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. six hundred and twenty. The receipts of the Board for the year ending July 31st, 1853, were $314,922 88. The expenditure was $310,607 59.
American Home Missionary Society .- New Bible House, Astor Place. Founded 1826. Henry Dwight, President ; Rev. Milton Badger, D. D .; Rev. Daniel P. Noyes, and Rev. David B. Coe, Secretaries for foreign correspondence; Charles R. Robert, Recording Secretary; Jasper Corning, Treasurer ; H. W. Ripley, Assistant Treasurer ; Caleb O. Halsted, Auditor. Objects : "To assist congregations that are unable to support the gos- pel ministry, and to send the gospel to the desti- tute within the United States ; also to co-operate with evangelical Christians in the support of Home Missions in nominally christian countries, to such an extent as the funds of the institution may jus- tify." Receipts in 1852 to April 1853, $171,734 24. Expenditure, $174,439 24. Number of missiona- ries 1,087. Gross receipts for 27 years $2,537,154 64. Legacies within the year, $32,669 72.
American Missionary Association .- 48 Beekman. Founded 1846. President, Hon. Wm. Jackson, Mass. ; Corresponding Secretary for For. Department, Geo. Whipple, N. Y .; Corresponding Secretary for Home Department, Simon T. Jocelyn, N. Y .; Recording Secretary, Langdon S. Ward, N. Y .; Treasurer, Lewis Tappan. Object of the So- ciety : "To send the gospel to those portions of our own and other countries which are destitute of it, or which present open and urgent fields of effort." Receipts for the year ending 31st August, 1853, $41,695 14, expenditure, $50,248 13. The society borrowed $7,751 93. Number of home missiona- ries 50, churches and districts 61 ; whole number of missionary laborers 169, foreign missions 6, sta- tions and out stations 16, churches 13; number of foreign missionaries and male and female assist- ants 44.
American Sabbath Tract Society~No. 9 Spruce. Founded 1843. N. V. Hull, President; T. B. Brown, Recording Secretary; G. B. Utter, Cor- responding Secretary ; T. B. Stillman, Treasurer. Anniversary meeting held in October. Object : " To promote the scriptural observance of the Sab- bath, in connection with the interests of vital god- liness and sound morality, by the circulation of re- ligious Tracte, and the employment of colporteurs and lecturers." Total receipts for year ending 7th October, 1853, $707 27.
American Sunday School Union .- Board meets at Philadelphia. Founded 1824. J. C. Meeks and R. B Campbell, Agents. Repository for New York, Brick Church Chapel, 38 Park Row. Offi- cers : President, Hon. John Mclean, Cincinnati, Ohio; Treasurer, Herman Cope ; Corresponding Secretary, Fred. W. Porter; Editor of Publica- tions, Frederick A. Packard, 316 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. Receipts for donation account for the year ending 1st March, 1853, $60,434 25, ex- penditures $60,662 71. For Book Department, re- ceipts $168,027, expenditures do. Stock of Books at home and abroad, 1st March, 1853, $103,241 73.
American Tract Society .- 150 Nassau st. Founded 1825. Hon. T. S. Williams, LL.D , Presi- dent; Revs. Wm. A. Hallock, O. Eastman, and R. S. Cook, Corresponding Secretaries ; Rev. Charles G. Sommers, Recording Secretary ; Rev. A. Raus- chenbuch, Assistant Secretary for Germans ; Moses Allen, Treasurer; O. R. Kingsbury, Assistant Secre- tary and Treasurer; Jacob Brower and James Donaldson, Auditors ; J. W. Brinkerhot, General Depository. Object of the Society, as described in first article of constitution : "To ditlase a know- ledge of our Lord Jesus Christ as the Redeemer of sinners, and to promote the interests of vital god- liness and sound morality, by the circulation of religious tracts, calculated to receive the approba- tion of all evangelical Christians." The receipts for the year ending April 1, 1853, were in dona- tions, including $17,967 27 in legacies, $147,374 64; receipts for sales, including $43,429 91 for the Ame- rican Messenger and The Child's Paper, $237,252 21. Total resources for the year, including $659 83. in the treasury April 1, 1852, $385,286 68. The
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total expenditures for the year were $385,075 07, of which amount there has been paid for paper, printing, binding, engraving, revising, translating, copy-right, preparing Family Christian Almanac. and articles for the American Messenger and The Child's Paper, $232,211 29 ; for presses, water-tank, and renairs on machinery, $3,303 60 ; for colport- age. $79,711 29; remitted to foreign and pagan lands, $20,000. Balance in the treasury, $211 61. During the year 157 new publications were stereo- typed in English, German, French, Spanish, Por- tuguese, Italian, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, and Hun- garian, of which 23 were volumes.
Associate Alumni of the General Theo- logical Seminary of the Protestant Epis- copal Church in the United States .- Estab- lished 1832. President ex officio, The Right Rev. W. R. Whittingham, D. D. : Treasurer, Rev. W. Walton, D. D .; Corresponding Secretary, Rev. Robert B Van Kleeck, D. D.,: Recording Secretary, Rev. A. Bloomer Hart. Annual meeting June 27.
Central American Education Society .- Bible House, Astor Place, room 44. J. C. Horn- blower, President; Rev. John N. Lewis, Corres- ponding Secretary ; W. A. Booth, Treasurer. Ob- ject: To assisttheological students into the ministry.
City Bible Society .- Founded 1838. 16 Park Place. (Auxiliary to the American and Foreign Bible Society.) President, Warren Carter. Vice Presidents, Rev. Ira R. Steward, Francis S. Miner, John C. Baxter; Treasurer, Samuel Raynor; Cor- responding Secretary, John P. Hays; Recording Secretary, Richard C. McCormick, Jr. ; Depository Agent Uzal D. Ward, 115 Nassau st. The object of this society is " to assist in the distribution of the sacred scriptures, and to raise funds for this purpose, and in aid of the funds of the parent so- ciety." The receipts of the society for the year ending 12th May, 1853, amounted to $3,367 75. The expenditure was $293 01 in advance of the re- ceipts. The society distributed, during the year, 1,788 Bibles and 1,874 Testaments-total 3,662.
Collegiate and Theological Education at the West, Society for the Promotion of. 80 Wall st. Founded 1843. President, Hon. Joseph C. Hornblower, LL. D., Newark, N. J .: Corres- ponding Secretary, Rev. Theron Baldwin, New York City : Recording Secretary, B. C. Webster, Esq., N. York City : Treasurer, Moses H. Baldwin, New York City. The object of the society is to af- ford assistance to Collegiate and Theological In- stitutions at the West, in such manner, and so long only, as, in the judgment of the directors of the 80 ciety, the exigencies of the institutions may de- mand. Any person may become a member of this society by contributing annually to its funds; and thirty dollars, paid at one time, constitutes a mem- ber for life. The balance in the treasury by the last report, after the disbursements of the year, was $646 17. These disbursements included $1,000 for the endowment fund of Marietta College, and $400 for the Lenox Permanent Scholarship in Wa- bash College. Amount received during the year, $20,931 17, including 84.300 68 raised in connec- tion with the Central Education Society, and $2,694 96 raised in connection with the Western Education Society. The entire resources of the year, including $47 98. balances of agents' ac- counts, were 821.625 32. Disbursements made to institutions, including balances subject to their or- der, viz. ; to Marietta College, $1,000 : to Witten- berg College, $1,000: Wabash College, $1,500 : Il- linois College. $1,250 ; Knox College, $750 : Beloit College, $1.750, together with $40 specifically de- signated: Iowa College, $1,000 : German Evan- gelical Mission College. $500: Collegiate Depart ment of Tualatin Academy, Oregon, $600 : Endow- ment Fund of Marietta College, 81,000 : of Illinois College, $1,856: of Wabash College, (Carrington Scholarship,) $250.
Congregational Association of N. York and Brooklyn .- Registrar, Rev. T. Atkinson, No. 346 Broadway. This is a clerical association of the members of the Ministry of the two cities and adjoining districts, for church purposes,
Female Missionary Society of New York. (Auxiliary to the Missionary Society of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church.) Founded 1820. Mission Rooms, 200 Mulberry. Officers : Mrs. Thomas Mason, First Directress, 12 Second st. : Mrs. Dr. Barrett, Second Directress, 165 Tenth st. : Mrs. John M. Howe, Treasurer, 227 Grand st. : Mrs. Geo. Lane, Corresponding Secretary : Mrs. W. S. Wat son, Assistant Corresponding Secretary, 239 Fifth st. : Miss Julia F. Bayles, Recording Secretary. The object of the society is, " to assist the several Annual Conferences more effectually to extend their missionary labors throughout the United States and elsewhere." The annual receipts of the society average about $500.
Methodist Episcopal Missionary Society. 200 Mulberry. Founded 1819; incorporated 1839. Rev. Bishop Waugh, President; Rev. Thos. Carl- ton, Treasurer ; J. P. Durbin, Corresponding Se- cretary ; J. B. Edwards, Recording Secretary. The object of the society : "To diffuse more generally the blessings of education, civilization, and Chris- tianity throughout the United States and else- where." The receipts of the society for the year 1853 amounted to $228,427 27. Balance remaining in hand, on let January, 1854, 832,039 25. The le- gacies to the society in 1853 amounted to $20,997 63. In 1852. it appeared the society had 493 mis- sions, 505 missionaries, 35,834 members, and 6,839 probationers. The number of Methodist churches in the Union is 12,467. The value of their church property is $14,636.671. The number of members of the Methodist Church 1,200,000.
Methodist Episcopal Tract Society .- 200 Mulberry street. Founded 1853. Presidents, Bishop Waugh, Bishop Morris, Bishop Janes, Bishop Scott, Bishop Simpson, Bishop Baker, Bishop Ames; Vice Presidents, Hon. John Mc- Lean, of Ohio, Hon. Elisha Harris, of Rhode Island : Corresponding Secretary, J. T. Peck, D.D .; Recording Secretary, Stephen B. Wickens ; Trea- surer, John B. Edwards, N. York ; Ass't Treasurer ; L. Swormstedt, Cincinnati. The object of the 80- ciety is to diffuse religious knowledge, by the cir- culation of the publications of the Methodist Epis- copal Church, in the English and other languages, in our own and foreign countries. Any person paying one dollar per year can be a member of the society ; and the payment of ten dollars at one time, shall constitute a member for life; and the payment of $25 at one time, constitutes a director for life. The regular meetings of the Board are held quarterly. Total receipts for the year 1853, $6,420 82 ; disbursements $2,579 52, balance in the treasury, December 1, 1853, $3,841 30. The secre- tary of the society obtained, in pledges or cash, during the year, $19,870. This amount consists mostly of sums paid on subscriptions. From some data incidentally ascertained, it was estimated that the actual receipts of the cause amounted to more than $16,000. The society has printed, altogether, 157,000 copies of tracts, and has distributed 109,818 copies. Of these, the emigrants received 30,000 copies ; about 11 went to Hamburg, 40,000 to South Germany, 12,600 to Saxony, 4,000 to Berlin and Er- furt, and the others weredistributed in and around Bremen. At the fair in Bremen, 2,335 copies were distributed.
New York Bible Society .- Auxiliary to the American Bible Society. Instituted 1823. E. M. Kingsley, President; Wm. Allen Butler, Corres- ponding Secretary, 111 Broadway ; F. E. Butler, Re- cording Secretary, 61 John; Henry P. Marshall, Treasurer, 78 Wall; John T. Pierson, Marine Agent, Tract House, 150 Nassau st. Object of the society : " The distribution of the sacred scriptures, without note or comment, and the raising of funds for the Parent Society." Last annual meeting for this purpose, and in aid of the funds was held in the Church of the Puritans, on the evening of November 21st, 1853. The receipts of the soci- ety, from 22d November, 1852, to 21st November, 1853, amounted to $31,755 49. The balance on hand was ยง309 60. The total issues of society in 1853 were 26,875 Bibles, and 61,254 Testaments.
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New York Bible Union .- Auxiliary to the, this society, as expressed in its constitution is, "to "American Bible Union."-350 Broome. (Baptist Society.) Founded 1850. President, William H. Wyckoff; Corresponding Secretary, Rev. Chas. A. Buckbee : Recording Secretary, George J. Drew ; Treasurer. J. H. Townsend. Object : "To aid the parent Union in procuring and circulating the most faithful versions of the sacred scriptures in all lan- guages throughout the world."
New York and Brooklyn Foreign Mis- sion Society-Auxiliary to the A. B. C. F. M .- Jasper Corning, President ; Rev. Thomas H. Skin- ner, Jr., Corresponding Secretary, 18 Grove; A. Merwin, Recording Secretary and Treasurer. Meetings are held first Monday of the month, at the Tract House, 150 Nassau st.
New York Bible and Common Prayer Book Society .- 55 E. 13th st. Established in 1809, for the gratuitous distribution of the scrip. tures. President. the Bishop of the Diocese, (ex officio) Rev. J. M. Wainright, D. D., First Vice Fresident: Wm. H. Bell, Recording Secretary : Thos. C. Butler, Treasurer and Agent : Committee of Arrangement, Thomas C. Butler, Rev. Joseph H. Price, D. D., Charles N. S. Rowland, William H. Hobart. M. D .: Committee of Distribution, Thomas C. Butler, Rev. Francis Vinton, D. D., Fre- deric De Peyster: Committee on Stereotype Plates, Floyd Smith, Rev. Edward Y. Higbee, D. D., and Thomas C. Butler: Committee on Stereotype Fund, Floyd Smith and Thomas C. Butler: Com- mittee on Finance, Frederic De Peyster, Samuel T. Skidmore, James Van Norden. An Auxiliary Society was established in 1816, and incorporated for twenty years, at the expiration of which time the two societies united, and obtained a new act of incorporation on the 22d April, 1841. Annual sub- scribers of two dollars, are entitled to one Bible and one Prayer Book, or three Prayer Books; and for every additional one dollar and fifty cents, to one Bible and one Prayer Book, or three Prayer Books. Life members of twenty five dollars, in one sum, are entitled to two Bibles and three Prayer Books, or seven Prayer Books, annually. Life managers of fifty dollars in one sum, are en- titled to two Bibles and ten Prayer Books, or tif- teen Prayer Books, annually. Patrons of one hun- dred dollars, in one sum, are entitled to four Bibles and twenty Prayer Books, or thirty Prayer Books, annually, with the further privilege to such sub- scribers, as well as to Auxiliary Societies, of pur- chasing for gratuitous distribution, at a discount of twenty per cent. from the prices adopted by the Board, on application at the Depository. The dis- tribution of books in the past year, were Bibles, Testaments, and Prayer Books, by sale, or gratu- itously, 18.939 volumes. The receipts of the soci- ety were 84,837 : leaving a balance in the treasury, to the disposable fund. of $1,406 88.
New York City Sunday School Society, of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Formed in 1837 by the Teachers of the Sunday Schools of that denomination in the city. Officers for 1854-5 : William Truslow, President : James Davis, W. W. Cornell, and Asa Child, Vice Presidents : Joseph Graydon, 59 Pine st., Treasurer : R. J Kirby, 427 Greenwich st., Secretary : J. M. Cook, Correspond- ing Secretary. The object of the society, as ex- pressed in the constitution, is to promote, among the several associations of which it is composed, a successful and systematic course of Sabbath School instruction ; to watch over their interests ; to coun- sel in their government ; and, as far as possible, to open the way for the diffusion of the truth of the gospel among the rising generation of this city. The meetings of the society are held monthly in the Mission Rooms of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Mulberry st. The anniversary meeting is held on the third Monday in April.
promote the interest of evangelical religion and sound morality by the circulation of religious Tracts, especially within the bounds of this city ; and to aid the American Tract Society in extend- ing its operations." Each person contributing an- nually to the Society shall be a member ; and each subscriber of twenty dollars at one time, shall be a member for life. Each subscriber of fifty dollars at one time, or who shall, by one additional pay- ment, increase his original subscription to fifty dollars shall be a director for life. Annual sub- scribers shall be entitled to receive half the amount of their subscriptions in Tracts ; life members one thousand pages annually, and life directors two thousand annually. The American Tract Society was formed May, 1825. About the close of 1825 the New York Young Men's Auxiliary Tract Society was formed. On the 19th of February, 1827, the New York City Tract Society was formed, chiefly by the agency of the officers of the Young Men's Society ; and the Young Men's Society was merged into it. In 1829 the New York City Female 'T'ract Society, which had been directly auxiliary to the American Tract Society, transferred its relation, and became a branch of the City Society. The City Society, for two years from the time of its formation, devoted its efforts to supplying with Tracts the shipping, markets, humane and criminal institutions, the outskirts of the city, &c. The re- ceipts of the Society for the year ending Dec. 15, 1853, were, $15.848 4I. The salaries of Mission- aries employed, $13,301 30. The results, as report- ed by the Society for 1853, stand thus: "1,579,756 Tracts, containing 6,319,030 pages, mostly in Eng- lish, but many in other languages, were distribut- ed : 1,006 Bibles and 1,423 Testaments supplied to destitute persons : 5,416 volumes lent from Ward libraries : 2,247 children gathered into Sabbath and 284 into Public Schools : 121 persons gathered into Bible classes : 1,602 persons induced to attend Church : 562 Temperance pledges obtained."
New York Ladies' Home Missionary So- ciety .- (Methodist Episcopal.)-Cross street, cor- ner Little Water st. Founded 1843. Mrs. Bishop James, First Directress ; Mrs. Caroline R. Deuell, Second Directress ; Mrs. Dr. W. C. Palmer, Third Directress; Miss Imogene Mercein, Corresponding Secretary ; Mrs. Baker, Recording Secretary. This society is supported by voluntary subscriptions. Being located in the most wretched and neglected portion of the city, (Five Points,) its exertions ap- pear to be most beneficial. The ladies have es- tablished a day school for the destitute children of this district, and assist them with clothing and food. The society has likewise erected in Cross street, on the site of the "Old Brewery," a hand- some and extensive building for a parsonage, school house, and also, 20 apartments for deserv- ing poor families supplied with bathing and wash- ing houses. The pupils average about 400.
New York Sunday School Teachers' Association .- 147 Nassau st. George S. Conover, Chairman : W. P. Cook, Secretary. Election se- cond Monday in May.
New York Sunday School Union .- Brick Church Chapel. Founded 1816. Rev. Isaac Fer- ris, D.D. President; J.N. McElligott, Corresponding Secretary ; William Libbey, Treasurer; Nathan, Lane, Recording Secretary ; R. G. Pardee.
New York Port Society for Promoting the Gospel among Seamen .- Office 80 Wall street. Founded 1818. President, Najah Taylor : First Vice President, James L. Phelps : Treasurer, Rufus Davenport : Corresponding Secretary, John R. Hurd: Recording Secretary. Luther P Hub- bard. This society is dependent on voluntary contributions.
Presbyterian Board of Domestic Mis- sions .- (1816.) 23 Centre. Rev. J. J. Janeway, President ; Rev. R. W. Musgrave, D. D., Secretary; Rev. R. Happersett, Assistant Secretary ; S. D. Powel, Treasurer. This Board is a branch of the "General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in
New York City Tract Society .- Auxiliary to the American Tract Society, 150 Nassau. Ofti- cers : President, Rev. Thomas De Witt, D D. : Vice Presidents, Mr. A. Wetmore, Corresponding Sec- retary : Rev. Isaac Orchard, Recording Secretary: Mr. William Walker, Treasurer. The object of the United States of America." "From the first es-
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tablishment of the Presbyterian Church in this | Robert Carter, Robert L. Stuart, Lebbeus B. Ward, country, it was a missionary body ; missions were carried on from 1706 to 1716 by the original Pres- bytery of Philadelphia ; from 1717 to 1841 by the Synod of Philadelphia ; from 1742 to 1758 by the Synods of Philadelphia and New York; from 1758 to 1789 by the Synods of New York and Philadel- phia ; and from 1789 to 1802 by the General As- sembly. In 1802, the business of conducting the missions increasing too largely upon the Assem- bly, that body appointed ' The standing Committee of Missions ;' and fifty-one years ago, in May, 1803, in the city of Philadelphia, ' The Standing Com- mittee of Missions' made its first annual report to Presbyterian Board of Publication .- (1838.) New York office 23 Centre st. Rev. W. W. Phillips, D. D., President; Rev. B. M. Smith, Secretary ; A. W. Mitchell, Treasurer. Depository 285 Broadway. the General Assembly. In 1816, the style of this committee was changed for that of ' The Board of Missions, acting under the authority of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States,' and its members and its powers enlarged ; and both membership and powers were still tur- ther enlarged in 1827." The Assembly carries on its operations through two executive committees, one located in Philadelphia, the other in Louisville, Kentucky. The former comprises New York, with several other States. Statistical Details for the year .- The number of Missionaries in commission April 1, 1852, was 319, to which were added, to April 1, 1853, 196, making the whole number 515. The number of churches and missionary stations, wholly or in part supplied by missionaries, was 838. The number of newly organized churches, 32. The number of admissions on examination, 1,643; and on certificate, 1,287; making a total of admissions of 2,930. The number in communion with churches connected with the Board, 19,966. The number of Sabbath Schools, 492; of teachers, 3,121; and of scholars, 19,123; and of baptisms, 1,876; and of houses of worship, erected or fin- ished, 45. Of the 515 Missionaries who were in commission during the year, 180 had sent in no special report for the Assembly. The amount paid Missionaries by the people and the Board amounted to $107,883; the amount for New York State was $11,124. The average salary of Missionaries from all sources was 8372. The Presbyterian Church of this denomination, is found in every State and Ter- ritory in the country, except four of the New Eng- land States, and the Territories of New Mexico, Washington, and Utah. The number of churches by the minutes of the Assembly, 1852, was 2,733, and of members 210,414. Income of the Board of Missions for the past five years : 1848-9, 870,440 37 ; 1849-50, $67,654 19; 1850-51, $74,974 27, 1851-52, $63,866 99, (11 months) , 1852-53, $81,455 33.
Presbyterian Board of Education. - (1819.) 23 Centre st. James N. Dickson, President ; John McDowell, D. D., James Dunlap, Wm. Harris. M. D., V. Pres .; C. Van Rensselaer, D. D., Corres- ponding Secretary ; Wm. Chester, D. D., Associate Secretary and General Agent; F. D. Ladd, Record- ing Secretary ; William Main, Treasurer ; Joseph B. Mitchell, S. A. Mercer, Auditors. The Board meets on the first Thursday of every month, at 4 o'clock P. M. The object of the Board is, "to af- ford aid to poor and pious young men of good talents, to procure a liberal education, as prepara- tory for the gospel ministry in the Presbyterian Church." The number of Academies of the Board is 46. The pupils amount to near 3,000. The re- ceipts of the Board for 1853 were $42,623 16; the total income 849,105 68 ; the payments of the Board $37,899 53; the legacies received for 1852 and '53, $6,011 97.
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Mis- sions ..- (1837.) 23 Centre. Officers of the Board : President, Dr. Gardiner ; Vice Presidents, Silas Holmes, George Brown, Kensey Johns, Sidney A. Baxter, Nathaniel Ewing, Alexander C. Hender- son, James Blake, John T. McCoun, John M. McCalla, George W. Strong, Walter H. Lowrie, Matthew Newkirk. Executive Committee : Rev. Wm. W. Phillips, D. D., Rev. Jacob J. Janeway, D. D., Rev. George Potts, D. D., Rev. James Mac- donald, Rev. Horatio N. Brinsmade, D. D. ; Rev. John C. Lowrie, ex officio ; Messrs. James Lenox,
Walter Lowrie, ex officio, Wm. Rankin, Jr., ex officio. Corresponding Secretaries, Walter Low- rie, Rev. John C. Lowrie, Rev. J. Leighton Wilson: Recording Secretary, Rev. James M. Macdonald. Treasurer, William Rankin, Jr. : Auditors, James Donaldson, Thomas Pringle. The receipts of the Board for the year ending April 30, 1853, $153,268 83. The Foreign Missions numbered thus : Indian tribes 11, Africa 4, India 24, Siam 2, China 10, Jews 3. The total expenditure for missions amounted to $141,447 81. The election for officers takes place in May.
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