The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-09
Hope Expressed at Opening SEES
sion of American Board at
Hartford That He Will Secure
Miss Stones Release
ALL AGREE THAT THE
RANSOM MUST BE PAID
But Declare That will Not Close
the Incident, 1t viii Be But the
Beginning of a Chapter-Re-
port of Prudential Committee
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Hartford, CT, Oct. San interesting
feature of the opening session Of the
American Board of Commissioners for
Foreign Missions, which began in Par
sons Theatre at o'clock this after
noon, was the response by DR.. Capen,
president of the board, to the address
of welcome delivered by Rev. e. r
Parker, D. D., of this city. In his re-
Spouse DR.. Capen saidi-
1--WE are in great anxiety over the
fate of Miss Ellen NJ. Stone, SO great
ly beloved, who is today in the hands
of the bandits with the sentence OF
death hanging over her. 1t is COM
fort to know that our government Is
doing everything that is possible to ne
done for her rescue. Last saturday,
Secretary Smith of this board and my
self met President Roosevelt ana AS
sistant Secretary Adee in conference
on this matter The President mas
made this his own case. If Miss Stone
were a member of his own family ne
could hardly put more heart or more
energy into it. Every power OF dlplo-
macy is being used for her rescue. we
must thank God that when President
Mckinley fell there is, in President
Roosevelt, another man of God VINO
will see that American missionaries
under the flag of the stars ana strlpes'
shall have the fullest possible pro-
lection.
"It NAV be necessary that a ransom
shall be paid, but that will not close
the incident 1t will be but the begin
ming of the chapter"
The following have been named as a
committee on nominations: Rev. Frank
Ritch. DID, New York: chairman,
Rev. Charles H Richards, D d, Penn
svlvania: Rev. George F. Hail. d d,
New HAMPSHIRE; A. Lyman Williston
Massachusetts; joseph e. Brown, New
York; Nathaniel P. Lodge, Iowa ana
Rev. A. w. Acheman, d d, oregon,
There is strong feeling among tne
delegates that DR.. Capen VINO mas heIu
4he office of president for twp years
will unouestionably be reelected.
The report of the Prudential commit
fee home department was read by the
secretary. Rev. C. H. Daniels of Bos-
ton. 1t stated that during the last
wear seven members of the board have
died that % new missionaries nave
been sent to the foreign field. seven
men, two of whom are physicians, SIX
wives of missionaries ana ~ single
woman. and that 81 missionaries nave
try to their missions.
The report from Secretary c. z.
Creagan. D. D., of New York for the
middle district including connecticut
and Ohio. and the middle and south At
lantic states show that the New YORK
branch of the Womens' Board mas CON
tributed 1852, 463 in the % years OF ITS
history. Two business men OF New 1o .
have pledged $500 toward new mis-
sion in the Philippines. Another per-
son has pledged enough for a school
building if the board should decide TO
establish a mission there. The receipts
from Connecticut have been $9l, AIS and
from New York $63,614.
The total receipts of the Middle
states district, s2O2,O96 shrinkage OF
s3S79.
christian education within the bounds
of the Middle states district, chiefly IN
connecticut and New York and large
sums for other worthy objects is said
to explain the shrinkage.
The regular donations from indiVld-
uaIs. churches and various societies
were $500 1877, a loss from last year
of s733S. Of this total sum, $19S,655
came through the contributions of
4he several woman's boards. a de-
crease from the previous year from
the same source Of S16,1lS. The con-
tributions to the distinctive work Of
+he American Board have Increased
over the previous year $3.50. There
has been a large fiuctuation in the re-
CENTS from legacies which were less
Than the previous year by s9O,256. The
income from the permanent FUNDS
show an increase of $l1ss over last
year.
terest at tonight's session of the
american Board, the report on Miss
Stones case and the annual sermon
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