The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-28
New York Rible Society.


ADDRESSES BY WIN. ALLEN BUTLER AND ]. COTTON
Smith, ETC.
The thirty sixth anniversary OF the New York Bible
Society was held last evening in Rev. Dr. Adams church.
in Madison square. There crowded audience,
numbering moro than a thousand persons. The
opening religious services were conducted by the
pastor, Rev. DR.. Adams. John E. Parsons, Esq, the
corresponding secretary, read the annual report,
which was quite voluminous document The
political connections in southern Europe had during the
past year. opened field for Bible distribution and
ceived vital blow in the introduction Of the Bible in the
schools The number Of volumes distributed in the city
during the year Al SOC. OF these the city agent
trbuted ,6A Bibles and 2l53 Tesamens, and the
cietys agent 1,482 Bibles and l,S52 Testamens
ber Of families visited was SOS. Of whom auY. aasa
were destitute Of Bibles 2, ,252 refused receive
Bib es, O63 of whom were Romanists The number of
volumes distributed by grants S,oS6. The report
speaks Of the importance Of giving the Bible to immi
grants who, says here ignorant bigoted and
yet determined to exercise controlling influence in
our affairs. The number Of immigrants arriving the
past year was 1888, TO wnom 1856 volumes
Of the Scriptures were distributed. To military
stations ls3 Bibles and 44s Testaments, mainly
through Rev. Stockbrdge, chaplain Of the receiving
visited the port during the year. There had been great
revivas among the sailors and marines Of navy and
100 pious sailors had been drafted to every squadron.
On the flag ship Of the Pacific squadron daily prayer
meeting, conducted by of the highest officers was
attended by 300 Sailors The general distributor TO the
navy amounted to 3037 volumes To the commercial
marine 22,ss1 volumes had been distributed, and the
pui chases amounted TO 81 473 20 About 500 vessels
have been supplied, including 767 American vessels
bound for Roman Catholic ports and 3,565 volumes
have been granted TO various institutions abroad for
men. The society s out Of debt The expenditure Of the
year $6 5s1 -, against $16,36l 81 receipts. The
amount expended, as well the distribution, was
slightly below the preceding year, and population in
WILLIAM ALLEN BurIxR Esq then delivered ne address,
taking for bis subject: The Bible by ITSELF the First
the distribution of the Bible social movement for
moral prevention rather than The struggle against
sin must be Of adcensve character rather than aggres
sive. Men in this northern community begin
ming to consider whether our free institutions when
applied to great city are not total failure
whether it is safe TO trust people with govern
ment whom you would not trust with anything else
whether security Is not, after all, better than
liberty. Men did not like to think and were afraid to
say but they felt in every fresh exposure of corrup
ton every outbreak of violence especially in every
added penny Of taxation and every recurring appre
another municipal election and all knew these things
were so. As King Lear said, "a man NAV
see how this world goes, without eyesv We might
say as citizens Let US alone to invade rights
with too much government; remit the old ideas of
right and Justice. How fathers and mothers were
there whose best idea Of the city confused notion
that 1t has become bad place 10 bring up chdrenY How
many ira esmen, victims Of the hot haste which per-
vades every department, who neglect their social and
political dutiesS We ought to welcome all who come TO
invasion. More Germans sleep to night in
New YORK CITY tnan In either Dresden, Cologne.
Bremen Frankfort. If we have any thing Of
our own better than we import it is worth saving;
and Henry Cays system of American protection ought
at least IS be applied to the home virtues The speaker
took rather dcsponding view Of American literature
and Of " the restless mood OF modern pey which yearns
for fuller revelation and broader faith and in
the glow Of whose charities there something which
resembed more the CLEAN Of torchlght through marble
statue than the warmth Of the living soul He alluded
to the press as g that daily incendary against which
there is TO insurance, and to public opinion
always crude superficial nsncere bad tempered and
far in advance OF its intelligence For all these evils
conended the spread OF the Bible by ITSELF which
would enable tine world to grow wiser and better it
grows older. He proceeded 70 reply to of the OBJ
iecons Protestant well Romanst to Bible dstribu
ton. If Catholics objected TO the Protestant Bible
be for willing TO aid in giving them
the Douay Bible, which, though a bad transla-
ton OF translation, had enough in it still to save
any He not afraid to let the Bible 20 forth
without leading strings and did think necessary to
accompany it with "Dodridge's Rise and Progress" or
the "Dary man g Daughter"
collection in aid of the Bible Society was next taken
up. After which Rev. Cotton Smith, Epscopalian, Of
Boston, delivered short and fervd address. He spoke
Of the deliverance of Boston and New York from the
dominion of Papacy referred the commercial rivalry
between the two Cities and said Boston bade New York
God speed In the sacred work Of spreading the Word Of
God among men.
bencdction by Rev. Dr. Adams closed the exercises.
The following the officers the society elected for
the ensuing year:-Presdent james N. Browne; Vice.
Omsted, Charles A. Danson, S. B. CALDWELL James c.
Harrio Corresponding Secretary, John Parsons Re-
cordng Secretary James G. Holden Treasurer, T. c. NJ
Patton.