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churches have also enjoyed the special evyng nsuenses

VI Inc opuiG during tne year.
There two missions In India threa of them hRvn
been consolidated in during the year Conneete tet
with these missions there feen stations, TWEEN y
ins ordained missionaries and s four assistant mis-
sona ries and nstve helpers under the Of these
nissionaTes. There eeven churches and two hun
dred and eighty hree urch eigh teen schools
snG rec thouss0d ssvtn hundred ard ortytwo pupils
There has been period in the previous history Of tese
inissicDs when they presented = more encouraging
sspecf or promised richer fruits, than at the present
time
In Siam there ID mission OF Bosgkok, connectei
With which there there .riared Ioissorae, three
GO ale sfsstsnt ere Chinese assistant and
ore besEdiI school nun beTrg tseLty eigh! pupils,
There are three missions IN China at Canon, NuVoo
ard Shanghai IL rpg in come rgion wiCh these mis-
sionS there are fourteen uiss paes and ui1stten mais
arc female assistant missionaries and three boarding
schools embracing ninety pupils. The church Nngpo
ts been isvo-to durI ne year py addition 0 ten
tatfy- converts At ths othe mission stations the vari
cepsrtnens OF missionary labor carrie
Win eihciencs, ans with many encouraging tokens o.
good
tin ued Ger the Of Rev William Sp whose
have been OF great vice 10 he tbiDee In vains
There are two missions under the of Board n
>opfh America one Gt BusnuS AyTes and the sher
Icyots in New Crsnads. tn one at Buenos Ayres has
hted Of two year COZ pusnce AID has baen favored ty
The converting presence OF the Hoy Soifis during iht
year. eur coIverta having been rsoeive 10 tie
urcn q the caurch ca ipg Las, The other
,sslon Of Boeo's has ba' just oonpenret.
fJn6s have te-n rsmitiei to the Evangelical mission
aTy socie les a Begup, Paris Geteva to tee Wal
oerses SYNOD to ,be amount o. So 600 exclusive Of
interest the endowment. urd Of h. In Tour sernary
is believed that the OF Evengehcai religion h.s
Teen greatly promo ed IN Europe during last year BY
the bhors Of these va ious societies
Tgo rioDariss Iabosing in this city for the bsns
III ~ the J.ws sni though yefy masec retuts have
s.yet aentei .tsir lators they rerort from II IA
Tie repc1- q the Board contains much to encourage
ths peope Of God the Missionary work going forward
with canfsst tokens cf h. Divine blessing
IN each o. the divisions ot the ary field
some fruit has teen gathered and the convsrh admitted
% the communion Of the mission churct
Derous than IL Any former Tbese proofs o. Gods
a7oT towards the work Of lis servants call tor deyou
Thanksgiving.
The hsv T. D. GuR-zy, (ex Chaplain to Corgress,) de-
h7ered tae sermon. he spoke ct length upon tine
sionary endeavos Of former propsg rdiss Of Chris
their lator self eral and suffering But the Reoeemer
be conterdeS supported them, ard then days
in their various ees Of ator tre special b. nedcAon Of
TIE Almighty upon The work CT the missionary and
thereto it cenld fail He it Was who strengthened
their fstb animated their Courage And prepared tnam
tr hei, work In times Of trial and emb His
promise inspired Them, and His whole spirit brea,hed
nto ther soul rnutsrabe peace, c'Incr ed them
eternal lite. Gods spirit operating through he mission
cry convinced the heathsn OF his SIN removed his pre-
ucices, apa ossi psed his oaI&De's and him child
ohght The Saviour bad set his seal to that contract
suca vas the mighty work tba, .he missionary, under
the express ipjupcti Of his Divine Master" Go teach
sn nations was called upon to perform. Tho Re.
deemer had pie gid himself to maintain the relation
Of q protector to His missionaries, end He pleegsd
himself 70 sustain and perform this work, not FOR
,iways, sTen to the end Of the world With
such cooperation, h6w could We doubt the results
In support O. tE view the reverend gentaman euotai
many passages ION the Scriptures. pointing out me
er'ieh Of the Holy will in the regard 10 the propagation
hat those promises Of Divine assistance and favor were
exceedingly great and pre- cious and must and should be
pAhed. The earth and heavens might pass away
but the word OF the Lord atdeh forever. All that lie
hac engaged DO sor Zion could ai would be done IN
the course Of an exact and timely ful6lment. Did hs
Mr.. 6, say what God had engaged to 90 for Zion:
~konIl kan thars ~ E.Ak rto -ol
beloved Son that he wstid gva bin rus sAr.h sc- ui
s!on. The ross;cnary snteise In spite OF all the obsta
cles which might be thrown in ;ts way having the
ire world for rs field ard especially conorted with tn
assurance O! Divine ssssterce must ultimately succeed
end though ts progress meht be Ietsr1ed for time
yet it would finally prevail and triumph. After son-
further remarks IN similar strain the reverend gentle
closed his eloquent address, and tho proceesing
thu terminated with sirging prayer and the bsnsac
tiot.