Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-05-28
FOREIGN MISSIONS
or THR PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN A GRAFT
flying CONDITION.
The Receipts and Expenditures Memorial Minute
Of the Late DR.. Van Dyks-Dr. Briggs Case
Comes Up, but is Virtually Postponed
Until the Mex! Assembly.

DETROIT, Mich, May 27.-After de-
votional exercises and the reading Of the
minutes, DR.. Herrick Johnson reported
favorably on religious exhibit at the
Worlds Fair. DR.. Nichols, OF St.
Louis, read a report from the Commit
tee on Increase of the Ministry, with
particular reference to the reception OF
ministers from other denominations.
After the reference of overtureS to the
proper committees the recommendations
of the Committee on the Report of the
Foreign Board were adopted. One sug-
geSted by DR.. NevinS, of China, that the
rules for the government OF missionaries
should be first sent to them for approval
and then adopted by the Assembly, was
referred to standing Committee on Mis-
SionS. Rev. DR.. Dickey,,read a minute OIL
the death, Monday night, of ex-Modera-
tor Henry jackson Van Dyke, ID. d., OF
Brooklyn, regretting that he could not
have performed his new duties as pro-
feSsor of Systematic Theology in Union
Theoloei ical Seminary, which minute
was adopted.
I e report Of the Board OF Foreign
Missions is as follows: The report notes
the resignation of John c. Lowrie, ID.
D., Senior Secretary after fifty years OF
faithful service, and the appointment OF
David Gregg, d. d., TO be member OF
the Board; also of field secretary, Rev.
Thomas Marshall. An unusually large
number have applied for foreign work
~; -, nd IN
qualified and sent out. Six missionaries
have severed their connection with the
Board on account of i'll health, ETC., and
and eight have died.
The aggregated additions TO mission
churches is 2,S75, especially largeacces-
sions being reported from the Shantung
and Laos Missions. Pupils in schools,
27,S4O, an increase over last year OF 492,
although many schools have been closed
for lack of funds. In boarding schools,
including many in training for teachers
and helpers, are 2,202-nearly double
the number last year-while OF girls and
women under similar training there are
It's, an increase OF lib. Our students
for the ministry are 100, nearly one-hali
more than last year. We have 33 male
physiciaus-7 OF them ordained r5 ,d,s'
tiers, and II ladies; II hospitals and IA
dispensarieS, and many native phySl-
clans, trained by our doctors. We have
treated 116, 500 patients, including some
5000 surgical cases. Our mission
presses have been more than ever busy
the great plants at Shanghi and
Beirut having sent out this year 64,'
O23, 335 pages, over 40,000,00O OF them
Scripture.
The total receipts from all sources
were S942, 900, gain of Sl4S, 624.2O,
Sunday schools and legacieS alone hav'
ing fallen below last year. Women
boards and societies have published
their receipts higher than ever-S55,
$50. 27 more than last year. The Board
gladly renews its acknowledgements tc
the American Bible Society and Amerl'
can Tract Society for generous grants
OF their publications. Missionaries sent
ont in 1S9O-91; Dakota Mission, .;
Mexico. 6, ) returning; Columbia, A.
Brazil, 81 Syria, 3, returning; Persia,
4: Siam, :: Laos, 6, returning; Corea,
4: China, II, returning; Japan, 5, 3
returning; Africa, 16, returning; India,
II, returning. Total sent out, 96; re,
turning, %.
The TreaSurer's rSport stands: Dehcit
from year ending April 30, 1899, $780,
965.9s; expenditures for year ending
April 30. 1891, S472, 517.O9. Total, ST.
O32. .792. .95. Deficit, 800, 1921. Re-
ceipts from churches, S346, 1899; wo-
mems boards. 1886, ,224.7S; Sunday
schools, S34, COS. IS; G. P. S. c. E., 3d.
4O4.51. Legacies, $50, 1897, annuitieS
donors deceasedD, S173,775; in trust,
! individuals and miscellaneous, Sll9'oS7.'
OF. Total, S942, ,69064.
In the thirteen different missions
there are: Ministers-American, 21O'
native (ordained), 175; native lllcen'
tiates), 1913: total, SIS. Lay workers.
American, male, 40: female, 34S; native,
1.O55; total, LAB. Total of workers.
2,O19. Churches, 375. Communicates
2s,494 Number added, 1875. Contrl'
buttons for mission churches, S49, 423
Number OF schools, COS. Scholars board
ing-Boys, 2,175; girls, LIS. Day
Boys, 16, 500; girls, 7,4O3. Total, 27,Sl3
Pupils in Sunday schools, 1926. Stu
dents for ministry, 100.
Total gifts of home churches (ail OBJ
iects), Sl3, $50 "a, Amount given to for
eign missions, S942, ,690.94.
DIR. BRIGGS CASE