The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-24
UNITED PRESBYTERIaNS.
First Session of the General Assem-.
biv Received Iteprrts.

Chicago. MAY the furty-s@coGd Con
eraI Assembly c1 the United :resHyieT'ti
day IN the Sixth United Presbyterian
Church The opening sermon Was iF'itit =
by the Reverend ;. r. LYONS. D. y; fftSsi-
dent of Monmouth trsl.Ee. Monmouth. -,
The greatest discussion in the ~>-tIH'tE
Viii lee over The revision OF t-- testimony
on secret societies. Many members o. "a'n-
bound ORGANIZATIONS ave ROW III the CHURCH.
and il Is causing trouble.
The following reports we're urtSentF'' I>e-
port OF The Board OF Home missions r'L'Lt
OF the Board of Church FNteNs.oll, Ivp's
OF FrecdUe1s missions. report Ct t"e ~
~tistical clerk and report 81 lde b"tFi u
Ministerial Relief. Amorg nc candidates
prominently mentioned for moderator We're
Jae Reverend y. t. Foster q Omaha. N"
Reverend J. Z. Gibson of College SHTins
PresbyteTy ana the Reverend \. :. blaGie
a the New York F.cshytaiy.
The report OF the Board Of HOME MS.
slonS contained statistics Snu"l4S 81
progress had been made in the Wofh 'lGrlilS
the past year. there having been an m
crease IN membership and stNeF.se d'tJA1I
2nCc- The net gam VS. L.5.a- mere 10
teen d marked Increase in the hVInhfF %
teachers and scholars IN VIZ Hat
schools; also n the contributions ot the con,
EfeEatsuCs. For salaries OF MN StefS go
general work Of the church the AMOUNT
raised By the home mission stations WIS
-.3,i8., an amount which CNceeded the OK
T1n.ijurs- fpT the work by 4i5..S2.
The tendency and csort OF the consreS1-
yiras was 10 beCome s~eif-Support!CS, a La
iare Of home mission work. Il was -tated.
that more ana NOR. Needed To t- = S'ti-
The report Of the Board Of Church tx
tension showed that the proportion If en-
ureIy new work had been greater than III
some Of 'h- resent years, hut Il had been
found necessary TO make grpnts for some
elder CONGREGATIONS. because Of conditions
which seemed TO threaten their continued
existence. The total receipts. including bal
ance May l. 1s.9, We're S22.&9. ard the eX-
penditures S%.SSa, leaving S'H,0a4 on hand
May /. 1870. OF the 81 congregations in
America. go reported as not contributing
yryfhfrg TO church extension.
The report OF the Board OF Freedmen's
Missions set forth that fourteen missions
are carried on by the boards in Virginia.
/ in North Carolina, 8 in Tennessee and
5 Ia Alabama, with a total membership II
Iei. q. net increase OF T06 for the year.
ThsTe are Is schools, with an enrolment OF
9.1cs. The = Sabbath schools are attended
By SSs2 scholars under the care Of is OIL
GERS and teachers The number CT mission
aries employed Is So. The receipts were
ED. $50, and the expenditures $40, ri.
The report OF the statistical clerk showed
that, as compared with last yaGr. there had
been some advance in all parts OF the
church. TIE additions by profession of
faith and certificates were larger, tina re-
moyals fewer, the number of adult hap
fisms greater. and the contributions nearly
sl1o.o0o more than IN any previous year.
But the net increase IS still 'iamentab,y
srnaip'-only IL per cent of the membership
reported. TIE net increase Of all the con
gr.gatiocs in America was only l,2-5.