The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-24

dropped. and Greensboro won by vote of 90 to S2. Mr Scales told of his little city of hustle with it's 25,O0O inhabitants and Four Presbyterian churches.
 Report on Foreign Missions.
 After the vote was taken Dr. Cecil read the report of the foreign mission commit tee, which was made the order for the night.
 This report was re-read last night. Here are some of the features
 The total number of persons added to our mission churches by baptism Is 22o6. The largest number of aeeessions has been in Africa, Korea and China. In Africa in one missionary tour of two months Mr Martin and MT. De Yampert exam lned 150O applicants to baptism, 800 of whom were received In China we are cooperating with the Presbyterian church in the United States of America. The North Kiangsu mission has been greatly disturbed by the famine conditions.
 Our executive committee has distributed $93657 among these famine sufferers, and several thousand dollars more through other channels of our church.
 The total cash receipts of the treasury for the year were $276.2. .2.9S a gain ovel the receipts of last year of S16 645.4S. The contributions pere capita for the year were $109.
 The forward movement has progressed wonderfully during the year and the total number of churches now enrolled Is 575.
 There is an urgent call among our seV- eral missions for forty new missionaries to be sent out this var The committee heartily commends the work of world evangelizatfon and the laymen's mls- sionary movement The executive com mfttee oVertures the general assembly to adopt a missionary platform for our church. The number of human beings in non-Chrstian countries, for whose evan gelization our church Is responsible, is 25,00O000. The number of missionaries that is neded in our Judgment Is not less than 800 and the number of trained workers should be not less than 5000.
 One million dollars per annum is needed to support these workers, and in our judgment it is the duty of the church to begin raising this immediately.
 Hope to Work Together.
 As this national committee representing the church having a membership of over 17,000, 900, is in correspondence with the na- tional council of the free church of Eng land we place these resolutions in their hands with the pledge of our best en- deavor, enjoining the Christian churches and the forces of righteousness in every land in the effort to secure through in- ternational action the relief of an op- pressed people who as we believe, in vio- 1ation of treaty obligations are held in the bondage of practical slavery.
 The terms of the Revs J. H. MeNailly and William Irvine and ruling elders W. G. Adams, members of the executive com mittee, expire at this meeting of the as- sembly and we recommend their election for a term of three years. Ruling Elder Allen c. Hall offers his resignation as a member of the executive committee, owing to his inability to attend the meet ings. Therefore, we recommend the cleo tion of Ruling Elder A. M Carroll to fill the vacancy.
 The executive committee for the en- suing year will stand as follows: The Re5s W. M. Anderson, J. II. McNailly, c. R. Nesbit J. c. Cowan, J. w Back mon. c. R. Hemphill. William Irvine. J. R. Cannon. T. A. Wharton, E. D. Mc- Dougall, J. o. Reavis, s. II. Chester, and Ruling Elders " H. Raymond, J. D. Blanton, G. H. Baskette, J. H. Wilkes, A. N Carroll and W. c. Adams.
 The contribution of $1000,000 by the church means an average of $4 mem Der. We urge the plan of a subscription by every member of a definite amount to be paid during the year.
 -n reference to the present conditions in the Congo Independent State your com m. tee recommends the adoption of the following resolutions.
 Whereas, this general assembly has learned with great satisfaction of the unanimous action Of the Senate of the United States at the last session of Con- gress in giving assurance to the Presi- dent that he would have their cordial support in any steps he might take after investigation of conditions in the Congo Free state and corporations with or In aid of any of the powers signatory of the treaty of Berlin for the amelioration of the conditions of such inhabitants,
 Resolved That we express our earnest hope that the way may open at an early day for the President to render the aid suggested in the action taken by the Senate in behalf of the helpless people of the Congo, whose wrongs hPve ex- cited Q worldwide sympathy.