The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-05-24
Chicago Presbyterian Assembly.

In the Presbyterian Assembly this
morning the Finance Committee reported
the receipts for the year ending April
LIST, 1877, ut $4O,7730s; expenditures,
$40, ,85983; balance $8,42l.G5. They es-
timate the expenses o! the coming year
To pay the debt tor salaries and for print
ing the minutes Ut 5000. They recon-
mended that the clerk have added To his
duties that Of the Treasurer Of the Gen.
eral Assembly, and that his salary be in
creased by a hundred dollars. The latter
proposition was adopted. The further
consideration OF the report was postponed
to take up the order Of the day.
The Committee on Correspondence re-
ported iavorably on a communication re.
Ceived from the Church in Canada and
Scotland, desiring friendly relations with
the Church in the United States.
The Committee on Publication reported
work of the board under the charge of
the Finance Committees, publishing peri
odicals, missionary business and auditing
the property of the former board and that
of the Publishing Committee have been
consolidated. A contract has been made
for q building TO cover the middle and
rear portion OF tho lots on Chestnut street,
Philadelphia at cost ol $5l 800. The
building Is In process OF erection and will
be called the Presbyterian House Of New
Publications; 1S bound volumes have
been issued; three 10 mo. tracts; one SO
mo. tract one series of Westminster sub.
bath school lessons, 20 Spanish, one -
mo. English and = German tracts of Tor
mer publications; 134,55O copies have
been retltted.
1t was recommended that the Rev. Mr..
Moore be requested to undertake the pre-.
paration Of q new digest OF the acts and
deliberations Of the supreme Judiciary of
the Presbyterian church from the year
1905 to date.
The whole circulation of the Sabbath
School Visitor, semi-monthly, for the year
has been 100000 copies monthly,
and that of the Monthly Record has been
100, 900 copies The book store sales for
the present year have amounted to $685..
1877, exclusive of sales by colporteurs, Of
whom 1870 have been in commission. The
Board are endeavoring rs fur as possible
to extend this work. The number OF vol.
umes sold by colporteurs during the year
amounted to 3S, ,470; number given away,
50595, besides 3l6,G23 pages of tracts.
The entire amount OF receipts paid into
the treasury during the year amounted to
$18,2l3,067; aggregate expenditures, $l9,.
607,O96 balance on hand at the end of
the year, $l1,76 Tho number of con.
tributing churches reported last year was
1915; this year, 1881. The Committee,
although not prepared to wholly exclude
the fictitious narrations from the list OF
the publishing house, deem II necessary
to express extreme caution as to the ten.
dency of such books, and the intention Is
to supplant these with much better books.
The following nominations to fill the va.
cancies in the Board, for three years from
May, 1871, are made: Rev. Alexander
Reed, D. D.; Rev. J. GriOr RAJ.
stone, D. D.; Rev. Il. W. Patterson, D. D.;
Rev. Thos. Murphy, Rev. Stephen W.
Dana, Rev. r. II. Allen, DID, Rev. VIM.
j. Ira, Rev. Jas. McCrOmel, DID, Rev.
George N. Mosgrove, John Sibler, Joseph
Young, II. i. Hodge, NJ. d., Z. A. Hutch.
ins, NJ d., w. i, Helburn, II. B, Lincoln,
and VIM. E. Daupt In conclusion the
committee recommended the following
resolutions: That the Board of Publishers
be recommended to prosecute with in.
creased energy the work OF distribution
by an efficient and economical system of
cOlpourtage under the direction of tho
General Presbyteries; that the BOArd
be authorized TO supply libraries for
each of our missionaries in foreign
fields rs fast as funds are available for
that purpose; that the Board be expected
to employ In the work entrusted to their
hands all honorable and proper measures,
tact and energy which arc used by other
publishing houses that the people of our
churches be urged to increase their llber.
ality towards the missionary department
Of this board, so that the means OF nau.
gurating the Sabbath School work and
increasing colpourtage and donations to
destitute pastors OF hepubllc church may
be supplied.
Pending the consideration Of the report
the convention adjourned till afternoon.