New-York tribune., 1868-05-11

are those who accept the law because Of their
of the profession, because they hope 70 DoCoo d %,
factors Of their fellow men, and Wilo ore M are some
voice over which they have control lhGIe io u I'M
who have devoted Themselves to the IaW nobe i'm
hone 10 discover truth. There was something houo N
those who lived TO labor the relief of the
Vnnng men are NOT drones but are be workers they
can attain 20 whatever they aspire ana hlS was pI LII tS
language OF experience But they must be content WIN
taf es1t which they have sought for. II they embraced
the law as the astronomer did his science OF ne stH9e1
of natural history, for the common gooa 9i nanElna
the reward was In the consciousness CT that success
which been obtained IT, at the close OF he uselui
years OF practice money has not been made fault must
hot he found vita God that fate was long before elected
Lawyers who we're rich made the acquisition OF IGhes
their object Gt the outset OF their career companion
i'm the class may, with hOned words, and again
with the flthest bihngsgate secure triumph for ms
cause yet he has his own reward III the khoWeuse ne
ONLY obtained the victory by eXhaustng every art that
he was possessed o. There were preferments In every
path Of fe and now as the members OF the class were
about to setOuton that journey they were entreae9 10
aim al honorable future, and To so deport themselves
in their profession that 1t could meet the approyl anu
reward OF Heaven. The sermon was closed by the Kew
Mr. Cady invoking blessing on the graduating css vi
the law school, aud the congregation 4 portion OF
Mozars No 70 Mass was sung by the choir followed by
and clergy the former singing the Reccssional hymn,
then returned to the vesty and the people retired from
the church.
TIE AMERICAN HOME MISSION.
The American Home Mission held their An
niversary last evening in the Broadway TaeerR%G 9mn
The church was well illed After the slng9g od ieV
the Rev. D. b. Coe, read the following report:
moa BY fvcresents the Jeremiah Day and the Rev
JceIIar and Directors the Rev Joel H. Lny and the Eeo
ministers in the Gospel service 958 in commission These Soetei
States the Southern States 52l in the Western states
@ sHdng 29 on e PS G & whole 19s IN s IS have e
tended their abors 70 sl wider fields The number 81 f IKE %
on9res 80 have preached IN foreign { Children %
ucted in Bible classes and Ssbbhhools not far from &C 30
The number Of conversions reported by Syg I msona - = 5
Of them by profession Of faith Fyeght churches saye been
missionary fields Is have become esustanng 80 dSu o wodsP
have been completed % are in progress Of erection 80 Young e
Te Tecets for e wear amount to 4275 which with the remain
der band The last report make he resources Of 9e society %
Is sim due for labor already performed Appop1a
10 the s,aouqt a5z making the total rEs. q ios Foo
5000 The expenditures exceed those q any year since
the organization Of Society by e%7ot The number Of
missionaries exceed t6e number da9g , e >, as ,n5
The number instructed the Sabat9scho by $500 he report con-
organization Of churches in the building and repairing oi
support Of the ministry in tIe esa6shGsut q schools,
9 The efforts to 91 the ofgeeiS, OF & PH9a "SIe M S % m Of 3
and have been blessed the conversion q oas-ht promotion 0i
"The TheOcratc principle or religion the only salvation
Of the ReIslblc vas the theme The text was - PG9t,
evening said that America had risen TO proud position
among nations Ihe G our m ina heon H d1 ~
Ne had emerged from the conflict great nation; our
Great military resources our respect for law pro
claimed a great people. Confident Of our position, we
! ebowed our Way by dnt OF selfassertion, forgetting
| that Russia has population double our own,
! and has been u growing power Tor centu-
/ ress before the period OF national lie.
forgetting that England has required through our war
her mastery Of commerce. and that Germany Is far ahead
OF us in learning science and culture France In the
humantes and the beautiful in art This nation shan
be among nations the head and not the tail" Yet IN
our great success lies greatest danger; perhaps
the feeling may come that God is no longer
| necessary that his law would be undemOcrauc ie-
srcton Of our liberties Immense problems OF govern
have fallen npOn us 10 solve The reconchng OF the
white and black to teach the former 70 be SUBJECT
and the latter 10 use the law inelgenty To ths must
be added fearful symptom Of social decline the
disposition dsparage the family 20 evade the honofa
BILE and sacred responsibilities Of marriage The ballot
hands Of the people Is held 10 be specific against
all forms Of national peril The ballot stimulates polit-
cal inquiry the ballot might bring destruction ON the
country Popular surd procured bad mana leader
I'm the French Revolution. Popular suffrage sanctioned
the usurpatOn OF Louis Napoleon. Popular suffrage
makes NewYOrk City shame TO the nation. IL is a
falacy TO suppose that education that the mere teaching
Of read and write Will fit them 20 exercise the
privilege Of the ballot. They must be educated morally
nation may DO naturally great but its internal life may
be wasting The Religion OF the Bible can alone supply
adequate moral sanctions 20 the laws and institutions OF
a free commonwealth. As means Of diiiusing useful
and religions knowledge among the people rev societies
offer greater advantage or are moro worthy O assistance
from the people than the American Home Missionary
| Society.
After the singing Of hymn the benedioton was in
vOked by the Rev. DIR. Thompson.