The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-10
THE ANNIVERSARIES.
AMERICAN FEMALE GUARDIAN, HOME MISSION
AIRY AND AMERICAN TRACT socIETIEs

AMERICAN FEMALE GUARDIAN, HOME MISSION
AIRY AND AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETIES.
The foriy-second annual meeting OF tho American
Female Guardian Society and Home for tho Frcndess
was held at tho Home No 90 East Twcntyninth street,
yesterday. Mrs. Wykon, Of Brooklyn, offered the
opening prayer at halfpast ten O'Clock. Singing and
tho reading OF Scripture followed and tho various
ports Tor the year read The Board OF Managers
was elected, and the following officers will be elected
at meeting TO be held on Wednesday next: -Presi-
dent Mrs. G 9. North; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs.
s. X l. Bennett; Recording Secretary. Harris wilson
Visiting Secretary, Mrs s. N. Amber. Previous
TO the morning session . prayer meeting
held in tho committee room on Thirtioth
street. At o'clock tho Board adjourned
for lunch, meeting again at two r. N. Tho children,
10 the number OF go. assembled in the chapel and
spent an hour or SO in singing and other exercises
The well known Quaker lady, Mrs. Isaac Collins, ad-
dressed the children on temperance and religious sub
Jccts The exercises concluded ut four O'Clock. From
the secretaries reports Il appeared that during tho
past year the Home has sheltered Ols inmates IL s29
persons have been aided and the whole number Of up.
plicaiions, &c,, personally attended to numbered
5,O3j. Homes have been provided for l27 children
ny adoption aud otherwiseald thirtythrcc children
nave died The Home has in charge eleven industrial
schools, IN which the names OF 6,416 children have
been registered Upward OF 10 600 garments
distributed 90 900 leaves oil bread disposed OF and
receipts Of The society from January 1870 10 January
last we're s66,959 So; expenditures $72,o62 81 The
children for whom positions have been obtained are
regularly written to and visited
HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
. The hity-irst annual meeting OF the American Home
Missionary Society was held at their rooms In Tho
blble House yesterday afternoon, nj ionr O'Clock.
Mr. Charles Dcmond OF Boston, Treasurer OF the Mas
sachusetts Home Missionary Society presided and the
meeting opened with prayer oy the Rev. William
H. Taylor, d. d., Of Now York. Tho trcasurer's re-
port read ana adopted Tho annual report OF the
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be printed. On report OF a committee OF nomination
list OF officers was eject cd for the ensuing year The
President elected was Rev. Theodore d. wo0lsey, d.
ID. Treasurer, William Henry smith. and Recording
Secretary, Austin Abbott There also thrty-iou
vice pr sidents my directors, three corresponding
secretaries and one auditor elected. The society then
adjourned and the newly elected Board Directors
ing committee was appointed :-Monbcrs er cDico-
Treasurer William Henry Smith. Recording Secre.
tary Austin Abbott, Corresponding Secretaries Rev.
DAVID H. Coo. ID. d.. Rev. Alexander II. Ciapp, ID. d.
Rev Henry NJ. Storrs d. D. Other membership
John b. Hutchinson, chairman; Mr., Christopher X.
Robert SIMEON b. Chttcnden, Rev Richard ). StOrrs
D d. Rev William :. Burlington, ID. D. Mr. CALVIN
c. woolworh, Row William II. Taylor ID. d.; Mr..
John Wiley and Mr. William G. Lambert
AMERICAN TRACT socKTy
The American Tract Society met at the Presbyterian
Church Or Crosby's), corner of Fourth avenue aud
twenty second street, yesterday morning, at ten
O'Clock, whom the summary OF It's financial and other
work Tor the year ending March 81, 1877, was read.
failing the operations Of this well OF all similar
societies Tor the past year. but tho exhibit st shows
During the year i've OF the Oldest members OF tho
Board have died Four OF these were Vice Presidents
Judges Shcpev. Of Name, and Haincs OF New Jersey;
Bishop James and Lucius Hopkins, OF Now York.
President S,earns, OF Amherst, a director Tho
new publications. issued were 49,, thirty OF which
were volumes, the others prism. pamphlets leaf
lets and cards Nine books tracts issued
IN German, one volume In Spanish, In Portuguese
and tracts in French and DANISH. Tho periodical de-
partmont. which embraces six different issues self
supporting. Gratuit0us distribution OF books to the
amount oil 81, 200 ~ has been made. The receipts
Tor the ycar have been, including $l09 726 IA IN dona
tons aud lcgaces SAL 19S 26 10 which add $SO71 A.
balance OF sinking fund account and balance Ia the
treasury April l. 1876 making the total resources for
tho year $40 go So Tho expenditures In the
departments OF the society for the year, including
$l.6l3 II to sinking fund account have been
SAL, ll9 a. leaving balance In the treasury OF
S. lI8 o. During the year 203 colporteurs including
SO Students from Is colleges and theological semi.
naIics have nbored 81 OF the United States and In
some OF the adjoining BRUSH provinces. They held
or addressed 6937 religious meetings, made 1872 $50
family visits and conversed on personal religion
prayed with 9s,37o families During tho year closed
49, $50 Ia cash. So $50 90 IN eecroypes and 1877 ~
home publications. were donated by the society Dur
ing the thirtysix years the society has been
stcncc tho time employed In coportage has been
ca uai 10 tho man for I'll 015 moths
over 0S4 years There have TO- 500 645 volumes
sold, S5v7lS granted $50 go religious held
or addressed, IL, $50. $50 family visits made aud
647b,34 amilios c0nvcrsed with personal religion
or prayed with.