New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-05-10
AMERICAN SYSTEMATIC BENETNENCR
SOCIETY.

kcIety assumes thai r The duty OF every 1urNtah
person to give for benevolent and religious purposes,
certain percentage Of his income, aud OF bis
present posse.si, ne, and not let hi, charita.
bic offerings be the result Of a mere occasioal
,pa,m Of benevoerce. The object of the Association
n expressed in article second Of the oons,itu;ior:
"The object Of th. Society shall he to promote.
Through be Pres and otherwise the adoption Of the
Scripturai principle Of systematic contribution to
reriou. and benevolent purposes" II is the desire
Of III persons who originated the Society in Phils-
delphs that branch societies be formed in every large
city in the Union. The officers discaim all secsr. an
ism in their corts but propose to unite all sects aud
depomina atoms in one grand scheme for swelling the
amounts paid for benevolent purposes throughout the
country No more fuuds are To be used for the eI
penses Of the than the necessities Of correspond
ence require beyond the sums necessary to distribute
n few publicAti calculated 10 further its object.
The officers Of the Society are: Matthias W. Baldwin,
President George II. Stuart, Vice President; and the
Rev w. j. X. Taylor Recording Secretary. AZ
O'Clock yesterday afternoon the audience assembled
was rather fcsnty: but the exercises proceeded
with. After pray er and reading Of the Scriptures by
the Rev Dr. bowLIEG, a brief statement of the
origin ard objects Of the Association wa. made by the
SECRETARY who communicated Ia the audience the
information which is herenbefore condensed.
Mr.. THOMAS WATTS Of Philadelphia was then Intro
duced and made an address which was short, he not
having been prepared, but called upon to speak III the
place If Mr. g. H. Stuart, who was not present hr.
W. recommended that every clergyman throughout
the subject Of systematic giving, and also d. all IN hIs
power to diffu.e publications containing useta niof-
nation upon the subject.
After Mr.. Watt. bad concluded the Rev JoHH p.
CrrrryrR came forward and made address Of ssme
length advocating the necessity Of impressng upon
every Christian the urgent need for liberal and system
attic charity. He offered the following resolution:
Resd That the e,snees Of the Church And OF the world
demand har ,ndsa benfence the part OF pro'esssd
Chr.tisns.
Mr.. GroroI n. stuart, esq, having now arrived,
Ito
adynahilty Of Immediately iSuing some publications
upon the subject Of systematic charity.
The Rev. 1nroDoRr CrYLLR then introduced the
following resolution:
:. n. cause Of c.r s.,,,.y Ire Scripture re
sGoped ~ every member OF the Church
Mr.. CrrLKR spoke eoqueutly to thi, resolution for
q short tinIe-aitsr which
The Rev. Dr. BETHUsE was introduced lie spoke
bu, short time aud at the conclusion Of his speech,
the meeting closed with singing and bonedicion.
AMERICAN BAPTIST HOME MISSION SOCIETY.
The Twenty fourth Anniversary of the American
Baptist Home Missionary Society was held IN the Bap
ts Church in Oliver street yesterday. In spite Of the
hrbdding weather, the attendance was large, aud
several ladies appeared in the galleries The Hon.
ALERT DAY Of Hartford, Conn., Precedent of the
Society, occupied the chair. Afer prayer, the ar.
rnngement of Committees, the reading Of the Treas
urers Report and the transaction Of incidental bust
meas, Mr.. b. NJ. HILL the Corresponding Secretary,
rad bic report. II shows the following state of fnan-
Cial efsir:
B.lsnoe sm lss' years account. clio ~
Receipts from oil Other sserses ssl %
T;.l ,m q. r.. OF r.eer" during the 70" 'odins
To,. smosnt dsbupcd period MINIMUM. 1928 V
B,.nc. in ~. Tre.,ry March 3i.............. sSl IS
Ada BroJl vu CITY Boa1 ................... 90 20
Tots. amounted resource. Aprn isss....... o.! Is
III. snount due hl.sisassies Al nil ls6 aud Liable
p. !; I. i; s :; a:IIs:: "a: i
As., :..s., ;:s: ..s year. so 'a, 3
Amount u Contributes and le.ssie, only les. than
at year not inGudips the legacy Of @ y Bleeeher
u - ~hoA ~. tor special purpose. 81 s6 IS
or the amount contributed, ss,soe 20 did not reach
the treasury until he last week in March, which
-iored very serious delay.
HE nuInbc. of missionaries employed 10y the Socie-
~ COR part tie whole Of the year ~. OF this
number 100 cere und~ appointment on the lat OF
Apr.l, 1885,. \ few new appointments were male in
arrangements, asd only 81 missionaries remained in
oonui-,on at the close Of the year. Nine collecting
asert ale have been employed duing the whole or
partitions Of the year. The missionaries dstrib-
u,ed "a faIlow.: In Canada East, 7; Canada West,
!: New.lo;k, 2 Pcnn-yvana, I; OHIO, ;; Hichi-
gan. 5, Indiana, 20. Illinois, II, Wisconsin, IS Iowa,
Mexico ?. Ksn,s. ,; ard New-Grsnada l-m.king
tie number Of states and Territories occupied Is.
OF the uuuib-r Of mls-iobaries employed, - have
pr scLed the Gospel in foreign languages, viz: Ger
insn. swedish Dani-h. Norwegian, Dutch, French
Sgat ish Pueblo, and Navajo Indian. Nearly all OF
tie IL are themselves Of foreien nativity. From the
potts received from missionaries appears that lst
aion. end out stations have been supplied, and the
blrt gate OF time besto~ed upo- the field Is equal 10
10 that ~ one man fr ~ years he missionaries re-
pct also the baptism Of 5fa persons, tie hopeful
,rrve',irn Of 100 other, the organization vi II
clurcL-s the ordination Of Is Minister, The CON
let 81 church ctlhce pngre's IN building :
cher Sermons preached. II 2"9, lectures and ad-
uec,irrs attended i0J; 81 natures % temperance
p.eogc IL mil,- Travelled IN d. barge Of duty,
- go. .choo. vi-ited 81. sabbath Schools In tie
,tf,h-- l45. Bible c.a..ee, 80 number Of teacher.
..y Lumber Of scaosI. s,sl7, volume. III Sunday
,I.ol ubfiri,s % O03; station. ~herr prayer ].
ol-~iv,t. 20 yr,parns for the ministry, &c. Tie |
cu-, BE- aided nv the society contributed during the
d., caf 10 n usual objects Of CHRISTIAN bcne violence
10 - b,.ide about 1900 for a., up)ot Of tho
If Cir., eInoug them.elves r. .hiern church.
recently aided by the society have determined 10
,u-ts.n th'I pator- hereafter wthout fIthsr drafts
uIon The Treasury.
Tie ECv. NJ. POFTTE n.ked tie rousnaratiye |
amount u bushes ~ th- year and lat.
~ llif 'aid IN reply, that al the CONNIE emcnt
OF te year there 100 churc.e- which ~ seivei
= oil from this ~eiety. On tue fret OF April Their. were
bat -. M-,t % tbs dear xas ow uy 10 the fact
tfGt many ohurcL-s bad become able 10 TAX care %
tlens'lys,. Wien mise onsres am oas Ia rturn
tie NNeiy LID Ne, feel 10 cHndtio To urgr them 10
IMAM.
(omU-l,ecs were appointed % jLe h...inary ope.