New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-05-15

/ 81 inrpvement. len are searching after the truhi
they explcriI the ruined places Of earth; snd NJ
mekf books, from the poDderous tome to the daily
jolinal there is no end. But With oil this th
pd proper appreciation Of the Book Of books. II u
snd truth that many turn away from the Bible CO.
trely; ard many Of our books tend toward End Atty.
The Bible ia toe much looked upon kind of orna
| IT entail took-ope TO have as kind Of necessity
but Tot often enough looked to a. a book which we
| are to make the rule Of hfe 1t is a book tbs b,su
ties of which csopot be described; il has come down
10 us from former ages and withstood the tooth Of
tine and the assaults OF al It's eremies The Bible
il suited to every order OF intellect.
I Mr.. Cummings closed with glowing description Of
tie blessings which should come upon the world when
tie Bible should be universally resolved the rule Of
| The Rev Mr. JONES, Chaplain 10 the Sesmen's So
cety, secopded theS esouon. He spoke of the early
disciples tho were sailors, and Of their prompt obed
ence TO the Savior's commands He wss thankful be
was permitted to preach the Gospe to sailors When
bis brother spoke Of the many lands where this Society
was working, be yet left out very large class Of
people. He believed that the Of the the
| ONES who should carry the Gospel to the beughted
raions Of the earth He spoke Of the good effects of
the distribution of the Bible among sailors and s.ed
several instances of conversion among sailors.
I The resolution was then adopted.
The Rev. DIR. BETHrSE then read the following:
Az the Providence Of God IL BRINGING ges. numbers from,
foreign countries TO reside among u.s. many Of them wihou, tbs
Resared Tha, among FRS. duties furnish
tbst sacred Book that they may thus become blessing and not
| sn evil 20 our population
He said, he was thankful for such theme. II was
theme which appealed not only to the heart of every
| Fan as Christian, but as a citizen of the United
States. There was great subniiy in the old Platouic
| doctrine, that God was unity. As We wander from
tbs ides we become lost in chaotic wilderness. Ia
tie religion of cur Bible return to that God whom
we have left. How swee. il is to come home to God
There is our comfort. We como home, and CD IS our
rest We are told that virtue Is the harmony of the
soul The Gcd that made nature wrote the Bible, and
! both will agree. He said: Whist has the Bible
Society done The blessings OF Pentecost were re-
| peated in the works of this Scciety Where's at
tie commencement of the last century there were only
| about 40 languages which were reduced to voc .bu.
.ries there in the libraries of the American
and En- lsh Bible Societies, the Bible in 10 different
| largusges. When England and France wished to
comm ate with Chns, it was the Missionary, our
own Parker, who enabled them to make their wishes
| known This showed that it was religion, AID not
philanthropy, that was to bring the nations OF the
| earth together.
He then referred to the resolution, and said il
the providence of God that brought many to these
shores. They all children of our father Adam;
the Gospel was sent to them as well as to us ms
continent lay dskness for long centuries but at last
God opened it, and now it is asylum for all the OPP
pressed of the old world. lie was opposed to that
feeling, which would deny the claim OF sympathy to
spy cue simply because he was foreigner. Nov the
raiions Of tie world coming together here-the
best blood Of all the nations who would rather be Dor
thar be heretcs. He spoke Of the esrly settlers of
tb. land and clsued that, in the prass given to the
fathers of cur country an equal share should be gwen
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SAID that the time coming when all men OF all ns'
| tons should meet as one in Christ Jesus
TIE resolution was then adopted.
| Tie cor grt CATION then rose and sang verse.
Tie folio wing resolution was then read:
Re,oed That when the Word Of God and the Spirit Of God
bestowed upon people they .houd not only be grateful
but an their gratitude by Christian diligence aud prayer tia.
L same Divine b. ngs may thus extended 10 who
| without them both In our own and other lands
| TIE Rev. Dr. ScHAUFLER of Constsntinople then
said he foreigner; that this was the first time he
| Id ,fa ding
this kild lie said there was great opening among
The Turks for the distribution the Bible also among
tie BulgaraIs and other nations comprising many
millions Of people. The BulgaransI protest against
| tue supremacy of the Greek Church. BY Gods help
| tie Bible Society would fill the world with Bibles,
and those wLo did not want this book would have to
| old cities, but the Missionaries had dug up old
churches buried almost as long. lie she uld soon GO
back to Turkey and should revise translation CT the
Gospel fer the common class of people in Turkey.
| The Rev. DR.. PLUMMER said he had not intended to
say thing but 10 had been requested to say few
| words. Glory be to the Holy Ghost, the author OF
this Holy Book. Let us not slight the Holy Ghost at
| this meeting. But for this blessed Word of God we
should have in this land sorceres than those OF
the older nations. Ills Word of God is our safety.
There nothing but the Word enforced by the Spirit
of God that tame down the ferocity OF the people
He said il - years tais day since he first attended
an anniversary of the Bible Society, and be had been
| thinking of that meeting in the old Dutch Cburch,
| when Conrad Spiece addressed that meeting: There
too was " lillian Nevlrs, VINO lived TOT tne Dlole y j.
ciety and kindred interests His voice is also STILL
There too was the who most ompletely presented
| the manner OF WilberfoIce mean Miner Of blessed
memory He, 200, is gone Hosts of them are gone!
They could not now help tie Bible Society were they
| alive.
| Work on for your time is short. When was poor
boy lust ordained friend Of mine, DR.. Penny of the
State of NewYork, took ne by the hsnd aud treated
| ne as an equal last Sumner saw hun; he was
| pgraytc, ard took him by the hand and asked him
| If lie had sty message to bis old congregation He
| sale yes-tell them "The night coneth when no msn
can work." So say work tor the Bible Society be-
fore the night coneth.
| The doxology was then sung and the benediction
| pronounced by the Rev. DIR. HUMPHREr.
| As usual, the annual meeting of the Society was
| held at the Bible House, in Astor-place, at o'clock
| At that hour the Hen. THEODORE FKELISGHUYSEs
| took tie chair surrounded by the following VICE
| Presidents: the Hon. Heman Lincoln of Boston, Dr..
| Thomas Cox of New-York, John Tsppan esq, OF
Boston, the Hen. Luther Bradish of New York, tue
| Hon. Freedom Ganetson Of Duchess County, the
| Hon. A Is. Hasbrouek of Ulster County the Hon. +.
| A. Newton Ct Massachusetts, VIM. Is. Crosby b. l..
SWAP j smes Lennox and Francis Hall Of New-fork:
| The minutes Of the last annual meeting were read
| and approved.
| The Rev. DR.. WOODBRIDGE, of Va, read portion
| of the scriptures, and offered prayer.
| committee was appointed to report suitable per
to fill the vacancy of the class OF directors wnoe
term had EXPIRED that committee reported and their
| report was accepted as follows
Timothy Hedges Cornelius Dubois, Ere derrick 1:
| Peet Isaac Wood Washington K. Nermlye, Edward
| j. Woolsey, Robert Carter Marshall 5. Bid~eii,
| Vim. ii. Eyarts
| EXHIBITION OF THE PUPILS OF THE NEW