Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-09-17
Meeting Of Alb. G.. F, MiSSiOnS

mt6Iing vi A, d, Y, L, MISSIONS,
We this week give an abstract from the Report of
the A B. c. F. Missions. This body is now in sess
ion at New Haven, Conn.
Domestic Department.
The Hon. John Cotton Smith, a member of the
board since 1919, and its President from 1928 to 1872
deceased soon after the last meeting of the Board
Six missionaries and assistant missionaries have also
been removed by death, viz. Rev. Samuel Whitney,
Mrs Munger, Mrs. Bradley, Mrs Doty, Mrs. Pohlman
and Mrs. BisseL
thirteen missionaries and assistant missionaries have
Deen at their own request released from their connec-
ton with the Board
Thirty have been appointed Twenty six have gone
out to different missions.
Iwenty-seVen are now under appointment. Most
OF these are expected to embark for the missions in
India, China, and Southern Africa at an early day.
An unusual number of young men preparing for the
ministry have their attention turned to the missionary
work. In of theological seminaries, this in
crease of missionary feeling, during the last year. has
been remarkable.
NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS.
Mission 10 the Chocta,cs-Bosidcs the stations there
are 10 IL out-stutons where public worship is
maintained on the Sabbath by the missionaries OF
others.
Into the eight churches under the care of the miss
ion 2l8 persons have been gathered during the year
now closing, making the whole number in church
fellowship 760 During the last six years the addi-
tons have in year been less than So and the who
number received during that period is 702 The fruits
of piety have also increasedas well as the number of
church members. The character and habits of the
people and the general aspect of things have greatly
changed in the neighborhoods where these church
members reside. They are contributing literally and
making other efforts to erect houses Of worship and
sustain religious Institutions among themselves They
e
for this object the donations from one or two of these
churches, the last year, exceeded dollar to each mem
ber and the aggregate of their donations for benevo-
lent objects is 1882. An increasing regard for law,
and order and morals, is generally seem
SUMMARY.
The amount received into the treasury oil the Board
for the year ending July 3st 1862 07355, exceed
ing that of any former year, except one; and the
penditures for the same period were $257 6U5,23,-
The balance in the treasury has been increased during
the yearirom $l7,2958S, to $2l,764,2l. More than
common measure of health has been enjoyed by the
missionary labores abroad and only six out of about
$50 have been removed by death.
The number of the missions is twentys the same
as last year, embracing nnety-three stations at which
are l34 missionaries ten of whom physicians five
physicians not ordained, schoomasters, seven
printers and bookbnders and fourteen other male and
I75 female assistant missionaries ALL 342 aborers
sent forth from this country; associated with whom
or at out stations under their care are twenty native
preachers, and 1872 other native helpers, Exclusive Of
the native teachers of the free schools sustained by
the several missions, raising the whole number OF Ia
borers at the missions, and dependent principally on
the Board for support to 494 The number of preach
ers is three MORE and the whole number of aborers
five less than last year.
Gathered by the missionaries and under their pasto-
raj seventy three churches to which have been
added durnO tho cd 1
members, and which are now embraced, not including
some hundreds of hopeful converts in Western Asia,
24,8A members.
In the department of education there are under the
care of these missions seven seminares for educating
native preachers and teachers furnished with libraries
and various kinds Of apparatus adapted to their object
and embracing 467 pupils; also thirty-four boarding
schools, in which 854 male and 533 female pupils;
making 1874 boarding pupils, brought under constant
christian instruction and influence in the mission fam
lies with reference to their being qualified to exert
greater and decidedly christian influence among
their people; also 602 free day Schools in which
are 29l7l pupils, including those at the Sandwich
Islands, which owe their existence and efficacy to the
mission, and are still sustained and guided in part by
1T; making the whole number of pupils more or less
under the care of the missions 81, 045.
Connected with the missions fifteen printing es-
adjustments, having hrytwo presses and forty fonts
of type, and furnished for printing in twenty-seven
languages. Five of the missions are also provided
with type and stereotype fouuderes. For eleven OF
the other missions printing is executed from year to
year. their wants require at presses not owned by
the Board; making the whole number of languages
exclusive of the English, in which printing is done for
the missions, thirty-seven. The number of copies Of
works printed during the year, including tracts, ex
ceeds 100000 and the whole number of pages printed
during the year is not less thanz40000OO0, The
whole number of pages printed since the commence
ment Of the missions exceeds 535,000,000