The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-19

OF Dallas. Tex. vice presidents. 2; T.
Sweeney of Columbus, Ind, r. T. Matthews
Of Des Moines, Ia, and f. E. Udell, of st.
Louis, Mo-; corresponding secretary, Benja-
min l. Smith, of Cincinnati; treasurer, f. r
'Fingley, of Cincinnati; auditor, l.. c. Fill
more, of Cincinnati; statistical secretary,
@. A. Hoffman, of St Louis.
The society has three subordinate boards
as follows Church extension fund, of which
David o. Smart is president; the board OF
negro education and evangelizatlon OF
which E. l.. Powell. of Louisville, is presl-
dent and the ministerial relief fund, OF
which Howard Gale is president.
The acting board of managers OF the so
ciety is composed as follows: ]. A. Lord
Cincinnati, o.: A. NJ. Harvout, Cincinnati,
o.; S. NJ. Cooper. Cincinnati, O.; A. L. Chap
man. Mount Healthy. O.; H; T. ogden. TN
Ky: Harry Dalton, Cincinnati. o.; Russell
Errett, Cincinnati o.; b. w. WATSON, en-
cinnati, o.; p. Y Pendleton, Cincinnati, g.;
H. T. Loomis, Cincinnati o.; Z. H. Duncan,
Ludlow, Ky.
This beard will to-day make a report
which is termed the best report it has ever
made. During the year the society has been
brought out of debt and contracts have been
entered into with the state boards of twenty
three new States The collections for the
year show q gain of $500. One OF the most
important matters which the board recon-
mends is a thorough unification of the work
of the national and state boards; and an
other is the creation of day when the
Sunday schools shall be trained in home
mission work The board also favors a
union of the negro evangeliZatiOn board with
that of general home missions, by Whlcn
but one general collection shall be taken.
80 per cent. of which will go TO the general
board and 20 per cent. to the negro eVangeli-
cation board. The board further recommends
that the Sunday preceding Thanksgiving be
set aside as Americas day in the Bible
schools and that a boys and girls rally
for home missions be inaugurated.
The report of E. p. Tingley, the treasurer
of the society which will be made to-day.
shows balance on hand, Oct. !, 1896. OF
81 290. "a: receipts for the year, $32.265O4 dis
bursements $25, co. and balance on hand
Oct /, 1897, $6.367H.
The report of r. r. Bryan the treasurer
of the board of church extension, shows
the balance in the hands of that board on
Oct l. 1886, to have been $e,053S4; receipts
for the year from G. w. Muckley. the cor
responding secretary. $22, 1896; interest re-
ceipts, $4632.06; receipts from returned
loans, 81 5000: special deposit received
from the church at Everton, Mass, 1884; :
total receipts and balance, $45,30695; total
disbursements, $31 1903, of which So, $50
was for loans: balance hand Sept. 80,
1897 $14136.76. The church extension report
also shows that the total resources of that
board were, on Sept. 80. 1896, $l4S,O643S. and
q gain for the year of $1S 1873 SO: The report
of H. L. Stone treasurer of the board OF
negro education and evangeliZation shows
the balance in hand Oct. l, 1896, to nave
been 1929 90; receipts for the year, IS 100 ~
expenditures. $6,909.94; balance on hand Oct.
board amount to $3S26.32. The board OF
ministerial relief, in its financial state
ment shows the balance on hand Oct. /,
1896, $996.41 receipts $1206440; disburse-
ments $10,382S8; balance now in treasury
$1,6S202