The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-05-20

General Assembly was organized yesterday
by the election Of Rev. Or. Theodenck
Pryor. Of Virginia. moderator.
At .hc morning session to-day. after
the reading and adoption Of the minutes Of
The last Assembly, The time was spent prin-
cipallv in thc reading Of the reports OF the
Executive Committees Of Home and For
cign Missions, Education, and Publica-
ton. 81.
HOME MISSIONS.
The report Of the Executive Committee
OF Home Missions shows that - presbyte-
mes have co0peraied in the Assembly's
scheme m sus;enia;ion. 81 in eyangeliSiic
work. ana 80 in the invalid fund.
Nine hundred and tity-6ve churches in
the cooperating pre>bytories 81 per cent?
have contributed 10 suStentation. SOP 70
the cvanCch,,ic fund. and 98l to the inya-
lid fund slight gain in sus,enlation aud
falling OF in the others.
one hundred and ten Sabbath schools
about tbe same as last year have contri-
buted Sl.iS2.S3. and SG missionary asSocia-
tons Sl.9lS9S TO Sustcutation. which is a
gain Of 81 cooperating societies and o.
SL0fSji More than three iifths Of all the
contributing societies are in the synod Of
Virgiuis.
The total receipts FOL all the branches Of
home missions have been 261.27S.Sj. q
gain Of Sl3.4G2.73 over the former year.
There WAS an Increase OF S12.55j.j7 in SIS
tentation. AMI S3.9So.GS in the eyangelstic
fund. ON, q falling or Of 1868 in the
West-TeXas fund, OF Sll.33 in the colored
evangoliSlic fund. OF Sj7l.34 in The invalid
fund, aud Of SSS3.92 in the relief fund.
OF the increase in sustentltion. about
5000 Is accounted for 10y legacieS and Re-
ceipts from miscellaneous sources in eX-
cess Of last wear. On the other hand, the
invalid fund seems 10 have decreased.
whereas lis receipts from the churches are
really larcgr. il having received a legacy Of
S1,124 during the former wear. for which
there is nothing 10 stand in the present
report.
Twenty-hree thousand eight hundred
and iorir-siX dollars and twenty-nne cents
have been paid from the Sustentation fund
20 fiity-fNc preSbyteries. which is s. .Ojl.9 81
more than last year. Nine hundred and
eighty dollars and tweniy-siX cents have
been charged % this fund on account Of the
c0iored cya0Ceiistic work. and the balance
against the fund last year Ia, been paid.
leaving Sj,G09.s0 m the treasury on March
31si.
one hundred and seventy-three minis
ters. in the service OF between four and
I've hundred churches. have been aided in
their support. Thirty-SiX churches have
been assisted in obtaining houses Of wor-
ship 10 the amount OF $3.50.
Appropriations have been paid 10 SO
presbyterIes dncuding Western Texas in
the support Of 90 eyangelists. amounting
10 s1j.1g0.34. which i prcsbyteries. -
eyangelistS. and S3.5S7.S9 more than in
the former years. More than three
iOurih> q these eyangeliStS have been
engaged in strictly eVangelistic work.
The non-co0per,tine presbyteues report
3 evancciist> wholly engaged in the work
and ( for part % their time, 20 that - i
the number in the field for the whole
Church. This department Of work has been
prosecuted with most marked results.
Twenty preSbyteries report that through
their eyaucclists > churches have been or
gained; Il pTe-byterieS that go men,
ber> have been received into the Church;
- presoyteries that 3l7 destitute points
have been supplied, and 9 pTcshyteries
~ % =
lied. II statistics. SAYS the report, bad
been furnished from AL the presbyteries,
the results would have appeared much
more gratifying.
The receipts % the colorcd eyangelistic
fund have been SlC7.34 and its payment,
S1.47.j0. Every application in it, behalf
has been granted in full.
seven pre-byteTics report that The follow
ing amounts have been contributed indie
peudently for this branch Of work within
their own bounds during the past year;
East Alabama. $3.50; Atlanta, Fl 400; Pa
ducab. s.: Clicka,aw, $40; Fayetteville.
$50: Eastern Texas. 500: and Mont
gOmery. 500. A. gTegating S2,0l0.19, which
makes The sum total for the Church. 30 far
as has been ascertained, S3,4jS.23. These
presbytcries report under their care J.
ministers and licennates. y churches. u
candidate. end 3 Sabbath schools.
The receipts Of The Relief Fund have
been Sl,1gS.3), o. which =. GC3.J0 i from
interest and dividends. Payments have
been made during the year TO the families
Of Is deceased ministers, amounting 20
$500. and the interest Of one minister's
family 10 the fund has been purchased for
SIPS. Th total amount paid out to the
families o. ministers from the beginning
is S20,ClS; $1,000 Of good Understanding
bonds have been purchased during the
wear, so that the stocks aud bonds owned
by the fund on March 3lst amounted TO
$4,000.
The receipts Of the invalidfund have been
Sl0.jlG.Cg. Appropriations have been paid
70 fOriy-seyen pres1yteTies, amounting TO
1915. Twcnty-three ministers and the
families Of seyenty-siX deceased ministers
have been aided, which i five less families
than in the former year.
Fliiy-siX presbyteries report 239 manses
owned by their churches, 30 Of which have
been acquired during last year; II pas
tOral charges, embracing perhaps rom -
% 90 churches, which last year required
aid have become seli-suppOrting: - pres
byterie. report 300 churches vacant, which
must beaded ii they are 10 have the regular
reading OF the Word. In 80 presbyterles
III pastors o. supplies are partially engaged
in secular work for support. During the
last five wears churches have been organ
lied under the care OF the General Assem-
bly, at the rate Of 4j per annum; last year
IS were organized.
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
The work Of foreign missions has gone
on encouraging,y. one Of the most cheer
ing evidences being that the gifts last year
were 5000 more than were ever given
before. The receipts from all sources
amounted TO sC9,O7l.3G. divided as fol-
lows: From sale OF land, churches, and
miscellaneous sources, S49,O72.SS from
missionary associations, Sl3,0j37i; and
from sabbath schools. SG,94479. In the