Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1889-05-24
CHRISTIAN CONVENTIONS.

Presbyterian General Assembly at New
ork-southcrn Presbyterians at Chat
tanooxa -- United Brethren American
Baptists - Swedenborgians - Church
Work Generally.
New YORK, May 20.-The Presbyte.
ran general assembly has been in ses-
sion here since Friday. The most i'm
portant discussion so far has been the
work among colored people, which o.
CURED to-day.
DIR. McGill, OF Iowa. chairman Of the
board Of freedmen, presented the report
of that body. The report showed that
good work during the past four years
had been done among the freedmen and
the results were highly gratifying. The
colored people during the year had,
among themselves, raised more than
f3l 900 for the mission work among
their own class.
The assembly took an excursion Satur-
day to the Palisades and visited tie
home for aged ministers.
New YORK, May 2l.-Report of COM
mittee on home missionaries was read.
The report shows that the total number
Of missionaries is ,593; total member
ship is SO, lss and total in congregations
1856, ,7e6. One hundred and sixty-tiye
new churches have been founded. The
clerk announced that the late Alexander
Folsom, of Bay City, Mich, recently de-
ceased, had left to the various boards
$4,000. E.
United Brethren Officers.
YORK, Pa, May 20.-The tellers re-
ported the following board of officers
elected:
Board Of Eiucatiou-R. }. White, Of
New York, East Bishop district; l..
Book walter, Ohio district; w. Beard
Shaw. Northwest district: II. Carst.
Ohio district; q. A. Funkhauser, East
district: j. p. Lands, Ohio district; T..
B. Ksphardt, Northwest; j. W. Etler.
East district: L. S. LaWIenz, East dis
trict: J. A. Weller, South district.
Directors of the missionary society
G. A. Funkhauser, East district; John
Dodds, Ohio district, ID. 4. Fhckinger,
phi1 a,strict; J. L. Luttrell, Ohio dis
trict.
YORK, Pa, May 21.-Following school
board was elected: d. Berger, Ohio: J..
P. Landis, Ohio: S +. Kumler, Ohio: c.
B. Rettew, Pepnsy ivahia; T.. II. Smith,
Missouri. The report of the committee
on boundaries was adopted with amend
ments.
American Baptists,
BosTos, May a!.r-The American Bsp-
tist Publication society held the first
business session Of its sixty fifth annual
meeting. The report Of the board of
managers showed total receipts for the
year ending March 20, 1889, are $626,
$50. OF this $46l ,34l was received in
the book department, $l34 ,0a2 in tbs
missionary aepsttAeps aud $50 ,466 Id
Shs Bible department. The asS..-. Q, the
ssoc.ssy we're spent in improvements.
The society has been specially favored
with large donations to be invested in
permanent funds, There have been ~
new publications during the year. OF
these, 2p0, ,406 copies have been printed.
Southern Presbytsrians.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, May 2l.-The
committee reported favorably on the
plan Of cooperation between the South
ern and Northern assemblies as pre-
viously reported by the joint committee
of the two bodies. Cooperation is rec.
commended in domestic and foreign mis-,
ions of education and literary work and
the evangelization Of the negro,
CHATTANOOGA, May 2i.-Sommittes
Yn cooperation reported in favor of the
project.