New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-09-27
RELIGIOUS.
AMERICAN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR FOREIGN
MIssIoNs-REsULT OF ITS LABoRS DURING THE
PAST YEAR

AMERICAN BOARD or COMMISSIONERS FOR FOREIGN
MIssIoNs-REsULT OF ITS LABoRs DURING THE
PAST YEAR
PIIIsFIELD Mass Sept o, le66.
The custom which makes many OF our religious
bodies pepatetc wandering from East to West over he
great breadth States sometimes brings the travelling
Christian place most suitable for his purpose ana most de
ghtu soOUrn And when the conductors oil the for
egn mission cause assembled last year in the Western me-
tropo selected this beautiful village Of Pshed Tor their
next reunion they could hardly have made more happy
choice o. likely be profitable to all Interested
The fine old town seems be fully appreciated. for few
meetings of the Board given promise Of great attend
ance present Over have soughthe hospital
y Of good people Pfed and the last train to night has
come in still laden heavily with "divnes male ana fem ne
The accommodations are necessarily extended RON seSea
towns outside and the WeEn9Tn SoIda ts a,Iodnc,ory
to-day have been very full Dr. Todds church being
damned TO repleon this evening. -
The exercises this afternoon begun by prayer by DR.
T. w. Hooker Of Nashau. y. H.. the Rev. Mark HOPKINS
d. d. IL D. Of Williams College President OF the Board in
the chair The Of last years meeting at Chicago hay
ing been presented, the reports OF The various committees
were received and referred The following Important ihcs
appear In these documents
meeting to wit Elphalet Mott d. D. Gen; JOnn H. Cooke
ID. d., the Hon Seth Terry William 1. Dwight d. -,
Samuel NJ Worcester ID. d., Samuel w $ Dutton ID D.,
Lyndon A. Smith ~ D. Matthias W. Baldwin. esq. Thomas
Brainard ID. d.. Elisha l.. Cleveland. d. d. To these was
dded of the Rev Dr. Porter deceased yesterday
persons ony Of them Ordane0l have joined the
missions within the past We r. and 10 elk Of them Ocaned
upon the missionary work The need Oh large
recnocemens is more urgent than has been IN any previous
year.
The income Of the year has been follows From dona-
tions S3Tluji ts from lcgacics. g O2l ~ nom other
sources s5sGs g-making total of Si69i3 A. Adding
the balance in the sept lro3 aud deduetng the
that time there is Ddthcc III
treasury Il 5000 ~.
With single exception advance has been made on oil
the lines Of missionary effort Arrangements are IN progress
20 establish n soon may mission Of coOrcd men at
point West Africa. The following statistics VIII DC
found OF interest:
Ms,oas-Numbor Ct Missions 90; number Of Stations lcii
number of Out-staons, ~.
Laboers Emti0y,d-Numbtr o. Ordained Missionaries ave
beng ply scians number of not ordained j.;
number OF other Male Assistants 81; number oi fem' As
ssatts To- Whts number uf abOres sent this couH-
Try 3l2 Number Pastors. a.! number a Native
Preachers and Cntech,s uumber o. School Telchcs
30; lumber OF other Native Helpers. 10. total e' Whole
number Of ahnrers connected with tie Missions. ll<
TAs PosEsabishments, p pages, as Tar as reported
llGJ1r.6
TLs C,arcIe-Ngmher Of churches nrculng all at the
Hawaiian Isiud,) 1915: Number OF church members uucud
irc The H4wAan -. Ear as reported. 2t.Di
Added dining tie year Gucludiug oil al Tie hl"ahl
Isl fuds), Liz.
Ff4or,gnai D,Dartr4eaf-Numbr Of training and thee
logical It Iumber OF other boarding schools si
numltr oc schools lonne th0se ~ Hawaiian s.nfs ',
number pupils schools (1mittuE those az tWtu
Islands ts1i uuuDtr OF dup ia nee training ard tAro
og.cI schools e.; number 81 pupils ia free boarding seAoo
so. Who'll humble. 4 pupils, l1hl.
The discourse. which an able one was listened u az
tcufytly by the audience assembled 20 Lcn IT, az
conclusion the Board adjourned I'll tomorio"
utTn.H..
RESIGNATION or THE SEcRErARY-MvN;FCEST DoNA-
TI0xs TO Hni-pTcUssIoys on the MISSIONARY
WORK.
uf.ro,ch In Tho y = Vttipue.