The New York herald., 1866-05-09

ng The missionary hymn ''salvation, oh, salvation,
10 ioyiui sound proclaim, the Rev, Henry Ward
bsecher beng subsequently, introduced and heartily vel
oomed
ADDRESS OF REV uENY wArp BEcnER
In his openlDg remarks the speaker alluded TO The
guest OF the scety who had preceded him-the Chris
tan soldier and genileman-whose shoe laces he con-
sidered himself unworthy to hose The man whose place
be had taken who devoted his days 10 the WORK
OF Freedom and under circumstances more trying ard
dihcult than God had put upon the clorsy IN 'neir
red bis banner high through the past -four years. ana
preserved II spotess ard unsulied tAppnuse.l MT
Beecer then spoke of the organization OF the american
Missionary Society. He remembered that Tor twenty
five years stop in the great organ had not been crwn
and that stop that OF universal freedom Appiause
He denounced strong terms the action oi various be-
usvolent societies and advocated the preaching Of
gospel carrying with u and procaimng Liberty he ad
serted to small book Published many years since under
the SUPERVISION OF Bishop Doane Of New Jcrsey-a
volume always retained in his possession as curl
ositv (n the ITor,ispiece was an engraving copy of
AIRY scheters 'Ohstus Conaoator thstrepresented the
the with the mourners clustering round
All the figures in The original painting were transferred
chains whose counterfeit; presentmcnt Bishop Doane
had ordcred be cut out What had been done by the
Bishop the woodcut had been done by the Clergy In
tracts and sermons OF all knds, and not till the
society whose anniversary they celebrated founded
that liberty was actually thought Of And he gorhed IN
the fsct that there now many organizations who
made the welfare Of the negro their special care He
believed in commencing the work OF from
the base OF the 91ce. When the speaker was IN Choa
60 many years since he witnessed the operation of rails
ing building from the foundations. Since then he be-
heved commencing at the base, and preached the up
hDgof the whole social structure by raising the SUBJ
strata o the nation Tho fires Of eyangelzaton must be
kinded al the bottom of tho vessel not the top
and those who would prosecute great work be
humble and lowy as was Christ In the early ages He
believed IN the possibility OF regenerating the coored
er did not know when all the rights OF citizenship would
be extended to the freedmen but was convinced that the
time Ear distant In the meantime, the greater
the delay the greater the opportunities for educating and
regenerating their race The work would be attended
Boys preferred to slide down hills but desired to
climb the slopes and test their strength There still
much blood to be shed not on the battle field by SOL
diers, but by martyrs in the OF liberty. Every
State would have It's mobs and its ourages before the
great object Of regenerang the negro was
but the blood Of martyrs was the seed OF the church
New Jersey never had mob for tho negros sake and
almost utterly lost for that Laughter)
The sending forth of teachers and missionaries was like
the sending forth of sheep among wolves Still there
were many wanted, and there would be many to II
he .he speaker had been young as When some twenty
sought other sphere Of usefulness than that offered to
missionary and instructor among the inhabitants OF
Gospel and travel the land (Applause.) In con-
cudng his remarks the orator called upon his hearers
clear away the rubbish Of the old structure and erect
another ednce, in united country and amid happy
Mr. Beecher Iaving retired, the audience was dis
missed with the benediction.
Fity-Second Anniversary Meeting OF the
AMERICAN tract society, Oh BOStOns
This society held its lftysecond anniversary meeting
last evening in Irving Hail. which well attended,
large sprinklng OF ladies' composing a portion of the
audience. The hour appointed for the proceedings
commence half past o'clock but the meeting
was not organized until eight At this time the body
OF the hall was well filled The capacious was
brilliantly up which gave zest 70 the proceedings and
produced happy and pleasing effect On the platform
the following gentlcmcn:-W A. Booth, ESQ., A.
Merwn, ESQ.,, Rev. Dr. vermilye, Rev. DR.. Spauldng,
Rev. J. Alvord, Rev. ]. p Warren, Rev. W. G. Child,
D. D., Rev. Charles H. Ballard, &C.
The President of the association WIN. A. BooTH, pre-
sided on the occasion voluntary the organ ('The
Last Rose of Summer' by Irclands greatest poet Tom
Moore, was well gone through by Mr. Francis Williams,
organist
in prayer the conclusion Of which the society's
favorite hymn was sung by the meeting, as follows-
Obi scatter wide thy grains,
Spare p1as mo sssr @ Of ussd :s or palms,
The Rev. Mr.. WALLACE, one OF the society's sccrc-
tses then and said he would merely state that the
society in fourishing condition. He then
read the following statistical details of its operations
The operations Of this institution for the past year
have been attended with their usual degree Of prosperity
In all the appropriate abors OF Christian publishing
society has enjoyed the evidences OF the divine favor
The new era Of peace and freedom upon which the
nation has entered has brought to 1t duties and
opened before 1t large fields OF usefulness The home
work has become more important than ever, while the
only r the teacher and The MISSIONARY but also for the
press to aid their efforts and scatter knowledge among
thousands whom as yet these are unable to reach
The receipts in cash from all sources were sl65.S51
which greatly exceeds those Of any preceding year
cept the last. The expenditures were sle4,5S
THE CHARITABLE DEPARTMENT.
Recept'.-From donations, $41, ,065; legaces, $16,S62
Total S5792S. The bus department has also, from
its profits, donated to the charitable department publ
cations to the amount Of Soo making the entire re-
Expenditure Charitable distributions of publications
for home evangelzaon under the labors Of churches
pastors missionaries Sabbath schools life members OF
the society and Others, S17,721. For the freedmen,
$1,000 The socetys series Of school books embracing
complete. A history OF the United States, life of
President Lincoln and several other books for homo
Journal distributed very largely to Sabbath and day
schools, churches and individuals as heretofore The
whole number OF copies Of publications circulated among
are due TO the officers of the Freedmen's Bureau for
their aid and cooperation in eec,ing these drribuons
ginning Of the war; 1874 s55 copies at an expense Of
ABOUT slo5,ooo Whole amount Of grants to oil objects,
funds and conducting the work Of the oce, with incl
dentas has been s2s2so Total expenditures, $5l,o
THE BUSINESS DEPARTMENT.
Publications whole number OF distinct pubiica-
tons tho societys list Is 76l of which seventy
Ave have been added during tae past The amount
OF printing done folows:--Tracts, in the l2mo
tracts on tinted paper 1900; chdrens tracts, illus.
leaflets, &C. g. GOO Total Lila, 400 copies, embracing
s, 5s9, 200 pages. Volumes including stitched pamphlets
covers 3ls $50 copies comprising 20 20S 900 pages
Papcn-Tract Journal $50 600 copies; Child at Home,
2os7 900; Christian Banner, $4,000; Freedman CAS-,
600; Frccdmans Journal 100 000 Total papers, s51,-
600. The cost OF the above for copyrights editing,
stereotyping, engraving paper, printing and binding
was $l06 297 Purchased Of other societies and book
sellers, sl2e73. Total cost OF publications, sl19 270
Rscep -Receved from sales OF publications. in cash,
S1030l2 From the charitable department for grants,
s27 776 Donations TO publication fund.- 34,420. In
come from building fund, $l6o Total receipts OF this
department, $780, ,59e
Expenditures publications, as above, S11o2 go.
Salaries OF treasurer depostary and clerks with freight
advertising, wrapping papcr, &c, s21 9S3 Total dis
bursements OF the business department. $14l, ,21.