The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-05-31

alarmed for his safety.
Western and american Tract Society.
The Western and American Tract So
ciety observed its anniversary last even
ing at the Vine-street Congregational
Church. Rev. DR.. Boynton conducted
the opening exercises, Rev. DR.. Rossit
Rev. A. Ritchie, Secretary of the West.
ern Tract Society, made an Introductory
statement as to the union of the two So
cieties and the excellent work done by
them. This was followed by an address
on the semi-centennial of the New York
Society by Rev. G. L. Sheaver.
The annual report notes the death oil
Revs. Drs. De Witt, Reinke and Pres
jonathan Sturges, Vice Presidents, and
of Samuel Williston and John q. Green,
Directors.
One hundred and slxty.four new pub.
locations were issued, Of which thirty.
nine were volumes.
The Society issues six periodicals
the American Messenger, the Ameri
kanisher Botschafter, the Child's Paper
and the Morning Light, monthlies, anG
the Illustrated Christian Weekly and
the Deutscher Volksfreund, illustrated
weeklies.
The first four have an aggregate circu.
lation of 100000 monthly. The Illus
trated Christian Weekly has a circula-
tion Of about 10000 copies; the Volks-
freund, $500.
Publications for distribution among
the destitute, including annuities, have
been granted, amounting to $52,64S %, OF
nearly eighty million pages.
RAcainta In donatioua aud Iaoa oio 40
$112,422 %; aales, $367, 7,805 "a; max ing,
with balance in the Treasury from reni
fund, $502,S72 IS. New loan on the Socie.
ty's house, s160,0O0. Total, $652, ,S76 S5
Expended In manufacturing books,
tracts, and periodicals., $342,478 16; col
porteurs, agencies, and repositories, S82,
838 IS; District Secretaries, $17,412 10
cash appropriations for foreign lands
$4,912 80; on loan account, paid former
loan on, Tract House. $4,000; ON debt fol
paper, 70,000; all other expenses, as by
the Treasurers report, $52,620 10; total
$3.50, 1877 TO. Balance In the Treasury
ST. ,685 Is.
During the year 21o colporteurs, in
Guiding forty-two students from seven
teen colleges and theological seminaries,
tories, and In the adjoining British prov.
inces. They held or addressed 6, 49l re.
ligious meetings; made 170,848 family
visits, conversed on personal religion OF
prayed with 120, Ill families; found %, ,935
Protestant families who habitually ne.
elected attending evangelical preach
ing; 1878 families of Roman Catholics ;
$4,000 families destitute of all religious
books except the Bible, and 6,G27 Prot
estant families without the Word o.
God.
Foreign grants during the year aggre
gated nearly SIS, 900, $3,51l 08 in publica
tions, $4,912 30 in cash, and Sc, 6,522 Ga il
electrotypes.
fully or briefly told. Its list OF member.
and directors embraces over 81, ,OOl
names, including members from al
evangelical denominations. 1t has is
sued, exclusive Of periodicals, 9,670 dis
tinct publications., of which 1872 are
volumes. OF these 4,Ob5, including sos
volumes, are issued by the society's aid
at Foreign Mission stations, the common
salvation being thus printed in 143 Ian.
guages or dialects. 1t has printed 523,
097, 1888 copies of publications, including
164,379,oO0 Of periodicals and 27,O35, ,O2l
volumes.
Its total receipts have been $13, ,597,
$50 SO, of which S4,32S COS Al were IRON
donations and legacies, $S 957, ,219 30 were
from sales, and $3l2, ,274 50 were from
rents.
1t has made cash appropriations in aid
Of the Foreign Mission press amountin,
to $616,637 80, and granted publications
to the value of $1,671, 800. 1t has per
formed 1888 years OF missionary colpor
tage, employing about 5000 men whose
record shows 10,503,696 volumes sold, 2,
780,06G volumes granted, $40, 29S religious
meetings held or addressed, 11,405, ,7SC
familE Pisits made, 6,258,07O families
convd good,with on personal religion OF
pray yy,ysag,.s, 1858, 495 Protestant ia antilles
visi iEsdsSnno habitually neglect to attent
eyaLEse1caI 1geaching, 3l9,8 families oil
Roman CaShoics visited 579,510 Pro
testaht families destitute of the Bible
and 953,633 families destitute OF all re-
ligious books except the Bible.
It's receipts by decades show very sa.
tisfactory progress, as follows: From
1926 to 1885, $577,645 "a; 1885 to 1845, ST.,
154, ,696 81; 1845 to 1855, 3,049, AL O8; 1856:
to 1885, $3,632, sol 60; 1854 to 1875, IS, 1S3,.
301 10.
A comparison between 1926 and 1875 il
also instructive. Then only TRACKS were
printed, and in but one language; now
/, 1872 volumes and six periodicals, and in
143 languages; then 8,053, 800 pages were
published; in 1874, in addition to $3.50. OOC
copies of periodicals. 140, ,300, 600 pages OF
tracts were'printed. Then the total cash
receipts were $40, 1853 IS; in 1876, $780,.
805 "a.