The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-10-19
THE BALTIMORE SYNOD.


Row. S. Il. Wishard, of the Synod OF
Utah. opened tho session of tho BATH
moro Synod yesterday afternoon by
address on the subject "Home Mis-.
slona.' He alluded to the work in the
west and also to the liquor trade
there.
The report OF he committee on Home
Missionaries showed that the contrl-
buttons during the yenr had lifted the
General Board of Missions OF the mad
bank of debt, on which IL Ind heon
stuck for several years. Tho Increase
OF $4,000 In the gift OF the churches;
the S3S, 900 OF the women's societies and
$4,000 from the Sunday schools and
young peoples sOcletios, and of SO
600 In legacies had made this great
tide OF benevolonce almost reach the
Sl.OOO,01 mark.
Tho largest number of missionaries
ever employed by the board had baen
employed last year; 1879 churches had
been organizei and an average OF six
commandments for each missionary
had been received into the Churc h on
, profession OF faith aud an Increase of
10 per cont in tho total membership
had been secured.
i From the statistics printed by tho
Assembly 1t appears that the Balti-
more PreSbytery gave TO home mis-
sions sl8 O!0 last year; the women's
societies, sl0l5, gain of $685.: the sun
day schools $780, gain OF so. Total
gain Tor the prosbytery of 1893.
1he Washington city churches gave
Sl621 u loss OF SSH the women 8
socioties s308O. gain OF SSH, the sun
day schools 1857, Il gain of Ssi; maxi
SEQ. Tho total gift OF the synod was
SIS, 1853. a loss of ESQ Thirteen church.
-es In the baltimore PresbYtery six in
l New Castle Presbytery and one in the
!, Washington Presbytery gave nothing.
no New Castle Preshytery gave
. So307 In 1898; Washington City Presby
r cry reported Sl2, ?6S.H decrease for the
A whole synod OF s3j2S.
According to the report Of the Board
OF Missions the Baltimore churches
! Igave S2T10, a decrease OF Sl233; tho
iwomen's society gave : !Sl7, Il decrease
a OF s15i ana the young peoples socie.
ties eros, decrease Ok $6l.
o The New Castle churches gavo 5i203,
4 u gain of 9224.
+, Tho communications of the Com.
:, mittee on Home Missions commended
tho work OF the womsu's societies OF
n the synod for their WORK during the
year and asked that the mambers OF
the synod aud tho elders pledge their
~ best efforts 10 promote the interests
Moi the mission cause.
Q Thereport and the recommendations
a were adopted.
y Tho Committee on tho Minutes OF
ie The Synod reported that tho stated
/. clerk had placed an approved copy d
the minutes In the hands OF tho com
mitteo. IL had been examined. Tut
committee sec no use IN cnErussin.
the minutes In manuscript cory ant
nc therefore recommended that the Com
ls mlttee on Minutes 20 abolished. IN
O. reports wete adopted,
10 MINISTERIAL RELIEF.
AZ The report OF the Committee oil
a. Ministerial Relief was submitted b
= tLe Rev. j. Il. Moliitt, ID D., Of Cum
o. herlund. chairman of the SyEoIICu
err [ ommittee.
,d The report called attention to thi
:. work us orc OF the most important IL
- erests OF tEe Church. not because u
be t. extent, but because the work wa
ee christ Ike. ]. also stated that 500 q
~ tile churches OF the cou,j try had no
a. contributed 10 The funds af the boar.
IL The number OF Lsnetciaries OF til
IL. board was 60l Of these 276 were mil
an istets $50 widows and twenty'si
: orphans.
lie The lresy berry Of Baltimore ccntr
I'd hutad Sl444 tile Pres1ytnry of Ne
m. castle $3.50 and tho Presbytery ,
WASHING on City Sln.4.
Kew DR. GRtt6U, ey president OF Il
IfayetLo College. uddrss,eI the svnn
on behalf of tnS 80 lrI OF Altnislpri!
10 Relief. Tho Hllres4 was followed i
ra. lie report OF the committee on su
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