Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-05-26

rAroN's REPORT or THr BOARD
OF EDUCATION.
The Anniversary Of the American Rap
ti,t Uuiou. Missionary Trip
Around tie World.
The rrr-bytcriana continue their
WORK o. rir baptist Missions.

committee on bringing together vacant .
churches aud unemployed ministers ]
reported certain recommendation de. /
signed to strengthen the "Epiec0lal ]
power Of the Pre.hytoric-." There WINS /
nn animated discussion of 10. prOvis' |
ions. DR.. Lowry NJ Philadelphia np- |
passed the fourth section, being n black /
lit uf ministers aud churchVa who for /
unyrcns1u declined to come under the /
The discussion which |
was participated In by number u /
othefs, showed q diversity Of opinion /
on the subject, hut the consensus Of
thought seemed 90 be- that the matter
should be left b the Prcahyterivs.
President Patton recommended that
before final enactment u would De ~.
ietred O. % special committee 10 report
10 this assembly on the question ~ the
COnsiituuounlity " the plan, which he
much doubted, but offered TO withdraw
hlg motion TIL all sections were acted
upon. Leave 10 withdraw WIS ~ vote
refused and adjournment cut OF fur
Their debate.
Tho seal matter was tnken up again,
and after confused debate was RECON-
mended 10 tire committee.
Eaton read the report o. the board Of
education. II says, IN part, that the
year was begun with u debt Of 5000.
This compelled caution in the accept
ance u candLAatUs. The board hoped
f0r large incitaso In the receipts, but
instead tho year closed with the debt
increased $500 Since closing the ac-
counts, however over 5000 has come
In. We are thus In this dilemma
Shall we take up tower candidates, Of
give luss 10 cach2 Our embarrassment
can ouly be removed, apparently, 10y
greater zeal Ia urglug our needle by the
ministers. There are more vacant
/ churches than last year, many Of them
/ strong ONES, and II Il every year hard
ar 10 get suitable men fot these. Then,
TOO, the labon u the sabbath school
| missionaries have boon 10 blessed that
/ many Of the now churches formed from
/ the 1900 new schools planted this yenr
will soon be needing pastors. Besides
the need Of oolored ministers and mon
qualified ~ work among this !mmi.
grant population Ia sure 10 be urgent.
Such IL the demand; what OF the sup
ply? Only 222 graduates, twelve more
than last year The incvitabl. deficit
must 30 supplied from partially trained
men or from other denominations, and
In either ease there viii he ON an aver
age les- satisfactory results than from
mon fully trained Ia our schools"
Adjourned until tomorrow.
| 10 IA thought by good observers that
the lliv " opinion u changing In favor
OF yotOing DR.. Briggs appointment or
transfer 10 Robinson the proiessorshlp
OF Biblical theology without touching
the question o. hcresy, ~ that would
PREJUDICE tho case before the New York
Pr,shytery, and very possibly without
assigning grounds.
REroRTs or TIE nArTIsTs.
CISCfNSArI, o., May 9j.-Tho sew.
enty seventh anniversary Of the
American Baptist Union was observed
today. The PRECEDENT, In his address,
made n strong appeal for more earn
cstnoss Ia sending tho gospel TO the pa
gan world.
The committee on centennial cele.
braiion presented ascries OF resolutions
providing, among other things, that
the union observe the special celebra'
ton at kcttefing, Eng, In October
ls0g; that 100 more missionaries be sent
out, aud that n million more dollars be
raised.
The report OF the committee on pro
gfosz for tho past year showed that
half q million dollars was raised, anl
upwards Of 1000 converts baptized
Tie missionary church now numbered
i6a,OA2.
The committee on obituaries made M
elaborate report on notable people 4
home and abroad; adopted.
. After receiving report on Blbl
work recess was taken until 2ijO till
afternoon.
Al tho afternoon session DR.. Bedfor
reported for the committees on the N
nous Tulugu mission. Nearly 5Oh
baptized rulugu Christians are In tn
field, hut tho converts are widely scat
tered. More missionaries and $1,000
Tor this field are asked for.
REV. Or. MABLE,
, secretary OF tho Union, spoke on III
missionary trip around the world, fror
, which lao has Juft returned. Tho cit
> Of Tokio, he said, had 5000 STUDENT
e Japan II intellectually awake. fou
: hundred English merchants can nice
! any day In Yokohama. China show
! great commercial enterprise. BombR
] l. the most palatlal railway station o
. the planet. Calcutta Is an immon,
7 mort OF commerce. America In aslee
a. 10 the condition Of the easter
world. Mighty forces there al
> mt work. Tho heather Of Chiu
aud japan are only eleven day
,. from our Pacific Coast. The time hl
{ passed 10 merely pity or patronizo IL
n mighty nations Of the east. The woI
q In japan, intellectually and religion
y ly, Is remarkable. China, HAid n
: speaker, IL the battle centre. Medic
missions arc potent blessings. Chrlstin
hospitals multiply. Their. are Chin
men and Cinnamon. We only n
= coolies IN this country. Vho work
- Birma was enlarged on.
10 Dr. Cl0ugh, missionary from Ongel
q who has 1000 disciples 10 look aft
$50 Villages, aud Or. Josiah uashin
VI Burma also spoke. A plea vi
made for more men 10 save Mt least u
n work already begun,
l. Al tho evening session Itpv. GeOr
% T.. Mason Of China, spoke u tho eva
A. gellcAl work In that empire. i
lo argued that ilOmanism antag0nizes 3
u other works aud sects TO prejudice q
20 Chinese, especially against tho Anne
2. cans.
a. DR.. Clough, the great Telugu m
siouary, told the story Of his Il,