The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1856-05-15

anee of S24.S6. The advance in the receipts
of the treasury, from all sources, over those of
the last year, has been something more than
$4,000. The publications of the Board have
been the same as those of the previous year.
Eighteen missionaries tive Of whom have been
Ia this country on visit) and thirty male and
female assistant missionaries, making forty
eight in all. have been sent out during the year.
There are nine missions among the various In
dian tribes of our own country. Two missions
In Western Africa, one in Liberia, and the other
on the island of Corisco. In Siam, one mis-
sion at Bongkok. Three missions in China
at Canton, Ningpo, and Shanghai. The mis-
sion 10 the Chinese in California is still con-
tinued, under the care of Rev. William Speer,
whose labors have been of great service to the
Chinese in various ways. There are two mis-
sions under the care of the Board in South
America, one at Buenos Ayres, and the other at
Bogota, In New Granada. Funds have been
RENTED TO the Evangelical missionary socie-
ties of Belgium, Paris, Geneva, and to the Wal
denses Synod, to the amount of $4,000. 1t is
believed that the cause of Evangelical religion
has been greatly promoted in Europe during
the last year, by the labors Of these various So
cieties. Two missionaries are laboring In this
city for the benefit Of the Jews. The Rev. p.
ID. Gurley, ID. d., of Washington city, delivered
the sermon.
Union theological SeminGSy.-Last evening,
at the Amity street Baptist Church, Rev. DIR.
Williams preached the animal sermon before
the Society of Inquiry of the Union Theology
cal Seminary, from Acts l, 50: alt is more bless
ed to give than to receive" Happiness, he be-
gan, was the great chief pursuit of man. He
spoke OF the vain excuses of many against aid
ing to extend missionary work-that they in
sisted it was vastly better TO look at home. To
these arguments, be gave the words of Christ
go into all the world, and preach the Gospel
every creature" This injunction was sought
to be carried out by the Society of Inquiry. In
concluding, the Rev. speaker dwet upon the
sublimity and nobleness of the missionary spirit ;
such men as Howard, Elliott, Smith, and long
list of others, who had perilled their lives in
this work, were true men, and great was their
reward Such men, too, as Jonathan Edwards,
Timothy Dwight, John NJ. Mason, and Archi-
bald Alexander, in the positions they occupied,
in the devotion of their talents TO Gods work,
and eschewing emouments and riches, had each
experienced that it was more blessed to give
than to receive. He asked that all view life
and its duties rs these men did. The exercises
terminated with prayer and benediction BY Rev.
Dr. Skinner.
NV YORK, TUEsDAY, MAY G.
German Young Mans Christian Union
The sixth anniversary was held last evening, in
the German Evangelical Mission Church, Hous-
ton street. The exercises were mainly in the
German tongue. A grand choral by the con-
gregation led off the exercises; after which, Rev.
Mr.. Stein followed with prayer. The annual
report was read by the Secretary. Ii specified
the present number of members Of the Union as
-c.l. 4
as S260l5; the expenses, S3l2l2-leaving a
deficiency in the treasury of S52.49. Rev. Mr..
Steinle followed with the opening address. He
spoke OF the Importance of associations like the
German Young Mems Christian Union to ad
vance the cause of evangelical religion. Rev.
DIR. Dewitt gave the next address. Humanity
he sand, was the same the world over. All had
immortal souls and immortal destinies. The
language spoken mattered not-there was but
one language to the spirit--the language of COS
pei love, aud hereafter. An anthem was ex-
ecuted by the choir. The closing address was
delivered by Rev. Mr.. Guldin. He dwelt upon
the state Of society and customs that met the
German young men in the United States, con.
trasted with that TO which they were accustomed
In their native country. The difficulty was a
tendency to free thinking and infdelity-a dis.
regard of the Sabbath-to drink, and mad dis
sipstion. There were in New York at present
nearly 10000 Germans. If all the German
churches in the city were filled, they would not
hold over $4,000. Prayer and benediction by
Rev. W. Prayer terminated the exercises.
American .Seanen's Friend Society.-The
twenty eighth anniversary held 1T the Tab.
ernacle last evening. The building was densely
crowded. Many distinguished clergymen from
abroad occupied seats upon the platform. z
PERT, Esq, President of the Society, having
taken the chair at ! o'clock, the exercises o.
the evening commenced by the singing of the
hymn, "Gadness in the Ship" which was eff
fectively rendered. The abstract of the annual
report, made by Rev. III. Loomis, says that il
1880 the tonnage Of American vessels was
1,l9l,176 tons the number of seamen and
watermen under the American flag, including
those in the navy, a little over ninety thousand
In 1855, the tonnage had increased to 5, 2 ,00(
tons, and the number of seamen to nearly foul
hundred thousand, both having more than
quadrupled in one fourth of a century. The
commerce, tonnage, and seamen, of the world
have much more than doubled during the last
forty years. The foreign chaplaincies. of the
society are, in New Granada-Aspinwal and
Panama in the Sandwich Islands-Honolulu
and Lahaina in Peru-Callao and the Chinchs
Islands; in Chii-Valparaiso; in China
Canton; in Frsnce-Havre and Marseiles il
Sweden-Gottiand; IN Denmark-COpenhagen
In New Brunswick-St. Johns. The societ,
also sustains the Bethel in Mobile Bay, and thu
Sailors Home in New York. and aids the
Bethel in Portland, Me-, and the Mariners
Church in New York. In the Seamens Savings
Bank, In New York, seamen alone have de
posted nearly one third of a million of dollar.
the past year. Over two and a half millions il
that bank belong to seamen. In 1854, twenty
five millions of dollars were sunk in the ocean
In 1855, which was free from storms, the losses
upon the ocean were fifteen millions OF dollars
making an average of $4,000, 900 for the tw,
years. aud experienced sea captains told hin
that three fourths of these losses were owing I,
bad crews, for which the owners OF merehan
ships deserved censure, because of their disre
gard of the character of their sailors. James L
Beecher, chaplain at Canton, China, after Civ
ing a graphic description of life at sea, sale
that there was an attraction for the sea I.
young minds, when youth was growing u
manhood, and when thousands of young mel
desire TO throw off the restraints Of the home
and the college. After the singing of the hymn
"Jesus on the Sea" the Rev. DIR. Parker, o
New York, addressed the audience. The sail
ors, were educated by the dangers and peril
they had TO encounter; it should be the duty o
Christians TO aid IN the good work of their evan
gelization. Let no brother remember that h
was of any denomination, but consider himsel
q member of the human family, and a friend Q
sailors. The Rev. DIR. Heacock, of Buffalo
said that Bethel missionaries should be pu
npon the transatlantic ships, and changed from
one 10 another, rs the circumstances or the cas-