New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-08
THE TRACT SOCIETY MEETS.
IT'S SIXTY. FIFTH ANNIVERSARY.
ENCOURAGING REPORT, rr,rlvrp-woEK OF

ENCOURAGING REPORT, Er,ElNEn-WoEK OF
THE LIST yf,H-ELs,r.oN oF oruelE>.
The SiXiy-hfth annual needing ~ the American
Tract Society held in ~" chapel ~ the Madison
Avenue Presbyterian Church. Madison AZ" and Twc1-
" four'h-st.. Yesterday mornir@ General o. -.
Howard presided. in The absence OF The president
and wee president. Nf'"r the Rev nr G. l.. fhoinp
son had lei in PRAYER the chairman called for The on
Gers reports. Providence aid the secretary. the
Rev Dr. W. VI. Pond. ~ has smiled upon the work 90
the SOC ty during the last year All branches of is
home and foreign operations have gone forward With
ont interruption. Many 'ulporteur~ and other laorriN
have been blessed in their work: coodlv number Of
now books and tracts that promise 10 Ice wdclT and
permanently useful have been issued the measures
taken to lessen the cost Of the manufacturing ard
business departments Of the society and to increa ~
lis efficacy are hearing good fruit and the debt for
ramGdclluc the Tract House T., being reduced"
After paying tribute 10 the virtues Of the Rev Or.
NJ l.. Anderson. Of Rochester Iuivcr>ity George II.
stuart. OF PlladclphH Judge Hooper G. Van Worst.
bishop y. A. Ecinkc ard oliver H. King shury. the five
officer, Of the Spccty who died since the last meet
Ing. Dr. Rand spoke of the Publishing department; ~
the socicjy. During the year. hc said. ninety four
new permanent publications lad been added - the
Socety> l,t. az thcS". ,iNty two were IN English,
eighteen in German. two spanish. three in Italian.
in swedish and eight in bohemian. Ihir,y seven
were volume, and Gny ~cv"n booklets ana tracts IN
many books and tracts rcis.ucd during he year
The periodical, ~ the -occty SIX In number two
Of which were in German and four IN English "Four
Of these continued Dr. Rand. are illustrated Two
weekly and four monthly three are for adults
and :amilie, AID three for children of various asc~
The aggregate cr,u lat.on of the pcrioii'1l' i
3i13.6OO."
The whole number II publications ~ foreign mis-
sionary stations approved hy the >ooiety~ publishing
committee. and published wholly or in part by H.
funds granted for TIA, purpose. is A.'7i lu'Wu'h-
7ss volumes. Foreign missions Of various evan
sclicll denominations. generally cooperating lu c' i
field haze received donations from the >oc"t' dur
ing the last year ~ @ji73 10 money. ana
S27~2 in cIectrotypc, >x hundred and cisNt' ia
thousand. i've hundred and eleven dollars ana seven
ty nine cent, have been gwen "a foreign missions
since the Foundation oi the society. I'm addition I"
this, the foreign ncli- have received Sl.@'1 J" ~
home publications. According - the report Of the
Rev DE- J. VI. stephenson. To- colportcur~ were IN
the service Of the society Last year distributed I'D
thirty four states and Territories. They circulated
los nl3 volumes and addressed 4.413 social "r ph'r
reIi Siou> mcctins~. The lcncyo.~nt department r.
ccvcd from donations and l"sl'ic> s'5.''@. from
sales by colporteUr,. S-o.oi4. which. "'tt sl'"''
allowed ~ il - discount by the busin"-~ depart
u,cnt and $40 300 r-cevcd from Investments. make
=, total If sl4opio. II expended durns the yea
-l34 100. The business Department. lh 'itS' 3D.
the Rev. d. J. l. Shetrr rived from r''.'
-.6 : - = which. with q temporary i"fh ~ t-'T
and -, 7ti, -.. lu the treasury. Wah'' q i'Ih 81
So go = II has expended DO man 'iactNr,l'.
ulrr.4,In a.. and issuing puhii atom. rl''.l-' 80
!,r drp,.tf.r1r- ~ iitn -. for itN''-. 'pc'h'
rrp,r~. and lfn ut"r',i- <-6'"l 80. ana T.
~nifrl., +lO.5qu. which. with th' repay
men, a. a temporary loan N r-V'''.
make total ~ --"f.ili b.. l"''i-
a balance If -GGri 20 iu 80 Treasury TIE r"p'rt'
If The officer wcrr supplemented hN ailr''c- ir.1
ne Rcv. Dr samuel J'-~-up. Hcyrout SYRIA, ana v.
WvcfOi II Japan. . ,,.
william l. strong If Washington vie" president ,'"'
cril o. -. !! ,Nard publishing committee. -" ~.
r,r. NJ VI IA, ln, aud n. IT, j.. laur'". di-'unutIi-
committee pr. ". y hiAh"man. And John N''i,
-t.afu-. finance committee. Caleb D. ku''Al- ara
william 4 Whceipch. oth"- members ~ TIE rA,-llN"
committee. the Lee. William II. H'". lf ~ Mach"
smith and John - tlff"..
After passing resolution 20 confirm" tie cen h'iI
- fnr MIN anniversary - t -f'lci.. ft'' -i
dav ,ficrruontai o',,cA. - ilr lt'l Nt"nHc lfr-
,I,crar Church phrr, ~" l:rf- -. IL ~ 1911
t,.a,h the ~,o,t, VII adjourned g. meet nest veal