Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-05-20

next year. The total receipts for tS9S-99
were SlSl, 1886. The time has fully come
for the church TO consider seriously
whether her western institutions shall
be permanent. Does she desire those
foundations for her growth and useful
ness? Then they must be endowed, and
soon. Happily there is the beginning of
such movement.
The disbursements were S1S9, ,636, the
cash on hand IS $50, 146,
The repurG of the board of relief for
disabled ministers and the widows and
orphans of deceased ministers, showed
the following receipts: From church
and Sabbath schools, S79,02i; individ-
uals, $4,000: interest permanent funds,
SIO,341; interest deposits in bank, 1915;
Interest from funds, $40; unrestricted
legacies, s.S sci; total, SlS5,513, as
against SIS,. .l36 i'll 1S97-S. The per-
manent fund amounts TO 81, ,541 .S04.
During the year collection We're re-
celved from 4,05S churches. 1891 failing
send any. For the year ending March
81 there were on the roll S11 names
347 ministers, 415 widows, 26 orphan
families, widow of medical mission
ary, 8 female missionaries and 10 guests
in the Ministers house at Perth Amboy,
n. j. There We're 120 honorably re-
tired ministers on the roll whose aver
age age is 1S.9, and whose average SER
vice has been 45.1 years. Forty three
annuitants died during the year, of
whom II were ministers ON the honor
ably retired roll The average amount
paid all annuitants was Ss26.2O; to min
listers on the honorably retired roll,
S27S.12.
The permanent committee on temper
ance submitted its report, which was in
part:
''In the year now closing, as hereto
fore, the endeayor has been that from
the pulpit. i'll the home and Sabbath
school, and III all schools and colleges
sound instruction should be given pro-
motive of proper personal habits, and of
the correction of social drinking Gus
toms. SUCH aid and cooperation as
seemed competent TO Il church temper
ance committee, we have rendered, to
efforts for securing governmental action
either in better legislation or enforce
ment of the prohibitory features of ex-
iSting laws.
"We ask the general assembly to con-
slider the adyisability of recommending
that III ali states such amendment of
school laws be sought as shall prohibit
the employment Us teachers of persons
addicted even to the occasional use of
Intoxicating beverages.
''Your committee would also invoke
action by the assembly emphatically
protesting against the fragrant defiance
of the will of the people and of the plain
meaning of the laws of congress in re-
tanning the beer canteen i'll the army
and appealing to the president for its
suppression.
The committee ON bills and overtures
will hear the McGiffert letter The
chairman is the Rev. Wallace Radcliffe,
D. D.
The board of missions for freedmens,
i'll its thirty-fourth annualreport showed
that i'll spending Sl32, 2,578.12, it had eX-
ceeded the expenditures of the preced--
ing year by only SS62.16. The crown
ing result of the year was reduction
of the boards debt by about $4,000, its
present amounting s40,065. SIXty-two |
schools had been maintained, S,109 pu-
pills had been instructed and 1872 minis
ters on the field had been aided.
The eighth annual report of the |
board of education called particular at
tention to the care with which its affairs
had been conducted during past years
of financial stringency.
The need of workers in these fields |
was called to the prayerful attention OF |
the whole church. The receipts for the
year were reported to be S7S,370.31.