, 1877-01-29

THIRD ANNIVERSARY or Tile METHODIST So


THIRD ANN1yEHsARr or TIE METHODIST So
C1ErY.
The anniversary services Of the Tract Society
of the Methodist Episcopal Church were held
lust evening IN the First Methodist Church,
yuy,cr Clark aud Washington streets. The
meeting wus the third of the anniversary sca-
son.. The audience was large, completely filing
tho lower purt Of the church. The evening tx
crescs were opened with prayer by the Rcr. Or.
Edwards, ot tue Northeastern Christian Ad.p.
cdtf
The Rev. Dr. Vincent, the secrctary, pre-
Ecnlct the nnnnai report. liz l,ad prepared, he
faid, the shortest posRthlo report, aud would at
the proper time publish statement in full.
The nmolnt collected Tor 1876 WA nbout SlI,-
GD0; the expenditures IN ChlfIa +apaI, America,
Norway, mil other co,l,,s1cs were sl3tHO. Thu
pu,ers printed wtrc, II, ,71G.lkW iii English, nt,t
llA}O In IcrIn1,, tile Inter from Tho branch III
Cincinnati. Ih.: only other fact nf Importance
was that tlirtythrcc new truets hail btcf fssn4
cd. The SPEAKER closed by saying that each
subscriber tu the fiari would In thu proper tfu,c
receive printed report.
Mr.. Spencer then sang "Thc Ninety antl
Nine" md the audlcnco Joined In singing the
Tic Ii"y. br. Davis, Of New York, tllcn pro-
ccedrtl to deliver the annual address. Sin, hr
said, generated ain, and the whole formed csll-
ssIrntn for t1ls rsasH 'hv Appetite ni
evil In tho world Ile icls that l!c WIS In Il
great struggle with the PASSIONS Gf fElen: Tie
assault which TIC, sot'csy hui to
'ess est. ,rx Gs Dq t nt ta t. pok yo ic Il w%s
.nal,y tnen IT, a:sall Il fortress as to defend II.
It. WAS ~. unfortunate thing also that the wnrld
was MI arraych on The tftlc II the wroHt. Thu
ftrnt force u sin was unleF the tantsnl OF the
{,riEcn oi evil. There Was III doubt TINT tic
Devil .vas person un earth, tfougl. lie might
not he IN tcory. lie did not meat.
That the dcYtl, was greater than Gml.
The right wonil sulHctne be 1cgnant.
to meet and conquer. The tract cause w..s ,,nt
the giant WIN RULED down tlu pillars o[ Tic
trn'ple, but tho boy VII" guided the arm Of
eansoi. 1t was not na Samson tlat he pleaded
the Iorrc q in.lIrcet1om, md not Logical
a1itt Irresistible furec. Tho cuusu did nut de-
rylop very furt:ly the intellectual power in tn.
Church. Tbr ttttl, wl'lci, he wished to speak uf
ch,rel,,'bns which camc'trcesly tton, the thh'na
VI tind. This ttush With c.ll!e III the Wurl ot
ttud was put III such ssapg as to rrac the pep
plc sl,np'y. .lirectly, md f're::hy. 'rhss
xas ,;. ths h., wor!; ,,n;, ot the as sos'siy Th,
direct, Int also nine. BY destiny, md It
further showed the connection l'etwccn tIlu tw,
~ thu lortn vf character. How mitch gOtrl l,al
l.ecn dune by "Thc Datryman's Dane!itcr".
Thcse tolichcs Of nnrratsc had often he"nt,.c
lorve 10 turn men tu tin Again, these srntts
might burome aultycrsnl literature. Another
trutt! WIS tl'at the !rast FL! IN I'LL that side
Which wis must npt to guile men. The maj,
whu cat1,c tlp ai,l tleHanttcl tlat II tnAH 70 l1
hin al u!l. 1t WIS the ,,s!i,,rner width pcrsuul.
ctl ami not which demanded that guided Ilost
men. Tie tract was tmpersuna': it worked ita
good. The Influences wli!c, tic tract l,ad were
large, general, anu ulwuys fer g.wt.
Thu last ilca was tllat tho trnct