Morning journal and courier., 1886-10-18
BEGINS TO-MOR ROW
Fortieth Annual Meeting of the Ameri-
can MlsstOnarY Association.

Fortfeth nuual NJ letting of the Ameri-
can Missionary Association.
The fortieth annual meeting of the Ameri-
can Missionary association is to occupy the
attention and interest of the religious COM
munity during the present week. There will
probably be nearly 1000 delegates and other
interested visitors, who have been largely
provided for by the hospitality of the citizens
of New Haven, and all will be Hospitality
cared for. There will be afternoon and even
ing meetings on Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday. Many distinguished divines and
laymen will be in attendance. The services
will BE- held at the Center church with over
flow meetings at the United and College
Street churches.
business meeting will be held on Tues
day afternoon, and in the evening there will
be sermon by Rev. DIR. Mckenzie of Cam
bridge, Mass, followed by the communion
service. The exercises for the remaining
afternoon meetings will be arranged after
the arrival of the delegates, but the Wednes-
day evening meeting will be devoted to the
Indian field, and on Thursday evening the
missions among the negroes at the South and
their condition and progress will be dis
cusse?. Among the speakers who have been
invited to address the meeting on Wednes-
day evening is Mr.. Herbert WEIGH, secretary
of the Indian Flights association. Senator
Eawlev and George w. Cable are expected
to speak upon the southern field on Thurs
day evening. Rev. DIR. Powell, secretary of
the association in New York, has entire
charge of the meetings. He will he remem-
bered as having delivered powerful and ell
o1uent address at the Dwight Place church
some months since on the subject Of ''Slave
Music" On Wednesday evening there will
be a C ?mpany of Indian youths present, who
will sing in their own language and in Eng
fish, anu native Indian pastor, who will
speak through an interpreter.
Among the distinguished Congregational
lists who will be present and take part are
Rev. DR.. r. S. Storrs of Brooklyn, Rev. Drs.
Withrow and Grifis of Boston, Washington
GLADDEN., D. D., of Cleveland, Ohio Gene
raj o. o. Howard of Washington, D. c.; Rev.
Mr. Jenkins of Amherst, Mass; Rev. Dr.
Behrends of Brooklyn, Hon. E. S. Tobey of
Boston and Professor James Brand of Ober-
lin. Ex-Governor Washburn of Massa-
chusetts will preside at the meetings
in Center church. The association has
been represented by New Haven men
on it's list of vice presidents by such
men as Professor Samuel Harris, Rev.
DIR. S. w. S. Dutton, w. w. Patton, D. D.,
F. A Noble, D. D., formerly pastor of Gem
ter church; w. T. Eustis, D. D., formerly of
the Chapel street church, now Church of
the Redeemer; Rev. DIR. Halves and Prof,
William Barbour.
The music for Tuesday evening will be
furnished by the United church male quar-
tette and organist, for Wednesday evening
by the choir and organist of the Center
church, and on Thursday evening by the
Dwight Place male quartette and organist.
The latter, quartette will sing on that even
ing, at the special request of DR.. Powell;
some of the slave melodies with which they
l1,ot tod 10 1aaf or hnr
meetings all promise to be of great interest
and will be treat to the citizens Of New
Haven,
About two hundred Of the visitors, mostly
olergymen, will take their meals at Mrs. Red
clffe's dining rooms to morrow evening and
on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday even
ings the remainder of their meals during
their stay will be served them by Mrs Red
cliffe in Center church chapel. The remain
der of the clergymen and visitors will be pro-
vided for at private residences where they
will he lodged.