New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-05-12
AMERICAN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FoP
FOREIGN MISSt0NS


Church, DIR. Adams. The ChsTch was well Tiled
at least 800 persons were present. wN, L. DODGE
After prayer by the Rev. Dr. FFRprs, missionary
hymn was sung by lh', congregation, IFoi' HAsii'''
LeGder
Secretary Woon read an s6sract Of the annual sa'e
ment, q portion of which we give: =, .,,. anti,
rhe haOps Board s'e coSdne'rS on Pacific Ocean
prom the dcOncticn Of tfe betngns TO he hSo' s
frSe9g DSsss Sa9S essS~ and Kopo missions and
the uniting OF a three MISSIONS as 2a is now ~
S Sn 'h SstTp 10 station onOns The na@Ser Of
snd Of bor sent from this country including Se unordagsd
sssns i Sss o total Of ei isborers
N hEye by the missionaries Of this
RaS been ru ed 10 writing The Word Of God has been
YSssised in Whols pant into than twenty and its
BY The sresI portion Of the Pagan Mohanedan Crll
abe printing dor was @ veal sGo.S eleven
hui and twenty million pages beng VeIy Largely oil tue ~
Many thousands Of pupils have received more or less
Of Christian instruction in mission families aud ssh0S Un
sbOut eO at present contained In the 80 ee schools 10
Zeal classes Of young also taught at some oil the stations
Exclusive Of many thus admitted particularly in Western
Asia and Persia more than 50 GOO hopeful converts have IRON
aeo q Re %eTe sReTed during the drt half period
OF the Roards existence The additions OF the last ten
care Of missions board l Of which 80 have b9en or
saned in ve Ihe existing . ReOsh IN sey are
how faint expression of the mora and spiritual dy
naes the missionary enterprise These ike the hidden
forces Of creation making all things new can be
IN tbe b5f survey which we are able give of the
which the board engaged the following points seem
hopeful change taking place the character Of the agency
employed Seven years the number Of abeers nom TINS
. s Iho more ordained missionaries than there
Instead Of Il native pastors and zs native a thee
=" tbs time There are now
supported by the funds OF the Hoard the excess being
The cs Is urgent enlargement in China Our missions
there are The beloved Achison and Macy have been
cut down by death Providence is sasng the foundations Of
the empire doubtless TO prepare more fully e way OF ne Cos
pe such the dpensa1ion OF Divine influence, thl
according Bdgman conversions in 1898 equaed those
the previous hacentuTy Surely in time ike this the
many than ten ordained missionaries among 40boNeO Of
limo hd Is the ta OF faith greater Western Africa
but the brethren and sisters at the GaDoon m clam the pow
ge of LAYING themselves the altar for Aicas redemption
Among the Zuus ON the southeastern side Of the Continent N
hold and its effects Of the Spirit and an advan
st sxu,s Of an encouraging nature have recently
cunsd in India TIE aud Ashratta missions in pac
uaI should receive an enlarged ,uPpo teSn te @
poyed end the spiritual element ito distinct
Bile indrsnces makes progress in Syria and within
the bounds Of the Assyn mm bat its most eneefing
tiunphs among the Armeians OF turkey
In midst Of greet h and socil changes the living power
e1 spitus tTsnoation The religion.
by the dh h1~oy" IS at war Sith tbs he piaee Of Mo
class Of he people but; though Oft ostcd 6y oigoed pop
that missionary operations have wide scope and the r
gious reformation obtains free Development The long looked
Tor END reached IN the contact Of the Gospel with the hoha-
ntdn ind and The practical eerogi9n o. the death penalty
Chins becoming directly what they have been inde cty
and effectively. missions 20 the Mobanedans So wonderful
the estimation OF the Older n 'na are Tecst evidence;
81 say efficacy wrought by the preaching o. the Convert
he Liin Sculptures are giiaE among Iqks in CONSTANT
lS% q aI these: This is day Of ndraesS Ana another
ssys: sS are oog 5s S though the by
eT ws about to d,oP down upon Us 40 sustained
The yospe in regard to the treasury e1cte sohsqte but
s.o hopeful IL IN encossns et mat qnse, al ss pes
aIge,t any year the board history except that OF 1921
sz4S72 which OF he receipts in the
otbs OF last year II enet which mas been commenced
tGrcue The drG Of 90 With which This year began win be
provided The receipts Of the last three months OF last yea
were slI 2le the income year, from all sources
s5Olo beirg $9 900 less than the expected expenditure
unncumbered treasury at the JUBILEE
Ieay the earnest efforts Of the friends OF the board are ne
Mr. DoDGE stated that this was the 5Oth anniversary
of tie Society. During the half century 1t had eX-
pended but $1,000 0OJ not one per cent OF what had
been expended for railroads IN This country. deOt
hung over the Society at present, which he hoped
would be removed by those whom God had blessed
with abundant means
1be Rev. ALLEN HAzEN Of Bombay, India gave an
interesting account of the manner OF life Of the lndoOs
There ,l0U villages in the district of Ahmednug-
gar which they hoped To soon occupied by mission
sres they all open to the preaching OF the Word.
Great blessings had been granted to these village dis
trirts Little churches were sprnging up everywhere.
Tlis was a most interesting and Important era. BY
decision of the Government all of Whatever caste who
embraced Christianity, in the eye of the law
deemed TO be Of the Lghet caste. lie concluded with
interesting but lengthy story OF the tried pey Of one
of the HjDdOO converts
The Rev. ANDREwT T. PRATT, NJ. D.. of the Southern
American Mission, next spoke OF the nconprehensble
grandeur OF the revolution which God was carrying
in the Turkish Empire. He took survey Of the geo.
graphy OF Syrian Mission. They had now Stations
ana IL ont stations u places in occupation. Since
81 from II native helpers and II schooeaChers the
number had risen % helpers and % schOOeachers
in IsCO the number of church members bad risen from
1888 10 So of audience from 9o2 10 1854 of scholars
from $40 TO l,365 Six Years ago dnwe ~ Pro-
tesaIt men in Mar.sh, there we're 800 converted
souls Although the poorest people in that country,
thew had built church that would 300 persons.
Many Of them could al the time get enough to
eat One woman a schOoeacher who Obliged
10 eat cucnmbers for FIVE six days together last Sum
pDer because they cheap and would fill up the
topr.ch and she could not AFFORD bread, TO Mrs.
While and said she wanted TO give something's she had
two undergamens ana thought she could spare Of
them Her wages were 81 10 per month Many who
had subscribed toward building the church were obliged
to take their plates generally OF "copper" and sell them
In tbe market.
ILey gave their jewelry which had been in the fam
y for generations and IN cases the dresses OF the
bride lntouched since marriage had been gwen One
of the fliHgs which they most stlklnyly observe on
becoming Christians is the Sabbath. One of them, on
going home from church, on the ground gold |
piece worth a dolar He passed by II, saying II was
SUNDAY However be went back, took II up between |
two pebbles and put II in his pocket lie DID rot feel
quite right a,Ou, IT, ADD gave e 10 the native helper,
and aferWard came 10 dun aud asked If he did right IN
picking up. This showed the extreme deliclcy Of
conscience ef tsese people. Brother White had just
written 20 him that the Of The church now
evan more encouraging than ever before. Many Mus