The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-11-16
THE METHODIST MISSIONS.
Fifty-flrst Anniversary at Cooper Insd-
tute-Addresses by Rev. william But
Ter, d. d., General Albright,
Bishop Simpson and Others
The Annual Meeting
Election of Officers.

| last evening at Cooper Institute, where q large
audience assembled, principally composed OF ladies'.
| Rev. Bishop Thomson presided, and the stage was
| filed by number OF clergymen and laymen OF the
Church.
The exercises opened with the singing OF the
hymn .'Beiore Johoyah's Awful Throne,n after
which Rev. Dr. Hitchcock offered an appropriate
prayer. The sixty-seventh Psalm was then read,
after which
The Rev. WILLIAM BUrLsR, ID. D., late founder and
superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal Mission in
India was introduced and proceeded TO speak OF the
labors OF the missionary in that interesting land.
lie said that they had seventeen missionaries in In
da to-day, with fifty local preachers and one hun
dred school teachers. They had realized hundred
and hity members or converts, had printing estab-
ishment and occupied sixteen OF the leading cities
The speaker then went to give q general ana
comprehensive history Of the manners, customs and
so forth Of the Hndoos and deprecated the apathy
which the Methodist Church OF the United states
evinced towards them by not subscribing literally
for their cvangeZation. He concluded by an earn
est appeal III behalf OF tho evangezation OF the
Hindoos.
General ALBRIGHT was next introduced, and said
h6-appenrun m forum that night In which he had
but little experiences but he felt special inter-
est In the Church OF his fellowship he could NOS be
sndiHerent TO the Methodist cause for the reason
igon bore on Its broad brow the principles Of potl-
zeal economy and mans fun eniranchsement. When
Christ said "Go forth and teach ali nations" ne
rmeant chat each apostle should do So keeping civil
land religious liberty in view. AZ devotee
at the shrine OF republican liberty, and hay
ing put his faith in the fundamental
laws OF this land to the test Of the
battlefield, how could be be anything else than
interested in the Methodists Tyrsnts emporors.
popes, bishops and priests were now less auocrati.
Cal and inclined to acknowledge that the voice
OF the people il the voice OF God. What but tho
spirit OF Christian liberty was shaking the very
Vatican at Rome that the Italian soldiers would
not DC tIusteds What but the spirit OF Christian
civilization has called forth the Ecumencal Council
at Romes What but this same spirit had caused the
revolution in Spain and compelled corrupt queen to
abdicate the throne In what country could the
currer OF an Illinois town, In $780, have become
the commander-in.chef of q great army In 1854
except America which placed Ulysses S. Grant
there9 Applause.) Think OF how 600 900 OF slaves
in short space Of four years had had their clank
ing, frightful chains stricken from their limbs
while Abraham Lincoln held the pen in his hand
directed by Providence. The South was the greatest
missionary field now open to the word, In his mind
and they had comparatively easy access to them.
| The negroes were free now, and by and by might
u
| ally advance evangelizaton. He understood that
| a hundred coored young men were now in Rome
where they were being educated as priests by the
| Catholic Cnarch and that Church was about to
pend SIX hundred thousand dollars among the freed
| men vi the South He gave tie Cathohc Church
credit for this; but should the Methodist Church be
Dehindhand in this beraty, and leave the held I'M
| contesteds No, he hoped not With the growth OF
our large cities free schools were attacked land In
oas OF our scnoe i Was ana Sna
| showed that the foreign population was predomt
nant and should be cnecked What was then 70 be
t eaSssss p sysSs aenaSiaaton sss assAs
s ss.Iay "a sa ana TN g vino Ds ssss
!Applauae.) And there were no men VINO could
stand In mont OF that mighty tread Of Gods
anonted soldiers. They should think less Of party
aid more OF religion, and when they got the Chrls
tan people of this country to think so t1ey coua go
| restraining laws. They could tell them tina. the
| people demanded holy Sabbath, and that their
| hands. He concluded by saying that America was
| the best missionary held OF the present day, ana
they should devote their attention specially 10 this
| field in preference 10 foreign lands
Rev. Dr. WARREN was next introduced and pro-
ceeded to give description OF his idea OF what mis-
! sionary work ought TO be- instead OF what It now
| was.
Bishop SIMPSON followed, and said when they
| looked over this world they that the work
| before them very large one. Eighteen hum
dred years the church mad been endeavorinG con-
been Chrisianized. In ratio IL would take thir-
tysix hundred years more before the world could be
| converted unless they accomplished more work.
There arc seven hundred millions OF people yet TO
be Clristianized II these were to be Chrsuanlzed
ia one thousand years. then there ought to be
| hundred thousand converted .each year, Thus, IL
would be seen that unless they, as Christians, did
| more they should never see tue dawn OF the glO-
| Alter some further remarks the speaker closed
and, the doXoloQy having been sung, the proceed
| lngs were brought to close with a Denedicton by
~ THE ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING.
] The General Missionary Society OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church held It's annua meeting Yesterday
| at 81. Pau's church, corner OF Fourth avenue ana
| Twenty-second street. lne chair taken by
| Bishop CLARK. The proceedings opened by u
| preliminary discussion on the present condition OF
the Church In emma, India, South America and sew
era other places where the Church has been estab
llshed, IN which Drs. Terry Rltterly, Ayres Durbn,
Devine Hathneld Osborne. Hitchcock and Haven
participated.
The SECRETARY (Dr. Harrls) reported that the total
receipts from November J. lsoS, TO october 81 1869,
were $el27 26 II, sl410 a5 less than the receipts
| Of the previous year. The disbursements OF
| the treasurer and assistant treasurer during
the same period were as follows-Bulgaria Mission,
slo,2e5; Germany and Switzerland. ssa,173; india,
| asT633; Liberia, SI5,oe6; Montana $1,000; South
SONS Under the management Of the tSeasure sT
| $232, 1885, domestic missions under the management
inc assistant s ,ha 9s ros
ton OF officers for the ensuing year, and at the sug-
| gcstion OF DIR. Foster committee was appointed
RON the society To confer with the committee tho
| Board OF Managers with reference to the nomina-
lions. me committee appointed rom tho society
consisted OF Brothers Foster, Haven Hatfield, Price
| Kane and Lane. The JOINT committees then retired
aud the result OF their elaboration the election OF
| the following managers:-Rev. Bishop Morris, Rev.
Bishop James, Rev Bishop Scott, Rev. Bishop Simp-
son, Rev. Bishop Baker, Rev. Bishop Ames, Rev.
| Bishop Clark, Rev. Bishop Thomson, Rev. Bishop
Kingsley; Rev. J. +. DurDin, ID. D.; Rev. w. l.. Lar
ms, y. D.; Rev. 7. Carlton, d. D.; Rev. J. Holdioh.
d. d.; REV: J. Porter, D. d.; Rev. J. Porter, d. D.;
| Rev j. A. Roche Rev. ID. Wise, ID. D.; Rev. J. N.
| Tuttle; Rev. 9. u. Foss, Rev. NJ. DC. Crawford,
| D. d.; Rev. ID. Curry, u. D.. Rev. II. b. RIdgaway;
Rev. a. :. Hunt Rev. s. u. Brown; Rev. @ b sing;
Rev. J. Landhan, ID. d. Rev. o. II. Tiffany d. d.; Rev.
| Il. g. Andrews, Rev. l.. Il. Dunn Rev. A. D.yaile,
Rev. q. q. Haven, Rev. J. t. Peck, Rev. Nj. Eddy,
| W. y. Skdmore, J. Faconer, w. Trnsow b. L. Fan
cher, s. r. Patterson, J. Ii. Taft I. A. Howe II. M
Forester, II. J. Baker, j. S. Mclean o. walsh, J.
French, ]. IT, Ockershauscn, g. 0roweh, y. Hoyt. @.
| c. North q. Oakley, q. H. Fellows, W. w. Cornell.
| 4. u r. 0dell Isaac 0dol. O. n. 7. Archer, q: J.
| Ferry Joseph i. Knapp. j. o. Fowler John Ste
| nhenann Iames M. Enilcr. George !. Seney. @. q.