Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-06-02
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LONDON, May 10, 1860.
Promised to tell you of the Nay Meet
'MgS, did H. Why, only to cnumerate then
ail would make respectable catalogue
and to attend a Mhc Of them, intrrcstine
aud important though they lie. is trul,
wcarness to the flesh. So, carefully stu.
dying the long printed list of over hun.
drcd anniversaries. extending from the
middle of April till the Second of June
we made selection of what promised ia
be of special interest to US and also with
IN easy reach. First, came the great meet
ing of the British and Foreign Bible So
ciety. 1t WAS held vt Exeter Hall, I'd OF
May the President, Lord Shnftrshury. in
the Chair. Long before eleven ~ ", the
hour OF meeting. the vast Hall was dense
| " packed and hundreds turned away dis
appointed. Perhaps no benevolent snci-
ETY. among the scores established in chris
| tian England, has such a strong hold on
the affections and interest OF good people
OF every name and order. As this Billie So
cicty. Very wonderful 10 its success
From its feeble beginning in 1904, called
out by private circulars, 300 persons met
in Il room in London Tavern, Bishopsgatc
street, the primary object heing to supply
|
Je0T, 1851, this 'Iittlr one had become a
thousand" With nnxiliary springiny up
all over the Kingdom and in foreign lands,
and money pouring into its treasury. the
blessing of its Divine author was visiblv
upon the efforts OF the Society for its
propagation. Those who would know more
of these efforts and results will find in
'the Book and it's Story" what Cod hath
wrought. will only add that tile receipts
OF that Jubilee year, as the result Of sDe-
cj0i effort, reached S222,OOO. The report
OF the present year shows an annual and
large lncrejlse at. ,fntls. ,.s,,r..vst ~
millions. Lord ShufteShnry, who is SO
honorablv associated with every hcneyo-
lent and reformatory movement, as TO give
rise to the saying that in tue Annlversn-
rics. ..his Lordship doesn't take oil his
boots" so constantly is lie found at his
most as President aud ChNirmMn, made
most eloquent and stirring speech on this
occasion, rchuking the Government for its
course in India, and pleading for n free
Bible there and for Italy. The Lord Bish-
ON of Rippon followed, and the Duke OF
Marlborough spoke earnestly and well
Among the Directors, the much loVeu MIN
lister ut Westminster Chapel, at our own
place of worship, Rev. Shmuel Martin,
made a speech full Of christian grace anu
n fine looking TIindOO from Calcutta, Kev.
Mr.. West of the Wcsleynns, &C., &r., also
smoke to resolutions offered the meeting
On the platform, among many diStln-
puished persons. we saw noble SIR Jonn
| Lnwreuc. late of India. native Chinese, IN
costume. aud Rev. DR.. Murray. of America.
| One cannot help noticing that at these
| meetings Al great minority Of those present
/ are not LonGouers, hut as We sag mere from
the PrOuiHccs. Year after year, thousands
! of persons come up to attend tue May
| Meetings, and the new spring bonnet ana
| fresh smart toilet, give very animated
look to the otherwise somhre aspect OF the
Hall. Would you believe it, scores of Ia
dies. who are wedged in their seats in the
body of the Hall, are actually at 'rorE'
meanwhile. as coOllyns at hnme-em6To'g-
l,:p7! confess my astonislmcnt at their
indnstry, while mourn that the fatigue
and excitement of such great gatherings
and speeches is for nc, 1cork enough With
ont. AT the meeting in the evening, ot
the Field Lane Ragged Srhool Uhlon, "'
St. Martins Hall, noticed the same th,ng;
Lord Shafteshury presided also, ana OF
course, Mt this meeting, for is he not the
fnnndcr. patron and warmeSt friend OF
this Ragged School, the oldest ana hIst s,i IN
T.ondon? We offer hear of his LordshlT
visiting the School in Field Lrne, talking
to the poor ignorant crowd there, encour'
ouinr them with prizes, sc. n connec'
t;nu with the schools are night refuge!
for the homeless Ten thousand OF th'
moor and destitute in London, have tn
INST wear participated i'll the benefits
III, Institution. Think of the thousand
more lurking in the alleys and dark court
of this huge city, who literally nave III
home and see what mountain OF labo
is before this and kindred societies. Lore
Shoftcsbnrv is sure mos: of the sin am
/ iunorauce of the poor people would dis
,unpnr. if better homes were given them
Another speaker tried to prove hunger wa
the cause Of nearly all the vice ana 'nlscr
of the lower Glasses; while Rev. Newma'
HALL and others, who labor with hlt
;; in the Temperance Reformation plea
+ That drunkenness is the cause Of 1l'He tenn
o of all the poverty, degradation, 'gnor"nc
Q and sin of this nAton. and that II 20
: nersnadc men to he sober you have oeg''
c to clerate them, and laid the tonndatlo
Il for better homes, clothes, edmcatlon' &C
&c In this connection, l Will or'en
state TINT the Anniversary of the N"tlon'
Ten,perarce League drew together one
tho LARGEST and most enthusiastic meetin!
y in Exeter Hall. May 10th. The animal r
nort condensed and read by the Hon. Sc
re,arv. Mr.. Tweedie, shows an immen
field of labor cultivated with far 100 Iin
lied means, but still. with ever increas'I
n and most encouraging results Mr' Go"g
a whose name was last IN tho long list
- sneakers. had sufiiccd to keep tue gre
~ ~, audience four weary hours away tro
fresh air, spoke briefly, with his nsu
r.. ,nj ha vino alluded TO I