New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-05-10


pcr Of second Avenue snd Fourteen,h Street The
Church was about twe-thirds filed w. A. BorsA,
esq., President Of the Society, presided. The exsr-
crcises were opened with music by the choir Afss
prayer BY the Rev. Asa d. Smith. ID. d.,
The Rev. II. LOOMS referred 10 recent edtora
aricie IN M TRIBUNE, entitled "Seamen and their
fr,ends IN which the brutaiies committed ~ Amer-
ean captains on the persons OF their Pruss
iBenly brought 10 notice. He said that the artio,s
contained many excellent suggestions although soms
perhaps were somew bat too sweeping. He reiered -
"a account lately published of a" crack voyage -
"a Of the speedest record-which the daily ucws-
papa ~ hsdnoiccd ind complmented while he hsd u
bis d. report FINN chaplain on board the sssse
ship sbo wing that the captain had committed mesy
shcck ing putIsses upon his seamen
The CoRRrs veSDIsG STcEErAsy thea read Al an
straet Of the An oasl Repcr1, as follows:
Tn r.ps. oft~ scce;y irc,dg su,tsgse. and brsach~s
have se-e ab So. e The receipts int tie rressa o. u
ss s;y 81 80 40 ,ss sC';s scr r, .~ s, d.
>herr Secretary g the erection Of Bethei IN NcwOesns
Ia. Home ''''''' Vs.. : ~
Tbe tSpcDdirrcs hss- b-eu s2r.cSl&
Tn hs'isg deb y the olo.e Of ,he es ansnsl year ~:
nesry $7,to A,h. r-en, lime rs ~ 50 az dininsbel
s- tan Otherwise would hVr ben in 81 enrsA
operations the SoS,hein fed, snd r embanas.ns De
operations Of tAe Socirty.
The rec. ape .vpsasi.sre- q cs AID ireepse<sa, =.
,ry contributed III. cause il the Uned sta about
TIE Rer~ .sfe. thu soeietys 6ed o. opersius In
sbGDdauee ct the sea- o. the spun. aud Ywsr o.
PrP.I.,ory .. h uni, dsasoa q csr.'isriy !, ersss
First, In y. enterprises st.s.r awakening stu bsr
e intellect u Europe in the hne~nth century f~psrsiesy
Ssnl In its enrrpr Of cDonixaou essbishns he 49,
nE po-ts tle merchant communities in the chia ehss
ThS In its stimulus .eintse discoveries. snd ihs.ps-
cS NJ, ~ m 49,, 80, IN ~. o~n l..,.,r,,,. .,h.,e ~ 49,,
ton. -Nhbs those pueiplss of houos Integrity ard ss
Christianity tran,cendeni superiority all tho .yes-
d,uon and ie holding oppressive sway over the DARK
To accomplish Ibis fourth and las, mission. need
AID mus. have as eouerns ..a''yns powsr Of the or<s
scattered throughout .he world They are better eomn,aaics
Mohsmmsdan. or Papists On this 6e the report gives
Whist in detail the society foreign operation. for the
in Peru Valparaiso in Chill Honolulu and Lahsns IN tho SsnA
.aS aSF hrss Sss svs.S ana
DtrmarA ana Porssrund in Norway
munies for chaplain. b. kuhchsu In China tHe
the Sandwich Islands raeahusns In Chill Rio Janeiro in Bra
American samsn imperstvely need seamen's chapisins
Its dq.e';. e1sg' fIe a, San s.,oSi;o Cal S.. 10.
Southern aided by the cooperation Of the Southern Sss
The operations Of the Society, branche. Phsdsps
Pa Boston Mass Portland Me aud on the inland waters %
Ne~-Y OH and the Western States.
The report exhibit. the donss Of local In
dependent socii tie. o seaboard
The Sailors Home blousng to the Society has accommodated
since opened 1872 S. so bcarde Having been thoroughly
rpse runshed by the hberaliy Of merchants in Nav.
York /, 1. confidently commended TO worsAy IL
name 1t bears
The Rev. S. w. HAWKS. Secretary for Massachu-
sets, then delivered brief address He referred n
instances of hopeful conversions OF seamen through
the sgencies OF the chaplainces OF the Society, and
excellent results Of their labors He thought thsks
considering the Importance oi the work, the Church
hal exhibited apathy in its support
The Rev. X. GWES, Chaplain Of the United States
Navy addressed the assembly. lie stated the facts
which had called him to labor among the sailors OF the
Upited States Navy. II bad occurred to him thss
THg TRIBUsE had fallen into common error In sup
IL. IL. 49, had data IN. .AAk
did not belong to them. What had they to do With
laws in relaon 10 the treatment Of sesmenf He
would not trust the Angel Gabriel with the power COR
fered upon captains sailing from our ports. They
should organize societies TO procure the enacfment Of
proper laws. The duty of the society was not to inter
crc with laws existing In the Navy there was no brs
tslity practiced upon seamen few years since hog
cling bad been abolished and the men better Gr
t. The purposes of the Society to provide chap
aius TO look after the spiritual interests Of sesnen In
foreign ports. lie surprised TO learn Of the eKtena
Of the good done by this Society and he recalled reoo
ections Of his visit 10 Whampos, Canton and Hong
Kong AT Hong Kong, the Rev. Mr.. Beecher tho
chaplain, had built his floating bethel, and was
earnestly looking after the interests Of the sailr;
though, but few weeks BEFORE his bethel was des-
troyed by the Chinese at Canton At most Of the ports
no provision was made for supplying the spiritual
wants of sailors. The speaker alluded 10 the belle
generally existing that sailors were not susceptible -
spiritual growth. The infuencrs Of the chaplain
could not be known correctly those Of laborenia
other fields The sailors had ~ be- taken, ~ were On
the wig. Each ships crew, as 1t left the chaplain il
foreign ports were never seen again by him. Bat g
ia the Sailors Homes and Hospitals here, and thers
could be seen the instances OF conversion sbrosd.
The sailor WA not inhjeL He was not 50 stupid
to be kepiical The bad influences of the example
OF sailors 10 heather lands were greater In staying
the progress of Christianity than those Of all the
heather religions put together. OF the represents
tives Of Christian lands in foreign ports, four-6fhs
were sailors, and it was by them that ideas weso
formed Of Christianity Hence, he would advise tho
Christian aborer to follow quick in the wake OF CON-
mercal enterprise TO prevent false ideas Of Chrsti-
anity being gained by the heather.
After addresses by the Rev. Harvey d. Ganse e
the Iwenty-tbird street Reformed Dutch Church, asA
the Rev. Rufus w. Clark Of Brooklyn, the assemblAgs
uss al su,i,s.,d with A benediction