The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-05-27
THE PRESBYTERIANS
Report of the Work of the Board
of Missions.
Progress in the Work Of Evangelization-
Sensible Remarks Concerning Pledges of
Money that are not Redeemed.


DETROIT, May 26.-At the morning SEES
sion of the Presbyterian general assembly,
the salary of the secretary of correspon
dence was fixed at $500 year. A commit
tee of five was then appointed to consider
the constitutionality of the action pro-
posed to this assembly at their earliest
convenience.
The standing committee on the board of
home missions reported through DIR. Ray
mond, of Albany. He thought the church
needed great missionary awakening. The
speaker gave the balance of his remarks to
the northwest, New England and other
divisions, especially emphasizing the needs
OF the foreign population The report
shows the total receipts for the year were
over 600; 135 churches were built dur
Ing the year at a cost of 1926, 900, and
church debts paid to the amount of S144, 600.
Membership in the churches has increased
until there is total of $4,000; the total in
the Sunday schools is 49, 900. The year
closed with debt of sos, 900, which was
caused by great falling off in legacies.
Great progress in the work of evangeEi-
zatlon is reported from all over the country
and the need of more workers is evident,
especially in the newly settled portions of
the west. In the new mining and stock
raising states Montana and Idaho. there
are great inducements for good WORKERS :;
and In the swiftly growing towns of Wash
1ngton there is imperative need of more
men. In Utah, Wyoming and Colorado
there has been good progress In New
Mexico there is an opportunity to reap
large harvests. In all but four of the
southern states, South Carolina, Georgia,
Mississippi and Louisiana, the board has
missionaries. Considerable progress has
been made among the MeXicans, Indians
and MormonS.
Recommendations were made in connec-
ton with the overture asking that each
Presbytery be invited to send dele
gates to the fall meeting of the
missionary convention and that such dele
gates shall constitute special committee on
nome missions within the bounds of each
Presbytery. Also urging that the board
push Sabbath school work among the for
eign population.
Inc moderator announced the instantane-
GUS death of Prof. Van by Ike, of BROOKLYN.
who had just resigned his pastorate to take
the chair OF systematic theology in Union
Theological seminary. A telegram of con-
dolence to his widow was voted.
DIR. Mcmillan, the new secretary of the
length of the work of the board in the west.
He gave vivid picture of the difficulties
OF getting hearing for the gospel in some
of the new towns during their booming
period, when Sunday was by far the most
busy day in the week. In the west nova
days there is almost nothing of the old time
rivalry between denominations. He said
the Indian is very accessible to the gospel
and work among them is very hopeful.
cd
cost to kill them in evangelizing them, there
would have been no ghost daucen He told
OF the great progress made in New Mexico
among the Spanish Americans and in Utah.
He concluded by saying this should not be
let go by default for lack of money.
Elder Van Rensselaer,, of New York. said
in regard to the recommendation to raise
Sl,0O0,000: what is the use of pledging
ourselves to raise this money if we don't
do lts 1t is mockery unless we can reach
the non contributing churches. Let us be
in dead earnest. 1t is the ministers. They
read the notice in tremulous voice. bnt
none preach and inform the people about
it.r
Rev. Thomas Boyd, of Oregon, told how
they raised money there. He said there
152 home mission churches have paid their
share of the great debt
James Lewis, D. D., of Illinois, spoke of
the aspects of the work in the central part
of the country. He thought the amount
voted not an absolute pledge, but mark to
be arrived at. The recommendations of
the report were then taken I'D seriatim.
Rev. Adolphus Krebs, of ST. Louis, urged
better provision for two. German Summaries.
The Germans were tired of resolutions not
acted upon. Recess until 2:30pm
At the afternoon session, Colonel Elliot
+. Shepherd of New Y ork, read the report
of the committee on observance of the Sab
bath.
The standing committee of the board of
aid to colleges responded through Rev. DR..
Hays, of California. 1t aids three colleges
and five academies, organized before 1853.
the year when the board was established.
as well as twelve colleges and sixteen
academies founded since. Aided insGitu-
tons have 81, 1925 worth of property.
The amount received during the year was
SOL, 0O9.
The special committee of the board of
publication through Judge Hand, of Scran-
ton, Pa, stated the reasons for approving
the report made earlier in the session.
Judge Hand addressed the assembly at great
length on the subject of management of the
board, defending it warmly.
H. E. Simmons (the lighting elder) is
chairman of the special committee that was
appointed in 1883 by the assembly
in response to demands made
by various bodies, and the synod of
Ohio in particular, occasioned by state
ments as to the high prices paid by the
board of publication for work and materi
ais. In Simmons address he disavows all
intention to insinuate or charge crooked
ness or dishonesty against the board, it's
business committee, or any of its employ
ees. His report was directed against their
trying to manage business involving a
great mass Of details, for which they have
not the necessary knowledge or training.
Pending further discussion, the hour for
adjournment left the matter yet to be set
tied. Admissions already made by Judge
Hand imply saving of not less than $50, 700
year as a result of following Simmons
recommendations. Simmons is confident
if the rest of his recommendations are
adopted, a saving Of at least $50, 600 annually
will be effected.