The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-05-13

HERALD, THURSDAY,
below what prseedsg yssr. Though ~ power II
tse Pse.ey g.oisg h Profession. leads and among
Rev Dr RIDDLE. Of Jersey City, in moving " that the
reports extracts from which have juss beea read 10
oeI4ed and ADOPTED and committed 70 the Bsard Tor pu,
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lately which even though diluted four tims, was
still very excellent.
Rev Mr. GASN, OF ths Reformsa Dutch Church, New
York. and moved the adoption Of the following
lutoos:-
population Of swrny millions OF people ia
duepes upsd 0hristisniy ost Interesting
IONS be .de .as@ent Of faithful a.sioasles
rS.a ds,ss Got for
The success with which he has crowned the scors OF mis-
% 80 . pour out spr .pon h psOpe that S,r iise
ees a. s's
: IT, h s ~ al. 8. ..s re-
male whose heart Is filled Vi the love Of 0i self
demand our gratitude praise 70 God snd We commend
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efforts % er. oman to ,ass rank and sacu which she Dos
He (Mr Ganse) confessed that the field before them
vas dark and discouragins ho had 70 speak OF cue
Roman Catholics in South America, and the efforts msie
to thcm Wnen passisg the southern boundary
Of the Union you seemed 70 como ao . nev
world; no. . nav world physically except SO far
aspec,s Of the Nor H. social sord-A new
u men Any one, 70 compare tho society OF the Uuited
States with the society in MEXICO and Sou America would
be- struck With the difference in the proportion which the
CT Europeans bear to the dark while
here The former sI to f the latter there the pro
portion is reversed There was thea large substrs.um
heathepsm TO overcome among the aborigues OF tost
country. Rise into the mixed races and they foasd de-
graded Chrtanty In which the errors Of Romansn were
sOA hNoa~ -
themselves, they found the Portuguese and Spanish, soft
ened tn character, and ceeased by the Rcmsh religion
oil their faults encouraged ir example BY those woo
claimed to be their leaders; aud even the government
prohibited the Open publication OF the Gospel OF the Re-
deemev in Peru In New Granada there was better state
Of thin9s Now when 70 deld like this missionaries
sent appeared Encouraging task You needed he
had heard remarked. 70 convert them twice first T.
mako them mon. and then 10 them hrlsuaus. But
their hope was the declaration Of God that he "w.s
able Of those stones 70 raise up chdrea uuto Abraham
There we're some indications Of comfort and hope. One
was that Aere was growing infusion of Europeans Eng
hsh and Scotch, and OF Ameri who had already
aDished maris Of commerce. In BRAZIL and Is was hoped
pr.suaso tho maibss In Gale. soo Rev Mr. rum Gull
now preached 70 sslf-sustsning churon. they he'd .
building there which might DO called lmpos ng struo
re only that prejudice had erected high board fence
10 front Of it, lest Protestant church should offend and
demorsixe the people Another ground for hope was
me On the youns vspssao where
toe priests and government wore srrayed against
bin. the populAce was on bis side. still
s,nf Miss Rankn anew adlady who six years ago
had tax en- her small pArMony, and gone out aud essb
msneo nerse % sne Mo Grsaoe She had since come On
here obtained $500 or 81 Geo. returned and established
youI girls school, In which, last year, she had forty
Mexican girls In addition to this she distributed Bibles
and tracts great portion Of which found their way
the Rio Grande into Mexico In cus;os, he said the
community dstr listed the American aud Foreign Union,
let them quench its light and create better but they
trusted them let the people for the sake OF God and Of
per'shng souls support them.
Rev Or kcCIISox, OF the Methodist Epsc opal church.
spoke 70 the following resolution -
Resclvee Th,. ,hs renewed efforts Of the Protestant
strd mater Of devOut thank ussss Almighty God and
iicx Christians In America
Although he said, not himself Irishman, his father
ard mother were and "blood thicker than water"
He might then have little right to feel more enthusiasm
for tbs in Ireland than bis Brother did for
Mexico IL might be said there were two In Ireland
1hoee who came here with certificates Of church
membership were among the best Bible instructed Chris
ears those chiefly from the north Of Ireland But there
was large portion OF that country where the Protestant
religion but little favor He did net think he violated
any historical truth when he said that he believed that all
the difference existing between the provinces Of ireland
w1 owing 70 the difference in religion, and that all Of
want Of degradation aud OF suffering might be laid at the
door a Pcpery Tho work TO be carried In that land
where nature had much for the happiness and
elev oo OF men, was 70 redeem them from the dominion
Of the Roman Catholic priesthood. Well he was happy
to FIND By the resolution that she renewed efforts Of the
Protestant churches Of Ireland for the evangezaton Of
that country Afforded matter OF devout hsnkfulness to
Almighty Cod" the Protestant Church Mission.
drsd agents In DDgle, near Tr,iee, there were Cow
one hundred and eighty Protestant families, who, ten
go rere ns 1% M.,sade, c. scss was com
Isle OF Ach anc along the coast dotted here and there
Ike lighthouses we're Protestant churches where, twen-
~ years ago, Protestanlsm was little Known ~ In Tim.
buotoo Tho Wesleyan Meth ,dis, Nj had estab
lsbed e5 Schools 10 which Rev. Mr.. Scott who would
return In the ARABIA TO morrow would take out over
800 oeo contributions from this country ard was
ed 10 double the plumber Of their schools The Freshly
teran Assembly missions here sen, out large numbers Of
M. -
greatly ssistee by the Relium Donum there ever was
point To which the earnest efforts OF American Chris
ans should De given more than another he believed IL
Ireland. snc this he said not because OF the irish
blood 10 his veins The connection between this country
and Ireland vS a cloee almost between the Atlantic
and Western States This country the home to which
the Irish population looked As many Irishmen
and soIs OF Irsnmeu in this country le
in the oid lasd and more. Tney came over like iocuss
rot come In pitful Puritan Mayhowers, but in
ereA, fleets aud mighty ships; they came as
W take them and do the best we could with them,
The Protestant portion when they over went into
the churches aud no mention OF them found 10 the
police reports, Which 700 frequently flied with the
misdeeds Of their Roman Csinolic cosnirymep. Where
oio the great proportion Of the Roman Catholic priests
who were BUILDING churches In America come from
From hsyroott. He believed that In the conversion Of
Ireland they would erecuAly redeem this county
from the spread Of Romansn.
Inc suoience joined IN sins.rg hymn, when
TIE Rev + Z ADAMS Of Philadelphia, was Introduced
he moved
u ss s@ss n,s,. .s's 70
sympathy sud the most liberal aid.
After referring 10 the great events which marked the
sixteenth century ami chiefly the Protestant reforms
ton, he went on 70 show tha; Europe ying un
der the oark evil OF RomAnsm winch the great reform
Of that day had bstiled with. They, Americana
owed debt TO Europe, and they should not b. willing
thai she should lie under toe Isfueoce Of degrading
superstition and he believed that the present WAS
most proptious time for The preaching OF the GOSPEL
and the spread Of truth Europe Tns people wore op
pressed but onsed for enlightenment the liberty Of
Protestant life.
Rev. DR. BAIRD fully concvrred In The opinion that the
present wa . most hopeful season for the spread OF
Proesantsm In Europe, especially France, Italy and
Belgium when be visited France In 1895 there we're Of
hundred faithful evangelist sters there Nov there
were several hundreds, and congregations numbering
some 500 members In al. They not to Judge OF
tbs thing BY political events because Independent Of
emperors and kings, there was q movement among the
people
Hor wu JrssuP, II. n, was the next speaker He
moved the adoption Of the following resolutions
Rsunrnd Thu, he enrts m de 10 an.