The herald., 1898-10-06
Los ANGELES HERALD. THURSDAY MORNING OCTOBER 8 1898

minutes. H. E. Jewett. W. H. Cross. E. s
Williams; visitors to Pacific Theological
seminary. Ben r. Sargent, w. H. Atkin-
son, w. e. Reid, w. A. Day, G. C. Kfrt-
land. F. Lawson. w. Butler; auditing, Fos-
ter p. Cole, w. w. Chase; devotional meet
| ings. s. r. Yarrow, J. D. Orr, A. Bayley;
general missionary, d. c. Adams. DR.. Adj
disfon. H M. Tenney, C. r. Brown, G. w.
Scott, L. D. Hale. j. l. Barker; Pacific
coast college and seminary. c. S. Nash, @.
d. Hatch, J. K. Mclean, DR.. George Mocar,
F. H. Foster, C. r. Brown, w. d. Reed;
Christian Endeavor society, Francis w.
Red, Miss M. l. Richards, L. w. Hill, Mrs.
Clara Mcdonald. Miss Catherine Denman.
The evening session was devoted to the
California Home Missionary society.
American Missions
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Oct. 5.-Today's
session Of the American Board of Foreign
Missions opened with devotional exercises
led by Rev. Clarence Swift Of Lansing.
Mich. President Lamson appointed COM
mitteos to report on Home Department and
Surveys of Missions. Rev. Jas. T. Bar
ton, d. D.. finished reading the surveys
of missions begun yesterday by Secretary
Judson Smith. He said:
Upon the work of the twenty missions
of the board, the sun never sets. Located
in 1O1 different stations. worked through
127 separate centers, there are 1859 ordained
missionaries, 16S wives and 17S single wom-
en-, making an American missionary force
of 731, 3S of whom are physicians, 10 less
missionaries than reported one year ago
There are 22O ordained pastors. AT preach
ers, 1713 teachers, 260 Bible women and 3O7
other native helpers, making grand total
of 2977 trained native co-laborers, q more
than was reported last year. There are
465 organized churches, with a membership
Of 47,162, or an average of 100 members to
each church. There $500 scholars in the
Sunday Schools"
Charles H. Daniels pointed cut that the
means for carrying en- the work in the
past year had been totally inadequate. and
that the native agencies had been reduced
As to so per cent The salaries Of mis-
sionaries had been reduced 10 per cent.
The receipts of the year from all sources,
emitting sums received for the debt, have
been $661 ,307, gain over last year Of $1S.-
023, but less than the average for the past
five years by $40 900. Total expenditures for
the year, $6S2, 1859. The debt at the close of
last year was $45.130, and upon this debt
$25 ,902 has been received. The total oblga-
tons resting upon the board Aug. 81, 1888,
were sac, POI.
The Baptists
OAKLAND, Oct Sat the session of the
Central Baptist association today Rev. S.
w. Beansen made plea for the home for
the children Of missionaries. The home is
in Washington, between Seattle and Ia
coma, and the speaker believed that 1t
should be given the support of all the
Baptists on the coast. The following Of
ficers of the association were elected:
L. W. Elliott, Moderator; r. C. Wright,
secretary; George Fraser, treasurer.
A young peoples union of the Central
Baptist association Of California was or
ganized and the following were elected as
its officers:
President, G. W. Fraser, Golden Gate;
Vice president, c. H. Mackay, Stockton;
secretary, Mrs. NJ e. Gallagher, San
Francisco; treasurer, Miss E. NJ. Reed, |
Alameda; board of managers, John Pat
ton. Albert Waters, Miss NJ. L. Bird.