New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-27
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Cneae sssmby answett VIM that a committee be ap-
s,e Of prsc,,re the authoritative punnca.on
nsa tion Of the nl9s contain in the margin all
sruures, whiC achievements and corrections made
he mprYsvised versions c.,,-oh wa. crowded with
M%o.n!ght the ,sr 70 hear DR.. John Halls address
~ s snd Subject Of home missions
,,v pREsBYTERIANS MOVE OUT?
VIII -uo,cHr HERE THAT EVERY EFFORT
OF MADE TO REMAIN IN THE NEW
VIII. ,,ru- AVE. BUILDING-IMPRovED
FINANCIAL CONDITION.
question as to the advisaoility OF 'ne res
me a'' poords of Home and Foreign Missions
Se their new building at NO. loo riieh-ave,
sivihs an before the Presbyterian General
sssh cam saratoga on Monday. caused consid-
vssm'' mt in this city yesterday. John s. Ken
gable oo s.id 10 have offered to buy the new
ssiy WI" ,,s cost price. less his contribution TO
seAoHs :. IN the city yesterday. but Is now SAID
was C,,caeo on his return journey from the
p~ :" -, where he has been for some time on
Hscno - his health. Nothing was known OF the
saoa"' -, either his secretary or his attorney
rs"e, ~, Ienox Kennedy, who is said to have
Ess ha9 n,ul,ngness TO put the old house at
sdca'eu Twelfth-st in good condition for oc-
Nna So the Mission Boards. is at Saratoga
ep, speer the secretary OF the Presoy-
k00', no.rd Of Foreign Missions was seen at his
u.'A =. the new building in regard to the matter.
cnN -. onlv officer OF either Board at present IN
Nsn, In speaking of the matter he said:
,v know nothing OF the discussion a, Sara IA
pes 49, 49, This morning. That there Is such
ne .! InSa however, is beyond doubt. John =;
Parsons on. re the Joint House Committee OF the
nsnpDs nsrSs which has charge OF TINS DuIiding ~
40 nv"a.York for Saratoga this afternoon az ooo
seOY That they VIII a use , o',arers have not
Of rtmA;Trh aS will do their best. | think that am
doaoi !, saving to keep the building In iact M ,
safe N asn was really the first TO suggest the
Van No ~, ,he time four years ago. when the ola
e uldins e. came to be regarded as nadequafe
building rsncIa condition Of the Board Of Foreign
Inc nu me better to-day than 1t was some four or
Misslohsr - ago when The Tribune published an In
I'VE wseS a,S me on this subject and still think, as
s,s ,ben, that the erection OF TINS b1dlng was
good nv 6 "s admit know what the dehcit would De
ina; ~ end Of the year Now we know tnat we close
o. the e,a accounts with surplus OF $50 $50 The
the !sa over from last year was $I6,'70, and
cehe.. Tor this year brings this down TO $4o3o
ou s..p narf OF this amount Will be wiped out Dy
sse on the 100000 fund that were not re-
ee,vsa ,Ss Officers Of the Presbyterian Board of
.,Hne Missions absent from the city yesterday
ssteTposn and the only person who could 9e seen
wa .,ng 10 give any personal opinion on the sub
~ ~, az he thought that that properly belonged TO
lis superior officers. He said however: mere mas
a.,reh The msunderst anding arising from the
sction Of this building which think arose because
yople believed that money given 10 the boarus ior
dictionary work was used in the construction OF the
srSings The one thing that gave prominence TO
me Misunderstanding and caused II to spread WIDER
han II otherwise would have done was because our
IN, which had no connection at all with the cree
von NJ this building was incurred unfortunately at
,Ss very time that the building was under way