The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-09-30
RELIGIOUS INTELLlGENCE.

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ASsIvERsARr % rzE AnEnIc.x Bo.zD "a
80 iS,s sl.ssioSs.--At 4o'cloek on Tuescay
Temple, when the Hon. Theodore Fr,lin,b,,-.
sen TOOK the chair, and prayer 20 Heaven u,s.
offered by Rev. Dr. Smell. -
"A numerous assembly Of directors and hon
orary members Of the Board, and other nh5l.n.
! throPists, were present
From brief reports Of the Treasurer and &c.
rotary u appeared thai fhe receipts for the ps.t
year had been $254.056 46-being about ~
year.
| The Board have, the past year. s.at ont mir
.y-three missionaries, and they have nov sigh-
Teen others under appointment, most Of whom
sll soon embark for foreign stations.
ne secretary noticed with gratituse the ex-
ertIons Of Lord COwley, the British Anllassa.!or
~ ConstantinoPle, through WHOSE iRaa-aee the
Iorie granted an esiiet Of liberation 10 his Pro
ssuaiit subjects, thus constituting them DIS
uhet SECT with The same rights and privileges
as the hOhammedan and ether a-k R0xIesisS-.f
seets also, the efforts Of Mr. Carr, th.. res,isnt
minister OF The u States, In b-lsalf Of Anaer,-
can missionaries in Turkey
:. Irne LhriSfiaaity i'm Turkey IA represspieS a.
steadily progressing. There are already az
rrotestant churches among the Armehians, and
E~enty-six native helpers The seminary al
5eoee' ior training Young men to take charge Of
tneir religious institutions, is very hour,-Iiag
Three millions and half Of pages az ~. Sc,ie.
lures and tracts have, during the wear, been
printed IN the ArmehO- Turkish ana G. geek Ian
guages.
Mr.. Sehanftier Of COnstantinODle, is tr.nsla-
ting the Scriptures for the LEWIS in the U-hrs,,
Character, into the Spanish and German Ian
guages. A new edition Of the Odd Testament
q the Hebrew-SPanish is also in progress, ana
'1'oU'OV" pages, with the original Hebrew in
parallel columns, have been printed during the
year.
arrangements have been made in Svria for a
new translation Of the Bible into Arabic, under
the saPerintendeRee Of Rev. Mr.. smith. The
Arabic printing during tbs year amounted TO
oVo'OOO pages The HISTORIAN mission is some
what embarrassed by the anfrisndlv position o.
the Patriarch, though as Yet his Influence has
not been very apparent The two semina-
rIes connected with this mission contain seven
" pupils who are preparing for stations Of use
falness.
most encouraging feature of the report was
the vast amount Of Printing executed al the
mission presses, thus diffusing religious truth
very extensively among the nations WHICH hsvs
long been sunk in heatbeRism. The printing
establishment at Madras has, during the wear.
thrown on l6,OoO.O 600 pages, the press in Cey-
ion siK millions three hundred thousand, IN
Siam ,lOO,OoO, and in China more than a nit
lion pages.
Cheering progress has also been made at the
diner1nt stations In education Seminaries for
The training Of young men are regarded with
much interest by the people, and Common
schools are increasing in numbers and influence.
AT Annoy, China, the Vieeroy Of the Prov
inee has given his formal sanction 20 the mis-
sonaTy enterprise The other stations in that
empire are represented prosperous.
In the Sandwich Islands, civilization is grad
uaily progressing. Daring the year, ISIS, have
been added 10 the churches, and the whole nun
Der Of members now in good standing is a.
'si' The number OF native preachers is in
ereasing- The report contains testimony IA
favor Of the character and influence Of the mis-
slonarles IN those Islands, from Judge Turriii,
Uniied States Consul there, " hich must be VeTy
gratifying TO the Board, and the friends Of mis-
siOns generally.
Of the progress among our own native tribes
very interesting notices appeared in the report.
The admissions 10 the churches among the
ChOetaws, since the commencement Of thai mis-
sion, have been ,4OO-nearly 80 a wear on an
average, and more than ss00. 900 have been ap-
ProPriated for education At the present time
s2Os5lO year are thus appropriated.
The Cherokee mission Is also comforting great
benefits upon that nation Their Temperance
societies number now 5000 total abstinence
members, and the laws sgainst the sale Of iniOx-
icating drinks are more stringent ana thorough
~ executed than in New-ERgland. The press
had done much towards supplying them with a
Christian literature, and il is pleasant rshsc-
ton, says the report, that nothing Of a corrup-
ting or demoIalising tendency has been pub
lished in the Cherokse tongue. They support
II district schools, paying the teachers SO dol
lars per months good example. Efforts are
also extending among other tribes for their civ
iiIation, and with encouraging success CAris-
iiaH Register.