New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-09-10
AMERICAN BOARD.
Porty-third Anniversary OF the American
Ronrd of FOREIGN Missions,

did not reach us in time for yesterday paper We
give it in full, therefore, to-day.
TsoY, Tuesday, sspt. 7, 1882.
This venerable Society, the Oldest and
largest of this Missionary Associations In the country
attracts at Its Forty third Anniversary as Ii usually
does very large colcourse of the frscds OF Missions
including clergy lsisy and lates. Tne )rdins trails
from every direction well lsden with the trlends
of toe cause, found their arrival 10 Troy, gen
erous HOSPITALITY, provided by the forehought ot shs
Committee Of Arrangements, and were speedily re-
treshed 70; the opening sess!on. Az O'Clock. tue
President Of the Board, Hon. THEODORE FREL
INGHIYsEN took the Chair. Alter the prellmiaa
rs exercises were completed, and the names OF the
corporate aud honorary members present tAksn
tho resdcg OF Ghe AGnua Reports OF the Treasurer ard
of the Prude C0nnitIee, the executive o. the So
clety, commenced.
Henry Hip E-q the Treasurer Of the Board, pre-
.ented toe financial condition Of the Society In brst
report The receipts for the year ending JAY 81 ware,
from all sources SOL 49, 20, which 10 an advance on
the receipts OF toe preceding year OF S!ooJO ~ on
this some $4,000 was special donation made ~ q lew
wealthy friends OF tue Board for the rsinoy Al OF the
debt of $4,000 which was last year reIdng upon ths
Board Atthe meeting Ia Portland last year, spirited
beginning was made In this special Effort and ~hen AZ
the close of the year. is was ascsTaned thai some > OO0
would be necessary IN addition ID tho o,h9r receipts II
the Board to remove thls DEBT, few liberal msn Ia
New.lOrk c0niriJ uted the required sum, making t1e
total, as above stated, SOL, 1872 10.
Inc expenditures of the year, per contra, Including
the liquidation of the debt, smouted % SOL ~ 30
leaving balance In the treasury OF - -. VI these
expenditures the great amount Vas Tor Ia suPp9 Eot
the Missions SIS 900 we're tor salatiei aud eN
peases OF agents. secretaries and other fu1ct0nA1es,
and some $4,000 for publ1atlJns.
Rev. D. Pomeroy one OF the secretaries man reti
the dOnRs Of too Board la the executive department
during the year. Six of the corporate m9moers OF
tina Board have dled-Rev. Dr. Davis, Clinton, Y;
Hon Nathaniel II )wel, LID, Csna1daigus Thomas
Bradford ESQ Phiadephil Hon Alfred ID. Foster,
Worcester Daniel Noye, Esq, and Rev. d. Edwards,
of Andover Toe whole LUMBER OF surviving cOrpo'
rate N o nbers IL Isl. One missionary and nSe as'i's
aot missionaries have also died )nrteen ordsih1o
mb,onar;es have been sent out and - as'i,tiut-in
all 81 nine missi naFies have returnedto tner sids OF
labor Tnirty.four porsons II males aud - females
have been appointed du6ng the year; aud ihe's are
now under appointment Ia tnis country - missionaries
Of these -, nine are appointed lOr tue Armsnans.
30 600 cooles Of The Missionary Herald have bsen
published; 10000 copes OF The JoarHG! Of Missions
and $4,000 copies of The Day SprtRS-m 'king an aV'
craze of l0l 1913 copies per m nth.
Rev. DR.. Anderson then read very Interesting
:. ech of the history aud present altitude OF le ou'
on foreign ground lg quite too long Tor puoisa
don bu! some OF lie facts have more than local Or dc
nOmluai1ual interest. 49,
The B0ard commenced operations In Bombay 81
years ago and SO years ago la C0yOn % among tne
Cherokee Tndlaus; 81 among she ChOcays; 81 on the
Sandwich ISLANDS, 90 Ia Syria % as Canton la China;
81 among the Mahrsttas OF she Deccan u among tne
the Nsstjriars; - @moog the Ius PORT Natal la
Southern Africa nine At the GaooOn Ia Equatorial
Africa; eight NJ Annoy In Cninai nVe al uncltui hnu
three among the Jews Of MacetOnis.
In Africa two MrslOnI-one 70 tho Zului, 10
Southern Africa and one 10 the Gaooon River, about
one thousand mites cas-. Of Cape Palmas The Zulu
Mission bss sixteen gregatOns anc, though Ia Us
infancy Is 10 hopeful, prosperous s.a's
Dr.. King In Greece, has been struggling Tor MS
rights a. American citizen and as preacher OF the
gospel Upon charpe Of preaching doctcine1 shchthis
Board and great body or Chr'dans In this country
regard "a the cOSpol OF JssU' Christ, No was COZ.
demned by the Cour, OF Athens to imphioonant and
bsn hmeut and vas actually ncarcerst' ID wa ieio1s
In a Oath,0ms prison hOuae lac seDIenc9 oi osnHh.
mapt has not been executed and the GDyornneat Of
the United States with rssdinessis has often SHOWN
70 protect Tho Amerc missionary In the lawful pros
ecuon of his business In every part OF ths world has
taken efficient measures 10 investigate he case mr.
Marsh our Minister re,dent at the Porte, vast pro-
coed Athens for this purpoBs 10 the steam ~ ase "a
Jaclnto, In July or August and Com. SrinzhEn Was
there In the Cumberland awaiting bis arrival
Turkey Ia Europe and Asia 10 one OF ths most In
pOrtant and interesting Of our great nelds oil ia9pr
We are there operating on Jews. Armen'ans ojrans
OF different sects and 10 small extent ust al present,
on the Gfeeks. 80 u
The mission to the Armenian population Of tho Turk
ish Empire continues 70 be highly pro'p srod' Wnsn
one of the Secretaries OF the Board visited the Leyant
La the year lc29, not missionary aoore1 am ns tn
Armenlans; not p0us Armenian mad been d''oVersu
10 Turkey. No securs foou had tnen, in1eed, oeeh
gant In Syria and the Nestlrlan' no" so intero'as
60 tbs whole ChrlsllGn world, we're Absolutely lOss
people who ~ our Of mind and forgotten NOV tnero
are more than hundred places where more or 1888
evidence exists VI sDiris OF religious inquiry I'm
iqutlnOUle the greet metropolis IS increasnS o'f1'~
ts hereafter 20 for tue press as we'll - iOT
all other evangelical Influences. Sucn mas oesn tae
pressure upon the seminary at Booec, that nas ne"y
doubled the number Of It's students Tns female sem|
nary necessary accompaniment OF the othsr 10 aso
orc spsrous Books Of which nearly s,VONO pages
were printed are freely exposed iJr st5 IN Ooo oi
the rest business streets Of COnsantnople, GEAR He
grand bazasfs WIKI restriction on the part vi 'ns ai
tnories excep t that only Protestant BOOKS are 20 %
sold there Mdso0aG, dtsy miles from ths BACK oe1'
NOT even named in she Report OF last year. 10 no" 81
don with 40 missiC nsrtes.
Aroog the sy risns a Church has been formed the
uast wear ct HssOeiys on ant hermon, ana aHo.a9r
Ia H,.il on ths river Iigris Anotasr hi' pfpo-yy
hen formed ere this Inns AZ Aep29 Ia NofInsfh oJ1i
and perhsus another at a in Oa Lebanon la soTofA
villages of Lebanon aud tie region Of harm2n Ia owns
occupying the sites Il ancient Sijon ana Iyte snn IA
Jezirah OF ths IgHs there 10 al enc0ur@s'ns spu Vi
,.Ii,fous inouiry Ths new version u the Scriptures
bv DR. Smith into the Arabic one Of Inc most yofh'
languages IN the world hsB al anced through t's ron
,sisuch, and the Ns~ Tessmsnt 10 10" ~ I'd 9'"'
Among the Nsstorsns the af'y eight village I'oool,
on tbs plain contain more 1nao tnJGs@s1 49, aS
nowhere N IRE icLere stnL seho 10 =. 70 80 re
fi,d than are the seminary t1r 'es AZ 7eir a1u va"
one for fsrnaes a. OrOOmi4h. Ia On3 Oh Ino - n"
lace, tie S4b1ath school numbers n oss lcA- ~
dred PUZZLE The r's'ion he' 11si'sp - -. 80
n.hIng ths offers OF me spol, u p0sa'se, - ICY
Nsc,,I7ar Ia the vi lagsB II OrOo nen lan '''a
rrs,t 40 modern sJna;, tranilstea ps ~ feisH''"
now nearly through inc pf-'s - ...ron,
49,, on Z, ladla, Ue must fegAS1 res az anohg
tbe nost Inviting gre-t held' Tor n1ss'ooe 10 P'Pa
~ A. AZ less, = q 90 co., all ul1sr tos gyyernfhnns
" ,ingIs Protesrant nsion friendly - PrJe'tans
49,. rrae there ara as yst scarcsiy mora nan
1a red missionaries 10 thai hssd Bat what cam
tsrs Of the people Of God d. lasss tr1 hundred ms.
,ioraries IeOrese d and what Hes'ta, Intelligence,
Is reiigiou. enssr prise and whaI amizlcs ln5eresl
r. isIols under tbs care Of tlis B0ard are among
he Hlhrsttss Of Western India and snong the
Tamil people dwelling 10 Southern lr5ia and Cey'
ion TIE oess, mi,sjn Of the Board - the among
the Ashrzt.s and for seventeen years the a1ors Of
mai msion gers not allowed 10 extsnd bGgoni Bonn
| bsy ard ia nsiehboring maritime d>tnctI
Ia these ak lnos missions bssriy ,nty stasoas,
about forty ordained ulssiObaias ABBA. one hundred
and fty native helpers three handre3 and fifty pupils
In Ii gter course Of educaior add ak thoussad siso'
| hundred pupils 10 Common Christian schools: iners
ere also twenty i've churches win eight handred and
| seventy Eve members The printing during tho yesi
was 81 CCO COO psse' AMI the printing in .ae aeat1
| r.. 81 h..,in