The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-11
TIE ANNIVERSARIES.
Opening Serm Ons to the Services
Of the Week.
AHRIvBRsARY or TBE AMERICAN AND 70
Rhi6N CHRISTIAN UNION.

ANNIVERSARY sERAos.
Tho anssl ssrDsD of Tho American and Foreign Chris
tAs Usss delivered In she spacious Pro byterian
shnyaA Of Fourteenth stree. and Second avenue
REV. D. smith, pNssor), BY Rev. Dr. forsyth, If New
bsrR, lasi evening Tho audience large.
Amer ibe reading II sHrp,use by Rev. Dr. Smith, prayer
offered BY Rev. Dr. Dc witt, President OF ;hs assoca
oop amer which Rev. Dr. Farchd Secretary stated ,ha
This she eighth anniversary Of The Union, and mado
The following statement. VI is aims Tho object OF this
society," exwsssed No constitution rs 40 promose and
advance me principles Of just liberal pure Chrani
" wherever a oorraps Christianity ob.ains.n The Geld
Of This socio,y oomprehends ali the nations IN.
elydea 10 (brs,eDdoni 10 not Designed TO
40 the pagan work., en.ar Communities which
have Protestant soeeIo' amj 10 convey tho gospel "
thirst b. aDShcs Of Christianity ma, have apsacsed op
he church ls Efforts are, therefore, directed especially
10 The GTpk church. The various BRANCHES Of oo Oriental
fbn ch, ArmenisS, Abys inas and others, and that
large poii, Of ME Chrs,an world couprised In the
Western Latin church, whether In The Eastern West
EMPIRE lhry are ihe legitimate work Of his society
Since ir orgapIxs lion The society has great favor.
they have rsinbs he'd their divisions in South America,
along The Cana'a Le they have gone 70 Ireland, 10 Bel
GUM 10 Sweden and TO France and hero su 6u'ed tho
blessings Of he gospel among millions who have
no' heretofore received II In N purity. II has
providence shall spare ns ill Tuesday, hope 10 meet
our frenas and the pubic generally at the 8roos
church, al 10 O'Clock, where a report Of oar oondon
AID psxpesss win be submitted.
The by mn beginning
"Barki Ne song Of jnbilse.n
wN then read oy Rev Mr. o@er, OF Indiana and gang
by The CHOIR, Aer hieh In Forsyth proceeded with
discourse. Hi text the Hasa sentence Of Luke A45
Brgnnipg .. Jer@aiem Ho referred 70 tho preaching
Of The s0pe by Christ and hb Apotlos in Jerusalem and
said that here wero certain principles underlying
the text which be feared Tho Christian world did
Dol sufficiently consider. "You know said he, 'that
over the and whose acres walked those
bessed feet which eighteen hundred years ago,
for advaptaeethe feet paied tho bitter Cross
ray hore acres covered darkness hardly less deep
than that dispaed by HE rising Of tho rs, Of right
eousbess. The chief seats, nay, might say the only
Stands which, in tho Infancy OF christianity,
pied by hsrbarans, hut tute the mighest
pre in the world; and Dez in the world, which
not discovered sbt aftes hundred years after
Christ and then occupied by bArbarans. The pheno
meBon Is observation-disclosures ID pominally christian,
yet her very boom abe has a religion scarcely IL any
better than tho heahop Popery the speaker regarded
~ no better than paganism; but ID EOmna
christianity, those countries which arc papist he
believed 70 DO tho Jerusalem In which preach.
ing OF the gospel should begin. Emphatca,ly,
may be said, here Sa:ans seal is-tis The masterpiece
Of bis devices. The beld be regarded very difficult,
owing to the specors professions and Ingenious organiza
ton of the Romsb church, but the Chrisaan's triumph
will be proper toned 10 the obstacles which hc overcoee
The dust Of martyrs sleeps In Italy IN France Austria
the lands they died 10 rave, but which could appro
cste them The Hldebrsnds, the Guses the Bourbous,
who slew them, have long since gone 70 their place.
but Rome though crippled still possesses wonderful vita
lily Claiming, "a he does 70 be the vcegerent OF Hea
ven she oonsrany claims the whole Garth 20 thst the
whole world is interested In her destiny.
The reverend gentleman considered the grbtect ct
length and concluded by saying that the Socisy waa
sectar.an in ia character.