New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-13
ANNIVERSARIES AND MEETINGS.
ELECTIONS IN TUX BIBLE socIErY-rHE coNGHhoA
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ANNIVERSARIES AND MELIlN"S'
ELECTIONS IN TUX BIBLE sOCIETY-THk CoN"Hh"N
r,oxAt. rytoy-RDUcAIISG TnE DEAF AND
n,,,t AID THE BlIND-rnE HOWARD MISSION.
Anniversary exercises were held IN me roa4 WA way
Tabernacle Yesterday afternoon by me HtNS ioIs
Institution for the INSTRUCTION OF the Dear anu
Dumb. The church was nearly filled. Among th2se
present were Judge Henry T. payle. me ~ y Td n
Morris K. Jesup tho Rev. DR.. sioddaTd' INC hyye.
Mr. Robbins and Avery I. Brown. Judge p ,i,;n,
presided ana mqde ,Se 'n institS af Prayer
, wes " offered by tie Rev. DR.. Crane;
The prayer aud address we're . co. tea Lcnc
M of the deaf and dumb members OF the aupleu',
About 100 pupils were present their ais iameI
frrn six wears upward. They were called on tne
stage bv classes and under the leadership Of Irq
fessors Peet Currio aud Jenkins eNhl'i ga til' w
GUS studies taught. and the mode 81 l,.i.nIng'
studies comprised The Identification "i words WIN
objects. penmanshp, spclhhR. RvpEIsp''N ".i' ,,
tic translation Of signs INTO words impiOnP'u
The Rev DR.. X. NJ Stous in the absence OF res
dent Webb presided at the annual ne, iinE 9l W.
American COngrc CItOual Union. iu the bi'i' ii"1~
Yesterday Secretary W. B. Brown rrad at 9ns'ItSt
| ri the r.port az the Trustees. showing that inc
Union was prOspeung andb1d done innth '1t.st',e
tory work in the last year with working cap 'aI W
&55.350 30 Contributions had been received HyD,t
$50 churches an increase o lSN over st y'3't. IN
the contributions. Now England gave 500 'u
and III Other States g l.3j7 49, Nopc{ h2l P,tm
loaned 10 seveniy-one churches aud piedted !" ~
others The treasureT's report showed that th,T'
had bocn- disbErcd o. foriy-cicht chnir' hes hes
gu 4G2 81. All The old officers were reelected the
Rev. Dr. Edwin b. Webb, Of Boston, being prc>-
dent 4 few changes wcyc made D tl' Board q, II-
rcctors, the Board now Standing rs i'iqM.' r,,U
w r. Davis. ID. :. g. Halliday. I. ,. Nclcoi,
". s. Ward Dp.. Elnatlan J.. S,ong' y. w.
stous, ID, 5. II. Virgin, and Lowell N4aoa, ~
palEer. W. II. smith james Ialcott Joh My
j. b. Davenport. George Wilcox and >. l. ialSY.
The American Bible society held IT, siAty MIN an
W,,ors was elected 10 held oioe COR the mont Ut
years William g. Lan'crt. I>1ac Oaeii; JOIN H.
d" Forrest. E Y. H. Crugcr Oliver Hayt and Ebert
: RrinkcrhOff Samuel Wells Williams has hr'h
elected president in place OF ". II. Allen. who re-
signed tie Office and has been made NiCc-iTceidcn
Ex-Prcsident Hayes has also been elected vice
president. The annual report Of the society -tatcs
that the receipts for the year amoui,ird 10
SGO64si 90. Tho number Of copies 81 ne hllie
manufactured at Tho Bible House was l, s05 500 (;
imported from abroad, 215,DS3; printed abroad
275,gS3: purchased abroad, 1i,'3-, ~ blo,tS
past year. The patutous WORK LOT NV s'al
amounted to $3f2,3sj 90 In the year there nave
been printed 3 $50 copies of ihc Gospels and Acts IA
Rcnga; 1000 Gospels in Muskokce; and 3OUV New
Tcsaments in the language OF the Gilbert Islands
An edition of the PoEapc Gospels and Acts
is in progress; also the Gospel OF Luxe
The twentieth anniversary Of the Howard Missloh
and Home for Little Wanderers was Celebrated ~
the Academy OF Music last evening. There was q
large audience On tho stage there first appeared
and sat down before the curtain about thirty niue
urls. holding dolls ana bouquets ana anoul lofty
Young wom,1i teachers and Whle-class scholars.
The curtain rose soon and disclosed partcrrc of
300 more happy boys and girls. Tho latter wore
white dresses with pink and blue sGShc~. Inc cA-
er,lses included the singing 81 number of aunyeT
sary hymns, under the direction 81 theodore T.
Perkins besides several pretty exercises 10y the in
FAINT class Tho Rev Hugh O. Penccost offered
ur yer and addresses we're made hy thc Rev Robert
Colver tho Rev. Edward Judson, of Orange, y. J.'
ard A. s. Hatch. the president.
The New-YOrk Bible Society celebrated IT. my
seventh anniversary Inst night 90 the lroMiNh Y
Tabernacle. X. VI. Rochester. the president peihg
in the chair. The exercises began with the Shrlhg
Of the hymn, go Word OF God lncarnaie. Prayer
was offered by the Rev lr. Albert :. Hunt, sTerc-
tarv Of the American Bible society. lhc lev.
Arthur Brooks delivered the opening address, he
bible as Adapted 30 the Times. The Rev. ll:
George III. HcpwOrtb spoke on " The Outgoing anu
Incoming ships al this Port Distributors Of the
Bible" and the Rev. Dr. HowaTd Crosby spoke on
The New Revision large audience was present
Ii was genuine surprise evidently, Z" large
norton of the audience Of StcnWdy Han last even
ing to witness the remarkable degToc ~ proficiency
in training exhibited 10y the pupils Of the New-l Ok
| Institution for the Blind. About am equal number
/ of BOYS and girls went through a varied programme
of vocal and Instrumental music, calnthchlts, ana
illustrations of their method of mastering the OLE
| mpntarv sudcs The voices of the children "crc in
harmony and they kept excellent time. Tho calls
thcnc exercise though done II n the dark. were
| noticeable for precision and grace. Two prl- and
two BOYS gave ma example Of r,ading from improved
raised letter books and their teacher explained the
/ method of writing iUr the blind.
! pDCpAPTNC EOP WATIACKfC THEATRE.