The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-05-05
AN NivER AIRY EEK.
AMERICAN FEMALE GUARDIAN SOCIETY

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The tWenfysecond annual meeting al the American
&emaie Guardian Society held last evening" at e
Collegiate Reformed Du ch church, Of twenty
uinth street and Flfh avenue TINS ed6ce was 70
Crowded that large nu nbs: unable to obtain Ad-
miSsion The children Of the nome sch jolB, which
Under the care OF the society present aud par c
pated in the musical part exercises. Rev. John
knox presided, and the mAetng ened with prayer
10y Rev. T. l.. Cuyler, af.er Il h hyun Was sung by
1he children portion of tha rip read
and then came the report OF n, apseat,us OF tn q.
society curing the past year. Of waich the fJo
IL an ststrsct:-
From the Treasurers report 1t app.ars that the in
Come and expenditure Of society uJing both h
lnblshing department. and Home for the lrendless,
announced to S21 s25 H.
The present iab iles of the society are So 500 du
npon iot recently pncrhaseo, shich and much
needed building is IN of erection with
Ihe iome Tor the Fiendsss and witch although it sill
much increase the curren ot the coming year.
The report OF the Board OF Managers alludes t, the
theme for grateful memory nno r,kiug change
IN public sentment relative u fena ana negec led
youth and children and the contrast 10 chs respect
tween 1856 and l6b6to the early an constant agency
abe preFs and otherwiseto many rsn gathered
from the Streets and placed within ths I'll Christian
OF the Great Missionary, necessary to he spons
bies OF this work In ali lis phases lna pressing
need o. Divine wisdom aud grace to neIp 1t alludes
IN ths charity fo1nd in city of All a mill N
thst must increase It's population indefinitely while it
ton there is and will b. Tor years to come an ans.e
held for the abors of this and kindred soce,ie though
means and helpers were multiplied 81 hundredfod
From the press have been issued average 90
copies OF the Adrocate and Guardian, semi mo pthly
or !S4,too folio pages; 5000 Auncal Reports LOCO
crpes CT Letters to Young Christian issue of
ehe AdrocaS semi monthly, 26,000 The let
aers registered received tn rough hts department is
last report about 200 The of trac g. papers
Dc distributed erauitously the past year amount to
The number Of life menb bss received is 253. Whole
number .o0O The Home tor tae Frenlless founce6 by
ths society some eight since has sheltered d and
Ciotned over inmates sustained average fam
ny OF between one anu two hundred from year to year.
children.
The first aim Of its managers has been provide these
children WithIpermanent hon ia kind Christian families
IA the country where they mighs be trained to virtue
and usefulness and in this COCO they nave been en-
1nently susceesful In than thou homes these
little may now be seen orght hopsfui and happy
who but recently were among the bapess and
wretcnec whose whole surroundings seemed to s1caim
No man careth for nv SOUL
The statistics OF the " Hone " follows
Whole number Of children received since the inst.-
tuion was opened, July, ,Llsl7, including re'admia
Whole n.n,n., Of admls
Number Of children remaining in the H;me May y1'0'
Admitted and admitted the past a5s
Number who have received cae,: clothing and IT,
~, stIuction at the HoD, 1adustl.l sca,oi' ',, 900
Number saD IVA md sheitsree through the year e7o
y H'.ts renaiUlng Msy l, 1866 ....... IA
= received during ths year........... l0s
Whole lumber. ................... 792
The aid furnished tn rough auxiliary les and other
peencies abre ad exceeds .Dat Of any former yeAr
gate to Gas.
The starerce At tho Homo tossi6es seasops but
present age exceed those OF any oher on record.
Every dollar contributed, every home given to the
bomeles-sought or preferred unsought every gar.
prepared every gift bestowed every prayer offered
in behalf this work has its place durable records
and Ike the sparrow sold fora farthiug will not BE- for
every man according to his works may it appear that
each and AL whose united abors sustain this enterprise
shall to the last have done shat they could
At the conclusion o. foregoing report the children
sapg hymn, composed Tor the occasion by Mrs. L. a
sigourney and the opening of which is ~ fol-
Wen not forget to Thank you.
wIo oss he sna ssSsa pssfsa' ssa SssE feed
And dry the orphans tear
Alter this the annual sermon preached by Rev.
MI Cuyler who made eloquent and feeling address In
behalf OF the institution and claims to the support
1he benevolent. collection then taken up, and
alter bene1iction the meeting fjourned.
AMERICAN HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
The annual sermon before the American Home Ms
nonary Society delivered In the church of the Puri
fans, Union square, last evening, by the Rev N. S. g.
Beman, d. u. The edfce crowded its utmost CO.
pacity cng before the services commenced The reve
rend speaker took his text from the 18th chapter Of
Joshua part of the 1st verse -
And here remaineh yet very much possessed
Seven years ago the friends OF American Home Mis-
sonary Society said the speaker commepcei their
Abors n real earnest The sraeites of old endeavoed
TO subdue Canaan, and establish the Christian religion in
She Land Noses exhored his people possess the land
OF Canaan which spread out before their eyes, and
Donsecrae it to the Of God They obeyed In part
and the Almighty with them. Now Joshua was
stricken and old. and the Lord said unite him,
possessed" Israel had a good work to PERFORM
the conquest of district for the purpose oi spread
American Home hiss onary Society are similar in every
rapect TO those OF the sraelites days OF Noses
and Joshua God intends to settle here for all the
great principles OF moral government Man. ruined by
sin, in process of recovery through the blood OF
Christ Here lives and acts in new element, and
that element is sn His actions, suce the foundation OF
the world have been anagonisc to the Creator he has
over been deaf to all that lovely in the sight Of
hts course has been downward ever since the fall Of
Adam, and now the entire human race is degraded to
fearful extent II somewhat curious perhaps said
ahe speaker that sin sboald have triumphed long,
when those words OF God 1.-THE reed of the shall
bruise the serIents head" at such an
early date in the history Of the world. But God has
itsel sin is deadly never work out its own
cure The speak then referred to the once power
fsyp e a ans Rome and and sss tss
thei' fall was occssioned solely BY the idola-
Arous practices Of their Inhabitants The holy
Scrpturs were then alluded to the only where
by the world could be saved There such volume
in existence in other work could there such
glowing passages In other boob could there found
a Bethlehem, Calvary and cross. by other book
eouId salvation be obtained 1t is the stone
apart for the erection Of Christs church There was
salvation Christ alone and those who believed in him
would never DO confounoed Christ was the power Of
Eod ard the wisdom of God. Superior beings had spe-
ciHc duty allotted to tnem-they ali mnisterinR
spirits, designed BY God to raise from his degrads
hon. 0cd himself might have performed all the labor by
his powerful agency and recovered from sin by hts
provide ntsl and mysterious power-the spirit OF God
might have moved the world, it did over the
waters but this not his wsh and while the Creator
is high above MS in all his actions see-we can
easily see--the fitness OF his plans for redemp-
Acts Of the Apostles were, in the opinion OF the
reverend gentleman, nothing more than the result
OF missionaries. In that there but llgh,
Christendom-al others full OF Hypocrisy Then 1t
was that the kingdom Of God loomed up eye