The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-21

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General Assembly for our work. said the
speaker, land this was little enough, we
have received but little more than hall
asked for Tor foreign missions missions
received but s. per cent; g per cent. OF
received but So per cent. g. per cent OF
was received, and the Freedman's Mission
received u per cent.
II nave no desire to disparage the work
of the boards" the speaker said, land I
do not ask hat less be contributed to
them, but we should certainly receive
more. Many congregations have asked
for aid, but lave not received il because
we had no none to give them.
Although $751; 900 has been appropriated
to assist churches in curse Of construc-
ton, we have less than $1,000 on hand.
This Synod is particularly derelict in con-
t%ributing. 1t gave but AZ per cent. of its
pro rata share. O~ne-quarter of the total
number of churches report no contribu-
tion."
THE Rev. j. 3. Turnbull of the Argyle
presbytery spoke. on the .Freedmen's
greater interest in this important work
in which the church had already made
an enviable record.
'Our church" said the speaker, ''advo-
Gated the anti-slavery principle long be-
fore the abolition movement was started.
In 1862 our church started to educate
and C~hristianize slaves. The next year 1t
present we have congregations OF freed
men of 100 each. Our policy has been. to
i GUQcale the ItceQWen DSlOFG CI5dill1lhS
congregations. W. have eleven schools;
including two colleges, with about 30s
pupils in each. There are eighty-two
teachers. Many teachers in the public
schools of the South were educated in
our schools.
.Our work has much to do with Chris
tian citizenship. The population or the
crate, and it Is questionable whether they
should be allowed to vote. They are con-
trolled by willy politicians; The wei pelhg
not educated they will remain a menace
| to good citizenship.
1.-THE Lord will hold US responsible TOR
speaker, 'Tf we send none abroad to.
help the heather and neglect the people
at our DOORS"
| phia briefly related his experience among
| the Southern freedmen. He said that
negroes with white blood in them were no
| c~leverer han those of pure African
Nh. j. J. Porter of the General As
| sembly's committee on ways and means,
! moneys contributed to the various boards;
! "A nickel and the price of a postal caro-
per member. every four weeks IS the sum
would advise a change of air for some of
| the Presbyteries until the $4,000 owed by
| the New York Synod is paid" He also
| urged more liberal support for churcn
The Commfttee on Nominations reported
the following committees
Trustees of the Synod for Three Years
Rev. J. G. D. Findley. D. D., and VIM.
Nicely.
Directors of Allegheny Theological
Seminary. full term-Rev.. James Bruce,
D.. D., Rev. R. D. Williamson, and Mr.. ].
D. Ferguson.
Directors for Newburgh Theological
sepinaaT r,rnba1Y y y. g. :. Martin ana Mr.. + I'VE ne; R asS.
Committee on E~vangelistic Work-KeY.
C. s. Cleland, chairman; Revs. r. Z; VIII
l liamsf Isv M. A. Msksn7is Mm W.. NJ Mocor SanR,
! ". HARMS H. H. Wallace and M. ;
committee 1n RsfoTmTReys nd Z n n
Committee on Narrative and State of
Religion-Reys. j. B.. Pollock, }. a.
Committee on Boards of the church
Revs. A. W. Morris, T. c. McKelvey and
Committee on Sabbath Schools-Revs.
C. C. French, w. L. C. Sampson and R.
Committee on Devotional Exercisesa
Michael and w. ]. Mccormick:
Moderator's alternate-Rev d. Cham
bers Stewart.
It the evening session the Rev. w, :.
MoEachron of Hebron, n. Y, delivered an
address on Home Missions" and the
Church History in the Allegheny United
Theological Seminary, spoke for an hour
on the United Presbyterian Church; It's
The Synod continued its fortieth annual
meeting this morning. Promptly at nine
o'clock the Moderator, the Rev. David w.
Collins. of Philadelphia, opened the meet
ing to order with devotional exercises.
Rev. D. B. Turnbull, D. D., was APP
pointed temporary member of the Board
of Trustees.
Revs. David Henderson, c. S. Cleland
and ". s. McEachron, as directors OF
Allegheny Seminary. reported favorable
condition Of the work pa1is there nenorted that
accounts of New York, Albany, Argyle,
Delaware and Philadelphia had been ex-
amined and found correct.
Rev. John Teese, of Synod of Kansas,
was admitted as a consulting member.
Rev. J.. A.. Williamson took the chair
and presided over conference, which then
The report of the Committee. on Evan
gelistic Work aused considerable discus
Sion. The work has ceased to be self-sup-
porting and the last two years shows a
synodical Evangelist Rev. T. G. Nickel.
vey, at the request of the Synod, toid OF
his work during the past year. He ad-
mitted that the work was opposed IN
many of the churches and stated that he
believed some of the members were OPP
posed to its continuance. Several mem
bers spoke in eulogy of the work OF the
evangelist and the report OF the commit
tee was referred to q special
on eVaIlSelSliC
When the report of the boards OF the
church came up, Stated Clerk Biddle read
the report of the Board of Foreign Mis-
sions, and the Rev. NJ. G.. Kyle, D. D.
president of the board, at the request OF
several members, made a statement in
connection with the report. He said that
there was a deficiency last year OF S6,4oo.
That the work had been curtailed es-
pecially in India and Egypt by the dis
missal Of native helpers, on account q
lack of funds. He said the board gould
not borrow money to pay this indebted
ness, although 1t held valuable securities,
because these securities were not nego-
liable. The condition in India was due
to the famine in that country, 1t being
almost impossible to raise money there
Except at an enormous rate of interest.
The church, the speaker declared, had
more missionaries in foreign fields than
it could afford to pay.
Rev. A. G. Wallace, corresponding sec
retary of the Board of Church Extension.
then spoke of that branch of the work.
At 1890 the Synod adjourned for recess
with prayer by the Rev. w. s. Nc
Eachron
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