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Connected with it are some thousands of honorary members, whd have the privilege of taking pFtrt in all the deliberations except voting. The Board is supported by the Presbyterian and Congregationalist churches, about five thousand in number, throughout America, who thus unite in prosecuting the work of foreign missions. The first meetings sixty years ago were held in private parlors, and from this small be ginning the interest in the Board has in-- creased until, now, the largest audience - rooms in the country are sometimes not sufficient to contain those who . desire to be in attendance.- The sixtieth session opened yesterday, and promises to be one of the largest and most interesting of — any in the'previous history of the Beard. A large number of delegates have already arrived, and every train coming into the city is in creasing the number. THE ORGANIZATION. At the. appointed hour the meeting was called to order by Rev. Mark Hopkins, D.D., LL.D., President of Williams Col lege. The, following officers of the Board will, -officiate at the present meeting: President,Mark Hopkins, D.D. LL D. • Vice President—Hon. Wm. E. Dodge. .Prudential Committee—Charles Stod . dard, Esq.; • Nehemiah Adams, D. D.; Augustus C. Thompson,D.D.; Walter S. Griffith, Esq.; Hon. A.lohens Hardy, Hon. Limn , Child, Rev. Albert Barnes, Robert R. Booth, D.D:: Abner Kingman, Esq.; James M. Gordon, Esq.; Rufus Anderson, D. D. LL.D.; Ezra Farns worth, Esq. Corresponding Secretaries—Rev. Selah F. Treat, George Wood, D.D., Nathaniel 0. Clark, D.D. Bieordtng Secretary—Rev. John D. Means. Treasurer—Langdon S. Ward, Esq. Auditors—Joseph S. Ropes, Esq., and Thomas H. Russell, 'Esq. The exercises were opened with a fervent and impressive prayer by Rev. Dr.-Spring, of New York. • Rev. Wm. M. Cheever, of Terre Haute, Indiana, wasappointed assistant. Re cording Secretary. The minutes of the last annual session - were read 'and approved. THES OkE DEPAIiT3LENT. Rev. Dr. S. P. Treat, Chairman of the Committe on Rome Department next read the following report: 13.0.11 E DEPARTMENT. OBITUARY NOTICE.% . Four Corporate Members of the Board, a smaller number than usual, have been removed by death since the last annual meetinz, to wit:-William W. Chester, Esq.,electecLin 1838; Silas Aiken, D. 13., electd in 18. V: Swau L. Pomroy, D. D., elected in 1843; William Ropes, Esq., elected in 1852. MISSIONARIES SENT FORTH. It is.with devout thankfainess that the Prudential Committee announce the sending forth of larger reinforcements to the various mission, fields within the past year, than have gone abroad in any one year since 1858. The following names have been enrolled for the first time, among those whom the Board will be happy to recognize henceforth as its "fellow workers unto the Kingdom of God" to wit; Rev. Henry P. Page, Mrs. Mary A. Page, Rev. Riggs, Mrs. Sarah H. Riggs, Miss 'Ursula E. Clark, Miss Mavis S. Bluts,lidiss Della Griswold, Miss Minnie C. Beach. of the Western Turkey Mission, Rev. Henry Mar. den, and Mrs. Mary L. Marden, of the Central Turkey Mission: Mrs. Helen P. Barnum,- Rev:Theodore L. Pottd, Mrs. -Julia H. Pond, Geo. C. Reynolds, M. D.; and Mrs. Mattis W. .Reynidds, of the Eastern Turkey Mission; Mrs. Harriet E. Jessup, Miss Eliza D. Everett, and Rev. James S. Dennis, of the Syria Mis sion; Rev. Spencer R. Wells • and Mrs. Mary Wells, of the Mahratta. Mission; Henry K. Palmer, M. D., Mrs. Flora D. Palmer and •• bliss Carrie ' Hartley, of the Madura Mission; Rev. William E. Deßiemer, Mrs. E mily ,Deßiemer, Miss Maggie Webster, of, the Ceylon Mission; Miss Adella M. Payson, of the Fuh-Chau Mission; Rev. Chester Hol comb, Mr; Oliver C. Holcomb, Rev. Joseph S. Whiting. Mrs. Body E. Whit- I ing Rev. Dsvellp Z. Sheilleld,!Mrs . Ella W.Sheflield, Rev.; Daniel McCoy, Mrs. AXnerical4.,,McCoy, Mr. Gilbert F. Hol comb, Miiia Wiry A.. Thompson, of the North .Chii*'.fitleslon: Miss. Julia . A. Lafroinbatics:Of the. Dakota - Two brethren, who were formerly sta tioned Id tlie Tamil' field. but subs°. quentlY returned to the United States, and were released from-their connection with the Board, have enlisted in its ser vice a secondlime. For reasons bearing • upon the question of health, hoWever, it bas seemed advisable to assign them to new fields. Hence -Rev. George Ford and Mrs. Ann J. Ford-have taken charge. of a station among the Senecas, and Rev. Milan H. Hitchcock 'and 'Mrs. Lucy H. Hitchcock have joined the •Western Tur key mission. " • • It will be uotleedlitat all our, missions_ in Asia, except the one - 1n Persia, have received reinforcements during the year; that the whole number embraced in the foregoing list is forty.two, twelve of whom were ordained before their em. bark atiom The following persons, have returned to the fields heretofore ()Coupled by them, after a residence In the' United States, longer or shorter, to wittiMrs. Martha J. Riggs, Henry S. West, M. D., and Mrs. Lottie M. West, of the We4tern Turkey Mission, Miss Myra A. Proctor, of the Central - Turkey Mission, Henry H. Jes sup, D. D., of the Lyna Mission, Rev. Henry M. Bridgman and Mrs. Laura B. Bridgutan,.of the Zulu Mission. AGENCIES. The committee are happy to say that all the District Secretaries who were mentioned in the annual report last year, are still in the sertlce of the Board. As they are laboring at their respective posts with fidelity and success, and espe cially as their apitude for their work is expected to increase from year to year, any changewould be undesirable. The number of districts, and the distribution of slates among the districts, remain the same as it wat last year,•as the following table will show: - Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, Rev. Wm, Gorham, of Maine. Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island, Rev. John P. Skeele, Hartford Conn. New York City, Long Island, Eastern New York and New Tersey,,tbis district is in' charge of Rev. George W. Wood, Bible House, Astor Place, New York City. Central and Western New York, in cluding- St. Lawrence, Lewis, Oneida, Otsego and 'Delaware counties as an East ern boundary Hap. Charles P. Bush, Rochester, N.,Y. Pennsylvania, West Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and District of Columbia, Rev. John McLeod, Philadelphia. 1 Ohio, Indiana and Southern Illinois, Rev. Wm. M. Cheever, Terre Haute, In; diana. Michigan, Northern Illinois, Wiscon sin, Minnesota, lowa, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska, Rev. S. •J. ,litnphrey, Chicago. It gives the Committee great pleasure to acknowledge the value of the services rendered in this department by our re turned Missionaries. Some. indeed, are able to do but little in this line of things; and t it should be ad axiom in Missions, that a brother who comes to this country , for the benefit of his health, should be allowed to regain it as speedily as posfi ble, in order that he may resume with the least practicable delay. his work among the heathen. But if he is able to interest the churches in the subject of Missions by personal appeals, without retarding his recovery, it is eminently proper, as well as desirable, that they should do go; and the Committee always favor arrangements entered• into with this intent. THE • MISSIONARY HERALD The enlarged circulation of the Herald" deserves a.lormal announcernept. The average monthly edition durimphe past year has been about thirty thousand. This result the Committee ascribe as well to the endeavors, Which hare been put forth to effect a wider distribution of this periodical, as to the various improve ments which have been made therein. It would be pleasant to add that this publication has reached the point of self support; but the number of those who are entitled to receive It gratuitously is so large that it is impossible to make such an affirmation at the present time. Still, a review of the receipts of the Herald for the past few years show that the income from subscriptions in 1865-6 was 82,658.88; from subscriptions and ad vertisements, in 18644, 812,417.37; from the same sources, 1857 8, 815.114.22; from the same sources,. in 1868 9, $17,640.57. co OPERATING SOCIETIES The Treasurer has remitted to different missions of the Board, iu aid or the work which they are doing through the agency of the press, the following sums received from other societies,, to wit: From. the American Bible Society $6.700: from the American • Tract Society at New York $2,400. EFFORTS FOR THE ELEVATION OF WO EMI •The two organizations which have been formed, oneat the East and the other at the West, in the hope of accom plishing more for the -female sex in our various mission fields, has achieved a success which the most sanguine could scarcely have looked for. The elder Board of Missions has received $11,540 25; the Woman,s Board of Missions for the Interior has _received 13,339.25, the total being /14,933.5 Q, and contrary to the fears which many expressed a few months ago. the amount which has been diverted from the contributions which are wont' to flow directly into our treas ury is found to be comparatively insig nificant. f. • • It is the purpose of these societies to assume the entire cost of the work which trily be done, especially to ameliorate the condition of woman in our mission fields. The influence of a plea so comprehensive and so noble cannot fail to be of inestim able value, if 4successfully executed, to all who shall become co-workers therein. FINANCiAL 'HISTORY OF THE YEAR. The committee have experienced, in the matter of inc r ome, a two-fold disap pointment. As strenuous endeavors were required to secure a favorable close of the previous year, and as the constitu. enoy of the Board is clearly averse to all special efforts, except in occasional in stances, it was hoped that the church would begin at an early day to enlarge their contributions. At the end of the first third of the year, how ever, it was found that the receipts instead of being greater, were 630,000 less than those or the correspond ing portion of 1867-8. Two months later the difference was 1183,000, showing an average.monthly lessor $5,51:10. This was the first disappointment. `Tna problem, 'therefore, at the end of the first six months was simply this: 31 With'sn expenditure, on the one hand, which promises to excel that of the pre vious year, and with a loss in the re ceipts, en the, other - band, of g 33,000, al ready accrued, how shall we escape an, adverse balance which may prove an 4 mb:tires:lntent . hereafter?" The Com mittee have stated their objections to special appeals In past years.; They re gard-them; at' the best, as a necessary evil. But a heavily burdened treasury has becoale a still greater one. The policy adopted in this unexpected emergency has, been to request the churches, acting with and through the Board, to make their contributions equal to those.of the preoedlnglotrp and a few IN .. M I Tr iII W . WiI I UMi'‘ : IIIMITOM I NMEWo e Individuals of acknowledged ability and benevolence have been privately in formed of. the financial prospect, but no urgency has been employed. It is with pacullar satisfaction that the Committee now speak of their second disappointment. During the last six months of 'the war, from March Ist to September Ist, they could not avoid seri ous anprehensions In regard to the ulti mate balance. On the 25th of August, the amount required to prevent any, in debtedness was supposed to be $80,000; and there were certain reasons for anti cipating a much smaller sum. But through the Divine blessing upon the efforts which had been made, the receipts from that time oth'ard • were unexpect ly large, so that the balance against the treasury, when the books were closed, was found to be less than $B,OOO. To the pastors and others who have been fellow laborers in working out the problem which has just been mentioned, the Committee desire to tender thelr-cor dial thanks. To Him, especially, who has all hearts in his hand, and turneth them whitbersoever he will, they would ascribe thanksgiving and praise for the deliverance which he has so manifestly wrought! RECEIPT/3 AND EXPENDITURES. The entire income of the year may be stated as follows: From donations, $424,457,96; from legacies, $93,562; from other sources', $7,194,73, making a total of 1525,2105 The expenditures of the y ear have amounted to 5531,661,32. As, therefore, the year commenced with a balance of 5520,96 in the treasury, it closed with a balance of 85,925.41 against the treasury. That the debt is no larger, has been owing, in part, to the refusal of the Committee to disburse all the money which was appropriated in October last. They deemed it wiser to contract the ex penditures within certain limits than to end the year with a considerable detielt. LEGACIES. It will be noticed that this source of in come has Men unusually productive. The midis received last year were nearly $20,000 below those which have gone into the treasury this year. Indeed, never before in the history of our organization has this item been so large, and it is wonky of mention that Mr. Daniel W. Hall, a generous friend of Missions, re siding in Washington, in the District of Columbia, placed 18,000 in the hands of the Treasurer many years ago, and di rected that. the amount should become the property of the Board after the death of himself or his wife, the right of call ing for the interest thereon, in the mean time being reserved. The survivor of the two has departed this life within the year; his gift, therefore, with another sum of $12,812.P2 left to the Treasurer by his will, has became available for meet ing the dlsbursuients of the year. Ad: ding the 58,000 to the amount of legacies heretofore mentioned, as being a virtual legacy, we have a total of 5101,56;26. These figures furnish the explanation of the fortunate. issue of our financial trials. The offerings of the living are $38,802,81 below the donations of 1887 8; and so the Great Missionary, foreseeing this result, has been pleased to induce those patrons of the Board, whom he was about to summon to a higher ser vice, in that dispositiob of their prop erty which should close forever their earthly stewardihip, to remember the, heathen. And lo their thoughtfulness has taken us safely through the vicissi tudes of another twelve months. It is the L'ard's doing, and it la marvellous In our eyes. At the conclusion of the reading of this report, the audience united in singing the twenty-dfth hymn, commenc ing ‘Otorlons thpige of Thee are spoken After which Dr. Treat made a brief and pertinent address in review of the work of the Home Department. The reading of the report was followed by the singing of the sixteenth selection, commencing IL ••Arm of the 1 orlfcwske awake !'• GENERAL SURVEYS. Rev. Dr. W. B. Hooker, of Massachu setts, next led the audience in prayer. GENERAL SURVEY OF THE WORK Rev. N. G. Clark, D. D., of Boston, Foreign Secretary, and Rev. George Wood, of New York, thou read the re port of the General Survey of the Mis sions, in which it appeared that the past year has been one of sustalded general interest and of preparation for the future; with enough of trial and embarrassment at certain points to mark the church militant, and to lead to a new sense of dependence upon the Di vine blessing, and with enough of sue. cess to cheer the heart and to prompt to new and greater efforts to secure the tinal victory, Touching reference is made to the deaths of the venerable Rev. iDr. King, representative in Greece, Mrs. Saunders, at Ceylon, and Mrs. Riggs, who devoted so many years of rare sac rificing devotion to the soclaLand relig ious welfare of the /ndtantribes of the Northwest. Seven • ordaltie/,d missiona ries have ceased to be connected with the Board: Nine missionaries-and three sin gle ladies have come home for rest and recovery of health, moat of whom ex pect to return to the missionary work. Seven missionaries who were at home, . last year have returned to their missions, _and forty-three new laborers have en tered upon the work, including thirteen ordained missionaries, two mission ary physicians, - one lay assistant and eleven single ladies. They were distributed as follows: to Western Turke3o, 10; Central Turkey; 2; E tstern Turkey, 5. Syria, 4; Mahratta mission. 2: Madura, 3; Ceylon, 3; Foe= chow, 1; North China, 10; Seneca In dians, 2; Dakota 'lndians, 1. Alter de ducting from the list the names of those now at home who are not expected to re tarn, and of one of the ladies recently 'married, there remain 852 male and fe male missionaries connected with the, Board, of whom 145 are ordained mis sionaries, 7 miesioary physicians, and 44 Unmarried females,—a net gain in ail of 20 laboreri as-compared with last year., The success of.the Woman's Board of Missions is spoken of as highly enbout aging. AFRICA. The mission in Africa, in 4a -- boon, froth a debilitating m ,climate, the vi Without the virtues of European traders, and the intrigues of - Romanists, is lookedupcin as the forldrn hope of the missionary service. Neither has the Zulu mission bscaned its trials, but great numbers are beooming intellectually familiar. with the truths of the gospel, waiting now for t h e limy Spirit toquicken theca into life. The work of Dr. King in Oreeco has b een taken up by his pupils and with them has passed under the Care of the American and Foreign Christian Union. Time only can reveal the influence of Jonas King in preparing the way for the establishment of purer faith in that clas sic land. ARMENIA. The three Armenian missions embrace a territory more than half as large as that portion of the United States east of the Mississippi river. It includes a portion of European Turkey on the west, the whole of Asia Minor, and extends to Per sia on the east, and Syria and Arabia on the south. The evangelization of this region has been left almost exclusively to the American Board. Sixty-five churches have been gathered—now un der the care of 41 native pastors, wholly or in part supported by their own people. To these churches three hundred new members were added on profession of their faith the past year, making an ag gregate membership of about three thou sand. The average attendance upon public worship is about 11,000; at Sabbath School 8,000; at the missionary schools and seminaries 6,000. - The contributions to various Christian objects during the year amounted to 815,000 in gold, or an Average of five dellars to each church member. The sleepless vigilance of the government and the consequent timidity of inquirers have stood in the way of much effort In behalf of the Moslem pop ulation. More vigorous efforts are mak ing to press the claims of the Gospel upon the. Bulgarians. • sYfIL There has f never been a brighter day in the history of the Syria mission than the present. The Bible is printed in various attraclive editions; the power of priestly tyranny is in a great degree broken; towns and villages long sealed are now open and asking for missionary labor; baptisms have begun to take place a mong the Druzes; even the Mohammedans are sending their children to schoola; sever al Christian churches bare been organ ized, and the mission has now set apart three of its members to the work of training a native ministry; while in the department of higher education, the col lege and female seminary in Beirut will accomplish all that Syria will need for many years to came. =9 Dr. Perkins has seen a great work ac complished, as the result of missionary toll, since he first entered that field. From . 85 centres, and to congregations averaging nearly 2,400 the,past year, the gospel is now proclaimed by more than a hundred native helpers, of whom fifty seven are licensed preachers. More than nine hupdred persons have professed their faith in Christ; of whom seven hun dred and twenty-two are now connected with the evangelical communion. The Seminaries _have educated hundreds of youth, whose influence is seen in the gen eral social and tnoral elevation °Utile people. More than a thousand pupils are to be found in the common schools; the press is a power in the land, from which half a million pages (552,40(i) were thrown off the past year. INDIA.. I The twenty-three nature chnrcnes in the Mahratta mission give pleasing evi dence of increased devotion to the cause of Christ, and are disposed to accept greater responsibility for the evangeli zation of their countrymen. Some of the native pastors and helpers evince a spirit of true, self-sacrificing consecra tion. As the result-in part, doubtless, a larger number of accessions to the churches are reported than for several years berme. Opportunities for labor aro multiplying among the women, till sow an application comes to the Worn man's Board of Missions for aid in the support of ten native Bible women. At Ceylon heathenism dies hard, but it is dying and going away before the march of christianity. MIMI • Eleven new laborers have gone out to China during the year, and six more ex pect to follow in a few month*. Thus the pledge at the annual meeting -of the Board at Buffa'o is in part fulfilled. It is proposed to establish two new stations In North Carolina. and one in the South. The good work is prospering, and with the moral support of Christian nations, the way seems open for the free diffusion of the gospel in the empire. HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. There aro now fifty-six churches con nected with the Hawaiian Evangelical Association, In which have been enrolled, from the first, 67,600 members. A recent careful revision of church records gives the present membership as 12,497; a re• duction on teat year's !Seta of nearly 5;- 000, notwithstanding the additions of the year. The reduction, now taken note of, has been going on for several years, and marks in part the great decline of the Hawaiian population of the Hands. NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS; The Committee rejoice in the endeav ors of the present Administration to place the Department of Indian Affairs upon a better footing. It is with pecu liar satisfaction that they have seen the readiness with which disinterested and benevolent gentlemen have consented to visit different tribes of Indians, in order to the preservation of peace between the stronger and the weaker races, as-also to the introduction of civilization among the latter. It is to be regretted, however, that no Commissioners have been sent as yet to the Dakota. They aro a numerous tribe; and white some of the bands, the . Santees especially, are anxious to abide in relations of amity with the United Statestiovernment, there are others, fer away from all Christain influences, most of them, indeed, having never heard the gospel, whose friendly disposition is by no means certain, There are questions of policy, moreover, which have an im portant bearing upon the public treasury, as also upon the progressive advancement of this'people. 'Among•the Dikotas in whose =behalf ur missionaries are laboring, the year has been.one of prosperity Fi ft y-seven persons have professed their faith in the Saviour for the first time, and the whole number of communicants is sin hundred itud eighteen. The missionaries are as- Meted in their work by four native pas tors, and four native licentiates. :A nett/ station has been commenced at the Yankton Agency, by Mr. J.. P. William son;in order he may reach a large body of Indians who have neveo before ,had a resident missionary among them. Our brethren are desirous of commenc ing operations at other points; and it is presumed that they will do so at an early day. The need is urgent. The Dagotas are supposed to exceed 80,000, four fifths of whom have never heard the gospel. Among the Senecas there has been a degree of inter, s: in advancing the king dom of Christ; which might, perhaps, be Called a revival, and a few have joined the church by profes , !iiig their faith in the Saviour. In other respects, espe cially among the rattaraugus Indians, there has been gratifying progress. Rev. George Ford, formerly of the Madura mission, has consented to take charge of Lower Cattaraugus.. He entered his new field last spring. coNcussloN Do our churches realize the greatness of the work, and the solemn responsi bilities of the hour? New centres of in fluence have been taken, new churches organized, new pastors ordained; a larger number of native youth of both sexes are in training for Christian work, more and more of the native churches are becom ing independent of our aid, and assum ing their proper responsibility for the support, of the gospel and its dif fusion abroad; and, more than all, the good work everywhere accomplished —a work no figures canmeasureris to be found in the vast preparation of the pop ular mind for the reception of the truth: despair of the received faiths, the con-. viction that the truth is with us, and must prevail, the undermining and sapping of the very foundations of error and superstition. Never before were there such motives for consecration to the work of Christ, for earnest and well directed efforts to complete the work begun, and never before such occasion for earnest and. prevailing prayer on the part of all who look for the triumph of the kingdom 'of Christ in the earth. OZ'cERAL SUMSiAHT . Miasione. • OEM Station- eiMMM VlB dt&tiQtla Ordained Mini&mete (8 being Ytiyalclan: 145 Phyal•lans nat ordained .„ .... 7 nth r Male Assist ants 5 Female Assisi ants • 195 Whole n umber of laborers sent urn this ....... —351 Native eavtors 106 Native Preachers and Cate• ehist• Echo,l Texche a . , . • ither native helpers 'l-'4-931 . Whole nukubes of laborers eon, fleeted with the 3.llssslons • -- 1,333 Tat Press. ragea printed, as fa u rt ported 15,957,041 The Churches Chw'ebee, Oneludidg all at the Hawaiian lelands.) . I'M Church Members, (do. d 0..) a., far. as re ported 2 0, %&3 Added during the year, (do. d 0..) 1.6(5 Educational Department. Training and Theological Schools ' ..... 16 tither Boarding solluels 19 Free Soho° s. (omitting those at bawa lan Is lands.) 478 Faiths In I tee conoola, (omitting those at M. 1..) - 13 479 Fuptia in Free Training and The- ari,gleal Senouls , Papas in Free Weil - dine Vehoote.. - US : W4oie niunt!er of Pup115....„...1e:0..-.:----.16,491 AFPOINTIEUNT OF OM kLITTEFAL The President then announced the fol lowing Committees: • Comntittee of Arrangements.—Rev. F. A. Noble, Rev. Dr. Gee: W. Wood, Rev. A. S. Fiske,-Rev. S. J. Humphrey. Rev. E. W. Esseck. Committee to 'nominate Committees.— Rev. Dr. T. W. Andrews, Hon. H. P. Haven, Rev. Dr. C. P. Bush. Basiness Committee.—Hon. Wm. Hale, Dr. George E. Adams, Rev. P. R. Hind, Wm. H. Jessup, Esq., J. N. Stickney, Eq. The Committee of Arrangements were requested to meet in tuePastor's study this morning at eight o'clock, and the Busintss Committee on the platform at 835 o'clock. CONDITION OF TEE TREASURY. Mr. Langdon S. Ward, of Boston, Mass., now read the Treasurer's Report for the year ending August 31, 1869, as follows: Receipts and Expenditures of the A. B. C. F. M. for the Year Endsng Augusi 31, 1869. IMPEIrriITIIRES. C6dt of Ariatione. Zulu 311,9f0n ' $`3,615 91 ..stmouldinslon '=.48140 31lbslon to Grtree .1,412 :0 •r %V+ stern Txrkey... 03.618'63 Central Turkey.... 27,1166 64 11 LasternlLrEey.... 45,6611 26 'Trim :9,19161 Nest"rtan Sitsmlou 21.701 02 3laeratta 33 700 10 SS 9:6 63 Pl= CeljOll V.,CL10W... KISUMMI 's,adwlTl:i 1104wla Micenned.a ' ' 12,790 03 North American 1n 1iZ,719 Oj lb via . ...... . : 1 24 al Ceuta& ..... 2,768 7S-9,042 97 " $45-1,1115 56 COST OF AGENCIES. Wares of District becretsriee and their traveling expenses and those of athaleaaries visiting the Lhurehes, aud all other xpeases 15,151 13 COST OT PCDLICATIONS. • 31)661°a:try Bern' d, , trclu3lng Imitate& gditorand ben- • ern. Agent.). 1 2 5. 1 30 Less amennt recalv -4.4 rer annierlber., 111.600 47; and far • A. treett..etu..nts, 6 5 ./ 60 . 16,664 66-3,478 44 Al; utlier tuLl.eatlona 3 3.094 COST OF ADMINISTRATION. Department Correa- • ponder ce dt5,575 07 Trea.surer's Depart- - men 8,1 - at al - Now York City 6,65 03 Mltoellaneons Items, including . fuel, gras.• tuna " titre, rp.irs and CAM of Id estonall House. stationary. coP• . ink and pawing. library, miniver - earl , meeting at Dorton, tramline , eNttentes, Honor. wry Members' Cer ti ec.ates, revenue etanipt, etc........ 2,183 91 Total Expenditures.... 1133= Donations received within , he year, as acknowledged imthe Mission ar y Her- 5124,457 Se Legacies reosived withinAne sitar. aS ackowledged. Ls the Missionary Her- Interest on General rermaneotif bag letereo from the Ashler"' tenet: it, 4 nts tit . Bctabay ..... .. Lahatne • •• hbangtel ..... . , 65:4,214 85 Balance In l'reatury . , Sept. Ist, 1368.... fao $5:5,73391 Balance for wblch the Board is In debt.. 5,! .5 41 The report was accepted and approved. The chairman then announced that a prayer meeting would be held in the First Presbyterian church this morning at 8% o'clock , continuing fifty minutes. Visitors were requested to hand in their names to the Reception Committee, in the pastor's study, as soon as possible, in order that places might be assigned them. Adjourned until 7 o'clock. One of the largest audiences ever as sembled within its walls, crowded the church last evening, the occasion being the delivery of theannual sers)•?!: by the Rev. John Todd, D. D.. of Plttsfleld Mas sachusetts. The exercises were opened with a vol• nntary by the choir, Prof. Rohbnck pre siding at the organ, after which Rev. Dr. Canfield, of Syracuse, New York, read the opening hymn, commencing .Jesus shall relisawberiErertv son Dues his successive journeys run." which was sung by the audience and choir. Rev. Albert Barnes, of Philadelphia, followed with prayer. The exercises were then continued by the singing of the 26th Hymn: "Oh where are k Inge and empires - 10m Of old that went and came." ANNUAL SERMON. The Riv.'Dr. Todd then delivered the annnal sermon, which occupied about an hour, and was listened to with marked attention by the large audience. The Reverend