The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-14
RESULlS Or MISSION WORK
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 twenty months trip around the world, visiting the colleges of all lands, and showing the rapid progress the student movement has made everywhere.
 Vice President Blatchford presided at the meetings yesterday.
 To-day the annual election of officers will be held.
 Communion service will be held at the Center church this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
 Officiating ministers-Rev. c. M, Lamson, D. D., Hartford, Conn; Rev, George A. Gordon, D. D., Boston, Mass.
 Deacons-F. $. Bradley, Center chuIch, New Haven; E. w. Marsh, south church, Bridgeport; Charles l. Hull Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, N. r.; George H. Rust, Plymouth church, Minneapolis, Mlnn.; s. B. Shap- leigh, Allston church, Boston, Mass; E. w. Blatchford, New England church, Chicago, III.
 A social meeting of the alumni of the divinity school will be held this after noon from to o'clock in the Lowell Mason room in West Divinity hall.
 THE FORENOON SESSION.
 Yesterday mornings session of the convention of the American Board of Foreign Missions was opened at the Hyperion at 10 o'clock with singing and prayer. The house was well filled with both ladies and gentlemen and after the opening exercises the session was re- solved into a business meeting with President Storrs in the chair. The first report called for was that of the cooperating committee from New Eng land. In the absence of the chairman of the committee, Hon. Henry D. Cobb, the report was read by Wm. F. Whitte more of Boston. It was stated in the report that there was a very strong feeling in the committee that efforts should be made in the New England district to secure, not simply a larger number of contributing churches, but a ! larger number of contributors in the churches, those who should give the >.matter careful attention, and so make an offering worthy the cause. The secret of the committees plan is in giving every member of the congrega- tien not only chance, but direct per sonal invitation to contribute to foreign missions.
 The report of the cooperating com mittee of the New York district was the next read by Rev. Howard s. Bliss. The report said in part: 1 "We have striven to be co-operat- ing committee in the literal sense of the word, and we feel genuine satisfac- tion in believing that the regular meet i ings of the committee, always held in l Dr. Creegan's office, ant with him as a welcome addition to our numbers | have lightened, in some measure, his responsibility and furthered his efforts
 "It is in this general work of coop l eration with the officers of the board { that, we trust we have been of some assistance to the work of the Master" :" 1 The report of the cooperating com ] mittee for the interior states district { was read by Charles A, Case of Chca- ! go. The report stated that the field of i the interior district consists of fourteen states with a combined area of over L. ! 00o,9 GOO square miles, having 2,200 Con- gregational churches scattered therein Two of these states have each only one corporate member of the board; one large state has three; three have two each, and two of the largest have none Thus, in eight of the fourteen states of our field, comprising 630,O00 square miles, there are but eleven corporate members of the board. Yet, in this same territory, there are TAO Congrega- 1 tioanl churches, eight state associations and thirty-six local associations al ready organized. Eight state Congre- gational bodies which meet annually, and thirty-six smaller bodies of pas tors and delegates that, for the most part, meet twice q year. l In the whole field there are fourteen state associations and 102 local asso- citations of pastors and churches that represent the almost exclusive constit- uency of the American board between Ohio and the Rocky mountains, | Rev. S C. Bartlett, D. D., ex-presi- l dent of Dartmouth college, reported for the committee appointed to nominate officers of the board for the ensuing year The nominating committees re- port was made up as follows:
 Associate Justice D. J. Brewer, ILL D., of Washington, D. c.
 Rev. A. J. Behrends, D. D., of Brook lyn, N. Y.
 Rev Michael Burnham, D. D., of St Louis, Mo.
 Prof. G. P. Fisher, D. D., IL. D.. of New Haven.
 D. Willis James, Esq, of New York city
 Rev. Arthur Little, D. D., of Dor chester, Mass.
 Judge Nathaniel Shipman, of Hart ford, Conn.
 Rev. J. G. Vose, D. D., of Providence, R. I.
 Hon. G. II. Whitcomb of Worcester | Mass.
 This report was unanimously accept ed and the nominating committee was chosen as above made up. The com- mittee will report at the business meet ing this afternoon.
 Great interest is manifested in the convention as to whom will be selected for president for the next year. Justice Brewers name has been prominently mentioned, but it is said that he ha: declined-not emphatically, however to serve Other names mentioned il connection with the office are the fol lowing:
 S. P. Capen, president of the Munici pal league, Boston; Dr. H. A. Lyman South Congregational church, Brook lyn; Rev. Dr. George A, Gordon, OlC South church, Boston; Dr. Noble, Firs