The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-22
RELIGIOUS CONVENTIONS
TOPICS DISCUSSED BY PRESBYTE-
RIAN GENERAL ASSEMBLIES.
Report of the Committee on Foreign
Missions Presented to the New
York Meeting.

NEW YORK, May H-The General AS
sembly of the Presbyterian Church in the
United States gave up the early part of to-
days session 10 consideration of foreign
missions.
The Rev. DR.. Donald c. Macleod, of
Washington, d. c., offered a resolution de-
ploring the spread of Mcrmonism and COM
mending Westminster College, of Salt Lake
City. for its work in training its workers
in the Mormon field and for 1.-The emanci-
patton OF many victims of that cruel and
biighting system of false doctrine" Time
not permitting, no action was taken on the
resolution.
The Rev. DR.. Courtney II. Fem, of the
Presbytery of Peking, as chairman of the
standing committee on foreign missions
presented the report of that committee,
which was a review of the annual report
Of the Board of Foreign Missions. The re-
port declared that last year was the best
one in the history OF Presbyterian foreign
missions. The board had been able to get
through the year without debt and num-
Der Of persons in heather lands had be-
come members of the church. The total
receipts for the year were s., 12S.577. against
S9yS,325 for the year before mainly due to
large sums received as legacies.
The report recommends that the next
secretarial visit be paid to South America,
where 1t was said Presbyterian and other
Protestant missions were being opposed by
the Roman Catholics. Resolutions were
brought In by the committee approving the
work of the Board of Foreign Missions
during the year, and calling upon the Gen
eral Assembly TO give 81, 900 to the work
of the Board of Foreign Missions during
the coming year.
Rev. DR.. T. Frederick Dripps. of German
town, Pa. presented the report of the
NOT10rg toe ,,l~I...
Sabbath-school work, of which committee
he is chairman. Among the recommended
tons attached to the report was one call
ing on the assembly to act fayorablv on an
overture from the Presbyteries OF Allegheny
and Pittsburg to issue literature i'm the
Austro-H Hungarian tongue and also on one
benville, o., to issue literature to instruct
parents in the training of children. 1t was
also recommended that the debt on the
Witherspoon building. Philadelphia, the
headquarters of the department, be raised
The Assembly next took up the matter of
college aid. The report of the standing
committee was read by the Rev. DR. Wilton
nellie Smith, committee chairman. The re-
port approved the work of the board Of
college aid. The receipts during the year
were s222, 1862 and the disbursements Sis
44I.63, TO various educational institutions
The report was adopted
The Assembly adopted resolution
brought in by the Rev. DR.. Minton on be-
half OF the committee on bills and over
the Louisiana exposition. Adjournment
was taken until tomorrow morning when
the question of creed revision will be taken
up.
At the Central Presbyterian Church the
afternoon was devoted TO an informal con-
ference of the women's board of home mis-
sions. III was presided over by Mrs D. T.
Finks. editor of the Home Mission Monthly
and there were in attendance about 40
women delegates from twenty-eight States
foreign mission rally was held tonight
at Carnegie Hall. John Wanamaker nre-
sided and announced that the president OF
the Foreign Missions Society, the Rev. DR.
John ID. Wells, was very i'll. He asked
the prayers of the audience and Dr. Van
Dyke led in prayer. Mr. Wanamaker told
of what he had seen Of the condition of
people of the Orient during his trip around
the world
Dr. Arthur j. Brown closed the meeting
devoting himself TO the conditions in the
Philippines. Archbishop Ireland" said he
has said that the Protestants have no
right in the Philippines; that they should
get out and give the Roman Catholics a
control of things. II that is so i would like
10 ask the archbishop if he will stand for
the dsgraceful condition the islands are
in now Ireland says let the Roman Catho-
lies have chance l say the Roman Cath
olics have had a chance for three hundred
years l say IN the name OF humanity let
the Protestants have "A chance. l have
been asked TO describe the prospects I'm the
Philippines several times since by return"
went on Dr.. Brown Now IL all depends
upon what prospects you mean. If you
say the prospects are mighty poor. If you