The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-26
RELIEF WORK
CORDIALLY APPROVED BY THE
PREsBYTERIANS
The General Assembly Session Largely
Devoted to the Consideration Of
Foreign Mission Matters

Foreign Mission Matters
WINONA LAKE, Ind, May 25.-Tne
Presbyterian general assembly today
adopted q resolution expressing the corr
dial sympathy Of the general assembly
with the national relief commission and
similar associations having in view the
welfare of the soldiers, sailors and marines
engaged In the present war.
The regular order of the day was foreign
missions. DR.. G. F. Pentacost of Yonkers.
N. T., chairman of the standing commit
tee, presented a report and addressed the
assembly. The report contained the fol-
lowing:
The fiscal year began with a debt Of $97.-
454, but this and all other obligations had
been met. Appropriations had been re-
duced 100000 and thus the debt which had
existed in varying amounts since 1893 had
been extinguished. The gifts to the board
from the women's board had increased by
%, but there had been thirty deaths or
designations. Reports from all the fields
were encouraging, in spite Of the fact that
retrenchment had told very heavily upon
the schools, some Of which had been closed.
The receipts were: From churches, $685.
622; woman's board, 1912, S77; Sunday-chools,
$3S POS; Young Peoples societies, $1O,013l
legacies, $75,940; miscellaneous donations,
$72.610 interest on investments, etc., $97,-
613; contributions to meet the debt Of 1897.
$79,73S; total, $979,125 The disbursements
were .7O2, of which $56,O51 was for office
expenses, part of them at the direction Of
the general assembly.
Following the report made, Robert e.
speer' secretary OF inc BOARD presented the
scope VI Inc "orA VI 'he church III iofeish
ianos. AT the close the speaker was greet
ed with much applause. me foreign mis-
sionaries' VINO are commissioners 10 tho
assembly, were called upon the pia1iorM.
About twenty responded ana representa-
tives from lnola' PERSIA Japan ana Aorea
occupied considerable time
The report of the board of publication ana
Sabbath schools was also presented. and
represented two interests, the one missions
airy and the other commercial. The publi-
cation board reported net profits OF $Sl'o4I
on sales aggregating $l2l,'oo OF poooks ana
tracts and $zo1 ,2oS FOR periodicals. Inc ac-
tive capital OF the concern Is now $780,
The board reported the publication OK
t.90O,S75 copies of books and tracts and A.
1886 copies of periodicals. The missions
airy branch of the board received total
of $114,s45. of which $51,976 was given by the
Sundayschools. and $780, sos represents two-
thirds of the net profits of the business de-
partment. The board reported decrease
of $2S91 in its income. Working under the
board are 81 missionaries, who have organ-
lied 1923 new Sabbath schools, with q
total attendance of 81, 414 scholars. The re-
ole CT tn I'd tOt hn
Witherspoon building in Philadelphia,
which has a total rental value of $123, 900,
or, exclusive of the floors occupied by the
board, of $4,000. At present the rental re-
ceipts are $24 900. The cost of 1t was $685.
s62. For furniture there was needed s25,.
2s4. and s47 200 is still due on contract ac-
counts, To meet there accounts and to re-
duce that $4,000 900 mortgage now on the
| building the boar ha s10S. AIS ca sh in hand.
It was anticipated that the mortgage will
hs extinruished in twelve or fifteen years
or normal prosperity.
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