The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-09
THE COMING GREAT MEETING
UT the American Board of Foreign Mis- slons at the Hyperion, in This City, Next
 

Month.
 Preparations are now being made fol the great meeting of the American Board to be held in the Hyperion fol four days beginning October 12, This society is a pioneer In foreign mission enterprise and has expended millions oi dollars for the churches of this country in carrying Christian civilization around the world. It is the eighty. eighth annual meeting, and it is twen- ty-ilVe years since the annual meeting of the board was held in New Haven Naturally, therefore, 1t is a matter oi large interest, not merely to Congre- gauonalists but to all who are ac- qualnted With foreign mission enter prise, There are twenty Congrega- tional churches in the city and it's sub- urbs, and great numbers more in all the neighboring towns.
 Thousands of people will attend the meetings. Special railroad rates will be given to New Haven at that time from far and near, and notice will be widely given in the churches and in the local press throughout the state.
 Entertainment will have to be pro- vided for a large number of guests, and the hospitality of the people of New Haven will be taxed to provide 1t, but the committee are confident that the people will handsomely entertain all who favor us with their presence. The committee have In preparation a handsomely illustrated handbook of New Haven and it's environs for the convenience of the visitors. It will en- able them to see the city to the best ad- vantage in the time at their disposal, and will be carried home as a memento of the visit
 The following committees have in charge the local arrangements for the meeting of the board;
 General committee-Rev. Watson l.. Phillips, D. D., chairman; Rev. William w. McLane, D. D., Rev. George P. Fisher, D. D., Rev. Charles R. Palmer, D. D., Rev. Justin E. Twitchell, D. D., Hon. Nehemiah D. Sperry, Hon. Simeon E. Baldwin, L,L. D., Mir H. N. Kochersperger, Rev. D. Melanethon James, Rev. Newman Smyth, D. D., Rev. Norman Squires, MT. l.. Wheeler Beecher, MT Frank. w. Pardee, MT oNSSPil I oileI, hSN. w ulldlH J. MuLcH, Ph. D., secretary.
 Committee on finance-Mr. Frank w. Pardee, MT. Nehemiah D. Sperry, MT. L. Wheeler Beecher, Judge L. w. Cleaveland MT. J. Y. McDermott. Committee on place-Hon. Simeon E. Baldwin, Rev. Watson L. Phillips, Rev. George P. Fisher
 Committee on entertainment-Rev William w. McLane Rev. D. Melanc- thon James, Rev. Harry E. Peabody, MT. P. A. Johnson, MT. Frederick H. Lynch, Rev. Edward P. Armstrong.
 Committee on printing and advertis- lng-Rev. William J. Mutch, MT. H. N. Kochersperger, Rev. Norman J. Squires.
 Committee on reception and general oversight-Rev Newman Smyth, Mir Joseph Porter, Rev. Justin E. Twitchell, Professor F. K. Sanders, MT. F. H. Hemingway.
 Committee on transportation-Mr Walter R. Downes, MT. Frederick H. Lynch.
 Headquarters of the American Board are in the Congregational House, Bos- ton
 President, Rev. Richard S. Storrs. D. D., IL. D.; treasurer, Frank H. Wig gin; corresponding secretaries, Judson Smith, D. D., Charles Fl. Daniels, D. D., James l.. Barton, D. D.; editorial secretary, F. F. Strong, D. D.; district secretaries, Charles c. Creegan, D. D., 121 Bible House, Astor Place, New York; Rev. A. N Hitchcock, Ph. D., 153 La Sale street. Chicago, III. Re- ceipts for the year ending August 31, 1896, $743,1 ,10459.
 The field: Twenty missions located in Japan, China, India, Africa, Turkey, Austria, Spain, Mexico, Micronesia, Ha waii, with 102 stations, and 1,l90 out stations.
 The force: Five hundred and fifty five missionaries, skilled workers sent out from our churches, and nearly B. 900 trained native agents,-the choicest and most economical fruit of the mis- sion service.
 The work: Four hundred and seven- ty-one Christian churches, with 43034 members, and over 5000 added during the year; IS theological seminaries 59 colleges and high schools for boys; 61 boarding schools for girls and 922 com mon schools, the attendance aggregat- ing 52654. These youth will be the fl- ture defenders of the faith. And add ing the work of Bible translation and distribution, the press and medical work and many other ministries, these but hint at the great breadth and va riety of the boards mission.
 Three great problems engaged the board at it's late annual meeting at Toledo. CD The Japan mission and it's problems. The policy of the board is to continue the full working force in this mission. CD The crisis in Turkey, such as has never been faced in the history of Christian missions. A sol emn pledge was given to maintain the work with prayers, sympathy and gifts. (3) Support of the work, restor- ation of appropriations as speedily as possible. Resolved That in the judg- ment of the board, the prudential com- mittee should make immediate, definite, and energetic appeals to the churches, setting forth the losses already in- cured, and the distresses already suf- fered, with the heavier disasters to be apprehended in the future and to urge them, by their obligations to Christ and His servants, to increase their con- tributions for the current year to a sum not less than that named in the report of the committee presented at this meeting, namely, s65,0O0' The work of the American Board is too well