Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-05-29
Home Missions in tn. Assembly.

OF home missionary work was consid.
cred today by the general assembly
Of the Presbyterian church. The
assembly also took up another de.
partment Of its educational work
when the colleges of the church
were considered.
Gratitude was expressed to Rock.
efeller and Carnegie for their gener.
lous gifts to Presbyterian colleges.
The report Of the Board of Home
Missions was as follows
The report Of the Board Of Mis-.
sions set forth that the receipts from
living sources last year was the larg.
est In its history.
There has been some falling off
In lesacies," the report said, but
the gifts from the churches and in.
diWduals are larger than ever before
and the treasury Of the Vomens'
Board has exceeded any former year
BY about $4,000. This, In a year Of
unsettled financial conditions, is a
matter Of profound thanksgiving to
the Head Of the Church.
In several respects the work Of
the year has been tentative. In two
directions the work assumed by re-
quest Of the general assembly has
devolved upon the Board important
new plans and reorganization. The
eVangelistic work carried on in.
nearly all the missionary presbyter
les has not only shown good results,
but has given distinctive promise of
still better things when the organiza
tion Of the work shall have been bet.
ter effected, and when experience
shall have guided to the wisest plans
and the best methods. = The work il
the Cumberland branch of our churci
has been rendered peculiarly difficult
by the suits entered by the anti-un
ionists in so many Of the courts OF
the south. These suits are still ir
process, and the uncertainty which
prevails as to the issue has inter.
fered seriously with our work in al
most the entire field. Notwithstand
ing, much has been accomplished b,
the organization of presbyteries, the
gathering together of scattered con
gregations, and the quickening OF
religious interest by evangelical ser.
vices very widely held. Those most
conversant with the South and the
progress can be made as soon as
pIdsI lsql pspsnsIsd sIs }seAq3nos
pending ecclesiastical questions are
settled, and that our church in that
vast and rapidly developing region
has an opportunity of unsurpassed
promise.
THE Indian work, which is varied
and extensive, meets with many linn
itations and difficulties by reason of
various local conditions.
"The development of the depart.
ment Of the church and labor has at
tracted the attention of both Of other
denominations and of the public
ministers in the shop meetings lie
not without significance. The work
ing man have new conception of
both the character Of the minister as
man and Of the nature Of the gos.
pei which he breaches. The fact tha
working men will attend a confer.
snce Of employers and employees un,
der the auspices Of the church proves
their confidence in US. Reports from
our ministers indicates that the lab.
oring men are responding to their ap-
peal. e.
"The Womens Board has done a
faithful service at home and on the
field.
"The total number of missionar
les at work was 1880, missionary
teachers 442. The additions on con.
fession of faith was 7,49S, on GER.
tificate 5,461, making the total mem
bership 64,32s. The churches or.
ganized we're 115, and the church
debts cancelled aggregated s124,SOO.
The Sunday Schools organized we're
296, making the number 1888, with a
membership Of s2,51s.
"The receipts were s9Ss,2S5. and
the expenditures s1OSS,94S, being
s75,155 in excess Of the previous year
For the first time in ten years there
is deficit, amounting to s47,717, and
this In the face Of the fact that the
receipts on current work account was
the largest in the history OF the Boart
I'VE take up the work of the new
year with a deep sense Of RESPONSE
bility, but with large expectations
We cannot stop. In all directions tn,
demands are loud and Che opportun
ity great"