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Dico ip thelr hearts, Of course they recognized the per- fonal rincerty of the man—-of course they know that his face was turned Zion-ward. (Applause ) ey would give him time to repent, aad bring forth the fruiis of repentance, (janghter); but they eould not ex- ch lo buve the seed Mod the mature fruit at the samme . But their piatform of duty was the game, They there ul olf the fidelity of mea aud of ven though the men be the half born Dr. Cheover, stroggling, like Milton's liou, with the earth, from wach be was not yet wholly free. (Applause ) The Avi Slavery Society Hegan at the root. They said War ibe pegro Was @ man—and being o man, if be cut his master’s Wioat be would be @ Wallace, ho would be & ‘Teli, he ould be a Washington a hundred fog. (Seara- Vion) They said (hat, Grat becausel ¢ wes thd trata, aud Brxt Decause ib was the method of educating & perpie. ‘He had co doubt thas he could easily get any New York geutieman to admit that the negro was &® man, but me Awerivan heart ehrank from language like thin; it would Pe bome te day und tell its wife that it heard bd bloody fanatical eeech, and would repext the substance of it, Perbage the htde boy who was pregemt would bo reading tbe Vaitle of Bunker Hill, aad he would ask if & whe Bupker Hill was right, why not a black? (Ao plunge.) Bus bis fatber would say— Oh, tha would Wake bans man.” Well, did you not admit thar bs was a wan? © Yes, but T didn’t mesn it.” Did you ever staud, paid iberpoaker, in a Dlacksmith's shop abd soe a restive horse svoc? When he bus kicked down the box of ole pnd he biacksqith, the vmith takes a piece of cord aud fiee op bis noetriis butil the blovd almost starts. If you ark nm why bo dors £0, he will toll yon that it is to give Jim nomerbing 10 think of. Now, T (unk that the Sonty, having kicked through the constitution, avd the whig party, and the de ratic party, I would like to see an eaurrection there to give them’ something to think of. 1; would do her good; and he was not certain that even BOW Fhe bad Hot & presage Of Ime Coming trouble, tor Mus Bicburetis had fot, at the last Congress, an old debt of thirsy years paid to ber. Aud why was it paid? Breause ey were de ginning b) fee that the old State=in spite of We iss Which We papers trod pow with so mush Beorn—- Yo wordy inefficiency with whi h#he was cbarget—reek Jeg wrth feparisisma a8 abe was—was atili the brain of the Uvien, The church builds on superficial ideas, but taey Delton absolvio right. ‘The church baile up tnorais to- Gay os the Irishman said be would build a coimney, by Wing up one brick and patting another onder it. (Laugi- ter.) He would tel them how aboiitioniste did. Tac Kwperor Nicholas seus for an American enginoer to construct a railroad from 8t. Petersburg tw Mos- teow. After some time the architect returned with bis plen, ‘The Emperor looked at it, and said, “This roul Youd js like & shake.” The engineer explained that uniess Seey twineo thie Way and that they could not get out, of the way of the various curves. Emperor turned the back of the plav, aud marking one spot for St. Peteraburz and another for Soscow, he drew a line between thew, aud tuid, make me that road. “But what sball I do with the turns?” [don’t know; they must take care of them- relves, That is just what wo do in this society. There is justice, and there is the slave; a straight lise joins them. is what will we do with Dr. Cheaver and the republican party? Why, let them take care of themselves. (Ap- plauee.) We know nothing but what is right, and submit to nothing wrong. We have ne | insay enmity to avy men or any partics. je stand bere to day not morcly animwn Werart mean, Dut to free the souls of other men, ana their bodies, Wo. W. H. Seward, in reply to some remarks on a speech ef Stephen A. Douglas, recentiy mate use of tho witty remurk—‘ No man,” said Reward, ‘will ever be rresi- dent who spells negro with two g’s”” (Great langhter.) Buch mep as these, indeed, could never be separated from the foul system of which they formed go intimate a part Avy one of these may sit m the Ssnate, but his place ia the kevacl. No—he corrected himself—his proper ‘Wes tp a Sonate of elaveholding cougpirators whom people wrongly culled & government. the republ party were to put Mr. Bates into the Presidency, what ‘would they have put taere? Afname. Suppose they were to put W. HB. Seward there; then they will put the proper map there. He msy bo regarded as better than Huchanan, for then the North would be fairiy represented. Anti- wisvery bas not yet become a principle. We need the @reevers spd the Becchers, to whom the poopie look Sp as thelr iwstructors, to forward and spread these doc- pes; but who will guaranteo that it wili bedoae? The Diew York HERALD, whoo it distoris and garbles the poris of this socicty, #8 it does every year, by inserting Belect parts of the proceedings, in its Annuri 4) uuers: more trath than all the American pulpits in a twelve. moonth.(Appiavee.) Is it the Christianity of digging into the dust jor the phuogophy of Martin Lutner / No. It is hoidipg up the siave in the hovela of Carviina, ‘snd bidaing him hope on for the sunlight of God’s mercy, which cannot linger much longer. A pew idea bas been Fecepuy promulgated, that those who love their brethren are conwren of the devil. This 1s set forth by the Boston Traceler, But&man that cauno: know white when he £e¢8 it must be biind, and ao it is with a man whe could not a@xeover pure religion from iaise. Ho thon compareu th American politician to the barnacle, that beams es a puipy Mater, then gathers slowly, and goes to oaurca and drops ‘bis legs; be worsbtps Seward and drops his eyes, and shen ne drops his body ana becomes # soll. (Langhvor. ) ‘Phe vext thing seen of him, he was found si the copper bottom of the ship of state. believe ia the power of justice, and do t God will wke caie What the universe shall ki ne " What good, it will be said, can arise out of go much tah’ Bot waita littic, and brass and gold will be benen down. The Parthenon and the temples of Rome are in ruine, but the words of Demosthenes and Socrates stil rieg ib ourears. The fire: named scut his slave to be tortured, and his blood was sprinkled py the orders of the mat, who pretended to owa him, and history is silent of rebuke. Our New Englaud Demosthenes sprinkled the ‘waves of the Atlaniic witt the blood of four hnudred vic- time, and afverwards buried bimscif beneath iis waters apd the wbig party wilh him, fur away from the sympa- {by or even tue remembrance of man. | Tne spoaker then | related the ttory of a Jamaica slave who fled from bond. | age and songht the white cliffs of Fogisnd, where he felt that bbe: ty sived. (Applause) Bat he was seized the and beiog bound, wes taken on board a ship to be carr) back to eyes, he raiaed them to gaze on the shores of Eogiand, wery; and there, with tears dropping from lus | when s cou zgeous lawyer leaped on board, aud with ond | Dlow severed bis bonds and freed hin from slavery. (Coeers,) England has had ber Marlborongne and her ‘elwgtons, her Minons and her Sbaksperes; but there was norbing 80 noble in her history as the tears of that or Diack man ag he turned bis sireamiog eyes to that jand of freecom on the banks of the Themes The CHARMAN then announced that a committes meetiag world be hetd in the adjeimiog room at half-past three | YP. M., and that the regular proceed ivgs of the Convention won!d be resumed at seven o'clock in the evening, when | Judge Culver, E Gilbert, C. C. Barleigh, and. others would address the mocting. Conveation would aise Bit to morrow. ‘The audience then retired, SESSION, ‘The attendance at the evening session of Convention | names of Rov. R, 8 Storrs, DD., Rev. G. B, Cheever, was rather elim, not near at many being present a3 at | the forenoon meeting. At aquarter to cight Mr. CaRwson called the meeting to order, and stated that the Rev, Mr. Milligan, of Penneylyania, who was not present thia mornivg, bar! now arrived, and would address the mecting this evening. He asked if Jadge Culver, of Brooklyn, was in the 100m, and if so he hoped that he would etep upon the platform and open the meeting. After considerable pause, during which Judge Culver did Rot come to the rescue, the Chuirman said that Rev, Me. Milligan would address the audience. ‘The Rey. Mr. MuIGAN then began, as he said, to “oust 4 his mite” with the eiforta of the friends of the slave. Phe question of slavery cil not only a‘fuct the slave popa- Taviou; it aleo affected the miilioas of whites who are ®prea’ over the whole face of this great country. Whiie ore men wears the chain no maa cau be perivetly (ree There were now twenty cit‘zons of Oberlin in priszn for their efforts in bohaif of aman who had escaped from Blavery. This, with may other facts, showed how the question was working upon the public mind. It wasa queetion that reepected the rights of God in the frst place, und thericbtg of man in (he avcond. The speaker then proceeded to give acondenved history 0: tho United States. which was dull and flat, The constitution of the United @rates degrades the law of God ahd man, and took no cognizance of either, fiion caugo was further off to day than ever it was, Ho ebarged every one who was willing to support tue crimi- Bal copstitulion of the United States as being particeps eriminis, though they do not hold slaves, Tae frienda of anti-elavery had to the pro-elavery party and the proriavery admin ion for the suoveas which had re. sulted. Mr. Miiligan at length wandered away 80 far iuto tho illimitable regions of 8; that tho audience be- gun to make most unmistakable signs of fatigue. Mr, Ganxison—Those who are uneasy caa go out. Mir. MILUGAN continued (not seeming to take tho hint, when the audience began to hiss and stamp ani other- ‘wise to show impationco)—This is not to behave decently. Our friend hag come from a distance to give us his thougbte, and ag ho hag only one word more you had bot- ter hoar him and behave decently, lke men. His laat word was tothank the antislavery committee for the great bouor conferred on lum by giving him ay opportu- nity of speaking on that platform. (Applauee. ) Mr, Garrison said that the anti-slavery platform was so ‘broad that it might be occupied by all kinds of opinions. Mr. Milligan bas given na, then,one viow of tle constitu- tonal relations of the qatstion, and Judge Culver would now address them on another. Judge Curven, of Brooklyn, then came forward and ‘said that the liberality of their society was exemplitied to. night by inviting @ person to speak there who had not | ‘been acting with them; one, too, who had acted with the | ‘whig party for twenty years, and bad atvended its funeral sobsequies. (Laughter.) Hie was now a mombor of ‘another organization called the Diack republicans. He honored this socicty because they were bold enough to ‘Say what they believed. Dwolling on the judicial aspect “of abolitionism, he said that there was an oid anda now constitutional view. fhe new view of the constitution tove slavery, but they wore oumpel ‘Waings In silonce; they did Lule, in Ins miiod, ty protect slavery, Duta proatdeal for lihvrty. fle deciarad that it tho constitation was to be juterproted as Bushawa avd Maney worstd buve it—eo bolp hm, John Rogers, ha waxttd yal ie vot nd asain them to’taae it i wee.) He wished thoy bad euch mon on the beach be Manoileld, With Joho and Wa. Jay, of Woaed: ‘He thought that victory to the abo- | ft piacor. (Ap. | ver, | denommation: | Sixth “Annual ia sido, and Soi for Attorney General, and pane they would make quick work of slavery. lao 4 of the ladies wot to blunt their swords Glusion, be begge: Sn tho Ohvever, organization, to stand by Dr. Cheever; and not to waste their strength on Ward Beocher, be cause he was not op their platform, He honored them al! as friends of the poor colored man, (Applause ) ‘Mr, Epwakp Giver? was the next speaker, He began by making an inquiry into the nature of slavery and the remedy for the evil, There was @ great responsibility which wes being felt, or else why are those able clergy- men, of many denominations, who dare to oppose the eys- tom, aseaulted by persecution and way to the coun- try districts? If was not the part of the North to preach digunivp; jet the South do that if they pleased. The apirit of the auti slavery movement must bo extended, avd the South must yct bo united to the North, Bat when they found that the anti-slavery party of the Nori haa reached great power, then they would be sure to seek for a disseverance, but then it would be for the North to hold them like the miesionary in the Sandwich Istands, who, linding the savages 100 obtuse for the ordiaary mode ol conversion, crvgbt them one by ove, tumbled thom over, and kept them dowe until they wore all converted. ‘The Chairman caied on Mr, Burleigh, and a cry was raised for Philips, . ©. Buruagn, io a violent manna, got on the plat form and said that if be hud other reaeon for ingistiwg vpou his right to speak he would ¢o a0, because the name of anciber was called after he was invited to speak. He Ought that the audience were the guests of the comumit- , aud it was not good manners Wo refuse Wo listen wo the ors selected by them, ai hen an attempt was Milligan ho felt bike a Dive to-nigds wo clamor down Mi rimlog and ry buking the audience for their ill con aniusoN—1 think the error arose from the aud » 18 Burleigh’s name oalled when they calle SEVERAL Voices—That's 80. Mr Brnoncn raid he did not care whose name wa: called; of he was the veriest stuttercr who ever addressed @ meeting he would make hi lips the iwterpreters of his the would uot suDmit, and he hoped that i yg olse to-night they would ge’ . [Symptoms of dissatisfaction. | ‘The epcuker then proceeded to discuss the anu slavery subject, pitched into the constitution, and Jenounced all un'on with siaveloldess, They meant to take the Canada hoe aud shove ttdown to Virginia and Maryland. Tey meant tiret to purify the North and then take the battle into We South, wro,hurl the monster into the Mexican Galt to & death that knows no resurrection. [Applaure.} Mir. Cannison said that Judge Culver wished them to treat the repubhean party kindly. They would do so as fur as they could; but until that party were prepared to declare the conatitulion an anti elavery covetitution, and to abandon their struggles for the epoils through all kinds of compromices with slavery, the bour was not come to ask that seciety to show them much fayor. in conelu- gion be annousce! that the Conveation would sit again to- Wi lay), et 10 o’elock A. ML and 3 P.M. 1423 Was loadty called for, and said that they bg the republican party very kindly, He would Jodge Culver of the Jays and the Thornilelds could ariae, and be put in she place of Thorney, and if they inter tionia the manner desired, would that No. The society tramplos oa injustice. Tacy no law that spoke otherwise. They invoked no dead; they waited for no future to dk be itnow! fhe sosiety principle of Anglo-Saxon charters; but the Angto. 1 wea a mighty tricky blood afier all, Ws dares not face trouble it skuike; when it is afraid to take the pun it runs to the parchmeat. fe concluded by re. marcing thas Spglaued wan, after he had used drop of New Frg'end wa er three times orer a1 biz gold by mil!ions, would turn round and coat out of ite eyeteosh, Cas, L. Resroxp, a colored man, made a few remarks in reply to Jucge Culver, saying that the republican party repudiated the right of the colored man; and ‘f he (Col- ver) honored thia s for its friendehip to the colored mao ahdle hie paity repudiated them, ho did not know how they could walk on the same track. (Applause. ) Judge Curve eaid that he wae grateful for the society baving listened to him, NIKON Feplied that they wore thagkfal to the IMs pcech, it wasa manly spoech. ‘The meeting thea adjourned, AMERICAN CONGREGATIONAL UNION. SIXTH ANNIVERSARY. vereary address before the Congroga- tional Union Society was delivered by President Woolsey, of Yale College, last evening, im the new Tabernacle, corner of Broadway and Thirty fourth street This association was formed in 1853, for the purpose of assisting feeble congregations in building a place of wor- ). To ati new towns of the Weet the members of the gregational charches must of necesety be very few, in their stiuggling with the hardships of the pioneer many of them give op their religious faith, for Ons that they are not usmoerous enough vo erect for the selycs @ house of worship; consequently many of the Congregational fwith, if they attend worship at all, unite athe pmination, and thus lose their identi- » Congrezationaliem?’ As all Christian denomina- great pride in seeing churches of their par- jevlar faith prospering in every locality, and as there is a rivalry betwecn ail churches their bonrer first ia the wilde: set an altar ciouvd which all of their fai The sixth a 2, cau gather f® throagh (he chapnol marked their sect, aod there form a or alnrge and prosgerous church, an7siace it is evident that no congregation will prosper without a plac: cf worship, it Lecame important for the follow gi n that something should be do: to keep pace with the rapid strides made. b reoling on the part of the friends of this eimple and ecriptaral church polity to unite in the closest alliance the churches main taining the Congregational faith Jnduced a strong desire that the scatteres eni ches might he strengthened, and proviied | & more eflicient channel of communication with charches NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNK! Ort mount thero has been paid to nine churches to comp! 4 d pay the Jast bill on houses of worship the 8 w 0) $2,480. Appropriations have been made to twent oi!» oburcbes, which & © pow in provess of ereo- on— > w! tamount wae not stated—aud there is an ap- propri ‘rd } lance on bend of $4,010 28, falling below the eu sain dy pledged $686 72. On 6 of or jel (ites is about $2,000 guaranteed respon) ep, which wil! he paid as soon as the but pga o> con pleted, to which the appropriations have becn im '. “here are tow 1,402 year books on sale, more t on tirty places, from which returvs have not been m d there aro at the roome of the goclety, at 848 Bro !way, about 640 eopies of the present volutne, and $08 '* /f the six volumes published. The latter caa- not fail to become @ valuable theological and eostesiastical library for all time to coma, a3 they embrace the history of this denomination, statistics and records during that period; and this tale would be a material help w the fonds of the society, An arrangement bas been recently made with the odi- tors of the Oongregational Quarterly, of Boatoa, by which that journo) is to become the organ of the American Coa gregational Uuion, where the cause of this society will hercatter be advocated well a records of the past his tory, the rise and progress of Congregatioualam be gathered and published, and the principles and polity set forth in a permavent form. The year book will bereafver De fuspeuced, and the firet number of the Quarterly to each Cay Will contain the matter that would have been published ia the year book In regard to the work of chureh building, so sncsessfal ly carried on by all other leading denomnations, this £0 erty Considers that it @ with them jast fairly organized, aL@ promiges & useful ‘cond to no other labor of Christian benevolence. Every ehurch aided has hw ite epation increased, and @ number baye become im lintel self-sustaining. They consider this eociely the Home Missionary Society. Extrac s of letwers from prebes ip the Weat that had obtained assistance were porated in the report, showing that the aasistance thet they Lad reoeived had been of great bevellt to them ‘The report further states shat the agent of the American Howe Missionary Society wants the Union to build the coming gear over fi'ty charebes in his field, Throe time the amount of the receipts of the last year oould be use foiy dispersed, and in that way bindreds of religioa congregations cen secure a ceatre of religions power and perniapavey. Let those who hear and read this staemen apewer the inquiry, whether at the pext apuiversary the atnount of aid rendered will be more gratifying to you as well as pleasing to the Great Head of tho chureh, who commands, ‘Let the house of the Lord be buided in his piace. ’* x At the close of the report Rev. Dr. Woosley, of Yale College, delivered the annual midress. Subject—The con- nexion with the Power of the Laity and ihe Prosperity of ihe Church. In handling this subject be wanted to pre- SeDt it m its "broadest seuse, and not as a sectarian, He would regard this eubjectas touching the power of faith 4nd atihe bottom of religious desominations. Ia en- tering into the subject he claimed that the | exercised more power in the apostolic age than the clergy.& He thonght that it might be tbat ia the daya of inspiration thot it was not necessary for the laity to exercise so much power, but he considered that the power of the Jaity Was neceesary to church parity in the present age. It might be that'there was in many churches but little power vested ‘n the Jayiuen; it might be that all churches were Christian, but it does not follow that ali church governments are «lways scriptural; there were principles €@mbedied in church government that affected the strength and power of the chureh. Amocget the princi- pcs of chwich government he considered the chief power of the Jaity, or at least so mach as would prevent them from being brovght into subjection by their spiritnal guidex, the clergy. Investing the eole government of the io the hands of the clorgy he considered as {step towards teking away the intelligente of its Tomoye that, and the power of the cbarch ‘Take away the power from the fi wombere. would gradually deciine, laity, with the feeling that it belonged to them, disaifes tion would follow, abd degradation and thougiallessness ag to all religious waters would be the result. Ho drew lus comparison from the political world, ant thoaght that there was net nothing i eeclesiu8tical matters to pro luce a difierent result than in political. The Catholic church, ity rine be- He thought, however, ureen the clergy. tbat ths scudy of deology had but very Hite to do with the power of the laity in the churek guvoramont. in his opimica the Rtudy of theology that gives to the clerzy yower over the laity had but hitle practical bonetlt. No- thing would give to the clergy the power to cootrel tne laymen but & change in the churen goverumont that wouk! put the clergy above the people—in his opi- nion a fatal position—ag the clergy as a class were less ctical than tae Int He then referred to power exerted the church in the apos- days, showing that even then the importaut quection of bap was not fally in the hands of the Apostles, but that tue ciders and the laymen adminis- tered it. He followed the history of the Char zh through all te phases, from the appearauee of Christ to tae pr Fenttime, showing the diflerence in its prosperity whe: the power was vested in the laity as being docidealy greeter than when im the hands of the priests. H Vhought that the superstition of the Catholic church curing the mental darkness that reigzed in the Old World wes caused by the centralizing power in the hance of the priests; and io that church, even at the present time, the laity holt hardly a vestige of power, and they were compelled to appeal to them througti works of art, sach as splendi! churches and costly its followers. He knew that there © in the hands of laymen, who know nothing of, or bad been anaccustomed t exercising power, of iheir going too far—and evea, some might say, ran into pagapiem—but that would be no reason why they ehould not be fitted to exercise the control, and the affairs of the church so arrange’ that thoy ‘could gra. ‘ually work into the controlling power.” > thought that would “re @ new life into the laymen, and bo tho means of spreading the Gospel: The speaker referred at length t> tue course takea by of the same faith in ouher countries. To accomplish tho above purposes the Congregational churches of New Eag Jond end New York have organized “Ihe American Oon- kifgational Union,” and itis fast becoming tho pride of the churchee of that fatth, and its treasury the altar w which ihcy consider their God hes ordered them to take their sacrifices, and leave tho tithes of the gold that Provi dence bas poured into their ooliurs. A preimiaary moet- ing for the orgenization of this association was’ held in New York March 3, 1868, and @ committes appointed to rita copstitution. This committee reported to an ad journed meeting in the Broadway Tabernacle on the 11th {May of the same year, the Rey, Wm. T. Dwight, of Portland, presiding. Atthat piace an orgauization was formed. Amongst the first trustees of this socioty are the RD., Rey. Henry Ward Buecier, Rey. Josep P. Thomp: £0n, Lienry C. Bowen, Eeq., 5. B. Chitionden, pyand & bumber of other prominent merchants. Ja one of their ‘annual reports they have laid down the dostrine that this jon **was formed, has been maintained, and perpetuated as a strictly voluntary nasociation, baving nor deriring any eccieeiastic fanctions, smpling, aBY orgasized denominational influence, and that they Would resist to the last any invasion upon the fovividual membership.” They hold thet wey are wholly catholis towards all other religious bodies, yet claim that thoy have a scriptural right to maintain a per- fect independence in the government end ajministration of their own affairs. As one of the features of the wociety is to form a centre of communication to all parts of the wor ld, they rent rooms in Appleton’s Building, where are kept all Congregationa! publications and everything per- taining to their faith and doctrines. Ail churches in wantof pastors, and ministers in want of @ Qeld of labor, register their wants there, and io that Way are soov Supplied with their hearts desire. The receipts of the ageociation have baen comparatively emall until the last year, ranging from $3,000 lo 86,000, but the recoipts of tho last year were upwards of $12,000. The money is expended in building churches, providiog pastors with libraries, printing, galary, ollice rent, &c, Tho business meoting of the Union will be held at the City Aseembly Roouns, on Thursday, ats. M., when the re- port of tho Treazurer will be read. We shall then be able to furnish « detail of the Gnances of the association, FRAL 7}; o'clock the Rey. Dr. Bacon, President of the Union, wok the cbair, when the services commence! by the sitiging of av anthom by the choir, but the articniation of the Singers wae #0 indistinct that our reporter could not etand a word, and wag unable to judge what anthem appropriate prayer, mil Was Sang:— “(love Thy kingdom Lord,” Ae. When, on account of the sickness of the Corres: ponding’ Secretary (Rey. J. V. Lanwortby), the Report of the Trustees was ’ read by N. A. Canine, Keq., from which we learn that the cicsing, like the past, has been essentially « year of pro- paratory work; conecquently the necessary expenses bear BULL too large @ proportion to the receipts. “In this respect, however, their exporience is not differont from that of other benevolent organizations, which have becn oom- pelied to work their way into public favor; but that their organivation would ere long receive the confitence aud support its intrinsic importance demands, they had evory renton to believe. Thus far ia thoir struggles they bad not found the harvest ripe; they had pre- Judices to overcome; yet atill, the past yoar had beon one of decided and gratifying progrees. 6 Secretary had found in bis travel many more pulpits open to him, and more contributions, independent of his labors, thin any previous year. During the past year, for the first time in their brief history, bad individuals assumed the respon- sibility of securing the erection apd paying the last bills upon the house of ore tec Re ‘mount from one to ree hundred doliars, a hundred be found that will say, Hold le for one house of worship for some feebie but vied Ri te church, aud the wil. dernces and solitary places shall be glad, and tho desort rejoice and blossom ag the rose. The treasury has been ovordrawn nearly the entire . The appropiations being made much in advanco of the completion of the houses of worship to which they are devoted, the liabilities may bo with gafoty muoh than thelr present recaipts; but there isa point in this direction beyond which it is fe ier eee been compelled to linger. Needy churcl by Boores have ‘been dissuaded from fe have been deferred times the question this church buildi bas been asked with solicitude, wil: enterprise bo carried out? On the 27th of last an was made by our scerotary (Rev. J. P. Lan tothe Church of the this ety (Dr. ae tho dissavan- ing tea moving fi gure. re. was fourteen hundred and ninety-six dollars and cighty fivo conte in the treasury at the commencement of the Your just cloced, all of which aud much moro bag been appropriated. There has been eoliosted during the year... Went is 810,619 02 Added to the balance on’ ha: ve 1,496 85 revoiresg of the aeso “ 813116 17 Hoe made the avaitable tation: 6, « Lather in the great Reformation, Although he did not at that time argue the placing of full control in ecclegias- tical maiters in the haacs of the laymen, yet ho ap- proached that point as far a# it wotlld angwor In thos» days. On the overthiow of deepotiem in the days of the areat reformer the people wore hot in a condition to take on that the au church assigned them; the Pondage shat had for so long a tino been thrown around tho mind had enslaved itso much thst the laity were no! capable of taking obarge of #0 groat a power. Many times churches split ‘upon’ some potut ‘of ohurch govern ment whon the laity bad the control, bat those were evils which, fa the handg of Providence, worket @ gress good to the world. It was to this cause thi we owed th planting of the Puritan church on the shy land. Lat, therefore, the power of controtiing all 1 of the church be placed in the hauds of the poopie, and tbe yoke of servitude tochurch government be t: from them, and not only the streng:h of the cbureh would be increased, but the feeling of the laily as co tt sibility to God would increase, 1 largest latiiude in this matter to dhe laity was the bos course, “for,” said he, centralize power and you prover the epread of intelligence and religious gent the power, and you create anew radius and stin bers of the church, ant open new tickls of Let the members have fuli contro! in selectit in admitting members, and ali matters pe church government and he would have no fears purity of the church. He closed his digcourse by disclaiming soctarian- iam, and thought it fostered by placing power in the hands of the clergy, {rom the fact that they were practical than the laymen. [He urged in conclusion upon all Congregationalists to uuite with whatever caurch they found in their sotilement of a new country— that they should forget or love Coagregationatiam lees, but Christianity more. The address was nearly two hours loa: with marked attention. The conclusion of the anniversaries will be hold Thursday, at the City Assambly Rooms. ag to ub and listened to THE AMERICAN SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION. RY OF TUR E AND PROGRESS, 01 AND OPERATIONS—THE NEW YORK S NUMBER. OF SCHOLARS ATTENDING - ITUTS YESTERDAY. The firet permanent Sanday school organization in the United States of which we lave any authentic record was the “Firat Day, or Sunday Schoo! Soniety,’? estab Hehed in Philadelphia January il, 1791. [hose who united in that enterprise were of difyrent denominations, and among thom were several members of the Sosicty of Fricada. Its first president was the Right Reverend Bishop White, of tho Protestant Episcopal church of tho United States, who held office until his decease. The ‘ York Sunday School Uaion ’ was inatituted February 20, 1816, and its design was “to encourage and nesist thoso en- grged in the superintendence and instruction of Sunday schools, to promote the estadliahmont of new schools, to improve the method of teaching, and to unite the Chris- tian feelings of diferent denominations in these benevo- Jent undertakings.” Tbe “Philadelphia Sanday and Adult gohoo! Union” was formed May 26, 1817, its leading deeign being to cultivate unity and charity among those of different names, and to promote the establishment of San- day and adult schools in the cities ant villages fa the country. These three associations were quite local in their ope- rations and influence; but all of them, however, resog- ulxcd the union principle ag the basie of their organization, and songht to inculcate the groat truths of the Goapol which were recctred by all the evangelioal denominations. Alter a career of seven years, tho Philadelphia Sanday and Adult Sebool Union,’’ im obedience to a call for @ more genera! organization, was morgod in the Amo rican Sunday School Union. The suggestion of formiag such an agsociation first came from this city, and on the ‘2oth of May, 1824, the above society was formed tn Phila delphia as a National Sunday School Missionary Sosioty, composed of individual Christians of all the loading evan- gelical denominations, and {t is the only direct missionary Sgency to the neglected children of the United States. The gocioty has two departinents—the miasionuy de- partment and the publication departmont—which aro cn Urely separate in their finances, the publication depart- ‘ment sustaining itself on business principles, an the m: elonary being dent on the contributions of the Chrie- Gan commuutty. Within the last seven years tho socioty Ras organived throughout the couatry forteen thousand ‘Bow Sunday schools—its chief object’ boing to open new echoo!s in neighborhoods and eo whore thoy ‘would not otherwise bo established, and to supply them with the means of carrying on the schoole sucssssfully wher bogun, At the mieeting of the Amsarican Union ia Philadelphia Isat month, the receips for the year endivg February 26, 1859, wore announced to ho $57,141 St, more than ono half of whiol ameunt wis con! ad by the states of Now York and Ponosy!van'a. The society if vegarded a8 R grout distributiag agan’ eratters abroxt mut only the Biole bat alan ho« wud papers Hevoughont the Valoa, Throaghout ths villages and settlements of the great Westtho Sunday Ishonl is | cers Ip foeding deemed of great practical good as the social condition of the people there is uplike tha: of any otber people in the world; the population is not on'y American, but European, and tp almost every town or village wil! be foand not oaly @ representative of every pat ou, but aleo the elements of a’most all religious depomina oy It requires but litue difficulty to unite the majority of the setiiare in the Saa- doy Bcbools, where the Scriptures are inculeated from Sah. bath to Sabba‘h, and it is therefore claimed that persons of diferent denominations who will harmonise op nothiag elee will peually come together in the Sanday School. The specitlo object of the New York Sanday School Union Is to gatter the 70,000 neglected children into Sua day Schools, and to geourd for them pious ant well trained teachers. Doring the past year twenty four new achoo!a bave been cétablirhed, aud there are now attentiug the Sunday Schools of New York upwaria of 47,000 children, 26,000 of whom do not belong to ehurch congregations, apd 12,000 of whem are colored childrev, Duriog the Past Year $15,000 for benevolent contributions bas been received by the New York branch, and not leas than €6,000 children baye been connected with the Sanday Fehools in this city, TBR SUNDAY KOHOOL ANNIVERSARIES. ‘The annivereary cxercises and meetings of the ditt schoolg at the appointed churches are looked forward to with much interest by the parents and children, aud they constitute one of tho most interesting and edifylog meet ipge held during the month, To the children “the anol versary’” ‘sa rource of preparation for monty previow and many are the epeculations which they indulgein for weeks, To the “misses” of tender ago it is a fource of much delight as they are invaria y clothed by their anxious parents in now attire specially for the occasion, Although Monday was a de Ngbtful dey, and the weather promised to be propitious yesterday morning looked threateuing and cold—conse quently the hopes of not only the ebitdren but the Super iptendents of the different echoole, were somewha Diighted, Towards two o’clock the members of tae hf. ferent schools assembled tn great force, and, notwith standing the storm, the majority of them marched in pro cesvion to the different churches specified in the peo. gramme of the day. Thoy were all neatly attired, and each scholar wore @ badge of eolored rivbos, with the number of cach school on the left brent. The rain, however, prevented that array of white mualia aod ribbore which characterizes the May anvivorsaries, and ebortly after each proceseion had left the school ih children were obliged to seek sholter from the torrents of ram. Many of them repaired to their bomes, while the majority were kindly accommodate ances to the places of meeting, Thy were well iled by the parents and fy and every one eeemod to pr take of the jnteliee entertaining pature of the enjoyment and tho exorcie: which were most ereditably performed. were delivered to the children, hymns & close sweetmeats snd cskes distributed. De. Burebard’s church, Phirtesoth stroet, was dense! crowde3, six schools attending, the pupils’ of the sehoot atta bed to tne ehurch fill ng the galierins. § Oeing to the inclemency of the weather there was a little delay meneirg the exercises, during whie time the ehudren dulged in loud aad cheerful conversation, bu: the moment the trakle of the silver bell was Lad all was boshod in silence. Soveral lea ting cloraymen of the ¢ ty and Siate were present and addressed the childvea ja.sbor dat sen sible addresses The exercises elovod by the snging of the following beantifal hymn, which wae renderod in a highly creditable manne} Shout the tidiogs of sa'vation Oer the isiands of the sea, ii}, in humble atoration, Ali to Christ shail ben i the knae* The Rev. Marnuw Haue Samm addreaset the lage in an elogucnt and touching maoner, an) ro! some beauti’c) and striking anecdotes to the chtidren. The Broome strect Baptist church was not so well attended—pno doubt in consequence of the rais. However, seven schools attended, and the children were addressed by the Rev. Hyatt Smith, of Baffato, wno spode in a highly eloquent magner, and feetingiy ailad d to the iniluence which the Sunday schoo! exercised on the obild im after The bymo, ‘There js no name so sweet on earth, No name #0 sweet in heaven; The name before his wondrous dirth To Chri Saviour given— was fung by ol the children in a most feeling and boauti- ful style, and created marked sensation among Ui cangre- The services close i by tife be son. Reformed Dutch church, Market street, was crowded, aud the exercises hetened to by a large atten- cance of the parents and friends of tho chiltren, ‘The Cooper Institute, however, was the chief point of atiraction. The beautiful and commodious bill was eensely crowded, eighteen schools attending. There were upwards of four thousand children, together with their parents and friends, present. ‘Tho aseemblage was addressed by Mr. R. G. Pardy, Mr. W. £. Dodge and Captain Hartt in appropriate terms. The mutical exerciecs were beautifully rendered, bu’ the state of the weather prevented many of the achools from Waiting to the close of the mecting. ‘The Stanton street church was also well attended , and several clergymen malo spirited addressoa, Captam Hartt addressed the coildren in feeling ms, and al- lnded to the benefits conferred upon © by the Sun- day echools The other churebes throaghout the city were, consider: ing the rain, well filled, and the anniversaries passed off With (cla. THE ANNIVERSARY MEETING AT THE COOPER INSTI TUTE—SPEECHES OF THE REY. ME. COOKMAN—EX GOVERNOR fOLLOOK, ETC., EPC.—INTERHSTING EXGR- CISES. The regular cclebration anniversary meeting of tho “American Sunday School Union was hold last eveaing in the Cooper Inetitute, and the proceedings and addresses made were peculiarly intercating. The hall was densely crowded, and also the platform, which was filled with the male scholars of several of principal schools of the city. The Sunday schools of Williamsburg were alzo repreeented by some of the lead- ing female teachers and superintendents. Tho proceodings were attentively hatened to by the younger portion of the audience, who maintained the utmost composure throughout the proosedings. The meeting opened with a suitable prayer from the Rey. Theodore Cayler, Market street church. The hymn : “ Our loving Redeemer we truet in thy word— The word which of old called thy children to thee.” was then sung by the children. In the abeence of Chancellor Ferris, the President of the jon, on account of iil health, Albert Woodruff, eq , of ‘ooklyn, one ef the Vice Presidaute, presided. © ‘Setretary, Me. J. N. McEligotl, then presoated the rt of the forty-third anniversary of the New York day School Union, from which it appears that in New the returns from our schoo! are not sufficiens!y apl and complete to enable us at the present ume to tho preeiee recerds from our books, SuMloient ro s however are already in hand to enable us to say tua! we have at the present time two hundred and twelyo schools in our Union, of which Twenty-four new schools have been added during the year. lees than sixty sive thonsand pupils have boon Connected with our schools during the year. Forty seven thousand now in our sshools, Twenty five thoaeand five bundred of which do not belong to church con gregatione, Twelve thousand are colored chi! rep und Yor bundred ere in the Bib'e classes. ourand teachers red and six conversions are reported {a about one-third of the schools. Exghty eix thousand volumes in the libraries, aud {iftoon thousand dollars for benevolent contributions. The report aleo stated that the above items gave no idea of the difficulties which were encountered in estabtishing the new Sunday schools and the embarrassmonts which had been overcome in the work. Jt enumerated the hin drances which bestrew the path of the Sanday Schoo! Union, the principal one of which was apathy in both tao rich man’s house and the legisiative chamber. Water, when required in this city, was quickly sapptied, and the Croton Board established; but that which the city of New York now principally wauted—morality—it wae diiticait to ind exponents for, Thousands of children were scat- tered throughout the streots of the city, lacking the know: ledge of God, and it was the duty of the residonts, as citi vera, philantbropiats, patriots and Christian, to endeavor to reeiaim them. The Rey. ALFRED Coonmsy, of Philadelphia, then ad- dressed the meeting. He aliided tothe fact that in the city of New York—in this mognifleont motropolis—4here were 60,000 children without instruction and uncared for. What would be the regult of apathy on our parts, to even our children, by thetr seoing and Knowing that these chil- dren wero neglected by us? The ellect of the ex- ample to the present generation was frightful to contemplate. It would lead to Oo neglect of the Scriptores, to inebriation and to the gambling den. He would never forget what a criminal in nis eoll had once raid to him—"Ob, sir, I was never taught to read the Feriptures, and I may account for my present position by ths ‘The Scriptures should be in the hands of the young, and that was ouc of the great objects of the Sua- day Rebool Union, And what was the effect of placing the Bible inthe bands of the litde ones of the city? it would go to the very heart of that child and cause it to | lead a Christian and sober hife. He traced tho author of the Sabbath school to David, and eloquen'Jy depiated its advantages. In it the Seriptnres were read, prayers were oftered and roligions topies discuesed. The organization was a benutiful one, and was the tulorom of the lecer to rae them to eternal life. If they fostered Sabbath ecboo’s they would fi! their eanctuarios and eharchss with the godly and pious, and thoy would algo take the biagphemocs words out of the mouths cf the chilkiron of the city of New York. 1f the Bible on the Rocky Mountains, be and his boys would go on w long pilgrimage. pratrice and = moumtaing, and ciiee and States, uniil they cante: to the base of the lofty mountain, aud ginding They would cross | DAY, MAY II, 1859.—TRIPLE SHERT. the 05,000 ebildren of thetr He bat also heard with the “ bread of life.” of the 50,500 children who wero yet uncared for in their city. In feeling lan gvage the Speeker impreeced upon the audicace the neces erty for thew exerting themse ves to reciam these cbil- dren, and eloquently alluded to the bevelits to ne derived im the world to come from their thus spendiog their hvee on the earth in euch a work Durirg the past year the operations of the ‘American Schoo! Union’? were most successful in the missionary and pablication departmeat, avd upiop and brotberly live characterized all their af- bd he should also congratulate the New York Sun. “ay Sehoo! Union on the unanimity which prevailed in all ther covneis, Daring the poet year, ending March, 1853, the Union bad renderea important services to 1,400 echools previously organizes, cootelaing twelve thonsasd teachers #00 more than 70,000 scholars. Taking their labors in the sevregute, for the jast ten years, the ‘American Union’’ had organized, throu, irect labors, pearty 16,000 schools, containing children, besides many other matters he would fo bg on the orension, which we tive 1 of eventful romore of war, were beard on overy aid the chsh of arms might be heard im Exro w listen £0 sttevtively to the booming war? It wae the war of civil and re igi ua hb tyranny; but God waa watebing all, and the finate would teil in the destiny of Hie church. the spoaker proceeded at length to diiate on the quick carcer of toe word ao the pregent excitement, whieh should always be watched Vipilantly and attentively studied, The hoaorable gentle: miu then homorously delineated “ Young J gentleman who cultyated the whisker aud mustact ereater aitention than the braing within his eran such were the characters that the Sunday Sob sbon'd take bold of and breathe love uper were tbe boys that would make good mer token ip time and taught the principles of Christian life and virtue, He impressed npon the mecting to bring courage to the good work und never to despair, aud suc- cese wonld crown their efforts, Han said a8 they had ‘ waters’ outai they would be glad to bave waters ini the build He then ed on Mr. Waters to favor the audieace with another byur Mr.,.WareRs complied by accompanying the choir in sir gieg the bymn “Kind Words can never Dic.” Mr od ‘ized the joa nos only po ‘Sunday School Geonon Srewanp next spoke, ate, which was true tothe t but religiously, and true to the n. The meeting terminated with the benediction and the singing of the bymn “shout the tidings of Satvatuion.”” Sic. Watera preside? at the plano, and the several bytns were beavtfully rendered by the culidren of the nt Boheoia. lowing gentlemen were electe ensuing Pres Vee Pre iam Winter Covover. Paaurer-—Wilism Libbey. Corresponding Secretary— lames McE! R- cording Se clary—~ Samuel Holmes, CONSOLIDATION CONVENTION TIST SOCIETIES. A epecial convention of the Baptiat denomination, called to consider the pr ty of desreasing the number of the benevolent organ’ @ 0 that deaomination, with a view to ivereasing (heir efficiency, aasemblod yesterday foreroan in the Oliver strevt Baptist church, . Mr. Weetcott's.) The church was packed to its utmost, not jess than 1,269 or 1,500 persons heing preeer ‘The convention originated in a prevailing impression among the denominatioa throughout the country that their benevolent societies are unnecessarily numerous and more compliested in their organization than is desirable or consisten economy. Lt waz peoposed, thereive, to revise the whole syste, and devike rome plan for simplifying their maohinery, by vniting tivo or more of other means. Tae oppo sition to the measure has been earnest and even vohe ment, but seeas to com? mainly from those who, f #, are directly or indirectly’ inte- The Coavention was of delegates assembled under the followi OF BAP. all f poseible ‘The subscribers having been appeiated 8 Come Baptist Missionary Conveniion of the State of msh« the necessary arrangements for calling a ganeral eon: vertion of delegates to take into eopsicerstion the expediency of reducing the ber of genera) ber evolent eocievies, and the Fag: neon of dele couse of the Oliver street saptist charci, York, on Tuesdar, May 10, LF, at 19 o'clock, A. M. regniariy constintéd Baptist chursh ‘and Nor ib ti aa mbites ie nal delezaie tor every two handre Hopitat ameoriaiion, and every Bay vention, or other Bs ptist org srizetion, emplo or colpsrieurs, are requested 9 send, resjertivel gates (0 the Convention. ‘The aole object of he Convention ts to Ing ise into the noses sity and expedirey of inking the wenere! evans cies of the Gaprist denomination fewer la mum! simple and eltestive in oceration; and, if pomsil 5 measures for securing the more’ hearty apd permanent co operstion of individuals and churches in the glorious service of ecnverting tre world to Christ’ The committee express no opinicn aa to what abould be done, tteir oaly aim being to piace tetore thelr brethren the opporiunity 0! 4s the deliberate judgm: (he denomination with resgect to theee important queetions itis hoped taat every church ard ‘iher o:gecization tneinded in tbigesil will be represented in the Cor titme, by the aw York, to Midd de mntagionary cou. \gsionarivs three dele learniag what vention, and when it 19 not practicable for them t ap: pies tbat they will eomumaioate their views by leticr. to the care of any one of the i be Jald before the Convention. ‘To save the excerse of iauing and malting circulars, Ba editors are requested to publish this eal) ani pomtare crelaries are desired to regard it as committed to their minteer, fz:lih Eheldon, E. B. L. Taylor, B. T. Hlssox, J. M. Bruce, Jr, kaw. Brigh! Commitee. sso Brace, i selves, they would ascend, and ascend, until | they reached theeammit, where they would clasp the | “fountain of lifo.”’ But what would they say of the so. } ciety which placed tho Biblo at the door of thair chiidron and invited them to come and ressive it. The Sunday School Union did go, and ought it not bo supported? jer relating several anecdotes, in which he compared the Fonday Schoo! Union to the life preserver, as tt was the preeer ver of eternal life to all, the speaker conciadod fi ret! ‘on all to support the socioty. fho hymn, «There is no name 80 sweet on carth,”’ was then sung, Mr. Lucius Hart most effectively leading the andience, and the einging of the boys of the dwforent Echols elicat- ed much commendation, Ex Governor PouocK, of Pennsylvania, was the noxt epeaker. He entd he could not acoamt for his presenos at the mocting this evening, or why tho Keystone State should tender her compliments to tho Emptee City on the Snrtay School qvestion. Ho did not come to soak for himeeif, but he pad been honored by a £c whose praises were on tho lips of every oll, and he was bere as representative of {h= Amoricat Santty School Vaion ta pgratniare thers o9 the krmmphs of the mist year, Ho Dod letened to He report with pioagure, ax! of their su New Yous, February, 1809. undersigned, in season to let, The call is endorsed and approved by about forty of the most influential members of the Daptist denomi- MAKE ten o'clock the © ten o’c! ¢ Convention was called to order b: ur Smith Sheldon, and was speedily organized, as fol. ows President—Hon. Geo. N. Briggs, ex-Governor of Maeor- chnsetts. Vice Presilents—Goy. Colby, of New Hampshire, and Hon. Mr. Caldwell, of Brookly Secretavies—Brothers Richar. Jefhhey, of Pennsylvania. Governor Brass, the Progident, made eome roma: thanking the OShvention for the compliment of his tion. This assembly was made up, he said, of Chris Men, convened to take counsel about measures designed to promote the kingdom of Christ. He anticipated no difficulty in presiding over such au assembly, as he might on a Convention where worldly paseions were liable to prevail. The objects of the Convention were well under stood by all; let them see to it that nothing be done in a spirit of etrife or vain glory. Rathor let them avoid that pride of opinion to which men are natoraily cultivate a spirit of peace belting the di hes of Christ and the cause they all had ot heurt, would lead them to harmonious conclusions. Brother Bancocx, by invitation, offered prayer, ospe- cially invoking barmony and conciliation. ‘A Committee on Credentials was appointed—tion. Iraac Davis, of Massachusetts, chairman—whish subsequently reported that there were 817 delegates present. Tue re- port was accepted, and the credentials then recominitted to the committee, with directions to prepare a list of delo- gaier, with the churches and aesociations represeated, to bo entered in the minutes of the Convention. Dr. Tayzor offered the Suing cenit — Resolved, That any church wit the limits of the call for this Conyention, haying failed to appolut delegates, may be represented in this body by any of their num20r preecot, in the ratio of their membership as set forth ta such call, such mombere being selected by such members Of gaid cliurches as may bo present. Rey. Mr. Hiscox opposod the resolution, a3 brethrou could not appoint themselves to represent churches with- out action on the part of such churchos. A delegate remarked that the Convention iteclf waa not authorized by any Baptist church. Dr. Dow1sne thought the effect of the resolution would ‘be to give the Convention into the control of the city of New York. They would thus take in members who would talk to consume time, ‘After further discussion, on motion of Mr, Buaniiey, oF Philadelphia, the rezotution was laid on the table. Rey. Mr. Corky, of Utica, offered a resolution inviting members of churches not represented to take acata, ‘They Ought not, be said, to be afraid of their brethren. cv. Dr. Dowuc opposed the resolution. Somos churches had refused to send delegates because they wore oppozed t the project of amalgamating thoir four great societies, and it would not be right to lot members of such churcheé, agcidentally here, act as by authozity, Tey cou'd come to the conclusion whether this movement is ‘the voice of the denomination or not by ascertaining irst how mapy of their thousands of churches are ropresented , and then what proportion of those represented are in favor of the proposition. They ought, therefore, to coatiae the power of voting to regularly accredited delegates, Brother Sxa7on, of Jiiinois, did not see how they were to get at the voice of the decomination by oxslud.ng them. Brother cairn, of Wiscousin, said the couatry churches bad expected from the first that this whole matter would ‘be controlled by Now York, aud he was then called to order by the Presideat. He hoped Brotuer Corey's reso- Jution would prevail. Rey. Mr. Hiscox offered a eubstitate, inviting brethren not delegates to participate in their deliberstions, bui not to voto. This was rejected, ant after furthor discassioa the resolution proposed by Sir. Corey was adopted in this form:— Resolved, That we hereby invite sentfrom churches which are not represented, to mem- borebip in thie convention, in the ratio sat forth {n the cir. cular calling the same; but this privilege shail no: extoad to members of charches which have voted not to be repre- sented. ‘The committoe charged with the duty,of calling the Con- vention gubmitted a report of their proceedings. At the last auncal mectiug the Now York Baptist State Convention, held at Gloversville in October last, the ful- lowing resolutions were _ Resolved, That it ts the sense of this body that a con. vention of delegates. bo called earlyzin the week proce'ting the mcewng of the Missionary Union, in May next, in the city of New York, totake into consideration the expe Che of the consolidation of some of our denominations! secictics. Rerolved, That a committee be appointed to make tue mn, of New York, and mombers who are pre- | Deccesary arrapgements, and to igsve a cail for the above saree pif si Resolved, That brethren Smith Shelton, '. Hiscox, K, EF. L, Taylor, John M. Bruce, Jr., and ©. Bright be the aforesaid committee. The commtttce, though they hai not sought nor dostred the appointment, yet eympailized with the public sonti- ment which seemed to have calloé forth the movement. Thoy disclaim any hostility to existing ocioties, and understand the object of the Couvention to be to take into consideration the expedierey of reducing the number of the general bevevolunt societies, and otherwise simpli. fying tne benevolent operations of the Baptist donomina- Itscemed to be designed ag an oczasion for a full, \ traernal confarencn reepocting their bonsvolont ope: ins, to see if hetter mothods for evangelical operations jsod, and if not to strengthen those thay now have. The committee slro eubmit a number of documents ‘and 8° care for the purpose of laying It before vbelr churches, boards or i | ' ES SES SIR ES RENO “SEES Tae Ee EAE SDN SRI 9a ae ci a SDN = AE TR RS SAR tS AN SI a A received from churches, embodying the views and action of churebes on the subj The report of the committee was approved, and the let- ters from churches, resolutions, &c., accompanying tt, were read. A large proportion of these communications were favorable to the proposed revision of the benevolent societies of the douomtnation. Generally the opinion was expressed thas the Bible Society and the Publication Society conld be united, and the plan of three assoclatione—a Foreign Mission Society, 4 Home Mission Society and a Bible aud Publication 80. clety—was recomiended. Others, again, favored only two scietier—one for foreign and the hom evangliization, By WE ee ae The Convertion resolved to hold ite eessions as fol- lows :—From haif puss nine o'clock A.M. t ove o'closk P.M , from two to five o'clock P. M., “an from half past seven o'clock P, M till adjournment The hour of one o'clock Laving arrived, a prayer wae offered, and the Convention took a rocess vutit two o'clock, AFTERNOON SESSION. The Convention was called to order a fow w'nues past two o'clock, and a prayer was offered by Rev. Beothor Westeot), pastor of the church. The reading of communications {ror charchea was coa- tinued for some time, A brother (8, Dryden Phelps, of Philadelphia) offered the following rerolutions:-— 1. Resolved, That the members of this Convention cor- Cisily vesure the societies that it claims 00 power to le- gisiate for them, but as brethren, oomumiasioued to meet icgetber as delegster of the churches, they do earnestly hope that ruch measures may be Fuggested as shall lead our people to eater with united and enduring zal pon the great work of giving the knowledge of Jesus Cariat to he nations 2. Keroived, That general organizations of supervision, advice abe! co operation im the work of evangelsation, are at present necessary toto what eaond be done by inoividnal t, or Dy caurohee or assoeiations of churehes. anlz Resolved, That the namber of oar general or avons should be to larger than is necessary to the Hieent prosecnt on of the work of evangelization; and it bar become a source of dy to inquire whether the Lumber of societies could not be 8o far recdiaeed that no thay one general organization shai! b2 engaged in avlat ie eubstantially the sare work in the same field, 4, Resolved, That the union of the American and Foreiga Bibie Society with the Baptist Pabhabing Soci the direction of one board of managers, vy bi Philadeiphia, and to be sustained by the earnings of ite bosiness ana the spontaneous contribations of the friende of both societies, Would be productive of efficiescy and economy i the issve and distribution of the Semptures end other evangelical publications, 5. Keeolved, That the whole work of foreign evangell- zation should be committed to the eare of the American Baptiet Missionary Lniou, and that the woole work of 0 Evang on hy mirsionary labors, whether local ‘Onerant, except eo fer as it may be contacted by and communities, shou'd b> com- cd to the care of Lhe American Baptist [oma Mission ety. olved, That the const ction of exsh evangstiziog organization should be po mozntted as to bring the work of the contributors into the cloeest practicable eoanection, And Fo as to stimulate aun develope the largest amount of loca) efort, and especially of courch missionary life. Resolved, That eivet Memb-rship or eonuab yaiiore should bo suostituted for life memberabip ip iL eur pepesal organizatons. Lcaa Se doae cen- sistently with existing obligations to life racu:ders. 8, wed, That tue two m' y en, hould be separated by the eo: jn \auale and churctee, and that special care Ker, to ehcourege the churches to advot syst (Tr measures of collection, £0 #8 to gradu: wholly, sapertede the employment of collecting eolved. That tb int pubiiestion of one monthly ooary shect, for al circulation, by the three izations, Would be # better airangement than the r vblication of such a paper by each of the e sariehes committee be appolnted to com abiows to the Anoris y Aincrican Bapt'st Hon the Am Rapti:t Pubiteation © ican Bapt'st Missiovary Union, at tacir ings, to b: nt and subsequent weeka, taken up feriatim, and the first ut yhout dissent. The fourth resolution coming up, Rev. Mr. Wesrcorr ressed the Convention. if the American Foreign Bible ‘ocety had not existed, hy said, this Convention would not have cesombled, If that child of Providence had given way to unother, everythmg would bave gone oa smoothiy . but ih wear. time had come when another waated its garb to Tue great mase of the brethren who had come here with honest hearts, believed that so many societies were not needed. Was this so? From 1821 to 1826 they bad only one Focicty to do the whole work of evangeliza- : one set of agents answered for all; bat the annual contributions dwindled down in that period to about $6,000, Then the Board of Foreign Missions was eatadiished in Botton, and up to 183) the contribations for that object auc. cated to $2,200. In 1532 the Home Meseiou Society was formed, and received large contributions; yet the Coatri buticns for foreign missions were greatly increased. Then the Amerisan and Foreign Bible Society was formed, and in one year the cotiributions for all the societies sweiled to over $100,000. The inference be drew was that if they strack down any ono eosiety the otaers would not yeceive @ dollar more, bat men would keep weir money in their pockots, Brother Wuskr, of Now York, objected to the resotu- tion that if forbade the amalgamated society to employ agents. Ibe venerable brother Hararon also oppozed Phe reso- lution. it was wice to Jct weil enough alone. It they were to bolt at the ie BOCIeHEE, ‘ublication Society would Let giveadolar. [he machinery of the sociatics might be modilicd, perhaps, but if they were wise they Would not give 2 Word to destroy one of them. 5 Brcthor Asa Witnte moved to amend by iasertiog after “Bible ‘oviety,” the words “American Bible Uaiea.’” said the Bible Uaion had no- The Bile Sickety was, , tgeful in its day, but iis usefull had de- ruin these rocieties to pack two or three of tuem in one bed. They were doing well now, and be hoped be woald never live to see things all mixed up. Trother Gienviite was io favor of The the resolation. societies proposed to be united were kindred and rival eflablietiments, and their union was a question of econo- wy. od, He looked upon theee societies as the angels of lie was ashan to hear auy brother impuga the es of Christians. Rey. Mr, Wersourr said he did not impugn motives. If he wereat No. S50 Broome street, he might do as they did to extend the Bible Union. Dr. Wenn, of New Jersey, was giad to bear that Bro ther Westectt did not impeach his motives, as bo had un- derstood. He was an old man,and it baa been his life- long bappitees to aid, a3 far asbe could, all these socie- ties; but ithad seemed to him that these Bumerous signi ler organizations did conilict with each other. Rey. Dr Swam, of Mass, was in favor of free dis cussion. He expected to go with the majrity. If he could get a dollar to Burmah without paying acother dol- lar to get it there, he wonld be glad, but if not he would pay bo'h dollars. He saw no reaton why tho Home Alienion Society shoul! not be united with the Foreign. If they were to have contribnted for everything onty about $200,000 a year, he could sce no neccesity for more than one society. If they could net have consolidation, be went for myigoration. It it cost one dollar to ppend another, bow lcvg would the churches stand «* Brother R. J. W. Becktanp moved w strike out the word « spontaneous ” This would leave the three sets of agents for coile tion still in office. Hon. Mr. Lisvarn, of Pennsylvania, oppored the reaolu- ticn. Tho object eeemed to be to get rid of one society and kill the other, No sgents would be neceszary bat for the delinquency ofchurch members. Rey, Mr Wrioerr, of Wisconsin, was not in favor of change, but if there most be change he wanted judicious Change: When money #bould ilow spontaneously into the coffers of any of these Sorietics, enough to do any considera Div busipese fit would be a new era in history. lie went op to ey eak of the condition of Wisconsin. There waz nota nobler field for the Baptiets. He had led them up out of the rivers when the thermometer stood 10 deg. bolow zore with icizlee three or four inches loug hanging oa their heavy whiakers. Bat they looked good as they came up, and their faces rhone, Tne Baptists would baye to work bard to keep up with tue Methodists, John the Baptist wes the fret John, then Jokn Calvin, and then Joun Wesley. (Lughtor.} He wanted to sce John the Baptist go aboad of the other Jobne. Hon, esac Davis, of Massachusetts, opposed the reso- lution, and cepecially the word “spontapeoasly.”” Ho did bot belteve money would take to itself leg? and walk into the treasury. The resolution would be perfect'y mope- rative from the terms lode societies nara Roy. Dr. ANDERSON suid he was an agent by profession, ‘and believed it was laid upon him by the hand of God w be an agent. He therefore knew something about ‘‘spon- tancous’’ benevolence. Men must be urged to give, or they will not give at all. Who ever saw a church built ‘dy Spontancous influx? The subject was furthor «’scussod at great and the word “spontaneous” was then stricken ont. 4 a resolution was further amended go as to read ae follows — 4. Yesolyod, that the union of the American and Foreign Bible Leeann toa American Baptist Pubdlica- tion Society, under the direction of one board of mana- gers, to be located at Philadelphia, would be productive of efficiency and economy in the {zeuc and distribution of the Scriptures and other ical publicatioas. The modified resolution was stl!l under consideration when, at five o'clock, the Convention took a recese until half-past seven o'clock. (oun. RVENING SESSION. The Convention was calied to order precisely at 7% oclock, and the seo*ion opened with prayer. The question was stated on the passage of the fourth re- solution, as modified. Rev. Dr. Wares, President of the American and Foreign Bible Society, addressed the Convention. His labors for the society over which he presided had been a labor of Jove. They had heard (iscursions on all manner of topics, but the resolution before them had been sadly neglected. He proposed to inquire what good would be accomplished by its parsago, They were all united in tho one great ob- ject of winning sou's to Christ, and was this ond to be promoted by the proposed amalgamation? It would ip aby form reinvigorate neither the Publication Society por Mati igre eterna th it wonkd ae them both. Hence he was warmly seat denter. lntion. He had never regarded the ag a burden. le would increase them tenfold. sy wore 80 many Goxpel Nghts sent abroad, and tho silver and gold of the earth would net compensate for them. In luxarious city churches their visite were regarded as an uv! bore; but it was not so inland, If the agont- were’ withdrawn there would son be churches that would not know that such a thing as a foreign mlasion exigte upon earth. They had too few rather vhaa tao many societies. The principles of the Baptiste dem: - that they should take all their beaevoleat eaterprives ink. their own hands. fe defended the coarse of boiety