The Portland daily press., 1899-04-18
s. s. AND PUB. SOCIETY.
Annual Meeting of a National congre-
gstionsl Society.

elected at It's annual meeting today
Willard Scott, d. D., Worcester, rresi-
dent; samusl Ii. Capen, Boston. Alex
apder Mckenzie, ID. d., Osmbridge. John
| X. Mclean, ID. D., San Francisco, h. X.
Meredith, ID. D., Brooklyn, N. T., Nehe-
miah Boynton, ID. d., Detroit, Mich,
william II. Barton. u. D.. Oak Park.
| NJ, vice presidents; George Nj. Boynton,
ID. D., Boston, secretary and treasurer,
william A. Duncan, Phi. d., Boston,
field secretary; NJ. q. Hazard, Phi. d.,
boston, editor; Joseph X. Tewksbury,
general agent and X. II. Brown, Chicago,
agent; also a long list of directors.
The 9th annual report of
the Congregational Sunday School
and Publishing society, at Its
meeting In the Congregational House
this afternoon, was presented by the sec
Rotary, Kew. Geo. M. Boyntop, ID. u,
and adopted. In substance 1t was as fol.
lows:
I here ale sixteen persons regularly
emp loyed in the carrying on of the pup
fishing and book selling business There
are ten persons who are occupied IN inc
editorial and missionary departments.
Some years ago the secretary began TO
make collection Of the publications oil
the society, thinking it OF historical IN
terest to have a complete set somewhere
preserved of all that had been issued ior
the last two-thirds Of O century. ho has
now on the shelves of the Congregatiohal
library arranged in the order OF tneir
publication = 100 volumes of books ana
tracts. lesson helps and periodicals.
There are still from EGO to $40 books and
tracts wanted to make this ooliectlon
complete. Missionary superintendent.
Charles A. Towle of Iowa. died fepru-
airy %, 1899, being 81 years OF age.
We have had IS superintendents and
missionaries in our large and enlarging
field during the year just closed. Four
corr ,epondents have given us portion OF
their time; these have been In the South
ern field where we formerly had one SUI
perintendent One of our most valued
and efficient superintendents, Rev;
Charles NJ Daley, was ct the outcreak "a
the recent war, chaplain OF the South
Dakota regiment OF militia. When the
regin ent was called into active service
ne felt That, having accpeted that posi-
ton in time OF Ieace when IL meant pa
rade and enoampent service only, ne
could not honorably refuse to go into tina
stress and st ain of war with those who
had given him this honorary appoint
ment lie therefore was examined Tor
ser ice and when accepted wrote at once
togus explaining hisJpositiopslnd action.
Alter u bTiet stny IN camp, ne sailed
With the regiment among the nrst troops
sent to Manila aud has been In the Phil
ippine Islands ur TO this time.
rev. ". Is. ID. tray, our former
,aluei superintendent takes charge In
the state as acting superintendent until
MT. Laley shall be able to take up his
work again. ..,
New fields have been c1nvassed and 432
new Sunday school organizations enecteu'
a consiuer d BILE increase over the preced-
.lnO oh nll r1GAtVRn
curing the year by means OF 2,fU grants
of literature; $50 schools have been rec
opnized which had been suspended for
longer or shorter time; over ,oUU oiner-
enu schools were visited, 53J institutes
conducted, aud over {, 600 address, anu
-tr.nons delivered. VI the iio new
churches orga nized in 1898. 81 we've begun
as SUNDAY schools planted by our mis-
siouaries, 10 o hers were aided by them
from the beginning of their sunday
school work, and IL Others were aiuen
during the year; more than one-fourtn
grew from our seed and nearly one.nall
were watsred from our sprinklers.
In the year to January /, 1893, only ~
c4urohes were added; of t"ese 80 grew
from our society 5 planting. and 10 TN
cluuinQ the 81 were aided by US elther
from the beginning or later In their oun-
.ay school life. One-thirt we're planted
Dy us, and more than half were otherwise
niiohed by our labors
lbe new mission to Alaska has been a
feature of special interest. Mr.. Writ has
made warm friends among the leading
people of JUNEAU and Douglas. he has
sta, ted peoples work in the former
place with reauing room, library. and
pleasant SUNDAY afternoon service, but
mas RETAINED from organizing Congre-
ational church there, and has given over
the ground and the plant TO which be
had devoted time and money TO the other
wang elicai churches OF the place. AT
Louglns, where there was no Protestant
Christian work, he has organized
church of considerable mem bership,
erected building at cost OF about
80. 800, and started a library and reading
room for the NOR. than 300 men CON
nectsd with the lreadwell Stamp Mills.
the hearty support of the manager ana
company has Geen given; they have gem
erously contributed money and material.
The Societies of Christian Endeayor,
connected with our ConRrel ational
churches were asked to adopt this as their
mission and supply the $4,000. apPropri-
ateu by the two societies, IN shares Of SO
A bout two thirds of the amount asked
Tor has been received.
The greatest need of the Sunday school
y orS ali over tie land is good teachers.
Nearly $50 training meetings or series OF
meetings have been held. One superiD-
Uendent has opened a class oil some eighty
persons for correspondence study.
The total receipts for the year amount
20 57,sgS, which is 81, 40 less than in the
preceding year. lwo-thirds OF this was
Jue falling of in the Childreu's Day Of
.erings, which this year amount to
40, 800. Our contributions from the Iv-
ing were 81 800 less than year ago, and
,r Iegacies So, 0U0 less. the last being OIL
set by the az, u0U received from the Bust
ness Department. Owing TO the larger
balance than usual Mt the beginning Of
the year we have had an increase Of near
ly 81. 600 In the funds available for expen-
allure.
AS usual, the Sunay schools are our
largest end best supporters. About 40 per
cent of all we have received comes to us
through them, only about 80 per cent. OF
our receipts comes to us direct from. the
churches, while 10 per cent comes 10 us
through the women's organizations, and
about per cent, from the Business De
partment. In h62 cases the church and
It's sunday school have contributed 10 us
| separately. In all l,0y churches have
given directly to our work; 2l9 other
churches have sent collections for the
church and school together. Beside those
in this last class, 2. $40 schools have sent
| thair off apipas tn ne chi Az Wnmen :