The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-05-11

ton at Pohou in France, which previously they had not
aided; and they have also commenced service in Con.
s.ap,nope, among the than 40 600 Romausts ia
that vicinity, which a and hopul enterprise. The
number Of pastors, eyangclsts, Bible readers teachers
copofteurs and other aboEers connected With missionary
societies committees OF evangelizaion She foreign
field with which the Board 90 operates, (by grant
ing subsidies designed 70 pay some part OF their support
noting the cause together with these aborers IN differ
ent parts Of the same field who hold more direct con-
necton with the Board little more than two hundred
Rev. T. s. CuyiER, of the Reformed Dutch church,
moved that the report Gan sbsraci Of which had been
read accepted and adopted and published under the
| direction of the Board, which was sgreed to.
Mr. CUYIER proceeded to address the assembly a some
length He congratulated the society upon the manner in
which had been conducted fog the past lie
sseret the society might be compared 70 readmirable
when in safe hands but perous and mischeyous when
IN wrong hands The proper manner 70 reach Romansts
was not by abusing them and launching mprecatns upon
them He would offer resolution, which he considered
10 express the moral fundamental principle upon which
this Christian Union acts and does it's werk:-
Resolved, That while we hate Romanlsm we love the
Romanists
| mat was the simple cardinal principle Of sne
American and Foreign Christian Unon-the very prnci
| pie OF the All Father, who hates sin, yet loves
ana The only way to reach ROmanists through
The new commandment " Love another lie
questioned whether Protestant England ever did much
for Catnolc Ireland NATL she began to give her the
means Of education and granted her that great boon Of
Catholic emancipation. Then England won the heart Of
Ireland and within short time one hundred thousand
| Irish Catholics had become evangelical. Fifteen
sec the majority of the population OF Ireland
standing in the liberty of God But his mus. be done
| by the spirit Of love. Romansm must be and con
quered here. II is brought here by ship loads and
dumped upon our wharves. But long as the amos-
Bible Christian, should be oyermatch for all me
Romankm OF Europe. 1t could not live here long as
We Kept our religious atmosphere pure II said that
this society aimed TO make Professionalism aggressive
Now, Napoleon had said to his sodiers before
Kin po he you S %Tu,a get ria OF death drive
human nature we'll and if would succeed we shonld
drive death into the ranks of the enemy Aggressive
Chrsnanty the only Christianity that worthy the
name We cannot get the start Of Rome the long run
rnui we outwork it. Rome is tremendous worker.
The valley of thetMssssippsis as busy ant hill
with the Romanists, and they are working there
in every way in which they can reach man Their
schools die out their churches are never vacant
Rome lacks men for her work. they are no, 70
be found here Europe will furnish them, able speak
language that desired. Rome was TO be honored
for her earnes.ness But she should be met by
Protesante. Wherever she established a church or n
college let the Protesants establish dozen Let her
build her churches and decorate eathedras only let
truth and have fair field for the encounter and as
old John Milton said, truth never would out the
worst in the combat The Romanists were building ca.
hedrals which would become the from which
Protestant eagles would take flight In great gather.
cathedral built here last year by the Archbishop and
would praise God there according 70 the full light Above
al things this Society aimed to scatter the Bible that
most revolutionary book the world ever saw containing
the very essence OF all revolutions and reforms.
said that the Reformation from Rome II came
from nther and he got it from the Bible Pa, Bible
q mans mouse, and you have got there the mos,
dangerous enemy TO his errors end the
blessed thing for his soul that you can possibly put
there. This society should therefore Just
cause is great Bible circulating organization BE
REFER ed TO the spiritual condition of the Central
Europe and stated that the Bible wonld ts work
there The tramp Of armies and the clash Of could
be heard there War was an awful thing but deep
seated diseases required often remedies As 70
this war between France and Austria he could truly say
her husband and the bear it the only fight about
which be was perfectly Indifferent Let the fight between
them go on; Italy would get her rights through their
Crmpan m ms do tha freth ran
in Turkish exclusiveism So out Of this central
Romsh Europe, would come agitation of mems hearts,
the rampng down Of old dynasies the circulation OF
truth ana the spreading Of the principles OF repubcanism
which but the ard Of the Bible and the Gospel
Let the Gospel penetrate mems hearts everywhere and
then We shall see the beginning OF the end
Rev Mr.. Reid Of the Methodist Episcopal church, next
addressed the meeting. He commenced by processing the
following resolution
Resolved, That the POLITICAL social and religious eleva
ton Of the requires the church of Lord Jesus
Christ ceaselessly to labor substitute vital Christianity
for that OF mere form and to teach every that
Qualification is by faith and salvation by grace.
He said that forms alone possessed power vitality,
life, alone was powerful. Water in the lake could not
drive machinery; ii only after
life the stream, and was turned upon the great wheels
that machinery enabled to accomplish its purpose
and TO send out ts fabrics Of beauty and utility Man.
made in Gods image not Of value until he who
made him had breahed into his perfect form the breath
OF life Forms of no value in themselves there must
be vitality behind them render them in
any of worth The Romish religion was but FORM
mere carcass, and had no power to elevate and
fallen humanity wherever il prevailed saualor wretched
ness, poverty and ignorance marked its way AS YOU
passed into the light of Professionalism, however, igne
rance degradation and crime passed away clouds
fore the There striking OF the
Roman religion: there much of human invention
about itstrvipg as were to improve wha: God mas
given ua. Human invention could improve Gods |
works; was too much like the attempts Of modern
chitects here to improve the light OF heaven by giving
painted windows shutting out the light of day that was
beaming without, while all gloom and darkness
within The forms and ceremonies Of the Roman religion
were Ike these painted windows, shutting the pure
light OF the Gospel. We could Judge OF Rome and its
principles entirely by what OF s operations among
us here Here, she under the restraints Influences
Of pure Christianity and compelled 10 be what she
would not otherwise be- In places she refused 10
allow even her Bible to be circulated among the
people The nature and spirit Of Romethe genus Of her
iaih-was that Of religion without Bible Now, ali |
that was necessary dispe the gloom that the faith
Ronanism spreads was to bring TO bear upon pure
faith of the Bible
The resolution adopted
Toe hymn commencing elbow ye the trumpet, blow
Rev: P. c. HEAp1EY, Of the Congregational church,
Greenfield Massachusetts, moved the follow log resoiu
ton, which, after some remarks by the mover was
adopted
Resolved, That the renovation of corrupt Christianity
is the first work Of the American churches for their own
safety and that Of the country identified with fe and
also IN the conversion Of the world 10 Christ.
Rev. LEONARD BACON, d. D., of New Haveu, then ad
dressed the meeting He said he had come there 10
make speech merely to listen to others. Bu, he had
been drawn up on the platform, and after been
got there, II bad been insisted that ne should
resolutions which had been prepared The nrs resolution
was az follows
Resolved, That in the prosecutions Of the Proessants in
various countries Of Europe especially
e eVhDgeca sOceNes OF france and Geneva, with which
the American and Foreign Christian Union co operates 10
the propagation OF pure Christianity the principles
OF religious liberty whereby several Of their schools
been discontinued, congregations for religious worship
have been broken up, of the missionaries have
been fined and imprisoned the true spirit Rome
covered and motive of great pow addressed TO all
nations to guard against her Introduction among them.
And deeply afflicted by their suferings the Gospels
sake this society assure them of their sympathy and
prayers TO the great head Of the church. they may
sustained IN the discharge of their duties and
OF Christian character, and be speedily delivered from
those trials.
1t could not be asserted with perfect accuracy ve
racy that Professionalism started with assertion of re-
lgious liberty as understand that phrase II
could not be said that the assertion of religious liberty
had been uniformly from the beginning univer-
sally the characteristic spirit Of Professionalism Yet
when the first Proestants asserted their own re.
gious liberty that assertion carried with 1t by infer
sirInH car md MN.