The Portland daily press., 1869-05-25
Nsay Anniversaries. A
BUSY TIME IN BosToN-wHAT HAS BEEN AND
Is TO BE DONE FACTS AND FIGURES.
Especially Reported for The Pressl


Is TO BE Done FACTS AND FIGURES.
Especially Reported for The Press
BOSTON, May %, 1869.
The present is decidedly busy time in Bos-
ton Besides the usual throng of clergymen
and reformers that flock TO this city in attend
ance upon the spring anniversaries, there is
large number of laymen who seize upon the
opportunity for cheap transportation to replen-
ish their stocks of goods. As natural conse-
quence our streets present a very animated
spectacle, and the hurrying crowds upon them
are strangely mixed. Talk of the price of corn
and dry goods, the trade prospect and the rise
in gold contrasts with remarks upon the
spread of foreign missions, of woman suffrage
and what there is for "anti-slayery men, to
do; both forming curious melange, of which
space forbids further illustration The past
week was devoted entirely to
THE BAPTIST ANNIVERSARIES
at which an immense amount of work was
done, resulting in much satisfaction to all who
attended. They were ushered in by public
meeting at fremont Temple, on Monday eve
ming, at which addresses were made by Rev.
Drs. Caswell and Warren, and two missiona-
ries who have spent a lifetime among the
heather in India. The whole of Tuesday was
devoted to the meeting of the Missionary
Union, which was represented to be N an i'm
proving condition. The receipts last yeaNwere
$l96,897.57 expenditures, $210, ,273 80; leaving
balance against the treasury OF $13,37623 It
is expected that enough money will be raised
this year to entirely liquidate the debt. The
amount received from donations was $168, ,363.-
%, of which Maine contributed $4559 g. Rev.
VIM. H. Smaller OF Maine was elected mem
Der OF the Committee on Finance. The annu-
al nrQQoho6 Inv Row Gaorro
Boardman of Philadelphia, from the text, "On
whom all the building fifty framed together
groweth unto holy temple of the Lord" The
afternoon session was occupied in discussion
of the mis sionary work, at the conclusion of
which the convention elected board of Off
GERS, headed by Rev. NJ. B. Anderson of Roch-
ester University, N. Y.
The American Home Mission Society held
its sessions on Wednesday. Its object is the
promotion of the preaching of the gospel in
North America. Last year the society receiv-
ed from donations $144, ,032 05, which was used
to pay debt of $21 900, and in the prosecution
of its missionary work.
The American Publication Society met on
Thursday, President William Phelps, Esq, of
New York, in the chair. The annual report
shows that the receipts of the society amount
ed last year to $272 160 63, au increase of $37,-
748 over 1867. The society has published 222
845,020 pages, the greater portion of which has
been distributed gratuitously. The Commit
ttc UH uultluS TIC DdpblSb OOCleby
and the American Foreign Bible Society re-
ported that the subject be Indefinitely post
poned.
The annual report of the National Theologi-
cal Institute states that 283 students are being
educated under its superintendent, and that
special instruction has been given to 688 coll
ored teachers and preachers in various places
There is now $400 in the treasury.
THE PROGRAMME.
During next week a very large number of
anniversary meetings will be held, the proceed
ings of which will be comprehensively report
ed for the Press. The New England Woman's
Suffrage Association will hold public meetings
on Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday; the
Massachusetts Colonization Society meets ON
Wednesday and Thursday; the Anti-Slavery
Convention ON Thursday; the American Uni
tartan Association on Tuesday: Missionary
Association, Peace Society, Congregational
Union and Tract Society on Wednesday; Free
Religious Association on Thursday and Friday
and there are thirty-nine religious meetings
besides A. G. H.