New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-05-08
AMERICAN CONGREGATIONAL UNION.

AMERCAN tONGEEOAIlONALC NioN'
This Association celebrated their third anniversary
yesterday morning at the Church of the Purltans,
Upionsouare, in the presence OF a small audience
When the customary exercises had finished the Rev
w l. BUDDINGToS came forward and said: Mr.
PRrnpEYT / have been requested to introduce the
subject matter of this meeting in behalf of my assc
GATES on the Committee on Agencies; and kno" not
bow can appropropriat'y GO this than Oy sat
ing the steps by which TINS enterprise vas Undertaken
and has been carried forward 10 ts present cucourag
ing condition. Almost simultaneously with the cal
fer help came the offer. just the Trustees OF the
Union receiving repeated applications Tor ara N
tire erection OF houses of worship for brethreo Ia
Kansas q generous response from Massacon-
setts with the offer Of handsome sum as the begin
ming of fund for this purpose. Que applicant was
already in the field; others we're preparing to come 1t
was that very our churches woui be strong
~ and eerDe-tly Appealed TO- ana that they coud not
and opg ID not TO refuse. waste OF time aud money
would be the result Of these app cations in detail and
at the same time the great work would be the more
mperecty doDe The Trustees, cGlog TO mad on Of
the great objects Tor which the Uuon was 1Orhed,
the precious fruits of that fund which has area y &c
cempIibed so much to iutate plau aud attempt the
execution Of it, by which all the immediate and press
ing wants of our brethren in Kansas might be me',
ard which might, substq uenty be exttndel as the
providence Of God should open the way IN Minnes0tt
and Nebraska. This work seemed in an especial
manner devolve upon US as the emigration to an
sas hao been 80 largely OF NewEngand men, AM the
churches that spin gng up were of our own faith
and ORDER The Rev. DR.. Pattcn, impressed with
sense of the importance of the uncture, made ten
der of bis valuable services and commencing sspb-
scrJtiOn, he made application u bis FRI nds IN liar
ford and elsewhere ano secured handsome sum. The
Rev. David Dobie was engaged by the Committee TO
make application for funds IN Brooklyo and elsewhere,
and 40 Tar lis health and time wODd permit, he h4s
prosecuted the work With vigor and success MS
health being now greatly improves and his tune az ms
work, ana the Trustees anticipate for hun hearty
welcome ana liberal responses. The Rev. DR.. Root
has also made a collection. Having made ths be
min tn he
congratulate the members OF the Union upon work
40 great in itself and greatly Inviting to our prayers
ana labor. The object have before u 1t simple 10
itself and entirely within the sympathy OF our whole
denomination. We are met to-day, not TO provide
rises for our pioneer brethren in Kansas, however in
porsnt may deem the principles and the weapons
of sefd.ense Nor yet are we to provide Blbles
for them. This work belongs 70 another aud honorod
institution. But are met 10 CONCERT inaans 10 hep
our adventurous brethren build thoir first sanctusres
in the pialres of Kansas We propose TO share WIN
them the burdens they bear in their enterprise Ot Free
dom and Religion. We bound by no party hints,
but we meet as Congregational Christians to do for
cur brethren in Kansas what have done for Others
before; and with especial good will to help them do
for Kansas what the Pilgrims did for ScwEagla0dL
make il a sanctuary for Freedom and Religion! In
conclusion he would read the following important and
cheering communication:
ny paas Gs Us one ts yea
bss s50es has been rsi'od BY spees eaS' lT Law
$1,000 to begin uion ,sy Sprs You could send LISTERS
ko but we have living witness "a hr Kalss Al las. :ai'
which Dr. Bacon viii present this 1,o5n.s
No. IS Auiry .sSes,. Msy lass
The Rev Mr. DRuMxosD then addressed the meet
ing He would ask what WAS the state Of kansss'
Should il be the home of the free, should the slave
csnk his chains there Should it be the home OF u
free or fettered Gospel Those were the questions
asked over the land They had been sprung upon the
people with almost volcanic audiences Three
years ago Kansas lay unknown upon our Western
frontier, unthought Otis precise locality perhaps
scarcely known by the mass of our clow-countryneh
II. a., of NJ he
tive home OF Frecmen. Our fathers took bOad Of
Providence that ii should be free rso years ago our
national Congress tore that bond to taters Ia the sight
Of high Heaven and demolished those PALISADES
which fathers had reared, and ruined that virgin
soil that the wild boars out OF shc wilderness might
visit il. From that act have proceeded all those
great agitstons that have ruined our country from
one end Of to the otherthis act has caused the
surgng Of our American population from side to side
This has caused Freemeu and Chrisisns to
tremble, lest this new and virgin Territory
se eSna and nd Blood Of the slave 50 from the
body Of one guilty deed thousand ghoe'ly fears aud
banntipg thoughts proceed Kansas has now become
the theater Of mighty conflict. On its territory are
arrayed the opposing hosts OF freedom snd oppression
As matter Of course grtsi mutuuue$ o' auei"aa "a,
people have rushed To that thester OF CONNECT; NOV
more surely do al The winds Of heaven rssa 10 the
point Of conAsgration thaa do the Am@'cSn people
rush 10 scenes OF conflict and excitement ihlS meeN'
inc has becu convened to consult upon measures for
tbe erection OF churches in that Territory OF haIsS
An NUT appreciate in measure churches as pti' ol
the religious equipments Of territory Al wen enc"
that they were points TO which pey conferred and from
which piety radiatsd. Sometimes, indeed, ceurche'
were the monuments Of pety EXISTING IN geneta'ons
now extinct Some Of the churches OF Europe "ere'
As Il were written all over with the inscriptions OF
departed piety But this not the object Iney were
intended 10 b. the incarnation, 80 tosPeak, Oh pey
row existing and now active Churcheswcre the guaes
of a Christian people, and when a traveller passed
through locality end the pres poianns 20
heayeI he need all no questions as to whether the
people dwelling there were Christian people, Tor
church On indie .on that the people where s found
are worshipers OF the true Goo ad Chrlst his son.
From information received, the speaker believed that
There was but church in ksnsas erected but few
months since AT must perceive and appreciate IN 4
measure at least, She importance of churches az pat
OF tse equipment Of Christian Sta'c, sod this meet
mg nrs oeen convened for the erection Of churches in
ue ientSry OF Kansas. There usuy consd.
eIan. "n.n snoolh prornps 10 undertake this duty
anu pioeooe.V with real aud earne-tncsS Mark the
exposure Oh 'he people there. lie did not M an their
exposures 10 me oar'ships of hSe TO I've hind Of the
ssssin or 10 tue oppression OF ruff, no. tos Int
che exposure 20 which they wore subect "a O., IS -
selves, One OF the Gbtst meu in this c;tv O.. 81
Territory of Kansas, said that they were no 80
10 much Of their foes a. they OF themssly, ~
feared that they would become Border Rufhapsit nc
continued without churches and the instituti.r
,efgiop There another consideration ss;o ~
ssrosld induce to help these men, and it was simn,v
o. They stood not there their account 10 a.
S,unfy tbef OVID work Of conflict they Stood tAers