New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-05-12
THE ANNIVERSARIES.
The American Board Of Commissioners Of Fsr-
eiRn Mis.ons.

The Foreign Missionary Board held their usual
meeting Yesterday morning at Irving Hall the Rev MARX
HoPKrs L. L. D. President Of Williams College, occupying
the chair The audience was not large hut comprised
many the eminent % TIE clergy aud ay interested 10
OF Foreign Missions The venerable Father
Rev d. WooD one Of the sc-saries OF the Board
o: it, operations durng the past year oil
w 4a Bos s sV cuce5 oh IS PERIOD Of the late way with deficit
nearly osei Il with uTpls o. TS 81 ~ the Ireas
ury Ths happy result scared by Tie ugPreaeden,sa hoeAy
Of IL supporter tnd riSii economy ~ y. si1 D. T
tons made Tor the crren' year amoga to S'o Tie receipts
A. it, annas October the Board reported 20 organ
missions o central stations snd "a ou stations 80 aD2e
rom h. country Of whom ~ were ofdned moIane, ess
being Likewise plyscins ana io yHs nol oi..seu 'v
e. u .is,ians @cud bv Ar,n aborrr Of eight missionaries
& ,tos.I. from A1ereat and n ase Of IS outaons
81 native pastors and o. oilei native .ahoeTs - o, -
The printing in the Missions little exceeded S'eoo pages
tranins ana 'heoo'aa 1S 70 ohSi goss
IL all 5'2 pupi indicate le ede2or "oif "hch 'hey carry
The number Of cAurche, reported la Of % in four
yesrs with aggregate msnbes.hp o. ore o thee
dmsos. many year. Including chg rahes missions formerly
an ,r.on IN fb hi Ch.t In the Is previous year,
5545o; average Of zls for each year n INA period
come limits Of this statement We only say IN the
1fsp Mission ths among the Zsas in south Africa
,s sa s Sh i sS beside s At and
fahchlu we NV NV eh @ IT, , is1 nile north
west from Pekn Of Aouga that the Hawaiian
isnd the work vndcsis, e from strange a.person. by
challenge examination the most SEVERE II be only can
/ did aud intelligent
ticnary upon the mysterious N which tie providence OF
God h manifested His people, and the clearness with which
we discern overriding goodness after the occurrence Of
events seemingly dark at the time We sometimes find IT
almost impossible 70 whether God be upon side or s
onpo or even both until the issue be settled and lie ap
pears our steadily leading the course OF events TO
proclaim His glory. 49, - ,,,.
Tie Rev G. Y. A. DYCK. D. d. of the Syria Mission.
smoke Of the work country That sange and hos one
language but religions Sixty millions Of people transact
an ~ ordinary business OF life IN the Asiatc tongue Of whom
"A 900 900 or 50 Mohammedans The Gospel OF
Christ has been carried to Is 900 lOOO 600 OF these
The Rev MARSHALL d. SANDERS spoke OF the Ceyon Mis-
sion with which connected. and example OF a
hymn closed with the erse but effective
Tie Eev DR. Grossly Of the FOurth.aye. Presbyterian
the ionav In his field Of labor The critical and carplng
enemies OF The Church often say that the work easy
idle one hut he poze from his personal observation when
he said that In the very fields Of labor the solfdenia
required was a far from OF which here have
concepton as x and nom and In The alphabet In
stead ccsm these servants OF the Lord need
all the that Christians al nome can give them
Tar Hon WILLIAM l. DODGE was the last speaker, and re-
marked the between the scene yesterday IN the
ona halls OF egsaiOn where every man seemed u iee the
at interest of the IN the important questions OF
national life aud the present scene, where the SAVING not OF
nation but Of the world Eas g, stake. me speaker hweit
briefly upon the great need OF ills ssona! work aud urged
il upOu all who Inn With his accustomed elOquehcc
Tho addresses varied with singing by the cohega
ion led bv Prof HAINGs. After the dOxoiogy had been
snuc the Rev KING pronounced the benedcon ana The
| meeting adjourned.