The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-10
The S4th Annual Meeting Began at
Worcester Today.
SESSIONS WILL LAST -FOUR DAYS.
Many Distinguished Copgregationniist
Leaders and Educators In Attend
ance-One Subject of Interest Is the
Relation of Churches to the Board.
SPECIAL TO TIE NEWS.

WORCESTER, Mass. o t. 10.-The eighty
fourth annual meeting of the American
Board of Commissioners for Foreign
Missions began with u business meeting
Of the corporate members at 3
o'cl ok this afternoon. Among the
lea .rs If the Congregational church who
have gathered here and who will address
the meetings which will continue until
Friday enening are Rev. Josiah Tyler, n
veneral 10 missionary from South Africa,
Rev. DIR Judson Smith, DIR. A. j.. Beh-
rends 4 Brookly R~v. Franklin Cart r
Of Williams col eye. DIR. Alexander Nc
Ke, zie of Cam bridge. EXPIRE idelt S. T..
. Baril-tt # Dart mouth college, Prof. Eg
bert C. Smyth of Andover theolo ical
seminary, Albert r. Cunning. editor
Of the Congregationalist, Presi-
lent Merrill f Gates Of Am
herst, DIR. Gror Q l.. Walker of Hart
ford, CT; X v. JOSEPH II. Twichell, Hart
ford, Co.; Rev. ii. A. S imson OF Broad
way tabernacle. NV YORK; Rev. Dr.. Il.
+. Goodwin, pa-ior OF the First church
of Chicago; DIR. James Brand of o er IN;
President James w. S rong Of the Smith
college. Mortified; DIR. S 18th Baker,
Minneapolis: Rev DIR. ii. Hopkins. Kan
sas CT y; Rev. T. 4 Clark. Portland,
Oregon; Rev. DIR. w. NJ. Barbour, Mon
trrai. Canada.
During the four days session OF the
boari there will be d scuss ms IN many
topics in which tn Organization is :
t.rested. A good deal or time vii b.
devoted 10 n review or the years W TX o
the boardi the foreign missions In which
1t is direc ly Interested. There are
two questions, how vrr. which will en-
gaze The attention Of the board-t o re-
la, ion OF the Congregational churches to
the American b ,ar |, s to direc repre-
So tatIon on the boar !. and also the
quest GU on tie decision OF tue fitness OF
lne candi ties for visionary work by
some ecc IS sstical courts
Andover Controversy Again.
Trere is likely o be a lively i'm, over
the Andov, q Iestiou as to whether men
are TO be appointed AS missio aries
ho hold to the idea of future
prob tion. 1t is a renewal OF the
old Andover gu ,stion. Tue board has
twics in annual session de idei IL
in the negative, but It is now brought
forward b. IN attempt to secure
al app1in ment f~r Rev, w. ii.
n ye OF Is s;oi. who has been work
iig la Japan n. der he auspicrs OF the
Berkeley temple ms 10 .ary society.
Tue board has ,ffered t.. ap Ioint
Mr.. No, es on hi, o statement
tina; he did not hold to the doc
t ins OF future pr Ibal ion as an
e ment OF his b lief, but when
he refused To withdraw his former
TAI nents on that point, the boari
withdrew its offer Of app int nent.
fe question now is, where
does Noyes stand. aud will men Il
that kind be appointedi The prudential
committee has refused to appoint Tim, ~
the question now II. will the DO RI. as "a
whole, indorse the committees action?
Anot err question, which really hinges
up n he other. relates tp a C iange in the
officers and the mana cement OF the
board. Tn liberal party is anx-
ious to dup ace the present ho e
8 cretary and the chairman of the
home committee. and fill their places with
more liberal men. u less the course OF
affairs shall ta~e some unex-
pected turn, there is sure to
be stro q, sharp debate and
possibly bitter feeling upon these mat
ters. yet all entertain the hope that thes
questions will be settled permanently,
one way or another.