The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-05-01
Protestant Episcopal Seamen's Missionary
Society-Tenth Anniversary.

Protestant Episcopal Seamen's Missionary
Society-Tenth Anniversary.
The tenth anniversary of the New York Protestant
Episcopal Church Missionary Society for seamen,
held last evening at the Church of the Ascension
Of Fifth avenue and Tenth street.
Right Rev. Bishop Wainwright, presided. After the
usual exercises the annual report read appears
from this document, that during the last year the
Society has relieved 90 6sl At the missionary
station at Coentes slip 80 services have been performed
The missionary agent the East river has baptized
ing the year. hundred and indviduals-nne have
been confirmed He has distributed in that time l. 100
bibles $50 prayer books 1000 pages of tracts 81
bound volumes of instruction. There been two ser
vices performed there every Sunday Wednesdays
and the sabbaths during Lent three services have
been performed.
On the North River there have been twenty per
baptized and seventeen confirmed there ten
funerals and eighteen marriages. three hundred and
Bibles disribud and three hundred and five bound
volumes have also been bestowed together with four
thousand pages of tracts Since the establishment of
the Sailors Home in Greenwich street there have been
2,253 persons admitted at different times. The report
announced that during the present year es5 have
been collected. very large has been the
friends and relations of the inmates During the last
four there were SIS $50 sent in this way From
the Young Mems Society attached to the parent
association 81 22 has been received during year
by Rev. Samuel Cooke of St B,rtholomew's Church.
The reverend gentleman chose his text the 23d
OF the luIth isaiM --'Iney tnat down TO the
ships, that do business in deep watersn
The speaker referred in commencing his DISCOURSE
the peculiar difficulties in the way Of all philanthropic
efforts for the smeoraon of the condition of seamen
Christianity being the only true system OF religious be-
lief il had special consolation for every individual
in the great family of The message given the
Galean fishermen followed the sailor also In his travels
upon the great deep. What the present condition
of seamenf The answer to this question would di-
rect attention TO their wants and duties. They
with few religious opportunities. Be-
ginning for the most part in youth, the
vice TO which they devote their lives, they carry
in early days. Almost all social ties severed and
there restraint upon their actions of such char
acter as Is imposed upon n more favored class When
upon land he TO have idea of how to lve-the
only idea that TO rule him is selfndugence None
claim him and he has claim upon TSe world
cares not for him and why should he FOR the wo
No one takes note whether he lives in honor dies in
shame. Wen do tie harpies who lie in wait for him
shore know his weak points, standing night and day
seeking for victims TO conduct the hauns of vice and
crime. Tie speaker thought that the means used for
the spiritual relief Of the mariner weSe exceedingly in
adequate when compared with the Thousand ems
snries Of vice which beset him at every step. The
societies devoted 10 that purpose should be better
supported than they At present. When the vast
services which rendered 70 the prosperity of the
world by the maritime classes taken corsiera
ton the response ~ the wealthy classes Of the
nifty should be prompt and liberal when applied To 10
ontrbute for their relief The reverend gentleman
poke in conclusion OF the unertance Of the poor com.
ensaton OF this class Of men and the great tempta
ions 80 which they exposed the sailor had claim
upon all and the claim should be generously recognized
A collection then taken up, and the banedction
pronounced, after which the congregation dispersed