The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-26
PRESBYTERIAKS APPLAUD.
Pleased With a Ruling of Attorney Genera
misunderstanding Report on
Foreign Missions.

EAGLE LAKE, IND, May 25.-In the
Presbyterian. General Assembly to-day
| applause greeted the announcement that
the grant for Roman Catholic chapel at
West Point has been declared illegal by
the Attorney General, himself mem Der
of the Roman Catholic church.
| The complaint of member of the Pres.
| bv:ery OF New York against the Synod of
New York with regard to the licensure OF
students was withdrawn upon the answer
OF the judicial committee thar the action
of previous Assem- blies applied to all Pres
| byteries, who are thus ZEN joined and in
| structed" not to take under their care any
students who are pursuing or purpose to
pursue their studies in seminaries not
approved by the general assembly. This
report of the judicial committee was
adopted without debate.
The regular order of the morning was
tine reports on foreign missions. as follows
The report showed that efforts had been
made to curtail expenses as far as possl-
BILE, in view of the reduced receipts, but IN
spite of such efforts an increased deficit
was reported. a large part of it was due
to the falling off in the item OF legacies.
1t was suggested that the extra effort to
extinguish the debt of the board had an
effect upon contributions to the cause of
| foreign missions. Special praise was
given to the work of the women's boards
and to the young peoples societies. Men
| ton was made of necessary retrenchm mt,
| but the basis of it was unspecified.
| Six foreign missionaries died and eighty
three were sent out during the year. large
proportion of whom, however, returned to
| former fields of labor.
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churches, $270, 479; women's boards, $299.
lis; Sabbath schools and young people S
| societies, $54 ,049; legacies, $50, $40; mis-
cellaneous sources. 800, $40. Unused ap-
| preparation and the sale of properties on
the field increased the assets by $50, 100.
The total expenditures were 1896, O61, oil
which $57, 62l was for administration and
| printing.
The total debt amounted to S113. 239.
| which was reduced by recelpts from the
anniversary fund to a net debt of $97, 454.
The largest appropriations were made
Tor work as follows: China, $174, 697: India,
$l67 373; Japan, $7S.145: South America,
$50 080; Syria, $50, O65; Siam and Laos,
vi, Ia; Persia, $73, 1873; Africa. Sal 1885.
| Inc board has securities to the amount
| OF 1851, 5sS, the interest OF which is avail
able ior current work. 1t also owns Sc
curities OF $3S, 102. upon which it has not
yet realized, and special funds aggregat-
ing 1856, S66, Of which $135. 455 belongs to
| tn permanent fund.
| The Presbyterian building in New York
| stood the board in 1929. 1856. of which $54,-
I4o belongs TO the interest account and
$l4, 2O3 represented taxes. Loans on the
| building aggregated $4,000, and $17.054
| had been received from rentals. The
gifts made toward the building amounted
| to $270. 1893.
The selection of Charles w. Hand OF
| Brooklyn as treasurer Of the board was
announced.
The report of the standing committee
| on foreign missions, reviewing the report
OF the board. was presented by John D.
Hewitt OF Emporia. Kans.