Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-10-10
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
Meeting of the American Board of Com
mlssIonera-Koports of secretnrles.

Meeting of the American Board OF Com
missioners-Roports of Secrstnries.
TOLEDO, Oct THE eighty-seventh
annual meeting of the American Board
of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
opened at 1916 Tuesday afternoon in
the first Congregational church here.
Up to that time about fourth of the
400 delegates had reported, Rev. Dr.
Williams, of the First Congregational
church, opened the meeting with an
address of welcome. The response was
made by Rev. r. S. Storrs, d. D., pres
ident of the board. The annual re-
ports of the secretaries were the first
business taken up.
Assistant Treasurer +. II. Wiggin
presented his report. 1t showed the
cost of missions for the year ending
August 81 to have been S572, 533; ex-
penses of agencies 1889; cost of
publications $40, s52; of administration
S27, ,252; total of $627, 1863. The total
expenditures, including balance for
which the board was in debt one year
ago, were S743, 104. Donations for the
year were S601, ,966; legacies S122, $50;
interest on general permanent fund
$40, ,3o7; sales of curios at Honolulu
49, 900; making the total receipts S74S,-
104.
"The Japan mission and its prob.
lems," was the the subject of a report
by Rev. James L. Barton, d. D., for
eign secretary. He said: The laws of
Japan permit no foreigner to hold real
estate or buildings outside of the mar
row treaty limits in the seven treaty
, ports. Various Christian Japanese,
a.a II ls--. l. I.~l t.CT
trustees were willing to hold the title
} to mission property, but this was un-
satisfactory. In 1892 when the tidal
wave of intense nationalism swept over
the empire, there was an investigation
: into the relations of foreigners to Japan
t and the facts regarding the foreign
, possession of real estate outside OF
treaty ports were made public. There
was at once general demand from the
individual Japanese for release from
, this odium and danger and it was
granted. Amid these legally indefinite
a business transactions, covering
period of over 90 years, and that too,
: with people whose business methods
differ in many ways from those of the
= Christian world, there has been very
little financial loss.
Within 25 years not less than $4,000
:. Japanese have united with over 400
" Evangelical churches. Hospitals and
asylums and many other charitable
institutions springing only from the
impulse of Christianity and built upon
Christian principles have appeared all
=. over the land. Over 1000, 900 copies of
~ at least one of the testaments were
circulated in Japan previous to last
u year, and during last year over $4,000
e copies of the Bible in whole or in part
: were sold to Japanese.
j. In paper on missions in Eastern
= Turkey, Secretary Barton said: No at
tempt has as yet been made to rebuild
N the houses of worship which were de-
g stroyed and in many towns the people
10 do not dare to assemble together for
IN any purpose whatever The common
Oh suffering has broken down in great
OF measure the wall of separation be-
IL tween the Gregorians and the Protes'
ne tants. At Harpoot $SS,000 worth Of
uC mission property was destroyed, fol
no which no indemnity has been received
Missionaries were there and elsewhere
lis fired upon but no one was seriously in
al jured. In the place of reparation ane
W indemnity for these hardships and in
eo dignities formal charges have beer
gu made against several of the mission
y, aries that they were the instigators o
'a4 all the riots and massacres. Unless
on satisfaction is obtained from Turkey
ne for all these outrages upon American
re citizens and destruction of American
lie. property there will be in the future
at little safety for either"
hit Last evening the annual sermon be
ee. fore the board was delivered by Rev
ng e. N. Packard, of Syracuse, N. Y.
ps whose topic was missions and th
on Pentecostal Church"
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