Fair play., 1893-05-27
THE PRESSYTERiANS.


General t>>cuihI, Encouraging Figures
Ia Ey.ry Branch, ON the Work, which IL
EfC,.ily Comprehensive. 10th mt Homo
and in The Foreign tictd.
WASHINGTON. May 2n.-The annual
reports of the various church boards.
madr public to-day and IL hr taken up
by the Presbyterian assembly from
time Ia time, show encouraging results
in every branch nf the work. The re-
port cf the permanent committee On
temperance enters into that subject
largely in detail and makes some 'mp"r-
tart recommendations that will couie
before the assembly.
'fhe report ot the special connnitteo
,'r systematic bcuctcicncc shows that
the Christian Standard has attained an
average monthly issue Of 2i,2ao copies
The total receipts of all the boards
during ihr year amount t. s., I'','o3,
nm incre:is, over i>2s OF Sis. 't''.
The report Oi the board of church
erection fund shows that during the
year there were 2H2 applications for as
s>tanre, upon which grants were made
aggrrgating slni.S9i and loans SOIL
The. result rf the years work of the
Srsrd of aid for colleges ami academies
has not proved disappointment to tho
expectations ot the church. During
the year the receipts have been >1',i5t
and the donations in tn. shape "f aid
aggregated S,iT. $50 Forty institutions
have been assisted and twenty states
occupied The aggregate cnr"llmcnt
of students is I.003. of whom .,1io nro
engaged in systematic Bible study.
'il::, report of the board i'll charge vi
the missions for freedmen shows that
nearly SOD, ,1Un annually is being cN-
pended with many good results.
During the year the report of tho
board Of relief shows that ~ persons
were afforded assistance, - new names
being placed upun the rolls last year.
There are scventy-Six ministers over 70
wears nf ag. retired. the oldest being
~ and thirty tive Of the number being
over So The total appropriation for
this work WAS sii2. 40.
IN the branch of the church work de-
voted t. publications and sabbath
schools there has been. according to
the report. Il season of prosperity. Tho
missionary department has organized
800 new schools and rcnrSanilcd ~. hut
of this total ~ have ceased to exist
Into these schools are $1,000 teachers
aid scholars gathered. The publica-
tinn department has distributed more
than 1900, 900 pages OF tracts ana
periodicals and 6S 900 volumes OF Chi
ncsc literature. The year closed with
!, hal,nr,t of 81 81 , on hand
The report of the board of foreign
missions displays very satisfactory
| condition Of affairs, the only gloom be
inp caused by the death of four mis-
sionaries. During the year forty-six
new missionaries were sent into the
| field, making total i'll connection
with the board of 623 missionaries,
which with active agents of all grades
| reaches total Of i.647, including ls7
| ordained ministers.
The expenditures for missions in the
more important fields were as follows:
Africa s3i. i.lG7: China, slso,OS': INDIA,
| Sli1 $40: Japan. s9I 9f;2: Korea. s:'', ,'s3;
Mexico. $sg. .lG1: Persia. S:T.0i2; Siam
and Laos. 81 .9j3: South America. Ss',-
lG3: Syria. SCI .2O6; United States In
dians Sl9.s!s. The expenses OF the
home Department were :50.20o
The report of the board of home mis-
sions does not show the increase that
was hoped for ut the commencement OK
the year. Touching reference Is made
in the report to the death of DR. Henry
Kendall. sole secretary Of the commit
tee Of home missions of the New School
branch Of the church from the organ
izatinn to the rc,ininn and also to tho
demise of eight faithful missionaries. 1t
is shown that during the past year
there have been 0r9anizcd,o only 1872 new
churches. Il smaller number than usual,
"a result duc chiefly to il want of funds
The year began with debt Of 81, i60.
nearly all of which has been Cancelled
and new work To the amount of s3l.i8
undertaken. The total receipts OF tho
board We're s9jI .i54.
The general summary of the report
of the board of home missions con-
denscs the more important details OF
the wears work as follows: Number OF
missionaries. LES: number of mission
arv teachers. 319: additions on profess
sion of faith. iD.0!s: additions on certi-
ficate. 6s&s: total membership, $3.50;
total in congregations, lii.o05; Sun
day schools organized. $50; num-
her of SUNDAY schools, 2,32o;
membership of Sunday schools, l52,9l5;
church cdifices (value of same s3.Ij2,-
5G8I. 15,: church ediiices built during
the year lcnst of same. $50. .iGsl, ll5:
church cdificcs repaired and enlarged
,cust Of same $50. $50. 90: church debts
| conccIcd. sll3IlO: churches self-sus-
tanning this year. 80: churches or
ranized this year. 1872; number Of par
,1nages tvaiuc. 500. $50, il2.
The report of the board of education
| shows that the dcrand for ministers is
| ahead OF the supply. Two years ago
| the vacant churches numbered I.1s3,
| and last year l,2i4 Of which 1873 have a
| membership ranging from 100 TO over
| LOCO. The western synods particular
| Il have suffered. notably Nebraska,
| Kansas and Minnesota Last year
| there graduated from the semi
| naries 2i3 students. an increase OK
only il. and of these only 200
| available for the home field. In con-
| Gliding its report the board declines to
| recommend rcsuscitation of the
union that formerly existed with the
| Welsh Methodist church with reference
tn the education 81 students for the
| ministry in that church.
| Germany is Agha.t.
| BERLIN. MAY 2o.-The firm OF which
| the late Baron Eleichroder. the famous
! financier and friend of Prince bismarck,
| WAS the chief. and which still holds a
leading place in German finance states,
| imam interview. that Germany i aghast