New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-12
THE ANNIVERSARIES.
AMERICAN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR
FOREIGN MISSIONS

nacle at 10 O'Clock yesterday morning. The attend
ance was very numerous. The chair was occupied by
the Hon. THEODORE FREINGHUTsES, near whom
were seated the Rev. j. :. Lord OF Harlem, the Rev.
Joel Parker, ID. d.. OF New-York, the Rev. c. F.
Miles of the Ceyon Mission, the Rev. f. Burgess of
the SAHARA Mission, India; the Rev. DE- Adams OF
Brunswick Me-. the Rev. DR.. Baird, the Rev. DR..
Marsh and other distinguished clergymen and gen.
tlernen.
The exercises were opened by the Rev DIR. ADAMS
Of Brunswick Maine, with the reading OF portion
Of the Scriptures, prayer and singing.
The PREsIDEs1 delivered Introductory address
He referred TO the warmth of heart with which Chris
tans should regard the exercises OF the morning, and
,ne., and hear the self-denying whose devotion
had led them into dstan. lands to spread their Mas
ter truth knowing that they who turn many to right
ousres have the stars for ever and ever When such
.,ndarbearers fall on the field OF their labors, how
glorious death is theirs, and yet how deep the grief
that follows them Drs. Scudder and Poor have thus
given forty years Of their manhood to their Masters
service But much Il is to be wished that many OF our
Mons and ingenious youth shall think well of giving
forty wears Of their life 10 the same cause LaoCriou-
,bonoh the life NAV be, vet one who UNDERSTOOD de-
carcd that he never knew MISSIONARY tha' was h1'
haf nv man. sOrrowful, but vet rcloclngi poor, but
making many rich; counting his iie dear INTO MN 80
that he might finish his coure with JOY in the minis
try he had received from the Lord Jesus
The Rev. Dr. PogERoY, one OF the Secretaries
csve brcf statement Of the condition of the Bsari;
Since the annual meeting in September last, four
missionaries have been removed from their scene OF
labor Drs Poor and Scudder, aud Mr.. Hume ana
Mr. BENJAMIN; six missionaries ana SIX asslsuhh'-
sonnres have been sent out since October more 'hah
a dozen are under preparations and the prospect Oh
supply was never more encouraging. r
1be receiuts in Aurl were 1872 1856 the receipts Tor
the nine months from lst August To lst hay "ere
SOFA ga: being about $500 than for the core
sponding works last year. For May, June ana Juiy'
$40 OOO per month will be necessary hal II nor oee,l
for the heavy pressure the money Market mu'n
better results would have beeh ooainen Nv 49, ~
One fact of special interest in the missions IN "esern
Asia il becoming more and more apparent; nancy
the Mobammedan mind IA beng slowly ou' surrey
reached by the Word of God; many have been maze
ready 10 converse on the truth aud m several stations
many have given signs OF readiness to embrace It,
Whether the deaih-penay which Is declared LOT aPoS-
tacy from Mohammedansm will be enforced, reinA'.s
70 BE- seem Two missionaries from lndia are hNey 10
be present at the meeting oil the boaru neA' ''f
ember. NIL. "
The SECRETARY then read & letter from u slgh, w
Manh at Mosu announcing the death oil ~. Lo .p
dell who sleeps BY the side OF Dr. Grant: ne I'.ic
graveyard where they res has been dehleu u'iu ~
wall pulled down owing to the Vaccinations oil wicked
men who have recourse to perjury to gam helr ells
However the English and French III tnI o''! aoJ
given their aid, and the eyll time u pioVaoi 10 -
no
mncb aleyiated by his readiness TO CO. Inc leter ue
scrbed some of the suferings OF the MISSIONARIES, III
being Numbered by the Arabs. The origin anu cause
of Dr. LobdelIs sickness were mnu'eis ueo NO.
rbysican in the whose heart disposed hln % he
wort and whose health and circumstances pernitte
be was invited to come forward ana ue'V'e nn'oi
theTeunto. Two or three such were "ah'eu'
The Rev. f. BURGESS, of the Satara Mission, lndia,
addressed the meeting. He expressed his embarrass-
al, nptv nj
nscbed from for the last sixteen years were the steps
of heather temples and that in he Mahratta tongue
vbose ;iioms were entirely different from our own
lie had been forcibly struck with the want O sympa-
thy exhibited by Christians in this country IN le MS
-ionary work and he illustrated II ny refining an n'
dent He called the other day upon an ora i,nn III
broadway of whose piety he had no DOUBT. lie was
me, by he iuauiry, Does il pay to leave nome,
fricndr &C., spend your life among the heathen
And then his business was 80 pressing tna' ne cvu1
NOT listen 10 bis reply showing that II paid hundre
fold II docs INV. / know this from sixteen years
,xperence amid many trial.. These pastors VIII zen
YOU how il pays. All missionaries VIII uiivs N el
ing you that it pays. The speaker remarked 'na.
India was the greatest missionary field open 10 the
Church and al the same time the Gospel encounters
greater obstacles there than in any other country. Inc
frat of these obstacles lies in the Sansent
which has been sacred for two thousand years lhls
language has some the most ancient books IN human
T,aTat1re Some of these were unquestionably written
in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries before 'hrS'
Tiis Is proved by mathematical Calculation "unlsI
upon an accurate account OF the procession " 'no
eduinox This ancient and venerable literature iorns
yer GREAT obstacle such a. not found IN countries
having no written Lang uage ike the saniwlch isahus'
Another obstacle Is found in the large endowed tenn
Nos and monastenes. One establishment lew mics
from SAHARA has the revenue OF thirteen Fhasss'
~ o. Thousands of these endowed temples IN In
40 and they have existed for thousands OF years
The British Government has never yet touched OF
diverted these funds from these establishments IN
I . frarft n
,essurv Another powerful obstacle Is the system Of
cos,s which has governed the Indian mud i0r thou-
ssnds Of wears. There are in connection WIN every
Uindoo village twelve different castles, all following
different calmgs and each caste Is Pdd ioi Us iaoo
- eceiviur a certain part Of the produce OF the lana
1be ropulaiion of India l. gathered IN towns anu
iIsges and not scattered throughout the country anu
E K favorable to our work. Pantheism exerts won
se,l inanence over the people II India IL destroys
ali their sense Of responsibility and oil SIM II lsai'
,Io, 10 Law sn at the door OF God. Inc doctrine "i sio
,ronsmicracn of souls also eNerts ondefis llilu
eree there. They make :, ,OOO 9lnei'h, on"u-.'
which the soul must pass through before u a'iI
fctor-apd thew do not CONSIDER Il Il the sou ,e ou
e rnare animal life which = concerned IN these Trans
nigrations thus destroying all sense OF
But while there acknowledgements ineis = az.
progress. In the native chuTches OF uiG 80. a't
mission there ll2 native memner~ IN III. no
~ India there l2O coo nominal Christians Society
If native Young men is formed 70 destroy the
Of caste. Female education Il receiving a-'eIiol,
after having encountered Inveiera1e p'Ju'ire @
arr now 600 girls receiving education IN schools sup
rored by The natives The press dong great woIk
and there are many newspapers suppor.el ~
by natives. Railroads are being eonsruc.eL Tue
SUI ers;ifionz of that people are being G.'ASHeu -
nractical wpv. When the English dog canal to I'M
gate certain district, the natives declared me wac
Of the sacred river the Ganges, would never uoH lo
iii, would not be used for such proane Parlose.
But the canal was finished and water no"ed nAe a.y
II, x.,er In conclusion be alluded 10 the death vi
his friend Hume, with whom he embarked icr lndia