New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-05-06

name o. ssn 1870 Non by calling him an sama'.
IT, H. S;strvnce 1t cannot be said thar aI "no
ale had "a 10 sea- for, from my own ,,su MN S
10Y nn ,' s,.ation. But the has graat at
.;ts, 20 m, Youthful mird. When yorth grow
mo mn when the restrant placed upon hun oy MS
.on.;b;,,es of life s~ beginning to be appreciated
and understood, thea thousands spring Out, ana, os
eust.d with everything, go to- sea- 1hat IS the reason
msp CINE, why we often find 40 mech discontent ana
NINA. address Ct purpose among thse who have chosen
t,, sea as profession. Now, thn 10 what the Seamens
friend Society l,sve to do with. II has engaged upon
no foreign missionary work, tut it seeks TO redeem
and save our friends and relations, our brothers and
our sons IL 10 with those with whom we are init
mat. by ties of blood and friendship that we
have to DO. Now, have no plans to propose tonight
have rc theory. You 81 know how the powers OF
evil seer TO have concentrated themselves upon this
one point more, perhaps, than upon any other upon
the faca Of the earth. You know how here seem, to
be tho veiy stronghold of Satans Kingdom; and why
should it not be Sol Cor here from headquarters lie
maF send out his eGssaIies all over the word. You
send your missionaries to foreign ports, and at the
time there accompany them thirty or forty ms
oDaries of tvl who 60 out IN some shape u nentrai
Of Darkness will give up his advantage' have no
plaTs TO propose. You are aware OF the evil. 1 DO
Lot know of a remedy in all its bearings. know
that there many things that must come together
easy to throw blame here, there and everywhere.
know is easy to say that the officers of ships are to
blame ! said so when was ssiior, aud built up
noble plars Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT by which, when l
came to be an officer, the whole service should be
thoroughly improved. But when 1 came to be an Of
fcer found TWO sides TO the question. / found two
sides TO everything. endeavOred toput into pra,tice
the new theories that had formed. endeavored 70
treat sailors they should be treated, but found my
theories were faacous; and the consequence ia that
stand here. not an officer of ship, but minister OF
the Gospel. i wearied and tired ont. Ii IA easy
to sry that the sailors to blame. They are so un'
douttedy 1t is easy to say that the officers OF ships
are to blame. Ii is so unquesonaby. 1t is easy to say
that tie of ships to blame. They are 30.
ale you going to dol You cannot raise sailors
Why? Because the officers Cypress them. You AN
not raise of1ctrs. Why Because the sailors drag
them down; and the thing has come to dead lock
here. You raise the officers without elevatng
the sailor. Now, DO not say that speak unadvisedly
know that am young, and have not examined all
the various theories which have been presented. l
know that / am not wise to plan-but know that
things are so firmly net together and the evils such as
tt.y ere, intimately connected and interTOven
with the other that fact as you try to raise one
end the other will weigh you down. and the only thing
that will succeed is some power that will lift the wnoe
at once, and bring it up to a proper elevation.
Now, Mr.. President, everything which has been
spoken of in the Report presented tonight, is good,
excellent. But nothing contained in 1t will do the
wok. Each principle that it contains is help, but
no one Of them alone can succeed. The only thing
which will bring us success-and believe that sue.
cess vii ccme1s the resultant forces of all these good
principles pending together upon one point, and by
the blessing of God rising together. Mind you, the
blessing of God must be there before there be any
elevation. Here you have the main object for which
speak tonight. 1t is the prayer, the solemn, earnest
fervent pray ger Of Christian community, which
will enable these things to be done. The Sea-
mans Friend Society cannot do it alone. They
are the basis They are, as it were the pipe which s
where il Leeded There, with one voice and with
heart let the prayers of the Christian community
ascend TO heaven on behalf of sailors. Let us impore
tha 10 .pd n opirita nd mid in his
work. Then will light begin to dawn. Then will the
seaman begin to be exalted, and you will see such
great progress in this cause as will make you wonder
that we never thought of it before. With these re-
marks will submit the following resolution: That the
Report an abstract of which has been presented by
our Secretary, be accepted and be published under
the direction of the Board OF Trustees.
The audience joined in singing hymn, entitled
"Jesus on the Sea-"
The Rev. JOEL PARKER, ID. d of New York, was
| intro duced by the Chairman and said:
| Mr. PREsfDENT The Secretary, sometime since,
| haI ded ME resolution which was to speak from,
| but have lost it. Still do Lot think 1t makes any
difference; for any speech would have probably oeen
about the same with the resolution as will be with
ont feel the force Of the remarks that have Just been
made with regard TO their being among seamen all sorts
of men, ss in other portions OF the community. but
the gospel meets the wants of all men; and just as
all men need good bread and pure water 80 all need
the gospel of Chis and have some relish for it. That
is to say the gospel not aoaPed altogether 70 hu
is like the eaven put into meal; there are some 81
6piti,s between them The work of doing good to
sailors is simple one. We are to DO the same kind
Of work that tie good Chaplain alluded to did In this
city, and that the Rev. Mr.. Sotel has been doing in
Hayre-the same sort Of work that We do in cur
Christian congregations Looking at sailors as class,
before tie time when the community turned its mind
toward them, some forty years ago, there was com
paratively nothing dOre for seamen. We all probably
W. re surp in childhood when first taught fau
two THIRDS Of this globe water, and that one great
ba.in Of water, the Pacific Ocean, contains the same
amount Of surface all the solid land There Sign
cance in this There is Importance attached to the
ses-here IL an importance belonging to sailors that
will be understood day, far beyond what 1t Is at
present. l would like, so far as l can give any
practical turn to my observations to stimulate the
audience to work for sailor, and eha submit some
reasons Fnt, then, the sailors are hopeful class 10
act upon; secondly, they have strong Claims upon Us
ard. in the third place, they will exert decided
il fuepce upon the world. They are hopeful
class to act upon-they an educated class. IL
may look like an absurdity to say this; but now Is
education Produced Why, by the objects that
act upon the mind and truly great objects act upon
the nil de of sailors. We say OF people who hve In
bold mountain scenery that their minds are thereby
educated to lofty sentiments OF freedom. II We speak
of tall cliffs as castles with gates Of steel that throw
" back the morning SUM-" if snow capped mountains
fill US with wonder and if beautiful verdan plains m
us with pleasure, has not the sailor objects equally
grand and equally beautiful, daily before him Is
not the crested wave snow capped mouatain, over
whelmu 6 the sonl with awe Is not the still, calm
depths Of ocean object of beautiful repose And
these objects act upon the sailors mind, to
prepare it for instruction In all this there is a
power to draw forth their minds Here too, they
the treasures Of earth snached from the avaricous
hands Of man, and swallowed up forever, scattered
the bottom Of the sea-teaching the uncertainty Of
riches. Again, they have great responsibility which
makes the mind thoughtful. Treasures of large
amount are committed to their csre our safety is