The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-12-14
The City Traot Society.
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The annual sermon Of bi- society preached II Dr.
TyDgs church last evening, the house being well filed by
highly IesI ectable audience The preached
by the pes,or. SUBJECT, "Tract Mssiens for 1855"
Text, fourth we're Of the Ninth chapter Of Ezekiel;
.Go through the midst OF The city-through the midst
Of Jerusaem and set mark upon the foreheads Of the
that sigh and that cry for all the denominations that
be done in the midst thereof"
The sresker CO NM need his discourse by referring TO
the command contained in the text as given TO the pro-
The Elta who had dared through all the wickedness
and abomns and about Jerusalem, Of that day. to
be found faithful among the fahess and proceeded to
review the good works Of Gods people, who had heard
recognized obeyed the voice Of God Notwithstanding
the severe struggles to which they had been subjected by
outward influence from the days Of the prophet Ezekiel 70
the present time The command given to the prophets OF
Israel to set the mark Of God upon the righteous 80
that the coming of the destroying angel should have no
power such as had received the mark, which
was the word Of God into their hearts. This command
applied equally well to the workers in Chrst's vineyard
of the present day many OF whom were aoorng IN tns
city assduously, from day TO day and year to year.
placing the mark OF God poor fallen sinners and men
and stamped in abomination Such were the evils
and influences at present in New York that her aoomina
equalled those Of Jerusalem at the time Written OF
by the prophet and the plain simple subject presented to
was how the people Of God in this city TO
their midst whatever bad may come upon community
there was sull REMNANT of Gods people, who ever
busy in showing forth Gods works-a remnant that Is
bound together by pledge that none can sever. They
the salt of the earth, the preservation of man. set
Spirit OF God srirts by Christ Jesus. The speaker
proceeded To speak of the overwhelming number or
persons of foreign birth in our midst, who were nrst
among the list to be instructed in the doctrines OF divine
truth they generally the first To be found among
the askers Of aims and inmates Of public and chara
BILE ttuons and asked wherein the remedy lay for
their ultimate salvation If not through the tract and
city missionaries, whose daily vacations called them
into the midst of their habitations, and rendered
them familiar with their wants and necessities.
After dwelling this subject, Mr. Tying proceeded TO
remark that il to the throngng multitude of idle,
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throDg the streets OF this great city, that he sought to
bring the attention Of his hearers for there upwards
of 400 souls in this city at the present time who
utterly shut out from the churches and from all other re-
lgious associations counses unless through the tract
and city missionaries, who continually going among
such and administering the comforts of salvation AS well
of absolute need, the necesSaries OF life.
yearly minister to the spiritual and temporal wants Of over
thirty thousand souls. They ready to do what
they called to do To visit the sick to raise from
sin and starvation the victims OF the denominations which
you gee around you But there is another band the
blessed band Of thousand tract visitors whose
visits the haunts of the wreched may be called little
less than angels visits These distribute annually up
ward Of million tracts. It is by this that the de-
graded ignorant sought out and induced TO come
out and give their souls To Christ. In this manner up
wards OF 1000 people were annually induced to attend
church. in addition to some 600 children who were
nually gathered into Sabbath schools. This means
had also proved 10 be the means of hopefully
converting about two hundred and fifty people each
The Speaker next proceeded TO euogse the people en-
gagged in this good cause particularly the tract visitors
and missionaries, and to upon his hearers the ne
cessty Of their sustaining the good work and in concu
sion referred TO two ladies who had annually for some
years contributed 5000 each annually to the society and
had supported $50 helpless widows These had both gone
their reward however but he hoped there others
who would as he knew there were those in his church
able 10, emulate their example.
The concluded collection was taken up Tor the
benefit Of the society during the coming year.