Excerpt from Address of the Board of Missions Acting Under the Authority of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, on the Subject of Auxiliary Missionary Societies and Missionary Associations, to the Churches The missionary business, in our Church, has been gradually increasing in extent and importance. It has proved highly beneficial to the Presbyterian interest, and greatly instrumental in promoting the common cause of Christianity. A person duly acquainted with the history of the church In this country, beholds with delight flourishing Churches, important Presby teries, and even Synods, now spreading the influence of religion and maintaining the ordinances of the gos pel in regions, where not many years ago scarce a house of worship was seen, and where only the voice Of solitary missionaries was occasionally heard, while they were hastily passing over their extensive fields oflabour. 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.