Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-10-14

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In tie evening til, congregational
Church WIS filled bv 4 larye audience
probably nol les tilnu 100 people a tho
hour If service. The introductory rN,r-
ci~,.~ were conducted by Rev. Al ID.
Smith. president Of Dartmouth College.
The sermon was preached hy Rev. Henry
Marvin >cull,r. u. H.. Of Erooklyn. tn.
son ut 4 missionary. and himself for sever
al wears l missionary to India The seq
mon was 4 simple bat eloquent Statement;
of tn missionary work. It WIS listened
to with close attention. and WAS interrupt
ed by frequent outbur~t~ ot applause
The. Statistics show - more churches
over IL, y added t. the roll of membership
on profession Of faith. and that The gospel
ha~ been regularly preached the pa>t Year
through the agency ofihc American Board.
in II different languages. III 90 different
towns. cities and islands, in various parts
Of the globe Not more than So. o0n can
bc expected from the Con~rcg ational
churches. $4,000 from irraric~. and >l",-
Uro from miscellaneous sources; ana the
total will not exceed Si2o.uoo: : per cent
of which must 20 for home expenses. \
call i accordingly made for $l0o.u4o from
thu churches the coming ycar. The
missions are better organized than ever
before The whole number of >ionlric~
i $40. an increase of u during the year
There are lU6 native pastors. 500 preacher (
and catcchi>t>. and about Coo teachers and
Bible women; nearly half the native
pastors are supported by their own people
and the rest get some help from them.
The "Wednesday morning PRAYER meet
inc nj the Baptist Church was well attend
ed. although the weather WIS fnrhidlin~.
1t was c"n,lu ted hy j, r. Bradford Of
Boston,
The regular session orcncd At . o'clock
President Hopkins presiding.
\ paper was read 10y y. e.. Clark, d. ID
Foreign Secretary OF the Board. on he in
,lcbtedne>s of the home churches To foreign
missions.
Rev DR.. Treat read paper on The
financial problem Of the Board" y paper
WAS also read giving the reason for tn,
withdrawal of the mission To ltliv The
committees upon the various missions wcr,
announced: also the places for their meet
inc. The Secretaries papers Were real
also ut the BaltiSt Church, and addresses
made While these regular exercises Were
GOING on there was ample provision made
for the common wants n the Town Hall
There We're various meetings and addresses
III the afternoon and evening.
Thursday. resolutions were passed clll-
inc for 100000 from :hc churches this
year. 1t WAS generally agreed that if any
field of labor must he abandoned for lack
of funds it should be Italy. At a business
meeting in the afternoon it was agreed
that the next meeting be held ut Chicago
and Rev. DIR. Andrews be the preacher
with Rev. w NJ. Taylor alternate. The
following officers for the en>uin" Year
were elected: Presdc.t. Rev. DIR. Hop
kins; vice president. w. +. Dodge: pru-
dental committee. Rev. DIR. Augustus c.
Thomson, Hon. AlpheuS Hardy, Abner
kingman. Rev. DIR. Rufus Anderson. T..
Farnsworth. Rev. DR.. Edmund ID. Alden.
j. j. Russell Bradford, and Joseph :.
Roper; corresponding secretaries, Rev.
Selah b. Treat and Rev. DIR. Nathaniel G.
Clark; recording secretary. Rev. Dr. John
Q. Means; treasurer, Langdon s. Ward
auditors, Thomas III. Russell. Avery
Plumer and X. III. Stearns.
In the afternoon large congregations
gathered in the churches, for communion