New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-05-12
THE ANNIVERSARIES.
The American Tract Society.

interest The old OF complaint
against the Society by is radical iienuso Pio Si
eource Of all our national wocsbas disappeared non
o. fco of tho eartb ard there remained therefore
opple of dscord to disturb the feast OF heroes ant
princes Of Gods house ON earn. coo;..r A.. p,.,
The venerable President oil the Soelety, the Nlgh
Rev Rsbop CHS T. MClLvaSE. d. d., occupied The
chair and In opening the exercises OF tho anniversary
nfter PRAYER by the Rev. 1. d. Anderson, d. d., New
EoYt n,sde very brief address. beng weared by
Ehree DAYS Journey from the West. lie spoke OF the
Commissions that have been serving In the nationa
esnse whose worh is ended and urged the neees
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The Trca,urer's Report presented BY Moses Allen
$50. and the abstract Of the Annual Report, by the
Rev Messrs. Haliock and Stevenson Secretaries con
t.in the following information Of general interest;
The Report notices the death Of S.V s. Wilder the So
peys President. Of the Rev r. s. Cook Secretary for
e,Iy twenty william Forrest, esq Chairman Of one
81 Its Committees, Will b. Crosby esq. and ChiefJusce
&orpblower vice-Presidents; the Rev Or. Dunbar D
ksOr and the Rev d. Msan and other authors OF Its puo
In sn IA publications. including "a volumes and %
kooss and tracts Tor the army and navy
Printed during the l04 9 volumes OF 'fS" per osy
Gstui.ou. distribution for the year C6 Of which
essSs 2, the army and navy and $3.50 to life
6eDbers aud directors =,
B,ssf. as1 % in o, sGns t
tss 81 exceeding the receipts Of previous year and max
ing with balance the s a y E5Pe1dsa IN
and depostoes end coortase aud for the army and navy
sna freedmen 6s 1888 CO. cash ior foreign and pagan snd'
ESQ total s42iSi o9 balance in tie treasury s?6a 3D.
aRMY AND NAvY.-Ihe Society has continued with una
kscd zeal s lsbos for the spiritual welfare OF the sodiery
Tn FnxxpxEy-The elementary educational works pre-
pared for the millions of freedmen have had an increasing cir
kulstien during the gear.
Tho Society have prosecuted the system OF coporage
er the last twenty -four years during which tire the statistics
VI this benevolent work have been oows time employed
Sold 1901 49, volume. granted to the destitute. a2l9o
public and psycrmee iurs addressed ZIG 8l8 families dest
sfshe Bible, ass M ROMAN ca;hoies Sosas
families n-gectiug evangelical preaching l24ZS families
dxifh mn
FoRKrsS CASE APPRoPRlArIoys-Rer China Presbyterian
Board 900; Ame lean Board Canton. 500; fuh Chan
e2cO; Northern India = 900; Ceylon $?25; Madurs 100
ssSiTs .rd Eaten Missions 2so: Greece American
Board, sl73i Dakota and ojibwa Indians $500. Total
The following resolutions were presented by different
speakers and unanimously adopt'd
3D. .dSDed a nea ae the Of the
R,sred That thanks be rendered to God for hi. abound
In blessing in the vast work Society las been permitted
60 perform home and abroad in the 40 years Of Its exist
Re.o,d That having expended above $500 600 for
army and navy the Society viii still labor need may be- to
the souls OF those who have bavey iAbored to AA'e
Rc.oIred That the million. of Freedmen TIE n,on.
shsrge their appeal for instruction and salvation
must be heard sud answered.
tion,Iy COlportsge OF tn. union Society fed Of labor vast
rnd needy and IL Chrs;s viii strive with oil good
s. Re.orcd That saved as nation dsnterration and
ruin the Chr.sus Of this land under obligations never
end righteousness aid the coming Of Chris'' hsdon' over
sll the earth go
The first Of these was OF course adopted without any
comment The second was presented by the Rev
HARVEY D. GANsH ID. D., Pastor Of tie Twenty-thirdst
Reformed Dutch Church, in lengthy and eloquent I'D
dress He began with reference 10 the past history
of the Tract cause begun almost instantly after the
Invention of the art Of printng branching out in about
eght years into book distribution and the other duties
Of coportage Now tie figures are those OF astronomy
Dir BILLIONS Of Evangelical pages have been gwen TO the
world in the 30 years Of this societys existence Dr.
Ganse made reference to his own childish reeoeetoos
Of its publications. aud expressed tho convection that
It's labors have been with all the length and
breadth Of the continent Now, great era has been
couplefcd and nll classes are united IN cevont ac-
krosyodrf1ent of the Divine Omnipoence and Grace.
The Tract Society has not been mere ookeron Ia the
great antSlaveTy movements III mas peeh Dtdins UP
from the true substratu love 10 all IL IL better doubt
less that God should have taken the work into His own
Sandsthat should enter into our rest through no
Dutch Gap Canal made ~ human hands, but Ivy the
vsy appointed us OF OmD.p0ience, This Society has
bad its share among all the human agencies IN accom-
pshng the great work and presents sight not equaled
In the land The Bible Society may in one sense De
more striking but in 1t are united upon the woIds
which God has set and none may change But here Is
Society made up OF men from all sectS ana names
visible unit In frnth defined in human words without
mistake. Let thank God aid take courage that
will make US earnest WORKERS.
Tie third resolution spoken upon by MI joins j..
VLssAa an army missionary who dechued 10 stand u
Che pulpit but standing below. spoke OF the word OF
God in the army relating number of interesting mel
Sents which our space ir bids Us to narrate here lie
made reference to the great reyvas among
che men and the seadist aithiuEess with which they
hold fast to the name they profess. ,r......
After Mr. vasSar the Rev j. H. IwiclELi an army nd
chaplain held the audience spellbound for hall honf
with most eloquent address taking Tor hls SUBJECT the
result Of war on the character OF the common soldier
de said: We set forth Our OF mes as tc grDuet see
tscle In the world Can il be that our soldiers on mo
criue and vice Do our men only Ind the ueVii wheIe
She nation finds h0norf . =,
The most hdeous fact of the profession OF arms Is the
giving and taking Of humen life. II ~ CONNIE my
Thought that the hero Of hundred battles must partake
of tie character Of a murderer. such spirit may
brood upon barbaans but in our war Las not adaed
60 the dark shadows that were dark enough siIeaey
Modern enCiueIy has done away with the idea of man
against man. friend wbo was wounded III one 81 oli
more recent battles told ne that he vas WOUNDED IA
carried from the field without seeing Que OF the enemy
When our have fired II was slot NJ the southern
Confcderacy, not against the Young conseIip's hoih
Alabama. - ",
No-carnage is terrible, Gas has been said by +. W
Robertson Of Eng and) deeth is terrible and Insults 10
women worse than death are terrible bat there Is some
thing than all tins 1t Is cOWar1lct. Our boys
will come home from our army with hoiicr thoughts
than ever betore thoughts that never woud have found
hAibor in their brains outside of the battle field. From
che old Third Corps We shall have good and grand
order Of LeOndas which viii be felt and known TO the
ond Of history. III.
Chat drove US TO waI and drew exquisite picture OF
Che dead on the field Of battle The dead have Dreamed
out in their lives the sentiment dear to US al now
Dulce d decorUs est pro pairia n,0Ti.
Ia concluding. Mr.. JHICfELL made telling refer
snce 10 the ntnacies and affections begotten OF we
circumstances Of the war between comrades, ana ,hC
value OF this fact in our national economy Inc speaker
was repeatedly and most heartily appauded anu EVIL
IDENTITY had the heartest sympathies OF his audience
The Rev. DR. CROSBY Of the Fourth-ave. Presbyterian
Church spoke to the fith resolution a. 49,, -,
The triumph Of war has ended, ana the Uiu.HPu %
CHRISTIANITY he's begun. There is time when gag IS
60 be hewed in pieces and there IS time w1en nePhl-
bosheth is to be invited 20 the Kings table. hen
Israel had marched out and had defeated the reb"
tribe OF BENJAMIN they EXPRESSED tender syTpnty o. q