New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-05-13
American Trncf Society.

The Twenty Second Anniversary Of this Society
was held At the Tabernacle yesterday morning Mr. JoHN
Japan In the Chair The services were commenced
By Prayer by Rev Dr. SPENCE II. CoSE. The Repor,
OF the Treasurer was read by MosEs ALLEN, Esq and
the reports relating 20 the active operations Of the So
cieiy by the Secretaries, Rev. Ws HALLooK and Rev
r. :. Cook.
The result of the whole years labors Of the Society
may be briefly summed up a. follows:
New publications A., in ive languages making the
whole number 252 of which 2l2 are volumes la for
eign lands O. publications have been sanctioned
making total Of 100 including l42 volumes The CIR
cadti0n has been greater by nearly thirty millions Of
pages than during the previous year amounting to
5l5g75 volumes 5-4l $50 publications. or 1858 62f
pages Total in - years 337562i volumes 90 7l3
publications .-23 27202j pages The 9raai,0s dsri.
button By Foreign Missionaries and Chsalns TO the Az.
my and Navy. Sesmen and B0atmen Sabbath Schools
Literary and Humane Institutions Home Missionaries
Colporieurs in LIZA distinct grants, amounts
81 CSC 74s pages lssucd 10 Life Members and Directors
4s2s.460 pages. Total 35-s262Us in value nearly
$4,000. The American Messenger has had an average
monthly circulation OF $1,000 he Receipts for III I
months to April exceed those OF any previous year by
S624 amounting 10 500 l3lOi which, Tor publications
sS2,3OO; In donations, s0I,1O Inc sum OF sa07i2 Is
due FOR paper previous 20 sept Is Inc Socdus House
has been rebuilt for greater security economy and e
ncency, by losR secured on the premises, without
drawing anything from the charitable contributions
The number OF colporteurs In commission during the
whole part of the year has been fr0 hundred and
sEy-seH IN y States including IL students OF theolO
gy II seminares and colleges and 81 for the Ger
man. French, Irish and NOrweg an population. The
whole number IN commission az the close of the year
was 10. The aggregate term OF actual service has
been ia years. The RBmby Of families rsied during
the year in the Northern and Middle states In round
numbers s lOs 600 in the Southern and South western
5000 and in the Western $1,000; total 2l50O0, or
more than twentieth part OF the population OF the
United States. OF the whole number, more than 30
600 families were Ronsnist- other errorsts nearly
one-siNtn (33l2 were destitute Of I'll religious books
and Ia COS had not the Scriptures. OF whom 1897
supplied. The circulation By c0poeiys amounts to 227
10 volumes, by sale or An average of more than
book each family; and 572s books and nearly 3OO
900 pages OF Tracts among the destitute ratniOusly
Value OF grants by cOlporssurs, sl3l23 Beside this
labor the COlporours have held 1893 public prayer
meetings and had religious conversation prayer with
ee-fiths az, go of all families visited
Grants In money have been made for Toulouse,
France $500; Baptist Mission IN France, 500; Belg
um. 500; Basic. DR.. Marriott 500. Hungary 500
Hamburg American Baptist Mission. $500: Lower sax
ony Tract Society, 500 Denmark 500: Sweden 500,
81 Petersburg Russia 500; Poland, for Temperance
publications $500: Greece. Rev DR.. King $500. Arme
MAN Missions in Turkey 1900. Ceylon $500 Madras
500 Northern India Missions 3 500 siam Board OF
Commissioners. $500; China. Baptist Mission $500
General Assemby's Mission $500. Board OF C0mmis
sioners $500 Sandwich islands 81 OOO-total $4,000.
The reports having been adopted, the congregation
led by Mr. Hastings. joined in singing hymn. Reso-
uuOns expressing the necessity Of extending the sys
tenn OF ColpOrtage among foreign immigrants the adap
ation OF that system TO tho present condition OF the
country stating the evils OF nhdel and immoral books
and necessity of total nbnence ihereiron and de-
carng nesympsthy of the Society tor the MISSIONARIES
OF the Gospel Europe and among Pagan nations we're
supported In speeches by Rev. Messrs Goertns Klaus
chenbusch Green, Cross, H. w. Beecher, T. u. w
Ward and L. Davies of British Guiana. The DoNOiogy
was then sung and with the Benedicton, the Society
al Durued