New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-30
TO DISCUSS MISSION WORK.
THE PLANS FOR THEIR CONVENTION
,xxt,1. MEETING OF THE AMERICAN BOARD
OF COMMISSIONERS FOR FOREIGN
MISSIONS.

| MISSIONS.
| Preparations for the eshtieth annual meeting OF
| tho American Board Of Commissioners for Foreign
| Missions TO be held from October 10 to Is In the
broadway Tabernacle, are being pushed rap'dly for-
ward. The Committee Of Arrangements, OF which
the Rev. DR.. Taylor is chairman, tho rev T. H.
! Daniels secretary and the Rev. Drs. s. ii. Virgin,
| : T. Rankin. william Klncad and L. II. Cobb, and
| Neesrs Cornelius n. Bliss, f. p. Walling, Charles
p Pierce Frederick Billings, William Ives Washbnrn
and Charles A. Hull are members. met last week ana
will meet again this week to arrange for the reception
OF visitors and the conduct of the meetings
At the last meeting c. d. Knevas, chairman OF the
Committee on Entertainment, reported mat Ioo sppi-
ootIons for accommodations had already been re-
| coived The committee expects 10 care for ooo
cuests Under the recent vote OF the Board the free
or,ort,,nment of miscellaneous visitors to the meetihg
,vticb baq been serious burden In smailer ci1es
| and would be impossible in New-iorh cAoop. @.
hotels has boon done away with lhose no" o'ii'ioi
70 entertainment are the missionaries anu asss'a"'
missionaries of tho Board. theological stuuens'
90 ,bo poar1 and of the Womans Boards and corporate
Va 'is - ,hi ,,iv.s Other attendants from
abroad must pay their own expenses OF WISH po'o"a
tonds For the entertainment of the Boards guests
and Tho other EXPENSES of the meeting about S3'ooo
will no needed Dr. L. C. Warner chairman Oh uo
| Finance Committee reported last week th't @-'oo'
Of this fund has already been Subscribed 100
The Board has not met in this city since lo'-, "n'
u, uco,inc is eypectcd 10 arouse special local IN
tereSt for that reason The Board is tno ei'"S me
sonary organization Of the COngrega iona Chrcn ou'
a. ,ror has been Of such importance that ln'orcs'
=, a. affairs is not confined TO denOminatlonal ihe''
az late wears, too. its meetings have pceh n"e tn0
h,no grounds of the new theology" or the AndoVeF
| crecd The prudential committee of the Boaru "iou
masses upon the qualifications OF canuuatcS lot ms
eo,ares refused TO send out believers III a'ohoi"'i'
| tba
| tho meetinp at springfield. Mass. two years ago. Is
| ono ~ the landmarks Of theological history Inc
conserv atives practical victory at '' ','iO'
rd they feel confident the issue cannot Do ralseu
TO disturb the harmony of the coming meeting
The matter has tcen taken Into inc courts ny ,uo
Andoyer litigation said the Rev. Dr. Taylor reco"!'
| q and | don't see how It can be brought up mere
r. busi,rss Of the Board Is not theological con.
troversy but tho extension of foreign missions. no,
main Interest Of the meetings comes IRON tbo , rors
WIN he Of an unusually encouraging Character tIy
has been ed t 1Ss s seou Of that work
by those who have conducted 1t VIII prove nis"is
The Prudential Committee is Boston body; and
nobody in NewYork knows what their report VIII h Dc
The delegates win breathe easier When !, T' howh
road II il IS found contain no heologNai ponip-
she'll like the probation issue Inc Icpor, y, ~,
Committee Constitution Is also an impor,snl nia9I ,
maxi the address OF welcome. and the Rev. Dr. VIZ
gin the farewell address The annual sermon VIII pc
| preached
Eonn wednesday will be given up TO reports OF on
GERS committees and to reading corc, porne,To
and Thursday to addresses from the foreign mission
aries MANY of whom will return especially for this
meeting. ,,, -. =. ,h
There has been a good deal Of discussion as 10 the
best place for the meeting The Metropolitan opera
House has the only auditorium large enough 70 hou
tbe audiences which the Board meetings usually draw,
but that hall has been thought too large for other
reasons and the committee decided that they wanted
the broadway Tabernacle so II has been liked upon
for the main meetings, and arrangements nave Oeeh
made to open churches in the neighborhood Tor as
MANY overflow meetings may be necessary.