Excerpt from Sixty-Fifth Annual Report of the Board of Domestic Missions, of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, in the United States of America: Presented May, 1867 It appears from the report of the Board that the year which it represents has been, in many respects, a year Of more than ordinary interest and activity on the part Of the Officers and missionaries of the Board. The amount of funds disbursed has exceeded that of any former year by a very large per centage, The number of mission aries receiving support in whole or in part from the funds of the Board is 626, an excess Of 87 over the number aided the preceding year. By these missionaries the gospel has been preached in thirty two States and Territories; 76 churches have been organized, and 6060 persons gathered into the fold of Christ. Of these, 3676 were received on profession of their faith, and 2484 on certificate from other churches. The whole number of members connected with the churches aided by the funds of the Board exceeds and during the year more than children have been taught in 481 Sabbath schools. It is a matter for profound gratitude and thankfulness to God that. This most important agency of the Church has been enabled to supple ment, in a most substantial manner, the salaries Of its missionaries, thus strengthening the hands and encouraging the hearts Of those earnest and self-denying labourers in the vineyard of the Master, and at the same time to extend its efforts to other and hitherto unoccupied fields. On these labours the blessing of God has been largely poured out many churches have been greatly revived, and more than usual have become self-sustaining and have taken their place in the list of contributing churches. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.