New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-27
BAPTIST JUBILEE EXERCISES.
THE MISSIONARY SOCIETY MEETINGS.
SPEECHES ON THE WORK OF THE CHURCH IN TIE
LAST FIFTY YFARs-ADDREss BY PRESIDENT

THE MISSIONARY SOCIETY MEETINGS.
SPEECHES ON THE WORK OF THE CHURCH IN TIE
LAST FIFTY YEARs-ADDREss BY PRESIDENT
ANDERSON, OF ROCHESTER UNIVERSITY
The third and last ,y's session of the American
| Baptist Home Missionary Society was held yesler11
| day at the First Baptist Church, Park-aVe. ana
| Thirty-ninth-st. The entire day was, gwen up 10
iubilee exercises II was the hteth anniversary
of the Society. During the day sessions ihe
church was crowded from the pulpit to the doors.
The exercises in the morning consisted OF snort t
speeches i'll which many "reminiscences OF the lasI
| ffty wears were given. Whlte-halred men told
how the Society was founded, and related anecdotes
and incidents connected WIN the ives VI tno
| pioneers IL the home missions OF the Dapt'sV
After the meeting had been called to order by
| President Howard and prayer OF thanks
giving offered by the Rev. DR. w; K. Williams, of
this city, an address delivered by the keV; Dr.
| r. c. Teasdale concerning the work that had been
occomplshed in the half century and the broad
field of usefulness that lay before the society III he
| future lie was followed by DR.. William Hague oil
! Massachusetts,, who spoke of its organization Ill
1882. 1t was formed on April p, OF that year. ID
| the old Mulberry Street Baptist Church III Inls
| city, Thomas stocks OF Georgia, beng inc GUAR
man of the first meeting Inc population % e
| New-York City was then 2200 900. / he number OF
| BaptiSts in the country was 3l6,6o9, Dut ihere
was no church OF me thH h Gey UcTeased
over seven-fold. III the last fifty years the society
had issued commissions TO nearly ZOO persons,
who had iabOred 304,0l5 weeks, or nearly 5000
| wears preached 100000 sermons. made l,olH4dZ
religious visits and aided III organizing 1855
churches while S7056 persons had been baptized;
| Ii had expended $2O0O,0O0 III missionary
| work and 100000 In educational work among
the colored people and the Indians 1t had
| assisted 425 churches III the erection OF
| houses Of worship The whole amount received and
expended for all purposes had been ABOUT
| S3,000000.
| man of eighty wears told what had been accom-
| pshed by young ministers III New-Hampshre ana
Vermont III the early days oil Baptlst Worh III Vhls
| country, when the clergyman would hnish his
! poughing Saturday afternoon walk ten niles 10
| a schoolhouse the next morning preach
| three or four times. and then return so
| as 10 begin his farm labors early Monday. The
Rev. 5. Chase, OF Michigan, also III ms elghtleun
year, gave an account of missionary lie III mat
State He said that he the last OF sixteen MS
| sionaries appointed by the Society 70 LABOR III the
| West. All the rest mad died while working ior
| Christ, and like the Old Guard OF Napoleon they
had perlshed on the held Addresses were also ldu9
by George Marble, the Rev. l.. Moss, OF INDIANA, ana
| tie Rev p. Church. concerning the life ana charac-
tel OF the founders OF the SOCIETY," Herman Lincoln,
| Jonathan Gong and others. Addresses then !ol-
lowed by representatives OF different natlOnaltles,
| telling what work had been done among the llnnllc
| grants TO this country, the Kew. u a. Scnulte OF
tins city, representing the Germans the Rev. A. H.
| Therein, OF Quebec the French; the Rev. ~ Lind'
ofthIs city, the Scandnaylans; the Kew NJ 4. Jen-
SEN of Illinois the Danes. An Indian also spoke III
behalf of his people, saying that education was tne
| only hope for bls There were 100 indian
| Baptist Churches. with 6,1OO church members, lie
| said. . .
In the afternoon, representatives from the North
ern, Western Southern and Eastern States spoke OF
| which they were from They all reported that the
Baptist cause was pTosperlng, and That tins was
partly due to the Missionary society. u. A. nun n
uallv said that no Longer the Baptist churches
placed in groves and found only Ill the rural as
trlcts and in retired places They now occupied the
! HIGH ground and were III open sight. The Key. u.
| " HSswortR' of Boston slated that in New-Eng-
| land where the churches were once weak they how
were the largest BY actual CONT he continued
tLe attendance at Baptist churches III Boston was
| larger than nj those of any other denomination
The Prospect the Next Fifty Years" was the
next general subject discussed, W: d. MayheIi, u
| Arkansas, speaAIng first O1 " Inc WORK before "
lie predicted a grand success for the society ia the
future and urged that the memories OF the war
should be laid aside, and with united forces, the
| North and South push on the great work. James
| Buchanan, OF Ncw-JcTsey, spoke ABOUT tle
forces and resources OF the society Ior
| its work, stating that the Baptlsts were
as well equipped Tor the work III money, Inein-
| bershIp, brain and heart as any other denomiha,
ton. In referring to tho Chinese question: he sald
| that God had not made mistake Wneh TIC ieIt .uo
| Golden Gate wide open, and that the Baptlsts
shOuld be ready 10 meet them as they land ON these
| shores with the Word of Gcd and the teachings OF
| Christ. The Rev. DR.. Tucker, of Georgia. then
| made a speech on brotherly feeling betH cen the
Baptsts of the South and those of the North. This
he SAID was increasing every day. At his request
| the hymn, Blest be the he that BINDS, was suug
| by the audience with mnch teehng, ana Dr. tucker
| was afterwaTd loudly appauded.
The celebration of the anniversary was brought
| to "a close with a jubilee meeting at the Academy OF
Music. Long before the exercises began the Acau-
envy crowded to It's utmost capacity. Aller
PRAYER had been offered by the Rev. Dr. bfoadhurst
Mrs Florence Rice Knox sang the flower song from
Faust" DR.. NJ Is. Anderson, president Oh hOches-
ter University, then delivered the jubilee address.
lie spoke iii part as follows:
Men pass away, but Institutions when based upon
truth aud right endure. The abOrer dies, but the pur-
poses ideas consecrated to God last and the Inherit
ance left to those who follow. We would thank Coo
for the Inheritance but il Is not for us to spend time IN
tnS NJ re of fntnTe III 10 s31 The efforts Of
the Baptists had been uncOncentrated and sporadic.
iabored, accomplishing some good. but with
out organized effort. Advancement was not
to be expected 1t evident at the time Of the found
ing this Society that The country was entering upon
time Of unparalleled growth, Tue Erie Canal mad
been fiished i'll 1919 and later steamships began TO
the Atlantic Inc year OF the socle'y founding
building of railroads. Our fathers saw cnanse
Ss beore them NV Was vast But the held is
vast as the one before them Our
numbers of Immigrants to cur shores.
productions and manufactures are already Affect
ing the pciucs Britain and the Continent Iney
are undermining the foreign arslocracy Landed es-
yates are not sought Tor by the young men ABROAD now
%sYorS civ il 10 replace London as the metropolis of
| the world and that Great Britain will become
| a province as compared with the United states. Ihe
shores IL nothing to what be i'll the future. When
the Baptist society formed there were l3OOOOOO
people IN tis country At the centennial OF tue S0ciel
We not predict ap0puiallOn u ZOO,OOoOOOt Inc
greater part VI the Immigrants Will make sOod QUEENS
but The paupers AID tbe Sums VI ieLesn cites aIe
also coming French com suIsls, mnllsts ana Orlgahds
| from Italy already here the Mormon narems are
repeted from scandinavia ana Great BIllah' mere !,
work for the Society Other serious questions are before
!
the south the Saracens the West the aliy must
do more than furnish money Ihey must cooperate with
and above all fympathze with and encourage the mis-
| sOnaries. Unen must have workers Looking back
| the nifty derive encouragement
for the future God never hasteps but rests
| and IL the end our motto: NORTH America Tor Christ
viii not be a formula 10 urge on TO work but an actual
reality.
After the address, an original poem entitled Pro
Patrla Chrlsto, was read by Sidney Dyer OF Phlla-
| Gelphla, after which the audience sang a hymn
| which ended the Anniversary.
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