The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-13
AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY.


The dnieln anniversary OF the American Tract
Society was held yesterday at Rev. DR.. Crosby'a
church, corner Fourth avenue and Twenty-second
street, Judge strong, or the United states Sus
preme Court, President, in the chair After prayer
by Rev. DR.. Tying, tho secretary, Rev. r. stephen
son, read number OF letters, after which tho
treasurer, Mr.. Kngsbury, presented his annual
report
Receipts for the year in donations and legacies,
Sl12, 422 sales, $367 sos; making, with balance In
the treasury and balance from rent fund $5o2 S72;
new loan on the sotiety's house, S15o,ooo. Total.
1852 S72. Expended IN manufacturing books,
tracts ana periodicals, s342 47e; colporteurs,
agencies and repositories $2,S63; district secrc-
taries, s17,442; cash appropriations Tor foreign
and pagan lands, $i.912; on loan account, paid
former loan on Tract House, $4,000; on debt for
paper $40 600; all other expenses, as by the treas
urer's report, S0252O. IoIal, S9ol,540 balance IN
The Treasurer stated that in the past 1fty years
the receipts aggregated Sl3, 597 $50, as follows:
Donations and - S23o 95
si5 "a
SIS S97,s $50
In the first decade the receipts were $577.545; In
the second ST. l54 Ge6 IN the third So 049 444; In
the fourth, SO, 632.60l; in the ntn, S5,lS330l.
Rev. Or. Stevenson, secretary Of the society,
presented his annual report, showing how the
money mas been expeDded during the past hall
century by the committee. IN the foreign fields
the society had exLended at urSt most or It's
money by dlsu ibuung tracts IN the language OF
the heather, IL having done most OF tue print
Ing u the missions FOR tnat purpose Sol700o
mas been expended-vlz, TO India, s243,0oo;
10 the Sandwich Islands, $4,000; 1900 public
atoms are nov scattered over the heather
lands and have converted whole nations.
In Mexico tile publications were distributed
twenty years before any missionary reached there.
In reference TO the nome work tae revereni gem
tleman stated that the society nad paid especial
attention To that branch. Two modes OF work
presented themselves First how the tracts on
rotft1 IN ma la w IN m
ublic instltut ons and on vessels IL did
much good by It's tracts, anu many thou
parties VINO had access to church influence.
The scattering OF tracts In all languages among
the people along the cocks aud ON vessels. botn
commercial anu naval tends TO reacn Foreign lands
Tue sailors are usually voluntary coporteurs. Inc
thIrd channel IS through pastors and otner plous
people. These three channels were the gratulious
circulation, through when $1,000 mas been ex-
pended. Tie other work IS the Union Missionary
cOpOrtage. AT least ten millions oil adults III the
United states are not churcn-gong people, and
tney IRE supplied by tne Tract society. The organ-
lied churches ought 10 Know that these people
would pass 10 the seat OF Judgment without being
made believers, uness the ald OF the Tract Society
would nrst sow tne SEED OF truth IN tnelr souls.
CO portage has made ll,0Jo,000 converts and
more tnan 100000 volumes nave been cir
culated, leadiug IA maDy instances 60 the re-
speaker compared the urst years report In the
\ first year bur 100000 pages we're printed, now,
ChicSetino moved that the report be printed. In
making tuis report tue speaker gave lew per-
u gOual "reminiscences 81 tIr cary udAH OF tHc SD
ciety and gave advice how 70 distribute tracSs.
Tue resolution was carried.
X " Or. B0dwell. OF Hartford moved that the
officers or the society b. rejected ex ept changes
made necessary by deaths OF wee presidents. car
ried.
society, thsn made few remarks, In which no
stated mat ths nrst anniversary was held tk
broadway, near wall street. The reverend ger
tlpman paid trlOute 20 The deceased founders
ana promoters OF TINS society, iour OF whom gass
$4,000 Tor 4 Trace Union, vtz:-Messrs. rappsrs
Ham and n
corner OF Nassau and spruce streets was our
chased ana the subscription raised 10 $4,000, the
lot costing $4,000.
Colonel II. Mckee, another or the founders, ex-
pressed his aratiacation at the glorious results
Inc society had achieved. Tue headquarters for
an the nlatofv CONSULTATIONS was ia Pearl street,
ne cedar street. IN tue boarding house OF Mr..
Muncn.
A recess was here taken, and on the reconven-
ing o the society verbal and written reports we're
made Dy repre- sen tatiyes from subordinate socte-
ties IN the various states as 20 the work per.
formed during TIE year. These reports showed
that mucn good - petng accelapished ~ the stats
agencies In spreading Tue word o. COO through
out tive land Among tire addresses IN tue after
nOon those ~ Rev. Dr. Iyng. sr., Rev. Alexander
McBan. OF Nova Scotia. Rev. 1Onn Schremer, OF
Philadelphia; Rev. Mr.. Rtcbe, .. ONO; Rev. Mr..
Wood, Of Chicago aud Rev. Mr. Perkins, OF Con-
necttut, we're Of general interest, giving, IS tney
DID. graphic view Of the labor performed BY the
gu-tety.