Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-05-28
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DKraosr. Mich. Nay q AT todsy's
session Of the Preshyssfian assembly, the
report on foreign missions was presented.
The report sncvs thss the.sssregaie ad-
ditious to mission chufches ID 2S75. The
purils In schools 10 81 $40. N increase over
last year Of 1872. although masy sehools
hare been closed FOR lack of fnads. There
sre in boarding schools. ise.ading many
men in training for teachers and helpers
230e, nearly double toe number OF last
year, while Of girls and women undsr sim
liar training there are lTl5, Al increase CT
49, Students for the ministry. 100
Medical missicns grow in favor. There
are IS ply siciabs. seven Of them ofdaiaed
ministers, and II isdsef, IL splits ard
foreign dispersAries sad many native
| phi, siciaas. trained By our doctors; liz, e5S
patients have been treated, including some
600 surgical cases.
Tas Mission presses have been more
| than ever busy, gseas p.ants IT Shanshd
ard Beirut having sent ont this year. o.
o2S 1856 pages, over 40 million Of them
scripture. Total receipts from all sources
4942, $50.
In tie Presbyterian assembly todsy the
foreign mission report vas read. The
| srea.ures's report sfArds: Deficit frem year
ending April 80. 1890, S60,275 50; expsn-
di'urss for year ending April 80. 1891,
s9fs, 5i7 OF; total. Si03a. 1872. Dedeit,
$50, l03. Receipts from churches, Ss46. 779; ;
wam.n, bosrd, $685., s2f; Sundsy schools,
sS4, Cos; lesscies, Ss9.ls9; aDnuities
(donors deeessed), Sl7, 1915; ia trnst. iudi-
yiiusis and miscellaneous, Sis ,0S7. Total,
| s942, 500.
DR.. Arthur Mitchell Of New York secre-
tary Of the box.d, and eloquent in the
description Of the work 10 China, where 81
the Medical station at Canton alone over
| $50, eco natives made their first acqusint,
snee With christianity. Ia one year IN the
devastated district Of yellow river the mis-
sio.aries relieved 3l9. 600 sufferers, and
the knowledge the Chinese thus obtained
of miss oasries opened for them a new d. Ia
Of usefulness. He called upon more
young pastors 90 lato the vast work
to which awaited missionaries who
should enter Chinese fields. News
paper reports Of riots in China are
usually coiored AID exaggerated. Despite
these occasional riots, China WAS ~ open
and safe for missionaries a. this couotry.
Siam Preempted by Presbytsrisus % .
mission field, in that land, 10 ~ large as
Kansas, there were but three Presbyterian
missionaries, and not one Of any other
denomination. DR.. Lane, Ssu Paulo
Brazil. ard DR.. Eddy, Beyrou, Syria, spoke
on the progress Of missions ct their
respe Give homes. The assembly adopted
. report setting aside 81 900. 900 to foreign
missions, and reelected the retiring mem.
bers Of the foreign missions board.
| The case of Prof. Briggs was brought up
this afternoon by Dr.. Patton. Sky three
Presbytefies overturned the assembly IS
to the uttersncss Of DR.. Briggs. Some ask
| fer specific action, but most Of them leave
to the asss emily what it shall be. The com
mittee praised the Presbeteries for their
zeal and thinks their requ SITS should have
weight. The question before rs is not that
Of the doctrinal soundness Of DR.. Briggs,
but that of the approval Of his election BY
the assembly. We admit that in one view
the trustees may have ground for their
denial Of the sssembly's right to
veto the transfer of professo,
from one chair to another. The
trustees OF the seminary consider the
original appointment pives status and this
assembly has right to forbid. but the trans
fer simply assigns duty aud with that the
assembly has no right to interfere. Now,
while we think the assembly has control of
both yet, in view Of the cordial relations
always existing between it and the trustees
of this seminary, it would be proper ia
appoint committee of conference with
them to report to the next assembly
In accordance with these views the commit
tee recommend that the assembly disapprovt
of the appointment Of DIR. Charles Brigg,
to the Ed ward Robinso chair Of Bibjies
Theology at the Union Theological Semin
ary and that a committee Of conference
with the trustees Of that institution be ap
pointed by this assembly TO report TO the
next.