New-York daily tribune., 1861-05-28
sNNIyERsARY or THE AMERICAN BAPTIST
pt'Bf,CAIlDN SOCIETY.

The An,iyetAty eAer,i.e- Of tie Aueri,s Baptist
Pulh,aiion Sai.iy Wee ,onneicrd Yesterday m0iL-
i,V IN tl, Stnugpiltc Bu tri Church. Drgiuw hteri,
Brooklyn. There was tair aiicndlo, Of olrfgy aud
hIty The proceedings were o, elei with prayer by
the Rev. Mr fuLLtK who IN referring To- The rrt'rrt
ssi,ct OF na'iougl aiir . ked toe Divl"e birtsinS
rp0n tue u"ve nm,lt hnd he army ln u. re'ehl
,irupel,. Tie pI,sidtnt tel Z ah-cnt, VIZ. WILLIAM
Purtrs occuped tie chair, and cal ed tie neriig 10
oder Counii tees al oIntcd - enroll ne npefs
and 10 uomiHaie uniceir. -.
The Se,ro'liy tad The n'uai reIorl "i tic lnbh'
cation Soci,iy, from which Il alpcafs ih"i u "f-
tcuis hu, bo. TN 10y ed, nud oi these have been
s,ran,d by tie profits arcrling trUm colporenr sales
Iiey hove lut H. circulation over -OiUJJ Oh bo'hS'
~ d rosly i0Jt0o p,tes oi traie. Besidc lhh ttry
Laye pfeneh,d a. clnfcl,s destinte OF ptsiorr, III
,cLool.hnse. private dw,lliupr, oleo lots and ~
the wouds over T., 30 sofGOir, AID Held over / eoO
pIhyerm.eiugs. lney have also visited over 2o,OVo
iallier, OIeiing proy,r AID rudiug the wod oi uoj
wherever circumstances Ierni ted.
Nineteen churches AID 80 Sunday--"hools were or
rariled anu . convert. baptized. Tue coll o'teurs
have reported during the ~ years The co'Iuions
OF l5j cbufChes, the iormOn 0 JH SUNDAY -s ho"l',
the bapm OF J,jcf efsViri DeflGe Tue c'h''ieIo "a
many oluerr.
The repot recommends that the question books III
tie schools should be adapted to AM ant not OILY a
CI1isiian hdt IA ,euOnluat cuGl tTLhlhg. Nlh Is
yi.w tie Bouid hnve had tie entire sere- ca eiUlly
r,,i-ed, nlak z many important impr,l emen's, aud
cnuiig he a iIn,i,c pluri ler oi The denomination
to "ccupy thtir proper prominohte
The Board not bing nble 10 pulrh at once as large
n lii of library buOks as heeled, ave s,lcc'cd
f,n tie l,sr.s Of thrr publisher II Ii OF book, ha
they know r,m careful ra,Cinp, To bc entli ~ snli"-
bic ior Bapiisl school- Supei-iendenls hn'e COM
rlln,d that they could hot, With all thelr etf IN se.
rctiug libraries puHd alhIntt lie Int, oduciiOb Of
b - teac iug Pedob, ,pisn hat to read every TOOK
-iti civ lhrOug, Willie telca lug WAS ii o,iOie ald
that uUu i'm hiIt Oi Snch TeaIlng wa pet'u eiie-
,nHnd H. tie liumTy oi ole 81 lr iar-e O. t,lo J,
81 books were found teachug ped"bnpusi. ihlS evil
s Ie. guhgurd ugulntt aiid OILY stch books as can
b, guaranteed AIT kelt In TIE del OU.lory.
H. relation TO Slavery, the repot s'.r that two pa,
perr have i,eh received from assOcited bodies md
many letters irOm private individual, demonstrating
Ighiiirl the rii,ae Il the bAru on The subject Amer
icon Sla, eiy. Tie reasohr urged ior Tie pun In
of truip hhd iuuk- AGAINST the system oi slavery
wee Ill carefully ooLsir ered by ihe Boad WHO, h
"a 3, gar meeting, Vn he ioth VI ttOu huoP'ed
the IoONins ngg,silunr' hiue Oy tc lunihih4
Con iicc 10 " tI Ms. On tie subject Ol slavery
baJ ci.i reicrCd, mud rejected, lie husc i Was not
ncapt.d Iur yIt,HtOu, aud tld hot iirct tie entire
que.uop, VIZ: We would respectfully suggest u ut
l. Board be requested To ask oi TIE aOyicly, at rs
next annual meeting, s,ecil huilOrty o. use sucn
rleaur ana iuclr s,c expense aS may la Tue JuiSrt
OF tie Buafd lie Le,ss>iy I" r,cuie biS. az MOS
w i.h tllll de- Just,e 10 tie important subject of
Slnery h. ihc ULI'rd Slater Hud .bc ~oniy oi the
donouii i.iion which We tur'o.'
The imam i,l conGi lon OF the Society Is reported as
III good ,oi di'lOn
Tie missionary cause progresses ia,orally in Swe-
den.
Ia reference tp tho present crisis tie rcpo elys
Mi,h "a mysterious wuud lie Das tou,Lrd the pr, ut
heart 1 1t iec North. nnd result S,o paii'i.
feeling, nB Il mighty oc,au, Singing thn entrr lnd.
We wrgo Ot eors,JuB oi s eAisLsLcr, lut he u,cs-
ii ~ or God through tie occsi ~, has called iVith.
hB master lasnion Of tie Aneiigan hrari IA leading
huiInI,d. Of ,hol-nnds To Willingly Liy themselves
tie altar Of th,i 'our.'s oconho. ana Our pray EN-
tiul % " th tl.1; aud coHnot Lut i".r ,hal Ia,
vet peut up enihu,isu of ihou.nnds npon th"asaud,
Il Ilrt AZ airlyts wi mi ,tit Ia ncre0trd eto,ti
and scri es il Lcnii liio religions oOnGOn ol
b,lo,,d lIud.
lie 10 d,cl la;rot wlo seeks b.. I'll that Is il
HIN Mt Oul, 40 Lccud tis county fi"m tie uaitor'
ass aut, ,ut aLo tll itwilhun snd ti-heohhes -
ia a \, nd 70 maze u EmtLuL r l,n'i. a,ay Ne LV
hone that tie tlals Of u yea wIl mig 10 l tu.n!
,eiy many tIch latrior. u men win 10 make ga 4
htes r Ian hO gave iiuis,lI TO them, the prscf Il
pr-eileny the ti.o ior iheir last ano iisest omen
iDSt. -,
a di.cu.sop eusued ppya the Book question, ia.