The New York herald., 1876-12-14
OUR CITY MISSIONS.
THE WORK OF HALF 4 CENTURY REVIEWED
REPORTS AND ADDREssEs-ELEcTIoN or

THE WORK OF HALF 4 CENTURY REVIEWED
REPORTS AND ADDREssEs-ELEcTIoS or
OFFICERS.
The New York City Mission and Tract Society having
reached its lftieh year OF existence aud labor as au
organization yesterday commemoratcd she event by
appropriate exercises in the Fourth avenue Presoy-
terian church Mr. A. II. wetmore who has been
connected with tho society tor great many years and
has been It's president for nearly occupied that
position yesterday. The business meeting was held in
the chapel OF Dr. Crosby's church At ten O'Clock, and
the annual reports showed that tho society organ
izcd the old City Hotel on February 10. 1927, with
officers and board Of directors composed Of the lead
ing merchants, professional aud business men and
ministers OF the city at that tmo II was organized
tract distributing agency auxiliary 10 the American
Tract Society its special work being to reach the sail
coming harbor and the hlmane and criminal
institutions OF the city and county. During the
first year the society distributed through the agency
OF its committees and volunteer visitors 23JS, ,54s
pascs equal 10 59 Isl tracts ol four pages each and
received and expended the sum OF $1,000 &c. aud com
menced the second year with balance IN me treasury Of
$24 SIX years later the society enlarged It's sphere OF
usefulness and employed missionaries IN the FINN aud
Eighth wards, and It has continued since 1888 10 be
society resolved thcnceforward to hold It's annual
meetings December on tho Wednesday following
the second Monday, and that accounts Tor this ami
vcrsnry being held now instead OF February, when
It's nieth year will be literally completed.
RESULTS THIRTY YEARS LAD0RS
For thirty the tract missionaries, they werc
generally called, carried forward their evangcs,,c
operations bringing the ncglectors of the sanctuary
the churches, the children into Sabbath schools,
and holding prayer meetings In destitute ncighbor-
hoods, &C.. and during this period they reported an
aggre OF tracts distributed O00 Of conver-
sons. 1000, and money expended, sloo 600 in 1864
the society reoganzed and resolved TO erect churches
for tho converts gathered by its missionaries, and a
fund Of $780, 900 raised for TINS purpose In 1866
tho society was incorporated by the Legislature
enable havo and hold real estate In 1867 the first OF
tho cbapels. now known as Oiivet chapel, was built
The society has now live missions and employs thirty
missionaries Three of its stations have regularly
sttuted church organizations aud tho number of
members gathered during the past six aggregate
202, OF whom 76I yet remain. There are in connec
ton with the missions four Sabbath schools contain
ing 500 children. Temperance, helping hand socic
ties lodging houses and reading rooms have also been
organized and in active operation IN connection
with the missions Tho amount OF money expended
In fifty years, including building fund, aggregates
81 045 57s62 The abors or the society seconded
by tho Mi.sionary Association OF the PRESBYTERIAN
Associations. the Harlem Missionary Assoc-
alton, and by colloc.'ons ns-., taken up IN
schools of this city. The missionaries Of the society
during tho distributed 10000 tracts el6 Bibles
and Testamcnts, led 1,2s0 children into Sabbath
schools and 109 day Schools induced ASS persong
JOIN Bible classes and S,472 TO attend churches and
missions and got osl persons, 70 sign temperance
churches, 5S were restored to church fellowship and
1900 persons aided pecuniarly 10 tho extent or
5000 70 altogether. SO that since the society was
first organized 1912 persons have been converted
under It's operations 3O74 restored to Church fellow
shp and nearly i3 900 900 tracts distributed; lO9 81
children have bocn gathered INTO Sabbath schools,
% 303 day schools, and a. 274 into Bible classes
FRIENDS THE SOCIETY.
After the iopton OF tie reports the following ol
elected President, A. r. Wetmore; Vice
President and Treasurer, Morris X Jesup Correspond
ing Secretary and Assistant Treasurer Lewis r. Jack
son; Superintendent OF Female Department, Mrs. A.
II. Brown; Executive Committee-Rcv John Hall.
ID. D.. Rev Charles $. Robinson, d. d.; Rev. William
NJ. Taylor u. d.. Rev. William Ormison, d. D. Rev.
William j. Tucker, d. d. Rev. u. Stuart Dodge. A. X.
wctmorc, Nathan Bishop, John Taylor Johnston Nor
ris X. Jesup, William f. Dodge, Jr., Howard Potter,
A. s. Hatch, Gamalicl G. Smith, Walter I. Miller,
Ambrose X. Ely. John +. Parsons and Lewis f. Jack.
SON board OF fifty directors was also elected
Brief addresses were given by early friends OF tho
society, among whom were Revs. s. u. Halliday and
Richard Horton, Messrs q. Kingsley, s. Gutter, 5.
Is. Schicllln and others.
The Women Is Missionary Association held their
nvcrsary at two O'Clock in the chapel, when reports
read aud delivered by the ladies illus
trative OF the work.
AT half past three NJ. public meeting Of the gen.
eral society held IN Dr. Crosbys church, at
which addresses delivered by Drs. Charles S.
Robinson, w. J. Tucker and William Ormlston, and
the society adjourned with devotion and determine
tion 10 do more and better work, II possible In the
future than II has zone In the past