New-York daily tribune., 1845-05-20
Anniversary OF the Missionary Society o.
.,,n VI IT, Church.

IN presence Of a large audience. The exercises
were of uaussl interest. They were lntfoddce'
with Staging and prayer b. Rev. Fir STOCKING
OF Newburgh.
An abstract fror, ,he knnc4 Report was present.
ed ty Re-. IL. PIrMAy from which II appears mat
the Society is in fourishipg condition, although
more funds and mere !ab0rers are greatly needed
in order 10 the successful prosecution OF me
work a. the stations winch the SoeeY nave al
rsadv established For The want OF funds cu!;als-
mats in expenses nave been found necessary ID Tue
Far West by which the Churches there nave sus
tiued aa rrepara5le loss. But III oiner neua oi
labor the enteiprize had been enlarged ana '1anud
,ions h al been aid for extensive useful DurtnS
the past wear three Missionaries heh aea' oi "'c.
| nunihs, ihe Rev. Jason Lee. late Superintendent
| of tha O-seon Mission, had sustained most I'M
nartan, rrIs,ion 20 the Society. He had been The
great Missionary pioneer IN the valley oi Goiu'llola
j River, and had toied necessarily anc WIN s'ee'
success ILL
| The Foreign department Of the Society lnc!aGes,
| II appe2rs Liberia Oregon, South America snd, as
yei Texas. TIE Liberia MISSION nae suiie!G slea'
! v during the past year atrom the want OF idoolo.'
! There are connected with tws MISSION ~ Std''ouS
| and Circuits with - Missionaries; 10 Dty Schooas,
embracing S63 pupils; II Sabbath Schools WIKI -oo
lpls and not less than l20 native youth ana chlI-
! dren preparing for the ministry. In the oregon
| mission refrenchnent had been made extensively
| curing the past year. There are al present ~
Society % whites, indians and natives Preacn-
ers The reelection in the ncsber OF !aoorers III
th,s mission although great had been mainly IN the
! Secular department winch the Board OF MANAGERS
! hoped would tend 10 increase the Strength ol the
| mission and thus result IN good. In South America
no material change had taken place heV' WI
Norris was still AT ms post IN HueEos ayres, si"
| cling almost soiary and alone against popeIN y
/ S,sEh ~p',pn u a
| clety were in operation. Though immediate sue
cess had not attended The Socie,ys, laoors Ill uiS
| fed We, thew have abundant cause 20 so iofwi!d
| Chis is ,hc ony station which they nave IN So'ih
| America Texas, II was stated had Speoldl c!alhs
ut present upon line NJ. L. Church: Ihe iiilss'uu'
although prosecuted under embarrassing aud adverse
circumstances had been attended with success
unparalleled bv any other mission. CONNECTED wl'l
the Society there were ioS5 whites, and leO0 color
ed persons and s. local preachers, Including an III
| crease of l0S) during the past year wo Coi!eses
| are located in Texas under the supervision ol the
| NJ. f. Church, which are III highly il1uri>hlns
in the Domestic Department the German mis-
sion was oae Of great interest 1T numbered IA
missionaries, 30S6 church members. 10 oaooeih
schools, embracing 2nn teachers aud 100 scholais
chiefly In the valley ot the Mississippi The Ger
! man mission, however, extends from Pltsoursh 10
| New Orleans. The Indian mission embraces -
stations, 40 missionaries, 1883 church members,
with literary institutions IN operation ana otherS
| ected-Among colored people there are 81
missionaries. and lS,S4S church membsrs. In
| Iowa and Wisconsin help is greatly needed, dI
! least SlOGt0 annually. There are III msslona.
rles in This field, 2l,95l white, and 1l9l colered
ciarch members. ,
In the aggregate the Society number $50 Mis-
sionarles and 81 Il6 Church members Increase
| during th- past year: Missionaries 93, Church
| members SSH.
The Treasurcrs Report showed that the receipts
of the Society during the past year had been Sl2,
535 %: the disbursements Sl25, ,9i3 ., leaving the
Treasury in debt on the lst vi May Sl,Oll w
| Rev. John Seys, Superintendent Uf The Liberia
Mission, then submitted Il resolution 10 the stect
| that the success OF the enterprise ol the NJ. e..
Church generally, and especially III Western Africa,
calls for most devout gratitude TO God, and con-
sutes most powerful Incentive to increased elioft
on the part OF the Church tor The conversion OF the
| world He proceeded 10 notice the success which
had attended Missionary efforts IN Western Africa,
where he had been laboiing for many years, and
10 show that Ii had been most powerful auxiliary
to civilization. Civilization societies had been put
| 10 operation, but had failed because not allied
with the gospel The Missionary enterprise IN
Western Africa, he believed, was Doing more TO-
wards the suppression of the slave trade than all
other causes put together Ii he could be furnished
with 500, ,000,0O0 aud fifty Missionaries, burning
with love for Africa he would engage TO do more
lhaa all the "Penelopes," " Growers" and
Oter steam flSaleS WDlc J,HSldllu Hau seul W tHt
Coast OF Africa for ten years past. But The most
important result was the conversion OF numerous
souls 1t was also pleasing feature that l20 ma
tive children are now educating who viii ere long
be preachers, and the Mission will sustain Itself
Rev. DR.. Bangs seconded the resolution and ask
ed if there was not some noble spirit present who
would rise up and say 81 am ready 10 go and take
the place of brother Seys in Africa" After sing
Ing by the choir, Dr. Bangs again rose and announ-
ced that an individual in the congregation had just
informed him that he was willing TO be Rev. Mr..
Seys' successor.
Bishop James next moved the printing CT the Re-
port and followed with an earnest, solemn and ef-
fectve appeal TO the auditory, urging them to act
now as they would wish they had acted when
called to render mp their final account. He would
have them give themselves 10 he missionary work
here, their children TO the work yonder and then
sustain all with their property.
Rev. Mr. HALL then read an interesting letter
from an African hoy, written TO his namesake.
Bishop Waugh; after which he proposed that $3.50
be raised on the spot, in shares of $5 each. There
was prompt response this proposal the part of
the clergy present, well as the audience and the
amount was nearly completed when we left.
o. GuANo; It's Qualities as Manure How to
be applied & &c is useful little pamphlet just published
| by j. c. Morrison, lsj Grecnwch-st.