The Portland daily press., 1885-10-14
a. 8. c. r. NJ.
Seventy-F Fifth Anniversary OF the
BOARD Held In Boston.

BOSTON, Oct 13.-The seventy-ift annversa-
| ~ oI the American Board OF Commissioners ior
fremont Temple with the floor and gallery pack
/ ed with ladies and gentlemen from far and near
| interested in the spread of missions. More tnan
5000 strangers are in the city to attend the meet
ing. Over the platform hung maps and diagrams
showing the progress OF mission work and the neid
sun remaining to be conquered. Among those on
the platform were the Rev. E. E. Strong, ID. D.,
PRESIDENT; Mark Hopkins and officers OF the
Board. The convention was called to order by
Key Mark Hopkins of Williams College, and the
missionary chant was sung by the audience.
hev- Dr. Thomas Laurie OF Providence, II. l.:
ofered prayer. after which Rev. Z. M. Williams OF
Northfeld, Minn., and Rev. E. c. Bell of Minnea-
polls were appointed assistant recording secreta-
ries; The minutes of the previous meeting were
read by Recording Secretary, Rev. Henry A.
Stlmpson of Worcester, and approved. various
committees were appointed by the chair and tne
Rev. f. X. Alden, ID. d., secretary OF the Board.
The annual survey Of the work OF the American
Board was presented by Rev. Judson Smith, ID. ID.
The table around which the five commissionsts
gathered at the first annual meeting OF the board
at Pennington, Conn in 1910, In the parlor OF the
Rev. Noah Porter was presented to the board by
the children Of Mr.. Porter, whose son is now pres
ldent of Yale College.
In the evening before the immense audience,
DEVOTIONAL exercises were led BY Rev. Dr. WILLIAM
M Taylor. Rev. George 1. Wallace, d. D., OF
Hartford, Conn., preached an historical sermon
from Hebrew XI Is, "These all died in the faith,
not having received the promises but having seen
embraced them, and confessed that they were
stranger and pilgrim on the earth.'
After prayer by Rev. DIR. Laurie of Providence,
the home ONE department was presented, showing
that 15 new missionaries and assistant mission
aries are now on their way to- the foreign field
While 10 who have been resting in the United
States have returned to their station within the
year.
The treasurer's report showed that the total re-
ceipts for the year have been 1856 ,22688; ex-
pendtures, $685., ,251.6 &c. leaving with the bal
ance OF the previous year the sum of 81 5000 in
the treasury.
The annual survey of missions showed steady
advance along the line, the Board now having in
its % missions S3 stations and 826 out stations,
with 422 male and female missionaries from the
United States and 2183 native helpers, of whom
359 @ are preachers There are 292 churches with
23,302 members, OF whom 3008 have been added
within the past year. There are 35,561 pupils un-
der instruction.
Rev. Dir. s. /. Humphrey, Secretary for the
States of the INTERIOR after treating in his report
of the comparison between contributions from the
churches and woniens missionary societies in
which the balance was shown to be in favor of the
latter, says: sit stated in the last annual re-
port that a new missionary vessel for our work
among the MlcrOneSian Islands, the favOrite
Morning Star, had been built with auxiliary steam
power and was then loading at Boston for Homo
lulu gshe left Boston, Nov s; 1884, and reached
of / 80 days. having, by the help of her auxiliary
steam, passed through the Straits of Magellan
previous vessels had been compelled to do The
cost of her construction and complete equipment,
including all expenses connected with the rasingo of
funds, was $44, "a, the amount specially con-
trbuted for this purpose being mainly by children
and youth of the Sunday schools, including con-
siderable number from missionary stations during
the past two financial years has reached an ag-
gregate Of SAT ,348.91. There remains therefore
a balance of over $4,000 to be added to the inSur-
anee received for the former Tessel wrecked on
Kusaie ($12,S16.S0), making total of nearly
$4,000, which is reserved as fund to meet fu-
ture increasing repairs upon the vessels.
The ten largest contributions from Sunday
schools the building of the new Morning Star
was from the following: Brooklyn. N. Y, Central
Congregational, $558.35; Cincinnati, Ohio, Vine
st. Church, $318.50; Chicago, ILL.,, Union Park,
S317.50 Brooklyn, N. Y, Tompkins Avenue
Church, $4,000; Newton, Massachusetts Dis
trct, S25525; Chicago, H., First Congregational,
S255.0O; Boston, Mass, Park ST., $252.75;
Northampton, Mass, First Congregational. $234.-
20: Oakland, Cal, First Congregational S206.25;
Cleveland Ohio, First CONGREGATIONAL S16525.
One individual in New York also contributed as
a thank offering $780, and one individual in Hon.
Olulu 500.
The many thousand owners of the new vessel,
among our Sunday school and mission circles have
been invited to adopt the Mcrotiesia mission
the "Children's Morning Star Mission," and to
meet its annual expenses, so far as these may not
be otherwise provided for They have accepted
the trust in part and it in our hope that in this
way the interest of the children and youths i'll
enlarging the missionary work among the Pacific
Islands will be sustained and increased during
the coming years.