New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-05-10
TIE ANNIVERSARIES.
The Meeting In hehals Of the American
Board OF commisxioner, for Foreign

This meeting was held at she Tabernacle OF
Friday morning, Hon. Theodore Erehnshuysen
presiding After prayer by Rev Dr. Beecher OF
Ohio. statement OF the transactions Of the TaS
wear was made by one OF The Secretaries, Rev
Dr. Armstrong.
The field al operations of this Mission is nos;
extensive. Coterninous with the prevalence OF
error. the Missionary labor has met, in various
portions of The world, with encouragement, VII,
IN Turkey. where fundamental MAXIM Of the
Koran has been abandoned. IN the REIMBURSEMENT
OF religious persecution. DR. Grant, OF The Nesro.
nan Mission 10 Kurdi>tan, having died, that Mis-
sion has been abandoned Much difficulty had
been thrown in the way OF the Missionaries IN ina,
country and Persia BY the power OF French ~
trisue. The Mission 10 Jerusalem has been irsra-
lated 10 Beyroot. and unusual success has awaited
the aborers IN Mount Herman. near the sources
OF the Jordan Great obstacles have been cpfosed
10 this Mission by the Greek Hierarchy. Much
has been done among The Armeuisus OF Turkey
The demand for the Bible increases II energy
In CcustaurinopIe is great centre OF this acnoa
The Missions an the Gaboon promise well, though
they had sustained great loss IN the death al Rev
NJ, Gr,swold il lSu The Missions 10 lhS Hin.
DOCS thrive. The work now TO be done is, nc.
10 refu,e Hindoo,sm but TO teach Chrisuan,y -
TIN, same success has been met with IN Souisefu
India From Siam no news has been received of
Importance All difficulty has been done away
with IN Borueo and other parts OF Beige n,ia
through the direct interpcsiuon OF the Government
al home The Missions IN China promise much,
20 nat II is now contemplated 10 establish ono,hr,
Station on the Northern Coast. These Missions
are Of the Duch Reformed Church The coz
6lrinn of the Sandwich Island Churches promises
vet greater Improvement Among the Otegon In.
dIars nothing ct interest has occurred, and the Sd
vance of the North American lndian : generally
SUR TIE Cherokees, Choctaws and ChlckaSaws
n
Saxon blood \ new S,atos mas been established
among the OJihwayS-among all the Indian tlbes
the greatest difficulty has been found To be The In
fuence of the dssolute whites among them. The
financial condition ot the institution Is improving
The receipts during The financial year from August
|. lSit. to April. 1915, have been SlS5,O sum
greater by S2l 3l5 than those OF last year, and less
hnn the appropriation by $4,000. 1t for the bal
ancs of The year the receipts are increased IN he
same proportion, the Society Will be out OF debt:
Tie Society has 10 missions under lis charge, and
supports 500 Missionaries, besides various hrirrrs
II has IL presses whence have proceeded 5000
coo of pages ~ 81 languages exclusive ot English.
In the absence of khv. Dr. Wyckoh of Albany,
an address was made by Rev. Dr. De Wit Of this
Society, setting forth the action Of The Reformed
Dutch Church IN the great cause OF Foreign MIS-
sions.
Rev, Mr. Hutchrgs member of he Mission
10 Madras then addressed tn meeting, speaking Of
the difficulties ct the labors at the Missionary, and
of the reasons why often so httlr WAS heard, when
perhaps the success had IN part been greatest In
fact the missionary might consider himself sue
c,sstu i he even procured hearing ior his preach
ing HI. prepared the way Tor others Ia follow him.
he sowed the seed of the harvest OF which Others
would reap Is there success IN all these ldhprs
Of the Missionaries, when many OF the natives
have been married. and bring Their wives AND chill
dren TO worship at the tooistoo OF Jesus "hen
we look at what is done III this land Tor The adj
vancement of Christianity, II is Il matter OF aston.
ishmen. that So litIle Is done towards the evang-z
ing of the Utathens Why, IN one district
OF Hlndoos,an. with million OF lnhabnasts.
there are over Ii 900 Brahmlns Prests] with host
of attendant Brahmlns and followers OF all KINDS;
with over 2000 dancing girls. (Bayaderes,) sniity
of ali SORTS OF vices and RIGHTEOUSNESS, Ia carry on
their particular kind OF craft. And as all these get
their living by the grossness, ignorance and SUPER
sutton OF the poor Hindooes, OF course they oppose
Missionary efforts by every means IN their power.
Hydra headed caste sfaHds In our way. The bodily
austerlty Of the wild and naked Fakrs IL Hsed 10
deceive the people, who run riot with lceniious.
ness and obscrnity. Female purity prevails not;
female modesv is not respec'ed--nay, If thrown 10
the winds. There is horrible indulgence IN I'M
pure praclices no moral obligations are regarded
there All thu spperstitIons stand IN our way; 'hrir
luxurious sefindulgence Is the obstacle and when
we look at what Is given by The people tor the
cause OF the Church compared with what ~ gwen
br the world for secular purposes, how tnihng IS
tie amount of the former Why, sir, there are
50 800 900 given IN India for ore single festival
and for what To worship log of wood and al
Que festival, one person alone gave S. 500, coo and
The money when taken through the streets filed
~ or 30 carts And yet see how lltle Is gwen 10
100 0G0 Christian COMMITMENTS TOR the whole ot
the great cause of Foreign Missions. Ii the people
OF Ch-lsi wond give freely for Christianity The
teahens for the cause OF The King OF Darkness
we should soon have the world evangelical. In
this country You have 1900 Christian ras,ors; one
10 every 100 people ; that is at the East and in
the West yol have one TO every 400 people;
and all this in land of Bibles, tracts. dracons, el-
ders &c where there over 3, ,0CO evangei-
zeal commitments, and where every one III hive
over 10 years OF age Is commitment. liz India
we have only one missionary 10 every lOOWO PER
sons and that too IN land Of darkness. In The
island of Tahiti there are IL missionaries 10 1900
people, or one TO every 900 BUT If we had 60 MIS-
sionaries in Madras, we then shonld have only one
To every 10 600 souls. You must therefore pray
more, believe more, hope more, give more, SUI
even now there are 50. 600 IN Southern India UNDER
going course OF Christian instruction. The
Church must pO1r lis property freely into the Tfes-
surv Of the Lord then the idols OF the hea' hen
will b. utterly abolished, and God will be exalted
above the heather.
Then The choir sang most beautifully the follow
ing Hymn
BEHOLD. the mountain af Lord
in l,u,r DAYS shal rise
Shall iow'r above the meaner hills
And Draw tue woad ling eyes
To tss the Joyful nations round
AID riSt nr tribes shall flow;
ascend the hi OF God" they cry,
And 10 hIs temple 90.
The beams that shine ZIon'shIll
Shaillpheu every land
The King that reighns In lions towns,
Shall all the world command.
Come Their, 0 come from every land
To worship his shrne,
Ard walking In the Iisht OF God,
In holy beauty Anime.
Rev. Mr.. Todd OF Pttsfeld, Mass. rose and Of
frred this -
Resrsd That reciprocal influence foreign AID DO.
missions them 70 have had her origin in ths
and theiF results 70 be ncreas!ngly beneficial
on each other.
He said also that he was appointed to speak in
the place OF Dr. BeecIrr who, ne was sorry TO FAY,
was lncapacliated from doing 80 by bodily mfr.
mites.
Dr. Beecher rising quickly-well. that's the 6rst
time ever knew anything about H. Great sen
satlon and surprise, aud some htfle laugbief).
Mr.. Todd then SAID that IN Berkshire, MAss. they
were so high thai they looked down on plalns