The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1848-10-06
american Board OF Missions.

The American board Of commissioners
Tor ipreigu missions convened in fremont
Temple, Tuesday, sent. II, at o'clock. =.
NJ, Hon. Theodore Trelingbuy>en, prrsi.
dent, in the chair. The ATTENDANCE was
large, comprising members Of the board,
clergyman, strangers and ladies. PRAYER
was offered by Rev. DR.. Thomas Sucll, Of
n. Broohfeld.
From report read 10y the sccclarv. we de-
i've the following satisfies: The board
have under their direction II missions, Sc
stations, lJ2 ordained missionaries. } lccn-
uatcS, physicians not ordained. jOI female
assistants, and 1870 native preachers or he'll
pcrS. The whole number Of laborcrS sent
from this country Is 394; tie whole number
OF native IIboGerS connected with the mis-.
SION Is lt3, presenting a grand total Of 5J!.
Connected with the mission are - ChmCh.
e an" .J,y"J communicates, of whom Is.
20 have been added during the wear. At
the different stations are J. printing estab-
llNhmrntN, Z type iouudrics, 4GI13.3ij
pages rtintc' within the year, and So, 80 =
81 pages printed from the beginning. In
the department Of education are u >cmina-
r,rS, Is boarding schools. and 3G2 free
schools. The pupil, are d. ,tribu'cd as fo!.
lows: In the Srmin2IicS. ;SG: ia the board
!ng school IS, OIL; in the free schools, TO-
rs; total, 1888.
The whole amount received into the
treasury of the board, the last years. is
Sd 1866. exceeding that Of the year be-
tore hy = 1903 -, being an advance Of
more than 20 per cent. The expenditures
torajI purposes, duriar the same period. a.
mounted to $50 ,32O3S, being $I7.5:G aj
more than those Of the Ia year, and ;$2S.-
10 !! more than was received into the
treasury; and Of course, increasing the in
deb'edncSS of this board by that amount.
The excess in the outlay was owing to some
unexpected expenditures in the distant mis-
siOuS.
The debt which at the last annual meet
ing was S;3l ,Gl6 sc, was, on the 2l,t ofJuly
last, $50, $50 Is.
The general tone Of the report is that
oi hope and courage. The board have con.
tinued, through their miss ionaricS aud as
SiStantS, TO prosecute their sacred enter
Prise III every quarter Of the globe. Among
the Armenians, the porte. mainly through
the eXerti0nS Of Lord Cuwel. the British
ambassador. Las recognised the protestan'>
other acknowledged ScctS. The success OF
The Chinese MISSIONS Limited, and the ia
borerS are icw. The mission among lii,
Jews at ConS'aninoplc is relinqui,.Ied
manly 10 the irec church ct Scotland.
Among the HISTORIANS, the patriarch has
come ont in open hostility TO the MISSION
His influence, however. is not great; his
own brother. iSaac. has l,t, him. and reno.
moved into the diocese of our old friend,
Mar iohannan, bishop Of Ocromah. Ap
paren'Iy the greatest success Of the ,caI
has been met among 'hr Indians Of ON
western country. Atthr Choctaw mission
Whch ha> been established Thirty years.
n'al'y ~ are aided to tie chmchcs Gael
year. llOJ having been added in all.
cdneN'aY morning nj O'ci"rE, the
''h,I'' 'lurcl was filled with those as
>cmDIfd Tor PRAYER, IN ie!cicHcc TO tho
Grra' OBJECT Of missions.
Inc rev JF. Cox, Of Brooklyn. pre>i'
ding, sad, when he thought of the hUSi.
nrN', "i every Kind. g'rdiny this wor'd. ht
itH "ttPIS me nee" OF Supcrulendlu@
rover, ana ct ms idNur towards Us. W,
HN''' he SAID 10 an age OF wondrrS-au
aye ol rcHoiH'Inh and progress. The fifth
great empire, alluded to IN the nlophroy-
me universal 'oRGrchY 81 the Prince Of
''"''-NaN rising ana extending We
want no other. Aud our sure confidence
OF u, progress 'nd triumph was, mol IN the
wisdom OF the missionary room>,' how.
ever h'2hiy appreciated, b"t IN the convic.
non mat the Master was at the hclm-whosc
rMii Il lr0a 10 reign. To Him let us pray
ne "rNo,'ouN were led by Dr. Barnes.