The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-05-18

TIT" association originated in 1914 under q stvs Of
the Baptist Trennial Convention, organize to ipangura,e
the missionary work Of the Bapta' denomination in the
United States The immediate clsion OF its organza
ton the COVE sion to the Baptist doctrine of INNER
sion Of Rev. LOO and Adoniram Judson and his
wife, while their way TO India as missionaries, under
the anspce Of the american Boari of Commissioners Of
Foreier ssions These missionaries baptised by
immeTs ihr arrival at Calcutta, and an appeal was
made by the English Baptist mission at Serampore TO the
Bap churches OF the United States to maintain them 10
ln|a. Tho rppea responded TO by the rfennia Con-
sentop ars the missionary work Of III denomination has
ever SINCE oeen increasing At first, the annual income
only SS 90 or 81 600 nov the inrome amounts IL
upwards of coo per annum, and the numoer Of mis-
has increased TO aOotwenty, with hundreds OF sta
tons and outstatoos, employing three four hundred
missionaries, assistants, tea hers, sc. coln ctsd with
the NJ ssions are more than three hundred churches WIN
upwarcs OF "a 000 members There are sixteen Stations
n Asia over hive hundred in Europe chiefly IN Gernauy
and seven in America, distributed anon, among @ b.
l346, the Baptist Church North spit on from
their brethren of tho southern States on the
slavery question and this siouary enterprise was re-
organized under the name Of the Ba atist MS
sonaIy Union" The organization took charge OF all
The ssoDarIes and Their Missions ana mas Carried on
the work ever since while the church South, though re-
tanning the sty OF the Trennii Conventon, commenced
the missionary work anew. The denomnlton feel the
greatest THIS organization and It is not IN any
nanner Affected by the action OF The Consolidat
Convention The Union is composed of annual members,
appointed by the COufCneS, DN
ment OF 500. The Union rs in debt about 800, ooo
The annual meeting Of the Board Of Managers, preli-
nlnary the fifth anniversary Of The Unon to be
held on Thursday, commenced yesterday morning in
the FIRST Baptist Church, corner OF Broome and Elizabeth
streets, Rev. DR.. SEARS President Of Brown University
in the chair. Tho meeting was opened with singing and
pra at 10 O'Clock when there WIS very full meeting
! member announced the presence Of pickpockets
ing clerical white crEyats OF whom had Just relieved
his poke, of $50 gold piece,
A Committee of Arrangements was appointed, aud
subsequently, their report the Board resolved to hold
afteIpoon and evening sessons-,hs evening TO be de
voted TO religious exercises aud the Wednesday evening
| TO hearing mist ouagi, s from broad.
Rev. J. W. Warren, the secretary, read the annual
report of the Executive Committee giving instructive de
tails of The missionary labors of the past year. condition
OF the MISSIONS &c, Reference made 10 the death Of
| the Rev. j, Il. Vnton, Mrs. NJ Il. Asnmore, AMI $. NJ
kendrck Several dsaected missionaries, invited back
by ORDER Of the Unon have declined &c return Several
| changes have been made in the Missions. The
Indian missions have not yet been transferred to the
home Mission Society, ordered lrst rne gross
income the Union last year $l02 lao rs, exoend
tuTes slo2,O79 70 Required for the ensuing year mo-
less than $4,000. The salary Of every missionary il
Burruah has been increased 31C0. As whole, the mis-
sionary operations are in a heathfal condi .ion
The reading OF the report was not concluded at ont
O'Clock, when the Board adjourned TIL three p. NJ
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The meeting was opened with singing and prayer, al
| the time appointed.
The reading of the annual report then proceeded
with for ts and then motion the further read
/ ing was dispensed with.
The portions o. the report referring 10 the several mis-
] sions referred to committees appointed by the
| chair