New-York tribune., 1902-06-10
ALL MISSION DEBTS pam
FOREIGN BOARD OF aEPoevpn
CHURCH FREE OF oBLIGAr1ozs
ENTHUSIASM OVER PROPOSITION tn ,~,-,
ALL PRESBYTERIAN oRGANIzAr1ovz

ENTHUSIASM OVER PROPOSITION TO UNITE
ALL PRESBYTERIAN ORGANIZATIONS
Asbury Park. June 9(SpeciagJ.-Therev-.s
rejoicing to-day among the three hundred - s.I1
gates to the General Synod Of the Psfo-r...
Church in America over the report suh,,,,..s
by the Board of Foreign Missions To the 80.
that all the obligations of the board baa -
met or provided for last yedr and that -.
was no Indebtedness hanging over the organ,v.
tion, gratifying condition, experienced for -.
first time in more than twenty years Aeca,5
ing to the annual report, tine receipts last vsa-
for the regular work Of the missions as ~,
eluded in the appropriations, were sl14051 %
OF which S436S 1G was derived from Iezaeis.
and S2.27S 5S from interest or invested funds
The balance. So. 40 IS. represents gifts. and
is $3.50 40 more than for the previous wear
For special objects S35.469 IS was also received
This amount includes the gift Of Ralph Voor
hees of New-Jersey, for the Elizabeth p
voorhees, College. at Vellore, Of $25Ol0 The re-
ceipts for special objects aud for the regular
work amount together to S149j27 The ex-
penditures. not including those for the Arabian
mission were as follows: For the Annoy mis-
sion. $20,913 %; for the AIcOt mission. S44-
81 Il; for the North Japan mission. S1S,51j 81;
and for the South Japan mission. SIS. 81,
total Of $1O1 910 10 for the four missions: for
interest 81 $50 13: for home expenses, S12141O O3;
in all, $115,646 81 The expenditures for the
Arabian mission were: For the regular work,
S1O499 16; on hospital account and for other
objects outside of the appropriations, S4,l10; a
total of S15,269 16.
The statement that the board was out Of debt
was received with applause The board asked
that S135,OO0 for regular work and $4,000 for
Ms
could be done, it was shown. providing the con-
tributions averaged 81 20 for each member Of
the Church 1t also asked that the first Sunday
i'm November be designated for the preaching Of
speciaI sermons on foreign missions and spe-
cIaI collection be taken then for the cause.
The report was accepted and adopted. and the
recommendations of the board were indorsed.
The Rev Drs. d. Sage Mackay, Lewis
Francis j. P. Searle, Matthew KOlyn and E. G.
Read, and Messrs William L. Brewer. ". H.
Van Steenbergh, Joseph c. Pool and Richard
B. Ferris. were reappOinted members Of the
Board of Foreign Missions. their terms having
expired.
Tomorrow the cause Of domestic missions viii
be taken up, and the women of the Church viii
play important part in the several confer
ences.
Much enthusiasm was manifested to-day over
the proposition to unite in one body ali the Or
ganizations holding 70 the Presbyterian form OF
government and faith. 1t came from the Rev.
Dr. J. D. Steele. pastor of the First Reformed
Presbyterian Church, New-York who repre-
sented a special committee appointed recently
by the Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian
Church to urge a union of the nine different
Presbyterian organizations, in order that more
united work might be accomplished. The United
Presbyterian General Association has joined
with the 'Covenanters'' in the movement TO
amaIgamate the various bodies. and President
Kfttredge speaking for the General Synod Of
the Reformed Church in America, expressed the
hope that such union might be speedily
complished The overture from the Reformed
PRESBYTERIAN Church on the subject is now in
the hands of the committee on correspondence
and will come before the General Synod TO-
morrow.
1t was decided to hold the annual session OF
the General Synod in Asbury Park next year,
and to meet in some Western city the follow
ing year.