Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-26

has exceeded any former year by about $15,0O0 This, in a year ot un-
 settled financial conditions, is at mat
 ter of profound thanksgiving to the head of the church.
 Tn several respects the work of
 the year has been tentative. h two directions the work assumed by re- quest of the general assembly has de volved upon the board imporant ne~ plans and reorganization. The evangelistic work carried on in near ly all the missionary presbyteries has not only shown good results, but has given distinctive promise of still bet ter things when the organization or the work shall have been better ef- fected, and when experiences shall have guided to the wisest plans and the best methods. The work in the Cumberland branch of our churc2 ;:as been rendered peculiarly difficult by | the suits entered by the anti-unionistS in so many of the courts in the south. These suits are still in pro cess, and the uncertainty which pre- walls as to the issue has interf cred seriously with our work iu nearly | the entire field. Notwithstanding, much has been accomplished by the | organization of presbyteries, the I gathering together of scattered con gregations. and the quickening of re | ligious interest by eyangelistic seTv- ! ices very widely held. Those most | conversant with the south and south west are persuaded that rapid prog ress can be made as soon as pending ! ecclesiastical questions are settled ! and that our church in that vast and ! rapidly developing region has an Op- ! portunity of unsurpassed promiss. 1 The Indian work, which IS varied and extensive, meets with many limi , tations and difficulties by reason of
 poTtunity of unsurpassed promises. ' The development of the department
 of church and labor has attracted the
 attention both Of other denominations
 and of the public press. The recep-
 tion accorded out ministers in the shop
 meetings is not without significance.
 The working men have a new concep- ton of both the character of the min
 ister as a man and of the nature of
 the gospel which he breaches. The
 fact that working men will attend
 conference of employers and employees
 under the auspices of the church
 proves their confidence in us. Re-
 ports from our ministers indicate that
 the working men are responding to i their appeal. ! "The Women's board has done faith : fu1 service at home and on the field. The total number of missionaries at work was 153O, missionary teach ! CTS 442. The additions on confession
 5,461, making the total membership
 of faith was 7,4S6, on certificates
 115, and the church debts cancelled
 64,329. The churches organized were
 aggregated $124,3O0. The Sunday
 schools organized were 296, making of 92,519.
 | The receipts were s9S9,2S5, and the the number 1633, with a membership
 expenditures s1,03S,94S, being s75,155
 in excess of the previous year. For
 the first time in ten years there is
 deficit, amounting to $47717 and this
 in the face of the Tact that the re
 ceipts on current work account was
 the largest in the history of the
 board
 MON ep 10 YIoA 9ql dn 9Ygl eM,,
 Year with deep sense of responsibil-
 ity but with large expectations. We
 cannot stop. h all directions the mands are loud and the opportunity
 great"