The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-10-14
THEAAER1cAN BOARD.
Synopsis Of Reports at the Annual Meeting d
Des Moines. 1850 "a.

The seventy-seventh annual meeting Of
4 the American board OF commissioners for
foreign missions began in Des Moines, Iowa,
Ion the 9th. Over o thousand delegates
were present. After preliminary business
Rev. p. k Alden, home secretary, read
his annual report Of the prudential com
mitted. Ho stated. ~ e. ss$5 Ii
During the past year there have entered
the missionary work, or are now on their
assistant missionaries. The report men
TONED, with expressions OF deep regret, the
death during the past year OF Charles
Hutchins, for twenty years the publishing
agentsof the board. 75 #s u!
Following this report came the report Of
the district secretary, William Kincaid OF
New York, who reported that apart from
legacies there had been in all the states
save one q gain in receipt over the proceed
that special emphasis should be given to
the successful work n OF the women OF the
church, who are highly commended for
what they have done. Referring to the re-
ceipts OF the year the report says:
Deducting an exceptional gift olSover
SO. 900, which came into the treasury
during the preceding year, the donations
just closed were in excess OF those OF the
preceding year about 81 900. During the
v
pointments made by committees was thir.
ty-seven-a larger number than during any
previous four years; larger, also than the
annual average OF the past ten years.
The report OF the committee touches in.
ferentially upon the great questions OF the
meeting, namely, Sis 4 ;'i 8;
FUTURE PROBATION,
and tho DRIFT Of DR.. Alden 3 rsportsustains
the prudential committee in refu sing to
mi uoso Lol;a
what is called .the new departure" but
does 30 very carefully in the following
guarded language, which was warmly ap-
plauded: !. Y AZ. 80
The board does not assume to decide up.
on the fitness Of an individual to be a min
lister OF the gospel, but it is it's duty to de-
eide, and that intelligently, on, his original
and continued fitness to be sustained by
the funds committed to its disposal as q
tors to the fund for foreign missions de-
mand more evidence Of faithiulness in the
preaching OF the gospel than can possibly be
in possession even OF permanent ecclesiasti-
cal bodies scattered over our country, and
they will hold the prudential committee
and the board RESPONSE BILE for their seeing
that no part Of their contr ibutions go for
the portion, Of error in doctrine or in
Following the report Of the home secre.
tary came that OF the foreign secretary,
Mr.. Clark OF Boston. The report gave
the following summary: ::i
Number OF missions ...... ........s. %
Number Of stations. -. >. .. 85
Number Of out stations. z. (. :. 81
Whole number OF laborers sent s5 RI
from this country 44a
Whole number laborers connect
ed with mission .. .. 1898
Whole number pupils in mission I. IA
scho GIT
Following this report came that OF the
treasurer, Langdon Ward OF Boston:
II gave as the cost Of missions for the
past year $500, 64O.5O; cost Of agencies,
cost Of administration, $22 ,S55. go; total
expenditures, $65s, 2S5.71; total receipts
from all sources for the year, $3.50, 667. 26.