New-York tribune., 1903-06-09
UORK OF THE MISSIONS
Reformed Church Synod ReceiUes
Favorable Reports.
TO RETRENCHMENT.

OPPOSITION 10 REI HENChMEN =
Asburv Park. y J.. June S.-Mssionary wor2 was
considered this afternoon by the General Syno1 OF
the Reformed Church in America. which reassem-
bIed after an over-Sunday recess. The seventy
first annual report of the Board Of Foreign Mis-
sions and the Woman's Board Of Foreign Missions
was gratifying 1t was read by the Rev DR.
James l. Vance. OF Newark and was prefaced by
this statement:
With high satisfaction and gratitude to God the
Board of Foreign Missions presents It's seventy
first annual report few E years o ago a rsf vas ai2 IN
more than twenty years, through special gifts or
Year not only free from debt but with modest
balance to its credit and that through no speela4
effort. but through the regular and free VIII ofer-
fngs of the people
The board was able TO increase the appropria-
tions to all missions for 1893 those OF 1902
by about $50 'AlI the Missions the report
says ARE still suffering from lack of men and
means to carry on existing work, quite as much
as before without any present possibility OF over
taking and embracing the opportunities for ad-
and enlargement which are constantly pre-
senting themselves
WORKERS IN MISSION FIELDS.
The missionaries now in connection with the
board number elghty-six. one more than last year.
OF the thirty-four men FIVE are unordained, three
Of them being physicians. OF the ffty-two women
twenty-eight married and twenty-four unmar-
ried Three married and unmarried women
are physicians No missionary has been removed
by death during the year. The new missionaries
TO leave for the field during the year the Rev
John Van Ess, a graduate OF Hope College and
Miss Eliza beth G. De Cree. Of Grand Rapids, Mich.
Other missionaries appointed. but who have not yet
sailed are H P Boot and Miss Nettie Kleinheksel
to the Annoy or South Japan mission: Garret Hon
dalin to the North Japan mission; Frank Eckerson
to the Annoy mission Miss Alice B.. Van Doren, TO
the Arcot mission and Mrs Jennie A. Scarde1eId.
to the Arabian mission
Receipts for the regular work OF the missions,
-ha rpT1r{S
So 1S "A in advance OF the preceding year OF the
whole amount s107 SC5 Sc was derived from collec-
tions s6g3 from legacies, S2535 3S from interest
on the security fund and other investments, and
s3O3 90 from miscellaneous sources To these should
be added gifts for the payment of the debt in May
1852 50 G9 IS and objects outside the appropra
tons including Sc 309 60 from the WOmans Board
SIG 4s5 p total Of $2j595 10 The receipts for spe-
cial objects and for the regular work. together
amount to S142 s34 o. This is only s6692 81 behind
tba gross receipts of last year Notwithstanding the
fact that the latter included the gift of $4,000 for
the endowment of the Elizabeth R Voorhees, Col
lege.
MONEY PAID FOR MISSION WORK.
The expenditures under tEs appropriations, not
including those for the Arabian mission. were: For
the Annoy mission S 21S - ArcOt mission, sS3811 -
North Japan mission S21. 23S Il; South Japan mis-
eior s1s 2ss a: total for the four missions of
sol ss 4s for interest 81 4s7 S. for home expenses
so 43s co. in all sos 494 07 the appropriation ac
and on special account 81 go 81 being for all to
oethe- S3e 124 Sc The expenditures for the Ara oitn
For work III the netCl SIblLS i9' Ior
home expenses. S1.1i0 s. total of Sll2bs % Inc
exnense Of administration was about S12 per cent
oT all receipts and per cert Of all expenditures
for the board and Arabian mission combined. q.
The hoard renews it's request that the Generai
S,no1 authorize ard the churches actually give the
sum of s5 for the support or the IrsSlOhs II
ing the coming year The trustees or the Arapiah
mission also ask for the sum of S2o0O TO ena DIE
them to meet the growing demand from TIE neIu
This recommendation was adopted by the GeneraI
synod -, ,,-. r,oo5 % Tor
,r Afiesiors were SO g1I IS. OF this amount ST.
=sT "a fnund its way the treasury of the Cen
erai Svnod's work. distributed as follows: toT
tho regular work sS2 424 SIS for special OBJECTS out
side the appropriations, s6.2S IS; for the AFaoan
mission, s3S49 81
MISSIONARY SUNDAY NAMED
| II was voted to set aside the first Sunday in
| November as missionary day in ell the churches,
when special appeals to be made for contribu-
| tious.
Onnositicn to the missionary boards retrench-
| went poicv was made by the Rev Drs David j.
| R1rreU and Abbott E kittredge. both or New
| York who declared that the churches should fol-
| low the lead of the board. The Reformed
| churches Dr. Burrell contended. did not believe
| IN reducing expenses in the missionary ne!d.
| asDeciaIy with A balance in the treasury. as the
| annual report showed The board should hereafter
| make I'D its budget and demand that the churcI eS
raise the noney called for. AS an individual MIN
| ister OF the church ne stood ready TO follow the
| board and he said he believed other ministers
/ E1 III