The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-13
WORK IN FAR 0FFFIElDS
Annual Meeting of Board
 of Foreign Missions.
MANY PRESENT FROMDISTANT LANDS
Body Meets in New Haven After a
 Lapse of Twenty-Five Years.

Lapse of Twenty-Five Years.
 The Eighty-seventh Yearly Sessiop-The
 Venerable President, Dr. R. S. storrs
 Presiding-1,OO0P Persons in Attendance
 at the Opening in the Experimental
 dress of Welcome by Dr. George P.
 Fisher-Response by President storrs--
 Distinguished Clergymen, Missionaries
 and Laymen in Attendance-Annual Re-
 port of Home Department-Treasur
 Report-Annual Surveys-Sermon Last
 Evening by Rev. Dr. Nehemiah Boynton.
 The eighty-seventh annual meeting of the American Board of Foreign Mis- sions was formally opened in the Hy
 perion yesterday afternoon at o'clock. About 1000 people were present at the ] opening meeting, including members of 5 the corporation honorary members, min < isters, missionaries and other Christian
 workers. Gray heads predominated at 8 the meeting.
 Seated on the platform were the mem- bers of the corporation and guests, in- ! cIuding many of the most prominent Congregationalists of the country. Back | of the desk was seated President R. $. Storrs, who for ten years has presided over the board, but now about to give \ up the position on account of his ad- vanced years and other duties. Beside him was seated Hon. Eliphalet W. Blatchford of Chicago, who will retire also from the vice presidency of the board.
 Others seated on the platform were: M Rev. Dr. Wellman of Maiden Mass, N Colonel Charles Hopkins of BroolSline, N Mass, member of the prudential com < ri1ittee; Rev. H. A. Lyman, D. D., of s Brooklyn, N. Y, who is prominently Y mentioned for the presidency of the V board; Rev. Llewellyn Pratt, D. D., of < Hartford, formerly professor in the ; Hartford Theological school Rev. Bur- N dette Hart, formerly pastor in Fair z Haven; Rev. R. D. Blake, D. D., of @ New London. Rev. MT. Bose, D. D., of # Providence, Thomas Todd, Esq, of Bos- # ton, publisher of the Congregationalist; s Rev. Julius Ward, D. D.. editor of the x New York Independent; Rev. A. H. z Hitchcock, D. D., of Chicago, District 8 Secretary of the Board for the Interior; x Rev. Elijah Horr, D. D., of Brookline, x Mass, member of prudential commit A tee; Rev. c. c. Creegan, D. D.. of New AE York, district secretary of the board for E the middle district; Rev. Dr. Pelonbet, x editor of the Sunday School Quarterly Sof that name; Rev. Dr. Griffith of zlIthaca, N. T., Professor Egbert c. |Smyth of Andover Theological semin- Nary, and brother of Rev. Dr. Smyth of X sCenter church; General o. o. Howard, ! apresident of the Home Missionary soci- lety; Rev. H. A. Sti-nson, D. D., of Har- Elem, N. Y.; Rev Cyrus Hamlin, D. D., < iformer president of Robert college. x sConstantinople; ex-President Samuel c. N Bartlett of Dartmouth college, Rev. x William E. Park, D. D., of Gloversdale, N r., son of Professor Park, formerly Moi Andover Theological seminary; Rev l#77Dr. Cobb, secretary of the Congrega- astional church building society of New g3York; Hon. James M. McHall, ex Hamayor of Cambridge, Mass, and mem- sber of prudential committee; Rev. Dr. ACooper of New Britain, Hon. Thomas #I. Weston of Boston, Rev. W. W. Jor- sdan of Clinton, Mass, Rev. George s9Tewksbury of Concord. Mass, Rev. Dr. { 89Behrends of Brooklyn, N. Y, Rev. A. HI. Plumb of Roxbury, Mass, Rev. Dr. tMcCord Of Brooklyn, Rev. Mir. Fair
 Blanks of Vermont. Prominent New
 Haven clergymen on the platform were: lARev Dr. Newman Smyth, Rev. Dr. T. asgT Munger Rev. Dr. J. Twitchell, Rev. |aADr. Judson Phillips, Rev. Dr. McLane, Professor Fisher D. D. Others on the olatform included Hon. Simeon F. Bald twin of the Connecticut supreme court of errors and Congressman N. D. Sper- My.
 ssN The meeting opened with devotional
 Exercises, led by President Storrs. The sscripture passage was from the fifty
 second chapter of Isaiah: "How beauti-
 Full upon the mountains are the feet of Him that bringeth good tidings," etc. < che audience joined in singing "All EFIail the Power of Jesus Name," and H Horesident Storrs invoked the divine
 blessing upon the meeting.
 & After the secretary's minutes had z been read and accepted President Storrs
 lppointed the following committees: # Committee on arrangements-Rev W.
 L. Phillips, D. D., Rev. w. W. McLane, b. D., and Rev. Newman Smyth, D. D.,
 Il of this city.
 M Business committee-Rev. Charles R.
 Palmer, D. D.. of this city, Samuel 4s ohnsor, Esq, oe Boston. D. Willis aNl ames, Esq., of New York, Rev. A. II.
 Bradford, D. D., of Montclair, N. Y.,
 President F. w. Fisk, D. D., of Chi
 iago.
 s. Committee on nominations-Rev. $.
 t. Bartlett, D. D., of Hanover, N. H.,
 rharles A. Hopkins, Esq, of Boston,
 harles A. Hull, Esq. of New York,
 Professor George P. Fisher, D. D., of
 his city, Rev. M. Burnham, D. D., of
 It. Louis, Ralph Emerson, Esq., of
 scckport, H., President James w.
 Strong, D. D., of Carleton. Col.
 Professor George P. Fisher of Yale
 aade the address of welcome. He said,
 h part:
 Mr. President, Officers and Members
 of the Board, and all Friends from
 Abroad Here Assembled:
 "The Congregational churches of New
 .aven, for whom it is my privilege to
 oeak, desire me, am sure, to offer
 ou not merely formal and perfume
 bry greeting, but hearty welcome.
 nd take no risk in saying that the