The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-05-26

In the Old School assembly on Mon.
i day the Moderator announced the following
committee on the subject of correspondence
| with the Southern Assembly, viz. Rev. A. A.
E. Taylor, Rev. DR.. Musgraye, and Rev
Robert Hayes, and the Elders Rice, Brown
and Combs.
Rev. DR.. l.. Atwater, Chairman Of the
| Committee on the Report OF the Board of
Publication, read the report OF that commit.
tee, exhibiting the condition Of that branch
Of the operations OF the churches. This T, q.
| port shows n total Of $3.50 new publica-
tionsi 4SS,7l0 volumes distributed. The
cash received from the sale Of books, tracts
and periodicals has been s125,047.43. The
balance In the treasury at the end Of the
year Is sl4, S20.l3. The receipts for copor-
tage and distribution during the year have
S4I, the expenditures In this direction having
exceeded the receipts by s25s.12.
Inc Rev. DR.. VIM. Z. Schonck, secretary
oil the board Of publication, made an inter-
estlng statement Of the operations aud aims
OF tho board. He said the board had en-
ployed l55 colporteurs during the year. They
wished to enlarge this branch of their oper-
ations. They wished also to do more among
the freedmen. Many Of their books and
tracts are exactly suited to these people, and
they wished to use every avenue of useful
| ness among them. The board had also given
many valuable books to domestic mission
aries and other ministers In the far West, 10
whom they will be useful. He asked IL the
Church would not give the board CSC, 900 the
present yearl They needed il, and If the
churches felt proper interest In the work,
it can easily be done. The report was taken
up and considered ssridtipi.
The Rev. DR.. Newlln, chairman Of the
Committee on the Report of the Board Of
Church Extension. read the report OF that
committee. The report OF this arm Of the
operations of the church presents the follow
ing interesting facts
The receipts were nearly $4,000, or more
than p Per cent; beyond those of any previous
was ,0i3, or 6s more than in the preceding l2
months. The average grants OF the Board In.
creased from ti3s to $500, or nearly 10 per cent.
churches asked for aid TO the amount Of al.
800 IS, averaging nearly s5Ip to each church.
Il to the III applications lied during the year
there be added those undlsposed OF April
1865, 1t will appear that the board actually had
before II during the year under review, appli.
cations from 2j6 churches, calling for tlb0.7i3-
number and amount larger than during any
previous year In its history, There remained
on Tile on April l, 1850, awaiting the receipt
Of further Information, applications from 80
churches, calling for ss3, 100.
Appropriations were made during the year
| 10 100 churches named In the appendix. The
amount granted to these churches was s55,.
| church. One hundred and nine churches
during the year drow their Appropt iAtions,
| amounting to go, 1889.
| The balance appropriated and unappropria.
ted on hsnd April J, 1865, was sIl, DOS 30. The
| receipts from April !. 1885, 10 April /, lSf9,
were sGJ,0Js.63. The entire amount OF the
funds Of the Board during the year was there.
| fore slOI,3)7lG. From the treasurcr's report
| In the appendix u appears that the expend.
/ lures were sjj,3Gs0T. The balance which
should he in the treasury April l. ls6q is there
fore AZ gJD 90. Presented in the usual tabular
form, the financial condition OF the Board at
April |, lsOJ, was this, viz:
Pledges already giyeu................S33 $1,000 %
Applications filed that must be acted
on as soon as the required infOrma.
tlon is furnished .................... $500 %