New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-05-25

however has option. Ii has been computed 10 uahe
fields II il IL be hoped that the retrenchnehI Will w
only temporary.
REPORT OF The STANDING COMMITTEE
The report Of he Standing Committee on Foreign MIS-
sions was read by tie Chairman. the Rev. Jonathan hd
wards d. d. when order OF the day was reached as
follows:
The Standing Committee Foreign Missions report
that they have examined the minutes OF the proceedhss
OF tho General Asseuibys Board of 70 eign bisS'os
and general report Ol tho work an Tor ts care OF t
Board to April 50 1876. being the thrty-nt1 year S6
Presbyory of Ncosha IN referonce TO me welfare Oh lot
mission work within their bonhds Ihoy nay aSy
held extended conferences WIN tue eAecuuvo -
the Board They have not been furnish'a. s s
with report or the omen b0aIu Oh iViols . 30 ~,
the 1leasuicrs report nor me annul Iro ~! ~ o
receipts in full Hence they VIII he compelled 20 preSgn'
serving of special emphasis. They remark
First That this Board OF the ProsOytoI Chutch w
the OF its work and the amount Of its yearly re-
ceipts an disbursements Is the cnlef missionary agency
Second: That with outlay for agencies and admins
traitors which has heretofore been shown To DE The lowest
OF all benevolent institutions, IL carries forward an
complicated and important. IL has ten great heius OF
mission work distributed through Mt all Che great d.
visions OF the eartn, and occupying between Two
and three hundred stations and oul-statIons. IL
supports nearly 900 persons In the administration OF
this work Its churches include 1857 members,
who have been regularly examined as to heir knOw1dSe
and pety and admitted 10 the Lords table ls schools
yield Christian education to $4,000 pupils III an us
mission fields this Board performs the WORK "leh E
Contains the Board Of Missions of sustrnation Elu-
cation OF Publication and Colporigc. and of Relief
besides That IL his tie care o. nhrosG ,in n naa
to work with refer nee to the overchanaS eVeifocuI
ring questions of finance and politics, well as religious
ihs Board long since acievedirs ofhe con
ndrnce and love Church. Gifts have poured into
is treasury prayers have asceud5d III iIS behalf Is
prcaly have similar boards been organized anlonS We.
men. and bands among yOut1. when nave greatly OK,
tended information, deve0ped sympathy and zcd, ana
enlarged the Boards resources This is bo'A maTveous
aud encouraging, but the WORK h"s grow upon ,ho
Boards hands even more niaiytlOusy III Necessity
that Of the Board should be yet more IN
average individual contribution which seems so piu,
only per week Tor this great cause iron each
baptized member. win Two CONS per Weeh IIoii o't
COMMUNICATE in our church, ought no" 10 DC
nave been found very valuable i'll the training of our
youth 10 missionary knowledge and sysenatc DeneNo
lence. should be Organized III every congregation
Womeu's Board sbOuld organized every Pcsby terry
PrcsDytencs from which inissionancs nave gone cut
should establish correspondence with those missionaries
IN order keen fresh and strong local interest III the
subject The Standing Commit should see that every
shoud be observed Inc Foreign, Missionary should DC
more wiCey circulated ANA sAOud eonti,hc !" We h-
tcrst monthly concert by series Of good articles
oi o', 'c n r-isid I'm un:i tie whols Cnnrch l. in
formed as doctrine AMI duty Cf foreign missions
uuth an xubit in the DJards report OF reec IS OF more
than 1000 cnuroues who givo nothing 10 foreign ils-
sions snail be AS mpos, lbe as Il is discrediable.
CONTRIBUTIONS during the IHst year from tie hNing
members OF the CHarch eXuetd Of any former year,
and the a reeaEe receps exceed the regular OUTLAY Of
the Board BY above $1,000, hoth oi when aIe Aeuihy
symptoms, winch the Committee are glad Ia bfeipct -
sgns OF promise that tie Church Iaeans to pay inc
Boards debt and strengthen tAe Boards WORK IHe
Commit recOmm nj TAFT this irlOft DC approved an"
that tne General Assembly resolve.
ThaI w'n ,y gG 1ee e. a pr sg ~ a D our Church
during one cen pry uow ,nlsheo aiu pa TX g w. , 49,
H. 1i asmuch Is Cod greatly Feir shed us and IN
cre.se. our Churcl duns present year by lie visitation
Of Hs Holy s.iri ana ln''i-e, a. ~ ~ -
treasury the hol are l'li "a 'Sn'a ~ ,aS 'y ar
notNitnsaniins she tines 81 lnialai tsno - ''.,
further tnat "a g. ~ ,"gs 5gy - Z,
al. Ifat Assembly ciil i'u4 IL ii'N
list and ourpe'Ple 10 beg lne" thS i1fn 81 tn'A1
rc.renchnent a1oiyIg Doih calamity an dss'oe
r. T. 30 ri Al, Instructed special attention 70
Their among tao Nortn Anegcau lniH inst 90 tail
mission si occupy ne~ sau9ns "a. .'ese apol ~. po
Tor Of whose VICES - Tor w.o-e i's,e eAI H
lll AM p'o pc are A gcy res ~, n'' pass away
- whereas Proposed trus the oversight 81 these
iR1.,1 pes \, nor - s Soa, and Hoase OF ReTs,a
yrs against ,na measure an1 protest as. oI si
10y winch wil be uuJas auu cruel
DISCUSSION ON TIE RrPnBr.
The Rev s. IT, Noon asked that tie statement that the
Board of For- ssons IN the oxtcnt OF IFS wOt. aud
the amount Of ~ receipts and Disbursements "as tAo
chief missionary enterprise OF America. SHOULD be read
again. said tha.t tie American Board Of Foreign
Missions carried larger woi% at "A less expense. II"
thought 1at statement should be thni the Pr"aby-
lerian Board was Of tie largest missionary enier
u,1ses ID Edwards replied thai the rcssOn Aai not
Deen used lightly boastfuily Tue Presbyterian mis-
sion work covered wider range Of territory than any
0JGer.
Tie Rev Dr. JOAN c. Lowrie. OF the corresponding
secroiics OF the Board, Then spoke Of the SaeelneSa
with which funds OF Board should be regarded
They should be carf1y husDandc he said and male to
70 as far as possible he also referred g TIE won lcfl
changes that hal taken place In the missionary WORN
within the memory Of many of the members % TIE As
srniaIy Great progress las been made under Ga. AL
Of truth "a various paris Ut toe worth William
RANKIN, the Iredsurer of L.e Bofd then made lHs To-"
iowiBS statements:
Reference w..s made The report Ia the fact that no
tretSusors report Dad been received There - sr"t'e
10 the annual report, "hch "s pao, Il ~ 'ir "Hl'', ="
tnis committee, the regular Treasures fc"ort ara =
copy the audited statement hDA 81 iaceipt' aHd cN
celpt, the yaous churches ana Suda, -scto'r does
abstract, Is that ttcfe "a, pen S!ea' c.nP.''n'
daring the lat year tIat tbe Jo4a. .'"n'
annual report OF the IcasII"T AM ILLS L"a '"NtI 'h
unusn;.i amour. OF abor whic r. 10" co'Titte anu TIC
adres ed exclusively 10 e uhincia rat OF Too report
1nc . easnier present" the % ia ai,nAi 'ei't :" ,p
Indebtedness 20 the close 81 NE year q! |''l0' 40
since reduced by special iuhd 10 n'ue res V,'n
$50 OOO. or $S.JJC less than 10 cue D'Eihi ihf
The deut woud have been more thah eAlhEhaird
VITA tAat * pended mission ncis. Al the eon"eure
lnent Oi HE ye.' piJ 900 was the estimated P;nHm 70
he n9J ,,r e0ld ana ~. estimate waa thcu actual
cost Inc rece,n.s 81 the Boafd Tor April ost we've
5I1O, OOU and I'D not uso Aalf Of II "a u"i month
Dt.!ng lac inst six nDutl- 81 tue last year our
entire receipts were sJ1,5UO. whio tie casa
Payments IA the same t'.he "o'o p ~,
Ia.Ie Is ~ the situation no "cca"'oh I"i
desl,on eucY know that the intecS "i tns eIliic
Church blessed Work vi ours Was never - ucN'
opcn a. now. o. 30 syhud~, 20 have made ai al
vance t.eir contributions. au 10 adoit "iI c"'h's
have contributed Ia tnib odrd Over INT number 'ni"cd
isl wear. Let draw cOuJdeace for the iutmc from
be fact that tie members % tue Church nave "a tHese
dark DAYS ryuced hb 'rIlCy IL tis cause usui passed.
I SINCE the great cTisIs Of l5IJ.
on motion Of tie Rev. Mr.. Moon, the Rev Mr Cal
houn then myiioi - address the assembly on This
topic. ia which he deeply Interested on account Of
his long experience "a missionary. Mr. Calhoun sid
MR.. MODERATOR, FRIENDS. AND BEEfHEES: The
APOSTLE JDun sad ~ retrrnre To the ahuidht wo4is
uttered ,y cur Lard aud amazing drrus Performed
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