Report of a Meeting to Protest Against the Chinese Outrages, Held in Steinway Hall, Monday, April 5th, 1886 - Couverture souple
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A nd, OL ord, we pray that thou wouldst place our nation in the relation which we should sustain to this race, and wilt thou help us, we pray thee, to do justly and to love mercy, and to remember that the God of justice is the one who rulest. And we pray, OL ord, that thou wouldst help us as a nation, to do that which is right, and we pray that thou wouldst arise for the suffering and the needy. A nd, OL ord, we pray that thou wouldst remove everything from this nation that does retard the progress of the Gospel, and hasten the time when this shall indeed be the land of the free and when all nations shall have the privilege of serving thee as they should; and then, we pray, OL ord, that the time may soon come when thy Son shall have the heathen for his inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for his pos session, and wilt thou make this nation a power and a blessing to all nations. We now leave ourselves with thee. Be with us this evening. Bless us in all that shall come before us, and accept us, through Christ. A men. Mr. Haines: I have been requested by the Chinese Sunday-school Union to say that they have invited Mr. George F. Seward to take charge of the meeting, and that the following persons have agreed to act as Vice-P residents :H on. HAMILTON FISH, Hon. GEO. WILLIAM CURTIS, Hon. C. P. DALY, Rev. Dr. JOHN HALL, Bishop H. C. POTTER, Rev. Dr. S. H. VIRGIN, Rev. Dr. HOWARD CROSBY, Rev. Dr. WILLIAM M. TAYLOR, Rev. Dr. F. F. ELLENWOOD, Rev. Dr. THEO. L. CUYLER, J. V. H. COCKROFT, Esq., WlLLIAM E. DODGE, Esq. Mr. Seward took the chair and said :T he Union has named as Secretary, their own secretary, Mr. Bassett. The object of this meeting is to consider and to approve a Memorial to Congress in regard to the abuse of the Chinese. The Memorial has been prepared in such a way as to exclude any political discussion. It does not deal with the question
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