The New York herald., 1851-09-12

Meeting OF the American Board OF Forsagn
Missions.


DIR PORTLAND CORRESPONDENCE.
PORTLAND, Sept. 9, 1851.
The American Board Of Commissioners for Fee
reign Missions, com nsnsed their forty an
p.aI meeting to day, in this city. The place OF
NEE ting is the large brick church (Rev. Mr.. Chick
sripg's) on Heieh: street. There were about six
hundred members present, and large number OF
other persons.
The meeting was called to order at ten minutes
pkt four. Hon. Theodore Frelaghuysen, Pres-
dent of the Board, in the chair Prayer was offered
by the Rev. DIR. Bennett Tyler. Rev. Nathan
Dole of Boston, was app ointed Assistant Recording
Secretary.
Rev. SAMUEL NJ WORCESTER, d D., read the
report of the proceedings at the last annual meet
Dg.
HENRY HILL, ESQ read the Treasurer's report
for tie year ending July 81, 1851, showing that
the receipts were, from all sources, S27i,s02 Il,
which is an advance the pre- Vious year, OF SzS,-
376 90 But as the legacies were S3,OJJ less IAN
fhe previous year, the actual advance IN DONATIONS
alone has been $40 6S2 H. Inc expenditures,
during the same period, have been S2Si,S3J DO, be-
ing greater than the receipts by the sum OF S9s2S
35 which, added TO the existing debt, makes the
present incebtedress to be 5,e55 40
Rev. Dr. POMRoY, one OF the secretaries, read
the report OF tae Lome de department, the substance
Of which a. tUllows:-
missionaries and two male and eight fem ale asss-
tant issionares IN all sixteen persons, have been
sent 10 different missions unaer the care OF the
Board: viz four to South Africa, two to the Ar
monians, two 20 the HISTORIANS, one to Syria, two
to the Gabooa, Two 10 AhmeonuSsur, and three to
the ChoctaYs.
P.s Xscati5ns There have been published, of
the AtsStolUy HJab, 100000 copies, making
monthly ayeIsge OF ID 500.
OF tBe J0.fnal Of Missions, 5Q2 coo copies, be-
ing monthly average CT 4i,SS4. 0f the lOntFs
D0ysYt ing. Goo 600 copies, which makes Inoataly
average Vi SEQ.
The whole number Of copies Of the three month
" publications OF the Board, issued during the last
financial year, is l,3IoOJO, being o1i,O00 more
than the previous year, and N maAiAS aohIaIy ais-
tribution Of more than lli,UOO.
Ofthe Annual Report, 5000 copies were printed;
Dr. Storrs' Sermon, 3,OOO; OF dmsrent tra;ts,
81 $50 copies OF maps ana iIussFal9hs, i'oJJ'
making "a much larger amount of printed matter
than has ever before been Issued oy the Board II
any cne year.
The following committees were appointed
It,sfaess CosnBsltee.-Chies juss,ce Williams, Of
Conuecticut; Chancellor WalwOrte, OF New York;
Rev Drs Hawes and Tucker, OF COnnecticu; Rev.
Mr. Pond and seth Terry, Esq OF Connee ..eat
Cosllaittee u arrangements key. Mr. CaickI
eriug, Rev. DR.. Dwight, Rev. Dr. Carrataers, all
Of Portland Rev. Or. Cannon, Of New York; Rev
DR. Aiken, of Ohio; Rev. Hiram Aomes, OF Con-
necticut; Rev. DR.. Pomroy, Of Boston.
COMMITTEE Oa IrfdSuTG~S Ryp0t.- Chancellor
Walworth; Sc b Terry, Levi Cutter, Anson q.
Phelps Esqnires; Gen William Williams; Il. Y.
Waters aud John Leland Esqrs.
The Rev. DR.. Anderson commenced reading an
abstract Of the Report 0t Foreign Missions, oIIsf
outline OF which / suhjCn
AFRICA.
MisSiog, TO the Z1les Mr. Bryant, missionary
of great excellence, died Dec % this is the only
death that has occuue in the past sixteen years.
Tbirty.six new eburch members nave been added ia
Line stations Nearly 100000 pages were printed
in the Zulu language, all OF which has been read
and rel read by many OF the natives. -
est parts Of the western coast. Tee herm II equa-
tor runs considerably north Of the Astronomical.
The church contains y members. IN the SCHOOLS
are about 20 scholars.
EUROPE.
Mission 10 Greece L station at Athens; | MS
sionaTy, assistant missionary)-Dr hing eonli-
nues TO preach usual. About 2,5JJ copies or
Scriptures school books and religious traces we're
distributed. The report is chiefly occupied With IA
account oi new difficulties with the government.
crossing cut Of TIE desire Of the hierarchy to remove
our missionary from the country
Mission 20 tie ysuS-(2 stations az SaOnica ana
Cons tautinCple; Missionaries, female assistant
missiorarits, native helper-total, ia MS
tionaTy and DIS wife have Joined the mission, and
another missionary is preparing 10 EN- bark. The
Rabbinical jews in SJlUnica are reekonet az a00u.
3O,COO, AID the NOhamm .dan jews AZ 800. These
after are said be the noblest class OF Inhabitants
n tie city The priesthood has been reused to
great exerons TO kee the people from the preacn-
ing Of the Missionary, AID the children from the
missionary school
ne IeadlIg OF the report was inselluPseN ~ suS
Rev. Mr. Chckering who informed the audience
that ali the resources fos accommodations, both
public ard private, had been exhausted; but that
considerable number could be accommodated Ia t1e
neighboriDg towns, to which they could go by 'ae
cars.
IL was then voted, when the board adjourn, to
adjourn TO nike o'elgck tomorrow )rning.
recess was then taken ulsil seven o'clock, at
which time the Rev. Dr.. Riddle, OF PIttsburg IA,
Is 70 preach the annual sermon.
saall send report of the further proceedings Of
the Board as fast they take place, .or the bene
e. OF the readers of the Herald D.