The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-05-28
pREsBYrERIAN ASSEMBLY,.
A Religious Exhibit at the worlds FaIl
Foreign Mission Bonrd Reports.

A Religious Exhibit at the Worlds Fair.
Foreign Mission Bonrd Reports.
DETROIT, MIcH, May 27.-After devo-
tional exercises and reading of minutes,
DR.. Herriek johnson reported favotably
on religious exhibit at the Worlds
Fair. DIR. Nichols, OF St. Louis, read a
report from the committee On increase
of the ministry, with particular refer
.ence TO the reception OF ministers from
other denominations. After the refer
ence Of overtures to the proper commit
tees, the recommendations of the COM
mittee on the report OF the foreign
board were adopted. One suggested by
DR.. Kevins, Of China, that the rules for
the government Of missionaries should
be first sent to them for approval and
then be adopted by the Assembly, was
referred to the standing committee on
missions. Rev. DR.. Dickey read min
ute on the death Monday night Of eS-
Moderator Henry Jackson Van Dyke,
D. D., of Brooklyn, regtetting that he
could not have performed his new du-
ties as professor OF systematic theology
in the Theological Seminary, which min
ute was adopted. -
Following is the report Of the foreign
mission board!
THE REPORT.
An unusually large number have ap-
Piled for foreign work this year, and
73 were found qualified and were sent.
Six missionaries have severed their con-
nection with the board on account Of
health, ETC., and eight have died. None
Of our workers have suffered personal
harm, though they have had great
anxiety and annoyance. Pupils in
schools "a $40, an increase oyer last year
Of A02, although many schools have been
closed for lack Of funds. Our medical
missions grow in favor. We have 80
physicians, Z OF them ordained minis
ters and II ladies, IL hospitals and 4
,dispensaries, aud many native physi-
clans trained by our doctors have
treated 1l6,S8 patients, including some
5000 suicidal CAGES.
Missionaries sent out in 1S00-0l:
Dakota Mission 2; Mexico 0, 5 return
ing; Columbia 4; Brazil s; Syria 8, l
returning; Persia 4; Siam I; Laos 3, /
returning; Kerea 4; China II, 3 re-
turning; Japan 8, 0 returning; Africa
is, 8 returning; India II, 4 returning;
total sent out 9B, % returning.
The treasurcr's reports stand: De-
fcit from year ending April 30, 1880,
$60,27503; expenditures for year end
ing April 80. 1881, $072,5l7.02; total
$l,1S2, 1926; deficit $g0,l0231. Re-
ceipta from churches S346, ,779.79;
womens Boards 1886, ,294.7S; Sunday
schools $34, ,B0S.3S; P. S. @. T. S., ,405.5I;
legacies $50, ,S9l.S7; annuities donors
deceasedl $l7 1880; in trust, individu.
als and miscellaneous, $ll5, ,0S79l; total
SO42, ,690.64, In the thirteen different
missions there are Of ministers, Ameri-
can 2lO, native (ordained) 173, native
llicentiates) 1913, total $40, native 1866;
total l,443; total Of worlors 2,0l9;
churches 2,775, COMMITMENTS %, 494;
number added 1876. contributions from
mission churches S49,423; number Of
schools Cos; scholars, boarding boys,
2,l75; girls LIS; day, boys 1880, girls
7,4O3; total 97,S1S; pupils in Sunday
schools 25,926; students for ministry
w AFTERNOON Session.
AT the afternoon session the commit
tee on q religious exhibit at the Colum-
bian Exposition was appointed. Fred
B. Dubbs, representative of the general
synod Of the German Reformed church
in the United States, and Joseph Gal
lagher, d, d., were introduced and ad-
dressed the assembly. g. W. Chamber
lain, representing the Presbyterian
church OF Brazil, also spoke.
The standing committee on church
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