The Missionary Herald Volume 40 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1844 Excerpt: ... for colportage, and #4,382 78 for foreign distribution. The expenditures have been as follows: for paper, printing, and binding, #57,987 10; for colporteur operations, #15,011 15; for foreign distribution, 20,000; for other expenses, #15,77659. The gratuitous distributions have been as follows: for foreign lands, 1,659,816 pages; for ships, canals, rivers, etc., 1,137,957; for domestic missionaries, 759,000; for auxiliary societies, 2,149,052; for colporteurs and agents, 10,948,982; for sabbath schools and various institutions, 1,119,189; delivered to members and directors, 3,541,125; total, 24,315,121 pages. The whole number of volumes printed during the yearwas217,000; of publications,5,536,000; of pages, 96,118,000. The whole number of volumes circulated during the year, was 195,480; of publications, 4,937,684; of pages, 91,471,456. The whole number of volumes circulated in nineteen years has been 2,118,886; of publications, 73,340,753; of pages, 1,391,325,967. There have been in the service of the society during the past year, 73 colporteurs, --including S3 Germans and Frenchmen, --and 29 additional laborers. These were dispersed over 27 states and territories. Addresses were delivered by the President, Prof. Stowe of Lane Seminary, Dr. Morris of Baltimore, and Rev. T. S. Malcom of Louisville, Kentucky. AMERICAN HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY. The eighteenth anniversary of this Society was held in the Broadway Tabernacle, New York, May 8, Rev. Henry Dwight, President, in the chair. Rev. Mr. Badger, one of the Secretaries, read the report. The balance in the treasury, April 15,1843, was $2,58902; the receipts of the succeeding twelve months amounted to #101,90499. The amount due to Missionaries, April 15, 1843, was #9,60840; and # 106,832 12 have since bec..