The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-05-11

and friends passing away the cause st continued
to be upheld, and TO receive the support all who love
| their country and their ! read some time ago,
who Was tried in court iu Kentucky for assault and
battery, and when certain witness was brought up
descrte the way in which this had turned another
out Of his house. he said:-"yopr Honor he insu,sd
him to leave it." .Jnduced him." said the counsel,
what do you meanS7- 81 mean he took up stick and
beat him out Now have only 10 say that mode
o. inducing similar TO that OF the Kentucky The
speaker related anecdote Of frogs in the town os
Wyndham, which raised such tumult In their migra-
ton from one pond to another that the good p ople
thought the world coming to end. The frogs be
compared to the liquor dealers who mailing . tre
ndous cry because they 10 abandon their
present nefsrious traffic. He had been reprosched he
the mni,,ry had been charged with appearing at
theatre but he could tell them that ridicule would
S1s,dt SUs urVe him and his co workers one hairs
ported in such manner 10 present him in q lud-
erous light before the pubic; but It to him mat
Ter OF very htte consequence what they did. Thsy
we're engaged in most benevolent enterprise; they
were setting up in this land system which would here
after be bnown as the American system which should
be and felt BY liquor dealers of every shape and
size. Let the Chairman, said he, of the Tanmany Hall
meeting, or Captain French who undertakes 10 say
that DIR Tying is the only who undertakes the cause
Of Temperance among the Episcopaan m;nstsrs-and
that question with hm) the lawyers pursue their
course, or measure the law BY the magnitude Of their
harmless feeling OF those lawyers our cause WIN stand
and the men who support II out triumphant in the
contest The Rev gentlemen discussed the question Of
the constitutonality of the PTohibory law moral
grounds. and came to the conclusion that it per-
fecty In accordance with the constitution He desired to
know where were the that ought to be the leaders
In the movement the Girards and the Lords Who in
stead Of giving their paid opinions to the rumseer To-
gazng their traffic In crime shall come out on the high
table land of voluntary dsnterested regsnsraon
OF the community He also desired to knoW where wero
our GrinDeiis, and Minturns, and other princsly
chants and why they did not forward and assist
m the promotion Of the temperance cause. He thea
concluded BY expressing his determination to persevere
phn ahn1taI
the State.
The doxology chanted, and the meeting adjourn
AMERICAN HEBREW CHRISTIAN AssOCIA-
TION.
Quite large audience assembled in the Norfolk street
church. Rivngton street. last night to organize
society to be known the " American Hebrew Chris-
tian Association. This to naugurate effort that
has long been the tapis.
Rev. Mr. W. GALATIS called to the chair and Mr..
Morris Franklin oiciated as Secretary After prayer
Secretary, as the cali Of the meetng:-
dra s;''ss
many Of whom reside in New York city and places
CHRISTIAN Jsss .hss .Ss sSs
and organize an association consisting of sincere and long
d h.yn for IL object 1G
brethren who for confessng Christ suffering
are.ns the c Church 20
earnest prayer and increased effort for the salvation or
Where's. The annual meeting and pgblio testimony Of
the setting aside BY them a the the
and ys
ssas his imaee BY they may be called would
is :s1n brethren examine the f'.,'.
brethren convention tie city oi New vcri on
Thursday the 10Th Of May is :. hall celOck
street between R.nsson and Stanton par
principles expressed in the above preamble.
Rev. JOHN MEANDER the first speaker. He said It
must be the desire of all Christians to change, possi
be their Jewish brethren from the error Of their ways
The tins has come when the converted Hebrews
shoud come togsther meet ottsnsr and out ther
for the general good would aliay those little easu
sizes thar now oivde them The latter portion Of me
Mr. MoKRIs FRANKLIN, Of Union College, next in
troduced. He disposed to feel grahed at the meet
everything is ready for Jewish Christian Association.
absurd to that because they have adopted Chris
epgraited branches but true sraeltes and cher
ished the same faith that inspired Abraham Isaac and
Jacob and their dsscs ndants the apostles There
reason why the Christian jews should be dsassociaed
one from another. Mr.. Franklin depicted in feeling
terms the sorrow and anguish Jew undergoes whs
wishes to char his faith The traditions of his race
the Of hs friends and relatives the position and
Ecredulity OF Christians are ali against him Yet
every reason to believe that tie jews would over
to Christianity in great numbers The leading organs Of
that sect openly despise Rabbinsm and everything pro-
hymn then sung. after which
Mr.. G. X. LKDERER made . speech In German. Hs
read the names Of many eminent men who had besa
converted Jews. They should come forward
and star on the Lord's side.
Rev Mr.. HARRIS was the next speaker He did not
consider the division Of Christians into ct all
likely to interfere with the conversion Of the Jews Tho
Hebrews themselves divided into sects; old and
school Talmudsts and anti-Taln udists-those whs
read In version and those who read In another
they all conflict and when look at Christian sects
after al find them to be in Christ There were,
said the speaker Jews converted during the last
twenty FIVE years then had been during the preced.ng
eighteen centuries The speaker had doubt but that
the Jews would soon be converted.
At the conclusion Of the Rev. gentleman's speech,
constitution read, anne nded and adopted. Tho fol.
lowing gentlemen then elected officers for the
suing year
Rev John Meander President.
Rev. Mr.. WeisselI, Vice President.
Morris Franklin and J X. Lsderer, Secretaries
J. X. Ledertr Treasurer.
The meeting then adjourned.