New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-28
woMANs HOME MISSION SOCIETY
rrpoRr on TnEIR Work FOR TIIE YfAR-A LAkIE
DfFICIENCY

DFFiCIENCY.
SARAroGA, May 27.-Ibe annual meeting OF
the American Baptist Home Mission society OPENED TINS
morning. John b. Trevor. Of Nc~-NorN, president "'
the society, In the chair lie declared that 10 "H'
not "A candidate reelection, and asserted that The
only Office to which a-pired that of contributor
to the funds The executive board Of the
Society reported that ia receipts this Last year wern tho
largest Of any year OF ts history Tbs total rec"ip I'D
cIuding conditional. annuity funds have been
sli7379 o. OF this amount. clrches. sunday Schools
and individuals gave $50 7tJ 80, contributions "a con-
ditiouaI and permanent funds were SlOl,79J 10
legarle. realized, SJO.Oi3 10. aud funds for
o,hes object, make mp the balance
The expenditures For Missionaries salaries
Sl5l336 10; for teachers salaries. S6J.295 SO Tor
special educational purposes. chiefly Tor the erection OF
buildings SlOJ.5s3 50; In gifts for church edhce work
SO 100 20. For missionaries salaries the amount IL
al 800 % and for teachers salaries the amount l.
Sg226 90 more than Tor these purposes respectively
last year The expenditures FOR administration are ony
three and onh per cent Of the society, aggregate re-
cepts The present deficit l. Sil79SS - which IL an
| prnpo.ed 10 meet this large deuct ny applying =
part large beIuc,t OF cNGovcrmor Abn'r to1ur
of Name aud that OF G. b. Erwin. Tue former left 70
Society -2jOOOp. and tue ia yer brglrih9h 49,
duriun thirty per cent In the expenditure Tor tho
| HE OBITUARY list reported Is unusually large
over one Misunderstanding men widely kouwn.
In discussing the report Chester W. kin'iry, oil Gam.
| bridge Mass moved &" That the president appoint
committee business men. 10 whom shall be re-
fcrrrd much the report OF the board refers 10
lD.ses ma the society, ana That this committee r.
port al future meeting Of the society before It,
| nnaI adjournment. Whether any action In regard To
this necessary desirable the part al the
made regard u tile future management OF TIE
Society which VIII help prevent repetition % llAs eh
perIence In the future.
The motion was carried and the committee appointed
consists OF g. w. Kingsley Mass, j. L. Howard Conn,
H. A. Waterman Mich. J. Is. Trcsher. Ohio. Jacob Estey
W., William NJ Isaacs, " Y, aud W NJ CrOnrte, Penn
! PROPOSED REVISION OF THE PRAYER BOOK.
CHICAGO, May 27.-Blshop McLlIen, in his
annual address before the Episcopal Diocese OF Chicago
now In session here spoke OF the general convention
which will meet In Chicago In October OF next The
subject Of absorbing ntescs would be the proposed
vision OF the book OF common prayer lie thought that
the church should be guard against preciptancy
OF action. There had been unwiso disposition To
push through at high pressure. Variety In
manner was desirable but the changes proposed would
make "a great variety Ia matter also. within few
years. said tho speaker, suce the discussion OF the
question Of revision bcgan-there has dawned upon
dispensatiOn OF license To wit, OF liberty taken with
IN the face or ruurca law 20 the
which has produced almost the conditions winch 10
| now des gnrd 10 legtmiLe That modification OF
| rubrical law demanded. and that much OF the
work reported from the committee called Tor there l.
of final action a matter of such vital i'm portance'
Of his address Ia thought To Row
Arthur Rtchie's disagreement with Assistant Bishop
Potter.