New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-10

shus,- however bad they might look, were yet miti-
GATED hv Christianity Contracting the errors Of he
nr,, emf d,v with TIE colossal errors Of the past wAy
a to,.rsbtr smart Yankee would 90 through haf
DOZEN Of lie .y,orS of NOWADAYS and out
sderably wiser for his experience. Jean Pau ssid
that when the French revolutionists looked up 20
heaven they God, but only hollow dea'ns
eye-socket. II would be less dark but more uue 70
say that they bcheld the glazing sensuous eye OF me
Roman basilisk, and that they recoled from Il with
horror. Look back at the horrible denominations Of
Psrsnism. and with all the recr;mina,ons OF modern
rcsoers the worst thing for them wocld be the sbcs
ton Of the gospel of Christ. That the rock Of
ages uron which they hsd planted their artillery. II
WINS a very common saying with the infdel that tho
DAYS of prerogative passed Butpferogative hsd
never done ANYTHING but etter and hamper the gospel
The GOSPEL would operate with stronger energy NOT
because It imbibed something from the spnt Oh INC
ace; was not that for she gave everything 70 tno
age Mr. Heacock mex. animadverted upon what M
called the absolute religion snd its two exponenns
Theodore Parker and Francis Newman That Religion.
he said was confession that the dark iailn OF inc
Grim Kamuc and the superstition OF the poor savage,
whose hands were bescared with the blood OF human
sacrifices that all this was perfectly CONSISTENT WIN
the possession of the religious sentiment mhat au
ference there between the faith OF MT faAe, anu
that of the Kalmuc, he would not venture 10 detef-
mine lint he would venture 10 believe that had ar.
Parker been born Kalmuc. he had been haimuc
still-tha some other power than that NATURAL snt
ment had enabled Theodore Parker to stand up
in Boston and expound the diagnosis OF ms less
favored fellow creature, the grim faced kal-
niue. Ii had been found necessary by these
apostles Of the absolute religion TO invalidate the
especial claims of the Gospel of Christ and IN order to
do this great blow had been aimed at the perfection
Of the Bible and of tie Bibles great central character
Now e; II be said TO these that our great human
ty would not yea, viii not give up withon, struggle
or It's divine man. The bold attempt had been made
desccrntc tie immortal perfection OF Jesus Christ,
md Ia make ont the great Savior 10 be only great
inner The great object seemed to be TO darken tins
ight Why, blow ont that light, prove Christ to be an
mrcrfcct and fallibe mortal aud the bind nauons
would crope in darkness. What said our great ms
torianl WHY, that the idea of n God incarnate was
orc of the nobcst richest and highest objects of hu-
man history Yet these men having stolen some hre
from the aiars of Christianity were saving, Come,
crow let ~ burn down the affairs from which we stole
this fire. and then the absolute light viii shine. The
Church would prove to the torch of these mofcrn m
cendiaries TO be asbestos incombusi'bie TINS was
their calm confidence. II these gentlemen OF the aoso-
lntc religion were determined to launch upon tbs great
sen so often heaved nv tempess and swept by storms
iftlev were determined to launch themselves IN cast
iron canoe with paddle, in the name OF Iheodore
Parker. let them 90. But they would not 60 IN me
boat The Gospel had perennial element-it had
yiror like that Of spring You might lust "a wei ex-
pect 10 stop the beating of the infinite heart Of God
The resolution was passed and hymn was sung.
The Rev. W. j. BUprNGros offered the second rcsc-
luton:
Re.olred That find the claims Of cur HON. :pssa
sec TS'' eHe''''' '''"'' 40 ''' ~
He congratulated the Society on its name. II was
not Domestic That word referred to a mans house.
but the good old Anglo-Saxon home could not exist
without hearts He spoke of the old Teutonic chastity
which we had inherited of their reverence for woman
which was the foundation Of the Teu,onc home. IL
was a pleasing thought that the desnies Of this mag
nifcent land were TO be under the direction of the An
glo-Saxon race. He had been very much surprfsen III
examining the Census 10 find that In the
States church accommodations were provided TOT 20
rer cent of her population while England had only
So Boston had church accommodations tor 90 per
cent Of her populaion while Chicago had ~. ne on"
not believe that the Church OF England WIN AL nH
immense wealth could have built churches for 90 per
cent Of 80 large population in short time we had
everything in our favor, and we were called upon az
Americans 10 bid defiance to Romanisn and lnhdeinv.
He regarded this a. period of great responsibility m
the history of American Christianity and he regarded
Il a. within the purposes of the Society TO ace that the
character of the Puritan fathers be sustained az inc
present time. Referring to the position OF the nauons
of Europe he said he regarded England a. the greax
huIwnrl Of Christianity. Should England fall, there
would be no greet stronghold for Protestantism ex-
cept it should happen that America Is prepared TO take
the responsible position "a tho great na'ions
defender Of the Protestant faith tChcersl. TO I
| forbid that the mother country should foa
before the daughter is prepared to occupy
| her high position among the civilized and Christ
| i'm nations Of the world. In time OF her great
mess and rower England il is true had endeavored To
| exercise that power uDiusily upon us, and this ms
caused alienation of feeling, but should she 90
| cline "a one Of the greatest powers OF the globe,
| tie synpathies Of the daughter-country would
awakened, and those feelings produced by commc
| origin and common language would be revivedi
| the hearts Of the American people lApplansel.
The resolution was then put and carried unani-
mousIy.
HYMN was sung after which Prof. HADDocK, D.
d. Of Hanover, n H., late United States Minister To
Portugal, moved the following resolution;
R,lped That We owe the Old World sustain and
tend The Protestant, Religion in the new.
He commenced by referring to the position Of Russia
~ being a new country like our own. Her strength
did not consist much in the number of her bayone<s
az in the strength and vigor of young and growing
country Covering more territory than all the rest Of
Europe besides she conn riser within herself unlimited
re,ources. and was extending her power even to tho
lands Of the East, rendered sacred TO freedom and u
! Christians by the life and miracles Of the SAVIOR.
Within the pat century her population has increased
| from fifteen millions to sixty millions OF people.
| With an absolute monarchy for her Government, ana
a religion az dominant that Of Rome and with vis-
ions of magnificent oonquests and increasing power ~
was not wonderful that she should be striking such
terror in the cid and crumblIng nations OF Europe
America had anything to fear from foreign aggression,
Was In the ambition and lust for power OF the kussinn
! Gar Then there was America, with young nnd
vigorous population which within the past fhree-9usf
iers Of a century had increased from three 10 tnny
mhons-what her mission 10 perform
Was il 10 JOIN in this strife and hight france az" I'm
gland along with Russia oh no! Ii would be our
dntv 10 pursue very different course IL indeed Se-
vastopof were filed with Americans instead OF kns-
sans and il constituted the buwark OF our country,
we should not wait for diplomatic convention but We
i Ix<r. Of hlf.ndp ami