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ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICAN BoARr
OF Missions. The American Board of For
egn Missions convened at New Haven on
Tuesday to celebrate its S7th anniversary
The Journal of Commerce says:


"Towards one thousand clergymen, it is
supposed, are in attendance, besides several
hundred other philanthrop,ts, chiefly from the
Northern and Middle States. The meeting
was opened at 4 o'clock, P, NJ, with prayer,
by the Rev. DR.. Yates, of Kingsborough, N. Y,
Chief Justice Williams, of Hartford, presiding.


"Rev. Dr. Allen, of Mass, described the first
meeting of this Board, twenty-five years ago,
when there were but twelve persons present,
eight ofwhom were no longer living, Now
the Board consists of 200 corporate members
and about 500 honorary.


"At the close of these devotional exercises,
the Treasurer, Henry Hill, Esq, presented his
Report, from which 1t appeared, that the re-
ceipts of the past year, were S262,073


"Mole than / 800 members have been added
to the Mission churches during the year.
making the number now embraced in those
churches 1924.


"There are under direction of these missions,
seminaries for educating native preachers and
teachers, and 81 boarding schools. In these
are nearly 1000 pupils under the constant in
flucnce Of Christian families and teachers, be-
sides 90, Ill pupils in COZ free day schools.


"Therc are 80 printing presses connected
with the missions, and during the year not less
than 40 million pages have been printed in
thirty-eigAt different languages.