FIFTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT O F T H E AMERICAN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOB FOREIGN MISSIONS, PRESENTED AT THE MEETING HELD AT BUFFALO, NEW YORK. SEPTEMBER 23-27, 1867. CAMBRIDGE: $rinte& at tfyt ïïitocr^iôc 1867. ANNUAL MEETING. T h e A m e r i c a n B o a r d o p C ommissioners f o r F o r e i g n M i s ­ s i o n s held its Fifty-eighth Annual Meeting in Buffalo, New York, in the North Presbyterian Church, commencing on Tuesday, Septem­ ber 23d, at 3 o’clock, p . m ., and closing on Frida}', September 27th, at about half-past 9 o’clock, a . m . CORPORATE MEMBERS PRESENT. William A. Stearns, D. D., LL. D., Amherst. Maine. Nathaniel George Clark, D. D., Bos­ George E. Adams, D. D., Brunswick. ton. Amos D. Lockwood, Lewiston. Langdon S. W ard, Boston. New Hampshire. Rev. John O. Means, Roxbury. Nathaniel Bouton, D. D., Concord. Hon. William Haile, Hinsdale. Rhode Island. Alvin Tobey, D. D., Durham. Thomas Shepard, D. I)., Bristol. Hon. John W . Noyes, Chester. John Kingsbury, LL. I)., Providence. Vermont. Connecticut. Charles Walker, D. D., Pittsford. William Patton, D. D., New Haven. Rev. Joseph Steele, Middlebury. Gen. William Williams, Norwich. Hori. William A. Buckingham, Nor­ Massachusetts. wich. Charles Stoddard, Boston. Lucius Barbour, Hartford. Mark Hopkins, D. D., LL. D., Wil­ Hon. Samuel Miller, New Haven. li amstown. Rev. Selah B. Treat, Boston. New York. Henry B. Hooker, D. D., “ Diedrich Willers, D. D., Fayette. Hon. Linus Child, “ Charles Mills, Gloversville. Andrew W. Porter, Monson. Samuel H. Cox, D. D.j New York John Todil, D. D., Pittsfield. City. John W. Chickering, D. D., South William Wisner, D. D., Ithaca. Reading. John Forsyth, D. D., Newburgh. Seth Sweetser, D. D., Worcester. Hon. Henry W. Taylor, Canandai­ James M. Gordon, Boston. gua. Abner Kingman, “ Samuel W . Fisher, D. D., Utica. 4 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD. [Report, John C. Holbrook, D. D., Homer. MALE HONORARY MEMBERS W alter S. Griffith, Brooklyn. PRESENT. George W.'Wood, D. D., New York Maine. City. Rev. A. C. Adams, Auburn. Montgomery S. Goodale, D. D., Am­ “ William WarreD, Gorham. sterdam. Edward Gould, Portland. Walter Clarke, D . D., Buffalo. Charles A. Lord, “ Kay Palmer, D. D., New Tork City. Rev. Silvanns Hayward, South Ber­ Philemon H. Fowler, D. D., Utica. wick. Hon. William E. Dodge, New York City. New Hampshire. Jonathan B. Condit, D. D., Auburn. Rev. J. O. Barrows, Exeter. Frederick Starr, Rochester. Dea. Chester Stone, Franklin. Oliver E. Daggett, D. D., Canandai­ Rev. Rufus Case, Jaffrey. gua. “ Cyrus W. Allen, East Jaffrey. Zebuion S. Ely, New York City. “ George Dustan, Peterboro. William I. Budington, D. D., Brook­ “ J. M. Stowe, Sullivan. lyn. Sherman B. Canfield, D. D., Syra­ Vermont. Rev. Franklin Tuxbury, Brandon. cuse. Hon. John Howe, “ Joseph P. Thompson, D. D., New York City. Dea. Freeman Keyes, Newbury. Louis Chapin, Rochester. Rev. E. P. Wild, North Craftsbnry. “ M. A. Munson, Pittsford. New Jersey. “ Charles Scott, Post Mills. Joel Parker, D. D., Newark. “ Amos Foster, Putney. J. Marshal Paul, M. D., Belvidere. Hon. John B. Page, Rutland. Benjamin C. Taylor, D. D., Hudson. Willie Reynolds Page, “ Rev. William N. Bacon, Shoreham. Pennsylvania. Dea. L. L. Pitcher, St. Albans. George A. Lyon, D. D., Erie. Rev. A. B. Dascomb, Waitsfield. James W - Weir, Harrisburg. “ P. F. Barnard, Williamstown. Samuel Small, York. Hon. Jason Steele, Windsor. Ohio. Massachusetts. Samuel C. Aiken, D. D., Cleveland. Hon. F. W . Choate, Beverly. Douglass Putnam, Harmar. Rev. David T. Packard, Brighton. Henry L. Hitchcock, D. D., Hud­ “ I. R. Worcester, Boston. son. Gardner Edmunds, Hon. T. P. Handy, Cleveland. John Waldo, Charles Hutchins, Illinois. Albert Bowker, Samuel C. Bartlett, D. D., Chicago. James P. Rice, Michigan. Benjamin W . Pond, Charlemont. H on. Charles Noble, Monroe. Ira Cheever, Chelsea. John G. Atterbury, D. D., Detroit. C. A . Richardson, “ Rev. E. B. Clark, Chickopee. Wisconsin. “ Jonathan Edwards, Dedham. Aaron L . Chapin, D. D., Beloit. “ G. G. Freeman, Dorchester. 1867.] ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD. 5 N. Curruth, Dorchester. Rev. J. P. Skeele, Hartford. E. Russell, D . D., East Randolph. “ C. H. Bissell, Harwinton. S. T. Seelye, D. D., East Hampton. “ H. A. Tracy, Jewett City. Rev. Evarts Scudder, Great Barring­ Prof. E. P. Barrows, Middletown. ton. Rev. I. W . Hubbell, Milford. Eleazer Porter, Hadley. “ Hiram Bingham, New Haven. Rev. A. Gardner, Ludlow. “ O. H. White, “ “ James M. Whiton, Lynn. Henry N. Whittlesey, “ Edward Strong, D. D., Pittsfield. Wells Southworth, “ Stephen Reed, “ Hon. Henry P. Haven, New London. Thomas Taylor, “ Rev. G. B. W ilcox, “ S. L. Lamberson, “ “ M. M. G. Dana, Norwich. Rev. Solomon Clark, Plainfield. “ Samuel Hopley, “ “ Charles R. Bliss, Beading. Lewis A. Hyde, “ Newell Giles, Rockport Henry P. Haven, “ E. Rowe, “ J. N. Stickney, Rockville. Rev. Charles Ray Palmer, Salem. Rev. John S. Whitman, Sprague. “ Rowland H. Allen, “ “ E. C. Jones, Southington. S. G. Buckingham, D. D., Springfield. “ N. A. Prince, Simsbury. S. M. Lane, Soutbbridge. William H. Bunce, South Manches­ Rev. H. L. Edwards, Southampton. ter. Dea. Pliny Karner, South Egremont. Rev. Edward W . Gilman, Stoning- Rev. Timothy A. Hazen, “ ton. “ A. McLoud, Topsfield. “ Walter Barton, Suffield. Hon. George H. Gilbert, Ware. “ W. S. Colton, Washington. Orrin Sage, “ “ Elisha Whittlesey, Waterbury. Otis Lane, “ Rev. Edward G. Thurber, Walpole. New York. “ Dorus Clarke, Waltham. Rev. E. Lord, Adams. “ E. E. Strong, “ “ David Dyer, Albany. “ Thomas H. Rood, Westfield. John O. Cole, Esq., “ “ H. J. Patrick, West Newton. Rev. E. L. Boing, Angelica. P. W . Dudley, Whitinsville. “ Samuel W. Boardman, Auburn. Rev. E. Y . Swift, Williamsburg. Richard Steel, “ “ Calvin Durfee, Williamstown. Rev. E. R. Davis, Avon. Rhode Island. “ Jno. F. Kendall, Baldwinsville. Dea. Isaac B. Richmond, Little Hon. John Fisher, Batavia. Compton. Steven Ives, “ C. Bloodgett, D. D., Pawtucket. Rev. S. W . Bush, Binghampton. Rev. James H. Lyon, “ George M. Boardman, D .D ., “ Joseph Wood, “ Rev. D. D. Gregory, “ Seth H. Terry, “ Connecticut. Rev. Peter Lockwood, “ George W . Shelton, Birmingham. “ A. T. Rankin, Black Rock. Rev. James D. Moore, Central Vil­ “ Anson Gleason, Brooklyn. lage. E. T. Gardner, “ Philo Bevin, East Hampton. John Marsh, D. D., “ A . N. Niles, “ “ Rev. Alexander McLain, Buffalo. 6 ANNUAL MEETING OS' THE BOARD. [Report, Rev. Charles D. Rosenthal, Buffalo. Rev. Joshua Cooke, Lewiston. George L. Hubbard, “ “ A. L. Benton, Lima. Rev. P. G. Cook, “ “ Anson H. Parmelee, Livonia. “ H. P. Bogue, “ “ R. T. Searle, Liverpool. “ W olcott Calkins, “ “ I. R. Bradnack, Lockport. G. W. Heacock, D. D., “ W. C. Wisner, D.D., “ H. Stillman, “ Thomas Scovell, “ John R. Lee, “ Samuel B. Bell, D. D., Lyons. A . T. Chester, D. D., “ Rev. James Weller, Maine. Jason Sexton, “ “ George P. Yan Wyck, Middle­ C. E. Young, “ ton. A. R. Ketchum, “ “ Levi Parsons, Mount Morris. Rev. T. Morey Hodgman, Byron. Theodore L. Jackson, Montgomery. “ M. N. McLaren, Caledonia. Rev. Robert Day, Nassau. W . S. Hubbell, Canandaigua. “ George R. H. Shumway, New­ Rev. Lewis F. Laine, Canisteo. ark. “ P. J. Burnliam, Castile. R. Howard Wallace, Newburgh. “ N. P. Campfield, Cazenovia. Thomas Hastings, New York City. Benjamin W . Dwight, D. D., Clinton. Rev. Charles H. Payson, “ “ S. G. Brown, D. D., “ “ Charles A. Stoddard, “ “ Rev. Albert Erdman, “ “ W. W. Atterbury, “ “ N. W. Goertner, D. D., “ E. C. Wines, D. D., “ “ Rev. Allen Traver, Corfu. D. B. Coe, D. D., “ “ “ W. A. Niles, Corning. Rev. Walter R. Long, “ “ Timothy Stillman, D. D., Dunkirk. T. Ralston Smith, D. D., “ “ Ebenezer R. Thompson, “ Rev. Abel S. W ood, Niagara City. Rev. L. Conklin, East Bloomfield. “ Thomas Doggett, Niagara Falls. “ A. H. Lilly, East Palmyra. A. H. Porter, Esq., “ “ “ H. Halsey, East Wilson. E. Taylor, North Evans. “ E. N. Manley, Elba. Rev. Jotham Sewell, North Granville. “ Alexander D. Stowell, Elmira. “ S. S. N. Greely, Oswego. E. S. Wright, D. D., Fredonia. S. Parmelee, D. D., “ E. S. Ely, “ Rev. Horace Eaton, Palmyra. I. G. Benedict, Fulton. “ R. H. Dexter, Pavilion. F. De W . Ward, D. D., Geneseo. “ Joseph R. Page, Perry. Rev. George P. Folsom, “ “ James Pierce Root, Perry Cen­ “ J. B. Richardson, Geneva. tre. A . A. W ood, D . D., “ “ Byron Bosworth, Phoenix. D. L. Lum, “ “ William L. Hyde, Ripley. Rev. Augustus Pomeroy, Groton. “ Charles E. Furman, Rochester. “ C. H. Chester, Havana. “ W. V. Couch, “ “ Charles C. Carr, Horse Heads. S. M. Campbell, D. D., “ “ Timothy Williston, Hoag’s Cor­ Charles P. Bush, D. D-, “ ners. Rev. G. D. Pike, “ K Milton Waldo, Hornellsville. L. W . Chaney, Rutland. “ William Lusk, Huron. Rev. J. D. Krum, Seneca Falls. “ William Waith, Lancaster. “ H. Dyer, Spencerport. “ N . Elmer, Le Hoy. “ S. N. Robinson, Springfield. 1867.] ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD. 7 Daniel Winsor, Springfield. Indiana. Rev. L. S. Hobart, Syracuse. Rev. John Scott, Indianapolis. “ P. A. Spencer, “ “ W. M. Cheever, Terre Haute. “ S. R. Dimmock, “ Illinois. *• S. Strong, “ “ P. S. Van Nest, Union Corners. David Torrey, D. D., Chicago. “ G. P. Hamilton, Yernon. Rev. Win. Edward De Riemer, “ “ Beaufort Ladd, Victory. W. W . Patton, D. D., L. S. Pratt, Watertown. Rev. S. J. Humphrey, Rev. L. A. Skinner, Westfield. “ Glenn Wood, “ P. P. Sanborne, West Bloom­ O. F. Avery, field. Rev. James G. Roberts, Jacksonville. “ C. R. Burdick, Youngstown. Augustus R. Barber, “ N. R. Davis, “ D. R. Holt, Lake Forrest. Rev. J. H. Pitcber. Michigan. Rev. S. M. Freeland, Detroit. New Jersey. A. Ballard, D. D., “ J. Marshal Paul, Jr., Belvidere. George M. Lane, “ I. N. Sprague, D. D., Caldwell. H. E. Baker, “ E. A. Stiles, Deckertown. Rev. Bela Fancher, Homer. Rev. Silas McKinney, Vineland. “ G. H. Coffey, Jackson. Pennsylvania. “ T. Dwight Hunt, Niles. Rev. Oliver Crane, Carbondale. “ Joseph A. Ranney, Three Riv- “ Asahel L. Clark, Hyde Park. ■ ers. “ James W. Raynor, Leraysville. “ Charles Cutter, Wayne.