Evening journal., 1902-10-15
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synod have Contributed To the fund.
New Castle Presbytery has contributed
s1,1O005. the fun amount appo. tho ed
to IL. lhis is tle first time any Pre-
bytery has raised its iull appCrtion-
menL
The receipts follow: Baltimore Pres
bytery, s2,lS967; Ppsbytery, Of Wash
iagton City, s1,0l633; fresbytery OF
New Castle, Sl10005; total from
churches. "a 4,306.05; interest S6f.4S ball
ance from last year s315.4O; Board Of
Home Missions $4,000: total in.omo,
chWhces Sl,306.O5; interest," S53fSi Ca
ance on hand, s250.67.
The report of the Home Missions
showed that the entire rele pts OF the
board last year were SS03, ,62296, and
the payments S779, ,2S37e. IL has ap-
propriated $22,043 more for the work
this year than last The hosrd received
for the wock Of ovamgelization from
the various organizations with the
Synod OF Baltimora during the year
1900-19Oi, SS,242.64, and during the last
fiscal year s7,776.SS. a decrease Of
s446.26.
The amendment Of Dr.. Ramsdell 10
the resolutions offered by the report OF
/ the COMMITTEES on Sustentaticn was tC
| the effect that the committee he allow.
ed but $1,000 from the Home BoarC
during the present year. The amend.
ment was adopted, as were the other
resolutions OF tho Committee on Homs
Missions.
An interesting address was made by
J'hn Willis Raer, secretary OF th'
! Board of Hcme Missions.
The report Of the COMMITTEES on Edu
/ cation was read by the chairman. thl
Rev. S. NJ. Perry. The report SHOWED
there had BEEN falling off In the min
isterial candidates during the past few
years.
The synodical sermon was preached
last night by the Rev. Donald Guthrie
ID. D., OF Baltimore His theme VIA
Fellowship IN the Spirit Of Christ
AT the close OF the eermon holy com
munion wan partaken Of by the Synod
The morning session OF the Synod O
Baltimore convening i'm Rodney Stree
i Presbyterian Church, opened at
I O'Clock this morning with devotiona
] services. The Rev. George z. Wilson
I ID. D., was TO have spoken on 9TH
Need OF Evangelistic Work" but In hi
absence the Moderator made an az
dress.
''The Temperance Problem" was III
subject of an address by the Rev. Z
a Chalmer Potter The Committee O
Synodical Sermons for 1903 made Il
report In the absence of S. l. Crisse
a the secretary read his paper on "Rel
+ gious Work in the Army and Navy
In the paper he vigorously opposed Il
I. army canteen, and chaplains who NAL
u themselves popular with the Office
+. do many things that have q tcnden,
2. to make the men hold them in col
r tempt.
= The Rev. Charles Alvin Smith, chai
:. man of the Sabbath Observance Con
mittee. made a favorable report upo
the work being done by that body.
The report of the Committee &
Young Peoples Societies was made
. c. o. Bohrer. who talked in an encou
aging way about the work accomplish
:. ed during the past year, and prophesi,
: the coming year to oven suIpass q
y last in the good work done by the s.
: ciety.
. The Committee on Systemat
l. BsIsicence made its report through &
c chairman. the Rev. Frank e. William
G This afternoon several committees a.
n to be heard from and g
S address will be given
I, the Rev. Arthur j. Brown. ID. d., co
o responding secretary of the Board
/ Foreign Missions. The meeting wi
Z. adjourn this afternoon.