The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-05-11
RELIGIOUS ANNIVERSARIES.
Nineteenth Anniversary OF the American
Tract society-Attaek upon the Press.
Dlvislon amongst the Sects.

Nineteenth Anniversary of the American
Tract society-Attaek upon the Press
Division amongst the sects.
The Hon. THEODORE FREIINauUYsEN, President.
in the chair
This Society held its annual conference at the
Tabernacle, Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock.
large platform was erected in front, extending to
the hrst range OF seats, upon which were ranged
alternately IN order six rows of chairs, extending
the full length of the platform, which were all &C.
cuped by the prominent Members of the Tract
Society.
The ladies' as usual, graced the meeting with
their presence and thronged the large building.
At 10 O'Clock the proceedings were opened by
prayer. The Rev. Mr.. Day, of New Haven, ofiici.
atiDg.
Mr.. Moses ALLEN here read the following
ABSTRACT or THE REPoRr.
The nineteenth year of the Socetys labors has been
attended with the signal blessing Of God The receipts
Sl2 900 the gratutous issues of publications by more
that seven million pages the foreign pecunary grants by
tn destitute Of own country is more than doubled
whe the evidences weekly received of the blessing the
Holy spct ia Leading sous by these means 10 the Divine
and only Redeemer have caused the hearts of the officers
and members OF the Committee to bound with joy and
DAuognes History of the Great Reformation has been
issued by the Society in Volumes containing 1900 pages
iamo jays Morning Exercises Bishop Halls Scrip
ofthe Old aud New Tesamen,s Owen on tbs Forgive.
ness OF SIM or Psalm 100 Matthew enrys Church in tho
House treatise ON Sell Deception l6 new Tractsto
No 49, OF the general seresin all III publications
making the whole number the Society," list IlO9 in.
Guiding la7 volumes. besides 1880 publications. including
l6t volumes approved for publication abroad.
Three valuable German volumes have been
viz Krummachers Elijah the Tishbite originally written
Mother at Home making in all nine volumes besides
than 100 tracts and Chdens Tracts issued for
Germans Of Jul country
$50 81 ncui 'ls7sl 9s for colporage and S4ss2 7s
for foreign dist ;ien; and for sales $5l s04 10 making
total with the ance Of $500 in the treasury OF $Os
IA 81 The expenditures nave been Tor paper printing
and binding $57 9S7 10 for coporteur operations Tin adj
tu,e) $40 OIL Is RENTED cr foreign and pagan lands
$40 all other expenses by Items in the Treasurers
report, Sl6776 se.total as above sos ia 81.
The grautous distributions Of publications to the des
ute made in 9a distinct grants by the Committee have
been for foreign lands 6,9 SIG pages to seamen chap.
rivers 1877 9o7 to home and domestic missionaries 759
600 to Auxiliary Societies distributed by col
porsSr and agents Of the Society loo sabbath
individuals, lll9 la9 total 20 773 096 pages besides
oo4 1873 pages delivered members and directors Total
gratuoas issues Asl5 l2 pages, in value $40 2lo Os
pOlu,nes. Publications Papes
Printed during the year, 2l7ooo $50 900 % $4,000
Circulated do. 1872 4sO 1887 6s4 81 All 456
Do in 10 years. Ais 1856 10 34O.7s 1891 aa5 9s7
Nearly $4,000 families have been each supplied gratu
cost Of publication. distributor rratu,ouaV u s7sdS
The sales on the Western 6eld under the supervision OF
Mr. Wood amount to $ll $40 and the grants to 5000
Infdelity has been refuted Nelson's work on infde
ty is accomplishing wonders. An in6de Judge in Ten
was led to Christ by and loaned it to two law.
yers his circuit who also converted and estab
lished meetings. In which some 200 souls hopefully
born from above.
Romanism has been successfully encountered. The
converted Romanist coporteurs have had large meetings
of Romanists and larger proportion probably of this
class compared with the number visited In one
the leading Romansts in the town from house to
house with the books and sold gave them to the peo
PIE telling them that the colporteur right and wish.
edto bring them back to primitive christianity and to the
Bible.
foreign and pagan lands the work Of the press goes
wirh steady progress as grand auxiliary to missions
and all evangelical labors.
merican Indians 5000 through the American Board OF
Commissioners for the ract and Book Society at Tou.
louise in the south OF France and the American Swiss
$500 Paris Religious Tract Society $500 Tract and
Book Society at strasbourg 500 Tract department Of
Calw Germany for dark and destitute parts of Hungary
$500 Baptist mission in Hamburg 5000 Lower saxony
at Berlin WsDSs and Poes
at St Petersburgh Russia $500 ;-makng on Continental
Europe, and for our aborignes So sou.
To the Baptist mission in Greece $500 the large mis-
sion in Turkey embracing the stations at SMYRNA Con
stannope Broosa, Erzeroom and Trebizond where the
demand for books has been awakened and ali previous
grants have been expended, $4,000 to Rev william
.
Nssorians Of Persia $500 mission At Gaboon Sfr;ca
$500 making for countries around the Mediterranean
and Africa $1,000.
For the mission at Bombay $500 Ahmednugger 5000
Ceyon $1,000; Madura $500 Madras $500 Teloog COS
Lutheran mission 5000: General Baptist mission in o.
rssa $500 Rev. Mr. Carapeit Armenian Baptist mission
airy in Calcutta 500 the large missions of the General
Assemblys Board in Northern India all the society's
grants having been expended and 70 approved Tracts
sued $500 making to Hndoostan $1,000
For Burmah $500; Siam, Baptist mission 5000; mission
OF A c: F. NJ $500 China where on the wonderful
concentrating their energies mission Of the BOARD
Commissioners si.00 Baptist Board $500 General As
for Eastern Asia and those Islands $3.50 total 500 oc
The stations to which than half of the total
has been granted had reported the expenditure of all
previous grants.
remarks dwell the advantages ofthe Bible They were
bound to convey acknowledge Of the bible every one
sdeation as he wrote during the thirty years his lie
many works on the Reformation. He had written on the
times Of Knox who rescued Scotland from the Pope and
his works would be read with interest His system was
in operation in America and IL ascerained on pqury
that over $4,000 families in America supplied
with the word of God Coporteurs system had already
effected much good He of the missionaries who
now went through the country and had converted many
Roman Catholics amongst the Germans the Italians IN
Georgia, Mobile and Louisiana and he ought to be sun
piled with funds. There employed l02 Colpor
tours in the States ana over IS 900 fas. ,psd
with works of the most interesting character Fictitious
reading found most injurious and the circulation Of
those tracts had done good deal of service to put down
TeduinB. usO huopteu system
Of bartering, and by this circulated many good
works Many converted by this system, and It had
already effected much good.
The following resolution then put from the Chair
and carried
RESOLVED That the Annual Report. an Abstract OF
which has been presented be adopted and published
under the direction Of the Executive Committee; and
that gratefully recognize the goodness of God in the
advancing prosperity and usefulness Of the Society the
harmony OF its oouDsels the evangelical character o
s publications the number and fidelity Of its aborers
the increased libersliy of its Dr. inches Auxares Col
porteur Associations, patrons and friends It's influence
IN awakening compassion and active effort for the des
prses.
A hymn commencing
Awake, and sing the song
OF Moses and the Lamb
wake, every heart and every tongue
To praise tho Saviors name.
was here sung
The Rev q. E. SrowE d. d CINCINNATI O. in moving
the following resolution, made most furious and bitter
onssught on the press He said that they did not make
proper efforts to counteract the influence of the
that tn devil would eat them all up by and by, and he