New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-10-05
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
MEETING OE THE AMERICAN BOARD.


MORE MEN NEEDED-sUCCBSs OF THE WORK
CLOSE OF THE ANNIVERSARY.
tFRoN THB SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF TBR TRfBUEB.l
NEw-HAyEN, Oct. 4-The anniversary meet
ing Of this Board closed this forenoon The meeting next
year announced TO be held ut Minneapolis MINI. The
Rev. DR.. Chaplin, President of Beloit College, made
capital speech during the farewell exercises thanking
the citizens OF NewHaven for their hospitality
during the week and inviting them all to attend the
next anniversary the distant West He wanted East
eFn Christians to make some sacrifices and go West
and what kind Of country their friends lived In
and Join them in arousing new enthusiasm for the
work Of the Boards The great gathering Of visitors
year has raised the inquiry whether some limit
will not have to be made In future years New-Haven
city Of $4,000 inhabitants could hardly ACCOMMODATE
them all how is Minneapolis, any other smaller p"ce
provide for such orOwdi II must be stated however,
that New Haven, being easily accessible TO all rev"
Enganders strangers from NewYork and the states
beyond would probably draw larger number OF people
than any other city OF the SIZE castor West There
81 no fear that Minneapolis will be deuged in 1873 IL is
gratifying fact that this OF visitors was mere
almost without exception 70 attend and enjoy the exer
eses and not for personal pleasure ana cases Oh
imposition upon the hospitality OF the citizens have been
very rare though two instances have come TO light
more than disgracef and these went further
shan the application places One fond parent wrote
W the place assigned TO, nqurng whether her
hestess had piano her house on which her daughter
could practice; and another applicant for hospitality
was anx ious TO be- lodged with who had span
OF horses for use while attending the meetings OF the
Beard Such sefsacrhcing spirits were Of course wei
coined with open arms.
The proceedings of the Board yesterday developed tne
fact that there great demand for new missionaries
all the foreign fields and that recruits are SLOW IN
SEEMING forward. one speaker stated that he had re-
Gently visited theological schools in the North
which generally supply the Board with it's aborers and
had found no more than three young men who had
signied their intention to become missionaries This
dscouragng enough yet it seems that the pIesent
meeting has had good eject the Yale seminary IN
this city, Rev Dr.. Clark announced this morning
shat eleven Of It's students had come 70 him TO tyOW
their purpose Of entering the mission service, ana four
paSOrs had also offered themselves TO the Board WIN.
Dodge in some remarks on subject said the great
obstacle in the way OF young men becoming mission
aries the wOrdlineSs of the church. wealth mas
Increased ID the United immensely in the last ten
years Since the Board met in NewHayen, &c years
Eso OOO0OOo had been spent for railroads and these
added four times this amount 10 the wealth. on
the country. God has been making IL easier ior
missionaries with railroads ana steanpoaIs anu Jee
graphs: but y0nng men near eVeTyNhere Oh e9 s
Shanccs in the world and turn to grasp them
The speaker concluded with earnest appeal for q
general conservation OF talents TO me cause OF fengon
The Rev DR. Porter President OF ale ON another occa-
spirit among young men must not be laid alto
gether at the door of the colleges where they
fault lies primarily with the parents and the
family. Why should fathers and mothers wonder that
they have been brought under nave tended to make
them so The Rev Dr. Treat one OF the secretaries OF
The Board with Or. Clark, read paper os this import
h. d maj 9e yonn men are wanted 10 90 10 the Pspai
within the next three months, but they are
forthcoming. The of the appeal for more re-
sruts are TO save from premature grave faithful men
overtasked aud to stimulate the ministry at home.
The Secretary said that the sending OF 20 men would not
that While the home field needed help. the ne
eessities In the foreign field were greater and more
pressing Senator Buckingham reported tnat inc
Committee appointed last year 70 ask the Govern
eni 90 maze treaty Wh 6 JapSn bag
been well received az Washington and, that the Govern
ment had promised 10 bring about the desired result
possible fhe outlook OF the entire field was reported as
encouraging by the committees the various MISSIONS
sTes das o the yeSf is fast Without pre-
ceeent FOR 40 years. The Zulu mission, Africa.
developed. A seminary has been established and
Turkey the number Of converts had doubled. In
Central Turkey the work Is well IN hand ana new col
lege is soon TO be established. The reports from Con-
santinope are favorable. The missionary press
there had printed 100000 pages, an increase
are ANXIOUS to have a theological quarterly
for themselves. In India, the native ministry
ana schools mad increased The Rev. Dr. seeey OF Am
Gated Brahmins. The FoochOw MISSION, emma IL III
healthy condition, and in Japan five missionaries are
active churches, while the Sandwich Islands are
NOW an independent mission. The entire his
mafkable 10 many respects. 1t represents
complete conversion from savage life 10 CHRISTIAN civ
missionary work al present is the lack OF new workers
although the veterans IN the ned are calling loua oI
mere help. Nine and women sail to-day Tor foreign
heds bali they but platoon OF the army that Is
needed. .
The WOman's Board held meeting in the North
Church yesterday morning. None but ladies' were ad
nittod anu the house entirely filled II Is repre-
scented been OF the best meetings TINS branch
has ever held. Mrs BOwker of Boston presided, and
she with others, made impressive and stirring addresses
Mr. smith President the Interior Branch OF the Board
reported ls5 auxiarCs the West The Boston Board
Ma missionaries in Africa Turkey, India and emma
aud 40 pad Bible women VINO reach the homes OF the
Rzfiyes else II has IL schools also for the
education teachers ana Bble-wOmen and the receipts
q The Board since January last have been $4,000
A noticeable feature OF the present annlVer
sary has been the presence OF quite num-
BEL Of missionaries who in this country
temporarily or have returned after long years
Of labor m foreign lands. Several of these made adj
dresses meetings. On Thursday afternoon
Yale Gallery thrown open Tor reception 10
these missionary veterans and pioneers, which was at
tended by large crowd OF people 1t was social re-
and greeting, and proved very pleasing part OF
the anniversary programme. Some OF the mission
anes presented worn appearance indicating nara
work and experience patiently endured
future missionary, Secretary Clark pointed OUT
will not be AIDED upon suffer such physical hardshlps
as his predecessors He can travel by rail and
steamship 10 almost all parts Of the globe. The
fields have been surveyed and prepared Tor
his WORK; Ms hands are clear for unenOar-
raised labor IN his cause; communication win
his friends be frequent, and all the incidental con
world over is inviting and ought 10 attract many more
10 the work of evangeZatiOn All the meetings OF the
Board sometimes four held at once, were at
tended BY crowded and large audiences and the whole
tenor or the anniversary SPIRITED and cheerful.