, 1859-05-16

N lact, and increase Of interest On the part
tile churches. in the work Of the Society,": fo
Ii tue hrst place, in large districts of countr,
no collecting n.sency was employed during ii
;,ta ;,eaF: anu secondly, special efforts were 1nad
Me year before, in the United States and
Faris. to collect funds for the erection Of III
American & Chapel in that city, which were. il
| eiuaed IN totli receipts reported at the last Ar
| ai'efsafy The augmented receipts, especiuil
fFom those districts in which agents lave iaboi
ea' are such that the amount received for ord
hafS purposes is, in fact, a few thousand dol
lara ~ advance OF the amount gisen for thos
uses the previous year.
r. lhe report, in speaking Of the Papal popula
tion, estimates the number Of that class Of ou
! el'zehs at about three miIli0us comprisiu,
Ae1icahs 1ndiaus, Spaniards, Portuguese, Ita1
aahs, Frenc1meh, Germans, Irishmca, African
| anu some others, scattered throughout the ma
| tloh' apparently haring no connection OF bont
TIE t control of the great central power ut Rome
Inc chle1 am Of the Board has been, with thi
population, to cnlightcn nnd secure tie conyer
son Of ITS individuals to Christ. They hare
sought thus by missions, schools, personal con
'e'sauons, distribution of Bibles, Tcs,ameuts
tracts and other Scrlptural means The mis-
s!onarles employed are Of native md forerr
birth. Of seten different nat;onal;tics. and q,
ilhe Fci'S'ous denominations, and sixty-threc in
number, in the Home field. The Board have
commenced to IAbor, within the wear. at eight
nc" nc" stations, two Of which are among The Irish
5.1Fee the Germans, two the French and one the
The number of different children collected and
Taught longer or shorter times in tue schools.
week day, Sunday and industrial, as reported.
IS 4.!e6-an advance Of Lao On tho number
meHt'oned' IN report Of last year-besides nunv
WHO have been sent into denominatioual schools
4a,a M1 o1 winch no exact returns hare been made
lnese. added TO former numbers reported. will
make m aggregate of at least 1870 children
aho youth Which hare been brought under evan
genc4l framing and Influences by the American
and Foreign Christian Union, in the past term
OF IL" years. The number of teachers, mall.
ana 1cnalc reported US connected with the "a.
1lous schools, IS 315-an advance of upwards Of
seventy, upon the number reported befnrc, aud
VINO, With the missionaries and latorers Of every
PANE, compose force Of $50 persons There
hase neen two new French congregations col
aected within the year in Michigan which now
enJ"y the abors Of missionary Of the Board
--:onc At koyat Oak and the other Mt Mt Gle
!nsns Two congregations, gathered under The
influences OF THE Board, among the Germans
one ~ the city Of New York, and the other in
tic CITY Of Cincinnati, Ohio-haviug a Joint
membership Of Wv inl livitluuls in commuuion-
nase Within the year tune in July and the other
in September last) assumed tlc support Of their
pastors Respectively, and relieved the Board of
'helr responsibility in that regard. The total
number Of converts TO Christ from the ranks Of
the iaiisfs thus far reported to the office. is
t,4ef; There are others besides, whose num-
hcrS have not been reported. Tic amount Of
reading nlattcr distributed during the year is
equivalent to six aud half millions Of octavo
pages.
In respect to the Foreign field. the report be-.
gins by describing the missions ia the Western
=, hemisphere, and notices the work in Canadu,
iiuEti: Mexico, and Chill in South America. Tie
Canadian Society at Montreal which the Beard
now aldS. has Twenty-Five missionaries, several
Important Achools, aud is gradually extending
eeanScllcll influences uycr the Canadian papai
mihu' At ilayh in the West Indies, m I'D.
ycar; making now six small churches, with as
many native helpers to lid the missionary, the
Key. Mr. Warrin: and haring Joint uc;ubcT-
sup vi = little more than one hundred souls.
sieNlco Is rcceiving advantages throug the fe-
male seminary III Brownsville, opposite Matu.
no'1s s-sr'eniy- Mexican girls having al
ready Gecu educated in that institution. with
view to be returned to their homes and to be-
colnr teachers. or in some way useful to the
cai'se ot pure Christianity i'll their respective
spheres, Many Bibles, Tes,aucuts aud tracts.
larouE!1 ITS agency, have also gone into that dis
[fastcd Land within three wears past. In CuiIi.
n aspara'so. The Key: Mr. Tro,nbull, who still
holds his rriatinn to the Board, hns much Gu.
ss''l1sgcmcnt. His church is now self.su.taiu-
ny, aud thus good Standpoint is gained for
"g"fs on ihe west coast If South America
~ tue Eastern hemisphere the missions to
lFela''a arc first noticed. The Board hAye there
lse n"sslon>. comprising Is many missionaries.
'ho labor IN large districts, some Of whom are
assisted W several ''helpcrs.' Tie mission to
If Sin " in those Islands SCENES unbroKen. Int
1Vtn Tue authorized Roman Cutholic version of
he Bible Gnu be circulated there. The mission.
Try, however, finds way Of dung good. Sxeeden
; a@haieo with discussions cuucvrnlnx religious
'schon'. aud is favored with m extensive reyi.
'ai "l evangelical religion. In Belgium the cause
'as greatly .Prospered There are there, il con
,'el',a Win TUE Evangelical Society which the
'oafa AIDS, u churches. l3 ministers aud evan.
'tllsts, II tcachers and Bible readers, ..0l com
Ilunieants, ~ and about 15,hh, Protestapts. In
lednout through thr Naldcnsinn table. which |
ne b"ard also aids, much las been douc by
nelr college and seminary. the press aud mis- !
ions. From Genera. Switzerland, evangelical |
aootS aSH beng put forth in various diroe,ions. t
l'FtE evanscl>ss and twentv.six colporteurs
he Evangelical Societies ut Puris and LYONS. !
rance. I" Which the Board extend. aid. have |
,cci much prosecuted, but verv succ,>,f,i
l's former has fifteen stations, eiEhtec. schools
lau twenty three pastors. and erangciists aud |
eaehers. The latter has this yenf completed |
IS nc" house ct worship IN the city Of Lyons, I
Trough several villages, aud sustain, several
crins. pug
1he chapel Mt Rome has been maintained MS
sual, and with useful results and the Amer
on chapel at Paris, the great work Of the hoard
the fore4gu tclu l'r the last two wears. was
o. s%ml';eted and DIT die t ID on The I'd Of May last.
ne 'h,ard have, "ilh,n tho year, extended aid |
, IN important sta.iuu at Potion. in Franz.
ihica previously they had not aided: and ,her
ave also commenced i service in Constant;nG,
'e. ao1oug tue more tlan 4u.ut1 Romanists in
1a1 vicinity, winch is 4 new and hopeful enter
HSe' :, Tue number Of pastors, eyaugelists-
iole readers teachers, colporteurs, and other
loole!s l connected with missionary societies or
ith which the Doarh co-operates. tby rTant;nr
aoAolcs designed to pay some part Of fhrir
uPpor, publishing and distributing iuforma.
oh. Or otherwise promoting the cause, ! toprth.
with those Iaborers in different parts o2 thr
ame held who hold II more direct connert;on
unlred 'A"o IN" +
The report having Lecu read, addresses v.r~ !
el!vered by Rev. 7. T.. Cuyier, Of the Reformed
'ntch Church. New York Rev. r. c, Uoadi4r |
1he congregational Church, Greenfield. Mas
n' he'. Mr. Reid of tue " E. Church.
AMERICAN CONGREGATIONAL rS1oS,
l ne s11ih anniversary address before the Con.
1esatsohal lnion Society vas delivered hx
resident "oo!sery, Of Yale College, on Tuss.
~ evening, III the new Tabernacle, corner of
tTraaa"ay md Thirty fourth street.
ms association WIS formed in 1855, for thu
u! P"sc OF assisting feeble congregations in
u,ld!ng p|nce Of worship.
-, ~ CLOCK the Rev. Dr. Bacon, President
! INC Union. took tile chair, when. on arconnt
) Ane slG1ness X OF the Corresponding Secretarr
'es. >. r. Lanworthy,y the Sixth Anpual R:.
oit " ole trustees WAS read by n 4. Cu]kins
sq'' 41om which We learn that the cln,inv ia
'ry work. ~ 1'ep3fa-
1here was fourteen hundred and nin.tx,s;x
ol4Ass and eighty five cents in the treasure NJ
&c commencement Of the wear lust clo.nd, MI
ed. @ oee" p4oprf
,ese N h btea collected dnrinx tA. ye,, .iot,a O,
-o"o ID tne na7nte On hand - TX e
4. TIC s'a''asfe resource. Of TIC a:.oc;ou els
VI the amount there has been naid IN nine
'u9enes 10 complete and par the list bi1I m
elr houses u worship tue sum Of f24st
bare been n,cie to tventr othcr
laFches, which are now in process nf crcct;nn-
sua' anonnl was not statrd-aud there il an
'p!elTla&ed balance OIL aud Of - a1sns f,n.
below the sum already pledged sfsG-,,
~ the other hand there is ahuut /, 1s., ,,or-
ttsed BY responsible men, which vii h h,1s;a
sona ns the buildings are complcted tn xb;eb :
G appropriations have been made. Th.n. ~
w ,4e3 year books Oh sale, al more tLan thjr.
piaccs. IRON which returns laye not hccn
aoe. and there are q: the roolns Of the soc;ety