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St. Louis. S. M. Edgell & Co., for France A friend to educate a young Italian $50, and for Home Field $50, and which constitutes J. B. S. Lemoine, Esq., a L. M.. A friend to complete the three remaining years' education of some Italian boy, lbs. 40,--... B. Beardslee & E. H. Smith for France $25, J. S. McCune for Home work $25, D. C. Jaccard for France and in full of his L, M. $20. G. 8. Drake $20. Robert N. Nesbitt in full of L. M. for Mrs. Elizth. S. Nesbitt $20. Fiske, Knight Co., $15. 8. Gaty $20,

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W. H. Markham bal. to constitute Miss Mary Jane Markham a L. M. $10; S. W. Eager $10; Henry Whitmore in full of his L M. $10; Miss Mary Thomas in full of her L. M. $10; Mrs. Anna Peters in full of her L. M. $10; Messrs. Hogan, Roe, Downing, Ames, Goodman, Alexander Gale, Copp, Cole, Dameron, Jones, Slaughter & Bro., Hamel, Plant, Roberts, Greely, Ticnor & Co., Brotherton. Holmes, Davis, Pearce, Homeyer, Yeager & Mrs. Seare $10 each,.... Messrs. Carr, Whittaker, Merritt, Wahl, Field, Jaccard, Campbell, Blackman, Patterson, Field, Bayley, Clark, Stringer & Co., Anderson, Lionberger, Mack, Lake, Pratt, Cochran, Stobic, Gaz zam, Pitman & Bro., Comstock, Richardson, Field, Lavele,Johnson, Ferguson, Dean, Holmes, Wells & Bro., Chiles, Sell, Whitney, Vietch, Garnet, Hitchcock, Morrison, Sloss, Crow, Dean, Jones, Strong, Cooper, Flournoy, Webb, Kaine, Turner, Keith, Woods, Cummings, Thompson, Hamil, Peck, Montgomery, Hubbel, Nicholson, Merrill, Holmes, Beever, Pierce, Bonham, and Mrs. Murphy, Bonner and Shackford, $5 each,

Messrs. Garretson, Archer, Mc Neil, Pomeroy, Buckland, and Mrs. Powell. $3 each,-

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som, Whittelsey, Noyes, Currier, Largue, Mitchell and Drew, $2 each,.. Messrs. Morrison, Findley, Bull, Wait, Ladd, Rumbold, Weerick, Kellar, Guy, and Mrs. Reed, Field, Wood, Shapleigh Chappell, and Filley, $2 each,. Messrs. Sherwood, Springer, Bockway, Beard, Dean, Gro ner, Green, McLanchan, Scott, Dowdell, Godfrey, Beck, Largue, Bryan, Bentcn, Scott. Holliday, Gay, Jacobs, Smith, Leslie, Smith, Snow, Butler, Whitchell, Baron, Lytle, $1 each,.. Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Carr, $1,50 each; Mrs. Gale $5; Mrs. Filley $3; Mrs. Laburn $2; Mrs. Campbell and Hale $1 each; Mrs. Stout 50 cents for material aid for St. Louis Indus. School,.

Ladies of the 2d Presb. Ch. for education of son of Italian colporteur, and which constitutes Miss Margarette Rielly a L.M.

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Cong. Church, by Rev. S. Brown for Italy and part L. M.,-

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THE Sermon commemorative of the life and character of DR. BAIRD, and his connection with the Society as Corresponding Secretary, was delivered on Sabbath evening, May 10th, in the Reformed Dutch Church, Twenty-First Street and Fifth Avenue, by the Rev. Dr. Sprague, of Albany. It was a most admirable discourse, and heard with great interest by a very large and deeply attentive audience.

His text was John 4th chapter, 34th v. "My meat is to do the will of him that sent me." After an exhibition of the life and spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ, as the great example for all Gospel ministers, he set forth the ruling passion of the faithful minister to be the will of Godthis in the simplicity, amplitude, and grandeur of its range, furnishes the motive and rule for his service. In the life and labors of Dr. Baird was signally illustrated the beauty and power of this principle. In the extent and variety and usefulness of his labors, he followed faithfully the footsteps of Him who went about doing good, and left the fruits of his labors and the savor of his name in almost every land. The Sermon was very able, just, and discriminating, and occupied more than an hour in its delivery, and was one of the happiest productions of Dr. Sprague. The Sermon, in a few days, will be given to the public, and will doubtless be read by thousands who had not the privilege of hearing it from the lips of its author.

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY.

THE Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the Society was held on the 14th May, at 3 o'clock, in Irving Hall. The Rev. THOMAS DEWITT, D.D., President of the Society, was in the chair.

The services were opened by singing the following hymn :

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The Rev. Dr. Eddy, of Seneca Falls, N. Y., read the 72d Psalm.Prayer was then offered by the Rev. Dr. Burchard, of this city.

The Financial Secretary then read the Treasurer's Report, which will be found on page 186. The Report of the Board of Directors was then read by the Rev. Mr. Emerson, District Secretary at Boston.

The audience then united in singing the following hymn :

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The following resolutions were then read :

1. Resolved, That the Reports now read be accepted and adopted, and referred to the Executive Committee for publication.

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2. Resolved, That encouraged by Divine Providence, by past success, and by the Word of God, this Christian Union should pursue its labors with increased zeal, and should be sustained by the prayers and liberal contributions of all lovers of truth.

3. Resolved, That the success attending the labors of the Bible-women in our employ, by means of their industrial schools, by visitation from house to house, distributing Bibles and tracts, and by personal conversation, clearly evinces that this department of our labor is one of special interest in the cause of our Lord Jesus Christ.

4. Resolved, That we recognise with devout gratitude to God the outpouring of the Spirit upon our German, French, and Italian Missions in this country, resulting in the hopeful conversion of many individuals from Romanism to the service and worship of the Divine Redeemer.

5. Resolved, That the present condition of Papal Europe, especially the open door for the Gospel in Austria, Belgium, France, and Italy, demand, on the part of all Protestant

Christians, their deepest sympathy, earnest prayers, and efficient co-operation, not know. ing how soon the door may be closed.

6. Resolved, That the Society have heard with great pleasure, notwithstanding the present state of our own country, and the high rate of exchange hindering foreign travel, that the American Chapel in Paris under the labors of our able and efficient chaplain, the Rev. Dr. McClintock, has been fully sustained by the contributions of his congregation, without any draft upon our treasury.

7. Whereas, applications have been received for missionaries to be sent to Mexico Central and Southern America, and whereas we have been enabled to respond only in part, therefore,

Resolved, That it is our deliberate conviction that these twenty millions of people inhabiting the Southern part of our own Continent have been too much and too long overlooked in the missionary operations of the day, and that it is the imperative duty of this Society to send them missionaries, as soon and as far as the liberality of the churches put it in our power.

The President then called upon the Rev. Dr. Kirk, who spoke in his usually able and energetic manner. He referred in a most happy strain to the early history of the Society—what gave rise to its organization— contrasting the state of Papal Europe at that time with its present condition, leading the audience to feel and to say, "What hath God wrought !"—What a change in France, in Belgium, and Italy! Then,, the door to a great extent was closed-now open to the Gospel! He alluded also, in the most touching manner, to Dr. Baird and his connection with the Society,—a man whom God seemed to have raised up for a special mission-who could sit down and talk with kings upon. the great work of reform, and who has left his mark upon the world. By the removal of such men, God is teaching us that His work is not dependent upon this or that individual,-that "it is not by might or by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of Hosts." He concluded his address by calling upon all present to enter upon this work with renewed zeal, that the next Anniversary might exhibit a large increase in its funds and the number of its Missionaries.

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The Rev. Mr. Newman, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Fourth-st., was the next speaker. Having traveled extensively within. the last three years in Europe, and being familiar with the countries occupied by this Society as its field of labor, he called the attention of the audience specially to the fifth resolution. The speaker did not refer to what others had said, as the basis of his remarks, but to what he had seen with his own eyes; and the means he had adopted to obtain accurate information in reference to the obstacles in the way of the Gospel in those lands, and the success of Missionary effort. This information he had secured by letters addressed to the Missionaries, propounding certain inquiries, and receiving from them distinct and definite

replies. We are not able to give a full synopsis of this speech: we only wish all our readers could have heard it—we doubt not they would have gone away from the Hall as we did, feeling that every Christian should labor with renewed zeal for the regeneration of those nominal Christians, that they may be led from the errors and superstitions of mere formalism to the worship of the living God, in spirit and in truth. The Rev. Mr. Fletcher was the next speaker, and took the last resolution as the basis of his remarks. Some years since he went out as a Missionary of this Society to Brazil, and, while there, accomplished a good work for the cause of our Lord Jesus Christ. During the last year he has visited that land again, and was permitted to see some of the fruits of the seed there sown. He referred to this Society as the pioneer in the glorious work in that land. He alluded to the persecuted Christians who were driven out from the Island of Madeira, and who, under the leadership of Dr. Kalley, came to this country, and found friends and helpers in the "American & Foreign Christian Union.”Through the agency of this Society, they were sent out and located in Illinois. Since that time Dr. Kalley has gone to Brazil, and is there preaching the Gospel, aided by nine Missionaries of those persecuted Portuguese who found a home at the West. The speaker then made an eloquent appeal in behalf of Brazil, and urged upon the Society and upon all Christians present not to overlook or forget that land-with a territory larger than the whole of these United States, containing a population of eight millions-that great Valley of the Amazon, which could take in its bosom the whole Valley of the Mississippi, and have a hundred thousand square miles left!

The assembly then united in singing the doxology, "Praise God from whom all blessings flow," after which the benediction was pronounced by the President.

The Society then came together, and elected a Board of Directors for the incoming year-passed a vote of thanks to Dr. Sprague for his excellent and appropriate Sermon, and requested a copy of the same, to be published under the direction of the Executive Committee.

The Society also passed a vote of thanks to the several speakers for the important aid they had rendered the Society on the present occasion. The Board then adjourned to meet on the 21st of May at the Society's Rooms.

The Annual Report, which we give in full, commencing on the next page, was adopted by the Board of Directors-a brief abstract only having been read at the Anniversary exercises. The information it con tains, we believe, will amply repay the perusal.

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