Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-10-21
MISSIONARY MEETINGS.
One Closed and Another Opened in Pitts
burg Yesterday

PITTsBURG, PA, October 20.-The
Christian Women'S Board Of Missions,
having finished its business, the conven-
tion of the Foreign Christian Mission
airy Society began It's annual session in
the First Christian Church, Allegheny.
The convention was opened with re-
ligious exercises, conducted by the
President Of the Society, Charles Lous
Loos of the Kentucky University, Lex
inqton, XIV. There were 500 delegates
present Almost the entire session was
taken ND with reading of the report OF
the Board Of Directors. The reports OF
the different foreign fields showed that
considerable progress is being made.
At two o'clock this afternoon the first
session of the General Christian Mis-
sionary convention was held. Mr.. d.
r. Ewing, of Des Moines, Iowa, is the
President Of the Society. His address
was the feature of this afternoons ses-
sion. He gave an interesting and ex-
haustive review of the work OF the So
ciety during the past and its prospects
in the future.
Rev. r. Moffett, Of Cleveland, Ohio,
Corresponding Secretary of the General
Christian Missionary Convention, pre-
sented the report OF the Board OF Man
ayers.
Missionary pastors have been sup
ported at Boston. Massachusetts; Brook
lyn and Rochester, New York; Sag
inaw and West Bay City, Mlchlgan;
Milwaukee and WsuploD, Wisconsin,;
Siux City, Iowa; Sioux Falls, Aberdeen
and Watertown, South Dakota; Moscow
and Boise, Idaho; Seattle, Whitcomb
and Fair Haven, Washington; Portland,
Corvallis and Albany, Oregon; Salt
Lake, Utah; Plttsburg, Harrington and
North Topeka, Kansas; Hastings and
Kearney, Nebraska; San Antonia, Gal
weston and Houston, Texas; New Or
leans, Louisiana; Admission and Bir-
mingham, Alabama; Knoxville and
Sherman Heights, Tennessee; Asheville,
North Carolina, and evangelists in Ne
braska, South Dakota, Arkansas, Color
ado and South Carolina.
These sixty-one missionaries and
evangelists report Ola conversions and
1852 other accessions to the churches,
and mission stations and twenty-six new
church organizations.
This board reports collections from
all sources S37,l92.O6. The State or
ganizations, aside from the above re-
port, make the following exhibit: Mis-
sionaries, 800; conversions, 9,097; other
accessions, 6,967; new church organiza-
tions, 149; aggregate collections, S147,-
142.
This shows that the entire home mis-
sionary force of the Disciples was $40
missionaries, nearly 10000 accessions,
1Gs new organizations and about $685.
600.
This does not include the home work
of the Christian Women's Bclrd OF Mis-
sions, which, added, will swell the aggre-
gate amount for the Home Evangelizng
Fund to over 5000, 900 To this should
be added the report of the Church Ex-
tension Board, which was presented by
q. w. Muckley, of Kansas City, secre-
tary.
The Church Extension Board collect
ed, including interest, Sl9,620.42. The
total available resources, including loans
outstanding, notes, pledges and cash on
hand, are SlO5,4I3.73. This is an excel
lent showing when the fact is taken
taken into the account that the Board
has been organized but three years.