FIFTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE AMERICAN BOARD OE COMMISSIONERS FOB FOREIGN MISSIONS, PRESENTED AT THE MEETING HELD AT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, OCTOBER 3 — 6, 1865. BOSTON: PRESS OF T. R. M A RV IN & SON, 42 CONGRESS STREET. ANNUAL MEETING. T h e A m e r ic a n B o a r d o f C ommissioners f o r F o r e ig n M is s io n s held its Fifty-sixth Annual Meeting at Chicago, Illinois, in Bryan Hall, commencing on Tuesday, October 3, at 8 o’clock, P. M., and closing Friday forenoon, October 6. CORPORATE MEMBERS PRESENT. Maine. Laurens P. Hickok, D. D. George E. Adams, D. D. Robert W. Condit, D. D. William W. Thomas, Esq. George W. Wood, D. D. Amos D. Lockwood, Esq. Oliver E. Wood, Esq. William E. Dodge, Esq. New Hampshire. Jonathan B. Condit, D. D. Rev. Alvan Tobey. James B. Shaw, D. D. Hon. John W. Noyes. Frederick Starr, Esq. Zebulon S. Ely, Esq. Massachiisetts. William I. Budington, D. D. Louis Chapin, Esq. Rufus Anderson, D. D. Rev. David Greene. New Jersey. Charles Stoddard, Esq. Thornton A. Mills, D. D. Mark Hopkins, D. D., LL. D. Willard Child, D. D. Pennsylvania. Rev. Selah B. Treat. Hon. William Strong. Henry B. Hooker, D. D. Samuel Small, Esq. Samuel M. Worcester, D. D. Augustus C. Thompson, D. D. Ohio. John Todd, D. D. Douglass Putnam, Esq. T. P. Handy, Esq. Rhode Island. John Kingsbury, LL. D. Michigan. Hon. Charles Noble. Connecticut. Calvin Day, Esq. Illinois. Hon. Samuel Miller. Baxter Dickinson, D. D. Julian M. Sturtevant, D. D. New York. Rev. Aratas Kent. Charles Mills, Esq. Robert W. Patterson, D. D. Ansel D. Eddy, D. D. William H. Brown, Esq. Hon. Calvin T. Hulburd. Rev. A. T. Norton. 4 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD. [Report, Harvey D. Kitchell, D. D. Wisconsin. Rev. "William Carter. Rev. Enos J. Montague. William S. Curtis, D. D. Prof. Samuel C. Bartlett. Missouri. Rev. John W. Cunningham. Henry A. Nelson, D. D. Rev. W. Henry Williams. Truman M. Poet, D. D. HONORARY MEMBERS PRESENT. Maine. Rev. A. K. Teele, Milton. Rev. John C. Adams, Falmouth. T. R.' Dennison, New Bedford. Rev. Austin L. Park, Gardner. S. J. Spaulding, D. D., Newburyport. Rev. William Warren, Gorham. Chas. H. Coffin, “ Charles Austin Lord, Portland. John P. Pearson, “ Rev. Horatio Ilsley, West Minot. Rev. George E. Sanbome, Northboro’ Levi Wheaton, North Falmouth. New Hampshire. Edward Strong, D. D., Pittsfield. Thomas J. Melvin, Chester. Rev. E. Dowse, Sherborn. D. E. Adams, Wilton. L. Bliss, Jr., Springfield. Rev. Erastus Dickinson, Sudbury. Vermont. Rev. William B. Bond, Thorndike. Rev. W. S. Hazen, Northfield. Rev. William G. Tuttle, Ware. Rev. L. H. Stone, “ Rev. Norman Seaver, Rutland. B. A. Nourse, Westboro’. James Barrett, “ John B. Page, “ Connecticut. Rev. William N. Bacon, Shoreham. Rev. Francis Williams, Chaplin. Rev. A. B. Dascomb, Waitsfield. Rev. E. J. Doolittle, Chester. Rev. E. H. Byington, Windsor. Rev. G. D. Pike, East Hampton. Rev. M. Dudley, Easton. Massachusetts. Rev. Merrick Knight, East Windsor. Rev. F. R. Abbe, Abington. E. A. Hubbard, Glastenbury. Rev. Henry L. Edwards, “ Rev. B. F. Northrop, Griswold. Rev. I. R. Worcester, Aubumdale. A. G. Hammond, Hartford. Frederick D. Allen, Boston. Rev. John Avery, Lebanon. Rev. J. P. Bixby, “ Elijah B. Smith, Middletown. Daniel T. Coit, M. D.» “ Rev. D. H. Thayer, Mt. Carmel. Isaac L. Kidder, “ Rev. Hiram Bingham, New Haven. James Wm. Kimball, “ Rev. G. B. Will cox, New London. E. N. Kirk, D. D., »* Thomas P. Field, D. D., “ Samuel Neal, “ Rev. M. M. G. Dana, Norwich. Warren Partridge, “ Lewis A. Hyde, “ John M. Pinkerton, “ Rev. John White, North Woodstock. Joseph C. Tyler, “ Rev. John W. Allen, “ Rev. I. P. Warren, Rev. L. H. Higgins, Plantsville. Rev. I. P. Langworthy, Chelsea. Rev. E. Frank Howe, South Canaan. C. A. Richardson, “ Asa Howland, Conway. New York. Rev. James G. Vose, Dorchester. Rev. David Dyer, Albany. Nathan Durfee, M. D., Fall River. John O. Cole, “ Hon. Richard Borden, “ Rev. Henry Snyder, Amsterdam. Rev. E. Thurston, “ Rev. J. Clement French, Brooklyn. Rev. James P. Kimball, Falmouth. Samuel E. Warapr, “ Rev. Geo. Trask, Fitchburg. Horace Stillman, Buffalo. Rev. William D. Herrick, Gardner. Jason Sexton, “ Eleazar Porter, Hadley. Rev. W . S. Franklin, Camden. Henry F. C. Nichols, Haverhill. E. Whittlesey, Corfu. 1865-3 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD. 5 Timothy Stillman, D. D., Dunkirk. Illinois. Rev. F. A. Spencer, Fulton. C. H. Taylor, D. D., Alton. Rev. H. N. Dunning, Gloversville. Rev. George C. Partridge, Batavia. Rev. Charles J. Hill, “ Rev. Hutchins Taylor, Belvidere. Rev. A. L. Benton, Lima. Rev. John W. Bailey, Bloomington. Henry Kendall, D. D., New York. H. S. Colton, Bristol. Rev. W. H. Bidwell, “ Rev. Charles F. Beach, Centralia. Rev. Michael E. Strieby, “ E. W. Blatchford, Chicago. Rev. A. Huntington Clapp, “ E. S. Chesborough, “ Rev. Charles P. Bash, Rochester. John Covert, “ Rev. W. D. Buckelew, Saugerties. Rev. Alfred Eddv, “ Rev. B. B. Gray, Seneca Castle. D. D. Francis, * " Thomas W. Blatchford, M. D ., Troy. C. G. Hammond, “ Rev. C. F. Muzzy, Waverly. Joseph Haven, D. D., “ Rev. S. J. Humphrey, ** New Jersey. Z. M. Humphrey, D .D ., “ Rev. Edward W. French, South Bergen. D. X. Junkin, D. D., “ Rev. J. T. Matthews, '* Pennsyloania. Wm. W. Patton, D. D., “ Rev. Levi Little, Brandy Camp. Rev. G. S. F. Savage, “ Rev. David Torrey, Honesdale. Henry E. Seelye, ‘‘ Rev. J. W. Dulles, Philadelphia. E. S. Skinner, “ Rev. S. S. Smith, “ Ohio. John C. Williams, “ Rev. J. S. Graves, Aurora. Rev. Glen Wood, “ Rev. Thomas Towler, Brecksville. D. C. M. Cory, Clayton. J. L. Janes, Chester. Rev. F. L. Fuller, De Kalb. Franklin V. Chamberlain, Cincinnati. Asahel Wood, Daver. George L. Weed, M. D., “ Rev. N. Barrett, Dunton. Rev. R. H. Leonard, Cleveland. Rev. Nathaniel C. Clark, Elgin. L. F Mellen, “ Rev. Frederick Oxnard, “ Rev. C. E. Babb, College Hill. Rev. A. C. Pdg-, “ Rev. Nehemiah Cobb, Hudson. Rev. H. S. Hamilton, English Prairie. Rev. Ansel R. Clark, Huntington. Rev. L. Taylor, Farmington. Rev. Henry B. Eldred, Kinsman. Rev. Josiah Leonard, Fulton. Israel W. Andrews, D. D., Marietta. Rev. A. K. Strong, Galena. Rev. W. F. Milliken, Mesopotamia. Edward Beecher, D. D., Galesburg. Jairus Kennan, Norwalk. Rev. F. T. Perkins, “ Addison Kingsbury, D. D., Putnam. Rev. A. G. Beebee, Geneva. Rev. John G. Hall, Ravenna. Rev. Ira M. Weed, Granville. Rev. Levi B. Wilson, Youngstown. Willys Catlin, Jacksonville. L. M. Glover, D. D., “ Indiana. Rev. H. B. Thayer, Kankakee. Rev. Wm. R. Palmer, Attica. Rev. W. C. Dickinson, Lake Forest. Rev. John M. Bishop, Bloomington. D. R. Holt, ’ “ Joseph F. Tuttle, D. D., Crawfordsville. Rev. W. A. Nichols, “ Rev. P. S. Clelajid, Greenwood. L. Rossiter, “ Rev. W. C. Smith, Huntington. Samuel D. Ward, “ Rev. Daniel Rice, Lafayette. Rev. Darius Gore, Lamoille. Rev. Geo. C. Noyes, L i Porte. H. Dunham, M. D., La Salle. M. M. Post, D. D., Logansport. Rev. Lewis Benedict, Lawn Ridge. Rev. Henry Little, Madison. Rev. Lemuel Leonard, McLean. Rev. Charles Hutchins, New Albany. Rev. Alexander B. Campbell, Mendon. Rev. Irvin I. St. John, Salem. Rev. A. Day, Morris. Rev. W. J. Essick, Wabash. Rev. Henry C. Abernetby, Oneida. Rev. Benjamin Wells, West Creek. Rev. Martin K. Whittlesey, Ottawa 6 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD. [Report, Rev. C. A. Leach, Payson. Rev. Philo C. Pettibone, Beloit. Rev. A. L. Brooks, Peoria. Rev. William Porter, 44 Rev. Wm, E. Holyoke, Polo. Rev. James McLean, Berlin. Rev. R. M. Pearson, “ Rev. I. A. Hart, Bloomfield. Rev. F. Bascom, Princeton. Rev. John Keep, Bristol. F. Collins, Quincy. Pliny F. Walter, Clinton. Willard Keyes, “ Rev. A. L. P. Loomis, Columbus. Rev. Hope Brown, Rockford. Rev. J. Q. Hall, Darlington. R . Emerson, Jr., “ Rev. J. Collie, Delavan. Rev. Benjamin Folts, 44 Rev. D. C. Curtis, Port Howard. Rev. H. M. Goodwin, “ Retf. P. S. Van Nest, Geneva. Rev. M. Holmes, | “ Rev. W. H. Barnard, Green Bay. Rev. M. P. Kenney, “ Rev. Anson Clark, Hartford. Charles Williams, 44 Rev. M. Wells, Hartland. Rev. Chas. A. Williams, “ Josiah Wright, Janesville. Rev. Erasmus D. Willis, “ Rev. John Gridley, Kenosha. Rev. I. F. Pettibone, Rockton. Rev. N. C. Chapin, La Crosse. Rev. Levi P. Crawford, Somonauk. Rev. B. G. Riley, Lodi. Lucien C. Boynton, Springfield. Rev. James A. Laurie, Lowville. C. S. Shelton, M. D., “ E. H. Ball, Milwaukie. E. W. Plumbe, D. D., Sterling. K. A. Burnell, “ Rev. Henry M. Tupper, Waverly. Rev. Joseph W. Healy, “ Rev. E. B. Moore, Wilmington. Rev. Wm. De Loss Love, “ Rev. Albert A. Young, Oconto. Rev. I. W.Peet, Oshkosh. Michigan. Rev. Isaac N. Cundall, Rosendale. Rev. J. Ambrose Wight, Bay City. George C. Hill, “ Rev. Evan L. Davies, Battle Creek. Rev. L. H. Ashmun, Rural. Rev. William Fuller, Buchanan. Rev. J. G. Sabin, Sparta. Rev. E. B. Sherwood, Cassopolis. Rev. Asa Tracy, Tafton. Rev. S. M. Freeland, Detroit. Rev. A. P. Johnson, Waukesha. Henry E. Baker, “ Rev. Hiram Foote, 44 Rev. J. G. W. Cowles, East Saginaw. Rev. E. Clark, West Salem. Rev. Bela Fancher, Homer. Rev. E. G. Miner, Whitewater. Rev. G. H. Coffey, Jackson. Moses A. NcNaughton, 44 Minnesota. 0 . P. Hoyt, D. D., Kalamazoo. Rev. William R. Stevens, Rochester. Rev. Calvin Clark, Marshall. D. W. Ingersol, St. Paul. Ira Nash, “ H. Knox Taylor, “ Rev. H. N. Bissell, Mt. Clemens. Rev. D. Andrews, Winona. Rev. A. H. Fletcher, Pontiac. Rev. W. H. McGiffert, “ Iowa. Rev. A. H. Gaston, Prairieville. William Salter, D. D.,.Burlington, Rev. Alanson Scofield, Quincy. Rev. George D. Young, Camanche. Rev. Milton Bradley, Richland. Rev. Samuel Newbury, Cedar Rapids. Rev. George H. Mills, St. Joseph. Rev. James Knox, “ Rev. W. C. Clark, Sturgis. Rev. Enoch Mead, Davenport.