The record-union., 1899-05-26
Woods, DID,, Rev. Robert Mcdonald,
BrnOklvn N Y

Woods, DID,, Rev. Robert Mcdonald,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
PUBLICATION SOCIETY.
The American Baptist Publication
Society opened the first session of it's
seventy fifth anniversary this after
noon. The. report of the board was
read by A. ]. Rowland, DID,, and pre-
sented the following statements and
facts:
In the publishing department we
have sought to meet the needs of the
denomination and age by the issue of.
books tracts and periodicals fitted not
only to counteract the influence of the
pernicious literature which everywhere
abounds, but also to give young and OLD
uplifting views Of truth.
.The force of workers in. the Mission
ary Department has been considerably
increased. The aggregate Of sales for
the year is $645. .406.26; merchandise,
$35S, ,S3637; periodicals, $2S4569.S9.
The publishing department shows the
following facts: The publications OF
the year, including tracts, have been
eighty-one in number. OF these H. lOo,-
250 copies have been printed. The en-
tire number of books, pamphlets. per-
iodicals, tracts, ETC., new and old, print
ed during the year is 46, 6,522,1 1O4 copies.
an increase of 1898 copies over pre-
vious year. The total number of pages
printed during the year, reduced to IT,
mo size, is 1,43S 107, sos, being an in
crease over the year ending March 81,
1893, of 60, ,2S1 .564 16-mo pages.
The total issues since the organiza-
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of books, periodicals, pamphlets, tracts,
etc., equal to 17,271 500 14S 16-mo pages
and equivalent to 1872, ,097 books of
300 pages each.
The report further shows the enor-
nous quantity of over 100000 copies
of periodicals as the output of the year.
The missionary department shows l20
missionaries and workers in the field.
Financially the net assets of the So
ciety show 1864, ,169.4S.
A review of three quarters of a CEN
tury was presented by A. j. Rowland,
d. D., General Secretary. The receipts
in the publishing department for the
first fifty years were S3,062 O3S. .S5. For
the last twenty-five years they have
been $11 ,291 ,351 50. The total amount
received through the publishing depart
ment from the beginning is, therefore,
$14 .353, 800. 3D.,
Three thousand seven hundred and
ninety agents, colpoters, Sunday school
missionaries and chapel car workers
have been engaged in the service Of the
society. These workers have sold 1l0,-
215 books and given away 175, 592 more,
besides 1861 ,006 pages of tracts They
have visited 1,474 ,106 families, held
AZ, ,263 prayer meetings and 10, 4G2
Sunday-school Institutes. They have
organized 11,215 Sundays-schools, bap-
tized p, ,231 persons and constituted j.
800 churches. Never, apparently, was
there more need for the distinctive mis-
sionary work of the society than to-
day.
Rev. E. A. Woods, D. D., pastor of the
First Baptist Church, San Francisco,
welcomed the officers and delegates Of
the different societies in a speech re-
viewing the past fifty years of the his
tory of the denomination in San Fran
cisco and the country at large
Rev. L. c.. Barnes of Pennsylvania
responded to the address of welcome.
Following him the Hon Mr. Shellen-
berger, Second Assistant Postmaster
General, spoke of public life and Chris
tldn character, Incidentally commend
ing President Mckinley as model Of
the Christian man in public life.
The second session of the American
Baptist Publication Society this even
ing was devoted to the work of chapel
cars. Boston w Smith, General Man
ager of this work, presided
President David Starr Jordan of Le-
land Stanford University spoke words
of welcome on behalf of the UNIVERSE
ties of the State, commended the SER
vice, the working of which was explain
ed in detail by Rev. B. B. Jacques
Addresses were also delivered by C.
H. Rust, S. G. Neal and B. W. Smith.
Superintendent of the chapel car sys-
tenn.
PACIFIC COAST BAPTIST CONFER
ENCE.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 25.--A spe-
cial meeting of the Pacific Coast Bap-
tist conference was called to order this
morning by President Brownson, the
Rev. A. Grant leading in prayer.
Rev. J. H. Garnett resigned as Re-.