, 1881-05-22
RELIGIOUS.
Saturdays Proceedings Of the Baptist
Foreign Missionary Union at;
f. Indianapolis. H.: -
The Northern Presbyterian Cen
e.era1 Assembly at Buf-
xts
Tbs Southern Presbyterian General As:
/. . sembly at staunton; Va.
= BAPTIST MISSIONS,

-c<- BAPTIST MISSIONS. :s.:'
Special Di,natea to The Chicago 1ttb,ns -.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 2L-This morning
the Baptist Foreign Missionary Union be9an it.
! seventeen annual meeting: The fenture Of the
day was the address Of the Nev. George Dana
Roaranlan. D. D., pastor of the First Baptist
Church, Philadelphia The desire to hen,
and sec the wcll-known gentleman attracted
q large congregation Mt an early hour. Besides
being the son of George Dams. Boardman, flrs1
missionary to Karcns, and stcpson Ut tho saIutct
Adoniram Judson, the Buru1ah missionary.
whose work will be remembered rs long lis the
| Christian Church cndurcs, DR.. Bonrdmar
I has n high personal reputation u;
| preacher and platform speaker, and
| his address this niorning was IN effort worthy
| Of the great cause with the interests of which
! be Is SO Intimately associated. DR.. Blackburn
introduced hin, in a very happy manner, pre-
| scntlng him tho chair of Dr.JuGsor. on bchal;
Of the Union. To this the Doctor replied thut be
hardly knew which was the fgrcater honor, to
| occupy the chair OF the Presidency of this
sootety. or the chair of Adontram Judson. He
! thanked the Society for that honor, comparing:
srse aaaress a. s a0na Was :1sehH8s aIshe Cd
qefrrcd aaa the t11 l4 Of
heroic struggles in foreign lields: The life Of
the foreign missionary has no longer the rn-
appreciate their sacrifices and bravery. liz
referred s,s,es1, :, IT,, t9 The ll5le company of
vice touching the welfare of these missionaries.
These, too. not less than tho brethren o1l tho
foreign i,eids, deserve , our BLESSING Thu problem.
| the Executive Committee and the missionaries
Gans gf EfSAt 2 1as
grave responsibilities and lurgc discretion; on
the other hand, intelligent missionaries who
nas; hass peculiar advantages Of .t discerning lie
s0''a best ss'onaeS tho fPp"R9s Roskas
ff rs 'esss s ts ! s is sSt ayt psssS5
sacrif,ee Of Ito Io referred 70 tie exposures
of tho missionaries in grnve terms, Second,
Mest S,s gh Tbz tho m.ssionsa sas
y the Gnasoh's VI yieas az p. i'!Sstrased + by
are members Of ono body. Fourth; even Il
IL aeae se @ ND e na % oS;es 81 jS icy e
The: following committees were then ap-
On Arrangpments-Thc Rev Henry Day, D. D.,
the Rey J. n. Clarke, the Rev. G. Il: Elgi,, i: F.
iohifsn ta Rev j. T. .1 denpurs q 81 nasna,
tho Rev. j. N. Rittner Of rcunsylyania, tue itev.
A:G Asi Urban n. Of Massachusetts C. b. Parsons of
on Raes of Meettng-The Rev. ?: 6: Corey,
D. D., of New York; tho Rev. A. N. Bacon, OF
fnS % FcsSe e ASxsr of fsq of thf E. x
Tresher, Of Ohio; ": REownson, ESQ.,, Of Penn
syIya9aia; the ,!d Hon + e, VI Ne Newman o5 lowa
of Maine; sS the kew j. r. B. BracSeit, D s., q
Massachusetts,: the Rev: G.. u. Stone, D., D.. Of
Tors; the Rev: " c Marsh. Il: Of Sew fsrsey
Rage RaKsg Of BS%9 %sst Of vxns aa ReS the Y EE u
n Il
stone, Of Indiana, Prot. E. oiney. Of
Michigan: F. Goodman. ESQ, Of 1lltnois; tho
Powell, Of Wisconsin: the Kev.J. 9: iIoblts, OF
MINNESOTA; the Rev. ". Harris, OF Missouri; tho
nes :; Asktpso OF kansas; te ey $
COLORADO: the Rev: y: J: Crawford. of Oregon.
bareS d 6ho G. &
gan: E: q Atkins. Of indiann; E. t. He,,strom,
.? New YORK.; J. Tirrell, Of massachusetts; H.
On Missions in Burmah and Assam-The Rev.
Mass D. n Of I'll ind;ana; Ra l. The lo H. - 5sms we
tho Rev. l., D. Carpenter, OF Iowa.
oa China ana Japanthe ,,ny5;t Key J. Fh1mas
m Tue Tic Nev. r 8. Doa5Ins. I 81 Of pcnnsyisala; II. ".
Hammond, Of Michigar; tho Rev. II. Z. Conant.
of Massachusetts.
chusetts; the Rev. 1. 4. Newhall, Of Sladras;
tbe Rev. ". T. G. Khoadcs OF Ohto:. the Rev E.
f. + E I 5amsso2 9a Of Neoraskn; tho Rev: J. Cor
On Europe--The Rev; George G. ,Leriu,er, Of |
Illinois; the Roy. r. S. Macarthur, Of New York; |
the Rev. H. F. Colby, Of Ohio; the Rev. H. N.
On Afriea~Rov. G. W. Gnrriner, of s1nss.; the !
Hey +: S. Henson. Of PennsFlvanta; tho Rey.:!,
i Brawley, ,' Of + south Carolina; tho Rev. VI. Il.
Brnoks, Of louisiana.
;, The Rev. J. y: Murdoch, D. D, Corresponding
report, which shows that' the Whole amount paid
into tho treasury eI 1,om n, q al sources ,!9f7
the current 95 t'o Eear and the debt
s9 the sea! a yeHr ;s vssrs s1Ss The @
IS follows: poeaons s from eos ehorehs
sunday schools, ana individuals sl6gbS5:2s;
egaeies s. ~ lo nv Womns hap5is1 Mtssioo-
sionary Society Of tho West, sli,sS7:Sy; wom-
ans Society Of tho Paclic Coast, S71l2o; mis-
:ellnneous sources, sao,56s;44 The The field
:eived eGsa i" iacudes about 1:95.ooo. Daptists
The sums expended were as follows: For,y-four
,ent in Telugu work. thres-t!fths Of ! par cent
4 Siam, Is per cent In China, 70 per cent
i Japrn. sM l'er cent in Europe, i. per cent
'one t. expenses @ ;i TScre are eonaeetcd With tho
missions in Asia 30 stations, 10 married mis-. |
tOnnrteS+ unmarried men, ana 40 Hn|ltuTr1eA
Women, including willows Of mission
lries. In Asia and Europe there
ire LOGS churches and 1,105 native
The baptisms in the whole field, 50
ar as reported during tho year, were 9.l4a and
he number of members in the church is 81 ,..s2
Tho last three items are incomplete Full 1e-~
,orts would considerably increase them.
DR.. Jameson, missionary to tho Rasselns, In
surrnah, then addressed the meeting. He re-
nted the progress Of Tue missionary work in his
eld. stating that the controlling po*er Of
Buddhism is an, almost invinclble Oh
tacIe to Christian work there. Hc
1as followed by DR.. Burchet, or NinKpoo+
hna1 on t'Medtcal missionary Works
or the Chinese -; by the Rev. !. \: AeWhAli, OF
ndlana on the "Telugu Mission; and by the
tey w. II. Roberts, Of Northern Burulah, on |
Work among the Kuh Khyieus-.. At the CON
luson of tho meeting the Nev.T. Dewitt Tai !
laKe who was in tho audience, was called upon !
Or remarks, and responded briefly.
REFORMED CHURCH. J.,
CLEVELAND, O., May 21.--At the morning scs-
on Of tho General Synod Of the Reformed
hurch at Tiflin, To-day, the Rev. J. 3. .Kriesr
sud a report on the office Of Deaconess, during
hfch he earnestly Advocated its restoration.
DR.. Apple had no sympnthy with wornan's
ehts, as advocated In modern times, such as