New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-05-13
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign
Missions.

Missions
A meeting in behalf Of the Board OF Commits
.oners Tor Foreign Missions assembled yesterday morning
A. the Tabernacle That building was filled with another
OF those large audiences which have 50 frequently
,hronged 90 through Anniversary Week again, also, a
very great proportion were ladies.
The exercises were opened with prayer BY Rev DR..
NcGKH OF Euzabeh.own, n. j. followed by singing by
choir and congregation.
Rev Dr. ANDERSON one Of the SecreIaries OF the Board
presented statement Of rs affairs and condition. The,
following brief digest he commended to Peruss and serious
rejection:
mission, have been rsaforced-the South African syS
Ns,torsn Bombay msdurs Chius, Sandwich Islands and
Chos.sw, By fourteen ordained minonarle' Ana sixteen
assistant missionaries; thirty IN AL 49,
Nav MISSIONARIES USDER APPoiNTsENr.-N Nineteen
clerical missionaries under appointment from seven
Thsolosicsl semipanes With two missionary phyhcani
ana other assistant missionaries These are 81 much nsed-
ed the Missions ard are expected % 60 aafu5 lne
10 come nearly all Of them 10 the Autumn Two nave
been set apart JOr mission % the Jevs u sson cs ans
emily ThsS,slonicsl IN European Turkey Several sppn
cations for appointments missionaries sf- now before
tbs Prudential Commttse
THE MsuoNs-J be system under tss care oiths Board
oonts1s 20 missions, about 100 stations 10 ofdanea M
.onares licensed prssches 81 ay hePofs ans 20 r.
male .asstsnt mifs0nsresi In al $50 sent from thls
country Associated with these sre - native pfeaehep
and s5out 100 other native helper MAKING DID sDofefi
smopg he Hssheu who dependent on the treasury
al he Board FOR their Of support Ia these mis-
.rer, IS churches Containing 1pnaEd Of - 200 mem
80 i,smIosrl,s snd board s-schooS containing lIjs
board ng-scholzn 5o7 free sea1ois containing a3opt
l4ooo pupils snd II printing es1aoisamsn,s =. "a en-
about t0oO u pages ave been printed ron ths be
sinuipE In 81 languages. Tbs common schools a. the
Sandwich Isiands eoGianing 1900 pupils are nov Who'll
he ,upported BY the native Government Tue number or
converts admitted 10 he churches At thoss Island, a
bs mast yea 10 reported 81 more than fitesn hundred 90
ADD that Tho tsn. year since the great inKanetas
H. Cbristisn Church In th1ss lslssds Commended
Tug FlNAScEs-Tnoush - many missonAfies nave
bssn sent forth the Prudential COmmes have tsit TIE
necessity fkeeping do~u the expenses In the hs' ns
AID the srpsndsre Of ths fn.ncisl Je eodin
ne than O. 600 Il cllid not have been made less with
o,s violsuc. This will make lhs yssfs expenditure
$4,000 Add the csbt Of sat year, amounting 20 ~
rd he proper 3snfturs d ne ye.r would De c'V ~
80 .hAt are E-y Be the rscsipt These have been
e7s COO for the ni1s m0ntns or SIS 900 fnesry =
Der cent thas caring the same period q tine As
year shoud there b sa1 sdyancs upon the rec1pH
Ia the tbfes remaining months-MGg. Jfae Jay-ihs r.
rsi,ts OF ID. current year ~i Be SEQ V9i -nd tnr h
s.ht.duess Of h- Board viii be about 81 O0oi AZ pre-
ent sBout 40 CO. The az vance q ~ per c>Dt recon"
as referred Is t1s Board - Buffalo, would have paa "a
expenses the year aud freed the Board from asOl a.
ADVANCE 70 that amount 10 the temsinlns mo- -, :.
rear, viii meet the euffert pena7 AM i7a'' '"' ~
Z, sbs1S BE- rsnsmbsrcd that the lAss aes1sls year
commenced With balance 10 me Ifsassit y 1870 -.
r,Df. hss thsn fallen below the necessary expenditure
90 h.t they are get below tbs 10 the reason WY the
balsnce 10 still Oh ths wrong sue
p.v Iosn LErearos WILSON, Of the Giboon hssisn,
.ir "a. hen iutroducsd h announced bis intention
- LAWN, in few weeks FOR Africa In view OF this he
ssred 10 Tea, the subec, with ceep and earnest atsn
ton.
e Of the properties Of that great country. Ispopu alton
"a. beeu vsrioufy ssimsied =. from SIR hundred
and hy millions although In Consequence Of the deficient
snss for selecting statistics, no vy minute soeouns