Morning journal and courier., 1885-10-19
sEvENTY-FIFTH ANN1vERsARx

Missions at Boston-Dr. TwichelEs Report of the Occasion.
 At the Dwight Place church the pastor gave in the morning a sketch of the
 history of the American Board with a
 report of proceedings at their seventy-ffth
 anniversary held during the past week in
 Boston. The address was chiefly extempo-
 raneous and was in substance as fo1lows
 Diamond weddings are rare, but the cele-
 hration of this anniversary was one of them.
 Forty-fve thousand guests were provided for by the committee and as many more found homes in the city and vicinity. Ire mont Temple and Music Hall were crowded at every service of the week and the overflow filled three and sometimes four of the largest churches and even then thousands were una ble to gain admittance. Taken all in all, l think it was the largest, most de- vout and most enthusiastic company of christians ever assembled on this continent. No special business was transacted; no great questions as to money methods or men were up for consideration: no moral excitement was provided. The meetings were simply 8 review of the work already accomplished, ,and an outlook upon the field. A brief outline of the history of the American board will not be here out of place. It was organized at Bradford, Mass, June 29, 1910.
 It's starting point seems to have been in
 the heart of Samuel J. Nott's mother, who consecrated her son in his infancy to mis- sionary service. He entered Williams col lege in 1906 and at once sought to awaken there an interest in missions. It was during this year that memorable missionary prayer meeting was held by few students under a haystack, where they had been driven by the rain. The impressions of that afternoon were so deep, vital and far-reaching that the spot has properly been called ''the birthplace of American missions. '" Among these students were Mills, Hall and Richards, who after graduation went to An- dover seminary, where they met Newell, |, Judson and Samuel Mott, jr. All were bap- tized with the same spirit and eager for the work among the heather. In 1S1O Mills, Newell and Mott presented their ideas before the General association of Massachusetts at Bradford and the American Board" was or ganized. Nine commissioners were chosen,
 five from Massachusetts and four from Con- sition it was granted in 1872 by the General association of Massachu- setts and the American Board" became a legal body. The receipts for the first year were less than 1000. Applicants for ser vice were plenty bnt the money was scarce. Judson was sent to England to seek joint support with the London society. This he failed to secure, but during that same year
 Mrs Mary Morris, of Salem, left to the board $30, 900. It was at once decided to send Judson, Newell and Hall to found mission in Asia At Calcutta they were refused ad- any interference with the religion of the Hindoos would hazard their commercial interests in that land. From here they proceeded to the Isle of France, where
 Mrs. Harriet Newell died. Hall and Mott
 went to Bombay and there founded the first foreign mission of the American Board.
 The receipts of the board for the first de- cade were $200, GOO, for the second $700, 900 and in the third about two million. Missions
 were founded during this decade Q830-1840)
 in Smyrna, Athens and Western Turkey; al
 so on the African coast, while in the previ- ously established missions of the Sandwich Islands over ten thousand converts were re- ceived into the churches in single year. During the succeeding decade, GS40-50)
 the receipts were two and one half millions.
 In 1853, the board declared the Sandwich Islands ''practically christianlzed." In 1856,
 the first Morning Star" was launched, as the result of the childrens contributions. In 1860, the "Jubiles Meeting" in Boston celebrated the fftieth anniversary of the board. The receipts of the decade ending at that time were three and one half millions and for the whole 50 years, about nine mill ions. Between the years 1860 and 1870 the first "Morning Star" was sold, second one | wrecked and third built. In 1870 the first l missionary of the board sailed
 
 over it's work among the Indians to the Home Missionary society. The receipts for the decade were four and 8 half millions. From 1S70-188Q missions were established in Mexico, Austria, Italy and other nominally Christian lands. In the midst of the hnan- l cial depression which occurred at this time, the will of Ora Otis bequeathed to the Board full million of dollars. In the an nual meeting of 1877 $48, ,000 were subscribed | in over half an hour, to meet rising necessi- | ties Receipts for the decade were five millions. From 1880 to the present, the work has gone grandly on, and the prosperity of the society | is more f1attering than ever. Every land un- der the sun is now open to the missionary ex- cept Mohamedan, Turkey. No wonder Bos- ton, last week, was 8 "Mecca'' toward which streamed the Christians of the whole coun- try. At the first meeting on Tuesday after noon Fremont Temple was in five minutes filed to overhowing. About the walls maps of every country of the world showed the loca- tion of missions and gave comparative statistca of Christian and other populations. In the chair sat the venerable Dr. Mark Hopkins, for twenty eight years the president of Will Hams college. Reports were submitted by of ficers of the association. The deaths among the workers for the past year were only six out of 416, number of missions 22, of stations 83, of out stations 826, number of ordained missionaries 156, physicians g, women assist ants 24S number of laborers from this coun- try 422, native pastors 147, native preachers
 212, ,nativeschool ,319, ,native!helpers 502 total 2,605, church members 24 900, whole number from first 94, GOO. Following these statistics came reports of schools and colleges. The event of the evening session was sermon by Dr. Walker The following days were essen tially repetitions of this, that of Wednesday being made notable by powerful address by Dr. R. A. Storrs. On Thursday the Wo- mans Board held its meeting, and on Fri day communion was celebrated in four churches.
 Thus ended the most remarkable meeting ever held by the board. In closing the preacher touched eloquently and hopefully
 upon the progress and prospects of the board and our own duties in its support. "These laborers in foreign lands" said he, sfare doing
 our work. They are our substitutes and wa
 must support them, both by our prayers and
 our money"
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