St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-10
Opinion Divided as to What
Course Is Best to Take
With 1t,
And for the Present the Sub
ieet Has Been Convent
emily Shelved.


was elected permanent clerk, with Rev.
W. o. Conrad as temporary clerk.
DIR. r. b. Abbott, ID. d., president of
the Albert Lea College for Women, read
areport of the sixth year of the insti-
tuition. The report was encouraging in
the main, but DR.. Abbott said the col
lege needed many things get. The
library is ridiculouSly small and ill-Se-
lected. 1t needs eXpurgating and the
addition of a number of new books. The
college is flourishing in religious
sense, but financially is in straits.
1t was impossible last year to
make the income from boarding and
tuition pay the current expenses. Ex-
penses are increasing every year, while
the income increases very little. There
is $4,000 bonded debt bearing interest
and floating debt of $1,000. The chief
assets are st. Paul real estate, which is
mOrtgaged.
The financial condition of Albert Lea
was discussed vigorously.
Prof. Kiehle's remarks were pointed
and earnest. He declared that the trou-
bic of Albert Lea arose from an agita.
ton for its removal to some other place,
and that from this state of
Foolish Indec;siOn
trouble must surely arise. There was
even question as to whether the col
lege was wanted or not, and it had never
been properly advertised.
Miss E. Young, principal of Albert
Lea college, appealed TO the synod on the
behalf of equal education for women
and men. She believed in the
college heartily. and thought it needed
only little help and encouragement to
make it famous institution.
The moderator approved the present
location, and SAID if Minneapolis wanted
the college there, she could build one
herself.
Rev. j. S. Black, of Minneapolis, re-
torted that Minneapolis didn't want
Albert Lea college. If she wanted a
college she would build one, and sup
port it, too. There had been no agta-
ton of the removal of Albert Lea
among Minneapolis clergy.
Other members of the synod took up
the discussion, and the matter was
finally given in charge of a committee.
The afternoon session was called to
order by the moderator at o'clock.
After the opening hymn the moderator
appointed a committee on the change of
the location of Albert Lea college. The
appointed order of the day was then
taken up.
Rev. d. E. Platter presented the re-
port of Manchester college. He reported
that the college debt, which has hereto
fore been a Getriment to the institution,
has been substantially provided for.
The college is at present without pres
ident, and the board has elected Prof
James Wallace, Phi. D., dean of the col
lege. Other changes in the faculty
were reported, and the general outlook
is considered more encouraging than it
was year ago. The report and the
future of Manchester were discussed at
length by various clergymen present.
The committee on securing a president
for Manchester was continued, as no
work had been done in that direction
as yet.
The report of the committee on Albert
Lea college was accepted.
Rev. E. p. Savage was granted per-
mission TO speak IN behalf of the Chill
dren's Aid Society of Minnesota. He
had with him
Five Little Ones
whom the society has cared for, and
made an eloquent and interesting ap.
peal in behalf of the friendless little
ones in the state.
After the report of the committee or
home missions, the report of Rev. l.. I'll
Mitchell on the constituting of a new
preSbytery of Minneapolis was heard
The report was accepted and the matter
of a new preSbytery comes up for final
decision this morning at 1890 O'Clock.
DR.. Roberts, president of the Lake
Forest university, was introduced and
addressed the synod at length on the
subject of home missions. His ad
dress was interesting in the extreme anc
was listened to with great attention
He spoke of the development of home
missions in the United States and the
large field to be covered in that work
including in his address an exposition
of the constantly increasing menace Of
the Roman Catholic church.
The synod extended a hearty vote Of
thanks to Dr.. Roberts for his address.
A number of reports on business o.
the synod followed DR.. Roberts ad
dress. among them Rev. Mr.. Gibson:
report on freed men, which will be the
order of business this morning from II
to 1920,
The overture on the appointment O
committee on Scandinavian wOrl
was referred to the committee on bill
and overtures. After prayer the syno(
adjourned till 1880 o'clock.
There was very large attendance a
IltC ChGllliE SSoSlO1l, WiliCu JNO plOiil
inent missionaries spoke of their re
spective labors.
Rev. Dr.. Jessup, lately from Syria
gave most instructive address of tina
country. the habits and customs of tn
people and the manner in which the,
were reached by the missionaries. IL
spoke of the printing press that had beel
sent from this county to Beirut and o
the amount Of good it had done in tn
work of converting tie people VIII
speak the Arabic tongue. In the print
ing Office at Beirut the Bible was put
lished in the Arabic, as were pamphlet
and other religious matter. A news
paper was edited and published by tn
missionary society and through it tn
greatest benefit was being done. Dl
Jessup stated that the people wer
reached by the Bible translated int
Arabic in manner in whic
missionaries could not reach then
The people were. given Bible
and read them and were anxious 70
more knowledge of the Book of Goo
They got it from the missionaries
There was great danger from the be
levers in Mohammedism, as the,
would perSecute the missionaries an
converts. The people often believed i
Christianity III secret, but were afrai
to publicly acknowledge the fact. /
great many flee the country upon cor
Tossing their faith for fear of their lives
DR.. Jessup stated that 200 000, 900 peopl
were reached by printing the Bible an
other religious matter in Arabic, and
printed in the Chinese language 500
100000 more would be reached.
Rev. j. l.. Allis followed with an &C
dress upon the work he is doing i
Chilli. He told of the classes of pee
pie living in Chill. dividing them i
three classes, nearly all of whom wer
Roman Catholics. The miSsionarie
were not making a very stormy effol
with the grown people, as they were to
much prejudiced against Professionalism
but the work was going on with gres