The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-10-08
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COLUMBUS, o., Oct. The seventy
fifth annual meeting of the American
Board of Commissioners for foreign
mission convened AT the Second prg,by-
terian church here to-day, the veuera-
pie President, Mark Hopkin., b. b. l..
l.. l.. d., in the chair k.N. H..A. Stem
son, Recording Secretary, read the ma
terial portions of the minutes ut The last
annual meeting. Tho report of the
Presidential Committee on the home
apartment was read by the Secretary,
y, h. Alden, ID. d. During thrv,ir ton
corporate members, including llrmm.
II tue Secretary, John o. Means, y. D.,
ol Massachuse T.; Hon. 4. l.. U4m-
iuuud, oi Illinois; ;. Wells Williams. l..
J., d., Of connecticut, and Hon. Robin
llilchruck, Of Ohio, have been called tn
rest. Eleven missionaries aud twenty
one assistant missionaries have
entered upon the WORK IN foreign
helds. The receipts of the American
board for the yea have been:
From churcnes and individuals, $685.
From the four woman's boards, SAD.
From Sunday schools, S5,5Us.
From legacies, Sll5,5O7.
Total, Sii7, 40.
Being about 5000 loss than from the
same source last year. Adding the r..
ceipis from the Otis brquost gives a total
OF y5Ns,ji3, Of which SI2s,S5l is from do
nations, u larger sum from this source
than has been received during any ono
year IN the history of the board. The
executors OF the estate ut the late
Samuel W. Suw,ll, uf Jamaica phius.
Massachusetts, have notified the board
a. d. a.. D,
q sum considerably IN excess of the $685.
900 ut first reported. \ like sum Is
given u home missions. AMER reading
this report tho secretary, y.
q. clark, ID. D., followed with
a general survey of the foreign
uo k during the year. Tho revival
among the Iulus shows permanent r,-
suit in the highest tone uI Christian hp
atu - remarkable movement m behalf
of temperance. The Portuguese, traders
have succeeded IN temporarily driving
the missionaries OF tNv West Central
African mission from bhiaud pnilunda
down To the coast, but th' mission will
Continue ~ hc vigorously prosecuted.
Tho lnhurs of the mi,-jun iu Micronesia
are attended by remarkable transfer
nation OF character among the natives.
More than jJO additions have been mH.l,
20 the churches Ia llri,ry Hud tho ont.
lolk IN Europe was never more hopeful,
Eighty thousand cOpic, of the Scripture
. portions of che scripture, were issued
t'pm tho press In tuustautnnulp,
amounting with other Chris. ian luca-
tuto, To over ll,WO,OOD pages. Ia !urp.
io'tN-ihtpo ont OF seventy native
Churhc', are sclf-sUppuriing. 80
dolrlmcut rs vet, has cor
10 the missionary work .u
thina, through the Invasion eff the
Frouch. The government officials are
much more friendly iu attitude ,hlu
formerly and tho rapid advance OF 90,
gospel leads the mission tucall iur REIN
iorcehonts at once of the tWuNuof iit-
teen missionaries. Gratt spiritual
awukenings have come upln Tie.
churches IN japan, which have added Co.,
their number In converts tho past year
more than 90 per cCnt. The wear hos
lecn one of large promise Ia mission in
VI Nico, Austria aud Spain. 4 hri, Il
urinary shows that the bogrd has
iNculy.one missions iu all paris uf the
Z he' It's missionaries preach the Cos
pc IN twenty-five digpront languages I'm
,r,re than $40 towns and cities. Il has
yearly i,0O Young men aud women In
e lleges and high schoolS,and moro than
$1,000 chi dron In tho Christian cihimun
schools. Fourteen now churches have
been organized, and about 2,ilj con-
verts have been received into the Chris
tian fellowship, a larger number than
any preceding year.
An addressed welcome by Rev. W. T.
Moore, ID. D., and an annuel sermon bN
Pres dent A. l.. Ch,Jin OF Bclit, Wis.
cons n, occup ed the evening. TIE a..
tendance fro N abroad VIII roach from
i2,0D TO $50 y, 30 coming by special
train from Cleveland aud oberlin alone.