The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-05-11

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Amount received from special doda.ions for the
American chapel at Paris. $40 q
Amount received for rents upon she premises Of
the society northumberland. 500 oC
Amount received from church collections, dona.
tons and all other sources. 57,4S5 90
Total................................s78,2o 2 %
Expenditures
For paper, printing magazine, &c ....... So GA Is
For grauiious distribution OF books and tracts $3.50 So
For salaries of secretaries and general agents 500
For interest on bonds, insurance, &c....... Ss2 90
For State county and water taxes ......... 255 SO
Fer clerk hire, light, fuel, postage, ,S67 "a
For salaries of home foreign ssionaries 4S44l %
For American chapel at Paris. S,i29 q
Total. 1000. s72 $40 ca
Balance to new account Observation-Disclosures. 562 &c
An absteact OF tie report Of the directors then read
by Rev. Dr. A. Campbell, of the secretaries Of the
Union. The following is a brief synopsis
The report commences by the announcement Of the
death of the Treasurer OF the Union A. G. Phelps ESQ
the 18th OF May last It also notices the deaths Of
OF the Vice Presidents, the Hon. VIM Jay OF Bed
ford, N. y Rev Or. Post, OF Charleston 5. C. Rev Mr..
Den nson and Rev DR.. Vaudeville Of Mobile, Ala Rev.
Or. Black, of Allegheny City, Pa. Rev. Dr. Young, of
Dan vle KY Mr. Charles Davis of New York city;
Of the members Of the Board of Directors the Rev
Or. Johns of Baltimore, Nd and of The Missionary
teachers, Miss Rankin, in the seminary in Brownsville,
Texas.
The abors operations the society are referred 20
under two beass--"The Home Field" and "The Foreign
Field" The Home Field comprises the United States and
its Territories whi,h the duties of the Union are cass
ned and spoken Of under two heads corresponding
10 the two great divisions Protestant and Roman Catholic
into which the population Of the country chiefly divided
AS mpartng Information TO them in respect nature
object necessity importance and operations of the soce
ty and engaging their symps,hies and energies its be-
nan are prominent among the dutes which refer to the
Protestant part OF the population the Board speak of
means employed to perform them They have relied
chiefly the press and the living preacher They used
the press TO considerable extent the way furnishing
casioual papers, tracts books and the monthly Magazine
Besides sales, the gratutOus distribution OF publications
pied their work amounts TO upwards of six thou
IN ATa Tor Inn
,2o2 go This amount though apparently less than
the aggregate reported for The year BEFORE shows III
an increase OF interest the part Of the churches
work Of the society for in the FIRST place. in large districts
Of country no collecting agency employed during the
year and secondly special efforts made the year
before in the United States and in Paris TO collect funds
for the erection Of the American chapel in that city
which were included in total receipts reported the last
anniversary. The augmented receipts especially from
those districts in which agents have labored,
that the received for ordinary purposes is fact
lew thousand dollars in advance OF the amount given
for those the previous year. Showing in gratifying
and encouraging manner the growth OF the upon
the favorable convictions confidence, and affections Of the
Christian community.
The report, in speaking Of the Papal population, est
mates The number of that cass OF citizens about
three millions, comprising Mexlcans Indians, Span!ards
Portuguese kalans Frenchmer, Germans, rishmen,
Africans and some Others scattered throughout ma
ton apparently having no connection bond Of sym.
Iahy with each other yet all subject TO the control OF
the great central power at Rom. The chief Of the
Board has been with this population, TO enghten and
cure the conversion OF its individuals Christ They
have sought THIS by missions. schools, personal
conversations, distribution of Bibles, restaments,
tracts, and other Scrip.ural means The mission.
aries employed of native and foreign birth OF seven
different natonaltes and of religious denominations
and six'y three in number in the Home field The Board
have commenced 10 labor within the year eight new
stations two OF which among the irish three inc sr-
mans, two the French aud the Italians The nu mber
OF different children collected and taught longer shorter
tnes in the schools week day Sunday industrial az
reported 10 4,ls6an advance OF 240 on tie number
mentonei IN report of last yearbedes many who have
oeeh sent INTO UNCONVENTIONAL schools and of which
act returns have been made. rhese added TO former
Numbers reported, will make aggregate of least
1890 children and youth itch have been brought under
evangelical training and influences by the American
and Foreign Christian Union in tue brief term of
lew years The number Of teachers, male and female,
reported as connected With the various schools is
3I5an advance of upwards seventy upon the number
reported before, and who, with the missionaries
ana AUofers OF every name force OF 43S per-
sons. mere nave been two new French congregations
collected within the year in Michigan which now enjoy
lhe aoors oi missionary Of the Board-one at Royal
Lock, and the other at Mount Clemens Two congrega
ons, gathered under the influences OF the Board among
the manone IN the city of New York and the other
IN the city OF Cincinnati Ohiohavipg Joint membership
Of 219 individuals in COMMUNICATIVE within the wear
zone in July and the other in September LAST assumed
support on tner pastors respectively, and relieved the
boau OF ther responsibility in that regard The total
number OF converts to Christ from ranks Of the Papss
mus lar reported 10 the Office 4o4 There others
pesiues, whose numbers have been reported. The
amount OF reading matter distributed during the wear ia
equivalent TO about half mliops of octave pages
IN releieLce 10 The Foreign field, the report gives
prlei view OF the procpa features Of the Papacy or
movements Of Papal officials, in the places where the
Board (ether independently through local soceties)
performs It's work and also Of the operations of the mis-
sonaries and come of the visible results II begins with
the missions in the Western hemisphere and notices the
work in Canada, Hayt Mexico and Chile in south Anne
rca Inc Canadian Society at Montreal which the Board
now aids, has twenty five missionaries several mportant
schools and IS gradually extending evangelical Influences
over the Canadian Papal mind. At Hay lin the West
lnoes) an additional church has been organized
within the year; making Blk email churches with
as mary nalve helpers to aid the missionary, the Rev.
hr' warning, and having joint membership Of little
moie IMAM one hundred souls. Mexico receiving ad
vanlages through the female seminary at Brownsville,
oppotte ARtanorasseventyt three Mexican girls ha wing
already been educated in that institution with view 10
DC returned TO their homes and become teachers or
way useful to the cause Of pure Christianity in their
iespecnve spheres Many Bibles Tesaments aud tracts,
through ns agency, have also gone into that dis
Hac.d land within three years past In Chile, q. VAL
Paaso, tne Rev Dir Irumbull, who still holds his rea-
loD 20 the Board, has much encouragement His church
s now sell sustaining, and thus good stand point is
gan.u lo apoTs on the west coast Of South America
10 tne has ern hemisphere the missions Ireland
hfs baticed The Board have there five missions com
pshg as many missionaries, who labor large districts,
some OF "hom are assisted by several "helpersn The
mission 10 the Azores noticed The power of the aMan
Oh sih ID those Islands unbroken; not even the
i]eu hoDan catholic version Of the Bible be
circulated mere The missionary, however, hnds ways
OF cong good Sweden ia aga,ed witn discussions con
einpe regoue freedom, ana is favored with extep-
slve revival Of evangelical religion In Belgium the cause
90 .ay pospefeu mere are there, in connection with
he Evangelical society which beBoard aids 10 cburcbes
MINISTERS ana evangelsts ii teachers B ole readers
tuoo and about pOtestantg 10 Ped.
mont through the Waldensian table which The RoarS
also ads much has been done by their college and semi.
nary, the press and m'ssons Fom Geneva Switzerland
evangelical abors are put forth various directions with
good resufs The Evangelical Society has thirty eyange.
Lists end twenty ak colporteurg The Evangelical soce-
ties at Paris and Lyons, France which the Board ex.
hnds AID have been much prosecuted but very SUCCESS
iul ihe former has fifteen sations eighteen schools and
twenty three PASTORS and evangess and teachers Ye
a'er has his year completed It's new house of worship
The city OF Lyons, has communion of COO ehers scat
tered through several villages and susanE eevera rns-
SION Stations and spiritually greatly prospeing. The
chapel ut Rome has been maintained az usual,
ana VIVID useiu resulis and tie American chapel
nj ParB, the great work OF The BOARD In
he ioreigo leld for the last two ycars. was com
Tleted and dedicated On the Cd az Nav ro ~