The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-21
PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD CoNyENEs.
A Large Gathering at Atlantic City
Urgent Call for Funds.

A Large Gathering at Atlantic City
Urgent Call for Funds.
Special to the JERSEY Cits Nsrcs.
ATLANTIC CITY. Oct 81, 1s90.-The ar
irving trains yesterday afternoon and
Svening brought uown to the City by the
eea many clergymen and elders from all
portions Of the State, to attend the sixty
eighth annual meeting gof the Presby-
terrain Synod of New Jersey, which con-
vened in the First Presbyterian Church
last night at half-paSt seven O'Clock. The
audience last night numbered about four
hundred, including members OF the Synod
and visitors, but with the arrivals ON the
trains this morning, the attendance will
be greatly increased, ana the business Of
the session will be commenced in earnest.
The Synodical sermon was preached by
Henry M. Storrs, D. D., after which the
sacrament of the Lords Supper was adj
ministered.
Following is the organization for the
business Observation-Disclosures, the Rev.
y: r. Frazer, D. d., of Newark; Stated
Clerk, the Rev. w. A. Brooks, d. D.. of
Trenton; Enrolling Clerk. the Rev. 3. S.
Everett, OF Jamesburg; Temporary Clerk,
hsv. William +. Whitaker, of Orange.
THE GENERAL REPORT.
The Presbyterian school work was
never SO large and fruitful as now, and
can be extended just as fast and far as
the church shall give the Women's Tx
ecutive Committee the means. The re-
suit Ior the past year shows that four
churches and more than ten Sa bbath
Q We're organized every week;
that thirty Home Mission churches be-
came self-supporting; that over one
undred thousand of the church member
snip are preached to by home mission,
aries; and one hundred and sixty thousand
children attend their Sabbath school,; and
chat a large amount of church debts were
Cancelled, churches and parsonages
erected. etc. amounting in the aggregate
TO more than one million dollars.
The total receipts are $1,477. 10 less
than last year: the amount received from
Ine churches was about $40, 600 less. As
this source is the very backbone of
onr system, we are very DESTROYS that
Inc year upon which we have entered
shall show a much larger income
from the churches; $246, $50. 40 from 5000
churches, or an average of $40 from
each; surely with 800, 900 members this is
a small sum--only about 80 cents from
each. Notwithstanding our utmost en-
deavor. we closed the year with q, debt Of
sou, S9l;si An extra Aberality will be
needed this year or the missionaries must
suffer.
There is needed 5000, 900 to carry on the
great work this year. Besides this $50. 600
are needed to pay the debt caused by the
!allure OF churches to increase their gifts
last year. If every member of the church
Will add twenty-five cents to his gift of
last year the full amount will be raised.
An average gift of 81 per member will
enable the board to do its work and meet
every obligation.
The number of missionaries who have
laoored the whole or part of the past
year in connection with the Board is
l,80l. The total number of missionaries
Is 1909. They are distributed In almost
every State and territory. New Jersey
being the only northern State where there
are none.