New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-15
Treasurer

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To pastors libraries copies OF The Congregational
Quarterly have been voted and sent not TO exceed III
amount 500; also few copies OF the Bs6iotheea Sderd
and Netc glqnder. Only little in this department. can
be done for want of The subject of the Just as
trbutiOn the charities OF the churches appropriated
10 church building is then discussed in the report
plan which has been adopted to establish loan fund is
explained. Some interesting results Of past experience
are stated and the necessity OF the hearty cooperation
then shown that the work OF church erection Il in the
hands OF the pastors aud depends on thelr ac,o co
earnest appeal 10 pastors and churches.
The Rev " A. Cdikns then read the treasurer re-
port from which It appes s 40 H' 9rg yocsn,
the year amounted 10 $6lSi Ga. thus making the aN
bic resources during the year 10 oe sgof 10 rnv On
hand OF SG463 TO- The following officers were eee'eu "
serve for the ensuing wear;
YcePresIents-The Rev Wm. Ives iuidingon D. Bookyn
Si P 5s oa '' 8ds '31'n Wood 3.n Rev
Sor"G com Tie h1' Bd" i Mas ,be Rev Isaac P
Kuoy wa,l5u, IL D. c!meregs Mas The Hfy yoGn
chester ~ H. tie Rev. H. D. Hitchel. D. D., Miieour W.
the Rev. C. L. ''oo'e s. louis tie i2l Amos =. ba'T n
Gookn Chicago; Rev Juus Reed Columbus Neb the Rev
D. D. Rev Andrew L. Stoae D. D. San FaIc scoi the
sy S131s .SSo o55 u the & Samuel Hans d. svSsn
Conn., jaime, smith ppha the Hon Marshall Jewell H-''iori
Trastce,-Ihe Rev Ives Buine.on, D. D. e Rev David B.
D. the Rev H @ But'erded Henri G BoEen Aii5.l =
Barnes james W. Ese w,lM Allen S'Due hones The hey' H.
G e Rev iiaTy 81 sender D. the Rev Eys rev
n B MS sl1 1H' w 9s e snd Ps Johnson the Rev
halliday, III. Rev. George IL Boluton' David d. sone'
THE SOCIAL REUNION.
The American Congregational Union held their
twenty-frst annual social reunion last evening at
the Broadway Tabernacle, at Thirty-fourth-st. and
Broadway \ large audience present seec-
lions from the oratOrios OF Z" The Messiah" and
Elijah" we're rendered by Mr.. Lockwood. assisted by
Mrs. L. W. Doty. Miss Kate E. Stark, and Miss Palu
Hargreaves. Then came address by the presiding
officer the Rev DR.. Post Of ST. Louis.
Dr. Post said that he had supposed when answering
the Geographic invitation of the Union to preside at
the meeting that in asserting TO do 20 he was to be
sort OF urehead but instead Of that he was startled
by subsequently learning that he was to deliver an adj
dress He well recoecte1 the first and last meeting OF
this body which he attended twenty years ago ana he
thankful 10 God that durlnS that inIed'd5 HCoe
tnled. When grasp each others htna at me JOY %
Who viii never be at such meetings again so to-
ntgHt die ioy of meeting YOU IS shddoWed ny
the Thoughts that will inquire after The absent
Those that are not with us are some oil lnen
wei M WORK while others sleep III the churchVard near
fbe old Westinghouse. some sleep with the heroic dcad
but wherever they are they live su IN GJis virtues
and are al work for the kingdom OF our Lord some
Where Twenty years and what of the night The person
mel of this Union IL changed The rehdfhhe ICr.h OF
Beecher the noble grea hearted Dwight, tLe great old
nan Walker the gentle Iappdn, the I.V D. i. ihomp-
son (Gpplausc)-these are some whose IOrs .nC uiitS
occur to as l look around ms Assembly lonlshi'
Then during those 20 years we have had cor
feTino SadOWa Gettysburg, Sedallhes are an pNo.1l
names around which the history OF me WotIu iutng4'
and each significant OF upheayal among the nations
We united Italy, almost iree; Austria inc pnal-
tom empire OF the last or the NapoltoAS'
and prussIas bringing up with her new regime 10
modern civilization. The power OF tIe WoIlu hHs
changed and what Of Rome Spiritual despousm Went
down at 81 iowa aud sedan never, trust TO return
TIE Pope still Eliminates his ATTACKS III attempting 10
stop modern progress and free thought which reminds
n, 6r Mrs Maaprop with her broom attempting TO stop
the tidal wave OF the Atlantic. While THIS GONG on
civilization spreading itself from the east 70 Japan III
the far west and m place is this change more per-
ceptible than in America. Since then We have gone
through fearful struggle, which carried oil
100000 q our American youth, but which eyentu-
ated in proclamation OF liberty 10 an: MHeh
I first went ST. Louis that city was the !ar Nts'.
There were only few churches beyond IT. now we ars
the center Of the continent. and have hundreds OF
churches beyOnd In 1884 there were l5g5 churches III
the United States; there 3325, and west OF the
Mississippi there are GA churches-neaTy ten times as
many as there 20 years ago. As w0ndrOus changes
had happened in the past continued the speaker
so would be- long before the gates OF the twentieth
century would OPEN still greater changes beneficial TO
the advancement OF civilization and religion.
The Rev DIR. Post next introduced the Rev MI Gala
CHER VINO delivered a very humorous address, in the
course which he said he supposed he Baptist, was
inVted 10 attend because Baptists were OF poor
relation Con gregatIonalism He liked such meetings
Tor they added Of innocent enjoyment ana
OF moral sanovia-' OIL that luDrlcates our
moral joints"
After pleasant address, he followed By the Bev.
John Hail. ID. d, who said there was no particular
reason why should be there, unless indeed, for hs
instruction aud enjoyment, except perhaps such
the good old in Glasgow gave for hear
DIR. Chalmers that she wanted TO encourage him,
poor body" laughter. And 80 1t was his privilege
10 come the meeting to encourage IL. lie
| remembered the time when he thought the
Primitive Methodists ishould absorb eyerythiDc E,
| but since he was disappointed in this he
kept himself TO what he thought OF sister
nominations. So lie was siDgularly ihlted for saying
the pleasant things expected OF him. He had
tell wittv stories; for whsn boy his schoOlteacEer
who admirable person. made him READ IL chap
| tiers al stretch. and expressly todImm, You must
tell Stories and lie kept up practically TO that
Cong ationasts had done much for the cause OF
Christian literature. II there had been but iona
than Edwards, he enough Then there were Edward
Psyson and DIR. Thorpe OF Pitsfeld. He thanked the
Congregationasts for their hymns, for no matter how
dull the speaker his their hymns amply
pensated He briefly referred 70 the splendid sacrifices
| the COngre gatiOnalsts made for freedom, and
| concluded by saying that he could not hnd a more
the similarity between PresDyteraulsm and COngrega
uonalism marked he should be willing accept
the latter including the deacon, and he trusted
they would alt march together and from the East e
West, and from the West back again 10 the East
| make the whole land reecho with that Evangelical
truth Is against all ROmansm, against all secular
ISM against all spirtualisIn, against all Mormon
ISM against all sacerdOtasn, against all that In
wlse land ring with the echoes OF that glorious evan
gellcai truth which has made this nation great,
which IS destined 10 bless and benefit the world
After addresses by Dr. Nicholson and Others the audi
! ence dis perscd.
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