Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1846-09-24
MISCELLANEOUS.
Correspondence of the Journal of Commerce.
ANNlV ERSARY OF THE AMERICAN
BOARD or MISSIONS.
NEW HAVEN, Sept. 9th, IS

NEW HAYES, Sept. 9th, 1876.
The American Bo1rd of Foreign Missions con-
vened yesterday in this city, to celebrate its thirty
seventh anniversary. Towards one thousand cler-
gymen, it is supposed, are in attendance, besides
several hundred other philanthropiss. chiefly from
the Northern and Middle States. The meeting
opened at A o'clock, p. ~, with pray err, by the
Rev. Dr. Yates, of Kngsbornugh, N. Y, Chief
Justice Williams, of Hartford, presiding.
After the singing Of hymn, and the reading of
the minutes Of the last meeting, Rev. DR.. Ander
son proposed that the Board should spend short
time in devotional exercises, previous TO this i'm
portant business. He said oul entire dc pendence
on Divine aid, especially apparent in Missionary
efforts, rendered it peculiarly appropriate TO seek
the blessing of Heaven; and that the great success
of many Of their Missions during the past year, af
forded the highest encouragement to seek such
blessing.
Rev DR. Allen, of Mass, described the first meet
ing Of this Board, twenty five years ago, when
there were but twelve persons present, eight of
whom were no longer living. Now the Board con e.
sisted of 2O0 corporate members and about 500
honorary. lie spoke of the very deep interest felt
in their meeting Is years ago in this city by the
late Reverend DIR. Proudf. Of having met him a.
lone in the town hall, little before the time OF
meeting, when the DR.. with deep emotion proposed
to retire to an adjoining room for prayer.
At the close of these devotional exercises, the
Treasurer, Henry Hill, Esq. presented his Report
Rev. DR.. Hawes of Hartford, delivered an able
discourse in the evening, 10 very large and dig
nifcd audience
The following is given as summary of the OPP
erations Of the Board during the year ending 3 ST
August last-
There has been no deficiency of pecuniary re-
sources for conducting the missions on their pres
ent scale. The amount received into the treasury
Of the Board, for the year ending July 3lst, was
$500, 073, 55-e exceeding that Of any former year
ia Al,
Rod were 257G05,2&.
The number Of missions is twenty-six, embra
cling nnety-three stations, at whch ale 1874 mis-
slonarles, ten OF whom are physicians, five phys
clans not ordained, seven schoolmasters seven prn-
tiers and h0okblnders, and fourteen other male ant
l7o female assistant missionaries-in all, 342 labo
rcrs sent forth from this country associated will
whom, or nj stations under their care, are twenty
nAive preachers, and 1872 other native helpers Tex
elusive oi The native preachers Of The free schools
sustained by the several missions,) raising thu
whole number of aborers at the missions, and de
pendant principally on the Board for support, II
494.
Gathered by these missionaries, and under thei
pastoral care, are seVenythree churches, to whlcl
have been added, during the year now reported
more than 1900 members, and in which are nov
embraced, not including some hundreds of hopeful
converts IN Western ASIA, 24,S24 members.
There are under the care Of these missions seve
semlnarleS Tor educating naive preachers AM
teachers furnished with libraries and various kind
OF apparatus adapted to their object, and embra
cling 4S7 pupils; also thirty-four boarding schools
in which are S5i male and 533 female pupils; ma
king 1874 boarding pupils, brought under consan
Christian instruction aud influence in the mission
families, with reference to their being qualified l.
exert greater and more decidedly Christian inlu
ence among their own people also COS Tree da
schools, in which are 29,l7l pupils, including thos
at the Sandwich Islands, winch owe their existenc,
and efficiency to the mission and still sustained
and guided in part by III making The whole mum
Der OF pupils more or less under the care Of tn
missions, 81 ,0f5
Connected with these missions are fifteen prin
ting establishments, having thiuy-two presses am
forty founs Of type, and furnished for printing ii
twenty seven languages, Five of the mission
are also provided with type and stereotype foun
DRIES For eleven OF the other missions prlntinl
Is executed from year to year, as their wants re
qulre, at presses not owned by The Board; maxim!
the whole number of languages, exclusive of III,
English, in which printing Is done for the missions
thirty seven. Tho number Of copies of works prin
ted during the year. including tracts, exceeds AGO.
900, end The whole number of pages printed dunn,
the year is not less than 40QU0000. The Who'll,
number of pages printed since the commenc emen
oil the missions, exceeds 535,000,000.