New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-05-14

After prayer by the Rev. Henry Lyon the Rev.
DIR. Sawyer made an Introductory address. He said
tbey were fortunate in possessing faith which left
these little ones pure ard holy He pitied the teacher
or parent who could believe il the total depravy of
little children. What could he their idea of the sus
cepbity Of such creatures TO any efforts for their
moral o,Iepiritua regeneration He thanked God that
g better light was vochsafed TO Uniyersalis.s The
purport of the Sunday School was to train up chill
dren 10 knowledge Of the true religion. ftne fer
tile mind Of youth was not soSn with the seeds
of truth, the devil would not fail TO Ill II
with errcr. To teach little children has by many
been regarded q. matter OF small moment, re-
0uirirg little talent, care or culture but II pa
rents and teachers conld lift the vail OF the future
II ey would the fallacy of such opinions Inc
oaiy education OF the child stamped ts character Tor
coed or evil through life He wished TO urge the ne
cessity Of thOroug Christian education in Sun
dayScbools Although much had been done, there
was still vaster work yet to be done. lie would
have the Sunday School become the nursery OF the
church. Proseytsm was very good, but he held tnst
more important duty was that of Inducing the ninos
Of their own children with the Prioclples OF tnelr
faith. God grant that they might 90 about t9s WORK
with renewed spr so that their children might carry
forward to perfect success the work begun and
carried on so faithfully by their fathers. Mr. Sawyer
closed with touching tr0ute TO me Kew MI. DsuIcn'
who has recently removed from this city to Vermont.
The Rev. HENRY BLANCHARD OF Brooklyn next al
dlested the little ores. He would like TO know nov
much good tbese children could do. They could do
much evil why not much good also They looked
forward to the tine when they would become men, be
fore thinking to achieve any thing But he insisted
that they should do good as children. If they gave
10y to their parents, they had done great DEAL
They could make their parents feel happy, very happy
by rendering them obedience. II they would only
strive please their parents they would often tighten
their hearts Of very heavy loads OF care by KIND
ness TO their brothers and sisters and their psymates
they could do great deal of good IN the world Their
example, too, would influence Others. for good or evil
Over in Brooklyn, where he lived, there were little
boys AID girs whose parents lived in cellars and gar
rets amid squalor and vice.
Those children by going 10 the Industrial aud Sab
bath Schools had learned and become that which ha
wrought wonderful changes upon their swearing,
drinking parents. He knew instances in which hita
erto drnDben, goddess parents hsd been led by 'he
pfuerce of their childrens example, TO abstain from
the of liquor and to lead gOdly and moral lives
might every child in his or her sphere exert ben
efficient Influence. A. little children, they could ac-
cCnplsh great deal OF good.
TIE children sang another hymn very sweety, aud
then
The Rev. Dr. SAWYER said: The Rev. A. s.. John
Chamber having been detained by sickness they might
expect TO hesr word from their friend Horace Gree
lev Some called bin the Honorable Horace Greeley,
but he liked him better ss plain Horace In tact, the
term honorable not nowadays very honorable
HORACE GREELEY said they were aware that he
had been csed upon to address them at very short
notice. Yet, lie had n word of caution rather than
instruction to say TO them Sunday School teachers
and Sunday.SchOo scholars. Their friend who had last
sddIessed them, had LAID proper stress and value upon
the practical aim and end of Christian teaciiog.
While he could not add any thing to what had been
said upOn that point, he would suggest that there
a reflex side OF the same idea lt was common, a
usual thought that there something meritorious
something commend8blo in respecting the sabbath,
and obeyng the ordinances Of tue Church. That for
in stance Learning portions Of Scripture reading the
Bible, ATTENDING Church ard Sunday School were
mtIorous seIvIces in the sight of God. SO thaklog,
after little while they msy come 10 feel that these
outward oSservapces bsarced this unfair desliog o.
that trespass sganst thGir neighoor. Beware oi
" the leaven Of the Pbarisee.
The Pharisees had not all died oil. yet. The true
idea was that religious observances were means
toward CD end and that end was to irlnce the heart
tn a more perfect love toward God and mau Sunday
Schools ard Churches were useful in proportion as
Churches and Sunday. Schools did not feel such an
nhutnce exercised upon them, they were wore on
Than the child who had never Bible. Religion.
sgerces were means toward end, and tina. END was
goooness; net creed, not an observance, but that
spnitra! improvement which would send them for
~sia toward that heavenly city where perfect love and
perfect goodness reign. lie. them not believe thea,
teat because they had little more light in regard 10
sight.
If sny Catholic or Mormon child Lowell God better
than ne od, then that child was better Chr tan
better creed was better only 40 far az il led them 10
more perfect ne IL they were to be gathered into
the prtsepce of God TO morrow their creed would bs
ro;tirg only 90 far as it had exerted tns influence
This lie was progress ard journey and If sverv
year they did not get little nearer heaven in heart
thew bad lived very upproftsbly. Were thew nync.;
csb any better in tseir lives than We years AGO I,o
let Il em Thank God ard take courage Let them each
one take these truths as an admontion, and trv 70
move ON in the path God had appointed for them.
Tie chhdren sarg another hymn after which O.