, 1876-05-21

~ uue " LIE almost POSITIVE Sciences that
"He that bclievcth OIL tic Son Of God hath
by the law Of moral forccs--everlasting life;''
and Illustrated by the experiment Of individuals
aud whole classes. stlf thou belicvcst with all
thine heart thou mayest BE- baptized"
The Rev. j. A. HALLocK.
MISSIONS AND TRACTS.
TUE HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
The annual meeting Of the American Home
Missionary Society was held May 10 in New
York. The report Of the Executive Committee
was read by the Rev. DIR. Clapp.-sThe Society
has $40 ministers Of the Gospel in its service in
thirty different States and Territories. It
has ten missionaries, who have preached during
the wear to congregations Of colored people, and
thirty-seven who have preached in foreign
languages to- Welsh, thirteen
to German, one to French, and two
to Swedish CONGREGATIONS The NUM-
ber Of pupils In Sabbath-sehools Is $3.50.
Ninety-two churches have been organized by
the missionaries during the year, and II have
have been completed, 135 repaired, aud 20 oth-
ers are in process Of erection; 202 churches re-
port rcvivals Of religion, and 500 missionaries
report 6,297 hopeful conversions The addi-
tanned, have been 7,s36, VIZ. 36s on profession
year have been S310O37 ,R. and the eInenf]it1rcs
$3o9,sn 81, leaving s13,9o662 still due to mis-
sionaries for labor performed. b1t not yct r.
nortea' Tn af1dition to these nnst dues snnro-
priations already made aud dailY becoming due
amonnt to s87M5.42. making the tntSl of
nlcdrcs S101. .3l3,O4: toward redee1ning which.
and to apply on other appropriations, there is u
balance III the Treasury Of Sl6, ,9S0.ll.
s,,m1ni ino ~ nf the Fcsr's -esm1ts soms f,,l ne
cssion for ernteful iov. The humber Of mis-
sionarfes empIoyed exceeds bT twenty-seyen
cnnn;ss;oned fs srcaier hv twcnty.siI: the Trars
NJ serrk.r are marr hr th;rtv.onr. "a nor. Stae
f;ons have hpen snnn},ed. fS3l) mnre cl;,dreu
and vouth were eatheref, into sahbath-schools
md Rihic-c1assest 59 more nissionarit.s note
III rsnr.pts. az mnrr fava hesn ,adea ~ p h
chnTrhrs. ~ thrse n15 more ioined m ~ mr. ~
fessfon # f,ith. 25 more chnreIss were pr ~
canized: more BECAME self-supporting:
E.o,,an;n. ~ s l.. en ,,,,;st Th
p,tt p,taS S4,..;.hs.a.,a;.,,- ~" ,;-a..., -
celpls, no,"ns ha;l e 1oo Sn ~ sdna,ass - u
+snsa ~ ~ no for+".n;nth re.e wh;ch 49,.
=. "a ,ret % e1 thsn T.; cns vesr that ven. hefor
i. t. r r. = amount T + lsgaeies, though leEgc
@ ~ 80 eh,,r,cs "a ini,;r;GneIe .rpra
e. s e. .nara ~ tho- -, 7ha rrsT;o,s xasr Tha ~.
,,onS;t11res .r, reater hv s1Sis1 "a and the
p pifta ~ c1o,h;no 1hools cash Itc thyo,neF the
I.,,t~, INF
scsn.n} exc cxcccd ed those Of any % former yeaT. beins
~ lass thar ~ mn Oo
Up Prcsdent Wnoscy ,nr,o;n@r41 Dr- A. r. Clam
one of The RecordinE Secretaries: John +.
Hutchinson, Deacon In Plymouth Church: and
officers To be- elected. The Committee: nfter =
short consnltation> returned and presented the
followinr renort:
Ali the present officers OF the Society, with
the substitution OF the Rev. Alden B. Robbins,
r n of Nnscatine. IA in nlorc If fhn Hon
:Iacof, Rutlcr. Of the same city. fnr Tice-Presi
dent: the Rev, Arthur Little, OF Fond du Lac,
Wis. in pIacc Of the Rev. John ]. Winter, b.
d. Of Beaver Dam. Wis, deceased, and the
Rev. Nathaniel J: Barton, b. D., Of Hartford,
D. b.: Of Hartford, Conn, deceased, for Direc-
tnrs and the re-cIection Of thr crecutive off,
GERS. nameIy. the Treasurer, Auditor, Scc1c-
tarics for CORRESPONDENCE, and Recording Secxe-
'u5y The rcnort was concnrred in. The ofrlcers
elected aid the Society then adjourned.
THE TRACT SOCIETY,
The annual meeting OF the American Tract
Society was held in New York Mas TO- The at
prominent elereymen Of tie various evangelical
denominationss The Rev. Dr.. s. l. Prime, edi-
tor nf the New York Observer, presided. A
summa-v IT the annual renort was read.
showing that the whole number Of new
tj1rinr The year WAS sixty-one. of which
tis tbirtVsssir were rolnmes. Among these were
BOOKS for devotion md cdIdcation, re-
r;ral mammals. cxnositorv works. hooks for
rnr,np smn neonIe and children. illustrated eft
books, @ illustrated tracts, and other works, in
cJnfiinr - Teashers' Bible IN several editions,
Tha atS,reo,ata c;rcn1at;on of thr liz norodicajs
+h,;shsd r. fhc sorictr Tor the wear was nearly
50n M co1;cs The amo,1nt of grants Of mil
,ooo,ooo pages. More than one-third OF this
amount Was committed 1of oistFlp9tloa 70 t!lc
nome ana 1o9e1gn uslss.onal!Is - L,I c.. WI uuo
cva1genca. s9ctet 70 Vnmr San,o Ghr{sf;an
Associations. and other Christian workers.
Nearly one-ffth has gone by various agencies to
the seamen, o. through them to foreign ports
about So'9o,oVo pages Msre nssu ~ tbane tb nai
1oa VIII a1ents ~ I;fa memhcrs and Ife D
Fectors Of tie Society.
The receipts, including S101, 1852 in dona-
tions and legacics, were Sik,252.5O, 70 Nnlca
ado Sls,oSo? oatance % o. sl1,h1ns ,uHu LII 1ee 1s5
unJ .he total rnsourrcs for the wear s5O4.
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