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

| FRIGfreHUrsGs, eco, Presiuine. Vheu tuc esusa
exercises lad concluded, the Rev. Mr. wooo rcd the
following statement:
| n. M..ions under the care Of the Board In whose
bsk a this meeting held, have increased 10 70; con-
n~cted With which are 30 stations occupied BY eborcrs
Gou this country, and 81 outstations, under Asaoa'
| My supervision, by native eyansei.ts or pssters
| Since tie annual meeting in September ordained
h..ionari., | physicisn, | other male and ~ ~
nal, a. Stant Missionaries have been sent 10 the
Missions But the ranks thus streng heoed are also
| weakened and broken. Too many 10 the held are
bore down With lsbors and care. greater than they
can sustain, and some are not, for God hath taken
them. To the vepsrnted names Of Poor aud Scudder.
and the names of younger brethren who have recently
entered into rest, are nov to be added those OF
Whiting, for quarter Of century wise, energetic
and unweaned in effort for the restoration OF LIVING
ChIi.tisp'y in Syria and the Holy Land and The
beloved Everett whose pure minded and self sscTi-
6cing zeal for eleven year., in hs Masters service
among the Armcnians Of Turkey, Assures a. that he
l-f these earthly .cen-s for that "funees OF hope.
feline" Of joy, and iainess Of glory" vhch-ths lat
ton and already realized fruition in death. The
whole number Of labores from this country, il the
Missions, 10 to9consisting Of leo ordained mnions-
mes, 2e Shorda ned aseistsnt missonsns' o. vhons
ph, soans, and go female assistant mssionanes
With tGese are associated IS native preachers and s21
other native bepsp-mskisg total of OF Who es
devoted to the work Of evsngshratou, and supporss
by the fund. OF the Board Eleven printing establish
ucnts exit in the Mssions-from which were issusd,
in the last year. about 90 900 900 pages OF the Wofd
Of God. ard publications disseminating ~ ts,hs. inc
educational operations Of the Board are iaaeesa oJ
the IL higher seminaries-sn increase OF Two sAco
January, less; 10 boarding schoos-thrse lee thss n
1854 and, exclusive Of the Sandwich hIssds, -
common schoois-beng q more than were sPor ses
one year ago. Thess contain . total al sooes 100
pupls-a dimnutlcn from various causes, ana mostly
in The schools Of nearly 2,oso from the rePo"
of 1884. The progress of the great work IL witch We
are ehgsg-d is by no means to he measured inerdy
by the Enlargement Of the number and membership
IL oryanired churches; yet an addition during the
year Of IL to the previously existing chsroses
aud Of ,4-7 TO their former membership OF 9o,s os,
are facts full Il encouragement. Sixtysu Of thoss
churches have been formed within - ysen;
aud the receptions into them all, during that period,
exceed $1,000 souls; giving an average oil more tnsA
II each year 10 each ordained mis.ionafy-a cossider-
ably higher average 1t 10 believed than the sstsos
OF the religious denominations represented 10 tho Board
would show with the immense preponderance OF aux
ary agencies and influences IN lie favor es the result
Of Di,terial labor in our osn country. Many Known
to the missionaries, particularly IN Ncstern Asa ana
pepa, and doubtless many Ia he hfet kno~a IL
heaven have died in the faith OF thrit who arc not
iacuded in this number. Long ana veal sone in most
missionary fields n the season OF labor without fruit
IT, Of the missions 10 yet the time Of tolsome
preparing Of the ground al seed sowing bat Ia 9TH
ers The harvest in is fulness but its bcginangs,
Lae come that the song Of the reaper mingss with
the voice Of the and the cry urgent for many
To 80 forth gather rpeniDg and rich .heAves that
el.e must perish. Twelve young men arc under APP
poLtmeut missionaries, OF whom one third are ron
beyond the Alleghanies. Several applications have
hot yet been acted on; and III our seninanes and
colleges, and particularly nom the W Get, the
prospect in regard 10 missionaries, is Increasingly
Encouraging But how few are the laborep! How
plenteous the harvest and augmenting the need
No review OF the Missions will be attempted ia this
brief statement. A venerable father, in whose pres
eNce with We rejoice, and brother from another
Mission, will speak to us of what God has doae and
We should do for India. We greet also brother.
proyidenttaly here, who will briefly tell us Of the
mighty work which, under bis own observation, has
been wrought in the sles Of the 500, whore nstioa
has been born in day We can but just refer to the
unwonted tidnCs that reach our ears from China. The
frst era of Protestant Missions to that vast empire
ore of unclaimed misunderstanding and patient gath
oring of materials for q future work. 4 whole genera
tios pesset away, and new era il ushered in by the
opening ofthe two lesved gates Of brass, followed
by incoming influences and political convulsons that
upEeavo Old foundations and shake the nation to ito
center power bursts forth with fierce conociastie
zeal TO against the doStrous institutions Of oSa
turie. dfhonong the gods and destroying their tenn
PEE Ia aid In printing aud circVnting the Scrptsrts
of Divine Truth, and with whatever errors associated
to announce to millions the sublime doctriaes Of one
God anGk osus his Son, the one Redecmcr OF men, The
third and sst Of tie disp~nsalton o. ne Sprrt has
mcncod DuriBg the year yst reported 80 persoas
nearly al adult and several Of them above 50 years
OF age, and sitesng the sincerity VI their prot
sion by p, rsecution and loss endured, have through
the blessing Of God the labors Of tse two brethren
Of the Mission OF the Reformed Dutch Church under
the Of the American Board in Annoy, been admit
ted to tie Christan Church. Fortythree persons have
also been received by English missionaries in the sane
city and vicinity in the same time; making an agge-
gate harvest, in one year, OF twenty i've fold more
hopeful conversions than the devoted pneer Of Chi
nere missions DIR. Morrison, was permitted to re-
oice during the whole twenty.seven years OF his
NIKE aIy life And what shall say Of the won
den Of the Lord in that nearer Orient in which the
operations Of the Board have become 50 extended AZ
Ia sb-ob third Of it's total expenditure The stne
ard carnage vi havegbeen to an end far different
fom that sought by the contending hosts The smoke
OF battle clears away; and the victory belongs os{ u
the Church. An sggression, more to be feared than
Mosltm 6espotism, "A driven back. Former guaras-
ties OF civil rights and the nights Of conscience are CON
frmed aud enlarged. Freedom 70 rsnounce the faith
of Islam ia expressly pledged. MAhommedas fanati-
csrn aud intolerance are not thereby qaenched bat
what is now a principle will become fact. A a.
antagonist to Chnstinnity, the Mahommedan power
Is utterly broken. by It's late decreeth IurksA Gov-
emmett has put itself really higher grousd Of
I, gious liberty than that on which any Que OF the
gr, al powers Of Europe o yet stands. What hath
God wrought For wha, but bis hand hath done
In the MIDST Of these mighty changes the spirtaa
Kingdom OF Christ steadily advances. In two years,
among the Armel.ans, sixteen evangelical churches
have become twenty-five; the seven central stations
Of the Mission now fourteen, and large addition
H. Wesi,rn Asia, in syria, Assyris sod among theNe--
toanr the leayen Of The Gospel spreading with great
npidity and working with daily augmeniing power.
New chuches the eve of formation 10 the part Of
III. field first Just named, sovD, We believe to be self
SUPPORTING and mission sustaining. The Ordinations has
rr occurred, at AntAb of pastor, whose entire sap
Ior, ~ sumed by that church. Two other charchs
are lately to receive pastor OF their own PEG
pie. and Louse of worship tor of them is prvtns
ed by recently follower of the false prophet and
disciple OF Jeeus. OF intercourse with Moe |
lens, spiritual results already developed, and q
woIk 10 be done among them the most shimsting &C
counts furnished. Never will tn hahomule-
dan mad bow to the idolarcs Of the psg hired eccle
ssstcsm OF the Oriental and Rosnish churches; but
its tendencies toward svang.hc a Prot san,ism aud
the manifested purpose Of Divine Providence in brsg
leg into wlde-eIread contact the The