The New York Herald Newspaper, May 10, 1845, Page 7

THE HOLY ANNUAL HERALD. ally, felt over the whole world. It has increased in strength each succeeding year of its existence; and the report of this, its twentieth anniversary, shows that though its operations are most extended, still they are, judging from its past career, but in its in fancy. The H the Chai ‘on. Tuzopors Freiineuuysen presided in , and the meeting, after being called to or- der, was opened by a prayer from Dr. McGre, of Elizabethtown, who invoked the divine blessing on the audience and Society, after which Moses ALLEN, Eeq., read un abstract of rhe Treasurer's report, by which it appeared that the wes for the year a- mounted to $152,376 28, and the disbursements amounted to the same sum, out of which had been expended for colportage, $25,382 343 travelli nts, $35,558 75; ec clerks, $7,613.74; foreign a priations, $6,000; postuge, taxes, insurance, Me W. A. Hatuoce then read uract of the ishing and forei partments, shewing that 64 new and useful publications had been stereotyped, by direc- tion of the Society, during the past year. The Society have now published in all, 1176 publications, bes: corresponding secretaries ani and pagan lands appro- Coy 007 approved for circulation abroad; that there have does elreulated during the year, 374,797 volumes, 5626,- 610. publications, 162,727,229 pages, being an increase of 61,226,773 pages over the preceding year, and making the whole number of pages circulated intwenty years, 1,44,- 068,796. ‘The Society have printed during the year, 36,000 volumes in German, of one four page. tract 160,000 copies, and of another, 138,000. ‘The committee have sanctioned during the year, 1,099 distinct grants of publications, amounting to 23,708,195 pazes, of which 13,914,547 havo been distributed by col- portetirs and agents among the destitute; and 3,041,250 pages have been delivered to members and directors, ma- ing the total gratuitous issues nearly twenty-seven mil- Hion pages, in value neaely $18,000, R. 8. Coox then read the report on domestic opera- tions, of which the following is an abstract: ‘Phe progress made in reaching the destitute masses of ‘our population, native and foreign, protestant and papal, shows that the most hopeless classes are accessible to the Gospel. But a catholic organization is indispensable in gaining the confidence and co-operation of the numer- ‘ous evangelical denominations represented in every new settlement; and as affording in its constitution, publica- tions and agencies a demonstration of protestant unity, which may silence the cavils of infidelity and popery. ‘he results ef the year are most cheering, and encour- age to a still farther enlargement of the Society’s home operations, While miscellaneous tract distribution and systematic tract visitation have been prosecuted as vigorously asin former years, and the grants to home missionaries, seamen and boutmens chaplain’s &c. ex- ceed those of any previous year, the circulation of pub- lications by colporteurs and volume agents has been nearly doubled, mostly in destitute districts never previ- ously visited. One hundred and forty-three colportours, volume agents and superintendents of colportage have been engaged in the Society’s service during the whole or a part of the year, in twenty-four States and Territori (including ‘Texas) and exclusive of those in the service of the Society at Boston and other auxiliasies ; of whom ‘one hundred-and three are still employed. Ofthe whole number, three colporteurs haye been devoted to the Welsh, Irish, and colored population ; 3 to sailors and seamen ; 4 to the French ; 26 to the Germans, (including converted Romanists,) and 107 chiefly for the destitute native population. ‘The total number of families visited mem platform, where all may meet to advance the inte- rests of the Saviour’s kingdom. Of all kinds of donations, legacies are perhaps the most significant. When a man in the view of eternity, with the awful certainty of having soon to give an account of the deeds done in the body, before the judgment seat, bequeaths to a Society, as an almost last'act, an amount of money, it is a most solemn endorsement of the truth and value of the charity. From this source our receipts this year have been greatly increased. The intelligent readinig of a useful book is an important event inthe life of every man; but more especially is that the case in the early years, ere the char- acter is formed and the mind matured. How many ministers can look back to the reading of the biography of Whitfield, Zinzendorf, and Calvin, as having changed the whole current of their thoughts, and first pointed them to the ministry. Intelligent men can enter a book store and select for themselves, but the masses do not know what to select, even ifthey had the means. We must, therefore, do that for them; that is one of the great objects of this ‘society, and it becomes us in the present flood of light reading Which is inundating the land, to be careful and prayerful that what we cast abroad may serve as an antidote, and restore health to the moral man. ‘The “ Pilgrim’s Progress” has been, through the praiseworthy liberality of one man, translated into the Welsh language. Talmost envy him his feelings—happy must he be who has sent that invaluable book to a nation of his fellow man. All Christians love to be useful, and that is one reat reason why this society is so delightful to them, for t affords to all opportunities of doing good by distributing, &e, its publications. I never expect to see a theoretic union of Christians; all attempts to bring the different de- nominations together, even when under the influence of revivals, a time when all unpleasant feelings are at least stilled, have proven signal failures; but give them some- thing fo do, and they will love each other as they have. never loved before. You cannot repress the feeling of benevolent enterprize which animates Christians; they must be doing, and therefore give us that which will ren- der such enterprize successful. He thenwent into a defence of the colporteur system, of which he heartily approved. ‘There was one thing which he wished to nots The ublication committee had not made this a literary socie- y by publishing books about animals, reptiles, &c.— ratily ing a taste for natural history, but had issued those Books only which were calculated to promote piety and direst the erring soul to Heaven. Mr, Adams then exhi- bited the chair on which the Dairyman’s Daughter, Eli- zabeth Waldron sat during her illness, and said that he felt a solemn awe take possession of his mind when he reflected that Leigh Richmond had stood by that chair, and had placed bis hands upon it; and he called on the Society to publish just such books as those who sit in such chairs want. (Great applause.) : The Rev. Banon Stow, of the Baptist Church, of Bos- ton, then moved the following resolution : : Resolved, That in the results already sccompines through the agency of this society in our own and foreign lands, there is encouragement to prosecute its labors upon the most extended scale, 'He said in support of the resolution, that many other societ had tottered and fallen, but this founded on truth, love and charity,—the greatest of which is charity, had lived through every difficulty, and le had no doubt would continue to live ‘till time shall be no more. then went into a defencefof the colporteur systen narrated several interesting anecdotes, illustrative of the good which has resulted from their labors. it was a mistaken idea to suppose that because men labor for $150 to $250 dollars per annum they are devoid of intelligence. Some of the colperteurs, he said possessed a pow- er of preaching and explaining the word of God, not by scritical exi ut in a common-sense way, with ‘wonderful effect. Millions are coming to this country in the depths of moral darkness, and the best means in our power to dispel the clouds BS exceeds 153,000, with most of whom the colporteurs have had personal religious conversation or prayer; not far from 47,000 families, who were destitute of all religious books except the Bible, were each supplied with a boo! sratuitously, and several thousands with the Bible or Testament by sale or gilt, ‘The total circulation of volumes exceeds 374,000, including 24,000 sets of D’Au- bigne’s History of the Reformation. Dr. Brxcuen, of Cincinnati, nade a motion, that, inas- much as this Society constitutes a great part of the evan- elical mon ament Which God in his mercy has raised up, Hat the report just read be adopted. Dr. Bacow seconded the motion, and trusted they would Le satisfactory in their indications of the presont and fu- ture usefulness of the Society, and the line of conduct it nd laid down for its rule. Dr. Knox, of the Reformed Dutch Church, addressed tke meeting, and compared the growth and increase of is Society to that of a grain of mustard seed, which, being planted in time, gave out many branches, so that the fowls of the air rested in their shadow. The great iudluence of this Society had reached the greater portion ofall the Christian families in this land. It had penetrated into many a hidden abode of misery and wretchedness, and purified many a sink of vice and profiigacy. Its in. fluence had been felt wherever an American Protestant missionary is stationed. It had cet] Bebe danger of perdition thousands of souls ; and tens of thousands had been cheered and sanctified by it on their way to aven. Christ's Church, through it, had been edified ; and during twenty years it had gone on, year after year, increasing in prosperity and favor with tho people of God, and at this day it has a deep hold on the Christian community, and to God we lift up our hearts and commit its future state. Not unto us, but unto him, be all the praise. It is a monument reared in testimony of the fart, that the Evangelical Church, however distinguished by sects, are but one, and an embodiment of the spirit and temper of the God of love, and an ex- emplification of the precept “ *tis good to dwell in unity.” Put our fe@dings are not altogether those of gladness. We experienced afilictions, and in humble submis- sion to the will of God, we deplore the removal by death of him who, as Chairman of the-Executive Committee, has identified himself with the exertions of this society. God has taken him from us—we shall see hi grave the undimmed lustre of a well spent life, still he did so. Dr. Milnor was associated with every enterprise of Christian improvement, and a foremost place in the ranks of well-doing was always assigned him by his com- peers. He was a man of untiring zeal and great industry; witness the vast amount of labor he performed—his own Peaworal labor, his attention to church institutions and other: ‘When we call to mind his fidelity, piety, purity, and gen- tlenoss, you will see why he was 50 universally regret- ted. He (Dr. M.) had seen many and illustrious persons laid in the grave, and from them had received ineffacea- ble impressions; yet when Milnor was buried he felt more than he ever did before, and had it not been sinful, would have almost murmured at his removal from thi wicked world. He had always inculcated pure evangeli- cal doctrines, and with these and kindred undiluted truths, it has been the prayerful sincere desire of the Executive committee to have all their publications impregnated, and they have expunged all books that had other doc- trines besides those of pure evangelical faith. How far thoy have succeeded, their actions must bear witness to. During the first year of the institution, meetings of the committee were held weekly, afterwards every fortnight, and the unanimous concurrence of the whole | regard to the affairy of the colporteurs. He was fol-| pory committee was requisite to publish a work; the works that had been altered by them, had chiefly been in way of abridgment, and always with a view to usefuloe: ‘The living authors, whose works had been abridged, had always been consulted previously; and of deceased authors, a number of standard works had been adopted, some with alterations and some without, and in all these we have acted in good faith. The society’s edition of these works all accorded with their principles, a de- scription of which was prefixed to each volume, and if it had been omitted in any, it was to be regretted. Regard- ing D’Aubigne’s History of the Reformation there was mich doubt and dispute in the committee as to its lication ; there were many alterations to be made; ye was thought that it was so peculiarly adapted to the wants of the country, that it was altered and ent abroad previous to D’Aubigne’s being consulted on the oc Sion. He now was acquainted with the fact, and they might rest assured that his answer to the committee was not that of rebuke nor did he think that ‘any of the de ceased authors would rebuke them. Strictures on the proceedings of the committee have been spread, but he, in detailing these occurrences, only states the truth, and relies on the judgmont of the society. They were always ready to listen to kindly suggestions, and if any better means of managing affairs can be shown, would gladly embrace them: but in the meantime, let the work forward—there are thousands upon thousands now in Z ieee this society, and in the words of Dr. Milnor, he would exclaim, “The hallowed Union must not beb roken.” He regretted that he had trespassed so dong on their time, and would close by submitting the following resolution :— Resolved, That, while the Society recognize with de- vout gratitude to God his smiles and protection durii the twonty years of its existence, and rejoice to commit its future interests to him, they bow with humble sub- mission to the recent dispensation of his providence inthe sudden removal of the Rev. Dr. Milnor, whose devoted ‘and faithful labors as chairman of the Publishing and £ ecutive Committees, have been identified with the pros- perity of the Society from the time of its formation. Which was seconded inan able speceh by Mr. John Tappan, of Boston. Dr. Jonns addressed the meeting, and remarked, that @fter listening with great interest to the previous interest- of ignorance, is by circulating among them the tracts of the Society. To show what one tract will ef- fect, Mr. Stow related an anecdote of a christian Karen, who, when almost in the agonies of dissolution, and just able to articulate, asked his attendant to bring him that tract, and finding the word he wanted, fat it to his lips; he scarcely had done so, when the blood left his cheeks, and his heart ceased to beat; they took the book and the word was Jesus. This poor Karen had never seen a mis- sionary, had no other books of our religion, butsnch was the power of the Holy Spirit, that this one, wandering by mere chance into a barbarous country, 300 miles from @ missionary station, was the means of bringing this hea- then from darkness into marvellous light. ‘The resolution was seconded by the Rev. Levi Sravt pina, missionary from Ceylon. Mr. S. proceeded to state that there was an impression prevalent, that the presses connected with the missions, were’ inimical to the cause, inasmuch as they interfered with the personal labors of the missionaries; he ,proceded to rectily the mistake, and stated that one newspaper for ten millions of people, a dictionary, and some primary works,were all the results of between 20 and 30 years of the combined labor of the missionaries of Ceylon in the printing de- artment. After some further remarks from Mr. Spaul- ing, the president put the resolutions, and they were carried, ‘The Rev. Prorgsson Don, of the Presbyterian church, Princeton, N. J., then moved the following resolution. Resolved, ‘That the personal efforts of pious men from house to house to win souls to Christ, is an authorized and effective means of honoring and promoting the spel. Professor Don after some eloquent remarks in support of his resolution, advertad to the colporteur system. He said that the coming of men, who labored without money and without price, among those who feared not God, as the messenger of the glad tidings of the Gospel of Peace, must have a delightful effect—they would exhibit such self-denying devotion to the cause of religion as would produce even in the most hardened mind a conviction of the truth of the doctrine they taught. good work. afternoon, and myself, were twenty years for the ministry in the Presbyterian Chure God speed the Dr. Johns, who has addressed you this ago candidates h. 1 met him I n us face no | yesterday for the first time since then. We have pursued more—in the midst of his vigorous and zealous efforts he | different courses, and I am happy that now we both was taken from us, and though all do not carry tothe | meet here on this platform to advocate the same great amount of receipts, including the Canada mission, was $18,744 74; expenditure, about $17,500; leav- ing a balance in hand of about $1,244. v. Mr. Witxes, of Montreal, was then introduced to the meeting, and said :—It is not my intention to moke a speech, as only fifteen minutes is allowed to each speak- er, therefore I'shall confine myself to a series of facts, which other abler speakers could make more of. The Rev. gentleman then took a review of the state of Canada and its inhabitants, and said, that not one in twenty could read ; women could do so to a greater extent than the men, and they not one inten. ‘The state of agriculture was a century behind the age, and what was the cause of all this ignorance and evil ! It could be traced to Popery and its doctrines. He then proceeded to review the his- tory of this colony, dwelling particularly on the conduct {the Jesuits in that country, showing that the governing wer was entirely in the hands of the Catholic clergy —— Hie then went on to describe the inhahitants, and said they were a century behind the intelligent Europeans. During the last century, great endeavors had been made by the church of Roine to recover the power which was fast falling from their hands. The groat we Ith of the monas- tery of Montreal was,used for this pu and proceeded to show how this had been done, by having under their control upwards of 1500 boys, educated by a lay orderof Jesuits. The gentleman then proceeded to read a number of extracts, showing how they boasted of their endeay- ors, in language only to be equalled by the most flowery figure of speech of the East. ‘These measures have led to a degree of enthusiasm among the residents, and some rosecution against the missionaries. | The entleman en proceeded to show how this was done ; that there was now engaged in this good work 14 persons, from France and Switzerland, four of whom had been Roman Catholics. ‘There were four stations, in which there are 93 persons who were formerly catholics. They had an institution for the education of youth on a farm, where they were educated for colporteurs, or such other pur- pose as would tend to make them more useful. It w: their intention to ingrease the accommodation of this e: tablishment, for whfch they had already received consi- derable sums from their supporters in Canada and England, and one day might seck the assistance of the generous and intelligent Americans. ‘The gentleman, in conclusion, moved that the reports of the Secretary and ‘Treasurer be received and printed under their direction. The Rev. Dr. Monnisox, of Baltimore, was much pleased with the gentleman who addressed the house in the short speech, and in his address to the house on this occasion he was only limited to eight minutes, he would endeavor to say something to the purpose during the briet period that was allowed to him. It had been said that it would be better to let the Romans alone, but there were many good Protestants who did not heed this. There were, in a neighborhood which he knew, a rule among the catnolics that was carried into effect of levying a fine of five dollars if they were known or even seen in a Protestant church; fur- ther, that where a Roman Catholic had married a Protes- tant female,unless he conyerted her to that churchwithin twelve months, he was still more heavily fined; notwith- standing all this, the fact was that there were more con- verted from Catholicism to Protestantism, than other- wise; and much of these conversions were ‘owing to the idolatry of the Roman Catholic church, which opened the eyes of the more sensible to the folly of the church. He then proceeded to contrast the reformers of Germany of the present day with Luther, Calvin, and others. ‘The King of Prussia had taken a great interest in the present movement in that country, which he hoped would be ex- tended throughout the world. He then recommended the sending of one of their body to that country for the pro- motion of the objects of the Society. It was now their duty to assist their German bretlren, and send out to them as a, good old lady once said, “ More coal heavers, for she said that coal porters and coal heavers were one and the same thing.” (Laughter.) Rey. Mr. ‘THomvsoy, of Philadelphia, said, that speeches had been a great drawback to their proceeding, and it ap- peared to him that short speeches were likely to have the same ill effect ; although he was not limited to fifteen or eight minutes, he was only permitted to speak five, with an intimation’ that one minute would be much’ more leasing. Laughter.) ‘The gentleman proceeded to lebate on the nature and objects of the “Foreign Evange- lical Society,”and showed that manycountries who were nominally Christian, much needed their assistance—they required as much assistance and light as. the heathen who never heard of Christ, whose command it was to go into every part of the world and preach the word. It-was not their object to send missionaries to them ; but to raise such from among themselves. ‘They were debtors to the Greek and barbarian—the heathen and the nominal Christian, It was their duty to supply them with the Word of Life. “They shouldbe treated like. the prodigal son, and give them welcome. It was also expedient as the pathway to conquer the world. He then recommen- ded renewed exertions, to make the Society stand No. 1 in the great work. The Rev. Dr. B of Boston, then moved a reso- lution of thanks for their ‘endeavors;’ pointing out where their exertions had been most useful. He said he would confine himself to one great, principle—that was for Pro- testants to become holier themselves ; and said that it was their duty to look upon Catholics as the great means of making the world holier; that unless they used prayer for their conversion, their energy would never be suffi eut for the object they had in view. The great fault in asthe highest and noblest means on earth to achieve a result, and in New England they would use it as wisely sep COUT but, if the gentleman expects all to fh his association, exclusive of their own peculiar views of reform, he would be disappointed. Mr. Bovay expressed himself dissatisfied with the gen- tleman’s remarks, and he would ask the New Englanders that if they considered the freedom of the public land as an important principle, they would carry it to the ballot box—as for him he considered it as the great political question of this country. _ Mr. Ryokan held the truth to be self-evident, that no intelligent man will refuse to vote, and vote for this plan. Mr. Barsnane, the apostle of Fourierism, was then ine troduced by the President, and spoke.nearly as follows : ‘This is a Convention called to raise the working classes, who now claim aghance beneath God's sug to assert their inherent dignity. When a movement is commenced it behoves men to know of what they are talking, to un- derstand fully the nature of their grievances,and seek for an intelligent mode of reform. What do the laboring classes want? They want justice eternal, everlasting justice, and nothing else. ‘They desire happiness and ine telligence, to emerge from their present degraded state to the position which God has destined they should oc- euEr What is the error we have to strike down! False politics and one sided legislation, thatdit is; and that jack- all, the law, the minister of the error, which is crush- ing the toiling millions. (Cheers.) With hellish im- piety the myrmidons of this evil call on God to bless and Sanctify—the pale faced hypocrites—the very means Which’ they use to knead down the blood and bones of their fellow-men. ‘here are in the United States, twe thousand presses, controlled by commerce, politics, and the law, which have but one object and aim—to deceive the million ; and it is no wonder that the working men are so blinded to their own good, when they receive as ‘ospel, day after day, the doctrines and assertions of their bitterest enemies. There is another thi which the toiling masses have to contend with: it is the com- mercial and industrial feudalism wh i which will absorb all thi and even the implements o} of things making rapid strides in’ England, where the mechanic works from fourteen to sixteen hours a day, locked up in a room where even the windows are closed, that the Tight of day may not enter. In Lowell we see it, where six thousand girls, the daughters of freemen, are sweating out their lives, that a few rich, pious Boston [lets may amass fortunes. We sce in all this a feudalism like that of the dark ages. Wealth is the god of our day, and its acquisition the chief end of life. All are striving for it; and in the struggle, society is torn and convulsed—selfish, narrow, and fiendish feelings en- endeved—for the motto of all is, ‘The devil take the hindmost ;” and, instead of a heavenly harmony, makin, it “a luxury to be”—jarrring discord sows disunion an misery into the hearts of all. Now, what is to be done? ‘We must organize to stop the progress of this feudalism and that is the only true method. Again, free compe! tion, or false and envious rivalry, is another great ob- stacle of social and political advancement. It separates the laboring classes from each other, sets trade against trade, and paves the way for the utter subversion of every kindly and benevolent feeling. It arrays the fam- ished artisan of one land against the starving operattve o! said in advocacy of the system, the objects of w braced the most enlarged and comprehensive throp Mr. G. after offering some ventarks of the general principles of socialism, and calling on their friends to subscribe for its advancement, was fol- lowed by Mr. Panx Govwix, who travelled over the same goan. and went onto say that there was a wide field for the exercise of the benevolent objects of socialism alone in the city of New York, where there was no less than 10,000! women of ill-fame, as had been ascertained by statistics introduced at several of the present anniver- | saries. The degeneracy of the age in which we lived, | produced such a state 2 things, and they ought to make every eflortto regenerate the condition of unfortunate females of this city. The meeting was subsequently addressed by Mess: Bnisnaxe, Cuansino, and others, when the’ meeting | separated. | Second A of the American Pro-/ testant Society at the Reformed Dutch Church. | The meeting was opened by prayer by the Rev. | Mr. Spaulding, Missionary from India, after which | the Treasurer’s report for the year ending April 31, | 1845, was read, by which it appeared the expenses | for salaries, publishing tracts,&c.,was $6726 52; cash | on hand and received during the year $6721 08. An} abstract of the annual report was read by the Rev. Mr. Morton, Corresponding Secretary. The report says :—With regard to one great object of the Ame- | rican Protestant Society, viz: the conversion of the papal population of our country, the expectation of } the Protestant Church is neither high nor extrava- gant. The report will show, however, that the ef forts of this society, during the past, year, have not been unproductive. In the spirit of humble depen- dence we can this day erect our Ebenezer, and in truthfulness can say, “hitherto the Lord hath helped us.” We are persuaded we utter the deep convic- tions of the best minds in our country, when we say that the question whether Romanism will be ascendant here—whether in its, insidious influence it will ultimately subyert the freedom—corrupt the purity of our institutions,4is the great question for this nation to consider. The Society would recog- nize, with the most grateful feelings, the agency of God in raising up men for this work. How loudly does the zeal of the Romanists rebuke the slothfullness of the Protestants—but we can state to the churches that all the Missionaries and Colporteurs of this so- ciety have either been raised in the Roman Church, or educated for the Roman Priesthood, or intimately acquainted with the system of Popery from their childhood. Portuguese testaments and tracts have been published and disseminated among them. We are aware that the faith of vast numbers of the Christian Church is another—it prolongs the hours of labor—it cuts down the price of industrial prodiicts, and will bring the working man of our owncountry to the level of the European sort. Monopolized machinery, a terrible engine of op- pression, is yet another impediment to progress. It wars with the fearful energy of iron and brass with the bones and sinews of laboring men, ‘The present false and outrageous system of commerce is the blood sucker of industry, (Cheers.) ‘The merchants are noth- ing more or less than the vampires extracting from the producing classes at least one half of the products of their labor. Commerce also adulterates the articles of consumption—poisons them as they pass through her hands, and by the force of monopoly creates at will plen- ty or scarcity in the land. ‘The scouiges of the world in our day are not kings and priests, as in the olden time, it the merchant and the broker. e fourth great pri! ciple with which we have to contend is the divorce of la- bor and capital, they are twin brothers and should be uni- ted. Capital is only the accumulated products of past labor, and the labor of the past and present should be brought into co-operation. ‘This unnatural divorce pro- duces, like other evil principles, hatred and sorrow in society, but what does the capitalist care so long as he accumulates the almighty dollar. He will lay deliberate lans to murder his fellow beings with lingering tortures, y building dungeons, types of the christian’s hell, where every foul disease is engendered, for them to work in—where fife is ground out of humai amidst the jar and crash of machinery. And while the capitalist lives in a luxurious palace, With every thing about him that can satisfy the most fastidious taste, the poor operative crawls to‘his unhealthy hovel, aiter'a hard day’s work, to rest for a few hours his achmg head, with nothing to console him or bid him take heart. To him life is a weary oad; and were it not for his pale, sickly wife, and puny, half famished progeny, he would’ long to be ‘where the wicked cease trom troubling, and the weary are at rest. But there is still another great principle which rears its evil front between the working classes and their redemption—it is class legislation. Legislation is in the hands of a priviliged few, the merchant, the politi their endeavors was that a sufficient distinction was not made between Roman Catholics and the Roman Catholic system. It appeared as if they forgot that Luther, Cal- vin, Melancthon and others were Roman Catholics. It was in the cloisters of the Roman Catholic church that the glorious reformation was nursed. If there was a de- sire to killa crocadile, you would not strike the scales onhis back, but aim at the vulnerable part of the belly, but if you attack the Roman Catholics you are striking the scales on the back, but if you attack the system you would then get at the vulnerable part, and this could not be done better than by the colporteur system. Great asthe wrongs of the Roman church had been to the hu- rit, they would never succeed—for success depents on their Tove to their fellow men. ‘The third point w charity. The Rey. Mr. Drax, missionary from China, seconded | ing, merely for the welve | course we follow the ed in| looked around, the greatest good that ever had been done the resolution. He said that in China there were t or thirteen native Christian preachers, all eng: circulating the publications of the society. One of them Visited an island near Hong Kong, and after spending three or four days in preaching distributing tracts, nd various other claims on his time and attention. | asked the inhabitants upon leaving if they belieyed what ncueatly the: Re in our Spoke the truth, they hehad told them? Yes, said they, we believ tracts. And to prove that the brought their idols for him to destroy. Mr. Dean then introduced to the audience a Chinese dressed in his native costume, member of the Hong Kong Christian Chureh, who addressed the meeting in his native lan- guage. "Mr. ‘Dean ‘acted as interpreter. He feels very appy to meet so many good people and dear fathers in Ged here, and wishes them all much happiness; he has listened to the remarks to-day, but he does not under. stand them, they are not in his language. He now ad- dresses you in his language, which you do not under. stand, but he knows you talk about the great God, and he is well pleased. His mind is ten parts happy, and he feels half persuaded that he is in heaven. Mr. Kain then spoke, and made some statements in lowed by The Rev. Jort Panxen, of Philadelphia, who moved the following resolution ;— Resolved, That the success of the Society's labors among German, French and Irish Romanists,rebukes the unbelief that despairs of their conversion under the po' er of the Holy Spirit, and encourages kind and prayerful efforts to win them to Christ, by making known to them a spiritual religion. Mr. Parker proceeded to state that he was glad he was seleted to propose this resolution, for he took a deep interest in the Society’s efforts to disseminate the trut! among Romanists. He stated, as reasons why we may expect to succeed. First—We are at home and they are abroad—it is said that every cock fights best on its own dung-hill—this, although « homely comparison, was ap- licable to us in this case, Second—We have the aum- ra with us ten to one; we do not wish to use force, for this war of price but if anything of the kind is at- tempted they will suffer most. Third—We have the ben- efit of position in society. Romanists in this country are hewers of wood and drawers of water—they dig canal: &c., honorable enough it is true, but not elevs ted. Fourth—The secular press is Protestant in its char- acter; the editors are men of intelligence, and havo great and deserved influence; they manifest a d to spread religious intelligence among the people, and in that and other ways they are of more service to the cause of religion and morality than many are aware. Fifth— in the right and they are inthe wrong. Mr. Pa ker went on to say, that so faras he was concerned, the “Catholic” clergy and laity had exhibited the most friend ly feelings, and that if we wish to effect a great perma- nent good, we must act in aconciliating Catholic spirit Dr. Epwanps then offered a resolution for the election of officers, which unanimously carried. After si if ing the Doxology, in which the Reporter participated, and the benediction, which was pronounced by Dr. Bee- cher, of Cincinnati, the members of the Board retired to transact business, and the audicnce, apparently high- ly gratified with their afternoon's entertainment, retired. Sixth Anniversary Meeting of the Foreign Evangelical Society, In| Dr. Hutton's Church, Washington Square. ing remarks delineating so well the character of Dr. Mil- aor, he felt surengthened in his feclings ; he had been re- Ite to Dr. Milnor twenty years, and might, perhaps, ask for tic indulgence of retiring to solitude to give vent to sorrow, but it was better to gird himself up and ad- | audience. The pulpit was occupied by several cler-| eternal foundation of truth and justice ; and pledg- | Minerva Rooms, Broadway, which, when contrast- gymen and distinguished persons, among whom we | ing the allegiance of the working men to the proposed | ed with the affair of last year, held at Clinton Hall, noticed Mr. Frelinghuysen, Drs. Baird and Hutton. | Industrial Congress, provided the constitution, upon | amid all the “pomp and cireumstance” attendant Previous to the services of the evening, the choir] which it shall be organized, be universal in its pha-} upon the fanatical excitement that prevailed amongst dress himself at once to business, adding one more chi actoristic of his deceased friend, one prominent trait, vi his consistency in his ministerial conduct and public u fulness; and though he has been called by his Master, hoped his example would still be effectual in promotin an evangelical faith. The Rev. into a disquisition on the various doctrines of justification; end after animadverting on Romanism and touching on the alarming facts of Infidelity mecting openly, he concluded by calling on all to support this Society “wore it to fall, the Sunday School Union would also fall, and the Bible Society would follow and great would be the Fejoicing among the Catholics and Infidels ; he also of fered the following resolution :— Resolved, That this Society rejoice in the bond that nites them inthe one work of making known Christ and was seconded ina short speech by Profess Sebmuricker. eee, OY Iai) After this followed a hymn, in which the whole audi- ence took part. ‘as uniting the efforts of Evangelical ent names, for conveying a knowledge of Christ,and him orucified, to the destitute and neglected masses of our population. He said, in tho course of his remarks in support of the resolution, that the circulation of tracts, and volumes published by the Society, had been during the present year nearly double that of preceding years ; and the in- crease, he rejoiced to say, had been where it was most needed—among the destitute—among those who had been, by the force of circumstances, shut out from the tht of gospel truth. ‘There had been this year no extra rt made to raise funds; they had not been loud in their calls on the benevolence of their Christian brethren ; bob A the treasury of Soc! was never in flourishing a condition. Christians of all denominations ‘are determined to support this vital charity. No ques- tions are asked here ebout doetrinal points: it is a com- On Tuesday evening, this elegant church was fill- ed to overflowing, and with an highly respectable entleman then eatared performed a beautiful piece of music, when the Rev. | lanthropy, christian in its morality, and democratic Dr. Hutton opened the meeting with prayer. The Rev. Dr. Barro gave an abstract of the an- nual report. He represented the society as in a most flourishing condition, far more so than previ- ously; more money having been received, and the services having become more extensive. The do- ings of the committee for the past year were stated. ‘The great field of labor had been the Papal coun- tries, and particularly France, Belgium and Italy, Fifty thousand francs, nearly $10,000, for this sub- ject, and large remittances, had been made to Gene- va. Nine students, natives of the country, had also been educated abroad, and more talent was daily being brought into the work, Even to St. Peters- burgh, Moscow, Stockholm, Hambu and in all northern Europe, aid had been extended by send- ing colporteurs. Everything, indeed, wore an encouraging aspect. ‘That society had been but 6 years in existence, and at this time there were 100 persons laboring for the good of the cause. Many had been converted from Roman Catholicism, and if a spirit of kindness was persevered in, many more would be brought. Dur- kos the past year #3000 had been received from Pa- countries. In England great interest was felt in sending the gospel into Catholic countries, and the great work was going on everywhere. ‘The total that they should exert themselves divested of all ill fee! love of souls. Finally, in taking this providence of God ; for if we only was performed by members of the Roman Church. There had been one great fault, they had not prayed for the re- generation of the Roman Catholics ; and to do this ef y must be holier themselves. The Rey. Mr. McKinx, of Boston, then addressed the moeting. He said that all had but one spirit to contend against—error and sin. It little mattered what men’s po- litical feelings were, it would be of little consequence fifty years hence ; but not so in this matter ; it depended upon their endeavors to spread God’s holy word, and abiding by his precepts; according as they supported and promoted the great work, so would their names be in the book of life. He almost regretted there were such, things as speeches to be made at. all on these o¢casions, only that this good would arise from it, that from the irdh wings of the press, by the following’ day would these words go forth. The gentleman then proceeded to say, that revivals, such as this meeting, was the only way of obtaining their object. It was by prayer that thou- sands of Luthers could be raised to put down and all its false lights, The Holy Spirit, can and will raise from the sanctuaries of that Church such men. ‘This can be only obtained by prayer in our ownclosets. There was another obvious means by which this great object could be maintained. The ‘oman Catholics themselves needed revivals, It was a well known fact, that in all Roman Catholic countries, the upper classes were the most unscrupulous infidels; the middle classes were sceptics ; while the lower were both sincere and superstitious. The fact was that the man race, unless the Protestants had an unforgiving spi- almost ever yers—quibbling, narrow is bad. (‘Tremendous cheering.) slaves of precedent are they, that they carry out hell. the Constitution says so. We must take out o! ands the legislation of the country, and put it into the hands of productive industry. (Cheers.) ‘The Bos: ton Pharisees make their hands work 14 hours a day and after exacting this, go to church and bless God t are not as other men. .\ savage, in the American derness, ferocious as he appears, would not do it-| p> 4 pure we ind ea ne a ; t-| Popery is the unchanging enemy of freedom of opinion, Coeds ER earibad feet ee ob a iN ao even forbidding man to think ‘what he pleases. E sorrowful girl, hending wearily ever her task, I} the solitude of a closet ora dungeon,he is forbid. thought | would rather go to the hell the christians fell | {y” gays «From that polluted fountain of indifference of, than work there. All of what are called the great men of the country—Clay," Webster, Calhoun, Van Buren, &c.—support these iniquitous principles, and the multitude bow down to the might of their intellec Now, what have we to oppose to these evil principles We must oppose to false competition and envious rivalry co-operation and combination among the working class- es. Without this, there is no union—no brotherhood among the laboring many. The next great. principle which we must orray against the progress of error, is union of labor and capital, and the possession of the soil and machinery by the working classes. If they are not the masters of it, they must be its slaves. If labo: and capital is united, the industrial class can fix the hours of labor, and demand for it a remunerating price but if they are not united, then, the working men must be prepared to submit to a tyranny which is more des- a and cruel in its nature than that of the dark ages. he third important principle which should be inculcate’ in the mind of the working classes, is equal chances for all—for moral,social and intellectual improvement;and the next two cardinal docrinesare the rights to labor and to the soil; these are the fundamental rights, because they are the rights of existence. (Cheers.) God made the world, and all that is therein, and no man or set of men, has right to monopolize it; and for men to say and preach thai they have a rights to hold property is a most giganti fraud, and it is that which has reduced the working class to serfdom. ‘The fifth and last great principle is the of legislation based upon the interests of production. The present politics of this country must be destroyed, and we must rear upon its ruins a beautiful superstructure of true just and wise legislation. (Cheers.) juestion now arises—how can we carry out ourobjects! The ballot box is a primary means, and then we must establish presses, the press of this country is almost omnipotent, Roman Catholic religion had done little or nothing to remove the mass from paganism; and it was only by opening the eyes of its supporters to this fact could they succeed. The people pf Rome do not get the spirit of the gospel, but the neutralizing power of the Church of me. They cannot see Christ, by the great are that was thrown around them by the Pope on his throne and his ministers. In conclusion, he observed, the anxiety of the French people for a knowlege of the’ Bible and of Jesus Christ. In 1830 the cry was, “La Libertic! La Libertie !” It was true, they got civil liberty, but, alas ! did not succeed in getting religious liberty. “Such was the anxiety for religious liberty in that country, that it was said that M. Thiers was about to lead the movement for that purpose. This was the way in which the sub- Ject was taken up in France, and he prayed God to pros- ir it. PA piece of music was then given by the choir, a brief Less Aaed made, and the meeting broke up shortly after 10 o'clock. National Reform Convention at Croton Hall. Srcony Day—May 6. The Convention met pursuant to adjournment at 2 P. M., and after some desultory conversation among the sages, Mr. Ryckman, the representative of the working men of New England, submitted some resolutions, expressing the concurrence of the Con- vention in the resolutions of the Lowell Convention in favor of an Industrial Congress; and declaring that the way is discovered, the hour almost arrived, and the {man living, who, as the exponent of the senti- ment of the American people, shall eradicate the principles of monopoly, force and fraud, from all our political institutions, and establish them upon the inits pohey. Atter some remarks from Mr. Ryck- man in support of the resolutions, the Convention ad- journed, to meet in the evening at half past 7 o'clock. ‘The Convention met accordingly, and the resolu- tions reported by Mr. Godwin yesterday, after some debate, were adopted. Mr. Bovay then offered a resolution stating in effect that as National Reformers, they would use the principal agent of the State, the ballot box, as a means of effectin elevation and progress. said that the Nation Reform Association was political in its character, and in order that this association may co-operate with others, it must resort to the ballot bo: Many here do not under. stand this matter, as they did; they considered political action essential in all political reforms—that men must rally round a measure which they consider fundamental -—such a measure is freedom of the public lands, and they can only eflect their object through the ballot box ; and it was in order to see who entertained with them these views he had offered the resolu The soil was originally possessed in common by all men, and we con- sider the monopoly of land, which at present exists, as the occasion of all slavery feudal, barbarous, and mon eyed. ‘This state o fthings can only be remedied by the occupation of the land; as was intended by the great or iginator; and if that was accomplished, crime, ignorance, and all ‘that stains the annals of the world, will be the legend of a by-gone day—in short, there will be a heaven below. There was something, he said, beautiful jand harmonious in the plans of the Association which commended it to all men; and if all who desired reform would only assist in carry: ing them out, the association would appreciate and rei procates but if they would not, then they could have no lurther fellowship with them, Mr. Ryoxman said that he considered political action Jects of the meeting. and we must endeavor to secure such an influence in it as wil enable us to disseminate effectively our principles The spheres of agriculture, commerce, and manufactures, are open to us, and we can do much to advance ow oause if we use them judiciously to that end. ‘The exist- ing system of politics is the great prostitute of the 19th century. My soul is sick with the eternal whine and cant of every day politicians, and if you wish to succeed in your eeavors, you must first ofall eut loose from them, and establish for yourselves an industrial Congre: (Tremendous applause. ‘This Congress will hava for | ‘ object the good of all, the cause of universal justice; i will also serve as a head, a rallying poiat for the laboring classes, It will,in a word, be the living law of the masses Mr. Brisbane then advised an adjournment of all ques- tions for the disposition of the Industrial Congress when assembled, which would reconcile all differences. and harmonize all discordant views. In Europe the working classes are doing much; in France Li head of the French Chamber of De- puties, is striving for them with might; while the be- nevolent and eloquent Rugene Sue, is, by his works, spreading both the knowledge of the evils under which the masses groan, and the means of cure. Mr. Brisbane then advanced some suggestions, strongly favoring of his favorite hobby, Fourierism, for the salvation of man. ind, but as these suggestions had little reference to the business for which the convention met, they were not received with much favor. As Mr. Brisbane intimated in the course of the evening, he is altogether too much of a theorist, and although many of his projects may sound very well, and appear pretty on paper, yet so long as man remains the animal he is, it will be found rather dificult to carry them into effect. The Convention ad- journed to meet to-morrow evening, at 7} o'clock, when Mr. Channing will address the Convention, and a plan for ‘an Industrial Congress will be submitted. Fourler Convention. This Convention was held last Thursday at the the Fourierites, or Socialists, so-called, who thronged that Hall during the six days of meeting held in May last, presented a saddened state of de- generacy amongst the disciples of the distinguished founder of the sect. The place of meeting was se- lected, doubtless, from the classic associations that attach to the celebrated goddess, whose name it bears. Minerva gprang from the brain of Jupiter, fally armed and equipped for war; and Fourierism sprang from the brain, no matter whether of Horace Greeley, or Brishane, or Park Godwin, or Robert Owen, but, on witnessing the meeting of last even- ing, we were led to,exclaim, in the words of the poet—* Oh! whata falling off was there.” Ateight o'clock, there was a thin attendance, most of whom consisted of spectators, Whose faces were fami- liar to those who had attended the Bible meeting held at the Tabernacle in the early part of the day, and, we may say, all the anniversaries of the we Amongst them were a partial sprinkling of the coarser fe ex, many of whom had evidently attended, more upon the ladies, than through any degree of interest in the ob- ‘The meeting was organized by a Mr. L. W. Rvexay, who explained the object of the convention, and took a cursory view of the Fourierite doctrine, and the im- proved condition of Brook Farms. He concluded his marks by calli . on the friends of “universal uni ai to come forward and aid them intheir struggles for the universal regeneration of mankind. Hasace Guesuey next came forward, and after giving @ lucid exposition of the origin, doctrine, and den ns of Socialism, went on to say that the experiment at Brook Farm had been so successtul, that it needed nothing to be cian and the lawyer; and they combined, contro} press in the United States. ‘he law: -minded lawyers, are all that ‘And so much the very weak respecting the conyersion of Romanists. For ages they have been eviewed as hopelessly doomed to perdition,but our prayers and efforts shall ever be direct- ed for this end. : Rev. Mr. Griptey, of Vermont, offered a resolution that the report should be published by the executive commit- tee and said—I have had some practical knowledge of the colporteurs in Vermont, where there are large numbers of Catholic French emigrants from Canada, exceedingly ignorant—in fact who cannot read, but who are willing to send their children to school—but the adults cannot un- derstand our preaching. A colporteur commissioned by your society came among us and went to work in Montpelier. Thad but little faith that he could gain ac- cess to the people. I told them, however, that I’ had a priest stopping with me. a Catholic priest. I told The people asked me ifhe was hem he was a good Catholic— but not a Catholic priest. ‘They did not peace under- stand me—nor did I wish them to at first. The colporteur however, made his way among them and they received him and the Gospel like children,and I was struck bythi fact,that these people would send for him to visit their f milies, and it seems to me he is doing a great work. I be- came more and more interested in the manand in the work he was doing. Rev. Mr. Dowxixc, of New York, offered a resolution, that the arrogant claims of the Catholic Church for the possession of this country, demands ihe attention of Pro- testants ; and remarked, that there seemed to be an idea that Popery was not now what it formerly was ; that the Popery of the nineteenth century is not like the Popery of the days of Gregory and the Innocents. But this is altogether a mistake. I can show, from distinguished Catholi the same. Now, what are the doctrines of Romanism? | reply, in the first place, Popery is an enemy, an open and avowed enemy, of free institutions—of the press—of the right to print What we choose,amenable only to the civil the’Church. examination of the Church, under penalty of fine and im. prisonment. Pepery is also an unchanginj reading of the Bible in the vulgar tongue. the Index were, that, “ inasmuch as it Bible in the vulgar tongue is productive of more than benefit, therefore it is prohibited, unless prev submitted to the Bishops,” &c. se not let the people drink the pure milk of the word. flows that absurd and erroneous doctrine, or rather rav- ing, pestii ing the overthrow of civil and relig%ou hence in a word arises that pest of all od, in a state of unbridled liberty of opi Pope Pius ared without the pale of the Catholic Church, there was no salvation. The Council of Trent branded all heretics, and after praying fer the most holy Pope and “emperor, declared anathemas on the heads of heretics, and the Cardinals iifting up their voices,fcried anathema, anathema, Bishop Janes offered the following resolution Resolved, That the state of the papal population in this country, should awaken the sympathy and prayers of the entire Protestant church, the only hope of their conversion being the dissemination of ie truth, and outpouring of the spirit of God. He said, | have the utmost confidence in the Hol: Bible; it is more powerful than Popes; truer than tradi- more orthodox than creeds; and being the word of God, let the people have it. I was recently affected by hearing an anecdote of Dr. Backus. As he Tay on his death bed, he heard his physician say he could not su vive more than an hour, ‘ hen let me,” said he, “be ta- m my bed, and pray for the salvation of the Oh, let me die ashe did. The Roman church 1s an enemy to this land, but let us pray for our enemies. “Father, forgive them, they know not what they do.”— Disseminate the Bible, and pray for the influence of the holy spirit, and we shall see the completion of those hopes which we are putting forth our efforts to achieve. American Temperance Union. The meeting of this Union last Thursday, in the Tabernacle, was attended by a crowded audience, and the universal feeling of the evening, betokened that though the noisier advocates of temperance, who, by their injudicious method of action, have rather retarded than forwarded the movement; that though they are now no longer heard, still a deep feeling on the subject has taken root in the hearts of those who are most feelingly interested for the sake of the rising generation, in advancing the noble doc- trines advocated by this Union, and the pleasing fact, that the heads of families, and those who move in the class of society that the societies have always aimed at reaching, were fully represented in the au- dience. The exercises, according to the programme, commenced with music, by the North Carolina band, in good style, after which Dr. Brecuer, of Cincinnati, gave a most eloquent prayer, which was followed by Rev. Joun Marst, Corresponding Secretary, who read the abstract of the annual report of the society, which showed a most cheering prospect for the onward movement of the cause. He commend- ed, highly, the fact, that Mr. Polk, in his journey to Washington, set the example of total abstinence from all species of intoxicating drinks. He was glad that, even out of the political feelings of both pa ties, had grown up a wish to obtain a character for total abstinence ; and during the late election it had been clearly shown. ‘The results of the temperance movement had been inighty. The seamen had aken great part in the cause, in Europe; also, it had spread in England;five and-a-half per cent of her im- mense population had joined the ranks, and of them 100,000 were reformed men, and the decrease in the manufacture of the poison had been in proportion to the increase of the population. In Ireland it had be- come a settled habit, and they numbered five millions of teetotallers, and out of them one in five hundred had not backsliden ; in all quarters of the globe the move- ment had spread, but they called on the Church to come to thei They had much security in the juvenile movement, and though moral suasion had done much, unfortunately consciences of men will be hushed when the license can be bought for $10, and afford 8 of making money out of the traffic. This union contends against yet anting of licenses in toto. One State hos refused, and though the Legislature of this State has also agreed to stop the traffic, but unfortunately the Senv was too democratic to accede to it. The rum aristocracy had defeated the movement, but we must not rest *till the | curse is removed. ‘The report embodied some other re- marks, and a resolution was passed recommending its publication: Mr. Pontsan, of Albany, next addressed the meeting. He related a most appropriate fable regarding the nec sity of destroying drunkenness in the shell; he co mented on the various degrading etfects of this vies relatedfiow common a one it was in former days, He re- probatedythe old pledge, and went for total abstinence. He was followed by music from the North Carolina | and, who performed the Marseilles Hymn in splendid style, and Rev. Mr. Thompson followed, by offering this resolu- tion :— Resolved, That as young men are the hope of their country, and as the course they take in régard to the use | and sale of intoxicating liquor will have a momentous influence upon their own characters, and destinies of the nation, every possible influence should be exerted to spread among them the principles of temperance, and gain their energetic and eatire support. He advocated the resolution in a most happy style, and concluded by a most loa nt appeal to young men, warning them against yielding to temptation, and urged m_ the agitation of the icense‘law. At the conclusion of priests, that the Church is and has been always of books without submitting The Council of Lateren also passed a law that no book should be pub lished at Rome hereafter until it was submitted to the enemy to ‘he rules of is evident that the jusly And if Popery were the law in this country, it would be the same here. ‘They dare n favor of liberty of conscience, for which most i r, the course is opened by that entire and wild liberty of opinion which is everywhere attempt- = titutions ; others to be dread- | to their brethren in the West, that all their thoughts and speech, A Temperance Ode was sung, ken up inaid of the Society, during which the band performed two pieces. ‘This was followed b "Tomar Hows, who oflered the folowing nd @ collection was lution ‘* Resolved, That while the whole comm tinually groaning under that appalling ev! m the traftic in intoxicating liquors, it is incumb the friends of humanity to pursue firmly and uoflil rigly, every measure to relieve society of if, wich consistent With the rights of the liquor sellers.” He entered into an analysis of the liquor seller’s righted but asserted that they wished to interfere with no maj rights, still the right of these. mento ‘ous trafic was very problematical. He yongly on the liquor trade and sellers, and gave a most ent and strong speech, which we regret our space will not permit us to give in full. \ Mr. Corrty then read his report of tis agency in this | te, which was highly cheering, An#l after more my-_ sic from the Band, the benediction was. pronpanced, sam the meeting separated, highly pleased vy the evenings entertainment. Twenty-Ninth American nity are: hich fi Anniversary of Bible Society. Large as is always the attendance saries of this important Society, dience of those of former years, atte! celebration Thursday. This took pl A. M., in the Tabernacle,which bee: several minutes previous to the mencing. Ina short time after the business begar, the vicinity of the platform and evexy commodious point of the house, became inconvenidatly thronged, and the untavorabie posiuon of me f-porter” placed as it was on the platform, in the rear of the: speakers, rendered what was said frequently inaudi- ble. The services began in the usual form with sing. ing, prayer and reading the scriptures, by the Rev, Me Mozray. The President’s address wasnot heard, at the reporters’ table, owing as well to the low voice in which he addressed the assembly us to the bad position of the table, | 5 ‘The report, in taking a review of the past pro- ceedings of the Society, alluded in feel terms to} the lamented demise of the Rev. Dr. Milnor, and John Pintard, L.L. D., both of whom had acted in} the capacity of Secretaries of the Society. Seventy! new auxiliary societies have been added, the majori- ty of which are county societies ; four hundred and seventy-five new life directors and members had been added also. In the course of the. year, the have been issued 429,092 bibles and testaments from the depo: pore pad including those printed at the nse of the Society abroad, being an increase o 14,510 over the issue of the year, Teccodng, and magkin an pemaies since the beginning of the So ciety’s labors for 4,013; 32 copies of the word. The; books have gone into every State and territory of Union and Canada, Texas, West. India Island Mexico, Brazil, Buenos Ayres and Greece. Fite hundred modern Greek new testaments, ‘and J worth of other books have been granted to the Bij tist mission there. A new bourgeoise bible, @ ne! French and a Spanish Testament have been. pu hshed, and a Bible in raised letters for the blind oing to press, to which the Massachusetts Bib ciety has contributed five hundred do! George Douglass, Esq., of Long Island, a like sum This edition is undertaken to supply the wants of | the blind at a large expense, being in five quano volumes and printed only on one side. Seventeen agents have been employed by the sw ciety, of which nine have been in that capacity for the whole, and eight for part of the year. The present number is fourteen, and are only sent where their services are indispensible. The ae Calhoun has closed his agency in the Levant started as a missionary on Mount Lebanon. | D the period of the labors of this gentleman in. tho countries where the word of God was first given 60,000 Bibles and Testaments have been ¢irci The total receipts from all sources are’ $166 being an increase of $12,212 over the prece year. All this has been eet and a $11,000 for papers and other liabilities has b. tracted. Among the various items of cm is one of $13,792 87 for publishing the Se:.*>-s abroad—in France, Turkey, Switzerland, § Persia, Northern India, and the Sandwich Islands. The Rev. Dr. Buack of Pennsylvania, rose offer the first resolution,, which reads: Resolved, That the report, an abstract of whic has now been read, be adopted. zl He observed that God had provided means } which sinners are to be saved ; had revealed h God can be just and the justitier of those who b lieve in him. Under the auspices of the socief this news had been conveyed to distant lands ; 1 people who sat in darkness had seen a great tigi and to those dwelling in the region of the shadow a death, life is sprung up. ‘The Bible is of God, the time is coming when it will travel to the utm ends of the earth ; and when the whole of the E: and of the West will feel its influence and be bl with its perusal. The Rev. Mr. Surupon, one of the Society Agen’ seconded the resolution. One point inthe report was o paramount importance, and that was the efforts makin im the West to promote the circulation of the Bible—and] at the annivere increased au- ded the annual at 10 o’¢lock, e entirely full time of com- law for the abuse of that right. A decree was passed by Pope Sextus the Fourth, and also by Alexander the Sixth, forbidding the publishiny them to the censorship of struggles should be directed to sustaining of religiot by the propagation of Bible Societies. Yet there wi some ground for saying that this was not done. was yet a great lack of the Holy Scriptures in the Wes* in one county alone, containing forty thousand inha tants, he knew it to be a fact, that there were one hu dred protestant parishes where, during the past year olf the preaching of the word of God, only one sermon been preached in favor of the Bible cause, and only one dollar contributed. hils that county no less than five hundred familes were without a Bible, and many who could not read them. He had been eny in the work for, years, and so onerous was the burthen,that he was almost crushed by the various duties devolving upon him in thai relation. “He wished to acknowl his gratitude on behalf of his brethren in the wie of the Mississippi, ofthe West in general, for the aid lent them b; This iety, and he knew that that example of liberality wo not be lost, for already they n to raise means they could go on, and notwithstanding the efforts of: Home Missionary Society to preach the word, there wi much to be done. He had labored in the missionary field and knew that to face the foes of religion without being| armed with the word of God, was like the act of hosts] who should march to the field against the enemy without arms or ammunition. The word of God is the only munition for the West. Argument might do at the E: perhaps—argument such as a philosophic mind and cleag Intellect could produce—but in the West, God’s wo alone is fit to accomplish what was so happily alluded t last night by a venerable friend—the evangelization of the people. ‘He knew one township of six miles squa where the preacher had been labori n_ yea and did so all the time without a copy of%t ‘ and when asked what he did for a text, he # took it from the New Testiment, unless he co member one from the Old. How could the of God be preached in such circumstances? The versary of souls was abroad turning these thi to account. A great deal of the preaching in the We was lost, on account of the people not being able to a home and read the Scriptures. For the sum, of $20,00 granted to the cause of Ohio, for which they had not ya made any acknowledgment, he thanked them, and ¥en tured a prayer that they would not remove their agsi: ance ; for whatever was done for the West, was done i the cause of society as wellas religion, and pledge that} in future the East had no fear of their iron hand. Befo1 taking his seat, he begged to state they wished at ‘Wegt 30,000 more Bibles ; they wanted in Ohio 500, mote Testaments, in order to give each reader one. When he heard them talk of enemies and obstacles, that mighty Babel, Rome, of which they heard so much’ talk in their city, was but one of the platoons they had to op- pose on the field of struggle. The devil is not yet dead in the West : he is as much alive and rampant as in the days of the Apostle Paul, who said he went about like a roaring lion, secking whom he might devour. ‘The Popes, with all their Bidhops, and ( i tes, were not half, were nothing, other foes which were to be vanqwish vas there—Satan was there—and there was a strony cessity for a union of all the friends of Jesus Christ i spreailing of his word. Rev. Mr. Wirr proposed the second resolution as follows Resolved, That experience has shown the feasity as well as practical importance, of united effort amor Christians of different names in circulating the Sacred Scriptures. . In support of the resolution, Dr. B. observed, that he took the place of the Rey. Mr. Todd, of Mass., who could not attend. There was a perfect christian union in heaven, where were gathered all the redeemed from among men of tribes, kindreds, nations, tongues, and people—from the different forms of religious association and ecclesiastical orga ing in pure light and eternal life, and serv ine author in full holiness. They had passed throughfthe wildernes they had gone out from the different departments of Israel, and there they were gathered not into tents, but into the temple not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. But, the elements of christian union periected in heaven, are the elements of christian character here onearth; it developes the eharacter of the possessor, and shines more and more unto the perfect day. Israel may have troubles and perplexities, in travelling onward through the wilderness; but where oould they find so much security as moving on with the Bible before them as their only rule of faith, the spring of hope and eonso- lation, acknowledging that word as a basis of salvation, it was sufficiently intelligible to all without note or comment, or the additions of man. If there we christians who did not adhere to that Bible—the law and the testimony, it is because the truth is not in them. They had sometimes heard of families, long separated, athering around the family hearth, and recollecting that they were all born from one common father and mo- . ‘That was the family gathering of the christian de- ns, Who, When 1 held different positio: hen collected together were united in the work of their master. Mr. De Witt ended his discourse ina handsome culogy of the life and character of the late Rev. Dr, Milnor. ; The Rey. J. W. Cook, of Bristol, seconded the resolu. nt, which, he observed, contemplates the feasibility and ortance of ( n. How could that remain a © question requiring With the Word of God was sent forth a spirit of inspiration that would make it the source of he ath and salvation to the distant dws of the earth. If there cannot be union in such a cause, there cannot be union any where. Accordingly there is perfect unanimity, [mean not to say that are not points on which differing Christians may for the most determined and rigid adherence to mat tible with Chi © mi ne- the t conscientious belief is quite eom| unity of purpose. My motto is,