Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-05-25
Tne P-RESsYTERIANs.
Report ss The ysrfss. Chsrvh Hssrts 80
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ths ts~u~rsi A..~ushtY-t CaE 1 pm th~
President.
wAsHrxeroS. NAV n The annual re-
ports - the various church boards made
public to-day, - - taken up bv The
PrcSby tsrian assembly fruru time u
tiHne. show encouraging results in every
branch q the work The rrport ~ the
permanent committee On temperance.
referring ~ the world fair. says
We Caaaot oout~zPtste eNcrPs with feelings
% shame the ~prcp~sst spectacle - b. placed
before AL The world % a vast uAtieual xrug
sfcp ant a vast nsNouaI exalnistoa ot N.
trampfin- eovn u av
The establishment hv congress 81 m
imParti9. commission II inquiry CON
corning thc liquor traffic j. favored
Local option j. mot regarded a. the b-sSt
and ultimate solution II the liquor
problem. bat most - the PrrShyteries
favor IL - a stepping stone toward
general prohibition Among all the
reports II pr.>hy ,crirs the license syS
tenn has No advocate or ap-DlpyiSt- The
report emphasizes the statement that
the church u not a political orE1uIEt-
ton. bat owes q, - tss~t and humanity
~ give unequivocal utt-rance on such
moral questions The institution ~
the army cautecn. in which It claims
~oldtcrs arr detailed a. saloon keepers.
Is protested against
The report Of the special committee
IN systematic h~nrscrner shows hat
the CHRISTIAN standard has attained an
average monthly circulation 80 sfst1
copies The receipts ~ all the bpauis
during the vcar amounted - - yy9.GJa
an increase over ~ ~ SIIs. 1s1
The report % the boart ~ church
erection funsiS shows hat during the
tear there wrr- - Applications for A.
siStancc upon which grants were ursd-
~aggregating Sos. 81 ami loans ell. ~
This total exceeds any previous TEAR in
the history - the bcarl Mere than
one half the churches "a the rsti ID not
contribute - this fnnsi and the brarst
begins the new year with m empty
treasury and many pressing demands
The results ~ tue h.ssrt - ait fnr
colleges has not proved n di>appsint-
uient - the expectations - the church.
During the wear the Receipts have been
tt5. $40 and the sums paid out agErr-
gate SSI.Nio Fogtv institutions have
hcen assisted ami twenty states ovs-u-
pied- The aggregate enrolment It
students Is zoo. - whom 2.as are en-
gagged in svstemafic Bible stutv
The report ~ n h.art in charge II
the missions for frevmrn shows tina,
nearly sos. annually Is being ex-
pended IN this diu~rtiuu with w,-pi r.
a~Fsa IA. -.sA - -
amounted g slpEmF3 whiie the receipts
we're sf7>.1lI jnisr this b.arf thrrv-
are - o~riaia~I ministers sn3 80
churches with a m~~mb-r~hip - 1919
ami is.t.4 sunday school -ehoiar<
nur<nr the war tho reprrt - the
h-art ~ r~li~f shows that 80 p.rsens
we're afforded assistance uinstv-foaF
new names h~ing plscrst upau the -pllS
There arr ~eventv-s5x ministers over ~
years Of r-tsrvI the oldest being
- and th~irty-hve - thr number being
over ~ The total appropriation for
the work was Sis1 80
The missionary department has or
ganixed ~ schools and rcurganizesi
80 bat 81 this total @5 have ceased "a
exi>t Inso the>c about teachers
and scholars are now gathered
The ~puhsyeatioa department has dis
trihuted RE han l. .ogn.0 ~ pages Of
tracts snd periodicals. and -. 1000 vol
umeS Of Chinese literature. The year
closed with a balance of sst.sI5 on
hand
CALLED 0x ruE PRESIDENT.
WASHfNGTnN MAY n-After listen
ing To the rrrprts u numerous eommit.
tees the general assembly - the Pres.
byterian church now m session here,
adjourned yesterday aftcrnooa and
proceeded in a h.sdy - the White house
% call upon the president Presiden,
and MIR Cleveland received h viSitors
in the East room MR. Cleveland wors
a graz gown 81 soft. elinging material
trimmed with black velvet. and looked
the embodiment Of goo-i health.
Dr- Craig. the moderator. was pre-,
sented tn the president by DR.. Bartlett,
chairman Of the committee OF range
msntss and made = brief. felicitous al
dress, To- which the president Responded
in a pleasant style. The visitors wers
formally presented b. name 10 Mr.
Cleveland by DR.. Bartlett and to Mrs
Cleveland b. Col j. VI. Wilson