Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-06-03
New York Anniversaries,

Last week was the annual anniversary week
ofthe different benevolent societies of the day.
Their meetings were held in New York.
FOREIGN EVANGELICAL SoCIETY.-The SER
mon before the Foreign Evangelical Society, was
preached Sunday evening" by Rev. Mr.. Kirk, of
Boston. The Reverend gentleman founded his
discourse on Pauls address to the Athenians, in
Acts IL. The preacher aimed to show how Paul
was affected in view of the idolatry of the Athe-
mans He labored to correct their errors and
make known to them the attributes of the true
God In conclusion, Mr. X. remarked that mod
em Rome and Paris contained the same classes
ofmen the Apostles found in Athens. The up
per classes were atheists, the middle classes sem
sualists, and the lower classes gross idolaters-
He thought the 800 millions of the Papal world
should be treated with Christian kindness, as
Paul treated the Athenlans.
AMERICAN SEAMENs FRIEND SoCIETY.-The
18th anniversary of this Society," was held on
Monday, The receipts of the Society," the past
year have been $l7,5l5, expenditures $l7,
90S, not including local expenditures or leg
acy of : 1000. There are now 800 or 1000
pous sea Captains and about 10000 pious Sal
ors.
BAPTIST HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY," The
l4th anniversary of this Society was held on
Tuesday, The receipts for the year were $780,
~ ,43. The expenditures were SOS, 1907 80,
leaving IN the hands of the Treasurer, on the
LIST OF April, - 4S9 81, of which only 1851 u
were available. One hundred and forty Mission
aries and agents have been employed the past
year; being "a more than the previous year, and
iS more than were ever before appointed in one
year. Ot these, 30 were new appointments
The whole number of States and territories oc-
cuped, was 2l including the Province of Cana
da The missionaries have stately occupied
o0o stations, and out-stations and the aggregate
amount OF time bestowed by them is equal to
that OF one man for more than SO years. They
report the baptism Of 400 persons, the organiza.
ton of29 churches, and the ordination of25 min
listers Ten houses ofworship have been com
pIeted, and 70 commenced by the churche,
under their care, 4 churches, heretofore aided
by the Society, have undertaken to support theil
ministers without their aid. The churches as
sisted have contributed to various objects of be
neyolence Sl5l5 ID, or 5000 more than werc
reported last year, beside Sl0,903 10 for thu
support OF the Gospel at home, and not less than
9|U'ooO iof the building of houses of worship.
PRESBYTERIAN MISSIONARY BoARD.-The an
hNersary OF this Board was held Sunday evening
An abstract OF the annual Report stated the re
cepts of the Board during the year at sos So
expenditures S95, 45S 36 l6 missionaries, AM
~ female assistants, had been sent out durn
INC year The Board has missions among tn
Inu , IN Western Africa, in India, in Siam
ana IN Cmna-i in all, ID stations and are labor
ing also IN rapal Europe and among the Jew
10 the station at Monrova, Western Afric;
there has recently been sent young man who's
great talents and enterprise, while a slave. ha
prevailed over all the difficulties of his cond;t;o,
He obtained competent education, was redeem
ed from bondage by the Synod of Alabama an,
at his own request, was sent to preach the Go
pei in the land of his fathers
AMERICAN ANrI-SLAvERY SocIETY-Tl
Thirteenth anniversary of this Society was he
during the forenoon ofTuesday, VIM. Lloyd Ga
rlson, Esq. of Boston, Treasurer, presented h
report, from which it appeared that the receip
ofthe Society during the year had been 8 $40
70, and the expenditures 8 $3.50, 9S-leaving