New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-09
FOREIGN MISSIONS.

At the siXteth session of the American Board
OF Commissioners for Foreign Missions, which began IN
Pittsburgh Wednesday afternoon the following stats
tics reported showing the present condition OF the
work. In the general summary the number OF missions
are 49, the number of stations, 100; out stations, $780,
There are 229 churches, including all at the
Hawaiian Islands, church members, 2O7SS; of. these
lsos have been added TO the Church during
the past year. The number OF regularly ordained
missionaries in the field is las. or these,
physicians In the service not ordained There five
male and 1876 female assistants The entire number OF
abOers from the United states Is 3j2 There are LOG
native pastors employed under the authority Of the
Board. beside 2s5 native teachers and caechiss 800,
makes tho entire number of laborers connected with
the Missions 1888 In the educational branch OF the
other and AS free schools emitting
those at the Hawaiian Islands The pupils in the free
schools number 13i9 those IN the theOogleal schools
sG in the other boarding schools $685. whole number OF
pupils, l5i0 The report OF the General Survey OF the
Missions read by the Rev. N q. Clark ID Do OF Bos
ton Foreign Secretary and the Rev Geo. Wood OF New
York The mission In Africa, in Gaboon, from deDlll-
pean traders and tho nrigues of lomaniss is looked
upon the ororn hope of the missionary service The
pills. and with them has passed under the care OF the
American and Foreign Christian Union The three Ar
menan missions embrace territory more than hall as
large ms that portion OF the United states east OF the MIS-
sissppi River. The evangezaton OF TINS region mas psen
churches have been gathered-now under tho care or Al
native pastors wholly or in part supported by the own
the past year making aggregate membership OF ABOUT
5000 Tho average attendance upon puDilo worship is
about IL 900 at sabbathschool 5000; NJ the missionary
schools semnaries 5000 The contributions 10 var
GUS Christian objects during the year amounted TO s9Co
i'm gold or an average Of s. each church member Tho
seoposs vigilance OF the Government and the consequen
timdty OF nquircrs have stood IN the way OF muoh OF
fort In behalf OF the MOsem population.
There has never been brighter Iay IN the history Oh
tho SYRIA mission than the present The Bible printed
i'm various attractive editions the power of priesy tyr
amy Ia i'm n great degree broken; towns and villages
long scaled arc open and asking for missionary
labor bnptisms have begun To take place among the
nrn,es even the Mohammedans sending their chill
dran to school several Christian churches have been
organized ana Tue M tranng 'e sya .sG oi M
while in the department OF higher education, tho col
lego and female seminary In Beirut Will accomplish all
that Syria will need for many years to come In Persia
the Gospel Is now proclaimed by more than hundred
matt helpers More than nine hundred person have
protested their faith In Christ The seminares have ed
ucaed hundreds OF youth. More than thousand pupils
ARE 10 be- found the common schools. The press il
power in the land, from which half million pages
1882 400 were thrown of the past year.
In India, larger number of accessions
10 tho churches ara reported than fer several