New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-07
AMERICAN HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

AMERICAN HOME MlSSlONAk1 Sp'iEl l.
sERxoN BY THE REV. RICHARD :. sroKr1S, DID.
The Anniversary Sermon before the above Society
was delivered last evening, in the Madisen-square
Presbyterian Church, by the Rev. RICHARD = sroRIs,
Of Braintree Mas. The congregation was very
numerous The preacher commenced hi- discourse by
advertine TO the intimate and inseparable connection
existing between true religion and true Amencanlsm
The principles Of American freedom ard the principles
Of the BibIe-shall they be sacrificed Let Us spread
them till not a nation under heaven shail remain I'M
blessed by them. LIT our people be- pTvaded by the
shirt of pety and then shall every message Of any
nature that send abroad to the rec, of mankind he
rermeated with that holy spirit and III few years re
rious and civil emancipation shall crown the aspirngs
Of All the peoples.
since The Church reflects the glory Of Christ, her
spread and must be sought with all energy aud
perseverance, Her voice calls on the great men oi the
earth TO come and lay the.rtrbute at her feet When
" forget thee, oh Jerusalem, may my right hand
fCrpet her cunningl Salvation! on that JOYFUL
sound Heaven only can reveal It's full significance.
Who that Justly appreciates the soul worth must n)t
rejoice in Chrss glory in the pr spery Of the Church
BESIDES the Church ~ mans only hope even on tins
earth: when u departs, and true ree on shall have
left the habtaons Of men, the angel Of death, stand
inc on the hight shall the sword of wrath. Let
the dark banner Of the God of this world float over her
ruined towers and dismancd walls, and farewell
every hope for the human race Peace AMI good Will
to suffering humanity breathe only from This religion
which invites the heavily laden to rest, which converts
the sword into the ploughshare, the spear into the
pruning-hook md bids every man SIT down under his
own fg-iree By It alone the nch and poor are
taught TO think correctly, and To act justly IN their
daily life. Where does even the purity OF earthly law
prevail except where the Gospel sanctions and gives
law its aid Let the groans of thousands from the
field of Inkomann rise to our ears, and we cannot
hear them unmovcd but how much more should we
be moved by the peril of millions of souls going to
lhst place where redemption can be had no longer
Need say that in our land, where no church is
panted-or if planted has been powerless-the results
aIe most disastTous Millions there not taught the ex
stenoe of heaven and hell; in wide districts IN these
States religious moral restraints are felt These
holy mini.tratons are needed sOrev these facts
undeuiablc Here and there even among those desc
lations which be made TO shine forever in the
crown of the Queen Of Zion. loving mnisratons
must be employed in their aid In these desOlatlons IN
fidelity ignorance and dclusOn lead into the most Ia
inevitable errors While our country still drags after
her Slavery. that fatal heritage OF another age,
as convict drags hs cham; while the
ueiensions of an apostate Church supported even
by those who call themselves Professionals, and her
colleges and priests swarm over the land, II we take
not timely lesson looking TO the fate of Heroulaneum
and POmIeli the signs of the times much deceive MS.
The battles of ROmanism and slavery to be fought
out on our soil, and unless we prepare Tor both
the struggles NAV end liberty, civil and religious,
forever While sin and ambition beat IN the hearts of
men, well may fear there issues In this land, en-
loving the abundance of the sea, and deriving treas
uTcs from her sands, there surely cannot be want
inc means for this holy work. Much has been done;
but more must be- done To make this land what 1t ought
TO be-the land of Emmanuel. California, Kansas,
and Nebraska will soon need large supplies Of the
bread of life which II Is for us to supply 10 them. The
relations of man To heaven demand higher effort and
nobler response from the bosom of Zion. What else
has the Christian TO live for except tor the glory of
81 Him who weareth many crowns The riches OF
the rich and the IOOr mans mite must be equally o-
Piled 10 this end The house of the Lord must rise
here and there in simple majesty; congregations must
be formed schools must spring up and benetictlons
from Thousands of ps ascend from places whence they
have never asc,nded before.
Dr. Sicrrs mentioned some instances III which poor
md struggling churches and missionaries were aided
bv the American Home Missionary Society. What,
Ire asked VIII you do beyond what you have already
done To IA Sc struggling churches, and 10 erect scores
and hundreds of new ones districts now desoate
You cannot do better than To send the hera OF saliva
ton over the waste places. The influence of those
their collateral influence schools and colleges have
sprung INTO existence.
should you not then perscvere in this labor of love
and let your later deeds Ouistrp your former Make
up your minds and take hold OF this enterprise with
stronger hands and larger hearts. Heaven and earth
shall unite in urging YOU onward. Millions OF The
heavenly host stretch out their hands 10 You, and NIL
hons of the lost raise up their voices exhoring You TO
do that which shall save millions from coming 10 the
place Of torment in which they are Shall those la
bors and honors be yours Your own hearts shall