The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-05-09
TIE RELIGIOUS ANNIVERSARIES
Thirty-Sixth Anniversary or the Anne

rtcan Tract Society.
Ipe American Tract Society convened at Irving Hall, At
nine O'CLOCK yesterday morning, this being the thirty
sixth anniversary Of its organization There were quite
considerable number OF members and interested persons
in attendance The galleries occupied exclusively
by ladies.
In the absence OF the President, Hon. Williams, OF
Connecticut, Hon Vim. G. Alexander Vice President IL
Princeton, New Jersey, was appointed to the chair
Prayer offered up by Rev. DIR. N. Bouton OF Con-
cord, New Hampshire.
Noses Allen Esq Treasurer Of the Society presented
his annual report setting forth the pecunary position OF
the Society, the substance Of which Is folows-Re
ceived in donations 500 e26 S. n1udpg legaces {sss
o2s 26), end for sas s2l3 13 s5 making 1907 $40 49,
or with SOL 394 90 balance of mon4y All
at the beginning Of the year ssss,I35 s. ESpende
Manufacturing and issuing, s2t7 IFS Sc; copor,ase s
1877 CO. and eight cclporear agencies and repositories
S276 IS; foreign cash appropriations COO agencies
for raising funds, Sl2 1857 81 all other expenses So
2os 76tota 1857 ATS o. qhctotsi dooat,ous ana e
ces received for the year have been by S. 900 IN.
the expenditures for the three items OF coposage aad
home and foreign grants.
FOREIGN CASH APPROPRIATIONS
For the sand~lrh is.ancs $3.50; China Ey,scopal Ms
sion shapehae $500 Southern Baptist Miss nous caat -
800; Shanghai, $780, Assam 500 ssurmsh ana Ksreos
$500; Northern India 81 600; Or $780, turkey H.
Denans, &c Northern Mission, 81 500 Central Mss,a
$500; Southern Misson, $500 Iisy. 81 occ. &c u,a.
American Bapist Mission $500 New Granada, Pr--...
terrain Mhson S358- total, 81 900 The sun OF Al 600
has also beea transferred the mission or rae pr
byterian Board in Slam to their mission IN China
since me close o. the ear tue cemmit,ee have
81 eco ADDITIONAL opratlcns 70 meet immediate
m"ncs from foreign lands, TO be paid as fuuds
shall be received
REPORT ACCEPTED.
An abstract az the report prepared by the
Revs Nessrs. W. A EIuuck aud g. a. Seyeuseo !. y
then read by the latter gentlemsn, aud upon mosioa
approved.
lhe yesterday Of great length but, on tho
appears that the society IS at present, qfse
hoarishmg condition, its labos being to almost
every ration and every cline the face OF the globe
Missionaries from various parts Of globe who nd
been allowed brief breathing spell from tuer labors
and related their expe ience ana the b. me-
ts which the tracts poured forth thoe among whom
they circulated The benefits accru,g from colo,r
tage Seem TO have been very great The following is an
extract from the report this subject he ua,
e nGe e ons q has been prosecuted over too
cies, having their centres at Boston Rochester
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charleston, New Orleans.
ST. L'uis Chicago and Cincinnati Each agency is under
the managementof an efficient intendent while thu
committee exercise compre hersive and CAREFUL super
forty colleges and theological semnares $40 cope tenrs
abored in the United States and Canada 2o3 being sta
Southern and States and 1874 in the western
and Northwestern States Eighty Of the colporteurs b
sues nNmper o. she students lsoored among Germans.
Spanish and Indians The colp,rieurs made 574 100 IA
mily visits having personal religious conversation
pray with 40s 500 families they visited "A 48o Pro-
testaLt families who habtuay neglect evangelical
preaching; they also visited "a ore Roman Catholic
families they found II COS families destitute of ali re-
gious books but the Bible and % Protestant ues
who were living without the word CT Cod they
ID 68l public or pray meetings.
The following the statistical results Of the abors or
cop0reurs curing the twenty years in which they have
been prosecuted by The sooieyTne employed equal 70
the service Of one man tor Al co. months 1872 500
volumes Sold 09s 400 volumes granted col All sbiic
meetings addressed and prayer meetings het $3.50,
family visits made; 225 400 families conversed with on
personal religion or prayed with; LIZA $50 families ha
bituaiiy negiecttg evangelical preachDg $50 So2 FAINT
lies OF Roman Catholics al 77S families destitute OF all
religious books except the Bbe and 400 249 without
word OF God.
With regard to the las. annual publication there have
been printed during the S67 0o4 volumes, 5O 9c4
publications. or ESQ 343, AGA pages Total IN thtysix
years l6 6S5 53s volumes 236 900 200 publications. or
5s52 $50 sos pages Grstutous distribution for the year.
in 64 distinct grants as 95l pages. and Is l3 $50
pages to life members end directors value upwards Of
After the reports had all been gone through with, and
the necessary action tsken
Horace HoIpEs, Esq, moved that the Society 20 into
an election Tor officers and nominated Joseph A. Wright
for Vice President in place Of Justice Nc Len ceceased
also James Anox, Of New York; Governor William A.
Buckingham, OF Connecticut, and r. c. Winthrop or 3os
ton, for came position. Elected unanimously
The Board q Directors, including life directors hon
went into an election for Executive COMMITTEES Is
tribuing Committee ard Finance Committee for the en-
suing gear when the following gentlemen we're declared
ExScrnrs COMMITTEE Rev David Map;o n n r,,,
BETH n. j.: Rev. William r. Williams D. d.: Rev G,i.
liam Adams, d. d.; Rev. BENJAMIN c. Cutler ID ID Rev
Witt, d. ID. Nv
Distributing COMMITTEE William Forrest. Alfred s.
Barnes, samuel s. Constant, Or. William \. Brakeman:
FINANCE COMMITTEE Richard T Haipcs, Moses ALEU-.
.nofnas 7. poremns Richard g. Feowes, George N. II.
Rev. Dr. LArHRop offered the following resolution which
Resolved That the society with profound gratitude Il.
God for His abundant blessing upon the abors or the
year would with heart implore His continued and
upon its foreign APPROPRIATIONS through wSch the
heather and nomnay Christian nations are the
the common faith TO the homes Of the destitute ~ az
auxiliary 10 the church. suppemepting II action upon
It's grautous distributions to boamen, sailors SOL
ders TO the immigrants from all lands to asyum hos.
pitfalls and penenaries, and to missionaries and private
Christians who in their personal to bring sinners
cations.
che reverend gentleman, after offering his resolution,
went INTO lengthy discourse, In which he brought IN
explained tie reason why he became working
member Of that society was, because struck tho
root Of all evils Tho tramp OF armed soldiery was now
resouldiDg throughout Our streets but we were Chris
iians as wen as patriots We might no, be able to pre-
vent this crisis, but could bring about great moral
charge IN the atmof Ihere Of this community.
Rev. DR.. HAMis, missionary to Cons,antutple NEXT
aaareSeu ,us suoenee nc went ITO relation Of his
aS beng exesciSed ovsr THAI s.r" he dis, uu,ion
Of tracts throughout the country.
Roy. Dr. Ropoxss offered the following resolution,
which was adopted. PREDATORY to an address
Remembering that these wide spread and benedceut
agences can only be carried forward by large bene.
facticrs,
Resolved That the society would express the purpose
and The hope Of securing for the coming year al east
sooO0 TO be applied 10 the benevolent and missionary
departments OF the work
BE Che reverend gen,icenl had often heard II asked
WHATS in q Nance DC had aso heard II said q
rose by any rane might smell as sweet" But be WAS
sure The impulse Which strengthened their action and
that which urged them to victory was owing alone
to the fact OF the which they bore thai OF tbe
American Tract society" That name WINS wor,b
500 eco, and he would keep at that "0''"
After The address Of the last speaker the audience sang
a by ron prepared for the occasion,
Rev Prof iirTcHcocK, Of the Presbyterian Church of
this city presented the following for the action of the
meeting, which adopted =
as y has Always been the principle OF this society to
improve every Providential exigency for the diffusion Of
that Truth which pertaineth to salvation
Resolved That IL is Incumbent uron "a nj this time 10
appropriate, az shall be furnished $40 what
sba be Necessary TO provide such books tracts and
persons agencies specially suited 10 those who have
boon summarized hy nafrintGm and duty 70 the peria