Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-18
The Synod Discusses Foreign Mis-
sions and Sunday Schools.
OTHER BUSINESS TRANSACTED
Close Of the Work at the Meeting
Tonight.
L ARGE ATTEND NCB

" . NiOch NIlS morning IN the fOuftn lftSiN-
terian Church. During the day considerable
business Of importance was transacted.
The morning session was opened with de-
votional exercises conducted by the rnoder-
ator, Rev. Geo. q. Little OF the Assembly
Presbyterian Church. and at its conclusion
the regular business assigned FOR the day
was taken up. A resolution was presented
and adopted providing FOR the appointment
of the Sabbath desecration committee the
moderator to name the members OF the COM
mittee later.
Elder Charles Lyman was then called 10
the presiding chair, while Rev. Mr. Little
read the report Of the board OF church
erection. The report went at some length
INTO the matter of receipts and eNpendl-
lures and showed in some detail how the
funds of the board had been disposed OF In
AIDING young or Impoverished congresa tlons
70 put up suitable buildings. The general
rule Is 20 lend money TO the church Body
10 be returned at reasonable and conVen-
lent periods. The report contained several
recommendations, which were adopted
among them one urging upon all churches
the duty OF regular and systematic giving
10 this cause and asking all Sabbath schools
and aid societies OF one sort and another
to include il in the objects for which they
contribute regularly.
Total Contributions.
The report of the board Of systematic
benetcence was then read by Rev. G b.
Ramsdel. 1t was made Up largely OF
statistics, but shovel that ''notwithstand-
ing the financial stress ur der which We
have been labonng, the people of the Pres
byterlan churches CT the baltimore synod
have been wonderfully loyal in th, matter
OF their contributors" The report fncud-
ell the statement that according To the
census of 1s.O the valuation of thc church
property In the three presbyteries that
compose the synod was follows: Balti-
more, I,2I3,324; New Castle, SEss twt:
Washington, S9iS.5no. The congregational
expenses Tor the past year were. Balu-
more, $3.50. lOi; New Castle, S1Ousp; WASH
ingtCn, Sll24Nl. The contributions 10 the
board of systematic beneficence for the year
ending October | were: baltimore, SlSnlS;
New Castle. S9Oii; Washington, sI5. I6l
Which showed an aggregate decrease Of
$5.UDo from iS.,2. New CasIie showed an in
credse, but Washington and Baltimore fell
behind. The total beneYolences for the year
ending October I amounted TO SIu9,1l
Foreign MissIuBs.
Rev. Mr.. Keigwin of Wilmington then
read the report of the committee on foreign
missions. including the report Of the wo-
mans Foreign Missionary Society. In the
course Of his paper Air, kcigWiu pointed
out that the proportion of growth in the
mission churches On heather lands IL great
er Than is the case with churches al home.
and that in proportion to Mndt is accom-
pliShe1 the cost of their support l. con-
siderably l,ss. The educational and medical
work which is carried On Ia connection
with the missions Was touched uppn ar
some length and spoken of in the highest
terms for what is done in the way Of pre-
pairing the way for the message of saliva
ton. The war which is now waging be-
tween Japan ana China. and which involves
three of ihe most promising fields Ior work
shows that the methods OF the missionaries
have not been AT Iault
AT the conclusion OF the presentation OF
this report KeV pr. Marshall, the field Sec
retary Of the board OF foreign missions was
introduced to the meeting and DELIVERED an
earnest address on the subject in which he
is 50 much interested. he devoted consider
able attention L. answering the question as
TO what missionary work has been done In
the way of ciyiliZinE the world. Hespuile of
all the Omens as OF a most favorable sort.anI
told from what he had seen himself as an
extensive Traveller in all parts Of the world.
OF the immense good that had accrued from
the spreading OF Code word ana OF the en-
couraSinS success that had crowned the
work In The ferycnt ami eloquent address
Dr. Marshall presented the claims Of mis-
sionary work upon the PTeshy yterian church
and upon the poke books OF Tie church
people, and appealed Tor more liberal contri-
buttons in order that the tield OF the boards
usefulness might be still further wi1rned.
lie defined personal cJnserrtf ion as
''purse-and-an conservation" ana said that
not only should tnyrc be an offering from
every church. but from every Individual as
well. He suggested few plans Tor mcth-
DDS 10 be followed iu raising funds for mis-
stonary work, methods that have proved
successful whenever they have been tried.
The annual cole, tiun ior this cause last
year amounted TO S-.I.uG1. With S,uuu ad-
Nocates in the shape OF Preachers. aad a
constituency OF a IniiiiCn ProStyteTians less
than S3OD,OoD had boon given, a -. try sum.
when ii is realized that this is less than a
mill a lay for each individual Prcsbytorian
in the land
sabbath schools.
Rev. Mr.. Stonecipher Of the committee On
scented the report for that committee. IL
stated that while the work among the Sab.
bath schools had not been eAttncsd as had
been hoped, IL had Eeen well sustained
There are now I'm these schools 2S.,i24 regII-
lar scholars, cf whom 5000 are now in full
membership in the church, sol having bs "a
admitted during the Iast year. The pcssi-
bilities FOR eVangelizing this and 9th r lands
through these means hLd never yet been
utilized as they should be- The committee
suggested as a means for IL creasing the
value OF the Sabbath schools the establish
ment of a hcme department In connection
with each sci ool. ana a better system OF
training and preparation for the teachers
1t also recommerd ded the adoption by every
school OF a system Of graduation akin TO that
which prevails i'm the public schools OF the
land In conclusion the committee urged
that there should be more regular and gem
erous contributions Cor the cause OF Sab
bath school missionary work.
business Transacted.
The moderator announced the appoint-
ment of the committee on Sabbath desecra-
ton, es follows: Rev. Oliver Hemstreet,
Rev. David +. Shaw, Rev. Teunis S. Ham,
lin, DID,, and Elders Theodore X. Miller
and o. II. Brown.
The report of the committee on narrative
was then read and after some brief discuss
sion the business session closed AT noon
after which there was half hours relig-
Ious service, conducted by Rev. DIR. Mof-
TAFT Of Cumberland.
Eight additional members of the synod
reported this morning, making the total
number OF those present l35, the largest
number that has ever attended a meeting
0f the synod.
The afternoon session today was taken
Up mainly with cOnsidaration Of the re-
port of the committee on ministerial re-
lief.
This evening at 7:30 O'Clock there will be
A general meeting at the Fourth Church In
The interests OF home and foreign missions.