, 1860-10-16
The American ifli%sfnlary AsAoclatlon.
Correspondence Of he Press and Trbune.]

L A0R AAAEE1CAN HAtFb1nH&TY AnH0ElAtIQu.
Correspondence Of he Press and Tr7bune.]
s1sAcu:E. n. T., Oet-la.
This association met to hold It's fourteensh
a71ual meeting in the Plymouth Church Of this
city, on Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock.
In tbs absence CT the presideut, Rey. payid
Root Of Connecticut was called to the chair.
Mr, Root by hs d'guided, urh ne and positive
manner, has made good presiding officer. If.
ter the reading Of the Scriptures and prayer by
tie President, the Treasurer, Lewis Tappan,
Ezq made hia report, which showed 5000 33
Of cei2ts for the last ear (bsing s. 600 more
than for tie preceding ear, and e2 cco more
Than for any pr viosa year), a1d 81 .33s Is Of
expenditures. Ha had & pr,mise Of Il. 500 On
bis va. home, which would carcet the debt.
Rev. George Whipp'e, Secretary Of tie Foreign
Department, and Rev. S. s. Jocelyn, Secret ~
Of The Home Department, read their reports;
from which it appears that 60 missionaries had
been employed in the Foreign and lie in the
Home field. 1he foreign missions are in Af1i.
CO, in jamaica, in the Sandwich 1s1ands. in
sihm, among the. Indians in Michigan, sad
among tbs refugees in Canada. In the home
work 140 churches have 0.en aided, d 3persons
added by profession and $50 by letter, and rs .e-
virals hare been enjoyed
In tho evening the Annual Sermon was
preached By Rev. Prof. Morgan Of 0berlin,
from Matt. IS: 1920. N inspiring expos'tion Of
the missionary charter.
Thurslfy corning from s to . o'clock was
spent in season Of DEVOTION The officers Of
The preceding year were 70 elected. The CON.
mittea to whom the reports vera referred, pre-.
sente several resolutions upon correlated
topics. The Association requested the se:rets-
r::s to make an appeal through the Amt ie1n
1uitien1ry-el,o0 900 copies Of which as the or
gan Of the body are circulated gratuitonalv-
for the raislrg Of c'ubs fer the paper At Il. --'
Of twenty-five cents per 1nc.,m r. vo,sd
'na' 'ae E a"s - and prospects Of the mission
/ IN Africa ara such fl to encourage larger out
lay upoa it-thst Of the last year having bet
$4,000. By resolution, gratitude to God IVES
expressed Tor the succ.ss Of missions in the
| Sandwich Islands under the care OF Ibis Asso.
ciatiou aud Of other boards. The Executive
Committee were direcled to prosecute their
! petition to Congress for the suppression Of the
/ ave trade.
! Tbs ef1icers Of the Association were request:d
to brig before the churches tie desir1b!ere.s
OF their adopting missionaries in the uom. aud
Foreign depsriments, and pledgtng them sup
port through the egsncy Of this organization,
Rev. Mes Is, ". B. Brown Of Newark, y. ] E.
Il. Fa;zchi,d Of 0oerlin, and Geo. Viii pie Of
New York, we're appointed Committee of H.
ves.igatioa, sud report 1t the next snnual meet
rug as to The propriety AID possibility Of send
| inc families into different parts OF the uutvan-
| gelized world, In the expectation that By their
own labors they will support themse res, while
by their words and lives they my do much 10
+! el v.te and christianiz= thepeople- Deep SYM
| pa.hy vAs expressed for the e1i!es from North
Carolina and Kenrucky, and the hope expressed
that ttey would soon be permitted to return to
,hsir Chosen zelda Of labor. Interesting dis
cossions were had uroa all Of these topics.
Rev. Daniel Worth Of North Carolina (~hoss
g. 900 bail bonds have teen raised), Rev. J. 4.
X, R,ee,s and !. G. Richardson o. Kentucky,
R.,.J s. Green Of the Sandwich lalancb, and
Mr. Barton. the business agent o; the AssociA.
| ton in Africa, were present and addtd much 10
the inte est OF the occasion By their recitas and
Tie Asse clation approved Of the action Of
| the Executive Committee In establishing !he
| Western Agency, and In appointing Rev. J. l..
Roy as its Secretary.
Tne Lords Supper was administered in the
afternoon, Rev. Messrs. J. Brewer and McEl-
| H. ~ ha fahth