New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-03-30
THE RELIGIOUS REVIVAL.
THE POLICEMEN'S MEETING.
ADDRESS BY A POLICE CAPTAIN.


The Ponce Of the Seventeenth Ward, some fifty in
number having latoly intimaed through their captsn,
Mr. HAITI, desire to attend religious meeting ap-
pointed especially for their benefit, were invited
&c assemble yesterday in Dr. HscOxs Church. in Stan-
Zen street Baptist.
At2l o'clock the church was crowded, principally
by the families and acquaintance of the policemen.
Can't HART sat at one side Of the communion table, and
Cspt. Steers Of the Nineteenth Ward at the other.
Capt Coulter of the Twenty Ward, Seabrng
of the Ninth Sergeant Johns of the Metropolitan Police
Office and Police Surgeon Ives were also present.
Half the body pews filed with policemen in uni
form. Drs. IiscoX, La.hrOp and Smith, the Rev.
Meesrs Sanderson, Thompson and HorsOn were in the
pulpit.
DR.. Hisoox previous to announcing the second
lyun said that the fret suggestion of this meeting
ysue so far RS he was aware fcom Capt. Hart. 1t
the first religious meeting for policemen which he
had ever known. All the pastors Of the wari had been
invited to be present and most Of them had complied
with the invitation.
DIR. Smith Of the Seventb-avenue and Fourteenth
itreot Church said that few days ago, while he was
oft of town two policemen came to bis house to see
him. Or Lis return, he told of it. he could not
remember that he had done anything which required
the presence but Of his servants considerably
apIious. How surprised and delighted was he when
they egain and be found that they hal come as
Of the force to invite him to psrtic
pate IN O meeting like this What blessed thng it
was 10 meet them therc! They the representa-
tivcs cf the law; their duties prevented them from
stteu ing upon the ordinary means Of grace. lie
went away much impressed with the fact that
although they Of various res pre- elections
they had been unanimous 10 their determination to
come 90 THIS meeting. lie would conbne himself TO
evangelical religion. He wished to impress upon them
that they were mortal aud yet immortal, whatever
their circumstance and relations. Soon the silver
cord wC2d be loosed aud the shroud the coiiin and
;be grave be all that was left of the body But the
SOU should live through eternity. Man was sald TO
be creature Of forecast. He bethOught himself of
the futGre and laid up store for it, Was it not then
fitting that man should have forecast for the soul a.
we'll a. for the body. There those who seemed
10 think il weakness to think of the welfare of the
SOU; but the lttleness the side of him who
norea the great things Of eternity for the petty baubes
of this Ute. Whatever else tboy neglected let them
care .or the soul and secure forgiveness and accept
xnoe Bet little tire and these names would be
stricken n,t only from the police force but from the
book ofthe lviog Let them make this She first pur
po.e of ,heir minds to seek the of salv anon
and then they would hear how to obtain eternal life.
After singing by the congregation and an excellent
choir Rev Dr. LA1HRoP of the tabernacle BAptis,
Church ead, that when ne was waited on by those
same policemen to whom Dr. Smith referred, he said
YES; ard when they ssked him what part he would
tske. he ad any part soldier of the C.'ss, he iel
wiling to obey orders and he had come not knowing
what be should say. But the remarks OF tbe brother
Who preceded him opened the way for something about
tie law, it's operations and necessity: They were
ministers Of tee law Tie principle wnlch lay az the
vsry rundation Of !heir religion was that the Jaw
vas our sehoolmaster, TO bring Us to Christ. de
would illustrate by human law. Human law required
exact obedience 10 is demands though tslible, II
r,Quir exsct obt oieuce. II the Law made : crime
for Il to eel any articles tue Siobsti day
not Go for ion e aese IN cX'enu l.'On IN Il
ne cid q sell 20 mnch then rs on Monday Agsin,
gould not slegs tb-dicuCe to law IN
ticn q crime sgHiust au. th,r. General good
Cuci nc eHcu'e Ter FAR SECULAR theft Borrower, il
klcgTo mercy. CtmGcy, pardon, il i ca ne nu,
core ffCm sune = urcc SisIt tom iGGicjsL Inese
we've ,dsD'icsiy tie Pitcipies 81 that law Of God
VI ich stculG be- chr ne s,ways aud which acGs va
Ieifct trd hf.ll'le Eu: There were dilereaces
Tie sSo f ms- ooktd otl ~ II the overt sct bu TIE
sw # God lOOkej al the taodght The rn,tNes, tae
he-g r tie pu'pc e. 81 .tr sor. Fts i.W aired
act a'd c,v p,f CttctIcr. re eho vio,i one item
Il" u was declared 70 be guilty % The whole. that Is