The record-union., 1899-05-30
THE CONVENTION
OF BAPTISTS.
Anniversary Of the American Mis-
sion Union Begins
With a Meeting of the Woman's Foreign
Missionary Society.
Proceedings Opened With the Ad-
dress of the President, Robert
o. Fuller of Massachusetts,, Re-
viewing the Work Accomplish
ed During the Past Year.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 29.-The
celebration of the eighty-fft anniver-
sary of the American Baptist Mission
Union began this morning at $50
o'clock with a meeting of the Woman's
Foreign Missionary Society.
After devotional exercises at 10 a. m.
the business meeting of the organiza-
ton was opened, the first business in
order being the address of the Presi-
dent. Robert o. Fuller of Massachu-
setts. This was in the main review Of
the work accomplished during the past
year.
Committees We're then appointed and
the reading of reports began, that of
the Executive Committee being first in
order. This was read by the Home
Secretary, Rev. Henry c. Mabie, and
was listened to with marked attention.
The report of the Treasurer showed
the finances to be in a satisfactory con-
dition
DR.. Morgan moved that the following
message be cabled to United States En-
bassador White at The Hague:
"A million Northern Baptists, rep
resented in annual convention, invoke
of the Prince Of Peace"
This motion was unanimously
adopted.
The statistics of the Missionary Union
are summarized as follows: Number
of missionaries the past year, 459; ma
tive helpers, 1854: church communi-
cants, 100, 1S9; Sunday-school member
ship, "a, 635; educational statistics theo-
logical pupils, 1902; other pupils, 26.-
525; number of churches and chapels,
977. Tho native Christians have 'con-
tributed S41 ,6S3. Appropriations of the
Missionary Union for the foreign work,
$549, 1916.
The following committees were ap
pointed to handle the affairs of the Mis-
sionary Union:
Committee on Arrangements-E. A.
Woods, California; L. B. Philbric,
Massachusetts; George T. Ellis, Ore
gon; J. A. Francis, New York: E. P.
Vining, California; Lewis Halsey, Ari-
zona.
Committee on Enrollment-B B.
Johnson, M9 ssachusetts; J. F. Oster-
hoot, Rhode Island; w. F. Harper, Cal
R E. Manning, Illinois: w H.
Swallow, Pennsylvania; Roy Palmer,
Oregon; G. A. c. Rochester, Washing
ton.
Place of Meeting-L. c. Barnes, Penn
sylvania; George w. Quick, Massachu-
satts: E. H. E. Jameson, Michigan; c.
r. Stark, Rhode Island; George Brooks,
Massachusetts; NJ I. N. Clark, Missouri;
Calvin Esterley, California; Thomas
Cross, New Jersey.
Committee on Finances-E. M
Ohio; Samuel A True, Maine;
J. G. Brown, Massachusetts,; B. F.
Arnold, Rhode Island; Harry Hopper,
Pennsylvania; Edward Goodman, Illi-
nois; M. D. Healy, New York; White
more, Maine; E. p Vining, California;
James Failing, Oregon.
Committee on Nominations-Hen
NJ. King. Rhode Island; w G. Part
ridge, Ohio; G. B. Illsley. Maine; G. H.
New Jersey; r. B. Tozer,
Vermont; ]. ]. Mair, Washington, D.
c.; P. NJ. Howell, Oregon; P. s. Roberts,
A. ]. Griesmer New
Jersey; B. F. Kesler, Nevada; E. B.
Illinois; E. r. Pope. Mime
sota N. B. Steelman, Utah. w. A.
Staunton, Pennsylvania S. P. Haw-
kins, California; E. E. Rasling, Wash
ington
At the afternoon session several re-
turned missionaries told the delegates
to the anniversaries of the work in their
respective fields
Rev. Ola Hanson, described mission
work in Burma.
Rev. F. P. Haggard of Assam re-
counted his experiences during six years
the fierce Nagas.
Rev. Alfred Fuller son of President
Fuller of the Missionary Union, cor
all that had been said con-
cerning the work in India, and spoke
of some of the details of his work
the Telugas.
DR.. King, pastor of the Roger Will
Jams Church of Providence, r. l., filled
the place assigned to him on the pro-
gram with an address upon the call
to God to increased conservation in
Christian missions.
DR.. McMichael, a roommate of Dr.
John Cloud of Burma, followed with a
few "reminiscences of his room mate,
telling the story of DR.. Clouds CONVEX
sion and conservation to the Lords
work
the American Baptist Missionary
Union: President, Hon. Robert O.
Fuller, Massachusetts; Vice Presidents
Hon. Chester w. Kingsley, Massa-
chusetts, and Hon. K. H. Porter, Penn
sylvania; Recording Secretary, E. M.
Poteat, D. D., Pennsylvania Board of
Managers, Glass 3, term expires 1902:
T. Scott, D. D., Franklin,
Ind; H. NJ King, D. D., Providence, R.
E. E. A. Woods, D. D., San Francisco;
George c. Lorimer, D. D., Boston,
Mass; E. M. Poteat, D. D., Philadel-
ohia, Pa; Wayland Hoyt, D. d. Phila-
1elphia, Pa; John Humpston, T.. y,
Brooklyn, N. Y; B. L. Whitman, LII.
D.. Washington, D. c.; Edward Judson,
D. D., New York; Rev. c. H. Hobart,
Oakland, Cal; w. P. Walker, D. D.,
w. Va; J. S. Holmes D.
D., Terre Haute, Ind; Laymen p Bon
ney, Portland, Me-; w. w. Keen, NJ D.,
Philadelphia. Pa; A. j. Fox, Detroit,
Mich; Churchill H. Cutting, Brookly n.
n Y; w. A Stevens, LII. D.. Rochester,
N. Y; B. F. Jacobs. Chicago. Women
Mrs. Horace A. Noble, Buffalo, N Y;
Mrs. Caleb Van Husan, Detroit, Mich
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