to fill the place in the Board of Managers vacated by the decease of the late Rev. S. H. Cone, D. D.; who subsequently reported that W. Hillman, Esq., of N. Y., was duly elected. Adjourned till 7 1-2 o'clock this evening.

THURSDAY EVENING, 7 1-2 o'clock.

The Union met according to adjournment.

Rev. J. L. Hodge, D. D., of N. J., offered prayer.

The annual sermon was preached by the Rev. R. W. Cushman, D. D., of Mass., from Heb. 12:28, 29: "Wherefore we receiv ing a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace whereby we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and godly fear;For our God is a consuming fire." After the sermon a collection was taken for the Missionary Union, amounting to $100.05.

After singing the doxology, and benediction by Dr. Cushman, the Union adjourned.

FRIDAY, MAY 16, 10 o'clock, A. M.

The Union met, and prayer was offered by Rev. J. C. Harrison, of Pa.

The journal of yesterday was read and approved.

The resolution offered yesterday by Dr. Chadsey, was taken from the table, and after a full and protracted discussion, in which by vote the speakers were limited in time to five minutes each, was adopted.

Adjourned. Prayer was offered by Rev. J. Dowling, D. D., of N. Y.

FRIDAY, 2 1-2 o'clock, P. M.

The Union convened. Prayer was offered by Rev. R. Jeffery, of N. Y.

The Committee to designate a place for the next annual meeting and to nominate a preacher, reported through their chairman, Hon. A. Colby, and the report was adopted.

REPORT.

The committee appointed to designate a place of meeting and to nominate a preacher for next year, respectfully report:

That, having no positive invitation for the next meeting from any quarter, they recommend the reference of this subject to the Executive Committee.

The Committee unanimously nominate the Rev. N. Colver, of Ohio, as preacher for next year, and Rev. Wm. H. Shailer, D. D., of Maine, as the alternate.

The Rev. Dr. Turnbull, of Ct., offered the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted.

Resolved, That the document passed upon at the last annual

meeting in Chicago, and approved in the Report of the "Committee of Reference" the present session, touching the relations of the Union and its missionaries, particularly that portion of it which refers to the authority vested in the Executive, was never intended in any way to deprive the missionaries of that position of brotherly and ministerial equality which lies at the basis of our ecclesiastical polity, or the right of consultation and concurrence in relation to all proposed changes in the nature and distribution of their work, as recognized by past usage, and secured in the rules prepared by Dr. Judson to which all the missionaries have set their names.

The reports referred to the Union, on the subjects of Finances and Publications, by the Board of Managers, were read and adopted.

Abstracts of the reports of the Treasurer and the Executive Committee, were also presented and accepted.

The Rev. A. H. Stowell, of R. I., presented the following resolution; which was adopted.

Resolved, That the thanks of this Union be, and are hereby, tendered to the Rev. Robert W. Cushman, D. D., for the able, comprehensive, and valuable sermon delivered before this body, and that a copy be requested for publication under the direction of the Executive Committee.

It was, also,

Resolved, That the cordial thanks of this body are hereby tendered to the Baptist church in Oliver Street, and other Baptist churches and citizens in New York, Brooklyn and vicinity, for the ample accommodations which they have provided for the meetings of the Union, and for the enlarged hospitality with which they have welcomed its members to their houses and homes.

Resolved, That the thanks of the members of this Union are due, and are hereby cordially tendered, to the Hon. Geo. N. Briggs, of Mass., for the kind, courteous, prompt and dignified manner in which he has again discharged the duties of its Presi dent.

After some most appropriate and interesting remarks by the President, prayer was offered by Rev. J. Barnaby, of Mass., and the Union adjourned sine die.

GEO. N. BRIGGS, President.

W. H. SHAILER, Recording Secretary.

FINAL MEETING OF THE BOARD.

NEW YORK, MAY 16, 1856.

The Board of Managers, after the adjournment of the American Baptist Missionary Union, held a meeting according to the requirement of the constitution, at which the following members were present:

In the absence of the Chairman, Rev. G. S. Webb was appointed Chairman pro tem., and Rev. Wm. H. Shailer, D. D., Secretary pro tem.

Rev. J. L. Hodge, D. D., and Rev. R. C. Mills were appointed tellers.

The Board having balloted for Chairman and Secretary, the following persons were declared elected.

Hon. IRA HARRIS, LL. D., Chairman.

Rev. HENRY DAY, Recording Secretary.

The Rev. S. Dyer, Rev. S. J. Drake, Rev. E. Lathrop, D. D., Rev. T. D. Anderson, Rev. H. Miller, Rev. A. S. Train, D. D., and D. Sanderson, Esq., were appointed to nominate an Executive Committee, Corresponding and Home Secretaries, Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer, and an Auditing Committee.

The following resolution, offered by J. W. Merrill, was adopted: Resolved, That a Committee of three be raised to take into consideration what, if any, means can be devised to secure annually a larger amount of funds to the treasury of the Union, that we may be able to send into the field all the men whom God shall call to go.

J. W. Merrill, E. Cauldwell and D. R. Barton were appointed such Committee.

The report on the Kemmendine property, presented to the old

Board, and referred by it to the new, was taken up and read; when it was

Resolved, That the Chair nominate two members who shall present the names of five laymen, in or near Boston, to whom, on their having been appointed by the Board, shall be referred this report and the whole subject involved in it; and that the Board empower and instruct the Executive Committee to take such action on the entire subject as such Committee shall recommend.

Rev. E. Bright and Rev. R. C. Mills, appointed to nominate this committee, presented the following names.

Hon. Richard Fletcher and Gardner Colby, Esq., Boston, James Upton, Esq., Salem, Daniel Sanderson, Esq., Brookline, and J. W. Merrill, Esq., Cambridge.

The nomination of these brethren was confirmed by the Board.

The committee to nominate an Executive Committee and other officers having reported, the Board proceeded to ballot, and the following persons were chosen :

The salaries of the Secretaries and Assistant Treasurer were fixed as on the last year.

The benediction was then pronounced by the Chairman, and the Board adjourned to meet on the Tuesday preceding the next annual meeting of the Union.

G. S. WEBB, Chairman pro tem.

HENRY DAY, Recording Secretary.

FORTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT.

MR. CHAIRMAN:

The missionary year, whose labors and results the Board of Managers has met to pass under review, is distinguished from the previous one in no respect more signally than by its freedom from the ravages of death among the laborers in the foreign field. At the last annual meeting, you were called upon to deplore the departure of five missionaries and two female assistants, some of whom had won renown by long and faithful services. To-day you are informed that not one missionary has fallen, and only one female assistant, since your last convocation. Mrs. E. D. Meeker of the Shawanoe Mission passed from the conflicts of earth to the repose of heaven, in March of the present year.

It is in the home field, principally, that death has sought and found his victims; and among these are numbered some of your most honored and dearly cherished names. Rev. Spencer H. Cone, D. D., present with you at Chicago, and taking a leading part in your proceedings, is not here to-day. In mid-summer he was smitten with paralysis, a second attack of which proved fatal the last week in August. His death was announced to the Execu tive Committee while engaged in its regular session on the 28th of that month-on the very day when the Committee of Reference, of which the deceased was a member, commenced its sittings in the Missionary Rooms. At a subsequent date, the Executive Committee caused to be placed upon record "an expression of their sorrow at an event which has deprived them of a tried friend and faithful coadjutor, and bereft the Baptist denomination of one of the firmest and most consistent supporters. He had scarcely commenced public service as a preacher of the gos pel, when he zealously identified himself with the Foreign Mission enterprise, and, for nearly forty years, he was officially connected with the organization which this Committee has the honor to serve. During three successive terms, of three years each, he was the President of the General Convention, and in that office, by his dignity, amenity and impartiality, he won largely the respect and esteem of his brethren. Earnestly and uniformly devoted to the cause, he freely gave to it time, thought, personal service, and fervent prayer. Equally the friend of both the home.