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Annual Report AMERICAN BAPTIST MISSIONARY UNION. ç Û ^ ^ n S I ' ^ >. ----------------------------— }" ' I s .. ü f.iq e ! ’ ; r*S I r fcVi 1*5^ F O R T IE T H \ i ; ;, R pv $J> y ANNUAL REPORT: WITH THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL MEETINGS, HELD AT PHILADELPHIA, MAY 16-19, 1854. BOSTON: MISSIONARY ROOMS, 33 SOMERSET STREET. 1 8 5 4 . INDEX. Page. F o r t i e t h A n n u a l M e e t i n g o f t h e B o a r i >,............................................................... 3 Reports o f Committees:— Publication, 6; Siam and China Missions, 8 ; Euro­ pean Missions, 10 ; Indian Missions,...................................................................... 11 Annual M eeting of t h e U n i o n , ........................................................................................ 14 Members present, ............................................................................................................. 14 Report o f the Board to the Union, ............................................................................... 17 Reports o f Committees:— Bassa Mission, 18; Burmese Missions, 19 ; Teloogoo and Assam Missions, 20; Agencies, 21; Obituaries,....................................... 22 Importance and means o f Equalizing the Receipts o f the Missionary Unhn, • • • 23 Report:— Finances,....................................................................................................... 20 Amendment o f the Constitution,................................................................................... 27 Election o f Officers and Managers, ............................................................................. 2 7 Report on Missionary Occupations aside from preaching,...................................... 28 The Work o f the Deputation, .......................................................................................... 37 M e e t i n g o f t h e B o a r d f o r 1 8 5 4 -5 ,................................................................................. 52 Election o f Executive Committee and Officers, ......................................................... 52 Report .-—Karen Missions,............................................................................................ 53 Reinforcements and Supplies,........................................................................................ 54 Report:— Reinforcements and Supplies,.................................................................... 55 F o r t i e t h A n n u a l R e p o r t , ..................................................................................................... 57 Missionary Rooms, 58 ; Receipts and Expenditures, 59 ; District Agencies, 62; Publications, 66; Missionary Appointments, 67; Membership of the U nion,........................................................................................................................... 67 Asiatic Missions:— Maulmain Burman, 68 ; Maulmain Ivaren, 75 ; Tavoy, 77 ; Arracan, 8 2 ; Bassein, 8 6 ; Rangoon, 9 0 ; Prome, 9 5 ; Shwaygyeen, 9 7 : Toungoo, 9 9 ; Siam, 1 0 2 : Hongkong, 1 0 8 ; 2\ingpo, 1 1 0 ; Assam, 1 1 5 ; Teloogoo,.......................................................................................................................118 African Mission :— Bassa,............................................................................................ 121 European Missions:— France, 1 2 2 ; Germany, 1 2 5 ; Greece,............................ 131 Indian Missions:— Ojibwa, 1 3 4 ; Shawanoe, 1 3 5 ; Cherokee,- ........................ 137 Recapitulation,....................................................................................................................................138 Table o f Missions,............................................................................................................ 139 R e p o r t o f t h e T r e a s u r e r , .....................................................................................................140 P r e a c h e r s a t T r i e n n i a l a n d A n n u a l M e e t i n g s , ................................................ 145 O fficers of t h e M i s s i o n a r y U n i o n ,...............................................................................140 L ife MemBers o f t h e M i s s i o n a r y U n io n , ...............................................................147 ANNUAL MEETINGS. PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS. P hiladelphia , May 16, 1854. The Board of Managers of the American Baptist Missionary Union, commenced its fortieth Annual Meeting in the city of Philadelphia, in the meeting house of the Spruce Street Baptist church, at 10 o’clock, A. M., the Hon. I r a H a r r is , Chairman of the Board, presiding. The Rev. J. Wheaton Smith, pastor of the church, offered the open­ ing prayer. The roll was called, and the following memBers were found to Be present: Ministers. Ministers. Ministers. RoBert TurnBull, Conn., Alanson P. Mason, Mass., George Kempton, N. J., Orrin Dodge, N. Y., S. Diiyden Phelps, Conn., Joseph H. Kennard, Pa., "William Hague, N. Y., J. Lansing Burrows, Pa., Ezra Ferris, Indiana, Thomas W inter, Pa., Lemuel Porter, Mass., George W. Harris, Mich., Josep h C. F o s te r , Vt., Dwight Ives, Conn., Thomas R. Taylor, Pa. George W. Samson, D. C., Laymen. Laymen.Laymen. Joh n P. C r o z e r , Pa., Peter P. Runyon, N. J., W ashington Jones, Del., James Boyce, R. I., Ira Harris, N. Y ., Thomas W attson, Pa., Samuel Colgate, N. Y., D a n ie l M. W ils o n , N. J., Harvey Edwards, N. Y. James M. L in n a r d , Pa., Letters of apology for non-attendance were read from Jefferson Bor­ den Esq., Mass., and the Hon. N. H. Bottum, Vt. Business was suspended for devotional exercises, the Rev. J. H. Kennard, Pa., and the Rev. J. S. Backus, N. Y., leading in prayer. 1 4 .Fortieth, Annual Meeting of the Board. [May, The Chairman addressed the Board, reminding the memBers of the origin of this missionary organization in this city forty years ago ; of its growth, and the Beneficence of its history; and urging mutual respect and charity in the present deliBerations. The Rev. J. Wheaton Smith, Rev. J. Lansing Burrows, Rev. D. I?. Cheney, Rev. E. Bright, D. D., and R. E. Eddy, Esq., were announced By the Chair as a Committee of Arrangements for devotional exercises and puBlic missionary meetings. The Treasurer, R. E. Eddy, Esq., read his annual report, showing the expenditure during the year ending March 31, 1854, of $130,963.36, and the receipt, during the samé period, of $121,377.42, exclusive of grants made to this body By the U. S. Government and coordinate societies. These grants amounted to $14,000. The report of the Auditing Committee, Messrs. C. S. Lane and J. B. Witherbee, was read. The reports were laid upon the taBle. A part of the Annual Report of the Executive Committee was read By the Corresponding Secretary for the Home Department, assisted By the Rev. Baron Stow, D. D. The report was accepted, and referred to the appropriate committees. The Committee of Arrangements reported hours of meeting and adjournment, as follows : Morning sessions, from 9, A. M., to 1, P. M. Afternoon sessions, from 3, P. M., to 5, P. M. Evening sessions, from 7 3-4, to 10, P. M. The Home Secretary read a paper from the Executive Committee on the Importance and Means of Equalizing the Receipts of the Missionary Union, which paper was accepted, and referred to the Committee on Finances. Prayer was offered By the Rev. A. D. Gillette, of N. Y., and the Board adjourned. T u e sd a y A fterno on, 3 o'clock. Prayer was offered by the Rev. G. C. Baldwin, D. D., N. Y. The Home Secretary read a paper from the Executive Committee on Reinforcements and Supplies, which was referred to a committee. Another paper was then read on the Work of the Deputation, which, on motion of the Rev. W. Hague, D. D., was referred to a special com­ mittee. Committees were here announced By the Chairman, and approved, as follows: On Obituaries.— Messrs. Irah Chase, Mass., G. S. WeBB, N. J., E. Galusha, N. Y., S. Fish, Vt., Thomas Winter, Pa., D. DunBar, N. J., P. Richardson, N. H. Finances.— Messrs. S. S. Cutting, N. Y., J. P. Crozer, Pa., D. M. Wilson, N. J., Smith Sheldon, N. Y., Moses Pond, Mass., Byron Greenough, Me., S. N. Kendrick, Mich. Agencies.— Messrs. J. C. Burroughs, 111., C. N. Chandler, IST. Y., H. Fletcher, Vt., E. K. Fuller, Mass., J. Jennings, Mass., Thomas Richardson, Mass., J. Boyce, R. I. 1854.] Fortieth Annual Meeting of the Board. 5 Publications.— Messrs. J. Banvard, N. Y., H. C. Fish, N. J., J. R. Scott, Mass., S. W. Field, R. I., J. T. Seelej-, N. Y., A. S. Patton, N. J., T. C. Jameson, Mass. ■ Barman Missions.— Messrs. J. H. Kennard, Pa., J. H. Duncan, Mass., L. Hayden, Vt., R. C. Mills, Mass., S. D. Phelps, Conn., J. 0. Mason, N. Y., J. Stevens, Ohio. Karen Missions.— Messrs. D. Ives, Conn., A. S. Train, Mass., P. B. Spear, N. Y., George Gault. N. Y., G. Ivempton, N. J., W. G. Boardman, K Y., S. Colgate, N.'Y. Teloogoo and Assaiyi Missions.— Messrs. D. IS. Sheldon, Me., J. Dowling, Pa., W. C. Richards, Mass., S. Baker, N. Y., D. G. Corey, ]ST. Y., 0. S. Stearns, N. J., A. P. Mason, Mass. Siam and China Missions.— Messrs. S. F. Smith, Mass., G. W. Eaton, N. Y., E. Worth, N. H., A. D. Gillette, N. Y., J. F. Wilcox, N. J., A. Pollard, Mass., M. Sanford, Mass. European Missions.— Messrs. E. Lathrop, IST. Y., T. D. Ander­ son, Mass., G. W. Samson, D. C., J. C. Foster, Yt., J. W. Olmstead, Mass., G. C. Baldwin, N. Y., J. R. Jones, Pa. Bassa Mission.— Messrs. W- F. Hansell, Ohio, N. M. Wood, Me., 0. Ayer, ]S\ H., IST. A. Reed,
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