New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-12
THE CITY MISSION AND TRACT SOCIETY.

quarter past eight on Tuesday evening, spectators were
selling tickets AT 80 cents apiece.
THE CITY MISSION AND TRACT SOCIETY.
The 41st animal meeting of the Ncw-York
CITY Mission and Tract Society held rserday after
noon at their rooms No 80 Bblc House Tho Trcasures
report shows the financial condition OF the Society TO be
s follows Ia the general treasury cash ON hand last
year. &si7 Os received from gifts s2S99 az received
IRON female branch $3.50 S9 received rom ~"
sunday schools s. 80 &c. expended $1,000 So pay Ot nis
souares and Secretary .3ooJ So paid for tract" ana pa
pers s2.C97 49, paid for printnS &C. son 81; on n'
Mission Building Fund: balance ON hihd last year.
S95l 3S received on account OF gcnoi s .
S2gs1 II: received from special donations s6i ' fcitA
and coupons 210 81; total t2s5is 40; paid Tor Mission
Station III sec0Ddst, tDPJl 5g balance. A6le 81 IN pro
scnilng this report tho Treasurer said that to
meet The current expenses for tho remainder ol
the year. ending In February, from alSoo To- 1900
would Ice required and that the money OF the Budli
fund could We nsed for other purpose, Tho Executive
Committee reported some changes ~ mo Dl-iaWs VI t.n
Society. reducing the number ~ officers and Ia olhoT
ways rcconstucng It. From the report ~ inc Direct
Ors We mako the following extracts: ihlrd OF och
tury aud % whole generation Of men have passed away
since the plan ~ employing Mssionnn"S became dls-
tinct foure Of the societys operations IN 1873 DnIlus
this time the following names appear Ia the t OF res
% ists The Rev DR. James Milnor; aud
Is47, the Rev. Dir Thomas Dewitt OF the Directors Ia
1885, Lewis iIallOck " d., aud A. II Wemore. esq, sli
continue u thai relation their valued and efficient
vices 10 the Society There have been altogether III Nils
suuhrc- IN the service NJ the Society OF thert 20 nave
died and 81 have entered into other gern- leaving
ts s ga tue roll In 1884 there - Life Directors
and as lie Members now there arc OF tho former
and 40 OF tho latter In 1884 the contributors numbered
a. now tho names the list Of donors exceeds 2OO Ia
is3i tie receipts OF tho Society were p7ig iu 1851
S he IS o. years from ssi to 1907. Is exhibited IN
the nT'rs following go yssTs e St ,a iso5s
56.3sO Bibles gwen; ASA lesianents gwen lt''s,%
schools hls children brought INTO public 10, Sen ss;
f"rsiaded 10 attend church san temperance pledges
onained 73O3T religious meetings held; 1859
bacssldrrs rccuDcd 9l5j persons united with churches
sf,I and bgU
located IL tile cIty there moro than 800 The
American Bible oty appropriately placed al the head
S ~ a American rTaei society received In 1854 go
3s 5l ia 1901 t44l5l 49, Frnm being city OF moderate
sze with native Protestant population or church going
babits and sabbath keeping ways We have become an
Immense city spread ont over great extent OF surface
VII fi,;;b jdso, be rens, Of isEO returned over
ZOO 900 persons born ireland. and 10000 born In Ger
80 each esr sInce then. AZ that nearly ono half of tho
present population OF foreign birthof 20 dneIunt
stations during The past year tho Directors con.
time: We distributed during tho year 752 Bibles aud
So Tesameuts behalf Of the Hcwi Bible society.
who continue their admirable work OF Bible circulation
with their accustomed energy ard zeal The missiona
res and visitors have gathered INTO sabbath echoOs ana
Bible classes 2g20 chdfen aud youth There nave been
Is5l names enrolled on tho temperance pledge. Some
OF tho signeTs were abandoned drunkard. VINO
have now become not only thoroughly reformed,
but as wo hope, truly regensrated persons.
During tho ycay, the following new houses OF worship
have been opcnedt The Chapel Of tho Holy Savior. tho
memorial Of the late Rev DR.. Hawks, IN East Twenty
aftn-st near Mad son-ave; tho Fourth Presbyterian
Church. West Thirty fourth 81. siIthaye, tho Rev.
Dr. John Thomson Pastor; and 81 Georges Protestant
Episcopal Church. 5tuyvesarsqnnre. East sNteenthst
tie Rev DR. Stephen H. Tying Hector There are In pro
cess Of erection the present time houses Of worship rs
follows: The Unitarian Church, Park.aye. ana Thirty
fourthst. tie Jews Synagogue: finhaye. aud Forty
ave ana FOrtycighthsti the Roman catholic Cathedral
copal Church Ffh-aYe and Fifty.thrdst Resurrectoh
Protestant Episcopal Church, Madsonaye. and Forty.
seventlst Roman Catholic Church, LeXiugtOnave aud
SKy-hfth-st Mission Chapel, connected with the
Brick Presbyterian Church, has been opened In AL ad
mirablq ncighborhood for the purpose. in West
and schoolroOm for the Howard Mission IN New
Bowery Is handsome specimen Of ia kind and veil ar
tho Crown OF Life, OF the mission enterprises OF the
Church Of the Holy Trinity built OF corrugated iron NJ
moderate expense located In EeYenthaye, near Fifty
scconds the extreme outskirs Of the city, has been
opened and Is already well filled The Protestant Epis
c0pa City Mission have been enargng their operations,
taking another house for the Of fallen women and
room for workngnen The sabbath.schoO and Mission
airy Society OF tho Methodist Episcopal Church have also
s continued their successful work, aud have opened
several stations during the year. and have built
and weLarranged chapel In East Elevehhst, near
rg oer The e Diocesan 1 Committee OF the
American Church Missionary Society are putting forth
vigorous efforts 10 plant mission stations and
send out city missionaries among tho destitute,
to extend tho kingdom Of Christ IN con
Total Of strings ali churches 100000 total sttngs
qured 10000; deficiency 10000 sitngs In Protestant
22sooo deficiency none stngs IN Protestant churches
225OOO total stugs required, 100000 deficiency, 50OO
Total Of siings IN all churches, 00 total stgt re-
CURED, 100000; deficiency, 10000. Sttings IN Protestant
churches, 22500O; sittngs required for PrOesnnts,
2s $50; deficiency 1920 Stngs IN Protestant churches,
2200O total sitngs required 800 0OO deficiency 10000
census also Of the Sabbath schools or the city
exhibits these figures: There 3i1 Protestant
Sabbath schoOls, having 1880 scholars on roll, aud
an average attendance OF 5l,2i3 There are OF
Roman Catholics jews etc. 90 Sabbathscho0ls, having
$3.50 scholars on roll ard an average attendance OF
2s0O2 The State Of 1865 shows that there
l6593 children between five and 10 years OF age AFTER
the report ~ the superintendent OF Missions. the Rev
George d. Mngns, aCcOmpainedwith eloquent hdoro
the general subject " City Missions and short speeches
by the Rev. Dr. NJ Hutton the Rev. DR. Paine ana Mr..
Thomas jeremiah the Society proceeded TO the election
Of the following gentlemen as Directors; George
W. Able, Austin Abbott, Richard Amerman, William l..
Andrews Benjamin B Atterbury, Josiah w Baker,
George W. Bcalc Nathan Bishop, william I. Booth, RILEY
A. Brick, william A. Caldwell, Charles 9. colgate,
william W. Cornell, Hiram A. Crane, stephen Cntter,
Icury Day william T. Dodge, tr., Ambrose Is Fly; LsDu.
Ion g. Bly, Lewis all0ck NJ D. Charles T. liartt Robert
g. Hatfield, James g. Holden Samuel Holmes, Benjamin
Howard, NJ D. David irwin, Joseph G. Jackson, TnOmas
jeremiah Morris X Jesup. John Taylor JOhnhon Joseph
JOY, Caleb b. Kneyals, Charles Laner, JOkeph Is LOCK
wood Benjamin Lord John X. ludlOW, John D. Mclean,
Walter r. Miller John T.. Parsons Alfred A. Post James
NJ. Raymond, W. Richards, NJ d., Archibald Russell,
ID Terry. A. Il. Wotmore, Horace Winans, JACOB T.
WyckOn.
The meeting then adjourned after singing tho DoKology
After the adjournment meeting OF directors took place,
ati which officers elected fOllows President,
the Rcv. ThoInas De Witt, ID. d. Vice President, A. H.
Recording Secretary David d. Terry Treasurer, Morris
X Jesup. Assistant Treasurer Lewis i. Jackson super
intendent OF Missions, the Rev George j. Mngins Ex
eeutiyc CUnlnttce-the Rev Howard Crosby D. d., tho