The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-05-10
ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICAN CoNGRE.
GATIONAII UNION.

GATlONAL UNION.
ANNUAL ADDRESS BY THE REV. DIR. PHELPS.
The anniversary exercises Of the American Congregs
tonsl Union took place Tuesday evening" in the Broad
way Tabernacle, OF Thirty fourth street. Rev Dr.
Thompson, pastor Of the church. presiding The exercises
introduced by the singing Of anthem by the choir,
after which impressive and appropriate prayer was or
fered by the Rev Dr. LINDSAY Of Greenwich, Conn. The
Secretary then read brief report Of the doings OF the
past year. and Of the present condition Of the Union Since
the Corresponding Secretary had given his whole time TO
the service Of the Unon which two years and one
month there had been under ito fty four churches
eight only having been previously received. OF these
sixty two had been dropped at it, request. Prs
vous May 1885, there houses Of worship
completed During the past year the Treasurer paid bills
swen,y-fo sanctuaries, and there twenty
under appropriation and In process Of completion. This
year the Union began with the appropriated balance In
the treasury Of 81 9l3 49, from the LIST Of Nay, 1859, 10
the Let OF May lseo there was paid into tho treasury
s9s72 H. The available Of this year therefore
have been sl4,7s5 Al OF this amount s. 400 has been
paid 10 the twenty four churches whose saucIuares
completed. There the treasury appropriated bal
ance Of f50c6 49, This amount and 81 SOC 80 besides,
Cess 81 bSare Ths Trustees S,snsS 10 ayseiuv re-
member In their report the donations received from ndi
vduals One bad contributed five hundred dollars, ano
Their three hundred several two hundred and fifty and
two hundred and others amaer amounts. The trustees
wished understood that the past year really their
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with twenty-five churches who will probably all want
help Iteir principal dependence was upon pastors
To Him who loved the souls OF men
And washed us In his blood,
The annual address was delivered by the Rev DR..
PHrrs, Professor in the theological Seminary at Ando-
YER The reverend gentleman .ook for his
place educated ministry exposed 70 danger from
10 s.cuGed from the world Is that Of the ministry ana as
consequence the pastor often stands at arms length
scholarship should be profession In nfe and
tdducs Coeridse a. an example. The difference bot seen
The reading pie and the nation well markell his
tory. !, may be doubted II .hose who future
day read the newspapers Of 1850 viii form correct idea
fPreschsr 10 meet necessi,es Baxter says that ne
essiy the great dsposer Of minister's life. Taere IL
no oher department Of literature 10 so pnms'e relation
with The people the ministry. Journal docs not
tribe INTO tho heart OF tho people as does tnis IL do
pends, usaer the Holy Ghost, on the people
,nse smbsmsiio Of the relation existing betseea the
minister and The people, which IL, that command at
slight elevation Is more valuable than mountain. The
mind Of the minister should be Of emnenoe. capable
OF ascent knd descent n the clergy exalted,
ssS CT 40 army upon The glaciers VIII 10 ousousIS
formed purpose To ISOLATE the minister from the eo2e
hts dsnomnstc nal policy The insidousness Of this
policy will sometimes Alenase the most sody clergy. We
mission is this, another ibst and third midway where
the Scripture warrant for thhf Let any denomination
acop the ea OF exclusive mission, and liz effect Ia TO
petry the enclosure into wall Of adamans between the
preacher and the people. The Angel Of churches himself
would beat his wings In vain aganat such barrier We
must throw oper church doors 10 the people do
our hearts In praying for them, and give them literally,
necttsary Gospel without money and without proc.
When We look at the oiffsrrnt classes Of minds
first the royal and AstocrAc, then the military the
Intellectual, then the artistic After these the
heeroRt neous c0s educated by force Of wealth. These
are all in degree educaied. Culture respected
among them, and may call them the educated olzsses
But uneer these lie the great mass OF the people Among
this mars there often exist ideas aad thoughts which
shoud not be thrust asde they oscu The natural
kacers Of the people church m,nsers their teachers
are ministers. snd every pulpit In the land be slencsd
IN short time they would be filed BY those who mat
kr wbai might be The prefix to TIER name would be The
religious leaders OF tho people wherever the masses OF
the people are, there too should be the pulpit But Tho
sacrifice Of spiritual 70 worldly greatness common.
Dtnomlpaiosal policy drits npercepubiy In that drec
ton. his IA the ground Of union between church
and State, and Il Ingenious confessed by Alison, who
says that "an afiaon OF the church with worldly splsn.
dor IN some form necessary 10 the prosperity OF Chris
tianity" But can be insensible at tho sight OF
man moving masses OF people not by genius, not by
eccenucty, but BY The lnsrse preaching OF Carst The
educated CLASSES always look In criss away from their
eAccr the heights where they have been reposing "
any minaier OF Christ vhom thoy descry the
plains below the heat and dus Of the bastie What 10
wanted 10 . living church win living head
The reverend Professors address tened 70 with
marked attention throughout Al is conclusion hym
was sung, dler which the audience dismissed with
the benedcton, pronounced by The Rev DE- HHxrcass