New-York daily tribune., 1844-05-07
presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions.

The seventh anniversary OF this Board was held
LAST evening in the Wal! street Church.
The meeting opened with prayer by Rev.
Dr MILLER OF Princeton College, who afterwards
read the 2s,h chapter of Matthew, prefacing the
ador with the remark, that he held To be unscrtua TO
ec. without reading passage OF the sacred volume
The Rev. DIR. MILLER then addressed The Board lie re-
marked that the oil sending the gospel to all nations The
most important that can ensaGs the attention OF the human
as mount only account of the chIna desires OF
ibe The salvation OF snse soul Is Of more con
% LOnr as we have had the bible IN onr lands one
qaarteI Of the world has ever heard OF the G n9ne y oI
10 all parts otbe Earth Yet this Society crowded oT want
and clothing we should send ships ireghe with the
comforts Of life But where SHIPS ircIghted with the
The activity Of the church reacts itself The more We send
ofhe bread and waters Of lie abroad the more we Ne nj
home In watering Others will be watered yourselves
be Church after short time from The Ascension was ms
onay church. She and extended her ccnquess But
Iupon What the essence of truo religion? is it not
God love Of the soul R.os And nd ehn this love e1 Ho
open % Shall we not enterl This empire contains
pe ready 10 endure prvstionto brave the The
sons of pleasure active N the pursuit OF their OBJECTS Al
what might no, be done lie, US grid On cast
aside those uIpres that enervae and corrupt e US eoure
yoa arse Pemi US to hope now IN our gray hairs that our
Young friends will show more activity.
Secretary then read the Annual EePG5 81 The total r.
lures have exceeded this amoun; by 500 T. There
The lreasnry . The Board has missions in Texas, among
foreign field 50 missionaries n Texas there ere three ms
Sons-one nj Galveston Independence and one at
tora. Texas is new settlement, and must have aid from
sbroad Among the Indians there three nilssons-one
among the owns one with the Chppewo and another with
tie Creeks These tribes contain population oil about
5000. These missions encouraging state OF
progress. Thn in Iowa hns been existence 6or years. This
tribe has appropriated $1,000 annually from their annuitics-
They the missionaries they desrous Of chang
ng their mode of life aud of having their children educated
m The schools of the missionaries.
Among the Chrpewus there Church continuing ~ native
members The mission among the Creeks a and in
need OF funds Yet the indians the schools well nj
ended In Africn the Board has two colonies which
missionaries md schools. The American Bible Society has
sent out 1C0 Bibles which sought for with
There are MiSols the Gangcs Mt which there ID
Missionaries 6 Schools and Printing Presses. Though these
Presses have been running but h the yeer. owing the want
of funds ye, they lsve printed S.O0v0 pages Of tie Bible
winch have been distributed In these Missions there three
Presbytees which have licensed native Missionaries This
important branch Of the Missionary enterprise. There Is
agency India which doing much good In Siam there
is one Mission and in Chnu There five Mission
ready China soon US passages be procured
for Ii is proposed to add three Missions
this country.
The meeting then addressed BY the Rev. d. McCARrY.
ofGoshen He spoke OF the duty of the CHURCH in establishing
Missions In speaking of China, he snd
that Christianity introduced into that Empire during the
first century but afterwards driven out because teach
ers had attempted To lisurp civil powers.
The concluding Prayer made by the Rev. Dr. ALE1Ay.
DrR of Princeton.