The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-15
The Forenoon ses sion.

The morning session yesterday was Plumb of Roxbury, Mass. Reports and papers concerning the mission work of the past year abroad and the prospects for the coming year were read The first report was that of the committee on missions in China and was presented by Rev. E. c. Ewing of Danvers, Mass. Among other things the report stated that additions to the churches have been large and frequent, numbering S71, an advance of over 52 per cent. upon the previous year. A single church in the Foochow mission received an accession of Al on confession of faith; equalled during the same year by only one church of our denomina- tion in this country.
 Benevolent contributions advanced upon the previous year by twenty-six hundred dollars, or 70 per cent. In one instance the increase was more than 4S3 per cent; while efforts at self-sup port on the part of the native churches have been more general than formerly.
 The medical branch of the work has developed to unprecedented propor- tions the number of cases treated hay ing advanced from 7S,000 the previous year to 103, ,000; an increase of over 32 per cent
 Membership in the Sunday schools shows a gratifying progress from 3,117 to B. 463; nearly 15 per cent. The enroll ment of pupils in all other schools un- der the care of the board remains sur prisingly near to that of the previous year. We note, however, with q core spending diminution in the number of the pupils in the common schools.
 The report was followed by an ad- dress by Rev L. P. Peet of the Foo | chow mission in China.
 l Professor George l.. Weed of Phila- delphia reported for the committee which was appointed Wednesday to | consider the proper observance of the approaching fiftieth anniversary of the massacre of Marcus Whitman, M. D.
 His committee offered the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted by the corporate body: I 1. Recommended, That some recogni- ton of the service of Marcus Whit man to this board, and the country, be made in the pulpits of the Congre- l gatonal churches of the United States, on Sunday, November 2S, that being ! the day previous to the fftieth anni- 1 versary of his massacre.
 3. Recommended. That special mem- orial services be held in Boston and Washington on November 29, the if i tieth anniversary of the massacre. | 3. Recommended, The appointment of a representative from this board to | bear it's greetings to the Presbyterian ! friends of missions at the anticipated 1 unveiling of the statue of Dr. Whit man on the witherspoon building, in i Philadelphia. Also, representative l of the board to bear similar greetings 1 to the gathering to celebrate this an niversary at Walla Walla, Wash, on the same day.
 i. Recommended, That a committee of six be appointed, with power to add to its number, to arrange for the fnem- orial services in Washington and Bos- ton, and that to this committee be re- ferred the question of the erection of q suitable monument to the memory of Dr. Whitman.
 President Storrs appointed a com mittee of six to arrange for memorial services services in Washington and Boston, for Dr. Whitman and one to represent the board at Walla Walla and one to represent the board at Phila- ! delpha.
 Walla Walla-Rev. w. Fl Scudder ol ! Tacoma.
 Philadelphia-Rev C. H. Richards i D. D.
 Washington-Rev s. NJ. Newman : D. D.; George F. Whittlesey, Esq; General O. o. Howard. Z. i Boston-Rev. S E. Herrick, D. ,D.;
 Rev, A. E. Cunning. Rev. E. G. Por- ter.