New-York tribune., 1889-10-18
HOT SHOT FOR THE COMMITTEE.
THE BOSTON OFFICERS HEAR HARSH
WORDS
AN EFFORT TO INvESTIG ATE THE MANAGEMENT
OF THE HOME DEPARTMENT is DEFEATED
--GooD REPORTS OF MISSION WORK
IN MANY LANDS.

When the president of the American Board, the
Rev. DR.. r. S. Storrs, to call the NEE ting to
order at o'clock yesterday morning the attend
ance Of corporate members and also Of spectators
was rather slim, but DR.. Storrs said that, in view
of the large amount Of business to be transacted
by the Board, he could not wait for those who
were late. After the devotional exercises and the
reading of the minutes, the platform was well
filled, and every seat in the body of the church
and In the galleries was occupied by those inter-
ested in the great work of the Board
The Rev. F. s. Fitch read the report Of the
Committee the Pacific Island Missions, and sup
plemented the report with short tribute to Mrs.
Logan, who left her young son and daughter In
this country to return TO mission work in those
far-away islands, DR.. Dwineu also spoke of
Mrs. Logan, and gave the result OF his
observations during short stay In Honolulu.
The religious condition of the Sandwich Islands
is good, he said; in fact, was never before more
powerful than now. The few missionaries virtu-
ally control the government of the whole people,
and in few years changed it from an absolute
to @ limited monarchy. Indeed, most of the
power Of the King has been taken away from
him, and the Ministers, who are responsible to
Parliament, really administer the Governments
The Missionaries have introduced compulsory
anu tuc CulluTeH OI al Iuc lnUcoc,
japanese, Portuguese and other Europeans, as well
rs of the natives, forced TO study the English
language. The report of the committee was
adopted.
MINNEAPOLIS TO ENTERTAIN THE BOARD.
The Committee Place and Preacher through
its chairman the Rev DR.. \. w. Hazen. recon-
mended Minneapolis, Mimi, as the place. and the
Rev. DR.. Little of Boston, as the preacher, with
the Rev. DR.. j. X. Mclean of Oakland, Cal, as
alternate. and nominated the following Com
mlttee Of Arrangements: the Rev. DR.. G.. F.
Thwing, the Rev. George r. Merrill, the Rev. Dr.
Z. T. Woodbury., the Rev Dr. A
ii. Heath. L. S. Jones' President Cyrus North
rup LII. d.. c. A. Pillsbury. d. c. Bell, George
A. Brackett, Z. IL. Carleton, the Rev II. W.
Gleason, George II. Rust, A. " Leighton George
II. Pratt, G. NJ. Rathborn and Albert Shaw.
After this report had been adopted, the Rev.
DR.. Thwing of Minneapolis, extended the hos
pitality of his city, which has been enjoyed once
before to the members of the Board He said
that Minneapolis was the first place in which the
Board had held an annual meeting upon spot
where its missionaries had formerly worked. This.
indeed, showed that God was blessing the efforts
of the Board. His statement that all corporate
members honorary members. visiting missionaries
and theological students, and whoever else chose
with thankful applause
The president appointed f. w. Blatchford and
the Rev. Drs w. NJ Taylor and A. II. Quint
to return the salutaton of the Methodist
Episcopal Board of Missions 1t was also decided
that the secretaries should send the greetings and
good wishes of the Board to the lnterseminary
Alliance, now in session in Chicago.
EMPHASIZING THE NEED OF AFRICA.
The Rev DR.. G.. S. Walker, of Hartford!
Conn.,, read report the work
Of the Board in Africa, and entered
upon a short explanation and amphfcaton of his
report referring to the fact that Africa had
built up a civilization Of her own Japan and
India had and, therefore, her needs were greater
than those of some other fields her people had
TO be taught civilization as well as Christianity.
lie dwelt upon the claims of Africans upon this
country on account Of the wrongs endured by the
forefathers of our negro citizens.
Dr. NJ. T. Strictly also mentioned
Americas deot to Africa, and gave 1t as his opin-
ion that the best way to pay it was to send negro
missionaries to their brethren who are still in tho
darkness of barbarsm and Of infdety. The
speaker said that he had sent letters to the secro
taries of every missionary board which has workers
in Africa, questioning them about the fenuye
values of white and black missionaries IN the DarH
Continent His conclusion from their answers was
that while q certain element OF power oeionsod 70
white man account OF his color, yeI on tns
whole. negroes were better suited for the work.
The dark Skinned men endured the climate better,
as rule, especially IN the malarlai distrlcts ana
bcside4, had better access To the hearts OF tho
natives. The difficulty, however, was that negro
missionaries seldom had sufficient education, and
their characters were not suitably sohdifed by
Christian experience.
The audience then had an opportunity TO hear
q man who was fresh from the African mission
fields and who, on that account, was listened 20
with even more thar the ordinary attention. This
was the Rev. Erwin H. Richards. OF the East
African Mission, who told Of some Of the dificuls