Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-04-19

sionary union, which supervises the
expenditures of 5000, 900 a year given
by the Baptists of the north, closes
without an increase of its debt, which
showing it accounts fortunate, in view
of the fact that it was compelled dur
ing the year to increase it's budget by
S59, 900. The causes for this increase
were the return of the workers into
China, forward strides in Burmah and
Siam, and the phenomenal advsnce in
the Philippines. Just before the out
break between Spain and her colony in
the east there went from Samar to
Spain a young Manikan, to be educated
for the Roman Catholic priesthood. He
met in Spain one Rev. Eric Lund, q
Swede, who was laboring there under
an American society. A fast friendship
grew and Immediately Admiral Dewey
defeated the Spanish ships in Manila
harbor the two men set about, at their
home in Spain, the translation of the
New Testament into Visayan. When
peace came they went to Samar, had
their work put into print, and went to
work. Not long since a petition signed
by 5000 adult Visayans was presented
to them asking for teachers, for
schools, and for churches. The Rev.
c. w. Briggs. of Colgate university,
later went out, and he reports the Pen
tecost of modern times so great that
literally thousands are asking baptism.
The fostering of this and other work
increased, as has been said, the I'm
ions budget. but it is able to close the
year without increasing its last years
debt of $685.
American Pantist Miesiors.
The American Baptist Home Mission
society, which administers s450,000 a
year, closes with a debt of s13, 900, but
it's work for the year has been phenom-
email. Expansion work in Cuba and
Porto Rico, In the former OF which 1t
has ten missions and in the latter
twelve, has taken 100000 in mission
work in Oklahoma and New Mexico
has greatly advanced. In educational
work the largest enrolment ever
known was the record of the year, the
number of students reaching 5000.
There was 500, 900 put into new build
ings and pans are now in hand to put
in $50, 900 more. The new church at
Ponce cost S12. 900, and the new one at
Santiago $4,000. The latter justifies it
self for it supports six missions with
out help from the parent society. Plans
are now under consideration for the
~unification and possible consolidation
OF the Woman's Baptist Home Mission
society of Chicago and the Woman's
American Baptist Home Mission soci
ETY. of Boston, with the American Bap'
fist Home Mission society, which latter
has for seventy-five years been recog
nized as the benevolent agency of the
Baptist churches of the north. There
are now $4,000 German Baptists In
America and $1,000 foreign speaking
Baptists. The women's societies raise
and disburse about 100000 a year. In
cidentally it may be added that Bap
fists South have, through their home
board, suspended Rev. A. j. Diaz from
the ministration of their church In Ha
ans
Presbyterian Missions.
The Presbyterian Board Of Home
Missions. which is to celebrate the
centennial of Presbyterian home mis-
sion effort during the approaching gen
eral assembly, ends It's year without
debt. II will. however, have a little
balance left over. Its annual receipt.
are about $759 900, although Presbyter
ians spend, through all of theil
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year. The boards own receipts las
year reached s735,000, a high water
mark. and $40 600 in advance of the
previous year. The boards portion o.
the indebtedness on the Presbyterian
building, the New York headquarters
is still 1892. 1000. The part OF the for
eign board in the indebtedness on the
same building, is 5000 900, but the lat
ter expects TO reduce its share to $3.50,
900 before the meeting of the genera
assembly. The home board has under
taken work in Cuba during the year
and has sent large sums to Porto Rico
where it leads most Protestant bodies
in the number of its stations. Its place
of worship in San Juan is the fines'
Protestant n on the island.
Roman Catholic Jubilee.
Roman Catholics are making specia
efforts this jubilee year to make tn
Peters Pence large The aim is t
send more from America this year thai
the entire pence has amounted 10 o
late years. This aim will mean a re
mittance of at least $3.50 900. This i
exclusive of other sums sent for othe
purposes, although most such sums ar
wrongly included by the general publ
in the Pence fund. The fund is for tn
personal use of the Pope, and for tn
present it is used largely for the main
tenance of the contention for tempo
raj power. Catholics OF America sen
little to Rome for missions. the Unite'
States itself being a mission field. Il
date Catholics in several dioceses re
port receipts far in advance of thei
a%nticipations. Those who are saying
and they are not few, mat people d.
not give money to church causes a
they once did, ought t~osconsider ,ha
the total missionary contributions from
every missionary body in America il
1902 did not reach $4,000. In 1870
they amount to Sl4, 500 900, or possibl,
n little more. And this figure is large
in gross and per member h ever be
fore in the history of missions.
Large Gums Expended.
The Presbyterian board of foreig
missions does not close ils books unit
May /. Its receipts thus far this yea
- gunallar than laGf ubiIn ifc axnpT