The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-04
NEEDS MORE MONEY
MISSION CAUSE URGED BY CoNeRr-
GATIONALIST BRETHREN.

the Donors Wealth and Liber.lisy an
Those which Go Whore They VIII ID
the Most Goed-The - Minnesota Plan
| and the "Nebr.sk. Plan" Unite,
| Brethren and Reformed Church sss
| sions-Conventiop News.
| Saratoga. n. Y, June i4.-General o
o. Howard presided q, the second session
ct she Congregational Home Missionar,
society's seventy-first anniversary to-
| day.
| There was al extended general dis
| cussion relative 10 the financial condi-
ton OF the society, which has been con-
siderably affic.ed by .i.e business de-
preston during me rast year.
Secretary Washington hoate Of New
FORK City reaG p...ser entitled FIXED
Fs. &c rs in Home S!ssirn."
1t was the purpose Of the paper TO look
along the lines that run through the
seventy-one years Of the home mission
airy field and show tina. amid all the
change the great principles remain.
Among other things he said:
Let the menace of our cities, in their
masse all untouched by gospel light or
saving grace, the old world hordes, still
coming and bringing their bigotry, deg
relation and illiteracy; The great areas
Of our iand-let these conditions stand
before our vision and the need of the ma
ton as a present factor in home mis-
sions is read in characters darkest hue. "
Continuing, he said il was the Or
ganized body Of Christian believers that
did the constructive work in the Christ
ian upbuilding of the nation, and it was
the work of this society 20 organize such
bodies. That patriotism, whose domi-
nant factor is recognized divine pur-
pose in this coun,ry's future alone could
overcome the national problems whose
signs are so clearly visible today. Al
though public benefactions 10 philan-
thrcpic, educational and benevolent pur-
poses were of grand dimensions. yet the
agencies Of the church missionary Ian
suished under crippled finances.
Addiesse were made by Superintend-
en.s A. X. Wray of st. Louis, Harmon
Gross. Lincoln. Neb.; F. H. Ashman.
Albuquerque; Rev. Nehemiah Boynton,
D. D.. Detroit. Mich, and Rev. H. H.
KELSEY, Hartford, Conn.
Mr.. Bross of Nebraska spoke as fol-
lows:
1--WE are trying TO save our churches
during these desperate times by COM
bining the Minnesota idea and the Ne
braska plan. The Minnesota idea is TO
starve the ministers, the Nebraska way
is to work them to death. We cannot
very well combine both these plans on
the same field. but we are trying 70 make
a judicious selection. BY combinations
of two, or three, or four churches and
make one man pastor Of all, one man
breaches three times every Sunday and
drives twenty-five miles over rough
road; another mans parish has been
seventy-fve miles long by as wide as ne
could make il. Our churches have been
struggling toward self-support: many
of those upon the self-supporting list
have reached that point through great
sacrifice on the part of pastors and peo-
pie. If there is noble Christian work
going on under the sun, surely IL Is there
on those prairies.
Think how economically We are do
ing this work; 12s churches, with sew
enty-nine pastors receiving 1,0S0 persons
to church membership in a year. sus-
tanning Sunday schools, creating and
standard Of religion, NOR
Atty, patriotism and righteousness in
200 communities, and the whole plant
than half the running expenses of one
If our city churches. The current ex-
oenses of one OF our city churches are
said TO be over 10000. and our allow
ance for the state of Nebraska for the
present year Is only s14.013, $1,000 OF
which we are 10 raise in our own
churches"
Remarks on missionary work in their
fields were made by Rev. T.
'ey. Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia,
and the District Of Colum bia: Rev. L. p.
Broad OF Topeka. Kan: Superintendent
L. K. Wray Of Missouri: DR.. Harmon
3ross OF Nebraska; Z. II. Hickman OF
New Mexico; W. II. Thrall OF Huron. s. |
D.; T. ". Jones OF Philadelphia, and T. |
irassic Of Ashland. Wis.
The closing session OF the seven;y-frst
was held tonight. Addresses |
we're made by Rev. John l. Scudder OF |
Jersey City. y. j.. and Rev. A. H Brad |
ord Of Montclair. y. j. General Howard |
llso spoke.
The selection ot the next place OF meet
ag was eft with the executive commit 1
SO. Either Hartford. Conn. or Detroit. |
dich.. VIII in all proba bilisy be selected |
Tonight Rev. DR.. T. Frank Bailey % |
Denver. Colo. offered resolutions. which
rere unanimously adopted. expressive OF
he utmost confidence in the operations.
onduct and management Of the society. |
REFORMED CHURCH.
Asbury Park. y. j., June 3.-The rou-
ne work OF the general synod OF the
Church in America. which IL
olding its ninety-first regular session. |
cyan here today. The morning Was |
AIKEN up with The reading OF reports.
1owing the work of the different
ranches OF the church during the past
ear. The business meetings are being
ED n Educational hall. while the reIig-
JUS sessions are being conduc:ed n tAs
etormed church
UNITED BRETHREN.
Richmond. Ind. June 3.-BiShop Hal
lck Floyd 0. Indiana presided over the
.ssion u ne United Brethren general
difference a. Dublin 1ais morning T.
as vo.si 70 elect general officers To-
,orrow morning. A committee q ssa
AS appointed by TIE board % bishops
, make nominations. A motion 70
-ose sessions Saturday afternoon was
otsi down Rev Barclay O. Oregon
as appointed pastoral delegate % ne
Christiso association a. Cslcz-
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