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


Society, with which having so much trou
BILE but we shall succeed, and then societies will
be reformed.
The meeting then adjourned to o'clock, P.
Nj.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
In the afternoon the Sacrament of the Lords
Supper was administered to full house, with the
usual forms, the Rev. Mr. Bascom of Illinois pre-
siding assisted by Rev. John g. Fee of Ken
lucky, and, at the close of the ceremony, the
President took the chair, and the discussion of
the seventh resolution was continued by Rev Mr.. \
Bascom of Illinois, who took occasion to ALLURE
to the American Board and its position, cop@glr
ing its policy to that of the Tract Society no.
he said,do tenfod more to corrupt the wSrld than
they do to convert it. - T.
Lewis Tappan followed in remarks giving {the
position of the American Board of Fore LutMis
sons as to slavery in the Indian nation . q re
curing their missionaries to be testno q against
this sin of slavery, and allowing siAvehold.
ers, by special instructions of THO Board,
to be received into the mission cKurches.-
They had compromised their pri1ciples t..
wards slavery. They used not Ito compro.
mise in other directions. In evidence of this.
he read extracts from the INSTRUCTIONS of the
Board to Rev Peter Parker. in 1884. as he was
about starting a mission to China. the instruc.
tions being penned BY DR.. Anderson. and de.
livered at New York, in public/ meeting. by DR..
Misner, and instructing him + preach the Cos.
pei, without regard to opposition or persecution.
or, even, governmental Interference, till,-S,oonr
voice be silenced, if neeh be. All said Mr.
Tappan, if the Board wousd.-royT .ar,o this ola
'ss.nOas 81 .ns,1s anu bake application of these
''.Uo'lO"' ~ bur organization would be
UDne0s''a'y' did rush to their arms.
new Dan'ei "orthjof North Carolina, mis-
0iOly VI '"o association, spoke at some length
Jpn 'He in 39tance of decided testimony and
Elton. He said he had seen express.
- 'He ~ oral of city paper the idea, that,
u Us Society had heretofore assailed the
~. ties it was to be hoped that the spirit
= - fuld govern them hereafter, and there
S fraternity and union all round But,
-. \ l don't train in that team-I go for as
all wickedness and all organizations that
o "a up compromise with it, and shall have
fraternity or union with the American Board
Tract Society. or any other pro,savery organ
Mr. w. then gave some interesting re-
cences Of his experience in the old North
tev. G. W. Torrey Of this city made some re.
arks upon the importance of cleaf testimony
nd consistent action.
Hon. Eli Thayer was then introduced, and
spoke of the fact that Christianity had two pow.
ers, the physical and the spiritual The latter
was felt in the soul, and was the soul of religion,
while the former was the force, the aggressive
power, the body Of religion. 1t is the physical
| with which we work, and the more physical
strength Christianity has, the more efficient and
powerful it is. Christianity developes man, fin .
ishes him, and makes him strong. 1t earns
wealth, and is entitled to its wages. Where you
find the highest and freest Christianity, you find
the most wealth and strength. LAM is worth
more. Now, let us take the wealth which Chris
tianity has earned, and go out and convert the
world to Christianity, by pushing physical emf.
grafton and civilization. Mr.. Thayer then went
in detail 10 propose to the Association the plan
Of borrowing twenty thousand dollars, and buy.
ing up tract Of good land, at low price, in
slave State, and inviting emigration there,
which would soon establish civilization and free
dom, and Christianity. But, says he, this is
mixing things. material with things spiritual.
Well, SO long as souls are located in material bod
les, these things must go together. We have to
eat, and travel, and be clothed, and provide the
means therefor But it may be said it is not
scriptural. We'll, the Scriptures do not go in de.
tail into all the instrumentalites for its promul
cation they do not speak Of travelling in rail.
roads and steamboats,, or Of printing religious
newspapers and tracts.
Rev. J. @. Fee Of Kentucky then spoke al
length in commendation Of Mr. Thayer's plan o.
Christian emigration.
The remaining resolutions were then read and
adopted mem con.
The Nominating Committee then reported tn,
following list for officers for the ensuing year;
Ptesident-Hon. Lawrence Brainerd Of Yer
| mont.
Vice Presidents = Rev. David Thurston o.
Maine, Rev. s. Il. Cornish Of New York, f. ID
Parish, Esq, Of Ohio, j. p. Williston, ESQ.,, Of
Massach usetts, Prof @. ID. Cleveland Of Pennsyl
vania. Rev. Jonathan Blanchard Of Illinois, Ar.
thur Taypan Of Connecticut
Corresponding Secretary for the Foreign De.