The New York herald., 1868-05-15
AMERICAN AND FOREIGN CHRISTIAN UNION


The nineteenth anniversary Of the American and
Foreign Christian Union was held last evening in
Steinway Hail. There was numerous audience
who listened to the exercises with marked attention.
Upon the stage were seated many prominent clergy
and Others prominent for their interest in home
and foreign missionary efforts.
The President, william A. Booth, occupied the
chair. The exercises opened with prayer by Rev.
DR.. j. p Thompson after which was read the treas
urer's report. This gave the receipts from
and expenditures in the same time S13s,193
leaving 1888 present balance on hand. Next
was read by Rev. Mr.. Scudder the annual report
This gave most encouraging account Of the opera
tons during the past year OF the society abroad 1t
year they had been compelled BY intoIerant laws to
work mainly among the English speaking people,
and through them to reach the native population;
but now lapse OF time and change OF laws enabled
them to 60 directly to the natives In their own Ian
guage Tnis they had been doing the past year with
nary established by Miss Rankin, on the Rio Grande.
In 1852 is In successful operation under the Rev. Mr.
terey city OF forty thousand Inhabitants
and opened much larger institution with promise
Of extensive usefulness. She is also employing
several colportors in the surrounding region. She
hopes soon to have Protestant chapel. In Greece
there are six missionaries labOring in sabbath
schools, Bible classes day schools for Cretan re-
fugees preaching the Gospel and publishing two
periodicals. The Paris chapel is now, through the
iiberalty Of friends in Paris, freed from debt and
estdDiisneu vi BOou WOTkiiR lOunuaUOn. Italy 1
their main field. Nearly eighty native laborers have
been employed there under the direction OF two
American missionaries. Twenty young Italians have
completed their studies in the society's Theo-
logical Class, at Milan, preparatory to preach
ing the Gospel. Hungary presents most
inviting field. An Evangelist colportor, and o
Bible woman have labored there with good success
The Home work has gone forward the past year
with fully its usual prosperity. The instrumental
ities have been Sabbath schools, industrial schools
Bible classes, visitation from house to house. In
prisons and hospitals and the preaching Of the Cos
pei. The Christian World continues to be received
with favor. Fifteen hundred new subscribers have
been obtained this year. In the Methodist denomna-
tion new interest has been awakened by the labors
Of Rev DR.. Mattison and large number OF the con-
ferences have already commended the cause to the
patronage OF their churches. The income Of the
society has been $l2s,0o In eleven months OF this
year, against $4,000 In the twelve months Of last
year.
Addresses were made by Rev. DR.. Duryea, of
brooklyn; Lighone Liorgo, OF Naples; Rev. Leon
Pilatte, OF Nice, France; Rev. Henry H. Jessup, of
Beyrout, Turkey Rev. Henry Q. Riley pastor Of the
Church Of Santiago de Chile, Of this city, and
Others '''
Singing the doxology and the benediction closed
the anniversary exercises after which were elected
theoiiicers OF the society for the ensuing year.