New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-05-10
American Trnct society.


The Twenty Fifth Annual Meeting of the Amer
lean Tract Society was held at the Tabernacle
yesterday morning-Hon. THos s. WILLI.Ms
President OF the Society. in the chair Prayer was
offered by Rev. DR.. TAPPAS Of Augusta, Me; and
an abstract of the Treasures Report was present
ed BY MOSES ALLEN, Esq. Treasurer, followed by
a summary view Of the Annual Report OF the So
oiety. The principal items of interest embodied
in these documents are given below. They pre-
sent an encouraging view OF the prosperous cond
ton of the Society. aud will be found to possess
large degree of general interest. The abstract
which follows exhibits the
RESULTS OF THE YsAR-New publications, in
GLIDING ID Aubignes History vols. aud in Ger
man, and vol in Italian, 70. Of which % are vol
umes total publications now on the Society' list
l,52s, of which Pa are voumes-besides 400 ap
proved for foreign stations in about 10 languages
and dialects.
Circulated during the pear 939609 volumes,
7,s97,792 publications, 2s0697 500 pages; exceed
ing the circulation OF any previous year BY 1925
200 pages. Tutal since the formation Il the So
ciety, $751; 1913 volumes, ll,9s9. 1875 publications
2 5O7, 100, 7s9 pages Illustrated Family Christian
Almanac for 1850, 100000. American Messenger,
100 900 monthly; German Messenger 10000
Grdtutous distributions. in 1890 distinct grants,
TO foreign and domestic missionaries, the army and
navy, seamen's and Bethel chaplains, humane ana
criminal institutions Ssbbath-schools and indvid
uas by colporteurs, aud to Iife-members and direc
tors, IS. 1873 500 pages; value, s3s, 759 81
Receipts of the year. ia donations, $l05, 1914 so
for sales s20237l go balance In the treasury last
year &l51 OF; total, e3Os,423 7s. Expenditures
for paper, printing binding, engraving transatng,
COPYRIGHT, preparing Christian Almanac, and ar.
ticles for American Messenger, el72,275 IS; for
presses and machinery 5000; for ooportsge,
soc 274 10 reunited u foreign and pagan lands,
$4,000 other expenditures as per items In Treas
urers report s47,6 94 IL total, e30s, 3l3 IS; baA
ance in the Treasury. sll0 %. There was due,
April l, for printing paper, ON notes payable wiIhis
ak months. t4l.l33 2s.
otportdge.-lncluding l3l students from 20 DIFF
ferent colleges or semnaries tor their vacations,
aud 81 for the foreign immigrant population, sos
colporteurs have been employed for the whole or
part Of the year. as follows VT. 4; X. |. 2; Conn.
i; N Y. 80; N. J. 9; Pa 65; Del. l; Md is; Va
40, N. c. ls 8. c. Q; Geo. "a Fla. Ala IL ; La.
10; Texas, S; Ark. 2; Miss. 4; Tenn. 81; Ky. l6;
Ohio. So Ind. -; Ill 81 Mo. is; Wis 10; Iowa, 4;
Mich. Is; III nnesota, /; Canada, Q; Mexico, ,; Cali
Ornis Fifty coporteurs. not included among these,
have also performed more or less labor during the
year The rkole ssm5ev IN commission April l. ras
324 The report presents view OF the Application
of coportsge TO the German French. Insb Spanish,
w clcn anu NGWuShn popuihtfou III bnl. ,
aud to the Canadian Germans and the Mexicans.
Colporteurs have circulated books extensively ON
thoroushfares. The statistical tables show that the
cuporteurs have visited 42s 500 families conversed
On personal religion or prayed with 2l7.5e3 fsmi-
hes; addressed public meetings or held prayer
meetings to the number OF ls223; cold +l7,939
books granted to the destitute lis, s9l books and
distributed 300 Bibles and Testsments furnish.
ed by Bible Societies The spiritual CONDITION OF the
districts thus visited. and the necessity OF such ei
forts, may be inferred from the fact that $1,000 Of
the families were habitual Deglec:ers OF evangelical
preaching; 5s,s4l families were destitute OF all
heious books except the Bible; s1,4s7 families
were destitute OF the Scriptures; snd a. s26 ismi
hes were Roman Catholics.
ForogR and Pagaa Lands.-The press, in con.
nectiou with the labors of evsneelss, collorteurs
missioaaries, and native teachers, in nomins y
Cbris,isn and In Pagan lands, 10 seen to be more
and more essential, ard blessed Of God. On a
careful consideration OF The claims Of all the sta
tons. the following grants have been made and re
nit ed in cash during the year. with view TO
meet, as far AZ possible. the immediate demands !;
namely For Toulouse $500; Paris Tracf Society,
500; strssbourg.e l0o; Baptist Mission in France.
$500; Belgium, 5000; ltay, through the Itslaa
Society at Gvbevs. $500; Hungary. $500; Bsrmen.
for Bax;ers Gail or Pilgrim Progress, 500; Ham
berg, American Baptist Mission, 500. Lower Sax
ony Trsct Society 600; Denmark, eIoo; Sweden.
500, Russia $500; Greece. Protestant Episcopal
Mission, $500 Board OF Commiss oners. $500; Ar
rnenianS O., 900; Syris, $500; Nestorians $500