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SIXTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE AMERICAN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS, PRESENTED AT THE MEETING HELD AT BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, O CTO BER 4 -7 , 1870. CAMBRIDGE: $rintc& at tje 1870. A /E 6 A V 'i 0 0 " ANNUAL MEETING. The American Board of Commissioners for .Foreign Mis s io n s held its sixty-first Annual Meeting at Brooklyn, N . Y ., in the A c a d e m y of Music, commencing on Tuesday, October 4th, at 3 o ’c lo ck , p . m., and closing on Friday, October 7th, at half-past K )'o’clock, A. M. CORPORATE MEMBERS PRESENT. Ebenezer Alden, M. D., Randolph. Maine. Edward W . Hooker, D . D ., < New- William W . Thomas, Esq., Portland. , buryport. Benjamin Labaree, D. D., Wes}; Rox- New Hampshire. * bury. Zedekiah S. Barstow, D. D., Keene. Rev. Selah B. Treat, Boston. ' , John K. Young, D .D ., Hopkinton. Henry B. Hooker, D. D., Boston. *9 Asa D. Smith, D. D., Hanover. Hon. William T. EusKs, Boston. ^ Nathaniel Bouton, D. 1)., Concord. John W . Chickering, D. D., Wake ^ Hon. William Haile, Hinsdale. field. ^ Alvan Tobey, D. D., Durham. Seth Sweetser, D. D., Worcester. ^ Hon. John W . Noyes, Chester. Hon. Alpheus Hardy, Boston. Abner Kingman, Esq., Boston. Hon. William Hyde, Ware. ß ' Vermont. William A. Stearns, D. D., LL. D., Rev. Joseph Steele, Middlebury. Amherst. Harvey D. Kitchell, D. D., Middle Nathaniel George Clark, D. D., Bos bury. ton. William S. Southworth, Esq., Ben Langdon S. Ward, Esq., Boston. nington. Rev. John O. Means, Roxbury. Hon. John B. Page, Rutland. Richard Borden, Esq., Fall River. Charles F. Thompson, Esq., Brattle- Daniel T. Fiske, D. D., Newbury- boro. port. Massachusetts. Samuel M. Lane, Esq., Southbridge. Rufus Anderson, D. D., LL. D., Rox- Joshua W . Wellman, D. D., Newton. bury. Alonzo H. Quint, D. D., New Bed Charles Stoddard, Esq., Boston. ford. Mark Hopkins, D. D., LL. D., Will- Ezra Farnsworth, Esq., Boston. iamstown. Edmund K. Alden, D. D., Boston. iv ANNUAL MEETING OP THE BOAKD. Rhode Island. Samuel T. Spear, D. D., Brooklyn. Thomas Shepard, D. D., Bristol. Jacob M. Schermerhom, Esq., Ho John Kingsbury, LL. D., Providence. mer. Hon. Amos C. Barstow, “ Hon. William E. Dodge, New York Constantine Blodgett, D. D., Paw City. tucket. William A. Booth, Esq., New York City. Connecticut. Simeon B. Chittenden, Esq., Brook Alvan Bond, D. D., Norwich. lyn. Leonard Bacon, D. D., New Haven. John G. Atterbury, D.D., New York Henry White, Esq., “ “ City. William Patton, D. D ., “ “ George L . Prentiss, D. D., New Calvin E. Stowe, D. D., Hartford. York City. Hon. William A. Buckingham, Nor Richard S. Storrs, Jr., D. D., Brook wich. lyn. Lucius Barbour, Esq., Hartford. Zebulon S. Ely, Esq., New York Calvin Day, Esq., “ City. Oliver E. Daggett, D. D., New Ha Robert R. Booth, D. D., New York ven. City. Hon. Samuel Miller, New Haven. William I. Budington, D. D., Brook “ Henry P. Haven, New London. lyn. Joseph P. Thompson, D. D., New N ew York. York City. Thomas H. Skinner, D. D., New York Louis Chapin, Esq., Rochester. City. Henry M. Storrs, D. D., Brooklyn. Willard Child, D. D., Crown Point. George N. Boardman, D. D., Bing Samuel H. Cox, D. D., LL. D., ham ton. Bronxville. William Adams, D. D., New York New Jersey. City. Joel Parker, D. D., Newark. Ansel D. Eddy, D. D., Lansingburg. J. Marshal Paul, M. D., Belvidere. William W . Stone, Esq., New York Benjamin C. Taylor, D. D., Hudson. City. Jonathan F. Stearns, D .D ., Newark. Baxter Dickinson, D. D., Brooklyn. George E. Adams, D. D., Orange. John Forsyth, D. D., Newburgh. Aaron Carter, Esq., “ Hon. Henry W . Taylor, Canandai gua. Pennsylvania. Hon. Calvin T. Hulburd, Brasher Rev. Albert Barnes, Philadelphia. Falls. Hon. William Strong, “ Walter S. Griffith, Esq., Brooklyn. Samuel Small, Esq., York. George W . Wood, D. D., New York City. Ohio. Oliver E. Wood, Esq., New York Truman P. Handy, Esq., Cleveland. City. Samuel Wolcott, D. D., “ Montgomery S. Goodale, D. D., Am Israel W . Andrews, D. D., Marietta. sterdam. Hon. Chauncey N. Olds, Columbus. George B. Cheever, D. D., New York Andrew L. Grimes, Esq., Mansfield. City. MEMBERS PRESENT. V Indiana. Rev. Isaac Jennings, Bennington. Samuel H. Potter* Esq., Terre Haute. “ M. Mighill, Brattleboro. “ Franklin Tuxbury, Brandon. Illinois. “ Lewis Francis, Castleton. Devillo R. Holt, Esq., Lake Forest. “ Charles W . Clark, Charlotte. Wisconsin. “ John G. Hall, Chester. Rev. Enos J. Montague, Oconomo- J. D. Wickham, D. D., Manchester. woc. Rev. H. F. Leavitt, Middlebury. Minnesota. F. Keyes, Newbury. Daniel W . Ingersoll, Esq., St. Paul. Rev. William S. Hazen, Northfield. Henry D. Hall, North Bennington. Rev. Ovid Miner, Poultney. MALE HONORARY MEMBERS “ Amos Foster, Putney. PRESENT. “ William N. Bacon, Shoreham. “ J. P. Humphrey, St. Johns- Maine. bury. Rev. D. S. Talcott, Bangor. Horace Fairbanks, St. Johnsbury. J. O. Fiske, D. D., Bath. Rev. J. R. Bourne, West Rutland. Rev. A. E. Ives, Castine. “ E. H. Byington, Windsor. “ John C. Adams, Falmouth. William Warren, D .D ., Gorham. Massachusetts. Charles A. Lord, Portland. Rev. Nath. Lasell, Amesbury. Rev. Sylvanus Hayward, South Ber “ James P. Lane, Andover. wick. Ebenezer Carpenter, Attleboro. Rev. E. S. Beard, Warren. Rev. Isaac R. Worcester, Auburn- “ Edward P. Thwing, Westbrook. dale. Rev. L. B. Roekwood, Boston. New Hampshire. Elbridge Torrey, “ Rev. Jesse Page, Atkinson. Linus M. Child, “ “ Quincy Blakely, Campton. Fred. Jones, “ “ James Doldt, Canterbury. Benjamin P. Stone, D. D., Concord. G. Edmunds, “ Charles Hutchins, “ Rev. Hugh McLeod, Colebrook. “ John LeBosquet, Danbury. Samuel C. Wilkins, “ “ B. F. Parsons, Derry. Nathan Carruth, “ “ Leonard S. Parker, Derry. J. Russell Bradford, “ Rev. Charles H. Williams, “ “ G. I. Bard, Dunbarton. “ Charles Peabody, Epsom. Thomas H. Russell, “ “ Edward Robie, Greenland. James P. Rice, “ Daniel T. Coit, M. D., “ “ W . S. Karr, Keene. Rev. C. Cushing, “ “ Henry A. Hazen, Lyme. Henry Edwards, “ *• Daniel Goodwin, Mason. “ Isaac C. White, New Market. Rev. H. D. Walker, Bridgewater. “ G. R. W . Scott, Newport. “ D. T. Packard, Brighton. “ C. M. Hyde, Brimfield. “ T. V. Haines, North Hampton. “ Samuel Dunham, Brookfield. “ Giles Leach, Rye. “ A. B. Peabody, Stratham. H. F. Johnson, M. D., Cambridge. Rev. John B. Perry, “ Vermont. C. T. Russell, “ Rev. Cyrus Hamlin, Bellows Falls. Rev. David O. Mears, “ vi ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD. Rev. C. W . Wood, Campello. Rev. Edward G. Porter, Lexington. Albert Keith, “ Thomas S. Tuttle, Littleton. Rev. J. B. Miles, Charlestown. James G. Buttrick, Lowell. A. J. Rogers, “ Rev. Horace James, “ Rev. J. Aiken, “ “ James M. Whiton, Lynn. C. A. Richardson, Chelsea. “ B. R. Allen, Marblehead. Ira Cheever, “ E. Boynton, Jr., Medford. Rev. Edwin B. Palmer, Chicopee. Rev. Charles M. Peirce, Middlefield. “ E. B. Clark, R. H. Allen, Neponset. “ Joshua T. Tucker, Chicopee “ Bernard Paine, New Bedford. Falls. T. R. Dennison, “ “ “ D. A. Strong, Coleraine. Rev. M. B. Angier, Newburyport. “ William A.Thompson, Conway. Charles H. Coffin, “ “ F. C. M. Bacheler, Dudley. Rev. David Eastman, New Salem. “ William T. Briggs, East Doug Isaac L. Kidder, Newton. las. J. N. Bacon, “ Charles E. Ferry, Easthampton. Rev. J. K . Bragg, Norfolk. E. McFerry, “ W . S. Leavitt, D. D., Northampton. Horatio W . Wright, Rev. B. F. Hamilton, North Ando Rev. Daniel W . Waldron, E. Wey ver. mouth. David Howard, North Bridgewater. Nathan Durfee, M. D., Fall River. Rev. G. H. De Bevoise, North Brook Rev. E. A. Buck, “ field. Morton Eddy, “ “ W . H. Beaman, North Hadley. Rev. William W . Adams, “* “ Henry L. Edwards, North Mid- Michael Burnham, “ dleboro. Rev. James P. Kimball, Falmouth. “ John B. Fairbank, Oakham. “ J. E. Wheeler, Gardner. “ S. B. Morley, Pittsfield. John A. Dunn, “ “ R. M. Sargent, Princeton. Rev. Evarts Scudder, Great Barring E. Russell, D. D., Randolph. ton. Rev. William H. Wilcox, Reading. Rev. S. H. Lee, Greenfield. John Pike, D. D., Rowley. “ S. Franklin French, Hamilton. Rev. Charles Ray Palmer, Salem. “ Henry Seymour, Hawley. Charles M. Richardson, “ “ Henry W . Jones, Hingham. Rev. E. S. Atwood, “ William P. Paine, D. D., Holden. N. C. Robbins, “ Rev. Timothy A. Hazen, Housatonic. Rev. F. V. Tenney, Saugus Centre. “ J. M. Stowe, Hubbardston. “ A. J. Bates, Saundersville. “ John H. Bisbee, Huntington. “ Charles Jones, Saxonville. “ P. B. Davis, Hyde Park. “ J. P. Bixby, South Dedham. “ A. M. Richardson, Ipswich. Charles Phelps, South Deerfield. Amos Tappan, “ Rev. E. B. Chamberlin, South W il- Rev. James W . Ward, Lakeville. braham. “ Marcus Ames, Lancaster. S. G. Buckingham, D. D., Spring Joseph L. Partridge, Lawrence. field. Nahum Gale, D. D., Lee. John W . Chapin, Springfield. Rev. A. H. Coolidge, Leicester. Rev. L. H. Cone, “ “ W . J. Batt, Leominster. John M. Chapin, “ MEMBERS PRESENT. v n Rev. R. Thayer, Springfield. Rev. James W . Coleman, Darien. “ David Peck, Sunderland* “ E. D. Kinney, Darien Depot. “ Theodore A. Leete, Thorndike. “ William H. Knouse, Deep River. “ G. H. Morss, Townsend. “ R. M. Chipman, East-Granby. “ William G. Tuttle, Ware. “ S. W . Robbins, East Haddam. W . C. Sheldon, “ Philo Bevin, East Hampton. Hon. Orrin Sage, “ A. G. Bevin “ “ M . Lewis, “ Rev. D. William Haven, East Haven. J. J. W . Burgess, Wareham. “ M. Dudley, Easton. Rev. E. R. Drake, Way land. Edwin Talcott, Ellington. “ Lewis Gregory, West Ames- Rev. H. S. Staats, Fair Haven. bury. Henry D. Hawley, Farmington. “ C. F. Morse, West Boylston. Rev. A. W . Clark, Gilead. “ J. M. R. Eaton, West Fitch J. C. Gilbert, “ burg. Josiah Kittredge, M. D., Glastonbury. Increase N. Tarbox, D. D., West Rev. J. E. Kittredge, “ Newton. E. A. Hubbard, “ J. S. Cook, Whitinsville. Rev. N. T. Doubleday, Goshen. Rufus Burnell, Williamsburg. Jabez McCall, “ Ephraim Cutter, M. D., Woburn. Edward Norton, “ Rev. Henry T. Cheever, Worcester. William Dewey, Granby. Rev. R. P. Stanton, Greenville. Rhode Island. Albert L. Avery, Groton. Rev. F. Horton, Barrington. C. L. Kitchell, Guilford. L. B. Swift, “ S. H. Holmes, Hadlyme. Rev. Charles Scott, Chepachet.