Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-05-22
Minnesota State sunday-scnoo. Con-

Minnesota State sunday-Schoo1 Com
UentiOH.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
W1NoNA, May 21.-The State Sunday
school convention met at the Methodist
church this evening, about one hundred dele
gates being present. The address of well
come was delivered by Rev. w. D. Thomas,
of the Presbyterian church of this city.
The regular business of the convention be-
gins tomorrow.
Wisconsin Sunday School association.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.l
MADISON, Wis, May 21.-The twentieth
annual session of the Wisconsin Sunday
School association closed its labors to-
night, and adjourned. The en-
rollment committee reported at the
morning session 235 delegates, representing
II schools. The following officers were
elected for the year: President, Elihu Col
man, Fond du Lac; secretary, E. G. Durant,
Racine; treasurer, E. E. Burtly, La Crosse.
This afternoon addresses were given by
President Whitford on "Sunday school work
as an evangelizing agency by Rev. DR..
Corwin, of Jacksonville. Tonight an adj
dress of much power was delivered by Presi
dent Merrill, of Ripon college, followed by
been very we'll attended, and much interest
in Sunday schools manifested.
The Saratoga Assembly.
SARATOGA, May 21.-At the opening of
the Presbyterian General assembly to-day the
report on foreign missions was the special
order of the day. Receipts for the year,
$429,631; expenditures, $441 1884; deficit,
$15,2C3, which, added to the debt last year,
makes the present debt $G2,532. Expenses
reduced at home and abroad at the beginning
of the year, $25,OOO. The income must be
increased or work contracted. Fortunately,
within few months the large requests of a
we'll known lady becomes available, which
will remove the debt.
MISSION WORK.
The force of ordained mlssioners at pres
emit: Indian tribes, 3; Chinese in California,
2; in China, 8; Siam, 2; Laos, 3; India,
4, Persia, 6; Syria, Siberia, Chill, Mexico,
each.
Among the Indian tribes there are 1851
communicates, the majority being Nez
Perces. In Mexico there are Two missions,
the northern with churches and $50
communicates and the southern with 81
places of meeting, % church organizations
and 3,O1O communicates. The mission at
Bagodo is hourishing. Brazil has Is churches
and 955 COMMITMENTS, 140 being added last
year. Contributions here $2,533. In Chill
the missionaries are subject to much perse-
cution, yet still have churches with 200
communicates. Western Africa, 2 missions.
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stations and 25A commu nicants, the latter
8 churches, 355 communicates and schools.
Syria is in very satisfactory condition;
working force 14O, churches II, preaching
places &C, communicates ZIG. In Persia
there are 1S native pastors, IS preachers,
$500 communicates; contribution from here
1852. In India there are missions; Lo-
diana has 13 churches, SOL communicates;
Furruk Habad, 19 churches, 318 members;
Koto Poor 3 churches, GO members there
are 10 schools with 500 boys and 1876
girls attending. Siam has churches. 1873
| members and several large schools. China,
Shontig station, working force SO, members
58S; Pekin, missionaries and helpers "a,
stations 81, members 1874; Canton, 30
missionaries and assistants, 80 melnb ers,
Churches have been established for the
Chinese at San Francisco, Oakland, Sacre-
mento and San Jose, and there are several
hundred church members and Sunday school
scholars. Great good has been done in Pa
pal Europe.
FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
SARATOGA, May 21.-At the afternoon SEES
sion of the assembly Rev. DR.. Wolcott Col
Inns, chairman of the special committee on
representation, read the report. He said ii
had been agreed to by large majority by
mutual concessions. It was to send an over
ture to the presbyteries to amend section 2
chapter IL, of the form of government, by
making it read, "each presbytery consisting
of not moro than forty-eight members shall
send one minister and one elder, and each
presbytery consisting of more than forty.
eight ministers shall send two ministers and
two elders, and in the like proportion fol
every forty eight minister's The section
makes twenty -four the basis of representa-.
ton instead of forty eight. After debate
the motion to lay the whole subject on thu
the table was defeated, 176 to 252.
Judge Drake moved to indefinitely post
pone tho whole subject. The assembly ad
journed without taking vote on Judge
brakes motion. The evening assembly wal
for addresses by foreign missionaries.