Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-11
1t Closes the Business of this
Session.
Delegates to the General AS
sembly Elected.
Report of the Committee on Foreign
Missionary Work.
How the Ladies Aided-The Chinese
Missions-Other Reports Dis
cussed at Length.

The Presbytery met again yesterday
morning at 8: :45 o'clock, and after half
an hour of devotional exercises Rev.
B. O. Junlin and Elder E.. B. Hall were
appointed committee on leave of alb
sence.
The judiciary committee reported that
no business had come before it, and it
was discharged.
Rev. D. r. Colmerv was elected to the
vacant chairmanship of the committee
on examination in church history.
The committee on education reported
that it had under it's charge Ira E.
Leonard, who for six months had been
studying in connection with the Theo-
logical Seminary at San Francisco. He
had received from the board 500, with
out which it would have been impossi-
BILE to have pursued his course of study.
The report was adopted.
DIR. A. j. Godon was elected chairman
of the committee on narrative.
The call for Rev. R. H. Hartley, from
Riverside Calvary church, was placed in
his hands to hold for such period as was
necessary.
The following commissioners to the
General Assembly were elected: Revs.
Gage, Dinsmore and Mervin; alternates,
Revs. Dimmick, Crawford and Irvine;
Elders Field, Bard and Cadwallader;
alternates, Minor, Bartlett and Mccoy.
Sessions omitting statistical record
this year were ordered to insert it before
the next spring meeting.
1t was resolved that the State clerk
send a duplicate blank of all reports re-
euired by the session, to each clerk of
the session. This was afterwards recon-
sidered
The treasurer's report was referred to
the auditing committee.
The report of the committee on narra
tive and auditing was adopted as read,
as also were the reports of the committee
on installation at Santa Ana.
The following was adopted:
Resolred, That the Presbytery of Los
Angeles join with the Presbytery of
Bloomington in overturing the Gen
eral Assembly to authorize the board Of
foreign missions to appoint a field secre-
tary for the work of the board in the
home field, where sum sufficient for
his support for three years has been
secured.
Afternoon Session.
At the afternoon session the reports of
the foreign missions committee and of
the committee on systematic benefi-
cence were discussed. The committee on
foreign missions reported as follows: {:
We have before us the reports of thirty
four of our sixty-eight churches, and
assume that they furnish us basis from
which to present quite accurately the
rate of giving the past year in COM
parison with the preceding year. OF
these thirty-four churches, seven have
increased in per capita contributions,
fourteen have decreased, two have been
stationary and eleven have wheeled into
the line of giving, mostly newly organ
lied churches. The membership of
these thirty-four churches last year was
1855, and their gifts to the foreign mis-
sions 81 1903, or 81 cents per capita. The
same thirty-four churches report this
year 1882 members, and $1,957 to the
foreign missions, or SO cents per capita.
Thus it appears that these thirtyfoul
churches have fallen in contributions
cents per member. While we feel that
at best, the gifts of Christians to foreign
missions are pitiably small yet looking
at our record, from merely comparative
pointof view, this falling-of is not so great
as might well be expected during such {
hard year. Several churches are deserv
ing of special commendation, 4. e., sew
eral of these thirty-four churches. We
should doubtless find an equa
number among the other thirty
four to commend. Santa Barbars
Emmanuel and Grand View still main
tain fine record. But Redlands mus
be accorded the banner over these
thirty-four churches. She has first go
fully into line this year with he
new church building, but that churcl
building evidently did not plunge he
into debt and exhaustion, for with bu
thirty-four members she reports $121 70
foreign missions, or 1886 per capita
The committee have not felt led tn
past year to make special efforts
stimulate the churches by means of Gil
culars or conventions. Nevertheless W
believe the coming year may call for re
newed efforts on some of these lines.
Woman's Work for Missions-A
usual we are not only permitted bu
constrained to speak words of gladnes
and praise under this head. Our Ladies
Presbyterial Society has been nothin
daunted by the hard times of the pas
year. Their meetings, month by mont
of local auxiliaries for prayer and study
have no immediate relation t
hard times or good times. To thes
there are other phases of mission
besides the raising of money. The re
suit of local interest was seen in the re
cent Presbyterial meeting, the best al
tended, most spiritual and intensely ii
teresting annual meeting yet held. Th
work of the women among the childre
has been substantially advanced unde
the wise guidance and indefatigabl
energy of Mrs. Condit. But the creates
surprise was to find that while SO muc
attention and effort and giving OF tn
Presbyterial society had been concel
trated upon the Spanish work, yet tn
receipts for foreign missions, SO far frol
falling off showed large increase owe
those OF the year before. We wish tn
attention of all ears when we annount
that the collections of the Ladies' Pre-
byterial Society for foreign mission
alone have risen from 81 1858 last year
$2.O98 this year. 1t is believed thu
this is largely due to the growth OF tt
practice OF he free will offering systel
introduced by Mrs. Judge Minor. v
commend this plan to the attention