New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-11

strength. and Thy neghbor az thysef The spirit Of
Christianity would FIJI rs with the spirit Of God and
then direct that spirit to our fcow-men, no matter
rbs, their color or caste or condition II our hearts
only ben, with the love Of God and man, how ener-
petic would not action be Our Savior sent out
his Apostles saving, Freely We have received, freely
give That was the Epri. tia: We wanted, and WITH
that we would give the Bible to all The world. II
they would know how freely God gave let them 60
and looknf nature. Freely mad received the Bible
from tLoH before u.s. and had our mission 10 flhh
We would be unworthy Of our religious ancestry II we
failed in duty. How many men had laoosei with
the pen wien every copy had 20 be written How many
q; the translaors desk and how many AZ the type 10
scrd II down 10 us There was power IN The Bible
luz; a. in the old stHtuie-books there had been laws
lying dormant, and II only needed the man 20 bring
out that ROVER and put the Laws into effect. We md
In this Ciiy our thousands OF Sabbath-SchOol, and
our hundreds II churches where men loled on luxu-
rouE couohes listening 70 ib artistic music from the
one end and the other; br~N> many were not taken
care o. Everybody mast have the Bible, the emil
grants focking in thousand day, all must have The
Bible Tie whole world needed the Bible. O that
We only had more OF the spirit OF ChEi end the spt
Of tLTBiianiiy.
Tie Rev. Dr. TrSe was the last speaker. He read
letters from the Hon. Robert c. Winthrop and Henry
W. billiard Of Alabama, who had been expected to
take part in tie anniversary Of the Society. He then
gave an account Of the partial suspension Of their
business from lack Of funds. They were abe, he
said TO manufacture 1000 Bibles day. one every ten
seconds. and through want Of means they had been
obliged 10 stop Of their l6 presses and discharge 40
Of their faithful hands--all because auxiliary
societies had failed TO supply the means they needed
Wherever they turned there were immense demands,
immense openings immense opportunity for labor
And on tie pert Of American Christians they slow a
poor stmied Christianity; they would he cutting each
others throats about tic bells and pomcgranates OF
Lieh priests robes while nai0as sitting N darkness
were asking for the bread OF life While Europe was
conyulsed with warfare nndntcstiEel revolution, Amer
rica, whom God has equipped and commissioner 10
c1ry the Bible TO al who were IN want OF II, INTO
whose hands lie lad put It expressly and only Tor the
Iurpose OF dispersion, America was sitting nay by.
Jaban Was open for commerce by American enter
ITisc: translaioOn OF the Bible into japanese hai
ecn fun shed te Society and nothing Intertered WIN
hoirfonding millions Of Bibles oJapon but the niggId-
IN llr of American Christians. China had been un'
locked by violence butthey utterly unable 10 enter
into Il @ land and IOsocss IT, In Europe no nation was
regarded with such favor such fear as our own In
passing down tie Danube, approaching the BOUNDARY
Of Austria two English gen emen on board the steam,
or with Inn looking with extreme anxiety toward
Tic Iolioe regulations of the frontier; he, knowing
nothing about IT, feared nothing, but felt safe a. an
American citizen; the world was his, and all te AZ
mOsJ here he Lad night 10 breathe. The Engii-hmeh
feared that some error would be found IN Their pass
ports and they wonld he imprisoned. He told them
that if lie were il womb be only for day or two Just
long enough TO communicate with Vienna. An
said they, ave should not care If we were Americans
" but if we are imprisoned, somebody at Lintz VIII
"uoiify my Lord Wcsmopand al Vienna, and IN two
or three months be will notify the home Government,
"and may be six months aiterward and by the time the
clothes Lave rottcd of ofus Great Btan will remem
Der hat two English subjects rotting in an Austr-
ian dungeon Never, sad DIR. Tying, never had he
proudor Jay in Lis life. What country could do what
Britain could MT doi There not nation upon
III face OF the globe thai questioned either the pinci-
pes or tie purposes ef his native and-is principles
unlimited beriy-iis Imposes, universal benevolence
TO mankind bond and free-ils intention aud design
tie conquest of lis purposes By the power OF iis prin-
cipes till rot a slave should wear yoke and not a
bondn groan beneath the burden that was put upon
his back. DR.. Tying concluded by panegync on the
Bible Society established las lie said upona National
basis.
Tie resolutions were adopted, and the Anniversary
closed with the doIology and benedietion.