Intairait toligttriait.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1866
CONTENTS OF INSIDE PAGES.
SECOND PAGE—FAMILY CIRCLE :
The Sculptor and His Child—Ralph Norton—Home
Influenoe—"Can God see Me when My Eyes are
Shut?"—Sunbeam Love—Practical Jokes—The
Better Land—The True Gentleman—Words Fitly
Spoken—Deaths of Little Children—Little Walter
'My Boy Drunk I"
THIRD PAGE—MISCELLANEOUS :
Why God Permitted Sin—Ritualism—Being a
Trustee.
•`[ITH PAGE—CORRESPONDENCE:
Mr. Hammond's Letters—The Washington of the
Future—Letter irom lowa City. •
EDITOR'S TABLE: BaTtlett'S "Life and Death
Eternal ; A Refutation of the Theory of Annihila
tion"—Gregory's "The State of the Church and the
World. at the Filial Outbreak of Evil and Revela
tion of Antichrist; His Destruction at the Second
Coming of Christ and the Ushering in of the Mille
nium"—Emtwood, Wright's "The Bible Word
Book : A Glossary of the Old English Bible Words"
—Winslow's "Heaven Opened; A Selection from
the Correspondence of Mrs. Mary. Winslow"—" The
Golden Ladder Series: Six Stories Illustrative of
the Petitions in the Lord's Prayer"—"The Blind
Prinorss"—Literary Intelligence, American and
Foreign.
SEVENTH PAGE—RURAL ECONOMY :
The Old-fashioned Thresher—The Tilden Tomato—
Important to Farmers—Hardy Bulbs.
SCIENTIric: Lost Arts—Nitro-Glycerine—lrriga
tion in Australia—The Indo-Uermniac Races—An
other Scientific Expedition.
AMERICAN BOARD.—We are indebted
to Rev. Chas. P. Bush, our regular corres
pondent, and to Geo. W. Nears, Esq., for
our excellent report of the late - meeting of
the American Board. A number of im
portant documents are necessarily deferred
until next week.
WILMINGTON PRESBYTERY.
The stated meeting,of this body was
held in Delaware City, Sept. 25th, being
opened with a sermon by Dr. Wiswell,
on Heb. ix. 26 : " But now once in the
end of the world," &c. It was a solemn
and earnest call to the immediate accept.:
ance of the Gospel. Eight ministers
connected with the Presbytery, and one
holding an accepted call,. with represen
tatives from eight churches, were pre
sent. Rev. Willard Richardson was
received by letter from Tioga Presby
tery, and Rev. Thos. M. Cann was dis
missed to the Presbytery of the District
of Columbia.
Dr. Wiswell, Commissioner to the
General Assembly, made a full and
deeply interesting report of that impor
tant meeting.
The conversation on the State of Re
ligion showed a state of prosperity, es
pecially in the Central Church of Wil
mington and the Forest Church, Middle
town. The reports from the Mission
Field were of the most interesting and
encouraging character. Pencador Church
gives signs of a new animation. The
difficulties in Odessa Church are amica
bly disposed of, and Presbytery- will hold
its next stated meeting with that peo
ple.
A very sad piece of work to Presby
tery was the dissolving the pastoral re
lation between Rev. R. J. Gaylord and
the churches of Delaware City and Port
Penn, to take effect January Ist, 1867.
The following action was taken
Resolved, That Presbytery consents With
great reluctance to the dissolution of the pas
toral relation .between Rev. H. J. Gaylord
and the churches of Delaware City and Port
Penn, with the last of which he has been in
connection for twelve years, being the oldest
pastorate in the Presbytery; and they would
bear cheerful testimony to his eminent use
fulness and fidelity in all his relations to these
clutches and to Presbytery.
Resolved, That Presbytery sympathizes
with these churches in the loss of so useful
and efficient a pastor, and assures them of
its co-operation in any measures for its future
welfare.
In view of Mr. Gaylord's purpose to
settle in one of the new openings in the
lower part of Delaware, he was unani
mously appointed Presbyterial Home
Missionary, and a committee, consisting
of Messrs. Aikman and Wiswell and
Elders Bird and Foulk 4 was
,appointed
to make all necessary arrangements.
The most interesting service held by
Presbytery was one embracing the chil
dren of the Sabbath-school of the church,
with whom, by invitation, those of the
M. E. Church united. The children
turned out in large numbers, in spite of
the storm prevailing, and were admira
bly addressed by Rev. Edward Webb,
whose experience as a missionary in
India was largely brought into requisi
tion, to the great delight of the children
and the edification of all.
On the death of one of our most es
teemed elders, Robert C. Hall, of Mil
lord, Presbytery adopted the following
minute : .
Presbytery has heard with deep regret of
the death of the esteemed elder of the* Mil
ford Church, Robert C. Hall. Mr. Hall was
for many years the sole elder of this church,
and discharge,dthe responsibilities of his office
with unwavering fidelity, through seasons of
deep trial to the church, proving himself not
only a prayerful and efficient help to the min
ister in charge, but a watchful guardian of
the interests of the church in longseasOns of
pastoral vacancy.
To the faithfulness of Mr. Hall as'an officer
of this Presbytery and of our branch of the
Church during and since the secession ;of
1857, are due the continuance of the relatioria
of Milford Church and the preservation of
the entire interesting missionary field in
Sussex county to the Presbytery.
Mr. Hall for several years' performed the
duties of treasurer of this Presbytery with
the greatest acceptance, until compelled to
resign in consequence of ill health.
His life of humble and unpretending, but
consistent, hopeful piety, came to its end in
a most remarkable triumph of Chistian
faith. He saw death approaehing'aS a wel
come messenger, whose hand he was waiting
tO take, 'that he might go to that rest which
remaineth for the children of (od.
Rip' Geo. Hoed was heard in behalf
off. Lincoln University, whereupon it
was
Resolved, That Presbytery has heard with
great interest the statements of Mr. Hood,
and cordially recommends Lincoln University
to the liberality of the members of the
churches.
The Committee on the Minutes of the
General Assembly called attention,
among other things, to the supplemen
tary collection for church erection, ap
pointed for the first Sabbath in Decem
ber. No action was proposed or taken
on the subject of the reunion of the two
branches.
Sermons were preached on Wednes
day evening in the Presbyterian church
by Rev. A. Gulick, of Bridgeville, and
in the Methodist church by Rev. J. T.
Severance, pastor elect of Milford Church.
Adjourned to meet in the interval of
the Session of Synod at Carlisle.
The abolition of slavery has removed
the last barrier to the immigration of
Northern population into this field, and
to the rapid settlement and improvement
of lands eminently favorable to the pro
duction of market fruits and vegetables.
A, large share of this immigration, thus
far, is Presbyterian, and our Church is
in the fairest and, perhaps, the most ad ;
vantageous position for meeting the
religious wants of these energetic, wide
awake settlers. It will be seen that
Wilmington Presbytery, already well
represented in these fields, is moving for
still more' extended labors, and will soon
have upon the ground one of its best
preachers and most faithful men.
" T. L. C.," of THE EVANGELIST,
"MEDDLING WITH POLITICS."—In the
Evangetist of the 27th ult., its well
known correspondent " T. L. C." thus
speaks of the recent political utterances
of his neighbor pastor, Henry Ward
Beecher
The real trouble with our Brother
Beecher—and we love him as a Christian
brother most tenderly—is this : his theology
is sadly lacking in the punitive elemept
throughout. He lays but small stress on re
tribution, either in this world or in the next.
His whole system is summed up in the single
word love. But is it never the province of
love to punish the wrong and to protect the
right? If our Plymouth brother had a little
more of his old father's Calvinistic back
bone in his theology, it would be of service
to him, even though it did not make him so
popular with Universalists on the Sabbath,
or with rebel sympathizers during the week."
The same communication adds :
"And now, Messrs. Editors, having depart
ed from my usual rule, and written so large
ly on civil affairs, allow me to say one thing
more. A Governor of the Empire State is
to be elected this fall. For ordinary parti
san issues, neither a religious journal or a
clergyman should waste either breath or
types. But the loyal and religious citizens
of this commonwealth ought to remember
that one of the candidates for our chief
magistracy is Mayor Hoffman of New Tork.
He is the same man who publicly said two
years ago that the `restoration of the Union
depended on hurling Abraham Lincoln from
power.' He is also the man who has openly
opposed the present `Excise law,' for lim
iting the% rum-traffic, and for ' closing the
drinking shops on the Sabbath. When the
beer-drinkers and Sabbath-breakers held a
public meeting in Union Square to protest
against this righteous law, Mr. Hoffman
wrote a letter to encourage them: he de
nounced the law as ' a despotism' which
`will never be sustained by any considera
ble portion of our conmunity.' It is noto
rious that ,he was nominated for Governor
with the hope of securing the support of
German beer-bibbers and Sabbath-breakers.
I hope better things from the mass of our
German citizens than that they will be thus
bribed to his support. Let the friends of
Christian morality both in the city and in
the rural districts see to it, that Mr. Hoff
man is sternly rebuked at the ballot-box.
To this extent I am happy to' preach poli
tics ' both in the religious press and from
'the pulpit.
THE MISSION PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
OF CHARLESTON, S. C., as already an
nounced in our columns, is about erect
ing a house of worship for the accomo
dation of its three hundred members and
their families, most of whom are freed
men. The expected cost will, be from
eighteen thousand to twenty thousand
dollars, of which the congregation will
pay one-third, beside the cost of the
ground, 040.00.. The Presbytery of
Newark, with which this churCh is con
nected, appreciating the energy of these
lately emancipated slaves, at its recent
meeting, passed the following resolution
Resolved : That we will' undertake to raise
$2OOO to aid in erecting a house of worship
for the Charleston congregation, and that
this work be intrusted to a special committee,
consisting of Revs. James Hoyt, Wm. C.
cofield, and Robert Atkman.
The Presbytery also expressed the
hope that our churches liberally re
spond to appeals coming through the
efficient pastor, Rev. E. J. Adams.
Donations may be forwarded in care
of H. Kendall, D.D., 150 Nassau St.,
New York. Also to the care of Rev.
John W. Mears, of the “AmEaro.A.N
PICASBYTERIAN," 1334 Chestnut street,
Philadelphia, Pa:
OLIVET CHURCH.—EIders and Dea
cons Installed.—An impressive service
was witnessed last Sabbath morning in
the Olivet Presbyterian Church, in the
ordination and installation of two addi
tional elders and five deacons, thus fully
equipping this important church for its
coming labors. At a congregational
meeting held Sept. 14th, James Camer
on, formerly an elder in the Second
Presbyterian Church, Nashville, Tenn.,
and B. O. Thompson hadbeen unanimously
elected elders; , and I. Clarke Thompson,
formerly an elder in the Kenderton
Church of Philadelphia, W. G. Bedford,
C. W. Amy, and G. W. Grice were in
like manner chosen deacons.
The pastor, Rev. W. W. Taylor, un
assisted except by the old members of
the Session, preached an appropriate
sermon and stated the nature and war
rant of the office, exhorting the officers
elebt to fidelity and diligence. They
were then set apart to their several duties
by prayer and the laying on of hands.
DR. H. A. NELSON has declined the
offer of > the Presidency of Hamilton
College.
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1866.
M ET NG OF THE AMERICAN BOARD.
he annual meeting of this time-honored
institution was held this year in the beautiful
village of Pittsfield, Mass., in the First Con
gregational Church, (Dr. Todd's,) commenc
ing at three o'clock, P.. M., on Tuesday of
last week. Rev. Dr. Hopkins, the venera=
ble and gifted President of Williams College,
and President of the A. B. C. F. M., at the
appointed hour called the meeting to order,
and prayer was offered by Rev E. W. Hook
er, D.D., of Nashua, N. H. •
The large church in which the sessions , of
the Board were held, was already pretty well
filled, although the train of fourteen cars
from the East, with delegates, was nearly two
hours behind time, and had not yet emptied
its precious freight into the meeting.
For the first time since its organization,
the Board met without a Recording Secreta
ry. Rev. S. M. Worcester, D.D., who had
served most ably and. acceptably in this ca
pacity for nineteen* years, was called away
by death only last August. And in this con
nection it occurs as something quite strik
ing, that Dr. Worcester remarked to the
writer, last autumn': at Chicago, that as the
next year would complete his twenty years
in this service, he intended then to"decline
a re-election—he meant to retire. He has
retired, in a way which he did not antici
pate.
Rev. John 0. Means, a most acceptable
pastor in Roxbury, Mass., was chosen Re
cording Secretary, and Rev. Chas. P. Bush,
Assistant Secretary.
After the reading of the mitkutes off the
last meeting, the following were appointed
a Committee of Arrangements :—Revi Drs.
Todd, Edward Strong, Geo. W. Wad, E.
S. Wright, and Rev. J. P. Skeele E and
next in order came the reading of alotracts
of the Annual Report of the Prupential
Committee, from which we copy some por
tions.
ROME DEPARTMENT.
Thirteen Corporate Members have died
since the last annual meeting, to wit:—Eli-
Rhalet Nott, D.D., Gen. John H. Cooke,
ev. David Greene, Alfred 'Ely, D.D.,
'Rotation Bardwell, D.D., Hon. Seth Terry,
William T. Dwight, D.D., Samuel M. Wor
cester, D.D., Samuel W. 'S. Dutton, D.D.,
Lyndon A. Smith, M.D., Matthias W.
Baldwin, Esq., Thomas Brainerd, D.D.,
Elisha L. Cleveland, D.D.
At this point, while Secretary Treat was
reading, the venerable Albert Barnes rose in
his place, and stated that the name of Rev.
Dr. Porter, late of Farmington, Conn., must
now be „added to that remarkable list, he
having expired at his late home only the
day before. It will be remembered by the
friends, that it was in his parlor, in that
same town, where Dr. Porter has remained
pastor so long, that the American Board was
organized in 1810. His honored life has
been so far coeval with that of this great
institution, but now he is gone.
After this striking and suggestive interrup
tion, the reading of the abstract was re
sumed.
Seven persons (only one of them ordained)
hah , •joined the missions within the past
year; and ten (six of them ordained) have
re-entered upon the missionary work. The
need of large re-enforcements is more urgent
than it has been in any previous year.
The income of the year has been as fel
lows :—From donations, $373,051.68; from
legacies, $58,021.79; from other, ' sources,
$15,868.97 ; making a total of ''s-146,94-2.44.
Adding the balance in the treasury, Septem
ber 1, 1865, and deducting the expenditures
since that time, there is still a balance in the
treasury of $6,606.97.
THE MISSIONS
The labors of the three missionary brethren
at the Gaboom in Western Africa, are now
confined mainly to a few villages in the vicini
ty of Baraka' , the principal station.. and to
occasional tours among the villages lying on
either bank of the river. Of the seventy
four who have been received to church-fel
loWship in this mission since its removal to
the Gaboon, twenty-three years ago, thirty
six have been admitted during the last' four
years. There are now some twenty candidates
for admission who have been under special
instruction. In consequence of nine deaths
among the members, and only one admission
during the year, the church now numbers but
thirty-five. There has been no death in the
families connected with the mission for the
last eight years.
In the south African Zulu Mission, one
new church has been organized under the
care of a native preacher, and as the fruit of
his labors at a new station. He is one of three
natives who have been licensed to preach the
Gospel the past . year. There are now eleven
churches in gLis mission, with a membership
of 365, of whim 205 are females.
The great change that has been taking
place in this field is well seen in the experi
ence of Mr. Grout, who, after being driven
away from three stations; and toiling eleven
years before he baptized the first convert,
has now a church of 97 members, and an
average congregation of 400 hearers, present
ing a comparatively civilized appearance.
"Every promise of God," writes he,• "has
been abundantly fulfilled to me, and I would
not to-day, for time or eternity, change situ
ations with my most.gifted class-mates."
With a single exception, an advance has
been made in the Western Turkey Mission on
all the lines of missionary effort. In the num
ber of pastors, teachers, Sabbath-school,
and Sabbath-school scholars, the advance
haS been full fifty per cent. upon ground
already gained. The attendance upon public
worship on the Sabbath, and the. number of
native helpers, are also greater, while ninety
new members have been received on profes
sion of faith to fifteen out of the twenty
ehurchc:s now organized. The wide-spread
interest is manifest from the number of
churches to which the additions have been
made. Six new outstations have been occu
pied during the year. The whole number of
preaching-places is fifty-two, with an average
attendance of more than two thousand souls,
while between six and seven hundred native
church members, at many different places,
are bearing witness for Christ.
Four new men are wanted immediately also
in the. Central Turkey Mission, to sustain the .
work now in progress. There are now but
five men on the ground in charge of this
large mission, with its six stations, twenty
four outstations, seventeen churches having
more than a thousand members, and congre
gations averaging between three and four
thousand on the Sabbath, with a registered
Protestant community of nearly six thousand
souls, scattered over a region of some three
hundred by five hundred miles in extent.
The Gospel has secured a strong hold in
Aintab and Marash by the organization of:
two large and prosperous churches in each,
and is speading to such an extent as to
awaken no little jealousy among the Tuilis,
and to lead them to interpose all possible
hindrances save that of open persecution.
The aggregate congregations at each plade
have been much enlarged. The average at
tendance at Aintab, of one congregation is
850, of the other 800. One Sabbath-school
has 550 pupils, the other 600. The interest
prevailing in the Armenian mind is evidenced
by the congregation of 3000 persons convened
on the organization of the second church at
'Marash.
In the Eastern Turkey Misiion, Mr. Wil
liams still labors on alone amid the Arabic
speaking multitudes that centre around Mar
din and Mosul; Mr. Walker, at Diarbekir,
has no associate in his field, comprising 1700
villages and towns, one-third of which are
open to Christian effort. The reports from
the different stations give evidence of a
healthful growth the past year.
The mission 4, acting upon the principle
that nothing is really gained till a self
supporting, self-propagating, self-governing
Christianity is established. The personal
labors and sacrifices for Christ of some of the
native Christians are worthy of all praise.
At Diarbekir and at Kharpoot, they have
gone out two and two to the number of thirty
or more, to tell the things of Christ to their
neighbors. At Bitlis a powerful work of
grace has been in progress since the week of
prayer ; and there has been a greater interest
than usual at Erzroom.
The brethren in this field of growing inte
rest have been begging for more men fbr the
last six years, and but one has been sent them.
They are suffering sadly from overwork.
The very least number they now ask for is
seven, and two female teachers for Kharpoot.
To the Syria Mission, the last year has
been one of sore bereavements. 31r. and
Mrs. Berry, in consequence of ill health,
have been obliged to give missionary
labor. Mr. Ford., while indulging the hope
of a speedy return to his field, fell a victim
to exposure in prosecriting . the home work in
Illinois. Dr. an Dyck is still detained by
the important enterprise of electrotyping the
Arabic version of the Scriptures. The print
ing done in the mission the past year
amounted to over 5,000,000 pages. The
theological school at Abeih zontains thirty
two pupils, a larger number than ever before.
The Syrian Protestant College is soon to be
opened with flattering prospect of success.
The Nestorian Mission has been called to
mourn the loss of another eminent missionary
in the death of Mr. Rhea. Mrs. Rhea re
mains in the field, and has been rendering .
valuable assistance to Miss Rice in tlid
Female Seminary. The year has been one
of general prosperity in the mission work.
Fifty persons were received to church fellow
ship. The
. whole number reported after
careful revision is 577. There are seventy
six places of stated preaching, with an average
attendance of 2559. The number of native
helpers is 111. Some •of them have great
power as preachers of the Gospel.
The Mahratta, Mission in Western India
has also suffered a very great loss in the death
of Rev. Henry Ballantine, who, in a mission
ary life of thirty years had displayed rare
qualities as a laborer for Christ. Mrs. Chapin
returned to this country with Mrs. Ballantine.
Mrs. Graves who went out in 1818, and, after
the death of her husband, more than twenty
years since, preferred to remain in their
chosen field, was called to her rest last March.
Mr. Bissell and family left in August to
rejoin the mission. In consequence of repeat:
ed bereavements, this greatly weakened mis
sion is in pressing need of reinforcement.
The work of evangelization seems to be
making progress in this field, though the
accessions to the church the past year have
been nearly balanced by the deaths and ex-'
communications. There are in all twenty
three churches and over 600 members.
The Madras mission was begun in 1836,
principally as a printing and publishing es
tablishment for the benefit of the whole Tamil
race. It was begun and its work successfully
carried on under the supervision of Messrs.
Winslow and Scudder. Other brethren were
at different times associated with them. The
most important works published there were
the Tamil version of the Scriptures, completed
in ISSO, and the Tamil and English diction
ary, completed by Dr. Winslow in 1862.
The field occupied by the Madura Mission
equals in area and population the States of
Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It has
been divided into eighteen station districts.
Some of them contain hundreds of villages.
Five districts have had no resident mission
ary, though the entire field is under the ex
clusive care of the Board. The total mem
bership, January, 1866, was 1164 the whole
number under religious instruction is over
6000.
The additions on profession of faith to the
ten churches of the C'eylon Mission were only
eighteen. The present number of church
members is 483. Forty-six preaching-places
are reported, and sixty-two services are con
ducted weekly. Three native assistanth have
just been licensed to preach, who are said to
be growing men, of sincere piety, great ear
nestness, and superior intelligence. There
are now but five missionaries with their
wives, and Dr. and Mrs. Green, in this field ;
Mr. and Mrs. Sanders, now in this country,
however, expect to, return. Two of the num
ber, the venerated Dr. and Mrs. Spaulding,
have continued through forty:six years of
active and useful service. The.labor thrown
upon these 'brethren is altogether beyond
their strength. They call earnestly for relief,
and that the good seed sown and already
bearing fruit, may be nurtured to an abun
dant harvest. 'The review of the fifty years
now closing since the mission was begun, leads
to a grateful recognition of the Divine bless
ing in the past, and to new hope for the
future.
The North China Mission has been
strengthened by the arrival of Mr. and Mrs.
Goodrich, who have been stationed at Peking.
Mr. Doolittle, formerly of the Fuh Chau
mission,. with Mrs. Doolittle and Mr. and
Mrs. Williams, new laborers, left New York
last April, to join this mission. Mr. and Mrs.
Gulick have taken a new station at Kalgan,
some one hundred and forty miles northwest
from Peking, which promises to be a most
important point for missionary operations.
When the Board began its mission a r t the
Hawaiian Islands, forty-six years since, it
assumed the work and ground of no other
body of Christians. The claims put forth by
the "Reformed Catholic Mission" to inter
fere with our work in• this field, are „utterly
groundless, - as has been happily shown by
Mr. 'Ellis in a late work published in Eng
land. Among the earliest converts were some
of the leading chiefs, who united in a request
for more laborers from the United States,
and each new company of missionaries was
welcomed by king, chiefs, and people. The
religious awakening in 1837 was national.
Nearly the entire population in a few years
learned to read. More than 20,000 hopeful
converts, as the result of this awakening,
were gathered into the churches under the
pastoral care of the missionaries, and as many
more were brought under the influence of
their ministry..
Including nine ordained native missionaries
in Micronesia and the Marquesas Islands,
there are now twenty-nine ordained Hawaiian
ministers. The character of these men for
fidelity, and ability as dispensers of the Word,
is fast earning them the respect and confi
dence of all who know them. There are nine
pupils in the theological school.
`The conduct of the Government Board of
Education a majority of whose members,
including ,'Bishop Staley, are of the Re
formed Catholic faith, has been in many ways
so adverse to any healthful moral or Chris
tian influence in the schools, that the Ha
waiian Evangelical Association have felt com
pelled to advise Christian parents in some
districts to establish independent schools of
their own. The number of church membe rs
reported a year ago was 17,521. No report
has been received this year. Sabbath
schools are receiving more than usual atten
tion, and a Sunday-school Association has
been formed, intended to be national.
On a recent visit to these islands, Admiral
Pearson, Of the American navy, bore honor
able testimony to the social and religious cul
ture of the native population.
There are missionary stations on eight
islands in Micronesia. Mr. Doane has joined
Mr. StUrges on Ponape. Mr. Snow remains
in charge of Ebon and Kusaie,
islands three
hundred miles apart, having different lan
guages, and with no missionary speaking the
language within seven hundred miles. Mr.
and Mrs. Bingham expect to return to Micro
nesia on the new Morning Star. There are
also nine Hawaiian missionaries and assist
ant missionaries, supported by the Hawaiian
Evangelical Association. Though Mr. Stur
ges has experienced some severe trials from
a drunken chief, who burned down the
church at his station, and from the piratical
Shenandoah, one-half of the people of
Ponape are now in sympathy with the
missionaries, and the work is making
great progress. Thirty natives have been
added to the church on profession of
faith. Since 1862, no Christian teacher has
resided on Kusaie, yet a most remarkable
work of grace has been in progress, and Mr.
Snow, on a recent tour, found forty who had
come to Christ since ' his visit the year
before. The converts exhibit an admirable
Christian spirit. The church now numbers
80. At 2bon, similar interest is manifest.
At a school examination, out of 125 scholars
present, 44 could repeat the Gospel of John.
Theseislanders receive with meekness the
engrafted word.
A new missionary ship will soon be in the
field, and supply the much needed means of
communication, and facilitate the spread of
the Gospel among other islands.
Important changes have occurred among
the 'Dakotas. In April last the captives at
Davenport were taken from prison, and re
moved to the Niobrara, at its confluence with
the Missouri, 130 miles below Fort Thomp
son. The land assigned to them is sufficiently
productive ; but, unfortunately, it is without
timber for building, and almost without wood
for fuel. It happens, moreover, to be apro
jected city. The Indian tents are now stand
ing on town-lots held at prices ranging from
$lOO to $lOOO. How this improvidence of
government officials will be remedied, is at
present unknown.
The loyal Dakotas, some of them near
Redwood, others as far west as the Coteau
des Prairies, are still receiving the attention
of the missionaries. Two of their number
have been licensed as native preachers, and
some additions have been made to their
churches.
The whole number of communicants under
the care of the Mission, on the Missouri and
on the prairies, is supposed to be about 550,
of whom forty have made a profession of
their faith within the past year.
The prospects of the Ojibwa Mission have
not improved; and it has become quite ob
vious that there should be a large reduction
in the annual disbursements for its support,
if nothing more.
The missionaries among the Cattaraugus
Senecas have had much to encourage them.
Sixteen have joined the church, and one of
the number having come out from the old
heathen party, which has hitherto so stoutly
resisted the inroads of the Gospel. It is ex
pected that others will soon follow the ex
ample. _
SUMMARY
;Missions.
•
Number,of Missions 29
Stations 104
" " Out-stations 421
Laborers Employed
Number of Ordained Missionaries (5 being physi
cian-) 139
" " Physicians not ordained 4
" " Other Male 'Assistants -3
" " Female Assistants 163
Whole number of laborers sent from this country-312
Number of Native Pastors 62
" " Native Preachers and Catechists 9 66
" " School Teachers 9 90
" " Other Native Helpers 197
Whole number of native laborers 815
Whole number of laborers sent from this country-312
Whole number of laborers connected with the
Mission 1127
The Pres&
Establishments
Pages, as far as reported 13,649,826
The Churches.
Number of Churches, (including all at the Ha
waiian Islands,] 194
" " Church Members, (do. do.) so far as
reported 24,630
Added during the year, (do. do.) 881
Educational Department.
Nunlber of Training and Theological Schools...-. 16
Other Boarding Schools 17
" " Free Schools. (omiting those at Ha
waiian Islands.) 395
" " Pupils in Free Schools, (omitting
those at Hawaiian Islands.).. .... 10,067
" " Pupils in Free Training and Theolo
gical Schools 318
" " Pupils in Free Boarding School 526
Whole number of Pupils 10,901
TUESDAY EVENING
At an early hour the church was filled to
its utmost capacity, large numbers standing
all the evening. Rev. Laurens P. Hickok,
D.D., President of Union College,
preach
ed the annual sermon, from Phil.
10, 11: "That at the name of Jesus every
knee should bow," &c. Without disparag
ing any other, we think this was one of the
best we ever heard on such an occasion. In
the first place, it was not too long, only , fifty
minutes. It was also made of solid thought,
clear, logical and piogressive in arrangement,
and earnest in utterance. We speak not our
own judgment alone, but we heard similar
expressions from more sensible lips. Of
course, it will be published, and we trust it
will be widely disseminated and read, and do
much good. r.
WEDNESDAY MORNING
Two churches were opened for prayer
meetings in advance of the business sessions,
each well filled with those who 'love to pray.
At the appointed hour for business. 91
o'clock, Dr. Todd's Church was again filled
with a grand congregation, eager to catch all
that should come up of business or of direct
address.
After the opening prayer, by the venerable
Dr. Cox, and a hymn sung by the whole con
gregation, Secretary Wood read a report on
"Interference in Foreign Missions." It has
always been the aim of the American Board
to cultivate its own fields, and not to en
croach upon those of any other Missionary
organization. The Prudential Committee is
not aware that a complaint of intrusion has
been or can be -.urged against any of its ope
rations, and generally this principle has been
cazefully regarded by other societies. This
statement admits of one great and sad ex
ception, that of the "Reformed Catholic
Mission," as it is miscalled, at the Sandwich
Islands.
On this latter point especially, Rev_ Dr.
Anderson also presented, a brief abstract of
a special report, to be published, giving a
statement of facts and particulars in regard
to those malign , operations of British intru
ders at those beautiful islands, showing how
superlatively mean and . unreasonable those
operations are. These papers were referred
to committees, to report upon the same.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
The occasion this afternoon was the resig
nation of Dr. Rufus Anderson, now seventy
years of age, as Foreign Secretary, which
office he has held for the past thirty-four
year. I send you a copy of his letter, and
will not dwell upon its points. Suffice it to
say, that he has been connected with the
Board, officially, in some form, since 1822.
He alludes to the growth of the Board, as
well as the many changes in it during that
long period, to its high position now, and
very tenderly mentions the assistance he has
all along had from his wife, who loves the
work fully as much as he does.
Dr. Clarke, Secretary of the Prudential
Committee, read the resolutions of the com
mittee relative to the letter, thanking God for
continuing him so many years in the office,
for his success in carrying on his correspond
ence, for the favor granted him in dealing so
successfully with the missionaries abroad.
The Committee feel great satisfaction in ex
pressing their high esteem of him, and re
commend his election as a member of the
Prudential Committee. They desire him to
prepare for publication a history of the
Board during his administration, and they
offer him a room in the Missionary House
to be used as his office.
The first speaker in response, was . Secre
tary Treat. He said, I cannot Shut out the
thought that a few years hence there must
be another withdrawal from one of the score
taryships of the Board. But to me, there
never can be another occasion like this. if
feel so much embarrassed in speaking of my
old associate in his presence. How to say
the right thing of my brother, in his hearing,
I feel to be a difficulty. Then, too, the 'Mas
ter of assemblies is here, seeing our thoughts
weighing our words. For twenty-tour years
nearly, Dr. Anderson and myself have walked
together with one objective point all the
way, namely : God's glory in the salvation
of the world. The speaker then made a
feeling allusion to the sudden death of Sec
retary Armstrong, twenty years ago—lost on
Long Island Sound, bringing in the tolling of
the bell on the wreck of the steamer, day
after day, telling of our deep sorrow. How
many missionaries, too, have passed on to
the better land, while Dr. A. and myself have
been associated in this work. Next to the
grief, in a house stricken by death, comes. the
sorrow we secretaries feel, as one and another
of our missionaries fall by death. We have
had our pleasures as well as our sorrows.
When the treasury has been empty, and we
have begun to have serious apprehensions,
kind friends have stepped forward and
helped us. So that our faith has been made
stronger by the extremity, that the ark after
all was safe. Glad tidings coming from
missionary fields have been great sources of
happiness. Together we have watched the
sword of the Conqueror as it has in many
instances opened the hitherto closed way for
the missionary of the Cross. .Revivals of re
ligion, too, in heathen lands, have cheered us
and filled us with joy.
In turning from the past to the,present,
two thoughts come up. Dr. Anderson has
great reason to be thankful to-day, that all
of his life, from the Theological Seminary
down to the present day, has been spent in
this one service. He has had the very ker
nel of missionary work in his keeping, the
Evangelizing agency. It has not been his
work 'to serve tables." He has had to deal
with the great problems that belong to the
success of missions. The other thought is,
this Board has much cause for thankfulness
to-day. A long and careful training is al-
Ways needful to make a good soldier. Dr.
Anderson sat at the feet of Evarts, and since
that day what an ever-widening experience
has been his I
But you will say, have you no eulogy to
pronounce, no turns of graceful words?
Eulogy, indeed, is beneath the occasion.
One thing I can say. If you ask whether
he has been faithful to the weighty trust he
now surrenders, as you have a right to ask
of me, he will not answer the question,
but I will do so for him. It is my deliberate
belief that he has. All that this Board has
a right to expect; I verily believe he has
done. Let us write upon the back of his
discharge papers, that he will receive to
morrow, " well done, good and faithful ser
vant."
Dr. Treat here made beautiful and tender
allusion to Mrs. Dr. Anderson. The useful
ness of thekDoctor, he said, had been greatly
enlarged by that bright and faithful presence,
that for so many years has graced and adorn
ed his home. When Go'd shall call her to
himself, many in India, in China, in the
Islands of the Sea, will
~ grieve that one of
the Vuest friends of the missionary has passed
away. [Applause.]
Rev. Mr. Calhoun, Missionary in Mount
Lebanon, was now called upon to respond on
behalf of the missionaries. He said, eleven
years ago Dr. Anderson and myself left
Aleppo for Aintab. On the way we met a
long train of camels, led by a Moslem, riding
upon a donkey. He eyed us closely. Our
shaved faces and Frank dress astonished him,
and he exclaimed, "How wonderful are the
works of God!" [Laughter.] Modestly
compels me to say that he referred solely to
Dr. Anderson, not to me. Twenty-two
years ago, I sat with Dr. Anderson and Dr.
Hawes, (now present,) in missionary council,
at Smyrna and at Beyrut. Eleven years ago
again at Aintab and Abieh, Mount Lebanon.
In the name of all the Missionaries of Syria,
and in fact of all our missionaries everywhere,
I say emphatically, Dr. Anderson has acted
his part well. For soundness of judgment,
for integrity of purpose, for love to the cause,
he has no equal. His correspondence in all
these years has been in letters of wisdom,
rapidly comprehending the merits of the ques
tion at issue. We have loved always to follow
his advice, and we have found him ever
ready to cheerfully yield to the judgment of
missionaries on the ground, when necessary.
A thousand matters of detail must always
be left to - the Missionary. It is impossible
to give minute instructions. Large liberty
must be left. This Dr. A. has always
done. He had no truer friend among the
missionaries than the late Dr. Eli Smith, of
Syria Mission. He knew Dr. A. long and
well. When Dr. Smith came to die, I was
with him. I saw that he was fast failing,
and told him what the physician said, that
he could not recover. 0, how he did cling
to life that he might finish his life work, the
translation of the Scriptures. On his last
day with us, Saturday, we talked together
as weii as we could, he sitting bolstered up
in bed with the pillows, his mind beginning
to wander. He said, "Brother Anderson is
a moral giant." He summoned his dying
energy and repeated; it, "Brother Anderson
is a moral giant," and these were his last
rational words. Before morning he had
gasped his last. Our Brother Anderson
must soon go too. We shall release him
from the survice of the Board to-morrow ;
but God will soon relieve him from all ser
vice on earth. Then will come his crown oc .
glory. Taking Dr. A.'s hand, he said,
`Brother, in my own name, and in the
name - of the missionaries and of their wives
and children, I bid ,you farewell as our Sec
retary. God be with you, and be with us
all, and bring us all together to that holier,
- happier world." [This was said with deep
feeling, with tears flowing freely all through
the audience. 1
Rev. Mr. Hall, son of Gordon Hall, one of
the first missionaries of the Board, then rose,
representing the children of the missionaries,
and read a paper which they had drawn up,
expressing their warm attachment to Dr. A.,
and their appreciation of his valuable ser
vices in their behalf. "When missionaries
part with their children, as they must, to have
them educated in this land and not among
the heathen, they do so with many pangs of
sorrow, and with deep anxiety; but they
have always turned to Dr. A. as their best
friend in this country. The children of the
missionaries have prepared an album con
taining the photograph likenesses of as many
of them as could be obtained, with room for
all as they may' come in. One of them will