New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-08
THE POLICEMEN'S MEETING.

Tie secord rels ous meetirg for Policemen was held
.t.rdsy at TIE S,anton-street Baptist Church. the
Rev. Mcssrs HscOx, Stewart, Sawyer, Rosch snd
Dodge participated il. the exercises.
The Rev Mr. Roach related an e1ectpS Incident
which occurred rot long sgo A lady was on the point
Of going forward for prayers when her husband said,
not tonight, wife, Lot tonight the cards are out Tor
Fiidsy wait till after the party and then wen go for
ward together. She did't go forward but on Friday
night whe her guests dnirg to her house, that
nertetng lacy expired, and they arrived In time only
To- zee hcr corpse, and the agony Of her husband.
Dr. HIsCox, at the close, called on Capt HART, and
b. gave On exbortat'on 90 his brother otticers lie
spoke Il the difficulty Of a pocenans life. Almost
tyery dsy be was tempted by a bribe, aud he could
scarcely walk tie streets without seeing some one
wbcm ne mad arrested, or seme little child whose
parents lie had arre-tCt. 90
Sergeant JouSs Of the Metropolitan P"Iee once,
said that he thanked God that lie found the Savior
8, mo t;oh.en uorths ago in the JohnstTeet Church
One dsy when he was patroling BIoadway, he wa'
u.rs Gods name very proidneiy ana an ou 'uiaI
came sloDg-t was n front oil lrni,y nuIcuIInu In.
stcpPed. TIE Policeman who was with him asked her
il se waited anything of them snd she said that sne
had stopped TO hear that officer swear Il msde
great impression on hin. Some time alter that
he moved into a house with a neighoor who was
o good Christian womar. Then lie began to g 10
church. ara he said AT lest said, can't stand 1
70 longer; ] cant go home without gong 70 thet
altar ard said to my companion, " Wife, lot us 70
bic 10 n H. am son etimesa little nervous; but
tell ytu do love Ire Lord, and tell y>u my whole
hesrt's desire is TO serve Him. Many and many
prayer have offered up for you, my brother officers
/ mean TO continue TO offer them up, and wish thai
every man in the department was Christian. ~
what police we would have How the city would
,eioice hope YOU will pray for mei VIII renem,
her You. mtke duty TO pray for all classes, oil
sc,s aid denominations, even the hee.hen-e zen
thoee who are shut up in prison. Pay for me that
uay he faithful even ug'i! tceth,
a PoricrxAS's WIFI spoke OF the trials Of polics'
mems wives. She said thai, instead of lying doEs
quietly at nigh. to sleep they were tossed about wIf
care and anxiety TIE poremsns wife did not know
ct what moment her husband might be brought IN a
eless corpse. II WIS her constant prayer that po-
lioenien might De saved. She did hope that prayer
me- etipgs f-r policemen might be continued.
eFRGPIsT JoHSs-GlOry 10 God!
Tn PoLICINASs VIE concluded by exhortng
policemen to prepare fJr the fate which might at any
rncnert overtake them, and BY hoping that God
would remember thin.
A POLICEMAN from Brooklyn ssid thst be- felt rather
embarrassed at appearing in this house with his uni
6rm on Sxtesn years ago he gave his heart to q I'd
lie ad since turned TO the ways Of the world, but now
be desired to yetmn again. and he asked the prayers
Of sll present..
Aner the meeting large number Of the laws and
ordinances of the State and CorpoTao in relation 10
the obteiyanco Of the Sabbath was examined.