New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-08
THE ANNIVERSARIES.
Twerty.sixth Annual Meeting ef the Amer'-
can Tract society.

sbe ps - sccOmm0dsu1n IN this large -dh
tee with eLigny fsstonshe Bss~C1lase OF All aro1e
whom were mary strangers, AID also crz7as ron -
psrts o. The -oultry.
cely 10 The antepce " PfeSceO tloE The cha asr
Wh ch prayer by Rev L WOods D Letter. OF sP'logy
were resd from President Of the Soci-ty, Cae JnscS
Js,es resreng his irsb ity 70 NJ present.; also fro 4
Judge Nj Leu Ohio 400 Judge Greer ms fre-aref
r-VSa vss read by Noes Ar-n ESQ. Tenure "a a.
,,c Of bch ,bo: d th- r~re % EARN dolsoos
tIpount 10 ~ 70 ee7 = fnr s-l-s H - ~
hslsnce 10 treasury iss Year. 40 . tOa. S5io7@ 81
Expenditures for pager. OriuDs boo ensrsvng copy
isht surg ara revising, = se4 ~ Tor co.
as "a 81 r-miited {, f-ls snd psss1 snts sA'O0
nber expeDo nv items in Trea'0rers req ~ ~
so So tOtL &5lt6i9 81; balance II ths r-a'ury SIG ~
Due Tor pntioe psp-r paid within ak months Sj<
q8 e. TWey genes al ssenis soc seven superiaendsns
| ofcoportaee have bee1 employed 10 large disi1ch
An 6b.iTsct OF the Aunusl Report next Tead by
49, uno.k - Cook Secretaries sbo wing the 70
su!ls Of tie Of The Society Tor The year Il appeared
there Issued new ouoesnon, 10 4loe Lao 30
with brief Notes and InsIucu us ihe Riches Of bHnya
Aft cisd Mans Compsnion Life Of Sammeth7ld dAuesH
nore's Cheap kepositoy Trscts volumes lustrate1
Ard volumes 10 German; total publications on The socie
y's ma, GtS which 81 are volumes, oe,lde I'oss -
proved Tor foreign stations In about ia gusges A. oa
Circu,tted during the wear ss6 es2 volumes 1897 6s2
publications ze978465 pages tOta IN IS yesrs boo -
volumes llg82s s67 publications. 2777tSl 4C4 PAGES ~
lusus Family Christian Almanac ior s3 9lUtp -
les; American Messenger, ltbOpO monhyi Gefnan ne'
sepger, 1900 GrstnilOus dsrhutous, 10 Zts7 ohuoc
grants msSOoAries at home snd sbroai lne army AS
navy humare snd criminal insuIullons ssoosln
Sroos t a. S,o. ss eSo S,s vsine s37 In Isl
The op-r.sons N NE Society," Ia connection with the Col
Soytse sysiem In the vsrous States and Territories OF
he Uson and aso il csnsos aud Hsxico. II 10
show that cOpOreufs have been recenly CON-
misGontc. Oilhe whole number 1903 were for the Ger
mar French Irish, Spanish, WeIh and Norwegian poPu
lAtOp. The whole lumber 10 commission, ApTl "6l
S68 The statistical tables show Ihst the coporteurs have
vIeo sos ~ fsmies Of whom g. 10 were sfu1te OF
presching 60 OF without religious books 81 bo4
wlhout he Bible and S2l families were Roman cslho
Ira They hsvs coDverted prayed With 2S5 ga Iam
lies sod 45l 95 volumes granted 70 the destitute ~ oa4
books; held pray ermeengs, or addressed puoc mee
and
TIE Report s,o contained iEetch OF the hsory OF hi,
operations during that period No 1899 colpor
have il appeared commissioned; and l65795
families had been Waited Books 70 ns amount o. -t't
6Snw dIHibuied also among families
The operstors OF the Society IN bre,gn ana pagan
laIdE, Ia nouinaHy Christian and Roman CAthohc
countries the port continued have IN sreuing claims
the Society, with iucreated evidences Of COCA. 70
tee bsvs remied IN cssb during The year Tor NOrth Amer
lean IndSnB $500 Toulouse, South OF France $500 Par
$50; Bel GUM $500 Base Dr. Marriott $500; Hungary
SlCu; Barmtn. for Alein,'s Alarm, t3i Nuemoufg
EvauReica Society,". Bavaria s2W, Hsm7urg, Bspuel ht
sicn s7o Lower suoDy TRACT Society 10 pa. Tor Bone
mis oo; Berlin, for Polef AID Lbueuans, SlVs Den
mai 500; Sweden $780, Russis for Army and NAVY,
= oc0; llsy through the aiAn Socsiy al 9eneva, 49,
Greece. Mission nercan Board, $500 Epl'copsl Ms-
ssopics. slco Nr,toriSns 500 SUN Africa Mission,
soa Bom9sy 500 A5msdn9gg1Gr' ssgO ~, ma1 ~
ist Mission, $40 felooeoos, Lune'so Mission, SlOO
Orists, $50 North ola missions S3to; B1rm'h snd
Ksrens, $500; At'sm Sl0i siam, Bspu,I Ml'6'on Nv.
China Mission General Atsemolys Board $50 Csa1on'
Mi,iOn Americ. - I'd S7OO Southern BapusI )srd,
90; Hong Kong, kspuI MiS'on, $500 shsnghsi'
Sou,leru Baptst Board SO sisnghsi Protestant CPs-
copai Misson $500 transferred from Mission IN Turkey }
Sandwich slsnos $1,000 TOtsL $4,000
Rev Dr. SPRING hereupon pro2oIed the foloWlDg fe'o
Ks',d 1h,t ,rpusl report abstract Of which has nov
presented adopted ard published under tie u ne
Committee aud bai The 'su proofs affords ne
plase 70 the q eat Head Of the church.
In his opening remsrAs ook occasion to refer TO the
supper sous operators ofthe Soc ETY. props gazing Got
pei Truth He hoped they would i've 10 see me osy Wnsn
the Church OF Christ would be one family aud INST tue
present ditnc tons in religion would be only I'M ginary
that The great truths OF The Gospel would DO concen .eo
so bind ell In and when they could meet eye
to eye he next advsrted 10 the operators me so
cieIy In tie circulation Those residing IN New
Yok could not form idea Of the cesiluton OF ministers
resiong In The country from want II bOoES They ihosd
these matters into consideration and enfsyof 10 sup
p, the De fciecy The Rev Doctor next pared nigh
e1oRy the agents the Society in New YofE for me
manner Ia which they had discharged tner respeeVe ou
ties ard vert Oh TO say that years he delivered
Of book, Of The soesy to so1 o. ni s % rea4
il on The steamer which be hso been taken on MS pas
sge TO bis oesiinaiOn. The reading OF lie WORK
him 10 90 on the mistiOn which he was now eIacheo
Rev. Mr. Edwards seconded the resouuon' ""0n -
Rev RoRrRr NEWTON OF Philadelphia, proposed the
following preamble sno re'oluaon OLD, 49,. c,ic,,o
The recent Col po'teur conventions Al ~ az - ssts
,'s SrsrT Of 'hs ms.t r. s uaoa
i.e Bateb QUO Of the ec ct Of he society slhIA
having msutrhIsd The Commtiss - soon As 20 "a
Of CoPorteus 20 oss TAov'Ahp psns pr
poruonse operation aLd other poyssnt AacA1OH P'uP'
Rsrss and d'.ttuton fourrPdy no'sa
g Bspustou tho influx OF nm gI'Is i. IN lts a.. -
Colpirse past uueer The blessing oil me
- demand ar epcoura the system as tbs 10
tr ss r,ss ~ s6re 8 III ii the o. Of thss, meae
r, ,h.be ard TIE suts - stag Eseso- OF tn. IN
s,srset-d TIER homes WITH o aai Pretea Jia
| He said more noble resolution Il was lmPotAole 70
bring before meeune. Il vas ca culseo 10 oIlnk me
Society into operation In all quarters o. suo cIou u
entered into the very spirit IN which Goo hS1 ionooSo
cbuIcb II had reer' nee TO n times Ia Wnen !h-y veu
tno In view Of he desliluiOn OF theW rsp,1y
| popu alton The resolution was most important one
esprssted with their former posuon 10 relation 10 .eoy
when The linus the hississPp II becsu tuSJ7c
of tnmerse Rupde The Revere speaker here cutst
Ty glanced al the recent accession OF territory "Deu
UIiop bad scquIed and bouI ding them ny tne rsen'
no alone and wisening the field for operation where
IN particular desit1On prevailed iucn 90 lhhouso
tent whoev ilsges were TO be found without any esAo
S.b iri,try IN ibe mic 81 OF them snd Il sac ncumoen
upop them therefore endeavOr 10 reach inc hec7se,
OF The case They should have living men 10 90 I2f "eIc
ib H. POOL ana he volume 10 their hands; and come
irto immediate contact with these desIu portions
III, ncnns,Ion The work was worthy OF all who loved
,hs, no loved their country AMI who loved the
souls 10 view Of the vast iuhax OF emisraht on pspa
Europe hey should Increase NE tuoIu VI su9 q, go,
He rad recently resd IN Of The papers, lha ~ olL
Sx consecutive houIs, heTe arrived 10 eOsIon, ~
phs ard New York ess ihsu S7oO eIlsrsn's Alion
ibesr many were penops Of uneIcePuonsoie ehs'ao1e
and hsts Amcng them, any, also were Ihe ou.oass y
popefy and If The cOporIeurs wee 10 loo~ 90
! hey mirgled with cur population, ihey WOe Won ~
enough 10 Go. The education Of these eng, su Us
her training and mode u lie 81 home rendered snen
Tcibirg IT'S vas, mass Of ignorsrce aud Pehuuoi
tpo cline should be looked after therefore Anu tu1l
should be taught 70 leA,n tnu eOy 10 - he f,elgpe
bep eve r, wheTe on reaching our shores sno - -
cur.derstior thsn ilis alone opersed roepe ~ ~
tep lbogssrd obers that should iLnueuee ,heu LULU
10 lposcs them TO I'd ibis object sole "a. -
tpyesrs ne n only eleven Colports urs " 20 "a 0o Gu
,lo1sd thev hss been iucresfed 20 over ok blulI =.
/ heir succrssful operations were msDHest ev7'y - ~
/ tbroueh ut the land. They went eveIJ~heIo' - -
/ lsra.i,es OF old ard even where WA open - % %
ANer fuItseI advocating b. coponsnr system u "a .
ersrd speaker concluded address which Wss se1su
| with profouTc GtlenuOn, after when -, -. ~.
| Mr. CRoss from Richmond Va, Colporeur- ne11 a.
dressed The Society. be said hal e~ Gays $50 DC s
! A how In Trscl House who told him ne ga o.
/ nov who God Wss--ColpOr eurs. wih Whon
be had been associated for The last seyea years were
Z wAnpsd Therefore every Were Ine mi9hIy w az
her, endowed we're Ia many cases unable 10 dschAfg
tte,r duies rom The OF means They coQd no sse
20 out on the highways snd IN The barren dfcts who
I fppds They needed e many men 60 were employed =
SolOmOD's Temple 10 carry oul his VOL l. and esch M
Rad appropriate work 10 perform '9re ne me Gus