New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-23
PRESBYTERIAN MISSIONS.
TIE WORK IN THE UNITED STATES.
AN INTERESTING REPORT ON HOME MISSIONS
by THE REV. DR. f. ID. MoRRIs-AID FOR COL
LEGES AND ACADEMIES.

by THE REV. DR. f. u. MORRIS-AID FOR COL
LEGES AND ACADEMIES.
fEr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrnuSE-J
Philadelphia, May c2.-Two boards, which appeal
with special interest 10 Americans who love America,
occupied the greater part Of to-day in the Presby
terrain General Assembly. The Board OF Home Mis-
sions was discussed in the forenoon and in the
ing. The afternoon session taken up largely
with the Board Of Aid for Colleges and Academies.
The subjects closely allied and the fields of both
are mainly In the West and both have much to do
with the future Of the country. The Board OF Homo
missions presented its elghty-slxth annual report
The College Board organized in 1883. One ap-
Peas to sympathy by its long life full Of usefulness.
the other child in years. deserves the fostering
gwen to child full of promise its future being al
ready foreshadowed In the limited time that it has
had for showing what It do.
Tomorrow begins the day Of reconciliation. The
southern Assembly Will adjourn and come from Balti
more IN special train. In the afternoon they will
be entertained IN company with the members Of the
Northern Assembly by Mr.. and Mrs. wstar Morris
at their home at Overlook President and Mrs.
Cleveland WI also attend the reception. John
Cadwaller, the Collector OF the Port, VIII give
dinner in the evening to the President and his wife,
Governor Beaver and Mrs. Beaver the Rev DR.. Thomp
son, the moderator of the Northern Assembly, Mrs
Thompson, and few other guests The friendly
union between the Northern and Southern Presby
terans will be continued in the evening by reception
the final reunion much desired by both branches
when they that It IS best to make the change
While President Cleveland is here a committee Will
discuss with him tho question of the Government
schools among the Indians II Is not known how
long he will remain here but Mrs Cleveland It is
nounced, will be the guest Of the Rev. Dr. and Mrs.
Charles Wood, of Germantown until Friday. when she
VIII 90 to Princeton to remain till Monday. On Saturday
She viii the Yale Princeton baseball game
The Committee m CORES pOndence reuorfpd TODAY
that greetings and congratulations suitable to the his
torical feature that marks this particular Assembly
had been received from the Reformed Church Of Bohe
mia, also from the Free Evangelical Church
OF the land also, greetings and congratulations
from the General Synod OF the Reformed Church Of
France, and the General Assembly OF the Presbyterian
Church in Canada With respect to the communica-
ton received from the General Confererce in NewYork
City inviting this Assembly 10 unite with a similar
committee Of that and other evangelical bodies In this
country to constitute National Sabbath Committee,
whose duty Il shall be to make deverance on new
phases of the Sabbath question. the committee recon-
mend the appointment of such committee for ono
year and that they report the aims and methods Of
the National Committee to the next General Assembly
The following were named the committee Colonel
Elliott F. Shepard New-York; Governor James A.
Beaver, Pennsylvania; the Rev. DR.. Byron Sunder-
land Washington tho Rev. Dr. Herrick Johnson,
Chicago; Dr. F. Mumford, Cincinnati R. J. Trumbull,
Louis.
Mention was made also Of tho warm congratuatory
resolutions that from the convention of the
Protestant Episcopal Church In the diocese Of Penn
sylvanla While satisfaction was expressed at the
reception of the spondsnce, 1t was decided not to
ako any further action in regard to It this year Those
nervous members Of the Church Of Calvin who have
/ feared that it would be swallowed up bodily by the
American Church Of England, will now breathe easier
bI,yr
| One Of the perplexing questions which have been
in the air for time settled to-day with little
/ discussion. The Presbyterian Church prdes itself on
its educated ministry and yet it recognizes the needs
| Of the Country which far outstrip the
number Of men ready to go to the frontier. and
/ so the Assembly adopted this resolution offered
/ by tho Rev. Mr.. Thompson, of Puget Sound:
Resolved That view Of the imposslby Of securing
thoroughly educated missionaries to MI the fields rpenn2
for the harvest and frontier settlements, we urge
upon our presbyteres the necessity Of utilizing the talents
OF many earnest and able among the ruling elder
ships by encouraging them 70 conduct religious services
/ in vacant churches and outlying stations
There are many theological seminary rumors this
] week. More than sixty alumni Of the Union SEMI
nary of New-York dned together to-day at the Bull
| lit Building. Brief addresses were made by the
chairman, DR.. s. W. Dana, DR.. Arthur Person, OF
| this city Or. Noyes. of Chicago: Or. E. y. White,
! secretary Of the Board Of Church Erection, and
/ Professor Francis Brown Of the seminary
The Rev. DR.. E d. Morris, a professor OF Lane
| Seminary Cincinnati, presented the report Of tho
| Standing Committee Home Missions. 1t stated that
| the number Of churches organized was 10; Sabbath
schools established, 81 houses Of worship built ll9;
persons added TO the Church on profession OF their
/ faith, IOIs2 Churches contributed 10 the treasury
of the board s4,65L The figures fall little below
tho corresponding numbers reported last year yet IN
the increased roll of missionaries and teachers em-
ployed. in the aggregate membership, in the amount
Of money and in other indications of distinct advance
along the lines of heathful and SUBSTANTIAL develop
ment. tho committee find ample justification Tor pro-
nounclng this a memorable year in the annals OF the
/ board fitting close to remarkable century Inc
most significant feature I'm tho IS the increase OF
contributions from 456 O3 in 1887 to the largest
aggregate reached and the largest sum ever oo"
tributed to this cause in single year oy any eVan
gelical denomination tho continent VIZ, %'o''-
! 627 30. While the financial year began with deDt'
It. happily closed for the first time in seven years.
after expenditure Altogether unparalleled In inc ae
nomlnational history, with balance In the treasury
/ amounting to s10255. The number OF MISSIONARIES
employed in the same portion OF the year Is l'4o",
nearly one-thrd of the entire available minsteral
force. There arc only six States IN lh9
Union-Connectcut, Alabama, Mississippi vermont
Georgia and South CarolIna-where those A'i'' ~.
aries have not been steadily at WORK. Inc
work of the WOnen's Executive Committee during
the year shows remarkable advance both IN resources
and In the number Of schools sustained ana OF tc~on
! employed. This committee maintains 80 SCHOOLS
and 115 teachers among the Indian tribes "A Seho
and AZ teachers among the Me1cans and 80 schoois
and 81 teachers among the Mormon popui@uoi,
chiefly In Utah. They also maintained sohooiS anu
20 teachers among nnterae whites IN CERTAIN p%r''
of the South Their work In general, from It's HceF
ton in 1875 is one Of the most striking ana Susseauo
facts In the UNCONVENTIONAL history. Inc reoo'p'
Of the committee In 1873 $4,000 ana IN to pro
sent year s226oo2 60 The increase IN tho nuDiDe,
of schools from 80 TO 100 during the past year ana
Of teachers employed from 215 to 2d4 e.h'Ou' !"
another form the same gratifying advance Inc mum
Der Of synodca societies has risen this year 10 20 VI
prcsbyterisl societies to 172, of local soceues 10 go,
and Of mission bands TO 1000. The report con,"'n'
resolutions for adoption by the General Ass'HD'y -.
iocing with unieigned gratitude to Goo IN 'no
aging record Of the mast year in the home missionary
work. declaring that the Board of Home Missions IS