Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-05-09

of church and parsonage property and
gained $11, 800, 900 more. The gain in
pastoral support was over $500, 900. The
gain was largely in placing 1,4oo addi-
tional pastors in the field.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary So
ciety and the Woman's Home Mission
ary society are among the best out
comes of the Christianity of our CEN
tury. The income for the quadrennium
for the first has been ST., 143, ,797. The
income of the Woman's Home Mission
ary society during the quadrennium
was S7s6, 265.
As result of new organizations and
greater efficiency of old ones we are
giving for missionary purposes $932, 900
year more than we were IL years ago.
The report referred in glowing terms
to the deaconesses' work, and referred
to its practically as follows The
church has 81 deaconesses' homes, hos
pitfalls and orphanages, of which 15 are
in foreign lands. There are 574 dea-
conesses, of which 90 are in our foreign
work; 100 are trained nurses. The or
ganization has $641, $50 worth of prop
erty, which has been mostly given dur
ing the past quadrennium.
During 80 years the board of church
extension has administered nearly S.
500, 900, aiding about 10, 900 churches.
Besides the aid given outright, it has
fund of nearly 81, 600, 900, which is con-
stantly loaned to churches at a low
rate of interest.
The Freedmen's Aid and Southern
Educa ton society is of the greatest
service to the negroes and whites in
the south. 1t has been in existence for
80 years, and during that time has ex-
pended 81, 100000 in esta tablishing and
sustaining institutions of Christian
learning in the south. 1t has taught
industry and letters, trades and
learned professions.
The Book Concern, besides making
necessary additions to its permanent
capital, has paid dividends amounting
to 100000 These dividends are de-
voted to the aid of effective preachers
whose salaries are deficient, and to as
sist in supporting our veterans, worn
out in the service, and their widows
and orphans.
Referring to the Epworth League
the report says: Among the great
agencies for the increase of spiritual
life we cannot speak too highly of the
Epworth League. In it are enrolled
1850, 900 of our young people organized
into over $1,000 chapters"
The letter also speaks of the perils
of amusements that deaden spiritual
life; reatfirms the declarations of the
church concerning intoxicants, and
says that several minor defects in the
discipline of the church should be rem
edied. 1t also points with pride to the
educa tional work of the church and
makes an appeal for increased Chris
tian citizenship 1t says that profit
sharing in business would prevent la
Dor troubles. At the conclusion of the
reading of the letter several fraternal
| delegates We're introduced. The COM
mittees were announced and the con-
ference adjourned for the day.
The four women delegates who are
ready to take their seats alongside the
men delegates in the general confer
ence won a great victory in the even
ing. The committee on eligibility, af-
ter long debate, decided by vote of
20 to II to deny the challenge made by
DIR. Buckley against admitting Mrs.
Lydia A. Trimble, of Foo Chow, China,
to the conference as delegate.
CLEVELAND, May 5.-The Methodist
general conference was called to order
Monday by Bishop Merrill, of Chicago.
Rev. j. S. Hurlbut, secretary of the
Sunday-school union, read the Script
ure lesson and offered prayer. A reso-
luton instructing the committee on
consolidation of benevolence to report
not later than May IS was carried.
Rev d. H. Muller, of Cleveland, of
fered resolutions advocating the es-
tablishment of a permanent tribunal
of arbitration between English-speak-