The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-12-03

m,qnpy IN mskn An example Of JohD Brown, anI
thereby revealing saainst Col Flo invoked blessings oD
the wife u Brown, and the widows ami orphans all
other par,yIs, then prayed that cot would worx
rsre the soldiers a. ChArhstssn day causing
nnskrs orop frnm their pased hands, aud every neg
show ns power ami vRor run, while tho fan
nom John Brown, that be might depart 10 safety from
smobg them" But II God would son dt ~ work ths
te.verarce, he wcu'd eav. the IN His hands, oaly
asking thar This hsihc era at de.ivsrancs.
Rev Axns CRAZY BxxxAs q bright mulasto, from Port
land Me- read some Scripture sslecssns invoking crses
&C. on the Of the righteous aud rsproAcnius them
ior stnbbo'Dres a,A
hymn, heeinDing, cam solosr Of the crossa''
sung and then Rev. H. GARNET read short aud cAre
i.,y w.airn adorsfs III sasi % December would
hehcsio,fh b~ csebs ad the annve sary II the
,yrco IL Of The braves, purest freedom
ana woud b. bap''sed Martyrs day" Tho transactions
shame BY O mug gene, a,o's lNsps would sco At ths
nuel republic and the struggling pAtr,os Of europa
~eoid upbsd uR FIR ihE CHASTITY tho fair brow
Vi liberty He psAMed Rsowns pety and pat stism,
declared HIM ths purest and best man of tins or
aby other age. lie thanked God that had struck tho
oamsens blow agaDrt slavery the coil Of Viz
giLn where the D. 81 cargo Of slaves ianoed and
caIed that his besOc deeds would yet DO inscribed on
marble, And hs grave visited by troops of pi,grius v
ginis would hecsne famed In history tia home OF
Washington the tn atre OF the co@ardly execution Of
Jsh Rf0wn They would think Of the old hero 10 the
svissys ya 70 come, and bis name would b. heard 10
the blessings VI the captive and the anthems II Free
In cosciusnn, hc tho meeting opened for ad.
prayer, but cpunsslled The brethren whom the
,prii might move not 70 exceed from three 70 Ave
Rev sAxrsos WHITE (biack many was then called up
The most Danbir Thing 10 hm address, was 0eclara
n whenever man sees another oppressed
his Christian outy 10 Interfere, Noses old with the
Fg, ptshs fSp,ie the 0ppressor When God han be-
Come fatsieo that I*acs'ni means would DOT avail he
be freed without the shedding Of boOd, let them
then strong arms (shoum Of "yes, yes, amen fla
chose sacrifice his life Ter liberty it was nobodys
Dutnskk hut his own.
Rev. RoBkRa CHARLES HENDERSON, a negro, from
DemsTars, roouDted tho nartyrdom Of missionary
IL that county. named John Schmidt, who had
preached ipsuygecd0aary eeruohs in ie8 That INCUR
reeuted the execution Of about fifty negroes,
scme Of whom had their beads cut on and hosted on
poes Schmidt sentenced 70 be hung, but died In
l. "But my lends" said the speaker "his enemies
they did asfal kIowed Of em before be died; he
ike Cog but be he WED like a cat He said be vas
60 ne to hell aud, my brethren, DO died awful And
seen another on em WHO was gmng % England 10 yes
sci, but he jomf cd overheard AID drowned himself.
Another ~ cousin Of his minister, and they
qusrreed and be wanted 70 be at the minister but
The reverend individual spoke Of Bro~n, whom no
styled martyr Of liberty, and then stated, "a matter
ri history that "n the reign Of Ptolmey Phiadelphus
ESi eco ling, paid ofthe treasury" Heclosed BY
Blow W the trumpet blow.
The next speaker q white nan--she Rev JAMES 3
IvnN--wbo bears striking resemblance 70 Coppe, the
ipturecht, who s 70 swing At Charestown, Va on the
lttb ust Hs address was Of the "harp OF thousand
srmgs" order He compared the execution Of Brown
with The crncifxon of Christ, and declared him greater
man than William Tell, Robert Bruce or George Washing
ton H. Bsin p0thtng else remarkable.
Rev HENRY JoRSeoS, Of Zpn church, an aged African
excited speech He complained OF being sick OF
pleurisy, az he must bear his testimony in ex
ceibg for the fate Of brother Brown Hs begged
the brsib, az " pray bard ami perhaps Col would yet
have TIM. :, deliver Ola Brown. II God wodio make
,bsy won.o presume dictate The oil mans re-
Ike set the sobbiDg hystericay, ami at the
clfe an elderly man, apparently white prayed for Old
A ny mn uext enng, with the chorus
"Hsneiujahi hss-k5shi We are On our journey home"
Rev. Nj. Balm (An EneIshman, wearing ,nrca6nsre
coa denounced such Of the clergy - refuse Or neglect
10 preach abo kiOn sermons.
Mr. GAsssrr announced collection, upon which the
Rv Mr. BkraAS, Of For tiand, Me-, spoke briefly, and
recommended q Of silent prayer.
Rev Mr. CROSBY, (back) pray Ell that Brown should
be hing apd he hoped no thousands might rise 70 take
his place.
lndtpenden and hoped the people would contribute ber
atty no, only for the families Of the martyrs but for
Rev. Mr.. GAssETr Tho clock is striking twelve,
and If Virginia has kept her promise, John Brown has
been launched INTO eternity. (Groans) il Is very APP
proprafe time 10 take up o collection.
Tie co ecion was taken, and the small change ratified
mus raiiy in the boxes
a man nearly white, from Williamsburg, delivered a
enlogy on Jobn Brown, and hoped more John Browns
would be Iais-d up, ill slavery should be wiped out
A reverend black man named TRUsTY, from Newark,
said they bad John Brown prayer meeting In his church
night, he believed the blood John Brown would
CAN down vengeance on the opprcssss Christ diei
The crcss but bis inf ence lived, and 80 would John
Browns
Rev Mr.. BEMAN announced, on the authority of the
Anglo african That the Bethel church, Philadelphia,
would not open its doors TO meeting like this He hoped
the time when al synagognes would be
blown To Atoms c'Amen yes, every church and every
- r roonv,, /,,hi.a, ,,-o b,s ,,;ou,s ~ .ho,,,,,
in winch he deprecated violence. Several black men
took With him tins point, and there was spirited
discussion Mr. Goode finally SAID he did not deny the
right nse arms but he thought the best way was by
the ballot box eiectpg men who would at once proclaim
freedom for The captive by law Of Congress He be-
sieSed such law could be enforced by body Of men
l,ss than .lohn Brown's command.
Another negro sad he had been slave forty years,
ana looked upon Brown as prophet OF the Lord Tns
man believed the Bible authorized resistance 10 Oppres
By ms because 'threcfOurths Of II is occupied
wrh describing what God wants TO believe la regard
to him. and 80 on one sixteenth win describing tue hea
veny bodies and rufus, &C. and the remainder with an
gelsn He going on 10 talk at great length when
Mr. Garne requested him to stop, and the congregation
separated after singing the do1ology
THE EXERCISES IN DR. CHEEvER'S CHURCH.
PRAYERS FOR JOIN BROwN--A CONFERENCE IN THE
EvBNING-JURS gAowS A MARTYR-HIs BxEoC-
TON THE NEW YORs HERALD, ETC., Ere.
Yesterday morning the lecture room attached to DR..
Cheevers Church Of the Purans was well attended by
these who bad assembled 10 express their sympathy and
prayers for John Brown and listen to the sympathy and
prayers of Others The exercises opened by tho
singing of hymn which appropriate to the condition
Of OLD Brown Prayers offered up by Mcssrs Har-
per- Tappen Hall and French inerspersed with the sing
ing Of hymns and brief remarks from DR.. Cheevcr.
According TO In the morning. conference
meeting was held the church in the evening Between
two and three hundred persons present including
several colored men, who seemed TO take deep interest
IN the proceedings The exercises commenced usual,
with the singing Of hymn and the Offering up OF prayer
after which the conference began.
A gentleman and said that he was sad TO learn
that CHRISTIAN hnd u die for obeying Christ, and
mat the government WAS favorable tho extension
81 the wicked tuition Of slavery He prayed that tho
martyr might haunt his prosecutors by day and by
night and sur them TO rest; that God might look
dow nlpn this guilty nation with compassion, and that
he might give the clergy tor having remained silent
conce nng tins matter They should rejoice that there
were some in the land who dared 70 speak He hoped
that the eay WAS far distant wheu every link OF
slavery should be broken--every bond burst. Finally,
he prayed that God would remember the nartyr's chit
dre tomort them and sustain thein and create friends
for them e, efyHhere.
Another gentleman arose and stated his convictions
that the courage which John Bro had shown 70 be
honored BIT let them not say that he guless lee
them ADMIRE his devotion and his hcroism. Samson did