* * * * * THIRTY-SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. The American Missionary Association held its Thirty-second Anniversary in the Broadway Congregational Church, Taunton, Mass., commencing October 29, 1878. President Edward S. Tobey called the Association to order at three P. M. Rev. Edward H. Merrill, D. D., of Ripon, Wis., conducted the devotional service, reading selections from the Scriptures, and leading in prayer. Rev. Leverett S. Woodworth, of Campello, Mass., was elected Secretary, and Rev. Samuel Harrison, of Pittsfield, Assistant Secretary. The President appointed the following Nominating Committee: Rev. Lyman S. Rowland, Rev. George M. Boynton, Rev. Thomas K. Fessenden and J. E. Porter, Esq. Rev. George M. Boynton presented the Annual Report of the Executive Committee. On motion, the report was accepted, and its various portions referred to appropriate committees. The report of the Treasurer was presented by Henry W. Hubbard, Esq., Assistant Treasurer, and was referred to the Committee on Finance. The Committee on Nominations reported the following list of committees: 1. _Committee of Arrangements._--Rev. Mortimer Blake, D. D., Rev. Morton Dexter, Rev. E. S. Atwood, Chas. H. Atwood, Esq., Dea. E. H. Reed, H. B. Palmer, Esq., Rev. T. T. Richmond. 2. _Committee on Business._--Rev. S. M. Newman, Rev. C. L. Woodworth, Eleazer Porter, Esq. 3. _Committee, on Nominations._--Rev. Lyman S. Rowland, Rev. George M. Boynton, Rev. Thos. K. Fessenden, Dea. Edwin Talcott. 4. _Committee on Finance._--Hon. E. H. Sawyer, A. S. Barnes, Esq., A. L. Williston, Esq., Geo. H. Corliss, Esq., S. D. Smith, Esq., Hon. Rufus Frost, Abiel Abbott, Esq. 5. _Committee on Moral and Religious Education_ (especially among colored women of the South).--Rev. H. P. DeForrest, Rev. C. D. Barrows, Rev. Albert H. Heath, Rev. Henry Hopkins, Rev. I. C. Thatcher, Rev. E. W. Allen, Rev. Geo. A. Tewksbury. 6. _Committee on Normal and Higher Education in the South._--Rev. Wm. W. Adams, D. D., Rev. J. W. Wellman, D. D., Rev. Frederick Alvord, Rev. E. H. Merrill, D. D., Rev. H. J. Patrick, Rev. R. K. Harlow, Rev. Calvin Cutler. 7. _Committee on Church Extension in the South._--Rev. Edward Strong, D. D., Rev. Wm. L. Gaylord, Rev. A. H. Plumb, Rev. A. E. Winship, Rev. D. O. Mears, Rev. O. T. Lanphear, D. D., Rev. M. Burnham. 8. _Committee on Chinese Missions in America._--Rev. E. S. Atwood, Rev. E. H. Byington, Rev. G. R. W. Scott, Rev. J. D. Kingsbury, Rev. Charles B. Sumner, Rev. Henry M. Grout, D. D., Rev. J. M. Bell. 9. _Committee on Indian Missions in America._--Hon. A. C. Barstow, Rev. Geo. F. Wright, Rev. Cyrus Richardson, Col. Franklin Fairbanks, B. C. Hardwick, Esq., Rev. A. P. Marvin, Rev. Franklin P. Chapin.