The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-21
SUNDAY OBSERVANCE
pREsBYTERIANS OBJECT TO "sEv.
EN- DAY JOURNALISM"
REPORT ON HOME MISSIONS.
SUBSTITUTE FOR THE CANTEEN
FAVORED.

charlotte to Be Endowed With |
s250,OO0 as Part of Twentieth |
century MOvement-Home Mission |
Board Makes Good Showing of |
It's Work-DirectOrs of Pan-Ameri-
can Requested to Close Exposition |
on sundays.
philadelphia May 20.-At the morning |
session of the Presbyterian general as
sambly the report of the standing commit
tee on missions for freedom was read by
Rev. Dr. Henry w. Hubert of Cleveland,
chairman.
The committee recommended the endow-
ynent of Biddle University Charlotte, N
C.. $25O.O 900 being the amount needed, and
mat the raising of the money be part of
the twentieth century fund movement. 1t
was recommended also that the first Sun
day of December be set apart for contri-
buttons by Sunday schools TO the Board
of Missions for Freedom.
The report was discussed by Rev. DR..
e. p. Cowan of Pittsburg, secretary of the
hoard; Rev DR.. David j. Sanders, secre-
tary of Biddle University; Rev. Charles
H. Trusly, Chattanooga, and Rev. DR..
John A Savage, principal of Albion Acad-
envy. Franklinton, N. C. The report was
unanimously adopted:
The report of the special committee on
Sabbath observance included resolutions
protesting against ''seven-day journal
ism" or the Sunday newspaper; COM
mending Congress for conditioning the
appropriation of 100000 to the Louisiana
m he he
Louis, and protesting against the use of
the Lords day for business purposes and
commercial interests. 1t was adopted.
Some Substitute for Canteen.
The annual report of the permanent
committee on temperance calls attention
TO the abolition of the army canteen.
The committee suggests that the gov
eminent establish some substitute fer the
canteen.
Measures should be sought both from
national and state legislation for the pro-
lection of our soldiers and veterans from
the saloon traps set so thickly around
the entrance to army posts and soldiers
homes" says the report. And why
should not our war department devote
some effort, as the British government is
most assiduously doing, to the cultivation
of habits of total abstinence among our
soldiers?"
Greetings were exchanged with the
Southern Presbyterian General Assembly
now in session at Little Rock, Ark.
The reports of the various boards of the
church were laid before the assembly IN
bound volume of 500 pages. AS it was
impossible to consider them all in one
day, they were made special orders for
SEES sions 10 follow
The report of the Board of Home Mis-
sions says in part:
Special efforts have been made in many
preshyteries in the interest of the TWEEN
tieth century movement-both for contri-
buttons and for deeper spiritual life in
the churches The results in some
places have been most gratifying Church
buildings have been erected or remodeled
and church debts paid. Revival services
have added many to our mission
churches. In some cases churches that
were almost dead by removals from the
community or by failure to secure a mis-
slonary have been put on their feet with
new courage and hope.
At the same time it is to be noted with
pain that many missionaries have writ
ten Of Disappointing hopes. When careful
plans had been made and blessings
sought in earnest prayer and meetings
held with a single purpose, the special
efforts have closed with few visible re-
suits. How severely God is thus trying
the faith of his people.
The board and the presbyteries have
been giving themselves with earnestness
end with such insistence as seemed wise
10 secure from churches long dependent.
either absolute independence or at least
larger measure of self-support The ef-
Iorts in this direction have not been with
out FRUIT A much larger number OF
churches than usual have during the year
'eieorated their independence Many 9TH
ers are striving definitely and hopefully
Tor this end Next year will be sgnalized
as the centennial year of the home mis-
son work of our church. Strenuous en-
deavors will be made to induce a large
humber of our missionary churches to ad-
vance 10 self-support This number will
ne published on a roll of honor What bet
Ter thank offering could our church make
Tor hundred years of blessing than such
roll in which every presbytery of our
cnurch would be represented"
II has been our policy to encoura ea
special gifts for new work-particularIv
~ our new territories. As a result we
nave been enabled to do much advance
Work which could not have been covered
py our regular appropriations We do
no' peheve these extra gifts have in any
wise lnterfered with stated offerings and
lhey have certainly interested many CIV
ers' churches, societies and individuals in
me new responsibilities which have come
10 our church. We shall not be able in
lHe coming year to undertake much new
MoTh on our regular schedule, but we in
'.'e those who appreciate the privilege
"l having a representative on new ground
10 enable us to place such representativ
d on many of the fields that wait our com.
ing.
me following is a summary of the re-
Sllts or the work of the board:
i Number Of missionaries including TWEEN
gnt Mexican and Indian helpers, 1,3i2
NUMBER Of missionary teachers, 425; addi
uoHs TO profession of faith, 1907: addition,
o n certHcate, 4,7lS; total membership. 49,
n goo TOTAL in congregations. s6423; adult
S1p"sms' SO59; infant baptisms, 1885, Sun
soy schools organized. Isl; numbtT o.
SOHuay schools. 2,01S; membership of Sun
Ns9 schools 1l7.ll3; church edhces (valu,
VI same S'Ol6.ll0. /, $50; church edihces. bull
ost OF same Si2s. l64). So; church edihcei
aopalIed and enlarged Cost of same s67,
n -"' 20; church debts cancelled, sos 6Sl
'uIches having reached self-support, 81
uIches organized. 81; number of parson
ZEE value Of same S464. 1900, 49,
vi these thirty are missionaries of tn,
"oard and eleven are native evangelist
"'"l interpreters whose salaries are pal'
.ner IN whole or in part by the Woman
hlder Robert Pitcairn OF Pittsburg wal