revelation and having clearly that
Jesus was the Messiah, he has embraced him all his
salvation and all his DESIRE and goes amongst the
people of his nation with advantages that Gentles
do not possess and tells them Of the things he has tasted
and handled of the word Of life.
Rev. Mr. GILLETTE came forward at the conclusion OF
The above report and addressed the meeting He spoke
f the great benefits which the poor derived from the
reading Of tracts and the great good which was con-
ferred upon the whole community by the reading Oh
them This to be In the increased number OF
commandments who had been added TO the church and
the large Geld which the operations Of the Tract
society had been extended.
Rev. Mr.. REID next addressed the meeting upon the
Eetcssiy Of tho existence OF such society, and the