, 1875-05-20
RELIGIOUS GATHERINGS,
Fiftieth Annual N1ceting of tho
American Tract Society.
Addresses by Dr.. Tying and 0thers-..
Last Years Work,


Lararnorc, OF the 1p;varslty Of Chicago pro-
aldctl.
Tho oxcro'Aes nero opened with selection by
tho quartetto ohoir after wl,iol, tho 1.ov. Will
iam dil'ios OF Scotland, roal Isaiah L., and
offered prayer.
Aftor Tho audience had snng Tho hymn,
Blow 20 tho trumpet, blow
THE PRESIDING pYY1cER
said that tho meeting had assembled to celebrate
the aems-contenniat anniversary Of Tho American
Tract Eoctety. 1t was tnst!sutod In May, 1876.
and had dono Groat work lor tho evangelism
tjon Of tho raco, Among Alt tho centennial and
Hemi-csntcnnial celebrations attracting atton-
tiou, honc aro moro worthy Of respect than this.
What Tonld ba tho grand building o. piladol.
pliia compared with QUO Which would hold tho
623. .000. 900 pages Of 1ttsratuso aont out by tia
Society II WA expected TINT ulore than ii. Qou,-
QUO peoplo would visit tho great Philadelphia
Centennial. but what Was tint compared WITH tho
11G0o 600 families (representing 5u nU0 600 peo-
lo) who had been vlsitc1by the agsntt Of tAia So
etety. When tho world was young God caaso
down TO mGn, but, latoF. gave thorn tho invon-
tion Of printing, and 1t was through tllat agent
that tntA Society did ita work. Tho grent object
OF sho iocio.y "as to Baro mon, by promulgatinE
among thcm Gospel truth, aud that, too, vithout
any stamp Of creed OF denomination.
SUMMARY or woAK.
Mr. g.. l.. Slerar. Secrasney Of Tie sooioty,
then mado statement OF its affnfrn aud his
tory Of tue work dono by It, lfts address waa
tho following summary Of the aociety'o work..
The annual report notes Tho death Of The 1,ov. Drs
Do Wit, I'cinke, md lreetou, tue Hon. William g A.
Of a.1ael %.ston md ] John .. Green, Dtaciors @no
,.us f. ,, = VITA ] d xs5s 7slssss @ Soas tss:s
Looks b1 devotion rntl OBLIGATION for old and YOUNG;
exnository aud historical works: childrenfa boak,.
new volumes and numerous tracts ia dcrrIan. In
Spanish. IN 1ia~Alian, aud In Armenian.
t.sns u S@tsesar, o .he ss'ts eh.iss
Paper, and tho Ho'n,na hight, montitlios; and .ho
a.,afa 1 css:'asn tttty aud tho Ds4t.:hfr pests
htttd CArts.tn Httktp has circulation Of absut 3D.
ruiisaons fes istsDt.5n Sf'1s smoug tho oe.t.uto
Including na,nniie7 havo boon granted, amounting 10
aay .hae thoos engasea u nss.oaa
effort for souls.
ns:eipts y donation. AMI, 1egecte,. s11a42a.o,:
salos, s57 sos2t; making, With baannu In Tho Troas.
sstssss noass ssos s!s'' s ass T.
sas t27io1s; colpestsar1. Ageaces, sa lupos:to-
rtea $5385l7a; District serstsstos $i74l21o; oaah
aotaunt, n.d fos@or osn On Tract Mouse. iso 90; %
e: i + f:s:ss;; :: = ss
gsn 10 vigorously prosecute aud enlarge Union Mte-
including iorts.two students lion, sosenteea m colioses
aud taeoloasal Summaries. !aboEcd IN tatrty-shroa
rroTinses. rhoy It'd Or I .art.sel M l1u oaan as9
a III tsI M ss s ;.* On M
ostcs i35 fsailis. dcsti.ato Of s religious ia boosa
s1ce &c td do 1Ss sud e''' Protestant families without
Foreign gtsnts aar.ns tn ycar sggrseatod nearly
sisGso: Sssal =; o. n publications. A,'l2so in cssh,
rosstd u elo.s ot i'll, msa9ure. for tho FORMS
You r. E4tiona! Society taken By " The Religious
soelets axts .. Of Boston. pelss.te. from thu pen-
Of IT, pss chush It Ann md Fsssa
e.ests as, Of VI "ch a. to- sT Dr. James ailnoE waa
ry 4I .opsl sud m H. foov
In, 6sns s!sels Prssldsa saa {nii board Il osa.
y. q. Secretary Moses Allen, Esq, 1rsasl.rer aud
tls Re-, Howard 4.con plssser nbw ths ~
10 identified With tue soctsty.
~ history IT, Of aty ycsrs cannos es fully or briefly
asedua faa xa II a
goltca! denomtnallons It has tssuod, exclusive of
Periodicals, 9,a7s dstlnet publications, of which Ira
nra Issued " Tho soclarys I'D ii Foreign Mission
Stations the Common Balyatpn tcIcg thus printed In
- sss pas I u. sis';a e
ollcab. A;sl 81 ,0l5 ,o2i volumes.
4, ts:' n 5 sssoR, aE hsys Ssss Of whish
9lD, wero from aales. Aad SJl2,HA.6 were from
Il has made caa appropriations In aid Of ,he For
gi1ncd mb!!es,ions to lhe 7a'e Of ,a1, ,eoo Il Ia
royina asoas lntn whose recora Slows JIG
ynl1amn. sold a.po;d ~. voumss s:anea S,o,3ss
S viii ss ~ 81 tsss ae s|!
ssms SisIted xha h.sitaa; t 10 s T.
u,
Of tls Bible; I'D 9:ssy families destitute Of III
Tso receipts BY decades les show % yer, satisfactory prog
sts. = follows fso'n is:5 to lsa ti77:4sM isSa
e 70 isss 49, is ID; .o 70 IT, ls'
co1parson bsweeu lB4a snd 1916 ts also instruct.
i,s; Then ony .sse.s wess psia.ed an! ,n ,us one
~ Z iansnaRS. hen s1o go pages wesc pablshed.
Il II I - 4 H.. y ao1 y to so o9 soiss Of pes,oicas
af ''s s5s f1ss il ws
TIE tsEv. WILLIAM a1LL1Es,
OF Tdinbnrg. Scotland, Secretary OF tho Ncl1g-
ious Tract aud D3ok Hocety Of Scotland, sad
tha. s!oss hs ARRIVAL ~ this country ho had
never ioIt u Al1ls from home. lilo had been Of
ferad an opportunity to correct tue errors winch
wero prevalent In bis own country CONCERNING
this. During his stay lu the ctT he had beon
convinced BY Inspection that tho esroota and
stfoet architecture were second to mono. He
had boon 4 oking siace hta start for the type OF
u,au cal'od Yanloo, nut had found but one, aud
Ito was Scotch Highlander. Tho speaGer also
desired to express tho gratitude Of his country
10 America for the luea OF colporshgo, which
WEB tIero instituted III 1853, when Mr. Uook in
troduced 1t into Scotland. At that timo three
had pecn appointed, aud tho number had been
increased 70 23l. At tho samn time the speaker
thought that tho number in America (2lO waa
wholly inadequate. and that tho City OF Chicago
alono should lave at least thirty oolpoltoura 1t
work. In GLASGOW tho boolety l,sd met with
great SUCCESS in tho uss Of tho Douay Testa-
Ment, which differed In 10 g1eat dogsee from
tho common yorsion. Ihe speaker closed With
Al expression Of good will frutn his Borlety and
country 10 The American Tract Society and the
United btates.
Tue p1os!diug officer introduced
TIE hey. u. II. TYNo, gk.,
of New York, who aald that tlore wss no desg-
natloo Of hla name which grattea him more
than ''Ylce-Pfesdons Of tho American Tract
Society" Ikwas curious thing that tho great
est iuKaitutionB spranE from tho smallest cTcuH-
stances. After tue founding Of tho Bible aoci-
ety and the work OF scattering Of the Great Book
thA uuDHtt0D carn9 TIL Ak Quc0 Hhnkhsr thera