Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-10-01

Corresponding Secretary for the Home Depart
ment-Rev S. S. Jocelyn of New York.
- Recording Seeretsry-Rev. Henry Baldwin Of
Treasurer-Lewis Tappan of New York.
Executive Committee-Wilam E. Whiting,
Thomas Ritter, Henry Belden, j. o. Bennett, ID.
| M. Graham. A. N. Freeman, Samuel Wilde, g.
n. white, Henry Fl. Garnet, Of New York Jo'
slah Brewer of Massachusetts,, William b. Brown
OF New Jersey, Alonzo J Ball of New York.
The report was accepted and adopted.
Rev. Mr.. Brewer then spoke of the impor-
lance of the suggestions of Mr.. Thayer, and as
there was not time go fully into the discussion
OF the plan now, he propose a meeting tonaor-
row, Immediately after the close of the merning
prayer meeting, to confer with Mr.. Thayer, and
discuss the matter further.
The meeting then adjourned till evening
EVENING SESSION.
The evening session, which was held at the
Salem street Church, and was well filed, was
commenced with singing, and prayer was offered
by Rev. Mr.. Richardson of this city.
Lewis Tappan, Esq, of New York, acting SEQ
rotary of the Foreign Department. was then in.
tsoduced, and stated that the Association was or
ganzed upon the idea of non-felowship with
Shareholders their absttors. We have one
bundled and fifty missionaries, and standing
well as to progress and growth, although we
somewhat unpopular, and have access to but few
churches, Sunday Schools and monthly concerts,
and although our receipts have fallen off l6 per
cent. the past year, yet it is owing, think, to
the financial pressure, and not to any loss of con-
hdence in our operations. Still. we have oppos-
tion but it is mainly from professors of religion,
rather than from the world We believe that
slaveholding is wrong, and any man who holds
slaves, for what soever, is not fit to be a
member of the church of Christ. We have no
right tC emasculate the gospel in any particular
and 1t would be no more wrong for to omit the
eighth or any other commandment, than to with
hold our testimony on slaveholding as does the
American Board and Tract Society These are
our principles-on them we stand.
Rev S. S. Jocelyn, Secretary of the Home
Department, then gave some interesting stats.
tics as to the operations of the Association in this
country, stating that they had eighty missionaries
and four colporteurs, 6 of them east of Ohio, 10
in Ohio, 8 in Indiana, 3 in Michigan, 25 in Hi.
nois, in Minnesota, l in Missouri, 7 in Kanzas,
in Kentucky, and in North Carolinu. We
have about 100 churches as well as many stations
where churches not organized, and have 1910
church members, and 6Ol9 Sunday School schol-
ars. We have experienced thirty revivals of Le;.
igon at our various stations during the/past
year. Mr.. Jocelyn then closed by readBT an in.
teresting letter from one of their missionaries.
Rev. John White of StamfordI Conn, re-
Gently appointed missionary ofX6is Association to
Africa, then made briefand interesting adj.
dress.
Mr.. Henry Miles ot<vermont, also under ap.
pointment of the association, to the same mis-
sion, made an address,.
rev. MI BACON, an agent of the Society IN H.
llnois, gay3 a very interesting account of the
growth 0tfthe Northwest, and spoke at length of
the IMPORTANCE and value of missionary labor
the1k
/Rev. Daniel Worth, missionary of the Asso.
/ciation in North Carolina, gave brief sketch Of
the rise of the antislavery feeling IN the section
whence he came, which in its illustrative Incl
dents was highly interesting, but our crowded
limits forbid us to give the details. He also read
extracts from very spicy and radical sermon
against slavery, that he had recently preached in
Guilford County, North Carolina, in the presence
of shareholders. But in answer to an inquiry,
Mr.. Worth said that such preaching would not
be tolerated in most parts of the State
Rev. ]. G. Fee of Kentucky made the closing
speech upon the general subject showing the
necessity and utility of labor in the slave States,
which were somewhat open to the reception ofthe
truth, which we have not room to report.
Mr.. Fee appears to be the most radical, ear
nest, and interesting speaker that has appeared
on this occasion, and his various addresses excl.
ted great interest in the large audiences that lis
tened to them, and we cannot doubt that his la
hors will have great effect wherever they NAV be
bestowed.
was made by Rev. ]. c. Webster of
Resolutions were adopted, suggesting the de-
mands for increased numbers of missionaries and
increased amounts of contributions, and proposing
the organization of childrens missionary societies,
and of thanks to the citizens of Worcester for
inequalities to the churches for the use of their
houses, and to the choir for their services.
Averse of the Missionary Hymn was then sung
and the benediction being pronounced the meet
ing adjourned.