Omaha daily bee., 1886-10-07
Proceedinssin Detail.

DES MONIES, Ia, Oct. 6.-Promptly at Q
o'clock the large auditorium of the Grand
opera house was filled for the opening of the
second days proceedings OF the American
board of missions of the Congregational
church. Among the new arrivals were Rev.
Newman Smyth, of New Haven. and DR..
Lyman Abbott, editor of the Christian
Union, of New York. AS both these men
are leaders in the new departure the radical
members feel greatly strengthened and eX
pect to make pretty good stand for the adj
vanced doctrines they hold. President Hop
kins TODD the chair, and after devotional ex-
ercises called for a paper by the correspond
ing secretary, DIR. Alden, on the inter-depend-
ence of home and foreign missions. This
was followed by the appointment of the
nominating committee, which will name
the next place OF meeting and the prea-
chers for the two succeeding years:
AFTERNOON SESSION.
In the afternoon the, American board was
called to order at 2 O'Clock p. m, President
prayer by Rev. DIR. Lamson, the committee
on nominations reported the following COM
mittee on missions:
Africa F. S. .Magoun, j. G. Merrill,
julius Davenport, Ii, ). Bostwick.
India and CeyIon-E. p. Goodwin, Lyman
ABBOTT, Burdett Hart A. c. Barstow, H. w.
China-W. S. Smart, j. NJ sturtevant, w.
A Nichlas, }. T. Blanchard, Oliver Brooks,
Turkey~c. NJ Samson, A; NJ; Dexter, o.
Blanchard, Charles George, W. Osgood, Hon.
Samuel Miller.
Japar-John f. Todd, L. II. Cobb, W. II.
Hart, Simon Gilbert, w. E. Park, j. 6. Foot,
Papal lands-A. /. Chaplin. +. A. Adams,
G. B. Stafford, G. S. Briscoe, Judson Tits
worth, A. G.. Anderson. Deacon Boynton.
Eifef hefic Robinson, s"na'1E E O. T. Brown wilnEf E
n. Nm n. Haskell. - - 'l"A' D'N''' i''0''"'uS'
The following committee TO nominate Of
Il. Quint D. l.. Fmrber, John J: Jenkins, ".
p. Fisher, Elbert b. Monroe, Edward Steudly
and Rev. Judson Smith.
One OF the foreign secretaries read an ad-
the missionary problem. In conclusion, he
said: III We mean to succeed in
it our leading ca ling aim always and
words and name, unmodifed by human spec
ulations, unshorn of single TRUTH home to
the souls Of sinful men as the only hope of
salvation"
committee brief addresses were made by
several members.
EVENING SESSION.
The opening exercise OF the evening ses-
slOu "cIC cOlhuCttu w III. liultllluSOu anu
Rev. Arthur Little, of Chicago named as a
member of the committee in place of DIR.
Quint, who declined the pOsition.) DR.
Magoun, of Iowa, referred to the fact that
the American board met for the first time in
the prohibition state of Iowa Applause
and he suggested as an appropriate rrcogni-
ton of the fact that the president and secre-
tary Of the board of the Womans Christian
Temperance union, asking that one day of
the annual week of prayer be set aside for
the abolition of the liquor traffic. Dr. Magoun
then, as chairman of the committee of
Africa, read brief report of the condition
of mission work in The country.
Reverend Professor Boardman, of Chicago
then read report OF the committee that had
been appointed to review the annual report
OF Secretary Clark.
Rev. Joseph Ward. of Yanktop, OAK. then
made the last speech an the subject of Mr..
Clarks report He declared emphatically
that the church could not and would not give
up a single one OF its many missions, al
though the board sOrely needed funds and
missionary workers.
DIR. Tile, of Chicago, then reported for the
committee that had received DIR, Alden's ad-
dress on independence and home and foreign
work, cordially endorsing and commencing
IT, After announcement the board adj
journed until morning.
So far the board has managed to steer clear
OF any class OF the doctrinal topic that Is up
permoSt in the minds of both factions.
The Episcopal Convention.
CHICAGO, Oct 6.-The general convention
of the Protestant Episcopal church of the