FIFTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OP THE AMERICAN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ron FOREIGN MISSIONS, PRESENTED AT THE MEETING HELD AT WORCESTER, MASS. OCTOBER 4 - 7 , 1864. BOSTON: PRESS OF T. R. MARTIN & SON, 42 CONGRESS STREET. 1 864. A/PL A v. T 9 ANNUAL MEETING. T h e A m e r i c 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-fifth Annual Meeting at Worcester, Massachu­ setts, in Mechanics’ Hall, commencing Tuesday, October 4, at 4 o’clock, P. M ., and closing Friday, October 7, at 11 o’clock, A. M. CORPORATE MEMBERS PRESENT. Maine. Hon. Samuel Williston. Enoch Pond, D. D. Rev. Selah B. Treat. William T. Dwight, D. I). Hon. William J. Hubbard. John W . Chiekering, D. D. Henry B. Hooker, D. D. George E. Adams, D. D. Hon. Linus Child. William W. Thomas, Esq. Samuel M. Worcester, D. D. Amos D. Lockwood, Esq. Andrew W. Porter, Esq. Hon. Samuel H. Walley. New Hampshire. Augustus C. Thompson, D. D. Zedekiah S. Barstow, D. D. Hon; William T. Eustis. John K. Young, D. D. Hon. John Aiken. Asa D. Smith, D. D. John Todd, D. D. Nathaniel Bouton, D. D. Seth Sweetser, D. D. Hon. William Haile. James M. Gordon, Esq. Rev. Alvan Tobey. Amos Blanchard, D. D. Edward Spalding, M. D. Hon. Alpheus Hardy. Vermont. Hon. Reuben A. Chapman. Silas Aiken, D. D. William S. South worth, Esq. ^ Rev. Joseph Steele. Abner Kingman, Esq. Si J, Lewis H. Delano, Esq. Hon. William Hyde. % William A. Stearns, D. D., LL. D. % Massachusetts. Henry Hill, Esq. Rhode Island. ■ Rufus Anderson, D. D. Rev. Thomas Shepard, D. D. \ Rev. David Greene. John Kingsbury, LL. D. Charles Stoddard, Esq. Connecticut. v Aaron Warner, D. D. ^.Mark Hopkins, D. D., LL. D. Joel Hawes, D. D. V Villard Child, "D. D. Hon. Thomas W . Williams. Horatio Bardwell, D. D. Hon. Seth Terry. fT\ Ebenezer Alden, M. D. Leonard Bacon, D. D. v‘ v Edward W . Hooker, D. D. Hon. Henry White. 4 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD. [Report, Calvin E . Stowe, D. D. Simeon B. Chittenden, Esq. Gen. William Williams. James B. Shaw, D. D. Samuel W . S. Dutton, D. D. Frederick Starr, Esq. George Kellogg, Esq. Oliver E. Daggett, D. D. Hon. William A. Buckingham. George L. Prentiss, D. D. Lucius Barbour, Esq. Zebulon S. Ely, Esq. Hon. Samuel Miller. Robert R. Booth, D. D. New York. New Jersey. Reuben H. Walworth, LL. D. Joel Parker, D. D. Charles Mills, Esq. Jonathan F. Steams, D. D. Samuel H. Cox, D. D. William Adams, D. D. Pennsylvania. Ansel D. Eddy, D. D. William R. DeWitt, D. D. John Forsyth, D. D. Rev. Albert Barnes. Hon. Henry W. Taylor. Thomas Brainerd, D. D. Calvin T. Hulburd, Esq. Walter S. Griffith, Esq. Ohio. George W. Wood, D. D. T. P, Handy, Esq. Montgomery S. Goodale, D. D. Walter Clarke, D. D. Illinois. Ray Palmer, D. D. William H. Brown, Esq. Jacob M. Schermerhorn, Esq. William E. Dodge, Esq. Wisconsin. Jonathan B. Condit, D. D. Rev. Enos J. Montague. HONORARY MEMBERS PRESENT. Maine. Rev. Chas. F. Stuart, Concord. Rev. Daniel McClenning, Dalton. Rev. A. C. Adams, Auburn. Rev. A. Morton, do. Rev. E. G. Parsons, Derry. Rev. C. W . Allen, East Jaffrey. Samuel Harris, D. D., Bangor. Rev. Rowland H. Allen, do. Rev. Richard Woodhull, do. Rev. J. H. Stearns, Epping. Rev. David Garland, Bethel. Rev. C. P. Osborne, Exeter. Rev. S. Bowker, Blue Hill. Rev. Geo. W . Cressey, Buxton Centre. Rev. Roger M. Sargent, Farmington. Rev. A. Wm. Fiske, Fisherville. Rev. Edward P. Baker, East Machias. Rev. Wm. Jewett, do. Rev. R. B. Howard, Farmington. Edward Aiken, M. D., Fitzwilliam. Rev. Wm. Warren, Gorham. Rev. Wm. L. Gaylord, do. Rev. Francis Norwood, Phipsburg. Dexter Whittemore, do. Charles A. Lord, Portland. Rev. Isaac Willey, Goffstown. Rev. Stephen Thurston, Searsport. Rev. D. G. Noyes, Hanover. Rev. Jona. B. Cook, Wells. Rev. I. M. R . Eaton, Henniker. Rev. T. S. Robie, W est Falmouth. Rev. P. B. Day, Hollis. Rev. J. Hamilton, Keene. New Hampshire. Geo. Kingsbury, do. Rev. W m. Clark, Amherst. Rev. Erdix Tenney, Lyme. C. H . David, do. Rev. Edwin J. Hart, Merrimack. Rev. T. P. Sawin, Brookline. R. W . Lane, Nashua. Rev. Quincy Blakely, Campton. Rev. Jonathan M cGee, Nashua. John W . Noyes, Chester. Rev. B. F. Parsons, do. Rev. Joshua S. Gay, Chichester. Rev. Gustavus D. Pike, do. F. N. Fisk, Concord. Austin Richards, D.D., do. Rev. H. E. Parker, Concord. James F. Isham, New Alstead. Benj. P. Stone, D.D., do. Rev. Calvin Cutler, New Ipswich. 1 8 6 4 .] ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD. 5 William Hassall, New Ipswich. Rev. Asa Bullard, Boston. Rev. D. Adams, Papermill Village. Rev. D. Butler, do. Rev. I. T. Otis, Rye. Henry Edwards, do. Rev. Elias Chapman, South Newmarket. Rev. S. P. Fay, do. Rev. Edward C. Miles, Stratham. Hamilton A. Hill, do. C. P. Locke, Sullivan. Frederick Jones, do. Rev. J. H. Edwards, West Lebanon. Abner Kingman, Jr., do. D. E. Adams, Wilton. Barker B. Kent, do. Rev. J. P. Humphrey, Winchester. Rev. Martin Moore, do. Rev. Sam’l Clark, W olf boro. Julius A. Palmer, do. Warren Partridge, do. Vermont. Rev. Giles Pease, M.D., do. David Pike, do. Rev. Wm. J. Harris, Brandon. Rev. L. B. Rockwood, do. Rev. G. P. Tyler, Brattleboro. Moses H. Sargent, do. Rev. Eldridge Mix, Burlington. Alvan Simonds, do. Rev. Geo. B. Safford, do. A. L. Stone, D .D ., do. Rev. Lewis Francis, Castleton. Rev. Daniel Tenney, do. Rev. L. Ives .Hoadley, Craftsbury. Alfred 0 . Treat, do. George Adams, Enosburgh. Charles R . Treat, do. Rev. Rufus Emerson, Grafton. Joseph C. Tyler, do. Rev. R . S. Cushman, Manchester. Langdon S. Ward, do. Freeman Keyes, Newbury. Rev. I. P. Warren, do. Rev. John L. Bulfinch, Newcastle. Samuel C. Wilkins, do. Rev. Chas. Scott, North Troy. Rev. James T. McCollom, Bradford. Rev. R. D. Miller, Peru. Rev. James C. Seagrave, Bridgewater. L. L. Dutcher, St. Albans. Rev. John P. Cushman, Brighton. Rev. E. C. Cummings, St. Johnsbury. Asa Hunting, do. Rev. James T. Ford, Stowe. Granville Fuller, . do. Rev. A. B. Dascomb, Waitsfield. Rev. Charles M. Hyde, Brimfield. Rev. Ives I. Bard, Waterford. Oliver C. Howe, Brookfield. Jason Steele, Windsor. Calvin Jennings, do. Rev. Moses Patten, Byfield. Massachusetts. Rev. J. Merrill, Cambridge. Rev. Dennis Powers, Abington. Rev. J. B. Miles, Charlestown. Rev. James Fletcher, Acton. Rev. John Haven, Charlton. Rev. Henry Cooley, Agawam. Ira Cheever, Chelsea. Simeon Clark, Amherst. Geo. C. Hurter, do. Horace Henderson, do. Rev. I. P. Langworthy, Chelsea. Rev. J. H. M. Leland, do. Rev. E. B. Clark, Chicopee. Henry Shepard, do. Rev. L. H. Cone, do. E. S. Snell, do. Rev. Roswell Foster, Chicopee Falls. E. P. Barrows, D. D., Andover. S. L. Hobbs, M. D., Cordaville. Peter Smith, do. Rev. Chas. B. Rice, Danvers. Rev. D. Wight, Jr., Ashbumham. Rev. Jona. Edwards, Dedham. Rev. W . W . Belden, Attleboro. Rev. Edward G. Porter, Dorchester. Rev. Charles Kendall, Auburn. Rev. A. J. Rich, do. S. Knowlton, do. Rev. Lyman S. Watts, Dracut. Rev. S. Harding, Auburndale. Rev. Henry Pratt, Dudley. Rev. I. R. Worcester, do. Rev. H. D. Walker, East Abington. Otis Allen, Barre. Rev. A. M. Colton, Easthampton. Rev. David Peck, do. S. T. Seelye, D. D., do. Rev. Henry B. Blake, Belchertown. Rev. S. R . Dennen, East Somerville. Rev. A. B. Foster, Bernardston. Henry Fobes, Enfield. Rev. J. P. Bixby, Boston. Rev. John A. Seymour, do. Geo. W . Blagden, D. D., do. Rev. J. M. Bacon, Essex. 6 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD. [Report, Richard Borden, Fall River. I. W . Putnam, D. D., Middleboro'. S. A. Chase, do. Philander Washburn, do. Nathan Durfee, M. D., do. Leonard Dwinell, Millbury. Morton Eddy, do. Rev. E. Y . Garrette, do. Rev. Eli Thurston, do. Rev. Chas. H. Peirce, do. Rev. J. P. Kimball, Falmouth. Samuel A. Small, do. Rev. Lewis Grout, Feeding Hills. Rev. F. Alvord, Monson. Daniel Boutelle, Fitchburg. Rev. D. N. Coburn, do. Rev. Thomas Boutelle, do. Rev. T. G. Colton, do. Levi Downe, do. Rev. Chas. Hammond, do. Rev. Alfred Emerson, do. Richard Clapp, Montague. Daniel Messinger, do. Rev. S. D. Hosmer, Nantucket. Rev. George Trask, do. Rev. Alfred Greenwood, Natick. Rev. J. K. McLean, Framingham. Rev. G. E. Freeman, Neponset. Rev. A. Stowell, Gill. T. R. Dennison, New Bedford. Rev. M. L. Richardson, Globe Village Rev. John H. Gurney, New Braintree. Rev. I. C. Thacher, Gloucester. S. J. Spalding, D. D., Newburyport. E. B. Bigelow, Grafton. Rev. David Eastman, New Salem. Rev. Thomas C. Biscoe, do. Rev. J. W . Wellman, Newton. Curtis Lawrence, do. Rev. D. L. Furber, Newton Centre. Rev. Wm, Miller, do. Rev. Gordon Hall, Northampton. Rev. L. R. Phillips, do. W. C. Stoddard, Northampton. Rev. E. P. Blodgett, Greenwich. Rev. S. Hine, Northbridge. Eleazer Porter, Hadley. Rev. Samuel H. Lee, North Bridgewater. James M. Porter, do. Rev. C. Cushing, North Brookfield. Rev. James Aiken, Hanover. Rev. W. H. Beeman, North Hadley. Rev. Martyn Tupper, Hardwick. Rev. Calvin Terry, North Weymouth. Rev. J. Dodge, Harvard. Alfred E. Burt, Oakham. Rev. R. H. Seeley, Haverhill. Joseph Fobes, do. Rev. Henry Seymour, Hawley. Albert W. Lincoln, do. William P. Paine, D. D., Holden. Rev. W m. T. Briggs, Oxford. Rev. Joshua T. Tucker, Holliston. Joseph Vail, D. D., Palmer. Rev. J. C. Webster, Hopkinton. C. Sanderson, Phillipston. Rev. Townsend Walker, Huntington. Rev. Lyman White, do. Rev. Marcus Ames, Lancaster. H. H. Childs, M. D., Pittsfield. Rev. Amos E. Lawrence, do. Rev. Solomon Clark, Plainfield. J. L. Partridge, Lawrence. Rev. David Bremner, Plymouth.