New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-05-13
Sew-Tork Anniversaries.
Meeting OF the American Board OF Com
missioners Of Foreign Missions

Hon. THEODORE FEELISGHUYsEN PRESIDED eilu
the meeting was opened with prayer BY Rev "
WlLLlsroy DR.. Armstrong then read the he
por, OF The Board The Board have 20 missions
At 81 stations. with l33 missionaries ana II : na-
five helpers; making z total Of 469 missionary
Iaborcrs. They Rave il printing establishments,
and works have been printed IN 81 languages
spoken by more than 45o,ooo,000 Of people {
They have 6l8 free schools lnstructlng q QUO f
pupils. and eight semnares with 100 pupils, I
and 50 churches, including $4,000 members
The demand for instruction has largely increased
At Constantinope, books are IN greater demand
than ever before and the Jews arc less lntolerant
toward their converted brethren. In SYRIA, ope
ra,ions have been considerably embarrassed by
the unsettled state Of the country. Some OF the
missionaries have been discouraged by the civil
wars prevailing, and arc returning: others see
amid all the turmoil that the way Of the Lord rs
preparing, and are encouraged to hold on and
vigorously prosecute the work
There is evidently more easy access TO the
Maronites than has ever been enjoyed beto@c, and
the demand for the Gospel increases. He ms
sion to Nestoria has been one OF uninterrupted
prosperity. The Christians arc treated with uni
form kinlncss They have 2 schools 35 villages and have
among their converts q bishops. IN Their schools are j lo
pills beside 81 in their pryate semn1rs MI fsfk,os &c
bv hIaI johanna and reinforcement 10 lt MS
SION took his epaTturc for NeStoa tins Srfing All ihS
In ,, for renewed actiy nv The missions among ihr
liaiattas received vSor great revival has tl
,,icoce,l there: the cases Of very decided.
though not get very and profound impress ION LAS
ben made upon the great BODY of thu people Bu the ms
oaIIes find their numbers small for Efficient rNertron,
ana reinforcement, is great needed The mission ~ am
bocI * exceedingly prosperous From Singapore aud Siam
no imi,0tanC has been received a "ld aud
rc,ual door has o., Tor ia china aud Is
hoped that the church will itself ofhe opportunity thus
proped Buildings being erected Hon. hons Tor per
auer missions aud letters from That country Sl"aN most TN
coura.,ucly of ,h. ton. prevailing among the eopis.
The mission West Africa has been removed during me
wear from Cape Palmas. Thu "hos aspect Of me missions
anon. the abongnes Of own continent has been hsy
encouraging Among the tribes west Of The Mississippi the
rosr.c, , no, been 50 ronisin. for many Yeas. Among the
Choctaws grsat additions needed y strong de>- has
grown up among them for the education OF their children
Among the Indians the Rocky Mountains the mission
is in most fourishng condition. AZ the Sandwich Islands
whore twey.tl years ago. the people OF dark
obscene miserable savsses, without decent clothing comfort
able habtaons OF any oil the domestic Virtues He success
has been most wonderful.
The las, wear has witnessed thu reception of ambassador
from that people by Government and that Of Great
Britain aud of the independence of the la-
,ysan Islands In those Islands tfer" now q Churches
with 70 600 umbers OF whom 2l3 ase been received during
,s r,s., yat Min. houses of worship have beer. erected,
81, of them Of substantial stone. 33 Common Schools have
been established which attend 1858 scholars % books
have been printed the native language oil winch iZoWo
c,;es h,y. been printed and than 900 Of pages
no ono Of which have paid oThy the American Tract
Societies. The average attendance upon all me
places worship 1890 and the whole nNnbcf o members
oC the Church from the FIRST Is 23i3 Such wercthe reports
made in May 1852 aud of powerful reNiyas have
since been received
Twenty new Missionaries have been appointed, ani
H.. IL, f.,l, i.all III Il
embarked foreign lands and have visited their native
country and returned while u have permanently returned
and have by death The receipts for the last
nine months Of the financial from August 1872 to
Ap 30 ISi3 have been SlG 230ess by ST so than the APP
for the gernd and less by S93 $50 than the
Receipts of the former year for the same period Thus falling
off not arrested fatal TO the operations OF the
Board.
Rev. Mr. HoIs1yGToN, from Ceylon, then adj
dressed the meeting. He explained the character
of Hndooisln, with It's tencts and teachings
Hindooism maintains that man has five bodies,
one within the other that IS the soul is contained
within them ALL and only part OF the great soul that
creates lie. world The continual effort Of the soul IS 10
care from confinement In this body which ioug'
"a b. sort of microcOsI believed 70 De represented heiT
three gods their FIVE heavens and model Tor all the Apart
nn Of their temple aud for all thu regulations OF their GOV
.nmets Tie way of the soul back 10 Co, a. lad down
IN h. sacred books adapted 10 itN daTkehed state l. me
6, stage OF IL find doary aud all The desTadations OF Tie
,,r worship The books which belong 70 tAi,
those which relate the dons< of the cod>moa OF whc:
and vile IN Their character !" be seaI,e'' IA the
OF civilized men In them may be found >"hei'nl eN
empie> ior the most abandoned conduct OF ue people as
ius on We the Ihosor!nc >tase-wheIe We Ind
books of different character which, however, do not gam
in purity though somewhat ~ rincmeh Here are repre-
seated the male and female cncrc> OF the Deity and sir toe,
thu utmost srossnesS OF the PEOPLE Inds onpr Justification
Next the course, which demands another
mode of lie and system OF books They never teach
the and corruption OF the soul but contend thar all
Ell, from the organization OF the body Hence by
self Inflicted ormcu by toures and ell modes OF sueIin
they break the strength Of this body which Gtiic