The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-10-13

MISSION
BOARD
Commissioners Hold Their
Meeting for tho First Time
In Manchester, n. Il.

Manchester. N. H., Oct. ls,-For the
FIRST time in It's history the American
board OF commissioners for foreign mis-
stons assembled In New Hampshire for
it's deliberations today.
The opening session OF the 94th annual
meeting was called to order in the First
Congregational church in this city by
President Samuel p. Capen. IL. d., OF
Boston. After the customary prelimi-
naries the commissioners were welcomed
by Rev Thomas Chalmers of Man
chester.
President Capen in responding to the
address OF welcome took occasion to
commend the action of President Roose-
welt and the state department at Wash
ington, in taking measures 10 protect
American missionary property In foreign
lands, especially in Turkey.
The report OF the prudential committee.
home depar tment was presented by Sec
retary Charles II. Daniels. ID. D.. of Bos-
ton. The report in part follows:
Nearly all OF the missions are asking
for re-inforcements, because or the de-
yelopment of their work. Since the last
annual meeting there have been sent to
the field % new missionaries, eight are
ordained, one Is physician, seven are
the wives of missionaries and five are
single women. The remaining two are
unordained men.
Thirty-three missionaries have return
ed to their several missions after a sea-
son of rest in the home land or these Is
are men. 10 are the wives OF missionaries
and 10 are single women.
A most helpful phase or the forward
movement is the effort TO unite the
clutches of q conference located In
country district in the adoption and sup
port OF a missionary family.
The receipts for the New England dis
trict have been as follows:
Maine. s1564e1 10; New Hampshire, S26,-
573s1; Vermont, SIS. 5000; Massachusetts,,
ss13 2O4.Oe; Rhode Island, sl5.s9s.23; total,
1898 500. 70. This Is gain in the New Eng
land district OF ss9,6s227.
The loss of "a. .sl9. 50 from lesacies In the
middle district alone during the last year
is a powerful argument for the twentieth
century fund.
The total receipts OF the middle district,
Rev. c. c. Creegan. ID. D., New York,
secretary, are s210.7l0 which Is less by
$50. 7se than last year. but more by $3.50
than the previous year Q9OO-l90D. The
In the district of the interior, Rev. A
N. Hitchcock, Phi. D., Chicago, secre-
tary, the ordinary donations from
churches and individuals shows a slight
increase. The number OF churches in this
district contributing from all sources
shows a gain of "A. The total receipts
from the interior district during the year
have been S44.1o0. Rev. II. Melville Ten
ny. dictrict secretary, district of the Pa
cihc reports the total of receipts as
SIS, ,26s
The board has met its annual expenses
every year for many years when the re-
ceipts from the legacies have been nor
NAL. This year, they were below the
normal and II required a sharp emergency
call TO relieve the situation and come
through the year without debt
The donations from the three women's
boards may be divided as follows:
From the women's boards OF Boston
$685. 35l, an increase over the previous year
OF 81, 1852: from the women's boards of the
interior. Chicago. $3.50. a gain over the
previous year of $s,7S4: from the wom-
ems board of the Pacific, SIN, an In
crease of sI6ss.
The total receipts from all sources
amounted to s7S9, ,3l6. shrinkage from
last year of little over 5000 During the
last year $685. churches contributed In
some form to foreign missions and 2lS5
came under the list OF non-contributing
churches. These figures show a gain over
the previous year OF Sl07
The annual report OF the treasurer was
read by that official. Frank II. Wiggin.
OF Boston.
Rev A. III. Plumb, ID. D.. chairman OF
the prudential committee. addressed the
meeting. DIR. Plumb retires from the
committee under the operation of rule
adopted 10 years ago. which provides that
after serving three full terms OF three
years each such member Of the committee
shall be Ineligible for reelection until
one year intervenes.