The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-16
ASSEMBLY
For the Southern Church Is ia Ses.
sion al Jackson, Miss.
REPORT OF THE HOME MISSION BOARD.
Showed that the Deficiency Had Been
OVsreome--Work Has Been Very
sfaetory-Mexiean Work.

Jackson. Miss, May l5-The forty second
general assembly Of the Presbyterian church
in the United states composed OF commits.
slouerS from Alabama, Arkansas. Florida.
Georgia, Kentucky Louisiana, Missouri.
North Carolina. South Carolina Tennessee,
Texas aud virginia, was begun in this city
today, Two hundred and nifty delegates
are present
Or. Leander ~ Woods Of Tennessee. the
moderator, delivered the opening sermon.
his theme being missions and education. In
his discourse he emphasized the necessity
Of missions and the value Of education, urg-
ing the establishment of a great presoy-
terrain college IN the south. In the lonitna
ton OF othcers that followed. Dr. w. T.
liall of South Carolina was elected mo Ter
sIor on the fourth ballot Rev. Ernest
thompson OF Kentucky was appointed read
ms clerk. Or. Russell Cecil OF Virginia, Dr.
I Walden OF North Carolina, Rev. j. ID. leslie
OF Texas and Rev. L. y. McDougal Of
( Georgia were chosen as clerks.
Al the afternoon session. Or. william
ingram OF the American Bible society ue.
HNtttd an address suggestive Of the work
accomplished during the past year. Ills
statement showed Increased receipts aud *.
QehditmCs In all departments OF thp church.
LesuyeS, denominationai contributions end
/ lndiNdunl donations had increased but ad.
| ditional funds are needed
br. thrStcr, secretary OF the foreign mis-.
SION board, reported satisfactory results in
/ Ihe report OF the executive committee OF
/ home missions was submitted by Rev s H.
/ MoifiS. secretary Of the board. IL showed
! tual the dcNrcncy which handicapped the
+ board ono year ago had been wlucd out
Hhd that the increase IN contributions over
/ last wear was SS377 The total i'm the npds
! 81 tae treasurer during the year was Sla,-
1 81. being receipts IN cash for home mis-.
! sluis' Invalid aud other funds and lrftr.
| e,Si, .hy aisoutsgments were Sj9,ysl. In
! eNp.aanns the deficiency, the report SAYS:
ou me Isl OF April 1901, the treasury
contained IN cash For carrying ON home
! mission work 5000. SGJ2j less than the
! tue treasury Of S9233 rhis deficiency. TO-
| kether with the 5000 appropriated by the
! OBSTRUCTION OF the assembly TO Durant col
| ltsc, made our committee have am extra
| amount TO raise this year of $500 But the
! increase tuis Ncur over the previous vpgr
Las been SSSII, which almost. exactly bal
| hhceS the account II * had'nut been for
this deficiency Of the previous year our
nome mission work would be In a pros
IEssiISSggs co. f,9ndition As i Is, we have only
SolS3 with which to begin the year The
larger demands made on the committee Tor
another year by the presbyteries and the
necessity Tor advancing The work will make
" extremely difficult for the committee L.
meet its obligations
The large bulk Of the home mission funds
are spent In Arkansas, Florida and Texas
ana the work has been very satisfactory
but no detailed report will be attempted In
view OF the fact that the work is done
through well organized presbyterles that
Inc Mexican work In the presbytery OF
. West Texas made splendid progress during
| the year. The report continues: THE past
year has been perhaps the best I'm its his
tory OF our work in the Indian Territory
We have maintained eight schools aggre
eating seventeen teachers aud nearly oE
pupils. OF these about half have dovelopcd
INTO self sustaining schools aud the secre
tary in his visit to the Territory last Sep.
tenher made new contracts materially re-
duclng the expenses so that It practically
cost only about 81 per scholar for the en-
tire nine months and this provided by the
ehiidren Of the Sabbath schools in the NTH
| Sabbath collections.
'AS many OF tho Preshyterlans are ask
ing large increases of appropriations II
| Will require $4,000 at the very least esti
mate 10 meet the demands OF the work
New territory is opening up and new
stations are multiplying. An Increase IN
the number Of eyRnGclists will enable our
church 10 occupy land yet 10 be possessed
aud enlarge It's borders and influence"
Tho report on ministerial relief submitted
by Dr. Russell Cecil showed the years re
ceipts To- have been $4,000, equanzec
by expenditures.
An appropriation OF $4,000 Will be re
quired for next year.
Rev. J. H. Lumkn, secretary OF the edu
patonal committee, reported that $3.50,
had been received by the committee, as
compared with 81, $40 the previous year
one hundred and sixty two persons mac
been aided by the fund; OF the 1lumber
| eighty-n nine have been theological students
Seven thousand, four hundred and forty
two dollars has been expended upon GvC
semlnnrcs.
Dr. Phillips, general superintendent OF
Sabbath schools and young peoples socie
ties, reported favoraby upon church pu
locations.
Al the evening session addresses Of wei
come were delivered by Governor LONGING