The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-23
CHRISTIANS IN CONVENTION
indianapolis People at the Missionary
Convention in Session at Louisville.
Episcopal Convention to Adjourn To-Morrow
Next Meeting at Bal ~imore-0ther
Religious Cattle rings.


LOUISVILLE. KY, Oct 22--From all parts
of this grand country people who love to
be called Disciples of Christi are gather
ing here in large numbers to attend the an
nual meetings of the national organizations
connected with the church Of God, known
as ''the Christian Church" Last night an
informal sociable was held in the parlors
and lecture-room of the the Fourth and
Walnut Street church for greet
ings of old and formation of new
friends and acquaintance. Among those
from Indianapolis were Mesdames L. III.
Jameson, o, A. Burgess, g. w. Moore. Sarah
Wallace. - Rogers, Mary Shank. Sarah
Shortridge. Maria Jameson. Mary Cole.
Frazier, Misses Lois White and Belle Ford,
with but two Indianapolis gentlemen
Elder d.. K. Lucas and another. There
were also present from other Indiana cities
A. Z. Armstrong, wife and daughter Jennie,
kinson... of Wabash; Walter Campbell. of
Rushville. with several from New Albany
and other Hoosier places not far away.
Al 10 9.c lock this morning the Christian an
fifteenth annual session, with the presi-
dent. Mrs. Maria Jameson, of indianapolis,
though in feeble health. in the chair. She
commenced her annual address with these
by the providence of God we ave come
together this day again to exchange greet
ings and experiences, and to look in each
others faces, and to gain strength from
that blessed tie that binds Christian hearts
together. / bring you good tidings of this
years work. Our little bark is sailing
steadily on. Well tried in these fifteen
years, she has proved sea-worthy: and
light of Gods presence shines about her.
and His hand IS upon the helm."
The endowment fund of the board is
s15.536, constantly loaned out-of which
est or principal. Indeed. of all the money
sent to the treasury during these fifteen
years only 81 has been lost. The expenses
ofthe board have been decreased $500 in the
ness of the corresponding secretary the re-
ceipts show a larger increase over the pre-
ceding yenrthan that OF any previous year.
The report of the corresponding secre-
tary. Mrs. Sarah Shortridge, was very
long. going into detail concerning the vari-
GUS missions of the board. b concluded
by saying: Thus we come to the close of
D year, a goodly, prosperous year; and,
while we can but regret that it's progress
marked, we can rejoice In the fact that the
number of auxiliaries has increased, the
membership enlarged. while the contribu-
tions to- the treasury show a decided gain"
Mrs. Mary &. Cole, of indianapolis, gen.
erai treasurer, reported total receipts for
the past year, S36. 279.17; disbursements,
s3l ,37l.O9; balance on hand, e7,947.3O.
One of the missionaries of the board in
India-Miss Mary Gabriel-sent a very
beautiful salmon-colored embroidered
shawl, presumably made by the natives,
to be sold to the highest bidder for the
benefit of the leafiet fund.
Among the more prominent persons who
ave already arrived are j. w. Garrison,
editor of the Christian Evangelist, of st.
Louis. Mo-; Gen. L. NJ. Drake, Of Center
vile, Ia: Chas. Lois Loos. president of the
Kentucky University; Frederick ID.
Power. ex-chaplain of the United States
House of Representatives; A. McLain,
president of Bethany College, w.
Va; Robt; Moffott and AIanson
Munnell. Mt. Sterling. KY; Thos. P. Haley,
e. q. Bartholomew and Wm. Burns, ST.
Louis. Mo-; +. NJ. Rains, Topeka, Kan; r.
i. Matthews, Lexington, KY: L. L. Carpen-
ter and Cary Morgan, Wabash, Ind. Alex.
Hopkins, Covington, KY: H. o. Breeder
and Chancellor Carpenter, Des Moines, Ia;
John Sweeney. Paris. KY; g. w. Yancy. ST.
Ann, KY; j. G. WaggOner, Eureka, ILL.,;
Ben L. Smith. Topeka, Kan: A. j.. Hobbs,
Wichita, Kan; r. H. Waggoner, Cincin-
natl, o.
Tomorrow the Foreign Christian Mission
airy Society will occupy. the forenoon. and
the General Christian Missionary Conven-
ton the afternoon. The foreign society
will occupy all day Thursday and the Gen-
eral Convention all day Friday.