The New York herald., 1868-05-06
THE ANNIVERSARIES.

AT half-past two O'Clock yesterday afternoon the
nity-second anniversary OF the New York Sunday
School Missionary Union was celebrated with appro-
pirate and attractive ceremonies and exercises in
the Northwest Reformed Dutch church. Twenty third
street, near Sixth avenue. The interior OF this
neat and commodious place Of worship presented an
appearance at once imposing and decidedly interest
ihg' crowded as 1t was to repletion with
the pleased and sparkling faces OF friends
'eachers ana children, representing one hundred
ana forty-six schools, having an aggregate
attendance Of nearly twenty thousand scholars.
:. Inc children were disposed to consider the day as
gran" gaia DAY, and trooped through the various
ssreeS on their way to the church with merry
faces ana neat attire bearing in many instances BAN
ners OF vari-colored silks, frnged with silver and
gold and inscribed Unsuitable notices The pro.
gramme Of exercises consisted OF the Sabbath school
hymn, sour Army Song;" prayer; hymn, "voices
Happy voicesp' anniversary address; HYMN. "sipU
ing, Ever singing;" address; hymn .sThe Dear
Ones at Home," and the closing benediction.
ANNUAL N.ETING-EvENINa EXERCISES
In the evening the Union held its nfty-second an
nua meeting, In the same edi1ce, which crowded
by large highly respectable and deeply interested
audience, composed almost exclusively of adults,
Rev. Isaac Ferris D. D., LII. D., president Of the
organization, In the chair. G
The exercises were inaugurated by the singing Of
the hymn, mo Time to Waste In Slumber,n sung by
accompaniment, after which an Impressive prayer
was offered by Rev. r. J. w. Buckand. sf.
by weS
1t appeared that the total number Of schools con-
nected with the Union Ct the date Of the report was
1914 OF which number l36 located within the city
limits and 68 In its immediate vicinity. Forty-two
students Of the Union Theological Seminary, and one
lady, have been employed by the association during
the year as visitors In connection with the Mission
schools, and have made about twenty thousand visits
bath schools, and have induced five hundred parents
10 attend church. and one hundred competent per-
to this they have distributed ten thousand tracts OF
the New York City Mission and Tract Society, con-
Quoted worship In ten thousand families; prevailed
upon twenty-five heads Of families, formerly men,
bers Of rural churches to connect themselves with
IN ss Sf
obtained assistance for about one thousand needy
persons. Mr. Schafer an agent OF the Union, has also
distributed fifteen thousand copies Of the German
tract, "Welcome," to immigrants at Castle Garden
The Union has also during the past year erected by
frame mission church and school house at Broad
way and Sixtyeighth street. This structure cost the
Rev. Mr. Jaeger, on behalf of the Anthon Memorial
church, and will hereafter he devoted to the purposes
1 won n %sssn t. Sa os
open but ave children attended the sun
saSDaS say school Sae Sandres anS thirty end
were In attendance. Besides this the Church Of the
gated iron chapel and school house at Eleventh
avenue and Fifty street for the accommodation
Of the pupils Of the school No. 1885, organized through
Rev John Hall, D. D., at the close Of the reading Of
ana y e
Mission movement, after which the beautiful hymn
Work, for the night is coming,
Work while the dew is sparkling,
->-s- Work 'nid springing flowers
was sung by the Congregation with fine effect.
Y.fI. Duryea then delivered the cOSug au-
Dress which was an eloquent hortatfve effort In
behalf OF the missionary work, and was attentvely
listened to. In the course OF his remarks he said
that 1t sometimes appeared to him that man expected
too little from God IN this World ana was VOC a aPt S no
spirit Of the Father would take Q deeper hold
upon the hearts Of men, and that, perhaps, perhaps
Of the Sunday school missions: No phrase could be
forms Of Christian beneficence in their entireness:
when You had said emission Sunday School work"
could do for man. Address yourself to the work,
gather the children for instruction In the word OF
one Of the little ones comes and says, 'Mother is
Sick" You must follow the child home and be-
o come Nex SUNDAY anonr little one
says, Little brother s dead ~ Yours Is the mission
TO visit the desolae nome lod tne little 6aaas across
Of consolation to bleeding, yearnng hearts The
Christian man or woman who entered the mission
Sabbath school and preached Christ would not only
preach the Christ OF Christianity In its narrow ac
ceptatlon, but the Christ OF philanthropy. This
society aimed TO create mission sunday schools, to
gather the straying within their folds 10 bring
the attention Of tho churches to them, to enlist
Christian men and women as mission pastors, super
intendents, teachers and workers.
At the conclusion OF the remarks by the reverend
gentleman the congregation was dismissed with
An election Of onicers and managers for the ensu.
ing year was then held with the following result
G. Leveridge NJ. @. Morgan, Albert Woodruff, ID. b.
Atterbury Peter Balen John II. fpraeue; Treasurer,
.<sG1 in a.l.U (hnr1G GQ
Earle; Corresponding Secretary, p. Harwood verneN
and board OF twenty-five managers.
New York and Hudson River Conference Of
Unitnrians.
The capacIous and beautiful Church OF the Messiah,
corner OF Park avenue and Thrty-fourth street,
showed very thin attendance last evening to listen
to the sermon OF Rev. william r. Alger, Of Boston,
preliminary to the coming anniversary exercises Of
the New York and Hudson River Conference OF INT
tarians. Rev. DIR. Osgood, Rev. Mr.. Putnam, Of
Brooklyn, and Rev. Mr.. Pullman conducted tho
opening exercises consisting Of prayer
The reverend clergyman took for his text Revear
tions xxl 2j-The gates OF 1t shall not be shut at
ALL, The gates referred to, he explained, were the
gates OF heaven; and then lie proceeded TO discuss
the nature OF heaven. Heaven has generally been
considered somo distinct local abode, where all the
evils Of life are banIshed and all the good OF life Is
admitted. God Is supposed to be enthroncd In the
CENTRE and the future state is pictured as the acme
OF the highest imaginable enjoyments as compre-
hended In this life through the medium Of the
Having such views Of heaven many. strive to
win admission In tina life TO come within It's eysan
precincts. Greater intelligence OF modern times
shows that God ID not Jlthroned In any specific To-
cality but that he is divine essence--he spirit Of
creation and the universe Heaven Is not a favored
locality q resigned soul. but combination ofthcse
In proper relation. 1t may be hereafter or here IN
life or IN death, or anywhere where the conditions
are right Its eternal essence OF bessedness under an
conditions must be the same. Heaven, In fac1 ~
nothing less than the reconciliation OF the soul
with It's divine allotment-the harmonizatlon Oh the
spiritual reul ana IDEAL salvation Is put the recon-
citation Of the human and divine harnonies. Heaven
may be regarded In three aspects-nrst, as an ind-
vidual experience second as social state ana tnFd
"a realira IN the far.away future. In all these
conditions n must be viewed as the product Of the
WIN Of God. In regard 70 tne sdpIssions 70 heaven
heaven being q local place; Historical fact and