Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-07-07

ferred TO. on any branch or topic con
nected with the church. The object Is
also 10 offer To the church, for the bene
| fit of its members, data by which they
can ascertain and become fully inform
ed concerning the work that has been
done, and OF making a comparison with
that which other denominations are
doing or have done.
There is another new branch of work
! desire to notice, and deserves special
mention in our remarks this morning,
| and that has done more TO help on
this grand work than almost any other
during the last two years. refer to
Women's Missionary organization. |
do not mean that women never took
any interest before in missionary work
either Home or Foreign--by no means.
| They have always done all that WAS ex.
pected of them, both as to Home and
| Foreign missions. We are now but two
years from the time they organized what
is known as the Women's Home and
| Foreign Missionary Society. During
the first year they were scarcely organ.
| lied and during the last or second year
of their organization they have received
more money and have already done
more work than they themselves ex.
| pected to do in half dozen years.
| They have already schools in India,
| supported by their fund-have mis-
sionary Of their own in India. In their
organization they have laws and consti.
| tuition of their own by which the society
is governed. They have established the
| society and govern and support them.
selves in every particular. They have
accomplished a number of very impor
[ tant things which the church never
! before could undertake. They have
/ entered this work with zeal and en-.
| ergy that - bound to succeed, and hav.
I ing met with such wonderful success
[ in the FIRST two years of their existence,
we must encourage and uphold them
J for they are capable OF doing much
| good. Their work il conducted in the
/ most careful manner and Is most telling
+ in its results. They have entered upon
/ their work with an indomitable per.
severance and intelligence that is sur.
! prisinc. and are in "A most hourishing
condition, having more than seven
/ thousand dollars of their own money.
/ They are 40 organized that all their mon.
Q
/ cral Synod and a correct account j.
/ therefore recorded OF the amount. but
/ notwithstanding IL Is in care of the
/ General Synod, the objects To which it
. j. applied are selected by them selves.
/ II Is merely turned into the general
/ treasury ns depository for IT, aud ex.
/ pended at the discretion OF the Wo.
mems Home and Foreign Missionary
/ Society. The organization since u was
/ created which has been, we can safely
! LAY, but year in fret class working
I order, has more than exceeded any eK.
pectations. The work done for the
( Home Mission was IN the same pro.
/ portion, and this j. but the beginning
ri what they expect to do in the future.
The meeting OF our General synod
/ at Altoona, last week, did much TO.
T ward pushing forward this work. The
utmost good feeling aud harmony pre-.
vailed in all the discussions and actions
Of this entire synod. II is true there
were some animated and sharp discus.
I sions INDUCED in and quick and decisive
rctoris, but after fair discussion Of the
( subject all this disappeared, aud what
/ ever proper measures were proposed
were adopted with the most perfect
unaninty and fully acquie-ced in by
I those who at first opposed them. II was
I q noticeable feature of the Synod that
I every one there seemed to be anxious 10
I do that which was best for the progress
! Of the cause which has just been but
I fairly started. Almost everything that
was done there, seemed 10 operate as
[ source Of encouragement to us as n de-
nomination.
Especially was this so IN reference to
/ the proposition made by the Cumber.
! land Prcsbyterians For some years
I the Cumberland Presbyterians have
contemplated proposing an Organic
I Union between themselves and our
/ church. Their delegate TO the meeting
| OF our General Synod at Wooster. Ohio.
in 1879. made such a proposition. The
General Synod took no action at that
meeting in reference to the matter.
The General Assembly Of the Cumher.
| land Presbyterian church. in 1850.
adopted a series Of preambles and reso.
( lutions, declaring their views on this
subject in a manner quite iiattering to
our church. At their last meeting in
Austin, Texas, they elected a delegate
/ Tor the purpose OF othcially presenting
their action to our General Synod. The
delegate performed this duty at Al.
toona, in a carefully prepared address,
at the conclusion Of which, he present
ed the official record showing that a
committee had been appointed TO con.
| fer with a similar committee. which
they asked the General Synod TO ap.
point. for the purpose Of preparing
basis of union to be submitted for the
approval OF each body at its next meet.
ing. The delegate gave the assurance
that this movement had the full and
hearty Enforcement Of their clergymen.
and Of all their membership. The Gen.
erAl Synod did not appoint committee
as requested. but did appoint com.
mittee TO confer with them and ascer.
tain more particularly and in detail
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