The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-22
T0GREATER EFFORT
Do MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN
MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION
FEEL IMPELLED.
THEIR CONVENTION ENDED.
ALL REPORTS AND ADDRESSES
SHOW THE GOOD WORK WHICH
HAS BEEN DONE.
UNITARIANs ALSO IN SESSION
Defense in the HauGan Casc-Gen-
eraI News of the Mill
City.

Last evening marked the close Of the
fifty-first annual meeting OF the Amer
lean Missionary association, and the
session was a little climax to the work
of the association performed during the
past week three days. From the first
session last Tuesday afternoon there
have been four great questions before
the people of the convention, what OF
the work among the negroes, the noun
tain whites, the Indians and the Chi
nese? Has it paid? Has it produced
results commensurate with the expen-
diture required to carry it along? What
is the future prospect?
1t is these questions that it is the
purpose of the convention to answer
and from the first address and the first
paper there has been but one answer
The result of the convention leaves but
one thought in the minds of those who
attended it's sessions, and that is that
the work which has done so much to
solve these difficult race problems, and
promises to prove the final solvent oil
them all should go on on a scale OF
still greater proportions than in the
past.
The officers Of the American Missionary As
agreed upon at yesterday mornings session.
They were elected at the afternoon session.
With two exceptions they are the same as last
year The name of Charles N. Schenek is SUB
stituted fer that of James H. Oliphant, as one
of the auditors, and Rev. L. Pratt will take
the place of James II. Twichell, a mem
Der of the eXecut We committee.
The following are the officers:
President, Merrill E. Gates, LII. D., Mass
achustts; vice presidents, Rev: F. A. Noble,
D. D., Illinois; Rev. Alex Mckenzie, D. D.,
Massachusetts,; Rev. Henry Hopkins, D. D.,
Missouri; Rev. Henry A. Simson, d. D.,
New York; Rev. Washington GLADDEN., D, D.,
Ohio; honorary secretary and editor, Rev.
VI. E. Strieby, d. D.; corresponding secre-
taries Rev. A. F. Beard, D. D., Rev. F. P.
Woodbury., D. D., Rev. c. j. Ryder, D. D.,
record -ng secretary, Rev. NJ. E. strieby. D,
D.; treasurer, H. w. Hubbard; auditors, D c.
Tiebout, Charles N. Schener.
Executive Committee-Ch L. Mead,
chairman; Charles A. Hull, secretary; for two
years, Charles A. Hull Albert j. Lyman,
Nehemiah Boynton, A. ]. F. Pehr 5nds, Ed
ward S Tead for one year, Samuel Homes,
Samuel S. MARBLES, Charles L. Mead, Frank
NJ. Brooks, Elijah Horr; for three years,
William Hayes Ward James w. Cooper, Lu-
cien c. Warner, Charles P. Pierce, Rev. l..
District secretaries-Rev. George H. Gut
terson, Rev. Joseph E. Roy, D. d.
Secretary of Wcmen's Bureau-Mlss D. E.
Emerson.
The days papers dealt largely with work
among the mountain whites and the negroes
n the South.
This evenings session marked the close Of
the convention Following the opening eXer-
cises Rev. William Griffis, D. D., OF Ithica
N. Y, delivered an able and stirring address
of the nature of a summary of the great
needs of the various lines of mission work
under the care OF the association. President
Merrill E. Gates delivered a mastery ad-
dress, urging with force and power the idea
that it was not the spelling book that would
accomplish the work to be done, but the pre-
cepts of Christ incarnate in human hearts.
An interchange of congratulations closed the
session. The next convention will be held at
a place to be decided by the executive COM
mittee.
WOMEN'S WORK.
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 21.-Mss D. E. Emer-
son. secretary of the Bureau CT Women S
Work presented her annual Ie.ort, which
was in part as follows:
The receipts for the year through women S
societies were S28 753. This does not by any
means represent all that women have done,
but simply what has been gone through their
organized channels. Forty-nine missionary
teachers have been supported by the con-
tributions -twenty-four in the colored field,
twelve in the Mountain White, twelve in the
Indian fed and one in Alaska. The work
among Chinese women in California had
also received aid. There have been many
conversions among the children at the
schools
Minneapolis, Oct 21-Mr. Rodney Dennis,
of Hartford, Conn, read a report of the
committee On finance, from which it appear
ed that the debt Sept. so, 1896, was $65,5I2,
for the past four years had averaged $Se343,
or about 100000 year less than for the
four years previous to the year 1S32-9S-a de-
crease in four years of about $240G00. The
donations for the four years just passed
averaged $179,3S6 about the same as. the
year Of the panic. For the year Just closed
they were about $1,000 more and $3.50 more
than the average per year for the four pros
porous years preceding the panic. The ap-
propriations for the coming year are over
$43, 600 less than last year, because of, the
debt. reduction of 25 FER cent has been
made in the operating expenses and Of II
per cent in the mission fields