New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-26
PUBLIC MEETINGS.
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SUI
DAY SCHOOL UNION


| The Annual Public Meeting for Sunday Schco
Missionaries and Libraries At the West, wss held Lest
evetipg at the Mercer-st Presbyterian Church. TIE
cue ence, which Was composed principally Of ladies.
~ss quite small.
Tie exercises were commenced with music and
prsyer BY the Rev Mr.. PRKSrrss, amer which few
zen axis were made by Dr.. FERRIS
The Rev. Mr. BIssKLL stated that the children 81
the City sunday Schools contributed over &C. 200 Lest
year 10 the Union.
long article the comparative extent Of Aissios-
sry work IN this City, and At the West was then read
by II G. Psdee. lie stated that not more than one
q uo az the children OF the City attending SQn-
6.y School. and In the country, especially in the
Wet the average was Dot 90 large as that, He de-
el,r.d thst the Sunday School Missionary work vas
aLe adopted ard successful in city and country He
followed With some statistics Of tie extent and gro vth
o the Union Az the cioee OF the year. the aeld ecs
tanned 4ss 100 teachers and scholars, With 100000
hooks The wages Of the go, 900 Sunday School
schers if they psid only half ss much IS clss
seal tescbers in the City receive, would amount 10
sa5 GOO OO0-tbrowiDg all other benevolent operations
completely in the shade. He proceeded to discuss
schemes for the extension Of the benefits Of the Union
e. the forr and half millions Of children whom they
we OF yet reached.
The Rev. j. BASvARD spoke Of the same fact thst
ont of the six millions OF children in the United
Sstss between the sges of I've snd fifteen, four NIL
lors and q half were without the blessings which il
the object of the Society 10 afford he instltdted
A comparison between the army of England in the
Eas, srd the army OF oolporteus At the West, and
eNborted Americans to manifest the solicitude
for welfare Of and energy in supplying the wants
Of their wes,ern army that the Englsh were mani
f.s,ir for their army before Sevsstopo. lie did not
think that any danger was TO be spprshended from
tie immense foreign iuui1 ration, Tor in sixy years
their Gescends ants would be Americans in the second
degree. He alluded 10 Hugh Miers Footsteps Of
the Cresto and to the foot print shown by the monks
On the Mount Of Olives but he thought thai the 500
Sunday Schools which Rad been established during
the past year were fer more truly footsteps Of tho
Creator He had ls.ely received certificate of life
membership in 20 me society. the seal of which was
more beautifully txprs ssve In any thing Of the kind
be had seen before. The device an OK with a
atsr on one SIDE and plough the other, and the
motto: Let US be ready 70, either
l.. b. TowsLEY, Esq, gentleman connected with
the Union gave some statistics from the Census.
showing the necessity OF vigorous prosecution Of the
objects Of the Union. He dwelt upon the necessity
OF doing something more than merely distributing
books and tracts; Bibles were of no more valas than
blocks Of wood, II people did not know how to resd
them. He told several amusing and edifypg anecl
dotes in illustration of the fact, that people whose
learts were hopelessly obdurate to the means Of
grace direct could sometimes be reached through
tieir chil6ren and concluded by an exhortaton TO
his he arers their prayers for the further
sIce of the objects of the Union, and give literally
After collection and hymn from the Collect, the
b.nediction was pronounced, and the meeting dis
solved.