The daily gazette., 1879-10-23
FIRST EDITION
synod Of Baltimore.

session soon after O'Clock yesterday af
tcrnOon.
The discussion of the report of the
committee Oh Foreign Missions was re-
snm,d.
Rev. DIR. Smith, of Baltimore gave no.
ticc HAT the editor ofthe Baltimore Pres |
byferidn would PRINT the port or such |
part of it as the synod may .sl to have
published, without charge.
President Purnell, Of Newark College,
thought it would not be desirable to re-
fleet on the work of women in the For
eign Missions, in any way.
DIR. Smith made motion 20 strike out
of the report such portions as referred to
the work Of woman in this particular
sphere.
Rev. G.. j. Porter of Newark, suggest
ed that the report be recOmmtted.
Mr.. Fulton, the chairman of the com
mittee on Foreign Mission work, said he
thought the members were laburing un
der dclusion AS to the real intent OF the
portion of the report had been proposed
to speak out. The Synod has not the
necessary fairness 10 roilduct its sa,sin-
sss' Ssiore p" IT IT. IS 'fe"9Ff'r's"sf''sss"' 'e"9Ffrs f''sss"
Mr.. Fulton, at mcubels rcques',
made the Objectionable portion OF the
| report. 1t noted the real increase of col
lections made by nht Wpman's Miss on
AIRY Society, anlibeld pla tAe pepic ion
that the wofiahs bIahck wonM IN time
do AL the work, the order in the other
branches dying out in proportion to the
| increase Of the womans society. IL
showed, by $, at sites that the Iucleasc tor
the past four years was S46,00o in the
collections made by the woman's branch,
and that there was corr, spending de-
crease in the other, colIectons. The
committee thought tile work ought 10 be
united, aud die SnJscblet proceed no
further
Mr. Fulton explained that there was
no intention to rcicc. Oh the ladies'. IL
the thing went on as il was now doing,
the field would s,idlf bsotrup ksf } hti Fe ~
nv Them. n TWsiIGAJ sgOuIn
DIR. Smith was convinced that he could
not vote for il.
Mr. Gusts, of Washington, supported
the report. flj ..'. ..r'H.
DR.. LAFAYETTE Marks only had one OBJ
lection to make. An expression It cQntaln-
ed in measure censllred tire ladies'. lie
would vote for it if it was stri ken out.
". i
| be amended easily, and OH his motion 1t
was committed back to the committee for
amendment.
Rev. A. b. Cross was much opposed to
any reflection on the ladi S. They were
doing great work, If the report could
be- amended lie hoped II wOni'l be.
Rev. W. V. Louder bough did not lhlnR
the report would be the least obstacle III
| a. ln.l nd
thought that flie atiiesfi notknow low
to disperscthe money p' ope-fy:
; Judge Drake then made IA long speech
in which he denounced that portion o
!, report which reflec ed upon the strenuous
4 efforts made by tle ladies'. y r.
/ Mr. Fulton reiterated the statement
he had made and said that no inlentioha
s reflection could be found.
Dir. Backlis wanted the facts thought
; fully considered AID held tliat no evl
4 results could come fom tue reeegpt o. tn'
report without amendhdah 1t aske'
il the Synod TO do nothing. lie argue'
v that there was a great difficulty III TIN
mission work and the report wouiu III
great measure have tendency TO Drlil'
;. about reform. q nH g. as$s-1
Rev NsB. D,Eval wasin favor Of rec
= Commenting and having it modified
II Some of the statements were Too mars
is aud he thought it would have Delle
eff ct if they v ere erased. g7~9.J, = "a
n The discussion lad how contlnuea io
.e two hours and dufnEl the me fqqilet
II number of motions had been nieae an
r not acted upon, and good bit o1 ea
parliamentary practice INDUCED IN.
~ Elder f. IL Taylor offered =, fesoi.'
le ton instrucing the committee 10 str'k
j. out all in reference to the woman 5 i'i'
i'd sion work that tended to discourage It,
=! The question on his was put ahd cal
Dr tied by a standing vote of Al to ~.
T. Rev. j Il. Smith chairman OF the con
n mittee on Systematic Benevolenee rea
10 lie repo-t of the committee. 1t was
Ne very ,ufayorable one, and held that I'll
ne whole matter had been failure
he supplementary report contained Ilie 10
H. low Mjuu: The Synod numbers 129 churci'
IT, and Is, ,S:,2 members. Its conlrlo'ilio'
he for the wear ending April lst, 1879, wei
Sl5,S74 to foreign missions; $lZ,oZo
domestic missions S2,JGO to tiie Doai
of Education S5.S5 to the Board OF Ful
lication; $2S,957 for church erectioiis
ed Sl.Sl6 to the relief fund; Ssl9 to I'll
~ FIeedmen; 81 lG to the eSu,tenlaiion I.ih'
!al SI.Ol3 to the General Assembly; Sloe
he 9oS r congregational purposes; Sl3,o.
"a. for miscellaneous purposes. Njne OF u
a' churches of the Presbytery OF Baltlmor
IS eicht of The Presbytery Of New Cas'i'
Is three of the Presbyiery Of RIO Janelr
81 and two of the Presbytery of Washln
it- ton. contribute to all the boards; OF u
is, remaining l3D churches of the Synod :
M Dive nothing to the boards, and the re
III contr. butte to one or more. In lhe pre-
in .nt wear the contributions to all OBJ c
OF have fallen of SSG0,679 compared WI
-" 1874. ,,. ,;
4 The report dealt at some myth WI WI
81 the subject of the general WORK OF =, =,
committee, and recommended that u
his committee be disbanded and a new cor
cry mittee differently constituted be appoii
ed Also, a number OF recommehaat o
ing were embodied in the report, reiefri'
zen to the committees work.
IN The moderator appointed the to'lo,
dt inc committee in accordance WIN u
,er nr0yisions of the foregoing TO nom'ha
sell persons for the committee Dr. no"
ere nr. Marks and Prof. Purnell.
-, The committee on education report
.r. through Rev. John Chester, ~ CAM
IN. d ties for the minislery, 8 white ana
tee colored, under the charge OF the sever
ery Presbyteries of the Synod. vi ,he'
re- thirteen receive help from the boa'